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grinding stones the reduced the corn to meal
The chief sat like statue in a rude chair solemnlv
smoking. What life this = silence and peace
1t enchanted Beauclaire fresh from the empty super
tlcial chatter of mdoern civilization, to find human
being content to remain for half an hour mute one
who could eliminate all unnecessary conversation and
regard only the essentials. Beauclaire, nevertheless
began TO find the long silence awkward and ransackcd
his brain for topic that might interest the Chief OF the
zuns but none suggested itself until Ramon remarked
tentatively" Your people travel much - far"
Then Beaucaire recalled eminent American
scientist who had been sent by great University to
study the life of the southwest Indians and who had
dwelt for years among the Zuns and had written his
tory OF the people He endeavored to recall his name
but it Guided him At last it came Jameson, Albert
Jameson
You knew Albert Jamieson?"
Uh said the Chief slowly shutting his teeth while
the curves of his mouth deepened and hardened
Another long silence, which Beauclare broke by per-
sstlng, 8 Jameson lived among the Zunis'
Uh, came slowly, almost brutally "a monosyllable
OF relentless hate; but still the Indian smoked on -
his face mask of dark bronze At length he tossed
aside his cigarette, and bending forward his elbows on
his knees, his hands casped, said, 'Yes l knew
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he called his glory the other he felt would be his
destruction.
Beauclaire followed his impulses as other men follow
their ripest judgment So one day. while watching her.
he decided to remain always with the Zunis What
could be more exquisite thradom than to lie in the
shade and watch Mona? Did not her father Albert
Jameson, become of the Zunis for the sake of
science Why should he renounce his race for his
art = and for her? And when she and he were of the
same tribe, what would be natural for him, whose
study whose science had been love- to teach this beaut
full child of the desert the meaning of the word as her
fathers people spoke it?
The idea at became fixed purpose, and. filled
with it, he approached the old chief on his return from
the land of the Navajos.
Senior Ramon, wish to remain always with the
Zuns should like to make your people my people
should like to salute you as Chief
The old Chief withdrew step and looked at Beau
claire His face was nscrutabe, and the Uh which
issued from his grim lips gave no hint of what was in his
mind He rolled cigarette, lighted it, and, gently
shaking his head, walked away. But Beauclaire was
at his heels. "Ah, Chief let me know soon what you
decide"
Uh!" grunted Ramon, and walked on. AT the
doorway, he stopped and said will Think
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was something in the attitude of the Chief which forbade
IT, ferhaPs 1t was contrary to the ancient customs of
the tribe So he conented himself to live in the shadow
OF the Chefs dwelling and feast his eyes her move
ments and expression
AT times she seemed OF pure American lineage, and
ne then wondered how Jameson could desert such
daughter to life of semi-savagery She belonged to
greater world to the people Of her father She the
daughter of science and the desert At moments like
this he dreamed of plan wake in the night and ride
with her the arid waste seventy miles to the rail-
way station and take her to her people in the East But
these were dreams. She was, after all, pure Indian
In that calm face the inherited tendencies of hun
dred generations.
AS time wore on lethargy overwhelming than
ne had ever experienced fettered him. He longed to
forget all that had preceded - his family his friends,
his loves His letters lay unopened and his newspapers
were thrown away. He had no for the world that
called itself civilized, nor for anything that sgnifcd
HIS blood itself was transmitted for the pictures that he
now envsioned were incomparably more beautiful
than any ne could hope that he abandoned all
idea OF work He would live. After ALL he was greater
as lover than artist And it not too late to
correct his first Interpretation of life. He would throw
his oils and his brushes to the Winds and tear his canvas
into ribbons But he hcsitated at the suggestion the
hope the possibility that day he might paint the
portrait of Albert Jamieson's daughter Why not
mmortalize her? Why not thus immortalize himself?
With the celebrity of inspiration he saw the completed
picture, but it vanished with the realization that he
dare not make the request of Ramon who was always
like sentinel near her.
During the orrid days and cool nights that followed
two Monas pursued Beauclaire, the one who was to
lmmortaize him. and the Mona in the flesh. The one
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the subject but rclapsed into his attitude of non COM
initial silence
For the first tme Beaucaire now turned his ewes
toward the women grinding meal One girl, the one
nearest him. had slender the color of old ivory but
the skin OF the others was dark brown.
Having finished her work an instant before her com
panions the girl of the ivory skin rose and stood for
moment regarding the Others She was tall and shapey
her dark blue gown just reaching the calves of her
straight, bare legs As she came toward Beauclaire
