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The Lamar register., 1919-04-23
Notice of Final Settlement and Detern,-
ination of HeirshIp.

Estate OF Edward J. Phelan. Deeeas-
ed.
No. 1900.
Notice is hereby given that on the
second day Of June. a. ID. 1919, the
undersigned viii present to the County
Court of Prowers County. Colorado. her
account FOR final settlement of admin
istration of said estate. when and where
all persons in interest may appear aud
object to them. If they so desire.
Notice is also hereby given that APP
plication for the determination Of heir
ship Of said Edward j. Phelan. deceased
has been made and that the Court Will
on said date hereinbefore mentioned.
or at any time to which the hearing
may be continued. proceed to ascertain
and determine who are the heirs Of
the said Edward J. Phelan. deceased.
and such entitled to inherit any
lands. tenements. hereditaments or
other property. real or personal. con-
stituting all or a part Of the Estate Of
the said Edward j. Phelan. deceased.
and enter Decree accordingly. at
which hearing all persons claiming to
he heirs at law of said deceased may
appear and present their proof.
THERESA A. PHELAN.
Administrative.
J. X. Doughty. Attorney.
. First Pub. April 10. 1919.
Last Pub. May Z. 1919.
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his voice until 1t became u hoarse
whisper.
Three years. mate. and most of that
time has been hell. haven't even
been ashore. but once, and that was
on an island. These fellows don't put
any trust In my kind. nor give them
any chance TO cut and run. Once in
awhile a lad does get away. but most
of them are caught; and those that are
sure get their punishment. They
never try IL again. I've seen them
staked out on the sand and left to
die; that amt no nice thing to remem-
ber."
But how did you come into it1"
Like most of the rest. | was sec
ond mate OF the Ranger. a Glasgow
brig. These fellows overhauled us at
daybreak about u hundred miles of
the east end Of Cuba. our skipper was
Scotch. and he put up some fight, but
II wasn't any use There was only
three of US left alive when the pirates
came aboard. one Of these died two
days later, and another was washed
overheard and drowned down In the
Gulf. | am all that Is left OF the
Ranger"
"You saved your life by taking onf"
sanchez had the two Of us, who
were able to stand. back In his cabin.
He put It TO us straight. He said II
WIS up to us whether we signed up or
walked the plank: and he didn't ap-
pear TO cure damn which we chose"
"And you say others Of this crew
have been obtained In the same man
nerr I questioned. deeply Interested
and perceiving IN this ray of hope.
Not exactly-no. | wouldn't pre-
cisely say that. It's true. perhaps
that most OF the Britishers were forced
to Join In about the SAME way / was,
and there may be Scandinavian OF
two. with a few Dutch. to be counted
In that list; but the most are pirates
from choice It's their trade. and they
like Ii. Sanchez only aims to keep
hold of Il few good men. because he
has got TO have sailors; but most of
his crew are nothing but plain cut
throats. Indians and half-breeds, mig
gers, creoles. Portuguese, Spanish, and
every mongrel you ever heard Of. San
chez himself is half French. The hell
hound who kicked you is a Portu-
guese, and LeVere Is more niger than
anything else. I'll bet there is hun
dred rats on board this Namur right
now who'd cut your throat for SOW
ereign, and never so much as think of
II again."
"A hundred? Is there that many
aboardT
"A hundred an thirty all told. Most
O. 'em bunk amidshlps. They're not
sailormen, but just cut-throats, an sea
wolves. Yer ought ter see em swarm
out on deck. like hungry rats. when
thar's fight comm. It's all they're
good fer"
watkins" 1 said soberly. after a
pause during which he spat on the
dirty deck to thus better express his
feelings. "do you mean to say that in
three years you've had no chance to
escape? No opportunity to get awayf'
mot u chance. mate: no more will
you. know what yer thinkin bout. /
had them notions too when l fust
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NOTICE or sI,EnIrr-s SALE

state Of Colorado
County Of Prowers J
~ THE DtSTBtCT COURT.
J. russell Atnyficld. ~ Public
Trustee OF the County OF
Prowcrs. State Of colorado.
ana g. u. Dinius. e"stui que
trust Plaintiffs.
Th, Estate Of John \. Sedwick.
deceased: l. NJ s"dwick. Nd
Defendant
WHEREAS. John \. Sedwlck. by u
deed OF trust dated the I'm day OF
NpriI. 1918. which is recorded IN Book
no. ut page t09. OF the records IN the
offtce of the County clerk and Record +
er OF proNers County. Colorado. duly
conveyed to the Public Trustee In ana
Tor said County Of Prowers, stat" OF
Colorado. the follow ing descfiDen rshi
estate in said County and state. to-
Lot Four 80 in Block E. in the
West Side Addition TO the Town Of
Lamar. colorado. a. shown by the
recorded plat thereof on file in the
office Of the County CLERK and Re-
corder of said prowers county
,,bicb deed OF trust was made to Sc
cure the payment OF his promissory
note OF even date with said deed i o.
