Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1911 — Page 2

The Knight of the Silver Star

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By PERCY BREBNER

CHAPTER XVI. fIKI"WEN!f to O’Ryan. When ( I lyQ * J met him Ba,<^: IjjggH “I’ve made a discovery, Verrall.” “So have I.” “The same, perhaps.” “It Is likely. I hurried here to find you.” “A lot has happened since I was in Tadasara last, or else I didn’t keep my ea rs wide enough open when I was here. For a long time past Vasca has been In treaty with the king. At a favorable opportunity he is to deliver up the princess to her enemies." “The scoundrel!” “There’s a regular conspiracy. Vasca Is only one of the scoundrels. There are dozens of them at the princess’ court, and there are hundreds of men ready to desert at the count’s bidding. In Yadasara Vasca has many friends and. it is said, may play a double game with the king, openly serving him while he waits his opportunity to dethrone him and reign in his stead. A pretty piece of villainy, eh, Verrall?’’ “And our position, O’Ryan?” “Faith, It’s much the same to us whoever wins. We stand to lose. I overheard that the time to accomplish this villainy is ripe, it is to be done at once, Verrall; how I don’t know, but it’s quite likely we shall hear tomorrow.” ’ “Quite,” I answered. “Now the coming of the knight is explained.” “The coming of w’hat knight?” I told him what had happened that evening. “You did not. recognize him?” he asked. “No. Ills is familiar, but I do not know who he is.” “Some archer perhaps tricked out as a knight.” “Can we reach the top of the wall from the roof of this house?" “Yes.” “And drop down?’ “Yes. What would be the use of that?” “We should be free.” “We might if we happened to get killed. We should probably only break our legs, and that wouldn’t help us much.” “We could use a rope.” “The wall is guarded nij*ht and day. There is a sentry always behind this house.” He crossed to a window which commanded a view of the wall. “There Is always one stationed there. Just now there are two.” “Well, man, suggest something. We are wasting valuable time." I said somewhat irritably. “Let’s go and eat.” Food was upon the table ready for us, but Bridget was sullen. O’Ryan attempted to make the conversation general and did his best to be humorous. Bridget was not to be cajoled, and there was no smile in me. “Perhaps you’re right." he said sud denly after laughing at one of his owi sallies. “It’s not a time to be merry, and. faith, my tankard’s empty.” “Our friend here is in danger, Bridget.” said O'Ryan, leaning back after a long draft. “What kind of danger?" she asked. “We don’t quite know,” he answered. “The fact is, Bridget, the king has strange fancies, which vary often in accordance with what be sups upon. It may be that I shall not be able to convince the king how mistaken he is If he is inclined to think ill of Clinton, and in that event the best thing Clinton can do is to get out of his majesty’s way.”

“Easier to speak of than It is to do,” she replied. “I never yet heart! of a man escaping if the king was bent upon his punishment." “Our friend Clinton may be the first to do so,” said O’ltyan. “Being first is not always the place one would choose, but it’s a position somebody must always occupy. Think you there is a rope bandy long enough to reach from the top to the bottom of the wall?" “I think I could find the rope." “Very well. Now, is there a ring in the roof firm enough to fix this rope to—firm enough to bear the weight of a man ?*>’ “Yes.” “Then we’ll fix the rope in case of necessity." “The sentry will see you.” “I have a better way," she said suddenly. “I have been washing clothes today. I will hang them to dry. 1 can fix the rope and let it be hidden under some of the clothes. Does your friend go tonight?” “No.” Bridget left us. “Why not tonight?" I asked. “That road’s the last resource,” he answered. “It will be the most dangerous way you’ve ever traversed. The way you got into this country was child’s play to the road you’ll take out of Yadasara if you have to use the rope. Patience; we’re not caught yet This knight who came today may be a friend. Before we act it will be well to know that he has not come from the princess with a message for us.” “I should know him.” “She may have to use strange messengers if she is surrounded by treachery." v ■

