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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-01
CHAPTER XIII.

Utterly astonished, and with another
feeling that was not all establishment,
Smerdon rose and stood before him and
said:
II do not know Of what Importance my
name can be to YOU"
your name is Of no importance, but
You are OF the greatest to me. When l
tell you my name you will understand
why. It Is Miguel Gufanta."
"Guffanta" Smerdon exclaimed. "Guf.
fanta!"
Eyes! the friend Of Walter Cundall."
"What do you want with me?" the
other asked, but as he asked he knew the
answer that would come from the man
before him.
but one thing now, though ten min
utes ago ! wanted more. I wanted to see,
then, il the man whom I sought for in
London and at Occleve Chase, whom l
have followed from place to place till I
have found him here, was the same man
l saw stab my friend to death in"
"You saw it?"
eyes, l saw it. And you are the man
who did it,"
ut is false"
ut is true! Do you dare to tell me l
lie, you, a. Bah, why should I cross
words with a murderer theft"
Il am nc their Smerdon said, his an
ger rising at this opprobrious term, even
as he felt his guilt proclaimed.
you are! You stole his watch and
money because you thought to make his
murder appear q common one. And 30
1t was! You slew him because you feared
he would dispossess your master Of what
he unrighteously held, because you
thought that you would lose your place."
again ! say 1t is false! I had no
thought OF self! / killed him-yes, I!-be-
cause l loved my friend, my master az
you term him, because he threatened to
come between him and the woman he
loved. Had / known Of Walter Cundal,s
noble nature, as I knew it afterwards, NO
power on earth could have induced me to
do such a Decd"
ut Is infamy for such AZ you to speak
Of his nobility-but enough! Are you
armed tonight, as you were on that
night?"
Il have no arms about me. Why do
you asky'
ITO tell you that no arms can avail
you now. You must come with me-"
ITO whereT"
ITO the village prison at st. Christoph.
There ! will leave you until you can be
taken to England"
For the first time since he had seen the
avenger Of Walter Cundall standing be-
fore him, Smerdou smiled bitterly.
"Senor Guffanta," he said, tyou are
very big and strong-it may well be
stronger than I am. But you ovsrrate
your strength strangely il you think that
any power you posses can make MI go
with You. l am q murderer-heaven help
and pardon me! It il probable I shall
be . double one before this night Is over"
"You threaten me-you! You defy me!'
Guffanta exclaimed, while his dark eyes
cleaned ominously.
Yes, ! defy you'll II my ain d to Be
punished, It shall not be by You, at least.
Here, In this lonely place where for miles
NO other human creature Is near, / defy
you to do your worst. We are man 70
man: do ron think / fear your
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as a reparation for my crime. But what
is my future to be! Am I to live q mis-
cradle existence for years in some distant
country, frightened at every strange face,
dreading to read every newspaper that
reaches me for fear that l shall see myself
denounced in 1t, and never knowing q
moments peace or tranquility? All, Ger
vase! l wonder what you would say il
You knew that, for your sake, l have sac
riiced every hope Of happiness in this
world and all my chances OF salvation in
the next"
He went back to the big stone after ut
tering these thoughts and sat down wear
lily upon it.
III l could know that that Spaniard
was baffled at last and had lost all track
or me, l could make my arrangements
more calmly for leaving Europe, might
even look forward to returning to Eng
a some day, and spending my life there
while expiating my crime. But, while l
know nothing, l must go on and ON till at
last ! reach some place where l may feel
safe"
He looked at his watch as he spoke to
himself, and saw that the night was pass
ing.
Another five minutes rest" he said,
"and l will start again across the pass"
AS he sat there, taking those last FIVE
minutes Of rest, it seemed to him that
there was some other slight sound break
ing the stiffness OF the night, something
else besides the occasional cracking noise
made by the glacier below and the sub
dued roar OF the torrents in the valley.
A light, regular sound, that nowhere
else but In q solitude like this would, per-
haps, be heard, but that here was perfect
~ distinct.
1t came nearer and nearer, and once, as
1t approached, some small stones were
disiodged and ratified down from above,
and fell with a plunge on to the glacier
below; and then, as it came closer, he
knew that it was made by the footsteps
of q man.
And, looking up, he saw a human figure
descending the path to the plateau by
which ne had come, and standing out
clearly defined against the moonlight.
1T is some guide going home" he said
to himself, "or starting out upon an early
ascent. How firmly he descends the
path
The man advanced, and he watched
hin curiously, noticing the easy way in
which he came down the rough-hewn
steps, scarcely touching the hand-rail OF
using the heavy pointed stick he carried
In place Of the usual alpen-stock.
And he noticed that, besides his KNAPP
sack, he carried the heavy coil Of rope
that guides use in their ascents
At last the newcomer reached the pla-
teau, and, as he took the last two or three
steps that led on to it. he saw that there
was another man upon it, and stopped.
Stopped to gaze for one moment at the
previous occupant, and then to advance
toward him and to stand towering above
him as he sat upon the boulder stone.
"You are Philip Smerdon," he said in
voice that sounded deep and hollow in the
others ear.
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Daughter Tin tears)-Oh, papa! why
did you throw Reggy down the front
steps? Father-Why, you didn't think
I was going to throw him up the front
steps and into the house again, did youf
You're as hard to satisfy as your moth.
~ar.-Judge.
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OURSUNDAY SERMONS
A FEW SUBJECTS FOR ALL TO
PONDER OVER.
California Preacher Who Con Com.
pass Practical ThtnRs-Power Of
Love-God Needs the Help OF His
Instruments-Word Of Wisdom.
Love in the Household.

