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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-12-15

wherc the human race has nsvsr yet
penctratcdr' questioned Al.
'Hcre. In the Forest OF BurssA. N-
piled the nymph boldly. TT = my
home. and l am weary for hack q oc-
eupation Let me carr for the babe.
sce how weak and helpless II H. Dure-
y It cannot harm Bursee nor IL AGas-
tsr woodsman of the Woridr'
~But the Law. child. the LAwP 0asd
Az sternly.
The Law b mads b. tAs nnsesr
woodsman." Fvturnsd Necils. N b
oods me care for IT, babs - hanssaf
- saved from dsasA. Who h a -
wseid dsr~ cppsas nsr ousa ~
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-12-15

blown flowers are due to the dyes
placed in the soil by the Ryls. which
are drawn through the little veins In
the roots and the body of the plants
a. they reach maturity The Ryls are
4 busy people. for their flowers bloom
and fade continually, but they are
merry and light hearted and are very
popular with the other immortala-
Next came the KNOCKS. whose duty 1t
b to watch over the beasts Of the
world, both gentle and wild The
Knocks have a hard time of II, since
many of the beasts are ungovernable
and rebel against restraint. But they
know how to manage them. after all,
and you will find that certain laws of
the KNOCKS are obeyed by even the
most ferocious animals. Their anx-
iefies make the KNOCKS look old and
worn and crooked, and(h heir natures
are 4 bit rough from ass5ciating with
wild creatures continually, yet they
are most useful to humanity and to the
world in general. as their laws afs the
only laws the forest beasts recognize
except those of the Master WoodGDan-
Then there were the Fairies. the
guardians of mankind, who were much
interested in the adoption of Claus be
cause their own laws forbade them to
become familiar with their human
charges. There are instances ON rec
ord WHERE the~ sFaiffes have shown
themselves to human beings, and have
even conversed with them, but they are
supposed to guard the lives of man.
kind unseen and unknown, and II they
favor some people more than others
1t is becaus. these have won such dis
tinction fairly. as the Fairies are very
Just and impartial But the idea OF
adopting a child of men had never oc
Cured to them because II WAS in every
way opposed to their laws. so their
curiosity was intense to behold the lit
tie stranger adopted by Necile and her
sister nymphs-
Claus looked upon the immortals
who thron,-ed around him with fear
less eyes and smiling lips. He rode
laughingly upon the shoulders Of the
merry Ryls. he mischievously pulled
the gray boards of the low browed
KNOCKS; he rested his curly head con-
fidently upon the dainty bosom OF the
Fairy Queen herself. And the Ryis
loved the sound OF his laughter: the
KNOCKS loved his courage. the Fairies
loved his innocence.
The boy made friends of them all
and learned TO know their laws init
mately. No forest flower was tram
pied beneath his feet lest the friendly
Ryls should be grieved. He never In
terfered with the beasts Of the forest
lest his friends the Knocks should be-
come angry. The Fairies he loved
dearly. but. knowing nothing of man
kind, he could not understand that he
was the only one of his race admitted
TO friendly intercourse with them.
Indeed. Claus came to consider that
he alone OF all the forest people had
no like nor fellow. To him the forest
was the world. He had no idea that
millions OF toiling. striving human
creatures existed
And he was happy and content
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Chapter fret

