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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-11-19

ammunition, and as he again dashey
between them and back through the
gray curtain Armitage gave the word
and he and Claiborne swept on az q
gallop
Durand was out of sight. and Chan
venet turned and looked behind bin
uneasily;; then he spoke sharply t,
Zmai Oscars wild ride back and fortt
had demoralized the horses. which
were snorting and plunging wildly. As
Armitage and Claiborne advanced
Chauyenet spoke again to Zmai and
drew his own revolver
'OE. for saber nowr' growied Clai
borne
But it was not moment for specuia.
ton or regret. Both sides were perfect
~ silent as Claiborne, leading Slightly
with Armitage pressing close az his
left. galloped toward the two men who
faced them at the gray wall OF mist
They bore to the left with view OF
crowding the two horsemen Off the
road and into the preserve. and as they
neared them they heard cries through
the mist and raj id hoof beats. and
Durand's horse ieSped the ditch at the
roadside just before il reached Chau-
venet and Zmai. and ran away through
the rough Enderbrush INFO the wood,
Oscar close behind and si,eE. now.
grimly intent on his business.
The reviewers Of Znai and Chauye-
net cracked together. and tkay. toe
turned their horses into the rood, ar q
away they all went, leaving the road
clear.
MY horse got it that timer shouted
Claiborne.
so did - replied Armitage. 'sBut
never you mind, old man. we've got
them cornered now"
Claiborne glanced at Armitage and
saw his right hand, still holding his
revolver, go to his shoulder.
Much damage:"
1T struck hard place, but | am still
1T"
The blood streamed from the neck of
Claiborne's horse, which threw up its
head and snorted in pain, but kept
brayely Oh at the trot in which Armi-
tage had set the pace
Poor devil! Well have reckoning
pretty soon" cried Armitage cheerily
No kingdom is worth good horse
They advanced at trot toward the
Port.
sYou'll be afoot any minute now, but
we're in good shape and on our own
sod, with those carrion between US
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-11-19
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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-11-19

apaLl.
to be the contemplated strategy of the
charging party they leveied their arms
at him, believing that he must soon
check his horse. But on he rode, bend
ing forward a little, his rifle held across
the saddle in front Of him.
s,Take him first" cried Chauvenet
"Then be ready for Armitagel''
Oscar was now turning his horse, but
toward them and across Armitage'
path, with the deliberate purpose OF
taking the first fire. Before him rose
the cedars that concealed the line of
wall, and he saw the blue barrels of
the waiting rides. With a great squirt
of speed he cut in ahead of Arnlitage
swiftly and neatly. then on, without 2
break or pause not needing Armi
tage's cries-on and still on. till twenty
then ten feet lay between him and the
wall, at a place where the cedar bar.
rier was thinnest Then. as his horse
crouched and rose. three rifles cracked
as one. With a great crash the horse
struck the wall and tumbled, rearing
aud piunging. through the tough cedar
boughs. An instant later. near the
ne be continued next wesk1
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-11-19
car began to disInount.

car began to disInount.
''No. do well enough this way
Forward. The word is to keep them
between US and the gap until we can
sit on them"
The mist was fast disappearing and
swirling away under sharp wind.
and the sunlight broke warmly upon
the drenched world Claiborne started
through the wet underground at dog
trot Armitage, he judged. was about
half mile away, aud to make their
line complete Oscar should traverse an
equal distance The soldier blood 10
Claiborne warmed at the prospect of a
definite contest. He griuned as it oc-
cured to him that he had won the dis
tinction of having horse shot under
him in an open road fight almost with
in sight of the dome of the capitol.
The brush grew thinner and the trees
fewer. and he dropped down and
crawled presently to the shelter Of a
bowider. from which he could look out
upon the open and fairly level field
known as the Port of Missing Men.
As he looked about he saw Armitage,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-11-19

his horse at a
walk. ride slow
" out Of the
W God a t his
right. Claiborne
jumped up and
wa we'd his hat.
and a rifle ball
tiicked his coat
collar as lightly
as though an I'M
seen hand had
tried to brush a
bit of dust from
it. AS he turned
t o W ard t b e
nlarkslnan be-
hind the cedars
three shots. fired
in u ,-ailau hmm
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-11-19

and a gap they won't care to drop into.
I'm off for the gate. You wait here.
and if Oscar fires the signal give the
answer"
Armitage galloped off TO the right
and Claiborne jumped from his horse
just as the wounded animal trembled
for moment, sank to its knees and
rolled over dead.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-11-19

