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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-15
THIRD EPISODE
THE COGNAC CASK

Bring that woman in here!" com
manded Enoch Golden as he flung
open his library door. He stepped in
side, the next moment, as the figure
in black, pinioned close between
young Manley and Wilson, the butler,
was piloted into the shadowy room.
"Sit down." he barked out at the
silent and motionless figure with the
heavy black veil still draping its face.
"Manley, is there any chance Of
this woman being armed?" Golden
suddenly asked of his secretary.
She's not armed, SIR was young
Manley's quiet reply, though it took
a tussle before Wilson and l could
get hold OF her.
WELL" Golden said to the yelled
figure in the chair, what brought you
spying and lurking about my homer"
That was question which the wom-
an apparently chose to leave unan-
swered.
DO you intend to answer" de-
manded the millionaire. COR must
have you put out of this house with
out hearing?"
That seems to be a habit Of which
time has not deprived you." was the
quiet-toned reply.
1t was not the mufiied sting in those
words, nor the calm bitterness with
which they were spoken, but more
the voice itself, With it's ghostly re-
minder of other days, that brought
Golden up short.
'Who are your" he repeated when
he saw that he and the yelled woman
we're alone in the room. And why
are you here?"
you will misjudge that" answered
the woman as she threw back the
heavy folds of her VEIL "as much as
you misjudged my actions Of twenty
years ago!"
Why are you here?" repeated Gold
en-, with unconsciously hardening
voice.
1T was love for my daughter"
The. pugnacity went out of the grim
face bent over the desk top.
What do you know about-about
your daughter?" he demanded, not
meeting her gaze.
Il know that she is in danger, In
terrible danger"
THAT means you know where she |
is, where she could be found?" was
Goldens quick inquiry.
That is the one thing that made
me brave enough, or cowardly enough.
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% come to you. so rot know where
she is. But l kncy mat she can be
found"
$50 you have suspicion where she
Is?"
"Yes,' acknowledged the patient
eyed woman. ::
What are those suspicious founded
ont"
eOn certain words which over.
heard. words spoken by a very evil
man"
What is that mans manner"
He is a one-armed man. named Le-
gar" .
Golden half rose from his chair.
80 you and Legar are still com,
rades, see!" he cried, turning the
blade OF hate in that still open wound
OF pride.
"Legar and never were comrades.
For years I have kept little res
taurant for al students and shopgirls.
Just on Washington square. 1t 10
near the Italian quarter there. Some
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-15
SYNOPSIS.

On windward island Palidorf intrigues
Mrs. Golden into an appearance of evil
which causes Golden to capture and tor
ture the Italian by branding his face and
crushing his hand Palidori opens the
dyke gates and floods the island and in
the general rush to escape the flood kid
raps Goden's six-year-old daughter Mar
CORY. Twelve years later in New York a
Masked One calling himself "the Hammer
of God" rescues an eighteen-year-ol girl
from the cadet Casavanti. to whom Jules
Legar had delivered her, and takes her to
the home OF Enoch Golden, millionaire,
whence she is recaptured by Legar. Legar
and Stein are discovered by Manley. Col
denis secretary, setting fire to Golden's
buildings, but escape.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-15
AUTHOR OF 1.-THE OCCASIONAL OFFENDER"
THE WIRE TAPPERS." GUN RUNNERS" ETC.
NOvElIzED FRor1 SANE NAME

