OTTAWA FREE TRADER - .TOURNAE,
Thursday, app.il 21, 1021.
PAOE SEVEN
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS
Helen Makes Her Own Banking Rules
BY ALLMAN
The
Wreckers
ara Thai wa a mam at the
I1 DANK - Ht I HAL' OVIl&llRAvJM
WHAT AWE
vou GOIMG To
THAT5 NOTHING TOGBT
EXCITED ABOUT1 I'll WRITE
"IHft-l A CHf.CK FOR TWELVE
j ' MV ACCOUNT TvJ&LVE DOLLARS'
PO ABOUT IT;
I
DOLLAR AkiPYOU C AM TAKE
T IN TO
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FRANCIS
LYNDB
I HELEN. SOME MAN )! 5GM1 MAM 'f vfs t wilt If" 1
WANTS Totaik rn uiAtrrft Ml '.' I I Tuani. , . ,, WHO IS TMl GAN
Vou onthephomi m I am , a ke 1! DOG calling uc
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l !fLl J i';
Krttvw Iny, from n hnl Mr Nni 1 1 1
had Mid, polnl ni which we were
Ki'liig in side inn i mhI wall for the
special and Hit" wild etiitlne, I ijrew
NOH nf nervntlN and Worked-tlp after
we liiiii cidnIihI through tin? Bin 1 1 11
yard nnd the da) winch hciran in sway
and lurch around 1 ho uni cun cm imt
If (he special hail been making bet-
ter time than Ihe loss h ' coin I
upon? In Ilia I cane, we'd prolmbl hit 1
her In 11 head under where on one
nf tiins.. mtv curve. And wllli Hie
time we were making, and the lime
shed bo making, there wouldn'l lie
enough lofl for either (ruin to !h
Worth picking up. j
A iniii- or so Bhorl (' the "V" aid-
1 nc I wenl up ahead and handed my-
s) r out to the forward platform i"!
lee If I couldn't get u squliil past the
storming engine. I got It now and
then, on ii wing ni the curve, hut
there wns nothing in sight, .t 1 1 1 the
same ii was mighty scary, und I 1 m , u i
n relief breath so deep that it nearly
made me sick ni mv stomach v. in-n
1 finally readied Chat Klrgan hud -T 1 r
nlT n in l as alow int.' lor the atop ul the
farther sw Itch of 11 Id "V."
Whnl hiis done at the wiirii ns
done sifii. 11 Mini work they
have the fear of death gripping at
then). If Ihe apeelal should come up
whllc we -wei making the back-In. Ihe
resiill would h Jual aboul the anme na
it would have 1 n if wo hud met 11 .
oq the curves, j
with our own engine allent, I rnttltl
hear n fnini soimd like the far-uway if I ibl write down any real tie
fluttering of 11 safet) valve, We were script h f Ihe way things stacked up '
no) ten seconds too goon, The special 'here in thnl lonesome valley for Ihe I
was coming, title bunch of h- (im g i aghast at !
Mr. Norcross, who vas sun in the tne ""f"1 horror, I in I wouldn't
engine cab, shol an order nl Klrgan, I '" l"' hnmmerlng the keys of a
"Fling your coal over Die headlight, !
nnd theu be ready to snatch i' and
get off I" he shouted. "If thej see it
ground : "Break the coupling on the
coach, Jimmie- quick !"
As I jumped to obey I understood
what was to be dune. The flremnn nl
the suitch n- to lei the special k
by. and then Ihe bfiss Jusl the Loss
lone on the engine was ;o be let
out on tho main (rack to put himself
between the chnser and the chased. It
wax a hair-raising proposition, but per
hops Jusl perhaps no) quite so sub
etiini v ii looked. With skilful han
dling the Interposed engine might p.
sibiy be kepi out of the wn) by hack
ing, and Its warning hendllghl shin
ing full Into the eyes of the men In
the 4HVs cab would RurelyMic enough
to stop them- If anything would.
I bad Jusl finished ut upllng the
day-coach and the boss was easing our
engine ahead a bit to make sure that
she ii loose, when Ihe car door
opened behind me and Ihe major and
Mrs. Sheila came out In the front
vestibule, i' was Mrs. Shelln ulei
poke to me, and her voice had bor
rowed some of the big terror Hint 1
bad seen in her eye- while she WHS
sittini; In the office at Portal 'it..
