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of margins half a dozen bad collisions.
At times the fiacre lurched in such
alarming fashion that Shirley was
visibly perturbed, but when Jefferson
assured her that all Paris cabs
travelled in this crazy fashion and
nothing ever happened, she was com
forted
"Tell me- she repeated, what do
the papers say about the book?"
"Say?" he echoed. "Why, simply
that you've written the biggest book
of the year, that's ALL"
Really! Oh, do tell me all they
said!" She was fairly excited now,
and in her enthusiasm she grasped
Jefferson's broad, sunburnt hand
which was lying outside the carriage
rug. He tried to appear unconscious
of the contact, which made his every
nerve Jingle, as he proceeded to tell
her the gist of the reviews he had
read that afternoon.
isn't that splendid" she exclaimed
when he had finished. Then she add.
ed quickly:
81 wonder if your father has seen
| it?"
Jefferson grinned He had some.
thing on his conscience, and this was
a good opportunity to get rid of it,
He replied laconically:
"He probably has read it by this
time. l sent him q copy myself"
The instant tho words were out OF
his mouth he was sorry, for Shirley
| face had changed colour.
"You sent kim copy of The
American Octopus? "she cried. "Ther
he'll guess who wrote the book"
ooh, no, he won't" rejoined Jeffer
son calmly. "He has no idea who sem
it to him. I mailed it anonymously.
Shirley breathed sigh of relief
1t was SO important that her identity
should remain secret AS daughter
of a Supreme Court Judge she ha6
to be most careful She would no.
embarrass her father for anything ir
the world. But it was smart Of JEFF
ferson to have sent Ryder, Sr., the
book, SO she smiled graciously on his
son as she asked:
How do you know he got it? 81
many letters and packages are sen
to him that he never sees himself
"Oh, he saw your book all right
laughed Jefferson. Il was around thu
house a good deal before sailing, an,
4 one day / caught him in the librar.
reading it,
They both laughed, feeling like mis-
chievous children who had played ;
successful trick on the hokey-poke.
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CHAPTER 1v.-(continued).

Shirley was not beautiful, but hers
was face that never failed to at
tract attention 1t was a thoughtful
and interesting face, with an intellecs
tual brow and large, expressive eyes.
the face of woman who had both
brain power and ideals, and yet who,
at the same time, was in perfect
sympathy with the world. She was
fair complexion, and her fine brown
eyes, alternately reflective and alert,
were shaded by long dark lashes. Her
eyebrows were delicately arched, and
she had a good nose. She wore her
hair well off the forehead, which was
broader than in the average woman,
suggesting good mentality. Her
mouth, however, was her strongest
feature. 1t was well shaped, but there
were firm lines about it that sug-
gested unusual will power Yet it
smiled readily, and when it did there
was an agreeable vision of strong,
healthy-looking teeth Of dazzling
whiteness. She was little over
medium height and slender in figure,
and carried herself with that unmis-
taxable air of well-bred independence
that bespeaks birth and culture. She
dressed stylishly, and while her
gowns were of rich material. and of
a cut suggesting expensive modistes,
she was always SO quietly attired and
in such perfect taste, that after leav-
ing her one could never recall what
she had on
At the special request of Shirley,
who wanted to get glimpse Of the
Latin Quarter, the driver took a
course down the Avenue de TOpera,
that magnificent thoroughfare which
starts at the Opera and ends at the
Theatre Francois, and which, like
many others that go to the beautify-
Ing of the capital, the Parisians, owe
to the much-despised Napoleon III.
The cab, Jefferson told her, would
skirt the Palais Royal and follow the
Rue de Rivoli until it came to the
Chatelet, when it would cross the
Seine and drive up the Boulevard St
Michel-the students boulevard-un
til it reached the Luxembourg Gar
dens. Like most of his kind, the
cocher knew less than nothing OF
the art of driving, and he ran a reck-
ess, zig-zag flight, in and out, forcing
s way through confusing maze OF
'icles Of every description, pulling
to the right, then to the left, for
God purpose that was apparent
.verting only by the narrowest
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HoPEWELL.

