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CRITTENDE:“ MARRIOTT
© W. G. Chapman,
. CHAPTER Xll—Continued
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“Hello! he yelled into the mouth
plece, and when Diego's excited ac
cents came back to him he swore
‘aloud.
' Diego recognized his voice and took
00 note of his profanity. Volubly, in
mingled Spanish and English, he
gasped out his tale.
- At tirst Barker refused to believe it.
Regularly, all the night through, his
‘spies had reported, each of them with
the assurance that Go Ahead and Stel
la were asleep at Bridget’s.
“Nonsense, Diego,” he raged. “You're
loco.” It's somebody else. Those other
dubs are here at Bridget’s.”
{ “No loco, senor. You think I know
hot the hombre who have trick me
lyesterday? No, senor, no!”
- “Well, I'll ind out and— If they’re
mnot' here, perhaps— What are they
‘doing?" ¢
. “They make sleep, senior.. All but
the black man, who stands on the
watch.”
“The black man? What black man?”
“l know not, senor. Never have 1
seen him before.”
“Well, can you get at them? How
many men have you?”
' Diego explained that it would be
easy. The senor remembered the big
hole that the great wolf hound had
dug beneath the back of the barn the
time that he found himself shut up
itherein? Bueno. The hole had been
fllled with loose earth, easy to dig
jout. It opened between the black man
and the sleeper. . . . But yes, the
earth was of a great looseness. Of a
gurety his men could remove it un
heard, and slip through unseen. He
[himself would lead them in spite of
'[hls wounded arm—wounded so cruelly
by the knife of the senor. The senor
‘understood that there were knotholes
‘through which one could observe and
Jearn when the chance best offered.
The senor could imagine—
But the senor had no more time for
‘imagining. “Never mind all that,” he
broke in. “You get those birds! Get
the two men any way you like, but
get them., And get the girl, too, but
‘don’t hurt her; and then you light out
;lor the Roost with her and the others,
pvhether they’re dead or alive. Call
‘me up when you're ready to start and
let me know. Now get busy.”
Barker slammed the earpiece on the
‘hook and rushed out of the officé and
hap the road toward Bridget's. He was
done for so far as Loboville was con
'cerned, but if Diego got that girl he
{might yet force her to marry him and
jescape with her to the East. He would
stake all on the chance, would cast
his lot openly with the bandits. The
padre was at the Roost; that was why
(he had not been at the ranch the
‘morning before, [f he had luck, he
might yet win.
Diego also hurried. Swiftly he
called his men, most of whom were
'up and about by this time, and led
them td the barn, where swiftly but
cautiously they re-excavated the hole
/beneath the barn sill. What noise
they made was drowned by the tram
ipling of the horses so close beside and
by the sound of their munching on
the oats in their nose bags.
Caesar, continually shifting his
gaze from right to fore and from fore
{to left, and back to right again, looked
Jess often over his shoulder; and
when he did look his eyes, directing
high, passed clear over the ground al
most at his feet. Even when at last
the surface caved softly in he did
mot notice the cavity any more than
she noticed any other depression in
the unfamiliar earth.
And Dilego, truth to tell, gave him
little time for observation. The mo
ment the hole was clear the Mexican
'was down, club In hand, writhing
through. Once only he had to stop,
\deterred by a touch from the man at
the knothole when Caesar looked
backward; then when Caesar turned
mway to search the distances before
him, Diego slid through, sprang up
ward and ran cat-footedly , forward
over the few Intervening feet,
In the alr his club rose, held In his
Jest hand—rose and came down; and
without even a grunt the unsuspecting
megro slumped to the ground. An In
stant later the other ranch hands, fol
lowing through the hole in quick suc
cession, flung themselves bodily upon
the sleeper.
