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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-08-18

Dunnin5 strobe toward him. I'm
a shipper on this line; when it suits
me to criticise you or your methods,
or anybody else's, l expect to do so,'
he retorted in high tones.
"But you cannot tell me how to run
my Eusiness!" Numbered McCloud,
leaning over the table in front of him
AS the two men glared at each 9th
er Rooney Lee opened the door. His
surprise at the situation amounted to
CONSERVATION. He sHuff1ed to the cor
ner of the room, and while McCloud
and Dunning engaged holly again,
Rooney, from the corner, threw a shot
Of his own into the quarrel. ION
tlmei" he roared.
The angry men turned. whats
on timer" asked McC2oud, CURLY.
Number One; she's in and chang
ing engines. l told them you were go
ing west" declared Rooney in so deep
tones that his fiction would never
have been suspected.
Dunning, to emphasize, without a
further word, his disgust for the stu
alton and his contempt for the man
agement, tore into scraps the pass
that had been given him, threw the
scraps on the floor, took cigar from
his pocket and lighted it; insolence
could do no more.
McCloud looked over at the dis
patcher. mo, I an not going west,
Rooney. But if you will be good
enough to stay here and find out from
this man just how this railroad ought
to be run, l will go to bed. He can
tell you; the microbe seems to be
working in his mind right now" said
McCloud, slamming down the roll-tOp
of his desk And with Lance Dunning
glaring at him, somewhat speeches.,
he put on his hat and walked out of
the room.
1t was but one of many disagreeable
incidents due to the loss of the bridge.
Complications arising from the tie-up
followed him at every turn. 1t seemed
as if he could not get away from trou-
BILE following trouble. After 40 hours
further of toll, relieved by four hours
of sleep, McCloud found himself, rath-
er dead than alive, back at Medicine
Bend and in the little dining room at
Marion's. Coming in at the cottage
door on Fort street, he dropped into
a chair. The cottage rooms were
empty. He heard Marions voice in
the front shop; she was engaged with
a customer. Putting his head on the
table to wait a moment, nature as
serted itself and McCloud fell asleep.
He woke hearing a voice that he had
heard in dreams. Perhaps no other
voice could have wakened him, for he
slept for few minutes a death-like
sleep. At all events, Dicksie Dunning
was in the front room and McCloud
heard her. She was talking with
Marion about the burning of Smoky
Creek bridge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-08-18

far-away convent-her father had
planned verything-where in many
tears she learned that there were 9th
er things in the world besides cattle
and mountains and sunshine and tall
broad-hatted horsemen to swing from
their stirrups and pick her hat from
the ground-just to see little Dicksie
laugh-when they swooped past the
house to the corrals. When she came
back from Kentucky, her grandmother
dead and her schooldays finished, all
the land she could see in the valley
was hers, and all the living creatures
in the fields. 1t. seemed perfectly
natural, because since childhood even
the distant mountains and their SHOWS
had been Dicksie's.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-08-18
CHAPTER v.
The Crawling Stone.

nc NIdWHn9 0IOttSs
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 the
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 north side of
the river and one on the south side
by interests seeking a coast outlet
Three reports made in this way gave
varying estimates of the expense of
putting aline up the valley, but the three
conceded in this, that the cost would
be prohibitive. Engineers of reputa-
ton had in this respect agreed, but
Glover, who looked after such work
for Bucks, remained unconvinced, and
before McCloud was put into the OPP
Grating department on the Shors Line
he was asked by Glover to run pre-
liminary up Crawling Stone valley.
Before the date of his report the con-
illusions reached by other engineers
had stood unchallenged.
The valley was not unknown to
McCloud. His first year in the noun
tains, in which, fitted as thoroughly
as he could fit himself for his profess
sion, he had come west and found him
self unable to get work, had been
spent hunting, fishing. and wandering,
often cold and often hungry, in the
upper Crawling Stone country. The
valley in itself offers to a construc-
zionist no insuperable obstacles; the
difficulty is presented in the canyon
where the river bursts through the
Elbow mountains. South of this can
yon, McCloud, one day on a hunting
trip, found himself with two Indians
pocketed in the rough country, and
was planning how to escape passing a
night away from camp when his COM
panions led him past a vertical wall
of rock 1000 feet high. split into a
marrow defile down which they rode,
as 1t bEoadened out, for miles. They
emerged upon an open country that
led without a break into the valley of
the Crawling Stone below the canyon.
Afterward, when he had become q rail
road man, McCloud, sitting at q camp
fire with Glover and Morris Blood,
heard them discussing the coveted and
impossible line up the valley. He had
been taken into the circle Of construc-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-08-18

