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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

as possible between the post and him.
self. He know he could get another
horse at Jose'a, so Brown Dick was
never spared an instant. At three
o'clock, galloping free, the gallant
horse was stretching away northwest
ward over the low, rolling earth-waves
that seemed to spread to the very lap
OF the Mescalero, spanning the horizon
toward the setting sun. Far behind
him, the scattered ranches and the
sparse green foliage of the Santa Clara.
sandy barren, dotted everywhere with
little dull-hued tufts of coarse heritage
or stunted sage. Ahead of him the tor
tuous, twisting, dusty trail, denied
with scores of footprints, the tracks of
Grafton's troop on it's way to the res
cue. By this time Randy was burning
with thirst, but the water in his can
teen was warm and nauseating. He
raised the felt-covered flask to his lips
from time to time and rinsed his mouth
and moistened his parching throat, but
that did not allay the craving. he had
still 30 miles to go before he could reach
Jcse's and exchange Brown Dick for
broncho, and have DR.. Gould renew the
dressing of his wounded arm. He
knew that Florence had failed to appear
there, but he knew her pluck and spir-
it, and believed he knew the reason
that there might be sojourners there
either from the Catamount or from the
post who would seek to turn her back
OF hold her there; and he knew that in
her overwrought, half-maddened state
she was starving for her mothers pet
ting and her fathers arms. He knew
her so well that any attempt to dissuade
her now would result, he felt assured,
only in frantic outburst and more de-
termined effort to push ahead.
Then he had another and even better
reason for thinking he could quickly
find Mignon's trail, although it might
be miles to the north of Jose's. On
their return from their latest visit to
the Catamount they were having a
glorious run with the hounds one love-
" November morning, and the jack
rabbits led them far out to the north
of the road among the buttes and
powders that clustered about the
course of little stream, barely yard
wide anywhere, that rippled out from
among the foothills only to be lost in
the sands of the desert to the east. One
vigorous old rabbit, close followed by
the hounds, had tackled suddenly and
darted up this narrow valley, and Floy
Ill kol
er him, while Randy, guiding Brown
Dick behind, watched with fond, proud
eyes his young wife's graceful, fear
less riding. Far up toward the head
of the brook poor jack had been tossed
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26
STORY OF THE GREAT LAKES.
A Fruitful Source of Material for
the Writer'S of History
and Fiction.

