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12 THE TRIBUNE REPUBLICAN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 19U, ANCIENT WAYNE No. 40. A Mystery HIS is a story of the Middle creek, a Wayne county stream of water that is as near like the average man's life as could be imagined or hunted out of the oldest inhabitant's cupboard facts.

Its beginning is with a cry as it springs into life at the eastern base of the Mooslc mountains. It has a playful period during which it winds and twists among meadows and willows. Then it gets in earnest, wakes right up and talks until it culminates its boisterous chatter with a shout as it plunges over the Waugum falls. From that point on it rests a brief interval as it winds through meadows green, until it talks loud again as it tumbles over the rocks, until it finally goes to sleep in the embrace of the peaceful Lackawaxen at West Haw ley. A PRISONER AND HIS CAPTORS While waiting for the traoin in the Dunmore depot recently Jacob Kizer, of Lake Ariel, with his wife, his son and his son in law put In their ap pearance.

They had been attending the Kizer reunion at Nay Aug park. Mr. Kizer was in a communicative mood and told some incidents that took place aong the Middle creek many years ago. Like a faithful scribe I jotted down the main points and stored them away for use later on. The story has been handed down through three generations, and there is every reason to believe in its authenticity.

Many years ago, probably in the Revolutionary war. a white man was taken prisoner. Undoubtedly the capture was an incident of the battle of Minisink, which occurred right near Lackawaxen. This prisoner was placed in the custody of a band of Indians who were to escort him to the Wyoming Valley. Why these Indians did not choose to travel by the regular trail through Wilsonville.

through the Little Meadows and over the mountains to the valley beyond cannot be given here, for nobody knows, and there is no good in guessing. They had reasons of their own, and that is1 enough. They chose to travel up the Middle creek, and that was the way they went The weather was fine. The hemlock and pine woods abounded in game. The waters of the brawling stream were filled with trout, and there evidently was no haste.

So they took their time as they crawled through laurel pickets and picked their way along the rugged banks of the little river. WHAT THE PRISONER DID NOT SEE The passenger on an Erie and Wyoming Valley train as it travels between Hawley and Scranton sees many things that the Indians and their prisoner did not see while on their Journey. There were no cleared fields then. That was long before Loren A. Robertson and William Gale were born, so they could not see where the old tannery was located at what is now called Clemo.

That was before the dreamers even dared to dream of such an institution as the Pennsylvania Coal com panv's gravity railroad. The gravity was" born, lived its life, died and is now only a memory. Many things now ic existence might be mentioned that, of course, those red men and their prisoner could not have imagined as they traversed around the many bands for which the stream is noted. They climbed over the rocks at the falls, which, years later, were cleft in twain to allow the gravity cars to pass through. They passed up the river until they passed by the hemlock crowned bluff of Turkey Pen ridge.

Possibly at its base, on the flat land where the writer of this sketch lives, they had an encounter with some huge denizen of the forest whose teeth weighed a quarter of a pound each, and specimens of which are yet in existence. In the conflict with that animal the red brave may have lost his stone killing instrument that has since been found and is kept as a relic of the days when men used stone articles in the place of iron. Onward, still onward, crept the Indians and their prisoner through the forest They passed the place where the Pennsylvania Coal company used to have an up and down sawmill at what is now the little village of Hoadley's, with its store, postofflce, railroad station and telegraph office. The general course of the stream is west from this point They passed the place where P. G.

Goodrich years afterward caught trout He lived to be an old man, wrote a history of his native county, then died, and is now located, I trust, on the banks of another and a purer and brighter stream, even the River of Life. They passed through the place where Robertson Gale years afterward operated their tannery, which was of much consequence in its time, especially on pay days and election days. Its glory has long since gone. L. A.

Robertson made more than a million dollars out of hemlock bark, lumber and leather and both he and his partner, William A. Gale, are taking their long sleep. Still onward traveled the red men and their captive. The course of the little river took them away from rocky bottoms and wound among banks fringed with willows and tag alder bushes. The headwaters of this Wayne county stream are in "the happy land of Canaan." Not on its banks, but not very far from its source several people of considerable local notoriety were born.

VERY INTERESTING IN THIS SECTION An old fashioned muzzle loading cut rifle would easily send a bullet through space from the headwaters of the Middle Creek and drop it on the spot where Hon. Charles McCarty was born. The same may be said of the Fitzsimmons brothers Col. Frank the eloquent lawyer; John, the successful Insurance and real estate man, of Scranton, and Dr. Thomas, who brought to Wayne county the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane, which Involves the expenditure in the building of many, many thousands of dollars, and then will benefit the county for its maintenance for all time.

