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CHAPTER XVl. In the Enemy's Hands. NCIiE BTLIyY got up suddenly
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and shook bis hat In the- iiir. "I Uno-w! Sumpin f do 'tli that dinged hundred dollara 'r my name ain't Bill, rn go out 'n a.sk Miss Wynne."
"I wouldn't. If she's sick nbf-d It might npset her. Billy, what did MIsh Wynne expect to flnd out there at Pidgin r
"Honestly, Lester, I don't know,'' drawling his words to mffbe them em¬ phatic, "ru tell y' this mnch—nho Bald sumi)ln 'bout preventln' a crime 'n' a rajah's ransom. What's a rajah, huhr
"It's a Hindu king, I guess."
"I remember; one o' them nlfigcr chaps that wears silk pants 'n' a IjciI- spread fer a hat. But I don't soo wlint a rajah's got t' do '1th Mr. Cranford's dlsappearln'. Y' leave lt t' me, Ijcs- ter. I'll go back t' where I found that hat 'n' noso 'bont."
"The hotel people are going to wnd to Watertown for a detective."
"Let 'em. I got Jes' 's good noso 'n' eyes 's any detective." Ilo ram¬ med the hat Into his pocket and strode out of the boathouse, followed by l.es- ter, who was anxious and sdleiiin. "Don't y' say nuthin' t' th' hotel folk.s 'r th' boys. Walt a day 'r two. Mebbe Cranford was runnin' after some one V lost his hat." •
"Wouldn't bo running all this while."
"Well, y' leave It t' me. I wa'n't thlnkin' much when I picked up th" hat. I'm goln' out tbere t' sec wbut tld happen."
It ll Ooubtfal If Uncle BUly had ever tead a novel, much less a detective story, but be knew all the earth signs. .He was a guide to the manner born.
When he picked up Cranfwd's hat hie mind was occupied with the girl's grim earnestness out there at I'ldgin. tbe htmdred dollars. He had uot, there¬ fore, observed things. Hut uow he had reason. He found the spot and studied the ground thoroughly. During llio ¦torm It had rained plentifully. Tho rati In tbe road Avere still damp and Impressionable, and out of those ruts Uncle Billy gathered his reading.
An automobile bad stopped and back¬ ed and gone on again. Gooil many footprints, close together, and one long ¦Up wblcb trtUeU over the Up of tho road.
This has been made by Cranford, fot he recognized the rubber spiUus of thu tennis shoes. There had beon a scrim¬ mage. But who would want to flght Mr. Cranford? was the question which was troubling Uncle BUly. Hm! Horo was a new rubber heel. And all theso footprints vanished abruptly.
Three persons—and tbey had gono away In tbe automobile. Where? And why?
Shaking bis head, be plodded back to the boathouse. Mr. Cranford bad been abducted.    Most amazing!
At 6 o'clock tbat evening be bad como to tbe conclusion tb«t aa a detective be was a blooming lizzie.
He bad, during the afternoon, detect¬ ed new rubber heels on the sboes of ¦evea men—a guest at the hotel, tbe local druggist, a man wbo had a sum¬ mer cottage In the 'rlllage, the tin¬ smith, tbe hotel proprietor and the bar¬ tender.
Tbe guest, tbe man who bad tbe cot¬ tage and tbo tinsmith all bad antomo¬ blles with the same make Of tires. Uncle Billy did not sleep well tbat night
Neither did the object of all tbese earnest endeavors. Crauford's bedroom was a circular affair, windowless, whose sole entrance and exit was a trapdoor some flve feet beyond tho reaeh of his flnpers.
Briefly, an empty cistern ih a desert¬ ed fannhouso four or fivo mllea Inland. Whenever ho wanted a drink ot wa¬ ter he had to grope for the pall.
For nearly forty-elsht hours, two days, he had boen ln(!troerate<l in this lunsual prison. Krom the flght In the road dowu to this very hour not a question had been asked. He had not even seen bis captors since night be¬ fore last.
Tbe candle thoy had left bim had gone out In a sputter of wax.
Three matches left He fumbled them undecidedly.
Surely they would return to renew his meager larder. At length be conld resist the temptation no longer. Ho struck a maUh aud found that It was almost 9. Ere the glow of tbe matcli died be beard the putter of an auto¬ mobile.   It paused.
His heart Iwat quickly. He tried to count the minutes between tbe death of tbat noise and the birth of another. Oame the mulBed closing of a door. They hnd come at last.
