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Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21
CHAPTER xI
A Venture Of Peril.

/ must have remained unconscious
for an hour or more. i never really
knew how long, for my watch disap-
peared, yet 1t was still night when l
again painfully opened my eyes and
endeavored to perceive my surround
ings. Memory of the blow which
ended the struggle caused me to lift
hand to my head; the scalp was
bruised and broken, the hair matted
with clotted blood, yet / could not be-
lieve the injury was a serious one. !
could use my limbs. Satisfied on this
point, and assured that / was alone,
braced myself on one arm, and, in
sitting posture, endeavored to survey
my surroundings.
l was resting on the floor of bare
room of ordinary size, containing no
vestige of furniture. The place was
cold, with that indescribable chill pecu-
liar to unused apartments, and through
the one window, which was unshaded
by curtain, poured the direct light
of an almost full moon. In this silvery
light every bit of that interior stood
revealed in its hideous baroness, the
roughly finished walls, the patches of
plaster scaled Off, the dirty floor, the
single door and window, the rags amid
which | rested. 1t was hopeless
scene.
l staggered to my feet reeling
moment like drunken man, and then
finally found my way along the side
wall to the window. My strength in
7 ahuonan6
was born with i'll was not dead;
might BATTLE those villains yet They
must have felt that l was safe enough
in this place; that, even If / regained
consciousness, no escape was possible,
| for they had left no guard. A glance
without revealed the reason for such
confidence. l was four stories up, a
sheer brick wall below, and, at the
bottom, concrete walk. There was
nothing between to cling to unless it
might be the narrow coping of stone
just beneath the window sill. stared
a, this, almost hopefully, for an in
stant; then turned my eyes away with
a shudder; it was scarcely as broad
as the sole of my shoe and to think
of creeping along there was merely
| the dream of mailman. The bright
moonlight flooded everything about,
yet l saw nothing familiar; was evil
IDENTIFY at the back end of house,
with others closely set on either side,
and an alley beyond small, enclosed
yard. This latter was Uttered with
dead weeds and rubbish of every de-
scription, and small shed of some
kind extended across the rear Three
stories below, but to the right, a mar
row porch protected the back door
There was no movement visible any.
where, no CLEAN of light from the
windows below me. ! listened in vain
for any sound; the night was as still
as death, not even the echo of a dis.
tant street-car reaching my ear. l was
somewhere within the limits of the
city, of that / felt assured, but be-
yond this could determine nothing
(To BE CONTINUED)
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21
Hiahtower Found Guilty.

Redwood City, Calif.-William A
Hightower was found guilty of first
degree murder with recommendation
Of life Imprisonment by the jury in the
case in which he was charged with the.
murder of Father Patrick e. Heslin of
Colma, Calf. A motion for an appeal
has been filed.
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21
NEEDS OF GROWING ANIMALS
Pigs Thrive Better on Ear Corn and
Green Alfalfa Than on Chopped
and Ground Feeds

Ear corn and green alfalfa meet the
needs of growing pigs better, and at
less cost, than chopped alfalfa and
ground cob and cornmeal. The alfalfa
stems and cob meal are better suited
to the needs of sheep or cattle. They
can handle more fibrous. indigestible
matter than pigs.
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21
Arbuckle Case Nov. 9TH.

San Francisco. Calif.-Roscoe G.
(Fatty) Arbuckle, motion picture star,
entered plea here Of not guilty to the
charge of manslaughter filed against
MIN In connection with the death of
Miss Virginia Rappe. Arbuckle's trial
was set for Nov. Z. Miss Rappe, film
actress, died Sept. 8; as result, it was
charged. of injuries received during
drinking party in Arbuckle's rooms at
the ST. Francis hotel here, Sept. 5.
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21
TAKE ASPIRIN ONLY
AS TOLD BY "BAYER'
~Bayer" introduced Aspirin to the
Physicians Over 21
Years Ago.

