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Courier Democrat., 1904-12-22

Nor did se6ey. They were sitting at
tea and welcomed me with shout.
"Hello, old domine!" yelled Bruce.
'sWhere's your preacher friend?'
"Where you ought to be IL you could
get there-at home," I replied, nettled
at his insolent tone.
"Strike one! called out Hi enthusi-
astically. not approving Brucc's atti-
tude toward his friend, the Pilot.
Don't be so cute" said Bruce after
the laugh had passed. "but have q
drink"
He was flushed and very shaky and
very noisy. The Duke. at the head Of
the table. looked u little harder than
usual. but. though pale. was quite
steady. The others were all more or
less nerve broken. and about the room
were the signs Of a wild night. A
bench was upset. while broken bottles
and crockery lay strewn about over q
floor reeking with filth. The disgust
on my face called forth an apology
from the younger Hill. who was serv.
ing up ham and eggs as best he could
to the men lounging about the table.
Its my housemaid's afternoon out" I"
he explained gravely.
'lssne for Q walk in the park" added
another.
"Hope Mr.. Connor will pardon the
Absence" sneered Bruce in his most
offensive manner.
Don't mind him." said Hi under his
breath. 1.-The blue devils are runnin'
him down."
This became more evident as the
evening went on. From hilarity Bruce
passed to sullen ferocity, with spasms
Of nervous terror. His attempts to
soothe him finally drove him mad. and
he drew his revolver, declaring he
could look after himself. in proof OF
which he began to shoot out the lights
The men scrambled into safe corners,
all but the Duke. who stood quietly
by watching Bruce shoot. Then say
ing, "Let me have a try. Bruce" he
reached across and caught his hand.
mo. you don't" said Bruce strug.
Cling. mo man gets my gun"
He tore madly at the gripping hand
with both Of his. but in vain. calling
out with frightful oaths:
"Let so. let go! I'll kill you. I'll kill
Jour-
With furious effort he hurled him.
self back from the table. dragging the
Duke partly across. There were fash
Courier Democrat., 1904-12-22

I'll Not forget. Just keep oulet s
you'll be all right" He passed n
cool, firm hand over the hot bmr ,
the man looking up at him with lor..
his eyes, and in a few moments m.
fell asleep. Then the Duke liftedH,]
self up and, facing the doctor aia !,
his coolest tone:
"Your words are more true than y
perfume, doctor. Your patient q
need all your attention. As for =,
morals, Mr.. Moore kindly intrust, N,
self with the care Of them" n
with bow toward the Pilot.
II wish him joy of his ch,,rI
snorted the doctor, turning again tos
bed where Bruce had already ps.
into delirium.
The memory Of that vigil was uh
horrible nightmare for months. 4u,
lay on the door and slept. The D,l
rode OF somewhither. The old dot
and I kept watch. All night D,
Bruce raved in the widest delihu
singing now psalms. now songs, svs
Courier Democrat., 1904-12-22

tween the logA 4 saw grewsome
thing. Bruce was sitting up In oed
with a Winchester ride across ms
knees and a belt Of cartridges hanging
over the post. His bandages were
torn OF, the blood from his wound
was smeared over his bare arms anu
his pale. ghastly face. his eyes were
wild with mad terror. and he was
shouting ut the top Of his voice the
words:
''The Lords my Shepherd. I'll not want:
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green: he leadeth ME
The quiet waters by"
Now and then he would stop to say
in an awesome whisper. Come out
here. you little devils" And bang
would go his rife Mt the stovepipe.
which was riddled with holes. Then
once more in n loud voice he would
hurry to begin the psalm:
''The Lords my Shepherd"
Nothing that my memory brings to
me makes me chill like that picture
the low log shack. now in cheerless
disorder; the ghastly object upon the
bed in the corner. with blood smeared
face and arms and mad terror in the
eyes; the awful cursings and more
awful psalm singing, punctuated by
the quick report Of the deadly rife.
For some moments we stood gazing
at one another. Then the Duke said
in n low. fierce tone. more to himself
than to US:
"This is the last. There'll be no
more Of this cursed folly among the
boys"
And thought 1t q wise thing in the
Pilot that he answered not word.
Courier Democrat., 1904-12-22

