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CHAPTER III
Dead Men Two and Three.


a LARGE camp on the shore of
Lac Vieux Desert near the rise
of the Wisconsin river was known
in its region as the lodge of Little
Butte des MOrts. 1t had its name
from some obscure Menominee or
WinnebagO source Although Of
only local ken, Little" had been
prefixed probably to distinguish 1t
from Grand Butte des Morris far to
the south on the Fox river near
Lake Winnebago.
The early French penetration of
Wisconsin has it's vestiges in the
charm of names perSisting along
with melodious Indian derivations
against the hOmely nomenclature of
AnglO-SaXon pioneer and settler.
Etienne Brule, La Sale, TOnti, the
GriffOn, Claude Allouez, Jacques
Marquette, Jean Nicholet, the ex-
plOrerS, searchers for La Chine, fur
traders and forest runners keep at
least their shadows alive in Lac du
Flambeau, the Brule, Lac Court
dOreilles, Fond du Lac, ct cetera.
alongside Shantytown, Post Lake.
Hickory Corners, Jump Lake and
Enterprise.
The central lodge and cabins of
Little Butte des Morts were log
built in a stand of white and Nor
way pine with a smaller growth of
balsam and with some hard woods
to flame in the colOring of the fall
The club membership was in part of
solvent half-year idlers and of men
who followed the whole calendar of
outdoor sport from Canada to Flori-
da and in part of men of active af-
fairs who could have a fortnight or
month of fishing in the year.
Two caretakers. with their wives
who were the camp cooks, were In
charge the year around, for the
lodge was never closed. In the sea
son the guides came from the re-
gion about. In the winter they went
into the woods numbering, except
for a few older fellows who shacked
themselves in near by and Ioitered
about the fireplaces of the lodge and
in its furnace-heated comfort as
much as the caretakers' wives
would tolerate and permit. Occa-
siOnally members who liked the pine
barrens after season and who had
nothing to engage them elsewhere
would stay for the deer hunting In
November without going home,
ITO BE CONTINUED
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Old Timer Showed Boys
Old Game of Football

Both on the stage and in the field
of sport, there are those who long fol-
the good old days and claim that the
modern performance is but the shell
of the real thing. This has been
claimed more than once by Old-time
football fans and at Yale, for one, it
Is believed that the old-timers may be
right.
1t was the old, giant guard, Pudge
Heffelfinger, who put doubt in the
mind of Old Eli. He returned to the
campus at the age of fifty and after
watching the Yale varsity for awhile
turned to Tad Jones. coaching at tha:
time. and complained: "They don't
charge the line properly"
"Well, why don't you go in there
and show them the way you used to
charger" Jones suggested with a
smile
'I'll do it," said the fifty-year-old
Pudge, earnestly. He charged the Yale
varsity line the way he used to when
he was a guard, back in the good old
days and in a few minutes had ripped
the Yale team to shreds and had Tad
pleading with him to get out of the
game before he ruined the team be-
yond repair.
The old boy, went away at last,
mumbling that football had become a
children's game 1t is a matter of
record that he was never again in
vited to charge a Yale line.-Ex-
change.
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a sober and decent affair with
American Legion recognition of his
good war record. The morning of
the burying Lieutenant Stanton
came to the station out of uni
form.
Going somewhere?" his captain
asked him. States attorney wants
to see you. Clayton, | suppose"
I'm going to Clayton's funeral" !"
said the lieutenant.
you believe the murderers al
ways turn up at the burying."
This one won't. knew a hit
of Clayton when he was a square
shooter"
Yes, and when was that"
I'm the latest war. But why
me to the states attorney? I'm not
detective"
"COrvaleski has asked for you.
The squad car will take you down. "
At the states attorneys door the
lieutenant had a wait of ten min
utes. Then Horde, the first assist
ant, came out.
"Hullo, Stanton" he said. glad
to have you back on a case. Come
on in"
Don't kid me, man." said the
! lieutenant. when did you ever
have me on a case? I'm not a de-
! tective. I'm an officer of patrol
men. You ought to know the diff
! ference"
Anyway, come in. He wants to
see you"
They went inside.
I Back again." said the states at
torney. You can't help yourself, can
you? Always falling into some
thing nice. Real meat. Reputa-
ton. Fame. The fangs of the
law"
"Mr. Corvaleski," said the lieu
tenant, you're not the man to kid
a lieutenant of police. Fangs of the
law aren't lieutenants at the East
Chicago Avenue"
How are the bees and ants
You'll be chief yet"
"Of the bees and ants? Listen
Mr.. COrvaleski, being chief, which
I'll never be, won't get me any.
thing. Now. a poultry farm? Or
did you ever think o. pecans OF
grapefruit down south?"
THAT settles it. You'll be chief
You'll start a couple new police
rackets. When you're worth a mil
lion dollars you'll be discovered. I'll
have to indict you"
Come, come" said the lieutenant
'is your servant a fish? I'd take
yau in"
mo, | don't see it that way
You'll hold out on me ard ii will
c>,st you half your pile tc beat the
case. What do you know about the
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Just wanted you to think of me as
human being. Many coppers are
when you see them at home"
Arthur, or Buck, Trembly was the
only son OF a Buffalo attorney of
reputation and wealth, whose money
was made in hydroelectricity. The
father was a graduate of the Mass
achusetts Institute of Technology
and of the Harvard Law school.
There were six children, but Arthur
was the only son. He had gone
into Canada and had been a trooper
in the Royal Mounted. He had got
his man on a number of occasions,
but on one the question why had
arisen. The man could not answer
it because he was dead There was
too much plausiblity in Trembly's
report for an official inquiry to be
indicated or demanded. Neverthe-
less a question remained. 1t would
have had more insistence if it had
been known where the mans bag of
gold was, % an hour before his
death; (2) an hour afterward. Ar
thur never rejoined his reputable
Buffalo family circle.
Trembiy had married twice. His
first wife had been the daughter of
a wellto-do Indianapolis family
who inherited one hundred thou
sand dollars on the death Of her fa-
ther. Mr.. and Mrs. Trembly made
identical wills, each bequeathing to
the other all possessions. Mrs.
Trembly died the year following her
fathers death. Trembly did not
marry again until 1927.
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March to the Arctics

