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CHAPTER xvI-continued.


You still think l could tell you
that. if chose?" she said, willfully
misleading him, or at least allowing
him to mislead himself.
Il don't think anything about It'll
know! You'd met him somewhere be-
fore that day in the bank-before you
knew he was goin' to turn gentleman
Aoldup. That's why you don't want to
give up his real name"
She had risen, and in self-defense
Broffin had to grope on the floor for
his hat and stand up too.
Wait minute. I'm an officer of
the law, and / could arrest you and
take you to New Orleans on what evil
dence I've got How about that?-
what?'
There was good fighting blood on
the Farnham side, Notwithstanding the
kindly Doctor Bertie's peaceful voca-
ton, and the calm gray eyes that met
Broffin's were militantly angry when
the retort came.
IF l had brother, Mr.. Broffin, he
than l cant" she famed out. Let me
pass, pleased"
1t was not often that Brofin lost his
head or his temper, but both were
gone when he struck back.
"That'll be all right, tool" he broke
out harshly, blocking the way to force
her to listen to him. you think you've
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-08
toId GriersOn that I snould need yo.-

tosd Grferson that I should need yeaS
or more. and he didn't object"
This was all in conversation" said
Griswold; mo writing?"
Raymer made a wry face.
Don't rub it in. I'm admitting that
| was all the different kinds of e fool.
There WIS no definite time limit men
toned. was to give my personal
notes and put up the family stock as
collateral. A day or two later, when
| went around to close the deal, the
trap was standing wide open for me
and a baby might have seen It. Grier-
son said he had proposed the loan to
his directors, and that they had kicked
on taking the stock as collateral. He
offered to take my paper without an
lndorser IL would cover his personal
risk with my stock collateral. assign
ing 1t. not to the bank. but to him. l
fell for 1t like woolly sheep. The
stock transfers were made, and l
signed note for one hundred thou
sand dollars, due in sixty days; Grier-
son explaining that two months was
the banks usual limit on accommoda-
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blUffed me, don't you?-what? Let
me tell you: some fine day this duck
whose name isn't Gavitt will turn up
hereto see you; then I'll nab him.
II you find out where he is, and write
to him not to come, it'll be all the
same; he'll come anyway, and when
he does come, I'll get him.
When Miss Farnham had gone in
and there was nothing left for him to
do but to compass his own disappear
ance. Brof1n went away, telling him.
self with many Establishments that for
once in his professional career he had
made an ass of himself. The doctors
daughter knew the man; she had
known him before the robbery; she
was willing to be his accomplice to
the extent of her ability. There was
only one explanation of this attitude.
In Broffin's wording of 1t, Miss Farm
ham was gone on him." If not openly.
at least to such an extent as to make
her anxious to shield him.
That being the case, Broffin set 1t
down as a fact as good as accom-
plished that the man would sooner or
later come TO Wahaska. The detec-
tive's knowledge of masculine human
nature was as profoundly acute as the
requirements of his calling demanded.
With a woman like Miss Farnham for
the lure, he could be morally certain
that his man would some time fling
caution, or even a written prohibition.
to the winds. and walk into the trap.
This misfire of Brofin's happened
upon a Wednesday. which, in its cal
endar placing, CHANGED to be three
weeks to day after GriswOld had left
Hareside to settle himself studiously
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CHAPTER XVII.
The Bridge of Jehennam.


