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*«?> **2k • &V*V *V* ! A:&& =r;p.-rpr m^-:£-;>5 ^5£l*--•' • Hfe - v'.• v ,•',. "-;. ^•v--, •• * ;: *'\... .*";. - <* iV* +' ,V nft.f <y ;; *V * * * • ..**?• »v w- *-* 4t>z2xm* *#*• *xwv,8frwf5 m n ». l^ ; ">f"^ i;r,'-;:*^- y " •, •<'*•; v „ .«* f*\-' '* ~T\ * • ' ^ - "" v..% , , ' > • * • •'• > f • *'? , j THE MHENRY PLAINDEALER, THURSDAY, DEC. 9, 1926 SPRING GROVE t)n Stmday Mrs. Hubar left for Chieago where she expects to leave on Wednesday for Florida with relatives to spend a couple of months. W. E. Klein of McHenry is spend- "TTT- inK * few days with his son, Nick, • ' •** and family. Miss Agnes Weber spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. Ford ~ Jackson and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Weber are tike proud owners at a new Chevrolet sedan. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Freund were Chicago passengers Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pepping were Chicago shoppers Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zomstorff were Chicago passengers Wednesday, returning Friday evening. While there they attended the stock show. Word was received here of a baby daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Schumacher Of Chicago, Nov. 29. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Franks spent a few days in the home of Frank Zomstorff during their visit to the city. Mr. and Mr#. Math. Nlmsgren and children motored to Waukegan Wednesday and spent the day with the former's brother, Robert, and family. Edwin Carey is driving a new Ford roadster. Paul Weber, Victor Slegler, Math Rauen, Joseph Rauen, John Karls and Ford Jackson motored to Woodstock Monday. Mrs. Charles Behrnes and daughter Dorothy, were Walworth passengers Saturday. Miss Bertha Winkler of Libertyville spent Sunday with Miss Julia Hoff and other friends. Mrs. Otto Hanke and daughter of Antioch called here Monday afternoon. Paul Weber is enjoying a few days off duty this week. < Arnold Rauen, Vincent Feltes and Leo Lay spent the week-end with their parents here. Miss Buhla Carey of Woodstock was home the first part of the week. On Saturday evening, Mrs. Frank Zomstorff was pleasantly surprised at her home, the event being her thirty- fifth birthday. About forty-three vwre present. The evening was spent playing euchre and the honors were won by Mrs. Otto Hanke and John Zomstorff. Consolations to Miss Hanke and Herman Elhert. Refreshments were served and many pretty as well as useful gifts were presented to Mrs. Zomstorff,^ N. N. Weber was a Chicago, passenger Tuesday. Mrs. William Justen "of Ringwood motored here Friday afternoon and called in her parents. Bicycle given away Saturday, Dec. 11, at 9 p. m. Wm. H. Althoff Hardware, McHenry. Our special brand of coffee is as good as iever. Erickson Dept. Store. ifrEIMO scon WATSON "Hard-Boiled" Captain Augur APT. JOHN AUGUR was a "hard- - boiled" pirate. There waa no doubt of that In the minds of any of the good folk who flocked to see his execution In the town of Providence In the Bahama islands. They had »een other freebooters ascend the gallow's steps, and there make confession of repentance for their sins. But not so with Captain Augur. He died as he had lived, "a wicked and perverse person," breathing defiance to the last. Captain Augur's early history is shrouded In mystery. But he flourished some time In the early Eighteenth century, for in 1718 we find him accepting a royal pardon for his misdeeds and impressing Gov. Woodes Rogers of the Bahamas so favorably that the governor placed him In command of a sloop with a commission to trade among the islands. One morning he sighted two sloops whose cargo promised rich booty, and the captain forgot aU his good intentions to go straight. A shot across their bows stopped the merchantmen, and when a little later they proceeded on their way they were lighter by some 500 pounds sterling in money and goods. Theij he sailed to Hispaniola. But a sudden hurricane drove his ship back to the Bahamas and wrecked It OB a little wooded Island. In the meantime the governor had learned how his trust had been betrayed ahd sent out an armed sloop to bunt for the pirate band. Having discovered them on the island, the captain of the sloop by fair promises lured eleven of the marooned pirates to come aboard. Then he took them back to Providence where Governor Rogers with fine Irony "convened a court of lately converted pirates to try them. The result was a foregone conclusion. The Judicial pirates were only too anxious to demonstrate their reestablishment in the ranks of the respectable. So they quickly sentenced the eleven to be hanged. On the gallow's platform the condemned men reproached their turn-coat brethren for allowing their old comrades to be hanged and urged them to come to thejir rescue. Their only reply was that "it was their business to turn their minds to another world and sincerely repent their wickedness in this." Such cant irritated Captain Augur, the hard-boiled. "Yes," he roared, "I do repent heartily. I repent I have not done more mischief and that we did not cut the throats of them that took us, and 1 am extremely sorry that you all aren't hanged as well as we." The rope cut short such sinful philosopher. <©. l»i«, WMttn Newapapw Uniom.) \ kP HnP To CHICAGO From McHenry--Grays Lake Convenient, dependable service by North Shore Motor Coach North Shore Motor Coaches connect at Waukegan with fast North Shore Line trains taking you to the heart of Chicago--the'loop.", Lv. McHenry Lv. Grays Lake Arr. Waukegan • AIT. Chicago Arr. Milwaukee 7:35 am 8:15 am *57 am 10:05 am 10:35 am 11:00 am 11:40 am J2£:0J2£ pP*- 1:55 pas 5:15 pa 5:55 pas •:27a« 8:05 pa 7:35 mm Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee ILILCo. 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