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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-01-03
informed him that he had been asked

informed him that he had been asked
q question.
"Say it again." said Tom.
81 want you for my assigned sery-
ant" repeated Daintree, disregarding
both the decision and the presence OF
Major Honeybone, who sat there quite
enjoying the prospect of further oppo-
sition. II want to beyour friend-to
take you away from this CHASTITY place
to sponge the very memory of 1t out
Of your mind. The governor agrees to
It. have his written leave. Will
you come with me, Erickson? VIII
you come? Will you conner
you're very good" said Tom. Il
prefer to stop where am"
"yVhat| cried both gentlemen at
once. The major looked personally ag-
grieved.
II prefer the iron gang"
ITO my house-my probationary
friendship
Horror and modification were In the
rich, strong tones and In the flushed
and swarthy face.
81 prefer the iron gang" repeated
Tom, but his voice was weaker-he no
ticed it himself-and with the next
breath was crying savagely that ne
would not go, that he would stop where
he was, and who was Daintree to come
interfering there? A lot he minded
what the governor or what fifty gov
errors said. There he was. and there
he meant to stick. No power on earth
should shift him out Of that.
"Ohp' said the major. mo power,
eh?
"short of file of red coats, which
you can't spare"
"Sentry, remove that manp
The rest Of the gang were at supper.
Tom clanked in and sat down with
rattle. He nodded to one or two des-
perate kindred spirits. half proudly, as
much as to say: "All right, my lads.
I'm not the man to desert his pals.
I'm true game to those that are true
game to me. I'm that If I'm nothing
else" Those indeed were the words
In his heart, but nobody answered his
nod; only some irons jlngled where
Creasey had reached out under the Ia
BILE and given Macbeth kick.
AS they were all shutting out Of the
mess shed Butter took a pill Of paper
from his mouth and pressed 1t into
Toms hand. Tom unrolled it on his
ledge and furtively read 1t while the
sentry still stood with his lantern on
the threshold.
These eleven words:
All up since feater went. Mac and
Cresy mean to squeek.
Hardly had he deciphered them when
a wardsman thrust in his head and
summoned Erickson to the majors
quarters.
They've been quick about It,"
thought Tom as another wardsman
joined them on the way.
The major looked very stern and
strong. Daintree was drawing on his
gloves. Tom thought he recognized the
little heap of clothes upon the floor.
The trousers were blood stained still.
Now, sir! cried the major, with a
glittering eye. 81 think you said that
no power on earth would shift you out
of this? Off with those irons. men,
and he shall seer
Through the black window gloWed
the curricle lamps.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-01-03

awnue ago 1t would have made MN
laugh and cry; now he read 1t unmoved
save by his own indifference. 1t con-
tanned a touching lie. describing the
writer as being still very happy Win
the master who months since had sent
him to the iron gang. The rest was
wondrous jumble-"aud | inform you
that snaiks is very bad In this country.
We ofttimes see them fourteen to M
teen feet long. Parrots Is as thick as
crows IN your country, kangaroos. too'
and It Is night here when 1t Is day
there. but Arthur Smith, do not know
where he Is. Mutton Is 4d. h., beer
But he had written no farther, and
Tom said: THANK you, Butter. 1t
should make them happy" as he re-
turned the letter. He felt that he
ought to be touched, and he was not.
His heart seemed turned to stone when
suddenly he felt it quicken.
The lad had simply said, my name
isn't Batter; It's Butterfeld"
az Yorkshlreman? You talk like
one" cried Tom, with a most painful
fash Of memory. Once more he was
a lucky, hopeful, penitent sinner In a
sweet smelling wagon on a night m
gpring with Blaydes watch ticking no
warning in his pocket and With vivid
mental picture Of Blaydes himself smil-
ing wistfully across the stile, beside
which he was even then lying dead.
AYE" said young Eutterield, poor
old Yarkshlre! l doubt I'll ever see 1t
again. My folks have left there an
ALL
fJfn Lad more flashes. He was get
ting used - them now.
f'Where did they move tot"
"a little place they call Hendon,
an 1t was me that drove 'em there by
getting into trouble! Oh, 1t was me
disgraced them all and drove them
awayp'
Tom let him talk, but said little more
In return. 1t was Jonathan Butter
aeld's son. How it brought all that
back to him! True, it was not a year
ago, but it seemed lifetime. 1t was
terrible to think of the little time and
the stupendous change. Tom Erickson
saw himself as he had been and as he
was, and the mental vision hurt him
more than the material one which the
stockade barber had shown him in a
glass. He could not tell Butterfield
that he had known his father. Nothing
vas to be gained by telling him. 1t
would lead to his telling more, and how
could he speak of things of which the
mere thought was become torture SO
refined and so exquisite?
His eighteen inches were very rack
that night. He was thinking of Claire
for the first time in many weeks. She
would nora hhirf guilty still. How could
she do otherwise? His sweet friend
held him guilty when he was innocent
and his enemy, the major, held him In
nocent when guilty. Oh, the irony,
the bitter irony, that had made worse
man Of him when he was bad enough
already! All the foul night he lay toss
ing In his noisy chains. His wild eyes
were never closed. Yet once the
thought stole over him, had he been
worthy of Claire when she loved him
would all this ever have been? And
after that he lay quieter-his heart
knew why.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-01-03

