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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-19
CHAPTER TX.
The Attack on the Lazy S.

he Attack on the Lazy 5.
1t was late. The August night was
cool and sweet after weary day Of
intense heat The door was thrown
wide open. 1t was good to feel the
night air creeping into the sitting
room. There was no light within; and
without, nothing but the brilliant stars
in the quiet, brooding sky. Williston
was sitting just within the doorway.
Mary, her hands clasped idly around
her knees, sat on the doorstep,
thoughtfully staring out into the still
darkness. There was a stir
Bedtime, little girl" said Willis
ton
Just a minute more, daddy. Must
we have a light? Think how the
mosquitoes will swarm. Let's go to
bed in the dark
I'VE will shut the door, and next
summer, little girl, you shall have
your screens. | promise that, always
providing, of course, Jesse Black
leaves us alone"
Had it not been so dark, Mary could
have seen the wistful smile on the
thin scholarly face. But though she
could not see it, she knew it was
there. There had been fairer hopes
and more generous promises in the
past few years. They had all gone
the dreary way of impotent striving,
of bitter disappointment. There was
little need of light for Mary to read
her fathers thoughts.
Sure, daddy" she answered, cheer
lily. And I'll see that you don't for
get. AS for Jesse Black, he wouldn't
dare with the Three Bars on his trail.
Well, if you must have a light, you
must" rising and stretching her firm
fleshed young arms far over her head.
You can't forget you were born in
civilization. can you, daddy? / am
sure | could be your man in the dark,
if you'd let me, and l always turn
your night-shirt right side out before
hanging it on your bedpost, and your
and water right at hand. You funny,
funny little father, who can't go to bed
in the dark" She was rummaging
around a shelf in search of matches.
Now. | have forgotten long since that
| wasn't born on the plains. 1t
wouldn't hurt me if l had misplaced
my nightdress. I've done it" with gay
little laugh. He must be cheered up
at all costs, this buffeted and disap-
pointed but fine-minded. high-strung
and lovable father of hers. And I
haven't taken my hair down nights
since-oh. since months ago, till-oh,
well--so you see it's easy enough for
me to 80 to bed in the dark"
TO Be Continued.l
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he paused. His eyes, unseeing, were
fixed on the gliding landscape as it
appeared in rectangular spots through
the window in front of them.
Yes. Or" prompted Louise.
softly.
Never mind 1t is of no conse-
quence," he said, abruptly. NO fear
of Judge Dale. Juries are my Water
loo"
rs it, then, such a nest of cow
ards?' cried Louise, intense scorn in
her clear voice.
Yes" deliberately. Men are
afraid OF retaliation-those who are
not actually blood-guilty, as you
might say. And who can say who is
and who is not? But he will be sent
over this time. Paul Langford is on
his trail. Give me two men like Lang
ford and that anachronism-an hon
est man west of the Williston,
and you can have the rest, sheriff and
ALL"
Mr.. Williston-he has been unfor-
tunate, has he not? He is such a
gentleman, and scholar, surely"
Surely. He is one of the finest
fellows | know. A man of the most
sensitive honor. IL such a thing can
be, l should say he is too honest, for
his own good. A man can be, you
know. There is nothing in the world
that cannot be overdone."
She looked at him earnestly. His
eyes did not shift. She was satisfied.
Your work bellies your words" she
said quietly.
Dust and cinders drifted in between
the Stats of the closed blind. Putting
her handkerchief to her lips, Louise
looked at the dark streaks on it with
reproach.
Your South Dakota dirt is So
black" she said, whimsically.
Better black than yellow he re.
torted. 1T looks cleaner, now, doesn t
it?"
Maybe you think my home a fit
dwelling place for John Chinaman, "
pouted Louise.
"Yes-if that will persuade you that
South Dakota is infinitely better. Are
you open to conviction?"
Never! | should die if | had to
stay here"
You will be going back-soon?"
Some day, surei Soon? Maybe.
Oh, | wish | could. That part of me
which is like Uncle Hammond says,
Stay But that other part of me
which is like the rest of us, says.
What's the use? Go back to your
kind. You're happier there. Why
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mained silent. God only knows what
human longing he crushed down, what
intense Encouragement, what sick de-
sire to lay down his thankless task
and flee to the uttermost parts of the
world to be away from the crying
need he yet could not still Then lie
answered simply, Il did not mean it,
Miss Dale"
And then there did not seem to be
anything to say between them for a
long while. The half-breed had set
tied down with stolid indifference.
People had resumed their newspapers
and magazines and day dreams after
the fleeting excitement 1t was very
warm. Louise tried to create little
breeze by fiicking her somewhat be-
grimed handkerchief in front of her
face. Gordon took a newspaper from
his pocket. folded it and famed her
gently. He was not used to the little
graces of life, perhaps, but he did this
well. An honest man and kindly
never goes far wrong in any direction.
You must not think, Miss Dale" he
said, seriously, that it is all bad up
here. | am only selfish. l have been
harping on my own little corner of
wickedness all the while. 1t is a good
land. 1t will be better before long"
"When?" asked Louise.
when we convict Jesse Black and
when our Indian neighbors get over
their mania for divorce" he answered,
laughing softly.
Louise laughed merrily, and so the
journey ended as it had begun, with
laugh and a jest.
In the judges runabout, Louise held
out her hand
I'm almost homesick," she cried,
smiling.
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THREE CURES OF ECZEMA.
Woman Tells of Her Brothers Terrible
tSuffering-Two Babies Also Cured
-Cuticura Invaluable.

