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SYNOPSIS.

Pierpont Stafford. banker and railroad
magnate. with his slxteen-year-old dauGh-
ter, Gloria, In wintering at Palm Beach.
Gloria is a vivacious but willtui YOUNG
lady who chafes under the restraining
hand OF a goyerness from whom she re-
peatedly escapes. Her childish capers
cause young Doctor Royce TO fall In
love with her. She steals from her room
at night and In an auto plunges into the
surf where she leaves the car. Becoming
lost In the everglades she falls into the
rescued and returned TO her father who
had offered q reward for her return. Clio
ria falls In love with her r~escuer, ERE,
neau. Five years later she leaves school
and meets Freneau at the theater: his
attention having been occupied with her
sister-in-law he has forgotten Gloria.
Gloria feels that her one dream is shat
forgive him. Gloria's sfster-in-law, Lois,
becomes intensely jealous and Doctor
Royce discovers in her an ally to assist
In thwarting Freneau. Doctor Royce
warns Frcneau that there Is another wom-
an besides Gloria; Freneau goes sleigh
Ing with Gloria without her fathers
knowledge. II results In pneumonia for
Gloria whose family becomes incensed
at Freneau when they learn the truth.
Royce is summoned TO alleviate Gloria's
suffering. Freneau's finances being low
he approaches Pierport Stafford for a
loan. Doctor Royce again warns Freneau
Ct his conduct. But Lois. learning OF
Freneau's betrothal TO Gloria, threatens
him with dire punishment. her nusbaflu,
Gloria's brother David, becomes suspi-
clous; he plans q trap fer his wife. FIRE.
neau driven to desperation by Lois
threats agrees to spend a week with her
IN the Catsxills. lie plans to have Mulry
send Gloria n bunch OF kilograms. Lois
husband threatens to kin a man. After
Freneau takes leave OF Gloria she sees
from her window an attack made upon
him when he goes to meet Lois. Doctor
Royce c%onvinces her hat what she has
seen is the result of delirium. Later n
telegram, followed by a letter. comes
from Freneau. She replies but her tele-
grams are returned. The first morning
she Is allowed from her room, she acct
IDENTIFY sees the imposed suicide OF Freneau
reported In the paper. Then Gloria swears
to find the murderer of her lover. Royce
becomes alarmed and tells what he knows
OF Freneau TO Mr.. Stafford. Together
they seek to prevent scandal from envel-
oping Gloria. She accuses them In her
mind OF conspiracy against her.
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N EPISODE
Tangled Threads.

A ring on the finger is a badge OF
slavery that women are generally
proud TO wear, especially when 1t is
an engagement ring, with a sparkle Of
diamonds like the price mark of a
princess, saying, "See how much i
cost !" or "He must love me n lot to
have spent so much money on this dia-
mond advertisement"
When Fren~au slipped the gleam-
Ing circlet on Gloria's finger she had
laughed with Joy over 1t, never dream
Ing that he had bought 1t on credit and
mentioned her name as security, and
still less dreaming that he had not
yet freed himself from the ringless en-
gagement to Lois.
When Freneau died the gems that
had looked to Gloria like jeweled
laughter became teardrops Of indy
Ing grief. She had taken a dismal
pleasure In kissing the ring and talk
Ing to 1t ms to her lost lover. When
her tender heart yielded to the jeal-
ousy Of her father and to his author
ity and she surrendered the ring to
him her finger seemed to be suddenly
naked and ashamed of itself. Her fa-
TIERS delight In his victory became
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FIGHTING FIRES IN TIMBER
Aid Rendered by AIidade and Phone in
confiasrations That Threaten i'm
mensc Loss.

