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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-23

WE CALL FOR. AND REPAIR FuRN1-
ture, %upholster, pack furniture and
refine. And retire baby carriages. L.
Brown Bafiow's Art store. 3026W.'
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-23

SIDE LINE Statesmen WANTED
TO cell oal to your trad in carload
For particulars, write Boylston Coal
Co.. 819 Boylston Bldg. Chicago.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-23

FOR sALE-FoRD. ONE TON. TRUCK
3210. F. H.. Mcintyre, 1911 N. .4th.
The Dolores star., 1921-10-28

.nev there was only one window
4, the ma jor's den room, and that
,,,s nearly opposite the screened door
w,y So ducked back into the
dining room and took a stand where
could see the one window through
,ho door-curtaIn network of bamboo
heads I was SO excited that l caught
only spotches of what Mrs. S.eila was
saving TO the boss. but the bits that
I heard were a good deal to the point
mo I mean 1t. Graham 1t Is as
| told you at first -. there Is NO
standing room for either OF US On
that ground and you must ho'
come here again when you know that
am alone. No, Jimmie isn't
enough -
wrenched the halfworking ear
sense aside and jammed it into my
ewes, concentrating hard on the win
dow at which expected every second
10 see a mans face. II the man was
murderer. ] thought ! could beat
him TO II.
The suspense didn't last very long
A hand came up first to push the
window vines aside. 1t was white
hand, long and slender. more ike
womnn's than a mans. Then against
The glass | saw the face, and it gave
me such turn that thought | must
be going batty.
Instead OF the ugly mug OF one OF
Clanahan's gunmen, the haggnrd face
framed in the window sash WAS face
that | had seen once-and only once
before: on a certain Sunday night in
the Billiard when the loose-lipped
mouth belonging to 1t had been bah
bling drunken curses at the night
clerk. The man at the window was
the di-sipated young rounder who had
been pointed out as the nephew OF
President DuntOn.
The Dolores star., 1921-10-28
CHAPTER K
The Man at the Window

~ course, the first thing 1 did, the
moIning after that adventure in the
coas yard. was to tell the boss all
about it, aud | was just foxy enough
to do it when Mr.. Ripley was present.
Mr.. Norcross didn't say much and,
for that matter, neither did the law
yer. though he did ask the boss a
question or two about the real facts
in the Midland right-of-way squabble.
But | noticed, after that, that cur
nan Tarbeil was continually turning
up at all sorts of times, and in all
sorts of odd places, so l took it that
Ripley had given him his tip, and
that he was sort of body-guarding Mr..
Norcross on the quiet, though am
sure the boss didn't know anything
about that part of it-he was such
square fighter himself that he prob
ably wouldn't have stood for it If he
bad.
Meanwhile. things grew warmer and
warmer in the tussle we were making
to pull the cid Short Line out of the
mud warmer In a number Of ways,
because. IN addition to the fight for
the public confidence, we began just
The Dolores star., 1921-10-28

vopr administration failure. won
hesitate 10 get rid OF you in the easiest
way that offers
There was silence In the mal"i
den for a minute or so. and then the
boss said:
"As usual. you know more than you
are willing to tell nc.
"Perhaps not" was the prompt an
swer. "Perhaps / am only the on
look.r-who can usually see things
rather better than the persons ac'ua',
ly involved. Hitherto I have urseu
YOU TO be bold. and then again TO oe
bold. Now / am begging you 10 oe
prudent"
IN what way?"
Careful for yourself. For example:
YOU walked out here this evening"
don't do that any more. Come IN
taxi-and don't come alone.
| couldn't see his frown OF disagree
mcut. but | knew well enough it was
there
There spoke the woman in you
he said. If should show the white
ltather lHdt WHY iu'' u A"
cuse for pottlnG me,
There was a silence again. and
got I'D quietly and crossed the dining
room to the big recessed window where
stood looking out into the darkness
Of the tree-shaded lawn. 1t was pretty
evident that Mrs. Sheila knew heap
more than she was telling the boss
Just as he had said, and ! couldn
help wondering how she came 10 know
il. What she said about the increased
number Of wrecks looked like pointer.
Was she in touch with the enemy in
some way?
Then NV mind went back in fash
to what MaiSie Ann hnd told me. Was
the husband who ought TO be dead, and
The Dolores star., 1921-10-28

