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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03

Indian, but each of whom could tell
tremendous tales of their doings in the
valley. it was declared that at least so
of Victories old band were raiding the
Santa Clara and might be expected to
assault Jose's at any moment. The
corral was filled, therefore, with scrag-
gy COW ponies and swarthy men, and
the sight of an officer, one-armed, pal
lid, exhausted, Keeling earthward from
an equally exhausted steed, was all that
was necessary to complete the panic
Over half the MeXicans present made a
mad rush for the subterranean refuge
known as the ''dug-out," and but for q
couple OF troopers who had put into
Jose's with famed and useless horses
Randy would have gone headlong to the
ground. They caught him just in time,
and bore him inside the ranch, where
the sight of his death-like face drove
Jose almost frantic. But the troopers
knew what to do for their officer and
speedily brought him round, and when
he asked for DIR. Gould they told him of
his going, and Randy's next demand
was for coffee and fresh horse.
FRO BE CONTINUED
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03

posterous demand. It ssas they who
haunted him at the San Francisco club.
and the man, drunk and triumphant,
insolently demanding money that
night, had fired that well-nigh fatal
shot when repudiated. deied. and
struck. The very next day at their
hotel came letter warning them to ST.
lence as to the identity of the assailants.
So long as these latter were allowed to
escape arrest they would keep the Sc
c1'et, but if arrested and brought to
trial they would proclaim McLane
bigamist. All this was made known to
Uncle Mellen, and he, too, backed the
niece's cause and kept up the deception.
Hut 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
ly 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 re-
suit of the news. The secret could be
no longer kept, and Fanny McLane,
hunted, desperate, self-deluded, 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, a trooper dis
mounted at the gate and bore to Mrs.
Grafton a brief missive from her hus-
band. It 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"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
STORY OF THE GREAT LAKES.
A Fruitful Source of Material for
the Writers 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 a 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 tidmgs 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 one-brought by the adventur-
ers; for there were adventures among
these early discoverers-men 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
cscdpeS tHey couiu ENJOY, III 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-
tons Of the great lakes have but begun
10 tell the tales which will be told with
more and more freedom of invention as
the writer's of the future come to APP
preciate more and more what splendid
storehousc of material lies in this
Northland.-W. S. HARDWOOD. in St. Mich
olaS
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
TO MY WIFE.

IT'S many year since you and ].
In holy troth and faith,
Joined heart and hand. and vowed to be
Husband and wife till death.
All me. how much of good and i'll.
OF pleasure and of pain,
Our eyes have seen. our hearts have felt.
Dear wife. dear heart, since then!
Yet in our humble home-nest we
Still happy sit, and sing
A sweeter song than skylarks trili.
In praise of love and spring.
When winter comes 10 US. and clouds
Obscure the light Of day.
We murmur not, because we know
That we have had our May;
We know behind the clouds the sun
Shines somewhere in the blue.
And that the darkest night but brings
The stars more clear to view.
BY bearing one another's griefs.
Their weight one-haif is less.
And sharing one another's joys.
We double happiness:
Life. measured by this golden rule.
Becomes, despite the tears
Which sometimes blur the bluest skies.
A round of happy years.
And with this golden rule. dear wife.
We ever will comply,
In sweet commitment seeing thus
The tide of time glide by.
Ready. whate'er the outcome be.
Life's shade or shine to share,
Content to know its issues are
Safe In our Fathers care.
They truest live who live for love.
Love Is life's crown OF bliss,
The soul OF life is deathless love
Who loves immortal is!
Charles ": Hunter, in Atlanta Constitl
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03

in air by the pointed muZZle of his
closest pursuer and then bounced
upon by the painting hounds, and Ran
dy found that they were in a little am
phitheater among the buttes-found
the little spring in which the streamlet
had it's birth, and there they dismount-
&c 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 Fioy 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 1 am coming to build my lone
~ 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 fixediy 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 Jose's heard
the thud of horses hoofs at the gate
and the hail of a 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 half-breed Mexican for guide,
had ridden away at dawn, hoping to
strike Grafton's trail and follow him
into the mountains, whither he was
supposed to have ridden in pursuit of
the Apaches. Gould was a skeptic He
said he didn't believe a dozen Apaches
were OF 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 a months pay
they were not hostile. This was COM
forting to AIRS 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 an
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03

