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He placed a land on Pyne's shoulder,
FOR this youngster had become dear to

He placed n land on Pynes shoulder
for this youngster had become dear to
him
Had l son." be said, 81 should
wish him to be like you. Let us strive
to forget the evils that threaten us
Brooding is useless. If need be you
will take charge of the lower deck
There is starvation allowance for three
more days ut the worst, but l hate the
thought of starting the new scale to
morrow"
ut may not be. necessary"
"Candidly, fear it will. know the
Cornish coast too well. When bad
weather sets in from the southwest n,
this season it holds for a week ut the
lowest computation"
as there no other way? Can moth.
ing be done out there?"
able men, the best of sailors, the
most experienced of engineers, have
striven for half century to devise
some means of storm communication
with rock lighthouse placed as this is
They have failed. There is none"
THAT'S good" cried Pyne pleasantly
"Where is your pouch? 1 feel like a
smoke. If hadn't fired that question
at you should have wasted n lot of
time in hard thinking"
Brand had to scheme that night to
reach the storeroom unobserved. The
Falcon, steaming valiantly to her OBJ
servation post near the buoy, aided
him considerably. He permitted the
night watch to gather in the service
room while he supplied the men with
tobacco and stationed the officer on the
gallery to observe the trawler in case
she showed any signal lights.
Since the attempt on the lock Con-
stance gave the key to her father after
each visit. For the rest, the inmates of
the pillar were sunk in the lethargy Of
unsatisfied hunger. Constance and
Enid, utterly Worn out with fatigue,
were sound asleep in the kitchen, and
the tears coursed down the mans face
us he acted the part of thief In Sc
cAing the measured allowance af -four
md bacon for one meal. The diet of
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SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER lat d8ybreak an as-
sistant keeper of the lighthouse, pacing
the gallery, discovers in the distance a
ship in distance. Stephed Brand agrees
U swim to it. Upon reaching the ship
he comes In contact with shark, fights
and kills it and goes aboard He finds
the body of dead man and strange
bundle beneath the sail Jones, the
lighthouse keeper, lowers basket and
hsuls Brand and his strange bundle
safely up. 1.-THE bundle contains u
live baby, of which Jones assumes the
care. On part of the child's clothing
are the initials + Il. The little one is
placed in care of the nurse who has
charge of Stephen Brands child in Pen
zance. They call the child Enid Ire
Wilton. III--Eighteen years later Con
stance Brand, daughter of Stephen
Brand, and her adopted sister, Enid
Trevillion, 80 to the lighthouse with an
old fisherman, Ben Pollard, in sail
boat named Daisy, They are caught in
a storm, during which they hear the
signal for help coming from the rock
They reach the lighthouse in safety and
lind that two of the men, Jackson and
bates, have been hurt. Brand sends
uuCh Will IIlttl - dCkSUu
and Bates are lowered into the boat,
and Pollard starts for Penzance. The
Daisy is met BY Lieutenant Stanhopp,
who is devotedly In love with Enid. He
has started out for tho lighthouse in
answer to the signal for help. On
meeting the Daisy he turns back to as
sist with the injured men. V.-From
a lighthouse window Enid spies boat
n m tho i,
wing owned by man named Lawton
Stanhope. lie signals for them not to
land, and Stsnhope returns to Penzsnce.
The girls spend the night at the rock.
VI-During the night furious storm
renders sleep impossible. At dawn
from the lighthouse gallery Brand
makes out ship in great distress
VII.-Charles a. Psne, young mar
on board, throws arope from the fore
mast to Brand, and by means of a pull
ley seventy-eight people are saved be-
fore the ship sinks.
VIll-Mrs. Vansittart, Pyne's aunt, il
strangely moved at sight of Constance
IV-Mrs. Vansittart inquiries about
Stephen Brand and his daughter and
seeks to meet Brand, but fails.
N-Stanhope in the Falcon approaches
the lighthouse at daybreak In an effort
to rescue Enid and Constar ce, but is
unable to land in account of high seas
Brand signals news of the disaster.
Constance and Pyne become well &C
quainted. NI-The Falcon puts back
to Penzsnce, but returns the mkt day.
bringing Mr.. Trail, whom Mrs. Van
sittart is iourneying from America to
marry. He sends messages to Mrs.
Vsnsittart and to Pyne, his nephew.
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IIe-So your father asked you what
gou SAW In me TO admire? She-Oh,
no: he asked me what imagined
saw
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WAPSIE VALLEY FAIR
Central City, lowe, Sent. 10 to14

