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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-01

Mrs. NJ. NJ. Marshall of Hastings,
Mimi, is visiting for few days at
the Henry Uloth home in the city,
arriving here last Friday. Mrs. Mar
shall was formerly of Valley City and
has many friends in the city.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-01

Mrs Frank Heimes left last night
for Mandan where she goes as a DEL
egate to the P. E. O. convention to
be held in that city.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-01

J. G. Olson, who has been visiting
his sister, Mrs. Oscar Mason, and
brother, VIM. Olson, for the past two
months, left for Reno, New, this
morning.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-01

B. V. Lippold and A. P. Paulson
left by car for Ottertail Lake, MIMI,
yesterday morning They were accom-
panied by Mr. Paulson's son and En-
gebret Larson's son. They expect to
return to the city tomorrow night.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-01

Miss Borghi!d Olsby, who has been
teaching in the Darcy schools for the
past year, has returned to the city to
spend the summer months.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-01

G. E. Haggart Of Fargo, was a
week end visitor in the city visiting
with friends here.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-01
From Mondays Daily

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Beatty,
an eight pound baby boy. Mother
and babe are doing fine
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-01

Lightning killed a horse on the E.
O. Ytrebo farm, eight miles south
west of Valley City Sunday.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-01
From Wednesdays Daily

G. A. Lieber that popular travelling
salesman from Jamestown, is a Valley
City business visitor today.
George Krapf of Luverne, was a
Valley City business visitor on Mon
day. > e..
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-01

business visitor yesterday, returning
to his home last night.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-01

Louis Sandquist, well known piano
tuner from Fargo, was Valley City
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-01

Three more trees have been plant
ed in the City Park by the Legion
Auxiliary to honor soldiers who have
passed on in the past year. These
will be dedicated Tuesday afternoon
following the services in the Audito-
rum. Trees have been planted for
Frank Nelson, Martin Void and Wal
ter Barr. The following service will
be given at that time
Song-"America" ............ All
Short Talk ........... A. L. Man
Dedication ..... American Legion
and Legion Nurses
Reading ........... Helen Stowell
Selection .............. Band
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should be the guest, the friend OF such
people as the Sherrills? No one as
yet, since Sheriff. had told him he was
Corvet's son. had called him by name /;
when they did, what would they call
him? Alan Conrad still? Or Alan
Corvet?
He noticed, up O street to the west,
the lighted sign of a drug store and
turned up that way he had promised,
he had recollected now, to write to
II. those In Kansas-he could not
call them father" and mother" any
more-and tell them what he had dis
covered as o0n as he arrived. He
could not tell them that, but he could
write them at least that he had ar
rived safely and was well. He bought
a postcard in the drug store, and wrote
just. Arrived safely; am well" 10
John Welton in Kansas. There was
a little vending machine upon the coun-
ter, and he dropped in a penny and got
q box of matches and put them in his
pocket.
He mailed the card and turned back
10 Astor street and he walked more
swiftly now, having come to his deci-
sion, and only shot n quick look up
at the house ms he approached II. With
what had his father shut himself up
within that house fnr twenty years?
And was 1t there sSrf And was it
from that that Benjamin Coryet had
fed? lie saw no one in the street,
and was certain no one was observing
him as, taking the key from his pocket,
ne ran up the steps and unlocked the
outer door. Holding this door open
TO get the light from the street lamp,
he fitted the key into the inner door;
then he closed tile outer door. For full
ly a minute. with ~fast-beating heart
and a sense Of expectation of he knew
not what, he kept his hand upon the
key before he turned II; then he
opened the door and stepped into the
dark and silent house.
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under the top to force ii up. The
~pigeonhoIes and little drawers In the
upper part of the desk, as he swiftly
opened them. he found entirely empty.
He hurried to the cabinet: the draw
ers OF the cabinet too had beer forced,
and very recently: for the scars and
the splinters of wood were clean and
fresh. These drawers and the draw
ers in the lower part of the desk
either were empty, or the papers in
them had been disarranged and tum-
hled in confusion, as though some one
had examined them hastily and tossed
them back. To Alan, the marks of
violence and roughness were unmis-
takably the work of the man with the
big hands who had left marks upon
the top of the chest of drawers: and
The feeling that he had been in the
house very recently was stronger than
eyer.
Alan ran out into the hall and lis
tened he heard ne sound but he went
back to the little room more excited
than before. For what had the other
man been searching? For the same
things which Alan was looking for?
And had the other man got them?
Who might the other be. and what
might he his connection with Benja.
min Corvet? Alan had no doubt that
everything OF Importance must have
been taken away. but he would make
sure of that. He took some OF the pa
pers from the drawers and began to
examine them after nearly an hour
Of this. he had found only one article
which appeared connected Ia any way
with what Sheriff. had told him or
with Alan himself. I'm one OF the little
drawers Of the desk he found several
books. much worn as though from
being carried M q pocket. and one of
these contained a series of entries
stretching over several years. These
listed an amount-$l50-opposite a Sc
ries OF dates with only the year and
the month given. and there was an
entry for every second month.
Alan felt his fingers trembling as he
turned the pages OF the little book
and found at the end Of the list a
blank. and below. In the same hand
but la writing which had changed
slightly with the passage OF years, an
other date and the confirming entry OF
81. 1900. Alan looked through the little
book again and put il In his pocket.
II was, beyond doubt. his fathers
memorandum Of the sums sent to Blue
Rapids for Alan 1t told him that here
he had been In his fathers thoughts.
He grew warm 1T the thought as he
began putting the other things back
into the drawers.
He started and Strengthened sudden
": Eaen he listened a~ttentively. and
his skin, warm an instant before.
turned cold aud prickled. Somewhere
within the house. Enthusiastically ON the
fioor below him. . door had slammed.
Some one--lt was beyond question
now. FOR the ~reaiixntion was quite dif-
sserent srora TIE feeling be had lad
about that ocfore~-was In the honse
With him Wa 4 - father
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CHAPTER v
An Encounter.