Where whereabouts are we, Jini
mle?" she nsked.
Before I could open my mou'h the
black shadows of the ci ked valley
beyond 'he switch were shot through
Willi tlie wjiite. slilinniei niu tin
a headlight beam, and 5 scennd later
the special nicked into view on the
curve of approach.
As we looked, there was a short,
sharp w histle yelp, the brakes gripped
tile wheels, the one car train. With Ore
grinding from every brake shoe, came
to a jerkin;: s!np a Bhort cnr-leugth on
our side of the switch, and 11 man
dropped from the engine step to 1:0
SpiintlUg to the rear. And It was
plain that neither tho engineer tmr
the man wlm un- running hack saw
our outfll waiting on the leg of the old
"Y."
Klrgan as the first one to under
stand. With n shoul nf warning, he
jumped and ran Inward tho stopped
train, yelling at the engineer for God's
sake in putt mil ami go on. Hack In
the hills beyond the curve of approach
another boars,, murmur was Jarring
upon the air. and the Special's firn-
innn. who was the man we bad seen i
Jnuii off and go running back, and
ho. of course, didn't know thai we
had our man there, was apparently I
trying to ranch the switch behind hi ;
train to throw it against Ihe following
engine to shoot It (iff on the "V."
By this time the Pos was off of our
engine nnd racing S cross the ancle of
the "Y" only :i little waj behind Kir
gim. He realised thai bts plan was
smashed by the Stopping of the spe
cial, and that the very catastrophe we
had come out to try to prevent wast
due to baiipen light there and then.
Whatever Mir man Waiting S1 the
switch miffbt do. there was hound to
be n collision u be lefl Ihe points
set for the main tine, the wild engine
would crush Into the rear end of the
Stopped special ; nnd If be did the ot;i.
er ihiiig. our engine and coach stand
ing on the "Y" would ge; It.
"Get the pc.pie out ..f that rstrF I
heard the hos bellow, bm even as be I
...J ... ... ... ... .. I
vim IT llie joi ;ile oi i il vioppoo
engine went off with a roar IMHng Ihe
shut-in vallev with rlantorinfff that
ii'dliiug cniid drown
Two SlBUtes. io time . minutes
" - '
niorc and the Meop-soddeii hunch nf
the aiwcinrs enr iuIkIiI have
heen roused and turned out nnd wived.
Rut the minutes were not given us,
While the racing fireman r still n
few fpet short .of l lie switch the throw
n f -w i -1 would have saved the
one-car train only to lei ihe mndninn's
engine In on our engine and conch, nnd
ut man- ulready nl Ihe switch was
inn urn red to know which horn of the
ililemma to el no, the end initio.
There was the flash of another head
light mi the curve, aiinther whistle
nhrlek nnd l turned to help the major
take Mrs, Sheila off our car and run
with her, against the horrlh
iiim we might gel H Inatet
speelnt.
Bui we didn't get It. Tet
later ili. baslnu einrlne lini
headlong Into the standing trul
lug Itself clear tip ' Ihe tendi
heart of the. old wooden nice)
Ing the whole business mi t on
bury-
In Ihe . 1 i 1 . 1 . mid setting tin- wreck-
-'' afire
I'ullnirtn hi
kindlings
'niiton.
suddenly an If Hi
been a fagot of pltcl
I only waiting foi
f-vpewrll
I
ni
hatt
than the part he If
1
. I
!, I
special, who were nhle to .lump In nnd 1
try to do something, and. looking back
at it now, it s,.i.is as if we all did
much. About half
nied outright in t
ill) hurl that they di
I of the In.. lies of t
igine, the boss was 1
t of that tli.ree rest'
As youd
'ad and f
light, lb- had stripped off his- mnt,
and he kept on diving Into the liiirn
Ing wreck after another nnd vel an
other of the victims until it seemed ns
if he couldn't posslblj do It one more
time and come out ail
ve. Il
these v
heen tr
ni
had
kill
him, He was to,
After we had g
we eonhl reach,
more lefl who w
hear hlui above
steam and the er
for thai
it all th
dead
kill him h
Klrgan hit
enev hnv '
fore th
nun
found
ut in il mere
OUT day-coach, and was eh
like a madman.
