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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19

return zem, she will make herself COM
Portable here wisout food or water, but
If she wishes to give zem to me now,
she may depart at once"
I laughed I'm his face.
l think this disconnected him more
than anything I'd done.
"How long do you think you can
keep me here?" demanded.
"Zat depends on madame" he re-
turned with a shrug and significant
glance at the shattered windows.
"You speak as though you supposed
nobody knew where l was"
at Is useless for you to call to
Madame Delario-she will not come"
~ wasn't thinking Of doing It. But
my brother win comet He knows that
| am here and he Is coming for me. He
was In my house when your message
came. He had come over from Phila-
delphia with his lawyer and some pa
pers for me to sign, When you told
me Mrs. Delario was so I'll. waited
for nothing-rushedrd down here as fast
as / could. My brother and his lawyer
were to follow me here In an hour and
am to 20 with them to the notary's
TO sign the papers. The hour is al
most up!"
Monsieur bit his lips. Here was a
contingency he hadn't reckoned with
that had arranged to have some
one call for me. Then a bright idea
struck him. Eat matter Is simply ar
ranged" said he with a wicked smile.
II tell your dear brozer Eat you have
already gone home to him. and he VIII
not wait"
tried to laugh again. though fear
made but poor attempt at II. for !
was beginning to be frightened. But
said: Don't fiatter yourself you
could deceive my brother with tale
like that-he knows me toe we'll. ! told
him would walt and he knows
would keep my word. He would know
| the instant you said had gone-he
would know the minute he looked into
your faee-that something was wrong
here. In five minutes he'd be back
with the police and break in the door. :
This took the wind out OF his sails
for minute. Then he rose 10 the
situation in a masterful way; and |
must say for him that he was no mean
adversary. Drawing the key from his
pocket he unlocked the door, saying,
And now madame will telephone her
brozer Eat Madame Delario is dying
and he is not to come today about re
important papers" s
| saw my one chance lay in pretend
ing I'd do II and then breaking loose
SO stepped out--he at my heels ready
to grab me-and making feint of
going upstairs to the telephone. he fol-
lowed suit by putting one foot on the
lowest step. At that, ! gave loud.
wild-western '-whoopeel" right In his
face. ana punched him In the chest as
hard as ever | could. He lost his bal
ance. went rolling backward and sat
down on the floor Before he recov-
cred from the shock of my unladyiike
behavior, had bolted through ths
front door and reached the street.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
alnn.tures to Treaty.

Signatures on treaties have become
easy to arrange now that the system
of alphabetical order Is followed. but
formerly the fight for precedence was
cause of grievous difficulty. The or
der In which names appeared on treat
les used to be determined by the stat
us OF the realms concerned. But this
device Involves such interminabie dis
putes that other systems were suggest
ed, and as long ago as Ills, at the sig
nature Of the Quadruple alliance. each
power signed the first copy which was
to remain in its own possession. AT
Aix-la- Chapelle, In 1T4s, the contract
ing parties each signed one copy for
each of the others. Finally. the pres
en- plan OF alphabetical order lac
cording to the French alphabeO was
adopted.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
Why.

The new high-schoOl teacher thought
that she was making a decided hi,
with the older boys because they gath
cred around her to talk at many OF
the intermisslons: The principal. who
had noticed this. commended her on
her interest in the boys and then told
the boys how they should appreciate
her for this same interest.
II guess you like TO have her talk
football with you." he smiled.
'Oh, no." hastily corrected one of
them. "She doesn't know any football.
We talk il before her and then we like
to stand near so we can hear all the
foolish questions she asks the fellows
about IT,"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19

