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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR APRIL 8. 1906

it with the other articles neatly away in the drawer
A torn ball on the bureau-top caught her eye. Oh,
Donald's -ball-he asked me to mend it With
sob she reached it. kissed it, and sewed up the rip.
When she put it back there small stain of
blood on it from her prcked finger.
AS far the east is from the west, SO far
hath He removed our transgressions from US Will
He this transgression from me?" She
looked down upon the pistol and shivered again,
closing her eyes. Like father pTtieth his chill
dren, she not reading now, and her voice trern-
bled sorrowfu1ly, SO the Lord pitieth them that
fear him Do l fear him. she whispered, She
opened her eyes and gazed slowly around the poor
room, noting each familiar object. At last her
glance rested for instant the newspaper, and
clamoring headline arrested her attention Be
cause of Her Mothers Disgrace"
Mothers disgrace" she repeated wonderingly,
and seized the paper Hurriedly she read the story
OF young man who refused to marry his afianced up
on learning that her mother had committed suicide.
"Fool Was she not the same woman as before he
knew of her mothers act? The girl well rid of
hirn!" She spoke aloud and passionately, and
threw the paper to the floor. Yet troubled rest
lessness came into her eyes. Disgrace! Baby
Lou-and Hugh" Her face twitched, and she
picked nervously with thumb and finger at the bed
clothes, and gazed long upon the shining world
without the window; but her misty eyes saw nothing
The clock struck eleven. She started. Oh! is
there no sure message for me here? she walled and
Therefore, say unto you, what things soever we
desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them
and ye shall have them
She lifted her shoulders from the pillows. Her
lips parted, her lids lifted high, and her hands
hard clasped. Believe that ye receive, she whs-
pered, and paused an instant, expectant, hand
held out as if she thought to clasp hands with the
Unknown
Il beeve-oh yes, believed" and this time
there sound: only the lips formed the words.
One eager moment she strained up from the pillows;
then dropped back again and waited. Gradually
the tense features relaxed the notified red died
from cheek and brow, and in her face dawned look
of peace, radiance that was holy. She grew abb
solutely still waiting silence crept into the room,
hush that seemed to cmanate from the calm figure
the bed. Even the birds were songless for
little and all the life of Altheas little world was
concentrated in her uplifted eyes.
Dear Christ, do believed" She spoke ardent1y,
reverently and began at once to pull and struggle
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to lift her poor helpless legs the edge of the bed
succeeding at last, though the salt sweat dripped
from her brow with the effort. BY the drawer
handle she pulled her body forward until her feet
touched the floor 1t felt cold Those feet for
three years dead. felt
With the rapt look still her face she pulled
herself erect, one hand against the bed. A faint
prcklng sensation ran all through feet and legs.
oh Lord, beheve" she said, and suddenly took
her hand from the bureau She tried to lift her
feet from the floor; but they like mountains of
lead and would not obey her will. She waited for
moment; but the look in her face dauntAeSS.
Carefully she swayed forward so that the bed no
longer supported her knees Once more she whis-
Pered the reverent words, then slid foot forward
on the bare floor, tottered instant and fell for
ward, She clutched wildly at the bed as she went
down, and pulled the spread with her, the pistol
striking hammer down. 1t was discharged and the
bullet passed through the ceiling.
Maggie Dunbar already started on her daily visit,
was yet some distance from the house when she
heard the shot With feetness born of fear she
to the little brown house, tore open the gate,
and burst through the door, to find Althea the
floor, white and still Maggie the pistol, and
turned again to the door to call rantically to Hugh,
who blowing toward the house.
At the sound Althea opened her eyes and spoke
family.
"Oh, my dearl thought you were-I thought"
Maggie stammered, glanclng at the revolver as she
knelt beside Althea and chafed her cold hands.
No, no; didn't do it, no! Please lift me . Athea
murmured . Pull me to the bed help-l
shall stand-I know shall stand "
Maggie awed by the solemn, assured words,
and obeyed at once. Her foot touched the pistol
She shvered she picked up and placed far back
in the bureau drawer A crimson shawl was hanging
She caught it down, threw it over A1thea's
tall, slight form, and lifted her easily to her feet.
Althea trembled and flung out her hand; but
Maggie, strong and calm, steadied and upheld her.
Presently she was balanced; and, draped in tri-
umphant red, erect and alone, she stood waiting,
when Hugh, breathless, crossed the threshold.
Althea!" he gasped, and went swiftly to her
Hugh, | shall waikiki She took a step forward
and fell into his outst. stched arms.
How has it hap
She fell, and the shock has restored" Maggie
began.
No. and Althea lifted her hand reverent1y;
God has restored mel | have looked through the
Gate Beautiful,
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he reghted every burner in reverse order, until the
whole twenty were going again. Now are the sahibs
satisfied he asked.
AS a matter of fact it was one of the most re-
markable feats | ever saw, as far as our ability to
for it scientifically was concerned. But we
pretended not to think much of it, and demanded
something more. He seemed little annoyed but
after standing with his hands folded in front of
him and his head bent on his breast for minute,
he looked up, and his eyes met those of every man
in the room, after the other He then said in
a slow voice: No sahb may leave his chair!' and
turned round and walked out of the door
We laughed, and supposed that he had given
up too skeptcal for his purposes. We resumed
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l o

