New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1922, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1922, His eye kindled at the recognition, | @ided upon nor the class motto adopt-| Noble, Troop 19; ‘Richard = Beebe, and the beginnings of a smile flashed | ed. Troop 2, § | to his lips, But at onee remembrance | John Bararad is president of the| irst class tests o . pa Raymond came to him, crushing his joy As the |c'ass at the Elhu Burritt Junior|Gagnon and Arnold ' Westergren, ., Vor Infants and Children. inUse ForOver 30 Years | B ; " P heel aruahes a tender flower, The glel [High school; John, Koslowy, vices|Troop 4; Wilfred Sheehan and Philip /~0F\ } ‘\\r:w‘m the enemy camp, the daughter | president; Julla Krawlenas, secretary, | MeBriarty, Troop 19, N a pIeIs of the leader of the triumyirate of {and Julia Burns, treasurer. Red and e i Always bears iz R i murderers. While she herself could | gold are the class colors and m..‘“\‘“'(',l.!"::::f‘{:‘o:l‘:::'m”n';:;r(l:m‘::‘,; the 3 | FOR COUGHS and COLDS lave had no part in the erime, per-|school pins have already been pur h Sp " E B R " haps she alrcady had guilty knowl- | chased by the puplls, The |'|mlllnlll|l ','"" '",""m, Jasqbenn. 1.;"“" 27.“'"5' — , hall- | —— . . e | CEE OF 11 and at least she was of her | not been decided upon, b, Asmold Jnoobaen, Trop, #i, Jey " ) o sonMarsha, el 3 3 father's hated blood, o 2 iy B manship, ¥, Monroe Harwood, Troop |tne custody. of tite couhcil flag for an- I've bronght t g Mhis will be the second year In'a: pandieraft: Goorge Goch ™ 1022-Little, Brown & Campary Vibs Tous nowatt: R oo L He must siniulate triendship, He | both schools that a class will grad- 3 sieotrioity. Geon ochrane, Tr0OR Jother three months, . This completes B " Wy ' V0l0¢ wjiteq hig hat in anower to her gAY | uat in Pebruary, There Are about 00| - e s oo ndy George Cochrane nd |the fourth contest perlod for * this So——— i ot P e o | puplis from the Contral dunor. High | ster Kilduft, Wroop & slgnalling: |panner, Troop ¢ of ‘the Firat Con. . y of grim lovity "1 giess old 2 o AT . 0 Co) Junior High| joe| Adams, Troop 2; safety . firs Srign! o v . Begin: Here Today folded it with care, He felt in his!Hiram's brother hasn't come to lifo (- With sure, steady strokes she|who will enter the Senlor High schooll Henry Martindell [:I"ron 4~“ {thnnd- Ngsdane) okiiatt ol de S Freed from prison because he suf. |POC ‘et for a match, | again, has he?" ‘:”'-‘"‘,"’l ”(‘;" Srafy oluse . to "“I‘ “L‘\""unll about 70 from the Biihu Burrite je i'h,,,,y Martindell "-m;o:; 4, and |Saco 'z,“ '"I‘: T’;’."" 2 has ‘l"’l’l"’ "'“;' 5 ‘ The matoh oracked, S PN A [ hoard ladding where Den stood, 8he ! junior High, Complete arrange: 8. = ? h g wise, . Considerable ~speculation is daaton WIS KEnaste, Sy S MALD L cradkal, | Inaraluiely That's what 1 came {0 see you |venohed up fo him, ind 1n o0 DSEARE | e e ot fuat o e p LLTANECMENS Kenneth Perry, Troop 2; swimming: | yife ‘as to who the next winner will leaves” for the Yuga G ha Ramtat I‘ M8 eyes fol- about tonight,” Nellson paused, for was laughing—at nothing in particus | ig vet been o Xereies have not| Martin Conlin and Wilfred Sheehan;|pe, - Troop .4 came in second place River with e weript. Ezmam had - Leen | the sake of suspense, ~Teatrice came 'far but:the fun of life—at his side, | Yo¢ Poen gempleted, Troop 19; marksmanship, Kenneth {yyq Troop 1 of Plainville came in AR TR Perry, Troop 2; conservation, George |¢hirq, KZRA MELVIRLE, an old friend, to|/0/thful to the last up tonight, as agregd, and she had & The man glanced once at Pernls, Cochrane, Troop 2, Ik “whqin he-is paroled. The two go|T Whom It May Concern: | (prospector with her—andihe knew old i A . Jy | to take possession of a rich claim ‘.'“ case of my death 1 leave all T jjshm's brother.” :‘I.“kl “-‘-(2‘“".?.':,’.‘,‘,",l,.l(‘:,:: “’,T“ ,‘.,‘ll?. o The standing of troops is as foljows: v left*by the dead prospector, .