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The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-21
Dressmaking

Dressmaking
| am prepared to do all kinds of
dressmaking. Mrs. Mary NJ. Baine,
404 Birch st. 2 wks.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-21

Charles Decker, of Greenville, has
sold his house and two lots on the
Harroun addition to Walter Vie. Mr..
Decker purchased the place of Ro-
land Leland about two years ago and
resided there while he worked in the
foundry.
The spectator., 1921-05-20

I knew there was only one window in the ma ajors den room. and that was nearly opposite the screened door, way. So l tucked back into the dining room and took a stand where l could see the one window through the door-curtain network of bamboo beads I was so excited that 1 caught only snatches of what Mrs. Sheila was saying to the boss. but the bits that l heard were good deal to the point.
 No, I mean it, Graham . it is as l told you at first . there is no standing room for either of us on that ground 7. and you must not come here again when you know that I am alone. No, Jimmie isn't enough !'
 l wrenched the half-working ear sense aside and damned it into my eyes, concentrating hard on the win dow at which l expected every second to see mans face. If the man was a murderer, 1 thought l could beat him to il.
 The suspense didn't last very long. "A nand came up nrSt 10 push tue window vines aside. It was q white hand, long and slender more like woman's than mans. Then against the glass l saw the face, and it gave me such turn that I thought 1 must be going batty.
 Instead of the ugly mug of one of Clanahans gunmen. the haggard face framed in the window sash was a face that 1 had seen once-and only once before; on a certain Sunday night in the Bullard when the loose-lipped mouth belonging to it had been bab- bling drunken curses at the night clerk. The man at the window was the dissipated young rounder who had been pointed out as the nephew of President Dunton.
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then to have perfect epidemic of wreckS.
 The boss turned the material trOu- ble over to Mir Van Britt and devoted himself pretty strictly to the public side of things. Everywhere. and on every occasion-at 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 1t the pros perity of the railroads; that the two things were one and inseparable: and that, when 1t came right down to basic facts. the railroads were really part of the progress machinery of the coun- try at large and should be regarded. not as alien tax-collectors. but as con- tributors to the general prosperity and welfare.
 By this time, also, Red Tower Con- solidated was beginning to find out what 1t 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 ities 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 plaint 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. I knew that couldn't go on. Without furry of some sort. the New Workers would neveB be able to break even, to say nothing of a profit. and I looked every day for howl that would tear things straight up the back.
 While all these threads were weav- ing along, I'm sorry to say that hadn't yet drummed up the courage
The spectator., 1921-05-20
CHAPTER x
The Man at the Window

Of course. the first thing did, the morning after that adventure in the coal yard, was to tell the boss all about 1t, and was just foxy enough to do 1t when Mir. Ripley was present. MT. 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 l noticed, after that, that cur man Tarbel 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 Mir. Norcross on the quiet, though l am sure the boss didn't know anything about that part of it--he was such a square fighter himself that he prob ably wouldn't have stood for it if he had.
 Meanwhile, things grew warmer and warmer in the tussle We were making to pull the old 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 spectator., 1921-05-20

wasn't, mixed up in 1t in any way? Could it he possible that he was one of those who were in the fight on the other side and that she was still keep ing in touch with him?
 Pretty soon I heard the murmur of far away from the bamboo screened door that I couldn't hear what they were saying l wished they would break 1t off so the boss could go. It was getting mte. 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 a talk. and you can't help reading be- tween the lines. l knew. as well as l knew that was alive, that Mrs. Sheila meant more than she had said :: perhaps more than she had dared to say.
 It was while l was standing there In the big window that I saw the man on the lawn. At first thought 1t was Tarbell. who was never very far out of reach when the boss was running loose. But the next minute l saw l was mistaken. The man under the trees had on a long travelling coat that came nearly to his heels and his cap was the kind that has two visors, one in front and the other behind.
 Realizing that 1t wasn't Tarbell, stood perfectly still. The house was lighted with gas, and the dining 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 1t surer. l 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. l saw that he had pistol in his hand, or weapon of some kind; anyway. 1 caught the glint of the gas-light on dull steel.
 That stirred me up good and plenty. still had the gun l had taken out of Fred Mays drawer; had carried 1t ever since the night when 1t had mighty nearly got me killed off in the Red Tower coal yard. fished 1t out and made ready. thinking. of course, that the skulker must certainly be one of Clanahan's gunmen. still had that Idea when felt, rather than saw, that the man was pulling himself up to thc-window so that he could take look into the dining room.
 The look satisfied him. apparently, for the next second l heard him drop among the bushes; and when stood up and looked out again could just make him out going around toward the back of the house. l knew the house like book. and without making any noise about it l slipped through the buffers pantry and got look out of rear window. My man was there. and he was working his Way sort of hlindly around to the den side of the place.
The spectator., 1921-05-20
CHAPTER IX.-Continued.

It was up to me to nov. again. Henckel was striking matches ana holding them so that Clanahan could look under the cars, and l could feel, in anticipation. the shock of bullet from the big gun in the divekeeper's fat fist as l crawled cautiously out on the far side. Creeping along be- hind the string of coal cars l came presently to the great gantry crane used for unloading the fuel. It was huge travelling machine, straddling the tracks and good part of the yard, and the clam-shell grab-bucket was down, resting on Its two lips on the ground.
 At first thought of climbing to the framework of the crane and trying to hide on the big bridge beam. Then l saw that the two halves of the clam shell bucket were slightly open. just wide enough to let me squeeze in. If they were looking for full-sized man-Tarbell. for instance. who was as husky as farm-hand-they' never think of that crack in the bucket: and in another second l had wriggled through the V-shaped opening and was sitting bumped up in one of the halves of the clam shell.
 That was mighty good guess. When Hatch came back with his gun, they combed that coal yard with fine-tooth comb. using a lantern that Hatch had gotten from somewhere and missing no hole or corner where q man might hide. save and excepting only the one l had pre-empted
 AS it happened. the search wound up finally under the crane, with the three standing so near that l could have reached out of the crack between the bucket halves and touched them.
 Der tuyfel has gone init himself ofer der fence, yes?" puffed Henckel. And then: "Vot for iss he shoot of dem pistols. ennahow?"
 Clanahan confessed, l suppose be- cause he knew he would have to, sooner or later.
 Tt was a hold-up," he growled. "Th' warrants gone out av my pocket
 Hatchs comment on this was fairly blood-curdling in its profanity.
 "Then it's up to you to get him some other way, you blundering son of thief '" ne ragged. Il don't care what you do. but if you don't make this country too hot to hold him, it's go- ing to get too hot to hold you" And what more he was going to say, l don't know, for at that moment q be- lated police patrol began pounding at the gates on the town side and want ing to know what all the shooting was about.
 It 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 grab-bucket and waiting for my chance to climb out and make get away, the common sense reaction came and saw what had done. With the best intentions in the world. in trying to kill on the chance offered to the enemy by the Oregon warrant and the trumped-up charge of murder, l had merely saved the boss an arrest and a possible legal tangle and had put him in peril of his life.
The spectator., 1921-05-20

your administration failure, il won't hesitate to get rid of you in the easiest way that offers"
 There was silence in the majors den for minute or so, and then the boss said:
 "As usual. you know more than you are willing to tell me"
 Perhaps not" was the prompt an swer Perhaps I am only the on looker-who can usually see things rather better than the persons actual ly involved. Hitherto I have urged you to be bold, and then again to be bold. Now I am begging you to be prudent"
 ''In what way?'
 Careful for yourself. For example: |: you walked out here this evening; don't do that any more. Come in n taxi-and don't come alone" 1 couldn't see his frown of disagree lre'lt. but I knew well enough it was there.
 There spoke the woman in you. he said. If I should show the white 1eatnef that way, they q nave some eA- cuse for potting me" There was a silence again. and l got up quietly and crossed the dining room to the big recessed window where stood looking out into the darkness of the tree-shaded lawn. It was pretty evident that Mrs. Sheila knew a heap more than she was telling the boss just as he had said, and l couldn't help wondering how she came to know 1t. What she said about the increased number of wrecks looked like pointer. Was she in touch with the enemy in some way?
 Then my mind went back In flash 1 to what Maisie Ann had told me. Was l the husband who ought to be dead, and
The spectator., 1921-05-20

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 I knew she couldn't: that 1t was my job and nobody else's. We fussed over 1t lot: and because l 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.
 It 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 grate because the
The spectator., 1921-05-20
THE FACE AT THE WINDOW.

