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The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-20
CHAPTER w.

(%1HERE comes a time In the life
of every thinking man or wo-
nan when the argosy of ex-
- istcnce, floating placidly Oh q
smooth and lazy stream, gathers unto
itself speed, rushes swiftly onward
past familiar landmarks OF custom and
convention, boils furiously over resist
ing rocks and ultimately, If not sub
merged I'm an unknown sea, finds itself
again ~meandering through new plains
of wider horizon.
Such a perilOus passage can never be
foreseen. The rapids may begin where
the trees are highest and the meadows
most luXuriant. No warning Is given.
The increased pace of events is pleas.
ant ana eXhilarating. Even the last
wild plunge over the cascade Is neither
resented nor feared. Some frail craft
are shattered in transit, some wholly
shaken, some emerge with riven sails
and furnished embellishments. A few
not only survive the ordeal, but there
by fit themselves for more daring ex-
ploits, more soul stirring adventures.
When the two girls stood with Ste
phen Brand In the narrow entrance to
the lighthouse, the gravity Of their
bright young faces was due solely to
the fact that their father had announc-
ed the serious accidents which had be-
fallen his assistants. No secret mont
tor whispered that fate In her bold and
merciless dramatic action had roughly
removed two characters from the stage
to clear 1t for more striking events.
Not once In twenty years has 1t hap
pened that two out of the three keep
ers maintained on a rock station with
In signaling distance Of the shore have
become incapacitated for duty on the
same day. The thing was so bewilder-
ingly sudden, the arrival Of Constance
and Enid on the scene SO timely and
unexpected, that Brand, a philosopher
of ready decision In most affairs of
life, was at Il loss what to do for the
best now that help, of a sort un-
dreamed of, was at hand.
The case of Jackson, who was scald-
ed, was simple enough. The board of
trade medicine chest supplied to each
lighthouse Is a facsimile of that car
ried by every seagoing steamship. 1t
contained the ordinary remedies for
such an injury, and there would be lit
tie difficulty or danger In lowering the
sufferer to the boat.
But Bates, affair vas. different. He
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-20

no longer needed. The Sly apo,c wa
clearing. A luminous haze Sprpadn'
over the waters hcralGed thr return o
the sun. But the wind was bitteYi,
cold; the fisherman watching the oDc
door. with one eye ON The s"a lest ~
adventurous wave should sweep the
Daisy against the rock, murmured to
himself:
"'Tes Il good job the winds l. the
norrard. This sort o things Il weather
breeder or my name amt Ben Pol.
lard"
And that was how Enid came back
to the Gulf Rock to enter upon the see
ond great epoch of her life.
once before had the reef taken her
to its rough heart and Tended her from
peril. Would it shield her again-res.
cue her from the graver danger whose
shadow even now doomed out of the
deep? What was the bell saying in its
wistful monotony?
Enid neither knew nor cared. Just
then she had other things to think
about.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-20

Dang me, but they're ttUo plucky 'uns."
hurrying to the storeroom for oil and
whitening when he slipped on the
stairs and broke his leg. We must get
them both ashore. Ben, you can take
them?"
AYE, aye, sir"
snow, Constance, you first. Hold
tight and stand in the skip. Your boat
cannot come near the rock"
He swung the derrick into place and
began to work the windlass. Con-
stance, cool as her father, whispered to
the excited Enid:
LET us divide the parcels and take
half each"
"Oh, I should have forgotten all
about them" said Enid, STOPPING to
empty the lockers.
Constance, without Pickering an eye
lid, stepped into the strong basket with
its iron hoops and, having arranged
some Of the plethoric paper bags at her
feet, told her father to hoist away"
She arrived safely. Enid followed
her, with equal sang froid, though a
lift of forty odd feet while standing In
a skip and clinging to a rope Is not an
everyday experience.
Dang me-" said Ben, as Enid. too.
was swung into the lighthouse. "but
they're two plucky 'uns."
The great bell tolled away. though
the snrw had changed to sleet, and the
heights beyond the Lands End were
dlmly visible. SO Its warning note was
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this moment"

this moment"
He vanished.
what can 1t be-" said Constance,
outwardly calm now in the assurance
that her father was safe.
Must ha' bin a accident" said Ben.
THAT signal means Bring Il doctor
An there amt Il blessed tug in harbor,
nor won't be till the tide makes"
'That will mean delay" cried Enid.
give or six hours at least, missy"
The main door at the head of the
iron ladder clamped to the stones
swung back, and Brand leaned out.
He had no greeting for them, nor
words of establishment.
when will the tug reach here, Benz"
he asked.
The fisherman told him the opinion
he had formed.
''Then you girls must come and help
me. Jackson scalded his hands and
arms in the kitchen, and Bates was
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-20