slipping away through the underbrush
a hundred yards ahead of him. He
threw up his rifle and fired after the
retreating figure, jerked the lever spite
fully and waited. In a few minutes
Oscar rode alertly out of the wood at
his left
1t was better for US dead horse
than dead man-yes?' was the little
sergeant's comment We shall come
back for the saddle and bridle''
''IIumphl Where do you think those
men areiv
Behind some rocks near the edge of
the gap. 1t is a poor position"
Pm not sure of that They'll escape
across the old bridge
'.Nein. A sparrow would shake 1t
down Three men at once-that would
not need our bulIetsp'
Far away to the right two reports in
quick succession gave news OF Arlni-
tage.
It's the signal that he's got between
them and the gate. Swing around to
the left, and win go straight TO the
big clearing and meet you.
You will have my horse yes!" os-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-11-19
Chapter XIV
riiE roRr or MISSING MEN.

LAIBORNE climbed upon
a rock to get his bear
ings, and as he gazed off
through the wood q bull
let sang close to his
head. and he saw a man
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-24
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

(From the Philadelphia Record.1
Even when a fellow Is color blind
he may feel blue. :
It isn't every fellow who can fall In
love and land on his feet.
It is often hard to distinguish be-
tween dignity and a bluff.
You can't tell from q singers chest
tone how much heart he puts into II.
Experience doesn't do US much
good unless it is worth what we pay
for it. 4T
A bachelor is almost as much
afraid of a summer girl as a summers
girl is of q cow.
Many a fellow takes his coffee and
rolls in bed, IL the bed is wide
enough to roll in.
wigg-"what stoop-shouldered
fellow Bighedde is" Wagg-"Yes.
that comes from carrying his self
conceit." s.
Blobbs-"Did you hear about
Bjones? He shot himself" Slobbs-
"Suicide?" Blobbs-'.No. think It
was accidental. He wasn't married,
you know.
Sunday school Teacher-"Did you
ever forgive an enemy?" Tommy
acknowledgements Sunday School
Teacher-'.And what noble sentiment
prompted you to do it?" Tommy Turf
nut-"He wuz bigger dan me-
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-24
FIGHTING JAPAN WITH BOYCOTT

The heather Chinee" has advanced
considerably in public esteem in re-
spect to his intellectual capacity since
the days Of Bret Harte. The respect
would be greater If he possessed the
military genius Of the Japanese, but he
Is advancing even without 1t, although
1t is along lines peculiar to himself and
in harmony with what writer's on Chi
nese subjects are fond OF calling the
inscrutable Celestial mind"
The "1ncrutable Celestial mind" in
stead of seeking to invent new and for
nfdable instruments for shedding mems
blood, has found an efficient weapon
in the boycott, which strikes terrific
blows at mems pocketbooks, which the
Chinese have found by experience is an
extremely vulnerable spot. According
to the New York Herald societies have
been organized, with headquarters at
Canton. which aim to inf1ict loss to
Japanese commerce by means of. the
boycott of saOo. 100000, Mexican.
This sum represents $4,000 for every
dollar the Kwang-Tung government
was compelled to pay the Japanese
owners Of the steamship Tatsu Maru
for the arms and ammunition upon
that vessel, the seizure. of which and
subsequent release upon Japan's de-
mand form the basis Of the boycott
movement. The men who are promot-
ing the movement hope to involve the
entire empire, but in the opinion of
the Herald correspondent it is doubt
full II this can be accomplished.
There Is no question, however but
what great progress has been made in
the southern provinces. Over $50 deal
ers in Japanese goods in Canton have
signed an agreement not to sell such
goods longer and some merchants have
gone SO far as to destroy the Japanese
wares in their stock. One incident of
the boycott was the refusal Of coolies
to unload the cargo of Japanese ship,
while the merchants of many cities
have served notice on their agents not
to ship goods in Japanese bottoms.
This institution Of a boycott on a
wholesale scale deserves the respectful
| consideration Of patriotic Americans,
for it is, after ALL only following the
| example of our colonial forefathers
who greatly annoyed and inf1amed
King George III by boycotting tea and
other commodities dealt in by English
\ merchants. The Canton Self Govern
ment and National Disgrace societies
are doing on gigantic scale in China
what was done in a small way at that
l decidedly famous Boston tea party
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-24
HYHkWKER .JO13