There is much of thrilling interest,
much of romance, much of daring sur
rounding the shores of these lakes,
much in study of the early periods of
their history, for the historian or the
novelist. A long time ago-so long it
seems like ancient history to us-the
first white man, probably about the
middle of the sixteenth century, saw
these lakes. It is not so easy to fix a
date for this event, but we know that as
early as 1880 to 1910 the French priests,
the voyagers and the coureurs de bois,
the trappers and adventures of the day,
visited the eastern lake region on the
north. They came with two messages:
one bore tidings of the commerce, and
proved that the French nation was alive
to the value of the new country; the
other told the story of the Christian re-
hgion. 1t were we'll, perhaps, to men-
ton another message more or less
baleful brought by the adventur-
ers; for there were adventures among
these earl y discoveries who had
no other motive than to seek the strange
and the exciting, and to spend their
days in the alluring and proftless occu-
patton of seeing how many hairbreadth
escapes they could enjoy, in how many
scenes of pillage and robbery they could
take part.
Those who have written so gracefully
and elegantly of the early history of the
regions surrounding the northern por-
tions of the great lakes have but begun
to tell the tales which will be told with
more and more freedom of invention as
the writer's of the future come to ap-
preciate more and more what splendid
storehousc of material lies in this
Northland.-W S. HARDWOOD, in St. Mich
Olas.
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closest pursuer and then bounced
upon by the painting hounds, and Ran
dy found that they were in little am
phitheater among the buttes-found
the little spring in which the streamlet
had it's birth, and there they dismount-
eG and unsaddled and let the horses
roll; and here. they took their luncheon,
and had happy, loving hour, all alone
with the horses and ,hounds in this lit
tie world of their own; and Floy had
named the spot-a fond, foolish little
caprice, perhaps, and vowed that it
was to be her refuge by-and-by. ''This
is where am coming to build my lone
ly cloister one of these days, when you
grow weary of me, SIR" she had laugh
ingly said. And now, as he piled spurs
to Dicks heaving sides, Randy won
dered, wondered whether it might not
be that she had made that wide detour
around Jose's purposely to find and re-
visit that romantic little nook and there
pour out her grief to the solitude of the
silent foothills.
At five o'clock Brown Dick was black
with sweat and dust and streaked with
foam, but still pressed gamely on, and
Randy, with white, set face, in which
deep lines of pain and WEAKNESS were
craving, gazed fixedly ahead with burn
ing, fevered eyes, conscious that
strength was failing him and praying
for the first sight of those dun adobe
walls of Jose's sheltering ranch.
Just at seven o'clock of the early win
ter's evening the denizens of Josess heard
the thud of horses hoofs at the gate
and the hail of feeble voice. Jose's
wife at that moment was in half-tearful
talk with Mrs. Hayne, who from dawn
till dark had been on watch-hoping
against hope for tidings of Florence,
and who now, wearied with long vigil
and well-nigh worn out with anxiety,
was lying down in search of sleep.
Gould, veteran soldier and surgeon that
he was, could no longer bear the sus-
pense and inaction at the ranch. He
had borrowed one of Jose's horses, and,
with a half-breed Mexican for guide,
had ridden away at dawr, hoping to
strike Grafton's trail and follow him
into the mountains, whittier he was
supposed to have ridden in pursuit of
the Apaches. Gould was skeptic. He
said he didn't believe dozen Apaches
were off their reservation. He didn't
believe half a dozen had ventured over
the New Mexican line, and if any had
he was willing to bet months pay
they were not hostile. This was com
forting to Mrs. Hayne, but Jose's people
were not SO easily cured Of their con-
viction. BY the time the rumor reached
the ranch, brought In by stampeded
herdsmen, no one Of whom had seen IN
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

posterous demand. It was they who
haunted him at the San Francisco club,
and the man, drunk and triumphant,
insolently demanding money that
night, had fred that well-nigh fatal
shot when repudiated, defed, and
struck. The very next da y at their
hotel came a letter warning them to 81
lence as to the identity of the assailants.
So long as these latter were allowed to
escape arrest they would keep the Sc
cret, but if arrested and brought to
trial they would proclaim McLane a
blgamist. All this was made known to
Uncle Mellen, and he, too, backed the
niece's cause and kept up the deception.
Tut no one could tell where the first
wife was hidden. "She will be pro-
duced when needed, and her money
must be paid through her sister," The
money, large sum, was paid, and then
there was temporary peace. But Nc
Lane dropped and died under the
weight of shame and anxiety. There
was quarreling between the widow and
the guardian and further demands
from those cormorants, who now OPEN
~ threatened to claim the dead mans
estate for the widow and her son-they,
a. least, knew nothing of the latter's
death; and then Fanny, coming to Sedg-
wick, tried to reassert her old sover-
eighty over Merriam and to gain pos
session of the papers of which her hus-
band had told her and which Randy had
long since sent to Parry, but concern
ing which she had never spoken to her
brother-in-law, believing him to be ig-
norant of their existence; and it
pleased Ned Parry to let her live on in
ignorance that he had them. He took
curious interest in making study of
her, and had, without consulting his
client, a more than professional inter-
est in the case.
But now Bullock, the man who shot
McLane, had been traced to and ar
rested in Chicago, together with his
dashing helpmeet. Uncle Mellen had
been Frustrated by paralysis as a re-
suit of the news. The secret could be
no longer kept, and Fanny McLane,
hunted, desperate, scheduled, and
self-drugged, believed herself a ruined
woman when at last Ned Parry came.
Too i'll to see him, she seemed at
least relieved to know he had come, and
that night in Grafton's parlor he sat
gravely listening to Harriet's recital of
what Fanny had detailed to her, max
ing no comment, but taking it all in,
when, just at tattoo, trooper dis
mounted at the Gate and hora IN Mrc
Grafton brief missive from her hus-
band. 1t was written that morning
nearly 20 miles northwest of Jose's
ranch.
"You must prepare Merriam for the
worst" it said. There is reason to be-
lieve poor Florence has fallen into the
hands of a little band of Apaches. The
sign is unmistakable and we are Just
starting in pursuit.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26
CHAPTER XVI.

