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CHAPTER III.
Complications.

mu WANT to talk to you," said Rod
ney, coming toward Mary. 1--WE
been wanting this opportunity
for days, and now that I've got
it l don't propose to be interrupted.
That's why locked the door,"
Rodney had come over to her.
Il want to talk to you," he said Inn
petuously. MARY, will you marry me?"
"Why, really" began Mary shyly.
Il don't know what to say" hesitat-
ed the girl, feeling her ground.
"Say yes" cried Rodney, waiting fe.
verishly to hear her answer.
1t came at last shyly. YES" where.
upon Rodney cried, You ANGEL! joy
fully and tried to grab her. But
things must not go quite SO fast, Mary
thought intuitively, and drew away a
little from him, though, to tell the
truth, she would willingly have let
him catch her as she felt now.
mo, no; wait a moment" she said.
"We'll be married right away" went
on Rodney unabashed.
"But suppose your father disap-
provesT' said Mary.
HE won't know anything about 1t
until we're married, and then what
could he do?" objected Rodney.
HE might cut you off," suggested
Mary sagely.
"Would you care" asked Rodney.
81? No, no, indeed" said Mary hasti-
ly.- 81 wss thinking of you, dear"
Don't you bother about me-" cried
Rodney. well be married tomorrow
and then come home for the parental
blessing"
"Nr couldn't do that" said Mary
sit wouldn't be right. I'm his private
secretary. He trusts me and brings
me here to his home, and then to find
I'd married his son on the sly-no,
Rodney, we couldn't do that"
You On sssafA 1t sound rather bad"
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his father again, and tried to muster
up his courage to the sticking point.
well, as a matter Of fact, l did
want he began, clearing his throat.
"Oh, now we're getting to it," Mar
tin retorted. well, what is it?''
81 wanted to have talk with YOU
an important talk
Curious! That's just what wanted
to have with you. I've wanted it all
day. and now we'll have it. Miss Gray
sOn!" he called to Mary.
Eyes, SIR" said Mary meekly.
| Get OUT"
She went without Il glance at Rodney,
who stood looking after her dejectedly,
not knowing that his loves intention
was to give him moral support by lis
tening in the hall.
NOW, what do you mean by over
drawing your allowance again?' she
heard Mr.. Martin say when the door
was closed.
| "Why," innocently answered Rodney.
ut simply proves that l was right
when told you my allowance was too
small"
"Whatr' calculated his father. quite
evidently aghast.
"And If my allowance is too small
for one it's much too small for two"
| the boy continued ingeniously.
"For twOY"
"Father, has II ever occurred to you
that might marry?" inquired Rodney.
"Of course it has. You're fool enough
for anything" growled his father.
81 don't consider a man fool be-
cause he's married." said Rodney.
''That's because you've never tried it
81 intend to try 1t, just the same"
said Rodney.
"Oh, you do, do you? Who is the
girl?"
1.-THE girlT repeated his son nerv.
ously.
eyes, girl. You're not going to mar
ry an automobile. or polo pony. or an
aeroplane, or any other of your idiotic
amusements, are you? You're going to
marry a girl, aren't you? Some blue
eyed, doll faced, gurgling, huttering
little fool Oh, why doesn't God give
young men some sense about women?'
II object very strongly to your speak
ing In that way of Miss Grayson."
spoke up Rodney angrily.
miss Grayson? Miss Grayson-
you're not going to marry a type.
writerp
Eyes, sir"
"Does she know itT'
Eyes, sir"
"Oh, of course she knows good
thing like you when she sees it,
81 won't listen to you talk of Miss
Grayson In that way
you've got to listen. won't per-
NIT any such absurd, ridiculous mar
riage. Thank heaven you had sense
enough not to elope!"
| e" wanted to. but she wouldn't She
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ly heard crying "Ouch!" in an extra
loud tone in the hall.
Speaking of the patient invalid"
whispered Rodney, looking back ut the
girl for whom he was so greatly dar-
ing.
"If you don't ask him now I'll never
marry you." whispered Mary, forming
her words as distinctly as was possible
under the circumstances.
"Open the door, cried the elder Mar
tin angrily in the hall.
I'm coming, father. Coming" quak
"a Rodney C. b. turned the key.
vas no sooner opened than
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SYNOPSIS

Old Cyrus Martin. the head of the Amer
lean soap trust. makes bet of 10000 with
friend. John Clark. a rival soapmaker,
that his (Martins) son Rodney would be
making more money at the end of year
than Clark's son Ellery
Martin takes his pretty secretary. Mary
Grayson. into his confidence and enlsts
her cooperation Rodney has been
spendthrift. and the father wants to make
him reform and go to work
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-11-24
U Dlhll LlIlllUOlHOI0
City Streets s, Business Places
and Residences VIII
Be Decorated.
UNIVERSITY Uni MEN HERE
They Are Spending Ho,lrs
Before the Contest at
the Country Club.

