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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-03

stopped down, picked her up tenderly
and laid her on the great leathern
couch. He knelt beside her. On one
arm he pillowed her head, with the
other hand he sought hers. please,
Alix," he begged, please don't cry"
"Pm not crying" sobbed Alix, I'm
laughing"
Gerry smiled and waited. Soon Alix
became quiet. Her eyes closed. She
drew a long, quivering breath and
then she opened her eyes again and
her lips broke into the old dear smile,
the smile of an opening flower. 81 am
tired-tired," she said, "but l believe
/ I'm almost hungrier than am tired
"Pm glad you said it first" replied
Gerry, giving serious thought to the
fact that he was faint with hunger
himself. ever since some funny
Johnny wrote, Feed the BRUTE we
men have been shy about echoing our
stomachs. It's four o'clock. Hours
after lunch time"
"Really" said AliX, nesting down
closer to his arm and letting her smil-
ing eyes wander over him. How well
this suit fits you. There's something
about it 1t isn't, is it?"
Gerry nodded. "Same old suit. By
the way, when came in John said you
told him to telephone to the club and
say you wished to see me. What made
you think would go to the club first p
AJiv 1od I,n,t
didn't tell John to telephone" She
paused, still puzzling, then her face
cleared. "Why-poor old John-he's
getting very old. you know, Gerry.
That was three years ago told him to
telephone-the day you never came
back. 1t must have been the suit. He
saw you standing there in the same
suit and three years became as one
day to the old fellow"
Gerry sighed. "Alix, do you want
those three years to become as day
to us?"
Alix shook her head slowly from
side to side. "No, dear, don't. They
have given me-given us both-far
more than they took away" She put
her bare arms around his neck, drew
him down and kissed him. ''You do
not know yet all that they have given
you. You think you have come back
and found me, frittering butterfly in
great empty house. But you've found
! only my abandoned cocoon. I'm not
here at all. I've packed myself into
the dearest little bundle Of pink fat.
yellow curls and chubby legs, and left
the bundle on Red HILL"
Gerry nodded but he was grave and
silent. Not in day nor month could
he altogether forget the Man.
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CHAPTER xxxIv-continued.


A hard light came into Alix' eyes.
Gerry felt himself suddenly alone. He
went doggedly on. He told Of the
chase and the capture, of how he and
the girl had seen the canoe drift out
into the clutch of the eddy and swirl
out into the river and away. He told
her of how they laughed and Alix
shrank. Gerry paused, his brow puck
cred. He wished be could tell in words
the battle of his spirit, the utter ruin
Of his downfall He could not and in
stead he sighed.
There was something in that sigh so
eloquent of defeated expression that it
succeeded where words might have
failed. 1t called to Alix with the
strong call of helpless things. 1t drew
back her mind to Gerry. With him
and the girl she threaded the path to
Fazenda Flores. Its ruin sprang upon
her through his eyes. With him she
discovered the traces of aa ancient
ditch, with him and the old darby she
dug along that line through long, hot
months. She grew to know Lieber as
the tale went on and finally to love
him because of all things Lieber
seemed to need love - somebody
else's love-most. She amused herself
with Kemp and his drawl. She tried
to keep her thoughts away from Mar
garita and at the coming of Marga-
rita's boy, she WINGED.
Ac ha E,.;.l Inn
of the Man, Gerry stopped short. The
thought came to him with tremendous
force that Alix too had gone through
that for him. The impulse to get up
and throw himself before her and on
his knees to thank her almost tore him
from his seat but he fought it down.
He hurried on with his story. He told
of the coming of Alan and of the reve-
lation he had brought And then in
choked voice and only because he had
set himself to tell the whole truth he
pictured the flood, the death of True
Blue, and the overwhelming by the
waters before his very eyes of Mar
garita and the Man. Then he arose
and with hands braced on the table
leaned towards Alix. 81 have told you
this so that perhaps you may under
stand what | am going to tell you now.
If the flood had not come-if Margarita
and the Man had lived-I would not
have come back"
Alix sat very still and studied
Gerry's face. He had finished the task
he had set himself to do and he was
suddenly very tired. His eyes dropped
as though from their own weight and
then he raised them again to her in
scrutable face.
,"Well?" he asked after long pause.
well" replied Alix.
Gerry's stalwart figure dropped ut
is quite just" he said, "after all that,
that you should not want me- / have
spent the last weeks making myself
ready for that. You waited for me;
I didn't wait for you. If you do not
want me. will go away"
Alix rose slowly to her feet. She
looked very slim and tall in her cling
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Peppermint in First Place.

