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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-12

Griswold took the handkerchief
bundle, and the mere touch Of It put
new life into him.
Where is the fellow who was chas-
ing you. Mose?" he asked
rs new gwine tell you dat; no. sub.
Las time ! seed him, he's des t'arin
of strips up de leyee after turrer fel-
lah."
What other fellow"
The negro laughed and did a double
shuttle at the mere recollection Of it.
"Hi-yah! Turrer fellah is de fellah
what done TUX my job. Hit was des-
away: when l t'ink dat white man
gwine catch me, sholy, des drap
down in de darkes cawneh | kin fin;
dat's what / done, yas, sub. He des
keep on a-goin', spat spat spat an
when he come out front de Gineral
Jackson over yondeh, one dem boys
what's wukkln' on her, he TUX out,
an dat white man des tu'n hisself
loose an mex his laigs 90 lax he
gwine shek um plum off yas, sah!"
Griswold suffered another lapse into
the humanitles when he saw the list
Of participants in his act growing
steadily with each fresh complication,
and he said, I'm sorry for that,
Nose"
"Nev' you min bout dat, Cap'm.
Dat boy he been doin somepin to mex
him touchous, less'n he new TUX out
dat-a-way, no, suh!'
Maybe so. Well, We can't help It
now Here is the twenty promised
you"
"T'ank you, sub; tank you kin'ly,
Cap'm. Youalls des de whites white
man ev' l knowed. You sholy Is"
What are you going to do with
yourself, now?" Griswold inquired
who, me? rs gwine up yondeh to
dat resteraw an git me de bigges
mess o. fried fish can hol-dat's me;
yas, sub"
"McGrath says he'll pay you levee
wages If you'll come back to the boat
and help get the cargo out of her"
Reckon l amt gwine back to de
Julie; no, sub. Datd be gittin rich
too fas' for dis niggeh. Goodnight,
Cap'm Gravitt; an tank you kinly,
sub"
Griswold went his way musing upon
the little object lesson afforded by
the negro's determination. Here was
a fellow man who was one Of the
feeblest Of the underdogs in the great
social fight; and with money enough
in hand to give him at least a breath
ing interval, his highest ambition was
a mess Of fried fish.
The object lesson was suggestive, II
not specially encouraging, and Girls
wold made a mental note Of It for
further study when the question of
present safety should be more salts.
factorily answered.
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CHAPTER TX.
The Goths and Vandals.

