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vtHE WILMINGTON DISPATCH, SUNDAY: MORNING; JAWJRY :6lj5Jg .'-v.
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(.jpW YORK COTTON MARKET
Ksv York. Jan. 5. The cotton mar
. wed renewed firmness; jit the
owning today, first prices being 10 , to
points higher on tne same puymi;
ttat which had been m progress
$8 close last night. - This included ji
jwnand from Liverpool and local trade
interests, particularly houses with
VSW England" connections. - January
.old at 31.59 and March at 3 LI 5 or
-hnrt 15 to 19 points net higher short-
. after the call but met increased of-
fHtL3 arounua ims, levei wiui vuwa
TPa. tirg several points-toward the mid
(lo of the morning. Some of the local
cap readers thought they saw pros
for rains in the southwest,; which
vas probably a factor on f he pet beck,
while there was np change In the gen
eral!- bullish -character of tne spot
and it waa suggested that the
ffarmsr weather-would melt snows and
vould relieve water scarcity ir the
Carolinas. ' . : ...
Cotton closed irregular.
High i Low Clo!
31.59 31.40, 31.'
31.15 30.93..
S0.78 30.56
30.48 30.23
29.50 29.2F
Janury
March .
May
July
October
(Wholesale Prices.) ' -
. . . . . ui'i;,
. ." 40 tc 60(t.
T70c to $1.10
60c.
.. "..40c
..13 to lie.
.'. 35 to HOc
35c
. . . . $4.0(1
..'.. ..18c.
55o.
Eggs .
Butter
Spring chickens
Grown- chickens
Puddle ducks
Guineas -, . . . . . v.
Beef (dressed ". . . .
Irish potatoes (bag) .. .
wC.'Hams,lIb .'
N, C. shoulders and ribs
Cabbage, 100 lbs . . ..
Hides,, green .. ... ..
Wool, free of burr, . . -
Corn, bushel, . . .. $2.00
tfees wax .. .. .... .. ., 30 to 32c
Salted hides .... ...t . . .. 18c.
a allow . . . . ' . : X ... 10 to 11c.
Onions,- (2 "bushels) t. . X . $4.25
Peanuti . ... . .V. .. .. ; $1.8a to SL85
Apples; .winesap, bbl., .. . . $6.75
Oranges, boa; .. .. $4.25
4.
STOCKS.
'' y
New Yorkr Jan. 5. BeariBh pressure
was succossfullv directed against to
day's active stock jaarket, peace , ru
.mors accelerating the general decline,
High grjde ' rallls, active Industrials,
riomnments. ; cou'Ders smpmnKs anu
numerous specialities,' registered ex
treme recessions of 2 to 6 points. Sup;
1. being almost at lowest levels of the
session. The closing was weak, fcs&ios
Approximated 550,000, shares. Liberty
4s, sold at 96.92 to 96.86 and the 31-2s
at 98.80 to 98.78.
Favorable Reports for 1;
tine iuuney ycuitiutj
We have been handling your prep
aration for- the-past ten-yearfe, and
during that time.liave heard . notniny
but the most favorable Reports v tv
gardtng 1 same. Wo know of several
pasps of eravel i id ' liver -, troubles
which were entirely restoradi ' rafter
nrfncDr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root ' f It
la a Dleasure to recommend this trep-
miiUnn ia it tends to make ; better
customers ; and ; we believe It is - tho
best all-around -preparation of its kinu
on the market., - ,
Veiy truly yours,
' THE EUREKA DRUG CO. ,
B. L. E. Bishop, Mgr.
- . Waats Mills, .
s.
iHEiGiisiiJlK
TO COUitYS WE
Address Before Colored , Peo
pleBy Pastor of a Wilming-
ton Church
(By .George F. King,)
Hillsboro, j.Jan. 5
seaatlment of ' the constructive
der. penalty, of . deatltO',. travel -else-whexei;
There; my bret8hrn,x are?-the
principle reasonsjwhy we:-aro at, war
with Germany.. , "'--.rjj . : J . .'a.
soon as -a'. statev qt war-began
to exist "' in" -o . country, the ;. ; Con
fess al Washington, began : to-, work
on a- Selective draft taeasure. ?. After
it was worked ind JtheJcan was'
made -10,00,000 of v America's" . young
men; presented themsslves as,-an of
fering tp their fcoimtjryobeat - Jck
German invasion and to help to mike
the world safe for Christianj; democ-
rtlr Cilia tw c!(lo with thft Txrllftt
I man walked the ; black man ', until
spirit of- disloyalty, to, the government.
