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Ripley County democrat., 1915-05-28
Mr.. Farmer and Live Stock Grower, the
1 Lubbock Sudan Grass Seed Association


Is calling you to quit buying feed and buy Su-
dan grass seed. The Lubbock Sudan Grass Seed
Association organized last year and is compos-
ed of Lubbock county farmers who are producers
of pure Sudan grass seed. Every crop handled by
this association, was inspected in the field before
the crops were harvested, by a committee of FIVE
men. Mr.. V. L. Cory, superintendent of Lubbock
sub station No. 8, a state experiment station is
chairman Of said committee All crops found to be
poisoned by obnoxious pests and weeds were con-
demned and not handled by this association. Mr..
farmer, do not be msled by the inspection certi-
icate'. You have no way in the world to connect
the seed with the certificate offered Sudan grass
is big hay producer afollow crop after harvest
ing the wheat and oats. 1t can be planted with
good results, up to July 1st Pure recleaned. we'll
matured, officially inspected Sudan grass seed 40
cents per pound delivered. Seed that will please
you and produce satisfactory results Free booklet
on request-'The Story of Sudan Grass,
The Lubbock Sudan Grass Seed ASSN.
Lubbock, Texas.
Ripley County democrat., 1915-05-28
Class DlsslnctIon.

"what do you think of the nerve Of
that fellow IN the third rowi Trying
TO iiirt with me. he was. Maymei
As II ia notice fellow who came
10 . l5-eent vaudeville showl"--FIar
ward Lampoon.
Ripley County democrat., 1915-05-28

Federal health experts have decided
that the feather bed is insanitary. A
germ which wouldn't 30 10 sleep and
be perfectly harmless In q feather bed
incarnates total depravity.
Ripley County democrat., 1915-05-28

Anethsr Fssthsr for JuIlus. \
A French Investigator has given ~
Illus Caesar the credit for being one a
the earliest and most earnest oppe-
rcnts Of race suicide.
Ripley County democrat., 1915-05-28

Miss oldun--fTd lust like to sss
any man kiss me- Miss Young
"what hopeless ambitioni--Boston
Transcript.
Ripley County democrat., 1915-05-28
unele Ehen.

"De man dot goes around lookin'
fob advice" said Uncle Eben. is gin,
orally a feIler dat prefers converse
tion to work.
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CHAPTER xIv.-continued.

Maurice, I've got to find that young
woman if have to chase her halfway
round the globe, and it's tough luck to
figure out that If you hadn't been in
such blazing HI of a hurry to
get your supper that night, might be
able to catch up with her in the next
forty-eight hours or so. But what's
done is done, and can't be helped
Chase out and get your passenger
list for that trip. Well take the wom-
en- as they come, and when you've
helped me Gull out the names of the
ones you're sure 1t wasn't, I'll screw
my nut and quit buzzing you"
The clerk went below and returned
almost Immediately with the list. To.
gether they went over it carefully, and
by dint of much memory-wringing
Maurice was able to give the detec-
tive leave to cancel ten of the II
names In the womens list, the remain.
ing seven including all the might-have-
beens who could possibly be fitted
into the clerks recollection of the
woman he had seen clinging to the
saloon deck stanchion after her inter-
view with the deckhand.
1t was while he was waiting for the
departure of the first north-bound
train that he planned the search for
the young woman, arranging the
names Of the seven might-have-beens
in the order of accessibility as indi-
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cooNecny oy cH4RzEJ 5ceYez7eJ SONS