‘Flower Names
The names of many flowers find
their origin in proper nouns, Back of
them there are often blographles. The
beantifsd Japanese flower, wistaria,
discovered by Nuttall, was not named
after him, but In honor of one of his
sclentific friends, Casper Wistar, a
professor of apatomy at the Univer
slty of Pennsylvania, The gentian
gete its name from the [liyrian king
Gentlus, who was the first to discover
fts groperties. Quassia was named
after Quassl, a pegro slave in Surl
The struggle was brief; for Qe
Ahead it was very brief. With him
Diego hagd ordered his men to take no
chances, and he opened his eyes only
to see a club descending. When it
struck, life for him temporarily end
ed. Stella, awakened by the struggle,
squirmed aside just in time to dodge
the pounce of two Mexicans and to
snatch at her pistol, but before she
could fire was overwhelmed beneath
the weight of others, in whose grip
she found herself utterly helpless.
The whole thing was a matter of
seconds. Even Diego, who had turned
promptly away from Caesar, confident
that his blow had gone home, was only
Just in time to see the finish.
Five minutes later Diego and his
men were off. Go Ahead and Caesar
bad been hung across their saddles,
with their hands and feet lashed to
gether beneath their horses’ bellies,
and Stella, with her hanas tied be
hind her, had beea forced to mount a
herse that was led by Diego.
Diego, surveying his work, felt well
satisfied. He did not know that while
he was telephoning to Barker, Go
Ahead had revived in answer to Stel
la's frenzied appeals, nor that Stella,
stopped by the coming of the Mexi
cans, had slipped into Go Ahead's
hand the tiny penknife with which she
had been trying to cut his bonds.
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CHAPTER XIII )
For an hour or more Diego and his
helpers trotted northward, leading or
shepherding their three captives.
Diego, exultant over his success and
forgetting the pain of his wound in
the joy of his triumph over the man
who had outwitted him twenty-four
hours before, chatted volubly with
his men, boasting, not without rea
son, of the skill with which he had
planned and carried through the at
tack. On the supposedly unconscious
men bound to their horses he heaped
epithets and derisive comments.
Stella was not one to abandon hope
readily, but she was very near to
abandoning it now. Not one reason
able glimmer. of hope could she see.
True, she had given Go Abhead her
own penknife and had seen his hand
close over it, and she had been able
to note that the Mexicans had not
discovered it and taken it away from
him. But that it could avail him any
thing seemed impossible; it was too
small, too fragile. Whatever spark
of hope still lay in her breast was
wholly unreasonable and was based
merely on what she had seen Go
Ahead do before, and not on any way
out of the trouble that she could im-«
agine.
The horses had started on the up
grade leading to the crest of the first
swell over which Go Ahead had fol
lowed her the day before. As they
climbed, Stella turned in her saddle
and swept the country behind with her
eyes, hoping against hope that she
might see something, if no more than
a trail of dust, showing that friends
were on their trail. But she saw noth
ing.
As she faced back to the front, how
ever, a sudden gutery close behind
her made her turn once more—just in
time to see Go Ahead’s horse rearing
and fighting against the bridle rein
with which his Mexican captor An
tonio held him. As she watched she
saw him tear himself free and race
away, buckjumping furiously, across
the sandy slope, apparently trying to
throw off the helpless form that was
lashed so securely acrose his back.
So sudden, so unexpected was the
outbreak that for a moment the three
Mexicans stared open-mouthed. Then,
at Diego’s sharp command, Antonio
spurred out after the buidened horse,
rope in hand.
Heart in mouth Stella had watched
the struggle, longing to go to Ga
Ahead's aid but restrained from do
ing so by Diego’s powerful gragp upon
her bridle. But when, afar off—for
the chase had taken Antonio far—she
saw Go Ahead hurled from his place
and felt Diego’s grip momentarily re
lax, she drove her spurs into her
horse’s sides and strove to break loosa,
She falled, of course, Her hands
were too tightly bound, and Diego'a
grip, relaxed as it was, was still too
firm. The brief struggle ended In
the only way it could end. So also
her plea to be allowed to go to Go
Ahead's help failed. Diego, who had
hesitated for a momeni whether to go
to Antonio'® help or not, instantly de
cided agalnst it
In vain Stella pleaded. A moment
later the horses passed the crest and
even the field of the struggle was hid
den from her gaze.
