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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-08

mento Valley road. That little link
with its Freeport connection, and its
arms outreached to McLane's road 60
ing east from Placerville, will put the
iron horse to the state line long before
Stanford can make good his bluff at
his time limit The state and the ma.
tional governmel should hail McLane
and his associates as their saviors
from monstrous steal"
That's the cussed stuff that works
like slow poison among the men. ma.
king sight crooked and brains mag.
goty," Gregory thought aloud as he
went to rude kit for paper and pen.
He wrote steadily for an hour, handed
letters and dispatches to a messenger
and was off again.
Riding west to the end of the rails
two hours later he rounded the elbow
of small hill and came upon a gang
of track-layers working alone, the fore
man being hidden by a second sharp
turn. For moment the men did not
know themselves watched. Some were
resting on their hammer handles, some
snatching surreptitious smoke, while
low joke and dialogue ran lazily
around. Others kept up a noise with
half-hearted blows at the spikes.
Take your time, boys. This is all
the iron for month O. Sundays.
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SYNOPSIS.

overland MALI through the Rocky
mountains: Uncle Billy Dodge, stage
Phineas Cadwallader. Introduced. They
come across the remains of a massacre.
Later at Anthony's station they find the
redskins have carried their destructive
work there also. Stella Anthony, daugh-
ter of Anthony. keeper of station, is in
troouced; Anthony has been killed.
Vincent is assigned his work in unearth-
ing plans of enemies of railroad, being
Quilt. Vincent visits town where railroad
men are working on the road and receives
token OF esteem from Stella. The old
stage driver decides to work close to
town In order that he may be able to
Keep fatherly watch over the young
woman. She is engaged as a tutor for
viola bernard, daughter of hotel land
lady. Vincent visits society circles of en-
emieS Of the Central Pacific railroad and
learns their secrets. He returns to Stella,
each showing signs of hove for the other
Phlneas Cadwallader. pushing railroad
opposing Central Pacific, reaches mining
Town. She writes to Alfred Vincent his
poast Flying his attentions Cadwallader
insults her and she is rescued by Gideon
her fathers servant. In turn he proposes
marriage, is rejected, leaves her declaring
ne Will return the sort of a man she will
IoVe. vincent shows up" San Francisco
ana Washoe road and is praised by gov
ernor and heads of Central Pacific Be
Ing known as agent of G. p he decides
70 retlre to position of brakeman for a
Gideon, and of his phenomenal success
flnds letter of Importance involving plans
or opposition road. Uncle Billy returns
IN terrible suffering from long mountain
trip. Plot TO destroy companv's shin
Flora is unearthed and incrirninatins evip
oence against Cadwallader on charge of
wire tapping is also found the letters
FOUND by Stella being deciphered by
on scene.
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ried--or bungled. You agree to de-
from date controlling number of
shares in the Sacramento Valley rail-
road?"
Il do"
you agree to enter our employ, and
hereafter work for our interests as
you have before now worked for those
opposing us?"
Il do"
you promise to keep secrets in
trusted to you, and never by any sort
CT word or communication to disclose
the nature of this interview, to give
the slightest hint that it ever took
placer"
Il do
VERY we'll"
There followed q few further de-
tails of the bargain. At nod from
the governor toward the hall door, I'M
seen by Phineas, a man with scratch
pad and pencil entered so quietly that
only by the expression on the govern
or's face was his coming announced to
Phineas. He turned and started half
out of his chair. yet quickly composed
himself again.
Did you get that perfectly?" the
governor asked of the stenographer.
He nodded affirmatively.
Read it." The governors voice was
stern.
Phineas went ashen as the sale of
himself to the corporation he hated,
sentence by sentence, was riveted.
But he was intrepid still. sitting erect,
listening carefully.
is that correct, Mr. Cadwallader?
quite so, Gov. Stanford In spite
of himself his lips trembled. But his
tone was steady. 1t would not be so
bad, he thought.
Then sign it, the governor said;
and Phineas felt himself vanquished
by the tone.
He took up the pen. hesitated an APP
preciable instant, his face contracting
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-08
BY the Way.