wasn't mixed up in 1t in any way?
Could it be possible that he was one
of those who We're in the fight on the
other side. and that she was still keep
ing in touch with him?
Pretty soon | heard the murmur of
their voices again, but now | was so
far away from the bamboO-sCreened
door that | couldn't hear what they
were saying. / wished they would
break it off SO the boss could go. 1t
was getting late, and there had been
enough said to make me wish we
were both safely back in the hotel.
It's that way sometimes, you know, in
spite of all you can do. You hear
talk, and you can't help reading be-
tween the lines. l knew. as well as
| knew that l was alive, that Mrs.
Sheila meant more than she had said:
perhaps more than she had dared to
say.
II was while l was standing there
in the big window that | saw the man
on the lawn. At first thought it was
Tarbell. who was never very far out
OF reach when the boss was running
loose. But the next minute | saw |
was mistaken. The man under the
trees had on long travelling coat
tnat came nearly to his heels. and his
cap was the kind that has two visors.
one in front and the other behind.
Realizing that it wasn't TarbeH, I
stood perfectly still. The house was
lighted with gas, and the iining-room
chandelier had been turned down. so
there was chance that the skulker
under the trees wouldn't see me stand
ing in the corner of the box window.
To make it surer, edged away until
the curtain hid me. l was just in time.
The man had crept out of his hiding
place and was coming up to the win
dow on the outside. As he passed
through the dim beam of light thrown
by the turned-down chandelier. saw
that he had a pistol in his hand or n
weapon of some kind; anyway
caught the CLINT of the gas-light on
dull steel
Ihat stirred me up good and plenty
still had the gun l had taken ont of
Fred Mays drawer; | had carried +,
ever since the night when If had
mighty nearly got me killed off in the
Red Tower coal yard. fshed 1t ont
and made ready, thinking, of course
that the skulker must certainly he ono
of Clanahan's gunner. stiI had
that idea when felt. rather than saw
that the man was pulling himself nm
to the window so that he could take
look into the dining room.
The look satisfied him, apparent,v
Tor the next second heard him dron
among the bushes; and when I stood
up and looked out again l could inst
make him out going around toward
the back of the house. knew Tho
house like book, and without mating
any noise about It l slipped through
the buffers pantry and got n look
out OF u rear window. NV man was
there. and he was working bis wan
sort of blindly around to the den sids
Of the place.
The Dolores star., 1921-10-28

to tell the boss the truth about Mrs.
Sheila. He kept on going to the
majors every chance he had, and
Maisie Ann was making life miserable
for me because l hadn't told him
calling me coward and everything
under the sun. l told her to tell him
herself. and she retorted that knew
she couldn't: that 1t was my job and
nobody else's. We fused over 1t
lot; and because most always con-
trived some excuse to chase out to the
Kendrick house at the boss heels
merely to help Tarbell keep cases on
him-there were plenty of chances for
the fussing.
1t was on one of these chasing trips
to "Kenwood" that the roof fell in.
The major had gone out somewhere
to the theater. guess-taking his wife
and Maisie Ann, and the boss and
Mrs. Sheila were sitting together in
the majors den. with a little coal
blaze in the basket CRATE because the
The Dolores star., 1921-10-28

then TO have perfect epidemic OF
wrecks.
The boss turned the material trou-
BILE over to Mr.. Van Britt and devoted
himself pretty strictly to the public
side OF things. Everywhere. and on
every occasional dinners at the diff
ferent chambers of commerce, and
public banquetS given to this that, or
the other visiting big-wig-he was al
ways ready to get on his feet and tell
the people that the true prosperity of
the country carried with ii the pros
perity of the railroads; that the two
things We're one and inseparable; and
that, when 1t came right down TO basic
facts, the railroads were really n part
of the progress machinery of the COun-
try at large and should be regarded.
not as alien taX-collectors. but as con-
trihutors TO the general prosperity and
welfare.
BY this time, also, Red Tower Con
sOlidated was beginning TO find out
what il meant TO have active com
petition. The C. S. X W. people were
hammering their new plants into work
ing shape and they were getting the
patronage. both of the producers and
consumers hand over fist. Track facil-
tiles and yard service were granted
freely; and while no discrimination
was permitted as against the Red
Tower people, the friendly attitude of
the road counted for something, as it
was bound to.
During those few prediction weeks
the New York end of us seemed to
have petered out completely. We heard
nothing more from President Dunton,
worse than an occasional wire com
plant about the number of wrecks
we were having, though the stock
was still going down. point by point,
and, so far as man up tree could
see, we were making no attempt to
show net earnings-were turning all
our money into betterments as fast as
it came in. | knew that couldn't 20
on. Without furry of some sort. the
New Workers would never be able to
break even, to say nothing of profit,
and l looked every day for a howl
that would tear things straight up the
back.
While all these threads were weav-
Ing along, I'm sorry to say that l
hadn't vet drummed up the courage
The Dolores star., 1921-10-28
CHAPTER Ix.-continued