u AVE you heard Of the great For
ID est OF Burzcef Nurse used to
sdng OF II when was . child.
- sang Of the big tree trunks.
sanding cloee together. with their
0DotS intertwining below the earth and
ussir branches sntertwining above Il;
- their rowgh coating OF bark and
Qosef. gnaried limbs: Of the bushy
foliage that rooted the entirc Forest.
Dvs where the sunbeams found . path
enssugh which to touch the ground In
oe4je spots and to cast weird and Gu
S1oua shadows over thc mosnea. the
nehens and the drffts Of dried leaves
NThe Forest OF Barzee Il mighty and
vORapd and swesome TO thoae who steal
haneafh ifs shade. Coming from the
eanlit meadows into its rnazes II seems
at nrst gloomy. then pleasant. and after
ward filled with never ending delights.
Tor hundreds Of yenrp II has nourish
~ In all Its magnificence, the silence
q fits inciosure unbroken save by the
ehAsp OF busy chipmunks. the growi OF
wfld beasts and the songs Of birds.
Yet Burzee has Its inhabitants. for
an this Mature pcopled It IN the b.
g1nning with Fairies. knooka. Ryls
and Nymphs. As long as the Forest
Ueands II will be home. a refuge and
Q playground to these sweet immortnis.
who rcvcl undisturhcd In Its depths.
Civilization has never yet reached
Durse~. VIII Il ever. wonderf
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within the great Forest
OF Burxeo q wood ny mph
named Neciie. She was closely re.
(onted to the mighty Queen Zuriine.
Ind her home was beneath the shade
~ a widcsprcading oak. Once ev-
cry year. on Budding Day. when tho
trccs put forth their new buds. NeciIc
held the Golden Chaiice OF Ak TO the
<ips OF the Queen. who drank there
from TO the prosperity of the Forest.
30 you see she wns a nymph OF some
Importance and wns highly regarded
because OF ner beauty and grace.
When she was created she could not
have told: Queen Zuriinc could not
have told; the great Ak himself could
oot have told. II was long ago. when
tAe world was new and nymphs were
osstied TO guard the forests and to min
aDer to the wants Of the young trees.
1hsa, on some day not remembered.
Uocile sprang into being-radiant, love
=, otrnight and slim ~ the sapling she
vas created to guard.
Her hair was the color that lines .
GAastnut bur: her eyes were blue In the
sunlight and purple in the shade: her
aAssks bioomcd with the faint pink
UAat siess the clouds at sunset: her
- were full red. poutlng and sweet.
~ costume she adopted oak leaf
RUsn--ail the wood nymphs dress in
ohat color and know no other 20 de-
aFabls. Her dainty feet were sandal
d1nd, whils her head remained bare OF
0Dveglng other. than her rilksn trssscs.
y uoc1ls'o duties were few and simple.
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carried water from the brooks and
pools and moistened the roots of her
Thirsty dependents.
That was In the beginning The
weeds had now learned to avoid the
forests where wood nymphs dwelt; the
Ioathsome Gadgols no longer dared
some nigh: the trees had become old
and sturdy and could bear the drought
bstter than when fresh sprouted SO
Necilc's duties were lessened. and time
grew lagGard. while succeeding yeas
became more tiresome and uneventfui
than the nymph's Joyous spirit loved
Truly the forest dweliers did not
hack amusement. Each full moon they
danced In the Royal Circle Of the
ousen. There were also the Feast Of
Nuts, the Jubilee Of Autumn Tint
inGx. the solemn ceremony Of Leaf
shedding and the reveiry OF Buddins
Day. But fhsss periods Of enjoymens
were far apart and isft many weary
hours bstwesn-
That . wood nymph should gr0w
aascontsntej was not thought Of By
Neciis's sasters. II came upon hsr snly
afssr many ysar Of brooding- But
wAsn ouce she had setfisd In her mind
unef nfs vas nxsome sne eao 70 pa
usoce wftn nT conmuon ana iooged
% 90 sometnins OF real interest ana TO
Da0 n<f Gays IN ways nitoefoo m
ofeemed o. py toreS nympns. H.
Law cf the Forest alone restraineo
ner from going forfh IN search OF al
vcntur
Nhiie this mooo lay heavy upon pret-
q Necife chanced thht the great
AK visited the forest OF Burzee ana
allowed the wood nymphs. as was their
Won't 10 de az MS rect ana listen TO
The words OF wisdom that fell from
nis hps. AK is the master Wooosinan
Of the World: ne secs everything and
knows more thnn the sons OF nen.
That night he ncid the queens hand.
for he loved the nymphs AZ fnther
loves his children. and Neciie lay at
his feet with many OF her sisters and
earnestly hcarkencu as ne spoke.
I'VE i've so happily. my fair ones.
In our forest gIadcs, said AK. strokinx
bis grizzied beard thoughtfuiiy. that
We know nothing OF the sorrow and
misery that fall to the lot OF those
poor mortais who inhabit the open
spaces OF The earth. They are not OF
our race, II Is true, yet compassion wen
befits beings :" fairy favored as our
selves. Often as pass by the dwell
Ing OF some suffering mortal am
tempted To stop and banish the poor
things miser! Yet suffering. In mod
GRAFTON. IL the natural lot OF mortais,
and IL In not our place TO Interfere
with the laws or Nature
Nevertheless. said the fair Queen,
noddine her golden head at the Master
Woodsman, 1T would not be vain
guess that AK has often assisted the-e
haplcss morthls-
"sometimcs," AK replied. when they
are very young-'children,' the mortais
call them-i have stopped TO rescue
them from misery. The men and wo-
men ! dare NOT intertcrc VIM tney
must Dear 'he ouruens Nature mas I'M
posed upon them. But the helpless In
ians' tne innocent chiioren OF men.
nave rshe 10 % nappy untii they
become fuil grown and able to bear
the trials OF humanity. 10 l reel am
Jusuned IN asns,ins tncm- NOT long
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-12-15

presently to find him too big to lie In
her lap. and he had . desire for other
food than milk. His stout iess carried
I'm far into Bur1ee's heart whers he
gathered supplies ef nuts and osEries
- well - several SWEET and whole
os0s r0ots, which su1tsd his stomach
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Chapter fifth
Che Master Slssasaan

