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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-01-08

Hardly dive seconds had passed since
the last gasp Of Louie solomon, so fast
does man think under such a stress
when the Pearlhunter threw the mask
down by the body aud turned to steal
back up the hill,
Up with emf"
He whirled; stared; slowly raised
his hands. It's one thing to face odds;
quite another to face certain death
Behind the three black muzzles poking
out through the bushes glowered the
truculent. bearded faces Of Louie Solo.
mons three r0wers.
Grim as the three Fates, they staIked
toward him. Two of them kept him
covered, while the third plucked the
revolver from his pocket and dropped
II into his own. After that he bent
over the body OF his master; touched
his face; lifted a hand; laid 1t across
his breast lie picked up the red mask
and sHarled around at: the Others The
others ErOWled swJre; and the Pearl
hunter fauCied the reyOlvers pointed
at him q little straighter, little more
vindietively. 1t was not the first time
these three had faced the Red Mask
He had long been their particular
nightmare. 1t was the FIRST time they
had seen him with bis mask of, and
with eapty hands.
The one kneeling by the body
seemed to be the leader He felt care
fully inside the pocket whore the pearl
had been pinned; searched the other
pockets; felt carefully over the cloth
ing. He rose after the fruitless search
and faced the Pear,hunter.
"Where ISIS ~"
The Pearhunter shook his head.
With a snarled word OF Yiddlsn
doubtless a curse. and a flourish OF
his cienched hand that came uncom-
fortably close TO the young mans
face, the Jew began TO search him:
pockets. hens; walst-tand; socks;
even his hatband, ears and hair OF
course the search again proved fruit
less. The Jew drew his revolver
cooked It. and thrust 1t into the Pearl
hunters face.
"Where iss III"
The bearded lips were drawn no
tense that the yellow teeth were bare
The Pearlhunter knew the yellow
teeth meant exactly what they aeemed
70 mean. Louie Solomons three
yuardsmen had a reputation along he
Wabash. The reward for The Red
Mask was the same whether dead or
alive. still, his death would not bring
them any nearer finding the pearl He
pinned his hope there and shook his
head
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-01-08
"UP WITH 'EM!"


synopsis.-Never having known
his father. and diving with his
mother on houseboat on the
wabash river. Pearlhunter-the
only name he has-learns from
her part Of the story of her sad
lie. He meets a young girl
whom he mentally ,christens the
Nhd Rose She eludes him be-
Tore he can make her acquaint-
ance. A vacant cabin on the
shore has attracted the attention
OF the ailing woman. and thew
move into il. Their first meal is
interrupted by the Man-in-the-
ancy- Vest. Pearlhunter strikes
him. Gunplay threatens. The
mother dramatically drives the
intruder away. She says he is
the Other Man" whom she has
not seen for 20 years. They find
a red MASK dropped by the Other
Man. That night Pearlhunter
Hnds the Blue Moon. a great
treshwater pearl His mother
dies without revealing his IA
ther's name. Pearlhunter and the
other Man meet in the village:
a pistol fight is narrowly averted.
Pearlhunter believes him to be
the Red Mask criminal. Pearl
hunter rescues Wild Rose from
the Other Man and meets Wild
Man, her father He is a man-of
culture, crazed from conclusion
Of the brain. the result of an at
tack by someone wearing red
mask. Nobody knows his iden-
tity; he is known a. the post Of
fice simply as Box 30. Pearl-
hunter proposes that he sell tie
Blue Moon and send 70 a sur.
geon to- operate. Wild Rose
agrees. Pearlhunter sells the
Blue Moon for s. 900 to Louie Solo
mon
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-01-08

