\ DONALD t
j DONALDSON. JR. t
! Belnj a I'i-ue Record and Explanation i
▼ of the Seven Mysteries Now A wo- "
A dated TT'ifh His Name In the ▲
} Public Mind, and of an
• Eluhth, Which Is the Q
Key of the Seven
| By HOWARD FIELDING £
O Copyright, lUUi, by Charles W. Hooke
[Continued from last Week.)
"That's true," said lie, "and yet I'd
be willing to take my chances. Hut
here's another feature of the case: Mv
butler, Cobb? who stole the diamonds.
Is out on bail. I was going very light
on him, for, after all, he furnished us
with a most interesting experience,
thanks to our young friend here, and
besides he didn't really get away with
anything; so the charge against him was
made as mild as the law would allow,
and bail was fixed at SSOO. It has been
furnished in cash. He was released
yesterday, early in the afternoon, and
he came right up to my house—made a
bee line for it, as I've learned by in
quiry. Naturally he didn't feel like
presenting himse'f at the front door, so
he got into the I ouse by a window of
the library. 1 happened togo to that
room after lunch and met the man face
to face."
There seemed to be something amus
ing in the recollection, for Kelvin grin
ned.
"Upon my word, he's a cool one!" he
continued. "He was just taking down
a book to read. Said he thought that
he'd improve his mind while waiting
for me. 'Your morals are what nesu
improving,' said I. 'Your mind's all
right.' After that we got right down
to business, and he said that he had
heard of the threatened suit against
me and that he could be of assistance
to me if l would treat him fairly.
Naturally 1 asked him what he could
do, and afte/ some backing and filling
he said that he could produce the miss
ing deed "
"I beg your pardon. Mr. Kelvin," said
lionaid "Did lie tell you how he had
got news of I lie suit?"
"I couldn't corner him on that point,"
answered Kelvin, "but I have a shrewd
idea I!is lawyer is Joe Harvey, the
worst shyster in these parts, as I'm
told Now. I believe that the whole
job has been put up by Harvey and
thai it is based upon facts told him
by Cobb "
"That seems likely," said I. "Being
In your house, Cobb would naturally
pry into everything that might be of
use to him. He probably heard the old
story of Walmsley's suit and the miss
ing deed."
"It's some kind of a game, of course,"
continued Kelvin, "but here is the fact:
If this fellow can really produce this
deed, I'm willing to pay something for
it and ask no questions. More than
that I'll do my best to withdraw the ,
charge of theft against Cobb in the
matter of the diamonds."
I told Kelvin that I thought it a great
mistake to permit a rascal to triumph
in this way and go scot free after a
crime which really had no excuse. In
my opinion, one should take the side of ;
the law in such matters for the protec- i
tion of the community. If Cobb had
been a sorely tempted man I would
have wished to see the utmost leniency
shown to him. but he had committed a j
bald crime and was now following it
up with another. The place for such a
man is the penitentiary.
"In a business matter," said Kelvin, !
"I never lose sight of this one great
point— What is it that I'm after? In
this case it is the deed that completes
my title to The Elms. If I could get it j
for nothing and send Cobb to the pen- j
itentiary to boot, I'd do it. Perhaps
there may be a way to manage that."
"It is my judgment." said I, "that the
feliow has a bogus deed for sale."
"The same thing occurred to tne, of j
corrse," responded Kelvin, "and for j
j
' ssZ ~ " I
"Come up to the house and talk it over,"
suiil Kelvin.
that reason I put Cobb off. If I'd asked
him to produce his document, I should j
not have known whether it was genu- !
lne or not."
"He couldn't have had it in his pock
et, Mr. Kelvin," said Donald. "The fel- !
low had Just come from jail, where he j
was searched."
"If it is bogus." I suggested, "Joe j
Harvey probably made it and now has 1
it in his ollice."
Kelvin rubbed the knees of his trou
sers with the palms of his hands, a
way he had when approaching the one
great point "What is It that I'm
after?"
"I'm told that you are an expert in
these matters, Mr. Harrington," said
he. "I've made some quiet inquiries
and have come to the conclusion that
there Isn't a lawyer in tljis county—in
fact, that there isn't a man of any pro
fession anywhere—who could pass up
on the genuineness of that document
better than you could."
I said that I had been much over
praised to him, but admitted that I had
made some study of documentary evi
dence bearing upon real estate titles in
that region. Every public record of
any Importance was destroyed by fire
forty odd years ago, with the result
that many a bit of property there
about was»in the same status as Kel- ,
vln Elms.
"If the document comes into your j
possession," said I, "it will give me
pleasure to assist you in any way that
lies within the scope of my ability."
"I've made an appointment with '
Cobb for tomorrow evening," said Ivol- !
vln. "Meanwhile I've got your friend
Graves Reedy keeping an eye on him
so that if he's got the document stowed
away anywhere and goes to take a look
at it I may be spared the expense of
paying him for it."
"Unless I misjudge Cobb," said Don
ald, "he will be too shrewd to do such
a thing and fully shrewd enough to
find out that Mr. Reedy is watching
him."