1t was up to me 10 moe again.
Hsuckel was striking Eaatches and
nolding them so that Glanahau could
look under the cars. and | could feel,
IN anticipation, the shock of bullet
from the big gun in the divekeepers $
tat fist as ! crawled cautiously out
on the far side. Creeping along be-
hind the string of coal cars | came
presently to the great gantry crane
used for unloading the fuel. 1t was a
uuge travelling machine, straddlIng the
tracks and a good par: of the yard
and the clam-Sheu grab-bucket was
down. resting on lis two lips on the
ground
AT first | thought of climbing to the
erame-work o. she crane and trying to
hide on tse big bridge beam. Then
saw that tsv TWO halves of the clam
shell bucks were slightly open, just
wide en"pgh to let me squeeze in
Ii they -ere looking for a full-sized
nan-HarbeIl, for instance. who was
as hu~Gy as II farm-hand-they'd never
thiuS of that crack In the bucket; and
IN another second l had wrig:Icd
through the V-shaped opening ard was
sitting bumped up in one of the halves
II TIE clam-Shell.
That was a mighty good guess.
When Hatch came back with his gun,
uey conbed that coal yard with a
bne-.0uth comp, using 3 lantern that
Hatch had gotten from somewhere and
missing no hole oT corner where Il
uIAn might hide. saye and excepting
oaiy the one had nre-empted.
A. It happened. tie search wound
up finally unde, Eae crane With the
three EtapdihG 50 near that | could
have reached ont of the crack between
the bucket hatve1 and touched them.
Scr tnyfei aas gone init himself
oeer der fcn"e. yes:" puffed Henckel.
An1 then 'rot for iSs he shoot off
stsln pistos ennahow?"
f'lsnahan confessed. I suppose be-
cseSe he knew he would have to, sooner
sr later.
Vt wau holdup," he growled. 9TH
wsrrsnts gone out av my pocket"
Eatchs comment on this was fairly
b3ood-curdling in its profanity.
sris,.r it's up to you to get him some
other way, you laundering son of n
tnieS" ne ragged. Il don't care what
you do, but If you don't make this
country too hot to hold him. it's 60
fng to get too hot to hold you!" And
what more he was going to say.
DON'T know, for at that moment a be-
lated police patrol began pounding at
the gates on the town side and want
ing to know what all the shooting was
about.
1t was after they had all gone away,
leaving the big coal yard in silence
and darkness. that I got mine, good
and hard Sitting all punched up in
the erab-bucket and waiting for my
chance to climb out and make a get
away. the common sense reaction came
and saw what | had done. With the
best intentions in the world, in trying
to kill off the chance offered to the
enemy by the Oregon warrant and
the trumped-up charge of murder.
mud merely saved the boss an arrest
and a POSSIBLE legal tangle and had
out him in peril of his life.
The Dolores star., 1921-10-28
The WreCkerS
BY
FRANCIS LYNDE
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The FACE AT THE WINDOW.


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The Dolores star., 1921-10-28
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-15

day in the condition Of Mr.. w. r.
Rodgers who has been quite sick at
his home in Yorkville for several days
past.
Rev. z. S. Watson and family who
have been visiting relatives and
friends in the vicinity of Hickory
Grove, have gone to Polan, Ga, where
Mr. Watson has charge OF two
churches.
Miss Ida Miller Quinn,-a student at
Chicora College for Women, Colun-
bia, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Warren Quinn in Yorkville
this week.
Gastonia Gazette, Monday: Mrs. "
E. Knight is spending a few days II
Rock tIill, S.. c., with her brother, Nj,
H. J.. Hoke....!!...Mr. and Mrs, Martir
Bryan and son; Barr, and Mrs. Susie
Currence, Of ,Yorkville, spent: Sunda!
here with Mrs. ]. B. Thomasson.
"Just come back from Union" sait
Paul G. McCorkle of. Yorkvllle,: Satur
day. do you know that it is the frs
time I have ever been to Union In m!
life. don't make any boast of having
been everywhere; but II have beel
around good deal and somehow nev
er happened to go to this partlcula
town 1t is a lively place, too, let m
tell you. You can see signs of hustl
over there" -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-15
Body Returning From France.
MERE MENTION