Owe IL the wind,
the tide, the waves,
J the sunshine. Its
power Is incalcula-
BILE; 1t Is many
horse power. 1t
never ceases, It
never Stacks; 1t can
move with the
globe without a
resting place; 1t
can warm without
fire; it can feed
without meat; 1t
car clothe without
garments; 1t can
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DR.. Lapponi, physician to the Pope.
says: III nothing unforeseen happens,
the holy fathers constitution IL 20
sound that he may well attain his one
hundredth year"
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Been There Himself.

Pullman Porter-You can't imagine
how trying it Is to have people always
making fun Of you.
Pissenger|ust guess l can. / was
a member of the LIIId Congress-
Washington Times.
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Miss Prettie-Mr. Ryder ID 30 enter.
taining! He seems to have come IN
contact with 90 many people. Mr..
Wheeler (viciously)-You should watch
him ON hia bike.-New York Press,
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aspirations and holy impulses. We 60
forth into the world again with new
light on our faces and new Joy In u
hearts. We have been with our God.
Rev. w. s. Sayers.
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Joy of Definite Personal Work.
Helping an individual in time of need
is a real and positive act than
helping a whole community. To write
a poem, an essay, OF a volume, that
shall interest and influence thousands,
does not give the sense of personal sat
~isfaction to the writer hat comes with
the consciousness Of giving encourage
ment and cheer to n aching heart or
troubled soul that might have tainted
or failed but for this stimulus and aid.
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Sarah Bernhardt, who has spent for
tunes, still owns Z valuable estats n
Francs. BIZ
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Accept Destiny.

Accept the place the divine provi-
dence has found for you-the society
of your contemporaries, the connection
of events. Great men have always
done so, and confided themselves,
childlike, to the genius Of their age.
betraying their perception that tho
eternal was stirring at their heart,
working through their hands, FREEDOM
mating in oil their being. And we are
now men, and must accept in the high
est mind the same transcendent les-
tiny; and not pinch in a corner, not
towards fleeing before a revolution.
but redeemers and benefactors, pious
aspirants to the noble clay, plastic I'M
der the Almighty effort, let lis advance
and advance on chaos and the dark
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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shelter without roof; it can make a
q paradise without. But, though the
wisest men in all ages have labored
to publish this force, and every human
heart Is, one or later, more or less
made to feel 1t, yet how little is actual
ly applied to social ends. True. 1t Is
the motive power Of all successful So
cial machinery; but, as in physics we
have made the elements do only a lit
tie drudgery for us, steam to take the
place of a few horses, wind Of a few
oars, water Of a few cranks and hand
mills; as the mechanical forces have
not yet been generously and largely ap-
piled to make the physical world an
swer to the ideal, SO the power Of love
has been but meanly and sparingly ap-
piled as yet.-Henry D. Thoreau.
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Communion with God.

Worship II communion with God.
Communion is that mysterious COM
mingling Of souls which makes them
one, and gives to each the gifts OF the
other. We feel 1t In human love or
friendship. 1t Is deeper than words
and larger than sympathy. It IL the
opening and giving of heart to heart.
Thus we commune with God. He
dwells In us and we in Him. The
world fades away. Our SORROWS are
we are uplifted By new
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Practical Christianity.