and a report and Bruce collapsed, the
Duke still gripping him. When they
lifted him up he was found to have an
ugly wound in his arm, the bullet hav-
ing passed through the deshy part. I
bound it up as best could and tried
to persuade him to go to bed. But he
would go home. Nothing could stop
him. Finally the Duke agreed to go
with him, and OF they set, Bruce loudly
protesting that he could get home alone
and did not want any one.
1t was dismal break up to the meet,
and we all went home feeling rather
sick. SO that it gave me no pleasure
to find Moore waiting in my shack for
my report of Bruce. 1t was quite vain
for me to make light of the accident
to him. His eyes were wide open with
anxious fear when had done.
'You needn't tell me not to be anx-
ious." he said. "You are anxious your
self. see it. feel it,
"Well. there is no use trying to keep
things from you." replied. "But am
only a little anxious. Don't you go
beyond me and work yourself up into
q fever over it,
NO" he. answered quietly. but I
wish his mother were nearer"
"Oh. bosh! It isn't coming to that.
But wish he were in better shape.
He is broken up badly without this
hole in him."
He would not leave till I had prom
ised to take him up the next day,
though was doubtful enough Of his
reception. But next day the Duke
came down, his black bronco lingo
wet with hard riding.
Better come up. Connor," he said
gravely, ''and bring your bromides
along. He has had a bad night and
morning and fell asleep only before I
came away. I expect he'll wake in de-
lirium. It's the whisky more than tho
bullet. Snakes, you know
In ten minutes we three were on the
trail, for Moore. though not invited,
quietly announced his intention to 60
with us.
''Oh. all rightw said the Duke indif-
ferently. HE probably won't recog-
nize you anyway"
We rode hard for half an hour till
we came within sight Of Bruce's
shack. which was Get back into little
poplar bluff
Hold upr' said the Duke. "Was
that shot? We stood listening. A
Fide shot rang out, and We rode hard.
Again the Duke halted us. and there
came from the shack the sound Of
singing. It was IN old Scotch time.
The Twenty-third Psalm" said
Moore in q low voice.
We rode into the hlu6. tied up our
horses and cfept to tlle hack Of the
shack. Looking threagh . crack -
Courier Democrat., 1904-12-22
Moore read the letter.

ing at the cattle or his poker parn
and now and then, in the quietet
ments. he was back in his old m
a boy, with a boys friends and pa
Nothing could check the fever
baf1ed the doctor, who often during
night declared there was no ID
In a wound like that working
such a fever. adding curses upon
folly Of the Duke and his Compap!
"You don't think he will not
better, doctor?" l asked. in ansvs
one Of his outbreaks.
"He ought to get over this
answered impatiently. "But behs
he added deliberately. "he'll haH
CO."
Everything stood still for mon
1t seemed impossible. Two days
full of life. now on the way
There crowded in upon me though
his home; his mother. whose letten
used to show me full of anxious
his wild life here. with all its gene
impulses. its mistakes. its folly.
How long will he last" !
and my lips were dry and numb.
perhaps twenty-four hours pen
longer. He can't throw off the pa,
The old doctor proved true ples 2
After another day of agonized de.t
he sank into a stupor WHICH
through the night.
Then the change came. AS Tue
began to grow at the eastern ~
the prairie and tip the far mountaI
the west. Bruce opened his eye
looked about upon us. The doel0.
gone; the Duke had not come
Moore and I were alone. he ga'
US steadily for some momenn'
our faces. A look Of wohue'
into his eyes.
no BE CONTINUED
Courier Democrat., 1904-12-22

By RALPH CONyNOR
Author Of
"The Man From GlentArry"
y School DAy." and "BlAck

cosy-sht sss. By FLEMING q REvELL COMPANY
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
SMASHED INTO TEXAS.
Peaceful Derrick Boat Puts Battieshlp
 to Bads s-t

New York, Dec. 21.-Breaktng five great cables as if they had been threads fine one hundred ton floating derrick, the Hercules, moored to the side of the new battleship Connecticut. broke adrift in the navy yard basin In Wall about. bay today and crashed into the stern of the battleship Texas. smash ing several plates and so injuring the war vessel that she will have to go into the dry dock.
 In the basin when a fierce squan swept over 1t were the Texas, Illinois, Kentucky, Tacoma and Minneapolis, The Hercules, was securely tied to the Connecticut and was landing great ar- nor plated on the decks. The strain caused by the heavy winds caused the cables to break and the derrick started up the bay toward the warships.
 Two tugs. the Narkeeta and Pen tucket, were hastily despatched to catch the fleeing derrick, which was making directly for the Tacoma and Minneapolis, moored close together. The Pentucket caught the Hercules when almost upon the warships and made fast to her. Before the derrick could be controlled 1t swung around and struck the Texas squarely in the stern nogI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
IS MISSING
ARTICLE WAS SUPPOSED TO CON-
 TAIN VALUABLES.
Mrs. Chadvviclx's Son, Emil Hoover, Se- cured valise From D. l.. Pine On His Return From
 New York.