.gmuch the pearl had brought One OF
the crowd. Ianky, one-eyed fisher
man. sided up to the Pearlhunter.
"Y'u got it. didn't y'uY'
The Pearlhunter was TOO slow, and
the little Jew answered for him.
Course he got it. What chance a
pore devil pearl buyer got init de
whole town against inn"
That statement or one like It. was
what the crowd had been waiting for.
The tension was over. The finding and
selling of the famous gem, the most
valuable pearl ever "h'lsted" along the
Wabash. was now history-Flatwoods
history. The one-eyed fisherman
chucked his hat up in the air ard
yelled-a lusty cheer, in which the
crowd Joined. One would have thought
that each man there had sold Blue
Moon-or found one
The Pearhunter felt good deal as
the crowd seemed to feel-a looSening
of the tension. For that matter. the
fat little buyer seemed TO feel some
thing of the same relief. Caught up in
the crowd, both buyer and seller We're
swept across the road end into the ex-
pectant door of the Mud Hen.
The Pearlhunter had just twenty-five
dollars and twenty-seven cents Ia his
pocket. He had counted It that Morn
ing while waiting for. Louie solomon 10
come. 1t was the last cent after pay
ing his mothers funeral expenses. He
threw pocket-worn twenty-d0ilar bill
on the bar and motioned to the crowd.
Make 1t good whisky" he said. NO
squirrel goes this round"
He couldn't have made a better
speech for the occasion The crowd
cheered. The little Jew said some
thing but it couldn't be heard. The
bartender set out Tong row of glasses.
The river men grew suddenly quiet
with the gurgle of the filling.
Each man picked up a glass and
stood waiting until every other man
was served. The crowd was too occu-
pied to notice it, but the Pearlhunter's
knees were fairly shaking under him !;
his face set and pale, lie was about
to do the. hardest thing he had ever
tackled in his life even harder than
mentioning money to the Wild Rose.
He picked up his glass; set it down
pushed 1t back
Water for mine"
To a man, the crowd whirled and
stirred. Louie solomon swore.
"VOt iss" he said. you make It
foolishneSs?"
no" was the Slow answer I'm
off this for keeps"
HI growled the one-eyed fisher
man. "Since't when did y'u quitf'
Yesterday-about shutdown"
He raised his glass and clinked with
Louie SolOmon-the aristCcratic bour-
bon against the Flatwoods spring
drank the celebration of his great day
in a glass of water. The others were
too busy just then. or cared too little.
to press the point, or take the trouble
10 wonder just what and what all he
meant by ''yesteruay-ab shutdown. -"
Louie Solomon set his glass down
with bang.
"Himmel. Dot don'dt shtruck bot
tom yet. II vas all soaked up in mine
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-01-08
CHAPTER VII.
The Face in the Draft.

The Face in the Draft.
The banker brought back the plush
case and set ii doGn on the table. The
jew took ont his check book and be-
gan to write. !.
The Pearlhunter never could re-
member the thoughts that came over
him at that high moment of his life
For oil he could recall, there were no
clear thoughts at adjust a loosening
of the throat; relaxing of the
muscles, as if he had dropped a load
under which he had been straining=
He didn't know It, but the old banker
was watching him. The old, embar-
RAISING INSTRUMENTATION to write
in the check-broueht him back out
of the haze He noticed that the
Jews hand trembled as he wrote It
was an odd tritle TO notice but it was
the one thing he could afterward
clearly recall.
The check made out to "pearlhunt-
er" was in his fingers! Five thou
sand dolars-jn words and big plain
figures, It was the first check he had
ever owned-the first one he had ever
seen. He was still reading it, puz-
cling over II. when the banker grasped
his hand. The banker shaking hands
with him This was his day
MAY have the money On this"
"Why, my dear boy" the bani,er an
swered, laughing. and slapping him on
the shoulder, there isn't that much
cash In the bank"
That was Il new one on the Pearl
hunter He had supposed a bank had
in its vaults unlimited loads Of money
"What viii I do?''
"You can draw part Of 1t, aud de-
post the rest to your credit"
All Of which was foreign language
to the Pearlhunter.
~ didn't want TO use any Of the
money" he finally managed to say. 81
don't expect to spend cent Of It for
YOU know-small matters expect
% leave it right here till | can spend
t for something well-big. ! just
wanted to show :. 20 a--friend."
you might show your-friend the
heck" The banker stole glance at
Solomon gloating openly over the gem.
now that the deal was closed NO"
he continued. there's a better
safer. he was about to say but didn't
way than that. Why not deposit
the check and take out a draft?"
"Draft2 What's that
The old banker reached his fingers
up through his hair and studied the
man before him. Sitting down at his
desk. he wrote rapidly for 4 moment.
This is a draft" he said handing
over the slip he had been writing on
and taking the check In exchange. at
as good as gold anywhere, at any
,ank, any time Show 1t to your
rlend. and I suggest that you after
yard bring It back to the bank and
leposlt II. I will then give you
heck book and show you how to uEe
It."
The Pearlhunter read the paper
over with curious interest put il IN
the big, formidable envelope the bank
er gave him for the purpose, and but
toned it away In an inside pocket Of
his blouse
The little Jew had by this time put
the Blue Moon back In the plush case,
pat the case IN his vest pocket, and
pinned up the pocket.
'Hlmmel :" he grunted. htrr =
away from the table you pearl sir
RS ISIS all crazy. I'd gle It TO on q
ousan' more"
Il got my price"
"Undt dots more as anybody got #
Fl from Louie Solomon"
He chucSled al the way T. the door
a small crowd waited outside No
Aody kncws how news leaks out In q
ErAu 1--WE. Net a man but knew how
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-01-08
Hang 'imi Hang i'm r

