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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-01-26

What Sancho said in answer is not
recorded, but now he was watching the
coming of the stage from Yuma. Soma
one had warned him Lieutenant Blake
would return that way, ordered back to
the old post, to the north, as witness
before an important court martial
Those We're later termed "the days of
the empire" in Arizona. Perhaps 5000
souls were counted within it's borders
at the time our story opens, not count
ing the soulless Apaches. Arizona had
the customary territorial equipment of
governor and certain other officials
Nine men out of the dozen Americans
in the only approach to town it then
-Tucson-would have said
'Damfino" if asked who was the sec
rotary, but all men knew the sheriff.
The grave, cigarro smoking, serape
shrouded caballeros who rode at will
through the plaza and ogled dark eyed
maldens peeping from their barred win
dows could harbor no interest in the
question of who was president of the
United States, but the name of the post
commander at Grant, Lowell or Grit
tenden was household word, and in
the eyes of the populace the second lieu
tenant commanding the paymaster's
escort was illimitably "a bigger man
than the thrice distinguished soldier
and citizen whose sole monument up
to that time was the flagstaff at the
adobe corral and barracks sacred to his
name
MIR. Blake had never been in such a
God forsaken country or community be-
fore, but there was something in the
utter isolation. the far stretching waste
of shimmering sand, the desolate noun
tain ranges sharply outlined, hostile and
forbidding, the springless, streamless,
verdureless plains of this stricken land,
that harmonized with the somewhat
savage and cynical humor in which he
had sought service in the most intolera-
BILE cline then open to the troops Of
Uncle Sam. Blake had been Tilted and
took it bitterly to heart. Wearing the
willow himself, he cherished it as the
only green and growing thing in the
I ella valley. whereas had he sought
sympathy be would have found other
young gentlemen similarly decorated,
and therefore as content as he to spend
the months or possibly years of their
imbittered life just as far from the
madding crowd and, as Blake cynic
ally put it, "as near hell.
Blake was man of distinction, as
relatives went, and those were days
when friends at court had more to do
with Il fellows sphere of duty-yery
much more-than had the regimental
commander or even the adjutant gen
eral Blake took Arizona in preference
to tour in the signal office at Wash
ington He wanted to get as far away
from the national capital and the favor
lite haunt of "the army and navy for
ever as he possibly could. 1t was the
most natural thing in the world to him
that he should ask for duty in the land
of deserts, centipeds, rattlesnakes and
Apaches He put it on the ground of
| serious bronchial trouble which could
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-01-26

officer One of them after quiet
glance about the neighborhood, strolled
out toward the stage, hands deep in the
pockets of his wide trousers. There he
seemed casually to repeat his leisurely
survey of the surroundings Then he
lounged back
No go, said he in low tone; "both
of 'em there yet; young Teller changing
his dress. Their dinner ready, though
The colonel's writing y
Presently Sancho, grave and delibeG-
the shadows of the bar and came close
before he spoke.
He goes to ride-that youth Know
you whittier? And he has no horse"
And, as though to confirm this state
ment, with his quick elastic step Loring
came forth to the side gate, dumped
his valise into the stage, turned and
looked keenly over the group, then as
quickly approached them. He had dis.
carded his linen coat and trousers i'll
favor of a pair of brown cord breeches,
with Hualpai leggings and light spurs
A broad belt, with knife and revolvers.
was buckled to his waist A silk hand
kerchief was loosely knotted at his
throat light colored felt hat was
pulled down to his eyebrows, and dust
coiored gauntlets We're drawn upon his
hands. "Sancho /" said be, "haye tha5
roam of yours saddled in ten minutes
How much if l keep him week.
Everything in my house is at the
service of the senior captain, began
Sancho grandiloquently. "but as to that
horse
No other will do How much a
week? Though may keep him only
day
Senior, he is the horse of my broth
should come
Full value will be paid Here,
and a glittering goldpiece, double
eagle, flashed in the sun "Waste no
talk now Take this and saddle him. =
Slowly, gingerly, with thumb and
finger tips the ranchman plucked the
coin from the open and extended palm,
then bowed with the same native grace
and gravity.
''Come. Loring, growled the colonel
impatiently, dinner. !" and Sancho
caught the name
1.-The Senior Loreeng-will not ride
him hard-or far? It is to the camp Of
the major he goes?"
But, turning on his heel, not another
word would Loring say. Ten min
utes later, his hunger appeased with
bacon, frijoles and chocolate, he mount
ed and rode quietly away eastward IN
til Sancho's ranch was two miles be,
hind, then gave the roam both rein and
spur and sped like the wind up the
ella, two of Sancho's Oldest customers
vainly flashing on his trail
Go be continued
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-01-26

