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CHAPTER XX—(Continued)
... Shortz took the horses and answer
Mi his employer's questions curtly,
flashing a curious glance at Helen,
under other conditions the girl
would have been delighted with the
place, for this was the quaintest spot
ifae. had found In the north country.
The main room held bar and gold
wales, a rude table and a huge Iron
fgater, while its walls and celling was
$|W»ted with white cloth so cunning
ly stitched and tacked that it seemed
a cavern hollowed from chalk. It was
"led with trophies of the hills, stuff
birdB and animals, skins and ant
from which depended in care
lab confusion, dog harness, snow
lOfts, guns, and articles o£ clothing.
A door to the left led into the bunk
•foom where travelers had been wont
$o sledp In tiers three deep. To the
was a kitchen and cache, to the
Igbl a compartment which Struve
tolled the art gallery. Hero, free
feign had been allowed the former
owner's artistic fancies, and he had
covered the place with pictures olip
jper from gazettes of questionable re
Jute until it was a bewildering ar
rangement of pink ladleB In tights,
pugilists in scanty trunks, prize bull
dogs, and other less moral characters
of the sporting world.
"This is probably the worst com
pany you were ever In," Struve ob
aerved to Helen, with a forced at
tempt at lightness.
"Are there no guests here?" she
asked him, her anxiety very near the
surface.
"Travel is light at this time of the
year,„ They'll come in later,'perhaps."
Afire was burning in this pink room
where the landlbrd had begun spread
ing the table for two, and its warmth
was greatful to the girl. Her com
panion, thoroughly at ease, stretched
himself on a fur-covered couch and
smpked.
"Let me see the papers now, Mr.
Struve," she began, but he put her
oft.
"No, not now. Business must wait
on our dinner. Don't spoil our little
party, for there's time enough and to
spare."
She arose and went to the window,
unable to sit still. Looking down the
narrow gulch she saw that the moun
tains beyond were Indistinct, for It
wa» growing dark rapidly. Dense
clouds had rolled up from the east.
A rain-drop struck the glass before
her eyes, then another and another,
and the hills grew misty behind the
doming shower. A traveler with a pack
on his back hurried around the corner
of the building and past her to the
door. At his knock, Struve, who had
been watching Helen through half
shut eyes, arose and went into the
either room.
"Thank Heaven, some one has
come/' she thought. The voices were
deadened to a hum by the sod walls,
till that of the stranger raised Itself
In such Indignant protest that she
distinguished his words.
•'Oh, I've got money to pay my
way. I'm no deadhead."
fjhortz mumbled something back.
"I don't care If you are closed. I'm
tired and there's a storm coming."
ThiB time ''she heard the landlord's
refusal and the miner's angry profan
ity. A moment later she saw the trav
eler plodding up the trail toward
town.
"What does that mean?" she inquir
ed, as the lawyer re-entered.
"Oh, that fellow Is a tough, and
Shortz wouldn't let him in. He's care
ful whom he entertains—there are so
many mad men roaming the hills."
The German came in shortly to light
the lamp, and, although she asked no
further questions, Helen's uneasiness
increased. She half listened to the
stories with which Sturve tried to en
tertain her and ate little of the ex
cellent meal that was shortly served
to them. Sturve, meanwhile, ate an4
drank almost greedily, and the shad
owy, sinister evening crept along. A
strange cowardice had Suddenly over
taken the girl and if, at this late hour,
she could have withdrawn, she would
have done so gladly and' gone forth
to meet the violence of the tempest.
But she had gone too far to retreat
and, realizing that, for the present,
apparent compliance was her wisest
resource, she sat quiet, answering the
map. with cool words while his eyes
grew brighter, his skin more flushed,
hip speech more rapid. He talked in
cessantly and with feverish gayesy,
smoking numberless cigarettes and
apparently unconscious of the flight of
time. At last he broke oft suddenly
and consulted his watch, while Helen
remembered she had not heard Shortz
Iti the kitchen for a long time. Sudden
ly Struve smiled" on her peculiarly,
With confident cunning. As l.e leered at
her over the disorder between them he
took from his pocket a flat bundle
frhicb he tossed to her.