Colorado man has killed a grizzly
bear weighing LEO pounds I'll bet
if were in Colorado and had the right
kind of newspaper behind me, l
could kill a bigger bear than that,
4 x Z
There is Just enough mischief in
any woman to like to tease another
woman by little harmless filtration
with the second woman's beau
Z x Z
The trouble with the coming man
is, in nine cases out OF Ten, he fails
to arrive
< & &
When the busters get through with
the trusts, Saturn has rings.
= y 4
1t takes more than age to make a
man out of boy
4 4 y
\ man who will rob Peter will sell
dom pay Paul.
Z y r
1t is mighty long road that has
no end.
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CHAPTER XII.

sour Banner Shall Float Red"
George Gregory urged his horse to
gallop over the rough path that
skirted the long string of ties-ties
that had waited many days for iron.
The noon hour was on At all the
camps men and beasts were feeding.
The superintendent took letters and
dispatches that met him as he dis
! mounted, and, passing his bride to
the man in waiting, went to the lee
side of the dining tent to read them
before eating. One after another he
glanced over yellow slips, tore open
envelopes.
NO iron yet. Flora detained. !"
he read, and groaned as he thought of
bare ties, and the so miles still far
from finished.
Snatches OF low table talk came to
Gregory, fitful straws on gusts that
swoop along the track CT labor, CON
trary to the steadier gales of capital.
THE Union Pacific amt dom
nothin' neither; failed in their con-
| tracts" one voice said.
IF that company can't build a rail-
road next door to cheap food, cheap
iron, good forage and fiat country,
what do these c. P. fellers expect to
do against wall Of rock standing on
edge a mile an half high?"
Yes; an 40 feet of snow on top CT
that, third added.
An thar's the Iron-not enough to
be had, no ships to tote it, an 20 900
miles to come"
The superintendent heard, though
eye and mind were reading letters.
He though of the delayed Flora. y
and pain stabbed sharper at his tenn
pies.
shutting inside warned the super
1ntendent that the meal was nearly
finished. He moved off a little that
the men might not guess. themselves
overheard; scrutinized them keenly as
they filed out and sought here or there
sheltered spot for pipe or chew be-
fore the short respite ended
The superintendent went inside and
ate sparingly of the coarse food di.
gestion losing its fight to the over
wrought brain. Why could not the din
ner-time critics, with all their know.
ings, have gained yet a few other
facts? Land jobbers and stock specu-
lators held the Union Pacific fran
chise by the throat, dallied with the
work, cheated their contractors. These
cheated in turn, making their cuts
narrow and ragged, their fills loose
and brush padded. starving their men
and failing with their time limit. No
wonder United States commissioners
refused the roadl
But the men Of pick end shovel
men upon whom, then as now. depends
the success of all contests with ma
ture-saw only the bare fact, failure
And failure In the east meant, doubly.
failure in the west,>
A second time Gregory read a San
Francisco newspaper clipping in.
closed in letter from the treasurer:
THE Central Pacific company can
never build on time as long as the
present owners control the Sacra.
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CHAPTER XI.-continued.

