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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-12-28

When a breeze fiuttered the foliage,
then slender shafts and spears of sun
shine pierced the green mantle and
danced like gold on the ground.
Duane had always felt the strange
ness of this kind of place, and like
wise he had felt a protecting, harbor-
ing something which always seemed to
him to be the sympathy of the brake
for hunted creature. Any unwOund-
ed creature, strong and resourceTul,
was safe when he had glided under
the low, rustling green roof of this
wild covert.
Duane wanted to cross the river
if that was possible, and keeping in
the brake, work his way upstream till
he had reached country more hOSpit-
able. He pushed on. His left arm
had to be favored, as he could scarcely
move it. Using his right TO spread
the willows, he slipped sideways be-
tween them and made fast time.
Finally after a toilsome penetration
Of still denser brush he broke through
10 the bank of the river.
He faced a wide, shallow, muddy
stream with brakes on the opposite
bank extending like green and yellow
wall. Duane perceived at a glance
the futility of his trying to cross at
this point. Everywhere the sluggish
water laved quicksand bars. Before
leaving the bank he tied his hat UPON
a pole and lifted enough water to
quench his thirst. Then he worked
his way back to where thinner growth
made advancement easier, and kept on
upstream till the shadows were SO
deep he could not see. Feeling around
for place big enough to stretch out
on, he lay down. For the time being
he was as safe there as he would have
been beyond in the Rim Rock He was
tired, though not exhausted, and in
spite of the throbbing pain in his arm
he dropped at once into sleep.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-12-28

noyance, however fine. misty rain
set IN. jennie was not we'll dressed
for wet weather; and. for that matter,
neither was he His coat. which in
that dry warm climate he seldom
needed was tied behind his saddle.
anl he p3t it on Jennie The night
passed quickly despite the discomfort,
and soon ! gray, dismal, rainy dawn
greeted the travellers.
Jennie insisted that he find some
shelter where a fire could be built to
dry his clothes He was not in q fit
condition TO risk catching cold. In
fact, Ipuana'S teeth were chattering.
To find a shelter in that barren waste
seemed a futile task. Quite unex-
pacIedly, however, they happened upon
u deserted adobe cabin situated . little
OF the road. Not only did it prove
to have d dry interior, but also there
was firewood. Water was available In
pools everywhere; however, there was
40 grass for the horses.
\ good fire and hot food and drink
Changed the aspect Of their condition
as far as comfort went.
Jennie slept while Duane watched.
TIE saving of this girl meant more
to him than any task he had ever as
sumed.
As lie looked down upon her, a
Slight, slender girl with bedra ggIed
dress and diSheveled hair, her face.
pale ana quiet 4 little stern in sleep,
and her long dark lasheS lying on her
cheek. he seemed to see her fragility,
her prettiness, her femininity as never
before. But for him she might at
that very moment have been a broken.
ruined girl lying back in that cabin OF
the BANDS. The fact gave him a feel
ing Of his Importance in this shifting
Of her destiny. She was unframed,
still young; she would forget and be
happy; she would live to be = good
wife and mother. Somehow the
thought sWelIed his heart. His act,
death-dealing as it had been. was
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-12-28

The few bounds he took before
Duane's iron arm checked him were
enough to reach the curve. One
flashing glance showed Duane the open
once more, a little valley below with
wide, shallow, rocky stream, clump
Of cottOnwOods beyond, s0m5ef
group of men facing him, and two
dark, limp strangely grotesque figures
hanging from branches.
The sight was common enough in
southwest Texas, but Duane had never
before found himself SO unpleasantiy
close.
A hoarse voice pealed out: by hell !
there's another OneI'
stranger, ride down an account fer
yourselfr' yelled another,
"Hands-up!'
''Thet's right, Jack; don't take no
chances. Plug himr'
These remarks were so swiftly ut
tered as almost to be continuous,
Duane was wheeling his horse when a
rifle cracked. The bullet struck his
left forearm and he thought broke it,
for he dropped the rein. The frighten-
ed horse leaped. Another bullet
whiStled past Duane. Then the bend
in the road saved him probably from
certain death. Like the wind his fleet
steed went down the long hill.
Duane was in no hurry to look back.
He knew what to expect. His chief
concern Of the moment was for his
injured arm. He found that the bones
were still intact; but the wound, hav-
ing been made by a soft bullet, was an
exceedingly bad one Blood poured
from it. Giving the horse his head,
Duane wound his scarf tightly round
the holes, and with teeth and hand
tied it tightly. That done, he looked
) back over his shoulder.
Riders were making the dust fly on
the hillside road. There were more
coming round the cut where the road
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-12-28

