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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-01-05

He~n-ndez chuckled to himself. "A
telegraph instrument" be said to him'
self. 81 thought so-that's the snack
we passed this morning. Now ne
commanded, come out here and clear
the track of these obstructions-no
you do it, he commanded the Brute.
The Brute ran from his position in the
car, leaped to the ground, and with
twist or two OF one hand tossed the
felled trees from the track.
Now" said Hernandez, run US
down to that shed. / don't know what
I'm going to do just yet, but I'll lind
out there"
He whistled softly. A third figure
emerged from the forest, tripped
across the rails and entered the bag
gage car. This was Inez Castro. She
passed on into the passenger end OF
the coach. She smiled gently at An
nette.
so, my charming friend" she said,
"at last you have seen fit to intrust
your treasures to Senorita lnez Cas-
lrO. GOOu, my Ilttle one.
They reached the ancient shed. Over
its closed doorway was an old sign,
"Montrada."
Hernandez broke open the door by
means of his usual agency-the Brute.
Hernandez darted to the keys-he
was a soldier of fortune and this learn
ing was one of his equipments. Bound
as she was in the car, Annette could
hear what the instrument said for,
sngularly enough, Hernandez, when
he first called, used the Spanish
tongue; later he clicked in English
words. 1t was clear that Ponto was
at the other end of the wire, and some
where near lie Plaza.
What news, good Ponto?" he in
quired over the keys. Amy danger OF
pursuit?".
Ana Ponto answered: That" he
SAID, 81 cannot tell. But much activ-
ity. There is talk of war. There is
talk OF a detachment coming over
land"
By train?"
BY train said Ponto, telegraph
ically speaking
And the next train?"
Days off" said PontO.
Good"
Wait" said Ponto, there is more
news ! shall call you up again"
What news?'
81 do not know. There is something
going on. | shall find out in an hour"
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"Look-See!" Exclaimed the Brute.
tough on you-think of me. feel like
chucking up my job :"
A tin horn blew outside. "W-what's
that cried Annette.
Mrs. Hardin and Joe Welcher rushed
into the station. The train-the
train" they cried.
They were quite right. The engi-
neer was already pulling his rusty lev
er. The train actually was starting
up, stationary though it had seemed.
Go ahead little one said Neal,
good luck"
Half a mile farther down the track,
out of the jungle crept two figures
each with gun in hand, each with a
black mask upon his face, Across the
track they piled a tree or two-these
trees had been plucked up by the roots
by one of these masked men.
After completing this self-appointed
task, they crept back into the jungle
and waited patiently.
Finally one of the men prodded the
other. Now" he commanded, here
she comes
A faint tin horn whistle was heard
around the curve The fast mail of
the Chantillo line approached. She
approached, but seeing the obstruc.
tion on the track, she hestated, halted,
came to a full stop. The two masked
men leaped upon the engine and held
up the crew with their ever-ready
guns
Hernandez stepped into the car be-
hind. He fired three shots. He aimed
at no one. The shots had their eff
fect-on two persons at least, Joe
Welcher ducked at once. Mrs. Har-
din followed suit. No one was hit.
Annette alone retained her nerve.
so" she said fearlessly, its you
again And where .s your charming
friend Miss Irene Courtier?"
Brute" cried Hernandez, throwing
off his mask, bring those two men
here"
The Brute brought them. Take the
bell cord" said Hernandez to the
train crew, "and tie this young girl
up"
Hernandez, still with his gun on
guard, bent over the girl. He plunged
his hand into her breast. and with a
jerk tore the chamois bag from her
neck.
I'll tie this man myself" said Her
'nandez. approaching Joe Welcher. He
leaned over Joe, and wound some cord
loosely about his hands.
"In need you" he whispered, but
make no mistake. Mistakes are fatal
when I'm around"
He left the Brute on guard and
marched the crew back to the engine.
How near are we to the nearest sta
tion?" he queried, tell me truth"
Not for miles. senor," they easped,
"only little farther on in a deserted
: station. Montrada. No trains stop
there. 1t is discontinued"
Any occupants" queried Herman.
dez.
Monet is deserted. 1t is ever
haunted, senior"
"How-haunted?
Something there goes click-click
ck-click-always when we pass.
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to meet them. Seeing the Brute, he
drew back in terror.
1T is nothing, friend" said Herman
dez. here is a coin. Where lies La
Plaza"
But five miles farther on-close by
shore" returned the native.
"A bagatene," said Hernandez,
come on"
Meantime lnez Castro. on board the
Albany. had become unusually active.
She had ascortained the time Of ART
val of the Albany at La Plaza-the
schedule time.
Joe Welcher bunked in with Neal
in the quarters of the warrant Off
GERS. II was nearly evening when
lnez Castro. using Joe as usual TO do
her bidding. whispered in his ear.
Joe. like n whipped dog, did through
fear of her, what he otherwise would
have been afraid to do. He slipped
into Meals quarters. and laid his
hands upon an object or two. twisted
them into a little bundle and took
them back to lncz. luCz toos them 10
her cabin.
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TENTH IuSTALLMENT
THE ROLLING TERROR
CHAPTER Xiv.
Across Country.

