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2 SATURDAY, November 6, 1909.
The Little Brown Jug
at Kildare
By Meredith Nicholson.
Copyright 1908—The Bobbs-Merrtll Compnay.
(CHAPTER XI—Continued)
"But you spoke a moment ago ol
Tommy's official position. Is this ar
rangement a matter of general knowl
edge in North Carolina?''
"No it is not. You and he and I
are the only persons who know it.
Papa does not know it yet and when
papa finds it out it may go hard with
him. You see, Mrs. Atchison"—and
Jerry leaned forward and rested an el
bow on the tea-table and tucked her
little chin into the palm of her hand—
"you see, papa is very absent-minded,
as great men often are, and he went
away and forgot to perform some
duties which the honor and dignity of
•the state require to be performed im
mediately. There are some wicked
jmen who have caused both North Caro
lina and South Carolina a great deal
iof trouble, but they must not be pun
jished in this state, but in South Caro
lina, which is just over there some
.where. There are many reasons for
that whi?h would be very tiresome
to tell you about, but the principal one
is that Barbara Osborne, the daughter
'of the governor of South Carolina, is
ithe snippiest and stuckupest person I
have ever known, and while your
ibrother and I are in charge of this
state I have every intention of annoy
jing her in every way I can. When Mr.
Ardmore has caught those wicked men
{I spoke of, who really do not belong
!in this state at all, they will be march
'ed straight into South Carolina and
ithen we shall see what Governor Os
'borne does about it and we will show
(Barbara Osborne, whose father never
had to paper his dining-room, after the
•war between the states, with bonds of
'the Confederacy—we will show her
,that there's a good deal of difference
between the Dangerflelds and the Os
Ibornes, and between the proud Old
iNorth States and the state of South
Carolina."
"And you have placed this business,
.requiring courage and finesse, in
Tommy's hands?'
"That is exactly what I have done,
Mrs. Atchison. Your brother is no
great distance from here, and we have
exchanged telegrams today but
when I told you a moment ago that I
did not know his whereabouts exactly
•I spoke the truth. Your brother's ap
pearance on the scene at the beginning
*was most providential. The stag6 was
set, the curtain waited"—Jerry extend
ed her arms to indicate a breath of
situation—"but there was no valiant
hero 1 needed a leading man, and Mr.
Ardmore walked in like a fairy prince
ready to take the part. And what I
shall say to you further, as my chap
eron, will not, I hope, cause you to
think ill of me."
"I love you more and more! You
may tell me anything you like without
fear of being misunderstood but tell
me nothing that you prefer to keep to
yourself."
"If you were not Mr. Ardmore's sis
ter I should not tell you this and I
shall never tell another soul. I was
coming home from a visit in Baltimore
and the train stopped somewhere to
let another train pass. The two trains
stood side by side for a little while,
and in the window of the sleeper op
posite me I saw a young man who
seemed very sad. I thought perhaps
he had buried all his friends, for he
had the appearance of one lately
bereaved. It has always seemed to
me that we should do what we can to
cheer the afflicted, and this gentle
man was staring out of his window
very sadly, as though he needed a
friend, and as he caught my eye
seemed to me that there was an ap
peal in it that it would have been un
womanly for me to ignore. So, just as
toy train started, at the very last mo
ment that we looked at each other, I
•winked at that gentleman with,
think, my right eye."
Miss Geraldine Dangerfleld touched
the offending member delicately with
her handkerchief.
Mrs. Atchison bent forward and took
both the girl's hands.
"And that was Tommy—my brother
Tommy?"
