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Connecticut western news., 1918-02-14
Falls Village

Minot Lyman spent last Tuesday in
town. Ivanhoe Lyman returning to
Bridgeport with. him,
E Miss Alice Bray has returned TO her
home here after spending some time in
Hartford
Mr.. and Mrs A. S Davis of Sheffield
were entertained Tues lay by Miss
Lucy Randall and Mrs F. Hanchett
Mrs. VIM. L. Willard and Arthur
Moore spent Thursday with Mrs
Roberts at Kent
The Red Cross meetings are being
held at Mrs. Geo I Ayres during the
absence of Mis- J. Lee Ensign.
The D. M. Hunt School Was closed
Wednesday due to broken radiators
caused by freezing.
VIM. HI. Hart spent Friday in
Bridgeport.
VIM. L. Carrigan spent the week
end in Salisbury.
William Burkett Of Danbury spent q
short time at his home, attending the
funeral of y j. Sabin.
Frank Ware, of Gaylordsville was a
guest of NJ. G. Marcy few days last
week.
e. J. Hornbeck was taken to Pitts.
field, Mass. Friday by DR. A. E. Cobb
of Canaan and was operated on for
appendicitis at the House of Mercy.
DR.. I. T. Shannon who has been i'll
at the Inn, is improving under the care
of Miss Mildred Pratt r. N. of Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Miss Clara B. Sabin and Ohio J.
Sabin were in New Haven last Thurs
day on business.
There will be food sale in the par
lors of the Methodist church on Friday.
Ohio j. Sabin returned to Camp
Hancock, Augusta, Georgia. last
Saturday.
Mrs Braman saw l l deer in a mea.
dow in front of her home on Feb 3rd.
n. l.. Braman and son William are
working in Torrington.
James dines and Harold Russell
took their physical examination at Ca
naan Friday. 1t is reported that they
both passed.
Miss Anna Rogers came home Sun
day from New Haven, her school hav-
ing closed.
Miss Minnie jacob spent Saturday
in Canaan
Mrs Elaon j. Hornbeck spent Mon
day with Mr.. Hornbeck at the hospital
in Pittsfeld. Mr. Hornbeck is comfort
able as can be expected.
Misses Marjory and Mabel Russell
spent Monday in Pittsfield.
Engineer Harry E Russell is laid
mp with severe cold.
Chas. Thornton has moved into
Alex Belcher's house.
Teachers meeting in the village
Tuesday afternoon. odd. ...
Mrs Cosgrove, nurse, has returned
from Salisbury where she was caring
for Mrs Peter Tanner.
ferdinand Fl. Rapp, charged with
driving an automobile belonging to
John Bartle Dec. IL while under the
influence of liquor, was fined $50.
Execution of sentence was suspended
and he was placed in charge of pro
baton officer.
Connecticut western news., 1918-02-14
Cornwall Hollow

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Harold Blake of Thomaston and grand
son of the Rev. and Mrs. A. FL. Stock
of Milton, recently
Ben Foster is having some of the
fine naples on the late A. f. Palmer's
place worked up for fire wood.
Monday was a spring like day with
birds singing, with thermometer
between SO and so above zero. WI
Connecticut western news., 1918-02-14
East Canaan

The Y. P. s. @. E. will hold social
at the conference room Thursday even
ing. A Lincoln Day program was
carried out at the Sunday morning ser.
vice.
: The annual election of officers of
the Sunday School, was held in the
afternoon. The officers were reelected.
Supt, E. S. Roberts; Assistant, J. @.
Stevens; Sec'y. and Treas, N. E.
Connecticut western news., 1918-02-14
Ashley Falls