meeting with his benefactor which
Tom had once pictured and even vain
~ solicited, but all SO long ago-in that
other life-that upon him the CONTRAST
was lost. All he still remembered was
that he had once imagined himself III
debted to this person for the blessed
gift Of life. All he now perceived was
his mistake and what malignant
curse that blessed gift had proved.
Not that he resented 1t any more. he
no longer resented anything IN the
world. Even this persons kind, wei
meant, emotional remarks moved ann
to no stronger feeling than one OF
slight Impotence, nor was be listening
when a look. an infonatioE. q pause.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-01-03
CHAPTER XIII.

"HE redhot summer cooled gradu'
ally into lukewarm winter
@ with chilly nights, but the
same fierce glare all day, and
several men had had their chains
struck off, and four had died in them
since Tom first felt the weight of his,
but the vacant spaces on the shelves
were never vacant very long. Those
eighty suits Of letters were in con-
tinual use. And still the dual work
went on Of chiseling the great road to
a given level and Of degrading each
newcomer to that Of the worst man
there before him, for there was no
leveling up in these iron gangs, where
In mutual converse bred mutual de-
basement until best and worst found
common ground on the very bedrock
of human infamy.
Tom for one, however, still stood out
among the worst, and there was an
other newcomer whom the gang had
nothing to teach either of misery or Of
wickedness. Indeed, he laughed at the
one and greatly increased the other.
This was an ancient felon known on
ly as the First Fleeter-a wizened page
Of dreadful history, with not tooth in
his head and but the one redeeming
trait Of incessant cheerfulness. He
had arrived with the first feet in 1888.
He had sinned and suffered through
those Isnspeakable early years until
the Sense of suffering became as dead
as the moral sense, and not a vestige
Of either remained to him now. But
he would recount his crimes with grim
ming gums and gloat over unforgotten
agonles until there was writing man
on every ledge but his own. He lay
above Tom. who would listen to him
by the hour.
According to his own account, there
was literally nothing this old man had
not done or been done to in the early
days. He was cannibal, murderer and
worse, and his only regrets were for
neglected chances Of additional crimes.
But his spirits never deserted him, and
for a cruel man he was singularly good
natured. He had weak and cunning
eyes, a perfectly bald head, displaying
every criminal cavity and protuber-
ance, and million wrinkles which,
like his mumbling gums, were never
still. Yet it was better to hear his
wicked laughter than the clanking
irons of men who neither slept nor
spoke, and the evils endured by the
majors iron gang, which the First
Fleeter poohpoohed with quaint SUI
periority, did seem less intolerable aft.
er one of his yarns.
"Bad rations?' he would croak when
the salt meat was rancid or the fresh
meat strong. TELL zee, there's none on
you knows what bad rations is. You
should ha' been at Toongabbie forty
year ago. We never had no rations at
all except when ship come into har-
Dor. Toongabbie would ha' learned
We! Many's the time I've dragged Tim.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-01-03
Capacity IS Beds

Capacity IS Beds
Ambulance Service
Training School for Nurses.
Ambitious young women paid
good salaries while training
Nurses supplied for Private Duty
Admits all diseases not contagious
CO 0 R R Emergency Hospital
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat depart
ment
Speciality: APPENDICITIS, Diseases,
of women, abdominal surgery
Hospital Fees $40 week
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-01-03
The Hinton Hospital
Hinton w. Va.
STAFF:

o. 0. COOPER, NJ. D., General surgery
R. B. MILLER, NJ. D., General Medicine
C. L. PENCE, NJ. D., House surgeon
C. w. ALBERT, MD, EYE, Ear, Nose,
Throat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-02
BEAT THEIR OWN Time.
Mauretania and Lusitania Make New
Records for Themselves.

