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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19
XIII.

"Sakes alive! what's kuepfn tina.
Iliram?"
There could be no mistaking that
voice, which penetrated my Office,
though the speaker was out of sight. i.
vas not a voice of smooth tones and
delicate infections, yet it was attrac
tive in Il homely, everyday sort of way
therein resembling it's owner. Now
and then it grew sharp, when cjrcum
stances were particularly trying, but
it never suggested nagging. At this
particular moment there wns in
it "a note of anxiety, which reused
me from a pleasant after-dinncr half
doze to throw up n window and
send glance toward the gate, where
Mrs Weston stood, shading her eyes
with her hand, the better TO peer down
the road.
whats the trouble?" I sang out to
her.
That peslly Hiram oughter been
back hours ago." said she. ''What'can
he be n. doin' of, anyhow"
Where did you send him."
-'Down to the beach with the team,
after load of gravel"
"Perhaps he's been begged. It's
quite possible, if he didn't keep h:seyes
open. Just where did you bid him go?'
II told him the best place was the
South Cove, but he might find some
good 'nough at a pinch near Jol'nson's.
Whichever place he went, he oughtcI be
back want to see him partie lar this
afternoon"
$50 do I. II he turns up in the mex:
half-hour, please let me know of it,
"Yes, indeed, doctor, I'll be glad to,
she answered; and after parting sur.
Yey of the neighborhood, she reentered
the house. 1t was the afternoon foi-
come to the aid of Miss Gray in such
timely fashion, hut neither she nor
had yet succeeded in getting an oppor-
tunity 10 thank him for his assistance.
Both of us were anxious to prove our
gratitude, and Dorothy, as knew, had
decided 10 give him IL token of it in the
shape of trinket, quantity carved
watch charm, which she had picked up
in one of her trips abroad. All things
considered, it was rather curious
choice she had made, although the
thing was sufficiently pretty to appeal
to the unframed instincts of the boor
she had every reason to suppose him to
be. So far as l was concerned, the
question was more puzzling, but |
had determined to offer him money.
Whether he would accept it was doubt
full, but. at any rate, the proffer might
be made, with the alternative idea of
picking out some present later on
which would meet his approval in case
he declined the cash.
ITO BE coSTISUEDl
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was worth considering but sentiment,
such pleasing diversions filled many
an hour. Sometimes l paused to con-
slider how completely the girl was DOM
mating my thoughts. Even when a
glimpse of Hiram Jones going stolidly
about his business reminded me of the
uncertainty of my position, found
myself speculating more about what
she might think, if the worst came to
pass, than about the extent of the mis-
fortune over Lamar's head, and possl-
bly, over mine as well. On shipboard
we had been very good friends, she and
j. We were very good friends now.
but with a difference. What a dull
ride ] had if she declined to accom-
pany me! how the evening dragged IL
she kept out of sight. what a wretched
substitute for her presence was even
the best pipe in my growing collec-
tion! How was it that when we were
together, even il our talk languished,
the lime never passed heavily? How
had it come about that i no longer de-
bated the question of her beauty, no
longer compared her with this girl or
that? Such questions / asked myself
now and then, puzzling my brain with
endcavors to answer them in any other
way than the one in which they could
be answered. The simple truth of the
matter was, of course, that had fallen
in love; but for difficulty of compre-
henson commend me, above all things.
to a so-called simple truth. Anybody,
If he will take the trouble, can follow
out a long and logical deduction, but 10
very few men is it given TO perceive at
once the meaning of the thing which,
once understood. we call self-eyident
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Y | |

