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11 i Her inquiring glance fell. He was breathless from agitation rather than running. He was perturbed on her ac count. For an instant she had looked into his soul. "I will go back," she said quietly, "though I would rather accompany you. What are j^ou doing?" "Seeking a place to lay our heads," he answered, with gruff carelessness. "You really must rest, Miss Deane. Otherwise you will be broken up by fatigue and become ill." So Iris again sought her couch of sand, and the sailor returned to the skeleton. They separated unwillingly, each thinking only of the other's safe ty and comfort CHAPTER IV. I a CROSS the parched bones lay I A the stick discardepicked by Jenks At present the interior was dark With the stick he tapped the walls and roof. A startled cluck and the rush of wings heralded the flight of two birds alarmed by the noise. Soon his eyes, more accustomed to the gloom, made out that the place was about thirty feet deep, ten feet wide in the center and seven or eight feet high. At the farther end was a collection of objects inviting prompt attention. Each moment he could see with greater dis tinctness. Kneeling on one side of the little pile, he discerned that on a large stone serving as a rude bench were some tin utensils, some knives, a sex tant and a quantity of empty cartridge cases. Between the stone and what a miner terms the "face" of the rock was a four foot space. Here, half imbedded in the sand which- covered the floor, were two pickaxes, a shovel, a sledge hammer, a fine timber felling ax and three crowbars In the darkest corner of the cave's extiemity the "wall" appeared to be very smooth He prodded with the stick, and there was a sharp clang of tin He discovered six square kerosene oil cases carefully stacked up. Three weie empty, one seemed to be half full, and the contents of two were un touched. With almost feverish haste he ascertained that the half filled tm i did leally contain oil. "What a find!" he ejaculated aloud. So far as he could judge, the cave hai bored no further surprises. Return ing tov ard the exit, his boots dislodged more empty cartridges from the sand. They were shells adapted to a revolver of hea\y caliber. At a short distance from the doorway they were present in dozens "The remnants of a fight," he thought. "The man was attacked and defended himself here. Not expecting the arri\al of enemies, he provided no stoie of food or water. He was killed while trying to reach the well, proba bly at night." He vividly pictured the scenea brave, hardy European keeping at bay a boat load of Dyak savages, enduring manfully the agonies of hunger, thirst, perhaps wounds then the siege, fol lowed by a wild effoit to gain the life giving well, the hiss of a Malay parang wielded by a lurking foe and the last despamng struggle before death came. He might be mistaken. Perchance theie v, as a less dramatic explanation. But he could not shake off his first im pressions "What was the poor devil doing here?" he asked "Why did he bury himself this rock, with mining uten sils and a few rough stores? He could not be a castaway. There is the indi cation of Rurpose, of preparation, of method combined with ignorance, for none who knew the ways of Dyaks and Chinese pirates would venture to live here alone if he could help it, and if he really were alone." There was relief in hearing his own voice. He could hum and think and act. Arming himself with the ax, he attacked the bushes and branches of trees in front of the cave. He cut a fresh approach to the well and threw the litter over the skeleton. At first he was inclined to bury it where it lay, but he disliked the idea of Iris walking unconsciously over the place. No time could be wasted that day. He would seize an early opportunity to act as gravedigger. After an absence of little more than an hour he rejoined the girl. She saw him from afar and wondered whence he obtained the ax he shouldered. "You are a successful explorer," she cried when he drew near. "Yes, Miss Deane. I have found wa ter, implements, a shelter, even light." "What sort of light?" ka&iMd&tltfk Oil.' alarm He it up ni 4 I and resumed his progress along the pathway. So closely did he now examine the ground that he hard ly noted Ins direction. The track led straight toward the wall of rock.' The distance was not greatabout forty yards. At first the brushwood imped ed him, but soon even this hindrance disappeared, and a well defined passage meandered through a belt of trees, some strong and lofty, others quite im matuio More bushes gathered at the foot of the cliff. Behind them he could see the mouth of a cave. The six months' old growth of vegetation about the en trance gave clear indication as to the time which had elapsed since a human foot last disturbed the solitude. A few vigorous blows with the stick cleared away obstructing plants and leafy branches. The sailor stooped and looked into the cavern, for the opening was barely five feet high. He per ceived instantly that the excavation was man's handiwork applied to a fault the hard rock. A sort of nat ural shaft existed, and this had been extended by inonual labor. Beyond the entrance the cave became more lofty. Owing to its position with ref eience to the sun at that hour Jenks imagined that sufficient light would be obtainable when the