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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31

his hand in the instinct OF safety
This which glittered in the freight
was the blade of knife, and it was in
the hand Of Mary Connynge
In moment Law was master OF him
self. Give it to me. Madam, if you
please, he said quietly and took The
knife from fingers which loosened am
der his grasp. There was no further
word spoken. He tossed the knife into
crack Of the bunk beyond him. He
lay with his right arm doubled under
his head, looking up steadily into the
low ceiling. upon which the fire made
ragged masses of shadows His left
arm, round. full and muscular, lay
across the figure Of the woman whom
he had forced down upon the couch be-
side him. He could feel her bosom
rise and pant in sheer sobs of anger.
Once he felt the writhing Of the body
beneath his arm. but be simply Tight
ened his grasp and spoke no word.
1t was not far from morning In
time the gray dawn came creeping
in at the window, until az length the
cfinks between the logs in the little
square-cut window and the ill-fitting
door were flooded with a sea of sum
light. AS this light grew stronger.
Law slowly turned and looked at the
face beside him. Out of the tangle OF
dark hair there bIazed still two eyes,
eyes which looked steadily mp at the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31
CHAPTER XIV.
THE DREAM.

That night John Law dreamed as he
slept. and it was in some form the same
haunting and familiar dream In his
vision he saw not the low root nor the
rude walls about him. TO his mind
there appeared a little dingy room,
smaller than this in which he lay,
with walls OF stone, with door of iron
grating and not of rough hewn slabs.
He saw the door of the prison cell
swing open saw near it the figure of a
noble young girl. with large and
frightened eyes and lips half tremu-
ious To this vision he outstretched
his hands. He was almost conscious
Of uttering some word supplicatingIy,
almost conscious of uttering name
Perhaps he slept on. We little know
the ways of the land of dfeams. It
might have been half an instant or
half an hour later that he suddenly
aWoke, finding his hand .clasped close
against his side, where suddenly there
had come sharp and burning pain.
His own hand struck another. He saw
something cleaning IN the light Of
the pickering FIRE which still survived
upon the hearth The dim rays lit
up two green, glowing. veuomous balls.
the eyes pf the woman whom he found
bending above him. yEIe reached out
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31
1copyrIrh.. lsos, y EmsE.on Hoagh.l
CHAPTER xxIy.
roUs sAuvAGEs.


Had nature indeed intended Law for
the wild life of the trail, and had he
indeed spent years rather than months
among these unusual scenes, he could
hardly have been better fitted for the
part. Hardy OF limb, lseen OF eye. tire
less of foot. with hand which any
weapon fitted, his success as hunter
made his companions willing enough
10 assign to him the chase of the bison
or the stag; SO that he became not
only patron but proTider for the camp.
Some weeks after the departure of
Du Mesne, Law was returning from
the hunt some miles below the sta
ton His tall and powerful figure, har-
dened by continued outdoor exercise,
was scarce bowed by the weight of the
wild buck which he bore across his
shoulders His eye, accustomed to the
instant readiness demanded in the
voyageur's life, glanced Eeenly about,
taking in each item of the scene, each
movement of the little bird on the tree,
the rustling OF the grass where a rab-
bit started from its form, the whisk
of the gray squirrels tail on the limb
far overhead
The touch OF autumn was now in
the air. The leaves OF the wild grape-
vine we're falling. The oaks had donned
garments OF sonber brown. the hick-
cries had lost their leaves, while here
and there along the river shores the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31

ceiling, refusing to turn either to the
right or to the left He calmly pulled
closer to him, so that it might not
stain the garments of the woman beside
him, the blood-soaked shirt whose
looseness and lack of definition had
perhaps saved him from fatal blow.
He paid no attention to his wound,
which he knew was nothing serious.
So he lay and looked at Mary Com
nynge. and finally removed his arm.
Get up. said he simply and the
Woman obeyed him
The ire. Madam. if you please and
Il iSfast.
These had been the duties d tIle
indian woman, but Mary Connynge
obeyed.
Madam, " said Law, calmly. after
the morning meal was at last finished
in silence, Il shall be very glad to
have your company for few mo-
ments, if you please.
Mary Connynge rose and followed
him into the open air. her eyes still
fixed upon the dark-crusted stain
which had spread upon his tunic. They
walked in silence to a point beyond
the cabin.
'sYou would call her Catharine!
hurst out Mary Connynge. "Oh! I
heard you in your sleep. You
believe every lying word Sir Arthur
tells you. You believe"
John Law looked at her with the
simple and direct gaze which the tanner
Of the wild beast employs when he
goes among them, the look of a man
not afraid of any living thing.
Madam, /" said he, at length, calmly
and evenly, as before, what | have
said, sleeping or waking, will not mat
ter. You have tried to kill me You
did not succeed. You will never try
again. Now, madam, give you the
privilege of kneeling here on the
ground before me, and asking of me.
not my pardon, but the pardon of the
woman you have foully stabbed, even
as you have me"
The figure before him Strengthened
up, the blazing yellow eyes sought his
once, twice, thrice behind them all
the fury of a savage soul. 1t was Of
no avail The cool blue eyes looked
straight into her heart The tall figure
stood before her, unyie1ding. She
sought to raise her eyes once more,
failed, and so would have sunk down
as he had said, actually on her knees
before him.
John Law extended hand and
stopped her. There. said he It
will suffice cannot demean YOU
There is the child.
You called aer Catharinel broke
out the woman once more il her un-
governable r2ge You would name
my child
Madam, get u9,a said John Law.
sharply and stes ally. Get up on your
feet and look me in The face The
child shall be called for her who should
have been her mother Let those for
give who can. That YOU have ruined
my life for me is but perhaps fair
exchange; yet you shall say no word
against that woman whose life we have
both of us despoiled 2
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31

