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affair. Just now am working fer
myself. I never thought OF this un-
! til a week ago, and it came to me like
an inspiration OF course could
confide my plans to no one, but I
felt sure you would appreciate the
scheme and give it your cooperation.
You win, when you get over your
foolish anger. ] must rejoin our
friends. They will think I am neg
Letting them"
There being nothing for Sidney to
say he remained quiet and returned
to the dining room in time to meet
Mr.. L. Sylvester Vincent, as has been
related.
Hestor soon fonnd that his unwill-
ing guests desired to retire to the
apartments which had been reserved
for them. They were shown to the
staterooms, and a servanto detailed
to look after their comfort. They
found that their host had made every
effort to anticipate their needs.
Slippers, smoking jackets, pajamas,
and q liberal assortment of linen
and undergarments were provided in
profusion. Hestor bid them a pleas
ant good night, and returned to the
upper deck where he found Mr.. l..
Sylvester Vincent. That gentleman's
face yet bore puzzled expression.
He had vainly attempted to engage
Mr.. Hammond in conversation. He
now approached Hestor.
Where did you say you were GO
ing, Mr.. Hestor?" he asked.
South Sea islands,"
'But I must go back to New York"
explained Mr.. Vincent. "Just as
soon as I can see Mr.. Carmody you
must put me off. Which way are we
going now?"
about east
''WiI you ask Mr.. Carmody if he
will see ne now?'' asked Mr.. Vincent
in his most insinuating manner.
Cant de it. He has retired for
the night" replied Hestor. you
stay with us. This is the chance OF
your life. You are a promoter, are
you not?. Yes? I thought SO. Well,
you are in luck. On this yacht are
six of the richest men in the world.
You can promote any old thing with
them if you know your business.
Make yourself at home. Keep right at
them Don't let them stand you off.
You will have lots of time. 1 see you
have your drawings and plans with.
you. You certainly are in luck.
Bob, show Mr.. Vincent to stateroom
number eight
81 guess I'm in for it, Mr.. Hestor,
but you will find me game" he said.
''F~wanted to go back. but I suppose
FIJI have to stick. Who are all OF
these gentlemen"
ITO Be Continued
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sttney and Narro.-aIinded.

Her husbands brother had through
his own efforts become very rich.
Now" he said 81 will do some
thing for her and the children. I
am under no obligations to them,
but they are poor and 1 feel that it
will be no more than right for me
to help them"
Therefore he bought a comfortable
home for them and gave her the
deed. Then he took her to the fur
niture stores and they secured car
pets, beds, chairs and other things
that were necessary to make them
comfortable and he paid for them,
after which he went about his own
affairs rejoicing.
: She sat in her new home, with her
hands clasped in her lap and sad
look on her face.
what is the trouble?" her neigh
Dor asked.
81 was thinking OF the .selfshness
and meanness of some people," she
sorrowfully replied. "Think of all
the money he has. Yet he IS too
stingy, too narrow-minded even to
give us a piano. Chicago Record
Herald.
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II don't know who you are, or what
you do. but IL I have any influence
you can get job as reporter on the
New York Record any time you ask
for it. Capt. Waters, how did our
old college chum, L. Sylvester Vim
cent, get on board the Shark
Capt. Waters looked rather crest
fallen, and glared at Mr.. Vincent
with an expression which BODIED that
gentleman no good.
He came along about a minute
after you and those two gentlemen
did," said Capt. Waters, pointing to
Mr.. Rockwell and Mr.. Carmody. 81
supposed he was one of your party.
He handed me his card and came
aboard. I found him roaming around
below and knew that something was
wrong. So brought him up here"
Glad to see you aboard the yacht,
said Hestor. '.You will have pleRty
of time to talk matters over with
Mr.. Carmody."
''When do you go back?' asked Mr..
Vincent, as a puzzled expression came
into his face.
'We are not going back" Hestor
replied. eve are going to the South
Sea islands,"
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Mr.. Pence had passed the stage of
excitement. He was lost In the
depths Of despair. Had one of the
marines entered and commanded him
to walk the plank it would not have
added to the weight of woe which
overwhelmed him.
Mr.. Palmer j. Morton had taken
no part IN the brief proceedings
which had accomplished this revolu-
ton. He grasped the situation from
the moment Hestor made his first
declaration, and realized that
whether their dilemma was the re-
suit OF a plot or the whim of a
maniac, that arguments and force
were useless. Mr.. Morton prided him
self that he could divine the mach
nations of the cool-headed bust
ness schemer, but was he expected
to cope with the fantastic plots of a
crazy man? 1t was enough to know
that he had been duped. He must
devise way out of the trap which
he had helped to set.
Gentlemen" he said, "this is a
serious affair, but we must meet it
coolly and with delberation 1t is
of no avail to storm and rage. We
are Gagged, and it win do no good to
beat our wings against the bars. I
feel myself largely at fault in this
affair, but all of us are likely to make
| mistakes and to suffer 1apses in
Judgment. In this
"Mr. Norton" interrupted Mr..
Rockwell, 81 think I speak for all
present when I say that we do not
hold you in the least responsible for
this ridiculous event. I should have
done the same thing. So would any
of u.s.
81 thought that newspaper trust
zone of the best things I ever heard
Of" said Mr.. Pence, and his eyes
frightened for the moment at the
thought. 81 figured it out that the
stock would have paid 20 per cent.
dividends on the original investment.
Oh, it is awful"
Mr.. Pence evidently did not refer
to the magnitude of the vanished div
idends, but to his present sorrow.
1--WE must retire to one of the
staterooms and consider what can
be DONE" said Mr.. Morton. ST pre-
sumo the owner or the officers of the
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as 1T Should BE written.

