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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13

between the commissions that were
rending her.
He put his lips down upon the soft
hair.
Il won't-do you understand that?
Stop talking nonsense"
He thought there would no end to
the sobs.
Have it out, dear-there's plenty of
time"
Once she seemed to have stopped the
tears. He turned her face up to his
own again, and softly kissed her wet
eyes. Her full lips were parted before
him, but he did not kiss them. The
sobs came again.
"There-there!--it will soon be
over"
AT last she ceased to cry from sheer
exhaustion, and when, with his hand
under her chin, he forced up her head
again, she looked at him a full minute
and then closed her eyes.
He kissed their lids.
There came from time to time the
involuntary quick little indrawings Of
breath-the aftermath of her weeping.
Hs held her so for a time, while
neither spoke. She had become too
weak to struggle.
MY arms have starved for you So"
he murmured. She gave no sign.
Come over here" He led her, I'M
resisting, around to the couch at the
other side of the table.
sit here, and well talk it over sem
sibly, before you get ready"
When he released her, she started
quickly up toward the door that led
into the hall.
Don't do that--please don't be
foolish"
He locked the door, and put the key
in his pocket, Then he went over to
the big folding doors and satisfied
himself they were locked from the
other side. He went back and stood
in front of her. She had watched him
with dumb terror In her face.
Now we can talk-but there isn't
much to be said. How soon can you
be ready?"
you are crazy!"
'Possibly-believe what you like"
How did you ever dare? Oh, how
awful"
III you haven't passed that stage,
I'll hold you again"
mo, no-please don't--please stand
up again. Sit over there-I can think
better"
Think quickly. This is Saturday,
and tomorrow Is their busy day. They
may not sit UP late tonight"
She arose with a little shrug OF des-
peration that proclaimed her to be in
the power Of a mad man. She looked
at her face In the oval mirror wiplng
her eyes and making little passes and
pats at her disordered hair. He went
over to her.
No, nor-please go over there again.
SIT down a moment-let me think. III
talk to you presently
There was silence for five minutes.
lie watched her, while she narrowed
her eyes in deep thought
Then he l-oked at his watch.
y can give you an hour. Il you've
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
(To BE CoNTINUED.1
Llouor IN House Of Lords.

Many whisky firms Of Great Britain
advertise that their brand OF whisky Is
used in BOOKING kens Of the house of
lords" This is an annoyance to the
great lords who, while they take the
whisky all right, don't care about the
fact being advertised. There are several
bars in the houses Of parliament where
the kings lawmakers are wont to
liquidate and which pay no excise D.
eenae either.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
Sons His PaIIbearers.

st. Louis-At the funeral of Louis
Hannauer the pallbearors were his
four sons and two sons-in-law. They
acted in similar capacity at the flu,
neral of Mrs. Hannauer in 1902.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
Ordered Her Own cnsnn

st. Charles-Mrs. Maria Lehksr.
who died at her home in this city, or.
dered her coffin ten years ago from
a local undertaken, stating the kind
she desired, and dictated other ar.
rangements for her funeral. The COZ.
I'm was Of oak and painted black, &C.
cording to her wishes. Mrs. Lehler
was 81 years old.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
The AaaIe Myers Case

Jefferson City-Gov. Folk announces
that he will not give Aggie Myers,
convicted of numbering her husband
in Kansas City, any further STAY of
execution unless Justice Brewer, of
the United States supreme court, asks
for further time in the case.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
She Was Granted a nlyoro.

st. Louis--Mrs. Matte Halloran has
been granted a divorce from Patrick
Haloran. She testified that her hus.
band abandoned her after she had
built fences, and pitched hay on a
farm near Poplar BluH.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
Woman MAN Lose Hands-

New Franklin-Mrs. Joe Watts, re.
siding about FIVE miles west of this
city, who was accidentally shot by her
adopted son, Joe Wallace, will proba.
bly, lose both hands.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
Favor Uniform supervIslon.

Montgomery CIty-The Montgomery
County Teachers association has pc.
titioned the representative-elect and
state senator to favor uniform county
supervision.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
Two Years For Robbery.

