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'By Kate Upson Clark
1904, by Kate Upson Clark
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N common with many of his fellow
islanders, Thomas Gilbert found
himsel before he was fifty years
old stiffening with rheumatism.
He had been brought up to gardening
and still assisted in the care of the rec
tor's simple grounds, but most of the
time he fished. Among the boats which
drew up at the Hamilton wharf each
night filled with rockfish, red and gray
snappers, mullet, bream, sennet, ham
let, hogfish, chub, amber fish or divine
ly colored angelfish none had used to
be finer than Thomas Gilbert's. Now
his boat was not so well filled, and the
long sail back to his home in Somerset
tired him. His son Digby, a lad of
sixteen, had preferred a place in a
store to fishing with his father, though
the store was as yet far less profitable
to him. The finances of the Gilbert
family felt the old man's disabilities,
but Brenda looked upon Martin Mears
with no more favor on this account.
Mrs. Gilbert had been taken from
some charitable institution in London
and brought to Bermuda in her child
hood by the rector's wife. At thai
time Thomas Gilbert took care of the
rector's horse and his gardens. The
young people fell in love early, but
they had been so happy in the rectory
service that they had not married un
til they were past thirty.
There was an air of gentility about
the small cottage of the Gilberts. It
savored of the fineness of the rectory.
Brenda Gilbert felt it. She had been
named by the rector's wife and edu
cated largely with her children. She
was therefore better bred than most of
those with whom she associated. More
than that, there was not so beautiful
girl in all Bermuda as she. Brenda
was a blond. That means as much in
Bermuda as In Africa. Among the
monotonously dark eyes and olive skin^
and jet black locks of her mates her
flaxen tresses and brilliant blue eyes
and dazzling complexion made her
seem like a veritable seraph.
Martin Mears was a pilot, a good
enough fellow, and, for a young Ber
mudian, he was rich. Breifda knew
that he was perishing for love of hei
and was ready to marry her tomorrow,
but he lacked the refinement to which
she was accustomed. Then he was
short and thickset and red faced, and,
in her soul, in spite of the many consid
erations which her father and mother
urged upon her in his favor, Brenda
hpted him.
A is computed that there are only
about twenty square miles of territory
in all Bermuda. It is not strange,
therefore, that there are some men who
know the faces of all the white inhab
itants The others, though nearly twice
as many, count little to a Bermudian.
Thomas Gilbert's beautiful daughter
was naturally somewhat famous
throughout the islands. Her mother
would not allow her to go with the sol
diers, and caste, which is powerful there
and takes on a pettiness of detail com
mensurate with its geographical scope,
forbade the young men of the local
gentry to associate on terms of equality
with a fisherman's daughter. Yet there
was one of them who fell in love with
her, and he cared nothing for wagging
tongues nor for the comments of his
proud mother and sisters.
To do John Masters justice he loved
the girl's fine lack of coquetry and her
goodness and gentleness as much as
her beauty. Mrs. Gilbert knew that
he had taken Brenda to some of the
picnics and that he had walked home
with her from church, but she knew,
too, that he wras
poor. To be sure, he
was the second son in a good family.
His mother was an English officer's
widow and an English gentleman's
daughter and lived in a pleasant man
sion in Warwick. But their income
was small for the expenses which they
were obliged to meet and the young
man could not hope to marry for years
to come, while here was Martin Mears,
ready to wed the girl at once and put
her and the rest of them beyond the
reach of want. It was true that John
Masters was handsome and polished
and had all those high bred ways which
count for so much with girls like Bren
da, who had a nice little hauteur of her
own, but Mrs. Gilbert revolted against
the distaste which she knew the Mas
ters family would feel for the match,
and why wouldn't Brenda take Martin
Mears!
One day the mother came upon her
daughter crying among the lemon trees
in the garden. "What is it?" she ask
ed, sitting down beside the girl and
taking her head in her motherly lap.
"Hehehe's going away!" sobbed
the heartbroken beauty.
"WhoMartin?"
"No. John Masters."
"Oh, that's nothing. He is of no ac
count to you. I suppose he is going off
to seek his fortune. He had better.
They say he hasn't got a cent. Her
money all goes to take care of them
four boys and four girls make a big
family. He's good looking and all that,
but you mustn't care about him, Bren
da, and I've said so before. They
wouldn't like it, and I could see that
the rector's lady thought it wasn't suit
able. Remember that you are in the
station in which Providence has been
pleased to place you. Why can't you
oblige your father and mother and
take Martin?"