lay almost where he had fallen. Brand
had only lifted him into the storeroom
from the foot of the stairs, placing a
pillow beneath his head, and appealing
both to him and TO jackson to endure
their torture unmoved while he went
to signal for assistance.
The problem that confronted him
now was one of judgment. Was 1t bet
ter TO await the coming Of the doctor or
endeavor to transfer Bates to the boat?
He consulted Ben Pollard again. The
girls were already climbing the steep
stairs to sympathize with and tend to
the injured men.
do you think it will blow harder,
Ben, when the tide turns?" he asked.
The old fellow seemed to regard the
question as most interesting and novel.
Indeed, to him some such query and
its consideration provided the chief
problem of each day. Therefore he
surveyed land, sea and sky most care
fully before he replied:
1T may be Almost anything afore
night, Misser Brand"
At another time Brand would have
smiled. Today he was nervous, dis
traught, wrenched out Of the worn rut
of things.
Il fancy there Is some chance of the
doctor being unable to land when he
reaches the rock. DO you agree with
me?'
His voice rang sharply. Ben caught
It's note and dropped his weatherwise
ambiguity.
"Itll blow harder, an mebbe snaw
ag'in," he said.
II shall need some help here I'm that
case, so | will retain the young ladies.
or course you can manage the boat
easily enough without themT"
Pollard grinned reassuringly.
"We'm run straight in wi thiccy
wind" he said.
SO they settled it that way, all so
simply.
A man sets up two slim masts a
thousand miles apart and flashes CON
~prehensible messages across the void.
The multitude gapes at first, but soon
accepts the thing as reasonable. Wire
less telegraphy" Is the term, as one
says by MALL
A whole drama was flowing over a
curve Of the earth at that moment, but
the Marconi station was invisible.
There was no expert I'm telepathic SEN
sation present to tell Brand and the
fisherman that their commonplace
words covered a magic code.
Jackson. white and mute, was lower
ed first. The brave fellow would not
content himself with nursing his
agony amid the cushions aft. When
Bates. given some slight strength by a
stiff dose Of brandy, was carried with
Infinite carr down three flights of steep
and narrow stairs and slung to the
crane In an iron cot to be lowered in
his turn, Jackson stood up. Needless
of remonstrances, he helped to steady
the cot and adjust 1t amidships clear
Of the sail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-07-20
ITO be Continued
Mere Is Relief for Women.

Mother Gray, a nurse in New York,
discovered an aromatic pleasant herb
cure for women's ills, called Austral-
ian-Leaf. It is the only certain
monthly regulator. Cures female
weaknesses and backache, kidney,
bladder and urinary troubles. At all
druggists or by mail so cents. Sample
free. Address, The Mother Gray Co.,
Leroy, New York.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-03
1T WOULD HELP THE VALLEY

The only natural point of begin
ming or ending for railroad into the
Paradox valley section and also
open up the immense bodies of land
in Shenandoah valley and the mines
in the Paradox. is from this city.
Undoubtedly this was most pat
ent to the gentlemen who came to
this city Tuesday night. for the pur-
pose of investigating the feasibility
of route to the Paradox country,
where they hoped to build.
To open up the vast bodies Of land
to settlement. which are possessed by
these gentlemen, they could not have
better place for beginning than
from this city. The intending settler
is brought through a section Of coun-
try. now rich and productive, which
was of the same character as the raw
lands in the Shenandoah valley are
the present time. He can see what
can be done at once, with energy and
an abundant supply of water. The
lands in the Shenendoah valley are
just as good as any other body of
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-03
RED FLAG OF ANARCHY.

