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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-10-13

Bring the local editor a bushel OF
apples and tell him the news OF youl
neighborhood.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-10-13

When you are happy your JOY
just hope right along to others and
gives us all bully good feeling
Pass your smile along
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-10-13

A flood of gold continues to pour
into this country, but darned little
of il reaches this office.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-10-13

Take away all limbs OF the fruit
trees that have been broken partly
off by the late storms; for. unless
you do, they will be the seat of a
Shot Hole Borer attack
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-10-13
BEGIN GREAT ATTACK.
Vienna Announces Move nv ItoI-
ians.

Vienna. Tuesday, Oct. 10 (via
London, Oct. 11.D-Italian forces
Yesterday CMonday) after eight DAYS
OF artillery and mine preparation.
began an attack against the Hunga-
rian positions on the costal district
'front.' says the Austro-Hungarian Of
hcial statement issued today.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-10-13
FRIDAY. OCT. 13, 1916.

Same old news from Europe. A
bunk
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-10-13

And here's wishing you unlimited
prosperity hopes that a little
of it may wander around our way
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-10-13

Every man is entitled to vote ac-
cording to his own convictions-and
a few do.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-10-13

The progressive people of the Van
Wyck community go after things
which they believe rightfully belong
to them else they would not have
secured that $500 to divide among
their food sufferers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-04-06

that he should have entered through
it. Dimly he understood that both
had acted without generalization. and
he asked himself: 'Was she already
regretting that momentary weakness
Or whatever it had been?"
Why did you do that" he heard
himself demand abruptly, and felt that
his voice sounded harsh, strained, I'M
natural
She stiffened slightly, with a nervous
movement of her shoulders.
Because saw you"
did you want to talk to me. per-
haps?" he prompted.
Il was surprised; l had hoped-be-
lieved-you had left Paris"
She surveyed his costume with
curious glance, perplexed
why are you dressed that way? Is
it a disguise?"
"A pretty good one-as matter of
fact, the national costume Of one in
my present station in life F"
But you are wrong. | recognized
you instantly. didn't I? And those 9TH
ers-they're as keen-witted as Ger
tainly, Oh. you should not have
stopped in Paris!"
Il couldn't go without knowing what
had become Of you"
81 was afraid of that, she confessed.
Then Why"
Gro BE Continued
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-04-06

boiling the door, he ran out into the
night to rejoin his beloved. like new
man walking to new life
But she was no more there-the
bench was vacant, the garden desert
ed, the gateway yaWning to the street.
| With the low, curt cry of one stag
gered by brutal blow from a trusted
hand, Lanyard turned from the bench
and stumbled out of the garden and to
the junction with the cross street. But
nowhere in the compass Of their per-
spectivee could he see anything that
moved.
| After some time he returned TO the
garden and quartered it with the thor
oughness of a pointer beating a covert.
But he did this hopelessIy, bitterly
aware that the outcome would be pre-
cisely what it eventually was--that
Is to say, nothing
He was kneeling beside the bench
scrutinizing the Curf round about with
microscopic attention by aid of his
| fiash-lamp, seeking some sign Of strug-
gle to prove she had not left him will
ingly; and finding none-when a voice
| brought him momentarily out of his
| distraction.
He looked up wildly, to discover Du-
croy standing over him, his stout per-
son chastely swathed in a quilted
dressing-gown with trousers, his eX-
preston one of stupefaction.
well, monsieur-well?" the minis
ter of war demanded irritaDly. What
i repeat-are you doing there?"
Lanyard essayed response, choked
up, and gulped. He rose and stood
swaying, showing a stricken face, but
for the moment couldn't speak.
"Eh?" Ducroy insisted, with an &C
cent of evaporation. why do you
stand glazing at me like that-eh?
Come, monsieur; what aiIs you? l
have arranged everything, l say.
Where is mademoiselle?"
Lanyard made a broken gesture.
'She is gone" he muttered forlornly.
Instantly the countenance of the
stout Frenchman was lighted with
CLEAN of eager interest-romanc
lover that he was-and he stepped
nearer, peering closely into the face
Of the adventurer.
Gomez" he echoed "Mademoiselle9
Your sweetheart, eh?"
Lanyard assented with a disconso-
late nod and sigh. Impatiently Ducroy
caught him by the sleeve.
Gomez! he insisted, tugging-
come at once into the house Now,
monsieur-now at length you enlist all
ones sympathies! Come, I say! Is it
your desire that l catch my death Of
cold %
Indifferently Lanyard suffered him
self to be led away. He was, indeed,
barely conscious of what was happen
Ing. All his being was possessed by
the thought that she had forsaken
him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-04-06