FHSl beA AhNIlAI J.
Early next morning. out of that
pathlcss mire. STROBE back the Brute.
picking his ucrilous way with the in.
stinct of some cunning. cautious ami.
nal. and cuilinr-in fact. bearing on
his shoulders half the t,me-the luck.
less Ponto. That individual his ugli.
ness enhanced bv the clottcd blood
that dressed his dishcyoled hair. and
decorated his countenance. was sill
dazcd. He had vague rccollections as
TO what had hanncncd He knew that
at the command of Hernandez. his
side partner I'm crime. ne had punced
once more into the deadly moraes for
the purpose of finishing by violence
the decd that had commenced in cun.
ming. He had followed the Brute-ho
remembered that.
He dozcd off into satisfaction.
He woke with a iolt 1t was a heavy
Jolt When his eyes opened he was
on the ground. sun.re lie started to
leap to his feet. then sank back again.
heavy with the pain of his wound.
laugh behind him startled him
and brought him to his senses He
turned swiftly. feeling for his knife
the knife that wasn't there.
There was another laugh the laugh
of his side partner. Hernandez.
Fool" said Hernandez. addressing
Ponto.
eouto changed his dcmcanor He
dew himself up to his squatty height
and folded his arms.
Did not as YOU said9" replied
Pouto 81 went into that he'll and
killed them both did it siuglc.hand-
ed, pouto."
His answer was a sucor Herman
de- stretched forth q hand aud
clutchod Pouto hv the shoulder.
He dragged his lieutenant to the edge
of the clump Of trees and undorbrush,
where they were standing. He parted
the branches of tree He handed
Ponto a pair of binoculars. y
Take one swift look my Ponto, he
sucorod, "ouly one"
Touto took more than onc-he held
his eyes glued To the glasses. Then
he fell back i'm amafomont.
"Thoy hyc,' he cried. Both Of
them"
He stared 0t fernando" almost in
affright "What does il mCan?' he re-
poatcd.
1T means said Hernandez, grimly,
that sent a boy to do a mans job
You were quite right l should have
gone myself
Down on the wharf Annette Ilington
and her party were about TO opbark
in one of the launches of the cruiser
Albany that lay still anchored in the
harhor In Anuettc.s party were
Mad2moiselle Irene Couruer. Mrs.
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nette's train. His men were off-all
of them. He alone remained, rooted
to the spot. He was powerless to do
anything. Suddenly-obeying the IN
stinct Of safety-for he could do nothi
ing else-training had taught hE-
that foolish risk of life was suicide
-obeying the instinct of self-preservs
ton, he leaped, leaped safely.
At that instant with one final gruni
one final heave-the Brute bent hii
mighty shoulders in one last desper
ate thrust-and sent the rail spinniS,
loose, detached, uprooted, to one side
The next instant the troop train
empty as it was-reached the broke
track and left 1t. With the roar 9
thunder it plunged, plowed throug'
the soft earth and plunged pell me
through the deserted shed. missin
the train by a mere hairsbreadth.
An instant later Hernandez plungt Z
into the jungle. The Brute followT'
Kin, as 4 guilty dog follows its maste
-vhimpering with fear.
CTO EE CONTINUED.)
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Ardmore, Wednesday, January S, 1916.