"Mother," said Brenda resolutely,
"you might as well know that I never
shall marry anybody but John Mas
ters. We are engaged, and just a?
soon as he gets settled In New York
we shall be married. I know you don't
want me to go out to service, but Dig*
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by is doing pretty well, and father's
rheumatism is better, and maybe I can
help a little up at the hall, and so we
can manage even if I am not married
for two or three /ears. Oh. I love him
so, mother! You can't imagine how I
love him! And he is going away!"
The mother could stand it no longer.
She tossed Brenda's fair head away
from her as if it had been a worthless
sweet potato and marched into the
house, mimicking her lovesick daugh
ter's tone as she did so.
The day came when John Masters
was to sail. The engagement was to
be kept perfectly quiet for the present.
In order to that end Martin Mears was
to be allowed to come to the Gilbert
cottage occasionally, but Brenda had
declared that she should never say one
word to any young man to amuse or
entertain him. Her lover should never
have the slightest cause for jealousy.
As he walked off down the cedar ave
nue, tall, straight, dignified, she
thought he was the handsomest and
truest man in the world, and she was
sure that none had ever loved anybody
as he loved her. He had promised to
write at once upon reaching America
and to tell her then how to address
him. Brenda waited eagerly for the
letter
The next steamer did not get in un
til a fortnight later. It arrived on a
Sunday, and the mails were opened on
Monday. Brenda could not get away
in the morning. She thought it was
not likely that she could receive the
mail if she did, for such matters move
slowly in the islands. In the afternoon
she went there was nothing for her.
But that was not very strange, she re
flected. She really ought not to expect
anything before another steamer.
But that brought nothing and neither
did the next. Brenda began to look
pale and wretched. Six months passed.
Still she had received no letter.
All of this time Martin Mears was
faithful, but not obtrusively so. When
the West India boats came in, pome
granates and persimmons found their
way humbly to Brenda from him. He
brought his new horse up to show her.
Horses are rare and expensive in Ber
mudabut Martin was flourishing and
gave her to understand that he did not
mind a little thing like that.
When the year had rolled around
again and still there had been no word
for her from John Masters, Brenda
was siting under a great Pride of In
dia tree near her home one evening
when Martin came strolling up. She
was in a soft and tender mood, and his
deference and devotion seemed grate
ful to her humiliated spirit. He hand
ed her a little book which he said he
had found at the Tower of Hamilton
as he was passing by. It was about
the islands. Maybe she would like to
have it.
She took it and began to glance over
the pages in the dim light. He talked
on quietly. Then he grew more earnest.
"Oh, Brenda!" he pleaded, his face
working with the passion which he'
had kept in leash so many months.
"I've waited so long and loved you so
all the time! I know about that young
Mastersbut, Brenda, he never meant
anything. He's all right, over there in
Americayou can go up and ask his
folks on the hill there if he isn'tbut
he isn't troubling himself about you.
And I am waiting for you. You will
never hear from him again. Probabl
he is courting another girl this very
minute."
"You lie, Martin Mears! You know
that you lie!" she cried huskily. "You
make me creep and crawl! Go away!
She thought he was the handsoinest man
the world.
Go away!" And, thrusting her hands
toward him with a gesture of utter
loathing, she rushed into the house.
She had been in a sort of stupor for
the last few weeks. Now she was
wide awake and Iyer soul was on fire.
How could she find out whether what
Martin said was true? -She had wan
dered past John Masters' mother's
home in Warwick. She had seen his
sisters driving in their pony carriage.
She had come near throwing herself in
front of them and crying, "For heav
en's sake tell me is John livingand
where is he?" But nobody was sup
posed to know that she was anything
to John Mastersand her pride had
kept her silent. Now she would know.
She would go to his home and inquire.
There was no one to go with her, but
that made no difference. She would go
as soon as she could get ready in the
morning.
Dressing herself the next day with
uncommon care, she set forth. Yes,
Mrs. Masters was at home. Brenda
had written her name on a plain card
which she handed to the maid. She
heard Mrs. Masters coming down the
stairs. She rose, but her tongue clove
to the roof of her mouth. Then it oc
curred to her that of course John was
living. If he had died everybody
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would have known it. What a fool
she had been to come here! Yes, Mar
tin was right. He had a certain hard
sense which she had always admired
in him. Or perhaps she could get out
without seeing anybody, after all! Her
agony almost escaped from her in
shrieks.
"Did you wish to see me?"
