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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22

at the spotless coverlid. No; some one
might appear, and it would not do to
be seen in his present condition. 1t
was scarcely 10. Time enough for that
afterward.
He drew out the drawer OF a chiffo-
nier, opened a closet and gloated over
the order and plenty of their contents.
He made difficult selection from these
and. steadying his progress by wall
and chair, opened the door Of an adj
Joining bathroom. 1t contained cir
cular bath with a needle shower. With
out removing his clothing he climbed
into this, balancing himself with an
effort, found and turned the cold fau-
Get and let the icy water, chilled from
artesian depths, trickle over him in a
hundred singing needle points.
1t was very different figure that
re-entered the larger room half hour
later from the sinking mudlark that
had climbed the rose trellls. The old
Hugh lay, heap of soiled and sodden
garments; the new stood forth shaw
en-, fragrant with fresh linen and clean
and tit apparel. The maudlin had van
lshed, the gaze was unvexed and
bright, the whole man seemed to have
settled into himself, to have grown
trim. nonchalant, debonair. He held
up his hand. palm outward. between
the electric globe and his eye. There
was not tremor of nerve or muscle,
10 ~ fnunr nn
uncertain feet or trembling hands or
swollen tongue after more than a
week Of deep potations. He could still
sober up" as he used to do with
Blake, the butler, to help him) when
1t had been a mere matter Of an even
ings tipsiness. And how fine it felt to
be decently clad again!
He crossed to a cheval glass. The
dark, handsome face that looked out al
him was clean cut and aristocratic
perfect save for one blemish-a pale
line that slanted across the right brow
a birthmark, resembling a scar. All
his life this mark had been an eyesore
to its owner, 1t had a trick of turn.
ing an evil red under the stress of an
ger or emotion.
On the features, young and vigorous
as they were, subtle lines of self in
diligence had already set themselves,
and beneath their expression, cavalier
and caressing. lay the unmistakablp
stigmata of inherited weakness. But
these the gazer did not see. He re-
garded himself with egotistic compla-
cency. Here he was just as sound as
ever He had had his ding and taught
the governor" that he could get along
well enough without any paternal help
IL he chose.
He attentiyely surveyed the room.
II was clean and dusted--evldently II
bad been carefully tended. he might
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22
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.
DAVID 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
a much divided between duty and in
INCLINATION.
BIG" DEVLIN, who turns
champion instead of prosecutor aft
er the hero's race with death
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22

The parchment cracking under his pen.
yer the parchment cracking under his
pen.
Judge Conwell glanced curiously at
= Harry Sanderson as he blotted the
(emendation. He knew the liking OF
the cross grained and taciturn old in
valid, st. James richest parishioner.
for this young man of twenty-five who
had come to the parish only two
months before, fresh from his theo-
logical studies, to fill a place tempo
rarily vacant and had stayed by sheer
force of personality. He wondered If,
aside from natural magnetic qualities,
this liking had not been due first Of
al ~ the curious resemblance between
tifeAoung minister and the absent son
whom David Stires was disinheriting,
for as far as mold Of feature went the
young minister and the ne'er-do-well
might have been twin brothers.
No one perhaps had ever interested
the community more than had Harry
Sanderson. He had entered upon hin
duties with the marks OF youth, good
looks, self possession and an ample in.
come thick upon him and had brought
with him a peculiar charm OF manner
and an apparent incapacity for doing
things in hackneyed way. Conven-
ton sat lightly upon Harry Sanderson,
\ BE recognized few precedents either
in the new methods and millinery with
which he had invested the service or
in his personal habits. Instead of at
tending the meeting of st. Andrews
guild. after the constant custom OF
his predecessor, he was apt to be found
4 playing his violin Ga passion with
him) in the smart study that adjoined
the gothic chapel where he shepherded
his fashionable flock or tramping across
the country with 2 hrier pipe in his
mouth and his brown spaniel. Rummy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22