This affair was Diana's, and never ¦hould these rascals leam anything from him. He knew nothing; he would not have to lie or dodge or erade. He wonld tell them fniukly tbat they wera 'wufiting thu'r Ume and let It go at that
The trapdoor opened, and a ladder came slithering down.
como up," sam a voice. Cranford climbed out of tbe cistern and stood blinking In the light of a detachetl automobile lamp.
For awhile he remained at the edge of the cistern waiting till his dark smothered eyes resumed their func¬ tions. Then he saw Hancbett and Den- nlsoii and, in the gloom of a corner, a third man.
Without thhiklng of tlie tinge of melodrama In the act Cranford flllod his pipe and began smoking. He had not dared to smoke In the cistern; ho would have suffocated. ,\h, bnt tho smoke tasted good! "Woll, gentlemen?" he said quietly. Hanchett smilod.
Dusty, cobwc'bbod and disheveled, Cranford proscutsd roally a comic pic¬ ture, and tho sang frold with which ho lighted bis pipe mado bim irresist- Uile to llanchott's ovory ready appre¬ ciation of the ludl-rrous.
"Cranford. \rt> shan't w.-iste tlmo beating about tho bush. It doesn't matter how or whon you loarued. We want what you took from ridgin Is¬ land."
¦What was it I took?" Hanchett smiled ai,'aln.    "You can't pass your band np liko that.   Cranford, we do not wish you injury or ineon- venlenco.   (Jlover idea of yours to iiave that telegram  delayed.    Wo  found It out, howover." Cranford hold his surprise In check. AVhat a  womau!    Not a detail  had escaped her.   "I dare say by this time you've been through my belongings at the hotel."
"We   havo,"   frankly.     "And   found nothing; oise your guide would be re¬ leasing you." "Do you want the truth'i^' ".\s quickly as you can give It" Tho prisoner smoked for a minute or two.    "Well, thon, you've had all your trouble   for   nothing.     1   haven't   the sllght<.'St Idea  what Is going on, wbat It is you're trying to smuggle across. To this is added the fact that I should not teil you If I did.    1 realize. In tho parlance of your particular world, you are out to do mo for the crutches.
Smead rose and limped Into tho light. "Cranford, give thom up. Otherwise, on my word, you'll stay here till the crack of doom."
Cranford puffed and let tbe smoke drift up Into hts nostrils. "We haven't got all night" "You've got Just as much time as I hare." "Qlve bim bis bread and flll up tbe
pall," said Smead. "Another twenty* fotir hours will bring him to reason.**
"Would' you object if I washed my face and bands flrst? Water is neces¬ sary Inside, of course, but Fd feel a trifle more comfortable with a feW handfuls on the outside."
"Get your pall," said Hanchett
Cranford went down the ladder and fetched the paU.
"Dennlson, I appoint you Gany¬ mede," declared Hanchett loftUy.
"What's the matter with Fagin?"
"Well, thou, FagIn, off with you t« the well."
Fagln rettimed presently and sol down the pall before Cranford.
"That's right; coildlo him." sneere*! Smead.
"I understnnd your point of vlow," replletl Cranford. "'V'on do not un¬ derstand what tho word of a gentle¬ man means. I know aljsolutely noth¬ ing. Since I do not beliovo you intend to put mo ont of the way, you throu shall answer for this.   I do nnt forget."
"Neithor do wo, Mr. Cranford," said Hanchett   stepping  close.    "We  can
.. ucti ..o yo« mean oy tnat;    ue- manded Smead.
"Why, he really hasn't got them, but knows who has. You're as dense as a sand bank. Found them, but gave them to some one else to keep. Clever!"
On the farmhouse veranda, some¬ times Willed the front \>orch. the stoop and often file piazza Di.ina sat in her steamer chair. Hor arm was still In a sling and over hor injured foot a furry earringe boot.
WhenevfT she saw the figure of a mau in the distance slio would !ean forward from her luiiows, only to re¬ cline iiL'ain. oiiibitlei'od that she could uot resist tlio imiiulso. Wliy should she w.iit and watch'^ Ho was Inisy— perlmiis ho had gone away. Had It not been her wish tliat he sliould go and no more wast<- bis time in tliougbt of lier? Tbo geiiiler foniiiiino—to wish one tiling .'ind desiro another.
"It's no uso.  Finances.    I am not Us-
I toning to a word you're reading."