That some bullet might drop down Into the old Canaan Corners' cemetery where rests one of the most heroic stories untold and Which In time, I trust, will be reached by this series of local stories of truth. MORE OF WHAT THE CAPTIVE SAW Tears afterward the captive told, AND MODERN COUNTY of the Middle Creek. Jacob Kizer, that in their Journey they came to a beaver dam, to some bog meadows, and to quite a large pond. He described minutely the very place where Mr. Kizer had cut bog hay.

There were two bog meadows and the pond' was increased in size until it covered more than 300 acres. At this point the Indians ran out of bullets. Of course, their old flintlock firearms were useless without bullets. They are described as having gone to a certain ledge of rock where there was an outcropping of lead, which they took and melted into bullets. The Indians carefully concealed every trace of where they obtained the lead and went on their way.

Tears afterward the captive returned and hunted for that lead mine, but it could not be found. Mr. Kizer, father of the one who told me of this Incident, spent considerable time searching for the hidden lead, but in vain. And there that lead still remains hidden, and will so remain until the lucky cay comes when soma man wl'l discover Its presence by the merest accident. EXPERIENCE OF JACOB SPANGENBURG So much for the "mystery part of this sketch.

Aow for another incident that occurred on the identical spot years afterward. Jacob Span genburg was an uncle to Jacob Kizer, Sr. He lived in that neighborhood and was a man quite handy with a long barreled, smooth bore rifle. One day in Winter Spangenburg went hunting and when the sun was setting he was quite a distance from home. As he was making his way through the forest he became aware that wolves were upon his track.

He hastened his pace, but the sounds came nearer and nearer. He could tell by the sounds that he was being surrounded. He ran with all the speed he could command and finally came out Into the bog meadows. A huge haystack had been built there in the Summer season and he climbed to the top, where he remained all of that long Winter night. When morning came tne wolves went sneaking back into the forest and Snaneenbur speedily made his way home to a hot breakfast and the ruminate over his experiences of the night.

Frank P. Woodward. Hoadleys. Sept. 25, 1911.

Carriers Going Some. HONESDAT.TC. Pa Knnl Th Tribune Republican carriers who are working for some fine prizes are going some, as is shown by the standing herewith printed. Testerday "saw some changes in the standing, Elmer Spruy climbing from third place to the top of the list; Frank Kearney also made a good gain in his standing. The carriers are an energetic lot and are certainly booming things in the town.

They are workers, each and every one being bent on capturing first prize, the handsome gold watch. You can help one of these faithful little fellows to win a prize by giving him your subscription. Do it now; don't put.it oft until tomorrow or the next day. You will never again have this great offer. it win cost you but one cent a day.

The TrlhllTlA 'RftnilhlfPBn Viae, cnmA good news for every boy in town. Call at oa Jiain Eireei alter scnool today and let our representative explain it to you iuuy. Following is the standing of the boys up to noon today: Elmer Sdi v. 140 points; Robert Bennett, 130 points; Stanley Decker, 80 points; Burton Robinson, 70 points; Elwood Bernard, iu poinis; rranK Kearney, so points Walter Slofer, 50 points; Franklin Bishop, 50 points; Ray Reardon, 10 points. No Baseball Picture Today.

It has been intended to feature a picture of the Honesdale base ball team in this department this morning but owing to defects in the photograph it was Impossible to make a cut In time for use this morning and it had to be left out Nevertheless the picture will be used in the course of a few days in connection with a resume of the work of the team on diamond during the season Just closed. Corn Had to be Cut Out. HONESDALE. Sept 27. Sorry are we that the picture of the Wayne county corn patch, showing human beings in the foreground, the corn standing more than twice as high as the people, could not be used on this page to day.

Owing to the photograph being too indistinct a plate suitable for printing could not be secured. You Ought To Know that impure blood with its weakening results, unpleasant breath, headaches, unrestful nights, poor appetite, sallow skin, pimples and depression, comes from constipation 3EEGEMTS PILLS hare been doing good to men and women for many, many years and their value has been tested and proved. They remove the cause of physical troubles. A few small doses will show their safe tonic action on you. Beecbam's Pills will surely help you to an active liver, a good stomach, a sweet breath, clear head and refreshing tleep.

