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    tllE CITIZEN. WEDNESDAY, APItlli 12, 1011.
A CHASE
By ELLA WHEATON
Copyright by American Tress Asso
ciation, 1911.
Mrs. Grentorlx was a stupmothon
Not all stepmothers, uny more than
ull mothers-in-law, nrc bud, but Mrs.
Greatorlx was at least avaricious.
She hail no children of her own, but a
stepdaughter. Moreover, the husband
nnd father had died, leaving $100,000
to his widow nnd $200,000 to his
daughter, Alice.
Alice was fifteen years old when
her father died and, having no other
home, remained with her stepmother.
Sho feared her father's widow and
would have been glad to get away
from her, but she was too young to
lay plans for such n purpose.
There was a clause in the Greatorlx
will that If Alice was not married by
the time sho was eighteen $50,000 of
her fortune was to go to her step
mother. If she had no children at
Iweuly-flve another $50,000 was to go
to her stepmother. Why Mr, Greatorlx
threw such a temptation in the way
of his wife to keep his daughter un
married does not appear. The most
probable solution Is that It was the
result of a compromise that the wife
was claiming more and finally got
this stipulation out of him.
Unfortunately for the stepmother's
plans Alice must go to school. At the
high school when sho was seventeen
she met n youth of eighteen, and be
tween them there sprang up an at
tachment. Iloger Ashurst called oc
casionally on Alice, but It didn't take
him long to discover that ho was ob
noxious to the stepmother. Opposi
tion is an excellent incentive to love,
and Roger as soon as he left tho high
school and went into business began
to lay plans to possess the girl he
found so much difficulty in courting.
Besides, Alice had told him of the
whys and wherefores of tho case, and
ho saw plainly ,that in order to help
Alice be must obtain the legal rights
of a husband.
As tho girl approached tho age of
eighteen her stepmother began to
watch her very closely so closely, in
deed, that she was unable to communi
cate with her lover, Mrs. Greatorlx
intercepting all her letters. Two weeks
before Alice's eighteenth birthday she
was locked up In her room. But one
night as she was going to bed, hear
ing shot thrown against her window,
she opened it, and a stone was thrown
in to which was attached a note from
Koger stating that he would watch
for her aunt to go out and when she
did he would enter the house and take
her away.
A couple of days after this Alice was
not especially surprised at her bed
room door being kicked open, and there
stood Roger. Hastily putting on her
hat and wraps, she went with him
downstairs, got into an automobile
and was starting when Mrs. Greatorlx
appeared, hurrying home.
A garage was located around the cor
ner, nnd thither the stepmother ran,
hired an auto and made chase. Tho
fugitives had taken a broad avenue
which was tho most feasible outlet,
and into this avenue Mrs. Greatorlx
ordered her chauffeur to proceed. Sho
saw tho auto In which her daughter
was eloping she recognized it by Its
color just turning into a side street.
For several minutes It was lost to her,
but on turning Into the side street she
herself caught sight of It trying to pass
a cab that stood in the way. While
she looked the auto chugged past the
hack and darted on at full pace.
When Mrs. Greatorlx reached the
.vehicle that had blocked tho way her
chauffeur endeavored to pass it on the
right, but at the moment the hack
swerved to that side of the narrow
street. The chauffeur moved to the
left, and the hack also turned to that
side.
"Run him down!" cried Mrs. Great
orlx. "lie's In league with tho elopers."
But when the chauffeur tried again
to make a passage the hack drew out
of the way and let him pass. Tho pur
suing auto soou turned into another
avenue, and Mrs. Greatorlx, looking
first in one direction, then iu the other,
saw the fugitive auto moving south
ward. "There it is!" she cried. "Put on nil
your power."
They followed the auto twenty miles
Into the country, when it stopped sud
denly. "Now's your chance," sho said to
her chauffeur. "Don't let them get
away."
But tho chauffeur was obliged to
Blow up for tho reason that the driver
of the other machine got out to fix
something. When Mrs. Greatorlx
pulled up beside him ho was working
with a monkey wrench. Ills auto was
empty.
