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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-05-31

GHERIFF'S SALE-Bv virtue OF
y writ of g. Ito me directed issued out OF
the Court of ChaDcery OF the State of New Jersey
will be exposed to sale at public vendue, on
MONDAY, the 4TH DAY Of JUNE. 1923,
between the hours of IL O'Clock and O'Clock
In the afternoon OF said day,
at the Court House in the Borough Of
10 satisfy a decree Of said Court amount
ing to approximately 81 ,6S2 90.
All that certain lot, tract or pareelof land
aud premises. hereinafter particularly describ-
OF shrewsbury In the County of Monmouth
and State of New Jersey, on the westerly side
of the Main road from Eatcntown to Haniii-
ton formerly Shark River Village.)
Beginning stone on the westerly side Of
said road at the southeast corner of lot of
land sold by Robert Watdell to Benjamin Ben
utes west i6 chains and % links to a stone:
thence (z) south 10 degrees aud IS minutes east
8 chains nd 20 links to the north side OF the
new road; thence I'd north IS degrees east II
chains and n minutes 10 the aforesaid road 70
Eaton own. hence ca along the same north
u degrees and As minutes east 10 chains an
"a 1iuks to the place of beginning, containi
Eleven and ninety-four one hundredths of
acre more or less.
Excepting and reserving therefrom, All that
certain lot or parcel of land, situate, lying aud
being in the Township OF Shrewsbury, be-
ginning in the middle of the road leadingfrom
Eatontown to Hamilton formerly Shark
River vil1age) at stake opposite Benjamin
Kings store formerly said stake being the
south east corner Of the whole tract of which
thisis a part; thence (i) chains and seventy
links to stake; thence (7l north II degrees
west, chain and 65 links; thence e. north
IS degrees chains and az links to the middle
of the aforesaid road; thence "a along the
middle of said road south 10 degrees and as
minutes west chain and 81 links to the place
of Beginning, containing One Acre. strict
nj easure.
Also executing and reserving all the land
lying on the north side of Asbury avenue, con-
taIninq more or less, which was formerly
part of the whole tract of Eleven 94-Ioo acres.
Seized as the property of Walter D. Brya MT
taken in execution at the suit ofs Lillian
Sachs, and to be sold by
WALTER H. GRAVATT. Sheriff.
Dated May d. 1928
DAVID LIsNow, Solicitor. $3.50
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-05-31

! GHERIFF'S SALE-By virtue of a
b6writ of f. ia. to me directed, issued out OF
the Court Of chancery of the State OF New Jer-
sey.wi1i be exposed to sale at public vendue. GA
MONDAY, the a5th DAY Of JUNE. 1895
between the hours of Ia O'Clock aud O'Clock.
lat One O'Clock, Daylight Saving
time) in the afternoon OF said day,
at the Court House in the Borough Of Free
hold, County of Monmouth New Jersey to sat
isfy decree of said Court, amounting to
approximately $7.83Soo.
All that certain tract parcel of land, situate
lying and being in the Township OF Ocean.
in the County of Monmouth and State of New
Jersey, at Scabright.
Beginning at point on the South Shrews-
bury River on the bSrndsry Try, between e me
beth F. Calef, which point is the center of
the westerly boundary Of lot known and
tain map known as IA Map of albright" a
copy of which was duly flci in the Office of
the Clerk of Monmouth County, at Freehold,
New Jersey, on thci8th of January, A. d., 1870,
and running thence ~ easteriy along said
boundary lineto point where said boundary
line is infcrsected by the center line Of the
right of way OF rhe New Jersey Southern Rail
road Company; thence (7) III northerly di-
rection along the centsr line OF said right OF
way, ftyeight feet; thence 81 again in an
-easterly direction, two hundred and twenty
feet more or less to the high water mark of
the Atlantic Ocean, at a point distant north
erly, forty-three feet more or less, from the
the aforesaid boundary line between the land
of Nellie Laidlaw and the land OF Elizabeth F.
CaIef with the high water mark Of the
Atlantic Ocean; thence (4) again in north
er1y direction along the high water mark OF
the Atlantic Ocean, one hundred and thirty
two feet more or less to the souther1y boun-
Diary line OF lot No. 81 on the aforesaid map;
thence( 5)westerly along the said southerly boua-
Diary line oflot No. 81 of Seabright, and parallel
with the first course, named u the South
Shrewsbury River; thence (6) southerly along
the shore Of said River, one hundred and sew
enty-fve feet to the point or place of begin
ming; excepting and reservirg out Of said plot
of land strip sixty feet in width running
across the same, one hundred and seventeen
feet more or less from the nottherly line of
said land and'thirty feet in width for the re-
naming ifty-eight, half of strip forth last
dfty-eight feat being contained in land OF
the aforesaid Elizabeth F. Calef, the whole OF
the above described strip being laid down on
the aforesaid map and used aud occupied by
the New Jersey Southern Railroad Company,
its successors or assigns. aud also strip
sixly-six feet in width the same Is opened
and used for public road or turnpike; to-
gether with all the riparian rights that said
party of the first part has In aud to the South
Shrewsbury River and Atlantic Ocean adj
Joining and contiguous to the premises
herein before described.
Seized as the property OF Ciztlla Jcllinek ct
ais, taken in execution at the suit OF Helen
G. Sah1er and to be sold by
WALTER H. GRAvATT, Sheriff.
Dated May 49, 1928.
Lum. Tambiyn & celysr, Solicitors. 1854
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-05-31

