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BrNOPSIS.
Chapter I.—Donald Thorndjrk*, aa au
imln of the schooner FhantMi, 1
MI
vet N#r
1 oik for New London with a cargo of
tor continental armlet. HJa mate/John
Lounabury, proves treacherous after they
«et to sea and threatens to reveal thechar-'
aoter of the captain and cargo to British
•hips then tn afght.and from which they
could not escape. Thorndyke strikes htm
and renders him lnsenstble» apparently
dead. One of t!he other two members or
the crew attempts Thorndyke** life, bjut he
him ana throws him Into ths
The other,
detr—
he
kill
but the one negro.
other, a pegro, ho scares into allaae*
determines to Impersonate the atf
tntly dead mate, and tell the EngllAi
has taken the ship as a prise and
ed the captain and all of the ctow
Chapter II.—When the boat Is boarded, ha
t«Hs his story, which Is believed by the
naval lieutenant but Is doubted
^a^oon officer. Sbammell« who
by
HUM
Thorndyke Is proving his tale.
Lounsbury shows signs of returning con
sciousness. Thorndyke ts taken- to the
British vessel to repeat his story to tfee
captain.
Chapter III.—The Phantom ts taken
LUthorlties. TWiorndylte dH
escape through the lines and deliver his
ork and there turned our to th*
es. rraorndyke aVtei
New
king's authorltlei irmlnes
sslble
Intormatlon to Washington.
to aot the part of a spy, and when
Ch&pler V.—Scammell enters during the
progress of the row and asks to take a
nana by relieving the naval officer of
Thorndyke. Belden, the naval officer, dis
covers that Thorndyke Is the man he Is
looking for for Clinton, and stops the light,
after which a challenge still stands oe*
tw$*n .IfcoQiflyJfcs *pd BgftimU,
Chapter vi.—canton postpones
3tho
teU 01
unapter AV.—rnornayke proposes tnat
they slip down the river in a boat to where
the phantom is anchored, overpower the
§iem
uard and take to the sea. A fog assists
as they start on the Ventura.
soapier AVi.—iney i^apn tne Fhan
com in safety
and find SfeamfneU and Louns-
on
Jya1?' the guard ha\Ong gonf
I ^t11
8X0
Imprisoned la
the cabin andlthe schooner cut loose and
allowed to drift through the tog to the sea.
Jpkajrter.XVn.—They are detected by men
KMJL RRITLSH
but the fog again
^«y escapelor the Ume
into the op«a ssa.
Chapter XIX.—A boat is sent from tho
warship,»but is beaten off. Then three
come, and the schooner is boarded. In
the flght that ensues Ames is shot and the
girl disappears. The small boat behlnl
the schoonfer has beet? overturned by a shot
from the war vessel, and, as a last resort,
Thorndyke dives into the sea and comes
un haftoath the dlnffV"
A sudden- cry from the bow, soon followed
by the sound of metal striking metal, told
ine that the prisoners were out and being
freed from their irons. Belden, without
vouchsafing to answer my defiance, hung
hesitating, evidently awaiting the arrival
of his superior to direct future movements.
Disarmed save for the bare steel in our
hands, we were an easy prey to him had our
deaths now been his object but as there
had been no show of force after boarding us,
the peppery royalist, still smarting from the
disgrace under which had been the means
of placing him, felt sure of his ultimate tri
umph over me, and, giving the order to hold
us where we 6tood, turned toward the point
of the disturbancCforwurd and hurried off.
was a step in advance of Ames, who still
leaned against the wheel, when I heard his
voice in my ear.
"There's a fair chance for a leap, Donald."
l.e whispered. "The last tie is gone. 6e
thee ready?"
"Nay, lad," I answered softly. "We arc
not yet parted. I still hang to my oath. I
have seen nothing of Gertrude. Where can
she be?"
"She is past the sightof this, thank God!"
he returned. "She is dead, man dead and
gone, and wo will soon follow her. I saw
her—"
Again he was interrupted, this time by a
wild yell from the bow, and the man who ut
tered it started aft chased by half a dozen
marines. It was Scatnmell. WUh little
upon him save a shirt and his smaH clothes,
he broke through the half circle that com
passed us, halting just within its limits. He
was a horrible object. His hair hung tan
gled over his shoulders his eyes were fierce
and bloodshot his face was distorted by
rage, and its pallor was startling. Without
a word of warning he called me a vile name,
and witti an oath raised a pistol1 he had
probably snatched from some one and, level
ing it at me, fired. The ball passed betwixt
my body and elbow without touching the
skin, but it struck Ames, who was just be
hind mc. I heard a deep groan as the youth
fell to the deck,
IUB
head striking the plank­
ing with a heavy blow, and a number of
hands sprang upon the infuriated officer and
drugged him backward.
