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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-10-21

directly behind Miss GriersoAn char
to put the answer into effect. when the
opportunity was snatched away. Ray
mer, his business apparently conclud.
ed, came down the veranda and took
the chair next to Miss Grierson's.
Brof1n dropped back into the writ
ing-room alcove for which the open
French window was the outlet and SAT-
down to bide his time.
ITS shame to make you wait this
way, Miss Madge. McMurtry said he
had an appointment with Mr.. Gal.
braith for three o'clock, and he had to
go to Keep 1t. But he ought to bO
down again by this time. Don't wait
for me If you want to go back to town.
l can get lift from somebody"
THAT would be nice, wouldn't itf'
was the good-natured retort. ITO make
you tie up your own horse in town
and then leave you stranded away oue
here three miles from nowhere! 7
think l see myself doing such thingi
Besides. haven't q thing to do but
wait"
Brofin shifted the extinct cigar he
was, chewing from one corner Of his
mouth to the other and pulled his soft
hat lower over his eyes. He. too, could
wait. There was a little stir on the
veranda; a rustling of silk petticoats
and the click of small heels on the
hardwood floor. Broffin could not for.
bear the peering peep around the shell.
tering window draperies. Miss Griers
son had left her seat and was pacing
a slow march up and down. That she
had not seen him became a fact suffis
GENTLY well-assured when she sat
down again and began to speak to
Griswold.
"How is the new partnership going,
by this timer" she asked, after the
manner of one who rewinnows the
chaff of the commonplaces in the hope
of finding grain enough for the irlmedf
ate need.
80 far ~ Griswold is concerned.
you wouldn't notice hat Shere is q
partnership" laughed the iron.
founder y cant make him galvanizO
an atom of interest in his Investment.
All can ges Sut Of him is. Don't
bother me; Pm busy"
"Mr. Griswold is in a class by him
self, don't you think?" waa the Ques'
tioning comment.
"He is all kinds Of good rellowi
that's all knav, and all I AJAX to
know" answered Raymer loyalty,
81 believe that-now." said his com.
panion, with the faintest possible am.
phasis upon the time-word.
BrofIin marked the emphasis aad
the pause that preceded 1t. and.leansd
forward to miss no word.
Meaning that there was tiIaO
when you didn't believe it," Raymer
asked.
Meaning that there was tine
when he had me scared half to DEATH"
confessed the one who seemed always
to say the confidential thing as If II
were the most trivial, do you remeif-
Der one day in the library, when you
found me looking over the Ale of the
newspapers for the story Of the rob.
berry of the Bayou State Security bank
In New Orleans?"
Raymer remembered 1t very we'll
and admitted 1t. E.~ -,
YES; remember It all very clearly.
Also l recollect how the second news
paper notice told how the robber es.
capped from the officers at st. Louis.
But you haven't told me how you were
scared" Raymer suggested.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-10-21
CHAPTER Xxx.
Broken Llnks.

II was on the second day after the
pistol-buying incident in Simmons &
Klelfurt's that Broffin, wishful for soil
tude and chance to think in perspec-
tive, took to the woods.
A letter from the New Orleans Of
flee had reopened the account OF the
Bayou State Security robbery. The
mail communication was significant
but inconclusive. One Patrick Shee-
han, st. Louis cab driver, dying, had
made confession to his priest. For a
bride Of two hundred dollars he had
aided and abetted the escape OF a
criminal on day and date correspond
ing to the mid-April arrival of the
steamer Belle Julie at st. Louis. After
ward he had driven the man to an up
town hotel name not given). He could
not recall the mans name. But the
destination address, "Wahaska, Min
nesota," was submitted with the con-
fession.
Broffln felt himself short-sighted
from the very nearness of things. The
single necessity now was for absolute
and unshakable Identification. To es.
tabllsh this, three witnesses, and three
only, could be called upon. OF the
three, two had failed signally-Mlss
Farnham because she had her own
reasons for blocking the game. and
President Galbraith . That was an
other chapter in the book of failure.
Brofin had learned that the president
was stopping at the De Soto Inn, and
he had Unanswered to bring Mr.. Gal
braith face to face with Griswold In
the Grierson bank on the day after the
pistol-buying. To his establishment
and disgust the president had shaken
his head irritably, adding a rebuke.
