Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 8 June 1926 — Page 3

Judith of Blue Lake Ranch —Tff By Jackson Gregory

■ V ch * rl " • crlbß,r ‘ ■'TTthe Instant when, Saturday ■ .. ,[,e hud l'«*n gripped suddenly * l,otlg “ nn *' * h * n " llvtf,,!r ■** bud smothered her outcry, si.a ■ud kiwwn in her heart that Bayne rS """ t,lklug hls des h'‘ r,,, « ■ hue in tl ' r g “ ll,e - BUt ln ,he dfirk ‘ ■ „ she hud >'Hd only the two vague ■ vur. of their bodies to guess at. T1,.-y ■ dletn masked; her own eyes were ■ «red “ bondage brought tightly ■ W them, her mouth gagged, her Ki'd< tied ’ ehind her. her body lifted ■ ’ the saddle— all In a moment. BvV'tler man had spoken. Then, tied Bin the saddle, she only knew that she B is riding, that one man rode in ■ ’ t yf her. leading her hors.-, the BLr following close behind. The ■ ‘ o f direction which she had lost Bln those first five minutes she had ■ er been given opportunity to reBalo ?he n,lgllt ’ eveu now ' be “ gun " B!m from her own ranch; she might Bbe twenty miles from It. ■ for the greater part of that SatBirday night they had ridden; and ■ «t.rri trails died under them and rocks ■ rwenteel'c they walked, she and <>m» ■ man The other stayed with the ■ boms. >ot once did she hear a ■ tabs voice; she did not know wheth■sr it was Trevors himself, or Quln- ■ lluii. or some utter stranger who ■freed her Into this hiding. ■ They had climbed cliffs, now going ■ down Into chasms, now following ro-tr- ■ lug .reeks or making their way along ■ the spine of some rock ridge. The ■ odp mun with her was masked, his B tyrs rather guessed at than seen H through the slits of his bandanna Bhandkerchief. He had Jerked the bandajt from her eyes, since blindfolded ata would make such poor progress. But still he guarded hls tongue. * "He would speak,” she thought, "but that I would recognize hls voice. Trevors or Qulnnlon? Which?” ' Feeling the first quick spurt of hope when she saw that there was but one I man to deal with, she was aqulver to seize the first opportunity for flight. But that hope died swiftly as -she recognized that no such opportunity fu to Te granted her. Once she paused, looking to a possible leap, over a low ledge and escape in a thick bit of timber. But the two eyes through the slits in the improviied mask had been keen and quick, t heavy hand was laid on her arm, •he felt the fingers bite into her flesh is he sought to drive into her a full comprehension of hls grim determination that she should not escape. It was when they had clambered high upon a mass of tumbled boulders, topping a ridge, that Judith had seen the man's face. Docilely she had obeyed his gestures for an hour; now, Kiddenly maddened at the silence and 4HL 'i W * X. Jr Eye« Were Covered Tightly. | ti‘ e ,lla sk over his face, she sprang unwpectedly' upon him, shoving him man the rock on which he had •topped, snatching off hls mask as she “'1 so. For the first time she heard 1! * voice, cursing her coolly as he tripped and held her. h was Bayne Trevors, at last come “ut into the open, hjs eyes hard on it's just as well that you know ■ olu you are up against,” he said • s h* held her with his hand heavy her shrinking shoulder. Summoning all of the reckless fearessne»s which was her birthright, she •ughed at him coolly, laughed as the tf°. Btood against the sky-line, upon ’* barren breast of a lonesome land. So you are a fool, after all, Bayne •»t*.j|rs:’ - “Fool

