Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1919 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12, 1®1».

GREEN FANCY

By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON

XodUr “GRAUSTARK." •'THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND." “THE PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK," ETC. I

Qvniahibr D«H. MaUudCoapaay. iaa. CHAPTER XXI. The End in Sight. Barnes, soaring beyond all previous heights of exaltation, ranged dizzily between "front” and “back” at the Grand opera house that evening. He was in the “wings” with her, whispering in her delighted ear; in the dress-ing-room, listening to her soft words of encouragement to the excited leading lady; on the narrow stairs leading up to the stage, assisting her to mount them; and all the time he was dreading the moment when he would awake and find it all a dream. There was an annoying fly In his Ointment, however. “I love you,” she had said simply. “I want more than anything else in all the world to be your wife. But I cannot promise now. I must have time to think, time to —** “Why should you require more time than I?” he persisted. “What is time to us? Why make wanton waste of It?”

“I know that I cannot find happiness except with you,” she replied. “No matter what happens to me, I shall always love you, I shall never forget the joy of this. But—l cannot promise now,” she finished gently and kissed him. Between the second find third acts Tommy Gray rushed back with the box-office statement; The gross was $359. The instant that fact became known to Mr. Rushcroft he Informed Barnes that they had a “knockout,” a gold mine, and that never in all his career had he known a season to start off so auspiciously as this one. Three days later Barnes and “Miss Jones” said farewell to the strollers and boarded a day train for New York city. They left the company in a condition of prosperity. The show was averaging two hundred dollars nightly and Mr. Rushcroft was already booking return engagements for the early fall. He was looking forward to a tour of Europe at the close of the war. Barnes’ sister, Mrs. Courtney, met them at the Grand Central terminal. “It’s now a quarter to five,” said Barnes after the greeting and presentation. “Drop me at the Fifth Avenue bank, Edith. I want to leave something in my safety box downstairs. Sha’n’t be more than five minutes.” He got down from the automobile at Forty-fourth street and shot across the sidewalk into the bank, casting quick, apprehensive glances through the five o’clock crowd on the avenue as he sprinted. In his hand he lugged the heavy, weatherbeaten pack. His sister and the countess stared after him in amazement.

Presently he emerged from the bank, still carrying the bag. He was beaming. A certain worried, haggard expression had vanished from his face, and for the first time in eight hours he treated his traveling wardrobe with scorn and indifference. "Thank God, they’re off my mind at last,” he cried. “That is the first good, long breath I’ve had in a week. No, not now. It’s a long story and I can’t tell it in Fifth avenue. It would be extremely annoying to have both of you die of heart failure with all these people looking on.” He felt her hand on his arm, and knew that she was looking at him with wide, incredulous eyes, but he faced straight ahead. He was terribly afraid that the girl beside him was preparing to„ shed tears of joy and relief. He could feel her searching in her jacket pocket for a handkerchief.

Mrs. Courtney was not only curious but apprehensive. She hadn’t the faintest idea who Miss Cameron was, nor where her brother had picked her up. But she saw at a glance that she was lovely, and her soul was filled with strange misgivings. She was like all sisters who have pet bachelor brothers. She hoped that poor Tom hadn’t gone and made a fool of him* self. The few minutes’ conversation she had with the stranger only served to Increase her alarm. Miss Cameron s voice and smile —and her eyes!—were positively alluring. She had had a night letter from Tom that morning in which he said that he was bringing a young lady friend down from the north —and would she meet them at the station and put her up for a couple of days? That was all she knew of the dazzling stranger up to the moment she saw her. Immediately after that she knew by intuition a great deal more about her than Tom could have told in volumes of correspondence. She knew, also, that Tom was lost forever! “Now tell me,” said the countess the Instant they entered the Courtney apartment She gripped both of his arms with her firm little hands and looked straight into his eyes, eagerly, hopefully. She had forgotten Mrs. Courtney’s presence, «h« had not