In young or old they will Relieve Constipation Sale tVarrwtoe. la out 10c mmd Ma, i Honesdale 1 iJ 'V" i a ft xc Pl, I I I ii xi Front Row Ray Dibble, Assistant Scout Master; Clarence Bodie, Earl Transue, Walter Robinson. Middle Row E. G. Jenkins, Scout Master; Walter Crist, Edward Leine, Earl Edward Glnther, Charles Rlchenbaker, Raymond Short.

Rear Row Ervin Morrison, Kenneth TJglow, Walter Allenbacher, Philip Sommer. This troop consists of twenty six boys and the above picture was taken as sixteen of them were about to start on a two mile trail through the woods north of Honesdale. It seemed almost HONESDALE'S PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS MEN HONESDALE as a business full of progress as can be wants may be, there is a We want you to shake hands When Reif Sells You Shoes. Reifs shoe store is in tne red stone front exactly in the center of town. Not only does he sell the famous Walk Over shoes for men, but he sells the equally jueen Quality shoes for wo ai en.

He has exactly the kind of shoes to suit every the household, from the old bou est member of the family down to the smallest tot. The shoes will sun you, remember, in every way from quality and fit to price. Office Supplies. In Honesdale when people want anything in the line of office supplies they are quite sure to go to J. B.

Neilson's after them. A great variety of pencils of all grades, clips, pens, tablets, erasers, pencil sharpeners and hundreds of handy little office sundries. Here you can find an nedless variety of postal cards, including Strawbridge Lion post cards. Post cards of the new school building In a few days. The Wayne County Savings Bank.

Save a penny every day. Then, contented, go your way. The wise man is always a manager. He manages to save something even though that something be small, out of what he earns from day to day. Another mark of wisdom is in not keeping his savings about his person.

Like a truly wise man he puts it in the Wayne County Savings Bank, thus placing it beyond his power to spend it, and at the same time drawing three per cent interest on it, which interest is added every six months to the deposit, so that your money is working for you all the time. This bank is one of the most popular savings Institutions in this part of the state. And why not, when its assets are nearly three million dollars and a capital and surplus of over half a million dollars? "When the Leaves Begin to Turn." That is the time to buy the very latest In Fall hats and clothing. You get all that is new, nobby and nifty at Rickert's, just across the street from the station. Everything in men's wear from hats to socks at popular prices at Rickert's.

Katz Brothers' Monday Bargains. Not only in Honesdale, but from one end of Wayne county to the other the fame of the Monday bargain sales at the Katz Brothers' store has become known. These are bargain sales in the truest sense of the word. On each Monday they take leading and staple articles in dry goods and groceries and put a genuine bargain price on them. Sometimes this bargain price actually is at about cost possibly under cost That is the Katz way of helping to make Honesdale grow.

"My Kingdom for a Horse!" It is too bad that King Richard didn't have a chance to tell his horse needs to Sheriff Braman. The sheriff wouldn't have charged him any such price as a kingdom for the best horse in his stock, and he has some fine ones. Around at Braman's stable you can get a horse at any price to fit your pocketbook. He has roadsters, draft horses, brood mares, anything In the horse line you want from the commonest nag at the lowest price to a regular clipper, that will cost more money. Rowland, the Jeweler.

It is not quite a year since H. G. Rowland opened his Jewelry ftore to the Honesdale public, but In that time he has won a line of patronage that Is satisfactory enough to bring smiles to any proprietor's face. He sells new goods under guarantee and does a line of repairing that in quality, price and promptness of delivery are unapproachable. Freeman's Beautiful Windows.

The Freeman clothing store is always to the front with the very latost in men's clothing and furnishings. One of the desirable features of this store is their system of window display. All you have to do is to watch the Freeman windows from week to week to see what is newest most desirablo and most economical in price as they show the goods In a manner truly artistic. Troop No. 1 Boy Scouts impossible to get the entire troop together at one time, so our artist did the best he could and caught the sixteen.

The boys belonging to the troop who do not appear In the picture are: town has as muc to offer, and found in any tow of its size in Honesdale dealer ready to meet them with the goods and the prices. with the hap py bunch ol Honesdale The Farmers Mechanics Bank, Honesdale's youngest bank is the Farmers Mechanics. Its name indicates its purpose and character. It is officered and directed largely by farmers and workingmen. It is located in a quiet part of town at the corner of Tenth and Main streets and is homelike in surroundings and appointments.

