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Connecticut western news., 1922-11-02

nothing to be feared from him now. Alan looked up, therefore, to see if any one had come with him. The alley and the street were clear. The snow in the areaway showed that the man had come to the door alone and with great difficulty; he had fallen once up on the walk. Alan dragged the man into the house and went back and closed the door.
 He returned and looked at him. The man was like, very like the one whom Alan had followed from the house on the night when he was attacked; cer- tainty that this was the same man came quickly to him. He seized the fellow again and dragged him up the stairs and to the lounge in the library. He was, or had been, a very powerful man, broad and thick through with overdeveloped - almost distorttng- muscles in his shoulders; but his body had become fat and soft, his face was puffed and his eyes watery and bright; his brown hair, which was shot all through with gray, was dirty and mat ted; he had three or four days growth of beard. When he sat up and looked about 1t was plain that whisky was only one of the forces working upon him-the other was fever which burned up and sustained him mtermit- tently.
 "'Low he greeted Alan. where's shat d-n Injin, hey2 I knew Ben Corvet was shere-knew he was shere all time. Course he's shere; he got to be shere. That's shright. You go get 'imI"
 "Who are youT Alan asked.
 Say, ,who'r you2 What t'hells syou doin' here? Never see you before go-go get Ben Corvet. Jus say Ben Corvet, Lu-luke's shere. Ben Corvetn know Lu-luke all right; al- waysh, alwaysh knows me. :"
 "What's the matter with your Alan had drawn back but now went to the man again. The first idea that this might have been merely some old sail or who had served Benjamin Corvet or, perhaps, had been a comrade in L0C udJSp hb1o DSCA 1oA1AAoAASO by the confident arrogance of the mans tone-an arrogance not to be explained, entirely, by whisky or by the fever.
 "How long have you been this wayr Alan demanded. "Where did you come fromT He put his hand on the wrist; 1t was very hot and dry; the pulse was racing, irregular; at seconds # seemed to stop; for other seconds 1t was continuous. The fellow coughed and bent forward What is it. pneumoniaT Alan tried to straighten him up.
 "GP me drinkl Go get Ben Corvet, I tell youi Get Ben Corvet quickI Say-yous shear7 You get me Ben Corvet; you better get Ben Corvet; you tell him Lu-uke's here; won't wait any more; goin' t,have my money now :. . sright
Connecticut western news., 1922-11-02

away. your shearf Kick me out s'1oon I guess not no more. Ben Corvet give me all money I want or l ta1kT
 "TalkI"
 "Syou know it I ain't goin' ." He choked up and tottered back |; Alan, supporting him, laid him down and stayed beside him until his cough ing and choking ceased, and there was only the rattling rasp of his breathing. When Alan spoke to him again, Luke's eyes opened, and he narrated recent experiences bitterly; all were blamed to Ben Corvet's absence; Luke, who had been drinking heavily a few nights before, had been thrown out when the saloon was closed; that was Ben Corvet's fault; if Ben Corvet had been around, Luke would have had money, all the money any one wanted: {: no one would have thrown out Luke then. Luke slept in the snow, all wet. When he arose, the saloon was open again, and he got more whisky, but not enough to get him warm. He hadn't been warm since. That was Ben Cor vets fault. Ben Corvet better be round now; Luke wouldn't stand any more.
 Alan felt of the pulse again; he opened the coat and under-fannels and felt the heaving chest. He went to the hall and looked in the telephone directory. He remembered the name of the druggist on the corner of Clark street and he telephoned him, giving the number on Astor street.
 q want a doctor right away" he said. Any good doctor; the one that you can get quickest" The druggist promised that a physician would be there within a quarter of an hour. Alan went back to Luke, who was silent now except for the gasp of his breath; he did not answer when Alan spoke to him, except to ask for whis- Ky. Alan stood watching, strange; sinking tremor shaking him. This man had come there to make a claim "a claim which many times before, apparently, Benjamin Corvet had ad- mitted. Luke came to Ben Corvet for money which he always got-an he wanted-the alternative to giving which was that Luke would talk" Blackmafl, that meant, of course; blackmatl which not only Luke had told of but which Wassaquam too had admitted, as Alan now realized. Money for blackmai-that was the reason for that thousand dollars in cash which Benjamin Corvet always kept at the house.
 Alan turned with a sudden shiver of revulsion toward his fathers chair in place before the hearth; there for hours each day his father had sat with a book or staring into the fire always with what this man knew hanging over him, always arming against it with the thousand dollars ready for this man, whenever he came.
Connecticut western news., 1922-11-02
CHAPTER x.
A Caller.

