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ures rushed at him. He threw up m
arm to ward OFF the club aimed ut his
head. but succeeded only In breaking
the force of the blow. AS he staggered
back stunned bullet glanced along
his foreheadV and ridged a furrow
through the thick hair. A second
stroke Of the club Jared him to the
heels.
Though his mind was not clear, his
body answered automatically the in
stinct that told him to close with his
assailants. He lurched forward and
gripped one, wrestling with him for
the revolver. Vaguely he knew by the
sharp. jagged shoots Of pain that the
second man was beating his head with
a club. The warm blood dripped
through his hair and blinded his eyes.
Dazed and shaken, he yet managed to
get the revolver from the man who had
it. But 1t was his last effort. He was
forehead brought him unconscious to
the ground bleeding from a dozen
wounds.
On his way back to Seven Mile Greek
camp Gordon Elliot rode down to the
ford. In the dusk he was almost upon
them before the robbers heard him.
For moment the two men stood gaz-
Ing at him and he at the tragedy be-
fore him. One of the men moved
toward his horse.
"Stop there I" ordered Gordon sharp
ly, and reached for his revolver
The man-lt was the miner North
rup-jumped for Elliot and the field
agent fred. Another moment and he
What happened next was never clear
to him. He knew that both Of the
bandits closed in on him and that he
was fighting desperately against odds.
The revolver had been knocked from
his hand and he fought with bare nsts
just as they did.
They quartered over the ground, for
Gordon would not let either Of them
get behind him. They were larger
than he, heavy, muscle-bound giants
Of great strength, but he was far more
active on his feet. He jabbed and
sidestepped and retreated. More than
once their heavy blows crashed on
his face. His eyes dared not wander
lEOII tuci lOT I'LL luStuut, uuL ne was
working toward definite plan. As he
moved his feet were searching for the
automatic he had dropped.
One Of his feet, dragging over the
ground, came into contact with the
steel. With a swift side kick Gordon
flung the weapon dozen feet to the
left Presently, watching his chance,
he made n dive for 1t.
Trelawney, followed by Northrup,
turned and ran. One of them caught
Macdonald's horse by the bride. He
swung to the saddle and the other man
clambered on behind. There was a
clatter of hoofs and they were gone.
Elliot stopped over the battered body
that lay huddled at the edge of the
water. So badly had the face been
beaten and hammered that 1t was not
until he had washed the blood from
the wounds that Gordon recognized
Macdonald.
Opening the cuat of the insensible
man, Gordon put his hand against the
heart. He could not be sure whether
he felt 1t beating or whether the throb-
bling came from the pulses in his finger
tips. As we'll az he could he bound up
the wounds with handkerchiefs and
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-09

his horse and cantered away. His
mind was full Of the problem that had
come into his life. He rode abstract
edly. SO that he was at the lower ford
of the creek almost before he knew it.
A bilberry thicket struggled down to
the opposite bank of the stream on
both sides Of the road.
The horse splashed through the ford
and took the little rise beyond with a
rush. Just before reaching the brow
Of the hill, the animal stumbled and
fell. As its rider went headlong, he
caught glimpse of cord drawn taut
across the path.
Macdonald. shaken by the fall, began
slowly to rise. From the shadows Of
the bilberry bushes two STOPPING fig
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-09
CHAPTER XIV.

"ood Save You Kindly"
A nurse from the hospital had re-
lieved Diane and Sheba at daybreak.
They slept until the middle of the aft.
ernoon, then under orders from the
doctor walked out to take the air. The
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Macdonald 10 q Bad Man With q
Cat"

II he should kill me, his last chance for
getting the Macdonald claims patented
would be gone. The public would raise
such howl that the administration
would have to throw your friend and
the Guttenchilds overheard to save
itself. know that-and Macdonald
knows 1t. So he stands to lose either
way"
Paget knew this was true. But he
could not drop the subject without
one more appeal.
'He's not sore at you about the
claims. You know that. It's because
you brcuxht the squaw up the river to
ees Ahsba."
II didn't bring her-hadn't q thing
- do with that. don't know who
brought ~, though could Give good
Hns0"
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Elliot breaks put Of Jail Iona
enough to Illustrate 4 plot enal-
neered by Wally Selfridae.
Then he gets in Jail again. The
story Of this exciting episode 10
told In the next instaIIment,
(To cPE coNT1NUED.)