"AdiOS. Suncho, Hnstd otrd utStn,"
be cured only in a dry climate. but the
war office knew as we'll as the navy de
partment that it was an affair of the
heart and not of the throat
He wasn't the first man by any man
ner of means to fall in love with Made.
leine Torrance the prettiest girl and
most unprincipled flirt that ever wore
the navy button or tormented a sailor
father Blake sought the toughest duty
that Of escorting inspectors, staff off
GERS or paymasters Oh their wearisome
trips through the wilderness, and no one
denied him The cavalry was short OF
officers, and he got assigned to San
fords troop, and the biggest surprise
that had come since his commission met
him one day at ella Bend when that
same old red stage. relic of California
days, emerged from the dust cloud of
its own manufacture and quiet youth
in pepper and salt and sand colored cos
tune looked up from behind a pair of
green goggles and said, Hello, Blaker'
1t was the voice, not the face. that
the tall trooper recognized.
"Well-of-all-th what in
the name of Pegasus brings you here,
Loring? thought you had graduated
into the engineers. y
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-01-26
CHAPTER II.

Just what an officers actual rank
might be i'll the days that followed close
OH the heels of the war was matter no
man could tell from either his dress or
address Few indeed were they who es
capped the deluge Of hrevets that poured
over the army and soaked some men six
deep
There were we'll authenticated cases
OF we'll preserved persons who had never
so much as seen battle and were yet,
on one preteNt or another, brevetted
away up among the stars for faithful
ard meritorious service recruiting
mastering or disbursing.
We had colonies by title whose func
lions were purely those OF the file closer
We had generals by brevet who had
never set squadron in the field and
didn't know the difference between y
pole yoke and pedometer
Every captain, except one or two who
had laughingly declined, wore tho
straps of field officer, some few even Of
generals. and so when one heard mil
itary looking man addressed as coonc;
the chances were ten to one that liz
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-01-26

Several personal letters tell to the ground
who had captivated Mr. Loring was
suspected by neither officer at the time,
and that despite the efforts and the res.
olution of both men both women were
destined to reappear upon the stage and
temporarily, at least, reassume their
sway was something neither soldier
would have admitted possible. Yet
stranger things had happened, and
stranger still were destined to happen,
and the first step in the drama was
taken within the fortnight of this
chance meeting at ella Bend.
Sancho, studying the coming stage
with Blake's binooular until it dived
into the arroyo 500 yards to the west,
handed that costly instrument to the
silent, dumpy, dark skinned woman
who stood patiently at his side and said
briefly "Dos. " at which she vanished,
and after restoring the glass to its hid
ing place in her bedroom was heard up
lifting shrill, raucous voice at the
back of the house ordering dinner to be
ready for two. When the vehicle came
rafting up to the door, Sancho stood at
his threshold, the old lorgnette in hand
bowling profoundly as two travellers,
officers of the army apparently, emerged
in their busters and stiffly alighted
Have any letters or dispatches been
left here for me?' asked in quiet tone
the elder Of the two, limping slightly as
he advanced, leaving to his comrade the
responsibility of seeing that none of
their luggage had been jolted out OF the
rickety vehicle
One or two hangers on came languid.
ly yet inquisitively within earshot
For answer the ranchkeeper, with an
other elaborate bow, produced bulky
official envelope. The officer glanced at
the superscription. said, This is for
me, " strobe within the adobe walled
corral, halted under a screen of brown
canvas and there tore open the packet
Several personal letters fell to the
ground, but he paid at first little heed
to them. Rapidly his eyes ran over
sheet of closely written matter then he
turned to the silent and ceremonious
ranchman.
when did this Gomez he asked
At sunset yesterday senior CONAN
dante.
Where's the courier
He returned before dawn today
The loungers drew still nearer as the
senior calmly turned to his companion.
who. having assured himself that their
impeuipenta were all safe, came with
quick. springy step to join him.
Where do you suppose Blake and
his detachment to be at this moment.
Loring?'
Perhaps 30 miles ahead, sir. over
toward Maricopa Do you need him
colonel?''
Yes, and at ouce. Our bird has
flown In other words, Nevins has
skipped. -
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-01-26