I By the time Fairmont wakes .up
tomorrow morning everything will BIZ
in readiness for Northern West vir.
ginia's greatest annual athletic event
the football game between West virs
ginia University and Wesleyan. Tho
city will be all colored up In orange
and black and gold and sblueand It Will
therefore be hard for the students to
paint the town red or for that matter
any other color.
Mayor Anthony Bowen has started
his efficient police force and the chief
of the fire department decorating the,
streets. Main street and along Fair
mont avenue will be q spectacle con.
sisting Of all kinds OF tiags and pen.
nants. One side or the street Is be.
ing beautifed by the chief Of police
and across the street from him, run
ming him asraces at putting up the fiags
is the fire chief. Somebody should Of
fer odds on which will finish first.
Every store in the business section
as well almost all the residences In
town will be dressed up In college
,colors Of Vest Virginia and wesley.
an.
The grounds have been hxed up fol
the game, even to the extent OF put.
ting in the telegraph wires which
will be connected to the instrumenta
to be brought to the game tomorrow
afternoon by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. The details Of the
contest will be flashed across the
State to anxious fans who are unable
to reach the game. The news will be
bulletined on almost every bulletin
board in the State as well as the
eastern states l51I
The game will be played on an en-
closer field and there should be ~
trouble from any source. Arrange
ments for the contest, even 10 tho
selling of sotyetirs have been COM
pleted. ~ "a
Led off the train by Head Coach
Metzger, twenty members Of the Var
,sity squad arrived In town last night
and were hurried TO the country club
where the team will reside until after
the game. With the possible excop-
.tion Of Colebank who suffers a. littlq
from a slight attack Of lumbago con
,tracted by cooling of too quickly at
n Parkersburg, the boys were 10 tho
pink of condition.
The Wesleyan squad VIII arrive
tomorrow morning on q special train.
Specials will bring people TO the
city at various hours during the morn
ing and IL the weather Is at all fn-
vorable there will Bio thousands Of
visitors in the city. We
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Mrs a1nes Starrett
D Dead at rs! Years

Mrs. Louisa starrett, aged rs years,
wife of James Starrett died last night
at nine o'clock at her home on Prick.
ett's Run after an illness with tuber.
culosis. The, deceased was a daughter
OF the late Justice Heck. She Is sur.
vived by one sister, Mrs. Lavina Star.
rett, who also lives on Prickett's
creek. Mrs. starrett was a member
of the Baptist denomination.
The funeral will take place stomor.
row afternoon with interment in the
Prickett's Creek cemetery by Under.
taker Fred Jenkins. &
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PEACE MESSAGES
BY THE THOUSAND
White +i, House Deluged by
kilograms From Wom-
en- Of Country.
tRy Associated Press /

10y sAssoctatcd PresS.J
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-Tele.
grams began pouring into the White
House from all sections today urging
President Wilson to assist the move,
ment for conference Of neutrals to
attempt to end the European war.
Mrs. Henry Ford, recently gave s1o,,
900 to the Women's Peace Party to.
ward tho telegraph campaign.
The messages which were suggested
by Miss Jane Adams and other lead,
ing woman peace advocates were iden-
tical. The telegraph company notified
the White House they had thousands
oftmessages and asked that special ar.
rangenrents be made at the White
House for receiving them.
The campaign will be brought to
q climax Friday when. a delegation OF
peace advocates will cal! upon Prest.
dent Wilson and ask him again to In.
teresti himself in having proposed con.
ference OF neutral nations called.
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T,Uo Hundred Thousand Extra E
Votes Offered Boys. and Girls