|<lnu.v.ml-n.'4('|| of ine! llnlhn: my brothén WHa. dossn't.seem to. ho & olose (Hend’ 808, tie beg ! f 8 I'roop '2, last court 37, this court 16, A gold lace hat with diamonds set HIRAM MELVILLE, who had writ. | HIram's claim near Yuga River to my ¢ 04900 40 he & olose {riend i e begah ‘eastly, p ‘ + “ten on his death bed for his brother | PArd and*buddy, Ben Darby, of this old man; he just seems to have | 1 never get tired,” she responded. , ] total 89, 4 in the brim was insured in Paris re- Tira fo'eoite, her W elvie, | et up with Mu; :In' the river, and the | §he glanced at the too'n In]hl!! armt] LEAI]S B[]Y SCUU’I‘S m:l'l"“;;" 4, lust court 24, this court &, { o010 ror §85,000, T Y NI < The Aodurtant o old ‘man steered him up here. He |“T snpnose von've found a dozen rich . AV g 3 JEFFREY NEILSON, and ' his two| The document wis as formal vax|Jk 4"\l "\GHcie tha old man's claim | lodes already this morning.s 1 SAQULLE AT ASE Sl thia v ? Vgl 4, —— court 0, total . fol Izram could make it, with are- ollowers, Ray Brent and I 14 {ocares e, and safd he wanted to go over| “Cmly one,” - He smiled, significant- Trpop 19, last- gourt -2, this court 6, CHAN HEMINGWAY, plan to stea | M1V drawn seal, and for all its quaint : . 3 PR I8 MR L atir 1) ns & W tan: o(and see him. He was taking Hiram's |ly, Into her eyes, Decause she was :’::h.“:““”"‘ elalm, before Kzra oat N A e ',"',J,"“‘::;",‘"'.,.'I:‘:"”I: wolf and his gun up to him: I'told (a forest girl, unused to flattery, the F». L, Ffly’s G]‘O[]p Almost Douhles total 7, | A “Phive Sallings Woakly DEATRICE; beautitul: - daughter of |to hold his dignity for long. He had [him 1 hadn't heard of the clatm, that | warm color grew in ber brown cheeks. & Troop 14, last court 3, this court 0, Toesdsy, Thursdey Nellgon, is loved by Ray Brent, but |#dded a postscript: it must be farther inside, and 1 think [“And how was paddling? The water swond M r“ Bad R d total 3. i 7 1 % 4 and Saturdey, 3 P, she“defests im, ~ When Den’ and| Son. old Hiram made a will, and 1|} Put it over, There's oife thifig we |looks stilk enough from here.” (] ge GHI \Troop 1, P!-lmmg.‘ last court 9 {Kgra derive In the morth avoods |Euess I can make one too, 1 just|CAn do—and that quick.” “It's not as still as it looks, but it O Tl et RS jthis court 11, totalt 20.. ., v Firet Class PassengerFares, New York STMrby’s niamory. suddesly s . re. i i “And what's that?' i{1s easy going for a half-mile euch Troop b, l\enlln’l on, last; court 7,1 ToSavannah ¢ | To Jucksonville igtored: D the - Y T Bhower . y ok f __"smr( Chan off tomorrow the | way. If you aren't an expert boat- The monthly court of honor of the | this court 0, total 7. N gr: i 330'.38 ?’.: 333.54 TGNIAY; Ben and’ Faoe et a rm“) v 7 3 A office ,lu Bradleyburg un;l\ récord Il:u;‘ :mn‘.' however—I hardly think—I'd Boys Scouts was held Monday evening wt:xl-o;m 1, last court 1, this court 0, %1" 355 27. 'fi"‘ '366 67 1 e ~ e 5 p c'aim in our names, Ve've waltgd | try it . . ik o ip X 'l'hee";llr'l‘so“nhz‘n:‘;'lnh:r:et\r:'!mt ::n- 7 » . too, lonk already.” “Why not? 1'm fair enough with at the scout headquarters at which Troop 20; l,h.wnln S»hgol. last court ® bn -dl-l"-nb:a-m ‘Melville claim Kee m’ b m'xp 7N Fieh “Ray, you're talking like 4~ .man|a canoe, of course-—but it looks safe | the followlug tests were passed: 0, this court 12, total12, Ocean Steamship Co. of Savaanih ikdawledys from Ben Fy‘;n i“' r-ut: n now,” Neilson agreed. “You and T|as a lake.” Tenderfoot tests reported by troops: | This session. of the court of honor ¢ . N that Darby, go to fir’mv‘v‘y (‘m:f 3 y 4 ‘f stay here and work away, infiocent as | “But it isn't.” She paused. *Listen |proon 2.°3: Troop 1 of Plainville11; completed the three months' achieve- %all" for Fenris net‘ ot le'n :1 .,0 Iy can be, on the claim. Chan, put that | with .those keen ears of yours, Mr. Troop. 