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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-01-13
She hen risen 70 NEE,

She hpf risen TO mse, -.
time he had mounted the steps, ano
he knew that her first glance was MP
praisive. He had confidently counted
upon being mistaken for a strange pa
tient In search OF the doctor. and he
was not disappointed.
you are looking for Doctor Farm
ham7" she began. He IL NJ his Of
fce-201 Main street"
Brofin was digging in his pockes
for q card.
II know we'll enough where your
fathers Office is. but you are the one
! wanted to see." he said; and he
gave her the round .cornered card with
It's blaxonment OF his name and m
pioyment
He was watching her narrowly when
she read the name and its underline.
and the quick indrawing Of the breath
and the little shudder that went with
II were not thrown away upon him.
But the other signs; the pressing OF
the eve teeth upon the lower lip and
the coming and going OF three straight
lines between the h~alf-closed eyes
were not so favorable.
will you come into the house.
Mr." she had to look at the card
again to get the name-'Mr. Brofin1'
she asked.
Thank you. miss: IT'S plenty good
enough out here for me II II IL for
you. he returned. beginning to fear
that the common civilities we're Civ.
ing her time TO get behind her de-
lenses.
Il guess we can take II for granted
! that you know what ! want, Miss
Farnham." he began abruptly. when
rocker. Something like three months
ago. or whereabouts. you went into a
hank In New Orleans 10 get n draft
cashed. While you were at the pay.
Ing tellers' window n robbery was
committed. and you saw IL done aud
saw the man that did II. I've coms
to get you to tell me the mans
name"
Il have told II once. in q letter to
Mr. G%albraith."
Brofin nodded. "Yes; In a letter
that you didn't sign. I've come all
the way from New Orleans to get
you to tell me his real name. Miss
Farnham."
Why do you think ] can tell your"
was the undisturbed query.
n lot OF little things" said the de-
tective. who was slowly coming to his
own In the matter OF self-assurance.
IN the first place. he spoke TO you
in the bank. and you answered him.
Isn't that so?"
She nodded again. you know SO
much. II is surprising that you don't
know II all. Mr.. Brofin." she com.
mented. with gentle sarcasm
THE n thing ! don't know is the
thing you're goin' TO tell me-his real
name" he insisted. That's what I've
come here for"
In spite of her mex %perience. which.
In Mr.. Broffin's field, was no less than
total. Charlotte Farnham had imagi.
nation. and with II a womanly zest for
the matching OF wits with u man
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Gated by the addresses given In the
Belle jules register. In this arrange
ment Miss Charlotte Farnham's name
stood as No. 1.
Landing In Wahaska the next eve.
ming. Brofin's first request at the no.
tel counter was for the directory. Run.
ming an eager finger down the "F's,"
he came TO the name. II was the only
Farnham in the list. and after II he
read: "Dr. Herbert c.. Office s to 10,
2 to 4. 201 Main St.. res. l6 Lake
boulevard"
Then he registered for a room and
prepared to draw the net which he
hoped would entangle the lost iden.
tity OF the bank robber. After a good
Nights sleep In a real bed. he awoke
refreshed and alert, breakfasted with
an open mind. and presently went
about the net drawing methodically
and with every contingency carefully
provided for.
The first step was TO assure him.
self beyond question that Miss Farm.
ham was the writer OF the unsigned
letter. This step he was able. by a
piece OF great good fortune, TO take
almost Immediately. A bit OF morn.
Ing gossip with the obliging clerk OF
the Winnebago house developed the
fact that Doctor Farnham's daughter
had once taught In the free kinder.
garten which was one OF the chart.
table outreachings OF the Wahaska
public library. Two blocks east and
n south; Brofin walked them
promptly. made himself known to the
librarian as a visitor interested In kin.
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RAN IYNDf
MISUNDERSTANDING

