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' , " ' f ' ' • • ' • r " - 7 " " ' ' ; ' " : ; • • • • « • • / : • ; . • • • ; . • • • " 1 -\ 4 .. s THE M'HENRY PLAINDEL A KB, THURSDAY, DS6, 7, ,1933 ?k0 0 0 0 f •0 0 0 : . ' 0 10'. sl if# ; I i r.0 • .•:).« - I" •I •r», ' •;# •, .•'.::0-'"': 5 •;.•'#••:•• >1- ii# <0 7 •,ar.. ..••:#. - 0 ~0 •. The Fourth Lovely Lady BY THERESE BENSON fcy TK# B >bb*-M^rr!ll CompMt WTTT' SYNOPSIS IfUrfMa* Smith lively ("SmiT*). youitxn( aad physically th# wpifhtint ol tfce four Ltfvtly tictrrs, find* herself In decidedly straitened circumstances. She has her own plans far the futtfre, however. The Lovely estate. LovelyW, in Virginia. to owned by SmiTs brother. Bid-Lee, but he is living in Chile, while the estate is rented to a Mr. Johnstone Nesbit- Smif's* dearest wish is to own Lcrvelrlea. As "Madame Saitou" »he e»- tabiishes hrr.-elf as a "Littlo Sister at the Rich," a consultant. THr other Lovely sisters deplore that a member of the family should become an "adventures*." Smif has • client, a man whjo desires to evade the lover tike pur*<jit of an extraordinarily stout lady, his' neighborr whom he refers to as ftlercy. Later, the lady, M>*» Martha Washington Mercedes (Mercy for short), comes ts Smif with a story that because of her excess weight she has lost her lover, Smif advises her to diet. Mercy proposes that, Smif, who is herself afflicted with an overabundance of flesh, sho i!d try the "cwre." and if th* remits are satisfactory Mercy will, follow her' example. Fw i .fewrbui fee, Smif consents^ "Johnny' hy mm chance discovers Smif's identity i# himself recognized by Smif »« the tenant ol L^velylea, Jjhnstcme NwtiH. She also places Mercy as the. owner of. an. estate •d.ioininf Loveiylea. , looks as though 1 would escape becoming a public charge." She left them speechless. Lucy, her bitterest opponent, was the first to rally: "It's perfectly plain what she's doing," she declared. "It's what we ail thought of first. She's a bootlegger, and the man with the horseshoe was probably looking for a job as her bodyguard. They all have to have them, libelieve." Walking briskly, -toWard the Badminton, Smif had already forgotten them a(l. What were Johnstone Nest)it's troubles? ller interest concentrated there. * • Promptly at half past: ei/ght; he was announced from the ot^ce and Smif asked' that lie -be sent up at once, awaiting his poniing with pi ore '.than a . little curiosity, lie entered, hat iri Band, carrying his overcoat oVer his" Arm. in irre 7>roachable dinner clothes. . Leaving his outdoor things* in-tli6 little foyer, he came into the living room with entire self-possession: She decided that seen without the distraction of the emeralds, he was certainly not ordinary in type. Indeed she rated hiin ,r very distinguished- looking man; one from whom you would expect achievement of some sort. He said: "Sn this u where you live? Tin disappointed. It isn't like you." ' '* Smif glanced around Iter hs If surf know. 1 rent this place furnished. I'm only rani ping here until--'" She CHAPTER V--Continued --13-- • "Tou none of you move with the times. I grant you that the Virginia of our chHdhood miglit think my occupation strange, although even there I'd be forgiven the moment they Wrned why I wanted the money. My only objection to having this <*!ly hear all about my business, aside from my regard for your prejudices, is the fear That I might have imitators: and 1 don't want that, at least not until I've nfade enough to redeem Lovel.viea." "I've said before, and I say again, that's nothing short of an obsession with ypu, Smif." J.aunt sent ail appealing glance at her. "Won t yon listen to reason?" " 'Fraid not." Smif set her face. "I was born stubborn. I must have Lovely lea ^ack. When I do, plerhaps I'll be ii satisfactory sister again." "But, Paiif, dear, aren't you simply wasting what little money yon have left in this weird enterprise? Of course. I'm a practical person. I wouldn't expect you to be making a fortune yet Only, what prospect is there that you ever will?" Lucy was interested in the an- Bwer to her question, which was Blow In coming. Smif gathered np her gloves and purse and paid the check as if she had not heard. Then she rose. "Forgive me, darlings. I'm a poor hostess. I simply have to rush. T've an engagement this evening." "A. business engagement?" Louise Inquired. "Indirectly, yes," Smif emlle«i down at her best loved sister. "You're avoiding my question, Smif," said Louise, "and I insist ! that it is eminently practical and | 6ne to which we have a right to ex-1 pect a straightforward answer. Is ! there any prospect of a reasonable j return on what you have already' expended? If finally you are strand-1 ed, you must see we will all wish ! . » , to help you out of your difficulties. t ^ S°rt'cr,ip-e 6°JOU want and time for preparation for such * £ t*. T, an eventuality would enable us to tef' ^m,f asked crisPj>'- Exact more effectively." I C*P\<°r t ^ c , dently trifled with Miss Mercedes' Whatever Smifs feelings, she1 voime affections I'd take you for a u.X 1° c°Dceal them behind an tH„-u hnrmi.