INTO rough desert When he reached
the cover of mesquite once more he
looked back to find six horSemen with
in rifle shot of him. and more coming
behind them.
His new horse had not had time TO
get warm before Duane reached a high
sandy bluff below, which lay the willow
brakes. As far as he could see extend
ed an immense fiat strip or red-tinged
willow. How welcome it was to his
eye. He felt like hunted wolf that,
weary and lame, had reached his hole
in the rocks. Engaging down the
soft slope, he put the bay to the dense
wall of leaf and branch. But the
horse baked.
There was little time to lose. Dis
mounting he dragged the stubborn
beast into the thicket This was
harder and slower work than Duane
cared TO risk. If he had not been rush
ed he might have had better success.
SO he had to abandon the horse-a
circumstance that only such sore
straits could have driven him to. Then
he went slipping swiftly through the
narrow aisles.
He had not got under cover any
too soon. For he heard his pursuers
piling over the bluff, loud-voiced. con-
fident brutal. They crashed into the
willows.
Hi, Sid. Heah's your boss - called
ono evidently fn hp man IIuor,, had
forced into trade.
Say, if you locoed gents II hold up
a little I'll tell you somethin'." replied
a voice from the bluff.
Come on, Sid! We've got him
corralled," said the first speaker.
oval, mebbe, an if you hev it's liza
BILE to be damn hot. Thet Teller was
Buck Duane!"
Absolute silence followed that state
ment. Presently it was broken by q
rafting Of loose gravel and then low
voices.
He can't git acrOSt the river, | tell
you," came to Duane's ears. He's
colralled in the brake. I know thet
hole"
Then Duane, gliding silently and
swiftly through the willows, heard no
more from HIS pursuers. He headed
straight for the river Threading a
passage through a willow brake was
an old task for him. Many days and
nights had gone to the acquiring Of a
skill that might have been enyied by
an Indian.
The Rio Grande and it's tributaries
for the most of their length in Texas
ran between wide, low, fiat lands COW
cred by a dense growth of willow.
Cottonwood, mesquite, prickly pear,
and other growths mingled with the
willow, and altogether they made a
matted, tangled cOpse, a thicket that
an inexperienced man would have
considered impenetrabIe
The depths of this brake Duane had
penetrated was a silent, dreamy,
strange place. In the middle of the
day the light was weird and dim.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-12-28

noble one, and helped him to hold on
to his drifting hopes. Hardly once
since Jennie had entered intO his
thought had those ghosts returned to
torment him.
Tomorrow she would be gone among
good. kind people with possibility of
finding her relatives. He thanked
God for that; nevertheless. he felt
pang.
About the middle Of the afternoon
Jennie awoke. They cooked a meal
and afterward sat beside the little
fire. Sometimes when her eyes were
on him she did not seem to he think
ing OF her freedom, of her future.
This time tomorrow you'll be in
Shelbyville." he said.
Where will you Beg" she asked,
quickly.
"Me? Oh, I'll be making tracks for
some lonesome place" he replied.
The girl shuddered.
'.lye been brought up in Texas.
remember what a hard lot the men of
my family had. But poor as they
were they had roof over their heads.
hearth with a fire, warm bed
somebody. to love them. And you,
Duane-oh, my God! What must your
life be? You must ride and hide and
watch eternally."
She ended with a sob and dropped
her head on her knees. Duane was
amazed. deeply touched.
'My girl. thank you for that thought
% me-" he said, with tremor in his
voice. you don't know how much
that means to me-"
She raised her face, and it was tear
srsined, eloquent, beautiful.
"Tve heard tell-the best of men
go to the bad out there. You won't
Promise me you won't. ] never
knew any man-like you. live
may never see each other again-after
to-day. I'll never forget you. I'll pray
for you. and I'll never give up trying
toto do something. Don't despair.
Its never too late. 1t was my hone
that kept me alive-out there at
Bland's-hefore you came. was only
s poor weak girl. But if could hope
SO can YOU. Stay away from men.
BE lone wolf Fight for your life.
Stick out your exile-and maybe
some day"
Then she lost her voice. Duane
clasped her hand and with feeling as
deep as hers promised to remember
her words. IN her despair for him she
had spoken wiSdOm-pointed out the
only course.
Duane'S vigilance, mOmentarily
broken by emotion. had no sooner re-
asserted itself than he discovered the
bay horse, the one Jennie rode, had
broken his halter and gone off. The
soft wei earth had deadened the sound
of his hOofs. His tracks were plain
IN the mud.
Duane did not want to leave Jennie
alone in the cabin so near the road.
So he put her on his horse and babe
her follow. The rain had ceased for
the time being, though evidently the
storm was not yet over. The tracks
led up q wash to wide fiat where
mesquite, prickly pear, and thorn-bush
grew so thickly that Jennie could not
ride into it. He could not expect her
to scramble quickly through that brake
on foot Therefore he decided to risk
leaving her at the edge of the thicket
and GO in alone.
As he went n q sound startled him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-12-28
CHAPTER XIII.