%dergarten work. and was ch~eerfully
shown the records. When he turned
to the pages signed charlotte Farm.
ham" the last doubt vanished and
assurance was made sure. The anony.
nous letter writer vas found.
II was Just here that Matthew Brof.
fin fell under the limitations OF his
trade. Though the detective in real life
Ia as little as may be like the Inspector
Buckets and the Javerts OF fiction. Ger.
tain characteristics persist. When he
found himself face to face with the
straightforward expedient. the craft
limitations bound him. He thought OF
a dozen good reasons why he should
make haste slowly; and he recognized
In none OF them the craftsman's slant
toward indirection-the tradition OF
the trade which discounts the straight.
forward attack and puts n premium
upon the methods OF the deer-stalker.
Sooner or later, OF course. the at.
tack must be made. But only an up.
prentice, he told himself. would he
foolish enough to make Il without
mapping out all the hazards OF the
ground over which IL must be made.
In a word. he must place" Miss Farm.
ham precisely; make a careful, study
OF the young woman and her environ.
ment. 10 the end that every thread OF
advantage should be In his hands when
he should finally force her TO n con.
fession. For by now the assumption
that she knew the mysterious bank
robber was M longer hypothetical In
Brofhn's mind; Il had grown 10 the di.
mansions OF a conviction.
With the patient curiosity OF his
tribe he suffered no detail. however.
trivial. TO escape It's jotting down. To
familiarize himself with the goings
and comings OF one young woman. he
made the acquaintance OF an entire
town. He knew Jasper Grierson's am.
billion, and It's fruitage in the practical
ownership OF Wahaska. lie knew that
Edward Raymer had borrowed money
from Grierson's bank-and was likely
to be unable to pay II when his notes
fell due. He had heard IL whispered
that there had nee been n love affair
between young Raymer and Miss Farm.
ham. and that II had been broken of
by Raymer's %infatuatiop for Margery
Grierson. Also. last anil least impor.
tant OF all the gossiplng details. as Il
seemed at the time. he learned tina,
the betwitchlng Miss Grierson was q
creature OF fads; that within the pas,
month or two she had returned from a
Florida trip. bringing with her a sick
man. a total stranger. who had been
picked up on the train, taken to the
great house on the lake shore and
nursed back 10 life as Miss Grlerson's
latest defiance OF the conventions.
II should have been a memorable
day for Matthew Broiin when he had
this sick nan pointed out TO him az
Miss Grierson's companion In the high
trap. But Bro6ln was sufficiently hu
man TO see only a very beautiful younp
woman sitting correctly erect on the
slanting ~driving.seat. To be sure, he
saw a man. az one sees a vanishing fig
ure In a kaleidoscope. But there was
nothing In the clean.shaven face OF the
gaunt, and as yet rather haggard, con
valescent TO evoke the faintest thrill
OF interest-or OF memory.
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in the world that ! know least about"
"Oh. but ! do mean II, honestly" she
averred. you are a philosopher.
really and truly. and I can prove II.
DO you feel equal TO another little
drive downtown"
Being a philosopher, I ought to be
equal to anything" he postulated; and
he went upstairs TO get q street coat
and his hat.
She had disappeared when he came
down again. and he went out to sit On
the sun.warmed veranda while he wait.
ed. He Ind already forgotten what
she had said about the object OF the
drive--the proving Of the philosophic
charge against him-and was looking
forward with keenly %pleasurable an.
ticipations TO another outing with her.
the second for that day. II had come
TO this, now; to admitting frankly the
charm which he war still calling sensu.
GUS. and which. in the moments OF in
sight recurring. as often as they can
be borne 10 the imaginative. and
vo~uchsafed now and then ven to the
wayfaring, he was still disposed TO
characterize as an appeal to that
which was least worthy in him.
Passing easily to Miss Farnham the
ideal from Miss Grierson the fesh-and.
blood reality. he was moved Ia won
der mildly why the fate which had
brought him twice into critically inti-
mate relations with her was now deny,
Ing him even a chance meeting For a
week or more he had been going out
daily: sometimes with Miss Grierson
In the trap, but oftener afoot and
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alone. The walking excursions had
led him most frequently up and down
the lakeside drive. but the Doctors
house stood we'll back In It's enclosure.
and there was much shrubbery. Once
he heard her voice: she was reading
aloud TO someone on the v%ine.screened
porch. And once again In passing. he
had caught a glimpse OF a shapely arm
with the loose sleeve falling away
from II as II was thrust upward
through the porch greenery to pluck
a bud from the crimson rambler. add
ing Its graceful mass to the Chamber.
ing vines. IL was rather disappoint-
ing. but he was not impatient. In the
fullness OF time the destiny which had
twice interviewed would intervene
again. lie was as certain OF II as he
was OF the d~ay.to.day renewal OF his
strength and vitality: and he could AZ.
ford to wait. For. whatever else might
happen In a mutable world, neither an
ideal nor It's embodiment may suffer
change.
As II to add the touch of d%ehniteness
to the presumptive conclusion. a voice
broke In upon his reverie: the voice Of
the young woman whose most alluring
charm was her many-sided ~changeful.
ness. as II she had marked his preoc-
cupied gaze and OWNED It's object:
"You must have a little more patience.
Mr.. Griswold. All things come to him
who waits. When you have left Mere
side finally, Doctor BERTHE will some
time take you home to dinner with
him"
For his own peace OF mind. Girls
void hastily assured himself that II
was only the widest OF chance shots.
Since the day when he had admitted
that he knew Miss Farnham's name
without knowing Miss Farnham In per-
son. the doctors daughter had never
been mentioned between them.
"How did you happen TO guess that
I was thinking OF the good doctor?" he
asked. curiously.
You were no thinking OF Doctor
Berthe: you were thinking OF Doctor
Bertie's only" a the laughing On.
tradlction; and Griswold was glad that
the coming OF the man with the trap
saved him from the necessity OF fall.
ing any farther into what might easily
prove to be a dangerous pitfall. II vas
not the first time that Miss Grierson
had seemed able TO read his Utmost
thoughts.
The short afternoon drive paused
at the curb In front OF Jasper Grier.
sons bank and a moment later he
found himself bringing up the rear OF
n procession OF three, led by a young
woman with a bunch of keys at her
girdle,
Number three.f0rty-hve.A, please"
his companion wac saying to the young
woman custodian. and he stood aside
and admired the workmanship OF the
complicated time.locks while the two
entered the electriclighted safety de-.
poslt vault and Jointly opened one OF
the multitude Of small safes. When
Miss Grierson came out. she was car.
rying a small. ~japanned document box
under her arm, and her eyes were
shining with a soft light that a new
TO the man who was waiting In the
corridor. Come with me TO one of
the coupon rooms" she said; and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-13
some PAINTER,
THIS FELLOW
Birds Try to Light on Picture of
Fence Painted on Barn.
(By United Press Association.)


