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CHAPTER I The lecret itself was still safe It was clair that the public could not yet ha'e learned It No; the nature of the remendoua and terrific Discovery retained locked In the breasts of the ma who had made it No one had broken so badly under the burden of It that be had let slip any actual details 01 what had been learned. But the fact that there was a secret of Incomparable Importance, was out DavH Ransdell received plenty of proof <f It as he stood at the Europa's rail, sad the radiograms from shore were brought to him. He had had seven, all of the same sort within the hour; and here was another. The first arriving less than an hour ago, offered him one thousand dollars for first and exclusive Information—to bo withheld from all others for twelve hours—of what he carried In his black box. It was signed by the • most fiunous newspaper In New York. Within ten minutes the offer bad Jumped to five thousand dollars, made ; by another paper. Plainly, the knowledge that there was a secret of utmost importance had spread swiftly! The thrilling and all-absorbing fact of It was that David Ransdell himself did not know what he carried which could become of such a maxi ng concern. Be was merely the courier who transported and guarded the secret Those who had entrusted It to him knew that ho would never violate his word. Least of all. would be sell out to others. ; Moreover (if curiosity tried him be- • yond bls strength) he had Professor * Bronson’s word for it that the con- i tents of the box would be utterly meaningless to him. Only a few, with ■ very special training, could make out the meaning. Colo Hendron in New York—Dr. Colo Hendron, the physicist—could make It out Indeed, bo could determine It more completely than any other man alive. That was why Dave , Ransdell, from South Africa, was bound for New York; he was bringing the box to Cole Hendron, who, after ho bad satisfied himself of the significance of its contents, would take the courier Into his confidence. Dave gripped the rail with aggravated Impatience for arrival in the city. Bo wondered, but with secondary interest only, under the circumstances, 1 what it would be like in America. It was the native land of his mother; but i David had never so much as seen its i shores before. For he was a South African —bls father, an Englishman who had once ranched in Montana, had. married a Montana girl and bad taken her to the Transvaal. Dave had been bora at Pretoria, schooled there, and had ran away from school to go to war. Bo had been summoned at night to the great mansion of Lord Rhondln, near Capetown. Lord Rhondln himself. a big, calm, practical-minded man, received him; and with Lord Rhondln was a tall, wiry man of forty-odd, with a quick and nervous manner. “Professor Bronson,'* Lord Rhondln said, introducing Ransdell. “The astronomer r Dave asked as they shook. hands. “Exactly,** said Lord Rhondln. Bronson did not apeak at all then, or for several minutes. Bo merely grasped Dave's hand with nervous tightness and stared at him while he was thinking, patently, of something else—-something. Dave guessed, which recently had allowed him too little sleep. “Sit down," Lord Rhondln beds. They were In a big. secluded room given to trophies of the bunt Animal skins covered the floor; and Hon and buffalo and elephant beads looked down from the walls, their glass eyes glinting tn the light which was reflected, also, by festoons of shining knives and spears. “We sent for you, Ransdell.** said Lord Rhondln, “because a very strange discovery has been made—a discovery which, if confirmed tn all details, is of Incomparable consequence. I tell you that at the outset, Ransdell, be-, cause I must refrain for the present' from telling you anything else about it" ) Dave felt his skin prickling with a strange, excited awe There was no doubt that this man—Lord Rhondln, Industrialist, financier and conspicuous patron of science—thoroughly believed what he said; behind the eyes which looked at Dave Ransdell was awe at knowledge which he dared not reveal But Dave asked boldly, "Wly?" “Why can’t I tell you?” Lord Rhonffin c repeated. and looked at Bronson. “Why not tell him?" Bronson asked. Bit Rhondln went abruptly to business: “Wo asked leave for you, Ransdail because I have beard you are a parlculariy reliable man. It is essential that material connected with the dlstovery be delivered in New York dty at the earliest practicable mo■Mt You are both an expert pilot wh* can make the best speed, and you are dependable. If you will take M, J will put the material in your care; antf-«an you start tonight?” Wea, str. But —what sort of material I must ask. if I am to tty with pbntnjmiphlc pls •How many of them?** U T.. b sU WwCB Mu Cvvereu « Msrjpe uiao pyeUing can. “They are packed, care- -