These ''charges . werV,, proven v?toYb
f al3e and the ; tiegro was found to .b
the ' most i loyal, .althougn the " most
abused element ;in this ; heterogenous
governmenfcv'iLoyal and .brave in the
past,- loyal ; and true at; present ' and
he will to '.xingC true ;.until the awak
ened i conscience ' of: a blood drenched
America will grant hJin. the : place he
haapwon : with ; ,his own life's blood4
' "1.. . 'V- :, -: ":.
:v ' ; 'SAX.3B OF BEAIi TEBTjfJTlkiitk1
UJLA44J V , lVi..AJ. V.JtAV ' "-- "
COUNTY-; OP NEW -HANOyER,:t.V
Nov 4, 1916.
ijaurens
WILMINGTON NAVAL STORES.
Spirits" N. D.
R6sin N..D. ;
Tar $3.50 and "16c. "
Crude $4, $4i $3.' -
Cotton ..j
Tar ... ..
Receipt
. 67
.103
A. C. L. . .. .... .... ..
American Beet Sugar .... .. .
American Can . . .....
American Car & Foundry . .
American Locomotive . ... ... .
American Smelting & Refining
American Sugar Refining . .
Anaconda Copper .... ....
Atchison . . ....
A.. T. " & T
Baldwin Locomotive . . .. ..
Bethlehem Steel "B . . . .
Canadian Pacific .......
Central Leather . . .
C. & O.
Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul .. ..
913-8
70 1-2
S7 3-4
69
55-1-4
761-2
J93-4
60 1-2
Letter to
Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
BInghamton, N.' Y.
Pmve What Swamo-Root WHl'Dd For
- . You .
Se-nrt ten cents to Dr. Kilmer acu
Co. Binghamton, , N. Y., for. a : sample
eize bottle. It will convince anyone.
ning,) uu wau, uia .1 l Intthe Superior' Courts. P.; Httit,fet-aV
Reflecting, the 1 about l;CO0,O00 cried,Since our coun- j T8 -vp-averly Pornlturo Compsnr- ' . j
onstructive - ale- -try ' calls, we answer," In tho canton- By virttte; of. tbe power and 'antliority
mont of his face and "revealing the ments throughout the 'country.
;unstinted devotion - of "-his people ,to under black captains, more than .150, j? entitiea action at t&etterm'?S
their country the-report' of Dr. j; E. vand flrat lieutenants,1 more tnan 4uu; i tbe Superior Cortihejd JsoTembet .I2ti,
f St. ptepnen en "a'
ington. on the commissioned by. .the United States . SJrof'jaiitiarr, WIS, at 12 O'clock M;at
w v.ivivo. o ' TovfmTnfTit thev mav be seen drillins : hr.nc-iiwrr 'irt!;WllTnln9oi:-'N f
representative body of churchmen of - and gaming , the ..U of ar. to ex .a
his race attending the recent, annual oraer mat tney may taite xneir places tijpVn iot of land in the : cits? of 1
session of .the Western NorthCaro- in the : trenches in France and with vWilmingtMV N. ;c: :r: , '
una uonrerence ot ... tne a. jvl m. , lucii jym s". , ' ,vm- J.;
rhnrch. hfild here Ws a rjaner that that . Prussianism may De compieteiy t j r;; T. . '
has had a distinctive" effect for good.' destroyed and the house of the Hohen- :100) "teet Eastwardfy from - the Eastern
TTo U ntift nf thfi shlfist. fiirnoTienfs'ZOUeniS ovenumea lorever. : line l secono
Dr jacEson tnen empnasizea now
Street, runs theuceEast- 1
1 - . - - . . - jt i .. th. SAiirnRrn- nn. . at i R,in . s
YOU .Will. aiSO receive a.uoojuei ux " m.:W fftRnnnrlftrl tn thfi noimtrv's aiie wxt.ic:' JT.""; rl 5
information, -telling about del aiwi .... reiUB..rluw -.lluoul : :;.ZI Z, 117 i: ' na parauei V" :ifr;
When'writlns.inistoricai lacts 01 tne-iasi coaierence ..jr 'f - :tif Iw-rtr '
Chicago, R. I. & Pac. Ry . .
