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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-14

Udn't question my opinion. ordered
the stage out and told Tolfree to give us
. feed before we started. But more
i1ent meal / never sat down to, and !
noticed chat Miss Cullen didn't eat any
thing, while the tragic look on her face
was SO pathetic as nearly to drive me
frantic.
We started little after and were
clear Of the timber before it was too dark
to see. At the relay station we waited an
hour for the moon, after which it was a
clear track. We reached the half way
ranch about 1 1, and while changing the
stage horses reused Mrs. Klostermeyer
and succeeded in getting enough cold
mutton and bread to bake two rather
decent looking sandwiches. With these
and glass of whisky and water, went
to the stage, to find Miss Cullen curled
up on the seat asleep. her head resting
in her brothers. arms.
"She has nearly worried herself to
death ever since you told her that road
agents were hung" Frederic whispered,
"and she's been crying tonight over
that lie she told you, and, altogether
She worn out with travel and excite
ment.''
/ screwed the cover on the travelling
glass and put it with the sandwiches in
the bottom of the stage. cts long
and a rough ride, ;" l said, land if she
wakes up they may give her little
strength. l only wish I could have
spared her the fatigue and anxiety"
''She thought she had to lie for ia
theirs sake, but she's nearly broken
hearted over it, he continued.
l looked Frederic in the face and said,
II honor her for it, and in that mo-
ment he and became friends
Just see how pretty she isr' he said,
with evident affection and pride, turn
ing back the flap of the rug in which
she was wrapped.
She was breathing gently, and there
was just that touch Of WEAKNESS and
sadness in her face that would appeal to
any man 1t made me gulp, I'm proud
to say. And when was back on my
pony, l said to myself For her sake,
I'll pull the Cullens out of this scrape
If it costs me my position.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-14

Il live right here in the city where
Blood Wine is made. | have seen
with my own eyes the cures it has effect
ed all about me, and | have been cured
myself of a very stubborn case of kidney
disease. l suffered for several years, had
all the symptoms that ever accompanied
such trouble, and tried about every
remedy recommended. Blood Wine
was the last. took it only after being
convinced that it was a truly wondrous
medicine, and it cured me. | went to
the Louis Daudelin Co. and volunteered
this statement, because | knew them to
be honest, upright people and deserving
of success. Blood Wine will cure any
form of kidney disease and do it quickly
and thoroughly. Anyone so affected
should try this great medicine just as
soon as they can get their hands on a
bottle
Go to your druggist and look into it
read the literature and ascer-
tain for yourself just what it will do. 1t
contains no wine or opiates.
sBlood Wine costs fifty cents bottle,
but you can sample it free OF charge at
George E. Greene's drug store, 63
Main street.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-14
THE GREAT K. & A.
TRAIN ROBBERY
By Paul Leicester Ford.
CHAPTER vi.