There are no "frills" to its make up or manner of conducting business. That is one reason why workingmen and farmers like to do business there; they feel perfectly at home. If you think of. opening a business or savings account the Farmers and Mechanics bank will surely please you. On savings accounts this bank pays three per cent computing the interest semi annually.

You can open an account with a deposit of one dollar. The Ready Pay Store. Every town has at least one store where groceries and provisions are sold at rock bottom prices, B. L. IIol bert's Ready Pay store is Honesdale's possession on this line.

Not only does the Ready Pay furnish everything in the line of groceries, canned goods, vegetables, fruits and table delicacies, but it conducts a market for the sale of fresh meats and fresh fish. The Ready Pay is one of the best known stores in the county. Jadwin's Subduing Liniment. Like a sweet old song iB the name just written. For half a century this liniment has been the standard article of its kind on the market It Is just as good and full of power today as when it first was offered to ihe public.

Its proprietor, Hon. C. C. Jad wln, Is still directing Its manufacture. Jadwin's drug store is as popular today as It was fifty years ago.

And there is a reason. Peters' 5 and 10 Cent Store. F. G. Peters has a 5 and 10 cent store that certainly is a credit to Honesdale.

Not only can you find a very comprehensive line of goods at these popular prices, but they are goods of the highest grade of quality. When one looks over the stock in this store and notes the many, many things for sale at a nickel, the query naturally arises, "How can Mr. Peters afford such goods at such low prices." A Frosty Morning Breakfast. That means sausage, of course not just "sausage," but the kind that Dein, the meat man, makes and sells. It is cut just right, made of selected meats, and seasoned as only Detn seasons sausage.

It may truly be said of Dein's sausage that "the taste, lingers" and once tasted no other kind will ever suit you quite as welL Hussco Shoes. The shoes made at the factory of the Honesdale Union Shoe company have carried Wayne county by storm. They are made by workmen who know how to make good shoes. They are made of selected material. They are made to wear, not to look at and yet they are as handsome as they are durable.

Tell your dealer you want Hussco shoes and that no other kind will do. les Cream Soda at Laine's. It would make an Interesting Item had Leine kept tab on the number of ice cream sodas, sundaes, and fountain and ice cream sales in general that he has made this season. The number would run Into many thousands. The reason was because of the pure fruit flavors and general purity and excellence of this branch of his business.

It really seemed as if everybody went to Leine's. And the sale is still in progress. The Quality Drug Store. Rightly named is G. William Pell's drug store, up Main street, by the Main street bridge and Park lake.

The Quality store. The name fits the place to perfection, for quality is written all over the store, from the attractive and the grape arbor sofJa fountain to the very last bottle on the shelves. Whatever you get in that shop, whether drugs, confectionery, cigars, stationery or various household supplies are of the highest quality money can purchase. I Carl Bullock. Mortimer Stocker, Sum ner Crossley, George Lighthiser, John Rlefler, Gerald Genry, Farrlngton Burhardt, Arthur Saunders, Robert Heft and Lewis Dryer.

her merchants are as energetic and the state. No matter what your dealers below Bargains at Manner At this time of the year you can de pend on finding two conditions at Menner One is that they are holding a clearance sale of Summer goods at prices that make them go, and the other is that they are show ing the newest and latest in the line of Fall styles in women coats and suits. Here is a fact: No Scranton store will offer a handsomer or more comprehensive stock and their prices will not be as low as will rule at Men ner This word to Wayne county women should be sufficient The Honesdale Milling Co. One of the new things in the Honesdale business world is the new building on Main street that the Honesdale Milling company will soon be occupying. Not only does this es tabllshment do merchant milling, but they conduct a wholesale grocery business.

They deal extensively In flour, feed, bran, grain and middlings. Farm ers who use stock food of any kind and quantity find the Honesdale Milling company a most desirable bead quarters. Lunch at Van Deusen's. Frank Van Deusen's Cash Bakery is in the Independent building and connected with it is a lunch room, where you can get sandwiches, pies, cakes, cocoa, tea, delicious coffee and as fine an oyster stew as was ever made. Walk right in, make yourself at home, give your order and your wants will receive prompt attention.

Prices just exactly right. Business News at the Murray Co. Sters There is always something new, something late, something especially seasonable in the Murray big four story store. For instance: Right now they are quoting horse potato diggers that do the work right at only $8.60. Then they are offering oil heaters, coal and wood heaters and all kinds of stove supplies.

