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, 1921-12-09
WEEK.

I'VE view with alarm the suggestion Of having a
national 'Tel-theTruth' week." tremblngly admits
The Lowell Citizen. 1.-THE fact is that while truth is
a very desirable thing, it is by no means sure that one
would be happy IL everyone at all times abstained
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02

Paul Bancroft took me out
from town to the Lanning
Club. | noticed that he had a dress
suit case in his car, which observa-
tion led readily enough to the fact
that he was going to dance at the
Deans that evening.
I suggested that he dress at my
house, take dinner with me, and that
we could go to the Deans together,
explaining that Mrs. Hicks was off
on a junket. He accepted my invi-
tation.
Paul Bancroft was thirty-fve.
had known him for about five years,
and | liked him extremely, and my
wife liked him. He came to our
house often. | played golf with him
a great deal, We had lunch together
two or three times week, there
was great intimacy between us,
and yet, knowing him as we'll as l
did, l constantly had the feeling that
there was some big influence in his
life of which l knew nothing. It
was more than a guess-I could not
put my finger on sign of it, and vet
was very sure that it was there.
He was very attractive; he was
above average height, we'll built,
strong and active; he had been prom
inent in college athletics and was
an e. e'cellent golf player and an en-
thusiastic sportsman. He had de-
lightful personality, he was the best
of fellows, yet his good fellowship
had no suggestion Of insincerity in
it, as is SO often the case with men
who arc fond Of popularity. He was
completely respected in the commu-
nifty, he stood high in financial cir-
cles despite his youth, and his per-
sonal habits were beyond criticism; !;
he smoked moderately, drank still
more moderately and kept respccta-
bic company, especially so far as
women were concerned.
II the good character | have given
him Is to be qualified, it is by the
TACT that he was an invcterate gam
bier. Some people looked at him
askance because of that trait, but
men who were associated with him
IN business told me that he combined
courage and foresight with sound
conservatism, that he was progress
sive, but not rash. 1t is unques-
sionably true that he gamblcd only
With his own money, not with other
peoples, and that he was very care
1ul that the line between the two was
! clearly defined
At my house that evening he
, played with the children before they
vent To bed and seemed to enjoy it..
1hey we're IN especially fine condi-
ton, and think that they aroused
some sort of sentiment in him, for
after dinner, when we were alone,
be said TO me:
You're lucky, Sam, to have a
place Ike this" Naturally enough,
thought he referred to the house,
which IL certainly modest affair,
but then he added, understanding
my confusion: Il don't mean the
building; / mean what's in it.
| laughed at him. "You could
have one Ike it easily enough"
said.
That's much easier said than
DONE" he answsrcd.
"All you need il good, strong,
jieaithy, intelligent girl to begin
With" suggcsted.
oh, yes, ] know it sounds casy."
There are a great many of them
tso't whps would be tickled to death
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
paul 1Uas standing facing
H. the door, and 1uhea he
sa1y the aU0m0'a beside me q
smile came to his lips