Hiram Jones, tramp, farm laborer,
busybody, detective, or whatever he
might be, furnished for month my
principal cause for anxiety. Lamar's
Indifference to the mans doings was
more than j could explain to my own
satisfaction; for, if the owner of the
house ON the knoll had reason to fear
any great peril, how was it that he
could hear so calmly tidings which in
dicated at least that he was under sur
,eillance? 1t was as if a willy old fox,
after a long run from the hunter,
should sit contentedly watching stray
hound circling about him, instead of
retreating post-haste out of danger.
There was certainly the argument that
lamar should know very well the par
ticular point from which he was mem
aced, and the character of the agents
likely to be employed against him;
but / could not find ii convincing.
Greatly as i disliked him, his apathy
fretted me. Even enemies, when fate
makes them partners, can generally
be counted upon to cooperate &c win
the game. Now. here was L, quite
ready to do my best to beat our mys-
terious opponents, yet hampered, or
nj least discouraged, by the indiffer-
ence of the player whose stakes were
hazarded upon the result. The situa-
ton seemed 20 be entirely false.
If Jones was spy, in turn diligent-
ly played the spy upon him. No time
was lost in confirming his identity with
that of the man who had aroused Car
penter's suspicious, result easily nc
complished by bringing the horse-deal-
er on a pretended errand to Rodney
town and having Jones at work near
the house as he drove by. After this
preliminary, ] devoted many hours to
watching Mrs. Weston's retainer, with
out getting much reward for my pains.
The man went about his various tasks
in the most matter-of-fact fashion, APP
rarently concerned in nothing beyond
them. 1 had expected that as soon
as he learned of my daily visits to the
house on the knoll he would attempt
to question me about its occupant; but
not once did he display interest in my
hermit patient. In short, the only new
elound given for my suspicious was
furnished by a habit he developed Of
solitary strolls about the neighborhood
when evening put an end to his work
on the farm. A little of his gruffness
had worn off, and, barring this liking
for lonely raInbles, there was nothing
to distinguish him from the other la
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From the vantage-poini OF later years
I have figured out, 10 my own satisfac-
tion nt least, that passed from the
comparatively placid state OF sriena-
ship about two weeks after Dorothy
Grays arrival in Rodneytown. The
realization of the change came nearly
fortnight later. not through any tri-
umph of reason, but through an acci-
dent in which my part was that of =
mere spectator, and which required less
time in action than IL does in telling.
Returning one morning from the house
ON the knoll, sought the young lady,
as | usually sought her at that hour.
| DIR. Banks had asked me to look out
| for two or three of his more distant
patients--he had sprained his right
arm badly and was keeping as quiet as
possible--and thnt day had plnnned a
long drive, which it was probable she
would enjoy. She was not in the house,
Mrs. Clark said, and l was gazing about
rather disconsolately, when | caught
sight OF N parasol showing above the
walls of a lane leading TO an orchard
in the shade OF which Miss Gray some
times passed n morning Setting out
in pursuit, | gained upon her so rapidly
that when / turned into the lane she
was not more than a hundred yards
in the lead. TO my surprise, she halted,
then turned with II cry, and, picking up
her skirts, began to scud toward me,
in full flight. as / saw an instant later,
from an old and evil-tempercd boar,
usually safely penned behind Mrs.
Clark's barn, but evidently very much
at liberty Mt that particular moment.
The brute was close to her. His tusks
looked as long and sharp as knives; as
he galloped on, they came nearer and
nearer TO his prey. gave shout and
spranG forward, buthad she been forced
TO depend upon my aid her danger
would have been great indeed, for long
before / could have reached her the
boar would have overtaken her. He
was right at her heels, when, armed
with n stout club, Jones sprang over
the wall and struck viciously at the
brute. The blow fell fairly upon the
animals snout, and ended abruptly his
pursuit of the maiden, who, however,
sped on until she ran almost into my
arms. l got her hands in mine and took
soma time to assure her that she was
safe, before coming down to the mere
detail chat the Farmland had been her
rescuer. She turned to thank the
man, but by this time he was SONS
distance up the lane, driving the cowed
and grunting boar back TO his prison,
IL envy that fellow" said l. I'D
give anything to have had that chance
he improved"
would you?" said she, with nerv,
Gus little smile. at was a dangerous
privilege. Ugh," and she shuddered
at Tic recollection. what a terribl,
animal that was! never was so fright
ened in all my life"
, Let us go back to the house." i sug
gested, You win hardly enjoy a Wis
it to the orchard after such an adren
, ture.
NO, indeed she said AFTER thii
/ shall be more careful. ihave Learned
something from this experience"
And so have L. was my thought, TO
in that moment of her peril the veil o
doubts and questions and theories an'
speCulatiops had been tom from IN,
eyes, and / had learned the simple trutl
) which explained them all, yet which
! they had served to hide from me.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

