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Cant | ride him down."

Cant | ride him down."
1T would be pretty rough riding"
"Oh, Jim goes anywhere" she said,
with her attractive indifference to sit
uations. IF you don't mind helping
me mount"
with pleasure"
She stood waiting for his hand and
McCloud stood, not knowing just what
to do. She glanced at him expectant-
ly. The sun grew intensely hot.
you will have to show me how"
he stammered at last.
Don't you know"
He mentally cursed the technical
education that left him helpless at
such a moment. but it was useless to
pretend. Frankly, | don't"
Just give me your hand. Oh not
in that way! But never mind, I'll
walk" she suggested, catching up her
skirt
The rocks will cut your boots all
to pieces. Suppose you tell me what
to do this once" he said, assuming
some confidence. 'Tll never forget"
why, II you will Just give me your
hand for my foot, / can manage, you
know"
He did not know, but she lifted her
skirt graciously. and her crushed boot
rested easily for a moment in his
hand. She rose in the air above him
before he could well comprehend. He
felt the quick spring from his sup
porting hand, and it was an instant of
exhilaration. Then she balanced her
self with flushed laugh in the sad
die, and he guided her ahead among
the loose rocks, the horse nosing at
his elbow as they picked their way.
Crossing the track. they gained bet
ter ground. AS they reached the
switch and passed a box car, Jim
SHE'D, and Dicksie spoke sharply to
him. McCloud turned.
In the shade of the car lay the
tramp. es -
That man lying there frightened
him." explained Dicksie. oh" she
exclaimed. suddenly. "he has been
hurt" She turned away her head. rs
that the man who was in the wreck"
Yes"
do something for him. He must
be sunering terribly.
"The men gave MIN some water
awhile ago. and when we moved him
into the shade We thought he was
dead"
He isn't dead yeti" Dicksie's face,
still averted, had grown white. II
saw him move. Can't you do some
thing for him."
She reined up at a little distance.
McCloud bent over the man a mo-
ment and spoke to him. When he rose
he called to the men on the track.
You are right" he said. rejoining
Dicksie; he is very much alive. His
name is Wickwire; he is a cowboy"
"A cowboy!"
"A tramp cowboy"
What can you do with him.
"Tu have the men put him in the
caboose and send him to Barnhardt's
hospital at Medicine Bend when the
engine comes back. He may live yet.
II he does, he can thank you for it,"
Gilpin observer., 1909-06-24

flagman over. Tell Whitmyer we will
stay at Cold Springs tonight"
Il thought you were going through
to Medicine Bend" suggested Smith
as the trainman disappeared.
"McCloud," repeated Bucks. taking
up his cigar and throwing back his
head in a cloud of smoke.
Yes" assented his companion;
but l am going through to Medicine
Bend. Mr.. Bucks"
DO"
How am to do it?"
Take the car and send 1t back to-
morrow on Number Three"
Thank you, If you won't need 1t to-.
night"
81 sha'n't. I am going to stay at
Cold Springs tonight and hunt up Nc
Cloud"
But that man is in bed in a very
bad way; you can't see him. He is
going to die
NO. he isn't. I am going to hunt
MIN up and have him taken care Of"
Ten weeks later McCloud was sent
from Medicine Bend up on the Short
Line as trainmaster, and on the Short
Line he learned railroading.
That's how / came here" said
George McCloud to Farrell Kennedy a
long time afterward. at Medicine
Bend. II had shriveled and starved
three years out there In the desert.
lived with those cattle underground
till had forgotten my own people,
my own name, my own face-and
Bucks came along one day with whis.
pering Smith and dragged me out Of
my coffin. They had It ordered. and
1t being a small size and 'onhandy,' as
the undertaken said, l paid for 1t and
told him to store It for me. Well, do
you think ever could forget either
Of those men. Farrell?"
In all the group of young men then
on the mountain division. obscure and
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them and hang him. They had chosen
a time when McCloud, the assistant
superintendent of the mine, was down
with mountain fever. 1t was he who
had put the Italians into the mine.
He had already defended them from
injury. and would be likely, It was
known, to do so again II he were able.
On this day a mob had been chasing
the dagos, and had at length captured
one. They were running him down
the street to telegraph pole when
the assistant superintendent appeared
in scant attire and stopped them.
Taking advantage of the momentary
confusion. he hustled their victim into
the only place of refuge at hand. a
billiard hall. The mob rushed the
hall. In the farthest corner the up-
lucky Italian, bleeding like a bullock
and insane with fright, knelt, clinging
to McCloud's shaky knees. In trying
to make the back door the two had
been cut off, and the sick boss had
got into corner behind a pool table
to make his stand. In his pocket he
had pistol, knowing that to use 1t
h'Sohs uNoeh ~ dS Wcll us 10 tHe
wretch he was trying to save. Fifty
men were yelling in the room. They
had rope, hatchets, sprinkling of
guns, and whisky enough to burn the
town, and in the corner behind a pool
table stood the mining boss with
mountain fever. the dago and broken
billiard cue.
Bucks took the cigar from his
mouth, leaned forward In his chair,
and stretched his heavy chin out of
his neck as II the situation now
promised a story. The leader, Smith
continued, was the mine blacksmith.
strappins Welshman, from whom
McCloud had taken the Italian In the
street The blacksmith had q revol.
yer. and was crazy with liquor. Nc
Cloud singled him out In the crowd,
pointed finger at him, got the atten.
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tion OF the men, and lashed him across
the table with his tongue until the
blacksmith opened fire on him with
his revolver, McCloud all the while
shaking his finger at him and abusing
him like pickpocket. THE crowd
couldn't believe it's eyes," Gordon
Smith concluded, and McCloud was
pushing for the blacksmith with hts
cue. when Kennedy and l squirmed
through to the front and relieved the
tension. McCloud wasn't hit"
What is that mining mans name%
asked Bucks, reaching for a message
clip.
''McCloud"
First name?" continued Bucks,
mechanically.
George"
Bucks looked at his companion in
surprise. Then he spoke, and a feel
ing of reimbursement was reflected in
his words. George McCloud," he
echoed. Did you say George? Why,
1 must know that man. turned him
down once for a job. He looked SO
peaceable l thought he was too soft
for us" The president laid down his
cigar with a gesture of disgust "And
yet there really are people along this
line that think I'm clever l haven't
judgment enough to operate a trolley
car. It's shame to take the money
they give me for running this system,
Gordon. Hanged If | didn't think that
fellow was too soft" He called the
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COorif/GHT 1905 By CH>HS SCfHS1leP5 tSoWS

