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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-24

/ that draft lie mas learned a lesson OUT
in the world. 1t won't hurt his career
in the end for no one but you and
and one other knows it, Thank Cod!
If his memory comes back
ooh. it willr' she breathed. "It mustI
That day on the Knob he only needed
the clew! When l tell him who / am
he will know me. He will remember 1t
all. l am sure-surel VIII you let mel
bring him to your she added softly.
yes" he said, pressing her hand, |
tomorrow. / shall be stronger them
She rose and lighted the lamp, shad-I
ing it from his eyes.
do you remember the will, Jessi-
ca" he asked her presently-"the will
1 drew the day he came back? You
never knew, but 1 signed 1.-THE night
of your wedding Harry Sanderson
was right, my dear, wasn't he?
II wish now | hadn't signed it, Jes-
sica," he added. II must set it right!
l must set it right He watched her
with smile on his face II will rest
now" he said And she adjusted the
pillows and turned the lamp low.
Crossing the room she stepped through
the long window on to the porch and
stood leaning on the railing. The
words Of the Biblical narrative flashed
through her mind: And he arose and
came to his father. But when he was
yet a great way off his father saw
him and had compassion and ran and
fell on his neck and kissed him" So
Hugh's father would meet him nowl
Harry had labored, spurred by a
fierce haste to make requital Till the
last ounce of the rich pocket" had
been washed and the whole taken to
the bank in the town no one had
known of the find. 1t had repaid the
forgery and left him handful of dol
lars over-enough to take him far
away from the only thing that made
life worth the effort.
A gradual feeling of apprehension
had come to Jessica-an impression Of
darkness and chill that affected her,
strangely. She stood still, frightened
at the sudden sense of utter sound
lessness.
She caught up the lamp and, turning
the wick, approached the bed. She
put out her hand and touched the
wasted one on the coverlet. Then a
sobbing cry came from her lips.
David Stires was gone. A browning
Joy had goldened his bitterness at the
last moment, and he had gone away
with his sons face in his heart and
the smile of welcome on his lips.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-24
The Petal curIer.

A small ivory instrument of delicate
shape lay beside the hedge shears. "a
petal curler," said the salesman. IF
you are going in for real high class
gardening, you cannot do without a
petal curler. Roses, French and Afri-
can marigolds, chrysanthemums and all
such flowers don't look their best I'M
less, like the ladies', they are curled-
With this instrument you draw out the
petal, curl it and bend it into the shape
that is most becoming. In all flower
shows the flowers are bathed and curl
ed-sometimes they are even powdered
and painted-to bring out their best
points. The bathing and curling are
permitted, but the painting is regarded
as taking and strictly prohibited.-New
York Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-24