byJ
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-14

Miss Cullen tUds sitting on q rock.
them, and, looking back now, think l
was her manner. / stood rejecting 70
a minute and then said, please sta
where you are for moment" Leaving
/ her, I went over to Fred.
"Mr. Cullen" said, miss Cullen
rather than be searched, has acknowl
edged that she has the letters and say
that if we men will 90 into the hu
she'll get them for me-"
He rose at once. II told my fathe
not to drag her in, :" he muttered sadly
II don't care about myself, Mr.. Gordon
but can't you keep her out of it9 She'l
as innocent Of any real wrong a. tn
day she was born"
"I'L do everything in my power" !
promised Then he and Hance went into
he cabin, and I walked back to the cul.
prit.
Miss Cullen" said gravely, "you
have those letters and must give them
10 me-
"But told YOU she began.
To spare her second untruth inter-
upted her by saying, II trapped your
brother into acknowledging that you
awe them"
You must have misunderstood
him." she said calmly, ''or else he
iidn't know that the arrangement was
changed. "
Her steadiness rather shook my con-
7iction, but | said, You must give me
hose letters or must search you "
"You never wouldr' she cried, rising
md looking me in the face.
On impulse l tried big bluff. l took
lold of the lapel of her waist, intending
10 undo one button. l let go in fright
when 1 found there was no button-only
IN awful complication of hooks or some
,ther feminine method for keeping
things together-and I grew red and
rembled, thinking what might have
happened had l, by bad luck, made any
thing come undone. If Miss Cullen had
been noticing me, she would have seen
4 terribly scared man.
But she wasn't, luckily, for the mo-
nent my hand touched her, and before
she could realize that 1 snatched it
away, she collapsed on the rock and
burst into tears. "Oh, OH" she sobbed.
II begged papa not to, but he insisted
they were safest with me. I'll give them
to- you if you II only go away and not
Her tears made her inarticulate, and,
without waiting for more, l ran into
the hut, feeling as near like murderer
as guiltless man could.
Lord Rallies was swearing over his
trousers by this time and was offering
the cowboy and Hance money to recover
them. When they told him this was i'm
possible, he tried to get them to sell or
hire pair, but they didn't like the idea
Of riding into camp minus those essen
tails any better than he did. While
waited they settled the difficulty by
strapping blanket round him, ana, by
splitting it up the middle and using
plenty of cord, they rugged him out aft
er fashion, but 1 think if he could
have seen himself he would have waited
till it was dark enough to creep into
camp unnoticed.
Before long Miss Cullen called, and
when / went to her she handed me,
without word, three letters. As she
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-14
CHAPTER VII.
A CHANGE OF BASE.


We did not reach Flagstaff till Z, ant
| told the stageload to take possession
of their car, while l went to my own
1t took me some time to get freshenet
up, and then | ate my breakfast, for aft
er riding 70 miles in one night even the
most heroic purposes have to take the
side track | think, as it was, / proved
my devotion pretty well by not going tc
sleep, since | had been up three nights,
with only such maps as / could steal in
the saddle, and had ridden over l. 90 miles
/ to boot But couldn't bear to think of
Miss Cullen's anxiety. When had fin
ished eating, l went into 21S.
The party We're all in the dining
room, but it was very different look
ing crowd from the one with which
that first breakfast had been eaten, and
they all looked II me as 1 entered as if
were the executioner come for victims
Mr. Cullen" l said, 1--WE been
forced to do lot of things that weren t
pleasant, but ! don't want to do more
than l need. You're not the ordinary
kind Of road agents, and, as presume
your address is known, don't see any
need of arresting one of onr own d.
rectors as yet. All ask is that you give
me your word for the party that none Of
you will try TO leave the country"
Certainly, Mr.. Gordon" he re-
sponded 'And / thank you for your
great consideration.
Il shall have to report the case to our
president, and l suppose to the postmas-
ter general, but l shan't hurry about Ell
Their What they will do can { say.
Probably you know how far you can
keep them quiet"
II think the local authorities are all
l have to fear, provided time is given
me-"
II have dismissed the sheriff and his
posse, and I gave them 800 for their
work and three bottles of pretty good
whisky had on my car. Unless they
get orders from elsewhere, you will not
hear any further from them. -
You must let me reimburse what
AApense we have put you to, Mr.. Cor
don. only wish l could as easily repay
your kindness. F."
NOuNlLS NY utdu III uSsSuu ts well
as in recognition of his thanks, con-
tinued, 1T was my duty as an official
of the K. g. A. to recover the stolen
mail, and had to do it. +"
"We understand that" said Mr.. Gull !
len, land do not for moment blame
you
but, went on, for the first time
looking at Madge, "it is not my duty |
to take part in contest for control of /
the K & A., and / shall therefore act |
In this case as / should in any other loss
Of mail
"And that is asked Frederic
II am about to telegraph for instruc-
lions from Washington, said. "As
the G. S. has tied up some of your
proxies, they ought not to object if we
10 the same, and think can manage
80 that Uncle Sam will prevent those
proxies from being voted at Ash Forks
On Friday"
If a galvanic battery had been applied
10 the breakfast table, it wouldn't have
made a bigger change, Madge clapped
ler hands in joy. Mr.. Cullen said
God bless your' with real feeling.
Frederic jumped up and slapped me ON
he shoulder, crying, tGordon, you're
he biggest old trump breathing" while
Albert and the captain shook hands with
zach other in evident jubilation. Only
Lord Rallies remained passive
ITO BE CONTINUED
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-14


