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The two who rode al their head,
however, looked to be of different
mettle. The shorter of the two, while
she rode with gracefully dropping
head. had left her face practically un-
covered. seemingly unconscious of the
half sighting half plying admiration
elected by its pathetic beauty. The
other, who showed no more than the
tip of her nose, held her head bravely
pings, the straigHness of her back
breathed haushtiness.
Yet it was not to the pensive fair
one that a timid companion appealed
for comfort when a temporary dam
ming of the stream pressed those who
led back upon those who followed.
She stretched out an entreating hand
toward the girl with the haughtily car
ried head.
"Randalin. What will he do-the
K,ng-when he finds that we have
fooled Ulf Jarl, and come hither
against his commando"
The Danish girl laughed recklessly.
lI1tlt' w taIt, Nihhiua, " ltii ~
truthfully. Nothing can be worse than
sitting in that abbey. Think that you
will sleep In the palace tonight"
Catching this last phrase. as her
Valkyria came abreast Of her. Elfgiva
spoke pettishly: You see fit to sing
Il different tune from what you did
when you tried to hinder me from this
undertaking. | should have brighter
hopes if had not given ear to your ad-
VII e to send messenger ahead. If !
could have come upon him before he
had time to work himself into hostile
temper"
Her attention wandered as a couple
Of tipsy soldiers elbowed themselves
lctween the guards only to catch a
nearer glimpse of her face, after which
they allowed themselves to be thrust
back. shouting drunken toasts to her
beauty.
''Is it your wish that help you to
lower your hood. lady?" the Danish
girl made offer.
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Railway BuiIdind.

Statistics for railroad building dur
ing the present year show that the
southwestern states have maintained
the supremacy they have enjoyed since
1901. During the year a total of Aha
miles of road have been constructed.
and of this mileage 1904 miles were
constructed in the section mentioned.
or more than one-third of the total.
The Northwestern states come next
in Importance in this connection. with
6S3 miles. and then the gulf and Mis-.
sissippi valley states with 602 miles.
The Pacific states are fourth with SCI
miles
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
Mussels Found in Old Wall.

While workmen were demolishing
an old wall between Hill street and
Hunter street, Kirkcaldy. Scotland.
the other day, they found two live
mussels in the center of the wall. and
at a part about two feet above the
ground One of the shell-fish was
pierced by a pick, ibut the other was
preserved intact. The wall is sup
posed to be about hundred years
old, and was in excellent preserva-
tion. The wall is not near the shore,
and no holes were observed whereby
the mussels, which were fully two
inches long, could have got into thu
building.
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me! Be it known to you that l am
going to be your Queen"
At first he laughed at her in genu-
inc astonishment; after that he
laughed, neither angrily nor bitterly,
but with the quietness Of utter con-
tempt. 81 will have the London gold
smiths send you crown if you wish"
he said. That is all you understand
about being a queen"
She tried to protest, to cajole, to
threaten. She tried to do so many
things at once that she accomplished
none of them. Her speech became
less and less Ineligible until tears
and hystercal laughter reduced it to
mere mouthings. while her tiny hands
beat the air with fingers bent hook
like.
But the young King did not look at
her again. He had rejoined his mobiles
and was leading them toward the door.
giving rapid orders as he walked. do
you, Rothgar, see to it that the horses
are saddled Kinsman Ulf, it is my
will that you join us some while later,
when you have seen these women re-
turned in safety. You, my chiefs, get
you ready to ride to Oxford as quick
as is possible" His voice was lost in
the trampling as they stepped from
the turf upon the tagging of the gal
lery.
When the echoing tread was gone at
last from the cloister. the garden
seemed strangely silent in spite OF the
hurrying servants-silent and empty.
In the stiffness it came slowly to Ran
dalin that life was not so simple as
she had supposed; that she was not
going to die of her grief, but to live
with it-live with this dead emptiness
in her breast. The years seemed tc
stretch before her like the snow
wastes of the Worthwhile. white
white. without break of living green
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
Keeping Store in South Africa.

