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headquarters Ii WAS one who knew
comparatively little of the ways of
this part of the world who was first to
suspect that all was not well with Ju-
dith Sanford. To Pollock Hampton her
failure to appear at dinner was signih-
can't
He learned from Mrs. Simpson that
in the afternoon Judith, after hur-
ried lunch, had taken her rifle and rid
den away. Where? Mrs. Simpson did
not know.
Hurried lunch?" said Hampton.
''Took her rifle, did she?"
His eyes had grown very serious as
he stared down into Mrs. Simpsons
concerned face.
Hampton sent to the mems quarters
word for Carson and Lee to come to
the house.
He strobe up and down the Office,
the frown gathering upon his usually
smooth brows. Plainly if something
had happened to Judith the present
responsibility lay upon his shoulders
as next in authority.
Here l am" announced Carson
briefly. "What is it,"
Il am little worried, Carson" said
Hampton, about Miss Sanford. I'm
afraid"
Afraid? Afraid of what? You don't
think she eloped with your Jap or
stole the spoons, do you?" snapped
Carson. He had been interrupted al
the crucial point in game of crib
bage with Poker Face and the cattle
mans weak spot was cribbage. He
glared at Hampton belligerently.
Where is Lee?' questioned Hamp.
ton sharply. ''Why didn't he Gomez"
Dunno" answered Carson, still
without interest. 81 amt seen him
Wasn't in for supper"
Il tell you,' cried Hampton, angry
at Carson's quiet acceptance of facts
which to him were darkly significant
"he, too, was out with his rifle today
l saw him myself Now he fails to
show up! Don't you see what all this
points to-"
Carson, who seldom lost his poise
with one-half of his brain still given
over to the hand he meant to play
with Poker Face, merely sighed and
shook his head.
Hampton came swiftly to Carson's
side. "They left the Lower End this
afternoon and came on here. Then
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-07

both armed, they rode away again at
four or five O'Clock. l tell you, man,
something has happened to them"
Don't believe it, retorted Carson.
mot for one little half-minute, don't.
What's to happen? Huh?"
You know as well as l do what sort
of characters are about. The man who
robbed Charlie Miller-who shot at
Bud Lee"
''Whoar' grinned Carson Don't
you go and fool yourself That stick
UP gent is clean hundred miles from
here right now an still going real live
~ If any other Jasper lent him a
hand, why, he's on his way, too. Not
stopping to pick flowers. It's the way
them kind plays the game"
Carson was so cheerfully certain, so
amused at the thought of Bud Lee and
Judith Sanford requiring anybody's as
sistance, so confident concerning the
methods of outlaws, that finally
Hampton sent him away, half-assured.
and went himself to his friends in the
living room.
He let half an hour slip by in rest
less Inactivity For, no matter what
Carson might say or these people here
do, Judith had not yet come in. Hamp-
ton left them and went to his room
for rifle and cartridge-belt He in
tended TO slip out quietly. Marcia met
him in the hall; she had heard his
quick steps and guessed that he was
going out. Now clearly. though she
was frightened, she was delighted with
him. He had never thrilled her like
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| tons. AS regards the career of the
young man, for example, New England
today resembles France more nearly
than tie Far West.
Beyond the Mississippi. eyebrows are
still raised when young George elects
TO settle down in old Georges business
instead of striking out for himself. In
most Western communities any healthy
man who elects to live on his income
without working at something will find
himself most unhappily isolated-so
much so, indeed. that almost invaria-
bly, Re is forced to fee TO New York
or Paris When he does this he finds
himself for the first time placed in a
society which demands from him a
definite degree of sophistication.-New
Republic.
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instead of two there were three flying
forms, three fast-racing, blurring,
shadowy shapes merging with the
night. Pollock Hampton, his rifle
dubbed in his hand, was running with
college sprinter's speed after Quin-
MON and Shorty, calling breathlessly:
Look out, they'll get awayi"
Hampton, come back!" shouted
Lee, running after him.
But Hampton was gaining on the
heavy-set Shorty and had no thought
of coming back. Nor thought of any
thing in all the wide world just then
but overtaking the flying figure in
front of him. Shorty stumbled over a
fallen log and rose, cursing and call
ing:
Chris Lend a hand"
That little chance of an uprooted
tree saved Hampton's life that night.
Shorty, falling, had dropped his gun
and hurt his knee. For a moment he
CROPPED wildly for the lost rifle, then
ran off without it. Hampton cleared
the log and with a yell rather BETTING
a victorious savage than the young
man whom Mrs. Langworthy hoped to
call her son, threw his long arms about
! Shorty's neck.
Il got him." shouted Hampton. "By
glory"
Shorty drove big brutal fist smash
| ing into his captor's face. But Hamp-
ton merely lowered his head, hiding it
against Shorty's heaving shoulders,
and frightened his grip. Shorty strug-
gled TO his feet, shaking at him, tearing
at him, driving one fist after the other
into Hampton's body. But, with a
grimness of purpose as new to him as
was the whole of tonight's adventure,
Hampton held on.
Judith and Lee and Burkitt came to
them as they were falling again. Now
suddenly, with other hard hands upon
him, Shorty relaxed, and Hampton,
his face bloody, his body sore, sank
back. He had done a mad thing
but triumph lay in that he had done it.
"A man never can TELL" muttered
Bud Lee, with less thought of the cap
tive than of the captor-'.never can
| tell"
Il am thinking" said Judith Won
deringly, that l never quite Gid you
justice, Pollock Hampton!"
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Shorty's escape shows there
is treachery in Judith's ranks.
Who is the traitor?
tTo BE CONTINUED