"A man who has done great deal
Of literary work has found it most
excellent rule to turn aside, If pos
possible, even in the midst Of an abb
sorbing task, for the purpose of
looking up at the moment any refer
ence that touches his curiosity. At
times the curiosity can be satisfied
by a moments reading; If more Is
required, it is easy to make note
and return to the matter at leisure;
but often it will be found a fatal err
ror to put aside question without
jotting down some memorandum.
The time to fix fact in memory is
when that fact is first introduced to
the mind and the interest in 1t 10
keenest- IA
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-05-31

How sleep the brave who sink to rest
BY all their country's wishes blestt
When Spring, with dewy .fngers cold,
Returns to deck their. hailowed mould
She there shall dress q sweeter sod
Than FAncy's feet have ever trod.
BY fairy hands their knell is rung;
BY forms unseen their dirge is sung,
There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf that wraps their
clay;
And Freedoza shall awhile repair
To dwell a weeping hermit there.
-William Collins.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-05-31
LAST BATTLE or GREAT WAR
Final Conflict Between the States
Took Place in Texas on Spot
Which lie Historic.

The war between the Northern and
Southern states practically ended with
the surrender of General Lee at APP
pomattox on April 8, 1855, although
several other Confederate leaders car
ried on the conflict for some time
after Lees surrender. Seventeen days
after Lees final defeat, Johnston sur
rendered his shattered forces at Dur
ham, N. G.
The final battle" however, was
fought at Palmito ranch. in Texas, on
the site where, 10 years before, Gen
erai Taylor with 1900 Americans had
defeated Arista's 5000 Mexicans in
the first conflict of the war between
the United States and Mexico. Thir-
teen days later Gen Kirby Smith sur
rendered the last Confederate army in
Texas, and the war was over.
The battle at Palmito ranch brought
to close the hostilities between the
North and South, but the legal
termination of the war has long been
a subject In dispute The United
States Supreme court has been called
upon several times to mark the legal
termination of the war, but in various
decisions Ringing on this point differ
ent dates have been given. The United
States government decided that the
conflict closed on the LIST Of June,
1885, but that is only an arbitrary
date, without special significance,
adopted for the sake of convenience.
On another occasion, a few years
after the war, the United States con-
gress decided officially that the war
ended on August 20, 1855.
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Sentence Sermons.

