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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-09-06
DAVIDSON NOMINATED FOR
GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN
Secures the Republican Nomination at
the Primaries in Badger State by
10000 Majority.
to the Daily Pioneer.

Special to the Daily Pioneer 81. -
Milwaukee, Sept. 6,-The latest re-
turns from Tuesdays primary elec-
tions throughout Wisconsin, though
far from being complete, indicate that
Governor James o.. Davidson, Rep,
swept the state, winning from his op.
ponent, Speaker Irvine L. Lenroot, in
the race for the nomination for gov.
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where at $50 sharp the train
arrives from Eagle Bend, bearing
Mr.. Pendergast to his home.
This demons tration is not of q
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lhe black car had now nearly four hun
dred miles, and the strain of the headlong rush
through the darkness would have shattered the
nerves of any ordinary man. But William Jord-
ison was scarcely human that night. No auto
maton of steel and iron could have been less slls
ceptible to fatigue or fear
AT last. though he knew it not, he crossed the
borders OF Hertfordshire and rushed into Essex
He could not see more than fifty yards in front
OF him. He only knew that he was still going
into the east Upward slopes downward grades
fiat stretches of level road, conveyed nothing to
his mind His sense of locality was gone; the
east the sea-line was his only boundary. When
he reached it, fortune alone would take him
north or south to his destination
Then at last the boundary came out at him
like fash out of the darkness. There was a
sudden roughening of the road, the crunch of
shingle and clatter of stones, and he brought his
car to dead stop Looking round he could see
nothing but stones and sand with patch of sea-
lavender and a glistening curtain of water that
streamed like silvery waterfall from the dark
heavens above.
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danger that faced him. He cast hurried glance
at his watch and realized in flash that he had
miscalcuated the tide by least half an hour, and
that the nor easter, which was heaping up the
waters on the land, had magnifed this error into
one of serious Importance,
He quickened his pace so as to gain the next
turning while there was still some chance of fol-
lowing out the road. The thin film of water,
harmless in itself, yet enough to blur sand
and causeway into an indistingushable plain of
sea. AS the car shot forward, tiny waves began
to ripple across its path and the wheels churned
them into white foam and a continuous shower
of spray
The tide runs up the North Ray flats with in
credible swiftness, and, with easterly wind be-
hind it, it slops along like millrace. Before
Jordson had gone another quarter of mile, it
was nearly up to his axles and the great car
shuddered as it ploughed the waters into creamy
foam ,Jordison's whole body was cold as mar
BILE statue His indomitable spirit was beaten
down and crushed by the elements. The kissing
rain the shrieking and buffeting wind, the surg
ing waters the impenetrable darkness, all closed
on him in unison. He had to fight them single
handed, with such strength one man may
have and the throbbing force OF the machinery
beneath him. He was drenched from head to
foot, and the car ran with water. But his strong
fingers gripped the steering like wise, and
he still imagined in his own heart that he would
gain the victory
Yet, how simple thing will alter the destiny
Of n mans life.
The crossroads to the shore were marked by
two switches set close together on either corner
of the turning These switches differed from the
others that marked the main road by having old
tin cans hung from the top of them. Now it so
happened that week before the events narrated
in this chapter small boy. on mischief bent had
moved one Of these cans and converted it into a
treasure-house for various stones and bits of
glass that he had gathered from the beach.
Jordison passed this switch and, coming to the
next one with its tin can, turned sharply to the
right thinking it to be the first of the two guide
posts. though it was in reality the second. The
great car swung round in the water with the
surge of liner turning in the trough Of an angry
sea- Then the fore part of it sank and shivered
and stopped suddenly, and Jordison was flung
ont from his seat into two feet Of water.
He scrambled TO his feet and rose dripping
from the sea- He still thought he was on the
hardway and quickly resolved to leave the car
and struggle shoreward ON foot. The yellow lamp
still shed its CLEAN over the waters, and the
black car loomed behind IL like wreck marked
out by the Trinity House authorities.
Jordison raised one foot to step forward and
found 10 his horror that he was gripped by the
ankle. Then he tried the other, but something
had laid hold OF il by the calf. He exerted all
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his great strength and tore one foot from the
bonds that clasped it, but the movement thrust
the other farther into the sand. 1t was buried
now almost to the knee and the water came
above his waist. The light of the car was but
two yards from him. If he could only reach it
there would at least be something solid beneath
his feet.
He flung himself on his face and swan as to
keep his head above water. One leg was free and
he was careful not to touch the sand with that
foot But the other was slowly being sucked
down.
Jordison took most of the weight off his body
by swimming, but the quicksands seemed to have
peculiar power of suction apart from the weight
Of the thing they grasped His efforts only pro-
longed the agony. Inch by inch he was drawn
down into the depths until the sand reached near
ly to his waist. Again and again he flung himself
forward and tried to reach the car, which was it.
self sinking down into the same doom. Once he
got within six inches of it, but never afterward
50 near. The water surged past him in little
waves.
He shrieked aloud and the only answer was the
howl of the wind and the splash of many waters.
Then suddenly the light of the car sank beneath
the sea and there was darkness. And in that
darkness William Jordson died.
CTHE ENDl
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{ n APTER XXXII
THE ROAD ON THE SANDS.