"New for the bargain, eh?"
"Ask the man to remove these
dishes," she said, is she undid the
parcel with clumsy fingers.
"I sent hSIm away two hours ago,"
said Struve. arising as if to come to
fcer. She shrank back, but he only
teaned across, gathered up the four
corners of the tablecloth, anrl. twist.
hig them together, carried the whole
thing out, the dishes crashing and
Jangling as he threw his burden reck
las&ly into the kitchen* Then he re
turned and stood with his back to the
itove, staring at her while arji p
niBed the contents of the papers,
lr!ch v. ere more voluminous tlum she
tnd &VT posed.
For a long time the girl pored over
tlie tJouments. The purport of the
papers were only too obvious and, as
she read, the prOcf of her uncle's guilt
Stood out clear and damning. There
wis 10 poss'.b^ty of Ui'stdk': the
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whole wretched plan ptodd out plain
its darkest infftmlpe reve&la.i
In spit® of tie cruelty of her disil
lusionment, Helen Was nevertheless
with rhvJlSrce eettu.-r .,f
power, with the knowledge
that justice would at last
be rendered- It would be Aer
triumph and h?r expiation that she
who had been' th© unwitting tool of
this miserable clique would be the one
through whom' restitution waB made.
She arose with eyes gleaming and her
lipe set
"It Is here."
"Of course It is. Enough to convict
us all. it means th# penitentiary for
your precious uncle and your Jover."
He stretched 1)18 chin'Upward at the
mention as though to free his throat
from an invisible clutch, "fee your
lover particularly, tor he's the' real
one. That!s why I brought you here.
9e'll marry you, but I'll be the beBt
man." The timbre of his colce was
unpleasant
"Come, let us go," she said.
"Go," he chuckled, mirthlessly.
That's a line example of unconsolaus
humor."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, first, no human being could
find hlB way down to the coast in this
tempest second—but, by-thg-way, let
me explain something in those papers
while I think of it." He spoke casual
ly and stepped forward reaching for
package which she was about to give
give up, when something prompted her
to snatch it behind, her back and It
was well she did, for his hand was
but a few litohet away. He was no
njatch for her quickness, however,
and she glided around the table,
thrusting the japers Into the front of
her dress. The sudden oontact with
Cherry's revolver gave her a certain
comfort. She spoks now with reterml
nation.
"I
intepd to leave her© 'at once.
Will you bring my horse, Vory well,
I shall do It myself."
She turned, but his Indolence van
ished like a flash, and, springing in
front of the door he baMed her way.
"Hold on, my lady. You ought to un
derstand without saying any more.
Why did I bring you Here? Why did
I plan thiB little party? Why did I
send that man away? Just to give you
the proof of my oompllclty in a crime,
I suppose? Well, hardly. You won't
leave here tonight. And when you do,
you won't carry those papers'—my own
safety depends on that and I am sel
fish, so don't get me started. Listen!"
They caught the wail of the night
crying as though hungry for sacrifice.
"No, you'H stay here and—"
He broke oft abruptly, for Helen
had stepped to the telephone and
taken down the receiver. He leaped,
snatched It from her, and then, tear
ing the Instrument loose from the
wall, raised it above his head, dashed
it upon the floor, and sprang toward
her, but she wrenohed herself free
and fled across the room. The man's
white hair was wildly tumbled, his
face was purple and his neck and
throat showed swollen, throbbing
veins. He stood still, however, and his
lips cracked into his ever«preseut,
oaUtlons smile.
"Now, don't let's fight about this.
It's no use,, for I've planned to win.
you have your proof—now I'll have
my price—or else I'll take it. Think
over Which it shall be while I lock up.'