THE HAPPENINGS DOWN HANCE's TRAIL.
Miss Cullen was sitting Oh a rock
apart from her brother and Haace, as I
had asked her to do when helped her
hismount went over there and said
boldly:
miss Cullen, want those letters. "
"What letters?" she asked, looking
me in the eyes with the most innocent
Of expressions. She made mistake to
do that, for I knew her innocence was
feigned and SO didn't put much faith in
her face for the rest Of the interview.
"And what is more" I said, with a
frmness of manner about as genuine as
her innocence, unless you will produce
them shall have to search you. "
"Mr. Gordonp' she exclaimed. But
she put such surprise and grief and dis
belief into the four syllables that I
wanted the earth to swallow me then
and there
"Why, Miss Cullen" cried, "look
at my position. I'm being paid to do
certain things, and"-
"But that needn tprevent your being
q gentleman, she interrupted.
That made me almost desperate
"Miss Cullen" said hurriedly, "I'd
rather be burned alive than do what
I've got to, but if you won't give me
those letters search you I must ="
"But how can l give you what I
HAVEN'T" she cried Indignantly, assum-
Ing again her innocent expression.
"Will you give me your word Of honor
that those letters are not concealed in
your clothes?"
II will, " she said.
was very much taken aback, for it
would have been so easy for Miss Cullen
to have said that before that had be-
come convinced she must have them.
"And do you give me your word?"
II do, f." she affirmed. But she didn't
look me in the face as she said it.
I ought to have been satisfied, but /
wasn't, for in spite of her denial some
thing forced me still to believe sic had
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-14

did so she crimsoned violently and look.
ed down in her modification. was SC
sorry for her that, though moment be-
fore had been Judging her harshly,
now couldn't help saying:
"Our positions have been so difficult,
Miss Cullen, that dom think we either
of us are quite responsible for our &C
tons
She said nothing, and, after a pause,
/ continued:
II hope you'll think as leniently of
my conduct as you can, for l can't tell
you how grieved l am to have panied
you"
Cullen joined us at this point, and
knowing that every moment we remain
ed would be distressing to his sister !
said we would start up the trail.
hadn't the heart to offer to help her
mount, and after Frederic has put her
up we fell into single file behind Hance,
Lord Rallies coming last.
As soon as we were started took q
look at the three letters They were all
addressed to Theodore E. Camp, Esq,
Ash Forks, A. T., one Of the directors
of the K and A and also of the Great
Southern. For the first time things be-
gan to clear up to me. When the trail
broadened enough to permit it, pushed
my mule up alongside Of Cullen and
asked:
1.-THE letters contain proxies for the
K. and A. election next Friday"
He nodded his head 1.-THE Missouri
Western and the Great Southern are
fighting for control" he explained,
land we should have won but for three
blocks of eastern stock that had prom
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-14
Shakespeare tells us.

"'Tis better to be lowly born,
And range with humble livers in content,
Than to be perked up in glistening grief,
And wear golden SORROW;
and from the same author we borrow
the line,
poor and content is rich and rich enough"
''Thou wouldst be hero2 Wait not then SUI
pinely
For fields of fine romances which no day
brings.
The finest life lies oft in doing finely
A multitude of unromantic things.
The heroism of thy true endeavor
Shall gild the commonplace of common days,
And God Himself shall guard thy work forever
And crown it with eternity of praise"
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-14

Years of suffering relieved in night
Itching piles yield at once to the cura
tive properties of Doan's Ointment.
Never fails. At any drug store, 30
cents
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-10-23