Late that anxious night one battalion
of the rifers returned to Sedgwlck,
Haynes company one of the four, and
very grave he looked when told of the
events of the past 4S hours. Acting on
the report of Capt. Grafton that Apache
signs had been found in the foothills
north of Jose's, Buxton had ordered an
other troop to march to reinforce him,
ard this troop Hayne obtained permis-
sion to accompany. It marched at
dawn, so he had barely three hours in
which to prepare. Mr.. Parry, wearied
with his journeying and many cares,
had been escorted to Merriam's vacated
quarters by Whitaker some little time
before midnight, and there he was
made welcome by Hop Ling and given
the room abandoned by the master of
the house so short a time before. Many
people, between anxiety as to the fate
Of their beloved Florence and their
eagerness to receive the rihers on their
return, sat up until two o'clock; but
Parry, though filed with anxiety as
keen, was well aware that nothing was
to be gained by his spending wakeful
night and listening to all manner of the
cry as to the cause of the fair fugitive's
sudden DETECTION from the road to the
ranch. Hayne, therefore, did not meet
nor see him, but, as soon as it was light,
rode forth ahead of the troop, meaning
to go first to Jose's, see his wife and DIR.
Gould, and then strike out northward,
confident of meeting the second troop
somewhere in the open country that
there spread for miles before him.
Buxton had sent party on the trail
Of Merriam within an hour of his dash
and with orders to bring him back to
the post, but they had not been heard
from since their start, ''and," said Whit
ta]Ser, "they're not likely to be. Those
fellows barely ride one mile to Randy's
two. It's my belief he will just pull up
at Jose's and then 60 straight on to the
foothills, as probably she did,
But Randy was having ride the like
OF which was not recorded in the annals
of Fort Sedgwick since the days when,
long before the war, the First Dragons
and the Navajos battled for the master
ship of the Santa Clara. Ignorant as
yet of the report of Apaches in the
foothills of the Mescalero, his one the
DRY was that she had gone to Jose's,
intending from there to push on to the
cantonment. The thought of her dar-
ing so long and so hard ride at time
when she should be guarded with the
utmost care was in itself source of
dire distress to him, and he could hard
II have speeded faster and with grim
n1er determination to defy all pain or
WEAKNESS had he dreamed of the dead
~ perils that lurked about her path.
Of the fact that Valdez and his few fol-
levers had eventually fled northward
and across the road to the Catamount
he had heard nothing. Through Hop
Ling's chatter he had gathered that
Grafton and his men were gone in
search of Florence and that Mrs. Hayne
and DR.. Gould were at Jose's. He dare
not stop to make Inquiries at the gar
rison. He was under medical care
therefore under doctors orders, and
on complaint of the acting sur
geon it would be perfectly com
petent for Buxton to place him
in close arrest His one idea, there
fore. was 70 put a. much ground
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26
M NAVelfv.

I'm afeard," remarked Farmer Corn
tossel, ''thet the period of usefulness fur
that politician is about to be drawed to
a close.'
'What's the matter?" inquired his
wife, lis it case of overwork?''
"No," was the answer; tain nothin'
SO unusual as overwork. It's plain,
old-fashioned case of overtalk.-Wash-
ingtOn Star.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

Our Treatment Of Spanish Captives.
Never before in history was there case
where defeated and captive enemy re-
celved such generous treatment as we gave
the Spaniards. Other nations are aston
ished:, Equally astonishing. are the cures
brought about by Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. Never before in history has there been
80 successful medicine for the weak, debili-
tated and nervous, for stomach and liver dis
orders like dyspepsia, indigestion, biliousness
and constipation. All nations have benefit
ed by it, and all praise it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26
STATE OF Ono, CITY OF TOLEDO,