Hopewell, Feb. 2.-Rev. Gan will
preach at this place this evening and
Sunday.
Ernest Walker and family spent
Sunday with L. Hunter and wife.
Will Hunter and wife attended
church at Ash Grove Sunday night.
Alma Worrel spent Saturday night
with home folks.
Miss Laura Bartlett from Oklahoma
who has been visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. White will return
home in a few days.
Miss Ethel Owen spent few days
in Blakesburg this week.
Charles Walker and family, John
Johnston and wife spent Sunday 1T
the ]. Walker home.
Several of the young folks from
here attended church at Ash Grove
Sunday night.
James Worrell spent Sunday at
home.
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man. Jefferson noted his companions
pretty dimples and fine teeth. and he
thought how attractive she was. and
stronger and stronger grew the idea
within him that this was the woman
who was intended by Nature to share
his life. Her slender hand still covered
his broad, sunburnt one, and he fan
cied he felt slight pressure But he
was mistaken. Not the slightest senti-
ment entered into Shirley's thoughts
of Jefferson. She regarded him as a
good colnrade with whom she had Sc
crets she confided in no one else. To
that extent and to that extent alone he
was privileged above other men. Sud
denly he asked her:
Have you heard from home recent.
ly?"
A soft light stole into the girls face.
Home! All. that was all she needed to
make her cup of happiness full. In.
toxicated with this new sensation OF
first literary success, full Of the keen
pleasure this visit to the beautiful city
was giving her, bubbling over with the
Joy Of life, happy in the almost daily
companionship of the man she liked
most in the world after her father
there was only one thing lacking
home! SHE had left New York only a
month before, and she was homesick
already. Her father she missed most
She was fond Of her mother. too, but
the latter, being somewhat of a ner
vous invalid, had never been to hei
quite what her father had been. The
playmate Of her childhood companion
Of her girlhood, her friend and adviser
in womanhood, Judge Rossmore was te
his daughter the ideal man and father
Answering Jefferson's question. she
said:
81 had a letter from father last week
Everything was going on at home as
when left. Father says he misses me
sadly, and that mother is ailing as
usual"
| She smiled, and Jefferson smiled too
They both knew by experience tina
nothing really serious allied Mrs. Ross
more, who was a good deal of hypo
chondriac, and always SO filled will
aches and pains that, on the few oc
casions when she really felt well, SHE
was genuinely alarmed.
The f1acre by this time had emerged
from the Rue de Rivoli and was roll
ing smoothly along the fine woodel
pavement in front of the historic Con
ciergerie prison where Marie Antoi
nette was confined before her execu
ton Presently they recrossed tn,
scene. and the cab, lodging the tran
car rails, proceeded at a smart pac'
up the "Boup Mich" which is the ia
miliar diminutive bestowed by the stu
dents upon that broad avenue whicl
traverses the very heart of their be
loved Quarter Latin. On the lef
frowned the scholastic walls of tn
learned Sorbonne, in the distance tow
cred the majestic dome of the Pan
theon where Rousseau, Voltaire an
/ Hugo lay buried.
Like most of the principal arterie
of the French capital, the boulevar
was generously lined with trees, nov
in full bloom, and the sidewalks fairl
.lseethed with a picturesque throng il
o
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Remember, Foso Actually grows
hair. stops hair falling out, removes
dandruff, insures a new growth Of eye
brows and eyelashes, and changes gray
or faded hair. l don't ask you to take
my word for it, Fill out the free cou-
pom below and mail today.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13
Married on Wheel.

Kansas City, Mo.-Car No. 679
bound for Fifteenth and Main street,
left the West Side end of the line at
1905 O'Clock. At Sixth street and
Minnesota avenue two men and a
woman boarded it. One of the men
was middle aged and wore mustache
The other man and the woman each
appeared to be twenty-five or twenty
three years old. They carried valises.
The middle-aged man sat on the last
double seat, with the pair directly in
front of him.
When the car approached the state
line, running over the intercity via
duct, the elder man left his seat and
addressed the conductor, Percy Zinn.
Conductor, what's your name?" he
asked.
What do you want to know for?'
asked the street car man in surprise
"Well.' said the other, I'm going
to perform a marriage ceremony.
couldn't do it in Kansas. 1 want you
for witness"
go ahead" the conductor replied.
giving his name.
The minister returned to his seat
and produced a book He read the
marriage ceremony and the pair in
out turning around. None of the ten
or twelve other passengers on the car
knew that marriage was going on.
The ceremony was concluded before
the car reached the east end of the
viaduct. No one kissed the bride. nor
did the bridegroom give her ring.
The conductor did not see a marriage
license. Neither did the minister nor
the witness receive fees on the car.
At Sixth and Bluff streets the three
left the car and started towards the
Union depot.
Good luck to you, old man." the
bridegroom called to the conductor.
Same to you. shouted the conduc-
tor.
The minister nodded, the bride
smiled and the car went on.
Funniest marriage | ever saw. y
Percy linn, the conductor and witness.
said last night. '"They were all calm
and took 1t as n matter of course. The
| man didn't even kiss his wife. Never
offered the witness a chance, either. /
was so fiustered l didn't think to ask
heir names"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13
Harry Thaw,s Chum.

