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•TNOPSia
CHAPTER I.—Gen. Heath «rd«r«6 to
to headquarters at Chattc-aoora.
•. Tk»t
An aid* la present at the Interview,
shown an
c~M'~
•martial, and
corps.
general Is shown an order for his arrest
and court-martial, and
spoelal duty to watch
movement of I«ncstreet'
eepts.
Is then assigned tf
a contemplated
et'a corps. He m*
CHAPTER IL-Oen. Heath leaves Chat
moot* with men, his brigade, aM
lovta out to Morgtnton'a cross-roads. On
way he
./ho lives at
headquarters.
with nis troop
afaeewassea
org*:
•«ts .with a girl he knows
ha plaee ha la to maka hit
He insists on her returning
troops. At her home It is thought
a face was seen at the window, hut a searoh
through the house revealed no suspicious
persona. Lieut Hall, the aide, Is placed In
charge of the young lady with orders!*
watoh her and question her oaretully. She
faints.
questioned aha
confederacy and
herself for the union. At night she is
caught to the kitchen attempting to hum
a paper which contains the plans of HTxra
sloe's defenses at Knoxvlue. She Is con*
flaed under gu%rd as a spy.
CHAPTER HZ.—When
said her mother is for the
herself for the union. Ai
CHAPTSR tV.-Oen. death's
ys attaoked by confederates, hut they
beaten off. furlng the
ites. but they wa
flgbt Uebt. H&I
face at the wm»
again sees a mysterious
JHAPTER V.-Gen. Heath accepta pa
role from Miss Beach at the suggestion of
Lieut Hall, who proposes to answer for
her. During the night sho allpa out of the
house and esoapea.
sHrSsS?a
CHATBR VIL~Uaut HaU Is taken be
)re a confederate, MaJ. Berante, whohad
ten classmate of GTen. Heath at wok
olnt and served with him la the west
_le claimed to have an Incriminating letter
written by Heath offering to surrender his
command In ths army to ths mayor of a
Kall
uthern town to which he was stationed,
sees the letter. Margaret Beaca
turns up and at night assists HaU to e*»
capo.
CHAPTER VIII.—Miss Beaoh joins Hall
outside the confederate camp and together
they reach the union lines.
confederates
CHAPTER PL—The
surprised atLtnelr oamp agl^routed.
asusst
AB I spoke we heard a whistle to the
south, a rumbling, a puftlDg, and along
came the train. It was loaded with
troops. They filled the cars, the plat
forms they swarmed on the roofs.
With a screech from the locomotive
they passed, and were lost in the dis
tance.
Another whistle another train*
This is made up ol platform can.
What are those great wooden objects?
As they same nearer we discerned ths
shape of huge boats. And those pile*
of timber? They are connecting pieces
and flooring. It is a pontoon train.
They will need it to cross the river
above.
"Margaret, the rumor has become a
fact. That is doubtless Wheeler's cav
alry marching through the valley,
while Longstreet's corps is moving by
rail. They have left Bragg's army bo
fore Chattanooga, and are going to join
the forces threatening Burnside. To
you belongs the credit of the discovery.
Twas fast asleep. Plunk was asleep, and
had you not watched they would have
passed without our knowing it. The in
formation the general sent for, you
have acquired. You are saved."
"But why is it so important to know
of this move?" asked Margaret, eag
erly.
"Important! That Burnside may be
warned. Grant, knowing that this
force is detached from the army threat
ening Chattanooga, may attack the
weakened lines, break up the beleagur
mcnt of the Army of the Cumberland,
and open an aggressive campaign."
Margaret stood for a few moments
looking alternately at me and at tie
troops below, then threw baok her
head and gave an exhilarating laugh.
It rang through the ravins, then rose,
like a bird that sings as It flies, to the
very heavens. Then she turned and ran
into the cave.
There was something so mocking in
that laugh, so keen a relish, such a ring
of one who has suddenly acquired the
whip hand of an enemy, that every
doubt I had ever had of Margaret sud
denly rushed back upon me.