"Fact. said the newcomer senten-
tiously
"Well. what's an engineer doing in
Arizona? I'd as coon look to see an arch
bishop
Scouting, said the dust colored
man. Where's dinner?''
In the shack yonder, if your stom-
ach's copper lined. Better come over to
my camp and take pot luck there.
Which Loring gladly did and then
went on his dusty way, leaving Blake
with something to think of besides his
own woes. Within half a year of his
graduation from West Point the young
engineer, one Of the stars of his class,
had been ordered to report to the gen.
eral commanding the division of the
Pacific and was set to work on mill
tary map in that generals office. Ior-
ing found all maps of Arizona to be
vague and incomplete and was ordered
forthwith to go to the territory and
gather in the needed data That he, too
should be lasslorn never for moment
occurred to his comrade of the line
Had such facts been confessed among
the exiles of those days many com.
radeship of the far frontier would have
been strengthened.
That the girl who duped Gerald
Blake should have been known to her
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-01-26
20 Cents GIVEN AWAY.

Cut this out and take it to the
druggist named below and you will
receive regular 25c size bottle of
Or. Sawyer's Ukatine for sc. Uka-
tine positively cures all forms of
Kidney difficulties, Dyspepsia, Con-
stlpation, Head nv ache, Rheuma-
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and makes sallow and yellow skin
white. Do not delay, but take adj
vantage of this great offer, as thou
sands bear evidence to the wonder
full curative powers of Ukatine.
Will A. Hamler, Extra, Iowa, J.
f. Luse, Ross, lava.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-01-26
A Haunted fiouse.

'The haunted house in this case,
said the old college man. twas occupied
by very estimable and intelligent
gentleman ETe did not believe in
ghosts, but two nights had made him
look old and careworn, and there were
certainly loud. strange and startling
noises in his attic. They would continue
right up to the time that some one en-.
tered the haunted room. but the open
ing of the door was the signal for =
most oppressive silence
Half Il dozen of us college fellows
asked permission to investigate. and it
was gladly granted We waited till we
heard the noise. and assure You tina,
there was plenty of it 1t continued ur
til we had crept up stairs, but ceased
when we entered the attic We waited
there without result till big Hicks Of
the football team. carried out plan
We closed the slide to the dark lantern,
slammed the door noisily, as though
leaving. and then settled down to wait
Presently the noise began We flashed
the light in its direction. and there was
a. jug rolling back and forth rapidly.
the handle striking the floor with a
loud thud
Must be spirits in that jug.
laughed big Hicks, but his laugh was
tremolo Wen see and he let go with
one Of his famous kicks that shattered
the uncanny vessel Then every fellow
let out yell and jumped as though
trying to knock a hole in the roof A
rat had crawled into the jug and had
been frantically trying to get out. -
Detroit Free Press.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-01-26

'Sdncho," said he hare that roam OF
yours Saddlcd In ten minutes"
gers to mate sprawled full length or
the sand beneath the shelter of tent
fly and watching the officer from under
his half closed lids A grunt of assent
was the only reply
Know what regiment he belong
TOP queried No. /
No, but it's cavalry, - was the muir
INJURED answer; saw him straddlinS a
broncho at Maricopa Wells last week.
He knows how -
Somewhere within the ranch a tri-
angle began to jangle "Quima "a do r.
shrilled little Pedro, and three or four
lazy, browsing forms began slowly to get
to their feet and to shuttle away toward
the doorless aperture in the adobe wall,
the entrance to the dining room of the
stage and ranch people Two men lin
gered, the two who were specializing as
TO the military connections Of the young
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-01-26
To the Public.