dergarten work, and was cheerfully
shown the records. When he turned
to the pages signed Charlotte Farm
ham" the last doubt vanished and
assurance was made sure. The anony-
nous letter writer was found.
1t was just here that Matthew Brof-
fin fell under the limitations Of his
trade. Though the detective in real life
is as little as may be like the Inspector
Buckets and the Javerts of fiction, GER
tain characteristics persist. When he
found himself face to face with the
straightforward expedient, the craft
limitations bound him. He thought of
a dozen good reasons why he should
make haste slowly; and he recognized
in none of them the craftsmans slant
toward indirection--the tradition of
the trade which discounts the straight
forward attack and puts a premium
upon the methods of the deer-staiker.
Sooner or later, of course, the at.
tack must be made. But only an APP
prentice, he told himself, would be
foolish enough to make It without
mapping out all the hazards of the
ground over which it must be made
In word. he must place" Miss Farm
nam precisely; make careful study
of the young woman and her environ
ment, to the end that every thread of
advantage should be In his hands when
he should finally force her to a con-
fession. For by now the assumption
that she knew the mysterious bank
robber was no longer hypothetical in
Broffin's mind; 1t had grown to the d.
mansions of conviction.
With the patient curiosity of his
tribe he suffered no detail, however,
trivial, to escape its iotting down. To
familiarize himself with the goings
and comings of one young woman. he
made the acquaintance of an entire
town. He knew Jasper Grierson's am
bition, and its fruitage in the practical
ownership of Wahaska. He knew that
Edward Raymer had borrowed money
from Grierson's bank-and was likely
to be unable to pay it when his notes
fell due. He had heard 1t whispered
that there had once been love affair
between young Raymer and Miss Farm
ham, and that it had been broken off
by Raymer's infatuation for Margery
Grierson. Also last and least impor-
tant of all the gossiping details, as it
seemed at the time, he learned that
the betwitching Miss Grierson was a
creature of fads; that within the past
month or two she had returned from a
Florida trip, bringing with her a sick
man. total stranger, who had been
picked up on the train, taken to the
great house on the lake shore and
nursed back to life as Miss Grierson's
latest defiance of the conventions.
1t should have been a memorable
day for Matthew Broffin when he had
this sick man pointed out to him as
Miss Grierson's companion in the high
trap. But Broffin was sufficiently hui
man to see only very beautiful young
woman sitting correctly erect on the
slanting driving-seat. To be sure, he
saw man, as one sees a vanishing fig
ure in kaleidoscope. But there was
nothing in the clean-shaven face of the
gaunt. and as yet rather haggard, con-
valescent to evoke the faintest thrill
Of interest-or of memory.
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whose chief occupation was the meas
uring of his own wit against the subtle
cleverness of criminals. Therefore she
accepted the challenge.
81 did my whole duty at the time.
Mr.. Broffin," she demurred. with a
touch of GOODNESS in her voice. III
you were careless enough to let him
escape you at st. Louis, you shouldn't
come to me. ! might say very justly
that 1t was never any affair of mine"
Matthew Broffin's gifts were subtle
only in his dealings with other men:
but he was shrewd enough to know
that his last and best chance with a
woman lay in an appeal to her fears.
Il don't know what made you write
this letter, in the first place" he said.
taking the well-thumbed paper from
his coat pocket; but know we'll
enough now why you didn't sign Il.
and why you didn't put the mans real
name in 1t. You--you and him-fxed
it up between you SO that you could
say to yourself afterwards what you've
Just said to sme-that you'd done your
duty. But you haven't finished dom
you duty yet. The law says"
81 know very well that the law
says" was her battling rejoinder; IL
have taken the trouble to find out
since came home. am not hiding
your criminal"
Brofin was trying to gain a little
ease by fitting his chair. But the house
wall was too close behind him.
People will say that you are helpin'
to hide him as long as you won't tell
his real name-what?" he grated.
CTo BE coNTINUED)
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CHAPTER XVI.
conyeroIno, Roads.

