The Bellville Times (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, June 29, 1923 Page: 3 of 8
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DECURATIONS OF SAME DATE
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suppose that gives you no help either.
Avery—the securities, the stocks and
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By
William MacHarg
Edwin Balmer
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The Blind Man’s Eyes
B
Tomb of Lafayette in the Cemetery
at Picpus.
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On July 4, 1776, Another Patriotic
Body Resolved They Should Be
Free and Independent
Diction Airy.
-She's a perfect dictionary."
-Well, she's very airy about her
dlction. to say the least."
achieved.
“We must go back to the quite seri-
,andfgweitalitothe
If you are troubled with pains or
aches; feel tired; have headache,
indigestion, insomnia; painful
passage of urine, you will find
relief by regularly taking
For Women Who Re
Lydia E. Pinkham’*
table Compoun
Greenville, Pa.-"I took
cine through the Change of
and anxiety of the man across from
him mounting swiftly, and he gave it
everv opportunity to increase He
had told Eaton once that he did not
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetal
pound I feel younger than I
years ago, and my friends all
I look younger, >■! I - --- --
Vegetable Compound. I do all myhou
work for a family of seven now. I will
air—hit
shots."
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own method—lul
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work for a famfly of woven new.* wube
mnyaom»s.
Myers, 55 Union St., Greenville, Pa.
Many letters similar to this have been
published testifying to the merit or
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pound. They are sincere expressions
from women who describe as best tney
can their feelings before and after taking
this well-known medicine. __
Many times they state in their letters
their willingness to answer women who
write them. It ill an offer dictated by
gratitude and a desire to help others.
amount of bitterness in my tone. It is
.‘0.
tors prescribe Nujol
it acts like thia nnt..
The chimes rang out and the town was
gay.
Bold in his youth he rode away.
Away to the West, and there be
met—
Soldiers of France, brave Jouquerin,
Pelletier and his gallant crew.
Every one a fighting man—
Every one a man who knew
That life is brief and love is long
And liberty’s all of a freeman’s song.
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often be tempted by gaining informa-
tion here from which you might make
money; and your other employers
must have overbid me."
“I don't understand; I beg your par-
don. Mr. Santoine. but I do not follow
what you are talking about."
“No? Then we must go a little fur-
ous emergency to which 1 am Indebted
Watch Cutlcura Improve Your Skin.
<>n rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment
Wash off Ointment in five minutes
with Cutlcura Soup and hot water. It
is wonderful what Cutlcura will do
for poor complexions, dandruff, itching
and red, rough hands.—Advertisement
very large, and those who can play
great polo are very few. So I sent for
LATHROP’S
oggtau
Baby's Stomach
Was Puffed Up
Tight With Gas
"I was fearful we were going to lose
our little boy. He couldn’t eat any-
thing and his little stomach was all
puffed up with gas and felt tight and
hard. A neighbor told me about
Teethina and I stopped everything
else and gave him that and now he
bas 10 teeth and is the jolliest uttie
fellow in the world,’’ writes Mrs. C. E.
Grimes, Colquitt, Ga. 4
Here is another striking instance
where much suffering and anxiety
could have been avoided had Mrs.
Grimes known of Teethina and had
given it at the first sign of trouble.
Teethina is sold by leading drug-
gists or send 30c to the Moffett Labo-
ratories, Columbus, Ga., and receive
a full size package and a free copy
of Moffett's Illustrated Baby Book.—
(Advertisement)
CHAPTER XXH—Continued.
not enough of Nature's lu-
bricating liquid is produced
in the bowel to keep the food
waste softand
When Washington Prayed.
New Jersey was a camp and a bat-
tlefield during the greater part of
the Revolutionary war. and the in-
habitants learned to know Washing-
ton and his men.
Traditions of Washington are treas-
ured and handed down in many fam-
ilies, whose ancestors had homes about
Morristown when Washington was en-
camped there and living in the Ford
mansion, now “Washington's head-
quarters." Washington’s prayer In the
woods of the Short hills at a dark and
critical period of American history is
one of these local traditions, says the
Detroit News.
"hove played polo ata
About two-thirds of the average
woman’s sympathy is curiosity.
rifling my safe. Avery."
“Yes, sir. Latron was dying when
they took him out of the car last
night They got him away, though;
put him on the boat he'd come on. I
saw them in the woods last night.
They'll not destroy the body or make
away with it, sir. at present."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
a housebreaker engaged in
havlor of the stock exchange today. I became a fugitive without a name,
They All Love Him.