Boys and girls who would win big
prizes in Great Christmas Carnival
are beginning to realize the import
atlceS OF the big extra vote offer, which
was announced Monday and are pre-.
pairing to- gather votes in large mum.
bers. :.
One hundred thousand extra votes,
for every SIS IN subscription Is the
Infer now in force and It lasts until
Saturday night, December 4th. The
subscripti to apply on this offer
yiay be either old or new subscriptions
and for any length from three months
to two years. IT is not necessary to
wait until you have ISIS before turn.
Ing In your subscripti tions. Turn In your
subscrfpti ptions Just sas soon as you Sc.
cure them and when you have com.
pleted q $15E club the extra votes will
be given you. a 81
Pay particular attention to the lit.
tie word every. This offer is iunlimit-
ed, 100000 extra votes will be 9 given
for every SIC In subscriptions turn.
cd In during this offer. IfSyou turn In
two Of the SIS clubs. you will receive
100000 extra votes, and for three clubs
YOU will be given 900 900 extra votes.
Votes are the things that will tell
who are 70 have the pony and cart and
eighteen other big prizes for Christ!
mas, and now 10 the time to get them,
This is positively the largest extra
vote offer that will be made and iti
closes Saturday night December
Any energetic boy or girl should be
able TO get at least one OF these SIS
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'SNTEEN8 CHARGES FORMALLY
FILED AGAINST |lNI|ANLEY|
Seventeen Aidavs in Support Of Them and Copies of
Fairmont Newspapers Are Also on Record at Post
office Department Against Local Postmaster.
Presented BY REP. Howard sutherland
Men Who aked Out; as Protest Against Manley Tel
What They Know About Him As a Mar; And as "a
Representative Of the Government.

.1015, made a practice and been in the
habit, and the said Charles E. Man.
ley continues to make a practice and
has the habit of receiving and enter.
tanning and conyersing with many.
and divers persons in the said post
Office building, and especially in his
private office therein, on matters
pertaining altogether and alone to his
personal, private business, and in no
way pertaining to government or post
office business.
CO. That he, the said Charles E.
Manley. has never since assuming
his position as postmaster, been civil
to the Office force OF said postoffice,
but he, the said Charles E. Manley.
on the other hand has taken occasion
OH divers occasions to insult different
members of the said postoffice force
In a manner wholly UNDERSIGNED and
unwarranted.
ca That he, the said Charles E..
Manley, is the owner of a livery
stable. situated on Meredith street in
the City OF Fairmont, w. Va, also
the owner of two large farms in Ma.
rion county, and one pool room stu.
ated in this city, to all Of which he
gives practically all of his time and
attention to the detriment and neg.
:lect Of his duties as said postmaster.
(s) That he, the said Charles e.
Manley, has been perniciously active
in politics.
(9)e That the said Cfarles E. Man.
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u. S. MQrshQLs
Here Arrest
Y Rost O } flee Men /

"
Deputy United States Marshal ]. D.
Moore Of Philippi and John Short OF
Wheeling arrived in Fairmont this
morning for theFpurpose, it is said,
Of serving warrants on 81 employees
of the United States post Office here.
who resigned their positions. ",
United States attorney Harry Byer,
according to common report, will
swear out the warrants for the men
this afternoon before United States
Commissioner! John w. Mason, Jr.
Attorney Byer early in the day in.
formed Commissioner Mason thatfhe
would be at his office at 4 o'clock to
swear; out the warrants, but at that
hour he did notiappear, and. efforts to
get into communication with him
were without fruit as late as 2.45
o'clock this afternoon.
According to a despatch which was
wired from this city to the Wheeling
register people who are to be arrest
ed are: Former Postmaster A. How.
ard Fleming, Assistant Postmaster
Wilbur H. Brand, Clerks Perry D.
Burton. Raymond Haller, Francesca
Antonio Cirmo, s. Clayton, y. A. lCoch.
ran. Russell Clayton. Charles a.. Rob.
inson, "A. l.. B. Dudley, Harry A. Pit.
ger. Miss Flossie Montgomery, G. L.
Bartlett, Frank "A. Barnes, Wm. L. Sat.
terfield and John F. Shafer and Car.
,riers J. w. Phillips, VIM. H. Fisher
Charles o. Hayhurst, w. i. Willy, II.
g Pitzer, e. E.tNFale, H. G.. Satter-
field, Hyson Christie, ] F. Bender, Err
nest B. Harden, P. B, Henry and j.
T. Kramer. ],
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MURDERED RABER burned barn
SAYS |..G.S1URMS, DETECTIVE
Panama acitlc
Fair End
WEST VIRGINIA BUILDING WILL
BE GIVEN TO STATE
4 INSTITUTIONS.
Associated Press.)

u NASs5f thcooStkaVA S9stfg
The beginning Of the end of the
Panama Pacific Exposition has been
reached, 1t was announced today, by.
the action of fair officials in inviting
bids on all the main exhibit palaces
except the palace Of fine arts and the
California Building. The Arkansas
Building, said to have cost s25, 900, was
sold for $500. The West Virginia
commission has announced its inten.
.tion 4ofswrecking its own building and
sending the best of the salvage TO
state institutions. The Kansas build.
ing will be shipped to that state and
rebuilt at the State University. The
palace of Fine Arts will be kept un.
It'll Nav !. s,e y tsll M & n
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Xmas Holidays TO
Begin Dec ce1nber IL.