To get quick relief follow carefully
the safe and proper directions in each
unbroken package of "Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin" This package is plainly
stamped with the safety "Bayer Cross"
The "Bayer Cross" means the gen.
ulne, world-famous Aspirin prescribed
by physicians for over twenty-one
years.-Advertisemen
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21
A Joke on tho JUDGE.

An old man had been found guilty OF
theft, and was sentenced to ten years
Imprisonment.
"Thank you, yer honor" he said, or
hearing the sentence; I'm very glad
I didn't think at my age I'd got half ~
long as that to live"
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21


doesn't suit all smokers; it suits many
NOT just because it doesn't clog up
the stems OF their pipes, but because
it's also pretty good smoking tobacco
We invite you to try it.
Simply send US your name and adj
dress on postcard. If you will add
the name OF the dealer to whom you
will go for more in case you like Edge
worth, we would appreciate that cour-
tesy on your part.
We will despatch to you samples Of
Edgeworth in both forms-Plug Slice
and Ready-Rubbed.
Edgeworth Plug Slice is formed into
fiat cakes and then sliced into thin,
moist waters. One wafery slice rubbed
for q second between the hands fur
nishes an average pipeful.
Edgeworth Ready Rubbed is al
ready rubbed for you. You pour it
straight from the little blue can into
the bowl OF your pipe.
Both kinds pack nicely, light quick
ly, and burn freely and evenly to tho
very bottom Of the pipe.
Both Edgeworth Plug Slice and
Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed are packed
in small, pocket size packages, in
handsome tin humidors and glass
Jars. and also in various handy in
between quantities.
For the free samples which We
would like you to Judge, address Larus
& Brother Co., II South 2lst Street,
Richmond, Va.
To Retail Tobacco Merchants II
your jobber cannot supply you with
Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Com
pany will gladly send you prepaid by
parcel post one or two-dozen carton
of any size Of Edgeworth Plug Slice
or Ready-Rubbed for the same price
you would pay the jobber
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21
DISCARD inefficient HORSE
indisoriminate Breeding Of Small, un-
sound, Sorubby Animals Highly
Improbable.

The light, inefficient horse is un.
doubtedly destined to be discarded
and the indiscriminate breeding OF
small, unsound, scrubby animals will
continue to be highly improbable II
persisted in.
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21

titled Parasites and Parasitic Diseases
Of Sheep" This bulletin explains
methods for controlling various pests
and parasites that attack sheep and
points out the advantages of pasture
rotation, feeding from racks, and other
measures of value in parasite control
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21
Tracina counterfeiters

Kansas City, Mo.-A nationwide at
tempt to circulate counterfeit $50, $50
and 500 bills has been traced to this
city, government agents stated. DIR.
George Kowertz arrested on coun-
terfeiting charge here, was said to,
have been the master mind" of the
organization.
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21
LIVE STOCK
FACTS
COMMON AILMENTS OF SHEEP
Information Given in Farmers BuIie-
tin to Enable Owners TO Recoo-
nize Symptoms.

CPrepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture
How to recognize and treat the more
important diseases and common all
ments of sheep Is told in Farmers
Bulletin 1855, Just issued by the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture.
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21
Yell.

do you remember your class yell7 2"
'Yes, and 1t wasn't very expressive.
I've got a son in college now and you
ought to hear me when I audit his
bills"
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21
Does Your Tobacco
Sift Down into the
Stem Of Your Pipe?

Edgeworth Tobacco goes out into
the world to make its own friends. It
IL a good smoking tobacco. We don't
have to make many claims for. it.
It makes quite number Of friends
for itself. Some Of these good friends
write to US. One OF them recently sent
US the following suggestion:
Larus & Bro. Co.
Richmond, Va.
Gentlemen:
Being an occasional smoker and
on those occasions usually smok-
ing your tobacco, I am writing to
mention a point which might be
used in your advertising to your
advantage, which to my knowl-
edge has appeared in none OF your
advertisements to date.
Your tobacco possesses the par
ticular quality Of not being rub
bed too fine, as q great many OF
the various brands Of tobacco are,
and this should be a great selling
item, as a smoker invariably ex-
periences a great deal of difficulty
in keeping the stem of his pipe
clear and clean with the average
tobaccos, which practically al
ways are drawn into and block up
the stem. This is merely point
which I have noticed and hope
that it may be Of use to you.
u A. Il n
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21
Yes. Sir.

