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as the speed is increased. He could
outpace the safeguarding mail, save
water-and take the chance of being
shot. in the back from the forward
vestibule of the naught-seven when
he had gained lead enough to make
main line stop safe for the men be-
hind him.
Callahan thought once of the child
mothered by the Sisters of Loretto in
the convent at the capital, shut his
eyes to that and to all things extra
neous and sent the 1910 about her
business. At the first reversed curve
he hung out of his window for back
ward look. Tischer's headlight had
disappeared and his protection was
gone.
On the rear platform of the private
car four men watched the threatening
second section fade into the night.
''Our man has thought better of 1t, :"
said the Governor, marking the in
creased speed and the disappearance
of the menacing headlight.
Guilford's sigh of relief was almost
a groan.
cold to think what might happen If
he should pull US over into the other
Statel''
But Halkett was still smarting from
the indigntties put upon him and his
comment was vindictive threat.
''I'u send that damned Irishman
over the road for this, If 1t the last
thing ever dol" he declared, and he
confirmed 1t with an oath.
But Callahan was getting his pun
1shment as he went along. He had
scarcely settled the 1910 into her gait
Tor the final run against the failing
water supply when another station
came In sight. 1t was a small cattle
town and in addition to the swinging
red lights and a huge bonfire to H.
Illuminate the yards the obstructionists
had torn down the loading corral and
We're piling the lumber on the track.
Once again Callahan's nerve flick
cred and he shut off the steam. But
before 1T was too late he reflected that
the barrier was meant only to scare
him into stopping. One minute later
the air was fun of flying splinters and
the danger was passed. But one of
the broken planks came through the
cab window, missing the engineer by
no more than a hnnd's breadth. And
the shower of splinterS, sucked in by
the whirl Of the train, broke glass in
the private car and sprinkled the
quartet on the platform with split
kindling and wreckage.
What was that?" gasped the re-
ceiver.
Halkett pointed to the bonfire, re-
ceding like a fading star in the rear
ward distance.
Our friends are beginning to
throw stones. since clods won't stop
him." he said.
Bucks shook his head.
IF that Is the case We'll have to be
doing something on our own account
The next obstruction may derail u.s."
Halkett stepped into the car and
pulled the cord Of the automatic air.
mo good he muttered. "The
Irishman bled our tank before he
started. Help me at the hand brakes,
a couple of you"
Danforth and the Governor took
hold of the brake wheel with him, and
for minute or two the terrible speed
slackened a little. Then some part
of the disused handgear gave way un-
der the three-man strain and that
hope was gone.
There's one thing left" said the
superintendent, indomitable to the
last. fsWe'H uncouDle and let him
drop us behind"
The space in the forward vestibule
was narrow and cramped. and with
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CHAPTER xxx.
The Relentless wheels.


