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be brave and careful. and promised to
be back soon.
But the absence was long. Mary
wandered about In the sunshine for a
while, but the breezes did not put any
color In her poor. thin cheeks, or make
her look very cheerful; for her sad
heart was grieving still over the loss of
Dollie, who perished--false hair. bisque
body and pretty dress, in the cruel
flames that ate up so much else besides
in San Francisco.
You see" she said to bed OF pan
sizes, IN which she buried her face. DOL
lie will never come back, and / am
afraid shall never have any more chill
dren. The doctor man said that could
not live long, he was afraid, and-and-
OIL dear oh. dear. OH dear. ! do want
Dollie so much. ] can cry now, guess.
since mamma has gone away for awhile
and ! believe will cry all I want to-.
] haven't had a chance to do that since
the fire, cause ii would hurt mamma"
Then the sobbing of a little heart
broken girl was heard all over Con-
looked at her with pity, and some one
tried 10 comfort her. but she only said:
please go away. I'm mourning for
Doilie and am going to have a funeral
for her, even IL she is all burned up
burned up, burned up, oh dear, oh dear!"
snowy white hair, getting Mary's story
from her, whispered to a sweet young
girl who was with her, and this was
what she said:
"Margie, dear. this is the time that
some one needs your doll more than
you do. This poor child will never be
comforted without a doll. 1t will be
yours or none that comes to her"
Margie, hardly older than Mary,
turned away with a strained look in her
face She. too. was a refugee ike
Mary. She had saved as her sole treas
ure her doll But she was kind and
brave and she went to get her doll to
give TO the poor sick child and never
paused once on the way.
Are there any fairies out here in
Golden Gate Park?" Mary was asking
OF Msrgie's mother as Margie came near
enough. with her well-loyed doll In
her arms. to hear what was said.
ASK the pansies. Mary. Perhaps
they will tell you. They look as IL they
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a mountain of pure gold might cause
trouble today If 1t was in California,
where every one could visit 1t.
One night the moon rose pale as a
ghost, and the next day strange people
entered the land. Far abroad the gilt
Every one heard OF it and the chiefs of
all the tribes OF the world were heard
to say that they would take ii away
from its place among the Sierra and
carry it to their own countries, there
TO stand forever and make them famous
even when they were dead.
And the Great Spirit heard them and
was angry; but when they set out in
great canoes to cross the wide seas, or
when they rode on swift horses in
ranks OF an army, or when they climbed
over mountains or walked over the hot
sands sof the deserts In their haste to
be first at the Gold Mountain, the
Great Spirit did not stop them.
They entered the land OF Taw Wee
Nee from the east and the west. and
from the north and from the south.
When they found people living in the
land the strangers talked together and
said they would hunt Taw Wee Nee's
tribes or the face OF the earth
So war broke out. Tomahawks rose
and fell on the heads OF good Indians.
Arrows, barbed with the bones OF hsh
or with sharks teeth. whirred through
the air, and a warrior fell before each
one, pierced through and pinned down
TO the ground. Bowstrings twanged
anc made dismal sounds indeed.
Peace, peace." cried Taw Wee Nee
ale I'D to the warning men. but they
only laughed horribly at him. So the
battle ragged through days and days, and
the sun rose and set red every day, and
the Gold Mountain was always the color
of blood.
After while there was a pause when
men grew tired Of fighting. In a deep
canyon the chiefs met to talk. But they
could not agree to divide the mountain
equally. Whoever could agree to di-
vide gold mountain evenly with 9TH
ers? Therefore they fought again.
Taw Wee Nee went barefoot over the
to the very base OF the Gold Mountain.
where ne man had ever ventured to go
before. He heard strange voices and,
looking upward. saw the most wonder
ful being that any one could ever dream
about.
Behold, he was a giant, the greatest
that ever lived. His head rose awfuliy
above the top OF the highest pine trees.
His painting as he toiisd up the noun
tains was like a gale that made all
the forests bend and twist like grass
before the sephyrs. His eyes were ter
rible In their herceness and enormous
in size, each one being as large around
as hogshead.
Then up stood Taw Wee Nee bravely.
monster. and cried at the top OF his
voice:
"oh. Great Spirit, bid this giant to
throw down the Gold Mountain and
destroy IL, so that these strangers with
their wars may leave the land to mo
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he would be with them same time
Saturday early and not to bother to
meet him.