"Yessir, eighty-two be, an every
tooth in my 'ead same as tn day 1
were born london Mail
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21

reneVe you OF
one of the petty
annoyances OF
smoking.
You are not
likely to be-
come an Edge
worth fan sim
ply on this ac-
count. You will
want a smoking
tobacco which
has the flavor
aud fragrance
perfectly match
ing your indi-
vidual taste.
E dg ewort tn
Elbert County tribune., 1921-10-21

II your pipe clogs up too quickly, we
believe you'll find that Edgeworth will
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-09
The Missing Chord

sheep sheared six pounds all around
this fall; and I'm going to get Mar
lila an instrument i 81 takes the
price OF the whole clip to do IL
star wayno.' says I. The little
girl deserves It.
I'm going TO san Antoine on the
last load OF wool says Uncle Cal.
and select an instrument for her
myself
Wouldn't It be better I sug-
gests. TO take Marilla along and let
her pick out one that she Iikes?'
II might have known that would
set Uncle Cal going. OF course. "A
man like him, that knew everything
about everything. would look az that
as reflection on his attainments.
No. SIR Il wouldn't says he.
pulling at his white whiskers. There
amt a better Judge OF musical in
struments in the whole world than
what / am. I had an uncle says
he. that was a partner in a piano
factory. and I've seen thousands OF
EN- put together. l know all about
musical instruments from a pipe
organ to a corn stalk fiddle. There
amt a man lives, sir, that can tell
me any news about any instrume nt
that has 20 be pounded, blowed.
scraped. grinded, picked. or wound
with a key
You get me what you like. dad.
says Marilla. who couldn't keep her
feet on the floor from Joy. 'Of
course you know what TO select. I'd
/ just as lief it was piano or q or
I gan or What
II see in ST. Louis once what
/ they call a orchestri0n.' says Uncle
Cal, that I judged vas about the
finest thing in the way OF music
! ever invented. But there ain't room
/ in this house for one. Anyway. ]
7 lars. 7 reckon something in the
piano line would suit Marilla the
/ best She took lessons in that re-
/ spect for two years over at Birdstail
/ I wouldn't trust the buying Of an in
/ strument 70 anybody else but my
! self I reckon If / hadn't took ur
! sheep-raising I'd have been one OF
/ the finest composers or pianO-and-
/ organ manufacturers in the world.
THAT was Uncle Calls style. But
| I never lost any patience with him
! on account of his thinking so much
of Marilla. And she thought just as
much Of him. He sent her 10 the
/ academy over at Birdstail for two
years when il took nearly every
pound of wool to pay the expenses
Along about Tuesday Uncle Ca
\ put out for san Antoine on the last
wagon load OF wool. Marilla's uncle
! Ben. who lived in Birdstail. come
/ over and stayed at the ranch while
/ Uncle Cal was gone.
! "It was 90 miles TO San Antoine
and 40 10 the nearest railroad sta
ton. so Uncle Cal was gone about
| four days. I was over at the Dou-
BILE Elm when he came rolling back
one evening about shutdown. And
up there in the wagon, sure enough
/ was piano or a organ-we couldn't
| tell Whitehall wrapped up in wool
! sacks. with a wagon sheet lied over
it in case of rain. And out slSipc
/ Marilla. hollering, oh, oh, with her
eyes shining and her hair a-1yiny
| 'Dad-dad,' she sings out have you
/ brought it-have you brought ito
and 1t right there before her eyes
as women viii do.
&" Finest piano in San Antoine,
says Uncle Cal. waving his hand,
proud. Genuine rosewood, and the
finest. loudest tone YOU ever listened
/ TO. I heard the storekeeper play it.
and I took il on the spot and paid
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-09
By o. Henry