Reduces Golf Stick Supply.
The invention of golf club with in
terchangeable heads permits all the
strokes to be made with one stick with
out the necessity for carrying several
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-09

Optimistic Idea.
Nothing is so uncertain - ths miAA
oe tho vabblA.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-10-05

That plunging squadron of Ger
man Cavalry, expecting to carry
all before it in one mad rush,
learned to the full, from a little
body of American troops, the
meaning Of the Presidents words
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1918-10-05

Force, greater even than tho
military rulers Of Germany can
itnagine-tho overwhelming, If
rcsistiblc force of a great, free
Nation aroused to fight for it's Lib
erty and the Liberty Of the World.
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Germans Beat Italian Children
For Not Working is Hours Day

OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 12.--All food
supplies In private homes to be given
up. and men, women and children to
work in the fields for sixteen hours a
Gay for the benefit OF the invaders, are
set forth in regulations imposed by
the Austro-Germans upon the people
OF the conquered portions of Italy, ac-
cording to the text Of Teutonic proc.
lamation now in the hands Of Reuters,
Limited, and made public here today.
Failure to comply with the regula-
tons, the proclamation states, will call
for severe punishment, including the
imprisonment OF men and women and
the beating of children. The proclama-
ton reads, in part:
"A house to house search will be
made for all concealed arms, weapons
and ammunition. All victuals remain.
ing in a house must be delivered up.
Every citizen must obey our labor reg
ulations: all workmen and Children
over 10 years of age must work in the
fields every day. Sundays included,
from O'Clock in the morning until s
o'clock in the evening
'Disobedfence will be punished In
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The reckoning finger Of the Cam
adam recruiting sergeant in depots
throughout the United States of the
British Canadian Recruiting Mission
will probably become the finger Of
inevitable fate by the significant
treaties which Secretary of State
Lansing has indicated are in readi-
ness for this Congress.
"Be loyal to your flag, in whatever
country you may be-" the pictured
British sergeant seems to say. Sec
rotary Lansing's treaties will make
it impossible for British or Canadian
residents in "the States" to escape
doing their duty. CONSUMPTION will
get them just as surely as it is get
ting their countrymen in their own
lands. Already reciprocal recruiting
has been ~done--in' the Canadian
depots for the United States army
and vice versa. ~ 'e-
"The dispatches from Washington
regarding the impending treaty fore
casts roundup of aliens by British,
French and Italian officers for serv-
ice under their own faS," said Col
J. S. Dennis, second in command OF
the British Canadian Recruiting Mis-
sion. "A great many foreigners resi-
dent in the United States have
Acstened to file their declarations Of
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have some cards printed as follows
using your fathers name:
John NJ. Smith and family
fervently appreciate your expression
OF sympathy in their recent
bereavement
The cards should be about five in
ches wide and three inches high and
should have black border ...-....
Dear Mrs. Thompson !. ! got q letter
from young soldier whom / have
never met. A friend of mine had him
write to me, and my friend wrote, too,
and asked me to answer the other
boys letter. because the boy hadn t
anyone to write to. What shall / do,
shall I correspond with him? MY
friend says that he is a prince OF a
fellow. ROSEMARY.
Yes, write to him.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Will you
please print formula for compound
used to whften the hands?
--....---~---.-.-~ MARGUERITE.
Use equal parts of strained honey
lemon juice and cologne water.
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hogs averaging 200 pounds from Cen
terville to Indianapolis Wednesday,
He went with the hogs and returned
Thursday evening. :. Miss Helen Rol-
Ter spent Monday night with Miss Iva
Nicholson. William Ellis's children
have the whooping cough. ..... Ivan
Starbuck, c. c. Smith, Ray Smith at
tended the Morton McMahan sale near
Fountain City Thursday Mr.. and
Mrs Merritt Nicholson, Misses Helen
Roller, Iva Nicholson, Hazel Hatfield
attended the musical Monday evening
in Richmond. ;. Misses Pearl Earnest,
Leota Stott, Ruth Harris spent Mon
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intention to become American citi-
zens, in many instances with the ex-
press purpose of escaping from mill
tary service under their own flag.
"ln Great Britain and Canaos
there are Americans of military age
and the proposed conventions be
tween the two countries will doubt
less provide the regulation under
which these men can be drafted fo'
service in the countries of their rest
dence by the Governments to which
they owe allegiance.
Thanks to the United States
draft registration of ten million men
our Mission now has the names and
addresses Of thousands of Eriton.
and Canadians and has made q spe.
cial written appeal to them 10 come
forward and offer their services II
is hoped that a large number will re-
spond and enable much needed drafts
Of men to be sent forward from the
United States to re-enforce the
British and Canadian armies.
The Mission has established re.
cruiting depots all through the coun.
try to give Britishers and Canadians
an opportunity to volunteer for serv-
ice through these depots. Some
fourteen thousand men have been en-
listed and sent forward to the British
and Canadian armies"
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Window Blind Left Up. Husband
Sees Stranger in Wife's Room;
Stays Intruder in Attic Retreat

