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Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03

That's the way she looks, only worse, of
course, or else it wouldn't be mean valen-
tine, said James Alpheus.
Are you talking about Thankful Judd?'
asked their mother 81 don't feel sure that
those children have enough to eat. They must
be very poor"
And then Cynthia heard her father say
something in low tone about mortgage and
taking possession" and that he Couldn't
like Eli Judd"
"Oh, father. is the mortgage yours? l never
knew it," she cried, making one bound to
her fathers side Thankful is going to pay
it up so that the farm will be all their own.
You'll wait for her, won't you? You won't
'1'm afraid should have to wait a good
while for Thankful to pay it, replied her ia
"Oh, you don't know how smart Thankful
is! ! don't think there is another girl in the
she has such hard time-hardly any fur
like the other. girls, You won't turn them
out, will you, father?"
II shan't trouble them this winter, certain.
ly," assured Mr.. Day. "And you needn't
worry your little tb head al about out yoHF, friend"
James Alpheus 81 thought you were mad
with Thankful Judd, and getting up the mean.
est kind of mean valentine to send herr"
'1 am mad with her. said Cynthia, returo-
the arm of james, Alpheus' chair. at was was
mean what she did. You can make her lust
as horrid as you were going to.'
James Alpheus' unrestricted fancy produced
a fearful and wonderful figure in which Thank.
full Judd's physical characteristics were carl
catured.
"There everybody would know that, would
MT they?" he said, with great satisfaction os
he put on the finishing touches. won't sSo
be tearing mad? a boy would. / expect,
No% ri print The TeTsle |g on Tt'i 4 n sifS bi;
black letters. and, say, have you made the the
poetry"
"No; I wish you would" said Cynthia. 81
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And off went the young stole. whistling
stout defiance to fate.
Thankful called to him.
Cotton Mather, do you mean from"
1t choked Thankful to try to say "Cynthy."
Her." said Cotton Mather, nodding his
head emphatically in the direction of the vii
lage.
He could scarcely have explained his reasons
for entertaining this suspicion about the
mean valentine; they were only that Gym
thia, after making face at him, had watched
his drawing, and suddenly looked as if a new
and pleasing idea had struck her, and had
thereupon began to draw absently with her
pencil on her desk.
The spirit of st. Valentine being in the air,
and the "mean" valentine being a customary
expression of feeling when people were mad"
with each other in East Cherryfeld, Cotton
Mather had speedily interpreted these signs.
To have "mean" valentine was but triae
compared with the evils that threatened them,
from her mothers point of view. 1t even
seemed selfish to care much about it, although
Thankful's sensitiveness was of the sort to
which a mean" valentine is especially griev-
Rut if Cynthia was so mad as that, might
sbe not influence her father SO that the very
worst which Thankfuls mother feared might
come to pass!
James Alpheus was proud of his artistic
talent. and accepted joyfuly the task of max
;~g Thankful Judd "look just as awful as he
nassibly could on valentine"
pt II was in the evening, in the sitting room,
ond CYNTHIA and James Alpheus had retired
To- TO the old secretary in the corner for privacy
Svnthia felt that she would prefer not to
have her mother know about the "mean" val
entine.
Nh that's Thankful as if she'd speak to you,
only horrid! And. oh, James. Pm afraid
that's too horrid, her teeth sticking out So
though they do little-and such great hol-
lows in her cheeks!"
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:NG0 BEN ID OR BRE AK II

colder and drearier than any she had ever
known. Trevor Square had been dull enough,
but the sun had shone and the old walnut
tree waved its green branches in the window,
and Tessie, with her loving words and cling
ing arms, kept Trix's heart tender and warm.
But there was neither light nor love at North.
wood Institute.
There were about thirty pupils, most of
them older than Trix-girls backward or un-
manageable at home, who had been sent TO
the institute to be pushed, crammed or kept
under restraint, as the case might be.
Rules were sufficiently strict to satisfy the
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who looked if he might have been hewn cut
his classes going at high pressure from morn
ing until night. He was popalarly known
among his pupils as the "Sphynx,' and his
three sisters as the "Gorgons."
Much of this information was acquired by
Trix on the day of her arrival, from her room
mate-a dark-eyed girl of sixteen, named
Kate Kirlke.
care you going to be Lark or Bat?"
asked Kate. after she had helped Trix to un-
pack her trunk, and they sat in the deep
stone sill of their window, that looked out
over the mountain.
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81 don't know what you mean" replied
Trx, who, brave and bright as she was, felt
the chill of Northwood Institute, as Nam
Chloe would have said, in the very "marrcr
of her bones"
ooh, the Bats are the goody-goody girls
explained Kate, with laugh. They NOPE
LarSs have all the jolly times they can"
"There can't be much chance for jolly
times here" replied Trx, dcspondently.
ooh, don't you believe that!" said Kate,
with a nod. "Just wait and see"
And Trix waited and saw-a great deal
that she had never seen before, and from
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10