OeHetHI WY, lUWb, Sept. 10 I'll IA.
For this occasion tie q r. r. will
sell excursion iirkcis 20 Central City
"tlh re urn ut u rate Of one and one.
third fare or the ron d trip. Ticket
sold = pit. 10 TO IL. l. mited to Sept. I
for return.
III q. pu.kCE. Act.
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In the Dark.

Parlss-IIow did the ship come to
bang against the rocks!
Barks-Why, Il young man was court
ing the keepers daughter and they
absentmindcdly turned the light down
low
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Maud-Did you say painted? Ma
rie-i did not. said you powdered
Maud dcuctantly) Oh, well, that puts
mother complexion on it.
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DELAWARE COUNTY FAIR.

Manchester, lows, Stpt. TOT.
For this occasion the l. q. II. II. will
sell excursion tickets to Manchester
and return from points within 80 miles
ut Il rate Of one and one third tarefOr
the round trip. Tickets sold Sept. 3 to
Z, limited to Sept. for return.
IL. e. FIERCE, Agt
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H. G. PIERCE, Agt.
DON'T FAIL TOGO

DON'T FAIL TOGO
To the Iowa State Fair at Des Moines,
August gath to 3lst, 1906. One fare
for the round trip via the Chicago
Great Western Railway. For time OF
trains, dates OF sale apply to any Great
Western Agent or j. r. Elmer, G. p.
~, St. Panl, Mimi.
"a wi. S. GROyE. G.. "A. A,
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HARVEST HOME PICNIC

Coggon, Iowa, August 3O,O6.
For this occasion the i. C. II. r. will
sell excursion tickets to Coegon and re
turn, at arate of one and one. third fare
for the round trip Tickets sold Aug.
nst 30, limited for return until August
81.
H.G. PIERCE. AIT.
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Illinois Central
Excursion Rates

Excursion tickets Will be sold by tn,
Illinois Central, to the points, and rates
40 follows.
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THOMAS ORCHESTRA CON
CERTS

Waterloo, Iowa, Sept. ard to 9Th.
The Chicago Great Western Railway
will on Sept. Bird to S'h inclusive sell
tickets to Waterloo at one fare for the
round trip. Return limit Sept. 10th.
Other attractions. Apply to any Great
Western agent or J p. Elmer, q. T.. A.,
St.. Paul, M linn, for further In
formation.
W. S. Grove, G. A. A
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RAILROAD
Time Cards.
Manchester 4 Oneida Rv.