Marquette, Mich, July 10.-The
remarkable genius of Joshua Triple,
the village sign painter Of Bailey,
Mich, may result in a suit for dam
ages being brought against that vii
lage.
Triple recently completed a CORES
pondence school course in sign paint
ing and to show his skill painted a
board fence on barn standing on the
main street. 1t looked so natural that
several farmers have skinned their
knuckles trying to hitch their teams
to it. Even birds have attempted to
alight on the supposed fence but slip
ped down the side of the barn.
The climax came when Tripe's bull
dog chased a stranger down the street.
The man., in trying to escape, attempt
ed to jump the painted fence and
nearly knocked his brains out.
Several attorneys have offered their
services to the stranger, who says his
name is Flulinghauser, offering legal
aid, to get damages.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-13

field champs, did the heavy stick work
for the Clintonville team. He got
three hits out of four times up.
Grand Rapids scored it's only one
run in the second, Gustin being the
boy to bring over the marker that
saved the team from a shut-out.
The Clintonville aggregation got
six hits off of Devine and Grand Rap
ids gathered three swats, one a three
Dagger from the delivery of Frobrib.
Devine walked one. Delmore added to
his good work by stealing a base in
the fourth, Wachs made a sacrifice
hit. The only errors Of the game
were charged up to Delmore and
Wachs each making two errors. The
ones made by the Rapids short stop
being costly. The attendance at the
game was 316, which is fair. 1t took
only an hour and % minutes to go
through the nine innings.
The Clintonville manager said that
when Grand Rapids played at Gin
tonviIle they would show the boys a
real crowd
Probably the greatest difference in
the two teams is that Clintonville
supports it's team and the Rapids
does not.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-13

The name of |. P. Witter has been
suggested for Member of the Assem-
bly, from Wood County. He would
make good man if he wants it or
would take it and give his attention
to it. While he is a stalwart Republi-
can he would make an excellent rep
resentative and we for one would be
glad to see him go for we have faith
in him that he would not be offensive
ly unreasonable upon any legislation.
We have no information that he would
take the nomination if you should give
it to him without opposition in his
party, if he will accept it, we would
be glad to vote for him and support
him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-13
CALIFORNIA
BUSINESS MEN
IN TRAINING
CAMP
(By United Press Association


