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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-20
BY w. A. FRASER
Drawing by J. N. Marchand
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters

DAVID kINNAIRD, Sergeant in the Canadian North
west Mounted Police, and Frank Somers constable.
saved halfbreed named Dupre from mob of infuri-
ated Indians in the Rocky Mountain country. Dupre
tempted to murder his captors
kinnairdS of enlistment having expired, he
to Stand Off, little town supposed to be head
quarters of gang of whisky hope of winning
incidentally to Somers from the alleged machina-
tons of Chris daughter of Thad Mayo, outlaw head OF
the illicit business He disguised the Rev.
David Black missionary. His rugged manhood
the moonshners favor and apparently winning the
affection of Chris herself.
kinnard went through several critical experiences
with the moonshners; but managed allay their
suspicious and finally appointed Judge OF the
Stand Offs great day Considerable tension
was caused BY the arrest by Mounted Police of two
Stand OFF inha bitants for horse stealing.
alone tonight Dupre, cause if you let this
coyote slip YOU you wisht you eatn
salt boss in the barracks at Fort Nelson. Now
Warsei'
AS the heavy feet of the breed slouched past the
girls room, she heard her father say to kootenay
See if Tough Wilkins, Dakota, and Hank Bender's
down stairs, settin' in ter poker. Bring EN- up.
skinned on the Pop tonight. He nigh drunk,
anyway
THE cack of kOotenays heavy tread down the
bare wooden stairs struck omlnOusly on the ears
of Chris. who sat, her mind tortured like fra boat
tossed by the meeting of many waters. The men
whom kOOtenay had gone to summon were men Who
when reused, shot first and reasoned afterward ;
and they would ride out tonight consumed by
desire for vengeance upon the man they thought
had betrayed them And if Preacher Black was
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CHAPTER VII.