times a foreigner or two comes in
mostly by accident. But yesterday
when was in the kitchen, three mer
came in hurry. They had lodged
under cover there to escape being
seen by plain-clothes man. could
hear their talk through the little
kitchen slide through which we pass
our dishes. And when l heard their
voices l opened the slide little, and
I knew at once that one of the men
was Palidori, or Legar, as he calls
himself now. He was talking mostly
to a man called Casavanti. Then"
wait minute interrupted Gold
en-, with his finger on the bell button,
Il want my secretary to hear this"
The woman in black sat silent until
Manley had re-entered the room. Then
Golden motioned for her to continue.
II heard Legar mention your NAME"
she went on, still unmoved by the
older mans half-sneering incredulity.
Then he blamed Casavanti for some
to degrade my Margory. But he had
the girl back, he said, and this time
he'd expect Casavanti to do his part.
"Casavanti also said he wanted that
woman for himself, and declared she'd
come like hungry cat when he'd fin.
ished with her. l knew then what he
was. l knew what Legar was plan
ming. lit made me forget every
thing. l started for the table where
they were. tried to hold Legar. +
l think l called for help. l chung to
him as he staggered toward the door.
But one of his men struck me. They
escaped, then, for / was too dazed to
do anything more"
1t was Manley who spoke next, an
eager light in his scowling young eyes
But where did they say the girl
was?" he asked.
They did not say. But one of them
spoke of Oyster Joe, who'd stolen
some casks of old cognac. This man
Oyster Joe was sending the casks by,
another man named Old Eli to some
secret hiding place."
But how can that help us?" asked |
81 thought, with those names to
work with, might in some way find |
my child, find her and save her. Sure |
ly, with money, men could be hired" |
do you hear Manley," broke in the
grim-jawed man of millions. Its
money again! It's always money!"
He wheeled about and confronted the
woman "This is the sec
ond pretty story I've had to listen to
lately. And madam, may as well
tell you now that I don't believe
single word of it. Whether you're an
other come-on for that Cookson gang
Dr. not. l don't know. l don't even
care. But 1 know that twenty years
ago you deceived me, and lied to me.
You robbed me of more than my home
hen. But you'll never do it second
incl"
The white-faced woman was also on
Ter feet by this time.
ri have no wish to go back to the
,ast," was her coldly-enunciated re-
lily. II expect neither pity nor gen.
l
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crosby from you But when your own
daughter is in danger, when you could
save her, when" her voice broke as
she saw the look of adamant on Gold
ems face. ooh, it's no use; it's no
use!" she cried sobbingly as she
turned and CROPPED her way towards
the door,
1t was not until that door closed be-
hind her that Golden once more sank
into his chair. And as he sat there,
wrestling with his own tangled emo
lions before the dark tent of his soul,
Manley stood staring down at him
with both studious and puzzled eyes.
For man who counts his money
in eight figures" that youth finally de-
clared, Il think you're the most I'm
mitigated ass that ever wore shoe
leathsrl"
"Wha-what's that?" demanded the
astounded millionaire.
"Why, man, are you blind? Can't
you see this woman is sincere, that
she's telling the truth, that she prob
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! "We've got to get out Of this!" he,
jailed to the lurching girl at his side,
lI he seized the reins and caught up a
Ship. We've got run of mile and
more before we can reach Bohawkin
bridge and help!"
He lashed the team forward. We've
got to get to that bridget"
! The girl suddenly caught at his arm.
~ can see carl" she called out.
| its following us! It's gaining on us!"
Again the driver piled his whip.
"Are they still gaining?" he asked,
moment later.
ayes" was the girls answer. But,
see, there's the bridge ahead of us!"
by the help of God, we can make
IT." suddenly exulted the man at the
reins, for already his tired team was
plunging up the incline of the bridge
approach. They were on the bridge
now, laundering across the draw. /
A power house attendant, framed in
his grimy doorway, stared at them in
wonder.
Lift your draw!" frenziedly com
manded the stranger. stop that car!
For Gods sake stop that carl"
But the man in the jumper saw no
reason for any such action. The other,
brushing him aside, leaped to the con-
troll lever. The outraged bridgetender
at the same moment leaped for the in
truder.
But that intruder, for all this sud
den attack, was not to be turned from
his purpose. The lever was thrown
over and one end of the massive draw.
to the impulse of the equal
~ massive machinery, rose slowly |
from the lip of the dusty roadway.
Legar's car was already laundering
across its span as that network of |
steel began to lift
But the increasing incline of the |
lraw, for all the cars momentum |
sucked from that straining engine it's
ldded strength, retarded little and
ret little more the hurrying wheels. |
But in the ascension of the draw-end !
here was no delay.
1t was then and then only that i
udden shout rose from the car Five
nen, realizing what lay before them,
TODD up in their seats as that throb-
ling and pulsing thing on wheels,
counting to the edge of the draw, for
ne moment poised there, and then
ropped, like poolball in it's pocket,
o the riverbed below.
1t was not until then that the be-
7hiskered man at the control lever be-
anne fully conscious of the fact that
be engineer in the oil-stained jumper
yas striking and clawing at his intent
ody. He endured that assault until
he lever had been reversed and the
raw started back on its descent.
hen, wheeling, the stranger sped /
cross the draw and leaped into the
7aiting wagon.
Look" cried the girl, pointing to
ne riverbed beneath them.
There the stranger could see Legar
nd two or three of his men clinging
} row of broken piling like limpets
bout river derelict.
Il was hoping" said the stranger
s he caught up the reins, that this
-ould be the last of himl"
"Why should you hope that?" asked
lie girl at his side as they went lurch-
lg onward again.
Il hoped it for your sake" was his
nswer.
But who are you, that you should
D all this for me?"
Look back and make sure we're not
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-15

