Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1917 — Page 7

SATURDAY, DEC. 2», 1917

CHAPTER I—J. Montagne Smith, Lawrenceville bank cashier and society man, receives two letters. One warns him that a note which he has O. K.’d with consent of Watrous Dunham, the bank’s president, Is Worthless. The other is a summons from Dunham. He breaks an appointment with Vera Richlander, daughter of the local millionaire, and meets Dunham alone at night in the bank. CHAPTER H—Dunham threatens Smith with the police. Smith becomes aggressive. Dunham draws a pistol and is floored by a blow that apparently kills him. Smith escapes on an outgoing freight train. CHAPTER lll—Near Brewster, Colo., Dexter Baldwin, president of the Timanyonl Ditch company, gets Smith an office job at the big dam the company Is building. CHAPTER IV—Williams, chief engineer, finds the hobo Smith used to money In big chunks and to making it work. The company Is fighting concealed opposition and is nea r ruin. Smith is jokingly suggested as a financial doctor. CHAPTER V— Williams talks business to Smith, who will tell nothing of his past. Smith pushes a stalled auto away from an oncoming train and saves the colonel's daughter Corona. CHAPTER Vl—While Corona looks on he drives off three bogus mining right claimants from the company’s land. CHAPTER Vll—The colonel takes Smith to his home and persuades him, in spite of Smith’s warning, to undertake the financial salvation of the company. CHAPTER VHl—Crawford Stanton, hired by eastern Interests to kill off the ditch company, sets his spies to work to find out who Smith is. CHAPTER IX—Smith reorganizes the i company and gets a loan from Kinzie, 1 the local banker. CHAPTER X—ln the midst of a “mlra- | cle-working” campaign Corona asks , Smith alarming questions. He reads that Dunham, still living, has doubled the re- I jward for his capture. CHAPTER Xl—Smith gets encourage- j ment in his fight from Corona, but realizes that he must stay away from her. Vera Richlander and her father come to Brewster. |

CHATTER Xll—Smith tells Corona of his danger. He hears the Richlanders have gone up to the mines. He hires a new stenographer, Shaw, who is a spy of Stanton’s. CHAPTER XIII—He meets Vera, who' lias not gone away with her father. She exacts almost constant attendance from him as the price of her silence. CHAPTER XlV—Stanton and his wife fail to learn about Smith from Vera. Stanton makes some night visits and is trailed. On the day following the hindering concrete failure at the dam, Smith gave still more color to the charges of his detractors in the business field. Those whose affairs brought them in contact with him found a man suddenly grown years older and harder, boody and harshly dictatorial, not to say quarrelsome; a man who seemed to have parted, in the short space of a single night, with all of the humanizing affabilities which he had shown to such a marked degree in the reorganizing and refinancing of the irrigation project. “We’ve got our young Napoleon of finance on the toboggan slide, at last,” was the way in which Mr. Crawford Stanton phrased it for the bejeweled lady at their luncheon in the Hophra case. “Kinzie is about to throw him over, and all this talk about botchwork on the dam is getting his goat. They’re telling it around town this morning that you can’t get near him without risking a fight. Old Man Backus went up to his office in behalf of

“There Is a Limit, Verda.”

a bunch of the scared stockholders, and Smith abused him first and then threw him out«bqdily—-hurt him pretty savagely, they say.” The large lady’s accurately penciled eyebrows went up in mild surprise. “Bad temper?” she queried.. “Bad temper, or an acute attack of ‘rattlcitisyou can take your choice. I suppose he hasn’t, by any chance, quarreled with Miss Richlander overnight?—or has he?” The fat lady shook het diamonds. “I should say not. They were at luncheon together in the ladies’ ordinary as I came down a few minutes ago.” Thus the partner of Crawford Stanton’s joys and sorrows. But an invisible onlooker in the small dining room above-stairs might have drawn other conclusions. Smith and the daughter of the Lawrenceville magnate had a small table to themselves, and if the