The city schools and High School
closed today at the regular. time, and
will open again Monday morning. No
special program was given ut any Of
the schools for Thanksgiving, as all
the efforts OF the teachers will be di.
Irected towards the Christmas exer:
'cises: II. x is;s. \, I,
The duration Of the Christmas holl.
days was determined at a board meet.
ing yesterday and school will close on
Friday, December II, and open again
on Monday. JanuaryI3. sii,sji '3'5 B
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What KIiLl President u iilson5 Do With
Itlliishbone of His Thanksgiving lI1urhey?
Little Il C;h;iicago Girl Writes
Him a Letter Asking
For It. \.
by HONOR TANNING,


CHICAGO, D Nov. 24-one great, big
wish lives in the heart of a little Chi
cago girl-Irene Drlscoll, seven years
old and tiny for her age. Y 2
Irene Is wishing hard for let:
ter. With smiles of hope that change
once In a while to tpouts of impa.
thence she Is waiting for a letter OF
the most wonderful Importance.
II the letter comes and brings Ir.
enc "just writing and nothing else
she'll be the saddest little girl on the
SWest.side where there are many sad
little girls with hungry eyes and hol.
low white cheeks. But if It should
bring q little humpy, bumpy thing
like a bit OF yellow bone, then the hap.
piest little girl In the world will be
found in the shabby back rooms of
a tenement house at 1866 West Ad.
ams.st. is
That humpy. bumpy twisted thing
willsbe-guess! But you never would.
It's :, 7. 4 R.
The wishbone from President vii.
sons Thanksgiving turkey!
lrene's letter should be here Just a
few days after Thanksgiving, unless,
Of course, her faith in, the white house
has been misplaced. But Woodrow
Wilson has been known to nut aside
notes" with foreign seals, and let.
tiers emblazoned with coats-of.arms to
give his attention to Scrumpled, mus.
sys little letters with Chicken scratch.
es' across the envelopes, and per.
haps, now that his own world is filled
with sunshine, he'll be more inclined
than ever to read a crumpled little
letter and to grant such quaint re.
quests as the one Just sent to him by
the little girl who believes In wish
bones. = :; ilSi ~
If things didn't look SO very dark
to the Drlscoll family these days, IL
there wasn't so o4much talk at home
about hard times. and no money with
which to buy Thanksgiving dinner,
Irene, the only little girl In the family,
might never have thought OF the mag.
ic wishbone, she might not have had
the courage to write to the president
of the United States and ask him to.
send her the wishbone from his very
own turkey, which, Of course, the
very best wishbone In the country to
wish on "
And Irene had so much to wish for.
When the boys and girls at the, Skin,
1er school were all talking about,
Christmas last Week, Irene's sunny
smile lost some Sof its sunshine as she
listened to them for she knew that
Santa Claus item sforgets poor little
girls on the West.side n
Then the little girl who, believes In
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l(Byl charIes Brooks smlth.l


