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CHAPTER Xxx.

IN AN OAKLEY went to Chicago.
intending to see Holloway and
resign, but he found that the
- Huckleberry's vice president
was In New York on business, and no
one in his office seemed to know when
he would return, so he sat down and
wrote u letter telling him of the con-
dition Of affairs at Antioch and ex-
planning the utter futllity. in view Of
what had happened, Of his trying to
cope with the situation.
He waited five days for reply and,
none coming, wired to learn IL his let
ter had been received. This produced
results. Holloway wired back that he
had the letter under consideration and
requested Oakley to remain In Chicago
until he returned, but he did not say
be accepted. Since there was nothing
to be done but await Holloway's pleas
ure in the matter Dan employed his en-
forced leisure in looking about for an
other position. He desired a connec-
ton which would take him out of the
country, for the farther away from
Antioch and Constance Emory he could
get the better he would be satisfied.
He fancied he would like to 90 ia
South America. He was willing to &C
cept almost any kind Of post-salary
was no longer consideration with
him. What he required was a radical
change, with plenty Of hard work.
BY far bis greatest anxiety was his
father. He watched the papers close
~. expecting each day to read that h
had been captured and sent back b
Antioch. but the days slipped past. and
there was no mention Of him. Holt,
with whom he was in constant CORE
spondence, reported that interest in his
capture had considerably abated, while
the organized pursuit had entirely
ceased
Dan had the feeling that he should
never see him again, and the pathos
Of his age and dependence tore his
heart In manner too. he blamed
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haDs a score Of houses scattered along

haps a score Of houses scattered along
q sandy stretch Of country road.
The B. and A. had its connection with
the M. and w. at this point. 1t was also
the beginning of rich agricultural
district, and the woods gave place to
cultivated fields and farm lands.
It was late afternoon as Roger Oak.
ley approached Buckhorn. When it was
dark he would cross the railroad and
take his chance there. He judged from
the light In the sky that the fire had
already burned In between Buckhorn
and Antioch. This gave him certain
sense Of security. Indeed, the fire sur.
rounded Buckhorn In every quarter ex.
cept the south. Where there was no
timber or brush it crept along the rail
fences or ran with tiny spurts Of fame
through the dry weeds and dead stub.
BILE which covered much Of the cleared
land.
He could see Il number of people
moving about quarter of a mile west
Of the depot. They were tearing down
a burning fence that was In perilous
proximity to some straw stacks and a
barn.
He heard and saw the ESQ ON the
NJ. and w. pull in. This was the Chica.
60 express, and the Huckleberry's local,
which was due at Antioch at midnight,
connected with it. This connection in.
volved a wait of three hours at Buck.
horn. Only one passenger left the
train. He disappeared into the depot.
Roger Oakley waited until It was
quite dark, and then, leaving the strip
Of woods just back Of the depot, where
he had been hiding. stole cautiously
down to the track. He had noticed that
there were an engine and some freight
cars on one of the sidings. He moved
among them. keeping well in the
shadow. Suddenly he paused. Two
men emerged from the depot They
came down the platform in the direc.
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SYNOPSIS.