"That gentleman has proved to be
Mr. Thomas Ardmore. I had not the
slightest Idea that I should ever In the
world see hira again. My only hope
was that be would go on his way
cheered and refreshed by my sign of
good-will, though he was either so de
pressed or so surprised, that he made
no response. I never expectcd to see
him again in this world and when I
had almost forgotten all about him he
coolly sent in his card to me at the
executive mansion in Raleigh. And I
was very harsh with him when I
learned who he was for you Iknow the
Ardmore estate owns a lot of North
Carolina bonds that are due on the
first of June, and Mr. Billings has been
chasing papa all over the country to
know whether they will be paid aud I
Supposed that of course your brother
was looking for papa, too, to annoy
him about some mere detail of that
bond business, for the state treasurer,
who does not love papa, has gone
away fishing and Mr. Billings is per
fectly wild."
"Delicious!" exclaimed Mrs. Atch
Ison. "Perfectly delicious! And I am
sure that when Tommy explained his
real sentiments toward Mr. Billings
you and he became friends at once."
"Not at once, for I came very near
having him thrown out of the house
and I laughed at him about a jug that
was given to him on the train at Kil­
dare
with a message in it for papa. You
know when you are governor people
always give you presents—that is,
your friendly constituents do. The
others give you only unkind words.
The temperance people send you jugs
of buttermilk on board your train as
you pass through the commonwealth
and others send you applejack. Your
brother "gave back the buttermilk and
kept the jug of applejack which had
warning to father in its corn-cob
stopper. I thought it was very funny,
and I laughed at your brother so that
he waB scared and ran out ot the
house. Then afterwards I looked out
of the window of papa's office and saw
'Mr. Ardmore sitting on a bench in
the state house yard looking ever so
sad and dejected, and I sent the priv
ate secretary out to get him and now
we are, I think, the best of friends,
and Mr. Ardmore is, as I have already
told you, the governor of North Caro
lina to all intents and purposes."
"May I call you Jerry? Thank you,
dear. Let me tell you that I am thirty
two and you are—?"
"Seventeen," supplied Jerry.
"And this is the most amusing, in
teresting and exciting thing I have
heard in all my life. It might be dif
ficult ordinarily for me to forgive the
wink, but your explanation lifts it out
of the realm of social impropriety In
to the sphere of generous benevolence.
And if, after Colonel Glllingwater has
gone to his reward, you should marry
my brother, I shall do all in my power
to make your life in our family happy
in every way."
Your brother does not seem par
tlcularly proud of his family connec
tion," said Jerry. "He spoke of you
in the most beautiful way, but he
seems distressed by the actions of
some of the others."
Mrs. Atchison sighed.
"Tommy is right about us. We are
sad lot."
"But he is very hard on the duke.
Since I came to Ardsley his Grace has
treated me with the greatest courtesy,
and he has spoken to me in the most
complimentary terms. He is beyond
question a man of kind heart, for he
has promised me his mother's pearl
necklace, which had been in her fam
ily for four hundred years."
"I should not hesitate to take the
necklace, Jerry, if he really produces
it, for my sister, his wife, has never
had the slightest glimpse of it, and it
is, I believe, inthe hands of certain
English trustees for the benefit of the
duke's creditors. I dislike to spoil one
of his Grace's pretty illusions, but un
less Mr. Billings softens his heart a
great deal toward the duke I fear
that you will not get the pearls this
summer."
"I must tell you as my chaperon,
Mrs. Atchison, that the duke has al
ready offered to elope with me. He
told me last night as we were having
our coffee on the terrace, that he
would gladly give up his wife, mean
ing, I suppose, your sister, and the
Ardmore millions for me but while I
think him fascinating I want you to
feel quite safe, for I promise you I
shall elope with no one while I am
your guest."
Mrs. Atchison's face had grown a
little white and she compressed her
lips in lines that were the least bit
grim.
"The scoundrel!" she exclaimed half
under her breath. "To think that he
would Insult a child like you! He is
hanging about us here in the hope of
getting more money, while my poor
sister, his wife, is in an English san
atorium half crazed by his brutality. If
Tommy knew this he would undoubted
ly kill him!"
'That would be very unnecessary. A
duke, after all, is something, and I
should hate to have the poor man
killed on my account. And besides,
Mrs. Atchison, I am perfectly able to
take care of myself."