1t is The time OF year when people
thould look out for prairie fires.
Albert PLACER, aged "A, shot and
killed his ll-year old brother at Sew
ard, Oklahoma.
The lumber dealers Of Oklahoma
and Indian territory held two days
session at Perry last week
A Choe.aw Indian. Lon Bohapnon
by name, was sho. and instantly kill.
ed at Durant, /. T., recently,
Albert Jenkins of Rock Falls, COM
mitted suicide one day last week He
was i'll at the time OF committing the
deed.
Deputy Marshal Canton, of Pawnee,
shot and instantly killed Bee Dunn, OF
Payne county, one day last week. II
is claimed by Canton that he shot
In self defense
Muskogce has natural gas and Goa,
oil The scent of gas and conl oil be-
came noticeable in n well that was
being drilled at a depth of LIZ feet,
and the sound of escaping gas could be
heard fifty feet from the well.
Oklahoma people are praying for
cold wea ther. The fall has been very
mild and every thing is still growing,
and, attracted by the warm weather
and vegetation, Rrasshoppers have
come in from the north and are de-
vastating and running the wheat
fields, doing great damage everywhere
they have appeared.
South McAlester q. T) Capital: The
Chickasaw Legislature has decided TO
rebuild the &C ,demy burned at Bloom
field only short time ago. They
have appropriated the sum of sl4, ,00C
to be used for that purpose. Superiu.
tendent Willis has the matter OF let
ting the contract in hand, and will
take immediate steps, SO that the
work can be commenced with as little
delay as possible.
A month ago a number of prospect.
ors, who had begun to open up The
mines In the Wichita mountains, were
arrested and brought before United
States commissioner at Anadarl1o.
The commissioner has just rendered
his decision declaring that ther, wa.
no law under which they could be
held and therefore dIscharging them.
The men have returned To their work
with supplies and tools. They now
have shaft sixty feet deep and are
taking out ore assaying 200 TO the
ton.-south AcAlester Il. ~ Capital,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19
Law Is Violated.

Guthrie Leader; The Oklahoma
game law prohibits the sale or ship
ment out of quail or other game, but
The law is being violated daily. The
territory is alive with quail and it has
been discovered within few days
that hundreds of birds were being
shipped out daily in egg cases, with
one layer of eggs on top. Sixty cases
packed with quail were seized in cold
storage in this city, and yesterday
special officers were sent to Kansas
City, Dallas, Wichita and other points
to watch shipments and locate the
shippers, who will be prosecuted.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19
Pound Dead In the Woods.

Oklahoma City Times-J ournal: This
morning some boys found the dead
body of Joe Markle in the woods two
miles south and seven miles west OF
this city. He was shot in the breast
and neck with winchester shot gun
and ii is supposed that he committed
suicide as his own gun was near by
him. He left his house yesterday
morning TO gather some peanuts and
had gathered one basketful and bad
left with his gun supposedly to 90
hunting. Nothing more was heard
from him until his dead body was
found as above stated.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19
Beware of ointmcnts for Catarrh thai
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely dernngc the wholesy
TEN when entering II through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they VIII DO Is
rive from them Halls Cntarrh Cure man
ufactured by #. J. Cheney q Co.. Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, ard rs taken in,
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be suro you get the
genuine. IL IL taken internally, aud made
In Toledo, Ohio, by f. j. Cheney q Co Tcs'
timonals free.
Sold by Druggists, price fsr. per bottle.
Halls Family pills are the best
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19
known by His Walk.

A tutor of one of the Oxford colleges
who limped in his walk, was some years
ago accosted by a well-known politi
clan, who asked him If he was not the
chaplain of the college at such time,
naming the year. The doctor said he
was. The interrogator observed: II
knew you by your limp" "Well.' said
the doctor, sit seemed my limping
made deeper impression than my
preaching" "Ah. DOCTOR" was the re
ply, with recdy wit, "it is the highest
compliment we can pay a minister tc
say that he is known by his walk rather
than by his conyersation."-St. Louis
Star.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19
THETERRITORIES.