90 BE CONTINUED
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-01-08

A neighbor recommended Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to me,
ard the second day after started taxi
ing it began to feel better and kept
on taking it for seven months. Now |
keep house and perform all my house
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you please and / Will recommend Fege-
table Compound TO everyone who suffers
az did " - Mrs. j s. LITTLE. 2455
Livingston St, Philadelphia, Pa.
How much harder the daily tasks Of
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az did Mrs. Little. No woman should
allow herself-to get intosuch a condition
because such troubles may be speedily
overcome by Lydia f. Pinkham's Vege-
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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-01-08

salrs currency. but no coin
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-01-08
Hals's Catarrh Medicine

Those who are In "A run down condi-
ton VIII notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh is n local disease. It In greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS -CATARRH MEDICINE is a
Tonic and Blood Purifier and acts through
the blood upon the mucous surfaces OF
the body, thus reducing the Inflammation
and restoring normal conditions
All druggists. Circulars free.
". ]. Cheney & Co. Toledo. Ohio.
Some live on hope, others on nerve;
and stlll others on apathy.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-01-08

Hardly dive seconds had passed since
the last gasp of Louie solomon, SO fast
does man think under such a stress
When the Pearlhunier threw the mask
down by the body aud turned to steal
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-01-08

itltlSb VI LttG JliLlc diA'4
felt bad in my left
side. My monthly
periods we're irreg-
ular, sometimes five
or seven months
apart and when they
did appear wouldlast
for two weeks and
were very painful. /
was sick for about a
year and a half and
.doctoredbut without
avv iypprOvpFDpNf
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-22

p ,. purks. Bruncr station.
:, n Bussman. Glenn station.
W.rtCrN Grocery. Neru Station.
Baker Rros, Nern station.
o J.. pattison. Worn station.
Right Way Grocery, Ncrn station.
p. RrentlingCr, Home Gardens Stn.
Hoffman Grocery Homo Garden st.
J, !. smith, Garden city
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-22

L.ghtncr's Grocery. Garden cry.
W. Thrashcr. Garden CITY.
stanton Bros, Dawson, Okla
richardson Grocery Dawson. Okla.
Bacu Grocery a Market. Dawson.
Okla.
Rivers & Bond. RED Fork. Okla.
BROOKS Grocery, Red Fork. Okla.
Hoffman Grocery, Home Gardens ST.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-02
CHATTER XIV

CHAPTER XIV. The lookout on the power schooner Maggie II had sighted Diamond head before Comm odore Adelhert P. Gib- ney, Captain Phineas P. Scraggs, and
 Engineer Bartholomew McGufey
 ably expect from this band of rowing rascals), that they had en-
 tirely recovered from their harrow ing experiences on the desert islard
 of Tuvana-tholo, in the Friendly group.
 At the shout of Land, hor" MT. McGuffey yawned, stretched himself, l and sat up in the wicker 1oungins chair where he had sprawled for days
 with MT. Gibney and Captain Scraggs,
 under the awning on top of the house.
 He iexed his biceps refiectively. while his companions, stretched at full length in their respective chairs. watched him Iazily.
 "As a member O the Maggie syndi- cate an ownin' an votiu' a quarter interest" boomed the engineer, "I hereby call a meetin' O the said syn dicate for the purpose O transactin' any an all business that may proper ly come before the meetin'." Pass the word of Nei1s Halvor- sen," suggested MT. Gibney. "Bless his squarehead soul," he added. We got a, quorum with out him, an besides this business is just between
 us three.''
 l Meetln'Il Il come to order The
 commodore tapped the hot deck with | his bare heel twice. Haul away, | Mac" T move you, gentlemen, that it be l the sense O this meetin' that B. Mo- | Guffey, Esquire, be an he is hereby | app inted a committee O one to lam l the everlastin dayHghts out O that | sinful former chief mate O ourn for | abandonin the syndicate to a horri-
 ble death on that there desert island Do I hear a second to that motion ?' | Second the n1otion.' chirped Cap | tain ScraggS.
 | The motions denied" announced | MT Gibney firmly.
 1 (Cnntinued TOmOrrOM.l
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-02
Compensation For
 Injured Ernploves

