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CHAPTER VII.
The Bad Ship Peabody u

Dapiel Sweetland had decided on his
course of action before he bade his wife
farewell. Now he rode back to Furnum
Regis, found the Kings Oven empty, as he
expected, and turned his horses head to
the south. He crossed the main road.
struck down a bridle-path, and presently
approached Vitifer Mine. Here the land
was cut and broken into a wild chaos of
old-time excavations and deep, natural
gulies and assures. The place was dan
derous, for terrific disused shafts opened
here and a network of rails and posts
marked the more perilous tracts and kept
the cattle out. Sweetland knew this region
well, and now, dismounting, he led his horse
to q wide pit known as Wall Shaft Gully,
and tethered it firmly, where miners, going
to their work, must see it on the following
morning. An ancient pit lined with gram
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The Story of a Domestic Rebellion.

The Pennsylvania Dutch-patient, stolid,
law-abiding, God-fearing, and. above all
things. humbly obedient to the traditions
Of their fathers-are among the most in
teresting OF the alien races which have
settled at our door In THE Reforming OF
a Bridegroom" which appears in the No
vember McClure's. Helen Martin has given
us one of her most fascinating studies Of
this people. She knows them as a man
knows the characters of the small village
where he grew up-knows all the intima te,
hidden details Of their personal life, which
give them their peculiar individuality
people-and writes of them with a rich.
warm, human understanding and sympathy.
THE Reforming of a Bridegroom tells how
a Pennsylvania Dutch woman of emanci-
pated ideas incites her younger sister 10
rebel against the tyranny of a kindly but
stolid husband who was getting that
spoiled with her yielding ways" The
characters in the tale-the earnest Lavina,
a reformer to her people; the bewildered
husband. Giddy Lapp. and the irresistible
EXPERIMENTATION Of artless feminnity-are
as unforgetable as a group OF Dickens
people.
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about me, they'll tell you as I've been kill
ed by the horse But don't you feel no
fear. shall be to Plymouth very comfort
able"
She ministered to him and he ate and
drank heartily.
lone hour I'll bide along WI my own
true love, then off l must CO." said Dan
lei. I've hit poor Gregory rather hard; but
! hope he'll get ever it. Anyway, it had -
be done. Only you go on being your
self Min, an keep up your courage, an
clear. Some man have shot Adam Thorpe:
but he didn't shoot him with my gun. be-.
cause my gun was In my own hand when
Thorpe fell, an 1 was good few mile
away. To be exact. i was getting pleas
ants for e in Westcombe woods at the time
you'll find EN- in the we'll; an / heard
shots fired at Middlecott quite clear.
though l was five miles off. But the thing
be to show that was five mile off.
And your gun, Daniel?'
II put the gun back in the case in the
next room to this long afore midnight yes
terday." he said
'Then twas fetched away after mid
night?'
yes it was; an If you can find the man
as took my gun, then you'll find the man
who killed the keeper
Twill be the first thought an prayer of
my life to do it, Daniel
AN you'll do tiff Sim don't" he proph-
es:ed.
Within an hour Daniel reluctantly pre-
pared to leave his home.
TITS a darned shame l must CO., he
said, but I've no choice now. Only mind
this. Minnie Sweetland. Don't you think
you'm a widow tomorrow when they comes
an tells you SO. If they bring my carpse
to e. then believe it; but they WON'T ~
Take care of yourself. Daniel she an
swered, for your life's- my life. I'll only
live an think an work an pray for you
till you come home-along again.
Trust me- he said. ''You'm my star
wheresoever 1 do go. Up or down. so long
as l be alive, I'll have YOU first in thought
my own Ill wife. yNought shall ever come
atween me an you but my coffin-lid. An
well God knows it.
Go" she said. An let me hear how You
be faring so soon as you can"
BE sure of that. If 1 daren't write to
you,. III write to Sim. But, remember
it may be an awful long time if have to
go across seas"
Write to me-to me direct she begged
earnestly Send my letter through no
other man or woman Twill be my life's
blood renewed to get 1t. An can walt;
/ can wait patient as any stone. Times
nothing long as we come together again
some day. We've got our dear memories
an they'll never grow dim, though we
grow gray
Not the memory of this day an night,
that's brought the greatest i'll an the great
est joy into my life at once he answered
Green for evermore twill be-
Then again and again they kissed, and
Daniel Sweetland rode away.
At the top of the next dark hill he turned
and looked back. but he saw nothing. Min
ME had not lighted her lamp again. She
stood and watched him vanish. Then she
went to her bed in the dark and prayed
brave prayers until the dawn broke.
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lite yawned below. and local report said that
1t was unfathomable. Two years before a
man had accidentally destroyed himself
by falling into 1t. and though the fact was
known. the nature Of the place made II
impossible to recover his corpse -
Now Daniel took pencil and paper from
his pocket. Then, under the waning moon
he wrote the words, Goodbye all Let
Sim break IT to my wife, d. Sweetland. !"
Next he took a stick. stuck it up, and set
his message In a cleft of it.; and lastly he
kicked and broke the soil at the edge of
the shaft, SO that it should seem he had
cast himself in with reluctance That done.
he set out for Plymouth at his best pace
consulted his watch and saw that, IL ali
went we'll he might reach the shelter of the
streets by o'clock In the morning.
That information respecting his escape
must be there before him, he knew. As
soon as the police. reached Princetown,
kilograms would fly to Exeter and Plymouth
and elsewhere. But Daniel trusted that
early news would come from the Moor.
Then, IL once 1t was supposed that he had
destroyed himself. the severity of the
search at Plymouth and elsewhere was
certain to relax. =,
His estimate of the distance to be travelled
proved Incorrect, and the runaway found
himself surprised by the first gray Of
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CHAPTER VIII.
Mr.. Sim Tells a Lie.