as possible between the post and him
self. He know he could get another
horse at Jose's, so Brown Dick was
never spared an instant. at three
o'clock, gailoping 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.
Far away on either hand, the lumpy,
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 its 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 80 miles to 60 before he could reach
Jcse's and exchange Brown Dick for a
broncho, and have DIR. Gould renew the
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
or hold her there; and he knew that in
her overweight, 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 Afignon'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
and Mignon, all excitement, darted aft
or 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
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
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,
and this troop Hayne obtained permis-
sion to accompany. 1t 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 rifiers 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 defectioR 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 DR..
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
taker, 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 go straight on to the
foothills, as probably she did,
But Randy was having q 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 Nayajos 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 fromthere to push on to the
environment. The thought of her dar-
ing 30 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
IL have speeded faster and with grim
mer 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 fed 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 to put as much ground
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
No NoEeItE.

I'm afeard, remarked Farmer Corn
tossel. tibet the period of usefulness fur
that politician is about to be drawed to
a close"
whats the matter?" inquired his
wife, sis it case of overwork?
NO" was the answer; faint nothin'
so unusual as overwork. It's a plain,
old-fashioned case of overtalk.-Wash-
in0tOn Star
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
The Two Extremes.

Wiggs-I really can't help smiling
when 1 see little SnapIeigh out with
that lanky wife of his. she looks so aw-
fully tall with him
WasZs-Yes. 1 daresay; but 1 can
tell you she's very short with him at
times.-AlIy Sloper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
English Live<y Stable Joke.

Job MasIer-IIn airaiu. sir, L must
ask you to pay IN advance for the hire
of the horse.
Amateur Rider-What's that for2
Are you afraid that 1 shall come back
without the horse?
Job MasIse-Oh. no; but the horse
might come back without you.-Tit-
Bits.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
Not to he Frightened.

Said the minister to an old lady of an
irreligious dispositions: woman! dye
mind there's place where there's wall
ing and crashing Of teeth?' "Ye1l no
fright me wi that" said the dame. 1--WE
never ane left in my head to gnash wi. !"
Household Words.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
&If51f NJ lzsdaSg
A Problem for Her.

Are you good at arithmetic, my
sear?" asked MIR. PerkasIe OF his vile.
Il was accounted the very best
arithmeticIah at school,. replied Mrs.
Perkasie with q touch of pride in her
Foice.
II have problem for YOU"
Estate it,"
How can l buy SOS worth of presents
Eith SIS in cash and no credit?"-
Judge.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
After the Concert.

Mr.. Wellwood-How did you like
Nine. Medley?
Miss Highrocks-She was wretched.
I'm astonished to hear you say that.
thought she 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
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
Hard Luck.

Visitor-It's sad about the man who
was found dead in his room from blow
ing out the gas.
Hotel Manager-Yes, it's too had.
Nobody has claimed the body. and as he
paid his last dollar for the room we
don't know who is going to pay for the
gas.-Chicago Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
AEreeinr ,ytth Her.

Don I You InInk, Leonldas, said Mr..
be assisted in Ies.uIng u perfectly in
dependent and untrammeIed exist
ence?"
Certainly. Henrietta" was the an
swer, land / presume that is why SO
many of them consent TO get married"
Washington Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
Disqualified.

Poor Mrs. Motherdere!" ex-
claimed MIR. Meektons wife .
What has happened to herr"
''She had te DECLINE our invitation TO
read paper on the proper manage
ment of children because she was too
busy looking after her family
Washington Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
In PaaaRnf.

A nsid-her name / will not give
For years had dyed that she might i've.
She dyed her cheeks. she dyed her lips.
And she likewise dyed her finger tips.
But she died at last and left q store
Oh dyes. and now she'n dye no more
Chicago Daily News
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
The Social wAIrI.

Trotler-What has become of StTuck-
lie? When i left he was making des-
pcrate efforts TO get into the first So
ciety. see
SIomer-By the time he got in the
people who then composed the best
society had bursted up. SO he's now as
badly off as he was cefore.-Na n
Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
Speakins from Experience.