, rot out of the brother. Yes, I've
,alked with him. He can't do anything
but figure elevations, and, by heaven
We can't feed our own engineers here
now" So George found himself
stranded in the mountains.
Morris Blood was cut up over it, but
George McCloud took it quietly. I'm
no worse off here than | was back
there, Morris" Blood, at that, plucked
up courage to ask George to take a
job in the Cold Springs mines, and
George jumped at it. 1t was impos-
sible to get a white man to live at
Cold Springs after he could save
money enough to get away, SO George
was welcomed as assistant superin-
tendent at the Number Eight mine,
with no salary to speak of and all the
work.
One day, coming down special"
from Bear Dance, Gordon Smith, who
bore the nickname Whispering Smith,
rode with President Bucks in the
privacy of his car. The day had been
long, and the alkali lay light on the
desert. The business in hand had
Deen canvassed, and the troubles put
aside for chicken. coffee and cigars,
when Smith. who did not smoke, told
the story of something he had seen
the day before at Cold Springs that
pleased him.
The men in the Number Eight mine
had determined to get rid of some
Italians. and after a good deal of
rowing had started in to catch one of
Gilpin observer., 1909-06-24
CHAPTER v.
The CRAWLING Stone.

The valley Of Crawling Stone river
marked for more than a decade the
dead line between the overland route
of the white man and the last country
OF the Sioux. 1t was long after IN.
building OF the first line before even
an engineers reconnaissance was
made In the Crawling Stone country
Then, within ten years. three surveys
were made. two on the nsSth side Of
Gilpin observer., 1909-06-24
Unsympathetlc.

Mrs. Malaprop-Young Sharp win
have to apologize before I'll speak to
him again.
Miss Interest-Did he insult you?
Mrs. Malaprop-Did he? The last
time l met him ! told him that my
uncle. Lord de Style. had locomo.
tive atacksia. and he had the impu-
dence to ask II he "whistled at cross
ings." He's an unsympatheto hsutA
Gilpin observer., 1909-06-24
SYNOPSIS.

