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action he was faint, and q mist was
before his eyes. The die was cast.
Hugh could easily escape. Until he
himself spoke he would not even be
hunted. He, Harry Sanderson, was
the scapegoat, left to play his part.
How long he sat there he did not
know. He sprang up at q muf1ed
sound. He had still a work to do be-
fore they came-for Hugh! he saw in
an instant, however, that it was Jessi-
ca, leading her horse by the bride.
II could not watt" she breathed.
"You did not come. and I was afraid!
Mounting, he leaned from the saddle
and took both her hands in his. Still
he did not kiss her.
"Jessica, you believe 1 am innocent?"
he asked anxiously.
"Yes-yes!''
Twill you believe what 1 am doing
is for the best:''
always, alwaysv' she whispered
her voice vibrating. "Only go!"
He released her hands and rode
quickly up the grassy path.
AS she stood looking after him a
dogs whine came from the cabin. She
ran and released the spaniel and took
him up in her arms.
AS she did so sparkle caught her
eye. 1t came from the tiny gold cross
lying where Hugh had flung 1t near the
lighted doorway. She picked it up,
looked ut it a moment abstractedly and
/ frfn hnp
sciously, for her heart was keeping
time to the silenced hoof beat that was
bearing the man she loved from dan
ger.
Where the way opened into the
gloomy cut of Funeral Hollow, Harry
dismounted and went forward slowly
afoot, leading the horse, till a figure
stepped from clump of bushes to meet
him with an exclamation of relief.
Hugh had waited at the rendezvous in
shivering apprehension and dismal sus-
picion of Harry's intentions and had
not approached till he had convinced
himself that the other came alone.
He wrung Harry's hand rs he said:
IF 1 get out of this. I'll do better
the rest of my life. will, upon my
soul. Harryr'
"You may not be able to get into the
chapel" said Harry; my rooms"-he
felt his cheek burn as he spoke-"may
be occupied. On the chance that you
fail, take this" He took of the ruby
ring, whose interlaced initials had once
fortified him in his error of identity.
1.-THE stone is worth good deal. It
should be enough to take you any
where"
Hugh nodded, slipped the ring on
his finger and rode quickly of. Then
Harry turned and walked rapidly back
toward the town.
/
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M the town knew as Hugh
" Stires listened to the
~ tale of the stree
preacher, another, I'M
like yet curiously like
him in feature, had slowly climbed the
billy slope from the north by the san
1tarium road. He walked with a jaun-
ty swagger bred Of too frequent appli-
cations to flask in his pocket.
AS he walked unsteadily along Hugh
drank more than once from the flask
to deaden the superstitious dread of
the place which was stealing over him.
On the crest Of the ridge he skirted the
sanitarium grounds and at length
gained the road that twisted down to-
ward the lights of the town. In the
dubious moonlight he mistook the mar
row trail to the Knob for the lower
path to the cabin. As he turned into
It the report of a rifle came family
from the gulch below.
He quickened his steps and stumbled
all at once into the little clearing that
held the new made grave and Jessica's
statue. The sight terrified his intoxi-
Gated imagination. His hair rose. The
name on the headstone was Stires, and
there was himself-no, a ghost Of him
self-sittng near! He turned and
broke into run down the steep slope.
In his fear-for he imagined the white
figure was pursuing him-he tripped
and fell, regained his feet, rushed
across the level space. threw his
weight against the cabin door and
burst into the room.
A dog sprang up with growl, and
in the light Of the fire that burned on
the hearth man sitting at the rough
hewn table lifted haggard face from
his arms, and each recognized the
other.
The ghost was gone now before fire.
light and human presence, and Hugh,
with loud laugh Of tipsy incredulity,
stood staring at the man before him.
'Harry Sanderson! he cried. His
shifty eyes surveyed the others figure
the corduroys, the high laced boots,
the soft blue flannel shirt. 'sNot exact
~ in purple and fine linen," he said.
The impudent swagger of intoxication
had slipped over him again, and his
boisterous laugh broke with a hic-
cough. Il thought the gospel game
was about played out that night in
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made her anxious. Moreover, she was
IN way committed, for she could not
now emerge without being seen. AS
she waited man came from the path