side Of the building stretched narrow
L, its front covered by a rose trellis
whose pale blossoms in the soft night
air mingled their delicate fragrance
with that Of the jasmine.
Save for the one bright pane there
seemed now no life or movement in
the house. But outside in the moon.
light a lurching. stability clothed fig-
ure moved, making his uncertain way
with the deliberation of composed in
ebriety. The sash of the window was
raised few inches, and he nodded
sagely at the yellow shade,
"Gay old silver top" he hiccoughed.
'see you in the morningg'
He capsized against an aIthea bush
and shook his head with owlish gravi
ty as he disentangled himself. Then he
staggered serenely to the rose trellis
and, choosing its angle with an assur-
ance that betrayed ancient practice.
climbed to the upper window, shot it's
bolt with knife and let himself in.
He painstakingly closed both windows
and inner blinds before he turned on
an electric light
In the room in which he now stood
he had stored his boyish treasures and
shirked his maturer tasks. 1t should
have had deeper human associations,
too, for once, before the house had
been enlarged to its present proper
tons, that chamber had been his moth
er's. The Marechal Mel rose that clam
bered to the window sill had been
planted by her hand. In that room he
had been born. And in it had occurred
that sharp, corrosive quarrel with his
father on the night he had flung him
self from the house vowing never to
return.
AS Hugh Stires stood looking about
him it seemed for an instant to his
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22

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turn for the care and
A%" sorrow he has caused me
~ ~ all the days of his life.
for his dissolute career
and his desertion, l do
give and bequeath the sum OF $1,000
and the memory of his misspent
youth"
It was very quiet in the wide, richly
furnished library. The May night was
still. but q faint suspiration heavy
with the fragrance of jasmine flowers
stirred the Venetian blind before the
&open window and rustled the moon
36ilvered leaves of the aspens outside
AS the incisive professional pronounce
ment of the judge cut through the ST.
lence the grim face on the pillow Of
the wheel chair set more grimly,
girl seated in the shadow of the fire
screen caught her breath. and from
across the table the Rev. Henry San
derson turned his handsome, clean
Skaven face and looked at the old man.
A peevish misogynist the neighbor-
hood labeled the latter. with the parish
chapel for hobby and for thorn-in-the-
flesh this only son Hugh, black sheep
whose open breaches of decorum the
town had borne as best it might til,
the tradition of his forbears took him
of to an eastern university. A reck-
less life there and three wastrel years
abroad had sent him back to resume
his peccadilloes on a larger scale. to
quarrel bitterly with his father and to
ieave his home in anger.
"Wait." came the querulous voice
from the chair. write in 'graceless'
before the word desertion.'
"For his dissolute career and bis
graceless desertion." repeated the law
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22

shaded lamp, the wheel chair and the
feeble old man with his furrowed face
and gray mustaches. What he himself
should say he had not had time to re-
fleet.
The figure in the chair looked up as
the door opened. "HughP he cried
and half lifted himself from his seat.
Then. he settled back. and the sunken.
Indomitable eyes fastened themselves
ON his sons face.
Hugh was melodramatic-cheaply so.
He saw the girl start at me name, ss y,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22

~ - LuG yUULu4U4 4UI44tG
that he had resurrected when he had
called himself his old nickname Of
Satan Sanderson" he had left so far
behind him, had buried so deep, that
the ironic turn Of circumstance that
had dragged them into view seemed
intrusive and malicious.
He had saved an old college mate
from possible disinheritance and the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22
Motto from Ruskln.