A number of silk. warehouses were
destroyed by fire at Shanghai, China,
last Saturday with losses aggragatlng
$40, ,OO0, 00O...-....P President Harding mas
issued an appeal to the American peo-
pie to aid the starving Chinese He
says that Americans have. already re-
mitted several million dollars; but that
is not nearly enough.....-.:.-.-:Th Thomas w.
Miller, of Delaware. has been named by
President Harding to be alien property
I: custodian t. sas1ee eed sgrrancis P. Galyin
The trustees pf: 5Averett Baptist
COLLEGE at Danville, Va; have dscharg-
ed Clayton p! crossland, president be
cause he permitted, dancing, and ma
jority of the girl students have voted
not to. come back next year.-----John
Barton Payne has resigned as director
of the railroad administrati ation...,--flve
men lost their lives in a fire that de-
stroyed two Broad street furniture
stores in Richmond last Sunday after
noon. The property loss was about
$500 OOO.........The trial Of Ga defendants
charged with conspiracy to rob the
American Express company. has been
commenced at Macon, Ca, and It is ex-
pected to continue for several weeks.
The bodies Of two negroes, fas-
tened together with trace chains were
found in the Yellow river at Aliens
bridge. twelve miles from CovinGton,
Ga, last Saturday. Investigation mas
led the coroner to conclude that the ne
groes were murdered; but at last ac-
counts no information had been deVel-
oped as to the perpetrators OF the deed:
flames 3. Broad, comptroller Oh
the EIlPont company at Wilmington.
Del. died Sunday from the effects OF
having swallowedsa tooth some weeks
ago. the tooth having lodged IN his
Mrs. A. Wollenoff, or van
vert. Ohio was killed at Pablo Beach
Fla. last Sunday by being struck with
an aeroplane in which Monte Rolfe, OF
Augusta, Ga, was trying to land. Rolte
was arrestediand committed to 1a1l.----
six wooden barracks on the army res
eryation at Camp Merritt, n. j., were
DESTROYED by fire on Sunday.-...........Pan-
anna andICosta Rica have ceased hostll-
tiles under an, agreement to submit
their dGrerences to the league of ma
tions. with the United States as meol-
atOr.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-15
The aIorkrilte Gnqltitet,.
Entered at the Postoffice at York as
Mail Matter Of the Second Class. !
TUESDAY, MARCH IS, 1921.
Secretary Of the Navy DENLY is quoN

Secretary OF the Navy DENLY is quot-
cd as favoring an international forgive
ness OF war debt. Also h6 stands for
the most powerful navy in the world for
the United States. He is going to get
more support for his last proposition
than for the first; but he is probably as
nearly right in one as in the other. AS
far as possible Germany ought to re-
store all the private property she has
destroyed; but so far as the interna- :
tional debts incurred on account Of the
war are concerned, all of them ought to
be wiped out. 1t will be the cheapest
and most profitable solution of the
whole matter for all concerned. But
there is very little probability that any
such course will be pursued. 1t is most
likely that these debts will continue a
cause Of international contention until
they are forgotten in the confusion and
decentralization resulting from some fu:-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-15

The Literary aDigest is announcing
the completion :of the drive:iby the
European ReliefICouncil for "S33, ,00O,--
600 for feeding un6ernourished children
of Central andaEastern Europe. = 1t. is
understood that trat1the time this Issue
Of the Literary Digest was semitic the
press the Europea p:rRelief Council had
in hand approximately SIS, 500 900 and
that it could safely. be1said, what Win
the money which would have been re-
ceiyed by the councilaup to Marcn II,
and what with a. roughf estimate OF the
dollar value of commodity donations
the entire $4,000, 600 had been collect
ed 1t is possible that: the final audited
statement, which it. is expected Will be
released in the near--future;;.. will not
show this full amount butt all intents
and purposes the goal has been reach :
ed. The Digest, under a heading OF
"Glad Tidings :of Great JOY, says:
with grateful hearts we give thanks
to Almighty God for wonderful out
pouring Of love and generosity by the
iAmerican people Three and a halL
million innocent children; helpless waits
of the war, We're starving, and cold and
stricken with disease; NThey cried our
across the sea, Save US or we .perish!'
And the s33,OO0,000 needed to save
these little ones from death haSH now
been raised: Whenn about four months
ago. in response to a letter fr9HE sar; +
Hoover, the Literary. Digest published
an appeal through. the itlengIhN an1
breadth of the nationi in tthefeditor,al, !,
"The Slaughter of the iInnocents'" the
great heart Of America was stirred, as
our own hearts had heen"stlrred.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-15

