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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-02-14

beside the surgeon. Connery turned
toward him.
81 sent for you. sir, because you are
the companion OF the man who had
this BERTH
Avery pushed past him. and leaped
forward as he looked past the sur
geon. "What has happened TO Mr..
DorneT'
"You see him as we found him, SIR. +"
Connery stared down nervously beside
him.
Avery leaned inside the curtains
and recoIled. "He's been murdered J"
1T looks so. Mr.. Avery. Yes; II
he's dead. he's certainly been MUIR
dered." Connery agreed. "You can
teIl"-Connery avoided mention OF
President Jarvis name-"tell anyone
who asks you. Mr.. Avery, that you
saw him Just as he was found"
He looked down again at the form
in the berth. and Avery's gaze fol-
lowed his; then. abruptly. IL turned
away. Avery stood cllnging TO the
curtain, his eyes darling from one TO
another OF the three men.
"wiH you start your examination
now. Doctor SlnclairT' COnnery sug-
gested.
The surgeon. before examining the
man In the perth more closely, lifted
the shades from the windows Every
thing about the berth was In place,
undlsturbed: except for the mark OF
the savage blow on the side OF the
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The Blind Mans Eyes

shoulders jerked. and he drew back
insdnctlvely pressing his two clenched
hands against his chest and the pocket
which held President Jarvis order.
The man in the berth was lying on
MS right side facing the aisle: the left
side OF his face was thus expOsed
and IL had been crushed I'm by a VIC
lent blow from some heavy weapon
which, too blunt TO cut the skin and
bring blood, had fractured the cheek
bone and bludgeoned the temIhe. The
proof OF murderOus violence was so
plain that the conductor. as he saw
the face In the light, recoiled with
staring eyes. white with horror.
lie looked up and down the aisle
to assure himself that no one had
entered the car during his examina-
ton; then he carefully drew the cur
tains together again. and hurried to
the forward end OF the car, where he
had left the porter.
Lock the rear door OF the car" he
commanded. "Then come back here. /"
He gave the negro the keys. and
himself waited TO prevent anyone
IRON entering the car at his end.
Looking through the glass Of the door.
he saw the young man Eaton standing
In the vestibule OF the car next ahead
Connery hesltated: then he opened
the door and beckoned Eaton 10 him.
"Will you go forward, please" he
requested, "and see II there isn't n
Doctor"
You mean the man with red hair
In my carp" Eaton inquired.
That's the one"
Eaton started or without asking
any questions. The porter having
locked the rear door OF the car. re
turned and gave Connery back the
keys. Connery Still waited. until Fa-
ton returned with the red-halred man.
He let them In and locked the door
behind them.
"You are a doctorY' Connery ques-
toned the red-haired man.
81 am a surgeon; yes"
That's what's wanted. Doctor"
"Aly name is Sinclair. am Doug
las Sinclair Of Chicago"
Connery nodded. ~ have heard OF
you" He turned then 10 Eaton. 'Do
YOU know where the gentleman is who
belongs to Mr.. Dorne's party?-Avery.
I believe his name Is"
"He IS I'm the observation car" Ea-
ton answered.
"Will you 60 and get hlm7 The car
door is locked The porter will let
you I'm and out. Something serious
has happened hereto Mr.. Dorne.
Get Mr.. Avery. II you can. without
alarming Mr.. Dorne's daughter"
Eaton nodded understanding and
followed the porter. who. taking the
keys again from the conductor, let
him out at the rear door OF the car
and reclosed the door behind him.
Eaton went on into the observation
car.
Without alarming Harriet Dorne. he
got Avery away and out OF the car.
'Is II something wrong with Mr.
Done?' Donald Avery demanded as
Eaton drew back to let Avery pre-
cede him into the open part Of the car
$50 the conductor says"
Avery hurried forward toward the
berth where Connery was standing
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CHAPTER v
The Hand In the Aisle.