Conceit deceiyes only its owner.
No man ascends above his ideals.
Every mans life depends on the
size of his god.
No man has any rights that lead
others wrong.
The man who has no piety to spare
has none to save
1t is easy to mistake self-approba-
ton for reformation.
All the stiffness in a mans neck is
taken out of his back.
Piety adopted because it pays costs
more than it is worth
1t is always safe to idealize the real
II you realize the ideal.
A life is holy in the measure that
it makes lives really happy.
Resources for tomorrow depend on
reserves made today.
The best proof of a great religion
is its use on small occasions.
The only way to digest a good SER
mon is to do what 1t suggests.
The pessimist always puts his best
corns forward in crowd.
Some folks try to get rid of mans
faults by advertising them.
You can never express the factor OF
man in terms of the dust alone.
Every man knows just how to play
the game until he goes to the bat.
This would be a dreary world to
some If their neighbors were all good.
Faith is always foolish to those who
have their eyes in the feed trough.
Making old men out of boys often
means making bad men out of them.
A sunny disposition does not come
by talking moonshine about sunshine.
Work for folks you do not like is
good training in a heavenly DISPOSE
ton.
The most comforting truths we
know have become ours when seen
through tears.
Any one can understand the divine
love when it is in terms of human
kindness.
He must be shortsighted who thinks
he Is lifting himself by turning up his
nose at others.
1t is not necessary to rake over
mans reputation before you begin to
SOW the seeds of kindness.
Some men think they are faithfnr
because they would rather fight for
old forms than face new facts.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-05-31
along the French front, and one is in

along the French front, and one is In
Genoa and one in Salonica.
There were more than 200 young
Americans in the Lafayette escadrille.
Long before the United States entered
the World war these pioneers crossed
the ocean and gave their youth to the
cause of France. Their record of hero
ism and self-sacrificeSof instant reaili-
ness to face superior odds. their de-
light in service and their joyous verve
in the face of death have made the
name of the squadron as immortal In
all allied countries as it was feared
by the German troops.
The project cost $4,000, which was
quickly subscribed.
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Notelets.

Too much sugar ruins a canary's
voice.
Only six persons in 1000 live to
be 75.
New York consumes ten tons Of
salt daily.
Russia has the fewest doctors Of
any civilized country.
In India people believe that ele-
plants have 8 religion and god.
White horses are net used in war
fare because they make too good q
target.
II the atmosphere did not warm
the earth like blanket the tempera-
ture everywhere would Do 400 de-
grees helow zero. "a ass
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-05-31

4 physician writes of the effect OF
Ilpndor's smoky atmosphere upon the
human lungs: "The coal miners lung
d black, the lung Of the Eskimo is
pearfy white, the lung of the Londoner
q rich gray. Natural selection evolves
beings adapted to meet all sorts OF
natural circumstances-amo which
. carbon-laden atmosphere is not in
ciuded. Such an atmosphere Is pro-
duct OF mans own stupidity and nature
has had no chance of protecting MIN
against Its consequences
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-05-31
Face to the East!

Face to the East it seenss grim jest,
For this is to honor the lads who
went west.
Face to the Eastl stop thestrafic and
noise.
The moment is sacred, itsbelongs to
the boys.
Face to the Eastl banksr,,farmer and
clerk,
Every rank, all conditions, stop both
play and work.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-05-31

Face to the Easti This moments for
them,
Our gay laughing boys who died, aye.
like men.
Face to the Easti and murmur a
prayer,
For the lads who forever have gone
''Over There"
Face to the EastI While Mem'ry en-
wraps
Her dear arms around us. Now,
Buglerl sound "tsps."
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and steps are slow; the blue line is
short and thin and broken by many
gaps; in few more years, 1t will be
memory. But while freedom lasts,
it will be a sacred memory, for in
saving the unity of nation those lads
saved the liberties of world. Gettys-
burg made Chateau-Thierry possible,
the Wilderness was forerunner to the
Argonne, Appomattox prelude to the
armistice. Chicago Tribune.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-05-31

While in 1866 there were IS species
Of hummingblrds in Trinidad there
axs now only about FIVE.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-05-31

TO THE men of 81 and to
the rnesacf rs ms we'll as to
the men who served in the war
of 1898 wei pause to do equal
and impartial homage. All have
upheld the spirit Of the repub-
lie; all have done their wonder
fui best to make our natien full
fill thetideal of the poets
Jealous, yet modest, fnnssent,
though free,
Patient of toi1, serene azuldst
alRrmsg
Inaexfble In faith, invincibie In
arms.
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GHERIFF'S SALE-Bv virtue OF
- writ of e. fa.sto me directed issued out OF
the Court of Chancery Of the State of New Jersey
will be exposed TO sale at public vendue, on
Evening star., 1923-12-04