taken the time to remove her hat or jacket. i “Let’s all sit down,” said he. “My knees are unaccountably weak. Come along, Ede. Listen to the romance of my life.” And when the story was finished the countess took his hand in hers and held it to her cool cheek. The tears were still drowning her eyes. “Oh, you poor dear! Was that why you grew so haggard and pale and hollow-eyed?” "Partly,” said he with great significance. “And you had them in your pack all the time? You —” , “I had Sprouse’s most solemn word not to touch them for a week. He is the only man I feared. He is the only one who could have —” "May I use your telephone, Mrs. Courtney?” cried she suddenly. She sprang to her feet, quivering with excitement “Pray forgive me for being so ill-mannered, but I —l must call up one or two people at once. They are my friends. You will understand, I am sure.” Barnes was pacing the floor nervously when his sister returned after conducting her new guest to the room prepared for her. The countess was at the telephone before the door closed behind her hostess. “I wish you had been a little more explicit in your telegram, Tom,” she said peevishly. “If I had known who she is I wouldn’t have put her in that room. Now I shall have to move Aunt Kate back into it tomorrow and give Miss Cameron the big one at the end of the hall.” Which goes to prove that Tom’s sister was a bit of a snob in her way. “Stop walking like that and come here.” She faced him accusingly. “Have you told all there is to tell, sir?” “Can’t you see for yourself, Ede, that Tm in love with her? Desperately, horribly, madly in love with her. Don’t giggle like that I I couldn’t have told you while she was present, could ir "That isn’t what I want to know. Is she in love with you? 1 That’s what Tm after.” “Yes,” said he, but frowned anxiously. “She is perfectly adorable,” said she, and was at once aware of a guilty, nagging impression that she would not have said it to him half an hour earlier for anything in the world. She was strangely white and subdued when she rejoined them later on. She had removed her hat. The other woman saw nothing but the wealth of sun-kissed hair that rippled. Barnes went forward to meet her, filled with a sudden apprehension. “What is it? You are pale and — what have you heard?”

She stopped and looked searchlngly into his eyes. A warm flush rose to her cheeks; her own eyes grew soft and tender and wistful. “They all believe that the war will last two or three years longer,” she said huskily. “I cannot go back to my own country till it is all over. They implore me to remain here with them until —until my fortunes are mended.” She turned to Mrs. Court-

“Yes," She Breathed.

ney and went on without the slightest trace of indecision or embarrassment in her manner. “You see, Mrs. Courtney, lam very, very poor. They have taken everything. I—l fear I shall have to accept this kind, generous proffer of a—” her voice shocjk slightly—“of a home with my friends until the Huns are driven out.” Barnes’ silence was more eloquent than any words. Not until Mrs. Courtney expressed the hope that Miss Cameron would condescend to accept the hospitality of her home until plans for the future were definitely fixed was there a sign that the object of her concern had given a thought to what she was saying. “You are so very kind,” stammered the countess. “But I cannot think of imposing upon—” "Leave it to me, Ede,” said Barnes gently, and, laying his hand upon his sister’s arm, he led her from the room. Then he came swiftly back to the outstretched arms of the exile. “A very brief New York engagement," he whispered in her ear, he knew not how long afterward. Her head was pressed against his shoulder, her eyes were closed, her lips parted in the ecstasy of passion. "Yes.” she breathed, so faintly that

lie barely heard the strongest word ever put into the language of man. i Half an hour later he waa speeding down the avenue in • taxi. His blood was singing, his heart was bursting with joy—hla head was light, for the feel of her was still in his arms, the voice of her In his enraptured ears. He was hurrying homeward to the “diggings” he was soon to desert forever. He was to spend the night at his sister’s apartment. When he issued forth from his “diggings” at halfpast seven he was attired in evening clothes, and there was not a woman in all New York, young or old, who would have denied him * second glance. Later on In the evening three of the countess’ friends arrived at the Courtney home to pay their respects to their fair compatriot and to discuss the crown jewels. They came and brought with them the consoling information that arrangements were practically completed for the delivery of the jewels into the custody of the French embassy at Washington, through whose Intervention they were to be allowed to leave the United States without the formalities usually observed in cases of suspected smuggling. Upon the' arrival in America of trusted messengers from Paris, headed by no less a personage than the ambassador himself, the imperial treasure was to pass into hands that would carry it safely to France. Prince Sebastian, still In Halifax, had been apprised by telegraph of the recovery of the jewels, and was expected to sail for England by the earliest steamer. And while the visitors at the Courtney house were lifting their glasses to toast the prince they loved, and, in turn, the beautiful cousin who had braved so much and fared so luckily, and the tall wayfarer who had come into her life, a small man was stooping over a rifled knapsack in a room far downtown, glumly regarding the result of an unusually hazardous undertaking, even for one who could perform such miracles as he. - Scratching his chin, he grinned—for he was the kind who bears disappointment with a grin—and sat himself down at the big library table in the center of the room. Carefully selecting a pen-point he wrote:

“It will be quite obvious to you that I called unexpectedly tonight The week was up, you see. I take the liberty of leaving under the paperweight at my elbow a two-dollar bill. It ought to be ample payment for the damage done to your faithful traveling companion. Have the necessary stitches taken in the gash and you will find the kit as good as new. I was more or less certain not to find what I was after, but as I have done no Irreparable injury I am sure you will forgive my love of adventure and excitement. It was really quite difficult to get from the fire escape to your window, but It was a delightful experience. Try crawling along that ten-inch ledge yourself some day and see If it isn’t productive of a pleasant thrill. I shall not forget your promise to return good for evil some day. God knows I hope I may never be in a position to test your sincerity. We may meet again, and I hope under agreeable circumstances. Kindly pay my deepest respects to the Countess Ted, and believe me to be, “Yours very respectfully, ‘ “SPROUSE.

