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Evening star., 1924-08-13
! '.PATR|C IS SHOWN
AS SHORT S262,Ol0|
.her Deficit Probed, and
Likelihood of Forgery
Also Investigated.
sSociated Press

Associated Press.
Conn. August 13.-With
shortage of S262,000 in Liberty
! = and other negotiable securities
idy disclosed, investigation of the
UNITS of G Harold Gilpatric,
er of the First National Bank
Putnam. who is also state treas
. was continued today by the
* and by individuals interested in
Gus funds entrusted to him. These
: aggregate about 100000.
,patrics books as state treasurer
- said at the state capital at
ford to be in good condition.
cinwhile Gilpatric is at hos
=. probably blinded by a shot that
tired into his temple last Thurs
Physicians say he has an even
zee for recovery.
he First National Bank, this
MS only commercial bank. stands
5 by action of its board of direc-
:. with more than S1,500.000 of
nSitS.
oTestigation is being made of pos
+" forgeries in connection with
gage deeds that Gilpatric gave
lends who had turned over large
aunts of cash to invest for them.
IS personal box at the bank. the
= entS of which he is said to have
I'd at more than 100000, has
b found to contain little of value
seemed as if every one in Put
\ took money to Gilpatric to in
:. Rich men and poor men alike
him their confidence and money,
when it was announced that he
shot himself. leaving a note for
wife saying that his affairs were
Willy involved. n was believed that
troubles were only temporary
relatively trivial, and that his
was of man overly-conscientious.
Happy Family Life.
lpatric's family life has been a
ny one. When he was found with
Illet wound in the head. the pic
of his wife, his daughter, Rhoda.
/ out Of boarding school, and of
) young sons, was found beside
= He went to New York and Bos
occasionally for entertainment.
here are indications that the
.rtage may extend back a number
years. Gilpatric told friends a
r ago that his funds were so low
t he could not build on his half
an island at Juniper Point. Me.
ich he owns jointly with his close
nd, Harry F'osdick. of New York.
summer home that he had planned.
was not sure that he would be
. to send his daughter to college.
! he wept in considering the doubt
'olved in the question of the educa-
n of his sons.
iilpatric was the son of parents in
deSt cirCum and entered
bank here from high school 25
lrs ago. Almost within a decade
had established himself as the
ms leading citizen.
Evening star., 1924-08-13

the career OF d.
plomacy. T h l s
coming October
Mr.. Morgan, who
has just sailed for
Rio after passing
six m o n t h s at
home, will cele-
brate the silver
anniversary of his
fl r S t a p p o i n t
ment from the
State Department,
that of being Sec
retary to the Sa-
moan commission
which sat at Apia
in the autumn of
1859. He was lat
Evening star., 1924-08-13
IOLEN ARMS SMUGGLED.
] bchaser Sold by Government
Carries Munitions to Rebels.

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, August 13.-An old sub
iarine chaser, No. /. sold by the
aited States Government recently to
i5vate interests, is said to have car
id to China a quantity of arms and
kmunition stolen from the Govern
ent Storehouse here.
Shanghai advices say an attempt
Is made to land the munitions for
eaivery to Chinese revolutionists.
Authorities here decline to state
u amount of munitions stolen. The
rms were concealed in a tank aboard
u submarine chaser which was said
)e contain fuel oil.
Evening star., 1924-08-13
STORM CAUSES HAVOC.
Barns Burned, Trees Struck and
Cattle killed in Virginia.
n.,,.yDisn.tch IN The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
wARRENTON, Va, August 13.-
The heaviest electric storm known in
six years visited this section last
night, lasting about two hours Sew
eral barns were burned. houses and
trees struck and a number of cattle
killed in and around Warrenton. A
heavy rain lasting all night relieved
the drought of more than a month.
Evening star., 1924-08-13

man who bothers little about political
influence and who Is now Ambassador
to Brussels. Mr.. Morgan is the beau
par excellence of the American dip
lomatic service and is the same care
free bachelor he was when he fig
ured so conspicuously in the social
life of the last years of Mckinley and
the more brilliant era of Theodore
Roosevelt. He recently celebrated
his 60th birthday and his evident de-
sire to remani single will probably
be unShaken,
Evening star., 1924-08-13
FOLKS

