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The evening world., 1915-12-24
THE RED CIRCLE
A Mystery
Romance
ofHeredity

abe siippsd out Of the shapeiessly en-
veloping black coat. The coat was
lined with white satin. The woman's
dress also was snow white. With
quick skill she proceeded TO fold the
coat inside out In such way that no
portion of the black was visible. Then
she draped II carelessly over her
whits-sleeved arm. To all intents she
might merely have been carrying a
white summer wrap that the warmth
of the day rendered needless.
Raising both hands to her head, she
undid the thick black veil, took II OF,
rolled Il into Q ball and tossed II into
the bushes,
The Yelled Woman.
A black clad woman. shrouded in
an impenetrable veil. had entered the
thicket Less than a minute later q
girl In white dress and white toque
and carrying on her arm a white
wrap emerged upon the further
path, and sauntered in leisurely
fashion toward the parks opposite
entrance.
Once sho glanced nervously at the
back of her right hand. But at once
her frown of apprehension cleared
away. The Red Circle had again be-
come invisible.
Lamar, Fastening along the path,
with Grant and the chief. saw n
beautiful girl, all in white, comm z
toward him around bend In the
walk. At n glance he recognized her.
And. for the instant, his quest was
wholly forgotten In the queer little
thrill that seemed to run through his
body and TO centre constrictingly
about his heart. He left the others
to follow as they might, and he
pressed forward alone TO greet her
Miss Trav1si" he exclaimed, clasp
ing the white hand she held out "a
him. This In good luckl didn't
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know this park was a favorite walk
Of yours"
''Oh, but It isl" laughed juno. 1T
love It. It's so quiet and pretty. But
/ didn't expect TO find a busy detec-
tive wandering dreamily about In II.
I thought detectives we're always
"CrimS specialist, please. Miss Ira
WIS.," interrupted Lamar. THAT In.
II you don't mind. II you know how
| hate that word detective"
She became aware OF his compan-
Ions, who stood a pace or two dis
tant, tuning at the delay
Specialist" she said. gayly adding.
as she moved away; But, don't tor
get. you promised to cali and tell me
about your work"
- ibid you suppose could forget
it1" he made answer. "And-may I
call tomorrow Afternoonf Arc you
going to be at homer"
why. yes. Please come then.
Goodby."
she walked on, leaving Lamar
staring after her with a look In his
eyes that no other woman In all his
thirty busy years had been able 20
evoke.
"If you're quite through with your
pink tea ventured the chief. SUP
pose we 70 ONT I only hope we
haven't spent so much time googoO-
eyins a girl in white that wen be
too late 10 catch the woman in
black"
IF you came out hero TO cut 30
ciety capers, Mr.. Lamar" added
Grant. acidly, as they resumed thoir
pursuit. "Chief Allen and I could
have gotten on faster without you"
Lamar heard not word that either
OF them said. His brain was awhirl
lie was saying foolishly over and
over TO himself:
Tomorrow afternoonl To-morrou
afternoon I'll see herl"
When juno reached her own home
her mother and Mary Cher old nurse)
were on the veranda. She hurried
past them with scarce a word and
went straight to her own room. There,
from tho front OF her dress, she drew
out a sheaf of papers fastened with
a rubber band. The uppermost paper
OF the package was an official form,
nned in with ink. It read:
June ~, 1915.
Seven days from date, or June 10,
I promise TO pay George Grant ten
dollars $50, as first instslrnent on
my loan OF one hundred dollars (S10o),
plus interest al tho rate OF 10 per
cont q week. Total payment due, $50.
The evening world., 1915-12-24
BY Albert Payson Terhune
The Newest PA THE Picture, Nom Being Presented at
Leading Motion Picture Theatres of Greater New York
tslsn.d) JOHN L. PETERSON.