20, 18 ment contest among the troops. Troop Wile, - Bara gues. alons. to : i3 ks r(n- . \¢ ¥ [bottle away and get to bed. Take|Darby. . Don't you hear anything?" ISR L 2 of, the South Congrékational church, Pior B2, North River, New York brother's claim. At S"m; "S i h" ‘ the trail down first thing tomorrow. Ben did not need particularly keen [ Second class tests pussed: Everett|leads for this period and’ will retain i EIY Gallk tor Pantts. and flf‘dfl“h‘;m' B | Then we can laugh ut all the prospec- |ears to hear: the far-off ~sound’ of .« to be.a wolf who has just broken 54 i "‘ tors that want to come, surging waters reached him with en- Bk ard 11 anont te ga ; A Soon after the break of dawn Ben |tire clearness. He nodded. : pring upon a . put his pick and shovel on his shoul- | “That's the reason,” the girl went H l "girt standing in-his pathway, Ben | ¢ i der and leisurely walked up the creek fon. “If something should happen— :::e;;\l":o Dosln{ns some secrét power 4 past Ray's cabin, and you'd gt carried around the bend ' 9 p ¥ Woit' .end | suogeeded - in \ The vivid morning light only re-|-—a little farther than you meant to L0 S ,g‘:’fi:’"' u"‘"" instantly. ~Beatrice | i rh il 0 vealed the crime in more dreadful de- |go—yow'd understand. And we Gty n;;n 'i S(;cu;d gr:lrl, travels I tail. wouldn’t see any more of Mr. Darby i ¢ isiacrivel at m’; Y"u' “g‘;’} On fi - Slowly, laboriously, with little out- |around these parts.” > e ) e g8 River, Ben j = ward sign of the emotion that rent| His eyves glowed, and he fought off e no trace of Fzra, so he ! his heart, he dug a shallow grave. with difficulty a great preoccupation p f 0N i E ‘::”!c:pon Fenris to aid him in the| § > He threw the last clod - and stood [that seemed to be settling over him, B el lookfpg down at the upturned earth. (Continued' in' Our Next"Issue) To Y ‘Wlth" B ' ) = “Sle® good, old Ez" he murmured e R 2 . . . j P on he Story in simple mass for the dead. “I'll do - 3 * |OFFICERS CHOSEN BY Drastic Reductions On w."};le'a m'y l;iuddy, old{ boy, and I B ked hil 1 th h Bgn!!g!gg W!nm nt.you to find him for me,” Ben EZRAM HAD S Rickta toward.. Jaftres Nellsan ; . 7 ini int went on, more patlently. He searched | M\URDERED BY THE MEN WHo |'"® thmk.f::f:, ';R.‘;ft_",lm‘;.’::r,;flsf;,";:‘,f: THOSE GRADUATING, N ' ' his pockets, drawing out at last the|yaD JUMPED, HIS CLAIM ;“K;:K T e is shouting sgles how, ‘but ANYBODY ' |' It thkos a Live-Wire ization to copy of the letter Ezram had given him' that morning, and, because the boating. Gordon Salmon President of Central can quole Organization old man had carried it for many days, |found out about them devils' that| He suddenly drew up short at the it could still convey a message to the [Jumped: our claim, T left you back |sight of a light, staunch canoe on the and John Basarad: of Burritt— \ ¢ o A ‘ » ' A e umad Keen nose of the wolf. He put it to|there at the river because 1 didn’t|open water, It was a curious fact| ; the animal's nostrils, then pointed |Want you taking any dam fool risks|that he noticed the craft itself before Promotion’ for 166 \ prevents our men man;y away into the darkness. till I found out how thi: lay. ever he glanced at its occupant. He § I i . v we staid . Fenris followed fhe motion with his| I just got.one thing to ask. If |realized that this boat afforded him Officers of the graduating classes of h-ld-wh-mnnndbuldm \ eyes; and pregently his long. body them devils get me—get them. My [means of traversing this great water- | the Central and Elihu Burritt Junior n_ o buys it. « y : | stiffened. Ben watched him, fas-|life ain’t worth much but I wpnt you|body, certainly should be a factor in | High schools have been elected by the i S O { ' %43 cinated. Then the wolf sniffed at the [to make them .pay for the little it is the forthcoming conflict. The boat |'student”boay. At the Central Junior > paper again and trotted away Into the | Worth. * Never stop till you've done it. [had evidently been the property of High school Gordon Salmon has been - - * night. : “Fenris, Fenris!” he breathed:|Hiram