In the day of its beginnings, Wa
haska was minor trading post on
the northwestern frontier, and an out
fitting station for the hunters and
trappers of the upper Mississippi and
Minnesota lake region.
Later 1t became the market town
of a wheat-growing district and
foundation of modest prosperity was
laid by well-to-do farmers gravitating
to that county seat to give their chill
dren the benefit OF a graded school.
Later still came the passing OF the
wheat, a re-peopling Of the farms by
fresh influx of home-seekers from
the Old World, and the birth, in Wa
haska and elsewhere, OF the Industrial
era.
Jasper Grierson was product of the
wheat-growing period The son Of one
of the earliest of the New York state
homesteaders in the wheat belt, he
came of age in the year of the civil
war draft, and was unpatriotic enough,
some said, to dodge conscrlption, or
the chance of It, by throwing up his
hostler's job in Wahaska livery sta
BILE and vanishing into the dim limbo
Of the farther West. Also, tradition
added that he was well-spared by
most; that he was ill-spared, indeed
by only one, and that one woman.
After the westward vanishing, Wa
haska saw him no more until he re-
turned in his vigorous prime, vet
eran soldier of fortune upon whom the
goddess had poured golden shower
out Of some cornucopla of the Colorado
mines. Although rumor, occasionally
naming him during the years of alb
sence, had never mentioned wife, he
was accompanied by a daughter, a
dark-eyed, red-lipped young woman, a
rather striking beauty of a type un-
familiar to Wahaska and owing moth
ing, It would seem, to the grim, gray
wolf Jasper.
Since the time was ripe, Wahaska
did presently burst Its swaddling-
bands. Commercial enterprise is
sheep-like; where one leads, others
will follow; and the mere following
breeds success, If only by the sheer
impetus of the massed forward move
ment. Jasper Grierson was the man
Of the hour, but the price paid for lead
ership by the led is apt to be high.
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81 am quite at yoo, service" hN
hastened to say Shall show you
plan of the sittings?"
When the sittings we're finally de
cided upon she opened her purse.
1T Is so good Of you to take time
from your business to wait on me"
she told him; and then, in naive con.
fusion. Il asked poppa to make out
check, but | don't know whether 1t
is big enough"
Raymer took the order to pay,
glanced at the amount, and from that
to the velvety eyes with the half
abashed query in them. Miss Grier.
sons eyes were her most effective
weapon. With them she could look
anything, from daggers drawn to
kisses. Just now the look was of
childlike beseeching, but Raymer with
stood it-or thought he did.
1T is more than twice as much as
we get for the best locations" he de-
INJURED. Wait minute and I'll write
you check for the difference and give
you receipt"
But at the word she was on her feet
in an eager 6utter of protest.
"Oh please don't!" she pleaded. "If
1t is really too much, can't you put the
difference In the missionary box, or in
the-in the minister's salary?-as lit.
tie donation from US, you know"
Thus the small matter of business
was concluded; but Miss Margery was
not yet ready to go. From St. Johns
and its affairs official she passed deftly
to the treasurer of st. Johns and
his affairs personal. Was the machine
works the place where they made
steam engines and things? And did
the sign, mo Admittance," on the
doors mean that no visitors were al
lowed? II not, she would so much like
to-"
Raymer smiled and put himself once
more at her service. this time s guide
and megaphonist II was all very
noisy and grimy, but If she cared to go
through the works he would be glad
to go with her.
He did not know how glad he was
going to be until they had passed
through the clamorous machine shop
and had reached the comparatively
quiet foundry. One Of Miss Margery's
gifts was the ability to become for the
moment an active and sympathetic
sharer In anyone's enthusiasms. In
the foundry she looked and listened,
and was unsophisticated only to the
degree that invites explanation. II
was a master-stroke OF finesse. A man
is never so transparent as when he
forgets himself in his own trade talk;
and Raymer was unrolling himself as
scroll for Miss Grierson to read as
she ran.
The tour of the works which had be.
gun in passing acquaintance ended in
friendship, precisely as Miss Grierson
had meant 1t should; and when Ray.
mer was tucking her into the cutter
and wrapping her in the fur robes, she
added the finishing touch, or rather
the touch for which all the other
touches had been the preliminaries.
I'm so glad had the courage TO
come and see you this morning. We
have been dreadfully remiss in church
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feet, though he did awake drowsily
later on at the sound OF voices in the
aisle awoke to realize vaguely that
his two table companions of the Hotel
Chouteau cafe were to be his fellow
travellers In the Pullman.
The train was made up ready to
leave, and the locomotive was filling
the great train shed with stertorous
hissings, when a red-faced man slipped
through the gates to saunter over to
the Pullman and to peek iuquisltively
at the porter.
much of load tonight, George?"
mo, sab; mighty light; four young
ladies goin' up to de school in Fari-
bault, Mistah Grierson and his daugh-
ter, and a gentleman from de Chou
teau."
"A gentleman from the Chouteau?
When did he come DOWN."
The porter knew the calling Of the
red.faced man only by intuition; but
Griswold's tip was warming in his
pocket and he lied at random and on
general principles.
Been heah all de evenin'; come
down right early afte' suppeh, and
went to bald like he was sick or tarr'd
or somethin'"
What sort Of looking man is he?"
Little, smooth-faced, narr'- -chlsted
gentleman; look like he might be"
But the train was moving out and
the red.faced man had turned away.
Whereupon the porter broke his smile
in the midst, picked up his carpet
covered step and climbed aboard.
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I've had an overdose of excitement.
guess" he said to himself hinging
the cigar away. "The best thing for
me to do is to go down to the train
and get to bed"
He went about it llstlessly, with a
curious buzzing in his ears and GER
tain dimness OF sight which was quite
disconcerting; and when a cab was
summoned he was glad enough to let
respectfully sympathetic porter lend
him shoulder to the sidewalk.
The drive In the open air was sufil.
ciently tonic to help him through the
details of ticket-buying and embarka-
tion; and afterward sleep came SO
quickly that he did not know when the
Pullman porter drew the curtains to
adjust the screen in the window at his
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CHAPTER viii.
Grlswold Emetuent.