The man whose interest in the pas
spnger In Section Three OF the last
sleeper was most definite and under
st.'ndable and, therefore most openly
acute. was Conductor COnnery. Con
merry had passed through the Pullman
several times during the morning, had
seen the hand which hung out into
the aisle from between the curtains ;
but the only definite thought that
came 10 him was that Dorne was a
sound sleeper.
Nearly all the passengers had now
breakfasted. Connery. therefore, took
a seat Ia The diner. hreakfasted lei
surely and after finishing. walked
back through the train. Dorne by
now must be up. and might wish 20
see the conductor.
AS COnnery entered the last sleeper
his gaze fell on the dial OF pointers
which, communicating with the push
buttons in the different berths, tell
the porter which section Is calling him,
and he saw that while all the other
arrows were pointing upward. the ar
row marked 80" was pointing down.
Dorne was M, then-foE this WIS the
arrow denOJing his berth-Or az least
was awake and had recently rung his
ben.
Connery looked in upon the porter,
who was cleaning up the Mushroom.
Section Three's getting upT he
asked.
mo. Mlstah Connery-not yet" the
porter answered.
"What did he ring fory' Connery
looked 10 the dial and the porter
came out OF the Mushroom and looked
az II also.
40 the lan's sake. didn't hear
no ring. Mistah Connery. II mus have
been when / was out on the plat
form"
Answer n. .hen." Connery directed.
As the negro started to obey. Con-
merry followed him into the open car.
He could see over the negro's shout
der the hand sticking out into the
aisle, and this time. az sight OF II,
Connery started violently. n Dorne
had rung. he must have moved; a man
who Is awake does not let his hand
hsng out In the aisle. Yet the hand
had not moved. The long. sensitive
fngers fell In precisely the same posi-
ton as before. stifiiy separated n
little one from another; they had not
chenged their position at all.
"wait" Connery seized the porter
By the arm. ''rll answer II myself"
He dismissed the negro and waited
until he had gone. lie looked about
aud assured himself that the car. ex-
cep; for himself and the man lying
behind the curtains Of Section Three.
was empty. Walking briskly as
though he were carelessly passing up
the sIsle. be brushed hard against the
hand and looked hack. exclaiming an
apology for his carelesSness.
The hand fell hack heavily. inertly.
and resumed its former position and
hung as white and lifeless as before.
No response 10 the apology came from
behind the curtains: the man In the
berth had not reused. Connery rushed
back 20 the curtains and touched the
hand with his fingers. II was cold
He seized the hand and felt Il all
syer; then. gaspine. ne parted the cur
tsins and looked into the berth He
stared bis breath whistled out; his
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-02-14
WILLIAM MacHARG
EDWIN BALMER
Copyright bT Little. Brow, and Company
BASIL SAN1oINE