.It was done in an instant. The shock and
suddenness of the attack came liko a thun
derbolt, and yet I retained my presence of
mind.. With my eye still fixed on my ene
mies, I stooped to one knee and felt for the
hand of my friend, calling on him to speak
but no sound' came to my repeated appeal,
and the hand I found gave no answering
pressure. He was dead, past doubt, and had
quickly joined his sister, who, in some man
ner unknown to me, had gone before him.
It was the culminating wave of disaster,
and for the moment I felt like sinking be
neath it. Within a quarter hour by Tip*
lence I had beep bereft of my two com
panions, and thus was I suddenly froed from
my obligation to live. With none left for
whom to combat, surrounded by triumphasi
enemies, and before mo ruin in the shape of
the noose, it was now iny right, as well ax
considered duty, to preserve myself from tho
disgrace of being hanged as a spy. 'Twould
he but a short struggle, a moment's wild
agony, perhaps, and then the end. I hr&cod
myself for the ordeal. Rising to my1 fest,
1 gave a last glanoe around, my aye taking ia
the vast sweep of the sea, on deck the ma*
r'nes stUl wrestling with the murderous
rwaUfttk t»4» fcvegrtat «ft JtoUN*
Ty Lounsbury.
aloft, I bad
slightest mental effort, without the slightest
IMI
flfc*
tervlow with Thorndyke for a day. and
in the.mean time gives him papers which
state he is to take the Phantom*- still
in New York'harbor, and go to Newport
with dlspatohm to the British general at
that place.
Chapter VII.—During a great Are In New
York Thorndyke assists a patriot spy to ee
oap*, and from him he gets the nam* of
"Rex." After returning to his quarters
he is surprised by a visit from SoammeL
Chapter' VIII.—Scammell has discovered
the identity of Thorndyke and oomes to
ar
rest him as a spy. He is armed only with
a pistol, and Into the prlmlng'pan of this
Thorndyke manages to throw water, then,
overcoming Scammell, Thorndyke escapes
and makes his way to Clinton's headquar
ters, where his real Identity Is not yet
knpwn.
Chapter IX.—Clinton gives Thorndyke
his instruct!'
lines. Before
uctions and a pass through the
.'ore leaving, a girl, Qertrud*Klng,
enters and demands of Cllntonth»t she
be allowed to
SM
her brother. Clinton
Chapter X.—Clinton orders Thorndyke
to arrest the girl, which he refuses to do,
but instead proolalms his own identity,
then gives her his pass through the lines,
while he holds Clinton untlTshe^esc^pes.
He follows her and zriakes his way Co the
where he strikes and pre
sumably kills
pioket lines.
jmably kills a sentry.
Chapter XI.—1Thorndyke steps at the
Dove tavern for refreshments. The wader
takes an unusual Interest In-him. While
there a British cavalryman and a card
sharpsr, whom he had met In town a few
days before, oome In. -He remains In the
.231 ^JuaKw'emera u.. u...
ern and tells the cavalryman of a girl he
has seen in the woods to the north. The
cavalryman leaves to And her. Thorndyke
Is seen by the sharper and a fight ensues.
In which the Quaker kills the sharper as
a body of cavalrymen approach, allowing
Thorndyke time enough to be concealed
by, the,, waiter. Sfcrvk«r
chapter JLui.—Thorndyke ana tne uua*e»
.eave the inn and go to a place of conceal
ment known to the, patriots. Here they
meet Miss King and Thorndyke finds hi*
Quaker friend, Ames, is the girl's half
brother, the condemned spy.
from?hrBrtufe:Th'y
Then tunning my thoughts
aloft, I bad a revelation, without the
binding of the mind toward any^Vefuge this
side of the great unknown, a possible—ay,
probable—way of escape opened before mc.
Aa the angel of the Lord at the last moment
called on Abraham to desisttfrom the saeri
fee of his son, so burst this light out of
thick darkness and showed ine ray work was
ot yet finished. More than willing was I to
t,rasp this more than chance. As though a
stone bad been rdll^i from my chest, I took
a deep m-eath, and quickly unloosing my
tclt, threw both cutlass and scabbard to the
deck, then turning, with a stride I reached
the rail and cast myself headlong into the
6ca..