Chapter 1.--Dan Oakley. manager Of
the Buckhorn and Antioch railroad,
known as the "Huckleberry.") re-
csives two letters. one telling him that
his convict father. oyer Oakley. has
been pardoned. and the other that Gen.
sral Cornish. the owner of the B. and
A.. 10 about to visit Antioch. 11.--Oak-
ley visits DR.. Emory and meets Con-
stance Emory. Other visitors are Grlff
Ryder. owner OF the Antiock Herald,
and Turner Joyce. the local artist III
Oakley tells Gen. Cornish that in err
der to keep the caf shops running Il cut
In wages Is necessary. Iv--oakley tells
Holt. his assistant treasurer. of the
proposed cuts. v.-Roger Oakley ap-
pears in Antioch. He IL a worthy old
man. who killed an enemy In self de-
Tense and was unjustly convicted of
murder. vI-Roger Oakley goes to
work In the car chops. Griff Ryder
tries to induce Dan to keep a friend
at work. Oskley refuses. vII--Oakl sy
and Ryder are rivals for Constaucs
Emeory's favor. vIII-Kenyon, can
Atdate for congress. whose cousin Is
warden Of the Jail in which Roger Oak
ley was imprisoned. Ryder learns the
old wan's history. N-oakiey cuts
wages In the car shops. He 10 attack
ed by the Herald. x-Oakley's office
boy learns from the son or one OF the
men that the men are planning a
strike and that Ryder Is spreading the
tale that Roger Oakley Is a criminal
x1--The men in the car shops refuse
to work with Roger Oakley. Bran
yon, their leader, is discharged. Kill
Oakley tells DR.. Emory that he will
stay in Antioch and face the situation.
MII-Oakley has final interview
with Constance. XIV and Xv-The
car shop men go on strike XVI and
XVII-Roger Oakley visits Ryder to
try to induce him to cease his at
tacks on Dan. In a struggle the ed
itor is killed accidentally. The body
Is found and the slayer's identity dis
covered. The old man fees. XVII
The sheriff arrests for the murder
a man, who Is afterward released.
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memory when the latter mentioned bis
telegram.
II can't accept your resignation" he
said, fussing nervously among the pa
pers on his desk. ~ didn't put you
ut Antioch That was General Cor
nishs own idea, and don't know what
he'll think"
at has got past the point where I
care what he thinks" retorted Dan
.urtly. You must send some one else
there to take hold"
why didn't you cable him instead of
writing met" fretfully Il don't know
what he will want. only It's pretty GER
tain to he the very thing l shan't|
think Of"
II would have cabled him II l had
considered 1t necessary, but It never
occurred to me that my resignation
would not he agreed to on the spot, as|
my presence in Antioch only widens|
the breach and increases the difficulty
Of settlement with the men,"
"Whom did you leave In charge9'|
inquired Holloway.
"Holt.'
who's heY'
"He's Kerr's assistant" Dan ex-
planned
"Why didn't you leave Kerr inl
charger" demanded Ne vice president
81 laid him off," said Dan In a tone|
Of evaporation, and then he added, to|
forestall more questions: HE was in|
sympathy with the men, and he hadn't
the sense to keep 1t to himself. II
couldn't be bothered with him, SO got|
rid of him."
"Well, l must say you have made al
frightful mess of the whole business
Oakley, but told General Cornish
from the first that you hadn't the train
Ing for the position"
Dan turned very red in the face at
this, but he let it pass.
ats too bad" murmured Holloway,
still lingering the letters on the desk.
"Since you are in doubt, why don't
you cable General Cornish for instruc-
lions, or, II there Is reason why you
don't care to, II is not too late for me
TO cable" said Dan.
This proposal did not please Hollo-
way at all, but he was unwilling to ad-
NIT that he feared Cornish's displeas-
ure which, where he was concerned,
usually took the form Of present ST.
lence and Il subsequent sarcasm that
dealt with the faulty quality of his
judgment. The sarcasm might come
six months after 1t had been inspired,
bilt II was certain to come aO0nor mr.
later and to be followed by bad half
hour, which Cornish devoted to past
mistakes. Indeed. Cornlsh's attitude
toward him had become through long
association one of chronic criticism,
and he was certain to be unpleasantlyI
affected both by what he did and byI
what he left undone.
"Why don't you wait until the gen-|
eral returns from England? That's notI
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~ can't accept your resignation"
far off now. Under the circumstances
he'll accept your resignation"