New Notwithstanding the re
ports that Harry X. Thaw, now in the
Tombs prison awaiting his second trial
for killing Stanford White, has en-
gagged new director general for his
counsel. it was learned that he has
reached no final decision with his law
yers as to VINO will direct his defense
when he is again called to the bar.
Thaw works increasingly in his cell
on the evidence adduced at his trial.
preparing defense which he will sub
nit to his counsel for their considera-
ton. The routine of prison life does
not seem TO dampen his spirits.
His only companion within the
prison is Raffaele Cascohe, an Italian
awaiting his second trial for Staying
two of his countrymen. Thaw associ-
ates with none of the other prisoners
except Cascone and every day during
the exercising hours this strangely
contrastsd pair walk the cell corridors
together, engaged in quiet conversa-
tion. The Italian has told Thaw OF
his thirty-two months confinement in
the death row" in Sing Sing until the
Court of Appeals granted him a new
trial.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13
Palace Above the Clouds.

An ice palace, lighted with vari-
colored lights, is one of the sights
which will attract Colorado tourists
hereafter. And it will be the only at
traction of the kind in the world
The ice palace which is thus to be
lighted up is on the Argentine Central
road at :he summit of Mount McClel-
Ian, more than $4,000 feet above sea
level. 1t las been formed by the melt
ing SHOWS of countless ages, which
have been frozen as the nights sue
ceeded the warm days of the summer.
Heretofore tbs palace has never been
accessible, and is now reached by tour
lists only by reason of the completion
of the Argentine Central.
The palace is reached in four-hour
trip from Denver, and as in making
this trip one goes from a height of
$500 feet to more than $4,000 feet in
little less than four hours, and in
reaching the palace travels over tine
Georgetown loop. this trip is destined
to become one of the most famous one
day trips for tourists in the state.
The palace is now Illuminated only
by candles, but wires are being strung
to the summit of the mountain ami
lights galore will be placed in the ice
riffs.
In addition to the announcement of
electrically lighting the palace the rail
road company has also given out that IL
new train leaving Denver at s a. IN.
every morning except Sunday, will be
placed in service, beginning June 18th.
when the regular summer season
opens.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13
THE POLITICAL POT SINNERS.
Bryan Won't Run With Roosevelt, but
May Run Against Him.

Chicago.-William Jennings Bryan
arrived in Chicago and in a statement
of his Views made at the Press Club
struck away all moorings that might
unite the political destinies of himself
and Theodore Roosevelt in the cam
paign of 1908. Bryan declared un-
equivocally that nothing except Jug
Cling Of words could make 1t appear
that another term for the President
would be second term instead of a
third. He made it plain that If Roose-
welt should be renominated the oppo-
sition to a third term would loom up
as an issue, and reasserted his declara-
ton that the President recognized the
objection in his statement on election
night, 1904.
Mr.. Bryan was silent regarding
Roger G. Sullivan and fight upon the
Democratic state committee. He said
that he for the present had said all
that he cared to say on that subject.
What Is your attitude toward run
ming for President on the Democratic
ticket?" was asked Mr.. Bryan.
Il have not reached point where
i have made up my mind concerning
my own position in the coming cam
paign. All I can say is that l much
appreciate the confidence expressed by
such resolutions as those drawn by the
Jefferson Club. / do not feel like TAX
ing any formal action in regard to
them at this time
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13
Says All Ohio for Taft.

