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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18
CHAPTER discontinued.

"Yes. sir. He called here in fly or
the day he came out. and at his re
quest I took him over the castle. He
went into the library and spent hall
an hour in pacing across 1t, taking
measurements and examining the big
cupboard in which he was found in
sensible. 1t was strange affair, sir,
added the young woman, wasn't it?'
Very" replied.
THE gentleman might have been in
there now had / not gone into the IL
brary and found lot of illustrated
papers, which / always put in the
cupboard to keep the place tidy,
thrown out on to the floor. | went to
put them back, but discovered the door
locked. The key / afterwards found
in the CRATE, where Mr.. Leithcourt had
evidently thrown 1t, and on opening
the door imagine the shock had when
! found the visitor lying doubled up.
!. Of course. thought he was dead"
"And when he returned here on his
recovery. did he question your"
"Oh, yes. He asked about the
Leithcourts, and especially about Miss
Muriel. / believe he's rather sweet
on her, by the way he spoke. And
really no better or kinder lady ever
breathed, I'm sure. We're all very
sorry indeed for her"
He came into this room, I sup
poser"
Yes. sir" she responded, with Just
, slight hesitation, thought. This
was the room where he stayed the
longest There was photograph in
That frame over there" she added, in.
dicating the frame that had held the
picture of Elma Heath, "a portrait Of
, young lady. which he begged me to
give him"
And you gave 1t to him?" I cried
quickly.
"Well-yes, sir. He begged so hard
for II. saying that ii was the portrait
Of q friend of his"
"And he gave you something hand
bome for it-eh?"
The young woman, whom I knew
could not refuse half-a-sovereign, col
pred slightly and smiled.
He didn't tell you who the youns
lady was. suppose?"
mo. sir. He only said that that was
The only photograph that existed, and
that she was dead"
"Dead!" gasped, staring at her.
Eyes, sir. That was why he was &c
anxious for the picture"
Elma Heath dead! Could it be true,
1hat sweet-pictured face haunted me
hs no other face had ever impressed
Itself upon my memory. 1t somehow
seemed to impel me to endeavor &c
penetrate the mystery, and yet Hyltor
Chatter had declared that she was
dead! / recollected the remarkable
letter from Abo, and her own declara
tion that her end was near. That let
ter was. she said, the last she should
write to her friend.
After he had put the photograph II
his pocket. the gentleman made a mos
minute search in this ROOM" the do
mestic went on. "He consulted his
plan. took several measurements, and
then tapped on the paneling all alons
this wall. as though he were searchins
Tor some hidden cupboard or hidine
place. looked at the plan. and saw q
mark In red ink upon it. He was try
ing to discover that spot, and was
greatly disappointed at not being able
to do so. He was In here over an hour
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18
Don't Poison Babv.
How to Clean Stone Window Sill

How to Clean Stone Window Stills.
In the Woman's Home Companion
a Missouri woman told as follows how
to clean stone steps or stone window
stills:
Get five cents worth of the coars.
est sandpaper and rub stone steps or
stone window sills briskly until all
marks are removed, then simply dust
them with a buster or a rag. They
will stay white much longer by using
this method than scrubbing them with
water. always wear a pair of canvas
gloves, as they protect the hands
from any scratching"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18
CHAPTER K.
] Show My Hand.