THERE are some strange goings-on
in West Virginia just now. An arti-
Gle is published in another column of
the REGISTER showing how the Wa
bash and B. & O. systems are fighting
each other and how politics is being
mixed up in the affair. Senator Ell
kins, who recently cold his interest in
the West Virginia Central Railroad to
the Wabash, naturally is now affilat-
ed with this system, as by it he must
market bis vast holdings Of coal, TO
which he is still adding enormously.
The B. & o. is fighting the Wabash
and means to build up political ma.
chine of it's own in this State. 1t
throws over John McGraw and its
Democratic affiliations, the State now
being Republican. and selects Con-
gresham Dayton as the head OF its
machine, tanning Ira E. Robinson,
Mr.. Dayton's brother-in-l law, as its chief
counsel for West Virginia. This puts
Mr.. Dayton and Mr.. Elkins In oppo-
sition to each other as representatives
of warning railr Dads, and just what
the result will be may prove very In
teresting. Mr.. Elkins seems to have
drawn first blood, for in an interview
on Monday he made this statement:
"In West Virginia the Democrats have
not much Of a chance to win, in my
Judgment" said he. 1.-The fact is there
is only one district in the State which is
held in doubt, and that is the one now
represented by A. G. Dayton. Mr. Day
ton | think will win"
What does Mr.. Elkins mean by
putting this wet blanket on Mr.. Day
tons campaign? Does he want him
defeated? 1t looks as though he does,
and if be is against him Mr.. Dayton is
pretty sure to go down. But what
will Mr.. Dayton do when Mr.. Elkins
seeks reelection?
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-10-23
A Typical South African Store

o. r. Larson, OF Bay Villa, Sundays
River, Cape Colony, conducts a store
typical of South Africa. at which can
be purchased anything from the pro-
verbal -''needle to an anchor" This
store is situated in valley nine miles
from the nearest railway station and
about twenty-five miles from the near
est town. Mr.. Larson says: II am
favored with the custom of farmers
within radius of thirty miles, to many
of whom have supplied Chamberlain
remedies. All testify to their value in
household where a doctors advice is
almost out of the question. Within one
mile OF my store the population is per-
haps sixty. Of these, within the past
twelve months, no less than fourteen
have been absolutely cured by Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. This must
surely be record" For sale by Rein
hart's Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-10-23

THE coal operators in West Vir-
ginia have taken advantage of the
necessities of the people by putting up
the price of coal to an e1tortionate and
outrageous figure. right here at our
doors. Let the people rebuke these
greedy coal barons by defeating their
candidates for Congress in this State.
Vote for the Democratic candidates.
The election Of Democratic House
of Representatives would mean that
the tariff would be taken from coal
and some other things. President
Roosevelt would sign bill revising
the tariff.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-10-23

THE Republican fuss over the State
Senators in the Parkersburg ticket
gets worse. Charlie Caldwell got mad
the other day and resigned, leaving
only one candidate out of four. La
ter he became recoDciled, and the
ticket at last accounts was Caldwell
and Brown. Now Murphy is mad
and says he will burst up the present
arrangement, and the probability is
that the several counties of the dis
trict will have different tickets. The
Democrats are enjoying the situation
and hope to elect their candidates.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-10-23

We learn from private sources OF
excellent authority that there Is every
reason to believe that Mr.. McGraw
will defeat Mr.. Dayton for Congress
in this district. There is a sort of
hopeless feeling among the Repubh-
cans and some of them acknowledge
outright that the outlook is very dark.
Chairman John J. Cornwell, Of the
Democratic congressional committee,
says that if the Democrats get out
their full vote on November 4th there
will be little doubt Of Mr.. McGraws
election. There is serious dissension
among the Republicans in several
counties in the district, and in almost
every section the greatest apathy is
shown toward Mr.. Dayton candidacy.
The independent voters are with the
Democrats this year, and many Re-
publicans say they cannot stand for
Mr.. Dayton's support of the trusts and
advocacy of tariff that even his own
party admits sadly needs revision, and
will vote against him.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-10-23
NOTES FROM NEARsy.