WY V1ORDISON dismounted from the car and
IA listened attentively. He could hear
ESSHsS nothing but the roar of the wind and
EE&E$a rain. 1t was evident that the sea was
some way from him. Then he took
the oil taillght from its bracket
and proceeded to examine the shore Il
was absolutely necessary for him to discover
whether he lay north of south of his destination
He consulted the compass. The shore ran north
and south. That much at least was certain hut
whether the Trplets lay to the south or 10 the
north was more than he could tell from the
meagre information at his disposal. He made nm
his mind to work his way slowly inland until he
reached some sign-post or some point from which
he could trace his way to the Roman road He
drew out a piece Of bread from under the scat
and devoured it eagerly, like wolf tearinc az a
lump of flesh. Then he drank a quarter Of a
pint of brandy, lit pipe and resumed his seat in
the car.
Scarcely, however, had he buttoned the lsstbar
rug over his knees when his ears caught = ne,r
sound from out of the night--the faint beat and
throb Of engines in the distance only distineuish.
able from the roar of the wind by the reonIa,.
rhythm which gradually increased in volume and
distinctness-
He turned round and saw two faint ApecLs of
light through the driving rain. And even as he
looked, they increased in size Quick al thouSht
he pulled up chain beneath his feet ana started
his engines. 1t was moment in which matter
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of life and death had to be decided in few sec
onds of time. Behind him lay closed road, be-
fore him the sand and the sea. A mans mind
moves quickly in moments like these.
He pulled the lever and the great car crashed
and ratified down the shingle toward the
Here, at any rate, his pursuers might well hesi-
tate to follow. Few men care to make their way
over the Essex fats after dark foot. A sec
ond later three bullets sang over his head. He
had no time to reply, but moved his lever on to
the next speed, and, as he did so, thin switch
rose up wet and gistening his right, and
vanished into the darkness.
He turned his car round and made for it, and
before he reached it the wheels rolled up from
the soft slime onto hard iolting surface, and
another switch cleaned in the light of his lamps
And then at last he realized where he was.
For eight miles along the coast of Essex and
at distance of some two hundred yards from the
shore, there runs a hardway of firm sand
strengthened and compacted by thousands of tons
of ballast.
The southerly end of the hardway lay within
two miles Of his hiding-place. If he could reach
the end of it in safety, it would be easy work
to go inland and make his way round to the road
which ran down to his own path across the
sands. 1t was more than an even chance that his
pursuers would not to follow him to the
end. They were strangers to the district and
knew nothing of the road The fear of the sea
would be in their minds, and the treacherous
of the terrible doom that lurked in the darkness
They had little to gain and much to lose Jordi.
son. on the other hand had nothing to lose and
much to gain He guided his motor onto the
hardway and ran southwark at twenty miles an
hhour.
At the end of five minutes Jordson looked
back. Not a light was to be seen. He was alone
in the darkness The occupants of the other car
had either been afraid to follow him OF else were
some way behind in the chase. IL was even DOS.
sible that they had run off the causeway, and
that they were held for all time in the grip of
the duicksands
Jordson brought his car to a dead stop and lis.
tened. He fancied he could hear the shrek of
human voices but the sound was scarcely to be
distinguished from the bowling of the wind
Yet he shuddered at the picture it called up Ia
his imagination. He was man who had passed
through many dangers and who scarcely knew
what IL was to be afraid, But, as he sat there
and listened to the wind, he was seized with a
sudden fear, born of the darkness and the soil.
tude and the death that lurked on either side of
him.
II crept up to him and sprans suddenly as a
beast springs on its prey, and gripped his heart
till he almost cried aloud with terror. 1t came
up across the miles of dun sand from the sea--a
silent shadow with noiseless feet. IL was not in
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the thunder nor the earthquake, but in the still
small voice. 1t was the herald of the God to
whom vengeance belongeth.
For five minutes William Jordison sat motion
less and the sleeting arrows of silver rain seemed
to weave network over his eyes and brain. He
was powerless to move. helpless, shivering cow
ard, weak as child. And then the fear left him
as suddenly as 1t came. He reused himself to
action, resolved to take the first turning land
ward, and once more sent the black car gliding
through the storm.
Before he had gone hundred yards, however,
the bright fan of light before him suddenly dim
med, there was faint fzzle, and the acetylene
lamps went out. He stopped the car and exam
ined them. The carbide was exhausted into a
mere heap of grey dust. He had no more on the
car. A single oil-lamp mere candle after the
white glare of the Beriot lights, was all that he
had left to guide him through the perils of that
road across the sands.
He started once more on his journey, but slow
ly, as one who feels his way in the darkness. And
as he moved forward, Fear once again crept soft
ly into the car and sat by his side. The shad-
ows of the sands seemed todbe gathering more
deeply around him. The glare of the acetylene
had been dimmed into the feeble yellow light of
the oil-amp. And the strong spirit that had
burned within Jordison's iron frame died down