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flaming sentineIs Of the naples had
changed their SCARED uniform for one
OF duller hue. The Wild rice in the
marshes had shed its grain upon the
mud banks The acorns were loosen
ing in their cups Fall in the west,
gorgeods, beautiful. had now set in,
of all the seasons of the year. that most
loved by the huntsman
This tall, lean man, clad in buckskin
like savage. brown almost as a saw
age, as active and as alert, seemed to
fit not i'll with these environments, nor
to lack either confidence or content
ment He walked on steadily, follow
ing the path along the bayou bank, and
at length paused for a moment, throw
ing down his burden and STOPPING to
drink at the tiny pool made by the little
rivulet which trickled down the face
of the. bluff Here he bathed his face
and hands in the cool stream. for the
moment abandoning himself to that
rest which the hunter earns. 1t was
when at length he raised his head and
turned to resume his burden that his
suspicious eye caught a glimpse of
something which sent him in fash
below the level of the grasses. and
thence to the cover OF tree trunk
As he gazed from his hiding place
he saw the tawny waters of the bayou
broken into a long. series of advancing
ripples. Passing the fringe of wild
rice. swimming down beneath the
heavy cordage OF the wild grapevines.
there came on two canoes. roughly
made Of elm bark, in fashion which
would have shown an older frontiers
man full proof of their western origin.
In the bow of the foremost boat, as
Law could now clearly see, sat a
slender young man, clad in the uni
form, now soiled and faded. of a cap
tain in the British army His boat
was propelled by four dusky paddlers.
fndlans oil the east. Stalwsr1. IS erful,
silent, they sent the craft on down
stream. their keen eyes GIlneing swift
" from one point to the dsiser Of the
ever-ch nging panorama, yet finding
nothins thar would seem to warrant
pause. Back Of the first boat by a short
distance came a kindred craft, its crew
comprising two white men and two In
iian paddlers. OF the white men, one
might have been a petty officer, the
other perhaps a private soldier
It was, then. as Du Mesne had said.
Every party bound into the west must
pass this very point upon the river of
the Illini. But why should these be
present here? Were they friends or
foes? So queried the watcher, tense
and eager as a waiting panther. now
crouched with straining eye behind the
sheltering tree
AS the leading boat swung clear Of
the shadows, the man in the Prov
turned his face, scanning closely the
shore of the stream. AS he did so,
Law half started to his feet, and a
moment later stepped from his conceal
ment. He gazed again and again.
doubling what he saw. Surely those
elean-cut, handsome features could be-
long to no man but his former friend,
Sir Arthur Pembroke!
Yet how could Sir Arthur be here?
What could be his arrand, and how had
he been guided hither These sudden
questions might. upon the instant, have
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-31
CHAPTER XVI.

BY THE HIT OF THE SWORD
Law passed on out at the gate Of the
stockade down to the biYouac. where
Pembroke and his men had spent the
night.
Now, Sir Arthur, said he to the
ter, when he had found him =
am ready to talk with :
go apart
Pembroke joiner
walked slowly aysu,s. Apply
cling wood whir REDFfELD
ss,elraa. r.a Woodbury.. r.
length sQuaT
Sir Art
La Junta tribune., 1904-06-08