"I believe you are, Jerry. But it's
a terrible thing to have that beast
about, and I shall tell him tonight that
he must leave this place and the
country."
"But first," said Jerry, "I have an
engagement to ride with him after din
ner to see the moon, and the oppor
tunity of seeing a moon with a duke of
ancient family, here on the sacred soil
of North Carolina, is something that I
can not lightly put aside."
"You can not—you must not go!"
"Leave It to me," said Jerry, smil
ing "and I promise you that the duke
will never again insult an American
girl. And now I think I must dress
for dinner."
She roBe and turned her eyes
dreamily to the tower above, where
the North Carolina state flag flapped
idly in the breeze. This silken emblem
with its single star Miss Geraldine
Dangerfleld carried with her in her
trunk wherever she traveled and hav
ing noted Ardmore's unadorned flag
staff, she had, with her own hands, un
furled it, highly resolved that it should
remain until the rightful governor re
turned to his own.
A few minutes later, as Mrs. Atch
ison was reading the late mail in her
sitting room, she took up a New York
newspaper of the day before and ran
over the head-lines. "Lost A Gover
nor" was a^ caption that held her eye,
and she read a special despatch dated
Raleigh with deepest interest. Gover
nor Dangerfleld, the item hinted, had
not yet returned from New Orleans
where he had gone to attend the Cot
ton Planters' convention, and where,
moreover,, he had quarreled with the
governor of South Carolina. The
cowardly conduct of both governors in
dealing with the Appleweight b&nd of
outlaws was recited at length and it
was also intimated that Governor Dan
gerfleld was deliberately absenting
himself from his office to avoid meet
ing squarely the Appleweight issue.
Mrs. Atchison smiled to herself
then she' laughed merrily as she. rang
for her maid.
"Little Jerry's story seemed highly
plausible as she told it and yet she Is
perfectly capable of spinning romance
with that pretty mouth of hers, par
ticularly when backed by those sweet
and serious blue eyes. Tommy and
Jerry! The combination is Irresistible!
If she has really turned the state of
North Carolina over to my little broth­
er something unusual will certainly
happen before long."
And Mrs. Atchison was quite right
in her surmise, as we shall see,
CHAPTER XII.
Mr. Frank Collins, of the Atlanta
Palladium, trod the tieB beyond Kil
dare with a light heart, gaily swing
ing a suit-case. He had walked far,
but a narrow-brim straw hat, perched
on the back of hlB head, and the
oheery lilt of the waltz he whistled
spoke for a jaunty spirit. As his eye
ranged the landscape he marked a
faint cloud of smoke rising beyond a
lonely strip of wood and coming to a
dilapidated piece of track that led
vaguely away into the heart of the
forest, he again noted the tiny smoke
cloud. On such a day the half-gods go
and the gods arrive and the world
that afternoon knew no cheerfuller
spirit that the Palladium's agile young
commissioner. Mr. Collins was not
only in capital health and spirits but
he rejoiced in that delicious titillatlon
of expectancy which is the chief com
pensation of the journalist's. life. His
mission was secret, and this in itself
gave flavor to his errand and more
over, it promised adventures of a kind
that were greatly to his liking.
As the woodland closed in about him
and the curving spur carried him farth
er from the main right of way he
ceased whistling and his steps became
more guarded. Suddenly a man! rose
from the bushes and leveled a long
arm at his detainlngly.
"Stop, young man, stop where you
are!"
"Hello!" called Collins, pausing.
"Well, I'm jiggered if it ain't old
Cookie. I say,- old man, is the un
taxed juice flowing .In the forest prim
eval or what brings you here?"
Cooke grinned as he recalled the
reporter, whom he remembered., as a
particularly irrepressible specimen of
his genus whom he had met while pur
suing moonshiners in Georgia. The
two shooks hands amiably midway of
the two streaks of rust.