Mrs. Greatorlx was so mad that sho
abused tho fellow for leading her on
a wild gooso chase, no looked at her
innocently, apparently not knowing
what she was talking about. Then,
not waiting for a rejoinder, she order
ed her chauffeur to turn about and go
back to tho city.
Meanwhile tho lovers had been mar
ried. Mrs. Greatorlx never knew their
method of escape. Ashurst had not
counted on her returning so soon. Ex
pecting that sho would follow, be di
rected his chauffeur to turn Into a
side street and, seeing a hack stand
ing by the curb, he got Alice out of
tho nuto and Into tho hack only a mo
ment before her stepmother turned
into the street nnd offered the driver
a ten dollar bill to drive him wherever
he wished to go. When tho pursuing
auto came up he ordered tho driver to
itnnd in its way In order to throw the
pursuers off tho track.
i A COLLEGE GIRL'S DAY.
She breakfasts on a pickle,
, And then the custom Is
j To go and spend a nickel
i Upon a glass of llzz.
! Along about ten-thirty
I She nreds some solid fare
I And goes with Grace nnd Gertie
j To purchase an eclair.
I At twelve on pie she lunches,
And through the afternoon
! From time to time sho munches
1 A dainty macaroon.
Her pocketbook she'll pillage
j At dusk and gayly trudge
1 To purchase in the village
j Ingredients for fudge.
! At night, with loosened tresses,
i It Is her dearest wish
To cook up awful dishes
' Upon the chafing dish.
1 And when she's done with brewing
, And nil the house Is dumb
' Sho goes to bed still chewing
. Her little wad of gum.
' Kansas City Journal
A True Sport.
.ygrffriytf,
Jones I'll bet you a dollar I strike
the ground first!
Timely Question.
A number of men gathered In the
smoking car of a train from Little
Hock to another point In Arkansas
were talking of the food best calcu
lated to sustain health.
One Arkansan, a stout, florid man
with short gray hair and a self satis
lied air, was holding forth in great
style.
"Look at mo!" ho exclaimed. "Nev
er a day's sickness in my life! And
all due to simple food. Why, gents,
from the time I was twenty to when I
reached forty years I lived a regular
life. None of these effeminate deli
cacies for me! No late hours! Every
day, summer and winter, I went to bed
nt 9, got up at 5, lived principally on
corned beef and corn bread. Worked
hard, gents worked hard from S to 1,
then dinner plain dinner theu nn
hour's exercise, nnd then"
"Excuse me," Interrupted a stranger
who had remained silent, "but what
were you in for?" Housekeeper.
The Preponderance of Evidence.
"Sorry," said the constable, "but I'll
have to arrest you. You been drlvln'
nlong at the rate of fifty miles an
hour."
"You are wrong, my friend," said
the ' driver. "I say I wasn't, and
here's n ten dollar bill that says I
wnsn't."
"All right," returned the constable,
pocketing the money. "With eleven
to one ngainst me. I ain't goln' to
subject the county to the expense of a
trial." Harper's Weekly.
Years and Years.
The music hall artist was visibly an
noyed by the "booing" of a few cock
neys in the rear of the theater. Final
ly she advanced to the footlights nnd
shouted in nngcr:
"I'll have you know that I appeared
before King Edward VII."
And the cockney crew roared back:
"Ow long before?" Columbia
Jester.
Going the Rounds.
"I see you have a new swivel chair
in your office."
"Yes."
"Was not your old arm chair good
enough?"
"Well, you see, 1 believe In rotntlon
in office." Houston Post
Wasted Energy.
"I givo you my word," said the milk
tcast philosopher, "that when I dis
covered that the clock I had been
careful to wind every night for ten
years was an eight day clock I was
inclined to be petulant." Browning's
Magazine.
Quite Satisfied.
Visitor Your typewriter seems very
much taken with her new machine.
Lawyer Yes. It has a patent chew
ing gum wad holder, flower recepta
cle, bonbon shelf, rat storage, pin box
and a few other things attached.
