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murder case X was connecteds"
= No.
Pardon me for asking. IL
come from Boston and WIS trying
70 recall such q case. You don't
remen1ber what time 81 the year
It was. OF how long ago3.,
Yes, lido. Il Waa IN the sum.
Ener, along about two or two and q
half years ago"
Houston slumped back into his
corner.
But once In his berth, the pic.
tire continued to rise before him:
Of man killing" another with q
mallet. Had It been Worthington,
the determined, oTer-zealous ais.
trict-attorney, who had struggled
to send him to the penitentiary for
life? Yet-if that had been
Worthington, II those experts had
found evidence against him
Why had this damnIng evidence
not been used against htm7
Continued In Next Issue)
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THE WEST FARAoNT SATURDAY EVENING APRIL 49, 1922

the tnlker had said. rsuifnds me.
I'm doctor, former inferno In
Belistrand Hospital IA New York.
They've d bic room on the
fifth floor where somebody IS Ill.
ways dlssecting. One Sunday
night I happened 70 look In and
saw q man in there, numbering an
other one with a wooden mailet.'
Numbering htm?" The doctor
laughed.
well, / should have said, act
ing out murder. You can't very
well murder a dead man. The
fellow he was killing already was
corpse.
you mean"
"Just what I'm saying. Pretty
big doctors, I learned, all from
Boston. They had taken a cadayer
from the refrigerator and stood It
in a certain position. Then the
one man had struck It on the head
with the mallet with all the force
he could summon. or course It
knocked the corpse down-I'm
telling you, II was gruesome, even
to an inferno! The last saw OF
them. the doctors were working
with their microscopes-ey evidently
to see what effect the blow had
produced"
What was the idea?"
Never found out. You see, OPP
posite sides in a trial are always
trying out experiments and try
ing to keep the other fellow from
knowing what's going on"
"You-you don't know who the
men were?" Houston, forcing
himself to be casual, had asked
the question. The young doctor
shook his head.
mo except that they were from
Boston. l suppose the other man
was a district attorney"
"You never learned with what
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Fate had seen tit to mold the
BARRY HOUSTON into tragic
mold5. Tried for the murder Of
his cousin,
TOM LANGDoN, and acquitted be-
cause Of favorable testimony OF
AGNES J1ERDoN, Houston's faith.
er dies without regaining faith
In his son. He leaves Barry tim
Der holdings in Tabernacle only
on condition that a high output
be maintained.
4, Mysterious accidents in the
mill have prevented this and
Houston arriving from Boston
finds that he has been betrayed
by his mill superintendent,
FRED THAYER. Houston dis
charges Thayer. First the mill
IS burned down and then Hous-
ton Is deprived by a forged
leaSe Of the rights to his tim
Der lands. With the aid of
BA,TISTE RENAUD, an eccentric
French-C Canadian, whose life
has been saddened by the dou-
Bile tragedy Of his sons death in
France and the unsolved MUIR
der Of his wife, Houston con-
tinues the fight. During his stay
In Tabernacle, Houston has
been attracted by
gMEDAINE ROBINETTE, owner OF
neighboring timber lands. He
tells her that Thayer's state
ment that he was accused Of
murder Is true.
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Coleman, followed a moment later
by a grinning, twinkling-eyed Ba'-
tiste.
bon! Good" he exclaimed.
"Now-alert, mon ami! The pencil
and the paper!"
He slumped into chair and
dived into a pocket Of his red
shirt. to bring forth mass OF
scribbled sheets, to>stare at them,
striving studlously to make out
the writing.
"Eet is-the copy OF the bid!"
1.-THE COPY? The bid?"
From the Blackburn mill.
There is no one aroun'. Ba'teese,
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M0N0NGAHELA COAL
MINES FALLING OFF

