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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

care Of her, Lockhart. There's Moth
er White reckoning to supper. You'll
eat before you go? No, | won't take
any supper now, thank you, mother,
will stay with Mary
And he did stay with her all through
the long watches Of that long night
He never closed his eyes in sleep
Sometimes Mary would drop off into
uneasy slumber-always Of short du
ration. When she awakened suddenly
in wide-eyed fright, he soOthed her
with all tenderness. Sometimes when
he thought she was sleeping, she
would clutch his arm desperately and
cry out that there was some one be,
Wind the big cottonwood. Again it
would be to ask him In a terrified
whisper if he did not hear oOfbeats,
gallOping, gallOping, galloping, and
begged him to listen. He could al.
ways quiet her, and she tried hard to
keep from wandering; but after a
short, broken rest, she would cry out
again in endless repetition of the ter.
rors of that awful night
Mrs. White and several of her small
progeny breathed loudly from an ad,
joining room. A lamp burned dimly
on the table. 1t grew late-l2 o'clock
and after. At last she rested She
passed from fight, broken slumber to
deep sleep without crying out and
thus awakening herself Gordon was
tired and sad. Now that the flush of
fever was gone, he saw how white and
miserable she really looked. The cir
cleS under her eyes We're so dark
they were like bruises. The mantle
Of his misfortune was spreading to
bring others besides himself into its
sOmber folds.
The men were coming back. But
they were coming quietly, in grim 81
lence. He dared not awaken Mary
for the news he knew they must carry.
He stepped noiselessly to the door to
warn them to a yet greater stiffness
and met Langford on the threshold.
The two surveyed each other grave
ly with clasped hands.
you tell her, Dick. II can't" said
Langford, His big shoulders dropped
as under a heavy burden.
Must II" asked Gordon.
"Dick, II can't" said Langford,
brokenly. Don't you see?-if | had
been just a minute sooner-and |
promised
Yes, l see, Paul" said Gordon,
quietly. Il will tell her."
You need not" said a sweet clear
voice from across the room. Il know.
l heard. l think | knew all the time
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
CHAPTER XII,
WAITING,

The man found dead the night the
Lazy S was burned out was not east
ly identified. He was q half-breed,
but half-breeds were many west Of the
river, and the places where they laid
their heads at night were as shifting
as the sands of that rapid, ominous,
changing stream of theirs, which ever
cut them off from the world of their
fathers and kept them bound, but rest
less, chatting, in that same land where
their mothers had stared stOlidly at a
strange little boatload tugging up the
river that was the forerunner of the
ultimate destiny of this broad north
west country, but which brought in
incidentally-as do all big destinies in
the great scheme bring sorrow to
some one-wrong, misunderstanding
forgetfulness, to a once proud, free
people now in subsection.
At last the authorities found trace
OF him far away at Standing Rock,
through the agent there, who knew
him as OF an ugly reputation-a dis
sipated, rowing yprofligate, who had
long since squandered his government
patrimony. He had been mixed up In
sundry bad affairs in the past, and
had been an inveterate gambler. So
much only were the Kemah county
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
SYNOPSIS.

