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Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-10-21


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ewes and tba+ she was ,oor,n, WITH
relief at ! little collage min 7 was
WEARING she Voc t,ush,,. nov, f,.on,
confusion at her mistake and tho rio
inc rod IN ber chaers added Greatly
to ber oxouis,+a ,ovo,,rass
81 WAS IN moot somaone hore /. sha
faltered: "vou onite understand don't
vou3,
"I understand nerract,v. or.vor.
cd and recalling tho scar.racea man
who had haan lnrh,no IN tba hrsho,
7 hurried on n sav shut ~ cor he
~ onv .arv,co-n
emo NJ, sba .ohtaa .rn.r.,+,v
ovarwholmad hv wh.tevar ~ NO. th.t
was besettinp her. "It.. nothing
nothing anyone can helm"
.rell me ahout the man Won wera
to meet here"
"Who are you?" she demanded. her
suspicion suddenly rising at nv oues.
ton, you're not a detectiver'
"Far from it." answered amused
ly. "rm inst nlain Shading Nelson.
on nv way to dine with nv great
uncle Rufus CASTOR"
"Ohl" she said. relieved. .their
apartment ia on the same floor aa
ours"
"Tell me about the man YOU were
to meet" I insisted, II NAV have seen
him"
"Did YOU? What was he uke?' she
.Don't Won know him ," I countered.
"No I never saw him 7 dn0'f ovon
know who he Is. onlv know that
there was to be man waiting here
m this bench th;s evening we wer.
both to wear red carnations was
to come here alone. to see him and
to get the"
she e+onnod obrrnt,v ord +o.rr,
orr tho anwor eha vo. voor,r1
.No+ .o ,ondn T worrod h.r raor-
-r, lost thav r,,oh+ s+,,I ha ,,,-s,n.
,hort o,d ovorhoe, nc ..rh a.. ,,,ars,
t,,o 80 .,,or,n
.rwo +" sha r,,s,orod +,rn,,n o,.
yves one waiting here On this hanch
and tho otber n,,lo,noms soarDfacaS
ta,1,,, hid,po T., tba hrshas ,,on,or -
.T dare NOT On m With ,t" sho
sohhed "I dare not, dsro no+, oh
what shall, doy"
.vrho th,no +o do ,o,v -,,,o, .,.
r,r Won 70 1e+ mo oc,on,r.n, ~, h,o,,
=, vo,,r home Thev viii nnoLe M
frrthor ottomnt RI moot vo, thI. ova-
ming since INV nrosanco ba. .no,,od
their nlaps Como let mo ascort Won
Miss /"
A he.itated over tho mama sbo
"Rradford- -Rarh.r. Rr.dror,1-
She nonderad for a mon,ont ovar NV
supyest,on and then turned +o vail
with me toward the apartment house.
"What were the men liker' she
sskod
described them as hest r could
though really the Impression that the
vouth IN tho bench had ,ef+ wa. vaone
His voice. an insolent hoarso nnc,l-
tiyated one. was almost all could re.
call about him.
"I wonder who tbev were7 WON
der how thew kneww
"Knaw whatw
Her Inns tiphtanad into a STRAIGHT
limo
.T can,+ TOLL vou da-on,+ 1+ ,sn,t
INV secrat"
Nv +b,s +,,o va hoa rooohod h.r
home and the bowing doorman was
swinging back the great iron door
for us. 1t had been nv intention to
announce nv arrival but recalling
that Miss Bradford had said that the
CASTOR apartment was on tho same
floor as hers. I stepped with her into
the elevator When n had descended
leaving us topetber in the corridor
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-10-21
Under the same roof with
the heroine.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)

Rsaeesed lts 0sselnaeion.
A little boy was given q penny to
give to the Lord at church. He r.
turned home to report that NOT seeing
God around hs gave Ais penny = -
maa with Q platte
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-10-21
Dressed Poultry.
Live Poultry.
IL utter,

count 1852 g 1879
Loss off. per dog. ..... 400 80
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-10-21

Fruit.