The minute he
a hole blu eni
the Mi; mnster-mochai
ai and climbed down
roppet
i the
h
Ing hell where the screams wer im
log from, i nr flremnn picked up the
as and ran uroittld lo the oilier side
gineer of the special, nnd his flremnn
were trying to break- into the crushed
i ah or the 418,
The old major, the boss, and t stood
by to help Klrgan, and the minute
bis bead came np through the chopped
bide we saw that he needed help. He
limi prbd the screaming man loose,
somehow, and was trying to drag bin
up out of the smoking furnnce. It was
done, amongst n-, some way or other.
Klrgan had wrapped the man nil In a
Pullman blanket lo keep the Are from
pottlmr at blm anv worse thnn P nl-
ready hart, and as we ere taking him
out the blanket slipped :is;.. from his
face and I sa' who ii was thai Ihe
maater-mchftnlc bad ri!.- I his life
for. It was Hatch, himself, and he
died In our anna, the major's and
mine, while we were CflrTylttg him out
to where Mr;-, sin iln was testing one
of the Pullman sheets thai I bad got
bopi of into stilus to make bandages
for the wounded.
With the chance of saving maybe
another one or two, we couldn't May to
help the brave little woman who WBS
a iloseu poor wrei
she took time to
at
me
breathless question :
'Have they found him yet-: joi
know ibe one i mean, Jlromley
"No." I said. "They're digging awaj
mv" 1 ran 1
to jump in again.
(To nr. CONTtmntlXI
rOR QTIOK MSStTLTi THY THK
"WANT Ai is" in the ran
TRAOKR-JOU RNALi
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
rA&h LANDS
FOR BALE Sm
wa, an follows:
f:inn:, r:i'nr OtU
10 aces. Improved 4.n()-) VVANTRD A young man and bis wife
15 acrea, Improved 6,600 aro coming to Ottawa to mako their
20 acres, half timber, lm- : home, within ten days; he Is connect
proved 2.500 wjth tno ,,,,,, Magnestone Corpora
te acres, half timber, lm- .j lmn ,ere; wanta ;, -t 0r G room mod
proved 6,0001 ern mttage. Have you on two
4 acres, ball garden, lm- furnished rooms thev micht rent fur
proved
IW.O'l I
16,000
16,n0i1
40 acres, fair Improvements,
'& acres, wen improvea
I j SO acres, well Improved 14,0001
115 acres, fair Improvements . . 14,0001
; Easy terms. I
W. li. PUSBT,
Centra Life. Ottawa, III.
fOR RENT
FOR RENT Clean, pleasant rooms.
by day or week. Gates Hotel, Lai
Salle and Mill Bts.
FOR RENT T
Easl WnBhtnt
(face, ftlfj I
lias! Washington St., I $15; story
and a half frame dwelling, 5 rooms
down. 2 up; electric, llghl , no plumb
Ing; outside well. Don't telephone or
annlv without references and don't
'(Hi RENT
9w9l3lwteOOe
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iRAL
ATHS
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Now Open.
Phone 394-W.
If you have any :nplv cases
f cur bottles phone us,
please.
Mf
Dr.H. Fledderman
PII.K nnd liUI I hK
SPECIALIST
PILES. I remove by an SbSOrbeBl
method that remove- them forever.
.No knife, no chloroform, no delaj
from work.
GOITER, I reduce uy a dependable
absorbent method that gives com -
BtatO and permanent results. Don't
wait until four heart e.es and nerves
collapse conserve your health.
At Hotel Ottawa, Ottawa, 111 , every
Saturday from 10 a. m. to C p. m.
(liice over Asluu s store.
MINI
Jit,, . '
203 R. Main St
Streator, 111.
HELP WANTED
ANTED Girl, In thi
nulro .-it thla office.
intry, In-
il couple of Weeks or so','
T. B. FARRELL.
Vorxc MEN, WOMEN, over IT. tor
postal mull servlci , t.o month:
examinations April-Ma) ; oxperleno
unnecessary, For true particulars nf
in tnietimi. v. ute .1 LEONARD (for-
Bqultable Ith
Washington, D, C
W NTi:i) A good plain cook. Apply
Mrs. James I', c'atlin. Phone 12.
Professional lards
Dr. E. A. Kelly
DCNTIST
1125 Columbus St. Ottawa, III.
... . . . .
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Offlce hoars S a 111. to 7:30 p. m.
Sunday hours 3 to 1U.
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225
THERON L. LENA M.
Warrick & Warrick
CHIROPRACTORS.