George winston, a poor ranChman,
Righ-ninded and cultured, searches for
cattle missing from his ranch--the Lazy
S. On wooded spot in the rivers bed
that would have been an island had the
Missouri been at high water, he dis
covers a band of horse thieves engaged
in working over brands on cattle. He
creeps near enough to note the chang
ing of the Three Bars" brand on one
steer to the j. r" brand. Paul Lang
ford, the rich owner of the "Three
Bars" is informed Of the operations of
the gang of cattle thieves-a band Of
outlaws headed by Jesse Black, who
long have detied the law and authOri-
ties Of kemah county, South Dakota.
Langford is struck with the beauty Of
Mary commonly known as "Williston's
little girl" Louise Dale an expert
court stenographeT;i who had followed
her uncle. Judge Hammond Dale, from
the east TO the "Dakotahs." and who
is living with him at Wind City, is
requested by the county attorney,
Richard Gordon to come to Kemah and
take testimony in the preliminary
hearing of Jesse Black. jim Munson, in
waiting at the train for Louise. looks
Bill Brown and there detects old
Mag" well known ''Onery' steer be-
longing to his employer of the Three
Bars" ranch. MunsOn and Louise start
Tor hemah. crowds assemble IN justice
James r. McAllister's court for the
preliminary hearing. Jesse Black springs
the first of many great surprises, waving
examination. Through Jake SandersOn. a
member Of the outlaw gang. he had
learned that the steer Mag" had been re-
covered and thus saw the uselessness Of
fighting against being bound over. County
Attorney Gordon accompanies Louise
Dale on her return to Wind City. While
WillistOn stands in the light in his door
at night a shot is fired at him. The house
is attacked and battle ensues between
WillistOn and his daughter, on one side
and the outlaws on the other. The house
Is set on fire. AS an outlaw raises his rifle
to shoot WilistOn a shot from an I'M
known source pierCes his arms and the
rifle falls to the ground. Aid has come to
Williston, but he and his daughter are
captured and borne away by the outlaws
Jim MunSOn late at night heard the shots
discovered the attack on WillistOn's house.
hurried to the Three Bars ranch and sum-
moned Langford and his brave men to the
rescue. 1t was Langford who fired the shot
which saved Williston's life. Langford
rescues Mary from her captOr. Langford
takes Mary to the home OF Mrs. White
Her arm has been broken by shot. She
grows delirious and receives medical at
tention.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

Smalltboys who are afraid to 90 out
into the streets to play lest they should
get run over may be fired by the great
hope that some day they will be
president of the United States, but the
rough-and-tumble kid has his eye fixed
on a position as pitcher In the cham.
pionship team of one of the big
leagues. That appears to him to be a
higher position than president or even
foorwalker in department store. As
he pitches the tattered ball in the va.
cant lot his minds eye wanders for
ward to the time when admiring null
titudes will rise up to applaud his
curves, meanwhile saving enough of
their strength to throw pop bottles at
his adversary of the rival team.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

Several plans have been made to es-
tabliSh national American university.
The idea, recently expressed in a bill
introduced into the house of represent
atives, is as old as the country. Wash
ingtOn, in his address to congress
IN 1890, urged the promotion Of
art and science, and recommended
that congress consider whether this
desirable object will be best promoted
by affording aids to seminaries Of
learning already established, by the in
stitution of national university, or
by any other expedients." The ques-
ton suggested by Washington has not
been finally settled, although it has
been answered in part by the growth
OF many colleges and universities
throughout the land In country like
ours OF wide area there should be
many great centers of education. 1t
sometimes seems better to strengthen
the colleges we have than to found
new ones, but there is room for others.
A national university might have spe-
ctal functions such as present institu-
lions are not in position to discharge,
and its official nature would make it a
powerful influence in American higher
education, which is now disorganized
and uncertain in standard.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
CHAPTER XI.-Continued.

The long day wore along Mother
White was baking. The men would
be rayenous when they came back.
Many would stop there for something
to eat before going on to their homes.
1t might be tonight, it might be to-
morrow, 1t might not be until the day
after, but whenever the time did come,
knowing the men of the range coun.
try, she must have something by
her."
At last came the doctor and Gordon,
driving up in the doctors top-buggy,
weatherstained, mud.bedaubed with
the mud of last spring, of many
springs. The doctor was a badly
dressed, pleasant-eyed man, past mid
die age, with a fringe of gray whisk.
ers. He was sort of journeyman
doctor, and he had drifted hither one
day two summers ago from the Lake
Andes country in this self-same tray
el-worn conveyance with its same
bony sorrel. He had found good
picking, he had often jovially remark
ed since, chewing serenely away on
a brand of vile plug the while. He
had elected to remain. He was part
and parcel of the cattle country now.
He was an established condition. Peo-
pie had learned to accept him as he
was and be grateful. Haste was a
mental and physical impossibility to
him. He took his own time. All must
perforce acquiesce.
You have worked yourself into a
high fever, Miss Williston, that's what
you've DONE" he said, with profession
al mournfulness.
L know it," she smiled wanly. 81
couldn't help 1t. I'm sorry"
Gordon drew up chair and sat
down by her, saying with grave kind
ness. You are fretting. We must not
let you. l am going to stay with you
all night and shoe the COLLINS away"
You are kind" said Mary, grateful
ly. May tell you when they come?
II some one speaks to me they go
away"
Indeed you may, dear child" he
exclaimed, heartily. He had been half
Joking when he spoke of keeping
things away. He now perceived that
these things were more serious than
he knew.
The doctor administered medicine to
reduce the fever, dressed the wounded
arm, with Gordon's ready assistance,
and then called In Mother White to
prepare the bed for his patient; but
he paused nonplussed before the
weight of entreaty in Mary's eyes and
voice.
please don't" she cried out, In &C.
tual terror. "Oh, Mr. Gordon, don't
let him! see such awful things when
l lie down, Please! Please! And
Mr.. Langford said l might sit up till
he came. Mr.. Gordon, you will not
let him put n.e to bed, will your"
II think 1t would be better to let her
have her way, Lockhart," said Gordon
in low voice.
Maybe 1t would, Dick said the
doctor, with surprising meekness.
''I'll stay all night and III take good
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
Trend Of Civilization,