New York, June 2-Breaking her own
record by two hours and Al minutes
over the long course from Queenstown
to New York the Cunard line steamer
Mauretania came up to New York gate
way and anchored ending remarkable
attempt to hang up a new transatlantic
ocean record.
With only three of her four propel-
lers in operation during the voyage, the
Mauretania covered the distance of g.
S89 miles between Daunts Dock and
Sandy Hook light vessel in four days
q hours and 18 minutes, which is only
Sc minutes behind the record over the
course made by her sister ship, the
in four days 20 hours and 22 minutes
with an average of 24.83 knots. The
Mauretania average for the trip was
2464 knots.
Queenstown, June 2.-The Lusitania
of the Cunard line broke her eastbound
record over the long course from New
York to this port by two hours and
43 minutes, covering the distance of
1882 knots in five days hours and 80
minutes. The Lusitania reported here
at 2:05 o'clock this morning and then
proceeded to Liverpool The hest nre
course was five days Z hours and 13
minutes.
When the big Cunarder swung in at
her pier today, she had two more rec
ords to her credit. She had beaten by
seven minutes the best previous time
over the long course, made by her sis
ter ship the Lusitania and also had
made the best single days run ever
made by any steamship. She passed
Dauntzrock at 4:35 a. m. on May %
at record speed and maintained the
pace throughout the voyage.
The fastest time of the voyage was
made in the last days run, when she
reeled off 635 nautical miles in "a hours
a new record. Her run by days from
noon to noon from DauntZrock tC
Sandy Hook were: May %, POP knots;
May 20, 621 knots; May 80. 620 knots;
May 81 635 knots; June 1, COS knots
and from noon yesterday until she
reached Sandy Hook POI knots, tota
of 2 $50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-02
SERVED ITS PURPOSE
Presidents .sNo Friend of Mine'' Let
ter Will Not Be Made Public.

Washington, June because
President Roosevelt's latest declara-
ton that mo friend of mine'' will
continue efforts to renominate the
president, was written to one of West
Virginia's delegates 90. the Chicago
convention for the specific purpose of
heading off what appeared to be a
united effort among certain delegates
from that state to revive the Roose-
welt sentiment, the publication of the
letter is regarded as not expedient or
desirable. More than this, the presi-
dents friends say, that the president
has expressed himself to the con-
trary or this subject in terms which
admit of no uncertainty. For this
reason it is explained that no pub
licity will be given to the letter to the
presidents personal friends in West
Virginia. That the missive has ac-
complished the purpose for which it
was written is said to be fact.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-02

operate with Health Commissioner
Darlington in a campaign against NOR
tality among infants this summer.
Every agency known to medical and
sanitary science will be employed to
reduce the death rate in the next four
months.
Heretofore each hospital cnarfta-
BILE organization, diet kitchen and
health department has been working
by itself. The result was that the
work could not be carried on sysremat-
ically and there was a vast deal OF
unavoidable and unintentional work.
ing at cross purposes. According to the
plan adopted, each borough will be
divided into districts so that there can
be no overlapping of territory. As
nurses as needed will be suppled to
each district. It was further decided
to issue card of instructions to moth
ers, which, it is said, will be radio
ally different from anything of the
sort ever before sent out. The cards
will be distributed by thousands.
Besides giving explicit instructions
on the feeding, clothing, bathing and
necessity for fresh air for babies, the
card will give the location of the milk
depots in each district, the recreation
piers. hospitals. and all other agencies
for the assistance Of the mother.
The campaign of education is to be-
gin at once. More than 80 nurses will
be employed, Who VIII hunt out every
home in the city where there has been
a birth since April and begin instruct
ing the mother how to take care of her
child. The nurses in each district will
learn to know the mothers and keep in
such close touch with each that the
moment a baby becomes i'll, they will
be ready to give the best treatment
known for it's recovery. 1t is expected
that the services Of more than go ply
sicians will be needed in addition to
the nurses.
The number of births in New York
each summer is about $4,000 so that the
80 nurses will have their hands full.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-02
S. P. IS INDICTED.
Charged With Rebating in Violation
of the Sherman Law.

