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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
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BI ELEANOR CAFES,
Author of 1.-The Biography of Prairie Girl"

1ulo HIS SedI. l uefe was anOIler A.- chorus, the man whacked the horses till they reared, and the wagon went rumbling on. .2
 Dallas watched 1t until it disappear ed into the cut at the landing. Then she sank upon bench. For a long time she sat, dumb and immovable, her eyes on the floor. When finally she got up she felt about her, as if over- come by blindness.
 Marylyn had not seen or heard the threatening wagon driver Seated con- fortably on the robe by the fire, she strung beads and hummed contentedly.
 Dallas started toward her, stopped. then. moved slowly back to the win dow, where she took up her watch.
 Late that night she sprang from fit full, troubled sleep to hear Simon low ing and moving about restlessly. A few moments afterward there came a mules long bray from below the shack, followed by the voice of the section boss urging on the team. She found her long cloak and hastened out She could not wait for the wagon to stop before calling anxiously to her fa ther. ''Did you file?" she asked, walk ing beside Betty.
 Lancaster did not answer, but scold- ed feebly, as if worn with his long trip, ''W'y d y fret man fore he c'n git down an into tn house?" he demanded "Ah'm plumb fruz t death an hungry"
 She helped him over the wheel and through the door. Then she went back and in feverish haste stabbed the mules. On entering the shack, now dimly lighted by a fire, she did not need to repeat her question. She read the answer in her fathers face.
 ''No use," Lancaster told her, raising wet, tired eyes to hers. "Th' claim was gone fore ever we got here-filed on las July" He lay down, muttering in a delirium of grief and physical weari- ness.
 The fire, made only of dry grass, be- gan to die, the room to darken. Dallas luce SuuuOWeu Wltu IL. SuC was thihh- ing of the level quarter that was to have blossomed under her eager hands. that was to have brought comfort to Marylyn and her crippled father. And now the land was gone from them, had never been theirs. They. were only squatters.
 Any hour a nameless man-perhaps he who had gone by that day-might descend upon them and
 The bail of bubbling pot slipped down the bar that held it, and the yes sel clattered upon the hearth. She started as if a gun had exploded at her elbow.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09

" HtJit t0Hhs
 stifly until he was seated upon the dead grass before her. he pointed elO- quently into his wide open mouth.
 Dallas understood. Hungry" she said.
 He nodded again.
 She had never heard a scoffing white declare that the red man is above all d beggar. so she did not delay answer ing his mute petition. She stopped to examine again tie cuts and bruises on his feet. Then. Wait till come back" {" she bade him. and his vigorous nod as- sured her that he understood what she said. She hurried away to the shack
 She tarried only long enough to tell her father of the straggler and to hear his objections at her "fussin'" with a mo count Injun." Returning. she found her charge patiently waiting for her. As she came up he was facing the ford. where. amid cursing. shout ing and trumpet blares. some troopers were trying to induce the bzlky ambu- lance mules to go aboard the boat But when she handel him a crcckery plate heaped with boiled potatoes. cold meat and pancakes and q piece of suet wound ia a soft white cloth he became indifferent to the lively dOings al the landing and began to eat as if fam iShed-
 He made such rapid headwsy that before Dallas rezIized 1t the food was gone. the plate scTaPed clean and the suet direIy threateael He gave her a puzled look as sas put forth a hand oaiectingiy-
 ~No. no she said, and while she tare the soft c55Eb into strips she put the fat out of rszeh by slipping it Into q skirt pocket
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09