Rolla-In the trial of John Baker,
charged with robblng Joe X. Wright,
after a vigorous contest, the Jury
brought in a verdict and placed his
sentence at two years in the penitea.
tiary.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
BY an EXPLOSION.

st, Louis-An explosion in the boil.
err room Of st. Johns hospital, St
Louis, killed a fireman and seriously
injured patient who was passing
through the room.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
CHAPTER xxx.
SOME RUDE BEHAVIOR, OF WHICH
ONLY A WESTERN MAN COULD
fHTTTT

BE GUILTY.
He walked quickly back. At the
doorway she gave him her hand, which
he took in silence.
''Why-Mr. Bines!-you wouldn't
have surprised me last night. To-
night l pictured you on your way
west"
Her gown was of dull blue dimity.
She still wore her hat, an arch of
straw over her face, with ripe red
cherries nodding upon it as she moved.
He closed the door behind him.
DO come in. I've been havirg a
solitary rummage among old things.
1t is my last night here. We're leav-
ing for the country tomorrow, you
know"
She stood by the table, the light
from a shaded lsmp making her color
glow
Now she noted that he had not
spoken. She turned quickly to him
as If to question.
He took swift little step toward
her, still without speaking. She
stepped back with sudden instinct of
fright
He took two quick steps forward and
grasped one Of her wrists. He spoke
in cool, even tones, but the words came
fast:
I've come to marry you tonight; to
take you away with me to that west
ern country. You may not like the
life. You may grieve to death for all
l know-but you're going. l won't
plead, won't beg, but am going to
take you"
She had begun to pull away in alarm
when he seized her wrist. Fus grasp
did not bruise, it did not seem to be
tight; but the hand that held It was
immovable.
Mr.. Bines, you forget yourself.
Really, this is"
Don't waste time. You can say all
that needs TO be said-Ill give you
time for that before we stSrt-but
dom. waste the time saying all those
useless things. Don't waste time tell
ing me Pm crazy. Perhaps l am. We
can settle that later"
Mr.. Bines-how absurd! Oh! let me
go! You're hurting my wrist! OIL
dont--don't-don't! OH"
When he felt the slender wrist try
ing to writhe from his grasp he had
closed upon it more tightly, and thrust
ing his otner arm quickly behind her,
had drawn her closely to him. Her
cries and pleadings were being smoth- |
cred down on his breast. Her strug- |
giles met only the unbending, pitiless
resistance OF steel.
Don't waste time, l tell you-can't |
you understand? Be senslble-talk IL |
YOU must-Only talk sense"
Let me go at once-I demand It,
qulck-oh!"
Take this hat ONT"
He forced the wrist he had been
holding down between them, SO that
she could not free the hand, aud, wi.h
his own hand thus freed, he drew out
the two long hat pins and flung the
hat with its storm-tossed cherries
across the room. Still holding her
tightly he put the free hand on her
brow and thrust her head back. so that
she was forced to look up at him.
LET me see you'll want to see your
eyes-they're my eyes now.
Her head strained against his hand
to be down again, and all her strength
was exerted to be away She found she
could moi move a any Injection.
on you're hurting my neck. what
shall | do? | can't scream -think
what It would mean!-you're hurting
ny Resk."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
Served One Church Many Years.

Served One Church Many Years.
st. Louis-Rev. DR.. M. Rhodes cele-
brated his thirty-fifth anniversary as
pastor of st. Marks English Lutheran
church. His only rival in st. Louis
in point of service is DR.. S. J. Nichols.
who has been pastor of the Second
Presbyterian church over SO years.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
LeelsIature convenea Januarv ?.

Jefferson City-The constitution
fixes the opening day OF the legisla,
ture as first Wednesday after the first
day of January This opens the Iegis.
allure January 2.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
Killed a Woman.

Springheld-Garland Moore, aged
Fl, mail carrier, stabbed and killed
Miss Clara West, 27, at Bots Dare,
because she refused to marry him. He
was arretsed and jailed.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
Murdered In Mexleo.

Mexico-A\ telegram from Del Rio.
Tex, tells of the murder of Blake
Cawthorn there. He was the scion
of a prominent Audrain county family.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
Former Senator cookreII Improves.

