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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-04
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Author Of Whispering Smith
Author q Whispering Smith

"Some distance from the coat. John.
I admit that. III tell you: some one
had moved the belt. 1t was not where
| left 1T. | was hurried the morning |
rode In, and can't tell you just where
/ found It,"
Lefeyer never batted an eyelash. 81
know you can't, Henry. Because you
won't. That Scotch hybrid McAlpin
knows a few things. too, that he won't
tell. All l want TO say IS. you can
trust that man too far. He's got all
my recent salary. Every time J~effries
raises my pay that hairy-pawed horse
doctor reduces ii just SO much Il month.
And he does IT with one pack OF fifty
two small cards that you could stick
into your vest pocket"
"McAlpin has n wife and children TO
support" suggested De Spain.
Don't think for n moment he does
IT," returned Lefever vehemently. Il
support his wife and children myself"
you shouldn't play cards, John"
ut was by playing cards that / To-
Gated Sassoon, just the same. A little
game with your friend Bun Page, by
into Calabasas one day here lately
with n twenty-dollar bill; It's a fact
Now, where do you suppose he got
twenty dollars in One bin? | know |
had ii two hours after he got there.
and her in fifteen minutes that
blamed b~ullwhacker you pay thirty.
two n week TO took II nwav from me.
But | got SasSOon spotted. And where
do YOU suppose Split-lips Is this min
ute?"
"Morgan's gap"
"Quite so-and been there all the
time. Now, Bob has the old warrant
for him-the question is, how to get
him out"
De Spain reflected n moment before
replying: "John, I'd let him alone just
for the present" he said at length.
Lefever's eyes bulged. LET Sassoon
alone?"
Hell keep-for n while, anyway"
"What do you meanf"
81 don't want to stir things up too
strong over that way just at the min
ute. John"
"Why notT"
De Spain shufied a little. swell,
Jeffries thinks we might let things rest
till Duke Morgan and the others get
W some of their soreness"
Lefever, astonished at the indiffer-
ence of De Spain to the opportunity
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Go to Henry de SPANS face. you
skulker, and say that if you dare"
Put down that Quirt, Man," yelled
her uncle.
II won't put it down." she exclaimed
%defiantly. And he will get a good
flashing with it if he says one more
word about Henry de SPAIN"
Put down that quirt, l tell you,"
Numbered her uncle.
She whirled. II won't put 1t down.
This hulking bully! l know him bet
ter than you do" She pointed a quiv-
ering finger ut her cousin. He insult
ed me as Wiley as he could only a few
months ago on Music mountain. And
If this very same Henry de Spain
hadn't happened to be there to protect
me, you would have found me dead
next morning by my own hand. Do
you underestimate" she cried, painting
and furious. That's what he is !"
Her uncle tried to break in. "Stop 7"
she exclaimed pointing at Gale. HE
never told you that, did he?"
mo. nor you neither" snapped Duke
hOarsely.
II didn't tell you," retorted Nan, "be-
cause I've been trying to live with you
here in peace among these thieves
and c%utthroats, and not keep you
stirred up all the time. And Henry
de Spain faced this big coward and
protected me from him with an empty
revolver! What business of yours Is
1t whom I meet. or where l go?" she
demanded, raining her words with
flaming eyes On her %belligerent cousin.
II will marry you to save you
from the hangman. Now leave this
house." She stamped her foot. Leave
this house, and never come into II
again"
Gale, beside himself with rage. stood
his ground. He poured all that he
safely could Of abuse on Mans own
head. She had appeased her wrath
and made no attempt to retort, only
looking at him with white face and
burning eyes as she breathed defiance.
Duke interfered. Get outr" he said
to Gale harshly. "I1l talk to her. Go
home"
Not ceasing to mutter oaths, Gale
picked up his hat and stamped out Of
the house. slamming the doors. Duke.
exhausted BY the quarrel. sat down,
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Of nabbing Sassoon. while he could be
found, expostulated strongly. When
De Spain persisted, Lefever. huffed,
confided to Bob Scott that when the
general manager got ready he could
catch Sassoon himself.
De Spain wanted for Mans sake. ms
well as his own, to see what could be
done to pacify her uncle and his rela-
tlves so that a wedge might be driven
In between them and their notorious
henchman, and Sassoon brought to
book with their consent on this point,
however, he was not quite bold-faced
enough to take his friends into his
confidence.
De Spain, as fiery a lover as he was
a fighter, stayed non Of his counting
because circumstances put Music
mountain between him and his mis-
tress. And Nan. after she had once