Though Daniel had expressly asked Min
ME to tell his friend Titus Sim that he was
not at the bottom of Wall Shaft Gully, but
far away in present safety, the wanderers
wife did no such thing. She would not trust
herself to associate Sim with her husbands
tragic misfortune; for she could not yet
feel certain that the footman was all he
pretended and declared. His conduct after
Sweetland's disappearance proved ex-
emplary. He fulfilled his mission left be-
hind by Daniel with all possible tact and
Judgment. Alone he visited Minnie and
broke the news to her that she was a
widow. But she surprised him more than
he dismayed her.
II pray that you an everybody be mis-
taken, Mr.. Sim,'' she said. Il hope my Dam
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King Leopold's Graft.
rk, I'M Eyerybody's Magazine.

n E. PdrK, IN Everyb0dy's Magazine.
In the scramble for foreign concessions
Leopold the flnancfer has been greatly
aided by Leopold the king. Not only has
heeused all the diplomatic machinery of the
Belgian government to secure for his own
companies the concessions he desired, but
actually he has spent the governments
funds to exploit them. He borrowed thirty
one million francs from the Belgian govern
ment to carry on his Congo enterprise, and
then took the money from the sinking fund
created to pay back this loan and put 1t in
the Pekin- Hankow railway scheme in
China. In all these operations he has acted
with the untrammeled freedom and single
ness of purpose Of captain OF high
finance. giving about as much consideration
to the interests Of Belgium as railway
president does to the interests Of the stock
holders.
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who killed Thorpe the better. II I'd known
that 'twould all work out so smooth an
easy I'd not have gone at all. II 1t weren't
for the thought of Minnie an mother I
could laugh
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-25
Candidates. for Aldermen.