Mines along the Monongahela
Railway in Pennsylvania last week
loaded 2S6 cars OF coal, which Is
gain Of but two cars over the
previous week. The working con.
ditions In the non.unIon mines
there have been very uncertain, be
ing an "on-again on.again Fiunt
gan" proposition. During the first
week Of the strike, the mines 10
that section loaded $50 car loads
which is evidence that the produe
ton has been on the downward
trend.
These figures indicate that the
production last week was not quito
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- per cent Of what the coal pro
duction was on the MononFahela
III Pennsyl rnnia was Tor the week
enalng February Fl. which wns Die
1872 peak ,s9i cssrs)! but slight.
u more than q per cent Is much
as the low PRODUCTION week OF 1922,
which was during the week ending
January 2, which ran 1164 car.
loads. The week ending April I,
which, however, was not exception.
ally. heavy IN the non.union field.
ran up a total Of 2,077 cars and
taking that as q criterion, last
weeks production would show just
a thirteen per cent production.
The largest tonnage OF coal load
ed on any one day was last Satur
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he so through a window. M'sieu
Houston, he too will bid. But he
will make 1t lower"
But what with, Ba'tlste? We
haven't a mill to saw the stuff, in
the first place. This thing we're
setting up now couldn't even begin
to turn out the ties alone"
"Ah, oui! But the man who is
drowning, he will, what-you-say
grab at a haystack."
And together they settled to the
making Of a bid that ran into the
millions, an overture for a con-
tract for which they had neither
mill, nor timber, nor flume, nor
resources to compete!
CHAPTER XII
Time dragged after that. Once
The bid was on its way to Chica-
go, there was nothing to do but
wait.
December came. February and
"Eet is come! Eet is comet"
Ba'tiste, waving his arms wildly,
in spite OF the STIFFNESS of his
heavy machinaw. "Eet Is come! I
have open eet-I can not wait. Eet
say we shall have the contract!
All, oui! oui! oui! Quill"
"Eet say five thousand dollars
cash. .and the rest in a bond!"
came enthusiastically, from Ba'-
tiste. "Ba'teese, he have the friend
in Denver who will make tho
bond"
but how about the machinery;
we'll need a hundred-thousand-
dollar plant before we're through,
Ba'tlste."
"Ah!" The old French Cana
dams jaw dropped. "Ba'teese
have not think of that
Tomorrow morning we take
the train to Denver. and from
there I'll go on to Boston. I'll
raise the money some way"
They went on to Denver. there
to seek out the few friends Ba'.
tiste possessed, to argue one of
them into>a loan OF ten thousand
dollars on the land and trust
worthy qualities which formed the
total of Ba'tiste's resources, to
gain from the other the necessary
bond to cover the contract con-
tract which Barry Houston knew
only too we'll might never be full
filled.
Came Chicago and the technical
tiles Of ironing out the final de-
tails OF the contract. Then, dealer
in millions and the possessor Of
nothing Houston went onward to-
ward Boston.
He wandered the aisle OF the
sleeper. entered tho smoking COM
partment and sIumped into seat
In far corner, smoking Nm b do.
tached manner, often pulling on
his cigar long after lengthy minu-
ties Of reflection had allowed its
ashes to cool.
About him the usual CONVERSE
ton ragged. With sudden interest,
Houston forgot his own problems
to listen.
Speaking of gruesome things"
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GO ON WITH THE STORY

"A slight gasp Travelled over the
+ lips OF Medaine, still by tho win
dow. Ba 'tiste, his features old and
lined, reached out with one big
hand and patted the man on the
shoulder. Then for long time.
there was silence.
Eet Is the lie, eh?"
.Ba'tiste," Houston turned APP
peRlingly to him, "as l live, that's
all i know. l never saw Langdon
after he took that mallet from me.
Only one shred OF evidence was
presented in my behalf. 1t was by
d woman who had worked for
about Six months for my father
Miss Jierdon. She testified to hav-
ing passed In a taxicab Just at the
end OF our quarrel, and that Lang
don had the mallet."
miss Jierdon is the same one
who Is out here?"
YES"
.she testified in your behalf?"
Eyes. And Miss Robinette, II
you'll only talk to her-if you'll
only ask her about it, she'll tell
you the story exactly as I've told
it. She trusted me: she was the
only bright spot In all the black
ness. ! may not be able to con-
Vince you-but she could, Miss
Robinette. II you'll only"
would you guarantee the
truth Of anything she should tell
met" T.
absolutely"
'.I'm-I'm sorry" She turned
again to the window. Houston
went forward.
Sorry? Why? There's moth
ns-''
Miss Jierdon has told me, )"
( came in q strained voice, that she
did pass as you were struggling.
THAT she saw the blow struck
and that 1t was you who struck it. )"
miss Robinette!"
sThat further, you confessed to
her and told her why you had
KILLED Langdon-because he had
discoyered something in your
own fathers life that would serve
as blackmail. That she loved
you. And that because she loved
you, she went on the stand and
periured herself to save you from
aconyiction Of murder-when she
knew in her heart that you were
guilty."
CHAPTER XI
was a blow greater, far great
or than one that could have been
struck In mere physical contact.
Houston reeled with the effect Of
1T; he gasped, he struggled aim
Iessly, fully, for words to ans
VERT. Vaguely, dizztly, Houston
etarted to the door, only to be
pulled back in the gigantic grip Of
Ba'tiste Renaud.
.'Noi No! You shall not go! You
tell Medaine that Is a lie!"
ut is" Houston heard his
Voice as though coming from far
away, "but don't know how 10
answer 1t, Where is Miss Jier-
I DOM"
"Miss Jierdon," Medalne Robin
cite answered with an effort,
invent back to camp last night"
flSAfN4uGy uLotV OA ia eiAGuGSs
Ten minutes later. Houston
feaped from the buggy and knock
4 ed at the door Of the cottage.
q ts'.I want to see Miss JIerdon, "
he told the cook who had opened
the door.
The cook hustled back into the
house, to return with sealed en-
yelope addressed to Houston.
Dearest Barry:
Hate awfully to run away like
this without seeing you, but 1t
can't be helped. Have an offer OF
Exposition in st. Louis that can't
very well refuse. Will write you
from there.
Love and kisses.
AGNES"
Ba'tiste slapped the reins on the
horse back.
She Is like the Judas, eh?" he
asked quietly. as they went back
10 the cottage. Ba'tiste soon went
forth into the night. Later came
scratch on the door. 1t was
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raRnsSinF rHANISs.