keen it and destroy IT once we're out
OF this. Now those portlGres.
Distinguishing the desk-light, he
turned attention to thu draperies at
doors AM wi ,doWs.
Within five minutes, leaving eve "
thing a they had found ii, the two
were once more il the silent streets
of Passy.
They had to walk as far as the
Place de Trocadero before Lanyard
found cab, which he later dismissed
at The corner of the Faubourg st. Ger
main.
Another brief walk brought them to
dence situated at the junction of two
quiet streets.
This, think, ends our Partisan
wanderings." Lanyard announced. IF
you'll be good enough to keep an eye
Tor busybodies-and yourself as in
conspicuous as possible in the recess
Of this doorway"
And he walked back to the curb,
measuring the wall with his eye.
''uIh"t. 40 ~cu gazing 10 dO'"
He responded by doing it s, swiftly
that she gasped with sunrise; pausing
nomentarily within yard OF the walk,
he gathered himself together, shot up
Iithely into the air, caught the top
curbing with both hands, aud She
heard the soft thud of his feet on the
earth OF the enclO sure, md the latch
grated behind her as the dour opened.
For the last time" Lanyard
laughed quietly from the aperture,
permit me TO invite you to break the
law by committing an act Of trespassi"
Securing the door, he led her to q
garden bench secluded amid conven-
tional shrubbery
If you'll wait here" he suggested
We'll, 1t will be best III be back as
soon as possible, though [ may be de-
tanned some time. Still, inasmuch as
I'm about to break into this house, my
motives, which are most commendabIe,
may be misin terpreted, md I'd rather
you waited here, with the street at
hand. II you hear noise like trouble
you've only to unlatch the gate. But
let's trust that my purely benevolent
intentions toward the French republic
won't be misconstrued."
I'll wait" she assured him bravely;
but won't you tell me-
With a hand he indicated the man
sion towering above them
I'm going to break in there to pay
an early morning call and impart some
interesting information to a person Of
considerable consequence nobody
less, in fact, than NJ. Ducroy''
And who is he?"
"The present minister of war We
haven't as yet the pleasure of each
others acquaintance; still I think he
won't be sorry to see me. In brief, I
mean to make him present of the
Huysman plans and bargain for safe
conduct for US both from France
Impulsively she offered her hand
and. when he somewhat difdently
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-04-06

sign that 1t had been moved, and
looked round to the girl.
She was where he had left her, a
small, tense, vibrant figure among the
shadows, her eyes dark pools of won.
der in a face of blazing pallor.
With high head and his shoulders
well back he made q gesture signify
ing more eloquently than any words:
"All that is ended"
AS though thereby released from
chains of some strange enchantment,
she started and came swiftly toward
him.
"AQd now" she asked breathlessly.
''Now to make our getaway" he re-
piled with assumed lightness. Before
dawn we must be clear of Paris. Two
minutes, while l straighten this place
up and leave it as I found it,
He moved back to the safe, restored
the wing Of the screen to the spot from
which he had moved it and, after an
instant's close scrutiny Of the rug, be-
gan to explore his pockets.
What are you looking for?" the girl
inquired, coming over to him again.
my memoranda Of the cOmbina-
ton"
81 have it." She indicated it's hid
ing place in pocket of her coat. you
left it on the floor, and l was afraid
you might forget
mo fear!" he laughed "No"-as
she offered him the folded paper
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-04-06