SS"atoT SockTeII improves.
Neutrality-suspicious. United States
Senator F. M. Gockrell, who has been
confined to his home for the last six
weeks, suffering from a slight attack
OF malaria, is gradually improving.
and, according to his physician, will
be able to resume his work as a mem
Der of the interstate commerce com.
mission within a week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
Clerk Of Ray County.

JEFFERSON City--Gov. Folk has ap
pointed Alex F. Maitland clerk Of Ray
county to MI vacancy caused by the
resignation of II. X. Joiner.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
Hume Postoffioa Rnhhed

Rich Hill-The postoffce at Hume.
IL miles west, was looted, safe blown
and about $1,000 cash and stamps
taken.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13

DR.. w F. Traughber, ostheop
othist, will be found in his Office
east of postoffiee, every day ex
cept Monday and Friday after
moons. Treats acute and chronic
cases. Calls answered day or
night. Office hours s a. m. to 5
p. m. Phone $50.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13

Marshall--Mrs. Elizabeth Skluen.
buried here a few days, ago, agd 90,
was the oldest Cumberland Preshyto
rian in Missouri.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13
A. M. PATTERSON.

Physician and Druggist, north.
west corner Public Square,
Mexico, Mo.
Full line of Staple Drugs and
Druggists Sundries, Patent
Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Etc.
A full assortment Of Homoe-
pathic Medicines always on
hand, These remedies sent By
mail when ordered.
Win do strictly an ofRcs prao.
tics.
ADVICE FREE.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13

Money to loan on real estate Sc
curity. j. w. Howell.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13

Please-oh, please let me go-I beK
l." She managed it with difficulty
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-13

ADVICE FREE.
Amador ledger., 1906-01-26
A HOLLAND ARSHLP.
Inventor of Sub-Marine Boat Is
Working on One that Will Fly.

Inventor of Sub-Marine Boat IS
Working on One that Will Fly.
The report comes from New York
that John P. Holland, the inventor of
the submarine boat, is about to give
to the public an invention of a flying
machine said to be of as perfect a
construction as the submarine bearing
his name. Mr.. Holland has been work.
ing on flying machines for nearly
twelve years, during which time four
models have been constructed and de-
stroyed on account of their imperfec-
tions. He is now working on the fifth
model, which he believes will be made
to fly. This latter model weighs only
thirty pounds. 1t is arranged to be
strapped to the back of the person de-
string to soar in the air. There will
be two vertical arms crossing at right
angles with the axis and two pairs of
wings; these are to vibrate in oppo-
site directions. One pair of wings will
be placed at the back of the head and
the other pair near the waist. They
are of light steel construction, weigh
ing about a pound each. In speaking
of his invention, Mr.. Holland said:
amy man who walks three miles an
hour can easily fly the same distance
in ten minutes with my invention and
do not consider that statement an
exaggeration.
\ 81 have taken birds as my pattern.
With this machine men will be able
to fly on the same principle as bird
hys. If a cog breaks or something
else goes wrong, or if he becomes ex-
hausted and the propelling ceases,
there will be no danger, for he will be
able to descend gently to the earth and
land easily upon his feet"
Mr.. Holland discounts the course
taken by number of flying machine
experts who use combination Of ball
loon and aeroplane. This form, he be-
lieves, will never become practical for
aerial navigation because he considers
the gas bag offers too much resistance
to the air, and, on the other hand, be-
lieves that flying machines and the
aeroplane idea-the latter of the Lang
ley class-will be the real means of
navigation OF the air in the future. He
expressed his belief that with the new
Holland airship he will be able to fly
from New York to Washington to at
tend the next presidential Inaugural
ton and get back home the same
night. 1t is his intention to make ex-
periments with his machine next
spring.
Amador ledger., 1906-01-26
Facts About Henry Hudson.