Cleveland Bee: The farmers are IN
The midst OF corn and cotton harvest
The crops of the triangle this year is
without precedent and while the peo-
pie of the states are Eroaning and
saterwauling about hard times the
sitizens of this section are revcling in
peace and plenty, Aud We editors
poclSetbook bulgcs out with mighty
bulge,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19
Physicians wise in Their Generation.

The above class OF scientists re. o. anizc.
and have repeatedly borne testimony, To the
efficacy a. Hostettcrs Stomach Bittcrs rs II
remedy and preventive OF lever and aguo,
rheumatism, want OF vigor, liver complaint,
and some other ailments and iniirn con-
ditions of tie system. Experience and OBJ
scryation have taught them It's value. They
but echo the verdict long since pronounced
by the public and the press. Only the be-
nighted now are ignorant of America s
tonic and Alternative.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19
Don't Tobacco spit and smoke Your Lie
Awny.

II YOU want 10 quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be made we'll strong, magnetic,
ful OF new life ard vigor, take o-Bac,
the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong MANY gain ten pounds IN ten days.
over AGO 600 cured. Buy No To-Bao from
your own druggist who win guarantee q
cnre Booklet and sample mailed free, Ad'
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago orNew YORK.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19
That JoYfuI Feeling

With the exhilaratiug sense Of renewed
health and strength and internal cleaulint ss
which follows the use of Syrup OF Figs Is
unknown to the few who have not pro.
gressed beyond the old-time medicines and
the cheap substitutes sometimes offered uut
never accepted by the well-inIorlned.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

Silver grape scissors and grape fin
gers are in order. The FIRST snips the
fruit from the cluster, the second picks
Il up and conveys IL TO the mouth of the
,uxuriant person who eats IT,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

CENTER shots are what tell one bullet H.
the bulls-eye is worth ten that jest miss II
~ WENT to two receptions last night
and lost my umbrella at the last" cts q
wonder you didn't lose IL Mt the first one. "
''That's where got it.n-Ex.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

John Warwick, the telegraph super
.atendent of the Midland railway Of
England. who died recer ". was the in
vcntor of the block system. used on
many European railways.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

DR.. Charles James Brnnch, bishop o.
Antigua. who has just died, had spent
the whole OF his ministerial life in the
West Indies, and was beloved by all
classes.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

AFrrR THE "RAzzLE. - "Brace up, old
man. I'll have to be OF, or my wifo won't
speak TO mo when | get home" " Lucky
- Sydney Bulletin.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

Mn CRMsoSBE.K--"Do you think, my
dear, that the time will ever come when the
men will do the cookingl" Mrs. Crimson
bcalS --"Not in this word, John."- Yonkers
Stnipsmun
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

SUPERSTITION FonED. "Somebodv has
invented mirror that will not break.n
"Graoiousl Now how are we going to tell
when there Is 81 be death In the housef'-
Chicago Record.
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to hide, he
knows that
p r o b a b ! y
som ewhe ere
or other on
the look out
Is a detective
W aiting to
lay his hand
on him.
When any
disease at
ia cks man
X in d q n d
hides itself
in the human
system, no
matter h ow
obscure or
implicated
th e disease
may be, Ma
ture among
n er gr a I
force of de-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

A DISCOVERY. .-"rve discovered some
thing the most fractious broncho can't
throw,D "Whats thatl'' Kisses. Chat.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

II DUNNO which Is de wust O. do two,n
said Uncle Eben, "de man dat thinks he's
too good ter he in politics er dc man dat s
90 bad he has ter be put out Washington
Star.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

A NUMBER Of youngsters Of this town en-
gagged In battle the other dav. Not a
stone was left unturned TO make the affair
A success West Union Gazette.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

COULD not get along without Piso Cure
for Consumption. 1t always cures. MRs
Il. Q. MorLroS, Neodham, Mas, Oct. 90, ~.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