Battles against timber fires In the
great national forests of the West are
conducted with a wonderful degree of
precision and strategy, as the result
of systematic operations Of the United
States forest service.
According to the Popular Science
Monthly, a forest supervisor who may
be many miles from the scene Of Il
fire, marshals his forces and freight
ing facilities and directs the attacks
and flank movements Of bis men.
Lookouts stationed OF mountain
peaks and other promontories that
command a wide range of vision are
each supplied with a plane table to
which Is attached q map Of the sur
rounding country, its position being
determined by means of a compass.
The map Is inclosed in q segmented
circle and the location of the station
is indicated by q pin. A simple ALI
dade Can alidade is the upper part Of
q surveyors theodolite) consisting of
a ruler with uprights for sighting p,lr-
poses at either end. or some similar
ucNiSe, 10 ihSiuuSu III Tic eQuipLiSbt.
When q lookout sees smoke issuing
from a portion of the forest over
| which his station commands a view,
he Immediately sights it with his ali.
dade and notes hat it is coming from
q point so many degrees east or west
Of a north and south line extending
through his station. He notifies his
supervisor by telephone, telling him
Of the apparent size Of the fire and its
location. Lookouts In other sections
Of the forest also detect the fire tod
make similar reports to the supervis-
or's headquarters. Reports from two
or more stations enable the supervisor
to locate the fire on a map by means
OF ;atcrsectins Ines
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tiI0ria herseIr ~uald be at Muiry's of
fee. The stenog-apher was more Inn
pressed by Lois clothes than by her
attempts to be casual In her inquiry
rs 10 Mulry and "the papers of poor
lIr. Freneau."
The s~tenographer murmured to the
bookIeeper: 1.-TWO swell danes camp
in on Mr.. Mulry's trail the same day
Sometimes goin' on here that amt
gettin' into the letters he dictates
to me-"
SO she did not tell Lois of Gloria's
presence, and Lois went away In q
turmoil of anxiety as great as that in
Gloria's mind when she heard Lois
ask about poor Mr.. Freneau." A
knife of jealousy went into Gloria's
heart and a hideous intuition that her
beloved Dick might have bewitched
Lois as he had bewitched herself.
Those eyes of his bad been perhaps a
little too winning.
She rebuked herself for allowing
the suspicion even to fit through her
brain and began her note to Mulry.
Her eye fell on the l~etterhead. The
branch Offices of the brokerage firm
were listed in an upper corner: AL
bany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Chi
cagO, st. Louis, Pittsburgh. A new
suspicion stabbed Gloria. The tele-
grams and letters in Dicks writing
had been sent from Just those cities
In just that order Yet he had been
dead when they were sent.
The earliest explanation was the
true one, and Gloria guessed it imme-
dlately. He could have sent them to
the branch Offices in advance to be
SEM to her in order or he could have
intrusted them to someone travelling
the round OF offices. Her intuition
hit on the truth, without knowing it.
The very ease OF the trick Disguised
her. She felt herself in the shadow
of some hateful conspiracy. She be-
gan to doubt her own memory as to
the letters and kilograms.
Crumpling the letter she had begun
and thrusting it into her handbag, she
left the Office, telling the stenographer
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Method In

