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watchers. The charge had struck the
surface close to the mark end dashed
such a shower OF water owe It that for
an instant it looked as if il had been
sunk. The next moment, h vever, the
splash subsidized, and the cinoe shot
away uninjured save that che of the
rowers had dropped his pal ie. while
his head fell forward upon tie back of
the man in front of him. The second
gunner sighted the same c;.1oe as it
came abreast of him.
1t was beautiful shot TIE whole
charge took the canoe about six feet
behind the bow and double, her up
like an eggshell. Before the smoke
had cleared she had foundered, and the
second canoe had paused to pick up
some of the wounded men,
Quick, quick" cried the seigneur.
Load the gun! We may get the sec
ond one YETI
But it was not to be. Long before
they could get it ready the Iroquois
had picked up their wounded warriors
and were pulling madly downstream.
AS they shot away the fire died sud
denly down in the burning cottages,
and the rain and the darkness closed
in upon them once more.
MY Godr' cried De Catinat furious
~. "They will be taken! Let us aban-
don this place. take a boat and follow
them! Come, come. Not an instant IL
to he LOST"
~ do not think that they will be
caught" said Du Lhut. laying his hand
soothingly upon his shoulder DO not
fear They had long start, and the
women here can paddle as well as the
men. Besides, these canoes of the Mo-
hawks are not as swift as the Algon-
quin birch barks which we use. In
any case, it is impossible to follow, for
we have no boat"
There is one lying there"
"Ah, it will but hold single man.
1t is that in which the friar came
Then am going in that! My place
Is with Adele"'
He flung open the door. rushed out
and was about to push off the frail skiff
when some one sprang past him and
with a blow from Ratchet stove in
the side of the boat.
1T is ny boat" said the friar, throw
in ~wn his ak and folding his arms.
Il ...,e found You and you shall not
escape me again
The hot blood flushed to the soldiers
head. and. picking up the ak. he took
a quick step forward. The light from
the open door shone upon the grave.
harsh face of the friar, but not mus
Gle twitched nor a feature changed as
he saw the AK whirl up in the hands
Of a furious man. He only signed
himself with the cross and muttered a
Latin prayer under his breath. 1t was
that composure which saved his life.
De Catinat hurled down the ak again
with Il bitter curse and was turning
away from the shattered boat when
in an instant. without u warning. the
great door Of the manor house crashed
inward ana Il flood of whOoping saw
ages burst into the house.
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Pointed Paragraphs

Necessity knows more law than a
lot of lawyers.
Invisible patches are not ussd in
fixing up nuarrels
Some men look upon reliei ion as a
sort of moral fire escape
And il someri mes happens that rich
bachelor makes poor husband.
4 Some men are born poets but most
editors nave poetry thrust upon them.
The man who jumps at conclusions
is apt to meet with surprise when he
lands.
In the various walks Of life some
people have q walk over and others get
walked on.
TIE man who gers blue over trifles
is apt to alter the colCr scheme by
painting things red.
If the success of lawyers were due
to the gift of CAB. women would soon
crowd men out of the profession.
Instead of running away frcm your
work try TO find al easier way of doing
il. That's one of the secrets of success.
woman's distrUst of her husband
is never serious until she begins to re-
fer to some other woman es "that
brazen thing"
The average country woman looks
at a restaurant bill of fare as if she
Yves trying to pi,k nut something that
wouldn't kill her.
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Local Briefs

". Gale Natl VS. came down from
his home TO Waterville yesterday on
the boat, and met bis aur+. Mrs.
Meade, VIII" arrived on the noon tEalD
vania. Mr.. Mathews and Mrs Meade
left on the beat this morning for
WarerviIle where Mrs Meade will visit
for some time.
The regular meeting of the Degree
Honor was held at the Bower Hall
last evening Clyde Cook was elected
to the office of Outside Watch, which
has been made vacant recently. On
account of the six O'Clock closing 1t
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WV WHAT had occurred is easily
"" explained. The watchers in
~ w the windows at the front
found that it was more than
:. :! and l3!Dad could endure to remain
waiting At their posts while the fates
of their wives and children were being
decided at the back. All was quiet at
the stockade and the Indians appeared
to be as absorbed as the Canadians i'll
What was passing upon the river. One
by one. therefore. the men on guard
had crept away and had assembled at
the back to cheer the shot and to grOan
as the remaining canoe sped like
bloodhound down the river in the wake
of the fug.tives. But the savaSeS had
one at their head who was as full of
wiles and resource as Du Lhut him
self. The Flemish Bastard had
watched the house from behind the
stockaGe as Il dog watches a rat hole,
and he had instantly discovered that
the defenders had left their post. With
a score of other warriors he raised 4
great leg from the edge of the forest,
and. crossing the open space unchal-
lenged, he and his men rushed it
against the door with such violence
as to crack the bar across and tear
the wood from the hinges. The first
intimation which the survivors had Of
the attack was the crash of the door
and the screams of two Of the negli-
gent watchmen who had been seized
and scalped in the hall. The whole
basement fIo0r was in the hands of the
Indians. and De Catinat and his enemy
the friar were cut off from the foot Of
the stairs.
Fortunately. however, the manor
houses of Canada were built with the
one idea of defense against Indians,
and even now there were hopes for
IT, defenders. \ wooden ladder which
could he drawn up in case of need
hung down from the upper windows to
the ground upon the river side. De
Catinat rushed round to this, followed
by the frjar. He felt for the ladder In
the darkness. 1t was gone.
Then. indeed. his heart sank in De
spair. Where could he fly to? The
boat was destroyed. The stockades
lay between him and the forest. and
they were in the hands Of the Iroquois.
Suddenly he heard voice from some
where In the darkness above him.
"Give me your gun. lad" it said. II
see the loom of some Of the heather
down by the wall"
1T is /! 1t is l. Amos" cried De
Catlnat. Down with the ladder or
am q dead man.
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pu A. CONAN DOYLE,