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The spectator., 1921-05-20
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-09-02

to a fair employer. 1t is now up to
this employer to market the product
of the labor of these union workers
so as to be able to keep his end of the
contract.
A square deal for this kind of en-
ploNer requires essentially that the
union and its members shall turn over
to him such skill, efficiency and full
measure of hours and degrees of
workmanship that will back him up
in his efforts to market the product of
their labor in competition with all
other kinds of labor employers. To
not do so is to fail to keep the con-
tract, and invites disaster.
When a union worker receives all
that he has demanded as the price of
his skill and ability to perform the
service he is selling, he should give
that skill and service in full, COM
plete and without reservation of any
kind to the employer he has contract
ed with through the medium of his
local union This is a cardinal prin-
ciple of all honorable relations be-
tween men and strict adherence to it
promotes mutual self-respect and sat
isfaction No fair employer can long
guarantee the sale of union labor's
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-09-02
A DUTY We OWE
When Employer Shows To
Be Square 1t is Up to Us
To Make Good

When local union has signed up
with an employer, the union has made
an honorable sale of the labor power
of it's members under the most favor
able of possible conditions and each
engineer is a recipient in full of the
benefits of the agreement. They
have sold their labor at good price
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-09-02

product if that labor is deficient in
skill, and members Of contracting
union who contribute to such defcien-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-09-02

SURE THAT YOU WILL NOT WAX
AND FIND THE HOUSE AFZRE

Has the work been done by the union who has to
first four years apprentice before he deemed
qualified do the work of electric wiring in workmanke
and safe who has had at least four
perence in his business oras your work been done by the
who is amateur, inexperienced and only
knows of the work what he has picked here and here-a
who give you guarantee of satisfaction and safety?
Don't you believe that you it your family safe
guard them every possible manner? Do you believe
doing this when employ inexperienced to wire
your home for electrywork that may bring fire and dis
aster?
SURE NOT-you will say. Then don't do it,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-09-02

cies are enemies of the union, of fair
conditions of employment, and trait
ors to the cause they glibly espouse.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-09-02

70 ~ hn an o con- nd the dq o fe employer E Eeqecedan and mnta
h f c i % ~ loyal ni OF on m the emplge Shoe Wor
pth al h l MO must Or nd f cmtac wnh f Journal
Evening star., 1921-07-03
President and Mrs. Harding,
The Cabinet and Others to
Spend Holiday Out of Town
Vice President VIII Celebrate His Birthday Ami
versary in Conjunction With Independence Day.
Society Creets New Chief JUSTICE
as
BY Saline Y. ". PICKETr.

stagnaton Washington July
President and Mrs. Harding but cabinet members
diplomats official and folk having deserted
until morning The President enjoying golf
Frelnghuysen. Senator Hale and
Get matchle The Secretary Of State
Hughes comfortably ensconced Graysone their home
the Fourth while the Secretary of Agri
Mrs Wallace night for
the only members OF the Presidents fam
lily
WHILE the Vice President Mrs Coolidge celebrate July patri
w osal will aume domc ne s to them when M they & eslez
Friendship Mrs Edward Beale Mclean, who will
Vice visiting also will
vigorously Monday fusing their with
viewing
the light compliment their tribute Independence
'T'HE good
Washington almost the delightful topic of
such universal satisfaction The Chief Justice and Mrs TAFT
Secretary OF War and the Taft White
the popular held there Mrs Taft did
the being serving
the receptions which, for
intellectual feeling of
lifelong position to add much cheer to society
Asst WEEK incidents social interest the most
81 m es beng @ M ek hs the Army Ar and Navy Club M
MIS- Denly Ihere music and dancing flags
atmosphere hundreds oi oaeers h IN their sD0
uniforms of white. The Secretary of gone delight
Secretary Navy and Mrs benby will probab Gy take t aoa the the
Syph to last until Tuesday morning ~ ~ ~
WEDDINGS and midsummer days
1 but ss ARE yet 1T ssEs @ UNUSUALLY
Oakley Tten social interest Washington TIE
wedding it is thought will take Washington this
@ on M and recently exhbted at the Women
tic and social side OF Washington. - ~ ~ ~ ~ "0 a''''
Evening star., 1921-07-03
Wedding of Prince
Stirs Social Circles