LUCAS COUNTY, 0'
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the city of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol
lars for each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in NV
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.
1856. A. w. GLEASON,
Seal Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
tree r. }; CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the BEST
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

Dear Editor:-If you know of a solicitor
or canvasser in your city or elsewhere, espe-
f f'any 1 man VINO has solicited for subserip
oring, or man who can sell goods, you will
confer a favor by telling him to correspond
with us: or if you will insert this notice in
your paper and such parties will cut this no.
tlce out and mail to us, we may be able to
furnish them a good position in their own
and adjoining counties. Address
AMERICAN WOODEN MILLS Co., Chicago.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26
After the Concert

Mr.. Wellwood-How did you like
Nine. Medley?
Miss Highrocks- was wnetched.
I'm astonished to hear you say that.
I thoughtshe was in fine voice."
''Oh, her voice may have been all
right, but I'm sure the gown she wore
never could have been made in Paris. -
Leader.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26
Not to BE Frightened.

Said the minister to an old lady Of an
irreligious disposition: woman! dye
mind there's place where there's wall
ing and gnashing of teeth?" "Yeu No
fright me WI that, !" said the dame. Tvs
never ane left in my head to gnash VIZ
Household Words. III
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

The easiest way to take the conceit out O
an amateur is to induce him to become pro
fessional.-Brookly Life.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

Often what man calls principle is mere
bit of seeking to force his views upon others
Washington (la.) d. mocrat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

Piso's Cure cured me of a Throat and
Lung trouble of three years standng.-E.
Cady, Huntington, Ind, Nov. II, 1894.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

If people kick to you take it. so good
naturedly that they will feel ashamed CT
themselves. This is good advice, but we
don't expect you to take it; no one takes
good advice.-Atchison Globe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

w hen loafer finds man busy he always
inquiries in the genial way common to loaf
ers: Gibson Globe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

She-'You never see my husband laugh at
bis own jokes He No; but you can't
blame him for that Yonkers Statesman.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

Where's it gone? Ask St. Jacobs Oil. 1t
cured that bruise-gone.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

How My Throat Hurts!-Why don't you
use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar?
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

No one has ever been able to explain why
bald-headed men have their hair cut oftenel
than other men.-Chicago Daily News
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

The most tiresome thing on earth is a prac
teal joke.-Atchison Globe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

1t is easy, sure. 1t will vanish. Use St.
Jacobs Oil for Neuralgia. It's done.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

Some men are so dignifed that they never
unbend until they are dead broke.-Chicago
Daily News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

More people would have bad habits if
didn't cost too much.-Washington ia.
Democrat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

Its gone" he said. 40 years of rheuma
tism. St. Jacobs Oil did it,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

St. Jacobs Oil cures Soreness.
St. Jacobs Oil cures Stiffness.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

See! Bad sprain is cured St. Jacobs Oils
magic worked it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

Never mind a cane or crutch. St. Jacobs
Oil will cure lame back.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

We have but little respect for man who
cant discover the easiest way to do things
Washington Qa.) Democrat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26
II Hand 5
ON

If it was only health, We
might let it cling.
But it is q cough. One cold
no sooner passes of before
another comes. But it's the
same old cough all the time.
And it's the same old story,
too. There is first the cold,
then the cough, then pneu-
monia or consumption with the
long sickness, and life tremb-
ling in the balance.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

Two of a Kind.-<<They say dreams 90 by
contraries, do they not?'.' "Yes-dreams
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26

loosens the grasp of your cough.
The congestion Of the throat
and lungs is removed; all in
flammation is subdued; the
parts are put perfectly at rest
and the cough drops away. 1t
has no diseased tissues on
which to hang.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26
DR.. Ayers
Cherry Pectoral
Plaster

draws out inflammation OF the
lungs.
Advice Free
Remember we have Medical Depart
ment If you have any complaint what
ever and desire the best medical advice
you can possibly obtain, write the
doctor freely. You will receive q
prompt reply. without cost.
Address, DIR. j. c. AVER,
Lowell, Mass.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-05
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PORTLAND, February 4, 1888.