The "red flag" uf anarchy ant
socialism cannot be unfuled or car
ried in the streets of Chicago, MOI
can socialists speak in an incendiarS
manner. melting to violence against
city, state or national government.
Two hundred men, calling them
selves socialists attempted 10 march
through the streets of Chicago on
Tuesday, carrying the red flag. As
soon as IT became known at the city
hall that they proposed to march
with the red flag. fifty policemen
were sent to prevent the carrying of
this emblem of riot and anarchy.
The paraders started without the
red flag and when they attempted to
unfurl one, the man so attempting
was arrested.
We print in another colum the dis
patch giving the circumstance in de
tail.
We just rise to remark that there
are other places beside Grand June
tion, where incendiary speech against
the government is not permitted.
Nor does the Chicago government pro
pose to permit speeches which are in
any way incendiary.
And we think that the police of
Chicago and Mayor Dunno took the
right method of procedure. The red
flag means anarchy. 1t is the emblem
of riot and bloodshed II has no
place whatever in this country.
There is only one flag to be ear
ried. 1t is the flag of our country.
In It and through 1t we see the blood
our fathers shed TO make this land
free. to preserve it against internal
and foreign foes. to maintain a land
for the oppressed Of the earth.
If there are those TO whom it is
not sufficient or those who object TO
live under its blessed stars and
stripes, they have the glorious alter
native of leaving and setting up bust
ness elsewhere. There is no room. no
necessity. or should not be any toll
Grafton of the red flag of anarchy. il
matters not in whose hands II is car
ried.
When arrests were made in this
city last year of socialists. for at
tempting to disturb the peace of the
Sabbath day. the diotum OF the high
er court to which an appeal was made
was that the authorities must be
careful what they did in the reslrie-
tion of speech.
1t will be well for those who then
attempted to override the law. to
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-03

The fruit growers of the North
Fork country around Paonia intend
to use Colorado labor only in gather
ing their fruit, says a dispatch from
Denver In many instances the fruit
and beet growers ship in Russians to
the detriment of Colorado citizen
ship labor, according to this dis
patch but not so with the North Fork
people. Labor Commissioner Brake
has received a letter from c. T. Ra-
walt the Paonia editor, telling him
that they could use 500 Americans
for fruit picking during the fruit sea-
son. They want so shipped in Aug
ust / .. 100 August so, and the others
as needed. Commissioner Brake will
endeavor to furnish the men. II is
stated that the commissioner wants
every fruit district and In fact every
farm district in the state to keep him
informed as to the number of persons
needed and he viii try to furnish
them.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-03
rult land in western colorado.

fruit land in western Colorado.
But far greater, in our mind. are
the mining possibilities possessed by
the section Of country through which
the road must necessarily pass, to
reach the objective point that the
road has in mind. the rich lands OF
the valley referred to above. The
mineral bodies of all that section
have been known to be rich for a
long period of years. They have
not been given the development they
should have. had there been means
by which the ore could have been
brought to market. That there
are mines rich in copper deposits in
the Paradox country. which can be
developed into large producers and
paying mines, there is hardly a ques-
tion of doubt in the mind of anyone.
who has ever visited that section or
who has any knowledge whatever Of
mines or ore bodies.
Again there is located in this city
well equipped smelter which is only
too anxious to enlarge the area of its
operations. as It has the capacity and
is anxious to make a showing of It's
capacity.
Altogether we think the proposed
road would be one Of the greatest
feeders ever built in this section of
the state and would make a more di-
rect through route TO Southern Colo
rado. than the route now by way Of
the Rio Grande southern.
II Is a down hill haul from all
points and our citizens cannot do too
much to encourage the building of
this proposed road.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-03
JUDGE HALLETs STATEMENT.

There will be many who will agree
With the statement of Judge Hallett.
made yesterday in his speech. when
retiring from his great office as a
federal law judge that. we have zap
Nrantly fallen upon a period of de-
cline in the law. the extent of which
has not been estimated. The means
Of rescue from this condition is very
nearly the whole problem of govern
nent
And why should they not believe
Enh Judge Hallett's statement?
Shat have the laws exponents in the
as' decade done to engage the con
auehee OF the people in the admin
huatlon of the law and the law itself.
instead Of plainly attempting to in
T'pret the law and found their de-
e''ohs on common sense and abso-
,u'e Justice. the bar and the judges,
nave made the law a confusing jum-
~ 'he courts and the members of
'ae oar believe that the plain people
W not understand that for every
sp"'Oh rendered in the courts in any
'a'e IN the union. that some other
s9u' IN some other state will in all
Probability reverse such decision.
hne people understand only too
Prevail. "
y complex too, have the proceed
sa ol courts become that cases of
ny ,, interest and affecting great in
e' are dismissed and forever
.,'4, .-,'ea from being heard again, on
'eanlcal points.
a.. me average American cannot un-
N ,els'and why a case involving the
!, 1p0sal of property. the punishment
"A. H'ine' charging malefactors with
"A. 'onmission of crimes against
49, s''u veal of the people and hun
]. us Oh other cases shall fail of trial
"a, lamlssion for trial to courts. be
~ VI some technical mode of pro-
,,ss, e' which may perhaps have been
t,l,t '0oRed in preparation for such
N. 4en again they cannot. understand
4 " seems practically impossible
.,., ,s4''ct a man of great wealth for
No.. ana misdemeanors. when the
no" wretch without dollar of
n. must be railroaded through |
,4,v. .our's and possibly be made to
,,o. e term without having had
roper defense.
.ola, m 'hese things the people are
NM, lug and have held against the
d, - - 'or Years past. They cry out
.9.,.e e palmer method of justice,
+, y rom deliberation and eandor
4. 4e part of the courts and those
~ are its officers.
\, ~" speech of Judge Hallett. with
M y years of service in the courts
ma !, sountry. ought to make a deep
~, sung impression upon the mem
~, ~ the bar of this state. They
IA 'een taken to task by one who
: p'e moral right so to do and they
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-03

