Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1916 — Page 7

GOLD

By STEWART EDWARD WHITE

SYNOPSIS Talbot Ward’s challenge to Frank Munroe to a personal encounter to determine Whether Munroe is fit to make a trip to California In search of gold Is accepted. Munroe gets a hammerlock on Ward and wins the bout. Arriving at Talbot Ward’s knowledge of Spanish and his firm treatment of the native boatmen help wonderfully. The party enters a tropical forest. They reach Gatun, and, after passing through several villages where Waid always diplomatically handles the natives, they arrive in Panama. _Ward puts it up to each man to get 1220 In one day. Munroe makes $25 as a laborer. Johnny gambles and gets $220. Ward astounds the party by telling how, by shrewd business deals in one day la the Golden City, he accumulated several thousand dollars. Ward decides that he will not go with the party to the mines, but will stay In Ban Francisco, where he thinks more gold is to be found. The party dig their first gold. They are not much encouraged when told that the value of their first pan is 12 cents. Don Gaspar, a Spaniard, and his manservant Vasquez Join forces with the trio and the gold is divided into five parts. After working like beavers several days the miners decide to take a day off and attend a miners’ meeting in town. For sls a week in gold and a drink of whisky twice a day Bagsby promises to load the party to a rich unexplored mining country. A band of Indians come into the camp to trade. They are thankful for blankets. Later the Indians attempt an ambuscade, hut are routed by rifle shots. McNally is found with group of traders. Vasquez, left in charge of camp, is found scalped by the red men. Yank, Buck Barry and Don Gaspar are sent to town with $35,000 in gold/ Barry and .Don Gaspar return to camp declaring they have been robbed.

CHAPTER XIX. The Bully. WE gravitated naturally to the' diggings, which were very much like those at Hangman’s Gulch, except that they were rather more extensive and branched out more into the tributary ravines. The men working there were, many of them, of a much better type than those we had seen in town, though even here was a large element of rough looking, wild, reckless customers. We wandered about here and there, our hands in our pockets, a vast leisure filling our souls. With some of the more pleasant appearing miners we conversed. They told us that the diggings were rich, good “ounce a day” diggings. We saw a good many cradles in nse. It was easy to tell the old timers from the riffraff of newcomers. A great many of the latter seemed to lack the steadiness of purpose characteristic of nearly all the first nish. They worked haphazardly, spasmodically, pulling and hauling against each other. Some should not have been working at all, for their eyes were sunken in their heads from illness. “We’ve got to hustle now,” they told us. “\Je can take a good rest when the rains stop,work.” We noticed especially a marked change in demeanor among some of the groups. In the early part of the summer every man answered every man good naturedly, except he happened to have a next day’s head or some other sort of a personal grouch. Now many compact little groups of men worked quite apart When addressed they merely scowled or looked sullen, evidently quite unwilling to fraternize with the chance comer.

W« sauntered along peering into the various buildings. The saloons were here more elaborate than at Hangman’s, the gambling places larger and with some slight attempt at San Francisco splendor—that is to say, there were large gilt framed mirrors on the walls, nude pictures and in some cases a stage for musical performers. One of the three stores was devoted entirely to clothing and “notions,” to us a new departure in specialization. We were sadly in need of garments, so we entered and were at once met by a very oily, suavespeeimen of the chosen people. When we had escaped from this robber’s den we looked at each other in humorous dismay. “Glad Yank don't need clothes, anyway,” said Johnny. We were, it will be remembered, out of provisions, so we entered also one of the general stores to lay in a small supply. *Tbe proprietor proved to be an old friend, Jones, the storekeeper at Hangman’s. “Which,” said Johnny shrewdly, “is a sad commentary cm the decline of the diggings at Hangman’s."

