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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-11-19

INC word Who wished him to drink
Who Was that person
b ight It not be- this man mere Count
frederick the man whom really he
lcarcd' II So, would not fcigned in.
toXiCation serve we'll to discover the
others nature!
Reasoning thus, King Michael with
small eNcrtion Of histrionic art a
aged Co give an excellent imitation to
his friend Of "a monarch tar gone IN
wine Frederick. pleading fatigue and
thirst. piled him farther. and Michael
apparently yielded using still such
arts a. served him tor the time he.
ing.
When, not too lDup before the np-
uoiutod hour OF midnight Frederick
Iufi the pa acr. hc l,t 10 h'ul h.m as
u was assured. a monarch Bop .uss!y
.ddlDd
So the lights famed On at 400 The
windows OF the Winter pa ace.
suddenly the music broke. cra he'd
and swept into the national air. a
murmur went about, The king The
dancers hastoncd back to the sides
Ut the room. All eyes turned tow ard
the great cutrgnco
Under the |fOstulucd flags, escort.
ed by his uniform Il officers, himself
wearing all his decorations and CARRIED
It's a king should be- there appeared
King Michael Of GrctzhuGou.
The hour of midnight struck. The
eyes Of moro than one Liza on the
great dancing llour-includiug those
OF Count Frederick Of Gret.huncn-
looked Mt the king amazed. Here was
40 staggering monarch. maudlin In b b
cups, comc Il make a spectacle of
himself before his people, No, ho
walked straight as any And behind
him from the street there anne not
shouts Of derision, but something OF
welcome. Of conhdencc-a pitiful eX
preston Of a people willing yet long
or To endure I king.
At the kings side. her hand on hi.
arm. there walked the figure Of Il tai
and beautiful woman, urraycd-a.
we're all those others prosont-in
costume Of blacE aud white a tall
Young woman whom not wany Of thos.
present recognized. A few passed IN,
word. The American
The music Of the royal anthem
ceased IN instant and the orchcstr'
broke out once mor' in the sensuou.
strains Of a southern waltz Ninl
Michael as yet did not dance, but b,
gave word that the ban should pro
coed. \ uniformed or Ger Of the cour
now approached Count Frederick a
he stood not far removed from III,
royal presence.
Monsieur. the count, SAID ne dc
fe%rentially, Il have had ior som
hours In my possession this puckag
which ( have not opened. II Is mafke0
to be presented to his majesty at mlC
night here. DO you think It should b
d]clivcred?'
Even as they spoke the king min
self. accompanied IN accordance Wit
his request Nv the Young woman wh
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-11-19

i have made my plans. My " rcgi'
ments will be faithful. The regiments
Of the king are none too faithful The
panditti OF the desert are with MS To
morrow there viii be Il new King ~
G%retzhonen, and that king will be
Frederick the First
Kitty slipped from the room Tho
hall was empty An instant later sh.
was out Of the great entry and pdssina
to her car
At her hotel once more she hurried
to her room Here was somewhat to
be done. She knew the plot nov all
was plain as to the intentions Of Fred.
crick in regard to the kingdom OF
G%rctzhoncn and to the monarch who
held the throne.
your majesty she wrote IN her
rolling hand now, the young Ameri
can so much honored by your sit
which Is returned to your care at mid.
night tonight has by chance learned
Of a plot to injuro your majesty aud t.
lnjure the kingdom of GretzhofCn ia
well. Trust her to explain whon op.
p%ortunity shall come. Meantime have
the word Of one who is solicitous TOR
.our safety. Drink no wine Beware Oh
Once moro she telephoned to the
bureau OF tell graphs, called for a mes
songCr. and sent her simple missivc Ia
the king.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-11-19
CHAPTER XIV