Monterey, July Robustness men
from over the state and other points
on the Pacific slope assembled here
today in army khaki to become stu
dent officers for a month in Uncle
Sans service.
They placed themselves under the
jurisdiction Of regular army officers
appointed by the war department and
entered the camp routine of infantry
men. This is the first civilian mill
tary training camp to be opened on
the coast under government direction
For month the civilians will be
crammed with military lore. They are
to have reviews, dress-parades and
camp duties, just like members of the
regular army. There also will be
forced marches, sham battles and ma
neuvers. They are to be called upon
to attend lectures on military topics,
study tactics and become familiar
with the art of war.
At the end of the four weeks the
businessmen will leave the camp, Of
ficers in the rough, much more valu-
able to the country in time of need
than green, unframed rockies would
be. The cost to each individual par
ticipating in the encampment is nomi-
nal, Uncle Sam paying most of the
expenses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-13
lrder Limiting Time to Present Claims
and Notice to Creditors.

State Of Wisconsin, Wood County,
in County Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Con-
rad Grab, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate
of Conrad Grab, late of the town of
Rudolph, in said County of Wood, de-
ceased. having been duly granted to
Mary Grab by this court;
IT IS ORDERED, That the time
from the date hereof until and includ-
ing the 23rd day of October, A. D.
1916, be and the same is hereby fixed
as the time within which all creditors
of the said Conrad Grab deceased, shall
present their claims for examination
and allowance.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That
all-elaims and demands of all persons
against the said Conrad Grab, deceas-
ed, be examined and adjusted before
this Court, at its Court Room in the
Court House in the City of Grand Rap
ids, in said County, at the regular
term thereof appointed to be held on
he 4th Tuesday of October, 1916 and
all creditors are hereby notified there
of.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That
notice of the time and place at which
said claims and demands will be ex-
amined and adjusted as aforesaid
and Of the time above limited for saiC
creditors to present their claims anC
demands, be given by publishing 6
copy ofthis order and notice, for foul
| consecutive weeks, once in each week
in the Wood County Reporter, a news.
paper published in the County Of
Wood, the first publication to be with
| in fifteen days of the date hereof.
Dated this goth day of June, 1916
By the Court;
W. J. CONWAY, County Judge
Goggins, Brazeau & Goggins, At
torneys for Executrix. 4tw.
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I.E:,(IIA|. s!
Notice of Application for Final Settle
ment and to Determine Inherit
ance Tax

ance Tax.
State of Wisconsin, In County Court,
for Wood County.
In the Matter Of the Estate of William
Hooper, Deceased.
On reading and filing the applica-
ton of Esther J. Hooper, administra-
trix of the Estate of William Hooper,
deceased, representing among other
things, that she has fully administer
ed the said estate and praying that a
time and place be fixed for examining
and allowing her account of her adj
ministration and that the residue of
said Estate be assigned to such per
sons as are by law entitled to the
same;
IT IS ORDERED, that said applica-
ton for the allowance of the final
account of the administration, and
said application for the allowance of
said debts and claims, and for the
determining and adjudication of the
IiilCiI Co'4INS Ce1A, II any, pa dDIS III ocIlu
Estate, be heard before this court at
a regular term thereof, to be heard
at the Probate Office in the City of
Grand Rapids, Wood County, Wis
consin on the 18th day of September,
1916.
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED,
that notice of the time and place of
examining and allowing said account
and hearing application for allowance
and adjudication of the inheritance
tax, if any, payable in said Estate,
and the assigning of the residue Of
said Estate, be given to all persons
interested by publication of a copy of
this order for three successive weeks
in the Wood County Reporter, news
paper published in said county, before
the day fixed for said hearing.
Dated this 3rd day of July, 1916.
By the Court,
W. ]. Conway,
County Judge,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-13
HattOn VS.. McGOvern.

