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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-10-14

BILE viciousness, I wonder now I ever
made the mistake Of thinking you even
half a man." she said
This scathing denunciation made no
impression on his deadened sense of
honor and decency.
You can't dodge the responsibility
with fine speeches." he replied, shrug-
ging his shoulders. i've gone wrong
for you What are you going to do?
Be square with me and take this
chance-an easy chance-and you know
you're safe"
She did not answer, but stood there.
her face set in its expression of abhor-
renee and indignation. celebrating as
to the best course to pursue toward
this unspeakable villain to whom she
was bound aud who watched her with
anxious. cringing mien.
She addressed him finally in cold.
harsh tones
whatever I may do or promise to
do. promise simply because you
blame me-"
Emma. knew you'd
Don't make the mistake that I care
for you. Whatever | felt for you. and
thought It was love. you've assassi-
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OHAPnnn XL

OR long time Mrs Brooks
stood gazing dn silence at her
husband. her heart rent with
conflicting emotions. Her hap
piness Of the past few months. then.
had been built upon the precarious
foundation Of peculatlon. Oh. the hor-
rorl Oh. the shame Of IT, On the
very morrow the name she bore would
be held up to disgrace and derision.
He would be cast into prison. The
misery Of their struggles with poverty
was as nothing compared with that OF
their sudden downfall.
Numbed though her heart was with
the shock, shrunk by the terror OF
their CHASTITY position, It was yet not
Ampervious to pity. and the hopeless
wretchedness OF her husband inspired
It, She thought OF how he had lavish
ed bis stealings upon her. how he ap-
peared to be moved by the one desire
10 make her comfortable and happy.
She went to him aud put her hand
on his head. smoothing his hair
"Oh. Joel Oh. my boyw she said
r~-~t@~r -1t AoW Nbuiu Jou 10 IL r.
Didn't you know sooner or later you'd
be found out? Now know why you've
been interested in the races-you've
been betting on the horses"
I'll wanted to get the money back"
be sobbed.
"But didn't you know you couldn't?
oh. why didn't you leave things as
they were-the aat, the struggle and
all that? Why did you bring me here
and show me all this-thls happiness
with money that you stole2'
His sobblng ceased, and he pushed
her away and rose.
That's right You call me a thief
If there was one person IN the world
thought could turn to it's you, aud
you turn on me-"
Joe, you mustn't say that haven't
turned on you Only / can't help but
think"-
~Whatl That man Williams drove
ne 70 taking money"
Drove your
Eyes. be did. He went away so I
could take It. l expected you to stand
BY me-. DO you know the hole Tn int
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-10-14
CHAPTER XII.