Palmer School Graduates
Room 212-14 central Lifo Building,
Ottawa, III.
j Phono 1008.
Hours: 10-12, 3 7 8.
Dr. C. A. Blean
CHIROPRACTOR.
Licensed by Illinois State Board of
li.
( 111-112 Moloney B Ig, Phono 62 I It
Hours; B-12 a m , 1-1 p. m
Dr. C. F. Van Atta
a
s successor to nr. iierzog,
Eye, Ear, No e nnd Throat.
Offlce 401 Central Life.
Phone 101B W
F.A.K ossow Roofing Co.
tar and Gravel Roofers.
2 All Work Guaranteed.
Residence roofs of the very best
Xi Have tbom fixed for i rainy day.
Phono l.i Salle 1 109 it
BONDS
WH BUT AND SELL
All kin. Is of
i BONDS AMD STOCKS
Room 406 Central Life Build. ag
Telephone .S!)
ROBERT J. REID
Magneto Starter.
General or Repairing.
Ottawa Electric Co.
FRED VV. BUEHLER, Prop.
306 W. Main St.
Phone 982
UPHOLSTERING
BH ALWAYS RIGHT Bprtng over
j haulinr: of furniture do:,. right hv
Geo. Bauchle. Telephona s::?x.
west Main street.
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cigar t!toro.
Rrolherf
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WANTED
IwAVTinn to RITY. nid feather beds.
I also ( lean leathers and make tie" .
folding nailer mattresses. Address
Algie Wnid. Liu 5th Bt La Salle, 111.
Phone !!68 La Salle, I
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WANTED - Furnished, modern or'
seml-modem house for small family.
est of references. Box X, this office.
WANTED i P
the bVce Tri
rage, any color, at
Journal offlco.
W ANT ro HKAli from owner havii
fiirm Stati cash price ai '
t ription JOHN J I :i . m
Illinois st , Chippewa Kails. W is.
FOR SALE
1
MISCELLANEOUS.
1
,.,, , . , . , ,
? SALE-Mlg type Poland China
boars; cholera Immuned and record-1
ed. Also sows with litters at aid.;
rnone Grand Ridge B526 or write
WILLIAM H. NAGI.B.
.
FOOR SALE Choice spring wheat,
Inquire O, J. Maas. Phono &0I7-3.
i
i I
line elm
wo plant;
FOR SALE I have some
trees for transplanting,
them for you, Phone 934-X
F. C. ALBREI HT. 1 1 1 1 Poplar St.
PALMER'S STRAIN Amour Amer
ica's leading Marred Plymouth'
Hoi ks; IB eggs for $1 25 or 100 for $7.
Phono 9019-3 1.
MPS. Jt HN I. FURR.
BABY cilU'K
From Ilea
S. C Wh
ay delivery, l.vis per 100; June,
l-$15. Order early for preferred
ttes, Seven Acre Poultry Farm,
Shdridan, 111. .Box F-149.
OR BALE Rugs and c
CongrcBH street Phom
FOR RALE Rhode Inland R
I 00 per setting, ) 5 00 per
.1;
M Burki
FOR SAL
Bab G
Rrunaw Ick n
d combination
i" 1x8, Good
I ST 1 1
I IIRECHT, llll Poplar St.
AUTOMOBILES
t X.
hand V
ecu abused and is a good buy.
first-cliirs ondf-
Ara')s G.'.e Weld Alfalfa.
and
'u'it
"'' '
' m
i "1 t: v. i
to praelli
where fartniu
that
ami
fie.l
nine i
this I
e n
nil alia "
FOR JALE
HOUSES.
TOR BALD--Seven room Bouse wits
hot water heat, lath room, laundry: LANDOIK3Y SPECIAL NUMBER
,n 801 condition. Three large lots,: Jusl out, containing 1921 facts of
quantity of fruit, Center Ottawa, IS,- clover land In .Marinette county, Wl
800.00. li Is Gertrude Harris. In. If for a home or as an In-
hestnn-nt you are thinking of buying
W)R BALM--rive room eottage. hard.!-"';' '-''- l;1 "' where farmers grow
Md floors, furnace, pas, electric: '' ' fentl ce or JBJs "PMiai
lights, 4,000; also 5-room OOttage, number ol Landology, It is free on
eltv ut,.r lm linn Mi 1 1 i Ml hnth request. Address S K I 1 M I ) ft K-
in west Ottawa. Mtsi Gertrude Har
ris. Ton 8ALB- Five nonts east of Or
leass street, all of which will be
'(' tor much less thai the actial)
T'ue. Miss Gertrude Harris.