1t is feared that the correspond
ents who have told how Novelist
Richard Harding Davis distinguished
himself at the recent alarming fire in
Marion, near his summer home, have
failed to grasp the graphic possibili-
ties of the situation. Possibly they
were limited by both time and space,
but it does seem as If they should
have told the story little more aft
er this fashion:
The red glare grew stronger.
A[yriads of specks arose ike demon
lao frefiies. The exhausted towns
people sank back in sullen despair
All was lost save a few bureaus and
settees. The selectmens of the lit
tie town looked at one another and
ground their few remaining teeth It
was the gnash of. defeat. Human
strength ayailed not in the face of
this .red-tongued SILVA,
AT that moment, when hope fell
dead and faith was badly scotched, a
blithe whistle was heard from the
highway.
whats this? cried CHEEKY voice,
as a well-built form swung into
view.
Its a7f1re," said Elder Peasely, as
he feebly eoughed bunch of smoke
from his pipes.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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Looking I'm,

The lecturer pleaded with the
crowd to look up" In impassioned
tones he cried: God always helps
the man that looks up Never look
down, my friends. and do not waste
too much time looking sideways.
Look up, and keep on looking upi
L never knew man to fall if he
looked up Is there a man in the
audience who can say that he al
ways looks up?" A seedy stranger
arose in the back row to say:
can say that I always look up.
have steadily looked up for 80 years,
and am no better off for it, Look
ing up is my business" What dc
you do for living. my good man 90
.'I'm a ceiling decorator" The up-
roarious applause that greeted this
sally broke mp tie meetsng-Detrolt
Free Press
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boat will not object to our move
ments, so long as we comply with
the rules of discipline. We have been
informed that the yacht is ours, and
1 suggest that we select our state
confer together
You can do anything you please
said Hestor, who had entered the
| room, and had overheard the latter
part of Mr.. Morton's remarks. ''But
the hour is early, and there is plenty
of excellent wine straining against
the !corks in the effort to escape and
enhance the jollity of this occasion.
Besides, we are going to have music.
have attempted to reconcile Mr..
Hammond to his fate, and I know he
Will favor us with a song"
'Mr. Hestor."
The speaker stopped. Capt. Wa
tiers stood in the door, and his hand
was on the arm of gentleman
whose face and pose constituted a
character study. He was a big,
handsome man with a horid com
plexion, an aggressive black mus
tache, shrewd blue eyes and profu-
sion of brown hair which fell to his
coat collar. There was no timidity
in his attitude, yet there was some
indescribable weakness in his general
bearing. He was well-dressed, and
had a, roll of paper under his arm
which he carefully guarded. Hestor
looked at him in blank amazement.
Mr.. Pence groaned.
o"Who in the devil are you?' de-
manded Hestor, as Capt. Waters re-
leased the arm of the new arrival
81. Sylvester Vincent, of Chicago"
waseshe reply.
What in thunder are you doing
on this boat? Where did you find
him, Capt. Waters?''
''He was in the aft passage way;
he had just come out of one of the
staterooms."
said Mr.. Vincent, who had entirely
recovered his lf-possession; if in
fact he had ever lost it.0 AZ recog-
nize you from your picture. 1t was
like this: have been trying for ten
days to see Mr.. Carmody," and Mr..
Vincent bowed pleasantly to Mr.. Car
mody, who glared back at him. Mr..
Carmody is very busy man, and my
time is of some value also. Well,
followed him down to the boat, and
guessed that he was going to take
little pleasure trip. I figured that
this would be a good time to get .
chance to talk to him. so I came on
board. Anticipating that there
might be some objections to my
er-to my being a guest, and not de-
string to sintrude on your company at
dinner. 1 remained down stairs until
yous gentlemen had finished your re-
pase" Mr.. T.. Sylvester Vincent
looked hungrily at the yet loaded
table and concluded: 81 was just
starting to come upstairs and intro
duce myself to Mr. Carmody when
your genial captain-Capt. Waters,
/ believe-kindly consented to escort
me here
.sYou are all right said Hestor,
80 he burst into roar Of laughter.
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@uRPEs1NGwNW
The Great Bend Democ rat.
aREAT BEND. KANSAS
THAT BABY.