“How was It the knight entered Yadasara. so easily ?’ I asked. “Since some about the princess are friends of the king some about the king may be friends of hers. Treachery was never yet One sided. Fill your tankard.” fie said, pushing me the wine. . ■ ■ Next morning early I took occasion to follow Bridget on to the roof. The sentry was on the wall, standing by a raised battlement, which formed a kind of sentry box. He was a man I knew something of, and he chaffed me for my devotion to Mistress Bridget. I laughed and asked him if he would change places with me. “If I were sure the captain were on duty,” he answered. “And there’s another you’d have to think 0f,." said Bridget as she lifted some clothes to show me where the rope lay curled ready for use. It was deftly done, and I no longer questioned her good will toward me. The wall rose only about six feet above the roof, and, casually asking permission of the sentry, I clambered up. I was anxious to measure the height of the wall with my eye to see what the ground Immediately below was like and to look at the surrounding country. “An impregnable city,” I said. “Yes," answered the sentry, “and this is one of the lowest parts of the wall.” I npdded him a farewell, hoping he would not be the sentry when the time came for me to go. “Sharp eyes and wide ears, remember,” said O'Ryan as I went to the palace. The day passed slowly. The king’s revels had been protracted to the early hours of morning, and I doubt not the generous wine had flowed freely. It Was late in the afternoon when the king came. He passed through the chamber in which I was stationed, leaning upon the arm of a friend and cracking some jokes with him as he went. Soon afterward the knight who caused me so much anxiety passed. Either he did not see me or else he had no message for me, for he went through the room looking neither to right nor left It was dark when I went off actual duty. The king not having retired, I was not at liberty to leave the palace, so made my way to the guardroom. A kind of cloister, open to the square, ran along outside the guardroom, and, the night being warm, we gathered there, two or three together, to drink our wine. Suddenly the tramp of men sounded in the square, and I saw O’Ryan at the head of his company. I was seated in such a position that he must have seen me. but he took no notice. It was an unusual thing for him to be there at all. I heard a captain of the guard ask him the reason. “The king’s orders,” he answered shortly. Then there was the flare of torches in the square, and the king came out. followed by' several knights. I only noticed one particularly, the one who walked lieside him. the strange knight who had come to the city yesterday. I saw the king whisper to him. and the knight’s eyes wandered round the square in search of some one. With my comrades I had risen to my feet and stood waiting. The king did not look toward me. but the knight did and our eyes met. Then he turned to the king and spoke to him. “Perhaps it is no sight for such eyes as yours,” I beard the king say. “Retire if you will.” The knight bowed and crossed the square toward one of the entrances to the palace. There he paused. “There is a traitor among us. Guard the square well. We shall find a short way of dealing with him. It is easy to play the traitor, but he shall find it difficult to bear the punishment.” Escape seemed impossible, but that short method the king spoke of came us a tonic to me and gave me the courage of desperation. I saw O’Ryau I with his company waiting for the I king’s command. I saw the knight still at the palace entrance regarding the scene as he might have watched an interesting comedy. Who was he? Surely it was he who had betrayed me. There was a pause—a silence which seemed long. Then the king looked at inc quickly, straight and without hesitation. He knew exactly the spot where I stood. “Seize the traitor, Clinton!” and bis arm shot out, pointing at me as he spoke.

It was no time to plead. My sword was in my hand in a moment and I rushed to the open side of the square. It never occurred to me that I could save my life, but I might escape the fortress. I looked to see O’Ryan rush to fight his way out with me, but he did not do so. Instead he gave a word of command to his company and. leading them, roared as he came: “For the king’s honor! Seize the traitor!” 1 was betrayed, indeed, and by the man I had trusted. I dashed onward. That the command to arrest me had come suddenly gave me the advantage for a moment. Those about me bad no time to Jay bands upon me. I was half across the space toward my only hope of escape before a man came within reach of my sword, and then 1 seemed to be surrounded. “Take him alive!” I heard a voice cry. The devil who cried it was behind me. The devil was O’Ryan! Into the thick of my enemies I went, always a little space before me cleared by the swing of my weapon. Yet they closed in upon me. Hands behind attempted to hold me, but I shook them off. They rushed in upon me on every side. I struck right and left with my sword. I struck out with my left arm. I struggled forward. My enemies fell back from me. Only one