Hugh has paid dtP at once. During
these last few days the impulse to tell
all that she had concealed had been al
most irresistible. Now the barrier had
fallen. The secret she had repressed so
long came forth in a rush of sentences
that left him mute and amazed.
II should have told you before, she
ended, "but 1 didn't know-I wasn't
sure She broke down for very joy.
He looked at her with eyes unnat-
uralIy bright. Tell me everything,
Jessicaw he said. Everything, from
the beginningw
"He was young and irresponsible,
Jessica," said the old man. Money al
ways came so easily. He didn't realize
what he was doing when he signed
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derness! And now nad he lived since
then?
He stumbled to a chair and sat
down, his frame rigid. He thought
Of the robbed sluice in the gulch be-
low, of his own unhappy adventure of
the night. How could he tell what he
had done-what he might do? Min
utes went by as he sat motlonless, his
mind catching strange Kaleidoscope
pictures that fled past him into the
void. At length he rose and went to
the window. Far down the hillside
faint line through the mist spanned
the gulch bottom. A groan burst from
his lips.
"That is the hydraulic flume," he
said aloud. "Gold has been stolen
there in the past again and again.
Some was stolen two nights ago. How
do / know but that l am the theft"
Was that what Prendergast had meant
by the safe way to beat the gamer"
A shiver ran over him. "How do 1
knoww he thought. II can see my
self-the evil side of me-when the
dark bad fallen waking and active. l
sec myself creeping down there, steal
ing from shadow to shadow, to scoop
the gold from the rifles when the
moon is under a cloud. l see men
sitting from dark to daylight with
loaded rifles across their knees watch
ing. l see a flash Of fire. / hear a re-
port. / see myself there by the sluice
boxes, dead, shot down in the act of
a thief, making good the name men
know me by"
The figure of Jessica came before
him, standing in her soft white gown,
her hand against her cheek and the
jasmine odOrs about her. The dream
ne had dreamed could not be-never,
never, never! All that was left was
surrender, ignominious fight to scenes
barren Of suggestion.
At that instant a shining point
caught his eye 1t came from the pan
of gravel on the doorstep, on which
the rain had been beating. He thrust
the draft into his pocket and seized
double handful Of the gravel. He
plunged it into a pail of water and
held 1t to the light. 1t sparkled with
coarse, yellow flakes of gold. He
dropped the handful with a sharp ex-
clamation, threw on his coat and rush
ed from the cabin.
All day, alone on the fog soaked hill
side, Harry toiled in the trench with
out food or rest
1t was a fair, sweet evening, and
the room where Jessica sat beside
David Stires' bed. reading aloud to
him, was flooded with the failing sun
light. Since the old mans seizure in
the night he had been much worse, and
she had scarcely left his room. Today,
however, he had sat propped by pill
lows, able to read and chat, and the
deep personal anxiety that had numbed
her had yielded.
A knock came at the door. 1t was a
nurse with letters for him from the
mail, and while he opened them Jes-
sica laid aside the book and went
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= On the lawn just outside the window
low voices were heard through the In
creasing rain. They passed, and after
a moment he softly unattached the win
dow.
"Goodby," he said.
She stretched out her hand. He
touched t., then drew the window
wide. AS ne stepped noiselessly down
On to the springy turf the lightning
Nstshed again. pale green glow that
seemed almost before her face. She
drew back, and the same instant,
through the thunder, the electric bell
on the wall rang sharply. She threw
on her dressing gown, thrust her feet
into slippers and fastened from the
room.
The same flash that had startled Jes-
sica lighted brightly the physician and
the Waterman, who stood at the cor
ner of the building, having finished
their tour of inspection. 1t was the
latter who had found the open door
and who had aroused the doctor, insist
ing that he had seen a man in the hail.
The other had poohpoohed this, but
now by the lightning both saw the
figure emerge from the French window
and disappear in the darkness.
They ran back, the physician ahead
The window was not locked, and they
stepped through it into an empty room.
ITO be surer' said the doctor disgust
eddy. "He was here all the time, heard
us searching the halls and took the
first unlocked door he found. Miss
Holme, no doubt, is sitting up with
Mr.. Stires Not word of this he
added as they walked along the hall.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-24

lie barred the outer door behind the
David Stires' room the door opened,
and Jesslca came out. She spoke to
him I'm a low, anxious voice. 81 was
coming for you" she said II am
afraid he is not so we'll cannot rouse
him. Will you come in and see what
you can do?'
The doctor entered, and glance at
his patient alarmed him. Until dawn
he sat with Jessica watching. When
the early sunlight was flooding the
room, however, David Stires opened
his eyes and looked upon her quite
naturally
where is Harry Sanderson" he
asked II thought he was here"
She looked at him with a forced
smile. "You have been dreaming" she
answered.
81 suppose So" he said, with sigh,
"but 1t was very real. thought he
came in and spoke your name"
She stroked his hand. 'It was fancy,
dear"
He lay silent a moment. Then he
said, ''If it could only have been Har-
nv you married instead Of Hugh, for
he loved you, Jessica."
She flushed as she said, "Ah, that
was fancy too"
1t was the first time since the day Of
her marriage that he had spoken
Hugh's name.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-24