HAVING purchased from the Price
"A Leeman Clothing Co., Of Trinidad.
Colo. part of their stock which was
in the store at the time Of their fire
last month. We bought the goods at
Soc on the Dollar. and have placed
them on sale in the Norman Building
across the street from our store. with
J. c. Forbes in charge, to close out
stock as soon as possible at one
half price. There is not q damaged
suit in the lot. New goods. A 90
Suit costs you -. e. & w. Collars
that sell at Csc will cost you lOc. E.
& w. Cuffs l2ic. Baker Linen Collars
that sell at l5c will be sold at SC.
We did not buy the stock to keep
or make money out OF It. e
must be closed out at once. So n
you want to get any Of the Bargains
you will have to hurry up before they
are all gone. This 10 the second time
that we have given our patrons q
chace to buy f1rot-class goods at half
price. Yours for business.
La Junta tribune., 1904-06-08
dAoS PALACE DRUG STORE "A ..n"s

company.
See John Slower, contractor, for
plastering aud cement work.
G. S. Thompson, undertaken and
iembalmeT. Phone No. ais.
!. Leave orders with your butcher
or grocer for soft drinks. w.
Wonderly.
|. Go to Thompson's for carpets.
art squares and linoleums at Kan
sas City prices.
For RENT-Four room house,
IFS CimaTron avenue. Inquire Of
E. Kretchmer.
DR.. A. L. Stupbs. Office in
Simonton block; telephone, Ioaa
red; residence phone, 78a black.
r. w. English, Of Denver, chief
mogul OF the English Lumber
Company, was a La Junta visitor
several days last week.
Miss Mabel Cartwright arrived
home last week from Greeley,
where she has been attending the
State Normal School during the
past year.
DR.. Frank F,nney and family
leave this morning for St. Louis,
where they will remain for month
or more taking in the sights Of the
Worlds Fair.
A. Ewing. transportation clerk
in the Office Of Superintendent
Cain, has leased the residence on
Ration avenue recently vacated by
w. P. Jackson.
Miss Nellie and Mary Rourke,
who have been attending the State
University at Boulder during the
past year, returned home last
Saturday night.
!. A. Suder, OF the Santa Fe
relay Office. left last night foI
Augusta, Ga, where he will visit
relatives and friends during the
next six weeks.
A marriage license was issued
from the county clerks Office
bright and early Monday morning
TO William Dolpb, Of Olney, and
Lucy Rockwell, Of La Junta.
Mrs. r. G. Dalton returned
home last Saturday morning from
Fort Dodge, Iowa, and other east
esn points. where she has been
relatives during the past
two months.
A. r. Jenkins. Of Bucklin. Mo-.
Who has been the uest Of his old
time friend. James Hireen, for
several dsvs, returned home Mon
day morning. Mr.. jenkins says
that carloads Of Missourians are
coming to the Arkansas Valley
this year to locate.
Frank Schultz and Henry
Achsiz arrived last Friday morn,
ing lspm Ellinwood, Kan, for .
bsisf visit with their brother-in
Law, ]. X. Klein. Messrs. Schultz
and Achstx are engaged in farming
oeas Ellinwood on an extensive
scale and came out to view the
landscape o'er in the Arkansas
Valley.
A. b. Cosbin, H. G. Todd, A.
[. Jackson and Charles Stevenson
left Susday morning for Las
Vegas. from which point the party
will make an overland trip north
esss ios . dissssee Of seventy Eve
niles 70 visit . famous New Mexieo
hussIag and fishing ground. They
expeet to return home next Sasus-
day With . pocket full Of tsost,
ssd . bsas sew assortment oi the
Dasesa Ssh saosies-
Hairy Pepper, Of Pueblo. SD
Charles Whi.e, Of Chicago. met,
shooA hasds asd q The sound q
he eoog vest ss e fos . fifteen
sessd 90 last Saturday sight as
Csoosseisl College hall White
wss all 10 as the eod 81 the 6fth
s-l .A ~a 1& a& x>.a
La Junta tribune., 1904-06-08
locA. Ase eeesesAa ,rsss
Trade with H. G. Todd.
Soda water At Fishers.


