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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-08-12
CHAPTER Discontinued.

IT was up to me to move again.
Henckel was striking matches ana
holding them so that Clanahan could
look under the cars, and could feei'
in anticipation, the shock OF Duiiet
from the big gun in the divekeepers
fat fist as l 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
huge travelling machine, straddling the
tracks and a good part of the yard,
and the cIam-shell grab-bucket was
down, resting on its two lips on the
ground.
At first l thought of climbing to the
framework of the crane and trying to
hide on the big bridge beam. Then
] 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'd never
think of that crack in the bucket; and
I'm another second l had wriggled
through the V-shaped opening ard was
sitting bumped up in one of the halves
Of the clam-shell.
That was a mighty good guess.
When Hatch came back with his gun.
they combed that coal yard with a
fne-tooth comb, using lantern that
Hatch had gotten from somewhere and
missing no hole or corner where a
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 / could
have reached out of the crack between
the bucket halves and touched them.
"Der tuyfel has gone NIT himself
ofer der fence, yes?" pulled Henckel.
And then: "Vot for ISIS he shoot off
dem pistols, ennahow?"
Clanahan confessed, suppose be-
cause he knew he would have to, sooner
or later.
"It was q hold-up," he growled. 9Th
warrants gone out av my pocket"
On thAo was AttAAAJ
.blood-curdling in its profanity.
"Then it's up to you to get him some
other way, you laundering son of a
theft" ne ragged. II 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 be-
lated police patrol began pounding at
the gates on the town side and want
ing to know what all the shooting was
about.
II was after they had all gone away,
leaving the big coal yard in silence
and darkness, that l got mine, good
and hard. Sitting all punched up In
the grab-bucket and waiting for my
chance TO climb out and make get
eway. the common sense reaction came
and saw what l had done. With the
best intentions in the world, in trying
TO kin off the chance offered TO the
enemy by the Oregon warrant and
the trumped-up charge of murder, |
had merely saved the boss an arrest
aud a possible legal tangle and had
put him in peril of his life.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-08-12

your administration failure, It won't
way that offers"
There was silence In the majors
den for a 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
~ involved. Hitherto / have urged
you to be bold, and then again to be
bold. Now am begging you to be
prudent"
sIn what way?"
Careful for yourself. For example !:
you walked out here this evening;
don't do that any more. Come in
falkland don't come alone"
couldn't see his frown of disagree
ment. but knew well enough it was
there.
''There spoke the woman In you"
he said. IF 1 should show the white
feather that way, they'd have some ex-
cuse for pOtting me-"
There was a silence again. and |
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. 1t was pretty
evident that Mrs. Sheila knew heap
more than she was telling the boss,
Just as he had said, and ! couldn't
help wondering how she came to know
it. What she said about the increased
number of wrecks looked like a pointer.
Was she in touch with the enemy in
some way?
Then my mind went back in flash
to what Maisie Ann had told me. Was
the husband who ought to be dead, and
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-08-12

then to have a perfect epidemic of
wrecks.
The boss turned the material trOi-
BILE over to Mr.. 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 it the pros
perity of the railroads; that the two
things were one and inseparable; and
that, when it came right down to basic
facts, the railroads were really a 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-
soidated was beginning to find out
what it meant to have active COM
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 a 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 go
on. Without furry of some sort, the
New Workers would never be able to
break even, to say nothing of q profit,
and / 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
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-08-12
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 it, and | was just foxy enough
TO do 1t when Mr. Ripley was present.
air. 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
man Tarbell was continually turning
up at all sorts of times, and In all
sorts of odd places. so | took it that
Ripley had given him his tip, and
that he was sert of safeguarding Mr..
Norcross on the quiet, though | am
sure the boss didn't know anything
about that part of 1.-THE was such a
square fighter himself that he prob
abby wouldn't have stood for it If he
had.
Meanwhile. things grew warmer and
warmer In the tussle we were making
TO null the old Short Line out of the
mud: warmer In number of ways,
because, In addition to the fight for
the public confidence, ye began Just
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-08-12