Lou and failing crop had come the same year; yet
they undaunted; had they not health and one
another2
She closed her eyes and shuddered as the last
picture grew in her mind, the dark night the terri
Bile fall, blank and-the bed. For three long
years the bed" she whispered. And it may be
ten, twenty years perhaps longer, before-the end.
Summer and winter, autumn and spring always /
must lie here And Hugh, and the children" The
thin hand grasped the spread under it and closed
hard, until the knuckles were white.
At length she took up her Bible and turned the
leaves nervously. 1t was worn and opened fiat at
many places and on each of these pages were mark
ings. 81 Let everything that hath breath praise the
Lord " she read Let the saints be joyful in glory;
let them sing aloud upon their beds She paused
and repeated family: Sing aloud upon their beds
Father, forgive me! | cannot sng-on my bed, "
she whispered, and turned the leaves feverish1y.
All the 1istessness of the earlier morning gone,
and growing purpose illuminated her features
For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good
f household in ordeT pnd hanged himself BID God
forgive him, | wonder?"
a. The soul that sinneth it shall die, J" she read.
Yes, it must be so am sure; and am willing.
Out of the window she could see Baby Lou in the
field trotting merrily after her father, her chubby
fists full of wild flowers. Will Baby Lou renem-
Der? Will Donald-oh how sweet is life!
Her eyes dropped to the book before her. :" For
must all appear before the Judgment seat of
Christ, that everyone may receive the things done
his body according to that he hath done whether
it be good or bad Good or bad, she repeated.
Will He judge me to be good or bad-or bad?
But, oh Christ, my Savior, thou hast also said;
Greater love hath no man than this: that man lay
down his life for his friends "
The leaves futtered under her trembling fingers,
Her cheeks burned, and her eyes were deep and
dark. She turned to the bureau, and reaching the
nearest drawer-handle, pulled with all her small
strength until the drawer opened. With the ruler
she managed to drag from the farther small
box which she dropped on the bed beside her, pant
ing from the unusual exertion After resting
little, she opened the box. A revolver lay within.
She shuddered when she touched it, yet looked it
over carefully loaded two of the chambers, and
drew the hammer back. Oh, Hugh, my love
my love! 1t is for your good that will leave
you! =. And he put his household in order
She took the finished lace off from the paper pat
tern, wrapped and addressed it carefully, and laid
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-24
TAFoyA WANTED FOR
PosToFF,cE ROBBERY

Ration. n. NJ. Ag. 24.--Maxirilian
Tafoya arrested here Wednesday BY
Sheriff Marion Littrell at the request
of the United States marshal's office
in Albuquerque may be connected by
the officers with the robbery Of the
postoffice at Taos sometime ago.
While no statement to this effect has
been obtained by the officers II Is
known that Tafoya is believed to have
been connected with that job. The
charge under which Tafoya was ar.
rested and to answer which he was
taken to Taos yesterday by United
States Deputy Marshal Harry Cooper,
is of violating the Edmunds act. Ia
foya is a musician and has been liv.
ing here for some time. He Is said
to have left his family and TO have
taken up his abode with a certain
Senorita Cruz Pacheco. His wife al
leges that when she ventured to re-
monstrate with him for his neglect OF
her and the family, be replied by
beating her severely.
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President ADOPTS new
Spelling FORM OF WORDS
Thru" 10 Proper fer Through
Speedy Method Of introducing Com.
snisses Recommendation.