Half an hour or such a matter after
the hue-and-cry runaway from the
curb in front Of the saloon two doors
above, Mr.. Abram Sonneschein, dealer
in secondhand clothing and sweat.
shop bargains, saw a possible Gus
toner drifting across the street. and
made ready the graphing hooks Of
commercial enterprise.
There was little suggestion Of the
tramp roustabout, and still less, per.
haps, of the gentleman, about the per.
son who presently emerged from the
Sonneschein emporium. A square far.
ther on he selected a BARRIERS shop of
cleanly promise. An hour later, reach
ing the retail district, he strolled past
many brilliantly lighted shops until
he found one exactly to his liking. A
courteous salesman caught him up at
the door, and led the way to the des-
ignated departments.
BY this time Mr. Sonneschein's hes.
liant and countrifed customer had un-
dergone a complete metamorphosls.
No longer reluctant and hard to
please, he passed rapidly from coun-
ter to counter making his selections
with manlike celebrity and certainty
and bargaining not at all. When he
was quite through there was enough
to furnish a generous travelling ward
robe; a head-to-foot change of gar.
mentlngs with a surplus to I'LL two
lordly suitcases; so he bought the
suitcases also, and had them taken
with his other purchases to the dress
ing room.
All traces Of the deck-hand Gavitt,
and Of the Sonnesoheln planter-cus.
toner having been obliterated, there
remained only the paying Of his bill
and the summoning Of a cab. Oddly
enough, the cab, when II came, proved
to be'a four-wheeler driven by little
wizen-faced man whose thin, high
pitched voice was singularly familiar
"The Hotel Chouteau?-yis, sorr
viii you plaze hand me thin grips
l can't lave me harrses."
The drivers excuse instantly tied
the knot Of recognition, and the man
who had just cremated his former
identities swore softly.
All things considered, it was the
Griswold Of the college-graduate days
the days of the slender patrimony
which had capitalized the literary be.
ginning-who presented himself at
the counter of the Hotel Chouteau at
half-past nine o'clock on the evening
OF the Belle jules arrival at st. Louis
wrote his name in the guest-book and
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CHAPTER Vll-contlnued.

McGrath found his handouts and
tried the key in those upon Griswold's
wrists. II fitted.
Nov yere fut and hand loose, I'll
gay to ye what / wouldn't say TO q
cripple. Wan is that ye're not Gayitt;
ge're no more like him than am. Let
that go. Ye've been up to some devil
try. But that's all over and gone
Whatll ye be doing neXt?"
Griswold took leaf out of the past
Safety in a former peril had grown
out Of a breakfast deliberately eaten
In cafe next door to the Bayou State
Security.
What would l do but finish my job
on the Julie?" he said, pushing the
theory to its logical conclusion.
The mate shook his head. "Ye
needn't do that the cops might be
coming down here and running you in
again. How much pay have ye drawn"
Not any"
McGrath took a greasy wallet from
MS pocket and counted out deck
hands wages for the trip.
Take this, and I'll be getting It
back from the clerk. II might not be
good f'r ye to show up at the Office" &"
Griswold suffered a sudden return
to the meliorating humanities.
1--WE been calling you all the hard
names could lay tongue TO- McGrath,
and there have been times when
would have given the price Of a good
farm for the privilege of standing up
10 you on a bit of green grass with no.
body looking on. l take II all back
You say you haven't forgotten; nei-
ther will l forget, and maybe my turn
will come again, some day
go along with you growled the
rough-tongued Irishman. whose very
Kindness had a tang of brutality in it..
III you're coming across the naygur
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Nose, anywhere, sind him back and
tell him I'll see that he gets real
money f'r helping US unload OF with
ye, now, whilst they're catching up
with yer runaway cab"
Griswold went leisurely, as beftted
his theory, and upon reaching the lev
ee, turned aside among the freight
pyramids in search Of his confede-
rate. Now that there was time to
recall the facts he feared that the
negro had been taken He had Sc
cured but a few yards start in the
race, and his pursuer was a white
man, able to back speed with intelli-
gence. Griswold had a sickening fit
of despair when he contemplated the
possibility of failure with the goal al
most in sight; and the reaction, when
he stumbled upon the negro skulking
10 the shadows Of a lumber cargo, was
sharp enough to make him faint and
dizzy.
The negro did not recognize him at
first and was about to run away, when
Griswold shook off the benumblng
weakness and called out
Tank de good Lawdl is dat you
all, Cap'm Gravitt2 Is dat shuck up
couldn't recognize my OIL nanny!
TEX dishyer cuniah-bag O. yourn TO
gwine drap hit. Hits des been
bu'nln' my hans ev' sense done TUX
out wild i'll"
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SYNOPSIS.