Monsieur is. believes stranger
In America. Has monsieur ever ac-
quainted himself with New York state
laws7"
ITO some extent-yes."
"Well-ah--I was merely wondering.
you know. II monsieur were aware OF
the fact that In New York state. kid
naping is capital offense-that is.
punishable with deathT
But what has kidnapping to do wis
our present case7' be asked frowning.
"Oh. only that monsieur Is. at the
present moment. in the act Of kidnap-
ing me-"
That lift him. but he held his
ground.
Il do not see II. madame. Kidnapping
consists In taking re person by yio-
lence and against re wish"
mot In New York state. Monsieur
forgets that he IL not In France or
Germany. but In New York. The New
York courts hold that forcible deten-
ton against the will Is kidnapping. You
are at this moment, In the eyes Of the
law. kidnaper."
"Impossible" he exclaimed.
Certainly" returned. "You have
only to look up the cases and convince
yourself In the HalIoran case. a year
ago. Halloran only locked girl up
and refused to let her out when she
asked. He did her no harm and made
no threats"-here ! looked at the re-
volver in a significant way--"but he
got twenty years. But In the Cominsky
case--the man who was electrocuted
last week, as you probably read in the
papers-Cominsky locked woman up
and threatened her with a revolver.
He got the death penalty"
As these fictitious cases dropped or
my tongue. monsieur. with a catlike
slyness. slipped the revolver back into
his pocket. though he made no move
to open the door as had hoped. Still,
! saw had gained ground with him
though the ground longed for lay out
side the house.
Every good" said he. after some sec
onds OF consideration; 1--WE are not
kidnapping madame. Madame has ze
jewels-of Eat / am positive-elzer
upon her person, or In some place con-
cealed, and until madame decides TO
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
Have You Heard That

Canaries in their wild stateare of a
striped greenish color. The yellow
canary is due TO breeding?
The next airships TO be built in
England are TO be 694-foot length, with
a lifting power of 1927 tons?
Certain landlords in Scotland are
bound. under monetary penalties. to
marry at the kings command?
A ring is usually worn on the third
finger Of the left hand because it is
the least used of all our fingers and
on the least used hand?
Prisoners in the Massachusetts state
prison wear gray uniforms and not
striped clothes
Spy suspects in the A. e. F. were
given baths in lemonade in order to
reveal any secret writing which they
might have written on their skins.
The acid in the lemon disclosed ''inyis-
ible" ink? =
Artificial legs were used by Egypt
Inns 700 years before Christ ?--Boston
Post. ~
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
Marvellous Hair Rope.

One of the most remarkable hair
ropes is mentioned by Sir Frederick
Treves in his book entitled THE
O,Ser Side of the Lantern" He de-
scrihes 1t as lying curied up like a
gigantic caterpillar within the great
buddhist temple at Kioto. 1t meas
ures 800 feet in length and three
inches In diameter. and is made up OF
contributions from the heads Of many
hundreds of thousands OF japanese
women. Long ago II was used TO drag
the timbers TO the building and to hoist
them into place. and now II is care
fully preserved. a sacred relic. with
In the vast edlfice Il helped to raise.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
CHAPTER WI.
! Sec Throuah the Plot.

There are moments when l fairly
thrill at the thought that | am an
American citizen. Such moment
came after had shot through the yes.
thule door and found myself In the
compliment street. was safe--safe--
safe. was where ] could appeal to
the first passing man 10 protec. me In
the name OF American womanhood.
In the jubilation Of my freedom and
safety i stopped and looked back at
the house.. The holland shade was
drawn downstairs, but as looked. q
finger--I knew IL must be monsieur's--
pulled an edge OF the shade and an
| eye peeped at me.
] was IN the midst OF grin Of de-
rision at him when my eye was caught
by something at an upper window. II
was hand--a waving banda hand
that said. $50 away-go away-go
away!" as fast as II could. and said II
| TO me.
An instant later / saw face and
recognized Mrs. Delario. Then the face
was gone and the hand said. go
awayl" again and disappeared also.
Monsieur. seeing me standing. APP
parently interested In something hap
pening upstairs, pulled the shade out
a little farther. So what did was de.
liberately to cross the street and sig
nal him. TO raise the window.
Raise the window want to speak
| TO youi" I shouted.
| The window was raised about six
inches and monsieur put his evil. ratty
| face down 20 listen.
"Now do your darnedestf" said I.
| And then snapped my fingers at him
and walked away.
Though It was early began 10 feel
hungry and kept on tin reached a
| French restaurant where generally
lunch when I'm downtown. 1t was too
soon for the music. but my own
thoughts were music enough just then,
and anyway felt safe.
But by the time the salad came the
reaction set In. The world turned drab,
notified with black responsibility and
streaked with red Indignation. rob
JOuIk girl NOOu ACdhtHc t--ttCI th-
Their must be insane TO bring such an
accusation against me l seen with
her Jewel case in my hands Prepos-
terousl And poor, poor Mrs. Delario-
she. too. had been accused. on top OF
all her trouble about her diamonds.
I had raised my coffee to my lips
but hadn't tasted IT,. when the words
went through my head like shot :
"CLAIRES JEWELS ARE MRS.
DELARIO'S DIAM0NDSp
Mrs. Delario had sworn to me that
they were hers. Had she robbed Claire
coming over in the steamer? Impos-
siblel She was too good woman.
But even so. how had monsieur con-
nected me with them? Had she told
hIm7 That seemed impossible also ;
and yet ! felt I'd really never shaken
his conviction that I had them-and
that he meant TO get them by fair
means or foul.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
-cLMaE,s JEWELS ARE MAS DeL.aio's DIAMONDS"