An English trader who recently in.
vaded the wilds of Swaziland, S1outa
Africa. to establish a store for traffic
with the natives thus describes the be-
ginning of his merchandising: 81 set
up shop under the bucksal in the
long grass, with a sackful of blankets,
beads, jewsharps and tobacco, which
we had carried. Within an hour or
two | heard wild shouts, and looking
up from my work of cooking scenes
on gridiron over the open fire, l saw
half a dozen naked Swazi men war
dancing down the slope of hill which
shut us in on the west side, brandish-
ing assegais, long knives and knob
kerries in wantCn gayety and light
heartedness. They had come in curl
osity from their kraals near by. l ex.
hib.ted my wares, they whistled
tn ough their teeth with surprised de.
)ight and danced off to return later
with mealies, hens and sweet potatoes
to offer in exchange. Such was the
Inauguration of our new store"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
Golf Players Left Shoulder,

The right shoulders of persistent
golfers coats have to be padded, for
galt develops the left shoulder so ab-
normally that. without this padding,
tie young men would look little &C.
formed.
In driving, the players right arm
and shoulder only guide the ball s
course; it is the left arm and shoulder
that do the work. Hence the cXces-
sive left side development, to counter
act which it is sometimes necessary
to put in the right shoulder of the
coat padding an inch deep.
Tailors can always tell golfer by
this peculiar development of his left
shoulder. Sometimes young women
play enough to get uneven shoulders,
too. The deformity, though. is rare
among young women, whereas among
young men it is common.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18

luainted with her custom OF sweenin.
the Northamptonshire serfs of any
road she wished TO possess. but that
struck him as being somewhat easier
than dispensing coronation mob at
the gates of London; and yet to d.fy
her-that was harder than either of
them! 1t was an interposition of his
good angel that at this moment nro-
vided diversion.
Randaln broke from her silence
with an exclamation: "Thorkel, yor.
| der."
Less than fifty PAGES ahead Of them
the griZZled head of the Kings foster.
! father rose steeple-like above thp
crowd. while the mighty shoulders of
the Kings foster-brother made a hui.
wark beside it, and the gilded helms OF
the Kings guard formed palisade
around them. The obstacle in the wav
was nothing less than royal detach-
ment drawn up in waiting beside the
road.
Elfsiva's frown .elaXed; for the first
time in many days she let the LIQUID
music of her laughter trickle forth
Be blithesome in your minds, maid
ens." she called gayly over her shoul-
der. Friends are at hand to take
charge of us"
Taking into consideration what they
Rad expected. the attention was so nat
tering that at first they scarcely dared
believe it: but its truth was proved
the moment Thorkel turned his head
and saw them coming At his com
mand, the line of gilded helms quickly
drew out across the road in barrier
which once more damned the human
stream to overtiowing. A break in the
middle allowed the party from Glou-
cester to filter through then the open
ing closed behind them; the line bent
at either end, and they moved as be-
tween walls, guarded against any fur
ther jostling or rude contact. Elfgiva
sparkled with delight and greeted the
Tall One with more affability than she
had ever before deigned his gruffness
"Since my royal lord came not him
self to meet u.s. she said graciously-
ard pushing her hood entirely back so
that he might get the full benefit of
her face-"he has we'll honored us in
his messengers, than whom no persons
could be more welcome. l pray YOU
tell me without delay how it stands
with his health and his fortunes"
Turning from muttered word to
the soldier at his side. Thorkel an
swered her with his usual curtness
He thrives well. but his time is full
Of great matters. To-day he is with
the English Witan. Yesterday they
chose him to be their king. To-mor-
row he is to be crowned"
Tomorrow? And he would have
let me remain in ignorance" The
Lady of Northampton was unable to
repress start of anger, though she
turned it as soon as possible into a
plaintive sigh. Let me be thankful
that my arrival is not too late | can
| not tell you how we have been beset
with hardships!" Whereupon. she in
stantly began telling him, giving free
rein to eyes and lips and all the grace
| full tricks of her hands. 1t did not dis
| turb her in the least that he rode be-
| side her in silence. when she had OBJ
served that from under the bristling
thatch of his brows his gaze never LETT
| her face.
ITO he continued
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TREE HAS RAPID GROWTH.
Strangely Grated. II Bids Fair to
Break Records

