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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-12-10

his paleness flushed, his eyes leaping
up like hungry fires, d%evouring her
face. At the look timidity rushed upon
her. She stopped abruptly and took a
startled step from him.
he turned from her instantly. His
hands dropped at his sides. The word
that had almost sprung to speech had
Slipped back into the void.
81 thank you for the charity you
have for me-" he said, (Which 1 in no
way deserve. IL shall always re-
member it."
She hesitated an instant, made as if
to speak. Then, turning, she went
quickly from him. At the edge of the
bushes she stopped With a sudden i'm
pulse. She looked at the handker-
chief she held. Some tiny lettering
was embroidered in its corner, the word
"Jessica." She glanced behind her.
He had not moved. Rolling it into a
ball, she threw 1t back over the bushes,
then ran on hastily through the trees.
After a time Harry turned slowly,
his shoulders lifting in a deep respira-
ton. The white and filmy cambria
caught his eye lying at the base Of
the great knoblike rock. He went to
1t, picked it up and looked at it closely.
'Jessica." he whispered. The name
clung about him. The very leaves re-
peated it in music. He had a curious
sensation, as if While she spoke that
very name had half framed itself ia
some curtained recess of his thought.
lie pressed the handkerchief 10 his
face. The faint perfume it cXllaled.
like the dust of dead roses. gave him
q shostl.y impression of the familiar.
lie struck his forehead sharply With
his open hand.
Fool" he said, With a bitter laugh.
Fool
AA<A}1
fro BE Continued
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-12-10

Harry looked at him, surprised, his
mlnd instantly recurring to the placard
he had seen. Here was a tangible ac-
cuSation.
II have stolen nothing" he respond
ed quietly.
Where did he get what he just sold
meW The jewelers. SOUL query rose
behind him from the doorway.
We'll find that QUIT" was the rough
rejoinder.
In face of his threatening peril Jes-
slca forgot all else-the FESTIVE horse,
the child. She sprang to the ground,
her tace panied and indignant, and
started to run across the street. But,
with a cry of dismay, she turned back.
The horse had caught sight of the red
automobile and, snorting and wild
eyed. had swung into the roadway.
TITS Devlin's kidd" some one cried
out, and Devlin, turning, went sudden
~ ashen. The baby was the one soft
spot IN his ruffianly heart. He sprang
toward the animal, but the movement
and the hands clutching at the bride
sent it to a leaping terror. In another
instant it had broken through the ring
Of bystanders and, frenzied at its free
dom, dashed down the long, level
street with the child clinging to the
saddle pommel.
1t Was all the work of a ONE
Il of panic and confusion, through
which ran Jncrioo', .n,o,,,
morse and fright. Torpor held the
croWd-all save one, whose action fol-
lowed the scream as leap follows the
spur. In a single step Harry gained
the automobile. With an instantune-
Gus movement he pushed the lever
down and jerked the throttle wide.
The machine bounded into it's pace,
the people rolling back before it, and,
gathering Roadway, darted after the
runaway.
n spectators stood staring. He'll
never catch him." said Michael Hal
loran, who had joined the crowd. "Fu-
neral Holow's only a mile away"
With others he hurried to the hotel
balcony, where he could watch the ex-
citing race. JcSSica stood stock still,
as blanched as Devlin. wringing her
hands.
With the first bound of the car under
him, as the crowd was snatched behind
a weird, exuitant thrill shot through
Harry's every nerve. Each bolt and
bar he knew as one would tell his fin
gers. Somewhere, at some time, he
had known such fight-through mel
low sunlight. with the air singing past
Where? When?
Not for the fraction of q second,
however. did his gaze waiver. He
knew that the fiat on which the town
was built fell away in q hollow ravine
to the southward-he could see it from
the cabin doorway-a stretch of break
neck road only a mile ahead. Could
the child hold on? Could he distance
those frenZied hoofs in time? The ar
row of the indicator stole forward on
the dial.
Far behind as the crowd watched a
cry rose from the hotel balcony. 1t
was Barney McGinn, the freighter,
with a glass at his eye. He's gain
ing!" he shouted "He has almost
overtaken the hol'se!"
The horses first fury of speed was
firing The steel steed was creeping
closer a thunder of hoofs in pursuit
would have maddened the flying ami.
mai, but the gliding thing that was
now so close to him came on with
noiseless swiftness Harry had re.
served With the nicely Of a practiced
hand a last increment Of speed. With
the front wheels at the horses flank,
he drew suddenly or this. AS the cal
KS
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-12-10
= saaa5zz "