After having her blood curdled bau-
ly by a thrilling story, Mrs. Kurious
was angry to find that it ended in an
advertisement for somebody's tooth
powder.
With a pout, she threw the paper
containing the deception across the
room.
whats the matter, dearieT' asked
her husband.
Mrs. Kurious told him her trouble
and wound up with the remark:
Snow, Jeremiah, I know why the
Chinese people begin reading at the
end instead Of the beginning. Their
intelligence Is greater than ours"
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"rlI Find Out the Truth-the TRUTH"
"You poor old widower-you have a
little widow for q child. You'll never
lose me now"
That did not satisfy him either.
20, yes, / Wilt he answered.
"Your smiles will come back and some
day a handsome man"
"Hush," she said, and put her fin
ger across his lips. Don't say it."
1t seemed treachery of the basest
sort to discuss such a topic. She bent
her head In apology to the memory Of
her lover. Her downcast eyes caught
n sparkle In the depth Of her fathers
waistcoat pocket. She knew that it
was the ring he had taken from her.
He had not yet put 1t In the safe or
thrown 1t into the river.
Gloria was startled. Her lips parted
to sl,.I:t the demand she had come
to make. But her father was staring
into the fire with such a contentcd
look that she could not bear to start
such a scene as he would be sure to
make. He was a great man for get
ting what he wanted and for keeping
1t, once It was got.
The diamond b!inked at her and
seemed to say: "Steal me. He took
me by force; take me back by stealth.
! belong to you"
Gloria had had no previous expert
ence as a plckpocket. but she under
stood how exciting the profession must
be. Her father was an unsuspecting
and an easy victim. She had only to
lay her cheek against his as a blind
fold and while her hair got into his
eyes and made him sQuirm she cap
tured the ring. She was afraid Mt once
that he would miss 1t, speak Of 1t,
reach for II, and find 1t gone. She
dared not linger.
go back to your cards, you old
darling" she said, kissed him half a
dozen good-nights and left.
She ran up to her and set the
ring In place again ON her finger. She
rejoiced In It a moment. Then her
heart sunk. Her father would not
tolerate q combination Of dIsobedience
and robbery. The main thing was to
keep the ring. She put It In q little
chain and fastened 1t about her neck.
And there she wore It until-until her
quest was ended and she had learned
the truth. Much time and many adj
ventures lay between this night and
that day.
Her father went back to his soli-
taire and did not miss the ring for
hours. Then he raised = mighty p0th-
er. He had the old butler On all
tours looking everywhere for the ring.
He even had the ashes IN the fireplace
sittsd. He inspected everybody but
Gloria She VIM asloep In 4 lonellnese
that was somewhat assuaEed By her
fidelity and her misaion.
The next morning Gloria ct about
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may have taken O ship across the
ocean yonder. II he is in that city,
among those millions, how can You
hope to find him? Look!'
The marvellous expanse Of the har-
Dor, the rivers and bridges, and finally
the enormaas city, terrified Gloria, but
she pounded her little fist on the para
pet and shsos 1t at the infinite sky
above her ia registration of her vow.
an find kIm somehow Some
where! Some when I"
Royce stared at her and loved her
more than ever, hopelessly, helplessly,
She leaned on the parapet and gazeS
off into space.
ITO BE CONTINUEDl
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pers D the police would have men,
toned them 500 enough. To recover
those letters was now her prime pur-
pose In life.
she thought Of Mulry a. the one
most likely to be tn possession Of
Freneau's effects. % she called on
Mulry. never dreaming that Freneau
had told him Of her own interference IN
his plans to wed Gloria. or that Mulry
collaborated with Freneau In his elab-
orate scheme to trick both women.
Least Of all did Lois dream that
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The Browns seem to think xsoss
highly Of you. doctor. They were
praising you to the skies the other
day
Yes said the doctor quietly. @Tcu
see I've never lost q patient in that
familySyet-.
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II didn't know they had fats In
Caesars time"
"They didn't"
They must have had. 1t says here
that Caesars wife lived above sun
picion."
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that she would telephone to MI. Null
ry. The elevator seemed to drop out
beneath her rs her whole trust in man
and love had fallen from under her.
She reached her motor and told the
driver to make haste for home.
The crowded traffic, with its delays,
maddened her, and when she reached
her house at last she was In a frenzy.
She ran up to her desk, took from
the strong box the letters and tele-
grams of her lover, and compared
them with the letterhead, laying them
the same towns In the same order,
like q loathsome timetable OF deceit.
Her love revolted at the very picture
Of Freneau. She lost all ~self-control
and cried ut 1t:
.whoever killed you and whatever
his reason was, you lied to me, Dick.
You never loved me, and / don't love
you any more! / won't wear mourn
ing for you any more"
She rang her bell furiously and or
dered her startled maid to bring her
the brightest gown In her wardrobe.
She caught 1t from the maids hands
and drove the girl out, then flinging
the riotous colors about her black
gown like a scarf, she broke into a
dance, fiinging her 1.-THE body into pos
lures Of joy and crying out that she
was happy and that her heart would
never be the fool OF love again.
But she was not strong and her
hysteria wore out speedily. Her heart
swung hack to its love again and she
fell across the divan sobbing:
Forgive me, Dick. I believe you in
spite Of the world. I love you I'm spite
of everything and I'll find out the
truth-tha truthEthe TRUTH"
And now II would have been hard to
say whether Gloria's motive was one
of loyalty to Freneau or Of suspicion
OF him. She had to acQuit him of
worse than murder before the court
OF her own heart as much rs to avenge
| him. If he was the victim Of some
conspiracy, she was the victim Of his,
The riddle maddened her with Its un-
certninties.
That visit Of Lois to Mulry's ONCE
seemed to involve her In Freneau's du-
plieity. Lois had confessed to the
photograph Of Freneau. She had said
that she planned to have q miniature
made for Gloria. But this seemed now
to be only . hasty excuse, a desperate
lie to hide discovered theft. She
decided to question Lois further. But
Lois was going to her country home,
Gloria had decided nor to go. Now
she decided that she would. She went
TO Lois house TO tell her 50.
To her amusement Doctor Royce
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Counting That TeIla

what did two such quiet people
ever talk about when they were court.
ing?"
'Didn't have to. She has a speak.
ing c~ountenanco and his money talks.'
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28
Total Production Of $4,000, 600
Bushels Forecast In the
June Report.
SMALLEST YIELD SINCE 1886
Largest Acreage In History Of ststs
WGs sown Last Fali-A
Dig Oats Crop.