OF
she nnds
had
Claire
on Of Mrs DeO ppsrs TsrOash that happening she Learns later
uns
diamonds
supposedly the and agrees
o hacnhs and
added the telephone De Rave
friend and leaving the heTpine by
real character
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
What They Said.

The following conversation ensued
between two colored troops In an out
post while Jerry was putting over a
barrage.
"Sam, All don't like the hum them
shells has; they-talks to me-"
.You neyeh see me turningl white.
niggah. What they say?'
''They say. You amt going back
to A-ia-BAAiw -The American Lee
zion Weekly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19

pound my husband wanted me TO Try IL
/ took it for week and felt little bet
Ter. kept itup for three months, and
/ feel fine and can eat anything now
without distreasor nervousness. - Mira.
]. WoRTHLRE, 2S42 North Taylor St,
Philadelphia Pa
The majority Of mothers nowadays
oyerd0, there are 30 many demands
upon their time and strength; the result
Is invariably q weakened, rundown,
nervous condition with headaches, back
ache, irritabiiity and depression - and
soon more serious ailments develop.
1t is at such periods in life that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will
restore normal healthy condition, as
It did to Mira. Worthline.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
COLD ON CHEST
AND SORE THROAT
ENDED OVERNIGHT
You Get Action with Mustarlne--It
Drives Out Pain In Half the Time
il Takes other Remedies - tie
the Quickest Pain Killer
on Earth.

Stops coughing almost instantly: ends
sore throat and chest colds over night
Nothing like II for neuralgia, lumbago,
near,tis and TO speedily drive away rheu-
matte pains and reduce swollen joints.
Mustarine Is the original non blisterins
prescription that takes the place but is
10 times as efficient ar Grandmother's old.
fashioned mustard plaster. Use Il for
spr9lns strains. bruises sore muscles
stiff neck. gwellings. sore. painful OF
frosted feet and chilblains Be sure it's
Besys Mustarine ia the yellow box.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
The Difference

Father" said the small boy. what
is the difference between republic
and an absolute monarchy
"a republic. my son. is regulated by
public opinion. An absolute monarchy
is regulated by somebody's private
opinion"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19

btChi$ mOsb "a tdo
time. / went 70 .
doctor and be said
| hsd nervous indi-
gestion. which sd-
ded to my weak
condition kept me
worrying most OF
the time - and he
said II / could not
stop that, ! could
not get we'll 1
heard somuchAbout
Lydia E. Pinkham's
U~-m&aAta C6~
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
Why Hurrya

One OF the colored conyicts at
Leavenworth had knocked the ball
over the prison wall in baseball game
and was tearing around the bases at
terrific speed, making hard work out
of an easy .homer,H Whereat one OF
the boarders shouted: -
Take yo' time, bo.' take 20 time |;
yo's In 70. fife; take yo' time"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
AustraIla Gas spare land.

South Australia. with an area OF
more than 240.oooOO0 acres. has only
slightly more than 5,ooo,000 acres IN
de, cultivation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
F0GGY?
II Bilious, Constipated or
Headachy take
"Cascarets."

Tomorrow the sun will shine for
you. Everything will seem clear, rosy
and bright. Your system is filled with
liver and bowel poison which keeps
your skin sallow, your stomach upset,
your head foggy and aching. Your
meals are turning into poison. gases
aud acids. You cannot feel right. Don't
stay bilious or constlpated. Feel splen-
did always by taking Cascarets occa-
sionally. They act without gripping or
Inconvenience. They never sicken you
like Calomel. Salts, OH or nasty.
harsh pills. They cost so little too
Cascarets work while you sleep.--Adv.
And sometimes when a mans faults
arc buried with his bones. the latter
have too much company.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19

It's easy to be thankful when we are
prosperous.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
THIS WEAK,
NERVOUS MOTHER
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Restored Her Health.

