Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 206, Decatur, Adams County, 31 August 1926 — Page 3

life GIRL in the I MIRROR I' Elizabeth (Jordan J * VNUMnUI

_ _____ ■ .., iwd !'v «!•->•“ ?-« ~r; " ■B -‘ . , uus 'try quiet, but ■ " ;n it which added ■ I*, Kv aaii of r<• I'itft‘t. "I ku"* ■ ' t: ab.e 1 a if uuy of your ■ s rtu«s l..m*eif. ni about him ■i r, ls „,U . df ur Utter one wont. |H Jpy nut. n; util you. i*u you un |§§|9 dfrstu&vi-’" ■H S U » j:j m Vrstiind. The look tn HM u'vru:.:. ",r.; r,\«l tliut. Those WM * . ~..r;,u « : V turning this way |H that tn :f if '•’’arch of the help IB lurkr.i . >:.* those speotrtl ■9 t^ s Hr iet.-rif .-tood MS motion Bi less'as one of them, and as he stood B| 1( -th n lips with the tip Hi ,(i trembling tongue. m -\,.iv said Llill:>. "I'm going to H t , ve -:.r truti. I'm going to have It H “Stand Exactly Where You Are!” H ill. sad I'm going to have it quick. ■ If you don't tell it, I’ll kill you. Prob- ■ lb!y I shall kill you anyway. Bui ■ first you will answer two questions. ■ Wist power have you got over Miss ■ Mayo? And what are you trying to ■ fcr ■ Shaw hesitated. Again his prnH trudin* eyvs turned wildly to the right ■ ud left, as If In search of help. Still H boding the revolver In his right hand, M; Laurie slowly reached out his left ami ■ Kim, the other's throat In the grip B «f Ids powerful young fingers. -trrm'M ' |j a MU f - ■ * raise ids hands "lou B think the game Isn’t up, hut It Is. Now 1 talk, and talk quick.” He tightened his grip on the thick, •Uppery throat. “I'm enjoying this,” be rasped. "If you were anything hut the snake you are, I'd give you a lighting chance. But a creature that uses chloroform and hires three thugs t* help him In his dirty Jobs —” He Increased the pressure on the fit'ck neck. Shaw's face bagan to Purple. His eyes bulged horribly. He chnited, and with the act gave up. "Hold on," he gurgled. "Listen." The pressure on his throat slightly relaxed. With eyes closed, he collapsed against the nearest tree trunk. Laurie followed him, expecting some treacherous move; hut all the fight •’“til'd nut of the serpent. He was clutching at his coat and collar as If bet yet aide to breathe. “I’ve had enough of this,” he flnallv gasped out. ‘Til tell you everything,” "ven as he spoke, Laurie observed I fhht one of the clutching, clawing i **nds had apparently got hold of *bnt |t was seeking. * • • • • • • Boris, feeling her way through the blackness of the storm on the unfam|lliir country road, heard above win '* the sound of a sharp explosion *k!ch she thought meant a blown-out *' r " She did not stop. Before her, * n *- v a short distance away, was the gaiiigc p 0 which she was hastening *nd where she was to welt for Laurie. Y »° on meant to take a chance, hut ®'*e had been ordered not to stop. There was a certain exhilaration In , ““eying that order. Crouched over the wheel, with head bent, and guessing at the turns she could not see, she Peeked on through the storm. CHAPTER XV Burke Makes a Promise hurke, dozing over the fire In his •“-called office, was aroused from Ills ureains by the appearance of a vision, oc a moment he blinked at It doubt■™v - Then Into his eyes came a fawning Intelligence, slightly tinged •cltli reproach. was flit unimaginative man.