she raised her large dark fawn like eyes to look at him
but quickly lowered them
In that brief space Beauclares trained eyes observed
the low brow, the thick black hair parted in the center
and knotted with red braid at the napc of the neck the
straight Saxon nose the coloress ivory skin the
erect slender virginia. beauty of her figure the ropes of
turquoise around her bare neck the silver and turquoise
hoops in her ears and he knew that this was Albert
Jamiesons deserted daughter
He did not notice the other brown women who
followed her from the room, did he sec her again
or speak to the Chief until the supper hour came
and the were seated about the table while the
women served the meal
Mona said the Chief give our guest, the
Americana, food to eat first"
Mona! Mona Mona! The name ran through Beau
claire's mind like rhythm Mona Mona, the
liquid vowels filled his consciousness.
She placed before him pot of water red peppers,
plate of tortillas baked from the maize meal and
strips OF dried meat. But the artist ate little He
could not divert his eyes from this daughter of the
desert as she moved about the room. The Chief
noting this, suddenly raised his head and, giving
Beauclare severe glance, said, You like not the
food = you do not eat"
The following day Beaucaire did not paint nor the
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Resisting no longer, he hastily arranged his canvas
in the shadow and began a sketch Never had
he worked rapidly. Never had he felt SO keenly in
every fibre of his being the ecstacy of creation Hh-
ero, all his pictures had fallen short of his conceptions
but now his brush moved of its will, guided by
Raphael, Titan. He saw his own dream sur
passed. He had believed that the reason why he had
not painted his best in San Francisco was because he
had always been in love. He now realized that it was
because he had never loved
Ii only she would not stir. Half an hour more work
like this and he would have masterpiece So long as
her thick hair yelled her face she could not see him
But already the breeze playing with the black
silken floss So intent was he on his canvas that he did
observe the shudder that passed over her when she
caught sight of the sketch Throwing back her hair.
she flung up her in passionate frenzy of fear and
grief Then she rose, hid her face in her hands, and
wentinto the house crying The Americana has stolen
my soul - the Americana has stolen me from mysef''
The sleeping Chief awoke, to the door and con
fronted Beauclaire, who rose to his feet On the
canvas, lifelike, was the evidence of his disloyalty
There silence for the space of minute, then the
Indian pointing to the fatal canvas said I" So this
is the kind of Zuni you would be. You knew that
only lost Ones without Immortality allow themselves
to be painted your white cloth Yet you dare to
steal the spirit of Mona. You shall not become one
of us. We have known Americana Go back to
your own people"
AS the chief spoke, the eagles on the roof screamed
raucously.
Beaucaire looked at the chief and bowed his
head. Even before Ramon turned his back to center
the house, the artist felt the chill of rrevocabe ban
lshment His act irreparable-not to be condoned
Continued on page I2)
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Alpell Jameson. tie was a
very wise man "a great Amer
icano. | received him as my
brother. He lived in this room.
He stayed many months -
many years. He became one
of our tribesmen. He took
one of our women, my daugh-
ter, to wife. The White Mans
and the Indians blood inter
mingled in their children.
Eight years passed so. Then
he deserted his wife and
children" The chief pointed
in the direction of the women
grinding meal and continued.
He learned our sacred secrets.
His wife died. He went to
the great city and wrote a
book. He gave our sacred
secrets to the world. That was
for science. Jameson was an
Americana. A Zuni would not
have done that"
Beauclaire recalled the story
as he had heard it when he
first came to New Mexico, and
reproached himself for having
SO stupidity revived the hatred
of the Chief of the Zunis for
Jameson, the American. He
was therefore relieved when
the old Indian, having thus ex-
pressed himself, showed no
disposition to further pursue
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nc beginning was auSpl-
clous, and Beauclaire with his
new purpose was happy. He
laid hold of his brushes, went
out, and dared a New Mexican
sunset. Ha! he would make a
portrait which he would call
La Mona. He would work
months over those eyes. He
would paint those shadows
beneath the shadows. He
would send the beauty of
Mona throughout the world
until pilgrims would throng
the desert for a glimpse of
the woman hidden there. He
would stride past all the mod
ems and sit beside Leonardo.
Mona in her first youth should
taste Immortality.
In the morning Ramon gave
Beauclaire unexpected hope.
l will present your name to
my people," he said. 1t was
the day before the Zunis were
to convene in the village ten
miles distant, and Mona sat
in the sun drying her hair -
blue-black and long like a
mantle enveloping her body
and falling to her knees. She
sat quite motionless in the
sun. Beauclaire looked and
La Mona, the immortal, cast
over him her vanquishing spell.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-02-08

