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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-09-07

EOR RENT.
Ninety-acre farm, fully
stocked with high-erade cows and neces-
sary equipment for up-to-date dairyine.
Farm is located two miles from Gathers.
burg and half mile from State road.
II. L. DIAMOND.
aug 3l-3t' Gaithersburg, Md.
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| Long and ar>azedly, she peered
at him. Then, for five hysterical
minutes she proceeded to go to
pieces. T
She was still Struggled close in
Merle's comforting arms and re-
tcoving from her cry, when DIR.
Meaghler arrived at the flat; the
specialist with him.
Followed much examining and
many tests and cross-questions.
The specialist seemed to find moth
ing miraculous in the recovery.
The same thing. he said in eff
feet, had happened several times
in the course of his own medical
experience. A shock coming upon
a system whose nerves were drawn
taut by pain or strain, and whose
blood-vessels were engorged from
violent exercise, might manifest
itself in any of a hundred ways.
One of these ways was a temper
airy paralysis of the brain-cells
governing sight.
The optic nerve had not been af-
fected. There was no reason to
expect any return of the blindness.
After the two doctors had gore,
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where you are. I'm not going Ia
have lot of doctors running here
and have the whole story get
around town and be in every pa
per, tomorrow. / never yet squeal-
ed or made excuses. And I'm not
going to begin now. /"
"But, man.
"Get me home!" ordered Rem
ton; "get me home, in a rush.
Don't tell any of the boys about it.
Say I'm too groggy to walk alone ;
and kind Of steer me to the taxi.
Get me home and away from the
bunch. Then it'll be time enough
to send for Doc Meagher."
Nor could Brace move him from
his sullen resolve. In the cab, on
the way to Renton's flat, Merle ex-
planned, eff ever 1 get my eyes
back, I'll pay the bill 1 owe Ken
nelly. If l don't get 'em back,
I'm not letting any one else pay
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husband and wife went together to
the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
While they ate, Brace appeared.
When the triple Cabling had
exhausted itself and Brace was
tired Of humping Merle on the
back and yelling incoherently af-
fectionate insults at him, Linda
said, quietly: r."
"Mr. Brace, you've been the
Boys only manager, since he went
into the ring. But now you're go
ing to have partner and the part
ner's name is Linda Renton. IL
kept thinking of wonderful
scheme, last night, when / was try
ing to keep Merle asleep. 1t seem
ed impossible then; for I didn't
dare let myeslf, get to hoping he'd
ever be well. But-he is we'll.
Want to hear it?"
Fire awayr' commanded Merle,
seeming a joke.
"No," she corrected him. "I'm
in earnest. want to go partners
with Mr.. Brace in managing your
next fight. We've been so sure
of winning last nights! And the
winners end of the purse was GO
ing to pay for that hotel, back
home, and for getting it started
all nice. But there wasn't any
winners end to that purse for us.
Well, there's going to be, for the
next fight"
81 don't quite get you," began
Brace. "Of course"
Drawing long breath, she be-
gan afresh. At first the men list
ened with amused tolerance. But
gradually the friendly derision
died out of their faces. In Merle
dawned a wonder, tinged with dis
approval. In Braces the wonder
was augmented by pure delight.
AS she paused, the manager gave
a great shout, and pummeled the
inoffensive tabletop.
"Greatw he exulted. 'Fine and
gaudy! And it took woman to
think of it! It." .5
NOT woman" corrected
Linda. "a wife. Can it be work.
ed on, the way l said?" she fin.
ished, anxiously.
"Can it?" echoed the jubilant
Brace. "Can it?" Why it's bird
l wouldn't miss it for "a"
81 don't like it," objected Merle
uncomfortably. at doesn't seem
just right. It"
"Why don't it?" challenged
Brace. ats dead square. I'm
your manager. And / say: Go tc
Iitw
But" insisted Merle, "I DOM
like"
listen TO me-" demanded
Linda. "Last night, I told you II
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badly injured in the tight with
Kennedy; that complete blindness
had set in, and that, under the doc
tors orders, the recent ex-welter-
weight champion had been packed
off to sanitarium; where, it was
hoped, his damaged sight might in
time be restored.
Kennedy read the reports; and
he smiled broadly. To him it
seemed a delightful joke. Just
then he was reveling in the glory
and publicity and full pockets that
go with a new-won championship.
Everything in life seemed for the
moment, either enthralling or
amusing.
CHANGING to meet Brace in a
sporting hostelry, Spike proceeded
artfully to pump the surly man.
ager as to Renton's true condition.
By dint of clever cross-question-
ing, he elected from the reluctant
Brace the news that Renton's
prospects were gravely precarious;
and that it would be a miracle if
ever again he were able to see.
Brace had arranged this interview.
for his own esthetic pleasure; and
without comforting with Linda.
But it had a desired effect.
A return match with man of
Merle's prowess was the very last
thing Kennedy desired.
With Renton out of the wav.
that danger was past. Spike could
have all the fun and all the loafing
he wanted. Afterward, for good
ly while, he could either avoid the
bother of fighting or could rake in
easy money by means of "set-ups.'
But, month later, the sporting
pages contained announcement
that Merle had come home. appar-
emily cured of his malady. Re-
porters who had interviewed had
declared his eyes showed no visible
sign of his late blindness; and that
he was CURLY uncommunicative
about it.
In another three davs, the sport
ing Wotiu was happily iibeI Co1-'l
in reading that Brace had issued
q challenge to, Kennedy. in Merle's
name, for n return battle.
Everybody was pleased except
Spike Kennedy. And, in his shiftv
brain, Spike began to cast about
for means of refusing or in any
event of postponing indefinitely
the FIGHT. He was not ready to
hazard his month-old chamnion-
ship; least of all to so formidable
an opponent as Renton.
Then. one dav, as he was sally
ing forth for his usual afternoon
promenade, young and decidedly
',r"ttr woman rcccsted him. Spike
rniled ~ src-'-'nelv. But the wo-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-11
BY ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE
Illustrated by DALTON STEVENS