TRY to get strength of heart 10
look yourself fairly in the face IN
mind as we'll as body. l do not doubt
that the mind is a less pleasant thlng
to look at than the face, and for that
very reason it needs more looking at;
so always have two mirrors on your
toilet table and see that with proper
care you dress body and mind before
them daily"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22

clouded senses
that the past six
months of wan
dering and I'M
savory adven-
ture we're a
d r e a m. There
was his b e d.
with it's clean
linen sheets and
soft pill o W 8.
HOW ne would
like to lie down
just as be was
and sleep a full
round Of the
clockl Lastnight
he had slept
where had he
slept? He had
forgotten for the
N o m e n t. lie
looked lOnpingly
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22

grind of poverty.
for David Stires'
health was pre-
rio S. He
thought Of this
with a tinge of
satisfaction. The
least of that pc
culiar clan, one
who had held his
place not by lik-
able qualities.
but by a versa.
tile talent for
enterta in ment,
Hugh Stires yet
d eserved thus
m NC b. II AIRY
anderson had
never shirked an
obligation. "As a
m q n so W So
words used by
the CID man &C
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22

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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22

AIRY SANDERSON and
the judge parted at the
gate, and Harry walked
slowly home in the
moonlight.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22

Sanderson' that CURED to him.
t0ds, getting his Did any man
deserts rean what no
sowed. after all? Was he. the Satan
sanderson" that was, getting his de-
serts?
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The later night was very still, and
the moon. lifting like a paper lantern
over the aspen tops. silyered all the
landscape. II lie placid radiance the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-09-22
Chapter 1 M7
~

my son Hugh, in re-
turn for the care and
sorrow he has caused me
all the days of his life,
for his dissolute career
and his desertion, l do
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-01
Died Suddenly at the Ferry.

A Mexican woman Sra. Juana
Blanco, aged about forty years,
died suddenly last night at the
ferry, just as she was shout to cross
the river on her return home from
a visit in Brownsville. She had
just reached the ferry, when she
was seized an attack of some kind.
The guards on duty humanely
took the poor woman into the ferry
Office and did all they could for
her, hastily calling a physician,
but before he reached there,
she was dead. The cause of death
was fatty degeneration Of the
heart. She was a very stout
woman and to all appearances in
good health. Her relatives in
Matamoros were notified, and it
was found that she had relatives
here also, the body being taken to
their house. The family being too
poor to remove the body to
Matamoros, it was inferred here
this afternoon.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-01

CONFERENCE.
Quarterly Meeting Held at Ray.
mondvilIe.
Officers Elected and Other Business At
tended to.-Next Meeting Will Be
Held in Brownsville May. 10th.
and 18th.

The quarterly conference of the
Methodist Church of this district
was held last Saturday and Sunday
at lRaytnondville, a report of the
work done having been given THE
HERALD today by the Methodist
missionary, Rev. c. E. w. Smith
of this city, who attended the
meeting.
The conference was presided
over by Rev. F. B. Buchanan of
Beeville, presiding elder for this
district, and was well attended.
The election of officers for the
various churches in this district re-
suited as follows:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS H. c.
Stiles, c. H. Martin, B. H.
Frazier, c. H. Pease, and Ed.
Steep; superintendent of Sunday
school, Ed. Steep.
Brownsville-S Steward, DIR. B. o.
Works.
San Benito-Stewards. w. L.
Freeman and w. J. Warren; trus-
tees. w. L. Freeman, w. J..
Warren and Joseph Roy; superin-
tendent Sunday school W. L.
Freeman.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-01
Important Meeting To Be Held

A meeting of the Brownsville
Real Estate Dealers Association
will be held at the offices of E. F.
Rowson 8, Co.. on Tuesday even
ing Feb. 4. at 8 o'clock for the
purpose of perfecting organization,
and adoption Of bylaws, as well
as the election OF permanent OF
hcers.
1t is important tisdt every mem
Der of the Association attend this
meeting and promptness is re-
quested as measures OF importance
will come up for settlement.
J. c. PHILIPS. President.
L. H. HALLAM, Secretary.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-01
Hotel Arrivals.