Half an hour later, cresting the see
ond swell, beyond which lay Skeleton
valley, Stella saw Barker and Wade
and the bandits at the bottom, gestur
ing impAtiently to her captors.
Barker spurred out to meet them as
they raced down the slope. He glanced
at Stella and nodded, then he stared
at Caesar's black face. and then, miss
ing Go Ahead, be turned scowlingly to
Diego.
Diego did not walt to be questioned,
He understood what his master
wanted. Volubly he explained.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Genlus is bolling talent,
name, Dutch Guiana, whe used ftg
bark as a remedy for fever.—Mentoe
Magazine.
Little to Remember
The thought that where there is a
railrond track a traln may be ap
proaching is so stmple that it ought
to be in the mind of every one whe
drives an automoblle.~Albany Joum
nal,
Suffering loses all its charms If &
woman has to do 1t in sllence
CHARLTON COYINTY HRERAT D
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Chief Executive Elect, and First Lady
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PRESIDENTIAL VOTE OF 1928 AND 1924
' Plurality Elect. Vote Eleet, Vote.
STATE Hocver Smith Hoover Smith C'idge Davis
AIaDEMA ivsevearsemansessiod 15,000 #o ™ 12
ATIZONA -« v inenssnsionsnsnhnani ANNOY 3 o 3 o
APKANSAS «iivescrsaivinionivigd 55,000 i Wi 9
Callfarnln .. sissioes custtani RN 13 wlB s
Coloratls .. .cossnvssiveesdits 120,00 C haee 6 ve 6 o
CONNEBCLICUL ouvosoanesdbesinivi 36,041 7 o 7 .-
DAIRWERES i vsvseroiiivii 32,000 $ 08
FIOBAE .. idsnbiivacaniniiin 41,000 6 e 6
CROMDIR . vaiseidiioovavvia 29,527 .o " . 14
IHRNO o oveiiisneadssivnnnviiie sAR gk .
HINOIE ooieisisioissvesanivi (IR 29 e 29 o
THAIARR o .00 s sinss e sosnvunmt i SRR Ehiny 15 Yo %3
POWR . cvnssrnnsonsisinnsnsiii TN 13 a 8 oo
KANBAB .. ovoisisivisvostuat. I, 10 oo 1D Nl
Kentueky ..., il eidicrnnsiane 178,000 13 &1 o
LOUISIANA .ivessanesnsonnntin 130,000 Sl i 10
Malß® o, iadisasdiioivistua i 98,000 6 P 6 o
Maryland ..ccoeicossnoobsonns tu U ks s 8 i 8 .
Massachusetts ......coooooooo 22,000 il 18 18 “
MIChIGAN ..veseseirossesnsves DENERNG 15 i 3 v e .
