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town-crier announce the coming of the
circus?" inquired.
THAT will cost ten sous If he drums
and reads the announcement from
here to the chateau"
l gave the mayor ten copper pen
nies.
The mayor glanced at me.
Paris still holds out?". he asked.
with a yawn.
"Oh yes." replied.
"And the warts it still going badly
for us?"
There is always hope" l answered.
Hope" he grumbled; "oh yes, we
know what hope is-we of the coast
live on 1t when there's no bread; but
hope never yet filled my belly for me.
Why, not keel has passed out of the
port since August. Where Is the fish
ing fleet? Where are the sardine
sloops that ought to have sailed from
Algiers? Where are the Icelanders? ??
Have the German cruisers fright
ened all your craft from the sea?"
asked, astonished.
| Yes, partly. Then there's an ugly
French cruiser lying of Groix. yonder
and her black stacks are dribbling
smoke all day and all night. We have
orders to keep off and use Lorien'
when we want a port"
You believe the cruiser out at sea
yonder is going to bring you evil?"
"She has brought it. But it's all the
same to me. am mayor, and exempt
and | have cider and tobacco and
boudin for a few months yet"
At that moment we both caught
sight of peasant running and waving
a packet of blue papers in the air
Monsieur the mayor! Monsieur the
mayor!" he called. while still fal
away.
Gre cochon de malheur!" mutteret
the mayor, turning pale. Hes got &
telegram"
He turned to me, almost bursting
with suppressed prophecy.
"It has come-the evil that the blacl
cruiser brings us! You laughed
Tenez, monsieur; there's your BAT
luck in these blue morsels Of paper!
And he snatched the telegram from
the breathless messenger. reading 1
with dilating eyes.
When at length the magistrate ha,
| mastered tue COHleutb VI LlS tticBIhiu
he looked up with a stupid stare.
81 want my drummer. Where's tn
town-crier?" he demanded. as thougl
dazed.
He has gone to Lorient, m'sieu tn
mayor" ventured the messenger.
ITO get drunk. remember. In
becile! Why did he go today? Ar
there not six other days in this CURSE
weekf Who 10 there to drum? Nc
body. Nobody knows how in Para
disc. Seigneur. Dieu! the ignoranc
Of this town!"
"M'sieu the mayor" ventured tn
messenger, there's JacQueline."
"Ho! Vrai. The Lizards young one
She can drum. they say"
THE little witch can drum ther
awake in Ker-Is." muttered the mes
senger.
The mayor rose. looked around tn
square, frowned. Then he raised hi
voice In below: "Jacqueline! Jac
queline! Thou Jacqueline!"
A far voice answered. family breah
ing across the square from the bridge
"She is on the rocks with her sea
rake!"
The mayor thrust the blue Telegram
into his pocket and waddled out of hi
garden, across the square, and up tn
path to the cliffs.
Uninvited. went with him.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-09
CHAPTER vIII.-contInued.