Puck. '
All From One.
"Yes," said Miss McBluff, "I'vo had
nine proposals since I saw you last."
"Indeed!" replied Miss Wise. "And
did you finally reward his persever
ance by accepting him?" Catholic
Standard nnd Times.
Overcrowded.
"There's no doubt," remarked n shop
keeper, "there are too many humbugs
and swindlers In this town."
"That Is bo," agreed his companion.
"You and must leave it!" Stray
Storira.
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SHERIFF'S SAiiB OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.-Uy virtue of process
Issued out of tho Court of Common
Pleas of Wayno county, and State of
Pennsylvania, and to me directed
and delivered, I linve levied on ana
will expose to public sale, at the
Court House in Honesdale, on
THURSDAY, APR. 20, 1011, !2 r. 51.
All the defendant's right, title,
and interest in tho following de
scribed property viz:
All that certain lot or parcel of
land' situate In tho Township of
Cherry Itldge, bounded and describ
ed as follows: Beginning at a heap
of stones the north-western corner of
lot numbered 88 in the allotment of
the Tllghman Cherry Rldgo tract,
thence by land of Jacob Schenck eaBt
one hundred and fifty rods to a
stones corner, thence by lot No.
523 In said allotment and land late
of Abraham Stryker south one hun
dred nnd twenty-two rods to a post
corner, thence by land of John
Schenck west one hundred nnd fifty
rods to a stones corner and thence
by said lot numbered 88 north one
hundred nnd twenty-two rods to the
place of beginning. Comprising lot
numbered 87 in said allotment and
containing one hundred and four
teen acres and sixty perches of land,
be the same more or less. Being the
same parcel of land which Robert
N. Fuller by deed dated April 18,
1853, and recorded in Wayne coun
ty In Deed Book No. 35, page 481,
granted and conveyed to Isaac R.
Schenck.
Also all that certain lot or parcel
of land situate in the Township of
Cherry Ridge aforesaid, bounded
and described as follows: Beginning
at n heap of stones of lot numbered
87 In tho western line of lot num
bered 523 In tho allotment of the
Cherry Ridge tract, thence by said
lot numbered 87 in said allotment
north eighty-nine and one-half de
grees west two hundred and sixty
two rods to a stones corner, thence
by lot numbered 00 and 513 north
one-half degree east ninety-six and
one-fourth rods to a pile of stones,
the corner of land formerly sur
veyed to Abraham Stryker, thence
by said land east one hundred and
sixty-two rods, south twenty and
three-fourth rods to a stones corner
and east ninety-eight rods to a
stones corner in lino of land former
ly surveyed to L. Collins, thence by
said land and lot numbered 523
aforesaid south one-half degree west
sevonty-ilve and one-half rods to the
place of beginning. Containing one
hundred and thirty-five acres and
eighty-seven porches of land he the
same more or less. Being the same
parcel of land which John Schenck
et al. heirs of Jacob Schenck, by
their deed dated April 7, 1845, and
recorded in Wayne County in Deed
Boole No. 35, page 483, granted and
conveyed to the said Isaac 11.
Schenck.
Also all that certain other lot or
parcel of land situate In the town
ship of Cherry Ridge aforesaid,
bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a stake and stones the
north-western corner of lot number
ed SG in the allotment of tho Tilgh
man Cherry Ridge tract, thence
along the northern lino of said lot
numbered 80 east forty-four and
one-half rods to tho middle of the
Schenck road, thence along the mld
dlo of said road south thirty-eight
degrees east five and one-fourth
rods, south forty-four degrees east
eight and nine-tenths rods, south
fourteen and one-half degrees east
eight and nine-tenths rods, south
one-half degree east eight and three
tenths rods, south six and three
fourths degrees east eight rods,
south thirty-one degrees east six
rods to a hemlock, thence south
eighty-three degrees west sixty-ono
rods to a stnke and stones corner in
tho western lino of said lands and
thence by said line north forty-eight
and two-one-hundredths rods to the
place of beginning. Containing fif
teen acres nnd forty-threo and three
fourths porches. Being the same
parcel of land which John Grimes
et ux. by their deed dated July 2,
18G0, and recorded In Wayne County
In Doed Book No. 35, page 484,
granted and conveyed to tho said
Isaac R. Schenck.