Il the door, and 1uhen he
sa1v the aUoman beside me q
smile came to his lips
There are going to be lot of wom-
an at the Deans tonight can
hardly wait to get there. I'm going
to find her-whoever she may be-
if not tonight, then SOON"
"In the mean time you'd better
see nerve specialist" I said cruelty.
"If didn't know you, I'd say you
were nut. AS it is, I'm Worried
and l tapped my head with my
finger.
Il didn't expect you to treat all
this seriously" Paul said. ~ told
you it was wild, crazy yarn, and
you know nothing about lunches
they have to be born in you; YOU
can't acquire them. Let's go, it's
time"
We went, and on the way l gave
him some sound advice.
"Be sensible!' / exclaimed. "For
instance, there's a girl going to be
at the Deans tonight who would
suit you to q tee, if you can get
her. She's tall and strong and
healthy, highly bred, intelligent,
good to look at-that's the descrip-
ton, isn't it?-straight as a string
and pleasant as the day is long"
All right, will; I'll do my best
to please you. What's her name?"
Amy Cooley" I said.
"Noted," said Paul, aud then, as
though he seemed to realize how
utterly absurd he was, he threw
back his head and laughed, and al
most ran us of the road doing it.
WE REACHED the Deans, and
half an hour later / saw Amy.
Paul was near me, and l separated
him from the people with whom he
was talking and indicated Amy to
him. His hand happened to be on
my arm.
There's Amy Cooley" I said.
"Nice looking girl, very" Pau
said.
"She's more than that" l insisted.
"Of course, but she's not the girl )"
and ! could tell by Faul's voice and
manner that he didn't care whether
he met her or not.
How about it?' l asked. do
you want to go over?"
He did not answer, and l looked
at him, and as | did so / felt his fin
gers grip my arm hard. His eyes were
fixed on a group across the big room,
people who had just come in.
do you see that woman in gray.
on the right, talking with Mary
Ladd?" Paul's voice was most a
hiss.
"Yes,' I said. "What about herr"
"Do you know her?'
NO, I've never seen her before" 4"
Then Paul, who, I realized, had
been swayed by some strong emotion,
laughed.
"I'll bet you a hundred to one
she's not married; thousand dollars
to ten dollars" he said.
You're on" said. NATURALLY
you don't know whether she is mar
ried or not-you're not betting on
sure thing?" That was a joke-not
an insult.
II don't even know her name"
Paul said. go and find out; meet
her. II she married come and get
your thousand. If she's not, bring
hef by nook or crook to Norman's 5
den, at the end Of the hall-nobody's
in it. Do it as quickly as you can,
and don't spend the thousand before
it's hatched." He turned and went
off in the direction of the den.
Il
IL WAS easy enough for me to
meet the woman in gray, who
turned out to be a Miss Kemble-
the Miss part lending wings to
ten dollars of mine. ! walked across
and spoke to Mrs. Ladd and the
thing was done, but it was very
different mat.ar to lead her to an
out-of-the-way -oom the moment I'd
met her.
However, l had,an inspiration-it
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02

school who always had money, and
had it because played my lunches.
l bet on the most absurd things,
everything from the toss Of coin
to Dig football game, but I never
bet except when l had that sub
conscious feeling that a certain thing
was going to happen, whether the
dope was that way or not.
MANY and many time took the
short end Of bet when the odds in
dlcated that ! didn't have ghost of
chance, and won. I couldn't force
it. | had to let lots of sporting events
pass by without honoring them with
wager, because my little hunch god
was asleep and wouldn't give ME in
spiration. had too much confidence
in him to play him false or to do
business without him.
II imagine that I was not an in
fluencc for good in that school.
know that innumerable times I was
he ragged edge Of expulsion, but
er came, and then I went to
college. | am ashamed to say | paid
my way there, entirely unnecessarily.
to some extent at the expense of my
classmates, but largely at that of
gentlemen in other colleges who had
a misguided faith, at the wrong time.
in their teams ability to beat ours.
My friends got back what they lost
to me by playing the tips | gave
them on outside events, which eased
my conscience somewhat.
"WHEN I left college I went into
the brokerage business. When
was twenty-five I came into NV
money, which amounted to about
ten thousand q year. decided that
could live comfortably on five thou
sand, and l began playing with the
other five as it came in; | didn't
touch my capital; had sense enough
not to do that. BY the time | was
thirty was rich; had more money
than could imagine needing for any
worthy personal purpose. Then I
got interested in rubber, in spite of
knowing that had all the money 7
needed.
Il studied rubber from A to Z
and back again--I decided that big
money was TO be made in rubber
stocks. | came to the conclusion.
based on facts and common sense,
that rubber stocks were going down.
and lot of other men were abso-
lutcly sure of it, just as I was. 7
began to sell, and then out of clear
sky came my hunch. 1t was dead
against all rhyme and reason, it was
absurd on the face of it, and yet I
couldn't get away from the imp who
was yelling Buy, buy, buyn at mo.
and J bought, with every dollar I
could beg, borrow or steal.
IF the market had gone down ia
been stony broke or worse. but vo,,
know what happened. sold out at
the top and contemplated nv bank
account with much awe and CON
siderable regret, for it took a great
deal Of the JOY out of living. I had
so much money that it was blamed
nuisance. You may be surprised to
know that / have never gambled
sinee for the purpose or desire of
making money. What I've done has
just been for the sake Of watching
my hunch work, and the amounts
involved have been so small that it
didn't make the slightest difference
whether ] won or lost | know that
isn't the general opinion, but it's the
fact, nevertheless.
II got disgustcd With the game.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
7 AM not going to bore you
4 to death 7Uith the details
of the half hour I spent acith
my ffteen-year-old goddess