Jones was evidently prosperous and doing business onra much larger scale than at the old place, for in bis commodious building were quantities of goods displayed and many barrels and boxes still unopened. He did not recognize us, of course, add we had to await the completion of a tale he was telling a group perched on the counters and on the boxes. We turned into the entrance of the hotel, to find ourselves in the well remembered long, low room wherein we had spent the evening a few months before. It was now furnished with a

bar, the flimsy partitions amjt Deen knocked out, and evidently additions had been constructed beyond the various closed doors. _ The man behind the bar looked vaguely familiar to me, but I could not place him. “Where’s the proprietor of this place?” I asked him. He Indicated a short, blowsy, truculent looking individual who was at the moment staring out the window. “There used to be an Italian”— I began. * The barkeeper ottered a short barking laugh as he turned to attend to a customer. “He found the climate bad for his heart and sold out,’*said he.. On the wall opposite was posted a number of printed and written handbills. We stopped idly to examine them. They had in general to do with lost pibperty, stolen horses and rewards for the apprehension of various individuals. One struck us in particular. It was issued by a citizens’ committee of San Francisco and announced a general reward for the capture of any member of the “Hounds.” “Looks as if they’d got tired of that igang down there,” Johnny observed. “They were ruling the roost when we left. Do you know, I saw one of those fellows this afternoon —perhaps you remember him—a man with a queer sort of blue scar over one cheekbone. I swear I saw him In San Francisco. There’s our chance to make some money, Jim.” The proprietor of the hotel turned to look at Johnny curiously, and several of the loafers drinking at the bar glanced in the direction of his clear young voice. We went on reading and enjoying the notices, some of which were very quaint. Suddenly the door burst open to admit a big man followed closely by a motley rabble. The leader was a red faced, burly, whiskered individual, with a red beard and matted hair. As he turned I saw a star shaped blue scar above his cheekbone. " “Where’s the blamed cur that is going to make some money out of arresting me?” he roared, swinging his huge form ostentatiously toward the center of the room.

I confessed I was aghast and completely at a loss. A row was evidently unavoidable, and the odds were against us. Almost at the instant the door lame open Johnny, without waiting for hostile demonstration, jerked his two nevolvers from their holsters. With one bound he reached the center of the room and thrust the muzzles beneath the bully’s nose. His black eyes were snapping. “Shut up, you ‘Hound!’ ” he said In a low, even voice. “I wouldn’t condescend to make money out of your miserable carcass, except at a glue factory. And if you or your friends so much as wink an eyelid I’ll put you in shape for it.” Caught absolutely by surprise, the “Hound” stared fascinated into the pistol barrels, his jaw dropped, his face redder than ever, his eyes ridiculously protruding. I had recovered my wits and had backed against the bulletin board, a revolver in either hand, keeping an eye on the general company. Those who had burst in with the bully had stopped frozen in their tracks. The others.were interested, but not particularly excited. “I’m going to stay in this camp,” Johnny advised crisply, “and I’m not going to be bothered by big bluffs like you. I warn you, and all like you, to let me alone and keep away from me. You stay in camp, or you can leave camp, just as you please, but I warn you that I shoot you next time I lay eyes on you. Now, about face! March!” Johnny’s voice had an edge of steel. The big man obeyed orders implicitly. He turned slowly and sneaked out the door. His followers shambled toward the bar. Johnny passed them rather contemptuously under the review of his snapping eyes, and they shambled a trifle faster. Thbn with elaborate nonchalance we saunteretL out “My I/ord, Johnny,” I cried when we had reached the street, “that was fine! I didn’t know you had it in you!” “What, a stupid, useless mess!” he cried. “The minute that fellow came into the room I saw we were let in for

“Where’s the blamed cur that is going to mske some money out of arresting me?" he roared. a tow; so I went at it quick before he "had got organized. He didn’t expect that He thought he’d have to work ns into it” “It certainly got him," said I. “But It Just starts us all wrong here,” complained Johnny. “We are marked men."