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Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1920-10-21

Fruit.
Apples, new. Colo, box. $3.50 o 800
Peaches, Colo, crate 200 @ 800
Pears box 2.OO0 400
Pears. Colo bu. basket.. 1000 $50
Watermelons s............... 1000 1.5Q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-13

he held in trust, he took advantage of
the dukes carelessness to put the FAM
| lily in a financial hole, in which ii
might be necessary for the duke to let
him hold them in reality. The lawyers
name was Isaac Green, but the duke
always called him Elisha; presumably
in reference to the fact that he was
quite bald, though certainly not more
than thirty. He had risen very rapidly,
but from very dirty beginnings, being
first an informer and then q money
lender, but as solicitor to the Eyes he
had the sense to keep technically
straight until he was ready to deal >the
flnsl blow. The blow fell at dinner
tsand the old librarian had said he should
never forget the very look of the lamp
shades and the decanters as the little
lawyer. with steady smile. proposed
to the great landlord that they should
halve the estate between them. The
sequel, certainly. could not be over
| looked; for the duke. in dead silence,
smashed decanter on the mans bald
head-as suddenly as l had seen him
smash the glass. that day. in the or
chard. 1t left red triangular scar on
the scalp And the lawyers eyes al
tered; but, not his smile
He rose lettering to his feet, and
struck back. as such men do strike
Il am glad of that" he said. for
now 1 can take the whole estate. The
law will give it me-"
Exeter. it seems, was white as ashes
but his eyes still blazed.
THE law viii give it you," he said.
but you will not take it E. Why
not? Why, because it would be the
crack of doom for me; and if you take
| it I shall take off my wig Why,
you pitiful plucked fowl. any one can
see your bare head But no man shall
see mine and live"
Well, you may say what you like.
and make it mean what you like; but
Null swears it is the solemn fact that
the lawyer, after shaking his knot,ed
fists in the air for an instant. simply
ran from the room, and never reap
peared in the countryside. And since
then Exeter has been feared more for
a warloek even than for landlord and
magistrate
s. Now DR.. Null told his story with
rather wild theatrical GESTURES. and with
"a passion | think at least partisan. I
was quite conscious of the possibility
thar the whole was the extravaganza of
an old braggart and gossip: brt. be-
fore end this first half of m, disoov-
cries, think it due to Dr.. Mull to re-
cord that my first two inquiries have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-13

cut IN the priest. with curious dry
ness; "for the valet would want tc
brush his wig. too"
The librarian turned to him, and
seemed to forget my presence; he was
strongly moved and, / think, a little
heated with me.
II don't know how you know it
Father Brown" he said, but you are
right. He lets the whole world dc
everything for him, except dress him
And that he insists on doing in lit
eral solitude like desert. Anybody
is kicked out of the house without a
character who is so much as found
near his dressing-room door,
He seems a pleasant old party" ]
remarked
NO." replied DR.. Null, quite simply
land yet, that is just what l mean By
saying you are unjust to him. after all
Gentlemen, the duke does really feel
the bitterness about the family curse
that he uttered just now. He does
with sincere shame and terror. hide I'M
der that purple wig something he
thinks it would blast the sons of mer
to see. l know it is so; and know ii
is not mere natural Disagreement
like criminal mutilation or hereditary
disproportion in the features. / know
it is worse than that; because a mar
told me who was present at a scent
that no man could invent. where .
stronger man than any of US tried tc
defy the secret, and was scared away
from it."
! opened my mouth to speak; but
Null went on, in oblivion of me, speak
ing out of the cavern of his hands:
Il don't mind telling you, father. be,
cause its really more defending tn,
poor duke than giving him away. Didn'
you ever hear of the time when hs
very nearly lost all the estatesf"
! The priest shook his head, and tn,
librarian proceeded TO tell the tale a.
he had heard it from his predecessor
in the same post. who had been hi!
patron and instructor. and whom h,
seemed to trust implicitly Up to /;
certain point it was a common enough
tale of the decline of grea; family:
/ iortunes-tfe tale OF a family lawyer
This lawyer. however had the sens,
10 cheat honestly. if he expression ex
plains itself. Instead of using fund.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-13