Peppermint candy holds its own
against all corners in the saccharine
world. There is more than sixty times
as much peppermint used as winter
green and about nine times as much
peppermint as black birch.
Peppermint beats spearmint four to
one, but these various oils are not all
used for fiavoring candy, says the Phil
adelphia Ledger The output of pep
permint grows larger every day and
spearmint doubled in six years, but
wintergreen is falling rapidly at the
rate of 10 per cent year, and birch
is going down more than half that
fast. As John L. Sullivan remarked.
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Ing gown. To Gerry she looked very
cold. Before you CO." she said,
there is just one thing. l wish you
would kiss me-once.''
Gerry's body Strengthened and stiff
fened. He stared at her grave face
with wondering eyes. Then he felt a
strange tingling ripple through his
blood and before he knew what he did
be had swept her from her feet,
crushed her to him, brushed the crown
of hair back from her brow and kissed
her eyes, her mouth, her throat. He
was rough with her. He was bruising
her body, her lips, but Alix chung to
him and laughed. Then suddenly all
her slim body relaxed and slipped
through his arms to little white heap
n ths floor. She began to sob. Gerry
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II the girl will hep me I reckon that
in small way we'll soon be CROWN d
purple city that will feed from yo'
hand. Eff ever you feel the need of
some BRAN new air, Mr.. Lansing, you
come out to Big and Little. There
won't be much besides air but it'll be
fresh made on White mountain an you
can smell it comm down through the
pines an see it playin' with the leaves
on the cottonwoods an plowin' through
the tops of the sorghum"
They sat for some time in silence
then Gerry said, 1--WE been calling you
Kemp since first saw you but you
sta hang on to the mister when you
ta.s to me. Cut it out. Kemp"
Kemp flushed slightly. Some things
is fittin' an some amt" he said, IAN
we can't always rightly say why. Soue
folks is governed by conscience bnt
most by pride. It's goin' to be 'Kerrp'
and Mister Lansing to the end OF the
chapter, Mr.. Lansing, an no friendship
lost either. Shake"
They shook hands solemnly, mount
ed and started back to Red Hill. Gerry
had found the key to Kemps strength.
1t was the key Of strength. Kemp be-
longed on the Hill, and with the people
of true blood anywhere, not only be-
cause he was himself always but be-
cause he defended what he could hold
and no more. He was a definition for
independence.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-03
ALWAYS LOOK YOUR BEST
A. to Your Hair and Skin by Using
Cuticura. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify. tho
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
fragrant, supercreamy emollients pre-
serve the natural purity and beauty
of the skin under conditions which, II
neglected, tend to produce a state OF
irritation and Disagreement
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold eyerywhere.-Adv.
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Infringing.

One morning little Mary hung about
the kitchen continually, bothering the
busy cook to death. The cook lost pa
thence finally.
Clear out O. here, we sassy little
brat!" she shouted, humping the ta-
BILE with rolling pin.
The little girl gave the cook 4
naughty look.
Il never allow anyone but my moth.
er to speak to me like that" she said.
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His onIv Fear.

Damocles saw the sword suspended
by a hair.
quite safe" he declared. now
show me sword suspended by bald
ness
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-03

No man ever realizes how attractive
his home Is until he gets real estate
dealer to sell II and reads his descrip
ton.
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Suitable.

'That foreign vessel ought to b.
named The Poodle"
"Why SOP"
Because 1t Is French bark"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30
SPRINKLER
DEVICE FOR LAWNS
George A. Childs Applies for Patent
Simple, Practical and Can Be Made
at Small Cost.

George A. Childs has recently filed
at Washington application for a pat
ent ON new device in the form of a
lawn sprinkler. Local mechanical crit
les who have seen private demonstra
tio1s of the appliance have been much
impressed with its practically as well
as its simplicity Of construction. Mr..
Chllds has been working on the device
for nearly two years and now feels
that he has solved the problem of a
sprinkler which is at once simple,
practical and possible of manufacture
at small cost
Adjustments on the device are so ar
ranged as to give it unlimited changes
in the throw of water while at the
same time working under an excep-
tionally low pressure. This fact alone,
Mr.. Childs claims, not only meets the
demands of districts. where water
meters are installed but also of those
who have to depend on a gravity water
supply.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30
RAILROADS ARE
PLANNING EMBARGOES
Orders Regarding Freight and Passen-
ger Likely to Be Effective in
4S Hours.