KOK BALE BU room, aew, modern
house; In good location; heating
and plumbing worth from 12,500 to
Hi, One; hardwood floors, colonadea
etc.; for quick sale from 15,000 to
16,000 less than house could b
. erected. MISS GERTRUDE HARRIS.
i
FOR HALF) Three modera houses In
EaBt Ottawa, weet of Orleans street
for one-halt value. Miss Gertnde
Harrta
FOR SALE Small house and twe la's1
west end, Including garage and
(chicken bouse; $200 down, balance
lM'r month; Blao five vacant lute
cheap, one or all. v. B. pi sfv.
Real Kst. ,t Ins-, i entral Life Hlda.
FOR BALE Very good 7 room house,
" blocks from court house; all mod-1
Prn conveniences; a bargain. Also
ft ne r,.si,i,.n,.o iM East Ottawa, with
two IoIb; very reasonable In price.
W H PUSBT,
Real Est. ft Ins., Central Life Iildr
FDR SALE -11.000 house and lot for
850 cash. W B. PU8ET,
Central Life Hide.
,E A
e on Wi
throughout' cement floor call
the best house for blocks aro 1
, ,,en ..",..... ' "' s "
n-.a ' , c ' ',
both bargaii
T. i;
T I! FARRELL.
RIDS FOR COAL.
. tho Hoard of s rvlsorn ol La s
iry to li" a ,d by
id I a
Hons
lied
le offl
than
An.
i Ittawa, II
NOTICC.
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Date oi
nl Coun
are notified to attend and present t:
. nne in writing for adjustment.
Dated the ISth day of April, a. i
W'll 1 .1 M LEfflf
Admlnlatrator.
MISCELLANEOUS
HAVE YOUR w.l l. PAPER cleaned
l an expert. Leave orders at
I Wl lor & Main .;, or address STEVE
DOOLAN, 013 West Jackson at.
R1E1
Rieh
K LAND CO., 368 Skidmore-
nidg., Marinette, Wis.
I NOTICE I use this means of Inform
I inc those to whom I have shown
I and offered for sale the I'eter Hianch)
dwelling on Congress St. that it ha
been withdrawn from the market.
T li. FAR HELL.
FI1RNITHRE nphobiterlng work.
Furniture cabinet work.
Furniture finishing work.
Furniture repair work.
I Mattress work
Done practicaliv and well
GEORGE BAUCHLE. Phone 837-X.
INSURANCE Fire. Tornado, Ailto-
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Iffctlve October II, tilt.
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EASTBOUND.
Eastboond cnr leave Ottawa sta
tion for M tr ellles, Seneca, liorrla.
Mlnooka, Rockdale and Jollet, 111, In
a. m 5:40, b6 35, 7:51, 1:61, ll:l.
In p. m. 1:66, b2:66. 3:55, c4 55. i:6.
8 : i6. 11:05.
WESTBOUND.
Westbound cars leave Ottawa
Hon for Utlca, La Balle, Peru, Spring
Valley, Ladd, DePue, Bureau. Priuce
ton In a. m. r.:6". g6:60, f8:26. fS: 56.
dlO 56, f! . In p. m. fl:55, f 3 : 65,
-4 55, f5 55, k7 65, k'J.55, mil: II.
SOUTHBOUND.
Southbound cart leave Ottawa Sta
tion tor Grand Itldse, McKlnley Tark
and Streator In a m., 5:55, 7:65. 9:66,
11 55. In p. m., 1:66, 3.55, 5:55, 1:00,
11:00.
b Jollet, dally except Sundsys aid
' holld.sys.
c Morris.
d Ladd.
f Princeton.
, Ladd. dally except Mondays aai
holidays.
m La Balle. ) .
LLWAT8 BUY TICKETS AND 8AYI
tfONBY,
TICKET OFFICE OPEN FROM 1:44
A at. TO 11 35 P. M,
TICKET FARES TO
CHICAGO
Via Jollet, III., and Chicago A JolM
Electric Railway:
$3.00
Round On O
Trip WayltUW
(Return trip limited to ten days)
FAST FRFIOHT SrRVICl.
pt'fini Anu for Full taitxinailta
RicksN
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