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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-05-13

an exclamation and followed Pierre
back into the darkness of the lumber
piles.
Silence followed. That wait was
tense and nerve-gripping. Hilary tried
to get Madeleine to return into the
cabin. but she kept her place at his
side. Then, to Hilary's utter surprise,
he heard Brousseau's voice, and dis
cerned him moving out Of the dark
ness of the lumber.
Monsieur Askew, I want to speak to
YOU" he called. II am coming to
you. l car trust you"
Hilary returned no answer, but
Brousseau, apparently confident of
Hilary's honor, pushed forward and
came up to the barricade.
"Ah, mademoiselle, you have done a
foolish thing!" he said quietly to Mad
eleine. mo harm was meant to Mon
sieur Askew. I want those papers
that's all. 1 heard he was coming
aboard and adopted this ruse to get
them. They are lies, written by a dis
charged employee, and I can't afford to
be lied about. I want to clear my
honor in your eyes, mademoiselle."
But as neither answered him he
dropped his pose of blandness and ad-
dressed Hilary.
1--WE got more at stake than the
seigniory and the asbestos mine," he
cried. 'That's only a drop In the
bucket. I admit it's been a fair fight
between us and you've won. 1 didn't
want the seigniory. I wanted the fight.
I'm willing to drop it now and give
you best. But I want those papers.
"They amt yours, Monsieur Askew.
Morris forged them, but you kept
them, and that's why I trapped you
here. 1t was me stopped Dupont from
killing you, because of his daughter"
Madeleine laughed contemptuously
at the lie, and Brousseau snorted like
a dashed horse.
81 want those papers," he went on
doggedly. "They amt in your clothes,
and they amt in your bag. Give them
to me and We'll cry quits, and I'll put
you and Madeleine ashore at Ste.
Anne. I can trust you and you can
trust me. Are you going to agree?"
"No!" shouted Hilary.
He had had the sense that Brous-
seau meditated some treachery, but he
was not prepared for what followed,
Madeleine cried to him and pulled
him back, just as Pierre and Leblanc
leaped down from the fOrecastle roof.
to which they had climbed during
Brousseau's fictitious parleying. Each
had his knife ready, and they were
upon Hilary together.
There was no room for maneuvering,
and Hilary never knew afterward how
lie escaped. But he thrust his club
into Leblanc's face, and, then, as the
man stumbled back, brought it down
with full force upon Pierre's skull.
ALI the strength of his arms went
into the blow. Pierre never spoke
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-05-13

appearing again elusively, until they
blended with the fog and the darkness
and vanished finally.
The horse, left uncontrolled, swung
round and %galloped homeward, trail
ing the empty sleigh behind him. Marie
stood shuddering at the end of the
wharf. For a while she stared out in
terror toward the invisible schooner,
lost in the distance. She could see
nothing, but she could still hear the
roar of the wind in the rigging and the
tapping of the great sails.
Presently, with a low cry, she turned
and began running homeward. She
staggered into the cottage and sank
down before the stove, crouching
there.
= = Il
When Hilary reached the wharf it
was already dark. He had been rec
ognized by no mi on the way. He
went straight aboard the schooner,
and found Dupont on deck.
"When do you start?" he asked.
Immediately, monsieur" replied
the captain quietly. @
The schooner contained a tiny cabin
in the %forecastle. Between this and
the poop, in the open bottom, was piled
the lumber. secured with chains, and
stacked high above the sides.
I'm going below" said Hilary, turn
ing away. He did not want to look
upon st. Boniface again.
He put his foot upon the top rune
of the ladder that led down to the
forecastle. AS he did so he felt 9
stunning blow upon the back Of the
head. He staggered, slipped, and fell
down the ladder into the little oper
space before the cabin.
Half dazed, he was barely conscious
of seeing the grinning faces of Pierre
and Leblanc stare into his. His over
coat was torn from his back, his peck
cts emptied. He waited for the knife
thrust, but only kicks followed. HI
was lifted and thrown into the cabin
The outlaws ran back to assist Du
pont in getting up the sails. 1t wa
not Brousseau's plan to dispatch hin
within hearing of the shore.
He heard the sails being hoisted
and felt the schooner moving from tn
wharf. Then he heard a low cry ant
saw Madeleine upon her knees befor,
him.
She bent her face to his, WHISPERING
that she loved him. pleading for for
giveness. and beseeching him to rise
And Hilary opened his eyes to dis
cover that the vision was reality.
He staggered to his feet and stoo
swaying in the middle of the cabir
while she kept her arms about hin
He began to remember. He kne,
where he was now. Madeleine thrus
the revolver into his hand.
"They have planned to murder you
she cried. II learned of it an
brought this. You must not die, Hi
airy, now that we love each other"
He broke the revolver. 1t wa
empty, and the bore so eaten ava
with rust that to have fred it woul
have been more dangerous to tn
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Earth Gives LIGHT to Moon.