CLEVELAND, O., Jan, PA for.
gotten window blind, rolled up and
revealing two figures entering light
ed bedroom, was the means Of Elmer
Hupp gaining knowledge that another
absence.
Because the blind was not drawn
plotting out the scene within, the I'M
expected returning husband ran into
his Lakewood home, sought out the
hiding place of Charles L. Joyce and
shot him dead.
That train of events, leading up tC
the city's newest murder involving an
eternal triangle" was explained this
afternoon by Attorney William L.
David. retained as counsel for Hupp
wealthy oil field developer, who is in
the County Jail charged with first de
gree murder.
1t was the story that David said
Hupp would tell eventually when or
trial for his life. He will seek the de
Tense Of the "unwritten law"
The scene disclosed to him in his
wife's lighted bedroom and another
view, David says, Hupp obtained
through the window of side room Of
his wife, clothed this time in kim
ona, will be presented as the reason
for the oil mans fury in rushing into
the house, demanding that his wife
tell him who was there and uncover.
ing in the attic and shooting him,
Hupp, in the county Jail, today said:
1T was love for my wife that caused
me to do it
Sacrifices. no matter what the cost
to save my husband from paying the
laws penalty for this murder" Mrs
Hupp said she will make, and little
later when she neither husband in his
cell for the first time since last nights
tragedy, she threw herself into his
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GREENSBORO. IND.

Miss Francis Nichols of Lynn, Ind.
drawing teacher, and Miss jeanette
Lamb, of Muncie, music teacher, fail
ed to make their weekly visits to the
Greensboro school this week. :. Mrs.
Lawrence Stricken Of Hagerstown
spent few days with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry King. =. George Mich
olson has been on the sick list the
past week. il. Mr.. and Mrs. F. 0. IN
derhill and daughter Elizabeth spent
Thursday in Economy with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiatt-Miss Maria Underhill
left Thursday for Florida for the rest
Of winter. :. Owing to the weather
only small crowd attended the
Farmers Institute friday morning.
Good talks We're given by the speakers,
Mr. Martindale and Mrs. Moore. .....
Frank Simpkins shipped 81 head of
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Louisville Defeats
Richmond Seconds

LEWISVILLE, Ind. Jan 1.-THE
Richmond high school second basket
ball team was defeated here Friday
night by the local high school basket
ball five by score of 1917.
Johnson starred for the locals and
Latta was the Richmond star.
The chief goal makers for Lewisville
we're as follows: Wills, forward, one
field and four foul shots out of eleven
and Johnson, forward, six field goals.
For Richmond: Albus, forward. one
field goal; Brinley. forward. one foul
out OF three chances, Roberts, center,
one field goal; Schafer. guard. two
tield goals; Price. guard, one field
goal; Latta, guard, three field goals. .
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$4,000 WORKERS
FOR SH|PYARDS
BEING SOUGHT
Seek Workers in Richmond
for Ship Building at Hog
Island Yard.

