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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
"what Is 1t, John2 What Is It2"

"What Is 1t, John? What Is It2"
ming; but with all this Pharaoh bust
ness"
The nearest village lay roughly II
miles off, and whether it boosted a
pump we could not tell.
Carefully l surveyed our surround.
ings.
The road was a main highway. If
I locked her switch and her bonnet, no
man could take the Rolls, but, left on
the road, she was bound to attract at
tention-the very sort of attention we
wished so much to avoid.
Some forty-five PAGES ahead track
led into the forest-a decent track;
what was more, it ran slightly down
hill. If / could manhandle the Rolls
as far as its mouth, her weight would
help me to carry her out of sight. But
the road, though level, was cambered.
While Helena steered and stood by
to apply the brake, I moved the Rolls
by the spokes of one of her wheels.
The strain was great, for the car was
very heavy, and the Gambler made such
gradient as I could not overcome.
In desperation moved her perhaps six
inches towards the crown Of the road,
but then the weight Of her beat me,
and she began to return; and in my
effort to hold her before could cry
for the brake / strained or tore some
muscle in the small Of my back.
l smothered grunt of pain-too late
for Helena's ears, before had drawn
myself up, my lady was standing be-
side me and asking me how 1 did.
"You've hurt yourself, John"
"a MUSCLE" said L tits nothing. AS
long as don't use It, I'll be all right"
Ruefully / regarded the Rolls. "But
Wen have to leave her here. AS far
as shifting her goes, I've shot my bolt"
no BE CONTINUED)
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the Orioles took him South he never
had ridden in car.
After his first ride the idea appealed
to him considerably and so he took
matters into his own hands.
For 5s"s after that the veterans In
the camp wondered why the slim kid
who previously had displayed such a
marvellous appetite was so late to
breakfast nowadays. Then a reporter
returning to the hotel In the wee hours
discovered the reason.
Babe Ruth had been arising at 8: 80
each morning so that he might ride
around town In the rafting old truck
in which the milkman was delivering
his wares.
Another of Babes quaint ambitions
was to be an elevator operator. One
afternoon he failed to report for prac-
tlce. One of the outfielders glanced
into the bleaehers and saw that the
colored boy who was the regular GUS
todian of the one-man hotel elevator
seemed to be having an afternoon of
leisure.
That gave him an idea. There was
an investigation. Sure enough. Back
in the hotel they found the Babe proud
ly operating the elevator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14

years one Of the most popular soccer
officials, now manages Brooklyn's Gal
Looping Gaels of st. Mary's -. Harvard,
which still plays such minor league
basketball that even N. Y. U. student
probably could get in to see a game,
once abandoned the sport. That was in
1910 and the reason was that the high
er authorities figured that basketball
was too rough.
The chairman Of the New York State
Racing commission evidently under
stands the fine distinction between
practicing and preaching. He told the
national convention of turf solons that
all suspended jockeys and trainers
should be heaved out of the tracks for
the entire period of the suspension.
Last summer Clarence Buxton sup
posedIy was suspended from the arenas
ruled over blythe N.Y.S. R..c Mr.. Buxton
then continued to do practically every
thing save saddle his own horses in
the paddock Pete Renzuli, who
tended goal for the Giants when the
late Charles A. Stoneham was a soccer
magnate, now is treasurer of the New
York State Junior Soccer league.
In Chicago the cads say that Freddy
Lindstrom is very ambitious, that
Charley Grimm likes managing the
Cubs, and that when Charley quits
liking to manage the Cubs the job
definitely goes to Gabby Hartnett. That
left Freddy just where he was in his
saddest days with the Giants and so
the star always the heir-apparent but
never the heir, If you get the general
idea) was turned loose to try his luck
in newer and more promising fields.
They also add, the brutes, that all
Manager Casey Stengel knew about tine
recent signing was what the Brooklyn
directors let him read in the papers.
All Is not sweetness and light at
Lafayette, which went all the way to
Harvard to get new athletic director
and all the way to the Pacific coast to
get newer football coach Har-
old Starr, who did not quite live up
to his name on the defense, Is mad at
the Rangers for trading him to their
Philadelphia hockey farm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
SYNOPSIS

