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The Raymer enterprise., 1920-07-29
| WOODEN SPOIL

ways were often inscrutable. but some.
how he got there In the end.
"By jng. you're a brick. father I" he
cried. striking the priest between the
shoulders. "And, say! l take 1t all
back-everythlng! Go on and bless
the cabbages. Go on praying out fires.
Go on, go onl You've got the knack
somehow-only Tm-I'm jinged II
see how you do It till It's all overw
Baptiste. who had been telephoning
inside the store. came out. "Drouin
and Lachance will be at the wharf In
fifteen minutes. Monsieur Tessier," he
said.
The cure nodded and took BaptIste
by the arm. The three began to stroll
toward the wharf. When they arrived
at the wharf-head. however. instead
Of proceeding toward the schooner the
cure led the way. still holding Bap-
tiste. toward Dupont's cottage. Bap.
tlste stopped near the door.
"Where are you taking me, Father
Lucien" he asked. II do not 60
there"
And. as the cure seemed bent on
proceeding inside, he wrested himself
away.
mo, mon PEREZ" he said firmly. II
have 0beyed thee once tonight, but
now thou askest what Is beyond thy
right or power. l do not enter there"
my son." answered the priest,
"since thou hast chosen rightly to.
night, tell thee now that that story
was not true. It was Pierre and Le-
blanc who took Marie Dupont to the
island, and Monsieur Askew and Mon
sie,ir Connell here found her and
saved her from them, and brought her
home. In my pocket I have a letter.
Tomorrow thou shalt read It and un-
derstand."
"Mon PEREZ" stammered Baptiste.
and began to tremble.
Learn 1t from her lips"
"Mon pere. do not go inside that
house. II 1t Is true, am not worthy.
Besides. she hates me, and -"
Still holding his arm the cure opened
the door. "Marle Dupont" he called.
The girl stumbled toward the door.
saw Baptiste at the cures side, and
w cred frightened cry.
Father Lucien took Jean Baptiste by
the arm and led him into the house.
He closed the door gently, but not
before Lafe had seen Marie In Jeans
arms. Lafe swore softly.
"What's the matter, Mr.. Lafe?"
asked Father Lucien.
Nothing answered Lafe shortly.
II was just thinking Of Shoeburyp0rt.
Mass, that's all. You wouldn't under
stand. At least"
He looked at the cure, and then II
occurred to him that he was viewing
him from an entirely different angle.
For the first time In their acquaintance
1t occurred to him that Father Luclen
was really man underneath his long
sOutane.
When. a few minutes late, the priest
opened the door, Marie and Jean came
forward with linked arms. and their
expressions were transformed. Jean
grasped Lafe by the hand and looked
at him earnestly. but did not say
word.
"Come now" said the cure. "The
men are waiting on the wharf for us.
Bon s0Ir, Marie"
Il 20 with Jean." said the girl.
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-07-29

Only one man could sail the schoon.
er through the Ice. All the rest were
In the woods. Jean-Marie Baptiste un-
derstood the coast and the currents.
Where Is hel"
The storekeeper shrugged his shoul.
ders. He was here half an hour ago
to buy more traps but he has gone
Into the woods again. .sn ..l
At that instant Baptiste entered the
store. saw Lafe. and scowled. az
This trap. Is broken" he began,
holding II up for the storekeeper to
view II.
The cure pounced on him. "Baptiste,
come with me. Thou dost not 60 into
the woods tonight. Thou must take
us aboard the schooner" ~ a.aa
Baptiste's jaw fell. Mon pere. II Is
impossible" he stammered
dupont has gone"
Gomez" cried Baptiste, running to
the door.
The cure followed him. "Baptiste,
thou must sail the schooner and. find
him. He Is mad. He has left his
crew behind him and taken Leblanc
and Pierre. And Mademoiselle Rosny
Is in their hands"
"Whatf" shouted Baptiste. II 60.
At once co." -
And Monsieur Askew, whom they
have sworn to murder" ag
Il do not Co." said Jean Baptiste,
and stopped dead.
The cure caught him by the arm.
listen to me. Jean. His life and that
Of Mademoiselle Rosny are perhaps at
stake"
Il do not 60" cried Baptiste again.
and snatched up his trap. He strobe
to the door and turned Hercely upon
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-07-29
CHAPTER xvIIl.
The Rescue.