Saturday morning. while at break
fast, jeremiah took up fat railway
guide TO look up his train for Kandee,
and the first thing he saw was the fol-
lowing announcement; Cheap, Satur-
day to Monday, tickets. Kandee and
return. $3.50, including boat from
Ginga"
Boat" said he to himself, "I had no
idea we had to take boat for Kandee.
/ certainly didn't ask Mary. but she
spoke as IL Kandee were somewhere
quite near. And what frightfully high
farei Why, l never dreamed it would
cost as much as this. Positively. II
hadn't sent Mary word to expect me
wouldn't move a step, Five dollars and
sixty cents. It's outrageous"
He was so clustered that he hurried
of TO pack his yalise without looking
up anything more about his train Che
remembered that the family had set
of at about 10 o'elock) and he carried
his valise 10 the station himself so as
to save expense.
On the station walls were huge
posters picturing red-funneied
steamer steaming along on beauti-
full blue sea and labeled Excursion
rates to Kandee."
Then he went to the window and
asked for cheap Saturday to Mon
day ticket for Kandee.
You'll have to be quick" warned
the agent Train for Ginga leaves
In two minutes"
But / want to go to Kandee," said
Jeremiah.
All the Kandee boats start from
Ginga," said the man sharply Move
on. please; you're keeping people wait
Ing"
Jeremiah gathered up his change
and stood looking about him like
little lost dog. You see, as he had
never tried to jearn any geography
he didn't know where Kandee was or
where Ginga was, and everybody
seemed too busy TO tell nim.
Then. suddenly hearing the con-
ductor call "All aboard Ginga express
for Kandee boat. No stops" without
waiting TO think any more Jeremiah
rushed into the nearest coach. bang
went the door and off went the train.
Now. If you were fully expecting
10 reach place in about half an hour.
wouldn't you feel rather worried II,
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Such a wabbly boat as Ii was! And
such green-white. dismal Jeremiah as
staggered into the Kandee landing
stage at a late hour that night and
stared around miserably at the row of
sleepy looking porters who seemed to
be the only people about,
Uncle Sam Hotel. sir? Stratford
Hotel, sir? Little Kiimot. Station Ho-
tei?" said the porters. touching their
gold-braided caps.
mo, no, ] don't want a hotel" said
Jeremiah. IT want"-and he pulled a
bit of paper out of his pocket--"s3
Mornington lane"
Never heard of IT, said one O. the
porters. Here. Jim. do you know any
thing about it?"
Mornington lane? No such road
about here"
Nonsense" snorted Jeremiah, and
he turned to a fellow passenger from
the boat. But he said: No, I've been
here 100 times and positively know
there is no such road In or about Kan
dee
Well. II jeremiah had not oeen a
grown man he certainly would have
sat straight down and cried.
OF course he had to go TO one of the
hotels to try to compose his perplexed
mind for a few hours sleep.
In the morning he had to tell the
landlord that he was lost and ask to be
set on the right way to the bosom OF
his anxious family.
You can imagine how mortified he
was when the landlord. with a loud
guffaw and a familiar slap on his
shoulder, cried:
Here, sir; better go to scnool--learn
a little geography. Don't mean to tell
me you didn't know there are two KAN
dees? Your Kandee Is not more than
an hour from the city and the return
ticket can't be more than so cents.
N-no. / d-didn't know" admitted
jeremiah II d-don't remember ever
hearing 1t. w-when can l get away
from here?"
We'll. the boat starts in five min
utes-you'li have to be moving along
and it'll take you as long to get back
as it took you to come. Then you can
take train from the city for your
Kandee."
At o'clock that night-Sunday-a
sadder and poorer but wiser Jeremiah
sank with a sigh into the bosom of LIS
very anxious family.
Children. study geography" said he
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BY DAVID H. WALKER.
Y FEARS and years ago, in the days
s.sr. asn the pine s.. t.sss in .aa the th.1a high
were only Indians in California
and Nevada. the Great Spirit thought
that he would make mountain of
pure gold. There was then no gold in
the world. but the Great Spirit dreamed
OF the shining metal and then there
was gold enough.
Hear me, old pine trees" cried the
Great Spirit, 'and you mountains COW
cred with the green of summer time.
I will raise d mountain that shall
dazzle all men and 1t shall grow in a
night, and every man who sees IL shall
think of me forever
That night the mountains heard
strange noises as IL million giants
were piling up mighty stones. The
wild beasts ran into the darkest COR
ners of their caves In fear. The earth
Jared and was shaken by the giants.
for such the workmen really were.