1t is only within the last few CEN
turtles that sugar has become known,
and within the last generation or so
that refined sugars have become so
low in price that they may be COM
monty used in the poorest families.
Formerly honey was the principal
sweet, and it was one of the items
sent as propitiatory offering by ia
cob TO his unrecognized son, the chief
ruler of Egypt 1900 years before the
first sugar refinery was built.
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CHAPTER VII
Just a Girl, After All

Hampton's captive, known to them
only as. Shorty, heavy, surly man
whose small, closest eyes burned
eSilly under his pale brows, rode that
night between Hampton and Judith
down to the ranch-hGuse. He main
tanned a stubborn silence after the
first Cutburst of rage.
Burkist and Lee, despite Judith's OBJ
jectiOns SecSuse of Lees wounded leg,
remained az the cabin with Bill Crow
dy. Crowdy ha$ lost deal of blood
and, though he complained of little
pain, was clearly fs sore need of Faedi-
cal attention. Cro&Gy, like Shorty,
refused to talk.
Jaw, HI" he grunted as Lee de-
manded what influence had brought
him with Shorty and Quinnion into ts;s
mad project, "let me alone, can't
you?"
The events of the rest of the night
and of the morrow may be briefly told !:
Shorty's modest request for a glass of
whisky was granted him. Then, his
hands still bound securely by Carson,
he was put in the small grain-house,
windowless, ten-by-ten house of logs.
An admirable Jail this, with its heavy
paddock snapped into a tieepiy-imbed-
ded staple and the great hasp in place.
The key safely in Judith's possession,
Shorty was left to his own thoughts
while Judith and Hampton went to
the house.
In answer to Judith's call, Doc
Trip came without delay, left brief,
disconcerting word that without the
shadow of a doubt the hogs were
stricken with cholera, and went on
with his little bag to see what his skill
could do for Bill Crowdy.
Ought to give him sulphur fumes
grunted Trip But his hands were
very gentle with the wounded man, for
all that.
Pollock Hampton had no thought of
sleep that night; didn't so much as go
to bed. He lay on a couch in the liy-
ing room and Marcia Langworthy, ire
mendously moved at the recital Ju-
dith gave of Hampton's heroism, fiUt-
tered about him, playing nurse to her
hearts delight. Mrs. Langworthy
complacently looked into the future
and to the maturity of her own plans
Before daylight Carson, with half
dozen men, had breakfasted, saddled
and was ready to ride to the Upper
End to begin the search for Quinnion
But before he rode, Carson made the
discovery that during the night the
staple and hasp on the grain-house
door had been wrenched away and
that Shorty was gone. Carson's face
was dull, brick red. Not yet had he
brought himself to accept the full sig.
nificance of events. A hold-up, such
as Charlie Miller had experienced, is
one thing; a continued series of incl
dents like these happening upon the
confines of the Blue Lake ranch, was
quite another. Only too plainly he
realized that Shorty had had an ac-
complete at the ranch headquarters
who had come to his assistance.
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JUDITH's SECRET