Everything reflects light more or
less. Suns light shining on earth is
reflected to moon, exactly as suns
light shining on moon is reflected to
earth to produce moonshine. This
"earth shine can be observed on the
darker part of moon when conditions
are favorable.
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CHAPTER XVI.
Dupont Remembers.

Dupont Remembers.
BrouSsean was seated in the library
of the gaudy house when a tall old
man came to the door. He recon-
noitred, recognized Captain Dupont,
and admitted min.
Since the exposure Brousseau had
hardly left his DON He sat there,
aaggard, crushed, planning, scheming
to get back that which seemed slipping
fnexorably from his grasp. Consumed
with furious hate of Hilary, he seemed
inhibited from action by the very We
demence of his will.
Hes sailing for Quebec tomorrow
evening" said the captain. II am to
take him with a schooner load of lum-
yber."
"Askew?" queried Brousseau sharp
sy.
Eyes, monsieur. He came to me late
this afternoon. His horse was all in a
sweat. He must have driven like the
devil. He told me to sail tomorrow
night, whether the holds full or
empty"
Brousseau was staggered. If Hilary
was going to Quebec Immediately, it
must be to lay those papers, which he
had sought vainly in his desk, before
the police. He saw the prison walls
closing about him. And to the great
hate he bore Hilary was added the lust
for liberty.
He must have the papers. LATE
Connell knew besides, but LATE could
be laughed at, once the papers were
his own. His plan began to take shape.
IT Hilary were out of the way and the
documents destroyed he could yet win
Madeleine, achieve his dream of be-
coming Seigneur, his life ambition.
Dupont" he said, "you and l have
not always been on good terms. You
refused to break your contract with
the st. Boniface company. But 1 guess
you see differently now"
Dupont clenched his fists. Give
sworn to kill him." he whispered. "Tve
held my peace. I talked with him face
to lace tonight, and he never knew the
devil that was sitting in my throat,
telling me to make an end"
"Can you keep that devil of yours
silent till you have him on board?'
asked Brousseau.
Dupont pulled at his tangled board
and nodded. Brousseau, watching him,
knew that the madness which held him
-x-.VI rr hipo 70 fhn md SWIM
are your crew." he asked.
"Drouin, Lachance and Georges
Martin"
1.-Two men are enough. I have two
good men for you in place of them.
Listen carefully, Dupont"
Marie, sleeping overhead, heard her
father drive up in a sleigh that night,
and there was whispering at the door.
That frightened her. Another thing
that alarmed her was his way of en-
tering. Usually he would stamp into
the house, as if on board but nov he
came in furtively, snd she could hard
1y hear his stealthy movements below.
She wondered what was ~pOrtending.
OF late no had watched her more keen
~ than ever, and had been more silent.
She slept by starts, and awakened
at dawn to hear a stealthy step out
side her door. In the dim light she
saw her father bending wei her bed.
She sat up, stretching out her arms as
if to ward off something. In her con-
fused condition between sleep and
waking she had fancied for a moment
that he held something in his hand
Ia knife or a revolver.
But she saw that he held nothing.
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Won't Sweeten Coffee.

"Sweet are the uses Of adversely
but we have no use for it.--Boston
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He Was Staring Into Her Eyes as Il
to Read Her Secret Thoughts.