| ES the cavalry. Scarcely were Esssses.s.Tssa the Indians safe in the stock lss..gI ade and the troopers once more in barracks when some first flakes, like down plucked by the wind from the breasts of the southward hastening wild fowl, came floating out of the sky. Soon the long sumac leaves on the coulee edge were dropping under a crystalline weight, the black plowed strip was blending with the unplowed prairie, and the shock head of the cot i tonwood shack was donning spotless nightcap, and so heavy and ceaseless was the downfall that at supper time the sweet trumpet notes of retreat" were waited out from Brannon across a covered plain.
 When morning dawned the heavens were cloudless, and the laggard sun as it rose shone with binding glory upon peaceful miles. Nowhere was a sign of wallow, path or road, and the coulee yawned, white Tipped. Even the Mis- souri was not unchanged, for away to the northwest there had been a mighty rainstorm, and the murky river tum- bled by in waves that were angry and swollen.
 Since his early boyhood the section boss had not known snow. Before the previous day Dallas and Marylyn had never seen it. It was with exclama- tons of delight, therefore. that. crowd ing together in the doorway, the three first caught sight of the glistening drifts.
 Pa, it's like a Christmas card" cried the younger girl, and, barehead- ed, she ran out to frolic before the shack.
 To Dallas the scene had a deeper meaning. Here was what would dis courage and block any one who had put off necessary Improvements! And this would last long after the expira- tion of that six months. ''I guess there'll be no building or blowing now" she said to her father happily.
 He. fully as relieved. returned a con- fdent assent.
 4 little later old Michael. the ferry man, drove by. breaking a track along the plotted road. His ancient cordu roys. known to every river man from Bismarck to Baton Rouge. were hidden beneath layers Of Overcoats. Through the wool cap. pulled down to his col lar. two wide hOies gave him outlook; third and smaller aperture was filled by the stem of a corncOb pipe. He was headed for the cattle camp. the lines over a fOur-in- hand hitched to three empty wagons. a third team tied to the taiIboard Of the hindmOst box
 On the arrival Of the saloon gang the pilot had left his steamboat in the hands Of his two helpers and made his way to Shanty Town. There in a shingle hut. perched atop a whisky cask and kicking its Totund belly cOmplacently with his heels. he had wet a throat. long dry. from the am- Der depths beneath him.
 (TO be Continued
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
SHORT STORIES.

The temper of fine edged surgical instruments is gradually destroyed by exposure to bright light.
 There is being built in the City of Mexico the largest bull ring in the world. When completed it will seat 22,000 people. The framework is of steel, and the cost will be $I00,000.
 The c. C. Gulbert property in Bridge water, Mass, has changed hands for the first time since Revolutionary days. It has been handed down from generation to generation in the Cary family.
 The schooner Hiram, Captain J. D. Cook of Calais, which was built at Biddeford, Me, in 1919, is still in ac- tive service. This schooner was con- manded by CaptRin Cooks father and grandfather before him.
 In looking over the early records of the selectmen of South Hampton, Mass, it was discovered that in ITO one citizen was taxed for the owner ship of eight slaves, while another resident paid tax on sixteen of them.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
Men. wome, and Adisetiv..,

Certain adjectives are reserved fof men and others for women. A man is never called .beautiful.- Along with pretty and lovely" that adjective has become the property of women and children alone. ''Handsome" and the weak good looking are the only two adjectives Of the kind common to ei- ther sex Even belle has no real masculine cOrrelative in English. since beau came to signify something Oth- CT than personal Iooks- IL is singular that handsome shoGld have becoue the word for a strikingiy gocd looking person. since it's literal meaning is handy. dextercus. But pretty" like wise comes frCm the AngIo-Sax01 word naming sly
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09

lsJ bacco, i've jes' natally mav- ericked this claim.'
 A fortnight had passed since his re- turn from the land office. In that time his fear had slowly vanished, his con- fidence returned, and he had begun to show streaks of the bravado that in his stronger days made him an efficient section boss. Rosy dreams even beset his brain-dreams upon which Mary lyn, despising her fathers meaner structures, and kept in ignorance of what might at any moment rage them, piled many a rainbow palace. For to the young girl certain calico covered books on the mantel had invested the events of the fortnight just gone with a delightful tinge of romance.
 Dallas, however, took q sensible view of their situation. She pointed out that the man who had made an entry for the land would in all probability return and that if he did not five years at least would pass before the railroad reached them. Meanwhile the quar- ter section should be properly filed upon for possession and farmed for a living. Now as she brushed the hearth clean with the wing of duck she lis- tened quietly to her fathers confident boasting.
 "Its this way, m gal" he said-he compassed a goodly quid and shifted it dexterously into the sagging pocket of a cheek-"inside O six months after a man files he's got t dig dugout CT put up a shanty. He's got t do a lee. tie farm work an sleep on his claim. When thet six months is up ef he ain't done no buildin' CT farmin' tn claims abandoned. an tn first man comin' along c'n hev 1t.
 '1n this case tn gent in question ain't built, dug CT farmed. Elf be was t show up an want this quarter he could get it by payin' fer our improve ments. An reckon we'd hev t sell an pull our freight. but ef he was t show up an not pay like a honest man, they'd-they'd-waaI. they'd likely be a leetle disagreement"
 Dallas shook her head. "If he comes before his six months is up and i'm proves. we got to go. That would Dc the only square thing. Ain't it so?"
 'swaal-waaI'- stammered Lancas- ter lameIy.
 sTt is," she said. "He filed on the quarter, and we had no right to set tle"-
 we hev settled, an tn Ian s goin' f be worth money" broke in her fa- ther-
 She put up her hand we got to % if he comes, but'-she rose wearily- If be didn't offer pay for our improve ueats how could we go or get through the winter or build again next SpringT Our moneys gone"
 Look s-here, Dallas began her fs- ther crossly. they ain't no use t worry tn way yOa do Winter is elost It sfn-t likely th' manU come along this late. an ef he don show up pretty soon be ain't got ehznst. 'ezuse when his sfx months Is gone Ah'H make an sther trip f Bismarck. co1te' his tntrT, hev 1t ezRcsled an fle Then
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09