\ man seemed to stand between me and freedom. I ent him from my path and sprang over him as he fell. ” “Take him alive!” The cry was behind me. My enemies were behind me, and I rushed madly through the streets of the city. I did not know the city well, and to my dismay I soon discovered that I had traveled in a circle. Suddenly a man across the street beckoned to me. It was the strange knight He led me into a narrow passage and through a door bpt a few moments before my pursuers rushed past ~ O’Rjran, it seemed, was the traitor, not the strange knight. “I believed that it was you who had betrayed me. I have wronged you,* I said. “I have a message for you from a woman who loves you well,” said the strange knight, “so well indeed that your heart is her only home, and thus she enters it.” The last words were hissed out as a swift blow struck me. f was saved from death by the mailed shirt I wore, ri knew the strange knight now—Lady Aldrida! She threw her arms around me and called to my pursuers. I had to tear' myself from her. She staggered backward and fell. I escaped into the next street and soon found myself opposite O’Ryan’s house. ' There were lights within. Two or three torches were before the door, throwing grotesque shadows of men standing there, and in the street to the left and to the right were torches. The place was well watched. I drew back into the passage down which I had come and considered my position. O’Ryan knew of the rope, and since he had turned traitor it was probably no longer in its place ready for use. Ti-W The more I weighed the possibilities so much the more did it seem to me that my only escape lay through the house opposite. There was another fact which hurried my decision. I heard the distant cries of other bands of enemies who had been scouring the city in search of me. If a desperate effort was to be made, now was the time to make it I gripped my sword firmly, made certain that the dagger in my belt could be easily drawn and then, with a prayer for safety, dashed across the street. The men before the door were taken by surprise, as I had calculated, but they recovered themselves more quickly than I had expected- I was >ot well within the doorway before the air was filled with shoutings and the darkness with rushing men. “Take him alive! Take him alive!” I dashed into the passage and sprang up the stairs, but I had little start in the race. My enemies were upon the steps behind me, and that I might not be struck in the back I was forced to turn upon them. It was a moment in which a man forgets the sacredness of human life. The first who sprang toward me fell back, with arms wide spread, clutching at nothing in the air. his soul leaping into the unseen ere his body lay still. A second fell toward me fiat upon his face. A third spun round and then pitched headforemost into the crowd of shouting men below. Step by step I mounted ■ backward, my face to the enemy, my ‘sword red from point to hilt, the perspiration standing heavy upon my face and arm. - . “What is all this?” The voice behind me nearly took me off my guard. • “Out of the way, old woman!” “Strike him down!” “Her husband shall cudgel her presently." Shouting, they rushed at, me again. Bridget was behind me, but she did not come close enough to hinder my defense. I thought I heard her growl with satisfaction as my foremost foes I reeled back down the steps. Still I retreated upward. ‘The rope!” she whispered. “Still there?’ “Yes.” She might be deceiving me, but her manner sounded honest How was she still my friend when her husband was so vile a traitor to friendship? (To bo continued.)

TO MICHIGAN CITY

The Monon Will Run An Excursion Next Sunday. The Monon will run an excursion to Michigan City next Sunday. starting from Hammond. There are numerous things to see and enjoy at Michigan City, such as boating, bathing, etc., and the big new lake steamer Theodore Roosevelt will make a special trip out on Lake Michigan at 25 cents for the round trip. Following is the schedule of the -special excursion train : Lv. Shelby .\ 7:51 a.m. 31.25 Lv. Thayer .... .. 7:54 a.m. 1.25 Lv. Roselawn .... 8:00a.m. 1,25 Lv. Fair Oaks ...8:09 a.m. 1.25 Lv. Parr 8:14 a.in. 1:15 Lv. Surrey 8:19a.m. 1.10 iw. Rensselaer .. 8:25 a.m. 1.00 Lv. Pleas. Ridge 1 . 8:32 a.m. 1.00 Lv. McCoysburg . . 8:38 a.m. .90 Lv. Lee 8:44a.m. .85 Lv. Manon 8:53 a.m. .75 Lv. Francesville . . 9:18 a.m. .65 Lv. Medaryville .. 9:28 a.m. .60 Lv. San Pierre . . 9:40 a.m. .55 Lv. Wilders 9:48 a.m., .50, lv. Lacrosse .... 9:53a.m. .45] Lv. So. Wanatah .10:07 a.m. .40 Lv. Wanatah ...,10:12a.m. .35 Lv. Haskells ~. .10:21 a.m. .30 Lv. Alida ... ... .. 10:26 a.m. .25 Lv. Westville .. . .10:31 a.m. .25 Ar. Michigan City.... Returning, excursion train will leave Michigan City at 7:00 p. m., Sunday, July 2, 1911.