Hive compensation agreem ments were agreed upon at the offices of Compensation Commissioner E. T Buckingham this morning.
 F. T. Bedford, of Greens Farms was ordered to pay Antone Mads Southport. the sum of S9.45 during the period of his incapacity. Matis re- ceived a crushed hand while in the employ Of Bedford.
 The Bridgeport Metal Goods Co., was ordered to pay Joseph Leposka S94 Myrtle avenue, the sum of $500 weekly during the period of his in capacity Leposka received burns on the left hand while in the employ of the Metal Goods Go.
 The Marsh Brothers Go. will pay s1S.00 weekly to William Blackham m during the period of his incapa city BIackham suffered bruises on the right knee while in the employ of the Marsh Brothers.
 Austin Bower, 45 Maplewood Ave. who received a, broken left arm while in the employ of the T. J. Pardy Co.,, will receive s18.00 weekly from that company during the period of his in capacity.
 The Remington Arms Co. will pay to Josephine Young, 204 Holly street, who received cuts on the hand while in the employ of the company, $500 weekly during the period of her in capacity.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-02
FORMER SOLDIER GETS GRUB STAKE TO
 HUNT WOLVES
Unable to Find Work That One Legged Man Could Do, Homer IseClair Turns to Red Cross and Now Coyotes Must Pay.

by the Red Cross, with borrowed saddle horse and trapping outfit, Ho- mer LeClair, one-Iegged ex-service man, took his 1O2 pounds of grit to Truckee River canyon, about 10 miles east of Reno, where he proposes to clean up'' at the expense of coyotes and bobcats which he says are swarming in that region.
 LeClaar was a trapper in Nevada where he also rode the range in days before Inc war. He enlisted in the regulars and went to France as a mem Der of the Second Division, sfirst 1n the Twelfth and then in the Eff teenth Field Artillery, with which he saw nearly all the hardest fighting of that hard fighting outfit.
 Then he was sent to North Russia with the ArchangeI expedition, and fought the frigid cold and the "bolos," as the DouShboys named the Bolshe- wiki.
 LeClair did not lose his leg. which is gone just below the hip, until he Was @ again civilian in the United States, employed as chauffeur by major at Camp Devens. Riding a motorcycle one dark night he colIided with a truck, the amputation result ing.
 Making his way to Reno a few some work a one-Iegged man can do and. failing to find it. took to the sagebrush wi h horse, traps, messkit, a p[eec of bacon and some hap-iack four, to make the wolves with their belts keep the wolf from his door.
 There was doubt as to whether he could ride a horse, but he ended iS by riding one with a banner to advertise an American Legion vaudeville show.
 'tI can dc it, he said And he did. He said the same thing when he started for Truckee River canyon with his tra pPinG outfit.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-02
Friday, Dec. 2, 1921

sion of sedition. and here again he had to battle with the trades unions, and an active campaign began against him.
 First he was put under the control of the Commissioner of Police, and naturally a rift came between the two, and in the end the Government asked for his resignation.
 He caused breeze in Parliament Sir Reginald Hall, the one-time Chief of the Admiralty Intelligence Depart ment, spoke on behalf of his old spy batting friend and got an ad- journment in the House of Commons in order that the question might be discussed.
 There was a lively discussion fol- lowing the official explanation of the resignation, i. e.. that the Commis- sioner of Police and Sir Basil Thomp- son could not get on together. and Sir Basil had to go and go he did. The division followed, with a major ity of 103 in favor of the Govern ment'S attitude.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-02
New Pastor For
 Park Street Church

Rev. T. F. Turledge Beale was chosen permanent pastor of Park Street Congregational church at a meeting of the committee held re- gently thus filling the place left va cant by the late Dr. Gerald H. Beard.
 For the past three and a half months MT. Beale has been serving as acting pastor and has made numer- ous friends during that time by his work and preaching.
 He Is a young man, having but re- gently completed a course of six years at Drake University, Des Moines, Ia. He is an Englishman by birth. coming from Birrnin gham. He was married in Glasgow, Scotland, just prior to his coming to this country in 1914. The new pastor served for a short time in Mtaford, Ont. and also in Des Moines.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-02
GREAT ENGLISH
 DEFECTIVE GOT
 WORST OF DEAL
Sir Basil Thompson, Super Spy Catcher Durin n g World War, Fired As Re suit of Pressure By Trades Unionists.

