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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03


EN- wasn't so net up with the Holy
Ghost, reckon, Anyway, they signed.
The terms WASH t RELY set TIL lhurS-
day morning, put we knew theE would
De, ana so al Wednesday night we
WAS IHoNih dctoaJ inc RIVER dH0 II
kept up all next day-ua| before yes
jerday. lou It ought 10 a been here
then; |on wouldn't wonder at my
comm down on you Ike thousand OF
Drlck jest now, taIlh you lor moDo-
crat. You'd a seen families druV
right out or lhcIr hOmeS' WIN no
horSeS' tents money nor Gay pro,
NlalOuS-JeSJ niue lo'IISh hOuSehOIu
stun they could carry IN ther hahuS
sick men ana women carried Oh
peas, mothers Iu&Slh DaoieS anu ledu-
in children. MY saEes' but ala
want to run some bullets ana HI III!
Ola norm with powder lor lhe coH'
Solatloh OF Israel, IleS Ie yin ou'
over Jlere III Jhe SlouS" now do many
aS an gone 10 glory II lH"ue iA'e
jest pump muruerouS'
Inc younger man. uttered SUD. -. =
cry VI anguish. '"'' o''' " liD' nos
oeen our Slh' thal we hiuSl oe plo''u
again! why nave we s0I " NC UH''''
tened !: ,
Then hrocNhlah force malc'eN
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

the States on the subject Of our
wrongs. And SO they called you back
from your mission?"
"They said must learn to school
myself; that might hurt the cause
by my ill-tempered zealand yet l
brought in many"
81 don't blame you. got in trouble
the first and only mission l went on,
and the first time preached, at that
When l said, Joseph was ordained
by Peter, James and John drunken
wag in the audience got up and called
me a damned liar. | started for him.
never reached him, but | reached
the end of my mission right there.
The Twelve decided ! was usefuller
here at home. They said | hadn't got
enough of the Lords humility for out
side work. That was why they put
me at the head of-that little organ
ization l wanted you to join last
spring. And it's done good work, too
You'll join now fast enough, guess.
You begin to see the need of such
doin's. l can give you the oath any
time"
NO. Bishop, didn't mean that kind
of resistance. 1t sounded too prac.
teal for me; I'm still satisfied to be
the Lutte of the Holy Ghost"
You can be Son of Dan, too"
mot yet, not yet. We must still
be a little meek in the face of Heav-
en-"
You're in mighty poor place to
practice meekness. What'd you cross
the river for, anyway"
why, for father and mother, of
course. They must be safe at Green
Plains. Can / get out there without
trouble?"
The Bishop sneered.
BE meek, will you? Well, mosey
out to Green Plains and begin there
It's a burned plains you'll find, and
Lima and Morley all the same, and
Bear Creek. The mobbers started out
from Warsaw, and burned all in their
way, Morley first. then Green Plains
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Say. Old FOgy, you are the man to
hop into the Union right away, be-
cause there isn't an organization on
earth that can't help somebody or else
receive help from that somebody.
Now, it may be that you are the very
man to help hold the boys down" 70
the text, "EDUCATE, COOPERATE.
UNITE" for the common good of the
tillers of the soil The telephone, the
daily mail delivery and some other
things that have happened lately have
finished up the job Of making "busi-
ness man" of every bra.ny, sensible
farmer. Come in and find the warm
est welcome you ever had. We aren't
sitting around waiting for you at all.
but we have fiXel a place for you, and
it is yours at any time: and the soon
err you get into it, the longer you will
be a man among men. Get into the
band wagon while the music is going
on. You will be dead after awhile,
and then you will not be missed if you
are way off by yourself somewhere
Get among your fellows,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

The Texas Cotton Warehouse Com
pany has thought it wisc Ia Issue
card distinctly setting forth The fact
that it is no part Of the Farmers
Union. and is in no way connected
with that organization. ana that it
will act as an independent corpora
ton. having as its object the storing
OF distressed cotton and the making
of advances on il, just as any other
business institution might do II is
not out of place 10 state that this
concern has in its organization scv-
Cral members of the Union. and its
work will BE- along the lines of the
Unions warehouse plans. This con.
Germ purposes building several ware
houses in different parts of the State
where cotton will be accepted. stored
and advances made upon il or not, as
the depositor Of the cotton may
choose.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
CHAPTER II.
The Wild Ram of the Mountains.

ne Wild Ram of the Mountains.
oiignt though his figure was, it was
,'ae and active and well-muscled and
y Knew as they struggled that his
assdliant was possessed of no greater
alyahtage than had lain in his point
! attack. In strength, apparently,
snsy We're we'll matched. Twice they
!, over on the carpeted floor, and
nen' despite the big, bony hands
ssessine aboar his throat. he turned
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
CHAPTER III.
The Lutte of the Holy Ghost Breaks
His Fast.