INA. ma, man; your trade makes ye
over-suspicious. That's MIR. Griswold.
the WATERMAN and a friend OF the
Griersons. Miss Madge was telling
me about him last week. He's no more
like the robber than you are. Haven't
/ told ye the man was bearded like Q
tykel"
With two Of the three eye-witnesses
refusing to testify, there remained
only Johnson, the paying teller Of the
Bayou State Security. Brofin was
considering the adVisability of wiring
for Johnson when he passed the last
Of the houses on the lakeside drive
and struck into the country road which
led by cool and shaded forest wind.
ings to the resort hotel at the head OF
the southern bay. Presently vehicle
overlook and passed him. 1t was Miss
Grierson's trap, drawn by the big Eng.
lish tfap-horse, with Miss Grierson her
self holding the reins and Raymer
lounging comfortably in the spare
seat.
Half an hour later Broffin had fol-
lowed the huge footprints of the
great English trap-horse to the drive
way portal of the De Soto grounds
where they were lost on the pebbled
carriage approach. Strolling ON
through the grounds into the lake
fronting lobby of the inn. he went In
search Of Miss Grierson. He found
her on the broad veranda, alone, and
for the moment unoccupied. How to
make the attack so direct and so over.
whelming that 1t could not be with
stood was the only remaining ques-
ton; and Brofin had answered 1t to
his own satisfaction, and was advaAc-
ING through an oman French Utndo~
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CHAPTER XVIII-contInued.

1T was a mamie was looking in
at the window" she returned In low
tones. Il thought saw him once be-
fore; but this time l am certain!"
Griswold sprang from his chair, and
Q moment later was letting himself out
noiselessly through the hall door.
There was nothing stirring on the
porch. He was still cropping among
the bushes, and Miss Farnham had
come to the front door, when the doc
tors buggy appeared under the street
lights and was halted at the home
hitching post.
Hello, Mr.. Griswold; is that your"
called the CHEEKY one, when he saw
q bareheaded man beating the covers
in his front yard.
Griswold met his host at the gate
and walked up the path with him.
Miss Charlotte thought she saw
someone at one of the front windows"
he explained; and a moment after
ward the daughter was telling 1t for
herself.
II saw him twice." she insisted !;
"once while we were at dinner, and
again just now. The first time
thought l might be mistaken, but this
time"
Griswold was laughing silently and
anwardly deriding his gifts when, I'M
der cover of the Doctors return, he
made decent acknowledgements for
benefits bestowed and took his de-
parture. On the pleasant summer
. night walk to Upper Shawnee street
he was. congratulating himself upon
The Dolores star., 1915-01-22
1heHOQOW
- : Of Her Hand
George Barr MoCutCheOn
CNessoENZ ma 6/A0ll H1EAD 6. C0H91n/

The Murgatroyds 30 back to old
Henry. straight - . plummet. Cad.
what Vivvy doesn't know about Brit
ish aristocracy isn't worth knowing.
She looked Il up the time they tried to
convince her she ought TO marry the
duke. But she's fond Of Hetty. She
says she's . darling. shes right:
Hetty 10 too good for me-"
Sara swished her gown about and
rose gracefully from the chaiss-
tongue Extending her hand to him
she said. and he was never to forget
the deep thrill In her voice:
We'll. wish you good luck. Leslie.
Don't take no for an answer"
Lord, II she should say no." he
gasped, confronted BY the possibility
Of such stupidity on Hetty's part
"You don't think she will!"
Her answer was . smile Of doubt.
the effect Of which was to destroy his
tranquility for hours.
TT 10 time for luncheon. l suppose
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Landscape. And b homo IN time v
dress for dinner" she added. - II 70
relieve his mind.
Good Lord" he groansA, DO ~
have to eat again.
We have 70 dress for II, at least"
she replied.
"rli Co." he exclaimed. and amblsd
Oh to secure . cap and coat.
Sara has planned for . run 70
Lemon tomorrow II Il doesn't rain"
she informed him on his return.
"Oh." he said. staring. Booth gets
. day on on the portrait, then"
being Sunday" she smiled. we
knock Oh on Sundays and bank holi.
days. But. aftsr al. he doesn't really
set . holiday. He 10 70 20 with ..
poor fellow"
no - oossTI1sunos
The Dolores star., 1915-01-22

we Az Tommy VOL Ne 0<oNse0.
Che may have married Into the nobiii.