my brother had eczema three diff
9erent summers. Each summer it came
out between his shoulders and down
his back, and he said his suffering
was terrible. When it came on the
third summer, he bought box Of
%Cuticura Ointment and gave it faith
full trial. Soon he began to feel better
and he cured himself entirely of &C.
zema with Cuticura. A lady in In
diana heard of how my daughter
Mrs. Miller, had cured her little son
IF terrible eczema by the Cuticura
Remedies. This lady's little one had
she eczema so badly that they thought
they would lose it. She used Cuti-
,cura Remedies and they cured her
child entirely. and the disease never
came back Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk, Cold
water, Mich, Aug. Is and Sept. 2. 1907"
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STUDYING THE SOIL.
The Successful Farmer Must Know
Nature of His Land.

To be successful in its cultivation,
the farmer must study his soil. If he
expects to hold and increase the soils
fertility, rendering it fit for cultiva,
tion, it is necessary that he should
know of what it is made. Knowing
that he can intelligently add to or
subtract from the ingredients in which
1t Is deficient, or with which it super.
abounds.
A fertile soil is one of apparently
good texture, or peats, containing sui,
phate of iron, or any acid matter; and
yet such soil can be remedied by a
top dressing with lime, which converts
the sulphate into manure. BY the ap,
plication of sand or clay, says the
Epitomist, soil in which there is an
excess of limey matter can be i'm.
proved. A dressing of clay, mari OF
vegetable matter will likewise benefit
a soil that is too abundant in sand.
Peat will improve light soils and peat
will be improved by a dressing Of
sand, though the former in the course
of nature is but temporary improve
ment.
Soils which are loose in their tex
ture, neither so light as to become
readily dry, nor SO heavy that they
will get too wet in rainy weather, are
the most fertile. The amount of nitro.
gen in the soil largely determines its
fertility. This nitrogen is stored up
only by previous generations of plants.
The most fertile field can sooner or
later be brought to a state of exhaus-
tion by severe cropping, in which
more nitrogen is removed from the
soil in the crop than is formed and
stored up in the soil during the same
period.
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SYNOPSIS.