The Real Man

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talk were not precisely quarrelsome, it leaned that way at times. “I have never seen you quite so brutal and impossible as you are today, Montague. Y'ou don’t seein like the same man. Are you going to reconsider and take me out to the Baldwin ranch this .afternoon ?” “And let you parade me there as your latest acquisition?—never in this world !” “More brutality. Positively you are getting me into a frame of mind in which Tucker Jibbey will seem like a blessed relief. Whatever do you suppose has become of Tucker?” “How should I know?” “If he had come in last night, and you had met him —as I asked you to — in any such heavenly temper as you are indulging now, I might think you had murdered him.” It was doubtless by sheer accident that Smith, reaching at the moment for the salad oil, overturned his water glass. But the small accident by no means accounted for the sudden graying of his face under the Timanyoni wind tan —for that or for the shaking hands with which he seconded the waiter’s anxious efforts to repair the damage. When thqy were alone again, the momentary trepidation had given place to a renewed hardness that lent a biting rasp to his voice. “Kinzie, the suspicious old banker that I’ve been telling you about, is determined to run me down,” he said, changing the subject .abruptly. “I’ve got it j?retty straight that he is planning to send one of his clerks to the Topaz district to try and find your father, in the hope that he will tell what he knows about me.”

“Does this Mr. Kinzie know where father is to be found?” “He doesn’t; that’s the only hitch.” Miss Verda’s smile across the little table was level-eyed’. “I could be lots of help to you, Montague, in this fight you are making, if you’d only let me,” she suggested. . “I’ll fight for my own hand,” was the grating rejoinder. “I can assure you, right now, that Kinzie’s messenger will never reach your father —alive.” “Ooh!” shuddered the beauty, with a little lift of the rounded shoulders. “How utterly and hopelessly primitive! Let me show you a much simpler alternative. I have a map of the mining district, you know. Father left it with me —in case I should want to communicate with him.” Smith looked up with a smile which was a mere baring of the teeth. “You wouldn’t get in a man’s way with any fine-spun theories of the ultimate right and wrong, would you? You wouldn’t say that the only great man is the man who loves his fellow men, and all that?” Again the handsome shoulders were lifted, this time in cool scorn. “Are you quoting the little ranch person?” she inquired. Then she answered his query: “The only great men worth speaking of are the men who win. For the lack of something bettdr to do, I’m willing to help you win, Montague. Most naturally, I am the one who would know where my father is to be found. And I have changed my mind about wanting to to the Baldwins’. We’ll compromise on the play—if there is a play.” “There is a play, and I have the seats,” he announced briefly. “Merci!” she flung back. “Small favors thankfully received, and large ores in proportion; though it’s hardly a favor, this time, because I have paid for it in advance. Mr. Kinzie’s young man came to see me this morning.” “What did you do?” “I gave him a tracing of my map, and he was so grateful it made me want to tell him that it was all wrong; that he wouldn’t find father in a month if he followed the directions.” . “But you didffT r”™" “No; I can play the game, when it seems worth while.” Smith was frowning thoughtfully when he led her to the elevator alcove. “My way would have been the surer,” he muttered, half to himself. “Barbarian!” she laughed; and then: “To think that you were once a ‘debutantes’ darling!’ Oh, yes; I know it was Carter Westfall who said it first, but it was true enough to name you instantly for all Lawrenceville.” (TO BE CONTINUED.)

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By Francis Lynde

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COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