Kenneth Grlswold an unsuccessful
writer because OF sociallstC tendencies
sups with his friend Bainbridge at Chau-
dieres restaurant In New Orleans and
declares that II necessary he will steal TO
keep from starving He holds mp Andrew
Galbraith. president OF the Bayou State
Security in his private office and escapes
with Sl00 00O in cash. BY original methods
BE- escapes the hue and cry and goes
aboard the Belle julie as "a deCllhaud. He
Unexpectedly confrOnts Charlotte Farm
ham Of Wahaska Mimi. who had seen
HIM cash Galbraith's check In the bank.
Charlotte recognizes Griswold. but de-
udcs 20 write 20 Galbraith rather than
henounce the robber 20 the captain. She
sees the brutal mate rescued from drown
Ink by Griswold and delays sending her
htter TO Galbraith. She talks 10 Girls
HOld and by his advice sends her letter
nf betrayal TO Galbraith anonymously.
GriswUld Is arrested on the arrival OF the
boat at St. Louis but escapes from his
raptOrs.
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handle. Just as she sat down the car
gave jolt-the lid few off the tin
box and out shot streak Of blurred
gray and brown fur Rats" called a
cheerful man. A dozen shrleks pierced
the air and "a pairs OF the latest style
shoes climbed up on the seats. But
It wasn't rat after all-it was a
squirrel. He went tearing down the
car. scurried up the new spring suit
of woman in the corner and made
the return trip over the hats of the
astonlshed passengers Then he dis
appeared Finally small boy crawled
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-12
Best Max to Make coffe..

Take an iron tea kettle, pour in cold
water to the amount required, put in
coffee freshly parched and ground, set
on fire and let 1t come to boil slowly.
After boiling about FIVE minutes, take
Off, settle by pouring out cupful and
pouring back again, and then, in about
five minutes more. your coffee will be
ready-coffee for the gods.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-12

deed in certain fire emergencies, es-
pecially in cases where little volumes
OF gasoline or other inaammable
liquids have become ignited. The
motorist in particular will be glad to
know that there is perhaps nothing
within reach more effective In such
cases. The principle upon which saw
dust works is obvious. Combustion
ceases as soon as there is not enough
oxygen to support 1t. That is the rea-
son that one may extinguish a small
fire BY simply covering it with a cloth.
The sawdust. indeed, works precisely
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-12
sAWDUST TO PUT OUT FIRE
Probably Most Valuable Of ExtInauish-
ers In Dealing With
Small Blaze.

We are not accustomed to regard
Eawdust in the light Of a fire extin-
guIsher. On the contrary. most Of
us look upon 1t as fuel for the flames
and would never dream of throwing
It upon a fire which we we're anxious
20 put out.
Nevertheless II is very valuable In.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-12
Queer siohts on Cars.

You see some queer sights on the
street cars here, writes a New York
correspondent. Today a well-dressed
woman boarded a Madison avenue
car, carrying peculiar looking square
tin box suspended from leather
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under the seat and restored the squir.
rel to its owner. MY baby! My
baby" cried the owner OF the tin box
as she kissed her pet ecstatically. The
car stopped at Forty.thlrd street. A
woman stood grasping the rail--her
foot on the lower step. is this the
regular Madison avenue carr" she
asked anxiously. NO" said the con
ductor scornfully. its the nut special
get right on"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-12

first wrote them 10
application to for.
mality in the lndI.
vidual Christian
life, as something
possible to realize
but out of connec.
tion with spiritual
power. The indl.
vidual may pos.
sess all there is Ia
Christian profes
sion, he may prac
tice everything
enjoined as to in.
dividual religion,
life apart from
his public proies
sim he NAV Ia
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Chance for Greater Fame.
(To BE coNTINuED)

A New York physician claims to
have discovered harmless bichloride
of mercury tablet. Now he may try
his hand at inventing harmless un.
loaded gun Detroit Free Press
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In this manner Its particles adhere
so closely together that they effect
ually blanket the burning body upon
which they are thrown, thus robbing
the fire of the oxygen necessary for
its support.
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Faith First REQUISITE.

The first word Of Christian Is Do
Il know" but II believe" He p'y
fesses not science. but faith s
he accepts not theory, but a cree''
Henry WAGE. VI
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Satan S Present
Day Tactics
By REV. J. n. RALsTON
Secretary Of Correspondence Department.
Moody Bible Institute Of Chicago

TEXT-Having a form OF godlness bu
denying the power thereof. IL Timothy
3:5
The words of this text have been
very properly used ever since Paul
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Optimistic Thouaht.

