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self to calmer speech ana continued:

self to calmer speech ana continued:
81 answered your advertisement for
a secretary. had no experience. yet
out Of ninety applicants you chose me.
That was fate. l knew then that one
day should have you at my feet, as
now have. Fate fought for me.
made myself necessary for you.
obeyed your hardest orders. found
out ways to please you. I fetched and
carried for you. ran to anticipate
your lightest wish, as though ! was
your adoring son. 1t was I hope
you're satisfied, SIR and Let me do
that for you, SIR and I am glad to
work overtime for you, sir, any time
you wIsh,' while every minute had to
fight hard to keep from striking you
deadw
II must gov' groaned Wainwright.
shuddering. 81 can't stand this. r.
"Oh, made you think me a para
gon!" resumed the youth. "You took
to testing my honesty and loyalty in
clever ways that you thought I'd never
discover. stood the tests. Then you
trusted me. You fool! AS If the fact
that wasn't crook proved ! wasn't
your enemy! You could see no farther
than dollars and cents. When | didn't
steal those or sell the market tips you
gave me you thought was incorrupti
BILE and devoted to your interests And
all the time u
"You were listening ut the keyhole
that day last summer" broke in Hor
rigan, 1.-THE time pulled the Office door
open, and
"Then and always" answered Thomp
son, "and," he added, his eyes return
ing to Wainwright's, II copied every
confidential telegram or letter you sent
I took down in shorthand every private
interview Of yours. tracked the
checks that completed your deals, and
when they came back from the vaults
as vouchers l stole them. I've got
proofs, I tell you-proofs-of every
crooked transaction you have dabbled
In for nine years. I've secured proofs
Of every step In this borough franchise
bribery, and I've turned them all ovel
to the mayor here. That evidence will
send you to state prison! To state
prison, tell you! To cell, with
cropped hair and striped suit! I'll send
you to prison, where you'll break your
heart and be branded forever ns n
convict! And when your term Is up
I'll be waiting for you. and I'll Kill
you! Do you hear me, you foul erin
lnal?" he shouted, screaming hyster
lcally and foaming at the mouth In his
abandonment Of insane fury I'm go
ing to kill you! To kill YOU
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The Digging of a Drain

should begin at the outlet. A skillful
drainer will minimize the amount of
digging by having a narrow ditch, with
sides taperiug to bottom just wide
enough for the tile. As the bottom of
the ditch is neared, the fve-foot stick
with the cross-bar is used as guide for
securing the exact depth, the bottom of
the ditch being scoopsd out until the
top of cross-bar just touches the cord
when the foot of the stake is at the
ditch bottom, the stake being held
exactly vertical. When the first 100
feet has been dug and graded, the cord
may be shifted to the next 100, and so
on.-Prof. j. B. Reynolds, Ontario, in
New England Homestead.
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By careful investigation, 1t has been
found that the farmer who in the run
Of year, turns his milk into the cream
cry or into butter realizes more In
actual returns than the fellow who is 30
anxious to get his milk to market.
Keep the skim milk on the farm to feed
to the young cattle that they may grow
and thrive as they don't seem to be able
to do on any other nourishment. I
urge you strongly to work more of your
milk into butter and keep the other to
assist in raising your stock.-Prof. j. l..
Hills in Maine Farmer.
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near, did not enter Horrigan's office
Instead. they stepped into the adjoin'
ing committee room. The messenger
had left ajar the door between the two
rooms. Realizing this and not wishing
to be seen, Dallas shrank back toward
the wall, fearful of detection. Then
the voice Of one of the speakers sud
denly arrested her notice.
"Well," Bennett was saying in no es-
pecially civil tones, "you said you wish,
ed to speak to me in private. What
have you to say? Be brief, for ! am
busy"
Finding herself the unwilling witness
to what promised to be a confidential
talk, Dallas stole toward the door lead
ing to the corridor. but Horrigan. as
was his custom, had locked 1t on going
out. She dared not enter alone the
crowded anteroom in her present state,
so hesitatingly she paused, forced to
remain where she was. The sound OF
another voice chained her to the spot.
and, unconscious Of eavesdropping, she
stood spellbound, hearing every word
distinctly through the half open door
way.
T-I hardly know how to begin"
Gibbs was replying to Benefits curt
demand ut Is a delicate subject
and
"Then the sooner It Is treated to open
air the better. Is"-
you've won the Borough bill fght,"
began Gibbs.
ais that all you have to say to me?'
"No. You've won, but you've lost far
more. You've lost Dallas Wainwright"
81 hardly need to be I inded Of
that" reterted Bennett, "and it Is a
subject don't care to discuss"
"But lsten." pleaded Gibbs as the
mayor made a move as though to leave
the room. zone minute! say you've
won the Borough fight. I've Won Dal-
las. Can't we"- .
"Well. whatY asked Bennett, with
ominous quiet as he paused in his de
parture.
Cant we-strike some sort Of bar.
gain?" said Gibbs tentatively.
Explain. please" ordered Bennett.
with that same deceptive calm.
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NUMBER 43.
'igan. THAT would be bad politics

