Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1920 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15. 1920.

THE MAN WHO WASNT HIMSELF

By ROBERT AMES BENNET

25Y W.&.CWAPMAJV.

SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I.— Alighting rrom a train at Denver a well-dressed traveler 1b familiarly accosted by a man about his own age./ The traveler ignores the advance. A few minutes later he is greeted as “Will" by an elderly lady and gentleman, who stop their auto to speak. He imagines It a case of mistaken Identity and announces himself as "Richard Clinton," on his way to the coast The couple appear greatly surprised, and learning he Is to be In town until midnight, the lady. Introducing herself as Mrs. Kirkland, and her husband as Doctor Kirkland, invites him to dinner, explaining the action by his truly remarkable resemblance to a friend of theirs. He accepts. At the Kirkland home he meets a young lady who greets him as her fiance. She is Ellen Kirkland, and plainly is greatly hurt by his assertion that he Is "Richard Clmton.” CHAPTER 11. —At dinner "Clinton” learns that his host is a medical specialist and that he is believed to be Will Lowrie, a young man who had been suffering from a nervous breakdown and had Kne east for medical treatment. Lowrie d had In his possession bonds of the Value of SIOO,OOO, belonging to the bank where he was employed, which have disappeared and of which he has no recollection. With Dr. Kirkland "Clinton" goes to the Lowrie home, the doctor bemg satisfied that Amy Lowrie, Will’s sister, will convince "Clinton” he is really Lowrie, suffering from loss of memory. CHAPTER lll.—Amy declares at once he is her brother, and Insists on treating him as such, to his great embarrassment. CHAPTER IV.—Doctor Kirkland arranges to send a telegram to the sanitarium where Lowrie is undergoing treatment, inquiring as to his whereabouts. CHAPTER V.—Ellen and Amy try In vain to convince “Clinton" he Is Will Lowrie, brother of one and the fiance of the Other. He visits the bank with Doctor Kirkland and cashes a draft. Bemm telle the president of the bank he is sure “Clinton" is Will Lowrie and agrees to find •ut the whereabouts of the missing bonda CHAPTER Vl.—With Bemm "Clinton" visits the athletic club and there Bemm discovers that a birthmark, familiar to Lowrie’s friends, has disappeared from arm. Bemm is somewhat disconcerted but unconvinced. That evening an answer to Doctor Kirkland’s telegram arrives, with the Information that the suof the sanitarium is away, land Is left thus. CHOKER Vll.—Bemm is very much in love with Amy Lowrie. Her brother baa discouraged the Intimacy, and Bemm thinks he can prove to Amy that her brother has made away with the bonda an<? is In danger of prosecution, from Bemm can save him. JBR Vlll.—That evening Amy visit* u*r "brother” In his room, in sisterly playfulness Insisting he brush her hair. She tells him part of Bemm’s conversation and he is Indignant To convince her he Is not her brother he shows her his arm, from which the birthmark is gone. Amy, believing at last, hastens from the room in maidenly shame, and “Clinton" at once leaves the house. CHAPTER IX —"Clinton/’ about to leave town, Is arrested, and Doctor Kirkland and the ladles visit him at the police station. The doctor arranges for his release. CHAPTER X.—At the Kirkland residence, where the party goes, Bemm, still certain "Clinton” is his former acquaintance, Lowrie, makes a proposition to.him to return the bonds, promising immunity from prosecution in return for his inducing Amy to accept him as her fiance. “Clinton” throws him out of the house. Sector Kirkland makes up, his mind to tve the young man remain in his sanitarium for observation and probable cura CHAPTER Xl.—Arriving at the sanitarium “Clinton” finds he is practically a prisoner. In hot indignation he denounces the doctor, and Ellen gives him back his ring, declaring their engagement at an end. "Clinton" assures Amy he Will really go Insane If confined for any length of 'time, and she shows him how he can escape that night, promising to have an auto across the road to take him to her house. CHAPTER XII. — “Clinton” escapes from the sanitarium, as arranged, meets Amy, ahd they drive home safely. At the house he endeavors to make Amy see, once for all, that he is really “Richard Clinton,” declaring his affection for her as a lover. The girl realizes that her fondness for him is more than sisterly, and almost convinced, leaves him and takes refuge with Tillie. % CHAPTER XIII.—In the morning Ellen and Bemm arrive with the announcement of “Clinton’s” escape, Bemm practically accusing Amy of complicity in the matter. Circumstances indicating that the fugitive is in the house, he proceeds to make a search, but is Interrupted by a message from police headquarters that Lowrie has been seen in Clty Hall park.