enough f 0 mfi’fl r 77, ous undertaking." 1 aao < e,k I Trevors shrugged. chleV’nto hi. m 3 ? aD<sker ’ t- with . a g“ n h TbV fray of hit eyes h» hZ ? ln *‘ shoulders, -ur whe m.r* h ’ k''" l '* lug to square with you .in s 8 with you for meddling,'fol aS? hole in each shoulder K t b«“i . fool in our little jutting partv It * 'They went on. over the ridge and down. Judith made no second attempt to surprise him. f or alwßy ,' h “™ watched her. N or did she ,1k ... hold back or In any way to hamper St m "th F n W ’ ’ Wlf,ly urt3u ” lJself to the new condition., she mad. W Trevors dld her u fool of a girl," Tre.ors dlj “** r In that man's *ay of bl. Let .him think her a little fool; let him hold her in hls contempt; let him grow to think her cowed and afraid and helpless. Then, when the time came— Again she had been blindfolded* seeing the look In Trevors' eves .she i“d red Z, 01>Jec,J “ n A ‘ ,,ln had followed him In a darkness muds at sunrise by a bandage across her eyes. Again, the bandage removed, she winked at the sunlight. Again they climbed ridges, dropped down Into tiny valleys, fought their wav! along thunderous ravines where the water was lashed Into white foam. 1 Again blindfolded, again trudging onJ her whole body beginning to tremble with fatigue, the weakness of hunger upon her. And at length, out of a canyon, making a perilous way up the steep walls of rock, they came to the! mouth of the black cavern In whlcll She lay now, waiting for the sound ofl a stirring foot. Only tin Instant had Judith stood) upon the ledge outside the cave before she was thrust Into the black Interior. But in that Instant her eager eyeshad made out, upon a tiny bit of tabled land across the chasm of the gorge; a cabin, sending aloft a plume of smoke. Then, after an hour, the terrible woman had come to- whom Trevors had intrusted her, bringing food and water in her hard, blackened hands, 1 carrying the flickering fires of madness in her unfathomable eyes. A lantern set on the floor made ruda shadows, and out of them crept this woman, leering at Trevors, peering n( Judith, licking her tjiln lips, and . chuckling to herself. "I have brought her back to you, I Ruth,” lie said, speaking softly, more softly than Judith had thought tlie j man could speak. "You will know I what to do with her. And you will ! not let her- escape you again." The mad woman for only too plainly was her reason strangely misshapen, stood In silence, her great I muscular body looming high above I Judith’s, a giant of a woman, bigger than Trevors even, broad and heavy, hes forearms thick and corded, her bare throat like the bull neck of a prize-fighter. "I will know, I will know,” she said, her eyes tilled with cunning, her voice a strange singsong oddly at variance with the coarse bigness of her body. "Oh, no, she will never escape from me again.” “I will have a man on the ledge outside night and day," went on Trev-_ ors. ‘'But we cannot be so sure of others as we are of ourselves, Ruth. You know that, don’t you?" (TO BK CONTINUED) o — Berlenbach And Stribling Finish Training For Bout New York. June 8. —Paul Berlenbach and young Stribling today completed their training program for Thursday night's championship bout |in which Berlenbach’s light heavyI weight title will be at stake. Both fighters are close to the 175 pound weight limit that scarcely half a pound will separate them. I Although, for one of] the few times in pugilistic history, the challenger had been a favorite over the champion. the odds were virtually even today when reports spread that Stribling was too finely trained. Those who watched him in his final boxing work out yesterday agreed that he was one edge. His nerves seemed drawn and the tautness had some effect upon the timing of blows against sparring partners. Russ Bleaching Blue makes old | clothes look like new. All g roc ers ■■ ;i it. _ __ - 1 j XXVIII International Eucharistic Congress Chicago, June 20-24 Reached by ERIE RAILROAD One fare for round trip good in coaches only on all trains ."one 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. an. for train No. 7 June 24. All tickets good to return leaving Chicago until midnight June 25 For further particulars, other reduced fares, etc., f °G. E. Teems, Ticket Agent