You and I are instruments which
God must use to consummate His plans
and carry out His infiexible purpose.
All-powerful though He may be, He
needs your help and mine to hasten
the dawning Of that perfect day, when
the kingdom of Christ shall prevail.
The want Of sympathy pervades So
ciety. We do not know each other.
Draw nearer, clasp hands, recognize
the struggling soul, the lonely, the o.
TRACKED, the fallen. Seek for the good
and you will find the good. Discover
the best In each soul; resolve that i'll
will. f~ault-fnding and hatred shall
find nc place in your thoughts, speech
ar actions.
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Bui1d,nu Hi. Own Church,

Rev. Henry Victor Morgan, pastor Of
the First Christian Church Society at
Alameda, Cal, is building a meeting
house with the assistance Of several
garb, with his coat off, his sleeves rolled
up and a straw hat on the back Of his
head, Rev. Mr.. Morgan may be seen
daily at the corner Of San Jose and
Park avenues, plying the saw and the
hammer in the construction Of a house
which will be dedicated to God.
Rev. Henry Victor Morgan has been
in charge of the Christian flock in this
city seven months. He is an earnest,
practical man, and believes in building
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Whatever the Temptation.

Be honest with yourself, whatever the
temptation; say nothing to others that
you do not think. and play no tricks
with your own mind. OF all the evi!
spirits abroad at this hour in the world
~insincerity Is the most dangerous
James Anthony Froude.
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Amen.

Amen.
l cannot say,
Beneath the pressure Of life's cares to-day,
l joy in these; .
But I can say
That I had rather walk this rugged way
If Him it please.
I cannot feel
That all IL well when darkening clouds
conceal
The shining sun;
But then l know
God lives and loves: and say, since it is SO.
Thy will be done.
l cannot speak
In happy tones; the t%ear-drops on my
cheek
Show / am sad,
But 1 can speak
OF grace to suffer with submission meek
Until made glad.
! do not see
Why God should cen permit some thing
to be,
When He is love;
But l can see,
Though often dimly, through the mystery
His hand above.
do not know
Where falls the seed, that I have tried II
With greatest care;
But I shall know
The meaning Of each waiting hour below,
Sometime, somewhere.
do not look
Upon the present, nor in natures book,
To read my fate,
But l do look
For promised blessings in Gods Holy
Book,
And I can wait.
l may not try
To keep the hot tears back, but hush that
sigh,
1T might have been;"
And try to still
Each rising murmur, and to Gods sweet
will,
Respond "Amen."
-Ophelia G. Browning.
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Courage.

NOUI 0KCs
The Lord likes courage in his hosts,
Courage to scale the heights of fortressed
sin.
To fight the foes that strongly Turk within,
And yet to treat the sinner ever fair;
AS object not of battle but of prayer.
Courage to shelter weak ones when
oppressed,
Fen when their tyrants are earth's might.
lest.
Courage to do what duty says it right,
In no half coward way, but with Dur
might.
This is well pleasing in our Generals
sight.
Rams Horn.
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Being Forced to Work..

Thank God every morning when you
get up that you have something to do
that day which must be done, whether
you like 1t or not. Being forced to
work. and forced to do your best, will
breed in you temperance and self-con-
troll. diligence and strength Of will,
cheerfulness and content, and a hun
dred virtues which the idle know,
Charles Kingsley.
The Little Circle in Which He Lives.
Each n of us is bound to make the
little circle in which he lives better and
happier. Each one Of us is bound to see
that out of that small circle the widest
good may flow. Each one Of us may
have fixed in his mind the thought that
out of a single household may flow the
influences that still stimulate the whole
commonwealth and the whole civilized
wOrld.-Dean Stanley.
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To Take q Peep at Mars.

Percival Lowell, Boston's famous
astronomer, is now on bis way to
Flagstaff, A. T., at the head of the
most importantscientific expedition
planned for more than half a cen
fury. The object of the expedition
is to make observations on Mars
and to procure, if possible, evidence
to support the theory held by Mr..
Lowell and other astronomers that
the "red star of war" is inhabited
by human beings.
For several years Mr.. Lowell has
devoted all his time to the study oil
the planet Mars. In 1894 he made
the most complete map of tbs
planet ever drawn. His statement
that the canals of Mars were made
by human beings, and are not glacial
or surface assures, crea ted a stir
among the astronomers of Europe.
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# Two Worlds Should Meet.