tropical luxu riance of foliage outside was dispensed with. MM^^HM^MM M^ Vfj, rt "And the shelterIs it a house?" "No, a cave. If you are sufficiently rested you might come and talse pos session." Her eyes danced with excitement. He told her what he had seen, with reservations, and she ran on before him to witness these marvels. "Why did you make a new path to the well?" she inquired after a rapid survey. "A new path!" The pertinent ques tion staggered him. "Yes, the people who lived here must have had some sort of free passage." He lied easily. "I have only cleared away recent growth," he said. "And why did they dig a cave? It surely would be much more simple to build a house from all these trees." "There you puzzle me," he said frankly They had entered the cavern but a little way and now came out. "These empty cartridges are funny. They suggest a fort, a battle." Wo manlike, her words were carelessly chosen, but they were crammed with inductive force. Embarked on the toboggan slope of untruth, the sailor slid smoothly down ward "Events have colored your imagina tion, Miss Deane. Even in England men often preserve such things for fu ture use. They can be reloaded." "Yes, I have seen keepers do that. This is different. There is an air of" "There is a lot to be done," broke in Jenks emphatically. "We must climb the hill and get back here in time to light another fire before the sun goes down I want to prop a can vas sheet front of the cave and try to devise a lamp." "Must I sleep inside?" demanded Iris. "Yes. Where else?" There was a pause, a mere whiff of awkwardness. "I will mount guard outside," went on Jenks He was trying to improve the edge of the ax by grinding it on a soft stone The girl went into the cave again. She was inquisitive, uneasy. "That arrangement" she began, but ended in a sharp cry of terror. The dispossessed birds had returned during the sailor's absence. "I will kill them'" he shouted in an ger. "Please don't There has been enough of death in this place already." The words jarred on his ears. Then he felt that she could only allude to the victims of the wreck. "I was going to say," she explained, "that we must devise a partition. There is no help for it until you con struct a sort of house. Candidly, I do not like this hole in the rock. It is a vault, a tomb." "You told me that I was in com mand, yet you dispute my orders." He strove hard to appear brusquely good humored, indifferent, though for one of his moid he was absurdly irritable. The cause was overstrain, but that ex planation escaped him. "Quite true But if sleeping in the cold* in dew or rain, is bad for me, it must be equally bad for you, and with out you I am helpless, you know." He laughed sardonically, and the harsh note clashed with her frank candor. Here at least she was utterly decened. His changeful moods were incomprehensible. "I AMII serve you to the best of my ability, Miss Deane," he exclaimed. "We must hope for a speedy rescue, and I am inured to exposure. It is otherwise with you. Are you ready for the climb?" The crest of the hill was tree covered, and they could see nothing beyond their immediate locality until the sailor found a point higher than the rest, where a rugged collection of hard ba salt and the uprooting of some poon trees provided an open space elevated abo^e the ridge. For a short distance the foothold was precarious. Jenks helped the girl in this part of the climb. His strong, gentle grasp gave her confidence. She was flushed with exertion when they stood together on the summit of this elevated perch. They could look to every point of the compass except a small section on the southwest. Here the trees rose behind them until the brow of the precipice was reached. The emergence into a sunlit pano rama of land and sea, though expected, was profoundly enthralling. They ap peared to stand almost exactly in the center of the island, which was cres cent shaped. It was no larger than the sailor had estimated. The new slopes now revealed were covered with ver dure down to the very edge of the wa ter, which for nearly a mile seaward broke over jagged reefs. The sea look ed strangely calm from this height. Irregular blue patches on the horizon to south and east caught the man's first glance. He unslung the binocu lars he still carried and focused them eagerly. "Islands," he cried, "and big ones too!" "How odd!" whispered Iris, more concerned in the scrutiny of her imme diate surroundings. Jenks glanced at her sharply. She was not looking at the islands, but at a curious hollow, a quarry-like depression beneath them to the right, distant about 300 yards and not far removed from the small pla teau containing the well, though iso lated from it by the south angle of the main cliff. Here, 'in a great circle, there was not a vestige of grass, shrub or tree, noth ing save brown rock and sand. At first the sailor deemed it to be the dried up bed of a small lake. This hypothesis would not serve, else it would be choked with verdure. The pit stared up at them like an ominous eye, though neither paid further attention to it, for the glorious prospect mapped at their feet momentarily swept aside all other considerations. ^"tet THE PMNCBTOtf VJklO^i ^HTTRStfAYWtfNE 22?N "What a beautiful place!" murmured Iris. "I wonder what it is called." ?V "Suppose we christen it Rainbow is- land?" "Why 