Down around Salina the 1ilacs are
bursting into bloom and throwing
out in all directions a delicious
scent"
Airline Anderson is the envy of all
the youngsters at Cherryvale. He is
the possessor of a couple Of baby al
ligators which were sent to him from
Florida
Winfield is being bothered these
days with a number of strong. able
bodied men who are following the
profession of hoboism. They have
been invited to move on.
1t cost three La Harpe boys $25 to
disturb a religious meeting. The Sa-
lima Journal remarks that it costs
to go to church each Sunday and be
good.
Snake stories are beginning to come
/ in. A Concordia man reports a
rattlesnake with about forty rattles
and suspender button. The Wichita
bullsnake wears the diamond belt up
to date, however.
A Hutchinson policeman shot nine
times at a negro who had hit him
with an overcoat, and failed to place
a piece of lead in the frame Of the
African. The city will send the police
out for target practice.
Rather wonderful fish stories are
being related every day or so by the
Atchison Globe. They all concern
Lake Doniphan. The latest one is
that a party of six men on Sunday last
caught 178 good fish there.
An old farmer near Leavenworth
stood off the sheriff and two deputies
| with gun when they went to his
place to arrest him for disturbing the
peace. The officers say that they
| couldn't take him without killing him
or being killed, so they wisely re-
| sorted to stratagem. and got the
old man to jail without bloodshed.
An English grain buyer from Liver
was greatly surprised to learn that
Kansas was not an arid region, so
| says the Republican. The man was
| probably a fake Of some sort. Any
grain buyers of Liverpool, where mil
lions of bushels Of Kansas wheat are
marketed. knows more about the
| grain products OF Kansas than many
people living in the state.
Dick Bailey, travelling salesman for
a Kansas City clothing house says
that while at lola he left some laun-
dry there to be forwarded to him. He
received the bill a day or two ago,
and enclosed Herewith was a note
stating that the laundry had lost one
of his handkerchiefs and that If he
| would let them know the value Of the
same, the laundry would remit for the
handkerchief. Mr.. Bailey replied with
a letter of appreciation stating thai
he could not accept pay for the hand
kerchief. In telling the story, he said
that in all of his twenty years exper.
fence as a travelling salesman over the
country, this was the first time thai
he had ever received acknowled dgment
OF an error from laundry.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-24

If you think a tramp has no desire
for better things. ofIsrs him hash or
chicken.
x II - ssi sszlez
Because a kangaroo leaps 20 feet.
that's not an indication it is afraid OF
mice.
x 4
It ought to be unlucl1y to get mar
ried on Friday, for why should that
day be an exception?
X
Young wives find it economical to do
their own cooking, because their hus-
bands don't eat half as much as they
would otherwise.
Clergymen make a mistake when
they hold up the bee as q model OF
industry because the bee works on
Sunday just the same as any other
day.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-24
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
When the truth Is unfavorable, it
is gossip. ~
There are as many sides to a man
as to a question. N-. '-
The more worthless a man be-
comes, the more grievances he has.
There are not many men who can
grow old without beginning to look
greasy.
No man is ever as indulgent with
his children as he was with his wife's
little sisters before he married her.
=. Tell young girl she is bright, and
not say anything about her looks,
her.
The fact that two men do not
agree should not attract any more
attention than an additional drop of
water in the river.
When a husband and wife meet on
the street, you can tell how they
get along at home by the way they
smile at each other.
Young people are no more to be
blamed for what they dream in the
daytime. than older ones are for
what they dream at night.
There are very few people who
are really we'll acquainted with them
selves. Do you know yourself so
! we'll that you can always tell what
you will do?
A man will laugh at the story
that his father was once wild young
man. but he keeps still and bushes
at the mere suggestion that his moth
er was once wild young woman.
! 1t does not pay to be too truthful.
A reporter was once discharged at
this office for writing, in his account
of wedding: 1.-THE groom wore the
same suit that he wore at both of
his other marriages, and the bride
looked haggard in her white silk
This world,'' once remarked a
very conceited man, isn't run right,
and never was" well, you must re-
member said man who heard
him, that you wasn't here when God
organized things, and he had to do
| it all alone, and run things for a
great many years before you got
here" -A-fe ~,
Have you been out in the wcfds.
and seen Mother Natures new Easter
bonnet? 1t is of delicate green with
a light fringe of dainty crocuses, a
| crown of violets, and rosettes of pref
| ty kitten-breeches, with streamers OF
grass. Her milliners. Sun and Rain
provided the crocuses and flowers
Everyone is invited to attend her
spring opening, the rich and poor
alike. Especially are the poor in
vited. Go out into the country, and
admire Natures spring delights. The
| closer you live to Nature the longer
you Will live, and the more you will
enjoy life. Take your children with
you She Is a landlady who loves
them.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-24