read carefully the manner in which
these fomenters of trouble are being
handled in the larger cities. Liberty
does not mean license, nor do those
who love their country and even have
liberal views so interpret it, There
is ample liberty here for all. The
government and the laws originally
made for the preservation of prop
erty are all right. When anything
is wrong it arises from those whose
udty 1t is to administer the law and
also from those who think that the
high estate to which they are called
as expounderes OF the law. gives
them license to misinterpret the law.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-03

cannot quibble. if the plain people
echoing the language and the senti-
ment of Judge Hallett, ask that some
thing be done to reform the courts
and the bar. so that justice will have
palmer sailing and that the great
and high consideration always en-
joyed by the bench and bar. coming
from the regard of the people be re-
turned to them again.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-03

John A. Holmberg. state secretary
of the Improved Order of Redmcn,
yesterday sent Mayor Schmitze, Of
San Francisco, a check for $1,000 to
be used for relief work in that city.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-03

The city is as anxious TO own a
twenty ton steam roller for the
streets, as little boy is to purchase
pair of red top boots.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-03

We cuss the mud, but we will soon
be cussing the dust. The better way
is to take conditions as they come.
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-03

see the Aringtons' tonight at the
Park opera house. first class rep
ertoire company playing at popular
prices
The daily sentinel., 1906-05-03

The field of thievery is becoming
rather restricted. when the "profesh"
must steal corner stones of churches.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23

Lynchburg Va. December p 1906.
sales OF loose tobacco on the Lynchburg
market for the two weeks ending Deem
Der =. 800, reported by John l. Ogiesby,
or L}nch's Warehouse.
sod week ending December 18th. $500
pounds; sold week ending December zlst.
$500 pounds. decrease FOR week ending
December list, G-,OO0 pounds.
sold from September I. 1916. 70 .,eceu-
Der Il. 1896, 6,S8S00 ponds. sold from
september /, 1916. 70 December =. 1916,
$3.50 pounds; increase for 1906 Los. ~
pounds
The offerings this week were much
lShter than last, and was very larg IS
Of the lower gardes. The condition. color
and size 0f the leaf was fairly good but
the quality and texture was consideraoIy
on The prices were fully Up TO the quo
tEtion, and was generally satisfactory TO
the planters. This week ends the first
third Of the tobacco year The receipts
have been much heavier than for the same
months for some years past. The tobacco
y as more largely OF the common and
medium grades This was because the
crop was badly damaged by the excess
sive wet season during the housing and
curing Of the tobacco. The sales OF to-
Dacco VIII be suspended from Decent Der
list 70 Monday January :. 1907.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
LEATHER IN BRAZIL.
Extending ShOemaking Industry
Creates Greater Market.

Consul-General G. f. Anderson. Of Rio
de Janeiro. sees better chance for the
sale OF American leather in Brazil He
writes:
Brazil manufactures considerable leath-
er. but it also imports extensively. the
record for 1904 being 1,45l.056 pounds.
valued at about Sl.62 O97. OF that France
furnished little over one-half. Germany
about one-hfth, and the United States
about one-twelfth. OF the imports about
seven-twelfths came to Rio de Janeiro
and about one-hfth to sac Paulo by way
of Santos. There was also imported sole
leather TO the extent of 1879 pounds,
valued at 1892.
These leather imports are mostly for
shoemaking. and there is a great change
now in progress in the shoe1nakng in
duNv Of Brazil. The introduction Of
American shoemaking machinery has been
IN progress for some time. For the past
few weeks there has been a strike OF
shOemakers in Rio de Janeiro, some Z. 900
men being out One of the most direct
results OF this strike has been the Inn
mediate introduction OF American shoe
making machinery This creates some
demand for feathers suited to Ameri-
can style footwear and also 4 pe~ina-
nent market for American leather The
situation demands action on behalf of
American leather interests. A similar
change Is also going on in Sac Paulo.
The two ports take about three-fourths
OF the leather imports OF the country.
There should be an American leather rep
resentative in the field here. and in the
meanwhile something may be done by
corresponding with Arms in Rio dc ia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23