The capability of expectoration is a
gift with which Mother Nature has
wisely endowed her children-yea, it
may be unpleasant, but necessary.
Miss Winifred Wilbur. the pretty clerk
of the Usage county district court
murder, mas views of her own on the
subject, and she confines them mostly
to lawyers.
Perhaps the greatest erray of legal
talent in the state was assembled at
Lyndon. Miss Wilbur has all due re-
spect for their fame and ability. She
admires them as successful men in an
honorable profession.
But" she added, her brown eyes
narrowing, so many of them spit
tobacco juice on the floor. 1t sick
ems me. Sometimes they spit in the
coal bucket, and even"-with little
shudder-'-in my waste basket. 1t is
so revolving. 1 wonder why lawyers
are so vulgar in this way?"
Smoking is not allowed in the court
room during proceedings. Conse-
quently, just as the boys in the trench
es resorted to cigarets to steady their
nerves. so do attorneys turn to the
juicy weed under the great mental
strain of the hour. it is explained. OF
course, they acquire the habit. Per-
haps some of them are rather thought
less about it.
During the King trial huge quanti-
ties of cigars were masticated between
the jaws of the opposing attorneys.
The "stumps" were laid here and
there about the court room and some
times forgotten. 1t is asserted that
one lawyer, on one Of the busiest days
of the tri; mislaid his cigar and
chewed. up half a dozen forgotten
''stumps'' before he finally closed his
teeth upon his own
II didn't think those others tasted
right" he averred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-13

Then he said, at last: Don't you
know who he is?'
reafirmed my ignorance, and there
was another silence. Then the little
priest said, still looking at the table:
THAT is the Duke of Exeter"
Then. before 7 could collect my scat
tered senses, he added, equally quietly
but with an air of legularizing things
"My friend. here, is DR.. Null, the
dukes librarian. Ny name is Brown
But" 1 stammered, IF that is the
duke, why does he damn all the ole
dukes like that?'
"He seems really to believe" an.
swered the priest called Brown, thai
they have left a curse on him." Their
he added. with some irreievance
That's why he wears a wig"
| 1t was a few minutes before it:
meaning dawned on me.
"You don't mean that fable abou
the fantastic carr" I demanded. CIV,
heard of it, of course; but surely j
must be a superstitious yarn spun GU
of something much simpler. W.
sometimes thought it was a wild yer
sion of one of those mutilation stories
They used to crop criminals ears il
the sixteenth century"
II hardly think it was that answered
the little man thoughtfuily; but it il
not outside ordinary science or natura
law for a family to have some deform
ity frequently reappearing-such as on
ear bigger than the other"
The big librarian had buried his BIZ
bald brow in his big red hands, like
man trying to think out his duty.
No" he groaned. You do the maj
a wrong, after all. Understand. Nv
no reason to defend him. or even tt
keep faith with him. He has been
tyrant to me. as to everybody else
Don't fancy, because you see him sit
fting simply here. that he isn't erea
ilord in the worst sense of the word
He would fetch a man mile to ring
bell yard of. if it would summon IN
other man three miles to fetch q; match
box three yards off. He must have
footman to carry his walking stick. ar
a bodyservant TO hold up his oper
glasses-
| But not valet to brush his clothes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-13

The title OF Owen Moore's new picture
for Selznick has been changed from 'I,end
Me Your Wife" to 1.-THE Chicken in the
Case" Edmund Goulding. the author who
Is responsible for the title. says it means
just what It says
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-13
THEY SPIT ON FLOOR

Miss -Win4fred Wilbur Respects
Great Array of Legal Talent, But
Objects to Them Splitting Tobacco
Juice on office Floor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-13

people as possible should be present.
All over this country / have found hum
dreds, even of my own faith and flock.
whose inaginations are poisoned by the
spell which implore you TO break l
wish we could have all Devonshire here
to see you do it."
ITO see me do whata" asked the
duke, arching his eyebrows.
ITO see you take off your wig, said
Father Brown
The dukes face did not move; but
he looked at his petitioner with
CLASSY stare which was the most awful
expression I have ever seen on hui
mau face / could see the Librarians
great legs wavering under him like the
shadows of stems in pool; and
could not Danish from my own brain
the fancy that the trees all around US
were filing softly in the silence, with
devils instead of birds.
II spare you," said the duke, in
voice of inhnman pity. II refuse. If l
gave you the faintest hint of the load
of horror have to bear alone. you
would lie shrieking at these feet of
mine. and begging to know no more.
will spare you the hint. You shall not
spell the first letter OF what is written
on the altar of the Unknown God"
II know the Unknown God" said
the little priest, with an unconscious
grandeur of gertrude that stood up
like granite tower. II know his name.
1t is Satan The true God was made
flesh and dwelt among US. And ] say
to you. wherever you find men ruled
merely by mystery, it is the mystery of
iniquity. If the devil tells you some
thing too fearful TO look at, look at it.
If he says something too terrible to
hear, hear it. / entreat your grace to
end this nightmare now and here, at
this table"
IF 1 did," said the duke. in low
voice, you. and all you believe, and all
by which alone you live, would be the
first to shrivel and perish. You would
have an instant to know the great
Nothing before you died"
THE cross of Christ be between me
and HARM" said Father Brown. Take
: off vorr yyien
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-13