There is a probability that there is
going to be some little row before the
final adoption Of the pending treaty be-
tween the United States Of America
and the United States Of Colombia.
Pile principal obstacle to beginning
work on the Panama canal was the eV-
ident intention Of the Colombian gov
ernment to get'a handsome thing out
of it for herself. There was real good
reason for believing that Colombian
Statesmen" had in mind deliberate
purpose for q holdup for graft. Panama
was one OF the united states" Of Co
lombia, and history and tradition SEEM
ed to uphold her right to withdraw
from the confederation if she wanted
to. AS the situation appeared to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, the fixing Of both Fan
anna and Colombia would not only in
volve greater expense than the; fixing Oh
Panama alone, but it would also m
volve future complications. AS the
easiest way out of badly involved SIT
udllOll, .IlUUSCpClL SStOSSo ~ ~
up in Panama revolution that result
ed in the setting up of a free and inde-
pendent republic and he made his trade
with this free and independent repuo-
lie. But Of course Colombia felt OUT
RACED and has since been very sour on
the United States. In order to straight
en- the matter up. MI. Bryan negotiated
q treaty under which he proposed TO
salve the Colombian government with
payment Of s25,OOO,OOO. Mr.. Wilson was
agreeable to the arrangement; but pc
cause Of Republican opposition, the
treaty was never able to command
two thirds vote 1t is understood that
Mr.. Harding is favorable to the idea OF
paving Colombia off SO as to put her IN
a good humor again; but because SO
many of the Republican senators had
been arguing the other way all along,
it was not practicable to bring them
around again in the short time tnat
was available during the extra session
Of the senate and the matter had to be
postponed. About the only reason IN
the world for paying that s25,Ooo,OOO to
Colombia is to put her In good hu-
NOR: but the end to be accomplished Is
probably worth the price, and maybe
the treaty will be ratified.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-15
The upper road between Yorkville ap'

The upper road between Yorkville apd
Rocl; Hill is now in much better condi-
tion, than for many months past The
average Ford time between the two
towns is now about 40 minutes.
The Yorkville Enquirer has an idea
that this is a good year for the raising
of foodstuffs. There is not much
prospects for good cotton prices next
fall, and unless the people raise food
and lots Of it food is going to, be haro
to get.
Business people who have ignored the
law that requires them to register the
names of their establishments along
with the names of owners thereof with
the clerk of the court, will do well &c
heed the notice that Clerk McMackln Is
publishing. Tho law prescribes a pen,
atty of ,s5 or five days Imprisonment
for every day these people do business
without having first complied with tne
law, and one:half of,the amount col
lected in fines goes to the party OF par
ties swearing out the warrant. There
are hundreds of business people
throughout the county who are llaole
and they will do we'll to look into the
matter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-15
LOCAL "LACONICS

Committed to Jail.
Charged with mortgaging property
not his own, Milus Tate, negro was
committed to jail yesterday.
Union School Building.
Good progress is being made on con.
struction work Of the new schoo
building being erected in Union schoo
district, several miles northeast OF
Yorkville. ,-j1
Charged With Grand Larceny.
Ed Matthews, negro, was committed
to iail Saturday by Magistrate J. F
Wingate of Catawba township
charged with grapd larceny. Mat,
thews had just completed a term Of
thirty days on the chaingang follow
ing his conviction Of vaSrancy. ~
State Highway Operations. !,
Since last October the state highway
commission has expended on recon
structing the roads between Rock Hi
and Yorkville and between ,Filbert ant
Glover, the sun of S13, ,545.26. Tn
Yorkvllle- Rock Hill work has cost SS,
679.3l, and the amount so far expended
onithe Filbert.Clover work. is S4,Sl5.15
Body Returning From France.
James Fl. Bales, of Fort Mill, fathe
OF. Eli Bales, who was, killed in battl
on the fields Of France in 1915. has re
ceived notice from the government au
thorities Of the shipment of his son,
body from France. and notice that
will arrive in New York about Marcl
1S. Instructions will be sent to forwar'
the body to Fort Mill for burial, and ar
rangements will be made there that LII
people Of the community may nave a.
opportunity to honor the memory Q
this gifted young soldier. ~ v..