The lepclc7 uetghcd the dust ccith a dis
t17lstf1l tToWn.
hydraulic company had been robbed
again. Some two months previously
there had occurred a series Of depre-
datious by which the company had
suffered. The boxes were not swept
of their golden harvest each day, and
in spite of all precautions coarse gold
had disappeared mysteriously from
the rifles, this, although armed men
had watched all night. There had
been much guess work The cabin on
the hillside was the nearest habitation
the company's fune disgorsed its
food in the guIch beneath it-and sus
picion had eventually pointed its way
The sudden ceasing of the robberies
with the disappearance Of Hugh Stires
had given focus to this suspicion.
Now, almost coincident with his re-
turn. the thievery had recommended.
1t had been a red letter day for Dew
lin and his ilk. who caviled at the
more charitable. OF all this, however.
the object of their 81 told you so"
was serenely ignorant,
Entering the town, there were few
stirring On the sunny streets, hu he
could not but be aware that those he
met stopped to gaze after him. Some
indeed followed. His first objective
point was a jewelers.. where he could
turn his gold dust into reader coin
for needful purchases. He saw a
sign next the Mountain Valley House
and entered
The jeweler weighed the dust, with
a distrustful frown. but Harry's head
was turned away He was reading a
freshly printed placard tackled on the
vail. an offer Of reward for the detec-
ton of the sluice thief. He read 1t
through mechanically. for as he read
there came from the street outside a
sound that touched a mufhed chord IN
his brain. 1t was the exhaust Of a
motor car,
He thrust the none the goldsmith
grudgingly handed him into his pocket
and turned to the door. A long red
automobile had stopped at the curb
Two men whom it carried were just
entering the hotel. Something in the
sight of the long, low racer reminded
Halry-of what? His eye traced its
polished lines, noting it's cunning mech
anism. its build for silent speed, with
the eager lighting Of a connofsseur. lie
took a step toward 1t, oblivious to all
about him.
tie did not note that men were gath
ering. that the nearest saloon was
emptying of it's occupants. Nor did he
see a girl on horseback. with q tiny
child before her on the saddle, who
Heined up sharply opposite.
The rider was Jessica. the child al
ecstattc 6ve-year-oid she had picked VI
on the fringe Of the town to canter In
with her hands gripping the pomnael Of
the saddle, She saw Harry's position
instantly and guessed 1t perilous. VIVA
did the men mean to DO? She leaned
forward. a swift apprehension In he'
face.
Harry came back suddenly to a real
ization of his surroundings. BE LOOKED
about him, startled, his cheek darXen
ing its red. every muscle in~stinct1vel!
tightening. He saw danger In the low
ering faces. and the old lust CT DARN
leaped up instantly to grapple with In
rejuvenated character.
Devlin's voice came owe h head
of the crowd as, burly and shirt sasevet
he strobe across the street:
Hand over the dust you've stoie
before you are tarred and fcathers'
Hugh Euraar"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-12-10
Notice of Directors Meeting.

The regular business meeting of the
Directors of the First National Bank, of
Langdon, N. Oak, will be held at its
banking rooms, in the City of Langdon,
N. Oak, on Tuesday, the 9th day of
January, 1909, for the transaction of
such business as may lawfully come
before it.
1928 o. E. THOMPSON, Cashier.
Langdon, N. Oak, Dec. LIST, 1908.
Ten per ent discount on everything at
Simon Schefter's on Saturday Nov. %.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-12-10

responded be swerved 1t sharply IA
and. holding with one hand. leaned
for out from the step and lifted the
child from the saddle.
The automobile halted again before
ina hotel amid a hush. The men who
o little while before had been ripe for
violence now stood In shamefaced ST.
lence. 1t was Jessica who ran 1or-
ward and took the child. still soooins
a little, from Harry's hands. one
long look passed between then'-a iook
on her part brimming with a great
Gratitude for his lifting Of her weight
A. dread and conjunction and with
something besides that mantled her
cheeks With rich color. She kissed the
ehilA ana placed her in her fathers
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-12-10
Chapter Is.