and Joined the others. The sky had
been overcast and gloomy, but the
moon drew out just then, and she saw
that the newcomer, evidently a patrol,
carried a rife in the hollow Of his arm.
She also saw that one of the first three
was the automobiles owner.
For some minutes they conversed in
undertones, whose very secrecy in
famed her imagination. It seemed to
her that they made some reference to
the fume. Had there been another rob-
berry Of the sluice boxes and could
they still suspect Hugh?
Dread and Indignation made her
bold. When they turned into the path
she followed, treading noiselessly, till
she was close behind them. They had
stopped again and We're looking intent
y at a shadowy gray something that
moved in the bottom below.
She heard the man who carried the
rifle say, with a smothered laugh:
tits only Barney McGinn's old white
horse taking a drink out of the sluice
box. He often does that"
Then the sheriff's voice said: enc
Ginn's horse is in town tonight, with
Barney on her back. Horse or no
horse, Pm going to- The rest was lost
IN the swift action with which he
snatched the firearm from the first
speaker, sighted and fired.
In the still night the conclusion
seemed to rock the ground and reused
a hundred echoes. 1t startled and
shocked the listening girl, but not so
much as the sound that followed it
a. cry that had nothing animal-like and
that sent the men running down the
slope toward an object that lay hud-
died by the sluice box.
In Mortified curiosity Jessica follow
ed, slipping from shadow to shadow.
She saw the sheriff kneel down and
draw collapsed and empty horse
skin from figure whose thieving Gun.
ning it would never cloak again.
80 1t was you, after all, Prender-
~gast!" the sheriff said contemptuously.
The white face stared up at them,
venomous and writing, turning about
the circle as though searching for some
one who was not there.
GLOW did-you guess?"
The sheriff, who had been making a
swift examination, answered the pant
ed question. "You have no time to
think Of that now" he said.
A sinister look darted into the film
ing yellow eyes, and hatred and GER
tainty rekindled them. Prendergast
struggled to a sitting posture, the1
fell back, convulsed. "Hugh Stires
He was the only-one who knew-hov
it was done. He's clever, but he cam
get the best Of Prendergastv' A spasn
distorted his features. "Wait-waitv
He fumbled in his breast, and hi.
fingers brought forth crumpled piec,
of paper. He thrust it into the sher
dff's hands.
1Look! Look! he gasped. 9TH
man they found murdered on the CLAIM
there''-he pointed wildly up the hill
side-"Dr. Moreau. I found him-dy
Ing! Stires''-
Strength was fast falling him. III
tried again to speak, but only inarticu
1ate.aounds came from his throat.
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A blind terror had clutchel the heart
Of the girl leaning from the shadow.
"Dr. Observation-Disclosures" Why, he
had been one Of Hugh's friends! Why
did this man couple Hugh's name with
that worst If crimes? What dreadful
thing was he trying to tell? She hard
~ repressed desire to scream aloud.
BE careful what you say, Prender-
CAST" said the sheriff sternly.
The wretched man gathered force
for last effort. His voice came in a
croaking whisper:
1T was Stires killed him. Moreau
wrote it down-and kept the paper.
Tell Hugh-we break-evenw
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A little way up the ascent cum
hTous shadow startled her. She saw in
moment that it was the automobile,
hulted at the side Of the road. Her
footsteps made no sound, and she was
close upon 1t when she saw the three
men it had carried standing near by.
She made to pass them and had cross
ed half the intervening space, when
some instinct sent her to the shade of
the trees. They had stopped opposite
the hydraulic concession, where side
path left the main road. It was the
same path by which she and August
Prendergast had taken their uncon-
scious burden on night long ago,
leading along the hillside, overlooking
the snakelil1e flume and forming a
sleeper short cut to the cabin above.
They were conversing in low tones, and
as they talked they pointed, she
thought, toward it.
Jessica had never in her life been an
eavesdropper, but her excited senses
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the sound Of steps in the
Jail corridor and the harsh
grating Of the key In the
lock. Harry rose hastily
from the iron cot wherein
ho hoa A .s<As.
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81 Chapter IS g