| be eyes and hands to you. Let
me be brains for you, now. All
you've got to do is to fight, when
the time comes. Just the way you
always fight. Besides you said
once was the squarest girl you
ever knew. Can't you still trust
me to be? One doesn't hit a
friend with a bat, in a ball game.
But one would use a bat to smash
a snake-and be dead right in do
ing it. If Spike Kennedy isn't a
snake, / never heard of one. So"
$50 that's settled" she finished
.serenely. "Now, Mr.. Brace, will
you go ahead and make the ar
rangements? Ill answer for Merle.
The more he thinks of it, the more
he'll know I'm right. And, when
it's over we'll start that hotel.
There's barrel of money in the
right sort of hotel, back home. And
we're going to run the right sort.
How long do you suppose the
whole think will take, Mr.. Brace?
The other. Not the hotel"
The sporting pages of the vari-
Gus. papers, next day, announced
that Merle Renton's eyesshad been
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it for me. IL kind of hate to
talk, tonight. l guess I'd rather
we didn't say anything more, just
now. / got too much to look for
ward to. And then, there's.
there's Linda"
eff you'd like me to go upstairs,
ahead of you," suggested Brace,
nervously, land break it to the
wife"
mo-" refused Merle. "Linda
don't belong to the snivelly breed
that has to have rotten news
broke to 'em. If can stand this,
she can. And likewise she will.
And she'll help me-"
The rest of the drive was made
in silence.
The taxi stopped in front of a
flat-house. On the steps stood a
woman and a man. The woman
was Renton's wife, the man a doc
tor for whom Brace had telephon-
ed as they left the clubhouse.
Linda did not scream nor have
mysteries. She took Merle's CROP
ing hands in her own firm grasp,
as Renton stepped blunderingly
out of the taxicab. Then, with DR..
Meaeher on his other side and with
Brace miserably following, she led
him into the house and up to the
little flat that was their home.
1t was not until DIR. Meaghel
had made every possible examina,
ton under the circumstances and
had departed, promising to cal
early in the morning with great
specialist of his acquaintance--it
was not until Brace had wruue
Merle's hand and Linda's and
stamped away in Meagher's wake
it was not until she and hel
stricken husband were alone to
gether in their living-room thai
Linda let herself go.
Then, gathering the blind heat
in her arms she strained it Close
to her breast, murmuring love
words of encouragement; Groom
ing to the sufferer as to a sicl
child.
ooh, girl of MINER Merle NUT
tered chokingly. "Girl, dear
what'm 1 going to do?"
cts going to be all right. dear
ie," she soothed. cts going t
be all right. We got along, ,wher
we were so dead-broke. And We
got on when--when baby died. WI
can get on, now. Because were
together. You've got my eyes tc
! see with and my hands to work fol
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you. And-and I'm prouder of
you, for the way you're taking
this, than if you won every fight
in single punch"
"What'd / ever do, to have this
wished on me?" Merle groaned.
"I've played square. You know 1
have, girl. I've done what 1 could
to be white man. Sometimes
I've fell short, but I've kept on try
ing. And now, what do l get?
| get this"
at isn't what you may or may
not be getting, this minute, that
counts" she broke in, tenderly.
you've been square. And you've
always won a way through every
thing that's been stacked against
you. And, somehow or other, you
re always going to. / don't know
how. But you are. Nobody can
play the life-game as square and
as helpful as you play it, withou.
winning out at last. See, if you
don'tw
''I'm a big baby, to whine" he
broke out, almost fiercely. you're
right. We're going to face it to-
gether. We'll 90 through it. some
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how or other"
He let his tense body relax, sink
ing back on the couch where Linda
had seated him. She curled DIP on
the floor at his side; her fingers
roaming through the damp hair of
his brow; her soft voice taking up
a drowsy song.
Unknown to Merle, his wife had
switched off the living-room lights.
1t was as though Linda did not
wish to use a faculty the blind
man could not share.
The sedative the doctor had
given Merle was beginning to take
hold. His breathing grew calmer.
His muscles lost their spasmodic
rigidity. Gradually, as she sang
and soothed, he drifted to sleep.
Until gray dawn, the woman
continued her loving vigil. Then
she, too fell asleep, worn out by
the nights strain. Her head on
Renton's knee, she slept upon the
floor beside the couch; as the dim
light waxed clearer and as the
city's noises began in the street
outside.
Merle Renton awoke, stupidity,
his mind heavy from the drug and
from the exhaustion of the even
ing before. Idly, through half shut
lids he watched the play of morn.
ing sunshine on the window-box
of red geraniums.
Then, half-consciously, he real
lied he was on the couch and
dressed, and not in bed. This did
not surprise him. Often, when he
came in very late at night, he
would camp on the couch, sooner
than risk waking Linda.
He must have been out late,
Where he had been? He began
to remember.
The fight-the foul blow-his
blindness!
His blindness?
Surely that part of it had. beer
some grotesque nightmare! For hi:
vision was as clear as ever it hat
been. To test it, he focused hi.
eyes on one object after another
in the pretty room. The geran
iums in the window-box, the film,
white curtains blowing in tn,
morning breeze. a basketful O.
many-colored fabrics on Linda.
sewing table. -
His glance fell on the sun-kisseC
hair of the dainty head that restet
on his knee. At the same moment
Linda woke. She sat up, wide
eyed and wondering. Then me
mory rushed into her big eyes
clouding them with black sorrow.
Linda" exclaimed Merle. 'It'
lall right. girl 1t didn't happen
i Or II 7 did rs gone"
, 1923-01-24
MAINLY o PEOPLE
{ via June Little J