D. J. Bates of North Scituate. Mass.
has curiosity growing on his grounds
near the famous Bound brook" the
dividing line between Plymouth and
Norfolk counties, also the towns of
Cohasset and Scituate.
Last winter thrifty apple tree. one
inch in diameter, was girdled by mice
or some such small animals. close to
the soil. to all appearances killing it,
May of this year Mr. Bates cut the
tree off about two inches above
ground and grated it with a three,
inch scion from one of its own
branches, in the way OF an experiment
with little expectation that it would
live, but it Immediately began to
thrive and grew with surprising en-,
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18

eTgy, until it now measures seventy
FIVE inches in height. 1t has on sew
eral occasions grown three-quarters of
an inch in single day.
The little tree is rising as straight as
the proverbial bean pole, and though
only about as large round as mans S
finger, it has been leaved out.
Mr.. Bates, who is greatly interested
in its future, is carefully guarding it
against possible accident, with the in
tention of seeing what a few years
growth will develop in the strangely
srafted tree
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
CHAPTER XXI.
On the Read to London,

From Edgeware. where the Watlinp
street left the Middlesex forest to
cross the barren heath known as Ty
burn lane. the great road was crowde,
with travellers. Amid the rabble E
band OF highborn women was to b.
seen approaching the city this earl
December morning. Their hoods wer,
pulled down as before a storm. thei
nantes drawn up above their chins
and all but two of them appeared to b
trying to shrink into their silded saj
dies.
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EXPOSITION AT PORTLAND, ORE.
Great Event for the Northwestern
States Next Summer.-Buidings to
Cost Half Million.

The Lewis and Clark Exposition will
open at Portland. Oregon, on June 1st
next. More than one-halt the buildings
are already under roof and will be COM
pleted before January 1st. says Will
liam E. Curtis in the Chicago Record
Herald. The rest of them will be
ready for business early in the spring.
A considerable part of the exhibits
are coming from st. Louis, and the
buildings will be ready for their in
stallation as soon as they arrive, shortly
after December 1st.
Compared with St. Louis the Port
land Exposition will be a miniature.
but it will equal those of But
falo, Omaha, Nashville, Atlanta and
Charleston. 1t is to be a million-dollar
exposition. Five hundred thousand dol
lars has been contributed by the state
and 100000 by citizens of Portland OF
every class and quality. There are moro
than 5000 stockholders. Half mil
lion will be spent in buildings, about
$350,000 in the improvement of the
grounds, and the remainder will be
working capital. The government OF
the United States has made very lib
eral appropriation, and all OF tho
Northwestern and Pacific states are
taking an active and generous inter-
est in the enterprise.
The site of the Exposition is about
two miles from the city-twelve min
utes by trolley cars from the center
Of things. The fence encloses 1S5 acres
of land and $50 acres of water-a lake
with an island which furnishes key Of
the landscape scheme. Surrounding the
lake is d group of low hills, the foot
hills Of the mountain range that en-
braces Portland, and upon them the
buildings will be placed. 1t is a su-
perb location. The view from any part
of the grounds is the same as that from
the Mountain park of Portland, almost
without parallel for beauty and gran
deur. Nine snow-capped peaks bound
the horizon, as follows:
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Cats and pioeon Fraternise.

In a cottage near the village Of
Newcastleton, Eng, a pigeon has
evinced a great friendliness for kit
ten. With the consent of the old cat
the bird has been sitting on the kitten
and helping to look after it and play
with it. The three constitute an in
congruous but happy family.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
LONGEVITY Runs in Family.

There are three sisters living in the
South whose combined ages is 26L
years. They are Mrs. Epsy Morris OF
Talladega, Ala. who is SO, Mrs. Spar.
ia Coogler of Atlanta, Ga, who is 81,
and Mrs. Harriet Pope of Stockbridse
Ga, who is 81 The mother of ths
three sisters lived until she was 90.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
Reward for Inventive Mind.

The inventive mind OF William
Crust. of Greenfield, - years old, con-
ceived the idea of improvising a bag
to carry chestnuts in. He tied cord
about the ankles of his trousers, filled
mis- apparel and managed to waddle
home with twentv.seven quarts OF ine
nuts.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
This odd elm tree, with big branch

This odd elm tree, with big branch
that loops and looks like doughnut
is on the summer estate of ex-senator
w. w. Towle at Fryeburg. Me. J'he
child gazing through the hole, is little
Betty Towle. The tree has presented
the same appearance for more trsp
ninety years.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
Killed Pereorine Falcon,

A rare bird in the shape of pere-
grine falcon was shot recently in Fal.
mouth. Me-, by Chauncey F. Under
hill. This is a species of hawk that
is seldom seen in this part of the
country and makes a very handsome
when mounted.-Boston
Globe.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
Ancient Massachusett. Law

