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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-30

s@GriswoId laughed. sWe are not
big enough to buy fila OF" o
at doesn't ask for. moS1ey; it asks
for little fnesse. The, manowe are
talking about is law unto himself.
but there is opoweg behind the
his daughters yOu meanq
Griswold puzzled over it for a mo-
msnt: and then said: e@I don't see
the application go %.
saDon't your Wei. III tell ysu- II
this young lady knew what is going
on she'd stop It."
.:sWhy shenla sReP''
.I,m not going insa particularsgs''
laughed Griffin. Affeyou can be Ned
Raymer's partt1er swithout blowing
what the whole town is talking
about stranger couldn't give you
pointer
"By Jovel" said GfisWold. as one
incredulous; but little later. when
j he got up to take his leave he
thanked the observant one.
Don't mention IT, said Griffin.
ST may have to do you an i'll turn
some day. and this win serve to show
that I'm not malicious. Aree we
square on the score cot the uncom-
Portable night I might have had?"
Rather more than square" Girls
void acknowledged. AID he wentShis
way with many new STRINGS of the
conscience-pool.
The detective stood aat the hotel
entrance and watched his late res
3uer out of sight. After which he
In, E,od xr-s& = o
clerk.
. "Griswold stopped awhile with you
when he first came here, didn't he?''
he Asked o
"Yes; he Washers sick for awhile"
!. when was that?"
s4It was some time last spring"
"Could you give me the date?''
The clerk could and did, or
thought he did. But it was surely
the very irony of chance that some
one should distract his attention at
the critical emoment OF date-fEing.
making him miscall the month and
so give Griswold 30 days more Of res
| idence in Wahaska than he had real
| " had. Griffin's eyes narrowed and
grew hard; and then slow smile
took the hardnesssout of them. He
turned away to climb the stair to the
dining-Hoom. and the smile outlasted
the ascent.
I'm id If I'm mot glad of it!,".
he confidsd to the hatrack when he
was going in to his dinner. "But it
| knocks me silly Just when I was
sure + had my man. I wonder when
can get q train out Of this dead
| alive town.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-30
CHAPTER xxru.

It was late In the afternoon OF one
Of the inatchless summer days when
Griffin became an involuntary Crusoe.
It was in thee second week of the
strike and the fourth OF his sojourn
in Wahasks. and being no nearer the
solution of his problem than he was
On the day OF theory-fralniAg when
be had made sure that Charlotte
Earnham's- robber-lover would in due
time make his appearance. he had
faHel, into the way OF killing time
in rowboat on the lake. Is was
weary work. this waiting FOR a man
who might never turn up. and there
was a limit to the satisfaction TO be
gotten out of prying into the affairs
Of small city whose history one
rnigrt read as he ran. So Grimm
took TO the rowbeat and the lake.
pulling sEow-races against time.
wrestling with his problem mean
while. and calling himself hard
names: saying that it was only the
fnertia IL the place. and nor the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-30

s1 know HE 0eat.- was Grfswold.s
rejoindeE And: hope you are
not nervous 'se
SEX" :
"Good. Wen get it decently fresh
when we are out in the open. but
we'll make it all right.
The prophecy swas fulfilled ineboth
halves, but the detective held his
breath more than once before the
cat-beat had thrashed its . way
through the perilous middle passage
in Wahaskas bay. oAte the pier he
helped his rescuer make fast and
stow the sail, and theys walked up
town together. Az the hotel Gen.
trance Griffin. introduced himself by
name and made shift to thank the
man whom he meant to bring to jus
tice. %
'sI owe you one. Mr.. Griswold.. he
said. at thea hand-grasp. "and Tn
afraid I shall never be able to pay
II in kind"
Griswold laughed. ut is not a very
heavy obligation. At the worst you
mighte have had ano uncomfortable
night of it,"
~Perhaps it wouldn't have been any
worse than that. Well, maybe / can
save you an uncomfortable night
sometimes Won't you come in and
smoke q cigar?'' 90
Griswold thought at first that he
weslld not, and then. changed his
mind He was invited to dinner at
DIR. Farnham's, but it was yet early.
Now there is nothing like good to-
bacco for speeding an acquaintance
between two men, and Grifin's single
extravagance ran to fine brands of
cigars. So the chat in the hotel Of
fee went hither and yon. and finally
came down to the topic which was
at that moment engrossing the town
1.-The strike at the iron works.
@They are a hard-headed lot of
FOOLS. said Griswold, not without
warmth, when he came to speak OF
the strikers. 's.They are just Hike
all the rest: they don't know when
they are well off. = We meant to go
into the proft-sharing with them
next year, but the way they are act
ing nov you would think that Ray
mer and I are their sworn enemies
"Vio1ence?" queried the detective.
Threats of it; plentysof them"
what win you do?"
I'VE haven't decided yet, but my
idea is to import what labor we need
and go on"
''That will be pretty sure to make
| trouble won't it?''
~Oh, I suppose so. But we've got
to9fght it out sooner or later"
9stNo chancesforsa compromise, Ell p
Not in the least, now; in fact
| there meyer was any. Their demands
| were most unreasonable
$50 think said Griffin, eoolly.
| y Gris1xold looked atehis cornnaniou
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-30
JOKE ON SAM JONES.
Hfs Favorite Drink Was Bntternailk
and He Got All He Wanted.
of 1T Free.

