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CHAPTER Xu.-Continued.
Bargain and Sale.

i4 'Look here. Jim, don't try the
sgoody-goody business on me. You
think you're mighty smooth and you're
mighty good and you're gettin' on
pretty fast. Your picture in the
papers is mighty handsome, and you
looked real swell in the fine clothes
UP at the bankers talkin' to that girl
That's another thing !, said
Wheaton, still standing. II ought to
refuse to do anything for you after
me couldn't possibly do you any good.
1T was sheer luck that you weren't
stlrned over to the police"
e Snyder chuckled.
That old preacher gave me a pretty
hard jar"
"You ought to be Jared. You're no
good. You haven't even been success
There amt nothing against me
anywhere" said Snyder, doggedly.
81 Il have different information" said
Wheaton, blandly. There was the
matter Of that postoffice robbery in
Michigan; attempted bank robbery in
that sort scattered thru the country,
that make pretty ugly list. But
they say you're not very strong in that
profession He smiled an unpleas-
ant smile.
i. Snyder drew his feet from the table
rdId JuiAIpCu ny Will Oil .oS1lLA.
sEs Look here, Jim, If you amt playin'
square with me-
"I intend playing more than square
with you, but want you to know that
I am not afraid of you; I've taken the
trouble to look you up. The Pinker-
tons have long memories" he said,
significantly.
Snyder was visibly impressed. and
Wheaton made haste to follow up his
advantage.
You've got to get away from here,
Billy. and be in hurry about 1t. How
much money have you?"
mot a red cent"
What became Of that money Mr..
Saxton gave your
well, to tell the truth owed a few
little bills back at Great River and
jsI settled up. like any square man
would
eff you told the truth, you'd say you
drank UP what you hadn't gambled
away Wheaton moved toward the
door.
5iS Eat eight Tomorrow night
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possible, the church Of her baptism.
There had been no other Roman Cath
olics, at her school,; the Episcopal
church was the official spiritual chan
mel of Tyringham; and she brought
home a pretty Anglican prayer books,
and attended early masses with her
mother &. only y to the +h end sa that she ne
st. Paul's, to the scandal of Father
Donovan and somewhat to the sneak
ing delight of her father. Mar
grave held that religion of what
ever kind was matter for women,
and that they were entitled to. their
Whim about it..
birmingham is, it is well known, a
place where girls of the proper in
stinct: and spirit acquire a manner that
is everywhere unmistakable. Mabel
had given new grace and impressive
ness to birmingham itself; she touched
nothing that she did not improve, and
she came home with an ambition to
give tone to Clarkson society. A great
phrase with Mabel was the men; this
did not mean the genus homo in any:
philosophical abstraction, but certain
young gentlemen that followed much
In her train. There were a few young
women who were much in MabeIs
company and who conscientiously imi-
tated Mabel's ways. All the devices
and desires of Mabel's heart tended
toward one contamination, and that
was the destruction Of monotony.
Mabel had announced to a. few Of
her cronies that she would show Ev
elyn Porter how things were done,
and as the Country club was new, she
chose it as the place for her exhibit
ton. Mabel was two years older than
Evelyn; they had never been more
than casually acquainted, and now
that Evelyn's college days were over
Mabel had finished several years be-
fore-and were to live in the same
town, it seemed expedient, to the older
girl to take the initiative, to the end
that their respective positions in the
community might be definitely fixed.
Evelyn,s name carried far more pres
tige than Mabels; the MargraVes had
not been in the Clarkson Blue Book
at all until Mabel came home from
school and demonstrated her right to
enlistment among the elect.
She dressed herself as sumptuously
as she dared for a morning call and
drove the highest trap that Garrison
had ever seen up Porter Hill. The
man beside her was the only correctly
diverted adjunct Of any Clarkson stable
at least this was Mabeps opinion.
Whatever people said of Mabel and
her ways, they could not deny that
her clothes were good, tho they We're
usually q trifie pronounced in color
and cut. She wore about her neck a
| long, thin chain from which dang1ed
q silver heart. Mabefs was the larg-
est that couldabe found at any Chicago
jewelers.. It's purpose In .MabePs case
was to convey to the curious the inn
preston that there was photograph
Of a young man inside. This was no
fraud on Mabel's part, for she carried
81 this trinket the photograph OF 2
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planned Evelyn. "She's asked us to go
coaching with her to the Country
club and have supper there and took
the liberty of accepting for YOU"
What's she like?" asked Annie.
birmingham" said Evelyn sue
cinctly.
"oh! your words affect me strange
ly, child" drawled Belle, casting up
her eyes in pretended imitation Of
the birmingham manner.
How. are her, a,s?" asked Annie.
Broader than the Atlantic. I
think she wants, to patronize me.
She's real birmingham in that she
thinks us college women very slow
We'll, they do have a style" said
Belle, signing. You can always tell
one of Miss Atoms girls
- Yes there's no doubt about that"
retorted Annie coolly. She had taken
posed to look down upon the product
of fashionable boarding schools.
Cheer UP! The worst is yet to
come" declared Evelyn. You'd bet
ter not encourage the idea here that
we are different from young women
Of any other sort. I've got to live
here! I'm going to be pretty lonely,
too, the first thing you know, after
you desert me-
You'll have plenty Of chances to
root for the college" suggested
Belle. You won't have any
thing like the time Til have. In
Virginia we have traditions that
I've got to reconcile myself to, in
some way; out here, you can start
even.''
Eyes, and we have the birmingham
type, and a few of the convent sort,
and few of the co-eds to combat.
l.. %l,s. So M n tool 1ry
wrong with the co-eds, is there ?"
asked Annie, who believed IN educa-
ton for it's own sake.
"Only the ones that want to- go in
for politics and that sort of thing.
There's LADY, said lady-doctor OF