On my return to London next day !
learned that the battleship Bulwark
was lying at Palermo, therefore tele-
graphed to Jack Durnford, and late
the same afternoon his reply came at
the Cecil:
Due in'London twentieth. Dine with me
at club that evening.-Jack.
a month of inactivity. In that time I
could cross to Abo, make inquiries
there, and ascertain, perhaps, if Elma
Heath were actually dead as Chatter
had declared.
Two facts struck me as remarkable:
Baron Oberg was said to be Polish,
while the dark-bearded proprietor of
the restaurant in Westbourne Grove
was also of the same nationality.
Then / recollected that pretty little
enameled cross that Mackenzie had
found in Rannoch Wood, and it sud-
denly occurred to me that it might
possibly be the miniature of one of the
European orders of chivalry. In the
club library at midnight found copy
of Cappelletti's Storia degli Ordini
Cavallereschi, the standard work on
the subject, and on searching the illus
trations l at length discovered a pic
ture Of it. 1t was Russian order
the coveted Order of Saint Anne, be-
slowed by the car only upon persons
who have rendered eminent services
to the state and to the sovereign. One
fact was now certain, namely, that the
owner OF that tiny cross, the small re-
PLEA Of the fine decoration, must be a
person Of high official standing.
The autumn days were dull and
rainy. and the streets were muddy and
unpleasant, as they always are at the
fall Of the year. Compelled to remain
inactive, l idled in the club with the
recollection of that pictured face ever
before me-the face of the unfortunate
girl who wished her last message to
be conveyed to Philip Hornby. What,
wondered, was her secret? What
was really her fate?
This latter question troubled me
until I could bear it no longer. felt
that 1t was my duty to go to Finland
and endeavor to learn something re-
garding this Baron Oberg and his
niece.
Duty-the duty of a man who had
learned strange facts and knew that a
defenseless woman was a victim
called me. Therefore, with my pass
port properly vised and my papers all
In order, / one night left Hull for
Stockholm, whence on the following
day / took the small steamer which
plies across the Gulf of Bothnia
to Korpo, and through the intricate
channels and among those low-lying
islands to the gray lethargic town of
Abo.
1t was not the first occasion on
which l had trod Russian soil, and I
knew too well the annoyances of the
bureaucracy. Finland, however, is
perhaps the most severely governed of
any of the cars dominions, and had
my first taste of it's stern, relentless
officialdom at the moment of landing
on the half-deserted quay.
] In the wooden Passport office the
uniformed official. on examining my
passport. discovered that at the Rus
sian consulate general they had forgot
ten to date the wise which had been
impressed with a rubber stamp. II
was signed by the consul general,
{but the date was missing, whereupon
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18
Swift Uppcrcut,

Il see you have your arm in "a
sling" said the inquisitive passenger
Broken, isn't it?"
Yes, sir" responded the other pas
senger.
Meet with an accident?"
NO; broke it while trying to pat
myself on the back"
Great Scott, What for?"
For minding my own business. -
Rams Horn.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18
He Let IL Go

Fault Finder Tin front Of dairv So
taurant)-l notice the word dairy on
your new sign is spelled diary "
PROPRIETOR know it is.
going to have it changed. but ,Ss
painter convinced me his way OF snsn
ing the word was more suggestive
Fault F1nder-More suggestive,
Proprietor-Yes; he said il
veyed the idea of putting things down
Judge.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18
eobby's First Day at Sunday seboo,

sobby's First Day at Sunday School.
At the Eastminster Presbyterian
Sunday school the primary class sits
on little chairs around tables. A Lit.
tie girl took her small brother, aged
three. to Sunday school a week ago
for the first time. When they came
home sister reported that Bobbie had
behaved splendidly except at first she
couldn't get him to sit down. When
his mother asked him why he didn't
want to sit down. he replied:
Il wasn't hungry, SO I didn't want
to eat anything."-Kansas City Star.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18
Didn't Work Both Ways.

The timid man was about to pay for
his luncheon of ham and when the
following conversation took place:
Pardon me, sir, but our rules for
bid us to receive bent or battered
coins from customers"
But | received that very coin here
yesterday by way of change"
Very likely, sir. We have no rule
against giving bent or battered coins
to customers"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18

before being permitted to undertake
the work AS a further precaution the
first work that was done by the divers
after hole had been cut in the side
of the ship was that of bulkheading
all flanking doorways and passage
ways along the route to be followed
inside the ship. so that no diver could
go astray or get his hose. life line or
telephone connection tangled"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18
Just So.

Il saw a professor of magic remove
80 yards of ribbon, IA plumes and
buckles from a hat"
Enough material to trim it nicely"
part.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18
Tame Dissertation.

Il saw your husband at the ball
game yesterday"
What was he doing?"
why, he seemed to be an interest
ed spectator"
That doesn't describe my husband.
He's a cyclone rooter"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18
Cleanses the Wounds.