How long Duane was travelling out
of that region he never knew. But he
reached familiar country and found a
rancher who had before befriended
him. Here his arm was attended TO !;
he had food and sleep; and in a couple
of weeks he was himself again.
1l- time came fv1 iI.1e1..- =. =
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-12-28

Ads in the Reporter bring results
to the advertiser.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-12-28

After nearly six months IN the
Nueces gorge the loneliness and mac
ton of his life drove Duane out upon
the trails seeking anything rather
than to hide longer alone a prey TO
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-02

him. He was so interested in the fam
lily that Mr.. Ford presented Riley with
special made Ford auto that will haul
the entire family.
Mr.. Riley is greatly impressed with
Pekin and says he knows his family will
like to live here. He could not find a
home but the secretary of the Associa-
tion of Commerce has located a suita-
BILE home and the Rileys will soon be
here.
Later: Mr.. Riley was interviewed By
a newspaper representative late yester
day afternoon.
He stated that on July 5 of this year
his wife gave birth to another set of
triplets at Detroit. They now have if
teen children. Mr.. Riley left last even
ing for Detroit and will bring his fam
lily here on July 90.
He said his wife was a twin child
and he a triplet and that the famous
doctors offer this as an explanation for
his unusual and wonderful family.
Mr.. Riley stated that his wife weighs
81 pounds. She is in perfect health and
nurses her children. Her twin sister
is with her constantly and takes care
of the household.
He claims to have a grandfather in
Texas aged 100 years and he will bring
him to Pekin to live with them.
Mr.. Riley is an electrician by profess
sion and says he has no desire to 90 to
Europe after the war.-Pekin News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-02
FIVE SETS OF TRIPLETS.
Riley Family in Pekin, ILL.,, Makes
Remarkable Record.

When James Riley and his family Of
fifteen children arrive in Pekin this
month the chamber of commerce of this
city will meet them and escort them to
their new home.
This nay seem an unusual procedure,
but it is not when the citizens of Pekin
learn that the Riley family is the most
famous in the United States.
Mr.. Riley and his family have lived
in Detroit He came to Pekin several
weeks ago and secured a good position
at the Corn Products plant. lie liked
Pekin so well that he decided to move
his family here and called on Phil Sip
file, secretary of the Commercial club
to ask his assistance in securing a
house. Mr.. Riley will probably lease
Mrs Heft IS home in the east end of the
city.
The singular feature about Mr.. Ri
ley's children is the fact that they were
born in four sets of triplets. There is
no other family like it in the world
The first set consisted of Charlie, Carrie
and Corie. They are eleven years OF
age Then came Miller Grace anG
George, nine years old; followed by
/ Myrtle, Minnie and Frank, five year;
old; and Freddie, James and Hazel
three years old. The family consists
of six boys and six girls. The father il
% years old and the mother the same
age. He is half breed Indian and hi
wife is French Canadian. Mr.. Riley
mother was full blooded Choctaw In
dian He has lived most of his life il
Canada and for the past four years ha
worked in Detroit.
While living in Detroit Henry Ford
the manufacturer of the Ford automo
biles heard Of Mr., Riley aud called o.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-02