bOmbre about as big as "A gun scab-
bard, with scraggy white whiskers
and condemned 20 the continuous
use OF language. Old Cal was 50
obscure IN his chosen profession that
he wasn't even hated by the COW
men. And when a sheepman don'i
set eminent enough TO acquire the
hostility OF the cattlemen he is
mighty apt 70 die unwept and con-
siderably unsung
But that Marilia girl was ben
eft 10 the eye. And she was the
most elegant kind Of a housekeep-
or. I was The nearest neighbor. ano
/ used 10 ride over TO the Double
Elm anywhere from nine TO sixteen
simes a week with fresh butter or
a quarter OF venisOn or a sample Of
new sheep-dip just as a frivolous ex-
cuse 20 see Marilla. Marilla and
me got TO be extensively inveigled
with each other, and I was pretty
sure I was going 10 get my rope
around her neck and lead her over
10 the Eomito. only she was 60
everlastingly permeated witt hlial
sentiments toward old Cal that
never could get her TO talk about
serious matters.
You never saw anybody i'm your
life that was as full Of knowledge
and had less sense than old Cal. lie
was advised about all the branches
OF information contained In learn
ing. and ne was up TO all the rudi-
ments OF doctrines and enlishten-
ment. You couldn't advance him any
ideas on any Of the parts or speech
or lines Of thought You would
1 have thought ne was a professor 0i
the weather and politics and chem
istry and natural history and the
I origin Of derivauOns. Any subjec
you brought up old Cal could give
! you an abundant synopsis Of il from
: the Greek root up TO the time IL Wa:
= sacked and on the market.
lone day just after the fall shear
ing / rides over TO the Double-Em
with a lady's magazine about fash.
/ ions for Marilla and a scientific pa.
; per for old Cal.
while I was tying my pony 10 Z
mesquite. out runs Marilla, 'tickleC
/ TO death with some news tina
! couldn't wait
oh, Rush she says. all flushed
up with esteem and Ratification
what do YOU think! Dads going e
, buy me a piano. Amt it grand?
never dreamed I'd over have one
Its sure joyful says I. I al
ways admired the agreeable uproal
OF a piano. It'll be lots OF company
for you. That's mighty good o.
Uncle Cal 70 do that
I'm all undecided says MariHa
between a piano and a organ.
I parlor organ is nice
Either Of EN- SAYS I. is first
class for mitigating the lack o.
noise around a sheep-ranch. For M
part I says. I shouldn't like any
\ thing better than 10 ride home OF al
I evening and listen 20 a few waltze'
and jigs. with somebody about YOU
/ size sitting on the piano stool anC
rounding up the notes
I "'Oh. hush about that says Mar
1 lila. and go on in the house. DAD
hasn't rode out today. He's no
! feeling we'll
"Old Cal was inside. lying on Z
cot He had a pretty bad cold and
cough. I stayed TO supper.
Going to get Marilla a piano
hear says I TO him
Why yes. something of tho
kind. Rush. says he She's beer
laundering for music for a long spell,
and I allow TO FIX her up with some
thing in that line right away. This
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-09