Oyster Bay. aag. et.-presIdsnt
Roosevelt to-day announced that he
has adopted the Carnegie reform
spelling and tina, he has instructed
the public printer that all official
documents from the White House, In"
rlud.ng the presidents message, shall
he printed In accordance with the rec.
concentrations uf the spelling reform
committee held by Brander Matthews
0f Columbia university.
This committee has published list
N three hundred words In which
spelling IL reformed. The lis, con.
tains such words as thru and tho"
Us the spelling form for through" and
though" The presidents sanction
of this reform movement IL regarded
as the most effective and speediest
method of inaugurating the new sys-
TEN Of spelling throughout the coun.
try.
ID is regarded as more than likely
that the respective heads OF depart
nlents will fall In zine with the pres.
ident's ideas and have their official
documents printed In the new spell.
ing.
The president will utilize the re-
formed spelling I'm all his correspond.
ence.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-24
Joint SKATERS PUT
UP WARM CONTEST
Republicans Poll Forty-six Per Cent
OF Votes At Primaries Despite Cor.
poration and Other Opposition.

Tucson. Ariz.. Aug. 2i.--ln a red
hot republican primary here yester-
day the anti-joint statehood Eien won
the fight on delegates 10 the territor.
ial convention by the bare majority
OF % votes. The statehood forces
cast forty.six per cent Of the total
vote and are correspondingly jubilapt
over the splendid showing made right
in the storm center Of the statehood
fight in Arizona. The Southern Pa.
cific and all other corporations and
all federal and territorial officials
save the United States marshal's OF.
flee, worked solidly against joint
statehood. Fully thirty per cent Of the
vote OF the antis was cast by demo
Gratis, mostly railroad employees, which
Is the first step toward obliterating
party lines In the statehood fight.
Considering the many coercive meas
ures resorted TO by the ants the
state builders" made much better
showing than was anticipated and
the vote Is significant Of the true state
Of the sentiment Of Arizona ON the
jOintnre question.
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KELLY AND cApoNi FIGHT
TWENTY ROUNDS TONIGHT

i-eavenworth. Has.. Aug. 2s.-Huso
Kelley and Tony caponi of Chicago
viii meet In twenty round bout at
the opera house here tonight. The
fight has attracted much attention and
large delegations of fight fans are eS.
pected from Kansas City. ST. Joseph.
Atchison. Topeka and other cities.
Kelley Is a fayorite with the local
sports. but II IL generally believed
that the fight will be q hot one. The
men will weigh In at is7 pounds ring.
side. Kelley has met and defeated
Jack O'Brien, Jack Twin" Sullivan
and Young Mahoney. and expects soon
to fight Tommy Burns for the middle
weight championship. Caponi is one
Of the best Italian scrappers In the
ring and has recently been training
under Aurelia Herrera. the famed
Mexican oncewas. Teddy Murphy.
former manager Of Battling Nelson, is
looking after the business end Of
caponi's ring career and is confiden,
that he has promising candidate
for middleweight honors. Tommy Ry.
an. former middleweight champion
Is looking after Kelley's training and
says that his man Is In the best oi
condition.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-24
FERRERA LODGED IN HAVANA
JAIL CHARGED With CONSPIRACY
cusAs WOULD EXECUTIVE snowlEocE
civil CONFLICT AGAINST PalMAs ADMINISTRATION. -
RURAL GUARDS RouT RENFcAoE INSURGENTS. pso CUR
aERA rrtIncs eur Rssutrs rnus FAR

Havana. AUG. .s~orvssss feEFsra
who MS campaign secretary and
manager If Gamex. aud who vas
with him In New york several months
ago. vas arrested In the city II Santa
Clara today an charge of conspiracy.
Ferrefa II suspected of trying 10 a.
cure arms and ammunition In he
United States for the use Of the in-
sursents.
Havana. Aug. -. Jose Miguel
Gomez. who was q candidate for the
presidency last fall. and who Vas ar.
rested August 81 al his residence near
Sancii spiritus province. Santa clsra.
arrived here from gatabano on q
special train early this morning and
had been escorted To the city jaiI be-
fore his arrival In the city became
known.
Gomez. In an interview in Jail later
In the day. said: -
u declare thar | have never had
any knowledge Of this unfortunate
conflict. and that II had eonspired
against President paima's admins
tration have more than sufficient
pride 10 boldly admit II now. You may
assure the people of the United States
that | have not eonspired To disturb
the peace and prosperlt. of the conn
try"
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WAR DEPARTMENT PLANS
TO BUILD ARMY HOSPITAL