1t amt no trouble now to find
The things that used to be
A-scattered round about the house,
Or hid away from me.
The papers alIus right to hand,
The tidy's on the chair.
My hat don't leave the front hall peg
Most fore I hang it there.
An everything is orderly,
An just the way it's put,
Without raft o. Gurus truck
A-kickin" under foot.
But when I look around the room
An see the chairs. just so,
An all the things a-settin' in
The place they ought to go.
I'd give the rest O. this OF life
If I could only see
That baby strewin' things around
The way they used to be.
Portland Oregonian.
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The KIDNAPPED
MILLIONAIRES
A Tale Of Wall Street
and the Tropics - ~
BY FREDERICK y. ADAMS
CHAPTER xI.-CoNr1NuED.

Copyright, 1901, by Lothrop Publishing Company.
All rights reserved.
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forgotten, and even poverty is
touched with a glcam OF bright
ness. for on the table in the tcnc-
mcnt-housc stands the little
ChristmaS-trcc with its tinscl and
toys. As great a delight To the
circle around it as is the tall tree
which lifts its wide branches above
gailv dressed company in the
library OF the brownstone palace.
Rich and poor alike find happi-
ness on Christmas Day
The Sunday-School army on
the American continent counts
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fthSisu is
oknode n waxb cto Afi
hobof mounted
ovew nhtrr, of t
n
Brer member o
winner the IA Sunday Magazine i
soneyr rpd in h origin he (
anion the apprpn
seeing Tv
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Young Child and HI holy ro'h.r And II. W -
rrru"lfc~ Christmas Dlv was IIi-lS,, :. C.,t>
u7ST,kic git the highest ken that God j. ,.r
Father. loving Us ni-E N almighty love ItStair,
His Son upon c,< And He Himself the Child grew ~,
to give Himself freely men Bc,l,sc:- ! The name
OF Him Who live, for others and fur Himself wc
honor above every other the name Jesus.
Nations keep the birthdays Of their great f,.-f!
not merely because they were great tut because
they gave great service to their country. W r.
member the birthday of Washington. no. because
he led army and victories but tecs.cSc h was
the father OF his country We hold Is a holiday
the birthday Of Abraham Lincoln not because he was
Presdcn-there have been more than twenty Prcsi-
dents whose birthdays have been ioreocten--t,,i.
because h. saved the nation. Italy lifts up = statue
in every city Gsri;adi and England places wreath
the tomb OF Gladstone. and Germany looks with
reverence the rugged features OF Bismarck not
So Christmas tells Us OF one who counted 10. His
lie dear Himself Who gave Himself up. living
and diving for the good OF men One Whose life touches
every other life since His day with blessing He Who
the Star Of Bethlehem is the Light that lEheth
every that coructh into the world
For there is a power going out from Christ Jesus
change men into his likeness The Star OF His
life shining human hearts makes them tender
loving unseltlsh like the heart OF the Master The
world to-day is better than the world wherein Jesus
lived because rulttudeS OF people and ever-enargs
-r,,,I-;.,,s l,a,. boo, touched !, .f s-;-. n tbr.
f7ay. been t-arsor-r,ad and r,a,,a tx ,,,-o r,,
Tb., a- r;,.;-,r , ~ ~. c,.- .,,.,s,,-. ,r-,s. ~.
OF love and hclpfuncSS and mercy Let Us on
Christmas Day think OF Him. and thinking OF Him
let grow like Him.
Years ago | read story which was widely crct:-
L. II f. ---~,.. III
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enrolment OF than fourteen millions.
in city and country. beside sea and lake and
river, on the prarlcS. or under the shadow OF
the mountains and they will all gather for their Christ
celebration: carols will be sung greetings VIII be
given and tidal OF gladncss viii roll from
to ocean.
All this Christmas delight is with good reason:
for the news that Christ born in Bethlehem
indeed as the angel proclaimed it. good tio!iags OF
