The Nazareth Item

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The Nazareth Item.
AN  lifDBPBIfDENT  FAMILY  NEWSPAPER,  DEVOTED  TO   LITERATURE.   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL   INTELLIGENCE.
Vol. XXVI.
NAZARETH, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 6,1017
No. 18.
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for Boys and Men.
This Boys' Clothing department was "ditferent" from the start. It never purposed being satisfied with "anything is good enough for a boy." In the contrary, the idea was to have Boys' Clothing up-to-the minute in best styles, in best materials and workmanship, in fit and nifty appearance, and thereby so attach the Boys liking to Schlegel's that he naturally would "graduate" into the Men's clothing store when he grew up. ijjf^^'' . w-*!;.*    -"..u   ZL,^:'-       > }.I:f.''^
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"Tills, 1 tnke It," ho muttered, "was what they wna arguing about wheu wo basted In. Steve, them's our brlrlge ea- tlmates—and there wa'n't no copies of 'em either. It wouldn't tnke us more'n two weeks to replace 'em neither—not more'n two precious, priceless weeks. I'm onl.v hopin' now that when our other caller, who seems to want them more tbnn we do, calls again, I'll bo here myself to entertain him with tea or somethin'. I'd plumb hnte to seoii) so Inhospitable ns not to he home. iwice uaiiu runuiu, to visiioif
"Maybe that was a tidy Uttle battle while it lasted," Fnt Joe continued, "but it ain't deuce high ntongside this flght we've got on our hands righr now. For he's just as near over as I'd care to see a mnn. unless It was some ono I'd n little prefer dead! It aln'r that scratch on the head thafs got him slippln", either." ,Ioe paused and turned  to  nddress  Garry   Devereau's
stare muf wiiaiy. but rery sanely, abont tbe room. His gaze flitted won- derlngly from wall to wall before It rested, fearfully flxed. upon Steve'i brown face. Instantly he looked away, flinchlngly. and met Fat Joe's volumi nous grin—and looked back again, cun ningly coutious. Finally he reached out a timid, blue veined, pltlfnlly un steady hand and plucked at Steve'a hlue flannel sleeve. And bis worda were an eclio of those wlilch Stepben O'Mara bad heard before that nigbt from other lips.
"Then you—are you." he framed the words laljoriously. "I wasn't sure- even when I knew it mnst be."
And Gnrry Devereau tried to smile bis slow smile of sophistry
"Greethigs. Sir Galahnd!" he falter¬ ed. "And how are yon. Steve—and who might your—fat friend be?"
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"Vlonings, my ehlldran," ho called te the two in the shadow.
still white fuce itself. "You sat in an' backed my game like a gentleman bom," he sa|d, "and now I'm a-goin' to play yuarn. blue chips and white and yello'."
And while be talked he worked, for It waa Pat Joe who gave the orders tbat night. He called for ammonia, for brandy, for a balf dozen drugs from tbe camp liospltnl cbest. and each of tbem Steve brought in an automatic fasblon that flnally penetrated even Fat Joe's professional pleasure in tbe struggle.
"Friend of yourn?" be asked tn an Interval while tbey rested.
"A friend." Steve repeated with a dgbtening of bis Jaws, and Joe knew wbat that tone meant
Before daybreak tbere came an bour wben Oarry Devereau Ufted blmself UDon one elbow and ooened bis astern ta
CHAPTER IX, Doctor and Patient. AT ,10K h'aned over and drew n hiimlcot a little higher across tiiu slf.'ping man's shoulder. whii(! f^'tove contin¬ ued silently to study Garry's face. Even in iinconsciDiisnesa a fnintiy crooked srailo of skepticism still clung to the lips.
"It wns like him," Stovo romarkod at last very 8ol)orly •¦Soniihuw thf minute ho began to spoaU I iuiew it wns exactly the sort of tiling I expect¬ ed lilm to say. Tho prohuliility of death Is a much more amusing pros¬ pect to some men, Joe, than the per plexlty of living."