CHICAGO, August 30 Railroads of the
nation rushed preparations today to en-
force the embargo on perishable freight
Shipments of live stock and perishabIes
were refused by some roads. Others is
sued warnings that perishabIe freight
winch cannot reach its destination by
Saturday, Sept. ,, will not be accepted
From Chicago, the railroad center of the
country, orders were flashed to ticket
agents to inform passengers that unless
they reach their destination by Sunday
night they might be subjected to per
picking delays Associated Press des-
patches from all parts of the country in
dleated that within IS hours, unless de
lay in the strike is ordered, embargo or
ders will be effective on virtually every
railroad.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30
TRY TO INDUCE BROTHERHOODS
i. TO RECALL THE STRIKE ORDER
WARNINGS SENT
OUT BY RAILROADS
New Haven System Will Refuse All
Frcights for Delivery After
September 4.

NEW YORK, Aug. 30. - With the
announcement here last night by the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad company that because of the
impending railroad strike it would here
after refuse all shipments of freight
which cannot be delivered before 7
a. m. on September t, it was learned
that similar action is being considered
by other roads entering this city.
y. T. Hardin, vice president of the
New York Central, said that A. H..
Smith, the president, was expected here
from Washington today when the ques-
tion of establishing an embargo proba-
bly, would be considered.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western officials discussed the subject,
but, according to p. j. Flynn, one of
the vice presidents, reached no def
mite decision. Mr.. Flynn asserted, how
ever, that the road S position probably
would be announced by Thursday morn
ing.
The Pennsylvania and other rail
roads here, it was said, are also unde-
cided as yet, but probably will an
nomnce their positions with respect to
cmbargOes in a day or two.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30
r. c. BACON'S BUICK
RUNABOUT DAMAGED
Mrs. Bacon and Sister, Mrs. Phillips,
Shaken Up, but Not Badly Hurt
Accident in Dummerston.

Unfinished repairs ON road in Dunn
merston resulted in an accident to Robert
&C. Bacon's new Buick SIX, runabout
yesterday afternoon about O'Clock.
The car was driven by Mrs Bacon, who
was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Lib
bic l.. Phillips, and it was considerably
damaged about the running gear. Mrs.
Bacon sustained sprain in one wrist and
one eye was blackened, and her sister
sprained one ankle.
They had been north of Putney and
were on their way home and had reached
the fiat above the cement bridge near
where road goes over the hill to West
Dummerston. Repairs were being made
and quantity of grassy turf had been
scraped into the middle of the road A
pair of horses at work there were uneasy
SO Mrs. Bacon stopped the car. The driv-
er of the team called to her to come
ahead, and she started the car. The
horses began to dance and as Mrs. Bacon
attempted to pass them the pile of sods
IN the road DETECTED the car and it went
of the edge of the road, there being no
railing, and would have gone down an en-
bankment had it not caught against a
tree
lhe occupants We're severely shaken up.
but were not seriously hurt The car was
brought in last night by men from the
Manley Brothers garage
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30
RAILROADS PREPARE
AGAINST A STRIKE
New Haven System Endeavoring to
Clear Tracks of Freight-B. &
M. officials Confer.

BOSTON, August 30-New England
railroads today prepared against tile pros
Ipective strike. The New York, New Ha-
ven Hartford road, under an embargo
order issued last night, cndeavored to
clear its tracks of freight, at the same
time holding its forces to determine how
far it could hope to continue its passen-
ger service in the event strike is or
dcrcd. Assurances OF some support have
been received from employees, it was said
The Boston 4 Albany railroad did not
order an embargo, but gave notice that
shipments were subject to delay. This
failure to follow the example of other rail
roads in announcing that certain ship
ments would not be accepted should not
be regarded as an indication that the
road expected to keep more than a few
employees after a walk k-out, according to
an explanatory statement by road offi-
claI What plans the Boston & Maine
railroad expected to take in dealing with
the strike conditions were considered to-
day at d special meeting of the division
Isuperintendents and other officials of the
road
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30
HUNGARIANS ARE ANGRY.
Accuse Austria of Acting Against In
terests of Her Partner.

BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 80. =
Count Albert Apponyi, leader of the
opposition in the Hungarian parliament,
made eight speeches, all strongly hos
tile to the government, in the course
of an all-night sitting of the Hungarian
chamber of deputies.
Count Apponyi is quoted as accus-
ing Premier Tisza of intending to con-
elude new commercial treaty with
Germany whereby the interests of
Hungary would be damaged.
Count Michael Karolyi, president of
the Independence party, is said to have
accused the Austrian general staff of
betraying Hungary by undertaking
an insane offensive against Italy in
stead of foreseeing that troops were
needed to defend Hungary against a
Russian invasion
Deputy Rakoczy declared that Austri-
an strategy and diplomacy had both
proved disastrous failures.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30
BOSTON is THINKING
ABOUT FOOD SUPPLY
Mayor Curley HcldS Conference with
Various Officials - Trolleys
Might Be Used.

BOSTON, August 30.-Plans to insure
an adequate food supply for this city
in case a general railroad strike goes
into effect on Labor day were discussed
by many interests today. Mayor Curley
arranged for a conference this afternoon
with officers of the trolley companies
entering the city, the health commits
sioner, the street commissioner, and the
superintendent of markets.
The mayor said the question of bring
ing food into Boston by trolley ears
and of utilizing certain streets for the
sale of farm products would be con
sidered.
n committee appointed by the Cham
ber of Commerce to study the situation
and to recommend steps to be taken
to protect the public interests was ready
to make its report today. Vacationists
are returning III large numbers from
New England resorts. Many of them are
cutting short their visit to the seashore
and the mountains in the fear of rail
road delays next week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30
Vermont Recruits Started
from Camp Gov. Gates
Early This Afternoon
SHOULD REACH HERE
EARLY THIS EVENING
Company 1 Boys Will Be Found Near
Rear of the Train Would Appre
ciate Gifts of Tobacco Have No
Pocket Money.
Special to The Reformer.l J

L.
CAMP GOVERNOR GATES. Aug. 30.
The Vermont troops that have been
stationed here for the past summer left
by special train this afternoon at , o'clock
to JOIN the First regiment at Eagle Pass,
Texas. There are 300 recruits in the de-
taehment, including 26 for Company l..
under command OF Capt. Ernest w. Glib
son.
The train is made up of II cars and if
nothing happens should pass through
Brattleboro between and O'Clock this
evening The Brattleboro boys will be
found toward the rear of the train. They
are not in need of food, having rations
for 10 days in their equipment, but they
have not had their pay for August and
consequently are short of money. Gifts of
tobacco will be especially appreciated by
them.
The boys are greatly pleased to think
that they are at last on their way to the
border, and the Brattleboro recruits are
glad also that their route will take them
through their home town. Naturally thev
expect that considerable crowd of towns
people will be on hand to say good bye.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30