For injuries from rusty nails or any
other external hurts, apply Hanford's
Balsam. 1t should kill any germs,
cleanse the wound and remove sore
ness. Then quick healing will follow.
Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18
KEEP ALWAYS ON HAND
BONDS LIVER PILLS.

One small pill at bed time will cure
Headache, Biliousness. Constipation,
Torpid Liver, etc. Do you doubt it?
Try them once. They never act un-
pleasantly. Small, Mild, Safe, Inex-
pensive. All Druggists 25c-Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18

Sweden has smelted iron for mo,,
than 20 centuries, and some OF ,ho
ancient furnaces still are in eYi.,
ence.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18

Always proud to show white clothes.
Red Cross Ball Blue does make them
white. All grocers. Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18

The traffic over the four East river
bridges in New York approximates
721.000 tons every day.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18

Secretly. every man believes his fu
neral procession will be the longest
ever seen in his town.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18

Some men are never neutral They
are either kicking or being kicked.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18

Philadelphia has more divorces in
proportion TO population than any
other city in the East.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18

Hanford's Balsam. Economv .
large sizes. Adv. ~
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18

On my return to London next day |
made inquiry at the admiralty and
learned that the battleship Bulwark
was lying at Palermo, therefore tele-
graphed to Jack Durnford, and late
the same afternoon his reply came at
the Cecil:
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-10-15
Notice of Sale of Real Estate
In The Probate Court of the County of C
Cfafo Of doh N

In The Probate Court of the County OF Clear
water, State OF Idaho.
In the matter of the estate of lvor o. Ruston,
deceased
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of
an order of the Probate Court of the County of
Clearwater, State of Idaho made on the 26th.
day Of May, 1915 in the matte, Of the estate of
1vor o. Ruston, deceased the undersigned, the
administrator OF the said estate will sell at pub
lie auction or private sale to the highest bidder
for cash. gold coin of the United States, and
subject 10 confirmation by said Probate Court
on Saturday the 18th day Of September, 1915 at
2oclook P. NJ. at the front door of the court
house in Orofino, Clearwater County, all the
right, title, interest and estate OF the said Ivor
Q. Ruston at the time of his death, and all the
right, title and interest that the said estate has
other than or in addition to that of the
said lvor o. Ruston at the time of his death
in and to all that certain lot, piece or par
Gel of land situate. lying an being in said Clear
described as follows, to-wit
The southeast quarter of the southeast quarter
OF section numbered Thirty 100 and the north
half OF the northe asst quarter and the southeast
quarter OF the northeast quarter of section num-
bered Thirtyone sd in township Thirty EIGHT
North OF range Two ~ East OF Boise Meridian.
Terms and condition of sale: Cash. gold coin
OF the U: s., ten per cent of the purchase money
to be paid to the administrator the day of
sale; balance on confirmation of sale by said
Probate Court.
This sale is postponement of the one adver-
tised to occur July 10th, 1915. and is made for
the reason hat the administrator deems it for
the best interest of all persons concerned there
in and public declaration of said postponement
was made by said administrator at the time and
place first appointed for the sale.
Deed at expense of purchaser.
MARIUS P. BRANDT
Administrator of the estate of Ivor @. Ruston.
Deceased
Dated July 10th, 1915. Sept3
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-10-15
Taxpayers Soon Start Paying
For the Dancing Others Did

As tax paying time approaches, and
the people are under the painful nee
essity of digging up hard-earned dol
lars to meet county expense, they will
no doubt be able to appreciate, as they
never have before, the beauties and
benefits of gang rule and official in
competency, graft and greed. The
people will this year begin to pay for
the dancing and fddling of those first
four years of extravaganza and in
competency in this county.
Here are few facts bearing on
this point: The law requires the
county board to create sinking fund
for the redemption of outstanding in
debtedness. Did the gang do it?
Oh, no! They told the people Clear
water is out of debt. - "The Clear
water Republican is liar ad infin-
itum, ard plunged the people further
into debt. Then they lied again and
deceived some more.
We said the old gang failed to Gre
ate a sinking fund to care for out
standing warrant Indebtedness.
Now when this county was created
it assumed a debt of SIG, 1896. 46 to Nez
Perez county, for which warrants were
issued. But the gang neglected to
levy, as the law requires, to meet
and retire this debt. No. the gang
blew money for bridge plans, county
printing for gang paper, for that
old Jail, for Oliver typewriters, and
all manner of extravaganza, and when
interest was due on the Nez Perce
county debt they issued more war
rants, amounting, in October IA 1914,
to 81, 454 62 for interest. This was
the way they paid off outstanding war
rants. Since October IA, 1914, the
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-10-15

