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An excursion from Louisburg viii ar
rive In the city today.
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cHAPrER Nv.


ne mares
''g have come again" said young
Green, laughing.
He stood In the doorway Of the
shop, holding the black mare by tie
Bride
Johnson had been sitting on Z
bench outside of the shop, smoking 4
clay pipe. As the young man spoke
he arose and advanced toward th4
mare.
Another shoe so soou7" he
quoried. shortly.
Eyes" said the young man, llghtls.
"HeP right shoe this time. Come,
Boass come, my giril1
There was . sudden, sullen glow q
Johnson's face a. be took the bellows
and bisw the Ore into a fierce blass.
He laid ehe iron on the are and rails
ed the hammer.
Young oroen hogan to talk Ne
apOks o. the dry weather and the hard
roads be told the news Of the town
ana 81 tie trial that was 70 come on
81 q Notorious horse thief who had
been caught attempting 70 steal Rsss.
The blacksmith listened Al auIidn
hiIonee between the blows d the aan
mes.
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CHAPTER v.
Whose Was the Dsodq


Dolores was waiting for something
to happen. A vague terror possessed
her; she could not have defined it
had she tried; she did not try. Young
Green's face seemed to haunt her.
She watched her father continually
while he was In the house, for a sort
of fascination was upon her, and she
could not keep her eyes from his face.
She could not explain the terror
that possessed her, but her whole
listless nature was aroused. She was
different, and her life was somehow
different, she knew not how.
The slow days passed, it seemed to
her, with even more slowness than
was their wont. Every morning the
red sun arose out of veil of haze
from the mountain beyond the val
ley; every evening he sank behind
the gray peaks in the west
Nothing happened after all; life
was stagnant; the sun arose and set
the haze hung more dense and thick
over the mountain peaks. No rain
fell; nothing happened Nothing hap
pened until
One day the rumor hoated across
the mountain that young Green's
mare, one Of the choicest breed in the
country, valued at what seemed to
the simple villagers a fabulous sum,
had gone lame. And this was discov-
cred the morning after she was shod
by Johnson.
20 most Of the villagers this fact
meant nothing. That the one had
anything to do with the other never
entered their heads. They had no
cause for suspicion But TO Dolores
the vumor came like blow. Il seem
cd TO her In q strange, far-away fash.
ion that this was what abe had been
expecting. This was why the kindly
blue eyes were always looking mto
hers. and the pleasant face was for
ever In her thoughts.
Her eyes were on her father when
the news was told by one OF the
pelgh5Ors. A nail was driven into
the mares hoof and she was dead
lame. The hostiar had found It when
he examined her hoo9. which was not
until the morning following the day
Green WAS at the settlement. It was
hard blow to the young man. the
speaker said. for he had thought a.
much Of her - though she wers q
woIaRn Conjecture was rife as "a
who had done the deed. Suspicion
rest0d particularly In one dlreotion
and the suspicion was pretty well
founded. but the young man would
wait until thsre could be- no doubt
And hers tho story ended.
Dolores had listened silently, al
vas her habit. no one noticing her
This memory Of her fathers wcsd.
tho other DAY returned 10 her Win
q ioEce che couid not aocount eor
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a . -
10 - 20 y v " . kt&k&
Missouri 8: !; :::
a 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, n, ~
sIrE ZOE TwlNE FAcroRY.