philosophy here in town who casually
invited me to become a candidate for
school commissioner a few weeks
ago.
I'm not sure that you oughtn't to
have, done it," said Annie, assuming
that you declined. It would have
been a good stroke for alma mater
NO; that's what it wouldn't have
and believe that college education is
good for women, we'd better suppress
this notion that's abroad in the world
that college makes a woman different.
I hold that we're not necessarily UNI
like our sisters of the convent, or the
birmingham ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
room variety" Evelyn drew herself
up with an oratorical gesture and in
Election. I'm here to defend my rights
as human being
"You will be hit with a pillow in a
minute" remarked Belle, rising and
preparing to make her threat good.
LETS talk about what to wear to
Lady Tyringham's party
(To be continued to-morrow.l
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money. The tickets good thru to
Spokane; and that's your train, the
first one in the shed. Now; I want
you to understand that this is the last
time, Billy; you've got to work and
make your own living. I can't dc
anything more for YOU. and what's
more, won't"
"All right, Jin1,'''s said Snyder. sYou
won't ever lose ANYTHING by helping me
along. You're inSbigSluck and it amt
going to hurt you to give neSa little
boost now and them
.Thisis the last tine said Wheaton
firmly, angry at Snyder's hint for fur
Their assistance.
Snyder put out his hand.
"Good-by, JIM he said.
"Good-by,s Billy
Wheaton stood inside the station
and watched the man cross the cleo.
tric-lighted platform, show his ticket
at the gate, and walk to the train. He
still waited, watching the car which
the man boarded, until the train rolled
out into the night. .s !
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have been much better. for Mabel if
she had not tried .so.shard, but this
was something thatHshes did not I'M
derstand, and there was no one to
teach her. She derived an immense
pleasure from her fathers private car,
in which she had been over most Of
the United States, and had gone even
hold it was always spoken of as the
car" Its cook and porter were kept
on the pay roll of the company, but
when they were not on active service
in the car, one Of them drove the
Margrave carriage and the other
opened the Margrave front door.
The Margraye house was one OF the
handsomest in Clarkson. Margrave
had not coursed in the orbits of lu
minaries greater than himself without
acquiring wisdom. When he built
house he turned the whole matter over
to "a Boston architect with instructions
to go ahead just as if q gentleman had
employed him; he did not want a
house which his neigfibors could say
.pect Of the Margraves. Clarkson was
proud of the Margravel house. which
was better than the Porter house, tho
1t lacked the setting. Of the Porter
grounds. The architect had done
everything; Margrave kept his own
hands on ana sen. MS .Wlle anu Maoel
ABROAD 10. s1 i19 II was READY TOT
occupancy. .When the mouse was near
Raridan up to see It and display with
pride. large and handsomely Eiur-
nished library Whese ample shelves
We're, -devo1d sof,boeks. -
NoW.,W ary,ss.h ne. sa1d, = Want DoGKs
for this mouse ana want EN- rlgnt.
l never read any DOCKS, ana ! never eye
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masses, and it is not irreverent to say
that even the divine power is incap-
able of making such people happy.
The trouble with nine out of ten of
all the couples who find their mar
riages uncomfortable Is that they are
mad because the other party to the
contract is not willing to be slave
or that they themselves are not will
ing to pull their share Of the load. It
is selflove that is making marriage
the despair Of the age.
If you are unhappy and desperate
take another tack. Abandon your old
scheme of happiness. Do not any
longer try to achieve it by attempting
to extort it from your husband or your
wife. Try to get it by self-sacri6ce.
Try to get it by giving it. Divorce will
not insure it.. For you will take that
same selfish heart into another alli-
ance.
But even If this is not true, even If
people have exhausted every power in
trying to make their married life a
blessing-do not disrupt It except for
that last, final and sufficient reason.
You know your present ills, but you
do not know what you are flying to.
If you cannot dwell under the same
roof, then live apart. But remember
that marriage is a sacred thing. There
is a mystery in it, A certain holiness
inheres in that strange relationship.
It carries Its own avenger in it's bosom.
We may not lightly trit1e with it's au-
gust nature. Think Of the dangers
of divorce: think Of its disgrace; think
of it's possible regrets; contemplate its
almost certain self-reproaches.
It is best to be patient and resigned.
Whatever we say, however much we
may rage and protest-individual hap
piness is not the object of existence in
| preme obligation. 1t is right to de-
| sire happiness and to labor for it. But
| it is sheer idiocy to be mad and fran
| tic because we do not find it. There
/ are no marriages. or. very few, where
| it has not been secured by reverend
| ing self-abnegation and effort. And
even where happiness (the gushing,
exuberant happiness of the rare ideal
N: arriages), occurs without effort 1t is
because those hearts were unselfish to
begin with.
OF course it is terrible thing to be
defrauded Of the joy of an ideal mar
ried life. But it is a terrible thing to
be defrauded Of other joys. Whose
! heart is not at certain wild moments
| OF desire and unreason mad with the
| consciousness of the bliss we miss in
| life? But this emotion is wicked and
sinful to the last degree. No matter
what we possess, there is always more
! that we want. Possession does not
satiate; it rather stimulates this lust;
No husband and no wife has all the
traits we covet. No mans wife is SO
young and beautiful and brilliant but
that, if his heart is wrong, he may not
in his neighbor's home see a youth or
| a beauty or a brilliance that shall
make him feel that he has been de-
| frauded.
Quiet acceptance, patient endurance
submissive resignation-these are the
| best.
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THE GOLDEN RULE AS THEIR PLATFORM