a YHEN Jimsy Smith had told
M~ Emma and Joe that Cap
tain Williams lived In a lit.
tie south sea island nook
moved into his dat and that II was
dirty the description had done justice
to the place in a general way. It was
In a hotel not far from that In which
the Brookses had 50 recently taken up
their residence. and the living room
was a curious combination OF natural
history museum and ships cabin.
wooden capstan I'm the center did
duty for a round table, and on It. in
addition to an electric reading lamp
an untidy litter of papers and maya
zines. some writing paper, envelopes.
pens and ink, were a huge tin box OF
tobacco and rack containing pipes Of
wood and meerschaum OF all sizes.
shapes and colorS Remarkable among
the few chairs OF rattan OF rush was
one, a large rocking chair partially
constructed OF two small anchors, the
lukes forming the rockers. In a cor
ner over comfortable lounge was a
canopy made of a piece Of sail can
vas supported by south sea island
spears and decorated with leather
shields. warclubs, boomerangs and
other native weapons. together with
necklaces and various ornaments of
sharks teeth. Covering the walls
were stuffed fishes OF weird shape.
Over the entrance door was a ships
wheel and on the mantel a model OF
an old time trading schooner with all
sails set Among other objects on the
mantel also was faded daguerreo-
type showing Captain Williams as a
young man. in uniform. On each side
Of the capstan was a dirty cuspidor.
The carpet also was dirty and spotted.
and dust had settled thickly every
where. In this queer abode Williams
lived alone. save for Sato, a Japanese
valet who had served him for many
years.
The massive form Of the captain
himself. minus his coat might have
been deserted IN the light Of the lamp
through the cloud OF tobacco smoke
that enveloped him as he sat reading
a magazine some time after his de-
partura from the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Brooks. He was rather ANNOYED
when the telephone bell rang and had
he not been expecting Smith would
not have troubled to answer It. As It
was. he swore a little and rose lastly
to respond.
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"smith. don't think you can square
this little matter for Brooks"
Don't think my notes good. eh?"
"'Tain't that You couldn't square
this. Smith. II sou had million right
In your clothes this minute"
why noty
ITO tell the truth I'm going to open
negotiations with another party"
That so?"
"Airs. Brooks"
"How?"
"Shes coming up here to see me
soon Maybe she and me can come to
some mutually pleasant arrangement
that will keep Brooks out Of jail"
when Is she coming?"
The captain pulled at his pipe and
scrutinized Smiths face closely as he
replied
Expect her any moment"
How do you know?"
"Telephoned.7
If Williams expected to see any sign
in his visitor of the utter amazement.
the profound CONSERVATION. the impart-
ing of this information caused. he was
doomed TO disappointment. Smith re-
manned as unreadable as the sphinx
But it was sixty seconds before he
spoke
Il suppose that's a hint for me to be
on my wayT' he Intercepted.
That's about the meaning ] meant
TO convey" admitted the captain, with
out circumlocution.
Jimsy rose slowly. took his hat and
went toward the door. Before he
reached It he turned
williams he said. "you know I've
known Emma-Mrs Brooks-ever since
she was in short clothes and used to
come down to the Office to go home
with her daddy"
$50 I've heard"
'She's always been able to look into
my face with them big blue eyes and
smile. Some time-some day-if I get
back-rm going to make it my BUSH
ness TO see her"
"All right"
"And if she shouldn't happen to look
up into my face and smile I'm going
to find you, Williams, and I'm coming
heeled."
The captain pulled his pipe placidly.
What style heels might you be
/ wearing now, SmithT he inquired,
with great deliberatlon.
We'll" answered the always deiib:
crate Jlmsy. "if you should consult
the particular shoemaker who fur.
nishes them he'd describe that heel as
Of 40 calibef"
Good night. Smith," said the cap
tain dryly.
Smith did not reply.
Williams gazed in the direction Of
the door after his superintendent had
closed IL. There was an enigmatical
smile on is face. 1t slowly died
away, sSo bis pugnacious underjaw
protruueG ominously. Reaching round
to his hip pocket he brought out a re-
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I9Os. By 6. ". DIIIIash.m g.

In the morning" recommended The
captain, gazing at him with sinister
contempt
>'Yes. sir"
eThere'll be some gentlemen there
who may be anxious to meet you"
<'I'll be there"
~Didn't know but what you might
4oversleep now that you're SO prosper
Gus Good night"
Brooks shut the door and stood lean
ing against it. clutching the handle for
support The muscles Of his face were
tWitching. and he gazed with fright
ened, haunted eyes from his wife to
smith
SHave you told her, Jlmsy ?" he de
manded
Smith raised his hand in protest
mo, Joe; It amt the right time yet.
and
rWhy isn't # the right time? I'm
trapped, and Williams
Joe, see here" he expostulated
-'you can't talk"
"What is it? What do you mean?v
demanded Mrs. Brooks, very pale
Smith still sought TO spare her. to
keep the dreadful truth from her
There's just been a little trouble.
Emma," he said evasively "Joe here
is all worked up-excited."
'fll tell you what happenedr cried
her husband In a choking voice stag.
gering to the table you think got
a raise. | didn't You think that man
Williams gave me six months back
pay. He didn't Allths money you've
been living on--all Of It'll stole took
1t from the company williams trap
ped me. He wanted me to steal Now
he knows-now be knows. and I'm
done forg'
He fell into a chair and doubled for
ward burying bis face IN his hands
For once Smith was at loss what
to say.
Mrs. Brooks, paler than ever, stood
rigid, as though turned to stone, star
ing at her husband.
you mean" she articulated in low,
slow tones, you mean that you
I'm a thief" he moaned brokenly
without raising his head ",rhey know
A. rtNN~tifNo uAC QoWIrtuIo WHtCn-
ang-watching Tomorrow
-rll be in jail"
Another long. awkward silence en-
sued Smith ended It.
you see, Emma. Joe here amt so
much to blame He"-
And you didn't let me know?"
There was cold reproach IN her voice
and in her gaze
1T wasn't time" explained Jimsy
uneasily. There's chance things can
be squared-there's still a chance"
still, you didn't let me know3v
1.-The thing to do Is to sit down quiet
" and talk this over TO begin with
mo. Jimsy Please 90 home. II
want to be with Joe-alone."
Smith took up his hat reluctantly
and prepared to depart
Just as you say. Hanna just as you
say" be said. "f'u do all can to.
night and let you know Maybe it'n
be all right.
Il know. JImsy. Good night"
-'Good night"
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CHAPTER XIII.