Thirty.five thousand men, 1t is esti-
mated. will be required to turn out the
130 ships to be built at the Hog Island
Yard near Philadelphia by the Ameri-
can International Shipbuilding Corpo.
ration.
To secure the enormous number OF
workers required 1t will be necessary
to take from many related trades. men
whose experience, with little train.
ing, will enable them to become first
class shipyard mechanics. The bolt
ers, riveters, reamers, drillers ana
clippers who form the larger number
OF workers required on steel ships, all
ne pneumatic tools, the employment OF
which can be leaned in very short
time by a man who has already aquir-
ed facility in manual trades. Two
other classes Of workmen OF which
large numbers are needed are the
erectors who set up the frames, and
the stage builders. Bridge and struct-
ural ironworkers and scaffold builders
are admirably suited for the two latter
classes Of shipyard work.
Has Training School.
To adapt men to the particular re-
Quirements Of work on steel boats, the
Hog Island Yard has established a
training school where skilled and un.
skilled men will be turned into ship.
builders in from week to six weeks
the length OF time depending upon
ing life at Hog Island agreeable. work
for which they wish to fit themselves.
Among other arrangements for max
ing life at Hig Island agreeable, work
has begun on a recreation building to
be under Y. NJ c. A. administration.
There Is an auditorium, seating 1900
people, a 'loafing room" with writing
and game tables and bowling alleys,
barber, tailor and cobbier shops. One
wing Of the building, which Is 206 feet
long and 100 feet wide. will be given
over to gymnasium
Candidates for shipyard work are
urged to write to the American Inter
national Shipbuilding Corporation,
stating their qualifications, in order
that a roster may be made and men
called upon as needed. The purpose Is
to avoid calling men to Philadelphia
before they are actually needed, and
before there Is provision for proper
housing and training. Only those men
not now engaged in war industry are
being considered, but as to others this
urgent call has been sent out: Even
II you have never been il shipyard,
apply your experience now to the most
needed and best paid work to be done
10 win the war"
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.EARLHAM GOES TO
Charlottesville

Earlham colleges basketball five
left for Charlottesville Saturday
where it plays the fast Wabash Won.
der" quintet Saturday night at that
place.
The Earlham basketball fans are
optimistic over the outcome Of the
game and feel that if this game is won
Earham's chances for the champion.
ship Of the state are one step closer
The men who will represent Earl
ham are. Brown, Pontius. Pitts, Jes-
sup. Meeks, Edwards, Johnson and
Hiatt
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day evening at their homes in Rich
mond and attended the Nero Murphy
recital. >. "A surprise was successfully
carried out on Earnest Nicholson and
bride Tuesday evening. Games and
music were the feature of the evening.
Refreshments were served. The guests
included Leila Kitterman, Mabel Wise,
Ruby Sanders. Lora Boyd, Rachel
Gwinn, Lucille Gentry. Claude Davis,
Clyde Nicholson, Lester Kitterman,
Carl kemper, Florence Linderman,
Virgil Hoover. Virgis Coddington, Ken
meth Nicholson, Harold Nicholson,
Louise and Aaron Lindley.
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get back at ten or a little after, and
we never stay up after we get home,
hut he says goodbye at the door and
leaves. My parents think | do very
wrong in going to picture shows. but
my four brothers think it is all right
and they all like this young man as
well as | do.
Do you think I ought to give him
up, or should | keep on letting him
come? Who is the Judge in matters
like this, the family Of brothers or
the parents? BETSY.
l can see no harm in your going to
the picture show with this young man
provided you are not too young, and
it may be that you take these objec-
lions Of your parents too seriously.
Your brothers should try to convince
your parents that it is all right. and
If you have one brother who is very
much older, he should talk the matter
over with your mother and father
when the three are alone.
OF course the parents are the final
judges in matters such as these, and
your mother and father undoubtedly
have your good at heart, but they are
mistaken in considering moving pic
ture shows sacriligious. and you are
justified In protesting their judgment.
Try. to have them go with you some
night and see if they don't enjoy it
themselves, and then you may be able
TO gain their consent.
Dear Mrs. Thompson | ride home
en- the same street car ever night and
lately the conductor has been speak
ing to me as I get off at my street
He seems like a perfect gentleman.
and if it. were not for the fact that
have always been taught to shun
strangers I would gladly return his
hoT-do-you-do and chat with him a
little just before | get off. Do you
think it would be wrong to speak to
him. MRS. A D. G..
1t is customary for women to shun
all attempts by strangers to get ia
miliar with them, but it all you wish
to do is to say hoWdo-you-do, or some
other innocent thing, it will be all
right for you to do it in this particular
case. 1t will not, however. be right
for you to carry on lengthy CONVEX
sation with the conductor or to make
any sort of statements which might
lead him to believe that you wanted to
make his acquaintance further.
Dear Mrs. Thompson ! am twenty
Years old and my father and brother
and I are living alone now that my
mother has just been taken from us
by death. We received a great show
of sympathy from our friends and 1t
seems to me it would not be out Of
place to send these friends and dis
tant relatives a card or letter. Can
you tell me how to word such a note?
GRATEFUL.
IF you can afford to go to the ex-
pense, which would not be very great,
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EPWORTH lEACuERS
TO STUDY MISSIONS