What d(d it mean?
What would now be her purpose
Would she return with us, or steal
away from us to tell our enemy what
we had been watching for, and thus
give him the advantage?
I must wait for an answer
XIV.
THE LIGHT ON THE CLOUDS.
Ftfr an hour we watched the slowly
moving bodies of cavalry then the
ranks began to grow thinner detach
ments were smaller scattered wagons
appeared, lumbered up the valley, and
passed out of sight far in the distance.
Ambulances, men supported in their
Baddies by their comrades, evidently
invalids, followed, the distance between
them and the main body constantly in
creasing. The rear waa brought up by
stragglers, with here and there groups
of army traders, the former devoting
themselves to plunder, the latter bar
gaining, cheating citizens and soldiers
alike with pinchbeck trinkets.
When Plunk was aroused and
learned that our objeot had been ac
complished by a woman, his mortifica
tion knew no bounds. Ho went about
getting breakfast sullenly, muttering
that if we ever got back to the com
mand he would give up scouting and
turn company cook. While we wero
eating our breakfast we disousaed the
matter of our return. Should wo wait
till evening and skulk through under
cover of the night, or set out boldly in
broad day? Plunk was strongly in fa
vor of waiting till evening, and Mar
garet was decidedly of his opinion. I
would have declined to listen to Plunk,
but was persuaded by Margaret.
We spent most of the day in arrang
ing the stories we would tell on the way.
At the outset we discovered one fact
likely to cause trouble. Plunk was in
favor of always making aa explanation
that would Involve the greatest on*
truth I waa in favor of uUd utmi*,
white H»i»»iwt WNM htoa
7
MITCHEl.
nothing but truth.
"Lieutenant," said Flunk, "I suppose
I must obey orders, but ii thiB party
is to travel with no other ammunition
than the truth, I must ask permission
to go alone."
Th6 general's statement that he had
given me Plunk to supply my own de
ficiencies occurred to me, and I was
loath to enforce my own plans in the
face of the corporal's opposition.
"How would it do," I suggested, at
tempting a compromise, "for you to lie
like a trooper, and for me to travel on
a system of white lies, while
MisB Beach
sticks rigidly to the truth?"
"That," responded the corporal,
"would be like the cavalry charging,
the men seated with their faces to the
crupper, the infantry pouring volleys
Into the cavalry, and the artillery fir
ing at heaven.''
Margaret smiled. "I'll tell you what
we will do," she said to me. "Since
you command the party, the corporal
can conform to your stories, and I'll
keep silent."
"Done," said I.
And now that we had gained all we
had hoped for, and had before us the
peril of carrying back the news, we
made a discovery that filled us with
dismay. Private Mellodew was miss
ing. During th* day he had seen the
rear-guard of the army that had passed,
and asked what it meant. When we
told him, I noticed a look dn his face
that might mean incredulity or might
mean a determination to be incredulous,
but we cared nothing whether he be
1. What
K!
turning to th* plantation Hall ante SMI
... 1
that
federate uniform. A court-martial Is or-
the face, at tbe^ window,jand this time reo*
ognlses it of a young girl In a coo
dared for Miss Beach.
CHAPTER X.—iThe court finds Miss
Beach guilty. It la necessary for a scout
,rty to
lng pari reach the rail
Beach is asked to aot as the guide on a
promise of parole if she sueoeeds. the
accepts, but on condition that no one enter
the house while' she Is awav.
CHAPTER XI.—After a acrlmmago with
the enemy, In which two men were lost.
Hall, Miss Beach, Corporal Plunk and 4
cowardly private named Mellodew reached
a oaye overlooking the railroad.