^ individual" ^rlu iTT*- , S,ie her i practically a pariah!" Johnsisters and had made up her mind 9tl.ne Nesbit exclaimed hoarselv. K*vo d quarrel at bo fljattet; with such an entire change of manwhat cost to her pride- . j r.er that s!>e felt S.mazed and shak- **Let me set your mind at rest, i c n. "lf -« that when I've My business is already established , told voti about myself you'll never on a paying basis. This morninsr"I let come-^l'.-re again. That's depoai'ted a fee of five thousand dol- f \. 'iy . !*» i r«» J"ivry to begin. It '®rs *nd am to have as' much more rr v;tr: ;i when the transaction U •close4""i".'l"t" 'f :v:?I I n "TWd* ymr ttma," tatf Mooted. TWi m bwrry, tKbmfl X f««i eonvlneed that anttlai jrm can say will alter my attitude toward you. Hm a cigarette and think thinga over. Maybe you'd rather not go into this at ail; bat, if yoa decide you wish me to hear it. please begin at the beginning. I'm a firm believer In the effect of one's childhood on one's afterlife. Where did you live when, you were a little boy?" she asked, seeking to lead him to begin his story. "I was born in Paris," Nesbit told her after lighting her cigarette and" his own. "My father was one of the lazy rich. He'd never done a day's work of any kind, but he loved to splurge about whore he could pass himself off as one of the great American financiers. Then he was enjoying himself, --n his fat carcass. We' followed the fashions. -That is, we had a home of a sort magnificent but unhomellke, in Parip; and we dragged abont frotn one watering plade to another at my father's heels. If Jasper SV Jlockwell flattered, ft with his pa- , troimge. If needed no further advertisement to proclaim it. the most .fashionable of resorts. And he was ivipulnr.. "That great fat lump of a, man oozed wit ^at«tbter; and gopd v nature ,exc^jiti lir Vhe heart of family. , •• , ! . . ' ' - : II dow-'i moftr. that uiy father wad" bruta"j to my mother in the ordibary sense of brutality. He practiced a . retlned cruelty. What she liked-- music to give you one instance--he professed to be unable to endure, his nerves would not permit it; and it was the same with everything she cared for. Perhaps it will set the case clearly before you if I say very early iti life I learned to make no demonstrations of affection for . her in his presence. She never actually told me that we must conceal our love for each other; but, when prised. .v ; with him, her manner to me was so "I suppose it isn t She agreedJ n,stam j t0))k the cue and re- "though 1 can t imagine how you d j,resse(| niy natural exuberance. / "If't Perfectly Plain What She's Doing. She's » Bootlegger." cut herself short. She was not, ready to tell him of her resolve to regain Lovelyiea. >• "Until?" he prompted her."Until you marry, you were going to say? I don't really think you are going to be married," he confessed. "If you were, the man wouldn't let me It I eTc.its a friend." When we were alone, which was not so often as she wished, we were happy, and in those hours, snatched from what I recognized even then as a miserable existence, she devoted herself to instilling in me a sense of patriotism, possibly with an intention of overcoming the handicap of my foreign birth. I must never forget that I was an American. The Americans were the best, the bravest, the kindest people in the whole world. Over and over a;\'in she told me this, interlarded with scraps of American history, with anecdotes, with tales of our forefathers; and I soaked It up as if my mind were a dry sponge, ready to absorb anything. I suppose really it was somethingJjke that. You see, I was receiving no education* or almost none. My only .attendant was my father's valet, Toison, a gross and ignorant man past middle itge. with whom at one time or other 1 visited all the convenient brasseries. My father did not concern himself about roe. My mother feflred to show "her solicitude, in dcead of what happened a little later. She taught me to read; but my lessons were irregular, since her time was never her own and there was all too little opportunity- for her to devote herself to me. • You must understand that I was not the