ne ttallfOOm
IN mis- " apartments that evening
Michael the king had passed the time
in somewhat p~rcoccupicd fashion Left
alone. and hence unhappy in his coun.
n,lf IT, Welcomed tho anuDl.CcnC"
nr the chamberlain Who advised him
%, tho presence of TIVE Count Sachio ~
CrahaT u. who wisnol to Iay bis com
plimcu g to the KING
rome rnol. MY dc r count sau
Michael 10 him You are ,,rs wr'
como 81 this nCur You viii have q
rl...s li orr W vintage 4 have Il
cask OF l.ucoycn which Is quite worth
while.
with all my heart. said Count
Sachio
The attendant removed the cork
from tive bottle royorOutlN poured
slowly. gently. the amber nuid into
the tall asses u on the {; HE n wa.
At that moment that King Michael o.
ihought him Of a certain message
handed To him hUt left until now nm
orcncd lie frowuod as he looked nt
the wCrd, i]rrcvcrcut when addressed
10 row ty, and ur"'nr haste Inn.
portaut Is It So What shall / do
my Grgr court? TN~oy ii una
Court S1chlo clst . lance O. &. &C.,
iHscriptiCn
'Yorr maiosty sand me- It is co.
the hand Of a lady nv no wua
throw away any letter q woman
vr',ys 10 YOU and by no means write
u yourself. Am | not good CoUr
yelo'
Smiling. King MlrNacl broke open IN.
small hotel seal. fToWuiug rs he did u
AT what seemed to him undue fuwil.ar
ity on the part Of someone, he know
not who. But as his eyes ran over
the few lines Of the message his 's
preston suddenly changed The worh.
remained deeply written on his mind
Your majesty young Am"r'-
can drink no wine
Count Sachio looked on respectfully
ulS glass arrested. naturally veutur,u-
go comment. King Michael made no
,tort to turn the conversation lite
left his wine untasted!
Indeed, our people also are grow
ing in audacity, went on Count Sachio
presently. But ! pledge your maj
,sty a long and happy reign Tie
raised his glass and waited.
Drink heartily, good Count SaChio
said King Michael As for myself,
ave dined but lately as ! said. The
doctors say dreadful things 90 mr
You excuse me-
lie had poured but a small portion
Ia his glass, AND raised his hand
against more.
Suchiu was ubliecd TO admit To-
cunt F,d,riC., Whom now hO ,a'it
"uught, that he doubted the fun ta..
rrss of his crrgud,
Leave him then To- me. ,,.
lgimcd Frtderioh he never fails On
10 us / ask. Make ready Tor a., ball
time presses nov mysul. WI
hasten to see the king before he leave"
'ur the winter palace.
Frederick. making urPent uNyus.
now To enter the apartments Of Tho
Wing altcr his arrival, found the mon
arch in the same apartment, stolidIy
regarding the nov empty bottle u'
wine.
A ce tain idea ca.nc TO the tral'
a, Mishael the king, as he nov
,low'cdg.d the visit OF Cuuu, rr''
rnck at so late an hour . 'n
message had warned him not &C. .,l'
iWiue-thcn there must be someone IL
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at It she saw a face thrust out-a face
upturued towards her
'Rolcau'" she exclaimed Can IL
be possible? Rolcau, help me- kitty
cyicuded her arms appealiurly ~ am
q prisoner hore-thcy have locked me
Iu-thcre is no way out. flulp me-
Rulogu's ~ presence in the palace
she did not at the moment undertak"
10 explain. As a matter Of TACT. he
Lad hut that day come in from the
e. M Of the banditti. where he had
been detained.
Wait he cried II will show YOU.
An iron grating. with the stairs o.
a fire escape, led down directly IN
front Of Roleau's window. tie cumo
out upon this, braced his legs across.
and back under the rail, and held out
his mighty arms.
Jump" he cried, 1T rs safe
An instant later she was ON the iron
grating and into the window, Ju. itu
l.gu. paunt unshavou. smi'iye her
rr'cnd and rcscucr, had led her TO the
door
Come he said and without raus.
ing for any discussion. h. hurried cut.
he following
II is late Roleau, whispered Kitty
back To him II g. eleven o'clock.
The king goes 10 the great ball az
midnight Hurry ( must be- there
Quick!"
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-11-19

had entered with him approached
Count Frederick. II, raised a hand to
bcckuu 10 the official
Your majesty, whispered Kitty
Gray, that is the package which /
myself sent you this morning take it
quickly marked It for YOU at mid.
night.
Shall | open IL for your majesty
Count Frederick bent forward polite
ly.
NO" said Michael. 4 know the
one who sent Il Let herself open 10
now"
Kitty broke the simple seal Nfon
the plain envelope in which she had
enclosed the cuiu that morning. She
smiled at Michael radiantly now, and
at Count Frederick though not ra.
dainty
The dance swept on, the crash OF
reed and brass filling the archod dome
ot the great salon. In through the
great doors came the cries OF those
not sfiendidly CARRIED, those who
stood without the palace-"Long live
the king"
liut tie king stood curiou ly regard
ing the change IN oppression which
be- saw ON the face Of the young
Iyricau.
We'll then, mademoisc1, s.id he
ITO GE CONTINUED
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-11-19
XIII.