Minnesota ....cccocvseecasnns 175,000 12 St 38 .i
MisSiSSIPPi +eeevecsscsnccsens civwnes 125,000 i oo 10
MIBBOUPE . civvoniossvosenininu 160,000 18 D | o
MOIEBNE oiiovuvsssianirrind 38,000 4 e 4 >
NEDRABKR «ooescaoveosesanabin: iAU Sisihe 8 oo 8 ovi
NAVABR . ciioivonvinisneniaiy 3,400 A 3
New Hampshire ......c.eeoe 35,000 4 A 4
NeW JOrseY «...osecsccsasane. SN 85k 14 e eee
New Mexito ..i.ovessaepnins 24,000 Svisiv 3 e 3 i
NoW YOrK .coccvecosasnassing 91,000 i e 45 s 48
North Carolin® ...i.iesscsise 13,800 12 S ok 12
North Dakota ....ceveesecvss 65,000 5 55 5
OUIO .iis coanes ssscnnseibent .TN 24 i 2N
OKIRROMA .. .vviivisvsormning |TN 10 ek 10
OPEUON ...coosennsvssssennne 75,000 5 s 5 s
Pennsylvania .......eeeeseaes, 975,000 38 vi 98 ass
Rhode Island ....iéccosvoave ik v 1,493 ol 5 5 e
South Carolina ....vevevevers <o i 85,000 . .. 9
South Dakota .....ecoeeeenee 55,000 5 .- 5 o 4
TENNESSEe ....oovveecssvnnses 34,000 Grihde 12 e 12
PTORBE & ceoiscssnsescunnans 18,000 i 20 oy o 20
VB cisiiiosnnssisesonssaidi 7,500 benase 4 S 4
VOrMORE voesvisisiosiodninin 46,000 4 e -+
VIFGINIR cicvesscnscnennsvnse 23,500 . Wasine 12 £o 5k 12
Washington ......ccoeeenenee 165,000 Sibu ey 7 .o T ase
West Vlrginia vocceersvcinees HZNO Conieva 8 .o 8 ves
¥SWISCONSIN scorcssvcnnnsnse 113,000 13 sy ade
WYOIMINE | o oisscirsnsnnbiinn 24000 ... s % ..
6,628,241 463,070 444 87 382 136
*Texas vote not complete. **Wisconsin carried by La Follette in 1924.
Total vote cast 1928 approximately 38,000,000; in 1924, 24,211,519. Coolidge
plurality in 1924, 7,338,513. ;
NEXT CONGRESS
Senate House
Rep. Dem. Rep. Dem,
ABDAME vevvsvives e R 0
APIEOPR. ....viaserisine B Wl
ATMANSEE ..ovcosvin vs. B 00NN
Catlfornia ....ovvive Biioe “ M N
T AR MR G, 5 3
Conneotiomt ...sisis: B s B
DOaWßre ...ovsaviia: B I<%
Plorldß ...isviveven oo 8. i
QOOPOIR siivisvginne Ha B2S 5 W
ldaho sesessssensses 8 . 2 .
{INGIE . ivsdsnssrsns & oi DS
INBIONR L ivisohivate B na 9 4
IO s.ivdosessniins 1 B i A
KON ..iiisiciiin B & Y o 8
Kobualy ..cviuniee % % o 2
COUIBIRNG ..ierissss oo B 40N
Mal Ne.. civsiiiiiine B da g
e i aiasina Y Y )
Massachusetts ...... 1 1 18 8
Mishigan ... seiiese B oo /ELS
SMINNONORE soosnssse T -9 8 *2
MIBIONIPR 4esneesre oo R & 8
BN iiiviskvne N Y 2 8
MONEERA . ssisnssvess oo B s .3
Nobrasks cccoscsece & o s 3
NV visivacriiis 3 9 % e
New Hampshire .... 2 .. B .
New J.m’ sessnnne 2 . . 3
Now Maxioe (..vves 1 Y o %
Now Yorke.isieonss oo . B B 9 B 8
North Carolina ~... .. 2 g 7
North Dakota ~.... 2 .. 8 ..
OIS ...oidikisiosss R v W B
Okishoma ..ceeoooeo 1 4 s.§
OPOgON soceosncsnees & o 8 ..
PonnayivVanis .iioe.c 2 .. B £
Rhode Island ...... 2 .. » 1
Sowih Oarollng .... .. 8 & 7
SOUIh Dakots ..cois 8 v B i
TORROONS susscaoins oo B E 8
TORRS siisviossiinsn vs 3 BN
ÜBBN cisvennsosssees 1 1% g .
VO"MOHQ SRR Rr s 2 L 2 e
VIPGINES soseranatios oo B ' .8
Wanlinpion ‘.. ouoso 3. 1 n 2
West Virginia ...... 2 .. 8 ..
Wisoonsin .....00000 2 .. 11 ...
WYSNING wsssaninss 3 19 S
Total .......... 56 390 266 168
*One Farmer. Labor senater and
two Farmer. Labor representatives.