CHAPTER XX.
THE SHELL OP THE DINGY.
Never was my love of life or the cer
tainty of my saving it greater than when 1
shot beneath the surface of the ocean. jSiki
a plummet I went down, the air bubblee
carried with me roaring in my ears like a
cataract. As I'loet the impetus of the dive
I turned and looked up. Having gone over
at the starboard quarter, I was almost under
the stern, and the clear green of the water
magnified the groat shadowy hull of the
febooner at she stretched forward into
seeming infinity. Like a blot on the sil
very surface above me lay the overturned
dingy, still held to the vessel by Its painter,
and in her lay my salvation.
With a few vigorous strokes I swam un
der it, and, regulating my rise as best I
could, came to the surface within the shell
of the wrecked boat. The move had been
luoceesfuL If the trick was unsuspected, I
was safe. Letting go my pent breath in a
bhot, I thanked God for His sudden inter
vention, and prayed that His hand bo not re
moved from me.
Settled low so was tho. overturned dingy,
my head barely cleared her bottom, but that
wsa sufficietk. Sustaining my position by
a light hold op the thwart, that i8y weight
should not prevent the regular and natural
roll of the waeck, with nerves now tuned to
their highest pitch, I hung and aitaitod de
velopments. The hole in the boat'o bottom
furnished Ae with air, and, to my astonish
ment, this v«nt in the hollow which now
sheltWed mo gavo to my retreat tho char'
acter of a trumpet, and every sound was
magnified, though its quality was changed
to the deep sonorous roar such at one hears
come from the heart of a conch held to the
car. It was an indistinct babble of cries and
oaths that fint greeted me, and from the
few wocdol could disentangle I guessed that
-the T^hole host had rushed to the schooner's
side in the hope that I would rise. Had I
still courted death, I might earily have met
with It by means of a bullet through my
head, for through the confused bumming
of voices I distinctly heard the sharp click
ing of gunlocks, and knew thfet had I ap
peared I would have been made a target for
a score of muskets.
LA-
forms her that her brother was condemned
as a spy, and while waiting for execution
was burned to death in the fire of the day
before. She then demands a pass outside
the lines, proclaiming at the'same .time
her loyalty to America. lfrs.'Badsly, Clin
ton's mistress, enters with the announce
ment that the brother, instead of bolac
burned, has esoaped.
The sound of voioes decreased as the mo
ments flew, and when at last it seemed cer
tain that 1 had gone to the bottom, there
came a general awakening, and a sharp or
der was given to search the hull, strike the
flag, and sbist the British ensign. The
tlioking of- boot heels and the rattling of
arms were more distinct than words, but
the marines had barely
scattered tcTobey the
last command when, above ell 4m, I hesrd
an unknown voice:
"Overhaul thsit carrion, and then pitch it
overboardl"
This I knew mart refer to the body of
my poor friend, but before I could realise
"The btfll struck Ames.
the necessity of the order thus brutishly
given, as clear as tihe order itself roee the
voice of Scammell:
"Look, look, Belden! Damn me, but I
thought I had brought down a buzzard in
missing the hawk, when, after all, I have
struck but a peg lower than Thorndyke him'
self! By the crime of Judas, I wish it had
been the' other way! If- this young, old
broad-brim be not Beverly Ames. I'll lose:
fafty pounds to uy one of you! Quick, man!
See, he is not dead! 'Fore Qod, but mayhap
he can yet give us some news of his sister!
Overboard he gom not!
must be taken to plinton, else your com'
mission is in danger! Know you not that
he is connected with Mrs. Bad sly? Send off
tor help! Is not that long-kgged irishman
jet aboard you?"
Here a number of voices joined in and
turned to a confused roar all words at once
following. In the space of a few minutes I
heard, a boat putting away front the aide, the
thud of oars in the water making ajar on my
car drums almost painful. For a time there
reigned cAnparative silence, and then came
what was doubtless a marine's report.
"The bold is dear of all life, air. Nawthin'
tut lead below, an' oabin an' forec'sle all
cleaned out barrin.' some arme an' the cap
tain's old clothes."
"How's this, Scammell!" said Belden, evi
dently turning to that officer. '^Ve saw
three men aboard, and but two are ac
counted for. Thorndyke has gone to hell
ever the aide, and this ladjof yours is/like to
join him by another route! Where's the
third?"