L L 1 IL B ScuSullOuS
Knocked him-a disturbing conviction
that the struggling memory in some
measure had succeeded in reasserting
itself in the shadowy kingdom of sleep.
Waking, the apparitions were fed
again into their %obscurity, leaving only
the wraiths of recollection to startle
and disquiet. A girls face lowered
always before him-ruling his con-
seriousness as il had ruled his sleeping
thought,
He took down from it's shelf the
bottle he had rescued from Prender-
CASTS intention and emptied it of it's
g%listening grains-enough to replenish
his depleted stock of provisions. He
paused a moment as he put on his hat,
smiling whimsically, a little sadly.
He dreaded entering the town. But
there could be no remedy in conceal
ment If he was to live and work
there. appear he must on the streets
sooner OF later. Smoky Mountain
must continue to think of him as it
might. What he was from that time
on was all that could count to him.
If he had but known it there was
good reason for hesitation today Ear
ly that morning an angry rumor had
disturbed the town. The sluice of the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-12-10
Chapter 10

w ESSICA bore back from
the town that afternoon
- a spirit of tremulous
CAN gladness. In the few
~ moments of that thrill
ing ride and rescue a
The new South-news., 1908-08-01

No Regulations to Control In
fectiOns in the State
)oNDS RECEIVED FOR REPOSITORIES
cotton Warehouses In Farmers In
ton Movement. Killing at Sal
tillo. OIL at Gulfport- Ex-
position Day.

Secretary OF State Power has re-
kived from The Bureau NJ Animal
Industry OF the government re-
hest for Information bearing on the
kgu IL tons ia force In Mississippi
r c@nrol,ing infectious and con
ksf&1s Diseases OF animals. The de-
artmNpS desires to know particu-
Ariy what rules are in force re-
)pecting the removal. quarantining
br killing OF diseased animals In this
hate. and at what rate owners OF
buch stock are compensated or re-
lmbursed for animals killed to pre-
vent spread OF diseases. Examina-
ton of the statutes shows that Mis-
sissippi does not seem to be fully
alive TO the importance of systema-
tizing its lava on this important sub
1ect, especially II the state is ever to
me OF Importance as stock
"a and beef-raising country.
oes not seem to be any fixed
cOmpensating owners OF dis
kck when same have to be
glanders and the like.
on is left to the Boards
ors.
The new South-news., 1908-08-01
BISHOP POTTER Is DEAD.
Noted Prelate OF New York Passes
Away After Long Illness

CooForsiown. n. T. Henry Cod.
man Potter. seventh Protestant Epis.
ropal bishop of the diocese Of New
York. dird at "fefnlrish." his sum.
mer home. near here. after an Illness
0f several ~cokN
Death wna due primarily TO cmbol.
ism In the right leg. following a
long attack OF liver and stomach
trouble, and the end had been fore.
seen for somc umo by the bishop's
physiciana. Bishop Potter suffered a
severe relapse. and though oxygen
was given him him d,cline waa grad.
ual and 10 sank into unconecsousnass
which ias'cd until the end
Henry Goldman Potter was "a years
old and a native of SCHENECTADY. y
Y. He had been at the head N the
New York diocese since 1877. succeed
Ing hie uncle. Henry Horace Potter
Bishop Potter created a stir through
out the country several yrars aEu
when ho took part ~ the dedication
of the subway tavern on Blccckel
street, New York. He was noted fol
his advocacy Of organized labor.
Tow years ago Bishop Potter mar
| fed Mrs. Elizabeth Scri,en CLARK, hia
second wife.
Bishop Potter was the gon OF the
RcY. Alonso Potter. who was conse.
craied bishop OF Pennsylvania. ln
ls55. He WIS ordained priest in
| 1851
The new South-news., 1908-08-01