~ ~ this time shs vas . very poor
aetfsss, but the ioveliest thing In the
vssid--sasspsias cor Hst,y. Of
esssss."
n be could have sssn the troubled
bek n Der eyes - she vas whirisd
- y the village. hs might not have
osss about the cottage with such .
blithaeons cir. He was happier has
- hal bssa In days. and al because u
Msety olyasi
Lssiis Wsandail aid not arrive By
- svsaing train. lie telephonsd late
q ths aftssaooa. not TO hstty but TO
sasA, y say that he was unavoidably
lslainsl as1 would not leave New
Yest uatil he nsxt morning. Some
eAlns n his voice. b his manner Of
eDsakiag. disturbed be-. shs went 70
~ lat night with I've sources Of IN.
snslnsss tkssatssiaG ~ psaes ct
~ - ssasssl Dssn
The Dolores star., 1915-01-22
CHAPTER X.
Man Proposes.

WAN VFVPO0SOs
The young men cooled their heels
for an hour before word WAS brought
down to them that Mrs. Wrandall
begged to be excused for the after
noon on account Of severe head
ache. Miss Castleton was with her.
but would be down later ON. Mean
while they were to make themselves
at home. and so on and DO forth
Booth took his departure, leaving
Leslie In sole possession of the porch.
He was restless. nervous. excited:
half-afraid to stay there and face Het-
ty with the proposal he was deter
mined to make. and wholly afraid to
forsake the porch and run the risk Of
missing her altogether II she came
down As signified. Several things
disturbed him. One was Hstty's de-
plorabls failure to hang On his words
~ he had fondly expected her to do;
and then there was that very disqui.
citing laugh Of sara's. A hundred
times over he repeated to himself that
sickening question: What tho devil
was there to laugh att" and NO an
swer suggested itself. He was decid-
edly cross about It,
Another hour paused. His heels
were quite cool by this time, but his
blood was boiling. This was q deuce
OF . way to treat . fellow who had
gone to the trouble to come all tho
way out in = stuny train. BY Jove. 1t
was! With considerable asperity he
rang for a servant and commanded
him to fetch . time table, and to be
quick about It. as there might be .
train leaving before he could get back
II It took him As long to hnd 1t a.
It took other people to remember their
obligations! His sarcasm failed to
impress Murray. who said he thought
there was schedule in Mrs. Wran-
dall's room. and he'd get It a. soop
~ the way was clear. II Mr.. Wrandafl
didn't mind waiting.
IF minded waiting" snapped Les
lie. Il wouldn't be here now"
A. the footman was leaving. 6ara's
automobile whirlsd up to the porte
cochere
who 10 going out Auray," hs
called In surprise.
Misc Castleton. sir. For the cir,
SIR"
The deuce you say!" saspsd the
harasssd Mr.. Wrandall. II vas .
pretty kettle Of nsh!
Hetty appeared few minutes later.
attirsd for motoring.
"Oh. there you are" she said, sspy.
ing him. Il am going for . spin.
Want to come along?"
He swallowed hard. The ends OF
his mustache described . pair Of ab-
solutely horizontal exclamation
points. III you don't mind being en-.
numbered" he remarked souriy.
= don't In the least mind" said she
sweetly.
where are you Eoingf" he asked
without much enthusiasm. He wasn't
to be caught appearing eager. not he.
Besides. Il wasn't anything to bs nip
pant about
"Yonder." she said, with . liberal
sweep OF her arm. taking In the whole
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What the devil was there to laugh
at. Brandy" no demanded Of his
friend after the women had left them
together ON the porch & few minutes
later. Hstty had gone upstairs with
Mrs. Wrandall. her arm claspsd tight
~ about the older woman's waist.
II dare cay she was thinking about
you falling . mile or two." said Booth
pleasantly.
But he was perple1sd.
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we'll have to interrupt them. Perhaps
Il 10 just - we'll. for your sake" abe
said tauntingly.
He grinnsd. but It vas . sickly Of.
fort.
You're the one to spoil anything Of
that sort" hs said. with some -
osrbity.
Tf'
Certainly" he said with 90 much
meaning in the word that she flushed.
Hstty and Booth. came into view at
that instant. The painter was laying
. soft. nlmy scarf over the girls bare
shoulder - he followed close behind
her.
"nslisi" he cried. catching sight Of
wraadalL Train late. old chapf
We've been expecting you for the last
hour. How are your"
He came up with . frank. genuine
smile Of pleasure on his lips. his hand
extsodsA Leslie rose TO the occasion.
His sslS-estesm was larger than his
grievances. He shook Booths hand
heartily, almost sxuberantly.
