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THE BURDEN OF PROOF

! Then suddenly he remembered that be
had noticed one Of the prisoners blow
/ his nose twice just before they were
/ lea out TO one of the meals the day
/ before.
Return. That would be hard. What
/ II Jim were caught returning the but-
/ ton 10 Ryan? 1t would be heard of
| outside the prison and everybody would
/ think that he was planning to escape.
Then 1T suddenly occurred to him that
| NE had not thought at an Of the posi-
bility or his taking advantage of the
oIeT. He remembered his conclusion
that ne had come TO earlier I'm the day
and saw 'he wisdom OF it.
II would he absolute folly for him to
attempt to escape, especially with such
crowd of men. He would .HrreIv he
caught and then even those who had
faith in his innocence would have a
right 70 doubt him.
Stiu It would be worth moro befova
he died, If only for a little time.
Nevertheless he felt that he VorId he
better off If he stayed I'm ian and rna1e
no attempt TO get away with the others
His answer was due lin, realized
'hat II was almost supper time and he
would be expected 10 reDIy then II no
did not reply he must al least return
the button 70 show that he WAS in
sympathy and would not rive tba.
scheme away, even il he did not feel
thdt he could take advantage of the
offer.
Replacing the button carefully IN the
gum, Jim turned out his light and cat
on the edge Of his bed, walting for
the supper call.
lie was very nervous. This brsiDoss
or plotting was all so new to him Vet
1t would be cowardIv in him TO 90 bact-
on ihese men, They had trusted him
win their secrets; the only thing he
could do would be 20 keen il for them
He would not be traitor
Had not the girl said that he was inst
Jaiibird2 And as he was that. his fol
low prisoners had a right 10 demand
secrecy from HIM through the common
bond
The supper call came. Jim tried to|
appear at ease when his door rrsg
thrown open and ne marched ont +oI
fan in behind Red Ryan. In his hand
button. ''V
He made d quick move to attach tbei
gum under Reds coat IL was a clumsy
guard detected f.
Stepping quickly to Jim's side and
presenting his gun in a threatening
manner. the man asked ia o voice that
made HOlden's blood run cold
Number 1872. what have you got I'm /
your right Land2.'
1t was irightful moment FOR lin
The secret OF twenty men dcpeude6 an |
him. He must not go back on them. |
In the second before he answered F.!
Jim caught sight OF Red Ryaurs cheek /
1t had gone a dead white Holden /
know how much depended ON him He /
would not 20 back on his fellow faEI- I
birds who had trusted him
There is honor am0ue thieves and 4
he. was among them. If not one OIL
them Jim would not let them outdoI
him on the point Of honor
show me what's In YOUR right fFnd /
Number 1872 repeated the guard.
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Ee7s Brown. daughter ri O. banker iu me
Town or !. aEshalI. refuses at me Fentl
4i'uF TO efuUe with Jiu Holden After
AedNlnE me-. Jim comes upon a tramp VINO
tllns out 10 be Harvey SNOW an old
hchoulmdrc Together they board "a freight
car bound Tor Dewitt, where snow dies
az an injury hg has received after Jim
fas promised CD deliver certain envelope
T. the tTamps mother NJ Wl-hels1uIE.
-AFiz., and has taken oath not t9 reveal
his Identity AT Dewitt Holden -s an
rested and searched. and the envelope is
found u contain Ittv 500 bills. AS two
such envelopes have been stolen the night
before from Browns bank iu Marshall.
he Is held on suspicion uf the robbery and
of the murder of Harvey snow In his
suit case. left beside the railroad track. a
man named Barlow discovers further evil
oence against him. JIm's lips are sealed
hy his oath t1 snow. and by his fear of
duplicating EeS-. brother. George whom
he suspects Of The robbery. Ee=E also
suspects her brother and believes that
her cousin Tom 5lE.sNuil. knows some
thing about the case.
Jim ls convicted of murder and sem
fenced 20 death, three weeks being all
lowed him iu which to carry out his last
wish Of sending S.. 900 10 Arizona. He
chooses Bess Brown as his messenger
On HeT cousins desk she finds note
signed Harvey which she keeps as inn
portaut evidence Tor Jim. ON the train
10 Wlckeuhurg she meets young WOO
man. Miss Jackson, who Cleyerly man
ages 10 substitute her suit case Tor Bess'
containing the money and note. in Miss
ters. signed OBJ Her search for Mrs.
Snow results in failure on the street
one day she catches sight of "a familiar
figure and she hurrles i'm pursuit
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~ HOUR after they had gone
" Jim still sat there. his head be-
- tween his hands.
lie kept repeating the girls
words. "He's only jaubird, like ths
rest"
Tt was true. He could not deny IT,
Now me understood why once man is
lu jail hc has little chance of becoming
a respected member of the community
after he gets out
But Jim would never get out Tie
would be there only little over two
weeks more Well. IL was better To
have if all over with at once than %
spend his whole life in sail, He could
look ahead and see what a few years
iu this awful atmosphere would do foI
him. Yes. as long as he must be pun
ished. death was by far the easier,
supuose he had an opportunity to es-
capeg What good would 1T do him2
Not biz He could picture himself
hunted and alone No, it was we'll they
had locked him up securely. He was
happier here than he could be outside,
with the fear of the law ever at mis-
heels.
Freedom was sweet. but peace OF
mind was almost as sweet IT he were
out and the law were after him he
might better Doe dead.
Hrf an tnfe WAS futile argument.
rr,. realized finally What was the
-.s. M a,,u~fra- out impoesibUiiez
Tr. SIGNAL came from the mon % he
marched ONT 10 their dinner. Jim was
clad r.r the chance of relaxation. He
-,-arred TO stretch his legs. those IeEs
frrased in stripes.
Tine men were let ont one at "a time.
F..-rr linn saw Red RvaU'e door swing
..r.. DID. know that the Guard ON his
..4. rr...rr --raae. him naxf Then
-r ...4 d. .-..-....-
Bob. .'". "'- ''.-t.' anu -'- @" -''5
|NaH -Nt Ht.-NN A--A lay s'lr '0 i4 Aat
already learned To- uo.
rr.a r.Dr.arf Ht stnDraa info the
-......-.. and -.-r.4r.. -4... Guards 7,-,..
busy star A.+ .-" mar. o." 10. l1e D'--
.uE room. Jim suddenly lelt "a hand
stealing toward nis right sleeve.
srr.... had ..r-...-.f.. ...-..-rr.+ q g+-e-,e.
r... 49, 80 -.------. ?.
.'.N '.'.' '-'' -'-'-' ' 'o''- b' 90 .'.'-'.
WIZ. meaning Np" .e -elL something
moist ON Hf- hand and then there was
o. ..r-.f.f +.rr- at .Ta Errrc44 of Hfe coat
r- -..r an Nh. ....t.-. ...-,...
march, aHar it Single At1- tHts started
I.T the dining room
Him. MAS confused he did mat I-r.r.r.-
r... . r-s.se ,....r..,- mo-. t-
great TOT Nili-
Why did lhIs man Red Ryan persist
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FOURTH CHILD DIES