Speaking Of practical jokes" said
e man from Texas, to a New Orleans
Times-Democrat reporter, reminds
me of little thing that happened
few years ago in one OF the more pros
perous towns of the big state. There
was big religious revival going on
at the time, and it was being conducted
by one of the most noted evangelists
of the country. Sam Jones was the
man, and he was stirring things up in
that section of the world The town
was wrought up over his sayings. One
day he found himself In possession of
a bottle of good old wine which had
been sent to him as On evidence Of good
faith in aprofession made by some man
who had decided to quit the rum habit.
Sam Jones had no use for the wine. In
a iocular way he presented the wine to
the newspaper crowd, telling the boys
they might manage to get a little in
spira ton out of it. One of the boys in
writing little slit about the thing. said
Mr.. Jones had given the wine to the
boys of the press, and had Incidentally
mentioned the fact that buttermilk
was his favoritedrink. The ht.Se town
was in the. hub OF the buttermiikz belt.
Enough milk was produced in thatpar
of Texas to float the American navy.
The newspaper notice had marvellous
effect. It brought forth the butter
milk, and 1t came inea1l sorts of guam
titles to the hotel where the evangelist
was stopping. Buckets, bottles and
cans, utensils of almost every kind
were left at the eating place for the
Georgian. Milk bells were ringing and
milk wagons were rolling up to the
place alleduring the day. never saw
as much butternilk in my life. Sam
Jones, If he had lived to be as old as
Methuselah, could not have CONSUMED
the quantity of milk which had been
hauled. carried and 'toted' to the hotel
by Texans uho read the little squib in
the newspaper about buttermiIk being
the favorite drink of the evangelist.
Sam Jones was somewhat annoyed by
the thing at first, but the funny part
of the situation dawned on him, and ap-
preciating the good spirit of the offer
ing, ne got deal Of fun out Of it. It
was a good practical joke, and yet al
together unattended. for the newspa-
perman never dreamed Of the conse-
ouenceS.n
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-30
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

When large badger was caught am
killed. recently in HeZingby, Lincoln
shire, EnglaEa, it was found to weigh
% pounds.
An enormous sunfish, weighing one
and one-half hundredweight. has been
left stranded by the tide at Blakeney,
Norfolk, England.
The Chester County Historical So
ciety, of Pennsylvania. has erected on
the Brandywine battlefield a Aonu-
ment to Gen. Lafayette.
> Since three men have hapsed them
selves in Gibbet Jane, halesowen,
Worcestershire, England. it has been
decided to change the name OF the
thoroughfare.
) Attempting to commit suicide in the
Danube canal at Vienna, man stucE
fast in the thick ice which supported
him until be was rescued, frozens al
most stiff and quite unconscious.
The Illinois supreme court has de-
cided that the weekly My day law is
constitutional This will compel man
ufdcturers in that state to pay their
men weekly, whenever it is demanSed.
The city eof New York does little
in the agricultural line occasionally.
Thus $1s2.20 has been received from
the, net proceeds of an auction sale Of
apples held on the new Croton dam
division Of the new aqueduct. 1t has
been transmitted to the city chamber
lain for the c2edit of the water fund.
IS. o. MeCurdy, Of Sunbury, Pa, has
been IN the railway mail service 20
years, and in that time has travelled
767, os4 miles, something like 30 jour
neys around the world In the one
wreck which the veteran mail clerk has
been through his life WIS saved by
q mail sack which LIE had In his hand.
He was thrown from his car, and
wodld have gone under the wheels of
the locomotive if the sack had not
blocked his way.
The planter" is a device for the as
sistance Of the gardener. 1t looks like
3 pair of large CARING tongs, which
when closed form a hollow tube and
taper to q point. The plant to be in
serted into the ground is placed in the
tube portion which is then forced
into the earth and opened by shutting
the handles. The plant is left in the
earth when the implement is with
drawn The operation of planting
and transplanting is rendered easy, and
the contrivance is carried as conven-
iently as a pair of scissors.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-30
InvaIid's CutIet.