Gabriel Warden. Neattls capital-
ist. tells his butler &c Is expecting
a caller. 10 be admitted without
question lie informs Dis wife OF
danger that threatens him II he
purEues a course he considers the
only honorable cfe. Warden leaves
the house In his car and meets q
man whom 10 axes into the ma
chine. When re car returns home,
Warden Is f=Ind dead. murdered.
and alone. Fhe caller. a young
man. has ban 40 Wsrden's house.
but leaveF nnohserVed. Rob Con-
merry. conGuctor. receives orders TO
hold trasa Tor a party. Five men
and girl board the train. the
EHsfef1 Express The father OF
the aWl. Mr.. Dorne. is the person
for ~ ON the train was held Philip
- Eaton. young man. also
boarded the train. Dorne tells his
daughter and his secretary. Don
Avery. 20 ind out what they can
concerning him. The two make
Eaton's acquaintance.
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Halls Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in run down condi-
ton viii notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh Is a local disease. u IS greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists OF an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application. and the
Internal Medicine. a Tonic. which assists
IN improving the General Health.
Sold by druggists for over - Years.
F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo. Ohio.
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mans mead. there was no evidence OF
anything unusual. II was self-evident
that, whatever had been the motives
OF the attack. robbery was not one
whoever had struck had done no more
than reach in and deliver his muir
derous blow; then he had gone on.
Sinclair made first an examination
OF the head; completing this. he I'M
buttoned the pajamas upon the chest.
loosened them az the waist and pre-
pared to make his examination OF the
body.
"How long has he been deadg" Con-
merry asked.
"He Is not dead yet. Life Is still
present" Sinclair answered guardedsy.
whether he will live or ever regain
consciousness IS another question"
"One YOU can't answerT
"The blow. as you can see"-Sin-
clair touched the mans face with his
deft finger-tlps-"fell mostly on the
cheek and temple. The cheekbOne Is
fractured. He Is In a complete state
OF coma; and there may be some frac-
ture Of the skull. or course. there Is
some conclusion OF the brain"
Any inference 20 be drawn from this
as TO the seriousness OF the injuries
was plainly beyond Connery. How
long ago was he struck" he asked.
"Some hours. Since midnight. GER
tainly; and longer ago than five
o'clock this morning"
"COuld he have revived half an hour
agO-say within the hour-enough 10
have pressed the button and rung the
bell from his berth?"
Sinclair Strengthened and gazed nj
the conductor curiously. "No. GER
tainly not" he replied. "Tnat Is COM
pletely impossible. Why did you ask?''
Connery avoided answer. But Avery
pushed forward. "What is that?
What's thatY he demanded.
"Will YOU go on with your exami-
nation. Doctor?" Connery urged.
"You said the bell from this berth
rang recentlyw Avery accused Con-
merry.
AAAN iftAAAANA Az AAAE NNHAAA NNAAAs III
dicating a signal from this berth, was
turned down a minute ago" Connery
had TO reply. "a few moments ear
Her all pointers had been set in the
position indicating no call" d.
"That was before you found the
bodyT'
THAT was why went 10 the-berth
yes" Connery replied; that was
before I found the body"
"Then you mean you did not find
the body" Avery charged. Someone.
passing through this car a minute or
so before you, must have found him 7"
COnnery attended without replying.
"And evidently that man dared not
report II and could not wait longer
TO know whether Mr.-Mr. DOrne was
really dead; so he rang the bellr
sought we keep Doctor Sinclair any
longer from the examination, slr?"
Connery now seized Avery's arm In
appeal. ''The first thing for us to
know is whether Mr.. Dorne Is dying.
Isn't"
COnnery checked himself; he had
won his appeal. Eaton, standing qul-
city watchful, observed that Avery's
to accuse now had been
replaced by another interest which
the conductors words had recalled.
Whether the man in the berth was to
live or die-evidently that was mo-
mentously to affect Donald Avery one
way or the other.
"Of course, by all means proceed
with your examination, Doctor"
Avery directed.
As Sinclair again bent over the
body Avery leaned over also; Eaton
gazed down, and Connery-a little
paler than before and with lips tight
" set.
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IfI3E II, FINDS
I S',lSEH02KEAS
tss SUs Tanla La, Re-
, - Strength after "Flu'
g ifs,l ard Ended
S-~acH Trouble.

,,-.- a- .zraiid and =. Tan
sri..-ra strong, vel WON
~ tst friend" is
"a e-sr.stic state
.vz E Jennings Fes'o-
zr,rpe left me
$500 2Iy stomach
arms SO tired
use them ana
ans strength to
EeTt getting
Tr.r.I DO and, as
ln 90 think
aa ever getting
] began taking
feel stronger.
every bottle
1r zoo my house
7 wouldn't
s. Gre house. IL Is
au good drug
bottles sold
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-02-14

that i could hardly
do my work i was
tired all the time.
and dizzy, and could
mot sleep and had no
appetite. l tried diff
| ferent medicines for
years, but they did
not help me. Then
/ read in the papers
about Lydia EPink-
hams We get table
! Compound and what
ar had done for other
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necldedIv Nns

Mr.. HOwell-"Health is better than
wealth." Mrs. Powell-''Not for your
prospective heirs"
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Discovered.

LeOnore-"What is the cause OF so
many divOrcesT' Elizabeth-"Mar-
riages."-Cornell Widow.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-02-14

Never judge what she thinks by
what she says.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-02-14
could HARDLY
DO HER WORK
Lydia E.Pnkham's Vegetable Com
pound Made Her EAT, Sleep
and Feel Better Every Way

Chicago, I'LL was weak and run
Down and In such q nervous condition
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-02-14

"A sound came 70 his ears-a
young girl suddenly crying In
abandon"
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ITO BE coSTINUED1
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-07

1923 official A. T. A. book, and in
such cases the handicap committee
will decide the fair and proper aver
age.
Albert G. Waters of this city. AL
bert L. WINS, of Red Bank, and
Raymond c.. Stryker. of Bound
Brook compose the handicap COM
mittee and this trio will also handi-
cap those who have no official A. T.
A. rating.
Another notable figure in trap
shooting about this section who will
probably attend the local match, is
Adam Schrimpf. Schrimpf recently
won the high scratch prize in the
Monte Carlo Handicap staged by the
Robin Hood Gun Club, at the Staten
Island traps. \
Tomorrow's match will undoubted-
ly be the biggest event of it's kind
ever staged in this section. Many
gunners from this city are expected
to take part and a large crowd of
spectators will witness the fete. AL
bert Waters, local trapshootep, will
enter as one~of Perth Amboy's gun
ners and according to AL, he is going
to give the rest of the contestants a
good go for the money" c. Frank
Disbrow from South Amboy, leading
cross river rifler, is also slated to
compete.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-07
|NGOTS WILL
CLOSE SEASON
Prepare for Final Game of Sc.
rieS With Dupont
Combine