f* At V '.o* I wh«T dTd not’ like t~ fie’JarreiTouTii? his routine. Already that day several unusual Incidents had occurred; and though, like popular tales, they ended happily, they hud been almost too great a stimulus to thought. Nowhere was another. In the form of n girl, young and beautiful, and apparently blown Into his presence on the wings of the wild storm that was raging. Somewhat uncertainly, Mr. Burke arose utid upprouched the vision, which, standing at the threshold of his sanctum, thereupon addressed him In hurried but reassuring human tones. "I've had a blowout,” the lady briefly announced. "Will you put on a spare.' please, and take u look at the other shoes?” This service, she estimated, would take half an hour of the proprietor's time, if he moved with the customary deTiberatlon of his class, uml would, of course, make soperfluotis any explanation of her wait in the garage. »ml of her nervousness, If he happened to he sufficiently observant to notice that. It was really fortunate that the blowout had occurred. Surely within the half hour Laurie would have rejoined her. If he did not, she frankly conceded to herself, she,would go mail with suspense. There was a limit to what she could endure, and that limit had been reached. Thirty minutes more of patience and courage and seeming calm covered the last draft she could make on a nervous system already greatly overtaxed. Burke drew his worn office chair close to the red-hot stove, and was mildly pained by the lady's failure to avail herself of the comfort thus offered. This, It will he remembered, was January, 1017. three months before America's entry Into the World war. and women able to drive motors were comparatively rare. Any girl who could drive a car In a storm like this, and through the drifts of country roads —Mr. Burke, having reluctantly removed hitnspif from the lady’s presence, was now beside her car, and at this point In his reflections he tittered an exclamation and his jaw dropped. “It's the lad’s car!” he ejaculated slowly, and for a moment stood staring at It. Then, still slowly, he nodded. It was the lad’s car which, only a short tlma. before, he himself had put In perfect order for a swift run tn New York. Now this girl had it. but 't was easy to see why. He had beer - . > n V1 q <■. XMM» : m >»s <***-,MnnMl Here was sometime; tal tvW much more Interesting. Here was a love affair. As his meditations continued he was cursorily glancing at the tires. looking for the one that had sustained the blowout. He was not greatly surprised to find every tire perfect. There had been plenty of mysteries in the lad’s conduct, and this was merely another trifle to add to the list. Undoubtedly the lady had her reasons for Insisting on a blowout, and If she lmd, It was no affair of his. Also, the price for changing that tire would he a dollar, and Mr. Burke was always willing to pick up a dollar. Whistling softly but sweetly, he removed a rear shoe, replaced It with one of the “spares” on the car’s rack, and solemnly retested the others. The task, as Doris had expected, took him almost half an hour. When It was completed he lounged back to the lady and assured her that the car was again ready for service. The lady hesitated. There was no sign of Laurie, and she dared not leave. Yet on vvliat pretext eouid she linger? With the manner of one who has unlimited time at her disposal, she demanded her bill, a written one. and paid It. Then, checking herself on a casual journey toward the big coat, she showed a willingness to Indulge In that exchange of friendly points of view for which Burke's heart had longed. The exchange was not brilliant, but Burke made the most of It. No, he ♦old her, they didn't often have storms as bad as this. One, several years ago, had blocked traffic for two days, bijt that was very unusual. With a gallant effort at ease, the lady took up the theme of the storm and embroidered it In pretty colors and with much delicate fancy. When the pattern was getting somewhat confused, she suddenly asked a leading question. “Which shoe Mew out?" (TO BE CONTINUED* I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by my wife Alberta Lammert, after Monday, Aug 30. Albert Lammert 205-3tx Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pays

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1926.

RlufTton’s Population Is Estimated At 6,516 j j Bluffton, Aug. 31.—BJuffton’s city population is now 8.516, a gain of I 1.125 over Ihe government census of ' 1920, which was 5,391. This was the announcement made , Saturday by Postmaster Ralph C. Thomas, following a careful postal census, which has been In progress all week. "This estimate Is a conservative one,” Postmaster Thomas declared. "All pains were taken to obtain an exact count. Transients receiving ' mall at the general delivery were not | counted. Every carrier both in Bluff- ; ton and on the rural route took units- ■ uni care in counting the number in every family.”' 1 The total number of people receiv- • ng their mail at residential places Is 6.379, while a total of 137 get mall ; by general delivery, not including . transients. It is also shown by the report that i there Is a total population of 4.739 . receiving mail on Bluffton’s rural > routes, making a grand total of both i city and country of 11,255. I The population on each rural route • is as follows: R. R. 1, 519; R. R. 2, • 497: R. R. 3, 614, R. R. 4. 508; R. R. r 5. 872; R. R. 6. 566; R. R. 7. 493; R. 1 R. S, 577. 1 * O Reformatory Guard Is Killed In Auto Wreck Anderson, Ind, Arg. 30. i United Press.) —Thomas Wheeler. 30. a guard r ut t; ie Indiana .reformatory was in- , stantly killed and Frank Yeister, 52, - another guard, was severely injured . Saturday when the car in which they were riding plunged down a , fifteen foot embankment. j Leister was removed to the reform- ■ atory hospital while Wheeler's body i | was taken to his home in Noblesville. Faith In Human Honesty Restored i ~ Carlinville, 111., Aug. 31.—The faith , in human honesty which Pearl Cobh, lineman lost at least temporarily was i restored when a small boy stepped up f to him on the street and thrust what proved to be a match and soin,, money, ‘ into his pocket. The belongings bed been stolen from Cobh’s clothing while he was swimming. He asked no Qucs- , ' tions. V