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 / hadn't told him
calling me coward and everything
under the sun. / 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 q
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.
II was on one of these chasing trips
to sKenwood" 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
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-08-12

wasn't, mixed up in it in any way?
Could it be 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 heard the murmur of
their voices again, but now l was so
far away from the bamboo-screened
door that I 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 a
talk, and you can't help reading be-
tween the lines. / knew, as well as
knew that / was alive, that Mrs.
Sheila meant more than she had said !:
perhaps more than she had dared to
say.
1t was while / was standing there
in the big window that l saw the man
on the lawn. AT first / thought it was
Tarbell, who wa never very far out
Of reach when the boss was running
loose. But the next minute l saw |
was mistaken. The man under the
trees had on q 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 it wasn't Tarbell, |
stood perfectly STILL The house was
lighted with gas, and the dining-room
chandelier had been turned down, SO
there was a chance chat 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. | 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 a
weapon of some kind; anyway, /
caught the CLINT of the gas-light on
dull steel.
That stirred me up good and plenty.
/ still had the gun had taken out of
Fred Mays drawer: I had carried 1t
ever since the night when 1t had
mighty nearly got me killed off in the
Red Tower coal yard. / fished it out
and made ready, thinking, Of course.
that the skulker must certainly be one
of Clanahan's gunner. l still had
that idea when / felt, rather than saw,
that the man was pulling himself up
to the window so that he could take
a look into the dining room.
The look satisfied him, apparently,
for the next second 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. | knew the
house like book, and without making
any noise about 1t / slipped through
the buffers pantry and got look
out Of rear window. My man was
there. and he WAS working his way
sort of blindly around to the den side
OF the place
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-08-12
THE FACE AT THE WINDOW.

railroad and his secrey Jimmy
peculiar
Portal City
being
monopoly
Norcoss
interest Shela married
Dsuke lnon
yard where he overhears
his enemies to desperate measures
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
Good Time to go In Purebreds

A good many farmers are taking ad.
vantage of the comparatively low prices
at which purebred stock Is selling
and are laying the foundation for good
herds of hogs and cattle, according to
L. A. Richardson, Livestock Spec
ialist, Division of Extension. Purebred
stock has been bringing little more than
market prices at many sales. and its
appears to be good time to obtain
high-class breeding stock at reasonable
figures. More farmers thsn ever be-
fore realize that it is poor business to
continue the use ofscrub sires, and
the price which female stock il bring
iug affords an excellent opportunity to
turn the whole herd into purebreds.
The abundance of breeding stock for
sale at rather low prices permits the
selection of good purebreds. The fact
that sire is purebred is not enough:
he should be good individual, A few
hundred dollars spent now will Law the
foundations for high-class purebred
herd.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
CONFIRMED TESTIMONY
The Kind Somerville Reader.
Cannot Doubt

Doan's Kidney Pills have stood thu
test.
The test of time the hardest test OF
all.
Thousands gratefully testify.
To quick reliet-to lasting results.
Somervile readers can no longer
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Somervile readers should profit by
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Mrs. r. D. Riggs, Somerville, saws.
Il used 0oan's Kidney Pills when
was suffering from weak and dsord.
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was a constant, dull, grinding ache
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hard for me to bend TO pick up anything
when doing my housework. | began
using Doan's Kidney Pills, and it was
no time before the pain left my back,
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Statement given Nov. l6, 1910.
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ng them at the same time, and now /
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Price 69c. at all dealers. Don I simply
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Adv.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
LAUNCH VAST EFFORT
FOR EUROPE'S YOUNG
Eight American Relief Agencies
Combine to- Save 100000
Children Death MenaceS.

Eight great relief organizations
working among and for every race and
creed, have united under the name Of
the European Relief Council to co
ordinate child relief in Europe this
winter. The Council will seek to pro.
vide funds for 100000 starving and
diseased children In Eastern and Gen.
trail Europe and TO administer this
relief economically.
II consists of Herbert Hoover, chair
man, and Franklin x. Lane, treas.
urer; Edgar Richard, representing the
American Relief Administration DR..
Livingston Farrand, representing the
American Red Cross; Felix Warburg,
representing the Jewish Joint Distri-
button Committee: Wilbur X. Thomas
representing the American Friends
Service Committee (Quakers); James
A. Flaherty, representing the Knights
Of Columbus; DR.. c. V. Hibbard, repre-
senting the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation; Miss Sarah s. Lyon, repre-
senting the Young Women's Christian
Association; DR.. Arthur Brown, repre-
senting the Federal Council Of Church
es Of Christ IN America.
It is the purpose Of the Council to
raise $S3,000,000, In an appeal center.
Ing at the Christmas holidays, to the
end that the desperate situation re-
garding child life may be met. In
every town and community of the ma
ton, 1t Is planned, local committees,
representing all the cooperating agen-
cies win be formed to secure the VI
tally necessary funds. OF the amount
sought, S23000,OO0 will be used for
basic food and 100000 for medical
service.
For every one of these American
dollars the local governments and
aided will furnish two
dollars, In the form of transportation,
labor, guards, clerical help, cash con-
tributions and such food supplies as
are locally obtainable. No children |
receive the free food except after !
medical tests showing them to be serl-
ously undernourished. The remaining
Of the fund is Just as
urgently needed for medical service to
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
What MIS-. Brenninger, Of New York
Says About Rat Poison.