into fickering flame. The mans nerve was gone
He had been strung up to concert pitch, and the
cord had snapped Dangers which he would have
laughed at couple OF hours Defore, loomed glgan
tic upon him out of the darkness.
The wide flats stretching eastward and the
lonely marshes that bounded the quicksands to
the west were thickly peopled for him that night
The ghosts of the dead that the sea had given
to the shore and the dead that the sands would
never disgorge till the day of judgment moaned
and gibbered at him through the storm. Marie
de la Mothe hoated white and still from the web
of rain. and he could smell the scent of hothouse
flowers. His wife crouched by a dripping switch
to his left Jenny and Susansoh crawled along
by the wheels Epp, with sulen scowl, sat
by his side and his presence was cold as the nor
easter that beat across from the sea. The black
heavens moved with countless whirling images
and uneouth faces ana go 'hrust up from
the yellow sands to mock at him.
In the dim light and in the tumult of his dis
ordered brain, Jordison passed vho "a ..
paths to the shore; and before he reached the
next he heard a new sound among the voices Of
the night the low splash of water, a feeble sound
compared to the whistling and shrieking OF the
gale but insistent and continuous first faint
pulsing Of the mighty ocean, the tip of the fore
finger of a resistless arm
few seconds later a smooth, thin fold of wa
ter was flung across the path and the wheels sent
up tiny spnrt Of spray. Jordison awoke from
the terrors Of his overwrought brain 70 the real
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diamond necklace eh Fred?"
'It is kind Of you, father; I am sure Isabel
would like it"
We'll, see here, Fred, my boy; ] am stranger
here but If we can get balf-a-dozen for her TO
choose from I will give them a check for the full
amount as security"
"No need for that, father; Mr.. Roader is a
friend of mine and Nil let inc have anything I
want on approval"
That is good; then get them TO send up a
selection Of the most valuable gems they have
got ] am so happy, my boy, at this reunion
that will load your bride with diamonds. Let
us have this day together Fred; give me the
whole day, and then we will go and see your
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sweetheart"
1t was natural that they should have much to
say TO each other, and Fred telephoned the news
to Sir John, and obtained his permission to alb
sent himself on condition that they dined with
Sir John in the evening.
Full of happiness at this reunion, the pair
spent the day like couple of schoolboys. Arm
in they went TO Readers, the famous jewell
lers and selected several diamond necklaces and
a number of other valuable jewels to be sent up
on approval, and Mr.. Roader, being an intimate
friend of Sir Johns and knowing the occasion
for which they were required had no hesitation in
allowing. them to be sent
Impatient to see Isabel, Fred and his father
left mis- chambers long before the appointed din
ner hour, and they drove to Sir Johns house
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fstation and wrote TO your mother. I waited anx.
iousy for reply and the answer came. My
own letter was returned, marked with the single
word, Dead After that, what mattered? 7
had no hope in life, cared for nothing, I lived
somehow, anyhow, and then, after many years,
when l cared for nothing, fortune came to me
almost unasked."
"FortuneY"
"Yes, by the purest accident I discovered a
godmine, ! took in two partners, and the field
proved so rich that at the present moment can
not tell you how much I am worth | can only
assure you, my boy That you shall live like a
prince for the rest OF your life.Y
'I rejoice at your fortune my dear father but
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he passed the other car that he would
soon leave it so far behind that he could safely
slacken speed before turning corner But in
this particular case Jordison had reckoned with
out his host.
Five minutes after he had passed his pursuers,
he cast a hasty glance backward and saw the
light of the other bare half-mie behind him,
In flash he realized that this only meant the
difference between two cars of almost equal speed,
one of which had been obliged to work up it's
pace after a liberal use Of the brakes
He realized, too, that the distance between
them. at the pace at which both were travelling,
represented bare fifteen seconds of time
BY the time he had left Woodstock on his
right, his pursuers were quite two miles behind
him.
The pursuit, save for that single which had
clung to him for over hundred miles, seemed to
have died away. He encountered obstacles,
and he flashed through sleeping villages, unseen
and unopposed.' The bark of dog, the neigh of
a horse the distant rattle of train, the hoot
of an owl, were the only sounds to break the
silence, save the low hiss of the wheels beneath
him.
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| am more glad at your opportune arrival. l am
to be married in two days. and
Married My dear son, this is too much hap
piness, to think that l should be just in time
Who is the lady?"
miss Isabel Thorn, the niece of my employer
who has just given me a fourth share in his
business, which will mean about five thousand a
year to me-"
II am proud of your prosperity, Fred, and I
will treble your income. When can / see her?
| have an uncomfortable longing to see my future
daughter-in-law."
''Now Let us go at once"
81 ready; but stop, would it not be better
to prepare her first? And besides / should like
to take her wedding present something good
expensve-such as a woman. would like to have;
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A Chinese Prescription