/ Topeka, Kansas oats crop viii
exceed 70 million bushels. l6 million
bushels more than the state ever be
fore produced. The wheat yield will
not exceed ~ million bushels. J. c.
Mohler. secretary Of the board Of az.
riculture, gave out the figures recent.
ly. The report on corn and sorghum
! will be issued soon.
Correspondents estimate an average
wheat yield OF AS bushels to the acre
on 3,525.S?0 acres now reported a. left
standing. This aggregate OF wheat 10
about two million bushels more than
the May forecast. and the average
yield per acre is bushels higher,
while the area left standing Is less BY
about four hundred thousand acres
than reported in April. This years
crop is IS per cent less than the states
output Of last year and is the smallest
since 1896
With the official returns from as
SCISSORS received from ninety OF the
los counties 1t is shown that the area
sown to wheat last fall was approx
mately SLa million acres, by far the
largest in the history Of Kansas.
Growers now say that Of the acreage
sown nearly SO per cent was total
failure, as against IS per cent report.
cd in April. Additional abandoned
areas since April are reported from
the western counties, many reporting
wheat as practically total loss, as II
is in a number Of the north central
counties. Recent hailstorms destroy.
ed much wheat. in the southwest espO.
cially. and hot winds last week in sew.
eral OF the south central counties
caused damage.
Sumner will have 2.s50,S74 bushels
Of wheat, Harper 2,101.7SS bushels.
Harvest has begun in the southern
counties under favorable circum.
stances.
The prospective yield Of oats, TO-.
354,709 bushels. 10 Al million bushels
more than the crop OF 1916. A record
area Of 2.225.414 acres was sown, 764..
900 more than last year. much Of the
increase occupying abandoned wheat
ground The promised average yield
per acre is 31.6 bushels. Cloud county
is credited with the largest aggregate
yield. 2.754.962 bushels. followed by
Marshall, Marion and Washington
with 2.457.?O7. 2.444.s44 and ?.3S7,442
bushels. respectively.
Estimates indicate that the yield Of
barley may aggregate Is million BUSH
els, 10 million more than last year. |
The $4,000 acres sown is $4,000 more
than last year, and by far the largest
area ever recorded for Kansas. The
average yield per acre is only fair,
17.9 bushels.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Walter Apple, E. c. McWil-
liams, Jim Goodwin, Charles
Wells, DR.. J. H. Boswell, G. E.
Rucker and a representative Of
the News went to Joplin Friday
night to meet Joplin people at
the Conner hotel for the discus
sion of good roads.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

You viii ike our work, for we
clean and press just as you like
to have itdone.r Bottoms Clean
ingiPlant.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Mrs. Josephine johnson who
spent the winter in Chicago and
Kansas City, has returned to
Baxter for the summer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Miss Norma Baldwin has re-
covered from q recent illness and
has resumed her duties at the
Baxter State bank.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

II it is cleaning and pressing
you want, Bottom can do them
to your satisfaction. Bottoms
Cleaning Plant.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Nichols
have moved into one Of the new
houses built by Chas, Goodeagle,
in the southwest part OF town.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Miss. O6lucha Faulkner of
Cloyl, Okla, has been the guest
of Miss Elizabeth Bilharz the
past week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

With modern methods of clean
ing and pressing we can make
your old garments look as good
as new. Bottoms Cleaning Plant.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

For Sale-One K. C. 6 H. P.
gasoline engine and hay press
combined. S. P. Hutchinson.
Baxter Springs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28
TAEeITf'||VDRIEF

Harry Jackson of Colum bus is
working for.J. W. Grantham.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Let US clean your clothes just
once and next time you will be
glad to have US do your cleaning
and pressing. Bottoms Cleaning
Plant.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

