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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
Copyright, 1909, by Stanley J. weyman)
CHAPTER xIv.-(Continued.)

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The young a with ayerted eyes
and a downcast face. nodded
Il am afraid / must trouble you to
speak, Colonel John said.
Il do" he muttered, looking at no
one.
Further, that you will not within
six months attempt anything against
h government" Colonel John con-
tinued.
Il win notP /,
Very good. I accept your word, and
/ thank these gentlemen for their cour-
tesy In condescending to act as Wit
nesses. Admiral Cammock and you,
reverend father" Colonel John con-
tinued. 1T remains but to bid you fare
well. and TO ask you TO believe"-the
colonel paused-"that ] have not push
ed further thar was necessary the ad-
vantage l gained" !.
'By a neat stroke, Colonel Sullivan
the bishop replied, with q rather sour
smile, mot to say a bold one. But one,
I'd have you notice, that cannot be re-
peated." .
"Maybe not" the colonel answered.
81 am content 10 think that for some
time 10 come ] have transferred your
operations. gentlemen, 10 a sphere
where / am not concerned for the
lives of the people"
There are InlnBS more pIeCIous
than lives, the pisnop said.
II admit il. More by token I'm blam-
ing you little-unly you see, sir, l diff
Ter. That Ia all"
with that Colonel Sullivan bowed
and left the cabin, and The McMur-
rough, who had listened TO the colloquy
with the air OF a whipped hound, skunk
after him. On deck the colonel and
Augustin talked apart for a moment,
49,. $500, o4araaA 70 Tho xynIfpv
man to 20 down into the boat which
lay alongside, with a couple of men at
the oars and Bale seated In the stern
sheets.
After the lapse Of a minute or two
Colonel John joined him and the row.
ers pushed off, while Augustin and the
crew leaned over the rail to see them
go and 10 send after them a torrent OF
volubie good wishes. A very few
strokes Of the oars brought the pas
sengers to land.
Bale stayed TO exchange a few words
with the steamer while Colonel John
and The MeMnrrongh set CT aie;sS tho
beach. And establishment filed the
young man and grew as they walked.
Did Colonel John, after all that had
happened, mean to return to Norris
town? 49, establish himself calmly
he alone-tn the midst of the conspira-
tors whose leaders he had removed?
1t seemed Incredible! For though
ne, James McMurrough, thirst for re-
venge as he might, was muzzled by his
oath, what OF the others?
Still the colonel walked on by his
side. And now they were In sight OF
Skull-of the old tower and the house
by the jetty, looming large through the
dripping mist. At last Colonel John
spoke.
1T was fortunate that l. made my
VIII as ] came through Paris" he said.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
DAKOTA DEER HUNTING
IN THE DAYS

for a distance and then as the crust
broke under the weight n leverage or
running steps, pr~ecipitating us into
white walled cavities OF arctic cold
ness. More difficult still was 1t for the
wild deer leaping and plung4ng as the
sharp hoofs pierced the crust at every
bound, while the dogs With ability 10
oyertake their quarry, dare not an-
proach within reach of those knife-like
hooks which struck out with all the
vengefulness Of rage and fear. Mile
after mile the pursuit was kept up. tne
Young hunters tired and hungry but
determined. the deer bewild- cred by the
close proximity of men anil dogs but
struggling onward toward soI,ie posi-
BILE retreat. Finally the loaginS for
CCmpanlonshiD caused the fuS't!va deer
to attempt n circuit to get back to the
place where il haa been separated from
it's companions, 4 passing near a SOD
Kat, 1t was SURPRISED by :, little flee
of q dog whose bark wa. out OF all
proportion to its size. Stopping sud-
denly to sniff the presence of this new
and threatening danger, TO fight IL off
If necessary with it's defensive hoofs,
perhaps to take note of direction where
instinct had failed through fatiguing
and harried chase, time was given Tor
the closely pursuing dogs of the boy
hunters to come up with their tongues
hanging out, the steam from their Ia
bored breath frosting their lank bodies,
but their purpose whetted by an eight
mile treck with the wild prairie beauty
ever in sight and at times so close that
the fate OF encounter seemed almost at
hand.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17

Mix half pint of good whiskey with
two ounces of glycerine and add one
half ounce Concentrated pine COM
pound. The bottle is to be we'll shaken
each time and used in doses of a tea
spoonful to a tablespoonful every four
hours" Any druggist has these ingre-
dents or he will get them from his
wholesale house. This is wonderfully
effective.
The Concentrated pine is a special
pine product and comes only in half
ounce bottles each enclosed in an air.
tight case, but be sure it is labeled
Concentrated" r
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
Dogs in at Finish.