HE will have to- said Oakley
briefly.
Don't worry. He'll probably de-
mand it." remarked the vice president
disagreeably.
IF you are so sure of this, why don't
you accept it," retorted Dan.
II have no one to appoint in your
place."
whats wrong with Holt? He'll do
temporarily
II couldn't ssel positive Of his being
satisfactory to General Cornish. Hes
a very young man. amt hep
Eyes. 1 suppose you'd call him Z
young man, but he has been with the
road for long time and has q pretty
level head. l have found him very
trustworthy"
II would have much greater conf
dence In Kerr. He's quiet and conserv-
alive. and he's had an excellent train
ing with u.s.
Well, then, you can get him. He u
doing nothing and will be glad to
come"
But you have probably succeeded
In antagonizing him"
II hope So" with sudden cheerful
hess. 1T was a hardship not to be able
to give him a sound thrashing. That's
what he deserved"
Holloway looked shocked. The young
man was displaying recklessness of
temper which was most unseemly ana
entirely unexpected.
a -A- @a 7&- a
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Antioch on the night or the
wv murder he was resolved
that, happen what might, he
would not be taken.
For half an hour he traversed back
alleys and grass grown side Streets
seeing no one and unseen, and present
ly found himself to the north of the
town.
Then he sat down to rest and con-
slider the situation.
He was on the smooth, round top of
hillside At his back were woods and
fields. while down In the hollow below
him, beyond a middle space that was
neither town nor country, he saw the
lights of Antioch twinkling among the
trees. Dannie was there somewhere,
wondering why he did not return.
Nearer at hand, across a narrow lane,
where the ragweed and Unison and
pokeberry fourished rankly, was the
cemetery
The night was profoundly still. until
suddenly the town bell rang the alarm.
The old convict's face blnnched ut the
sound. and he came slowly 10 his feet.
The bell rang on. The lights among
the trees grew In number dogs harked
there was the murmur OF voices. liz
clapped his hands to his ears ana
plunged Into the woods
He had no clear idea OF where he
was going. but all night lue he p0t
ded steadily forward. his one thoual
10 be as far from Antioch a- posi- NJ
by morning. When at last nalHa
came, with Its song Of half awaken.
birds and its level streal@ of lt-A
piercing the gray dawn. he rruta
bered that he was hungry u. 81 IT,
had eaten nothing since Il .Fl t.e
before He stopped at th trst faas
house he came 10 for bf1i3st al
CT his request the farmers BE gu ST
a lunch for him TO carry Hmay
1t was night again wheu Lt ras,,ie
Barrow's Sawmllls. H. vealurc
boldly into the one genera -.ac. H
made number of purrr US. &
storekeeper was frankly eur!oss
learn what he was doing a gls 0
was going, but the old CON aacF sM
questions with surly reserve
When he left the store u.s. tOp,s
one road out Of the place aad im5f
mile farther on forsook tbs. r1m E.
the woods.
1t was nearly midnight ,Arl he :
into camp. He built a fire and TOMS, &
some thin strips OF bacon lie mal.
bis supper Of these and a few crackers
He realized that he must harbor rs
slender stock Of provision
He had told himself on, atI
that he was not fit to live ..-.tf.
He would have TO dwell ,a @.,
dangerous animal. shunns
lows. The solitude and tbs laa-..i
suited him. He would make Il pe4N
nent camp somewhere elase -
lakes. in the widest spot lia c3t'l IL.
and end his days there.
He carried in his pocket q sil;il raj.
road map of the state and Ia H.
morning. after a careful study Of il
marked out his course That day, an.
for several days following, he ploddel
ON and on In a tireless patient fash
Ion. and with but the briefest stops a
noon for his meager lunch Each morn
fng be was up and on his way with tn,
1xgt Gitmmer Of light. and he kept hil
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ton of the cars. They We're talking
earnestly together One swung himself
up into the engine and lighted torch.
He wondered what they were doing
and stole nearer.
They We're standing on the platform
now, and the man who held the torch
had his back to him. His companion
was saying something about the wires
being down.
He listened lntently.
Antioch was in danger, and II An
tioch was in danger-Dannie-
All at once the man with the torch
turned. and its light suffused his face.
1t was Dan Oakley.
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Continued Next week.)