cell for women, built in one corner
of the Jail yard, which the best be-
haved prisoners are allowed to use
and which gives them some exer-
else in good weather. There is no
place to isolate a sick prisoner and
death from tuberculosis has occur
red in these crowded quarters. 1t is
impossible to separate the less de
PRAYED from the vicious and hard
ened criminal, except it has become
the habit, since the many escapes
a few years ago, to keep some of
the long term prisoners chained to
the floor. The sanitary arrange
ments are as good as possible in
such out-of-date Jail, but cannot
help being deplorable. "
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-02-08

THE condition of the States fin
ances is such that serious consid-
Grafton is being given to the ques-
ton of raising revenue, and in
nearly every case the railroad scru-
tinized. A very excellent law has
been drafted by the City Solicitor
of Wilmington to meet the require
ments, but it is safe to predict that
legislation of this particular kind
will all find graveyards in the
pigeon-holes of the committees. In
this particular direction it appears
to be a waste Of energy to even
draw a bill for this term of the
Legislature.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-02-08

AS Judge Grub will not sit in
court because of physical disabili-
ty, the Supreme Court Of Delaware
is at standstill. To pension Judge
Grub and remove him from the
bench by that method, is repugnant
and would establish a bad prece-
dent; but on the other hand, the
wheels Of the law are cloged, and
the only way to move them is either
to pension Judge Grub, or appoint
Judges ad Item for the next two
years. Either method is not sat
solution of the situation;
a situation which is liable to pre-
sent itself at any time in the future.
Who not evolve some less cumber-
som methods of holding courts,
and at the same time give to Kent
and Sussex more frequent sittings
of courts ? The only way to re-
NEEDY adices is to act promptly and
intelligently.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-02-08
LINCOLN CITY NOTES.
Mr.. Magten is on the sick list.


The w. G. T U. meets with Mrs. Ed
Burris on Friday evening. Miss Lillian
Cade, of Milton, is to be present at the
meetings and the US are invited to meet
with them.
The Young folks are enjoying skating.
There are many people who are taking
advantage of the snow and are sleighing.
Many children are kept out of school
on account of whooping cough.
Mr.. Beecham, of Harrington, was to be
with us on Monday evening, but on &C.
count of storm was unable to come.
Mr.. lockwood, of Philadelphia, is to
preach next Sunday morning and Mon
lay evening. He is temperance evan |
,alist.
Next Sunday morning the converts
Who were not received in the church on
rotation on Sunday morning last will
e received All are requested to be
resent OrrrI1R.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-02-08
Here and There.