men and women who 1evss
were rested. who thought only of them.
selves. and had no time for Others.
You don't know--the city" she eaads
with q little sohin her voice. IT'S 9
rampire. merciless and menacing. y
sucks, your lie blood and thrown you
aside for fresh Victims"
Then why go backf' asked Seth
quietly. sI haven't spoken before be,
cause thought that you never would
be content with Broadwater again bat
IL you want to stay, dear. can't You
stay-as my wife?'
The glad light sprang to Carols eyes
and the eternal feminine within her
rose. It seemed Coo easy . surreudeEs
'T have the return half of my ticket, Z
she objected. II can't waste that"
It'll get one. too" he suggested, "ano
we'n go together-on our honeymoon.
'.I'd like to go back to the city-for
la honeymoon. said Carol shyly. II
seems q shame-to waste the ticket.
We'll save It," cried Seth Jubilantiys
,T'm grateful to the city. since It sent
you back home-to me."-(Copyrighted
1908, by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. j

From the Chicago NeWs.
II you want to make a fool angry
call him one.
Grass widows are never ~ green a.
they pretend to be-
A fair exchange is better than two
of the other kind. =
Philosophy gets jolt when you
try to use it on yourself.
He who attempts to butt through
q crowd makes haste slowly.
A woman seldom laughs at q mans
Jokes unless she has ar ak to grind.
Some men get stage fright In tteir
knees every time they see q police
man.
\ A woman cares not who listens 30
long as she is permitted to do the
talking.
Any advance In the price Of shoes
will cause some people to kick more
than ever.
If you have occasion to tell q man
what you really think OF him use q
long distance telephone.
Too many men crowd into m up-
holstered elevator rather than make
an attenapt to climb the ladder e
ouoCo1A
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-24
HUHOp OF THE Day

Languid Lannisan-After all il said. pal.
money ain't everything -.s
.nce. PesSastf wunst found nnS" a i bnl nesT lie
center NV a prohibition state--Puok.
Deacon-Are you willing to GOT
Unpopular Citizen (dyins)-oh. yea
Deacon-wen. I'm glad you are. for-that
"Pa, what is a dfettants?"
sucoeeds. s."Ichicaso Rscord-Hsra6. 7
Rev. Mr.. Waters-Look at Bsu Burlsy.
for instance. It was the Demon Rum that
made him the one-eyed. low-browed sor
that he is today. +
It msSDs msas hm Sa
it was me that made him one-eyed.-FhN-
adelphia Press.
He-Have you any fne-tooth comhsf
It-No. but we have some fine tooth,
brushes.-Cornell Widow.
do you believe that men and women
should have equal rights7'
married Ms don't na a. dare S 70 say. say so"-cisve.
land Leader.
when we shall have universal peacef
Ryer-Not unless we adopt trial mar.
rtases.-rown Topics.
please give me two bills for my hat.
one for SO to show my husband and one
for $40 to show my lady fraends.-Meggen-
Hurry up there." shouted Noah to the
'WeM, I'm Just about an in.~ remarked
! the clever animal making use OF a play
upon words.-Puck.
Mr. Smith (after iIl-tempered speech by
i'Brown)-Mr. Chairman and gentlemen.
fonowang ne & HxsmPlS Pp q =, as1:gS M 5rowMS VIM
ihim.-Punch-
know what were going to do about poor.
MI Gsdsby-Humph! what ails him!
YOU noticed now irritated he becomes
Whenever the baby crissf-Puck-
that you have mastered all the modern
Professor wise-Al but my wifss.-
tBrooklyn Eagle.
b conlcer." said the. police maeistfate.
what is the. charge against the priso-
Having an inferno, na.ch.ns in his pos
session. Your Honor" replied the police-
Anarchy or. chaufseyrr" aueried the
magistrate.-Chicaso Daily News.
+ De style-You say Miss Gotrox 10 =
e,eye. ice skater. Can she cut the figure
Il Gunbusta-No; but she cuts the figure
!, seven, reduced from eight.-Harper .
Weekly.
'What are you looking so pleased
,, Eabout7'' asked one shade Of another.
We'll" replied the one addressed, with
} the ghost Of a chuclkle, II took httle
trip back to the old homo and saw what
. was on my tombstone" With an uncon-
, scious putting OF his plumage he passed
on.-Philadelphia Ledger.
'Ts she POPULAR
: "Oh, very!'
Whats the secretf
81 Cant afford to 0utdress anybody
, Nashville American.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-24
THE POETS FANCY.