- FFlbOUtEs
Having dispatched her messages
Kitty Gray sat alone once more In her
room. There came to her mind once
more the reflection that now she had
not even one portion Of the broken
c,in. As to that which mad gone 20
the king. she felt fairly sure that she
might regain it rs TO that which had
been taken from her by force by Count
Frederick, she vjs 'ar as eyer from
it, possession
The simplest ~; % the best, slid
she once more IA go back there
again"
/ was not so fortunate ds to ind
monsieur the count 10 home before,
she explained to Tie attendants who
met her at the door
Monsieur the count has gone out
but now"
\ sudden resolution came to kitty's
mind even as u Sudden flush came To
her check.
so? Then will wait his coming.
II you please, the apartments OF
sIeur the count"
The man left her, aud she closed the
door An instant l.lcr She was at work.
turning over the articles On the
dresser, pcorlns hcrc and there, look
ing this way and UaNJ-and uns lccgf'.
ully.
But meantime the attendant Who
had l,lt her, anxious to be Of service
to his master. sent out posth; ste 10
summon Count Frederick to his re.
turn. lie met the count himself, and
yet another attend M upon the point
OF entering the palace The newcomer
was talking to the count cNCitedly
'Exccl,rcy. | TIL You the woman
Is OutwittinE you she sent her half
the coin this very morning sent It t.
the king by special messenger. / saw
it felt Il In the envelope, | am sure.
There Is some plot afoOt. And
brought the news as Don as possible.
but have searched for YOU long.
Come said Frederick and h,
hastenod the more when he met III,
messenger advising him OF Kitty
presence in the palace.
Her search sim uncomplctcd, Kitty
heard footsteps approaching. ana
turned dcspC'atcl. " % ONE trapped
animal. There VAS no escape -th,
narrow window, as she knew, was tw'
stories above the court below And
even as she stepped 10 the door sh,
met there the smiling, sardouic fac,
of Count Frederick himself
The honor is nina. mglcmoiscllc''
said he with icy u]uiitcnoss. "lru',
had not expected you.
Shampfuccd, confused, for once I'M
tblc to make am, explanation, Kitty
could but stand and st.ru at him NJ
instant later she heard lhy click ut th.
lock and the passing cot footsteps 10
The hall ou,c more She Was alone
She Wus a prisoner
She sat alone helpless, uuauswcrc,
IN spite Of her pounding ON tAc door
her cries for help. until she was utter
/. y weary until the shades OF nigh
came,
She looked al her watch The hou
. was approaching eleven The grca
black and white bah was nov In prog
ross at the winter palace across tn.
, city.
She went to the window and locke
p, out iutu the night MI the count wa
/, lark save one window directly h"lOy
. n,r ON tho opposite AIDE fifteen fec
+, below. ten feet across tb" narroN
= coartwEy Iysn MS shc looked dow
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-04

Rain falling n sheets and driven by an eaaerly gale that at times reached velocity of more than mile minute fell uponkthe in storm of great violence. inches of rain had fallen Bridgeport from midnight to o'clock this afternoon There were crippled One completely tied because the flooded cellars involved the machinery
 scene of impressive grandeur pillows broke the seaalls at Seaside park Only the largest Naugak with 02 and much freight turned back from its New York trip when reached the unsheitered sea off PenfieId Reef. | Thousands of dollars damage collapse of concrete conduit at the Remington Arms & Ananun factory buildings Boston bridge excavation work must be done to effect the needed repairs
 Scores of launches aid craft swept their and them have sunk the sound along the summer resorts uIsheered anchorage
 
 of the Peunonnock effectively Blocked Where possible messengers transferred many climbing piers supporting tracks brdg the lakes that gathered through the early morning to such a depth to halt trolley cars.
 telephone subscribers without of the day Falling trees carried wires and high winds caused many short circuits.
 the vicinity Iransan State street. arooned by great of water.
 Low registered during the With tide evening, the continued there prospect still for the residents of this often-fooded section.
 An unknown master distress off Penfield Occasional r n the storm brought her into view of strong
 pile driver at work on the boulevard extension Seaside
 The steamer seaboard o the Hartford New York Trans poration Co., Merchants Idne) She left at 80 New York city ordinarily a five hour trip. Many passengers pepishable freight up in Long Island
 City flooded this service suspended electric motor.
 Electric lighting service Southport out of sion.
 collapse of carrying poles and wires to the ground
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-04