“P. S.-—I saw O’Dctwd today. He left a message for you and the countess. Tell them, said he, that I ask God’s blessing for thens forever.. He is off tomorrow for Brazil. He was very much relieved when he heard that I did not get the jewels the first time I went after them, and immensely entertained by my jolly description of how I went after them the second. By the way, you will be Interested to learn that he has cut loose - from the < rowd he was trailing with. Mostly ruts, he says. Dynamiting munition plants in Canada was a grand project, s \ys he, and it would have come to t inethlng if the d d women had only left the d d men alone. The expletives are O’Dowd’s.” Ten hours before Barnes fpund this illuminating message on his library table he stood at the window of a lofty Park avenue apartment building, his arm about the slender, yielding figure of the only other occupant of the room. Pointing out over the black housetops, he directed her attention to the myriad lights in the upper floors of a great hostelry to the south and west and said: “That is where you are going to live, darling.” [THE END.]

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

FARMS FOR SALJ

No. 1. 160 acres—Thia farm liei on stone road, adjoining village with two ■tores, two rallroada, elevator and school; 90 acres of thie farm Is in wheat and remainder ii in pasture, which has some timber There are no buildings on it. ' The soil is a dark loam, adapted to all kinds of grain, except four acres of a small ridge of lighter soil that Is suitable for feeding yards. Price 385. Will sell on easy terms. ‘ No. 5. 160 acres—This farm lies in spendid neighborhood, seven miles out on good road. It is all good soil and in corn* wheat and oats except six acres in timber pasture. The timber is hickory and burr oak. The farm is fenced and cross-fenced with hog wire fence. There is a five-room house, large new barn, new double cribs 50 feet long, good well, windmill and tanks. Can sell on easy terms Price 1180. No. 6. 240 acres —This farm lies in the best farming immunity around and is only seven miles out. It is all in cultivation except 50 acres in pasture that has some stumps and timber but well set to bluegrass. It is all good grain land and well tiled. '1 here two sets of improvements, a fair six-room house, large barn, double cribs, garage, chicken house, outside cement cellar and windmill and tanks. The other set of build* Ings consist of a new eight-room house with basement, an old house r.nd small barn and nice shade. Prite 6160. No. 7. 116 acres—This farm lies Joining railroad town with pike roads, elevator, stores and good brick high school. There is a good two-stqry, eight-room house, fair barn, silo, garage and workshop combined, with cement floor, and a number of outbuildings, a good well, windmill and fine orchard. The farm has 75 acres in black land in cultivation and 40 acres in pasture which has some timber. There is a good outlet for drainage and the farm is a good stock and grain farm with high school privileges. Price *125. No. 8. 31 acres —This piece of land lies on pike road 40 rods from station, stores and school. It is all good heavy grain land and all in cultivation. There are no Improvements except deep well. This farm lies along dredge ditch which gives fine outlet for drainage. Price 6100. No. 9. 156 acres—This farm lies on the Jackson highway, two miles from station. It is In good neighborhood and has school across the road and five churches within five miles of the farm. It is all black land in cultivation except 15 acres. It is fenced with cattle wire and cross-fenced. There Is three acres of bluegrass pasture at barn' fenced hog tight. There is a 12-inch tile starts on this farm for outlet for drainage. There is a good five-room bungalow, good small barn, well house, good well and new garden fence with cedar posts. Price 6125. Owner might take clear property or small farm as part payment. Will sell on terms of 64*000 down and long time on remainder.