John Spencer and his cousin, Geoffrey
Rohun are mentioning in Austria.
(5eoffrev is a gifted portrait painter but
prefers to paint landscapes. While
strolling in the forest, John hears Eng
fish voices, and decides to Investigate.
From safe cover he finds TOUR men
burying a man in green livery who,
evidently had been murdered. Pharaoh
Is the leader of the gang; the others
are Dewdrop, Rush and Bugle. Unfor-
tunately. John makes himself known to
the assassins by dropping letter with
his name and address. He tells Geonrey
and his chauffeur, Barley OF his ad-
venture. Godfrey, realizing That John s
life is in danger, declares he must van
ish. Spencer discovers that the livery
of the murdered man corresponds to
the livery of the servants of Yorick
castle and tells Countess Helena, mis-
tress of the castle what he had seen.
With Godfrey and Barley, John starts
for Annabel, nearby village. They
encounter Pharaoh. In making their
getaway they exchange shots with the
gang. without serious result. They ar
rive at Plumage farm, on the forick
estate. where Lady Helena had request
ed John and his cousin to meet her.
She reveals to them that her father
had converted his immense fortune into
gold sovereigns and hidden them away
in a secret vault in the castle. Know
ing that his son, Valentine, Helena's
brother, was incapable of controlling
the fortune, he had revealed it to Hell
ena alone just before his death. In
some manner the news had leaked out,
and Pharaoh was after the treasure.
They planned that Godfrey and Barley
would go to Salzburg to watch for
Pharaoh, while John was to remain
at Plumage. lying low in the daytime
and patrolling the roads about Yorick
from dusk to dawn Several nights go
by without important incident. John
visits Yorick castle and finds that Hell
ena's brother, Count valentine, is there
and with him, on most friendly terms
is Pharaoh, as Captain flaming. Hearing
that John is stopping at Plumage, Pha-
raoh speaks to Dewdrop. John suspects
q plot.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
Jersey Kid Promised
Surprise for McCraw

There also was Jack, broad-backed
youngster who was in Florida with the
Yankees during the days of their
greater glory.
Jack had considerable ability and
there seemed chance that he might
become big timer. So the Yankees
who, as usual, were short on reserve
catchers, watched him carefully. They
also listened to him plenty. While the
pitchers were working their arms In
shape he hit balls over all fences and
proudly proclaimed that this was only
a weak sample of his true worth.
Finally the situation became trife
strained. The veteran pitchers were
over tired of the talk and-probably-
none too well pleased with the numer-
GUS stories that had been wired North.
Since most of them were in shape by
now to start the season they coaxed
Jack into talking. his freest one night.
The next morning they met him at the
ball park.
Jack came up to the plate swinging
his bat. Pennock pitched. Jack was
kept at the plate. Shocker pitched.
There was no recess for Jack. Hoyt
took up the pleasant task. Still Jack
stood up there, swung and sweated.
At last, although there were two
or three other pitchers yearning for
they proper reward, the humane Miller
Aunnins raIIed a halt
Sixty-five balls had been thrown at
Jack. He had swung 65 frantic times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14

glimpse of him in practice even his
rookie mates knew that he could not
throw with either hand and could not
play any place. But he was right about
one thing. Indeed he rather under
stated the case there.
He had promised that after one look
at him McGraw would get an eyeful.
McGraw got II and also seemed to be-
come cIogeed up In other sections. So
that rookie had one of the shortest
trips on record. Four hours after he
had donned his first uniform he was
back on the train again with one
way ticket for home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
Rupert Throws
Party-Cuests
Square the Rap