Griswold took a final look at himself
In his dressing case mirror before go
ing to keep his evening appointment
at the doctors downtown office. It
was comfortably reassuring. So far as
he could determine. there was little
in the clean-shaven. square-shouldered
correctly garmented young fellow who
faced him in the mirror to suggest
either the bearded outcast of New Or
leans or the unkempt and toil-sodden
roustabout of the Belle Julie. II
only she had not made him speak to
her. He had a sharp conviction that
the greatest OF all the hazards lay
In the chance that she might remem-
Der his voice
He found the CHEEKY little doctor
waiting for him when he had walked
the few squares to the Main street
office.
81 was beginning to be afraid you
were going to be fashionably late, "
said the potential host; and then, with
humorous glance for the correct gar
nenting: "Regalia, heb? Hasn't Miss
Grierson told you that Wahaska is still
hopelessly unable 20 live up to the
dress coat and standing collar2 I'm
sure she must have. But never mind !;
climb into the buggy and wen let old
Bucephalus take US around to see If
the neighbors have brought In any
thing good to eat"
The drive was a short one. Brofln
was once moro shadowing the house
in which, first or last, he expected to
trap his amateur MacHeath; and when
the buggy was halted at the carriage
step he was near enough to mark and
recognize the doctors companion.
mot this time" he muttered sourly
when the two had passed together NJ
the graveled path and the host wa,
Citing his latchkey to the front door
TITS only the sick man that writes
books. l wonder what sort OF a bool
he thinks he's going to write in this
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gave brief audience m the Meresfde
library to a small, barefooted boy
whose occupation was sufficiently In.
Dictated by the bundle of evening pa,
pers under one arm.
We'll. Johnnie. what did you find
out?" she asked.
Amt had time." said the boy. But
he amt no millyunaire lumber-shooter
I'll bet nickel. / sold him a pape
just now. down by Dutchie's lumber
yard, and asst him what kind o. lum-
Der that was in the pile by the gate
He didn't know. no more'n a goat"
Miss Margery filliped coin in the
air and the newsboy caught 1t dex
terously.
That will do nicely for a begin
ming, Johnnie" she said sweetly
Come and see me every once in q
while. and perhaps there1l be more
little white cartwheels for you. Only
don't tell, and don't let him catch you
That's ALL"
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ton paper-which is true enough-but
giving me to understand that a re-
newal and an extension of time would
be merely a matter of routine"
Griswold was shaking his head sym
pathetically. q can guess the rest"
he said. "Grierson is preparing to
swallow you whole"
He has as good as done it," was the
detected reply. THE note falls due
tomorrow: and. as / happened to be
uptown this afternoon, / thought |
would drop in and pay the discount
and renew the paper. Grierson shot
me through the heart. He gave me a
cock-and-bull story about some bank
examiners protest, and told me
must be prepared to take up the paper
tomorrow"
"Of course you reminded him of
his agreements"
Sure; and he sawed me off short;
said that any business man borrow
ing money on accommodation paper
knew that IT was likely to be called in
on the expiration date; that an extern
sion is really new transaction, which
the bank is at liberty to refuse to
enter. oh, he gave it to me cold and
clammy. sitting back in his big chair
and staring up at me through the
smoke OF fat, black cigar while he
did it,"
And them" prompted Griswold.
Then l remembered the mother and
sister, Kenneth. and did what | would
have died rather than do for myself
begged like dog. But l might as
well have gone outside and butted
my head against the brick wall of the
bank"
Griswold forgot his own real,
though possibly indirect. obligation
to Jasper Grierson.
THAT is where you made a mis-
take; you should have told him to go
to HI with his money!" was his
acrid comment And then: How
near can you come to lifting this note
tomorrow, Raymer?
Near isn't the word. Possibly l
might sweep the corners and gather
up twelve or fifteen thousand dol
lcrs."
THAT will do" said the querist,
shortly. Make 1t ten thousand. and
I'll contribute the remaining ninety"
Raymer sprang out of his chair as
If its padded arms had been suddenly
&,s~ f.rk& fah nInatrndac
You will?-you1l do that for me,
Griswold?" he said, with queer stri-
dency In his voice that made the
word-craftsman, always on the watch
for apt SMILES, think of a choked
chicken. But Raymer was swallow
ing hard and trying to go on. BY
JoVe-it's the most generous thing
| ever heard ofl-but / can't let you
do II. haven't thing in the world
to offer you but the stock, and that
may not be worth the paper it is
printed on If Jasper Grierson has
made up his mind to break me-"
"Sit down again and let us thresh
It out" said Griswold. How much
of a socialist are you, Raymer?"
The young ironmaster sat down,
gasping a little at the sudden wrench
ing aside of the subject.
why, / don't know; enough to
want every man to have a square deal.
guess"
Including ths men in your shops!"
Putting them frst," was the prompt
correction. at was my fathers pol
lev. and 1t has been mine. We have
never had any labor troubles"
"You pay fair wages?"
"We do better than that A year
ago introduced a modified plan Of
profit sharing"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-08