JJ4EW-ORLEANS SPOT COTTON. IGhino Copper
TSTew Orleans, ' Jan. 5. Spot, cotton Col Fuel & Iron .. . . .. .
Rtpuvrrv 55 nmnts -nn. f?a1fl nn thai Cnlmnhia C3as and Electric
5?iispott.-'lJ671; to arrive, 930. Low mid- Corn Products .. ..
dling, 30.00; mMdlmg, 30.88; good Crucible Steel
Cuba Gane Sugar .... . . . .
30.62
30.30
29.29
NEW YORK SPOT COTTON.
New York, Jan. 5. Spot quiet; mid
dling uplands, 32.40.
LIVERPOOL COTTON STATISTICS.
Liverpool, Jan. 5. Weekly cotton
statistics:
Total forwarded to mills, 62,000 bales
American 49,000; stock 454.000, Am
erican 299.000; imports 68,000; Aiher-
ican 66,000; exports none.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
New Orleans, Jan. 5. Cotton open-
pd at higher levels here today and
around the first call-gained 10 to 15
TitR. Selling T)re3sure basea on
hopes of rain in Texas, caused
quick fall, active ; montns stanamg t
to 8 points under yesterday's close at
ihe end of the first half hour.
Cotton closed steady at a net de
cline of 1 to 3 points.
High
Jan. .. .. .... .. 30.38
March . . . -vW 29 M
May . . . , 29 .67
July .. .. 29.54
' Oct .. .. 28.60
middling, 318.
COTTON SEED OIL. .
New York,; Jan. 5 The cotton seed
oil market closed quieL: Spot; none;
January, 19.80;;; March and May,
19.85. ; Total sales, none.
Erie ....
Gen. Electric
General Motors
Great Northern Pfd
Great Northern Ore Ctfs.
Gulf States Steel
Ills. Central'
Inspiration Copper
Int. Mer. Marine . pfd. . .
Receipts Kennecott Copper
16.15 to L. & N.
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
Chicago, Jan. 5. Hogs:
20.000. Unsettled. Bulk
16.50: light 15.55 to; 16.35: ; mixed Maxwell Motor Co
15.95 to 16.50; heavy 15.85 to 16.55; Mexican Petroleum
roufih 15.85 to 16.05; '. pigs 12.00 to Miami Copper
15.25. ' . Midvale Steel
Cattle: ' Receipts 4,000. Monday Mo. Pacific
18)00. Weak. ..Native., steers 7.50 Nevada Copper
to 13.50: stockers and feeders 6.50 to New York Central
in40; nows and heifers 5.S0.to 11.40: Norfolk and Western
calves 8.50 to 15.50; ,
Sheep: Receipts; 5,000. Monday 17,-
000. Steady. Wethers 9.30 to 13.20;
lambs . 13 5 to 17.10.
57 7-8
.531-4
77 3-8
135 7-8
63 3-S
531-8
45 1-8
19 5-8
42
35 1-2
S2
311-2
521-2
. 29 1-8
. 161-8
131
113 7-8
. S91-2
. 261-4
. 91
.S3 1-2
. 46
. 83 1-2
. 311-4
112 1-8
. 26
. 791-8
. 29 5-8
. 461-8
CHICAGO GRAIN.
Chicago, Jan. 5. Corn eased down
todav as a result of a material im
provement in railroad traffic condi
tions. Opening quotations, which
ranged from 1-8 to ,1-8 to l-4c . lower
nrith .T.narv 1.27 1-8 and May 1.
5-8 were followed by a slight rally and
then a fresh downturn.
Oats showed more pronounced weak
ness than corn.
Declines in the hog market had a
sine affect on nrovisions. Ac
tivity was confined chiefly to ribs.