"There was no third," came th« sharp
response. "Two it waa that smothered us
btlow. I know of none other! no more does
Lounsbury.'
"Nay," said that worthya speaking for
the first time, and with a thick burr to his
speech, "there was never more than four
legB to the lot. Mayhap that piant split
hjsself in two for the sak»V looks—there
was enough o' him. Thank God for his loss!
I would ne'er sleep easy again knowin' him
alive/'
Hers words fell to a murmur until Louns
bury again spoke, evidently addressing him
self to the one who waa in authority on
board:
"Now take It. that by rights
this emft la mine.7'
"Ay, oniy be right 0' prize, I mean," was
the answer. 'Twas I who first laid hand
on her, en' got a split skull for my pains,
un* not a damn sovereign to help heal it,
neither so much" glory as shines from the
buttons o' yer coat. Prize be cussed! Now,
if yer capting wills to lot me take her into
port—as I came nigh doing awhile agone—
'twill go far to put mc right with the ad
miralty an' get me a job, .mayhap, like that
lost through Thorndyke takin* my name,
damn his soul! D'ye see?"
'Ay, I see, ye sweep! And is that all?
No prise money?"
Ay, all, all. Only to sail her home no
wore."
"No more, eh? Ye are a cursed deep
villain, but I'll touch the captain on it. Go
get the grime from your fnce and look less
like a toad. Had he seen you, 'twas no
wonder Thorndyke launched himself over
the rail. What now, Scammell? Does the
lad still live?"
"He lives, indeed," was the answeT, "but
whether or no he will bide long I cannot
cay. He was better on deck than he i9 be
low. The cabin still stinks. I hope 'twill
1 ot be forever before the doctor gets here.
\Vat he drunk at mess? It is possible he can
told the lad's life long enough to allow him
to speak he does little now but moan."
At this the two walked forward, and I
heard nothin? but tho murs* vnicpsof the
marines as they sang out to one another or
laughed uncouthly.
The knowledge that Ames stiK lived gave
me a quick sense of relief—a relief which
fled on the instant as I thought of the prob
able future in store for him. My own posi
tion was infinitely better than his, even were
he not suffering from a wjrand, and, as for
his sister, after all was done, was she not
better off than cither? But was she dead?
If not, what could have become of her? 1
had heard that the vessel had been searched
without finding a trace of the third party
to whom Belden had referred. On seeing all
was lost, was it possiblethatshe had thrown
herself overboard that she might not wit
i.tss her brother's tragic end? It was like
litr. It would have been an act showing
her strength of character, as well as the
weakness of her sex a natural recoil from
j.-hysical and mental suffering without
purpose a heroic self-sacrifice. It were as
well she had not suffered captivity and
long-drawn misery. With her brother at
death's door, or perhaps saved to die by
military law her property confiscated, with
out a home or relatives and at the mercy of
Clinton's heartless mistress, life would have
held no more for her than the doubtful ben
efit of mere existence in confinement for fen
indefinite period.
And yet was my reason
against the idea of
her self-dlestruction. There was mystery in
her disappearance, but its solution lay not in
tnat. The attacking party had boarded us
fiom either side, yet not an eye had seen her
cast herself into the sea. There was more
than this to make' me doubtful. For her
brother's sake she had sacrificed herself be
fore Clinton, yet on my hand was placed
her last kiss. Had ahe left the world thus,
without a word to him, without a warning to
me? It was unnatural, unholy it was mon
•serous to think of, and yet— The possible
solution of the riddle as it drove into my
brain had scarce time to find lodgment be
fore it was put to flight by the voice of Bel
den, which seemed to come from directly
overhead, his words showing that the con
tinuance of my present safety was not as
sured.
"Think you that dingy could be hauled
aboard and repaired? 'Twas a neat shot,
tnd the ball seems to have cleft her like a
knife.1
The last worda were an order probably
given to a sailor, for presently I heard the
splash of the severed line. At the same
moment a boat swept by, and from the few
words I could gather I guessed the Irish sur
geon had arrived and gone aboard.
After that more boats passed and re
passed as time dragged on, and finally the
bulk of the vessel's captors returned to their
own schooner, for, saving now and then
the sound of a single roan tramping the
•deck, the stillness was unbroken.
It was with mighty satisfaction that I had
heard the final order to out the tie binding
refuge to the schooner. I gave no
thought to what might come of my being
adrift on the broad ocean. Beyond each
moment as it came and went I seemed to
bave no interest. The future was blank,
nor need I consider it so long as the wind
held off, for in the calm the dingy and
schooner would not part company, and un
til darkness fell' I would be compelled to
remain in my present pinched quarters.