The office Of alderman is one of
the most important positions con
nected with the city government
The aldermen not only enact the city
laws, but they have supervision and di-
rection of all the city's affairs. The
! splendid city government of WaXa-
! hachie is due in a great measure to
the fact that for several years past
the aldermanic board has been com
posed of practical and conservative
business men; men who have been as
deeply concerned in the conduct of
the city's affairs as in their own pri-
vate business. In selecting alder
men it is always important that vot-
choose those men whose business
experience best qualities them for
service on the board.
In the announcement column to-
day will be found the names of DR..
Leonard keplinger as a candidate
for alderman from ward 8 DR.. KEEP
linger has been a resident OF the city
several years, and is not only a sue
cessful surgical specialist, but has
attained a reputation for keen bust
ness sagacity. He is representative
citizen of the town. progressive and
enterprising and is an ardent advo-
cate Of all things tending to the add
vancement of the city oivically, COM
mercially and otherwise He would
be a safe counselor on the board and
the voters OF Waxahachie would
make no mistake in eleeting him.
! T. +. Thompson authorizes his an
nouncement as candidate for alder
man from ward / The name of Ton
Thompson Is household word II
5 WaNahachie He is a conservativ,
s land level headed man and as mem
- Der OF the board the city's inter
4 ests would be In safe hands lie b
Z "a man of 20 progressive shirt an,
10 would do everything possible towar'
q fostering and promoting any enter
Pei prise that would advance the city
q interests Nr Thompson ls a snrew'
n cuisines man and bias been success
ful lu oouduotiur BIS own affairs.
= fact which win have much weight 81
~, saudidas. for alderman.
L Both candidate announce subief
1 Iu fae action pf fb, ..tf primary "lc,
Iur .u .s hrId Fshr#.r.
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4 bill has eeen introduced Ia the
Ohio legislature providing painless
death for pain raekesi sufferers who
have SO sA.a.se=A fer repnxerx Tn.
aathoF OF this measure h Miss
Hall and. strange IA II may seem.
she has same following Pain and
suffering are natural accessories TO
isfe Some men and women vho are
loo eowardly 10 fight lites battle
find smrceaAe BY the suicide route.
but for vietousnnss this proposition
Of Miss Halls certainly heads the
procession The legislature Of Ohio
Is not clothed with power Ia give
human life. neither has it authority
10 say that any man or woman whose
only crime Is hopclessiy iii. shall die
Miss Hall says the bill offered has
been drawn in the interest of mercy
TO sufferers, but II smacks more of a
disposition to put the old-And -in-t the
way people, the men and old women
VINO are no longer capable of taking
part in life's activities, beyond the
need Of human kindness Perhaps
Miss Han is of that species OF hu~
man hog that believe that ii is all
of life To live, and all of death to
die The hopelessiy sick are enti-
tied to mercy. hut not that mercy
that kills
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-25
TEXAS PENSIONERS.
Comptroller's Report Shows In
crease in Allowances.

The annual report of the comp
troller for 1905 shows the total hum-
Der OF pensioners on October /. 1905.
TO be 1851. against 1919 for the
same period In 1904. or a net increase
OF io2 for the current twelve months
OF these 1861. 2729 are old soldiers
nd 4.S12 are widows of Confederate
soldiers drawing pensions
The report by counties included
the following total Of pensioners
Tarrant 1926. Wise 80. Parker no.
Dallas l72 Dentos 49, Ellis igl.
Fanniu no. Graysou las Hall e.
iardoman IS Jack 5l. Cooke "a. CLAY
~ Montague s6. Webb Sd. wnhar.
ger s Chiidrvss
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NEWS OF RAY.

RAY. January 23.-The farmers
took advantage of the pretty weather
last week and picked out a goodly
portion of their cotton. although
there is still a great deal in the
fields.
Some OF the people are busy get
ting their land ready for this years
crop.
There has been more moving in our
community this winter than ever be-
fore, some buying land in the Terri
tory and in western parts OF the
country and moving to it, while there
are some just changing around
locally.
! Miss Nora Jenkins OF Midlothian
is visiting Miss Stella Penny.
! Several Young people met at Mr.
and Mrs. Gothard's Saturday nigh
and spent a few hours
Mr.. Oversheet has sold his place
near Ray and moved to place he
bought near Waxahachie.
Several of the young people at
tended an entertainment at Mr.
Cookies last Saturday night and re-
port a good time.
Miss Lizzie Parker of Howard Wis
tied home folks at this place Satur-
day and Sunday.
The gin at this place being burned
causes the people 10 have 70 haul
their cotton 10 WaXahachie to have
it ginned
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HoW'S This

We offer one hundred dollars re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. r. j. CHENEY & co,
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known
f. ]. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and fin
ancially able 10 carry out any obliga-
tons made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
/ TEN. Testimonials sent free. Price
/ rs cents per bottle. Sold by all drug.
gists.
Take Halls Family pills for con
stipation.
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All persons who possess the con .
stitutional qualifications Tor voting,
but who are exempt from the pay
ment of poll taxes, must obtain GER
tificates OF exemption if they reside
in any city OF 900 or more inhabi-
tants The persons so exempt are
men who on January /, 1905. were
50 years old or over or who were
not yet Il. or who were deaf or
dumb. who had lost hand or foot
or who were permanently disabled.
\ young man who was not . on
Jan. /. 1905. but who will be on or
before November 6. 1906. the date
Of the next general election. must
have an exemption certificate If ne
lives in a city OF 10000 or more in
habitants. and II SO equipped he may
vote IN the party primaries this year
as well as In the general election
Exemption certificate must bc ub.
tanned between October 3 and Feb.
ruarv D. 3s in the case of poll IA,
receipts Persons who are exempt
from the pas ment OF poll taxes an,
who reside in the country or lu town.
~ less THAN 10000 inhabitants ar
not required fo procure certificate
nf exemption
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PAUL GILMORES TALK.
Finds Time Between Acts to Con
verse with a Reporter