George Williston, a poor ranchman,
high-minded and cultured, searches for
cattle missing from his ranch-the Lazy
$" On a wooded spot in the rivers bed
that would have been an island had the
Missouri been at high water, he discovers
band of horse thieves engaged in work
Ing over brands on cattle. He creepS
near enough to note the changing of the
Three Bars" brand on one steer to the
j. r." brand. Paul Langford the rich
owner of the Three Bars" ranch is sent
for by Williston and is informed of the
operations of the gang of cattle thieves
band of outlaws headed by Jesse Black,
who long have detied the law and author
tiles of kemah county, South Dakota,
with impunity. but who, heretofore, had
not dared to molest any of the property
of the great Three Bars" ranch Willis
ton shows his reluctancy in opposing a
band so powerful in politics and so
dreaded by all the community. Langford
will assist in bringing Jesse Black" and
his gang to justice. Langford is struck
with the beauty of Mary, commonly
known as "Williston's little girl Louise
had followed her uncle. Judge Hammond
Dale, from the east to the "Dakotahs." ="
and who is living with him at Wind City,
is requested by the county attorney,
Richard Gordon, to come to Kemah and
take testimony in the preliminary hear
ing of Jesse Black. She accepts the invi-
tation and makes her first trip into the
wild Indian country. Arriving at Velpen
across the river from Kemah, she is met
by Jim Munson, a hot headed cowboy of
the 'Three Bars ranch. In waiting for
the train Munson looks at some cattle in
the stock pen. In the herd being shipped
to Sioux City by Bill Brown he detects
old Mag" a well known "onery" steer
belonging to his employer of the '"Three
Bars" ranch. Munson and Louise start
for Kemah. They take lunch at the Bon
Ami restaurant, conducted by Mrs Hig-
gins, a great admrer of Richard Gordon,
the county attorney. Louise is told of a
meat poisoning plot which resulted in the
Illness of Williston, Langford and other
witnesses for the state in the cattle thief
case against Jesse Black. A blackboard
tries to block the way of Munson's team
at the entrance to pontoon bridge across
the river. Munson crowds past the buck
board team wrecking the blackboard.
They arrive at Williston's. Crowds as
semble in Justice James r. McAllister's 8
court for the preliminary hearing. Jesse
Black springs the first of many great
surprises, waving examination. Through
Jake Sanderson, a member of the out
law gang he had learned that the steer
Mag" had been recovered and thus saw
the uselessness of fighting against being
bound over. Richard Gordon. the county
attorney who is unpopular because of
his many failures to secure convictions
in court, wins the admiration of Louise.
which is mutual. County Attorney Cor
don accompanies Louise Dale on her re-
turn to- Wind City.
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or large staple. In case he is using
six-inch board in his gate, he makes
the loop in the staple seven inches so
as to allow plenty of sliding space for
the gate board. The legs of the staple
are left about six or eight inches long
so that when two holes are bored into
the posts, quartering as shown In the
cut, the staples will be reasonably
firm. The reason for boring the holes
quartering is obvious, inasmuch as it
is necessary to secure sufficient space
to open and swing the gate to one
side.
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Such a Clever Waiter.

Two gentlemen dining in New
York restaurant were surprised to find
on the bill-of-fare the item, green
bluefish"
Waiter" one asked, what sort OF
fish are green bluefish?"
"Fresh-right out Of the water"
said the waiter, offhand.
Nonsense" said the man. You
know well enough that they do not
take bluefish at this season"
The waiter came up and looked at
the disputed item.
"Oh, that, sir" he said, with an
air Of enlightenment, that's a hot
house bluefish, sir."-Youth's Com
panion.
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should you want to be different?
What does it all amount to-? | am
afraid l shall be weak enough and
foolish enough to go back and-stay."
There was a stir in the forward
part of the car. A man, hitherto sit
ting quietly by the side of an alert
wiry little fellow who sat next the
aisle, had attempted to bolt the car
by springing over the empty seat in
front of him and making a dash for
the door. 1t was daring, but in vain.
His companion, as agile as he, had
seized him and forced him again into
his place before the rest of the pas.
sengers fully understood that the at.
tempt had really been made.
rs he crazy? Are they taking him
to Yankton?" asked Louise, the pretty
color all gone from her face. Did he
think to jump off the train?"
That's John Yellow Wolf, young
half-breed. He's wanted up in the
Hills for erustling-United States
court case. That's Johnson with him,
deputy United States marshal"
Poor fellow" said Louise, pityingly
Don't waste your sympathy on such
as he. They are degenerates-Inany
of these half-breeds. They will swear
to anything. They inherit all the
evils of the two races. Good never
mixes. Yellow Wolf would swear him
self into everlasting torment for pint
of whiskey. You see my cause of
complaint? But never think, Miss
Dale. that these poor chaps of half
breeds. who are hardly responsible,
are the only ones who are willing to
swear to damnable lies" There was
a tang of bitterness in his voice. Per.
jury. Miss Dale, perjury through fear
of bribery or self-interest, God knows
what, it is there | must break, | sup
pose, until the day of judgment. un.
less-I run away"
Louise, through all the working of
his smart and sting, felt the quiet re-
serve strength of this man beside her,
and with quick rush of longing to
do her part, her woman's part of com.
forting and healing. she put her hand,
small, ungioved. on his rough coat
sleeve.
rs that what you meant a while
ago? But you don't mean it, do you?
1t is bitter and you do not mean it.
Tell me that you do not mean it, Mr..
Gordon, please" she said impulsively.
Smothering wild impulse.to keep
the hand where it had lain such
brief. palpitating while, Gordon re-.
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OLD GENTLEMAN NOT PLEASED.
Letters Inscription Certainly the Re-
verse of Flattering.