~ ..#.- H.#
Alan. standing in the darkness Of
the hall. felt In his pocket for his
matches and struck one on the box.
The light showed the hall In front of
him, reaching back into some vague,
distant darkness, and great rooms with
wide portiered doorways gaping on
both sides. He turned into the room
upon his right, glanced to see that the
shades were drawn on the windows
toward the street, then found the
switch and turned on the electric light.
Alan had the feeling which so often
comes to one In an unfamiliar and
vacant house that there was some one
In the house with him. He listened
and seemed to hear another sound in
the upper hall, a footstep. He went
out quickly to the foot Of the stairs
and looked up them.
us any one here?" he called. as
any one here?"
His voice brought 10 response. He
half way up the curve of the wide
stairway and called again, and lis
tened then he fought down the feeling
he had had; Sheriff. had said there
would be no one In the house. and
Alan vas certain there vas no one.
So he vet back to the room where
he had left the light.
The center o. this room, like the
room next to It. was occupied by a
library table-desk. He pulled open
some drawers In 1t: n or two had
blueprints and technical drawings In
them; the others had only the miscel-
lany which accumulates In a room
much used. There were drawers also
under the bookcases all around the
room: they appeared. when Allan
opened some OF them. to contain pam
phlefs OF various societies, and the
scientific correspondence of which
Sheriff. Ind tosda him. Alan felt that
seeing these things was bringing his
father closer to him they gave him a
little Of the feeling he had been unable
TO get when he looked at his fathers
picture. He could realize better now
the lonely. restless man. pursued by
some ghost ne could not kin. taking
up for distraction one subject Of study
after another. exhaustingg each In turn
until he could no longer make II en-
gross him. and then absorbing him
self IN the next.
On the top Of a chest OF high draw
ars In 4 corner nenr the dressing
table we're some papers. Alan went
over to look at them they were invir
fations, notices Of concerto and OF
plays twenty years old--the mail.
probably OF the morning when Corvet's
wife had gone away. left where her
maid or she herself had laid them.
and only picked up and put hack there
al the times since when the room was
busted. As Alan touched their. he
saw that his fingers lefi marks IN the
dust On the smooth top Of the chest:
he noticed thar some one else had
touched the things ind made marks
of the same snrs as M had made. Ilhe
freshless Of these other marks star
tied him they Ind heen made within
4 day or 10. They could not have
been made by Sheriff.. FOR Alan had
noticed that Sherrilrs hands were
slender and deiicately formed Cor
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vet, too. was not Il large man Alan's
own hand was Of good size and pow
erful. but when he put his fingers over
the marks the other man had made. he
found that the other hand must have
been larger and more powerful than
his own. Had IL been Corvet's serv-
ant? II might have been, though the
marks seemed too fresh for that; for
the servant, Sheriff. had said, had left
the day Corvet's disappearance was
discovered.
This proof that some one had been
prying about in the house before him.
self and since COrvet had gone, star
tied Alan and angered him. Who had
been searching In Benjamin Corvet's
lin Alan's house? He pushed the
drawers shut hastily and hurried
rcross the hall to the room opposite.
In this room-plainly Benjamin Cor
vets bedroom-were no signs of in
truslOn. lie went 10 the door of the
room connecting with ii. turned on
the light. and looked In. II was q
smaller room than the others and
contained a roll-top desk and a cabi-
net. The cover Of the desk was closed.
II the drawers of the cabinet were
shur and apparently undisturbed. He
tried the cover Of the desk. but it'ap-
peared to be locked; after LOOKING
around valnly for a key. he trieo
again, exerting a little more force.
and this time the top went up easily,
tearing away the metal plate into
which the claws OF the lock clasped
and the two long screws which had
held 1t. He examined the lock. sur
prised. and saw that the screws must
have been merely set into the holes
showed where a chisel or some
metal implement had been thrust In
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CHAPTER iv.--continued.