Los Angeles. June 2.-The federal
grand jury today returned a large
number of indictments, including 8
against the Southern Pacific company
for alleged rebating in violation of the
Sherman antitrust law. Twenty-nine
counts were contained in the three in
dictments and specific instances were
cited of alleged unlawful refunding of
charges to customers. The officials of
the company were cited to appear in
court on June Is and make answer to
the charges.
The company is charged with rebat-
ing on shipments of oranges and
lemons from Riverside, Gala, to var
ious eastern cities and also on ship
ments Of rice from San Francisco to
local Chinese merchants and on ship
ments of hides from Texas and Arizona
points to this city. Seven additional
indictments were returned against var
ious individuals III connection with
alleged land frauds in the, Imperial val
ley, San Diego county.
Three men in the city and four 9TH
ers living in different, parts of the
country were indicted for using dummy
entrymen in making land filings in the
Imperial valley under the desert land
act.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-02
FIRST STATE PRIMARY.
Iowa Is Voting Under New Election
Law Today.

Des Moines, Ia, June 2.-Iowa's pri-
mary law has it's first trial today.
In it's outcome is involved the ques-
ton of who shall be the Republican
senator in the United States congress
from this state to succeed William B.
Allison. There is also involved the
nomination of candidates for a dozen
state offices, for electors, for congress,
for legislative, county and township
places.
Both sides of the senatorial contest
claim victory. The Cummins claims
are more expansive than the Allison
claims. While the Cummins forces in
sist that the majority of the governor
will not be less than 25,00O the manage
ment of the Allison campaign places
the majority claimed for him at about
$4,000. Some Cummins enthusiasts
claim he will have $4,000 and some of
the Allison enthusiasts claim he will
have $1,000.
Each of the three candidates for the
Republican nomination for governor is
sanguine of the outcome of the pri
mary.
1t is not anticipated by Republicans
that any of the nominations will have
to be made by the convention. There
are three candidates for governor,
three for lieutenant governor, and three
for state railroad commissioner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-02
JAPAN IS TRYING.
Doing Her Best to Stop the Innmigra-
| ton of Coolies.

Washington. June 2.-That japan is
making a sincere effort to check immi-
grafton to this country is asserted in
an interview given out by Baron Taxa
hira, the Japanese ambassador.
Japan is taking all possible meas
ures to stop immigration of laborers
TO the United States,' said M. Taxa
hira. "These newly adopted measures
have, however, not been In force
sufficient length Of time as yet and so
many matters may not be quite as we'll
adjusted as they will be in the near
future.
s.The United States government never
questioned the sincerity of our effort
in stopping the emigration of our COO
lie laborers, though the question has
heen stirred up by the press. feel sure
that the pleasant and cordial relations
which now exist between the United
states and Japan will not be marred,
hut will continue indefinitely"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-02
1AFT'S PLATFORM.
He Will Insist on an Endorsement OF
Roosevelt Policies.