~ EMORSE may be the least ac-
- tive OF all the moral senses.
M Still, there is no heart abso-
lutely without it. No sooner
had his wife passed from his view than
1t became active in Brooks. having
been fred by the flicker Of shame that
the full realization Of his villainy had
provoked as he took down the receiver
Of the telephone to call Captain VIII
liams.
In, forcing Emma to deliver herself
into the hands Of his employer he had
not actually believed that it would be
necessary for her to make the supreme
sacrifice. you can handle him all
right" he had told her. You know
how far you can let a man go-all wo-
men know that" But he had been
willing to take the chance that this
sacrifice would be exacted, and. know
ing only too well the brutal sensuous-
ness Of Williams. his notorious de-
pravity aud that he had cast what he
had taken to be longing eyes on Emma
he now had no doubt whatever that 1t
would be. Tue captain was not the
man to give anything for nothing, to
part with money without receiving full
value. With bis great physical strength
and bis viii that overbore and wore
down all opposition. how would the
gentle, submissive Raturs Of Emma be
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Every foreign observer believes that
the grand struggle between me
"Haves" and the "Have-nots' which is
to mark thi century will be fought
out first Of all upon American SOIL
London Spectator.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-10-14
unshepherded.

Ny sheep wandered through all the
mountains, and upon every high HILL
yea, my flock was scattered upon all
the face of the earth, and none did
search or seek after them Ezekiel
"a: G.
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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-10-14

He'd describe that heel as Of IS caltber .
volver. 1t was a formidable looking
weapon, with long barrel. He broke
the breach, examined the cartridges
and replaced it in his pocket.
"Darned II be wouldn't do It, too"
he muttered.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-08

Of two (2) years from and after the
acceptance of the same by the saic
Board and its confirmation by the
court.
The contractor to whom the con
tract is awarded for making said 10
cal Improvement and who shall con
struct said local improvement, will
be paid in bonds of the said City OF
Cairo bearing interest at the rate OF
FIVE (5) per cent. per annum fro'n
their respective dates.
Blank forms for bids or proposals
will be furnished on application to
the said City Engineer at his office
aforesaid
The Board reserves the right 20 re.
iect any and all bids.
Dated at Cairo, Illinois this Sth day
of September, A. ID. 1909.
GEORGE PARSONS,
President of the Board of Local I'm
provements of the City of Cairo
Illinois.
Attest ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary of Said Board
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-08

shall be delivered to the Board at the
time and place first above mention
ed; and at said time and place above
mentioned the said Board, in open
session, will open, examine and pub
licly declare said bids or proposals
The contractor whose bid shall be
accepted for making said local i'm.
provement shall enter into a CON
tract with the said City of Cairo for
the construction of the said local i'm
provement as q whole in strict ac-
cordance with the terms and require
ments of the said ordinance. and
shall also enter into bond payable
to the said City Of Cairo, in the sum
of fifty t50) per centum of the amount
of his bid, with security to be ap.
proved by the said Board, conditioned
for the faithful performance. in all
respects, of his said contract and for
holding the said city harmless, etc,
and he shall also bind himself, in his
said contract and bond, to guarantee
his said work and materials and the
said local Improvement for the period
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-08
UMP|RE2 WELL No
President Taft Refused to Make De
cisions at Ball Game at Yale
Field Day.