HHotHeI ooIu loF 94zu - several Will
Be Shipped to Arizona and Others to
Chicago Brattleboro Men Among
Purchasers.
Nineteen purebred Holstein cattle
were sold this forenoon at the auction
sale by the Purebred Live Stock Sales
Go. i'll its new pavilion Oh Vernon
street. Forty-fve animals remain to
be sold this afternoon, which will
bring the two-days sale to a close.
The record sale up to noon today was
made this forenoon when NJ. r. Car
rigan of Concord, Mass, paid $425 for
Virginia Glimmer of the Hill 2d 174513,
consigned to the sale by S. L. Campbell
Of Windham, y. II. Virginia lacks but
few days of being six years old.
She is a daughter of Crown Prince
Mechthilde DeKol, son of Earl Aaaggie
DeKol ID. Her mother was Virginia
Glimmer of the Hill, daughter of King
Henry of the Hill.
In the sale yesterday, so head, OF not
quite half the total consignment, were
sold, bringing a total of about $4,000,
or an average of $3.50. The day S sale
was adjourned at 80.
The animal bringing the highest price
the first dav was a heifer two years
and eight months old, Lockspur Mooie
Favne Homestead Sd 232975, for which
F. H. Metcalf Of Holyoke, Mass, paid
$42O. She was consigned to the sale
bv j. w PTentiss & Son of Alstead, \.
H., and while the auctioneer was run
ming up the bids Mr.. Prentiss announced
that if her calf, due Sept. 10, was
heifer he would pay 5000 for the calf.
Mr.. Metcaf bought four other head dur
ing the day, paving for the five 81 100.
The heaviest purchaser for the day
was T. r. Sanders of Mesa. Arizona. He
bought eight head for himself for
$l,455, seven head for j. c. Vaughn of
Chicago and one head for Morris B. Car
penter Of Phoenix, Arizona.
Frank p. f. Stowe of Brattleboro
bought yesterday 13-year-old cow for
1925. A. J. Hildreth, also of this town,
bought threc-year old COW for $1S5
r. c. Spaulding of Chesterfield, \. H.,
paid $3.50 for seven-mOnths-o old calf.
NJ. H. Chickering of Chesterfield bought
two-year-old heifer for $165 and
three-year-old cow for $145. Albert S.
Chic kering of Westmoreland Depot, \.
| H.. bought fve-months-old calf for
| $40, an eight-months-o calf for $1l0,
two-vear-old heifer for $155 and a two
year-old heifer for $165. For a calf
| three weeks old H. H. Howe of Newfana
lpaid $25.
/ B. c. Baxton of Middletown Springs
! (Vt.) was the largest consignor, putting
! in % head, and Laurence Pfuger of
Simonsvilie (Vt.) consigned 90 head.
Auctioneer Forbush causcC laugh
by remarking, wlen part cularly hand
some animal was led into the ring, shat
there was picture for TIE camera, elf
you leave the man out.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30
SERIOUS DISASTER
TO CRUISER MEMPHIS
Ran Ashore in Storm at Santo Do
mingo-Twenty Drowned
Many Injured.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 80. = One
enlisted man was killed, two officers
and five men seriously injured and
67 other men slightly hurt aboard
the armored cruiser Memphis in ad-
ditio1 to the 20 lost by drowning
when the ship was wrecked in a
storm yesterday at Santo Domingo
City. Rear Admiral Pond s de-
spatch today said a steam main
burst, causing the additional cas-
ualties.
A sudden great ground swell
drove the vessel upon the rocks. A
despatch last night Indicated that
the ship would be a total loss. The
crew disembarked. The 20 men
drowned were in motor boat which
tipped over in the harbor. The
gunboat Castine escaped by putting
out to sea.
The Memphis, formerly the Ten
nessee, was launched at Philadelphia
in 1904. At the outbreak of the
present European war the Memphis
acted as relief ship for Americans
stranded abroad.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30
FLEECING OF MORRISON.
Paid $4,000 to Search for s25, 900
Worth of Stolen Bonds.

CHICAGO, August 30.-One instance
Of the alleged fleeing of Edward W.
Morrison, recluse millionaire, out of
hundreds of thousands of dollars was
revealed by Morrison himself on the
witness stand before Federal Judge
Landis yesterday. Morrison admitted he
had paid nearly $4,000 to man named
Douglas, whose first name he did not
know, to 90 to Europe and search for
$4,000 worth of bonds supposedly from
Morrison.
Morrison said John Sommers, Jew
eler, who is supposed to have been the
aged millionaire IS companion on enter
tainment trips, introduced him to Doug
las. Judge Lands summoned Sommers
into court to explain.
Sommers said he hajn It introduced
Douglas to Morrison, but learned later
that Douglas was a confidence man
Morrison interrupted Sommers to tell
that Sommers and Douglas "alwayt
seemed to know each other
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30
SEEK TOWN TO TEST CURE.
tuberculosis Prevention Society Has
S150,00O to Spend.

BOSTON, August 3O.-Dr. d. S. Arm
strong of New York, representing the
National Association for the Study of
Prevention of tuberculosis, came to
Massachusetts yesterday to search for
a town of about 100000 population on
which to expend $150,000 for a scientific
test in stamping out tuberculosis. Va
rlous communities in Massachusetts and
New York state will be visited before
the place is selected.
Discussing his quest DR.. Armstrong
said: We want town that has some
industries, because tuberculosis is a poor
man s disease. We don t want a town
of commuters, as we could not keep
track of them, and vet the town must
not be too far removed from the large
industrial centers.''
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-30
INCREASED FREIGHT
RATES ARE HELD UP
Commission to Investigate Plan Which
Would Bring Railroads S2o,000,0OO
More Revenue.

WASHINGTON, Aug 3O.-Proposed
increases in transcontinentaI freight
rates from the east to inter-mountain
territory and from the Pacific coast to
the east, which it was estimated, would
bring the railroads about 100000 900 a
year additional revenue, were suspend
ed until Dec. so today by the inter
state commission for further investiga-
tion. They were to have become eff
fective at midnight Aug. 81.