A cold, stately personage stood before
her. Brenda remained standing. She
saw that the woman recognized her.
How much had John told her? Oh,
what should she say?
The haughty woman waited, staring
at her. A pitiful smile fleeted over the
girl's face underneath her dotted veil.
She put her hands out as though to
catch hold of something. Then she tot
tered and fell. The satin sofa caught
her, and the cold woman was warmed
up to the extent of lifting the, fainting
girl's veil and pulling off her gloves,
while she rang the bell for assistance.
Before anybody could answer it Bren
da had come to herself and had sat up
on the sofa, looking the proud mother
before her full in the eyes.
"Tell me," she said breathlessly
"tell me before anybody comesis John
well? Tell me! Tell me!"
"Yes," said John's mother, a scorn
creeping over her handsome face, which
was the counterpart of her son's. "I
cannot imagine why you want to know.
But John is finely established in New
York. We have many friends and rela
tives there, and he is very happy."
"Oh, no, no!" breathed the girl, tears
streaming slowly down her face.
"So he writes," pursued the mother
mercilessly.
"Tell him," Brenda said presently,
with all her courage"tell him that I
amgladthat he is happy." Then
her crushed pride gave a great recoil,
and without intending the words or
fairly knowing that she was uttering
them she added, "Tell him that II am
going to be married."
Somehow she emerged from the house
and made her way home. She felt that
everything was gone, and it did not
make anj' difference now what became
of her. She might as well please her
father and mother and do what she
could to make their lives easier. She
broke into the quiet living room at
home as though she were crazy.
"Mother," she said, "you may tell
Martin Mears that I will marry him."
"When?" gasped the startled mother.
"Tomorrow." And it was done.
Five years passed, and Brenda was
the mother of two children. They
were girls, with all of her blond beau
ty. Martin had been a devoted hus
band. He had put Brenda's brother
Digby in the way of earning well, and
all the comfort which the family had
anticipated from the marriage had been
realized.
One day Brenda was in her store
room, when in moving a small box of
her husband's, which he always kept
locked, it fell to the floor. The lock
broke, and a package of unopened let
ters dropped out. Brenda's blood froze
in her veins as she looked at them.
They were addressed to her in the
handwriting of John Masters. She
tore them open feverishly and read
themletters full of love at first, of ag
onized doubt and fear later, then of
despair. One letter had been written
after her marriage. "Oh, how could
you leave me, my darling? Could you
not wait for me? Have I not done all
that I could for you? You have strip
ped life forever of all brightness for
me. Oh, if I could only know what has
come between us!"
She wept in great gusts of passion as
she read on. And her husband had
kept these letters from her. She hated
him.
When he came to his dinner the let
ters lay beside his plate. He recog
nized them instantly. One of the chil
dren was taking its noonday nap. He
sent the other to be fed by the negro
woman in the kitchen. Brenda was sit
ting in her place colorless and her eyes
fixed on him and burning with re
proach. He gazed at her a moment.
Then he dropped upon the floor and
groveled at her feet, and she spoke for
the first time.
"How could you, Martin how could
you?"
"Oh, I know it wasn't right, Brenda!"
he said hoarsely, "but I loved you so! You
don't know how I loved you! Nobody
ever loved anybody so. I had to have
you, and so I got Digby to get the let
ters, and I paid him not to let you have
them. Oh, it wasn't right! But it was
the only way that I saw to get you.
And haven't I been good to you, Bren
da? Haven't I done everything for
you?"
She rose and left him His touch
seemed to poison her.
A week followed of horrible, silent
suffering for them both. Then came a
scene which she had pictured, to herself
for many years. Even since her mar
riage she could not help sometimes im
agining it, though she had tried to be a
good and faithful wife to the one who,
as she now knew, had robbed her of the
only man whom she had ever loved.
John Masters came back to Bermuda.
She knew nothing of it until he ap
peared before her, though her husband
had piloted in the steamer which had
brought the exile into harbor on the
previous day and had seen him among
the passengers. He came to Brenda's
home in the sweet twilight of a May
evening. She was playing with her
children under the blooming oleanders.
He entered the gate almost like an
old man, though he was scarcely thir
ty. His face was strongly marked and
his hair was streaked with gray. She
had grown more beautiful than ever
with motherhood. He turned pale as
she came forward and took his hand.
There were no formalities between
them." She spoke as though they had
been parted only a short time.