I    "1   have   not   been   re.idlng   for   the
. [tast teu  minutes,  Diuna."  I'epiied she
'of   Iho   trairic   eyes   aud   tbe   inta^'iio
faco.     "Vou   aro   wat'.liing   for   somo
ono.    You look always toward tho vU-
lage."     Tbo   linwrs   of   Diana's   free
hand drummed tattoo.
"You havo boon so good to me." said Frances. "I havo been verj- unhappy. One by ono 1 lot my rings go. I hated to part with a single ono of them, but needs siiid must They were so beau¬ tiful.   But I had starved else."
"Foolish Frances! Well, yes; we are both of us unhappy, only you nc- '.•ept your fato resignedly nnd I robot against mine, always and eternally. I rebel against the accident which makes me what I am, which stands as a wail between mo and wliat might lie. I re¬ bel against the lack of money, my love of line ciothos and comfiu'ts. i;.\- travaganco is tho lioritago of all wo¬ men, but I am one of those who war against the dosiro. I hnvo saved luilf Df all I bave earned."
"You have only to ask," said Fran¬ ces, "and all those things are yours."
"What?" wrathfully. "On my knees. [? I rather believe not. Humble my pride in the dust for nothing perhaps? No. I can earn my living. I have been hurt, terribly hurt, through no tault of mine."
"And so have I."
"Ah, you thrust yourself Into that lurt! You were warned. Mine was fiven me gratuitously."
"Dl, you are cruelly right In wh^ you say."
Diana saw some ono coming along the road afoot "It's Uncle Billy. I wonder where he's been keeping him¬ self?"
"Hello, Miss Wynne!" hailed Uncle Billy.   "How y' gittin' along?"
"Finely. Where have you been keep¬ ing yourself?"
"Awful buay."
Uncle Billy sat down on tho steps. "Had t' take th' engine all apart."
"Too busy to como out and ask b"6w I was getting aiong?" reproachfully. "Uncle BUly, you're a miuhty poor flh teller.    What has happened?"
"I ain't briiigin' good news."
"Is Mr. Cranford ill?" sho askod.
"Not that' I know of. I was goin' t* tell y' tb' day it hapiioiiul. Well, Mr. Crauford's be'n kidiiaiied."
"Kidnaped!" fnnii both women.
Xlie old guides blooo began to bou truculently. The nerve of It, right here in tills peaceful villase! .\nd when flnally bis ii.itionco was rewarded he stronnonsly resisted tho desiro to fling himself upon tho jesting, iaugbing fisli- crman as he climbed out of the boat
Undo Billy grudgingly admitted that th(,' catcli was a good one.
"Nico catch, eh?'' said the young man as he stopped toward T'ncle Hilly.
"Not s" bad."
"There you are! You guides will nevor como out squarely hi tlie open and saj- that the other fellow's got a good cat<li.    It's rank jealousy!"
"Mr. Hanchett, -Miss Diana \V.\nn(? wants t' seo y' out at th' farm right after HUii]ior."
"And who i.s Miss Diana Wynne?" carelessly.
"Better go 'n' liud out" With this advico the guido turned and mado off.
Mr. Ilancliett frowned.
"Fagin, you two will have to go out thore. I've got somothinLr equnlly im¬ portant on hand."
"All light, D.jnny. Wo'll food him and wash his fac(! and bands for him. Tbat cistern was a stroke of luck."
"I'(Tba()s." Diana! What did she want? What did sho know? Had Cranford made a conlidant of her? Later be told Smead.
"Go ;iii(l lind out-find out what sho is doing UJI here. If .\oii don't get any¬ where I'll go out myself tomorrow."
"I Shan t get anywhere. You may take my word for that. Shea's a ([uoer bundle. I'm all at sea over this fluke. Cranford, 1 swear, hasn't cot them."
"Then ho left thom with lier. I'm beginning lo get sick of tho wholo deal. Why couldn't you lla^¦o taken them into .\ew Vork, or Boston, or rhiladel¬ phia?   In tbis hole!"
"I was watched day and night, save when I could slip nway. Thafs why I brought nothing over; chose this place; built up m.v same like a chess player. Not a flaw anywhere, and now tliis fluke. A fino .joke if sbe lias them. But 1 don't seo how. Who'd thiuk? Well. Cranford must be liberated as soou ;is We can safely go about it. His guide acts as if ho suspected some¬ thing, and that fool of a detective has boon watching me."
"I proiKjso to teach Cranford a les¬ son."