A palatable addition to the menu
of a convalescent is an 'sinvaiid's cut
let" For this take three outlets
from neck of mutton, trim one very
neatly and fix it between the other
two, which should be large enough
to lap it all around. Fasten the
three together with q string or small
toothpick skewers, and broil. turn
ing constantly while they are cook
ing. When cooked take the middle
outlet out and serve with 9 little
potato snow or some spinach, or
whatever the doctor will permit Is
will be found that this middle cut
let has absorbed all the Juice OF
the other two and is both delicate
and extremely nourishing-N. Y
Pest
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-30
A Knave Of
Conscience :
By FRANCIS LYNDE.
tCopynghSaSOO, 81 Francis Lynde-l
CHAPTER XXI.

tell you, 9Griswold, there is no
doubt about it; we have OJasper
GHEson to ethank for every move in
: this block game of ours. Every dol
Z lars worth of work thatOwe have
lost has been taken away from us
gby his orders: and when we shall
come to the heart of this strike bust
ness we shall find out that he Is at
the bottom of that"
TIE partners were closeted In the
private Office of the iron works. dis
e1fssing the dfscouraging outlook In
general and the ultimatum of the
workmen in particular, and thus6far
Griswold had been unable to offer.
any helpful suggestion.
81 don't like to- believe that, Ned"
be protested. ssIt is a terrible charge
to bring against any man. Besides.
What motive could he have?"
"The one motive he has for every
ching he does-greed. He meantE to
swallow me whole when he lent me
the money for the enlargement of
the plant You stepped in and
stopped that, and now he means to
swallow both of u.s.
Grfswofd shook his head. ssI can't
CONCEIVE the hardness of it, Ned"
az you should accuse him of hard
ness it would make him iaughs in
your face. Ha swould say It was
business. But that is nothing sto
: him He is something mere than q
driver on the JuggernaNt-car Of
business. He is a robber,eout and
out. and one who sticks at nothing.
Have you heard of that deal he is
engineering with the old banker from
New Orleans?'
''What banker?'
"Old Andrew Galbraith. of the
Bayou State bank
If GriswoId did not turn pale at
che mention of Andrew Galbraith's
name it was because his face was al
ways colorless. Yet he forced him
self to ask the question:
"I haven't heard of it; what is it?''
"Grierson Is about to stick the old
Scotchman for cool million in the
Red lake pine lands. You know
What they're worth-or, rather, how
utterly worthless they are"
"Oh. think you must be mistaken.
Ned. It would be sheer robbery"
Il am not mistaken; it came as
straight as a. string. 10 is a family
matter and I ought not to mention
it even to you. Young Blanton drew
up the papers and. as you may have
guessed before this. he and Gertie
have no secrets from each other.
The deal is all but closed"
Griswold went silent at that, sit
ting quiet for SO long that Raymer
wondered little, and would have
wondered great deal if he could
have known what lions net OF re-
sponsibility his bit of information
had flung over the silent one.
Truly, of all men living, Kenneth
Gr:swold should have been the last
20 feel any conscientious promptings
toward the saving of the man whom
he himself had robbed: and yet the
promptings were there. full-grown
and insistent. He was still wrestling
with them when the noon whistle oi
the iron works Jared generously
upon the air. and Raymer got up and
walked to the window commanding
q view Of the gates. And it was
Raymer's voice that broke his rev
erie.
TT has come" said the ironmaster;
and Griswold quickly joined him al
the window.
The men were fling soberly out
at the great gates with their dinner
pals and other belongings This
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-30
FRIENDSHIP OF WOMEN
By JESSIE LLEWELLYN

In all literature no great book depict
ing the friendship of woman for woman has
ever been written, while of the exhalted de
votion of one man for another we have ex-
arnples without number, from the story of
David and Jonathan down to the magazine
hcton of the day.
Perhaps it is because woman is so con
slant in love that she makes an Indifferent
friend. Certain it is that after marriage her
individuality is merged in that of her hus-
band, and thereafter she views old friends
with two pairs of eyes, as it were. As a
mans admiration for a woman is from an
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-30
WAY the Razor Wa Dull.