But Engineer Callahan had no notion
of failing. When he had drawn the
hammer on his superior officer, advis-
ing discretion and a seat on Jimmy
Shovels box the 1910 was racking out
over the switches in the western divi-
sion yards. Three minutes later the
electric beam of Tischers following
headlight sought and found the first
section on the long tangent leading up
to the high plains and the race was in
full swing.
At Morning Dew, the first night tele-
graph station out of the capital, the
two sections were no more than a scant
quarter Of a mile apart; and the oper-
ator tried to flag the second section
down, as reported. This did not hap
pen again until several stations had
been passed and Callahan set his jaw
and gave the 1010 more throttle. But at
Losing, a town of some size, the board
was down and man ran out at the
crossing, swinging red light.
Callahan looked well to the switches,
with the steam shut off and his
hand dropping instinctively to the air;
and the superintendent shrank into his
corner and gripped the window ledge
when the special roared past the warm
ing signals and on through the town
beyond. He had maintained a dazed
silence since the episode Of the flour
ished hammer, but now he was moved
to yell across the cab:
81 suppose you know what you're in
for, If you live to get out of thisi It's
twenty years, in this State. to pass a
danger signal" This is not all that
the superintendent said; there were
forewords and intersections. emphatic
but unprintable.
Callahan's reply was another flourish
of the hammer, and a sudden outpull-
ing of the throttle-b bar; and the super
intendent subsided again.
But enforced silence and the grind
stone of conscious helplessness will
sharpen the dullest wit The swerving
lurch of the 1910 around the next curve
set Halkett clutching for hand holds,
and the injector lever fell within his
grasp. What he, did not know about
the working parts of modern loco
motive was very considerable: but he
did know that an injector, half opened.
will waste water as fast as an inch
pipe will discharge 1t. And without
water the Irishman would have to stop.
Callahan heard the chuckling of the
wasting boiler feed before he had gone
a mile beyond the curve. 1t was dis
covery to excuse bad language. but his
protest was lamb-like.
mo more av that, il we PLACE. Mis-
ther Halkett, or me an Jimmy Shoyel'll
have to-Ah! would yez, now?'
Before his promotion to the superin-
tendency Halkett had been a ward boss
in the metropolis of the State. Think
ing he saw his chance, he took II.
and the blow knocked Callahan silly
for the moment. Afterward there was
small free-for-all buffeting match in
the narrow cab in which the fireman
took hand. and during which the rae
ing 1910 was suffered to find her way
alone. When it was over Callahan spat
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the strain OF the uEdBSAn5 -
make the pin stick tight it took two
of them lying fiat, waiting Tor the
back-surging moment and Weighing II
for slack. to pull it. The coupling
dropped out of the hook and the en-
CINE shot ahead to the length or the
safety chains; thus far, but no 1ar-
ther.
Halkett stood up.
Its up to you, Danforth," he said
raising his voice to be heard above the
pounding roar of the wheels. You re
the youngest and lightest; get down on
the 1010s brake beam and unhook those
chains
The secretary looked once into the
trap with the lodging Jaws and the
backward flying bottom and declined
the honor.
Il can't get down there" he cried.
"And 1 shouldn't know what TO DO II L
could
once more the superintendent exhib-
tied his nerve. He had nothing at
stake save a desire to defeat Callahan
but he had the persistent courage OF
the bull terrier. With Bucks and the
secretary to steady him he lowered
himself in the gap till he could stand
upon the brake beam Of the 1O10s ten
der and grope with one free hand Tor
the hook Of the nearest safety chain
Death nipped at him every time the en-
gine gave or took up the slack OF the
loose coupling, but he lodged and hung
on until he had satisfied himself
Its no good" he announced, when
they had dragged him by main
strength back to a footing IN the mar
row yestibuIe. 'AThs hooks are bent
into the links. We're due to go
wherever that damned Irtshman Is
taking US"
Shovel was firing, and the trailing
smoke and cinders quickly made the
forward vestibule untenable- When
they were driven in. Bucks and the re-
ceiver went through to the rear plat
joined by Halkett and Danforth.
Eve been trying the air again" said
the superintendent, but it's no go.
What's next?"
The Governor gave the word
Wait" he said; and the four Of
them clung to the hand-rails, swaying
and bending to the bounding lurches
oI the flying car.
Mile after mile reels from beneath
the relentless wheels, and still the
speed increases. Station Donerail is
passed, and now the pace is so furious
that the watchers on the rallied plat
form cannot make out the signals in
the volleying wake Of dust. Station
Schofeld is passed. and again the sig
ud4S, II any lucIc DCs swiftly
drowned in the gray dust-smother.
From Schofield to Aqua Cahente is but
a scant ten miles; and as the flying
train rusheS on toward the State
boundary, two faces in the quartet of
watchers show tense and drawn un-
der the yellow light Of the Pintsch
platform lamp.
The Governor swings himself un-
steadily to the right-hand railing and
the long look ahead brings the twink
ling arc-star Of the tower light on
Breezeland Inn into view. He turns
to Guilford, who has fallen limp into
one of the platform chairs
I'm five minutes more we shall pass
Aqua Caliente," he says. '@Wil you
kill the Irishman. or shall II" Gull
ford's lips move, but there is no audi
bic reply; and Bucks takes Danforth's
weapon and passes quickly and alone
to the forward vestibule.
The station of Aqua Caliente swings
into the field of 1O10's electric head
light Callahan's tank has been bone
dry for twenty minutes, and he Is
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The Reason VIM.