I had thought that civilization
meant the attainment of peace and
order and freedom, of good will be.
tween man and man, of the love of
truth, and the hatred Of injustice, and
by consequence the attainment Of the
good life which these things breed,
life free from craven fear, but full of
incident; that was what | thought it
meant, not more stuffed chairs and
more cushions, and more carpets and
gas, and more dainty meat and drink
and therewithal more and sharper
difference between class and class
William Morris,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

There have been from time to time
many reported inventions Of bullet
PROOF coats or undershirts; but some
now none ever seemed to meet really
adequate test. Now comes the story
that a Russian colonel has devised
q garment Of this kind which is act.
ually what Is claimed. While the
formula for construction is not given
out, the announcement is made that
the materials are three and a half
times as hard as steel and are war.
ranted to ward off a Mauser bullet
nred from high-power rife. Still, it
Is not going to be easy to obtain or
wear the bullet-proof coat. The gar
ment is very costly and weighs five
pounds, and man trotting around in
1t must feel something like the armor.
incased knights of old. But asks the
Troy Times, what are cost and weight
compared to value as a life preserver?
Ii the coat Is truly bullet proof no
doubt there are a good many rich and
titled persons in Russia who would
think the garment cheap at ten timey
the cost in money and discomfort
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

LESS than 25 years from now rail-
road locomotives will carry no fuel.
Trains all over the country will be
run by power conveyed by wire from a
dozen great central plants located II
, the neighborhood Of coal mines. There
will be no smoke, no Cinders, to make
a journey by rail disagreeable.' Thus
Prof. Robert II. Fernald, expert IN
charge Of the government fuel In
Quiry is quoted by Robert Franklin il
the Technical World Magazine. 1t
has been proved practicable, he says,
by the help of gas-producers and gas
engines, to convert the energy OF coal
into electricity and transmit II by
wire over distances exceeding Z1C
miles. This means that trains could
be run from a single central plant
over 100000 square miles-an area
nearly four times that Of the state or
Illinois-and that ten or twelve such
plants, located at or near mining cen
tiers, could furnish motive power for
all the railroads in the United States
Now that it is commercially possible
TO transmit electric power $50 miles
or more" says Prof. Fernald, the To-
cation of immense gas-producer plants
at the mines, or within easy reach of
them, must speedily follow. But it
should not be supposed that this power
will be utilized only by the railroads
of the country. 1t will be supplied to
factories. and employed for all sorts Of
industrial purposes in cities and
towns, whose populations will be thus
enabled to enjoy cleanliness and free
dom from the tyranny Of smoky chin
neys." This is the introduction to
remarkable article in this magazine
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

Some men are bachelors and some
are bigamists Between the two is a
class about which executive messages
are never written, or against whom
warrants are rarely issued. 1t must be
4 colorless LIFE
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