WASHINGTON. + d. 4 G., Noy.9 ,23.-----
\ Charles =. Manley. postmaster at
airmont, was today impeached at the
ost Office Department. The charges
fere In legal form and were handed
70 First Assistant Postmaster Gener.
Ial Daniel c. Roper by Congressman.
atlarge Howard Sutherland in person.
In the bill of particular containing
the charges are sixteen paragraphs,
and there are seventeen affidavits,
several of them quite lengthyf. offered
tclsnpporti the allegations filed against
Manley. NJ
These affidavits, with the excep.
ton Of one signed by "a. Howard
Fleming. edecessorl of .Manley, were
made by sixteen OF the men who were
either discharged or resigned rs en-
ployes the Fairmont postoffice.
The atfidavits are sworn to before
9 notary public with seal and are
signed. The formal charges are con:
tained In paper which, although is
not In the shape of an affidavit, is
based on the seventeen affidavits and
follow their text, closely The charges
which are addressed to Daniel G..
Roper, First Assistant Postmaster
General, are signed, however, with
the signature of Sylvester Clayton,
who makes one of the seventeen afti-
davits. ! ,''s
In addition to all this testimony,
copies OF various editions OF Fairmont
papers are offered as exhibits to ac.
company the affidayits, and are made
q part OF 1.-THE record. .sys
The charges exact copy! Of the
record filed today by Congressman
Sutherland are as follows:
]. the undersigned, hereby charge
Charles d. Manley, Postmaster of the
City OF Fafrmont Marion County,
ya.; as follows: l,s''i's' l n
~ That the said Charles =. Man.
ley, as undersigned is informed and
charges on Information and Z belief,
has forsmariy years. and still is guilty,
of imprope and immoral relations
with one 49,
% That the said Charles E. Man.
ley for many years prior to February
1. 1915, rented two letter boxes in
the Fafrmonts city post office building,
one for his general mail and one for
his private mail. and that after Feb.
fuary 1, 1915. when the said Charles
p. Manleys assumed his duties as post
master, he the said Charles E., re.
tafned until the latter part of March,
1915, almost two months later, the
said private letter box wherein he
received private mail. s5
t3) That the said Charles e. Man
ley Is Incompetent to fill the position
Of postmaster, which he now occu-
pies. In this. that the said Charles
3. Manleyi never since the time he
took charge Of Sthe office, Feb. l.,
1916. has acquainted himself with the
workings OF said postoffice, and has
made no attempt himself with the
Barfe. ~, 81 .aes
10 That the said Charles E. Man.
ley has never since assuming the du-
ties Of postmaster, as aforesaid, at.
tended and given to his duties as said
postmaster. eight hours per day as
required, Z on the other hand the said
Charles .. Manley has never on an
average benin and about the said
postofficeS building; and given the
same his care and personal attention
more than two hours pergday. "
10 That the: said Charles q, Man.
Icy has ever since assuming his du.
ties as postmaster on February i,
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clubs before this offer is over, Make
up your mind now that you are going
to get 1t, and don't stop until Syou do.
BEST TIME TO ENTER !
Now Is the time to start 1906. ;.
1s, Nov, is the best time to start In the
race for the pony and cart and eigh.
teen other prizes the West yirginiani
is Offering to boys and girls. IfSyouri
name has not been sent IN, clip one
of;the entry blanks, fill 1t in with your!
name and address, and bring or send
1t in today. Full particulars will be
given or sent you mediately. Start,
now while the largest extra vote offer.
Is on--one hundred thousand extra
votes for every s15 in subscriptions
turned In before Saturday night De:
cember 4th. ~ B
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momentousl messag &c to Washington.
And now the little girl who has so
many wishes to make, Is waiting
for the white house wishbone.
"Oh, II know President Wilson will
answer my letter and send me the
wish bone,s chirped Irene when che
was interviewed, soon after sending
away her erf"presidential note.v RI
81 like the president better than
Santa Claus; that's why Il wrote to
him Instead Of to Santa Claus. Some.
times Santa doesn't come, but I'm
wishing SO hard that he mot forget
us this year. There q Just n ON and
me and we won't need many pres:
q Y.
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Luther llt! R, Raber e Made Confess N
sionito This Effect
at Time.
.KER'.NlS ( Err ISA!I STRAW .1 Man N \
He Figured in that Confess
sion Just AS He is. Fig &,
u1,ing Now.

q
Additional Information regarding
the details Of the burning Of the barn
for which Luther Raberl was sentenc-
ed to the penitentiary eight years ago,
mentioned 5by3 Joseph Raber proceed.
ing. his sentence to the pententiary for
life, were revealed to the county, Of
flcers today by Il I. 9. Sturms, OF Man,
nington, who worked ION the case las
a private detective eight years ago.
Sturms who resides on a farm sad.
Joining the farm Of & ]. u. Hamilton
on whose land the barn in question
was burned, said that with the ass.
sistance Sof "a FARM ont man who pre-.
tended ito be a lawyer named tBakerihe
secured a confession from Luther Ra.
her regarding the burning Of the barn
and this confession repeated lin court
resulted in the conviction Of Luther.
Raber. ,sS i e i5 X. ~
Mr. strums said that after trailing
Luther Raber from the site OF the
burned barn for a. distance eight
miles into Wetzel county with blood
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wishes, which are almost the same
as fairies, did a wonderful thing. All
by herself, without ever asking man.
ma or talking it. over with s"teach-
err. she wrotega letter to President
Wilson, telling him about the Thanks
giving dinner where there would be
no4 turkey. and asking him to send
her the Swishbone from the white
house. eFi u sllstr
Being only u and very little, it
wasn't easy for Irene to write a let;
ter all BY herself but II was loves
labor and many a sheet of lessen
paper was spoiled before an almost
blotless letter, with almost every word
spelld right; was ready to- carry the