In the English club at Hongkong a
white-haired old gentleman, who had
come down from some northern port,
was seated at dinner when he sudden
Iy became very excited. He had been
brought a letter by a solemn-faced Chi
nese butler, and he saw something on
tile outside of this letter which sent
him downstairs two steps at a time
Co interview the hall porter. When
he came back he told us what was the
matter. The hall porter had inscribed
IN the envelope, in Chinese. for the in
formation of the butler:
This is for the old baboon with
white fur"
Unfortunately for the hall porter,
the old gentleman was a firstclass
scholar in the Chinese language.
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(To Be Continued.) J
VARIETIES IN HUMAN SPECIES.
Source Of Everything That Is Beautiful
and Interesting.

Each human being has something
distinguishing. in form, proportions,
countenance. gesture, voice-in feel
ings. thought, and temper in mental
as we'll as corporeal physiognomy.
This variety is the source of every
thing beautiful and interesting in the
external world-the foundation of the
whole moral fabric of the universe.
Certain external circumstances, as
food, climate, mode of life, have the
power of modifying the animal organi-
cation, so as to make it deviate from
that of the parent. But this effect
terminates in the individual. Thus, a
fair Englishman. if exposed to the sun,
becomes dark and swarthy in Bengal;
but his offspring. if from an English
woman, are born just as fair as he
himself was originally; and the chill
dren. after any number of generations
that we have yet observed, are still
born equally fair, provided there has
been no intermixture of dark bloyd.
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ECONOMY CARRIED TOO FAR.
'Cstd Mass Thrift That Led Him toto
Ridiculous Action.

President J. G. Schurman of Cornell
was discussing elective college
courses. of which in the freshman and
sophomore years, he disapproves.
"a freshman OF 16 or IT," said Pres
fdent Schurman, "is too young TO
choose for himself the courses best
for him. His mind is not mature
enough 1t will make mistakes.
In its immaturity. it's proneness to
error. it is like the mind of an old
man in my native Freetown. He,
Enough old, was mentally undeveloped,
and saw nothing wrong or ridiculous
sin piece of economy that he put in
practice in the cemetery.
The old man had lost four wives,
and desired to erect for each head
stone. with an inscription commemora-
tive of her wifely virtues.
But inscriptions, he found, were
very expensive. He economized. in
thiS way:
HE had the Christian name of each
wife cut on a small stone above her
Emma MARY" Hester, !"
Edith Under each name a hand
pointed TO a large stone in the cen
fer OF the lot. and under each hand
Eere the words:
For epitaph see large stone"
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REDUCED coLoNIsT RATES.

One-way tickets at atspecialIow rates on
sale daily throughout March and April,
from all points on The North Western
Line to San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Portland and Puget Sound points
Daily and Personally conducted
tours in tourist sleeping cars via the
Chicago, Union Pacific & North West
ern Line. Double berth only $500
through from Chicago. For full par
dculars write S. A. Hutchinson, Man
ager, Tourist Dept, 212 Clark St, Chi
cago. ILL.,, or address nearest ticket
agent.
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CHAPTER VIIl.-Continued.