As the first of the month was ap- preaching, Wassaquam had brought his household bills and budget to Alan that morning directly after breakfast To furnish Alan with whatever sums he needed, Sherrill had made consid- erable deposit in Alan's name in the bank where he carried his own ac- count; and Alan had accompanied Sher- Till to the bank to be introduced and had signed the necessary cards in or der to check against the deposit.
 Alan had required barely half of the hundred dollars which Benjamin Cor vet had sent to Blue Rapids, for his expenses in Chicago; and he had brought with him from nome" hun 5 dred dollars of his own.
 The amount which Wassaquam now desired to pay the bills was much more than Alan had on hand; but that amount was also much less than the eleven hundred dollars which the serv- ant listed as cash on hand. This, Was saquam stated, was in currency and kept by him. Benjamin always had had him keep that much in the house; i; Wassaquam would not touch that sum now for the payment of current ex- penses.
 On the first of the month, therefore, Alan drew upon his new bank account to Wassaquam's order, and in the early afternoon Wassaquam went to the bank to cash his check-one of the very few occasions when Alan had been left in the house alone; Wassa- quam's habit, it appeared, was to go about on the first of the month and pay the radesmen in person.
 Some two hours later, and before Wassaquam could have been expected back, Alan, in the room which had be- come his. was startled by sound of heavy pounding, which came suddenly to him from a floor below. Shouts heavy, thick, and uninteligible-min- gled with the pounding. He ran swift 1y down the stairs, then on and down the service stairs into the basement. The door to the house from the area way was shaking to irregular, heavy OAOWCp @@OpPNO e0 @A0A A~e~~A~~ the lower hallway; the shouts contin- ued still a moment more. Now that the noise of pounding did not inter- fere. Alan could make out what the man was saying. Ben Corvet "- the name was almost unintelligible- "Ben CorvetI Benw Then the shouts stopped, too.
 Alan sped to the door and turned back the latch. The door bore back upon him, not from push, but from a weight without which had fallen against 1t. A big, heavy man, with a rough cap and Ihackinaw coat, would have fallen upon the floor if Alan had not caught him. His weight in Alan's arms was so dull, so inert, that, if vio- lence had been his intention, there was
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER IcWealthy and highly placed In the Chicago business world, Benjamin Corvet is something of 8 re- eiuse and 8 mystery to his associates. Alter 8 stormy interview with his part ner. Henry Spearman, Corvet seeks Con- stance Sherrlll, daughter of his other business partner, Lawrence sherrill, and secures from her a promise not to marry Hpearman He then disappears. Sherrtll learns Corvet has written to certain Alan Conrad, in Blue Rapids, Kansas and exhibited strange agitation over the matter.
 CHATTER IL-Corvet's letter summons Conrad, youth of unknown parentage, to Chicago.
 CHAPTER uL-From @ statement of Sherrill 1t seems probable Conrad is Cor vets ulegthmate son. Corvet has deeded his house and its contents to Alan.
 CHAPTER TV.-Alan takes possession of his new home.
 CHAPTER V-That night Alan discov- CTS 6 man rapsaclxing the desks and bu- reaU Drawers tn Corvet's apartments The appearance of Alan tremendously ag1tates tho intruder, who appears to think him ghost and raves of "the Mfwaka." After struggle the man escapes.
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CHATTER VL-Next day Alan learns from BhefTau that Corvet has deeded hts EbSasmSn, 1tan h astounded at tho dis eovery hAt he Is the man whom he had found in his house the night bafore.
 CHATTER vIL-Alan tells no one of his strange enoQunter,i but ip private interview texee 6pearmap with ne rac1-
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away, your shear9 Kick me out s1oon; I guess not no more. Ben Corvet give me all money I want or ta1kT
 "TalkI I"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-06-08
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

In accordance with and by virtue of
a decree of foreclosure and order OF
sale made by the District Court of
Sedgwick County, Colorado, on the
25th day of May, A. D. 1922, in favor
of S. NJ. Beadle and Harry w. Souders,
plaintiffs, and against Harry 0 Ma
toush. sometimes written H. o. Ma
toush. Lee H. Matoush, Earl c. Har-
ris, Public Trustee of Sedgwick Coun-
ty, Colorado, J. l. Case Threshing Ma
Chine Company, a corporation. 3. NJ.
Kelsey and J. G. Marron, defendants,
wherein and whereby am commanded
to make the sum of s695S.OO and ac-
cruing interests and costs OF suit and
of sale, after due advertisement as in
sales of land under general execution
l will offer for sale at public auction
to the higher bidder for cash on the
oath day Of June, A. D. 1922, at the
hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-06-08
NOTICE OF SHERIFFs SALE