Trade with H. G. Todd. x.
Soda watey At Fishers. 'sst
Trade at the Palace drug store.
c. L. Seeley writes tornado In
| insurance.
See Dunkin for bread. cakes,
pies and cookies.
Soft drinks Of all kinds At Fish
eT's postoffice bookstore.
Take your prescriptions to the
La Junta Drug Company.
All the latest summer drinks at
Fishers post Office bookstore.
Use Arnold's best flour; better
than Crystal; made by the sams
mill.
Dr.. P. b. Linville, dentisa.
Office. Simonson block. Phone
No. ioaa red.
II John Mattingly, former machin-
ist in the local shops, is working
for the Rock Island in Arkansas
City.
II Sheriff George Barr. accompan.
led by County Treasurer Beer
bohm, visited Ordway yesterday
on ofIiciae business. s.sssiss'
i Henry Fosdick was down from
Fowler Monday. having busiseds
70 attend to before the board Of
county commissioners.
i FoR SALE--A strictly up to date
restaurant; doing . fine business;
lodging house in connection. For
particulars inquire 1t this of1ics.
Phone No. S5I Red, or leave
orders with distilled water wagon
for root beer, birch beer and soft
drinks Of all kin!s. X. Pear
son.
Dr.. w. MeKennan was Pueblo
visitor Monday taking in the siskss
oi the street fsir With which be
became some what infatuated last
geek.
Il Charles kile, . nephew Of Theo-
,iore Brstty, arrived from New
York one day last week and will
60 to work in his uncle's cigar
actory.
M. and Mrs. w. p. Jackson
left last Sunday for Kansss City,
Mo. where Mr.. Iackson will 60 to
work fos the Fort Scott and Gull
as . machinist.
Nanny Nendelson is working
fos McCarty & Althen. One Of ,b.
propsiesors is going to get busy in
the near future on . fishing trip or
4 q "tour" o. some kind.
Sunday excursions. every Sun
day, good going and returning,
/ Sunday only-Pueblo. 81. go; Col
osado Springs. Sa go; Manitou,
s3.os; Summit Of Pixies Peak.
S7.os.
/ E. o. Folsom. Of the Queen
City Business College. Milwaukee,
Wis, arrived IN La Junta last
Saturday morning, and will be the
guest Of o. w. Mccartney for
several days.
Mn. A. W. EsGiish. aeeo~pan-
led by MIS-. ]. 3. Sherman, LETT
Moodsy Ios Boulder 70 ssseod the
eommepeemens exercises Of the
State Ussv .ssiey. Mics Msyme is
. essdsese The yees
Two issessnesss vess sled in
the couosy eIesk's olice Monday
by 2: X. Carey. psesident Of the
Nssiossl Sugss Manufacturing
Coapssy. the lees ios recording
Whieh amounted % SsS.
II lanes OoDooe beoelses q r. G.
Dalton, - Isss Sasusdsy ss his
hose b 11sssoe. WIS.,. slses .
/ IpsoieaseA il1sess isso easces.
/ Ne. Dalsse received -sssice of
seAe Death o6 ~ bssslses tee late 20
essssd ths Sasasal which soek
I place 11eeday.
"a Cavasss leaves Sssdsy ies
Newport daily independent., 1904-04-06
HERO AND THE TooTHAcHE
Remarks Thereon by Disillusioned Girl-He Had Faced Death
 at Santiago.

'T used to be given to hero worship" said the girl with the Russian sable huff to her companion of the long, dark eyelashes, according to the New York Sun. "But, dear, we change, do we not? Do you recall how I spent the last of my pin money to attend a reception that the club arfNnged for a certain hero?
 "Well, the week before last I was coming up from Palm Beach. On the train was a hero who had withstood dozen hostile fires at Santiago. He had a toothache, simple little toothache, and he bel lowed like a calf. thought of the five teeth that I had pulled out in one afternoon without gas and asked myself if the man was real ly brave. I decided that a hero must have a toothache such as the ordinary mortal never dreamed of.
 "One of the train hands who sympathized with the hero said: !: The best thing for a toothache is whisky. If I had one I'd fill up'- and he did. mean my hero, that was, did. Don't talk to me in flu ture of hero worship. Facing death may be one thing, but I'd rather face death than be afraid of toothache. Have bon bon? ?"
Newport daily independent., 1904-04-06
"Radium sirup."

A practical joke, now common among Parisians, is to go into a drug store and ask for three cents' worth of radium. At first the chemists took it good-naturedly, but latterly it has become quite a nuisance. One chemist in the Rue de Rivoli has just hit upon a way of getting. even with the would-be jokers. He has made a concoction which he calls "radium sirup," and when the practical joker arrives gravely hands out a small quantity, charging an extra two cents for the bottle.
Newport daily independent., 1904-04-06
AN ODD OLD CHARACTER.
Kate, the Bumboat Woman, Who Has Haunted Washington's Navy
 yard for Forty Years.