Grain and provision, prices iouow:
In a few short months- after the
inauguaratiphvj .diplomatic . . relations
with the Imperial "German government
were severed,, and. War grim and ter-
rible was at bur doors. Ourcoun-.
try is now in a state of war ' against
Prussianism. We are allied with a
larger portion of the civilized world
to beat down this militaristic, spirit
that would place . machine' guns at
every cross road and make of the
highways of earth Lthe tramping
black.and white,' who will defend and
save the honor, of America, strike a
bjow for the freedom of the en
slaved .people, of the world and ex-i
tend for the uplift of backward peo
ple . everywhere." v
Despite . jthe fact that "men nave
offered themselves 'and. billions of
money have . been raised there ar&
some internal conditions which seem
to be gnawing away at the vitals of
in
of
e or said alley, heing a partpf Lot., t
Blocfc fc'S, accoraine to theofftclal; plan ,'
said city, of Wilmington, JN. CV
Lu
1-1 tues-law-4w.
CLAYTON GBANTr.
- Commissioner.
GREEN'S, AUGUST FLOWER V .
Has been used for aU aflments'.thjtt'
are caused by a disordered, stomach
and inactive , liver, " such as; sick hea1,
ache, constipation, sour stpmach, neyv
ous indigestion, fermentation 46f food, 1
nalDitation of the heartx caused by ;
gases in the stomach. August Flower is,1
.iMmloas H(roHmi k
CORN
Jan. . .
May . .
OATS
Jan." . .
May . .
PORK
Jan. . .
May . .
22 3-4 LARD
ml .
Low
302
,59.75
29.46
29.38
283
Close
30.22
29.82
29.54
9.41
28.50
Northern Pacific - . . ....
Ohio Cities Gas
Pennsylvania ....
Pittsburg Coal (bid)
Ray Consolidated Copper
Reading .'.
Republic Iron & Steel .
S. A. L; (bid) . . . . 4 : .
Sinclair Oil -,
uimnnnrainnrannmiiammrainiminimminiiHnwi
i J.B.McCABE&CO. g
S r :n3 r.,LU A s Sloss-Shef. Steel and Iron
I V""" "fcvrMU I Southern Pacific ..
3 . tants.
Room 810 ttyrchlson EJanK DWfl.
M Phone 996.;:;- Wl L'M tNGTON, H. Cg
Hiniiiniiiiiiiiiiuiniminiiiiiiiiniiiinnniiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnimii
Southern Railway
Studebaker Co.
.Tenh. Copper . . ";.
fTexaa-Co. .. .. ..
18 1-3
.701-2
104
84 5-S
37
451-2
44
22 7-8
733-8
76L-8
. 7 5-8
30
40
S3
231-2
48 3-4
Jan.
May
ribs;
Jan. .
May .;
Open,
1.27 1-8
1.25 5-8
. .79 3-4
. .771-2
44.65
23.65
24.02
23.35
23.90
Close
1.27 3-8
.79 5-8
.77 3-8
45.45
44.S7-
23.80
24iO
23.47
24.02,
ground for marching soldiers. This-or ooay yoimu. -,ab mi. xvuuacvt,
Mt that wrmirf miMiiate the en- . the world's most distinguished pvi-
tire wortd to the German Kaiser and vate citizen, and one or America s a gentle laxative; regulates uigesnon
maKO vassais Ol . a iree ana nueriy . ev-.u rf , " " doiu iu. awuiawi iuvwv-,
loving people. There can be no com-
nromise. Tne war musLDe iougni 10 aiuuo u
- i wj wai uuiu mo j.j.uua a.K, uums .o . ajj(j gweatens -ine SLouiacu auu,
Tho mar mna ho fnfiirht tff
a finish now or hereafter:
jH from the Huns across the sea. There . t- C!ins stimulates the lhrer to se-
This is a are the l. w. W. in tne west lay- i crete tn aaa impurities from tne '
blood. 25 and 75 cent botues. ,oiar oy
Green'sfDrug Store-radv. .
si-
Asboth Joe Stocher ' and-Earl Cdd- ,
dock " are -in- Uncle Sam's ; pervice tit i
Tobacco Products .....
Union Pacific . .
United Cigar Stores ..
United Fruit
U. S. Industrial Alcohol
U. S, Rubber
(bid) 40 U. S. Steel .. .. -
Utah Copper ..........
Wabash Pfd. "A."- ...
Westinghouse Electric .
l 13 1-4 WillysOverland ..... ,s. .