We went out to see Yank, wltfi tne fall intention of spending the evening and cheering him up. He was dosing, restless; waking and sleeping by fits and starts. We sat around in the awkward fashion peculiar to very young boys In the sickroom, and then, to our vast relief, were shoved out by Senora Morena. With her we held a whispered conversation outside, and completed satisfactory arrangements for Yank’s keep. She was a chuckling, easy going, motherly Sort of creature, and we were very lucky to have her. Then we returned in the gathering dusk to our camp under the trees across the way. -

A man rose from a seat against a tree trunk. “Good evenin’, stranger,” said he. “Good evening,” responded Johnny guardedly. “You are the man who stuck up Scarface Charley in Morton’s place, ain’t you?” “What’s that to you?” replied Johnny. “Are you a friend of his?” His habitual air of young carelessness had fallen froih him. His eye was steady and frosty, his face set in stern lines. Before my wondering eyes be had grown ten years older in the last six. hours. The other was lounging toward us—a short, slight man, with flaxen moustache and eyebrows, a colorless face, pale blue eyes and a bald forehead from which the bat had been pushed back. He was chewing a straw.

“Well, I was just inquirin’ in a friendly sort of way,” replied the newcomer peaceably. “I don’t know you,” stated Johnny shortly, “nor who you’re friends to, nor your camp. I deny your right to ask questions. Good night.” “Well, good night,” agreed the other, still peaceable. “I reckon I gather considerable about you, anyhow.” He turned away. “I had a notion from what I heard thatTou was sort of picked on, and I dropped round sort of friendly like, but Lord love you! I don’t care how many Of you desperadoes kill each .other. Go to it, and good riddance!” He cast bis pale blue eyes on Johnny’s rigid figure. “Also go to the dickens!” ( he remarked dispassionately. Johnny stared at him, puzzled. “Hold on!” he called after a moment. “Then you’re not a friend of this Hound?”

The stranger turned in slow surprise. "Me? What are you talking about?” He looked from one to the other of us, then returned the few steps he had taken. “I believe you don’t know me. I’m Randall, Danny Randall." “Yes?” puzzled Johnny. “Of Sonoma',” added Randall. “I suppose I should know you, but I’m afraid I don’t,” confessed Johnny. Randall turned back* to the tree beneath which lay our effects. “I believe I’ll just have a cup of coffee with you boys,” said he. We blew up the fire, scoured the frying pan, made ourselves food. Randal] brought a pail of water. We all ate together, without much conversation, then lit our pipes and piled on dry wood to make a brighter friendship fire. “Now, boys,” said Randall, “I’m going to ask you some questions, and you can answer me or not, just as you please. Only I’ll say its isn’t just curiosity.” Johnny, who was studying him covertly from beneath the shadow of his hat, nodded briefly, but said nothing. “How long have you been in the mines?” “Since March.” “Since March!” echoed Randall, as though a little bewildered at this reply. “Yet you never heard— What camp?” Johnny studied awhile. “Hangman’s Gulch for six weeks," said he, “then just prospecting.” “Where?” “I don’t believe I’ll answer that (Juestion,” replied Johnny slowly. ‘.‘But somewhere back in the hills?” persisted Randall. “Somewhere back In the hills,” agreed Johnny. “Seems to me” — I broke in, but Johnny silenced me With a gesture. He was watching Randall Intently and thinking hard. “Then you have been out of it for three months or so. That explains it. Now, I don’t mind telling you I came up here this evening to size you up. I heard about your row with Scarface Charlpy, and I wanted to see whether you were just another fighting desperado or an honest man. Well, I’m satisfied. I’m not going to ask you if you have much gold with you, for you wouldn’t tell me, but if you have keep it wjth you. If you don’t you’ll lose it. Keep in the middle of the road and out of dark places. This is a tough camp, but there are a lot of us good men, too, and my business is to get us all to know each other. Things are getting bad, and we’ve got to get together. That’s why I came up to see you. Are you handy with a gun?” he asked abruptly. “Fair,” said Johnny. “You need to be. Let’s see if yon are. Stand up. Try to get the draw on me. Now!” - (To be continued.l