Pupil wonder how it is that the
blind receive more consideration from
us than the deaf?
The Phiiosopher-Ther reason is plain,
my son. 1t is because they are able
20 listen to our old stories and yet are
unable TO see our shady nctions.-AIIy
SlOper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
Winter Weather.

The crimson of the forest leaves
When the autumn days are gone.
But the toper's nose grows redder
AS the winter weareth on.
-Tammany Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
CHAPTER XV.-CoxrINUED.

They found her grave. headstone and
all, but could get no trace of her long
devoted lover. 1t was surmiSed that he
had taken what was left of the money
and gone elsewhere in search of con-
ISOLATION. McLane came back to New
York, met Fanny Hayward, fell in love,
and Uncle Me1len urged the match in
every way; and we know the result.
There was fortnight in which McLane
seemed the happiest of men. Then came
n shock. Fanny found him nearly
crazed with trouble. A letter had come
supporting to be from that supposed
to-be-dead woman demanding further
heavy payment as the price of her ST.
Hence. McLane honestly told Fan the
truth, and was astonished at her de-
cision. She babe him pay the money
and have done with it,
They might have doubted the genu-
zneness of her letter. but there was no
doubling that of young McLane's dying
statement. witnessed by the officers
from Sedgwick. He declared his moth
er alive. And so one crime led to an
other. No sooner had they reached
California than the whole Perkins
family seemed resurrected, and black
mail was their business. The eldest
sister demanded heavy hush-money,
and it was paid The second sister
turned up with her husband and a pre-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
10 the Same Bu.Ine...

$50 her husband Il an ed!Ior! Q
"Yes. But good land! If there's
inything in the way of news she can
,eat him publishing ii abroad. BAL
inose Sun
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
Had a Good Time.

First Old Boy-Let me see. your SON
Second Old Boy (gHmly) -Yes, he
appears to have done nothing else-the
bills are coming in still.-Ally Sloper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
One M the Other.

Miles-I'm celebrating the fortieth
of my birth to-day.
Giles-And yet, judging from your
appearance, no one would take you for
fool.
Miles-Why. what do you mean2
.Giles-Nothing- you're not a
philosopher, are you?-Chicago Record,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
I'm q Nutshell.

The other day a wise one spoke.
So the words of wisdom ran:
Woman-she's always working
Embroidery or q man.
-pnalr
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
He Saw It, Then.

Jones-They say the girl Dawson
married was cross-eyed.
Brownies; but he never fully re-
allied it until after her money was
yone.-Puck
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
GnhRRf6n.

Who is the lightweight chsmpion7
Who? Why. bless your soul.
The man in summer who sells ice.
And in winter time sells coal
N. Y. Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
An Object of Pursuit..

cit is money that makes man inn
portant."
- don't know; II seems to me I'm OF
more importance when 1 haven't any
money."-Chicago Record
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
Al the End.

Lives OF millionaires remind US
That although we slave and save
We must leave IL ali behind US
When we rumble to the grave
Cleveland Leader.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
a Hard SfruERIe

Sympathetic Friend-And did your
husband die peaeeably?
Sorrowing Widow-Oh, I'm afraid
not. We had three doctorS-Chicag
Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
such an 0b.tinate Girl.

81 fear" said the fond mother, that
we will haze 10 give our consent 10
Mabers marriage to Mr.. Jones"
whats the matter" asked thectose-
listed father. Wont she elonG -
Chicago Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
AnFe-HnFfens

When he hasn't a brake on his wheel
At the top OF the hiII-it Is said
That the inquest may later reveal
A very large break In his head
Judge
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
Frank indorzement.

Mrs. Hunt-Fron what hear of your
husband. should infer that he is a man
of iron will.
Mrs. Blun-You're right be is. and
pigiron, at that.-gichmond Dispatch
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
Deception.

The man who dyes his hair and beard
Has finally to own.
Thinking others he deceives, a..
That he deceives himself alone.
Detroit Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-03
A Pesaimistic view.

In all vocations. IL appears.
Men plan to cheat and rob:
Even an honest builders work
Is, at best. a put-up job.
Chicago Daily News