The next Jordan township institute will be held at Egypt January 13. All teachers were present at the last institute held in Jordan except Miss Wineland. The box so--1 cial made a net profit of $68.22. The nearest approach in the south end of the county was the box social held at the Eck school taught by Miss Martha Parker. The net receipts at a box social there were $67.82. The latter school is in Carpenter township. The winter term at the Indiana State Normal will open on Wednesday, January 2, instead of De- ' cember 31, as scheduled in the i Normal catalog. I The Independence school of Bark- , ley township has joined the Junior i Red Cross. Miss Grace Knapp is I the teacher at this school. This i school has the honor of leading all ' the rural schools in this particular. They have set aside $ll.OO for the j Junior Red Cross cause. Fair Oaks School Notes Thursday was exemption day at ' Fair Oaks in the high school. A j very large number of the high , school pupils were able to keep their interest and deportment pages clear of offences. The following pupils are entitled to honorable mention: Evelyn Abell, Mary Abell, Olive Burch, Russel Burroughs, Irene Ballenger, Warren .Burroughs, Anna Erwin, Beulah Geary, Olivo Erwin, Bessie Faylor, Gladys Hammerton, Opal Hoile, Mae Halleck, Myrtle Hall, Dorcas Karr, Goldie Kessinger, Oleda Myers, Glenn Ogle, Gladys Ogle, Ivah Petty, Rosa Reed, 1 Herbert Rude, Mildred Rude, Aleece Stanley, Harold Stephenson, Landis Wood, Elsie Zellers and Jessie Zellers. The sixth,- seventh and eighth grades a*e also included in above i report. Nineteen of the twentyI nine pupils in the high school were able to keep a clean page. Parents are earnestly solicited to give i their children’s grades careful con- ' sideration. They will represent the I fairest index to deportment and pro- ■ g-ress in mental development that ' the combined judgment of the teachers can give. A fine large Christmas tree was the chief attraction last Friday afternoon. All rooms met in the primary and rendered an excellent program in the presence [ of the school and a number of visitors. I The basket-ball team is undergoing some rather strenuous practice ! so as to compete with the large ' school teams' after the holidays. I Mr. Gundy has given them a very ■ fair adjustment on the hall. The line-up stands as (follows: Cecil ' Gundy, center; Paul Barker, captain, right forward; James McKay, .left forward; iHale Norman, right guard; Orren Gourley, left guard; Jennings Winslow and Rowan are substitutes. The teachers have all left Fair Oaks to spend, their holiday vacation at their homes. Mrs. Petty and Miss Rogers went to Bloomi field. This is the county seat of ' Greene county, southwest of Indianapolis. Miss Lena Ray went ’to Rockfield, a small station east of Delphi in Carroll county. Mr. May went to his home near Wolcott in White county, Mrs. Sterrett returned to her home in Rensselaer. Try The Democrat’s want ad columns. You will be most agree ably surprised by the results.

Woman Suffrage in Italy.

Italian statesmen, having been asked to go a mile in granting new privileges to women, have gone twain. Minister Sacchi has recently introduced a bill to abolish marital authority—and the parliamentary commission has completed it, and added an article, “intended to w?cogn iz e woman’s right to exercise all liberal professions and be eligible for all posts of public employment except judicial functions, political rights, and the military defense of thd state.” The commission will demand, among other things, that qualified woman lawyers be allowed to practice. This movement has already received the support of a large number of deputies, says a correspondent, who will present a resolution that if the government passes the martial authority abolition bill it may include the amendments put forward by the commission.

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCKtiX

“So We Start Off th’ New Year With Lofty Resolutions. We’ll Quit Drinkin’, or Chewin’ or Smokin’ or Swearin’. Maybe Our New Resolutions’ll Include All of ’Em.”

No sooner is th’ spirit o’ Christmas givin’ exhausted till we’re seized with th’ spirit o’ retrenchin’ an’, after a season o’ spendin’, with th’ New Year jest around th’ corner we unconsciously fall int’ a retrospective mood an’ take a personal invoice an’ solemnly resolve f make a better showin’ both morally an’ financially at th’ close o’ th’ cornin’ year. So we start off th’ New Year with lofty resolutions. We’ll quit drinkin or chewin’ or smokin’ or swearin’. Maybe our new resolution ’ll include all of ’em. But we never seem t’ think o’ th’ many other things we might eliminate from our program fer th’ cornin’ year that would not only better our chances in th’ hereafter but which would make th’ path o’ life far pleasanter fer those who by force o’ circumstances are compelled t’ tolerate us. So let those o’ us who are perfect, aside from smokin’, drinkin’, chewin’ an’ swearin’, dig around a little an’ see if we can’t find a few things besides th’ ole moss covered habits aforementioned that we could cut out with profit f ourselves an’ those we'mingle with. Nett t’ thinkin’ only o’ ourselves th’ worst habit is tryin’ t 5 save ever’thing we make. I don’t knew which feller a community has th’ least regard fer—’th’ one who licks up ever’ penny he gits.his hands on, or th’ feller who holds on t’ ever cent that comes his way, but I have l my suspicions.