AT THE MILLER: Mr.. and Mrs.
j. P. Stephenson, G. F. Touhy,
Olmito; H. c. Tandy, City; A. NJ.
Cross, Topeka, Kans.; T. J. Nc
Clune and wife, Mexico City; Low
Beal, Kingsley. Kans.; J. w. Fitz-
monia, J. E. Williams. Fl. Worth;
Judge Russell, City; S. J. Schoen-
berg, Minneapolis; Jno. ]. Con-
way, Olmito; ]. D. Childs, San
Antonio; R. J. Mcmillan. Kings
vile; E. K. Howard, VIM. Deal.
w. w. Winslow, Ames. Ia; Mrs.
D. Day. Mrs. J. c. Kennedy, Mer-
cedes; G. R. Bates, San Antonio;
A. c. Johns. St. Louis; R. Y. Nc
Vey, Caudo, N. D.; II. NJ. Brant,
San Benito.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-01
]. r. Howse Of Brownsville was

]. R. Howse of Brownsville was
elected recording steward for the
entire mission.
The conference adjourned to
meet at Brownsville the third Sa-
turday and Sunday in May.
In addition to the foregoing in
formation, Rev. Mr.. Smith stated
that the church at San Benito has
just recently been organized. and
has seven members, with thirty
FIVE pupils in the Sunday school.
During his absence he also visited
Lyford, and found the citizens
there taking an active interest in
religious matters, although the
time is not yet ripe for the organi-
zation of a church. Lyford, he
says, is growing and has a good
class of citizens.
Only one steward was elected
for the Brownsville church. as
there are already two stewards
here, who are A. E. Burnette and
J. r. Howse.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-01
RAILROAD WILL
DO ITS PART.
Citizens Confer With vice-Presi.
dent Miller.
Agrees to Put on Daily Service Between
Brownsville and Sam Fordyce and
Change Freight Schedules to
Better Truck Service.

A visit was paid TO Brownsville
today by Vice President and Cen
eral Manager Millero of the Browns
vile road. which will result in
great benefit to the patrons of the
road in this valley, and serve to
promote good feeling between them
and the company. Mr.. Miller came
in his private car, attached to the
local freight, accompanied by VIM
Doherty, traffic manager, W. I.
Chnrch, auditor, w. ]. Carnohan
foadmaster; T. J. McCune, train
master, John Nicholson, superin-
tendent of motor power and Her
bert bennett, secretary, to Mr..
Miller. The object of the trip is
one of general inspection, and also
more particularly to make arrange
ments for handling the big truck
shipments that will be moving on
this line very soon.
Mr.. Miller was met by a num-
Der of representative men of
Brownsville and this section this
morning and interviewed in regard
to the inauguration of a daily pas
senger service between Brownsville
and Sam Fordyce and also in re-
gard to improvement of freight
facilities on the line. Those pres
ent at the meeting were as follows:
P. E. Blalack, E. F. Rowson, Alba
Haywood, c. E. Hammond, ]. P.
Withers, L. A. Smart, c. S. Nor
ton, and S. C. Tucker, represent
ing the Lower Rio Grande Com
mercial Club.
Mr.. Miller assured the gentlemen
that the railroad was willing to do
its best to accommodate the traffic
on this end Of the road, and agreed
to restore the daily service from
here to Sam Fordyce, and also to
change the freight Schedule SO as
to have freight trains | cave
here at night, thus giving the
vegetable shippers the advantage
of getting truck to market twelve
hours earlier than under present
schedule.
A HERALD reporter saw Mr..
Miller and learned that he would
institute the proposed change in
freight service on Feb. Is. and The
passenger service to Fordyce before
March L.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-01
LOCAL ITEMS
Freezing weather fought.