Blackstone—"To a rich man every-
thing is relative." Webster—"Yes, fre-
quently poor relatives!"
DON’T
the polo annuals for a few years back;
the ones I wanted came to the Hub
today. His picture is in the group of
the Spring Meadows club; he played
'back' for them Ave yean ago. Hts
name was under the picture, of
course."
“I understand. I am glad to know
how It was. One less certain of your
fidelity than I am might have put
another construction on your silence;
one less certain. Avery, might have
thought that, already knowing Eaton’s
identity, you preferred Instead of tell-
ing it to me to have me discover it
for myself and so, for that reason, you
trapped him into a polo game in Har-
riet’s presence."
For a moment Santoine paused; the
man across from him did not speak,
but—Santoine’s intuition told him—
drew himself together for some shock.
“Of course," said Santoine. “know-
ing who Eaton is gives us no aid in
determining who the men were that
fought in my study last night?"
“It gives none to me, Mr. Santoine," '
Avery said steadily.
“It gives none to you," Santoine re- ]
peated; “and the very peculiar be-
Lafayette Writing Intact.
The original manuscript of the re-
sponse of the Marquis de Lafayette at
the reception accorded him by the na-
tional house of representatives De-
cember 10, 1824, has been presented
to Lafayette college by Morris L.
Clothier of Philadelphia. The manu-
script is written in Lafayette's own
bana
signed telegram from J taesty-W
X entered, thesne
the contents were w thst one
you suppose I do no Elev UM sight
ot the two men »• the
among them again. They knew that.
Just before he must go to trlal, LA-
tron himself became convinced that
he faced confinement for the rest of
his life; then fate effectively inter-
vened to end all his troubles. His
body, charred and almost consumed
by flames—but nevertheless the iden-
titled body of Matthew Latron—vas
found in the smoking ruins of his
shooting lodge, which burned to the
ground two days before his trial."
Avery was hunched in the seat
watching the blind man with grow-
ing conviction and fear.
Santoine went on: "A young man
waa shown to have followed Latron
to the shooting lodge; a witness ap-
peared who had seen this young man
shoot Latron; a second witness had
seen him set fire to the lodge. The
young man—Hugh Overton—was put
on trial for his life. I, myself, as a
witness st the trial supplied the mo-
tive for the crime; for, though I had
never met Overton, I knew that he
had lost the whole of a large fortune
' through investments recommended to
| him by Latron. Overton was con-
victed. sentenced to death; he escaped
before the sentence was carried out—
in histories of the United States
which are particularly exact one finds,
after the story of the Declaration of
Independence st Philadelphia on July
4, 1776, mention of another “Declara-
tion." made that same day and year
by a body of frontiersmen in the cen-
tral part of Pennsylvania.
A single paragraph disposes of this
most interesting and remarkable of
historle coincidences. One reads of a
“persistent legend" that a group of
hardy pioneers, known as “Fair Play
Men," gathered on July 4, 1776, near
Pine creek, on the West branch of
Susquehanna river, and declared
themselves free thereafter from Brit-
ish rule.
That is all that the most diligent
search in histories brings out, for the
proofs of the story, as well as Its de-
tails, were belleved until recently to
have been lost to the mists of the past.
Henry W. Shoemaker, a newspaper
man of Altoona, a descendant of some
of the signers of this Pine creek "Dec-
laration.” spent ten years in collecting
the legends and stories of early life in
Pennsylvania.
He was particularly Interested in
the story of the "Declaration" and in-
terviewed many old people in the cen-
tral part of the state whose ancestors
were among the early settlers.
With the help of some of the ola
pioneers h brought the legend, with
its many variations, to a polnt where
he believes that Its authenticity, and
many if not all of its details, are well
established.
The scene of the Pine Creek "Dec-
laration” is, according to Mr. Shoe-
maker's researches, near Pine station,
Clinton county, about 19 miles above
the flourishing city of Williamsport.
She had waited nearly half an hour.
L , the library door had not been
’0 i again. The closeness of the
OPl"seemed choking her; she went to
2. front door and threw It open. The
Eening was clear and cool; but It
“fnot from the chill of the air that
"“shivered as she gazed out at the
Sods through which she had driven
wt Hugh the night before. There
"e bunt for him had been going on
El day; there she pictured him now,
I ‘ darkness in suffering, alone, hurt,
Ea and with all the world but her
of any possible jury at that time there
was absolutely no alternative but to
belleve the man under tndietment
must spend many seceedine yeara if
not the rest of his ufe tn the federal
penttentiary at Atlanta er Leaven-
’-New the man was to complete eon-
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MI’S Santoine. He’s Hugh Overton;
hadn’t you heard? And we’ve got
him!"