HIS Fast
In his cautious approach to the
Daggin house. he came upon her un.
awares--a slight, slender, shapely
thing of pink and golden flame, as she
poised where the sun came full upon
her. One hand clutched her flowing
blue skirts snugly about her ankles;
the other opened cOaXingly to kitten
crouched to spring on the limb of an
apple tree above her. The head was
thrown Dack, the vivid lips were part
ed, and he heard her laugh low to
herself.
Stepping from the covert that had
shielded him, he called softly to her.
"Prudence-Prue,"
She had reached for the kitten, but
at the sound of his low, vigorous note,
she turned quickly toward him, color
ing with a glow that spread from the
corner of the crossed kerchief up to
the yellow hair above her brow. She
answered with quick breaths.
"Joel--Joel-J0el."
She laughed aloud. clapping her
small hands, and he ran to her-Over
beds of marigolds. heartsease and
lady slippers, through a row of drOwsy
looking, heavy-headed dahlias, and
past other whitening flowers, all but
choked out by the rank garden
growths of late summer. Then his
arms opened and seemed to swallow
the leaping little figure.
you dear old sObersides. yOu--how
gaunt and careworn you look and how
hungry. and what wild eyes you have
! to brighten one with At first /
thought you were crazy man."
He held her face up to his eager
eyes, having no words to say, over
come by the JOY that surged through
him like a mighty rush of waters. In
the moments glorious certainty he
rested until she stirred nervously I'm.
der his devouring look, and spoke.
Come, kiss me now and let me 60"
He kissed her eyes so that she shut
them; then he kissed her lips-long-
letting her go at last, grudgingly, fear
fully, unsatisfied.
"You scare me when you look that
way. You mustn't be so fierce"
81 told him he didn't know you"
who didn't know me, sir?"
"a man who said | wasn't sure of
YOU"
so you are sure Of me, are you,
Mr.. Preacherman? Is it because
we've been sweethearts since so
long? But remember you've been
much away. I've seen you-let me
count-but one little time of two
weeks in three years. You would go
on that horrid mission"
is not religion made up Of ODE
dience, let life or death Gomez"
rs there no room for loving ones
sweetheart in it,"
OllC iIu0G ODCs, anu an Z" DS'NSA
man for having denied myself and
gone. ] can love you better. | have
been taught to think Of others. | was
sent to open up the gospel in the east
ern states because | had been en-
dowed with almost the open vision
1t was my call to help in the setting
up of the Messiah's latter-day king
dom. Besides, we may never question
the commands of the holy priesthood
even if our wicked hearts rebel IN
secret"
IF you had questioned the righ
person sharply enough, you NIGH
have had an answer as to why yot
were sent"
What do you mean? How could
have questioned? How could | have
rebelled against the stepping-stone o
my exaltation?'
: ITO BE CoNTINUED>
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Lave you taken time to notice if
the girls have the right sort of dirt
in the flower beds around the house
to make them grow? II you haven't
you ought TO, for it would not take
long to fix EN- up all right. and il
would prove that you were the right
sort Of a man to have about the pldce.
Sometimes this needs proving.
Wherever it has been tried, it has
been found that the diyeraifier has al
ways won out. When we say diversi
fer. we mean just that. TO quit eX-
elusive cotton and 90 to some other
speciality is not diversification at all
This is simply quitting the acting of
one sort Of a fool to act some other
sort. A diyerSifier dlyerSiies, and he
does not know what failure is. He i
a cautious man. and has not the fool
hardness to 90 into some line with al,
his money and time without knowing
about it. He is material for a good
Union man, for he is first an EDU-
GATOR. EDUCATION is the thing
first, and the practical application of
the learning is wisdom. The diversi-
fer is wise.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

The time now is that there must be
some sort of rctrcnchmenr in the eX-
pense Of conducting the sort Of gov
eminent most of the States have to
endure Texas is on its ears because
with the increase Of population there
is an increase in all expenses. a raise
in taxes and no sort OF Improvement
in tn" conduct Of Stat" affairs The
old theory thar things can be done for
Il less per capita expense when done
on the Wholesale is not working ont
in That state. The expenses are in
creasing with the population not in an
even ratio. but by leaps and bounds,
and there is no improvement in the
efficiency of affairs Many other
states are in similar condition.
There is no honest reason for this,
and the dishonest reason should be
circumyented by a demand from the
people for a dollars worth Of service
for every dollar they pay in taxes,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
CHAPTER |.
The Dead City.