DoS'r Neglect Cough. TskeSom Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar fnstdner,
Pike $ Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

"You,' shouted the long. lean man, ''you,
sir, are no patr ot." "Well, what II
ain't' retorte,. the short. fat man. "Elcc-
TONS over, amt I'titf'-Indianapol Journal
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

Miss SHARPE ~ celebrate my 9th birth.
day to-morrow.n Miss Odago "lndeed
And isn't 1t singular' SO do III Miss
Sharpe -"Oh, but celebrate mine Tor the
/ first Time l'-Tit-Bits
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19
Natures Detectives.

Tur best of us owe more TO chance than
we are willing to admit.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

CAscARETs stimulate liver, kidneys ana
bowels Never sicken, weaken or gripe.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

JusT try 10 box of Cascarcts, the fines
liver and bowel regulator ey,r made.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

WHEN bilious or costive, eat Cascaret,
canOy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 10c, 25c,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

BEING gentleman is hiding your mean.
ness.-Atchison Globe.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19
PROMINENT CITIZENS TALK.
Add Their Testimony to Hun
dreds of Others.
One OF Them n Minister OF the Gospel
Another an Ex-Postmaster All
Unite in Pronouncing Pink
Pills for Pale People One
of the Greatest Reme-
dies of the Age.
From The Sentinel, Cheroltee, Kansas.

From the Sentinel, Cherokee, Kansas.
Rev. j. B. Wies, minister of the NJ T..
Church. who has been n resident OF Chcro-
lsee Knnsns Tor tho ma, fourteon yenrs
saii ,ocontI, 70 a ,e,,or,or.
''au 49,, siS " 80 . w -. 49,,
ferer from rheumatism and my cond ton
became such that could scarcely walk. l
lost nesh and suffered untold misery Tor
many months. During that tiine 1 tried
several remedies which IL was claimed
would cure rheumatism, but got no relief
from any of them.
zone day my nephew advised me TO try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, rs he stated they
had cured his wife of sciatica sent 10 the
drug store aud got u box. had taken only
few doses of the pills when began to i'm
prove, and when j took the last pill in the
box was cured. N q thcre mas been no re
turn of the disease since"
MIS- Neine Lschpee, wlle OF Wy Altor-
ney 1. >. Liscn, &c, OF Ctierokee, Kansas, Ia
an interview win reporter on July iath,
ioS', saio One year ago iass Marvh, had
asevero attack oi AZ grippe Wnich lelt me
WIN SERIOUS case OF scihtlca, for seVetm
weehs suierea VI hehseiy anu NY Ii,hos ~, Ve
sauie SO arawn .lial c"ul1 hoe Wa me ne,
IaLnAy physclan was cal,eo in pue couIu
give me only e,npornry reLiei py inJectlons
OF morpnlhe. 4 ieareu WOMB pecoine
neIpless rhNhllo LOT hie hnu was ABOUT 70
oespalI OF ever oeiilR rur9a wien my h,iht ! |,
,,,5 ~, S I'm . 20 my ha
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-11-19

Then a crime is committed, no matter in
II corner of the earth the criminal tries
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-20
Ionr Trip with u wheeIbarrow

Seventeen years ago, n 1878. Lyman
Potter, OF New York state, performed
the prodigious task of pushing a com
mon paddy" wheclbarrow across the
continent. lie started from his home
on Dane street, Albany, N. Y, on the
morning of April 10, 1878, and arrived
in San Francisco on the afternoon OF
October of the same year, being al
most exactly one hundred and seventy
eight days five hours and three min
utes over, in performing the wearisome
feat. Potter was a shoemaker, and the
trip was the result Of a wager made by
some friends who believed that such a
trip would occupy at least two hun.
dred days. The wager was one thou
sand dollars, but Potter made between
three and five times that sum advertis
ing for different parties along the
route. The wheelbarrow was made
specially for the use to which it wa
put and weighed but seventy-fiv'
pounds. The distance travelled by Pot
ter was exactly four thousand eighty
| five and three-quarter miles.