"Didn1 want to disturb you. Bran.
dy." he cried. cheerily. Besides. Sara
wouldn't let me-. He then passed on
to Hety. VINO mad Jagged oehino.
bending low over her hand. he said
something commonplace In very low
tone. At the same time looking slyiy
out OF The corner OF his eye to sec II
Booth vas taking u all In Finding
that his friend was regarding him rath'
er nHedly. he obeyed sudden Impulse
and raised the girls slim hand to his
lips. A. suddenly he released her nm
gers and Strengthened up with LOOK
OF surprise In his eyes; he had dis
tincty heard the asitated catch IN her
throat She was staring at her hand
In stapsnsd sort OF way. holding II
rigid before her eyes for moment
before thrustins u behind her back
~ II Il were thing to be shielded
rom all scrutiny save her own.
you must not KISS IL again. MI
Wrandsll." abe said In low. Intense
voice. Then she passed him by and
hurried up the stairs. without % much
a. glance over her shoulder
lie blinked In astonishment All Of
. sudden there swept over him the
unique sensation OF shyness-mos'
unique In him. He had never been
Ashamed before In all his life. Nov
he was euriousiy conscious OF having
The Dolores star., 1915-01-22

CAallis Wrandaii y spSa4 Pprdsssl n
dsli . sunmonsd 6S1 thS sity and iAsn-
:: Z: w ~ ~ s': :s =. r.
M Wsy..lssi :sssss Ssss r NJ fos
= - cute during . Winding snow storm.
o. the vAy SIC msseD Q younq. woman In
" r Ss, ree DsSxS Y n ne ,h wer -
tSs nan wSs itsssS sSs loved hin
Mr. NranlAn 1ssesminss % shisid Der
al1 tekss her b her own home. Ma
WHndan hooss the etory OF Hstty Cas-
:s" :ssiDs re- 81 sss story
shs ssssdy she Forbid he iii sy.r 70
TEL Dhs offsfs Hetty Q home. friendship
- security from peril on account cf the
tnesdy. Mrs. Sara Wrandail and Astty
attend the funeral OF Chaliis WrandAil q
ss 1 T:, q r.: c Nv Is.s s AZ
SrssSsii. sreshcr q chailis. msiss him.
eslf useful 10 Sara and becomes Greatly
irterseted tn Aetty. oara sses In LIS
r. lef.tuct,cn possinslity scs rsysnss %. On
cSsiiss MrsnSsii ~ marrying Sis. muir.
Aerese into the family. Leslie, In com
any with his friend Brandon Booth. An
sstict vtsits Sara q her country place.
~. "s H. e FL: a. nat q !: "sa
Dsoth 20 saint :. picture Of Hstty. Becth
rs Q haunting feeling that he has SECS
Hstty before. Looking through 2 pert
folie u pictures ~ an unknown EnGlieh
sss1ss b Ana %; e H:sty as sp ,nI.,
:. 8 tsssuE. q HstsX uiXnn. g Ensiish
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y hove with Hstty. 6ara arranges With
rs . haunting -fsslin6 that ha. has sees
s ssssy S; ss,:.. s. sGss:S.
3 ksr about H. Hesty declares II musi
= sass.scs q Hoy o'krr. an, :n H mSSsS
CHAPTER lx-ceRtinvsa
Leslie was coming out on IN evening"
train. Booth. in commentinG on this,
again rsnarksd . sharp change In Hse'
W manner. They had bssn oonvsfs.
hg somewhat bouyantly up to the mo
nsat b. mentioned Lsslis's impsndina
VISIT In Q 1asA her manner changes.
4 quick but unmistakabls frown sue
sssdsd her smiles. and for some rsar
sea she suddenly rslapssd into . stats
e reserve that vas little short Of SUI
In. He vas pusslsd. - he had bssn
bsepeU.
he Day was bet Sara volunteered
70 take him homo In the motor. An
ssvand b he village vas the excuse
she save for riding over with him.
Heretofore she had sent him over
aleas with Tie chauffeur.
Ne looked very handsome, very
ssaptins. - she came Aewn 10 the
~ Jovs." 10 sa,A 10 himself. she
y voaAsrfuli"
- AanAsA Asr inte The car With the
Osass e . oosrtisr. and shs smiled
aDea hin ssFeaaly. - . Drinooss might
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-10-16
Walter Goemann's
Fine Argument
Continued from page u

Third. Pedestrian traffic on the
tracks of Company. 1t is well
known fact that a great many
people persist in walking on the
tracks OF the Company, the erection
Oh d fence would not 40 away WIN
Inls evll, aS TINS route is d natural
part OF Lne town; II can be enm.-
mated IN but one way, by the con
SIfuctlon Oh roadway anu SIDE
WalhS, unuer these condlulonS pc
desJrlan Lralnc would naturally COLI
line Itself to Sidewalks.