I'VE wish to thank our many
friends d Mono galf, sEyetsbn,
wofthington,, shlnnston and Mid
dleton for their beautiful flowers
and their help and sympathy for
US in the loss OF our dear wife and
companion.
j. o. DAVIS AND FAMILY.
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Thursday is regarded unlucky
for weddings in Scandinavian
countries.
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Iday. whom d caTs q ooal we're pTs
dpeed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-04-26
ON CHAIN GANG

The following is a report Of visit
to the Abbeville County chain gang
made March 80, 1922 by Assistant
Secretary H. C. Brearley:
The condition Of the Abbeville
County chain gang under Foreman
D. E. Newell is practically the same
as it was at the last visit. The
equipment, however, has been i'm
proved in several particulars. The
screens on the kitchen car and the
stove are still in poor repair. The
food supplied is above the average
and the spirit of the management is
commendable.
For the improvement Of this camp
it is recommended that at least
three inches of earth be placed in
the soil pit each day, that the blan-
kets and bedding be washed more
frequently and that the stove and
kitchen screens be replaced or re-
paired.
The fourteen negro men under
Foreman w. E. Ellis were not visit
ed at this time since the roads were
almost impossible.
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REPORT ON COUNTY JAIL

The following is a report Of visit
to the Abbeville county Jail made
March 3O,1e22, by Assistant secre-
tary H. C. Brearley:
The repairs begun upon the Able
vile County Jail last year have not
yet been completed. The county ap-
preparation bill for 1921 set aside
$500 to put the Jail in better condi-
ton. Soon afterwards the sherif's
quarters were reprinted and some
window sash put in the prison Sec
ton, but nothing further has been
done. The funds remaining might be
wisely spent in extending the plumb
ing so the use of soil buckets might
be discontinued or in screening the
building against flies and mos
quitoes, or in cutting windows in the
solid wooden walls of the cells.
The condition of the prisoners
quarters was somewhat better than
usual at the time Of this visit. The
food supplied is practically the same
as that prepared for the sherif's
family.
H. C. Brearley,
Assistant Secretary.
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X X
RFIE LOCALS
\ ~

Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Young spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. Young Of Pucketts.
Mrs. VIM. P. Long, Mrs. S. L..
Long and son, Manly, spent Thurs
day in the home of their uncle, Mr..
J. A. Young.
Misses Claire, Lyndelle and Ber-
tina Young spent Friday afternoon
with Mrs. M. A. Bowen and the
Misses Creswell.
Mrs. Jennings Franklin of Beulah
spent the week end with home folks
MIR. and Mrs. s. T. Young and fami-
ly.
Mrs. Fannie McCaslan and Misses
Minnie Belle Tolbert and Zeilie
Langley spent Thursday afternoon
with Miss Eva Young.
Misses Irene and Lyndelle Young
spent Friday with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. P. Long.
Mrs. E. C. Young and daughters,
Claire and Bertha, spent Thursday
with Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Bowen.
j. M. Spence was the pleasant
visitor of T. F. Langley Sunday.
Miss Lille Beauford spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Ruth Young.
j. A. and Joel Young, Wylie
Long, Frank Woodhurst and Miss
Eva Young spent Sunday in Hodges
with Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Young.
Mrs. Fannie McCaslan, Miss Min
ME Belle Tolbert and Furman Nc
Caslan went to Greenwood Friday
shopping.
MIR. and Mrs. VIM. P. Long gave
the young folks a party Friday
night.
MI. and Mrs. H. G. Bowen and
children spent Sunday afternoon
with Miss ZeIlie Langley.
Mrs. Jennings Franklin and Miss
Willie Young spent Friday with MIR.
and Mrs. T. o. Young.
Misses Alma and Irene Young
spent Sunday afternoon with Miss
Lyndelle Young.
MIR. and Mrs. W. P. Long visited
in the home of Mr.. s. T. Young
Thursday night.
MRS. Fannie McCaslan spent one
afternoon last week with her mother
Mrs. Mary F. Creswell.
John Spence and Kennedy Wood
hurst were pleasant visitors in the
Bethia section Sunday.
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,Abbeville Displays
Punch Tha Wins
Hits Greenwood Pitchers For 19
Safeties and Win Game BY
16 to g Score.