and her. black eyes answered the oth- CTS kindly look with .ne full of sullen pride. Beside her hobbled an aged bag across whose wrinkled mouth and chin was deep and livid scar.
 When the Indians were past more troopers followed. After them trun- dled half dozen light fieldpieces, the wagon train and ambulances filled with sick or wounded soldiers, all under the conduct of a rear guard. Soon the entire cavalcade v&as gone and had halted on the river bank to wait the ferry. Dallas was alone again, listen ing to the faint strains of the band, which from the cut was gallantly an- nouncing the return from the long cam paign.
 At the door of the shack Lancaster and his younger daughter were watch ing the portage piecemeal of the troops. But Dallas. starting the team again, saw father and sister suddenly turn from the landing to look and point toward the coulee. Glancing that way, too, she saw the object of their inter- est. Over the brink into sight was toiling a strange figure bent and al- most hidden under an unwieldy load.
 She moved aside in some trepidation to await the creatures advance. Up on its back as it tottered along was a score of pots and pans tied together and topped by sack of buffalo chips that at each step rolled first to one hand and then to the other. Yet with all the difficulty of balancing the fuel sack and preventing it's falling to the ground the straggler did not fail to keep in place drab face covering.
 The mules stood perfectly quiet un- til the figure was near; then they be- came uneasy for the second time and shied back upon the blow, tangling their harness.
 The effect of this was startling. The sack of chips came tumbling off the pots and pans, spilling upon the road way. The tin things followed, with a crash, and, with grunt, the bent fig ure retreated a few steps and uncoy- cred it's face.
 In very amaZement Dallas let go the mules. The creature facing her was young and pitifully thin. About face dripping with precipitation fell a mop of tangled hair. Under .tattered mourning blanket a bulging calico waist disclosed, through many rents, a lean and bony chest, and below the leather strap that belted both the son. Der blanket and the waist hung Imply the shreds of fringed buckskin petit coat The stragger was an Indian-a male-yet, despite his sex, he wore not a braves dress, but the filthy, de- grading garb of a squaw!
 He watched Dallas with cowed questioning eyes, strangely soft and un-Indian in their expression. After a moment, seeing that he was ill as well as unarmed, she ceased to feel afraid of him.
 How" she said in greeting.
 He made no reply, only continued to watch her steadily.
 "How," she repeated and smiled.
 His eyes instantly frightened.
 You sick? she asked, moving her head sorrowfully in pantomime.
 For answer he shambled closer and held up first one naked foot and then the other, like a suffering hound. Dal- las saw that they were sore from stone bruises and bleeding from cactus wounds.
 "Oh, you're hurt" she cried.
 The Indian nodded and at once made her a dumb anDeaL Lowering himself
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
R.zu,r l. tt. Anrlsnsr-.

If there is sny living thing that seems to have ngthing to relieve it's Ugliness it is the sn1iew0Trn that craUls slinEy across the ss5evalk after a heavy rain Azd ret even thzt is bszutifuL Put a Lit 0F fts UpTer skin under the uicro- srFe and y0Cr idzzs Cf tEe I-ooT little wo-ra VII cEan-e nightly It saiEa- me-S Ike ths softest satin and SE1r- kleS vf1h all tke coLgrs 0f thz rzinhow. fer ft Es csvsred win ErfBs E1e Ines eruszzzg szeh Osker Iks ths cuttings in a gas vase
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
The ins and Outs.