with the man who tomorrow-no, to-
oay-would be in the hands of the
poiice charged with murder. Moth
ing TO bring to light Lannon's private
anairs, for nothing bearing Lannon'S
signature had ever been kept: II was
Tor, at least. they could never make
John Bruce talk
There was q strange relief upon
MN, strange uplift; not only for
Lannon'S sake but for his own. The
ilnk that had bound him to the pnst
was gone, broken, dissolved. He
stood free--for the little time that
was left; he stood free--to make a
IreSh start in the narrow confines OF
a prison cell. He smiled grimly
Ihere was no irony here where 1t
seemed an OF irony. 1t meant every
ment he could make.
He switched off the light, left his
room and went down to the desk
Here he consulted the directory. He
requested the clerk to procure u taxi
for him.
1t was five minutes after by the
clock over the desk
he entered the taxi and gave the
chauffeur the address. He was un-
conscious OF emotion now. He knew
only cold. fixed, mereiless purpose.
He was going to Kill Crang.
11e taxi stopped In front of a
frame house that bore a dirty brass
nameplate. He dismissed the taxi and
mounted the steps. Hts right hand
rang the bell, and obtaining no re-
sponse. rang agaiu-and after that
insiStently
The door was finally opened by an
old woman. evidently aroused from
bed. for she clutched tightly M a
dressing fhat i
her shoulders.
Il want to see DR.. Crang." said
John Bruce.
She shook her head.
The doctor isn't in she answered
Il will wait for him." said John
Bruce.
Again she shook her head.
don't know when he will bc
back. He hasn't been here since yes
terday morning"
~ win r-a'- Fo- hin, saifI robp
Bruce monotonously
John Bruce brushed his way pas.
her into the hall.
II will wait for him" he repeated
door was open off the hallway
John Bruce looked in. 1t was OBJ
viously DR.. Crang's office. He went
in and sat down by the window.
The woman stood for long time
in the doorway watching him. Final
ly she went away.
John Bruce's mind was coldly logi-
cal Craug was not aware that his
escape was known to any one except
Claire. and he had been cunning
enough to keep under cover. That
was why he had not been home. But
he would be home before he went out
to be married. Even a man like
Crang would have a few preparations
to make.
John Bruce sat by the window. oc-
casionaliy the old woman came and
Evening star., 1923-12-04

stood in the doorway-and went away
again.
There was no sign of Crang.
At hfteen minutes of John Bruce
rose from his chair and left the
house.
He was. to be at Paul Veniza's at
g." said John Bruce to himself, with
cool precision.
CHAPTER xxIII.
The Best Man.
Hawkins sat at the table in his
room and twined and twined one old
stormbeaten hand over the other.
For hours he had sat like that. It
was light In the room now. for It was
long after z o'clock. His bed had not
been slept in. He was dressed in his
shiny best suit; he wore his frayed
black cravat. He had been dressed
| like that since midnight: since he had
returned home after Claire had fed
into her house. and John Bruce had
strode by him on the sidewalk with
set, stony face and unseeing eyes;
since, on reaching his room here. ne
had found a note whose signature
was false because 1t read Paul
Veniza," when he knew that 1t came
from Crang. Crang was taking pre-
, cautions that his return should not
leak out! The note only corroborated
/ He was to be. at Paul Veniza's at S
o'clock with the travelling pawnshop.
The note had said nothing about
any marriage: but. then, he knew.
He was TO be the best man. And so
had dressed himself After that he
wait VI
The first" said Hawkins, with
grave confidence to the cracked mir-
ror. Yes. that's 1.-THE first in line.
because / am her old father, and
His own voice seemed to arouse
him. He stared around the sha bby
room that WAS his home. his eyes
lingering with strange wistfuiness on
each old battered and long familiar
object-and then suddenly. with 4
choking cry, his head went down.
buried In his arms outtiung across
the table.
"Pawned!" the old man cried
brokenl y; It's twenty years ago l
pawned her-twenty years ago, And
it's come to this Observation-Disclosures
amt never redeemed her-but, OH
God. / love her-I love my little girl
-and-and she amt never going to
know how much"
His voice died away. In its place
the asthmatic gas jet spat venomous
defiance ut the daylight that was so
contumaciously deriding its puny
flame.
And after little while Hawkins
raised his head. He looked at his
watch.
Its time to CO." said Hawkins
and cleared his throat.
Hawkins picked up his hat and
brushed il carefully with his coat
sleeve: his shoulders. and such of his
attire as he could reach he brushed
with his hands: he readjusted his
frayed black crayat before the
cracked mirror.
I'm the best man." said Hawkins
Obiivious to the clattering gas jet,
! he descended the stairs. and went out
TO the shed in the rear that housed
the travelling pawnshop.
THE first in line" said the old cab
driver. as he elm bed into the seat
Five minutes later he drew up in
front OF the one-time pawnShop. He
consulted his watch as he got down
from his seat and entered the house.
Evening star., 1923-12-04