Why should an Englishman who re-
ceived by baptism the name of Henry
be dubbed Hendrix? For more than
half century Americans have been
writing and saying Hendrix Hudson" !"
This habit, without a legitimate foun-
dation, has been emphasized afresh re-
Gently in the Hendrix Hudson Me-
mortal Bridge" and the Hendrix Hud-
son Intercentenary Committee" The
only excuse that can be offered for US
ing the Dutch equivalent is that Henry
Hudson sailed under Dutch auspices on
one of his four voyages of discovery.
The Netherlands themselves knew him
only as Henry" Hudson.
In 1859 Henry G. Murphy, while at
The Hague examining the old Dutch
records for data referring to Hudson,
found in the royal archives a Dutch
copy of Hudson's contract with the di-
rectors of the East India Company. The
document was appended to a manu-
script history of the company, pre-
pared at it's request By P. van Dam,
the counsel of the company from 1862
Amador ledger., 1906-01-26

The farmer of to-day finds an en-
tirely different situation and a strong
and increasing competition. The vast
wilderness has been settled, and
through continual and often ignorant
and ill-advised 'tillage, the soil has
been depleted of its fertility. While
agriculture has thus been retrogradins
and the competition continually grow
ing keener but little has been done to
fit the farmer to cope with the chang
ing conditions. The average country
boy to-day receives much better edu-
cation, viewed by present educational
standards, than did his grandfather,
yet it is along lines which help him
but little to maintain his position in
the country's development. He learns
the very things which, instead of max
ing him satisfied with the farm, i'm
pei him to leave it and seek occupation
in the centers of population. The
farm boy who receives a common
school or a high-school education nat
urally turns toward the place where he
can best apply it. His schooling has
not been such as would help him to
farm better, to make more money on
the farm or to make of farming an in
teresting employment. And so he goes
to the city to utilize his special knowl-
edge. The trend of the country-raised
lad is irresistibly in that direction,
while there is no equalizing current i'm
pelling the young people of the cities to
fill his place in the country. And the
city boy as he grows up and marries
would like to have home of his own
on a piece of land, of course, but he
knows only the trade or profession that
he has learned. He knows nothing Of
farming and he would not know how
to make living from piece of land
if he had it. 1t has often been said
that it is worse than useless to put
the poor of the great cities out in the
country, because they will not stay
there. AS matter of fact, they can-
not be expected to, for to them it is q
strange and barren story. The expert-
ence of the Salvation Army, however.
as shown in it's farm colonies in diff
ferent sections of the country, demon
Amador ledger., 1906-01-26
VANDERBLLT'S NEW AUTO.
1t is Planned to Make I SO Miles an
Hour.

Mr.. Alfred G. Vanderbilt is having
constructed secretly an automobile
which he hopes will be the fastest ma
chine in the world. He is an automo-
bile enthusiast and is determined with
the aid of the wealth at his command tC
break the present record. The ma
chine which he is having built is esti-
mated to be capable of developing 152
miles an hour with 250 horsepower,
Such speed is the equivalent of 21S feet
for every clock tick; it means a mile
in % 2-5 seconds. The present mile
record is 80 AS seconds made by H. L.
Bowden, at Ormond Beach, Fla, last
February.
Should Mr.. Vanderbilt be able to at
tain such extraordinary speed with this
automobile it will mean that it will go
faster than anything in the world
heretofore. The best time ever made
on a railroad was a mile in 80 seconds;
this was on the Plant System on run
from Fleming to Jacksonville, Florida,
when five miles were covered at the
rate of 120 miles per hour. Not only
will it go faster than the speed ma
chimes of to-day but the new automo-
bile flyer promises to carry its driver
faster than man has ever travelled be-
fore in the world. In fact it is stated
that even few birds could fly at such a
pace
Amador ledger., 1906-01-26
NOW COMES THE MOTOR BOOT.
Threatens the Popularity of the
Motor Bicycle. the Automobile
and the Motor. Boat.