Excepting and reserving never
theless out of tho above described
parcels of land a certain lot or par
cel of land which Isaac R. Schenck
et ux. by deed dated May 6; 185S,
and recorded in Wayne County in
Deed Book No. 25, page 532, grant
ed and conveyed to Ebenezer Losey.
Said parcel of land containing sev-enty-fivo
acres.
Excepting and reserving also frojn
the above described parcels of land
a certain parcel which Isaac R.
Schenck et ux. by deed dated June
6, 1870, and recorded In Wayne
county in Deed Book No. 49, page
590, granted and conveyed to Apol
los D. Schenck. Said parcel of land
containing thirty-nine acres and ono
hundred and thirty-nine porches.
Also all those certain other three
lots or parcels of land situate In the
township of Cherry Ridge aforesaid
bounded and described as follows:
The first beginning at a stones corn
er on tho line of the old Stryker
place and running thenco west for
ty and one-half perches to a stones
corner by a sugar maple, thence
north fifty-one and one-fourth per
ches to a corner, thenco sixty-eight
perches to tho place of beginning.
Containing seven acres and twenty
four perches of land be tho same
more or less. The second begin
ning at a heap of stones In the
southwestern corner of tho old Col
lins farm In tho township aforesaid,
theuco by land late of Jacob Schenck i
deceased, south fifty-six rods to a
post corner of lands heretofore, con
voyed to Caleb D. Schenck and now
belonging to the estate of Apollos
D. Schenck deceased, thence by said
last mentioned land south thirty
nine degrees east about 08 rods to
a post corner in the lino of lands of
Joseph Varcoo, thence by said land
of Joseph Varcoo and land of Rich
ard Varcoo deceased, east one hun
dred and thirty-eight and two
tenths rods to a stones corner,
corner, thence by land lato of L. Col
lins north nineteen degrees west
fifty-ono rods to a post corner in a
mill pond, thenco by land lato of
Lucius Collins and land heretofore
conveyed to Joseph Keuron, south
seventy-five degrees west elghty-sov-en
and one-half rods to a stones
thenco by land lato of L. Col
rcn and land late of Lucius Collins
north thirty-eight degrees west fifty-three
and one-half rods to a
beech for a corner, thenco north
nineteen degrees west thlrty-nino
rods to a stones corner In the south ,
line of the old Collins farm, thence 1
by line of said farm west thlrty-slx 1
rods to the place of beginning, i
Containing' fifty-four acres and lit-!
ty-threo porches bo tho samo more
or less. Saving nnd reserving to
Lucius Collins, his heirs nnd assigns
the right to have convenient road
through tho snld above described
land, leading to his saw mill, with
the privilege of passing and repass
ing to said mill upon said road at
their pleasure. Said road to pass
through said land along the western
shore of the abovo mentioned mill
pond. The third parcel beginning
at a heap of stones In the corner of
L. S. Collins' land and being tho
northeast corner of tho old Jacob
Schenck farm, thence by land form
erly conveyed to A. J. Stryker and
now owned by L. S. Collins, Heury
Lutus and Eben C. Brown, west
eighty-six and two-tenths rods to a
public road, thence along the mid
dle of said road south five and one
half degrees east ten and eight
tenths rods south sixteen and one
fourth degrees enst thirty-two and
eight-tenths rods, south forty-one
degrees east eleven and six-tenths
rods, south fifty-eight and one-half
degrees east eighteen and four
tenths rods, south forty-seven and
one-half degrees east twenty-four
rods, south twenty-six degrees east
twenty-two and seven-tenths rods,
south forty-one and one-fourth de
grees east eighteen and three-fourths
rods, south sixteen and one-fourth
degrees east twenty-three rods and
south twenty-five degrees east ten
and eight-tenths rods to a stones
corner of lot No. 523 In the allot
ment of the Cherry Ridgo tract,
thence by said lot No. 523 and land
of Lewis T. Collins north one hun
dred and forty-three and one-fourth
rods to the place of beginning; con
taining thirty-nine acres and one
hundred and thirty-nine perches bo
the same more or less.