Alice P. Bowen has returned home
after spending several weeks with Mrs.
John Burghardt in Great Darlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Donsbough of
Canaan spent Sunday at A. O..
Bowen's.
Evening star., 1918-12-01
Christmas 'Kercmefs of Euery Kind
Supply Is Limited This Year

disappointed. Buy all that ,
Women's Sheer Lawn Hand
kerchiefs, with embroider-
ed corners, in white or col
ors, lz1zc each.
Crepe de Chine Handker-
chiefs, hemstitched edges
and embroidered corners;
all colors, 35c, 3 for $L00.
Children's Handkerchiefs, with
embroidered corners in
fancy colored designs,
121zc and 15c each.
Mems All-Linen Hemstitched
Handkerchiefs, 35c, 40c, soc,
Csc, 75c and 85c.
Mems All-Linen Fu1l-Size,
Hemstitched Handker-
chiefs, with hand-embroid-
cred initials, 40c each, 6 in
box, $40.
Women's Fine Sheer Linen
Hemstitched Handker-
chiefs, Csc each.
Women's All-Linen Hem
stitched Ha n d k erchiefs,
with hand-embroidered ini-
tials, Csc each, 6 for $1.50.
Evening star., 1918-12-01

49," axe no CNdnCc OF Deln
Women's Fine Sheer Linen
Hemstitched H a n d er-
chiefs, 1Sc each, 3 for SOC.
Women's All-Linen Hem
stitched H a n d k e rchiefs,
with hand-embroidered ini-
tials, 35c each, s for $500.
Women's All-Linen Hem
stitched H a n d k E rchiefs,
with hand-embroidered cor
ners, Csc to $1.50 each.
Women's Fine Swiss En-
broidered Corner Handker-
chiefs, in white or colors,
z5c and 35c each.
Women's Sheer Lawn EN-
broidered-corner Handker-
chiefs, in white or colors,
1Sc each, 3 for soc.
Mems All-Linen Fu1l-Size
Hemstitched H a n d k r
chiefs, with hand-embroid-
cred initials, SOC each, s in
a box, $500.
First Floor-Lansburgh (
Evening star., 1918-12-01

Mems Fine Cambria Full-size
Hemstitched Handker-
chiefs, with embroidered
initials, in white or colors,
z5c each, 6 in a box, $1S0.
Evening star., 1918-12-01
Blankets Of the Xmas Gift Kind
And Only a Few Items Mentioned Here V8

Beacon Indian Blankets,
shown in ali the. color
combinations made fa-
nous by the aborigines.
Not only beautiful, but
warm and durable.
Special, each, $3.50.
Beacon Plaid Blankets,
for double beds. Eff
fective designs in blue,
pink, tan and gray.
Special, pair, $3.50.
We show a very attrac-
tive line of Plaid, Nur-
sery-hgured and Ami
NAL : design B e aeon
Crib Blankets, in pink
and blue. $1.75, $1.69,
$1.Z5 and $1.OO each.
j Fifth Floor-Lansburgh & Bro.
Evening star., 1918-12-01

Dolls
Whole families of them,
from grandmother to lit
tie tiny infant dolls.
The little girls heart will
throb with joy if you
bring her to our Doll
Shop to select the one
she wants Santa to bring
her.
A doll for every youngster
of ANY age.
Third Floor-LansbuEh 4 Bro.
Evening star., 1918-12-01

i beng disappointed. Buy all that you'll want once
Evening star., 1918-12-01
Christmas Cards

Requests for the conservation of paper from the War In
dustrie Board caused serious shortage in Xmas cards
this year.
Fortunately we had placed orders with many different
factories and the allotment from each gave fairly
good assortment
However, there enough to go around. Buy NOW
and avoid disappointment.
Evening star., 1918-12-01

Beacon Bath Kobe Blan-
kets, in desirable dark
shadings. Pie a sin g
combinations of brown,
tan, gray, blue and red.
Complete with cord and
frog. Each, $4.75.
Single Beacon Plaid Blan-
kets, for double beds.
Colors are blue, pink,
gray and tan. Neatly
bound. Each, $500.
Beacon Plaid Blankets,
the unusual kind in
quality, design and
coloring. Extra heavy
weight. These cover
ings will appeal to
people of taste. Pair,
$1O.75.
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SOCIETIES.