ASBCRT PARK, n. j., Feb. 5.-Tlr
fourth child OF John Reed died Of diph-
iberia this morning after heroic bu-
frtitless efforts TO subdIe the maIady.
The death made The third Of the chill
dren- 70 be carried off inside Of thirty
six hours.
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HIGHwAYMENCHASE WOMEN

MAHANOY CITY, Pa, Feb 5.-lIiss
Alice Tolan, principal Of the New hos
ton schools, and Mrs. James Honey.
wife of a cOlliery Official. with several
women friends, were pursued a half
mile by two highwaymen, who kept up
a fire from their revOlvers The women
escaped In safety to their homes.
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The Continuation Of This story VIII
he Found iH T0mOrrOvs'S
Issue of This PAPER
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CHAPTER XXX.

THE BUTTON.
N HOUR after they had gone
" Jim still sat there his head be-
- tween his hands.
He KENT r..Uearfnr the gfrIz
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The West In Politics.

A few years ago, the east was all
powerful, financially and politically.
New York alone dominated the coun.
try. Farmers and manufacturers were
dependent upon Wall street. Political
parties could not succeed without the
support of the Empire state.
But times have changed. New York
is no longer the nations sole banker
financially, the west is measureably
independent Its rapid growth in pop-
uiation has increased it's representa-.
uon and power in congress and the
electoral college. Men, strong in in
tellect and force Of character, repre-
sent her in the halls of national legis-
lation. Five of the present cabinet
members have their homes west OF
Chicago. Western interests are mighty
and vital
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Senator sailey's Inclination