er had they worked harder than over
the knots of the mysterious stranger
who had left them trussed and bound
to the beams of their own sail loft.
They might, indeed, have remained
gurgling and writhing there like two
tethered copperheads while the care
less tides rose and fell about them,
had not one Scupulo visited Coney
Island in his dilapidated car of an
cient vintage, and having there con-
ferred with a lush dip in hiding from
the flatties of Manhattan, decided to
circle homeward by way of Oyster
Joe's, in the hope of that refreshment'
which had more than once cheered
him on his dusty journeys.
Instead of finding refreshment, how
ever, he unearthed two ferocious-eyed
and dry-throated captives, who, when
released, danced and gesticulated in.
coherently about their habitation.
Then, when speech had returned to;
them the visit of the mysterious
stranger was explained and the neces-.
sity of getting in touch with Legar
made plain.
1t was not long, accordingly, before
three men and a car naively missing
on one cylinder went coughing inland
along the narrow road threading
those uncounted acres of sea marsh.
They were within fifty PAGES of a
crossroads landmark known as Chin
ney-Pot Corner when a below not I'M
like that of branded range steer
burst from the indignant throat of Old
Eli. For that worthy had the unique
experience Of beholding not only his
own purloined team and wagon, but
a disconcertingly lifelike replica of
himself driving it. Scupulo, with the
genius Of a true general, arrested the
progress Of that wagon by promptly
stopping his car directly in its track.
This collision in no way improved the
vehicle of ancient vintage; but sterner
issues were at hand. A moment later
the belligerept trio from the broken
car were trimphantly charging for
Margory Golden and her guardian.
That guardian, fully realizing the
of the charge, tossed his
reins to the frightened girl and COM
handed her to drive for all she was
worth. Then he himself prepared for
invaders.
1t was to the first conner that he
directed his main attention, for Scupu
o, he noticed, already held knife In
MS swarthy hand. One well-placed |
Kick on the clenching knuckles, how
,ver, sent that glimmering icicle Of
'teel circling off into the road-dust,
md an equally well-placed blow on the
aw sent the owner of the knife after
t.
In the meantime, however, both Oys,
er Joe and Old Eli had gained the
wagon platform. The former found
imself suddenly clenched by the
waist and lifted clear Of the wagon.
Why he should so quickly and SO vio-
emily come into collision with the
waying figure of Oyster Joe, like an
LEY ball hitting a nine-pin, was q
latter which for all time remained 4
lystery to him. But over the side Of
he laundering wagon the two figures
toppled, rolling along the
ust with limbs interlaced and claw 4.
lg hands unreasonably clenched in
ach others hair. And before they re-
aimed either their feet or their men
il faculties. the wagon itself was we'll
a its way.
Yet the driver Of that wagon knew I
lat his escape was only temporary
10
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room, Margory Golden no longer
cringed at the sound Of their voices.
Casavanti, walking over to her,
turned her face to the light. He peered
at it hungrily, from half-closed eyes.
'Legar," he called out to that
worthy, who had remained at the door
