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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13

o pocket, for was to ha' that if could
but locate the woman; the man he feels
sure off,
'sWhy of him?"
"That he's not teIlin' the likes o. me,
though I,think he means to lure him."
"Eure him! the fool!" said the civilian.
'eThe man who can overcome Scammeli
with an ever, throttle Clinton an run the
lines on his fist is no bird that can be
touched with salt. Faith! tits nothing but
cold lead an steel that can take him. an /
wish might cross swords with him, for all
his bigness."
"Well, by the piper!" broke in the sol
der, banging his fist on the table, I'm fain
to meet him myself. I'd show him sword
play"
"Shut up, We brag! He'd make but a pinch
o. We! Better stick to the woman, who'd
come easy when We sighted her! What's the
outcome along O. Belden?"
"Belden!" said the soldier, with laugh
and an oath; Clinton will ne'er forgive him
for bringing forward such a mountain o
fraud. He's cen a prisoner on board his
own ship, an Scammell is in the old man s
bad books for havin' blabbed something to
the girl wot not what. There's the devil 8
own muss below, made worse by the fact that
both man an woman ha' gone up to Heaven
or downward, for no sign O. them is on the
island, an they ha' not had time to get off
it by plain means.
'The girl had a pass, was told
CAN passes were stopped, though not in
time at the lower lines, to my thinking. l
fancy the man is in the woods to the west,
an the lass hiding in the city"
"Well! Welt" said the civilian, stretch
ing his legs under the table and refilling his
glass. "Here must bide till the rest come
up. To the devil with rebel spies, man an
woman! I wish I had known that Thorn
dyke was not Lounsbury when 1 had him
unarmed. 'Twould ha' been worth pile;
but bigger pile this day could get him.
Now all this was mighty interesting, and
lay as still as the bench beneath me until the
civilians last remark. Something there was
in his voice that struck me familiar, while
his reference to having met me made me
more than curious. Carefully lifting my eye
above the tables level, beheld the card
sharper of the Bulls Head, his companion
being on-cemmissioned officer and a total
stranger to me.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
CHAPTER XI.-CoNTINUED.
By CEAUNcY c. HOTCHKISS

CHATTER Al.-CONTINUED.
Not morsel of food had passed my lips
Cor more than four-and-twenty hours. I
was tired, not from the miles of walking or
manifold exertion, but from lack of nutri-
ment, and, more than all, from the moral
effect of knowing was being hunted like
wild animal My clothing had well-nigh
dried on my body, but was still damp. I
bad not even the comfort of tobacco, for,
though possessed it in plenty, could get
NO fire, my finder box having been wetted
IN the soaking had endured. had fled
from the sight of man as Satan flies before
The sign Of the cross, but by the time had
gotten on my journey thus far cared little
for Nick Stryker, Rex, the British army, or
xhe devil himself. My sole yearning was for
food, and the SUD had not sunken fairly be-
hind the Jersey hills when, against all rea-
ION, rose from my last hiding place near the
roadside and strobe into it, making my way
toward the tavern as fast as l could walk.
My arms were like lead The gold in my
pockets and the bullets in my pouch had
'Gfty times their weight as splashed through
the mud, but l was protected by a divine
;providence, for no soul saw going or COM
Ing while was on the great thoroughfare.
When I turned into the lane leading to the
tavern some of my reason returned to me,
and I slipped over the fence that I might
not approach too directly the front door.
There were no horses under the shed as l
passed it, fact that gave me assurance, and
on peering through the bar window, I
marked that the room was unoccupied.
The bar of the Dove was, like many of
the taverns of the day, much a refectory
rs bar, and the general assembly room of
che house. As have said, it was deserted,
and barren of light well, the far corners
being so immersed in gloom that I could
barely make out the tables under the cur
-fained windows. My advent within brought
I'm answering sound of steps, and there en-
tered a black man, half waiter and half
Aostier, 1 made out by his apron, the
sable knives in his hand, and general smell
of the stable he brought with him.
Without ado l asked for food-food of any
sort, hot or cold, with bottle of wine, or,
failing in that, stinulant of any description.
q Thought the fellow frightened at my
fierceness, and showed him l meant to pay
Cor all 1 demanded by pulling from my pock-
ct few pieces of gold AID exposing them.
He slipped behind the bar and brought out
"a bottle of rum, setting it on table in the
darkest corner of the room, and then hur-
Eicdly went out, saying l should be served
without delay.
Left to myself, took stiff dram and
looked about me. The room was decidedly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
THREE PRAYERS.

IN infant In its cradle slept.
And In its sleep 1t smiled
and one by one three women kne1t
To kiss the fair-haired child;
And each thought of the days to be
And breathed a prayer. half-silently.
One poured her love on many lives,
But knew loves toll and care;
Cts burdens oft had been to her
"A heavy weight to bear:
She stopped and murmured lovingly:
mot burdened hands. dear child. for
thee"
One had not known the burdened hands.
But knew the empty heart:
At Hfe's banquet she had sat
An unfed guest apart;
"Oh. not" she whispered. tenderly,
IAN empty heart. dear child. for thee. -
And one was old: she had known care.
She had known loneliness;
She knew God leads US by path
His presence cannot bless:
She smiled. and murmured, trustfully:
Goods will. dear child. Gods will for
thee!"
kate Tucker Goode. in the Alkahest.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13

barren in appearance, the only attempt at
Recommendation being in the boughs of
1Ereen stuff that had been piled into the vast
fireplace. The rafters overhead, somber
with age, were black in the increasing dark
mess, and the walls, unwhitened for months
sand perhaps years, were deeply scored with
names and coarse notices craven by sword
points or bayonets, and smutted by
candles held against the rough plaster. The
bar took up a space near the entrance, the
saoer was clean and sanded, and the only
furniture In the room consisted of an i'm
nnense settle in the corner by the chimney,
enc long table with bench betwixt it and
che wall, and four or five smaller tables with
accompanying chairs. In strong contrast
with the prevailing dinginess of the apart
znent were the two windows in the rear of
sxhe room, their curtains of plain stuff az
-uhite and stiff as crusted snow, and the
s1znes az sparkling and brilliant as newly
sz1ainted coin.
With an eye to future action in case of
sznischaace, went to the windows and found
sxhcm unfastened. The view looked east and
showed an infield with stream on one side,
which knew must drain the popds, and
-awamps of the lower Harlem fats in the vi
csnity of McGowan's Pass, and empty itself
<niverted, still runs under the city in the
into the Sound river. This stream, now
.neighborhood of East One Hundred and
Heath street,
The sight of its brush grown banks and
tGhe oncoming night suggested way of es-
sEnue. AsH esst would have been necessary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
CORSICA AND THE VENDETTA.
The Old Style BriEand Ii Not Much
in Evidence In Modern
Times.

Persons who derive their ideas of Cor
sica as it is to-day from Prosper Meri-
mee's novel Colombia" will be doomed
to some disappointment. Manners and
customs have changed great deal in
the island since the date, shortly after
the battle of Waterloo, when the gal
liant British officer and his daughter
visited COLOMBIA in her ancestral castle
at Pietranera. The vendetta, which is
the theme of that thrilling story, has
greatly diminished. During the car
nival we fancied that we had come
upon a real instance of this picturesque
barbarism. One workman killed an
other in a cafe, and then. in the ex-
pressive Corsican phrase, took to the
maquis," or brushwood, which covers
a large portion of the island, and has,
from time immemorial, been the refuge
of outlaws and bandits. This legend
subsisted for some days, and excited a
new interest in life in Corsica, and
quite large demand for copies of
COLOMBIA" But conversation which
I had with the JUICE obstruction who
had investigated the case proved that
it was, after all. as he expressed it.
crime vulgaire, and not, as we had
hoped, crime corse.
We afterward had the satisfaction of
seeing the malefactor led in chains be-
tween two mounted policemen on his
way into Ajaccio. whereas the ira
ditional bandit would have been fed and
supplied with powder and shot by the
country people, who would have rath-
er gone to the stake than betrayed his
hiding place to the authorities. Here
and there vendetta may still linger in
the island. but it has now become
means of attracting the tourist, who is
invited to- buy bloodthirsty looking
knives and daggers, bearing such choice
inscriptions as Vendetta Corsa; morte
al nemico, ("death to the enemy'o; or.
even still more gruesome: Va diritto
al cuore del nemico GEO straight to
the heart of the enemy'). These choice
weapons form, together with gourds
engraved with portraits of Napoleon.
OF tie n@sro's head. which IS the Cor
siean spest, the staple industry OF
4 Ssgs:8s-N Review.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
"a NarrnW Aaneezc,

4 @&reslt pa5d Styling visit to small
gagaaasa tcw@s not long ago, and the
arsee OF a@aasssten Ns@s jxpesce. chill
aeea un&eF tea years of age half price
Il NsaS E5igh's tenth birthday, and her
brother T@a, ssed 70, took Fer in the
ssaezaoah So see t5s shews Arrived at
the saar. BE fEt ee~sa fi8ssenee and
asked for tvs frees seate. How old
Is the issss girl:S aSss9 the IAoney
taksr, eoabtfas5y. We'll said Master
Tenn. 'sthSs SIS be- tastsa birthday, but
she was not born u1stil rather late In
she afteenaen." TIKI money taker ac-
eepfe6 tsse statement and handed him
tie iickafs. But it was close shave
CsFscs~o Times-Herald
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
UNDER A HOT FIRE.
A British Omcer Writes of His Exs
perienceS at the Battle
of COleHs0.

A letter received from a British of
hcer who took part in the battle OF
Colenso says:
"At the start shell from our own
artillery, with a fuse badly timed,
burst in the middle of my company,
wounding about five men. 1 was
knocked down by the explosion and
a portion of the shell struck the
ground at the side of my boot We
went on and gos behind a mound, with
bullets flying within n few inches and
shells bursting over us. A bullet from
a shrapnel hit my side without hurt
ing me, and I kept it as a memento.
We lay as fiat as possible. waiting to
be killed, as no one thought we would
escape. We were under fire from $3.50
a. m. until $3.50 p. m.
"Soon the Red Cross people ap-
peared, and we were relieved from an
awkward position. While lying on the
ground felt bullet skim along my
back, and found that it had made a
hole in my jacket. Our men were
wonderfully plucky. One man near
me got a bullet through him, and
said: 'Ah, and if the bastes haven't
hit me; that's one fer them Imme-
diately the words were out of his
mouth he got another. and. cooler
than ever. said: 'Bejabers, if they
haven't struck me n second tonne
Another bullet struck him just after
and he said: We'll, that's number
three! I do think the blackguards
moight let a Teller alone after they've
hit him vance, Others were laugh,
ing and joking continually.
II actually slept as 1 lay on the
ground, and was awakened by bullets
going ping upon the ground at the
side of my head. One Boer was very
kind. He galloped more than once to
the river with half dozen water bot
ties for our men, and seemed very dis
tressed. He said they were all tired
of the war. and asked what we were
fighting about. He thought the Eng
fish were jolly good fellows Other
Beers looted the dead and wounded,
and one officer was found with fin
ger cut off to get a gold ring.'-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
MAKING BOTH ENDS MEET.
The Heroic Conduct of /. Poor Buf
Proud Young Ma I'm
Critical Situation.

An amusing anecdote was recently
told by a well-known New Yorker
about himself. At the time of the story
he was in small-salaried position OF
the clerical force of the same railroad
in which he is now one of the mighty.
"On my visiting list at that time
were several charming young ladies.
One of the most fascinating lived
near a certain fashionable theater. /
owed this young lady a courtesy in re-
turn for an invitation to a very pleas
urable dance, SO asked her to go with
me to the theater mentioned. The in
viration was accepted, and I bought
the seats.
That done found two dollars and
some small change in my pockets. /
was very absent-ninded in those DAYS
SO when, during the afternoon, one OF
the boys asked me for a loan of
two, I did the natural thing-dove
down in my pocket and gave it to him
without thought of how 1 was to
get along that evening
Later on I remembered my engage
ment, and in turn tried to borrow some
money, but could not find any. There
was an epidemic of hard times among
my friends. Luckily, 1 knew of a for.
lst who could be stood off, so l. ordered
him to deliver nice bunch of violets.
That done 1 had only the supper to
worry about-but with only so cents
to buy it.
After the play we were opposite g
wel1-known oyster place, when the ide,
came to me to propose an oyster stew
l knew she wasn't a drinking girl, and
as the stews at that place were 20 cents
each, there would be ten cents for the
waiter.
'The stews were brought in while /,
was giving her one of my best stories
She was absorbingly interested, and
was seasoning the stew when the eli
max of the story was reached. AS
stopped I saw a dismayed little face
opposite. Several fearful thoughts
flashed through my brain-amone
them illness and cab with a not-to-be-
appeased cabby. But the truth: She
had put sugar instead of salt into hel
stew!
''The only way out occurred to me in
a flash.
You'll allow me, won't you?' said.
changing the stews. L haven't sea,
soned mine. 1 always use sugar, so I'll
take yours
'And I downed every drop. but was
deathly sick that night.''-F. B. Bag.
Icy. in Woman's Home Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
The Savage Bachelor.

IF you had been at the Browns gold
en- wedding celebration last night
said the sweet young thing. you would
have altered your views on matri-
mony."
81 wouldn't, either" said the savage
bachelor. IF matrimony were not a
fake there would not be such a pow
pow raised over couple that have
managed to endure each other Cor a
few years, and don't you forget it,
Indianapolis Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
Gettinr AT the F..,,

Wife latter the honeymoon)-Why did
sou deceive me about your incomes
Husband-I didn't, my dear.
Yes, you did. You told me you were
getting $50 a week when you asked me to
marry you"
You evidently misunderstood me. said
my position was worth $50-and so ii is
but for some reason best known TO the boss
5e gives me-only ten dollars" - Chicago
Evening News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
Ghost of the Glacier

And Other Tales, including Making Revo-
luton, Susquehanna Trail, Sculpture Of the
Els, Once Pillar of the World, Feathers of
Fashion, and Others. A delightful volume,
beautifully illustrated. Ready for distribu-
ton about May l. Send 10 cents to t. W.
Lee, General Passenger Agent Lackawanna
Railroad. % Exchange Place, New York
City. Edition Limited
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13

. An amusing instance Of the extent
to which a realistic artist may satisfy
himself is told in the following story.
wilkins was the artists name and he
had painted a number OF pictures of
dead game which received considerable
praise. Among them was group of
dead rabbits. These rabbits a critic
commended in wilkins hearing as ~re-
naarkably true to nature" Mature.
siri" replied the artist in his most
pompous manner: yes, I hatter my
self there is more nature in those rab-
bits than you usually see in rabbits:
Golden Days.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease,
a powder to shake into your shoes. Itrests
the feet CuresCorns, Bunions, Swollen. Sore,
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet and In
growing Nails Aliens Foot-EaSe makes
new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, 25c. Sample mailed FREE
Address Allen S. OlmSted. LIE Row. n. Y.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13

The magnificent armored trains used In
England IN her war with the Beers will trans
port ner troops, protect bridges and fele
grapn,c communications in about the same
way tnat Hostetter's Stomach Bitters drives
dyspepsia from the human stomach and then
P P!, guard that it does not return. The
blliousness, liver and kidney trouble for fhs
post nffT years. 1t Is invaluable at ali times
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
Pun1shment.

did your wife scold when you came home
DO late last night?"
''You don't know what it is to have a
wife who was once a school-teacher. She
simply made me write 100 times on slate
4 must be at home by ten o'clock IN.
V World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
speltz. Bromus. Rape. Corn. Oats.

Five remarkable things. Bound to make
you rich, MIR. Farmer. Salzer's catalog tells
the story. Send Sc. postage and this notice
to-day for catalog to John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis. fKi
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
NotIntimate Enonrh.

Miss Maison-ENcuse my ignorance but
ought to call you Mr. Bones or DR.. Boness
The Doctor lirsscibly)-Oh, call me any
thing You like Some of my friends call me
an old idiot
Ah. but those are only people who know
you Intimately. London Tit-Bits.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13

Kerrigan-Cheeru up. Corrigan! How
drink with me!
Corrigan-I can't cheer up. Ny girl
has postponed the wedding for q
month";
''The divil! 1 was sympathizing
with We. thinking ye were married al
readyi"-Puck.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
Physical Reaction.

Brown-How do you feel about Sunday
golf?
Jones-Don't tell that / said so. but I
have heard sermons so long lately that they
made me want to go out and take whaclr
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13

It is all right to change your mind when
wrong, but don't get into the habit of being
wrong.@Chicago Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
How Thfng. work.

whats a souvenir, Aunt Ann?"
"Oh. it is anything you keep so long
that you can't remember where you
got t.-Indfanapolis jon. aal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
MOHiI1u
in the
Wide
World

mas such a record for a5-
s0ltsfely curing female ifs
and Kidney troubles as
mas Lydia e. PxnkkhasH,,S
Vegetable Compound.
Medicines that are adj
ves'GSed to cure every
thing cannot be specifics
for anyfksings
Lydia e. PInkham's
Vegetable COMPOUND will
mot cure every kind Of ILL.,
ness that may afflicf men,
women and children, huf
proof IS monumental that
IL will and does cure all
the ills peculiar 10 women.
This Is a fact kneixSpxf-
able and can be verified
by more than a million
women.
IF you are sick don't 09e-
pertinent, take the s,sea1-
cine that has the recOs4d
Of the largest number Of
cures.
Lydia E. Pinkhan Med Co. Lynn, Mass
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-04-13
The Best Prescription for Chilli

and Fever is q bottle of GROVES TAsrELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine in
atasteleSS form. Nocure-no pay. Price, SOC.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-28
SistersviIIe briefs.

E. A. Daniels, of the Opera House
drug store. left last evening for AL
legheny, where he will be the guest of
friends for several days. Mrs. Daniels
who has been the guest OF her parents
in Allegheny fer the past week or ten
days, will return home with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Gartlan, OF
Parkersburg, arrived in the city this
Afternoon, and will be the guests of
relatives and friends in the city for
a couple of days They formerly lived
here.
P. E. Donnelly, formerly of this city,
now located at West Union, arrived
in the. city yesterday, and will remain
here for several days, attending TO
business matters.
The children of the high school will
give an entertainment in the New Au-
ditorium Thursday, and Friday nights
and Friday matinee
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-28
DANGER AT SISTERSvILE.


WAFER tmGEe nlB EcE Am8M AoE SCV-
eraI Years, and the Indications
Are That Much Damage VIII BE
Done-Other News and Notes From
the Oil Metropolis.
SISERSvILLE, w. Va. Nov. IT,
The river is rising very rapidly here to-
day, and the indications this evening
are that there will be not less than
a forty-foot stage of water, which will
bring the river up to points on Water
and some of the lower streets Some
of the people living on the lower
streets are already making prepare
lions to move out. 1t is probable con-
siderable damage and suffering viii be
the result here, il the river gets up
to Water street, as great many of the
people living in the lower districts
are very poor, and they will suffer to
a great extent if they are compelled
to move out or the water catches them
in their homes. The rain, which has
fallen here necessarily during the past
three days, did not abate until late
hour this morning and all the small
streams in the interior of the county
are on the rampage and considerable
property will probably be destroyed.
A number of operators in The oil field
have reported that they have sustained
some heavy losses to their pipe lines,
and few of them have had rigs car
ried away.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-28
An Interesting club shoot.

There will be big time at St
Mary's on Thursday when the mem
bers of the st. Mary's Rod and Gun
Club will hold big shoot There will
be from twelve to fifteen events OF
different sizes, and some of the best
shooters in the country will be pres
ent. The Sistersville Gun Club will
be represented by quite number OF
the members, as will also Marietta
o., and Parkersburg. The st. Mary S
Gun Club has made elaborate arrange
ments for the entertainment of the
large number of guests who will be
present. 1t will be the swell event
of the season in shooting circles in
the State.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-28
EIks, social Session.

Thursday evening at their club
rooms on Charles street the members
of the local lodge of Elks will give the
first of a series of social sessions of
the coming winter. Elaborate prepa-
rations for the event have been made,
and some of the best entertainers Vim
the country will be present. The tai
ent at all of the local theatres have
volunteered their services, and this
social session will undoubtedly be the
most successful one in every way that
has ever been held in the city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-28

This afternoon r. w. Mcconnell, one
of the best known contractors in the
Sistersville oil field, left on an ex-
tended trip of several months, which
will include greater part of the
United States west Of Pittsburg. He
left here for Bradford, Pa, and frof
there will go to Chicago, Mt. Clemens,
Mich, then on westward to Minneap-
oils, Mimi, st. Paul, Denver, and will
finally wind up at Los Angeles, Cal.
At Los Angeles he will remain for an
indefinite period While there he will
be the guest of his son, P D. McCon-
nell, who has charge of the Standard
Oil Company's interests in that sec
ton.