Senator Bailey's indignation at be-
ing called to account for his votes in
favor of protection to southern indus.
tries is attributed by the Washington
correspondents to his desire for the
presidential nomination of his party
In 1912. Some of his friends in Wash
ington have even gone so far as to
announce his candidacy, and it is be
lieved that the organized movement
for him that showed considerable
vigor in Indiana and other states two
years ago has lost none of it's vigor.
1t is impossible to believe that the
Democratic party will nominate a
man like Bailey, for his code of polit,
ical morals is not such as to inspire
confidence. People have more con.
fdence in a rank standpatter like
Cannon or Aldrich than they have in
man who makes free trade speeches
and then votes for protective duties.
A pregnant comment upon the Texan
Is that offered by the Portland Ore
CONAN when IL says that with all his
gifts the fatal defect which has
marred his career and reduced him to
the status Of mere mountebank lies
In the moral realm. "-Chicago Record.
Herald
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Misuse Of Protection.

Where protected manufacturer
mas an export price which is lower
that the home price and cannot give
satisfactory reason for the discrim.
nation against American consumers.
whose interests are most deserving of
consideration, there is a manifest mis-.
use OF protection. Whenever an in.
stance of that misuSe is brought to
the notice Of congress IT should apply
corrective in the shape of a much
lower duty and less protection.
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Taft's Southern Policy.

numerous attempts have been made
10 Break up 'the solid south, Every
Republican president since the DAYS
OF Hayes has tried it, Each has failed
president Taft approaches the task
unuer new and more favorable circum-
stances, and his proposed policy to-
"aru the south is strikingly different.
Ills announced purpose is not tc
seek political revolution among the
southern states. He does not EXPECT
IT, He Is not deluding himself by any
such dream" He hopes that his an
po1ntments will be of such a high
order, generally speaking. as to in.
spire confidence on the part of the
southern people. regardless of poll.
Tics. He desires also that the feeling
OF liberation shall become so potent
In the south that there shall be q
freedom of political opinion and utter
ahce which that section has not
known since the days when the "soli6
south began. A strong opposition
party. in the judgment of the presi.
dent' would be a valuable asset in all
the states of the union, north as well
as south
Ihls is first and primary stem in
the movement that will tend To pro
duce healthier political conditions
throughout the whole land. President
Taft's policy is wise, statesmanlike.
patriotic. Conditions seem to he rine
for its complete success.
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NOT ACCOUNTING OVER TARIFF.
Textile Industries Show Confidence
by Investing Millions Of Dollars
In New Equipment.

IL has become an accepted belief
that when American business men are
notified that tariff legislation Is i'm
pending they begin to mark time and
Keep at 1t until congress has finished
It's labors. That was truer In the
past when violent tarin changes
might be expected, than it is now.
Stand pat" senators have said that
delay in disposing of the tarir puts
the brakes on business to such a de-
gree as to cost the country $4,000. 900
a day. Nobody hears such remarks
outside the senate. The truth is that
the business world is not agonizing
over the tariff. but is manufacturing,
buying and selling with comparative
y little regard to what is going on at
Washington.
The great textile industries have
been going ahead since the beginning
OF the year as II there were no such
thing as tariff revision. At a con.
sentative estimate $35.000.OOO will be
expended in the construction in New
England of new cotton and wooden
mills and in the replacement of old
equipment by new. The largest
worsted yarn mill in the world is be
Ing built at Lawrence, Mass. Hardly
week passes without the letting of
contracts for new mills or additions
TO old ones in New Hampshire, Rhode
Island or Massachusetts.
The heavy investment of capital in
the textile industries at this time is
good evidence that those industries
are thriving and that the men who are
interested in them are confident they
VIII continue to thrive. Some cotton
and wooden manufacturers went be-
lore the ways and means committee
and said they needed more protection
10 live, but manifestly it is not needed.
mat is the view the senate should
take or the case when it reaches the
cotton and wooden schedules.
Those are the schedules I'm which
american consumers are most inter.
the consumers who
work with their hands for their daily
bread. A downward revision of the
duties In those schedules would give
them cheaper clothing of all kinds
cheaper blankets, cloths, and carpets.
"A moderate downward revision would
not harm those fiourishing industries
winch have so much confidence in the
future that they are putting millions
Oh dollars into new mills, spindles and
looms Wh'lc the tariff debates are
going on.
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He KNEW HOW TO PICK THEM.
Tammany Mans DoubIe-sarreied Com
pliment Did Away with Thought
OF Hostiiities.