with fly, 12x14. Apply to c. F.
Pierce. 1-15-tf.
The poll taxes paid in this coun-
| ty were 1865. Last years total
was only 1904.
The members of the Brownsville
Rifles are ordered out for drill
Sunday at 3 p. m.
For sALE-163S acres, ga mile
river front, has canal already built.
$3.50. Apply to THE HERALD. If.
Take advantage of the cheap ex-
cursion to Raymondville tomor-
row to see that interesting new
town.
For RENT. Large airy furnish
ed, Southeast fornt room. Good
neighborhood. References. Lock
Box 81 City Pilot.
For SALE-Roll top desk, avn.
| c. Kinks office. Also some very
fine furniture very cheap at Rancho
Viejo. Mrs. J. V. Mallory. 1-28-6t.
The Frontier Lumber Co. has
just received new samples of Wall
Paper for 1908, a very handsome
line from different houses. 1-28-ot
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Brady at their home
near town Monday. Mr.. Brady
says he will plant ten more acres
of cotton to celebrate the event.
The excursion to Raymondville
on account of the blessing of the
new Catholic church there will
leave Brownsville tomorrow at s
a. m. and returning leave Ray
mondville at 7 p. M, fare 81 for
round trip.
The sale of 467 acres near Har-
lingen has Just been made by the
Hallam Colonization Co. for Messrs.
Austin and Rylander of Bolton to
Louis Champion. This land is part
cleared and will be planted within
two weeks.
In the notice of the meeting of
the Brownsville Real Estate Asso-
citation in yesterdays HERALD,
there was an error as to the date
of the meeting. which will be held
Feb. 4. The notice is republished
today with correction.
Work is being pushed on the
light system. The contractor is
now busy stringing the wire, hav-
ing completed the main lead of
four wires from the plant into the
city, and Monday will begin put
ting up the wires in town.
Turkey, Chicken, Ham, Salmon,
and Chicken Sandwiches. Tamales,
Enchiladas, Cabrita, and Gallina en-
Pipian, Coffee and cake which con-
stitutes part of the menu to be SER
we'd by the ladies in charge of the
entertainment of visitors to Ray
mondville tomorrow.
Nearly a train-load of material
for the water system is now on its
way to Brownsville and is expect
ed to arrive soon. This includes
twelve cars of eight inch piping
for the water mains. When this
arrives the contractor will begin
laying the pipe about town.
The ladies of Raymondville will
have committee at the train to-
morrow to meet the visitors going
on the excursion to attend the
blessing of the new church. Moth
ing will be left undone to insure
the comfort and pleasure of the
visitors. An excellent dinner will
be se-ved at reasonable price, the
the proceeds TO be devoted to the
further improvement of the new
church.
The pastor of the Methodist con-
gregation will preach Sunday
morning (11 o'clock at the
p-acbvtarior, cf,rrch A. 7. IN N
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-02-01

Clean cotton rags wanted at THE
HERALD office.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-15
Hy JACK RAYMOND.

when hFowuwe4l boarded the
train aud started away for hia last
year al collose. he felt HE a new
man with a great aud unaitefahir
purpose Ia life he had just babe hlu
fisnee. the grave sweet. hammered
loyelf Maria Ramsey. goodbye bat
he felt SO sure ~ her and % him
self that he entertained 40 fear 81
anything arising that could alter
their love Tor each other
II anyone had told him that nluo
months later be would be kiaalag
another gifi farewell 40 would have
laughed IN the informefs fare a.
the abaurdi,y OF such an idea
How i, bad all happened be him.
self hardly knew 4 friend had ca
CARED fnoma With the semi afisip.
cratic Benson family. Nho lived
cunveuIsntly near ths campus ~
was the hewitebinE daughter Alice
that mst him At the door and
showed hlm fo ala rom. 10 liked
her looka that day everybody dld
AH che weeks went ~ he waa
charmed BY her blithe. charming
WAYS There came q time Nhen be-
took her 90 4 college function. and
then followed a danrc or two There
Nere little tets tetea In the hall
Nay. and be began 70 wander lnin
the parior az an evening. Nhen BE-
waa peary from hia studies Il wan
like a strong tonic 90 leave hla
books and spend 40 evening In her
company. listening tn her singing
her Nitty repartce aud her rlpioas
laughter, watching the ever chang
ing expression Of her handsome
dark eTcS.
he had told Maria Of the first
evening thar be had spent with
Alice. bur be had soon ceased 10