Remarkable apathy is being
shown in the presidential campaign
throughout the country.
TIL, American gunboat Marietta
arrived at ceiba. Honduras. and re-
ports IN csitustIon quiet.
The Presidents yacht Mayhower
sunk a schooner In Long Island
Sound. but saved the crew.
A split f. threatened In union la
Dor ranks on account Of some of the
labor leaders mixing IN politics.
Assistant secretary OF State Ba-
con will go 10 Porto Rico for the
purpose OF aet,ling the Catholic
Church claims.
Russia, 1t Is said. will double
track the Transslberlan Railroad
for the purpose of arranging for an
other war With japan.
Some OF Bryan's policies are 20
popular In the West that RepublI-
cans have warned their party lead
ers not TO attack them.
President Roosevelt has directed
the Attorney General 10 take imme-
diate steps for the rctrinl OF the
Standard on Company cases.
II ~ reported that war f. about ,e
be declared between Nicaragua and
Honduras on one side and Salvador
and Guatemala on the other
The new South-news., 1908-08-01
FOR PEACE MONUMENT
In 1915. Plans are Proposed BY
Cincinnati Citizens.
CIVIL Wan SEM|-tEyTENNIAL
Each State Representing the New South
to Have Its o~a Buiidin9 in Which
to ksh,sas Its R~sosSocs

Ciucsusau. Ohio--A movement "a
celebrate tho semi-cvntennlai ~ peace
between the north and south by bold
ing. In 1915. a great southern sxPcai'
ton AT Ciacinnsu ard dedicate
southern l-race monument l~ cincin'
nesi MAS launched at a sD-sia4 meet.
ing of the chamber ~ commerce Ihs
proposition was Ei~-A enthusiastic ap.
prevail BY The mvmls~rs. AZ thc cloea
OF the sncs-ing oo~ ~ The lcudsfr IN
The movement sata "a seuthern cs-
position and some rost x memorial
or monument Indicating Cinci nnsti's
Affection for the south &. Nsuurru
formal report was psrs-Wtcd In
support Of the idea giving ssrious rre.
sons why suoh celebration should
be held in Cincinnati. While sum
ming Ny the probable character OF Tho
celebration. the report said
As to character. scope aud plans.
these are matters FOR future cossid.
Grafton. Il uaay take the form OF an
exhibit OF waterways. devices and
methods. u is suggested that shcfo
be erected monument commsmuga-
tive of r~ac". the money TO be raised
BY popular SUBSCRIPTION. This monu.
mcnt Is to cccopy the ccnier of a
small park or public square In Cincin,
natl. The unyeillng of this moou-
msnt would take place at the open,
ms OF the celebration during the
month ~ May. 1918. The nftic;h an
niscrs1fy of the restoration OF peace.
Inlike csporitiona OF the past. each
state representing the new south
would have its own buiIdies In which
itA resources. thinga OF human inter
est and particular forms OF amuse.
ment and entertainment would DO
found. No state would be restricted
as To the magnitude of It's exhibit"
The new South-news., 1908-08-01
S,OoO,OOO BAGS OF COFFEE
Owned by Brazilian Government
stops STOCK Market Gambling.

New York City y.-~Gambiinz In cof.
fee on the Now York coffee exchange
has almost ceased This IL true also
In regard TO the coffee houses In Et.
rope. In two days there have been
only few more than 20 $50 bags OF
coffee sold on the Ncw York coffee ex.
change A year ago the daily sales
were about 10000 bags.
This condition has been brought
about by the government OF Brazil.
In 1906 There was an enormous crou
OF conec. To have marketed the whole
Of III. product would have srns prices
tumbains and Brazilian planters
wsuid have been ruined The coffee
had 10 be disposed Of and NO the gov
ernm"sit borrowed money. making tbs
coffee exporf duty on It security.
This cof7e~ now owned by the gov.
ernmen' amounts to moout 5000 900
bags. The government against this
has borrowed s45 ,0oo 900.
With this enormous holding the
government controls the market. Az
price. have fnctustcd No little. 'rana-
actions on the exchange have been
made Improbable.
The new South-news., 1908-08-01
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY



Timber exporters az Mobile locked
OUT 1000 nesro lonssaorcuen.
Matthew Cummlns OF Boston was
rc-elected presltent og the Ancient
order o. nihernians
Statistics from pit'shurg report
an alarminS use OF opium amoaS
physicians and ministers.
Joseph : Henry. seaman on the
batsieshlp Mississippi was thrown
into machinery OF a gTn and Killed.
Zach Iiunnicutt. telegraph opera
tor AZ kevanee. Miss. went 70 sleep
and was killed by 4 passing train.
rh2 Louisiana National Guard.
combined with New Mexico. engaged
IN sham battle with Arkansas
forccs
The Boston police killed one OF
the bandits who shot eleven persons.
captured another. while the third
man escaped.
Harry r. Hayes a Cleveland bank
er was arcrsted on a charge OF con-
spring TO dcfrapd in n bond deal
involving sle5.ooo.
Scoiorists Leighton and cridcr.
accompanied by Arscrnor Noel and
Commissioner Rlakesiec will make
lecture tour OF Mississippi.
August Ebcrhard confessed 70 the
murder OF his aunt In lonely spot
in New Jersey In oresr that he might
secure s2.t0o with which to we'd.
The receiver for Cameron curric
and Co. Detroit. stated that liabili-
ties were above sa.0oo.oo0 with no
possibility OF payinS claims In fun.
Ex-Governor Nardaman made a
strong appeal for national campe gn
fund contributions. forccastlng the
success OF the Democratic nominces
Thomas Il. Watson. populiss nom.
inee for President opened his cam.
paign at Macon, Gs. with an attack
on William ]. bryan and the Demo
critic platform.
The Federal grand jury at Chica
so returned a number OF Indictment
In the white slave" traiic crusade
against mail order houses and rail
roads for issuing paseea.
Former oGNernor Douglass OF MAJ
sachusetts said he was out OF poll
tics forever and would no accept th'
chairmanship of the Democratic Ma
tionsl Committee.
Gen. Gardiner ordered details o
soldiers to report for instruction
In order TO select a team t. repre-
sent Louisiana at the intornationa
shoot at Camp Perry.
William +. Walker who embe'
zled $4,000 from the Saving
Bank of New BRIAN and $4,000
from the Connecticut Baptist Coz
yention, reached Hartford. Conn.
custody.
Receivers OF the Cago-Drcw Cor
|, pany, of New Orleans. has brougl
, SUIT against seven Insurance cofnf,
, mics on claims aggregafing s2f.5O
The Louisiana Stock Exchange r
sumed regular daily calls after
, Suspension of several months.
The new South-news., 1908-08-01

president Fallieres. of erance. ar
rived at Stockholm. Sweden.
Ten persons wore Killed as The
result OF political feud IN Brazil.
The American baitleshIp feet
sailed from Honolulu for Auckland.
y. Il.
Several persons were killed or
wounded In strike riot at Bombay,
india.
A British syndicnte secure control
of the vaterworKs systen at Seoul,
Korea
PRESIDENT Castro has expelled the
Minister OF the Netherlands from
Venezuela
The new South-news., 1908-08-01

Court Officiais Giving Statistics OF
Cases Tried.
The United States Court officials
are getting their annual reports
made up for transmission to the ju-
dieaal depart rent Of the government
anA Mner bon, o,,e busy. since it Is
an ax.o.,ra - nd the work Is to
be submitted to II .-x. oANi"'
eyes and brightest = 'o"".
in the administrative..Ie.
~ tho sonr co,r,s ~ q. ~ ocathern
district OF Mississippi "vs.-.. ..
Jackson, Meridian ans ~ s3 ~
none of those in the - = ~ >A'-
trict. #
The new South-news., 1908-08-01