oep'','' h....,, In,.g imam i NOR
seenins' NV ,aou No. hroocb NV
had 1t n'a'' co., , ~. ..ion of ,,;nlonoo
rent OF N'So' Wv Tra iana .hodo1
could w "> ,.:,I 49,. Of .,,t+o,.
streets VI '"''''" h,,s a;,.,,
peace ana N,'I,' O, ,,,,.,n boz, go
around "i'l'' ''.I W '. Wv, ra,,.o. cot -
n0ou! ''' J ''''' ',,S ,,.a,, .l,roood ,n
cool gree" SAVING, ,.,,, ,,,n anrn,,it -
the hl5n mn CIV, ,y.,,1I, +,n,,Io o1;+tar
ibis S'a'''' "'',' Wv ' fnn ahl,rl
ins Oh he" ness, ,' 'o",,t
them III pilI. ~, .,il .i,,l. woman
FFou' " on" .',.,,,, 49, doaa oit,, raat
man Io"i"7 w." ' a.,, i,,,,o1 o,,o, bic
ea oh no ' ',,1 ,ar,,Io on tho hinton
Shoui"'' ~ ,.,,....ntI,. ~ Tho yborf No
i'"""''S' ~. ti,o hrsb of tho
"do ''"', NV 80. ,n.a +,,o o;t,. of
streets no .1,..,, $780,,
EVVV P'Ip'N ,,-,,,i,Ia,.,,o,,+ 10
peioie, II. '', No,r, ,,,a,ta,. fo,. ,o,,,o
Soou' '0' 'r' ~, w ,,,,.,tar, porooivtrr ~
soIu'i"' W ''.l $780,. ,.,n,. ,;fo
ieus'n ''''' -' '',,, ,,a ,.;,or ho atortoa
ei'He' ""l ", ,,I , ',noat ,ho+ 1oa From,
"oH",' . .D7,! ~ - ntroot Which WHOM
wv n,u.a5 i u,oc oricIoni,c
nv nov, ~, ' ,,,.h - =, ,,igbtv commorco
we" Wv ~. o,nro..ion If wonder wac
IL, - erodo of orvintv Tbore
''"' ,,,,a.,-i,r oro1it,- in tba
~ s+i,Irass. and the mystery
.1t ,,rioI,od him +o fornhodinas He
nou, nossfng amntv workshons
,.;.nt;nc a. door oftar door with over.
,,n,;nn clown ThoD no hogan to
h,t .,o co,,d Of bie ,oica served
ssI, ., ,rrrovoto tho eiInnca
''' -, ho1dor bo triod somo If
:, aoon, ond fo,,nd tbor, ~ vie1d 1ot.
~ hin, tn+o lind Of snotbored
t 80 oniotnoos evop moro an.
,,s,ni,o .hon that ontside Ha nassed
= d,,,nt,, ronowau, tho bor,n strawn
a.,atIn about GO - rho worI,ore had
,aft hmrriodIv ua naorod cnrionelv Of
~, 'n 49, ,es'' .a 5oaamt,1 anin,,ira
r,boolo -dosorted annarentIv hnt the
,rs,ort boforo ha came It seemed as
;ftbo noon,o wore aod maIicionsIv inst
IN front r. lave him in This fearfuIlest
q al solitn5ns He wondered if he
aid NOT baar their mick furtiye stems.
and 600 tba vanishing shadows of
tbam
Al Iast halfway nm tho reyt block
ho tbouobt bie avec cauaht for q short
basfsooord tho moro thin shadow Of
.pn,l,ipo fg,,ro II had seemed to
nose tbrnuoI, o.ono arhorr that all
hui sb;o,dod from, tho ctroot y bouse
wv ~, @n'''osu = VIZ ,. W. +hoa &C.
noigbbors uo ran toward the cnnt
c.Iling a. bo wont Rut whom ha had
yorltod ovor tbo low fence RIM across
tho garden and around the end Of the
arhor donoo With tho groer ,aavee and
clneters of rrrnlo graDos tho snaca in
front Of tba hopsn was hare if more
tbor .. trio1, nhon+or, of b;s owe had
ga stennod inside and ca1lod There
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