THIS IS THE YEAR

RAISE your hat to the Glad New Year! Raise your voice with a hopeful cheer! Make a vow that while it stays You’ll make the most of its glorious days. And— What? That sort of resolve is old? Sounds like a tale too often told? You’ve made it every New Year’s day, Then frittered the live-long year away? Well, s’posing you have? What’s that to do With this particular year? It's new! New, you grouch, not the same old kind Of muddled up year you've left behind I New each day and each minute too! New; each second is fresh-laid, new! New for the things you've left undone 1 New r for the races you haven’t run! New for ambitions unachieved! New for mistakes unretrieved! New for unfinished efforts too! New for the things you mean to do I Never one day in its bill of fare Is like another day anvwhere. And if a year can be fresh and new Why in the dickens can’t you be too? You can! So wash from your care-stained face Of memory's dirt the last small trace. Put on Ambition’s garments bright, Light your cigar with the Future’s light And say to yourself: “The old year’s dead. Bury it deep! .Look right ahead ! Here’s a New Year laid out for me, As full of chances as it can be, So out of my way and let me go! It’s up to me, and by jings! I’ll showl” Then start! And keep at it! Hang on! Stick! You’ll notice the difference mighty quick, And you’ll find, before t’s half-way through, It’s the Happiest kind of a year for you! —Paul Wfit.

New year's Resolutions

By KIN HUBBARD

Livin’ beyond th’ outskirts o’ our incomes is another habit that is worse than either smokin’ or swearin’ an’ a habit that is doin’ much t’ create a widespread distrust in society. Bobbin’ Peter th’ grocer, t’ pay Paul, th’ auto dealer, kin have but one result. We never hear o’ our women folk makin’ any New Year’s resolutions. Thor’s many things they might resolve t’ do besides cuttin’ out eggs. Thej resolutions might have a blightin’ effect on clubs an’ billiard rooms an’ other refuges fer th’ henpecked an’ homeless, but they would help t’ revive that feelin’ o’ love an’ respect fer women that seems t’ be goin’ out o’ style these days. i Good resolutions accompanied by a great flare o’ trumpets last about as long as an ice cream cone in a Turkish bath. Th’ feller who boasts that he’s goin’t’ quit smokin’ never throws his pipe very fer, an’ th’ feller who proclaims from a store box? that he’s thro’ with th’ demon rum is about as reliable as th’ statesman who says he’s thro’ with th’ Bepublican party. Let’s do somethin.’ original this year an’ gather up a whole lot o’ nasty little characteristics an’ try t’ do away with ’em fer good. We’ve all got ’em. If you can’t find ’em ask somebuddy who knows you t’ point ’em out. They’re there. Ther’s lots o’ folks who don’t chew or smoke or swear er drink who ; carry a full line o’.mean traits. i (Copyright, Adams Newspaper Serviced