1.-THE missionary held up a very beautiful
piece of Chinese writing.
"It is Chinese medical prescription,F
IGEWsNI he said "a friend of mine DR.. Ping
Cho. presented it to woman who had
swallowed an overdose of opium. I'll
read it to you"
The prescription, translated, follows
Two pair of salted lizards, two male and two
female
One ounce ginseng root.
Six dried grasshoppers, three male and three
female
One ounce sweet potato stalk.
One ounce walnuts.
One-quarter ounce rattlesnake tail.
Two ounces black dates.
Onehalf ounce elm bark.
Onehalf ounce devilfsh claw.
Onequarter ounce hartshorn.
One-half ounce birds claws.
One-half ounce dried ginger.
One-half ounce old coffin nails
TO these ingredients, which it would take a
day TO assemble, two quarts Of water were to
be added, and the whole was to be boiled down
10 onehalf the quantity. The patient was to
drink a small cupfm every half hour.
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ton which holds those who are brave
enough TO brave its dangers. These persons
know where they may 60 and where they may
not, but at the same time mistakes are made
which are generally paid for dearly Man and
horse have been known to go down together in
the mre and others buried in the sand carried
by the wind. The magnet which keeps these
people in this awful land is the possibility Of
the existence of gold. There are many legends
which seem to indicate that the yellow metal
is to be found somewhere in the vast stretch Of
sand, but as yet these stories have taken the
fern Of romance, and there seems to have been
no practical material realization. There is some
record of an Indian having sold for $S a lump
of rock containing great deal Of free gold,
and the story was that he had secured it some
where in Death Valley, but he would not say
where. He died short time after and carried
his secret with him. There are other stories
equally indefinite, but they have sufficient fabric
to hold hundreds Of men. in this barren region
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-11
CHAPTER XxxI-confiuued