'CHAPTER xn7—While Hall is on watoh
he goes to sleep and Is awakened by a visit
from Gen. Heath, who threatens him with
the penalty for sleeping on post. Mias
Beach is not in the cave, and it Is supposed
she has Rone to give information to the
enemy. She returns before the general
leaves and Is accused. Mellodew wnlspers
something to the general as he starts to
ride away to join his escort
CHAPTER XIII.—Tho watchers continue
at the cave and are rewarded
govemen^of tho oonfederata
lieved or doubted. he had gone
for none of us could possibly imagine.
We didnot Buspect that under the ap
parently simple, cowardly nature there
lurked a malevolence that might be ex
pected only under a stronger exterior.
In our position we were vulnerable
even from a crawling snake.
However, we wasted no time to see
if Enoch would return when we were
ready Plunk brought the horses, and
mounting as the sun was setting we
descended the hillside we had come
up a few days before. We were for
tunate in finding a ford at the river,
and in getting across the railroad with
out interruption it was later on, when
we were not looking for trouble, that
we received our first scare. Coming
Co a ridge, we were panic-stricken to
see each of the roads leading into
Georgetown filled with confederate cav
alry.
"By Jove, Flunk! that's going
raise the devil with us. They are
sweeping along the refusa In (he rear,
driving in stragglers."
"Bight you are, lieutenant," said
Plunk, "and if we don't dodge them
they'll be likely to give us am enfilading
fire of questions worse than a volley
from their carbines."
ground, we were enabled by the camp
fires to determine the forces about us.
To the west, along (he route we must
take, the lights were few and scattered,
but the country was uneven, and there
was a certain flaring nebulous light on
the clouds which I did not like. I
feared a force beyond the hills. But
we could neither stop where wa were
nor go around the light. We must go
straight ahead. We passed down to
lower ground, then over the crest of
the hill. There again, directly before
us, was the flaring light.
"Plunk," I said, "there are troops
over there that light looks ominous."
"A single camp-fire would do that,"
replied the corporal, reassuringly.
We did not dare pass through
Georgetown it was too early in the
evening the citizens would doubtless
be excited by the passage of troops
during the day, and would not be in
clined to sleep therefore, turning to
the left just before coming to the town,
we passed south of it around the base
of a hill, striking the road again a mile
beyond.
We had reached the bottom of a de
pression between two hillB, and were
beginning the ascent of tie farther
one, when we were suddenly brought
to a stand-still by a "Halt, thart"
xv-
A FASCINATING GAME.
"Gone up," I muttered, and my heart
sank within me. I was about to reply
to the challenge, when Plunk took the
words out of my mouth, and sang out,
In excellent southern lingo:
"Hain't got no time to stop, stran
ger got to git through right off. Ben
ter the medical officer of the army fo'
quinine sick man waltin'."
"Corporal of the gyardl" sang out
the voice that had stopped us.
We heard somt one brushing
through the weeds that lined the road,
and presently saw a figure coming on
foot. By this time we noticed that the
challenger was mounted, and we knew
that the force waa composed of cav
alry.
"Who's thar?" from the corporal.
Flunk replied that we were two men
and a gal, and repeated what he had
said to the picket.
"All right come on."
I was about to propose that we de
cline the honor and go by another
road, when the madness of such
method struck me besides, I had
promised to let Plunk do the talking
so I kept silent. We were led into
the camp, the men being in bivouac,
sleeping about their camp-fires. Meet
ing the officer of the day, he took us
in charge, and, not being satisfied to
let us go forward on his own responsi
bility, conducted us to the headquar
ters of the commanding officer.
We found him engaged with his stall
at a game of draw-poker, the party be
ing seated in a tent on camp-stools
about a pine table lit by a couple
of tallow dips. He was a splendid
specimen of southern manhood, tall,
well built, with a manly open counte
nance that seemed incapabls of harbor
ing a mean thought.