Alfred stretched his weary legs and
went out into the cool evening. The
day had been stressful and a bed
would have been welcome. Yet Stella!
He looked into the overhead blue and
saw young moon that might last till
II o'clock.
"a light night! 1 can ride fast and
do 1t by $780," he said to himself with
sudden cheer STELLA"
A hasty snack at nondescript res
taurant, a fresh horse and he was
again in the saddle, following the
stage track westward, re-riding the
miles that he might have an hour with
Stella-dear Stella, who had discov-
cred the plot and whose service to hui
mainly and to the Central Pacific Rail-
road company might never be known
to more than Alvin and himself
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The Bowery mission of New York
has so far this year supplied 233, 900
meals and nearly 1900 lodgings to
homeless men and boys, it's early
morning bread line being one Of the
most pathetic sights in the world.
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There have been some exports of
gold. But so is American wheat go
ing abroad, large shipments having
been made from New York. This is
last years grain. and the foreign de-
mand at this season is somewhat ex-
ceptional. 1t shows that the old world
is in need OF food supplies and that
the United States is the place to find
most readily what is wanted. And
while we are shipping food to other
nations, remarks the Troy IN. "
Times, there is little danger of the
export of gold attaining harmful pro-
portions. :
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Something's gone wrong with the
Flora an the last lot was shipped on
her."
The plunge of the horse, urged upon
the men with cruel spur, startled them
into rigidity. Gregory's hair bristled
under his hat. His nose lifted threat
eningly. His cheek paled and his
eyes flung a burning spark to every
shirkling soul.
You hell-hounds! Call this work ?
Is this wha! you're giving the C. P.
company for their good coin? You
think any railroad under Gods canopy
can be built a-sitting on your ham
mers? I'll break your worm-eaten
heads! I'll set men over you with
shotguns! I'll send you into kingdom
come without wooden overcoats! I'll
=" His invectives tore along the line
like thunderbolts. Rough men, desper-
ate some of them were, cowed under
his blasting TRADE, breathing easily
again only when he turned to meet the
luckless foreman coming round the
point
Late il the afternoon q hurrying
messenger overlook the boss" with
dispatches. 1.-The Flora is at Sacra-
mento. Iron at Front tomorrow.
Croker"
The superintendent handed the tele-
gram to Bennett. Pass it along" he
said. Let every man in camp know
the iron is coming.
Bennett moved away. and Gregory
took OF his hat and threw back his
head. A long breath of relief brought
ease. and he lifted his eyes to the
armament. The gray day had passed
The sun paused in splendor on the
western heights. flinging a triumphant
red banner across to meet the an
preaching twilight curve.
CHAPTER XIII.
Vanquished.
Alone in his chamber Phfneas
Cl00uaod
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-08

One of our noble policemen, says the
Chicago Daily News, has won the girl
of his choice because he proved him
self hero. There are other men who
consider the simple act of getting
married exalted heroism.
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MURRAY Palmer.

If ever a Teller could fix up plug
An make him look fine as tn nose on yer
mug
That Teller wuz enc Murray Palmer. Es
quire,
Who bought bosses cheap. but who sold
EN- some higher
If ever a rattly old bones cum along,
Twas Murray that purchased the pile for
He'd rub him and scrub him and fill him
with dope
And tickle him sum with tn end of a
rope
For Just few days, I will bet you my
hat
That spawned old blister wuz fed to be
Then Murray would bring out a harness
brand new.
With forty odd spangles and worries, too;
And dressing him down with a willowy
whip,
Away like the wind they would clippety
clip.
When Murray came back. he would have
new nag
And deep in his pocket bundle of swag.
III bet that when Murray goes up TO the
He'll take UP fine tradin' boss of his
own.
And sure as YOU live, if 81. Peter drives,
by.
rhere'n be sum warm horse swappin'
there on tn sly,
900
Side Remarks.
broken friendship always leaves a
fissure in the heart
K 4 z
Some women have a tantalizing,
kiss-me-quick purr over a telephone.
x Z 4
It's funny how hungry some MEN
will get before they will so TO work
Z < 4
You will find that most men who
have no brothers, love their mothers
son.
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One Atlantic steamer noticed a wa
ter spout that filled the air with
school of porpoises. 1t would have
been great had some of our flying ma
chimes been there. The operators
could have thrown out hook and line
and gone fishing in the air.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-08