The discipline" of the school permitted
nothing further, unless by especial dispcnsa-
Ii i,on pocket money and letters both being in
rroIGssor Strongs opinion dangerous and de.
. Yet on Thanksgiving Eve, Kate Kirke shook
astonished eyes 'P'' ''''i' N
ne girls don't want me to tell YOU, but
giving party" ~ e"'
"A, party!" exclaimed Trix.
lush! hush!' cautioned Kate, holding up
warning hnger. 'If the Gorgons suspect
were done for. A party, my dearl In the
ceiari we q freeze anywhere else in the house
ana they hear us, besides. But the furnace
Is Gown there, and when the doors are lock ed
tlu Glu INC IIrgons In bed, we can have grand
tlme Molly Diggs gave one last year, and
II was Splendid Two pounds of candies stuck
an around under the stone arches, and a
table made of an old plank and a couple of
ash as barrels. And we. had a lemon-ice made
oil snow, and pound cake and carames."
How did she get them?" asked Trix.
"Smuggled them in, of course Peggy. the
masn,e was elrl, used TO get us anything we wanted
IaSt year; but Miss Minerva caught her with
yeHoW tany and cocoanut packed among the
GIean %' towels, and sent poor Peggy spinning
Ever since the Gorgons have WATCHED Ms closer
than ever, and the man at the Gap store has
his orders not to sell us ANYTHING more
There's no other school in the world where
they don have holiday on Thanksgiving, and
roast turkey, at least, for dinner. And we're
to spend the day on cold pork and geometry;
so the Larks mean to have some fun tonight.
or perish said that L was going to invite
you, YOU, but the girls said you'd be afraid to
to aas5 of echGed 6si TrH. her eyes beginning
=, on, OF the Gorgons!" laughed Kate. 'T.il
Claxton said you were the meanest Bat in
the house, and Miss Minerva only put you in
my " room mt to wat watch and spy on me-"
fereely. 81! Do you think that lfua of me. too?'
A. IN, dear, no.! assured Kate quickly. 81
think you are the very incest girl in the school.
! !. always stand up for you, L tell you l had
1t not and a. heavy with Lii about you. Lii got
has an awful temper SO she and her cronjesN 81
the two Glovers and Lou Dunn-said they
would not trouble rue and my precious friend
with their company. We had the grandest
@ don't care 'oi Let AZ Iii on clsStnn your account but
by you, Irix, if you'll stand by mel"
Irlx had listened breathlessly, her ewes
ENDING with the old fire that had been rather
dimmed of late
Until now she had been queen in her own
girlish sphere-at home or at school. Trix
| talbot had always led and ruled.
10 be distrqqsted, set aside, despised was
something unpleasantly new.
CAM ne'p you all
you dear, darling grill" said Kate or.
Enthusiastically. well have the psrtv % i ;t'o IN
only to spite Lii. But 1 don't know how to
buy the things Lii was going to manage
,.,,, I'VE can manage mar it without herl" said Trx
decidedly. The man at the store won't know
me- o, I'll go and buy the things myself" Ano"
On, Irlx, you would not dare!j' cried
WON'T II" said Trix, with a defiant little
laugh "Just try me and see!'' 'i"''' 'i''ie
(Io be continued next sunday.)
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which her honest heart recoiled, for truth had
deception were the sEfun' at Northwood In
stitute.
The dreary November days went on; the
sun seemed to have gone out forever in the
cold, gray mists that yelled the mountain; the
great stone house grew damper and darker
and colder each day.
Not even the faint comfort of letter from
home was allowed Trix. Correspondence of
all kinds was forbidden at Northwood Insti-
tute Miss Strong sent a brief report every
month to each parent and guardian, and re-
ceived a short letter in reply.
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k4A--l ed their destination-a dreary nt.le nt1
t6s609e! village, high up on the rem,1Sy, ,,n,,n
S@-szs<sJ vania mountains; black, bare noun noun
tains, whose sides had been scat%heu %
and scored by mines and quarrics until they
mad no life or loveliness left
On the bleakest point of this rocky rdge
stood Northwood Institute, which was t,e
goal OF Aunt Prue's journey; and as the creaN-
ing carryall that brought travellers iron the
village toiled up the steep mountain road, the
great stone building looming up IN the morn,
ing mists, looked to Trx like some ieudai
fortress, in whose dungeons she was TO I've
imprisoned, out of the light and sunshine
forever.
"A most excellent school, Aunt Prue had
said, briefly. at has been highly recommend
ed to me. You will find it very different from
the childish methods to which you are accuS-
toned Northwood Institute is conducted OH
the most approved European plan
The European plan" did not strike Irix
very favorablv as she was ushered into
great vault Of a hall that seemed triiie more
cheerless than the rocky heights without. and
thence INTO parlor where feeble hre was
iilckering under huge stone mantelpiece, anu
The walls were decorated with geometrlcal
iroblems in black frames, and two gaunt cabl-
nets devoted to mineralogy and entomology
invited the visitor to scientific investigations.
Everything looked cold and solid. Even the
iady principal, who came to receive her early
visitors, had such a stiff neck that she had
TO wheel round like craven image when size
wanted to turn her head Her name was
Miss Strong, and Trix learned there were two
other Misses Strong, who with their brother,
Professor Strong, ran Northwood Institute at
high pressure up the hill of knowledge.
MY niece has been neglectedM,yery much
neglected. said Aunt Prue. at is only
within the last few months that she has como
under my control, and find she requires more
rigid discipline than can be enforced in city
home"
Exactly" said Miss Strong, wheeling round
to take a view of Trix, who sat moodlly before
the fire.
"She is very sef-wlled," continued Aunt
Prue, very restless, very rebellious under
any restraint"
"Ah!" said Miss Strong, turning to faee
Aunt Pruc. Indeed"
''In Short" went on Miss Talbot, sharply,
as twinge in her ankle recalled her adyen-
ture of the previous day, "she needs thor
ough breaking in.
Il understand" said Miss Strong, wheeling
around for another view of Trix. 81 think
YOU will find our. system answers ..-ahem!-ali
your niece's requirements exactly"
And then. after a little more conversation
equally complimentary to her niece, Aunt Pruc
drew out well-illed pocketbook, paid the
first quarter in advance, and arose to take
her leave.
"Good-by, Beatrix," she said coldly. 81
hope to find you improved in mind and man.
ners when meet again.
She held out her hand, but Trix turned
from it, without a word.
And Miss Strong exchanged glances with
Aunt Prue, as if she saw this was very bad
specimen indeed.
Then began a strange, new life for Trix-
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CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING PAIE
CHAPTER XXI.
EXII.ED.