Fat Joe flnsliod a swift, h.ilf puzzled glance at his cliicf's face. lie started to ask a question, then scowled nnd checked himself iinrt tnrned instend to kindle a llie In tlie stove of the lenn- to kitchen of the c.;^ln But a hnlf hour later he wns still murmuring the last phrnse over to himself periilexed- ly when Steve came lending the horse Ragtime up to the open door. Saddled nnd with reins n-trall, the animal hnd been wnnderlng fironghont the night about the upper end ol the construc¬ tion camp clearing. At the sound of hoofbeata outside Fnt Joe left the stove and the half cooked breakfast he had set himself to prepare.
"So that's the wny one of 'em come." he murmured. "I was wondering some. Last night 1 didn't notice the horse, being a mite too hurried to give ample attention to details, as It were. But ain't—ain't this one of Allison's horses?"
"No. Joe." Steve answered heavily "He is from Allison's stables, but we have bim to thank, just the same, along with Garry, for our blue prints and estimates. It was Mr. Devereau whom he brought up hero last night and In fairly good time, I should judge. too. from the pace at which they set out Garry turned him into the hill road, and he must have stuck to it blindly until he atruck our fork." And, nfter n longer pause, "The horse Is Miss Alllson'_8 own property," he added quietly.
Joe pursed his lips. Instantly at the mention of the girl's name he felt blm¬ self better equipped to understand both the lack of Immediate action and tbe seeming preoqcupied indifference of his superior whfc?h. in the face of the night's developments, would have been otherwise utterly unaccountable that morning.
The probable nearness of bim ^vho had gone bounding away empty hand ed from the lighted stack was of fur lesa moment than the possible identity of the one who had furnished the In¬ spiration of thut night raid. And to Steve the need of assuring that tail girl with the vivid lips and coppery balr of Garry Devereau's safety bulk ed quite as Important as did the ad¬ visability of seeking Immediately an Informal Interview with Dexter Alli¬ son, such ns the latter himself had eo genially suggested.
"I happened to run into Harrignn this morning." Fat Joe said In an un concerned mnnner.
Aa disinterestedly as bad Joe, Steve now drained his coffee cud and waited
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Pov/der, abuut a teaspooii, in place oi" eacli ei;g
omitted.
T!i:s  applies  equally well to nearly all  baked
foods. Try the following recipe according to the
new way:
CI^EAM LAYER CAKE
Old Way
1 ctip sugar % cup trilk
2 cupfl Hour
2 tracpoona Roral Baklns PowdM
3 egcs
K cup shorttnfnc 1 leaapocn flavoring
Ne^v Way
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
2 cups tiour
4 tp.)«pooiis Royal Baking Powder
2 tablespoons shorttning 1 teaspoon flavoring
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Makes I Larce a-Layer Cak«
DIRECTIONS—Cream theiiug«r nml «hor««nlne toKcthcr.than mix In the ecE. After •tftinu tlie flour and Royal BeklnK Powder tonether two or three timet, •dd It all to themiature. Gradually add the milk and beat with apoon until TOU have a amooth pour baiter Add the flavoring. Pour lnto>reaaad layer caka tina and bake In a moderately hot oven fortwenty minutea. 'Thia cake i« beat baked In two Uyara. Put together with cream filling and ipraad wtth wblta king
ROYAL
BAKING POWDER
nude from Cream of Tartar, derived from grapes.
No Alum No Phosphate
"He was aown to tne cook snaiity.' Fat Joe rambled on. "It's an hour since he'd ought to have been out there with the powder squad In the north cat, and when I aslcs him if lie was feelin' indisposed this morning he saya no, but tile supply teams wa.s gohig out and one of the drivers had told hlm that I wns scndin? him along to help with the loadln'. ITe had stK'h a nlre frank, ojien faced way of lying that l couldn't hrhiff niy.'ielf to correct Ulm. I jnst let It stand tliat way and toM him such was the uiTansenient." .Toe saw swift satisfaction play acrosi Steve'.s face. "lie hnd a bandai-'i' nround Ms licnl not much ditTerent from this one onr friend here is wear¬ ing. Hnt he saiil he was .scratched by a twig."