The poet sang OF daffodils,
With all the poets rapture,
And Of the spirit of the hills
Which none might hope to capture
The poet in his attic, bare
And dark and uninvfting,
Sang of the daffodils out there.
Meanwhile with hunger fighting.
The poet sent his song away,
And back the postman brought 1t,
But finally, one blissful day,
A publication bought it:
The poet for q week or two
Lived in q world of gladness:
The modest little check he drew
Had banished all his sadness.
He'd never seen a daffodil.
And penned up in his attic,
He strayed not over any hill
To learn to be ecstatic:
Few songs would ever serve to lift
Mankind to exultation
If poets never had the gift
OF glad imaGination.e
Chicago Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-24
COURTS NOT IMMUNE.

Chancellor Day, Of Syracuse uni
versity, said in hook that President
Roosevelt has ignored the constitu-
ton and the laws, and that such be-
havior on his part tends to anarchy.
He was accused of unchristian de-
famation. OF the. presidents character.
His accusers alleged, with much
plausibility. that the chancellor
charged the president with being an
anarchist. So Mr.. Day was arraigned
before a church tribunal and tried.
He was acquitted of using unchristian
language. His judges said that to
hold him guilty would be to estab-
lish a censorship over mems speech
that would destroy freedom. The
| world will approve the verdict.
In Chicago recently another. min
lister, Rev. Lincoln A. Shute, tooss a
shot at Judge Walker, an incumbent
of the bench of his city. He said
that a decision Of Judge Walkers
was neither law nor sense, but was
treason and anarchy. Strong Ian
guage; but as it was not delivered
in court, and in no way affected peo-
| pie who refratned from reading the
interview in which 1t was published,
it would seem to the layman that it
need not have bothered the judge any
more than Days fulminations trou-
bled the president. If it was libel
lous, the judge had the same remedy
by either civil or criminal action that
any man would have. He could have
Mr.. Shute arrested or he could sue
him. One would think this enough.
/ But there seems to be crime OF
lese majestic in this country no less
than in monarchies. Judge Walker
rose on his judicial hind feet and
sent an officer for Mr.. Shute. The
minister was charged with contempt
of court. He was made to excuse
himself for saying about Walker
practically the same thing that Day
said about Roosevelt. He was sub
jected to judicial sweating process
The papers published what they call.
ed his apology. and the account OF
how he was allowed by this judge
: to go back to his flock and not tc
Jail.
And he had said nothing about the
ljudge more than what church
tribunal properly said was not ar
, unchristian utterance when uttered
: about Roosevelt.
Are the courts immune from blunt
criticism? Are they such proper OBJ.
) jects of contempt that they must de-
: fend themselves by Jail sentences
J against criticism-even the severe
) criticism-of the people? And will
: the people stand for 1t?
Such utterances as Mr.. Shute'.
may be in bad taste. They may b,
even actionable. But the court tina
hales the citizen before it for sucl
things, and either fines, imprisons o.
terrorizes him is utterly contemplate
The man who does not feel contemp
, for 1t is not worthy of freedom. Tn,
, contemplate thing suffers contempt
The court that is so sensitive of con
tempt might fine every decent mai
r in the community if he voiced hi
! real feelings.
|, Over the behavior of those in tn
presence of the court the judg
should have full power. Otherwis
f the decorum of his proceedings Is i'm
:. paired. But when he resorts to tn
v tyrannical proceedings of contemp
( to punish those who offend his self
4 esteem by outside utterances h
: lmakss himself contemptihle. II h
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-24

Leavenworth promises to be the
scene Of considerable excitement dur
ing the next few days. Fred s. Jack
son, the states attorney general, in
sists that the local authorities must
close the saloons, not only on Sundays
but all of the time. What Leaven-
worth county needs is a John Wi1ker-
son for sheriff and a John Schenck for
county attorney and then there would
not be any such thing as a saloon to
worry Mr.. Jackson or ANYBODY else.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IFrom the New York Press

rFrom the New York Press1
A. women ana her alimony are
soon married.
There's no way to blend red out
when it's hair.
Some of the devils recruits must
make him hustle to keep his own job.
The way TO make a girl believe
you when you say you love her is to
say so.
A fellow thinks he Is mighty smart
to know somebody who knows Q
great man.