went all the way TO san Antoine and
picked Il out for you myself II
took a third Of the fall clip TO buy
K: but I don't mind that II Il makes
my good girl happier. Won't you
play a little bit for dad, Marilla?'
Doc simpson beckoned Narilla
10 one side and recommended her to
do what Uncle Cal wanted. so It
would get him quieted. And her
Uncle Ben and his wife asked her.
too.
Why not hit out a tune or two
with the soft pedal on7 asks Ma
rilla- Uncle Cal has begged you SO
often. It would please him q. good
deal to hear you touch up the piano
he's bought for you. Don't you
think you might?'
But Marilla stands there with big
tears rolling down from her eyes
and says nothing. And then She
runs over and slips her arm under
Uncle Calls neck and hugs him tight
why. last night, dad We heard
her say, i played ever so much.
Honest have been playing IL. And
E 10 eNN++ q sP4f-AANAA AiASNE uIilEIIr You
don't know how love 1t. Last
night I played Bonnie Dundee" and
the Anvil Polka" and the Blue
Danube"-and lots Of pieces. You
must surely have heard me plavfng
a little. didn't you. dad? I didn't
I like to play loud when you was SO
sick
Wen. Well says Uncle Cal.
/ maybe I did. Maybe / did and for
k got about IL. Ny head is a little
/ cranky at times I heard the man
in the store play il fine. I'm mighty
glad you like it, -Marilla. Yes. 7 be-
lieve 1 could go TO sleep awhile Il
\ you'll stay right beside me till I do.
There was where Marilla had M
( guessing. Much as she thought OF
/ that old man, she wouldn't strike n
note on that paino that he'd bought
I her. ] couldn't imagine why she
/ told him she'd been playing it. for
/ the wagon sheet hadn't even been OH
/ Of it since she put it back on the
! same day il come. I knew she could
play little anyhow. for I'd once
| heard her snatch some pretty fair
| dance-music out OF an old piano al
/ the Charco Largo ranch
We'll. in about a week the pneu
monia got the best of Uncle Cal
They had the funeral over at Bird
stall. and all of us went over. |
/ brought Marilia back home in my
/ blackboard. Her uncle Ben and his
wife were going TO stay there a few
days with her.
That night Marilla takes me in
the room where the piano was,
while the others were out on the
gallery.
" Come here, Rush. says she; 4
want you TO see this now
"She unties the rope. and drags of
the wagon sheet.
IF you ever rode a saddle with
out a horse. or fired off a gun that
wasn't loaded, or took a drink out
OF an empty bottle. why, then you
might have been able to scarce an
/ opera or two out of the instrument
Uncle Cal had bought.
Instead OF a piano, It was one
/ TO play the piano with. BY itself il
was as musical as the holes of q
/ flute without the flute.
And that was the piano that
/ Uncle Cal had selected; and stand
/ ing by it was the good, fine, all-wool
girl that never let him know It.
"And what you heard playing a
while ago" concluded Mr.. Kinney,
was that same deputy piano ma
chine; only just at present It's
showed up against a sikh hundred
dollar piano that I bought for Mar
/ lila as soon as we was married"
Copyright. 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-09

cash down.
Me and Ben and Uncle Cal ard
Mexican lifted it out Of the wagon
and carried II In the house and set
Il IN a corner. II was one OF them
upright instruments. and not very
heavy or very big.
And chen all OF a sudden Uncle
Cal nops over and says he's mighty
sick. Hos got a high fever, and he
complains OF his lungs. he gets in
70 bed. while me and Ben goes out
20 unhitch and put the horses in the
pasture. and Marilla flies around 20
get Uncle Cal something hot TO
drink. But arst she puts both arms
on that piano and hugs Il with a
soft kind OF "A smile. like YOU see
kids doing with their Christmas
toys
When I came in from the pas
ture. Marilla was in the room where
the piano was. I could see by the
strings and woolsacks on the floor
that she had had II unwrapped. But
nov she was tying the wagon sheet
over II again. and there was 4 kind
OF solemn. whitish look on her face.
Amt wrapping up the music
again, are you. Marilla? p I asks.
/ What's the matter with just cOu-
pie of tunes for TO see how she goes
under the saddle?'
Not tonight. Rush, says she.
I I don't want 10 play any tonight.
I Dads too sick. Just think, Rush.
/ he paid three hundred dollars for il
nearly a third of what the wool
/ clip brought
/ well, it amt anyways in tho
+ borhood Of a third OF what you are
worth I told her. And / don't
/ think Uncle Cal is too sick 20 hear
little agitation Of the piano keys
/ Just 10 christen the machine
/ " Not tonight, Rush. says Mar
/ lila, in a way that she had when she
wanted TO settle things
But it seems that Uncle Cal was
plenty sick. after all. He got so
bad that Ben saddled up and rode
over to Birdstail for Doc Simpson.
: I stayed around 20 see if I'd be need
ed for anything.
| when Uncle Calls pain let up on
him "A little he called Marilla and
saws 10 her: Did you look at your
instrument. honey? And do you
like it?'
Its lovely. dad says she. lean
ing down by his pillow; I never saw
one so pretty. How dear and good it
was of you to buy it for me"
81 haven't heard you play on II
] ~ al
been listening. Ny side don't hurt
quite so bad now-won't YOU play a
piece Marilla?'
But no; she puts Uncle Cal Off
and Soothes him down like you've
seen women do with a kid. 1t seems
/ she's made up her mind not to touch
that piano at present.
/ When Doc Simpson comes over
he tells us that Uncle Cal has pneu-
monia the worst kind: and as the
old man was past sixty and nearly
on the lift anyhow, the odds was
/ against his walking on grass any
more.
"On the fourth day Of his sick
| ness he calls for Marilla again and
wants to talk piano. Doc Simpson
was there, and so was Ben and Mrs.
Ben. trying to do all they could.
9" I'd have made a wonderful sue
cess in anything connected with mu-
! sic says Uncle Cal 1 got the
! finest instrument for the money in
! San Antoine. Amt that piano all
right in every respect, Marilla?'
Its just perfect, dad says she.
l
/ But don't you think you could sleep
a little now. dad?'
"'No, l don't says Uncle Cal. L
want to hear that piano. 7 don't
believe you've even tried it yet.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-09
Flush Your Kidneys