What Sheriff. had told Alan Of his
father had been ~iterating itself again
and again In Alan's thoughts now he
recalled that Sheriff. had said that his
daughter believed that Corvet's dis
appearance had had something to do
with her. Alan had wondered at the
moment how that could be; and as he
watched her across the table and now
and then exchanged a comment with
her, II puzzled him still more. He
had opportunity TO ask her when she
waited. with him In the library. after
dinner was finished and her mother
had gone upstairs; but he did not see
then how to go about 1t.
SIN sorry" she said 10 him. "that
we can't be home tonight but perhaps
you would rather be aloneg'
He did not answer that.
"Have you a picture here, Miss Sher-
rill, of--my father?" he asked.
Uncle Benny had had very few pic
lures taken but there is one here"
She went into the study and came
back with a book open at a half-tone
picture OF Benjamin Corvet. Alan took
II from her and carried 1t quickly
closer 70 the light. The face that
looked up to him from the heavily
glazed page was regular Of feature,
handsome In a way, and forceful.
There were Imagination and yigor of
thought In the broad. smooth fore
head the eyes were strangely moody
and brooding; the mouth was gentle,
rather kindly; 1t a q queerly inn
polling. haunting face. This was his
father But, as Alan held the picture.
gazing down upon IL. the only emotion
which came to him was realization that
he felt lone. He had no emotion of
any sort he could MT attach TO this
mar. because he bore the name which
some one had told him was his ia
theirs. the passions which, when
dreaming of his father, he had felt.
Alan stood still a moment longer.
then, remembering the book which he
held, he drew o chair up TO the light,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-05-18

"For this was the man whom
he had fought in Benjamin
Corvet's house the night be-
FORE"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-05-18

Theodore Dresser, the novelist, said
at a tea in Greenwich Village:
Criticism is a lost art. The aver
age critic understands the work he
criticizes about as well as-as-
"But here's a story. A IN was
going through a picture exhibition with
her husband. They came to a picture
called Saved which represented a
dripping Newfoundland dog standing
over a dripping and unconscious child
that he had jast rescued from the river
flowing in the background.
1.-THE woman was deeply interested
In this picture. She said:
mo wonder the poor child's faint
ed after dragging that great big dog
out of the water"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-05-18
~lmnorfanf To Mothers
just the Person.