eHE advent of the police and his inability to
resent the encroachment of Government
authority because of the code that forbade
him to protect horse thief. ranked in Mayo's
mind and when after supper, the men gathered
round card table, he went to his rOOm where he
sat smoking pipe in suen anger, brooding over
the incidental phases of the arrest. The vicious
accusation of Matteo against the preacher haunted
his memory. And he had observed Sergeant
Hawkes. startled look of recognition, Immediately
etfaced without any explanatory reference
This was suspicious Indeed,-he might have
ceived admonitory glance from the man that
passed a preacher. There had been from the
first suspicion in Mayos mind that Black was in
He did not harmonic with Mayo's preconCeived
idea of the vicar of religion of humility, which
must, he thought enervate. He could have faith
omed most during the time the preacher had been
in Stand Of,-stripped their souls bare by his own
tremendous viritv: mastered them; forced them
BY mental and physical overreach to declare them
selves in moment of weakness,-but Black
was always perfectly in hand. following his course,
whatever it was without fater His silent repulse
of Sergeant Hawke an instance of this mastery
GOODNESS of nerve.
kinnaird had been able to subdue the
erect. military carriage of his athletic frame,
erase the Western atmosphere of buOyant 1ndepen-
dence which mrrored in his face; and these
traits stood out wildly in the brooding mans
mind as correlative evidence that Black in
Stand Off not as sky pilot, but as pilot for the
police.
THE sharp clack of high heeled riding boots and
the scutfle of moCcaSlned feet sounded in the
hall, followed by rap on the door; and Mayo,
brought out of his reflections, called, Come in
kOOtenay entered, saying " Here's Dupre, Ihad,
and thars somethn up
The speakers voice carried through the cracks
of the board partition to Chrs's in the next
She heard the creak of chairs, and then the
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breed voice, saying, by Gar,
M'sieu Mayo! de tam p'lice is goin'
for max round up sure, tink me =
You amt got no call to think fer
this outfit" Mayo's voice was a
savage snarl. Just spit out what
YOU KNOW
With much voluble self praise as
10 how he had fought, Chris heard
Dupre describe his arrest, and escape
while working with a gang of prisoners
cutting wild hay in a maskeeg for
the police; and how, trailing back to
Stand Off on horse he had borrowed
for the occasion, he had that after
noon seen Constable Somers hiding
in the old Buffalo Pound at Bleeding
River, eight miles from Stand Off.
evidently waiting for some one.
His information was like a lighted
match dropped in key of powder.
kootenay's slumbering anger fared
up in articulate flame.
Pears like there might be some
thin in what Matt said, he growled.
Black amt no sky pilot. He's just
a man, same's the rest of us,-a two
listed son of a gun ready to scrap
soon's he's eat his chuck. He can't
walk like nuthin' but a man as S
been learned his PAGES. That con-
stable is waitin' in the pound fer the
sky pilot to trail out and give him
the word"
There was a moments silence;
then Chris was startled by dry
laugh from her father, followed by
ominous words: You might sure
be right, Kootenay. That Sergeant
knew the preacher to-day, and then
kinder covered up the trail. l guess
faint goin' to be hard chore to
settle this business tonight. If the
man that fggers he's preacher
meets the p'liceman, thar'll sure be
somethin' doin' different n camp
meetin'. We thought we'd trapped
him on the wrong trail last night
but Matt was mistook. If we catch
him this trip-well, spy is a heap
wuss n boss thief, and you know
what'd be comm to night roper
hereabouts. Dupre, your Jobs to
watch the mission shack, while we
round up the men. If the sky pilot
leaves afore we're ready, trail him
on foot; he'd sure see a boss in the
moonlight If he pulls out afore
we're ready, We'll corral him at
Bleedln' River. Leave the stimulants
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found at the pound with the policeman he would
be shot as spy. She had lived in dread of this
menace to Blacks life She knew of the under
current of distruSt that flowed sluggiShly beneath
the surface resignation to his presence,-it was
like stream of naphtha infammably susceptible
to a spark of proof. And somehow the impression
impinged on her mind. confused by all the talk that
the preacher really going out to the pound to
meet Somers
What if he had allied himself with the police to
put down the illicit traffic which, she knew he
abhorred: She combated this thought vehementv
crying to herself = No. thousand times no. He's a
man preacher" But even if this was true she must
save him from the passionate men who would hold
his life as the life of prowling wolf
The tramp of heavy feet ascending the stairs
broke the girls trend of thought. She heard her
father greet Tough Wilkins and Bender, and ask.
"Whar's Dakotao"
1t was kootenay answering. He sot in to stud,
and luck sure up and clawed his pockets inside
while you'd rope a steer; then he pulled out fer his
shack dumb hostile
We'll, we got ter git him. Mayo declared.
One OF you boys ride over to Stony Creek and
yank him back
Chris heard Kootenay clatter down the stairs on
of her fathers voice he told his two companions
of the polcemans presence at Bleeding River and
the suspected completely of the sky pilot.
kind and ordinarily fair but, reused by adjudged
tyrannca interference they wolves, merciless
and harsh while she woman in love with the
man they were determined to STAY, of the
West, to act rather than sit in helpless atmos
phere of mental defense horse her solution to the
terrible situation perhaps even pistol in defense
of her object.
She buttoned loose fitting caribou skin
Jacket and slipped pistol belt beneath outlining
her course of action She would ride Chinook to
the m ssion shack and warn Black not to go forth,
making excuse if she encountered Dupre. If
the preacher had gone, she would ride to the pound
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Chris had hand on the door when
her fathers voice checked her with
a sudden start of dismay Chairs clat-
tered warning as he said, Il guess
III go and saddle up SOS to be ready
when Dakota and kootenay come. y
The girl realized that she now could
not get Chinook out before the others
had left. Then she might try to out
ride them in detour of the trail But
she could 60 to the mission on foot.
and perhaps her horse would not be
needed.
nOWN the stairs she crept. through
- a back door. and, avoiding the
street, ran across the prairie. In ten
minutes the mission shacks doomed
against the sky The walls held a
solemn gloom; no light glinted from
the window. my God! he's gone!"
Chris gasped. gone with that wolf
on his trail"
Now the girl walked her mecca
sined feet calling from the. grassed
prairie no note of betrayal. Twenty
yards from the shack she halted to
listen The night held sullen still
ness She cast herself to the prairie
and held her ear to the ground. Once
she caught the muffled echo of hoofs;
but they were faint, far away.
Cautiously she crept up to the door
and tapped on its planks. There was
no answer Then she slipped round
to the small logged Enclosure. rooted
by maskeeg hay, that was a stable.
and in its open doorway, black in
q gloom. said softly, Whoa, Badger.
Steady, boy!" She entered, and
with coaxing words passed her hand
through the space of a stall 1t held
nothing! She reached up and touched
the wooden peg that should have held
Badgers saddle 1t was not there.
The girl turned heavily from the
shacks which seemed to crouch IN
mournful abnegat ion. looking in tie
smothering night light like mauso-
leums holding but the dead hopes of
betterment for her people. Many
times Chris had looked across the
prairie at night, and i'll crude way
pictured the light in Preacher Black S
window star of hope. Now, swinging
at a rapid walk over the back trail
to the Lone Pine, she was torn by a
conflict of feelings that were passion
ate and full of despair. She had
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
VISITING ELKS TO JOIN WITH LOCAL
LODGE In GREETING GRAND OFFICERS