With the increase in the use Of
fruit has come an increase in the lon
gevity of human life. There is twice
as much fruit consumed Der capita in
this contry than there was a decade
ago. Plant trees in every old corner
ard in every odd corner. If you are
of any account, it will not stop you If
it so happens that you may not live
on the place to eat the fruit; some,
body will, and the likelihood is that
your successor will be as good as you
are. and as much in need OF fruit
Don't lose an opportunity to do some
thing for the human race. BE A
UNION MAN.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Are you the kind of man that your
boys will refer to with price? If You
are not you are not a good Union man.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Remember your silent partner"
should have as much of your atten.
ton and thoughts as she used to have
before you were married If she did
il is sure bet that she would have
some improved house helps as often
as YOU put new and better tool or
implement in the field Think it over
and do the right thing about it.
It doesn't make SO much difference
what We call the men who are work
ing for the beterment of the condition
Of the cotton grower, if they all work
along some sort of an agreed Plan for
the same object Common sens
ought to convince all softer minded
men that can pull together only when
they do pull together See?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03

Give the boys a chance Encourage
them to speak in the local. Bring
them up right and they will not de-
part from it. The statesmen of the
future must come from the farm. as
they have always done.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-30

ing windows, and devoid of a front
porch, or slightest attempt at shade
to render its uncomely front less unat-
tractive. Had the matter been left at
that moment to his own decision, this
glimpse of the house would have
turned them both back, but the girl
unhesitatingly pressed forward and
turned defiantly in through the gate
less opening. He followed in silence
along the narrow foot-path bordered
by weeds, and stood back while she
stepped boldly up on the rude stone
slab and raped shar.,ly against the
warped and sagging door. A moment
they stood thus waiting with no re-
spouse from within. Once she glanced
suspiciously around at him, only to
wheel back instantly and once more
apply her knuckles to the wood. Be
fore he had conjured up something
worth saying the door was partially
opened. and rounded dumping of
woman, having rosy cheeks, her hair
iron-gray, her blue eyes half smiling
in uncertain welcome, looked out upon
them questioningly-
I've come to live here announced
the girl, sullenly. THAT is, if 1 like it"
The woman continued to gaze at her
the pleasant blue eyes hardened as
their vision swept beyond toward
Hampton.
1T is extremely kind of you, I'm
sure" she said at last. why is it 1
am to be thus honored? 2"
The girl backed partially off the
doorstep, her hair Tapping in the wind,
her cheeks flushed.
style about it," she blurted out You're
Mrs. Herndon, amt you? Well, then,
this is the place where I was sent; but
1 reckon you amt no more particular
about it than 1 am. There's others
who sent you to me?" and Mrs.
Herndon came forth into the sunshine
THE preacher"
"Oh, Mr.. Wynkoop; then you must
be the homeless girl whom Lieut..
Brant brought in the ether day. Why
did you not say SO at first? You may
come in, my child"
There was a sym pathetic tenderness
apparent now in the tones of her
voice, which the girl was swift to per-
ceive and respond to, yet she held
back, her independence mistaken.
With the quick intuition of a woman,
Mrs. Herndon bent down, placing one
hand on the defiant shoulder.
81 did not understand, at first, my
DEAR she said, soothingly, ''or I
should never have spoken as I did.
Some very strange callers come here.
But you are truly welcome. 1 had a
daughter once; she must have been
nearly your age when God took her.
Won't you come in?"
While thus speaking she never once
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-30
CHAPTER VIII.
A asst Revolt.