Exports of iron and steel from the
United Kingdom for the first three
months of the current calendar year
show a decline compared with the cor
responding months of last year of 49,
600 tons in volume and of 80, 195, PSI in
value,
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;htly yet quickly clearing. a

slightly yet quickly clearing. ano
signed.
The governor did not fail to inter
pref correctly that hesitancy. He dis
missed the clerk and turned te
Phineas. Mr.. Cadwallader, / shat.
not attempt to conceal from You the
satisfaction this transaction affords
me- l hope it will not be otherwise
with you. Serve us we'll and you viii
find the Central Pacific company a
fair employer
I'm sure 1 shall, sir. I've been in
sympathy with you from the start, but
l had to serve those who paid me-
The governor scowled at the bald
sycophancy. Words are cheap, MI
Cadwallader." He rose, stepped tc
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Gro BE coNTINUED.)
An urcomforta5ie Moment,

Perhaps the most uncomfortable mo
ment in a mans life is tia. one in
which he takes a seat in a box at g.
play and sees his employer sitting in
an orchestra chair auong the ordi.
nary people.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-08

OF the 81, 100000 thus far raised for
the construction of the Liverpool ca
thedral about SS25,O00 remains unex-
p2nded; and probably will suffice for
the next five years.
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For the Il months ended March 81 j,
amounted to S2,125,249,347 gallons,
representing a daily average supply OF
S3 gallons a head
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Perhaps what allied the young man
who lost % positions in five years was
that no one hired him at a generous
salary to watch the ball games in sum-
mer and take notes in winter on in.
door sports.
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Speaking of happiness in married
life, the only sure way to secure it,
no matter what the lecturers and mag
azinists say, is to fall in love and re-
main that way all the rest of your life.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-08

The mikado's daughter has landed
as husband Prince Tsuneshia
Tsakeda, thereby removing one more
danger from the path of American
heiresses.
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Pittsburg declined an offer of the
loan of 81, 100000 from New York The
Smoky city wishes 1t distinctly un-
derstood that it has millionaires of it's
own to burn.
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Prof. Lowell. the astronomer, be-
lieves the earth is drying UP. 1t is
evident he hasn't been in these parts
in recent weeks.
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Two more automobile demonstrators
have been fined for scorching. COur
ter demonstrations by the courts are
absolutely necessary to stop the prac-
tice
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1t is large question whether the
suffragettes in England would be will
ing to surrender the privilege of riot
ing in exchange for the ballot.
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A Black Hand agent demanded
$4,000 from Hetty Green, but she re-
fused to give up until she saw the ns
tUre of the securities.
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A man in Arkansas had to pay
$500 and costs for dynamiting fish
He should cOnfine himself to the less
expensive pastime of dynamiting
street cars or burning tobacco barns
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-08

You may have noticed how much
easier it is to exchange your money
for experience than it is to swap your
experience for money.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-08

France, as its families grow small
er, looks with increasing pleasure on
a partnership with its old enemy, John
Bull.
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The car Of Russia at the age Of 40
is said to be an old man. Being a
car is apparently about as hard as
working for a living.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-08

A German scientist has discovered
that women's feet are growing larger.
Horrid man! What did he want to
discover that for?
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The trouble with the average man
is he knows how to run every mans
business but his own.
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1t Is proposed to boost the pay Of
the kaiser without first advertising to
see If any one will take the job fer
less money.
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Evidently natures scheme to save
the alligator by making it both I'M
assuming and repulsive is a failure.
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We seem to be on the verge of i'm
portant discoveries in navigation
among the clouds.
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The man who swallowed a cheque
for $3.50 must have some personal
knowledge of undigested securities.
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A man can quit any job he holds
whenever he feels like it, except being
married.
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Marriage is failure only when one
or both parties to it are failures.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-08

The man who lives a life of art for
arts sake, seldom despises chance
to do a little secret wood-sawing for
a ham sandwich.
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CHAPTER XIII.

Alone in his chamber Phineas
gioomed. The company had prose
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-08
The Simple Life.