Summer excursions to the Arctic
regions by airplane and dirigible are
promised for the near future, but it
will not be so long before the auto
mobile tourist will be able to make
his way to Alaska with good roads all
the way. The distance between
Seattle and Fairbanks is a trifle more
than 2,200 miles, and at the present
time there are stretches of good
roads for nearly 1000 miles. so that
there are comparatively small pOr
tiOns yet to be constructed.
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CHAPTER u
The Necessary Dame.

a Ii aside from what John Law
land his tipstaffs might think
of it, Dunn Clayton had died nice.
He had been much too busy a man
to linger weakly and wretchedly
in his bed and pick at his coverlet.
Although he had changed his boots
for spats, it was consistent with
his living that his dying should find
them on.
He was buried Tuesday. October
2, after the cOroner's jury had
taken it's view. His funeral was
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Supreme Sacrifice

A very gallant deed was performed
by a chemist named Zurbriggen. He
was employed at a chemical works in
Switzerland. There was an explosion,
and poison gas began to pour out
upon the 20 men who were at work.
Herr Zurbriggen, knowing only too
well the penalty he must pay, forced
his way into the room where the ex-
plosion occurred, found the leakage,
and stopped it. All the workers were
saved, through the swift courage of
the chemist, but he himself was so
severely gassed that he died soon
afterwards.
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Wealth Put Into the Earth

The United States, with about 6
per cent of the worlds population,
uses approximately 10 per cent of the
worlds annual output of commercial
fertilizer and ranks second only to
Germany as producer.
The worlds annual production is
worth $500, ,235,O00 on assumed values
of $160 a ton for nitrogen in the
warehouses of the producer, and n
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Lengthy Name

In London, England, the will of
Arthur Pepper, who life property
valued at $475, gave full power of at
tOrney to relative named Ann Ber-
tha Cecilia Diana Emily Fanny Ger
trude Hypatia Inez Jane Kate Louise
Maud Nora Ophelia Ounce Rebecca
Starkey Teresa Ulysses Venus Wini-
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Millionaires' Club