Out Of the darkness little light be-
gan to glow. It shone and sparkled,
and suddenly raced skyward. dlscIos-
ing the outlines Of the schooner
stranded upon the edge Of the Ice field.
Baptiste drove his vessel straight
toward 1t. running upon the gale. The
little group upon the deck watched in
terror as the flames spread. until II
could be seen that they enwrapped the
entire fore part Of Dupont's schooner.
Dupont, In his madness. evadlng
Brousseau, had set fire to the lumber
with the aid Of the petroleum kegs
which he carried In the hold. And
Brousseau, at the wheel. was striving
desperately to run the burning vessel
back into open water and cast her
upon the ice-free shore Of the south
passage. beyond the point. In his
fear he had forgotten Madeleine and
Hilary.
Az Madeleine crouched on the Ice,
still frantically endeavoring to recall
Hilary to consciousness, the thinning
mists rolled back. Looming up out Of
the darkness. and approaching rapidly,
was the second schooner. At the same
time voices hailed them. They had
been seen.
Brousseau. upon the poop. yelled in
answer. And he began to run to and
fro In his excitement, possessed only
BY the fear Of death by fire.
The flames spread. The cabin was
now involved. and a great column Of
smoke was shooting skyward. carrying
with a fiery spark cloud.
Dup0n came out Of the smoke, his
face allght with fanatic madness. He
caught him BY the arm.
''See the 6ne firei |" be shouted. "He
won't get out Of that IN a hurry.
told her that ! would give her his life
for the name. but | have not got the
name. The name! What Is iti The
namei"
His voice rang out across the hsav.
Ing water. and. as be called. Baptists
swung down the wheel. and the second
ship glIded alongside and passed.
II drove oR Into the distance, driven
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-07-29
Wage Successful War on Pest.

The worst enemy Of the grape grow.
ers In California Is a minute insect
called the thunder fly" because It ap-
pears In greatest numbers 10 hot and
spltry weather. when thunder storms
are frequent. A man out there has In
vented suction apparatus. with a ten
horsepower blower, that Is placed on
wheels and driven through the vino
yards. harvesting the pests from the
vines as 1t goes along. 1t Is said to
work very successfully.
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-07-29

A. for the cure. he seemed trsns6y.
ured. Holding the sIngiestick II the
middle. he twiried II until II looked
Ike knobby streak Of light. while hs
pirouetted like dervish.
In reality he was going through the
important foot exestiss marked com
binatioh 5; but nobody knew that.
.Come on. Simeo1," /" said Father Lu-
den, nicking him across the nose,
which instantly became ensansufnad.
With howl of wrath Simeon came
forward. and the unglestick descsnded
"a his head With Z thud that was
bard, neighbors said aftefwHfd.
Deros ~ street Another thud from
- sthss sn1; and Simeon was biink-
80 6 ~ e1Gs IRON ths Aooe.
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-07-29
. 1913. BY George q. Doran Co,
CHAPTER xvll-coc.inusd