The room was vory quiet for a breath. That lliln note had crept into Fat .Joe's tenor voice—tliin and chill and tiienacing. And there as .'iljniptly as lie had assumed It he Hung asldr hi.s masl; of disin;;(,'tiuous inelovajicc, rnt .loo wheeled, put both elbows upon tile table edu" and h^ancd forward heavily. It wii^ much as though lie were selling liimself to shoulder by sheer weight tlii-oiiLrli tin," discouraL: Ing wall of inilin'c'i-cni'o behind wliicli the other wa.s apparently witlidrawim; once more.
"But as for mc" - bis high voice rauu- a little—"but as lor me, well, I always did lu'ide my.self that I could shoot some, whether it was by daylight or dark:"
And the only result which that state ment achieved was an answering, med itative nod. Fat Joe subsided. All tbat he could say had beeu .said, and they flnLshcd breakfast as they had begun It, In absolute silence.
Stephen O'Mara touched a match ti. the  dry grains of tobacco  which In hnd been tamping Into tho Iwwl of'hi pipe.   He s^Ting slowly around towarii the Inert figure on tbe bunk.
"Ile'll sleep the day through, I j think," he said, "and the night per haps. Hut I'd advise you to look in on him now nnd then, just the same. Xlv did us a good turn last night It's the second good turn bo's done for me. Joe. And now perhaps the chance has come to even up the score a little. Vou would know, wouldn't you, Joe. just how many drinks to prescribe for a man who has been as—as 111 as Gar¬ ry has?"
Fat Joe's face commenced to shine, and at thnt he was only beginning to underatand.
".Vln't I the doctor?" he demanded aggrlevedly. "You don't hnve to go no deeper Into technicalities with me. And 1 told you last night anyway, didn't I. that It would havo to be his last little celebration unless he was fierurin' on a 'oncrcr lourncv than he's ever took before. 'U'cll. I've hnndled so many cases just lil;e hi-? th.'it there ain't even a little cnrivablo novelty In 'em auy more for me."
Steve reieiveil the statonient with another nod.
"Tbat's it." ho mused. 'That's it es actly. It would have to be bis last unless be is llgurinu' on a longer jour ney than bo Ii.is over taken b(>fore."
lie crossed and le.aiii'd over tlio tbia and motioiiloss form of his friend. Ilo laid ono band gently upon tbe slcoiiin'_' man's shoulder.
"Ho did that for mo once. Joo." ho spoke quiel'v "Ue dropped his hand on uiy sliouldor like that, nnd 1 never forgot the \veiglit of it. You wntcli him. Joe—wntih him closely for awhile, becauso—bocnuse. you see, a mnn does stray along mice in so often who's so bndly bowildorod and trail weary, so tired of tryini; and—and bnn In soul tlmt tbe tliougbt of such a journey as yon speak of boirins to sooni the shortest route after all to an end of thoughts whloh even alco'iol can't wipe out. Vou take cnre of bim. and If ho wakes before I '.rot bnck oxplnin tn him n little Just bow ho cnmo hero and thank lilni n lot for wbnt he did .\sk hlm to wait until ! come back from Morrison, will yon?"
For n nionient .bie just stood nnrt blinked, dunifotindod
"Huh:" he bliir!od nt In-t. "lliih' So that's what you been hiiitln' at all tbe time, is it? l didn't Just got you right until now But do you know it did soem to nio otice or twice while wc were workint: ovor him—once or twlci' whon the sroin' was pretty bad —that his spirit wasn't heaving real heartv Into ilio trai-es. .\nd. say. nin't tli.it a poor idea for a guy to get into bis head? Now. ain't It?" .\nd then, as the purj'ort of the rest of Steve's words etmck home. "Do you mean you are going to Morrison to liave a"—
Steve rocrossixl to the door and bo gan   to  unfasten   the   feed   hng  from Ragtime's   no.se.     fie   loaned   ovor  to lengthen  a   stirrup,   stopjied   ;i'-'ain Iltrht his nfne.
(To be Continued)
Irtsli  Settlement.
The weather on Sunday shows spring is near.
Frank Yost and son Joseph and Cyrus Fehnel visited Bath on Sun¬ day.
Mrs. Peter Snyder and daughters Nellie and Mrs. A. Saras, of Bath, visited friends at Rocky Hill on Sun¬ day.