CHAPTER XIV. ’' Appearances Often Deceive. f When Clinton wakened 'from his heavy sleep he perceived Amy’s note on the floor. Going to the speaking tube he called for Tillie. There was no response. He started toward the rear Window, but on the way noticed his pajamas, and went back to dress. Again he started toward the rear window, and again changed his purpose. In the far corner, before the rosecovered summer-house, was a group of people. One of them was looking up at him. It was Amy, and she was gesturing to him. She did not wish him to be seen. The man was tuxnj Ing— — —w-to/ jK: ; 5 , For several moments he stood at the window, his forehead gathered in a troubled frown. Behind him sounded a shuffling footstep. He started nervously and spuhjabout Old Tillie stood In the the room, her finger on her lips. } “What! It’s you!” he exclaimed. 8“How the devil —” I !” she warned. “Miss Ellen’s She’d run and tell herpS'nrst thing. You just missed being dabbed by Mr. Bemm—only they phoned him to go out and get you at City Park.” “To go out for me? Who phoned?”

“The p’leece. They seen yob o’Ut at City Park and —” "Saw me?” “Yes; that’s what they phoned Miss Amy. If it hadn’t been for their making Mr. Bemm light out that way, he’d sure have got you. He’s a ‘tectlve,” “Detective? —that sissy? No.” “Fact. Y’ought’ve heard Miss Amy toast him over the coals. My, but wasn’t he mad! He’ll come back madder from that wild goose chase. That’s why I’ve come up to make your bed and clean up and tell you to get up into your old robbers’ cave iFhe comes back. I’ll let you know when. ’Stead of making the bed, guess I’ll take the bedding down to air.” As he turned beside the door of the bathroom passage he caught a side glimpse of some one moving on the far side of the room. He faced angrily toward the new Intruder —and saw his owm Image In the big cheval glass on the opposite wall. “Jove!” he muttered. “This won’t do. Must pull myself together.” He went across to the mirror and stared fixedly at his frowning image. "Buck up, you idiot!" he advised himself. “Let yourself be hypnotized by that rot about double personality, did you? .. . That’s it, grin! It’s time that you were grinning at your ut—” The word broke off in the midst. He glared into the mirror, the smile frozen on his lips. At the left side of the image of his face was the image of another face, smaller and less distinct —another image, yet his own face! His eyes dilated with terror. He stood glaring at the second image, petrified with horror, powerless to move. It was his own face. . . . There were differences —no mustache, the color almost white, the outline more thin; yet it was his face as It might be after an illness. It could not be a double reflection in the glass, for It lacked the mustache —also the expression was absolutely different. Unlike the Immobile terror of his first image, the ghostly second face was twitching with active fear. The mouth gaped open. “Insane!” he gasped. “I —am going:—insane!” He tottered to the rear window, opened the shade and sash with shaking, fumbling hands, and crouched against the sill in the midst of the instreaming light and air. Downstairs Amy and- Ellen were weeping in each other’s arms, reconciled companions in misery. The doorbell rang sharply. The weepers flew apart. “S-some one’s c-come!” sobbed Ellen. “My eh-eyes!” Amy, regardless of her tear-wet face, flew in through to the front hall. But already the door, unlocked by Bemm, was opening to admit Dr. Kirkland. Mrs. Kirkland came In after her husband as Amy rushed to meet them with well-feigned eagerness. “Doctor!” cried the girl. “You’ve come to tell us he has been found I” “Sorry, Sweetheart —not yet. But

The Image of Another Face

he has been seen. We went out to City Park and —” “We traced him to an Inbound car,” broke In Mrs. Kirkland.“We thought — n * " —Thought Jie might have come home,” her husband completed the sentence. “You’re sure, he hasn’t, my dear?” breathlessly questioned the lady. “Will—home?*?- exclaimed Amy. “Why, Ellen and I have been right in by the telephone ever since Charlie