rigan. THAT would be bad politics.
The report will hold over till"-
you're mistaken" interrupted Ben.
nett calmly. "I've sent copy Of that
report today to every paper In the city
and have accompanied 1t with a state
ment that I shall make good to the
city treasury every penny oyercharged
In the library and aqueduct contracts.
SO"-
Horrigan was staring at him open
mouthed.
Bennett" he muttered In genuine
wonderment, 81 don't know whether
you're the craziest fool or the cleverest
politician in the state"
"Your honor" humbly pleaded VAIN
wright, who for several minutes had
been trying In vain to draw Bennett
aside for private word, 81 am an old
man. Is there no way of-of showing
me mercy In my
YES" retorted Alwyn. "You shall
receive exactly the same mercy you
have always shown to your own finan-
cial enemIes~-no more. no less"
"Oh, cut out the whine, VAIN
wrightw sneered Horrigan In high con-
tempt as he linked his arm In the
broken financiers and hauled him
roughly from the room. Whats hap
pened to your nerve? You're almost
MS bad as Gibbs. You're still rich, and
as long as you've got plenty Of cash no
law In America need ever bother you.
There's lots of talk about indictments,
and arrests. and investigations. and
prosecutions. and all that sort Of rot.
But | don't see any millionaires going
to Jail. Come on across to my law.
yer's."
The boss and financier departed with
out a backward look, leaving Phelan
and Bennett alone on the late scene OF
battle.
"Say, your honor" observed the al
derman slyly, there's one very impor-
tant engagement you've clean forgot.
Sit right where you are minute, an
I'll send the party In here and see that
nobody butts in on you till you want
'em to. Oh, but we didn't do a thing
to Horrigan. He'll have to watch
which way his toes point to see wheth-
er he's goIn' or comin'p
The alderman sped on his mission,
leaving Alwyn seated alone, detected,
miserable, in the deserted committee
room.
Now that the crisis was past his
heart was strangely heavy. He had
won. But at what cost? At the loss OF
all he held dear.
Alwyn Bennett knew, too, that the
real fight was but just begun-a fight
that had waged since the world began
and must last to Judgment day-the
hopeless, uphill battle OF decency
against evil, Of honesty against graft
Horrigan's sneering words, II don't
see any milllonalres going to JAIL"
stuck disagreeably In the young may
or's memory Their brutal, bald truth
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The report comes from Hampton
Falls, N. H.. that the caterpillars OF
the brown-tail moth have died in great
numbers just before coming to maturity
Such was the end of the notable raid
years ago of the forest-tree caterpillars
In our state. May 1t also be the begin
ming of the end of the brown-tails.- -
Maine Farmer.
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las, you're not
going to throw
me over? You
AREN'T
"ScottGibbs,"
she answered
quietly, a world
Of wonder ring
scorn In her
level tones. "you
d o II OF e Y e u
know how vile
a thing you are.
Now leave me.
pl e q 8 e. Your
presence sick
ems me-"
He tried to
speak, but some
thing Of the in
effable con.
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Used to IL,