n.lweea the second and lhif6 acts
lass night = reporter fer this paper
had ihc pleasure Of meeting aud ialk
Ing with paul Gilmore behind me
scenes When the reporter reached
the stago BY the roar entrance ne
found lhe Young star standing
in the center OF the stage directing
he placing % every piece ~ scenery
and furniture for the third act.
Everything was hustle aud excite
ment and the stage hands were dart
ing here and there setting the stuff
for The duel scene, but Mr. Gilmore
found time 10 give The reporter q
hearty greeting and 70 talk about
his career as au actor
Paul Gilmore Is yet a young man.
being In his thirty-first year, bat he
Is a striking example OF the man
dragged To the footlights Chance
or fate, or whatever may he called
that destiny which shapes our ends,
rough hew them as We may. has
brought many man TO his proper
calling after be has struggled vail
anUly 10 pursue another course This
( has been the case with Paul Gilmore.
/ the law. bur by a mere chance a Well
known theatrical manager saw him
in an amateur performance one night
in his native town. Milwaukee, and
thus was his course changed to the
stage. Young Gilmore at once re-
ceived an offer TO join The Ensign,
sional debut. The beginner did SO
well in THE Ensign that his man
ager, Jacob Lit. gave him the hero's
part in In Old Kentucky" next sea-
son. He then became leading man
with Charles Frohman's road com
panies presenting "The Wife The
Charity Ball" and other society plays
His first production at the head u
his nwr company was The ';'t'.1
Muskateers, and it was in this that
he found his proper field, the ro-
mantle drama Then he had a sue
cessful season in another play OF this
kind Under the Red Robe. Next
he played King Charles to Henrietta
Crosman' Nell Gwynne in that ac-
tress' celebrated production of Mis-
tress Nell" While in that role Mr..
Gilmore attracted the attention Of
Jules Murray with whom he signed
ten years contract. Mr.. Murray
put him forward in that beautiful
society comedy, The Tyranny of
Tears" Next he was seen in The
Mummy and the Humminy Bird"
and now in Captain Debonnaire" he
is back in the cass of drama for
which he is best fitted and which he
most likes.
Mr. Gilmore said he appreciated
the reception given him in Waxa-
hachie and that he proposed to return
here next season. He said the recep-
ton given him here was the most en-
thusiastic he had been accorded since
entering the state.
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frtuA t.anham. son ul Governor
81 t-sHaam shu hAs 't~sl play
arg wHn t.rt Hllnt rc tms left sat
COMPANY lud it 10 undsrsto "A tha
Hr utll 1tt uir nis tims to ths comis
ngp.va NJ lAut~.a was Ia thr ftty
tsst nisht with NJ Gilmore com
panf hut ana account ~ htN throat
Saa nos aais to fske part Ia the cAni
The roir af Lieut. VsseAnes. whieh he
has hssu nlAstaE- saa taken last aiwhf
HF W Harrison
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TO START FEBRUARY
Department Notified as to Katy's
Fast Mail Service.