Par down the mountain side a man
wajfe \irglng a broken pony recklessly
along the trail. The beast was blown
and spent, its knees Weak and befcid
ing, yet the rider forced It as though
behind him yelled a thousand devils,
spurring headlong through gully and
ford, up steep jlo|e« and down Invis
ible ravines. Sometimes the animal
stumbled and tw with Its faster,
sometimes ttof arose together, but the
man was heedless of all except his
haste, insensible to the rain which
smote him blindlngly, and to the wipd
which seized him savagely upon the
ridges, or grasped hi?! in the gullies
with exhausted malice. At last he
galped the plateau and saw the road
house light beneath, so drove his heels
Into the flanks of tjie wiijd-broken
Creature, whioh lunged forward game
ly. He felt the pony rear and drop
away beneath him pawing and scram
bling and instinctively kicked his
feet free from the stirrups, striving to
throw hjmsejf out of the saddle and
clear of the thrashing hoofp. It seem
ed that he turned over in the air be
fore something smote him and he lay
still, his gaunt, dark face upturned to
the rain, while about him the storm
screamed exultantly.
The moment Struve disappear^ Into
the outer room Helen dartefl to the
window. It was merely a single sash,
nailed fast and Immovable, but seiz
ing one of the little stools 'beside the
stove she thrust It through the glass,
letting in a smother of wind and
water. Before she could escape,
Struve bounded into the room, his
face livid With anger, his voice hoarse
and furious.
But as he began to denounce her, he
paused in amazement, for the birl had
drawn Cherry's weapon and levelled
it at him. She was very pale and her
breast heaved as from a swift run,
while her wondrouB gray eyes were lit
with a light no ipan had ever seen
there before, glowing li^e two jewels
whose hearts contained the pent-up
passion of centuries. She had altered
as though under the deft hand of a
master sculptor, her nostrils growing
thin and arched, her lips tight pressed
end pitiless, her head poised proudly.
The rain drove in through the Shat
tered window, over and past her,
while the cheap red curtain lashed End
whipped her as though in gleeful ap
plause. Her bitter abhorence of the
man made her voice sound strangely!
unnatural as she commanded:
"Don't dare to stop me." She mov-j
ed toward the door, mentioning him to
retreat before her, and he obeyed, I
recognizing the danger of her cool
ness. She did not note the calculating'
treachery of his glance, however, nor
fathom the purpose he had in his
ain4.
Out on the rain-swept mountain the
prostrate rider had regained his senses
and now was crawling painfully to
wards the road-house. Seen through
the dark he would have resembled
some u^isshapen, creeping monster,
f¥ he dragged himself, reptlle-Hke,
close to the ground. But as he came
closer the man heard a cry which the
wind seemed guarding from his ear,
and, hearing it, he rose and rushed
blindly fprward, staggering like a
wounded beaBt.
Helen watched her captive closely
as he backed through the door before
her, for she dared npt lose sight of
him until free. The middle room Was
lighted by a glass lamp on the bar and
its rays ^showed that the front doof
Was secured by a large iron bolt. She
thanked' Heaven there was no lock
and key.