"Col. Archard," said the officer of
the day, "here are some citizens who
want to go through the lines."
to
We halted behind a clump of trees for
parley. Plunk and I were for hiding
in the woods till they had gone by
Margaret was for breaking up the party
and proceeding separately. We did not
have time to arrive at a conclusion, for
suddenly a body of perhaps 80 horsemen
entered the road we were on, at a gal
lop, from a by-road a short distance
in advance. Each recognized that it
waa too late to do anything but go for
ward, and we started by a common im
pulse. Happening to glance at Mar
garst, I saw her turn pale. Her eyes
were fixed on a young officer who rode
in front of the coming men. He
on, evidently in a hurry to get over the
ground, and when he met us did not
slacken speed. I waa congratulating
myself that he was intending to pass us
without a word, when he suddenly
pulled in his horse.
"Why, Margaret Beach
He turned to the side of the road
near us, while his men passed on, halt
ing a few rods beyond. He was a trifle
older than I, with long black hair, over
which drooped a sombrero, black eyes,
and as frank and manly a face as ever
I looked into. After exchanging a few
commonplace remarks with Margaret,
who behaved with surprising coolness,
he looked inquiringly at me.
"On your way home?" he asked Mar
garet, in a tone evidently intended to
lead1 the way to some information about
the company she was in.
"Yes, I am anxious to get back to
mamma."
"I am glad you are protected on the
way. It's rather a bad road for a wom
an to be traveling just now."
I have always believed the youngman
suspected there was something wrong,
but was more gallant to Margaret than
true to his duty. He bade her good-by,
and as he raised his hat with the words:
"My kind regards to your good mother,'
his eyes met mine and seemed to say
"I decline to investigate you, my dear
sir, for her sake though this may
have been supplied by my own guilty
conscience. In a moment he was at the
head of his men, riding rapidly down
the road.
"Lieutenant," said Plunk, aa soon aa
we were out of hearing, "we wasn't pre
pared for that meetin*. It's my opinion
that lyin' is our only weapon, and that
I'm the only one of the party blessed
with an inventive genius and a hard
ened conscience calc'lated to take us
through what's ahead I
"You are right, corporal. You may
do the talking, and may you be in
spired to lie with suoh ingenuity and
fervor as to confound all inquiring
rebels and pilot us to a haven of rest.''
The road for some miles was flanked
by woods. 8oarcely a person was on it
indeed, we went so far without meet
ing anyone that when a belated coun
tryman suddenly loomed up before us,
with a bag of meal thrown across his
saddle-bow, onr heart* leaped into our
throats. We passed him with
"howdy," and had the way clear for
some time. Coming to a rise in the
J*
Without stopping the game or even
glancing up at us, he asked us where
we were from and where we were
going. Plunk answered with his story
about the quinine.
"I'm glad you've got some quinine,"
said the colonel, looking at his hand
from under the rim of his hat. "I have
a lot of men down with camp-fever,
and Old Pills hasn't any. Can you
spare a little?"
My heart went up in my throat, and
Margaret turned a shade whiter.
"Certainly, colonel," said Plunk,
without a moment's hesitation. Then,
turning to me: "Bring out the bottle,
Joe."
"I—haven't—any bottle," I stam
mered.
"Haven't it? I gave it to you."
By this time I caught my cue. "You
did no such thing."
"You good for nothing, forgetful crit
ter, d' y' mean ter tell me you've done
left th' stuff behind, alter our ridin'
ten miles t' git it?"
I fumbled in my pockets and
scratched my head. Meanwhile the
players were too interested in winning
and losing to follow the matter up.
New hands were played, and I, who
oould never look at any game of
chance without wishing to be in it,
soon forgot that I was making my
way through the lines with an impor
tant war secret and with my life in
my hands. I drew a bill from my
pocket and was about to call for chips,
when I felt Margaret's hand grasping
my arm. Looking at her, I noticed the
fright on her face and was saved from
my folly, for had I gotten into the game
I would have surely betrayed the whole
party. As it was, I cams very near
doing so within another ten minutes.
It was the colonel's turn to draw to
fill his hand. He drew one card.
Whether the game was of more inter
est to him than the medicine I know
not, but he forgot all about the qui
nine—at least for the moment,
hoped he would win it would put him
in a good humor, and he would be all
the more lenient with us.