An old Massachusetts, law makes 1t
misdemeanor to display picture OF
George Washington under certain cir.
cunstances.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18

Bridget, you must be more careful
with your dusting I declare could
write my name upon the piano.
Deed. ma'am, it's yersilf has the
gran eddycayshun!"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
Ask Your Druggist for Aliens Foot.Ease,

FtSN TUT ITu6SFst TOT N11e1I . VOOt'EaSos
II tried ALIENS EASE recent
ly, and have just bought another supply 1t
has cured my corns, and the hot, burning
and itching sensation in my feet which was
almost unbearable, and would not be wiYN
out it now.-Mrs. w. j Walker. Camdah,
N. j." Sold by all Druggists, 25c.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18

Joo not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN f.
BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind. Feb. 10, 1900.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
South Sea Song Book.

This curious object, from the Mar
quesas islands, is neither an idol nor
a doll, but sort of notebook-or knot
book-of songs and stories which are
suggested in some mysterious way by
the knotted cords of which it is made.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18

The Olmstead brOthers OF Boston laid
out the grounds and allotted fifty acres
for buildings, twenty acres for conces.
sions. ten acres for sample farm un-
der the management of the Oregon
Agricultural College, sixty acres for the
live stock show, and sixty acres upon
the island in the lake for Indian vii
lagos and amusement grounds, Wild
West shows. war dances, Indian sports,
cattle roping, broncho riding. cowboy
races, and other features of outdoor
life peculiar to the plains and noun.
tains of the United States.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
TEA
Wasn't it dreadful" !"
'Yes."
did she know it?"
Probably not"

:, The less any man has to say about
better.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18

probably the rolling stone doesu
care to pose as a mossback. anyway.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18

Write MURINE EYE REMEDY CO.. Chicago, Il
your eyes are sore or inhamrd and get ocullst'
advice and free sample MIR1SF cures ali eye III.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18
FREE Rnnk Eon MEx

Bachelors define marriage and misery
as synonymous
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18

Ihe man who has the stamp Of ~
OF 1t on his -arrre
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18

Blobbs-So you patrunize the race!
en-! Dld Won e"e" ~ '..'~'-r' slobbs-
No, but I've come home that way,
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18

Mrs. "fnslow's Soothing Syrup.
FOR children teethtng, softcns the gums reduces 70
nAmmAtion sllsys pain, cures wind collie 25c bottle
The Grit-advocate., 1904-11-18

-, 'STsT' V1TVN sVV WEN
VINO are IN need OF medical aid Addre!
Il. >. Emmet. 2OS Nassau block. Denvc
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-06-29
Don't Like the Nominations.

The editor of the Argus. in late
issue, donated about two hours of
his valuable time, expostulating the
merits of Messrs. Walsh and Lynch,
candidates for Congress, and state
secretary reSpecti vely, recently NOM
mated at the state convention of the
Socialist party. The writer of the
article is bewildered as to how these
names, could possibly be considered
by even a Socialist convention. The
humorist, in order that he point out
his periodic flashes of witticism, and
protect against the lethargy of his
readers in catching on" to funny
remarks, breaks his sayings in ap-
propriate chunks, by indiscrimi-
nately slaughtering the interrogation
point. He thinks the act of the
convention has a striking resem-
blance to p. I. Barnum making 4
collection of curious animals. He
also thinks it was the bauble act of
a bauble party. while in the state of
baubility.'
Who knows2 Perhaps the Mon
tana Socialists nominated Messrs.
Walsh and Lynch that the price of
alfalfa in Oregon may enhance, or
to stability Western union stock. or
then again they may have had in
view, the giving Of employment, at
cheap wages, to cheap hairbrained
jackscrews who pose as country
editors on country papers. with
country circulations, and whose in
tellectual ability begins and ends at
writing up tea parties, divorce cases
and political roorbachs Vt any
rate, better than the common folk
and the Irish pass il up for further
consideration TO the Almighty, or
down to Citizen" Watson.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-06-29
Report of National
Quorum Meeting

