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Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-16

ing"
 .'You mean he's in the robbery?" "He sure is And, what's more, it looks to me like he's your only chance of getting your foxes back. Here he comes'
 A moment later sam appeared in sight walking up the narrow track be- tween the rocks. kettle in hand. Staf- ford spoke to him in Aleut sam grunted in acquiescence, and went off mp the hll that formed the center of the island
 CT told him Co go gather some more wood while the kettles boiling. Now you can talk and tell me who you think has the peits of my foxes"
 'You foxes ain't dead"
 "Ain't dead? You've forgot their skinned carcassesr'
 "I allow we saw some skinned car casses. but they was the carcasses of red foxes worth no more than $lO apiece Instead of a thousand. l ex- amined those carcasses mighty careful Thc.r eyes wasn't the right color for black foxes That's one thing For another, ! found some red hairs It ain't in nature you can take pelt Of and not hair stick on the body un- der"
 Stafford digested this in silence.
 "But why in creation should the chaps have taken the trouble to bring over red fox carcassesf" he inquired at length
 That's easy answered. They was after your best stock It's pretty like ly they didn't take them far. and they wouldn't want you noslng about for your live foxes" "Is that it:" Another thing The robbers was six days or more on Eel island Now they could catch and kin an your fox ss in two But To catch them SO they 1 wouldn't re hurt would take time | No, your foxes ain't dead yet. and they uiu't far off. neither. and your Aleut . knows who's got them. He told you he'd been eight days on this island ! didn't heT'
 Stafford nodded. Flight days that's . what he said
 He lied knew it the moment set eyes on his ire. Not enough ash tO this fire to make heat to keep a man without a blanket comfortable for eight days this weather. And lookl The houghs he's broke of for his bed. ! They're too fresh. Ag'm. he aint got uo ux here. yet the charred ends of the thicker bits on the fire has been cut with an uN It's clear as light The robbers ferried sam across here about two days back. cut some wood for him so he shouldn't be too cold. gave him grub to last till bout the time you'd likely be home and left him."
 "l guess you're right | see it now. I'm grateful to you"
 Stafford reached for his rife. but Joe mtervened
 Stay you still, and I'n show you the way we do in the lumber camps"
 Sam's strong, squat figure advanced toward us As he stopped to throw the wood he had brought on the ground Joe caught his shoulder with one hand and snatched the knife from his belt with the other. And then there flash. ed across the features of the Aleut an expression like mad dogs. He flung himself, guashing and snarling, on No yember
 But he was fin the grip of a man too strong for him. and, though he return cd again and again to the attack, the huge young woOdsman twisted him to earth, where Stafford and I tied his struggling limbs
 This done We rolled him oyer
 (To Be ContinuedD
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-29

police headquartes. and there in tAs
wood detected and pointed out .
tribe Of steel which never came from
the unbroken blades Of the knife taken
from Johns pocket"
Fallen was the proud head now and
fallen the great mans aspect. II he
spoke 1t was to utter low oliver!
Oliver!"
The pathos Of 1.-THE heart-rending
wonder in the tone brought the tears
to Deborah's eyes and made her last
words very difficult.
But the one great thing which
gives to these facts their really dan.
gerous point is the mystery you have
made OF your life and of this so-called
hermitage. II you can clear up that
you can afford to ignore the rest"
"The misfortunes of my house!" was
his sole response. "The misfortunes
of my house!"
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-29