! think there Is no better baking
powder than Cleveland's.
Mrs. DR.. Carver. North Yakima.
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CHAPTER KIN.

OI1itI En- -NIsN.
YHEN Roger Oakley fled from
M Antioch on the night of the
wv murder he was resolved
that. happen what might, he
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The Manager Of
the B. { A.
BY VAUGHAN KESTER

Copyright. 1901. by Harper Il Brothers
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IN AN OAKLEY went to Chicago,
intending to see Holloway and
resign, but he found that the
- Huckleberrys vice president
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-08-02
THE MINGLING OF RACES.
Similarity Between the Organization
and Development of Plant and
Human Life.

In the course of many years Of in
vestigation into the plant life of the
world, creating new forms, modifying
old ones, adapting others to new con-
ditions and blending still others, |
have constantly been impressed, writes
Luther Burbank, in "The Training OF
the Human Plant" in Century, with the
similarity between the organization
and development Of plant and human
life. While l have never lost sight
of the principle of the survival Of the
fittest and all that it implies as an
explanation of the development and
progress of plant life, | have come to
find in the crossing Of species and in
selection, wisely directed, great and
powerful instrument for the tran&
formation of the vegetable kingdoQt
along lines that lead constantly u3
ward. The crossing of species Is ID
me one paramount. Upon 1t, wisely d.
rected and accompanied by as rigid
an exclusion of the poorest, rests the
hope of all progress. The mere cross
ing of species, unaccompanied by Sc
lection. wise supervision, intelligent
care. and the utmost patience, is not
likely to result in marked good, and
may result in vast harm. morgan
lied effort is often most vicious in its
tendencies.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-08-02

QUAKES OF BIBLE TIMES.
Record of Earth Upheavals in the
Holy Land Found in Bib
lical History.

Earthquakes, more or less violent,
have been of frequent occurrence liz
Palestine, but the recorded instances
have not been many. The most re-
markable one recorded In biblical his
tory occurred in the reign of Uyziah
Amos |, /, in Zech. xiv, 81, which
Josephus connected with the sacrilege
and consequent punishment of that
monarch Gil Chron., XVI, 49,.
From Zechariah, xiv, 4, one is led to
infer that a great CONFUSION took
place at this time in the Mount of
olives, the mountain splitting so as to
leave a valley between its SUBMITS.
Josephus records something of this
kind, but his account is by no means
clear.
An earthquake occurred at the time
of the crucifxion of the Saviour MAT
thew xvii, 51-54).
Earthquakes are not infrequently
accompanied by assures of the earth's
surface. Instances of this are record
ed in connection with the destruction
of Korah and his company Numbers
xvi, 32) and at the time of the death
of the Saviour (Matthew XVI, 5D:
"And, behold! the vail of the temple
was rent in twain from the top to the
bottom; and the earth did quake, and
the rocks rent" etc.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-08-02
APAcHES SUN WoRSHIPERs.
Orb Of Day Always Besought for Fa-
vor Upon Undertaking Any
Expedition.

The Apaches, like many other North
American tribes, are sun-worshipers
Their myths tell them that the sun
is the all-powerful deity and to it all
applications are addressed. On going
into battle, planting corn, or on start
ing on a cattle-stealing expedition, the
sun is asked to look with favor. That
they believe in future world, writes
e. S. Curtis, in Scribner's, is proved
by their custom of killing horses and
burying them, as well as their cloth
ing and implements of the chase, for
life In the future world. Not only the
medicine men but the people claim to
hold communion with the Chindi or
spirits of their ancestors. They are
also great believers in omens, tails
mans and amulets, but are very con-
servative and 1t Is with difficulty that
one gets them to discuss things SUPER
natural. They will not talk about God
among their own people with familiar
ity, and scarcely at all with the white
man.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-08-02
CURIOUS HABITS OF FOXES
Do Not Modest Birds or Animals Of
Their Immediate Neigh
borhood.

The animals on which the fox usu,
ally preys are often left untouched
round his own home; and it is even
asserted that nothing is killed on the
side of the hill in which that home is
made. says Native Notes.
In small patch of nettles within
a few feet of the mouth of the foxes
earth a partridge placed her nest and
brought off her brood. Round this net
tie bed the cubs were constantly to
be seen, and in 1t they played hide
and seek. In another case the en-.
trance to an earth was surrounded
by five or six rabbit holes, the tenants
of which were unmolested by their
next-door neighbors.
In third litter Of cubs was placed
in large pit surrounded by fencing,
from which there was no escape, and
in which there were a number of rab-
bits. None of these was attacked by
the cubs, though they would seize
dead rabbit in full sight Of the per-
son who had shot and thrown 1t to
them.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-08-02
LUNAcY AS A PROFESSION.
Isle of Wight Man Evinces an I'm
accountable Desire to Stay
in An Asylum

man has just been discharged
from the Isle of Wight asylum under
extraordinary circumstances, having
twice feigned madness with such sue
cess that he was committed to that
institution as dangerous lunatic.
Ten years ago he started on his
career as a professional "lunatic,"
and he was the first inmate of the
Isle of Wight asylum. At that time
he was soon discharged, as the
asylum authorities were satisfied he
was shamming
About month ago he arrived at
Cowes from Southampton, where,
seemingly under the influence of
drink. he was chasing children and
women in the streets and acting in
an extraordinary manner. When
taken to the police station he spoke
of military relations and millions OF
money, but as the local doctor sus.
pected he was shamming he directed
his removal to the workhouse.
There he INDUCED in window
smashing, and having done consider
able damage he was removed to the
asylum as q dangerous lunatic. The
medical superintendent at once rec
ognized him and turned him out. The
mysterious individual refused to re-
turn to the workhouse and has Tot
since troubled the authorities
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-08-02
SOLDIERS DON'T REENLIST.
Find, When Discharged, Other En-
ployment Presenting Greater
inducements.