We are authorized to'guarantee every
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rene
dy and if not satisfactory to refund
the money to the purchaser. There is
no better medicine made for la grippe,
colds and whooping cough. Price 25
and soc per bottle. Try it, For sale
by c. Houston, Extra, A. H. Roberts.
Audubon,
The times., 1899-10-09

try and only one clerk is detailed to attend
to the opening and answering of them. In
addition TO this, Major Sylvester has no as
sistant at present, and the bulk OF the work
OF police details falls on him. Captain
Austin, who is supposed TO act as the
deputy superintendent, is engaged as in
spector of the suburban district and mas
ter of equipment, so that he is rarely in
his Office.
In his estimates for the coming year
Major Sylvester requests the allowance of
and additional inspector to take the place
Captain Austin now fills. and allow the
latter to act as deputy superintendent 1t
is expected that should the force be in
creased by the addition of the fifty men
requested by the major, a number OF new
details for clerical positions at headquar-
ters viii be made out and thus relieve
the present force of the extra duties they
are compelled to perform. II some time
occurs that the clerks are not able 10 leave
their desks until late hour at night, and
during celebrations, such as the recent
reception to Admiral Dewey, the major
and his entire staff have been confined to
their desks until after midnight. Another
change which it is believed will be made
is in the Office of the chief of detectives,
where private is now detailed for duty
as clerk TO the inspector. The detective
force is small, but the work done by the
office is extensive. and it needs the services
of an assistant Major Sylvester has made
provision for the appointment of an extra
The times., 1899-10-09
THE ANCIENT zoDIAJ.
The Subject for Discussion Before
the TheosophicaI Society.

Ihe SuDIect IOf ofscuSston
the TheosophicaI Society.
James Albert Clark addressed the Theo-
sophical Society last night at the Metzerott
Building the subject being "The Ancient
Zodiac, Key to Many Scriptural Phrases"
The lecturer laid some stress on the wis
dom of searching for all avenues of truth
in interpreting sacred books of all nations,
and denied the charge of theologians that
Theosophists in thus approaching Scrip
tural study were tearing down the Bible" !"
Touching the special topic of the even
ing, reference was made TO the claim that
the Jews. Platonists, and the fathers of
the Church believed in a celestial writing
'1n Holy Writ the heavens are repeatedly
spoken of as book or written scroll,
said the speaker ''The astronomy relied
on by the prophets and wise men OF the
East was not all born in Chaldea, much OF
il percolating through the esoterie schools
of India, Persia, and Egypt. Nor was IT
that of Hipparchus, for so ancient are the
zodiacal consultations, so long has their
meaning been lost TO sight, that scholars Oh
. OO0 years ago do not seem TO nave Deen
much wiser than our own authorities on
these subjects. Hipparchus and Ptolemy,
who lived about the time of the Christian
form and order of unquestioned authority,
unknown origin, and unsearchable an
tiauity.' Yet the Hebrew prophets were
versed in this ancient lore, and the priests
were not. The rule holds today in that
priests and preachers do not represent the
scientific thought of the times. The book
OF Job is intelligible only on the swing OF
the mighty galaxy of stars around the
Pleiades. and the pictures in Revelations
are incoherent unless one attempts to un-
derstand the school in which the writer was
educated.
"The shepherd prophets. in their early
| training. watched their foeks by night
studied the heavens, and exchanged views
with the fitting caravans which iourneyed
/ chiefly at night over the hot desert lands
The zodiac of Denderah, Egypt, records
three sidereal years, about $4,000 OF oul
years When Rev Robert Taylor wrote
Bind il about thy neck, write it upon the
tablet of thy heart. everything Of Chris
tianity is Of Egyptian origin he wa:
honest, undoubtedly; but if he had to write
it today. in the light of the Sanserit trans
lations OF the past fifteen years. he probably
would have given thought TO India
The times., 1899-10-09
DELAY In SMELLS Case
His Trial for Murder Not Expected
to Begin This Morning.
Counsel for the Slayer of Lizzie
Weisenberger Have Asked for u
Continuance - District Attorney
Anderson Expected to Take Per-
sonaI Charge of the Prosecution.