SYNOPSIS.-Bud Lee, horse
foreman of the Blue Lake ranch.
convinced Bayne Trevors, man
ager, is deliberately wrecking
the property owned by Judith
Sanford, a young woman; her
cousin, Pollock Hampton. and
Timothy Gray, decides to throw
up his Job. Judith arrives and
announces she has bought Gray's
share in the ranch and will run
it She discharges Trevors. after
shooting him twice in self-de-
Tense. The men on the ranch
dislike taking orders from a
girl, but by subduing a vicious
horse and proving her thorough
knowledge of ranch life, Judith
wins the best of them over. Lee
decides to stay, for a while at
least Judith becomes convinced
that her veterinarian, Bill Crow
dy, is treacherous. She discharges
him and gets back Doc Trip.
her dead fathers man. Pollock
Hampton, part owner. comes to
stay for good" Trevors accepts
Hampton's invitation to visit the
ranch Judith's messenger is held
up and robbed of the monthly
pay roll Bud Lee goes to the
city for more money, getting
back safely with II, though his
horse Is killed under him. Both
he and Judith see Trevors' hand
in the crime. Hog cholera. hard
TO account for. breaks out on the
ranch Judith and Lee investi-
gate the scene of the holdup. A
cabin in a planted clear
ing excites Judith's admiration.
1t is Lees, though he does not
say so. They are fired on from
ambush. and Lee wounded. An
swering the fire, they make for
the cabin Here they find Bill
Crowdy wounded Dragging him
into the building, they find he
has the money taken from Ju-
dith's messenger. They are be-
sieged in the cabin.
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LinoIeun1 PoIish

An excellent polish and preservativs
for linoleum can be made as follows !:
Dissolve one ounce OF shellac in one
pint of methylated spirits and apply
with a soft cloth. The shellac must
be thoroughly dissolved by allowing
the mixture TO stand covered up for =
few hours. Linoleum thus treated VIZ
preserve its color for msry years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-11-07
Will-o,-fhe-Wisp

Wisp" is popular name
for phenomenon called ignis fatuus.
which in Latin means foolish fire."
1t is light which appears floating in
the atmosphere few feet above the
ground in marshes or other places
where there Is decaying animal matter.
When approached 1t appears, as rule,
to recede. 1t has been attributed TO
phosphorated or carbureted hydrogen
escaping from decaying substances.
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CHAPTER VII
Partners

of mems voices. Judith laid her book
aside and drew her rifle across her
knees. her eyes bright and eager Al
infrequent intervals for perhaps three
or four minutes the two voices came
fndistinctly TO those in the cabin. Then
silence for as long a time. And then
a voice again, this time quite near the
door, calling out clearly:
"Hey, you in there! Pitch the mon.
go" ......
There's a voice." said Judith quiet.
~, ito remember! I'll be able 'to
swear 10 it in court"
Certainly voice to remember, Just
as one remembers an unusual face for
seen in crowd. A voice markedly in
dividual, not merely because 1T was
somewhat high-pitched for a mans
but rather for quality not easily de
fined, which gave to 1t certain vi
brant, unpleasant harshness, sounding
metallic almost, rasping. as though
with the hiss of steel surfaces rub
bling. Altogether impossible to describe
adequately, yet, as Judith said, not to
be forgotten.
Lee turned triumphantly TO the girl.
I've got his tag!" he whispered 10
her 81 played poker with that voice
one night not four months ago in
Rocky BendI"
who is he?" Judith whispered back
With Crowdy down, If we know who
one of these men is, the rest will be
easy. Who is he?"
"A bad egg" Lee told her gravely.
Hes done time in the state pen. He's
been out less than a year. Gunman,
stickup man, convicted once already
for manslaughter j. :"
Not Chris Quinnion, Bud Leei' she
cried .excitedly. Not Chris Quin-
Mont"
SIR he commanded softly
There's no use tipping our hand off
to him. Yes; it's crooked Chris Quin-
nion- You don't know him, do Nou?"
He had never seen her eyes look as
they looked now. They were as hard
eyes, he thought swiftly. Rather the
eyes OF man with murder in his
heart.
Then, thank GOdi' whispered Ju-
dith, her voice tense Can you keep
a secret with me, Bud Lee? Were it
not for the man calling to US now.
Luke Sanford would be here in our
stead. Crooked Chris Quinnion served
his time in San Quentin because my
father sent him there And he had not
been free six months before he kept
his oath and murdered my poor old
dad."
Well?" came the interrupting snarl
OF ouinnion's voice, like the ominous
whine of an enraged animal. Whats
the word?"
Give Us five minutes TO think ii
over" returned Lee coolly. And. in
credulous eyes on Judith's set face. he
said gently: Il was on the ranch when
the accident happened. He must have
driven that heavy car little too close
TO the edge of the grade. The bank
Just naturally gave way"
Judith, her lips tightly compressed
shook her head.
You didn't find him under the car.
did your And the blow that killed him
might have been dealt with some heavy
weapon in the hands of man stand
Ing behind him, mightn't it? 1 know,
Bud Lee, know"
How do you known" he demanded
insistently. You weren't here even"
No. i was in San Francisco. But
the day before had letter from ia
ther. He expected me home very soon.
He was going out. he said in his letter,
TO look at the road over the mountain.
He wrote that thu grade was danger
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dent; Mrs. Arlie Pooler. vice presi.
dent, Althea NJ Robinson, secretary
and treasurer; executive committee
Bertha Robinson. Victoria Cahill. Mrs
Eldred Head: entertainment commit
tee. Mrs. John Hunnewell. Rena
Chase. Flora Head.
METHODIST NOTES
Rev. and Mrs. jerome Wood. guests
of Rev. Mary f. Sampson last week,
left on their homeward journey Mon
day morning. They were delighted
with the scenery of this section and
think that Bingham is delightful for
situation. TogeMer with Mrs. Samp-
son they made the trip to kineo, a
truly enjoyable experience.
Mr.. Wood preached Sunday morning
on-"rhe saving and keeping power Of
God. In the evening his topic was
The Friend Above all Others
Miss Mary \. Bray. daughter of he
late Rev. Charles S. Bray of the East
Maine Conference. is Mrs. SIMPSONS
guest this week. They are spending
few days at East Liyermore camp
meeting
The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Lena
Clark, Tuesday, August 10, with
goodly attendance. After the bust
ness session a social time was enjoy
ed. Delicious refreshments We're
served by the hostess. The next
meeting will be held with Mrs. Arabel
Lister, Sept 2
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WATER STREET STORE