Edwin Vernon Morgan. Ambassa-
dor from this country to Brazil, is. in
way, the dean of the foreign serv-
ice in actual continual following Of
Evening star., 1924-08-13
III
Hlg
4 Good Value!
N-Wutt Electric
Light Bulbs
23c-5. for $l.OO

First Quality American made
Electric Light Bulbs, at a surpris-
ingly low price-only 23c or S for
s1.0O. 1t is always a good idea to
you never know when you will need
them.
Evening star., 1924-08-13

Try a pound of these de-
iicious cubes of fresh
cracked cocoanut. cooked
in pure syrup and crystal
lized. Special ............
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0sUDNf k0NEc PITkY.
ALKOHOL POUzfVANY MA TRENf TELA
ZAHUBIL SEDM MUzU.

Toledo o., 81. bfeZna. Sedm muzu zemrelo zde no
poz alkoholu pouzivaneho trent tea tax zvaneho
canned heat, tekutny rovnez alkohol obsahuc Jeden
muz skona samoten svetnici kde by naezen kerkem
Workngmens hotelu Cty JIM nalezeni rdznych castech
hoteu stavu smrtene srnulos Jeden sona ma cee do
nemocnice a ostatn brzy pc dopraveni tamtez.
Jeden muz byl nalezen mrtev nocleharne enz Sc ne
podiel pce ale rovnez skonal nasedkem pozt otrve
memo akohou Ptky pf nz smrt savla hody, sdxast-
milo sest muzd ii vschni zahynu Jsou to: David Blue
52ey Fergusonova zeleznicniho tabora blze Toledo:
William Schultz, 42sety, Thomas Kelly, 5Oey Milton
French 42ety; Barney Keyes 37lety Peter Miller 45ety
Adresy techto muzu byly neznany sestyn bvl William
Wallece 35ety, Rochester, N. Y.
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Nova ceska klubovni
rnistnost { Y New
Yorku.

v New Yorku jest neko-
lik ceskych budov. Jest to
predevsim Narodnl Budova,
dve Sokolovny. Veskere ty-
to tri budovy vsak nestaei.
Stacily by, kdyby do mist
nosti prijimany byly vyhrad
. ne ceske nebo slovenske or
ganisace, ale toho neni. V
zajmu byti uvedenych mist
nosti prijimaji Sc jine orga-
nisace, aby tax lnohl byti
zvysen prijem budov.
/ uradovny v techto bu-
dovach jsou preplneny. Kdo
zna pomery v New Yorku,
jest o tom presvedcen.
Pokud Sc tyce radu, caste
bylo zehrano ma nedostatek
ten. Ably Sc vyhovelo po-
trebe a ably Sc pokracovalo
v duchu casu a $ modernimi
pozadavky a konecne, aby
Sc to, co Sc ma sjezde slibu:
| je vyplnilo, rozhodl Sc Vel
kofad G. S. B. P. j. statu
New York zakoupiti dam '
nejlepsich mistech v New
Yorku a zalozi tam Klubov.
nu &. s. B. P. J..
Tim ovsem nemini veno.
yati mlsta vyhradne pro ra-
dy. Hodla zaloziti infor-
macni kancelaf, poptavarnu
v jakekoliv zalezitosti a co
hlavniho, bude Sc starat @
to, ably krajane odjMdejici
a pfijizdejici nebyli zbytec-
ne obtezovani. Konecne, a.
by Sc jim /dostalo naleziteho
pouceni. Vdbec v kazde "a
lezitosti bude vyhoveno ne
jen bratrim a sestram, ale
vsem krajanum, kteri v ia.
kekoliv zalezitnsti .obrati 81
na madovny fadu C.S.B.P.J
Hlavni Rad teto bratrskt
organisace bude spolupuso.
biti a pTihlizeti k tomu, aby
v kazde zalezitost krajane
clenove byl uspokojeni.
Pfiste pfineseme podrob.
nosti koupe a zpravu o ote.
vreni uvedene Klubovn5
mistnosti radu C. s. B. p. j
ma vychode v New Yorku.
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"a CEsT UTCOvU.
RIO NAN
Napsai Xavier de Mantepin
: r @ M A N /.