'Rainbow?' "That is the English meaning of Iris' in Latin, you know." "So it is. How clever of you to think of it! Tell me, what is the meaning of Robert' in Greek?" He turned to survey the northwest side of the island. "I do not know," he answered. "It might not be farfetched to translate is as 'a ship's steward, a menial.'" Miss Iris had meant her playful re tort as a mere light hearted quibble. It annoyed her, a young person of much consequence, to have her kindly con descension repelled. "I suppose so," she agreed, "but I have gone through so much in a few hours that I am bewildered, apt to for get these nice distinctions." Jenks was closely examining the reef on which the Sirdar struck. Some square objects were visible near the palm tree. The sun, glinting on the waves, rendered it difficult to discern their significance. "What do you make of those?" he in quhed, handing the glasses and bland ly ignoring Miss Deane's petulance. Her brain was busy with other thinss while she twisted the binoculars to suit her vision. Rainbow islandIris it was a nice conceit, but "menial" struck a discordant note. This man was no menial in appearance or speech. Why was he so deliberately rude? "I think they are boxes or packing cases," she announced. "Ah, that was my own idea! I must visit that locality." "How? Will you swim?" "No," he said, his stern lips relaxing in a smile "I will not swim, and, by the way, Miss Deane, be careful when you are near the water. The lagoon is swarming with sharks at present. I feel tolerably assured that at low tide, when the remnants of the gale have vanished. I will be able to walk there along the reef." "Sharks!" she cried. "In there! What horrible surprises this speck of land contains! I should not have im agined that sharks and seals could live together!" "You are quite right," he explained, with becoming gravity "As a rule, sharks infest only the leeward side of these islands. Just now they are at tracted in shoals by the wreck." "Oh!" Iris shivered slightly. "We had better go back now. The wind is keen here, Miss Deane." She knew that he purposely misun derstood her gesture. His attitude con veyed a rebuke. There was no further room for sentiment in their present ex istence. They had to deal with chill necessities. As for the sailor, he was glad that the chance turn of their con versation enabled him to warn her against the lurking dangers of the la goon. There was no need to mention the devilfish now. He must spare her all avoidable thrills. They gathered the stores from the first dining room and reached the cave without incident. Another fire was lighted, and while Iris attended to the kitchen the sailor felled several young trees. He wanted poles, and these were the right size and shape. He soon cleared a considerable space. The timber was soft and so small in girth that three cuts with the ax usually sufliced He dragged from the beach the smallest tarpaulin he could find and propped it against the rock in such manner that it effectually screen ed the mouth of the cave, though ad mitting light and air. He was so busy that he paid little heed to Iris. But the odor of fried ham was wafted to him. He was lifting a couple of heavy stones to stay the canvas and keep it from flapping in the wind when the girl called out: "Wouldn't you like to have a wash before dinner?" He straightened himself and looked at her. Her face and hands were shining, spotless. The change was so great that his brow wrinkled with per plexity. "I am a good pupil," she cried. "You see I am already learning to help my self. I made a bucket out of one of the dish covers by slinging it in two ropes. Another dish cover, some sand and leaves supplied basin, soap and towel. I have cleaned the tin cups and the knhes, and, see. here is my great est treasure." She held up a small metal lamp. "Where in the world did you find that?" he exclaimed. Buried in the sand inside the cave." "Anything else?" His tone was abrupt. She was so dis appointed by the seeming want of ap preciation of her industry that a gleam of amusement died from her eyes, and she shook her head, stooping at once to attend to the toasting of some biscuits. This time he was genuinely sorry. "Forgive me, Miss Deane," he said penitently. "My words are dictated by anxiety. I do not wish you to make discoveries on your own account. This is a strange place, you knowan un pleasant one in some respects." "Surely I can rummage about my own cave?" "Most certainly. It was careless of me not to have examined its interior more thoroughly." "Then why do you grumble because I found the lamp?" "I did not mean any such thing. I am sorry." "I think you are horrid. If you want to wash you will find the water over there. Don't wait. The ham will be frizzled to a cinder." Unlucky Jenks! Was ever man fated to incur such unmerited odium? He savagely laved his face and neck. The fresh, cool water was delightful at first, but when he drew near to the fire he experienced an unaccountable sensation of weakness. Could it be possible that he was going to faint? It was too absurd He sank to the ground. Trees, rocks and sand strewx earth indulged in a mad dance. Iris' voice sounded weak and indistinct. It seemed to travel in waves from a great distance. He tried to brush away from Ins brain these dim fancies, but his iron will for once failed, and he pitched