Matthew Broffin had been two weeks
and half of third an unobtrusive spy
upon the collective activities of the
Wahaskan social group which includ-
ed the Farnhams before he decided
that nothing could be gained by fur
Their delay.
Having his own private superstition
about Friday, Brofiln chose Wednes-
day afternoon for his call at the house
on the lake front. 1t was resplen-
dent day of the early summer, which.
in the Minnesota ATTITUDES, springs,
Minervalike, full grown from the nod
ding head of the wintry Jove of the
North In the doctors front yard the
grass was wildly green, gladioli and
jonquils bordered the path with a
bravery of color, and the buds of the
clambering rose on the porch trellis
were swelling to burst their calyxes.
Broffin turned IN from the sidewalk
and c]eSed the gate noiselessly behind
tirn. While he had been three doors
away In the lake-fronting street. a
small pocket binocular had assured
him that the young woman he was
going to call upon was sitting in a
porch rocker behind the clambering
rose. reading book.
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alone. The walking excursions had
led him most frequently up and down
the lakeside drive, but the doctors
house stood well back in its enclosure,
and there was much shrubbery. Once
he heard her voice: she was reading
aloud to someone on the yine-screened
porch. And once again in passing, he
had caught a glimpse Of shapely arm
with the loose sleeve falling away
from 1t as 1t was thrust upward
through the porch greenery to pluck
bud from the crimson rambler, add
ing its graceful mass to the Chamber
ing vines. 1t was rather disappoint-
ing. but he was not impatient. In the
fullness of time the destiny which had
twice interviewed would intervene
again. He was as certain of it as he
was of the day-to-day renewal Of his
strength and vitality; and he could af-
ford to wait. For, whatever else might
happen in mutable world, neither an
ideal nor its embodiment may suffer
change.
AS II to add the touch of definiteness
to the presumptive conclusion, voice
broke in upon his reverie; the voice of
the young woman whose most alluring
charm was her many-sided changeful-
ness. as If she had marked his preoc-
cupied gaze and OWNED its object:
"You must have little more patience,
Mr.. Griswold. All things come to him
who waits. When you have left Mere
side finally. Doctor BERTHE will some
time take you home to dinner with
him"
For his own peace Of mind. Girls
void hastily assured himself that 1t
was only the widest Of chance shots.
Since the day when he had admitted
that he knew Miss Farnham's name
without knowing Miss Farnham in per-
son, the doctors daughter had never
been mentioned between them.
How did you happen to guess that
| was thinking of the good doctor?" he
asked, curiously.
"You were not thinking Of Doctor
BERTHE; you were thinking Of Doctor
Berties only" was the laughing con-
tradiction; and Griswold was glad that
the coming of the man with the trap
saved him from the necessity Of fall
ing any farther into what might easily
prove to be dangerous pitfall. 1t was
not the first time that Miss Grierson
had seemed able to read his Utmost
thoughts.
The short afternoon drive paused
at the curb in front Of Jasper Grier-
sons bank and moment later he
found himself bringing up the rear Of
a procession Of three, led by young
woman with bunch Of keys at her
girdle.
Number three-forty-five-A, please"
his companion was saying to the young
woman custodian. and he stood aside
and admired the workmanship of the
complicated time-locks while the two
entered the electric-lighted safety de-
post vault and jointly opened one Of
the multitude Of small safes. When
Miss Grierson came out, she was car
rying a small, japanned document box
under her arm, and her eyes were
shining with a soft light that was new
to the man who was waiting In the
corridor. Come with me to one Of
| the coupon rooms" she said: apS
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in the world that know least about. "
"Oh. but do mean it, honestly" she
averred. You are a philosopher,
really and truly, and can prove 1t.
Do you feel equal to another little
drive downtown"
Being philosopher, ought to be
equal to anything" he postulated; and
he went upstairs to get a street coat
and his hat
She had disappeared when he came
down again. and he went out to sit on
the sun-warmed veranda while he wait
ed. He had already forgotten what
she had said about the object of the
drive-the proving of the philosophic
charge against him--and was looking
forward with keenly pleasurable an
ticipations to another outing with her,
the second for that day. 1t had come
to this. now; to admitting frankly the
charm which he was still calling sensu-
Gus, and which, in the moments of in
sight recurring, as often as they can
be borne to the imaginative. and
vouchsafed now and then even to the
wayfaring, he was still disposed to
characterize as an appeal to that
which was least worthy in him.
Passing easily to Miss Farnham the
ideal from Miss Grierson the fiesh-and-
blood reality, he was moved to won
der mildly why the fate which had
brought him twice into critically init
mate relations with her was now deny
ing him even chance meeting. For a
week or more he had been going out
daily; sometimes with Miss Grierson
in the trap, but oftener afoot and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-09-30
SYNOPSIS.