Author of 1.-The Return of Sherlock Holmes"

'but since you have followed US here
and since there is no getting away we
may settle this question at some later
time"
A great brown cloud had overspread
the heavens and the night had fallen
so rapidly that they could hardly see
the gieam of the river in front of them.
The savages in the woods and behind
the captured stOckade were quiet, save
for an occasional shot. Suddenly a
dull red glow began to show above one
Of the roofs of the cottages.
''They have set it on fire!' cried Du
Lhut. 1.-The canoes must go at once,
for the river will soon be as light as
day. In. in! There is not an instant
to be lost!!''
There was no time for leave taking.
One imprisoned kiss and Adele was
torn away and thrust into the smallest
canoe, which she shared with Omega,
two children and an unmarried girl.
The others rushed into their places,
and in few moments they had pushed
Off and had vanished into the drift and
the darkness. The great cloud had
broken and the rain battered heavily
on the roof.
THANK God for this Storm muir
INJURED Du Lhut. 1T will prevent the
cottages from blazing up too quickly"
But he had forgotten that, though the
roofs might be wet, the interior was as
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ENJOYABLE Reception at NJ. E. Church

A we'll attended and mosr snocssful
reception to the strangers newm, mbers
an the pastor an his family was given
at the Methodist church last evening.
The church was crowded to the doors
and most enjoyable time was had by
all present. A deli-h tful program was
rendered. az follows:
Song Congregation,
Song. M e Choir,
Address OF Welcome. L V Wells
Response, Rev l. Il. Kufus,
Trio Mrs jackson Mrs L. Y.
Wells, Miss Lillian MARI
Address 90 th, Sunday School Supt
W Fl Dickson,
Solo. F W Cooper
Address on the Ladies Aid Work,
Mrs Fl r Stearns, President
Trio. Mrs LV Wells, Miss Elsie
Myer. Miss Lillian Mari,
Address on the " H NJ S work. Mrs
Jackson, President
Reading Miss Jagla,
Duet. Mildred Finch. Helen rhomp-
son
Reading. Miss Mildred Wyman
A reception coMnirtee met the
guests at this door and they were cor
daily welcomed. Delicious refresh
ments were served il the church base
ment at thu CONCLUSION of the program
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Gfd HuglteHOt! u
dry as finder. He had hardly spoken
before great yellow tongue of flame
licked out of one of the windows, and
again and again. until suddenly half of
the roof fell i'll, and the cottage was
blazing like pitch bucket. The flames
Kissed and sputtered in the pouring
rain; but, fed from below. they grew
still higher and tiercer. flashing rcdly
upon the great trees and turning their
trunks to FURNISHED brass. Their light
made the Enclosure and the manor
house as clear as day and exposed the
whole long stretch of the river. A fear
full yell from the woods announced that
the savages had seen the canoes.
''They are rushing through the woods.
They are making for the waters edge"
cried De Catnat
They have some canoes down there"
said Du Lhut.
But they must pass us cried the
seigneur of Ste. Marie. Get down to
the cannon and see if you cannot stop
them
They had hardly reached the guns
when two large canoes filled with war
riors shot out from among the reeds
below the fort
Jean, you are our best shot" cried
De la Noue Lay for her as she
passes the great pine tree. Lambert,
do you take the other gun
The two wrinkled old artillerymen
glanced along their guns and waited
for the c.nocs to come abreast of them.
The fire blazed higher and higher, and
the broad river lay like a sheet of dull
metal. with the two dark lines which
marked the canoes sweeping swiftly
down the center. One was fifty yards in
'front.' of the other, but in each the In
dams were bending to their paddles
and pulling frantically. while their
comrades from the wooded shores
whOoped them on to fresh exertions
The fugitives had already disappeared
around the bend of the river.
AS the first canoe came abreast of
the lower of the two guns the Cana
dian made the sign of the cross over
the touchhOle and fired. A cheer and
then a grOan went up from the eager
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Have a care. 1t may be a ruse.'