rushed out to go to City Park — No, no. not upstairs! She’s back here. —Come into the library. You both look hot. I’ll have Tillie bring lemonade.” r Amy, who was nearest the parlor, heard a step behind her and glanced over her hhoulder. "Oh!" she cried. "Why did you come down? — Goodness! you’re pale!— that look! — You’re 111 I" "Will!” screamed Ellen. Amy was recoiling, but the other girl advanced toward the dazed young man in the doorway, her arms imploringly outstretched. “Dearest! forgive me—please, please forgive me! I was cruel, but I did not realize — Forgive me and give me your ring again, dearest!” “My God!” groaned the young man. He put his hand to his. head. "Is it all coming back again? That halluclnav tion upstairs—now this!” “His —his voice too!” gasped Amy. “It is because he is—is insane?” “Nonsense!” boomed Dr. Kirkland. “He looks rational —only dazed. He has shaved.” “Ah! thpt is It!” agreed Mrs. Kirkland. “That accounts so “That and the terrible strain of the night—and this change of clothes which he managed to get hold of," confirmed her husband. “My dear boy, why do you look at us that way? Have no fear. I admit my mistake. You need not return to the sanitarium. Had 1 known how it would affect you—” The young man’s face relaxed a Une. “Not return, doctor? You really think It unnecessary?” “Quite! quite! Never fear. You shall stay quietly at home. If I have to mortgage my house to secure your ball.” 1 / “My ball?” ejaculated the young man. “Surely the bank has not charged me with —” “Huye you forgotten that already?” pitifully broke in Ellen. “Dearest, can it be you have forgotten me too?” “Forget you, darling?” he protested “Never!” Shaking off his enervating daze, he sprang to her with ardent eagerness and caught her to him In an impassioned embrace. "Ellen! darling Ellen!” he cried. “To have you again after all these months! You are no hallucination —you are real! I feel your arms about, my neck; your heart beats against mine!” “Will, Will! my WillI” she ecstatically babbled. “You, yourself—yourself! You’ve came back to me, your own real self I" “To be sure —to be sure,” affirmed her father. “This complete change of expression, manner, intonation —absolute proof of full restoration to his true personality.” “O-o-o-oh! Is that it?” sighed Amy, but she continued to gaze at her restored brother with brows peaked and a troubled look in her brown eyes. She burst into tears and ran to fling herself on the shoulder generously left free for her by Ellen. He met her with an affectionate kiss. “There! This is better, isn’t it?” he asked, squeezing her with the arm that was not about Ellen and patting her vigorously on the back. “Y-yes,” she penitently agreed. “Of course you and Ellen — I’d never have believed I could be such a s-self-Ish ptgl” (TO BE CONTINUED.)

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BEST OF THE NEWS BOILED DOWN TO LIMIT. ARRANGED FOR BUSY PEOPLE Notea Covering Moat Important Happenings of the World Compiled In Briefest and Most Succinct Farm for Quick Consumption. Washington President Wilson at Washington in a proclamation urged state governors to set apart Saturday, October 9, as Fire Prevention day and to request a general observance by the public. _ » • • In an effort to end Illicit distilling of Intoxicating liquor, the treasury al Washington decided to tighten regulations around the sale of stills and add another check to its means oi tracing down their users. • • • One of the big surprises in the congressional race In Wisconsin was the defeat of Representative John J. Esch for renomination. Mr. Esch was tle author of the railroad bill bearing bis name. Corn prospects improved during August and promised on September 1 a crop of 3,131,000,000 bushels, the department of agriculture at Washington announced. Vermont Is the first state in the 1920 census to show a loss of population in the last ten years. The census bureau at Washington gave Vermont a population of 352,421, a decrease qf 3,535, or 1.6 per cent. The United Mine Workers of America telegraphed President Wilson from Scranton, Pa., requesting him to direct that the wage agreement signed Thursday by* operators and miners be reopened for the purpose of giving the miners an additional increase in wages. Sporting Jack Dempsey knocked Billy Mlske cold one minute and thirteen seconds after the gong started the third round of their scheduled ten-round battle at Benton Harbor, Mich. 1 • • • Domestic Reports at union headquarters at Birmingham, Ala., indicated that more ! than 10,000 men, half the number employed in the bituminous coal mines In that section, had obeyed the strike calL . • • ■ Almost complete returns from the Wisconsin primaries at Milwaukee indicate that Irvine L. Lenroot, moderate reservationist," has decisive y defeated James Thompson, mouthpiece of Robert La Follette for the Republican nomination for United States senator from Wisconsin. * ♦ * Dashing through the throng of Mich|gan avenue promenaders at Chicago, h squad of prohibition agents raided the Auditorium hotel and seized two trunks suspected of containing liquor. “Piece work” men In the stock yards make as high as $lO6 a week It was shown at the wage hearing before Federal Judge Alschuler at Chicago. ♦ ♦ •