BOJlm Sc TulM Sc STU
dem!' zaseptala znovu a tvaf
jeji pod zavojem polil skutec-
ne temny mach.
"Nemate Sc echo bait, slec-
no." del Rene, "vzdyt' jsem
IS vami!"
Strojnik rozhlizel Sc nadar-
mo po radach pijakl We velike
sini i v mensich, jimiz prosel,
nacez znepokojen obratil Sc
ma hostinskeho.
"Pan Jan neni pritomen?"
tazal Sc ho.
"Ocekava vas samojediny v
pokoji cislo 81" odtusil hos
tinsky. "Dovedu vas tam!" IA
Jen chvlli jeste a Rene i
Berta octli Sc Janu .ctvrtkovi
tvarf v tvar. Tento, spatriv div
ku mu neznamou, svraStil cello
a strojnik musil konejsiti no
dlouho, nez Jan Ctvrtek nabyl
* nezname plnou ddveru.
"Jest to pritelkyne moje,"
del Rene, 'opravdova nejlep-
81 pfltelkyne,, ma niz mohu Sc
uplne spolehati. Mdzete tedy
bez zdrahani mluviti v .jeji pri
tomnosti'
"Ano, pane," della sirota Il
We, vidouc, re must taky ne
co fici, aby zjednala 81 duveru
zlosyna. "Vizte We mne druz-
ku Rene-ovu, ochotnou poslech
nouti no We vsem a odvaziti Sc
vseho!"
"Odvaziti sc vseho?" opako-
val Jan Ctvrtek. "Chtela byste
po pripade nam tedy sluzby
konati?"
"Jako muz, a pc pfipade je-
ste lepe nez muz. zeny dove
dou mnohe lepe a vice Sc Jim
dIveruje. Rene mi jiz TAX lee
cos napovedel, nebot' dobre
vi, re muze ma mne dplne, se
spolehati.'
"Nu, uvidime brzy," odve-
til Jan Ctvrtek. "Nepochybne
jsen pied osmi dny po neko-
lika tech ohnivych sklenkach
mnoho blabolil, same hloupo-
Sti, snad - -"
"Nikterak, naopak mluvil
jste veci tax zaiimave, re ce-
kal jsem netrpelive ma Okla
milk, kdy Sc opet vami set
kan. Nluvil jste noci "a. "a
ii 1887, namesti Svornosti,
o mostu v Neuilly - -"
Jan Ctvrtek nalil do sklenic,
nebot' .mczi tim byli prinesli
ma jeho powell pune, pripiv
81 s Bertou Reneem, del:
Zach, w tedy byste byli
pro me plany?'
"Ovsem,' odtuSil Rene "a
sebe Bertu. jez nepochopujic
cely obsah SLOW Ctvrtkovych,
rozpacite nan hledela, "ov-
Sem, re bych Sc rad taky doc
kal pcdilu ma tucne koristi,
kterou 81 slibujeS, a ona nelito-
vala by toho, kdyby ia mohl
rozhazovati plnyma rukama.
Podle vas jde o kousek, ktery
by mas mohl obohatiti. Jest uz
nejvyse ma case, nebot' kapsy
mole pocinaji Sc uz prazdni-
tir'
"Nuze, naplnime je," odvetil
Jan Ctvrtek pratelsky. "Slfbil
jsem dovedu slovu dostati.
Ostatne byl jsi, zlosyn
staval Sc opet duvernym -
"v zalari pro mne nejlepsim
pfitelem. Muslin sc ii odmeni-
ii. Ostatne muslin zpraviti t6,
mame-li podniknouti 1tok, ze
bude mi treba nekolik sous a
ze jsem ted takrka ma suchu.'
"Mam sice malo jiz, ale co
mann, jest pro vas pohotov6."
ia nemam penez," odtusi-
la Berta $, licenou vfelosti, "ale
nabizim vam svGj cas- cas-, svou
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70 GApkovi LANCER m cestx