When the sun burned In the east the
next morning. behold. there was
mountain higher than any Sierra and
1t was like the sun for glitteringi
1t lowered dizzily over the snowy
peaks. 1t threw O. shadow across the
deepest valleys snd darkened the
homes of the Indians miles and miles
away. The red men and women and
little red boys and red girls looked up
at 1t in wonder and fear.
1T Is magic!" they said. 10! the
evil spirit has done this and with his
huge shining tent has darkened the
day"
But a wise old medicine man, Kah-
Wah-Lo. threw some witch herbs in
a stone jar, struck the flint stones that
make sparks. lighted fire of dry
leaves, poured some water In the jar
from the spring of Kau-Ban. in the
bottom of which lived the Speokied
Trout and than sat down to read the
story of the Gold Mountain in the
steam that rose from the bowl.
1T is the work of the Great Spirit"
he said, and then the wondering In
dians fell on their faces with fear, lest
the Great Spirit himself should come
forth from the mountain of gold.
But the Great Spirit did not appear
that day or any other day. and finally
the Indians were used to the sight OF
the Gold Mountain and looked at In
early every morning when the light
made 1t beautiful and at night when
the sunset coiored ii red. like blood.
There was q wonderful man IN the
land named Taw Wee Nee, who was the
chief of all the Indians They lived
like brothers and never knew of war.
They followed Taw Wee Nee over their
hunting grounds and killed the grizzly
bear, and the wolf and the red fox for
food. They fshed with Taw Wee Nee
and all were happy.
But Taw Wee Nee used to say that
he wished that the Gold Mountain
would go away, for 1t seemed to him
that 1t would bring trouble, just as
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TV FAINT little voice said in a refu-
gee tent at Golden Gate Park, 4
wonder II there are any fairies
out here?" This was after the
San Francisco FIRE. when thousands Of
families. driven from their homes.
csmped out for the summer. having no
-ether place TO so.
why. Mary" asked her mother.
4 Because" and the lips OF little girl
quivered and tears ran down her cheeks,
although she tried hard to be brave.
Why. tat is no reason. Mary: tell
me why"
oh" said Mar, i shall never get
over the loss OF DolIie; never. unless
there is some good fairy out here who
will hear me and bring me another just
lik; her Why at fire leave us
Dellie. mamma dear? We were so poor.
.snd need DolIie all the time since I
can" sick; and need her now more
than ever"
Tears sprsng to the eyes of Widow
Kennedy. She had struggled for years
gJince the death of her husband. sewing
or doing other work to keep 4 roof over
the head OF her little daughter and TO
give her what comforts she could.
She e~snec little. but they had two
tiey rooms ia the Mission and bit Of
ground in the back, where Mary talked
20 the nowers and played with Dollie
The FIRE took all, even Dollie.
You should have seen that Dollie. 1t
had pink cheeks and haxen hair and
talked real funny when one pulled a
string although IL could only say
papa" and mamma" but little Mary, s
years old, thought there never was such
a doll or such music as its sQueaky lit
tie voice with it's two words.
Perhaps there are fairies here"
Mary" said her mother. The fog is
clearing Up, and ! must go out and see
II can ind kind family where I can
work and where you can live with me.
suppose you see you can md fairy
sn the park7"
Ars. Kennedy kissed the upturned
fare OF her little daughter, told her to
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after an hour ana half, you found
your train still pushing along at oan-
non-ball speed and all of your fellow
passengers settled down to maps and
luneheons, as IL they were expecting
to travel q long time? That Is the
way jeremiah felt.
He began TO fdget and look hrst out
OF one window, then out of another. and
at last he remarked. nervously, to the
man In front of him:
We've are supposed to reach Ginga
in very few moments. are we not?"
"Eh? What's that?'' said the man
with a violent start. why, man alive.
where are your wits? We won't get to
Ginga till o'clock, even at the express
speed we are making"
Just imagine how Jeremiah felt. BY
IL o'clock he was dreadfuliy hungry,
and II didn't help him, as you can imag-
inc, to see the fat man on the opposite
side munching ham sandwiches. How
ever, he learned buffet luncheon was
being served on a board. and, though 1t
was poor and expensive, he got a lit
tie consolation out of It.
Returning to his seat he looked over
at the fat man.
Il suppose IL is just short trip by
boat from Ginga to Kandee?" he ven-
tured to ask.