I was standing where I oould over
look the hand of a lieutenant—a
youngster about my own age, with an
impassive face. I noticed that he held
three aces, and I looked for him to
win. I was surprised to see him pass
out. The rest kept on betting till all
were satisfied.
"Call."
"Show down."
"Thrse knaves."
"Three kings." (,:•%
"What y' got, colonel?"
"Full o' tens."
"Scoop." And the "pot" waa brushed
over to the colonel. I admired the lieu
tenant's foresight in passing out with
three aces.
Another set of large hands was dealt,
and the confederate bills began to pile
up on the table like the contents of a
waste-paper basket. A little betting
soon drove all out except the lieuten
ant and the colonel. The colonel bet
$50 the lieutenant who had passed out
on three aces called him and won the
"pot" on three deuces.
"By thunder, corporal," I exclaimed,
"that was well played."
Every man at the table looked up
at me. I turned red, then white, while
Margaret instinctively nhrmiv back
into the darkness.
"Where's the corporal?" asked the
colonel.
"I'm no corporal," said the lieuten
ant, "if he means me."
I was too paralyzed to reply. Plunk
came to the rescue. Looking signifi
cantly at the confederates, he put his
finger on his lips, and tapped his fore
head, as if to say: "Don't mind him
he's off his head."
"There's something queer about you
all," said the colonel "reckon I'll look
into this. Captain," he said to the of
ficer of the day, "take my cards." Ha
got up from the table and left the tent,
motioning Plunk, Margaret and myself
to follow him. Having Isd the way to
a camp-fire near by, he stopped beslds
Phnk.
"John Band."
"Where do you live?"
"At Morganton Cro.s-Roads."
"What do you do?"
"Farm »t."
"You?" turning
to
me "what's your
name?"
Before I had time to reply, Plunk,
with his usual presence of mind and
adroitness, coming to the rescue,
tapped his forehead. I took the hint
and stood mute. The officer was not
convinced. He then turned to
garek
"Your
"What do yon wish to
•olonel?"
"Who are mf MMii
"My name?"
"Yes."
"Margaret Beach."
The officer was getting no informa
tion to enable him to judge of us, and
seemed puzzled what to do. In such
work he was evidently not aa expert.
"Well," he said, at last, "you'll have
to go to the guard-house and stay
there till I can find out more about
you." 1*
"Colonel," said Margaret.
"Well?"
"Let me speak with you alone."
TO BE CONTINUED. ii
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ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
Illinois Central Time ^ablo No. 21, taklnc el
feet at 12:00 o'clock noon, Sunday, July 8, 1898.
Main Line Passenger Trains.
:U5 p.
43 a.
:20 p.
West Bound.
tNo. 31, Clipper
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10 p.
a.
I Leave
.. tNo. a. Day Express....
•No. 1, Flyer...
0:26 p.
8:48 a. in
10:25 p.
East Bound.
....tNo. 82, Clipper
.. tNo. 4, Day Express....
*No. 2, Flyer
Arrive I
I Leave
9:40 a.
8:10 p.
8:26 a.
Freights Carrying Passengers.
West Bound.
Leave
12:25 p. ml... .tNo. 01, Way Freight...
L* p. nj .tNo. 71, Through Freight.
1:06 p,m
2:80 p.m
Arrive I East Bound.
10:10 a. ml...No. 92tWay Freight...
12:15 p. m|.tNo, 82, Through Freight.
10:66 a.
12:50 p.m
CEDAR RAP CDS BRANCH.
South Bound Bet Cedar Rpds
and Manchester
itPassenger..
.tPassenger...
....tFreignt....
North Bound
Arriv
No.804 0:10 p.
No. 322 8:85 a.m
No,8511:46 p.m
No. 803 0:46 a.m
881 6:80p.ni
0.851 5:80p.m
•Dally.
tDally Exoept Sunday.