The shock came almost immediate
ly. for, without a word. he suddenly
emptied the jewel-bag on the desk
before him. The bag contained little
pebbles wrapped in tissuepaper.
Suppose you explain this farce"
Mornac suggested, unmoved.
Suppose you explain it," l STAN
mered.
He raised his delicately arched eye
brows. What do you mean?"
"I mean that an hour ago that bag
contained the diamonds from the cru
cifix of Louis XI.! ! mean that l
handed them over to you on my arri-
val at this bureau!"
Doubtless you can prove what you
say" he observed. ut seems to me
that 1t is high time we abolished the
Foreign Division. Imperial Military Po-
lice"
.T refuse to be discharged" l said.
hoarsely. "It is your word against
mine; 1 demand an investigation"
Certainly" he replied. almost wear
lily. and touched a bell. Bring that
Witness" he added to the soldier who
appeared in answer to the silvery sum-
mons.
Somebody entered the room behind
me. passed me: there was an odor Of
vtolets in the air. a faint rustic of silk.
and I saw Mornac rise and bow to his
gust and conduct her to a chair.
His guest was the young Countess
de vassart.
Mornac turned directly on me.
Madame, do you know this omcer?"
Yes." said the countess. smiling.
-Dld you see him receive q small
saek Of diamonds in Morsbronn!'
The countess gave me quick glance
Of surprise. YES" she said. wonder
insiy.
Thank you. madame: that is sum
cient," he replied: and before ! could
understand what he was about he had
conducted the countess to the next
room and had closed the door behind
him.
"Quick!" muttered Speed at my el.
bow; Tets back out of this trap
There's no use: he's one of them. and
he means to ruin you"
But he's got those diamonds! Do
you think I can stand that?"
Il think you've got to-" muttered
Speed. savagely. DO you want to rot
in Cayenne? II you do. stay here and
bawl for a court-martial."
He seized me with a growl OF
"Idiotl come on!" and fairly showed
me through the colonnades of the insti'
tute. along the quay. down the river,
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travelling American show-a Yankee
circus?"
"Byram's Imperial American cir
cus?" said.
That's it They went through Nor
mandy last summer. Well. Byram's
agent is going to meet US at Saint
Cloud. We're engaged; I'm to do bal
looning-you know I worked one OF
the military balloons before Peters
burg. You are to do sensational rid
ing. You were ridins-master In the
Spahis-were you notf"
81 tanned three lions for my regi-
ment at Constantinople." said.
Good lad! Then you can play with
Byram's lions. too. Oh, what the
devil!" he cried. recklessly; its all
in q lifetime"
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almost never right to leave a task
unfinished. This day. this hour. this
minute. puts a task into our hands.
Because of the nail the shoe wa.
lost: because of the shoe the horse
was lost: because of the horse the
rider was lost: because Of the rider
the battle was lost" So 1t was the
blacksmith, after all. who lost the bat
tie. II he had done his work well. the
cause might have triumphed.-Chris
tian Herald.
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Would Be Worth Seeing.

A young woman from the east wal
conversing with Kentuckian abou,
tobacco and tobacco raising. She was
very pretty and a good conversation
alist, and the young man from Ken
lucky was vastly interested in her un
till she gave him a sudden shock By
announcing:
If should love to see a tobacco field
especially when 1t Is Just plugging
out."-NatioEaI Food Magazine.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-09

wall. to a dock where presently a
swift river boat swung in for passen-
gers. And when the bateau mouche
shot out again into mid-stream. Speed
and / stood silently on deck, watching
the silver-gray facades of Paris fly
past above us under the blue sky.
We sat far forward. quite alone. and
separated from the few passengers by
the pilothouse and Joined funnel.
waited; Speed chewed his cigar
grimly.
Look here. Scarlet" he said. DO
you know what has become OF the
crown jewels Of France?"
No" | said.
We'll I'll tell you. You know, Of
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An lnsinuation.

"They tell me. Mrs. Comeup. your
daughter went through that recep-
ton in her honor without any faux
pas"
mo such thing! She had as much
of it as anybody that was there"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-09

Inflammation OF
the bladder. La
ter l became so
much worse that.
/ consulted q.
doctor, who said
that l had Dia-
betes and that
my heart was af-
fected, | suffer-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-09
OF Two Evils.

Sillicus-Some men are sorry they
are married, and some are sorry they
are not.
Cynicus-Well, it's better to be
sorry you are not than sorry you
are.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-09
SUFFERED FOR FOUR YEARS.

Mr.. J. ~. Sinclair of OlivehilI.
Tenn. writes: 81 strained my back.
which weakened my kidneys and
caused an awful bad backache and
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-09

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes whiter than snow.
| All good grocers. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-09
Proofs Of II,

"The author of that work hasn't .
leg to stand on"
How about his footnotes?"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-09

Many a man burns his bridges be-
hind him without carrying any fire in
Surance.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-09

Chickens come home to roost, and .
promissory note always displays the
same tendency.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-09

Keeping mans nose to the grind
stone doesn't sharpen his wits.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04
: AMUSEM ENTS.
"seven Keys to Baldpate" Most De-
hobtfuJ Comedy Of Season.