Eugene Ide. Mayor OF Powell vas
in Cody on Monday.
E. ". Robertson has been in Cody
for a few days on business.
Russell Crane has been building a
new ice house on his ranch near town
Hon. J M Schwoob spent the week
end at Valley
Carl Hammit left for Cheyenne on
Satu DAY morning.
Mrs. l.. G. Phelps and Mrs. Eugene
Phelps we're shopping in the gay met
ropolis last Thursday.
Max Wilde has been staying with
Carl Downing and wife for a few days
and, was in Cody on Friday.
Carl Downing camen to Coty %
Friday to attend the Wyoming s;amc
Froicctlve Association Msnt:1s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mont Jones spent a
few days in town the latter part of
the week.
H L Spyer arrived on Saturday to
be a guest at the Majo Ranch for
some time
Tom Ames came down from Valley
on Monday and remained in the coun-
ty seal for several days. Mr.. Amesis
expecting to make a trip East some
time in the nea future.
H. B. Beck writes from San Diego,
| California, hat all is well with him
and that he would be lost without
the Enterprise.
w. w. Purdy of Meeteetse was in
town on Saturday. Mr.. Purdy drives
the bus which takes the children to
and from school in that section.
George Nelson was in town for a
few days last week. George, who is
one Of the best printers who ever
worked in the Enterprise shop has
been doing carpenter work at Coe
Lodge.
Considerable Improvement has been
recently added to the attractive ap-
pearance of the Cody Trading Com
pany by the installment Of two wall
show cases on either side of the door.
These glass show cases stand about
len feet in height and will De used
exclusively for the display Of high
Grade stetson hats.
, 1923-01-24