Buneted in one of the worst storms en the sound within the memory of veteran nayigafors, the Ete4rner Nau- zatuck, its hundred od-1 passengers, and even some of it's crew seasick, was forced to put about, on it's trip to aIew York this forenoon and to re- turn to it's moorings in Bridgeport 1zarbor.
 Almost q panic followed the break fug ups of news stand in the cabin, fin a heavy pitch of the vessel. There were about 35 women and dozen children on the vessel Most C them were panic stricken
 So well did. Captain Joseph L. Han cort and Purser William Mahoney provide for the passengers that when all were safe in port an impromptu meeting was called, and vote of thanks was given them
 Jitney buses were chartered, prob ably for the first time in history to carry steamship passengers, when they were transferred to the railroad sta- ton and given passage on the 1ez11 xrasn to New York city,
 The Naugatuck cast off her moorings 6sompfIy at o'clock and showed her nose down the harbor. As the buoy OH Bridgeport light was passed Cap 4slfn Hancort took his course vest southwest preliminary to passing Pen @eia reef light. the solemn booming of s5hose fog -horn could be indistinctly heard 1n the heavy sea
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-04
LOCKE STEEL BELT CO,
 CELLARS ARE FLOODED

Slight abatement in the heavy downpour about 10 o'clock brought relief to a rather uncertain situation at the plant of the Locke Steel Belt Co, in Connecticut avenue, where the cellars were flooded to the depth of fifteen inches Vhe sewers proved inadequate and water backed up into the cellars.
 The shop is operated by electric power and the water was getting dan gerously high around the transform CTS when the rain stopped somewhat. This gave the sewers a chance to. car ry off the food waters and conditions took on a brighter aspect.
 At II o'clock, S. D. Locke, secre- tary of the company. said that a shut down was averted only by the sudden abatement. He believed that the plant could be operated during the day un- less there was another sudden change weatherwise.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-04
MOTHER MURDERS SLEEPING CHILD;
 THEN KILLS SELF
Wife of Meriden Manufac- turer Stays Son in His
 Bed At Daybreak.

Meride Aug 4-Mrs Nellie Breese Allen, wife of James F. Allen. pres1- dent and treasurer of the Meriden Gravure Company, killed her young est son, Gordon, aged 8 years. as he slept, this morning, and then killed herself, Mrs. Allen had been under treatment for melancholia. e s The weapon used was .38 ca1i= bre revolver. The boy was shot through the heart as he lay in bed and Mrs. Allen took her own life by send ing a bullet through her brain. The bodies were found by MT. Allen.
 It has been the custom of Mrs. AL len to rise early and leaving her cham Der go to her sons room. This she did this morning and Nfr.A11ens thought nothing of it. A Iitle later he heard a peculiar noise but attributed it to the closing of a winoow. A few min uates later Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace. ./the governess, who had the next room to Gordons. rushed to MT. Allen ana said she had heard a pistol shot and feared something terrible had happen ed. Mrs. Allen and the son were found dead upon the bed. It is be- lived death was immediate.
 Medical Exa miner Bradstreet, when called, decided that Mrs. Allen had suffered from an acute attack of in- somnia. For@six or seven years she had been under treatment for melan- -chO11a. During the past lew months her condition had shown much inn provement, her spirits were good and her interest in household matters en- coura aging. She appeared to have been in excellent mental condition.
 Mrs. Allen was born in this city AT years ago and came of family of social prominence. Her parents are dead, her father having been Theo- dore F. Breese, superintendent of the Parker Clock Shop.
 Her mother was Cornelia Parker Breese, daughter of Charles Parker, head of the Parker Company during his life. MT. and Mrs. Allen had liv- ed in the Breese homestead on Main street. Besides MT. Allen there are two sons surviving Parker B. and Theodore F..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-04
WESTINGHOUSE co.
 BUYS PLANT FROM
 MER!DEN ARMS co,