Mr. and Mrs. George Eddinger visited Ailentown on Saturday.
Allen Fenstermaker visited Rob¬ ert Fohnel on Thursday.
Clayton Ott visited Cyrus F. Feh¬ nel on Monday.
-Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Fehnel visited Mr, and Mrs. Charles Werner on Sunday.
Claude Snyder is employed by C. F.  Fehnel.
Tile Monocacy Sunday-school a: the school house, will bold its Easter festivai on April 7, at 7:?,0 o'clock. All are invited to come.
Si'bool  ISoiii'd fleeting.
Tlic adjourne'l mn-ting of the School Board was iieid in the I'air- view Scbool Building, Monday even¬ ing, March 19tii, 1917.
.Members present—Knauss, Van¬ natta,   Sclimidt  and   Snyder.
On motion of Schmidt and Van¬ natta, the boating and ventilating system installed in the Whitefield School Building, under contract, hy Wra. II. Taylor & Co. of Alientown, I'a., was accepted and tbe treasurer aulluirizcd fo pay contractor balance of $ 1 L'fi 1 .L'.", dui.' thorn. .Motion car¬ ried on tbe following vote:
Yea—Knauss, Vannatta, Schmidt and Snyder.
Xay—Xone.
On motion of Schmidt and Knauss t!;.'  Hoard  vi'liourned.
C.  J.   KNAUSS,
Secretary.
I   iitxind Lp Sp<'e<ler.'s.
Phi' 1 riotlios men, stationed at; sever! jjoinis along the Easton- Betli ;':jem concrete highway Sun- ila\. ;ook the license number of au¬ tomobiles being operated in defiance of the speed laws. The nuinber.i were tiiiiied into tho District .-Vlto.'- iie>'s ollice ami if tho evidence war¬ rants it, prosecutions will be lodfjcd against the guilty parties.
County Detective Neimeyer. act¬ ing under the instructions of Dis¬ trict .\ttorney McCluskey, had a number of men at various points along tho road. Wilson Township also had two special officers on duty with instructions to report all vio¬ lations of the traffic regulations. It is iindorstood that the road will be patrolled each Sunday until sjioed- ing on the highway is broken up.
Xazaielh rasdo K. G. E. B<K)mln«.
Nazareth Castle, No. 39i;. Knights of the Golden Eagles, are having a boom. Quite a number of new ap¬ plications have heen received and each m^'mber should make an effort to gt't one. Thoy have changed their meeting night from Wednesday to Tuesday evenings, wliich makes it more convenient for most of the members to attend. The initiation of tho now candidates will lake place in May. so the mombers should get to hustling and bring in at least one candidate. The castle is in a flour- ishine condition and is wortb about .?S000. Be a progressive member by attetiding the meetings every Tues¬ day ovenini; at S o'cJock in Babp's Hall, whero intoresting toiiics are continuously discussed.
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Wl^o   oniUif:   way   to   atten ]/of .M^ptfri J.  Hoss. of near    Ta K»#naA-  afternoon    William  T. ¦Tosiil^ig  on   Mrs.   Robert   Lau- near Fulmer's Crossing, ffored ^1   attack   of  hoart   trouble in   soveral   hundreil   yards of  Ibo  houso.     Ho  was  ctirried   into the homo of William    Wagner    and diod   almost     instantly,       neceased. who was '>2 years old. is survived by his  willow  and  ono  son,     Paul,     at home;   bis  agod   mother.   Mrs.   John T.   Lohr:   ono  brother  and   two   sis- tors,   Edwin   and   Mrs.   Lizzie   Kline, also   residing   wifh   tho   familv,   and Mrs.  Howanl  Soii'i>rf.  of Eastnn.
'rendertjil  lllniicr  lo Teuuossee /        Iriends.
JohnyA .Miller, Cliief Burgess of -N'azardni, who is also president of tlie^^'linchrield Portland Cement ((^^>ration at Kingsport, Tonnessoe, tendered an informal dinner to his businees associates and frionds a; Kingsport, .Monday evening, March 23.
The Clinchlield Cement Company was the first corporation to locate at Kingsport, which town has since grown so wonderfully that it now puts on the resemblance ot a <. fy. and the town is only a few years old. Kingsport promises to be a big isoiiihern city in later years. -Many industries are locating there.