Dollars (SsO0.O6b. payable TO the ordeI
Of &. N. Dinius six months after ths
date thereof. with interest thsIeoh "a, n
zen Der cent per aunum. together WIN
80 nrr cent on the amount due as at
torn.v+s fees AS H. more particularly
s.t forth in said deed Of trust, refer .
.ence to which is hereby made Tor great
.r certainty. and ,
whereas. said deed Of trust was made
subject TO "A prior deed Of trust to the
puhiic Trustee for the use Of the La
- RuiIdiug and Loan Association.
when said prior deed Of trust was re-
corded in Book lO9. at page III there
H. ~
C1unfx Clerk and Recorder OF Prov
.rs County. Colorado. and
whereas. the amount due and owing
~, nf obout Four Hundred Seventy
iyyo and S9-tUO Dollars. and whereas
said prior deed of trust Is unr-leased.
and the indebtedness Tor when = Mas
whereas. the said John \. Sedwick die
on or about the 2lst day of Noyemoel
A. ID. 1918, Interstate. and whereas l
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Geonry Carlyle. mariner.
sentenced to twenty years of servitude in
the American colonies for completely in
the Monmouth rebellion. Is put aboard
ship. He sees among the passengers Dor
othy Fairfax Of Maryland and a Spaniard
calling himself Captain Sanchez.
CHAPTER II-Life on the prison ship.
CHAPTER III-Cnrlyie meets Dorothy.
services. Carlyle and Sanchez clash.
CHAPTER IV-some Information con-
cerning Black Sanchez. pirate.
CHAPTER V-The Fairfax party now
in Its own sloop on the Potomac, encoun-
ters II mysterious bark. the Namur of
Rotterdam.
CHAPTER vI-The Fairfax party
lands for the night with a chest of gold.
Carlyle investigates a mysterious sail at
midnight.
CHAPTER vII-Carlyle discovers Cap
to steal the Fairfax gold and abduct
Dorothy
CHAPTER VIII-Carlyle fights Sanchez
and leaves him for dead.
CHAPTER Ix-carlyie. too late to res
cue Dorothy. swims to the Namur
CHATTER x-cariyIe boards the Namur
and Joins the pirate crew
CHAPTER xI-Pirates return to Ma
muir with Dorothy gold and disabled cap
tain and 20 to sea
CHAPTER xII-carlyie nnds a friend
In Watkins. an English sailor.
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CHAPTER XII.
AFrIend in the Foree.stIe.

slowly opened my eyes to find my
self lying in an upper bunk of the fore
castle. Memory soon returned. stimu-
lated no doubt by the aching OF my
body where Estada had so brutally
kicked me with his heavy boot The
heavy rolling of the bark clearly evi-
denced that We We're already at sea.
and bucking against high wind. 1t
was dark, dismal, smelly interior.
amply large enough. but i'll ventilated,
and lnexpresslbly dirty. | must have
been lying unconscious for several
hours. l rested back. feeling OF the
numerous bruises on my body. and
touching gingerly the dried blood
cnked on my face. No very serious
damage seemed to have been done. al
though every muscle and tendon ap-
peared to be strained and lacernted.
Clinching my teeth to keep back a
groan, | succeeded In sitting upright.
my head touching the upper deck, as
/ undertook TO survey my surround
ings. About half the hunks seemed to
be occupied, the figures of the sleeping
men barely discernible.
As sat there. staring about at this
scene there was a stir within the up
per berth ON my own level. and AN up
lifted face appeared suddenly In the
yellow flare of light. IL was mani
festly an English face at first glance,
rosy of cheek, with chestnut beard. A
pair of humorous. gray eyes surveyed
me silently. and then. apparently salts
fed by the scrutiny. the owner sat up
In the bunk. revealing powerful shoul-
ders. and II round. bull neck.
"Ahoy. mate" he said pleasantly.
endeavoring to speak low. the effort
resembling the growl of bear. How
do you feel-pretty soref'
"Ache from head to foot" an
swered. Immediately feeling his friend
illness. But no harm done"
II saw part of it, The damn black
brute kicked savagely enough, but at
that you're lucky; it's the Spanish
style to use a knife. I've seen that
coes slash man into ribbons for
nothing at all-Just TO show he was
had. Haines tells me your name is
Gates. and that you are English"
That's right; | shipped first out or
Bristol"
$50 did 1, mate-twenty years ago
though. and I never went back since.