do svSta. "Velbloud uchem je-
hly", vesslohra F'rantiska Lam
gra, ktera byla vice nez 5Okrat-
Is uspechem provozovana ma
scene Svandova divadla ma Smi
chove a vedle toho pax ma
vsech celnejsich divadlech ma
| 81 republiky, jakoz j ma hlav-
Mich ochotnickych scenach, ma
stupuje nyni cestu ma sceny ci-
zojazycne. V sobotu Is. brez-
ma byla premiera v Nemeckem
divadle Praze v preklade OF
ty Picka, v polovici dubna ma
sleduje <premiera We Widen
skem "Raimundtheatru", SOU
casne tim ocekava Sc preni-
era ma Narodnim divadle v
Lublani a jeste v teto saisone
bude hra tato provozovana We
VarSave. Budapest'sky "Viszin
haz" uzavrel divadelnim "a
stupitelstvim Centrum" v Pra
ze smlouvu ma provozovani
Langrovy veselohry v pristi Sc
zone. C"Velbloud uchem jeh-
ly" proveden bude dne 6. dub
ma Dram. odborem Sokola Gle
IveIand v telocvicne ma Quincy
ave-
Dem sedesatych narozenin
b&snfl<a Antonina Sovy. U sto-
lu, ma nemz Sc. kupi stohy no
vim, dopisd, listkd a telegra-
mi, obklopen teplym ovzdu-
sim, jimz vydechuji wine Get
nych kvetinovych dard, roze-
stavenych po vsech koutech
pokoje, sedi basnik a tise, do
JENNIE slavi svatek svych sede-
satych narozenin. Cd mileho
rama otviraji a zaviraji Sc dve-
re "a hosty, kteri prisli pozdra
Wit sediveho basnika srdecnym
slovem a kyticemi kvetd. Listo-
nos mu nakupil hromady ko-
respondence, v nfz pratele,
.spisovatele-druhove, drady re-
publiky, cetne ustavy a spolky
a cetni .iednotlivci vzpominaji
s blahopranim basnikovych ma
rozenin. A basnik Sc probira
listy a telegramy a vzpomina
ma sedesat let zivota, prace a
basnickeho tvoreni. Den doje-
tt, ticheho smutku, ale RADIO
sti. Ministr Skolstvi a narodni
csvety r. Eechyne zaslal vre-
~ list, ocenujici dilo, jez bas-
mix vykonal, a oznamujici cest
ny dar 10000 K6, ktery minis
terstvo dava jmenem vlady bas
nikovi "a zasluhy o ceske bas-
nictvi. Anglicky basnik a pre-
kladatel Paul Solver zasila
blahoprejny telegram. Jihoslo-
,vansky jeho prekladatel dr..
Jovan Krsic prichazi no osob-
ne pozdraviti. Pisemna blaho-
prani zasilaji: rektorat Karlo-
Wy university, Zemsky spravni
.vybor, Narodni rada, Csl. obec
legionarska, Presidium mesta
Prahy, predseda Mar. shroma-
zd6ni Tomasek, dekanstvi fl
losoficke fakulty Masarykovy
university v Brne, Narodni di-
vadlo v Praze, Obec Sokolska,
FUniversitni knihovna v Praze,
Ustredni knihovna v Brne, Del
nicka akademie v PraZe, sku-
pima "Hosta" brnenska kon-
se1vator, pevecky sbor Smeta-
ma. mesta Felhrimov a Pacov,
knihovna Mar. shromazdeni,
Stredoeeska pevecka zupa
Dvorakova, feditelstvi cetnych
strednich skol, STUDENT a stu
dentky csl. strednich skol,
zactvo nizsich skol, zenske a
studentske spolky, Ctenarske
Besedy a pod. Ze spisovatel-
stva: Alois Jirasek, Bezruc, K.
Rails, F. Herites, f. X. Svobo-
da, F. S. Prochazka, j. Bo-
recky, K. Toman, Ignat Her
mann. A. Noyak. f. Skacelik,
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Dytl uZ velm ZkuSenOu, vzdOr
syemu mladi."
Rerta, citic ruku zlosynovu
IA raneni SVEN, rdela sc han
bou 4 bledla Uneven, avsak
rfc,nohla bouri v srdci SVEN
a odtusila jen:
'.Vzdyt' jsem zackou Rene
ovou!"
"U d'abla! = zvolal Jan ctvr-
TEX, jehoz nadseni pre- Bertu
yzrdstalo kazdym okamzikem.
YBude to prava, rozkos $ va
mi pracovati! Vsak taky toho
nebudete nikdy litovati. Po-
n,yslete 81 jen, v rukou mJch
jest cest dvou osob, dvou bid
nikG, ktefi ,chteli mne zabft
Pomyslete 81, ze bidnici ii .jsou
bohati, ano primo milionarf,
rozumite?. A ia cekam ma po-
mstu,. jiz po dvacet let, a dou-
fam, pomdzete-li 'mne, .urvati
I'm nekolik tech milionkd je-
jich!'
Zach, vyd9racstvi tedy pre-
Gel" zvolal Rene S licenou ra-
dostf. "V zalari jste mi .jiz ma
povedel neco. Dopovezte!"
s 'fPlany mole, zrovna jako
ma touha po pomste, vznikly
uz roku 1887"
Sirota zachvela Sc j opako-
vala: So.
"Od roku 1887! A 2 .ktere-
ho mesice?"
"Od zafi!" ,.bt
"A kde se3 udala celia ta
NH
"Nejprve ma namesti Svor-
nosti. v pochmurny DESTINY
jeden vecer zena jedna a diva
muzi,. vrahOve -
Berta pohledla Janu Ctvrt-
kovi upfene do oci a zapome-
nuvsi vselike opatrnosti, della
v jak6si predtuse rychle:
"Byl- jste Wy jednim z vra-
hi tech?"
x.
Vevoda Z. de La +. v.
Bidnik vahal nekolik vterin.
"Nikoli," odpovedel konec-
ne, "jeden z muzi tech neni
jiz ma zivu. Byf kamaradem
mym jest to on, ktery Okla
mziku, kdy zmiral, otraven
isa obema spoluvinniky, sve-
fil mi tajemstvi, nemz uz
pred tim mel jsem jiste nejas-
ne vedomi."
"Zena ona vSak a druhy
muz jsou jeste ma zivu?". ta-
zala Sc Berta 1--WE.
"Ano, avsak prosim O trpe-
livost. Nechte mne vypraveti
celou historii postupne. Nuze,
tfi spoluvinnici cekali ma jed
noho muze. A on prisel, mesa
decko We SVEN naruci."
Sirota znovu Sc zachvela.
"Decko!" opakovala skoro sep
tenn.
"Ano, maleho hosika We sta
II as 18 mesicu neb dvou let.
Muz, ktery byl ma cihane Ca
sice omen, jenz nezemfel s
ninaz musime se' jeSte jednou
setkati) vyzval muze, kteryz
dite nesl, ably vstoupil do po-
vozu cekajiciho a sam prisedl
k nemu. Ma kozliku povozu
sedel muz, kteryz mel vrazdi-
ii, a zena, "a kociho prestro-
jena Povoz rozjel Sc do.
Neuilly, blizko mostu tamniho
vsak zastavil. Oba muzove u
vnitf sedici sestoupili. Treti
slezl s kozliku kracel "a obe-
ma ostatnimi. Nasledoval je
az do polovice mostu."
Eerta, jejizto ruce sc rozci-
Ienim krecovite sviraly, pozby-
la opetne ylady mad svym ro-
Zechvenim a vzkfikla nahle
"A uprostfed mostu zabiI
'dite j muze!'
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-02-28
Duxbury Neighborhood