Mystery tragedy, inimitable local
color, side splitting comedy double
crossing politicians and magnates
triple crossing, fascinating lady black
mailers. murderers, love affairs, ali eX-
traordinarily we'll acted, and best OF
all. a huge joke on the audience at the
end. were all presented at the odeon
SUNDAY evening when George NJ. Co
hams mystery farce, Seven Keys to
Baldpate." founded on Earl D. Big
gers novel of that name, was enacted
before a tair-sized but apprec!auVe
audience by an extremely capable cast
Ii is a pity that some other night bat
sunday night could not have been Sc
cured FOR the play, which is one OF the
bes1 comedies that has been offered the
public for some time. The play not
only keeps the audience laughing most
of the time. but il achieved that diff
fcuIt feat that has been pronounced
impossible by the greatest dramatists
OF the day--it kept the audience inter-
ested and amused several different
times for periods of from two to four
minutes, when not a word was spoken
on the stage. and four minutes is
long time for an audience TO wait, and
not hear line spoken.
Baldpate is a summer hotel in a
small town in New Jersey. near New
York City, that is closed for the win
ter. The play is in two acts. with
prolog and an epiiog. The prolos
shows the caretaker and his wife COM
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04
ANNUAL POULTRY
SHOW IS OPENED
HUNDRED MORE BIRDS HERE
THAN ENTERED FOR OPENING
FORENOON LAST YEAR.
EXPECT 500 BIRDS TO
COMPRISE FINAL ENTRY
Judging, by A. 3. shaner, of Lanark,
4 ill.,, to Begin Tuesday-To Give Lee
ture to PouItrymen Wednesday Night
g. Other Entertainment Features
PLANNED For Week.

One hundred more birds were en-
cred in the Marshalltown poultry as
ociations fourth annual premium
how which opened at Forney's hall
his morning, than We're entered dur
ng the forenoon Of the opening day
asst year Three hundred birds have
slready been brought in by local eX-
iibitors, and at least 200 more are eX-
,ected from t-of-town fanciers. SO
ar the Rhode Island Reds and the
barred Rocks are present in the great
st numbers, altho twenty breeds nave
.lready been entered.
Poultry is expected tonight and this
.fternoon from the state show at
Davenport which closes today. from
srinnen. and other nearby points.
President John Moehrl said this morn-
ng that the total number of birds eX-
,ibited would probably be about the
anne as last year, altho the first en-
ries exceeded those of 1914.
Much more pet stock. in the shape
f bantams and pigeons will be shown
his year, than before. One large space
which has been enclosed will be de-
soted entirely to pigeons, over 100 haV-
sng already been entered by a local
ancier. A large display of tncubatorS
nd egg testers has also been arranged
Or.
Entertainment Features Planned.
A. B. Shaner. OF Lanark. H., viii ar
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1t the Orpheum.


Watch Your Step" as presented at
the Orpheum Sunday evening by Jack
Trainor and company, is good deal
better than the average run OF
tabloid musical comedies. but there's
q reason" The reason is that Watch
Your Step" is nothing more nor less
than counterpart of The Man From
Mexico" in which John Marrymore ap-
peared in his palmy days, and which
has lately been put on the moving pic
ture screen. with Mr.. Barrymore still
taking the leading role. The picture
appeared here a few weeks ago
In Watch Your Step" Mr.. Trainor
goes to Italy instead of Mexico, and
of course several popular songs and
dances are introduced to make it a
musical comedy instead OF a straight
comedy. The plot is really funny, and
Mr.. Trainor enacted his character with
considerable comedy Interpretation. His
main ability as laugh getter lies in
the strange and inarticuiate sounds ne
can make with his mouth and thru
his nose-sounds commonly attributed
to 6-months old infant, but taking on
a humorous aspect. when made by a
middle-aged man.
Specialties Of merit are introduced
when George Watson sings very cred :
itably in a falsetto voice. and yodels
several favorite songs TO the huge de-
light of the audience. The chorus is
good looking, and the songs catchy.
Both shows had packed and enthusiast
tic audiences.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04