Even hospital accommodations and
medicines, which are furnished to the
soldier free, are now being provided
by many of the large industrial corpo-
rations without charge to their en-
ployes. Medical attention is provided
by many for the sick, schools main
tanned for the young, comfortable
quarters constructed for living pur-
poses, hours of labor reduced, and
other inducements offered which make
the lot of the laborer far more easy
and attractive than ever before. But
the pay Of the soldier remains prac-
tically the same as it was 30 years
ago.
The prosperous period in our coun-
trys history as yet makes no CORE
spending betterment for the pay of the
soldier, and he is the only one who
has not shared in the general pros
perity. The nay of the private, cor
poral and sergeant of the line is the
same as that fixed by congress july
1, 1871. What wonder that noncom-
missioned officers or privates who are
discharged with excellent character do
not reenlist, when they can find other
employment at higher wages, fewer
restrictions and more attractive in
ducements?
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-08-02
CIRGENTI THE BEAUTIFUL.
No Place Of Ruins in the Whole
World More Beautiful
Than This.

Writes William Sharpe in ''The Gar
den of the Sum-" in Century: Every
one has heard of Girgenti, as of SYRIA.
cuse, before coming to Sicily. The
most beautiful city of Sntiquity has
left an enduring name, and if the Cir.
GENT Of to-day be far from the Agri-
gentum of Roman splendor, and still
further from the Acragas of Green
beauty and magnificence, it is still
nobly worth seeing. Even the least
responsive imagination can hardly fail
to apprehend some idea Of what this
town must have been of old, when
Aeragas, with its vast extent and over
100000 inhabitants, looked out across
the dark-blue waters of the Greek sea,
or Mare Africano, from lordly viii.
derness of supreb temples and magnif'
cent buildings Of all kinds. To-day it
is worth pilgrimage from the ends
of the earth. There is perhaps no
place of ruin in the whole world more
beautiful than this. To see it, as the
present writer last saw it, in a gold.
en- sunset glow, with the great temples
cleaning like yellow ivory, and the
town itself of dusky gold, and the
sea beyond, and uplands and noun.
tains behind, irridated with a serene
glory of light, is to see what will be fol
life an unforgettable impression, an
ever deeply moving remembrance.
To localize the three loveliest views
in Sicily (and fancy that most trav
elers would agree with mel, l should
specify that from the terrace of the
Hotel Timeo at Taormina, that from
the monastery-hostelry of Madonna
del Tindaro over Tyndaris and the
Aeolian isles, and that from the ter
race of the Hotel Belvidere on the
south wall Of Girgenti, looking out on
the lovely temples, the beautiful up.
lands and slopes, and the blue sea
washing Porto Empedocle below.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-08-02
MOTHER OF THE MIKADO.
Was Not the Wife of His Father, EN-
peror Komei, But Concubine
Who Still Lives,

The Japanese emperor Is not, as
often stated, the son of the dowager
empress who died in 1897, writes Mary
Crawford Fraser in Worlds Work.
His mother, who still lives. was the
concubine Of Emperor Komei. The pc
culiar constitution of the Japanese
family gives very little prominence
to the maternal rights Of a woman
who occupies this subordinate position.
Her child, although he may be the
heir of all his fathers honors, does
not reflect his glory upon her. All his
filial love and respect must go to the
wife. whom he Is taught to regard as
his true mother. In old times the veri.
table mother saw little of her child,
as it was feared that the strong natural
bond between them might interfere
with his affection and respect for the
lady who was sole mistress Of the
house She in her turn was expected
to love and cherish all her husbands
children with equal warmth. Japan
has asked much of its women and has
not asked in vain. High or low, gen.
tie or simple, the Japanese wife is
above reproach, the incarnation OF
faithfulness and devotion-magnih-
cent in her loyalty to the duties Of her
state.