war and unnecessary burdensome
taxation should cease, and the peo-
pie should unite and henceforth de-
mand a direct vote of the people on
all questions Of vital importance,
and that Christ's Golden Rule
should be applied to all government
by and for the people:
You are hereby called together in
His name in national and international
mass convention, in Convention hall.
at the worlds fair, st. Louis, Mo-.
U. S. A., May 1 and 2, 1904, for the
purpose of economic discussion and
of Jesus Christ, and to further accom-
plish this great purpose by recon-
mending or nominating candidates for
president and vice president Of the
United States on a worldwide plat,
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CAUTION-Be careful to give cor
rect Number and Size of Patterns
wanted. When the pattern is bust
measure you need only mark 80, "a,
3s or whatever it may be. When in
waist measure, %, "a, &c.. or what
ever it may be. When misses or
child's pattern, write only the figure
representing the age. It is not neces-
sary to write inches or years
Pattern for this garment will be
sent postpaid on receipt of 10 cents.
Be sure and mention number Of pat
tern. Address
PAPER PATTERN DEPARTMENT,
JOURNAL, MINNEAPOLIS.
A perfectly proportioned man
should weigh twenty-eight pounds for
every foot of his height.
The first public library in modern
Europe was founded in Florence in
the Fifteenth century.
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TO-THE-MINUTE
u FASHIONS I.
A Daily Hint Of Practical Value
to Journal Readers Of the ,.=
Fair Sex.