TIME TABLE.
Train No. 2 leaves Manchester at 6.i5a. M, n.
fiyes at Oneida at t:4Oa IN. Connsrts
Returning leaves Oneida ut 6:a7 .. n,
arrives at Manchester at 6;i5 Q. m
taiu M. 4. leaves Manchester at 7;lb o. n,
necis with east bound o. g.. W. No.
q. ReInrnlng leaves Oneida vt TAB
AM, arrives At Manchester Ut $40
Am.
Train No. 0. leAvee Manchester at sos q. M, III .
rivss at Oneida at 9:20 Q. m. Con.
meets with the north bound G, N 8
st. p. No. 20. Returning leaves
Oneida at 9:22. arrives 1t Manchester
At9:i6 o. m.
Train No. 9, leaves Manchester At 2:LOp. M. Or.
rives 1T Oneida at 2:s0 2. m. con.
h hes,nd with an q u g; W.. W.; No. No., essl
turning leaves Oneida at 1885 p N.
arrives at Manchester ut $500 p m.
Train No 10. leaves Maneh, ster at 4:4b p. IN.
arrives ut Oneida NJ 5:25 p. M. Con.
meets with SOU Ii bound o. N IL st.
p. No. II. Returning leaves Oneida
a:6:2S y. NJ. hfihrs ht Manchestey
6:i5p. IN
4 r.. Kelsey,
Gen. Traffic Manager.
Through tickets for sale AZ Manchester to ali
points NJ North America. :
TRAINS WILL STOP ONLY AT
Bslknap'- Cnssing. Platform at Quaker Mil
Switch Frthkiin Street. Crossing, Sly's Cross
Ing. iil,t's G. nsslng, Twin Crossing West
bruoh Crossing.
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CHATTER XII

l~1YNE found Enid rosy red and
MI inclined to be fearful. The dy-
Ill ing light of day was still strong
~ enough in the service room to
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-15

solidated stage 10 q modern feudalirm.
Its suzerains are the president and
board of directors; its clan chief1 are
the men who have built 1t and fought
for its footing In the sharply-contest-
ed field Of competition To these lead
ers the rank and file is loyal, as loyalty
is accorded TO the men who build and
do, rather than to their successors who
inherit and tear down. Add to this
the supplanting of competen. execu-
tive officers by a stan Of political
trenchermen, ignorant alike of the
science of railroading, and the equally
important subsistence of industrial
matchmaking. and you have the kin
ding for the fire of instruction whick
had been slowly smoldering In the
Western service since the day
when Maj. Guilford had issued his gen.
eral order No. 1.
At first the Gre had burned fitfully,
eating its way into the small econo-
mics; as when the section hands pelt
stray dogs with new spikes from the
stock keg, and careless freight crews
seed down the right-of-way with cast
off links and pins; when engineers
pour oil where IL should be dropped.
and firemen feed the stack instead of
the steam-dome.
But later, when the incompetence
of the new officials became the mock
ing gibe of the service, and the cut
rate avalanche of traffic had doubled
all mems tasks, the flames rose high
er and out OF the smoke Of them
doomed the shape of the dread demon
of Generalization.
First IL was Hank Brodrick, who
misread his orders and piled two
freights in a mountain Of wreckage
in the deep cut between Long\ Pine
and Argenta. Next IL was an over
worked night man who lost his head
and cranked a switch over in front Of
the westbound Flyer. laying the 1920
on her side in the ditch. with the
postal and the baggage car neatly tele-
scoped on top to hold her down.
Two days later it was Patsy Gala
han; and though he escaped with his
life and his job. it was a close call.
He was chasing time freight with the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-15
CHAPTER XxIIL
INTO THE PRIMITIVE.

Tested upon purely diplomatic
principles. Miss Van Brooks temper
was little less than angelic. exhibiting
itself under provocation only In guard
ed pin-pricks OF sarcasm. or In small
sharp-clawed Acknowledging Of
renartee. But she was at no pains tn
conceal her scornful disappointment
when David Kent made known bis
doubts concerning his moral right TO
use the weapon he had so skillfully
forged.
He delayed the inevitable confession
to Portia until he had told Lorlng;
and in making Il he did not tell Miss
Van Brock to whom he owed the sud-
den change in the point Of view. But
Portia would have greatly discredited
her gift OF insight II she had not in
stantly reduced the problem to its low
est terms.
you have been asking Miss Brent-
wood TO lend you her conscience. and
she has done IT," was the form In
which she stated the fact. And when
Kent did not deny Il: You lack at
least one quality Of greatness. David;
you sway too easily"
mo. don'ti" he protested. Il AN
as obstinate as a mule. Ask Ormsoy.
or Loring. But the logic OF the thing
is blankly unanswerable. | can either
get down to the dirty level Of these
higLbinders-fght the devil with .
brand taken out OF his own FIRE; Or"
"Or what?" she asked.
"or think up some other scheme:
some plan which doesn't involve = sur
render on my part Of common decency
and self-respect."
''Yes?" she retorted. Il suppose you
have the other plan all wrought out
and ready to drop into placeT"
mo. I haven't" he admitted ro-
luctantly.
But at least you have some notion
of what 1t is going to ber'
NO"
ITO BE Continued
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~.,<-- rFSsNa,sessA--
e. oIIIRSER!lIA!L!!.e
<oE<as 9@V
THE BAISAMS.