]. Ludwig made a trip to Pine
City Tuesday.
Miss Mildred Anderson OF
Sandstone, spent the week end
with her parents.
Mrs, Moe and Mrs. Westin OF
Keene. spent Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. r. Shute.
Minnie Anderson and Norman
Shute spent Friday afternoon
with Lila WATSON, the occasion
being Lila's second birthday.
Mrs. A. M. Anderson and Miss
Debbie Hanstad spent Sunday
afternoon with Mrs. L. Anderson
and Mrs. F. Carlson visited Mrs,
C. Hanstad.
]. Ludwig, c. Hanstad and R.
Shute attended the potato meet
ing held in Askov last Saturday
j. Ludwig and r. Shute are now
members of the Potato Exchange.
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER Lon the banks Of the
Wabash stand Texis Colin and Jack
T.ais Z Tie only 70" daughter 81 OLD Pap
jack Il the orphan bound boy Of Pap
Simon, who had foreclosed q mortgage
on the Warhops estate, AZ nrst Texie
and Jack talk sadly OF Ken Colin. the
that In ten days his servitude will be
over, that he win 20 to California Tor
gold and that he WIN come back. Then
Rev. Caleb Hopkins, the new minister
OF Buckeye, In the Fiatwoods.
the minister and Introduces the VIII
layers The preacher 10 q young man
with a beard enormous spectacles, stin
neck stock and patent leather boots.
CHAPTER. In.--At supper at the
Colin home the preacher, who had been
the boy killed a gambler and disap-
peared. Hls father attributes Ken's
fall from grace % his red lock q hair.
s.ts in x. days 1.0 ~ E.sb.S Then
srSyEh. .. ! y S.r reading i,s.sr trS rom
curses his father on his death bed. A
postscript BY another hand says he
CHAPTER Iv.--At the village store
and postofiice Loge Belden. newcomer.
says he saw the new parson with his
Hicks him, shoots q pistol from his hand
aud makes him say he was mistaken.
CRATER vine parson goes sein-
Ing on the river with Jack and others
Jack discovers the psrson carries re-
volvsr The party runs across a hid
parsons boot nts q footprint on the
dusty deck.
CHAPTER vI---Aii the villagers
gather at festival In the schooihouse.
drunken stranger dieturbs the fes-
Jack knocks him nat, but receives an
mnimportant wound In the shoulder.
The preacher faces the desperate and
goes out and disappears
CHAPTER vII.--Jaek. working In a
watching aim from behind a log He
trails the man to the cabin where Bel
den and his sister live.
CHAPTER vIII.--Jack tells Pap ST.
mon. who has been good TO him, that
buy back the old homssteac' Ne tells
words.
CHAPTER Ix.---Ai countermsn and
Uncle Nick Whiffies friends OF Jack.
Ss,ssss h ssss the sys ,p: ara
man wanted by the sheriff. that he IL
harborin' with Loge Belden and that
they are planning TO rob Pap simon.
CHAPTER x.--Jack trails q night
prowier. who goes 20 whispering
Spring, calls out the preacher with an
owl boot and hands him q small pack
age.
CHAPTER Kiln the forest Jennie
pelden warns Jack that HIS life IL In
danger from three men and the third
he kills.
CHAPTER xII--Pap simon looks
over the papers In his safe and adj
dresses an envelope 10 Jack warhope
not TO be opened TIL HIS twenty hrat
birthday" Texie. Jack and the preacher
no riding.
CHAPTER X1II--Texie and Jack
show their skill with a pistol The
preacher takes great pains to prove he
can't hit n flock OF barn doors Jacis
sees a face at the window OF a haunted
cabin.
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CHAPTER XIV
The ssraps Of q Match.