ward the cigarette containing the roll
of infammable films.
Monsieur" Ducroy cried in hor-
ror. What are you doing?"
Lanyard favored him with a look. Of
surprise.
i am about to destroy these films
and prints
You must never do that!"
Why not? They are mine. to do
with as I like. If cannot dispose of
them at my price, I shall destroy
them!"
Fern-It me-" he said, TO acknowl-
edge the honor Of monsieurs conf
dencei"
Lanyard bowed low and gravely.
One knows with whom one deals.
monsieur! And now! if you will be
good enough to excuse me-"
He turned to the door.
'But-eh-where are you going?"
'Mademoiselle." Lanyard said. paus-
ing on the threshold-"that is the
young lady who will accompany us-is
waiting cA1lAAOGSIy Ill tue SdTu6O out
yonder. I go to find and reassure her
and-with monsieurs permission-to
bring her into the library, where we
will await monsieur when he has fin
| ished telephoning and-ah-repaired
the deficiencies in his attire, which
one trusts he will forgive ones men
tioning!"
He bowed again, impudentIy, gayly
and-when the minister of war looked
up again sheepishlv from contempla-
ton of his naked shanks-had van
ished
In high feather Lanyard was making
his way down to door at the rear of
the house which gave upon the gar
denim his new social status of gov
| ernmental pr0tege disdaining any such
commonplace avenue as the conser-
vatory window whose fastening he had
forced on entering. And, boldly I'M
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-04-06

took it, she gave his fingers a firm,
compelling pressure with her own.
"Be CAREFUL" she whispered broken.
~, her pale, sweet face upturned to
his. ooh, do be CAREFUL I am afraid
for you"
And for a moment the temptation
to take her in his arms seemed strong
er than any he had ever known.
But reminding himself that he had
voluntarily stipulated for years pro.
baton, he released her hand with an
incoherent humble, turned, and hastily
disappeared in the direction OF the
house,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-04-06
CHAPTER XXI.
Enigma.

EnlSTEa.
Lanyard had found no reason to be-
heve that Lucy had left him otherwise
than voluntarily, or that their adven-
lures at the homes OF Nine Onber
and NJ. Ducroy had been noted by spies
Of the Pack. The testimony Of his own
wits assured him that they hadn't
been followed at any time subsequent
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-04-06
CHAPTER XIII.
No Solution.

Because his money was fast ebbing
and motives of prudence alone-if
none more woTthy-forbade an attempt
to replslish his pocketbook by revisit
ing the little place in the Rue Roget
and realiZ51ag on the treasures there,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-04-06


Il don't understand you"
1T is on schedule, is it not, that Cap
tain Vauquelin of the aviation corps is
to attempt nonstop flight from Paris
to London this morning, with two pas
sengers, IN a new PARROT biplane?"
THAT is so. Weu?'
I must be one OF those passengers;
and have companion, young lady,
who will take the place of the other"
1T isn't possible, monsieur. Those
arrangements are already fixed"
You will countermand them"
But there is no time
You can get into telephone COM
munication with Port Aviation in two
minutes"
But the passengers have already
been promised
You will disappoint them"
THE start is to be made in the first
flush of daylight How could you reach
Port Aviation in timer"
sIn your motor car, monsieur"
ct cannot be DONE
1T must! If the start must be de-
layed until we arrive, you will give
orders that it shall be so delayed"
For minute the minister Of war
hesitated; then he shook his head def
nitely.
The difficulties are insuperable-"
There is no such thing, monsieur"
Il am sorry: it can't be DONE"
THAT Is your answer?''
1T is regrettable, monsieur"
VERY Welt" Lanyard bent forward
again, took match from the stand
on the bedside table, and struck it.
Very calmly he adv.--ced the fame to-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-01-22
SPELLING CAUSES HER GRIEF
Never Having Used Final "e" in Spell
Ing Corpse Woman Mlsunder-
stands Message.

Portland, Ore Never having used
the final '+e" IN her own spelling Of
the word cor Sc" Mrs. Alarceiiue
GERMAN OF Donaldson, Mich. was
prostfated with grief pom recent OF
ain official communication announcing
the fact that her brother: Jose.,A Eli
JoiHcouer. had Joined the United
states marine corps and had named
her as next Of kin to. be notified in
case. of death
II my 2roth6r is a. corps, Of what
did he die?" .she~wrote to Capt H. T.
Swain in charge ci the local recruiting
'ssation Of the United. States marine
corps. who mad; enlisted'' the mau aud
was Responsible tor .he notification
; The recruiting officer by. return
mail. babe the 'sor1owing. sister cease
emourn'ng and assured her that the
corps TO which her. brother had late
ly attached hinlsslf was the Invest
kind Of an organization.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-01-22