Washington.-Arthur 1. Vorys. the
man chosen to be the Mark Hanna of
the Taft presidential campaign, is in
town for the purpose of comforting
with Secretary Taft, Congressman
Burton of Ohio, Secretary Garfield and
other Taft men.
Mr. Vorys said that Ohio was for
Taft and no one denied it. Asked
about holding convention to give
public Endorsement to Taft. Mr.. Vorys
declared that as yet no plans had been
formulated-thati 1t was hard for the
Taft followers in Ohio to agree on a
plan.
when we talk convention" said
Mr.. Vorys, many will remark that it
is not necessary-that Taft is over
whelmingly the choice of Ohio Repub-
licans-and there you are"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13
New York for Roosevelt.

Washington.-New York is for
Roosevelt, the country is for Roose-
welt, and, In my judgment, he will be
renominated and reelected"
These are the words of Representa-
tive Sherman of New York, chairman
of the Republican congressional com
mittee, as he was leaving the White
House after an interview with the
President.
The President, Mr.. Sherman said.
would not consent to New York
delegation pledged to him to the ma
tional convention. but when some
other state presents his name they will
be there to vote for him.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

Wonder, New, wants a sky pilot
who is handy with gun. Where is
the ministerial gent of this communi-
ty who used to preach, shave. cut hair,
shampoo. guarantee to raise crop on
bald heads, talk from both sides of
his mouth at one and the same time
and occasionally bound into the squar-
ed circle, jabbing. punching, upper
cutting, side-stepping and saying
worldly-yea. carnal-thlngs under
his breath until roughly iolted into
creamland? He should take his pro.
fessional kit and hike for Wonder, be-
cause the call is for just that sort
Of fighting parsop.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings C tse
Past Seven Days.
GnterestinE Items Gathered from AL
parts of the World Condenseo
Into small Space for the
Benent of Our Readers
Personal.

Rev. John II. Swift, a minister OF
the Christian church at Winterset
la, has been sent TO the federal pris'
on at Leavenworth for using the
mails to defraud.
Upon invitation of President Diaz'
Secretary of State Root Will visit
Mexico the later part Of the summer
Frank II. Butler, who was charged
with the murder of the Marvin boy at
Dover. Del, has been released from
custody. for want of sufficient evi-
dence against him.
A. e. Stilwell and party OF W
capitalists who took trip over the
lines OF the Orient railroad in Mexico,
have returned.
Judge Thomas Ryan, Of Kansas,
assistant secretary of the interior, mas
had a relapse and is again confined
to his home in Washington.
B. II. Fulton, of Marysville, has
been elected grand commander of the
Kansas Knights Templar.
Henri Martin. an American paint
er, has been awarded the medal OF
honor in the Paris salon.
Gen Kuroki of the japanese army,
was the guest recently of the officers
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. A dress
parade and drill were given in his
honor.
Nelson A. McClary. of Chicago,
has been chosen president general of
the Sons of the American Revolu-
ton.
Roy S. Thompson of Topeka, has
been voted the handsomest man of
the senior class at Yale.
Erskine Uhl, secretary of the inter
national committee of the Y. M. G.
A, died recently in hospital in New
York.
President Castro. of Venezuela, had
recovered sufficiently to read his
message at the recent opening of con-
gress.
Former District Judge l.. B. France
pioneer and noted lawyer, is dead in
Denver
G. Otto Elterich, business man
of New York, and woman com
panion were recently drowned in the
Thames river near London.
DIR. Vale Burgee, the young den
tist, who was thought to have been
murdered in a cab in Coffeyville
Kan, has been discovered in the
Twenty-sixth infantry regiment now
on its way to the Philippines.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13
poubter Becomes Dry Farmer.

Cheyenne. Wyo.-M. J. Wragg OF
Des Moines, Iowa, editor of the Twen-
tieth Century Farmer, who came west
to investigate the cause for the immi-
grafton of so many farmers from Iowa
to dry farming lands in the vicinity OF
Cheyenne, is so impressed by this in
vestigation that he has purchased GAO
acres of dry land and has arranged for
his two daughters to take up claims
near the new town of Luther.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

One of our cities is cleaner than it
used to be. On the waste-barrels
which stand on the streets is painted,
instead of the bald injunction, Throw
rubbish here" winning request.
please help us to keep the city clean.
Citizens have been seen to read that
sign and walk back half block to
pick up banana skin.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