fully. in this. I will tell .you this much' more, which you may guess. from Professor Bronson's presence. They are photographic plates taken by the greatest telescopes in South Africa, of regions of the southern sky which are never visible in the northern hemisphere. You are to take them to Dr. Cole Hendron in New York city, and deliver them personally to him and to no one else. I would tell you more about this unusual errand. Ransdell. IFthe—the Implications of these plates were absolutely certain.” At this. Professor Bronson started, but again checked himself before speaking, and Lord Rhondln went on: “The Implications. I may say. are probably true; but so very much Is Involved that it would be most disastrous if even a rumor of what we believe we have discovered were given out For that reason, among others, we cannot confide it even to you; but we must charge you personally to convey this box to Doctor Hendron, who is the scientific consultant of the Universal Electric and Power corporation in New York. He is now In Pasadena. but will be in New York upon your arrival. Time is vital—the greatest speed, that Is, consistent with reasonable safety. You should reach Doctor Hendron not later than a week from Monday. You may return, then. If you wish. On the other hand”— he paused as crowded considerations heaped In his mind, —“you may be Indifferent as to where you are.” “On the earth," added Professor Bronson. “Os course—on the earth,” Lord Rhondln accepted. “1 would go myself. Ransdell. you understand." Bronson then proceeded. “But my place, for the present, certainly Is here. I mean, of course, at the observatory. ... It Is possible, Ransdell, In spite of precautions which

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have been taken, that some word of the Bronson discovery may get out. Your errand may be suspected. If it i« you know nothing—nothing, you understand? You must answer no inquiry from any source. None—none whatever!" Until now, nothing had happened to recall these emphatic cautions; but now. something was out. A boy was approaching with another radio: "Twenty thousand dollars in cash paid to you if you grant first and exclusive Interview regarding the Bronson discovery to this paper.” It was signed by the man who. an hour ago. had opened the bidding with one thousand dollars. Dave crumpled it hnd tossed It overboard. If the man who sent It had been in that trophy-room with Bronson and Lord Rhondln. be would have realized that the matter on their minds completely transcended any monetary consideration. • •••••• The evening Ln New York was warm. On the high terrace of the Hendron apartment Eve found that her search for a breath of fresh air was fruitleea. For a moment she gazed into the mist and monotone that was Manhattan. and then stared over the dty toward the channels to the sea. “Suppose those. lights are the Europa F she asked Tony. “It left quarantine before seven; It’s eomewbere there." Tony said patiently. “Let’s not go back In." His cigarette case clicked open. The light of his match made a brief Rubens: buff satin of her bare shoulders, green of her evening dress, start white of his shirt bosom, and heads bent together. Some one inside the apartment danced past the French windows, touched the door handle, perculved that tht terrace as occu-

pied and danced away to the accompaniment of music that came from the radio. “Guests take possession these days," Eve continued. “If you suggest bridge, they tear up the rugs and dance. If Td asked them to dance —and had an orchestra —they’d have played bridge—or made fudge—” “Why have guests at all. Eve? Especially tonight, when for the first night In weeks the three thousand miles of this dreary continent aren’t between us?" “I didn't have them, Tony. They just heard we were home; and they came." “You could have had a headache — for them." *T almost did, with the reporters this afternoon. This Is really a rest; let's enjoy IL Tony.” She leaned against the balustrade and looked down at the lights; and he. desirous of much more, bent jealously beside her. Tony laid his hand possessively on Eve's. She turned her hand, lessening subtly the possessiveness of his. and- said, “You can kiss me. 1 like to be kissed. But don't propose." “Why not? . . . See here. Eve, Pm through with Christmas kisses with you." ••Christmas kisses?" “You know what I mean. Pre been kissing you, Christmases, for three years; and what’s It got me?" “Cad!” He put his hand on her shoulder, and turned her away from the panorama of the city. “Is there some real trouble, Eve?" he inquired gently. “No; there’s no trouble, Tony." “Then there's somebody else ahead of me—is there? Somebody perhaps in Pasadena?" “Nobody In Pasadena—or anywhere else. Tony.” "Then what Is it, tonight? What’s changed you? “You’re not listening to me even now. You're thinking Instead.” “What do you want me to do?" “Feel!" “Oh. I can do that, too." “I know, then why don’t you—and stop thinking?” “Walt! Not now, Tony. ... Do you suppose that’s the Europa?" “Why do you care? See here. Eve, is there anything in that newspaper story your father and you have been denying all afternoon—that something unusual Is up between all the big scientific leaders?” “There's always something up, In science.” Eve evaded. . . . The doors were flung wide open. In the drawing room a half dozen pea pie continued to dance. Another group surrounded the punch bowl. Some one stepped out and asked Eve to dance, and she went In with him. Tony Drake wandered In from the terrace.