LIE the man whom
the town knew as Hugh
Stires listened to the
tale Of the stree t
preacher, another, I'M
lilo rok 1,,,dor~v-
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A frosty gloom was over the city of
Aniston, moon and stars hidden by a
cloudy sky, from which light snow,
the first of the season. was sitting down.
The streets were asleep. Only occasional
belated pedestrians were to be seen in
the chilly air. These saw a man, his
face muf1ded from the snowflakes, pass
hurriedly toward the fountained square,
from whose steeple o'clock was just
striking. The wayfarer skirted the
square, keeping In cover Of the build
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-17

registered pharmacist or physician, who
sells or keeps for sale arsenic, corrosive
sublimate, chlOrOfOrm, aconite, strychnine,
mophne OF. opium cocane LEY egca nero
choral hydrate, belladonna cyanide po-
tassium, digitalis, nux vomica or any salts,
solutions, extracts or tinctures OF such
drugs, shall keep and offer them Tor sale
bottles which shall have been prepared
by a registered pharmacist or manufac-
turing chemist, and under label on which
shall be plainly printed the name and
nature of the drug therein contained, the
proper antidOte to be given when taken
in dangerous or poisonous quantities and
the name of the pharmacist, manufacturing
chemist or wholesale house that prepared
place where it was manufactured or pre-
pared for sale. Whoever sells any of the
drugs mentioned in this section shall have
affixed to the bottle, box or wrapper con-
tanning the article sold a label of white
paper upon which shall be printed in red
letters the name and place of business of
the vendor, and the words POISON"
and "ANTIDOTE," and the label shall
any. for the poison sold. When sale is
made by any one of any of the above
named drugs, salts, solutions, extracts
or tinctures, such sale shall be entered and
giving the name of the article sold, date
of sale, to whom sold, residence of pur-
chaser, for whom purchased, the use to
be made of the article or drug purchased
and the name of the salesman or clerk
making such sale. Such book shall be
open to the inspection of health officers
members of the state board>of health and
state officials who may wish to examine
the same. Such sale of poisons shall be
recorded in a book, the form of which
shall be prescribed by the state board of
health.
SEC 2. Nothing in this act shall be
construed to apply to compounds or prep
arations labeled according to the require
ments of chapter 226 of the Public Stat
utes, and all amendments and additions
thereto.
Sec g. This act shall take effect
July 1, 1909.
Approved January o. 1909.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-17
NUMBER 1853.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE CATTLE
COMMISSIONER AND DEFINING
HIS POWERS AND DUTIES.

1t is hereby enacted By the General As
senably of the State of Vermont.
SECTION 1. The governor shall bienni-
ally, in the month of December, appoint
cattle commissioner, who shall be resi-
dent of the state, and whose term of office
shall commence on the first day of January
following his appointment, and continue
for two years and until his successor is
appointed and has qualified
The governor may remove such COM
missioner from office for cause, but before
such removal, the commissioner shall be
informed of the charges against him, and
given an opportunity to be heard in his
own defence. The governor shall fill any
vacancy which may occur in such office.
Said commissioner shall give a bond to the
state treasurer for the faithful performance
Of his duties, in the penal sum of five
thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. A person shall not bring into
the state cattle or other domestic animals
(other than horses, sheep and swine not
known or suspected to be diseased) except
by written permission of the cattle COM
missioner: Such permit shall direct where
such cattle or other domestic animals are
to be detained in quarantine for exami-
nation. When such cattle or other domes-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-17