1t proved a restless day, and a sui.
ficiently unpleasant one, for Mr.. Hamp
ton. For number of years he had
been diligently training himself in the
school of cyniciSm, endeavoring to per
suade himself that he did not in the
least care what others thought, mol
how his own career ended; impelline
himself to constant recklessness in life
and thought. He had thus successfully
built up a wall between the present
and that past which long haunted his
lonely moments, and had finally de
cided that it was Theoretically sealed
Yet now, this odd chit of a girl, this
waif whom he had plucked from the
jaws of death, had overturned this
carefully constructed barrier as if il
had been originally built of mere card
board, and he was compelled again to
see himself, 1oathe himself, just as he
had in those past years.
One thing he grasped clearly,-the
girl should be given her chance moth
ing in his life must ever again soil heI
or lower her ideals. Mrs. Herndon
was right, and he realized it; neither
his presence nor his money were fit to
influence her future. He SwOre be
tween his clinched teeth, his face
grown haggard. The suns rays bridgeo
the slowly darkening valley with cords
of red gold, and the man pulled him
self to his feet by gripping the root
of a tree. He realized that he hao
been sitting there for hours, and thai
he was hungry.
Down beneath, amid the fast awak
ening noise and hustle of early even
ing, the long discipline of the gambler
reasserted itSelf-hes got back his
nerve 1t was Bob Hampton, cool, re
sourceful, sarcastic of speech, quick OF
temper, who greeted the loungers
about the hotel, and who sat, with his
back to the wall, in the little dining
room, watchful of all others present
And it was Bob Hampton who strolled
carelessly out upon the darkened porch
an hour later, leaving a roar of laugh
ter behind him, and an enemy as well
Little he cared for that, however, in
his present mood, and he stood there
amid the black shadows. looking con
temptuously down upon the stream OF
coatless humanity trooping past on
pleasure bent, the blue smoke circling
his head, his gray eyes glowing half
angrily. Suddenly he leaned forward
cIutching the rail in quick surprise.
Kid" he exclaimed, harshly, what
does this mean? What are you doing
alone here?"
She stopped instantly and glanced
up, her face flushing in the light
streaming forth from the open door
of the Occidental.
Il reckon I'm alone here because
want to be-" she returned, defantly
Il amt no slave How do you get VI
there?"
CTO BE CONTINUED
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-30
CHAPTER VII.
1--WE Come Here to Live"

Widely as these two companions
differed in temperament and expert
ence, it would be impossible to decide
which felt the greater uneasiness at
the prospect Immediately before them.
The girl openly rebellious, the man
extremely doubtful, with reluctant
steps they approached that tall, home
ly, yellow house the most
pretentious in Glencaid
They were so completely opposite,
these two, that more than one chance
passer-by glanced curiously toward
them as they picked their way onward
through the red dust. Hampton, slen-
der yet firmly knit, his body held erect
as though trained to the profession of
arms, his features finely chiselled, with
threads of gray hair beginning to show
conspicuously about the temples. His
attire of fashionable cut black cloth,
and his immaculate linen, while neat
and unobtrusive, yet appeared ex-
tremely unusual in that careless land
of clay-baked overalls and dingy
woolens. Beside him, in vivid con-
trast, the girl trudged in her heavy
shoes and bedraggled skirts, her sullen
eyes fastened doggedly on the road,
her hair showing ragged and disrep-
utable in the brilliant sunshine
Hampton himself could not remain al
together Indifferent to the contrast.
You look a little rough, Kid, for a
society CALL" he said. eff there was
any shebang in this mud-hole of a
town that kept any women's things on
sale fit to look at, I'd be tempted to fix
you up a Bit
We'll, I'm glad of it, she respond
ed, grim1y. 4 hope 1 look SO blame
tough that woman won't say a civil
word to US. You can bet l amt going
to strain myself to please the likes of
her.
You certainly exhibit no symptoms
of doing so,'' he admitted, frankly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-30

But you might, at least, have washed
your face and fixed your hair"
She flashed one angry glance at him.
stopping in the middle of the road, her
head flung back as though ready for
battle. Then, as if by some swift
magic of emotion, her expression
changed. And so you're ashamed of
me, are you2" she asked, her voice
sharp but unsteady. Ashamed to be
seen walking with me? 1 know you
are! But 1 tell you, Mr.. Bob Hemp-
ton, you won't be the next time. And
what's more, you just don't need to
traipse along another step with me
now. don't want YOU 1 reckon i
amt very much afraid of tackling this
Presbyterian woman all alone"
She swung off flercely, and the man
chuckled softly as he followed, watch
fully, through the circling, red dust
cloud created by her hasty feet The
truth is, Mr.. Hampton possessed trou-
bles and scruples of his own in con-
nection with this contemplated call
He had never met the lady, but he re-
tanned some memory of the husband
as having been associated with siren
uous poker game at Placer, in which
he also held a prominent place, and
it would seem scarcely possible that
the wife did not know whose bullet
had turned her for some weeks into q
sick nurse A cordial reception could
hardly be anticipated, and Hampton
mentally braced himself for the worst
1t was a cherries looking house,
painted y sarish yellow. having star
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-11-30

A Pittsburg department store has
discharged a number of its feminine
employees because they insisted upon
wearing large pompadours. Things are
coming to a pretty pass when the
stern, harsh dictates of business tries
to interfere with the feminine prerog
alive to make itself beautiful in the
manner which Dame Fashion has de-
cided for the time being is the correct
thing A few more experiences of this
sort will convince every woman that
the business life is really not her
sphere