wide eyed, thinking. When day came
he had cooked his breakfast and there
after sat watching the havoc of the
storm through the window. Hours
passed thus before the fury of the
wind had spent itself At length he
rose, threw open the door and stood
looking out upon the wind whipped
foliage and the drab desolation of the
fog. Then he threw on his mackinaw
coat, picked up his gold pan and climb
ed down the slope. Beneath all other
problems must lie the sordid problem
of his daily food He had uncovered
a crevice in the bed rock at the end Of
his trench the day before, and now he
scraped pailful of the soggy gravel
it contained and carried it back to the
cabin.
With sigh he took off his damp coat
and threw a log on the fire. He alb
stractedly watched it kindle, then filed
and Lit his pipe and turned to the book
shelf. He ran his hand absently along
the row. Where had been that wide.
dim expanse of library walls that how
cred like a mirage beyond his visual
sight? He chose a volume he had been
reading and turned the pages.
All at once his hand cllnched. He
gave a choked cry. He was staring at
a cancelled bank draft bearing his own
name-a draft across whose face was
written in the cramped hand resem-
bling the signature word that seemed
etched in livid characters Of shame
Forgery
"Pay to Hugh Stires-the sum of
$4,000" He read the phrase in a
hoarse, husky monotone, every vein
beating fiercely, his body hot with the
heat of forge. There it was, hid
eous chapter of 1t, the damnable truth
from which he had shrunk!
Did the town know? He snatched at
the draft and read the date. More than
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-24
rombs Of the Hapsburqs.

The Capuchin church in Vienna is
not only the Hapsburg family sepul-
cher, but is said to be also probably the
most striking burial place in the whole
world. Over and above the more than
a hundred collins, those Of emperors
and expresses draped in black velvet
and gold, while the lesser Hapsburgs
rest under red and silver trappings,
there is an array of crystal vases, each
containing the heart Of Hapsburg.
Ever since the thirteenth century 1t
has been the custom of the royal house
for its dead to have the heart removed
and separately enshrined in a little
crystal casket while another custom
Mdulres the Hapsburgs to lie actually
IN wood, which, however, may have an
outer metal covering.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-24
"WhO's Who In the Story.

SATAN" SANDERSON, the
hero, daredevil, quixotic friend and
minister of the Gospel.
HUGH STIRES, prodigal and
criminal.
JESSICA HOLME, the beautiful
heroine, helpless In the rush Of
events and the principal sufferer in
a case Of mixed identity.
MRS. HALLORAN, the camp
oracle.
lDAVID STIRES, stern, yet for
= giving, and at the last made happy
by another's unhappiness.
THE BISHOP, the victim of a
misunderstanding.
HALLELUJAH JONES, the re-
ligious fanatic on whose shoulders
rests the whole weight of the story.
EMMETT PRENDERGAST, the
false friend, perjurer and thief.
THE SHERIFF, who is very
much divided between duty and in
clination.
"BIG" DEVLIN, who turns
champion instead Of prosecutor aft
err the hero's race with death.
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ON THE STUMP.
nm ~ \ y y. ~ ~ \ \ 4 \ ~ I'm \ \

Speaking appointments for this
and nearby counties are announced
as follows:
p. Watt Hardin.
Hopkinsville, Saturday, Oct. "a, 1
p. m.
La Vega Clements.
Crofton, Thursday, Oct. 20, pm.
Pembroke, Thursday Oct. 9,7p.m.
Lafayette, Friday. Oct. 80, l p. m.
Hopkinsville, Friday, Oct. 80, z
pm.
Gracey. Saturday. Oct. 81, l p. m.
Perry's Schoolhouse, Saturday,
Oct. 81, l p. m.
J. 8. Ross.
Lyon county, Saturday, Oct. "a.
A number of prominent speakers
will accompany the candidates and
address the voters at said times and
places.
Don't fail to hear them.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-24