Flush your kidneys and bowels
with Kirn's Kidney Tea Get the
poisOns out Of system. relieve rheu-
matte pain. lame back. swellfnEs.
stop constipation. bihousness. head
ache. Get a so cent pkg. from
druggist sold over 20 years.
j. W. Brant Co, Albion, Mich.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-09

Tailors Chalk at, cake ......1 lie
-l5c Machine Oil. bottle .... BE
40c 4-inch Scissors at .......3 SAC
Bone Underwear Buttons
I0c large button. dozen ..,. SC
&c Small Button. dozen 800. Sc
7c MILDLY Laces at, each ....5 SC
Sc Coat Hangers. for ..... 25c
12Hc Collar Bands at, each. 10c
l0c Linen Tape at ...........7 &c
Sc Oxford Laces at pair for -. Sc
Sc Black Headed Pins at, card &c
Iron Pads. each. 1c to ....4 &c
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-09

Sc Button Moulds, 2 dozen for >. Sc
Sc Small Size Safety Pins. card &c
l0c Large Size Safety Pins, card SC
Sanitary Aprons, each ... 29c
Machine Needles. tube $500. 12c
Odd Lot Hair Nets at each -. lie
Bone Hair Pins, all sizes. box =. Csc
Sanitary Napkins, box $500. soc
Sc Collar Stays at, card ...... lie
Darning Needles. package go. lie
l5c Skirt Braids at. belt ....7llac
l0cSansilk. odd shades, each :. .7c
All sizes Pearl Buttons at, card Toe
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-09
SALE OF NOTIONS

J. and p. Coats Cotton Thread &c values, spool
Limit dozen to a customer.
DeLong Hooks and Eyes. DC card at. ...........-
Cortecelli 90 yard spool Silk, SC value, spool
Gainsboraugh Hair Nets. 15c each or, dozen
Roberts DC Gold Eye Needles at, package
Warrens Boned Betting yard, zoe 10 .............
Black and White Snap Fasteners at ...............
I0c Oil Cans at, each ...................
Twilled Cotton Tape, special, belt l5c, 18c and
Cambria Bias Tape white only belt 121ac to ......
Assorted Safety Pins doz in box IS values special
Atlas Hook and Eyes Sc values at card ..........
Linen Lace Buttons. dozen card, card ...........
Odd Shades Silk Thread 90 yard | Sc spool. spoos
Kleinerts No 3 Shields 40c kind at pair .......
White Crochet Buttons, 1-2 Price, small sizes
Stay Fast Hair Nets 15c each dozen ..........
Klenerts No. Shields 45c kind at, pair ..........
Sc dozen Pearl Buttons at dozen ................