,ial meetings of the elcvens Of the lar
ger universities Of both the east and
west. and the results of these games
will have direct bearing ON the final
outcome OF the championship claims of
the cOntcnding teams. Cornell will line
up against Harvard; Dartmouth win
tackle Princeton: Michigan will have
Syracuse as an opponent; Pennsylvania
and Pittsburgh clash; North and South
Dakota meet in their annual game;
tennessee plays the University of Flor
Ida; Vanderbilt and Virginia come to-
gether. and Yale will seek to defeat
Washington and jefferson.
The opening Saturday Of November
will witness the following important
games: Harvard versus Virginia, Dart
mouth versus Syracuse, Army versus
Notre Dame, Minnesota versus Illinois,
Missouri versus Texas. California YER
sus Southern California, Yale versus
Colgate, Pennsylvania versus Lafay-
cite, Washington versus Oregon. Chi
cage versus Purdue ana Georgetown
versus Louisville. \ week later Har-
ward and Princeton, Cornell and Mich
igan and Pennsylvania and Dartmouth
will furnish the feature games of the
east. while Tennessee and Vanderbilt,
Virginia ana South Carolina, Washing
ton ana Lee versus BuckncIl are divid-
! Ing the houors in the south
On that day Wisconsin and Mime
sofa. Chicago and Illinois, win be the
big contests in the middle west; Yale
versus Princeton, Harvard versus
/ Brown ana Syracuse versus Colgate,
! the eastern feature games. Pennsyl-
vania will journey to Ann Arbor for
her annual meeting with Michigan,
Notrc Dame viii face the Michigan
Aggies, California and Washington
hold forth on the Pacific coast.
An exceptional situation will con
trout football fans Of the east OH Sat
urday, Nov. - for the Harvard-Yale
game will be played Mt New Haven,
while the annual Army-Navy game
will be staged Mt New York. In the
middle west Chicago meets Minnesota
ana Wisconsin plays Illinois. Pennsyl
rania will depart from her usual Gus
tom OF resting previous to the Thanks
Giving day game with Cornell and viii
meet West Virginia Wesleyan The
pennsylvania contest will BIZ
the feature Of Thanksgiving day will
the Brown-Colgate and the Pittsburgh
Penn State games close seconds il
the east. In the south Vanderbilt
Versus University of the South, Ken
lucky versus Tennessee, Alabam
versus Georgia and Virginia versa
North Carolina viii all he star con
! tests. In the west Nebraska versa
Notrc Dame. California versus Wash
ington. South Carolina versus Orego
AggieS and several other contests be
tween state universities AMI agricu
, tural schools viii be among the NOR
) prominent games. The season wi
end on Saturday, Dee O. with two il
tcrSectioual games, in which Georg,
town will play Tulane at New Orlean
( and South California will face Arizon
ut Tucson.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-02

fornia Comet, met defeat in the fourth
round of the national lawn tennis cham
pionship tournament at Forest Hills, n.
Y, yesterday. He was beaten by
George M. Church, 81, 81, 90, 6-3.
In spite of all OF the fun and derision
hurled at Mack's team of youngsters
it is noticeable that they are winning
games far more often than they did.
Myers turned in another victory yes
terday and allowed Washington only
two hits while doing it.
With the league leaders as his OPP
ponents, Alexander yesterday broke all
league records for shutouts. lie shut
out the Brooklyn team, making 1T the
18th time this season to date that OPP
posing teams have failed to score run
off his delivery He has several more
games to pitch before the season ends
and should set the record still higher.
Mrs A. II. Chaplin of Springfield,
Mass, who played exhibition matches
at the recent Vermont state tennis tour
nament III Brattleboro, was defeated in
the final round of the women S singles
at Stockbridge, Mass, yesterday. Mr.
Chaplin won his way through the third
round OF the men singles ana with his
son, won his way to the final round in
men S doubles.
Turner's Falls plans to send strong
team to play Brattleboro at Island park
Monday. Bill Mccarthy and Casper
Ranger of Holy Cross, Ellie White OF
the Catholic University of Washington
and McCabe of Pennsylvania State viii
appear among the lineup. Cara Con
way, Ted Sullivan, Sill Derosier, Denni.
| o 'Leary, John Thomas and Chick Nav
nard will constitute the rest of the team
The first game will start at 10 a. H.
the second at 3 p. m.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-02
Sporting Notes.