a year ago, and
it had been pre-
sented for pay
ment in a dis
tantcity, the city
near which he
had been picked
up beside the
railroad track.
The forged name
was the same as
Ills OWu. w uO
w a s d q v id
Stires? His ia
Their? Had that
city been his
home once and
that infamo Gus
act the forerun-
ner of his fight
Or avila2 Ha
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looked at the paper again with painful
intentness. 1t was Cancelled, therefore
had been paid without question. Yet
the man it had robbed had stamped 1t
with that venomous hallmark. Clearly
the law had not stepped in, for here he
was at liberty, owning his name. He
had been let go, then, disowned, to car
ry his badge of crime here into the will
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-24
WARNED TO QUIT RACE.
Candidate for Reelection
Gets Night Rider Letter.

OwingsviIle, KY, Oct. les
quire j. w. Clinkenbeard, candidate
for re. ELECTION as Magistrate in
Bethel, Sherbourne district, this
county, received a letter through
the postoffice yesterday warning
him to withdraw his candidacy or
suffer serious penalty. He also
found notice nailed to his barn door
to the same effect, both signed
Night Riders" Thomas Dougher-
TVS barn and Observation-Disclosures
both burned with large amount of
tobacco this summer. were in Clink-
enbeard's district. and he was active
in trying to investigate the crimes.
List your real estate for sale with
7. +. ELLIS.
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slowly down the hall to the sun parlor
where the doctor stood with the group
gathered after the early supper chat
ting of the newest strike on the
mountain.
"We'll be famous If we keep on" he
was saying as she looked out of the
wide windows across the haze where
the sunlight drifted down in dust of
gold. i've a mind to stake out a claim
myself"
''We pay you better" said one of the
occupants grimly. Anyway, the whole
Of Smoky mountain was staked in the
excitement a year ago. There's no
doubt about this find, supposeY
SITS on exhibition at the bank" the
doctor replied, more than $1,000
cached in crevice in the glacial age
as neat as a Christmas stockingr
The talk went on about her.
where is the lucky claimY' some
one asked
"Just below this ridge" the doctor
replied. 1T is called the Little Pay
MASTER"
The name caught her ear. The Little
Paymaster? That was the name on the
tree-on Hugh's claim! At that instant
she thought she heard David Stires
calling. She turned and ran quickly up
the long hall to his open door.
The sight of his face at first startled
her, for 1t was held captive Of emotion,
but it was an emotion of joy, not of
pain. A letter fluttered in his grasp.
He thrust 1t into her hands.
"Jessica," he exclaimed, Hugh has
paid it. He has sent the $1,000, inter-
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est and principal,
to the bank to
my account"
For a moment
she stood trans
fixed. The talk
she had mechan-
ically heard leap
ed into signih-
canoe, and her
mind ran back to
the hour when
she had left the
draft at the cab
in. She caught
the old mans
handand knelt by
his chair, laugh
ing and crying
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-24
To the Farmers.

I am prepared To furnish you
Ground Lime Stone--both the meal
and fiour-at the mill or f. o. b. cars
Julien, KY. G. H. STOWE,
Hopkinsville, KY, r. F. d. a.
Phone 1872.
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EANsE
Chapter Fl

Harry made his way
down the mountain in
the blank and heavy
dark, correcting his
path by the lightning,
he had faced squarely
the question that in that
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List your real estate for sale with
j. +. ELLIS.
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And now nad ne lived since
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-11
FOLLOWERS OF ANANrAs.