exposing for sale drug or article of food
within the meaning of this chapter, shall
furnish to a member of the state board of
health a local health officer or a director,
chemist Or inspector of the state laboratory
of hygiene, who applies for the same, and
tenders its value in money, a sufficient
sample for the purpose of analysis of such
drug or article of food.
SEC. 6. Section 54S1 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 54S1. The analyst before COM
mencing the analysis of the sample shall,
whenever possible, reserve part thereof,
which shall be sealed; and in case of COM
plant or Indictment, part of the reserved
portion of such sample alleged to be adult,
Grated shall, upon application, be delivered
to the defendantfOr his attorney, and the
other part to the secretary of the state
board of health.
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 54S3. A person who sells or
offers to sell or keeps with intent to sell for
fowl which died Or was killed when dis
eased, or the flesh of calf which was less
than three. weeks old or weighed less than
fifty pounds. dressed weight, when killed
or a person who ships out of this state. for
food purposes, the flesh of any animal or
fowl which died or was killed when dis
eased, or the flesh of a calf which was less
than three weeks old when killed, shall be
imprisoned not more than one year or
fined not more than three hundred dollars,
or both. The possession of any such flesh
dressed or packed in a manner suitable
for sale or use as food, shall be prima
facie evidence of the intention to sell the
same, or to ship the same out of the state,
for use as food.
SEC. 8. Section 5491 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 5491. person who in any way
interferes with member of the state board
of health, local health officer, or the di-
rector, chemists or inspectors of the state
laboratory of hygiene, in the performance
of their duties under this chapter, shall be
fined not more than fifty dollars for the
first offence and, for each subsequent Of
fence, shall be fined one hundred dollars.
SEC. 9. The state board of health
shall have and may, in its discretion, exer-
else all the power and authority in each
town, city and village which by law is given
to the local board of health; and the execu-
tive officer of the state board of health
may likewise exercise all the power and
authority of local health officer any
where in the state.
Approved December 3, 1908.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-17
NUMBER $50.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5473
OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES,
DEFINING MISBRANDED DRUGS

1t IS hereby enacted By the General A s.
sena6Ly of the State of Vermont:
SECTION 1. Section 5473 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended SO as to read
as follows:
Section 5473. For the purpose of this
chapter, drug shall be deemed to be mis-
branded if it is an imitation of or offered
for sale under the name of another article;
or if the contents of the package as origin
ally put up have been removed, in whole
or in part and other contents have been
placed in such package; or if the package
fails to bear a statement on the label of
the quantity or proportion of any alcohol,
morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha
or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis in
dica, choral hydrate or acetanilide or any
substances contained therein. Nothing
in this chapter shall be construed to apply
to physicians prescriptions, or prepara-
tions rec commended and prescribed in the
United States Pharmacopoeia and National
FOrmulary.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved December Is, 1908
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-17
NUMBER 1852.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5511 OF
THE PUBLIC STATUTES, RELAT-
ING TO FIRE ESCAPES.

1t is hereby enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Vermont:
SECTION 1. Section 5511 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended SO as to read
as follows:
Section 5511. The owner, lessee or
keeper of hotel more than two stories
high or of a public hall or place of amuse-
ment more than one story high shall fur
nish suitable ladders or other safe fire es-
capes from each story above the first
Such ladders or fire escapes shall be &C
cessible from each room of such building
above the first story.
Approved January 9, 1909.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-17
NUMBER 161.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 54s5
OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES, RE-
LATINO TO THE SALE OF GER
TAIN DRUGS.
1t IS hereby enacted By the General s.
senably of the State of Vermont:
SECTION /. Section 54S5 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 54s5. A person other than
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-11-11
planning MILL ASSURED
Expect to be in Operation by
February 1St.
Porter Planning Mill Company of Live
Oak, Secures Site for Mill.