REV Missouri Psnltsntiary InstItlatIsa
10 be Under Way In Short Time.
JEFFERSON City, No: Warden WOOL
bridge, in conjunction with the Prison
inspectors, has picked out a site for
the new binder-twine factory in the
Missouri Penitentiary, and has in
.Htructed the architects TO rush the
plans and specifications.
Treasurer w. P. Williams, q mem
her Of the Board Of inspectors. said
they hoped to have the building for
the new bindingtwine factory under
way in q very short time.
Warden Woodbridge, Captain Allen
and myself recently visited the Kan
sas State Penitentiary at Lansing" he
continued, "and thoroughly inspected
their plant Since that time we have
been in correspondence with the max
yers of the necessary machinery, etc,
hoping to get the plant in operation as
soon as possible. We have to At II out
from the start, and even have to put
up the building, as there is no avail
able room within the prison In which
20 work.
The last Legislature appropriated
only $4,000 for buildings. II would
require more than double this amount
to erect the sort we would like to have
In order to make the factory a sue
CESS. but we are going ahead, never.
theless, and do the very best we can
with the money placed to future SEES
sions to set aside additional funds for
the completion OF the undertaking"
When asked IL there was any truth
In the report that the binder-twlne
factory would not be started, Colonel
Williams said:
mo truth whatever. understood
one Of the papers quoted Captain Allen
as saying that the plant would not be
Installed, but this was a mistake. as
Captain Allen had been eager to get
the work under way ever since the
adjournment of the Legislature.
understand from him that the inter
view credited to him was entirely err
roneOus. No, you may say that just
as soon as possible we will be making
Irvine in the Missouri Penitentiary,
and that every effort is being put forth
to make the venture a practical and
business success to benefit the farm
'ers."
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elatera proMn Toaether.

Warsaw. Mo: 1irs. Lettie H. shinn
wife Of Williams shinn. her sister.
Miss Ruth Bell. aged IA years. daugh-
ter OF M. " Bell, were drowned IN the
Usage River, ten miles west Of War
saw. Thursday afternoon. Miss Bell
and two little brothers were bathing.
when the girl stepped on q ledge Of
rock into deep hole. The boys nt-
tempted TO rescue her. Mrs shinn
heard their dries and rushed into the
stream, but sank 10 the deep WapR
aud both we're drowned
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ny JEAN Kate LVDLUFa
-, Z "a !. -. - D.

BY and by young Green left him
and went up to the house for q drink.
Johnson was not the only silent one
that day. His daughter listened mute
" to the young mans conversation.
II anything she was even more liBt-
less than usual, though q strange
color tinG0d her cheeks as he talked.
He left the promised book with her;
he had not forgotten 1t, he said, but
had been unable to take It before. For
a moment her face giowed with pleas
ure, and the sllken laahes lifted swift
ly, but fell ere their eyes could meet.
She thanked him In few simple
words in her low. sweet voice; then
her gaze wandered away to the hazy
mountain top In the distance. He
left In q few minutes, deeply disap-
pointed in her, and yet strangely In
terested and puzzled. Had he mis-
taken her? Was she incapable of the
thought he believed she possessed?
Had she not, after all, the ambition
to be more than an untaught village
girl? Did her thought end with the
blue line of the mountains and the
hamlets scattered along their sides?
Dolores disappointed him; he
thought her so much better than she
had proved herself, and yet under It
all there was a sting in the thought
which he did not understand, student
Of character as he was.
"She was positively stupid" he said
rsgretfully. "Yet her face shows such
possibilities"
He was walking slowly down the
narrow path to the shop, his hands
clasped behind him, his fair head
bent slightly forward. Dolores was
watching him, but he did not know 1t.
He never guessed Of the wistful
brown eyes following him down the
stubbly path.
Bess whlnnied shrilly when he
came in sight. She was restless and
snappish, but when he mounted and
rode out of the shop she grew gentle
again. AS he rode away Johnson
called after him that she must have
gone some distance without her shoe,
for her foot was tender.
Dolores watched him with her far
seeing eyes as he rode up the noun
tain, then her gaze went down to the
shop. Her father was standing in the
doorway also watching the rider. He
had forgotten his pipe; his face in the
hazy sunlight was full of sullen
hatred, and he looked capable of
committing almost any act. His NUT
tered threat OF the previous evening
Her eyes widened with nameless fear.
She looked up the mountain again to
where the black mare was bearing
her rider proudly along the yellow
thread Of road; she was no longer
listless; her face was white, her lips
quivering with excitement.
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Arbitrators at Farmjnuton.