i was taking Junior for a walk one
afternoon, and he was playing with n
little football which neither of us had
been able to initiate. | was watching
Junior when a leighbor came along.
She sat down beside me. After a
little while Junior came up and asked
Miss Jones if she would blow up his
football for him. She asked him why
he thought that she would be able to
do SO after l had already failed.
His answer was. Cos my dad SAYS
at you is the lOngested winded wom-
an at ever MISUNDERSTANDING.
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try II. ! now feel fine and can do nv
~housework without any trouble at ali.
You can use this letter for the sake Of
others II you wish. Mrs. WELDON G.
HATFIELD, r. r. 8, Sabina, Ohio.
Housewives make a great mistake in
allowing themselves to become so weak
and nervous that it is well-nigh irnpos-
sible for them TO attend to their peces-
sary household duties.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound should be taken when you first
notice such symptoms as nervousness.
backache, weakness and irregularity. Il
will help you and prevent more serious
trouble. Give it a fair trial. It surely
helped Mrs. Hatfield, justasithas many,
many other women.
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No Press Facilities.

According to this authority, Me-
thuselah lived only a trifle more thar
eighty years"
IF that's the case. how did he get
the reputation Of being so old?'
"Im blest If | know. There were no
newspaper reporters in those days 10
interview him every time he eelebrat-
ed a birthday and add ten or twenty
years 10 his q SO the story would
be worth a frent-page position. "-Bir-
mingkam Age-Herald.
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"FLEsHl lFLEsH!"

SYNOPSIS.-Wealthy and highly
placed in the Chicago business
world, Benjamin CoryeI is sorne-
thing OF a recluse and a mystery
to his associates. After a stormy
interview with his partner, Henry
Epearman, Corvet seeks Constance
Sheriff., daughter of his other
business partner, Lawrence Sher-
rill. and from her a prom
Use not to marry Spearman. He
then disappears. Sheriff. learns
Corvet has written TO a certain
Alan Conrad, in Blue Rapids. Kan
sas, and exhibited strange agita-
ton over the matter. Corvet's let
ter summons Conrad, a youth of
unknown p~arentage. 10 Chicago.
Alan arrives Ia Chicago. From a
statement OF Sheriff. il seems prob
able Conrad is Corbet's illegitimate
on. Corvet has decided his house
and its contents to Alan.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-05-18
cuticura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring In the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This Is
only one of the things Cuticura will do
If Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet Observation-Disclosures.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-05-18

ana WregulaY1-
ty. | was weak and
and could
hardly stand on my
feet long enough TO
cook g meal. I was
way for about q
year and had tried
several medicines
and had a physician,
to no avail. My
was taking
your medicine and
6nallv inducad mo IN
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sTo BE c-oNTINUEDJ

Jud Tunkins.
Jud Tunkins says there's I big adj
vantage In Using long words. Any
body would rather take what you say
for granted than be pus to the trouble
Of looking In the dictionary.
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MRS. HATFIELD
SABINA, Ohio
In Pitiable Conditionwhen she Began
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Sabina, Ohio.-'I took Lydia <. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for weak.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-26
Death THREAT PREVENTS
move TO ExHUME BODY
Governor May Be Asked to Investigate
Case in Kentucky Hills of Death
and Burial of Missing Woman.

Cincinnati, July 25.-Mesengers sent
recently to Webbville, KY, by Carl
Schuett, Jr., of this city, to investigate
the death of a woman who had been
identified as Mrs. Will Fiscus, Cincin-
natl woman, we're ordered to leave the
vicinity by a mountaineer, who threat
ened to kill him If they did not desist
in their efforts to have the body ex-
humed, Schuett declares.
Schuett says he married the woman
at Batavia, Ohio, in Ocotber, 1917, but
was told afterward that she had not
been divorced from her first husband.
She disappeared fifteen months ago,
he said, and recently he learned that
she went to Kentucky with the man
who few days ago threatened to kill
the Cincinnatians who tried to exhume
the body.
Residents at Webbville said the
woman committed suicide by taking
poison tablets which were purchased
in Cincinnati before she left this city
The woman had been known only as
Anna May" during her stay in Jean
KY, little settlement near Webbville
Schuett said he intended asking Gov
ernor Morrow of Kentucky. to investi
gate the affair.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-26
YOUTHFUL MUSICAL ARTIST
COMING ON ChAUTAUQUA
Famous Music Composer Heads Mu.
steal Organization coming Here
Young Son Rated as Wonder.