“Got him!”
“Where is Mr. Avery?" he demand-
ed. “Tve got to tell Mr. Avery."
She made no response but threw
herself in front of the car and clasped
a wheel as the man started to throw
In his gear. He cried to her and
tried to get her off; but she was deaf
to him. He looked in the direction of
the house, shut off his power and
taped down. He left the machine
ud ran on the road toward the house.
Harriet started the car and turned it
Buck in the direction from which It
had come. She speeded and soon
other headlights flared at hers—a num-
ber of them; four or five cars, at
test, were in file up the road and
men were crowding and horsemen
were riding beside them.
She rushed on so close that she saw
she alarmed them; they cried a warn-
,8: the horsemen and the men on
‘W jumped from beside the road and
the leading car swung to one side; but
Earriet caught her car on the brakes
and swung it straight across the road
and stopped it; she closed the throttle
And pulled the key from the starting
mechanism and flung it into the woods.
80 she sat in the car, waiting for the
SPtors of Hugh to come up.
“"here is her she asked them,
""here is her
They did not tell her; but reply
"as unnecessary. Others’ eyes point-
4 here to Hugh. He was in the back
Seat of the second machine with two
tan, one on each side of him. She
sopped at the side of the car where
26 was and she put her hand on the
of the tonneau.
..“Fou have been hurt again, Hughr
•» managed steadily.
Hun? No," he said as constratn-
“dly “No."
The car started, and she sat silent,
th her hand still upon his, as they
"ent on to her father’s house.
The Flaw in the Left Eye.
aSantoine, after Harriet had left the
trary. stood waiting until he heard
„ servant go out and close the door.
"Tien did you learn that Eaton was
Fuzh Overton, Avery r he asked.
"Today."
aHow did you discover itr
was plain from the first there
’ Pomething wrong with the man,"
nve replied; “but I had of course.
of placing him until he gave
tmseit away at polo the other day.
L" that he was pretending not to
ZT* a game which he did know;
he put over one particular stroke
sure he knew the game very
"SL.The number of men to thia
bonds of the properties still known i have been rather profitable to you
as the LAtron properties. Without Avery; I have not treated you badly
apparent renson, they have been going myseif, recognizing that you must
down and that gives you no help
either. Avery?
"Yet you are a very clever man;
there is no question about that I
have even found it worth while at
times to talk over with you matters
—problems—which were troubling me;
to consult with you. Have I not?"
"Yes.”
"Very well; I am going to consult
with you now. I have an infirmity,
as you know. Avery; I am blind. I
have just found out that fo several
years—for about five years, to be ex-
act ; that is, for about the same length
of time that you have been with me—
for your faithful service. Five years
I who if he ever appeared would be
All day they have been going down, handed over for execution. For the
stant. He could feel the uneasiness
fectly convinced that the only way to
win true happiness and perpetuate
prosperity was to accuse condemn
•nd Jail for life—if execution were
not legal—the heads of the Important
groups of industrial properties. just - — n|nr
at that time, one of these men-one ’ propert ies-conta Ar
of the most efficient but .too. perhaps Bo doubt, hish "
the one personally most obnoxious or
unpopular — committed one of Ms
gravest indiscretions. It concerned
the private use of deposits in national
banks: It was a federal offense of the
most patent and provable kind He
was indicted. ConsiderinE the temper
"ns the principal whoso agents bad
Talled In two attempts to get rid or
’ verton for him, whose other agent—
yourseif, Avery—had failed to inter-
cept the evidence which would have
revealed the truth to me, so that, no
onger trusting to agents, he himseif
had come in desperation to prevent
my learning the facts? I realise fully,
Avery, that by means of you my blind-
ties- and my reputation have been
used for five years to conceal from the
public the fact that Matthew Latron
had not been murdered, but was still
alive!"
Santoine heard Avery get up; he
stood an instant and tried to speak,
hut his breath caught nervously; he
made another effort.
"I didn’t have anything to do with
convicting Overton, or know anything
pbout it until that part was all over;
I never saw him till I saw him on the
train. I didn’t know Warden was
going to be killed.”
"But you were accessory to the rob-
bery of my house last night and,
therefore, accessory to the murder of
Wallace Blatchford. Last night, too,
knowing Overton was Innocent of ev-
erything charged against him, you
gave orders to tire upon him at sight
and he was fired upon. And what
were yon telling Harriet when I came
in? You have told the police that Over-
ton is the murderer of Latron. Isn't that
so the police will refuse to believe
anything he may say and return him
to the death cell for the sentence to
be executed upon him? The law will
call these things attempted murder,
Avery."