He was staring into her eyes, as if to
read her secret thoughts.
Tonight / go to Quebec" said
Dupont. II shall be aboard all day.
I may not return
He had said the same thing be-
fore his last voyage. and she had
listened, unbelieving, but Indifferent
If it were true. Now the words terri
fed her no less than his demeanor,
and for the first time she wondered
whether he knew of her journey with
Pierre.
He would never believe her story.
re would have aroused all the &c
madness in him, If he had known. But
he could not know.
@You will come back she STAN
Evening star., 1920-02-12
COMMANDER OSBORNE :
QUITS NAVAL RESERVE

Commander Thomas Mott Osborne,
coinmandant of the Portsmouth. N. H.,
naval prison. has rendered his resig-
nation from the naval reserve force
and asked Secretary Daniels to accept
it as soon as his successor at Ports
mouth can be chosen.
Naval officials said Commander Os-
borne's resignation had no connec-
tion with charges Of immortality
among inmates at the prison submit
ted by agents Of the Department of
Justice several months ago. They
said he first presented his resignation
some time before the charges were
made. but later withdrew 1t.
In explanation of Commander Os-
borne's representation of hts desire
to leave the service before the inves-
tigation of the charges ordered by the
department has been formally con-
cluded. officials said the inquiry no
far had developed no foundation
whatever for the charges. Formal re-
port on the investigation, which is be-
Ing conducted by Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt and Rear Admiral Dunn and
Halstead, will be submitted Febru-
ary "a.
Evening star., 1920-02-12
DEPORTATION ACTION
AGAINST HINDU DROPPED

Canceling the deportation proceed
tngs against Dhirendra Sarjar, a Ma
yive of India. the Department of
Labor today decided the first of the
gases arising from the conspiracy pro-
eeedings against number of Hindus
IN San Francisco in April, 1918.
Sartar was In Germany at tho out
preak of the war. the department
states. and later came to the United
States. Previous to his residence in
Germany he had been in the United
Etates and had been a student at Yale
university and the University of
Michigan. Subsequently he was a
ttudent at the University of Berlin.
Upon his return TO the United States,
two months after the outbreak of the
war, he became involved in the move
tnent for Indian independence, accord
Itng TO the department, and was in
|5sdicted for being implicated in the 30 =
teaiied Hindu conspiracy.
He was sentenced TO four months
imprisonment in April, 1918, on q
charge Of having violated American
Neutrality.
Evening star., 1920-02-12
GABY DESLYS, FRENCH
ACTRESS, DIES IN PARIS

PARIS, February 11.-Gaby Deslys,
the French actress and dancer. died
today.
Gaby Deslys had recently UNDER
gone several operations for an infee-
ton of the throat. Early In Decem-
ber she was considered to be in a
grave condition and her relatives
were Summoned from America The
name Of Gaby Deslys became known
after former King Manuel of Portu-
gal displayed his infatuation for her.
That was ten years or more ago. In
1911 she arrived In America and made
her appearance on tho New York
stage. She mnde second visit to
America in 1918. and returned to Lon
don and Paris the following year. The
throat affection from which the ac-
tress suffered is said to have been a
complication of influenza.
Evening star., 1920-02-12