effort, began some conciliatory speech.
the young girl smiled with certain
sad patience. and. turning toward
Judge Ostrander, said as she softly
withdrew:
''You have been very kind to allow
me to mention q name and discuss
subject you have expressly forbidden.
want to show my gratitude, Judge
Ostrander, by never referring to 1t
again without your permission. That
you know my mind"-here her head
rose with sort of lofty pride which
lent dazzling quality to her usually
quiet beauty-"and that know yours.
is quite enough for me-"
"A noble girl! mate for the best!"
fell from the judges lips after ST.
lence disturbed only by the faint. far
on murmur of a slowly dispensing
throng.
Deborah made no answer. She
could not yet trust her courage or
her voice.
The judge, Gho was standing near,
concentrated his look upon her fea-
lures. "Madam%-he was searching
her eyes. searching her very soul. as
men seldom search the mind of an
other. "You believe in the truth Of
these calumnies that have just been
shouted in our ears. You believe
what they say Of Oliver. You. with
every prejudice in his favor; with ev-
cry desire to recognize his worth!
You, who have shown yourself ready
to drop your husbands cause though
you consider 1t an honest one, when
you saw what havoc it would entail
to my boys repute. You believe-and
on what evidence?" he broke in. Be
cause of the picture and the coinci-
dence of his presence in the ravine?"
"Yes."
But these are puerile reasons" He
was speaking peremptorily now and
with all the weight of q master mind.
"And you are not the woman to be
satisfied with anything puerile. There
is something back of all this: some
thing you have not impaired. What
is that something? Tell-tell-"
"Oliver was a mere boy in those
days and very passionate one. He
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-29
SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd of neighbors invade
the mysterious home Of Judge Ostrander.
county Judge and eccentric recluse. fol-
lowing yelled woman who proves to be
the widow OF a man tried before the judge
and electrocuted for murder years before
Hor daughter is engaged to the judges
son. from whom he Is estranged, but the
murder is between the lovers. She plans
to clear her husbands memory and asks
the judges aid. Deborah Scoville reads
the newspaper clippings telling the story
Of the murder OF Algernon Etheridge by
John Ecoville in Dark Hollow, twelve
years before. The Judge and Mrs. SEQ
Vile meet at Spencer's Folly and she
shows him how, on the day of the mur-
der, she saw the shadow of a man, whit
ting stick and wearing long peaked
cap. The Judge engages her and her
daughter Reuther to live with him in his
mysterious home. Deborah and her law
yer. Black. go to the police station and
see the stick used to murder Etheridge.
She discovers broken knife-blade point
embedded In 1t. Deborah and Reuther 60
to live with the judge. Deborah sees
portrait of Oliver, the judges son. with
black band painted across the eyes. That
night she finds. In divers room. a cap
a knife with broken blade-point. Anon
ymous letters and a talk with Miss
Weeks Increase her suspicious and fears.
She finds that Oliver was in the ravine
on the murder nights Black warns her
and shows her other anonymous letters
limiting at divers guilt. In the court
room the Judge Is handed an anonymous
note. The note Is picked up and read
aloud,
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-29
A NATURAL HANDICAP.

The Life Extension institute is an
organization which is fighting disease
through publicity. Its membership
includes some of the greatest living
scientists and educators. These au-
thorities have put forth many rad
ical statements concerning alcohol.
They declare that the present antag-
onistic attitude of several European
monarchs towards this "deadening
drug" is fully warranted by scientific
evidence. Alcohol" they say, "is q
handicap for nation at war. 1t is q
handicap for an individual in the strug-
gle for existence. This is not the
Judgment of scientists alone, nor of
weaklings and faddists, but of the
big-brained, strengthened men upon
whom has fallen the tremendous bur
den of guiding great nations through
the greatest crisis in history"
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-29
EFFECT OF ALCOHOL.

DR.. T. Alexander McNicholl, sur
geon in Red Cross hospital. investi-
gated $4,000 school children for the
New York Academy Of Medicine. He
found So per cent below the standard
of intelligence, II per cent dullards.
Is per cent deficient, and 16 per cent
nearly deficient. Fffty-three per cent
Of the detectives were the children OF
drinking parents. Only 10 per cent of
the children Of abstaining parents
were dullards. The family history Of
3,711 children were traced for three
generations. OF the children OF ab-
staining parents and grandparents 4
per cent were dullards, while of the
children OF abstaining parents and
drinking grandparents IS per cent
were billiards.
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-29
1fhaAlpE[ynElll
Nk5@s;,lINiD1r11g N5s;,lI
3YF1E9 a. s.
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
COST OF JOHN eARLEYcoRN.