Cleveland, Dec. 21.--Still another satcheI, one thought by Receiver Nath- an Loeser to contain valuables be- longing to Mrs. Chadwick was today found to be missing.
 This developed in a short examina- ton of Mrs. Mary. Londraville, Mrs. Chadwick's former housekeeper, held before referee in bankruptcy Reming- ton. This examination was merely a continuance of the hearings the re- ceiver is conducting to locate missing Chadwick property. Other witnesses will have to be examined before the receiver will be able to put his fin- gers upon the supposed valuables, if at all
 The discovery is in addition to the missing trunk and grip that disap- peared from the Holland House in New York the day before Mrs. Chad wick was arrested.
 Mrs. Londraville was the only wit ness examined today.
 She told of accompanying Mrs. Chad wick to the Hollenden hotel here at the latter's request and of taking two satchels into a room.
 Judge Albaugh of Canton, and sev- eral men. the witness said, were pres ent in an adjoining room. She heard HO COHN6TSdIIOn. Abheu dS to what had become of the satchels the witness replied:
 T was instructed to give the large one to D. l.. Pine of this city. I called him up by telephone and told him about it, and asked him to come for it. He arrived after Mrs. Chadwick had left for New York and I gave it to him."
 The satcheI she said contained let ters and papers. She did not know what mad become of the other satchel.
 The hearing was continued until this afternoon and ant effort will be made to have MT. Pine appear for examina- tion as to the whereabouts of the satchel and what 1t contained.
 Receiver Loeser said today, 1t was not likely that Mrs. Chadwick would again be summoned before the bank ruptcy court
 When the hearing was resumed in the bankruptcy court in the afternoon, MT. Pine was present. He admitted that he had secured the satcheI and kept 1t until Emil Hoover, Mrs. Chad wick's son, called for 1t last Sunday night. Emil told him that his moth- er's attorneys, J. P. DawIey, wanted it. He said he thought there were pa pers in it. Receiver Loeser said he would ask the attorney to tell the con- tents of the satchel. The hearing was then continued until Friday morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
HARGIs oN STAND.
Judge f,enton Overruled Motion for
 Peremptory Instructions.


 Winchester Ky. Dec. 2l.-In the Marcum damage suit today most of the morning session of the court was con- sumed In arguments by counsel on the motion of the defendants for peremp- tory instructions for defendants.
 Judge Benton in an elaborate opinion overruled the motion as to each of de- fendants in turn. Judge Benton also overruled a motion to set aside the swearing of the jury and ordered the case to proceed.
 After Judge Benton overruled the motion of the defendants for peremp- tory instructions and had ordered them to proceed. Senator A. H. Hargis, one of the defendants. was introducedNHar- gis denied specifically that he had con- spired with any one to kill Marcum. He said he had been & friend to Marcum and when the latter came to Jackson he had given him employment and had done all he could for him until he learned that Marcum had stated that witness had killed Logan Cockrill. who met his death when witness was boy.
 Hargis said he told D. D. Hurst. the father-in- law of Marcum, that the lat- ter had wronged him and for the sake of his family Marcum should explain
 
 say he approved of the killing of James Cockrill. 4-
 He had no knowledge that Marcum's life was in danger and he declared he had no conversation on the subject with Mrs. Marcum, Mrs. Patrick and Mrs Johnson. and did not tell them or either of them that the Hargfses would not kill Marcum but that Edward Cal lahan would.
 He said Curt Jett was his nephew. but the two had net spoken since Jett came to the store Of Hargis Brothers in 1902. when Jett fired several shots into the ceiling and when his brother, James Hargis. escaped to the basement to prevent being killed. When Jett was brought to Jackson in irons, natur- al sympathy for his sisters son impell- ed him to go to his assistance. He employed counsel. but was not a wit ness either at Jackson or Cynthiana.
 He was at home in Clark County when Marcum was killed, but went to Jackson the next day. During the Jett trial at Jackson he said he heard that his wife had written to Marcum or Mrs. Patrick connecting him with the mat ter He asked his wife about 1t and she denied that she had referred to him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
COPS AFTER KINGDOM
M,ADOO ORDER POLICE CAPTAIN
 TO INVESTIGATE.
Action of Young Gould in Firing on Haxers .Aroused sophonaores and Fierce Class Rush Was
 Outcome.