In several towns in Germany work,
ingmen are visited at their homes on
pay days by savings bank officials To
collect their savings for banking
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10

ter Of the field at present, still do
not believe he has reached the zenith
of his career You'll always find
Hoppe practicing, and you'll always
find Willie in perfect condition phys
ically. Success for any champion
usually causes him to indulge in many
Of the entertainments for him. But
not Hoppe. Every morning it is a ten
mile walk, part of the way trot; he
takes his rundown and bath, and then
it is four or five hours on billiard
table. He gets the required sleep, and
this, with his natural ability, makes
Willie the king of 'em ALL"
Willie Hoppe is an example for the
present-day GUESTS. We have stars
Of the cue in the field today trailing
Hoppe, and in every match they have
run second to the champion. Why?
you've got to love sport like a
boy to win any championship" says
Willie Hoppe.
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nv FRANK G. MENKE.)

"Hustle-'e m-up'' Yost isn't worrying.
The football boss at the University OF
Michigan has seven of the 1914 vet
Grams as the nucleus for this years
eleven and the sophomore class is
placing at his disposal about 20 very
promising looking rockies.
Michigans football prospects are
bright-so bright, in fact, that they
have dazzled the Michiganders into
the belief that this years Michigan
eleven will do stunts that will recall
the days of Michigan's greatest glory
the days of Heston, Weeks, Snow,
Redden and the others who made up
the ''point-a-minute" elevens.
Johnny Maulbetsch is back and
ready to battle again under the maize
and blue standard. Johnny, if you'll
recollect, was known last fall as "the
Michigan team" and Johnny because
of his amazing ground gaining powers
on plunges won for himself the almost
unanimous vote for backfield job on
the mythical all-American eleven.
The other 1914 regulars who were
not shorn from Michigan via the grad
uation process, are: Cochran, captain
and tackle; Reimann, tackle; Dunno,
Benton and Staatz, ends, and Watson,
great guard.
Michigan Has Seasoned Team.
Most Of these men were green"
when the season opened last year, but
before the end of November they had
developed into wonderful players. The
seasoning of 1914 surely will add
greatly to their ability in 1915 and
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Yost won't need to look around for
any tackles or ends-and he'll need
just one new guard.
Yost, however, needs center to
lake the place of Raynsford, who was
graduated, three backfeld men and a
drop kicker. The freshman class of
1914 probably will send him both and
sven If it doesn't he may find the men
he needs among the players who acted
last year as first varsity substitutes.
From last years second team, Yost
has, as candidates for the line, Rehor,
Norton, Willard, Neiman, Skinner and
Warner For backfield candidates he
has Bastian, Roehm, Zeiger, Calvin,
Hildner, Johnson, Mcnamara and
Boyle.
The freshman team of 1914 will fur
nish the following: Linesmen-Howe,
Robins, Lambert, Pobanz, Sharpe, Bra
zell, Willard, Biber, Loucks and
fngham; backfield- Raymond, Smith,
Bixler, Brown, Schultz, Foster and
Johnson.
Rockies Look Promising.
Howe and Probanz look best among
the candidates for the line positions.
If both show up well enough Yost may
make room for them, playing one at
guard and the other at tackle and
shifting Captain Cochran from tackle
to guard.
Some folks feel that with Maui
betsch back of the line, Michigan has
all the backfield that is needed. But
Yost, probably for appearances sake
only, has decided to have the full
quota of backfield men.
Bastian, because of his fine work as
a substitute last year, seems GER
tainty for one ,9s the jobs. Zeiger and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10
PROPER GOLF CLUBS TO USE
Player Who Is Inclined to Slice Should
Select Club With Medium Lie
Don't Go to Extremes.