Popular Vote (Incomplete)~Hoover,
18,200,708; Smith, 12,980,003; Hoover
plurality, 5310015, In 1924 Coolldge
had 15,725,016, Davis 8,380,003, La
Follette 4,822,850,
GOVERNORS CHOSEN
Arizona—John C. Phillips ......Rep.
Arkansas—Harvey Parnell .....Dem,
Colorado—William H. Adams ~ Dem,
Connecticut—John H, Trumbull Rep.
Delaware—C. Douglas Buck ....Rep.
Florida—Doyle E. Carlton .....Dem.
Georgia—L. G. Hadman .......Dem.
Idaho—H. C. Daldridge .........Rep.
Illinois—Louis L. Emmerson ...Rep.
Indiana—Harry G. Leslie ......Rep.
lowa—John Hammill ..........Rep.
Kansas—Clyde H. Reed ........Rep.
Massachusetts—Frank L. Allen ~Rep,
Michigan—Fred ‘W. Green .....Rep.
Minnesota—Theo. Christianson . Rep.
Missouri—Henry 8. Caulfield ..Rep.
Montana—John €. Erickson ...Dem,
Nebraska—Arthur J, Weaver ... Rep.
New Hampshire—Chas. W, Tobey Rep.
New Jersey—Morgan F. Larson Rep.
New Mexico—Richard C. Dillon Rep.
New York—Franklin Roosevelt ,Dem,
North Carolina—o. Max Gardner Dem,
North Dakota—George F. Shafer Rep.
Ohlo—Myers Y. Cooper ........Rep
Rhode Island—Norman 8, Case . .Rep.
South Dakota—William J. Bulow Dem,
Tennessee—Henry H, Horton ~Dem.
Texas—Dan Moody ............Dem.
Utah—George H. Dern ........Dem,
Vermont—John E. Weeks ......Rep.
Washington—Rowland Hartley ..Rep.
West Virginia—Wllliam Conley ..Rep.
Wisconsin—Walter J. Kohler ...Rep.
Electoral Vote—Hoover, 444; Smith,
87: Hoover majority, 357, In 1024
Davis (Dem.) had 136; In 1920 Cox
(Dem.) had 127,
States Carried—-Hoover, 40; Smith,
8 (Alubama, Arkansas, Georgla, Louls
fana, Mussachusetts, Mississippl, Rhode
Island, South Carolina).
Fourteen Large Citles—Hoover B,
Smith 6. Hoover won Chleago, Phil
adelphla, Detroit, Baltimore, Pitts
burgh, Los Angeles, Buffalo, Cincin
natl, South won New York, Cleve
land, St. Louls, Boston, San Francls
o, Newark., Total vote In these
citles: Smith, 5,420,760, Hoover, 3,
875,079,
Congress—New senate will have 56
Republicans, 30 Democrats, 1 Farmer-
Laborite, compared with the present
congress of 47 Republicans, 46 Dem
ocrats, 1 Farmer-Laborite, 2 vacan
cles. Republican lead In bouse In
creased,
Improved Uniform International |
' Lesson '
(By REV, P. B. FITZWATER, D.D., Dean'
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(©, 1928, Western Newspaper Unlon.)
Lesson for November 18
PAUL’S EXPERIENCES IN JERU.
SALEM
LESSON TEXT-—Acts 21:18-23:22,
GOLDEN TEXT-—Be strong in the
Lord and in the power of His might.
PRIMARY TORIC—How a Boy Helped
His Uncle,
JUNIOR TOPIC—How a Boy Helped
His Uncle.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—PauI Proves His Courage.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
lC—Religious - Prejudice and Fanati
cism,
I. Paul's Vow (21:18-20).
Upon Paul’s arrival at Jerusalem
representatives of the church there
gave him a most cordial reception, In
order that the brethren in Jerusalem
might graciously receive him, it was
proposed to him by the elders that he
take a Jewish vow to prove that he
was in no way opposed to the law.
The effort was to remove prejudice.