~ EARS pass swiftly In
Burzee, for the nymphs
have no need to regard
time In any way. Even CEN
turtles make no change In the
dainty creatures. ever and
ever they remain the same,
immortal and unchanging.
ClauA however. being NOR
tai. grew to manhood day by
dsy. Nectle was disturbed
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Chapter Second
cAs cslsS es ths se,sss

'~NCE. so long ago
~ our great-grand-
fathers coul u
scarcely have heard Il
mentioned. there lived
within the great Forest
uf Iiurzeo n Mood nYmph
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Chapter fourth
.

1NOTHER day found Ne
Giles bower the most pop
ulsr place in the Forest
be nymphs clustered around
r and the child that lay
leep in her lap. with sxpres-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-05
ARIZONA KICKLETs.
A LamentabIe Occurrence Described
and Commented On.

a., At intervals of about two weeks for
me past SIX months we have been in
ISceIpl OF postal cards reading as fol-
/ 'sUnhung villain and despicable
FScoundrel: I am making preparations
70 visit the Gulch at an early date and
EldQle your carcass with hot lead. Fly
or be riddledi Meme is.',
such postal cards are so common to
our everyday routine that we gave
TINS one no attention. We simply de-
cloed that If Nemesis came along we
would do the best we could, while If
ne failed to show UP we sh0aidnt
nave to do any lodging.
. we hadn't given the unknown
thouBnt Tor several days when ne
walked in on US last Wednesday. We
We're alone in our sanctum, and our
guns were hanging on a nail at the
Tar end of the room. When Nemesis
entered we took him for an electric
light man from Chicago. When we
saw his face kindle we set him down
as a Boston philanthropist- When he
Eoftly inquired if he had the honor OF
addressing Jim Hellso. we thought we
recognized the Philadelphia twang
to It.
We were mistaken all around. His
hand went back to his hip after the
real Arizona fashion. which can be
acquired in no other territory and
before I'VE. could figure out whether
he wanted to sell us windmills or
string beans he was pumping lead at
US as fast as he could pull trigger.
What followed is like a dream to
US. We must have bounded across
the room and got possession of one
of our guns and we must have re-
turned the fire. as when we finally
shook ourselves together Nemesis was
lying on the floor with three bullets
in him and the office force was crowd
ing into the room. We were grazed
on the hip and on the shoulder, but
that was all. There We're five hundred
people in front OF 1.-The Kicker office
by the time the smoke had cleared
away, and after time our sanguine
visitor was recognized as an individ-
ual named Jim Hanley. who has lived
in various towns in the territory for
the last three years.
Mr.. Hanley had fired eight bullets
at US, and we had returned three of
them. He was found to be so dead
that it was absurd to think of calling
- doctor.
n It was such plain case that the
coroner did not ask US to consider
ourself under arrest until the inquest
could be held. A jury was impaneled
on the spot. and within ten minutes
a verdict had been reached. It was
''justifiable homicide and was a Just
verdict.
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pAwNsHoPs WE HAVE MET.