The player who is inclined to slice
should not play with an upright club;
he should choose one with a medium
or even fat lie. and he should also
see that there is not too much heel
on the face of the club. In fact, he
would be we'll advised to have as
much as possible taken off.
The reverse applies to player who
hooks; he should not play with a fiat
lying club or club with the least
bit of hook on the face; he should
choose medium or upright lie and
should have the face of the club al
most parallel with the shaft. Very
frequently club with a little more
spring in the shaft than usual will
greatly assist player who is troubled
with chronic hooking Regarding the
lengths and weights of clubs, as long
as the player does not go to extremes,
say, for instance, he does not use any
wooden clubs longer than A inches
or shorter than AZ inches, between
13 ounces and ii ounces, it is almost
a matter of fancy and experience. AL
most any kind of player could adapt
himself to these styles Of clubs. A
fairly accurate guide is the weight and
strength of the player. A strong,
heavy man can, of course, use a pow
erful club and have a good deal OF
success; man of slighter build
should use a lighter club with, per-
haps, a little spring in the shaft
Outing.
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TRAINS LIKE FIGHTER
Billiard Champion Goes Through
Movements of Athlete.
Secret of Willie HopEe's Success az
Billiard Player Attributed to
Thorough Preparation
Must Love Sport.

In any game practice makes per
feet, but there remains one more es-
sential point after the practice reaches
the stage of perfection, and Hoppe
adds his physical condition. To some
this sounds silly, especially for bill
lard star. We know a fighter takes
ten-mile road runs daily; that he takes
a course of exercising punches the
bag, skips the rope and otherwise
trains himself to take punch and
give a punch. And would you believe
that Willie Hoppe goes through almost
the identical movements of a great
athlete in preparing for a champion
ship billiard match? It's fact.
There you have Willie Hopes Sc
cret of success. We do not know if
Willie is model man" of the mel
Their smokes, drinks nor chews."
But we have it from Rubert Benjamin,
manager of Willie Hoppe, that Willie
does not lounge around various bill
lard halls with cigarette in his
mouth, or play the cabaret home past
the closing hours.
Hoppe attributes his success to his
daily living" remarked Benjamin.
"And I tell you he'll be the billiard
champion until the day he announces
his retirement They'll never take the
crown away from him. He's the mas
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10
Joe Loomis Is Defeated.

Joe Loomis, holder of the Amateus
Athletic union 100-yard dash cham
p1onship. was defeated by Irwin Mail
of the Columbian Athletic club OF
ST. Louis in that event.
The local youth won in As Sec
onds with the national champion two
yards behind him. The event was
Part of the annual handicap and in
vitation track meet conducted by the
Columbian Athletic union
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10
Few Knockout Bows Left.

OF the present fistic champions Jess
Willard, heavyweight champion. is
about the only one who can knock
out his opponent.
Mike Gibbons, generally accepted
as middleweight champion, isn't much
of puncher for his weight. Fred
die Welsh and Johnny Kilbane haven't
shown a real wallop for ages, while
Johnny Ertle, new bantam champ, is
not such terror with his maulers.
Fighters have gone out of style.
They're nearly all boxers now.
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Contrast.

Aunt-"Your bride. my dear bow, is
wealthy and all that. but don't think
she'll make much of a beauty show at
the altar" Nephew-"You don't, Ell?
Just wait till you see her with the
bridesmaids she has selected. Dos
ton Transcript.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10

Hildner, because of their exceptional
kicking ability, may land the other
jobs. although Roehm Will give both
of them real battle.
Smith and Schultz, who hail from
Bay City, Mich, are touted as the best
among the sophomores who yearn to
become varsity halfbacks
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10
Worlds Record Lowered.

Directum I, champion pacing stall
lion, has just established a new
worlds record of 1861 for a mile
paced without a wind shield at the
New York state fair. In so doing he
lowered his own record of 1883. An
other worlds record was lowered
when Capt. David Shaw OF Cleveland
drove Peter Mac in 2. 05A, a new anna
teur mark for a mile track
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10
Lewis Is After Richie.

Ted kid Lewis, the English light
weight. states that he is ready to fight
Willie Richie and will agree to box
him at 135 pounds or at catchweights.
Richie has not accepted the offer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10
Irish Language.