Mrs, George Holmes, living between
Milford and Frederick, sold small
antique sideboaTd few weeks ago for
fifty dollars cash.
James Tatman, at Brownsville, owns
a colt two years old that stands fifteen
hands high and weighs 800 pounds. A
remarkable growth.
Glen Spiker, a farmer living at
Brownsville, owns a pig that is cOnsid-
cred by all Of his neighbOrs to be a pig
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-02-08

freak. It is ten weeks old and so far
has no ears or no signs of any ears. 1t
is doing well.
Fox hunters have had great sport
this winter, in the neighborhoOd of
Brownsville. Last week the hounds
were running two foxes at one time in
the same direction and only about two
hundred yards apart.
Frank Jester, a farmer living near
Masten's Corner, Kent county, is the
owner of freak of nature-a COW with
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-02-08

two tails-one at the right place, the
other on neck near shoulder blade.
Hundreds of people have seen this euri7
osity.
L. G. Leonard, owner and proprietor
OF Lakeside Mills, has made many no
table improvements to that old and
popular property. 1t was the home for
a number Of years Of the late Thomas
b. Coursey. To-day it is one Of the
most beautiful homes in lower Kent
county
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-02-08
Some Suggestions.

DON'T have the nerve to send
items to this office Announcing do
ings gotten up for profit unless you
want to pay for them. We sell our
space and paper for living. If
advertising is worth doing it is
worth paying for.
NEARLY everyone of us is 6gur-
ing on having fine time just ahead
when we get all fixed, and this vi
sion is just ahead of us when we
fall asleep. To live in the now
and enjoy the present is the work
of a philosopher.
READ the announcements of your
merchants in this issue. Many a
dollar has been saved by a careful
perusal of a merchants ad. When
a business man advertises for your
patronage he not only has line of
goods that "speaks," bgt there
may be Some article or articles
listed that you desire and that it
may be advantageous to buy at
this time.
WE would like to make protest
against some of our young ladies
concealing a very pretty forehead |
behind a lot of loose hair. 1t may |
be fashion-but hang fashion if it
is going to damage the looks of a
pretty girl or woman. A fine fore
head is something to be proud of,
and we cannot spend so much time
and waste so much ingenuity try
ing to make it appear that the AL
mighty had made them as desti-
tute of forehead as an Indian.
GIVE the young and struggling a
word of encouragement when you
IAN. Yoa would not leave those
plants in your Window boxes with t
'ut water nor refuse to open the
shutters that the sunlight may fall 7
lpon them, but you would leave
ONE human flower to suffer from a
want Of appreciation or the sun
ight of encouragement. There are B
few hardy souls that can struggle
long on stony sOil-shrubs that "
an wait for the dews and sunbeams, =,
ines that climb without kindly n,
-aining-but only a few. Utter p,
le kind when you can see that it bI
deserved. F"
THE beautiful should exist in of
lie school life of the child. The co
.hool building and grounds should " "
ortray the artistic and beautiful. NJ
hose things which adorn the tasty
)me should embelish the school We
-operty-the law, terraces, walks, on
ees and flowers. Within should nj
neatness and refinement. A oal
elected school house is a terrible da
moralizer. Place a child at at
Initiated desk, put in his hands
m and soiled books and we find ln'
almost irresistible temptation to -
ntinue the destruction with knife Re
d pencil. Place the same child sue
a neat, clean room with suitable SUI
d beautiful furniture, and we i'm ru
remove the temptation Re-
destruction. Be,
e.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-02-08

THE proposed repeal of the law
passed at the last session of the
Legislature, which provided that all
long term prisoners in the Kent
and Sussex county jails, shall be
sent to the workhouse near Wilm-
ington after next April, is actuated
by the desire to have these two
counties continue a public board
ing house for criminals, that the
sherifs may enrich themselves by
the board paid by the taxpayers of
Kent and Sussex counties. 1t is a !
step backward and the proposed re-
peal should be defeated decisively. |
The advocates of the repeal are ad-
vancing the statement, that it costs
too much to keep the prisoners at
the workhouse, and that the work
house will make a profit on their
labor. So far as the cost is to be
considered one of the counties is
now paying thirty cents per day
for the board of the prisoners, fur
nishing the wood to warm the Jail
and supplies them with clothing
all of which about equals the charge I
made for keeping them atthe work t
house. The other county pays a /
little more for the board of the I
furnishes fuel, lights and d
clothing; soathe claim of excessive Il
cost over maintaining them in the t
old jails is falsehood in fact. The a
prisoners as they arespow kept, c
have no chance for excercise, or a
any influence to draw them away il
rom their evil life; while in the 4
they are kept at work II
n useful occupations to themselves, 6
ind help to repay their maintain
Iles 8belieYes. yes we know,
hat the taxpayers of Kent and
sussex counties want the jails emp
led into the workhouse, and at
he earliest date possible. Sena-
ors and representatives should b
onverse with the conservative and "
linking farmers and taxpayers, vi
nd not the narrow self seeking
Official Office holder, before even
for a moment about vot- ad
lg to repeal the law. Let the
seals work. On
The Sussex Republican says: Wi
" At the present time our Jail is COT
adequate to accommodate the
isoners. pre-
p" There are only four prison cells day
ID these are about ten by twelve gall
It twenty-three or four prisoners n
: confined in the jail. Recently VIII,
o cells were occupied by seven pro-
n each. Anotherby six and the be
naming one by FIVE. There is a pres
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05