!. the dull, gray light Of early morn
ing, Aunt Prue and her culprit reaeh.
ed their destination-a dreary ntlle
village, high up on the Pennsyl'
unnin -...I.i.. L1n nL hnrn noun.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-02-09

through our valley soon rs there
has been several prospectors
through here; the reports are
favorable.
We are greatly pleased with
New Mexico. Came to Tucumcari
ON April, 1906, remaining there
until October. Many thanks to
our locator Mr.. Rogers for hay
ing conducted us to our present
location in this valley.
TO breathe the free air, to feel
the inspiration o. the turquoise sky
and SO many sunshiny days. Well
isn't it lovely to one with "A heart
to enjoy the. beautiful.
Caro-"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-02-09
Homestead Entry No. 1858
Notice for Publication

Department of the Interior,
Land ONCE at Clayton, New Mexico
February |, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that Walter
II, Wilson of Lloyd. n. NJ, has filed
notice OF his intention TO make final
communication proof In support of his
claim, viz: Homestead Entry No. 1858,
made Feb. =, 1906, for the ne IA, sec,
26, tip. . II, range 81 e, and that said
proof will be made before r. l.. Pat
Jerson, Probate.J Judge of Quay Co, at
his Office in Tucumcari, New Mexico,
on March l6, 1907.
lie names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
}. +. Smith of Lloyd, n. Nj.
p. o. Pkey OF Tucumcari, n. M.
II. A. Wayne
w. NJ. Smith of Puerto, N. M.
EDWARD w. Fox, Register.
II 1T
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-02-09
Homestead Entry Nc. 1000.
Notice For Publication.