Kelvin wheeled around in his chair
and beamed upon "Donald, rubbing his
knees meanwhile with great enthusi
asm. It is lucky that the man can af
ford as many pairs of trousers as he
may require, for he must wear them
out fast.
"Perhaps you can save us all further
trouble in this matter," said he. "What
do the psychic influences say about itl
Understand," he added hastily, observ
ing that Donald looked dangerous, "I'm
no scoffer. I may sprtik lightly of
these matters, but I'm not such a fool
as to assert that there's nothing in
them. Why, I've seen with my own
eyes. You found those diamonds, and
I'm free to say that I don't believe
there's another two logged creature on
earth who could have followed that fel
low's trail as you did."
, "Some of the lower animals possess
remarkable instincts." said Donald,
smiling. "I would not pretend to
| match them As to this present mat
ter, 1 am completely ignorant. I don't
know a thing about it."
I He arose and walked around the
room. That uneasiness which was by
this time familiar to my eye was upon
him.
"Let me suggest." ho faltered after
several attempts to express himself,
"that you shouldn't go too fast in this
affair. I'd like to help you if I could."
"Come up to the house and talk it
; over," said Kelvin. "We don't see
! enough of you."
It was quite true that the Kelvins
saw little of Donald. He seemed to
avoid Mrs. Kelvin when she came to
our house, though his manner toward
her when she succeeded in finding him
was never lacking in respect. Indeed
he had the power to draw out the \'ery
best that was in the woman, and there
; were times that they were together
when I have been able to understand
how Mrs. Kelvin happened to be bless
ed with so amiable a daughter.
I tried to get Donald to speak of this
blackmailing affair after Kelvin had
left us together, but he insisted that
he had no intimations regarding it
except an unfounded belief that the
deed offered for sale by Cobb was gen
uine. I would rather trust one of Don
ald's "unfounded" beliefs than any
other kind, and I told him so, where
upon he plunged deeper in!o the dis
tress that always marked the approach
of tne condition in which psychic rev
elations were granted to him.
Presently he wandered out. and 1
did not see him again until dinner time.
After dinner he got upon a horse, and
it was late when he returned, dusty
and tired. The night w; s very warm,
and we were all out of doors. Donald
sat down on the steps of the veranda at
his mother's feet, and she supported
his head upon lu r I: nee.
"We have decided to stay in Tun
bridge this summer." said she. "We
shan't goto the seashore for August.
There's so much trouble about this
miserable stockholders' meeting, which
doesn't occur until the 15th."
"Who have decided to stay in Tun
bridge?" asked Donald.
"All of us," she replied. "Carl and
your father don't feel that they can
take any vacation before the meeting,
and by that time the summer will lie
nearly gone. But we shall be very gay
here. Carl and I have been planning a
lawn fete for Aug. 20. so that you and
little Amy Kelvin may dance together
on the green. Her father will have
been nicely beaten in his nefarious
schemes by that time, so that there'll
be no bar to perfect harmony between
the families."
"1 wouldn't do it, little mother," said
Donald softly.
"Why?" she asked, bending over him.
She had detected the serious note in
his voice. She knew that he truly
meant what he said.
Donaldson and Carl were talking ear
nestly in what might be called the
background of our little group. I was
in the middle distance, and, while os
tensibly occupied with what the other
men were saying, 1 had an ear for
Donald.
"I think it's going to rain on Aug.
20," said he after a pause.
"Tell the truth." she coihmanded,
forcing him to look up into her eyes.
"You will not feel like giving a fete
on that day," said Donald hurriedly.
"Something is going to happen. You
will be surprised and grieved; you will
wish that you hadn't issued any invi
tations for people to come here. Now,
please don't worry. Promise me that
you won't. It had to happen. You
won't ask nie any more questions, will
you? You've been such a good mother
all through this crazy, dreadful sum
mer. Wait just a little longer. Trust
me and believe in me. Nobody else
loves anybody in the world so much as
I love you."
She bent down close to him, and I
did not hear what she said, nor did I
hear his reply, which was very ear
nestly uttered, as I could see by the
expression of his face. The light from
a hanging lam;> struck down upon him.
He looked v< ry liandsonie and wonder
fully like li mother. The resemblance
seemed to hp out into view. It was
almost as if her face had been mir
rored for a moment in his. What he
said must have reassured her, for she
smiled and kissed him tenderly upon
the forehead.
lie arose presently, and I at the same
time. We walked up and down togeth
er on tiie veranda.
"Have you been giving any thought
to Mr. Kelvin's troubles?" I asked.
"I have thought what an unearthly
nerve the man had to come to you for
assistance at this time," said Donald.
"It is both amusing and interesting,"
I replied. "Certainly I shall not refuse
to help Idm, and 1 shall give bim my
best opinion as to the genuineness of
the document if he recovers it. Will
he get it?"
Donald understood perfectly that 1
consulted him as an oracle and that my
question had no reference to ordinary
human information. He twisted his
hands nervously together before reply
ing.
"Isn't Jim Bunn an expert on docu
ments of that kind ?" he asked. "Doesn't
he know almost as much as you do
about them?"
"I shouldn't be surprised If he knew
more," said I.