Probably a week from tomorrow
the Raritan Copper works baseball
team will play its final contest of
the season This game will be with
the Dupont nine of Parlin, the de-
Gliding contest Of a three game SER
les and will be played here or at
Parlin.
To date each team has won a
game in the series, Willard Warner
pitching the Ingots to a victory on
the local field, while Buck" Strait
ton turned in a 10-7 victory for
the Parlin representatives on the lat
ter's home grounds last Saturday.
Jay Wallace did the pitching for the
visitors in the second game.
Marty Hurley's Ingot tossers were
entered In the local Industrial league
this summer, and finished second to
the American Smelling & Refining
company nine. The Copper works
team held the lead during the great
err part OF the summer, losing the
lead and the championship as a re-
suit of two setbacks at the hands OF
the State factory nine.
The Copper works participated in
two series this year, outside of the
league games. The South Amboy
p. r. r. Y. NJ. C. A. copied two
straight victories from the locals,
one in this city, a ten inning con-
test, and the second tilt on the
South Amboy grounds. Dupont fur
nished the opposition in the other
series. Hurley booked several other
outside games Q his aggregation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-07
DANVILLE HAS
HONORS COPIED
Will Play in Annual Post Sea.
son Series for League
Honors

Ed "Blackie" Regan's Danville,
Virginia baseball team has just
about cinched honors in the Pied
mont league second half race The
winner of the second half champ
ionship will cross bats with the
Greensboro, N. c. team, the first half
champions, in the annual playoff
series for the league championship.
Danville has exhibited a sensation
al class of ball in the second half
race. Regan's team finished third
in the first half race. staging an ex-
cellent squirt during the last two
weeks Of play.
The Amboy lad has shown great
class with the Danville nine this sea
son. He has performed in center
field and in addition to playing his
position in faultless style, batted
with the leaders and his base-run-
ming vas an added feature. The
Water street resident has a real
chance Of going up in baseball circles
next season.
Teamed up with Regain at Dan
Vile, is Freddy Dorman, of Newark,
a basketball player well known here.
Dorman plays shortstop for DanvilIe,
and also Is fielding and batting in
great style.
Upon his return to this city, Regain
will workout with the basketball
team of Messrs. Lowenkopf and Le-
YIN in preparation for the start of
the court season here. Regan Is
equally as good on the court.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-07

A win yer the Hightstown base
ball team in a Three county league
contest on the Peddie grounds at
H~lghtstown tomorrow afternoon,
will put the Perth Amboys in the
running again for the second half
championship Of this circuit. Bud
dy" Wilson may pitch for the AM
boys.
Hightstown is leading the league
At the present time with four VIC
tories and one defeat. and Freehold
and Barber, are tied for second, both
having won three and lost two. Bash
the first half champions, have won
two games and lost two; Amboy has
won IN and lost two, and Yardville
is last with n victory and four
setbacks.
The Amboys should never have
been beaten by Hghtstown in the
Labor Day game, and local fans sre
confident that with Wilson, Mayo or
Smith, on the hill tomorrow, the
visitors should cop the bacon. jim
my Dooley, Of Elizabeth, is expected
t. handle the pitching assignment
for the Hightstown team.
After suffering the setback at the
hands of Hightstown; the Amboys
went to Freehold and in an exhibit
ion contest, turned the tables on
Freehold by three sensational raj
lies in the seventh, eighth and ninth
innings. Freehold Is without a doubt
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-07

Prepares
For First ENGAGEMENT
With c Ball Team

Art Romer's T~ottenville Aque-
hongas will endeavor to make up
for their holiday trouncing at the
hands of the Dublin Glee Club out
fit, In the contest with the Concord
Tigers of Staten Island on the Tot
Itenville diamond this Sunday after
noon.
The Tottenville players and fans
are a~nxiously waiting for the game
"a week from Sunday between the
Aquehongas and the Perth Amboys,
the first of an annual series. Messrs.
Enrich and Romer of the Aquehon-
ga ball team are determined to win
this contest and following Sundays
engagement with the Tigers, the
lineup to be used in the local game
will be decided upon.
Manager Sheehan's Dublin outfit
won two out of three games from the
Tottenville balltossers, and the Glee
Club representatives also COPIED the
bacon in their first city champion
ship contest with the Amboys. The
second game OF this series will be
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-07
BY BILLY EVANS