Hooded as I was, up to the present my
hearing had been my only sense brought into
play, but with the departure of the last boat
load of men I used tny eyes for the first time.
The interior of the shelter under which 11
hung was lighted ulmost entirely froui be
low, and a delicate greenish-blue tint played
over the planks and ribs of the wreck.
Shielded from direct light overhead, the
shell gave all the effects of a water telegcope,
jor, on turning my eyes downward, my
sight pierced the ocean for fathom after!
tathom, the color of the depths growing
from the most tender blue to a clear and
then dark green, showing me that the bot
tom lay beyond vision and far below. It was
enly by turning to the hole in the keel that
1 could guess the hour, nor was it long be
fore the sun had set and darkness came on
apace. By the natural attraction of float
ing bodies, the boat had drawn near the
•schooner, and, as they struck and crunched
together, I heard the voice of the surgeon as I
he left the cabin and came on deck. I
"Well, by the powers, I suppose I must I
obey orders. If the boy is moved, he dies—
that's flat—an' by 111c soul, he may go, spite
o' me skill! I must bide here the night,
must I? Ay, well send aboard a couple o'
bottles, Belden, or, by the piper, I'll mutiny.
Why should a dirty rebel be worth more
Dead or"alive he4 than our men? Is Scammell to bide with
me?"
"No," answered Belden "he's sent for by
the captain. I'll fix the liquor, McCary.
Now, Mr. Lounsbury, you have hearu your
instructions. Follow us as soon as the wind
r.:ses you will have it ere long—the glass
has fallen. We will stand near you. Are
you ready, Scammell?"
There was suppressed conversation after
this, and then another boat put away. In
perhaps an hour it returned and was hoist-1
ed to the davits, and then again there was
silence—a deep, brooding silence, such as is
only known in a night calm on the sea.
CHAPTER XXI
DE PROFUNDI?.
AB 1 have said, I had given no thought to
the future or what consequent* my present
situation might entail should the schooner
follow her captor. But as the darkness
deepened and a chill due to my protracted
submersion struck to my bones, I realized
that, except for having put myself beyond
t.he sight of my enemies, 1 had accomplished
nothing. True it was that 1 might have laid
a course ere this, for I hud hung unmolested
f«r a number of hours but, instead of turn*
ing to my own" interests, I had let my brain
play over the mystery of the disappearance
of Miss King. What this portended I had
iailcd to dwell upon Knowing that for
myself there remained nothing to do but
sjay where I was until chance should open
away for me to gain the shore or mischance
deliver me a prisoner or send
JIU
tn imrttintey. -MI
uncertainty nrougnt mcup -wutr a tuuuu
turn, and I gave attention solely to my tfWh
affairs.
Further than that I must leave my shel
ter and gain the schooner, I could not pro
ceed in laying my line of action. To use
tho wreck as a support and push the un
manageable thing for an uncertain number
of miles to the Long Island coast would re
sult, in my present condition, in collapse
dt.d death. It did not take me long to de
termine that my only hope lay in the near-by
schooner a forlorn hope atbest, for the at
tempt to board her would immediately place
iny life in jeopardy. Nor would I have
tunuxKa thought to her had 1 not over
heard that she would be manned by Louns
bury and three hands only. This handful
of men (the doctor counting as nothing in
my eyes), the calm, and the probable total
iack of discipline which would follow the
transfer of the sailors from a vessel of war
to a half-dismantled prize under unofficial
command, might allow me to gain foothold
en deck. Ay, 1 thought, by some possibility
I may reclaim my loss and become master
of the situation, only let me fairly see the
chance.
CONTINUED
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
smelt and completely ileraimo the whole vystero I
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.1
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputslile physicians, as the
damago they will do is tenfold to UIH good you
can possibly derive from them, Ilall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by P. J. Cheney & Co..
Toledo, Ohio contains no mercury, ana if taken
Internally, actlmr diroctly u]on the blood and
iin.cous surfaces of the system In buying lla'l's
Catarrh Cure lie sure you get the genuine. It is
taken internally and is made in Toledo, Ohio,
b. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
""Sold by Druggists, price 7rc. per*
Hall's Family Pills are tho best.
Excursions via Chicago Great Western
By., Summer Season 1899.