Itushkill Township Movings.
Among those who moved in Bush¬ kill Township this spring were: Er¬ vin Reese from Nazareth to Milton Franck'a farm near Aluta.
David P. Herkman from the farm near Bolton which he sold to Jacob i'Catz, to the lot which ho bought of Mrs. Simons, opposite Belfast Re¬ formed Church.
Jacob Katz from the lot near Bol¬ ton to the farm he bought of David I'. Heckman.
James Clewell from the lot in New Village, the estate of his father, the late Androw Clewell, to Joseph Shaf¬ er's dwelling on VVest Centre Street, Xazareth.
.Mr. .Smith of Bangor t) the lot he b juglit, and vacated bv James Clew¬ eil.
Josepb Teel from the tarm, the es¬ tate of bis fathor, the late William Teel, near Jacobsburg, to near Wind Gai'.
K. a. Dilcher from Clearfield Ho¬ tel to tho lot. he bought, known as tbe Daniel Werner lot also in Ciear¬ lield.
Asher Zellner from near ."Moores¬ town to Clearfield Hotel which he rented from E. E. Dilcher.
John J. Clarke from tlio lot bought by E. E. Dilcher to Freemansburg Road, near Easton. Mr. Clarke has accepted a position with the Taylor- Wharton Company.
Cttlvin Kresge from Wm. P. Kati- Icr's lot, Clearfield, to .Vazare»h. He has a position with Asher Hag¬ enbuch.
Wil'Jam .M. Sandt from the lot, knowu as the Josepb Roph lot near Clearfield to the lot vacated by Cal¬ vin Kresge.
.Vmandus Rissmiller and his -on ChaJles from the former's farm \. lijih be sold to John Dull to the lot vacated by W. M. .Sandt which the fo;rr.ei   has  purchased.
John Dull from the Samuel F'ox f:.rm near Brodheads Station tc tlie furm iie bought from Amandus R'?s- riiller.
Clinton T. Hahn from Clearfield store to -N'azareth.
Wiiliam Kline from Clement Lerch's lot, .N'ew Village, to the lot he lately purchased of Florentine Seyfried.
Augustus Xauman from near Edel¬ mans slate quarry, Moore Township, to tho lot he purchased of Clement Lerch. and vacated by William Kline. Elton Hoss to tho farm at Mill Grove school house which he bought of ilfMiiy   Kresge.
Thomas Weaver from Wllliani Wunderly's lot in Xew Village to South  Main  Streot.  Xazareth.
JIartin Siegfried from Schoene^It fo the lot vacated by Thom?a Weaver.
John Watson Irom the Seem farm near Bolton, to noar Plalnfleia Church.
Howard Fritchman from the Henry farm at Bolton to .'Vazareth
Dayton  Serfass  from     Brodheads¬ ville.   Monroo  County   to   the   Henry faim vacated by Howard  Fritchman. Charles   B.   Schrenk   from   Cherry Hill   Hotel  to X'azareth.
Hobort Kilpatrick to the Cherry Hill Hotel. Mr. Kilpatrick conu-s from Phillipsburg, N. J.    »
Luther p:berts, of Clearfield, EiOvod into Mrs. Gertrude Russell s dwelling on West High Street, ."^'aza¬ reth.
Perry Kresge moved from his farm to his lot ahout a mile to the north¬ east. His son Ammon, who was married about two months ago went to housekeeping and stays on the farm.
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I'litintield liiitlieriiu  I'iuImIi.
Regular sorvice in I'laiiitiold pa- rachial school house next Sunday morning, April 8, at 10:15 o'clock and Sunday-school at 9: l.'i  a.  m.
The missionary society will meet In the afternoon at 2:15 o'clock, in¬ stead of having it in the evoning on that Sunday.
Thore will be a speciaj program rendered under, the ausidcos of the Teacher Training Department .of Trinity Sunday-school, Wind Gap on Thursday evening, April 12. Rev. Raucjr of Easton, will bo tho chief speajpr.
rurchoKCd   Kami.
aae Kunsman, of Moore Town- p, purchased the farm of John R. ory, situated In Mooro Township, near Baty containing r>9 acres with luproven^nts for $2100.