They laughed as they bantered.
Marion Sinclair wore gold spectacles,
but they did not hide the delightful
good-nature in her eyes. On the third
finger of her slender left hand she
wore, too, a gold band that explained
the gray in her hair at &c.
This was the wife of Murray Sim
scIair, whom ne had brought to the
mountains from her far-away Wiscon-
'sin home. Within a year he had
broken her heart so far as it lay in
him to do it, but he could not break
her charm nor her spirit. She was too
proud to go back, when forced to
leave him, and had set about earning
her own living in the country to which
she had come as bride. She put On
spectacles, she mutilated her heavy
brown hair and to escape notice and
secure the obscurity that she craved,
her name, Marion, became, over the
door Of her millinery shop and in her
business, only IN. Sinclair"
Cold Springs, where Sinclair had
first brought her when he had head
quarters there as foreman of bridges,
had proved a hopeless place for the
millinery business-at least, I'm the
way that Marion ran it. She could,
however, cook extraordinarily well,
and, with the aid of a servant-maid,
could always provide for a bOarder or
two-perhaps a railroad man or a
mine superintendent to whom she
could ssSEe meals, and who. like all
mountain men, were more than gener-
GUS in their accounting with women.
Among these standbys of hers was
McCloud. McCloud had always been
her friend, and when she left Cold
Springs and moved to Medicine Bend
to set up her little shop in Boney
street near Fort. she had lost him.
Yet, somehow, to compensate Marion
for other cruel things in the noun
tains, Providence seemed to raise up a
new friend for her wherever she went.
In Medicine Bend she did not know a
soul, but almost the first customer
that walked into her shop-and she
was a customer worth while-was
Dicksie Dunning of the Crawling
Stone.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-08-18
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Murray Sinclair and his
gang of wreckers were called out to clear
the railroad tracks at Smoky Creek.
CHAPTER II.-McCloud. a young road
superintendent, caught Sinclair and his
men in the act OF lootIng the wrecked
train. Sinclair pleaded innocence, declar-
ing it only amounted to a small sum-a
treat for the men. McClOud discharged
the whole outfit and ordered the wreck
age burned.
CHAPTER III.-McCloud became ac-
uuainted with Dicksie Dunning, a girl of
the west, who came to look at the wreck.
She gave him message for Sinclair.
CHAPTER IV.-"Whispering'' Gordon
Smith told President Bucks Of the rail-
road of McClOud's brave fight against
gang of craZed miners and that was the
reason for the superintendent appoint
Inent to his high office. McCloud ar
ranged to board at the boarding house
of Mrs. Sinclair, the eX-foremans desert
Id wife
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-08-18
Finish your din

cause it annoys me. Finish your din
ner, Mr.. McCloud."
THANK you, I'm done"
"But you haven't eaten anything.
Isn't your steak right?"
Its fine, but that maxwell, you
know how / like him and how he likes
me. I'll content myself with digesting
my temper"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Seeing Ourselves.

'sThe man who can pick out the best
picture Of himself is rare bird" said
a photographer. even an author, who
is reputedly poor judge Of his own
work, exercises vast wisdom in select
ing his best book compared with the
person who tries to choose his best pho
tograph. Every famous man or woman
who has been photographed repea tedly
has his favorite picture. Usually it is
the worst in the collection. It shows
him with an unnatural expression sit
ting or standing In an unnatural atti-
tude. The inability to judge of his
best picture must be due to the aver
age mans ignorance as to how he really
looks; or perhaps it can be partly at
tributed to desire to look other than
he does. A stout man will swear that
the photograph most nearly like him is
the one that makes him look thin; a
thin man the one that makes him look
stout; the solemn man selects the jol-
lest picture; the jovial man the most
cadaverous. President Roosevelt is
about the only man whose favorite pic
ture is the one most photographers
would pronounce the best, but then ex-
ceptional judgment on his part is ex-
pected all along the line"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Street Crowds I'm Caracas.