\ Kate, the bumboat woman, is the title applied to an odd crea- iture who has been haunting the Washington navy yard for the past 40 years, says the Washing ton Post. Her name is Kate Royal, and as far back and further than the oldest man connected with the yard can remember, Kate has been making her daily trips with her basket of candy, fruit and notions to sell to the sailors who visit Washington on Uncle Sam's boats. Kate has speaking acquaintance with all the great men of the army and navy. She has letters and presents from most of them, including Amirals Dewey, Sampson and Schley.
 Kate made her first visit to the yard during the civil war. She was a young woman in those days, and her bright Irish ways made her a great favorite. In later years, when age began to creep upon her, she began to form an opinion that she was an active and indispensable part of the navy. She considered herself an enlisted person and became as de voted to the cause as the most loyal man. It is just 40 years since Kate began to consider herself a sailor.
 She has had ten red enlistment stripes, representing four years each, placed upon field of blue cloth, and this she wore to cele- brate the anniversary.
 Kate is a picturesque charac- ter. Her form is bowed beneath the weight of 70 years, and her face is scanned with the marks of time. Only her eyes still retain the Drllllancy or youth, and they sparkle with the same Irish hu- nor and good nature that gleamed from them 40 years ago.
 Kate has no regular hours of business. She is on hand with the rising sun, and the late hours of the evening find her still on duty. She gathers her little stock of trade around her under the fore castle of one of the United States boats lying up at the yard, and with the sailor boys lying around her on the floor she will tell them tales of her youth or crone Irish melodies for them until the signal for lights out is passed around, and the sailors seek their swing ing hammocks, and Kate shoul- ders her basket of goods and wan ders home.
Newport daily independent., 1904-04-06
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Newport daily independent., 1904-04-06
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Four different grades of Fine Linen and Bond Papers for Letter and Note Heads, ruled and unru1ed, all excellent type writer papers. Also Good Grades of Flat papers for Letter and Note Heads. Wei Finished xxx Rag Envelopes and cheaper grades. A complete line of Statements, Bi11 Heads, Round and Square Cornered Cards, etc.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
Prondsticos odiosos

Para que Sc yea que no solo Ell
San Juan tenemos astr6nomos que
predicen desgracias, vease 10 que dic'
Un diario frances de Ultima data.
<Misteriosos mensajeros han dis
tribufdo en- todas las porterfas de Pa
rfs una circular inq uietante. frmada
por NJ. Augusta Watrin, de quien nc
sabemos NADIA, sino que es un profeta.
Ell 10 dice en- su circular. Ha recibido
Dios una revelation sobrenatural y
conocer.
Paris, anuncia 81, va sufrir Ia
suerte de Sod donna y Gomorra, porque
Dios esta irritado contra esta ciudad
culpable. Paris ha sido maldecida
Sin embargo, el fuego del cielo no de-
vorara sino las once circunscripciones
del centro; las demas Sc salvaran.
Sc GUERRA dudar, desde luego, de
la inminencia de catastrofe semejante.
II mismo M. Watrin xrecula de ho-
rfrAr1 segnn sus propias frases, tiene
&las Egrimas en- los ojos9 pero xreve-
laciones<Seiterad aut6nticas,1 lie
obligan hahlar como 10 hace. Serfa
xel 1ltimo de los miserables~ 81 calla-
ra la veread.
~La lluvia de las desgracias mas
grandes va & caer sobre Paris. To-
rrentes rugidores de fuego avanzaran
sobre ell centro de la ciudad, entire los
gritos de desesperaci6n de muertos
Vivimos en- un tempo tragico, es-
cribe el periodico de donde traduci-
mos estas Hneas. Apenas salvad os
del terror de una guerra universal
henOs aquf amenazados por las llamas
Calmemos, sin embargo,
nuestro afan, record dando que en- todo
tempo ha habido profetas de desgra-
cias,
Recordemos 10 que dice Montes-
luieu en- sus @Cartas persas.>
&Hace cinco 6 seis meses entire en-
IN cafe. vi entrar a un viejo palido
seco, que reconoc1 por un novelista
antes de que Sc sentara. No parecia |
le aquellos que tienen la seguridad de |
7encer a la desgracia presagiar VIC |
Orias y trOfeOs.
AL contrario. ell yiejo aquel era |
mo de esos miedosos que Sc compla- |
;en en- dar tristes noticias. clos me-
gocios van muy NAL del lado de Es- |
,ana,> dijo. <No teaemos caballerfa |
n la frOntera
~Hallabase cerca de mi un fil6sofo |
nuy NAL vestido que parecia sentir |
'iedad por el viejecillo que Sc enco-
ia de hombros & medida que el otro I
Llzaba la voz. Me acerque 81 me
lilo al dido va veis que ell profeta |
los entretiene. Hace una hora que I
labla y nadie ha convencido. Y sin |
mbargo y vi aver Gna horrible mans
ha en- ell sol, que 81 .spmenta puede
un cataclismo Ell. ell muudo |
'ntero. sin embargo no he dicho |
Ii una palabral,
ss,