She-I suppose 1t would break your
heart II were to say that l can only
re sister to you He-Not at all. I'm
Iscd to having girls say that.-Ex-
change
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Any dairyman who has more milk
cows than he wants will find the best
sale by having them bring calves In the
fall.-Turf, Farm and Home.
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will go through.
L e t l t g @
through and |
will break my
engagement to
Dallas w a n g..
W r | g b t a Il d
leave her free
to marry you"
"You promise
that?"
"Yes.w cried
Gibbs. elated. IL
promise on my
word Of honor!
is It 4 bar
gain?"
"Gibbs." re.
piled A W y II
slowly. 81 did,
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hushed It up,
but I found II
out! l found II
out! And by my
m urdered IA
TIERS body !
knelt and swort
Id pay you for
1t. I'd pay you
II II cost me my
life. l would
ruinyou In name
and fortune, as
you ruined my
father, and then
I'd kill you, as
you killed him
I'd
left him haggard
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Do not squandor time. for that Ii the
stuff life Is made of.-Franklin.
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Jared on MS De-
lief In the inevi-
table triumph OF
good. After all,
was the dreary,
self sacrificing
battle against a an
unconq gu era BILE
foe worth while 7
Could the great
god graft ever
be checked In
his mastery Of
the earth? If
A rustic Of
S K irts startled
Alwyn from his
dark thoughts.
Dallas he
cried, unbellev-
ing, as he sprang
to his feet half
daZzled at the
wondrous light
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
SPEED THE PLOw."

on practical agricultural topic
is solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department to HENRY ID
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris, Ne.
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A Reliable
Remedy
EIy's Cream Balm
10 quickly absorbed.

Gives Relief at Once.
It cleanses, sOothes,
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane resulting from
Catarrh and drives
away q Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
Taste and Smell. Fu
- t
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that transformed her face.
Slowly she came toward him, her
glorious dark eyes on his. her white
hands outstretched in irresistible ap-
peal At last she spoke.
II love you" she said.
THE END.
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~ ALIAS. eft alone in Hort
gan's private room. sat at the
big table, making 10 effort To
H. follow her brother and Phe-
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CHAPTER XVII.

"Y YES in therew observed Phc.
|" Ian In high excitement. jerk
ing his thumb toward doar
II landInn off tho com IN ifInu
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CHAPTER XVIII

? WIDER the maniac fury that
blazed from Thompson's eyes
Wainwright shrank back In
. panic dread.
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With an effort that left him haggard
and trembling. Thompson forced him
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-27
~FIFTY-SIXTH DAY.