This is the most serious obstacle
while 1T is also serious menace
TO lie ana limp, and 1T must not be
overlooked That the situation viii
become more acute with an increase
or population. III the Public Service
Company can see this they will be
able to greatly improve tnelr ruiz
nlng time While lessenlng their la
blllLy for accidents.
Fourth. The vehicular traffic
would never be very heavy. A mo-
ments thought will lead anyone to
this concluslon; tra1hc would be
merely local, as the roadway would
only extend from one end OF the
borough to the other, the through
traffic would contine itself to Pail
SADIE and Anderson avenues.
In Newark, Jersey City, and Ho-
boken, three OF the most uensely
populated cities in New Jersey, the
Public Service Corporation operates
its lines on the public highways.
Traffic in all these places is very
heavy, still the Company does not
have any difficulty to maintain the
running time of Its cars, while no.
body claims that they endanger lie
and limb.
If they can do this under extra
ordinary conditions in those places,
why not here? The conditions in
Clitfside are exactly parallel to those
in Woodcliff. | believe we have
shown that this improvement would
not be to the disadvantage of the
Public Service in anyway, while it
would be to their positive advantage
in solving the problem of pedes-
TRANS using their car tracks.
We now propose to show that the
Corporation would mean a balance
on the credit side of their ledger;
that it would mean dollars and cents
to them in the following way:
First, If they permit us to use
their land as a public roadway,
they naturally will be relieved from.
the payment of taxes on the land in
question, this would be consider
able saving for the Public Service
Company each and every year.
Second. At the present time the
Company must remove all weeds,
brush etc, from their property, these
duties would automatically pass 20
the borough bringing about a lower
cost of maintenance for the Company.
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solve the problem OF pedestrian traffic
Jnelr tracks, mat 1t Will mean
81 savings 10 the company, WnIle
II Will Ue 10 Cner POLITICAL advantage
" culIlVaIinS the peopIe gooa VIII.
mis- NOV GmenC Is not d paooIilg
Ianuy, a Tau Wnlcn Wall be dropped
III I. week "a two, but IG Will be I1ept
awe until IL mas attained It's OBJECT.
We are HoL a county village, anu Tie
I'uDnc Service cannot treat us as
Sucn. Our nearneSS to New YORK IN
SufeS US brilliant future; prudence
ana foresight demand that we make
adequate provisions Tor 1t. This road
Is necessary TOR the normal develop
menC OF our town, we have invited
the co-operat ton Oh the Public Serv-
ice Corporation, II they do not see
our case IN the 1aIr ana open manner
In which we have placed 1t before
them, we are Iorceu to take other
measures to protect our interest.
we cannot permit a foreign Cor
poraUIon to stand IN the way of our
development, We have remedy at
law which we can use as the last
resort. we know our rights and will
tight Tor them. 1t the Public Service
turns down this reasonable request
and adds insult to injury by dividing
our borough by the erection of a
fence, we will secure the required
signatures to a petition demanding
that the Board OF Council condemn
the right of way Tor public purposes.
we are we'll aware OF the TACT that
as quasi public corporation, the
Public Service has the right OF con-
domination, but only If it is In the
public interest and the carrying on
OF It's business necessitates it. We
can prove to any court In the State
that this improvement is public
necessity, and that it will not inter-
fere with the business of the Public
Service Corporation as they will be
able to operate their line on the pub
lie highway; as we can furthermore
prove that a private right of way
is opposed to public interest. Will
this be to the advantage of the Pub
lie Service? Their lawyers are we'll
aware of the fact that their only
franchise permits the operation of
Steam Railroad, they do not hold any
kind OF franchise from the borough
of Cliffside Park; so if the property
is condemned the Public Service will
have lost all title to the right of way
in return for it's full market value.
In this case they would be liable to
Cliffside Park Borough for a fran
chise tax for operating a trolley line
on public highway. If ON the contrary
the courts hold that the borough can
only obtain title subject to its free
use by the Public Service Corpora
ton we would be able to purchase
this land for song, as it is obvious
that under these conditions, market
value would be non-existent.
1t is not our intention to fight
unless necessary, we can bring about
this improvement in two ways 1t
is up to the Public Service to choose
which should prevail We are not
concealing anything! We have moth
ing up our sleeves! We are playing
this game in the open! All our
cards are on the table! 1t is now
the turn of the Public Service Cor
poration.
Respectfully,
w. P Goemann.