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The newspaper., 1908-03-13

in the uncertain light, he noted also
that they were not his own, but larger.
and made by some one wearing boots.
"Tain't the halfbreed," he muttered.
with an accent of relief, and looking
about he saw a well-defined trail lead
ing down the slope and thence onward
toward the swamp.
Some one had crossed this broad,
oval, spruce-covered upland while they
were not 200 rods away from this tree,
had stolen their otter and gone on
into the swamp.
Any freshly made human footprint
found in a vast wilderness awakens
curiosity; these seemed ominous.
He must "a seen us fore he did the
otter" Old Cy calculated, AN it's
curis he didn't make himself known.
Neighbors amt over plenty. here
about"
But the sun was nearing the tree
tops. the canoe was mile away, and
after one more look around. Old Cy
started for it. There was no use in
following this trail now. for it led into
the tangled swamp, and so. skirting
this until a point opposite the canoe
was reached, Old Cy and Ray then
plunged into il.
Twilight had begun TO shadow this
vale ere the canoe was reached. And
here was another surprise. for the
canoe was found turned half over. and
on its broad oval bottom was curious
outline of black mud. The light was
not good here. A fir-grown ledge
shadowed the spit; but as Old Cy
stopped to examine this mudmade en-
blem. 1t gradually took shape. and he
saw-a skull and cross bones,
Wal. by the Great. Horn Spoon" he
exclaimed. Il never sposed a pirate
'ud fetch in here, An he's swiped our
muskrats and mink" he added. as he
looked under the canoe. darn him,"
Then the bold bravado or 1t all oc-
CURED to Old Cy. The theft was doubt
less made by whosoeyer had taken
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canyon, and the next moment they
caught sight of long. narrow lakelet.
The sun, now almost to the tree
tops. cast a reddish glow upon its
placid surface, and so welcome a
change was it from the ghostly, forbid
ding swamp just left. that Old Cy halt
ed their canoe at once to look out
upon it. 1t was seemingly mile long,
but quite a narrow lake. A bold, rocky
shore rising in ledges faced them just
across, and extended along that side.
back of these low, green-clad noun
tain, to the right, and at the end of
this lanelike lake bolder, bare-topped
cliff was outlined clear and distinct.
The strip of water, for it was not
much more. seemingly filled an oblong
gorge in these mountains. only one
break in them, to the left of this bare
peak; and as Old Cy urged their canoe
out of the alder-choked stream, now
currentless, once more, margin line
of rushes and reeds was seen to form
that shore. Back of these. also, rose
the low ledge they had passed.
Looks like a good hidin' spot fer a
pirate" he exclaimed, glancing up and
down the smiling lakelet. Thar ain
many folks likely to tackle that swamp
it took us most all day to cross it.
I'll bet no lumberman ever tried it
twice. n if / wanted to git absolutely
way from bein' molested, I'd locate
here. i dunno whether we'd best
cross N make camp 'mong them
ledges or go back into the woods.
Guess we'd best go back n take a
sneak round behind the ledge. / no
ticed a loggin leadin' up that way fore
We left the swamp"
But now something was discovered
that proved Old Cy's wisdom, for as
they. charmed somewhat by the spot.
yet feeling it forbidding. still glanced
up and down the bold shore just
across. suddenly a thin column OF
smoke rose from away to the right,
amid the bare lodges.
First a faint haze. rising in the still
air. then a burst of white. until the
ieecy pillar was plainly outlined as 1t
ascended and drifted backward into
the green forest.
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OnIy His Hands,

George Golden and his friend Casey.
a pair of well known American humor-
lists. once sailed for Europe. Relating
the events of the trip afterward, Golden
remarked:
Talk about seasickness! Had I
known that Casey was afflicted that
way we never should have gone abroad.
The very first day out Casey collapsed,
and refused to brace up again. l tried
all sorts of remedies on him. but with
out avail.
Finally I cried out: Can't you
keep anything on your stomach, man 2
Only my hand, George he
sroaned; only my hands,' Tit
Bits.
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CHAPTER XIII.