surrendered, was nothing behind In the
chances she unhesitatingly took to ar.
range her meetings with De Spain. He
found In her. nee her girlish timidfty
was overcome and a woman's conf.
dence had replaced 1t, a disregard of
consequences, SO far as their own plans
were concerned. that sometimes took
away his breath.
The very day after she had got her
uncle home, with the aid of Satterlee
Morgan and an antiQuated spring wag.
on, Nan rode, later In the afternoon,
over to Calabasas. The two that
would not be restrained had made
their appointment at the lower lava
beds halfway between the gap and
Caiabasas. The sun was sinking be-
! the mountain when De Spain gal.
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eylng his niece. "Now what does this
mean?" he demanded hoarsely.
She tried to tell him honestly and
frankly all that her acquaintance with
De Spain did mean-dwelling no more
than was necessary on its beginning,
but %concealing nothing of its develop
ment and consequences, nothing of her
love for De Spain, nor of his for her.
But no part Of what she could say on
any point she urged softened her
uncle's face. His square, hard jaw
from beginning to end looked like
stone.
$50 he's your lover?" he said harsh
ly when she had done.
"He wants to be your friend" re-
turned Nan, determined not to give up.
Duke looked at her uncompromising-
ly. "That man can't ever be any
friend of mine-understand that! He
can't ever marry you. If he ever tries
TO, so help me God, I'll kill him If |
hang for it. / know his game. l
know what he wants. He doesn't care
Il pinch of snuff for you. He thinks he
can hit me a blow by getting you away
from me-"
Nothing could be further from the
TRUTH" exclaimed Nan hopelessly.
Duke struck the table Il smashing
blow with his fist. "Ill show Mr.. de
Spain and his friends where they get
off"
Uncle Duke, if you won't listen to
reason, you must listen to sense. Think
of what q position you put me in. l
love you for all your care Of me. !
love him for his affection for me and
consideration of me - because he
knows how to treat a Oma / know
he wouldn't harm q hair on your head,
for my sake, yet you talk now of
bloodshed between you two. / know
what your words mean-that n of
YOU, or both of you. are to be killed
for a senseless feud. He will not stand
up and let any man shoot him down
without resistance. If you lay your
blood on his head, you know it would
put a STAIN between him and me that
never could be washed out as long as
we lived. If you kill him l could never
stay here with you. His blood would
cry out every day and night against
YOU
Dukes violent finger shot out at her.
And you're the gal / took from your
nanny and promised I'd bring up a
decent woman. You've got none O her
blood in you-not a drop. You're the
brat Of that mincing brother of mine.
that was always riding horseback and
showing off in town while l was weed
ing the tobacco beds"
Nan clasped her hands. Don't
blame me because I'm your brothers
child. Blame me because I'm a wOm-
an, because l have q heart, because
l want to live and see you live, and
to see suspicion, distrust, feuds,
alarms, and worse. I'm not migrate
full, as you plainly say l am. l want
you to get out Of what you are In
here-I want to be out Of it. I'd rather
be dead now than to live and die in 1t.
And what is this anger all for? Moth
ing. He offers you his friendship"
She could speak 10 further. Her uncle,
with a curse, left her alone. When she
arose in the early morning he had
already gone away.
(To be continued)
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taken him to Sleepy Cat, where he be-
longs"
But, Henry. suppose"
There wouldn't have been any sup
pose.'"
Suppose the others had come"
with one rifle, here. a man could
stand off a regiment. Nan, do you
know, you fit into my arm as If you
were made for it,"
His courage was contagious. When
he had tired her with fresh importu-
mites he unpinned her felt hat and
held 1t out of reach while he kissed
and toyed with and disarranged her
hair. In revenge, she snatched from
his pocket his little black memOran-
dunn book and some letters and read,
or pretended to read them, and seiz-
ing her opportunity she broke from
him and ran with the utmost heetness
up into the rocks.
In two minutes they had forgotten
the episode almost as completely rs
II 1t never had been. But when they
left for home they agreed they would
not meet there again. They knew that
Sassoon, like a jackal. would surely
come back, and more than once until
he found out just what that trail or
any subsequent trail leading into the
beds a The lovers laughed the
jackal's spying to scorn and rode away,
bantering, racing and chasing each
other In the saddle, as solely concerned
In their happiness as II there were
nothing else of moment In the whole
wide world.
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Professional Cards
PHYSICIANS