Drummond, Wis, Sept. 10 Especially
Whole families in Bayfield, county
are singing the praises of Dodd's Kid.
ney Pills and the reason why is given
in experiences such as that of Mr.. T.
T. Void, we'll known citizen here.
II had such pains IN my back that 1
did not know what to do" says Mr..
Void, "and az came across an adver-
tisement Of Dodd's Kidney Pills sent
for box. That one box relieved me
of all my pains. My wife also used
them and found them just what she
needed. l recommend Dodd's Kidney
Pills as a sure cure for Backahe, and
other Kidney Troubles"
Backache is one Of the earliest
symptoms of Kidney disease. Dodd's
Kidney Pills cure it promptly and
permanently and prevent it developing
into rheumatism, Dropsy, Diabetes or
Bright's Disease.
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"A prominent Southern lady, "
Mrs. Blanchard, of Nashville,
Tenn, tells how she was cured
of baCkaChe, dizziness, painful
and irregular periods by the use
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
"DEAR MRS. P1NKHAM - Gratitude
compels me to acknowledge the great
merit of your Vegetable Compound. /
have suffered for four years with ir-
regular and painful nenstruation, also
dizziness, pains in the back and lower
limbs, and fitful sleep. I dreaded the
time to come which would only mean
suffering to me.
Better health is all wanted, and
cure if possible. Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
brought me health and happiness in
few short months. feel like another
person now. My aches and pains have
left me. Life seems new and sweet to
me, and everything seems pleasant
and easy.
"Six bottles brought me health, and
was worth moro than months under
the doctors care, which really did not
benefit me at all. am satisfied there
is no medicine so good for sick women
as your Vegetable Compound, and !
advocate it to my lady friends in need
of medical help."-MRS. B. A. BLAN-
CHARD, 422 Broad St., Nashville, Tenn.
5000 forfeit II original Of GboUe letter RFSata
| asRuiHenGss cannot b. produced
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OniciaI Couldn't Isoad.

Cornelius Vanderbilt is student Of
the American of fifty or sixty years
ago. Mr.. Vanderbilt's researches have
brought up many striking instances Of
the crudity of the American Of the
past, when every one chewed tobacco
and men wore paper collars instead of
linen ones, and now and then he tells
q story of those days.
"In 1856" he said recently, "a Yer
mont shopkeeper came to New York
for the first time. He was sitting one
day In a railroad station waiting for
q train, and while he waited he chewed
tobacco and spat on the station wall.
IAN official soon bore down on him.
"'Look a-here, old man. said the
Official, don't spit on them walls. You
ought to know better than that
"'What's the matter with your said
the Vermonter. Don't that sign there
say not to spit on the floor? l guess
you can't read, stranger
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Shows Value or Notes.

A we'll known minister is telling an
snecdote about a brother clergyman
who was required unexpectedly to Of
ficiate at the funeral of a man con-
cerning whom he knew nothing. When
he arrived at the town where the de-
ceased had lived he had just time to
make few inquiries about his traits
and achievements, the results of
which he noted on memorandum.
His eulogy at the service, as reported,
was about as follows:
"Our dear brother, whom, we mourn
to-day, was a man Of rare character
and ability. He had the mental capac-
tty of a'-referring to his notes
"Daniel Webster, the tact of az
again consulting his memorandum
Henry Clay, the pertinacity of az
another Observation-Disclosures s. Grant.
We can only mourn him with a pro-
found and sorrowful regret now that
he has gone to meet his"-another
reference to the notes-"God."
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HONESTY PROVES COSTLY.

