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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-11

Hovey and Barnaby cottage at Lake
Emblem.
Ira Bailey and sister Ellen of Wor-
cester, Mass. were visitors in town
for II week recently.
The Dorcas Society were entertain
ed by Mrs. Eta Eames at her Skow-
hogan home. Wednesday. Sept. Bird,
following members were present:
Mrs. Franc Sawyer. Mrs. Ada Scott.
Mrs. Alice Steward, Miss Laura
Thompson and Miss Edna Parlin.
Guests were Mrs. Emma G. Payne of
Atlantic City; Mrs. Elizabeth Emery
and Mrs. Annie Hovey.
Henry Fletcher of Oakland is visit
ing his daughter Mrs. Frank f. Crym-
BILE.
: Willis l.. Hodgdon has moved into
the. Amanda Thompson house on low
er Main street.
Mr.. Humphreys of Madison recent
ly installed two of the Bear Com
bustion Cos" oil heaters. one for
Wallace Emery and one for Fred w.
Bunker. They are proving very sat
isfactory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl C. Wing are the
happy parents of an eight pound girl,
' lISlnld IAOblllooh Nihbt aibh
day. September 8.
Frank S. Pratt of winchester, Mass.
has been visiting his daughter Mrs.
II. NJ. Norton for the past three weeks.
He returned home Monday.
Uhler Gray and daughter Marion
and housekeeper Mrs. Myers of NAL
den, Mass. are spending a few days
at Allen Young's cottage on Lake
Isu,lJ.,. ,1,o f;r{tfnr frt,a1u II, t.,.n
for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Spiller and fam
lily of Rangeley Lakes spent the week
end with Mrs. Lucy Norton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Sterling. DR..
and Mrs. Spinney motored to Jamaica
Point camps on Belgrade Lake, Tues
day. returning in the evening.
: Following guests at the Marshall
Farm over the week end were Miss
Gladys Sterling of Augusta; Miss
Elizabeth Marshall and Rachel
Hutchins of Westbrook.
Miss Agnes Mantor has gone to
Keene, y. H., where she will teach
the coming year.
Saturday evening, September 9th, a
very pleasant party was given at the
Marshall Farm, dancing and singing
was enjoyed and refreshments were
served. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Buswell and daughter
Priscilla, Miss Allen, Mrs. Marion
Barnaby and daughter, Mira, Mrs.
Minnie Mantor, Rachel Spinney, Eliza
beth and Alice Marshall. Miss Hutch
ms, Miss Sterling. Arthur Ella, Alvin
Bradbury, Erland Bailey. Hoyey
Barnaby. DR.. Fl. f. Marston, DR.. and
Mrs. Spinney, Mrs. butcher, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sterling and Mrs. Marshall.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Witham and
Adelbert and Helen Badger was at
Brighton, Sunday, to attend the Whit
man Corson family reunion.
Miss Louise Peters who has been at
Spring Lake working for the summer
returned home Saturday to attend
school.
The beautiful golden rod now in
bloom in every country wayside. calls
to the mind of Mrs. Clara =. Merry
twenty years or more ago wrote an
article for one of the Boston papers,
suggesting there be a national flower.
The Massachusetts people read this
article and later a few of our most
common flowers were mentioned. A
bill for choice of flower was placed
before the United States Senate,
voted upon, the majority ruled ii to
be the golden rod" as this plant is
found in nearly every state in the
union.
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FINE VIEW HOME N EXCELLENT