One Of those scientific gentlemen
who spend their time in determining
results on impossible hypothesis
makes a curious calculation on the
result of two worlds meeting or COM
ing in contact with each other. He
says that if the earth should come
in collision with another world of
the same size the quantity OF heat
generated would be sufficient to
melt, boil and completely vaporize
a mass of ice 700 times that of both
the colliding worlds, or an ice planet
$50, 900 miles in diameter
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Mining Application No. All
N IS Land Office Hill

o:e. Land Office. HALEY, Idaho
March I. 1885
Notice Is hereby given that james i
W ood, whose postottice address is ti,i,,hr- w.
Custer county, Idaho. and Fred ph;j;;.s'
ny his attOrney-in TACT. l.. II. Jnin.,'
whose pOstOtfce address is Challs Cn',H,,
county, idaho, have made aupI,ca,;,n ~.
patent OF l5CU linear feet anu So. .o
ground GO feet " ide OF the s''
"IDAlzO"
lode mining claim. bearing silver and o,,
minerals, situate in East Fork rpir;,. u. .'s
trict, Custer county. Idaho, and dcs,1,i,4t
III the official plat and held notes on 81. ~
this Office, with magnetic Variation q, M ~
I5' h, as follows, VIZ: - '''
beginning at discovery poiDt n, 49,,
mining claim and running irnm ss;5 90
covery Joint 8 l4o AS T. 10 lee, 70 'o,' ois'
sOuiheriy end line; thence y 20 .s, l
feet To corner Aol;~tLeBee . 7.o ~ Il -,
Zee tt Q corner No =; thence n I,o as :;
l5tN feet to corner MOB, whence L. SNM
NO bears I3o "a VI .5$11. ) lee, d s,sr,.
thence ~ 40 r ttC feet ~ Corner No,
thencc lay - r. loCO g feet to corner MOI
the pace oi beginning survey OF eyt..l,,
pouhuaIies OF inns claim. TOTAL arca Oh.
braced by ileexteriol pourcar;,s =, , w..
SN-N~~'A'NA"O ~p.1cS dtISS, less Siek IA
conflict with Ola bible Back lode, su,,sS
No. liOo; not~c.aiiucd. le57 acres. Be-;
area claimed and sought to he ps;e.;ra
containing 1851 acres Survey koJji,
lie location OF this mime is rccoy,ieo Il,
the county Recorders ciiice oi Cus,r,
county, iaaho, on pages 351 anu 80 d
BOOK a. vi Record Of Quartz Mining
Cialms. The nearest Known mining Gains
are TIE Frac,iVn lcue On the east, The U;d
Bible Back Oh the sUuth aEu Tie Lujveri
uln on the west
All persons holding adverse claims then.
to are required 10 presen; the salne bc,o,e
tbs Office within siAty Gays iron. the L.ss
DAY vi publication hereof or thew VII, ks
barred .. Virtue vi the provisions Of lie
statute.
1t is hereby ordered tia, the foregoing
notice Ut application tor patent be PUB,
lished tor period of sixty GAYS ten c.i-
sscutive Weeks in the kEIcnUa hIYs.o.E,
q weekly newspaper published at hsicLum,
IDAHO. ". Ii. BEGuhLAu.
p, Register.
First publication, March Is. ISIS.
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love for the sweetheart Of his youth.
had not departed. and in q reasons
able time after the death of his wife
he married the woman who was his
first love, though they were long
past the meridian Of life. They
lived happily and their devotion was
q matter of remark. Love brings
about peculiar circumstances. There
is a case in this county where an
employee at the court house met q
woman in court who was seeking a
divoce from man who had abused
and neglected her during the short
time they lived together. She was
divorced and married the court
house employee. Some years after
ward he met his wife's first husband,
and at once gave him a thrashing
for his treatment of the woman
who was once his wife.
Love has made persons do mean
and spiteful things. 1t is related
of an English divine that after he
had become famous be did not
think he could marry the woman
he had fallen in love with in his
student days. He married titled
woman. The other woman was in
censed, and every Sunday sat in
front seat, when the minister
preached. She also opened milli-.
merry shop opposite the church so
that her existence was ever evident
to her false lover.
An instance of the devotion of a
lover is that of an American artist
who was sent to England by his
wealthy father with the expectation
that he would marry lady of title.
He fell in love with his model, and
thinking to impress his father,
painted her portrait and sent it to
him. The reply was that he could
marry his model, but it would cost
him $500, 900. Notwithstanding this
he and his model got married, and
while she cost him q fortune be is
satisfied. He has become one of
the famous artists of this country.
New York Dispatch.
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Mining Application No. AZ.
Z. 8. Land Office, HALEY, Idabo,i