great jov The word gospel means 'glaf-tiinGS.
good news" and the best message that H avel
sent earth the word that the Savior had
The hearts that have listened to il the homes
and cities and nations that have heard and needed
it. that have the Star and walk in the light OF IL
are the happy places of earth That which has made
Europe and America brighter than Asia and Africa
is the Star of Bethlehem and the light streaming
from it the nations When every home in India
has its Christrn.srcc when the millions OF almond
eyed Chinese children sing Christmas carols. then
shall there be the new, Heaven and the ncv earth
One great Joy on Christmas Day is the Christmas
giving | do say the Christmas gifts. for that
may the receiving OF presents but the giving
Of them. To the urthnkinI. Tr.tting little ones.
there JOY il receiving and the day is loved for what
1t brings But even the child begins learn what
Christmas means only when he begins give and
he finds that 1t is blessed give than
receive" The work q: getting ready for Christ
mas secretly carried on. carefully kept ont of
sight: the hiding places for Christmas presents. the
drawers that must not he opened the closets that
kept locked the bundles brought in through
back doors and hidden away the mysterious mods
and winkS. a wireless tclygraf1v in the fat1i,v-aI
these essential part Of the Christmas 1oy
And then. the bringing in the when little eyes
shut and little pitchers have their ears closed;
the br,cns of it with suppressed sounds ot hammer
and nails; the trimming and the decorating and
hrlStrnaS morning the opening "t -. the treasures
and the giving OF them one and all Who viii no.
that the giving brings 'oy greater than the gift,
Turn lack the +" the first Christ-S. and
Won lind It a story Of giving. The W. Men opcued
their treasures and brought forth th,ir gnI and
tJ,Ilkincc,lsc and rIyrrI and laid Thea: before he
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-07-08
PARKER.

st. Louis, July 5.-On the eve of
the democratic national convention,
the prospect is that Judge Alton B.
Parker of New York will be nominated.
Where week ago there was doubt, un-
certainty, sparring for position, parley
ing for time, fractional scheming and
manipulation to overtime the favorite,
it is now the forgone conclusion that
the field will come in poor second.
Not only does it appear that the con-
troll of the nomination for first place
will be in the hands Of those democrats
who were in the minority in 1895 and
again in 1900, but that they will select
the nominees running mate and domi-
nate the platform on which the race
will be made.
In defiance of such handicaps as
were created by the ambitious friends
of German, Cleveland, Gray, Olney,
Mcclellan and favorite sons, who had
followings that divided the conserva.
tive colomns, this element which ad-
vanced the claims of democratic rehab.
ilitation struggled against the combin.
ed opposition of Bryan, repesentating
the ruling democatic focre in the last
two presidential contests, and the per.
scnal campaign conducted by William
R. Hearst.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-07-08

Butte, Mont. July 5,-The unions of
Butte took the principal part in the
celebration of the Fourth Monday After
the business men had dropped the pro-
ject for public observance some weeks
ago, the unions of Butte, through the
Silver Bow Trades and Labor assembly
took up the matter, and as result the
Fourth was celebrated here as never be-
fore. The leading feature of the cele-
bration was the big parade, in which
over 5000 men were in line. Exer-
cises were held at the courthouse and
a number of addresses delivered.
In the afternoon carnival of sports
was held at the race track, the pro.
ceeds of which are to go to the fund fol
the Colorado miners. The celebration
concluded with a magnificent display
of fireworks in the evening.
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Fireworks Exploded.