Boston. Sept President Taft
had one OF his Yale days today anc
became Bill Taft" again to man,
of his old classmates, but still 'Mr
President" to the younger set Of
graduates who surrounded him dur
ing the Yale field day celebration al
the Brookline Country Club.
The president motored in from
Beverly and returned by the same
route this evening. There was nc
speech making, no formalities. Yale
cheers and Yale songs were the order
of the day. Taft was urged 10 UNI
pire baseball game but firmly re-
piled: Il value my life too much for
such a job as that.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-08
WHITNEY, SAFE,

New Haven, Conn, Sept. Amy
doubt of the safety of Harry Whitney
who went north with Peary and stay
ed at Etah to hunt. was dispelled to
day by the receipt of the following
message from him:
Hard winter, leaving Roosevelt
or North Greenland; going after bear
Win meet Roosevelt and return to
New York. Have all things sent tC
New Haven. Captain understands
Win see you in October"
1t Is over year since any previous
word had been received from Whitney
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-08
HORRIBLE EXHIBIT
OF BRUTt'S WORK
is GIRLS DiSMEM6ERED BODY
IN DETROIT MoRGUE-
DEATH A MYSTERY.
.SCHOOLMATE TAINTED
When Shown Dead Girls Head II
Sack and Comb She Wore
Minneapolis Young Man
Knew Her.

Detroit, Sept. 7-BloodIess from tht
ruthless knife of the murderer ant
shrunken by several days immersion
in Ecorse Greek. the dismemberet
body of 27-year-old Maybelle Millman
of Ann Arbor lies at the morgue =
pitiable exhibition of human brutality
Officers are desperately endeavorins
to solve the mystery of the girls
murder.
Martha Henning of Detroit former
schoolmate of the Millman girl, identi
fed the girls head, which like the
body was found severed and in a sepa
rate bag. as that of her chum. Off
GERS went to Ann Arbor. They refuse
to give the clue they are working on.
but from questions put to Miss Hen
ming this afternoon concerning Mas.
bellies physical condition. the mutila-
ted body leading the authorities to be-
lieye- the cutting was done by some
one well acquainted with surgery.
Upon this Miss Henning was unable
to throw any light. 1t is believed the
girl was strangled before the arms,
legs and head were cut off.
When the tortoise shell comb was
shown Miss Henning, she shrieked,
"Oh, it is hers" and then tainted.
When shown the head, she could only
nod and sob.
Hystercal at times, Miss Henning
told ell she knew and added;
"A week ago she wrote to Paul
sukey Jr, of Minneapolis. What
about, don't know, She was modest
and never spoke of any love affairs.
never knew of her keeping company
With any man"
The police wired the police of Min
neapolis this afternoon for particulars.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-08
HEARD BY A FOUNDER
written for The Bulletinl


Drinks don't taste any better at 15c
than they used to at l0c. | am salts
fled that the consumer has to pay the
tax. Another raise of $500 on license
will knock me out.
If YOU want to be satisfied that ey-
is as cheap in Cairo as in
Chicago, read the prices given in adj
yertisements of bargains contained IN
the newspapers of the two cities.
Cairo steamboat men will learn af-
ter a time that they must not invade
dry territory with their vessels con-
verted into bumboats, dispensing beer
and whiskey
Col Bartleson. of Grad Chain, had
heard so much of Florida. he went
down there to look it over. Return
ing, he said: The climate is worth
800 per acre, but | would not give
five cents an acre for the soil" The
truth is finally coming out about Cali
fornia. The climate is unsurpassed;
the soil is all right where there is r.
rigation, but large part of the coun-
try must yet be irrigated before il
will have any value for agricultural.
horticultural or gardening purposes.
The principal industry of the coutry
is getting the eastern people to plant
their surplus. Every other man is
real estate man and all are boomers.
Cairo tragedies among the colored
women are due TO the fact that there
are not enough colored men to go
around. hence women are constantly
tryig to coax men away from other
women This applies only to a GER
tain class of colored women, which is
duplicated in a small class of white
women.
The state of Georgia, dry state, Is
a large part of its revenue
from licensing the sale of Near
Beer" whatever that is. 1t is suppos-
I'd not to contain alcohol but accord
ing to reports of conditions where
Near Beer is sold, it must cover a lot
of alcohol in some manner.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-08
HOW PROHIBITION WORKS.