A Washington dispatch to the St.
Louis Republic says:
The new NJ, X & T fast mail con-
nection with the Frisco will go into
operation February l.
G. NJ Lindsay, general agent of
the mail department of the NJ, X.
& r, today sent letter TO Second
Assistant Postmaster General Shall
lenberger. notifying him formally OF
the decision of the NJ. X. & T. TO
put on the new train.
The letter says:
Following the conference in Your
office today please be advised that on
February |. 1906, fast mail train
will be established on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railway System.
/ leaving Parsons. Kansas. daily, and
effecting connection at Ninita. l. T,
with Frisco System train No. s, and
proceeding south 20 Taylor, Texas,
then oyertaking the NJ. X & r. train
No 3. which will proceed ON It's pres
ent schedule TO Houston Galveston
and san Antonio
The expectation is that the an.
uouucsment Of the Frisco aud NJ.
. Is. g. o. will provoke the Gould lines
to attempt to improve their lines sd
les to retain at least portion Of the
southern and Central Texas maiI
hustu,s
Keen warfare go mAtr thr hssl
time would then follow for. if pas 81,
.u. BE- N believed that lhr - X a
T .1md Improve tfs speed thruuet
tho INDIAN TERRITORY and Texas r.t
.eral hour over Ibe preliminary
srh.iHI. as announced
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Every male person between the
ages of 2 and so, who resided in the
state on the first day of January pre-
ceding the date of its levy Gin this
on January l, 1850. except Indians
not taxed; persons insane, blind, deaf
OF dumb, and those who have lost a
hand or foot or are permanently dis
abled. are subject TO the payment of
Doll tax
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Jury lists for the February term of
district court are now in the hands
of the sheriff, and tomorrow the work
OF summouing jurors will be com
meuced No jury viii be summoned
for the FIRST week of court. as that
week is devoted to the trial OF non
jury civil eases. For the other nine
weeks 1f the term here viii 10. thlr-
ty-siX men for each week. Sixteen
men a.il ue summoned from whom
Tool select grand jury
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h 5000. -auloa.. HI s. tAshf-
ee. aaH lss. H.aT Iuij,u Ht ui'
i.n on .a. rsr several iaF a-H H
dos Tbe .al.J Ras tahwu to kaufman
sgud4s aaa a medsfonp adhered ED.
ihr Noana far "a lous tlm. The
fhild wlW rroban.r hs iaaru tn fhr
Pssiear .gsriIsf. af Ausf8a
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imperfect Digestion

N,a Iu nutrition aud lu ,anas-
qneuva .oss vitality when the liver
falls fa s~rrcfH hiiF -he blood BE-.
comes loaded NtgA bilious properties.
ha digestion b.tomes Impaired aud
fhe bowels eonstlpafei HeFblna will
ractlfY thls u gives tone 20 The stom-
sen. isver and kidnsFe. strengthens
rhe appetite cL-ars and improves the
COMPLEXION. .aflass new Isle and ViE
ar fa gre Nhuie system Be GER a
saftfe sold 81 Ha-ss and Maffin
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-25

Ais "a leN~H thr slfe of "a
ftuant Farmer Recently fnm Chsro-
see coaarF uas lvina au the sims
farm. taF-e misses aoefh gf riaIs safe
BARN fa fHp.efs ra.-s.iae nfzhr TAs.e
ar afi EiTis erff 1sFVs1ap..s arf
a. srosf a.vta a.anas ~aet
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-25

The Deadly West Coast" as il is
known on Vancouver island, has,
within the last forty years, occasion
ed the destruction of fifty-six yes
sells and cost III lives That is a
pretty heavy record for short strip
of coast
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-25

The Ladies' Missionary Society will
render the following program at the
Cumberland Presbyterian church sun
day night, January IS:
Anthem by the choir.
Scripture reading by the pastor
Prayer by Mrs. Grafton.
Music. quartette
Living Sacrifice reading by
Mrs Agnes Clark.
Speech by DR. Turner.
Offering
Prayer on offering
Reading by Mrs Riddle
Anthem.
Benediction.
Organist, Mrs. Hudson
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-25

No doubt the opponents OF the ad-
ministrations joint statehood bill ex
pected to be defeated but they GER
tainly could not have expected such
a sudden termination of their hopes.
Speaker Cannon welded the party
Lash with telling effect Tuesday
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-25

oaf 80 coats Der hsahef a. bArE.
e. enats ssrea Hay ffe p~r tun
at barn ferEs CASH Hay srnw
C4nntngN4w m~ssEw Cal ksHzar
a Erxsn offlce hatk ghoae4 s.
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Q CITY ANNOUNCEMENT 4
. Election Tuesday. April 3.
>>>>>> >>>> .

v
+ For City Assessor and Collector;
EZRA s. FUDGE.
CHARLEY KENNEDY.
ALBERT *. McWHORTER
For City Marshall:
TOM DIXON. Reelection.
LUTHER X. ALLEN.
For City Secretary:
], NJ CUMBY.
c. o. ADKINS.
CHARLEY WALTERS
L. v WHITE.
For City Attorney:
J. NJ ESKRIDGE.
GEORGE G. PIERsoN.
For Alderman Ward 1.
T, F. THOMPSON.
For Alderman Ward No. -
w. /. p LEIGH, reelection.
For Alderman Ward 3:
LEE INGRAM.
L. KEPLINGER.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-01-25

Announcement is made that Il
young man at Mckinney hanged him
self with a bride. 1t is not stated
whether ii was a blind or an open
bride that was used
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

III. following announcements are
made. subject 10 the actlon 81 the
Democratic Iartnayv Iafy as. Sos