early termina tion of federal control, and
is now laying before the President the
representations of the executives of the
organizations and also his own report
for the purpose of obtaining the Presi-
dents decision in the premises. In any
event, the conferences have been de-
cidedly helpful in bringing out clearer
development to the real issues in
yolyed and as to the character Of evil
dence pertinent to those issues, and the
discussion throughout has been chafac-
terized by courtesy as well as candor
and with a sincere purpose on the part
of all to try to find a solution"
Asserts Delay lmpossible.
Ina statement President Lee of the
brotherhood of Railway Trainmen de-
succeeded in reducing the cost of lv-
ing by the campaign begun last sum
mer. and he. therefore. felt he could
no longer hold the demands in abey-
ance.
The trainmen@" said Lee. take the
position that more than a reasonable
time has since elapsed and that the
cost of living has not been reduced,
but instead has been increased since
that time, and that it is now up to
the federal government to make good
the pledge made by the President in
his 'letter of last August as under
stood by labor.
Il expect to get the written answer
of the director general to the train
mems request at the next conference
with him, after which the special com
,nittee of twenty officers and general
chairmen. authorized by the interna-
tional convention of the brotherhood
to handle the subject, will take final
action relative to it's disposition.
B. NJ. Jewell. acting president Of the
railway employees department OF the
American Federation of Labor, carried
TO Mr.. Hines notice that the union Of
ficiais had no further proposals to
make and could offer nothing in am
plifieation of the arguments already
presented.
Headquarters In Fifteen Cities.
DETROIT, February l2.-Strike
headquarters We're to be opened in fif-
teen, cities today by divisional officers
of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employees and Railway Shop La
borers, from which the nation-w wide
strike. called for February II. will be
directed.
Final plans for the strike have been
made, union officials here declared and
only an agreement between representa-
tives of the men in Washington and
President Wilson. they said, will avert
the .walkout. If such agreement is
reached, it was said, it must come be-
fore. Saturday night. or the strike order
canrfot be rescinded before it becomes
effective.
Allen f. Barker, international presi-
dent, expressed hope that todays con-
ferences at Washington might bring an
agreement. Mr.. Barker was in full ac-
cord, however, he said, with the rSSi-
tom taken by President Lee of the
trainmen's union. that demands of the
workers could not longer be held in
abeyance in the face of mounting liv-
ing costs.
Evening star., 1920-02-12
HYATTSV|LLE.

HYATTSVILLE. Md, February 12-
Mrs. William Knight died Tuesday
night at her home. in Bladensburg. of
pneumonia She is survived by her
husband. two sons and a daughter.
Each class in the Hyattsville School
today is observing Lincoln's birthday
with program of eulogies on the
martyred President and other fea-
lures. School is not closed. but the
exercises are being made a part of
the days program.
Funeral services for Mrs VIRGINIA
Ford Latimer, who died Tuesday at
the home of her son, Richard b. Lati-
mer. Wine avenue, aged eighty-one
years, were held this afternoon at 2:3O
from Pinkney Memorial Church here
Rev. Charles +. McAllister. rector of
st. Matthew's parish. officiated. Burial
was in the cemetery of St. John =
Episcopal Church. Beltsville. The pail
bearers were Mrs. L.atimer's five sons
ard her nephew. DIR. Charles Harris
Latimer of Washington.
A special meeting of the Hya ttsville
fire department is to be held at head
quarters, in the Municipal building
Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
Evening star., 1920-02-12
HERNDON.

HERNDON. Va. February IL (Spe-
ciaD Richard Mahoney, who was
paralyZed saturday, died at his home
here today. aged about seventy-five.
Mr. Mahoney left his house Saturday
about 10 o'clock and was not seen
until about $50. when he was found
in an unconscious condition in the
back yard. His beard and face were
frozen and he did not regain con-
seriousness His wife. who was an in
valid, was unable to raise an alarm
until evening. when ontinued alb
sence from the house -dused uneasi-
ness. He is survived by his wife and
three sons. Edgar, David and Charles.
and one daughter, Mrs. Middleton or
Arcola. Interment will be made here
Friday.
Evening star., 1920-02-12
MILES EUL0G|zES
uNC0LN'S MEMORY
General Speaks Before
Danes Of Loyal Legion at
MONDAY Dinner.