The blind man heard Avery pacing
the floor, and then heard him stop in
front of him.
"What is it you want to know, sir?"
"Who killed Warden?”
“John Yarrow is his name; he was
a sort of hanger-on of Latron’s. I
don't know where Latron picked him
up."
"Was it he who also made the at-
tack on the train?"
“Yes.”
"Who was the other man on the
train—the one that claimed the tele-
gram addressed to Lawrence Hill-
ward?"
"Ills name's Hollock. He's titular
owner of the place on the Michigan
shore where Latron has bren living.
The telegram I sent night before last
was addressed to his place, you know.
He's been a sort of go-between for
Latron and the men—those who knew
—who were managing the properties.
I’d never met him, though, Mr. San-
toine, and I didn't know either him
or Hollock on the train. As I said,
I wasn't in the know about killing
Warden.”
"When did you learn who Eaton
was. Avery?"
"The day after we got back here
from the West I got word from La-
tron; they didn't tell me till they
needed to use me.” Avery hesitated;
then he went on: “You understand,
sir, about Latron’s pretended death—
a guide at the shooting lodge had
been killed by a chance shot in the
woods; purely accidental; some one
of the party had fired at a deer,
missed, and never knew he'd killed a
man with the waste shot. When the
guide didn't come back to camp, they
looked for him and found his body.
He was a man who never would be
missed or inquired for and was very
nearly Latron’s size; and that gave
Latron the idea.
“At first there was no idea of pre-
tending he had been murdered; it was
the coroner who first suggested that
Things looked ugly for a while, under
the circumstances, as they were made
public. Either the scheme might
come out or someone else be charged
ns the murderer. That put It up to
Overton. He’d actually been up there
to see Latron and had had a scene
with him which had been witnessed.
That part—all hut the evidence which
showed that he shot Latron after-
ward—was perfectly true. He thought
that Latron, as he was about to go
to trial, might be willing to give him
information which would let him save
something from the fortune he'd lost
through Latron’s manipulations. The
circumstances, motive, everything was
ready to convict Overton; It needed
very little more to complete the case
against him."
“So it was completed."
“But after Overton was convicted,
he was not allowed to be punished,
sir."
Santoine’s lips straightened in con-
tempt. “He was not allowed to be
punished ?"
“Overton didn’t actually escape, you
know. Mr. Santoine —that is, he
couldn’t have escaped without help;
l.atron was thoroughly frightened and
he wanted It carried through and
Overton executed; but some of the
others rebelled against this and saw
that Overton got away; but he never
knew he'd been helped. I understand
It was evidence of Latron’s insistence
on the sentence being carried out that
Warden found, after his first sus-
picions had been aroused, and that
put Warden in a position to have La-
tron tried for his life, and made it
necessary to kill Warden."
“Latron is dead, of course. Avery,
or fatally wounded?"
“He's dead. Over—Eaton, that is.
I out of it.”
"You Have Been Hurt Again, Hugh?" j -Whatr
j tion with Overton of some sort; Over-
firmity. Avery, cannot well help being ton's enemies, therefore, weresunrne
a little sensitive in regard to IL You to rid themselves of him b
r "'X' thopomacnoveregn
n.rerdrse r Am at your service Mr * Whe i Kound that Warden -Xie
santetne.- averys vootce was barsh | ,Mr dim
man was silent tor an W ! or wnat -
remove Overton before my suspiions
were aroused, even if it could be done
ugaatana mouse" methods; be was j only at desperate risk tot tvry
X them now because that was -What I am leading uptitA “these
the only way his purpose could be | your owpconnectonhter your own
to a certain point. When,
Eton wa. vou got him into a
nolo Eato it was so that. If your in-
Polozamerldst served by exposin
him, you could do so without reveal
Ing the real source your knowledge
him. But an unforeseen event
arosbrherattsand relattnk
to the reorganization e
which first had aroused
Warden', suspie ions- were sen ‛tere
through Warden's oficeAt " „ m
was nothing threaten ing.ts’ could
this, because their !contet in
reach me only throusl ' . T daugh-
the uncertainty 1 felt. . oj your
ter take these matters out
Coated T ongil»^
Nature’a Warning
of Ccfuttffation
When you are constipated
• --------
and prosperous properties in Amerira
Before hts gaining control, the prop
erties had been almost rulned by dif-
ferences between the minor men who
tried to run them; only the railing of
Matthew Latron into control saved
I those men from themselves; they re-
qulred him to govern them; his tak-
‛ tag away would bring chaos and ruin
azainst him!