Have care. 1t may be ruse."
said the vc:ca OF Du Int.
mo. no; III answer for it, c"ied
Amos, and an instant Late Gown &C ne
the ladder. De CGtin"t cld the friGr
rushed UP it, and t,e.' hardly I'D their
feet upon the rungs hen q sv-a ii of
warriors burst out frcn he door end
poured along the river back.
1t was very small band who now
held the last point to which thNy could
retreat Only nine of them renamed
the seiGneur. Du I.hut. the two Ameri
cans, the friar. De Catinat. ~heu-.et
the major domo and two OF the ccns;
taireS. The stone staircase rc1 STRAIGHT
up from the kitchen to the main hall
and the door which had been barricad-
ed across the lower part by two mat
tresses commanded the whole flight
The cards were still laid out at one
end Of the table. with the tricks over
tapping each other. as they had left
them. Bat there was something else
there of more interest to them, for the
breakfast had not been cleared away,
and they had been fighting all day
with hardly bite or sup. Even when
face to face with death Nature still
cried out for her dues, and the hungry
men turned savagely upon the loaf
the ham and the cold wild duck. 4
little cluster Of wine bottles stood upon
the buffet. and these had their necks
knocked off and were emptied down
parched threats.
For four hours sounds of riot. Of
dancing and of reveling rose up from
the StOrehouse, and the smell Of the
open brandy casks filed the whole air.
More than once the savages quarreled
and fought among themselves. and ii
seemed as II they had forgotten their
enemies above. but the besieged soon
found that IL they attempted to pre-
sumo upon this they were as closely
watched as ever The major domo
Theuriet, passing between a loophole
and light, was killed instantly by a
bullet from the stockade, and both
Amos and the Old seigneur had narrow
escapes
Slowly the light crept up the eastern
sky, little line of pearl. then a band
Of pink. broadening. stretching, spread
Ing, until it shot its warm color across
the heavens, tingeing the edges of the
,.r;fting clouds. De Catinat stood at
the window looking OFT when suddenly
his eyes fell on dark spot upon the
river to the north of them.
There is canoe coming up he
cried.
In an instant they had all rushed to
the opening. but Du Lhut sprans after
them and pulled them angrily toward
the door DO you wish to die before
your time:" he cried.
AYE. aye" said Captain Ephraim,
who understood the gesture il not the
words. I'VE must leave a watch on
deck. Amos. lad lie here 18th me
ard be ready if they show"
ITO BE CONTINUED.l
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CHAPTER XIV.

had occurred is easily
HAA explained. The watchers in
Il VI the windows at the front
I ,,1nd that If was more than
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ITO BE CONTINUED.)
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-09-08
NEWS NOTES AND COMMENT
END THE FINISH FIGHTS
W. c. Black, Editor

TOVERNOR John Sparks made a declaration in his speech Of
~ acceptt nee before the Democratic state convention, that
<EJ is purely non partisan in its character. That it will meet
with the hearty approval of the dccencv1oving citizenship of the
state goes without saying. The Standard as a non partisan pap
er trusts that the Republican nominee for governor will follow the
example already set, and declare his views asconforming to those
Of Governor Sparks upon this particular question. We have ref
crencc TO finish fights, and the statute on our books that makes
them possible. In commenting upon the subject, the governor
said:
THE statute allowing finish fights has been in active force for
ten years. During that time, the state license law, fixing the Ii
cense rate on each fight at enc thousand dollars, has enriched our
treasury by Just two thousand dollars, including the MONIES paid
in by the Goldfeld sporting fraternity for the Gans-NeIson fight
oflast Monday, Who will undertake to say this is not the dear
est revenue that finds its way into our state treasury The stg
ma of tolerating such pastime has done us uncalculahle harm
In pursuing the subject OF brutal pastimc further. the governor
said that some effort had been made to introduce bul1fghing in
this state, but in his opinion bovine contests belonged on the
ranges, and if he had his way they would be confined to the ami
mails native haunts.
The governor is true sportsman in every sense of the word,
but with the vast majority Of people, believes that fighting should
be confined to boxing, and %buIIfghtng to the ranges.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-09-08
NEEDED