While grooming Graylock In his stali
that evening Jack warhope thought Of
the face that had appeared for It's
startling instant at the smudged win.
dow OF Henry Spencsr's unhallowed
cabin. As matter OF fact ne had
been thinking OF II ever since riding
out OF the jaws Of the hollow.
He hung up the curry comb and
stepped to the barn door. The sun
glared red through slit In the cloud
bank. and stlll cleared the trees on the
distant foothills by yard---enough for
the purpose he contemplated.
A moment later he was climbing the
rough path that led 20 the uplands,
Pausing. to search critically the woods
In every direction, he then stole away
toward the ill-reputed cabin OF the
dead woodchopper
The sun just edged the treetops
when he came opposite the place.
Down In the bottom Of the hollow the
shadows lay heavy. hut the light stili
touched the uncanny howell sQuatted
against the hillside.
Stealing through the bushes and
bambles. he crept up to the place I'M
der cover OF the fallen oak. with its
festoons OF wild cucumber vines. Near
the corner most densely hidden by the
vines q chink had dropped out from
between the logs leaving narrow
crevice Shading his eyes. he peeped
within. The cabin was empty.
Hugging the wall closely. he crept
around to the sagging door: softly
pushed Il open. His eyes lifted At what
he saw--an old box on end near what
had once been the fireplace. an empty
whisky bottle on the boz. with lamp
standing beside Il ready to light; =
blanket ready to hang over the
smudged window.
The dusty floor was covered with
tracks--man tracks--one mans. Step.
ping 90 ~ carefully to set his feet 10
the tracks, he entered the cabin and
closed the door.
The tracks had been made by boot
much worn and frsyed The man that
made them must have been large aud
heavy. Tor his boot heel had den'ed
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John Swanson. They were ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. j. F.
Dubie and Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Ogilvie. All report the folks of
Rutledge as royal entertainers.
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WILLOW RIVER AND
VICINITY