She ran down the steps and stood
o the lawn The vague noises of the
house now no longer were audible.
She stood in the silence of the eve-
ning strained and fearfully listening.
At first there seemed to be no sound
outdoors other than the gentle rush
of the waves on the beach at the foot
at the bluff behind her; then, in the
opposite direction, she defined the un-
dertone of some far-away confusion.
Sometimes it seemed to be shouting,
next only a murmur of movement and
nolse. She ran up the road a hundred
jards in Its direction and halted
spin. The noise was nearer and
dearer—a confusion of motor explo-
sions and voices; and now one sound
clattered louder and louder and |
leaped nearer rapidly and rose above
the rest, the roar of a powerful mo-
tor-car racing with “cut-out” open.
The rising racket of It terrified Har-
riet with its recklessness and triumph.
Ies; that was it; triumph! The far-
off tumult was the noise of shouts and
erles of triumph; the racing car, blar-
ing its way through the night, was the
bearer of news of success of the
search.
Harriet went colder as she knew
this; then she ran up the road to meet
the car coming. She saw the glare
of its headlights through the trees
past a bend in the road; she ran on
and the beams of the car’s headlight
straightened and glared down the road
directly upon her. The car leaped at
her; she ran on toward it, arms in
the air. The clatter of the car be-
ame deafening and the machine was
nearly upon her when the driver rec-
ognized that the girl in the road was
heedless and might throw herself be-
fore him unless he stopped. He
brought his car up short and skidding.
“What is it?" he cried, as he muffled
the engine.
"What is it? What is it?” she cried
in return.
The man recognized her. “Miss San-
toine!"
“What is itr
“We've got him I" the man cried.
"We've got him!"
"Him?
“Him! Hugh Overton! Eaton,
“I say, your position here must
38/
ther. This last year a minor reor-
ganization became necessary in some
of the Latron properties. Sly friend,
Gabriel Warden— who was an honest
man, Avery—had recently greatly In-
creased bls Interest in those proper
ties: it was inevitable the reorganiza-
tion should be largely in his hands.
During his work with the Latron prop-
ertles Warden—the honest man.
Avery—discovered the terrible injus-
tice of which I speak.
“I do not need to draw your atten-
tion. Avery, to the very peculiar con-
dition which followed Warden's death.
Warden had certainly had communica
Out to the struggitng West he came.
Noble Marquis of Lafnyette!
Out to the West he brousht the flame.
The flame of France. His magie name
Caught men's hearts in its magie ne t.
The fame of France to a darkened
land.
On and on in the struggle It went:
The flame of France to a stumbling
band.
Ragged and worn and all but spent.
It gave new seal to the freemen's fight
Till the whole world shone In its glor-
ious light.
Back to Mets from the wondrous West.
Hall to the Marquis of Lafayette!
Back with bays from a chivalrous
quest—
Write his name with the nation's best.
The names Columbia can’t forget.
In the heart of Metz, there let him
stand—
In America's heart his niche is
made—
Facing the West, his sword in hand—
Glorious, young and unafraid!
Knight of France in a hundred nghts.
Take this tribute from New World
Knights.
—John B. Kennedy. In New York Times
evidence had been perfect—complete;
be bad shot Latron purely for re-
venge, killed him in the most des-
picable manner. For there was no
doubt Latron was dead, was there,
Avery?”
“None," Avery said huskily.
“That was the time you came into
my employ, Avery, recommended to
me by one of the men who had been
I closest to Latron. I was not connect-
! ed with the Latron properties except
as an adviser; but many papers re-
lating to them must go inevitably
through my hands. I was rather on
the inside in all that concerned those
properties. But I could not myself
see the papers; I was blind; therefore
I had to have others serve as eyes for
me. And from the first, Avery, you
served as my eyes in connection with
all papers relating to the Latron
properties. If anything ever appeared
in those papers which might have led
me to suspect that any injustice had
been done in the punishment of La-
iron's murderer, It could reach me
only through you. Nothing of that
sort ever did reach me, Avery. You
must have made quite a good thing
I was downinbed
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agent of a monstrous and terrible In-
justice to an innocent man. Except
for my blindness—except for that,
Avery, this injustice never could have
been carried on. If you find a certain
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Zeiske, Richard E. The Bellville Times (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, June 29, 1923, newspaper, June 29, 1923; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1579912/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .