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At this moment a tall massive fig7 ure stepped front the pilot house of the-

e pursuing tug and shook its fists at usc The huge bulk the wolfface just dis-

tinguishable distorted dark with rageand passion stopped the blood and Ifelt a faintness as of dropping from aheight

Doddridge Knapp I criedMrs Knapp looked at me in alarm

> and grasped the railNo no she exclaimed A thou

sand times no That is Elijah Lane U

i1g zed at her in wonder Not Dodd

ridge Knapp Had my eyes played mea

falseDo you not understand 7 she said

tIn a low intense tone He is ElijahJLanei the father of the boy An evilwicked manmadtruly mad He

vybuldkill the boy fae killed themother of the boy I know but it isnot a case for proof not a case thatthe law can touch And he hates theboyandroe

But why does he want to kill himIYou do not understand The boy

inherits a great fortune from hismother Mr Knapp and I are left

a trustees by the mothers will If >had control of the boy the boy woulddie but it would be from cruelty dis

1 v ease neglect It would not be murderIn the eye of the law But I knowwhat would happen Ohsee thewretch How he hates me

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I was stunned with the words J hatsheard They made much plain thathad puzzled me yet they left muchmore in darkness and I looked blankly at the figure on the other tug Itwas truly a strange sight The man

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Was beside himself with rage shouling gesticulating and leaping about

i the deck in transports of passion Her showed every mark of a maniac

Suddenly he drew a revolver andsent shot after shot in our directionWe were far beyond the reach of apistol bullet but Mrs Knapp screamedand dodgedt

How he hates me she criedagain

When the last shot was gone fromhis revolver the man flung thee weaponIn frenzy as though he could hope tostrike us thust

Then a strange thing happenedwhether due to the effort he had madein the throw or to a lurch of the tugin the waves we left behind us or toa stumble over some obstruction Icould not say But we saw the mansuddenly pitch forward over the lowbulwarks of the tug into thewaters ofthe bay

Mrs Knapp gave a scream and corered her eyes

Stop the boat I shouted Backpert

JThe other tug had checked its head

way at the same time and there was a° 44 line of six or seven men along its side

There he is cried oneThe captain laid our tug across the

C tidal stream that swept us stronglytoward Goat Island Then he steamed

Y slowly toward the other tugHes gone said Dicky

The other tug seemed anxious tokeep away from us as in distrust of

1 our gbcid intentions I scanned thewaters carefully but the downing mantiadcggne down

Then riring not 20 feet ac ay floatini f01 a moment on the surface of thewater I saw plainly for the first timethe very caricature of the face of

J Doddridge Knapp The strong wolft features which in the King of the

Street were eloquent of power intel1 lectand sagacity were here marked

withthe record of passion hatred andhadwf fever traced a likeness between themGive me that hook I cried lean

lug over the side of the tug Goahead a little

One 01 the men threw a rope Itpassed too far and drifted swift Y behindImade a wild reach with the hook

f but it was too short Just as I thoughtjr I should succeed the face save a con-

vulsive twitch as if in a parting outx burst of hate and wrath and the body

sank out of sightI stood halfbewildeled with a

bursting sense of relief by Mrs> Knapp At last she took her hands

tfront before her eyes anrt the first+ t Vor therah that cleao flip tmo

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UL tneAiameda Hills touched her calmXscJenin hopeful face

A new day has dawned she said°> Let us give thanks to God

CHAPTER XXXiA The End of the Journey

For a few minutes we were silent4 Water and land and sky started into

I new j glories at the touch of the risingThe manyhilled city took on the

thIesof a> fairy picture and the win-

oo fLpws gleamed with the magic fires thatmere hashed back in greeting to the

A1 god of day

J It seemed scarcely possible tha thisws the raging tossing water we hadgrossed last night And the fieryacenepf passion and death we head

1 > just witnessed was so foreign to itscalm beauties that I could believe ithad happened elsewhere in some

jpam of long agoY

i was roused by the voice of MrsVKna p who att the head < of thejbjjt stirs lodklni ateenUy over the

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dealt frankly with you

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she said Perhaps it is better thatI you should imowasyouJmow so

much aii ady I feel that I may relyon your discretion 1

t I think I can Keep a secret I re-

plied concealing my curiosityI should not tell you if I did not

have full confidence Then she wassilent for a minute That man shecontinued at last with a shudder inher voice that man was Mr Knappsbrother

I suppressed an exclamation andshe continued

They have little in common evenin iboks I wonder you thought fora moment that he was Mr Knapp Fewpeople who know them both havetraced a resemblance

I think said I that the remark ¬

able circumstances under which I hadseen Mr Lane had a good deal to dowith the illusion This morning forthe first time I saw his face underfull light and close at hand

Mrs Knapp nodded Then she con ¬

tinuedMr Knapp and his brother parted30 years ago in Ohio The brotherthe man who has just gone wasyounger than Mr Knapp though helooked older He was wild in hisyouth When he left home it was inthe night and for some otlenae thatwould have brought him within reachcf the law Mr Knapp never told mewhat it was and I never aked For15 year nothing was heard of himMr Knapp and I married we hadcome to San Francis o and he was already a rising man in the city Oneday this man came He had driftedto the coast in some lawless enterprise ana by chance found his broth-er

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Mrs Knapp pausedAnd at once began to live off of

him I ruppose I in an en ¬

couragement to proceedINot exactly said Mrs Knapp He

confessed some of his rascality to Mr

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Knapp but pleaded that he was anx ¬

ious to reft nn Mr Knapp agreed tohelp him b it made the condition thathe should take another name andshould never allow the relationship tobe known Mr LaneI can not callhim by nip true namewas ready toagree to the conditions I think hewas glad indeed to conceal himselfunder an assumed name and hide fromthe memory of his earlier years

Had his crimes then been sogreat I asked as Mrs Knapp againceased to speak

He had been a wicked wickedman said Mrs Knapp The full taleof his illamy I never knew MrKnapp helped him He prospered inbusiness bought a ranch and turnedfarmer To x11 appearances he had re ¬

formed completelyWell it was seven years ago that

he married His wife was muchyounger than hea lovely girl andher parents were rich How he gother I do not see It was his gift or thetongae I suppose for he could talkwell She was not happy with himbut vas better contented when twoyears later her boy came Last yearMrs Lanes father died and she camein under the will for more than 1000000 worth of property Then Mr Lanechanged his habits He became mostattentive to his wife He looked toher wants aad appeared to the worldas a model husband But more wasgoing on than we knew From thelittle she told me from the hints shedropped she must have looked uponhim with dread She failed rapidly inhealth and six months ago she died

Murdered I asked1 believe it with all my soul said

Mrs Knapp But there was no evi¬

dencenot particle I tried to findit but i1 was beyond the power of thedoctors to discover >

i And his motive

He thought he was heir to her for¬

tune When he found that she hadleft it with Mr Knapp and me intrust for the boy his rage was fright ¬

ful to see Before he had time to putany of his wicked thoughts into action1 took the boy to my home thinkingthat there I could keephim in safety

ltNnapp poohpoohed my fears andwhen v Mr Zane made a demand for

I the child Was in favor of giving himup The father is the one to caretor the boy he said and waslied hishands of the whole matter

Then Mr Knapp had nothing to dowith the affair one way or the other

Oh nonothing jai all I believef though that Henry did use his namei with the polide to deter them from in-

terfering¬

j with our planst

vTo be continued1

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> Quarterly Reporf I1 t OF

r vR The Peoples State BankVr Xithe close cf business on the 31st day of December 1968

rt Resources

Loans and discounts 216071 10Overdrafts secured j i 7

v 0

Overdrafts unsecured < 4333 56Due from National Banks v 83053xGfyDue from State Banks and Bankers ip 0

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Due from Trust Companies i r 0 83053 69Banking House and Lot v > 0Other Real Estate 7 0

Mortgages included in No 1 AV 7 iJ r

>0

U S Bonds II X J I 0

Other Stocks and BondsIiI 7 0

Specie > 4442 52Currency 1 v > 21463 00 25905 52Exchange for 0sOther Items carriedas Cash 237 20

Furniture and Fixtures SjOOO 00

Fund to pay Taxes vt xy 0Current Expenses Last Quarterx 0 L

0a 0

Give description location value and how long nowned all real estate except banking house and lot

if any owned longer than five years

J Total Tv

334601 07

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ti Liabilities

Capital Stock paidvin in Cash 10QJOOO 00Surplus Fund V ll 0Undivided Profits

J 10500 00Due Depositors as follows viz +Deposits subject to check on which interest is

not paid LU217j92990Deposits subject to clieckon which interest is y

paid 3000 00Demand certificates of deposit on which interest

is paid 0Time certificates of deposit on which interest

is paid S0Sayings Deposits on which interest is paid 0

Certified Cheeks 0 220929 90Due National Banks 95829tDue State Banks and Bankers 1263 05Due Trust Companies 0 2221 34Cashiers Checks outstanding 0