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European War News Athens reports that the 5,000-ton Greek merchantman Klkl Issais was torpedoed near the place ut which the Anghelikl was sunk. * * * Strong efforts were made by the Russians to recapture positions taken by the Austro-German forces on the Narayuvka river in Galicia, southeast of Lemberg. The Russians charged live times, says the oilicial statement issued at Berlin, but were defeated with heavy losses. * * * The Loudon Daily Mail’s Amsterdam correspondent says it is understood there that Germany Is preparing for a supreme effort in submarine warfare. The plan, it is said, will be an attempt to interrupt practically the whole seaborne commerce of the world by undersea boats. • * • Six Americans were killed in the sinking of the British steamer Marina, according to a telegram received by American Consul Frost at Queenstown. The telegram declared that 51 Americans had been saved. * * * * An army whose strength is estimated at 300,000 men, has opened an offensive against Von Maekeusen’s German allies in Dobrudja, says a disputch from Bucharest. * * * The loss of six drift-net boats, in addition to the sinking of the transport Queen and the torpedo-boat destroyer Flirt, in the recent raid by German submarines in the English channel, was admitted by A. J. Balfour, first lord of the admiralty in the house of commons at London.

* * * British casualties reported fn London in October in all war areas are: Officers, 4,831; men, 102,702. October losses of 107,033 bring up the total British casualties for the four months of the Somme offensive to 414,202. The daily average loss for October is 8,452. * * * The French war office admitted at Paris that the Germans penetrated La Maisonette farm, west of Perorme, but claimed the repulse of other heavy attacks. The German War office reported the capture of La Maisonette and all the French positions extending from the farm to Blaches, together with 412 prisoners. * * *■ • The British admiralty informed the American embassy at London that the British steamer Marina was torpedoed, but that it had not been ascertained whether warning was given. No official information is available whether any Americans were drowned, although only 34 survivors have been landed at Crookhaven. The admiralty says the Marina was not under government chnrten • * * Success for Roumanian arms continues along the Transylvanian front, according to dispatches from Bucharest aThl Petrograd, while Berlin admits a revei’se for the Teutons along the Carpathian line. The Invaders, under Van Falkenhayn, have been repulsed In the Trahova valley. • * • The offensive which was opened by the Austro-German forces on the Rus-so-Roumanian lines near the junction of the frontiers of Bukowina, Transylvania and Roumania has been checked, the Petrograd war office announced. • * * Heavy attacks were launched by the British between Gueudecourt and Les Boeufs on the Somme front. These were repressed, says the Berlin war office. A later attack east of Les Boeufs resulted in the penetration of German advanced trenches, where fighting is still in progress. Two more of Haig’s armored “tanks” were destroyed by German artillery. • ' * . Domestic * Americans are taking over the management of all the internal revenues of Nicaragua. 0 0 0 Six auto bandits held up an Adams Express money wagon in Chicago, robbed the express messenger of SI,OOO in cash, a quantlty“hf railroad checks and Jewelry and escaped. * • • John Copeland, charged with the killing of William Black, an anti-Catholic lecturer, was found not guilty by a Jury in the district court at Galveston, Tex. The Jdßy reported after deliberating 84 hours. Black was killed at Marshall, Tex., ‘ February 8, 1015. • • * Dr. Emil Bunta, one of Wisconsin university’s crack athletes, former head of the insanity division of the Cook county hospital at Chicago, was pronounced Insane by a group of fellow physicians. His bride of four days is prostrated. • • • Edsel Ford, only son of Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer, was married at Detroit, Mich., to Miss Eleanor Clay, a niece of the late Joseph L. Hudson, millionaire dry goods merchant. The marriage took place at the home of the bride.

