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Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19

rough men were fully aware Of their own
unftnesss to care for the orphan Golden Caty,
down the slope, was almost as bad-a rlotous,
rowdy settlement. Winter was near az nanu,
and soon the snow would be drifting about the
shanties. and it would be still worse for
little Kate.
"She ort to have wimmen's keer an per
lection an" began Enright.
Eyes. An schoolin' an dressin' an man
ners-which we KANT give her. She'll haf to
60 East to her gran'pap, l reckon
More than one of them would have dearly
as his own or the joint pet and possession
not be. That they said, would not be be
slowing upon her the "sguar' +" treatment they
had promised Jack to give her.
A telegram was sent to her grandfather, back
in New York State. In due time came the
reply that the old gentleman was seriously i'll,
but hoped soon to come for her.
"Prob'ly," Eaid Sam Cotton. "by the time
he gifts around to It. the snowii be pe ttyn an. an
in gettin' here an as long In gttin' back.
'3I 'spose one of us'd better take her. and
to once"
That would be serious inconvenience, to
must devote all possible time before the
coming of the snow to working their claims,
and. besides, the luck OF no one of them had
been SO great that he could afford to go to 80
much expense.
I'VE kin make up purse fer expenses" be
oan one IN give"
SHT Then en- an inspiration came to Long jim
sKain't we send her by express?"
Such suggestion almost staggered the
others for the moment.
T've heered of sch l;,ti thingfs y said EnTgjght'
And why not? Gold, in coin. ingots and
nuggets went safely in that manner, and why
not a child? And SO it was decided to send
the little Kate home by express. They wrote
and sewed an address card on the cloak that
thev bought her, packed a-basket with lunch
also purchased, for Enright's cookery was not
ahove reproach-tied her little hat over her
Yellow hair. and posted off down the slope to
Golden City.
One bore an express package containing
Jacks savings and the beginning of a for-
tune that he had dug out in the last few
days. and more money which the men had CON
tributed out of their none too plentiful stores.
and of which no account was made, it being
nut in as if part of Jacks savings
At the station, the child's name, destination
and description were duly booked and billed,
as if she had been an ordinary express parcel.
The sun had sunk behind the mountains an
Eour before the train arrived. The express
messenger seemed surly, crusty fellow. There
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was deal of treasure in the express safe, and
he was anxious and constrained.
Give her every keer, an attention, a an, !,
said Ehright. as he lifted her into the car.
'1'll do my best by her." said the express
That's righti' was the reply. can send
the word along the line with her. If anything
happens to poor Jacks baby, or she amt
treated squar. whoever is to blame will hear
''You beti An from mel" indorsed Long
Jim.
can mel" echoed the others.
Little Kate's lips trembled. These rough
men had been very kind to her and she loved
them, Old Hnright's voice was shaky as he
bade her goodby.
'sYou won't be afeared Katy?v he said.
"Jest remember that if anything happens, ole
Enright II be thar as soon as possible"
can Long Jim! An mel" said the rest.
Then, one after another, they took her lit
tie trembling hand in theirs and climbed out
Of the car. The expressman slid the door
shut.
"All aboard" cried the fat conductor.
And the. ''boys" stood and watched the rear
lights of the train grow small in the distance
and disappear around the curve. Then they
turned and trudged up the long slope to Tip
Tep Camp.
An hour later, they gathered at Enright's
cabin to talk it over.
81 don't like the idea of it," Enright
grumDleQs Dut uOn I see we could "a done
any other way. But--the poor little thingl-
/ wish't one of us had "a gone anyhow. I~,'
The door opened and Silly Wilson, the fool
of the camp and settlement, man in Size
and child in intellect. slouched in, chuckline
in a self-satisfed way.
oval. what's up, Silly?". questioned En-
right. as the fellow came forward into the
freight. ''What tickles you?'
'1 told him I'd get even with him." replied
Silly, in stupid. chuckling way-"told him
I'd git even with him fer kckin' me- | heered
it all an. I'm gpin' to tell an spile his fun
"Heered whatT
Thought they was mighty sly, a-hidin'
away down thar in the ravine. But l seed
'em, an / heered EN-"
| s'Who%
.Benson an Perdue an. the rest Benson,
he kicked me onct, an"
"Perdue! How'd you know it was Perdue?'
"'Cause they called him that. An Benson
he kicked me. Oh. III git even. The trainl
They're goin' to hold it up tonight"
"WWhur% Enright grabbed the fellow by
the collar. Speak up-speak upl"
.Down in Blue Rock. an he kicked me-"
'Ieggo mel" Enright was jerking him
sayageiy in his excitement 'Tnight. an"
! The sentence was left unfinished. Enrigh'
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flung poor Silly to one side and sprang to the