New York, Dec. H.--No action will be taken by the Columbia University au- thorities in the case of Kingdom Gould. the freshman student. who. yesterday. thwarted the, purpose of five sopho- mores who sought to ktdnap him. py shooting a revolver over their heads.
 Secretary Keppel said he could see no reason why the university authori- ties should take any action. The oc- currence took place outside the. uni versIty grounds. he said, and was really out of their Jurisdiction.
 Indignation at the action of Kingdom Gould in drawing revolver on his sophomore pursuers yesterday and the desire to secure a large contingent or freshmen for the sophomore dinner for tonight was the cause of the re- markable display of inter-class ami Over 800 freshmen and sophomores en- gagged in a fierce street battle around the subway station at Broadway and One Hundred and Sixteenth Street.
 Young Gould himself did not appear at college today, but the sophomores were determined to take reyence for his action on his classmates yesterday
 A number of freshmen, attempting to spirit away President Holbert of the frst-year class in. the sciences, but were
 
 At the One Hundred and Sixteenth Street subway station and the fight rapidly centered about there. Surface traffic was stopped for over an hour and the subway station was wrecked and its glass doors demolished,
 Holbert finally escaped from the crowd and boarded a downtown sub way train, but the fight continued fiercely.
 The freshmen were led by P. Won saltza. a 200-pound Swedish student, who bowled over dozens of sophomores before he was himself overcome by force of numbers and rendered uncon- scious. Many other men on both sides were hurt in the same way, put no se- rious results were reported.
 After several hours of continuous fighting, the affray was abandoned by mutual consent, to be resumed after lectures later in the day.
 Police Captain Nally was ordered to- day to investigate the shooting by Kingdom Gould yesterday. Police Com missioner McAdoo said: T must take oognizance of this case. Young Gould has no more right to carry pistol without a permit than any one else.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
FIRST OF INDUCEMENTS.
Federal Grand Jury Reports on Laad
 FRamd Casess

Fraud Cases.
 Portland, Ore. Dec. 21.-The hrst of the sensational indictments which has been expected would result from the present investigation of the Federal grand jury was returned today
 Franklin P. Mays. prominent law yer of this city and member of one of the best known families of Oregon, is accused of having conspired to de- fraud the United States Government of public lands, situated in Township a. Range 1. east. The township is located in inc Calioopia Mountains between Lane and Douglas counties, oregon. The indictment also includes Horace c. Mckinley, s. A. D. Ptter, Emma L. watson, already convicted of conspir- acy against the Government; Marie ware. the defendant in the first land. frauds case who was acquitted; Robert simpson, John Doe and Richard Doe. The last three. like Mays, have not hitherto been connected with the cases, so far as known
 The indictment alleges on December 2s, 1901, these persons conspired to- Eether to defraud the government by the use of false and forged appliea- tions, afldavites, proofs of homestead entry and settlement Part of the ap- ulicants, the indictment says, were fictitious, but others were secured by Puter and Mckinley. In the case of the real claimants the indictment CT leges that the frauds lay in the not being observed end further no sufficient considkrakion hX paid for the lands so conveyed alleged that the defendants kns the afadayits were a falsehood forged: that the persons were fictis and that no one mad ever resided on land filed upon and secured.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22

for the retention of the anti-canteen law. suficient additional appropriaton to complete army post recrea.ion nans. for effective pr0hibitive legfslation for Indian Territory. should 1t be granted Statehood; the passage of the ehepard- Deliver bill to prohibit the shipping of liquor into the new territories
 The league will insist upon . fasrer test of the anti-canteen law This. " was claimed, has not been given the statute. The league will ask for an appropriation of $s5o.ooo of Congress to build and complete the recreation halls at various army posts. which are intended in way as substitute Tor the canteen. There are seventy sucn buildings. Some. however. nave not been completed, and 1t is to finish these that the money Is chiefly needed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
ON PAYING BASIS.
Representative Henry Has Scheme for
 Rural Delivery.