headlong downward into dark ness. When he recovered, the girl's left arm ^as around his neck. For one blissful instant he nestled there con tentedly. He looked into her eyes and saw that she was crying. A gust of anger rose within him that he should be the cause of those tears. He tned to rise. "Oh' Are you better?" Her lips quivered pitifully. "Yes What happened? Did I faint?" "Drink this." She held a cup to his mouth, and he obediently strove to swallow the con tents. It was champagne. After the first spasm of terror and when the ap plication of water to his face failed to restore consciousness Iris had knocked the head off the bottle of champagne. He quickly revived. Nature had only given him a warning that he was over drawing his resources. He was deep ly humiliated. He did not conceive the truth, that only a strong man could do all that he had done and live. For thirty-six hours he had not slept. Dur ing pait of the time he fought with wilder beasts than they knew at Ephe sus. The long exposure to the sun, the mental strain of his foreboding that the charming girl whose life depended upon lum might be exposed to even worse dangers than any yet encounter ed, the physical labor he had under gone, the irksome restraint he strove to place upon his conduct and utterances all these things culminated in utter relaxation when the water touched his heated skin. "How could you frighten me so?" de manded Iris hysterically. "You must have felt that you were working too hard. You made me rest. Why didn't you rest yourself?" He looked at her wistfully. This col lapse must not happen again for her sake. These two said more with eyes than lips. She withdrew her arm. Her face and neck crimsoned. "Good gracious!" she cried. "The ham is ruined!" It was burnt black. She prepared a fresh supply When it was ready Jenks was himself again. They ate in silence and shared the remains of the bottle A smile illumined his tired face. Ins was watchful. She had never in her life cooked even a potato or boiled an egg The ham was her first attempt. "My cooking amuses you?" she de manded suspiciously. "It gratifies every sense," he mur mured "There is but one thing need ful to complete my happiness." "And that is?" "Peimission to smoke." "Smoke what?" He produced a steel box tightly closed and a pipe. "Your pockets are absolute shops," said the girl, delighted that his temper had improved. "What other stores do you carry about with you?" He lit his pipe and solemnly gave an inventory of his worldly goods. Be yond the items she had previously seen he could only enumerate a silver dol lar, a very soiled and crumpled hand kerchief and a bit of tin. A box of Norwegian matches he threw away as useless, but Iris recovered them. "You never know what purpose they may serve," she said. In after days a weird significance was attached to this simple phrase. "Why do you carry about a bit of tin?" she went on. "I found it here. Miss Deane," he answered. Luckily she interpreted "here" as applying to the cave. "Let me see it. May I?" He handed it to her. She could make nothing of it. so together they puzzled over it. The sailor rubbed it with a mixture of kerosene and sand. Then figuies and letters and a sort of dia gram were revealed. At last they be came decipherable. By exercising pa tient ingenuity some one had indented the metal with a sharp punch until the maxks assumed this aspect- Iris was quick witted. "It is a plan of the island," she cried. "Also the latitude and the longitude." "What does 'J. S.' mean?" "Probably the initials of a man's name. Let us say John Smith, for in Dtance." "And the figures on the island, with the 'X' and the dot?" "I cannot tell you at present," he said. "I take it that the line across the island signifies this gap or canyon, and the small intersecting line the cave. But 32 divided by 1 and an 'X' sur mounted by a dot are cabalistic. They would cause even Sherlock Holmes to smoke at least two pipes. I have bare ly started one." "It looks quite mysterious, like the things you read of in stories of pirates and buried treasure." "Yes," he admitted. "It is unques tionably a plan, a guidance, given to a person not previously acquainted with the island, but cognizant of some fact connected with it. Unfortunately none of the buccaneers I can bring to mind /*A:w ^-^NL^A^&M^Li r^j^J&a^|~s^^^^C^^Ml.^^^^^^^feft^^^i^i^^M^^^p-Jsffife^^^iT^^siJl^it frequented these seas. The poor beg gar who left it here must have had some other motive than searching for a cache." "Did he dig the cavg and the well, I wonder?" "Probably the former, but not the well. No man could do it unaided." "Why do you assume he was alone?" He strolled toward the fire to kick a stray log. "It is only idle speculation at the best, Miss Deane," he replied. "Would you like to help me to drag some timber up from the beach? If we get a few big planks we ca- build a fire that will last for hours some extra clothes, too, and it will soon be dark." The request for co-operation gratified her. She complied eagerly, and with out much exertion they hauled a re spectable load of firewood to their new camping ground. They also brought a number of coats to serve as coverings. Then Jenks tackled the lamp. It was a most difficult operation to open it. Before the sun went down he sue- Now Therefore l7wiliiani~B7Ridge- ceeded and made a wick by