*T did not intend to rob the bank when I entered.” This was the story given by Frank Rainey of Hillsboro, Mich., who single-handedly held up and robbed the Eau Claire State bank of $4,000. Rainey was captured by Sheriff Fred C. Franz in a swamp near Eau Claire, Mich. • • • Two suits were filed In the United States district court at Chicago which may result in the increasing or lowering of the price of coal to the consumer. The defendants in both suits are the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and 141 other railroad companies. The plaintiffs in one suit are the Clinton 1 ' Coni company and ten other coal companies and in the other the Ayrdale Coal company and 16 other coal companies. * * • Detectives at Grant Farm, near St. Louis, the country home of August A. Busch, guarded wedding presents, valued at over $150,000, displayed during the marriage of Miss Clara A. Busch, second daughter of the millionaire brewer, and I’ercy James Orthweln. • * • Housing conditions and rent charges in Detroit were characterized as “rotten and unwarranted” in a printed survey of local conditlous made public by the Detroit board of commerce. • • • Silas Chrlstoflferson, consulting engineer of an aviation company at Redwood City, Cal., was killed when his machine overturned in a fall of 100 feet during a trial flight of a new military aeroplane. * • * Whitney Lyon, wealthy manufacturer of New York, will not have to pay Miss Margaret Connell any damages for alleged breach of promise to marry her. A jury decided a SIOO,OOO damage action in Lyon’s favor. * • * Greater New York's total indebtedness is $1,475,512,500, according to a statement issued by the department of finance. * • • Sporting Johnny Aitken, in a Peugeot car, smashed all records In the race for the Hurkness gold cup at Sheepshead bay, N. Y„ by covering 100 miles in 50:37, averaging 105.80 miles per hour.

** • * Washington In the rearrangement of the fedend Judicial circuits by tin* Supreme Court at Washington, made necessary by the uppolntment of two new Justices, Justice Clarke was assigned to the district including Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, lie succeeds Justice Reynolds, who Was transferred to the Fifth district. * * * Mexican War News Railroad and telegraph communications with Chihuahua City from the border have been interrupted and Chihuahua City Is isolated, us the railroad has been destroyed. * * • Four men were arrested at Nogales, Ariz., charged with violating the United States neutrality law. They were members of the Nogales Hardware company. * • • Personal John W. Kiser, fifty-nine, multimillionaire president of the Phoenix Horseshoe company, died at Chicago. * * * Nicholas E. Young, ao old-time baseball player and formerly president of the National league, died at Washington. He had been employed in the treasury department for some time. • * • Mrs. Mary Fairbanks, mother of Charles W. Fairbanks, died suddenly ut Indianapolis. Mrs. Fairbanks was eighty-seven years old. » • * • Charles Tnze Russell, known as “Pastor" Russell, an independent minister whose sermons appeared In about 1,500 newspapers weekly, died at Canadian, Tex., on a Santa Fe truin. Heart disease was given as the cause. “Pastor” Russell was born in Pittsburgh, February 16, 1852. * * * Foreign Premier Asquith, in a written reply to a question in the house of commons at London, said: “The number of British civilians killed, drowned and wounded by the enemy is: Killed or died of wounds or shock, 589; drowned, 8,014; injured, 1,093.” * * • Gen. Feng Kwo-Cheng, a prominent .supporter of President Li Yuan-Hung, was elected vice president of the Chinese republic by parliament at Pel&ng. * • *

The German submarine U-58 has returned safely to u German port, according to the official announcement at Berlin. The U-53 arrived at Newport, R. 1., from Wilhelmshaven, on October 7 and departed after a stay of three hours, and then sank five ships off the American coast. • • • The reichstag at Berlin passed the bill for a new war credit of $3,000,000,000 asked by Count von Roedern, the imperial treasurer. • • e Captain Boelke, the famous German aviator, during an air flight came into collision with another aeroplane and was killed, according to a Berlin dispatch received by Reuter’s Telegram company at London, by way of Amsterdam. His machine landed within the German lines. Captain Boelke shot down his fortieth aeroplane.