For several weeks past there has
been persistent rumor in the air to
the effect that Madison was to have
in the near future an up-to-date
planning mill for the preparation of
rough lumber for the markets Of the
world. The rumor has now become
an assured fact and it is with great
pleasure that we are enabled 10 make
the positive announcement that such
an industry will be established in
Madison within the immediate future,
the projectors hoping TO have the
plant in operation by February lst,
1910.
Last Friday Col, George E. Porter
and his son, George Z. Porter, ir.,
Of Live Oak came to the city and in
company with the Real Estate man
Bob Mcintyre, went over the pro-
perty Of Kate Choice, colored, in
the eastern part o. town and after
examining its advantages thorough
ly instructed Mr.. Mcintyre to have
the deeds executed to about u acres
Of land lying esst and south of the
Georgia and Florida railway. On
this property the Messrs, Porter will
at once begin the construction Of the
necessary buildings for the success
full operation of large planning mill.
The railroad company has agreed to
build at once the necessary side
tracks, and by February lst, as stat
ed, the owners Of the enterprise hope
and expect to have the plat in full
operation.
This means something for Madi-
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-11-11
MID WINTER CARNIVAL .
Under Auspices of the Board
Of Trade.
Will be held in Madison Last Week
Of the Year.

Mr.. George ). Mari, representing
the Jonny J. Jones EXpo-Shows and
Trained Animal Exhibition, was in
the city several days las, week in
the interest Of Carnival and Gala
week for Madison this year. At a
meeting Of the Council Friday njeht
that body unanimously voted in
favor Of the holding Of such carnival
aud gala week and the dates Decem
Der 27th to Jan. lst, both inclusive,
were selected for the holding of the
same.
The Carnival will be held under
the auspices of the Board of Trade
and that organization, with the as
sistance of the people, hopes to make
OF tie occasion a little more than is
usual. Efforts will be made to in
duce the merchants to get up trades
displays and paradcs, and the raj !
roads will be asked to allow low
rates from points along their lines
SO that our neighbors in other con-
tiguous towns may he permitted to
come 10 see us and enjoy the tesli-
vities. Committees will be appoint
ed from the Board of Trade having
in charge the details Of the week OF
gayety and it is earnestly hoped that
everybody will enter hea,tily into
the plans. The occasion will be
widely advertised.
The Johnny j. Jones Company is
considered the best carnival CON
pany doing busiress east of the NJ IS
sissippi river, Splendid testimoni
ais were presented from towns and
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-11-11

son. The Messrs. Porter are VIDE
awake, live and progressive people,
and we understand that Col. Porter
himself will move his home to Mad
ison and be in control of the indus.
try, He is an enterprising, public
spirited man and we are glad to
learn that be will become a citizen
with us. Madison needs every pro-
gressive citizen that she can get, and
we look upon the establishment of
this industry in our town as a
healthy start in the direction which
our town should have taken long
ago.
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officials over the south testifyng to
the excellence Of the attractions Of
fered by tbe company. There viii
be about ten or a dozen tented at
fractions Of the highest carnival class
(the wild animal show being the
feature). balloon ascensions and
high dives daily and the "best band
on the road going all the time.
Get ready to enjoy the last week
Of The year and IN the meantime look
out for tho advertising matter which
will be distributed soon.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-11-11

The first county fair in the
history of Jefferson county opens
at Monticello to-day and will
continue throughout the week.
The News of last week suggests
that the people of Jefferson
make This fair such a success
that the counties of Madison and
Leon will be glad to Cooperate
and next year have a tri-county
fair in the capital of one of the
counties. A splendid sugges-
tion, and we promise now to do
all IN our power to bring about
such a fair next year and other
years to come. Something must
be done along this line to let the
outside world know that we are
in Florida. What this section Of
the State most needs is a thrifty
class of farming immigrants,
We know that our lands are The
best for agricultural purposes
IN the entire state but as long as
we keep this knowledge to our
selves South and East Florida
will continue to capture the
immigrants, We Of Middle Flor
ida must awake to our oppor-
tunities and let the outside world
know what we have aud what
we can do.