An armful of old papers for a nickel at the Democrat office.

OLD TESTAMENT TIMES BROOKLYN TABERNACLE BIBLE-STUDIES.

SENNACHERIB TURNED BACK iaaiah 37:14-38—July 2 “God 9 our refuge and rtrength. a very preeent help in trouble."—Pea. ll:i IN A previous study our attention was drawn to the good King Hezekiah of Judah, his zeal for the Lord and the notable Passover celebration which be brought about and the overthrow of idolatry following. Our present study relates to him at a later period in his reign. The Assyrian empire to the north and east, with its capital at Nineveh, had become great and powerful and threatened to become the first Universal Empire. Before Hezekiah came to the throne of Judah his father entered into a treaty whereby peace was secured by the payment of _

an annual tribute. Egyptians. Philistines and Sidonlaus urged Judah to join them in the confederacy by which they hoped all might regain their liberty from the Assyrian yoke. Urged by his people. Hezekiah joined this confederacy

and stopped the tribute money—contrary to the Lord’s admonition through the Prophet Isaiah. The measure was popular, and the king did not seem to realize how fully the Prophet represented the Lord in the matter. He should have remembered that Israel was under a special Covenant with the Almighty by which He was their Sovereign. their Klug, and the Arbiter of their destiny. The error was allowed to work out a serious penalty for the disobedient, but when the king and the people repented and gave evidence that the lesson bad been learned Divine mercy came miraculously to their assistance, as we shall see.

Sennacherib the Conqueror

The King of Assyria, with a large army, took the field. Knowing the difficulties of a siege of Jerusalem, he did not begin with it. but passed down the Mediterranean coast, overthrowing the Sidoniaus and Philistines, to Joppa and farther south; and then eastward to Lachish. a fortified city of Judah. The whole country was filled with fear, as nearly forty cities of Judah, one after the other, fell. King Hezekiah and bls counselors resolved to avoid, if possible, a siege of war, and sent ambassadors to King Sennacherib apologizing for their temerity in refusing the tribute money and asking what compensation would satisfy him. sThe penalty was a heavy one. amounting to nearly one million dollars. which at that time was a much larger sum than it would be today. The payment of it required the removal of much ornamental gold from the temple, but it was paid over and the release granted. The Lord was waiting to be gracious, as He always is to those who are His

The Destroying Angel.

prophecy that the King of Assyria should not coine into the city nor shoot an arrow there, nor even come before it with shields, nor cast up embankments of siege, but that the Lord would defend the city as His own. Doubtless the prophecy seemed strange to the people. By what miracle this could be accomplished they could not think. The lesson to us is that: “God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm." A Hundred and Eighty-five Thousand Slain In a Night Isaiah briefly and poetically declares that the angel of the Lord smote the camp of the Assyrians, without explaining in what manner. We remember the statement of the Scriptures that wind and tire and lightning may be the Lord’s messengers or “angels." Quite probably, in this instance, the messenger of death may have been a malignant form of fever said to prevail at times to the northeast of Egypt; but it matters not to us what messenger the Lord used to turn back the Assyrian hosts. The lesson for us is to note the Divine power which overrules, orders and directs, so that all things shall work together in harmony with His will, it was not His will.that Assyria should become the first Universal Empire. That honor was reserved for the kingdom of Babylon, a century later—at exactly the proper time when God was prepared tgiMvithdraw His own typical kingdom, of the line of David, from the earth—to be “overturned, overturned, overturned” until The Messiah should come. The lesson to the Christian is that we should keep right with God, abiding under the shadow of the Almighty; and that so doing, all things shali work together for our good.

Hezekiah’s Prayer.

true people. He delayed, however, to give the word of comfort, until the necessities of the case bad humbled the people and taught them a lesson of faith and dependence upon their God. Then came the answer of the Lord, the

INDIANA STATE NEWS. :

FORT WAYNE Charles Clark many years keeper of a resort in this city, paid a fine of $5,600 and was sentenced from two to fourteen years in the penitentiary on pleading guilty to having bribed Chief of Police Benjamin F Elliott. The fine was paid in cash and the sentence was suspended, by the court. This is an outcome of the exposure of the police graft in this city which was made early in the year and which resulted in a general tear-up of the police department, the resignation of the chief, a captain, and several patrolmen, the indictment of the chief for accepting a bribe, the indictment of all the Inmates of disorderly resorts and the effectual closing of the “red light” district. The indictment of Elliott for accepting a bribe was quashed and a new indictment charging him with perjury was returned a few weeks later by a special session of the grand jury. The exposures disclosed that Clark and others had made costly presents to the heads of the police department.