The Abbeville High boys, adroit,
agile, alive and masterful, were IN
their hitting stride Monday after
noon and beat the Greenwood Won
ders on their home soil by a score Of
1e to 9. Greenwood started strong
and Billy Long weak, when in the
first inning Billy allowed the bases
to become filled and four tallies to
be piled up before he retired the
side. But this was Billy's only bad
inning for the rest of the game ne
either struck the Wonders out, or
else made them roll easy ones to the
infeld or pop up little flies. He got
in a hole twice more but worked out
e~autifully. Harzog, the pretty boy
who tries to pitch for Greenwood,
and does occasionally, let ID hits be
made off him until the sixth inning,
when he reluctantly relinquished the
mound to Stuart, who did not in the
final three innings fare much better
at the hands of the swatters from
Abbeville Court House, they getting
six hits off King Stuart. 1t is only
fair to say that Hartzog has been
quite i'll recently with pneumonia and
is not up to the form he displayed
last season at all. Stuart, a south
paw, gives promise of being a good
pitcher and plays as hard ball as ne
can. But for Greenwood, Tinsley,
first sacker, is the star. The two err
rors credited to him were caused by
difficult throws from his team mates
and it was a toss up as to whether
he should have suffered the penalties
or the player making the throw.
Tinsley also hit for an extra base
scoring two runners. Cannelo caech-
er, played fair ball, but showed more
temper than good form.
For Abbeville the swatting badge
for the first time in his life goes to
Fred Godfrey, playing second base
Fred managed to get four clean hits
one for two bases, out of six times
If Fred would lay off the tweed" he
might always hit well. Allen anc
Billy Long also came out well with
the stick batting 500 per cent. dur
ing the game. Bruce got n fo'
three bases, and Barnes and God
frey got a two-bagger.
The return game between Green
wood and AbbeviIle is being played
in Abbeyille this afternoon.
The score:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-04-26
NORTH CAROLINA MAN
GETS PLACE OF LEVER

Washington, April 25.-Appoint-
ment of Lieutenant Governor w. B.
Cooper of North Carolina to the
federal farm loan board to take the
place of A. F. Lever of South Caro-
lima, resigned, was recommended to
President Harding today by Senator
Overman of that state. Mr.. Cooper
is a banker of Wilmington, N. C.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-04-26

Totals Al 9 A 27 II IL
Struck out: by Long 6: walked, 5;
hit /. Struck out by Harzog 6;
walked /; by Stuart struck out 2;
walked /.
Umpire: B. Bailey. Time Of game
2:05.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-04-26

FOR SALE-White Swiss Mon
DANES, and Red Carneaux pigeons
all pure and beauties. Young un-
mated birds 81 each. Mated work
ing pairs sensible prices. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed or money refund
edo. D. Brown Abbeville, S c 1pd
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FOR RENT-Five room house on
Ferry street now occupied by
Horce G.. Brown. Possession given
after April 18th. j. S. Stark.
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POTATO SLIPS in any quantity.
Genuine Portorican. Chemically
treated. S. H. Rosenberg. 4-26.
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WANTS.