An arm encircled bls broad shoulders. "Hello, Tony. Say—give me the low-down on what shot the market to h—l today.” Tony frowned; his eyes were following Eve. “Why do you compliment me with thinking I may know?” “It’s something happened in Africa, I hear. Anyway, the African cables were carrying It But what could happen down there to shoot b—l out of us this way? Another discovert of gold? A mountain of gold that would make gold so cheap it would unsettle everything?" “Cheap gold would make stocks dear—not send them down." Tony objected. “Sure; it can’t be that But what could happen In South Africa that—” Tony returned alone to the terrace. Hla senses were swept by intimate thoughts of Eve: A seductive perfume. Gold lights In her red-brown hair. Dark eyea The sweep of a forehead behind which, tn rare company, a woman's Instincts and tendernesses dwelt with a mind ordinarily as honest and unevaslve as a man’s, AU the tremendous Insignificances that have meaning to a man poasesaed by the woman he loves. He stood spellbound, staring through the night. Anthony Drake was an athlete—that would have been the second observation another man would have made of him. The first, that he owned that uncounterfeitable trait which goes with what we call gobd birth and breeding, and generations of the like before him. With this he had the physical «UHh ness and the gestures of suppressed power which are the result of training in sports. He had the slender waist of a boxer, with the shoulders of a CHSCUB UlrOWer. UXS CFKIieB tn nAmnartnaa with hl*

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physique. He also had intelligence. His university companions considered It a trivial side issue when he was graduated from Harvard with a magna cum lands; but the conservative investment house with which he afterward became affiliated appreciated the adjunct of brains to a personality so compelling. His head was large and square, and it required his big physique to give that head proportion. He was blue-eyed, sandy-haired. He possessed a remarkably deep voice. He was entirely normal. His attainments beyond the average were not unusual. He belonged more or less to. that type of young American business man upon whom the older generation places Its hope and trust. Eve was really a much more remarkable human being—not on account of her beauty, but because of her Intellectual brilliance, and her unique training from her father. Yet Eve was not the sort who preferred “Intellectual" men; Intellectualism. as such, immensely bored her. She liked the outright and vigorous and “normal." She liked Tony Drake; and Tony, knowing this, was more than baffled by her attitude tonight He believed her when she told him that her tantalizing abstraction was not because of another man. Then, what was its cause? Tony was drawn from his reverie by the appearance of Douglas Balcom, senior partner of his firm. His presence here surprised Tony. No reason why old Balcom should not drop in. if be pleased; but the rest of the guests were much younger. Balcom, halting beside Tony, reflected the general discontent of the day by waving at the city and murmuring: “In the soup. Everything's Ln the soup; and now nobody cares. Why does nobody care?" Tony disagreed, but he deferred to Balcom by saying, “It seems to me, a lot of people care.” “I mean nobody who’s tn the know cares. I mean the four or five men who know what's going on—underneath. I mean,” particularized old Balcom, "John Borgan doesn't care. Did you see him today?” “Borgan? No.” “Did you hear of his buying anything—selling anything?" “No." “That’s it” Balcom thought out loud for awhile, Tony listened. “Borgan's the fourth richest man in America; and normally the most active, personally. He’ll be the richest man. If he keeps up. He wants to be the richest OR — mines — rails — steel — shipping—he’s in everything. He’s only flfty-one. To my way of thinking, he’s smarter than anyone else; and this looks like s market—superficially —which was made for Borgan. But for two weeks he’s gone dead. Won’t do a thing, either way; takes no post tion. Paralyzed. Why?" “He may be resting on hl* oars.” “You know d—n well he isn’t Not Borgan—now. There’s only one way I can explain; he knows something d—d important that the rest of us don’t There’s an undertone —don't you feel it?