unraveling ly. Comptroller of the Currency, do a few strands of wool from his jersey We want When night fell, with the suddenness of the tropics, Iris was able to illumi nate her small domain. They were both utterly tired an^d ready to drop with fatigue. The girl said "good night," but instantly re appeared from behind the tarpaulin. "Am I to keep the lamp alight?" she inauired. (TO BE CONTINUED Order CO] Supplied by Ajents Everywhere, at ITHEO. HAMM BREWING First publication June 23, 1905 STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF MilleLacsss In Probate Court Special Term June 21st, 1905 In the matter of the estate of Charles Luce, deceased On receiving and filing the petition of Anna Laura Luce, of the county of Mille Lacs, rep resenting, among other things, that Charles Luce, late of the county of Mille Lacs in the State of Minnesota on the 27th day of May A D. 1905, at the county of Mille Lacs, died intestate and being an inhabitant of this county at the time of his death, leaving goods, chattels and estate within this county, and that the said petitioner is the surviving wife of said deceased and praying that administration of said estate be to Jay Luce granted It is ordered that said petition be heard be fore this court on Thursday, the 20th day of July A 1905 at 10 clock A at tne probate office in the court house, in Princeton in said county Ordered further that notice thereof be given to the heirs of said deceased and to all persons interested bv publishing this order once in each week for three successive weeks prior to said day of heaung, in the Princeton Union a weekly newspaper printed and published at Princeton in said county Dated at Princeton the 2lst day of June A 1905 By the court, VANALSTEI I. TProbate Seal I Judge of Probate First publication June 8, 1905 STATEe OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF Mill Lacs ss In Probate Court Special Term June 6th 1905 In the matter of the estate of Lewis Liske, deceased Letters of administration on the estate of Lewis Liske, deceased, late of the county of Mille Lacs and State of Minnesota, being granted to Jennie Liske It is ordered, that six months be and the same is hereby allowed from and after the date of this order, in which all persons having claims or demands against the said deceased are required to hie the same in the probate court of said county, foi examination and al lowance, or be ore^ er barred It is further ordered that the 8th day of December 1905, at 10 CIOCK A M., at a special term of said probate court, to be held at the probate office in the court house in the village of Princeton in said countv, be and the same hereby is appointed as the time and place when and whei-e the said probate court will examine and adjust said'daims and demands And it is further ordered that notice of such hearing be given to all creditors and persons interested in said estate by forthwith publish ing this order once in each week for three suc cessive weeks in the Princeton Union a weekly newspaper printed and published at Princeton in said countj Dated at Princeton this 6th dav of June A 1905 By the Court VANALSTFIN, Judge of Probate [Probate Seal First Publication June 1, 1903 Mortgage Foreclosure Sale. Default having been made in the pavment of twelve hundred and forty-six (81246)" dollars which is claimed to be due and is due at the date of this notice upon a certain mortgage duly executed and delivered by Milton S Ruth erford and Carrie J. Rutherford his wife and E Potts and Mary A Potts his wife, mort gagors to Joseph Armstrong, mortgagee, bearing date the 8th day of October, 1904 and with a power of sale therein contained duly recorded in the office of the register of deeds in and for the county of Mille Lacs and State of Minnesota, on the 20th day of October, 1904 at 9 o'clock a. m. in book "N of mortgages on page 519. now, therefore, notice is hereby given, that by virtue of the power of sale con tamed in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided the said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises described in and conveyed by said mortgage, to-wit. The north half of the south east quarter of section seventeen (17), in town ship forty-two (42) north, of range twenty-five (25) west, in Mille Lacs county and State of Minnesota, with the hereditaments and appur tenances, which sale will be made by the sher iff of Mille Lacs county at the front door of the court house in the village of Princeton, in said county and State, on Saturday, the 15th day of July, 1905, at 10 o'clock a. of that day at public vendue, to the highest bidder, for cash to pay said debt and seventy-five (75) dollars attorney's fees, as stipulated in and by said mortgage in case of foreclosure, and the dis bursements allowed by law' subject to re demption at any time within one year from the date of sale as provided by law. Dated May 29th, 1905 JOSEPH ARMSTRONG SYLVESTER KIPP. Mortgagee Attorney for Mortgagee, Saint Paul, Minn Ten Years in Bed. "For ten years I was confined to my bed with disease of my kidneys," writes R. A. Gray, J. P. of Oakville, Ind. "It was so severe that I could not move part of the time. I consulted the very best medical skill available, but could get no relief until Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended to me. It has been a Godsend to me. Sold by C. A. Jack. No. Comptrolle7708. of the Currency a. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ffic Washington, D. C, April 25, 1905. Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "The First National Bank of Princeton," in the village of Princeton, in the county of Mille Lacs and State of Minnesota, has complied with all the provisions of the Statutes of the United States, required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the business of banking 1 hereby" certif" that "Th Firs Na tional Bank of Princeton," in the vil lage of Princeton, in the countv of Mille Lacs and State of Minnesota, is authorized to commence the busi ness of banking as provided in sec tion fifty-one hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Conversion of the Citizens State Bank of Princeton. In testimony whereof witness my hand and seal of office this twenty fifth day of April, 1905. WM. B. RIDGELY, Comptroller of the Currency. STATE OF MINNESOTA, Countj of Mille Lacs, t i4 ss In the matter of the petition of August Pinz and others for a public ditch in the county of Mille Lacs, State of Minnesota. Notice is hereby given, that a peti tion has been filed in the office of the county auditor of said county, pray ing for the construction of a public ditch, beginning at the center of the southwest quarter of section four (4), township thirty-six (36), range twenty six (26), thence running northeasterly through the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, the east half of the northwest quarter, and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said section four (4) thence running northeasterly in section thirty-three (33), township thirtv-seven (37)^ range twenty-six (26), through the south half of the souheast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of said section thirty-three (33) thence northeasterlv in section thirty-four (34), of said township thirty-seven (37), range twenty-six (26), through the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said section thirty-four (34): thence easterly through the south half of the northwest quarter of said section thirty-four (34), and terminating therein in Rum river. Also a branch ditch beginning at the center of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section six (6), township thirty-six (36), range twenty-six (26): thence running east erly through the said northeast quar ter of the northeast quarter of, section six (6): thence easterly through the north half of the northwest quarter of section five (5), of said township and range thence northeasterlv in sec tion thirty-two (32), township thirty seven (37), range twentj-six (26), through the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, the south half of the southeast quarter and the north east quarter of the southeast quarter of said section thirty-two (32): thence easterly in section thirty-three (33) in said last named township and range, through the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the north half of the southwest quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the north half of the southeast quarter, and connect ing with the main ditch in said last described tract. Also a branch ditch commencing at the northwest corner .of said section thirty-three (33), and running south through the west half of the north west quarter of said section thirty three (33), and the east half of the northeast quarter of section thirty two (32), of said township and range, and connecting with the branch ditch first herein named where the same crosses the line between said sections thirty-two (32) and thirty-three (33). And that the names of the owners of the lands that will be affected by the construction of said ditch are as follows, to-wit: Ottomer Weint, Frank Maihock. August Jaenicke, Ottomer and Hermina Weint, August Schmidt, August Albrecht, Amos Freel, Ferdinand Huber, Louis Geli nas, Peter Jensen, Maurice C. Thor ring, Paul Krueger, Edward W. Paul son, I. S. Mudgett estate, John L. Mourning, Charles Keith, Henry Hendrickson, Soren Peterson, Lucy Swaim, Christ Gouldberg, Max Krus chke, Jens Larssen. P. Jensen, Jane Snow, Mary Vose, Theodore Zimple, August Pinz, Frank Kaufert and Robert Trabant and that the engineer appointed by the board of county commissioners of said county to make a survey of the route of said ditch has completed his work and made due re port thereon and filed the same in the office of said county auditor: and that the viewers appointed by said board of county commissioners to view the same have completed their work and filed their report thereon in the oflBce of said county auditor. And that, therefore, the board of county commissioners of Mille Lacs county, State of Minnesota, will hold a special meeting on Friday, the 23rd day of June. A. D. 1905, at the county auditor's office in the village of Princeton, in said county, at 11 o'clock a. m. of said day, for hearing and consideration of said petition and of said surveyor's and viewers' reports thereon and that all persons interested in the construction of said ditch are invited to appear and be heard by and before said board of county commissioners at said time for or against the construction of said ditch. E. E. WHITNEY, County Auditor of Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. (Auditor's Seal.) 7\ me* ?fk 4 S 1 a*- &A -&& w$ j&AJa&S