All sojourners in the wilder
ness awaken keen interest. and the un-
broken silence and solitude of bound
less forest make n fellow human be-
ing one we are glad to accost.
A party of iumbermen welding axes
causes one to turn aside and call on
them. A sportsman's camp seen on a
lake shore or near a streams bank
always invites a landing to interview
whoever may be there.
All this interest was now felt by
Old Cy and Ray. and with II an added
sense OF danger. No friendly hunter
or trapper would thus ignore them in
the woods. This practically minded
thief must have seen them. for the
spruce-clad oval. perhaps half a mile
in width. was comparatively free from
underground where they had been
working. He had crossed II within
fairly open sight of them. had found
the otter hanging from n limb. had
taken 1t. and thence on to rob their
canoe. 6aub II with that hideous en-
blem, worldwide in meaning. and then
had gone on his way. Almost could
Old Cy see him watching them from
behind trees, skulking along when
their backs were turned. a low. con.
temptible thief.
Old Cy knew that bordering this
oval ridge on its farther side was a
II, and surmising that this fellow might
have come up or down this stream. he
left their cabin prepared for . two or
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CHAPTER XIV.

Old Cy was. above all. a peaceable
man. and while curiosity had led him
to follow the trail of this robber and
saw the suggestive smoke sign. he
hesitated about venturing nearer.
Il guess we'd best be keerful." he
whispered to Ray. "or We may wish
we had been. | callate our pirate
friends got hidin' spot over thar. n
most likely don't want callers. He
may be only a queer old trapper a lit
tie short o scruples sgin' takin' what
he finds. n then ag'in he may be
worse'n that His campin spots ag'in
him. anyhow"
But the sun was now very low: a
camp site must soon be found. and
scarce two minutes from the time he
saw this rising column of smoke. Old
Cy dipped his paddle and slowly drew
back into the protecting forest Once
well out of sight. the canoe was turned
and they sped back downstream and
into the swamp once more. Here he
turned aside into a lagoon they had
passed. and at its head they pulled
their canoe out into the hog.
The two gathered up their belong
ings. and picking their way out of the
morass. reached the belt of hard bot
tom skirting the ridge. They were
now out of sight from the lake, but
still too near the stream to risk a
campfire. and so Old Cy led the way
along this belt until a more secluded
niche in the ridge was reached, and
here they began camp-making.
That night was the longest ever
passed by Ray. for not until near morn
ing did he fall into a fitful slumber.
and scarcely had he lost himself be-
fore Old Cy was up and watching for
the dawn.
Its first faint glow was visible when
Rays eyes opened. and without wait
ing for fire or breakfast. they started
for the top of the ridge. From here
a curious sight met their eyes. for the
lake and also the ridges out of which
the smoke had risen were hidden be-
meath a white pail of fog. Back of
them also. and completely coating the
immense swamp. was the same sea
of vapor. II soon vanished with the
rising sun. and just as the ledge across
the lake outlined themselves. once
more that smoke sign rose aloft.
And now the two watchers could
better see whence it came. Old Cy
had expected to obtain sight of some
hut or bark shack nesting among
these rocks; but none was visible. In
stead. the smoke rose out of jagged
rock. and there was not a cabin roof
or sign of one anywhere.
That feller's in cave" he whis-
pered to Ray. an the smokes comm
out o a crack. sures a gum"
Ii seemed so. and for a half-hour the
two watched 1t in silent amayement.
CTo BE CONTINUED
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CHAPTER XII.

The streams and swamps contiguous
TO this lake were well adapted for the
habitat OF mink. muskrat. otter. Usher.
and those large fur-bearing animals.
the lynx and lucivee.
Old Cy. familiar as he was with the
homes. habits. and the manner OF
catching these cunning animals. soon
began his trap-setting campaign. A
few dozen steel traps were FIRST set
along the stream and lagoons entering
the lake. and then he and Ray pushed
up Beaver brook. and leaving their
canoe. followed its narrow valley In
search of suitable spots TO set the more
elaborate deadfalls.
As gum gathering was also n part Of
their seasons plan. they now left the
swamp valley. and. ascending the
spruce-clad upland. began this work.
There was also another element that
entered into the trapping and gum
gathering life.-the possible return OF
the half-breed.
He hain't nothin' agin u.s." Old Cy
asserted. when the question came up.
I'VE didn't chase him the day he stole
Chip. n yet s'pose he'll show up
some day. m mebbe do us harm
II was this fear that had led Old Cy
TO leave one OF their canoes In a log
locker. securely barred. and also to
caution the hermit to remain on guard
at the cabin while he and Ray were
away.
A canoe Is the one most vital need
OF wildwood life. for the reason that
the streams are the only avenues of
escape and afford the only opportuni.
ties for travel.
Old Cy knew. or at least he felt al
most sure. that the half-breed would
return In good time. He had also rea-
soned out his failure to do so Mt once.
and knew that left canoeless. as he
had been that tragic day. his only
course must be the one he actually
followed. A month had elapsed since
then. with no sign of this "varmint's''
return. and now Old Cy was on the
watch for II.
They had first visited the small traps
mink and three muskrats. which were
left In the canoe. An otter was found
in one Of the deadfalls. and taking his
with them. they entered the spruce
timber and hung 1t on n conspicuous
limb. Then the search for gum began.
AS usual. they worked hard. The
days were short. the best OF sunlight
was needfui to see the brown gum
nuts In the somber forest. and so they
paid no heed to aught except what
was overheard. When time to return
arrived. Old Cy picked up his rife and
led the way back to where the otter
had been left. but It had vanished.
Glancing about to make sure that he
was right. he advanced to the tree,
looked down. and saw two footprints.
STOPPING over to examine them better
The newspaper., 1908-03-13