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DEATH HOUSE IN ■ PRISON IS FULL) I Four Men Awaiting Execution In ('hair At Indiana ‘ State Prison Michigan City, Ind.. June B—{Unit *d Press)— Thu death house ut the Indiana state prison here is full for the first time in many years, according to un announcement by Warden Walter H. Daly today. The death house has a capacity of. four and each of the quartette of cells contains a convict awaiting hls Hirn in Hie electric chair. All of the men ure under 2f> years oi age and one. Wallace McCutcheon, Indianapolis negro, will have the sordid distinction of being the youngest man ever executed in this state unless a stay of judgement or commotion of sentence to life imprisonment saves him. McCutcheon, who is only 16, was condemned to die after being convicted of the murder of John Ward in a hold-up in Indianapolis. The first of the quartette schedul- ' d for the electric chair Is Rosevelt Hicks, another Indianapolis negro who was convicted of killing his wife. Os the four. Hicks is the most terrified at the thought ot death in the great, metal chair. According to Warden Daly, he cowers in the corner of his cell, screams and trembles with fright when prison attaches approach. In contrast to Hicks is Vito Sanchez, Lake county Mexican who is scheduled to die Oct. 8 for murder. Sanchez is extremely dtoinal, Daly says, and pays little heed to anyone or any thing. He was originally cited for death within a few days but a stay of execution recently prolonged his life. His appeal is now before the State Supreme court and there is a slight chance that his sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment and his calmness rewarded. Dryfus Rhoades, an Oklahoma youth is the fourth of the quartette. Rhoades was sentenced in Knox county for the shooting of a policeman. Rhoades’ mother is circulating a petition in his behalf and it is likely that Governor Jackson will he asked to commute his sentence to life imprisonment. Revival Opens At Wren, Ohio, Thursday Night Revival meetings will start Thursday, June H». at the Wren. Ohio, United Brethren church, with Evangelist Cai] Vernon Roop, of Findlay, Ohio, as the preacher. At 7:30 o'clock Thursday evening, the subject will be, “The World’s Greatest Detective." On Friday evening. Rev. Roop will speak on. “The Wages of Sin,” and on Saturday night his subject will be, "Profit and Ix>ss." There will be three services on Sunday. Rev. Roop will preach on. "The Baptism of Fire,” at the morning service, which will start at 10:30 o'clock. His subject at the morning service, which will start ;»t 10:30 o'clock. His subject at the afternoon service, starting at 2:30 o’clock, will he, "A Momentous Quest.” "The Judgment.” will be the

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subject of bis sermon Sunday evening. I On Thursday night, the Liberal' United Brethren Sunday school will attend the service In u body On Friday night, the Radical United Brethren Sunday school will attend In a body. Other delegations are expeited to attend the services, also. The public is welcome. I. U. GRADUATES LARGE CLASS Five Adams County Young People Numbered Among Nearly 900 Graduates zßloomlngton, Ind., Juno 8 ApnroxiBloomington, Ind., Juno 7—Approximately f»00 seniors and post graduate students will participate In tiie 97th annual commencement of Indiana University at ten o’clock Tuesday morning, June 8, in the campus amphitheatre. Diplomas will be awarded to 732 students Tuesday, according to advance lists, and more than 150 additional students will be given their sheepskins in October when they have cornpieted a few remaining credit hours of work. These "seniors will be considered members of the 1926 class and will be entitled to participation in the commencement cermonies. The candidates for degrees include five from Adams county. This Is the record breaking class in point of numbers and Includes members from practically every county of the state, and from 18 other states, and from four foreign countries The college of arts and sciences will have largest number of graduates, a total of 318. Graduates for other schools of the university are as follows: bachelor of science (commerce and finance),B2; doctor of medicine. 80; doctor of dental surgery, 73; bachelor of science (medicine), 69; master of arts, 41; bachlor of law, 25; gratuate nurse, 17; doctor of medicine (cum laude), 12; doctor of philosophy. 7; bachelor of science (home economics). 5; bachelor of science (eduactlon), 3; muster of science, 3; bachelor of mu-

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sic, 1; bachelor of public school music, 1; juris doctor, 1; master of law, J. The principal speaker at the I IT. commencement exer-ises Tuesday morning will be Dr Clarence Cook Little, president of the University of Michigan. Dr Little will apeak on ‘“Humanizing Education.” "Youth in Revolt” will be the subject of a talk by D William lx>we Bryan. President of the University of Indiana The awarding of prizes will be made by Secretary John W. Cravens, of the University, and President Bryan will conferr the degrees, The graduating class of the University and alumni of the Indiana . Dental College will be inducted into the ranks of Indiana University at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning Indiana University graduates from Adams county this year are as follows: Berne: Dora M. Soldner, A. M„ Syhllla G. Sprunger, A. B, English. Decatur: Robert E. Daniels, It. S. medicine. Linn Grove: Coerman F McKean, D. D. S., dentistry. ITeble: Floyd L. Grandstaff it. S. medicine.

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