June Travis's fingers rined the
sheaf. Most Of the papers were OF
much the same nature as was the
first. and for varying sums, at exor-
bitant interest Each document was
mute witness to a tale OF poverty and
OF the greedy advantage Grant had
taken of such poverty.
Evidence Burned.
Gathering up the papers. June went
into her sitting room, placed a chair
In front OF typewriter and began to
tap away at the keys. For full
hour she wrote-a bare half-dozen
lines on each sheet-addressinG an
envelope for each.
This task finished. she stacked the
little pile OF letters, ready for mailing.
Without waiting to put on her hat she
ran downstairs and out OF the house
by a rear door to a nearby mail box.
In this she posted her stack of letters
and made her way back to her sitting
room unnotlccd. After which she
once more picked up the documents
stolen from George Grants desk.
crumpled them into ball. set n match
TO them, held them until they were
ablaze and tossed them into the fire.
place.
There goes a sheaf OF heart aches"
she sighed "Oh. II only all poverty
could be Destroyed as easily"
Mary. June's nurse. was moro q
member OF the Travis family than a
servant. She had lived with Mrs
Travis since long before June was
born: she had comforted the stricken
wife when her husband died; she had
loved June from the day of tho win
some girls birth.
II early years Il was Mary who had
stood between June and every punish
ment; In later days the nurse was
even more closely her oonndante than
was Mrs. Travis herself.
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. new burst of speed that caxrssd Il
along In q cloud OF fts own dust and
sent IL around corners on two wheels.
OF course they know we're after
en-" said the chief. In answer to a
query from Grant. why shouldn't
they7 People that steal q car are
sure to keep a good lookout behind.
departmental auto coming after 'em,
they know it's a case OF speed UP or
be pinched. It's even money some
traffic man will stop 'em In short Or
der II they keep up that pace through
busy streets"
As IL the same thought had occurred
TO the runaways, the car swung peril
ously around another corner and
down a residential boulevard.
Motorcycle and departmental car
followed. Twenty seconds later they
had come to a Earring standstill along
side the automobile they sought IL
was standing near the entrance of a
small park. The chauffeur was In his
seat, unconcerned. as though In front
OF his own employers door.
Lamar and the chief tumbled out Of
their car before IL had fairly stopped;
and they ran at top speed toward the
they Jerked open the hmousine's
doors. Each encountered the others
face peering in at tho opposite doors
The tonneau of the limousine was
empty
Grant was dancing IN fury and
shaking his hst at his mildly sur
prlsed chauffeur.
what dye mean by itf" he
shrieked. "what'n blases aye mean
by n Garvice7"
MEAN by what7" stammered the
chauffeur.
Turning OF this way with my car.
You're"--
at didn't" stoutiy denied oarvics
sYou said to-"
Il said tor 7 said tor Are you
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crazy or only crazy drunkf What
dye mean by saying
The chauffeur had been fumbling IN
HIS pocket Now he produced a card
and sullenly handed 1t to his en-
ployer.
A Forged Order.
There's your own ORDERS" he
growled.
Lamar. glancing over Grants shoul-
der. saw the card was George Grants
own; and that on II, above the name
was scrawled In pencil:
o. x. Take bearer whore she
wishes.
"Well. I'll be-rn be- sputtered
the bewildered Grant
But his expletive was drowned in q
shout Of involuntary laughter from
Lamar.
.,A forgery. I suppose" chuckled
Max. but you can hardly blame the
fellow" then sharply to the soowling
Carvice' Where Is she' What be-
came OF herr"
said she was goin' for a stroll in
the park there" grunted the chauf-
feur. Told me TO walt. First made
me hit a fifty-mile clip. an then tells
me to walt while she loafs around a
measly park. Funny business. I call
IT,"
(which way did she sor" persisted
Lamar.
Down that path to tho left. Funny
business, call II. to-
Lamar had already started in the
direction the chauffeur pointed out :
and the chief and Grant ranged along
side OF him as he STROBE along.
wen look down this path TO the
end" suggested the chief. And then
Wen separate and quarter tho whole
park for her. II she's still In here
anywhere we ought to md her. The
place isn't much more than an acre
or so. II II wasn't for all thesa
shrubs we could see her In three Sec
onds. Hurry She may have left the
park at the far side"
But the yelled woman IN black had
not left the park. She had merely
left tho park path and had crept into
the shrubbery.
She sped along like a black wrath
noiseless, furtive, uncanny. Once sh'
raised her right hand 70 part sons
bushes that barred her way. Thu
hand was small, white, infinitel.
graceful In contour, But on Its bacl
throbbed an angry crimson scar. out
lined like an irregular ring.
Through the high bushes she crept
and into tiny glade hemm In b!
shrubbery. There she halted Defti.
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1.-THE Red Circle" repeated Borden duly.
ut Is still there, on my hand, always
there. And 1t has marked one member
in every generation of my family. The
person marked by 1t has always been
criminal. The Decoration of the Curse
of Heaven have heard 1t calledp'
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

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CHAPTER III.
"Pitg the PoOri"

49, price TO did on
bar
he s willing high get It. And
big rateo Of Int on the
OF OF
sight drafts and documents
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-10-21
The Chronic Pessimist.