Nearly two months ago, August II, just
six days after Benjamin H. Smell murderel
little Lizzie Weisenberger, it was prac-
tically decided that he would be called to
answer for the crime today in the Grim
inal Court of the District. 1t is very prob
able, however, that the case will not be
called today, because the prisoners coun-
sci have asked for continuance, and it
is believed that the grounds for post
ponement are sufficient to warrant a de-
lay being granted. There is little doubt,
however that the delay, if granted. will
be for as short a period as is possible un-
der the circumstances.
The crime with which Smell is charged
is almost without parallel in the District.
At the time of its commission public opin-
ion was reused to such an extent as to
demand his immediate trial. There were
no petit juries then empaneled, and the
melting out of justice to the prisoner was
necessarily delayed until the opening of
the present term of the Supreme Court OF
the District. The murder with which Shell
is charged was committed Sunday morn
ing, August 6. The Friday following an
indictment was returned against him by
the grand jury. It was then decided by
the District Attorney that he would be
called for trial at the earliest possible
moment and 1t was agreed that his case
would be called up today.
There are two other prisoners in jail
charged with murder-Frank Funk who
is under indictment for the killing ot
William Brooks, June %, 1897, and Dock
Tharp, who shot and killed Aaron Bishop
at the Sixth Street depot May 30th last
1t is doubtful, however, if either of these
cases will be ready for trial during the
present month.
| The next case of Importance, which viii
! be called for trial during the present term
of court is the Keickhoeffer case, in which
the accused is charged with the embezzIe.
ment of large amount of money from
! the Government. An indictment was re.
turned against Keickhoeffer nearly three
years ago and the case has been under
preparation ever since. 1t is only withir
! the last few months that the accounts OF
! the accused have been so arranged as Il
| put in proper form for presentation to
! Jury The case has been prepared b,
] Assistant District Attorney Taggart, anC
! IL is expected that he will prosecute 1
| personally. The defendant will be repre-
! sented by A. s. Worthington, and as grea
| interest is at stake, an interesting lega
| battle is anticipated.
Ii is expected that District Attorney An
derson will prosecute the Smell case il
person. and that Assistant District Attor
ney shillington will represent the Govern
ment in the trials of Funk and Tharp.
number of cases OF minor Importance hav
been set for trial today in Criminal Court
Nos. / and 2. The persons against whom
indictments were returned by the gram
fury last week will also be arraigned thi
morning in Criminal Court No. l.
The times., 1899-10-09
Arrivals Mt the Hotels.

Arlington-H. II. Haine, II. a. Bayne, and p
A. Turner, New York; ". E. Carr. Dayton; f. C..
Brush, Boston; II. L. Chaparrare, Jackson. Ohio.
Ebbitt--W. 4. Herman, Augusta Me; C. A.
Wheeler, Boston; J. II. McElroy. Chicago; G.. r
Turner, Canton, Ohio; +. Black, Springfield,
Mass; j. h. Hammond, New York.
RaIeigh-C. IL. Damon and r. w. Reynolds,
Boston; Z. c. Bryan. Philadelphia; \. +. MelIer,
Chicago E. II. Jones, Cleveland; +. Barry. Nil
waukee c. P. Krautz aud \. Lope, New York.
Riggs. J. Hendy. sun Francisco; W. d. Ed
mondson, North Carolina; P. ". Iianiaad, New
York: : W Scott, Philadelphia.
Shorchanl-T. b. Reed, A. Baldwin, t. F. Cary,
T. 4. Catfery, NJ. J. White, and G. Gainsiay, New
York; J. H. HAL, Hartford Conn; D. GilmOdr,
Trenton, Ont; c. f. Carroll ST Louis
Wellington-J. B. dis, Chicago; W A. Lack.
New YorS.
Willard'-H ]. Truesdeil and ". H. Hale, New
York.
The times., 1899-10-09
Will Draw "A Crowd Today.

On Wednesday, October 4, the well known cloth
ing firm of NJ Dyrenforth & Co., 922 Pennsylvania
Avenue, purchased for spot cash. the entire stock
OF mems, boys, and children's suits and over
coats from Henry Mann & Son, manufacturers, OF
20 Hanover Street, Baltimore. The price paid
was Sl6,sa0, which secured a stock valued at
S42 00O This immense stock is being sold by
Messls Dsreniorth & Co. at fifty cents the
dollar OF actual value. The sale began last
Saturday morning and win continue until the
entire stock is disposed Of Having sold the
product of Henry Mann & Co.'S manufacture for
years Messrs. Dyrenforth & Co. feel warranted in
giving their own personal guarantee for complete
satisfaction with every garrpspA Of this stock
doubtless attract another crowd Of buyers today