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Father Lucien had Just laid down
his singiestick when I boy brought
him letter In an unknown hand
writing. A letter was an important
event In the cures day. He put on his
spectacles. sat down, opened the en-
velope. and began to read.
1t was from the priest 1t St. Joseph.
and stated that Nanetts Bonnat had
given him the full story Of the adven-
tures upon the island. together with
a. account Of the activities Of Pierre
and Simeon Duval.
Bad % Father Lucien had known
conditions At Ste. Marie to be, he had
never guessed At the revelations which
Nanette had made to his confrere.
His indignation spilled over. and be
paced his study in agitation for sew
eral minutes. At last, struck with an
Inspiration. he took up his singlestick,
put on his cap. fur coat. and snow.
shoes. and started OF toward Ste.
Marie.
It was about an hour later when the
few. loafers In Simeon's saloon looked
up to see the cure standing In the
doorway. Since the lumbermen had
gone into camp for the winter the
glories Of the dance hall had faded
and d.sappeared. but Simeon still did
, thriving liquor business. He saw
the cure and came waddIIns forward,
Ais pale blus eyes blinking with mock
humility.
sCome In. father" he said suavely.
we don't often see you here. What
will You havei A drop of gini A 1T
tie brandy. now Or maybe you're
looking for some Of the girls to dance
WITH"
The men grinned and nudged each
other. It ID not often that one sees Q
cure bsited.
You're . sport. father" said Sim
son. what sort Of stick do you call
that, with knob each end!
Il shall come to that later" an.
swered the cure. simeon. Simeon. how
often have ! spoken to you about the
evil that you are doing here! It is a
statutory offense to sell liquor with
out license. but It Is an offense
against God to run this sort Of place.
Simeon. for the good Of your soul. will
you not close down this place and
lead a different lifey
The mild words and humble atti-
ture Of the old priest were 20 comlcal
that nobody could conceal his amuse-
ment any longer. A roar Of laughter
shook the shack. Simeon yawned.
"I'll think about my soul when I'm
sick" he answered.
"You may be very sick at any mo-
ment. Simeon. without expecting It."
"rll take the chances of that" an
swered Simeon.
"simeon. ! am growing tired Of
speaking to you. Do you know that
your house Is pIague-spot in this VII
lage? Simeon. for the last time. won't
you close up for good and allr'
"Ah. father. you mean all right"
said Simeon. "but that's your job. !
bet you're just as much q sport a.
anybody here. II only you let yourself
80. Come on now. and get into a
game with u.s."
Simeon" said Father Lucien. you
were asking me about this stick. I'll
show yeu what It's for. Look |"
Smack! went the hazel knob On Sim
cons head.
Simeon was 50 fnbbergasted that
hs fell back against the plank table.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
Manister Club Picketing
Called Police Oppression
Samuel Goodman, Its President,
Says He Will Ask Writ to Pre-
vent Tuterferance

Officers of the Manistcr Club, Mt
1866 West Forty-fourth Street, COM
planned yesterday that the action of
the police in picketing the place and
warning members away from it as a
suspected gambling house was "inex-
cusable' and pure oppression"
Samuel Goodman, president Of the
club, declared the organization was
regularly incorporated two years ago
as Il social body, and that it had been
open at all times to the inspection of
the police. No complaints had ever
been made before. he said, with respect
to the conduct of the house. He said
legal proceedings would be begun to-
day to restrain Police Inspector Domi-
nick Henry from further interfering
with persons entering or leaving the
place.
The "picketing," begun Friday night,
continued yesterday, IL policeman and
a plain clothesman taking up stations
in front of the dignified brownstone
structure, just off Broadway, about
p. M, and informing visitors about to
enter that the place is under suspicion
as gambling house and may be raided
at any time. The vigil is kept up until
midnight.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
Would Kill Landlords

"A strike of 100000 New York ten
ants was predicted yesterday by Mrs.
Mary Martin, organizer for the Great
er New York Tenants Union, at q mass
meeting cf protest against the altitude
of present and future rents, held bv
Harlem negroes in Palace Casino, ii
East l35th Street.
Charles II. Payne, introduced as q
former sergeant in the United States
army, told his audience he would have
no more conjunction in shooting land
lords than he had had in slaughterin,,
Germans. o
"There's no difference between them. y
other"
The crowd rose to its feet and bel
lowed approval. Several times Ser
geant Sullivan, of the East 126th Street
police station, wondered if he hadn't
better send foc the reserves, but after
tlrlng out their lungs and using up
every opprobrious adjective they could
tnink OF the potentional landlord killers
dlsbanded reacably,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
Merchant Wrestler
Bests Robber, Gets
$1O and Is Shot
Columbus Avenue Fruit and
Grocery Dealer Puts Thief
to Flight After Receiving
Wound and Saves 5000