all of the railroad buildings in town
including the steel bridge spanning
the Carrabassett.
MIR. Craig. travelling salesman for
the II. S. Melcher Co. of Portland,
was a business caller in town Mon
day.
Hon. F. II. Holley spoke in Har-
mony Monday evening with DR.. John
Wesley Hill of New York He also
spoke at Hartland Tuesday night
with Congressman Mcpherson. Mr..
Holley also speaks at Fairfield Fri
day night with Mr.. Mcpherson.
Mrs. Clara P. Merry entertained
three of her Pennsylvania guests
last week at Tacoma Inn. This is
a quiet, rural resort. but the register
ed nameG for the entire season in
dicated that tourists from nearly
every state in the union as well as
from the provinces have been enter
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green lawns and border of large
trees made a fine setting for an esti-
mated throng of three hundred peo-
pie. A splendid program which
which won much applause from the
large audience. echoed all about the
little village. The Boys Band of
Madison was present and the quality
of their work and generosity in
furnishing so many selections won
for them much we'll deserved credit.
Other features deserving special
mention were the male quartette COM
posed of Messrs. Barnaby, Murray,
Hamilton and Holway and the ladies
trio composed OF the Mrs. Thorne,
Murray and Barnaby. The voices
of these we'll known singers sound
ed especially beautiful as they rang
out in the evening air. The accom-
panists were Mrs. Willis Emery and
Mrs. Marion Barnaby. Frankfurts
and ice cream were on sale through
out the evening Mrs. Murray was
assisted in the details of the party
by the president of the association,
Mrs Eva Tarr and the following la
dies: Mrs. II. S. Spear, Mrs. Roxie
Mitchell. Mrs. Benz. Ella. Mrs. Frank
Holley, Mrs. Nellie Wing. Mrs. II. H.
Marston, Mrs. Gould Porter. Miss
Mary Porter and Mrs. A. E. Hamilton.
Many were present from adjoining
towns and many cottagers from Lake
Embden who are spending the sum
mer there from New York and Bos-
ton.
Mrs. r. l.. Fen1ason and daughter
Evelyn of kents Hill are visiting
friends in town.
The Maine Central painters crew
have finished their work of painting
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near Patterson Bridge. About fifty
were present and at noon baked beans
brown bread and butter, sandwiches
cakes. pies and coffee were served
The children played games in the aft
ernoon and the older people enjoyed
cards. Visitors were present from
Bingham There will be a rehearsal
of the degree staff OF Emerald Re-
bekah Lodge Wednesday evening,
September Bird at 7.30 p. m.
Last Friday evening was the oc-
casion of one of the most delightful
out of doors party OF the season,
when Mrs. J. =. Murray gave a lawn
party under the auspices Of the Wo-
mans Association of the Dinsmore
Congregational Church. at her home
on Madison street The party had
been planned to take place on We'd
nesday evening August %. but Il
drenehing rain on that evening made
it necessary to postpone the event
and all those who ventured forth ad-
journed to Academy Hall where a
part OF the scheduled plans were car
ried out There delicious lunch
OF salads, sandwiches. cakes. coffee,
and ice cream was served and beau
tiful bouquets were sold for the bene-
ut of the treasury OF the association.
The social hour following the lunch
was made more merry by the grab
bag with its deep mysteries within
and by the ever popular fortunetell-
ing booth. On Friday evening Mrs.
Murray arranged carrying out the
original plan for holding the lawn
party at her home and unlike most
postponed events was a decided sue
cess. The evening was beautiful
and the Murray home with its big
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Community Field Day ut North Arson