The Afghans are. as a rule. tall.
bearded. fierce,looking. well-set-up
men. and are brave. hospitable and in
tensely liberty loving No nation has
ever been able TO hold them long in
subsection. and. in fact. the late amir
-Abdur Rahman-was the first of their
own rulers who mastered them sufi-
ciently to fuse them into one central
lied nation. The language of the
Afghans is called pushto or pashto. and
the people as a whole are frequently
called Pathans. The court language
is Persian.
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SYNOPSIS.

Chip Mcclure. a i6-year-old girl living
at Tins place In the Maine woods is
sold by her father to Pete Bolduc.
half-breed. She runs away and reaches
the camp of Martin Frisbie. occupied by
Martin. his wife. nephew. Raymond Stet-
son. and guides She tells her story and
is cared for by Mrs Frisble Journey Of
Frisbie's party into woods to visit father
OF Mrs. Frisble. an old hermit. who has
resided In the wilderness for many years.
when camp is broken chip and Ray oc-
oupy same canoe. The party reach camp
of Mrs, Frisbics father and are well
coined by him and Cy Walker. an old
friend and former townsman OF the her
nit. They settle down for summers
one realizes this but cy Walker. Strange
canoe marks found on lake shore In front
OF their cabin. Strange smoke Is seen
across the lake. Martin and Levi leave
for settlement to get officers to arrest
Mcclure. who Is known as outlaw and
escaped murderer. Chips one woods
friend. Tomnh. an Indian. visits camp.
Ray believes he sees "A bear on the ridge.
Chip II stolen by Pete Bolduc and es-
capes with her In "A canoe. Chip Is res
cued by Martin and Levi as they are re-
turned from the settlement Bolduc cs-
capcs. Old Cy proposes TO Ray that he
remain In the woods with himself and
Ami and trap during the winter and he
concludes to do 80. Others OF the party
return to GrccnvAie. taking Chip with
them. Chip starts 20 school In Grccnvale.
and finds life unpleasant at Aunt Com
forts. made so especially by Hannah
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Jesse L. Livermore.' the plunger.
who cleaned up $1,000. 900 in Wall
street. and now has 800. 900 bales of
cotton. is only twenty-eight Ten
years ago he was marking prices on
the board of a Boston brokers' office.
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their otter. and not content with rob
bing them. he had added insult
Il s'pose we'd orter be grateful he
left the paddles n didn't smash the
canoe" Old Cy continued. turning Il,
over. Il wonder whot can be-"
One hasty look around revealed the
same bootmarks in the soft earth near
the stream. and then he and Ray
launched their craft and started for
home.
I'm goin' to foller them tracks to.
morrer." Old Cy said. when they were
entering the lake and light in the
cabin just across reassured him. 1T
may be little resky. but I'm goin' to
find out what sorter a neighbor we've
got
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He Laughed.

'Boohoo, Boohoo!" walled little
Johnny.
Why, what's the matter. dear?" his
mother asked. comfortingly.
"Boohoo-er-p-picture fell on papa's
toes"
Well. dear, that's too bad, but you
mustn't cry about it, you know"
Il d-d-didn't. | laughed. Boohoo.
Eoohoo, Magazine.
The newspaper., 1908-03-13

Little is heard outside England these
days of Princess Henry of Battenberg.
yet time was when she figured largely
in the cable dispatches. She still flour
ishes, trotting about London to open
bazaars and to aid charities in other
ways, but she is not the conspicuous
feature of court news she was in Queen
Victoria's later years. The mother OF
the present monarch had high opin-
ion of Princess Henry. as well as OF
the prince, and 1t was standing joke
that she made practice of reading to
both of them extracts from her journal
in the Highlands.
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$500 in Gold. Free.

