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Idaho County free press., 1923-10-11
0hORCH is APPOINTED
DEPUTY GAME WARDEN

baen nav Ohurch,. of Grangeville, has
bv g. appointed deputy game warden
III '.ale tame Warden r. E. Thomas.
appointment is for three months.
Idaho County free press., 1923-10-11
11crNsEn TO MARRY

Marriage license was issued Iuesuay
in Lewiston to Albert ); SessiDmo' pslIan
Tinnton. Ore, and May M. foii"n'
Grangeville.
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TX


AT Don Connery came 10 his door.
and behind Connery. Eaton saw Har-
riet SantoIne and Avery. Eaton
Jumped up, and as he saw the girls
pale face, the color left his own.
AMiss Santoine has asked TO speak
30 you." Connery announced; and he
admitted Harriet Santoine and Avery.
and himself remaining outside In the
aisie, closed the door upon them.
"How Is your fatherr Eaton asked
he girl.
@He seems just the same; at least,
I can't see any change. Mr.. Eaton"
"Can Doctor Sinclair see any differ.
encey' Eaton asked.
Doctor Sinclair will not commit
himself except to say that so far as
he a tell. the indications are favor.
able. lie seems to think" The girl
chokeh; but when she went on, her
blue Eyes were very bright and her
llps did not trembie. Doctor Sinclair
seems 10 think, Mr.. Eaton, that Fa-
ther WINS found just In time. and that
whatever chance he has for recovery
came fnnm you. Sometimes Father
mad snSnrnia and wouldn't get to
slecft tiil 'ise in the morning: so T.
and Mr.. Avery too-would have left
him rnf,isflrocd until noon. Doctor
Sinclair says that II he had been left
rs Ion rs thst, he would have had no
shancc ~ ~ FAR life"
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they took her from the room and left
him alone again. But there was
something left with him which they
could not take away; for in the
moment he had stood alone with her
and p~assionately pleading. something
had passed between them-he could
give no name to II, but he knew that
Harriet Santolne never could think
Of him again without a stirring OF her
pulses which drew her toward him.
The following morning the relieving
snowplows arrived from the East, and
Eaton felt 1t was the beginning Of
the end for him. He watched from his
window men struggling In the snow
about the forward end of the train /;
then the train moved forward past
the shoveled and trampled snow where
rock and pieces OF the snowplow were
piled beside the track-stopped.
waited finally Ii went on again and
began TO take up It's steady progress.
The attack upon Santoine having
taken place in Montana, Eaton thought
that he would be turned over 10 the
police somewhere within that state,
and he expected 1t would be done at
the first stop; but when the train
slowed at Simons, he saw the town
was nothing more than a little hamlet
beside a side-track. They surely
could not deliver him TO the village
authorities here.
1t made no material difference to
him, Eaton realized. whether the po-
lice took him In Montana or Chi
cago, since In either case recogni-
ton OF him would be certain in the
end but In Chicago this recognition
must be immediate, complete, and ut
terly convincing.
The train was travelling steadily and
faster than It's regular schedule; It
evidently was running as n special,
some other train taking the ordinary
traffic; it halted now only Mt the
largest cities. In the morning Ii
crossed into Minnesota; and in the
late afternoon, slowing, IL rolled into
some large city which Eaton knew
Tvs &c 1AIhltdpOliS VI 81. L dul. liV
car here was uncoupled from the train
and picked up by a switch engine; as
dusk fell, Eaton, peering out Of his
window, could see that they had been
left lying In the railroad yards; and
about midnight, awakening in his
berth, he realized that the car was
still m~otionleSs. He could account
for this stoppage in their progress
only by some change In the condition
Of SantOine. Was Sant0ine sinking,
so that they no longer dared to travel?
Was he, perhaps-dead?
No sounds came TO him from the
car TO confirm Eaton in any con
clusion; there was nothing TO be
learned from anyone outside the car.
Eaton lay for a long time, listening
for other sounds and wondering what
was occurring-or had OcCurred-at
the other end Of his car. Toward
morning he fell asleep.
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financial cha @ If his recent visit
to the Pacific coast was o purely
for personal reasons but was also
TO adjust antagonisms such as charged
by Gabriel Warden before his death,
the loss OF Santoine at this time may
prccipitate troubles which, living, his
advice and Information might have
been able TO prevent
Having read and reread this long
paragraph. Eaton thrust the sheet
out the window. AS he sat think.
ing, with lips tight closed, he heard
for the first time that morning foot.
steps at his end of the car. The
door Of his compartment was un-
locked ana opened, and he saw Doc
tor Sinclair.
mir. Santoine wants 10 speak to
YOU" the surgeon announced quietly.
This startling negation OF all he
imagined, unnerved Eaton. lie
started up, then sank back for bet.
ter composure.
"Mr. Santoine is here, then?"
Here? or course he's here?'
land he's consciouS?"
HE has been conscious for the
better part of two days. Didn't they
tell you?'
Eaton looked toward the window,
breathing hard. heard the news
boys
Sinclair shrugged. The papers
print what they can get and in the
way which seems most effective to
them" was his only comment.
The surgeon led Eaton TO the door
Of the drawing room, showed him in
and left him.
Harriet Santoine was sitting on the
little lounge opposite the berth where
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CHAPTER VllI--Continued.