Not only do we sometimes take our
pleasures sadly. but there are times
when we take our sadness pleasurably
A laugh frritates US, and a man with
a story to tell awakens a feeling of
overweening wrath in our usually gen
tie breast when he reaches his climax
and outlaws like an idiot at his own
wit. We want to get away from him
and pine apart And yet, you know,
we do not feel actively inimical to the
story teller Our Irritation is of a
passive nature. We would not, for in
stance necessarily STAY the man. But
If we heard a slow and painful death
being planned for him we should make
a few sombre suggestions and take up
a position where we could watch his
finish with q Hstless eye chewing
meanwhile the cud of melancholy and
finding a dark comfort at his dismal
groans as they muttered through the
accomplishing air and became engulf-
ed in the staggering reaches of a shud-
dering eternity.
It is on days like these that we love
to go and review the displays in the
pawnshOp windows. For Sorrow feeds
on Sorrow, and Melancholy waxeth fat
on the contemplation of Drawn Eyed
Poverty. We glue our nose to the
pawnshop window, put two and two
together and smack our lips over the
result. we EeHecL, ana ref1ecGlHR we
enjoy ourselves. 1t is one of the times
when we take our sadness pleasurably.
1t is a feeling akin to the mournfuI-
ness that looks through the eyes of a
very young child or a very old man
this and the capacity for amusement
cultivated and still predominant.
We like to see the watches worth
fabulous amounts and ready to be
sacrificed at a song. There is our old
friend the double case gold looking
watch. with a steam engine or a. point
ing dog or a, pastoral scene engraved
in a medallion surrounded by d lot of
fine little criss-cross lines.
There is the heavy Dubious silver
watch with a back like a full moon
and a crystal like a portfolio glass
There is the effeminate little gold
watch with a few diamonds scattered
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directions. We preceded the procession,
hat in hand, and our demeanor was
that of a penitent rather than a victor.
Mr. Hanley, who somehow got the
notion into his head that he was Ne
mesis, win sleep long and we'll. A
month later we shall trail the arbutus
over his mound and rear a fitting head
stone, and when the soft suns of sum
nler sink to rest we shall wander to
the spot and wonder why he didn t
shoot straighter.
Our fifteenth victim has been laid
away, but let no man think we are
proud of the record. We would dwell
at peace with all mankind as we pub
lish the best dollar weekly to be found
in the world, and in each and every
case it has been our removal or the
other feller's. On 20 different occasions
we have craW-fished rather than fight
but when driven to bay we have turned
loose with our guns and let the re-
sponsibilfty rest where it belonged.
What other editor in the world can
point to a private editorial graveyard
containing Is mounds beginning with
One-eyed Bill and ending with Mr..
fIanley, and yet we are not happy over
1t. Even as we go out of a summer
evening and train the green vines and
plant the pink holIyhocks We heave a
sigh of regret and wish the Is had had
sense enough to tackle something easy.
And believing it to be german to
the subject we ask the public to note
the fact that the rate of subscription
has remained the same from first to
last, and that we have never referred
to our p. e. &. (private editorial grave
Yard except when forced to-
While we deplore the recent trag-
edy. we find strength in the conscious
ness of our innocence. Had Mr. Han
ley give US a chance we should have
stepped out of the back door. We
would that he could have lived to re-
alize that we are no Caesar. We are
simply Jim Hellso, of the Gulch. We
own and run The Kicker" we are
postmaster, mayor, chief of the fire
department, U. s. marshal, forest
commissioner and two or three other
things, but we don't take any stock
in the Caesar business.
We are laying wires for the presi-
dency four years hence, and We shall
get there as sure as that dogs have
/ tails, but we shall be satisfied with
three or four terms and not set up
for a Dictator. We are an ambitious
kuss and always reaching out for
more, but yet we are no hog. We
owe it to the Hellso family, which
dates back=2 600 years. and was never
heard of before in print, to shed our
Iaster around pretty freely, but 1t will
end there.
There may be other individuals OF
Mr.. Hanleys way of thinking scat
4 tered over the west. In a brotherly
i way we advise them to poultfce their
heads before going crazy over US. II
/ the poultice doesn't help, and they
/ feel that they must come on and peg
away at US, then they must take their
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We Shall Wander to the Spot.

When the dead body of Mr.. Hanley
came to be Overhauled many manu-
scripts written by his own hand were
discovered. AS near as could be made
out. he looked upon US as modern
Caesar. In tow or three of the manu-
scripts he clearly and forcibly set forth
his belief that in case we were ever
elected president of the United States
we would create a dictatorship and
plunge the country into civil war
rather than to give it up.
There is no question in our mind that
Mr.. Hanley had worked himself up to
the pitch where he thought it his duty
to remove us from this earthly sphere.
He couldn't wait for snowslides and
spring freshets to get in their work,
but must call at the Office and proceed
to bang away He might have been a
patient man in other things, but when
the question of our removal came up
he felt that it couldn't happen any too
soon.
We buried Mr.. Hanley, as we bur
led the Ia men before him, in our pri-
waite editorial graveyard and at our
personal expense. owing to the dis
agreeable day, the funeral procession
was not all we could have hoped for,
but it was fair to medium. and his
grave can be seen from three different
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Experiments having proved that water
is a dangerous element in which to en-
trust Russian war vessels. the eighteen
torpedo boats ordered by Admiral Marka-
rolf are being sent by railway.-Punch-
Great gunsl'' exclaimed the absent
minded man. II just stuck the lighted
end of this cigar in my mouth.
How fortunate you were IN discovering
it at once, dear rejoined his good wife,
Chicago Daily News.
The trouble with that orator was that
he mixed his metaphors.
We'll" said Colonel StillweH of Ken
lucky, after a rather awkward pause,
it'll lay out the best of EN-. The thing
to do is to pick out your beverage an
Billy-How does fellow catch the
Joe-That's easy: how does he let go
of it2-Cincinnau Tribune
wigg (at the racesl-Tm going to put
my money on that horse named Death.
Wagg-Well, death IS about the only
sure thing I know of.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
student-Doctor. what do you think of
problem novels?
Doctor am recommending them IN
stead of the city directory for insomnia
misunderstanding Leader
your husband" SAID the physician.
has a serious attack of gastric fever.
''You don't sayI' exclaimed Mrs Oat-
cake How in the name Of goodness did
he ever get it when there's no gas in the
house ?''-Chicago Daily News.
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chances. Wen run if they give US a
chance, but if driven to bay we shall
shoot to hurt.
1t is, perhaps, needless to add that
owing to the crowded condition of
cur columns advertisers will do us a
great favor by handing in their ad-
possible, especially if they desire them
to go in the Russian and Persian edi-
lions.
P. S. 1t has been ascertained that
the deceased Mr.. Hanley had already
ordered a pint of alcohol in which to
pickle our ears for souvenirs.
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REAT, ESTATE TTlANsFERs.