Struve had retreated until hib back
was to the counter, offering no word,
making no move, but the darting
brightness of his eyes showed that he
was alert and planning. But when the
door behind Helen, urged by the wind
through the broken casement, banged
to, the man made htp first lightning
like sign. He dashed the lamp to the
floor, where It burst like an egg-shell
and darkness leaped Into the room as
an animal pounces. Had she been
calmer or had' time for an instant's
thought Helen would have hastened
back to the light, but she was mid
way to her liberty and actuated by
the sole desire to break out Into the
open air, so plunged forward. With
out Warning,- she was hurled from her
feet by a body which came out of the
darkness upon her. She fired the lit
tle gun, but Struve's arms closed about
her, the weapon was wrenched from
her hand and she found herself fight
ing against him, breast to breast, with
the fury of desperation. His wine
burdened breath beat into her face
and she felt herself bound to him as
though by hoops, while the touch of
his cheek against hers turned her into
a terrified, lnsenate animal, which
fought with every ounce of Its strength
and every nerve of Its body. She
screamed cnce, but it was not like the
cry of a woman. Then the struggle
went on In silence and utter black
nesB, Struve holding her like a gorilla
tljl she grew faint and her head began
to whirl, while darting lights drove
past her eyes and there was the roar
of a cataract In her ears. She was a
strong glr], and her ripe young body,
untried until this moment, answered
In every fibre, so that she wrestled
with almost a man's strength and he
had hard shift to hold her. But so vio
lent an encounter cpuld not last. Helen
felt hftrself drifting free from the earth
and losing grip of all things tangible,
when at last they tripped and fell
against the Inner door. This gave
way, and at the game moment the
man's strength departed as though it
were a thing of darkness and dared
not face the light that streamed over
them. She tore herself from his
clutch and staggered into the supper
room, her loosened hair falling In a
gleaming torrent about her shoulders,
While he arose from his knees and
came towards her again, gasping
"I'll show you who's master here—"
Then he ceased abruptly, crlngingly,
and threw up an arm before his face
aB if to ward off a blow. Framed in
the window was the pallid visage of a
man. The air rocked, the lamp flared,
and Struve whirled completely around,
falling back against the wall. His
eyes filled with horror and shifted
down Where his hand had clutched at
his breast, plucking at one spot as if
tearing a barb from his bosom. He
Jerked his head towards the door at
his elbow in quest of a retreat, a
shudder ran Over him, his knees buck
led aftd he plunged forward upon his
face, his arm still doubled under him.
It had happened like a flash of light,
and although Helen felt, rather than
heard, the shot and saw her assailant
fall, sjhe did not realize the meaning
of it till a drift of powder smoke as
sailed her nostrils. Even so, she ex
perienced no shock nor horror of the
sight. On the contrary, a savage Joy
at the spectacle seized her and she
stood still, leaning slightly forward,
staging at It almost gloatingly, *tood so
till she heard her name called, "Helen,
little slater!" and, turning, saw her
brother in the window.
That which he witnessed in her face
he had seen before in the faces of mfen
locked close with a hateful death and
from whom all but the most elemental
passions had departed—but he had
never seen a woman bear the marks
till now. No artifice nor falsity was
there, nothing but the crudest Intens
est feeling, which many people live
and die without Hnowng. There are
few who ccime to know the great prim
itive, passionate longings. But in this
black night, fight.lncr In defense of her
most sacred self, this girl's nature had
been stripped to its purely savage ele
ments. As Glenlster had predicted,
Helen at last had felt and yielded to
Irresistibly powerful lmplse.
Glancing backward-at the creature
sprawled by the door Helen went to
her brother, put her arms about his
neck, and kissed him.
"He's dead?" the Kid asked her.
She nodded and tried to speak, but
began to shiver and sob instead.
"Unlock the door," he begged her.
"I'm hurt, and I must get in."
When the Kid had hobbled Into the
room, she pressed him to her and
stroked his matted head, regardless of
ii»u uii-Uii.T, SoaKerl garments.
"I must look at him. He may not be
badly hurt," said the Kid.
"Don't touch him!" She followed,
nevertheless, and stood near by while
her brother examined his victim.
Struve was breathing, and, discover
ing this ,the others lifted him with dif
ficulty to the couch.
"Something cracked In here—ribs, I
guess," the Kid remarked, gasping and
feeling his own side. He was weak
and pale, and the girl led him into the
bunk room, where he could He down.
Only his wonderful determination had
sustained him thus far, and now the
knowledge of his helplessness served
to prevent Helen's eollnpse.
The Kid would not hear of Her going
tor help till the storm abated or day
light came Insisting that the trails
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Helen forced her brother back to
his couch and returned to help the
wounded man, who grew Incoherent
and began to babble.
A llttla later, when the Kid seemed
stronger and his head clearer, Helen
ventured to tell him of their uncle's
vlllany and of the proof she. held, with
her hope of restoring justice. She
told hltn of the attack's planned that
very night and of the danger which
threatehed the miners. He questioned
her closely and, realizing the bearing
of her story, crept to the door casting
the wind like a hound.