Mrs. Higgins, at the Bon Ami" she
continued, smiling. Il was so hungry
when we got to Velpen, though had
eaten tremendous breakfast at the
Lazy S. But o'clock is an unholy
hour at which to eat ones breakfast,
isn't it, and | just couldn't help get
ting hungry all over again. So per-
suaded Mary to stop for another cup
of coffee. 1t is ridiculous the way /
eat in your country
1T is a good country" he said, sob.
erly.
1T must be-if you can say So"
Because l have failed, shall l cry
out that law cannot be enforced in
Kemah county? Sometimes-may it
be soon-there will come a man big
enough to make the law triumphant.
He will not be l."
He was still smarting from his
many set-backs. He had worked hard
and had accomplished nothing. At
the last term of court, though many
cases were tried, he had not secured
one conviction.
1--WE shall see," said Louise, softly.
Her look, straight into his eyes, was a
CLINT of sunshine in dark places. Then
she laughed.
Mrs. Higgins said to me: Jimmie
Mac hain't got the sense he was born
with. His little, dried-up brain d rattle
round in a mustard seed and he's get.
tin shet O. that little so fast it makes
my head swim She was telling about
times when he hadn't acted just fair
to you. / am glad-from all ] hear
that this was taken out of his hands"
Il can count my friends, the real
ones, on one hand, I'm afraid" said
Gordon, with a good-humored smile;
"and Mrs. Higgins surely is the
thumb"
II am glad you smiled" said Louise.
THAT would have sounded so bitter
If you had not"
"I couldn't help smiling. You-you
have such way. Miss Dale"
1t was blunt but it rang true.
1T is true, though, about my friends
II l could convict-Jesse Black, for
instance-a million friends would call
me blessed. But l can't do it alone
They will not do it; they will not help
me do it; they despise me because
can't do it, and swear at me because
try to do it-and there you have the
whole situation in a nutshell. Miss
Dale"
The sun struck across her face. He
rpapbpd nVor and lpWarad tho hind
Thank you. But it is vantage in
now, is it not? You will get justice
before Uncle Hammond
Unconsciously his shoulders
Strengthened.
Yes, Miss Dale, 1t is vantage in
One of two things will come to pass.
] shall send Jesse Black over Or"
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Blow to Medicine Cranks.

There is one good thing about the
passing of the boarding house." said
the sad-eyed man, "and that is, it has
done away with the man who ostenta-
tiously takes his medicine at the table.
1t is impossible for man to do a
thing like that at a cafe. He would
be ignominiously ousted, if not by
the outraged guests, by the waiter in
attendance or by the watchful proprie.
tor, who usually has the feelings Of
his guests at heart"
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FARM FACTS.
Don't be a dead one. Get out OF

Don't be dead one. Get out of the
rut.
The proper handling of farm calls
for thought as well as work. 1t pays
to study every field and crop.
The waste Of the farm will pay the
interest on the mortgage if handled
right. Weeds may be turned into
seven-cent lambs and mutton.
Half the money spent each year for
wagons could be saved if better care
was taken of the old ones. Make it a
rule not to leave the old wagon out of
doors over night.
The farmer who raises some grain
and keeps few COWS will find that
a flock of 100 to 800 fowls can be
made very valuable. The skim milk
and the grain will be well paid for fed
to good fowls.
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Give a Little Feed.

Look for the roosting places of mar.
tridges and quail and throw them
some feed during February and March
If the snow is deep or the ground cov-
cred with 8 crust of ice. They are
both valuable birds around the farm.
particularly the quail, which eat many
injurious insects. Post your farms
and do not allow anyone to shoot your
friends.
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using old broken
or worn-out rake
teeth for handling
his gates. He
sends a sketch
showing the meth
cd which Is sim
pie. This farmer
takes teeth to his
shop. where he
has a forge, and
after heating them
cuts off a portion
and bends the
other in the form
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Wouldn't Burn,

The coal man came down like a wolf on
the fold
He jingled with silver, he tinkled with
gold;
1Ie sold us his specialty-"walnut" by
name
And we slated our roof in the spring with
the same.
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WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.

From October to May, Colds are the most FIRE
sIueut cause of Headache. LAXATIVE BROHC
QUININE 4 removes cause. E.W Grove ON box a5C
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Actors who are egged off the stage
ought to make fresh start.
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RAKE TOOTH GATE HANGER.
New and Novel Use to Put Worn-Out
Rake Teeth.

A correspondent of the Prairie Farm
er writes saying that he has been
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ONE MAN SWING SAW.
Device by Which the Farmer Can
Manage Big Saw Himself.

This saw frame is of 1x2 inch
pieces, except sills which are of 2x4.