11. Paul's Arrest (21:27-40).
How far this act conciliated the
Christian Jews we are not told, but
it only enraged the unbelieving Jews,
causing them to resort to mob law.
These maddened Jews on the basis of
a supposition seized Paul, dragged
him from the temple and beat him
mercilessly, intending to put him to
death, Paul was rescued from the
mob by the Roman guard. The chief
captain, not being able to get any in
formation from the howling mob,
bound Paul and started for the castle.
In order to protect him, the soldiers
lifted him wupon their shoulders and
bore him up the stairs.
111, Paul's Defense (22:1-27).
Paul's chief concern was not his
own safety. He used this last oppor
tunity of witnessing for Christ.
1. His just claim for a hearing (vv.
I'3)- .
(1) His birth (v. 3). He was Jew
born in Tarsus, a city of no mean
reputation. :
(2) His education (v. 3). He was
educated in a school under the tutor
ship of Gamallel and instructed “ac
cording to the perfect manner of the
law of the fathers.”
(3) His zeal (v. 8). He was as
zealous toward God as those Jews
who were trying to destroy him.
2. His former attitude toward
Jesus (vv. 4, ).
“I persecuted this way unto the
death,” so that his attitude was one
of hatred as was that of the Jews.
3. How his attitude was changed
(vv. 6-16).
This change of attitude was brought
about by the intervention of God.
While on his way to Damascus with
authority to bring the Christians to
Jerusalem to be punished, Paul was
smitten to the ground by a light from
heaven, and the voice of the Lord
gald, “Why persecutest thou Me?”
When Paul inquired as to what he
was to do, he was told to go into Da
mascus where he would be told what
to do. Ananians was sent by the Lord
to make known His will.
4, The Lord commissioned him to
go to the Gentiles (vv. 17-21).
It was not of his own will that he
preached to the Gentiles, but by the
Lord’s direct commission,
IV. Paul Before the Sanhedrin
(23:1-10).
The Roman officer, in order to learn
why Paul was arrested, commanded
the chief councll to assemble, and
brought Paul before them.
1. Paul’s earnest look at the coun
cll (vv. 1,2).
This was a solicitation of thelr hon
or to give him a falr hearing, and
also a look of consclous Integrity and
unfaltering courage.
2. Paul's stern rebuke of the head
of the council (v. 8).
“God shall smite thee, thou whited
wall.” This was a just sentence, no
doubt directed by the Lord. Paul
showed that he had the highest re
spect for the office, but the man then
occupying It was not worthy of it,
8. Paul's appeal to the Pharisees
(vv. 6-10).
Seeing that he could not get a falr
hearing, and percelving that the body
before him was made up of Pharisees
and Sadducees, he appealed to the
Pharlsees for his preaching and some
thing In common with thelr belles,
V. The Lord. Stood by Paul (v. 11).
He was In great need of grace to
sustaln him. He may have begun to
question the wisdom of his golug to
Jerusalem, but this assured him that
his course was right, and thus com
fort was brought to him,
VI. The Conspiracy to Kill- Paul
(vv, 18.22),
More than forty men banded to
gether for the purpose of getting Paul
out of the way, This plot was known
to Paul's sister's son (v. 16), who re
ported It, and thus doubtless saved
the apostle's life,
Highway of Holiness
The highway of noliness is along
the commonest rond of Wfe—along
your very way. In wind and raln, no
matter how It beats—lt 15 only golng
hand in hand with Him.--Mark Guoy
Pearse,
The World’s Condition
The world Is In a sick condition to
day because the Bible says; “In the
beginning, God” and the world s say-
Ing: “At the last, God"—A. W,
Tozer,
Pays Conscience
Debt of 25 Cents
Fort Worth, Texas.— Five
years ago a woman and her
small son got on a Fort Worth-
Dallas interurban at Arlington.
The conductor overlooked the
boy so his mother let him “slip
by."