Va. Car. Chem . . v
48 7-8
1141-8
90
fight to the death. The spirit of , ing their -deep schemes of destruc-
fOTce or the spirit of fraternity must ' "on. xnere are pacmsis ana yru
win. The earth is too small to con-j German sympathizers whp are 9m-
tain both ' '-' resnea m to tne iaDnc 01 our uuu
"The government of-Germany is the politic as to beoome a menace to the
incarnation of - evil. It isanti Christ ! safety of our government and a hm-
in the flesh. If ft is not crushed the arance xo wie prouuy ui - i at)t)ear3 unlikely that either : will; meet
tho hnhita-1 gorOUS War policy. J-ue yiaus mo , -..-- .w.- r.A
, . i J. A. T - C..11 ,A
civilization, as we ' government musu u , ttiiuii y & u-
understand it,- must perish ir youju ieHS ui-wu.mw
ask me why. I will tell you we are j uerman spies wuc purt tu
ta war. because Germany made war onizens or mis country auu xuyL tu mo
us. She began in. February, 1915,. j b tars ana wipes.. . .. ,
She sank our ships ; drowned.our t permit me io say, m pasui5,
corruDted industry;, supsidizea news-
world will not.-: be fit
tion of man" and
i xxrl1 j1oimiK cJiltiytrU HTnTkl H
wrestling tiUe, at a very early date, y ,
THE TIDES TODAY.:
race of which this conference forms
a -part belongs to any of these or-
! ganizations or at whose doors can be
charg-feared
X.; -, MoriPn tn maVe war ftDon us and ask- that because of tne nagrant injusuc
High Water
A. M. P.M.--'.
papers jvattemptea .va aeoaaca nuyuu
- o nnin nn' rtRSTTOveo. lactones, iuaue
11K1 2 her diplomatic service in ims counuyiiiaiu auj ul
tfi o -mHiPotA of crimed nlotted-withies. In the beginning , it was
syndicate of crime K plotted - with
791-2 ed her to arrange wim japan tu au
42 1-4 likewise ; parcelled .. out American
39 States as, gifts to her allies, ana nn
18 7-8 ally prescribed certain .narrow "lanes
r34 1-2 1 across the oe'ean' and forbade- us lin
es heaped upon them there ' migght
.be "some who would welcome the ap-
fproach of some foreign enemy. Charg
es, were made that eGrman .agents
-were -working among us to create a
WiL
S'port,
M'tfro.
4:22
1:51
1:42
4:35
'2:04
1:55
LowWaterrr
.A, Mv.P. M.,
10:49 -11;0
8:13 V8t?t j
.8:09 822 i
THE TIDES MONDAY.
Wil.
a'porU
M'b'ro.
High Waters Low WateK- '
A.M. P. M. V A.M.-." P.M.
5:17 5; 31 . :47 11:5h
;2i:46
-.2:35 2: 47. ;
9 6:9:24
SEATED at fiei little desk in the
sitting-room at the rear of their
afth-floor flat, Aunt . Kachel wrote
iapidly, her lips tightlyL compressed,
ivhile Tod, hunched on the chair be
side her, stared blankly across the
jieep gulf of space separating their
sack windows from the flats on the
next street. .-;
It did seem as though, matters al
ways went wrong with him somehow.
His mother had died when he. was five
years old. Tod could remember her,
and, all of these six years he had
lived since, he had never seen an
other woman like her; in. fact, he
oftan wondered whether God ever
made another such mother.
Then that happened and after-
virds.: it seemed as though daddy
XaxrtkA Kim double so he was al
most as happy as ever,, until the hor-
Ahlm when noor daddy was
iiwutht home on a stretcher.
That settled the big house in the
ittmtrr. i Now Aunt Rachel had come
t Kvo in New York in a 'little flat,
' where a bov must walk on his tip-toes,
- 'and never lioller nor dance nor any-
tiing. "
After Uncle Jack had kissed Anht
2aehel and Tod eood-bye. he started
al-west and ever since, money had
.come every month from him to pay
t rsnt and buy food and things.
.It seemed as though Uncle Jack was
tifere now just outside the window,
gazing, with his kind, wistful smile,
straight into Tod's face. Uncle Jack's
yes were exactly like daddy's. How
ht missed him! Of course, Aunt
Rachel was awful good to him, only
&e couldn't always understand.
3he had finished her letter and was
speaking to him.