Pennington, Mo: The State Board
of Arbitrators is in session here try
ing to settle the differences between
the Miners Union and Des Loge Lead
Company. The miners have received
an eight-hour concession, but claim
time lost for dinner should be counted
in the eight hour days work. The
st. Louis Smelling and Refining Com
pany started it's mines last week, and
the prospect is good for all the men
to go to work soon.
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Cara kIn sfatIon Anant.

erinceton, No.. J. 6. Rogers. sta
rtiOn agent and operator at AIyord.
Hvc miles north Of Princeton. was
;struck by a Rock Island engine late
Friday evening and died three hours
later. He attempted to jump on the
V&lQt Of moving engine, lost his
ioOting and fell between the engine
and platform. He made three at.
temDts 70 get W and each time was
bumped on the head BY Dor car
ne remains we're shipped 10 Nays
SiIle. - Kaib County. Mo.
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ITO be continued.)
HABIT IN READING PAPERS.
Almost Every Person Has One Part
He Turns to First.

Almost Every Person Has One Part
He Turns to First.
Every old persons" said an ohserv-
er, nearly always, on unfolding their
newspaper, turn to the column OF
Deaths This is because, in the first.
place, they are most likely to ind
news of their friends there than In
the column of Marriages. or any
other part of the paper, and because.
in the second place, they are interest
ed in death-they have it much In
their minds.
young girls turn first to the sOci-
ETY. news and weddings, and after that
to the fashions. Young men of the
healthy, open-air sort, turn first to the
sporting news, while boys universally
turn to this page first. The actor, OF
course, reads the dramatic columns,
and the writer the book reviews, but
neither of these departments, fancy
does any part OF the dislnterested
public consult first of all.
"The elderly gentleman Of a POM
pous appearance reads the editorials
first, while his corpulent, cheerful
wife reads the recipes on the house
hold page Some clergymen read
the Wills of the dead, to see what
charities have been remembered with
requests. There are many people who
read the crimes, the scandals and the
shocking accidents FIRST. Poets, as ,
rule, will not read the newspapers at
all."-Philadelphia Record.
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RWER HAS CHANGED COURSE
eooioeIsts convIaosd Missouri Ha
Shifted Channel,

eooiogists Convinced Missouri Has
Shifted Channel.
Columbia, Mo-; New proof has
been found that the Missouri River
once ran far north OF its present
course in Boone and Galloway cOun.
ties. James A. Dickinson, the Re.
corder of Galloway County, who owns
farm in the southern part of the
county, sank a well on It some time
ago and 40 feet below the surface Of
the earth he found an old river rack
heap.
The well was nearly two miles
north of the present course OF the
river. Considerable debris, was taken
out Of the well and thrown to one
side. It consisted of old pieces of
wood, leaves and other vegetable mat.
ter that would accumulate in the bed
Of a river. A short time after the well
was dug, a sprout came up out of the
debris and II is now a cottonwood
tree several inches in diameter. There
is no doubt that this seed had lain
dormant In the sand Tor hundreds OF
years and finally sprung into life
when exposed to the air.
It was only a short time before Mr..
Dickinson dug his we'll that Louis
Pinet, who was sinking a we'll on his
place near Tebbets, a mile and one
half from the river, found the remains
Of an Indian canoe in a good state
Of preservation.
II the river occupied now what
these rack heaps indicate to have been
its ancient channel, It would leave
Jefferson City two miles from the
river. Biologists long have held the
theory that the river has shifted back
and forth from blum to blum and are
elated at this apparent proof of their
theory.
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cHAPTER III-contlnued.