"I never got your letters until last
week, John," she said simply. "I am
married, as you know. These are my
children, but I married in a fit of
i wounded pride and despair because I
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4id not hear from you. I know now
that I have always loved you just the
same, though I am prepared to live on
with my husband and to try to be a
good wife to him and a faithful mother
to mj children. Come and tell me
about yourself."
She led him to the vine wreathed
porch, and they sat down together on
the bench. The evening wore on. The
negro nurse put the children to bed.
Still the long separated man and wom
an talked on. Then Martin Mears
came home. Brenda did not look to
ward him, and the stern expression
upon the face of John Masters forbade
any speech between him and the man
who had so wronged him. Humbly
Martin Mears crept past them and
went
The window of his room opened upon
the porch He threw himself clown in
his clothes upon the bed. The hours
flew, and still John Masters and Bren-
'I cannot imagine why you want to
know."
da talked on, unmindful of life or
death or the lapse of time, while the
miserable husband listened.
He heard a description of what the
true lover of his wife had suffered. He
heard her tell John Masters how she
had watched and waited for a letter,
then how she had married, but how an
awful mystery had hung over her
through it all and had made her differ
ent from her old self and like a person
In a dream. Martin Mears groaned to
himself. It was all true. She had
been kind to him, but it was the kind
ness of one who knows not what she
does.
Suddenly a light began to shoot up
from the east.
"Is there a fire, Brenda?" asked John
Masters.
She looked steadily for a moment to
ward the new light.
"The sun is rising, John," she said.
"We have talked all night, though it
has seemed but an hour. It is the last
day for us. You must go, and you
must never come back. We must nev
er see each other again."
She broke into a piteous sob. Martin
Mears heard the man sob, too, as he
tried to still her.
"Don't, Brenda!" he pleaded. "It is
harder for me than for you. Remem
ber that. I would love to gather you
in my arms and comfort you. I could
do that in the old days, but not now.
You are another man's wife. It is
true that he is a villain, but you are
still bound to him. Our only solace
must be that we have always been
true, and I shall be yours until I die."
The man's self control and high prin
ciple astounded the listening husband.
"He knows that I hear all that he
says," he muttered to himself, "but he
knows, too, that whatever he might do
I could not say anything." He writhed
upon his bed in an agony of remorse.
He rose presently and passed them,
Jostling them rudely as they stood,
pale and wretched, at the gate in the
dawn.
During that day he fell over the side
of his pilot boatthat was what the
seamen said, and, indeed, the ocean
was very roughand was drowned.
John Masters went back to America
the following week, but a year later
he returned and claimed his bride.
The frequency of riots in great cities
during strikes should warn visiting out
siders to avoid crowds during a period
of excitement. The temptation is to
wish to see what a city crowd will do,
but the experience is often dearly
bought. Guardians of order cannot
well discriminate between mere curi
osity seekers and .the disorderly ele
ment, and outsiders should remember
that they invite danger to themselves
and may contribute to lawlessness by
hanging about the curbs and increas
ing the throng.
A foreign investigator announces
that the Germans outstrip Americans
in longevity. In every 1,000 of popula
tion Germany has 179 between forty
and sixty years of age, and the Unit
ed States has Go. Germany has 78 in
every 1,000 more than sixty years of
age, while the United States has G5.
Evidently the strenuous kaiser has not
put the good old fashioned "leisure"
of the fatherland out of business.
Uncle Sam's navy needs 6,000 re
cruits and wants them quick, but has
decided to cut out deception in the
recruiting service. Applicants are now
told exactly what they will be "up
against" on shipboard, thus removing
at least one excuse for desertion.
ORIGIN OF PIKE'S PEAK.
Indian Legend of the Formation
This Famous Mountain.
^The quaint Indian legend of the for
mation of Pike's peak is as follows:
"At the beginning of all things the
lesser spirits possessed the earth and
dwelt near the banks of the great
river. They had created a race of men
to be their servants, but these men
were far superior to the present in
habitants of the earth and made end
less trouble for their creators. There
fore the lesser spirits resolved to de
stroy mankind and the earth itself, so
they caused the great river to rise un
til it burst its banks and overwhelmed
everything. They themselves took each
a large portion of the best of the earth
that they might create a new world
and a quantity of maize, which had
been their particular food, and return
ed to heaven. Arriving at the gate ot
heaven, which is at the end gf the
plains, where the sky and mountains
meet, they were told that they could
not bring such burdens of earth into
heaven. Accordingly they dropped
them all then and there. These falling
masses made a great heap on the top
of the world which Extended far
above the waters, and this is the origin
of Pike's peak, which is thus shown to
be directly under the gate of heaven.