Washington. D. c.. Aug. 2s.-The
war department is preparing to build
near Washington a large army gener-
al hospital. which will be the best
equipped institution Of its kind in the
world. For months the army surgeons
have been engaged in looking up lit
erature on the subject and inspecting
hospitals in all parts of the country.
They have also obtained much infor.
nation from abroad. The best ideas
which prevail anywhere will be used
in the new hospital, which will cost
about inalf million dollars to builo
and equip. To this institution army
officers and enlisted men from all
parts of the country and the Philip
Pines will be sent when they are in
need of special treatment.
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GREAT AUTOMOBILE. MEET
At EMPIRE COURSE

New York. Aug. 24.--What prom
ises 10 be one OF the most notable au-
,onobile race meets ever held In the
vicinity of the metropolis opened this
afternoon at the Empire City track.
The meet win continue over tomor.
row.
Barney Oldfield, Eddie Bald and
other well known racers afe among
the competitors.
Besides the regular track contests
the program provides for a thousand
mile endurance run for fully equipped
touring cars.
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OUT OF FRYEING PAN
AND INTO THE FIRE
Mysterious ehiessesa Accused o.
eissmy BY South Dakota Woman.
Who Says Goddard" Married Her.

Chicago. Aug. 2i.-pTofeSsor chas,
Frye. formerly superintendent of the
Chicago Normal school. who returned
to his home recently after an absence
of thirty two years which he has de-
clined To explain. was today arrested
IN a warrant charging him with big
amy. The proceedings were commenc'
I'd by Mrs Clara Goddard of Heriey.
\. D.. who declared he married her
under the name of Charles Goddard
Frye gave hands and was nj once re,
leased.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-24
IOWA STATE FAIR
OPENS At pEs MONIES

Des Moines. Iowa. Aug. 24.-The
Iowa State Fair opens this year under
most auspicious conditions. The fair
Is the first TO he held In the west this
year and consequently is attracting
more than ordinary attention. The
management mas been working hard
to have the exhibits above the aver.
age this year and the result Is the lar.
gest and best collection Of agricultn.
ral. horticultural and live stock exhib.
its ever shown. An excellent pro.
gram Of trotting and pacing races will
be run off during the week.
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;. TIE Santa FeE squad, representing
company + ofihe New Mexico nation
al guard. won the i Hagerman cup BY
over two hundSed points. no other
team being In the running when
shooting with the men from the Capi.
tai city. Company A o! Las Cruces
was second by a small lead, troop 4
OF this city third and company e Of
Albuquerque lonesome last. At press
time the percentages and scores had
not yet been ascertained.
The shoot on the troop range was
one Of the best ever held In the ter.
ritory and in the future will become
an annual Institution Of the New
Mexico national guard. It is the in
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SANTA FE SQUAD EASILY ..@...>
- .~..., WINS HAGERMAN TROPtsY

tention Of the territory 10 purchase
the range, build a number OF targets
and lay out the land for annual
camps. Experts who have visited the.
range declare that ~ Is the most ideal
grounds for marksmanship contests
In the country. n zs +
All Of the members Of troop A or
this city. together with the squad
from Santa Fe and at least four ont
Of five Of the members Of the squad
from Las Cruces will have the oppor-
tunity Of going to Sea Girt. New Jer-
sey, TO take part in the great national
rifle match at that point and win
probably leave for the east Sunday a.
ternOon on No. 2. sz1sEz77ssszz z..sg97sy /.
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MISS De koVEN MAKES
SOCIAL pEeuT TONIGHT

Newport. r. l.. Aug. 24.-One Of the
greatest social events or the Newport
season will be the coming out" party
arranged by Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald de
Koven In honor Of their daughter
Ethel. which will be held this evening.
Elaborate preparations have been
made for the festivities and all OF the
social elect Of Newport have been In
yited.
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The committee appointed