IN NE of the measures that will likely come up before the next
- legislature will be one providing for the raising of funds
GENJ TO deray the expenses of building n modern schoolhouse
in Fallon. Our present accommodations are very poor indeed,
but they are the result of Il rapid growth of the town, and no one
in particular is TO blame for the present State of affairs. Howev-
or, every taxpayer in the community shonld support a new build
Jag project,
Within the year following the completion OF the railroad to
Talon, our population will have doubled, and the growth will
always be rapid and substantial coming as it will, for the most
part, from the development Of he project lands. We cannot af
ford to be lax in this matter for the coming generation is entitled
II the best that we can give them. The public schools are for the
children Of INllQn and vicinity, and Their future welfare should be
The only incentive governing Our actions. All other considera-
tions, personal, financial or otherwise, should be reegated to the
background.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-09-08

"BtTTI1NGo NELSON WAS dccsiyc1y defeated by Zoe Cans,
the colorcd marvel at CoIddeld on labor day, after putting up one
of the gamest exhibitions ever seen in the prize ring. \ number
of Nevada politicians can observe tic Danes manner OF taking a
defeat gracefully with profit to themselves.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-09-08

THE Fairview Miner would have the outside world believe
that Falon has sunk into a state of innocuous desuetude, and
tia business interests are already in bad state of decay. 1t
never loses a chance to comment upon the peace and quiet that its
editor wouidhave his readers believe reigns supreme, in this part
Of the country. Why bless your heart, brother, you are pursuing
the wrong tactics again, as usual. FalIon has more capital in
vested in your camp than any town of it's size in the world, and
your business personnel IS very largely drawn from our town.
You can't afford to dcprecate Fallon nor FolIon interests. Your
attempts to depict the true conditions in this town are The rankest
kind Of misrepresentation, even farcical, and are the results of that
mental natnlcnce that pervades homes for the feeble minded.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-09-08

FOURTEEN holdoyer state senator's will be elected this fall,
among them being the Churchill county senator, who will vote
for United States senator two years hence. 1t is rumored that
the political sack will be opened and the trcasnrewhl flow Hber
ally. The candidates ofboth parties realize that these fourteen
senator's will in all likelihood hold lhe balance OF power when their
respective fates shall be decided and a great effort will doubtless
he made to elect senators who are favorable. Tie rivalry is al
ready plainly in evidence.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-09-08

T1OVERNOR John Sparks made a declaration in his speech Of
" acceptt nee before the Democratic state convention, that
l&E1 is purely non partisan in its character. That it will meet
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-13

II can never understand" says q X.
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Nd romancea Tire poor are made %
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for who % TIE refined and subtle
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1sr ths pavement" Any one Who has
fndied Tie coDdlti0ns a Ger grvst
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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-13

he that viii lose hls fricIA for Q jest
deserves 90 die a beg=ar by the bar
hin. Such let thy jes,s b. that they
Bay not grind the credit Of Thy friend.
I'd make not jests 20 log toat thou
|ecomest one.--Fullet.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-01-05
"Skinning" a Stove as Practiced by
Some Supply Houses.

Some seven or eight months ago."
said the president of a prominent
stove company, this house was asked
for a price on 100000 stoves by a lead
ing catalogue house. The inquiry
specified several of the leading pat
terms shown in our catalogue and spec
flied that the stoves furnished should,
in appearance, be exactly as shown in
the catalogue. Such an order don't
come along every week, so I went over
all the factory costs, figured mighty
close, and submitted a fiat price of
1855 each.
When this price was submitted, l
was told that it was away too high,
that they couldn't touch the line at
any such figure.
Il replied that we couldn't possibly
shade that price a cent and didn't care
for the order at less than that figure.
THE buyer for the mail order house
told me that he thought a more care
full estimate would bring a better
price because he said that he had one
of each of these stoves weighed and
thought we had about twenty pounds
of unnecessary irOn on each one.
Now leave off that twenty pounds
surplus and see what you can do said
he.
Acting on this hint, and realizing
more fully the precise value Of the
words Gin appearance exactly as shown
in your catalogue" contained in the
in n,,iru tho npfc.A nf the cfnyaC UoS
made to meet the ideas Of the mail
order house and the order secured.
''These skinned stoves were ship
ped all over the country, being largely
advertised by the mail order people as
one of those phenomenal purchases
Of the leading numbers OF a we'll
known makers line, being exactly as
shown in the cut
"They were SO thoroughly relieved
of surplus iron that a slight jar in
handling would crack a hearth plate,
break a leg or fracture some other
part, with a result that the stove COM
pany's losses by breakaxs in assem-
bling parts. and the railroads loss
through damage claims left the only
profit in the transaction to the astute
and honest mail order a
"It is probably no injustice to con-
clude that such genius would not be
confined to 'skinning' stoves. and the
light which it throws upon the meth
DDS Of the mail order oncerns may
explain to many a puzzled merchant
the real inwardness of many a start
ling mail order bargain which has
drawn the trade away from it's natural
channels to enrich and upbuild the
very concerns who by deliberate de-
ceit and dishonesty traded upon the
confidence and shortsighted gullibil-
ity of their customers.-Dry Goods
Reporter.