- 1@[@L @%N1
CHICAGO-The baseball scandal
Of 1919 will ever remain with kid"
Gleason.
The failure of the White Sox of
1923 no doubt has caused the kid"
to do some -reminescing.
PROFESSIONALLY the White Sex Of
this year are the disappointment of
the American League race. The Sox
are a good ball club, a first division
team, yet during the greater part of
the campaign Gleason's men have
been ioundering around in the sec
ond division, getting nowhere.
Early in the spring while working
in New York I bumped into Catcher
Frank Snyder and Pitcher Jack
Bentley, star performers of the New
York Giants. McGraw's team had
just finished a long spring series
with the Sox, in which the world
champions had been pushed to the
limit to get the edge.
Chicago has a mighty good club
and should be UP there" was the
opinion expressed by the two Giants.
What 1 had seen of the Sox during
spring training in the south caused
me to entertain a similar opinion.
Gleason had a club that would make
trouble.
How Collins Views 1t
Only the other day while talking
TO Eddie Collins as to the failure OF
the Sox to be up there, he re-
marked:
I'VE have been off on the wrong
foot from the very start and have
never hit our stride. l am convinced
that If we had won the ball games
that we deserved TO in that first
series with Cleveland at the opening
of the season it would have made a
lot of difference with our club. All
year it has been a case of no Pitch
ing when we hit the ball. and when
we got the pitching we failed to hit.
That is the answer to all u trou-
bles.'
Getting back to Gleason and the
scandal of 1919. Recently l had the
seat adjoining kids" on a trip
from Boston to New York. The sox
had been roughly treated by the
tail-enders. We had just finished
talking. about Chicago's failure to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-07
COURT PLANS
BEING MADE
Perth Amboys Not to. Enter
Metropolitan League
Start in October

So as to continue giving Saturday
and holiday contests in the New
Brunswick avenue auditorium, and
TO place on the court a quintet made
up of local men, Messrs. Lowenkopf
and Levin of the Perth Amboy bas-
ketball team have rejected the offer
of the officials of the Metropolitan
Basketball League to take the fran
chise of the Brooklyn Professionals.
BY entering the league the Am
boys would play here only on nights
set by the league committee and by
taking the Brooklyn franchise a
majority OF the Professionals players
would come here. Ike Levin is to
do the booking for the local outfit,
Middle West will be brought to the
local court.
The season will be opened the first
or second Saturday OF October, and
plans are being made for the addi-
ton of a special feature in connec-
ton with the opening. An effort will
be made to have Mayor William c.
Wilson throw up the first ball for
the first contest.
All but one of the players to per-
form with the Amboys during the
coming season are in town ready for
the initial practice. Pete Hansen,
bl~ond-haired guard, has returned
from a trip to the California coast
and Ed "Blackie" Regain is expected
back in about.two weeks from Dan
Vile, Va, where he is playing with
the representative nine of that place
in the Piedmont league. The team
will hold its first workout upon the
arrival Of the speed merchant in
town.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-07
REPAIRED
SOUTH ANBOY
Pennsylvania Railroad Y. M.
C. A. Alleys Now in SpIen-
did Condition

SOUTH AMBoY, Sept. 1.-THE
bowling alleys of the local P. R. r.
Y. NJ. c. A. have been rehpished and
are in splendid condition for the
coming season. The alleys have been
open for bowling since Labor Day
and no small number have been
using them in an effort TO shape up
for a strenuous season. Last year
the "Y" had a junior and senior
league. 1t is planned this year to
have both leagues represented by at
least six teams. Aside from this
there will be plenty of time for in
dividual bowling Mr.. Nell, the secre-
tary, advises.
A meeting for the organization OF
the first league will be held in a
short time, possibly within the next
several days. Much interest is al
ready being manifested by those who
follow this sport.
The pocket billiard tables have
been repaired and a tournament will
be arranged, open to every member
of the Y. NJ. G. A. Secretary Nell
invites all persons who are interest
ed in billiards and bowling to hand
their names in and become a mem
Der of the ~" league.