Today for money, tomorrow for
nothing.
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Optimistic Thought.
Shame lasts longer than poverty.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-26
PROBING BOX FACTORY
 FIRE AT PITTSBURGH
Mayor Declares Guilty Shall De Pun ished for Loss of Thirteen
 Lives.

Pittsburg, Oct. 26.-Investigations started last night by city and county officials into the box factory fire yes- terday that took the lives of twelve girl employees and one man and caus- ed serious injuries to eight other persons, were resumed today.
 If there has been any criminal negligence the guilty shall and must be punished" Mayor Armstrong said.
 Two reports showing that the fac tory was exceedingly dangerous were turned into the department of public safety within the last few months, it was learned. County Fire Marshal Thomas L. Pfarr said last night that he condemned the structure to city officials last June 'as a place unfit to uses to which 1t was being put" Hoseman w. H. Kuhlman, whose duty it was to inspect the building for the fire department, said he reported a few months ago that there were in- sufficient means of exit.
 At the hospital today it was said that two of those who jumped from windows of the factory were expect ed to die of their injuries.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-26
IN THE CITY COURT.
Cases Assigned For TriaI-Others For
 Short Calendar Session.

Cases Assigned For Trial--OtherS For
 Short Calendar Session.
 Cass to come before the short calen- dar session of the city court Friday afternoon for assignment are as fol- lows:
 A. A. Hall ct al vs. Jacob Wersberg ct ux; H. P. Roche and M. D. Sake; default for failure to plead
 Brunswick -Bolk- -Collender vs. Se- bastino Lustro, H. R. Roche and J. G. Woods, default for failure to plead.
 Elizabeth J. Anderson, trustee, vs. Harry Alex, H. P. Roche and M. H. Camp, default for failure to plead
 Michael Anderson vs. John Meskill, D. E. O'Keefe and M. D. Sake, bond for prosecution.
 John Anderson vs John Meskill, D. E. O'Keefe and M. D. Sake, bond for prosecution.
 Stanley Baranowski vs. David A. Allen, D. E. O'Keefe and P. F. Mo- Donough, default for failure to an- swer
 New Britain Lumber and Coal com pany vs. Raffaele Simonelli ct ux,. c. H. Mitchell and w. F. Mangan, order for further attachment.
 w. c. Nance vs. Nels J. Nelson ct al, A. w. Upson and M. H. Camp, default for want of pleading
 Assignments for the city courts are as follows:
 Thursday, M. H. Donelly vs. Raf- faele Torella, w. T. Lynch and J. H.. Sheehan.
 Wednesday, Dominic Scarella vs. Louis Curcio, c. H. Mitchell and P. F.. McDonough.
 Wednesday, Stanley Svea Grain and Coal company vs Harry Koplowitz, C.. H. Mitchell and M. D. Sake.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-26
WOMAN IS MISSING,

Mrs. Matthew Seaman of Lawlor Street Takes Two Children With Her.
 Mrs. Matthew Seamen of 80 Law Tor street and her six months old baby and eleven years old daughters are missing from home, having sud- denly left last Saturday. The father, who knew nothing of the sudden de- parture until he returned from work Saturday afternoon, is alone with four other children, all younger than ten years. t---....
 Mrs. Seaman's departure is inex- plicable to her family. It is said, she took good portion of the family savings with her and also disposed of some of the furniture before leav- ing.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-26
AT ST. MARKS CHURCH.
Girls to Give Entertainment and Mas
 querade This Week.

The young ladies of the Sempapar- atus Sunday school class of St. Mark s Episcopal church will give an enter tainment and social in the church chapel Thursday evening at o'clock, the main attraction of which will be a playlet entitled Maid to Order Under the direction of Miss Isabelle Jackson the young ladies have been rehearsing faithfully. The cast of characters follows:
 Miss Belmont. e. Margaret lllingWorth Miss Ogeltho orpe. =. Ruth Odenwaldt Miss Poor ............L Lillian BuSer Miss Atkinson ........ Agnes Elliott Jennie Bangs Anna bertlnl Betty Gray ....... Rosalie Bertini
 Other numbers on the evenings program will be violin selection by Herbert Anderson and readings by Miss Jennie Swanson.
 On Friday evening the Girls Friendly club will give masquerade in the parish house.