Nj. w. w. Granite Lodge No. 533 meets
at 1. o. O. f. hall third Tuesday even
ing of each month. Visiting members
welcome.
+. e. MUNROE, Secretary.
MRS. MARY EDGAR, Project.
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his companions and ran away. lie lost
his stretcher. Put him under arrest"
The Captain beckoned to the pla-
toon sergeant, who came forward.
I'D like to say one thing" said
Mark, striving to keep his voice steady.
eve three were sent out to bring in
a dead man, who had been dead for
days-anyone here will bear me out in
this. Was any man wounded tonight?
There was only one body in this Sec
ton
"Cut it out!" said the sergeant, lay
ing his hand on Marks shoulder.
But Mark swung clear of him and
turned and faced Kellerman again.
you sent me out tonight to put me
out of the way'' he cried, losing all
self-control. sFor reasons that you
know, and I know, you wanted me
dead, and you were willing to send two
others to their death also. You lied
to me to put me off my guard, d--n
you, you treacherous dog! And here's
the blow you gave, back again!
He struck Kellerman a buffet that
sent him recling back against the par.
apet.
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THAT BAD BACK

Do you have a dull, steady ache in
the small of the back-sharp, stab
bling twinges when STOPPING or lifting
distressing urinary disorders? Fol
bad back and weakened kidneys Lady
smith residents recommend. DOan's
Kidney Pills. Read this Ladysmith
womans statement.
Mrs. J. d. Fritz, West Lake Ave.
says: ''Ten years ago my back
started bothering me with dull
steady pain over my kidneys. There
were days when / could hardly keep
up, / was in such misery, and | had to
give up my work. My back felt as
though it would break when | bent
over. My kidneys acted much too of
ten and I could tell in different ways
they were in bad shape. Mornings
always felt tired and lame and l had
headaches for hours. Sometimes !
would stagger when walked. / used
Doan's Kidney Pills and my kidneys
were soon acting better. When | had
taken four boxes I felt like different
person. My kidneys were in fine
shape and my backache was cured"
Price 60 cents at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doans Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Fritz had Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
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CHAPTER XIV.

The three officers who had brought
in their verdict, and the fourth, of
high rank, who had passed the SEN
tence, stood rather stifIly at the door
of the little headquarters village house,
watching Mark as, with hands chained,
he was marched away by two armed
guards toward the jail.
When he was out Of sight they un'
bent.
Oh it!'' said one.
"My sentiments" answered another.
"What do you think, McKinnon?"
81 don't want to think about it."
eff it had been some tough who had
got roped into the army-a gunman Or
that sort-but-"
"Well, if the fellows a gentleman,
why did he do it? He must have
known"
"And, after all, he might have been
respited for the blow, but the gross
cOwardice-"
81 don't see that. The blow was
worse than the cowardice. A new
hand, between the lines at night, his
first night-Kellerman shouldn't have
sent him
II don't follow you there. Kellerman
had known the man in the q. S. and
wanted to give him a chance to redeem
himself"
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Arrival of Mail Trains

RAILROAD TIME TABLE
South Bound, for Milwaukee and
Chicago
No. IS, Daily. ..... :. :23 p. m.
No. 902. -. :. :. :. ......2 40 p. IN.
ITO Owen only
North Bound, for Duluth and
Superior.
No. IL Daily. $500. 30 q. IN.
No. 901 Daily. ;. >. :. 10 30 a. III.
Go Superior only
West Bound for Minneapolis.
NO. DAILY. -. ID ~ H. LII.
No. So Daily Elk. S.. ;. ..12 :O1 p. m.
East Bound for Prentice, Rhinelander
and 500
No. s Daily. 80. >. >. III :1O p m.
No. 81 Daily Elk. s. 49,. 2 40 p. m.
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CHAPTER XIII.