I was leaning over the table in I'M
governable excitement. listening to this
extraordinary duel when half thought
came into my head. "Your grace" l
cried, Il call your bluff. Take off that
wig or / will knock it off,"
I suppose l can be prosecuted for as
sault, but am very glad did it.
When he said, in the same voice of
stone. 81 refuse l simply sprang on
him. For three long instauts he
strained against me as if he had all he'll
to help him /; but 1 forced back his head
until the hairy cap fell off it admit
that, while wrestling. shut my eyes as
it fell. e.
l was awakened by a cry from Null,
who was also, by this time, at the dukes
side His head and mine were both
bending over the bald head of the wig
less duke. Then the silence was snap
ped by the librarian exclaiming:
What can it meanl Why. the man
had nothing to hide. His ears are just
like everybody discs"
yes" said Father Brown; that is
what he had to hide
The priest walked straight up to him,
but, strangely enough, did not even
glance at his ears. He stared, with an
almost comical seriousness, at his bald
forehead, and pointed to thrce-cor-
nered cicatrice, long healed, but still
discernible.
"Mr. Green. I think" he said polite
ly, "and he did get the whole estate,
after all"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-13

And now let me tell the readers OF
the Daily Reformer what ! think the
most remarkable thing in the whole af-
fair. This transformation scene, which
will seem to you as wild and purple as
a Persian fairy tale, has been Except
for my technical assault) strictly legal
and constitutional from its first begin
nings. This man with the odd scar
and the ordinary ears is not an impos-
tor. Though in one sense he wears an
other mans wig and claims another
mans ear. he has not stolen another
mans coronet He really is the one
and only Duke of Exeter. What hap
pened was this; The old duke really
Rad a maiformation of the car which
was more or less hereditary. He really
was morbid about It, and. it is likely
CROUCH that he did invoke II IS kind
Of curse in the violcnr scene in which
he struck Green with the decanter.
But the contest ended very differently.
Green pressed his claim and got the
estate The dispossessed noblernan shot
himself. and died without issue. After
a decent interval the beautiful English
government revived the @exiincf' peer
age of Exeter and bestowed il, as is
usual. on the most important person
The person who had got the property.
This man Used the old feudsI fables:
probably. in his sncbbish soul. really
eny;ed and admired them. So that
thousands OF poor English people trem-
bled before mysterious ehsitain with
an ancient destiny and disdem Of evil
stars-when they were really trembling
before a gutter snipe who was a petit
foggtr and nawnbfoker not twenty
years ago l :hiEk i: very typical of
the zeal case against Cur aristocrscy as
II IS and as it will be TIL God sends rs
drawer men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-11-13

confirmed his story. learned from an
old apothecary in the village that there
was bald man in evening dress. Civ
ing the name of Green, who came to
him one night to have a three-cornered
cut on his forehead plastered. And
learned from the legal records and old
newspapers that there was a lawsuit
threatened, and begun at least by one
Green against the Duke of Exeter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-16
FINISHING TOUCHES
OUT ON HIGH SQUAD
FOR FRIDAYS GAME

Hard scrimmage after short signal
practice foremed the basis of the high
school court team practice Wednesday
evening. Coach Null insisted that his
men pass the ball as much as possible
before trying for the goal and the
Red and White youngsters showed
some real team work in the work
cut
The locals are tuning down for their
opener next Friday night with
knightstown on the Coliseum floor
The high school has been working
hard to get in shape for this game
after the close of the football season.
The large squad, which reported after
the first call is still out and the high
mentor has plenty of substitutes
The tentative lineup for the game
would appear to be Amick and Hark-
ms, forwards; Loehr, center; Lovin
and Green. guards. Virtually all the
first string subs will be given a chance
to show their worth if the original
team picked to play, is not able to
connect with the loop or hold the
visiting team.
Coach Null will put the boys
through a short workout Thursday
evening to get his men in the best
possible condition for Friday nights
game. The high school game will be
played after the Earlham-Dental mix
up.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-16
Former Football Star
Accents Church Service
(Ry Associated Press)