The National Quorum of the So
cialist party was called to- order by
National Secretary Mailly at II
a. m, june Ii, 1904. in the Office
of the National Headquarters, Chi
cago. Victor l.. Berger of Wiscon-
sin, b. Berlyn of Illinois. John NJ.
Work of Iowa and S. M. Reynolds
of Indiana being present, Chas. G..
Towner of Kentucky absent.
On motion of Comrade Berger,
Comrade Berlyn was elected chair
man. w. l.. Oswald of the Ma
tional office was elected secretary.
Letter from Comrade Towner ex-
planning his absence was read by
Secretary Mailly, and same was
ordered on file.
Secretary Mailly further reported
as follows: Referendums on Plat
form and Trades Union resolutions
are now before the membership.
Seriatim vote on constitution will
go out today aud close July 2sth.
Some demands have been received
for the submission Of the State and
Municipal prorram 10 a referendum
bu, in accordance with the action
of the national convention the pro.
gram was first 10 be revised bv the
national committee and then snb
m;tted IN referendum Comrode
Oswald of New Jersey has been en-.
g,oed nc hook Z eener in the National
Office comr,de Martin having tak
en- CHARGE of literature department
and newspaner plate matter Com.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-06-29
How the Farmers Land Is Quietly Slipping Away

years, Mr.. Rockefeller, Mr. Morgan
and the rest of the captains of in
dustry" got in their work upon him
to such an extent that the census of
1900 found him with only o.. 7 per
of his land his own.
In other words, while the value
of the farmers land and his live
stock increased $50 per cent in the
80 years ending in 1900, 90 per
cent of the land that he absolutely
owned in 1890, was owned by the
landlord class in 1900. These fig
ures certainly indicate great pros
perity" for some one. Is it for the
farmer? Well, generally speaking,
farmer who owned 100 acres in
1880 has lost the ownership of 10
acres since then.
From which it appears that the
same inexorable laws are in opera
ton in this country that have given
Ireland to the landlords, placed the
ownership of half of Prussia in the
hands of $1,000 men and given
practically all the land in Austria to
the nobility" The American farm
er need only to sit tight, stand pat'
and vote either of the tickets that
his capitalist friends vote and his
land will slip through his hands as
noiselessly and as surely as the bri.
gand's booty follows him into the
brush after the train has been robbed.
For farm tenantry is increasing
with all the irresistible steadiness of
the tides, though it is all flood and
no ebb, with this treasury tide. In
ihe whole country, as has been
shown, the percentages of farms
operated by tenants increased from
ass in 1880 to 1873 per cent in
I9oo.-ALLAN l.. BENSON, editor of
Detroit (Mich.) Times.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-06-29

up and it was moved by Work That
having listened to the presentation
of both sides and given the matter
due consideration, the Quorum de-
eide to recognize James 5. Smith as
state secretary Of Illinois. The mo-
tion being put to a vote resulted as
follows: Yes Work, Reynolds and
Berger; Berlyn not voting; none
against.
Berger wished his opinion in the
case to go on record as follows:
Il vote as ! do because the Ia
tional committee deals with state
committees only and not with any
minority faction of same. Further
more, we have never been notified
that the majority of the state COM
mittee of Illinois has removed Smith
or has assentel to his removal"
The National Secretary submitted
list of pamphlets in English and
other languages which he proposed
should be issued during the cam
paign and his plans in the matter
were approved. \ sketch for a col
ored lithograph containing portraits
of Debs and Hanfurd was also ap-
proved.
Secretary Mailly reported in re-
gard to the Literature Bureau, that
the same was being got into shape
pending result of referendum on
constitution; the report of cor ven-
ton proceedings would be ready in
few days, orders are coming in
aud there is probability of a good
sale.
The National Secretary also re-
ported that account books for local
and state officials were mentioned
to local secretaries in circular and
orders are coming in. As soon as
the number of orders warrant, books
will be printed. Circular letter to
locals upon plate matter had been
sent out Responses beginning to
come in. Also that he had written
to papers that had already promised
to take plate matter and majority
had agreed to take from the national
Office. That 100 papers were needed
before the American Press Associa-
tion would handle same. and he
hoped soon to have sufficient to be-
gin sending out plates. Articles by
Debs, Simons, Martin. Oneal and
others are ready for the first issue.
The National Secr"'rr, submitted
forms for pronosed resignation
blanks for Socialist candidates for
use by state, county aud city COM
mittee, and suggested that same be
issued by the national office for the
convenience of the various organiz-
ations. These forms were prepared
in response to numerous demands.
Approved.
Quorum adjourned at I2:4s to
meet again July 9th at s y. m
w. l.. OSWALD, Secretary.