Under the heading of Fruits, "
appeared the following in Leslie S
Weekly of October z:
An appreciative reader of Leslie s
writes from Seattle few comments
on 1.-THE Fruits of Democracy He
says: However alluring it may be
in theory, applied democracy is far
from satisfactory. Democracy always
brings forth about the same harvest.
1t furnishes examples Of INCREASES
and DECREASES. The increases
of democracy are deficits, taxes,
bankruptcies, soup-houses; it in
creases the difficulties of life and of
living; it increases crime and suicide,
concomitarts Of hardship and distress
The decreases of democrcy are in the
wages of labor, in the size of the
dinner-pail, in the rich man s wallet,
in the poor mans stomach; it de-
creases the public revenues paid by
foreign importers and lays that bur-
den upon the shoulders of American
citizens in the form of direct taxes.
Democracy revises everything down
ward industry, enterprises, wages,
hopes, ambitions, condolences all
downward. By it's fruits it shall be
knawn -
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-10-15

taxpayers of Clearwater county have
been paying interest on interest.
But this is not all. You, Dear Tax
payer, are going to begin realizing
the force of gang rule about the first
of the year when you get your tax
receipt. The true realization of what
gang rule really meant, and cost, will
be apparent when you pay out your
money for debt imposed on you by an
extravagant gang of political sharks.
Is it necessary to mention the Nease
cruise as the most fragrant outrage Of
all the long list? This so-called
cruise cost the people $62, 900 or
more, and is known to be farce, Of
no value in fact, while compe Tel t
cruise could have been had at saving
of at least $50, 900 And warrants
drawing 7 per cent, were issued a.
gainst the taxpayers of Clearwater
county to pay for this damnable rob-
berry.
Does this Nease deal mean anything
to you when you consider that the
waste on this one rotten deal was
enough to have twice over paid off
the Nez Perez county debt? 1
In the face of these facts, and with
your 1915 tax receipt in your hand,
ask yourself this question, Mr.. Tax
payer:
Does it matter about gang extrav-
agance, for the timber companies pay
the bills?" Do they? Or do the
common people pay their share?
Any board can plunge a county
head over heels into debt under the
howl The timber companies pay the
bills but there is always day of
reckoning, and the people of Clear
water county are going to do some
reckoning when pay day approaches.
Analytic your next tax receipt.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-10-15
Notice to Creditors.

In the probate Court of the county of Clear
water. State of Idaho.
In the matter of the estate of Catharine Bur-
CESS Carr, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
administrator OF the estate of Catharine Burgess
Carr deceased, to the creditors of. and all per-
sons having claims against the said deceased
to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers
within four months after the first publication
of this notice. to the said administrator at his
office in Elk River. the same being the place for
the transaction of the business OF said estate in
Elk River County of Clearwater. State of Idaho
Signed and dated at Orofno. Idaho. this 2lst.
day of August, A. D, 1915.
A27-H WILLIAM r. CARR
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-10-15
SUMMONS