Nv name is Tom Watkins. Let's shake !;
there Is quite a sprinkling OF US Brit
Ishers aboard, and we ought to hang
together
He put out big, hairy fist. and !
gripped it heartily. decidedly liking
the man as his eyes frankly met mine.
He appeared honest and square, a hne
type of the English seaman.
"Tom Watkins, you said. May ask
II you were out on the bow-sprit along
with Haines last nightf"
"Just afore the longboat come inf
Yes. we were there"
well, | was down below, hanging
to the cable, and overheard you two
talking together. Somehow, Watkins.
you do not seem to me to fit in exactly
with this gang Of nirstas' yop don't
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sZX(.g3 49, = - * 81 . 80
come aboard-gettin' all the decent
sort tergether, and takin' the vessel.
'Twon't work; thar amt 'nough who
wud risk it. and If thar wus. yer
couldn't get 'em tergether. Sanchez is
too damn smart fer thet. Every damn
rat.is Il spy. 1 amt he'd no such talk
as this afore In six months. Gates the
last time cost me twenty lashes ut the
mast-butt. What'd yer have in yer
mind, mater
"Only this. Watkins I've got to do
something. and believe | can trust you
its not my life Fin thinking about,
but that of woman"
"A womani Not the one brought
aboard last nightf
Exactly; now listen-Tm going to
tell you my story, and ask your help.
NV name is not Gates, and | am not
the man Mendez brought aboard drunk.
and who was thrown over the rail by
LeVere. That fellow was drowned. l
am Geoffry Carlyle, an English skip
per-"
Thereupon / told him my story in
detail. Then I said:
81 have no plan; to become a mem
ber of the crew was my only thought.
But I must act. If at all. before the
captain RECEIVERS. He would recognize
me at sight. You Will aid. advise
me?"
That is easier TO ask than answer,
mate" he admitted finally. Il am an
English seaman. aud will do my duty.
but, 50 far as | cnn see. there Is no
plan we can make. II Is God who will
save the girl. If she is TO be saved. He
may use us to that end, but it is
wholly beyond our power TO accom-
plish II alone. The only thing / can
do is to sound out the men aboard, and
learn Just what We can expect of them
II any opportunity to act comes. There
are not more than dozen at most to
he relied upon. Play your part, and
Keep quiet. If you can let her lnow
of your presence aboard II might be
best-for If she saw you suddenly. un-
prepared. she might say or do some
thing TO betrny you. There are other
reasons why 1t may be best for her to
know she Is not entirely deserted"
He leaned over. motioning me
toward him. until his lips were at my
ear.
at may not prove as hopeless as II
appears now" he whispered confiden-
TALLY. 81 helped carry Sanchez to his
stateroom. and washed and dressed his
wound. There is no surgeon aboard.
lie has bad cut. and Is very weak
from loss of blood. The question OF
our success hinges on Pedro Estadn.
This is chance he has long been
waiting for. The only question Is has
he the nerve to act doubt II he has
alone but Levere Is with him. and
that half-brecd " 7nld cut the throat
Of his hest friend You understand
the death Of Sanchez would make
Estada chief
"But." Interposed. sin that case
what would the crew dor
Accept Estadn. no doubt; Mt least
the cut-throats would be with him. for
he Is Of their sort But Sanchez s
death would save you from discovery,
and" his voice still lower. 50 that
barely distinguished the words, "in the
confusion aboard. II We were ready.
the Namur might he so disabled as to
compel them to run her ashore for re-
pairs. That would give you a chance.
II once We reach Porto Grande there
Is no hope"
A marllng spike pounded on the
scuttle, and Haines' voice roared
down.
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First Pub. April 10. 1919.
Last Pub. May 20. 1919.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-24
CHAPTER xv-Continued.

And so / went on and on through
the darkness and with each step
toward the chateau my resolution
grew.
My elbow grated against the tunnel
wall. / stepped sidewise toward the
center and ran against the wall oppo-
site. The light of the stars was clear
In front of me and the cold wind blew
usOn my face, and ] squeezed through
into the same scOoped-out hollow
which / had entered on the same after
noun during the course of my journey
toward the chateau.
The little river gurgled at my feet,
aid in front of me | saw a candle
pickering IN the recesses Of a cave, so
elfinlike that / could distinguish 1t only
by shielding my eyes against the moon
and stars.
grasped my pistol tightly and crept
noiselessly forward. If this should be
Leroux, as / was convinced 1t was,
i would not parley with him. l would
shoot him down In his tracks.