HOW TO OBTAIN BIG APPLE CROPS

Indiana Show Manager Explain* Spraying Methods in Talk to Growers. MUST WORK INTELLIGENTLY Says Some Misdeeds of Nature Cannot Be Oveccome; But Such Cases Ara Relatively Rare Materials Must Be Carefully Selected. Indianapolis.—At this season of the year Indiana oreliurdlsts ure looking back over their season's work and inquiring iuto the reasons for their success or fuiiuro to obtain a good crop of apples. During a recent talk with a few growers of southern Indiana, M. W. Richards, manager of the 1916 Indiana apple show, gave some good ideas of limy to’ study this question.

“Some misdeeds of nature,” he said, “the orchardist cannot control, such as the cold rains during the blooming period which destroyed the heavy crop promised northern Indiana last spring. Occasionally there will be such a severe epidemic of some disease, like the cedar apple rust, which has besieged the southern counties this year, that spruylng only checks, and does not stop entirely. But Buch ekses are relatively rare, and the man who, year after year, carefully and intelligently sprays his trees can bo counted on to come out with a nice balance on the usset side of Ills account book. Please notice that I said carefully and Intelligently, and I am not sure but that the Intelligent part Is the more Important. “I constantly urn finding the man who says he lias sprayed more and speut more money In caring for his orchard than his neighbor has, but the returns have always been Just reversed. The neighbor has consistently had lurger crops and more clean fruit. “The trouble with such men is that their whole scheme of management is wrong because they have failed to get a real ami useful understanding of why they spray with each material at a specified time. Among their main troubles may lie found one or more of the following causes: “Treatments are often made for incurable troubles —and no results cun possibly be expected. “Treatments are often given where there Is no need for them. Many persons who are Just starting the work get the idea that they must spray without regard to the presence of Insect or disease. “Expensive methods are often used In making spray materials nnd in the method of applying them. Many of the. cheaper methods cun be so managed that they give better results than the most cost ly. “The wrong time Is often chosen for applying sprays for special insects. The. fruit gfower. should have ut least a general Idea of the life history and habits of the insects vvhlcli lie is fighting. “The most common mistake is that of applying the wrong material for a special purpose,. Insects which chew the foliuge must be killed by covering the tree with a stomach poison. Insects which suck their food from the foliage must l*e killed by some material which will destroy them by contact. It is true that some spray materials do have both of these qualities combined but never to the most desirable degree for efficient work. “Spray materials of an inferior grade, are sometimes used because of thehr low price, (’are should lie taken to dealt witli only the responsible firms, nnd to buy their best grade of materials. “The spruy materials having been carefully made are too often improperly applied. High pressure is invuluable In obtaining penetration to the center of the tree. It is not necessary to overspray, but every limb, twig and leaf should be thoroughly covered. “If some of these most common mistakes ure guarded against, there is no. reason why more satisfactory results cannot be obtained in the spraying operations against insect pests. Local experience is really the sure guide for successful spraying operations.”

Typhoid Fever Epidemics. The state board of health sent a circular letter to physicians throughout Indiana discussing ways of dealing with typhoid fever epidemics. Methods of disinfecting are set out, continuance of the battle aguinst flies is advocated strongly, and methods of nursing patlents are outlined. The letter says that when a case appears that resembles typhoid fever, “it should be isolated and treated as such” until a diagnosis can be made. Notiflcation of the health ofllcer of such suspicious cases is necessary Immediately,, the letter points out. The best disinfectant is chloride of lime, the letter says.

Killed at El Paso, Tex.

Valparaiso.—Word has been received here that William Sturgeon, formerly of Valparaiso, was killed ini an automobile accident at El Paso,. Tex. •

Pastor Voted a Call.

Goshen.—The First Christian church of this city voted a call to Rev., Dr. J. W. Harrell, of Dayton, 0, t* succeed Rev. William P. Mintoh, signed. i