NOTICE is hereby given, that un-
der, by virtue of. and in accordance
with decree of foreclosure, and or
der of sale made by the District Court
of Sedgwck county, Colorado, on the
25th day of May A. d. 1922 in an ac-
ton therein pending in said court
wherein H. J. Marshall was plaintiff
and A. d. Fellers, J. R. Shields and
f. NJ. Sigsbee were defendants, which
said, decree and order of sale ordered
and commanded me to sell the land de-
scribed in said decree at public auc-
ton, after giving notice Of said sale
the same as is given in cases of sale
under execution against land, or to
sell so much thereof as may be neces-
sary to satisfy the amount due the
plaintiff to-wit: the sum of $2524.77
with interest thereon, costs of suit
and costs of sale: will offer for sale
at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash on the Both day of June
A. D. 1922 at the hour of 1000 o'clock
in the forenoon of said day at the
South Front Door of the County Court
House in the Town of Julesburg, in
Sedgwick county, Colorado, the fol-
lowing described real estate to-wit:
Lots 5, 6 and 7. all in Block 16 in the
Town of Ovid, Sedgwick county, Colo
rado.
o. S. HUMBERSTONE,
Sheriff of Sedgwick County, Colo.
Pound & Marshall,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
First Pub. June 8, 1922.
Last Pub. June 20, 1922.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-06-08
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that under
and by virtue of and in accordance
with Decree of foreclosure. made by
the District Court of Sedgwick Coun-
ty, Colorado, on the 25th day Of May,
A. D. 1929 in an action then pending
in said court wherein Minnie NJ. Nc
Cart was Plaintiff and W. F. Buch-
holz, Gesiene Buchholz and The Par
kers Brothers Land Company, cor,
poration, were Defendants, which said
Decree ordered and commanded me to
sell the land described in said decree
at public auction, after giving notice
of said sale the same as is given in
cases of sale under execution against
land, or to sell so much thereof as may
be necessary to satisfy the amount
found due the Plaintiff to-wit: the
sum of s3475.lO, together with the in
terest thereon, costs of suit and costs
of sale:
will offer for sale at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash on
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-06-08
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

In accordance with and by virtue of
a decree of foreclosure and order OF
sale made by the District Court of
Sedgwick County, Colorado, on the
25th day of May A. D. 1922, in favor
of State Bank of Superior, corpor-
alton, plaintiff, and against Margaret
Wilder, Ernest j. Wilder, T. A. Smith
and L. o. Pfeiffer, defendants, where
in and whereby l am commanded to
make the sum of $14,522.77 and ac-
cruing interest and costs of suit and
Of sale. after due advertisement as in
sales of land under general execu-
tion, I will offer for sale at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash
on the lst day of July A. D. 1922, at
the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon
Of said day, at the South Front Door
of the County Court House of Sedg-
wick county, at Julesburg, Colorado,
the following described real estate, to-
wit:
The Southeast Quarter (SEA) of
Section Twenty-nine (29), Township
Twelve (12) North, Range Forty-five
(45) West of the Sixth Principal
Meridian, in Sedgwick County, Colo
RADIO.
o. S. HUMBERSTONE,
Sheriff of said County.
Robson & Hendricks,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
First Pub. June 8, 1922.
Last Pub June 80, 1922.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-06-08
SUMMONS