No wedding taking place in this
country in many years has been Of
greater historic and social interest
cuzene-Speranskey. great-grandson of
President Grant and grandson Of Gen.
Frederick D. Grant. and Miss Clarissa
p. Curtis of Boston, who were first
united with the Russian orthodox
rites Of the Greek Catholic Church. in
Roxbury, on sunday, July 26, and the
following day. in the Episcopal
Church. Not SO much pomp attended
the event as the two ceremonies sug-
gested, the brides costume especially
being much simpler than that gener-
ally worn by even bride of moder-
ate wealth. The gown was of the
finest net shirred in clusters and worn
with a very long tulle veil. The only
suggestion of sumptuousness was In
the court train of rare old lace. while
a pendant of Jewels. a splendid heir
loom. furnished the one touch Of
decoration.
The bride. who is the daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pelham Curtis
of Beacon street, Boston, and of Ma
hant. was attended by Miss Dorothea
Curtis Jordan. her cousin. and daugh-
ter of Col. and Mrs. Sidney S. Jordan.
as maid Of honor; Princess Bertha
Cantacuzene. sister of the Bridegroom.
as first bridesmaid. The other brides
maids were Miss Mary Sigourney, Miss
Lena Turnbull, Miss Rosamond john
son. Miss Penelope Curtis, Miss Eliza
heath Zerrahn and Miss Josephine
Cogswell, the latter of Cambridge.
The flower girls were Princess Ida
Cantacuzene, younger sister of the
prince. and Miss Bertha Palmer Of
Chicago. his cousin. who is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Potter Palmer Of
that city.
The princes best man was Mr.
Thomas J. Curtis, brother of the bride,
who was graduated with him from
Harvard last week. The ushers were
Mr. Herbert Pelham Curtis. Mr. Lau-
renee Curtis. Mr.. Carl Stillman, jr. !;
Mr.. Elisha Stillman, Mr.. Adrian Ho-
more Potter. Mr.. Dorsey Palmer. Mr..
Benjamin -Apthorp Gould Fuller. Mr..
George c. Lee. jr., and Mr.. George P.
Howard.
Evening star., 1921-07-03

Free. near Warrenton. Va. for the
summer.
Prof. and Mrs. Hugh E. SALESMAN
have gone to Atlantic City to spend
two weeks at the Seaside.
DR.. and Mrs. Daniel Webster Prem
tiss have returned to their home on M
street after months stay in At
lantic City
Miss Marion Quigley and Miss Fran
ces Quigley of 1342 Park road have
gone to Los Angeles, Calf, to attend
the Elks' convention. They will visit
the Yellowstone National Park and
other points of interest while in the
west.
Mrs. John W. Townsend entertained
at tea at the Willard yesterday in
honor Of Miss Julia Benton Hopkins.
whose engagement to Mr.. Harrison
Saunders of Richmond has been an
nounced. the wedding to take place
in the fall. The guests included Miss
Ruth Bissel1. Miss Helen Gruver. Miss
Katherine Buckingham and Miss
Evelyn Yates.
Mrs. Townsend Is an early June
bride, and has recently returned from
wedding trip spent in Florida
Before her marriage she was Miss
Elenore De Witt Eby.
Evening star., 1921-07-03
Washington Folk Seek
Summer Resorts for
Season of Pleasure
Items of Interest Regarding
the Comings and Goinss Of
Well Known People Of
National Capital.

Mrs. George Barnett is entertain
ing a house party of young people at
Wakefield Manor. her country home
in honor of her daughter. Miss Anne
Gordon
Miss Olyve Graef, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. H. Campbell Graef. is
among the guests.
Col. and Mrs. Frank E. Davis have
given up their house at 1902 18th
street. and will leave Washington
Tuesday. Col. Davis will 20 to
Governors Islapd. where he has been
ordered for duty. and Mrs. Davis and
Mass. for the summer. and join Col.
Davis at Governors Island in the
autumn.
DR.. and Mrs. Arthur Ramsay will
go to Lake Placid. N. Y. the middle
and August. and will return to
Washington early in September.
Mrs. James Mcdonald will go to
Southampton, L. l.. today to spend
the week as the guest of MIR. and
Mrs. Francis Burial Hoffman at their
summer home.
Medical Director and Mrs. Francis
S. Nash will close their home on @
street next Friday and go to Atlantic
City for the remainder Of July. Miss
Carolyn Nash, who is a member of
the house party at White Sulphur
Springs, being entertained by Miss
Fredericks and Miss Wells, will re-
turn the middle of this week and ac-
company her parents to Atlantic City.
DR.. and Mrs. Nash and Miss Nash
Will go to Bar Harbor the 1st of
August to remain until September,
DR.. and Mrs. Alexander F.. Ma
gruder have closed their home on
Jefferson place and opened their
summer home. Boscobel. at Fred
erick Junction, Md.
DIR. and Mrs. c. A. Hawley closed
their home on Woodley place, Friday
and left by motor for the New Eng
land states. After touring they will
go to their summer home. at Cape
Cod. where they will remain until
late in August. when they will re-
turn by motor.
Rev. DR.. Joseph T. Kelly. pastor of
the Fourth Presbyterian Church, and
Mrs. Kelly will leave the city Tues
day for New England. DR.. Kelly will
spend part of his vacation in the
Adirondack region.
Mr.. William Bowie Clarke has re-
turned after a stay of several weeks
in Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. E. Block and Miss
Ruth H. Block have motored to New
York and Atlantic City, where they
will spend the remainde rof the sum-
mer.