One Of the features of the city of
Caracus, Venezuela, that most STRONGLY
impresses foreigner is the rapidity
with which a crowd gathers in the
streets. This is best exemplified when
some Of the many wandering musicians,
In whom Caracas abounds, prepare to
give an impromptu open air concert.
Their first notes no sooner echo
through the neighborhood than there
gathers to listen a vast throng that al
most blocks up the thoroughfare. The
cobblers and all the other tenants of
the entries, having no doors to open
or stairs to descend, are on the spot
almost instanter. They eagerly drink
in the music, but at the same time
bear a wary eye upon the hats of the
musicians, and no sooner do they OBJ
serve the slightest indication that one
is about to be taken of for the pur-
pose Of taking up collection by pass
ing it around among the crowd than
they disappear even more quickly than
they came.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
BAGANDA MANNERS.

Neither manners nor clothes make
the man. Nevertheless, manners are
so vital part of conduct that by them
one can form some idea of character.
According to a writer in the Strand
Magazine, the Baganda. natives Of
Uganda, in East Africa, are, so far as
courtesy is concerned, the pink of per-
lection. Sir Harry Johnston has called
them "the japanese of Africa"
If you say good morning to stranger
on an English road, it is as like as
not that his surprise will throw him
into a posture OF self-defense; but
when two Baganda meet, they begin to
salute each other as they come within
ear-shot.
''How are you?" cries the one.
"Who am I that you should care to
known replies the other.
Humble though 1 be, yet I have
dared" rejoins the first.
But say first how are you?" contin.
ues the second.
1.-THE better for the honor you have
done me-" is the answer.
By this time they have already
passed each other, and there is only
time for Parthian affability.
1.-THE honor is mine and shall treas.
ure il" Then follows quavering Of
delicately modulated, long-drawn "a
a-a's!" of contentment and goodwill.
which gradually die away in the dis
lance, leaving neither Of them the
worse circumstanced or the better in.
formed.
1 must add, for the readers caution,
that this dialogue is not an invariable
ritual. The phrases may be varied ad
infinitum to suit the occasion; but it
will suffice as an illustration Of these
roadside courtesies.
If you wish to make a Baganda per-
fectly happy, all you need to do is 10
say, "Way wally!'' which means sort
Of supremely earnest "Well done"
The moment this talismanic express
sion has left your lips, the native to
whom it is addressed will probably fai
on his knees, and clasping his two
hands together, will sway them from
side to side, as if he were playing
concertina, while all the time his 1ace
beams with most benignant and con'
pulsive smile, and he purrs, 40!
30! a-o!' as much as to say, MY
cup Of Joy is overfowing."
This action, as performed by tne
Baganda, involves no servillty. oneo
you are used to 1t, they do not seem u
lose at all in dignity. Only they Will
your heart.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Two Well Matched.

A summer visitor who was trying q
horse-the property Of New Halnp
shire farmer-with a view to puylns
him, noticed that after driving le"
miles the animal pulled very hard IT,
curing a firm hand and constan'
watching.
do you think this Is just the no' -
for a lady to driver" he inqulre''
doubtfully. 90.
WELL" answered the owner wiz
an air Of great candor, Il must Say
shouldn't really want to be the hu.
band Of the woman who could df''
that horse"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
GOOD THINGS TO EAT.