The Equity Pilot and GoodfelIow,"
published in Milwaukee, in its issue of
July 9Th, has an article headed "Mr.
Hatton Should Withdraw" This pa
per appears to be published in the in
terest of F. E. McGovern's candidacy
flor Governor. Just why they ask
Hatton to withdraw is not made clear
I'm the article People in this neck Of
the woods have their fill of McGovern.
but they want more public service
from w. H. Hatton of New London,
who is highly thought of here where
he is personally we'll known. We have
our fill of McGovern's administra-
ton and his treachery in the Chi
cage Republican convention towards
Senator LaFollette When the people
fof Wisconsin express themselves at
the Primaries in September next, the
Equity Pilot will find who is the most
popular between these two men.
There is nothing in McGovern's ad-
ministration on record that puts any
thing over Hatton, but to the con
trary Mr.. Hatton stands out conspic-
ously superior to Mr.. McGovern in
every respect. Give US Hatton for
Governor by all means.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-13
NOTICE OF sHERIFFs SALE

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
State of Wisconsin, Wood County,
In Circuit Court.
Lawrence Ward and Geo. L. Ward,
Plaintiffs, VS.. Frank r. Trevor, Luel-
la S. Trevor, VIM. McCaul, Reed Y.
Campbell, Lois Campbell, w. C.
Smith, Orion Latimer, R. E. Lubbers,
Fannie Lubbers, Defendants.
BY virtue of a judgment of fore
closure and sale made in the above en-
titled action on the 1st day of June,
1915, the undersigned sheriff Of Wood
County, State of Wisconsin, will sell
at the front and north door of the
Court House in the city of Grand Rap
ids on the 28th day Of July 1916, at
ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day,
the real estate and mortgaged prem
Uses directed by said judgment to be
sold, and therein described as follows
to-wit.
The East one half and the East one
half of the West one-half, all in Sec
ton No. Thirty two (32), Town
ship No. Twenty-one (2D, North of
Range No. Four az, East.
G. w. BLUETT,
CIV. Sheriff of Wood Co., Wis.
D. D. Conway, Plaintiffs Attorney.
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THE STORY IF
THE SETTLEMENT
If lebanon,
WISCONSIN

In the annual volume Of Proceed
ings which the State Historical So
ciety of Wisconsin has just published
DR.. w. F. Whyte, of the State Board
of Health, writes interestingly of the
founding Of the town of Lebanon in
Dodge county. Because they dis
scented from the doctrines of the es-
tablished church many Lutherans
were subjected to civil persecution in
Prussia during the first half of the
nineteenth century. Because of this,
in the spring of 1913 party of
neighbors from the Oderbruch deter
mined to migrate to western Ameri-
ca. They selected for their future
home the vicinity of Watertown, Wis
consin, and to it they gave the Bib
lical name of Lebanon. From the
start the settlement prospered. 1t is
interesting to note that religious con-
troversy did not cease with the mi
grafton to the land of the Free
Adherents of the State church at
tempted to renew in America the
hateful domination to escape which
the settlers had fed from Prussia.
Factions sprang up among the liber-
ais themselves, and long feuds were
waged over such weighty questions
as the use of the violin in the paro-
chial school. But these quarrels did
not, apparently, stay the material
progress of the community which re-
mains today one of the garden spots
Of Wisconsin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-13
SUMMONS.

State of Wisconsin, Wood County
in Circuit Court.
Henry G.. Demitz and A. G. Miller,
Plaintiffs, VS.. Henry S. Tarbell and
- Tarbell his wife if any, l.
ra Harris and ------- Harris, his
wife, if any, and all unknown heirs,
grantees, representatives and claim
ants of said named parties if any of
said named parties be deceased, and to
all persons whom it may concern, De-
PENDANTS.
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN,
To The Said Defendants:
You are hereby summoned to an
pear within twenty days after service
Of this summons, exclusive of the day
Of service and defend the above enti-
tied action in the court aforesaid; and
in case of your failure so to do iudg-
ment will be rendered against you ac-
cording to the demand of the COM
plant; Of which a copy is herewith
served upon you.
D. D. CONWAY,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
2. 0. Address, Grand Rapids, Wood
County, Wisconsin.
A description of the property affect
ed by this action is as follows:
The Northwest Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter of Sec. No. Tween
ty-three (23), Township No. Twenty
two (22), North of Range No. Five
20 East, and the Northeast Quarter
Of the Northeast Quarter of Section
No. Twenty-Five (22), Township No.
Twenty-Five (22), North of Range No.
Five (5) East. 6tw.