J! Watermelons i ice Cold Served whole or by the slice at our stand on the Fair Ground. Located at the Grand Stand. Central Grocery “Os Course/’ I I EAGERNESS I This bank is just as eager to I If make the dealings of its patrons if I satisfactory as is the wise mer- | ' l chant whose hobby is good m store service. Capital and, Surplus ?120,000.0& ittgcqtur.’llridigLii^

PETERS ATTACKS CLAIMS OF G.O.P. — Democratic Chairman Discounts Republican Claim Os Economy In State , Rusevllle, Ind.. August SO.—(United . Press) —Republican claims that ecoua 1 omy in administration of the suitt* government made payment of the state debt possible were attacked here on Friday by R. Earl Peters democrat'e state chairman. 1 Speaking before a conference of sixth district democratic workers. Peters asserted that "a juggling of ’ state funds and a tremendous tax col--1 lection of 853,000,000 led 1o payment 1 of the debt. "By the mere clerical act of trans- ' ferring amounts from special funds 1 to the general fund the latter fund * was increased overnight,” Peters 1 asserted. He asserted amounts so transferr- * ed stood as a charge against the gen- '• oral fund which will have to he re- * paid under the law. The amount of ■ sue h transfers, he asserted, is $3,000,000. . Taxes paid from all rfources in one year amounted to $53,000,000, accortl ■ mg to Peters. o Landslide Series Town ] Rangoon, Aug. 31. — (United Press) i —Twenty bodies have been removed , from the ruins of the Camp Bawdurn ' Mine in Burma, devasted by a landslide, twenty four persons were injured in the landslide. '' Seventy dwellings occupied by lalior ers were distroved. '■ a y Particular About Brand. Indianapolis, Ind,, Aug. 31 —(United Press.) —Prosecutor Remy. of Marion i county, was snubbed by a negro who * appealed to him for'alms. Finding liimsdlf without any change, 1 Remy offered the negro a package of i, cigarettes. s “Ah don't smoke that brand,” said the negro, turning away in disdain. Birth Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Eaurote are 1 the proud parents <tf a girl baby born B | Sunday evening. She has been named "I Mary Catherine. Mother and babe are 1 getting along nicely. •

| Man Arrested For Robbery At Portland Portland, Aug. 81—A fugitive from justice for more than u year fell Into] the tolls of the law Saturday at Muncte. when the authorities there pine-, ed Carl White, former clothing salesman and tailor of this dry. under arrest nt the Instigation of Sheriff Ben Hawkins, on a charge of receiving stolon property as the result of the burglary and looting of the Baumgartner Jewelry store here in the early hours of the morning of June 1, 1925. White has successfully eluded the officers since the robbery and although sheriff Hawkins learned that he was seen In Muncle a few days ago and with Deputy Sheriff Paul L. Ashley, made a trip to that city to arrest him, he could not 1» located at that time. Arrangements will be made for a hearing on the charge and In all probability the case will be disposed of during the September term of court, which convenes a week hence. John Baumgartner, owner of the jewelry store. Is a former resident of this city, ——o Sinclair Lewis' Father Dies Sauk Center, Minn., August 31 — (United Press) —Dr. E. J. Lewis, father of Sinclair Lewis, the novelist, died at midnight at his home here after a long illness. He was 78 years old. The author who is at International Falls, Minti., was notified of his father's death. o Mail addressed to t-lie following persons remains in the Decatur postoffice: Mr. Clyde Troutner. Mr. Win. Griffith. Mrs. Mary Ainsworth aud T. H. Oberndorf. H. Fritzinger, P. M. Grain Alcohol Disappeaars Rockford. 111., Aug. 31.—(United Press)—Federal prohibition author!- ! ties today began an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of $50,000 worth of grain alcoh >! from a government warehouse in Rockford in August. The liquor was stored in the distillSJHANICS’ HANDS \ S PAINT and OIL/ Ward [j! | y Water-a \ GfJfe?

See These New Models On Display At Auto Show At Northern Indiana Fair This M eek | N 31^/" The 6 cylinder models with 7 bearing crankshaft motor. Nash Sales and Service Runyon (iarage (J. A. Busick,Dealer Phone 772 .174 U - - -O

j ery warehouse of the Chicago grain j products company. James Wutsou. I Chicago prohibition official, Is direct i mg the Investigation. ' ——————

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WILLIAMS FILLING STATION. So. 13th street Is now open for business. \Ve sell Red Crown gasoline am) earnestly solicit your patronage.

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