Send rs the names of your friends
who want a piano. and IL We secure an
order as a result we will give you IS
in gold for your trouble. Send all the
details you can and write plainly The
knisht-campbell Music Co., 1625-3l
California St. Denver. Colo.
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Sad but True.

Making his rounds in. an isolated viii
lage the oensus-taker gave one of his
official papers to woman that she
might fill in the required answers.
One of the questions, instead of read
ing, Married or single" read, "Condi-
ton as 10 marriage" The woman filed
in the answer thus:
Awful hard up before. Wuss after -
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Halving another's sorrow is a sure
way Of doubling your own Joy.
The newspaper., 1908-03-13

The average attendance at the New
York public schools is now SIS. 900.
which is about $4,000 more than one
year ago.
The newspaper., 1908-03-13
Imaqination in Business.

Emotion and Imagination are sisters
and most of the great business sue
cesses have been founded in the first
place on imagination. writes a sage in
Black and White. Calculation. energy.
hustling. hard-headedness may carry
out the scheme which Is to make
money. but 1t is nearly always imag.
ination which makes the scheme.
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Copyright 1900. by Lothrop. Lee a Shepard Co.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-28
BULLETS GET POWER FROM
CENTRIFUGAL FORCE

New York, July 27-(SpeciaD -
The science of war will be revolu-
tioniZed and standing armies vastly
reduced if a rapid-fring gun invented
by William Patten can duplicate in
the field the work of a ten-inch model
which Mr. Patten has built and is de-
monstrating.
The gun is noiseless, and is fired
without powder And this is not all
Mr.. Patten asserts that the gun can
discharge bullets faster than they can
be loaded into it's magazine, and thai
the loading speed is therefore practi-
cally the. only limit to the number of
shots that can be fired. He main
tains that $4,000 shots a minute can
be discharged from this new wea-
pom, and adds that he'll demonstrate
this when he gets full-sized one
in commission,
The gun is fired by centrifugal
force All there is to it is big
wheel with a crank for revolving it.
In the ten-inch model this can be
turned by hand A motor of fifty
horse power would be required to
turn the six-foot model Mr.. Patten
hopes to build
The bullets-not shells such as are
used in other guns, but simply balls
of lead or steel-are poured into the
gun. The operator revolves the
wheel, and the bullets begin to
pour out in steady stream. They
fly so fast that they have the appear
ance of one long leaden ribbon, and
if the gun were revolved on its nase
the stream of lead would sweep
around in an arc which would NOW
down anything in front of it.
The inventor of the new gun got
his idea from seeing a fiywheel burst
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-28
Standard Oil Suit.
Chicago Record Herald.)

The layman who approaches legal
questions with proper caution will
not be disposed to disagree with the
legal reasoning of the United States
Court of Appeals in the Standard Oil
case. 1t is strong and effective even
with persons who are not skilled in
the law, and as indicating how it is
likely to affect the judgment outside
legal circles we may say that after
the announcement of Judge Lands
decision The Record Herald felt the
weakness of the Landis theory con-
corning Che obligation of the shipper
to know the rates and quickly pointed
to the dangers that might arise from
the judges construction of the law
Nevertheless the decision just
handed down will make an unpleas-
ant impression on the people, and
however strong it may be there is
sufficient justification for the popular
feeling. 1t is generally believed, and
with good reason, that the Standard
Oil Company has been built up large
ly by rebates, that it is never likely to
be without knowledge of rates, that
it has been actually a dictator of
rates, that it controls the subsidiary
company that appeared in this suit
and should be responsible for its
acts if those acts are in violation of
law.
The case brings up the old question
of technical innocence and real limo
cence, and the outcome has not inn
proved the reputation of the company
in the slightest degree. 1t merely
sets people to asking again if it is not
possible to get at such an offender
with its secret methods and it's many
aliases. The decision would provoke
agitation anew if it were absolutely
dry and without emotion in it's ex-
position of the law, and it will be
relished the less because of its some
what militant tone. Perhaps there
was a striking precedent for this in
the eloquence Of Judge Lands, but
an outburst of feeling over the eter-
nal principles of justice in behalf OF
Standard Oil can hardly be expected
to thrill the people with enthusiasm
any more than the sudden rise in
Standard Oil stock.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-28
Man and Woman Keeping House
New York World.)