"We'll have to risk it," said he. "The
wind Is almost gone and it's not long
till daylight."
She pleaded to go alone, but he was
firm. "I'll never leave you again, and,
moreover, I know the lower trail quite
well. We'll go down the gulch to the
valley and reach town that way. It's
farther but It's not so dangerous."
"You can't r'de," she im-isted
'I can If you'll tie ir.-} Into the sad
dle Come, get the horses."
It was still pitchy dark and the rsin
was pouring, but the wind only sighed
weakly as though tired by Its violence
when she helped the Bronco into hie
saddle. The effort v/r.Miched a
from him, 'nil ho In
sisted upon her tying Ms fret h'?.
neath the horse's belly, saying that the
trail was rough and he could take no
chance of falling again so, having per
formed the last services she might for
Struve, she mounted aer own animal
and allowed It to pick its way down the
steep descent behind her brother, who
swayed and lurched drunkenly in his
seat, gripping the horn before him
with both hands.
They had been gone perhaps a half
hour when another horse plunged furi
ously out of the darkness and baited
before the road house door. Its ride,
mud-stained and dishevelled, flung him
self In mad haste to the ground and
bolted in through the door. He saw
the signs of confusion In -the outer
room, chairs upset and broken, the
table wedged against the stove, and
before the counter a shattered lamp In
a pool of oil. He called loudly, but, re
ceiving no answer, snatched a light
which he found burning and ran to the
door at his left. Nothing greeted him
but the empty tiers of bunks. Turning
he crossed to the other side and burst
throtigh. Another lamp was lighted be
side the couch where Struve lay,,
breathing heavily, his lids half closed
over his staring eyes. Roy noted the
pool of Wood at his feet and the
broken window then, setting down his
lamp, he leaned over the man and
spoke to him.
When he received no answer he
spoke again loudly. Then, in a frenzy,
Glenlster shook the wounded man
cruelly, so that he cried out In ter
ror:
"I'm dying—oh, I'm dying." Roy
raised the sick man up and thrust his
own face before his eyes.
"This is Glenlster. I've come for
Helen—where la she?" A Spark of
recognition flickered in the sufferer.
"The Kid took her away. The Kid
shot me," and then his voice rose till
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were too treacherous and that no time
could be saved by doing so. Thus they
waited for the dawn. At last they
heard the wounded man faintly calling
He spoke to Helen i. larsely. There
was no malice, only fetr. In his tones:
"I said this was my inadness—and
I got What I deserved, but I'm going
to die. O, God—I'm going to die and
i,i it-J mi
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"Yes, you're going to die and I did
It. Be game, can't you? I sha'nt let
her go for help until daylight."
p$«ra$
a eodden garment which Helen had
removed from her brother's shoulders
and replaced with a dry one. He
snatched It from the floor and in a
sudden fury felt it come apart In his
hands like wet tissue-paper.
He found himself out in the rain,
scanning the trampled soil by light of
his lamp, and discerned tracks which
the drizzle had not yet erased. He
reasoned mechanically that the two
riders could have no great start of him,
so strode out beyond the house to see
if they had gone farther into the hills.
There were no tracks here, therefore
they must have doubled back towards
town. It did not occur to him that
they might have left the beaten path
and followed down the little creek to
the river but replacing the light
where he had found it, he remounted
and lashed his horse into a stilt canter
up towards the divide that lay between
him and the city. The story was grow
ing plainer to him though as yet he
could not piece it all together. Its
possibilities stabbed him with such
horror that he cried out aloud afld
beat his steed into faster time with
both hands aud feet. To think of those
two ruffians fighting over this girl as
though she were the spoils of pillage!
He muBt overtake the Kid—he would!
The possibility that he might not
threw him Into such ungovernable
mental chaos that he was forced to
calm himself. Men went mad that
way. He could not think of it. That
gasping creature in the road house
spoke all too well of the Bronco's de
termination. And yet, who of those
who had known the Kid In the past
would dream that his vlleness was so
utter as this?