location in S~kowhegan. 6 rooms finish
ed; ! unfinished; Garage for two cars.
sell at once. Part cash. cleveland
u Creation. y Madison Ave, Skowhe-
gan. tf37
GROOM HOUSE. MIST BE NOV
ED. Price 5000. Allie Buteau. s
Railroad st, skOwhegan. 4w36'
Ny FARM. ~ ACRES. ~ A TTLLAGE
over 30 A. woodlands; bordering on
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good wells water; plenty of apples.
House need repairing. VIII sell for
S7eo cash or terms or will trade for
good Dodge or Ford car. g. II.
Rowell, Athens, RID >. n. f. Phone
2-1f-f4. 2w36F
DIG FARM BARGAIN. 100 ACRES,
so acres in fine lumber lot of hemlock.
fir, pine and cedar. Is good bearing APP
pie trees Of grated fruit. Cuts 80 tons
hay. Some farming tools included.
10-room house. large barn. Located
only AZ miles from Skowhegan. on
good road. only. short distance from
and easy terms. Cleveland & Creator
p Madison Ave, S~kowhegan. tf36
COTTAGE AND % ACRES OF LAND.
easterly shore Lake Wesserunsett, very
favorable location. -Four miles from
Skowhegan. \. J. Roullard, 10 French
ST, SkoWheBan. fN@oE
FAIRFIELD HOUSE OF 10 ROOMS
and bath on Western Ave: partly fur
nished: would make excellent hospital
or could be ~remodelled at small expense
for three apartments. garage; stearfn
heat. fireplace and modern improve
ments ". J. Bradbury, Fairfield.
Tel. Il. 2W36"
FARMS VILLAGE HOMES. AND
timberlands. The Roderick Farm
Agency. S-kowhegan. tf35
5000 TAKES STOCK. TOOLS AND
Furniture-50 acres one mile from VIII
lage; 20 acres smooth level fields; good
pasture: wood and lumber for home
use. house of five rooms; barn 40x50;
fully equipped with one horse. two
cows, tools hay, WOOD and furniture
balance $500 yearly. Alonzo L. Rich
ards, Pennington. 3w35
NOTICE. THE WOOD TURNING
mill and business belonging to the late
partnership of Thompson d Fox, must
be sold in order that the estate of the
partner, Herbert r.. ThOmp-
son. may be settled. Any one inter
ested please inquire of Thomas 9. Fox.
SkoWhegan. 3w35
ELEVEN ACRES on sTATE ROADS;
; acres growing wood: Is min. from
wooden mills; Itch soil; chance for run
ming water; excellent place for building
u IONt-. IiIullC u IL IL iosH VI
Roderick Farm Agency, ~Skowhegan.
4W34~
1-HOOM HOUSE. CORNER LoCA-
TON, Price reasonable. Inquire
of Albert w. Getchell. go North Ave.
S~kowhegan. t&O
NEW COTTAGE AT LAKEWOOD
west side, furnished. For quick sale
$3.50. Inquire Parsons Garage, 81
Madison venue, Skowhegan. tf24
-u.r n,y.. .x~ac .U,an II a. A UrrE
Full Lake half mile from ~neighbors.
Grand view. Just the outfit for sport
ing camp, school or summer resort. 2
other sets of farm buildings similarly
situated just suitable for outings and
vacations for sale or rent. +. G.
Hayden, Abbot. tf22
HoUsE LoT ON BEECH ST. REA-
SONABLE price. Clough Motor Co,
Lakewood, Madison RID l. N. e.
Tel. 1872, ~Skowhegan Elk. tits
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NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING OF
CREDITORS
In the District Court OF the United
states for the Northern District of
NInInan L. unnIrAnuAu

In the DfHtrict Court OF the United
states for the Northern District Of
Maine. In bankruptcy.
In the matter of Edward j. Sabin.
Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy.
To the creditors of Edward j. abb
of Arson in the county OF Somerset,
and District aforesaid, a bankrupt.
Notice Is hereby given that on the
eighth day of September. A. u. 1924
the said Edward j. Sabin was duly
adjudicated bankrupt: and that the
first meeting of his creditors will be
held in the Grand Jury Room in the
County Court House, in Skowhegan.
i'm said district on the twentieth day Of
September A. u. 1924. at ten o'clock I'm
the forenoon. at which time the said
creditors may attend. prove their
claims. appoint n trustee. examine the
bankrupt, and transact such other
business as may properly come before
said meeting.
Fairfield. Maine. September Q. 1924.
HARVEY II. BRAZZELL,
1w37" Referee in Bankruptcy
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Supplies

siNGLE COMB RHODE Ian RED
Ion April hatehed frong Hague
hatchery stock of GOrham. Price
2w3T*
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taching at top and pullevs Us Tor I'D
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and bath on Western Ave. partly FUR
nished: would make excellent hospital
or could be ~remodelled at small expense
for three apartments: garage: steasn
heat: fireplace and modern improve
ments. " J. Bradbury, Fairfield.
Tel. II. 2W3G"
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5000 TAkEs STOCk, TOOLS AND
Furniture-50 acres one mile from VIII
lage; 20 acres smooth level fields; good
pasture; wood and lumber for home
use, house of five rooms; barn 40x50;
fully equipped with one horse, two
cows, tools, hay, wood and furniture
in house. Price $500. $500 down,
balance $500 yearly. Alonzo I. Rich
ards, Pennington. 3w35
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-09
CHAPTER 8 Spaniards

"HE stately ship that had been al-
 lowed to sail so leisurely into Car
 lisle Bay under her false colors was a Spanish privateer, coming to pay off some of the heavy debt piled up by the predaceous Brethren of the Coast, and the recent defeat by the Pride of De- yon of two treasure galleons bound for Cadiz. It happened that the galleon which escaped in a more or less crip- pied condition was commanded by Don Diego de Espinosa Valdez, who was own brother to the Spanish Admiral Don Miguel de Espinosa, and who was also a very nasty, proud, and hot-tem- pered gentleman.
 He had succeeded so well in his in- tentions that he had aroused no sus- picion until he saluted the fort at short range with a broadside of twenty guns.
 And now the gaping watchers in the stockade on the headland beheld the great ship creep forward under the rising cloud of smoke, her mainsail un- furled to increase her steering way, and go about close-hauled to bring her larboard guns to bear upon the unready fort.
 With the crashing roar of that second
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Random Notes