The Chicago Great Western Ry. will
have on sale at all stations excursion
tickets for the following meetings to be
held during the summer season at very
low rates:
Annual meeting,National Educational
Association, Los Angeles, Cal., .Inly 11
to 14th. One fare plus $2.00 for the
round trip.
National Convention. B. Y. P. U., of 1
America, Richmond, Va., July 13 to!
10. One fare plus $2.00 for the round
trip.
Other meetings to be announced
later. For full information call on -any
Agent "Maple Leaf Route" or address,
F. II. Lord, General Pass. & Ticket!
Agent, 113 Adams St. Chicago. 17w2
DOUGLASS,
For
So it looks," came an answer, "but I'll
arrant you'll find her full of fissures. The
work will barely repay the trouble. Better
cut her adrift. If wind comes, the wreck
the Photo­
grapher.
Go to Douglass
FINE PICTURES.
WM. DONNELLY, M. D,
Physician and Surgeon,
Proprietor ot tne
Ryan Drug Slorfe.
Dealer In
Drugs, Stationery, Etr.
A N I O W A
A.
will drag like a sea anchor. You might give I
attention to the quarter boat yonder, and
get the hatch aboard.*'
"The hatch, yes," Belden returned "but I
the boaitisstove badly. Cureee on the rebel
be has cost us ten men in all, and only to
give us the slip! 'TiB small wonder Louns
bury has the ehakee at thought of him!
Think of the nerve—"
fDamn him!" was the retort. "What
about the schooner? Lounsbury wants to
take her in. There's nothing gone but the I
foretopmast, and with three men he could
work her if the captain consents. In the
face of our being short-handed, the idea is
not bad if the villain can be trusted."
"He'll scarce run off with the schooner,
answered Beldfen, "and lead is no tempta
tion, though I'd be shy of trusting him with
anything more valuable. I know him of
old. He was scavenger to Clinton, and to
Howe before him. Here, lad, cut away that
painter."
JLHESNER
Blacksmith
Does a general line of blacksmith-1
ing
HORSESHOEING and
PLOW WORK.
All work done in first-class order
and guaranteed. Prices
able
SHOP. WEST SIDE OFRIVER
Near th *lge.
Good Advice.
When you want anything In the llnu of
Furniture
do not lorget to write us or examine I
our stock and priceB. We have nc
room for shoddy goods, but with forty
years of experience can guarantee you
noneBt goods at fair prices. Remem
ber this and you will profit by it.
Vo F.arlville, Iowa
Mr CALL'S
MAGAZINE1
(W« lw AHCTwct Nlim.)
?iv° V- II Ctt. uck-ooo. klfbo.
THB McCALL CO..
1ts-14« Wait 14th SL, New Ye*.
tornmmmmmmm
Subscriptions received at the Demo
crat otiice. We will furnish McCall's
Magazine and The Democrat one year
for $1.80. Iltf
DON'T YOU
NEED A
NEW HARNESS
We have the right
kind at the right kind
ofjprices. Come in
an£
LOOK THROUGH
our line of horse lur
nishings—a complete
line of AI goods.
H.R.EATON
Preserves
t—fruits, jellies, pickles or ca'toup are
•fc mord easily, more quickly, mora
healthfully sealed with ttettned
Parafflne wax than by any other
method. Dozqps ot other uses
will be
""""""Refined
to the
bottom, I had racked my fancy for a solu
tion of the one question regarding the lady.
A» a reward for this constant effort, I had
h?t upon what I thought to be the correct
answer to the puzzle, but to verify it had I
en thus far beyond possibility. Now tha 1
Paraffins Wax
In every-household. It is dean,
I tasteless and odorless—nlr, water
and acid proof. Oct a pound cake of
It with a list of lw maoy use*
from your druggist or grocer.
Sold everywhere. Made
by
8TAMDAUO OIL CO.
1
Railroad Time Table.
ILUNOI8 CENTRAL.
Illinois Central Time able No. 21, taking el
feet at 12:00 o'clock noon, Sunday* July a, i8i»8-
Main Line Passenger Trains.
West Bound.
Arrive
6:06 p.
8:48 a.
10:20 p.m
I Leave
tNo.81, Clipper...,
tNo. 3. Day Express....
'No. 1, Flyer
0:25 p.
8:43 a.
10:26 p.
Kast Bound.
U:40 a.
8:10 p.
8:22 a
I Leave
0:40 a.
8:10 p.
8:25 a. in
tNo. 82, Clipper
... tNo. 4, Day Express....