"Young man, I think I told you once
before that your legs were altogether
too active. I want you to light right
out of here—skip!"
"Not for a million dollars. Our
meeting is highly opportune, Cookie.
It's not for me to fly in the face of
Providence. I'm going to see what's
doing down here."
"All right," replied Cooke. "Take it
all in and enjoy yourself but you're
my prisoner."
"Oh, that will be all right! So long
as I'm with you I can't lose out."
"March!" called Cook, dropping be
hind and thus the two came in a few
minutes to the engine, the cars and
the caboose. From the locomotive a
slight smoke still trailed hazily up
ward.
Thomas Ardmore, coatless and hat
less, sat on the caboose steps writing
messages on a broad pad, while a tele
graph instrument clicked busily with
in. One of his men had qualified as
operator and a pile of messages at his
elbow testified to Ardmore's industry.
Ardmore clutched in his left hand a
message recently caught from the wire
which he re-read from time to time
with increasing satisfaction. It had
been sent from Ardsley and ran:
I shall ride tonight on the road that
leads south beyond the red bungalow,
and on the bridle-path that climbs the
ridge on the west, called Sunset Trail.
A certain English gentleman will ac
company me. It will be perfectly
agreeable to me to come back alone.
OfTUMWA OOUWIBB
G. D.
Ardmore was stilling writing when
Cooke stood beneath him under the
caboose platform.
"I beg your pardon, Mr. Ardmore,
but this is our first prisoner."
Ardmore signed a despatch and then
looked up and took the pipe from his
mouth. Collins lifted his hat politely.
"Ah, Mr. Ardmore, you see I have
taken advantage of your exceedingly
kind invitation to look you up in North
Carolina."
"He was looking for you very hard
when I found him, Mr. Ardmore," in
terposed Cooke.
"Your appearance delights me," said
Ardmore, extending his hand to the re
porter. "It was nice of you to walk
out here to find me. Wouldn't they
put you up at the house?"
"Well, the fact Is I didn't stop there.
My paper sent me in this general di
rection on business, but I had every
honorable intention of making you
that visit after I finished my assign
ment. But Cookie here says I'm ar
rested."
"He's a dangerous character and
can't be allowed to run loose In „hese
parts. I'm going to tie him up," said
Cooke.
"May I ask you, Mr. Collins, just
what you are doing here?" inquired
Ardmore.
'"You may, and I'll bet a boiled
goose that Cooke and I arc on the
same job."
"What are you looking for?" de
manded Ardmore's chief of staff.
"It's a big story if I get it, and I
have every intention of getting it,"
said Collins guardedly.
"Out wltb. It!" commanded Ardmore
"The fact is, then, that I'm looking
for a person of importance."
"Go right on, please."
"And that person Is the governor of
North Carolina, who is mysteriously
absent from Raleigh. He attended the
Cotton Planters' convention in New
Orleans. He got as far as Atlanta
on his way home and then disappear
ed. I need not say to gentlemen of
your intelligence that a lost governor
Is ripe fruit in my business, and I
have reason to believe that for some
purpose of his own the governor of
North Carolina is hiding in this very
neighborhood."
Cooke glanced at Ardmore for in
structions, but the ipaster of Ardsley
preferred to keep the matter in his
own hands.
"So you want to find the governor of
North 'Carolina, do you? Well you
shall not be disappointed. You are
too able and zealous to be wasted on
journalism. I have a feeling that you
are destined to higher things. Some
thing told me when we met in At
lanta that fate had set us apart for
each other. That was why I aseltd
you to visit me when I really didn't
know but that, after learning where
the spoons are kept, you would skip
without leaving your subsequent ad
dress. But now there is important
business on hand and the state of
North Carolina will take the liberty of
borrowing you from Georgia until the
peace of the Old North State Is re
stored. And now, Collins, I will make
a disclosure that will undoubtedly
startle you a good deal, but you are no
longer employed by the Atlanta Pal
ladium, and your obligation to that
journal must be 'transferred to the
state in which you now stand. You
came here, Collins, to look for the
governor of North Carolina, and your
wits and your argus-nose for news
have served you well. You have found
the governor of North Carolina I
am he!"