Eaton had sensed already what the
nature Of the message must be,
though rs the conductor held 1t out
TO him he could read only his name
at the top Of the sheet and did not
know yet what the actual wording
was below. Acceptance Of 1t must
mean arrest, Indictment for the
crime against Basil Santoine; and
that, whether or not he later was ac-
quilted, must destroy him; but denial
of the message now would be hope
less.
1T Is yours, isn't it," Connery
urged.
YES; It's mine," Eaton admitted /;
and 10 make his acceptance definite,
he took the paper from Connery. AS
he looked duly down at it, he read 4:
lie is on your train under the
name of Dorne."
2he message was not signed.
ConneTy touched him on the shout
der. Come with me, Mr.. Eaton"
Eaton got up slowly and mechan-
ically and followed the conductor. At
the door he halted and looked back /:
Harriet Santoine was not looking /;
her face was covered with her hands !:
Eaton hesitated; then he went on.
Connery threw open the door of the
compartment next TO the Mushroom
and corresponding to the drawing
room ar the other end Of the car, but
smaller.
You'll do we'll enough In here"
lie closed the door upon Eaton and
locked II. AS Eaton stood staring at
the floor. he could hear through the
mc..l partition of the Mushroom the
ger, JUS, almost hysterical weeping of
aga oycys!ralned girl. The thing was
done, in so far as the authorities on
sthe train were concerned, 1t was
sknoaq that he was the man who had
Ihp5 The appointment with Gabriel
Warlen and had disappeared; and in
sc TAR as the train officials could act,-
he was accused and confined for the
attack upon Basil Santoine. But. be-
sides being overwhelmed with the hor-
ror OF this position. the manner N
which he had been accused had
reused him to helpless anger, to rage
Il his accusers which still increased
as he heard the sounds on the other
side Of the partition. where Avery "a
now trying to silence Harriet San,
tome and lead her away. rfl
H -
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CHAPTER x
Publicity Not Wanted.