SOW t',--' OF. One of these natives, hid
ten Irunl view by the others, crawled
under the foremost car and did some-
thing He Crawled to the second and
did somethlng-to the third and did
something. What he did no one knew.
Down the line at the deserted shack
labeled "Montrada," Hernandez came
out rom within; with complete salts
faction written on his face.
Hernandez sauntered out and
glanced up the track. The track was
straight and downhill all the way. 1t
was like a canyon cut through a mass
ol underGrowth and heavy trees. There
was nothing to distract the attention
it was clean cut avenue as far as
the eye could reach. He watched.
Up the track somewhere the troop
train was shooting curves with spright-
ly lurches. Getting a bit too lively"
said Neal; better apply the brakes
The order was obeyed-so far as the
will was concerned. But the man at
the brakes shook his head. Brakes
won't work" he said.
NO natter said Neal, I'VE reach
the bottom of this hill three miles
out OF Chantillo. Then we go up.
We're bound to slacken up some
time"
one of his men plucked him by the
81. hn r.
ing down through the canyon, fianked
by trees. Look ahead.
by George" said Neal. "a train.
The brakcs-every man jack OF you
the brakes!"
The brakes wouldn't work. Funny"
said Neal; we tried before we started.
Funny they won't work" 1t may or
may not lave been iunny-but it woS
the fact. The brakes would not work.
Wore IN for it, said Neal. Boys.
every man jack Of you-youve got to
face this. That jungle is soft stuff
It's velvet lining. We may get
scratched, but we cant get hurt Every
man of you get ssady and when say
the word slide of--as easy as you
can-but slide. Guns and equipment
lrst-then yourseNes-when l say
the word"
Squatted on the edge of the jungle
was tle Brute. He looked up the track,
idly following Hernandez gaze. Sud
denly lie rose-quivering with excite
nent
/. "LooH-sco," he said. His glance
turned dumbly from the ourushing
troop train to the stationary one. An
other man might have rushed to the
latter and warned its occupants or car
ried them out. But not the Brute. He
had a glimmering. He started off.
Come back, said Hernandez, you
beast"
The Brute never heard him. He
only heard the onrushing train. He
seized a loose rail lying by the track.
He thrust it under the stationary rail
the nearest him-he thrust it into
the roadbed. He jerked and strove
at it like demon.
Within, Joe Welcher heard it COM
ing. = looked now. He gave one gasp,
made one dive, and plunged into the
safety of the jungle.
Hernandez dared not move. Safety
lay in his remaining up track-out of
the danger zone below. He felt that
the Brute was doing fruitless work.
that no man, no human agency within
a minutes time could raise that rail.
He didn't know-there was something
superhuman within the Brute He was
more than a mamie was a man
driven beast-perhaps God-driven.
lie piled his giant lever like giant.
Neal realized at last what was meant
He knew now that that train was An
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slipped through the underground and
advanced swiftly toward Hernandez.
"The episte, Senor Captain" he
said. 1t was the note from lnez Cas-
tro Hernandez seized it eagerly and
read:
I'VE are bound for La Plaza Meet
me there. Meantime shall do my
best to secure Annette's precious
Iocket and the map. Your route lies
across the country Adios. |. c."
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War imminent with AIIemania. Keep
all ships prepared for action. Trans
fer all possible men to Pacific squad
ron. Recommend meritorious warrant
officers for promotion to commission.
HUTCHINSON,
Chief Of Staff.
An order from Washington is an
order. An order when war is imminent
is a double quick order. The captain
of the cruiser Albany had been wait
ing for double quick orders-he had
smelled them in the air He had felt
them in his bones. In one hour he had
picked his men. The first man he
summoned was Neal.
Neal" he said, calling him by
name, "I've recommended you for a
commission"
Neal jumped out of his shoes al
most. Ia commission" he gasped;
WHY thought can't understand
-"
Don't think" said the captain
sharply; we've got to act
He handed Neal typewtten tnstruc-
tions. "Su'll get your commission
in due form. My recommendations go
particularly at time like this. Take
fifty men at once-and proceed to join
the battleship Missouri at Chantillo
That's all"
Neal saluted and swung about
"Wait." said the captain. Neal waited
81 just want to shake hands, old man.
said the captain You deserve your
luck if ever man did Good-by."
An hour afterwards Neal and his
squad were at La Plaza once more,
consulting the railroad master.
I'VE want a train, and right away" ;"
said Neal. The road will make its
fortune. 1t will declare a dividend.
When does she go?"
Not for two days or so. The en-
gine-the good one-she is be repair"
What can we do?" said Neal.
The station master frightened. He
desired at all costs to get this squad
of Americanos out of town. They were
rioters-at least so Ponto had in
formed him. Yes, they must go.
"Ah, senor,' he said, Il have idea.
There are dirt train cars-no engine
but what you call, almost gravity road
from here TO Chantillo-all downhill
almost all the way
Show me-" said Neal.
He was shown. "Weh," he said to
his men, what do you say, boys.
They'll rock us some. but they're the
best we can do. Is the road clear?"
Clear all the way, senor. The last
train-the little train-she have ar
rived at Chantillo now"
We're game" said his men; come
on"
They came on-that is they got on
the whole squad. A crowd of natives
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CHAPTER XVI.