Kenneth Griswold, an unsuccessful
writer, because of socialistic tendencies,
holds up Andrew Galbraith, president of
the Bayou State Securities, in the presi-
dents private Office and escapes with $780,
900 in cash. By original methods he es-
capes the hue and cry and goes aboard
the Belle Julie as a deckhand. Charlotte
Farnham Of Wahaska, Mimi, who had
seen him cash Galbraith's check In the
bank, recognizes him. and decides to de-
nounce him, She sees the brutal mate
rescued from drowning by Griswold. She
talks to Griswold and by his advice sends
letter of betrayal TO Galbraith anony-
mously. Griswold is arrested on the ar
rival of the boat at st. Louis, but escapes
from his captors He decides on Wa
haska, Mimi, as a hiding place, and after
outfitting himself properly, takes the
train. Margery Grierson. daughter of
Jasper Grierson, the financial magnate Of
Wahaska, starts a campaign for social
recognition by the 'old families" of the
town. Griswold falls i'll on the sleeper
and is cared for and taken to her homo
in Wahaska by Margery, who finds the
stolen money In his suitcase. Broffin,
detective, takes the trail Margery asks
her father to get Edward Raymer into
financial hot water and then help him
out of 1t. Griswold RECEIVERS to find the
stolen money gone. He meets Margery's
social circle and forms a friendship with
Raymer, the iron manufacturer.
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CHAPTER XIV.
In the BuruIar.Proof,

A week and day after the opening
of new vistas at Miss Grierson's "eve-
ming" acknowledgements interces-
sion with the Widow Holcomb having
paved the way-took a favorable op-
portunity of announcing his intention
of leaving Mereside. 1t figured as a
grateful disappointment to him--one
of the many she was constantly giving
him-that Margery placed no obstacles
in the way of the intention. On the
contrary, she approved the plan.
IL know how you feel" she said.
nodding complete comprehension.
you want to have a place that you
can call your own; place where you
can 60 and come as you please and
settle down to work. You are going
to work, aren't you?-on the book.
mean?"
Griswold replaced in its proper
niche the volume he had been reading.
It was Adam Smiths Wealth of Ma
tions," and he had been wondering by
what ironical chance 1t had found a
place in the bankers library.
Eyes; that is what / mean to do"
he returned. But 1t will have to be
done in such scraps and parings of
time as | can save from some bread
and butter occupation. One must eat
to live, you know"
She was sitting on the arm OF one
of the big library lounging-chairs and
looking up at him with smile that
was suspiciously innocent and child
like.
you mean that you will have to
work for yodr living?" she asked.
Exactly"
what were you thinking of doing?"
81 don't know" he confessed.
Again he surprised the lurking
smile In the velvety eyes, but this time
It was half-mischievous
eve have a college here in Wahas.
ka, and you might get place on the
faculty" she suggested; adding: "As
an instructor In philosophy. for exam
ple."
Philosophy? that is the one thing
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Gated by the addresses given In the
Belle jules register. In this arrange
ment Miss Charlotte Farnham's name
stood as No. /.
Landing in Wahaska the next eve
ming, Broffin's first request at the ho-
tel counter was for the directory. Run
ming an eager finger down the "F's,"
he came to the name. 1t was the only
Farnham In the list, and after 1t he
read: "Dr. Herbert c., Office 8 to 10,
- to 4, 201 Main st., res. 16 Lake
boulevard"
Then he registered for a room and
prepared to draw the net which he
hoped would entangle the lost iden.
fifty OF the bank robber, After a good
nights sleep In a real bed, he awoke
refreshed and alert, breakfas,ed with
an open mind. and presently went
about the net drawing methodicallp
and with every contingency carefully
provided for
The first step was to assure him
self beyond question that Miss Farm
ham was the writer of the unsigned
letter. This step he was able, by a
piece Of great good fortune, to take
almost Immediately. A bit of morn
ing gossip with the obliging clerk Of
the Winnebago house developed the
fact that Doctor Farnham's daughter
had once taught in the free kinder
garten which was one of the chari-
table outreachings of the Wahaska
public library. Two blocks east and
one south; Broffin walked them
promptly. made himself known to the
librarian as visitor interested in kin.
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She had risen to meet min by the
time he had mounted the steps, and
he knew that her first glance was ap-
upon being mistaken for a strange pa
tient in search of the doctor, and he
was not disappointed.
you are looking for Doctor Farm
ham, she began. He IS at his Of
fice-201 Main street."
Broffin was digging in his pocket
for a card.
Il know well enough where your
fathers office is, but you a.e the one
wanted to see," he ssit: and he
gave her the round-cornere card with
its bla2onment of his name and en-
ployment
He was watching her narrowly when
she read the name and Ito underline,
and tie quick indrawing OF the breath
and the little shudder that went with
it were not thrown away upon him.
But the other signs; the pressing of
the even teeth upon the lower lip and
the coming and going of three straight
lines between the half-closed eyes
were not so favorable.
"Will you come into the house.
Mr." she had to look at the card
again to get the name--"Mr. Broffin?"
she asked. \
Thank you, miss; it's plenty good
enough out here for me II it is for
YOU, he returned, beginning to fear
that the common civilities were CIV
ing her time to get behind her de-
lenses.
Il guess we can take 1t for granted
that you know what l want, Miss
Farnham," he began abruptly. when
he had shifted his chair to face her
rocker. Something like three months
ago, or whereabouts, you went into
bank in New Orleans to get draft
cashed. While you were at the pay
ing tellers window a robbery was
committed, and you saw it done and
saw the man that did it. I've come
to get you to tell me the mans
name"
Il have told it once. in a letter to
Mr.. Galbraith."
Broffin nodded. Yes; in letter
that you didn't sign. I've come all
the way from New Orleans to get
you to tell me his real name. Miss
Farnham."
why do you think can tell your"
was the undisturbed query.
"A lot of little things" said the de-
tective, who was slowly coming to his
own in the matter of self-assurance.
in the first place, he spoke to you
in the bank. and you answered him.
Isn't that so?"
She nodded again. you know SO
much, II is surprising that you don't
know 1t all, Mr.. Broffin," she COM
mented. with gentle sarcasm.
"The one thing / don't know is the
thing you're goin' to tell me-his real
name" he insisted. That's what I've
come here for"
In spite of her inexperience, which.
in Mr.. Brofins field, was no less than
total. Charlotte Farnham had imagi-
nation, and with 1t a womanly zest for
the matching of wits with a. man
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Knew Her Name.