A witty Frenchman divided the Ger
man editors into two classes, those
who are in Jail and those who are
not That was In the days when lese
majesty. as construed by William IL.
was reaching out for its victims. Al
that time nearly every well-regu
lated newspaper in Germany had {
Jail editor whose sole duty was to say
that he was the author of the articles
to which the kaiser objected and tt
take the prison sentence which the
Raiser's courts imposed.
In prohibition Georgia this plan ID
adopted by some of the liquor sellers
Proprietors of drinking houses, II
those cases, have their places register
ed under the names of negroes whom
thy can trust, and these negroes serve
the jail sentences which are inflicted
AS the pay is said to be good foI
these substitutes and the work is light
there is no difficulty in getting men
for this service. In the meantime the
real owners of the whiskey houses
continue their traffic, make large
profits and find the prohibition act 10
be easy" Moreover, this accounts
for the large number of the blind IT,
gers" which are said to be springing
up in the big towns of the state.
Presumably Alabama, Mississippi
Tennessee, Oklahoma and the rest OF
the southern states which have pro
hibition in their statutes or constitu-
tons have devices for lodging the law
which are more or less effective. The
northern prohibition communities
Maine, Kansas and North Dakota--are
not behind in their methods in evading
the law A recent inquiry made by one
OF the Minnesota papers showed that
the amount OF intoxicants consumed
in North Dakota is somewhat in ex,
cess of that used in Minnesota 81
South Dakota, which have rejected
statewide exclusion, but have local
option Nevertheless, this statewide
fanaticism has not spent its force.
Several of the southern states which
have not yet adopted it are showing
symptoms which look suspiciously like
acaniescence in it at an early day. The
question will be brought up once moro
In the Missouri legislature, just AS
soon as that body meets, but it will
probably be defeated, as it was before
Globe Democrat.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-08
KEEP YOUR HEAD UNCOVERED.
The Constant Wearing of . Hat Propo.
gates DandruH Germs.

There are many men who wear their
hats practically all the time when awake,
and are blessed with heavy shock OF
hair: yet If the scalps OF these same men
once became infested with dandrun
germs, the parasites would multiply AL
the quicker for lack of air. Badness
would ensue as the final result. New
bros Herpicide kills these germs and
stimulates unhealthy hair TO abundant
growth. Herpicide is pleasant hair
dressing as well as a dandruf cure and
contains not an atom of injurious sub
stance. Sold by leading druggists. Send
lOc. in stamps for sample to The Hsrpt-
eide Co.. Detroit. Mich.
One doIlap Louaes guaranteed. Pau
G. Schuh 4 Sons, special agents.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-08
PATRIARCH RESIGNED
As Result of the Adena Massacres
Saying Punishment Was made
quate-Instigators Freed.

Constantinople, Sept THE court
martial which investigated tie Adana
massacres, sentenced Owed Bey Mex
Vail to six years exclusion from pub.
lie service, Remsi Pasha, the mill.
tary commandant at Adana to three
years Imprisonment, and acquitted
the governor of Adana.
The Armenian patriarch resigned
as protest against the inadequate
sentence in connection with the
Adana massacres. He mainains the
four Armenians sentenced to death
were innocent and that the real in.
stlgators escaped unpunished.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-08
TO MEET PEARY.

New York, Sept. Secretary Brilg
man of the Peary Arctic Club, left to
night for Sydney, Cane Breton, tC
meet Peary. lust before he boarded
the train, he said
1T is very likely that Peary will
question the EslIimos who went with
5ook for details of the latter's {. %
II Cook succeeded in reaching me
oole, he simply took advantage OF
things that Peary pointed out in his
former expeditions