The natural language" of the Irish
man is the Gaelic. the old Celtic
tongue. which is still spoken. to a Ger
tain extent, in Ireland. Wales, the
highlands of Scotland and northern
France, where the remnants of the
Celts are still dwelling.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10
Proof of Wisdom.

If man be gracious and courteous
to strangers it shows he is a citizen
of the world and that his heart is no
island cut of from other lands, bur
continent that joins to them
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10
DiscinIe Of Thesnis.

Charley Doom, as is known, has put
in several winters as disciple of
Thespis He really has a splendid
voice, and for other purposes. too, than
debating with umpires.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10
Timely Advice.

Take beer, nah frens." said the
preacher solemnly; take keer dat
when de time comes to shuttle of dis
hyah motal coil, you doaD git los in
Ne shuttle Puck
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10
Johnston Defeats McLouahIln.

In an exhibition tennis match at
Indianapolis William M. Johnston, ma
tional tennis champion, defeated NJ
E. Mclaughlin in the FIRST set, Ga, and
Mclaughlin took the second set. rs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10
Directs His Team by
Use of Novel Phone

Directing the play of his
team by telephone was the in
novatior tried out by Coach
Fred ]. Murphy of Northwest
ern university.
Lake Forest college was
Northwestern's opponent in the
first game of the football sea-
son.
Murphy, barred from the
coaching lines by new western
conference rules, installed a tel
ephone on the top of grand
stand and, with a pair of field
glasses, planned to direct the
operation of his players on the
field below. The telephone was
connected with the Northwest
ern bench, on the sidelines,
where Assistant Coach Nc
Dewitt was to receive orders and
make changes in the lineup as
directed.
From the stands / can look
down on the players and dis
cover a lot of things which I
could not see on the ground"
Murphy explained.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-11-10
Janvrin Once Was
School Track Star

Jamie" Janvrin, the Red Sox
utility infielder, was a champion
athlete before he became a
member of the American league
champion ball club. He was a
track athlete and the champion
interscholastic hurdler.
The Red Sox picked the
youngster from a high school
baseball team, farmed him out
for a season and then brought
him back and used him in every
infield position, including first
base. He can fill in anywhere
around the diamond.
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ern time. All that is needed IN order
to bring it to point of e1t-sardinarS
force and efficiency as compared VIII
the other navies of the world is tnat
we should hasten our pace IN the
policy we have long been pursuing.
and that chief of all we should have
a definite policy of development, not
made from year to year but LOOKING
well into the future and planning for
a definite consummation. We can and
should profit in all that we do by the
experience and example that have
been made obvious to us by the mill
tary and naval events of the actual
present. 1t is not merely matter of
building battleships and cruisers and
submarines, but also a matter OF max
ing sure that we shall have the ade-
quate equipment of men and NUM-
lions ands supplies for the vessels we
build and intend to build. Part of our
problem is the problem of what may
call the mobilization of the resources
of the nation at the proper time If it
should ever be necessary to mobilize
them for national defense. We shall
study the efficiency and adequate
equipment as carefully as we shall
study the number and size of our
ships, and | believe that the plans al
ready in part made public by the navy
department are plans which the whole
nation can approve with rational en-
thusiasm.
NO thoughtful man feels any panic
haste in this matter. The country is
not threatened from any quarter. She
stands in friendly relations with all
the world. Her resources are known
and her self-respect and her capacity
to care for Ter own citizens and her
own rights. There is no fear amongst
US. Under the new world conditions
we have become thoughtful of the
things which all reasonable men con-
slider necessary for security and self.
defense on the part CT every nation
confronted with the great enterprise
of human liberty and independence
I'm the fulfllment of the program
propose | shall ask for the hearty sup
port of the country, of the rank and
file of America, of men of all shades
of political opinion. l would not feel
that / was discharging the solemn OBJ
legation I owe the country were | not
to speak in terms of the deepest
solemnity of the urgency and necessi
ty of preparing ourselves to guard and
protect the rights and privileges OF
our people, our sacred heritage of the
fathers who struggled to make us an
independent nation.