". W. EliShooh oPShS NJ
and Saturday in Duluth on bust
ness.
Miss Zemen spent Feb. 22nd at
Beroun with her cousin, Mrs. Nc
Cusik.
Last week John Guessing
shipped out two carloads of po-
tatoes.
Miss Genevieve Harrison spent
last week end with her parents
at Barnum.
Mrs. Chas. Mills of Kettle Riv-
err, spent few days this week
renewing acquaintance here.
Mrs. Alex Sharlow has as guest
in her home this week her broth
err, Pat Connors, of Sawyer, MINI.
Mrs. Emil Walta left for the
Twin Cities last Friday to spend
a month visiting relatives and
friends.
f. z. Mark spent last Sunday
here with friends; Monday he
left for Duluth to conduct
horse sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Doboszenski
and Edward Burch who live near
Sturgeon Lake, spent Sunday at
]. F. Dubie's.
Wallace Ogilvie and Joe Dubie
came home from their place of
work Wednesday, last week, to
remain indefinitely.
The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid
was entertained by Mrs. Bocheck
and Vanicky at the formers
home last Thursday.
Sylvester Waletzko is here from
Cusson, to spend few weeks
vacation at the home of his
sister, Mrs. John Novack.
The Catholic Ladies Guild are
planning to put on a play in the
near future. Watch this column
for dates and particulars.
j. II. Sauber and Harland Raush
made flying trip home from
Minneapolis Tuesday of last week
in the formers new Ford.
A group of friends had a
sleighride out to Mr.. and Mrs. E.
A. Burlings and pleasantly sur
prised them Friday evening.
Don't forget the Community
Clubs splendid play and program
on March LIST at the H. S. gym.
Only 35c admission for adults.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Zalesky had
as their guest, last week, Bea-
trice HICKMAN of st. Paul. She
returned to her home last Friday.
Willow River high school will
have one day short course for
Boys and Girls Clubs on April 10.
We hope the attendance will be
large.
Mrs, 7. d. Laufenberg was ex-
pressed as the entertainer, the
teachers being the guests at a
card party and luncheon Thurs
day evening.
Mrs. r. B. Wood spent from
Tuesday till Thursday evening.
last week, in Moose Lake having
dental work done and incidental
ly visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ludwig Doboszer,-
ski boarded the Wednesday noon
train here for Duluth where they
went to visit over Sunday with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Adam Jaeger who has
spent the past three months here
at the home of her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
A. Jaeger, returned to her home
at st. Cloud last week.
Otto Walta took a sleighload of
young folks from his neighbor-
hood to the pie social at Dist. lO3
Wednesday evening, last week.
All reported a fine program and
good time with plenty of good
pie to eat.
Wednesday of last week the
safe at the depot was tried, like
ly by a group of bandits. They
didn't get into it but damaged il
so Agent R. 7. Arlington could
not open it and it was sent back