State of Colorado }
County of sedgwick ! %
IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
Eza f. Shultz, Plaintiff.
VS..
F. w. Roberts, Nancy Belle Rob-
erts, Frank Pilger, J. B. Rob-
erts, Everett N Kelsey and
Hurley Hodges. Partners do
ing business under the firm
name of Julesburg Tractor &
Implement Company, and Lee
Erb, Defendants.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO,
To F. W. Roberts, Nancy Belle Rob
erts, Frank Pilger, J. B. Roberts,
Julesburg Tractor & Implement Com
pany and Lee Erb, the Defendants
above named. GREETING:
You are hereby required to appear
in an action brought against you by
the above named plaintiff in the Dis
trict Court of Sedgwick County, State
of Colorado, and answer the complaint
therein within twenty days after the
service hereof, if served within this
ty, or by publication, within thirty
days after the service hereof, exclu-
sive of the day of service; or judg
ment by default will be taken against
you according to the prayer of the
complaint. And if copy of the COM
plant in the above entitled action be
not served with this summons, or if
the service hereof be made out of this
State, then ten days additional to the
time hereinbefore specified for ap-
pearance and answer will be allowed
before the taking of judgment by de-
fault as aforesaid.
The said action is brought to recov-
err judgment against the defendant F.
w. Roberts for $1440.20, together with
accrued and accruing interests and at
torney's commissions and to foreclose
a certain mortgage given to secure
said Indebtedness by the said F. w.
Roberts upon the West half of Section
twenty-one, Township Ten, Range for
ty-three West of the 9Th P. M, in
Sedgwick County, Colorado, and to
foreclose all the rights and claims of
the defendants and each of them to the
said mortgaged premises as will
more fully appear from the COM
plant in said action to which refer
ence is here made:
And you are hereby notified that if
you fail to appear and to answer the
said complaint as above required, the
said plaintiff will have your default
entered and take judgment as prayed
for.
Given under my hand at Julesburg
in said County, this 3rd day of May
A. d. 1929.
(SeaD GRACE l.. ROOD,
Clerk of the District Court, Sedg-
wick County, Colorado.
Pound & Marshall,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
First Pub. June 8, 1922.
Last Pub. July 6, 1922.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-06-08

said day, at the South front door of
the County Court House of Sedgwick
County, at Julesburg, Colorado, the
following described real estate to-wit:
The North Half (Nk) and The
Southeast Quarter (SEA) of Section
Twenty-Five (25), Township Eleven
1D North, Range Forty-three (43)
West of the Sixth Principal Meridian,
in Sedgwick County, Colorado.
o. S. HUMBERSTONE.
Sheriff of said County.
Robson & Hendricks.
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
First Pub. June l, 1922.
Last Pub. June %, 1922.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-06-08
JULEsBURG GRTT-ADvOCATE

the Both day of June A. D., 1922, at
the hour of IL 100 o'clock in the fore
noon of said day at the South Front
Door of the County Court House, in
the Town of Julesburg. in Sedgwick
County, Colorado, the following de-
scribed real estate to-wit: The South
west Quarter (SWA) of Section
Twenty-Five (25) in Township Ten
(lO) North, Range Forty-four 90
West of the 9th P. NJ, in Sedgwick
County, Colorado.
o. S. THUNDERSTORM,
Sheriff Of Sedgwick County, Colo.
Pound & Marshall,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
First Pub. June 8, 1922.
Last Pub. June 29, 1922.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-06-08
NOTICE OF sHERIFF'S SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that under,
by virtue of, and in accordance with q
decree of foreclosure, and order of sale
made by the District Court Of Sedg-
wick county, Colorado, on the 25th
day of May A. d. 1922 in an action
therein pending in said court wherein
H. ]. Marshall was plaintiff and A..
D. Fellers, J. r. Shields and Robert
A. Marshall were defendants, which
said decree and order of sale ordered
and commanded me to sell the land de-
scribed in said decree at public auc-
ton, after giving notice of said sale
the same as is given in cases of sale
under execution against land, or to sell
so much thereof as may be necessary
to satisfy the amount due the plain
tiff to-wit: the sum of $2615.97 with
interest thereon, costs of suit and
costs of sale, l will offer for sale at
public auction to the highest bidder
for cash on the 30th day of June A..
d. 1922 at the hour Of 1O:3O o'clock
in the forenoon of said day at the
South Front Door of the County Court
House in the town of Julesburg, in
Sedgwick county, Colorado, the fol-
lowing described real estate to-wit:
Lots and 10, all in Block 10 in the
Town of Ovid, Sedgwick county, Colo
RADIO.
O. S. HUMBERSTONE,
Sheriff of Sedgwck County, Colo.
Pound & Marshall,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
First Pub. June 8, 1922.
Last Pub. June 20, 1922.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-06-08
NOTICES
SUMMONS
State of Colorado