Five hundred E,llSs and their friends Wis
itors from Ogden. Park City. Eureka and
Provo. will be in Salt Lake today to joir
with Salt Lake lodge Of Elks in greeting
r. l. Holland. grand exalted ruler of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
and other grand lodge officers who viii be
IN Salt Lake this afternoon on their way
east from Los Angeles. Elaborate prepa-
rEtions are being made for the entertain
ment of the grand lodge officers during
their brief stay in Salt Lake
The party Of grand lodge officers con-
SIstine of Grand Exalted Ruler r. L. HOl-
land, Grand Secretary r. c Robinson.
Grand Trustee 4 r. Holley and others.
are scheduled TO arrive in Salt Lake on
the Los Angeles limited shortly before
noon To-Day A committee from Salt Lake
lodge No 50 consisting of Past Exaltol
Ruler Thomas Homer. Past Exalted Ruler
p. p. Christensen. Frank Gardner. Joseph
Manderfield. ]. W. Collins and J. Z. Smith
viii meet the party at st. Johns, u.
and accompany the grand lodge Offices:
To- Salt Lake.
The official escort of the grand exalted
ruler Will he Eureka lodge No. III the
members of which will join the grand ex-
allied rulers train at Tintic.
On the arrival in Salt Lake the train
VIII be met by a committee of 100. repre-
senting the Salt Lake lodge. The party
VIII be Immediately taken on a forty
minute automobile sightseeing trip about
the city, after which dinner will be served
NJ the Eiks' club rooms. At O'Clock
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
DEAL IN SUBURBAN REALTY
E. 7. Merritt of Green River Buys As
Acres Southeast of
the Civ.

Another of series of large purchases
of suburban property in southeastern Salt
Lake was made yesterday by Z. T Mer-
rift of Green River. Mr.. Merritt yester-
day acquired forty-five acres on the south
side of Twelfth South street between
Twenty-first and Twenty-third East ad-
joining the new Laurelhurst subdivision
The property was acquired from Marcus
p. Mason OF New York and the purchase
was made through the Anderson-Cum-
mings company of 81 South Main street.
The purchase price was S22001.
The property acquired by Mr.. Merritt
will be surveyed and subdivided at once
into blocks and lots. and the lots will
soon be placed on sale.
Already a number of people have made
arrangements to buy lots in the new sub
urban residence district. The first house
to be erected on this plot will probably
be that of Mr.. Merritt. who intends to
build handsome dwelling at the corner
OF TWenty-firSt East and Twelfth South
streets in the near future
The property in this vicinity is rapid
ly increasing i'm value. Houses are being
built, and il is probable that this section
of the city will be one of the most -popu-
lous suburban districts tributary to Salt
Lake. The Anderson-Cummings company
has been largely instrumental in attract
ing attention to the desira bilty of this
part of the city residence dis
trict
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
OFFICIAL CALL is ISSUED FOR
THE DRY FARMING CONGRESS
At CHEYENNE In FEBRUARY