For Sale-1 Toledo ratchet die
cuts pipe from 2 l 2 to Ain. in
good order; 500 #. l in. manila
rope, 125 #. IA in. manila rope
in good order. Box 2ll, Baxter
Springs, Kas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Drill Rigs for Sale -Undersign-
ed has four rigs now operating
on Ebenstein land west of Baxter.
Quick delivery. Address E. M.
Kiblinger, Baxter Springs, Kans.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Stolen-Electric fan from my
home, while we were away. 1t
was IL inch oscilating fan,
had a wooden bale handle and
the cap of the gear case was
gone. Reward. E. N. Ward.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

t. Mrs. ]. B. Smoot has been
visiting her mother in Moberly,
Mo.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Gasoline Hay Press-For Sale
*. C. make, used l and half
seasons. See S. A. Douthit,
Route 5.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Lost a star shaped Daughter
of Rebekah pin, call at Cooks
grocery and receive reward.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Rooms for Light Housekeeping
For rent in the big brick resi-
dence on East River street.
Phone 260.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

For Rent-Large hay barn.
Phone 241.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

For Rent-Sleeping room with
privilege of bath room. 7O5
River st.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

For Sale-Driving horse, buggy,
harness and cart. G. W. Skinner.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Taken Up-Bay horse, old,
white spot in forehead. Came to
place about June 16, three miles
west of Baxter Springs. Owner
is notified to call for same and
pay charges. Jeff Keith.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28
Soldiers to Have Books.

Arrangements have been made
whereby State Librarian King will
send about 1000 books from the trav.
cling library to the Y. NJ. c. A. read
ing rooms at Fort Riley. In addition
to these books. the state librarian will
purchase several others dealing with
army life and with subjects which
will appeal to soldiers. When the
Y. NJ. C. A. establishes its army camp
at Fort LeaVenworth a similar ship
ment Of books will be made to that
camp.
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Kansas Firemen Get Aid.
Insurance Superintendent Wilson
has distributed s55.290 of relief fund
money among the fire departments Of
the various cities Of the state. The
Kansas City, Kan, department drew
the largest amount-S7, 091; Wichita
was next, with $3.50, and Topeka was
third. with 1912. Hepler, Bourbon
county, drew the smallest amount,
$23.27. All told, the fire departments
Of 174 towns received aid. This money
comes from fire insurance premiums.
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Protest Hanging In Kansas.
Protests are coming to Governor
Capper against the hanging OF q con.
vict named Manual on the government
reservation at Leavenworth July 10.
+ + +
Smuggling Device Failed.
Betty Jordan, negress, long sus-
pected Of importing liquor to Topeka,
was caught in the act recently By
Patrolman A. B. Scott as she left q
Union Pacific train. At the Same
time the police captured her they dis
covered a brand new method Of i'm
portation. They had to wait until Mrs.,
McGrath, police matron, searched her
+ + +
Kansas Engineers Called.
Company A. engineers of the Kan.
sas National Guard. has been called
into the federal service on receipt Of
an order by Adjutant General C. j,
Martin from the commanding officer
OF the central department at Chicago.
Women Fern war Council.
A meeting Of women Of Topeka and
other cities Of the state was held here
recently for the purpose Of forming
the state branch Of the wonsn's con.
nittse of the National cOuheil a D.
fsnSs. -,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Mrs. Jessie Whitley and chill.
dren, Erma and Frank, will leave
Saturday morning for Boulder,
Colo, to visit her sister, Mrs.
Ray Lehman, and to 60 on a
three-weeks' camping trip to Bea-
yer Lake; then to continue her
trip to Los Angeles, Cal, to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. M.
Tuthill.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

For Sale-Two seated light
hack. Cheap. f. Edwards. Bax-
ter Garage.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

For Sale-A pair of wagon and
a pair of platform scales, a horse
and a spring wagon. T. j. Lee,
Baxter Springs, Kan.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28

Wanted a girl to work in the
Hockerville Boarding house.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-06-28
Back Firing Breaks Arm

Henry McCan, who has been
working in the Davis shoe repair
shop got his arm broken last
week when he tried to crank the
Ford car owned by E. j. Call,
Only a short time ago John l..
Skidmore had his arm broken in
the same manner by the same
machine.