The credit side of the account of q
city with John Barleycorn Is very wide
ly advertised by the liquorites. They
endeavor to make the public believe
that there is no debit side and far too
few communities take the trouble to
Investigate and discover what is paid
out of their treasures to offset the Ii.
cense money paid in by the saloons.
AT the instigation Of Governor Brum-
baugh of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia's
account with the liquor traffic has been
carefully figured up and given to the
public. 1t shows that John Barleycorn
costs the city each year more than
81, 100000; that more than one-half of
the expense of the police department
of the great city is made necessary by
the liquor traffic; that the per cent Of
expense Of other departments of the
city government, due to alcohol Is, sui
cides, rs per cent; home for the In
digent, 60 per cent; general hospital,
35 per cent; county prison, 80 per
cent; district attorneys Office, 80 per
cent; clerk Of the quarter sessions, 80
per cent; juvenile court, so per cent.
Such figures certainly reflect upon
the common business sense of the man
voters of Philadelphia, especially in
view of the statement in the report,
that "the sum of 100000 is far in
excess Of the money paid into the
treasury for liquor licenses"
A similar problem in civic economy
should be presented to the voters of
every city which toierates the liquor
traffic.
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-29
AN uNcoMPRomIsINe ENEMY.

Il am the sworn, eternal and un-
compromising enemy of the liquor
traffic." declared DR.. Billy Sunday, re-
Gently in Philadelphia. Stand by
me-" he pleaded, "in my fight for your
homes, your families, and your de-
cency. The saloon is doomed; the an
tisaloon sentiment already holds the
balance OF power in the United States.
In Gods good time we are going to
sing My Country 'Tis of Thee and
there won't be q saloon in it. We
might as well try to dam Niagara
Falls with tcothpicks as try to stem
the great tide OF temperance reform
that is sweeping our country"
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-29

hated Etheridge-the obtrusive men,
tor who came between him and your
SELF"
Hated"
"Yes. there is proof"
He did not ask where. Possibly he
knew. And because he did not ask
she did not tell him. holding on to her
secret in vague hope that SO much
at least might never see light.
Il knew the boy shrank sometimes
from Algernon's company" the Judge
admitted, after another glance at her
face; but that means nothing In a
boy full of his own affairs. What else
have you against him? Speak up! l
can bear 1t ALL"
"He handled the stick. that-that-"
Never! Now you have gone mad.
madam"
II would be willing to end my days
In an asylum II that would disprove
this fact
"But, madam, what proof-what rea.
son can you have for an assertion so
monstrous?"
"You remember the shadow I saw
which was not that Of John Scoville? :?
The person who made that shadow
was whiting stick; that was a trick
Of divers. l have heard that he even
whitfield furniture"
Good God!" The judges panoply
was pierced at last.
They tried to prove, as you will
remember, that It was John who thus
disfigured the bludgeon he always car
ried with pride. But the argument
was . sorry one and In itself would
have broken down the prosecution had
he been q man Of better repute. Now.
those few chips taken from the handle
Of this weapon will carry different
significance. For In my folly asked
70 ooo this stick. which still exists at
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-29
Destroying the Mosquito.

The way to destroy the mosquito In
its larval stage is to pour little ker-
osene on the surface Of the pool or
stream Inhabited by the industrious
wiggler. The oil shuts out the sup
ply OF oxygen from the water BE-
meath. The wiggler rises tail first To
the surface and tries to force A1s
breathing tube through the thin layer
Of OIL. He fails and promptly dies
from suVocation-a suitable death for
70 fratrIcidal an insect
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-29
RoosEvELT's OPINION.

Colonel Roosevelt says: There II
nothing mope absurd than the belief
that the closing Of the saloon viii
cause workingmen to lose their Jobs.
There are few things more important
to our social Advancement than the
oosening Of the grip Of the liquor In
terests upon the labor movement. The
saloon always represents economic
Ice" :.
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-29
WORTH WHILE.

Under the operation Of the present
prohibition law wonders have been
worked in North Carolina. The im-
provement can be seen in every city
and hamlet, and many men who voted
against the present law have since its
operation become convinced that 1t
has been more than worth WHILE" says
the Charlotte Times in speaking of
the result of prohibition In North Car.
olina.
Cheyenne record., 1915-07-29
CHAPTER xII-costinued.