"Couldn't you arrange it so that you j
and Mr Bunn and I could be at Mr.
Kelvin's tomorrow evening?"
"Undoubtedly," I replied, "but Cobb
wouldn't talk before so many wit
nesses."
Donald stood still and rubbed his
forehead.
"I have a curious impression about
Cobb," said he."l can't seem to see
Cobb. Do yen know a thin, sallow
cheeked man with deep wrinkles drawn
from his eyes to his chin, as if his nose
and mouth were inclosed In marks of
parenthesis? He's got a queer, side
long gait and always carries his left
shoulder ahead of him when he walks."
"I don't know such a man," said I,
"and yet 1 seem to be reminded of
somebody."
I "If there were any person of that do
i script'on," said Donald, "I'd oay that
he would bring that paper to Mr. Kel
vin. We might ask Mr. Huun tomor
row. He knows everybody within forty
miles of Tunbridge."
Next morning on my way to the office
1 called at The Elms and repeated
Donald's proposal to Kelvin, who ac
cepted it readily. Afterward I laid
the case before Bunn and mentioned
Donald's sketch of the person whom he
seemed to see delivering the deed.
"The devil!" cried Bunn, whose
nerves were in an ex en worse condi
tion than usual. "That's old Walmsley
himself!"
The description certainly fitted him,
and yet 1 was not prepared to believe
that he would rise from the grave in
which he had lain for more than a
score of years and atone for the fraud
attempted in his life by restoring the
1 document upon which it had depended.
CHAPTER NIL
MYSTERY OF THE DEAD MISER'S IIAND
(CONTINUED).
KELVIN had named half past 9
o'clock as the time when he
would receive his erring serv
ant. It may have been an hour
earlier that Donald, Jim Bunn and I
went to The Elms.
We were treated somewhat as if we
had been a band of conspirators and
were ushered with appropriate secrecy
into a small room opening off the libra
ry. It was dimly lighted, and the cur
tains were closely drawn, making the
place very uncomfortable on a warm
summer night.
Graves Reedy was there, much to my
surprise, for 1 supposed that he would
be shadowing Cobb. The detective's
manner revealed to me that strictly
professional cheerfulness with which
he bears adversity.
"Cobb has disappeared," said Kelvin.
"Mr. Reedy lias lost track of him."
"Temporarily, temporarily," respond
ed Reed} - . "We shall pick him up
again."
He then went onto explain how this
accident had happened. Cobb had tak
en tip his abode in a little hotel which
most of us in Tunbridge would have
been glad to see the last of, and from
this place in the course of the previous
evening Cobb had withdrawn himself
in a manner so secret as to elude the
remarkably keen eyes of Mr. Graves
Reedy.
The detective had promptly discov
ered the fact of the fellow's absence,
and, being firmly convinced that the
affair of the deed and the bogus heir
was a plot in which Joe Harvey, the
lawyer, was intimately concerned, he
had gone to Harvey's house, but Cobb
had not appeared there, nor had he re
vealed himself during the remainder
of the night and the following day.
"He's gone to get the document,"
said Kelvin, with decision. "I think
that his disappearance is a good sign."
I turned to Reedy for his opinion.
"There's another way of looking at
it," said he. "l'ou must remember uiai
this job may not be on you, Mr. Kel
vin. I've explained that already," ho
added, turning to me. "Cobb was in jail,
and he wanted to get out. So he gets
into communication with this sliyster
ing lawyer, convinces him that the
deed which Mr. Kelvin wants is in ex
istence, puts up the job of the pretend
ed Walmsley heir and induces Harvey
to furnish SSOO cash bail in order that
Cobb may get out of jail and find the
deed. You see, Harvey could get his |
money back any time by surrendering
Cobb, so lie doesn't think that he risks
much. But Cobb really hasn't any doc
ument to produce. All he wanted was
to get out of limbo, and, being out, he
skips, leaving Harvey hung up in the
air for half a thousand. This looks
quite reasonable to me, and when I
said that we'd pick up Cobb I didn't
mean that we'd necessarily pick him
up in this town."
There was a silence following this
presentation of the case, and during
the interval*l happened to notice Jim
Bunn eying Donald in a questioning
way. In regard to Donald's powers
Bunn had the most marked alterna
tions of skepticism and belief. He was
evidently more deeply interested than
he cared to own. He was by nature
greedy for the marvelous and capable
of great excitement over mysteries.
There had been periods when he had
frequented such "mediums" as adver
tise in the newspapers and had sought
advice upon business matters from the
most absurd sources. It was ever his
way to be convinced in a moment and
then to change his attitude to one of
general and feverish incredulity quite
as unreasoning as liis belief had been
In regard to Donald, l think he was
much infiuenced by Carl Archer, who
took a frivolous view of the subject;
yet Bunn would have been glad to be
lieve the contrary. lie was looking for
some great revelation that would have
but one interpretation, and he had wel
comed this chance togo with us to Kel
vin's in the hope of seeing that which
would set all his doubts at rest—per
haps in the fear of seeing it, for he had
a deep seated terror of the supernat
ural.