H. G. PIERCE, Station Agt.
OilMGO GRHT WtSlERN Rl
"The Maple Leaf Route."
Time oard, Thorpe, Iowa.
Chicago Special, Dally, Going East.....7:40 am
Day Bii.iess, dally except Sunday 3:04
WayFreUrht, dally 11:35am
_Goirg West, North and South.
Way Freight, dally 9:35 pm
ayBipresa daily except Sunday.. .. i:eapm
w"?1A Kansas City Exp, dally ... 6:41 am
For information ana tickets apply to
J.
ii.
O'HARROW Agent Thorpe
SC.
M. St. P, Ry,
^DELAWARE TIME CAKD.
North Bound
wkvViAhfe8tt
PaB8eDRer
South Boun_
Daveaport ft
Way Freight,.
9:03 a.m.
a.
City, Pass... ... C:07p,m.
.10:20 a.m.
B. C. R- & N, R'y,
CEDAR RAPIDS TIME CARD.
MAIH LIMB GOING NORTH.
Arrive Leave
1 5 5! S°* Minneapoll, Express.. 8:08 am
No-3Wavorly
12:«I ngt No. Minneapolis ExpreBB..12:90 DKt
6:46 a No* 18 Chicago Passenger.
11:45 No. 19 Chicago Passenger.
chair car and coaches to Minne
apolis and St. Paul. No. {^-Pullman- sleepers
and coaches to Minneapolis and St. Paul,
MAIN LINE GOING EAST AND SOUTH.
inS S°- Chicago
.Passenger. 8:40 pm
1®:18 a No. 4 St. Louis Passenger.. 8:05pm
3:10 a No. 6 Chicago & St.Louls Ex. 8:80 am
12:20 ngt No. 8 Chicago Fast Express. 12:80 ngt
No. 10 Passenger 6:06 pm
No 12 Burlington Passenger 7:15 am
No 2—Pullman sleeper, free chair car and
cowhes to Chicago. No. G—Pullman sleepers
and through coaches to Chicago and St. Louis.
No. 8—Pullman sleeper to Chicago: ar
n. Ngt.—n1-*-*
Chicago 7:60 a. m. Ngt.-nlght.
DKCOKAH DIVISION.
8:10 ro Decorah Passenger 8:15 a
4:05 Decorah Freight. 6:20
IOWA FALLS DIVISION,
7:50 Clinton Passenger 7:ic a
7:60 m.... Davenport Passenger..., 7:16 a
"Trains numbers 6,6,8,18, 19, and Sioux Falls
Fast Express run daily, all other trains dally ex
cept Sunday."
J. MORTON. J. A. LOMAX.
Gen'l|Pass ft Tkt Agt. Ticket Agent.
Cedar Rapids Iowa.
PURE-BRED
C0TSW0LDS
Flook heatied by choice IM
PORTED RAMS. Will
fur
nish Cotswolde and grades,
Bingly or by carload. A
choice lot of young rams
for fall trade.
Buy our bucks now and fit
them up for work to suit
yourself. Best and cheapest at
w.
Day Express also leaves St. Louis erery
morning ana carries a through steeping car, St.
Louis to Nashville and Chattanooga, conneotlng
wlih through sleeping car to Augusta. Throug
coach St. Louis to Nashville, thus giving
DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE
to Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta and Jackson
ville, connecting all principal points In the south
oast, such as Charleston, Willmlngton, Aiken
and Savannah for all points Florida.
Tickets and full Information concerning ....
above can be had of agents of the "Centrar'and
connecting lines,
C. C. UcCABTY, D.
r.
A., St. Louis, Mo.
A. n. HANSON, a. P. A. J. F. MERRY. A. O.PA,
Chicago, 60tf DubUQue. Iowa,
HESNER
Blacksmith
A.
Does a general line of blacksmith'
ing
HORSESHOEING and
J. STRAIN & SONS,
Masonville, la.