ing to open the inn In the dead of WIN
ter. 1t appears that q telegram has
been received from the owner. saying
that young author, William Hallowell
Magee, will soon arrive to take possess
sion Of the inn. The caretaker and his
wife are interested but mystif1ed, and
their wonder increases when Magee ar
rives and informs them that he is a
writer of sensational stories, and has
taken a wager of $1,000 with the own
err OF the inn that he can write one of
this sensational brand Of novels in
twenty four hours. He has selected
Baldpate Inn because he is sure he will
not be disturbed in this lonliest of
places. a summer resort in the winter.
He is given a key. supposedly the only
one in existence and leaves for his
twenty four hour vigil with his muse.
Then things happen. In the order
named appear. first gentleman VINO
puts 5000, 900 in the hotel safe, is cap
tured by Magee, and escapes thru a
window: next a very petite ana charm
ing newspaper reporter. Mary Norton
With a chaperone. Widow Rhodes
who has come to get the details of Ma
gees interesting wager: then Peter,
the hermit of Baldpa.e. whose wife
ran away with a travelling man. and
who goes around with sheet play
ing ghost: next Myra Thornhiil,
blackmailer with fascinating black
ewes. who wants the 100000 for sin
lister purposes: then jim Cargon, the
crooked mayor of the town. who with
Mary. his man Friday" is to receive
the 100000 and grant the city railway
its franchise: after them, Thomas
Hayden. the railway president whose
man put the money in the safe, anu
who will profit by the mayors crook
ed work OF course Mr.. Magee mas
many interesting and exciting aoVeh-
lures with these charming compan-
ions. Some of the simplest are When
he get the thousands from the mayor
gives them 10 Mary Norton, with Whon
ne has fallen in love- tells her 10 take
them to town and spread the scandal
in her paper: when Cargon, the mayor,
finds out that his man Friday Was
going to cross him and give the money
TO the Matchmaking lady: when HAY
den. the magnate finds out that Cargon
was going TO steal the money from him
and then not grant the franchise: when
the man Friday shoots the black
mailer for squealing on him, and when
the money is lost in transit TO town.
stolen by the widow Rhodes, found by
a hotel clerk. thrown into the fire and
burned up by Peter the hermit.
All this keeps young Mr. Magee on
the Jump to be sure, and for the last
half of the first act and the first half
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04

rive today to judge the poultry, and
will give lecture Wednesday evening
on subject of interest to all inter-
e,sted in poultry, Special features OF
entertainment have been provided Tor
every evening, as well as several prizes.
Buttons will be given out to every one
coming to the show. There will be SIN
sets of these buttons, each one with
duplicate, and matching contest VIII
take place every day. Twelve SACKS OF
flour will be given away as prizes Tor
those matching the most buttons
Every one With button will be ao-
mitted free on Friday, the last day.
a ticket selling contest has been ar
ranged for all boys and girls Interested.
The boy or girl selling the most tickets
will receive So suit of clothes or 20
worth of merchandise from Gildner
Bros. the next highest, IS pair OF
shoes from the Wallace Shoe Store, ana
the third highest number watch from
the Mann jeweiry store. All other
children not receiving large prizes VIII
be given l cent for every ticket they
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04

of the second he has the whole eight
crooks in a row with revolver pointed
at them. 1t Is here that the best act
ing of the play Is brought in, and the
audience is convulsed by some really
excellent character portrayal. Every
one of these persons has had the only
key in existence" to Baldpate, and poor
Mr.. Magee is more and more confused
all the time. The chief of police comes
in about to arrest the whole gang for
murder, conspiracy and what not
when the door opens, and the owner
of Baldpate rushes in, and makes in
quiries of Mr.. Magee as TO how he is
progressing with his story, and will he
win the $4,000 wager? Here the whole
cast breaks into merriment. and laugh
themselves hoarse at the fnyStihed Ma
gee and the more mystitied audience.
Then the big joke comes out: the
owner of the inn secured a stock COM
pany OF a local theater to come up af-
ter midnight and put all this on to
show Mr.. Magee how one of his trashy
novels would look in real life. SO ev-
erythng was pretending" and as the
hermit naively announces. this isn't
my real hair and the railway presi-
dent, these are not my real wniskers.
and so on with the entire cast. The
epilog shows the caretaker and his wife
returning after twenty four hours, and
Mr.. Magee has written his story. nam
ing it Seven Keys TO Baldpate." He
marries the fake, but pretty reporter,
and all is over.
Every character portrayed was por-
trayed almost to Perfection. Special
mention should be given TO Chauncey
Causeland who. as the hermit, brought
down the house with every move he
made His sha milling walk. expressive
tho dirty countenance, and excellent
and aimless movements With his hands
were a delight to watch. The caretak-
er and his wife, NJ. ]. Sullivan and
Amelia Meyers. portrayed their char
acterizations with unusual skill, while
ali the other characters were working
hard and succeeding in getting their
parts across Most of the audience
were ignorant of the climax and were
completely taken off their guard It
is doubtful If some of them fully
grasped the idea until the final curtain
went down.
The small details of properties and
actions were infinitely worked out and
helped 10 create finished Impression
OF the play as a whole.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04
ALLIsoN-zue WEDDING.
Miss Ella Tug eeco--cs sride Of Charles
K Allison.