He felt, as I did, that Donald would
not have gone to that house unless he
had known that he had work to do
there. Always in such cases there
seemed to be a great impelling force
urging Donald onward despite the re
luctance of his will.
"Well," said Bunn at last, unable to
restrain his impatience any longer,
"what do you think of it, Don?"
"Don't ask me," responded the boy
gloomily. "1 don't know anything
about it. If I could only think of some
possible way"—
He paused and was very unwilling to
proceed, though we all urged him.
Finally he said:
"If I could think of any way that
this document could be returned with
»ut Cobb's having anything to do with
.t—Cobb, Harvey or any of that crew
why, then I'd know what I was talk
ng about"
"You are thinking of the man whom
you described to me." said I.
He shook hi. l - head
"I've decided 1 was mistaken," he re
plied. "That man can't bring back the
deed."
"Why?" asked Itunn in a sort of
gasp.
It evidently required a great effort
for Donald to answer him.
"Because," he said, as if tiie words
were forced out of him, "the man's
dead."
Bunn looked at me and nodded.
"What did 1 tell you?" he whispered.
"Walmsley!"
"1 am inclined to think," said Donald,
"that I was mixing the past with the
future. That's the great trouble with
this foolish business. I don't doubt
that you've all had similar experiences.
Everybody must have them once in
awhile. Something wines into your
mind; you see it; you know it for an
actual occurrence. But it has no time.
There's nothing to tell you whether the
thing is going to happen a hundred
years from now or whether it happen
ed a hundred years ago."
"There's the little matin - of clothes,"
suggested Reedy.
Donald showed mild surprise.
"You clout always see clothes, of
course," said Donald as if lie couldn't
bring himself to believe that Reedy
had been serious. "You see the thing
that has 110 need of clothes or of tlesli
and bones—the essence of an action.
If you should strike me with a knife,
Mr. Reedy, do you suppose that there'd
be nothing in the aet except your arm
and the weapon? You might as well
say that there'd he nothing but your
coat sleeve or your skin. Within the
sleeve, within the skin, within the mus
cle and the bone, is something far more
important."
"I guess you're getting out of my
line," s-aid Reedy. "There may be
something of the kind, but I never saw
It."
"I 11111 surprised," replied Donald.
"But the point is," said Kelvin, bring
ing his practical mind to bear upon the
question, "shall we get hold of that pa
per? Now, let's bring it right down to
business. I'll give you or any other
man SI,OOO for it. Y'es, and I'll hear ar
gument 011 the question of more mon
ey."
I expected to see Donald get up and
walk out of the house, but he seemed
to be too deeply absorbed in his own
thoughts or visions, or whatever they
can be called, to take note of what
Kelvin had said.
"We shall know all about this mat
ter in a few minutes," said Reedy,
looking at his watch. "If Cobb doesn't
come, it's all off. And he'll be here 011
time If he's coming."
We waited, therefore, with such pa
tience as we could command. At twen
ty minutes past 9 Kelvin went into the
library, which was dark. Thereafter
we looked at our watches at least once
a minute until a quarter before 10,
when Kelvin came to the door and said
In a tone of disappointment:
"The fellow hasn't shown up."
"There's no use in waiting any lon
ger," said Reedy. "No Cobb; 110 deed.
Y'our title is safe, Mr. Kelvin. The
whole thing was a fake."
"There is a deed, though," said Don
ald so softly that 110 one but Bunn and
I heard him. "And somebody, some
body, will deliver it here—the same man
whom I have seen. By heavens, dead
or alive, he will produce that docu
ment this night!"
Bunn took me suddenly by the arm,
and I could feel that he was trembling
with excitement.
"There are queer things in this world
Mr. Harrington," 110 whispered. "1
don't know just what to expect, do
you ?"
"I expect Walmsley's ghost, if you
ask me," said I, with a laugh, and the
remark lacked very little of being per
fectly sincere.
At 10 o'clock Kelvin gave up the vigil
and summoned us all into tne Horary.
He had turned up the lights, and the
room was bright.
"I am sorry to have given you all this
trouble, Mr. Harrington," said he, "but
I had reason to expect a different end
ing of this affair."
"I don't think that it's ended yet," I
responded. "Donaid says that the deed
will be restored."
"Well," said Kelvin, "I hope he's
right. I'd like to get the thing off my
mind. It would be worth money to
me, as I've told you. I've got other
things to think about."
I was well aware that one of the
things to which he referred was my
own destruction, but this was a time
of truce in our warfare, and I felt un
der obligations to let the subject rest.
Indeed, my attention was almost imme
diately attracted to Donald, who had
advanced to the end of a long and
heavy table of black oak, the top of
which was bare. He was staring down
at this table, and his attitude was
rigid. Bunn spoke to him twice and
even laid a hand upon his arm, but the
boy did not stir.
Presently, however, he shook him
self and stood erect.
"I have a curious fancy," he said.
"Mr. Kelvin, may I ask you where you
got this table? It's a queer question"—
"That was in the house," said Kelvin.
"It's very old."
Donald tapped upon It with his fin
ger.
"What made that mark?" he asked.