with the job" said. Glow hard
have you tried to find one?
He looked at me with a curious
smile on his lips. "Probably harder
than a man ever tried BEFORE" he
said, and then he added: "Would you
like to hear the craziest tale that
ever was told?"
told him | certainly would.
You know I've got the gambling
bug in me and got it bad" he said,
"and suppose you think and have
heard that I'm the luckiest man in
the world at gambling"
"1've heard that you have very
keen brain, a deep insight and re-
markable fund of knowledge" u said.
That's all tommyrot," he ex-
claimed. "Innumerable men who
are a dozen times smarter than |
am and know ten times as much ret
stung every time they take FLYER
IN the market or on anything else ::
whereas over and over again per
feet fools stumble on fortunes. OF
course, that is an exaggeration, but
the general idea is correct. l gamble
on lunches, Sam, and mighty little
else--and, between you and me, I'm
pretty nearly through. | have only
tone hunch left, and that has moth
ing to do with business"
within a month you'll have q
flock of new lunches, and you know
it," I said.
"Perh@ps, but l hope not. I sup
pose arm things were born in
me; ay, | can remember them
as far hack as can remember any,
thing. My father died when | was
two years old, my mother three years
later, and the two estimablc maiden
aunts with whom / still maintain q
legal residence took me in charge.
, The best that can be said of the ar
rangement is that, while it may have
been hard on me, it was much harder
on them.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
s"THERE was no question O


money involved; there was
plenty Of that; but to have a hell
raising boy of five thrust into their
calm and peaceful midst was sure
tough luck. Both sides made the
best Of it Of necessity, and my idea
Of the best of it was to see what I
could get away with in the deviltry
line, and that's where the hunch
business started. Of course, I don't
suppose that at five I had any power
Of analysis, but had before l was
ten, and by then / was playing
lunches forty ways for Sunday
and getting away with them.
"'d consider the perpctration Ct
some act that l knew was wrong
and that if discovered would result
IN severe penalty and which on the
face OF it seemed sure of discovery.
and sure, on discovery, to be laid un-
erringly at my door. I'd do it or
not do it, depending on my hunch--
that inner intangible feeling Of
safety or danger-and nine times
out Of ten when the hunch said Yes
ia get away with it. Curiously
enough, didn't get reckless. had
entire respect for my lunches, even
then.
MY aunts sent me to boarding
school az soon as the law allowed,
and there | came face to face with
gambling. ] vas The only boz in The
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02

:. NOW comes the story that Will
make you sure Pm crazy. 1t be
gins seventeen years ago, when
was c)ghteen and in school. In the
rame town vas a girls school, an
between the two schools there were
no relations, diplomatic or other.
wise. The young ladies took consti
tutionals, morning and afternoon, ~
n double line and under heavy guard.
and we were only mildly intereste, (,
IN them.
Zone day while was standing or,
the main street waiting for nv com
pamons the procession came along.
and something happened which
caused tho long line to stop directly
IN front Of me. ] saw one of tb,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-10-07
PEQUAMING

Supervisor Nilsen and children Of
L'Anse visited here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Colenso left
Tuesday for a weeks visit at Iron.
wood. They made the trip by auto.
The Hebard company is shipping
two million Of lath, this being all that
they have On hand.
CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH SERv.
ICE.-Gerdin & Gerdin, Menard Blk.
L'Anse.
The single mill will ran about
four weeks more before finishing the
cut of cedar.
Misses Esther LofquIst' and Es-
Their Sell were L'Anse callers Tues.
day.
Jay Marsh has purchased a Dodge
touring car from the L'Anse Garage
Sigurd Anderson, George Soil, Dave
MeKelvie and Thomas Gail were call.
ers in L'Anse Monday.
DON'T neglect YOUR health. CHI.
ROPRACTIC brings results.-adver-
tisement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theron Nipert and
children of Ontonagon were guests
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. James Nj
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-10-07

Albert Karschney and Charles
Newman were Houghton callers Mon
day.
Mr.and Mrs. George Young and
sca George visited in L'Anse Tuesday
CHIROPRACTIC removes the
cause of Observation-Disclosures.
A large delegation Of Skanee peo-
pie were in L'Anse Monday in at
tendance at the breaking CT ground
for the Butcher Memorial and Re-
search HOSPITAL.
Gust Lundberg has purchased a
Ford touring car from County Agent
j. N. Cote. He will use the car on
his stage route.
Edward Elmblad and sister, Miss
Emma Elmblad returned Monday
from q brief visit in the copper coun-
try.
Miss Anna Anderson spent the
week end at her home in Dollar Bay
Charles Kessler returned Tuesday
from few days visit in L'Anse.
Mrs. Charles A. Newman and Mrs
Albert Newman are visiting in Cal
umet this week.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-10-07
SKANEE