IONS &c nn- !S- sr- De n1ber. 5z5tc. O1ts-
spot steady. mixed. 1sGsl1c.
Bset-firm family. tifg = 70; ness ssas o.:
picked BELLIES io1. al2c. Isprk-steady. fan,-
lily tb-Joa T. 20. Tal!ow-Steady Pet. o cum
STEADY. Hsein-S-eady at - =. Turpenune-
Ricc-Steady. Aolasser.-l2iiet: New Or
sesns. "etse; sugar-It-iw. weak; fair r.
ming. l-lt0o $40; centrifugal. s-l6u
: BIG; nolasses sugar. 2 l3-Isg- z7-32c.: re-
nneo quiet Conee-spot Arm No. T. 7lsa
Gql5 points higher. Butter-f steady. unchanged.
.heese-Gllet unchanged Eggs-r.aey near
mixed. extra. 34gSec. western. nrsts sc
seconds z6UTi4c.
Peanuts and Frelzhts-Quiet Potatoes-
steady Cabbages-Duils prices unchanged.
totlouseed Ol-Guiet and about steady. Prime
crude. O. b. mills. sli1c; prime summer
yellow 81 prime white ana prime winter
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
RICHWCVI' GRAIN NiaRKEr
Richmond Va. December %. 1916.
QUOTATIONS..
CATTLE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. December c2-CATTLEs- Esfi-
mated receipts, 80 head. Market steady.
B,eves. sfgs.eo; cows and heifers. 81 .5OG5 10;
stockers and feeders. 81 1914 80; Texans. S2.55G
Hogs-Estimated receipts. IS 0O0 head. Market
DC. lower. Mixed and butchers. s. .95G6 g:
good. heavy. S. l5u6.25; rough. heavy s. sOlD
600; light S5S5Q6. 20; pigs. s. 40a6. 10; bulk OF
sales s5.05G6 %. Shcep-Estima ed receipts
500 head. Market steady. Sheep, s. 75G5. 90
lambs. S475d7.65.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23

NEW YORK December 22.-BEEVES-Re-
ceipts 225 head Nothing doing Dressed beef
quiet at 65WSc. for native sides: fancy beef
sifc. per pound. Calves-Receipts. 20 head:
very little doing. Common TO fair veals $50
go banyard calves 80. coarse Southern
calves, $500. Sheep and Lamhs-Receiprs $40
head. Choice sheep and weathcrs. s.. 25eI6 90;
medium ewes. $500. common and medium
Market nominalIy lower
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
READING LEADS
DOWNWARD TURN
Failure Of House With Large
Holdings Throws Stock on
Market.
HILL SECURITIES ARE WEAK
The Critical Stage of Railroad
Wage Disputes Helped to
Depress Market.
HILL SECURITIES ARE WEAK

NEW YORK. December 22-Reading
was acutely depressed I'm to-day's stock
market. and the heavy unloading OF the
stock was unexplained by any special
news until the announcement Of the fail
ure OF a house With stock exchange con-
nectons and a branch Office IN Philadel-
pnla- II Is supposed that some large
accounts ia Reading wore carried by the
mouse The whole list was affected In
sympathy. bur 70 moderate extent in
COZ" parison, until the final break IN the
market. after the failure was announced
traders joined 10 the selling OF Reading
under the supposition that the heavy spec
uituFe liquidation was based on disap-
pointmept over the failure 20 raise the
uiFidend rate on stock
Tie Hill stocks showed n renewal OF
the weakness which has affected them
ever since the new stock issues OF North
western railroads was announced
reduction Of the loan account Of less
IMAM haf "a million dSiars was regarded
as an inadequate result TO be shown after
the painful liquidation which has been
week
The approval OF the critical stage I'm the
dispute over wages Of railroad yarinen
ia The neighborhood Of New YORK was a
contributory cause OF weakness
Total sales Of bonds. par value. sess 90
Total sales Of stocks. 5S2 20 shares
MONEY AND EXCHANGE: CLOSE
Money on call steady; no loans. Time
loans steady. sixty days Gao per cent. /:
ninety days. Sns ID per cent. six months
l--tf7 per cent Prime mercantile PAPER.
tn6 - per cent Sterling exchange easier
with actual business In bankers bills
at 81 Sl6Ns $50 for demand. and at
= T775nfss for Hixty-dav bills. Posted
rates. $40 1-214S0 and As4 I-2a4 s.
Commercial bills. ff77 l-3d4.77 a. Bar
$50 i
cents Government bonds. easy. railroad
bonds heavy.