. The committee appointed TO
, solicit funds for the joint pur-
; pose of advertising the Las We
, gas reservoir project before the
, National Irrigation Congress
, at Boise week after next, and of
, holding Fair and Fall Fes.
; tival, will report at the Com
. merciaI club this evening M
, $3.50 O'Clock.
, The committee has been
, working two days and the out
, come Of these two undertak.
; ings will depend upon the re-
3 port which the committee
D makes this evening. Every
. business man should attend.
, The following are the names
D Of the executive committee Of
D twenty selected at the meet
, ing Monday night: d. T. Hos
; kins. Ned Reynolds, r. =.
, Txitchell. Sig Nahm, Antonio
, Lucero. Charles Coe, NJ. Ad-
, Ter. Sec Romero. w. A. Bud.
B decke, A. r. Roberts, NJ. Green.
, berger. Chas. II. Sporleder.
, Cello Rosenwald. ]. Laubach,
, Herman llfeld. N. 8. Belden.
; Apolonio Sena. J. B. Mackel. Il.
= q. Murphey. n. J. Taupert.
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Talease. Aag. k@eeavaT fetEer
af eh@ sssammes Malwamkee As@nm"
Stale hank sent OUT nosares to five
thousaaa asposiaaEs yesterday to call
IN Nh. lans and receive "A sgenfy per
e@na sIssiiena un their deposits. N
WIS tho original imt.nsian tn send
oas nasiess tn tasRis aso thousand dss
ywssliasx simultaneously. hui un &C.
enunt of difficulty In handling such q
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-24
TWO TRAIN COLLISIONS
RESULT nv SINGLE DEATH

Topeka. Aug. 24.-At an early hour
this morning the Chicago. Rock Isl.
and & Pacific flyer. known as the FL
Paso train, west bound. crashed into
the rear Of freight train three mi'sS
east Of Alta Vista. Kansas. derailine,
dozen cars of the freight train,
which were afterward destroyed by
fire. The crew of the passenger train
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crowd the receiver decided to Ssnd
onH only five Thousand notices each
day. Five hundred Thousand dollars
I'm currency and com wa~ taken To the
hank yesterday In preparation Tor To"
days work. one hundred policemen
In uniform ant about fifsy men In
plain clothes wGil b. m the hank %
7:3n this morning In anticipation of
the opening Of its doors n = O'Clock.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-24

s-Etaasn, Az e1. IN, esa y, ns.~~ttss%
tayesa In transmission e~AaoatsF &C.
sere earth saaaek nss just occurred
here
Valparaiso. Aux. .a.~T.eFe @ets
two slight Garth shocks hsFe last
eight and rain began falling again
this morning. Increasing the suffering
20 thousands who are living In tea's.
Many sought Wsfaase In boases whose
walls ate i'm dangerous state oi
ruin.
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Other SHOCKS FOLLOWED BY HEAVY Rains
ALARM VAlPARAlSO'S STRICKEN PEOPLE
THOUSANDS LIVING m TENTS FEAR SERIOUS EPIDEMIC
BREAK OUT - moRxnEs CHILD A BARREL
aasmEo - SAN FRANCISCO ssNcs sEiIeF


w
IN is believed that ii tie rain eon.
ainnes much longsF "a serious etaiden-
ic In sure tn break out.
About ten Thousand woFkmsn are
employed in clearing away tae ruins
and I'm searching for bodies In tha
wreckaee Of one house today work.
msa found a child alive In u barrel,
which had protected II from harm.
Among the sums of money received
here for relief Of the earthquake snf.
fereTs S3s.0 mas been received from
san Francisco.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-24
INDIANA LABOR ENTERS
THE POLITICAL ARENA

Indianapolis. Ind, Aug. 24.-That
the union laborers Of the state win
take an active part In politics In the
future was decided at the conven.
ton of the Indiana State Federation
Of Labor. now in session here. The
will close this evening.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-24

and one from Detroit. and Canadian
Pacific regular passenger train from
Toronto. eollided at q crossing lust
east Of this city today. The engineer
Of the Canadian Pacific train was
killed and the fireman aud baggage
man OF the same train seriously In.
iured. the latter probably fatally.
None Of the passengers Of either train
were injured.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-24
ODESSA CITIZENS PETITION
FOR MORE POLICE PROTECTION

Odessa, Aug. 24.-Robberies and
murders having become more fire..
quent mere citizens have petitioned
the governor general to double the
police force and compel every house
owner to maintain three armed por.
ters instead of one.
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paINkWATER FAMILY TO
HAVE ONE ON EACH OTHER

Northport, Me-. Aug. 24.-Hundreds
Of people are gathered here from
many states today to attend the an.
nuaI reunion OF the DrinSwater fam
lily. Eds this temperance meet
ing?
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ELUSIVE BANK PRESIDENT
NOW BOBS UPZ.ABROAD

stensland's apartments. The banker
left in the meantime for Flushing and
south Europe. Stormme says that
Stensland apparently had plenty 1
money.