No. 11. 40 acres—Thia farm Iles on main road, 80 rods from the Jackson highway and half-mile from station, school, church and store. It is on R. F. D. and telephone line. It is level black soil and well tiled into large ditch that runs along one side of farm. There is a new four-room bungalow and good small barn and well. Price $135. No 16. The farms listed at Nos. 14 and 15 lie half-mile apart and can be bought together. No. 17. 79 acres—This farm is all good grain land in cultivation except three acres in pasture that has some timber. 40 acres is fenced hog-tight. The farm lies in well Improved neighborhood on public road, near pike. It has lots of tile and good outlet for drainage. There is a good two-story four-room house,, good new barn, good well and is well tiled. 40 acres fenced with woven wire. Price |125. No. 19. 200 acres —This is a good • farm and lies well on good road near two pikes. It has lots of tile and a good outlet for drainage. The soil is mostly black corn land. It all cultivated except about 30 acres in pasture, whlsh is part timber. There is a good eight-room cement block house with cellar, large barn, good well, windmill and tanks. Owner will sell on favorable terms and might consider clear property or smaller farm. Price $125. No. 22. 100 acres —This farm lies 6% miles from this city, in Marlon township, on good road. It is all in cultivation except a few acres of nice timber. It is good grain land and well tiled with large tile through the farm. There is. a five-room house, fair barn and other buildings. There ’s a good well, some fruit and thirty large walnut trees. This Is a good farm and can be bought at the low price of $135. Can make terms If desired, z No. 23. 240 "acres —This land has no buildings on It It Is all

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prairie land with deep black soil except three groves of timber. In all about 20 acres. It Is In pasture and meadow and has large ditch through IL Owner will sell for 685 per acre. Ho might take some property or small farm. Can make liberal terms. No. 24. Owner of No. 23 will sell 80 acres or more to suit purchaser. No. 25. 120 acres —This farm lies in good locality, ono mile from main pike, near school, and three miles from good town with elevator and high school; 90 acres of this farm Is deep black corn soil and has good drainage, 80 acres Is in timber of which 20 acres is fenced for hogb. There is a good eight-room house, horse barn, - cow barn, silo, cribs, grainary, windmill and fruit. Can sell at the low price of 676. Terms 62,500 down and suitable time on remainder. No. 31. 80 acres —This farm lies eight miles from this city in west Jordan tp. It lies on main road near pike and in good neighborhood; 70 acres of this farm Is good land and in grain or grass and Is good grain land. There is 10 acres of lighter soil. There is a five-room house, fair barn and several outbuildings, well, lots of fruit and nice shade. There is 160 rods of hog fence. Owner will sell this farm for the low price of 685. Terms 63,000 down and long time on remainder.

No. 32. 160 acres—This Is a good farm and a nice home. There is a six -room house, good barn, double cribs, hog house, chicken house and good well. Buildings new and all painted; 160 acres Is well tiled and nice level blaek land in grain. It Is all black land except 20 acres in timber pasture. It has lots of woven wire fence with cedar posts. Owner will sell on favorable terms or will take clear property or smaller farm as part payment. Price 3125. No. 33. 40 acres—This is an unimproved piece of land. It is fenced and used as pasture; 25 acres in black prairie land In grass, and 15 acres is in timber. It lies on public road, in good neighborhood and mile from pike. Price 350. Owner will sell on terms of 3500 down and long time on remainder. Might take livestock as first payment. No. 34. 100 acres—This farm lies on main road and is all deep black prairie land except three acres of young timber in one corner. It lies Joining large ditch that gives good outlet for drainage. The house on this farm was burned. There is an old barn, gralnary, silo and good well. Owner will sell on terms of 33,000 down and long time c-a remainder. Price 8110. No. 89. 40 acres—This farm has no buildings but lies on pike in sight of the court house and is all in grain and well tiled, and is as good grain land as any in the county. Price 6200. No. 39%. 160 acres—This farm lies half-mile from the Jackson highway, station, church and school. It is tn good neighborhood, and 140 acres is black soil in cultivation and 20 dores is in pasture, which has some timber. It has good outlet for drainage and is a nice home. There is nearly new nine-roomi house, cellar, good barn and lots of other buildings, two good wells, windmill, tanks, and lots of fruit. Price 8115. Owner is a widow and wants to sell and would consider part in good clear property or sell on good terms. No. 40. 40 acres—This little farm lies in good neighborhood on main road six miles from this city. It is all good grain land in cultivation, except grove around the buildings. It is well tiled and 40 rods from school. There is a good four-room house, outbuildings and splendid deep well. Price 8185. No. 48. 40 acres—This farm lies on pike road in good neighborhood. There is a large tile passes through the farm for outlet for drainage. There is six acres in timber and six acres in pasture and twenty-eight acres in grain. The buildings are good and consist of a six-room house with fine shade, a barn 32x60x20 and good well and some fruit. Price 8125. No. 56. 60 acres—This farm lies in good neighborhood and all good grain land and in cultivation. It is well fenced and has lots of tile. There is a* five-room house, small barn and some other outbuildings, good well and young orchard, large silo. There is timber for a frame for a good barn on the farm that goes with the farm. Price 810*000No. 57. 160 acres—Nice level grain land' with a few acres in timber. There is lots of tile and woven wire fencing. It has good six-room house, barn and outbuildings. This is a good grain and stock farm. Price 3175. . No. 58. 60 acres—This farm lies near this city, on pike road, R. F. t). and telephone line and near school. It is tiled and in cultivation except email grove. There is a five-room house, fair barn and outbuildings. Price 8175. No. 61. 120 acres—This land lies miles from station, store,