Melville. . named as president; Helen ‘Armstrong, 5y : Men’s SUl'rs and O’CO ATS In one leap Ben was on his feet fol- | ““We've got to make them pay. And Then he noticed, with a strange, in- | vice-president; Irene Halgis, secretary S 3 . o " lowing him. The wolf turned once, |We must not stop till we're done.” - |explicable leap of his heart, that its|and . John Lacava, treasurer. The &5, That Save You *10 to *15. saw that his master was at his héels, It was more than a command. Tt lone.occupunt was Beatrice Neilson. [class colors have not as yet been de- Wy N : and sped on. They turned up a slight [ had the quality of & VoW, — ANd NOW, (o | o j N SUITS in popular, fancy .| OVERCOATS at. prices draw, taward the hillside. as they knelt, cyes looking into eyes, ; ARk | mixtures, tailored to give | that are bound to clear our Fenris halted at the edge of a dis-|it was like a pagan rite in the an- R il | - good service. v racks quickly. . . Vahesupto$35. ings o ' TOYS - TOYS - TOYS A .~ i 24* out on Ben's forehead, and he broke Come In and Visit Our Toyland :3 PART TWO R into a headlong run. “Ezram!” he called, a curious rolf M throbbing quality in his voice. ‘“Are 4 T Yyou there, Ez? It's me—Ben.” CHAPTER VIII Together, the man and the wolf, they crept on into the thicket. They The Claim Jumpers halted at last before a curious shadow | As a wolf might plan a hunt in the in the silvered covert. - Ben knew at |forest, Ben planned his war against once he had found his ancient com- [Neilson and his subordinates. He rade. knew perfectly that-he must not at- He and Ezram had their last laugh |tempt open warfare. | together. He lay very still, the moon-| It was not his aim to give his foes g'. Nt light ensilvering his droll, kindly face |the least chance to flght back. —sleeping so deeply that no human The best way of all, of course, was voice could ever waken him. An ugly |to strike indirectly at them, perhaps rifie wound yawned darkly at his|through some one they loved. Soon, » temple. #| perhaps, he would see the way. For a long time Ben sat beside the And when Beatrice was asleep, dead body. of his- old- counselor and |Neilson stole down the moonlit moose friend as a child might sit among |train and joined his men. Final ‘Clearan 1 Women's SUIs /4 OFF ) IVES TOY TRAINS — The Oldest and Best Made Trains Today —The— THCOGSWELL ! |G 2% CaesarMischStore P, S _ 7B \’ Cor. Main and Chestnu* Sts. 9 . ‘ . 200 Trumbull St., Hartford always put 'em down my bootleg, be- tween, .the. sock . and, the. .leather. S S AR If I ever get shuffled off, all of a sud- . den, I want you to look there careful.” 6 BY ALLMAN StHE svith the same -deathly: palior ¥ he crept over the dead leaves to Ez- ram’s feet. His hands were perfect- . J & : ly steddy as he tinlooped ° the laces, \ WELL, THAT NEW HOUS! one after another, and quietly pulled ATTORNEY SANDSTONE 15 CALLING WELL, MRS. DUFF | HAVE THE ) " 4 1S YOURS ! A CHRISTMAS off the right boot. ~ In the boot leg, FOR ME WITH HIS CALZr- HE CAl_.rLED z DOPE ON YOPR HUSBAND - | COMPLETED -4T'S A PRETTY PRESENT PROM TOM ToY0U: AND SAID HE WOULD TAKE METO KNOW JUST WHAT HE'S BEEN PLACE,ISN'T IT ? = THE EVENINGS THAT HE WAS just as Ezram had promised, Ben S e §E NS0 pRpE A PLACE THAT | COULD JUDGE FOR UP To-') KNOW WHERE HE'S \ T, EvENGD TWAT B A z & CONTRACTORS AND ARCHITECTS He spread it on his knee, and un- MYSELF ABOUT ToM'S ACTIONS = BRE oG AN JUSTAIAR HBis mMA - bt drty i e SOMEBODY A 2 : - TRYING To RUSH THE T oRAG C ’ ‘ N ‘A f COMPLETION OF IT IN HE WON'T DRAG ME INTO - WELL,I’'M ALL G i WONDERFUL HOME. Al A MPLTIME Ok ks ANY|OLD COURT! ; Bl | SET FOR THE [ ok flowers, His mind began to work clear again; he began to understand. ’ Ezram had been shot,, mutdered by AM s the men who had jumped his - claim. His mind naturally fell to Ezram’s r 4/ *‘b’:“ our Christmas . Saving-- ; HOME. AGAIN!'! HERE'S WHERE. Jit Ba"lg" i THERES MA AND GIVE. 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