The American government has been
Keeping house for Cuba while the mis-
tress of the house was sick. Now
that the temporary caretaker 10 pre-
pairing to leave. 1t has been decided
that Cuba will have to pay the ex.
penses of the American occupation.
Since Cuba is poor, however, there
will be no unneighborly haste in col.
lecting the bill, which will amount to
s2.000,000 or s3,000,O 900.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

Most people are not familiar with
the sight of woman smoking cigar,
but the old Indiana woman whose
smoking offended the guardians of the
st. Louis Union railway station was
probably not far wrong in saying that
a woman looks better with cigar in
her mouth than when she is chewing
gum Certainly she could not look
much worse.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

Farmers who were mad because
they could not get cars to haul their
wheat to market are glad now that
they were compelled to keep 1t till the
price went sky-rocketing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

The British barmaids will next pro-
ceed to storm the house of commons
for their preservation. The chances
are that they will be less fervently re-
sisted than were the suffragettcS.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

II Editor Stead can secure peace 3y
persuading American young men to
raise 100000. his method must be
credited with being less expensive by
far than the old-fashioned method of
fighting for It.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13
Miscellaneous.

Richard Croker, the former Tam
many chief won the 1907 English
derby with his Irish bred colt Orby,
ridden by Johnny Reiff, an Ameri-
can Jockey.
The cornerstone of the new agri-
cultural hall at Ames, Iowa. was re-
Gently laid by Gov. Cummins.
The progressive party in Japan are
asking explanations of the govern
ment regarding its inactivity in the
San Francisco racial troubles.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has decided that the reconsign-
ment charge of two dollars car at
Kansas City on grain and flour ship
ments is not excessive, unjust or dis
crIEliaatory
On June l there were 37,741 rural
mail routes in operation in the
country.
The American Medical association
at the recent session at Atlantic City,
the establishment of national de-
partment of health.
The golden wedding of King Oscar
and Queen Sophia was joyfully cele-
brated throughout Sweden recently.
The jury which is to try Mayor
Schmitz of San Francisco for ex-
tortion has finally been completed.
One hundred confederate veterans
from Tennessee, carrying the stars
and bars were recently denied ad-
mission to the capitol building at
Washington until after they had
The government has definiteally
decided to bring suit against E. H.
Hartman to compel him to answer
certain questions propounded by the
Interstate Commerce commission.
The grand jury in the federal court
at Portland, Ore, has returned
indictments against 1S0 furniture
manufacturers and jobbers in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and California
for violation of the Sherman anti
trust law.
Eight thousand tons of ice, the
pany, were recently destroyed by fire
at Omana, NeD.
Blood poisoning caused by the prick
of brass pin recently resulted in
the death of Augustus C. Halsey. of
st. Louis.
President Roosevelt laid the corner
stone of a new masonic temple in
Washington and in doing SO used
the same implements that Washing
ton used when he laid the corner
stone of the United States capitol in
1898.
The army transport, Sherman,
from Manila has arrived at San Fran
cisco bringing the nineteenth infan-
try from the Philippines.
A cloudburst nearly destroyed The
village of Gradyville, Ky. Nearly all
of the houses were washed away and
q people are missing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

In 1897 the Greek emigrants to the
United States numbered only ST. For
the three years 1903-4-5 the total was
$4,000, and for the fiscal year 1906 the
number had risen to $4,000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

Striking bell boys In New York are
ncking on their meals. an infringe
ment on the prerogative of the pa
nrons.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

While the airship races are In prog
ress the wise spectator will stand
from under.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

Probably that Wabash minister who
has dedicated his seven hundredth
church has not had time to notice the
alleged decline in religion.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

1t will soon be time for Uncle Mark
Twain to exchange that winter white
suit for a summer fur overcoat. 1t
pays to advertise.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

St Paul doubtless requires the wom-
en- to keep silent in the churches so
that there might be one spot where
the man might keep his vocal powers
from being eliminated through dis
guise.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

What sad waste of money the sub
marine boats would have represented
II 1t had been discovered at this late
date that their crews could not live
in theml
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

Mauser rifles have been made by
their inventor much more deadly than
before Possibly he has been grieving
over what they didn't do to the Amer
leans during the war with Spain.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

Sure enough. there are strained rela-
tons among the little republics of Cen
trail America. If one of them speaks
above whisper all the rest of them
Jingle the burglar alarm.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-13

Henry James says he never heard
an American woman say thank you"
Then. doubtless, Henry never earned
that little reward