school, church and 4s on the Jack son highway, R. F. D, and teletelephone line. It has good outlet for drainage and is all level, black land Ln cultivation, except 15 acrea in timber pasture. There are no buildings. Thia land lies in good neighborhood and would make a good Investment Price 885. No. 62. 320 acres—This farm lies on the well-known Francesville prairie and Is a black prairie soil farm, all In cultivation and well tiled. It lies on stone road, R. F. D. and telephone line. There is a good seven-room house, cellar, nice shade, good well and frulL The outbuildings consist of largo horse barn, cattle barn, large double cribs with gralnary above for 5,000 bushels of small grain, equipped with elevator, garage and stock scales. Price 8225. No. 63. 202 acres—This farm is all good heavy loam soil, well tiled and all in cultivation. It lies on stone road, half-mile from school and church. There is a good six 'room house, barn, cribs and numerous outbuildings, stock scales and a large building used and equipped as a feed mill and storage house for grain. There is also a tenant house of five rooms, fair barn, cattle sheds and oribs. The farm is mostly fenced with high woven wire. Prlqe 3225. (This farm Ilea three miles from No. 62 and joins No. 64.) No. 64. 320 acres—This is an exceptionally good farm, in splendid condition, and has always been occupied by the owner, who still lives on it. It is all heavy loam soil and all in cultivation except about 10 aeres of timber. It is well tiled and lies on main rock road, halfmile from school and churoh and on R. F. D. and telephone line. The buildings are located on a nice knoll, overlooking the entire farm. There is a seven-room house with basement, nice lawn, good well and windmill at the house and water piped to cement stock tank at barn. The outbuildings consist of a largo bank barn with large silo attached, double oribs, gralnary, stock sheds, stock .scales and a modern circular brooding house for hogs. There is lots of woven-Wlre fencing. Price 8225.

No. 65. 120 acres—This farm lies 1% miles from station and on stone road that is now in process of construction by the township. It is mostly black land in cultivation, except a little timber. There is a new four-room cottage with screened porch, large barn and good well. This is good, productive land. Price 8100. No. 66. 80 acres—This farm is all in cultivation, well tiled and all good grain land with clay subsoil. It lies in good neighborhood in Barkley township. There is a good eight-room house, good barm and several other outbuildings, good well and fruit. Price 8200.-~ No. 67. 65 acres—This is a splendid farm near Mt. Ayr. It is all cultivated except four acres in ' timber- It is clay subsoil and tiled. There is a good five-room house, fair barn, silo, well and windmill. Price 8150. No. 68. 160 acres—This farm Is level black land, all cultivated, except two acres in groves. It is well tiled and lies on stone road 1% miles from station with stores, elevator, churches and high school. There is a six-room' house, good barn, cribs and good well. Price 8125. - Terms, 35,000 down. No. 69. 76 acres—This is a good farm and allsgood grain land in cultivation. It joins town with high school; elevator and stores. There is a good eight-room house, barn, cribs, garage and other buildings, silo, good well and orchard. Price 3140. No. 70. 97 acres—This farm lies in good neighborhood qn main road and three miles from good town with two churches, elevator, high school and stores/ It Is all in cultivation except eight acres of timber near the barn .fenced with hog wire. There is a good fiveroom cottage, fair barn, silo and other buildings. Price 8100. No. 71. *l3l acres—This farm is well located on main road and one mile from the Jackson highway and four miles from good town with churches, high school and elevator. It is all good level grain land in cultivation, except about 10 acres in pasture and timber. There is a five-room house, fair barn and other buildings. Can sell on terms of $2,500 down and long time on remainder. Price '3 HO. No. 72. 160 acres—This farm lies four miles from this place and is a good grain farm. It is tiled and 1 has good outlet for drainage. There is a good set of Improvements in good condition, consisting of a seven-room house, large barn, double cribs and granary, good well and fruit. Price 8190. Owner will carry 820,000 for 7 years at 5%%. No. 73. 160 acres—This farm * lies % mile from pike and 8-4 of a mile from station. It is all level black land, has lots of tile with large ditch through the center of the farm. There is a two-story eight-room hduse, good barn, silo and other buildings. Price 8135.

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