Collins bad Btood during this recital
in the middle of the track with his legB
wide apart, calmly fanning himself
with hiB hat but as Ardmore pro
ceeded the reporter's hand dropped to
his side, and a grin that had over
spread his face slowly yielded to a
blank stare.
"Would you mind repeating those
last words?"
"I am the governor of North Caro
lina, Mr. Collins. The manner in
which I attained that high office is not
important. It must suffice that I am
in sole charge of the affairs of this
great state, without relief from valua
tion or appraisement laws and without
benefit of clergy. And we have much
to do here mere social conversation
must await an ampler time. I now
appoint you publicity agent to the gov
ernor.- Your business is to keep the
people fooled—all the people all the
time. In other words, you are chief
Har to the administration, a position ot
vast responsibility, -for which you have,
If I am a judge of character, the great
est talents. You will begin by send
ing out word that Governor Danger
field has given up all other work at
present but the destruction of the
Appleweight gang. These stories that
the governor has hidden himself to
dodge certain duties are all punk—do
your understand?—he is serving the
people as he has alway3 served them,
faithfully and with the noblest self
sacrifice. That's the sort of stuff I
want you to jam into the newspapers
all over the world. And remember—
my name does not appear in the busi
ness at all—neither now nor here
after."
"But by the ghost of John C. Cal
htfun, don't you see that I'm losing
the chance of my life in my own pro
fession? There's a story in this that
would put me to the top and carry me
right into New York," and Collins
glanced about for his suit-case, as
though meditating flight.
Your appointment has gone into ef
fect," said Ardmore with finality, "and
if you bolt you will be caught an$
made to walk the plank. And so far
as your future is concerned, you shall
have a newspaper of your own any
where you please as soon as this war
Is over."
The three men adjourned to the
caboose where Ardmore told Collins
all that it seemed necessary for the
newspaper man to know and within
half an hour the new recruit had en
tered thoroughly into the spirit of the
adventure, though his mirth occas
ionally got the better of him, and he
bowed his head In his hands and sur
rendered himself to laughter. There
after, until the six o'clock supper was
ready, he kept the operator occupied.
He sent to the Palladium a thoroughly
plausible story giving prominence to
the Appleweight case and laying stress
on Governor Dangerfleld's vigorous
personality and high sense of official
responsibility. He sent queries to
leading journals everywhere, offering
exclusive news of the rumored disap
pearance of North Carolina's governor.
His campaign of publicity for the
state administration was broadly plan
ned, though he was losing a great op
portunity to beat the world with a
stunning story of the amazing nerve
with which Ardmore, the young mil
lionaire, had assumed the duties of
governor of North Carolina in the un
accountable absence of Governor Dan
gerfield from his capital- The whole
thing was almost too good to be true,
and Collins put away the idea of flight
only upon realizing the joyous possi
bilities of sharing, no matter how
humbly, in the fate of an administra
tion which was fashioning the drollest
of card houses. He did not know, and
was not to know, until long afterward,
just how the young master of Ardsley
had leaped into the breach but Ard
more was an extraordinary person,
whose whims set him quite apart from
other men, and while, even if he
escaped being shot, the present en
terprise would undoubtedly lead to a
long term in jail, Collins had commit
ted himself to Ardmore's cause and
would be faithful to It, no matter what
happened.
Ardmore took Collins more fully in
to his confidence during the lingering
twilight, and the reporter made many
suggestions that were of real value
Meanwhile Cooke's men brought three
horses from the depths of the forest
and saddled them. Cooke entered the
caboose for a final conference with
Ardmore and a last look at the maps.
"Too bad," remarked the acting gov
ernor, "that we must wait until tomor
row night to pick up the. Apple
weights, but our present business is
more important. It's time to move,
Cooke."