Away to the right, hidden among
the shadowed hills, his frientls rested
themselves for the coming battle, wait
ing Impatiently his return, and timing
it to the rising sun. Down in the val
ley to his left were the two he follow
ed, while he, obsessed and unreasoning
now cursing like a madman, now grim
and silent, spurred southward towards
town and into the rankST&ik his ene
mies.
CHAPTER XXI.
Day wag breaking as Glenlster came
down the mountain. With the first
light he halted to scan the trail, and
having no means of knowing that the
freslf tracks he found were not those
of the two riders he followed, he urg
ed his lathered horse ahead till he be
came suddenly conscious that he was
very tired and had not slept for two
days and nights. The recollection did
not reassure the young man, for his
body was a weapon which must not
fail in the slightest measure now that
there was work to do. Even the un
welcome speculation upon his physical
handicap offered re'ief, however from
the agony which fori upon him when
ever he thought of Helen In the gamb
ler's hands. Meanwhile, the horse,
groaning at his master's violence,
plunged onward towards the roofs of
Nome, now growing gray in the fast
dawn.
It seemed years since Roy had seen
the sunlight, for this night, burdened
with suspense,, had been endlessly
long. His body was faint beneath the
strain, and yet he rode on and on,
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$260 down, less transportation, bal
ance in five payments. Own a farm.
rm iirrfild." He" mrtaned till the foulness to prey upon a 'womanT" Roy
Bronco Kid hobbted In, glaring With felt a weakening physical sickness
sweep over him till his eye fell upon
Be independent. Will double in value
in three years. Write today for par
ticulars. Western Farm Lands Co.,
Kuhn's Crossing, Colorado.
it flooded the room with terror. "The
Kid shot me and I'm dying." He
coughed blood to his lips, at which
Roy laid him back and stood up. So
there was no mistake, after all. and
he had arrived too late. This was
the Kid's revenge. This was how ho
struck. Lacking courage to face a
pian'3 level eyes, he possessed the
Office Over Western
Surety
Bonds
tired, dogged, stony, his eyes set to- Saturday night Qlv»n by Gates Bros.
31
ROTH BROS. & BLAIR
REAL ESTATE CO.
Union
Second and Market Streets.
A nice prairie farm of 240 acres in,Davis county. Land lava from level
to gently rolling. No rough land on farm. Small house, new barn 33x31:
10 acres In orchard. Well fenced and croafe-fenced. On main road- tele
phone in bouse and R. F. D. Price $75.00. Owner will take stock of hard
ware in exchange on this farm.
N-
A nice little farm of 50 acres about E mils* from Ottumwa. Good hou«a
and barn. Large orchard, abundance of small fruit of all kinds. This Is a
good farm and a nice place to live. Price $66 per acre.
One of the very best 80 acre farms in Wapello county, located 2,b miles
from Ottumwa. Every foot lays good and all tillable. Large brick house,
large new barn. See us for full particulars.
840 Acre stock farm near Ottjumwa. Land lays rolling, but all well set to
blue grass. Two sets of Improvements. Abundance of running water. Half
fenced hog tight, owner will take more than half in trade.
Have a man with several pieces of good Income property in Ottumwa
who wants to trkde same on a farm of From 120 to 160 acres What liavs
you
Have another man with a (lne brick block in Ottumwa worth $10 000
also a prairie '"m of 100 acres near ottumwa. Wants to trade his farm
and business bloc,I: for a larger farm. Will give some one a square deal.
Write and tell us whatryou have.
i/
wards the sea, his mind a storm, df
formless, whirling thoughts, beneath
which was an undevlatlng, Implacable
determination.
He knew now that he had sacrificed
all/hope of the Midas, and likewise the
hope of Helen was gone In fact, he
began to realize dimly that from the
beginning he had never had the pos
sibility of winning her, that- she had
never been destined tor him, and that
his love for her had been sent as a
light by which he was to find himself.