In 1886 Jekyll island, Of the coast
of Georgia, was bought by its pres
ent owners, the Jekyll Island club
group of Americas richest men,
whose membership represents one
seventh of the wealth of the world
Here they have mag ificent homes
and a palatial clubhouse where they
spend the months of January. Feb
ruary and March, seeking relief
from the cold winters of their north
ern climate. The club membership
is limited to 100.
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rolls and a ring. they would have
| been shot by some one from the
kitchen or the Office. The coroner,
the cops, the fire department, the in
surance patrol and a couple health
| department inspectors would have
been arriving simultaneously"
why didn't you hold Trembly?"
Corvaleski asked
at was just my hunch not to try
it. My guess was that we'd do bet
ter with him loose than with some
lawyer in court to know why we
were holding him"
But this letter; you certainly
| haven't been concealing it,"
only from publicity. The detec-
tive bureau is looking for Maisie."
"Who is she? Have you any idea 2
"She's beyond my guessing. In
fact, my guessing is pretty rotten,
but ii always comes back to Trem.
bly, and the conviction that he knew
the note had been sent to Clayton
1t may have been that the killer was
outside or at another table waiting
for Dunn to go. You see we cant
tell what the appearance of Trenl-
bly, meant to Dunn. He shows up
and MaiSie doesn't. There's the nub
of the matter. To that point it's
| Trembly's show. We don't know
what might have happened because
this crazy hold-up eXplOdes on the
scene. Whoever shot Clayton Ger
! tainly rationaliZed the unexpected
| just rs if it had been made for him
/ That's what | see. These young fe1-
lows we are holding know I'm the
only friend they have. and they're
| telling me the truth. I'm sure of
that. You probably can work them
off if you want to. but don't think
| it will be good prosecution. 1t will
be terrible"
Il don't feel murderous." said the
! states attorney, but can't as yet
! share your confidence. You let
Trembly go. What happened?"
He gave a fictitious name for the
man he said he was to meet in the
Dutch Mill That was expected He
went to Milwaukee instead of Min
neapolis, but he did leave town"
Where is he now"
I'VE don't know. but think he'll
be picked up again.
"Who do you guess Maisie to be?"
the first assistant asked. Isn't
she the key?"
You guess" said Stanton. You
might guess that she was an old gal
of Dunn's. You might guess that
she was married. You might guess
that she still liked Dunn. and that
Dunn liked her. But if you can
guess who and where she is or why
she wrote that come-on letter you
Outguess me-"
I'D guess that if she wrote it she
intended Clayton to be killed
There'd be story in that. Then
I'd guess that she might not have
written 1t. Some one faxed her
hand"
"YOu see, mister" said Stanton.
there's just as good guessing in
your own office as anywhere else
I'm going to Dunn's funeral, and re-
member, if you select the buns as
victims, give thanks that we don't
yet use the electric chair. You
couldn't burn them. They are too
green and sappy. And so good day
to you all. I'm going to the funeral"
I'll want you in a day or two
again." said COrvaleski.
You've had all you'll need out Of
me-" said the lieutenant as he
| closed the door behind him.
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PRECEDING EVENTS

During a "holdup" at the Dutch
Mill, a fashionable Chicago night
club, a patron later identified as
Dunn Clayton is shot and killed.
Lieutenant of Police Stanton, in
vestigating, questions a voluntary
witness, calling himself Buck"
Trembly. His testimony is appar-
emily straightforward
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Earthquakes' Oddities

During the great Tokyo earthquake
of 1925 nearby coal mines were not
affected, and a recent Texas earth
quake which was felt within radius
of several hundred miles had no eff
feet on the Carlsbad caverns, within
the earthquake zone
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Sweet Memory

Wifey (hubby's former secretary
Where were you all evening, you
brute?
Hubby-Honestly, honey, l wasn't
at the office!
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Sympathetic

Bride-to-Be-Well, what did your
friend say when you showed him my
photograph?
Fiance-Nothing; he just pressed
my hand in silence.
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A house cat doesn't step on you,
and she can't understand why you
are always stepping on her.
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No End of VARIETY

Deadbroke-''I hear you have all
kinds of money" Badlybent-''Yeah,
pennies, nickels, dimes, and quar-
terS."
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Club Chat

80 you finally consented to teach
your wife how to drive?"
''Yes, 1 need a new car anyhow"
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CHAPTER I-Continued