Murray Sinclair and his gang of wreck
ers were called out to clear the railroad
tracks at Smoky Creek. McCloud,
young road superintendent caught Sin
clair and his men in the act of looting
the wrecked train. Sinclair pleaded in
nocence, declaring 1t only amounted to
small sum-a treat for the men. McCloud
discharged the whole outfit and ordered
the wreckage burned. McCloud became
of the west who came to look at the
wreck,
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-23

of the Irresistible march Of the gray SAND
dunes from the shore of the Bay Of Biscay TO-
ward the heart of the most productive land
in Europe The description was embodied IN
a consuls report and 1t was SO utterly diferent
from the descriptions written by most consuis'
or by their clerks, as is more often the case
that the readers eye and mind went on won
dering, with curiosity held in check until the
signature should come at the very end. The
thought was that here was consul or clerk
who should be writing books instead OF COM
mercial pamphlets intended for the eye OF the
few. The story-this official communication
ia n story and nothing ese-leads to the maj
planting of the pines under the direction 0.
Nanoieon-pines which saved the fields OF
France.
wherever the foot of the sand dune rested
there was hopeless blight. little wiry grass
grew in the shadow of the heather and gorse:
on which the sheep browsed under the eyes o.
solemn.faced shepherds perched on stills ana
knitting as they watched. on and on crept tne
nhalanx Of the terrible dunes, slowly put surey
hIighting all in their path, not only creauns .
desert hut destroying hope. AS long as the
Winds blew from the west the dunes marcheo
e, tho east: the desert fires ravaged the inter
veninr spaces; fiocks grew fewer, the desoia-
zion more extreme In the heart OF sunny
Rance desert was established, ever increas-
- ! IN extent and threatening to stretch across
~ fairest fields the aridness OF the sansls
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e1os s was appreciated by thousands of their
'''an countrymen.
M " .he other consuls abroad, men who
I ed ~ ~ pre'ense to literary ability, have
n,a.,, nun Time to time trade reports that
ertro etesque in their nature and written
osn. A'eme cleverness. Not long ago the gov
! Iphe, uec'aed to issue in form between
ous ana a magazine the Daily Consular
,an n As the editor of the publication a
annn'. o'I"spaper man, Maj. John M. Carson,
tbn.ed tbn ha With his training he saw to 1t
NJ n uest or the material received from the
|uccsssa as gwen a place of prominence, and
hblcst,ou IN making of the consular reports
a'i0h m of real interest.
|reno,, e.ords e Of the department there is
Close ,,. .nlch from the first paragraph holds
Iotbsr attention s of the reader 1t was read
l,s, ~ aay by one who did not know until
Iort ,e IN q. was reached whose hand had been.
bmeth,,.' .'s writing. The thought was, here
e.nihg worth while.
lion ~ y, u the article was simply "Refor.
ed M, france" and the first few. lines
"Cna ~, VI interest. Then the eye reached
NJ hv IA aiter another great waves Of sand,
Atlan,,sa ae restless winds that swept across
tha ~, continued their unceasing march
su ha,a hr plains of southern France, bury
hous.e them-flelds, meadows, vine
tbsr. churches, even villages-leav
hs - only gray bfllows, to which chung
oracken, few starved bushes Of
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-23

The official document then tells us in the
words of its contributor how France was saved
by the adoption Of the idea of Bremontier. one
of the sons of the seemingly doomed region.
The seeds Of the pine, the pin maritime of
the French, were gathered and sprouted care
fully and the young trees were planted in
places where the moving sands did not over
whelm them until their tough roots had taken
a firm hold, their wiry leaves which loved the
briny spume, would offer no resistance to the
wind, and, falling about their roots, would give
shelter and nutriment until forest grew which
would hold the sands in check and save the
threatened interior from desolation."
II was Napoleon who seized upon the idea
of Bremontier. His vision penetrated the
centuries and he saw the march of the deadly
dunes arrested and the desert they had created
made to blossom like the rose"
The consul tells us that after century has
passed the statue of Bremontier looks down
one of the great burrows which lie between the
dunes he showed how to conquer. To-
day, as we are told. "the dark squad
rons of the pin maritime are posted ON
thousands of sandy slopes, faithful guardians
in the shelter of which the vineyards and wheat
fields rest secure The gray dunes which were
sweeping over the land have become serried
fortresses which shelter civilization and pros
perity."
At least one real live item was contributed
not long ago by G. Bic Ravndal, United States
consul at Beirut, Syria, to the pages of the
consular reports. When this was put into the
publication II is probable that the editor.in-
chief was on vacation. Otherwise the Beirut
consuls tale would have been put on the first
page instead of being sandwiched in between
Rubber Cultivation" and Commercial Fail
ure in Germany"
According to the consular report Pasha Alb
dull Rahman at one time imported into Damas-
Gus hoosier steam threshing machine through
the agency Of q, gentleman named Michel Ef-
fendi Nasser of Beirut. It is the belief Of Con-
sui Ravndal that the Indiana thresher will rout
the Dedouins Of the desert, and he leads up
to this climax with q picturesque recital Of the
facts attending the arrival Of the machine and
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-23