(It was formerly twice as high as now,
but lost its summit, as is told in an
other legend.)
"The rock masses upon it and all
about show that they have been
dropped from the sky. The variety
and extent of the mineral wealth in
the region prove that the earth's choic
est materials are deposited there. And
still as the constellations move across
the heavens and vanish above the
mountain summits we may see the
spirits rise from the great river and
pass to the gate of heaven. The fall
ing stars are their falling burdens or
the dropping grains of maize."
CULTIVATE TACT.
If Yo Not Possess It, Strive to
Acquire It.
I want it recognized that tact should
be taught continuously, seriously, thor
oughly that it should be placed in the
forefront of education and take its
natural first place side by side with the
catechism, writes Frank Danby in
Black and White.
A friend of mine recently suffering
under a great bereavement was in the
receipt of innumerable letters and tele
grams from friends, acquaintances and
the general public. Out of the 1,140 of
such communications two .only hit the
right note. Among pages of sentiment
al and religious commonplace two mes
sages alone touched the heart.
"He was a man I loved. I am with
you in your grief," was one.
The other ran: "You have lost your
best pal. He was mine too. God help
ns both."
Both of them epitomized the senders
men with great hearts. But the ac
quisition of tact by some of the other
sympathizers would have supplied its
place.
Again, paying an afternoon visit re
cently, my hostess, wanting a book to
which our conversation had referred,
rang the bell. Within two minutes the
servant appeared with tea, and the fol
lowing colloquy occurred:
"Who told you to bring tea?"
"Please, ma'am, I thought that was
what you rang for."
"Well, please don't think. I hired you
to answer the bell. It wasn't the sig
nal for a guessing competition. When
I want you to do that I'll supply the
kitchen with a copy of a newspaper."
I was not surprised to hear this lady
changed her servants frequently.
In Darkest Londo n.
In his boo!:, "ChiYl Slaves of Great
Britain," Robert Sherard writes:
"There aire thousands of our poor chil
dren in London starving not on ac
count of the po\erty of the parents,
but by reason of the ignorance and
sloth of the mothers. They kn ow noth
ing of cookery they wish to know
nothing They do not care for the
trouble. In every London slum you
will find a fried fish shop or a cooked
meat shop or a grocer who sells cheese
and pickles and potted things. It is
much easier and 'less worriting-like' to
send the chikuen out v*ith coppers for
a penn'orth of fish and chips or a bit
of cheese and pickles than to cook any
thing for th^ni."
Cleanse your system of all impur
ities this month. Now is the time to
take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
It will keep you well all summer. 35
cents, tea or tablets. C. A. Jack.
First Publication June 1, 1905.
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.
Default having been made in the pavment of
twelve hundred and forty-six ($1246)" 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
T. 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
tained 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. m., of that day. at
public vendue, to the highest bidder, for cash,
to pay said debt and seventy-five ($75) doUars,
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 R. ARMSTRONG,
SYLVESTER KIPP. Mortgagee.
Attorney for Mortgagee,
Saint Paul, Minn.
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First Publication Ma 25,1906. *^1
TAT
MINNESOTA,y COUNT OF
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Milte Lacs.ss. In Probate Court.
Special Term, May 23rd. 1905.
the matter of the estate of John N. Berg,
On reading and filing the petition of Edward
J. fcvens, administrator, setting forth the
amount of personal estate that has come into
his hands, the disposition thereof, and how
much remains undisposed of: the amount of
debts outstanding against said deceased, as far
as the same can be ascertained and a de
scription of all the real estate, excepting the
homestead, of which said deceased died seized,
and the condition and value of the respective
portions or lots thereof, the persons interested
in said estate, with their residences, and pray
that license be to him granted to sell allot
said real estate at private sale. And it appear
ing, by said petition, that there is not sufficient
personal estate the hands of said adminis
trator to pay said debts and expenses of ad
ministration, and that it is necessary for the
payment of such debts and expenses, and for
the best interests of said estate, and of all per
sons interested therein, to sell all of said real
estate at private sale.
It is therefore ordered, that all persons in
terested in said estate appear before this court
on Saturday, the 17th day of June, A. D. 1905 at
10 o'clock a. at the probate office in the
court house in the village of Princeton in said
county, then and there to show cause (if any
there be) why license should not be granted to
said Edward Evens, administrator, to sell
so much of the real estate of said deceased as
shall be necessary to pay such debts and ex
penses, and for the best interests of said es
tate and all persons interested therein.