II has become customary to deslg-
nate interruptions liars as followers
OF Ananlas." and story tellers are
sometimes placed in a class as "the
Ananias club" The impression must
prevail, 10 very large extent. that
Ananias was the very prince of liars,
the first and foremost of inventors OF
false tales, Is that true? How would
the little business pretense OF Ananias
compare to some Of the business claims
made in our time?
Annnlas pretended TO have been
converted to the principles OF Chris
tianity Al that time church members
who owned real estate sold it and en-
trusted the money TO the care OF the
Apostles, with the result that the needs
OF all were equally supplied. Ananias
followed the example ana sold his pos
session. but instead of bringing IL all
10 the common fund he. after having
conferred with his wife, kept part OF
It for himself
What was his sin? Only this that
he pretended 10 be much better tmn
he was He was not compelled 10 sell
his land. He parted with tive sup
pose, in order TO acquire a reputation
among philanthropists who made sac
rihees for their brethren, After he
had sold his land. the money obtained
was his. lie might have been per-
fcety frank and honest and given part
Of II to the common fund and retain
cd the other part, nut he wanted the
highest possible honor as liberal Civ
err and 80 no determined 10 say that
he gave all whom ne donated only a.
part perhaps the greater part, That
was his mistake IN his case, and that
.of his wife, II proved fatal But how
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A SERMoNET FOR WORKERS
LTor the .Newsn by II. ]. Hapgood.l

ITor the ''News' by II. J. Hapgood.1
Tho trained man IL Indispensable.
He is organized and we'll able TO direct
his energies. He Is not merely an ac-
cumulation OF levers. worked by mys-
terious powers, but Is rather we'll
systematized being concentrating all
his efforts towards a desired end
There is no room in business today
for raw recruits. The awkward squad
Is out of place in an up-to-date Office
do not mean by this that employers
are not willing to hire men who are
familiar with their particular line, They
do not always insist on men trained
in their special business. but they do
demand men who have been trained In
something.
Even though a man has never learned
anything more than Latin and Greek
and mathematics, he is considered n
trained man. His thinking apparatus
has been so developed that he can
learn new things more readily than the
man without any training at all, He
has formed habits OF study. He is Just
as efficient in preparing for his college
examination as in learning the ins and
outs OF trade. His class room and book
knowledge Is not practical; but the
mental process through which no went
In acquiring it has given him a trained
mind
College graduates are receiving sala-
ries so per cent higher than a few years
ago. Our business schools cannot turn
out men fast enough to meet the in
creasing demand of employers Many
industries throughout the country have
established schools OF their own, in or
der TO train men specially for their
business. All this goes to show that
the trained man is in demand,
Develop your capacities. Train your
self to acquire knowledge of new things
to execute your duty with accuracy
and dispatch, to solve problems which
to the unframed man would be as a
skein of tangled silk.
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DEsERET EVENING NEWS SATURDAY JANUARY II 1908

does their error compare to some
modern business representations
Tho swlndler OF today who picks
the pockets OF his friends and cus-
toners by charging eshorbitant
prices for adultorated food. or who
steals public funds by the creation OF
political jobs the covenant breaker
who from the lowest depths OF degrade
tion rails Mt the sins of his fellow-mon
to draw attention away from his own:
the suborned witness. the corrupt
judge: the Safeguarding editor who by
his conscienceless falsehoods. for reve-
nue.. underrnines the freedom OF the
press: the manipuators of politics who
use the criminal element as a stepping
stone TO power-all these make poor
Ananias look like an angel OF light.
They are not In his class They are
considerably nearer to the father OF lies
himself, II we may Judge from mere
ly human point Of view. Perhaps even
the devil is ashamed Of them.
But the tragic story OF Ananias and
Sapphire conveys this important lesson
to all ages that to make false pretenses
is a great and grievous wrong in the
sight OF God. Honesty and integrity
are Christian virtues. Hypocrites de-
serve the fate of the two pretenders,
and they cannot escape the conse-
quences OF their hypocrisy for ever
They will overtake them sooner or later
All liars are not struck down as
were Ananias ana Sapphire. Few are.
But their doom is a divine warning to
men and women in all ages to shun
falsehood and to be true in all things
That Is the great lesson of the tragedy.
1t is II Lesson so impressive that there
should be no necessity OF repeating 1t.
The fruit OF the Spirit is In all good
ness and righteousness and truth"