its subsequent career. His tale of the thresh-
er follows:
Its triumphal march through Damascus
stirred the White City of the East from center
to circumference. On its way into the country
it broke down bridges innumerable, but pulled
itself out of the creek beds beautifully, and 1t
had the honor of being started on its pioneer
career in the presence of the governor-general
of the province, the field marshal in command
Of the Fifth army corps and many other gen.
tlemen of high station in Ottoman civil and
military life. With its self-feeder, automatic
bagger. straw bruiser. ETC., it is marvel of in
genuity, and its service to this country in blaz-
ing the way for labor.saving machinery, with
its accompanying amelioration of industrial and
social conditions in region east OF Mount
Hermon, where people live and work as did
their forefathers when Abraham crossed their
pastures with his Chaldean iocks, is beyond
estimation. In the Hauran to-day thousands
of acres are lying idle; they are likely now to
be reclaimed, and the predatory Bedouin tribes
who infest the country will have to retire be-
fore the new order Of things"
Consular positions do not pay large sums Of
money, but the life Is in many respects an A.
tractive one and there are always many ap-
plicants for any vacancies which may exist.
It is virtually necessity that the person who
desires a place in the consular service shall be
able to speak at least two modern languages;
that Is, one in addition to English. While the
examinations are not supposed to be hard some
men who have been through college with credit
in their studies have failed to answer properly
enough Of the questions put to them to give
them q hold on the service.
At times the United States consuls have
dangers to encounter It was exceedingly un-
pleasant in Spain for some Of Uncle Sans
representatives during the months Just prior
to the beginning of actual hostilities at Manila
bay. In Chill and in Turkey within q compare
lively short time the consuls have had occasion
to put up brave front against the populaoe
and to show the stun that they were made OF
Fresh In the memory Of everybody II the awful
time which the belsaguered legations had with
In ths walls Of "ths forbidden city IN China
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Special Round Trip Homeseekers
Rates to New Mexico and Texas.

On the first and third Tuesdays of
each month. during the entire year.
the Colorado & Southern Railway will
sell round trip Homeseekers' tickets
to a great many points in New Mexico
and Texas at one fare plus $500 for
the round trip. Final limit twenty-five
days. allowing liberal stop-over privil-
eges. For detailed information. rates.
ETC.. call on the Colorado & Southern
agent. or address T. E. Fisher. General
Passenger Agent, Denver. Colorado.
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-23
Common to fair ......... .3.00@3.75
Sheep.
Good hogs
Sheep.
Grain.

Wheat, choice milling. per 100 lbs.
si2o. Rye. Colorado. bulk. per 100 lbs.
$40. Oats. bulk Idaho No. 2. white.
$1.s5: same in sacks. s2.05; Nebraska.
oats. sacked. $3.50 Corn in bulk. $1.2s:
in sacks. $1.S4: corn chop. sacked. $1.35.
Bran. Colorado. per 100 lbs. $1.35.
Rolled oats. cwt.. $1.7s. Flaked barley.
owt.. $1.58.
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-23
Hay

Upland, per ton. $3.50 a 1850: second
bottom, $12.50 a 1850; timothy. $4,000
1900; ALFALFA, $125O@13.5O; straw,
96.00@7.50: South Park wire grass.
$4,000 21.00.
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-23
DENVER DIRECTORY

BROWN PALACE HOTEL fscslStsist fs;.lstsst
European Plan. 81 so and Ipw ard.
pnu 4 IflnK Dealer In all kinds of MEK-
Dun u lVUk' CMASDIsE. Mammoth Ssia-
log mailed free. Cor, 18th and Blake. Denver.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-11-06

Mr.. George B. Lyons and Miss
Bess V. Bradley were married
Wednesday afternoon at the res
idence of the brides parents
eight miles southeast of Lexing-
ton, Rev. S. F. Shiffler officiat-
ing. The attendants were Miss
Sallie Bradley, sister of the brides
and DR.. j. E. Lyons of Higgins
vile, brother of the groom,
The wedding was simple and
quiet, only about forty of the
most intimate friends and rela-
tives being present. The bride wa
beautiful in her wedding dress of
white net.
This union brings together two
Of the county's most prominent
families. Mr.. Lyons is a son of
James Lyons and a brother OF
Charles Lyons of this city. He is
a young man of the finest char
acter and full of industry. He is
engaged in farming and is known
as one of the most successful far
mers in this section. His bride is
a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Jack
son Bradley and is possessed OF
the accomplishments and graceS
which fit her to make a happy
home for the fortunate man OF
her choice.
After the ceremony congratula-
tons and best wishes were extend
ed to the newly married couple
by the assembled guests Refresh
ments consisted of ice cream and
two kinds of cake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyons drove tc
Higginsville and boarded The 3:45
train for Kansas City. The bride
wore a travelling suit of gray will
a black hat. In about ten days
they will be at home on the
farm Of Mr.. Lyons.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-11-06