Tried prepsratiors that kill rats.
but RAT-SNAP is the only one that
prevents disgreeable orders after kin
ing. Also like RAT-SNAP because il
comes in handy cakes, no mixing with
other food. You don't have to dirty
your hands, it's the best for HOUSEHOLD
use" Try RAT.SNAP. Three sizes.
25c, soc, 81 co. Sold and guaranteed
by G. W. Locke, Rhea Drug Co., and
W. S. Shinault,
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18

Representative H. P Crawford is
home spending the legislative recess
until March,.
For SALE Bridge lumber, we'll curb
ing, and all kinds of rough lumber.
Delivered at Somerville. ]. B, Clax-
ton, Route 5, 2-25
Murrell & Scott will buy your pOul-
| try 2.25
James Maury Of Bay, Arkansas. was
IN Someryille the last of the past week
looking after business and visiting his
ssept.fahter j. G. Hendon.
By"n act of the legis a'ure passed
Just before its recess Adjournment last
week state and county taxes do not
become delinquent this year until Mayl,
instead of the usual time. March /,
The past week of warm weather has
served to get gardeners and farmers
out with their spring work. True, its
early no begin, but there will be no
better weather this spring for real
earnest.to-goodness work than has
been much of the time in February.
We've seen few better Februaries in
score of years than the one now near.
ly gone. Farmers are taking advan-
tage Of it to plant oats and several
have told US of getting fields cleared
off ready for cotton and corn prepa.
ration.
Somerville Lodge 70, F. & A. NJ.
VIII hold a special meeting tonight, FIJI
lay, February Is, for the purpose of COR
seering the E. A. Degree.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
CONGRATULATIONS

NliliuliiiliiHIillIUIHltus ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Nice. fresh butter for sale Mrs
j, M. Reames, Warren, Tenn.
Mrs. P. Bowers has as her CUES
this week Miss Halline Bellinger O
Memphis.
If you have any cotton seed to sci
see me L. N. Carter, Mgr. 2-18
Mrs. F. T. Ivy of Hickory Withe was
guest last week for short visit of Mrs.
c. NJ Reames.
A flew doses 666 break cold. adv. 2-21
Somerville Lodge 70 F. & A. M. will
hold its stated meeting tonight, Feb
ruary IL. Visitors welcome.
Murray Burnett Of Memphis spent
several days last week in Somerville
guest of relatives.
666 quickly relieves a cold, adv. 2-22
Allen TAYLOR of Memphis has been
spending the past week with his uncle,
w. H. Wilkinson. at the latter's home
north of town.
Rub-My-Tism relieves Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Sprains. adv, 2-22
Wanted to buy several good milk
cows. None but good producers want
ed. L. F. Catron, Somerville, K. 8. 2.1S
DR.. and Mrs. j. S. Washington had
as their guest the past week end their
son, James G. Washington, of Mem
phis.
For SALE-Carload of Seed Oats, re-
cleaned, 500 bushels Red Rust Proof,
1900 bushels Burt oats, F. H. Light.
foot. 2-lS
Mrs, W. A. Rhea of Memphis was in
Somerville this week with relatives
and looking after business interests
here
Rub-My-Tism cures bruies cuts
burns, sores, letter. etc adv. 2-22
TAKEN UP-One blue horse mule,
smooth mouth about sixteen hands
high E. r. Shore. Galloway Tennessee.
2-21
The ladies of the Baptist church will
entertain with Washington Party on
Friday evening, February IS. at the
Baptist church. All Baptists are in
vited to come.
666 quickly relieves cold. adv 2-22
For SALE-A trio of good Buff Or
pingtons, male and two hena, S. 90
Mrs j. G. Knox.
666 breaks a cold quicker than and
remedy we know. adv. 2-22
TORRENT; acre lot joining j. L.
Mayo, known as ]. A. Douglass lot.
Write C. B. Boyles, Box 54s. Bristol,
Tennessee. 2-lS
To prevent a cold take &C., adv. 2 %
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Farrar. Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Winfrey and daughter.
Mary, and E. C. Boswell left last week
for Hot Springs. Arkansas, where they
will be for a months stay in that re-
sort.
STRAYED-on brown bay horse mule.
4 years old. l5a hands high. Has not
been sheared recently. Liberal reward
paid for Receiving of mule. Notify w.
S. Latta, Somerville or Bailey Nor
rison. Laconia. If
Miss liver Hobson is 10 Mississippi
where she is the guest of Mrs. Victor
Weileuman, nee Miss Beulah Maxwell,
formerly of Somerville.
For SALE-Single Comb Brown Leg.
horn eggs for Matching. 81. so for Is
Mrs. W. A. Winfrey, Somerville,
R. / 2-lS
The Falcon is prepared to print stock
bi Is for Fayette county stock growers
an6 we invite correspondence on the
subject Work done promptly and sat
sfactorily. anything from hand bill to
/ 100 page booklet
Bring your poultry to Murrell &
Scott 2-25
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-05-13