N1AF.I En- NI-S0SstluoS0s
AS for Deborah, she had shrunk out
of sight at his approach, but as soon
as he had ridden OF she looked eager
ly for taxicab to carry her In his
wake. She could not let him ride that
mile alone. She was still fearful for
him, though the mass Of people about
her was rapidly dissolving away, and
the streets growing clear.
She can see his carriage now. Held
up for moment by the crowd. It has
broken through. and is rolling quickly
towards. .Ostrander lane. But the mob
Is following. and she is yet far be-
hind.
Shouting to the the chauffeur to
hasten, the insistent honk! hank! of
the cab adds 1t raucous note to the
turmoil! They have dashed through
one group-they are dashing through
another-naught can Withstand an on
rushing automobile. She catches
glimpses of raised arms threatening
retaliation; of eager, stolid, uncertain
and furious faces-and her breath held
back during that one instant of wild
passage rushes pantingly forth again.
Ostrander lane is within sight II
only they can reach it-f only they
can cross it! But they cannot with
out sowing death in their track. No
scattered groups here. the mob fills
the corner. 1t is packed close as a
wall. Brought up against it. the mo-
tor necessarily comes to standstill.
She will have to wait until the
crowd sways apart, allowing her to-
All, there, some heads are moving
now! She catches one glimpse ahead
Of her. and see-What does she see?
The noble but shrunk figure Of the
fudge drawn up before his gate. His
lips are moving, but no sound issues
from them; q change passes like ).
stroke of lightning over the surginy
mass. Some one shouts out Coward"
another, Traitor!" and the lifted head
falls. the moving lips cease from their
efforts and in place of the great per-
sonality which filled their eyes a mo-
ment before. they see a man en-
trapped, waking to the horror of sud-
den death in life for which no visions
o. the day. no dreams Of the night. had
been able to prepare him.
1t was sight to waken pity, not de-
rision. But these people had gathered
here in bitter mood and their rancor
had but scented the prey. Calls Of
"Oliver!" and such threats as You
saved him at q poor mans expense.
but we'll have him yet, we'll have him
yeti" began to rise about him: follow
ed by endless repetitions Of the name
from near and far: "Oliver! O1iver!"
Oliver! His own lips seemed to re-
echo the word. Then like lion baited
beyond his patience the Judge lifted
his head and faced them all with q
nery intensity which for the moment
made him terrible figure to contem-
plate.
Let no one utter that name to me
here!" shot from his lips in tones Of
unspeakable menace and power.
Spare me that name, or the curse Of
my ruined life be upon you. I can
bear no more today"
The cry arose again: oliver! Oil
yer! The sons Of the rich go free.
but ours have 70 hanS!"
At which he gave them one stare
and fell back against the door. II
yielded and Q woman's arms received
him. The gentle Reuther in that hour
Of dire extremity. showed herself
stronger than her mother who had
fallen u . faint amid the crowd
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-11
MONKEYS NEGOTIATED.
First steps Taken Mt Medical Co,Ic,,
in Poliom yclitis Invcstiuntjo,

Tho work of investigation into M.
liomyelitis, which Is to be conducted =,
the research laboratory of tho state
board of health at the University Col.
lege of Medicine, was definitely ber,,n
Sunday morning, when DR.. II l..
Amoss of the Rockefeller Institute Of
New York, who Is cooperating with tho
State board. and Or. Il. s. Towne. who
will carry on the work at the laboratory.
performed operations upon fourteen Of
the monkeys. These operations consisted
Of blood tests and NEGOTIATIONS There
were a number of doctors from tho state
laboratory and about the city present at
the operations. there being a great in
terest in this research work.
It Is hoped that through the work which
Is to be conducted az the laboratory tho
carriers Of the disease may be ASCERTAIN
ed and a method of prevention found
The work Is necessarily very slow md
results from the operations performed
Sunday viii nor he known for some
time. Or Amoss has done much in the
investigation of poliomyelitis under the
direction Of DR.. FlcXner of the Rockcfol-
Ter Institute. and Is considered one of the
best informed authorities on this disease
in this country, having devoted all of
his time for n number Of years to its
study. He Will not remain at tho lahor1-
tory all OF the time but will be available
for consulta ton and will work In cooper
alton with the burlington doctors
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-11
TAXES ABATED.
Board Crosses on S2,7OO-Bondsmen ia
he Notified.