Silently over the drifted and crusted
snow the dogs sneaked up and, just as
the deer struck out with murderous in
tent at the mongrel from the sod hut,
the antelope" dog sprang and fas-
tened it's fangs between the ham and
gambrel and was safe from the front
hoofs thai were perforating n crush
ing the snow crust. The deer was at
last captive, powerless TO fight effect
lively, but formidable to struggle in the
snow pit formed by the breaking of the
frozen surface of the drift. In this pit,
not less than three feet deep, the hunt
ers found both deer and dog when they
reached the spot where the ritleman
could dispatch the deer with a shot
iust back of the head.
Elation took the place of fatigue and
hunger, for the chase had been such
as veteran hunters love to tell about,
and three of these hunters were boys
who were now experiencing the first
call of the Wild
But the excitement of the day was
only begun. While yet the long grace
full lines of the prize were being ex-
amined with admiration, and all the
pride that comes from 'bagging big
game filled youthful breasts, five burly
SOM of Skandia came from the little
sod hut 20 rods ava as we presumed
TO admire the game as we'll as the
proves of the hunters. But what was
cur surprise when they proceeded to
set up the claim that the deer belonged
TO them, since their dog had stopped 1t
and that without his interference we
would never have secured the quarry.
And 1t must be admitted hat they had
the physical force to make good their
claim regardless of It's demerit.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
BY WILL o. CLOUGH.
From the Sioux City Tribune.

"How easy ii would be TO rack deer
after such a snow as this" remarked
an old timer with griZzled locks as he
looked at the smooth white surface OF
mother earth. Then dreamily he cooked
his eye up toward the hills where the
suns rays had barred wee spits OF light
brown grass which at a distance looked
as though they might spring into active
life and action and go bounding away
TO some favorite feeding ground OF
safe retreat from dog n hunter.
Track a deer, a wild deer, and on
the prairies? Spring it gently, old man.
You may have been q pioneer on some
frontier, and you may, p~erchance, have
been in at the death in a wolf hunt or
a Jack rabbit coursing meet, but, deer?
Deer inhabit the forest glades and feed
on foliage, and burr oak
leaves, and hemlock bark, but on the
prairies? Take a new tack, please, and
then draw it mild"
See here, stranger" said the old
timer, IF you could cash In what you
think you know about pioneering and
deer hunting and such things you
would be able to retire from business,
but according to my estimate you
would be In the poorhouse.'
An Awful Winter.
Urged to tell his story, the pioneer
made O. few more remarks about the
weather and then took a flying start.
Remember the hard winter of 80
and 81? IL is hard for me to remem-
Der any other winter but that one. Be
gan in October and quit the last OF
April. 1t was all winter, too. Snow?
Whole seas of ii, mountains of it; val
leys full of 1t. barns buried under it,
haystacks hidden so deep that you had
to dig down and pitch up, instead of
climbing up and pitching down. Stock
corraled in the barns, and no road to
town for man or team. Not a. spear OF
grass could be found for miles and
miles up in South Dakota where | was,
except in some of the big sloughs where
bulb grass grew eight and ten feet
high and defied the old storm king
sweeping down from the north to bury
its tasseled heads under the drifts of
snow.
Those tassels saved the life of many
an antelope. They also lured many of
them to death. Starved out OF the up
per Jim river country, droVes of an
telope came trooping down to the
eastern part of the territory, their
sharp hoofs cutting through the crust
of the snow and making their progress
pitiable in comparison with their
bounding motion when their feet could
reach the prairie turf. They were some
what lean, but they were nevertheless
like heaven sent mamma to the settlers
spending their first winter holding
down claims.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
Mrs. winslswv's SOOTHING sxRur for Children
tsething, softens the gums. reduces On,
alays pain, cures wind collie. zee q bottle

The futility of hunting fugitives with
bloodhounds when the trails of those
sought lead across the modern oiled
thoroughfares was demonstrated re-
Gently in Oak Park, a suburb of Chi
cago. Many robberies resulted in an
addition TO the police force of two
bloodhounds. Tests were made of the
dogs ability to follow trails, and all
proved successful until the person
making the trail tool an oiled street.
The scent was Immediately lost, &C
cording to the police, and the dogs
were unable to pick it up again.
Before a man gets all he wants in this
world the undertaken gets all except
his money, and some of that.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
4 MoTRE DAME LADY's APPEAL.

To all knowing sufferers of rheumatism
whether muscular or of the Joints, sciat-
lea. ~lumbagos. backache. pains I'm the Kid.
neys or neuralgia pains. to write to her
eddy cured all OF these t~ortures. She feels
IL her duty TO send IL to all sufferers
FREE. o. cuse yourself at home as
thousands will testify-no change OF eli
mate being necessary. This simple discov-
cry banishes uric acid from the blood
ioosens the stlffened joints, purihes the
blood. and brightens the eyes, giving elias
t!city and tone TO the whole system. III
n above Interests you. for proof address
MRS. NJ, Summers. Box = Notre Dame
nd.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
Knew What She Wanted.