door. Long Jim was ahead OF him, and the
others were not far behind.
In less than five minutes time they were
rushing down the steep side of the mountain
opposite Golden City, followed by other men
Of the camp, whom they had hastily aroused
Silly Wilson's thirst for revenge promised 10
be summarily satisfied. II.
about Golden City, had, upon finding suis y
Wilson in his pathway, kicked him out OF u,
instead of requesting him to move on ana
the latter had treasured up the insult.
This Benson had always been regarded a use
less cumberer Of the ground, but hardly
blossomed out in an advanced role and allied
himself with Perdue's band of outlaws;
After leaving Golden City, the railroad
wound its way for miles off to the left around
the mountain and then half doubled on itself,
80 that when it reached Blue Rock Cut. its
nearest point of approach to Tip Top, though
il had run sixty miles, it was still hardly ten
from Golden CITY, as the crow flies. :,
When the grouty express messenger slammed
tha sliding door shut, it seemed to little
Kate as if it had shut out from her all of
tho world she had known and all those who
had loved her-Enright and the rest of the
hcvs. uncultured. but kindly and true-and
her lin duivered and her little heart was
wrung with SORROW.
II all seemed 30 strange and half terrible.
The rough interior of the strong express car,
d;mlv lighted by the bracket lamp, near which
The messenger worked at his papers; the pond
erous safe, the rack of rifles on the wall be-
vond all seemed so strange and unfamiliar,
that the poor little thing fairly clung to the
chair in which the messenger had seated her
and hardly dared sob as she longed to. and
hreathed in a startled. gasping fashion.
The express agent turned presently and saw
the pitiful pleading in her blue eyes and the
culver I Of her under lip. He. wasn't so grouty,
sfter all, for he came over to her.
"T)on't be frightened, sissy!" he said. "We'll
oct along nicely. You are brave little
w, woman, and you'll find it pretty good fun.
However he did not look as if it was really
much "fun."
her chair, pulled her up near the Pickering
light and gave her an illustrated paper.
Soon after the fat conductor and the pea-
nut boy-a precocious imp-came in.
The conductor chucked her under the chin.
in lordly way. and beloved something about
having little shaver of her own size at home.
The peanut imp gave her a sack of goobers
from his stock, and squatting on box before
her, began pranking and Dragging and telling
funny stories. till Kate was quite won over
and smiled shyly at him.
CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX
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I'll DON'T like the idea Of it" grumbled
old Enright, from a corner OF the
room where the Pickering light from
the fireplace scarcely strayed. But
! don't sees we could "a done any better"
No member of the little group assembled IN
Enright's cabin saw that they could very well
have done any differently in regard to poor
Jack Atchson's little Kate, yet they were
by no means satisfied with what they had
done.
Only the week before, Jack had been crush
ed beneath a cave-in in his little shaft, which,
till within a few days before the accident,
bad never repaid him with any degree OF
hberality for his toll. In those last few days,
Jacks fortune had suddenly turned. and the
shaft had begun to "pan OUT in way that
promised presently to make him rich man.
Then came the cave-in. He was still alive
when Enright, Long Jim Banning and the
rest dug him out and bore the poor crushed
form as gently as might be home.
The little mining camp of Tip Top boasted
no physician, but. though they saw it was OF
no use, Long Jim galloped to Golden City for
They walked little 5-year-old Kate from her
afternoon nap and brought her to him, rosy
and blinking from sleep.
Enright's old eyes were moist and shining,
and Sam Cotton and the rest of the "boys''
stood back; with their chins quivering, and
rubbed their eyes now and then. with the
back of their hands.
The little one fell on her knees beside the
low couch on which her father lay
'fPapa! oh, papa!"
The dying man reached out one hand
weakly and rested ste it lovingly on the soft
Little Kate!" he said. 'I-"
He was almost too weak to talk
"Boys," he whispered, ''be good-to-my
little motherless Kate-and--"
Enright spoke for them all when he said:
Jack, ole feller, we will! We-wen be
sonar with her!"
SeYou betl" agreed Sam Cotton, cbokingly.
"We'n be as squar' with her as if she was our
own. an"
"An' more So" added another one of the
group.
Before Long Jim Banning returned with the
physician from Golden City. poor, little Kate
was fatherless. Later, the men held long
conference over their charge, who was tenn
porarily installed in Enright's cabin.
(which is no place fer a child like her. II
she was boy. it might do-but grill" said
Enright. can the camp in gener'l-it's Jest
as bad"
The conference agreed with him.
There were no women in the camp, and the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19