II wasn't very nervous myself" !"
said Trembly, but thought he was
less So"
81 don't know how nervous you'd
be, mister" said the lieutenant, "but
there wouldn't have been any false
starts from Clayton"
You knew him?"
a bit of him. He might have
five minutes if he had not been
shot"
Maybe they knew that"
Not the faintest chance. Those
buns didn't know anything. If they
had they'd have known they didn't
have chance from the beginning
They were exposed on all sides. 1t
was so raw that they ought to be
given another chance before they're
tried. But what happened"
The shot. | was looking at Clay
ton, saw him crumple, looked about
and saw the fellow who shot him
put his pistol in his overcoat pocket
and walk out"
Have you a gum"
'YeS." Q
You're competent citizen. You
rather say so yourself. And you
look like one. Why didn't you crack
this killer?"
I'm not that good. Lieutenant"
said Trembly. Things were hap
pening bit too fast. You wouldn't
count on the fellows you call buns
boiling the way they did"
They would have bolted if some
one had dropped a plate or slammed
a door"
Anyway, sat dumb"
Gould you describe or identify
the nian?"
Not a chance" said Trembly
What [ saw of his face was next
to nothing, a blur. For the rest OF
ii | could tell you that he was
probably i've feet eight or nine. one
hundred and siXty-five to one hun
dred and seventy pounds and wore
a black overcoat."
Half the male citizenship of the
town." said the lieutenant. where
are you staying. Buck"
I'm not staying" said Trembly.
I'm leaving at two fOrty-fve for
Minneapolis. That is. if you do not
need me further. hope you don't"
Il don't see why | should make
you any Inconvenience. Buck. You've
tried to come in with what you
knew. You might not think that
copper would want to keep these
poor buns from standing trial for
something hey didn't do. but I'd
rather get ie fellow who really did
~ Give r. the names of the peo-
pie you were 20 meet here. will you?
l suppose they came about the time
the party Ta2 breaking for the out
side and took themselves out of the
picture. Write me their names and
addresses. Buck"
Il know only the man's," said
Trenbly.
That's all right. A fellow can
find lot of women's names in this
place. You stay here just a minute
while | talk with the detectives.
should have said dicks. suppose. Eh,
Buck? Lots of us are queer fish.
Now, you'd never guess that my
hobbies are ants and bees. So prob
ably | say detectives. Anyway, the
detective headquarters is on the job
That will end my concern with it.
I'll be back in a moment. Just write
me the mans name and address on
a bit of paper"
AS soon as the lieutenant had
gone out of the office Trembly took
piece of paper from the desk at
his side and after a moments con-
Sideration wrote:
"A p. Willard
$500 May Place"
Five minutes later the lieutenant
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Boys can be kept on the farm aft
er they are of age, if they can have
$25 a week to spend.
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phOric acid and potash. The total
amount of plant food used by Amer
lean farmers increased 40 per cent
from 1914 to 1928.
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Temptation has a music for all
ears.-N. p. Willis.
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"A. z. Willard
1920 May Place"

Five minutes later the lieutenant
came back.
you've got something under an
hour for your train, Buck" he said
Il had them stop taxi for you. AS
a fOrmality would you let me see
your gun? They ask these d-n fonl
questions of us. Did you see his
gun? No. You knew he had one?
Yes. You didn't see it? No. And
you're a copper? A copper. you are :
I'm being pretty considerate. don't
you think. mister? Let's see the old
gat."
why not Buck?" Trembly asked,
smiling as he drew his pistol.
Sometimes feel Buck and
sometimes | feel mister. You know
how it goes with prima donnas
Now. one time" he broke the pistol
and glanced at its chambers, II
might have felt like framing these
buns we've got. Tonight | don't.
Pistols all right, Buck Thank you
Your cabs outside. Well not both
'er you any more. You've been a
good scout. told you ! was in
terested in ants and bees? Sure. I
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In
NEW
YORK
SEEKING SIMPLICITY
vii! van