A dispatch says that Prince Vladi-
mir Sergeietvitch Kutuzoff and Lis
wife, WarWara Tranovskaja Kutuzuff,
Of Russia, have gone to Doukhobort-
sky. Note to printer: Please put the
letters back In the alphabet after
using.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

fourteen miles away.
A fight AGAINST t..af,o -
futures is about to j.. io.1gnro.,a
the Louisiana Lrei-'aurr.
Under suspension Of tho rr,o. ,
House passed the p..,,fn l.r,Ifo. ~.
carrying an APPROPRIATION os 60 ,"a l'
coo Friday. ''0'
The Denton school boar! 1at tba nm
contract Friday for ati.tya, to ho.,
tie ward schoo, 1u..l...s 10 Y.
MaXcy for 5000.
Dallas county tax a.....or .....
assessed v,ruatio, ~. 49,. 'N0
easily reach $lDoou1om. an ircraoso
Of 10 per cent or more ovnr ,oo.
year.
On thn return - c...aur.. -.
70 Little Roe. Ark H.. r......,, Vail
call Of Acting Govornor Harmless 60
a special session Of the irRan.o, Loo
isIature.
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archhf.n,r IF Co,+o /, l:,5
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Central and the iazoo and Mississippi
' '''0S N"'lio"US ny reuefai uFahd
II IS announced at Shawnee, Ok,
that on June l the Rock Island shops,
which have been closed for three
weeks, will resume on the open shop
plan and that they will be run to
the full capacity.
representative Stephens has intro.
{ ced a bill to authorize the publica.
t n of a dictionary of the mineral
a. ores of the United States. which
5 .aIl describe the various mineral
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
The WEEKS EP|T0ME
A RESUME OF THE MOST lMPOR,
TANT NEWS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
A Carefully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Domestic and Foreiqn

Of three cents per barrel in the price
OF crude oil.
The State Medical Association is in
session at Corpus Christi this week
with a large attendance.
New. co,ras from uovfco that tho
rebelIious Yaqui Indians of the State
of Sonora have sued for Dpace
An ordor nassoI nv tbo Cowris
sionors, Co,,rt an Thnr,1av rrobf,,f+,
tha nai,,ino ~ ,,o,.;no of sion. -, ~.
bridges Of Tom Green County,
For +ho Gro. t;,,o - ito h;-.ou,. .bo
Chicayo ,,,rico donort,non+ ho. vacant
" enpaocd Cbinaso dotoctivo. 70 oid
IN nro,orving ,oaoo j., Cs,ino,o,.n
Nino,oo, mile ,oo,.;n, d,o1.;,o -
c,,dino f,,r :, Ta.o.. han, oI.,...,,
down for .bo ,,,o,,,,or ,rara +bo,, -
ooo o,,ono.i,.a- ,,.i1, h. 49,. e., ,..,.l,,,,,
months
Wort, Of tearing dawn tho old conr+
housn nrenaratory n hni1ding $40.
Goa ,op,,la of i,s+ioo bo.. hoo,r -
Stanton and work IN the now rocI;
iaiI is nroaras,inr
,., w
memorial for Abraham Lincoln on the
site Of the Lincoln birthnlace in Ken
mcI,y n9ssad rho Senate Frilav on Mo.
ton OF Mr. Wetmore
Tho ,ro1,o,. n.iro. tom +bo cnouno
Do1as 1n,,r,,rhon ora ha;ua .,a,.1
in position. having reached Mckinney
from Sherman II is eynpctpd that
a car will he rim as early as lime %
Tbroo +bor.ond oono ;oo;a,;.o ,,o.
ror,o ,,.ou, uou. 49,, ro.,:.u.
ro,.io, - r.,.o.. &C.,. ,,.;-
a Texas offering TO the noted assem-
klage, They were highly annraciatad
Do. ooo
ooo,n,auo;o, hosi.a $780,, ~
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the proposed advance in railroad
freight rates
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w anu ooSSiel "ilsnes' La' viii
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Ano" Il up " 0a'u' u"s ~ nave oeeii
Aiiieu' Is lol'y-louf'
A party Of fifty-two Japanese, tour
ing under the auspices of the Toxic
Asahi Shimbun, who have been visit
ing America and Europe, are now in
Paris, returning to japan via the
'irans-Slberian Railway.
A general convention If Rantists ~
Hot SPRINGS Ark was attended INV
about 1900 delegates Row p r.
Buckner, President of the Buckner
Orphans Home, near Dallas, was
elected one of the Vice-Presidents.
The Texas Division Travellers, pro.
tective Association ,of+ Do,1os cr,aou
morning for Huntsville Nv r. o+to,d
the National meeting in that civ
A Lamar county farmer sold forty
one bales of cotton Friday at 1oc ue
received COX nor halo loco for - +bon
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her Of our College Beacon TO all in
tercsted parties. It. is free. Spring
term opens soon, Richmond Bust
ness College. lit
WANTED-Work by the day or
house-cleanng. Call at corner 22nd
and South B streets. l6-&t
WANTED Washing and lrening to
do. Call at 124 s. 2nd St 16-3t
WANTED Horse or colt to feed and
pasture for light work on farm.
Phone 427s lift
young men-hustlcrs.
for special work. Good money for
the right men. Apply in person at
- So. 9th St, between s and 9 a. NJ.
lift
WANTED-To clean and repair your
wheels. Elmer Smith. 42G Main.
WANTED-Cisteru cleaning and re-
pairing Harry Anderson, 516 $.
9Th street. 1871
Men to Learn barber
trade; will equip shop for you or
furnish positions, few weeks com
pIetes, constant practice, careful in
structions, tools given, Saturday
wages, diplomas granted. write for
catalogue Moler Barber College,
Cincinnati. o. If
carpets, rugs. up
holstery, mattresses. etc. to clean
by our vacuum process. Richmond
House Cleaning Co. Phone, Home
1916 Bell 395R. 22-tf
do your plumbing.
Waking, 400 Main. 12-1t
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N MANUS IS BUSY
Engaged in ''Remodeling" the
City Court Room at the
City Building.
WILL LOOK MUCH BETTER.