Prof W. c. Wsloorn. vice-direc-
tor OF the Texas experiment sta
tioox. for Z number Of years connect
ed with our A. & ~. and one OF tho
recognized authorities Of the south
in agricultural matterk hes publish
ed a work on agriculture for the
public schools that Is considered one
OF the best OF its kisd that ever came
from the preH. 1t has beea adopted
for the use in the schools Of Texas
ana will be Offered In other south
e-n states SO soon ~ the time for
adoption rolls around again. 1t n
The new South-news., 1908-08-01

Some idea as to the rate at which
the Farmers Union members are
progressing with their cotton ware
house movement is indicated by the
number OF charters which are be
ing perfected some OF the counties
showing two or more plants estab-
lished. The records In the COVER
nor's once show that ten new char,
ters have been approved in less than
that number Of days, which Is signi-
ficant
The new South-news., 1908-08-01

Eight cadets have been ordered
home from West Point Military Acsd-
emy for hazing freshman by max
Ing him comply with the following
order: Go out into G company
street and pick up hundred nice fat
ants. put them In your cap. and In
half an hour come back. count them.
and II any are absent. report accord.
ipgly. II all are present or account.
I'd tos put them in your locker until
] further ofderx"
The new South-news., 1908-08-01
RAILROAD GOES DRY
south Of Ohio River. Illinois Central
Bars Liquor from Trains.

Chicago. III General Passenger
Agent Samuel O. Hatch has aAaounc-
III that the Illinois Central galway
company has decided not to allow the
sale Of lieuof on any u It's diners
Or buffet cars south of the Ohio
riyef.
There are 50 many local option
states along our road, be said. "tha,
we have decided not TO permit the
sale OF any intoxicating drinks on
our trains south " the Ohio. Texas
has had a law similar TO that Of Lou
tsiana Ia force for some time. and its
effect. | understand. has been besae-
hciai to all concerned"
The new South-news., 1908-08-01

John Moore and Prank Ward,
both negroes. we're arrested at Mead
Vile and Jailed, charged with selling
whisky. The evidence In the case
OF Frank Ward indicates that more
indictments will be made. "a II - the
intention OF the people 10 investi-
gate the matter and sndeavor to
bring all guilty parties t. Justice.
Blind tiger whisky has been sold
there for . number OF years. and
these two indictments are the hrst
STAGE about three years ago.
The new South-news., 1908-08-01
BEATEN By WHITECAPPfE,


Maysyllle. Ky.-A band Of fifteen
men called Samuel Risdon from his
house and beat him With whips until
the blood ran down bis body. Rigs!ou
IL a tenant on O6Ase crawford's farm
aud hAs his tobacco crop pooled. He
has a good reputation Risdon has
secured warrants for The arrest OF
BayiesA wnSon and Ben Cole accus
ing then VI being in the gang.
The new South-news., 1908-08-01

Directors Are running To Make
improvements.
The Board of Directors Of the Mis-
yissippi State Fair and Industrial Ell
position plan improvements to be
made on the old Capitol and exposi-
tiQn grounds. Plans for the Au-
tumn event are progressing satisfac-
torily. and requests exhibit space
are being received At .ae manager .
once daily.
The new South-news., 1908-08-01
ERENCE OF OPINION.


les OF Commission to Vis-
1t Stations.
han Lee of the Railroad
sion has given out the fol-
hist OF dates upon which he
1t several of the counties In
|ict during the month OF Au-
Qpitman, August IL: Waynes
August ~; Leakesviiie, Au-
Is; Scranton. August %; Gulf
August 26, Bay st. Louis. Au-
Il 81. Prentiss. August 2S. Mr..
lee has an idea that section 4S5S
OF the Code of 1906 makes 1t obli-
e1tory upon every member OF the
commission to visit each county at
last once a year, after giving tea
lays notice, and has oeen giving
buch notice through the local press
in toh county. The other mem
bers have. different way OF con-
STRUNG the sscnc, They under
stand that they are to W. ucas fer.
ly as practicable, all stations OF TIL
various lines of road, and that tn
giving OF notice OF any kind is e.
pressly prohibited.