to warn his stickup to admit nobody
but immediate members of their band,
81 like the spirit in this girl. She's as
sleek as she-panther.
Legar's stickup lodged in through
the door.
Say, chief, there's an outsider tryin'
to butt in here!"
Both men promptly wheeled about
at those somewhat disconcerting
words.
who is he?" was Legar's quick
query.
can OF boob wit bar'l o. brandy.
Says he's driven In from Oyster
Dump"
Legar looked relieved. Casavanu
even lighted another cigarette.
That's all right. It's Old Eli. Help
him in with it. But see that nobody
else gets near that outside door,"
There's always help around, Casa
vanti, in a case like this" proclaimed
the scoffing Legar as white-whisk-
cred old figure in bottle-green coat
and hat laboriously rolled the cask Of
liquor through the opened door. The
Owl, with unlooked-for nimbleness in
one of her years, was already close
at hand, waiting with bung starter and
glasses.
Margory watched the suddenly clam
orous group as they clustered about
the open barrel. Her heart sank as
glasses were refilled and the clamor,
instead of diminishing, grew louder
and louder.
Then, even as she stood depressed
and troubled by this thought, soft
pedal seemed to be slowly applied to
the tumult about her. The soporific
Owl herself stumbling to a chair,
sank inertly into it. Then one after
another they sank into dreamless
stupor.
1t was then, and only then, that !
Margory dared to move. She studi- /
ously stared at that uncouth company |
Of sleepers. Then, no longer watch !
ing them, but with her eyes on the
door through which their lookout
might at any moment appear, she
CROPPED her way to the side of the bar
rel. There she felt about the black
ened oak barrel top for the hidden
spring. A gasp of relief escaped her
lips as she found it. The covering fell
back on its concealed hinge, and float
ing inside 1t she found q white pine
shaving on which was written:
"Turn barrel and empty it. Then
get in and replace cover. All will be
we'll"
The stickup 80 covertly yet so dis
watching for any suspi- ,
,ious approach to Legar's watergate
quarters, was astonished, few min /,
ties later, to behold the white-whisk-
red old man in the bottle-green coat !.
,nce more drive up to the door of !.
he Owls nest. .
Hi, you, gimme hand with this !.
'ar'l!" that bewhiskered driver COM
handed. !,
What have you got this timer" In /.
Iuired the Waterman. :
II was bonehead enough to leave :
he wrong cask with the chief! Stung !.
i'm with thirty gallons Of cooking
berry that's about one-half wood al =,
ohol."
"And what's that7" demanded the
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being followed" was the strangers an
swer. Then I'll tell you'll"
The girl stared back along the dusty
roadway. But along that roadway was
nothing to be seen.
What she saw when she turned
again, though, was a gray wig and
fringe of yellowish.white whiskers
lying In the bottom of the wagon.
And when she lifted her eyes to the
strangers face she beheld on that
face, suddenly rejuvenated, the mar
row band Of yellow mask, yellow
mask which covered the eyes and the
upper part Of the head. But below the
mask. intimidating as it was in its
mystery, she could see that the mouth
was a smiling one
(TO RE CONTINUED.)
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-15
Stated MestIA,