Mary D. Holiday to F. Mawhinney.
lot 174 and east half of. lot 172 Tenth
avenue east. Holidays addition IS %
w +. Carey and wife TO "A. Linge.
tract on Seventh street, HOrne's ad-
dition 800. ...........-...4.. ..+..-......-- 20
J. OsConneu and husband to George
Netter, lots $40 and So Lincoln
street. Lindale addition .-...-.-.-..-- Ii
l. S. Curtis and others to ]. r. Null
vaue. part Of the northeast quar-
ter Of section II, township Il. range
10 -.--..--....+-.-.-.-.--.-
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TO WHOM IN MAY CONCERN.


--~--~-~---~~~---~-~-~-----
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN-Our ap-
plicatiCn for a permit to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors, according to law, at 500 Kan
sas avenue, in Second ward of the city Of
Topeka, is now file in the office Of the
clerk of the probate court, Shawnee
county, Kan. The hearing of the same is
set for Saturday, June 4. 1904 at 9 O clock
a. m. ROWLEY & SNOW
10 WHOM II MAY CONCERN-Aly ap-
pication Tor a permit to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors according to law at 50l KAN
sas ave, In Fourth ward of city of To-
peka, is now on file in the office of the
clerk of the probate court, Shawnee
county, Kan. The hearing of the same is
set for Saturday, May Is. 1904 at O'Clock.
CLARENCE F. YOUNG
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN-AIy ap-
plication Tor permit to sell tntoxicat-
ing liquors, according to law, at 1125 w.
9Th ST.. in Fourth ward of the city of To-
peka, is now file in the office OF the
clerk of the probate court, Shawnee
county, Kan. The hearing of the same is
set for Thursday, May 5, 1904 at O'Clock
a. RI. ~ j. FEIRO-
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SATIN TOILET SPECIALTIES.
A SPECIAL process, marvellous machin-
cry produces Satin Tooth Powder, the
best made. CSC. At RoWley & Srow's.
NOT sticky. greasy, gummy. but perfurn-
ing, exquisitely dainty describes Satin
Skin Cream 25c.
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T. c. LUTES-Everythin In modern pho
tographys indoor and outdoor scenes,
funeral flowers, etc. Ind. phone 1912.
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STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS.
THE J. G. DARLING CO. 7s4 Kan ava.
Rubber stamps, brass and alrninurn trade
Checks Prices low Cataiog free Tel 2s2.
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OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I AM q CANDIDATE FOR STATE
senator from the Seventeenth district
t17th), subject L. The decision OF the quai-
flied electors N Shawnee county in Go-
vember. c. P. BOLIVAR. II
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LOST AND FOUND.


LOST-On Harrison St, between 7th and
18th, a chatclaine purse containing SO,
keys, etc Return to state library and re-
ceive reward.
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HORSES FOR SALE.

NICE drivers, family horses, educated
saddle horses for ladies and gentlemen.
Some nice children's ponies; every horse
guaranteed as represented Salthouse y
Norris.
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CARPET CLEANING.

SEND your carpets to McCormfcK a
Peake, in our new location new ma
chinery. We can give YOU better work
more promptly than ever before. and at a
price that will please YOU Mccormick an
Peake. rug factory and carpet cleaning
works, So Van Buren, st. Phones 81.