Three men were killed at Clinton, find., by a gas explosion in the Subimarlne mine while they were feeding ithe mine mules about 200 feet from the hoist Seventeen mule" were killed. • • • Fifty police officers at the state fair at Indianapolis were called upon early in the day to Quell a camel which wandered into a soft drink booth and drank ten gallons of red lemonade. The Spanish cruiser Alphonso XIII has arrived at New York from Annapolis It is the first Spanish naval vessel to visit Cuba and the United States since the Spanish-American war. ♦ ♦ ♦ >.«•**** w A Gardiner, a citizen of the United States, who was captured by Pedro Zamora, the TaTlsco bJhdit, on August 2Q at Cuale, has escaped, according to official advice received at Mexico Clty } • • • .। i.-wt'sne*' 1 A grand jury investigation of alleged baseball gambling' and the recent nearsc'adal that resulted from it in connection with the Cub-Phlladelphia X&e, wa7 ordered by Chief Justice Charles A. McDonald of Chicago. Four officers and 33 enlisted men of the United States submarine S-5 were rescued after 36 hoprs' imprisonment tn the disable! underseas boat, 55 miles south of Cape Seqlopen. _ Alight ear3S[Bake* shock in outlying parts pf Dos Angeles, Cal., Friday. No damage was reported. Fire almost destroyed the town of Chincoteague, Va., making 2,500 persons homeless. No estimate of the loss has been received at Richmond. • * • The Illinois and Indiaha fair at Danville, Hl., closed the most successful week’s exhibition In the four years of Its existence, attendance records and exhibits surpassing the old marks by large margins. 1 <3 I — . J... •

FARMS FOR SALE Call or send for list of 50 farms for sale, ten of which are described below:

No. 3.—40 acres. This farm is all clean, level black land, in cultivation, and is tiled and has good outlet. There is a five-room bungalow, fair barn and good well; buildings are nearly new. It lies on main road, one-fourth mile from the Jackson highway, station with store, school, church and elevator. Can sell on terms. Price $135 per acre. No. 4. —60 acres. This farm Iles on pike road, 40 rods from school and has telephone and R. F. D. It is all in cultivation and well tiled and is all good grain land. There is a six-room house, good barn and other buildings. A good well and nice bearing orchard. It is fenced and cross-fenced with woven wire. Price 1130 per acre. No. 10. —160 acres. This farm lies in our best grain belt and is all good grain land and all in cultivation except six acres in timber, hog lot. It is well tilled and fenced and crossfenced, with woven wire. There is a six-room house, large new barn, large double crib, garage and outside cellar, good well, wind mill with water piped to cement tank in barn lot. .Can make good terms on this farm. A bargain at $l7O per acre. No. 13. —160 acres. This farm lies on the Jackson Highway and In splendid neighborhood. It is all In cultivation, all good grain land and has good drainage. There is a sixroom house, good barn, double cribs, windmill and good well. Can be bought on favorable terms at the low price of $125 per acre. No. 18. —160 acres. This farm Ues on the Jackson Highway near school and two miles from station, church and elevator. There are four other churches within three and one-half miles of this farm. The farm is mostly black, level land all tillable except 10 acres In timber. There is a 10-lnch tile in the farm for outlet. There Is a good five-room house, roomy barn, garden, fenced with cedar posts and woven wire, just put in. It is fenced and cross-fenced with barb wire and three acres fenced for hogs. There Is a good, new well and some fruit. If too large owner would sell 120 acres with buildings. Can sell on favorable terms. Price >BS per acre. No. 85.—360 acres. This farm lie* on main road on R. F. D. and one mile from stone road and miles from the Jackson Highway and 2 miles from station with stores, grain market and three churches. The farm is level dark productive soli except 10 acres of ridge, 120 acres Is woodland pasture and 280 acres is in cultivation. There Is lots of tile with good outlet into dredge ditch 20 rods from the farm. It