That night his comrades at the tav-
ern had told him Of this; they taunt.
ed him with Il; they laughed at the
girl. They did not like her-not one
Of them. Marrow natures dislike and
distrust that which they cannot under
stand. Young Green also had aroused
his fears. Green had an education;
he had asked where the girl obtained
her education, therefore she must
have an education. Tonight he was
assured OF this.
He kicked the book contemptuous-
! ly, and muttered, under his breath, an
oath against young Green, II ever he
caCa0 there again It would be a sorry
day for him.
Dolores said nothing.
A sudden frenzy seized him. He
stopped and snatched the book from
the ground. It was an old astronomy.
She had been reading the book, for
she preferred It to any of her moth
er's books, and when young Green
saw II the day he was there he was
much surprised. and promised to take
volume on the subject the next time
he went that way.
She thanked him, and It was the
first time she had thanked any one
since Betsy Glenn died That was
two weeks before, and he had not
come again as he said he would, but
she watched for him, feeling sure that
he would keep his promise to her, feel
ing strangely glad when she thought
Of him. She had perfect faith in him.
Her fathers face was lurid as no
snatched the book from the ground.
His small eyes, close set, we're full
OF brute cruelty; the veins OF his
forehead we're swollen. In his hands,
used to welding the heavy hammer,
the book was a toy; his fingers
closed over 1t, and in an instant It
lay in shreds at her feet
For a moment she did not compre-
bend what had been done; she looked
from the book to him and back again.
Then she arose; her face was white
and her eyes flashed. She looked at
him, and he covered before her. She
was tall and stately; he had never be-
fore appreciated her dignity. Now he
appreciated it to the full The book
was the dearest thing in the world to
her; he could have wounded her in
40 other way.
Mechanically he gathered up the
scattered fragments and as she held
out her hand for them he gave them
to her without word, without even
glancing at her. For the time she
was more than his daughter; her
eyes were on his face, and her spirit
ruled his. Then they strayed away
to the mountain top yelled In haze.
The fire died out of her eyes; her
hands, mechanically holding the torn
leaves of her book, fell listlessly at
her side; her shadow lay long and
dark behind her.
There was a sense OF mystery about
her which her father could not under
stand; he shrank from it and from
her, and passed away up the dark
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AUSTIN CONVICTED OF MURDER.
Jury Took Only Forty Minutes to
Decide on Verdict.

Decide on Verdict.
Caruthersvllle, Mo-: After being
out 40 minutes the jury in the case
of Charles Austin, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Carrie Johnson, Fri.
day night returned a verdict of muir
der in the first degree. Foreman S.
r. Gettings said they came to an
agreement in 10 minutes and, in fact,
could have rendered their verdict
without leaving the jury box. Attor-
neys Bell and Rogers made a motion
. for a new trial, which was argued
Saturday and denied by Judge Riley.
! 1t took the defense only few hours
TO present its side of the case. The
star witness, Glover, proved a disap-
pOintment, his testimony being dam
aging to Austin. The testimony of the
little Goldie Johnston, the only eye
witness TO the tragedy, practically
Clinched the case against Austin. She
was on the stand 80 minutes, and
gave a graphic description of the muir
der. swearing that the men fired first
The sensation OF the trial came
when the State placed Mrs. Esther
Campbell on the stand. She lived
with Mrs. Johnston the summer be-
fore the tragedy, and related an Incl
dent when Mrs. Johnston repulsed the
advances Of Austin. When Mrs. John
ston tore herself from his embrace,
Austin is alleged TO have remarked,
'If you tell this, will kill you and
Johnston, too"
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AdmItted tll. ouIlt.

''Do you not at times have soulful
yearnings which you long to express
In words but cannot?" asked the fair
maid who had leaning toward the
sentimental.
Yes. Wa up againat s0nothlnR
like that once" admitted the youtn
with the noisy tie. Il wanted to tel.
egraph home for money ana dldn't
have the price Of Marconi."
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to discover If they might be fetch
ed" In reality the girl did not even
see them.
She was wondering vaguely what
the woman would say about the mare.
That she had come for some purpose
outside Of bringing the fruit was
clear to her. She waited with a sink
ing heart and strained ears for what
the woman would say. She knew well
that something must follow. That it
was in regard to the mare of young
Green she Lad not a doubt. Perhaps
the suspicion in regard to the guilty
party had become a fact. Perhaps
this woman had come to tell her
perhaps
ITO be continued,)
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FraternaI Order Licensed.