Gay Paris has just been startled by
the apparition of a gigantic person
"whizzing along the Champs Elysees
at the rate of twenty-five miles an
hour" He was not on horseback, ac-
cording to the Washington Post,
neither was he in an auto. He simply
stood up straight on his own legs, and
the only unusual thing connected with
his appearance consisted of pair of
immense boots. He didn't walk. He
never lifted either foot from the pave
ment. He simply carried himself erect
and fairly few"
Subsequent inquiry developed sew
eral interesting facts. Fastened to the
soles of the tall strangers boots were
tiny automobiles, with rubber tires
eight inches in diameter, and in belt
worn about his waist were "accumu-
lators" of one and quarter horse
power, connected with the boots by
means of wires. Thus equipped, the
mysterious person sped along the ave-
nue. at the speed above stated, exciting
wonder, admiration and alarm in about
equal proportions.
Seven-League Boots Not In 1t.
In other words, this astonishing but
A1Sa1y IdDlO
stantini is his name-appears to have
invented the long-looked-for and much
feared motor boot" AS matter of
fact his device will enable the indi-
vidual citizen to acquire pair Of boots
by means of which he can chase along
the boulevards of Paris or any other
capital at frightful rate of speed, and,
as long as the "accumulators" hold out,
make anywhere from SIX to thirty
miles an hour. 1t is the much-desired
consummation-the apparatus whereby
we may pay hundred calls during any
afternoon, evade policemen, street
cars, footpads, the carriages of the
aristocracy, and the opportunities of
the very fleetest newspaper reporter.
No more need to squander money on
night-hawks, herdics, "copays," or even
broughams and victorias. Put on your
thrice seven league boots, light your
cigarette, push the button, and away
you go. The time is foreseen when
our greatest statesmen. will provide
themselves with the Constantini boot
and laugh at would-be interviewers.
Only one misgiving is nourished.
There is always fly in the ointment,
crumpled rose leaf on the couch Of
joy. Suppose, for instance, that Sec
retary Taft, or General Grosvenor, or
Amador ledger., 1906-01-26

Mrs. Henderson's vegetarian dinners
have always been feature of her
social program during the winter. The
only plea against them is that diners
seriously object to being defrauded,
even if ever SO skilfully, into believing
they are eating meat, patties and cro-
quettes. when, in fact, they are eating
"just vegetables"
This particular dinner in honor of
delegates to the food congress was
voted a distinct success. Those who
were included in Mrs. Henderson's in
vitations declared that had they not
known the exact character of
the dinner to which they sat down they
would have been convinced that vari-
GUS dishes were the result of the study
and ingenuity of Mrs. Henderson's
famous chef who had utilized meat in
a strange but most alluring manner.
Mrs. Henderson was formerly Miss
Mary N. Foote. of New York, and is
one of the most democratic and popu-
ar hostesses in Washington.
Amador ledger., 1906-01-26

great middle class of Americans,
which made of the nation a people of
intelligent thinkers. They already
possessed qualities Of sturdy integrity
and self-reliance which constituted
them good citizens" and their system
of common-school education, sufficient
at that time to meet all the demands of
the country, elevated them as whole
die class" in the world, ready and
able in any period of crisis to decide
great public questions Alright, and to
do, with the courage of their convic-
tions. Since that time what we call
higher education" has developed, and
new systems and methods have sup
planted '"The Hoosier Schoolmaster," +"
and the birch rod, identified with the
Amador ledger., 1906-01-26

MRS. JOHN B. HENDERSON.
|style. Gold, silver and exquisite glass
table appointments characterize her
entertainments and the most promi-
|nent people in the country are her
guests during the social season.
This distinguished hostess long ago
became convert to the vegetarian
System and through a book which she
wrote on the subject, 1.-THE Aristocracy
'of Health" held to her contention that
meat is unnecessary not only to diges-
ton, but to the palate. The boob
aroused much discussion and during a
recent health congress in Washington
Mrs. Henderson arranged one of her
celebrated vegetarian dinners in order
TO prove the strength of her theory.
Some amusement was caused by the
declination of prominent politician
who has a reputation for liking good
'dinners, but who was afraid that with
out meat This evening meal would be
spoiled.
Mrs. Henderson's arrangements for
The dinner were unique.
Rather than offer her own analysis
Amador ledger., 1906-01-26

dear old Uncle Joe" Cannon, or even
Vice-President Fairbanks himself (the
President, it is understood, will stick
to the horse), should put On the motor
boots and start upon a swift es-
cape; suppose, moreover, that in his
agitation he should turn On the mini
mum speed for one foot and the maxi
mum speed for the other, what would
be the condition of our priceless states
man after about two blocks Of that
weird form of travel?
Let it pass. No need to toss upon a
sleepless pillow while as yet the de-
tails are in camera. The motor boot,
like other great agencies of progress,
has come to stay. We can wait while
our betters try it on.