Mrs. E. W. Entrikin of 217 Forty seventh street, north, is much improved following an operation at the St. Vim cent hospital.
 Mrs. Trevor Mordecia has as her guest Mrs. J. Calvin Frances of Philadelphia.
 Miss Frances Hopkins Dothan is leaving today for Brenau college at Gainesville, Ga, after being the guest of Miss Rebeckah Frazier for the past week.
 MT. Edward Troy Beatty, Jr, left Saturday for the University of Ala bama.
 Mrs. William Mckinney of Browns vile, Tenn, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Miles Bradford.
 Mir and Mrs. Clarence D. Cox have returned from their wedding trip and are at home with Mrs. E. T. Beatty at 1229 south.
 Mrs. W. Jess Brown has returned from visit to Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Me AlIister in Atlanta.
 Mrs. A. M. Duncan is visiting her parents, Mir. and Mrs. w. H. Sadler, in Sheffield.
 Mrs. Nj. A. Dinsmore has returned from a visit to her parents, Mir. and Mrs. s. D. Brock, in Albany.
 Mrs. Charles Bray and little daugh- ter are visiting Mir. and Mrs. Bert Oar row in Tuscumbia.
 Misses Hilda Polytinsky and Clara Coplan are visiting Miss Edna Clim in Sheffield and will be among the out-of- town guests at the Gross Feldman we'd ding there on September IS.
 Misses Aileen Moseley of Decatur ar- rived Sunday to be a student at Bir- mingham-Southern college.
 Mrs. J. L. Condon returned Sunday from an extended trip, which included a visit to her daughter in Los Angeles and later a stay at Chicago and New York.
 Miss Waldine Mason is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Leonard H. Ruch, in Hunts vile.
 Miss Stell Potlash of Terrace Court has returned from a visit of several months in California.
 Mrs. J. D. Humphrey, Jr., and little
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CHAPTER 2 ptrofoa
THERE was, too, new hope. There
 were two doctors in Bridgetown, both freemen and they were feeling