CoL. JACOB RUPERT, who fin-
~ isles almost as high up In the ma
tional listing Of millionaires as his
Yankees recently have been finishing
in the American league, threw party
to his sports-wrting pals the other
night. Then permitted the walters to
badger the guests into anteing up size
able service fees for the privilege Of
attending the party The boys
and girls In Harlem continue vastly
indignant at Jack johnson because the
only negro who ever has held the
heavyweight title persists in denying
the manifest virtues of Joe Louis.
If you wish to make a sizeable
wager without hurting the pari-mutuel
price you can be accommodated by
bootleg bookmakers at beautiful Hia-
leah park. Although they know that
similar carryings-on would cause them
to be barred for life from some such
track as Pimlico, the undercover layers
seem to operate without fear of the
Florida management Jay Ber-
wanger, who played so much halfback
for Chicago U. last fall, now Is paying
the penalty of fame. Almost every
night he has to speak at some dinner
or other social gathering Harry
Berg, new promotional manager for the
Chicago Catholic Youth organization,
managed the swimming team at Notre
Dame iq 1926.
Jim Norris, the big money man who
already owns such sports emporiums
as the Detroit Olympia and the Chi
cago Stadium, Is not seeking stock con-
troll Of Madison Square Garden. He
wants to own the $5,OOOOOO joint out
right Ward-in-C hancery, en-
tered in cheap claiming race at Hia-
leah, once ran in the colors of King
George V of England. The bay gee
gee Is bred from the Alimony- Son-in-
Law strain Which, for no rea-
son at all, recalls the fact that jurist
who Is celebrated for the steep assess
ments he slaps on misbehaving hus-
bands in a famous metropolis, Is being
.iE,plored to settle the all-too-many
markers he has in bookmaker's safe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14

COON the newspaper boys viii be
- tipping countless columns In the big
time baseball training camps. Wires
that now sob the chill tldings concern
ina the defeat Of another favorite at
HiaIeah will crackIe joyfully with the
red hot news about the deeds OF a
hundred corn-fed youngsters.
Since even the Dodgers or the Phil
lies might become pennant contenders
If enough Ty Cobbs could be dlscov-
cred among the newcomers 1t Is only
fair that a vast share of the spring
time literature should be devoted to
the rockies. Yet there does come the
all too frequent moment when the
writing brethren err.
Sadly they watt tear In the direc-
ton of youthful giants eating two
dollar meals In four-dollar-a-day hotels.
Then, with true poetic fervor, they
compare the hopefuls to the flowers
which must blush unseen or waste
their fragrance on the unsympathetic
czone.
There never was a greater mistake.
Perhaps there has been a rookie who
could blush buff so-his name Is
lost in the pages Of forgotten time.
For instance there was youngster
who went South with the Giants not
too many seasons ago. He was red
headed, IikabIe kid from some place
in New Jersey. Before the train had
reached Manhattan Transfer he had
given out new interviews, considerably
improving on the first performance.
That kept up for a night and a day.
He confided to the porter that he could
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14

OF the L0u1S-RetZIan
affair to sell out. Be-
lieves that the house
was scaled wrong, that
is, the prices were out
of line with what the
public could bear. I'm
doubtedly a much bet
ter job was done when
the Hearst A. G. glo-
rif1ed the Louis-Baer
thing with its patrons
press arrangements +.
Johnny Nc
Naughton, for MANY
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14

play any place on the
field and that he
could throw strikes
with either hand. In
the club car his voice
rose to new heights
while he patiently
explained that after
getting an eyeful of
him John McGraw
would. But let that
go. 1t seems that he
was mistaken on one
or two counts in his
huild-un A flor ono
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14

No umpire was needed
to provide the sad
news that he had piled
up exactly 65 strikes.
Even the greatest
player of them all
was not precisely a
violet when he at
tended his first train
ing camp in a little
North Carolina town.
Since then he has
bought and junked
dozens of high-priced
automobiles but until
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
The
Man Who
Knows
Whether the Remedy
You are taking for
Headaches, Neuralgia
or Rheumatism Pains
is SAFE is Your Doctor.
Ask Him
Don't Entrust Your
Own or Your Family's
Well-Being to unknown
Preparations

before you take any prepare
ID ton you don't know all about,
for the relief of headaches; OF the
pains of rheumatism, neuritis or
neuralgia, ask your doctor what he
thinks about it in comparison
with Genuine Bayer Aspirin.
We say this because, before the
discovery of Bayer Aspirin, most
so-called pain" remedies were adj
vised against by physicians as being
bad for the stomach; or, often, for
the heart. And the discovery Of
Bayer Aspirin largely changed
medical practice.
Countless thousands of people
who have taken Bayer Aspirin year
in and out without i'll effect, have
proved that the medical findings
about its safety were correct.
Remember this: Genuine Bayer
Aspirin is rated among the fastest
methods yet discoDered for the relief
of headaches and all common pains
-. and safe for the average person
to take regularly.
You can get real Bayer Aspirin at
any drug store -- simply by never
asking for it by the name aspirin"
alone, but always saying BAYER
ASPIRIN when you buy,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
CHAPTER IV-Continued