The orchestra was playing loudly In
one OF the restaurants in Denver. Col.
during the Democratic national con-
vention. and the diners were talking
loudly so they might hear and be
heard. At one table sat beautiful
woman and her escort and at the next
table number Of Tammany men.
Suddenly the orchestra stopped,
bling! and Tammany mans voice
rang out: by George, that's a good
looking woman, I'd like to meet her."
The man at the next table. who was
with the lady came over. tapped the
Tammany man on the shoulder and
said frigidly: "Sir, that lady is my
WIFE"
Shake" said the Tammany man;
Il am glad to meet you. You certainly
are good picker"
Ard hostilities were averted.--Sat.
urdsy Evening Post.
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HE BOUGHT BOOKS.

A man who had never had the time
or opportunity to get much book learn
Ing suddenly became wealthy. He
gave up work. built himself a fine
house and settled down to enjoy life.
Recollecting his early and unanswered
longing for books, he went to a shop
to order some. The Voter tells the
story.
Il want a lot OF books" he said to
the clerk.
What kind of books?" was the re-
ply.
why. books" said the prospective
purchaser. Good books, you know;
reading books"
The books came and were installed
IN the library. Soon after an old
friend. slightly more learned than the
rich man, came to call.
Here, Hugh" said the host, "is my
library. Here is where / intend to
Sit down with my books and read"
Hugh took down a book, looked at it
and put 1t back; took down another,
looked at 1t and put it back, and re-
peated the process several times"
Then he asked. John, where did
you get these books?"
"Oh, / bought them; just bought
them. What's the matter? Aren't
they good books? 1 haven't read
them yet
They're good books" was the re-
ply. but they're all the same. John.
as near as l can figure out, you have
bought 600 copies of the Fifth Read
er It's a good book, but there's too
many of 1t here-far too many"
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BOYS GRATITUDE WAS REAL.
Has Long Cared for Grave Of Man
Who sfad Been Kind to Him
Many Years AGO.

Rev. John Henri Sattig. pastor Of
ot- Philips church. Dyker Heights.
Brooklyn. tells this beautiful story:
In Milford. Pa. there is an old
graveyard. neglected. weed grown and
unkempt or all the mounds in that
village OF the dead only one is cared
Tor. On that the grass is neatly
trimmed. flowers bloom and never a
weed appears. The visitor who looks
upon this evidence of love and deyo-
ton amid 80 many examples of for.
getfulness usually asks whose grave
1t Is. and the sexton answers: The
man whose body rests there had
neither chick nor child. Nearly every
day for the six years since the man
died a boy comes here to tend to the
grave. Winter and summer he comes.
The lad is The butcher boy. The man
was the only human being who ever
was kind to the boy"
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riIIman,s Peculiar Position

Senator Tillman does not deoate-
he pops or explodes When the prop
osition to place a duty on cottonseed
oil came up in the tariff discussion
he irrupted the remark that Senator
Smoot got his information from "a
liar who knew that he lied" and
proudly boasted that in the south ne
groes received only from so to IS
cents a day wages. Why the senator
should be so proud of the pitiful
wages OF negroes in the south It IL
difficult to see.
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west Now Speaks with Authority.

The people Of the west have no
conflict with the east, and no desire
to pit section against section. Such
policy would be suicidal and silly
But the west has fairly earned the
right to be heard. Financially and
politically 1t need no longer be de-
pendent and subservient It's reason
able demands must not be ignored.
Statesmen who expect to remain in
public life must keep in sympathetic
touch with the growing and mighty
west.
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In recent letter the President
Mexico X X, Robert H. Kern, Esq, Trust Bud
ST. Louis, writes:
Mr. Randolph has shown nvhch reference
Is made to farming
IKE 10 know a little of will
nave actively farming
years 2OOO acres of fine farming n
Judge OF the quality landw
have favorable
bushels of wheat
conditions in the high
experience and this observation the
bushels OF the
$40 $5
ms expense etc, OF raising
"A / Rio Grande VALLEY
Coast Country Texas and
ing conditions there; found 20
service So much impressed
farming in We Brownsville
Santa Maria
charge The result practically far
anticipated lie has cut alfalfa
and realized herefrom
Mercedes, He is shining cbtaoc
planted in December realizing
and me that the cabbage
crop OF 40 will realize
orchard or 1000 February Which,
10 acres August
10 the and the entire
S5O per acre Orange tben tvo
years od are bearing
ZOO hne lemons July, tba
ume in my roamings in Europe merca I have netber
seen country nor climate that compares with ~
many others are making similar Building fortunes
SoSeoi eoored post
John Sebastian Passenger Traffic Manager IandFrscoc
zo<3 LaSsie Station, Chicago Building ST. Lou.
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Not Hard to Please.