1.-Two short years ago" remarked the man with the whiskers on the lower extremities of his trousers, T went into a stock deal with $25,O00."
 "So?' interrogated the other occu- pant of the park bench. How did you come outT'
 "Oh, I came out all right" answered the party of the prelude sadly, "but my s25, 5,OO0 stayed in."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
His Divided Allegiance.

"The young man that's calling on you now, Dora, is an agreeable change from the others"
 "HowT
 "He doesn't turn down the gas in the parlor"
 "Why, mamma, he works for the gas company"'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
Two Kinds.

'T ain thinking of becoming a vege- tarian."
 (Which kind:" asked Miss Cayenne. Are there two kinds:"
 Yes, those who don't like meat and those who can't afford it."-washing- ton Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
Stranae Behavior.

Doctor--I regret to inform you, Mrs. TiGhtwad. that fear your husband is afflicted with softening of the brain.
 Mrs. Tightwad-GoOdness gracious! What makes you think so?
 Doctor-He insisted on paying me in advance.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
Brs.kinu Her I,.

GeraIdine-I want you to understand before l marry you that believe in the equality Of the sexes GeraId-Al right vas intending to give the min ister two guineas. so you'd bezer hand over o1e.-Illustrated Bits
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
Double Quick.

Gunner-YOu say be has several run ming accounts in this town. Why don't his debtors collect them?
 Guyer-They can't He runs faster than the accounts.-DetrOit Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
N, p-.-

ScrfbbIer-Ny new novel Is entitled What I Told Ny Wife R1yteE- Why don't you call if. What Dain't Tell My wIfe?- ScribbIer-PubIish- CTS limited ne to one vOlume-Ex- ehzzze-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
In the Temperanee Town.

NIT. Perkins-Yew kin gift a purty fair jag on hard cider
 Mir. Celery-Yew bet yew kin. I'm sorter surprised nobody ain't never put up hard cider as a patent medi- cine.-Puck.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
IrEa.el

Artist GDdicztfng an exquisite ma rina vfewB-ThEs picture is vzEued al sJGGoa StockbTUker Well vel, There's a lot of water i1 ii, isn't thsreg
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
CHAPTER III.

'sN1-A-A drawled Lancaster N reiectively, gnawing the
 T-5 while at a fresh slab of to- ts-Gsg bacco, i've jes' nat'ally nav
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09

He-1so ygs kEov. I hsin't bee1 sVeskiug to the JSsunv uU1e than five minutes vben he called Ee an Mot
 She IboTe4s-Why the deszEE-C CEigs-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-09
CHAPTER ".

FN ENOW fell on the very heels of
 the cavalry. Scarcely were Fssssssssss-s53 the Indians safe in the stock
 lsa-Egl ade and the troopers once
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11
JAP WEDS WHITE
WIDOW OF CHINESE
MRS. EMMA FONG, UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE, is MARRIED TO NO
SHI KUNO.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. S1.-Mrs
Emma Fong, white woman, and grad
uate of Stanford University, has taken
it upon herself to prove a second time
that Rudyard Kipling's canon about
East and West being irreconcilably
twain is not universally applicable.
Announcement has just been made
of her second marriage to an ksiatic
Noshi Kuna, a Japanese instructor in
astronomy at the University of Cali
fornia
Mrs. Fong's first husband was Chi
nese. His name was Walter N. FOng
and he was formerly an instructor in
the same department at the State Uni
versity with which Kuna is now iden-
titled
Besides his American wife two chill
dren, which were the result of the
union, survived him.
The marriage of Mrs. Fong and
Kuno 'ool place IN Colorado.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11
INSPECTED ?HB
HERE
ADMIRAL STEVENS REPORTED TO
HAVE HAD TASK THAT
WOULDN'T TAKE. LONG