Arthur Johnson, who twirled for the
Springfield team here a few weeks ago
pitched his first game for the Lawrence
team of the Eastern league yesterday
and won easily.
Honus Wagner will remain on the
bench the rest of the season because
of injuries. He may be used as pincf
hitter once in while, but recruits vii
work in his position.
The two lost games for Brooklyn
yesterday, two wins for Philadelphia
and the victory for the Braves punched
the leaders i'll the National league a
they have not been punched before.
Ty Cobb has had his name spreat
over the sporting pages because he i
to have his tonsils removed. Thousand
have that done annually and even coun
try papers do not mention it. Such i
fame.
Maurice L. Mclaughlin, the "Cali
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-02

With Preparatory and High School
Battles the Number Is Brought Up to
5000 California to Start Season
Earliest of important Elevens.
1ntcrscctional games stand out as the
feature of the football season Of 1916,
which will be under way shortly. Al
most every Section Of the country will
be represented in these gridiron clash
rs, ana indications point to unusual in
tercst and enthusiasm in the great
American college game this fall Close
to three months play will be wit
Messed this season, as the opening
game Is scheduled for Sept. is, and
the closing contests will not be staged
until Dec. O.
Each year the number Of games in
crcascs, and the coming season finds
more games scheduled than was the
case twelve months ago According
10 the list prepared I'm connection with
the revised rules of play. the teams Of
lAAt ltlNAll- tbAAN@iE ANA NlltN tlEIlit1 ~
the country will figure I'm more than
1.3O0 contests, while the preparatory
and high school elcyeuS win compete
IN more than twice that number. bring
Ing the total close to the 5000 mark.
The University of California will he
the first on the gridiron this fall. the
Berkeley team getting into action ON
Saturday, Sept. l6 Seven days later
Dartmouth. Harvard and Georgetown
will be among the larger colleges to
start active football competition On
the last Saturday Of September Cor
hell Princeton, Syracuse, Army, Navy
Pennsylvania. Yale. Tennessee. Texas
Virginia ana few Of the middle ives
tern colleges will play their opcnins
games Michigan starts her gridiroI
campaign on the following Wednes
day, ana on Saturday. oct. :. Chicago
Illinois. Minnesota, Missouri ana Wis
consin follow suit.
Yale will depart from the conven
tional on Friday, oct %. 10y playin.
Virginia Poly at New Haven, but thi.
Is an exceptional move. made ncces
eary by The fact That the Yale bow
will be- used OH Saturday for the stag
Ing Of n special pageant The last Sat
urday OF October viii witness the ini
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-02
CHICK EVANS is IN
CRITICAL CONDITION
Vermont Boy Who Was Widely Known
Baseball Player Suffering from
Heart Disease

Charles Evans, known in baseball as
/" Chick Evans, is in the Ellis hospi-
tai III Schenectady, n. Y, at the point
of death. He has been in the hospital
since July 80, suffering from heart dis
ease.
Evans s home is in Bennington, where
his father is also critically i'll. The
young man first attracted attention
as a pitcher while a student in Burr 4
Burton seminary in Manchester. In
1908 he twirled for the Bondville club.
Bondville with Evans in the box played
against Newfane, with Collins and Bur
rington as battery, at the Island park
grounds i'll Brattleboro, and he also
twirled against the local team here the
same season. A Brattleboro man who
was a personal friend of Tom Dowd,
then manager of the Hartford, Conn,
| club, recommended Evans as twlrler
of great promise. Dowd signed Evans,
then a lad about 10 years old, and he
| proved one Of the sesations of the old
Connecticut league. He pitched no-hit
no-run game in which no player reached
| first base and no ball was battcd to
the outfield. He was drafted by the
| Boston Nationals and pitched III several
major league games, but after he went
to Boston he seemed to lose control, and
was frequently very wild. While with
the Boston Braves he pitched another
no-hit norm game against the Canton
Ohio, club. He was sent by the Boston
management to the international
league and later played in the New
York state league. In recent years he
has been working in the plant of tho
General Electric company i'll Science
Etadv
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-02
SHOWS GREAT GOLF GROWTH
Massachusetts Has More Men Listed
Despite Higher Rating.

A side light accurately showing the
strides golf is making the country over
Is to be found in the handicap list of
the Massachusetts association AL
though the limit was reduced from
twenty to eighteen strokes this season,
there are 5,351 men on the roll, against
a,51S last year.
The number of clubs has jumped
from tifty-nine to seventy. The Bay
States showing is little if any above
the average the country over.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-02
Golfers Should Use Head, Says ouimet.

Francis Ouimet declares Americans
must learn to use their heads more on
the links. Mr.. Ouimet should be more
rpecific True, there's nothing in golf
requiring the use of what's inside the
head, but there's no telling whether
Mr.. Ouimet means that they should
approach, putt or drive with it. More
over, what are clubs for?