The memory of Abraham Lincoln was
eulogizcd by Cen Nelson A. Miles be-
fore the Danes of the Loyal Legion in
the Fairfax room of the Willard at a
noon dinner today. Mrs. John A.
Logan presided.
ITO gild refined gold.' he said; Ito
paint the lily, to throw a perfume on
the violet or with taper light seek the
gorgeous eye of heaven to garnish.
would be useless. The effort to add by
immortal name of Abraham Lincoln
would indeed be useless
Pictures Early Life.
He continued in Rart:
"Born and reared the humblest
among the lowly, in youth we see him
toiling in the field or splitting rails by
day and studying long and diligently at
night by the light of burning torch.
We see him journeying by fiat boat
on the great father of waters when he
whipped tn" biggest bully on the Mis-
sissippi. At New Orleans he witnessed
the condition and results of human
slavery. He saw a girl separated from
her family and sold on tha auction
block. He there realized the wrongs OF
the institution, and registered a vow
that if he ever had an opportunity he
, would hit it and hit it hard
His whole soul was absorbed with
the principles Of our government. it:
wonderful Constitution and the ma jes
ty and supremacy of our laws baseC
thereon"
Gen. Miles also made this the occa
sion for the presentation of verses by
him composed upon seeing the worl
of removing the Lincoln statue from
the front of the new courthouse.
He said: Soon after the tragic deatl
OF President Lincoln his friends erect
ed suitable monument and pla ced i
facing the broad avenue where oul
statesmen and Supreme Court judFes
,, pass it every day and in front of tn,
courthouse. where it is seen by thou
| sands of his devoted fellow country
men. l cannot describe to you m,
feelings few days ago when 1 saw
men engaged in taking it down. Il
seemed to be like sacrilege."
Prominent Guests.
Among the guests were Senator
Laurence Y. Sherman of Illinois. Au
gustus o. Stanley of Kentucky ant
| Medill Mccormick of Illinois. Repre-
sentativeS Martin Il. Madden of Hi
nois. Edward f. Denison of Illinois
! and John w. Langley of kentucky
Admiral George w. Baird. L. s. "
commander of Society of District o
Columbia Loyal Legion: Gen. Maxwell
Van SAINT Woodruff, Loyal Legion ant
Army Of the Tennessee; Cen John l.
Glen. U. S. A: Maj. H. B. Snyder o
the Grand Army of the Republic an,
Rev. Harry D. Mitchell, metropolitan
NJ. E. Church.
Evening star., 1920-02-12
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Md, February IL
Following an illness of several weeks,
Basil T. Burdette, for many years a
merchant at Burdette. this county.
and successful farmer. died Tuesday
at his home, at Burdette, aged eighty
three years. He is survived by his
wife, who was before her marriage a
Miss Burdette of this county. The fu-
neral took place at IL o'clock this
morning from the Presbyterian
Church at Boyds, burial being in the
cemetery near the church.
Pneumonia caused the death, at her
home. in Gaithersburg. this county.
Tuesday evening. of Mrs. Sarah NJ. Ar
mold. widow of Andrew Arnold. aged
eighty-three years. She is survived
by eleven children. two of whom, a
son and daughter, who lived with
their mother, are critically i'll of pneu-
monia- The funeral took place at 10
O'Clock this morning from St. Mary's
Catholic Church. Barnesville. the serv-
ices being conducted by the pastor.
Rev. George b. Harrington. Burial
was in st. Mary's cemetery.
The will of Iachariah NJ. Waters.
sr., who died recently at his home.
near Goshen, this county, has been
admitted to probate in the orphans
court at this place. 1t was executed
April 3. 1906, and names the testa-
tors sons, Edwin and Z. NJ. Waters,
Jr., executors.
The instrument leaves the entire
estate to the testator's widow, Sarah
Virginia Waters, for life. and directs
that upon her death Mary L. Waters,
! daughter, receive $500 to equalize
advances made to the other chill
dren. and that the residue be equal
ly divided among the testator's four
children-Edwin and z. NJ. Waters, jr.,
Mary T.. Waters and Mrs. Laura Grif-
fifth.
Mrs. Florence G. Findlay and Wal
ter Franklin Cornell. both of Wash
{, ington. were married in Rockville
I! yesterday by Rev. O. &. Barnes. pas
| tor of the Christian Church. Miss An
ME E. Paytes and Millard K. Lums-
den both of Washington. also were
| wed, the home of the minister being
| the scene of both ceremonies.
The funeral of Mrs. Belle Bond
Prettyman. wife of William +. Pret-
lyman, who died at her home here
Monday evening following an illness
| of two weeks of influenza and pneu-
monia, took place at half-past 2
O'Clock yesterday afternoon from the
/ family residence. Rev. J. w. Duffey,
| pastor of the Methodist Church, con-
| ducting the services. Burial was in
| Rockville Union cemetery.