Recently the Northern Texas
Traction company received a
letter from the woman in San
ta Monica, Calif,
“l have started for heaven
and I feel that I must settle all
things that should be paid,” the
contrite passenger wrote,
Inclosed were stamps for 25
cents, the long overdue fare.
ENGINEER’S GRIT
: PREVENTS WRECK
Train Brought to Stop as
Driver Is Stricken.
Atlanta, Ga,—A story of the heroism
of an engineer who, by sheer grit,
triumphed over intense physical dis
tress long enough to insure the safety
of his passengers arriving aboard the
Crescent limited was told here.
It was while piloting the Southern
railway’s fast train between Monroe,
Va., and Salisbury, N. C,, his regular
run, that Engineer Joe M. Stedman
suffered an acute attack of indiges
tion as he sat at the throttle a few
miles out of Danville, Va.
He felt insensibility rapidly closing
over him from the pains in his stom
ach, Then he thought of the train
load of passengers and by a super
human effort of will, managed to ap
ply the brakes. The train rolled to a
steady stop just as he collapsed on the
floor of his cab.
The summoning of medical aid and
organization of an emergency train
crew resulted in a delay of about
forty minutes. Finally, with a fireman
at the throttle and a baggagemaster
acting as fireman, the Crescent was
brought into Sallisbury.
Passengers made up a purse of $147
for Engineer Stedman, who was re
ported by officials of the road to be
well on the way to recovery.
Pretty Bookkeeper Has
Record of Forgeries
New York.—~Winifred Douglas, the
pretty, competent young bodfikeeper
~whose ability to obtain positions of
trust in spite of her record as an em
bezzler, has been lodged in Jefferson
Market prison,
I&rotlltnte Jean Norris held her in
$5, bail on a charge of forgery
brought by the Tidewater Roofing.
company, where her peculations are
sald to total $1,400.
During the ten months she worked
‘for the company she was being sought,
by probation officers on a warrant is
sued last October after M. Ewing Fox
& Co., where she had been employed,
missed $3,327.30. She was found re
cently working for the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, which lost
$67.
For the last two years she has been
on probation after conviction of steal
ing from Jay-Thorpe, Inc. Under her
probation she promised to pay back
this firm $1.600 in Installments.
Miss Douglas, who 18 thirty-four,
but looks younger, told Magistrate Nor
ris that if she were released on ball
she would help police find a man
involved in the Tidewater thefts.
Lenity was granted to her in the
past when complainants preferred res
titution to prosecution.
Foils Thieves; Forgets
Where She Hid Cash
Glant,” Calif,.—The postmistress of
thig little town saved SIB,OOO in regls
tered mall from burglars and then for
got where she hid the mall,
Post office Inspectors ran In figura
tive circles when the robbery of the
post oftice was discovered and Mrs, K.
E. Pierson, postmistress, announced
the waall was stolen., They ran faster
when she ®membered she hid it some
place, but forgot where It was,
Then Mrs. Plerson remembered.
She went to a crevice in the wall and
pulled out an envelope contalning $lB,-
000 worth of stock,
The Inspectors congratulated her for
suving the mall and suggested she
should tie n string around her finger
In such a future case,
Youth’s Neck Broken
by Mule’s Kick at Cow
Petersburg, Va.~While helping his
Erother to drive cows Into a barn on
his mother's farm recently at Bracey,
Brunswick county, Va., Boyd Haskins
Russoll was almost instantly killed
when he was kicked by a mule,
The youth was watching the cows
pass into the barn when the mule
suddenly kicked at one of them, The
hoofs struck the lad's neck, which was
broken,
Buried 32 Days
Latrobe, 'a.~A rooster, buried for
87 days under a mow full of whent,
was rescued on the T. L. Elmer farm,
The bird appeared wenk, but after
shaking himself several times, emitted
a feebla erow, and began to strut,
Honest Driver
Westport, Conn.-~When Edwar.
Cralg, Saugatuck tax! driver, run over
a chicken he duly reported the futulity
to pollce—the first report of the kind
on the local headquarters’ blotter,