'
County of sedgwcA
IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
No. 861.
A. A. Weston, Plaintiff,
Shack Hardin, if living, and
the Unknown Heirs at Law,
Devisees, Legatees, Exc
cutors, Administrators and
Creditors. if any, Of said
Shack Hardin if he be dead,
and All Persons claiming
by, through or under any of
said Defendants, Defend
ants.
The People of the State of Colo
RADIO,
To the Defendants above named,
Greetings:
You are hereby required to appear
in an action brought against you by
the above named plaintiff, in the Dis
trict Court of the County of Sedgwick,
State of Colorado, and answer the
complaint therein within twenty days
after the service hereof, if you are
served within this county; if served
out of this county, or by publication,
within thirty days after service here
of exclusive of the day of service; or
Judgment by default will be taken
against you according to the prayer Of
the complaint.
If copy of the complaint be not
served upon you herewith, or II SER
vice hereof be made out of the State
of Colorado, ten days additional time
to that above specified shall be allow
ed for your appearance and answer in
said action.
This is an action brought to quiet
the title of said plaintiff to the fol-
lowing described real estate situate in
the County of Sedgwick, State of Colo
RADIO, to-wit: Lots one o., two (2),
three (3), four (4), five (5). and six
(6), in Block numbered seventy-six
(76), in Clarkson's Second Addition
to Denver Junction, now Julesburg,
Colorado; and to secure the follow
ing relief:
That the defendants and each Of
them be required to set forth and as
sert in this action whatever right, tit
lie. interest, claim and demand they
have or claim to have in and to the
above described real estate or any part
thereof, and that it be adjudged and
decreed by this Court that any and all
right, title, interest, claim and demand
of the efendants herein or any of
them in and to the above described
real estate is without any right or
merit whatsoever, and that it be ad-
Judged and decreed by this Court that
said A. A. Weston, plaintiff, is the
owner of the real estate hereinbefore
described, and that the defendants or
any of them have no right, title, es-
tate or interest whatsoever in and to
the real estate hereinbefore described,
and also that the defendants and each
and every one of them be forever de-
barred from asserting any right, title,
claim or interest whatsoever in or to
said real estate adverse to said plain
tiff; and that said plaintiff have such
other and further relief as to the
Court shall seem just and proper, be-
sides the costs of this action.
Witness. Grace L. Rood, Clerk Of
said Court, with the seal thereof here
unto affixed, at office, in the County
of Sedgwick, this 7th day Of Febru-
ary A. D. 1922.
1SEAL) GRACE L. ROOD,
Clerk of District Court.
First Pub. May 25, 1922.
Last Pub. June %, 1922.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-06-08

Therefore, according to said COM
mand, l shall expose for sale, at pub
lie auction, all the right, title and in
terest of the above named John E.
Spelts IN and to the above described
property, on Monday, the 26th day of
June 1922. at 11:0O o'clock A. M. at
the South Front Door of the county
Court House in Julesburg, Sedgwick
County, Colorado.
Dated at Julesburg this 7th day Of
June 1929.
0. S. HUMBERSTONE,
Sheriff of Sedgwick Cohnty.
Coen e. Sauter, Attorneys.
First Pub. June 8, 1929.
Last Pub. June %, 1922.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-06-08

Also two promlssOry notes executed
bv Samuel C. Thomas and Elmer r.
Thomas payable to L. Spells and en-
dorsed by L. Spelts. One of said
notes for principal sum of 100000
and one for principal sum of 100000.
Both notes dated December II, 1919.
Due March 20. 1922 and June 80, 1922
respectively. No payments have been
made on these notes.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-06-08
BEET CIVILIZATIONS NEEDED UNDER
PRESENT CONDITIONS

WHERE IRRIGATION WATER is SCARCE OR BEETS WERE
HAILED, AND FOLLOWING THINNING TIMELY
CIVILIZATIONS WILL MAKE FOR GOOD
The cuvaor should be the popular beet tool at this
stage of the growing sugar beet CROP
Frequent civilizations until the leaves the beet field win
make for larger tonnage.
Where hail hit beets cultivation will help the of
the plants.
The comparative scarcity irrigation reported
Colorado districts makes cultivation there particularly important
Keep surface mulch the beet fields to the moisture
already the ground and to aid the economical dstrbu
ton of irrigation appropriations.
Where the bees rather large for easy thinning
the have been followed by sobakng weather.
vation before thinning will tighten considerably
The rains and favorable beet growing weather have combined
put behind in their thinning
further delay should be permitted There labor
in all districts to complete the thinning in good time
THE GREAT WESTERN SUGAR COMPANY
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1922-06-08
SHERIFF"S SALE

By virtue of a certain writ of exc
cution issued out of the Clerks office
of the District Court of Sedgwick
County and State of Colorado, and to
me directed, whereby / am command
ed to make the sum of Nine Hundred
Twenty-six and 36-10O Dollars ($926.-
36) and costs of suit, the amount of a
certain judgment recently obtained
against John f. Spelts in. favor of
Gustafson and Spencer, corporation
out of the lands, tenements. goods and
chattels of the said John E. Spells. l
have levied on the following property.
to-wit: Accounts payable and notes
receivable to the said John f. Spelts
from the following persons and for
the amounts set opposite their names
as follows: