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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-06-14

officer in dark uniform. . mnn per.
haps Of -, with u ,ingulnrly hand.
ZONE FACE" aud form. strobe past the
window, scrupulouNly Acknowledged
Connolly salute, and then, glnnring
about. "a" III" heads aud shoulders
Of = dozen soldiers AZ III" windows.
"Nht. what detachment II this.
corpornl:" he asked. I'VE brought
no troops on u train"
"Iircru.ts the cavalry. sir" was
the r"ndy answer. We came hy way
Of Denver"
"Ah. yes; that explains n. who's
In commando" Md the tall officer
looked about him n, though in search
Of kindred rank.
1--WE have no officer with us. SIR"
said Connolly, automatically "I'm -
in charge"
"Yon1l have to hurry. SIR" spoke
the brakeman NJ the moment. Jump
on III" diner. N you like. md go
through"
The officer took the hint and
sprang 10 III" steps. There he turned
md faced the platform again just as
the train began Ia move.
\ little group. two ladies' and q
man ~ middle age. stood directly op.
posite him, closely scanning the
train. and all ~ n sudden their faces
b.am"d their glancrs were directed.
their hands waved towards him.
%ood-by! Good.by! Take good
care Of YOURSELF Wire from Sacra-
m-nto." were their cries. addressed
apparently TO his head. md turning
quickly. he found himself confronting
o young girl standing smiiingly on
the platform 81 the dining car. her
tiny feet shou, on n level with his
knees: yet he had hardly east an up.
ward glance. for her bssming. beau
ifni face was but a tribe higher than
his own. In all his life he had never
seen n 80 pretty.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-06-14


words - brief aud manser - biuae
he said:
why shouldn't ~"
Corporal Connolly stood . second
~ two without ,cnturing word.
looking ~siraLfastiy al the young sol
der. whose attitude was unchanged
ssd whose eyes we're again fixed On
thodistant group. a. though Ia weary
disdAin Of those about him. Then
Connolly took half u dorm quick.
srringy steps that landed him close
"a the unmo,rd recruit.
You've two things to learn among
100 thousand. Foster" said he. In
low, hsm voice. "One 10 to keep your
money, aud the other, your temper.
I spoke for your ~ good prin'
cipsily. but u you've been iadiing out
money to be- spent in liquor. | say
stop IL. There's TO he no whisky IN
that ear"
"Sobody wants u less than ! do"
said Foster. ~rarily. why didn't
you keep II out ~ the oth~r2"
"B.~auHs I never knew Till II was
zone. How much money did you
rive MURRAY and why:- and Con.
a~lly'seyrS were looking straight into
those Of Foster a. he spoke. cpid.
prilinS respect for sturdy manhood.
"a dollar. I b~lir,r." was the Ian.
yuid answer. "nnd because he asked
"a. Aal ut,utu al. Int. am. van.
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CHATTER I.

Inc to0H June . was rnwtn "
its close. Hoi and strong the slant
ing sunbesu,s bczt upon the grimy
voofa of the train aud threw dis
torted shadow, over tho sand and
sag brdsh that stretched Ia the far
horizon. DeDsr aud choking. from
beneath the whirripg wheels. b
Aust clouds rose In ta~ny bitiows
that e%n,elorrd the rrnrmost coaches
and. minsling with the black smoke
OF III. double header" engines.
rolled away in the drrnry WAKE.
Ess; and west. north and south. far
% the e,y could reach. h-inm-d by
low. duu-color-d ridges or sharply
outlined rr-sts ~ remote mountain
ysuge. In iife!ess d~r.oiation. the
nndsrape lay ou,Spr-nd Ia I'll" view.
N5outhw ard. sirrnkrd with white
firing. ~ a'kali. the Hat monotone. Of
SAM aud ashes blended with the HAT
ter. fiawl,ss surface ~ u widespread.
Ing. ssh-cul0rsd Inland lake. lite
shores dotted ~ Intervals with the
bleaching bones Of cattle and scanned
with s%nri-n, Wagon tracks unwashcd
by not - much ~ u single drop from
~ NIfNNfNaNfAN nF1Nfnh lfN NhtIN nEkN
Impress on the ninkinr soil. Here
and there along III. right ~ ~by-s
right no human being would care to
dispute were the way ten times it,
width ,ume drow-iuR lizards.
sprswliuy Ia the sunshine along the
l,l,-. rou..d AZ the sound aud ,remor
81 IN. coming train To- .nuirm on In.
60 ,hr - 4 brush. Hut no sign ~
animation had br-n ,,.cn since III,
rro.sinr ~ the hi. divide near Prom.
onfory. The tong. winding train,
u. ~, Of msil. express, baggage,
emiYrnn,. and smoking ears, tour.
i.i.' ruarhr.," aud huge alec Der. NJ
Oh. rear, with a "Iin.r" midway In
sh- chain, WIS, backed with y,spinp
humanity westward bouuL for IN.
fsr Pacific III. long. long, ,oriuou.
climb Ia the SNOW capped sirrras
sh.aG. ib. marched and baking ,all.y
Of the Great Sal, lax. long, dr.ary
Whites i~hiud. " was early Jun. NJ
xtb- year -. and the war with Spain
was on.
There had been .,u- DELAY a, Oy
den. The trains from the east over
the Union i'ncih, aud the Denver g
Rio 'irandr came IN crowded. and
the r-.ourc.s ~ the Southern IA.
ollie w-r. suddenly taxed beyond III.
expectation ~ Its officials. Troop.
bad bern ~hirlin. Westward through.
out III. week. absorbing murI, Of the
r"ilini; ''"rL' And The empty cars
were being rushed -nNi again from
Oakland Pt-r; hut IN" nearest were
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-06-14

s"~ so~s'"e ~ ""
sst tho young girl who's" lovely i"ee
had 90 excited Mr. stus'esnn's dcep
sdmirstion. Thrice since ""N'"g
ogden. on one preteN or o'h"'' ""a
ne passed her scetioh ana s'o'rn s"'n
. look o. could ne yNen W""""'
obvious staring. mmrn'n'e'y '" rear
OF the scat occupird was an avs.
tere maiden OF m'ud'" ohr OF
the passengers wh" hAu co"'r 81" Wy
the Union fnrihc from ""'ap'' w
rect's sa' wv" NV" """'"
Stu.'"s"n' hnu hr'u wv" IAN
esteem up 10 the ''ms ,"ey Wv NV
valley OF M" LAM. Now ""''"Se
thr'r -rr'i""s N""n "r' "s"'"''
hers, MS manner f''a.'" WV" w.
mood. circumstance u" "'""s"'
elderly n'h'' h"" n'"'H'" !" Wv
am table nn wv" "''n-,""H " w.
lining. ~" W" ne" """'''" W."
NO drS'~' I" pres thr arpn",',a"'"'
THIS afternoon he m'nur' %" "'
. new book he han w hs "'v' 'r
herstnr". h" lh'g"h' 'n'sh' We nr
hobby. ~ hal engage" nor " ION
'~rsa''on. 81 which us snare "''
meant to impress ~" t'"y' ''"n''"'
cent eur That n-.''rh IN w" "'rh
browh coils Hn' waves OF 'hr pt~''N
head ~ trout ~ M
When, h""r'rr' ~ ""'"ne p"''"'
that hts companion hrr're" '" '"r''
her own IMPRESSION 81 me P"s"' wv
Influenced u! his veil delivered r"m-
m~ntH. VIZ. S'ns'"san' hal br'h"hI"
him ~ the '"uhi~"innoI'm occupants
" 'h' "pl""s''" Hr'''"n' NJ" some
rahalis'ir Signs u" 'rnt"rrd VAN y
hi'Ir SILVER cup rnnnn'"n"" ih'I' w
pleased surprise '" W" "n''f'""Iri
al 'hr rear M. "hrr" u" t'sh''''
Them WIN u good story IN" w" b'N'
"f v J.. Sr"i'h' m h''''ri'' 'h"'r
lavish bid '" ~ wnh 'hrm n"hlr'
From this ""ign "f Vantage he had
studied her sweet. '"ri''iS. "'ai iar"
~ she SAT pliridli reading q hiil"
volume In her lap. only once IN awhile
raising q pair of '"ry DARK. very
beautiful '"ri h"a'ilN bro~"d nnI
laHh"d hr"~n eyes FOR brief survey OF
III" forhidi'ns iahl"rdi'": Then WIN
never 40 %'n'iini's peep 81 him.
dropping Their gaze again upon ~"
book.
Not "nr" ~ the long. nor afternoon
had Ia" 'ofrli,'ird him III" mihi'
mum ~ ~ how of ini-rc~i' ~"nrioN''t'
ar even "~"ns"i"iHn"s~ "' his pres
~n"". Than the train mair - srr-
onh stop 80 account III III" Hires.
AMI h'"'r Rabbit Ia" lu'hl"-r BREAK
INT" III" cong ~mipn"t"nt III the 10
rlininp day.
Tentative spil,"~. "l"'i~ n"d enp'y
Masks having failed 4" Mud him. ID"
heaters had "-r'trd u sLirmi-h line.
anil with instant result. Liz. .
m"'-ori" pun ~ gray and white. Ia
q chorus 81 Nrll. aud III" a"rompani'
mrni ~ u ,ollrS ~ missiles. Jack
shot Int" space from behind his
shelter aud dnri"d 'ig>ngginv
through The brush, whi|rinR
spike ~ "hanr" shot that s~Arlv
Rrsf"d his nose. :" InS,L'j his brain.
LEI ihh' ia" terrified "r"aiur" dou.
BLEED "n hiS tran nnd cam" bounding
buck towards III" rain
'h".r v" ~" 'rn"l'H'h- ran . mar
r"" d'''h' III ms h''rh ~ VI" in
N'"h' cr""'h'h W" lhn h"htrnhn''
NV" 'hl- "'rh lr"prd HhnnN' anu
th- new second had whiI/"d past
,he s'""ping form u h"rrd Hirhight
I'M" u Wtl" w""d"n drain There
"in" nn"r'h' "hIo"hrh'for object
"'"c""" ""m'
""NP"'a.''F '"' h'h"l'Hs h"hr"
NV" '"' w 'h' """r' '" f"r'r 'he
P"'H'Fe. W. WIN T" Nh""' OF VIZ
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"Get ont ~ the WAY here. boys. aud
lets SEE what's III. matter With this
ding-i hell cord" he concluded. 81.
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head aud pair Of blue flannel shout.
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to have M further in,-r.U In what
was going IN ou,,i,ir. with one hand
still crashing the .,I,r 81 the upriyht
partition b~tw~~n two sections near
the forward -nd. aud the other jus,
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cord. the tall. slrni-r. weli.built
young soldier. with iark.hrown ewes
aud softly curling insh-s. was lower.
ing himself intn the aisle. The
brakeman proceeded Il rriNukr him
on the spot.
"Loui here. young Teller. You'll
have To keep Your h,nds IN that bell
cord. Here I've been cusrin' things
for keeps. thinIin' II was kno,'-d or
caught. II was jus, YOU had hold Of
II. Don't yon know hri'rr'n ihat2
Ain, you ev-r Travelled before"
RI. man addressed was slowing
something AWAY inside the hr-nsi ~
his shirt. ~. lid IL with almost IN.
i%-niatiou. deliberations. quietly -yinr
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much encouraged"
"Ii.d ,r,..," ou,ri.d vss Nav
with mpiifird broms and .,id,p, In.
,.r-si. vet "A .usuirl,n OF incr.duII,v.
.W-il .nme ,bipy. ,nIy w. d,n',
vr,p,,. Ia levy con,riLnii,,. righ,
aud lrn like they do. I am Vie,
prr,idrnl ~ III, Soci-ty 81 pn~,rlo,i,
Daughter ~ Am.ricn, YOU know. I
thought prrhnp. your father nigh,
hav. told Won. And our ,s,ocla,ioo
Il, sclf-su,inininy, a, least 1, viii b.
q. soon ma ". mr.. formally r.c.y.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-05-30
THE COMING REFORM.

Municipal ownership, where II haa
been tried and honestly administered
has proved success, the danger Is
that the management would fall into
the hands Of the professional polltl.
clans that InGest most cities, who
would demand that ward heelers be
given positions for which they are un'
NJ and thusmake the service worse un-
der the city than under the private
corporation, The vast amount OF
money that would be handled in the
larger cities II they owned the street
cars and the great chances for stealing
the proceeds of such a large under
taking may be seen from the New
York state railroad commissioner re-
port for the year 1900, In II we ma
that j67 lil090 persons were carried
on the surface street cars Of the Bronx
and Manhattan. 323 800 $50 ON the sur
face and "I" roads of Brooklyn, ana
tSi,lGi,ll0 on the Manhattan ~
roads, This makes the inconceivably
huge total Of I,O7i,j3ISiS nyc-cent
fares collected from the people OF
Greater New York last year. This
gives S5S, S,72G, ,S92, 40 as the total yearly
expenditure for car-farcs within the
city limits, the great bulk Of II by the
the working people, Three-cent fares
all over the city would reduce that eX-
pendIture to $32 1886 1894, And that
would leave In the pockets Of the peo-
pie, to be saved or spent for other pur-
poses, the magnificent yearly sum OF
$2l 400, 1896 And It must not be
overlooked that the number OF car
fares collected In Greater New York
grows much larger every year, There
was an increase Of 10000 600 fares IN
1900 over 1899.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-05-30
A JuOeniIe Story for Memorial
DAY,
to health,

There was regular houseful OF
Dawsons in the little, low, red house
which stood all by itself on the edge
of the village; there were six children
who called the little house their home,
and six noisier, happier, heartier chill
drcn were never known, There were
the twins, Fred and Frank, who head
ed the list, and then there were Grace
and Nellie and Harry, and last Of all
came Minnie, the baby the tiniest and
noisiest Of them ALL
There were great plans afoot today
in the curly heads Of the merry crowd.
Tomorrow would be Decoration Day,
and were not the four oldest Of the
young Dawsons to march in the long
procession of school children and carry
garlands and bouquets Of flowers to
Strew on the graves Of our soldier
heroes? There were the flowers TO
hunt in the woods, for the Dawson
flower garden showed only two flaming
red and yellow tulips aud few fra
grant lllacs as Its offering to the chill
1ren. But that fact troubled them not
at ALL they were only too glad OF an
excuse for spending long, delightful
day in the woods, There would be the
garlands to make and bouquets to ar"
range and "pieces" to rehearse and a
thousand and one other things to do;
20 It was no wonder that all the little
Dawsons were up and flying around as
busy as bees at an exceedingly early
hour. Even the baby was interested,
and toddled around tipping over every
thing she could and getting into
everyone's way.
So much hustle and hustle made
them little bit cross, perhaps, and so
1t turned out that there was a slight
disagreement between Grace and Mel
lie and the twins early In the morn
ing, and as each side added fuel to the
flames in the shape Of sharp words
and angry frowns, by the time they
were ready to start for the woods the
quarrel had grown to be something
serious. The boys had been very pro-
voklng, and the girls were so angry
with them that they decided to take
tho lunch basket and hurry away
when the boys were not looking, and
thus take revenge upon them for all
the mean things they had said and
done that morning, Their plan worked
to perfection and they got safely away
without being seen by anyone; but.
someway, they did not look very
happy In their triumph, as they
trudged silently along. They walked
quite slowly as soon as they once were
out OF sight Of the house, instead OF
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-05-30
= his own part in the program.

for his own part in the program
The sound Of approaching footsteps
and ,Ae beat of drum aoatcd up to
the spot where the boy and the dog
were making ready to honor their
country's fallen heroes.
From window Of the cottage pair
Of tear-dimmed eyes watched the
strange preparations
Raymond hastily donned an old SOL
der cap, and shouldered the rusty gun.
ue hoped that he looked ike SOL
der Rovers admlring eyes assured
him that he did,
Nov, Rover" said Raymond, pat
ting the dogs head, I'm going to let
you hold the flag"
Rover never was happier than when
he could carry a bundle; but this was
such an unexpected privilege that for
second or two the Flagstaff veered
like q weather-vane with each delight
ed thump of his stub Of a tail. Then,
seeing his masters motionless attitude,
Rover took pattern; and as the llttlo
company of veterans drew near, the
color-bearer and his master attracted
instant attention.
Every man In Company c loved Ray
mand; loved him for his own sake,
for he was a bright and loyable boy,
and also for the sake Of the brave COM
rade who had marched with them
through many a weary campaign, and
at last had given his life for his coun-
try.
There was a quick order from the
front, and instantly every man lifted
his hat, and the band struck up tho
Star -Spangled BannerS" and Ray
mond, with his faithful dog beside
him, and his grandfather's tattcred
flag waving in the breeze, was the hero
of the day.--Helen NJ Richardson.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-05-30

robbery, want TO say that Mr. Twain
was not conyersant with the faOts
when he wrote his article, The plan
was first broached to Chang Yen Mao,
the commissioner appointed by II
Hung Chang to settle the claims Of tho
native Christians, Our Idea was to
give the Christians exactly what they
had lost and the extra third was col
leeted for the benefit Of the widows
and orphans.
I'm all we collected about 100000 In
territory 1873 miles long by from
fifteen to twenty miles Wide and tho
collections were made through the
Chinese magistrates There was no
objection filed by anyone, official or
otherwise, and We could have collected
twice as much, but on my own InitIa.
tive, the amount was cut In half That
is all that Mr., Twalns charge amounts
to-"
Selling the goods Of a man, even II
he Is u gambler and boxer would be
considered here rather bold perform
ance, Dealing in stolen furs II certain
ly nm unchrstian act but then Rev
Mr., Ament was some thousands oi
miles away from home and perhaps he
thought these trIIlcs would never com,
to light, The fear that the beautiful
furs, for which the Chinese are fa
nous, should fall into the hands Of tn,
"looting soldiers seemed to weigh
heavily on the mind OF the missionary
and as he saw q chance for larg,
profit possibly to be expended for the
widows and orphans, he embarked IL
the unholy trafic, knowing the goodI
were stolen,
The lootlng Of soldiers II bad enough
but the acts Of Rev, w, s. Ament are
an outrage and the church who sen
him to China should promptly dis
miss him and dlsnyow his acts,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-05-30
sELF-IoNlTINo FIRES.
Crooked Pane of Glass Started Colluloid
Collar Into BlaEs.

Crooked Pane OF Glass Started ColluloAd
Collar Into BlaEe.
Fires that start themselves are much
more common than people generally
suppose, There IL u mysterious prop
erty in dust which, under certain cons
dtlons, produces violent explosions,
There have been instances In postof-
fees where the dust from the mall
bags, suspended IN the air OF a closed
room, has exploded with terrific force,
the explosion being followed by flames
Dust explosions and fire are OF frequent
occurrence in drug stores end flour
mills, The origin Of many fires In
tailor shops may be traced to the So
called dry cleaning of clothes A rag
that has been dipped In any one OF
the fluids commonly used by cleaners
lis thrown in corner and when the
shop is cleaned up and closed, thus
conhning the air The rag will fire.
quently OF itself generate Are, Not
long ago there passed along Eastern
avenue, In this city, a load of hay,
which suddenly became enveloped In
flame The driver was about to horse
whip q boy whom he saw near by
smoking a cigarette. People who had
been watching the load Of hay driven
along were certain that the boy was
mo time within % feet Of the hay, The
fire was clearly shown to have been
caused by the tire Of the wheel rub
bing against an iron on the side of
the wagon, thus producing sparks, In
all manufacturing establishments Q
frequent cause OF fire Is the rubbing OF
leather betting against the edges OF
the opening through which 1t passes
form place to place. One OF the most
stubborn fires that ever occurred In
New York city was started by plate
glass window focusing the rays Of the
winter sun upon cellulold collar
which burst into blaze, Metal goods
had been shown In the window before,
land therefore the peculiar formation
Of this particular pane of glass never
had been discovered. 1t was on Sun
day, and almost before the fire was
noEaed half the block was in flames
Defective electric wiring has many
sins to answer for In these days, Elec-
tricians who are supposed to be COM
petent will cross wires and violate
every principle of common sense, tc
Isay nothing Of electrical science Some
iof them lead strands Of wire through
wooden boxes, which, in the event OF
fire. become roaring lues, Many ol
our most destructive fires have been
due to careessness in electric wiring
Chicago News.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-05-30
A Memorial Surprise Party.

Alma Maynard sat at the window
looking thoughtfully out at the newly
budded trees Poor Alma had been
confined to the house all the spring
with the scarlet fever which had LETT
her 80 weak that at hrst sho could
hardly lift her head, but now that she
was up and her young friends were al
lowed TO visit her, she had been wish
ing they would come In a party some
evening She did not know that at
school that very day her playmates
were planning to surprise her on the
afternoon OF Decoration day, when
was the next Wednesday,
The day dawned bright and warm
and about / o'clock that afternoon
Mrs. Nelson saId' alma, you had bot
ter go and lie down awhile"
SO Alma lay down and was soon fast
asleep. At signal from Mrs, Nelson
the children trooped noiselcssly from
neIghbor's, where they had gathered,
and soon the room adjoining Almas
was filed with gay lads and lassies,
all bearing sweet spring flowers which
they arranged around the room and
then sat down to wait for Alma to
awake. At last she opened her eyes
then closed them again, thinking that
the flower-iiled room with It's gay oc-
cupants was only dream.
Then Viva Leland, Alma's most intl'
mate friend, came and took her hand
and led her into the room, where the
shout Of surprise! surprise surprise
met her on all sides, Half da2ed she
looked from one to another, then broke
into a gay laugh in which they all
Joined. The afternoon passed quickly
and pleasantly, and at o o'clock they
were called to the dining room for
supper. And such u supper! They
were seated in couples around the
table, Alma and Ray Thornton, her IA
vorite chum, presiding at the head
After supper Alma's father told them
stories, and later they returned to
their homes, leaving the flowers for
their conyalescent playmate, and with
them many wishes for speedy return
to health,