E. c. MILLER, M. D.-Physician and
Surgeon. Hours: 9 to 1870 a. m.
1880 to 4:30 p. M, Z to s p. m. Office
in Kendall Block. Phone, office L~9.
residence, 275.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19
PEACE NOTE REJECTION
PLEASES DOYSAT FRONT

With the American Army In
France. Sept. is.-From the manner
In which the American army receiy,
ed the 5ews OF President Wilson,
reply to Austria-Hungary's peace
note It's attitude might be character
lied as one OF grim approval.
The report OF the Austrian sug-
gestion that a peace conference be
held circulated rapidly yesterday and
the officers and men expressed the
belief that none OF the allied govern
ments. certainly not theirs. would
consider the proposals at this time.
As the news OF President Wilson'S
brief answer moved steadily toward
the outposts and was passed on by
one soldier to another. there was a
feeling OF relief among officers OF
high rank and an air OF satisfaction
from the enlisted men. The attitude
OF the soldiers. often repeated, was:
Sure he won't. The kaiser can't
put over anything like that on him. -
The American army, as yet only
slightly Scared by war. has all the
enthusiasm that characterized all
armies at the beginning Of hostili-
ties. The Americans wish Germany
to be defeated.
The Austrian prisoners In the
hands OF. the Americans appear to
realize the danger to them OF the
constantly increasing American army
and are not inclined to underesti-
mate the menace that goes with the
enthusiasm born OF a victory so cas-
lily brought as was that In the st.
Mihiel salient. The Austrians con-
tinue to insist that the peace offer
was not a trick Of Germany's, but
that II should be attributed solely to
Austria's determination to get out OF
what her people regard as bad bar
gain.
There Is no doubt that the Amer.
isan soldier would be disappointed II
peace were made at present unless It
were based virtually on uncondition-
al surrender.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19
FIVE VOLUNTEERS ARE
WANTED IMMEDIATELY

Chairman o. s. Blanchard Of the
local Red Cross chapter wants five
people to volunteer Immediately to
constitute committee to take in
charge the collection of all available
used clothing for the benefit Of the
Belgians. This clothing must be
collected next week. unless we per-
NIT the Belgians to suffer this win
ter. Here is an opportunity to show
your real self-sacrifice. The work
will not be difficult and the plans
are already made. Your name
should be in the hands of the chair
man by 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. The names of those who are
willing to make this sacrifice will be
published.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19
PENETRATE POSITIONS THREE
MIB FROM STRONGHOLD
ON HINDENBUR0 LINE
CAN SHOOT DIRECTLY INTO CITY
Germans Are Ordered 70 Hold Firm
and "Nct Yield Another Foot os
Ground"

Paris. Sept 1.-THE French last
uight continued their progress TO-
ward the 81. Quentin region and
penetrated the German positions ai
Contescourt. three miles southwest
Of 81. Quentin.
Along the vesle. whore the Amer.
lean and French troops we're station
I'd the German attack northeast OF
Courlandon was broken up by fire
from the French artillery. The
French have advanced close to Dal.
Ion. less than two miles from the
outskirts OF st. Quentin.
Tho taking OF 81. Quentin remains
. difficult task. however. for the
Germans are In strong defensive po-
sitions and>a captured order from
General Won Morgen to the 18th rc-
serve corps emphasizes the import
apos OF the terrain they hold. He
orders them not 10 yield another
foot Of ground In "the Imminent de-
cislve battles"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19
LIEUT.. MEL ALLEN
BECOMES BENEDICT

Word has reached Grants Pass
that Lieutenant Mel Allen, formerly
Of this city, was married Saturday,
September IA, at Palo Alto, Cal, to
Miss Evelyn Carey, of Palo Alto.
Lieutenant Allen had received OF
ders to be equipped for over seas
service by the 18th. Whether the
bride is considered as equipment is
not made plain.
Lieutenant Allen is the eldest son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford Allen, now
Of Salem. He graduated from the
Grants Pass high school and in 1918
graduated from the law department
at Stanford university. He was a
member Of the officers training corps
and received commission as second
lieutenant. He has host Of friends
In this city who wish for him a brill
liant part in the great struggle and
long and happy married life.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19
Wire HNTANGLEMENTS
THAT PLAY ODD tricks