i NIK 1 MIK EXECUTOR’S CLOSING OUT SALO 1 The undersigned will sell at public auction at the Stephen Comer farm, 8 miles due north of Rensselaer, 1 mile north of Aix and 5% miles south of Kniman, beginning at 10:30 a. m., on ® TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1918 5 Head Horses and Mules —1 big horse, 12 years old, wt. 1400; 1 8-year-old mare, wt. 1300, a good one; I 3-year-old mare; yearling I eolt; 1 span 4-year-old mules. 13 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 7 cows; 1 thoroughbred Shorthorn bull; 2 heifer calves; 3 steer calves. 10 Head of Hogs—9 with pigs at their side. 100 Tons of Ensilage. Farm Implements— 2 ’manure spreaders; hay rack; 1 wagon bed; , Fairbanks wagon soales, never been , used and of 5-ton capacity. | Terms —A credit of srmonths will be given on approved security on i all sums over $lO at 6 per cent interest if paid when due; if not SO paid 8 per cent will be charged from date. 2 per cent discount for cash when entitled to credit. $lO and under cash. No property to be removed until terms have been complied with. WALTER S. HARRINGTON, Executor. W. A. McCurtain, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk. Hot lunch by Brushwood Ladies* Aid. PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will sell at his residence on the - Price farm, 3 miles west and 3-4 mile north of Remington, 4 miles east and 3-4 mile north of Goodland, beginning at 11 o’clock a. in., oh THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1913, the following described property: 0 Horses ami Colts— l dark gray mare, 3 years old, well broke; 1 roan mare, 3 years old, broke; J. roan horse, 1 year old; 1 black mare, 1 year old; 1 gray horse, 2 years old; 1 brown mare, 3 years old, broke single and double; 2'bay i horse colts, I year old; 1 bla -lc mare, smooth month. _ .■ 1H Head of Cattle— l red cow, 5 years old, giving milk; 1 red cow, 5 years old; 1 red cow, 4 years old: 1 red cow, 8 years old; 1 red heifer, 2 years old; I Jersey heif- . er, 2 years old; 1 yearlng heifer, 1 red. These cows are all bred to Shorthorn bull. I 1 head of yeari ling steers, good ones, grade Shorthorns, most all red, | 14 Head of Hogs—Averaging about 200 pounds each. | One 20-foot harrow; 1 set driving harness; household goods, and j other articles too numerous to men- ' tion. j Terms— All sums of $lO or under, leash; on sums over $lO a credit of 'l2 months will be given, with interest at 6 per cent from date IP paid at maturity. If not paid atj maturity then X per cent will be charged, purchaser giving note with I approved security. 2 per cent off I for cash where entitled to credit. No property to be removed terms of sale are complied with, i Sale will be held in large tent if I weather is bad. CORY PRICE, Harvey Williams, Auctioneer. Ellis Jones, Clerk. Hot lunch by Hascall.

BIG PUBLIC SALE As I have decided to quit farming and go West, I will offer at pulilie auction at my residence, known as the Old Headquarters of Springer ranch, 13y 2 miles north and iy 2 miles east of Rensselaer, 1 mile east and 1% miles south of Kniman, and 3 miles east oif Virgie, commencing at 10:30 a. m., on THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 191? 10 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 5 milch cows, some giving good flow of milk, 1 to be fresh last part of January, and some in the spring; 1 fine steer; 1 heifer; 3 calves. O Head of Hogs. About 0 dozen chickens. 1 pair turkeys. 1 pair guineas. Ford Touring Car, 194-1 Model, in good condition. 1 Surrey, good as new. 2 widetire wagons, 1 with triple bed, other nearly new; 1 sleigh. Farm Implements—-Consisting of 1 qisc; 1 sulky plow; 2 walking plows; 2 cultivators; 1 corn planter with fertilizer attachment; 1 mower; 2 good sets of double work harness; 2 single harness. Large stack of oats straw, well stacked; between 15 and 20 tons of hay; some corn in crib; about 15 bushels potatoes; nice quantity of canhed fruit. Household Goods—Consisting of 1 kitchen range; 1 oil stove; 1 heater, 1 sideboard, 10 dining room chairs; 2 rockers; 1 extension table; 1 secretary and bookcase combined; bedroom furniture and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms—slo and under, cash in hand; on sums over $lO a credit of 9 months will be given, purchaser executing note with approved security bearing 6 per cent interest from date if paid when due, if not paid when due, 8 per cent interest from date oif sale; 4 per cent otf for cash when entitled to credit. No property to be removed until terms of sale are complied with. J. J. FLIGINGER. W. A. McCurtain, Auctioneer. H. W. Marble, Clerk.' Hot lunch by Kniman Ladies’ Aid. Subscribe for The Democrat.

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