Department of the Interior. Land Office
at Clayton, New Mexico, Feb. /, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that Jane Rose
of Tucumcari, New Mexico, has filed
notice of her intention to make final COM
mutation proof in support of her claim, viz:
Homestead Entry No. 1000 made Jan. Il.
1906, for he sw IA. sec. so, tip. 10 n,
range 81 e. and that said proof will be
made before Ruben l.. Patterson, Probate
Judge OF Quay Co., at his Office in Tucum.
carl, New Mexico, on March 10, 1907.
She names the following witnesses to
prove her continuous residence upon a n d
cultivation of, the land, viz;
Q. NJ. Reynolds of Tucumcari, N. Mex
Sanford Rose of "
James Rice of
Oliver Galentine of
EDWARD w. Fox, Register.
~ ~
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-02-09
Ogle Flat Items.
Correspondence


Will You accept off few items
from this place. If so, we will be
pleased to be represented in your
paper.
We have II most beautiful valley
down here. averaging about twelve
miles wide, can't give the exact
length rs no one seems to know.
| Judge it to be nearly II hundred
miles long, thcrcare mountains on
either side, with openings between
leading into smaller valleys. The
land is rich; we have good water,
wood and posts in abundance
making it one of the most attract
i've valleys in New Mexico.
Work is plentiful, new build
ings going up all over the valley.
Four immigrant cars, Chat we
know of unloadcd ut Montoya
within the lust week.
Messrs. Gunter, Thompson,
Alexander and Cappleman pur.
chased 5000 pounds of wire from
Kohn Bros of Montoya Monday.
Messrs. j. v. Spinks and Bob
Bryan have been furnishing Mon
toya citizens with fine beef for
some time.
A jolly crowd assembled to-
gether last Sunday morning and
assembled the Louisiana Mesa to
view the surrounding country.
AN ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure" Suppose
that's why such n large bottle
accompanied the crowd-n no one
snake bit,--a good time reported.
Mrs. ]. V. Spinks, and Miss
Niuuu liloiipSoh uIV VII lHc SiCh
list this week.
Mr.. Harvey Gibson having i'm
proved his claim, contemplatcS re-
turning to Arkansas soon to look
after business interests there.
Henry Sparks of Montoya called
on friends in this vicinity Sunday
j. u. Parker made a business
trip to Tucumcari Monday.
If YOU do not think there is
something doing in this part.
go spend the day with Kohn Bros.
ut Montoya, they will erect larger
buildings, also open II bank there
in the spring. The roads are level
and good from here there, distance
eight miles.
We hope to have II new Il. X.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-02-09
For Sale

Four room residence and block
of four lots in Daub Addition.
Residence is fenced. has cellar and
other convcnicnccS, fruit trees
and shade trees in yard, good
water. etc. Price 50. 500. 90. In
uuire ut this office.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-06-22
Crows Way Of Opening CLAIMS.

Crows Way OF Opening CLAIMS.
The crows that live along the sea
shore live on sea food. At times they
show q CULTS dexterity in picking eat
ables from the tossing water with their
bills. Their ingenuity. however, Is
taxed by the hard shells Of clans,
which they can neither pry into nor
break with their bills. Like some gulls,
the bright crow will seize a clam and
fy to a great height and drop 1t on a
ledge Of rock. That breaks the shell.
and the crow gets the meat. Near
Vancouver, B. c., the crow rides
around on the backs Of hogs that are
roofing In the dow ground Of the tide.
The hogs crush the shells Of CLANS and
mussels In their jaws and then drop
them en&the ground In order to sepa-
rate the neat from the shell. Tho
crow Jumps In and gets the meat for
Itself. On the other hand, the remark
dbl6S story comes from Africa that
crows: there carry stones to a consider
able height above a nest OF ostrich
eggs and let them fall on the tough
shells. and then feed on the exposed
albumen.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-06-22
Contest Notice.