The mark extended across a corner
of the table and may have been ten
inches long. It was quite deep at one
end and a mere scratch at the other.
"I don't know," said Kelvin, examin
ing it."From the looks of the thing I
should say that it was made a !oug
time ago."
"Before you were born, my son," said
Reedy to Donald. "Looks as if some
body had hit it with a cleaver."
Donald drew in his breath through
his closed teeth, and it made a pecul
iarly eerie sound. I glanced hastily at
his frfce, and it wore a very strange
and almost terrifying expression. It
was as if he were dead; as if the spirit
had departed out of him.
He stood by the end of the table,
and we fell into a sort of group around
it The light was above, and it showed
our inverted images in the black and
polished surface.
"It was all in the past," said Donald.
"I feared that it might be so. I cannot
help you, Mr. Kelvin, further than to
assure you that the deed of transfer
once existed and that it came into the
possession of the rightful owner of
this property after having been in the
hands of a rascal. This I judge by the
scene itself. I know nothing of the
people."
"Come!" said Reedy. "That's worth
knowing. I.et's hear your story."
Bunn, who was standing beside me,
suddenly leaned upon my shoulder.
"I feel a bit faint," he said and point
ed down to the reflections in the table,
where for a certainty we all looked
like dead men.
"I'll have to do the best I can," said
Donald, with something like a groan.
"This takes the life out of me, but I'll
have togo through with it somehow.
It's as if I saw this room, but a good
deal different, of course. This table is
here, and there is a single candle burn
ing upon it. Beside the table is a man
sitting in a chair. lie seems to have
a sort of light sack coat 011 over a part
of a military uniform. lie is very
broad in the shoulders. He's one of
the strongest looking men that ever 1
saw, though not very tall, I should
judge, lie lias a little black mustache
that is too small for his face. It looks
ridiculous on a man with f'ch a heavy
jaw."
"That's Westeott Norman West
eott!" gasped Bunn. "When I was a
boy"—
Donald went 011 without seeming to
hear this interruption.
"I never saw a man sit so still," said
he."lt startled me at first. I thought
he was dead. After quite a long time
another man conies Into the room—the
man whom I described to you this
morning. lie looks seated; ho has
a pistol in his band. He comes in
by that window, and the other niaii
seems to see him without looking that
way.
"'Have you brought It?' he asks
without a movement except of his lips.
The other seems togo into n sort of
panic, lie walks up to the table like a
crab, the pistol in his left hand and
that side of him coming foremost.
"'Yi s; I've got it,' lie says, and then
lie breaks into a sort of harangue. 'No
tricks!" lie erics over and over again.
'You'll do as you say— Westeott!'
"That's the ollieer's name—West
eott."
"And the other's Walmsley!" exclaim
ed Bunn.
Donald looked up dreamily.
"WalmsleyV" he repeated. "What
was I saying?"
-Keep qu.et, everybody," said Reedy.
"Don't break in. This is 100 big a
thing to be fooled with. 'No tricks;'
that's what you said. He was afraid
the other fellow would do him out of
something."
Donald looked down at the table and
put his fingers lightly upon the scar in
it before lie proceeded.
"'You shall have your price, Walms
ley,' said Westeott, 'and you shall leave
this room with it in your pocket, and I
will not put the law upon you for this
crime. I give you my word as an offi
cer and a gentleman. Put the deed on
the table.'
(To be continued.)
There was a in
the streets. People
Bp £ rushed from their
ddors and strained
E|ft their eyes on the
struggling balloonist
fighting for life.
//Jj Even the poor, pant
(/ U, ( i n R sufferer in the
x- —sick room was for
gotten while the fam
ily gazed breathless at this strange
tragedy of the air. Then tliey went back
to the sick room to tell of the terrible
struggle for life they had just witnessed.
It di<l not occur to them that under their
very eyes a more terrible, more pathetic
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ASSilAli M'VI'K.IIKM'
OK 'I II SO
DIRECTORS OF THE POOR
OF
Danville and Mahoning l'oor l)i
trict for the Year Knding
Jan. i, 1903.
J. 1' 15A UK, Treasurer.
In account with the Directors or tiie Pan
villeand Mahoning l'oor district.
DR.
To balance <lue Directors at last settl<-
ment 1.
To cash received from E. W. Peters on
duplicate for 19,i0 imhi
To cash received from K. W Peters on
duplicate 1901 425 00
To cash received from K. \V. IVters on
duplicate for iiHni 1»; 17 ,
To cash received from Win. K. Dyer on
duplicate for 1)102 l>«0 4.">
To cash received from It. Kiu-kcl on
on duplicate for ism; •.'.'lßl
To cash received from w. r. Kocher
adminstrator for Nathan lenstei
liiacher on duplicate for I'.')t 1.7 15
To cash received from Mrs. (ioim r
Thomas •.•<> no
To cash received from Kiiim.i u nods 7Uiki
To cash received from Win. Evans
& Sister .... . mi ju
To cash rec. from Kennet P.staic 513 00
To cash received from Thomas Bogcrs
I'ommtU W. 8. Roberts .i; hi
To cash received from Montour Lodge . !>1 25
To casli received from J. P. Ilare, coin
miltofs. Pickens 9!>OU
To cash received from Thomas Hrlslin 2.75
I o cash received from Thomas Kogers
in Thomas Williams Estate 99 21
To cash received from < Mher Districts... :c :c.
cosh received from Just ice Oglesby t;7
cash received from Justice Hare.... I no
cash received from Steward for pro
duce sold 11117.;
* 10019 74
Cl,'.