THERE was, too, new hope. There were two doctors in Bridgetown,
 both freemen, and they were feeling the rivalry of this new rebel-convict slave, whose earnings for services went to Colonel Bishop. To rid themselves of his rivalry, they proposed to Peter Blood to finance his escape from the island. He enlisted his good friends, including Jeremy Pitt, whose skillful seaman's knowledge must be needed to guide the sloop which they were to pur- chase. But the plan miscarried in that Kent, the overseer, suspected Pitt, and Colonel Bishop ordered Pitt to the stocks, where he had him flogged soundly.
 Even while Jeremy was being pre- pared for the lash, the colonel looked seaward and saw :n the roads, stand ing in for the shore before a gentle breeze that scarcely rufflet. the sur face, a stately red-hulled frigate, flying the English ensign. So leisurely an ad- vance argued a master inGifferently ac- quainted with these waters. The colonel withdrew when his passion had been satisfied by Pitts punishment, and there in the stocks Peter found him, duO Set dUout SivlnB uiu -SuScOT As doctor and as a friend. Pitts pillory seemed to end all hope of escape. It was now Peter; hope to save his friend from death. And, while he staunched the flow of blood, his thoughts, grim and hopeless as they were, were interrupted. He felt the shadow of Colonel Bishop upon him.
 What the devil are yor doing Lere?"
 Mir. Blood turned to face him, and over that swarthy countenance (which, indeed, by now was tanned to the golden brown of half-caste Indian) a mask descended.
 "Doing?" said he blandly. "Why, the duties of my office"
 T said he was to have neither meat nor drink until ordered it"
 Sure, now, never heard ye."
 For an instant the colonel was too amazed at his impotence to speak. Then:
 "If you're alive when my blacks have
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He feels just as I do when ! race around and kick up my heels just for pure joy in being alive. Sometimes I wish I could shout then but you know I can't because I haven't any voice for shouting. Just listen to Sooty! He isn't much to look at, but he seems to have more fun than any bird I know of unless it is Skinner the Swallow and then after all Sooty is swallow himself"
 "Hugh!" It was Johnny Chuck. "Hugh!" exclaimed Johnny again.
 Peter turned to look at Johnny and was puzzled at the look of disgust on Johnny's face. Hugh" exclaimed Johnny Chuck once more. "For fel- low who goes about as much as you do and pokes his nose into other peoples affairs as much as you do, Peter Rab- bit, you know mighty little about your neighbors. Whoever told you that Sooty is swallow?"
 "Why-why--why I don't know that any one did," replied Peter slowly ? looking more puzzled than ever. T didn't have to be told. Any one can see that he is. a swallow just to look at him."
 Hugh !" Johnny Chuck seemed very fond of that exclamation. q suppose any one can make themselves see what they want to see if they don't use their brains enough to find out about things. Sooty isn't a swallow, never was a Hr,s11 ha He belongs to another family alto gether. He's swift. That's what he is--a swift"
 Peter didn't know just what to say. Johnny Chuck spoke as if he knew ex- actly what he was talking about, and Peter had to admit to himself that he really didn't know a thing about Sooty. hitter-chitter-chitter chit-chit!" Once more Sooty raced high overhead shout ing joyously.
 "He looks like a swallow anyway" declared. Peter. but if you say he isn't one I suppose he isn't. If he is swift he is well named, for he certainly is swift enough in the air. I guess I don't know much about him."
 T guess you don't" declared Johnny Chuck, If you call him a swallow. The trouble with lot of people is that they don't know anything about their neighbors and just guess at things. You've known Sooty by sight a long time, haven't your
 Ever since I can remember" replied Peter. Summer wouldn't be summer without Sooty cutting up and racing around up in the air. But I've never seen him close to, or sitting still, and I've never thought much about him. He never before seemed to me very inter- esting"
 "Huhw exclaimed Johnny Chuck. Everybody is interesting if you take the trouble to get acquainted"
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broadside, Colonel Bishop went off at the double, despite his bulk and the heat, his negroes trotting after him.
 And then into the stockade, pant ing and sweating, came Kent followed by the best part of score of planta- tion workers, armed with muskets and hangars and some of them equipped with bandoleers. By this time the rebels-convict were coming in, in twos and threes, having abandoned their work upon finding themselves un- guarded and upon scenting the general dismay.
 Kent paused to fling an order to those slaves.
 "To the woods" !" he bade them .'Take to the woods and lie close there until this Is over, and we've gutted these Spanish swine"
 The slaves would have obeyed him .pn the instant but for Mir. Blood. " ''What need for haste, and in this heatT qouth he. He was surprisingly cool, they thought. Maybe there'll be no need to take to the woods at all, and, anyway, it will be time enough to do so when the Spaniards are mas. ters of the town"
 The landing was contested by the militia and by every islander capable of bearing arms with the fierce reso. luteness of men who know that no quarter was to be expected in defeat. This Spanish commander knew his business. Having gained the advantage of surprise blow, his guns turned now upon the open space behind the mole, where the incompetent bishop had marshalled his men, tore the militia into bloody rags, and covered the land- ing parties which were making the shore in their own boats.
 By sunset two hundred and fifty Spaniards were masters of Bridgetown, the islanders were disarmed, and at government house, Governor Steed, supported by Cononel Bishop and some lesser officers, was being informed by Don Diego, of the sum that would be required in ransom. For the hundred thousand pieces of eight and fifty head of cattle, Don Diego would forbear from reducing the place to ashes. And what time that suave and courtly com mander was settling these details with the apopletic British governor, the Spaniards were smashing and footing feasting, drinking, and ravaging after the hideous manner of their kind.
 Mir. Blood, greatly daring, ventured down at dusk into the town. What he saw was fetching him in haste and whitehead out of that hell again, when in a narrow street girl hurtled into him, wild-eyed, her unbound hair
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done with you. perhaps you'll come to your senses"
 He swung to his negroes to issue an order. But it was never issued. At that moment terrific rolling thunder clap drowned his voice and shook the very air. Colonel Bishop jumped; his negroes jumped with him, and so did even the apparently imperturbable Mir Blood. Then the four of them stared together stewards. |.
 As those men started from the eminence on which they stood. not yet yet understanding what had taken place, they saw the British jack dil from the main truck and, to replace the flag of England scared the gold and crimson banner of Castile.
 Pirates !" roared the colonel. and again Pirates !!
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SYNOPSIS.
 Peter Blood, a young Irish phyci- clan, is arrested and charged with treason during the battle between Monmouth's rebels and the soldiers of King James. He is sentenced to death by Lord Jeffreys after a trial which is a mere travesty of justice. King James, however. orders the con- victed rebels sent to the colonies to be sold as dawes, and Blood and Jeremy Pitt are put into the detach- ment consigned to the. Barbadoes. There, when they are inspected by would be purchasers, Arabella Bishop. niece of Colonel Bishop, the military commander, draws her uncle's atten- ton to Blood. Upon learning that Blood is physician. Bishop buys him for ten pounds. Later Arabelia and Blood meet. but Blood's bitter ness at his ignoble position leads him to misunderstood the character of the girl. An English ship brings in wounded Spanish prisoners and while treating their wounds Blood learns of Arabellas true charity. A few days later Spanish galleon slips into port under false colors and opens fire on the fort.
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