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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

Make haste, Gluseppe!" he called
impatiently, and l laughed a little
either at his confidence in the out
come or at his care for his own Sc
curity; and my courage rose to fine
that | had only one to reckon with.
suddenly slipped my left hand down tt
where my right gripped his wrist anc
wrenched it sharply. His fingers re
Taxed, and when l repeated the twist
the knife ratified on the deck.
| broke away and leaped for the
rail with some idea of jumping into
the creek and swimming for it, and
then the man in the boat let go twice
| with a revolver, the echoing explo
sions roaring over the still creek with
the sound of saluting battle-ships.
Hold on to that MANIFOLD him.!
| he shouted from below. l heard the
Italian scraping about on the deck for
his knife as lodged round the house
| was satisfied to let things stand as
they were, and leave Henry Holbrook
and the canoe-maker to defend their
own lives and property, Then, when
90 aOouS AAAiu"dy vi llt Steps, u
man plunged down from the garden
and had me by the collar and on my
back before l knew what had hap.
pened.
There was an instant's silence in
which heard angry voices from the
houseboat. My new assailant lis.
tened. too. and felt his grasp on me
tighten. though was well winded and
tame enough.
heard the boat strike the platform
sharply as the second man jumped
into It; then for an instant silence
again held the valley.
My captor seemed to dismiss tn.
retreating boat. and poking a pistol
into my ribs gave me his attention.
Climb up these steps, and do as
tell you. II you run, will shoot
you like dog"
There's mistake" began,
chokingly. for the Italian had almost
strangled me and my lungs were as
empty as a spent bellows.
That will do. Climb" He stuck
the revolver into my back and up |
went and through the garden toward
the cottage. A door Opening on the
veranda was slightly ajar, and was
thrust forward none too gently into a
lighted room
My captor and studied each other
attentively for half minute. He was
| beyond question the man whom Helen
Holbrook had sought at the house
boat in the summer dusk. Who Hart
ridge was did not matter; it was evil
dent that Holbrooe; was quite at home
In the canoe-maker's house, and thai
he had no intention Of calling any one
else into our affairs. He had undoubt
eddy heard the revolver shots below
and rushed from the cottage to inves
4 ttgate; and. meeting me in full flight
he had naturally taken it for granted
that was involved in some designs OF
1 himself. As he leaned against
table by the door his grave blue eve,
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Rats Under Ban in New York Schools

/, in the hair Of employees would not be
tolerated, the penalty for ignoring the
order to be dismissal.
During the luncheon hour nothing
but the new order and plans for com.
batting 1t were discussed. In one store
1t was decided that committee should
wait upon the manager and ask him
to rescind the order or face gen.
eral strike.
This is the most outrageous pro-
ceeding ever heard Of" said one
young woman, land think we would
be fools to submit to 1t. The very
idea of man telling us how to wear
our hair! 1t was bad enough when
the manager said we must wear black
gowns and white collars. but 1t Is go
ing too far when they tamper with our
pompadours.
why. they wouldn't dare to do such
things in Siberia or China or wherever
1t is they have a car. for one am
going to wear just as big a rat as
like. and don't care If the floorwalk-
er does report me"
That the last crusade against false
hair adornment is not being confined
to high schools and department stores
was further evidenced when the wom-
en- employees of the telegraph COM
panies in the city held animated dis
cussion over the report from Kansas
City that A. B. Richardson, district
superintendent of the Postal Tele-
graph Company there, had issued this
order:
"On and after November 1 all wom-
en- clerks and employees must discon-
tinue the use of rats in their hair
Please govern yourselves accordingly"
The women employees here were ex-
tremely gloomy over the situation, for
it was prophesied that the order would
reach New York next and that the
much-abused rat" would have to go.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
CHAPTER v.
A FIGHT on 4 Houseboat.