He had failed everywhere, he had be
come an outlaw, he had fought and
gone down, certain only of his recti
tude and the mastery of his unruly
spirit. Now the hour had come when
he would perform his last mission, de
riving tnerefrom that satisfaction
which the gods could not deny. He
would have his vengeance.
The scheme took form without con
scious effort on hla part and embraced
two things—the death of the gambler
and a meeting with McNamnra. Of
the former, "ne had no more doubt than
that the sun-rlslng there would sink In
the West. So well confirmed was thl*
belief that the details did not engage
his thought but. on the result of the
other encounter he speculated with
some interest. From the first Mc
Namara had been a riddle to him and
mystery breeds eurl09lty. His blind,
instinctive hatred of the man had as
sumed the proportions bf a manllla
but as to what the outcome would be
when they met face to face, fate alone
could tell. Anywav ,McNa.mara
should never have Helen—Roy believ
ed his mission covered that point as
well as ner deliverance from the
Bronco Kid. When he had finished
he would pay the price. If he had the
luck to escape, he would go back to
his hills and his solitude if he .lid
not. his future would be In the hands
of his enemleB.
(Continued In Next Issue.)
RUSSELL CHAPEL.
Russell Chapel.—Mrs. Lillian Ireland
and daughter, Margret of Brookville,
arrived last Saturday for a visit and
to spend the Fourth at the home of J.
B. Gllyeart.
Quite a crowd from this neighbor
hood were shopping in Ottumwa on
Saturday.
Charles Beck, Ed Woodard, 3eorgo
and Llge Russel, James Buchanan, b
Drummond and T. T. Frlnk were in
Fremont Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crawford and
Mr. Speck spent Monday in Ottumwa.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Metz and Mrs. Ed
Georing of Ottumwa came out Sunday
in their automobile. They were enter
tained at the home of E. E. Gllyeart.
Thomas Shultz and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Davis were entertained Sub
day at the home ow D. T. Evans.
Ed Van Tine is visiting this week
at the home of George Maihafte.
Hazel Gllyeart Is spending th* week
in Ottumwa, the guest at Ethel Metz
and Nova Georing.
James Buchanan ang H). 19. Qftyvart
went to Fremont Tuesday to get their
oil at the C., B. & 0. depot for theli
threshing machines.
Floyd Glthens is on the sick list this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gllyeart spent
Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs.
James Buchanan.
Vernie Neal of Fremont Is Out In the
country plowing corn.
ALBIA.
Albla.—District oourt adjourned to
day to reconvene July 19.
Marriage licenses were granted by
the clerk of the district court to Wil
liam 8- Blume, 21, Unlonville, and
Gladys M. Raney, 17, Moravia, and to
Patrick Schoolj 21, and Blanche Bring
man, 17, both of Buxton.
Mr, and Mrs. Crawford of Florida
are guests of relatives at Albla. Mrs.
Crawford was formerly Miss Mattle
Wallace. This Is their first visit home
since their marriage three years ago.
Mrs. Bessie Amstot of Chicago, new
thought instructor and author of sev
eral books on that subject., is a guftfet
at the S. W". Pennington home.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Webb. Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Smith and J. H. Webb
are at Mt. Pleasant and New Londan
for the Fourth.
Mrs. J. W. Johnson of Bussey was
a guest at the J. M. Gass home at Al
bla. Rev. William Porter leaves today
for a seven weeks' sojourn at Roch
mand, Kansas.
Mrs. Llna Lowe and children, who
have been guests at the parental J. W.
H. Griffin home for. some time, return
ed to their home at Itasca, Texas, yes
terday.
Miss Aspra Thompson Is the guest of
her sister, Miss Oakley DoVns, at Os
kaloosa.
Albla was very quiet July
of all kinds, including bonds as administrator, exeoutor
or guardian, alpo bonds for officers of fraternal societies
and labor unlbns written on short notloe and at lowest
possible rates, by th6 American Surety Co., at 107 North
Court street.