*No. 2, Flyer...
Freights Carrying Passengers.
West Bound.
Arrive I
I Leave
12:26 p. roj... .tNo. 91, Way Freight.......
p. iqj.tNo. 71,Through Freight.|2:i
1:05 p, 111
V'111
Arrive East Hound.
10:10 a. ml...No. 92t Way Freight...[10:55a.m
12:15 p. m|.tNo 82.Through Frelght.|l2:00p.m
CEDAR RAPfDS BRANCH.
Bet Uedor Rpds
anj Manchester
.. .1
South Bound
-Leavi
NO. 80S 0:46 a.m
No 881 6:80p.m
No. 851 5:80 p.m
North Bound
—Arrive
No.804 0:10p. in
No. 8228:85 a.m
No,3511:46 p. ill
Passenger..
.^Passenger...
...tFreignt....
•Dally.
tDally Gxoept Sunday.
H. G. PIERCE. SUtton Agt.
CHICAGOGREATWEIERNRI
"The Maple Leaf Route."
Time oard, Thorpe, Iowa.
C-icaKOSpecial, Dally, Qolng East 7:40 am
Day Ex ess, daily except Sundav 3:01
WayFrelcbt, dally 11:35 am
W N or an So
Way Freight, daily 0:85 pm
DayBxpress dally except Sunday.. .. 1:53 pm
St Paul Kansas City Exp, dally ... 5:41am
For Information ana tlokets apply to
J. I,. O'HARROW Agent Thorpe.
C. M.
St.
P.
Ry.
vilKLAWAKE TIME CARfrV
North Bound
St. Paul & West, Passenger.
Way Freight 7....
South Bound
9:03 a. m,
..ll:G9a. m.
Davenport ft Kansas City, Pass u:07p.m.
Way Freight 10:20 a. m.
B.C. R- 4 N, R'y.
CEDAR RAPIDS TIME CARD.
MAIN LINK GOING NORTH.
Arrive Leave
7 8 5 am N 1 in a is E re 8 0 am
12:80 No.sWaverly Passenger... 8:80pm
I2 I3 ngt NO. 6Minneapolis Express..12:90 ngt
R:45 a No. is Chicago Passenger.
11:45 No. 19
Chicago Passenger.
No. 1—Free chair car and coaches to Minne
apolis and 8t. Paul. No. 5—Pullman sleepers
and coaches to Minneapolis and St. Paul.
MAIN LINE GOING BAST AND SOUTH.
8:20 No. 2Chicago Passenger.... 8:40pm
10:16 a No. 4 St. LouisJZassenger.. 8:05 pm
8:10 a No 6 Chicago AnKxouis Ex. 8:80 am
12:20 ngt No. 8 Chicago Fast Express. 12:80 ngt
1
No. 10 Passenger 6:06
No 12 Burlington Passenger 7:15 am
JNo^2—Pultaan sleeker, free chair car and
and through coaches to Chicago and 8t. Louis.
No. 8—Pullman sleeper to Chicago arrives
Chisago 7:69 a. m. Ngt.—night.
DECOttAH DIVISION.
8:10 Decorah Passenger 8:16 am
4:06pm Decorah Frektht 0:20pm
IOWA PALLS DIVISION.
Gen'l I'M! A Tkt Agt. Ticket Agi nl
Cedar Baplds Iowa.
PURE-BRED
G0TSWQLDS.
Flock beat'ed by choice
1M
i'OKTEDRAMS. Willfur
ntBh Cotawolds and grades,
singly or by carload. A
choice lot of young rams
for fall trade.
If you want something
good come to the Delaware
County Sheep Farm.
I w.
F. Werkmeister,
if—^inrnnnrnnnninminniirnniiniiwiiiaMWi
A FREE PATTERN
(yoor owtt selection) to every Mfc
scribcr. Ooly 5D oeate a year.
A LAMES' MAOAZWE
S wk hoMahold blau fcctioo, etc. So?
wjw toy, or, w. for Utaat nil.
LMra|NM«Mtii Mflartmn
.SWffc,Sellable, Siaiala,
ga 1
tnflERHS
J. STRAIN & SONS,"
Masonville, Ia.
ALEX 8EF8TROM,
LACKSMIT
Hakes a Speotalty of
Horse
Shoeing1
Inieriering and Corns Cured
no Pay.
Do All Kinds of
Work in Iron—
Machinery and all kinds of Farm Implement
and Machinery repaired The best of
work guaranteed.