"Tod," she said, in her slow, quiet
vay, "it's only fair that I should read
you just what I'm telling Uncle Jack
about this sad matter." .
"My Dear Brother: Tod has hope
lessly disgraced himself and us. Our
'ieighbor,Mrs. 'Wentworth, has just
been here to see me, with her young
oa. Richard. Such a pair of black
yes as that bov has!. His face is a
light! And this is the brutal work
ft our boy. ; '
"You can imagine hpw: I felt when,
ternered bv our Questions. Tod a&-
mitted that he had . 'knocked , JJicK
'-own three times and a half,' but
'ienied that he hadstrttc,k the boy
hile down. He. concluded by impu
dently explaining, 'I licked him the
I'Mt I could, and did ; it fair ; ; 1
"Anything more than this I have
een unable to get out of Tod. His
abbomess is an-entirely new trait.
don't know what to make of it. u
"One thing is positive. I cannot
"e accountable re ven for the son of
our beloved brother Frank when the
by not only involves himself and me
with our neighbors; but, 'worse still
'.sets me at defiance. I feel that thia
is a crisis, "which, f of the sake of Tod's
own future, must be met. Tioa says,
I'm williner to take whatever com
ing to me from Uncle Jack.' Please
let" me hear from you, ana teu me
exactly, what is to be done.
YofIr distracted and affectionate
sister.
"RACHEL."
She caused after the last words.
Tears were brimming over Tod's eye
lids and rolling down his cheeks;
bifthis eves were blinking bravely up
at her, and his tense mouth snowea
no sign of surrender ,
"Is that letter a perlectry true
affttement. Tod?" induired Aunt
HacheL Judicially.
"Yes," Tod replied slowly, with
gloomy candor, "yes, I guess it's all
4., tf ' .
"One last opportunity you shall
have," said Aunt Rachel. "Tod, be
fore this letter goes off, I ask, you
again: are you sorry?"
"I'm sorry you're sorry; hut but
I ain't sorry I licked him."
' Aunt Rachel heaved a deep mgn.
- "Are you willing to go to Mrs.
Wentworth and apologize to her and
Richard?" t
The line of Tod's mouth grew
thinner. He gritted his teeth. r
"None!" .
" Very - well," said Aunt Rachel,
"tbat settles it. Now, take the letter
-ni mail, it You see. in spite of
everything, I still trust you.'
Then he went into the little station
er store and asked for a postal card.
"Youll find pen and ink over there
a bat little' desk if you want to
rsa the card here," volunteered
the man.
Tod , succeeded m
awlmsr.
"Dear Uncle Jack: I aint as bad as
a -thinks, hears wat I can
tint tell her. Dick Wentworth he sed
to rne your ant is a pickl face sowr
old made. 1 sea to mm sues
a oflt tn -me &. vou ar- a liar.
TTorse I new that rnent. a rite but
could notthink of any other word that
waa trno. then, the fellas all yelled
v?Tvr"THf1r nke him hard., that
OXXXObHStM. -J- "
ivnt the matter wfthhis eyes.
"rmir sorrvinff . & effekshunit
neffew " nrs,
, "TOD BARRET.'
It seemed a weary time to Aunt
Rachel - before "Uncle Jack's reply
came. When she had glanced quickly
through it, she dropped it upon the
lAcif ATr'claimine in shocked tones:
"Oh that terrible west! It makes
people absolutely heartless V This is
What yOUr uncie reyueo, ouc
Tfi -rapd at Her. hbrngrily. -
' '"Mv Dear Sis: I don't thUik Tod'fl
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By Vincent Oswald
child unpack your tron, acx i m
"Look; Aunt Rachel! Ain't that
a oeach? And it's mme, too !