Department of tho Interior, Land
Office at Rapid City, S. D., June II,
1907.
A sufficient contest affidavit hav-
ing been filed in this Office by Lor-
eta Court, contestant, against Home
stead entry No. 1921, made Deem
Der %, 1906, for the southwest
quarter of section 1, township 1
north, range 8 east, B. H. NJ, by
James A. Davis, %contestee, in which
1t is alleged that said James A. Davis
has never established residence upon
said tract, nor improved the same,
and has absented himself c%ontinu-
ally therefrom for more than one
year next prior to the filing Of this
contest.
Said parties are hereby notified to
appear, respond and offer evidence
touching said allegation at 10 O'Clock
a. M, on August 8, 1907, before
the Register and Receiver at the
Land office in Rapid City, s. D.
The said contestant having in a
proper affidavit, filed June II, 1907,
set forth facts which show that after
due diligence personal service Of
this notice cannot be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that
such notice be given BY due and
proper publication.
GEO. P. BENNETT. Register,
Buell. & Gardner, Att'ys for Con.
First publication June %.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-06-22

of Mexico. Word has reached here
that plans are being prepared by
Captain Robert E. Orr, of Illinois,.
which contemplate practically the
abandonment o the Mississippi river
south of Cairo an 9TH utilization of
a chain of lakes in establishing the
proposed new route. 1t is reported
mat a $50,OO0,O 900 appropriation will
be sought to put the SCENE in oper-
alton.
Captain Orr's figures, according to
reports. estimate that the cost would
be about the same per mile as rail-
road construction. He would have
the work begun at Lake Borgne and
would carry it north to Cairo, divid-
ing the operations into five sections
OF about one hundred miles each.
From the western side of this lake, a
cut would be made to Lake Pont-
%chartarain and Maurepas. From
these lakes the channel would fol-
low a hrs slightly northwest un-
til Spanish lake was reached, when
~ WYNN ~ anu
parallel the Mississippi river until it
| got to Cairo, where connection with
the Illinois river would be made.
! Once into the river the proposed
route would be that already discuss,
ed and connect with the lakes thro'
Chicago's sanitary canal.
Captain Orr expects to enlist the
Lakes-to- the-Gulf Deep Waterway
association in the matter and viii
ask that organization to support his
plan. This is the logical association
to press the fight before the mex
congress, If M is to be made, fol
the National Rivers and Harbor.
congress, while it is the most repre-
sentative organization of its kind II
the country, is committed to no in
dividual plan of betterment and be
lieves only in the general proposition
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-06-22

since the passing OF the late Minis
ter Conger, who knows more of the
in%tricacies Of Chinese politics and
Chinese character than does the
present minister to Panama. During
the period when the foreign lega-
tions were beleaguered, Minister
Squires, who then was an attache
of the American legation in Pekin,
has active and personal command Of
the guards. He was fitted for this
arduous and nerve-racking duty by
his course in the United States ar
tillery school, from which he was
graduated in 1880 Although
grounded in artillery tactics, he was
transferred at his own request to the
infantry, and later to the cavalry
branch of the United States army,
eventually leaving the army to en-
ter the diplomatic service Of the
country So successful was his de-
Tense of the Pekin legations that he
was extended the thanks of the
British government, an honor that is
very seldom bestowed upon any but
British subjects.
While it is understood no invi.
tation actually has been issued tc
Minister Squiers to lend his aid tc
the solution of the present threaten.
ing problem, it is likely that the gov.
eminent will welcome the advice OF
all is servants versed in Chinese af,
fairs. According to the latest re.
ports conditions in China instead O
growing better ire growing steadil,
worse. The activity. of the Reform
association is more noticeable ant
the resultant unrest of the masse!
is more apparent.
Lakes-to- the Gulf deep waterwa,
enthusiasts are looking forward t,
the presentation Of a new scheme t,
connect the inland seas with the Gull
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-06-22

lished at Brookings College devotes
several pages of the last issue to re-
ports OF athletic events, but not one
line does 1t give to scholarship, or
to the intellectual contests, though
In the back part Of the number it
published Reich's grafton. though 1t
does not indicate that the essay is
an Grafton, or that 1t was delivered
In the intercollegiate contest, or even
that there has been an intercollegiate
oratorical contest. This only accords
with the criticism which Dr.. Gault
made recently to the University
students and which the Dakotan
commented upon at the time. Mod
ern athletics have driven ideas of
scholastic enterprises out of the
heads OF the students. In a large.
degree they give their thoughts to.
field meets and not to scholarship
1t Is time for q reform.-Pierre Da-I
kotan. Il
The hrst horse sale OF the season
viii be held at Pierre on the 10th
~ July. a large sale is expected.
A deaf mute named p. C. Allen,
Was srnn5oysr and killed by q freight
train at Custer June 1sth. Among.
hise6ectH was paper saying he
lived lii Philadelphia.
The Black Hills Mining Review, of
Deadwood. has beenspurchased BY r.
WssBoNersof that city who will take