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Ten charred bodies have been recovered from the ruins of a fire which destroyed the Hotel Houston and opera house and burned two blocks of dwellings and business’houses at Klamath Falls, Ore. • • ♦ Thieves carted away the safe at the Majestic theater at Des Moines, la., and took between $2,500 and $3,000. The safe was on the third floor. 1 t • * * An Illicit-Htill of 130 gallons daily capacity has just been found at Mount Pleasant, Tex., upon the farm of United States Senator Moris Sheppard, author of the national prohibition amendment. Three persons were killed and two men Injured at Niagara Falls, N. Y., when a slide of shale rock forced out the fourth bridge leading to the old Biddle stairway at the Cave of the Winds, on Goat island. Politics T An agricultural program designed to keep the nation self-sustaining and to Improve the condition of the farmer was outlined by Senator Harding In a speech at the Minnesota fair at St. Paul, Minn, . Corruption in politics and the League of Nations were the mam themes of Governor Cox, Democratic presidential candidate in opening at Lansing, Mich., his long western tripj Personal bishop or the United Eputgelleal church and editor for tnany years of the Evangelical, organ at denomingUfin, died at his bgmj at »• • _ The Chicago Tribune’s spondent cables as follows. day’s earthquake caused a loss of life of perhaps 5,000 and tremendous damage in the region bounded by Florence, Milan and the coast, it became known, despite the efforts of the Italian government to hold up the newA” A small shipment of cbal left one of the pit heads at Lens, France, Wednesday. This coal was the first

is fenced with barbed wire with two miles of woven wire. The improvements are a comfortable sixroom house with cellar, summer kitchen, well house, fair old barn and a large new barn for horses* cows, grain and large mow, all on solid stone and cement foundation, chicken house, hog house, large bearing orchard, two wells and two windmills. Owner of this farm han poor health and offers this place a* the low price of $75 per acre. He would consider clear rental property not to exceed one-half of the price of the farm. Wants $5,000 In cash in a trade or sale and give time on remainder. No use to offer anything in trade unless the property is in good condition, clear of debt and not too far away. No. 44.—90 acres. This farm Use on the Francesville prairie, 4Mi miles from Francesville and on pike road. In good enlghborhood. It Is all good level land, all In cultivation and all good strong grain land. It is well tiled into good outlet. There is a five-room house, fair barn and several other outbuildings, good well and bearing orchard. Price $165 per acre. This is a choice tract of land and a bargain and can be bought on terms. No. 47. —97 acres. This farm Iles on gravel road three miles from good small town with high school and two churches and elevator. It has large ditch that runs on the Une that gives a good outlet for drainage. There Is a new five-room bungalow, fair barn, silo and other buildings. The farm Is all In cultivation except 10 acres of timber pasture. Price $125 per acre. Owner will trade for property, preferably Im Chicago on the South side or In tbs Calumet region In Indiana. No. 48.— 160 acres. This farm Hee on public road one mile from the Jackson Highway on R. F. D. and Is all In cultivation and all good black grain land except 20 acres of sandy soli, but productive. It borders on a dredge ditch that gives good outlet for drainage. There is a five-room house, fair barn and other outbuildings, good well. This farm Is well located and a good grain farm. Owner is a non-reel-dent and will sell this farm at the low price of SBS per acre. Terms, one-third down and remainder It years if desired. No. 56. —76 acres, on stone road joining station with elevator, stores, churches and high school. It is all In cultivation and good productive soil. There is a good eight-room house, fair barn, silo, crib, garage, and other outbuildings. Two good wells and orchard. Price $l4O.

that had been taken out of the Lett mines since they were flooded by the Germans during the war. • • • Gabriele d’Annunzlo has disapproved the seizure of the American steams* Cogne by his officers, and will order its release, says a Rome dispatch. • • • Premier Minerand of France, Marshal Foch, General Degoutte and General Lecomte, escorted by a company of American cavalry which met them at Welssenturn, visited Coblens. More than 8,000 Chinese on Om Islands of Mindanao and Sulu, who entered the Philippines from will be deported, says a Manila dinpatch. • • • A Manchester, N. H., dispatch says Senator George H. Moses, opponent of the League of Nations and of woman suffrage, was renominated by the Rspubllcnns In Tuesday's primary by 4 plurality of about 12,000. Several serious revolts against ths Russian soviet government have broken out In the neighborhood ot Moscow and have been suppresse<ovltb much bloodshed, says a Copenhagen din patch. ‘ »***" In the' last Wo weeks in August General Wrahgel. the antibolshevik commander, In South, Russia, took 5,000 greeners and captured Wcan'non and bi machine guns, he rpporfs from. Sebastopol. i A delegation from the Tokyo Ipal assembly Is planning to visit the United States to study clyil Improvement and particularly roads and tran£ ways, The mutilate! bedfSTof seven Russian women Incased In a hempen bad were found In Vladivostok harbor, according to special dispatches received at JTokyo. The Moscow official statement for September 6 Says General WrangeL was repulsed by the soviet forces and sustained heavy losses, including threat tanks. A new Invoice ot correspondence box stationery in all the latest shade* and tints just received in Ths Democrat’s fancy stationery department.

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