Washington, June 2.-There will
be no luke warm Endorsement of Pres
ident Roosevelt and his policy in the
Republican national platform II the
friends have potency in the framing
of that document This much was
made known after the first of a series
Of conferences to be held with the sec
retary of war on the subject of plat
form. Should the Chicago conven-
ton adopt this sort of platform and
nominate Secretary Taft. it is predict
ed in authoritative quarters that his
letter or speech of acceptance will
contain a pledge to carry out the
Roosevelt policies already inaugural
ed and earnestly strive for those not
enacted. which will have a ring SINH
lar to that pronounced by President
Roosevelt on taking the oath of office
over the body of the dead Mckinley.
Wade Ellis, attorney general OF
Ohio, who has prospects of being the
Ohio member of the resolution COM
mittee of that convention and was
largely responsible for the conceded
virility of the Ohio Republican plat
form. is here for a thorough under
standing with the secretary of war.
He was with Mr.. Taft at his office for
several hours and at the Taft resi-
dence for a long time. Another con-
ference is to be held when it is not
unlikely the result will be brought to
the attention of President Roosevelt.
Secretary Taft has made no secret
of his position on the tariff. He is
for revision at special session of the
61st congress, to be called Immediate
ly after the inauguration, March A.,
1909 His ideas as to what the tariff
should be also are public property.
The schedules should be drawn as
near as possible to cover the difference
between the lesser cost of production
of a given article in foreign countries
and the cost to produce that article In
the United States. This he regards
as "protection" in it's true and fair
sense
Schedules which are fixed at a rate
higher than this difference he believes
are not only unnecessary as means OF
projection, but are evidence OF their
temptation to capitalists to form mo-
nopoHes and trusts in this country for
the control of the market in that par
ticular product From this informa-
ton the prediction is declared to be a
safe one that the tariff plank to be
presented to the resolution committee
by the Taft adherents will follow
closely the lines of the Ohio platform,
with the added specification regard
ing the manner of arriving at the
amount of tariff which should be lev
led.
Mr.. Ellis is known to be heartily
favor Of plank stipulating that
amendments should be made to the
Sherman antitrust laws and Secre-
tary Taft is known to be a thorough
believer in the efficacy of trust con-
troll through federal laws.
The embodiment of these ideas in
to a plank, which may take the form
of an Endorsement of the Hepburn
bill which died a peaceful death in the
house judiciary committee, is said to
be a safe prediction. The conference
will not be restricted in the person
mel, and it is believed that before the
Taft platform is finally perfected for
submission the view of many of the
party leaders will have been obtained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-02
LONG HERE SUNDAY
Senator Detained by Conference Over
Republican Platform.

Senator Long will leave Washington
on Friday and arrive in Topeka Sun
day. This is the word received this
morning by wire by Ralph Faxon, the
senator's secretary.
Senator Long has been detained in
Washington longer than he expected
to be by the conference in progress
concerning the drafting of the Republi-
can platform. Monday evening he,
with Senator Hopkins, Secretary Taft
and others called at the White House
and conferred with the president about
the platform. Senator Hopkins is to
be chairman of the committee on reso-
lutions at the national convention.
Since Senator Longs arrivel in To-
peka is later than he expected it would
be, he will probably not visit Medicine
Lodge before going to Emporia to make
his opening speech on June 10.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-02
POSTPONE QUEEN ESTHER
Will Be Given on June 18th Instead
of 18th

The cantata, Queen sther. which Is
to be given at the auditorium for the
benefit of the Pipe Organ association
will be held on Tuesday, June 16, in
stead of Friday, June IL. as was orig
inally planned. There are several rea-
sons given for changing the date, the
principal one being that several OF
those who will participate in the can
tata will be out of the city on the 18th
of the month, the time originally
agreed upon.
The chorus is in excellent shape and
the cantata could be given at this time
as far as the cast is concerned. The
four days extra which will be gained
by the change will be devoted to prac-
tice so that the performers will not get
stale. The, date selected will also i'm
mediately follow the Santa Fe pay day
which always adds to the money in cir
culation in Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-02
CONTEST IS CERTAIN.
Bitter Fight Is Scheduled for Idaho
Democratic Convention.

Boise, Idaho, June "A special train
left here this morning for Twin Falls
bearing delegates of Ada, Boise, Canon,
Nezperce, Owishee and Elmere coun-
ties to the Democratic convention at
Twin Falls which meets tomorrow to
name delegates to the national con-
vention at Denver. All of these dele
gates will support the anti-Dubois pro-
gramme A bitter fight is certain over
the question of continuance or
abandonment of the Mormon fight
which the party has been carrying on
for the last six years. The faction IA
voring abandonment is making a great
effort to prevent the election of ex-
Senator Fred T. Dubois as a delegate
to the national convention.
A contesting delegation to Denver is
certain, no matter which faction wins
in tomorrow's convention. Apparent
ly neither faction has enough instruct
ed delegates to win, and the result will
depend on the action of the unin-
Structed delegates.