| 1t was twenty-five minutes Of 8.
He twisted his hat awkwardly in
his hands, as he entered the rear
room. He felt a sudden, wild rush of
hope hope spring up within him because
then the hope died. He was early:
| and, besides, Claire had her hat on
and was dressed to go out. Paul
Veniza. also dressed. lay on the cot.
No one spoke.
Then Paul veniza's frame was
racked with At Of coughing, and out
Hawkins in silent agony-and then he
turned his head away.
Hawkins twisted at his hat
Il came a little early" he said,
:: Wistfully. because ] thought mabbe
you might-that mabbe there might
be some cha:nse-that mabbe you
He stopped. He was looking at
Claire. Her face was very white, too.
Her smile seemed to cut at his heart
NO. Hawkins" she said in low
going to staten Island. You will
| drive DIR. Crang. There Is a Limousine
| coming for father and me. that will
be more comfortable for father
Hawkins. eyes went to the floor.
f, change" he said.
Il know you didn't, Hawkins. But
but am trying to be practical"
Her voice broke little in spite of
herself. "Dr. crang doesn't know
night or that you know anything
about the arrangements. $50 / am
explaining them to you now"
Hawkins eyes were stlll on the
floor
Amt there nothing"-his voice
: was thick and husky--"ain't there
nothing in all the world that any Of
US can DO to make you change your
mind? Claire. ain't there nothing,
nothing at all? John Bruce said
Bruce, but
Don't, Hawkins." she cried out
pitifully.
The old shoulders came slowly up.
eyes were of sudden strangely flint
! like.
'T've got to know" said Hawkins,
in a dead. stubborn way.
There Is nothing" she answered.
He spoke now without lifting them.
"Then-then its-it's like saying
goodbye" no said. and the broken
note was back again in his voice.
'It's-its so many years that mabbe
a little girl. and Before you grew up.
and--and were too big for that, IL
used TO hold you In my arms. and you
! used to put your little arms around
! my neck, and kiss me. and-and you
used to say that-Hawkins would
never let the bugaboos get you. and
I and I wonder if-if.--''
! .Oh. Hawkins" Claire's eyes were
full Of tears IT remember. Dear.
dear Hawkins. And I used TO call
you Daddy Hawkins. Do you remem-
ber?"
a tear found furrow and trickle d
down the old weatherbeaten face un-
checked. as Hawkins raised his head.
Claire. Claire" His voice trem-
bled in its yearning. "Wiil-will you
say that again. ClaireT
Dear Daddy Hawkins" she whis-
pered.
His arms stretched out to her. and
she came to them smiling through her
tears.
! You've been SO good to me-" she
whispered again. You are so good
| to me--dear. dear Daddy Hawkins"
A wondrous light was IN the old
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cabman's face. He held the slight
form to him, trying to be SO tenderly
careful that he should not hurt her
In his strength. He kissed her and
patted her head, and his fingers lin
gered as they smoothed the hair back
from where 1t made a tiny curl about
her ear.
And then he felt her drawing him
toward the couch-and he became
conscious that Paul VeniZa was hold
Ing out his hands to them both.
And Claire knelt at the side OF the
couch and took one of "aul VeniZa's
hands, and Hawkins took the other.
And no one of them looked into the
others face.
The outer door opened, and DR..
Crang came In. He stood for an in
stant surveying the scene a half
angry. half sarcastic smile spreading
over his sallow face, and then he
shrugged his shoulders.
"Ah, you're here, like me, ahead Of
time, Hawkins, I see"' he said short
ly. You're going to drive me to
Staten Island where-
II have told Hawkins she said,
quietly.
Hawkins hand frightened over Paul
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