Mrs Stanton Blatch, giving the
suffragette view insists that it is Of
ten better for the wife to work for a
salary 1--WE hear a great deal of
sentimental twaddle about the house
and home,'' she says THE two terms
are not by any means synonymous,
and marriage and motherhood do not
necessarily have anything to do with
household work
Somewhat curiously many women
assert and seemingly believe that
keeping house is so easy that any
one can do it we'll, and so simple that
it is a waste of intellectual effort to
spend time at it which might be bet
ter expended on greater problems
Yet how many women do keep house
succ essfully? How many wives run
their houses as Systematically and
with as profitable results as their
husbands manage their business?
Also how many more giving most
of their time to their household af-
fairs are able to have the cooking
washing. sweeping and scrubbing
smoothly and promptly done, and
how would they be more likely to
keep house successfully if they spent
their time away from home and turn
ed the household management over
to the cook and Made Possibly Mrs
Blatch's idea is that the husband
keep house Many men in their bach
elor days have tried housekeeping and
almost invariably with ease and sue
cess.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-28
PARTIALLY SHOWN
IN ENFORCING LAW
Chicago Chief RetaIiateS
on Law and Order Men.

Chicago, III, July 27.-Spe-
ciaD The innocent will have to
suffer with the guilty | am not go
ing to use any halfway measures in
dealing with the Stanton avenue po-
lice district The Douglas neighbour
hood is under fire and / have in
structed Lieutenant Hanley to see
that everybody in the district obeys
the statutes of the state and the or
dinances of the City of Chicago. There
are complaints from the merchants
because they are made to obey ordi-
nances that are not enforced in other
parts of Chicago, but that can't be
helped. | intend to make the Third
ward a good decent place to live in,
regardless of politics or anything
else.
This was Chief Shippy's dictum last
night in answer to the plants of the
merchants and business men in the
territory patroled' by the Douglas
Neighborhood Association. which has
demanded the cleaning out of disord-
erly saloons and vicious dives in their
portion of the ward
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-28
Business Men Protest.

The chief received a written protest
signed by nearly 100 business men OF
the district yesterday asking that the
police activity against them cease as
long as the other merchants of Chica-
go are not made to live strictly up tC
the city ordinances regarding the dis.
playing of their wares on the side
walks in front of their places of bus
mess The chief says that he will
have to turn a deaf ear to this pc
tition.
Besides crusading against the minor
violators of the city ordinances in
the district Chief Shippy decided yes
terday to get after the big fellows ,
He sent one of his men to the record
ers office to make list of the names
of the owners Of buildings where sa-
looms are located and where flats are
rented to disorderly characters. These
owners of buildings or their agents
will also be arrested in cases where
arrests are made of the occupants OF
their buildings
Chief Shippey, in explaining his ord
ers concerning the cleaning up of the
Douglas neighborhood said:
Il have sent Lieutenant Hanley out
to the district to reform it in the way
that Rev. Mr. Hartzell and Attorney
Forrest want it reformed The lieu
tenant has no interest in the political
fight which is being waged in the
Third ward, neither have l. l know
both Alderman Foreman and Senator
Ettelson, but | have no interest in
their political differences
State Senator Ettelson reiterated
his statement yesterday that the po-
lice were playing politics and that
they were trying to injure him and
benefit his rival Alderman Foreman
by activity against the merchants and
business men.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-28
FACE TO FACE, COUPLE
DID NOT WANT TO MARRY

Hagerstown, Md, July 27.-(Spe-
ciaD-A romance, which had its be-
ginning through the medium of a
matrimonial advertisement, came to
an abrupt ending here, when Mrs.
Mary Lesher, of Emporium, Pa, and
L. M. Sampson, prosperous farm
er of Sampson, Va, met at hotel
by appointment, to compare qualifi-
cations for the marriage state.
The result of the conference was a
disappointment to both. Sampson
said Mrs Lesher did not suit him, and
she sought relief III tears Sampson
ended the matter by suddenly leaving
for home on the 2 o'clock train this
morning. Mrs. Lesher refused to be
seen. 1t is understood that she
came here without the knowledge of
her people. She and Sampson are
over so, and have been married be-
fore