,With his legs. locked arouna tne
. . . t.i ; i- - icoie as ne aaa seen uie uuui v v
quirea Aunx M.ue vuu,. . triumphantly
"Suiel I want to xaiK wiia y- , ' -u ifn
t ii . xowara aer, anu jaugucu -
m..-.:,.tf!iStl Aunt Rachel clutched desperately
for there was something inthe ahiaeV";
of .those flashing eyes that made -Tod4 !
happy. 1 But, just as he was; tMnJdng.4 .,
this, he heard the r :reuding' of the.v
stout shoe-upper, .and elthis im-
prisoned foot go free. He Jmew thtj
his body was turning some kind of ;a
wild circle in the air around another:
spike which went , rippingl, through
the back of his jacket, staying, his faltj ; -
for one more fleeting moment.. - 'Alien,,, .
just as the' gasmancame? plungingtf ;
down the -yard below to-: the loot or ;- '
the pole, Tod felt himself seized ,w
around the . waist in a, gnp :that,
-srfi.Kftt hands. -for crusnea ine areata out oi, uuw..
made but ifs not loaaed; I "V aiht. Then, lean- and second later Uncle ' Jack Chad
brought it along. to; get some dizsy vdfamt. BWprfZe.
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Man and boy' hurried -upptairs 'to
To? t ta ifinma down out of that, this find Aunt Rachel ih a heap hyv View
mnr i t : .
I . V m .-A. St
curiously
window-rsilL
But Uncle. Jack- sprin-i
and ahe,
ever
just
i.
"What's this. Uncle J acK i
had come to the bottom of the trunk r .Aoa;
wnere mere "--rrr "There was something in her tragic kled coia water an- ner
braided rope. - . orA tnT,e that somehow compelled soon came to. ' " ' i"'V-
rnati jl-a .aaav wi .v- .0 i Then-uncle JacK took tne gasmauf
Vnnm " i ; , , . -, ... .. 1 J af I - ATi : tha lanA-m&J and mVft. -him
- m . . 'i-nn tinrwiRtRn ma lens, cmuvcu awiuuv v"- .
"Can you lasso?" sheer height and at Aunt Rachel's something out of that thicXTwtetn,
with awe, as pictures of P? fflcrthen lost his balance wallet. . ygJS&tZ
cowboys with' whirlmg lariats noaiea fell.head downward. . : But, while he was thanking; hmi,V
tnrougu ub.wwuu. . At1-4. -Rachel utterea one mooa- .Rachel suddenly reanzear mai.
A inoineiiii uciuic, vuvubu -i men, wuu wiui urau f---j ,
know it. somebody had opened the hronffh the flat. But -Tod Was on
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front-door of the flat ana entered weifo-the next room, cuaaiea np in-wie r
corridor. It was Uncle Jack. With! wardrobe, his head jammed ;against;j
show vou
bundle while you run.,fc
tv.0 npvt. mornine they were all up
extra early, because . Uncle. acK him came the gasman, something soft which he was patting: j
to go downtown OTVtnat. imporwnw while the gasman was registering Uyith tender affection. vwS-lTJjicUY.;;
bnsfiiess" about wmavno-.. Jack standing Tacva M. felt sombrero.
iFit T tt i tm.i nras inummwn.i ' . . I - -- . . . -
waie uncie n y .. i tv, orirFni arrpam Droice i txrTi . t " wwiefl Anni
. . t 'H nn' ! w uvwi, vv. --r-TT" . I - lie,. .w.-. o J-7- i
Tod-took tr- ianai. iuw y.xc a . Rachel's pallid lips. pa,.hpl "I I believe you two arei .
rwwia ; . ,i vKoth men oasnea lnio uie bh.iu6- atnaiiv in love witn cacu
"Can you lasso?" murmured Tod
stubborn; but since you tell me ne
won't talk, it follows that you haven't
heard hoth sides. Now, it wouldn't
surprise me if that little scamp wno
got the beautuui pair oi oiacis eyes
ought to have had his nose smashed
too." : " : 'V - V:
" "Sure thing!" burst in Tod, with
fervor, his eyes shining; "but he
quit!" x
Aunt Rachel gazed at him desper
ately for half a minute then turned
t.n the disanpointinff letter:
- "I have to be in New York the end
of this month on important business,
I hope, before my return here, to be
able to settle Tod who seems to
be your worst problem once for, all,
4 "Meantime; Jove and good wishes
"Your affectionate brother,
JACK.
"There!" said Aunt Rachel deter
mined to make at least one point.
I told vou he would be severe. Is Or
tice what he says: he will settle you,
Tod, once for all r f 4 ,
At length Uncle Jack came, ac
companied by a small traveling trunk,
f'Here, you Tod,!'' laughed -Uncle
Jack, when the breathless greetings
were over, "make yourself useful and
unpack tnat trunKiior me. '
. "By myself?" gasped Tod, incredulously:-
- "v-; .' "' -
p. "Sure!'" Aren't you big and ugly
enough to take" things, out of a box?