only one who thought her beautiful. My father was flattered by the sensation she created at social functions. Was she not one of his possessions? There must have been a story to explain their marriage. What it was I was too young to be told. No doubt I was a sadly neglected child, but so long as maman aind I could steal our moments . together. I was happy. The crisis lame on their return from a fortnight's stay with the Comte and Comtesse de Chatillon at their chateau near Ruel. Their two sons, one older, one younger than I, were both so far advanced beyond me in education that my poor mother was forced to face the ^ct that at last some action must be taken for\my Mike. ' ' • <TO-BV COJfTIITOBD.) Twice Told Tales Items of Interest Taken Prom the Files of the Plaindealer ,Years Ago FIFTY YEARS AGO James Ladd, of Ringwood, had the misfortune to severely injure his wrist, while oiling a windmill Tue«- day. The Board of Trustees of the village of .Numla have arrested the Drug gist for violating th®*Iiqpor law. The trial comes off sooii. . We learn that about sixty witnesses have been sufepo^ nedr • * . ' The Nunda ' Advocate is the laM venture in journalism in this cpunty, M. E. Deerfield being the publisher. It is a clean, newsy sheet, and certainly has our best wishes for its future prosperity. We learn that a crazy pauper, near Burton's Bridge, stabbed a woman by the name of Smiley;" on Tuesday. Dr. Watson was sent for, but how-severely she was injured we have not learned at the time of going to press. We learn that Volney Jacobs, who resides southwest of this village, had the misfortune to have hi? arm caught in a thresher on Thursday last, mangl ing it so badly that amputation was necessary. . * FORTY *VEARS AGO Jos Heimer had about eighty-five couples at this Thanksgiving party, all report a good time. The Chautauqua Circle spent Tuesday with Miss Flora Sherburne, and enjoyed a sleigh ride in the evening. The electric lights are not here yet and; the moon is not very bright, consequently you may have to get a lantern to findi the street lamps. It is ,£aid that John J. Buch will make improvements in the spring that will surprise his neighbors in that old enterprising place called "Old Town " Butter on the Elgin board of trade Monday was active at 27% and 27 3-4 21,900 pounds at the former and 27,- 700 pounds at the latter. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Butter remained frrm at 30 cents on the Elgin board of trade Monday. We understand that a farmer living west of town had twenty-two turkeys stolen from his farm one day last week. : : , , The first real winter w»eather arrived on a niidnight special Monday night and Tuesday morning saw our citizens in full winter uniforms. The open season for shooting squirrels has expited. The animals have been very plentiful and many were killed. Quail,*' ducks and geese may now be shot. TWENTY YEARS AGO Butter was declared firm at 32c oh the Elgin board of trade Monday. The Centerville bridge has been replanked, thus making the structure absolutely safe in every respect. A gang of men went to work on the old "Ty" Smith building on the West Side this morning. We are told that the structure is to undergo extensive repairs. The Water in the mill pond is higher than it has been in the history of that body of water. Parents should warn * * t * 0 * * * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -ts Volo ^ Mr. and M!rs. Charter' Dalvin and daughters, of Wauconda, Mr. arsd Mrs. Frank Dowell and daughter of Elgin, Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Eddy of Grayslake, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Passfield and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Dowel] and family were Thanksgiving day guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Passfield. y Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dunker and daughters motored to Highland Park "Tuesday, where they called on Dr. Mc- Neal. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. "Vasey and son, Miss Irma Grabble;~Misses Yvonne and Winifred Benwell of McHenry were Thanksgiving dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dtinker. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Towrisend and family of Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. Richanl Donley and daughter spent Thanksgiving day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Vasey. Arvilla Ann and Lflah Mae Fisher *{>ent Tuesday with their aunt, Mrs. George Scheid, Jr., at Wauconda. L _ Mr. and Mrs. William Dowell and 'j" (daughter of Dundee spent Tuesday , evening with the former's parents, and Mr»v George Dowell. iv. William and Adolph Waldmann of Chicago spent the week-end here with . Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Waldmann. V .. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson and -\ .• family, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Passfield < *nd son, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Passfield v"' And family, Mrs. Lloyd Eddy of Grays lake enjoyed dinner at the home of ; Mr and Mrs. Harry Passfield Friday. * ; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kovar and *•," daughter of Berwyyn visjted Mr. and *" *.• Mrs. Frank St. George Sunday. Roy Passfield and Mrs, Richard Dowell. The society will meet at the home of Mrs. Roy Passfield, Jan. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Waldmann and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank St, George enjoyed dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Waldmann in Chicago Thanksgiving day. Walter Er.gler spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mr». William- Redmont at Round,,,Lake. John Fairweather, Mrs. Ruby Gomsack, Mrs. Mae Ostwig and son of of Wauconda spent Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph. F. Wagner. Frank Rossduestcher spent a few days in Chicago with relativen. Mr. and Mrs. William Wirtz are the parents of a boy, uorn November 26 at the Victory Memorial hospital in Waukegan. Mrs. Anna Lusk spent a few days in Chicago with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oakes. Mr. and Mrs. Paul OXeary of Chi- Downers Grove spent Saturday after-iCago spent Wednesday here at the noon at the home of Mrs. E. Bacon. home of Mr. and Mrs, kfi.dy Rbssdue- Mr. ami Mrs. Harry Passfield and I stcher. son, Mr.1 and Mrs. Lloyd Eddy of Grayslake, Mrs. Bert Dowell and family of Slocum Lake enjoyed dinner at the honie of Mrs. Frank Wilson, Sunday. ^ The Volo Home Bureau unit will meet at the home of Mrs. Edwin Etten, December 1,3*. This meeting will be a Christmas party. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tompkins of Libertyville spent Thanksgiving day at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Herbert j day. Mr. and Mrs. A. Ritta spent Moilday evening with " their./ daughter, Mrs. William Wirtz at the ' Waukegan hospital. Otto KJemm and Frank Rossduestcher visited Arthur Licker at Summit, Wis., Monday. Mrs. Russell Gibbs, Mrs. Joseph Wagner attended a on£ o'clock dinner and bridge party at the home of Mrs. John KiHay in McHenry Tuestheir children of the danger indenturing too close to the shore. The public wants to know whether or not the village board will ever see fit to build a cross walk on Green St., in Centerville ? It seems a shame that one is obliged to wade through mud and water when very little expense and work would fill the Ipngfelt want. . TEN YEARS AGO St. Mary's fall festival came to a successful close at the American Legion hall on Thursday evening of last week, the total gross receipts of the event being more than $3,200. Very slow progress is being made on the new sewterage system along Riverside Drive and if more speed is not developed it soon will be doubtful if the system will be completed this year. , If yoa are not getting the heaf out of your stove or furnace the reason may be the quality of yorrr coal. It you have trouble, come in and tell us what kind of storve or fumade you have and we will gladly tell yon what kind of coal will give you the best results. Alexander Lunmer Company. Phone 5^ 28 RUSSELL ALLEN, Solicitor. State of Illinois, v/v Mofi^nry County, M. /In i the Circu it Court McHenry County, State of Illinois, ' Janu&y Term, A. D. 1934.* James P. Nicholson, Complainant , vs* Warren &. Buckley, individually and Warren B. Buckley as Executor, John W. Benzlie, Walter B. Haring, » Irving Bauman, Otto Bauman, Jack Haring, Gerald J. Carey, trustee, Robert L. Weber, first successor in trust, Ida Haring and the Unknown Owners of the following described property: Sub-lot one (1) and the Easterly thirty-two. (32) feet of Sub-lot two (2) of Lot one (1) in County Clerk's Plat- of Block twenty-seven (27) of Original Plat of the Village (now City) of McHenry, on the West side of Fox River in part of South East fractional quarter of section twentysix (26), Township forty-five (45) North, Range, eight (8) East of the Thjrd Principal Meridian, in McHenry County Illinois, and the Unknown heirs "and devisees of Otto F. Sohm, deceased, and Mary £>ohm> deceived, Defendants, IN CHANCERY--BILL ' TO FORECLOSE TRUST DEED Gen. No. 26416 Notice is Ihereby given that the above is the title of the Court and the names of the parties to a suit which is now