No word had come of any project of
attack on the morrow morning. In this
the sergeant's prediction had probably
proved false; yet the feeling in the air
Of something impending seemed to
have communicated itself to the enc
my's lines.
A wiring party and listening post
party were out from the American
trenches, and Mark was on duty with
three others of the stretcher bearers
company, ready for a call.
A corporal was at the dugout door.
"Stretcher bearers!" he whispered.
The four men were on their feet
Immediately, two stretchers ready.
"a man hit between the lines" said
the corporal. you've got to bring him
in. You can see him from this loop
hole"
Mark stepped upon the sentry's plat
form and saw. indistinct in the dark
ness, huddled form about halfway
to the German trenches.
Then he heard Kellerman's voice at
his side.
"a man of the -th got hit" he said.
"Bring him in, Weston. Make a quick
Job of it. Corporal Baines, you'll take
charge. You two will be ready to take
out your stretcher in case anything
happens" he added to the two others.
The corporal led the way, crouching,
toward the gap in the wires. They
passed two lines, traversed diagonal
lane, and emerged beyond the third
into the OPEN The body of the wound
ed man, which had disappeared, came
into light, black patch under the
stars.
sGet down." whispered the corporal.
They flung themselves to the ground,
and proceeded to wriggle forward, I'M
der his directions, pushing the stretch
err as noiselessly as possible across
the rough ground. Suddenly the man
with Mark uttered an exclamation.
What the devils he sent us on this
job for?' he demanded truculently.
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Continued next week

State of Wisconsin In Circuit Court
For Rusk County
Conrath Development Company, a
corporation, Plaintiff, VS.. ] 0 h n
his wife, Defendants.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO THE
SAID DEFENDANTS
You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear within 20 days after service of
this summons, exclusive of the day OF
service of this summons, and defend
the above entitled action in the court
aforesaid; and in case of your failure
so to do, judgment will be rendered
against you, according to the demand
of the complaint, of which a copy is
herewith served upon you.
J. w. Carlow,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
p. o. Address, Ladysmith, Rusk
County, Wisconsin.
Note: This is an action to fore
close a Land Contract and effects the
following described property Lot. No.
one (D, Block No. nine co. of New
Plat, Village of Conrath, being part of
section 81, township "a, North of
range five 90 West, Rusk. County,
Wisconsin. The summons and COM
plant are on file in the Office of the
Clerk of Court at Ladysmith, Rusk
County, Wisconsin.
First publication Nov. s. 1918. 3O-35)
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the sandbags and descended into the
mud of the trench, to find the firing
posts crowded and himself facing Kel-
lerman and the company captain.
Inwardly boiling, he stood still. It
was too dark to see the expression on
Kellerman's face, but he could imagine
the sneering grin that disfgured it.
!" said Kellerman sharply.
1.-THE man you sent me to bring in
was dead. He had been there for
days."
"Where are your compartment" de-
manded Kellerman.
Captured"
"And your
1--WE were attacked In the dark. ]
fought with my man until bullet
killed him. The others were taken
"And your stretcher?" asked Keller
man with bland sneer.
st left it between the lines. Do you
wish me to go back for it, sir?"
sThis man is lying" said Kellt man
to the Captain calmly. "He abandoned
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with the Henson woman was q part of
my official duties-the most distasteful
part, but one that had to be carried
out. You and were the victims Of an
acute piece Of trickery. That fan was
| wired"
"From your room, SIR" said Mark.
"From my room," answered Keller
man. "And no doubt, by the Henson
woman's agent, that spy who called to
see you at the war Office the same
morning. Colonel Howard knows all
about it. He means to stand by you
He heard you had enlisted, but he did
not know you were in the medical
corps, nor under an alias. He is at
the base now, Wallace. When he comes
up next week shall make it my bust.
ness to see him about YOU"
s'No, sir" gasped Mark. sIt doesn't
matter now"
"It matters to me, if not to yourself
Wallace. / cannot rid myself of the
sense of partial responsibility. And
as for what happened last night, you
took me off my guard. I'll be frank
with you 1t was my duty to interest
the Henson woman. / succeeded too
well. She followed me here. I couldn't
bring myself TO denounce her. For
that I have placed my own position
in jeopardy. When you appeared ]
did not know what to do or say
"You found course Of action" an
swered Mark, torn between the desire
to return blow for blow and to do JUS
tice to Kellerman, whose story left
him doubtful and wondering.
evil you accept my frank apol-
ogy?" asked Kellerman, extending his
hand.
Mark took it. 81 will, Major Keller
man." he answered.
And he made his way to the door of
the dugout, with a FEELING of warmth
in his heart such as he had not known
for many q month. He believed Kel-
lerman-and yet -. but he fought
down his instinct and still believed
him.
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CHAPTER XII.