By whole amount of orders paid by the
Treasurer during the year 19K2 . 7:119 11
Hal due Directors at present settlement
»270u t; ;
Directois <■/ DanrilU'. and Mahonimj
Poor I)is'i ict in Account irit/i the
District.
DR.
To balance due fro: i Treasurer at last
settlement 2171 i;
To balance due from h Bucket at
last settlement on duplicate tor IWHi 2Ki >1
To liabince due frooi JViilnn Fenste
imicher at last settlemeiit on dupli
cate lor 19 it itft 72
Tobalaneedue from K. W. Peters at
last settlement on duplicate for
the year 1900 1*95
To balance due from K. W. Peters at
lasl settlement on duplicate for
t be I'.Hii os
To amount of duplicate Issued E. W.
Peters for the Borough ol Danville
for the year 1902 .>,77 ;;y
To Penalty of 5 per cent on $027 2i'dup
licate for the year 1902 31 :#j
Amount of duplicate issued to Win. K.
Dyer for the Township of Mahon
ing for I he year 1902 7111 it;
To cash rec. Iroui Mrs. (romer Thomas '.WOO
cash received from Emma Woods 7111 m
To cash received from Will. Kvans A
S|s ter M(|
cash rec. from Mary Kennet list 513 00
ro e:isii received from Thomas Bosers
( 0111 mitt of W. S. Roberts ::ii7>o
cash received from Montour Lodice.. !M2.">
To cash received from J. P Bare Co
m. mtt Of 8. Pickens .... MM
cash received from Thomas Brislin
To cash received from Thomas Rogers
in Thomas Williams Estate tiy 21
cash received from other Districts.. ">2
casti received from .lustice 1 it;lesby 117
cash received from Justice Bare I (JO
cash received from Steward for Pro
duce sold en 73
* 11277 r,i
CR.
By commission allowed D. Huckel of
:i percent on SZJ3 ~>l on duplicate
for the year |S!Ki 11 (17
By commission allowed Nathan Fensler
inacher of"> per cent on fltiS 72 on du-
Ilcate for the year 1901 S'i'j
By abatement allowed Win. K. Dyer of
5 per cent on fl iii 00 011 duplicate for
the year lixr2 21 so
Commission allowed Win. K Dyer of
U per cent on Sill 20on duplicate for
the year l!K)2 12 -12
Commission allowed Win. K. Dyer
of.) per cent S2J2 >7 011 duplicate for
the year 1902.... 1212
Amount returned by Win. K Dyer on
duplicate for the year 11*12 ..' 2(7
Exonerations allowed Win. E. Dyer on
duplicate for tlieyear 1902 ". 1 :;i
Balance due from Win. E. Dyer on
duplicate for the year 1902..* 17 99
By commission allowed E. W Peters of
percent on 81S 95 on duplicate for
year 1900 y;,
By commission allowed E. W. Peters
of a per cent 011 :{7 on duplicate
for year I vol i2'l7
ity balance due from E. W. Peters for
15H11 82 7!
By abatement allowed E. W. Peters of
"» per cent on Stsiti or, 011 duplicate
for year i!K"2 Mtt
By commission allowed E. W. Peters of 2
per cent 011 il3B>.;ki on duplicate for
l'lf- 87 71
commission allowed E. W. Peters
of."1 per cent on ?:>6B 12 on duplicate
fort he year 1902 IS 12
exonerations allowed E. W. Peters
on duplicate for the year 1902 (V>(;1
By balance due from E. W. Peters dupli
cate 19(CJ «.">S .Vi
By orders paid by Treasurer during the
year 1902 7:11911
By balance due Directors at present
settlement 2700 •«:>
* 11277 61
Shitetne/it of Orders issued dnrimj the
year 190,.'. Paid itnd outshindiiii/ ond
purposes for which the same
were issued.
Directors Salaries t .10000
Steward ' ;a»> on
Physician 1 Id (ill
Attorney Salary Fees Expenses :(.">.'N9
Treasurer 7>oo
Clerk 7;, (in
Auditing and Duplicate is mi
Transient Paupers :i Vi
Ex. in settlement of cases 21 I*l
Justices m mi
Miscellaneous Items 1H f(i
Printers bills (.;>7">
Kent 00
Horse hire incurred l.y Directors jn dis
charge of their ollicial duties 20 00
insurance in mi
*ll2l 19
Outside Relief us Follows:
Medicine $ 21 7.">
<!oai and Wood 111 7<i
Shoes and Clothing :r>tu
Undertaker In no
Insane at Hospital 289:1 SO
Paid other Districts 12111
General Merchandise 537:«{
Children's Aid Society stun
#i7l2 (U
For Mniuteiiii',ce of Poor House and
Farm.