WAsnoE LODGE, NO. %.
A. 2. G A. M. are held In the Ma.
sonic hall in the Thurston-C Creighton
building on the second Tuesday ey-
sning OF each month. All sojourning
Master Masons are fraternally invis.
ID to be present.
R. L. SHAW. w. NJ.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-15
e. B. HOLMES

e. B. HOLMES
Rooms over Fruit Growers Bank.
| PAYETTE IDAHO
COMMUNICATIONS +++++++**++s
r. L. SHAW
Attorney ..s
NOTARY PUBLIC
r. n. LYON
Attorney-at-Law
Notary Public
Office In Payette National Bank
Building over Postoff1cs.
s++**#+#++#++*+ +*a-+a
4. 8. HURD q. v. S.
A~st. State Vet.
veterinarians
PAYETTE IDAHO
'-ssATST - -. ID ++++++.
Sweet Potato Plants for sale. Ac-
w. Kenward. lift.
'-ss's-t' III -s-sa,+ I'D. + I'D +
M. w. A.
ne Modern Woodmeu OF America
leeL The second Wednesday of each
uutn az T.. Nj
Grange Hail. over Testers 'eeond-
and Store.
Visiting neighbors welcome at an
leeLlngs.
Assessments can De paid at Geisler
os. Store.
c. w. GIESLER. Clerk.
..ARY CAkSTENS. Consul.
. Z. 4 I.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-14
P. M. EARNINGS
Are BOOSTED
Increase In June Over This
Month In 1915 Is
$345,000

The regular monthly report OF the
Pere Marquette shows that, while
the gross receipts for June were an
increase over June or 1915. by more
than s345,000. they fell below the
total revenue for May. 1916. by $780,
693.6S. Gross revenues for May
show greater increase over the
corresponding month last year than
those OF June, 1916. over June. 1915.
The increase In May was more than
$372.000. and In June but $345,000.
The report points out that the crop
outlook is good. and the weather has
been especially favorable TO fruit
growing.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-14
Deaths

Louise Helen Oleksak. 1926 Helen.
4 days. intestinal hemorrhage. Anna
A. sullivan, Harper hospital. ~
years. geenral peritonitis. Edward
Mcwiiliams, 235 Fourth. - years,
uremic poisoning: william o. Lath-
am. eli Michigan. So years. lobar
pneumonia. Mary Burke. Providence
hospital. SO years, gangrene OF foot;
Ella May stanton. b56 Maybury
Grand. 20 years. acute odema OF
lungs; Ester Curtis 107 Englewood,
81 years. dementia parlatica and
nephritis: Peter Kiscinch. 81 Port
land, year. malnutrition; Helena
stock. Inwood and Cortland, 81
Grace hospital. is years. cerebral
abscess; Cora Emma Bolster. SOC
Trumbull. IS years. carcinoma of
uterus: Hazel Wurtz. Harper hospi-
tai. IS years, tubercular meningitis.
Alma Jones. SIT Williams, IS years
mitral stenosis; Mary Peters. $50
insanity; Kate iankortoh. Herman
tuberculosis Thomas Mullen, 212
East Kirby. IS years. fibroid phthisis:
wilfrid Victor Stappert, 1917 Bald
win. s years, cholera infantum: Ray
mond Gizlnski. 400 East Warren. 6
months. cholera infantum.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-14
Marriage Licenses

Innocent Corral. IS. Ethel Turner
Noah vernier. IS: Emma Buch. SO
John Hordos: 81 Mary Ducsny. 81
A' asG Sis"'' H. ~ Frazer -. Howi.,,
Adeline Burtch, as. Detroit.
Henry l. Stevens 20; Violet e
barney l. Bornstt az; Rae Bun
James r.. Tucker. So. Detroit
Mabel L. Bennett. 80. 81. Clair
Frank A. Hoke. a.; Frances sekol
Charles w. Meeksr. IS; Clara A
Alfred e. Phillips. 90; Anna Yox
: Arnold j. Young. sa~ Mathilda r.
Daniel J. canteio. IS. Detroit
Georgena Collins. -. chicago. =,
H iGhs Ions us1x Mar q. c H1i
Pearl stewart. 81. same.
Arthur J. Hanson. IL. Ashland
Wis; Bernice Mars, 90, same.
Sam savochuk. -; Christine Sem
Erwin J. Clark. ST; Bertha son
Everett q. Bailey. "a. waits; Minis
r. Galloway. ~. same.
30. '
n. Carl Naumann. FL; Fforenoe j
Farrell. 2S.
Earl V. Harrington. rs; Viola n
Jones. "a.
Porter e. Baker. 81. Danville. Ill.
Ruby Pratt. rs. same.
Warner G. Miller, 80. Toledo; Het-
tie NJ stephenson. -. sidney. o.
William j. Barrett "a, Detroit
Ceilaud A Butler. 90 Marguerite c
Miller, 81.
ROLAND ]. Whiting. 30, Highland
Park Bertha Mouch. %. same,
walter T.. Bztra. 81; Laura f
Piper. %.
Eugene G. Rraus. rs. Toledo; Elsie
r. Evans. 81. same.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-14
Births
BOYS