With the American Armies In
France, Sept. 1s.-Barbed wire
which protects the trenches plays
odd tricks on the soldier sentries.
The ground under the wire be-
comes a runway for all the small
things OF the night. Rats make
trapezes out Of the taut strands,
weazels follow them and the fight
which ensues may set dancing all
the empty jam tins strung along the
wire as alarms SO that sentries over
a long stretch OF front will fire re-
peatedly into the night, bringing the
guards to their posts and awaking
soldiers over q wide area.
At night the wire takes on a
chastity aspect. The cool dews set
tie on the picket posts and the wires
contract, straining with little rust
ling and creeping noises or chatting
and chattering like living thing.
The muffled sentries prick their ears
to listen and peer anxiously through
the darkness, now and then dis
charging shot into the black night,
for It is sometimes difficult to tell
whether the noise is that Of the wire
or that Of enemy meddlers in No
Mans land. secretly cutting path
way through the defenses.
When the barbed wire is new and
freshly erected and secured to its
stout scaffoldings and stages 1t looks
like some carefully planned work Of
engineering. the skeleton perhaps Of
some concrete rampant or break
water. Time weathers It at first to
an ugly thing OF red rust and sullen
neutral tints, but later 1t may bios
som in amazing beauty as the rich
weeds and underground climb up
ward through its meshes. leaving
corn-flowers and blazing poppies to
cloak its ugliness.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19
GREAT DISPLAY COMING
MONDAY, SEPT. g

The following self-explanatory
Telegram has just been received BY
|the chairman Of the Fourth Liberty
loan committee:
Salem. Ore. Sept. ia special
train Of four cars carrying captured
German cannon. machine guns, bomb
throwers, gas tanks. bombs, gas
masks, shells. helmets, breast plates
and much other war equipment viii
reach Grants Pass Monday at IL
noon. The shipment must leave at
1870 p. m. A Pullman containing
soldiers and speakers is accompany
ing the train, but we want you to
have the local band at the station
while the exhibit Is at your town.
This is the biggest thing that ever
came to Oregon. and no one should
miss 1t. Sorry could not give you
earlier notice. Give this all the pub
licity that you possibly can.
''SMITH. Manager"
Such an exhibit Is surely worth
time going miles to see. Re-
member the date Of the arrival OF
the train-Monday. September 20. at
noon.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19
U. 8. TANKS BI4ANIED
BY HUNS ROR LOSS

Amsterdam, Sept. 19--The Frank
fort zeitung's correspondent tele-
graphs the following from the west
front under date OF September 16:
"The Franco-American attack at
st. Mihiel is now seen to have been
a carefully planned undertaking Of
considerable magnitude. The num-
ber Of attacking enemy divisions is
not yet known for certain, but we
know that our losses in prisoners
we're due to the extensive use by the
enemy Of tanks. More than 1000
armored cars Of all sizes participat-
cd.
"one of our divisions counted in
Its sector alone go large and 40
small tanks. Troops who hold out
stoutly In their positions are always
liable to be surrounded by this mo-
bile arm"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19
Of ACES DIES
F|G&,,::'XG BOCHES
David Putnam, Who Brought Down
~ Huns, Meets Sudden and Ira
gic Death

With the American Army In Lor.
raine. Sept. is.--First Lieutenant
David p. Putnam. Of Massachusstts,
the American ace OF aces. was killed
late Wednesday while on patrol duty
along the American lines. He wal
flying with another aviator whom
seven German machines unexpected
ly attacked them. Four Of them
made for Putnam's airplans and. be-
Ing able 70 fire from above him. shot
him twice through the heart. His
machine siided TO earth within the
American lines where his comrades
found him.
Putnam had brought down ~ ma
chimes, five In one day. He was q
descendent Of Israel Putnam.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19
CERMANY'S DIRTY
WORK IS Barred
betrayed Roumaaia, Murdered Rus
SLAMS, and Gave Orders to Shoot
Polish People I'm Masss