Copyright by James Elverson.
RI DON'T like the idea of it." grumbled
old Enright, from a corner OF the
room where the Pickering light from
the fireplace scarcely strayed. but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-09

Gus crisis precipitate a grave trouble. The
little things count heavily in the general
reckoning of character.
A policeman who is too Indifferent to the
requirements of the law to admonish a
careless driver who comes within his ken
may push back the line of permissive mis-
conduct more and more as he continues in
service. The ideal policeman is always on
the watch for a chance to prevent crime
or misdemeanor rather than merely to
pursue a malefactor after the deed is COM
mitted. The English idea is that the club
wielder who makes the smallest number
of arrests is the best policeman Of all, on
the theory that in his precinct peace is
most profound.
1t behooves every citizen who observes
attractions of the regulations to report
them, SO that the policemen who have
passed them by may be questioned as to
the reason for their failure to report.
Similarly, any citizen who feels that he
has been unfairly treated by a wearer Of
the uniform has not merely the right but
is charged with the duty to carry his
grievance to headquarters and demand
an inquiry. 1t is the business of head
quarters to sift such complaints. Only
through such methods is the police force,
upon which the community depends for its
safety, kept up to the proper standard Of
efficiency and reliability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-09
An Offense to Decencv,

Every visitor Washington who goes
to Mount Vernon as a patriotic pilgrim,
and who uses for that purpose the cleo
trio car line, should become an earnest
advocate of the early purchase by the
government of all the land lying between
Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall. Only
by such a move can the approach to and
exit from the nations shrine be rendered
fit for self-respecting American citizens
to pass through. even by car.
The electric car tracks traverse within
a few blocks of the terminal. one of the
lowest quarters of the city. 1t Is a no.
torious region, rendered so by conditions
and traditions which may not be fully set
forth. but which are we'll understood
Scenes are there constantly being enacted
which offend the proprieties and which
outrage the sensibilities of decent people,
1t is impossible for the tourist to pass
without witnessing unspeakable things
Yet women and children are forced thus
to thread their way through the purlieus
of the capital because Congress has pre-
scribed a certain route for the tracks to
follow.
The daily patrons of the lines which
converge at 18th and D streets, the resi-
dents of the Virginia suburbs of WASH
ington. are equally affronted by these
foul conditions. Perhaps they have grown
calloused to the sights and sounds they
see and hear. Possibly they regard them
with Borrowing endurance. feeling that
nothing better can be expected. How
ever they consider the case, the fact re-
mains that they deserve a more enlight-
ened consideration.
The shortest cut to a cure for these
evils is for the government to take at once
the land which it needs and which is
destined by its location to be utilized some
day for the purposes of public construc-
ton. If there are doubters in Congress
as to the propriety and expediency of
such an enterprise they might ride over
the car lines in question a few times with
their families. and. understanding in add
vance the nature of the ground, analyze
their feelings they are thus thrust into
contact with the most vicious aspect Of
the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-09
Bonaparte.

Attorney General BOnaparte is quite
right in smiling away epithets and nick
names. They never injure a man of his
caliber. On the contrary, they often help
hiri by exposing the caliber of those
who fling them. Years ago Charles Foster
was the republican candidate for Governor
of Ohio, and a strong man in the race
Besides being a politician of prominence
he was successful dry goods merchant
and his opponents, hard up for material
conceived the idea of defeating him with
ridiculeA So they dubbed him calico
Charley" Mr.. Foster smiingly accepted
the designation, turned it to account with
business men and won his race easily
Politicians often observe the rule laid
upon lawyers. When evidence is weak
and the law lacking. abuse the other side
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-09
BRYAN and Harmon.