Samuel Anthos is fruit and grocery
dealer with store at so Columbus
Avenue. Also he, is a wrestler.
Never did he think that his voca-
tion and his avocation would come into
play at the same time until yesterday
morning, when he won bout with a
robber and got $40 for it,
The lobber evidently did not under
stand the rudiments of any of the three
styles Of wrestling, for he used a gun,
and seemed to think that the proper
thing to do when getting licked was to
start a Marathon away from the scene
ci action.
Authos said the bout was impromptu
A man came into his store yesterday
morning and asked for change of $40.
bills containing about $500 and was
preparing to accommodate the man
when he who had handed him the note
pressed revolver to his side and or
dered h,m to hand over the money.
With the best intentions IN the world
Anthos reached for a head lin -chancery
hold, and at the same time the robber
put a bullet through his side. Twice
hnthos threw the robbcr over his shoul-
der and then slipped a half-nelson on
him. forgetting in the excitement, how
ever, to get the necessary leg lock.
His opponent was almost down when
he managed a clumsy head spin and
broke loose, changing the contest into a
chase through West Fifty third Street
Anthos now admits the necessity of road
work in wrestling. All that he got of
the robber was $40 and free treatment
by DR.. Adams, of Flower Hospital, for
the wound in his side
Detective Sergeant Devaney, who is
backing Anthos, said yesterday that his
man would put up a $40 forfeit for
return bout, without guns, regulation
wing and long distance footwork barred
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
Two Held as Postal Thieves
Chauffeurs Said TO Have Con.
fessed 10 $1,000 Loot

Rossale Rocco of 341 East 121st
Street. and Frank TIMELY, of 355 East
l24th Street, both chauffeurs employed
by truckman who has government
contract to collect parcel post packages
n Harlem, were arrested yesterday by
detectives, charged with the theft Of
Parcel post packages valued at $4,000
Detectives Leonard, Shields and
Murphy say they saw Rocco and
TIMELY leaving a garage in East 12lst
Street yesterday morning, with their
arms full of packages which lad been
rewrappcd in plain paper to conceal
addresses and stamps.
They were arrested and locked UP in
the East 126th Street police station.
There. the police say, one of them
broke down under questioning yester-
day afternoon and admitted they had
taken truck filled with packages to
the garage on Saturday, telling the
proprietor that the machine had broken
GOWN They will be arraigned in the
Federal Court to-day.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
sl,675,ooO Given
BY General Board
To Aid Education
Organization Founded by
Rockefeller Announces
Gifts to Colleges and Uni
versities in Annual Report