Miss Olga Won Zellen left Monday
for Marquette.
Mrs. John Nelson is confined to her
home with a fractured foot.
Mrs. Gust Johnson spent several
days this week visiting in L'Anse.
Wilfred Nadeau returned last
Thursday from Canada, where he has
resided the Fast thirteen years. He
will make his future home in Skanee.
CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH SERv-
ICE.-Gerdin G Gerdin, Menard Blk,
L'Anse.
Miss Eleanor Fredrickson left
Tuesday for Ann Arbor, where she
will attend the University of Michi-
gan.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-10-07
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST

DR.. and Mrs. Firnberg spent sew
eral days this week rusticating at Ar
Won.
DIR. Won Zellen was professional
visitor in Marquette several days this
week. s,at
Supt. Fred Foster Of the Stearns
and Culver Lumber Co., was bust
ness caller at the Lake Linden plant
last Saturday.
H. Allen Edyvean Ct Marquette,
district representative for the Stand
ard Oil Company, was in town Mon
day on business with the new oil sta
ton being erected here.
N. G. DeHaas and E. s. Bice of
Marquette were business callers in
L'Anse Tuesday.
GOOD HEALTH is restored by
CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENT. -
advertisement.
PEQUAMING
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-10-07

pert. They made the trip by auto.
Mrs. King returned Monday from
Hancock, where she has been con-
fined in the hospital the PAST four
weeks, having underwent an opera
ton. Her brother, Jay Marsh, ac-
comranied her home.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-10-07
BURGLAR ENTER STORE

The Farmers Cooperative store at
Herman was entered by burglars last
Friday night and approximately two
hundred dollars worth of cash and
goods taken. Ten pairs Of shoes, 8
pairs Of pants, $39.75 in cash and
numerous other articles were listed
as missing.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-10-07

! In the matter of styles for separate
skirts designers appear inclined to
let we'll enough alone, The new util-
ity skirts for winter are still made OF
striped or plaid materials. and are usu-
ally plated either In box or side
plaits. Their resemblance to summer
skirts ends when fabrics are consid-
cred. These are heavier and in warm,
rich colors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14
CLIN ton

The funeral services for Mrs Emily
Goodrich Richardson We're held at
the Baptist church at II A. NJ. Mon
day. The large gathering of neigh
bors and friends who assembled in
respect to her memory included a
delegation of Laurel Lodge of Rebe-
kahs. Rev. Sidney Wakely read the
Scripture and spoke appropriately
from words found in St. John 14-2.
Rev. Elmer f. Longley offered pray
err and rendered as u vocal solo There
IS 4 Home on High" Rev. and Mrs.
Longley sang Nearer My God to
Thee" as a duet. Masses of flowers
from nciehbors and family friends
covered the casket. loving tokens of
respect for an upright and sincere
life. The bearers were near neigh
bors, 0. p. Wheeler, Edward Marcia.
Frank B. Richardson and Everett
Runnells. The only son, Alpheus
Richardson of Portland was unable
to be present because of i'll health.
Out of town relatives in attendance
were Mrs. Elizabeth Brown and
daughter. Mrs. Clarence Farrar Of
Lewiston, Mrs. Alpheus Richardson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14
WATER DISTRICT
MAKES MANCHES-
TER EXTENSION

The Public Utilities Commission
has issued an order dismissing the
complaint of A. F. Peacock and 9TH
ers of Manchester, alleging that the
Augusta Water District neglected or
refused to give them water service
by the extension of it's lines. The
complaint was dated July 13, 1921.
The commission states that after
its own investigation it ordered a
public hearing on the matter, which
was held August II last, A. +. Pea
cock appearing for the complain
ants and George E. Macomber for
the Water District.
''At the hearing it developed that
the complainants were willing to as
sist the Augusta Water District in
making the proposed extension and
this commission suggested that all
interested parties hold a conference
and agree upon the conditions under
which said Water District would fur
nish the compliments with service
Acting upon that suggestion the COM
plainants and representatives of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14

Il different patterns for aprons were
shown. Many of these patterns will
be shown as aprons at the Grange
sale. soon to be held here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Oliver visited
recently at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy Bars.
So far this winter the most success
full fox hunter in this section is Ray
E. Philbrick Of Quaker Hill, having
secured two large foxes, one measur-
ing So inches from tip to tip. 1t is
a beauty. being strongly marked with
black. The red fox will soon be a
thing of the past as they are very
scarce.
Mrs. Jesse Kelley and little son
have returned to their home atsWest
Sidney. 9f
Horace Farnham was a business
caller in Oakland. Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14
Hugh Bray, Kitte1y,
Held for Murder
In Syracuse. N. Y.