Il wonder what makes my razor -
dull" said q man. looking at ths
blade he had SO carefully sharpenec
only day or two before.
s.Vhy, father" spoke up little John
ME, playing marbles on the floor. IN
was just beautiful and sharp only this
morning when I made my wooden
boat with tn. Z. Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-30
Lookang rsrward.

when grow up" said little Ethel.
with dreamy, imaginative look. Pm
going to be school-teacher."
.Wen. I'm going to be g mamma and
have six children said tiny Edna.
well, when they come to school to
me I'm going to whip 'em. whip 'em."
"You mean thingi. exclaimed Edna,
as the tears came into her eyes What
have my poor children ever done to
you ?"-London Tit-Bits-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-30
cet-on 1zfIls I'm bombay.

At the present day many cotton
mills are working In Bombay, end
more viii soon be started. Already
the entire yarn supply Of India, and
TO some extent Of China and Japan,
IS furnished by the Bombay mills
Indastrizl Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-30

Jack-Was the church garden-party
successY
Julia-Weil, worked hard enough;
I ate ice cream with every young
man on the grounds--Detroit Free
Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-30

| cutwater straight for the Island.
Griffin shortened the glass and
dropped it into his pocket
swell. now; that's more than good
natured." he muttered. "You may
be q robber of banks. Mr.. Griswold.
| but you've got a kind heart In you
When the rescuer's purpose to
| bring up under the lea of the island
became evident the castaway scram-
i bled down the low bluff and made
his way around the southern point,
to be ready to climb aboard. The
boat doubled the northern sand-spit
and 1t was waiting for him In the
sheltered cove behind the island
when he came in sight OF it. Girls
| void hailed him cheerfully.
Thought you had come across an
other Skipper Ireson. didn't you,
when we went ON and left you? ]
saw you waving. but the young la
dies were little nervous and
como back after you Can you make
it from that logf"
4 Griffin could make it and did; and
moment afterward the cat-boat
shot out from the island shelter, put
her lee gunwale under and showed
her bottom straie to the setting sun
Griffin crawled aft and balanced him
self on the uplifted weather rail be.
side the helmsman.
i You have the courage OF your con.
victious. he remarked. nodlinr up.
ward at the full sheet OF the strain.
!. ing sail Il looked to see you reel
|. before you put out again.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-06-20
PHYSICIANS Failed 70 HsIp Hin But Blood
Wine Made Hin a Well Man,

Officer H. A. Metcalf, who has been
policeman on the Hamilton, Ohio, police
force for the past ten years, and who IS
probably rs well known as any man IN
Hamilton, Is one Of the earnest advocates
of Blood Wine. He says:
II first experienced a serious loss Of ap-
petite. Nothing that ate appeared 70
agree with me, and began losing hesh
rspidly, This was followed by an attack
81 stomach trouble which grew worse and
worse until I began to despair OF securing
relief. Consulted several physicians and
took a number of medicines, none Of which
aid me a particle Of good. a friend adj
vised me 10 try Blood Wine, and fol
lowed that advice. The first bottle OF this
excellent remedy which took brought
about marked changetor the better IN
NV condition. I took two more bottles
and Eel, that was in reasonably good
health, but in order to make assurance
doubly sure / purchased and took the
four:h bottle. ! now believe that am N
better health than ever was in my lie
ana I take the greatest pleasure IN recon-
nendinp Blood Wine to all persons who
are suffering as was.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-06-20
Miraculous Cure Of Prominent Business Man by
Blood Wine, Americas Great Medicine.