Basil Santoine dying! Blind mil
lionaire lawyer taken i'll on train !"
The alarm of the cry came to
answer Eaton's question early the next
morning He threw up the curtain
n saw n vagrant newsboy. evidently
passing through the railroad yards
TO sell to the tralnmen. Eaton, hail
ing the boy put out his hand for a
paper. He spread the news-sheet be-
fore him and read that Santolne's con-
dition was very low and becoming
rapidly worse. But below, under a
Montana date-line. Eaton saw it pro-
claimed that the blind millionaire was
merely sick there was no suggestion
anywhere Of an attack. The paper
stated only that Basil Santoine, re-
turning from Seattle with his daugh.
ter and his secretary. Donald Avery.
had been taken seriously i'll upon n
train which had been stalled for two
days in the snow in Montana. Tie
column ended with the statement that
Mr.. Santoine had passed through
Minneapolis and gone on to Chicago
under care of DR.. Douglas Sinclair.
Eaton stared at the newspaper with
out reading, after he saw that. He
had not realized, until now that he
was told that Harriet Santoine had
gone-fOr If her father had gone on.
of course she was with hlm-the ex-
tent to which he had felt her fair
ness, almost her friendship to him. AT
least, he knew now that, since she had
spoken to him after he was first ac-
cused Of the attack on her father,
he had not felt entirely deserted or
friendless till now.
But why, IL Santoine had been
taken away, or IA dead or dying.
had they left Eaton all night In the
car In the yards? Since Santolne was
dying. would there be any longer an
| object In concealing the fact that he
had been murdered?
He dressed and then paced back
and forth the two or three steps his
compartment allowed him. He
stopped now apd then TO listen; from
outside came the noises OF the yard /;
but he made out no sound within the
car. IL II had been occupied as on
the days previous, lie must have heard
some n coming TO the Mushroom at
his end. Was he alone In the car
now, or had the customary moving
about taken place before he awoke?
Finally. 10 free himself from his
nervous listening for sounds which
never came. he picked up the paper
again. He read:
The news OF Mr.. Santoine's visit
Of q week on the Coast, II not known
already In great financial circles. Is
likely 10 prove interesting there. For
years he has been the chile. agent
n keeping peace among some OF the
great conflicting interests. and more
than once he has advised the declar
Ing OF financial war when war seemed
10 him the correct solution. Thus.
five years ago. when the violent death
of Matthew Latrun threatened To pre-
'ipitate trouble among western
capitalists. SantoiTr kept order II
hat might cry we'll become
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ale has a chance, then, now?"

"Yes; but we don't know how much.
II wanted you to know, Mr.. Eaton,
that l recogniZe-that the chance Fa-
Their may have came through you, and
that l am trying TO think OF you as
the one who gave him the chance"
The warm blood flooded Eaton's
face, and he bowed his head. She,
then, was not wholly hostile TO him (;
she had not been completely on
vinced by Avery.
Her eyes rested upon Eaton stead
lily and while he had been appealing
TO her, a flush had come 10 her cheeks
and faded away and come again and
again with her impulses as he spoke.
IF you didn't do II, why don't you
help us?' she cried.
Help your"
Eyes; tell us who you are and what
you are doing? Why did you take the
train because Father was on 1t, If you
didn't mean any harm TO him? Why
don't you tell us where you are going
or where you have been or what you
have been doing2 Why can't you give
the name OF anybody you know or tell
us Of anyone who knows about your"
II might ask you I'm return" Eaton
said, why you thought II worth while,
Miss Santoine, TO ask so much about
myself when you first met me and
before any Of this had happened?
Why were you curious about me?"
my father asked me TO find out
about YOU"
"Why?"
Harriet had redeemed under Eaton's
gaze. "You understand, Mr.. Eaton, ii
was-was entirely impersonal with
me. My father, being blind, is obliged
to use the eyes OF others-mine, for
one; and he has Mr.. Avery. He calls
us his eyes, sometimes; and 1t was
only-only because ] had been COM
misSloned to find out about you that
| was obliged to show SO much
curiosity"
Harriet arose, and Eaton got up as
she did and stood as she went toward
the door.
Avery had reached the door. hold
ing ii open for her TO go out. Sudden
~ Eaton tore the handle from Avery's
grasp. slammed the door shut upon
him and braced his foot against It.
Miss S%antoine," he pleaded, his
voice hoarsc with his emotion. "for
Gods sake, make them think what
they are doing before they make a
public accusation against m%e-before
they charge me with this to others
not on this trainl 1t will not be
merely accusation they make against
met will be my sentence! l shall
be sentenced before | am trIed-con-
demned without a chance to defend
myself! That Is the reason | could
not come forward after the murder
Of Mr.. Warden. / could not have
helped him-Or aided In the pursuit
Of his enemies-if had appeared; /
merely would have been destroyed
myself! The only thing / could hope
to accomplish has been In following
my present cOurse-which, I swear
to you, has no connection with the
attack upon your father. What Mr..
Avery and C0nnery are planning to
do TO me. they cannot undo. They
will merely complete the outrage and
injustice already done me-of which
MIR. Warden spoke to his wife-and
they will not help your father. For
Gods sake. keep them from going
further"
Her color deepened, and for an In
slant. he thought he saw full belief In
him growing In her eyes; but IL she
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Harriet Santcine Was Sitting on tho
Little Lounge Opposite the Berth
Where Her Father Lay.