"Pinie! 'Can't you seo tbat bo's far more dangerous than you are? Did you note tho cool way ho went down :hc ladder?   .Vh, some new arrivals!"
Two old meu came In.
One of them must ha%'e been very handsome lu his youth. There was StlU some evidence of this fact in the nose, tho eyes, the uioutli.
His hair was snow white. Smead hastily turned his liack and went into the barroom. Tho son stared ustonish- edly at the teetering diior.    .Now what?
Smead's retreat, howover. did not serve. .\n lionr later he met the white haired gentleman as tho latter was Issu¬ ing from tbe dinuig roon^. lie jvaused. adjustt-d bis eyeglasses, and looke<l Smead up .iud down, fmm bis shoes to his head, with bisolont amusomout.
Smead pa.s.siil un into tho iliiilng room, fui-y and death In his heart.
For this was tlio one man on earth who had dared to tell him. .Michael Smetui, tmtii.s, point blank. In diction as ele'.':uit as the voice was hard and cold.    Noarly thirty-years mxo.
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say   to   ills   companion,   "Simmons,   1 CHAPTER XVII. haven't pla.ved a game of billiards in
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NCLE BILDY' recounted his ex. I    Smead aio liis dinnor without relish, porleucos to tho women. He was so confused that bo did not
Whut ho  lacked In elegant   question  the old  man's preseueo  hero phrajjooiogy   he  mado  up   la   or Inqiiiiv Into what his errand might simple directness. be.    Ho could only think tbat  ho had
"Frances,   do  you  know  what  thLj  permitteil   iilm   to   stare   him  out   ot means?" said Diana excitedly. countouainv.
"Why, Mr. Cranford is in trouble." "Know that num'/" askt-<l tbe son.
"Girl   alive.   It   means    Uiat   they     "None of ,vour busiiu'ss" haven't got them!    .Vud  they  bellevo      ".Vh, I see!" bantorln;;ly.   "Ho knows be knows, and thoy'vi- carried him off  you.'"
to force tho truth from bim.   Oh, we'll      Smead   loft   tl>e   table   without   his
beat thom yet" usual cup ot iiiSfi.'.
"But whero are they?" He  felt   harassed,  liko a  rat drl\;<*'n
"I shall flud that out as i*xin as I can i Into a corner.    Why  had 1k> stcjijj.od
walk." Uke  a  yol;ol  ami  given  tho  old  liwiii
Bo that wtis it?   Uncle Billy nodded, l the op[M)rtuiiity ?   .VU right, ho thou:,'!it
"How   wo  goin'   f  git   -Mr.   Cranfonl | grimly.     U't   him  smile.    That  smile
l>etty villainies, his makeshifts, his fol¬ lies, one- thing always burned cloarly and imrely In his heart—Ids love for this .\(a]iig woman wbo w.-is gazing at him witb critical, unfriendly eyes. "Vou sent for me, Vi't" "Yos." cii.^ply. "I want Mr. Cran¬ ford liberated at onco. I am tho per¬ son who is riwpnnsiblo for your prosent onibarrassmeiit."
¦•Y<ju. Di?"    Ho was gonuinoly aston Ishod.
"Myself. l"or a long time I have been In the Secret service. I ustially pose un n stewardess on tlio north Atlantic liners. 1 was sont for by ono whom wo both knov,- un 1 tnld wbat bad tak(?n plaee. I gave my word thiit you should not .succeed. .\ sjie.-ik's Imsino.ss I be¬ lieve, you call ir." with ail Ironical smile. "Vour exploits havo boen of tho daredevil kind, all savo tbis last ono. You bad courage. It was great siiort. I reaWy believe you nevor stopiwd to look deeply into the things you have dono. But this was ba.se and low and despicable.''
"So it was, Dl," calmly, "but quite like mo,''
She started and shot bim a pumiled glance.
".Nature," he wont on, "Ls the great¬ est usurer of them all. Think of what sho cbari-'es on the loan of a small folly! .Vnd I am terribly In debt to hor. Don't look puzzled. ! !. It isn't banter. Vou hnvo boalon me. Doubt¬ less you li:ive them. If tbat Is tho caso I'm ratlior glud of It. <;ive them back to hor. Teli her tho rogue is sorry—surry that he over crossed hei path—from tho very bottom of hU soul."
Cio iilf Ccndiiued)
out?" which waa far moro Imixirtant to him thau ony treasure ho could call to mind.