Appropriations to colleges and uni
versities totaling S1,6750OO were an
nounced in the anrrual report of the
General Education Board, issued yes
terday. The board was founded by
John d. Rockefeller to promote educa-
tion in the United States "without dis
tincton of race, sex or creed"
Half a million dollars was appropri-
ated to Harvard Graduate School,
Drury College, of Springfield, Mo-, and
Tulane University, New Orleans, re-
were Agnes Scott College, Decatur,
Ca, s175o0O; West Virginia Wesleyan
College, Buckhannon, w Va, S125, 600;
College Of st. Catherine, St. Paul,
100000; Emory and Henry College,
Emory, Va, $4,000; Salem College,
Winston-Salcm, N. c., $75,0OO; West
minister College, Fulton, Mo-, $4,000;
Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa,
$50,000; Dakota Wesleyan University,
Mitchell, S. D., $4,000, and jamestown
College, Jamestown, N. D., $4,000.
Appropriations for medical schools
amounted to 100000, distributed as
$4o0o00; Washington University, ST.
Louis, $150,000 and Meharry Medical
School, Nashville, Tenn, $150,0O0.
The board contributed S767.555 to
negro schools, mainly for annual main
tenance, and $115,0O0 for experimental
education contributed to Teachers
College for the support of the Lin
coin School.
In addition the board appropriated
S199,795 as its regular support given
Southern state universities and South
ern state departments of education
for work in the secondary education
field and for the promotion of rural
education.
Referring to Mr.. Rockefeller's recent
gift Of $T0,O00 900, of which $4,000, 900
was for medical education, the board's S
report says that it will now be possible
| to aid medical schools whose clinical
departments are not on a full-tme e
basis. The system Of university elm
ical teaching organized at Johns Hop
kins, Washington. University and Yale
will be introduced at the University of
Chicago and at Vanderbilt University.
AS a result Of the boards survey of
public education in Delaware last
year, the report says that compre-
hensive school code of modern type has
been adopted. A similar survey is in
progress in North Carolina, and APP
preparations have been made to sup
plement funds provided locally for
surveys in Virginia and Alabama
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
Susie Condor Identified
As Missing Chiropracter
Woman Who Pleaded Guilty to
Shoplifting Will Be Sen.
fenced Friday

1t was established yesterday beyond
all doubt that Susie Condor, the forty
one-year- woman arrested a week
ago and awaiting sentence for shop
lifting, is DR.. Susan I. Seed, the
chiropractor of the Nevada Apart
ments, who was reported missing on
the day of her arrest.
Miss Mary Mangan, a probation Of
ticer, it was learned yesterday, had
been assigned to investigate the iden-
tity of the woman who gave her name
as Susie Condor soon after her ar
raignment before Justices Voorhees,,
Moss and O'Keefe last Thursday. Miss
Mangan. on visiting the Nevada Apart
ments, found two women there, DR..
Elizabeth Brand and Miss Catharine
Condor, who admitted they were sis
ters of the Condor woman and that she
was in reality DR.. Susan It. Seed. They
explained, according to Miss Mangan,
that DR.. Seed assumed her maiden
name in an effort to avoid the scandal
that would naturally follow the dis
covery of her real identity.
DIR. Seed and the two sisters denied
themselves to all callers at their apart
ments yesterday, visitors being told
that DR.. Seed was too i'll to see any
one. Dr. Brand still insists to re-
porters that her sister has never been
arrested, and that the story of her dis
appearance and her being found in
Newark, where she lost her memory
as the result of an accident is entirely
true.
James Murray, an attorney, who says
he was retained by Susie Condor, re-
fuses to make any statement other
than that Susie Condor will appear in
court next Friday for sentence having
pleaded guilty to stealing $48 worth
of goods from q department store on
Fifth Avenue.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
Handmade
BI0uses

The fine batiste blouse,
beautifully hand made, with
infinite care lavished on it's
fine tucks and delicate seams,
with cleverness in it's design,
and loveliness in it's fragile
charm, is the essence of femi-
nine daintiness.
All this may be had for
the small sum of $685..
At this price is a hand
made blouse made with a lit
tie sailor collar, hand hem
stitched and with drawn
work insets down the front.
1t is simple and lovely.
At $6.95 is batiste blouse
with a roll collar hand-hem-
stitched, and a a.finely ruffled
jabot, ALSO, hand-hemstitched
down the front.
A hieh-necked blouse has
a double frilled jabot seal
loped on the edges and fin
.ished with a bias banding.
The cuffs are scalloped to
match. Price $12.50.
Second floor, Old Building,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01