Fridays Mt. Ayr Press in making ex-
cuses for the defeat of their foot ball
team in this city on Thanksgiving day,
states that the boys could not be ey,
pected to do good work when they had
to put up with three lunches for
Thanksgiving and were crowded in
poor sleeping rooms. The Press editor
has certainly been imposed upon. The
boys we're entertained at the Denison
Hotel and landlord Harp served
them three big turkeys for dinner
together with all the trimmings.
and everyone who ate at fhe
hotel that day, said he had as good as
meals as they ever sat down to. He
was unable to furnish sleeping rooms
for the boys at the hotel, but Secured
them rooms in the homes 81 some Of the
best families Of Leon. e-,s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05

Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Cox entertained
a few of their relatives on Thanksgiv-
ing day in honor of their niece and her
husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wray. of
Corydon. The day was spent in CON
versation and with some very pretty
selections on the graphaphone. At noon
they were invited into the dining room,
where the table was loaded with good
things to eat, prepared by Mrs. Cox
and to which all did ample Justice.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. Robt.
Wray, Mr.. and Mrs. Mac Cox and fam
lily, J. M. Cox, wife and daughter, Mrs.
sallie Beasley and daughter Opal, J. F.
and Leonard Cox.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05

We are compelled to apologize to our
readers for the appearance Of The RE-
PORTER this week. In addition to get
ting out brief for the supreme court
Of 125 pages we have been rushed with
other work and the entire force has
been working night and day. An un-
usual amount of space is taken up with
of our home merchants,
and although we are printing four extra
pages, we are SO crowded with adver-
Using that much local matter is crowd
ed out. Please bear with us this week.
Is we have had our share Of trouble.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05

Frank Chastain, of the Roadview
Poultry Farm, sent six of his birds
down to the poultry show at Lamont
last week, and captured five prizes. He
entered three Barred Rocks and three
Black Lanshans, and was given second
on cock and second and third on cock
erels in the Barred Rocks, and second
and third on pullets in the Lanshans.
Mr.. Chastain has some fine Barred
Rock cockerels at $1.0O each if taken
this month.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05

Last Sundays Des Moines Register
and Leader had big illustration Of the
degree team OF the Leon Castle of Yeo-
men who will put on the degree work at
Des Moines this week at the dedication
OF the new home of the order in that
city. A special coach was provided
this afternoon on the Des Moines train
and about twenty-five of the local mem
bers went to Des Moin.s. They will
return Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05

What delay of the Christmas shop
ping to the last moment means to the
young girl clerk, the men employees and
the employers and verybody else in
every department of the stores is little
realized by those who gather around
the fiittering Christmas tree. That
this condition may be changed materi-
ally is the ardent wish of the person
who is charitably inclined. Do your
Christmas shopping early and thus
benefit yourself by avoiding the rush
and giving those in the stores chance.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05

Elmer Lundagreen, former we'll
known farmer Of this county, has been
visiting old friends in this vicinity
the past week. A few years ago Mr..
Lundagreen went to Amarillo, Texas,
and purchased quite large tract of
land, and has prospered exceedingly
we'll. He is interested in big cream
cry, a grain elevator and numerous
other enterprises in Texas, and his
land has greatly increased in value
since he purchased it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05

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