They carry a full line of the famous Dockash heaters and ranges. Another bit of stove news is what they are offering in the line of horse blankets, plush robes and everything else for the horseman or farmer from a cold blast lantern to a halter for your colt and everybody knows that Murray prices are rock bottom. Where to Get Good Photographs. You will find Charlesworth's photograph gallery up in the sky parlors of the Schuerhols building, right where they used to make pictures half a hundred years ago. Charlesworth makes the kind of photographs that look se lifelike that they bring smiles to your face.

Sehuerholz, the Cigar Man. The Sehuerholz cigar store Is not only headquarters for the best "Bmokes" In Honesdale; but for all people interested in the higher grades of sport High grade cigars and high grade base ball and other sports seem to have an affinity for each other. The Jenkins Machine 8hop. Something the matter with your motor or your machinery? There is a way out of your troubles. Down Twelfth street to the cut glass then turn to the right and there you are, facing E.

G. Jenkins' machine shop, the place where everything, almost. Is done in the line of repair work, and what Is more necessary still, they have the "Know how." Another feature about this establishment Is that you will be treated so kindly and courteously that you will be almost glad something broke so that you could go there to get it repaired. Don't Miss Manner's Window. We had an advance peep Into one of Menner windows that was bedecked In its fall clothing yesterday afternoon, and, say! It is a beauty, for sure.

No, we are not going to tell you what It Is like, or how It is trimmed. You'll have to see it It's a study In seasons. Sehenok Insurance and Real Estate. It only seems like a day before yesterday since W. P.

Schenck and the writer of this little notice went to the same little school house and played 'Ha a a lee over!" out at Hoadleys. Warren sells Are and life insurance In Homer Greene HONESDALE, Sept 27. The peculiar incident connected with the trial and conviction of young Beattle for wife murder down in old Virginia, where, in the dusk of evening. In' the top of Chesterfield. Friday night September twelve men in the alienee of the Jury room knelt and earnestly prayed that they might be guided aright in their verdict, marks the trial as one of the really unique In the criminal annals of the country.

The story as published tn the publio prints on the following morning was told in these words: I Twelve Virginia farmers knelt at dusk tonight In the obscurity of the small jury room of Chesterfield court house, praying fervently that they might pass Judgment aright on Henry Clay Beattle, Jr, lndlctted for the murder of his wife. Greatly determined, they arose a moment later and silently, one by one, recorded a unanimous verdict of "guilty." Pausing In solemn contemplation for fifty eight minutes, weighing carefully the meaning of their decision, and once more on bended knees beseeching divine assistance that they might not err, they filed into the hushed stillness of a crowded court room and with startling suddenness twelve voices, instead of the usual one of the foreman, spoke the single word, "guilty." It was almost a shout Twenty nine years Homer Greene, of Honesdale, wrote an article for Lipplncott's Magaslne, that at the time attracted much attention. The article was published ao long ago that when Mr. Greene's attention was called to It, with a request for a eopy of it, lo! he had forgotten that he had ever written such a story. However, he said he would try to find it, and he was succes There Is a part of the story that runs on lines quite parallel to the Beattle incident so much so that It becomes a matter of interest today.

The entire article, thanks to the kindness of Mr. Greene, follows. Manager Wayne County Dept THE PROFESSIONAL JUROR His Apaearaaee, Hla Pecnllarltlea ami tt Hl Way Doing? Biulneu. Homer Greene in Lipplncott's Maga sine for June 1882. The enu taker has not found him, the statistician has not counted him, out the professional Juror Is nevertheless an existing fact.

It is true that the law does not contemplate him or make provision for him any more than i.ai0es.tor..tne yt the one Is f.fi.n!V,tabJeJan,adJunct t0 the administration of Justice as the other is to Vll, furthernce of legislation. The professional Juror is never a young on contrary, he is usually past middle age. He is possessed of considerable intelligence and a fair education, and it is even possible that m.mhrrAY' vha have been a 71VP rofKthe bar He ved too has met with financial and social reverses, but he still maintains of seml gentnity His suit of rusty black, howevr fV rSSnl majr fcV 1. ordtnarnv wM12Sn.d uually clean and Hla Peraeaal Habits. that he Monies so grossly intoxicated as to be sensel SSt alters tn 'yocan not detect traces of recent alcoholic indulgence.