PhiIsdelphis, Pal was veryweak.
slwsystired, my back ached, and ! felt
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19

A woman seldom means all the mean
things she Gays
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19

Give willingly. gladly. freely. else
the virtue Of the giving viii have been
lost
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-11-19
/ !; mi
NOTHING Like That Here.

An .EnglIsh chemists synthetic milk.
Which can nc condensed or dried. Is
made frun peanuts, soy beans. sugar.
water and mineral salts FROM real
miig.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-15
BELIEVE TIRE FACTORY
HAS WONDERFUL FUTURE
Local Stockholders Inspect Spokane
Plant of Washington Tire &
Rubber Company

G. R. Bradshaw, T. A. Warnock, A.
/. Smith, Ole Brue and P. j. Murphy
inspected the plant of the Washington
Tire & Rubber company in Spokane
last week. All the visitors are enthus-
iastic over the company's prospects,
and while in Spokane Mr.. Murphy in
creased his holdings in the company
by another unit of ten shares.
The company began grinding rub
ber May z, or just one year and one
day after the company was incorpor-
ated. It is expected that the first Ev-
ergreen tires will arrive here about
June / and will be placed on sale by
the Columbia Garage, who are dis
tributors in this territory. The pres
ent capacity of the plant is 200 tubes
and castings a day and there are
orders already booked to keep
the plant busy for some time to come.
The plant is so arranged that another
unit can be installed at any time with
out any alterations on the building or
the floor plan of the equipment.
?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-15
BENTON'S WHEAT
REGISTERS 1O7
Government Crop Report Gives
This County Highest Percent
age in the State

"The further we go the bigger il
looks" said A. F. Brown when asked
how plans for the Fourth of July
celebration are progressing. EVERY
body seems to be in for making it a
hummer and we know of no reason
why it cannot be done. The enter
tainment committee is already getting
busy and as soon as they can give us
an idea of how much money is going
to be needed the finance committee
will start work"
"Pasco is coming over to help u.s."
said E. w. Trenbath, who with E. M.
Sly attended the Chamber Of Com
merce luncheon today noon for the
purpose of extending an invitation to
the Pasce people to "come across" on
the Fourth. These gentlemen brought
back the information that there will
be no celebration in Pasco this year
and that members of the Chamber of
Commerce will do what they can to
bring a crowd over here.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-15
PLANS MADE FOR
MEMORIAL DAY
Veterans of Three Wars will CO.
operate in Observing Ma
tional Holiday

That the old veterans of the GA. r.
will not have to assume all the re-
sponsibilities for proper observ-
ance of Memorial Day this year, was
assured at a meeting of Civil War,
Spanish American and World War
veterans held in the offices Of Tren-
bath and Tweedt Wednesday evening.
Sunday, May 25 will be observed as
Memorial Sunday with union services
in the M. e. church at 8 o'clock in
the evening. The memorial sermon
will be preached by Rev. III. J.. Wood,
pastor of the M. E. church. Veterans
of the three wars will meet at the Ma
sonic hall at 7:30 and march to the
church.
Memorial Day program will start
with patriotic parade which will
form at the Masonic hall at $3.50 a.
M, and proceed up Second street to
the Hotel Kennewick corner where au-
tomobiles will be taken to the cem-
etery. At the graves of the veterans
of the three wars decoration services
will be held, asyolley fired and taps
sounded.
After the decoration ceremonies the
annual Memorial Day dinner will be
served in the dining room of the M. E..
church. A committee of World War
ladies has been appointed to assist
the ladies of the w. R. c. in prepar-
ing the dinner and similar invitation
is extended to daughters of veterans
and wives of sons of veterans. The
dinner will be limited to veterans,
sons and daughters of veterans and
their families, but an invitation is
extended the general public to take
part in the parade, special invita-
tion being extended to fraternal or
ders.
Commander S. M. Henderson of
the local post G. A. R., will be in
charge of the parade, with Lieut. Floyd
Kelso as his aid-de-camp. Corp. W.
B. Sheppard and Sgt. Seth Wilson will
be in charge of conveyances, Lieut..
Floyd Kelso and Pvt. M. E. Nye are
to arrange for the firing squad and
Pvt. Raymond Kelso will arrange for
flowers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-15
CONGREGATIONAL MISSION
AIRY SOCIETY ENTERTAINED