This is from a Cincinnati dispatch
No: never. impossibler are tie re-
plies of Judge Harmon's boomers to the
attempts of Bryan workers in Cincinnati
10 hand out the olive branch in the form
of second place on the ticket.
' Judge Harmon could have had second
place with Parker four years ago. but
turned il down., said one OF Judge Har-
mons personal friends today who knows
the judges attitude toward the attempt
at peace by the Bryan forces Much
more now will he refuse to play second
fiddle to Bryan. They represent different
ideals and different brands Of democracy.
g The Bryanites fool themselves il they
think with Harmon In second place Har-
mons friends would support Bryan. They
would not. Harmon quite recently had
second place offered to him on that south
en trip with Bryan and refused IL thep
Ii can never be- It's Harmon at the top
or not at ALL
Here is a sample of good deal Of
anti-Bryan stuff now in circulation. Part
fancy and part nonsense. 1t shows how
ratified Mr. Bryan's democratic opponents
tnave become.
Who offered to Judge Harmon the Sec
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ond place on the ticket with Mr.. Bryan?
Certainly not Mr.. Bryan himself, who
has expressed no wishes or opinions on
the subject. And what southern leaders
were authorized to speak? The south
very far from putting herself forward in
the premises, is berated by Wall street
for leaving everything about the. ticket.
head and tail, to outsiders. OF course
no such offer was made. Judge Harmon,
being in Mr.. Bryan's company. was SIM
ply mentioned for second place-a diff
ferent matter altogether.
And then if it is true that Judge Har-
mon could not afford to play second fiddle
to Mr.. Bryan. for the reason that they
represent different ideals and different
brands of democracy" with what sort of
logic is the Harmon boom for first place
being supported? Do his friends imagine
that Judge Harmon could be elected with
out Mr.. Bryan's assistance? Judge Par
ker failed with 1t, the trouble being that
Mr.. Bryan's friends in large numbers re-
fused to follow him into the Parker
camp. holding. as they did that Judge
Parker represented different ideals and
a different brand of democracy" What
would be the result if Mr.. Bryan him
self refused Judge Harmon support on
that score? His friends in larger num-
bers than in 1904, would reject the partys
nominee.
But this Cincinnati talk is hardly worth
space. Judge Harmon and Mr.. Bryan
are good friends. and recently travelled
together and addressed the same audi
ences. They are not in full agreement on
all public policies, though not further
apart than many other men who are
working together for general party ends.
If Mr.. Bryan is nominated at Denver
Judge Harmon will support him loyalty.
and if the convention decides that Judge
Harmon is the proper man for second
place. he will accept with alacrity, and
the two men will get along together in
the campaign swimmingly.
We should all free our minds of cant
and CUFF AS the campaign warns up
much gossip will appear. and our think
ing caps will come in very well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-09
In Old Kentucky.

Several years ago Judge Mulligan of
Lexington. in, poem that was widely
noticed. declared that politics is the
Oldest in Kentucky The observation
still holds good. And it contains as much
truth as poetry. Whether one party or
the other is considered just now, things
are found to be mixed to the point of real
tertainment
The republican party is bit the live
lier of the two, for the reason that, al
though in the minority in the legislature
1t has secured the great prize of a United
States senatorship. That has filled it
with joy and confidence. At the same
time the victory has emphasized certain
factional divisions which already existed.
All hands united in support of Gov. Brad
ley. but now that he is safe, and the
Chicago convention is the topic, old wars
have been re-opened.
The Kentucky republicans, as a rule.
are men of their own minds. Good parti-
sans and good politicians, they yet are
not to be herded. If leader or a propo-
sition brings them all together they work
together like steady horses in harness,
but divisions when they appear are
pressed with vigor
dIc oNcE TIC queSlloH
of the Chicago nomination. Judge Taft
has many admirers. Mr.. Fairbanks,
next-door neighbor. is popular. And now
the Hughes boom is in evidence In Louis
vile Hughes club contains some of the
most prominent men in town. 1t was an
unlooked-for invasion. 1t was easy to
explain both Taft and Fairbanks. but
Hughes for the moment was a puzzle.
How did he get in9 And why did he
come? But there he is, and the one
more boom makes things the merrier.
The federal officeholders are at work.
but not all are for Judge Taft. Some
of the most influential are for Mr.. Fair
banks, and Senator-elect Bradley, freed
from the silence imposed by his senatorial
candidacy, has become their leader. No
body is hiding his head, nobody working
under cover. Taft men, Fairbanks men
and Hughes men are alike out in the
open. and, whether in Office or out, as
busy as bees.
This is something like. 1t might be
better If federal officeholders took no
part in primaries at all: but If that is
unreasona ble-it certainly appears unfash-
iona ble-then let us see men acting on
their own judgment. The right of indi-
vidual judgment is commended for, and
where it is exercised the edge of much
criticism is dulled. Divided at Chicago,
Kentucky should play an interesting part.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-09
A Good Policeman's Requisites.

Bravery and integrity are not the only
essentials in the makeup of a good police
man. Common sense is as prime a neces-
sity as anything else And there is still
another to be included, and that Is eqdable
temper. A man who loses his head. who
cannot decide quickly and accurately in
an emergency and who cannot keep cool
enough to recognize right from wrong is
misplaced He is a mistake in any con-
nection. and especially on a police force.
Experience is the sole test that will
bring out policeman's capacity for ex-
ercising good judgment and keeping cool.
The man in action. therefore, is always
more or less on trial, and when in action
he fails TO meet the test he should be
eliminated from the force as speedily as
possible, as man who might in seri-
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