VANCOUVER, o. O., September 3
-Rear-Admiral Thomas H. Stevens of
the United States Navy has passed
through Vancouver and is now on his
way to Washington, d. c., as fast as
a Canadian Pacific flyer can carry him.
The Admiral arrived here on the 40
rangi from the Hawaiian stands, where
it is said, he has been inspecting the
defenses of the islands preliminary to
"a report to the United States Govern
.ment in view Of the possibility of a
conflict between Japan and the United
States.
Of course the Admiral would not ad-
NIT that such had been his mission,
but he discussed the question that has
achieved such prominence quite freely
Said he 1T is exaggeration TO say that
l went to Hawaii to inspect the coast
defenses. However, l have no news to
communicate regarding my visit there.
l do not think there will be war be-
tween the United States and Japan. All
that talk has originated with the yell
low journals, which are the greatest
enemies of the American people Rest
assured the friendly relations between
the two governments will not be dis
turbed.
Those sensational reports, however,
have their effect abroad That they
are credited is evidenced by the fact
that France offered to act as inter-
mediary. The services of that country,
in my opinion will not be required.
There is no especial significance
attached to the proposed concentration
of the Atlantic battleship squadron
in Pacific waters. The Navy Depart
ment is simply carrying out a pro-
gramme mapped out long ago. The
eVolutions will prove an interesting
experiment. In time of peace, OF
course, it is wise to prepare for any
emergency"
Take my word for it," added the
Admiral, after a long pause, there
will be no war"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11

IN FRISCO.
POLICE HERE ARE ASKED 10
LOOK FOR RICHARD SHERIDAN,
ALLEGED CHECK-l AKER.

From the office of the Chief of Pc.
lice of San Francisco comes a circular
to the Honolulu police saying: AR
rest for forgery Richard J. Sheridan
alias Richard B. Sheridan, alias Char
les J. Cauatsey, a native Of New York;
age 80; looks older; height SILL;
weight 1SO-19O well built; smooth
face; florid complexion; light chestnut,
curly hair; face and hands slightly
freckled; small pit scar behind right
ear lobe; when last seen about a month
ago was dressed in a light sack suit
and a light colored telescope hat. He
is a heavy drinker and hangs around
saloons; generally works at steel con-
struction work, either on bridges or
buildings and always represents him
self as a foreman of such work Or
October 2, 1905, he was sentenced to &c
days in the Parish Prison Of New Or
leans on each of three charges OF OBJ
tanning money by false pTetences
which he secured on worthless checks
Il6 10 dlbO huOWu III IL lUulb, MO-,
where he passed a quantity of worth
less paper. He is wanted here for forg-
ing a check for 500 and collecting the
money; he came here from Honolulu
about six months ago. He generally
works his checks off on restaurant
keepers and the proprietors Of sa'
looms"
Notary Public and Grantor OF Mar.
riage Licenses p. H. Burnette OF Homo
lulu issued marriage license to a man
on February 25 last whose appearance
tailed with the description given in
the above circular and the photograph
sent here by the San Francisco police
The man to whom Brunette gave the
license had been working for the Rap.
i'd Transit, he said, and he also told
Burnette that he had been in the de.
tective business. He paid for his Ii.
cense.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11
JUST A WEEK OR TWO.

There is a short period remaining
before the hard work OF the season
begins and you may as well make the
best of it, You can have a run to
Haleiwa and remain day or two at
little expense but with great profit to
your physical and mental condition.
There are no mosquitoes in the rooms
and the air is delightfully."- cool all OF
the time. Golf is the pastime on
beautiful links. ST. Clair Bldgood Man
ager.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11
A CHILD's ANSWER.

Mrs. Russell Sage often speaks OF
the days, before her marriage, when
she taught school. In an address that
she made last winter before a charit-
able society, Mrs. Sage said;
That method of giving was not sat
isfactory was it? So vague and uncer-
tain were it's results, indeed, that
was reminded of the answer that a
pupil of mine once made in history
lesson.
How many wars, l asked this pu
pill did England fight with spain?'
Six she answered
"Six?' said l. 'Enumerate them
please
One, two, three, four, FIVE, six,
said the little girl"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-11
Notice {!

A cordial invitation is extended to
all visiting Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
and their families to attend a SOCIAL
and DANCE at Odd Fellows Hall to be
given Wednesday night, September IL,
at p. m. in honor of the visiting mem
bers of the order, on board the fleet.
BY order Joint Committee.