Washington. Dec. 2i.--Representa- tive Henry, of Connecticut introduced a bill today ITO secure the full use of the United States rural mail equipment and to place the rural service on pay ing basis"
 The bill provides that within the limits of the respective rural routes served by post wagons, parcels of mail matter shall be collected and delivered house to house by the carriers. in weight up to 200 pounds and in dimen- sions up to a barrel, no parcel however, to be more than six feet in length"
 The bill specifics that the rates on parcels shall be one cent for eight ounces or less; two cents for pound; five cents for from one to eleven pounds; 10 cents for a half bushel, thirty pounds; 15 cents for a bushels; 20 cents for a half barrel and 25 cents for a barrel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
ARE BEATING RAILWAYS.
Inspector sf New York systen Appsar-
 ed h Court.


 cd h Court.
 New York. Dec. 22i.--The New York City Railway Company loses fully s1.ooo a day through an illegal systsm of transfers. according to . statement made today by the company's chief in- spector In a police court.
 The inspector appeared as the oom- piainant against four men who had been arrested. charged with using transfers which thex had solicited from persons on the street. The men pleaded Ignorance of transfer law. but were each held in $1.0o0 bail for trial.
 In presenting the case to the court. the inspector said he had unearthed system in a big department of the company where the employees by ex- change and repunching transfers were defradding the company out of no iess than 1000 day. He said also that hundreds of clerks in large depart ment store were riding to and from their work each day by the payment of a sfngle fare by repunching ana changing the time on the transfers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
DISPOSITIONS TAKEN.
Testimony Concluded In St. Louis
 Merger Case.


 St. Louis. Dec. 21.-The taking of depositions incident to the trial 0f the suit of J. Brooks Johnson to dissolve the merger of the St. Louis Transit Company and the United Railways Company was concluded before Special Commissioner Clifford today with the testimony of Broker James Campbell, Edward H. Comrades, A. H. Bauer and Russell Stanhope.
 From the testimony of witnesses at torney Gillian, rep. esentating John son, sought to show that the tripartite agreement whereby the transit com pany and United Railways Company drectorates and the Brown Brothers syndicate of New York voted to pur- chase the Transit Company's assets was made without the knowledge of various Transit Company stockholders and. discrimnated against their inter-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
DIDN'T GET MONEY.
Father Enjoins Payment of Football
 yslayersa Fortune.

Father Enjotns Payment of FoOtbaIi
 Players Fortune.
 New Haven, Conn.,. Dec. 21.--Just as he was about to turn over $S0,000 to Frederick Hall White. the Harvard foot ball player. who reached his ma tority yesterday, and who inherited nearly $2o0.o00 from the estate of his mother, James Kingsley Blake. of this city was served with papers restrain inf him from doing so.
 MT. Blake. Is administrator of Mrs. Whites estate, and the restraining ac- ton is brought by Josiah J. White, fathet of the young man. The elder White, who lives in Brooklyn sues for .s25. 900. alleging various grounds of indebtedness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
EVACUATED MOUNTAIN.
Japanese Making Efforts to Enter
 Citadel Refore New Year.

Citadel Before New Year.
 London. Dec. 22.--The Daily Tele- graphs Chefoo correspondent says that the steamer Lady Mitchell, which sail- ed from Tsingtao with supplies. am- intuition and dynamite, reached Port Arthur during a snow storm four nights ago. He also says it is report ed that the Japanese were compelled to evacuate their position on Itse Mountain owing to fianking fire from other forts and the explosion of Rus sion mines. from which they lost heavily.
 The Japanese. the correspondent adds. are employing thousands of coolies in making strong forts at Dalny and around Port Arthur. They ex- press a determination to capture Port Arthur before the Chinese new year.
 An attack is now preparing that will be on hitherto unequalled scale and it will mean either success of terrible disaster to the beseisers. The corres- pondent concludes by saying that it is stated that General Nogi has asked for 60,OO0 reinforcemepts from Japan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
Cotton Mills. Sold.

Charleston, s. C., Dec. 21.-At Camden today the DeKalb cotton mills were sold at auction under order of the United States court for $t7e.000 to George H. Wright a mill owner of Union. This is the third time the mills have been on the block. Alleged ir- reguIarities set aside the first sale aud there were no bidders when offered the second time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
Lurx Is Empnn.IIeA

Washington. Dec. 21.--A jury was finally secured today for the trial of James M A. Watson. the district gov ernment clerk indicated for embezziinR ST3,00O of funds in the office of Auditor Petty of the district. The case was then passed to January B. next to avoid Interruption by Christmas holidays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
Fisher Sign. Norcum.

Nashville. Tenn, Dec. 21.-Manager Fisher of the Nashville Southern League baseball team, announces that he had traded infieldar Sherman Kennedy for outfielder Norcum of Shreveport and that he has secured pitcher War Sanders from Omaha.