Washington. Sept. 1.-THE be-
|trayai Of Roumsnis and elaborate
advance plans Of Germany and her
Russian Bolshevikl tools for suppress
sing and numbering loyal Rouman-
ians, Russians and Poles. are OK
posed In detail By todayS chaptsru
Of the astounding secret Russian doc
umsnts which the American govern
msnt \ giving to the public.
Other installments Of the series
have described how the BoIshsvikl
leaders, Lenine and Trotsky. and
their associates. were bought by the
Germans for millions in gold and en-
gineered their bloody overthrow of
Russia for the benefit Of their mas
ters. Now the story Is told Of how.
while the Brest-Idtovsk peace con-
ference farce still was In progress,
the BoIsheviki were sending hired
agents into Roumania to disorganize
the armies Of Russia's ally. dethrone
the Roumanian king and turn loose
the German armies occupied there
for service in q great offensive on
the western front.
The second phase Of the latest DIS
closure shows the Bolsheviki. At Ger
man direction. undertaking not only
to kill refractory Russian generals.
but to shoot individually and whole
sale Polish soldiers who we're refus-
ing to be sold to the Germans and
patriotically keeping the field
against their enemies. One ol the
documents transmits orders from the
German intelligence service to take
most decisive measures. up TO shoot
ling en- masse. against Polish troops .
and to institute surveillance Of in
stitutions and persons including the
Roman Catholic Polish clergy.
Explanatory notes by Edgar Sis
son, who obtained the documents,
and many details lacking In the pa
pers themselves, include story OF
how the Roumanian minister barely
escaped assassination after being ar
rested by the Bolsheviki and released
through the efforts Of Ambassador
Francis and other diplomats.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19
INVESTIGATION o. IHnIR PoLxr-
IOAL ACTIVITIES HAS BEEN
ORDERED By SENATE
MEMBERS Or CONGRESS n IET
Arthur Brisbsas Announces Tha& He
Bought washington Tinss VIA
Mcaey Lent By Brewess

Washington, Sept. 1s.--An Invss-
tisstion Of political and propaganda
activities Of the brewing interests
has been ordered BY the senate. The
Investigation d directed particularly
at the charges that brewers bought
Washington newspapers. contributed
unprecedented sums to campaign
funds and influenced newspapsrs
through advertising contracts. aud
paid money even to government Off
cials and obtained pledges from
members of congress.
Arthur Brisbane announced late
yesterday that he bought the wash
ington Times with money lent BY the
brewers.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19

London. Sept. is.-British troops
last night progressed further In their
drive into the Hindenburg line In the
|st. Quentin region. aimed At tho en-
circlemsnt Of that town. The ad-
vance continued TO north Of Pom
truet. where they reached the out
post positions OF the Hindenburg
line.
The Australians renewed their at
tacks and carried the Hindenburg
outposts. Many prisoners and ma
chine guns we're taken. The town
Of LAmpire and Gauche Wood we're
captured. 1Ampire is four miles
west Of lie Catelet
The Germans started an Intensely
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19
REPORT MEMBERS Of
|. ROYAL FAMILY BURNED

London, Sept. 1s.-The former
Russian dowager empress and three
princesses and two grand duchesses,
whose names are not reported, we're
burned to death about a month after
the Russian emperor was shot. ac-
cording to story reaching London.
The source of information is given
consideration and an investigation
has been started.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19

London. Sept. ls-The Bulgarians
are In swift flight In Macedonia and
are burning their stores and villages.
The allies have advanced over IA
miles and their progress is 10 rapid
that they have not been able TO count
the prisoners and war material cap
tured.
New regiments thrown in by the
Bulgarians were forced to retreat
with the others. The Bulgarlans
are defeated completely ant the Ser
bians are pursuing them day and
night. "-
The serbians and French have
taken the towns Of Topolets, Pot
shishta, Beshishta, Melynitsa. vitol.
ishta and Rasimbey. and also the
heights OF Kuohkov Kamen.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-19
ARMENIAN TROOPS NOT
ABLE TO STAND FIRE

London, Sept. 19--'Baku.. in Trans
Caucasia, has been evacuated by the
British who withdrew to northern
Persia. This was made necessary by
the unsteadiness of the Armenian
troops when they were attacked by
the Turks during August.