Fed by the radiant sunshine.
Rocked by the winds of the night.
Lulled by the songs OF the ptue trees.
Watched by the stsra clear and bright
Ye have grown in the beautiful wildwood.
Caressed by the showers and the dews.
Upheld by the fostering mountains,
And clad In earth's tenderest hues.
Ye have garnered the woods hidden
treasures.
The sweetest fond scents OF the air.
The fAintest dim incense OF evening.
The freshness of sunrises fair.
The pungence OF brake and OF sweet fern.
OF hemlock, OF spruce and CT pine.
The GOODNESS OF moss and OF ltchen,
With the fragrance of birches combine
The flight OF the rapturous bluebird.
The gurgle OF soft. ripping brooks
And notes from some far-away hooks
All breathe from the tender-tipped
fingers.
All echo thy branches among.
All shine from thy mystical color.
And by thee forever are sung;
sveet tree OF the mountainous northiand.
Glrt round with the glory and power.
Impart to us strength with thy sweet
ness,
Grant peace for the need OF each hourl
Lydia Kendall Foster, In Springfield
(AIass) Republican.
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Humor. of the Law.

Law and equity are two things whieh
God has Joined together and man hss
put asunder.
When a prisoner in Justice Mauie's
court was asked whether he had any
thing to say why sentence should not
be pronounced upon him. he replied:
Il wish God may strike me dead IL Z
stole the ducks" Maule waited for
about a minute. and then said: "Pris-
oner. as Providence has not interfered
must. Three months hard labor"
A mayor on taking his seat on the
bench for the first time informed the
bar that during his year OF ONCE he
would spare no effort to be neither
partial nor impartial. NewL
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nroom. in winter Only.

1T is called the snow flower be-
cause II blooms only In the depth q
icy winters" says botanist. in speak
ing of a wonderful plant that is TO be
found growing on Siberian soil
when 1t opens IL is star-shaped. its
petals Of the same length as the
leaves and half an inch in width. A
Russian nobleman took a number o,
the seeds Ia st. Petersburg. They
were placed in a pot OF snow and
frozsu earth. On the coolest day OF
the following January the miraculous
flower ourst through It's icy covering
and displayed It's beauties to the woD-
dering spectators"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-11-15
Both Had TITLES.