And he slept, though he had not ex-
pected to close his eyes that night.
He slept as soundly as his comrades,
awakening, as was his habit, few
minutes before reveille, with a mind
singularly clarified by sleep. He would
ask to parade before his commanding
officer in the morning and state the
facts, leaving the rest to fate.
He was not destined to, for the same
corporal who had put him on duty dur
ing his previous afternoon ''off" called
him five minutes before parade.
"You can leave them buttons, Wes-
ton," he said with grin. "You won't
need to polish 'em where you're going.
The sergeant major wants you at
once"
Mark hurried to the Office, to find the
sergeant major in company with one
of the senior captains; then he remem-
bered that ru1nors of the preceding
evening had sent the Major away with
the inspecting General. His interview
must be postponed, then.
"Weston, you'd better get your
breakfast at once," said the sergeant
major. "And have your kit packed in
twenty minutes. You and Hartley are
going up to the front"
The senior captain temporarily COM
handing the detachment unbent from
the official air which he was trying
terribly hard to assume.
"You were specially asked for from
headquarters" he said, "with another
man; and I'm sending Hartley be-
cause he's your friend. They want two
more men for the stretcher bearers
company. Well be sorry to lose you,
Weston"
Mark saluted and went out just as
Hartley appeared at the door. The
sergeant major enlightened Hartley
briefly.
''You must have some pull at head
quarters, Weston" he said. do you
know Major KellermanY'
ga little, SIR" answered Mark grimly.
swell, he seems to know all about
you, and he told the o. G. over the tel
ephone that he must have you. He'll
be your o. G. now for while, SO
things ought to run smoothly for you. .
Hes not a doctor, SIR
mo, but the stretcher bearers aren't
medical corps; they're attached to
the -th."
Mark hurried away. In the barrack
room, at breakfast, the two were the
subject of mingled tests and congratu-
lations. The stretcher bearers, form
ing, as it were, the last supports OF
the infantry, shared with them the
great proportion of casualties. Keller
mans scheme was perfectly clear to
Mark.
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Continued from last week