DR.. A. C. Crane is the new head Of
Wyoming University. DR.. Crane is
a man well up on all matters Of the
state and 1t Il expected he will be in
Cody sometime in the g a future
as he has been invited to address the
Cody Club.
Miss Anderson of the Cody High
School faculty entertained about
twenty members of the Cody School
at a banquet at the Irma Hotel on
last Thursday evening.
Floyd Noble was SO happy over be-
ing married last Thursday that he
to the Enterprise on the strength Of
1t.
Earl Hayner, the popular dude
clown of the Stampede, is now in
Kalispell, Montana. practicing new
tricks to make the grandstand gasp
rtyt July.
Among other cars shown in the
Automobile Show at New York re-
Gently, was a steam n which nuns
with the aid Of newspapers. old rags,
or anything else that q be burnt
in the fire box. According to reports
one Of our BOILER plate" supplements
would make a a go at least q humid
red miles an hour.
l. H. Larom left for Cheyenne dur
ing the week. Larry departed on the
sarly tn n re morning N Il cloud of
dust, to catch up with Carl Hammit.
Both men VIII represent the Wyom-
ing Game Protective Association dur
ing the present session of the legis-
lature. il
We've always known Joe Mathieson
to be a hard one to rattle, but when
we saw him stride calmly up to the
desk at the 1rma on Sunday evening
with Mrs. '.injun Joe" romantically
hanging on to one end Of his buck
skin jacket, and watched him care
lessly pick out a pen and scrawl in
the ledger with a large f1ourishing
hand, "Mr. and Mrss Joseph Copen-
hagen Mathieson Esquire" without
even SO much as a tremor or the re-
novel from n corner in his mouth Of
a large black cigar, we have to admit
that as bridegrooms go, "Injun Joe"
gets the bronzed derby-so to speak.
Word has been received from
Arthur Jennings Cox, Esquire. other
wise known as "Bub", that he and
his wife have safely returned from
the perils Of Cuban shores where
Bub says he could walk right up to
a bar and have a drink and then
another. If he wanted it though nat
urally he never attempted more than
one. Mr.. and Mrs. Cox are at present
visiting at the home Of Mrs. Cox's
parents in Cleveland. Ohio, but will
go on to New York about the first of
the month.
, 1923-01-24

Pearl Zones. a well known =,
sarl VINO has been attending schoo,
this winter In Detroit, Michigan :
Gently took the principal par.
Miss Cherryblossom", a must,
comedy in hree acts presented 80
successfully by a Detroit High schoa
Some fourteen hundred people cro".
cd the auditorium where Miss Jones
appeared n many were standing.
while hundreds had to be turned
away the opening night because a,
limited seating accommodations. PEAR
Jones Is very popular among tha
younger e in Cody and many WIN
have wondered where she is will hs
glad to hear of her getting on So we'll
in the great world outside"
, 1923-01-24