Z. s. Land Office. HALEY, Idaboi
Marc!. I, lsss
Notice is hereby given that Jane, b.
Wood " hose pos;Uiiice address is Goid5urg
Custer county, idaho. anG Fred Philips.
by Ills attorney. INTACT, l.. Il. Johnston,
whose posto1fiCe address is Cbalis, Custer
county, Idaho, have made application iar
q patent for SIS linear feet and surface
ground, as shown on the plat VI the
"FRACIlON"
lode mining claim posted Oh the cls!n
bearing silver and other minerals, situate
i'll East Fork mining district Caste! ctul'
ty. Idaho, and described on the ciileial l!St
and field notes Oh file in this office, with
magnetic variation a, lso IS L., ss fuiioN'.
viz:
Beginning at discovery point Of SAID
mining clam and running from said ois'
covery n lac 22' W 20 feet to center NORTH.
erly end line; thence $50 10 " 800 ieef 10
corner No /, whence L. s. NJ. NJ No bears
$50 IL W 1874 feet distant; thence -
To- + 5l6.6 feet to corner No 2; th.nte'
lao AZ + 1918 feet to corner AO5; the"o
N.79C ~, " SIP feet to corner No 4; tneH''
N lac 22' W S35 feet, the place ol beginning
ursyey of exterior boundaries oi cah''
containing 1905 acres. No coI-nicts OUT
vey lilo. Iii,
The location of this mine is rccerdeo ~
the County Recorders Office OF CSsa;;
county, IdahO, on page sSS BOOK . AZ. vs
Record of Quartz Mining Claims NV
nearest known mining claims are thf =:
roiese lode ON the east, the Old Bipis pay.
on the south and the Idaho lode W '"'
west. ,,,...
All persons gliding adverse claims ih nti,,
to are required to present the same 1* ,,,t
this Office within sixty days from uic n I 10
day Of publication hereof. or they Va" n.
barred by virtue of the provisions Oh '''
statute. .,,..s
1t is hereby ordered that the io y, u"u.
notice of application for patent ve r ZEN.
lished for period of sixty DAYS .. wn AK
secutive weeks in the KErcnta hk, .shnn,'
weekly newspaper publish.oe a. hei,"
Register
E;ray nrhI;caf;nn March Is, l5sD.
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LEGAL.
Mining Application NJ -


u y Land Office, HALEY. 1d.b,
Not1ca II hereby given thu lse.
WOOD, whose postoffice address !. scs N1ss b
Custer county, Idaho. Fred D. b H;n1ldbusx
James >: Rainey, by their attorna,il ps aud
=; Il; Johnston. whose postoff;ce ssy!,,iin:faet
Chalns, Custer county. Idaho audres i,
apphcatlon for patent for i5on lave i;ss mads
ana ~ ,s surface ground, as shown on ,hu iee.
"old Bible Back
lode mining claim posted m 81,
bearing silver and other minaro me claim
in East Fork mining district r,,i situate
", Idaho, and described in the OFF,. coll
and field notes on file IN th;. o o.r pia,
viz: L. Is follows
Beginning at discovery no;,.
mining claim and running frnn' OF said
covery 30 Al. E 27S feet To con, SAID dis
erly end line; thence S 6so " n 9si north.
corner NO l, whence u S. Miner.ofT eet,o
ment MOI bears n SO AZ w Y q, Monu.
distant; thence n $50 L 535 feet ' ~ feet
No2 thence s 70 A, Is" w Saso q Corner
corner NOS; thence 80 IS, iI,5 1eet to
70 corner NO thence s $50 " aa 1f st
corner NO .; thence N $50 70, W Io S seet TO
w AASA 49,, SicACc n ITO 40, l. ,.SSt
feet to corner No l, the place q, - l&7
the survey OF exterior boundaries s 81
lode mining claim, containing /; sS ~ sa'l
No conflicts. Survey HOS. '0 ae1ss
The location Of this mine is rsc,.s.
the County, Recorders Office OF '' Se IN
county, Idaho. on page 354 Of Book :. ssas S
record OF Quartz Mining Claim. r Of
nearest known mining claims are ~. The
ton lode on the north. the Idaho Ieda rae.
the west and the Native Metal loJs 'o .'n. en-
south. '0ue On the
All persons holding adverse cla;r a..
to are required to present the SANE t a,ae'
this office Within sixty days from nv "e s
day Of publication hereof. or thev =" m;i nIst
barred by virtue of the provisions 81 CIV !, %
statute. VI tls
lttis hereby ordered that the for.,o;.
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