As for smoking, he gave that up years ago, but will always take a cigar to please a friend He Is very fond of conversation Is somewhat addicted to the use of ha! a' ays'bee Piician. He was at one tlmA a nZtrf He attributes hi. onetimes to the IngVaUtude tune t.v? 2 of P'eal fortune. Me takes a deep Interest in day' bt "articular delight Is in recounting his political experience of former years pomlcal on tnat sitting ak't Tn'e and the lawyers often us hlnJ 10 rrrsonar. iruTeS rMr' to be Seme Trleka of Hs Trade His chief occupation.

hownvaV mA his favorite one Is that of Juror It Is always to be presumed that the jurv commissioners and sheriff select thl panel by lot, according to the laws of w.eitate: but t0 noted that Wind chance strikes the professional JMr.C WJth ytrios frequenov cupation ther.fore8U.nrtiyeVnC; There Is a special venire, often made necessary In Important cases and thrl are talesmen, called frequently du5l5 a protracted session of court it is not often In such an emergency that hl He seat in the front row of spectators' benches at witnt.reHJil7rhlc" aret to the witness stand. When his name Is called he greets it with a look of indignant surprise: then, taking his nt and cane, he makes his way to the Jury box with the air of a man. whose Interest, demand his entire time, and whose dtentlon on the Jury will necessitate the loss of soma hundred, of dollars daily so long as he is compelled to remain. As soon as the oath Is taken, however, he loses that expression, and he settles himself comfortably in his chair to await proceedings. But there Is nothing listless in his manner: he pays the strictest attention to the testimony of witnesses, and watches closely the developments of the case TTa Anmu haI Mn.l4 arguments of the counsel a bore, he never, by any cnnw, mu aueep auring an address to the Jury, and he Is careful to catch every word of the judge's charge.

In the Jury room he takes a leading part In the controversy, and superintend, the progress of the balloting. HI. supreme moment however. Is when he marches back with his fellows, into Honesdale. and If you want to buy or sell or rent a bit of real estate in that town or vicinity he is your man sure thing! A Neat Grocery Sters.

Tou will travel a long ways before you will find a neater or mora attractive grocery store than that of C. A. Brooks, a trifle south of the state bridge. It makes one hungry merely to look at the well laden shelves of high grade canned goods. Mr.

Brooks makes a specialty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and of fresh eggs, butter of quality and satisfactory bread flour. Erie Brothers' Hardware Store. Not as an Item of news, but as a reminder fact is this Item that tells you about the hardware store of Erk Brothers, where you can And every thing In the line of heating stoves, ranges, cutlery, farm tools and implements, paints and oils, Reliance rubber roofing, cement, drain tile, wire fencing for stock or poultry and eevry thing else In the line of hardware you may want from a handsaw to a pound of nails. Story Revived the court room, and In answer to the formal question of the clerk, produces and hands over the verdict signed by himself as foreman. Iatearlty aa In knows Qaaatttr.

mlht arise concerning rlty of tne Professional Juror. It would need to be answered condi either by reason of pecuniary emolument nnlltl.l i or personal f. iu Give, una UBU ally does give a fair, reasonable and nntianlaiiHAtia i i uBcmion. cut ne never regards as Improper a proposal looking toward a favorable verdict and he never betrays a confidence or a oon sideratlon given with that end in view. A Tirnfp(rin 4,.,..

ui Bums iweniy years standing, to the writer. In "i ui connaence and rrlendshlp. If your client is poor and adversary IS rien don uit occupation to alt on your Jury; the vU wuuia oe against you." This man wi n.pt..n. v. must perxeci i specimen of his class, and would not summon mo mucn nad it not been also that he and the writer were closeted In the rear room of a quiet w.Uh.

something very warm to drink In front of the old man. "I must he added' "t0 th credit i. Hi and Parties In court that it is only occasionally that we receive a for a favorable y.i.i? bw' then we do. "tand faithfully by the contract." Iddent of Hla Frofroaloa. rmpmber that ejectment case of Brothers Tou don because It was before your time.

Well. I was on the Jury. There was a large amount of valuable property Involved, and I had excellent reasons most excellent you understand for making every effort to obtain a certain re.uit and I did obtain It too: but I shall never forget him (poor fellow! hes been dead these five years), who had managed the case with consummate skill; and who expected a verdict for hi. client, as much as he expected to live to hear It brought down his clinched hand on the table with a bang, and swore that there was only one thing In all the universe that the Almlghtv didn't know, and that was what the verdict of a traverse Jury would be." The professional juror Indulged in a hearty laugh, took another swallow or two of the warm beverage, and went on: "No, we never disappoint those who have reason to depend on us. I know of but one exception in all of my twenty years' experience, and then I did it myself.