The last three mentioned and de
scribed parcels of land being the
same three parcels of land which
Theodore Schenck and Louisa Wheat
craft, administrators of the estate
of Apollos D. Schenck, deceased, at
an Orphans' Court Sale on Dec. 7,
1883, conveyed to Warren P.
Schenck et al. as administrators of
the estate of Isaac R. Schenck, de
ceased. The said Isaac R. Schenck
having died intestate Jan. 28, 1887,
leaving to survive him a widow. Re
becca B. Schenck and two children,
W. P. Schenck and Giles G. Schenck
and the said Rebecca Schenck hav
ing since died the solo title to the
real estate above described became
thereupon vested In tho safd W. P.
Schenck nnd Giles G. Schenck. 100
acres of improved land, 1 dwelling
house, 2 barns and other outbuild
ings. Seized and taken in execution as
the property of W. P. Schenck and
Giles G. Schenck at tho suit of
Homer Greene. No. 73, January
Term 1911. Judgment, ?8,000.
Greene, Attorney.
TAKE NOTICB All bids and costs
must be paid on day of sale or deeds
will not he acknowledged.
M. LEE BRAMAN, Sheriff.
Honesdale, Pa., March 24, 1911.
SALE IN PARTITION.
In Wayne County Common Pleas.
In Equity: No. 4 Oct. Term, 1910.
Harrison Wood,
v
John Wood et al.
Bill for partition of land In the
township of Berlin, county of
Wayne, Stato of Pennsylvania,
whereof Augustus Wood died
seised.
By virtue of an order made in the
cause above stated, I will sell to tho
highest bidder, at the
COURT HOUSE, HONESDALE, ON
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1911,
at 2 o'clock p. m.,
the land aforesaid, described in the
bill of complaint as follows viz:
Being land conveyed by Ernest
Miller and wife to Augustus Wood,
by deed dated February 27, 1870,
recorded in the office for recording
deeds in Wayno County, in Deed
Book No. 48, at page 11, and there
in described as follows, viz:
"All that certain piece or parcel
of land, situate in Berlin township,
Wayne County, Pennsylvania, bound
ed and described as follows, BE
GINNING at tho northeast corner of
tho tract of land in the warrantee
name of Nicholas Kramer as con
veyed to Hiram Branning by Wil
liam Brannlng et ux., Jonathan Dex
ter et ux., and Daniel Dexter et ux.,
by tholr deeds dated tho 15th day
of December, 1852, said deed not
being recorded, and in said deed de
scribed as follows:
"BEGINNING at tho northeast
corner of said lot, (a stone corner;)
thence north two degrees west along
James Ryder's land and other land,
100 rods to a stones corner; thenco
south 2 1-2 degrees west 75 5-10
rods to stones corner; thenco south
2 degrees east 10G rods to a stones
corner; thenco along the east ex
tension line 75 rods to the place of
beginning. CONTAINING 50 acres
more or less."
Report of sale to be made on Mon
day, April 24, 1911, at 2 o'clock
p. TO.
TERMS OF SALE - CASH.
Tho purchaser also to pay for the
deed, as on sale of land by the sher
iff, $3.00.
H. WILSON, Master.
McCarty, Attorney.
Honesdale, March 27, 1911.
Ho Took It.
Mrs. Stoplato Do you remember
when wo were children nnd I used to
come and play with you?
Miss Terslecp Yes. nnd your mamma
never let you stay more than nn hour.
Those, wero the happy days!
A Would Bo Widow.
Ho (who has just proposed) I hope
you don't think that I am too old for
you? She Oh, not 1 was only won
dering if yon wero old enongh. Illus
trated Bits.
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