Hank O'Day was not resting on his
oars while peace was being discussed
In Cincinnati. He read between the
lines that the league would get To-
gether and lost no time in deciding
that he desired to be with the big show
next season. OF course, the National
league has been his first love in base
ball. as1 it is in that organization
that he has applied for his position on
the staff of arbiters
Don't forget that I want to be on
your staff neXt season"
This vas the substar g. OF a telc-
gram President John rener received
from O'Day. The former was pleased
that the veteran and one of the best
umpires in the game asked 10 come
back. Tener declared he was glad to
get O'Day's message and lost no time
IN wiring to Secretary John Heydler
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-01-22
GOAT GETTING AN ART
Former Champion Fitzsimmons
Relates Story on Maher.
Got on Peters Nerves by Telling Him
About Bulls to Be Killed in Their
Honor During Fight in Town
of Juarez.

Bob Fitzsimmons tells a story thai
proves "goat-getting" to be an ancient
art
Bob was training at Juarez for his
fight with Peter Maher IN the river
bank across from Lantry, Tex. A
couple of weeks before the fight both
Fitzsimmons and Maher went to see
a great bullflght in the Juarez ring.
Fitz sat in box near the governor of
chihuahua. While the bullfght was
ON he visited the governor, who told
him the first bull was to be killed in
honor of the governor, the second IN
honor Of Fitzsimmons, and the third
in honor of Maher
Fitz Went over into the bleachers
where Maher sat to tell Peter
Pete, said Fitz, the governor says
bull is to be killed in your honor
and one in my honor"
Il won't fight the bull" beloved
Peter in reply.
you don't have to, said Fitz. "The
Mexicans VIII kill the bull in your
honor, Peter It's the Indian way of
Doping things out. If my bull lasts
longer than your bull I'll win the fight
from you; if your bull lasts longer
than mine, you'll whip me-"
"All right" growled Peter.
The governors bull was killed. Then
came the bull to be killed in honor of
Fitzsimmons. 1t killed two or three
horses and finally managed 10 toss the
matador. giving him an ugly wound in
the thigh. -Four sword thrusts failed
to bring the bull down, and the crowd
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-01-22

of the National league to send Hank a
contract.
Tener asesitated last season before
he signed O'Day but ne did this be-
cause his list was complete and he
did not deem it justice to dispose of a
man who was delivering satisfactorily
The chance came when Quigley was
sick. Bill Hart retired and then O'Dav
was put back on the staff
Ball players in the National league
say that Q Day was the cleverest UNI
pire in the league, not because of his
ability to cal balls and strikes, but
because lie knew how 10 handle the
men. He has had less trouble than
any official Of the National league and
it is due to the fact that h. knows
how to queil the sudden outbursts of
wrath that come through close de-
cisions.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-01-22
SILVER DOLLARS By MAIL
Ten, Sent One Year Apart, Have
Gone Through TO Destination
Without a Mishap.

fredericksburg. Md.-About ten years
ago Henry p Wright of Aberdeen he
gan sending 20 his sister here. Ms
Mary Fleetwood. silver dollar
through the mail as 81 Christmas pres.
eut Recently the annual dollar ar.
rived with Mrs. Fleetwoods address
on. one side and a two-cent stamp on
the other. In tn ten years that
Wright has been sending these unique
remembrance 10 his sister not one
has been lost or stolen. neither has Il
failed to arrive on time
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-01-22
MILLIONS INVESTED IN GAME
Secretary Farrell Estimates $4,000
coo Paid Out in BasebalI-~Play-
ers Get Big Slice.

approximately 100000 is the
baseball in this country the last year.
This estimate is based on 1igures OF
Secretary John H. Farrell of the Ma
tional Association of minor league
clubs, combined with estimates of
major league expenses. This sum
includes $40, 900 paid out by organ
lied ball for players, salaries md
operating expenses: $13,O00000 in
vested in baseball plants, and $1,000
600 paid cat by the Federals for play
ers and salaries.
The ball PLAYERS, big and little,
shook down the club owners for over
$1,000, 900 in s. aries, and it cost near
iy 100000 more to provide meals
sleeping accommodates, railroad
fare etc, for the diamond artists.
There are 200 players in each of
the three big leagues. each drawing an
average salary of $4,000, according to
the ''fggerlus person. Anyone whol
multiplies 600 ball players by $4,000
will discoyrr that the total is $l,SOO,-
600. In the minors--aI the minors
under the protection Of the National
comm ssion-there were o'oVo plsfers
in 1915. The average salary LOT me
gang vas $1,000 Ehich means that
the bushers draw Gc"n s9'ooO'oO0
in salaries. This. added % sl'oOVoOO
paid the major league. ss-''flngs the
salary total to s7.S09SoO'
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-01-22
INSISTS KAISER HAS CANCER
Matln Says Artificial Palate Was
Considered by French Specialists
Before War.