- s0be WI - stOAoS10dhs
At ten o'clock called for horse
and rode out into the night, turning
into the country with the intention
OF following the lake road to the re-
gfon | had explored in the launch a
few hours before. All was dark at
st. Agatha's as I passed. No doubt
Helen Holbrook had returned in due
course from her visit to her father
and. after accounting plausibly to her
aunt for her absence. was sleeping the
sleep OF the Just. Now that thought
Of the matter In all its bearings, &C.
cused myself for not having gone
directly to St. Agatha's from the lone.
~ house on Tippecanoe creek and
waited for her there, demanding an
explanation Of her perfidy. She was
treating Miss Pat UNANIMOUSLY: that
was plain; and yet In my heart was
excusing and defending her. A fam
lily row about money was ugly at
best; and an unfortunate-even
criminal father may still have some
claim on his child.
Then. as against such reasoning,
the vision Of Miss Pat rose before me
Shnd l felt whatever chivalry there
i - In me arouse with a rattle OF
spears. Paul Stoddard. in committing
that dear old gentlewolnan to my care.
had not asked me to fall in love with
her niece; SO, impatient to be thus
swayed between two inclinations, /
chirruped to the horse and galloped
swiftly over the silent white road.
The whole region was very lonely.
and now that the beat OF hoofs no lon.
ser rang In my ears the quiet was op.
pressiye struck through the wood
ana found the creek, and the path be.
side It. The little stream wan still
murmuring its own name unsteady
with perhaps softer note In defer
ence to the night: and following the
path carefully came in q few min
Utes to the steps that linked the cot
( tage with the houseboat at the creeks
edge. II was just there that / had
seen Helen Holbrook. and / stood
quite still recalling this, and making
5 sure that she had come down those
steps In that quiet out-of- the,way cor
! her * the world. to keep tryst with
her father The story-and-a-half cot
Il tage was covered with vines ant
close-wre3pad In shrubbery. A semi
circle OF taller pines within shut the
cottage on completely from the high
4 way. l crawled through the cedar.
and walked along slowly to the gate
Snear which a post supported a sign
board. struck match and read
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
British Savings.

In the British postofEce savings
bank In 1907 there were 1s.771,969 de-
posits, of the value Of E44,217.2gS. and
last year 1879. 1871, representing a44,.
77o.7s2. In 1907. 9.SOs.247 Withdraw
ais were made. involving s. 46, asa. $50.
and last year 9.922.169. representing
945.395, 400. The interest credited ID
depositors In 1908 was 3.772, 755. a
compared with s3.71s,s75 in 1907 and
the total standing to the credit Of ,le-
positors on savings bank account on
December 81, 1908. was ESQ. s4s. PA
an increase Of f3,14s.137 IN the wear
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
sardou,s Qulp.

Sardou's QuIp.
"victorien Sardou hated shams," said
q New York theatrical manager. .Tf
you tried to impose On him. HE would
call you down.
AZ the Ambigu during q rehearsal
he said be doubted an actors state
ment tina. he had given 40 hours OF
study to his lines.
You doubt msF said the actor,
hotly. 4 assure y6u, Mons. Sardou. /
have never lied but twice IN my life.'
"sardou smiled dryly.
he" D Is
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ME.REDZ1H A s
XLCHOZ,SONl
ILLUSTRATORS 5I
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CQpNaSM fsov ~ 6aABS ,fE01Xx ca
SYNOPSIS.

Miss Patricia Holbrook and Miss Helen
Holbrook, her niece, we're entrusted to
the care of Laurence Donovan. writer.
summering near Port Annandale. Miss
Patricia confided to Donovan that she
feared her brother Henry. who. ruined by
. bank failure. had constantly threatened
her for money from his fathers will. of
which Miss Patricia was guardian. They
came to Port Annandale to escape Henry.
Donovan sympathixed with the two
moving sutton. Donovan discovered and
captured an Intruder, who proved to be
Reginald Gillespie, sutton for the hand OF
2eared the following morning rough
sailor appeared and was ordered away.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
TORE HIS SKIN OFF
Ia shreds-Itching Was Intense
Sleep Was Often Impossible.
Cured by cutlcura In Three Weeks.

eat first an eruption of small pus-
tules commenced on my hands. These
spread later to other parts of my body,
and the itching at times was intense,
so much so that I literally tore the
skin off in shreds in seeking relief.
The awful itching interfered with my
work considerably, and also kept me
awake nights. tried several doc,
tors and used number of different
ointments and lotions but received
practically no benefit. Finally 1 set
tied down to the use of Cuticura Soap,
Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills,
with the result that in few days all
itching had ceased and in about three
weeks time all traces of my eruption
had disappeared. have had no trou-
BILE of this kind since. H. A. Kruts.
koff, STA Wabash Ave., Chicago, ILL.,,
November Is and %, 1907"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Prpns Dnston
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WANTED CORRECTNESS.