BOYS
John W. Yost, 1871 christiancy: Pc
ter NardaaSene SI2 i1I,nGy lam ssS5
Teliinger. 284 Watson. George Cas-
trone. 9s Hawthorne; Benjamin New
man. $50 Division, Jacob Dean, 33l
East Alexandrine. Frank Gnebs. III
Twenty-thtrd; James Du Ross lbi
Maxwell: Henry Schultz. 526 Joseph
Campau. John Czerwinski. Samartta n
hospital: Daniel Micic. 40 Bismark
Dominicus- sala. 2st Baltimore west;
Mike Rusak. 2s2s Russell; otto \
Lundeil. samaritan hospital; Edw. ]
Scheid. s20ia East Alexandrine; Al
bert r.. Rose, 76e Porter. James Fa-
gan, 1851 East Grand blvd. Bent. +
Hudson, Harper hospital. George A
Brandy. 1913 Eighth: Qulntus stulz. ?:
Chestnut: George Stricken. zoo Liver
nois cyril Geymasnnn. i2,s Parker,
Rice. TOt Monteialr:. Emery Z; Ricka.
baugh. cs6 Mcclellan: william r
Pischke. i32 Pelonze: John Prieskorn
SIS Horatio, Gordon r. Griffith. 1916
MiktosE KoZaczek. 1870 Trombly; Al
bert Lahiff. 1871 East Willis.
GIRLS
gress: Raymond Redman. 1855 Van
Dyke. santi Sestini. Is2 Riyard; Geo
stoiarsky, 3is East Montcaim. Claude
w. Miller, 1902 Iroquois: Amos Gils-
dorf, 495 Kirby west: Thomas II
Cape. 334 Merrick: Lawrence Kucel.
1909 Jos. Campau; David II: Dicker-
son. SIT Allendale George Valentine.
1917 Leland: Andrew Grigel. 315 Med
bury. Vincent Rozmirak. 70 Sar-
geant. Frank Hamernik, 80 Thirty
thltd, Edgar Peters, il5 Medbury,
Sclig seeberg, 92 Bethune east ia
cob Okesak. l62s Helen; James War
rem, $50 Maybury Grand; Herman r.
Kupkowsky. l1ss Twenty-fourth,
Dezicl ass Monroe; Joe Rosen1efd
Harper hospital; Robert Merrill. 9s2
Michigan. Joseph Maslanik % Rob-
ert: Andrew Malayczuk. 90 Thirty
second: Charles Chedister. 31S St Au-
bin: Albert Hoekstra. 53eis Clinton:
Stanley ZakrzewskI, 966 Orleans.
John Theil. 1Iti JOS Campau; Mike
Andrews, 10 Kanter.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-14
POLICE AUCTION SALE

The semi-annuai sale of unclaimed
p,cnt will take place Friday, July
l4th. 1916. at 900 O'clock A. NJ IN
the Police Garage, 81 Fort street
East, ground floor.
Everything including AUTOMOBILES.
bicycles. jewelry. tools. minor auto
supplies. scrap Iron. scrap trass. ETC.,
viii be sold 10 the highest bidder.
BE on hand early for the bargains
GEORGE A, WALTERS
Secretary.