London, Dec. = Brita:n's super detective, Sir Basil Thompson, has been fired as a result of the pressure brought upon the Government by the extremists In the Labor group of the mem bers of the House of Commons.
 Never a Hover of the trades union tst or strike agitator, Sir Basil sub 5ected them to a merciless vigilance during the war. Now the war is over Sir Basil has the modification of see ing many of his former enemies in ernment, with the inevitable result.
 In war time Sir Basil Thompson was a very zealous servant of the unique, and many of the hap1ess for eigrers who ended their lives facing :. firing squad in the precincts of the Tower of London owed their dire fate to the vigilance and cunning of Basil Tn onapson.
 The Special Branch at Scotland Yard was especially organized by him. His trained assistants were circulating throughout the munition areas of Great Britain disguised as ordinary workers and thus reported on all the agitators and pacdfists in their midst. Great Britain in those sad days was suffering a good deal from dcreased
 output of shells and other war ma- terial and all over the country there
 were onlinous threats of strikes and stoppages.
 Many Battles,
 Undoubtedly diabolic influences
 were at work, so diaboHcal means had to be administered to frustrate them. Conducting work of such delicacy. Sir Basil naturally fell foul of the genui n e and loyal trades union official. There ! were many battles, Sir Basil triumph ed in days of war, but apparently has 1 lost out in days of peace.
 Now, after thirty years of battling with secret service spies of all na- tions, international crooks, BolSfhev- ists,, anarchists and gunmen, he has to slumber off into inactivity at the very height of his career.
 Mentally one pictures him a ruth less. implacable individual, utterly
 without a soul; yet in truth he is the very reverse. Not in any particular
 does he suggest the police official. In appearance he is typical of his birth being the son of an Archbishop of
 York-a charming, cultured English gentleman, with courtly manners and
 an ingratiating personality.
 It was spy-catching that was his favortte work. He never treated a spy as an ordinary criminal. Liable
 to death as many of them were at any
 moment, Sir Basil always regarded them as SuperpatriOts who were per-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-02
forming risky tasks for the safety of l
 their country. |

forming r1Sky tasks TOT the Safety Of their country.
 A Great Buffer.
 At the art of b1ufing he was master. The trapping of the Ger man spy, Reginald Rowland, in 1915, was done by a trick which would have fooled tn cleverest. Rowland pretending to be an American citizen, was telling Sir Basil that he had never been to Germany in his life and cer- tainly could not speak the language.
 Nothing was said about that, and the discussion went on to other mat ters- Suddenly Sir Basil yelled out at him, in German, 'tAttenioni" And Rowland stiffened out as on Prus- sian parade ground.
 So you do understand German, eh?'' softly queried Sir Basil.
 But Rowland burst into tears and asked if it meant death.
 There was one spy who put one over on Sir Basil-Matahari, the Egyptian dancer, who was afterward cought red-handed by the French, but not until she had done a good deal of damage.
 Sir Basil had her brought to Lon don for questioning early in the war. But she assured him, with bewitching g smiles, that she was not in the Ger man pay, and perforce the great spy catcher had to let her go.
 Did Sim Fein Work. When the war was over Sir Basil special branch was switched onto Sim F7ein work, but fhe recent truce put an end to that. Then his restless energies were. devoted to the suppres-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-02

Columbus, Dec. 2 - That divorcees should not remarry for at least six months after the decrees of divorce has been granted is the belief voiced by Common Pleas Judge Tarben. of Brown county, now holding court here.
 The judge expressed his opinion while nearing the suit of Mrs Lois Thomas, IS, for divorce from her husband. Judge Tarbelfs suggestion fo1. a six-nonth interval was preced- ed by a lecture in which he touched upon the evil of youthful marriages and the bigger wrong of obtaining d. yorces only to renarry hastily
 Execution, however, was taken by Mrs. Thomas to the six-month pro posal Anything may happen in six months she said. Mrs. Thomas was allowed a divorce.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-02

Adrnr+isa Tn Tho rTi7.ane
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-02
LEGION FATHERS
 FORM ORGANIZATION

Topeka, Kan, Dec 2.-Topeka has the honor of having had formed in her midst the first American Legion Fathers organiza ton. One hundred and forty-seyen fathers of World War veterans are charter members.
 The official name of the order will be the American Legion Fathers As socoatiou. The purpose of the fathers as announced in the preamble of the constitution is to give assistance in every way possible to the American Legion in its activities toward the de- yelopment of real AmericaniSm.