"Why dliln't you let mo know at once-tho nurning aftor? -VU this timo wasted! Oh, If I could only walk! But I must sit horo helpless. Oo back to tho hotol Imiuodiatoly and ask for Mr. Han< iiett and bo sure that .\ ou see him.
would   never   balance   the    hurt    lie (Smoadi had -'iven.
"Fagiu, walch him earofnlly tonight. Ho may Uiko it into bis hoad to rough it." "Why not? Cietting lemlor, Douny? ' "No, Fagln, but I'm rather sick of tire wholo business. Things havo turn¬ ed up unoxpoctedly,    Siek at  heart, if
Undor no circumstances let him know ; yt^u want to know the truth, over tho that ,vou aroaw.iroof anything wrong," ' P"st, ovor the fiuiire.    I'd like to Imvo "Tli' hull village Is talkin'."
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"You three shall answer for this, not forget."
I do
ontwoit you in this game. Von shall stay here on broad and wnter till the snows como."
Cranford [uiiTod his pipe three or four times, knocUed tlio bowl against his heel and turned toward the ladder.
"No candles this time-twenty-four hours In the dark," Smead warned.
"8o( iig as you're not bent on starv¬ ing me, a day or two more lu this hole Will not matter." Cranford began the descent   Uo henrd Hanchett laugb.
"Cranford, I'm beginning to like yoil. I'll make It two candles and a box of matches."
"Fool!" growled Smead.
"Tou be still r' retorted tbe eon. "He'a right. You don't appreciate bim. I Uke n cool bftsd, no matter which ¦Ide he Is on. A brftve man Isn't so common these days that we oan afford to Ignore htm when we meet him. He'll bare his candles and matches, and tomorrow night be may be a Uttle tamer and tell m who haa then."
"Never mind tbat Say to him that Miss WyiiMi! wishes to see bim here after dinner."
"Kubber  lioels!"
"What's that'.'"
"Ouo o' tb' chaps wore new rubber heels. It's hUn. .Vll rlgbt. I'm f tell him t' como out aftor supi'or."
"Tli.it and nolliing more."
"Tbey's a deloctlvo from Water- town."
"Never mind the detect ive. Don't have anytlihii-' to do wlih bini. I'm ¦omethiiii.' of 11 detocfiV(> myself, Uncle BUly."
"You. .Miss VA'ynno?    Uy Jlngs!"
"1 have hinted that I was Irxing to prevent II crime. It <'annot mat lor now If i toll you a few fncts. Hut you must promise to keep those to your-;eIf. I am a secret agent of the Fulled States customs. Now. go iiuickly. .Vnd to¬ morrow I'll toll yiui all there is to It, and you shall have your hiiiidrcd dol¬ lars glaiUy. Time Is most important ¦ew. .Mr. Cranfonl must bo lihorated. Come tomorrow afternoon about this tlmo.    I'leaso go at once."
".VU right, -Miss Wynne; tomorrow."
He wins told at the hotel that Jlr. Hanchett and bis friend were across tbe river flslilng In the bay. So Uncle BlUy sat dowu on ttie dock nnd waited. Fishing! Some nerve after ^lesiierate- ly abducting a maa and biding bim ¦omewbora
a whack at livinit straight, doing bou¬ est work If they'd let mo. South Araoricu or Soulli .Vfrh:a, whero thoy don't know mo. Fagiu, I'm Smead's son."
Fagin had ordort-d coffee, but bo for¬ got to drink it. • *««*«•
An accouiiilishetl roguo who did not want to bo a rogue any longer.
A yoar a^io nothing bad worried him. Money had como easily. .Vt war with society, biit at peace with himself. Aud now this unaccountalile upheaval In his sonl. Had the sight ot,Diana set It in motion? Diana, straight and honest as light, "bravo as the morn Ing!" Mlulit It not be the constam thought of some ouo else whom he had wronu'iHl carelessly?
A blind, cowardly rage had drawn bim Into tills coU. Could he walk straight Willi :ill theso i-'liosts trooplii;; beside llim .• Like father, Uke son-was that to Ik- ii!l tho oml of the chapter? To break ber spirit ti^ bumble lnr pride—a.s if a wiunan llko she wa^ would ever surrender to coercion! He fouml himself at the farmhouse door. He kiKM'ked. "Miss Wynne?" he Inquired. "She is waituig In the parlor, sir. This way."