He was an exaggerated English typ%
and his appearance in the lobby OF the
Broadway hotel attracted some az
tention. So well known a humores
as Mr.. Simeon Ford vouched for tho
story. The unknown asked for a light
and volunteered this information: II
am a stranger here. dye know. but nj
home I'm a person Of some importance
I'm Sir James B.. Knight OF tie
Garter, knight Of the Bath. Knight ~
the Double Eagle. knight Of the Goldtn
Fleece and Knight OF the Iron Cross.
Who are your" ME name" was the
ready reply. "is Michel Murphy. Night
before last, last night. tonight and
every night. Michael Murphy. IN. X.
Herald.
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was the master mechanic VINO wsnres
TO know.
"They are not very bright at pres
ent, must confess. We have the en-.
tire political ring TO fight, and the odds
are overw helming."
"You say you've been trying legal
means" M'Tosh put In. Cant we
down them some other way? be-
licve you could safely count on the
help Of every man in the service, barr.
ing tia politicals."
Loring smiled.
Il don't say we should scruple 10 uns
force IL there we're any way 70 apply
it. But the way doesn't offer"
Il didn't know" said the trainmas-
ter, rising to close the interview.
but IL the time ever comes. all you
or Mr.. Kent will have to do will be
TO pass the word. Maybe you can think
of some way TO use the strike. IL
hasn't been declared yet. but you can
bet on it to dead moral certainty"
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fast mail, and the freight was taking
the siding at Delhi to let him pass.
One of the red tail-lights Of the freight
had gone out and Callahan mistook
the other for the target lamp Of the
second switch. He had time to yell
at his fireman, to fling himself upon
the throttle-bar and to set the air
brake before he began TO turn Irish
handsprings down the embankment;
but the wrecking crew camped two
whole days at Delhi gathering up the
debris.
II was well on in the summer, when
the two divisions, east and west, were
strewn with wreckage and the pit
tracks in the shops and shop yard
were filled to overlooking with Grip
pied engines, that the insurrectionaries
began to gather in their respective la
Dor groups TO discuss the growing haz-
ards of railroading on the Trans-West-
ern.
The outcome was a protest from the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
addressed TO the receiver in the name
of the organization, setting forth in
plain terms the grievance of the mem
bers, and charging II bluntly 70 bad
management. This was followed I'm
mediately by similar complaints from
the trainmen, the telegraphers and the
firemen; all praying for relief from
the incubus OF incompetent leadership.
Not to be behind these. came the Anal
gamated Machinists, demanding an in
crease of pay for night work and over
time; and last, but not least, an init
nation went forth from the Fedora
tive council of all these labor unions
limiting at possible political conse-
quences and the alienation of the labor
vote ii the abuses were not corrected.
What dye calclate the major will
do about it?" said Brodrick, in the
roundhouse conclave held daily by the
trainmen who were hung up or of
duty. "Will he listen TO reason and
Give us a sure-enough railroad man
or two Mt the top?"
mot In Elm 'tousand year." quoth
Dutch" Fischer, Galatians alternate
on the fast mail. "Haf you not de
Arkoos been reading? It Is bolotics
from der beginning to der ent; NIT
der governor vorwarts."
Then am tellin' you-all right now
there's goin' to be heap o. trouble.
drawed pike County" Griggs, the
Oldest engineer on the line. "The
shopm.n are b'ilin'; and II the major
puts on that blanket cut in wages he's
taiIin' about"
"Tf,'" broke in Callahan. with fine
scorn- "'Tis shaping on yer injuries
We are, Misther Griggs. The notice is
out; twas ported In the shops thia
day"
Then that settles It." said Griggs
gioomily. When does It tske hold"
The first day av the month to come
An they're telling me II catches every,
BODY. down TO the m;ssiuger b'ys In
the of'ces"
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THE
CRAFTERS
By
FRANCIS Lynn 3
CHAPTER XxI.-CorrtNuEp.