W. T. WILSON, Agent.
4,
as most
Big
Platform Dance
at tho A. C. Leighton farm, ons-fourth
mils north of the 8haul oemetery,
MBjiipro
fist?
Telegraph Co., Corner
Did the Storm
Strike You?
If not, you were fortunate.
Wouldn't you rather pay what UtHi
It costs to keep your property pro*
tocted than to worry when storms are
raging? a.
See roe fat either fife or tornado
Insurance.
W. D. ELLIOTT,
Ottumws, Iowa.
Corner Second and Court Streets.
WANTED
WOODWORKERS Expen
teneed at ettlter Machine or
Bench Work.
Good Wages ¥nd Steady Em
ployment Guaranteed.
Write—giving age, experience
and full particulars.
Garr, Ryder £. Adams Co.
DUBUQUE
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IOWA,
Farms and City Property.
For sale and exchange, In Iowa, 7
Minnesota, North and South Dakota,
'}i
and other states. Irrigated lands for v.
sale in the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming,
with full Water rights to the land at $33 j.
per acre,, sdld on. easy terms. „1
We h&Ve a'bargain list of Ottumwa 1
property now for sale and exchange. '4, vjj
Office over .Cullen's Store, Ottumwa,
Iowa. j'jff.it
John P. ipplefiiist & Co., C|
128 E. MAI
COWENITRG A SON,
For Real Estate. Over rem hers
t't
Grocery, Corner Court and
Second Streets.
They haVe some of the best bargains
for the next 30 days in city property.
If you want to build call on them tot
a iot. If you want a bargain in a
home, let them show it to you.
They are Still listing farms every
week. When you want to buy, call oh
them for any size from 2% acres to 240
acres.
New 'Phone 442.
of &ie' residents were out for a good
time in neighboring towns and groves. .:?
Lester Van Oleave's horse scared at
a firecracker and kicked him on ths
leg. breaklng both .bohes. a:
bOnaparte. t"1
Bonaparte.—rtey. •$. H. Hinkhouse,
formerly pastAr Of the First Presby
terlan church of £}lciux City, but now
of Parsons college.': Fairfield, will occu
py the pulpit Of the Presbyterian
church here Sunday, Jiily 14.
A*
a recent meeting of the city
council Dr. C. C. Crey resigned as a
member of the council and as health
physiolan. A. V, BlacHMrd was elected
to the former posltUrij and Dr. R. N»
Cresap to the latter.
Bonaparte, did jiot celebrate this
year, but sent large delegations to ths
neighboring towns.
S. E. Irish at Keosa.i)qua was a busi
ness visitor here yesterday.
Arthur Freshwater has gone to Bill
ings, Montana, to attend the land open
ing
Mrji. 8. M. Blddle of Monmouth, 111,
has been a recent guest of her sister,
Mrs. B. R. Vale and family.
Mrs. Clara Holmes of Hlllsboro IS
visiting her daughter," Mrs Frank
Mahler,
of he a W am S el
Mt. Pleasant. $3?
Samuel Glbbs is visiting relatives MfeS
In AsMiand, Mo.
M*. and Mrs, Lease of Denver, Colo.,
are visiting Mrs. Sarah Parish and
daughter. Mrs. George Spence.
William Whitlock and G. B. Nelson
returned yesterday from a trip through
Oklahoma and Indlah Territory.
Mrs. L. H. Warner and son Of Des
Moines afe visiting the former's moth
er, Mrs. Emily Smith.
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Miss Irehe Lefiter. who has been em- \i-is
ployed as teacher of domestic science'.
at Lead, S. D#,'_ has returned home for
her summer vacation. \&'r
Mlsaea Oletha and Edna Collins are
vistting In Des Molties with thtlr aunt,
or a if
Mrs. Van Morris is visiting rela
tives in Keosauqut this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Schmidt have
gone to Cheney, Washington for a aix
Weeks' visit with their daughter, Mrs. pp
O. A. Hubbel.
Mrs. Benjamin Ketchum Is the guest
f.fe