Paris.-The Matin revives the story
that the kaiser is suffering from can
Ger The paper says a telegram dis
played at Zurich on December "a
said that the court physicians az Ber-
lin were OF the opinion that the KAT
sers Illness is due TO a fresh man.
festation Of cancer.
The Matin adds that a practitioner
living in Paris was consulted by the
German emperor three months before
the war concerning the manufa ure
of an artificial palate If a serious op-
Grafton on the kaiser's throat were
necessary.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-01-22
LIVE LIKE ADAM AND EVE
Spend Two Months in Maine Woods
&c Prove Man Can Survive
in Wilderness

BostGn-The weather sometimes
gets cold IN the Maine woods. In fact,
1t is said the mercury hibernates in
the Thermometer bulbs when the
spruce trees start popping And there
are wild animals there ton--deer. por-
clpine, rabbits and even bears. There
is no steam heat and there is not
dehcatesseH about the place.
But all these things did not prevent
Walter g Estes ard mis- ia pound wife
from proving to their friends that they
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-01-22
HITS POLAND HARD.
Land of Graves Shows Wars
Greatest DeS0lation.
More Depressing Than Belgium Or
East Prussia is Picture of Ruin
and Destruction Over Vast
Area Of Country.

Warsaw Even more depressing
than parts of Belgium and East Irus
STA. the worse parts. is Poland a
hand of graves and trenches. Of ruin
and destruction on o scale that has
been wrought nowhere else by the
war The conflict has been waged
back and forth across the ancient
kingdom 50 long that agriculture has
had but little .Aunce. and. except 10
those sections where the German
forces have been in control for some
time. the fields are barren and I'M
titled, SCARED by miles upon miles of
earthworks
From the East Prussiou boundary
TO approximately the old Rawka posi-
lions there is visible the maximum
amount OF order and peaceful qule1
AZ the Raw ka however the intermin-
able graves with their helmet adorned
crosses the deep slashes in the earth
that once were trenches but now are
the temporary homes" of countless
refugees the maze Of partly destroyed
barbed wire entauglements and the
succession OF burned and ruined vii
lagos begin.
For miles. between Alexandrovo on
the boundary and Warsaw, and be.
tween Warsaw and Lodz. the old
trenches line the railroad, while
graves. individual and common. line
tbe trenches Eastward of Warsaw,
however. the trenches virtually stop.
fer the Russians moved fast once they
abandoned the capital OF Poland The
trenches stop hnt the devastated vii
lages dc not, Rather they Increase IN
number. and there is scarcely a rail
roNd station and no bridges-left
standing
The Poles from time immemorial
have been accustomed to building
their matched cottages-huts would
be a better word close together. Ac-
cordingly, 1t WAS necessary only to set
fire to one structure in order to burn
them all In consequence, countless
villages have been reduced to forlorn
rows of chimneys. which. being of
brick and stoutly built. resisted the
flames
Unlike the cities of Poland. the
country seems to have been stripped
Of young men. one sees little else
than peasant women. barefoot iii
clad. WHO struggle under bundles of
wood through the mud. and who gen
orally avert their eyes as strangers
pass.
The Germans. partly FOR their own
benefit partly to- give employment 20
the Poles, have doLe much TO put the
VIGOROUSLY bad roads in shape They
have also altered The railroad from the
Russian to the German gauge-.a stu.
pendous work. for all the. main lines
are nov double track. and at impor-
tant points huge yards have had TO be
built to- conform to. military needs.
The destruction in many parts OF
Poland is SO. general that vllage>afte
village has no single horse standing.
Both soldiers and, the civil population
have had to.rely or their inventive
ness IT,: obtain. shelter, and all: along
the railroad. lines freight cars. Russian
and German. are being used as houses:
In the case of; the Russian cars:th
wheels have been removed. the cars
have been set hat on The ground. and
the interiors fitted up with some de
gree OK CON. ort. =:
.~,rrynd aabv' cEo Mites ar R.oL