pending in said Court and that process for said dfefandants has been issued to the Sheriff of said County returnable to the said Court at its Court Room in the City of Woodstock, County of McHenry and State of Illinois, on Monday, the 8th day of January, A. D. 1934. In testimony wihereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said' Court, at my office in Woodstock this 4th day of December A. D. 1933 WILL T. CONN, Clerk. (Circuit Court Sieal) 28-3 AbIh Oau U«*4 u Momt An herb of many uses la anise. It wa> cultivated by the ancient Egyptians and in scriptural days was used In part payment for taxes. |tar* la^iaa P«tl*ry Fouad Pottery made by prehistoric Indian' inhabitants of America, unlike an*,"; pottery found before, was discovered In Arizona. ^ . Speed of a Wheel With respect to the center of the wheel, all parts of the outside wheel travel at the same rate. In relation" to the road, the highest point of the wheel is moving forward twice as fast as the center of the whpel, while the lowest point of the. wheel, momentarily stops: . 20% ALLOWANCE ON YOUR OLD TIRES • IN THE FOLLOWING SIZES: 29x4.40-21 $ 5.55 30*4.50-21 28x4.75-19; 29x4.75-20 29x5.00-19 30x5.00-20 7 31xg.00-2i*~< y v;'4 28x5.25-18 111. 31x5.25-21, (6 ply) ... .... 28x5.50-18 ; v-'-. 29x5.50-19 V ' . : \ 30x6.00-18, (6 ply) ...... 31x6.00-19, (6 ply) 33x6.00-20, (6 ply) 33x6.00-21, (6 ply) 31x6.50-19, (6 ply) 630 $70 too ^.20 fr.45 7-65 8-10 g.85 9-00 9-40 12-15 12.50 12-85 13-05 1465 20% off these prices fdr your old tires. We handle PRESTONE and ALCOHOL for radiators. WALTER J. FREUND Tirg and Tube Vulcanizing, Battery Charging, Repairing Phone 294, West McHenry, Illinois Michalson. Mr- and Mrs. Albert Rosing and family of Libertyville spent Thanksgiving day at the »iome of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Rosing. Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Rossdue'stchef and son, spent Wednesday evening at the home of Matt Rossduestcher at Round Lake. . Mr. and Mrs. Alex Martini and son Dorothy Lee and Katherine Marie Wagner returned to their home here Thanksgiving day after spending the past week in Chicago. -Color of Flannel Not Healing ' Science has discovered that flannel'* healing power has no relation to its color, in spite of Hie old belief con eernmc red flnnoel. Bandits in Chin* ' ItSlttti'b the last few ywii* 'fMW" vlnce of Shantung. •*hin;i. was so overrun with brigands that the people were driven to surround their vilTr.ges with thicfc h«rbed wfre--and Are a grin off at intervals throughout the night, lnthwfttfng that a wateh was being kept j.nrf rcsiv't;inoe would he oTere<1. -•Revived After 900 Years The old Kgyptian language has been transcribed phonetically bf Kgyptologlsts. The sound of the tongue, unspoken for 000 years, has h»>en traced. AUCTION! CHARLES LEONARD, Auctioneer By virtue of an, order of the County Court, directing and .authorizing me to so do, I shall sell at public sale on the farm, lVt miles west of McHenry, on Route 20, near foot of Sherman's Hill, the following goods and chattels, belonging to the estate of John P. Freund, deceased, on-- Thursday, Dec. 14th beginning at 12:30 o'clock sharp, following described property, to-wit: 28 Head o£ Livestock Consisting of 19 Choice Cows Holsteins and Guernseys--Fresh Milkers and Close Springers--2 Yearling Heifers--Registered Holstein Bull. This is a good dairy and will be sold with a 283-lb. Bowman base. Dairy and base can be financed up to 50 per cent of purchase price by paying same monthly. 3 Work Horses 2 SHO ATS WEIGHING 150 LBS EACH 125 CHICKENS HAY, GRAIN 30 TONS HAY IN BARN 24 LOADS GOOD EAR CORN 20 FT. SILAGE IN 12-FT. SILO QUANTITY SEED CORN GRAIN BINDER CORN BINDER JANESVILLE RIDING PttDW Emerson CORN CULTIVATOR SEEDER CREAM SEPARATOR MOWER HAY LOADER HAY TEDDER EMERSON CORN PLANTER AND MACHINERY DRAG 2 SETS EVENERS SET SLEIGHS 3 SETS HARNESS 2 STEEL WAGONS NEW HAY RACK WORK BENCH AND VISE HAY FORK AND 155 FT. ROPE 7 MILK CANS PAILS, STRAINERS AND ALL SMALL TOOLS USED IN OPERATION OF A FARM RANGE ^ ' MONITOR FURNACE TERMS OF SALE--CASH--Anyone desiring credit make arrangements with the clerk at the bank you do business with. Martha Freund, Adm. WEST McHENRY STATE BANK, Clerking. Mrs. Leslie Davis and family of 'Slocums spent Friday afternoon at VT , ,the home of her parents, Mr. and " tijjii * - ijjfrs. Esse Fisher. :/ The Volo cemetery society met at ,^|fte home of Mrs. E. Bacon Saturday I1 • Afternoon. Nine tables of airplane r Jbunco ware played and prizes were Awarded t» Mrs. Sarah Eddy® Mrs. I i - you'p RATWER A >50* PIECE INSTEA& viC/A4lOR. GUJ^X^P-S sent woait . ao IM & h