In the District Court of the Second Judicial Dis
trict OF the State of Idaho. in and for
the County of Clearwater.
Potlatch Lumber Company, a corporation.
Plaintiff.
Peter NJ Collins and Helen M. Collins his wife,
Charles II McGinnis, Charles P. McGinnis and
Ted E. Collins,
Defendants,
The State Of Idaho sends greeting TO Peter M.
Collins and HELEN M. Collins. his wife, Charles
Il. McGinnis, Charles p. McGinnis and Ted E.
Collins, the above named defendants
bee od ed aeaDs noea na has
the Second Judicial District of the State of
Idaho, in and for the County of Clearwater. by
the above named plaintiff Of the nature in gen
above entitled court quoting as against you
and each OF you, plaintiffs title 10
The southwest quarter of the Northwest quart
er and the Northwest quarter of the Southwest
quarter of Section Twenty five in Township
Forty one. North Range Two East the West
half OF the southwest quarter and the Southeast
quarter OF the Southwest quarter of Section
Eleven and the North half of the Southwest
quarter. OF Section Twenty seven in Township
Thirty-five North Range Five East; and the
South half of the Southwest quarter of Section
li -four Township Thirty-six North Range
And you are hereby directed to appear and
answer the said complaint within twenty days
OF the service OF this summons If served within
SAID Judicial District, and within forty DAYS if
served elsewhere. And you are further noti-
fled that unless you SO appear and answer said
complaint within the time herein specified. the
pantlii vii take Judgment against you as pray
Witness my hand and seal of the District
Court of the Second Judicial district Of the State
OF Idaho in and for Clearwater County, this 4th
JOSEPH KAUFMAN, Clerk
A. l.. Morgan residence. Moscow, Idaho
Attorney for Plaintiff. Sent 10
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-10-15

About. thirteen months ago Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson passed to the great
beyond. According to the press dis
patches the president was bowed down
with his great grief. Today the first
lady of the land is to be Mrs. Wood
row Wilson No 2, and we are told
the president has been making love
all summer. The affair is national
disgrace. 1t is little short of a
national scandal. 1t borders on indie
cency. Home is the most sacred
thing in this world; the love of a
good man for a pure woman is elevat-
ing and inspiring. History tells us
that when Abraham Lincoln was
elected president his first thought
was of his wife, the woman who had
shared life's burdens with him. He
thought of her in his hour of triumph
and joy, and to her he personally car
ried the news. We love to think of
this deep love of Lincoln for Mrs.
Lincoln, just as we admir- the family
life of President Washington. What
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-10-15

Governor Moses Alexander has been
East, has consulted the financiers, has
returned home, and his north and
south railroad has vanished into
nothingness, as was expected. He
has the scheme in cold storage, mark
it, and will trot it out during the
coming campaign-a good thing to
talk about up north. The governor
never expected to build this railroad.
He recognized the proposition as
something that would be popular,
something the people desired, and, he
dangled the taffy before their eyes.
But that is as far as Governor Moses
Alexander will ever get. And we
say this, not because we oppose the
north and south railroad, for we do
not, but because railroad construction
and politics do not mix; because rail
roads are built when business justi-
fies, and when business justfies they
are built regardless of who is COVER
nor of Idaho, or how loudly cunning
politician may howl about it. Bos-
ton capitalists are caring very little
about Nose Alexander's hot air; what
those Boston capitalists will want to
know is: 'Will the. proposed north
and south railroad PAY INTEREST
ON THE INVESTMENT? Boston
capitalists will let Nose finance his
own political campaign.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-10-15

a shock it would be were we to find
that neither Lincoln nor Washington
really loved their wives; that is was
veneer. that would peel off thirteen
months after they had been laid to
rest. 1t is the direspect for the
dead, the disrespsct for tie memory
of Mrs. Wilson, the undue haste of
the thing, the cheapen.ng of ties that
elevate and make home sacred, that
moves one to look with pain on the
announcement of the early marriage
of our president.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-10-15
Notice of Time Appointed for Proving Will.

In the Probate Court of the County vi Clearwat-
err. State of Idaho.
In the Matter OF the Estate of William NJ. Rid
path, deceased. Pursuant to order of said
Probate Court, made on the 18th day of August,
1915, notice is hereby given that Saturday,
the 2sth day of August, 1915, at 10 a,
M. of said day at the court room of
said court in the Village of Orofino, in the
County of Clearwater and State of Idaho, has
been appointed as the time and place for prov
ing the Win OF said William NJ Ridpath. de-
cease and for hearing the application OF J. P.
Bui5ol Tor the issuance TO Oren d. Crockett
Public administrator OF said county of Letters
of Administration with will annexed, when and
where any person interested may appear and
contest the same.
Dated this 18th day OF August. 1915
Aug 1887 w. j. TODD. Clerk.