And it is further ordered, that this order
shall be published once in each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing
in the Princeton Union a weekly newspaper
printed and published at Princeton in said
county.
Dated at Princeton the 23rd day of Mav
A 1905 By the court.
M. VANALSTEIN,
[Probate Seal.] Judge of Probate.
E. MCMILLAN,
Attorney for Administrator.
Princeton, Minn
First publication May 11,1905.
CJTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Mille Lacs.ss In Probate Court
Special Term. May 4th. 1905
In the matter of the estate of Peter Robideau
deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate of Peter
Robideau, deceased, late of the county of Mille
Lacs and State of Minnesota, being granted to
Julia Robideau,
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 the probate
court of said county, for examination and al
lowance, or be forever barred
It is further ordered, that the 9th day of
November 1905, at 10 O'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 where the said probate court will examine
and adjust saidirfaims 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 county.
Dated at Princeton this 4th day of Mav
A. D. 1905
By the Court
M. VANALSTFIN
Judge of Probate.
[Probate Seal
First publication May 11, 1905
STATE
OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
MilleLacsss. In Probate Court
Special Term. May 10th, 1905
In the matter of the estate of Lewis C.
Liske. deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition of Jennie
Liske of the town of Princeton, representing,
among other things, that Lewis C. Liske, late
of the village of Princeton, on the 1st day of
November. A. D. 1904, at said village of Pnnee
ton. died intestate, and being a resident
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 ad
ministration of said estate be to her granted
It is ordered, that said petition be heard be
fore this court on Thursday the 1st day of
June, A. D., 1905 at 10 o'clock A. M.. at the pro
bate office the court house in Princeton in
said county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased, and to all persona
interested, by publishing this order once in
each week, for three successive weeks, prior to
said day of nearing, in the Princeton Union a
weekly newspaper printed and published at
Princeton in said county
Dated at Princeton the 10th day of Mav
A D. 1905. By the court,
M. VANALSTEIN,
TProbate Seal Judge of Probate
First publication May 4.1905
flortgage Foreclosure Sale.
Default having been made in the payment of
the sum of one hundred sixty-five and 35-100
dollars which is claimed to be due and is due
at the date of this notice upon a certain mort
gage duly executed and delivered by George
Gennow and Catharine E Gennow, his wife
mortgagors, to M. S Rutherford and Chas. A."
Dickey, mortgagees, bearing date the 14th day
of April, 1900, and with a power of sale
thereinthfo
contained, duly recordedNin
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the office
register of deeds in and for the county of Mille
Lacs and State of Minnesota, on the 19th day
of June 1900 at 10 clock a in book Oof
mortgages on page 50
Which said mortgage together with the debt
secured thereby, was duly absigned by said M.
S. Rutherford and Chas A Dickey mort
gagees to George Newbert by written as
signment dated the 8th day of February 1901
and recorded in the office of said register of
deeds, on the 13th day of February 1901 in
book of mortgages on page 321, and no action
or proceeding having been instituted at law or
otherwise to recover the debt secured by said
mortgage or any part thereof
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that
by virtue of the power of sale contained said
.mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided, the said mortgage wiU
be foreclosed by a sale of the premises de
scribed in and conveyed by said mortgage, viz:
The v, est half of the northwest quarter of sec
tion fifteen (15), township thirty-six (36),
nortn of range twenty-seven (27) west, in Mille
Lacs county and State of Minnesota, with the
hereditaments and appurtenances which sale
will be made by the sheriff or said Mille Lacs
county at the front door of the coart house, in
the village of Princeton in said county and
State on the 17th day of June 1905, at 10 o" clock
a of that day, at public vendue, to the
highest bidder for cash, to pay said debt of one
hundred sixty-five and 25-100 dollars, and in
terest, and the taxes, any, on said premises
and twenty-five dollars, attorneys fees, as
stipulated in and by said mortgage in case of
foreclosure, and the disbursements allowed by
law. subject to redenmtion at anv time within
one year from the day of sale, as pro\idedby
law.
Dated April 29th, A 1905
GEORGE NEWBERT,
CHARLES KEITH. Mortgagee.
Attorney.
No. 7708.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Office of Comptroller of the Currency.
Washington, D. 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
MilleLacs 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
Now Therefore I, William B. Ridge
ly. Comptroller of the Currency, do
hereby certify that "The First 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 dar- of April, 1905.
WM. B. RIDGELY,
Comptroller of the Currency.
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