Mr. jfutisinan took possession of the faA 8.t once
Nii/iirelh liiyli Schocd  Votes.
The semi-tinal debates lor the alumni prizes will bo held Wednes¬ dav afternoon, .-Vpril 11, at 2:45 o'clock, and Friday April \^, at 2:00 o'clock  in  the High  School building.
The subjects for debate are: Re¬ solved: That, the federal govern¬ ment should own and operate the railroads within its borders. Re¬ solved: That, the Monroe Doctrine should now ho abandone.d.
The speakers aro Francis Schaef¬ fer. Miriam .Vdams, Esihor Ittorly. Jcsso Willauer, Anna Babp, Helen Sloul. Havon Happel. Webster Sto¬ ver.
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BnnflBe tn Piambing Bualness.
vln C. Unangst, of Nazaroth, rented tJie vacant store room, for¬ merly oaed as a jewelry store, from A. 3. Stofflet, South Main Street, and will engace in the plumbing ..nd heaitlng builneM.
On Saturday at S P. M., Stanely (i. Yeakel. of Hecktown, and Miss .Mice S. N'ewhard, of Farmersvillo, woro married in thoir newly furnish¬ ed home by tho Rev. J. A. Klick.
Oscar C. Snyder, of Rittersvillo, and Sadie E. Johnson, of Macada. wore iinitod in marriage on Satur day evening at tho parsonage of Hov. T. C. Strock. Bethlehetn Tbe ring coivmgny was usod. They were unattend
Keal  KHtat«.
La|^na Miller, employed by Lewis Mlllw, butcher, of near Easton, pur¬ chased the tarm of Augustus Miller, situated at Bushkill Centre, contain-, lug 65 acres with improvements, for $5100.
Statf of War K.xlstiiig.
Washington, April 2. President Wilson to-night urged congress, as¬ sembled in joint session, lo declare a Slate of war was existing between the l'nited States and Germany.
Ill a dispassionate, but unmeasur¬ ed denunciation of the course of tbe Imperial Government, which he characterized as a challenge to all mankind and a warfare against all nations, the president declared that neutrality no longor was feasible or desirable whore the peace of the world was involved; that armed neuirality had become ineffectual enough at best and was likely to produce what it was meant to pre¬ vent, and urged that congress ac¬ cept the guage of hattie with all the resources of the nation.
"I advise that the congress de¬ clare the recent course of the Im¬ perial German government to be iu fact nothing loss than war against the governnient. and people of the I'liiied States." said the president: "lhat it formally accept the status of belligerent whitdi has boen tlirust upon it and that it take stops uot only to put the country in a more thorough state of defense but also to exert all its power and emiiloy all its resources to bring the German empire to terms and end Ihe war."
After ho had finished speaking, resolutions to declare a state of war existing were Introduced in both houses of c t'press and referred to appropriate conimitto<'s and will be debated. There is no doubt of their passage.
The objects of the United States in entering the war, said the presi¬ dent, wore to vindicate the princijiles of iieace and justice against "soKlsh and autocratic power." "Without selfish ends for comiuoat or dominion seeking no indemnifies or raatirial coniprnsations for the sacrifices it sli.ill make, fhe United States must enter tbe war, tho president said, to make tbe world safe for democracy, as only one of tbo champions of the ris^hts of mankind, and would be satisfied when those rights wore as secure as tho faith and freedom of nations could make thera.
lioy's  Wuuiid   KiiIhI.
Arthur H Lutz. son of Wllliain Lutz, of Phillipsburg, who w.is ac- ciilentally shot In the right leg on Friday, near the Ico house, uji the -Vorth Delaware river drive, died on Sunday morning at the Easton Hos¬ pital Lutz, who was 16 years old, resided with his grandmother, Mrs. Leantfer Roberts. He was a Fresh¬ man at the Eiaston High School.
On Friday afternoon, In company with his cousin, Edward Lutz, tbe two were examining a gun. Artkai- Lutz, wbo had the gun, handed it te Edward Lutz, when It was dle- ekarged.