one of the strongest and most convincing testimonials
TO the efficacy of Blood Wine furnished by Gilbert
Harris of Essex Junction VT, weknown business man
ofundoubted integrity Hearing that Mr. Harris was tell
ing his friends about the wonderful good Blood Winehad
done him. reporter for the Daily News of Burlington
visited his fine home in Essex Junction for interview
sr Harris upon being told the object of his visit at
once grew enthusiastic npraise Of Blood Wine why,
it saved my le he remarked have no doubt Of it,
and you would not had you seen me year ago. sBut
LET me tell you my experience; that will be the most
convincing argument know Of"
az will be 6 years March, began Mr. Harris and up to three
years ago remarkably healthy man. being seldom I ever SICK About
health shattered very little and gradually wasted away
mere shadow of my self Ny normal weight before was was
roo lbs and flesh that barely tipped the scales to I4 lbs
was SO weak walk the Posohce short distance with
out greatly Well tried physician and physician and also
medicine after medicine ofte making and many OF them
giving whatever oneday saw IN newspaper
o Blood Wine resort slowly down TO the corner drug
store purchased that time stomach fearful con
don Icould nothing without the distressing nausea and m was
actually burden after took the first dose Of Blood Vine
felt better that day this have been continuing TO improve
now weigh s Ibs heartily and enjoy mOu OF and can
work like horse
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-06-20
Judge For Yourself
Which is Better-Try an Experiment OF
Profit by a clarksbTg citizen's
Experience.

Something new is IN experiment.
Must be proved to be as represented.
The statement of a manufacturer is
not convincing proof of merit.
But the endorsement Of friends IS.
Now supposfng you had bad back,
A lame, weak or aching one,
Would Won experiment on it?
You viii read Of many so-calIed cures
Endorsed by strangers from far.away
places.
It's different when the endorsement
comes from home
Easy 10 proye local testimony.
Home endorsement is the proof thai
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-06-20
Vas Gradually Growing Weaker Blood
Wine Checked Her Decline In Tine

lowing 10 the great benefits which
have derived from the use of your Blood
Wine, feel ii my duty TO make state
1nent concerning it, which you are at
liberty to use as you see fit. / have been
sick for about nine years and was gradu-
ally growing weaker when my attention
was called your remedy. Without much
faith in its efficacy ] made 4 trial OF it, as
l had previously done with other remedies
Ny trouble was general debility, loss Of
strength and wasting OF body. About
eighteen months ago l purchased my first
bottle of your Blood Wine and took it
steadily thereafter After taking three
bottles / began 10 improve, and that i'm
provement has continued down TO the
present day During this time I have
gained twenty-five (cS) pounds in weight,
and the goodhealth which formerly en-.
loved has entirely been restored. / have
hesitated somewhat about subscribing my
name TO testimonial which might be
used for advertising purposes. but my
sense of duty TO other sufferers placed as
was has overcome all scrupies IN that
direction, and you have my permission TO
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-06-20
MRS. BARNES
GOES CRAZY
Broke Window Glass out OF Bridge
port HoteI-Dsrangement IS
Sudden.

A very sad case OF mental derange.
ment exists at Bridgeport. The vic.
tim is Mrs. Charles L. Barnes. She
and her husband have been boarding
at the central hotel at that place.
Thursday night it was noticed that
she acted strange and Friday her coz
dition became much worse. That
night she grew violent and uncontroll-
able. She broke many of the window
glass out Of the hotel before her
friendspersaaded her to desist. Later
that evening she was removed to the
home Of Mr.. Barnes brother, Otto
Barnes, where she is being closely
looked after. She isabout 40 years Of
age and her ahiietion is attributed to
bad health. Steps will likely be taken
to commit her to the asylum in the
event her condition does not improve
within the next few days. They have
no children. She is an Ohio lady and
Mr.. Barnes met and married her in
that state.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-06-20
use this testimonial any way that IS likely
10 benefit the public.
MRS. HENRY BRILLoN,
No. Grosvenordale, Conn.
Cured In Sixteen Days Was Going Intt
COaSunvtIuh .

Mr.. Frank Wooley, 70 Central Avenue
ALBANY, n. ", writes; about December
x last severe cold fastened itself on my
lungs, and as my family history from
-bysicaI viewpoint is bad, my mother,
brother and sister having died at a COM
naratively early age from phthisis, be-
earnc greatly alarmed, more especially as
Inc pains in my right lung were intense,
mainly at night. On or about December
"a a newspaper friend enthusiastically
recommended Blood Wine, and acting
upon his advice / procureda bottle at VIM.
Sautter's drug store, SNorth Pearl Street,
Albany. The first bottle absolutely
stopped the hacking cough that accom-
panied my cold, and before the second
bottle was consumed my lungs ceased to
pain nc, and today, but sixteen i6l days
from the date that the cold first showed
itself, / an entirely free OF every feature
Of the ailmenttha At the outset threatened
10 throw me into consumption.