Dwight E. HOLSTER is still in
Cheyenne on business.
C. C. Melton left on a business trip
to Billings on Wednesday.
Judge Percey Metz was due In
town on Saturday.
Bob Hopkins drove into town from
his ranch on Wednesday.
Sam Carter came to Cody from
Ishawooa on Monday.
1 c. Spencer has been in town for
a few days
Walter Hoffman of Clark's Fork
arrived home again Thursday evening
following a short visit in Helena.
Attorney w. L. Simpson returned
from the East the latter part Of he
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. G. Rumsey are at
present al their camp in Florida and
are not expected home until April.
George Mccullough, looking as II
exile was just what he needed, came
in from Sunlight last week.
Duly made a trip to Grass Creek
last week where he spent several
days accommodating.
Mrs. Marshal Hay who has been
visiting in Red Lodge and Columbus
Montana for two weeks was in Cody
on Saturday.
Lawrence B. Smith (Smithy), has
written a story on the origin of the
horse which has been successfully re
ceived by a New York magazine.
Alfred Clarke left for Billings or
Tuesday where he will take up once
more his business Of getting oil from
the land.
Art Pearson has been in Cheyenne
for the past few days or bushes:
matters in connection with the pre-
cent session Of the legislature.
Jack Tweedle had a hair cut on
Saturday evening which reminds us
that "Slick' Billings is reported as
living in Billings.
The Nash sport a which has
been on exhibition at the Yellowstone
Garage was sold last week to Charlie
Upright Of Powell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe A. Jones were In
Cody over the weekend and went to
Billings for a few days the first part
of the week.
Henry Purvis drove his team into
town on Tuesday. Henry plans to
put in a gasoline station at his ranch
at Ishawooa in the spring. The Pur-
Wis Ranch is about half way to Val
ley.
, 1923-01-24

I G. H. Studebaker, former superin-
tendent OF the High School is settled
for the winter at the Spalding Ranch
on South Fork. but was in town for
a few days the latter part of the
week.
Here is something that certainly
beats the Enterprise and perhaps
even the Herald. The largest print
cry in the world. known as
Kingsport Press. has been completed
in the wilderness Of the mountains
Of the south and it's presses began
WORKING for the first time last week
at Kingsport. Tennessee. It's daily
output, including the output of es-
pecially made machinery, will be
10000 volumes, and the minimum
annual outrut will be $500, 900 books
Ford produces 100, 900 autos and
tractors in a month. At Kingsport.
they will produce 100000 books in one
day. No other single plant in the
} country probably a turn out more
than a third the total.
The cost OF the plant has been esti-
mated at approximately $4,000, 900.
and the size nay be gagged from the
fact that it's concrete foundations are
a mile and a half around. The Kin-s
port Press is owned by ]. ]. Little
& Ives Company Of New York. Of
which Gen. Arthur Little. a South
Fork Ranch owner is the chief head.
A cable has been received from
Barry Williams who is at present in
Havana, Cuba. Barry says he Is gett
ing full of health on cocoanut milk.
and expects to return to Cody in about
a month.
While feeding his cattle on Mon
day afternoon. the hay wagon OF
"Jedge" Fred Richard Of Wapiti. cap
sised, pinning one of his long limbs
beneath it. Mr.. Richard was taken
to the house where it was found no
bones had been broken and he is now
rapidly recovering.
Warren S. Downs, familiarity
known at Valley as Mickey, was
taken Ill lust week OF a train enroute
to Cody following a short visit East.
He was changed at Chicago and re-
turned on another train. to his former
home in Philadelphia where he is now
recovering from an attack of pneu-
monia. Mickey Downs bought the
old Bub Cox Ranch near Valley.
Speaking of Fred Richard reminds
us that we thought VIII Richard had
departed long ago for Africa. and
pictured. him by this time probably
all logged out in a great white he'll
met or something. thrusting a mean
,ot7- through the palms into the
mouth of some roaring beast He
just walked past the window however
which somewhat spoils the romance
of our musings so we imagine he
hasn't started on his African trip yet
, 1923-01-24