Mark turned away in disgust, but he
imagined the warped mind that caught
at this hope of secrecy.
He went back into the kitchen. The
soldiers were still there, one or two
hailed him; the incident had occupied
only ten minutes. Annette made a
little mouth at him from the doorway.
But Mark was searching in the room
for Hartley.
'Your friend went home, I think,
monsieur lie soldat," said Annette in
banter.
Mark strobe out of the inn without
word. Hartley's disappearance did
not disturb him. Hartley was strange
but he felt that he had relied too much
on Hartley. 1t was for him to act. He
would go to the Major in charge of the
hospital, tell his story, and do the only
thing possible. He had no doubt any
longer that Kellerman and the Henson
woman were partners in far-reaching
he had never before allowed himself
to accept the obvious deductions from
the Washington episode. His mind
moved slowly. His purpose had been
to redeem himself, he had thought
Hartley 6bsessed; now he meant to 70.
veal everything.
And suddenly, out of the mist of
years, he recalled Colonel Towards
story of Hampton. Kellerman had
been the chief agent in Hampton's
tragic fall. Suppose Hampton had
been innocent Suppose that Flea
nor's father had been brave and loyal
man, whose hideOus ruin and abom-
Unable death might be posthumously
indicated?
The blood rushed to his head at the
thought of it. The burden of the
knowledge of her fathers shame, and
of it's probable effect on her if ever
she learned had weighed heavily upon
Marks heart since that night in the
tent in Cuba.
Then the blood receded, leaving him
as cold as a stone. For he recalled
Ada Kenson's words to Kellerman. So
the hunter was hard upon the quarry
perhaps he had already shared her.
Eleanor had liked Kellerman. He
forced back his thoughts, strobe
straight to barracks and turned in.
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.1Shut up, you fool.'' whispered the
corporal hoarsely.
"That amt the man. He's been
there these past three days. Dutch
man he is; every listening post party
knows him. What's the good of bring
ing him in? He amt got no head to
him."
"What you talking about?' snarled
the corporal "That's the man the Ma
jor said, and there amt no other in
sight. Tcht!"
They flattened themselves as a
rocket burst into the air above the
German lines.
Then the machine guns burst forth.
"Rat-tat-tat-tat! sang the bullets over
head.
They swished through the grass and
battered on the ground. No answer
came from the section of the Ameri-
can line Immediately behind the de-
tenders, but on each side there came
answering volleys, making the air an
inferno of cracking death. Then,
gradually, the alarm subsidized. The
rocket showers died down.
"Now,' boys!" whispered the corpo-
raj.
They crawled onward. The huddled
form came into clear view. The body
seemed to be already blending with
the earth, melting into formlessness /;
and there was no need to wonder
whether this was of a dead or wounded
man.
The corporal swore.
II told you SOP mumbled Marks
companion. II told you so. What's he
sent us here for, the fool?"
His words ended in gurgle. From
behind the shelter Of the corpse leaped
five men. Noiselessly they flung them
selves upon the party of three. Mark
felt pistol at his temple.
Surrender I" Kissed a voice in his
ear.
In a flash he realized the trap. The
three were unarmed, noncombatants
it was cOunter-raid-and Kellerman
had known that the enemy were abroad
that night and suspected their rendez-
vOus.
He saw his two companions being
dragged, unresisting, toward the Ger
man lines. Three men were with
them; besides his immediate antago-
mist there was only one other figure
in the immediate vicinity, and that one
had half turned away.
And the thought of the internal trap
goaded Mark to madness. AS his cap
tor, never suspecting resistance on his
part, let the muzzle of the pistol droop,
Mark drew back his hand and struck
upward with all his might.
He felt the burn of the powder as
the discharged bullet sped under his
chin, he heard the startled cry of the
Germans; and then a furious outburst
of machine-gun fire came from the
trenches opposite. Two Very lights
went up, revealing the two struggling
men to the sentries on either side.
Mark saw a powerful man, ser
geant, he thought, with close-cropped
yellow hair and the body Of Her.
cules. The man dashed at him, strik-
ing madly with his bare fists. The two
fought amid a hailstorm of bullets.
Suddenly the German uttered chok-
ing cry and dropped, blood squirting
from his throat, where chance bullet
had found him. AS he fell, Mark pre-
cipitated himself upon him and lay
fiat on the ground.
The firing died away. Captain
Mark began to crawl back toward the
parapet of his lines. A whispered chal-
lenge, an answer, and he had scaled
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good deal. The war office would have
exonerated YOU"
In spite of his loathing Of the man,
Mark felt his heart begin to hammer
with hope. He looked at Kellerman
with pathos in his eyes; he could not
hide his feelings; he was cropping amid
the ruins Of his world and trying to
reconstruct them.
i've no doubt you misunderstood
me-" said Kellerman. my association