OF all the cranks, the crankiest Is the
chronic pessimist. He is always whin-
ing like a half-starved dog with a TIL
can tied to his tail. When the sky Is
beautifully clear, he is positively cer-
tain that everything will dry up and
there will be a scarcity. When the
gentle rain begins to fall, he lamentS
and is afraid the crops will be spoiled,
He is always expecting some ggreai
calamity, misfortune of some k--.u, or
of being laid up with rheumatism. Nc
matter how rosy the apples look or how
Juicy the pears, he is afraid that the:
are wormy at the core and can't be Kept
until Christmas. The country Is going
10 the bow-wows and everybody is 9
dirty and dishonest rascal. His OWE
peaceful and progressive town is al
right but he is convinced that 1t vii
never improve so very much. The higl'
church spire Is a notable landmark, but
II might fall down some day and d.
great damage. He himself enjoys eX-
cellent health at present, but he is sure
that he won't live long AMI he shoul'
not. The world would he much happier
without such cranky pessimists.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-10-21
STRICKLIN'S GOAL AHEAD.
Appreciation and Little Bit o
ShOp Talk.


A we'll known printer from Wades
boro was In Cheraw recently and die
us the honor Of paying us visit
After being shown through all the
departments, this printer went homo
and told his "boss" that Cheraw ma:
not be any better town than Wades
boro, but it surely has one real print.
ing office.
We are not interested in the sor'
Of printing office Walesboro has
knows 1t has three good ones-but /;
pleases us to know that when dis
cerning visitors go through our plan
they go away thinking we have a sure
enough, modern printing plant.
In this connection it may not be
amiss to add few words:
Stricklin's plant was planned, built
and is being run to please folks who
know what good service really is.
We haven't any ambition to rur
just fairly good" plant-what We
want is the best anywhere in thi:
territory.
The thing We are trying for-anc
wants. to surround this office with
an atmosphere of efficiency and cor
da !ity that VIII; 70 distinctive.
Besides this, We want our patrons
to feel that when a package Of worl
comes from Stricklin's it must be
everything that it could possibly be
expected to to be.
These are our printing ideas.
Yes, surely, we blunder occasion
ally and do wrong things but the goa
ahead is never lost sight Of.
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We are now prepared to handle your
printing problemes better than ever be-
fore. Modern machinery, new type in
act nearly everything new except our
Id experienced wcrkmen. Send or
hring your printing ideas to us, we will
10 the rest.
1.-The House Of Quality"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-10-21

All Cards Of Thanks, Resolutions OF
Respect, Obituaries, or notices Of other
rAturs not Of public interest, and all
notices CT a personal nature IL charged
Cor at the rate Of one cent per word
fSr each insertion. Such meter Is
net Rewk
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-10-21

Is a minister, who in the heat Of a
temperance campaign prayed for the
destruction Of a hotel which was
selling liquor on Sunday, liable to the
owner of the hotel for an apparent
answer to his prayer when the hotel
is struck by lighting and burned to
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-10-21

The number of bales Of cotton ginnCd
i'm Chesterfield county this season. as
given by the report of the Department
nf Commerce issued last week, is 1,479
more than last year to the same date.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-10-21
NOTICE OF COURT.

Court of Common Pleas will con
rene on Monday, October 25th,
1915.
Jurors and witnesses take no
ice. Jurors need not attend until
Wednesday 9th, 1915.
Grand Jurors need not attend.
|. p. MANGUM.
Clerk of Court.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-10-21

Most lambs must suspect that the
good die young. If lamb could
think. it would explain why so many
butchers grow old.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-10-21

woman of today outstrips all her
predecessors. But he seems to have
forgotten mother Eve.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-10-21

When a farmer marries he always
Is referred to as prosperous. Proba-
bly, the other kind don't marry.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-10-21

the ground?
According to one editor, the
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-10-21

Remarks about the weather never
change it.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-10-21