Seeding drain and Plants $ 2553
Dime and Manure 145 20
shoes and shoe Repairing .'l2 85
Blacksmith lulls 10287
House and Farm Han.ls :;::i 17
Farm Implements and Hardware 229 95
Clothinu 105 31
Meat bill 93 15
Coal 109 SO
Improvements and repairs .">2(l (>5
General Merchandise 210 S9
Tobacco lo 20
Flour and Feed IS 00
Drug Store bills 8 10
Wagon 85 00
Live Stock
J2190 15
Orders Issued during the year 19.)2 *782:1 :ts
Paid by Treasurer during the year 19C2 s7.;ui n
I,caving outstanding orders for the year
S 127
H. WIREMAN. i
THEi 1. IKiFFM \N, Directors
P. M. KKRN's, \
We, the Auditorsof tlie Rorough of I >anvillc
and Township of Mahoning have examined
the above accounts and lind them correct.
D. It W 11, I, I A.MS, 1
KDW I't'ltPlK, -Auditors.
I!. IJ. DIEHIJ, )
Siiiteuients •;/' Real Estate ami Personal
Property 011 hand at date of
Settlement.
Real Estate $22500 00
House and Kitchen Furniture (>7O !»1
Hay and Grain 168400
Farming Utensils lost t>2
Dive Stock I OU9O
Vegetables 188 00
Meat and Lard s(i!r>
Clothing and Material MSS
Fruit. Preserves, &c 9 25
Vinegar 4200
Flour 28 00
CoOeeand Tea 003
Sugar 15 00
saur Kraut sou
Tobacco 11 to
Coal MBM
Lumber 4400
Separator and Scales 93 so
Medicine 208
Funds of May Kennet 2(moo
$27881 II
Produce Raised.
45 Tons Hay * 540 00
280 bushels Potatoes 115 00
432 bushels of Wheat 324 ou
ilil bushels Oats 88224
1920 bushels Corn ears 480 (Hi
7 bushels Onions 350
I bushels Onion sets 2 00
13 bushels of Turnips :>(*(
545 bushels Beet? 109 00 '
l<ft lb- Cabbage IX IK
. "S> HandlesCornfodder iii, >
'I l»i ll» Isutter 220 20
.in it,,/ |6da >• no
*jj"2 u
Stock liaiv it.
I"> I'lgs 112 4500
111 < 'Alrw Nllll
120 Chickens ii ig
11 Turkeys io >o
12 Iturks,... ; on
tiwan
N ii (itl.. i ■-I Patip'T- idmitti i i',d !• fi
duringtlie year I 'AT>
Admitted 7
~
II I* nipt-rH in 11 on-, Inn. Ist. i!«rj
15 " in House Jan. I*l.
7* Tr:»llllHelleved for I
mNjfW lodglnf fiuiMcd Tnunpa.
137 Meals furnished TratnfM.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE
In Effect May, 25, 1902
A A.W.,
Scranton(l»4tH)lv"; m 1 12 4 27
Pittston " " 705 11 no | a 111 452
A. M. A. M P. M. P.M
Wilkcsbarre... Iv 5 * J< jiu J l"> >9 >»>
Kljra'tk Tvtrj ■■ 1 7 :'i i 1114: 1 J vj 18 "7
Nantieoke •* 7 in M * M ®1"
Mocana,jua " V,l II n; " 2() ®37
Wapwallopen.. " •- Id il ],; 331 647
Nescopeck ar *IK \\ i4J 70 ,
A. A.M.pji
PottSTille IT $ ;ll 55
Hazleton •' 1J .VJ 4",
Totuhicken " 1 II '3 051...
Kern Glen " 1 1H :s r, [****"
Kock <Hen .... "1 3 22,.'..,"
Nescopeck . ar II"' *.!!!!!
Cat aw issa 4 0" "
V \l A. M P. M. P >1 ~
Nescopeck... .lv j is man 4J 700
Creasy • : 3 11 :n, 3 709 "
Espy Ferry... ' t 1 4 II 4 I 4 02 7 a """"
E. lilooujsburi '• 411 .VI 4Oi 725
Catawissa Iv 8 a 11.." 413 ;
south Danville " vl4la I 431 7-J
Sunbury ar *> 35 la 411 155 Nls
A. M. P. M. P. M RM.
sunbury lv si 4:; sl2 e S •"> I" <1 41,
Lewisburg.... ar it) 13 I 4 *> 4ti
Milton lu us 1 n 6SS hi 07!
Williamsport.. " lion 1 ll '• 30 10 y>
Lock Haven... - 11511 22" 7 :t»
Henovo " A.M. :00 - :I0
Kane " s J."> !.....
P.M. P.M.
I.oek Haven..lv <l2 10 145 ....I
Hellefonte ....ar 1 o"> 1 11 .... 1
Tyrone •' a "i> ti on I
Philipsburg " 1355 Hnj
Clearfield.... " 5 S s 4",
Pittsburg.... " 655U0 45
A. M. P. M P. M. P M
Sunbury lv 'J io j 1 •a ■ s3l
Harnsburg ar 11 3<i i 3 15 «• -) :u 10
P. M. P. M. P. Jtt. ,\ M _
Philadelphia., ar si 317 ti aJ 10 J.' 425
Baltimore '• j3 11 ti 110 '.l 4 , •• 30
Washington... " j 4 10 : 7 15 10 55 4 iv>
IA. M. P. M.