It was in that infanticide case of Alice That was before your time, too; but vou have heard something about It. There was a strong defense expected, and the parties backing the prosecution they were wealthy and influential, too were moving heaven and earth to secure a conviction. They had good reason, you understand, for wanting to get the girl out of the way. Well, I was seen In the matter. I shouldn't want to tell you how much they gave me you wouldn't believe it; but I set out to get on that Jury.

I got on it too. I was the last man called from the special venire, and the defense had exhausted Its challenges. When they came to the evidence for the defendant, there was scarcely any. They broke down completely. Everybody knew that the verdict had to be On the first ballot In the Jury room we stood eleven for convlc tlon to one for acquittal.

I laughed in my sleeve at the ease with which I had earned that fee, and we all went to work to bring over the other puror. It wasn't as easy a task as we had supposed. We argued with him all day and all night and well along into. the next afternoon." Seat Them Bark. 'Then we went Into court and reported that we couldn't agree; but the court declined to discharge us, and sent us back.

Well, sir, I used every power of logic, entreaty, abuse and bribes that I possessed until 12 o'clock that night but the man was as firm as a rock. Then I was exhausted and lay down on the floor, with mv coat for a pillow, and went to sleep. By and by I heard somebody sobbing. I think that was what wakened me. I looked up, and there was that obstinate Juror, sitting with his face In his hands and his hands on the table, and crying like a child.

I didn't stir. I thought he had, broken down and would agree with us. Pretty soon he became quieter, and then he got down on hi. knees and began to prav. I have never heard such another' prayer as that: It was not very loud, but it was terribly earnest.

He couian't seem to help sobbing all the time, and before he had been praying five minute. I found myself crying too. Strange wasn't It? I hadn't cried before since my little boy died, and that was twenty years earlier. But. somehow, I couldn't help It he prayed so with his whole soul.

It I am wrong." he am, ei me rignt; But If I am right. give me strength, God, to hold ouf nu. inou Knowest that thll poor, betrayed, fatherless girl wai maddened with tha nf and driven by her own shame to send her lnncent little babe to the world of innocence, where she dared not follow it because of her sin. Thou know est the awful weakness of humanity and Thou art pitiful as well as Just. Teach them to he compassionate, like the compassionate Christ: teach them mercy, mercy, mercy!" He didn't any more aloud after that; but I couldn't begin to tell you how long stayed on his knees.

And I didn't get asleep again that night. The evidence pitiful a. it was, hadn't affected me In the least: the plea of the mo.t eloquent member of the bar hadn't touched the first chord of sympathy; but after that prayer I began to waver and before morning came I had turned' And, sir, you never so glad a man In your whole life as that Juror was when I told him that I had come over to his side. We went to work together, then, he and and before 6 0 clock In the afternoon that Jurv brought In a verdict of 'not guilty 'v "Strange, wasn't It? I never did It before and I've never done it since Those people never forgave me, though 1 returned every cent of their money Vl1 grl ha" oeen happily married these ten years. Of course the professional Juror, a.

the'lnter yJtT Ja.me.to.a "you understand that this is In the strictest confluence. As the old man died a year ago. It Is hoped that the relation of this Incident Will int trayal of trust. LAKE WOOD. Special to The Tribune Republican LAKEWOOD, Sept 27.

The quarter ly conference of the Methodist Episcopal church was held in the church this evening. The senior class of the Preston high school organized by electing Elmer Hlne president, Esther LaBarr as treasurer, and George Hlne as secre Rev. Jermyn, of the Methodist Epig. copal church, who comes from Qutncy 111., is drawing a large attendance by his well delivered sermons. The electric gong placed at the crossing by the Ontario and Western Railroad company marks one of their many Improvements and proves a Messing to those who have occasion to cross tbe tracks.

The Preston high school base ball team easily defeated the Lake Como team last Friday. A steam saw mill Is being erected on the property of Daniel LaBarr. Mrs. M. Woodman.er was badly Injured Saturday.

She had attended the funeral of Charlea tnderwood and was returning home when the horse became frightened and ran Into the ditch, throwing her from the wagon. The funeral of Charles Underwood, a well known business man, was held In Hancock, N. Saturday, 8ept23. i.