AS / stepped nearer him my feet dis
lodged a pebble, which rolled with a
splash into the bed Of the stream.
The man started lad spun around,
and I saw before me the pale, melan:
choly features of Philippe Lacroix.
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Copyright. w. q. Chapman

you are a splendid woman, Jacque-
defy me-by heaven, l do! But you
are quite at my mercy. And you are
going to yield! You will yield your
will to mine"
"Neverw she cried. II will fling
myself into the lake before that shall
happen. All, monsieur"-her voice
took on q pleading tone-"why will
you not take all we have and let us
go? We are two helpless people; we
shall never betray your secrets. Why
must you have MI tOOT"
Because I love you, J~acqueline,"
he cried, and now l heard an under
tone Of passion which / had not sus
pected In the man.
He caught her in his arms. She ut
tered a little gasping cry and struggled
wildly and Intellectually in his grasp.
/ was quite cold, for / knew that
was to be the last Of his vlllainies. /
entered the room and walked up to the
table, my pistol raised, aiming at his
heart, and l felt my own heart beat
steadily and the will to kill rise domi-
nant above every hesitation.
Leroux spun round. He saw me,
and he smiled his sour smile. He did
not finch, although he must have seer
that my hand was as steady as a rock.
"What, you again, monsieur?" he
asked mocklngly. "You have come
back? You are always coming back,
aren't youT"
81 have come back to kill you, Le-
roux," I answered, and pulled the trig-
ger six times.
And each time / heard nothing but
the click of the hammer.
Then, with his bulls below, Simon
was upon me, dashing his fists into my
face and bearing me down. My puny
struggles were as ineffective as though
/ had been fighting ten men. He had
me on the floor and vas kneeling on
my chest, and in q trice the other ruff
fans had come dashing along the hall.
Jacqueline was beating with her
little fists upon Leroux's broad back,
but he did not even feel the blows.
I heard old Charles Duchaine's piping
cries Of fear, and then somebody held
me by the throat and I was swimming
in black water.
"Bring a rope, Raoul !" I heard ST.
mon call.
Half conscious, 1 knew that I was
being tied. I felt the rope tighten
upon my wrists and limbs; presently
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I opened my aching eyes to find my
self trussed like a chicken to two legs
Of the table and Leroux was standing
owe me, perfectly calm.
"Ah, Paul Hewlett, you are a very
poor conspirator indeed" he said, ito
try to shoot a man without anything
in your pistol. Do you remember how
affectionately / put my arm round you
when you were sitting in that chair
writing your ridiculous check? 1t was
then that / took the liberty Of extract
ing the two cartridges. But / did
think you would have sense enough to
examine your pistol and reload before
you returned"
He picked up a scrap Of newspaper
from the table and held 1t before my
eyes, deliberately turning up the oil
lamp wick that !. might read it. / rec
ognized 1t at once. 1t was the clipping
from the newspaper. descriptive Of the
murdered man, whic / had cut out In
the train and placed In my p~ocketbook.
"You dropped this, my friend, when
you pulled out your poclyctbook." said
Simon. "You are q very poor con-
spirator. Paul Hewlett. WellT
"Well" I repeated mechanically.
"Who killed him?" he shouted.
He shook the paper before my eyes
and then he struck me across the face
with IL.
"Who killed Louis d'Epernay?" he
yelled. and ~Jacqueline screamed In
fear.
II did" I answered after q moment.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-10-24
Department of Agriculture Tells
of Tragedies Which Carry
Own Lesson.
Loss OF LIFE and PROPERTY
Men In Flour Mills, Cereal Mills and
Elevators Under Government Urge
Are Using More Care-Pre-
ventive Devices Installed.

Washington.-Here is a remarkable
contrast:
Between March, 1916, and October,
1917-twenty months-dust explosions
destroyed four of the largest grain and
cereal plants In the United States and
Canada, killing "a people, injuring SO
and destroying 100000 worth of food
stuffs and buildings.
From October, 1917, to August, 1919
-tWenty-One mOnths-there has been
only one disastrous dust explosion in
a flour mill, cereal mill or grain eleva-
tor In this country. This explosion
occurred in May, 1919, in an elevator
in the Northwest. Three men were
killed, four injured and property dam
aged to the extent Of $150,OOO.
Did not the elevators and mills
handle more grain and flour in the lat
ter period than in the earlier one?
And did they not have trouble with
the changing Of help and have to use
inexperienced men? More explosions,
In the natural course of events, were
" NC CApcCltu III lC ulC pei lou' IL
secret of 1t is that all the men in the
flour mills, cereal mills and elevators
have been careful and preventive de-
vices have been installed.
Carry Their Lesson.
The following accounts of tragedies
and near-tragedies supplied by the bu-
reau of chemistry of the United States
department of agriculture convey their
own lesson.
A feed-grinding plant in Canada
met with a 100000 loss from an ex-
plOsion and fire caused by foreign ma
terial entering the grinding machine.
The sparks created by this foreign ma
terial, passing through the grinding
plates ignited the dust in and around
the machine. A small explosion fol
lowed. Dust-laden air propagated the
flame to n large bin, where the dust
had been stirred into suspension. This
produced a second and violent explo-
sion and the fire that resulted COM
pletely destroyed the plant, killing II
men and injuring 16.
Friction between any two dissimilar
bodies will produce static electricity.
A spark of this type started a fire in
an elevator head of a southern export
house. Since the elevator heads and
legs were completely boxed in and the
machinery was operating properly
there was absolutely no possibility Of
any cause for this fire except static
electricity. The discharge ignited the
dust in the elevator head, the flames
burst out and caused a fire on the top
floor. Fortunately the plant was
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KAISER'S KITCHEN LIKE HIM
Shows No Sign Of Ever Having Been
Under Fire-Comes to
Washington.

Washington.-To the collection of
war trophies which the Smithsonian
institution is now gathering will be
added shortly the field kitchen of Will
liam Hohenzollern, late kaiser of Ger.
many.
The kitchen followed the kaiser to
all the fighting fronts he visited, but
shows no signs of damage, which Is
taken to indicate that 1t was kept far
to the rear, as did it's imperial owner.
German prisoners Of war loaded the
kitchen-which Is said to be the most
elaborate affair of its kind-aboard
a transport at st. Nazaire, France, and
II is on Its way to Washington, with q
large collection of war material OF
different kinds.
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said another. "We can finish in about
ten minutes"
"All right" said the first, and they
continued working.
A few minutes later-an explosion,
and then a fire. Flames spread rap
idly and the heat was so intense that
the firemen could not get the fire un-
der control. The plant was completely
destroyed, with a loss of $1,50O,OOO.
Enough grain was destroyed TO fur
nish Chicago with bread for q month.
Seven Men Killed.
A choke-up occurred recently In an
export elevator In the East. One of
the men hurried to Investigate and
found it to be in leg No. L. He sig
nailed in for leg No. l to be shut down,
but because of some mistake leg No. 2
was shut down instead. The belt in
No. 1 continued to slip until the heat
produced was so great that the belt
began to burn, thus igniting the dust
in the leg and producing a sharp local
explosion, which blew the leg apart.
This explosion stirred up the dust
about the plant, ignited it, and pro-
duced a very violent explosion. The
fire which resulted completely de-
stroyed the plant. Seven men were
killed, % injured and the property
damage amounted to $1,50O,0OO.
The miller in a modern mill in the
South believed In having his plant
clean, in having efficient fire-fighting
apparatus, and in using a flashlight If
he. must inspect a bin by artificial
light. Occasionally, however, he
would go through the plant smoking
his pipe.
No Place to Smoke.
One afternoon he wished to deter
mine the amount of flour in q bin, SO
he took a flashlight. lifted the trap
door Of the bin, and was about to flash
the light when he found a mass of
flames In front of him. He was smok.
ing his pipe at the time. His hands
and face were badly burned, and the
trapdoor sill was scorched. Fortu.
nately, because of the lack Of dust In
the plant, the blaze vanished almost
as quickly as 1t came. The miller In
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WARNS OF DUST
PERIL in MILLS

equipped with an automatic sprinkler
system and the fire was e~xtinguished
before much damage was done. BY
grounding every elevator head in the
building this danger was eliminated,
ana since that time no fire or eXplo-
sion has occurred in the plant.
Care Prevents Disaster.
1t was the custom at a certain cereal
grinding mill in the middle West to
keep the plant as free as possible from
all dust. This practice, no doubt,
saved the plant from a disastrous ex-
plosion and fire. Some bits of foreign
material got past the magnetic p
rator, n upon entering the grinding
machine caused sparks to fly. The
sparks ignited the dust In suspension,
blew open the doors Of the grinding
machines, and flames shot out to a
distance Of several feet; but because
OF the lack OF dust to propagate the
flame the fire went out. Had there
been accumulations of dust near by it
no doubt would have been thrown into
suspension and another and very vio-
lent explosion would have resulted.
AT an elevator in the East three
men were transferring grain from q
storage bin to a shipping bin when
n Of them smelled the odor of burn
ing rubber.
II guess we had better see what is
the trouble" said one.
Let's finish running this bin first"