Old Granddad Hickson always loved
z sly joke and every evening when it
came time to retire, he was wont to wink
at Eliza and tell her he would put the
clock out If she would wind the cat
Then ne laughed immoderately and
went to bed chuckling One night,
however, he made mistake and told
Eliza he would wind the cat if she
would put the clock out. She tossed
the clock into a snow-bank and it cost
Granddad a new calico runabout ana
so cents in repairs on the clock
which goes to prove that it doesn't pay
TO ride good joke to death.
600
SIivers of Thought.
OF course every woman must de-
eide for herself whether she spends it
for fireworks or saves it for Christ
mas presents.
Ryr.,u@,=A.s,
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MEDICINE LODGE, KANs.
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Painter & Herr, Pubs.
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Sometimes in after life a woman
wonders why she didn't believe the
man she married when he told her he
was not worthy of her.
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Perhaps when that Texas girl who
has been asleep for three months does
awake. she will get up in time to help
mother prepare breakfast
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-25
CANDY NOT BAD FOR TEETH.
Doctor Says EVIL of Eating Sweets
Is Much Exaggerated.

Doctor Says EVIL of Eating Sweets
Is Much Exaggerated.
In his lecture at the Harvard med
Bracket made 1t plain that eating con-
fectionery is not particularly conducive
to decay, says the Boston Transcript.
He said that the evil of candy eating
on the teeth is much exaggerated, q
reasonable amount of sugar being need
ed in the system for the production Of
heat, especially In cold weather and for
Woodworking people. He commended
the action Of Queen Victoria In send
ing large quantities of chocolate to her
soldiers in remote places, thereby af-
fording them I'm element of diet that
they needed.
That the teeth that last the long
est are necessarily harder than those
that decay soonest, he said, does not
necessarily follow, and the reverse ID
often true, the real reason for decay
of the teeth being acids In the mouth
caused by debris Of food that may rest
there and become fermented by micro
| OTBdulSHS IudJ are Always III IHd
mouth.
Acids thus created, he said, disinte-
CRATE lime salts, and they attack and
cause the hardest teeth to decay, IL
they can but find entrance to the body
of the tooth, by means of some nat
ural assure In the enamel, which ia
often found in teeth of the very best
quality. Hence, he argued, the only
Rsure prevention of decay is the most
perfect cleanliness of the mouth, par
ticularly at night, when the opportu.
nifty for the microbes to carry on their
disintegrating work is much longer
than between meals in the daytime.
DR.. Bracket commended an idea Of
a Philadelphia dentist who takes a
contract TO preserve the teeth of his
patients, charging them a nominal sum
to keep their teeth clean by means Of q
monthly securing with pumice. So
salutary is that simple treatment in
their preservation that he voluntarily
engages to repair without extra charge
any evidences Of decay that appear
from time to time during his care Of
the teeth.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-25
..The Cat and the Fiddle. ,,

The pronounced success of the beau
tifully staged musical extravaganza,
"The Cat and the Fiddie,' which is
billed for the Spokane theater Satur-
day and Sunday, bespeaks for it an
overlooking house. A Broadway sue
cess of more than ordinary type, it has
scored series of triumphs in the large
cities throughout the east. There is
said to be nothing small about this pro
duction, from its significantly equipped
stage accessories and mechanical eff
fects to the large and capable company
and the winsome beauty of it's well
trained chorus.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-25
HE GOES TO SOUTH POLE.
Charcot, the French Explorer, Starts
on Voyage of Discovery.

Havre-Acclaimed by great crowd,
including representatives of the gov
eminent, the steamer Pourquoi left
here on a voyage of discovery to
the south pole.
The expedition is a private one and
is headed by Dr. Jean Charcot, who
led similar voyage in 1905. In addi-
ton to a number of young scientists
there is a crew of % on board.
After reaching Alexander's island,
M. Charcot plans to continue to ex,
plore and define the southern bound
aries of the Pacific ocean and to deter
mine whether or not there is a vast
continent in that direction.
The expedition is fitted out for three
years, but the members expect to live
largely on the result of hunting and
fishing in the Antarctic. A feature is
several ice automobiles with which
the explorers hope to push south over
the ice fields.