Meriden, Aug. 4-The Meriden Arms Co.,, it was announced today, has sold it's factory and equipment to the New England westing ghouse Co.,, which will take possession at once. This company is a branch of the Westing ghouse Electric & Engineering Go. of Pittsburgh. Other branches are at East Springfield and Chicopee Falls, Mass.
 The Meriden Arms Co has not de- cided where it will establish a new plant. In normal times it employed from 450 to 800 men and close to that number have been employed of late. The plan was owned by Sears, Roe buck Co, of Chicago The sale price is said to have been in excess of half emf
 6. million dollars.
 The westingho Go. s men are eN- pected to assume charge of depart nents tomorrow and the present force of workncn will be continued and the plant enlarged to increase the out
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-04
NAUGaTUCk PASSENGERS PANIC
 STRICKEN IN FURIOUS STORM

A stiff gale was blowing from the east which carried the big passenger steamer far to the leeward on every roll A strong head-sea striking on the windWard quarter added to the dis comfort of the passengers as but little freight was on board the vessel which with it's ballast tanks filled rode consid- erably above the water-line.
 The vessel had headed into the gale but short distance when the crew realized that they were going to have hard voyage and under the captain s orders everything below decks was lashed fast in preparation for the tur- bu1ent conditions expected to be en- countered 0n Penfeld reef.
 So thick was the rain, which car ried 9 heavy mist almost equivalent to a fog, that 9 double watch was sta tioned forward. Water rolling over the after deck and rising forward flush with the upper deck. the creaking of beams throughout the vessel as she shiyered under repeated blows, and the occasional racing Of the prope11ers as her stern was lifted high out of the water, all contributed to the rest 1essness of the hundred odd passen- gers
 The women, huddled aft in the cab iT1s were deathly sick. Occasionally their hystericla1 cries of fright could be heard all over the vessel A few of the more daring men attempted to
 Conuuuez on Page 2.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-04
Freight Train Goes
 Through CUlvert On
 Nickel Plate Road

Buffalo, x. Y. Aug. 4-Traffic be- tween the east and the west over both Lake Shore and the Nickel Plate railroads was completely tied up from tho time the cloudburst let go over Erie last night until 8 o'clock this morning when officials of both roads reported that contamination had been established with single track
 Washouts, unprecedented in depth and extent, and the loss of c1l- verts and part of one bridge throlIeh which a freight train crashed. it was said. were the worse features of the problems facing the officials.
 Trains that had passed throuRh Buffalo westDound were recalled earlg- today and sent over the 1Iichigan Cen trs1! railroads Canadian line to De troit-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-04

that broke over the metropolitan sec tion this morning ito the accompani- ment of a so mile gale.
 Nearly three inches of rain fell. in four hours at Sandy Hook where a southeaster lashed the ocean into fury. Vessels were held up at the harbor entrance. and during the height of the gale a small schooner, the 1I V- B. Chase, from Cheverie, N. S., to Nor folk, with plaster, surrendered to the elements off Scotland Lightship and found the bottom Her captain, L. Futile, and E. Martin a Swedish sail or, were drowned. Captain Tuttle's body. Iashed to the boat, adrift some where off the coast, was sought by coast guard who rescued the other four members of the crew.
 Along the northern coast of New Jersey the storm did damage difficult to estimate. Seabright, swept by the ocean three times within IS months, was battered again. Along Hlle line of railroad which runs from the town to the farthest spit of the Jersey shore. at Sandy Hook, the rollers Ieaped the buIkhead and flooded the tracks. ef- feetually tying up traffic
 In a dozen parts of New York ana Brooklyn the streets lay under water from two to three feet deep. Jamaica avenue, Brooklyn, was impossible for two and one-haf miles. The thor oughfare had been torn up for sewers and the storm caught it at the worst stage. The excavation was filled by the flood, in some places six feet deep.
 From Coney Island and Sea Gate. where there is a large tent colony, there came reports of whplesale le level ing of tents and a general tie-up in transit facilities. No fatalities were reported from any section ofsthe met ropolitan district, with the exception of the sinking Of the M- v. B. Chase.
 Sixteen trolley lines in Brooklyn and as many more in Manhattan, it was estimated. were stalled by the flood In Newark, N. J., street caved in above a, broken sewer.
 For more than 3 0 hours New York had been water-soaked when the heavy rain began about 3 a. m. today. Within four hours thereafter the rain fall totalled one and one-hadf inches in the city. At Sandy Hook, the total was 2.72 inches.
 shortly after 2. m.. the storm ta- pered of, the heavy rainfall ceased and ineits stead there came a. steady drizzle.