The door of tower was open, and
Helena whipped inside. She fled up
stairs and into the pleasantest bed
room I ever saw. AS followed her in,
she pressed key into my hand.
"There's a door behind that cur
tain"
While l was unlocking this, she
twitched coat from a cupboard and
rushed to the painted table on which
were combs and brushes and all things
that women use.
.Have you money, John?" -
"About fifty pounds" said !.
"Good."
Then she threw one look around and
slipped out of the room.
clock it behind US, John"
A short stone stairway brought us
into little hall which was very dim
" lighted and was shut by three mas
sive doors. --.-
"The right-hand one" said Helena.
"Quick. That's master key"
We now encountered winding flight
of steps. At the foot of this flight we
came to another door, but could not
see to unlock it, so Helena took the
key.
And then we were out in some pas
sage and there on our right was a
postern that gave to the outside world.
But Helena turned instead to a very
much smaller door, sunk deep in the
wall.
A man was coming l could hear
his steps on the stone. He was out of
sight, round some corner, but he was
not twelve PAGES away.
Helena's fingers were shaking, as
she fitted the master key. The lock was
stiff and defied the efforts she made.
AS l put out my hand, 1 heard the
man stop and swear. Then he turned
on his heel and began to retrace his
steps.
An instant later the door was locked
behind us and we were alone in the
dark.
Helena was trembling, and put my
arm about her and held her close.
1lCdCLlOH, BIC lnuI muICu. L Al DG
all right directly. You see, we're safe
for the moment. I'D like to sit
down."
With my arm about her, we sat our
selves down on a step.
'I'm all right now" breathed Hell
ena, lifting her head.
1 let her go, and she sat back against
the wall.
listen, John. We couldn't have
crossed the drawbridge without being
seen. And that would have been ruina-
ton. But now we've just disap-
peared. The doors that were open are
open, and the doors that were locked
are locked. But we have vanished.
This stairway leads to a grating in the
wall of the moat. It's just above the
water. Directly below it, under the
water and, therefore, out of sight, is a
fOOtbridge of stone. That leads across
the moat to another grating set in the
opposite wall. The gratings are barred
NOT locked, and each of them's barred
on this side. The farther grating ad-
mits to an old brick tunnel that will
lead us under the meadows and into
the woods" She got to her feet. "And
now we must go. We've not moment
to lose. The ramparts don't overlook
this part of the moat, and we simply
must get to Plumage before Bugle and
Rush"
Carefully we descended the stair,
which was very damp.
The water was cold and the iron of
the gratings was rusted and very
harsh, but the footbridge gave good
foothold and our passage was made
with an ease for which had not dared
hope. Since the water came up to my
loins, made Helena lie across my
shoulders and carried her over like
that.
AS l set her on her feet in the tun-
mel ! heard the Count calling her
name.
Helena! Helena!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
Bayer Aspirin
Ok;
Black Draught's Reputation

The confidence people have in
Black-Draught, built up from salts
factory use so many years, is shown
in its being handed on from one gen.
Grafton to another. 1t must be good
to have such a strong following.
eve have used Black Draught for TWEEN.
ty years." writes Mr.. Fred Richardson, Of
Hartshorne, Okla, "My mother has used it
for fifty years. 1t is the best medicine I
know anything about. take it for sour
stomach and constipation, or when I feel
sluggish and bad. Black Draught is splen-
did to regulate the bowels, cleansing them
of waste matter, Kidding them of constipa-
ton. I expect to use it twenty-five years
more if live and it gives satisfaction as
it has always given"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
Man Is Wise, Asleep, Fool
or Child-Arabian Proverb

An old Arabian proverb says thatl
men are four:
"He who knows, and knows he
knows,-he is wise-follow him.
"He who knows, and knows not he
knows,-he is asleep-wake him.
"He who knows not, and knows mott
he knows not,-he is a fool-shunI
him.
"He who knows not, and knows he;
knows not,-he Is child-teachi
him."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
A FAR N Err B OY

ONE of the best known
Omedical men in the
u. S. was DR.. r. v.
Pierce of Buffalo. N. Y.
who was born on a farm
in Pa. DIR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery Is
an herbal extract which
eliminates poisons from
the intestines and tones
nm the digestive system.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14