Wor1d'S Fair Officials Grieved at
Chinese Demonstration of Virtue.
One Of the unpublished tragedies of
the st. Louis fair was the sudden and
picturesque manner in which some of
the most costly presents sent by the
Chinese government to worlds fair Of
ficialS were purposely destroyed by
messengers intruSted with their deliv-
cry.
Soon after the arrival Of the Chinese
commissioners they were entertained at
the magnificent home Of President
Francis, and the occasion was chosen
by the Monaghan guests as the most
fitting for the presentation of the
princely presents they had brought, A
dozen high caste Cinnamon, attaches
of the Pekin delegation, were appoint
ed to carry the gifts, which were too
rare and fragile to be intrusted to a
delivery wagon or to less tender hands.
The procession of gift-bearing China
men was halted at the gate by guard
who insisted on enforcing the rule that
nothing except personal effects can be
carried out Of the grounds. None Of
the astonished foreigners could under
stand what was said, and some pushed
their way past the guard. He sum-
moned help, and in a few minutes the
excited Cinnamon were surrounded by
about fifty uniformed officers. A mes
senger was dispatched to the Admins
tration Building for the Chinese inter-
prefer employed there and when he ar
rived the guards and police explained
that they had stopped his country
men because they seemed to be steal
ing a lot of valuable stuff.
The interpreter meant to calm his
kinsmen by telling them they were
suspected of stealing, but he had no
sooner thrown his light upon the situa-
ton than the gift bearers began t.
smash their burdens on the pavement
and against the foundations of the
buildings. Ivory fans, costly marbles,
inlaid ornaments, metal fligrees,
carved bronzes, and even brocaded silk
gew-gaws were smashed twisted, bat
tered and torn in jiffy. The Ameri.
cans looked on in establishment, max
ing no attempt to stop the slaughter
but when it was all over and the in
terpreter had satisfied the authorities
that no theft had been committed he
was asked to explain the strange be
havior Of the Cinnamon.
"That way l forget, see? Here
make mistake, too. In China you say
a man thief he break up stuff. Tha
way show he thief not see?"
Hundreds of dollars worth Of gifts
we're destroyed by the carriers to show
that they had not stolen them.
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Nexer Saw q Railway Train.

A pleasant story, originally told of
q Scotch Highlander, is served up in
somewhat novel guise in New York
paper. This time 1t Is ascribed to
Kentucky mountRineer, and the dialect
Is adapted accordingly. But the main
incidents remain the same. The young
man had never seen a railway train.
One day he consented to go to town
and see the wonder. He arrived a
little ahead of train time, and, get
ting impatient as he waited, he walk
ed I'D the track to meet 1t. Turning
about the mountaineer ran along the
track as for his life.
"Toot, toot," sounded the locomo-
tive, slowing up; but the mountaineer
only ran faster than ever. He soon
reached the station, completely out OF
breath.
"Why didn't you cut across" in
ouired one of the bystanders.
"Cut across!' exclaimed the I'M
couth youth "If l had struck the
ploughed ground the thing certainly
would have caught me-"
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Deafness Cauuot he Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There 10 only one
way to cure deafness, and that 10 by conatitu-
Gsnal remedies. Deafness is caused by a. In
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is fnidamed
Ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness In
the res ult, and unless the Inflammation can be-
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
which is nothing but an inflamed condition Of
she'mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY l. CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
AAlls Family Pills are the best.
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FORMS OF BEGGING,
Two, Once Familiar, Now Larpe1v :,
Disuse-One Eo,.,,, =. - $eAS

Frl
w" H,S onee Familiar, Now Largely In
.cC sSuSe-one Form Is Perennial,
mere are fashions in begging. no
uonpt said Mr.. glinkinton Gust as
enere are In all things. They come and
"A fashion that prevailed not 80
many years ago started with this form.
ula: AVA liz
Mister, 1 don't want any money
not cent, but I'm hungry. want
something to eat, Take me to some
restaurant and gi me something tn eat
Dont give me the money; you pay
Tor 1t yourself. Only gi' me something
to eat
4he theory Of the inventor of this
TORN OF begging was that first it would
appeal by its apparent sincerity. and
secondly, that the person thus asked
Tor a meal wouldn't have time to turn
ASIDE from business to take the beggar
10 restaurant, and so if he were i'm
pressed would give the beggar money:
which, of course, was what the heppsr
wanted.
This form of begging was very pop-
ular and successful for a time. It
even came to have quite q literature
There was, for instance, the story
OF the hardy and able man who. held
up with this appeal, dragged the beg
gar 70 a restaurant and there COMPEL
ed MIN to eat standing over him with
club and. though the beggar had
ALREADY eaten four breakfasts, forcing
him to keep ON eating until he begged
for mercy.
AND there was the story Of the
beggar told by himself in a beggar's
joint Of how in one short afternoon
he had been compelled by seven stingy
giverS to eat in quick succession sew
en- meals of doughnuts and sinkers.
Thus the stories ran. l had one actual
experience Of my own:
I'm no judge, OF beggars, l frankly
confess; I can't always tell by any
means whether beggar is worthy OF
not But once, when this form OF
begging was common, / met a tall
slim young man who stopped and said
to me: Mister, I'm hungry, can't you
81 me something 10 eat? l took 6
chance and took the young man to g
restaurant
II couldn't tell whether he was JUS
beggar who had learned the pattel
or whether that request had just come
up out Of him spontaneously, but thu
instant l had said Come along I felt
sure he was all right; for that instan
he stopped being beggar and smiled
up and walked along with me, no
cringing, but as if was his friend.
'And was he really hungry? Well
you should have seen him eat.
"'Son, says l to him, when he go
to the restaurant, there's the bill 0
fare. Feed yourself and he did.
II think he must have been a younj
shipwrecked sailor who had been sew
enteen days in an open boat withou
food, or something of that sort; bu
certainly he was Of tubular construc
ton inside, hollow all the way dowr
for his storage capacity was somethin
stupendous.
Eat? | never saw q man eat so i
my life, and never saw a man enjo
a meal so much. like to eat mysel
and have been hungry at times, but
don't suppose ever ate anything tina
tasted so good'to me as that meal di
to him.
Lucky 1t was cheap restauran
for l had only about dollar and
half with me. His check was $1.2'
but never begrudged him the money.
New York Sun.
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Quite a Different Thing.