For Back Indebtedness and Elk tending School Terms Special
School, Chesterfield School District 2 mills Mt Croghan mills
and Ruby mills w =
Chcraw Township special levy of mills for Roads; Alligator
mills for Road Bonds
w. A. DOUGLASS
COUNTY TREASURER
Sept Is, 1915. ~ --. .-...-. . .-.-..'
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Tax Notice.

will open for the collection of taxes ron
18th October unhli 31st day of December 1915 -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15

virtually ended his career as a fighter although he later tried to come back. In Smiths day the welterweight di- V1slon had more classy fighters than any other, and there were at least a score of men classy enough to hold the twelterweight champions1bin oelt' which is now displayed in a New York cigar store window as the property of Harry Stone
 l897-Tommy Dixon and Johnny ta,Vack fought 25-round draw at
 1so4-Joe Cans defeated Sammy smith in four rounds at PhiladeI-
 R35-Do1ores Adios Fuertes, the beautiful woman who afterward won Iarne on the American and E11roneaD stage as Adah Isaacs Menken. and who gained a place in pugiIistic an- naIs as the wife of John c. Heenan born near Ner Orleans She was the daughter of Spanish Jew and a Frenchwoman, and at made her stage debut as a dancer. At 20 she married Alexander Isaacs Menken at Galveston, quit the stage and wrote volume of verse under the name of i1nd1gena.2 Divorced, she returned to the stage, and also studied scuIp- ture In 1859 she married John c. Heenan, the American heavyweight champion and accompanied him to England when he went to that coun- try to fight Tom Savers for the worlds title. She toured Europe with the "Benicia Boy,'' and became a reigning beauty, and a friend of Dumas, Dickens and other famous men. She divorced her pugilist flus- band in 1862, and was married twice before her headth in Paris in 1868. at the age of 33.
 1S69-MiEe McCoole defeated Tom | Allen in rounds, foul, near St. Louis. |
 1905-Maurice Savers and Tommy Mowatt fought S-round draw at | Green Bay, Wis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15

dition he may have to come before the National Commission. If it is proved that he himself wrote the story and that he meant the White Sox when he spoke about a certain team whose players have been stealing the signals of rival clubs, it will go hard with l1i,17
 If he is guilty on both counts I will drive him out of baseball don't care IT ne IS a great ball player. No player or any one else amenable to the disci- pi1ne Of the American league can pull anything like that and get away with it.
 T have never been in favor of ball players lending their name to stories or any sort having to do with base pail, and especially if they do not write them themselves. This is as serious a case as I have discovered since I came East. President Comiskey spoke to me about it before I left Chicago, and now find everybody in the East talk ing about it.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
GIL MORE CLAIMS FEDERAL CROWDS
 INCREASING DAILY

New York, June 15.-Jannes A. GiI- more, president off the Federal league, arrived in town yesterday morning, but he did not finger long He left for New England in the afternoon.
 It was the opening of the second in vasion of the East by the West, and Gilmore is very much interested in the manner in which +t- Eastern fans will receiWe tthe s117v sdefH Should the Rrookfads win and St. Louis lose Brooklyn will move into second place Ten thousand school ca ldren were guests of the club ;-nd Flag Day .cer- emonies were a feature.
 Gilmore asserted that with the ar rival of warm weather conditions all along the line in the league have i'm prqved greatly The brace-up taken by the weaker members has done lot to boost attendance figures, too. we have absolutely no kick to make on any score, Gilmore asserted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
TWO VICTORIES PUTS TANKS IN
 FIRST DIVISION