The sonata Penelope was playing
was approaching dts finale. and Eli
nor was suddenly shaken with trem-
bling fit OF fear-the fear of conse-
uuences which might involve this
mans entire future. She knew Kent
Eas leaning on her, and she saw her
self as one who had ruthlessly thrust
an iron bar among the wheels OF a
delicate mechanism. Who was she to
be his acknowledgement stand in
the way and bill him go back? Were
her own motives always SO exalted?
Had she not once deliberately debated
this same question of expediency, tn
the utter abssemcnt OF her own ideals?
Penelope had left the piano. and Lor-
ing was looking at his watch. Kent
saw them through the open window
and got upon his feet
"Grantham is saying he had no idea
It was so late he hazarded. 'Tf
thank YOU for, what you have said
am afraid IL must be as the patient
thanks the surgeon for the knife
stroke which leaves him a cripple for
life"
II was the enc word needed to
break her resolution.
"oh. forget 1t; please forget itl"
she said. Il had no right You
are doing a mans work 10 the world.
and it mast be zone in a mans way.
II cannot help. you must not let me
hinder. II you let anything have
said discouraC' you. shall never
cease :egretting IL"
His smile was a nee indrawing of
the lips.
Having opened the door. you would
try 10 shut Il again, would your How
like = woman! But ! am afraid 1t
can't be done. had teen trying to
keep away from that point OF view.
There is much to be said on both
sides. There was time when
wouldn't have gone irtc such thing
as this fight with the Junto: but being
IN I should have seen II through re-
gardless OF the public weIfare-ignor-
ing that side OF IT, emit do 1t now;
you have shown re that can't"
Bur don't want to be stumbling
b'oc,I." she insisted. Won't you be-
Iieve that wanted to helpg'
II believe that your motive was all
y should be; yes. But the result is
the same"
Loring and Penelope were coming
out, and the end OF their privacy was
AZ hand.
what viii you do" she asked.
- don't know: nothing that | had
meant to do. Il was false start and
AMI back under the wire again"
But ycu must not turn back unless
you are fully convinced of the wrong
Of going en-" she protested.
Didn't you mean to convince met"
mo yes don't know. lit seems
very clear 10 ne. bat wait It to seem
clear to you. Doesn't your conscience
tell yop that you ought to turn backY"
no" he said shortly: but he i'm
medIately qualified the denial. "You
may be right; am afraid you are
right. BHt shall have TO fight II out
for myself. There are many things to
eonsider. Il hold my hand. these
buccaneers will triumph over the
stockholders. and a host OF innocent
people will suffer loss" Then. seeing
the quick-springing tears in her eyes:
But YOU mustn't be sorry for having
cone what -ou. had to do; you have
nothing TO reproach yourself for"
oh. but have." she said; and SO
ftey parted.
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A rich but igeorant lady. who wac
rather ambitious Ia her conversations
style, In speaking Of a friend. said.
'He is a psraTam Of politeness."
Excuse me-" said a wag Sitting
next to her. but do you not mean .
parallelogram?"
"Of course dol" Immediately 70
piled the lady. How could have
no adc such a mistake?"-London Tit
Bits.
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violet--Isn't your father geDeroua
TO give yo- such a big allowancef
Clarissa--Oh. don't know: he's
pretty shrewd. you know. heard him
tell mother that II was a good dsa
cheaper than giving me money vhsA'
ever l asked for it--oatrnls FrW
PrssA
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-04-28
Call for Bids.

Sealed bids will be received at the Office
of the City Clerk of the City OF Idaho
Springs, Colorado. up to 8 O'Clock D. M.
on Monday, the 10Th day Of April, 1866,
for electrical service for Illuminating the
City of Idaho Springs for the period Of
FIVE wears.
Bids shall submit price per lamp per
month for service of sixteen and twenty
c. P incandescent lamps aud 1000 c. p
arc lights, to be lighted according to
Philadelphia schedule" Number and
location of lights to be same a. now
maintained, or as the Council may des-
ignate
certified check for &1soo must ac-
company each bid as guarantee that the
succ essful bidder will enter into a con-
tract and furnish a bond satisfactory to
the City Council, in the sum of S 900,
conditioned for the faithful Carving out
of said contract.
Checks accompanying unsuccessful bids
will be returned within ten days after the
award of the contract, and check accom-
panying successful bid shall be forfeit to
the City in the event that the successful
bidder shall fail to execute the Contract
and furnish the bond hereinabove provid.
ed for within ten days after receipt Of the
notice of the award OF said contract.
The City reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
CHAS. BRANDsTETTER,
City Clerk.
By order of the City Council the time
for filing bids above referred to is hereby
extended to eight O'Clock p. m. on Thurs
day, May 3, 1906
CHAs. BRANDsTErrER,
City Clerk.
Dated April IS, 1906.