The captain OF .he cruiser Albany
had his men scour the country round
about. but-as had ever been the case
with Hernandez and his nimble-footed
crew-without result.
AT any rate" he said, the rascals
have run away-they've probably
shown us their heels for all time. You
20 to Chantillo, Miss Ilington. You
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CHAPTER XLVll.

Pontc's information was quite cor
rect. 1t had to be, or he could never
have qualified as the partner of Her
nandeZ.
On Meals return from the railroad
station at La Plaza he found an under
current of excitement present upon the
cruiser Albany. Half an hour after his
return the captain of the cruiser had
received a wireless from Washington
1t was significant in its tenor. The
wireless operator handed it to him as
it was received.
The captain glanced at it. at looks
important" he said, "decode it at
once"
1t was decoded. This is what it
said.
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GENERAL ORDERS FROM NAVY
DEPARTMENT.

Decphered From Code &C."
War imminent with AIIemania. Keep
all ships prepared for action. Trans
fer all possible men to Pacific squad
ron. Recommend meritorious warrant
officers for promotion to commission.
HUTCHINSON,
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SYNOPSIS,

(CopyugnL Igb b. William Hamilton OsDorraJ
A. a.. \Iat,stIy Theatre each Friday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-01-29
ADMINISTRATORS SALE

Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned administrator of the estate
of Dewitt c. Jay, deceased, by virtue
of an order to him directed by the
Wayne circuit court of Wayne county.
Indiana, will offer for sale at public
auction on the premises on Saturday,
February 26, 1916, at o'clock p. m.
the following described real estate in
Wayne county. in the state of Indiana,
to-wit: Part of the south half of sec
ton %, township Il, range IA east.
BEGINNING at the northeast corner of
the southwest quarter of said section,
running thence west 69.S3 rods to the
Benjamin Moore land; thence south
along said Moore's east line 160 rods
to the section line: thence east 54333
rods; thence north 40 rods: thence
east 1914 rods to the quarter section
line; thence east 1855 rods; thence
north Ill rods to the quarter section
line; thence west II 65 rods to the
place Of beginning, containing 1888
acres, more or less, there being 1925
acres in the southeast quarter of said
section and 650S acres in the south.
west quarter thereof. Terms cash.
WILL A. BOND, Administrator
Benz. r. Harris, Attorney. j29f4-11-1S
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BUTLER RALLY
RQBS EARLHAM
OF EARLY LEAD

Rallying after Earlham had been
crippled by the removal of center,
Fay Winslow, Butler college basket
ball team, outplayed by the locals
during the first minutes of last night
battle at the Coliseum, came back
with enough points to sew up the
game. The score was, Butler, % !;
Earlham, 10.
Earlhamites had things much their
own sweet way during the initial
round. With the Quakers ten points
to the good, four personal fouls on
Winslow necessitated his removal.
With Fay out of the lineup teamwork
of the QuakerS was crippled to such
an extent that long shots at the net
ting were Earlham's only chance to
score thereafter. The first half closed,
Earlham, Is; Butler, 8.
And then came the deluge. Butler
started the second half with an abund-
ance of pep and a shower of field
baskets. Earlham guards failed to
smother the Irvington forwards, and
Buffers total waXed husky from the
start of play. Moore Sussman and
Good, the Capital City offensive crew,
worked the Quaker guards for repeat
ed shots at the Earlham goal. The
figures:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-01-29
.F0RFEITS POSTED
FOR BENSON CARD

Forfeits have been posted and every.
thing is in readiness for start of mill
ing, is the announcement of Billy
Benson, boxing promoter, who is stag
ing the fight card for the Eagles hall
next Wednesday night
Terry Nelson and Freddie Rosan,
headliners, send word that they are
getting in final training ticks pre-.
paratory to the Richmond appearance
Rosan, the Hoosier, expresses conf
dence of ability to mar the unspotted
record of the Philadelphia duke artist
Terry, on the other hand, is equally
sure that he can administer quietus
to the aspiring son of Indiana.
Otto Kleet, Clyde McHenry, Pat
Powers and Joey Jacobs, other prin
cipals, report themselves in the pink
and only awaiting for the go.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-01-29
YEA, new CASTLE,
GIVE UP HOSTAGES