The largest of the many interesting j
weddings which took place during the
holidays was that of Miss Mary Ella
Zug and Charles kempter Allison
which was solemnized Saturday even
ing at the home Of the brides sister
Miss Olive Zug, 10 South Third aven-
ue. One hundred guests witnessed the
ceremony and were admitted by Marian
and Jannette Elder. At S O'Clock the,
service was read by Rev. William Pence
James, pastor of the Episcopal church
at Mason City, and former pastor of
ST. Pauls church of this city
Miss Olive Zug was assisted in re-
ceiving the guests by Mrs. Alice K.
Allison, Mrs. Mary J. Kempter, Mr..
and Mrs. James Tug. and Mr.. and Mrs.
and Miss Mabel French assisted in the
parlors.
| Miss Tug and Mr.. Allison were UNI
attended. The bride wore an exquisite
gown of silk net over satin charmeuse,
! which was elaborated with pearl and
crystal trimming. She carried a shower
! bouquet of bride roses and hyacinths
James f. Zug, a cousin. gave the bride
away. Preceding the ceremony Miss
May Dell AXE sang. "If But Knew"
i CWiison G. SInitfi and THE Ring"
! (Schumann.) Mendelssohn's wedding
march was played by Miss Isabel
Mitchem, who also played PRAYER
from Suite Gothique" by Boellmann
during the ceremony and "On Wings
Of Song" (Mendelssohn- Liszt) during
the season of congratulations.
In decorating quantities Of California
peppers and juniper berries from Col
or;ldo were effectively intermingled
with ferns and pink roses in the diff
ferent rooms Following the service re-
freshments were served by the men,
lbers of the Literary Clan.
The bride is the younger daughter
of the late Seth Tug and with her sister
has always made her home in the old
Zug home at 10 South Third avenue.
Miss Zug, who possesses many friends
lin the city, was graduated from the
high school in 1904, AS a pianist Miss
Tug Is very talented. and is now study
ing at the conservatory Of music at
Grinnell College, where she will COM
plete her course in the spring. The
groom is the son of Mrs. Alice Kemp
ter Allison, zf6 West Church street,
and is a salesman with the Victor Shoe
Company. of Salem, Mass, with head
quarters in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Allison left Saturday
night for Chicago, from where they
will go to Boston and New York for a
two weeks visit. Upon their return
!, they will be at home to their friends
at 10 South Third avenue.
Mrs. Emma Mcintyre. of Mt. Vernon
, and Mrs and Mrs. George Domm, o.
Des Moines. were the only guests from
out Of town.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04
TIMES REPUBLICAN. MAasHA1LrowN IowA JANUARY 1915

other business. Mr.. Wilbur said today
that he was interested in SO many
other things that he did not feel he
could give any more OF his time. There
are others who can fill the presidency
better than can" he added.
With Mr.. wilbur'S withdrawal the
candidates receiving the highest vote
are A. G.. Johnson and Fred Hopkins.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04
RICHARDS LEeRAND MASSEY"

Nj ayor Of LeGrand Succeeds Or. N. N.
Evans.
DR.. NJ. NJ. Evans. of this city. post
master of LeGrand retired from that
office today and Mayor Arthur A.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04
HELD FOR "soorLEco,No."

Earl Sparks, Said to Be Of 0rinns'',
Bound Over to Grand Jury.
Earl Sparks, aged about 20, who is
said to belong in Grinnell, was held
to the grand Jury by Mayor L 9.
Aflllard this forenoon on a charge of
"bootlegging.' Sparks was arrested in
the A. o. U. w. hall Saturday by Chief
of Police Will Lage for selling whisky
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04

Richards, OF LeGrand, the sppointse.
took his place. DR.. Evans had been
postmaster for almost Ave years, but
for year OF that time he has been
trying to shake" the job.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04
WILBUR wiTHpRAws.

Nominee Of MarshaIItown Club For
Presidency Not Candidate.
Fred NJ. Wilbur. who received the
highest voteSfor the presidency Of the
Marshalltown Club at the primary On
New Years day, today formally with
drew his candtda6y. owing to press of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04

shops Of the M. & st. Il. which have
been practically entirely shut dow
since before Christmas, were reopenet
this morning, and resumed work witt
the force that was employed befor
the shutdown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04

IN the hali. The police claim to have
evidence OF sales made there. Sparks
waived preliminary examination ans
his bond. was fixed at $3.50.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-04

Licensed TO Wed.
Charles X. Allison, travelling sales
man, aged 2s, and Mary E. zug, aged
%, both of this city.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-05
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