her father lay. She was watching
the face Of her father, and as Eaton
stood in the door, he saw her lean
forward and gently touch her fathers
hand; then she turned and saw Eaton.
Here is Mr.. Eaton, Father" she
said.
"Sit down." Santoine directed.
The blind man was very weak and
must stay quite still; and he recOg-
nized IT; but he knew too that his
strength was more than equal to the
task OF recovery, and he showed that
lie knew IT.. His mind and will were,
obviously, at their full activity, and
he had fully his sense Of hearing.
Harriet's lips trembled as she
turned to Eaton; but she did not
speak directly Il him yet; it was
Basil S~antOine who suddenly inquired:
What Is 1t they call your"
MY name Is Philip ID. Eaton"
Eaton realized as sOOn as he had
spoken that both question and answer
had been unnecessary, and SantOine
had ~sked only to hear EatOn's voice.
The blind mar was silent for a
moment, as he seemed to consider
place 1t in his memories. Then he
spoke to his daughter.
Describe him, Harriet"
Harriet paled and flushed.
nALn,t xbI,t- y che .n.l % 49,
rather than over that. Six feet or
a little more in height. Slender, but
muscular and athletic. Skin and eyes
clear and with n look Of health. Com
plexion naturally rather fair. but
darkened by being outdoors a good
deal. Hair dark brown, straight and
parted at the side. Smooth shaver.
Eyes %blue-gray. with straight lasheS.
Eyebrows straight and dark. Fore
head smooth, broad and intelligent.
Nose straight and neither short nor
long; nostrils delicate. Mouth straight,
with lips neither thin nor full. Chin
neither square Tor pointed. and with.
out a cleft. Face and head, In gem
eral. Of oval AnglO-American type"
go on" said Santoine.
Harriet was breathing quickly.
Hands well shaped. strong but with
out sign Of manual labor: nails cared
for but not polished. Gray business
suit. new. Soft-bosomed shirt Of plain
design with soft cuffs. Medium
height rundown white linen collar.
Four-in-hand tie. tied by himself.
Black shoes. No jewelry except
watch.chain."
"In g%eneral?" SantOine suggested.
"In general. apparently well- edu-
ated. well-bred. Intelligent young
American. Expression frank. Manner
self-controlied and reserved. Seems
sometimes younger than he must he,
sometimes older. Something has
happened at some time which has
had a great effect and can't. be for.
-otten."
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"DESCRIBE HIM"

Gabriel Warden, Seattle capital
list, tells his butler he is expecting
a caller, to be admitted without
question. He informs his wife Of
danger that threatens him IL he
pursues a course he considers the
only honorable one. Warden leaves
the house in his car and meets n
man whom he takes into the ma
chine. When the a returns home.
Warden is found dead, murdered.
and alone. The caller, a young
man, has been at Warden's house,
but leaves unobserVed. Bob Con-
merry, conductor, receives orders TO
hold train for a party. Five men
and a girl board the train, the
eastern express. The father OF the
girl, Mr.. Dorne. is the person for
whom the train was held. Philip
ID. Eaton, "a young man, also
boarded the train. Dorne tells his
daughter and his secretary, Don
Avery, TO find out what they can
concerning him. The two make
Eaton's acquaintance. Dorne is
found nearly dead from a murder
u assault. A surgeon operates.
Dorne is revealed as Basil San
tome. blind, and a power in the
financial world as the adviser OF
big interests" Eaton is suspected
and questioned. He refuses lnfor-.
nation about himself and admits het
vas the caller at Warden's house.
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could not accept the charge agains
him, neither could she consciously
deny II, and the hands she had been
pressing together suddenly dropped.
I'm afraid ncthing l could say
would have much effect on t;iem
knowing ms little about-about you
as / dol"
They dashed the. door open then
sllenccd and overwhelmed him: and
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"t understand; Of course
Hugh! Out you-you're here!
In his house!"