,RDISON cursed the ill-luck that had
driven him out of his course, but he
had resolved to take the first turning
to the right and work his way back
to the north He had no doubt when
L. IL ii L \
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Gold in Death Valley

ERSONS who have experienced the
Death Valley agree that it is no worse
ksls1Sss than it has been painted but yet, with
lsil3M al, the location seems to have a fascina.
ton which holds those who are brave
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sLL, Fred, in three days you and my
niece will be man and wife and III
wager that you have thought il strange
I have mentioned nothing about a
wedding present yet"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-11

(rHE END.l
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-13
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Acting Governor Atkinson, accom-
panied by Captain Sam Johnson, paid
an official call upon Captain Carter,
who has taken the place of Captain
Niblack at the Naval Station, yester-
day afternoon.
Stone for repairing street damages
by the recent storm at Lahaina is be-
ing taken from the old building erect
ed for Rev. William Richards, the
early American missionary and pioneer
foreign statesman of Hawaii.
Washing of the Feet was observ
ed at the Catholic cathedral yesterday.
Twelve old and INDECENT men are the
subjects of this ceremony. who, after
the Bishop performs it, receive a new
suit of clothes and a dollar each.
Special services for Good Friday will
be held at the Catholic cathedral as
follows: At p. M, stations Of the
Cross in Hawaiian, and at p. m,
stations of the Cross in Portuguese.
At o. m. there will be an English
sermon. Special services are to be held
tomorrow, Holy Saturday.
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Wilder. April 12-Mrs. j. Bowman.
Geo M ?r1IPa

Wilder. April 12-Mrs. J. Bowman.
Geo. II. Bruce.
Departed.
Per stmr. Mikahala, April 12-Mfas NJ
Taylor. Miss Wilcox, Geo. H. Fairchild,
Mrs. H. r. Smyth, c. H. Jennings, -.
L. Austin, Miss Flora Kane, Miss NJ.
LIE Toler, j. A. Palmer and wife. W. T..
Rawlins. Rev. IsaWaki, Miss Hajina,
DR.. Geo. H. Huddy.
Booked to Depart.
Per P. N. S. s. Siberia, April 13, for
the Orient-Miss Olive NJ Blunt, Mrs.
n. w. Roundtree, Robert C. Round
tree. E. L. Hospes, Mrs. C. L. Gilf.lan.
bins. Miss Jennie Howe. Mrs. McMullin
Belvin, A. f. C. Gundot.
Per stmr. ClaUdine, today-H. p.
Baldwin. Mrs Baldwin, a. Haneberg,
w. J. Kline and wife, D. II. Davis and
wife. Chas. Gay, Miss ]. NJ. Barnard,
Mrs. Kerpland, J. II. Porteous, Miss A.
Paniani, Mrs S. Ami, Mr.. Jackson,
Mrs Costa, Master c. Costa w. j.
Feary and Master Feary, Miss A w.
Deas, Mrs. A. A. Deas, Miss NJ. john
stone. Mrs. A. J. Derby and child.
Per stnnr. Mauna Loa, today-R. w.
Atkinson. w. w. Chamberlain, Mrs.
Richard, n. Hurd, Mrs. J. Jorgenson.
Miss M. Gouveia, c. w. Schultz, VIM.
McWayne Mrs. Annie MaieIau. S. M
Kanakanui, T. c. White, Mrs Ogg. C.
Scrimger, Miss Gouveia, Mrs. Cham
berlain
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SHIPPING NOTES.

The Marion Chilcott will clear this
morning for Monterey. While here
cauikers have been busy on her decks.
The yacht Gladys has been over
hauled on the marine railway and the
yacht Spray is now undergoing the
same treatment in preparation for the
sail in company with the yacht La
Paloma tomorrow.
A rush job was done in painting the
tug Fearless yesterday, advantage be-
ing taken of the slack period in the
harbor to haul her up on the marine
railway for a few hours, during which
a new coat of red was spread on her
hull.
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TIDES. SUN AND MOON.

Last quarter of the moon April 18th.
Times of the tide are taken from the
United States Coast ana Ieodetic Sur
vey tables.
The tides at Kahului and Hilo occur
about one hour earlier than at Homo
lulu.
Hawaiian STANDARD time Is 10 hours
80 minutes slower than Greenwich
time, being that Of the meridian of 1877
degrees thirty minutes. The time whis-
tie blows at 1870 p. m, which is the
same as Greenwich, hours 0 minutes.
Sun and Eoon are for local tims fer
the whole Gfoun-
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FOR SALE /!
FOR RENT (!

Two clean. roomy. newly papered
cottages with electric light. free OF
charge, on verandas and within walk
ing distance from Postofice at 81 per
month. Good horse pasture withln
easy reach at SO per head per month
7. H. SCHNACK.