They rode off In single file on the
faintest of trails through the woods,
Cooke leading and Ardmore and Col
lins following immediately behind
him. The great host of summer stars
thronged the sky, and the moon sent
its soft effulgence across the night.
They presently forded a noisy stream,
and while they were seeking the trail
again on the farther side an owl hoot
ed a thousand yards up the creek, and
while the line re-formed Cooke paused
and listened. Then the owl's call was
repeated farther off and so faintly that
Cooke alone heard it. He had his
hand on Ardmore's rein:
"There's a foot-trail that leads along
that creek, and it's very rough and dif
ficult to follow. Half a mile from here
there used to be a still, run by one of
the Appleweights. We smashed it
once, but no doubt they are operating
again by this time. That hoot of the
owl is a warning common among the
pickets put out by there people. Wire
less telegraphy Isn't in it with them.
Every Appleweight within twenty
miles will know in half an hour how
many there are of us and just what
direction we are taking. Wa must nov.
come back here tonight. We must
MS
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community.
put up on your place somewhere and
let them think, if they will, we are
guests of yours out for an evening
ride."
(To be Continued.)
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JURY CENSURES RAILROAD.
Adjourned Meting of Coroner's Jury
Finds Verdict In Case of Miss
Agnes McGuire.
Albla, Nov. 4.—The coroner's jury
which has been standing adjourned
since the death of Agnes McGuire,
who was killed on a C., B. & Q. cross
ing a short distance northwest of Al'
bia on August 2, has brought In a ver
dict. and by it the railway company
is censured and conditions are pointed
out that possibly might have saved
the life of the young lady. The jury
found that the young woman came to
her death through an accident, but
they found further taht the accident
was caused by a defective board
crossing at a public highway on the C.
B. & Q.'railway, that the proper sig
nals had not been given for the ip
proach to the crossing, and for ex
ceeding the speed limit as the train
was passing through the corporate
limits o£ the city. .*
The death of Miss McGuire was one
of the saddest that has ever happened
in the county. In company with elev
en other young people she had gone
to the city reservoir on a picnic. They
were riding on a hay rack and had
left the reservoir and started to the
city. When coming close to the C. B.
& Q. tracks a train was seen to ap
proach and an alarm was given by
one of the. young ladies. They all
jumped to safety except Miss Mc
Guire and Mr. Abercrombie. They
remained on the rack and while it was
crossing the rails she was either jar
red or jumped from the vehicle. 7n
a few seconds the train was upon her
.and she was so mangled that her
death followed in a short time. It
cast such a gloom over the commun
ity that the people have not as yet re
covered from the shock.
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EDDYVILLE.
Eddyvlile—The schools at this place
closed today to give the teachers an
opportunity to attend the state teach
ers' meeting at Des Moines. Those at
tending are Superintendent Miss Em
ma Nye. Miss Ada Middleworth, Miss
Gertrude Pierson, Miss Bridget Sim
mons, Miss Laura Carpenter and Miss
Wilklns.
A. C. Black, nlghtwatch, is spending
this week in St. Louis visiting his
daughters. Ed Shields was appointed
to fill the position during his absence.
Gladys, the 13-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Griffis, died of typhoid
fever after a short illness of four or
five days, at the home of her uncle,
Harry Buffington. wh ~e the family
Were visiting a short time preparatory
to moving- from Sednlia, Mo., to Os
kaloosa. The funeral was held Sunday
afternoon at the residence and inter
men was made in Highland cemetery
Those from out of town who attend
ed the funeral of Frank Ryan were
Miller and wife of Kingfisher, Okla.
W. C. Wilson of Cody, Wyoming Chas
Criswell and wife of Ottumwa Mrs,
Dave Templton of Hamilton Mrs.
Chapman and two daughters from A1
bia Mrs. Kate Beedle of Des Moines
and his friend and boyhood chum
Grant T?ood of Albla.