Latest reports from the front New
Castle), giving the list Of Richmond
casualties in last nights affair, are
vague. OF the $50 members Of Quaker
invading contingent, perhaps one hun
dred of this number had been &C
counted for early this morning The
fate of the remaining fifty is problem
atical.
Disturbances in New Castle last
night were. fairly frequent, but no,
overly boisterous. True, Richmond
rooters were not backward in telling
New Castle citizens about the R. H. S
victory. The enthusiasm, however
did not get beyond bounds.
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LEAGUE STANDING.
Garfield College League.
LIBERTY, IS; HAGERsToWN, 81

LIBERTY, Ind, Jan. 29-In a game
that was close and spectacular from
start to finish the Liberty High school
basket ball team, with a record of nine
games won out of twelve plays. added
the Hagerstown H. S. quintet to it's
list of victims last night. The score,
So to "a, gives an idea of the battle
Stars of the game. for Liberty. were
Stevens, Maibach and Davis. Witcher-
man and Sherry shone for tie losers
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Wards
OFF ATTACKS
OF LOCAL five

MUNCIE, Ind, Jan. 29.-In a fast
but rather rough game the Muncie
polo team defeated the Richmond team
here last night by a score of to 0.
Pence, Muncie's goaltender was in
vincible, although the Quigley broth
ers and Evans BON barded him without
mercy. Williams and Fehrner worked
together like team of old work
horses, and it was only occasionally
that Griffith and Evans were able to
stop them before they reached O'Metz.
Muncies final goal was rather spec
tacular. Houston drove the ball from
behind his own goal. AS it went
through the air about three feet off
the floor, Fahrner gave it a delicate
hook and turned it squarely into the
goal. Following is the lineup, score
and summary:
Richmond. Muncie.
L. Quigley ............... Williams
First Rush.
y. Qu1gley .............. tahrnel
Second Rush.
Center.
Griffith Houston
Halfbacl1.
OMetz NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Pence
Goal.
First Period
Goal, Gagged by Time
Muncie, Fahrner ............. 4(
Second Period.
Muncie, Williams ....,..... 5: 81
Third Period.
Muncie, Fahrner .............. zoe
Muncie, Fahrner ............. 1907
Rushes-Quigley, 4 Williams, l.
Stops-OMetz, "a; Pence, "a.
Foul-Edgington.
Referee-Redding
Timer-Mckim.
Scorer-BOehm.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-01-29

WABASH COMES HERE

Wabash college basketball team. the
strongest secondary college five in In
diana, comes to the Coliseum Tues
day night for a game with Coach
Whiteside's Earlham crew. A cur
tain raiser will be furnished by the
second team of the Richmond high
school and a picked opponent. prob
ably Millville Qnd) H. S.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-01-29
Another Woman Made Happy.

1t is women who have most need of
Chamberlain's Tablets. Mrs. Ethel
Mae Baker, Spencerport. n. ", writes,
"Chamberlain's Tablets have done
more for me than ever dared to hope
for. They not only cured me of bilious
attacks and sick headache, but toned
up my whole SYSTEM" Obtainable
everywhere-adv
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-01-29
.ROADSTERS DISTANCE
B0WLERS IN SEDANS

With Fasick and Simpson averaging
in the sixties it was a comparatively
easy matter for the Roadster five Of
the Westcott Motor league to take
both games from the Sedans in the
City alley matches last night Doug
las of the losers took high individual
score, 16S. High average went to
Simpson with 165 pins. The scores:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-01-29
ALLEY five TAKES
MODELS IN CAMP

Helmick of the Models. averaged
high at 191 and walked away with
high score at 224 but at that the
clothiers dropped the series to the
City Five in the City league series of
games last night. The c. A. F.,
thanks to lofty scores of H. Miller,
took the two first games. Dennis,
Erik and Helmick pulled the Models
through for the final. The scores:
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SECONDS WALK
IN FOOT PRINTS
OF FIRST TEAM

By the score of Al to 81 Richmond
high school second team vanquished
the representative high Camden quin-
tet at Camden last night. The game
was fast and specta cular, neither side
having any decided advantage at any
time. Wendell Emo" O'Neal, with
ten field goals, and Ernie Porter
with eight, led the scorers of the high
school second stringers. Neff starred
for Camden. The score:
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AMERICANS ANNEX
TWO OUT OF THREE

With Hoessli and Haner taking the
heavy roles, the Americans og the
A. S. M. league took two best of three
from the Kentucky five in the games
last evening at the "Y' alleys. Hoessli
and Haner averaged high at 1871.
Wells, lead-off man of the Colonials,
was the only consistent performer of
the losing force The SCORES: