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New-York tribune., 1908-07-05

would have been ten thousand to
one against Conley; for the entire
tribe would have welcomed a chance
to pot him However, about a
little matter of odds men OF Conley S
breed never worried, where the
stakes were no more than one S
own life
And this highly tense, really
deadly situation had its origin IN
WHAT In the fact that Conley had
developed the friendly habit OF
coming unbidden to the doctor $
office. rolling and smoking cigarettes
unasked. and roosting his feet COM
fortably on the doctors desk, pre-
ferablv on a corner of his writing
Iadl
The differences were not hard to
adjust. Secretly each respected the
other, knew the other was doing
good work and a man all through.
Conley was sorry he had "mussed
the doctors humany frills the
doctor. that he had resented Con
ley's notion of sociability. So by
the second day had them at hand
shakes and the best of friends,
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
On the Warpath

WHILE we were quietly chatting, the rest of US
w pumping Bourke and the doctor for what they
had of sun dance lore suddenly were interrupted
by the startnglv quick entry of Sword, who slipped
in softly and swiftly as a shadow, and began low
spoken hurried statement to ChangrO.
Presently Changro turned and interpreted,
Sword he say heap Injun come down White Clay.
Ride war ponies. All Brnl6s. Sword he no like
looks
And after glance out of the door, am sure
none of us liked the looks of things-of the things
most actively animate in immediate landscape
any more than Sword did band of between
three hundred and four hundred bucks sat on their
war ponies about three hundred yards from the
gate A thick cloud of dust behind and south of
them showed that they had approached at top speed
and had just stopped, evidently for conference
Presently ten advanced slowly toward the othce
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Sword chief of police, had been about with sew
eral of his men; but at the moment was outside
His men. and usually he himself, were unlto rIled
neatly in blue jackets and trousers and soft black
hats.
But this morning Sword was sartorial wonder
Above beautifully beaded moccas1ns OF golden
yellow buckskin rose the graceful lines of well hitting
dark blue broadcloth trousers. CirCed at the waist
by beaded belt carrying two six-shooters and
knife topped by white shirt, standing collar, and
black bow tie, and by a perfectly made vest and
cutaway coat matching the trousers, the vest dec
grated with a metal watch chain yellow as the
roccasins. He was crested by we'll brushed silk
top hat while from beneath the hat defiantly swung
Swords scalp lock, standing challenge to whom
soever dared try to take it
And Yet despite this opera bouhe rig, Sword,
with the bronze of his handsome features lit by the
flash of piercing black eyes, supple of movement,
soft of tread dignifed in bearing, stood a serious
and even heroic fgure,-the man that dared court
the most bitter tribal opposition and enmity by
undertaking the enforcement of white mems law
as administered by Agent McGillicuddy.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05

McGillicuddys office hundred feet east, his
residence; beyond that, the great WdkdH P0UlaHl
warehouse or storehouse that held the supplies
bv the Government for distribution by the agent
probably first called FdkGH mysterious by the
Sioux because to them it must have been matter
Of mystery however such vast of riches could
he assembled at time and place Across the
road from the TakdH- P0maHi stood the store OF
the licensed Indian trader, Mr.. Blanchard.
In mid forenoon OF the next day all of
assembled in Doctor McGhcuddys office, by his
invitation to arrange to go to the dance,-Major
Bourke Leutenants Waite and Goldman MI
Blanchard Charlie Conley, and myself. Mr.. Lord,
the doctors clerk and Louis Changro, his half
breed Interpreter, were also in the office.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05

a band Of one hundred youngsters, more than
twenty wears old, to police, he would uni
form. arm. and equip them, and would make Sword
chief of the band. But, mind, explained the
tions do wrong and | send you out to arrest them
YOU must bring them in dead or alive!' All this
was nuts for Sword for It not only gave an 11npor-
tant command to a man then only a warrior, but
gave him as executor Of the agents orders general
authority over even the elders and chiefs OF the
tribe.
And little did the tribe like IT. old or you1g, M 1GI
it was not long until the police, aided materially
bv Inspector Coney, made important recoveres OF
stolen stock and interfered seriously with their
predatory pleasures and profits.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
Jealousy at the Agency

RUT just began to feel that could , see teiI1 safe
1ro11bIe 1oomed up from an unexpected quarter;
Both Doctor McGillcuddy and Inspector Coney
were men of hair trigger temper the former welded
10 and the latter divorced from everything that
stood for punctilious for1nalities. So 1t was not
long until they fell foul of each other
PRESENTLY one day early in June, the same mail
brought me two brief etters,-one from the doctor,
stating that if l did not recall my inspector 1mne-
diatelT he would have him off the reservation
hv the Indian police; the other from COnley, say
ing that unless l gave him authority to leave the
agency pretty quick he reckoned he'd have to Kill
Neither gave any explanation; from which in in
ferred that the difficulty was purely personal and
temperamental of a sort possible of patching.
SO that evening l forked bronco and hit mt the
trail for the agency, sixty miles away "he1e L
arrived early the next morning.
And ! found myself come none too soon me
agent was about ready to order the inspector eX-
pulsion by the police, and the Inspector was quite
ready to kill the agent if he attempted anything OF
the sort and then take his chances OF shooting his
wav through the police to escape,-1n the carrying
out of which unConpllcated strategy the oddS
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
Getting Ready for the Dance

THAT evening three army officers
L rived,-Major John 6; Bourke
of the Third Cavalry, and Lieuten-
ants Waite and Goldman of the
Fifth Cavalry Major Bourke was
well chosen for the task that
brought him, qi9., a study of the sun
dance. due to begin the next morn
ing; for his previous studies and
writingson Moki snake dancing Zunl
fire worship, and Apache medicine
men remain the most valuable
contributions TO the literature of
these subjects.
On a bench above and to the east
Of the narrow valley of White Clay
Creek stood the agency. Within
low wall, topped by picket fence
and nearest the creek, stood Doctor
McGillicuddy' office; a hundred
residence; beyond that, the great
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-28

seated TURK JdSfltCh OH ttc DCu'
Kinross with a sudden sense Of n
unique loveiness. His nerves tingied
as he realized his isolation here to-
night with this exquisite young crea-
ture.
He carefully raised himself from his
stopping position and leaned against
the wall. How was he to reveal him
gelf without too greatly startling her?
The shock or fright Of suddenly be-
holding Il man in the room when she
supposed herself alone-at the hour OF
midnight. too-might actually injure
Ter. Yet lie must not any longer leave
her unaware Of his presence.
The problem solved itself by his ac-
cidentally touching the headboard Mt
this moment with his elbow. Instant
~ he thought to rcassure her by quiet.
" speaking her name without abrupt
ness.
"Eunice, 1t is only I. Don't be
alarmed"
He stepped out into sight as he
spoke. She had sprung to her feet and
stood painting with alarm. her eyes
wide and startled, her cheeks white.
He spoke again In matter OF fact
way, calculated to disarm her fear.
"Im very sorry I've frightened you.
came here to meet the ghost. Are
you IT." he smiled.
She sank Imply against the bed. Il
thought" she brcat!icd. that you were
It."
At the sound of her own voice she
seemed 10 recover herself. Her race
was bright with color now, and her
eyes were brilliant. He saw almost
with amusement that she found no
cause for alarm or displeasure at his
presence.
He drew an old dusty chair to the
bedside and sat down before her, fold
ing his arms.
She leaned comfortably against the
foot of the bed. Evidently she saw
no objection to a midnight chat with
him. She seemed to him In her inno-
cent acceptance of the situation as ig'
norant Of evil as an angel.
There seemed so much that he want
ed to ask her that he hardly knew
where to begin. But with a trlhe less
than her usual timidity before him
she took the initiative.
You were in this room when l came
In, weren't you?" she asked, her eyes
wide with wonder.
"Yes-in quest of the ghost"
"But the room was dark"
He pointed to his lamp on the book
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-28
The Fast Walker.

The editor of the Farmer has hereto
fore urged the training of horses to
secure a fast walking gait and given his
experience showing the additional value
of horses so trained both for purpose OF
sale and use on the farm and highway.
The same idea is we'll set forth in the
following, contributed to the Agricul-
tural Epitomist:
"The fast walking horse is made in
breaking the colt. He usually wants to
90 too fast and is held down until he
comes to believe that his gait is to be a
dragging walk. If the colt is to be
trained to walk up briskly, but not trot,
if he is never allowed to trot until he Is
thoroughly trained to walk as fast as he
can without trotting, there will be no
trouble about his walking in after life.
When colt that is being trained be-
gins to lag, touch him gently with the
whip to let him know that he must
move on little more briskly, but do
not strike him hard enough to hurt and
excite him. Make him keep on walking
as fast as he can and the habit will soon
become a fixed one and his value will be
increased 25 per cent as far as farm
work is concerned and when ready for
market, will bring price considerably
in excess of another animal of the same
breeding that cannot be made to walk
briskly.
A slow walking team makes work drag
in spite of every effort Of the driver.
Farm work must be done with the
horses at walk and slight difference
in the rate at which the team gets over
the ground makes great difference in
the work accomplished.
The great trouble with most teams is
that they are allowed to get into the
habit of dragging along at the rate of
about two miles an hour, even when
going unloaded and this habit becomes
fixed and impossible to remove, for the
farm horse that gets in the notion oi
going slowly will poke along in spite OF
any urging that may be used.
There is much farm work that is very
light on the team. Cultivating is not
heavy work and drawing a moving ma
chine does not call for more than a
small fraction of the power horse may
exert without injury. Hauling loads to
market is not heavy work when the
roads are good and all these kinds OF
work should be done with the team
walking at rate that would keep q
man on a comfortable dog trot all the
time" Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-28

ITO learn how she's been slaving for
her living Which probably had been
paid for" thought Kinross.
81 don know what's made me speak
all this here to you," Mrs. Morning
star continued, with increasing anxiety
in her face and voice. II don't often
come over it. l don't like to. But
was took back so with Doc's-Pete's-
astin' fur the dare to sleep In tha,
there room that the whole thing come
out before | knowed right l was tellin
1t. And now mebbe yous will tel
Eunice."
Kinross, who was watching the wo
man attentively, was sure that, judg
ing from her habitual treatment OF
Eunice, her present intense apprehe1
sion was certainly not due to the cause
to which she attributed it-tender com
passion for the girl. She was evil
dently holding back something which
If known would compromise her
What could it be? He was pretty
sure that in spite Of their greed mel
ther Mr.. nor Mrs Morningstar would
be deliberately dishonest. The Penn
sylvania German, however "close,
usually has integrity if for no other
reason than because of his fear of hell
Perhaps" he reflected, "Eunlce her
self-con Trajectory and unaccountable
as she is in so many respects-knows
more about herself than any one sus'
pects."
His lukewarm desire to investigate
the haunted room had increased, with
his knowledge of It's history, to a keen
eagerness to get at 1t, and he deter
mined that that very night should find
him in the shut off quarter OF the
house.
Mrs. MOrningstar was now summon
ed from the room by Ollie's calling to
her to "cOme lay over the dough"
Gracious" cried Daisy, making q
note in her book as the landlady de-
parted reluctantly, "she's going to lay
over the dough" No more bread fol
minew
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about the case?" she asked, with
LAWYER like eye upon Mrs. Morningstar.
'T'm awfully stuck on psychic phe-
nomena."
81 don't know right what you mean"
Mrs. Morningstar hesitated. "ls it that
you want to know what 1t makes in
the haunted room"
"Yes. What has been seen there and
by whom? And what Is the story of
the room? Usually there's romantic
legend attached to place believed to
be haunted"
Mrs. Morningstar was usually gar
rulous enough and liked nothing bet
ter than to gossip Of her own and her
neighbors' affairs to ali Interested lis
tener. But she did not seem to greet
these questions with her usual readi-
ness.
"It don't come easy to me to tell
about what happened there, fur all
I'm used to 1t fur some twenty years
now. If Eunlce wasn't workin' out
with pop and Abe this after in the
fields over I'd change the subjec'," she
said, using the phrase with a self
conscious air of employing elegant
language, "fur us we don't never talk
anything before her about what hap
pened upstairs there; It's near twenty
one years bnck already. Eunice she
was just a little over a year old"
She sat down to tell her story, and
Georgiana and Daisy returned TO the
settee. the latter with her notebook
open on her lap.
Eve were keepin' hotel here and we
had a-many corners and goers. Here
one day couple come. man ana MS
missus and their baby year ana n
| half old. They was tony people-thnt
must give 'eui-and they had money Il
plenty. They sayed they'd stay a
while, helm az they liked my cookin''
though to he sure they didn't eat much.
neither one Of 'em. The missus was
always wonderful pale ana she never
could fetch smile. She was always
settin' and thinkln.' starin' In front OF
herself and not noticin' no person nor
nothin'. She didn't seem to have no
heart fur that baby of hern.
"She wouldn't mind. still. that 1t was
settin' on her lap and she'd near leave
It slip of. Him and her often had
words up in their rooms. They rented
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-28
Do the Culling Now.

1t is strange how many people dislike
to Gull out unthrifty animals. They
pour feed into them month after month,
and then after six months or more OF
heavy feeding have nothing to show for
their grain and care. The time to Gull is
right now, before the winter feeding
season commences in earnest; and don't
stop with the unthrifty hogs and sheep.
Gull right straight through the cattle
yards and the horse barns. A stunted
or unthrifty horse will make an expeu-
sive work animal, because it has not the
endurance to stand hard days work.
The milk cow that has poor digestion
has no place in the dairy barns, eating
clover hay worth sl2 and $21 worth OF
bran. The steer that stands at the
hunks most of the time but still shows
no gain is an expensive animal to have
around. In addition to these poor feed
ers, there are usually animals about a
big farm which keep eating but never
seem to get anywhere. Cut them all
out. Better give them away than feed
them five or six months.-L. G. Brown
in Tribune Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-28

Nonsense! Old Morningstar was COM
ing to warn him away from the room
perhaps. No; the step was too light for
this. Who or what would he see?
Would 1t come into this room? II 1t
did not he would examine the hall.
He heard the latch Of the door move
and the door open and close very soft
lily. The room was In absolute dark
ness, so of course he could see moth
Ing. The light step came across the
room to the front of the bed, and then
suddenly a match was struck Che had
hasty doubt as to whether ghosts
ever found it necessary to use match
esq, and faint light spread through
the room.
A silence followed. There was no
further movement or sound OF any
sort. He waited for what seemed to
him q long time. At last he stopped
and peeped through a crack in the
headboard. His eyes were caught by
the light of candle burning on the
wide top Of the footboard. And seated
Turk fashion on the bed, her cheeks
planted on her palms, her elbows on
an open volume on her lap, was
| feminine figure clad In blue calico
wrapper, with two thick braids OF
beautiful fair hair hanging over her
shoulders. Eunice! For moment he
was bewildered Questions and suppo-
sitions fairly jumped over each other
| In his brain. Whether she had learned
Of his coming to this room and had
followed him thither, why she was not
fearful of the place, whether she was
walking in her sleep, whether she was
Eunice or the specter OF Eunice's
mother
But gradually as with strained mus
cles he continued to stoop and gaze at
her his confusion cleared to some def
mite impressions. She was sitting there
reading as composedly and quietly as
though she were not more at home
anywhere in the house than here in
this room. She did not appear like one
who had come for the first time into
haunted bedchamber And there was
IN indefinable something in her way
of turning the page Of a book which
suggested in some subtle way that she
was used to handling books and ac-
customed to reading much.
There was something in the girls
aspect, in her unconsciousness Of an
observer. in her relaxed and girlish
form. in the chldlike innocence and
sweetness Of her face. that thrilled
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-28
Yoar Duty Is to be WE'LL

But you cannot be well II you neglect
taking Hoods sarsaparilla when you know
you should take it. Impure blood, poor
appetite, headache, nervousness, that tired
feeling by these and other signs your sys-
tenn demands Hoods. Get o bottle today.
Glow Of Heaith-"My blood was very
poor. Since taking Hoods Sarsaparilla |
have more color in my face. sleep and eat
well. and work is O pleasure" Mrs. A. A.
HOWARD. Taunton, Mass.
In Worst Form-"I had catarrh in the
worst form and was advised to try Hoods
Sarsaparilla. took seven bottles and am
now In good health. hope everyone who
has catarrh will give Hoods fair trial"
MRs. WILLIAM METcALF, Parkerford. Pa
Always Praise-"I first took Hoods Sar.
saparilla 13 years ago. and always speak in
favor Of It." II. CowDELL, 2H Perry Street.
Lowell. Mass.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold everywhere.
In the usual liquid, or in tablet form called
sarsatabs. 100 Doses One Dollar. Pre-
pared only by c. I. Hood Co.. Lowell, Mass.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-28
Echoes from the State Orange.

Among the many resolutions adopted,
the following seems to be of great i'm
portance to our state and our order:
"Resolved, that the oranges OF the state
shall appoint special meetings, one in
summer, one in winter of each year to
consider this important matter, the
oranges to meet in unions of three or
four on these occasions and secure
speakers or readers of papers touching
on the subject, that our politicians may
know that the oranges of Maine propose
To intercede and prevent further wanton
destruction of our woods" We hope
this matter will not be allowed to drop,
and that a large number OF the Maine
oranges will early attend to the appoint
ing of these special union meetings.
Also, that the speakers that shall be
secured, will be such as to create saw
ing interest in our forests.
The committee on good of the order
made the following recommendation
THAT the executive committee arrange
to have our various local and Pomona
oranges Systematically visited by official
representatives for the purpose OF laying
before the membership such measures as
have received the sanction and approval
of this body, and explaining the same,
to the end that these measures may oe
more generally understood and more
unitedly supported"
Through the report of the committee
on dairy interests, the grange commit
ted itself to the furtherance of advanced
dairy thought, and the establishing OF
cow test associations, and the sustaining
of the law regarding imitation dairy
products. The committee on education
took advanced grounds in methods OF
education; emphasizing the value oil
sound bodies and healthy minds. The
committee would urge the grange to
keep in touch with the educational sys'
tenn of our public schools. Emphasiz
ing the facts that TO meet the ends ol
life, the body must grow, the mind de
velop and the moral nature be trained
first, let us strive for health and physi
cal perfection of the body, then before
knowledge place culture and before cul
ture place character.
The report of the committee on frs
insurance showed wonderful results
Two of the companies have made bu
one assessment during the year, the
other none at all. The report of the
committee on domestic economy wa
particularly able and valuable. Th'
committee treated first of the home
superintended by the womanly woman
one who has learned that simple home
knowledge of self-reliance and how Il
get the best out of everything, Is tn,
greatest legacy to leave any child
Flowers, music and restful pictures all
in making any home attractive. Hav
no useless ornaments in the house tha
will interfere with the proper sport o
the children. Never sacrifice the com
forts of home and family to faucyworl
or clubs. Erect lasting monuments L
your memory, by making the girls goo'
homemakers. Dress tastiiy, for happ
is the man who has pleasant recollec
tions of his boyhood's mother! Banis
the hurry fever with the cooling draft O
forethought. Practice strict econom
in faultfinding, and in gossiping, but d
not ecouomize in your affections. Low
makes the home.-B. Walker McKeen
New England Homestead.