PORTLAND February T. 1885,
THE EXTRAORDINARY SELLING
THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN OUR
LINENS DEPARTMENT THIS WEEK,
HAS CLOSED OUT MANY OF THE
SPECIAL LOTS ADVERTISED, ALSO
MANY OTHERS. WHICH WE'RE NOT
ADVERTISED AT ALL.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF BAR
GAINS HERE YET, HOWEVER, WON
DERFUL VALUES IN TOWELS. TABLE
CLOTHS, DAMASKS, NAPKINS,
QUILTS, SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES,
ETC, ALL OF THEM QUITE AS
WORTHY OF YOUR ATTENTION AS
ANY WE'VE SHOWN.
TODAY, SATURDAY,, IS THE LAST
DAY OF THIS SPECIAL SALE.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-05
GENTLEMEN. ATTENTION.

If, as it has been said, "the public are
quick to appreciate good thing there
will be large audiences to hear Miss
Arnold, supervisor of Boston schools this
afternoon and evening. Gentlemen are
cordially invited to hear this brilliant
woman, perhaps more widely known
than any American educator. Her salary
OF S37S0 dollars is more than many
colleges presidents receive, and one OF the
largest paid to any woman in the country.
Miss Arnold was born and educated In
New England, made q name for herself in
the West, and recalled to Boston few
years ago. She possesses natural magnetic
qualities that make her the friend and in
spirer of her teachers Not q theorist, but
a practical resourceful woman, and as
such she will have something of definite
helpfulness for all. She will speak this
afternoon at St. Lawrence church at
three o'clock. Again in the evening st
| the Advent. church at eight O'Clock. All
clubs belonging to the Literary Union
have been invited to attend. These
lectures are free to all, and everyone
should be interested in her topic. "Duties
OF Mothers to the Public Schools"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-05
COMMISSIONER OF PHARMACY.
Lively Campaign Now In Progress For the
appointment.

There is a quiet, but rather lntense
campaign in progress justIat presen'
over the appointment Of member "
the state board of pharmacy to succeee
Mr.. Frank r. Partridge Of Augusta
whose term expires in March. INF
self and his opponent is Joseph T. Young
of Augusta. At it's meeting in th1s clty
last July the State Pharmaceutical asso
citation voted to recommend that MT
Partridge be reappointed. This recon-
mendation has been generally equivalent
to.a nomination, and Gov. Powers wher
notified of the vote Of the association
replied to Secretary Porter saying that
he saw no reason why the request should
not be granted. The association and MI
Partridge naturally accepted this as final
and were somewhat surprised to learn
short time ago, that Mr.. Young was a
candidate for the place and that no other
person than Joseph H. Manley had re-
quested his appointment
The Pharmaceutical association in
cludes in membership nearly all the
druggists in the state and they are some
what indignant that politics should be
lowed to interfere in the appointment.
They have swelled the executive mail
quite appreciably with protests, but with
what results remains to be seen. MIR.
Young was made member of the assocl-
alton last July.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-05
SILyERsWEDDING.

Thursday evening, Mr.. and Mrs. II. i.
Clark received their friends at theirlhome
444 St. John street, in honor Of the 25th
anniversary of their marriage. The
house was tastefully decorated with
evergreen and cut flowers.
Mrs. Spear presided at the piano. as
sisted by Miss Alice Littlefeld, soloist
and Mr.. r. M. Watson, violinist. In
an adjoining room the coffee table was
presided over by Mrs. Page, assisted by
Miss Ella Knight and Miss Edith Pan
cost; the chocolate tablesby Mrs. A. B,
Watson. assisted by Miss Clara Pancost
and Miss Pearl Watson. The many and
costly presents showed the esteem in
which this worthy couple are held. There
were nearly hundred guests present.