Victor Herbert, Sousa, Creatore,
Arthur Pryor and many other famous
directors of world-renowned bands
and orchestras make use of the COM
positions of A. ID. Leifeld, who will
come to us at the head of the Pitts
burgh Ladies' Orchestra. AS a special
feature with the orchestra will appear
the wonderful boy Master Theodore
Liefeld, who has won fame for himself
as a trumpet soloist and spectacular
trap drummer.
This organization will be an inspira-
ton to all. 1t Is encouraging to see
how much such young artist as Mas
ter Liefeld has accomplished. He will
appear both Afternoon and evening
playing with the orchestra, and giving
demonstrations OF his wonderful solo
ability.
The press says, THE orchestra, di-
rected by A. d. Liefeld, gave a pro-
gram Of popular appeal and played
their selections with finesse that
would demand the praise of the most
severe OF critics"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-26
ANOTHER LOCAL ice
CREAM FACTORY OPENS
w. w. Keys Sells Half Interest in
Business and VIII Manufacture
Ice Cream at New Plant Here.

Mr.. w. w. Keys, who operates a
cream station, cash grocery and who
for some time has been operating an
agency for a Cincinnati ice cream
manufacturer, has sold half interest
in his entire business to Mr. Cyrus s.
Case, of the county.
The new firm has discontinued their
local agency for the Cincinnati ice
cream makers and have established an
ice cream factory of their own. The
trade name for the new ce cream has
been decided upon as "Eatmor Cream
and the firm has already begun its
manufacture. The first big contract
has just been signed to serve EatmoI
Cream at the Ruggles campground'
this year.
Mr.. Keys is an expert at the manu-
facture of ice cream and both he anc
Mr.. Case are popular business men
We predict for them their full share o
business in their various lines.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-26
ROAD EXPERT MAKES
INSPECTION OF THIS
C0UNTY'S ROADS
Road Engineer With Reputation of
Being Best In State Looks Over
Mason's Highway System to Ad.
wise What Is Needed.

Road Engineer Edwards, of Fayette
and Woodford counties accompanied
by Squire Fister and Mr.. Crutcher,
also of Lexington, motored to Mays
vile Tuesday afternoon and spent all
of Wednesday with Commissioner
Furlong and County Road Engineer
Coils, inspecting the entire system of
roads in Mason county.
Mr.. Edwards, who is regarded as
the most efficient road engineer in the
state, was invited to visit Mason coun-
ty, make thorough inspection of our
highway system and recommend ac-
ton to be taken by the county where
by we can transfer our road system
10 the state highway department.
Mr.. Edwards has been highly sue
essful in the two counties he serves
n getting the state road department
take over roads he has constructed
as parts of the state highway system
nd it is the purpose of the Mason
County Commissioners to follow Mr.
edwards suggestions and get the Ma
on county roads in such condition
hat the state will accept them and
maintain them in the future.
The expert will make his recon-.
| nendations today to Commissioners
| 'urlong and Road Engineer Coils
Who will in turn report these recon-
'endations TO the Fiscal Court at the
lext session of that body.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-07-26
CHINESE LAUNDRYMAN
LEAVES FOR THE WEST.

Wing Sing, who for the past twenty
years has conducted a laundry in this
city, has sold out his local holdings
to Henry Wong, young Chinaman,
who has been with Wing for several
years, and Yee Chong, another young
Chinaman who has just come to Mays
vile. Wing leaves Maysville today for
San Francisco where he will make his
home with his wife and son in that
city. Wing carries with him best wish
es of many friends made during his
stay in Maysville.