Ottumwa passengers Tuesday were
Mrs. Pearl Hall and daughters Vera,
Mrs. Phil Scott and Miss Pierson, A,
C. Beamer and Mart Emmanuel.
The High school entertainment giveir
at Palace hall Friday night was well
attended. The proceeds, $85 will bo
spent for library purposes.
Mrs. Sherm Oldham and children
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sumption after Foley's Honey and Tar
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CHARITON.
Chariton—Last evening at eight
o'clock, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Eli Dismore in southeast Chariton, oc
curred the marriage of their daughter.
Miss Bessie Dismore. to Charles C.
Wheeler. At the appointed hour, to the
strains of a wedding march executed
by Miss Birdie Clark, the bridal
couple entered the parlor and took
their places in front of a bank of flow
ers while the ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. Hugh Moore, pastor of- the
First Baptist church. A large number
of invited guests were present. After
congratulations had been proffered a
two course luncheon was served. The
bride was attired in a becoming gown
of white flax, trimmed in embroidery
and "lace. The bride and groom have
both resided here from childhood and
are well known. They have a host of
warm friends who will extend congrat
ulations and who trust that happiness
and prosperity will ever attend them.
They will at once go to housekeeping.
The groom has been an employe of the
Curtis broom factory for some time.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Duckworth de
parted yesterday for the southern part
of Old Mexico with a view of purchas
ing land there.
Mrs. P. S. Putnam of Denver, Colo.,
is visiting in Chariton with her broth
er, Ben Brock and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Larson and
daughter. Laura of Red Oak, Mr. and
Mrs. Nels Johnson of Humeston, Mr.
and Mrsf Hilmer Johnson of Wausa,
Neb., are all here attending the anni
versary celebration at the Swedish
Lutheran church an*", visiting friends
and relatives.
The public schools have been dis
missed today and tomorrow to permit
the superintendent and teachers to at
tend the meeting of the State Teach
ers' association in Des Moines. Those
who went up to the capital city last
evening were Superintendent J. E.
Roberts, Profs. Herbert Synder and
John E. Lukens, Misses Rena Morris,
Nellie Rae, Ethel Smith, J. Etta Lay
ton, Daisy Throckmorton, Maude Ab
ernathy, Susie Hupp, Amanda Robert
son, Nellie Hanlin, Dora Gladson,
Grace Penick, Bessie Elrod, Nina Lutz,
Vashti Pfrimmer and Bertha Peck.
G. W. Dunshee of Afton returned
home yesterday after a few days' visit
with his son Neil Dunshee and family.
His little granddaughter accompanied
him home.
Will McDonald of Pleasant township,
formerly of this place, came up yester
day for a brief visit with old friends
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RICHLAND.
Richland—Miss Jane Wade who vis
ited friends in Ollle last week has re
turned home.
Frank Reed went to Oskaloosa on
Saturday to spend a few days with a
brother.
John Carmichael, A. F. Mills and Dr.
Eugene Carmichael were Ottumwa vis
itors Thursday.
Mrs. Robert Anderson and children
of What Cheer are visiting relatives
here before going to their new home in
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the following:
who have been visiting: Mrs. Oldham's
"Tnother, Mrs. Davidson left for their
home at Olivet Monday.
Loren Albaugh had the misfortune to
meet with an accident Wednesday,
while at work. He was caught by a
scraper and thrown to the ground re
sulting in the dislocation of his right
shoulder.
Mrs. Ella Crookham who has made
her home in Eddvville for the past
year departed Tuesday morning for
Galena, Kansas, to spend the winter.
Phillip Bihler and Mrs. Blanche
Coupe surprised their many friends by
going to Ottumwa Tuesday and being
quietly married, the ceremony being
performed by the United Brethren
preacher of Ottumwa. They have gone
to housekeeping: on North Third street
with the groom's parents.
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Belle riaine where Mr. Anderson has a
position in a drug store.