had occasion to pass little boy
a good many times one afternoon. He
was sitting on the steps and although
we were strangers each time ! passed
he greeted with me wi'i, Hello and
responded likewise Finally the last
time ! passed BY lie said; II know
what your name Isl and upon in
curing what. he said: MRS Going
Back and Forth. Exchange
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his rescuers to such fiow OF Ian
guage that they put their fingers into
their ears.
That's what you are apt to get in
this business" said the assistant man.
ager in telling the story recently IF
we hadn't stumbled that man would
have choked to death. He had prob
ably swallowed lot of raw oysters
SO fast that they completely filled his
aesophagus and overflowed into his
windpipe. Instead Of thanking us
for bringing him back to life he Ecussed
US for letting him fall"
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and the man 10 10 chair fell heels
over bssS downstairs. The man fell
out of the chair with great bump on
the steps. From him came a cough
ing sound, and those who were picking
themselves up were startled to see
three large oysters fly from his
mouth.
Immediately the Doctors face took
on cheerful expression. He sent for
instruments and extracted several
more oysters from the mans aesopha-
gus, and the latter was soon complete
ly revived. Then he proceeded to treat
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The assistant manager hurried in.
A thick-set man lay back in chair.
his face blue. The hotel physician
was sent for. and the hoay, sim in
the chair. wac G;oved to d less public
place.
The doctor hurried in and advised
that the man be taken downstairs at
once. He was struggled around to a
back stairway and the assistant mana
ger and the waiter started to descend
with him. He was heavy. and when
they got half way the assistant man.
ger stumbled, and he and the waiter
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The Wed dino Route.

1t is reported that the --latest thing"
in wedding invitations is an engraved
map showing the way to the church
and to the house Grinding perplex-
ity is the mother of innovations. It
is not so stated. but unquestionably
this helpful scheme originated in Bos-
ton, where wedding guests have been
known to lose themselves and wan
der around for hours through the tan
gled highways, not reaching the scene
of the festival until the rice and old
shoes had been thrown and everyone