Rills rediscounted 0

Unpaid dividends 0

Taxes paid and to be paid 949 83Capital Stork not paid 0lSupplementaryIHighest amoihifc of indebtedness of any stockholder person

company or firm including in the liability of the companyor firm the liability of the individual members thereof > directly or iridirectly if such indebtedness exceeds 20 per centof capitalstock actually paid in and actual amount of stir v

plus of that bank 0Mow indebtedness stated in above item 1 se

cured v

See Section 583 Kentucky StatutesIlighest amount of indebtedness of any director or officer ifthe

amount of such indebtedness exceed 10 per cent of paid ipcapital stock of bank u 0

See Section 583 Kentucky StatutesHow is same secured °

Does amount of indebtedness of any person company or firmincluding in the liability of the company or firm the liabilityof the individual members thereof exceed 30 per cent ofpaidup capital and actual surplus 0

Ifso state amount of such indebtedness 0Amount of last dividend 0Were all expenses losses interest and taxes deducted there ¬

from before 10bper cent of net profits of the bank for the period coveredby the dividend carried to the surplus fund before said div ¬

idend was declared 0

See Section 596 Kentucky StatutesAre ahy branch institutions being conducted by your

bank 1 0

Has your institution yet started business in its trust depart¬

ment t 0

This questioufo be answered by combined banks and trust com

panics

Total r 334601 07

STATE OF KENTUCKYCOUNTS OF CLARK

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I J M Hodgkin Cashier of The Peoples State Bank a tank or ¬

ganized give date organization May 31st 1905 located and doing bus ¬

iness at No 102 Main street in the city of Winchester in said county beingduly sworn says the foregoing report is in all respects a true statement ofthe conditions of said Bank at the close of business on the 31st day ofDecember 1908 to the bost of his knowledge and belief and further saysthat the business of said Bank has been transacted at the location namedand not elsewhere that no branch banks are being conducted by said Bankand that the above report is made in compliance with an official notice re¬

ceived from the Secretary of State designating the 31st day of December1908 as the day on which such report shall be made

Subacribed and sworn to before me by J M Hodgkin the 31st day ofDecember1908

V J W POYNTERS > Notary Public

1V Clark County Kentucky

My Comriissi61 expiresFebruaryl 1912J M HODG KIN Cashier

X jf W 0 PARISH Directorl

E B DOOLEY DirectorJ HOOD SMITH Director

Wretched Pay for LaborAt a hearing last summer in London

on the sweating question evidencewas brought forward showing that56 women who sewed liooks and eyeson cards earned at an average a littleover 7 > cents a week Another womanwas instanced who worked from nineone morning until the next morningand earned 16 cents in that time Itwould seem better to die

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To Shut Out NoiseTo shutout the various small noises

which so annoy and distract one en ¬

gaged in study or other work demand-ing concentration try the Fourth ofJulyUstllDtof stuffing the ears withcotton This is effectivevthan stopping the clocks and exilingthe family t T

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Why NotWhy may not a goose say thus

All the parts of the universe I havan interest in The earth serves meto walk upon the sun to light me thestars have their influence upon meI have an advantage by the winds andsuch by the waters there is nothinrthat yon heavenly roof looks upon SQ

favorably as me I am the darling ofNature Is it not man that keeps andserves me Montaigne

Cure far L A t dVanity isvthe cotiPtl> i of loveV

wounds TJnegs the e9kb very <Iaelet a little of the gelatin i of splfeti-

teem be sttfeaiecl over the injured surface and allowed to hardea and in afew days there Is not even a scar totell theital of a blightedheart f

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the New Year

means the newest uptodate meth ¬

ods in the cleaning and dyeing ofmens suits overcoats etc and in r

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the cleaning of ladys fine dre s swaists etc

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Glass ToysGlass toys are the latest for babies

They are Intended to replace the dearold painted articles that baby wouldput into his mouth and consequentlyrun serious danger of lead poisoningBut to the onlookeer it would seem asprefIerablebaby is quite as likely to endanger hislife through breakage of his toy as heIIs by sucking it

Broadly this is true but the glass ofwhich playthings are made is so heavythat it takes a regular Sandow of ayoung one to hold them The objectof thickness is of course to lessen thedanger of breakage but even thestrongest can chip at the edge and asplinter is capable of doing a good dealof damage

As a matter of fact only the babiesof the rich are likely to be protectedin this doubtful fashion for the toysmade of glass are by no means inex ¬

pensive The healthy youngsters ofordinary families will have to thriveupon wood and paint as did their forbears

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