Sunbury lv slll 00 ; a I > 1
Lew Is tow 11 ,Ic. ar 11 1> I 0 ... .
Pittsburg •' 655 |lO 45
A.M. P, MP. M. i>~M
Harrishurg.... Iv II 45 r i o> , 7 1". ;ioi,
P.M. A M. A. M. A M
hittsburg ar fi 5 | 15" ; 1 oil 530
P. M.J P M A MAM
Pittsburg lv 7I" '.IOO ;00 is 00 ....
IA. M A M P M
Haniiburg.... ar 2on 4 j :• :w 3 M
AM A M;
Plttsbu:g lv H I'd
P M
Jo. '• 7 :;e >3 00
Sunbury ar a 2- 1 50 ....
P.M. A MIA M A M
Washington... lv 10 4" 7 > 10 '<■
fialtiuiore '• II no 4 10 s4O II 4 ,
PkiiMMphi*... '■ 11 H 4 S 8 ;o II in
A. M. A M A. M. P M
llarrisburg Iv 3tS 756 II lu J 3 ••Jo
Sunbury ar ."1 on!■ j, iOS sn> """
jl'.M. A M A M
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Clearfield.... " i 350 !»•>"""*
Philipsburg.. " I 411 10 la
Tyrone " 7On sju 12 li">
Hellefonte.. " s Hi ... . itl (fi
Lock Haven ar wls In m 2 10/""
P. M A II \ M P M
Erie Iv
Kane *• - 1 0 "0
Henovo '• 11 60 t» 4-">. 10 30
Lock Haven.... '• 12 :> 7 11 J ' 1 l*'
A.M.! P M
Willlanisport.. '• a 2!' 8 3 12 in 4it
>1 nt on asi 117 las * M
Lewisburg " v n.'> 11, 41.'
Sunbury ar 324 yHi 15' 5 1">
ITM. A .-\I 1' M P Mi
Sunbury lv ;6K , • •* tOl 5 25j
South Danville" 7 ll! i 0 17 221 5
Catawissa " 7 10 35 2 (i "si
E Hloomsburg.. " 737 10 43 2 l-i 81 >
Espy Ferry.... " 742 fio 47 f# 10
Creasy " 752 in 56 V, 11 .at
Nescopeck " so.' 11 o. 1 12, 3 o"> 840 ""
A M A M P. M. P M
Catawissa Iv 7 11l :is ti (H
Nescopeck lv 82 1 I 5 06 7OS
Kock (Hen ar II 7 as
Kern Uien •• 851 11 28 S B 7 il
Tomhicken " svs 11 s :;s t4J ] \
Hazleton " Si l'.i 11 58 5 50, 805
Pottsville " 111 15
AM AMP M P Ml'
Nescopeck Iv 802 11 oft .11. 6 I •••
Wapwallopen..ar 81" 11 an Jo BIS
Mocanaqua.... " 831 1132 ; ;II 701 ••••
Nantieoke " 8v; 11 ft 410 71"
P M
Plym'th Kerry" I OIK la >a 1 7 Js
Wilksbarre ..." wlO 12 10 4 0., 7
AM P M P M P M
Pittston IMkH) ar |v I* IS 486 s H
Scranton " " 10 08 121 "> ai . j or,
; Weekdays. ' Ilaily. I Flag stati„n.
Pullman Parlor ard Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between s.;:-i>ury. Willlamsport
and Erie, between Sunbury I'hiladelpliia
and Washington and between Harristiur:'. Piits
burir and the West.
Kor lurtiier information apply to Ticket Agents
J.li. HUT CHINS OA, ./. R. WOOD,
(len'l Manager, (ini'l Paiix'n'r A(j
p\K( I TltlX'S \OTII r
Est:»to of George \V. Myerlv, Into of
borough of Danville, ,in the county
of Montour ami strife of l* iinsylvan
ia. deceased.
Notico is hereby given that letters
testamentary have been granted to the
undersigned. All persons indebted to
the said estate are required to make
payment, and those having chums nr
demands against the said estate, will
make known the same without delay
ID
MKS. HARRIETS. MVERLY, Exec
utrix of George W. Myerly, Deceased.
Edward Sayre Gearhart, Counsel.
Danville' Fa., December 10th, l'.K)2
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Plymouth 7 ■» tl«» : l.> 7Wi
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fa Huron ft IT . . (2 01 r. A
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I'atawlxaa Tin I'ias.' £•
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Kapy 72* 10 m .¥' ». 1
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Hick* Kerry »IC fll IT {if 1. 11
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Mop- I>n > 1 gnal or on not -e loeoixlurtor.
T. E.l I.AKKK. T W. UK
tien. superintendent. I ien. H»«, Age at
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St3rlisli !
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Bicycle, Cymnasium and
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NO. 116 E. FEONT BT.
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