The nine cent roofing sale OF
j. r. Moorehead was a success
in every particular. The amount
of the sale was fully up to expect
atiOns and for the first time the
people, generally, appear to APP
preciate how much cheaper a
roofing such as he offered is
than any other to be had of sim
liar character or kind. Don't for
get that | have the sole agency
for this brand of roofing
"Weatherproof, and that you
cannot get it any other place.
You can buy roofing but can
get the same quality for the same
price. The price of this class of
roofing has been brought down to
that level at which no one who
has anything to protect from the
weather can afford not to try
it if not tried before and to buy
it again if they have ever used
it. He has a good stock left and
is still offering it at lower prices
than it has ever been sold for in
Lexington and will continue to
do so. Remember you cannot buy
"Weatherproof" any where else
and that it is a heavier and
superior grade Of roofing than
any to be had. If you did not get
in on the mine cent sale come
in and get his prices. They are
very little above the sale price
and you cannot afford to miss
getting a superior article at ex-
cursion rates.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-11-06

Ond to Higginsville. Everyone
who was asked gave hberrlly and
it is certainly a very worthy
cause,
We had the pleasure recently
Of hearing a letter read from
Prof. Dit now Isl w. D. Harwood
who is Principal of the High
school at New Florence, No. II
was written to his parents DR..
and Mrs. w. G. HarwcOd, and
was indeed a beautiful letter, full
of love and appreciation FOR all
they had done for him of his
striving to attain success IN the
educational world etc. Willie,
as he is best known here, is a boy
of great possibilities one of the
brightest young men ever reared
to manhood in Dover and it is
but natural that his parents and
friends here feel justly proud of
his success.
An event of more than passing
notice occurred here Sunday,
when the body OF Mrs. Susan U.s.
tic was brought from Bowling
Green to be buried in the Dover
cemetery. Mrs. Ustic live here
many years ago and is remember
ed by the older residents as the
mother of Thomas UStic, Mrs. Ma
ny Thistle and Mrs. w. Y. East
wood, all of whom died several
years ago. Her surviving children
are Mrs. Riley Music of ST. Louis,
Mrs. Elizabeth Mckinney of Mo
berlyand Mrs. Alice Davis of Bow.
ling Green, at whose home she
died. The three daughters ac-
companied the remains; also W.
7. Eastwood of Oak Grove and
Lake Henry of Kansas City. The
funeral was preached at the Meth
odist church by Rev. T NJ. Cobb
of Lexington. The pail bearers
were j. Q. Plattenburg and Jesse
Groves of Lexington, Martin Oil
yer, S. E. Vaughan, DR.. w. G..
Harwood and James Dinwiddie.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-11-06
Papersd House.

Suffering CATS" said the dramatic
critic to a fellow-worker, during the
second act of the muehly-boosted play,
why, that STACEY star doesn't do a
thing but play to the gallery" shows
his gratitude" chuckled the other;
the gods are the only persons prest
ent that paid to get in!"-Illustrated
Sunday Magazine.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-11-06
Just a slioht Mistake.

The story is an old one Of the party
Of tired travellers who entered a house
decorated by a peculiar sign and de-
manded oysters. This is not a res
%taurant," said the courteous gentle
man who met them; 81 am an aurist."
Isn't that an oyster hung outside the
dcor?" asked one. "No, gentlemen. It
is an ear"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-11-06
Real Rstate Transfers.

]. a. Poole to Loais Welt
kamp lot, consideration $500.
c. f. Christensen to L. A.
Christensen land, consideration
$1,000.
w. NJ. Shelton To r. l. Berry
land, consideration 500.
f. J. RoSt to August KresSe
land, consideration $1,000.
ID. ]. ChriSty to F. E. bought
ct al land, consideration $3.50
Henry Buddemeyer to c. c.
Kehr land, consideration $4,000.
J. W. Burnside to G. H.
Phillips lot, consideration 500.
B. H. Suling to j. w. Burn
side lot. consideration Sl.00.
Henry Tebbencamp to F. b
Biesmeyer land, consideration
$3.50.
j. r. Chinn to Chas. Stoll lot,
consideration $1,000.
E. B. Spore to D. w. Busse
lot, consideration S1.00.
S. E. Vaughan to Lee Combs
lot, consideration Sl25.