DO not forget the community outing
that takes place next Monday. Sept.
lst at North Arson, everyone expected
to go. The different committees
have been making their plans for a
big event, now do your part by going.
faint Coin to Rain"Nso get in line
for a good time and make up your
mind for an enjoyable day. Take
your own lunch but baked beans, COT
tee and drinks will be provided for all.
Automobiles will be available for
those who do not have a car of their
own
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PROBATE NOTICES
To All Persons Interested In Either OF
The Estates Hereinafter Named.

At a Probate Court held at Skowhe
gan. In and for the County of Somer-
set, on the 18th day OF August in
the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-four and by ad-
journment from day to day from the
second Tuesday of said August. The
following matters having been pre-
scented for the, action thereupon here
matter indicated, 1t Is hereby Ordered
persons. interested. by causing a copy
of this order to ha published three
weeks successfully In the. 1ndepend-
emit Reporter newspaper published at
may appear at Probate Court to be
held at Skowhegan on the second
Tuesday of September, A. ID. 1924 at
nine of the clock In the forenoon. and
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NORTH ANSON

Table Rock Lodge. No. 100, I. O. o.
F. and Emerald Rebekah Lodge, No.
65. held their field day Wednesday,
August 20 at the pleasant farm home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hannibal Danforth
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-26

If enough publicity is given to the
matter OF automobile fatalities per
hapS someone viii discover that the
remedy isn't so much a matter Of
learning how to handle cars more
safely upt of learning how to walk.
In some localities more PEOPLE die
as a result of falls than as a result
of getting in the way OF automobiles
The total number of fatalities from
falls runs automobile fatalities a
close race. In 1919 the former OK
ceeded the latter by 2.04S.
The Philadelphia Rand Transit
Company thinks that the bus ser
vice should appeal to the economical
motorist when he is informed that
buses operating every three
minutes and constituting less than
SO of all vehicles using the street
under consideration could carry al
most half the total riders now us
ing private cars. The transit com
pany believes that because it dis
covered that 81 persons can he ac-
.commodatod in one bus that oc-
cupies space equivalent to but
four automobiles as against an
equal number of passengers in 80
that block an entire
street the motorist will promptly
dispense with the convenience Of his
own car and become a motor bus
sardinc. Maybe the motorist will
have something to saw about it
that Will reveal the fact
that the average person nowadays
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| fatality might have been avoided
had the drivers of the respective
cars given proper consideration to
the difference in the weights of the
cars. 1t was almost. certain that If
the large car ran into the smaller
one, or vice versa, the latter would
be overturned or at least badly
damaged. The impact of 1000
pounds meeting 1000 at a velocity of
about 40 feet a second could have
only one result. If the driver of the
lighter car had deliberately turned
into stationary object (such as a
parked car, tree, a telegraph pole)
the impact would have been about
one-fourth that involved in collidine
with the moving car.
when caught in a trap there is in.
variably an alternative if you are
quick enough to realize it. Looking
Tor such an alternative, however,
can become just as much of a re-
mex action as reaching for the
emergency brake. Avoid. if possible.
hitting moving vehicle. Where
there IS an alternative collide with
the lighter one.