Aside from the sundry appropriation
bill conferences, the day was devoted to
miscellaneous bills of all kinds, in both
branches. The House passed the Nc
MILAN bill providing for the protection
of horticulture by adopting measures for
exterminating insect pests, and the same
body passed another bill introduced by
the senator from Carroll, the bill pro-
viding for the proper marking and weigh
ing of cotton by public g%inners and cot
ton weighers.
The Senate took up and pushed the
Adair banking bill, providing for the
strengthening of banks by certified cash
capital in hand, and for sworn state
ments by officers and directors four
times in each year.
The conferrees on the Industrial Insti-
tute and College and the Agricultural
and Mechanical College bills reported
that they had gotten together, the House
having conceded the tag fee feature to
the Senate and the Senate conceding to
the House the Burkitt rider.
The privilege tax question came before
the Senate next and naturally brought
on discussion of a vigorous nature.
The bill as it came from the House,
ilsu DctA COlISlutl AMY dlbSIlutu Ny blC
committee. In addition to these, num-
erous amendments were added by the
Senate of which the tax on express COM
panies created more talk. As the law
now stands, it taxes express companies
$500, and $500 per mile on all tirst-class
railroad tracks. The Senate raises this
tax from $500 to 81, 900, and strikes out
$500 per mile, and inserts in place of
this $500 per mile.
The tax on meat packing houses was
doubled from 500 to 5000 a year, and
Mr.. Pollard moved to reconsider this
vote and opposed the increase.
The Senate went into committee of the
whole to consider this bill. Mr.. Harper
desired to amend the tax on transient
vendors of patent medicines from $500
to $1,000, but this was lost.
The House doubled the whole list of
items under "peddlers," making it $40
instead of SIS for each foot peddler and
the Senate committee recommended that
the old law stand. Mr.. Brown sought to
decrease ever these small amounts. The
old law was restored.
Pistol Cartridges" came up next, and
it was desired to amend this by increas-
ing the tax on dealers in pistol cart
ridges capable of being fired in pistols or
out of shells" from $40 to $50. This
was the wish of a majority of the Sen
ate and hence prevailed.
The tax on each sewing machine for
each company, $25, was adopted.
The tax on skating and bicycle Kinks
was increased considerably, and on the
telephone companies was decreased some
what for the smaller exchanges, and in
creased somewhat for the larger ex-
changes.
NE. East offered an amendment fixing
an additional tax Of $3.50 on each tele-
phone company doing a telegraph bust.
ness, and the committee accepted that.
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NED FOUND THE cows.
Western Ranch Boys Adventure with
Cattle Thieves.

It was a warm morning In June
when Ned Wilson's father approached
him and said: Ned, you know those
cows / bought of Farmer Buckley?
Well, they wandered away last night
and / wish you could go and tiLd
them. Do you think you could?"
"Why, yes, father. Why not?'
"All right, then; get Lightning and
go along the river. That's where l
think they went"
Yes, sir" was the quick reply.
Soon Ned was at the barn where
his pony was kept. He unfastened
the strap, jumped into the saddle
and was soon hidden from view by
some bushes that grew by the river.
Ned lived with his father on a
large cattle ranch in Texas. The
night before they had lost three
cows, which Mr.. Wilson felt sure
went down by the river that was a
few miles from his house.
Lightning was a swift runner and
Ned was soon down by the river. AS
he came toward it he saw footprints
In the sand neal the waters edge.
Those footprints don't look like
cows. l wonder what they can be-"
he thought. He dismounted and, ex-
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-27
HE u A FRIEND,
Kindness Of a Country Lad Mark.
Turn in His Fortune.

A thinly clad young mar was walk.
ing along a city street one winter
morning, eating peanuts from a five
cent sack in his coat pocket, in lieu
of a breakfast, when he saw a number
OF boys trying to attract the attention
OF a flock of hungry pigeons in the
street by tossing cracker crumbs at
them. He stopped and joined in the
fun by Smelling some of his peanuts,
breaking the kernels into small pieces
and throwing them on the pavement
near the birds.
f1ocked round him, eagerly picking
up his offerings. but keeping an eye
on him meanwhile, prepared for in
slant fight in the event of his becom-
ing too familiar. Long experience
had taught them to be suspicious of
strangers.
STOPPING down and holding a tempt.
ing morsel between his fingers, he
called the birds gently.
At first they shrank back, but pres.
emily an old bird, having first inspect
ed him critically with one eye and
then with the other, stepped forward
gingerly, plucked the titbit from his
fingers, and darted away. Not find
ing the experience so very terrible
the old bird soon came back, and
was rewarded with another choice bit
of peanut. The other pigeons speedily
followed the example.
That's more than they'd do for any
of us" said one of the boys.
The young man gave the pigeons
about half his stock of peanuts, and
then Strengthened up.
That's all / can spare you this
time" he said, starting away.
A m~iddle-aged man who had been
watching the performance with con-
siderable interest tapped him ON the
shoulder.
Young man." he said, "are you
looking for work."
Am II" was the response. "Tve
been tramping over this town for a
week, hunting a job"
What al you do?"
I'm a sort Of jack of all trades. l
can carpenter a little, run an engine,
repair bicycles and"
Can you take care of horses?"
Can II" said the young man, his
face lighting up. Il was raised on a
farm"
well came along with me. I need
a coachman, and I'm not afraid to
trust my thoroughbreds with you. I'll
take the recommendation the birds
have just given you. Will you work
for me for $50 a month and board
till you find something better?"
Would he? Well!
The young man is now his middle.
aged employers trusted man of all
work, with a, wage to correspond, and
the pigeons have never had occasion
to retract their recommendation.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-27
The Baby Held Out His Hands to Him.

the pipe around, Big Horse told how
kind the people were.
"The h~ot-headed young warriors.
ready for the warpath and pillage,
said 'Squaw! Squaw!'
"'Call me a squaw if you want to-
said Big Horse, but you never saw the
man Big Horse was afraid Of
1.-THE next day the river was still up,
and Big Horse told his warriors to
stay in camp and he would go over
again. This time the Quakers treated
him even better than they did the day
before. The little baby knew him
and held out his hands to be taken.
The big old savage warrior took the
baby and held it in his arms until it
slept and woke again.
THAT night when he went back to
camp and smoked the pipe around he
said:
""These people when they eat re-
turn thanks to God. This day the lit
tie baby knew me and held up it's
hands to come to me. l held it while
it slept. My bravery has been tried
on many a battlefield and no one ever
saw Big Horse run from an enemy.
My endurance has been tested in the
hunt. But there is a Great Spirit. He
sends the floods when there are no
clouds. He sends the fire from the
skies. OF these l have control. Now,
l have a VOW to make with you, my
warriors. Now, the Great Spirit has
sent this flood when there are no
clouds. He does not want us to kill
these people. But If the flood goes
down tonight we will take it as a sign
that He wants us to do what We have
set out to do, and we will go over in
the morning and do just what we
came here to do. But if the river is
still up we will return to Washita
and say the Great Spirit did not want
these people killed
1.-THE next morning the North Cana.
dian was out of its banks and all over
the bottoms, and the old Chief Big
Horse led his war party back to tho
plains of what is now Custer county
Oklahoma, and Grants peace policy
one, time saved a handful of helpless
employees and their few women ana
children from a massacre"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-27
TINY BABE AvER7S
INDIAN MASSACRE
WON HEART OF CHEYENNE CHIEF
WHEN HE COMES TO RECON-
NOITER FOR A RAID.
THE PEOPLE ARE KIND TO HIM
White Mother Places Infant in Arms
of Big Horse-Latter Says Great
Flood Is Gods Sign of Oppo-
sition to Killing.

Arapahoe, Okla.-John H. Seger, for
more than 80 years a government en-
ploye among the Cheyenne Indians in
Oklahoma, relates this story of how
a massacre of the inhabitants OK
Darlington Indian agency, many years
ago, was averted:
big Horse, the father of HubbeI
Big Horse, the Indian interpreter, was
a chief among a warlike band of In
dams on the Washita river. He and
his band plotted to go to Darlington
and massacre all the whites at that
agency. Grants peace policy had just
been we'll inaugurated, and the fol.
melt even the heart of a Cheyenne
warrior.
when this wal party arrived neal
Darlington they camped for the night
On the west side of the North Cana
dian, expecting On the morrow to go
over and do the job they had planned.
Fortunately for Grants Quakers, a
cloudburst a few days before up in
Beaver county raised the river so that
night the banks were full. Their OBJ
ject in killing these white employees
was to get the provisions and cattle
and horses. The Indians reasoned
that they would lose much Of the
sugar and flour in crossing the river
while the banks were full, so they
decided to wait a day longer. g.
big Horse said he would go over
and reconnoiter the agency and find
the exact location of all the white
families. He met the agent, a 10
%year-old Quaker, who was a very kind
hearted man. He tool Big Horse to
dinner with him. Then he went to
see another Quaker family, and the
little ladylike mother gave him her
baby to hold. That night when ne
ven back and the Indians smoked