A pension of Sc month has been
granted to James 81. Smurr, of Mar
tinsburg.
Albert Baker, one of the wealthiest
residents of Winchester, disappeared
yesterday and has not yet been heard
from.
Col. R. P. Chew has sold the Belt
Line Railroad at Charles Town to the
Baltimore & Ohio and Norfolk &
Western Railroads for $4,000 cash.
The option taken upon the farm
of G. o. Lambert near Martinsburg
at $3.50 per acre, by parties interested
in limestone, has expired and the
money put up was forfeited.
Two frame houses in the suburbs OF
Martinsburg owned by Charles Brown,
of Hedgesville, and one of which was
vacant and the other occupied by
James Gregory, were destroyed by
fire Tuesday morning.
The editor of the Warren Register
sees the chickens of the editor of the
Williamsport Leader and goes them
several better. He offers to take on
subscription oak and pine wood, Irish
and sweet potatoes, apples and dried
fruit.
Registration in Winchester and
Frederick county, Va, has been com.
pleted. In Winchester 06l voters
registered, of whom only 90 were
colored, out of a colored vote of 399.
Just so per cent ofthe old registration
was recorded under the new registra-
ton. In the county the total registra-
ton is 2,l39, or so per cent. Only
so negroes registered in the county.
Miss Wetha spencin Odgen and
Frank G. Parker, runaway couple
of Meadow Mills, Shenandoah county,
Va, were apprehended Monday
morning at the parsonage of St. John 8
Lutheran Church in Hagerstown,
where they had gone to get married.
They were about to leave the par
sonage, for Rev. DR.. S. w. Owen re-
fused to marry them on account of
their youthful appearance, when Sher-
if S. P. Angle made his appearance.
Parker told Sheriff Angle that he had
been counting the girl for ten years
and predicted he would win her yet
in spite of difficulties. This is his
second attempt to marry the girl.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-10-23
West Virginia Items.

Hoffman Sommers, a well-known
newspaper man of Clarksburg, died
on Monday last.
There is an epidemic of diphtheria
in Morgantown, and the public schools
have been closed until the disease
abates. There were three deaths on
Tuesday.
]. N. McMullen, a prominent law
yer Of Petersburg, Grant county, was
found dead in his stable early Satur-
day morning Heart failure is the
supposed cause of death.
DR.. Emerson E. White, father 10
Governor A. B. White of West Vir-
GINA, died on Tuesday at his home in
Columbus, Ohio, after brief illness,
aged IA years. DR.. White was a
prominent educator and author, and
was known throughout the country
for his interest in educational affairs.
Governor Whites son, Blakeslee, is i'll
with typhoid fever in Charleston.
George B. Dunlap, for many years
agent Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road at P4rkersburg, W. Va, has left
town without telling his friends his
destination further than to say that
he was going far away to start life
over again. His affairs with the COM
pany are straight, but domestic diff
fcuities are said to have figured. He
has written to his wife saying she will
never see him again.
Eli Moore, prominent farmer, was
fatally injured and his son Walter was
killed by the bursting of an impro-
vised cider mill near Kingwood the
other day. They had taken an old
milestone and rugged it up in a thresh-
ing machine for an apple crusher.
They attached steam power, and the
mill revolved SO rapidly the stone
burst in pieces, hitting both men.
The son was instantly killed by a
piece of stone hitting him on the head
and the father cannot recover.
Miss Minnie Martin, at Minnie, a
station between Clarksburg and
Martinsville, on the short line, saved
a passenger train yesterday afternoon
from a disastrous wreck. She dis
covered large log on the track that
had rolled down the bank. She hur-
riedly secured a horse, jumped on its
back, swan the creek, and tagged the
train Just in time to prevent a wreck.
Miss Martin is the daughter of we'll
known farmer of that section.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-10-23
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cannot be cured by the use of Halls
Catarrh Cure.
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Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of Decem-
Der, A. D., 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
Seal Notary Public.
~
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