cTo BE C~oNTINUEpl
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her father lay. She was watching
the face Of her father, and as Eaton
stood in the door, he saw her lean
forward and gently touch her fathers
hand; then she turned and saw Eaton.
Here is Mr.. Eaton, Father" she
caiJ
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-02

Nancy and Nick had lots Of fun
helping the Scrap-Picture Shepherdess
on her pretty little farm.
Nick MIXED the cows and Nancy
gathered the eggs and fed the pigs and
helped to watch the sheep.
They felt ever SO much better after
their exercise, and the pain they had
gotten from eating too many goodies
disappeared altogether.
snow I'll tell you the way to the
Cut Out Lady's house." said the Shop
herdess.
She led them to the little gate
where they had entered-for do no,
forget, my dears, that the farm of
the little Shepherdess was completely
inside of large Easter-egg-the kind
you look into and see things. Well,
that's where the farm was and Nancy
and Nick had to make themselves ever
so tiny to get into it, by making a
wish with their magic shoes.
go to the right as far as you can
see, then one turn Il the left" said
the Shepherdess, "and you'll come to
the Mullins man house. He'll tell you
which way to go after that. Goodby
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-02

and thanks ever so much for helping
me-"
The Twins said goodby and started
off. But this time they shut their
eyes when they passed the lolly-por
field and the chocolate-bud bushes and
the popcorn stalks.
They went just as far as the Scrap
Picture Shepherdess told them and
then turned to the left. And there.
sure enough, was the Muffin Mans
house.
Hello there-who are your" he
cried out when he saw them. He was
busting some pulverized sugar over
some newly baked hot buns.
I'VE are Nancy and Nick" said
Nancy, land we've come to ask you
our way"
I'll tell you gladly" said the
Muffin Man. But wait a minute. /
see someone coming so must sing. :"
And he began:
Hot cross buns, hot cross buns,
One penny, two penny,
Hot cross buns.
If you have no daughters,
Feed them to your sons.
One a penny, two penny,
Hot cross buns !"
.(To Be Continued.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-02
Drawings By Leslie Elton
Story by Hal Cochran

As the first Peppermint Then
Tay handle the Choco
Pot This of
rs that the the Peppermnts their chocolate oeoas?" he
asked why replied Caramel. little
candies had under line waiting
for the of the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-12-29
PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that the
city cesspool located at the gravel pit
Doughty Road and Washington avenue. Is
completed and ready for use. Permits
pools from the undersigned. Al persons
falling TO do so will be prosecuted.
W. J. HUDSON,
health Inspector Of Pleassptviile.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-12-29
RICHARD LLOYD N
SAYS &c.
Truth Never Hides in Shadows

Folks are facts. All fairminded men see all men as such. No man
is without faults or virtue. To use and cultivate the best in men is
the just mans unfailing endeavor.
The microscope has its uses, but its lens is a poor window through
which to survey life. 1t magnifes the minimum. 1t is the telescope
that makes you feel the bigness of the universal things. You would
think yourself ridculousy powerful and important If the microscope
were your only outlook. You would feel lamentably little we're the
telescope your eye. 1t Is by using both that you find your fair place.
1t is the long view and the broad view that cures the pettiness Of
provincialsm. Culture may be incumbered with limitations. 1t Is the
product of schooling. Intelligence is acquired through experience.
The back yard is a good breeding ground of gossip, because it's
horizon is narrowed by combining fences.
The prejudiced mind seeks favor rather than fairness. 1t will wish
its friend well, its enemy harm. The fair mind will help to right what
ever is wrong. Just men do not confne their appreciation to personal
friends; they become strong because they recognize the strength of
those with whom they have nothing in common, and of those who are
acknowledged enemies.
1t is only the snob who assumes that the rest OF The world is inferior
and foolish. The fairminded man holds but does not obtrude his
religion or his politics.
He is not a true Christian who would either believe or wish that a
just God would condemn any der of good who held to a different faith
or philosophy of gentleness. generosity and justice. The Christ taught
us no such unfairness.
The farminded man never prostitutes his honor for business profit;
he makes his patriotism a part of his religion, and by honoring himself
with a thoughtful respect, he learns to be a well wisher of all men.
Copyright. 1923, by Richard Lloyd Jones