Tacoma, Wash, July 8. - The fire
works which were to have been set off
here ON Monday evening in Wright
park as a finishing touch to the big
Fourth of July celebration caught fire
from almost the first rocket that was
sent up and in an instant the entire
heap Of explosives was flying in all dir
ections. About four dozen eight pound
rockets flew through the audience Of
5000 persons, creating panic in which
many were injured. Others we're 8 truck
by the fiyinyexplosives, and it is esti-
mated that the as many as 80 were
more or less injured, one fatally.
Van Allen Smith, who was assisting
with the fireworks, stood his ground in
an effort to scatter the fire, and was
terribly burned. One arm was broken
by an explosion. 1t is believed he will
survive.
Miss Hattie Brakeman was struck
in the stomach by a rocket and serious
ly injured. One child is reported to
have lost the sight of both eyes. J. a.
Davis chairman of the committee had
his right hand severely burned. Two
children Of e. f. Squires who superin.
tended the firing of the explosives were
burned about the face.
About 50 children we're lost in the
panic and the police were busy until q
late hour trying to restore them to their
parents.
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AWFUL STORM HITS PENDLEToN.
Ruins Wheat in Fields and Shakes
Homes in Town.

Pendleton, Ore, July "A terrific
wind and rain storm swept over this
section Sunday afternoon, doing very
heavy damage to the wheat crop and
to city property. The weather observer
reports two inches of rain. The Ore
gon Railroad & Navigation company's
tracks were washed out and the trains
are held here. Cellars were flooded
and the streets and yards were ruined.
No loss of life has yet been reported.
The estimated damage to city property
alone is $4,000.
Much of the immense wheat crop Of
Umatilla county is totally ruined, and
thousands of dollars damage was done
to city property.
The damage to the wheat crop is
hard to estimate, as the extent of the
path of the storm is unknown.
Had the storm approached the city
from below instead of above, there
would probably have been another
Heppner disaster. -...
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-07-08

Chicago, July 8. One man was
killed and another probably fatally
wounded by two holdup men who in
vaded saloon in North Kedzie avenue.
John Lane, stage carpenter. was
shot through the head and fell dead
just outside the door. The proprietor
of the saloon, August Ragal, was
wounded in the right breast. Lane
had stopped at the saloon for darink.
Ragal had served him, and the two
were talking, when two young men en-
tered and called for the drinks. AS
the glasses were set before them they
drew revolvers and ordered the liquor
dealer and his patron to hold up their
hands. Reaching quickly under the
bar, Ragal seized plate and hurled it
at the head of the nearest robber. In
stantly the shooting began. Lane was
struck by one of the first bullets and
reeled to the door. Ragal fell behind
the bar with wound in his breast.
The robbers fed before the police ar
rived.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-07-08

Portland, Ore, July 5.-A special
from Hoquiam says: Paddy Mcmahon,
a high diver, fell to his death from the
top of the city bridge in the presence
of 5000 Mortified spectators during the
celebration here Monday. just as Nc
Mahon was about to make dive from
the bridge. which is about rs feet high,
he lost his balance and fell. As his
body struck the. water the report
sounded like the discharge of cannon.
Mcmahon was picked up alive, but
died few hours later.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-07-08

New York.-The Japanese govern
ment Is stated to have practically
placed an order for 10000 selected
cavalry horses with New FORK firm
Which supplied many cavalry horses to
Great Britain during the Boer ar.
1t is understood that the order calls
for the smallest type of cavalry horse,
of which large supply is not readily
obtainable. 1t is insisted by the jap
anese that the horses shall be delivered
at the rate of 1000 month, to trans
ports on the Pacific coast.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-07-08

The Tangier corresp ondent of the
London Daily Mail, under date of July
6, says:
French officials here admit that the
situation was never more critical.
Fighting occurs daily in this vicinity.
Raisuli is only two hours from Tan
gier and is collecting men. Yester-
day he attacked three villages and loot
ed their cattle.
The town guards are helpless. When
the outbreak comes there will be an ap
palling sacrifice of European life to the
fanaticism of the, Moor.
The sultan has out down the soldiers
pay by onehalf and the dissatisfied
soldiers are DESERVING and joining in
the free booting bands.