FOR SALE-Ten window screens,
slightly used. Apply Press and
Banner office. 4, 12-tfc.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-12-14

er wood ward, Al. Dittrick; finance
committee. John Henderson, Walter
Bayer, and Harry voiles. After the
business of the evening, dancing was
enjoyed b a large crowd. Music was
furnished by the Terbilcox orchestra.
Mrs. Viola Dieter has returned
from months visit in Peoria, IR.
with her son. Doran Dieter, and fan-
lily and in Waukesha with her daugh-
ter Pearl. Mrs. Doran Dieter has
been quite i'll and has spent several
weeks in the hospital but is now I'm
proved.
The Auxiliary to the BrotherhooS
of Railroad Trainmen met in Ruhlans
hall during the early part of the we-ssasz
and elected Ulcers as follows:
President Mrs. Emma True; past
president, Mrs. Ella Barber: vice pres
ident. Mrs. Grace Edwards; secretary
Mrs. Margaret Pierce; treasurer. Mr.
Eva Wilder; chaplain, Irs. Laura
Mae Brown: conductress, Mrs. Ni6-
red Smith; warden. Mrs. Esther Lar
rabee; inner guard. Mrs. Harriet
| Scott; outer guard, Mrs. Anna Service
pianist. Mrs. Cora Biege and consel-
or, Mrs. Harry Scott
Superintendent A. c. Kingsford
made a short business trip to Nadir
son yesterday. While there he calico
on his daughter. Miss Helen. Miss
Kingsford. who is junior In the Uni
veYsity, is general chairman Of the
Y. W. c. A. Christmas bazaar. which
is given in Lathr.p hall today The
Gfair is on an extensive scale and
carries OF. the ideae Gi an Did Eng
lish Christmas in its entertainment
and articles on sale.
The Jackson County Journal CO.
tains the following clipping regard-
ing Drs. Thompson and Edwards Of
| this city:
| DR.. Rollin Thompson and his part
ner, DR.. Edwards. who have been Ia
practice at Reedsburg, the past sew
eral years. recently moved their offios
TO Baraboo where a new hospital VIII
greatly enlarge and enhnce their OPP
| pOrtunity IN professional way. They
had built an excellent practice NJ
Reedsburg, and stood high In the 'es-
TEEN and confidence of the people OF
that thriving city. but for the reason
stated concluded to make the moEs
to Baraboo. The latter city will fiRd
in them men who will be an acqufsi-
ton much cut of common TO its Pro
fessional circles and also new citS-
zens who will respond TO every civic
call. Such young men are a great as
set TO any community in which they
may locate.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-12-14
NO DUNES PARK THIS YEAR,
INDIANA; MUST ECONOMIC

Ac. disition of the sard dunes of
nor Germ Indiana for q state park sill
not have the support of Gov. McEray
as an administrator measure at the
coming session of the legislature. the
executive has announced. The COVER,
nor said that he favored the estab.
ishment of a state park in the dunes,
but that in the interest of economy
he could not recommend it to the
Legislature at this session.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-12-14
HERES WILL WE'D
A POOR ARTIST

Miss .Sellora Angel, Of Chicaze.
heiress TO $4,000, 900 is to wed Les
ter Norris, commercial artist and
her schoolmate sweetheart. She de
clares they will live a simple don-
este life.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-12-14
BOWLING

The 10Th match game of the Bara.
boo Bowling league was rolled on the
Luther Alleys resulted in the Bruins
dicks defeating the Giants by 100
nina
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-12-14
Schedule

Monday, Dec. IL. Robins VS.. Badgers
Tuesday, Dec. u, Giants VS.. Anuers
Thursday, Dec. IA, Brunswicks VS..
Martins
Friday. Dec. Is, Woodpeckers VS..
Bucks
The results of the South Side Bowl
ing tournament rolled in the OkerE
alleys is as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-04-26
Dental Hygiene
Meeting Tuesday

The meeting OF the Dental Hy-
giene division of the Maine Public
Health Association, was held at the
Augusta House. Tuesday.
Those present were: DR.. Archer
Jordan. Lewiston; DR.. Carroll
Church, Gardiner; DR.. G. A. Patten,
Augusta; DR.. I. E. PendIeton, Lew
iston; DR.. F. E. Maxfield, Bangor;
DR.. j. P. Lancaster, Madison; Mrs.
]. p. Lancaster, Madison; Mrs. J. s.
Sturtevant. Dixneld; Miss Edith
Soule. Augusta: w. D. Thurber.
/, Chairman of the division Is DR..
Archer Jordan; secretary. w. D.
Thurber.
The division decided to extend
hearty cooperation to the University
of Maine in its summer course OF
public health and appointed a COM
mittee of Drs. Maxfield, Lancaster
and Church to represent the division
in supplying such material on Dental
Hygiene as the university might re-
quire.
Three lectures on Dental Hygiene
for use throughout the State are to
be prepared by DIR. Patten, DR.. Max
field and DR.. Jordan.
Members Of the division present
discussed the development of a
State wide dental hygiene program
embracing cooperation with the
Maine Public Health Association by
the Maine Dental Association and
other organizations.