The sale embraces practically every house
hold necessity and includes the most popular
things in our regular stock.
NoN1rare at Is to 20 per cent. less.
Wooden1care at 20 per cent. less.
White-emomeled ti,aicare at 20 per cent. less.
Alu1rl21uM acare at 20 per cent. less.
ReJ75ger0to1s at 20 per cent. less
Emo2nelaoore at 20 per cent. less.
Busters at 10 to 20 per cent less.
Brooms, brushes-15 to 25 per cent less.
Cutlery at 20 ger cent. less.
Nlchellcare at 10 to 20 per cent less.
Bathroom frtues-15 to 25 per cent less.
Wardrobe trunks at 20 per cent less.
Guaranteed ron1oore-720 per cent less.
Clothes baskets and hampers at Is per cent
less
NeUerbreok acardrobe trunks at 20 per cent
less
ITanamaker searing machines-
S3175, were $37
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
Burns Says Agency
Is Trying to Clear
I'm Bergd0U Case

Raymond Burns, son of the head of
the William J. Burns agency, yestcr-
day said he was not familiar with the
developments in the Bergdoll investi-
cation, but that his men were doing
everything in their power to aid in
clearing it up.
"This man Herman +. Davis, it must
be understood, was dismissed before
his arrest" he said. "He was let out
OF our employment week ago.
eve were retained by Captain Bruce
r. Campbell, assigned to defend Grover
Bergdoll, to investigate certain phases
of the case that seemed to warrant
investigation. One of these was the
charge, made by Mrs. Bergdoll, that rep
resentatives of the Department of JUS
tce had robbed their house of more
than $4,000 when they searched the
place for Bcrgdol.
"There also was a report, according
to Captain Campbell, that there was
malice behind this prosecution, and that
it was planned to railroad Bergdoll for
twenty years. The term usually given
in sucn cases, when proved, is eighteen
months.
"Of course. l don't know about the
truth or falsty Of either of those
charges, but we were asked to investi-
gate them. Just why this man Davis
was put on the case | don't know, be-
cause the manager had been told to
discharge him before the present in
vcstigation was begun.
when it was found that Davis was
accomplishing nothing we summoned
him TO the New York Office TO talk the
situation over with him. He was sent
back to PhiladelpAia, and it was rec
commended from here that the case be
dropped, as we were getting nowhere
on it, and were only spending the
money of our client without results.
II can say that our investigation
was undertaken as legitimate one
and that we were doing nothing that
was in any way adverse to the inter
ests of the government. We found
among other things, that Davis had
been reporting to Mrs. Bergdol, for
what reason don't know. 1t was be-
cause of this and other details of his
handling of the case that he was dis
missed finally"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-01
Eats Monkey Glands at
u; Becomes Sprinter
Englisl,man Arrives Here Prais-
ing New Treatment Taken
in CanSuIa Form


Several Ponce de Icons Of the Gus
toms service and a few seasoned Icons
from the ranks of the ship news re-
porters stumbled into a much longed-
for fountain of youth yesterday when
they boarded the White Star liner Ced-
rlc at quarantine.
AS they came up out of the compan-
ionway to the promenade deck a sprin-
ter of seventy-two whizzcd by them
down the port side and soon vanished
to star5oard. He was making his
tenth lap around the deck and a minute
later, as he shot by, a steward re-
marked:
z" Ave look at that man, sir, when
he comes about again, for God spare
my days, 'es the wonder of the age
was about dead year ago, but now 'es
eating monkey glands and turning over
three 'undred revolutions. He's due
to stop sprintin presently and you'd
down to breakfast. Quite decent
sort"
The steward was right. The sprinter
was decent sort, but he surely did not
appear to be scventy-two. He was
glad to answer questions, too.
81 am a retired broker of London and
my name is Robert George Laws" he
SAID. About year ago | was all in.
Life held little interest for me and |
Went to sanatorium for treatment.
~ had the best that medical science
can offer, but my health did not i'm
prove. One day DR.. Paul, my physi-
cian asked me if l was ~ainc and would
take the monkey gland treatment in
capsule form. I informed him I would
try ANYTHING once. Within five weeks
responded to the treatment and have
felt like a three year old ever since I
left the sanatorium."
Mr.. Laws proved his virility by car
rylng two heavy suit cases ashore.