Jefferson City, Mo-: The Fraternal
Order of Colonials of Jackson, Mo,
was licensed last week by State Su-
perintendent of Insurance Robert G.
Yates to do a fraternal insurance bus
mess in Missouri. David P. Bailey is
president Of the new concern, and Ed.
ward d. Hays is secretary.
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Advantages Of EARLY Christians.

Bishop Potter is telling story OF
a dear old lady who recently asked
him how it was that Solomon was
allowed to have so many wiyes-rot
to mention the other ladies'.
He explained that the manners ana
customs Of solomon's days were diff
ferent TO those Of the present era,
whsrsupon she replied earnestly, "Oh.
don't you think those early Christians
enjoyed great priylleses?'-New York
Times.
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cnApTgR VI.
A Neiqhborly oiH.


"'Et hev been so dry lowed mebby
Their guarding hyar dedn't mount ter
much, bein' as ye air up so high, 80 I
bringed We some strawb'ries outen
our guarding, Dolores"
THANK you; our garden didn't
amount to much" Dolores said
grsyely. She looked at her nelghbOr
without a sign OF interest in her faces
she spoke in her usual listIsss man
ner; but under the listRessness and
apparent carelessness was the con-
seriousness like sharp sword, that
the gift was the forerunner OF some
thing to follow else than her pleasure.
She emptied the berries out Of the
basket into a dish and stood regard
ing them. Mrs. Smith said aftsrwRrdI
she looked as though she we're trying
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Water Franehlse Granted.

Lexington, Mo-: At special cleo
ton held Saturday Gustave Haerle,
proprietor Of the Lexington water
works, was granted 20-year fran
chise at the price OF $4,000 per year
for As hydrants. there being only
eight votes against granting the
franchise
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Over. ana over mingled with the
memory Of the black mare and her
rider. the words were driven n DULY.
as though BY the strokes OF . hemp
mer-sven, distinct. deafening. most
terrible to the gir1 In the darkness.
CT ever thst young Teller kems
hyar agen eth be a sorry day fer
hemls
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a. .lleethe Wa companN.

Jefferson City, Mo-: Secretary of
State Sam B. Cook has issued IL
cense to the City Water Company oe
Chillic0the, Incorporated under the
laws Of Maine The company IL cap
italized at $4,000, all Of which viii
be employed in Missouri, with an Of
fice at ChlilIcothe.
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AppOrtIonment Of state School Moneys

Jefferson City, Mo-: The ffty-sev-
enth annual apportlonment OF the
State public school moneys has been
made by State Superintendent of
Public Schools William T. Darlington.
1t shows the enumeration of persons
Of school age-between years and
20 years-by counties. Jackson leads,
with 74,74O, while Carter is the small
est, having but 2,0O1, the total for the
State being 974,923. The total amount
apportioned is $1,232,59S.
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conaratulatea aler Family.

Palmyra, Mo-: Several weeks ago
Henry Bier of near this city had a
group picture taken of his family, con-
sisting Of himself, wife and IL chill
dren. There were il children, but
two died. Mr.. Bier is 81 years old
and his wife 49, They were married
in 1873. One OF the photographs was
sent to President Roosevelt as evil
'dence that race suicide does not pre-
vail in this county, and his reply has
1ust been received by Mr.. Bier, con-
graduating him
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Governor Inspeots Missouri Guard.


Governor Inspects Missouri Guard.
st. Joseph, Mo-: Governor Alexan.
der NJ. Dockery arrived here Friday
on a belated Missouri Pacific train,
and inspected the National Guard at
Camp Cameron. The Governor men
toned particularly the sanitary condl-
lions and cleanliness of the camp, and
commented favorably upon the gener-
al appearance of the guardsmen. The
review was held at o'clock. Govern.
or Dockery and his staff and General
Clark and STAFF, after the regiments
and battery formed in the parade
ground opposite brigade headquarters,
rode clear around the entire force.
making careful note of the general or
der. Governor Dockery, under the
plea Of urgent business, left early in
the evening for Jefferson City. The
sham battle was the last of the series,
and was pronounced a success by the
visiting officers.