J. D. Gaass, secretary of the Pella
Overall Co., was a visitor in town on
Wednesday.
S. R. Tracy'and wife are spending a ,•
couple of weeks visiting relatives In
Sigourney, West Chester, Washington
and other places.
G. G. Kistor and wife report a new-,
daughter at their home.
John Ramsey and wife are the par
ents of a baby, born recently.
Mrs. A. F. Bridger has returned from
Sioux City,, where she was a delegate
to the order of Eastern Stars conven
tion.
Mrs. Drake and Mrs. White of
Cedar Rapids are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John Ramsey.
Miss Edith Roberts of Fremont was
the guest of Mrs. I. M. Walker last
week.
Kossuth Lodge No. 32 I. O. O. F. con
ferred degrees on a couple of candi
dates Saturday night.
The Hustons gave a delightful en-r
tertainment Thursday night at the
opera house to a'-large auai'eneer this
being the second n'umbe'b of"th6"?lec
ture course.
Dr. Eugene Carmfchael departed on
Saturday for -his home in Sac City. He
visited over Sunday in Des Moines be
fore returning home.
Drs. Doods. and Carmichael were
callers in Rubio Wednesday.
A. F. Bridger made a business trip
to Keota Tuesday.
Mrs. Warner who was a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Duke has returned to
her home in Moulton.
Mrs. Henry Pringle ig visiting rela
itves in La Harpe. 111.
Mrs. Wm. Harris who went to Kan
sas to attend the funeral: of a broth
er-in-law has returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Frail are in Hills
boro visiting thier daughters.
Chas. Pringle and family went to
Osborn, Kansas Tuesday ot spend sev
eral months visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Reece Haworth Went
to Ft. Scott Tuesday to visit a. son and
family.
Rev. Joseph Sopher is conducting a
protracted meeting at the Friends
church.
Attorney D. T. Stockman was in
the city the fore part of the week vis
iting his mother who is in ill health.
Mrs. A. F. Bridger attended the
Eastern Star convention at Sioux
City.
ALB1A.
Albia—A. R. O'Brien opened a scrits
of gospel meetings at the First Pres
byterian church yesterday morning.
The service was largely attended and
the series promises to be one of un
usual interest. Plans for these spceial
meetings were initiated by the pastor
and members of the church many
week.: ago and will undoubtedly bear
fruit. The pastor of the Methodist
church likewise opened evangelical
meetings Sunday morning. Rev. Mar
tin is an excellent leader and an inter
esting speaker and his' people will give
him enthusiastic support. The people
of Albia will have an abundant op
portunity to hear and learn of the
higher, saner, manner of living.
The Farmer's Institute closed Satur
day. Those in attendance consider the
time well sent. The program and ex
hibits were good. The baby show at
tracted many. Twenty-two babies
competed for the prize which was won
by Mark Dewey's daughter.
Mrs. R. T. Aiken and daughter Kath
ryn went to Brookings, S. D., last
week to be present at the wedding of
Mrs. Aiken's niece Miss Sarah Colwell.
The ceremony took place Wednesday
at 4 p. m.
Allen Ramsey. Pullman conductor on
a run from Omaha to Chicago spent
Sunday at the home of his brother-in
law Chas. Ott of South Second street.
Mrs". C. C. Atchison returned Satur
day from Montanelle and Greenfield to
which places she went after the Mis
sionarv convention of the United
Presbyterian church at Des Moines
last week.
Miss Elizabeth Porter, formerly of
Albla but now of Oskaloosa arrived
here Friday for a few days visit with
friends."
The Associate Presbyterian church
held congregational meeting in the
church to further consider the calling
of a regular pastor to this field.
The Merro-Go-Rounds enjoyed their
usual All Saint's gayety at the home
of Mrs. Wm. Gutch. Saturday night.
Masked and sheeted, they succeeded in
getting a great deal of amusement out
of each other's ghostly society. The
Merry-Go-Rounds always live up to
the standard their name implies.