Sergeant McManus is busily engag-
ed in ''remodeling" the city court
room. The board of public works has
absolutely refused to make desired
changes in the room or to provide
quarters for the judge and the prose
cutting attorney. The police have de
termined to have the court room, at
least, assume the appearance of what
it is intended for.
Five desks that were used in the
mayors court in former days, have
been taken out of the attic of the city
building. These are now being warn,
ished by McManus and will soon be
placed in use. One desk is for the pro.
secutor, two are for the use of attor-
neys and the other two are for report
ers. \ new linoleum will be placed
on the floor of the court room and it
is probable that the officers lockers
will be taken out of the room. There
is some talk of fixing the room occaS.
iOnally used by Street Commissioner
Dye as quarters for the judge and the
prosecutor.
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Chicago.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
New York, March IS

IBy Correu aud Thompson. Brokers.
Eaton. o.
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PROMISED TO LEAD
AN UPRIGHT LIFE
Judge Fox Then Extended
CIemenCy to Lee Robinson
For His Actions.
HE MUST AID HIS WIFE.
EACH MONTH ROBINSON WILL
HAVE TO TURN OVER A STiPU-
LATED AMOUNT FOR SUPPORT
OF HERSELF AND CHILDREN.

Upon payment of SIS to his wife
Amanda and on promises TO lead an
honest upright life in the future, Lee
Robinson, colored, has been dismissed
from custody. Robinson made a SEN
sational attempt at escape from the
custody of the sheriff in the court
room yesterday and begged piteously
to be permitted to commit suicide by
throwing himself into the lobby of the
first floor of the court house from the
third. The man had $31 in his pos
session. when arrested. Before releas-
ing Robinson, Judge Fox elected a
promise from the man that he will
work steadily and make regular pay
ments of SIS per month to his wife for
the support of herself and children.
To Robinson was recited by the
court. the long list of charges to which
he placed himself liable by his recent
actions. The man had failed to carry
out a court decree and was guilty of
contempt of court. He was guilty
also of resisting an officer. public in
toxication and several other charges,
but the court saw fit to exercise elem
ency and dismissed him upon his YER
bal promises. There is some belief
robinson will see fit to leave the city.
Mrs Robinson is employed as a dish
washer at 81 per day at a hotel at In
dianapolis. She has brought suit for
divorce from Lee and it was in connec-
ton with this case that she began to
make trouble for her husband.
Sheriff Meredith and his deputy.
Mashmeyer, believe Robinson was in
toxicated when he appeared in the
court room yesterday. The strong
odor of liquor was on his breath and
his demeanor was such as to give rise
TO the suspicion. He had left bar
rel house just previous to the time of
his arrest.