f The objects of the congress, as state,
in the cali. are as follows:
To discuss and compare methods b,
which the great area of arid land cal
be profitably utilized under thorough
tillage by which the natural rainfall
can be conserved.
To encourage the use of methods b,
which, in districts where rainfall i
| slight or irrigation water is limited, th'
| actual productive acreage can be in
creased.
To create closer cooperation between
the government and state experts il
charge of dry farming experiments
work and the actual farmers of the ariC
/ districts
To discuss plans for carrying on g
great educational propaganda by
I which, eventually, the arid districts OF
| the entire world can be populated by
prosperous and contented agricultur-
/ lists.
To encourage legislation lookinng 10
increased federal and state appropria-
tons for the esta biishment of more ex-
perimental stations. the employment OF
more field experts and the actual CO.
operation of all these stations in fixing
and maintaining a certain recognized
standard of methods for obtaining re-
suits from the operation of farms in
the arid districts.
To study methods and results of dry
farming operation in the various west
ern stataes and in various foreign
countries which will be represented by
official delegates.
1t is the intention of the board of
control to make the congress of 1909 a
thoroughly business meeting. Politics
will be absolutely eliminated and strict
rules limiting the addresses and de-
bates will be enforced.
Cheyenne is amply able to care for its
guests and ample accommodations
have already been secured to house all
delegates. Arrangements have been
made to park all special cars which
may be brought to the congress so that
the occupants of these cars may live
in them during their stay.
Growth of Movement.
The Dry Farming congress was or
ganized in 1906 at Denver. with Fisher
Harris of Salt Lake as president. Since
that time the movement for the i'm
provement and utilization of the arid
lands of the west by dry farming meth
DDS has become one of the foremost
problems of the western states. The
work of the congress has added mil
lions to the resources of the west, and
the work or the coming congress Is eX-
pected TO add materially to the knowl-
edge of the farmers of Utah and her
sister states. The work done by the
congress is fully appreciated by the
men who have been formost in the ad-
vancement of the west, and the most
prominent members of each state west
of the Missouri will address the con-
gress in February.
All having authority TO make ap-
pointments are urged to make those
early and to select persons
who are interested and will attend the
congress, Thousands in every county
are vitality interested. and from these
selections should be made
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13

there will be special meeting of tbs
Elks lodge, at which the grand officers
will be the honOred guests. Following the
lodge meeting a public reception will be
rendered to the grand exalted ruler and
the other grand officers in the club rooms
of the local lodge. Governor John c., Cut
Ter and Mayor John s. Bransford will
deliver addresses of welcome and re
Sponses viii be made by Mr.. Holland and
the other grand lodge officers. Many fes-
lures have been added TO the afternoon 5
entertainment which viii make the day
particularly interesting
The railroads have granted a rate of one
fare for the round trip from Eureka,
Provo. Park City and Ogden. for the day
and hundreds are expected to come to the
celebration, which will be an event in the
history of the Elks of Salt Lake. Special
committees have been appointed to meet
all trains and to attend to the comfort
of the visiting members of the order and
their friends
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13