He entered the room, knowing th.ii he wus boalcu. Sbe wus us tieautlful aa Falmer Vec
rbln'a  "KiwifaKiu-Liu-u."     V.'illi all. Ute
Dolightful   Gathering
A famiiy reunion was held at the home ot Mrs. Mary Bensing, of MooresLOWn, on Sunday and the liirthdays of Alvin Unangst and Mrs. Hobert Kreidler were celebrated, and also tho wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Uobert Kreidler was celebrr.ted. At S o'clock they all marched out on¬ the lawn whero a bounteous aupptr was served among those present were: .Mr. and Mrs. William Mo^er. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert .Nolf. -Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Siegfried. Mr. and Mrs. Uobert Kreidler. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin L'nangst, Mr.' and .'Mrs. George Ben¬ sing, Jlr. and Jlrs. Howard Bensing, Jlr. and Jlrs. ¦\Villiam Hahn, Jlrs. Claude Graver, Jlrs, Robert Nolf, Jlrs. JIary Uensing. Jlisses' Clara Rensing. Sadii- Topfer. Florence Un¬ angst. Pearl Unangst, Daisy Bensing, Katie Bensing. Jlerlin .Nelly Bensing, Geraldine Uensins. l-'rances Bensing, and .Messrs. Herbert Bending, .Melvin Siegfried. Delbert Siegfried, Frank Hahn, Eugene Bensing, Lester Rin¬ ker, William Nolf, Harvey Bensing, Ernes; Bensing and Stanley Bensing from Jloorestown, Bath, Kleckners¬ villo, Point Philips, .Nazarelh, Le- hishton, and Cross Itoads. They all enjoyed the happy gathering.
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Jlrs. Isaac Remaly and Mrs. Ara- billa Remaly and Jliss Esther Sey¬ fried wore visitors at -¦Vllentown, last Thursday and   Friday.
Jlrs. Kiltie Bartholomew, of Naza¬ relh, is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. Isaac Remaly and family. Jlrs. George E. Bensing and Thomas F. Boers made a business trip to Eastou on Friday.
E. L. Renner transacted business' at   Nazareth   on   Saturday.
Jlrs. Charles .\ndrew and Mrs. Burkhart visited rolatives at Allen- town   on   Sunday.
Mr. and Jlrs. .\ndrew Smith and Jlr. and Jlrs. Isaac Remaly attended the-saie^ at Beersvillp on Saturday.
^Ir. nnd Jlrs. E. R. Hartman and daugh'er.Mabel. Jlr. and Jlrs. Hiram Jliller and Jliss .-Vmanda Weaver were visitors at Central Park, Rit¬ tersville.  on  Saturday evening.
Mr. and Jlrs. .\lvin Graver and little daughter Miriam visited friends at   Xazareth   on   Saiurday.
Jliss Florence Williamson is spend¬ ing a week with relatives at Bethle¬ hem.
Jlrs. Clinton Hahn and son El¬ wood callcl on Jliss .Vmanda Weaver on Sunday.
Jlr. and Mrs. Y. E. Williamson and family called on Mr. and Mrs- A.  Dilcher, of Balh, on  Sunday.
E. L. Renner and daughters NelHe and JIattle and Mr. and Jlrs. H L. Remaly visited Mr and Mrs. Charles Werner, np:i"  Bath  on Sunday.
-Vlvin Fra\e;' made a business trip to Bothlehem on Jlonday.
Elsworth Renner visited JTr. and Mrs. William Hahn and family on Sunday.
Mr. and Jlrs. ,Tohn Koehler, Sr.. visited their son Thomas and family, near Cherry Hill, nn  Sunday.
Frank Trach, our merchant and famiiy motored to Saylors Lake on Sunday.
Jlr. and Mrs. Jolin Kunkel, Jlr. W. H. Roth and Miss Ellon Silfles aCended the Kunkel reunion dt Kutztown on Thursday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hemlershot and daughter Lulti and Cornelius Post and Benjamin Coffni.in. all of Jiartin's Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pysher and daughters Tholma and Catliione. of Brainards. N. J.; Mr. and Mr? O H Cole and daughter Dornthv and Mrs Williamson, ot Wind Gap: Mr. and Mrs. A. U. Hawk and childrei Gladys. Paul. Alice and Beatrice. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Knipe, all of near Easton; Isaac, Ha'vk, Cornelius and Oliver Laubach ami Jlrs. Frrd Rissmiller were the guesta ol Mr and Jlrs. John Doll, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Viotor Andrews, of Mo.TfEtown and Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Searfass were the siiests ot Mr. and' Mrs. Frod Missmiller, on Sunday.