From the Washington Star.
Two chummy sort of women went
into a cafe. The one who was treating
asked the other what she would have,
mentioning ham by way of suggestion.
Ham possessed no glamour for the
guest. Furthermore, she knew exactly
what she wanted.
mo meat for me! / never take any
thing for lunch but a cup Of coffee and
a bunion."
The waiter girl looked a bit startled,
but she returned with. coffee and cur
rant buns. 1t seemed to fill the bill.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17

RESTORES LOST POWERS. A weak
man is Ike a clock run down. MUNYON'S
VITALIZER will wind him UP and make
him go. IL you are nervous. II you are
irritable, II you lack confidence In your
self, II you do not feel your full manly
yigor, begin on this remedy at once. There
are us yfTALIZER tablets In one bottles
every tablet is full of vital power. Don't
spend another dollar on quack doctors OF
harmful drugs. Begin on MUNYON'S
VITALIZER at once, and you will begin
to feel the vitaliZing effect OF this remedy
Munyon, 53rd and Jefferson, Phila, Pa.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
A Hard Pull.

Next morning we went back to the
slough and dragged home the other
deer, but it was a heavy burden. The
excitement of the chase had passed
away as though II had been 2 dream
OF the night, leaving no enthusing sub
stance for waking hours. There was
no defiance in it such rs characterized
the contention with the intentional
usurpers of our game. 1t was just a
deer dragging behind us that would
furnish so much meat There was no
romance to make the burden light. We
had learned to fight for our rights and
do the deeds of mighty hunters and
this dragging of a frozen deer over a
bleak prairie was like leaving a Fourth
OF July celebration TO cultivate corn
with a walking pillow.
Gee, but this would be. great wealth
er to hunt deer"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
Victory Sad Enough.

From Lipplncotts Magazine.
In a corridor OF one of the University OF
Texas buildings there is a large replica OF
THE Winged Victory A waggishly in
clined student observed the headiess, arm
less. f~ootless statue, and wrote under.
meath:
God pity Defeat"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
Bows Stand Fast.

Fear and anger and the brutal in
stinct of murder was born in the hearts
of three boys who were tired out and
almost starving but didn't know 1t. If
they had been at home they would
have asked their fathers to avenge
such injustice. but they had to appeal
to their leader and he took the place
of father and made good. He stepped
back a few PAGES from the youths n
said:
Boys, the governor of Dakota ter
ritory couldn't get that deer under
such circumstances, and 1T wouldn't
pay any one else to try. We are going
to take that deer home if we have to
leave five dead men in that pit Then,
turning to the men who were claiming
the fruits OF our exertion, he said:
Tho first man who makes a move to
take the prize from these boys will be
shot dead and the next one who inter-
feres will follow him.
"Om came murders and rope belts, for
we could afford no other kind, and
down into the pit we tumbled. Fasten-
ing these improvised chains about the
neck of the deer we clambered out n
defiantly drew him forth and away
across the snow. while the Scandina-
vians stOod sullenly watching the dis
appearing caValcade and lone guards
man bringing up the rear. We were too
tired to make a slight detour to find
the deer killed in the earlier part OF
the day, but trudged home long after
dark with our prize, prouder of the
deed through which ii was secured
tina of that other fact that we had
supplied a new variety of meat for the
little n~eighborhood.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
Diversion Welcomed.

"At first the antelope were regarded
as some folk regard doves, as messen-
gers of other things to happen, Inc as
there was not much happening among
the ~snowdrifts on the prairies, most any
kind of diversion was welcome. But
when the bowling, hungry wolves drove
the lamb-faced gazelles almost within
a stones throw of the settlers cabins,
as though civilization would protect the
objects it had doomed, it vas borne in
upon the minds of those who saw the
wild prairie beauties gathered in the
dusk or moonlight in close order, feed
ing upon the tassels of the bulb grass,
that they, like their p~ursuers, were pur-
sued also by hunger.
Yet, the savage instinct of ciViliZa-
ton could not long protect them. When
a neighbor's dog, half hound, half ter
rier, gave chase one bright morning
and caught an antelope by the ham and
bore ii to the snow crust, then spring
ing to its head, let out it's life through
it's bleeding throat, two boys who were
having their first experience at pio-
neering, dragged 1t home and the little
neighborhood tasted meat for the first
time in possibly two months. Then the
white mans hunger drove off the
wolves, and hunting parties were linn
tied only by the endurance of the an
telope" dog to give chase, for no other
dog could be found hat would attack
one of the fawn-like animals, though
there were several IN the neighboThood
that fought and bested the wolves.
There was no more meat hunger in the
settlement that winter, and, except for
an occasional straggler there were no
more antelope in the territory east of
the Jim river when winter ended.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17

DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated. tiny granules. Easy to take
as candy.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17

Women who choos dogs instead of
children for pets are not the ones who
are injured bv the association.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17

The man who buys an exceptionally
fine umbrella is really an accessory be-
fore the theft.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17

IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANYTHING
better for sideache, backaches or stitches than
Perry Davis Painkiller- Get the larse @=c, x "a ITO
cheapest. AZ all druggists, &c, ac and SOC bottles.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17

The first man who returns from Mars
should remember the polar controversy
and play the part of g deaf mute.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17

The resolutions made the morning
after are better than another night like
the night before, but that is just about
all -.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17

The small boy can usually be Induced
to go to bed promptly If he is permitted
to sit up another hour.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17

Doctors formerly bled patients for
their ailments. but now they bleed them
for all there is In 1t.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17

When g man who believes In bad
luck succeeds, he gives himself credit
for it.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17

WE PAY II-13C FOR COW HIDES.
Furs are also very high. We sell traps
cheap. Ship TO and buy of the old reliable
~. ". Hid & Fur Co, Minneapolis, Mimi.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
One Shot Does It.

But, deer? Three of them wandering
down from no one knew where; per-
haps from the Devils lake country, well
up toward the Canadian line, were
sighted one morning in a lake bed or
slough, and the one field worthy rifle,
with its few cartridges boarded for
some special occasion, was made ready
to do execution, and three of us neigh
Dor boys with an older leader went
forth for our first deer hunt. Locating
our quarry, a descent was made from
three directions, while our leader with
the rifle was hidden back of a sno
bank in a defile or outlet from the
slough. AS the deer dashed past him
enc vas laid low by an accurate shot
and not only the biggest game of the
season." but the biggest eve in our ex-
perience, became the subject of our ex-
ultation and admiration. The other two
deer started at one for shelter which
could be found II miles away in the
fringe Of willows along the Big Sioux
river. Worried by the dogs, the deer
became separated and n was lost to
view, but the amateur hunters, four
with one CUR and two dogs, gave chase.
Chase Over Snow.
And what a chase, over prairie en-
crusted snow supporting the weight
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-17
Over Snow.

And what a chase over prairie en-
crusted now supporting the weight
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-03-01

come 10 every joliet SOOI1CI VI IdCCI.
Then, on the other hand, those who
become producers from the soil in any
of the many lines open to the country
dweller, may reasonably expect to gather
about them pleasant possessions of their
very own, gradually rising from proverty
to competence, and living meanwhile IN
comfort and plenty, free from the ruin
Gus fluctuations of trade or commerce.
The difference in the two conditions is
based on the fact that the immense class
of non producing consumers is entirely
dependent on the producing class, while
the latter is almost entirely independ-
ent of the non producers. The one pays
money for the roof over his head, and
for everything he eats. The other owns
his home and raises almost everything
found on his table, and in lavish abund
ance, while that which he does not raise
he can obtain in exchange for that which
he does The thrifty farmer has little
need of actual cash for household ex-
penses It is the tiller Of the soil who
administers to the needs of the other
men, and in doing so becomes free and
happy in his pure, healthful every day
life.
This being true even of the producer
of the frozen North who has short grow
ing seasons and late and early frost to
contend with, how mcuh more is it true
of genial Florida, with her sunny skies,
warm soil and her growing season of all
the year round? All the year round, for
there is no season, not a single month,
in which something is not living and
growing from one end of the State to
fhn 9th Ac T hox o1r cosI
and I had been looking longingly to-
years past, and had been studying it up
i'll all of it's moods and lenses from
the honest pages of it's leading farming
that we were fairly posted as to what
could and could not be raised there to
profit. And now that we had at last
overcome our oldtime inertia, or had
it knocked out of us, more correctly
speaking, [ wrote for advice to it's then
owner and editor, Colonel Codrington,
asking his opinion as to the best loca-
tion. Herewith is the courteous answer
[ received:
eff you are willing to work, Florida
holds out rare inducements and hearty
encouragement. If you are not indus
trious and persevering, don't come here
at all. We want grave and thrifty pio-
neer spirits, conquerors of the forest and
tillers of the soil and growers of fruit,
for Florida's splendid climate makes her
essentially an agricultural State Her
wealth lies hidden in her SOIL
"Men who are not afraid of work. who
do not expect to sit down and see gold
dropping into their laps, will win
competence, and live in peace and com
fort while working up to it. Florida's
soils (there are many varieties here).
are wonderfully responsive to proper
treatment; her climate is kindly, and the
intelligent worker will be repaid in exact
measure with the faithfulness and wis
dom of his work.
1.-The shiftless and the sluggard will
fail here as elsewhere; energy and in
dustry will be richly rewarded. r. Is