"Humphr' grunted the fat man, who,
contrary to the usual thing, was as
grabbed as he was fat Short, yes, II
you think nothing of six hours"
Six hours! After ive-hour ride by
rail. Eleven hours in ALL Jeremiah
was wiited, bewildered, cross and mis-
erable.
Five dollars and sixty cents, eleven
hours going. eleven hours returning, all
for the privilege of a Sunday in the
bosom OF my family, What did Mary
mean by urging me to do it? She did
not realize how long or how very ex-
pensive the trip Is. Well. there moth
ing to do but get through as best can
now"
But the story must be hastened along
much faster than Jeremiah was able to
travel, poor man,
Reaching Ginga at last. he had just
ten minutes to catch the boat Then
when the boat got out into the open wa
ter strong wind blew short. choppy
waves and Jeremiah was speedily re-
duced to the abject misery of dreadful
seasickness, so that the supper gong
brought him no alluring visions of
good things to eat.
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and to my men and women and my red
boys and red girls, tn1r -e may live
happy once more under the trees and
beside the running streams"
The Great Spirit was pleased with
Taw Wee Nee, and answered in a voice
so stern that all the men fell on their
faces and were afraid; all but Taw
Wee Nee OF the clear conscience and
brave heart, who was not in fear of
anything except that his people
should be harmed.
Taw Wee Neep'
"Taw Wee Neet'
'%raw Wee Nee.s
Thus the Great Spirit called three
times and sudden darkness came over
all the world.
From the sides or the Sierra vast
flames suddenly leaped. All the for
ests OF all the world took IRE. The
smoke blinded the eyes OF all the
world except Taw Wee Nee.
Behold the deeds OF the Old Gold
Man"-cailed the Great Spirit to Taw
Wee Nee.
BY the herce light OF the burning
forests Taw Wee Nee saw the Old
Gold Man tear with his naked hands
the greatest pine tree from the
ground by it's roots, though it had
been anchored for ages among the
crags so firmly that the f1ercest storm
that ever blew had not been able to
stir it.
The dreadful heat from the forests
broke up the foundations OF the Gold
Mountain and melted it's vast bulk.
The Old Gold Man pried the Sierra
apart In many places and when they
were melting walked over them un-
harmed and with his pine tree split
them so that the Gold Mountain. now
running away in a shining river of
liquid gold, might run into their hearts
and be hidden from man.
But the great golden river ran
down many mountains. was swept
along by the swift current OF the
mountain torrents toward the sea and
great pillows scattered the gold in
every part OF the world.
The work OF the Old Gold Man was
done. The prayer OF Taw Wee Nee TO
the Great Spirit was answered well.
The curse OF great wealth was lifted
from the land Only enough geld was
left In the Sierra and the country
about and In the beds of the noun
tain streams to give the people OF the
make them so to war and kill one an
other for II.
Now IL you have any doubt Of the
truth OF this story OF the early days
in the Sierra you may look about and
see many small mountain lakes. They
are the footprints OF the Old Geld
Man, deeply made when the mountains
were melting and have been filed by
the SHOWS OF centuries. Therein the
color OF gold is daily seen by the
Great Spirit who still rules over the
mountains and over the Indians who
dwell on the plains in the shadows OF
the lofty peaks.
And this is the Indian story OF how
gold came into the world.
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Al AIlIEator,. Reef G.rdea.

Alligators are cold -blooded creatures.
like snakes. and they love warm wealth
er. Water. too. Is necessary to their
happiness, so when, the cold and dry
weather comes down South Mr.. Alliga-
tor burtes himself in the mud for a nice
long nap. Then when he feels the heat
OF early spring he slowly crawls from
his Shiny bed and lolls around in the
water until he IL thoroughly awake.
OF course this usually washes him on,
but once in a while you will see a
strange sight. There will be a small
sized island floating around In the wa
ter, or at least you will think so, but IL
10 Mr.. Alligators roof garden The
mud that has covered him while he
slept so long has contained seeds or
quickly growing grasses -and weeds,
and they have sprung up and n0ur-
ished on their strange foundation
When he moved into the water ne
failed to shake on all that clung to
him. and perhaps he hoats two or three
days before he becomes very active
Then, of course. his diving and swim
ming soon relieve hi OF the burden.
Sometimes little birds like the plover
are fooled into buildlng their nests In
that nice looking grass; but, poor
thingsI they soon hnd out when the
alligator wakes up that they've had all
their trouble for nothing.-Lucy ~
Gaines.