Following contest for new mem
bers, the Woman's Missionary Society
of the Congregational church spent a
delightful afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. H. E. Huntington, Thursday, the
9Th of May. A dainty and perfectly
appointed two-course luncheon was
served at one o'clock to twenty-six
old and new members, after which the
following toasts were responded to:
sour Church, Why Give to Missions? ?"
Mrs. Bushnell; "The Missionaries,
Why They Need U.s." Mrs. Aldrich;
"The Missionary Magazine in the
Home" Mrs. F. L. Fraser; sour
Church, Why it Needs a Missionary
Society,"" Mrs. Sly; "our Missionary
Society and It's New Members" Mrs.
Brogunier; "The Thank Offering
Boxes, Their Purpose" Mrs. E. L.
Ely. After an informal social half
hour Mrs. r. H. Holcombe read an
entertaining missionary story, "Mine
and Williams Thank Offering" and
Mrs. G. H. Taylor poem by Caroline
Wells, with special point for MEM
bers of Missionary Societies who take
summer vacations. Music was fur
nished by Dora Williams and Virginia
Graham and the collection plate was
passed by Evelyn Ely, the youngest
member. The hostesses for the after
noon were. Mesdames H. E. Hunting
ton, G. II. Taylor, j. j, Reed, A. W.
Graham, w. G. King and E. L. Ely.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-15
WHITE BROTHERS & CRTM
TO BUILD WAREHOUSE
Large Fruit Jobbing Firm will Enter
the Kennewick Field this
Year

Kennewick's family of new ware
houses and fruit storage and packing
plants is to be increased by one more,
making six in all, White Brothers &
Crum, one of the largest fruit jobbing
and buying firms in the Northwest
has announced that it will enter the
Kennewick field this year. The COM
pany has made application to the N.
P. Railroad company for a lease on
a site just west of the Yakima Valley
Association S plant.
The building will be 50x100 feeC
with 8-foot loading platforms. Build
ing operations will start as soon as
the lease matter can be settled, and
will be ready for occupancy at the
beginning of the peach harvest.
The company will be represented
here by F. H. Krug, manager of the.
Kennewick- -Richland Marketing Union.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-05-15
Kennewick Finishes War Job
with More Than Six ThOus-
and Over Quota
$4,000 FROM PACKWOOD
This Community Has Met Every De-
mand Made Upon 1t Since the
War Started ...

Kennewick finished the job. Total
subscriptions to the Victory Loan
amounted to $72,5OO, or $6,125 over
the community's quota. Along in the
afternoon of last Saturday, Chairman
E. w. Trenbath began to show unmis-
taxable signs of uneasiness, for fear
that for once Kennewick was going to
fall down in meeting the governments
war demands. All fears on this score
went glimmering late in the afternoon
when the First National Bank report
ed that it had received a $4,000 bond
order from s. T. Paclwood, which is
the largest individual subscription to
the fifth loan.
Mr.. Packwood is a pioneer of Ell
lensburg and at the present time is
making his home in this city with his
daughter, Mrs. G.. R. Bradshaw. He
has been large subscriber to the
other Liberty loans.
Going over the top this time gives
Kennewick clean slate in its war en-
deavors. 1t has met every demand that
the government, the Red Cross or
other war-working organizations have
made upon it. Many of its young men
volunteered ahead of the draft and
those who did not answered the call
in their turn willingly and gladly.
There have been no cases of local
draft evasions and all together Ken
newick has war record to be proud
of.
Chairman Trenbath of the local COM
mittee wishes to thank members of
the several committees and the min
ute women who volunteered their ser
vices and aided the campaign in ev-
cry way possible. In token of the ser
vices rendered by the workers in this
and other loan campaigns Mr.. Tren-
bath has been distributing attractive
fob charms issued by the u. S. Treas
ury department. On one side of the
piece is shown the u. S. Treasury
building and the American eagle. On
the reverse side is the inscription:
awarded by u. S. Treasury Depart
ment for Patriotic Services in behalf
of the Liberty Loan. Made from cap
tured German cannon"