The fashion pictures given daily in
cal, and the garments pictured can be
reproduced easily, from the paper
patterns, which may be obtained at
trifiing cost thru The journal. The
models are all In good style, pretty
and original i'm effect and not too
elaborate for the ambitious amateur
to reproduce.
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BUYING, SELLING
AND BUILDING
REAL. ESTATE TRANSFERS,

August Benson to Louise N. Hessel, lot /,
block 2, Boulevard addition, $1,000
Susie T.. Curtis and husband to Otto P. Setz-
ler,. in section 17-119-21, $2,4OO.
) Henry Curtis and wife to Otto P. Settler, in
section S-119-21,@ 81, 200.
Oscar N. Farnhamt to Kate NJ. Farnham, lot TO-
block i, .Farnham's third addition, $3.50.
Kate N. Farpham; to Oscar NJ. Farnham; lot
IS, block !. Farnham's addition, $3.50.
- Alice a. Hall to Emma l.. Bennett, part Of lot
80. block 4. Ridgewood addition, S., OOO
80 +. 9. Jamison to Joseph F. Moore. part Of lot
William II: johnson and wife to August Ben
son; lot block . Boulevard addition, 81 900.
lots 8 and 10, block 8, Bakers addition, $500.
John Krause and wife to Ida Schock, lots 12
ton. $3.50. S. ess:s,
Elijah: p. Mansfield to Cora F. Wright. lot O.,
block B, Bakers second addition, So 900.
Herman F.. Fischer and wife to University
Catholic association, lot 8. B.. F. Tuttle's addi-
Western Realty company to Emma Mann, lot
q, block 2 Fair Ground addition. $3.50.
Nine minor Deeds 81 "a. -
Total, % deeds, $40, 219.54s
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CARRIERS CAN'T
FIND ST. NICK
Santa Moves and Much of His Mail
Goes to the Dead Letter
Office.

New York, Dec. 21.-Letters adj
dressed by children to Santa Claus
are reaching the postoffice here in
larger numbers this year than ever
before. They come from all parts of
the country, even Alaska.
The childish petitions are carefully
set aside, and will be forwarded to the
dead letter. office at Washington. The
collection will weigh at least a ton,
and is double the quantity. received
in any previous year.
The first play given in France was
cleopatra" in 1862.
A cubic foot, of new fallen snow
weighs 5k pounds on the average
and has twelve times the bulk of an
equal weight of water
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1t was midnight on. the hilltop. and the
fife was dim and dow.
While the weary shepherds~ slumbered round
the embers' dying glow,
When light shone round about them,
brighter far than light Of day.
And they. saw an angel standing in its pure
4 and living ray. sGs,s
He was dressed in white apparel and his
face was gravely sweet,
And he spake unto them gently 40 they
bowed them at his feet.
Fear ye. not" for, they were troubled;
3 news Of peace and Joy bring;
For tonight in David's city Christ Is born,
your Lord and K1ng.".
As he spoke, adown the heavens, borne as
on the oceans swell,
Angel forms came floating nearer. angel
voices rose and fell:
Unto God the highest glory. Peace on
earth. To men good will,''
Pealed the anthem that triumphat echoes
down the ages still. So;
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The Christian Party Issues a Call
for q National Convention to
KS Be Held in May.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Dec. 21.-The
Christian party has issued a call for
its national mass convention to be held
in st. Louis on May / and 2, to nomi-
nate a candidate for president.
( The call is signed by William Ru-
dolph Benkert, chairman of the ma
tional executive United Christian par
sty. The party was organized July 4,
s1899, at Des Moines, Iowa. Benkert
is president Of the organization and
Rev. G. III. Thomas OF Chicago is vice
president.
The call is as sfollows:
To all the people who believe that
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The assets of the fire and marine
insurance companies Of this country
and the foreign companies doing busi-
ness under United, States branches
aggregate $321,00O and over with a
total capital Of ss54,202,000. Their
!, total disbursements were $164, 400, 900,
and their total receipts s176,100, 900.
The policyholderss get about 81 re-
turn for fire losses to every 50 paid
in premiums.
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1oj, IN DeoemOer Sc. Nicholas.
As the angel-vision vanished and the song
grew faint and far,
Clear. and radiant in the heavens steadfast
shone the guiding star;
Then they travelled on and onward till they
reached the lonely shed
Where the King Of all the nations in a
manger laid his head.
And the night was hushed and holy, while
the star shone over them,
And the angel-song rang softly, "Christ il
born in Bethlehem"
Nineteen hundred years have deeted since
the shepherds heard that song,
Since Judea's hills were frightened by the :
presence of that throng:
But adown the distant ages, when the
Christmas-time draws near,
And our hearths .and homes are frightened
with the Christmas warmth and
cheer
When our hearts with love, grow warmer
as the light glows in gem
Softly steals the angels message, Christ
is born in Bethlehem
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Our average man wears out nearly
two inches of shoe, leather in g. year.
Some crank has. estimated that if a
man had shoes made to last him: a
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Thai = E.sEE- X .,~ Z.
There are 10000 heat limits in a
pound of average coal, a chunk as big
as q. mans fist, which if properly ex-
panded Will give a fraction over"236
horse power. The trouble is that. we
have not devised the means of ex-
tracing it's fullest power. That
pound of coal will dosas much work
always if properly eexpanded--as 100
men putting forth their nightiest eff
fort for four minutes time 1900" ~ss
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
FOR THE NORTHWEST
Minneapolis Tuesday; cold