PITTSBURGH. Dec. 16.-The Rev.
Burleigh Cruikshank, former AllAmer-
lean football center, has accepted a
call as assistant pastor of one of Pitts
burgh's largest Presbyterian churches,
and in addition to his regular duties,
will promote athletic activities, it was
announced here today by DR.. Maitland
Alexander, pastor of the First church.
Mr.. Cruikshank. a graduate of Blair
college, Washington and Jefferson col
lege and Princeton theological semin-
airy. will begin his new duties the first
of the year taking charge of religious,
social and athletic activities among
the young men and boys of the con-
gregation. He will supervise summer
camps at Indian Greek, Pa. At the
present time Mr.. Cruikshank is pastor
of the First church at Chatham, n. J.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-16
May is Opens Busiest
~ Week for Butler COLLEGE
~(By Associated Press.)

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 16-The week
of May Is will ca busy one at But
Ter college. Beginning on Monday,
May 16, and continuing May II and
18, the second annual intercollegiate
tennis tournament will be held under
the auspices of Butler. Twelve or
more teams are expected to compete
for the second leg on the Dyer bowl.
On Saturday, May l the I. c. A. L.
track and field meet will be held on
Irwin Field, at Butler, and the l. C. A.
L. tennis tournament will be played
off the same day on the New Butler
varsity courts, which are being con-
structed on the campus.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-16

is hailed by his schoolmates as sec
ond Oliphant. One Of his specialties
is the javelin throw in which event he
holds several records.
Former High School
Local interest in the game will cen
ter in the hope of seeing George Evers-
man, former R. H. s. star, in action
again. 1t has been reported that Evers-
man is included in the varsity squad
but whether or not he will be given a
chance In the game is matter of con-
lecture. In his, high school days he
played the floor guard position and
two years ago was member of the
team that went to the state tourna-
ment and won it's first two games.
Last season Eversman was a member
of the freshman team at Purdue. He
played also in the freshman nine and
on the whole made an enviable record
during his first year.
Expects Large Crowd
Coach Move is anticipating a large
crowd at the game and has announced
that all seats except the second bal
cony will be reserved. Reservations
may be made by mail order when &C.
companied by checks Reserved seats
will be IS cents and general admission
so cents. 1t is estimated that about
1000 seats will be reserved. Move
reports that he has already received
inquiries regarding the game from
surrounding towns. Tickets may be
purchased at the Starr Piano Sales
rooms after Dec 81
Although the game takes place be-
fore the opening of Earlham after the
Christmas vacation, it is thought that
some students will return early in Or
der to witness the contest The has
ketball squad will return to school
and resume practice on the Friday
preceding the game They will also
keep in trim as much as possible dur.
ing vacation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-16
BRINGING
up
FATHER
BY
MtMANUS
EARLHAM CLASH WITH BOILERMAkER FIVE
WILL Be CITY'S GREATEST NET CLASSIC

Undoubtedly the biggest basketball
classic ever staged in Richmond will
be the Purdue-Earlham contest at the
Coliseum, scheduled for Monday night,
Jan. 3. Coach Ray B. Move states
that he has been very lucky in secur-
ing Purdue. as several schools had
been negotiating for the same date.
The game here will form a part of the
regular trip of the Lafayetts squad as
they play in Cincinnati on Saturday
night, spend Sunday in~Richmond,
playing here Monday night and pro-
coed to Indianapolis Tuesday where
they meet the Butler aggregation the
same evening.
In seeing a conference team in &C
ton local fans will get a rare treat.
The Boilermakers are being watched
with interest this year as they have
strong combination and are booked
for stiff schedule. They have team
composed of three veterans and an
abundance of new material.
White Is Star
White, who holds down the floor
guide position, is rated as one of the
best guards in the middle west. Last
year he was selected as a member of
the All Conference five. During his
high school days he was a member of
the championship Lebanon quintet and
was twice mentioned as all-state floor
guard.
Cofin, last years captain, and Mill
er of Rochester, alternate in the back
guard position. Miller is one of the
best all round athletes in school and