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nee upon time there was q
Il man by the name of Jeremiah
jenkins who lived in a place
called Wlnda, and he'd always
Just hated geography when he was a
little boy and thought IL was nicer 20
be kept in than TO learn IL. And so
he left school the very biggest Ounce
at geography that you can imagine.
He didn't know where Winda was, or
what Tofteetonia was famous for, or
how you got 70 Kibbleloo, or things
even easier than that. And, what was
worse, he never took the trouble to
learn them when he was quite grown
up and married and had children OF his
own. And the time came when he Bit
terIy regretted his boyhood laziness.
one lovely morning in May Mrs. Jen-
ksng came to Jeremiah and said she
thought the children would be all the
better for a little change before the
summer term began, and that she want
ed 10 take them 10 Kandee for week
20 get some country air.
IAN excellent Idea" said Jeremiah.
but, dearest, we want you to come
too" said Mrs. Jenkins.
jeremiah looked doubtful.
My love" said ne, TIN afraid we are
toe busy az the once just now. Rut
T4 tell you what I will do; I'll come
down over Saturday and Sunday"
Very we'll" agreed Mrs. jenkins.
Now I'll 20 and tell the children"
We'll. OF course. the children were cx-
cited az the thought OF going away.
There were four OF them-Eiizabeth'
Henry, Jane and John Benjamin. Their
mother told them KaDdee was place
where they could wear their old clothes
snd get as dirty as they liked so long
a. they bathec and put on fresh frocks
for dinner.
Two days later they said gocd-by TO
father and drove of TO the station laden
With bags and bandboxes. On reach
ing Kandee Mrs. jenkins wrote note
Announcing their safe arrival and
asked John Benjamin to post IT, But
J. 3. forgot.
Jeremiah. however. did not worry, for
ne had said: Don't trouble to write IL
you are busy. dear. seeing ] shall join
you on Saturday"
So on Friday he sent postcard that
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own invention Howe said: Had /
given UP. as nearly all starving inven-
tors do give up. when the light seems
all against them, I would have died In
an attic OF broken heart"
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While the newspapers are working
for Charleston, it should occur to
some one occasionally that the news
paper Is an institution as much en-
titled to support as any other bus.
mess. II costs money and wear and
tear OF brain and nerve to publish
a daily paper. The newspaper MN
must be busy day and night. and Ae
has pay roll and a cost bill of large
proportions. The two morning pa.
pers of this city are spending every
week as much as some of our large
business concerns.
The newspaper man appreciates a
kind word and n friendly boost and
thinks he needs it, as much as the
merchant, trader or manufacturer.
Look upon your newspaper as
part of the life and business of your
city. Charleston has three daily
papers, transacting a large business
all of it helping charleston and
this valley, and most of the returns
going to labor and to our own PEG
pie. And, If we do say it ourselves.
they are good papers. well-managed
wide-awake, and entitled to the con
fidence and the pride OF the people
Stand by your newspapers You need
them.
The above from the Charleston
Gazette is as true in Bluefeld as II
is in Charleston We have two
morning newspapers here. There is
room for them both to prosper. or
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-02
The INHERITANCE TAX

Henry CLOVIS in approving tae
presidents plan Tor an Inheritance
tax makes IL clear that il is not the
accumulation OF wealth he would
curb, but its waste III men who had
gathered great fortunes contemplate
ed a considerable conhscation i'm
process OF probate they might distri-
butte more during life. The same
shrewdness that heaped up the gold
might be expected to direct wisely its
use. Society would thus benefit. and
the prodigal receive less to diffuse i'm
ways which are injurious to the
public as well as wasteful of good
capital.-B Boston Herald.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-02

course Bluefield needs two daily
newspapers, probably more. and our
people should patronize them so
they may be improved. one newspa
per in town this size is not to he
considered for a moment. 1t has been
lried and found wanting. Let our
eople come to the rescue of their
newspapers. A good newspaper will
make good town.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-02

Baron Henri de Rothschild. the
millionaire doctor OF medicine. at
tended at the Academy OF Medicine
in Paris, where DR.. Poirier, atsgthe
close of mastery lecture. expressed
regret that France had no cancer in
stitute. Baron Henri sent up note
to the lecturer expressing his pleas
ure at the lecture and inclosing a
little check toward the preliminary
expenses Of the institute" which rep.
resented $4,000.