Tie official call for the TRANSMITS
souri, Dry Farming congress has been
issued by John T. Burns secretary OF
the board of control The convention
win be held in Cheyenne. Wyo-, Feb
%, "A and %, 1909. and will be attended
by delegates from every state west OF
the Missouri river and by representa-
tives of. several foreign governments.
The call is addressed to all govern
ors of states. agricultural colleges,
state land board, state engineers, state
boards of agriculture, national and
state agricultural associations. county
commissioners. mayors of cities, presi-
dents of towns. all commercial bodies.
railroad and immigration companies,
diplomatic representatives of foreign
nations and to members of the Trans
Missouri Dry Farming congress.
Appointment of Delegates.
In addition to the members of the
congress who are entitled to seats in
the convention, the following delegates
may be appointed:
The governor of each state and terri
tory may appoint twenty delegates.
The mayor of each city may appoint
ten delegates.
The county commissioners Of each
county may oppOint ten, delegates.
National and state agricultural or
CARNATIONS. five delegates.
National and state commercial asso-
ciatiors five delegates.
National and state forestry associa-
tions. five delegates.
National and state horticultural asso-
Citations. five delegates.
National or state livestock associa-
tions. five delegates.
Local livestock associations. two del
cgates
County or local grange lodges or
farmers associations, two delegates.
Railroad companies. four delegates.
Chambers of commerce. boards of
trade and other commercial bodies. TWO
delegates
United States senators and congress-
men. the secretary of agriculture and
his assistants, governors of states Of
icers or faculty Of agricultural colleges
or experiment stations. officers of state
universities engaged in agricultural
work. officers of federal experimental
stations, officers of the United States
weather bureau. state engineers, ]
members of state land boards. by vir-
tue of their position. will be entitled to
seats in this congress
Although il is impossible in Febru-
airy to secure exhibits Of green produce. |
the superintendent of exhibits is al |
ready assembling from the western |
states the most comprehensive exhibit !
of dry farming products ever made
Every resource viii be exhausted to |
make the exhibition most comprehen- |
sive
Cheyenne is located in the very heart |
Of the dry farming belt, and il is ex- |
pected that suitable rates will be /
granted by the railroads TO all dele
gates to the convention. The agricul-
tural departments of several nations /
Will be represented and reports will be
made by them to their governments on
the successes and failures of the dry
farming methods and the reasons for
the SaIGe. /
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
SQUIRE COOP CHOSEN.
Well Known Musician Will Dir.c.
Festival Chorus.

Al recent meeting held by the directors
ana members of the Music Festival asso-
clarion, Professor Squire Coop. who ba.
Charge OF the musical department IF ~
STATE university was selected as the a.
rector OF the festival chorus for tbi. ~ "
sen Mr. Coop has already been to tWo
80 thlS sais OF tne chorus. preparing them
Convention 60 20 be held in this CITY fhe o.,
md anc BIRD of this month. 'Phe ,-ls.,
Wnich the chorus will do at the con,;,sn
E fsstrViti mas NOT yet been decided. but Mr.
1ooP IS now looking over several worLs
Insre vii; be TIVE other choruses 1880 Ms
az the spring festival besides the fesf;I-sI
chorus The Salt Lake Choral societI9 - Va al
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
OLD STARS TO APPEAR.
Former Salt Lake Actors to Repeat
Success of % Years AGO.

Heber NJ Wells. bid" Young. who
comes Canada; John D. Spencer. Dr. J. T.
White and Edith Clayson Knowlton. in a
dramatic performance will form an at
traction that might cram any house They
are announced to reappear in a reunion of
the old Home Dramatic club. which will
lake place at Whitney hall about Jan T.
Inc PLAY IS revival OF Confusion one
OF the comedy successes Of the Home ORA
matte club. which 1t presented at the Salt
Lake theatre twenty three years ago. The
hits then made By these people. with Lot
lie tlaridge Young. Birdie Cummings l.
A Cummings and Charley Whitney in the
other roles. is still well remembered aad
as the coming occasion will be for the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
C. |. ANDERSON DIES.
Tooele Resident Succumbs to Heart
Failure in Los Angeles.

Word has been received from Los An
geles OF the death of Charles l. Ander-
son. formerly OF Grantsville Utah on
Dec 10. The cause of his death was heart
failure
Mr.. Anderson served several years as
county commissioner of Tooele county.
he was % years of age at the time of
his death He leaves four children. I A
anderson and lie Roy Anderson of
GrantSvilie. Mrs. Early OF New York and
Mrs Hortense Sherwood OF Los An
geleS.