Tonight s5s. 2s4 gs"a - 81 80
g. zg.I
temperature to-day % degrees
% @ s%s#ss s1
fair Tonight
cold wave IN
WisconsinFar tonight and Tuesday,
@E"* - $50
portion;
brisk northwest winds. =
North
Tonight winds "
rior Tuesday, cold thwe tvinds
~. WEATHER CONDITIONS. 3#s. Is
Lake region
grees
reported at III degrees
Aght
part Of the region
racine coast
Houghton s..
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~ MINIMUM TEMPERATURES.
ken at g. seventy fifth meridian time. Minimum
temperatures in last twenty four hours
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS EVE

= ~ prize Poem.) -
Agnes Churchill Lacy Gage 15), December ST. Nicholas
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IF YOU Do NOT KNOW
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

= * < -. -, - - T. al.
THAT znsl@s. 81 :sgTs
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-12

y occasionally have good luck: The
worst old bore in town is mad at me.
and won't speak."-Drake Watson.
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Diamonds in Alaska.

While many %prospectors have been
combining their search chiefly for gold
and copper deposits in Alaska, Others
have been searching for diamonds, and
according to recent reports they have
been successful In finding q few val
liable specimens. There are many
others persons who have been search
ing for years for something far more
precious than gold or diamonds and
that is-health. They have tried this
medicine and that n in vain hope Of
finding it, without ucces They
should try Hostetter's Stomach Bit.
ters because it Is the most successful
health maker In the world, and Is
backed by a record Of fifty years OF
cures. II will positively cure indiges.
ton, dyspepsia, constipation. nervous.
ness, insomnia and malaria, fever and
ague. Try it.
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TRACK AND TRAIN

Engineer Steadman is still marked
UP for a rest.
Machinist Conan takes a day OFF on
account Of that tired feeling.
Nat Haggett of yicksburg, has TAX
en- a position in the Santa Fe tele-
graph Office at Albuquerque.
C. w. Harmon Of McCook, Neb..
has taken a place on the boilermaker
force at the Albuquerque shops.
Engineer Stewart, who has been
laying off because of the sickness OF
his wife. reported for duty this morn.
ing.
A fresh coat of green paint is max
ing a decided improvement in that
part Of the round house where the
machinists get busy.
Ernest Floyd, who went up to Ra-
ton recently to finish his apprenticeship
in the shops there, came down Satur.
day to see the circus.
Machinist Frank Roper, who has
been taking an enforced vacation for
the past six months on account Of
the rheumatism, is back at his post
of duty this morning.
Chief Engineer q. ID. Dunlap Of the
Northern railroad of New Mexico,
which is branched to run from Thorn
ton on the Santa re to Bland, Cochiti
district, will make his home in Albu-
querque for the winter.
The new railroad dining 9 and
lunch counter at Alamogordo is one
of the best institutions of its kind in
the southwest, and is receiving high
praise from travellers on the Rock
Island. A lage crowd can be handled
with no difficulty and the service IS
excellent.
The Ell Paso Herald contains a cut
of the new s25O,0Oo union depot TO be
erected in the Pass City. It will be a
beauty inside and out and will be a
great improvement in train service IN
Ell Paso as any one knows who has
made railway connections at the Dor
der town.