Get busy,' while. 1 talk to Aunt
Finally, he left itr on the nor a"? room. and. when Aunt Rachel dared Tod d.up at her in unabashed1-;
were standir,
hanging ups
seating himself at to x eeif through her fingers, the two v
favorite posrare,-o ere standing besides herwnue loa, w
fully into the bigjwell ofspace p Lfe downfropi one of IheS
tween the blocks "? . 1 big spikes;; providentiany; caughtby w, f , course, but-but '4-V
----- . , tr ti-v tne upper oi aia ngi". ot M'f tumrshin him' ' 1m.
maus x.vi . .. iitiit. to- mains, asuiuiouuiw i . ..
his own, wns smiling into his fromtoe sittinff00in window. .
don't you love himil; Aunt ' ?
ViaT. Af that space
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Just midway between Jtne wo
blocks of houses'a high telegraph pole
was planted in each yara;, dul
wasn't used for telegraphy wires, fo
each pole strong, Uncle Jack
attached .W,- r; alammed
ep
if
Biel necessity
.
'TTanc on. kid!", caspea ,tne ga'
iTrt9n.-r inen ne lurnea w wwtc
"Maybe I can shinney the pole before!
;he fails!"-ne criea.
ist therv Uncle Jack came in, anL -
tiiey all weat back into the' sitting-U
" said Uncle"". Jack?
As though with a single movement, Je5
room.
"WeU - Rachel,1
"it's: all over!" .. y :
"Yes, thank heaven!" groaned Aunt t
erabbed the lariat and Kac15e-., ... VTiti;.
nn Ae sash of the window. --1",
clothe, , on the 'line l and haul them "y the nsement
mean the -; downtown
ve been mighty suc-
Ci.U1 Jrodows Into ttie which,impressea; upon e uoy 7' rf, ont we8t..nT dear. and made
oux oi .w.:"T-u-'--iW necessity for instant oDeqiencev , r-"-7 vin.K'
Outward and upward the lariaUoop grauu .rrTT " -
. - . . i i'va lner ririRPn n. .nei.i uv..wuilu'j, v .
shot-up, up, m ltdroppea neauy - ---vr own.-WeH haveto '
swing things into shape pretty fast ,
to move." ; "V -- ',;'-;
Aunt Rachel gazd at him in horror. 'is
:i ,7 don't understand".: . she-i -
stammered.-
v:- d-rw onlwash days,
driven on alternate sides
f each pore-lt was up,thefe spesisn -A tj,ii..ri0fe
that thean had climbe i in, another instant Uncle Jack had
"Hey, there !-yoi2 gg': drawn the litfr taut as a rope-wklker's
thingr yelled Tdbf cable and .with a deft movement
metal pulley hanging on . one oicne . , V - T- ft th strong steel
spikes. - - wb . that one." ex- ladder of the re escape. Then it wh- saii Unde: Jack laymg:haV
, "le mlL TSe ctntoed wS- seemedas if he must hav? dived. head nd Tod's head '-rmolng-.tj ;
nlamed the man as ne conu . Swavinfif from-side' to side hW nf Tod: as I said
naSton.and hurneaiy aisayy-": I... - iur.-wi... flnfin from 1 1 - - r '"TxL '
r,;, jjw niillpv all the same " D"" . --c, - lorever. f iou aau uue Bwa-;
iSdMfflyv believe a wash-line in B breeze-he was com- , rn wlfine,. .
ttT Tark's JaSSSa just fit it! ing hand over hand-lickety-split!-- randnnan him as ever walked ot'
Uncle Jacks lariat wouiu j , lariat bndjre. , , iarra nA you'll keen house fo!
COU1Q riguv " ' " I ; th rleam. ..7 '
T'rl "..rTr -r- both 01 us. , . . . . - . ,
liUb 1UU B - "til. "' 1
a.1br jroiAC
If I had it I
hauling machine. .
Five min
hine. - ten shoes'; tt&t Tod's, were fixed,
utes later Aunt . Rachel up0IlvUncIe Jack's face,
froxa the. kitchen.. , . f . -
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