PRICES REASONABLE.
A share of the Public Patronage ts
2Ll«X. Ssffctrom,solleiteo.
Suooi asor to Peter Merer*
Compound Vatforand Sham
9/ ooo Baths.
BATHS
FARMS
8:80 am
12:80 ngt
2:60 m—Spirit Lake Passenger..
I2:ae ngt ..Sioux Falls Fast Express
IOWA cm', CLINTON AND DAVENPOllT.
2:80 Passenger 8-.U5
7:86 Passenger 7:16 a ni
1:6 a Passenger 8:40 pin
Passenger fi:06
7:60 Clinton Passenger 7:16 am
7:60 m... .Davenport Passenger.... 7:15 a
"Trains numbers 5. c, 8,18, 10, and Sioux Falls
Fast Express run daily, all other trains daily ex-
J. A. LOMAX.
v\
FOR SALE
Choice Farm Lands, easy
terms, very desirable property al
low prices. Large list to select
from. When you want to buy or
sell call on
H. C, HAEBERLE,
Manchsfer, lows.
DELAWARE COUNTY
Abstract Co.,
Manchester, lows.
ABSTRACTS.
REAL ESTATE.
LOANS ANO
CONVEYANCING.
Office In First Natio na
Bank Building.
Orders by mail will receive careful
attention.
We have complete copleB of all records
of Delaware county.
ENNIS BOGGS.
MANAOKR.
Celebrate
the 4th
in one of
our negligee
Shirts.
A fine line of soft shirts lor sum
mer wear.
Call and examine our
line.
F. M. FOLEY
RYAN, IOWA.
J. E. DAVIS, Manchester,
Ia., Main St., North of -.
Court House.
M0NEY.T?ODAYn ..5°/o
I am making first-class farm loans
at 5 and
6
Alost all dis­
eases aro caused
by poisonous sec
retlons, which
clog the wheels
of NATURE.
Vapor
and
-Shampoo.
The name and
the symptoms
may be different
but the cause of
disease can us
ually be traced
to the imparled action ot the millions
of pores of the human body. A bath in
accordance with Scientific require
ments is the best preventative and
remedy known. The methods employ
ed by me are the most scientific, ever
invented or discovered for dispelling
disease. Results tell the story. Give
me a trial. This is the Conant Bysteih
of baths. A competent lady attendant
in charge of the ladies department.
Office and bath rooms on Franklin
street, opposite Globe Hotel
IBtf Q. D. QAT=3
The Old Reliable Blacksmith,
P. J. Roche
Can be found at his shop on Pranklln street
during business hours, with a competent
force of workmen to do all kinds of
Horse Shoeing a Specialty.
Corns and Interfering Cured or no pay. Satls
faction Guaranteed.
Respeotfully,
P.J.Roche.
per cent., with privi­
leges.
ABSTRACTS
furnished at a rate meeting
all competition.
J. E, DAVIS, Abstracter,
EATON I HOGKADAY.
Successors to A. W.
S &
(CITY HALL 1SLOCK.)
We have on hand all
kinds of
FRESH HEATS
Oysters in season.
y' Fish,sausage and the
best cured meats.
SHOP CLO8EDON 8UNDAY.
EATON & HOGKADAY.
TELEPHONE 261.
may be larger than ours in size,
but Saturn isn't in it when it
comes to Styles, Kinds and Qual
ity. We have rings to please the
most fastidious. Diamonds, Opals,
Rubies, Emeralds, l'earls,Engage
ment and Wedding, Society Em
blem Rings, Masonic, Odd Fel
lows, Knights of Pythias, etc., etc.
Ladies'watches, Gent's watches,
Boy's watches, Chains, Charms,
Bracelets, etc. Large"variety of
patterns in Solid .Sterling Stiver
Spoons, Forks, etc. Souvenir Sil
ver Spoons with Court House
or Fish Hatchery engraved in
bow Call and see them!
Boptofl- & HcEwen.
Jewelers.
Our Spring Suitings
have arrived, and those desiring
GOOD
SUITS
8TYLI6H
Should not fail to
call and examine
our stock.
Our
Suits
Overcoats
are admirable in fabric
and in lit, in wlnsom
ness and in workman
ship.
Nearly a quarter of a
century in business in
Manchester ought to be
a guarantee of our com
petency and qualilica
tions to give satisfac
tion.
SMITHING
You are invited to in
spect our stock and get
our prices.
L.<p></p>WOLFF.
& A.