—that’s different I met Borgan today, face to face; we shook hands. I don’t like the look of him. I tell you he knows something he’s afraid of. He did a funny thing, by the way, Tony. He asked me, ‘How well do you know Cole Hendron?* "I said, 'Pretty welt’ I said, Tony Drake knows him d —n* well.* He said. 'You tell Hendron, or have Drake tell Hendron, he can trust me.* That’s exactly what he said, Tony—tell Hen dron that be can trust N. J. Borgan. Now, what the h—l Is that all about?" T don’t know,” said Tony, and al most added, in his feeling of the moment, “1 don’t care.” For Evo was returning. She had slipped away from her partner and signaled to Tony. Together they sought the solitude of the end of the terrace. “Tony, can you start these people home?" “Gladly,” rejoiced Tony. "But can I stay?" “I’m afraid not I’ve got to work." "Now? Tonight?" “As soon as I possibly can. Tony. Hl tell you. The Europa Isn’t In, but Ransdell was taken off at quarantine and brought on ahead. He’s tn Father's study now." “Who’s Ransdell?" "Nobody I know. 1 haven't set eyes on him yet, Tony. He’s just the messenger from Africa. You see—Tony, some—some things were being sent rush, by airplane, and by the Europa, to Father from Africa. Well, they've arrived! and I do his measuring for him, you know.” "What measuring?" The delicate measuring, like—like the position and amount of movement shown by stars and other bodies on astronomical plates. For week* —for months, in fact, Tony—the astronomers In the southern hemisphetf have been watching something." “What sort of something. Eve?" “Something of a sort never seen be fore, Tony. A sort of body that they knew existed by the millions, pr oba b ly, an through the universe—something they were sure must be, but the general existence of which has never been actually proved. It—lt may be the most sensational fact for us, from the beginning to the sad of time. I can’t tell you more than that tonight, Tony; yet by tomorrow we may be telling It to all the world. Rumors are getting out. and so some scientist, who will be believed, must nmke an authoritative announcement And the seienttea of the world have selected Father to make It -Now. help me. Tony. You dear these people out; and then you ran along. For I’ve measurements to make and report to Father; and be has to eheck over calculations made by the beet men in the southern half of the world. Then, by tomorrow, we may know, for certain, what Is going to happen to us aIL" Tony had his ana about her; he felt her suddenly trembling; He swept her up and held her against him; and kiso tog her. be met on her Ups « new. Impetuous passion which exalted and amazed him. Then some one came out aad'he released her. -1-4 didn’t mean that, Tony." she “You must have." <

was just for that moment" “Well have a thousand more like it—thousands—thousands I” They both were whispering; and now, though he had let her go, his hand was over hers, and he could feel her quivering again. “Ton don't know, Tony. Nobody really knows yet Come, help me send them all away." He helped her; and when the guests had gone, he met at last the man who had come from South Africa. They shook hands, and for a few momenta the three of them—Eve Hendron and Tony Drake and Ransdell, the mall-flyer from under the Southern Cross stood and chatted together. There must be presentiments; otherwise, how could the three of them always have carried, thereafter, a photographic memory of that moment of their meeting? Yet no one ofthe three —and least of all Eve, who on that night knew most of what was to come—could possibly have suspected the strange relation in which each was to stand to ths others. None of them could have suspected, because such a relationship was, st that moment, inconceivable to them —e relationship between civilized men and women for which there then existed, indeed, no word In the language. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