Baked Elephant, Roast Alligator or
Candied ViOlets q Splendid Meal.
A correspondent to the Times recent
ly mentioned that sparrow pudding was
an excellent dish, and that only igno-
rance or prejudice prevented us from
eating It,. Perhaps so. In any case,
many things are eaten in foreign coun-
tries which would seem to our readers
much more repellent than the cheeping,
perky sparrow.
Bears flesh is great delicacy in
Germany, and smoked bears tongue and
hams are much in demand there, but.
consequent on their rarity, they are
among the most expensive Injuries.
Lion flesh is very good eating, and
much in favor among the aborigines
and certain classes of Boer trekkers In
South Africa. In many parts of India
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
with the summer Girls.

With the Summer GIFTS.
Pearl-Are there many young men
down here, my dear?
Ruby-Very few. It Is game to
catch them.
Pearl-And what are the rules Of the
game?
Ruby-Why, "catch-as-catch-ca
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02

some sermons n
that they are not expected to hit onr
thing this side Of Kalamazoo-ors
they don't. u
The time to work for a revival is oil
the time. "''
The hoe and the ak can no,..
change places.
Singleness Of aim is certain 70 r,,.
the world it sets out to conquer
The man who is always thinkin, or.
will find thousand ways to snaaL :.
You can't blockade the way of tho
man who knows that God is with HIM
Unless a mans walk corresnoDa,
with his talk. the less he says tho hot
ter.
The man who tears leaf ont of hi,
Bible will soon throw away the who'll
book.
Everybody makes way for the man
who starts for the front as if he maon+
to get there.
Praising the Lord with the loud own
bal is all right, but it is well to know
how to use the soft pedal.
The main reason why some men
never get to be leaders in anything ia
because they haven't the courage to
stand alone.
Don't spend much time in looking at
your own tongue and feeling your own
pulse, unless you want to be an angel
prematurely.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Tape Worm.

Scald one pint of pumpkin seed; peel
off the outside shell and pound up the
kernels with enough sugar to make
them palatable. This should be taken
in three doses; the first in the MORN
ing, the second at noon and the third
just before going to bed. Nothing else
should be eaten through the day. After
each dose Of the seed take a large
tablespoonful of castor oil.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Tho Poor Milkman Again.

The Poor M1Ikman Again.
The milkman was boiling over with
Indignation.
"And you mean to say my milk don't
look right?" he snapped. "Why, lady,
this can Of milk is a picture"
"Ah, yes" laughed the keen house
wife. "a fine water color"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Cornerinx q Candidate.

81 shall insist on being under no " :,
ligation," said the candidate. i snai
make no promises whatever"
THAT is all we desire, saiu ~.
reform representative, genially. :"
want you to promise not to make an'
promises. "-Washingto Star.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02

York State, as long from north to south
as from st. Paul to New Orleans. It's
coastline is equal in distance from New
York to Chicago. It has produced over
100000, 900 worth Of gold
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02

'GNow," said the very young man,
.1et us take the average woman, for
example; She
But" interrupted the gentleman
with the missing hair, there is no aver
age woman. Every woman considers
herself above the average"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
soft Nothings.

Airship Maid Tin alarm)-Graciouss
Air Pilot-What's the trouble, miss :?
Airship Maid-Why, something soft
struck me on tn cheek.
Air Pilot-UA, don't worry. That
was only a wireless love message some
chap was sending to his girl.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
An Indixnity.

ST tell you, sir, kissing the hand that
smites you is nothing to what saw in
the hotel this morning"
"What was that?"
1.-THE porter backing the boots that
had kicked him last night"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
NOT = Popular TT

Not q Popular Type "A.
'Is the older sister considered sO0N
lookingY -
mo; she merely looks inteiilsen-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02

We imagine an awkward girl always
feels worse about it than an awkward
bou.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
Hiccough and It's Relief.