George says he never has 80 good
q time as when he Is out with me-"
asserted the girl in brown. Does he
really?" returned the girl in gray,
commiseratingly. "Now, Alfred Is
quite different. When he's out with
me he's unhappy until he makes it
p."-Brooklyn Eagle.
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He who thinks rightly of the Savior
cannot think lightly of sin.
The temptations that do us harm are
the ones we consider harmless.
The Fatherhood of God ought to
mean the filial obedience Of man.
Nothing makes a downier pillow at
night than good deed in the day.
We are all willing that God shall
lead us in the way we want to go.
That which is material can possess
no means OF measuring the spiritual.
They who live on the heights catch
the earliest as we'll as the latest sun.
The more q man is like the Divine
Master the more manly he will be.
If you are one Of sins votaries you
will certainly be one Of its victims.
Almost the only good deeds the an
gels remember are the ones we forget.
You cannot soil the character and
not have'it show in the countenance.
Riches take to themselves wings;
but they cannot fly into the Eternal
City.
If you ask the Lord to build the
house, you had better have the bricks
at hand.
What will some people do when
they ind that children go into heaven
before poodles?
If a man is really Of the cream of
society, he will have at least some OF
the milk of human kindness.
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Ouack! QuaCkH

A stranger entered the postofice the
other day, and, approaching the ladies'
general delivery window, asked:
ANY letters for John DrakeT'
Next window, Mr.. Drake" replied
the polite attendant. ''This window is
for ducks only"
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Alas! Alack!

The fool-killer sat in his easy chair
smoking his pipe Of clay, for he hadn't
a thing to do on earth but while the time
away. But soon the fool-killer'S pipe
went cut and then he burst into tears;
It was only q dream-his regular work
w9s behind full q dozen years.
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"Childhood's hours are the napplest
times of ones life." sighed the disap-
pointed man.
"Oh, l don't know" chirped his COM
nanion, 81 don't see but that l can
watch a ball game just about as well
as l could forty years ago. "-Detrolt
Free Press.
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w. M. Scott Of the Department Of Az
ricuiture is making experiments at Fort
Valley, Ga, to And something to ston
"brewn ret" in peaches.
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sarsaparilla is UIlqUestiona-
bly the greatest blood and
liver medicine known. Il.
positively and permanently
cures every humor, from
pimples to ScrofSla. t. is
the Best s...5
Blood Medicine.
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La Montt-Dispatches say that Sc
rtous firing was heard off Port Arthur
La Moyne- Gracious! May.
be some one fired their cook
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wherein They Differ.

The WILLAMETTE angels of the other
world are always pictured with wings at
tached.
The Soubrette-Yes, and the "angels"
Of the theatrical world are attached to
the wings.
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Lady "drummers" in Berlin, seeking
trade for the department stores, make
tours around the city ON bicycles, which
are arranged to carry samples Of goods.