LAFAYETTE—President Stone of Purdue university has divorced from his wife, Victoria H. Stone. The custody of the minor child, Henry Stone, is given to President Stone. The divorce was granted on the ground of abandonment President Stone confirmed a report that his wife has withdrawn from the world, including a separation from her husband and family, to pursue a mystic teaching, supposed to be imported from India, known as the philosophy of Yogi. The last heard from President Stone’s wife was when she, was in Germany, but it is reported she lias gone to Kabakon, South Sea to join a colony of the new cult. The Kabakon colony was founded several years ago by August Englehardt and numbers less than one hundred persons. They live almost entirely on cocoanuts.

FORT WAYNE—Uniting in an organization which has for its chief object making horse stealing more perilous and the detection of thieves more certain, many sheriffs of northern Indiana, northwestern Ohio and southern Michigan organized the TriState Sheriffs’ association Sheriff H. B. Wilson, of Vant Vert. O„ was elected president and Sheriff A. M. Reichelderfer, of Fort Wayne, secretary. The organization is the plan of the two officials to bring at least fifty county sheriffs in the three states into an organization. Each sheriff will organize his own county, obtaining trustworthy representatives in each City, town and village, as well as through the rural districts which are now connected with a network of telephone lines. INDIANAPOLIS A suit to break the will of Alfred Burdsal, who died April 2, 1911, leaving nearly all of his estate, valued at about $1,000,000, to the departments of public health and public parks of the city of Indianapolis was brought by his widow, Mrs. Emma Bryan . Burdsal, in the probate court. Mrs. Burdsal alleges that her husband was of unsound mind when he executed the codicil, about fifteen days after the will was made, and that the Instruments were unduly executed. It is also declared that the health and park boards have no corporate existence, and therefore are not capable of taking a bequest or legacy or of being the beneficiaries of any •trus.. EVANSVILLE William E. Hatter, living at Dale, has twin boys, four years old, who have developed a faculty for handling figures. The boys can add, subtract and multiply with speed and accuracy. Only a few common school graduates are more proficient in mathematics than these boys. Mr. Hatter may permit the boys to go on the vaudeville stage. COLUMBUS Homer Percifield, two years of age, was found in a cherry tree when his mother missed him from the house and went to look for him. He had climbed to the top of a fourteen-foot ladder and from there had grasped the limbs and pulled himself to the topmost branches of the tree, where he was enjoying his fill of cherries. MICHIGAN —One of the men who was drowned in the wreck of the barge B. D. Marshall has been identified as Martin R. Donahue, whom his brother, Thomas Donahue, a Chicago mail carrier, had not seen for twenty-five years. The resetnblance of the body to a photograph taken thirty years ago resulted in the identification.

BRAZlL—William J. Ward, about seventy years old, editor of the Clay City Reporter for many years, committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope on the back porch of his home at Clay City, south of here. Ward was the veteran editor of the county. Recently he was compelled to give up his paper on account of failing health. INDIANAPOLIS edged at the office of Governor Marshall'. tbat he has employed a detective to Investigate the recent whitecap outrages in Monroe county. The governor is determined to break up the whitecap gang If sufficient evidence can be obtained to brin'g about convictions of the active participants. . INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana supreme court has affirmed a judgment for $15,000 damages in favor of Robert E. Lynn and against the Big Four Railroad company for. an injury reccved at a street crossing in Terre .Haute. PRINCETON William W. Medcall, fifty-seven years old, one of the best known criminal lawyers of southern Indiana, died unexpectedly at his home here of heart disease; His health had been failing for some time.