Hiccough is spasmodic or con-
vulsive affection Of the stomach and
midriff arising from any cause that ir-
ritates their nervous f1bers. 1t may
proceed from excess in eating or drink
ing, from slight hurt Of the stom-
ach or from Inflammation. A little
sweetened spirits Of camphor will re-
move this difficulty. Often a drink Of
cold water slipped slowly and holding
the breath the while will cure hic-
cough. 1t may also be relieved by any
sudden application of cold.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02

Ing, and that puts him on his mettle." r.
turned her friend, soothingly.
Really, Eva" Mabel said presently,
II never saw Anna look 50 WELL"
Miss Hardwick turned her long neck
superciliously, and regarded her sister
with surprise.
THAT must be Alison's doing" she said
with evident pleasure. 'Anna never did
her own hair, 1 am sure Of that" But
her handsome face clouded still more
when Missile proceeded to take her to
task.
"You ought to look after her little
more, Eva" said Missile. "You have so
much taste yourself you ought to help her
choose her dresses. should be ashamed
if my sister looked as dowdy as Anna gen.
orally does"
The rest of the afternoon passed like
happy dream to Anna. She played an
other game with Roger, who seemed bent
on having her for partner; and after
ward, when Alison had succeeded in shak-
ing off Captain Harper by infusing into
her manner fine degree of girlish hau-
teur and GOODNESS not easily to be mis-
taken, the three sat together, passing
kindly remarks on the rest of the COM
pany.
But the browning happiness of the af-
ternoon to Anna was when Missile adj
dressed her in the condescending manner
Of one who confers a benefit.
you have not been to see us lately"
she said, quite graciously. II have told
Eva that she must bring you sometimes
to talk to Alison" And after this Annals
cup Of joy seemed overlooking.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02

A fine manner |.
as much a real a..
set in life as .
bank account.
There is no SUI.
er way Of wastIn,
time than by Try.
ing to milk a div
cow.
The trouble with
A0fn0 Cav0o
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-02
RAMS HORN BLASTS

Warning Note Calling the w,.,
Repentance. t.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
THE PARTY sPLIT,-AND AFTER.

Prince Kuhio, seems bigger than his party i'll his ema-
ton Travelling about the island OF Hawaii company with John
Lane H. l. Hosen and Rev. s. l. Desa he announced place
reputation of the Republican governor and another he calmly
arranged reorganization party The circumstances of the
daon of the governor make apparently far than
split between Delegate Kuho and Governor Frear 1t will be
remembered that short time the and delegate with
other Republican leaders, held number of conferences the Capitol
building. The result agreement certain land policy
and session of the legislature out With the utmost
harmony carried At Kuo announced himself
Republican candidate for delegate and is certain that the party
leaders planned with unanmity to nominate him."
The question naturally arises How much of the party does kuo
rpudae along governor? Another question How far
the party generally willing submit the rule of this dcatoal
Big time might have been
this outbreak and much suitable companytor
ample the party leaders before the extra session called
impossible that Kuo and his have completely changed
their opinion of the since then simply on account OF
single alleged land opening having taken place That would be
quite beyond common sense
The explanation probably that his of Hawaii kuo ound
dissatisfaction with the land administration that he et
his salvation emphatCay repudate it. The
growth such dissatisfaction has been evident to for long
additional for the outbreak is not all unlikely
that object assuming the role of available man
governor would lead land policy This long ago
called attention way for rear distinguish
ed place on the bench position probably likes better than he does
that of governor candidate for governor would be
very sympahetcaly listened to by President Taft.
Perhaps long shall have another of those small earthquakes
from Washington
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
A RECORD BRIDGE.

The. surveyors have found that the
bridge over Hakalau gulch, on the new
Hio railroad extension, will be the
longest in the islands and will compare
in length with some of the long bridg-
es of the mainland. Mr.. Dillingham;
announced this morning that the sur
veyors had given it a span of $50 feet
and height, at the center, of $50 feet.
A train at the center of this structure
would be quite high above the stream
at the bottom of the gulch, and UNI
doubtedly passengers will be quite
satisfied to pass slowly ard cautiously
over it, however small the danger.
The bridge will cost in the ne'ghbor-
hood of 500, 600, and owing to the size
of the undertaking work will not start
on it until about two years hence.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
Lay McDu and-et the public supply the OF the quota
tOn

the frequently repeated reports of increase
typhoid fever proper call attention again the need
completion dam As The Star said weeks ago.
of life death There typhoid germs in almost
quite surface of this island There
the AS the ntentions the the
dam for power supply with nothing should
be allowed to stand in the way Of completion of the plan.