Woman may be uncertain and coy"
remarked the boarding house philoso.
pher, but she isn't hard to please.
That's where the poet is wrong"
What new light have you had ON
that subject, Mr.. McGinnis ?" asked the
landlady.
She'll put up with almost any kind
OF stick for husband and wear any
old thing on her head for a hat"
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a SIGNIFICANT Test

SO you don't think the common
people have the nerve to defy those
who seek a system of financial Cd.
pression?"
Il am sure they haven't" answered
Mr.. Sirius Barker. Look at me. I'm
just as sensitive to injustice as any
body. And yet 1 never hesitate about
handing head waiter a comfortable
Tip for doing nothing except look
naughty"
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People Talk About Good Thino..

Fourteen years ago few people knew of
such a preparation as a Powder for the
rect. To-Day after the genuine merits of
Aliens FootEase have been told year after
year by grateful persons, it is indispens-
able to millions. 1t is cleanly, whole
some, healing and antiseptic and gives
rest and comfort to tired aching feet.
1t cures while you walk. Over 10000
testimoniais. limitations pay the dealer
larger profit otherwise YOU would never
be offered substitute for Aliens Foot
Ease, the original foot powder Ask for
Aliens Foot-Ease, and see that you get it.
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PARLOUs TIMES.

Fortunes upstart boasts his riches,
Smokes whopping big cigar.
Knocks poor people into bitches
With his speedy auto car.
VIII he ever have to suffer
For his supercilious ways
Vhis purse-proud and bloated dufYer
Who drinks champagne all his daysl
iaaybe so. yet there's no telling;
Truly. virtues looking sick
Sinful arts are so compelling.
And the grafters are so thick!
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Had No Kick Comma.

L suppose said the lady suffragist,
that you are one of those men who
find fault with the cooking at home. .
you are entitled to another SUP.
pose. madam" answered Mr. Meeker.
ton, calmly. you see, my wife is an
active member of your bunch, and
most of the cooking done at our house
is the work of yours truly"
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Riaher Education

Little Willie-Say, pa; what is the
higher eavGation2
Pa-'The higher education, my son.
Is one hat teaches a young man that
he must work in order to earn an hon
est living
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Something Besides Gas.

How did you come here, my poor
man?' asked the sympathetic visitor.
We'll, mum, in de first place went
into dental parlor and had a tooth
pulled" explained No. 1923.
Gracious! And did you take any
thing before you had it extracted?"
Yes, mum, / took a set of gold
teeth en- case of tools en- walked
out. OATS how | landed here. mum I"
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Like His Namesake.

HIM" grunted the fat man as he
surveyed the line of tonsorial prepare.
tions. That's queer name for a
hair tonic-'Crazy Snakeg"
Not at ALL responded the busy
barber. 1T is appropriate, sir"
I'm what way?"
Why, it is such scalp reacher.
SIR"
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Injured Innocence,

Did you see where George Twitty
went to law to make Emma Flirty give
him back his diamond engagement
ring when she Tilted him."
Yes; wasn't that mean? Emma
never accepts any man who hasn't
good taste in jewelry. and he's the
first one in her experience to be 80
stingy as to want his ring back"
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Red, Weak, Wenrx, waterx Eve.

Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy Com
pounded by Experienced Physicians Mu-
Write Murine Eye Remedy CO., Chicago
for illustrated Eye Book. At Druggists
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SmoketoWn Reports,

Chicago and Pittsburg were engaged
in repartee.
I'm the big noise" laughed Chi.
Cago.
well, you may be the big noise"
retorted Pittsburg, but I'm the big
smoke"
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Changes from Day to Day.

Hyker-What kind of a man is Flick.
Ter?
Pyker-Haven't seen him for
week, so | can't give you any definite
information on the subject.
Hyker-What do you mean?
Pyker--Well, you see Fickler makes
a different kind of fool of himself
every day"
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Mrs. Parrot hear that the newly
welded De Monks had quite a catas-
trophe when they started on their
honeymoon trip?
Mrs. Pelican-Yes. the wedding
train was derailed. Old Jumbo saw
them of and playfully threw one of
his old shoesi