Fred Locklcy in a recent issue
Of the Portland Journal gave u
very interesting article concern
ing q. j. Lucicr and some of his
ancestors. The article in part
SAYS:
q. ]. Lucier lives at 81. Johns.
His address is sos North Edison
street. His father. Joseph Lu-
cier, was the son of Eticnnc Lu-
cicr. my father had ii chill
dren." said Mr.. Lucicr. II was
the eleventh. Ills father. Elicn-
ne Lucier, came from Canada.
| am of French and Indian
blood. My father married
Louise Martencau, whose father
was French and whose mother
was Indian. My mother is still
living at rs. Father married her
when she was II years old, at
ST. Paul. MY fathers sister
married Mr.. Lachapelle. lie
lived TO be very old. My aunt
also lived To a great age, dying
at the age of 1Oi. My father
settled in what is known as
French Prairie. One of the early
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1921-05-13

French settlers there was Jo-
Scph Gcrvnis, for whom the
town of Gcrvais is named. In
The sos 81. Paul. 81. Louis and
Champoeg were important
points along the Willamette riv-
or. for in those days much of the
travel was done by canoe or in
the bnitcauN ON the river"
The Jasper news., 1921-12-22
DIAMOND
S. r. Denniston

Charley Nett and family visit
ed at Guy Chapman's in Joplin
Thursday.
Frank Wood and wife made a
trip to Lamar Thursday.
Mrs. Silas De4niston called on
Mrs. Bart Ingle Thursday.
/ Graham Boyd, Lawrence and
Grace Berrihill and Nellie and
Rachel Hane spent Sunday at
Walter Howery's.y
Will Wood and family spent Sun
day at Frank Woods.
Guile Serafini and wife spent
Sunday at P. Serafni's.
The Jasper news., 1921-12-22

to pay, but | didn't. Everybody's
credit was good. Everything's
cash in our town at home. We
found a little table and chairs, sat
down and ate our few samplesAeI
was rather loqIdng for waitress
TO come and fiil our orders, when
Alice said you had better pay the
bill. paid II but l will always
think that they charged me twice
for that halibut. once because l
took d piece, and Alice because she
didn't.
We were now ready to go down.
| looked around and saw a sign
which read Take elevator here"
but we wanted to go down. Later
we found several stairways and
made our way down them one at
a time to the bottom. Then it
was near lunch time again, but
Alice didn't say anything; neither
did I. We edged our way out to
the street to doa little more shop
ping. Alice, ! think, was inspect
ing fashions. Ididn' notice them,
only as now and then she would
call my attention.
We hadn't gone far when Alice
says to me, "Yon had better buy
you a pair OF shoes today, "No
shoes today" answered, you
know just sold those steers, and
l don't think they paid me any
thing at all for the hides. I'll wait
till they make them into shoes.
l hope it turns warm weather
soon."
Thank you,
Henry Kaderly.