ALEX SEFSTROM,
LACKSMIT
Makes a Speolalty of
Horse
Shoeing:
Interiering and Corns Cured or
no Pay.
Do All Kinds of
Work in Iron—
Maohinery and all kinds of Farm Implement*
and Maohinery repaired. The best of
work guaranteed.
PRICES REASONABLE.
A share of the Publlo Patronage Is solicited.
£l«z. S«fbtroxn,
Suooeasor to Peter Merei*
Compound Vapor and Sham
ooo Baths.
BATHS
Most all dis­
eases are caused
by poiaonouB sec
rations, 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 he traced
to the impcriect action ol 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 Oonant system
of bathB. A competent lady attendant
In oharge of the ladles department.
Office and bath rooms on Franklin
street, opposite Globe Hotel
16tf Q. D. QATC3.
The Old Reliable Blacksmith,
P. J. Etoohe
Can be found at his ahop on Franklin street
during business hours, with a competent
foroe of workmen to do all kinds of
^^"38 SMITHING
Horn Shoeing a Specialty
Coras and Interfering Cured or no pay. sauf
faotlon Guaranteed.
Bespeotfully,
P» J,F?och?
FARMS
FOR SALE
Choice Farm Lands, easy
terms, very desirable property at
low prices. Large list to select
from. When you want to buy or
sell call on
H.C. HAEBERLE,
Manchster, Iowa.
DELAWARE COUNTY
Abstract Co.,
Manchester, Iowa.
AB8TRAOTST
REAL ESTATE.
LOANS AND
CONVEYANCING.
Office in First Natlo na
Bank Building.
Orders by mail will receive careful
attention.
We have complete copies of all records
of Delaware cornty.
ENNIS BOGGSj
MANAGES.
You'r not
so warm
Passenger... 8:80pm
in one of
our negligee
Shirts.
A fine line of soft shirts for sum
mer wear.
Call and examine our
/•.line.
F. M. FOLEY
RYAN, IOWA.
am
12:50 pm....Spirit Lake Passenger.... 8:80
12:20 ngt ..Bloux Falls Fast Express... 18:80
IOWA CITY, CLINTON AND DAVRNFOBT,
2 :»®-p Passenger 8:(*5
7:85 pm Passenger 7:15 am
l: 5 a Passenger 8:40
80 ngt
Passenger 6:05 pm
J. E. DAVIS, Manchester,
la., Main St., North of
Court House.
M0NEY..t?OD*Yn ..5 Vo
I am making first-class farm loans
at 5 and 6 per cent., with privi
leges.
ABSTRACTS
furnished at a rate meeting
all competition,
J. E. DAVIS, Abstracter,
EATON HOCKADAY.
Successors to A,"W.
Stevens & Co
(CITY HALL BLOCK.)
We have on hand all
kinds of
FRESH HEATS
Oysters in season.
Fish, sausage and the
best cured meats.
8HOP CLOSED ON SUNDAY.
EATON HOCKADAY.
"TELEPHONE 261.
II
Special Rates For
Dewey Day Celebration
New York, Sept.
29—30.
Washington, Oct. 2—3.
Chicago Fall Festival
Oct.
4—xi.
Fast Trains & Good Accommodations
itloe or In
aKMS,A8ent'&
ser'4T,3S,0».i
For further information see local
quire of any Chicago Qreat
General Passenger
89w8
Our Winter Suiting!
have arrived, and those desiring
GOOD
SUITS
8TYLI8H
Should not fall to
call and examine
our stock.
Our
Suits"
N
Overcoats
are admirable in fabric
and in fit, in winsom
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 qualifica
tions to give^satlsfac
tion4
Yoularejnvitedto In
spect|our^tocktand2get
ourlprlces.
L. & A.
WOLFF:
PATENTS*.
5EFREE
A0VICE A8 TO PATENT/
Nottoe in Inventive
Book' 'How to
obtain'
OMwm modsrqls. Koftetill itflsMoaraft.
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