Syracuse, n. Y, Dec. 13-Hugh
Bray of Kittery, Me, is being held in
the Hornell, n. Y. Jail charged with
first degree murder for the shooting
and killing OF Mrs. Louise Stone, his
landlady in that city, following o
quarrel over a newspaper. Bray says
ne was crazy drunk" when he shot
her.
Bray had been a boarder at Mrs.
Stones house for some time. A few
weeks ago he went away, he says in a
statement to the police, and returned
at the request of Mrs. Stone. He
claimed that he was treated as q
member of the family, spent consid-
cradle sums on the Stones in addition
to paying his board and felt he de-
served better treatment than the or
binary boarder.
OF late he says, Hiram Crosby, %.
had been frequent visitor at the
Stones and he objected TO II. He
found Crosby at the house on tho
night of the shooting and he went
away angry after a dispute over n
newspaper. Returning later he found
his supper cold. Members of the fam
lily said Mrs. Stone was Mt card
party at neighbours home. He went
there and shot her in the chest.
Il only intended to scare them" he
said today. Il was crazy drunk and
do not remember the shooting at ALL"
Mrs. Stone is survived by her hus-
band and three children.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14
FARM BUREAU NOTES

Speaking of large premium re-
turns from exhibits, Elmer Harri-
man, aged 16 years, member of the
Kennebec Farm Bureau Boys and
Girls club, sent three exhibits to the
State seed show and with 81 ears of
corn he won $13, all in prizes. He
won the first prize on the best ex-
hibit of 10 ears of eight-rowed flint
corn; first on the best exhibit of 10
ears of proved flint corn; first on
best single ear of eight-rowed flint
corn and sweepstakes on the single
ear, eight-rowed flint corn.
r. F. Talbot Of Orono, State dairy
specialist. Is in the city, at the Office
of the Kennebec Farm Bureau, for
a short time. He is in conference
with c. A. Day, county agent, in
connection with the plans for the
dairy work for the coming year.
In connection with the member
ship campaign, G. A. Graves of Sid
ney heads the list with so members;
A. r. Small Of West Gardiner is next
with % members; E. H. Tillson of
Augusta secured 20 members; A. S.
Cottle of Oakland secured is men,
bers; Mrs. Celia Young of Fayette
secured IA members; Mrs. Sadie
Hewitt of East Winthrop secured IA
members: Mrs. Lucy Robbins of
Weber Pond secured II members.
The men in the Winthrop land the
Winslow Farm Bureaus are planning
to soon hold two day meetings at
which time farm accounts will be
taken up. Mount Vernon Farm Bu-
reau men will hold a three days
poultry school soon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14
PALERMO

NORTH-Mrs. Lucy Ann Dyer. WHO
has been III for some weeks. remains
about the same.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Proctor nrr re-.
ceiving congratulations on the srth of
daughter. born December T. Mrs.
Amelia Bradstreet is caring fo~ Mrs
Proctor.
Mrs. Sarah Mardcn II with her
daughter. Mrs. Ray Haskell. Tor The
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Itnaldo Cara rf An
gusta came cut TO e. H. Cars Friday
after their little ron. Roger who has
been with h.a grandparents fer as.,ae,
time. They returned home Saturday,
Tho service nt tho baptist church,
Cars Corner Monday evening, enas
Quoted by Missionary Fletcher of Wat.
erville was well attended,
James studiey. whe has employment
in Watcrvilie waa at hemo sunday,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-14
Charity Ball to be
Held at City Hall Jan. 10

The Charity Ball for benefit OF Au-
gusta General hospital Is scheduled
for City hall on January 10. Every
lady belonging to the Hospital Aid by
which the affair will be conducted. is
a patroness and will work to make
this ball a grand success. While the
ticket selling will not commence until
after the holidays, whirlwind cam
paign will then be made. Every cit!-
zen and citizeness who recognizes the
great benefit our hospital is to the
community, is expected to respond
Outside of the charitable object, It
will do us all good to get togethe-
this early in the New Year for hap
py evening. to which Douglas Orches-
ira will add it's good measure Of
bright, CHEEKY music.