Among the several attractions at the
city hall Tuesday evening were MEETINGS
of the board of aldermen and board for
abatement of taxes. The board Tor
abatement of taxes met first TO con-
slider the report Of the board of finance
and assessors to whom vas referred the
lists presented for abatement by Con-
stables n. G. Florence and J. :. Dem
ming, The committee reported they had
gone over the list, name by name, and
had checked off those which In their
opinion should be nbated. The board
then abated the taxes as suggested by
the committee. The amount ahatcd was
about S,7D, a large part of which was
In the lists of Constable Florence.
At the meeting of the board of alder
men tho report of the committee to
whom was referred the matter of he
uncollected taxes in the hands Of former
C~onstables r. n. Frcchette and n. C.
Florence was presented, The report
was TO the effect that the books Of the
city auditors showed that after s5al. 90,
which had been collected by Mr.. Flor
ence, had been turned over to the city
treasurer. there would stlll remain in
his possession the sun Of sls,6l9.ss The
report also stated that Mr.. Freche,te
still owes the city the sum OF s3N2, 10.
1t was recommended in the report that
as the time for the collection of taxes
in the cases of both constables could be
no further extended, that their BOND he
notified and the city clerk be requested
to give such notice. The report was then
adopted with the recommendations.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-11
TWO DENOMINATIONS.
Fourth Ward Democrats Name Alder
man Dwyer and Commissioner UnJIibn,.

The fourth ward democratic caucus. held
at the city court room Tuesday even
Ing, was a very harmonious affair.
Alderman Dwyer and School Commits
sioner Hallihan, the present holders IF
those offices, being renominated with
out opposition.
John 4. Kelley was elected chairman
OF tho oaucus with Oscar Heininger
secretary. Frank J. Dwyer was placed
In nomination for the office of alderman
to succeed himself by Joseph I. F,lgero.
the secretary was Instructed to cast ono
ballot for Mr.. Dwycr. John r. Hallihan
was placed in nomination for the office
of school commissioner in the same
manner
Other nominations for ward officers
were made as follows: Ward clerk. Oscar
Haininger; inspectors Of elections. T
Edward Dooley, Joseph J., Fugere. Will
nam rhyme. Joseph DcNarennes.
Patrick Kennedy and John Quinn u.ere
elected as ward committee.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-11
MAIL CLERK ARRESTED.
A.. ". Barrett Charged with
the NaiIA.

Allen NJ Jarrett, n railway mali clerk
on the Alburg and Albany run was ar
rested at Alburg Tuesday afternoon.
lie was brought 20 this city Tuesday
night and lodged In the county Jail
Barrett Is from Manchester in tins
state and his present horne is In Troy.
n. Y. He was transfer clerk at Rutland
for some time and has been on runs
which frequently brought him to Burling-
ton. 1t is alleged that the thefts COM
mitted by him have been going on for a.
period of over a year, and that the
amount stolen will total several hun
dreds of dollars.
Soon after Inspector Frank ]. Buckley
of this division noted that a great num-
Der Of losses We're being reported in the
mails he made a complaint to Inspector
Leatherman Of Boston who assigned In
spcctors +. +. Sharp and c. +. Jennings
TO investigate the case, Tuesday after
noon a test letter was mailed at Airing
ton addressed to Miss Mildred Strong.
G~rassmount, Burlington. Vt. the letter
containing $3.50. Later in the day Bar
rett was arrested by Inspectors Sharp
and Jennings at the train. He had the
$3.50 in his possession and it was ascer-
tanned that he had burned the envelope.
Barrett is 30 years Of age and has been
In the railway mai service for ten years.
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his actions of the morning and his att
tude toward certain measures. In his
cndeavor to make his position good and
his point clear, he began reading cx-
tracts from an editorial, recently pub-
lishcd in one Of the State papers; he
had not proceeded far when Mr.. Stone
of Ncrgennes raised the point of order
that Mr.. Hapgood was not speaking 10
the question:. %whereupon the speaker
ruled Hapgood out of order; Hapgood
would not sit dow and while trying
to talk some more, Mr.. Russell of Irae-
burg obtained recognition and made 4
few pertinent remarks for the especial
benefit of Mr.. Hapgood, suggesting that
If this Legislature wished to 90 on record
as one of the most expensive to the
state as well as facing the longest sos
sion, 1t would he through the attitude
and actions of Mr.. Hapgood. in the way
in which he INSTRUCTED legislation.
THE DIN browns HIS VOICE
These remarks were received with
applause throughout the chamber; but
the rcbuke had no more effect on the
gentleman from Peru thar water on a
ducks back; he e~ndcavorod to resume
his Grafton in his w defense but the
speaker again ruled him out of order,
while the slamming of desk covers and
cat calls came from all parts OF the
House; in the midst of the hubbub and
confusion, Mr.. Caswell of Derby moved
to adjourn. The Housc will
Monday afternoon at three O'Clock.