Stay Sweet
You can take life seriously with.
out being pessimist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
Mike Couldn't Imagine
Joe Not Filling House

Mike Jacobs blames the Chicago
Stadium management for the failure
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14

nation disappear and you feel the strengthen
ing effect Of this well triedmedicine. Buy nowi
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-14
Weeks Supply of Postum Free

Read the offer made by the Postum
Company in another part Of this pa
per. They will send full weeks sup
ply Of health giving Postum free to
anyone who writes for it.-Adv. 4
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-04
FIREMEN slate
REGIONAL MEET
school Days" for Arrowhead
Firemen at Keewatin on
Friday and Saturday

I. G. Cox, chief of the Ely fire depart
ment, reports that several men of the
Ely department will attend the regional
school to be held at Keewatin on Friday
and Saturday Of this week.
The school is sponsored by the Arrow
head FiremanS association and the state
fire marShalrs department. Chiefs and
firemen of fifty cities and villages in
the northeastern part of Minnesota Will
spend two days studying the sciences OF
firemanship in order to better fight
fires in their local communities.
This is expected to be the largest
gathering of its kind ever held in the
northwest. The crack first aid squad
of the Duluth department will be
present and give demonstration. The
drills. evolutionS, lectures, tactics and
strategy of fire fighting will be taught
by Prof. RyerSon of the College OF
Chemistry. University of Minnesota,
who will handle the demonstration of
explosive gases.
Hydraulic demonstration and pumper
tests will be handled by Sanford Her
berg, chief engineer of the Minnesota
Fire Underwriters Inspection bureau in
Minneapolis. Dewey w. johnson, de-
putty commissioner of insurance and
state fire marshal, will lecture on the
law of fire and fire problems.
The state fire marshal's department
is putting on a regional school some
where in Minnesota every Sunday dur
ing the summer and fall, but this school
is the first two-day school attempted,
the others being Of a single day. The
estimated attendance at the Keewatin
school will be 400 firmen and is eX-
pected to be the biggest regional school
ever held in the state. During the two
days, eighteen hours of actual fire in
struction will be given to the visiting
firemen and all the latest methods OF
fire fighting will be explained.
The directors of the Arrowhead Re-
gional Firemen'S association are Chief
I. G. Cox of this city; Chief John
Fisher of Duluth; Chief G. E. McIll-
hargey of Hi'bbing; Chief w. D. Powers
of Grand Rapids; Assistant Chief Chas.
Meyers of EveIeth; Chief Gust Cron-
berg of Bull, and Chief A. j. Lopp of
Gilbert.
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values, by mutual respect, by fraternity
and by love for their fellows. When
men will have recognized furthermore
the futility of violence, then they will
be loathe to accept the ways of violence
as a means of settling their differences"
The observance of the day began at
$50 with parade to the cemetery. The
parade was formed at the Community
Center and embraced the American
Legion and Auxiliary; Gold Star
Mothers in cars; the Boy and Girl
Scouts; prominent guests in cars; the
Municipal Band and the Ely Drum and
Bugle corps. Headed by the colors of
each organization and a color guard,
accompanied by the firing squad Of
Frank Lozar Post in full uniform, the
procession marched to the cemetery
where the graves of departed comrades
had been visited the previous day and
flowers, flags and wreaths placed there
on.
Arriving at the stand erected at the
cemetery, equipped with loud speakers,
program was given. The weather was
conducive for an occasion of this kind
and left nothing to be desired. The
program opened with the invocation by
the Rev H. R. Browne.
Commander Harry j. Homer OF the
local post called the roll of departed
comrades and Mrs. NJ Gordon, president
of the Auxiliary unit, called the roll Of
Gold Star Mothers, after which Prof.
Bourgin delivered his notable address.
The Rev. Browne pronounced the
benediction and the Municipal Band
played THE Star Spangled Banner"
A Legion squad fired the salute to the
dead and the Drum and Bugle Corps
sounded taps"
The attendance at the exercises was
not as large as on previous occasions.
This was accounted for in the fact that
the day coming on Saturday, many of
the business men of the city found it
impossible to attend.
The exercises were we'll arranged and
much credit is due those who had the
affair in charge. The police department
was on the job and kept the heavy
traffic parked neatly and moving with
out a mishap of any kind.