New York, May 25.-Lcng Island
which writer's of so-called modern
comedies would have you believe is
populated by philanderers, jazz-age
youngsters, wisecrackers, fait h less
wives and bedroom conversations, will
return this summer to such old-fash-
Toned pastimes as treasure hunts and
croquet.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, one hears, will
pass up the Importance of an entire
Broadway music show as a high note
in the seasons whoop-de-do. Yachts
will lie about in dry-docks and own
ers will lie about the yachts.
X X X
Revival of the treasure hunt, sup
posed to have gone the way of tiddle-
de-winks, does not mean that the
old time costly prizes will nestle in
hidden troves. A we'll informed So
ciety editor tells me that grandpa's
mustache cup will come out of the
garnet trunks with a vintage napkin
ring as the main prize.
X X X
THE CIRCUS SET"
Long before the depression made a
dent in extravagant entertainment,
however, the most famous set of gay
society innovators had begun to pass
from the current picture. For gen.
Grafton they were far famed as 1.-The
circus Set" In the effort to be orig
lnal and different. stunts that are
outworn even in the movie versions
of swanky capers were devised.
Originator of most of the moro
provoking circus" ideas died
just a few years ago-in utter pow
erty. He was Harry Lehr, once a
salesman, who became something of
official jester, ring master and en-
trepreneur to the swankiest of the
SWank.
His discovery was credited to Mrs.
Mayme Stuyvesant Fish, who ruled
as a very queen of the circus" Lehr,
it was. for instance, who staged the
spectacular monkey dinner" which
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Barbs

Federal officers are still hunting for
that 100000 CASTOR Means received
from Mrs. Mclean. Probably want
to collect income tax on it.
X * X
Incomes must be brought back If
we are to end the depression, a New
York financier says. And, asks the
working man, how about wages?
X X X
The collection of $500 as a present
to retiring warden at Joliet sounds
as if the convicts there hadn't heard
about the depression yet.
Y Y \
So far, the only thing that France,
Germany and Italy have
agreed on at the disarmament con-
ference is that the United States
should pay for the World war.
X X \
Business in Peru is so bad that a
revolution was put down there with
but four shots fired. Next thing we
know, they'll be firing the presiden-
tial salute there with fire crackers.
Copyright, 1882, NEA Service, Inc.)
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MOOrhead's Record
Fargo FOrum)

Moorhead has established an acci~
dent prevention record which is
something to be proud of and for
other cities to ponder. In six years
not one pupil has been struck by a
car while coming from or going to
school.
That was not merely a lucky hap
penstance. The children have been
schooled in safety first" ideas con-
tinually as part OF their regular
studies fer the last six years. They
are taught to be on guard against the
hazards Of modern street traffic as
definitely as they are taught arith-
metic.
This constant reiteration Of the
idea Of safety provides one Of the
most valuable lessons these young
people can learn. Precautions to
guard against accident will be in
stinctive with them for the remain
der Of their lives.
Additional plans to prevent street
accidents are now being inaugurated
In the Moorhead schools. Junior
traffic patrols are being established
to guard cross walks while the chill
dren are going to and coming from
school.
These are wise and commendable
worthy Of emulation In
pt1ane. eonmRnittes. /.
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today IS not occupying its supreme
position In the modern world as Il
ought. -Bishop william Mcdowell of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
X Y Y
Our proletarian country was found
ed on a strong Red army, which is
an eyesore to the capitalistic world
:. Let the world know that the Red
army will never threaten anybody
but will continue to watch events and
be where it should be when neces-
sary.-Klementi Voroshiloff, Soviet
for war and navy.
X y +
People have enough for gasoline.
cosmetics and other luxuries, but
when it comes to helping the church
they are cautious and economical.
The church is held together by the
loyalty Of its members and unless
support Is forthcoming its work can
not continue.-Bishop Louis Childs
Protestant Episcopal Church.
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M TO-DAY ~ 2SAAY' g
..WQ!R!LD WAR\.
ANNIVERSARY
&&9loGSE
SUBS IN u. S. WATERS

On May Is, 1918, German subma-
rines arrived in American waters and
began to raid shipping within a few
hundred miles of the principal At
lantic ports. Precautions were taken
at once to guard against the posi-.
bility of air raids on the coast.
The war department in Washington
announced that the first shipment of
American planes had arrived in
France and were being used in a
training camp back of the lines.
Operations on the western front
were of a purely local nature. A new
German major offensive was expected
at any moment.
German troops continued their adj
vance into the Ukraine, occupying
important towns and Selling large
quantities of food supplies.
British successes against Turkish
forces continued, and English Off
GERS reported that the morale of the
Turk soldiers was beginning to break.