MR.. THOMAS AMES.
Ishawooa. Wyo.
MY DEAR Tom
IT'S BEEN said
THAT CODY and Cheyenne
AND PENDLEToN
ARE THE only three
REAL WESTERN towns
ON THE map
AND HERE'S hoping
THAT CODY
WILL NOT drag behind
THE OTHER two
IN THIS distinction
BECAUSE IT'S a
DRAWING CARD
NOT TO be overlooked
ssss
AND WHAT you said
TO THE Cody Club
ABOUT BIG hats
AND HIGH-heeled boots
AND WESTERN atmosphere
BEING A great attraction
is PERFECTLY true
AS THOSE of us
WHO HAVE lived in the East
KNOW HOW these things
APPEAL TO one
GETTING OFF a train
AND HOW disappointing
NOT TO find some signs
OF THE old West
JUST A saddle pony or two
OR A pain of chaps
MAKES A lot OF difference
BECAUSE MOST 'Easterners
THINK OF Cody
AND COWBOYS and Iniuns
IN THE same breath
AND IF we had
..'' ~
MORE MEN OF the town
WEARING TwO,gallon hats
AND MORE riders
JOGGING DOWN the street
TOURISTS WHO stop
ENRoUTE TO the Park
WOULD LINGER longer
AND LATER return
TO TALK about --~
1899 -~-~
FINDING THE West =
AS THEY had hoped
TO SEE 1t
AND THOSE of the town
WHO MIGHT object
AND l can think of several
TO BEING termed wild
COULD EASILY be persuaded
BECAUSE AFTER all
IT DOESN'T take
SUCH A terrible bad man
TO WEAR m largo hat
, 1923-01-24

ATTRACTIVE SALOONS
TO KEEP hitching racks
TANNED TO capacity
BUT PEOPLE would come
FROM ALL over the land
TO SEE what we look like
AND ABOUT twice a week
WE COULD have shows
GAA
IN A corral near by
AND HIRE riders and ropers
AND LET them ride over
AND BE carelessly lingering
ABOUT the depot
WHEN THE trains come in
SURELY 1T would be better
THAN TO see some westerner
ROLLING DOWN the street
IN A Ford
TRYING TO appear like
FIFTH AVENUE
WHICH NATURALLY
APPEALS NOT at all
TO THOSE from 9Th Avenue
WHO COME to spend
$3.50
MONEY IN our midst
BUT ANYWAY
BUFFALO BILLS old town
AND THE name OF Cody
is A great and natural
ADVERTISEMENT
AND SHOULD by all means
BE LIVED up to.
so MUCH for tha
, 1923-01-24

FOR RENT:-Four room house.
electric lights. water, barn. Cali
Enterprise.
, 1923-01-24

FOUND-A pair of shell-rimed glass
es. Call at Enterprise. %
, 1923-01-24

LOST:-Log chain lear Cody head.
gate, Dec. 20 Finder please leaveat
headgate 234t
, 1923-01-24

Try Mrs. Bailey's homemade can.
dies at the Vogue Shop, Satur.
days. 2at
, 1923-01-24

Clean. Comfortable rooms over Cody
Plumbing and Heating Co.
, 1923-01-24

The hens that lay. are the kim
that pay. Selected
Monour Bros. Poultry Farm
25-tf Lowell, Wyo.
, 1923-01-24

FOR SALE+L. c. Smith typewriter
in good condition. Call Enterprise
, 1923-01-24
CLASSIFIED ADS

All kinds Of Hauling and Teamin,
Coal Hauling Phone 152-W
2ltf Jas. Armstrong
, 1923-01-24

FOR SALE-Fresh Cow giyin,
twenty quarts of milk daily. Cali
zaw ni 2+2tp
, 1923-01-24

Why keep your chickens? Ours
keep us.
Monour Bros. Poultry Farm
25-tf Lowell, Wyo.