Mission Study" is the subject for
discussion Sunday evening at the Ed
worth League meeting OF First M. u.
church. Lantern slides secured from,
the Educational Department Of the
Board of Missions pertaining to ma
tives OF South America will be shown.
Miss Lillian Gem will give a reading.
Special musical numbers will be frr-
nishsd by Misses Susie Meek AID
Sybi1 Loofbourrow Of Earlham college.
Miss Tressa Sharp is the leader.
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700 ATTEND SALE
ON LEEDS FARM

Nearly 700 farmers and business
men attended the sale Friday on the
Rudolph G.. Leeds farm, five miles
south of Richmond.
High prices were paid for live stock,
grain and farming implements.
Cattle brought from $57 to $125 a
head and sheep $22 to $32 I, head.
Work horses sold from $50 to $3.50 and
feeding hogs from S14 to SIS.
Bran sold from $35 to $45 ton and
corn $165 a bushel. Seed corn $3.50
IN $685. bushel All implements also
were sold
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arms, and for long time they stood
IN silent embrace.
Hupp, 40 years old, is half partner
of the Rushville Drilling Company,
and is said to have become wealthy
in developing oil and gas fields. He
has lived in the city three years, com.
ing from Columbus, Ohio. His wife is
80 years old. They were married in
Marietta.
Joyce was 50 years old and a travel
ing salesman for a New York cloth
house. His parents live in Bratenhal
near this city.
Recently Hupp gave his wife a check
for 100000 as a present, it is said.
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SHOULD RAISE MORE HOGS

FRANKFORT, Jan. 12.-M. z. Gro.
mer. emergency county agent for Clin-
ton county, has made an urgent call
especially to the retired farmers now
living in the small towns and villages
In the county, to assist in the product
ion Of more pork. 1t is the intention Of
this movement to interest the practical
and experienced men to keep one or
more brood sows and market the lit
tiers.
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the following manner: Lazy workmen
will be accompanied in the work and
watched by Germans. After the harr-
est they will be imprisoned for six
months and every third day be given
nothing but bread and water. Lazy
women will be obliged to work and
after the harvest VIII receive SIX
months Imprisonment. Lazy children
will be punished by beating. The com
mandant reserves the right to punish
lazy workmen with twenty lashes
daily"
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NOT sUPERsTiTIouS

SHELBYVILLE, Jan. 12.-George ".
Shepard has consented to accept the
office of township trustee of Hen
bricks township after the county aud.
itor had talked to him for three hours
Three others had refused to accept
the office as the last two trustees com.
mitted suicide.
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had a hard time
when they were
young and can't
seem to realize
that young people
do things that
were thought sac
religious when they
were young. /
have a boy friend
who comes to our
house about once
in every week or
ten DAYS and takes
me to a picture
show. We sit and
visit with the fam
lily a while and
then about eight go
TO the show and
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SEVENTH SNOW HERE

EVANSVILLE, Jan. PA heavy
snow, which started to fall at 10
o'clock Friday night, continued all
night. 1t is the seventh snow Of the
season and street cars are having a
hard time running on schedule. All
incoming trains are delayed from two
to six hours.
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Masonic Calendar

Tuesday, Jan. 15.-Richmond lodge
No. 176, +. & A. NJ, called meeting,
work in the Entered Apprentice de.
gree.
Wednesday, Jan. 16.-Webb lodge,
No. "a. F. ga. NJ, stated meeting. In
Stallation OF officers.
Saturday, Jan. 19.-Loyal Chapter
20. 40, o. T.. s., stated meeting