FARMS FOR SALE. 165 acres, one mile from court house, on stone road, K. R., telephone in house. This farm is all black soil in cultivation. A large tile crosses this farm with many laterals, giving it good drainage. There is a large 11-room house; large "barn, double cribs, and other outbuildings; all. in good condition. , There is a good well, windmill, and large bearing orchard. This is a good farm and a desirable home and will be sold at right prices. 80 acres, all cultivated, good house and barn, chicken bouse, good well, good outlet for drainage, on pike road, R. R., telephone and near school. Will sell on easy terms or will take trade as first payment. 161 acres, all good land, 15 acres timber, remainder cultivated, and in meadow. There is a four-room house, outbuildings, new fancing, large ditch, and some tile drainage. Mortgage $4,800, which has some time to run. Owner will sell on easy terms or trade his equity. 600 acres, three miles from good business town, near gravel road, 400 acres in cultivation and meadow, 200 acres pasture. There is a large eight-room house, large bank barn, double cribs, windmill and good well. There is a large dredge ditch just built that passes within a few rods of this farm that gives it a fine outlet for drainage. This is a fine grain and stock farm. Price right. Will take up to $15,000 in good trade. 160 acres, in Polk county, Ark., near Oklahoma line, and five miles from railroad. This land lies well and is productive soii. Will trade clear and pay difference. SO acres at a bargain, on easy terms, five miles out. 25 acres at a bargain on easy terms. On main road near large ditch; has four-room house. 21 acres, fine black soil, five blocks from court house, cement walks and good well, sell at a bargain. 160 acres in the wheat belt of Kangas. Will trade clear for property or land here and pay difference. G. F. MEYERS.

Sheriff’s Sale. By virtue of a certified copy of a Decree to me directed from the Clerk of the Jasper Circuit Court, in a cause wherein The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company is Plaintiff, and James A. Caldwell is Defendant, requiring me to make the sum of Forty-four Hundred Thirty-five Dollars and Fifty-three Cents ($4,435.53), with interest on Said Decree and costs, I will expose at Public Sale, to the highest bidder, on Monday, the 3rd dav of July, A. D., 1911, between the hours of TO o’clock A. M. and 4 o’clock P. M. of said day, at the door of the Court House in Jasper County, Indiana, the rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years, of the Real Estate, to-wit: The northwest quarter of Section thirty-three (33), Township thirtyone (31) north, Range seven (7) west; and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section thirty-three (33), Township thirtyone (31) north, and Range seven (7) west, containing in all two hundred (200) acres in Union Township in Jasper County. If such rents and profits will not sell for a sufficient sum to satisfy said Decree, interest and costs, I will at the same time and place expose to Public Sale the fee simple of said Real Estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to discharge said Decree, interest and costs. Said Sale will be made without any relief whatever from valuation or appraisement laws. WILLIAM I. HOOVER, Sheriff. Jasper County. Remy & Berryhill, Attys, for Plaintiff. June 3, A. D’., 1911.

Ditch Notice. Notice of the Filing and Docketing of Drainage Petition. To Cynthia Barnett, August Barnhardt, Philip W. Davis, Jacob Rich, C. F. Schuster, Margaret M. Harris and Charles V. May, Trustee: You and each of you are hereby notified that I, Samuel Huggins, have filed in the office of the Auditor of Jasper County, Indiana, with the Auditor thereof, my petition and the same is now pending in the Commissioners’ Court of Jasper County, Indiana, for the drainage of my real estate, described as follows, to-wit: The West half of the Southeast quarter and the East half of the Southwest quarter of Section fifteen, in Township twenty-seven North, Range seven West, in Jasper County, Indiana, to establish a tile drain as follows: Commencing at a point in the “County Ditch,” now[ Constructed, and at a point about thirty-five rods West of the Northeast corner of the West half of the Northeast quarter of Section fifteen, in Township twenty-seven North, Range seven West, in Jasper County, Indiana, and running from thence South, along the present line of an old open ditch, to a point which is about thirty_rods West of the Southeast corner of the West half of the Southeast quarter of said Section fifteen, and running from thence Southeasterly and terminating at a point in the public highway, at the Northwest corner of the South half of the Northwest quarter of Sectiop twenty-three, in said Township, Range, County and State. Said drain to be constructed of tile as set forth in said petition. That real estate owned by each of the above named persons and, corporations will be affected by said proposed drain. That said petition and the required bond were filed with Auditor of Jasper County, Indiana, on May 28, 1911. and that said petition -is docketed for nearing on Tuesday, August 8, A. D.. 1911. SAMUEL „ HUGGINS. Dated this 9th day of June, 1911.