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Those who spent Sunday in South Bend at the home of Angelo Barnard were Mr. and Mrs. Roe Halser and family of Milford, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lutes and daughter, Mrs. John Widner and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Lutes. . Announcement is being made of the marriage of Miss Pauline Beard daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Crate Beard, to George Troup of Mishawaka, Saturday, evening at 8 o'clock at the bride’s home, with Rev. Milo Geyer officiating. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wiley of Young America, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Troup of Osceola, Mias Rose Troup, Albion; Miss Goldie Troup, Elkhart, Mrs. Milo Geyer, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Vor his, Loyal and Ray Beard. Ice cream and cake were served. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gilbert, Miss Grace Noss and William Noss were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hisey near Bristol. O'Leary Doll and Harmon Neu of Elkhart spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. Sheffield. Rev. Frank Krider of near Elkhart will preach at Bethany church Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Niles spent Sunday near Elkhart with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Davis. K ’ Mrs. Manda Neff is ill the past week with the flu. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Vorhis of spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Neff. Mrs. Daisy Honer has returned to the home of her sister, Mrs. J. W. Rowdabaugh after spending three weeks with Mrs. C. B. Stiver at the lake. Jess Clem of near Mishawaka spent Saturday night and Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amsy Clem. Mr. and Mrs. Lary Gosey of Goshen were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. Warble. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Noble, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Madlam of Elkhart, Mrs. Inas Troup and daughter of Mississippi were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Linderman. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Rensberger of Bremen, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Rensberger and family of Goshen, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Linderman were Monday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Rensberger. Mr. Rensberger is very ill. Miss Hazel Eisenhour of Mishawaka spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Eisenhour. TIPPECANOE Gerald Priest and Noble Kline were home over the week end. [ Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kline were on the streets of Warsaw Saturday. Gerald Priest and Eva Kukn made a business trip to Ft. Wsyne Saturday. June Stull took Sunday dinner with Neva Likens. Albert Gilbert called in the J. L. Kline home Sunday. - A. Likens and wife called oh friends at Dutch Town Sunday. J. L. Kline and family called on Brant Kober Saturday evening. Mrs. J. Garber visited Mrs. J. L. Kline Monday. Callers at the J. Garber home Friday were Eston Kline and wife, Earl Himes and J. L. Kline and wife. Mrs. J. Gilbert and family called on Mrs. J. Garber Thursday. Mrs. I- Kuhn called on Mrs. J. L. Kline Wednesday. Clarence Mock mfde a business trip to Elkhart Tuesday. Eston Kline and wife called at the J. L. Kline home Monday. CONCORD • ~—7 Mr. and Mrs. Bert Laughlin spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Gilbert. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Strieby spent Friday with Mrs. Marie LeCount. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warble spent Friday at the William Wyland home. Those who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Whitehead Sunday were Messrs and Iftedsnm—

Jacob Bucher and wife and son Wgyne and daughter Yvonne. Everett Tom and family Spent Sunday afternoon at the Chester Stiffler home. 'Dewey Coy and family were callera at the Sylvester Coy home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mathews spent Sunday evening at the Lloyd Dewart home in Milford. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Strieby of Chicago are guests at the Bertram Whitehead home this week. Mrs. Mary Stiffler and Mrs. Violett Tom spent Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Whirledge. NEWSALEM Marjorie Smith spent Sunday at the Olin LeCount home. Edward Nymier and wife of Goshen called in the Henry DeFries home Thursday. Art Hummel and family called on George Auer and family Sunday. Henry Godschalk and family of Elkhart spent the week end with his parents. Ted Godschalk and family, Ray Godschalk and wife called on "Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith spent the week end at the Emory Guy home, while they attended the World’s Fair at Chicago. Howard Mock and wife spentf Sunday .with the latter’s parents of near Etna Green. Lucille Smith attended the Notre Dame and Texas foot ball game at Notre Dame Saturday afternoon. On Sunday afternoon she called on friends in Kalamazoo, Mich. Reuben Mock and family and Miss Sara Bishop called in the Howard Mock home, Wednesday evening. Millard Tom and wife were Sunday afternoon callers. Donald Smith and Miss Pearl Pendergrass attended Sunday school and a play given at Bethany Sunday night. AFRICA. Miss Doris Shock spent Tuesday night with Miss Rowena Insley of Syracuse. Mrs. Sim Lewallen called on Mrs. Elizabeth Shock Thursday forenoon. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lewallen took dinner Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Shock. Mrs. Jacob Click has been suffering with Bronchitis. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Angel, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Angel of Kimmel were Sunday guests of Sallie Lewallen and daughter Hazel. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Milford Gose and Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Shock and son Dickie were Sunday guests of Mra and Mrs. Sim Lewallen. Sunday dinner guests in the Jonas Cripe home were Mr. and Mrs. Fredric Kuhn, Mr. and Mrs. Will Kuhn. Maurice Dorsey, Elmo Shock and family,. Mrs. Frank Brown and daughter, Mrs. John Baker called in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dye, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Ferverda were Sunday guests in the Eli Shock home'.

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Mr. an& Mrs. Ira Crow spent Sunday with relatives in Albion. Mr. and Mra. EB Shock, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Rothenberger, Elizabeth Shock and Jonas Cripe attended the funeral of John Stull at Goshen Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Shock and son Joe called on Mra. Louis Shock of Webster Saturday evening. Mra. Shock fell and dislocated her arm and broke her shoulder. RICHVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Dale Juday spent Sunday with Mr. and Mra. John - Specken of Ligonier. Mr. and Mrs. John Emmert called at the Levi Chiddister home Sunday afternoon. Farrell Ott and family took dinner Sunday at the Monroe Ott home. The annual Street Fair is being held at Millersburg Saturday. The Ladies Aid met Tuesday with Mrs. James Brown. Mrs. Leslie Harper called on Mra. Pauline Treadway one day last week. R. E. Treadway and family and John Stettler called at the Geo. McDaniel home Sunday afternoon. Knox Stettler and family moved to Goshen last Thursday. ° Mrs. Pauline Treadway called on Mrs. Alice Darr last Thursday. Aldo J. Simpson and family of Goshen called at the John Emmert home Sunday evening. Harold Juday and family called at the Dale Juday home Sunday evening. FOUR CORNERS, Mrs. Clarence Snyder called at the Jenson and Darr homes Thursday. Miss Margaret Bruce and Mrs. Chancy Baughn of Indianapolis ware callers at the home of Mary Ulery. Mr. and Mrs. Crist Darr were Elkhart visitors, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Darr and son Harold of Mentone called at the homes of Jesse Darr and Crist Darr, Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Clarence Snyder entertained at a birthday dinner in honor of Mr. Snyder: Mrs. Opal Darr, Mrs. Joe Bushong, Mr. and Mrs. Deithrick and two children, Mr. and Mra. Darr and two children of Goshen Mr. and Mrs. Geyer, Mr. and Mrs. Jenson, Mr. and Mrs. Darr and the Bushong children from Syacuse. A good time was enjoyed by all. Mr. and Mrs. Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Hoover called at the Darr home, Sunday. Mrs. Charlotte McSweeney entertained company from Syracuse, Sunday. Mrs. Hoover called at the Mary Ulery home, Saturday morning. Daniel Gall and father were Goshen callers, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Darr were callers at the Gall home. O In Pennsylvania recently a bolt of- ■ lightning struck a jug of moonshine l—whisky sitting under a tree. The fe” shock was terrific, but nothing has been heard of the lightning , since.