Thanks to a timely drive by Birdie Cree in the tenth inning of the second game of the double-header at the Po- To Grounds yesterday, the Yankees won both games from the St. I,e17is Browns and are now back at the bot tom Of the first division, one game over the 300 mark. The first game was a walk-over affair for the Dono- Vanltes, the final score being 12 runs to T. Thes core of the second game was to 4. The opener was featured Ry home runs by Pipp, Hartzeu, Walker and Howard.
 In the second game the 3rov,rs staged batting rally in the ninth in ming. Up to then the Highlanders were leading by runs to 1, and with Fischer pitching steady game if looked as if it was all over but the shoutlng. But something happened E. Eo Flsher Tn the ninth, and the Browns evened up the score and were ln a fine position to win the game
 Boone threw out Howard, the first batter to face Fisher in the ninth. The trouble began when Pratt singled to left. Walker followed with a. drive Into the left field stand, his second of the day This gave the Browns tu,o runs. Williams was safe on Pectrir- paugh's tumble. Leary followed with a single to centre and Williams reac,- ed third. Levan smashed a hit off PeckinJaugh's glove, Williams cross ing the plate with the tying run.
 Jimmy Austin, who was in cbaroa op the team in the absence Of NTanas,s Hickey, then signalled for q. doub1e. steal but this proved a fatal move. as Leary was cut down at third.
 This gave Cree an opportunity to regain some of the prestige he lost through his poor hitting this season. T me little outfelder was called upon by Manager Donovan to bat for Pi1S In the tenth. and he promptly uncorlz- ed a bingle that scored Cook with the run.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
RECORD CROWD
 EXPECTED FOR
 THAMES RACES

Gales Ferry, Conn.,, June 16-Tine rowing was practically eliminated from the Yale and Harvard program yesterday for two reasons-the ex- treme heat and the fact that the coaches are determined to give all the oarsmen light work until the middle of the week, owing to the strenuous trials over the course Sat urday evening.
 In an attempt yesterday morning to cover the first half mile of the course the Yale first and second Var sity eights, rowing at different times, registered exactly the same time 2:29. Coach Eugene Gianinnir of the second eight believes that the official watch was out of order. All the liar yard watches caught the second Yale eight's time as 2:25 and that of the first eight 2:26.
 Last night Valentine Chappen of New London, Chairman of the Re- gatta Committee, visited the Yale quarters for a conference with Cap tain Sturtevant regarding details for the races Friday of next week The rush. for observation train tickets in dieates that the largest crowd on rec ord will see the races. It will be i'm possible to fill the demands
 Harvard's rowing included only a. paddle over the four-n1i1e course last evening. The morning work was nor nal, two odd accidents curtaiIine it. Stroke Lund caught his oar in the eel catching him in the breast knocked him overheard, breaking his oarIock. He was assisted into the shell and the outr1gger repaired. Next Cabot. No. [, broke an oar, and the shell return ed to the boathouse.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
HOW BRIDGEPORT TEAM TOOK FIELD
 IN 1878 CONTEST

In reply to a query of an old time subscriber of The Farmer, asking for the lineup of the Bridgeport baseball team during the. season 1878. we sub init the following from an 1878 issue of The Farmer:
 There was a large crowd around the ball ground at Seaside Park yes- terday afternoon to witness the first match game between the Stars and The latter appeared in a neat new uniform of gray, trimmed with blue, and Iettered with red The game, although rather one-sideA, was quite interesting, some good fielding and batting being done by both sides Thes core:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
WILL DRIVE " COBB OUT
 OF BASEBALL, SAYS JOHNSON
Unless Georgia Peach Proves He Did
 Not Say White Sox Stole Signals

Washington, June 15.-If 1t can be proved that Ty} Cobb. greatest player in the American league, wrote the story that appeared under his name in papers throughout the country, that the White Sox have been stealing sig nals from other teams, the Georgia Peach will be driven out of the Amer ican league.
 The case against Cobb, however, will have te include proofs that Cobb meant the White Sox when he wrote under his own name that a certain team in the league whose manager owed his success as a bush league boss to grab signals was guilty of crooked work.
 President Ban Johnson, who arrived in Washington yesterday on his swing around the circle, was greatly wrought up when the gist of Cobb's story was told him.
 Cobb will have to see me about that story" said Johnson, "and in ad-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-15
FIST FIGHT DURING
 BIG WRESTLING MATCH

New York. June 15-There was a. near-riot during the wrestling tourney at the Manhattan Opera House last night The trouble developed during the finish match between George Lur1ch and Wilhelm Berner.
 toward the fourth period Berner got a body hold, and. pushing Lurich to the back of the stage, threw him ana pinned his shoulders. Berner at once Jumped up and bowed to the spectators, after which he ran to his ofesslng room. As the fall took place orr the mat it could not under the rule be allowed. The referee order ca Berner to resume the bout. but the German refused and was dis qualified.
 During the argument Ivan Linow LOOK Lurtch's part, and Berner struck the Cossaek a. sharp blow in the face Lhey closed in on each other, but the others seized them and prevented further hostiIities