Customer-M'yes, that's better, but
you'll have to alter it little over the
hips, for I'm taking up a new appoint
mept on Monday, and the principal
informed me that his firm was very
particular as to correctness in figures.
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Don't let your right hand know
what your left hand is doing. 1t
might be very notifying to the
right hand.
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A kneeIina Proposition.

Pony Moore, the once famous min.
strel, is dead at the age of 80. He
was one of the last of his kind
Moore" said a veteran Chicago
manager, FUSED to make up his jokes
Once. when he played here, he had
his toes run over. and limped on that
night with foot that resembled a
white pillow.
"'Ah's ez tendah-hoofed as Lie
Johnsing,' he said to the audience,
with chuckle 'Yo' know bout Liza?
Young Calhoun White, he SEE to her,
proposin'
'"Whaffo you make face like
dat when l propose, Miss Johnsing?"
lowell, CAL" says Liza. "Ah KANT
give yo' offah propah consideration
less'n yo' takes yo' knee off'n nah
CON-"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

WHEN YOUR JOINTS ARE STIFF
and muscles sore from cold, rheumnti SIN or neural
gia; when you Slip strain or bruise yourself use
Ferry Davis Painkiller. The home remedy 10 yea rs
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

Dr. S. F. Spohn, President of the
Spohn Medical Co.. proprietors of
Spohn's Distemper Cure, was recently
elected mayor of Goshen, Ind, by
good majority. Mr.. Spohn was for a
number of years County Supt. Of
Schools, making such record that his
neighbours and friends, regardless of
political lines, insisted on his accepting
the nomination for mayor.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

been built up and guarded with tho
Jealous care Of g. royal genealogy.-
Hugh G. Weir. in the Bohemian.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24

A woman would rather suspect her
husband than distrust her preacher.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-24
A Domestic Arrangement.

A Domestic Arrangement.
"Bluster and his wife seem to get
along very well together"
That's because they have set aside
one day in the week to do all their
fighting. On the other days they
keep the peace"
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17

| has the measure of safety taken into
consideration.
THE reliability given by Peerless
is one OF the features that make our
cars cost what they do. In order TO
obtain this reliability the most extens-
i've engineering department must be
kept up. The company spends as much
money in testing out and drawing its
conclusions az to the proper things TO
incorporate in their models as some
factories put into their entire output.
"A Peerless motor for instance. is
run on block after assembling. for a
period of "a hours. driven by belt.
then again run under its own power
on the block for another "a hours. then
put into testing chassis and run 800
miles. The finished chassis is then
placed on immense dynamonimeters and
is run in on these machines along their
entirety until the car is pronounced
broken in.
The Peerless factory is the only
company in the United States testing
their product on dynamonimeters. This
is decidedly a step in advance. and the
most important one. as the car. after
its test on the dynamometer gees
into the hands of the purchaser worked
out perfectly This dynamometer
does to the unfinished product what
2 600 miles of careful usage does TO any
said by men who know, that they would
rather have car that had been run
500 or 1000 miles, if they knew 1T had
not been damaged
"All these things you will readily
perceive cost great deal of money to
do, and it is only by dividing 1T among
an output of 1000 large cars that the
cost is not more excessive than 1T is.
1T would be out of the question en-
tirely for small car manufacturers to
use such an exhaustive and thorough
system of insuring purchasers against
possible defects in workmanship and
material. The cost would be prohibit-
i've. And last, but not least, is the
style and finish of our cars. Our bodies
for instance, are all made of pressed
steel and are finished by hand, in order
to take a smooth surface of paint.
The equipment placed on our cars is
the best the market affords, each ar
ticle being selected with a view of
giving to the car something that is
necessary, and above all things. good
So, summing up the whole car, one
must be led to know that in the man
ufacture of the Peerless car it is not
a question of cost, but it is always a
question of the best thing for the car"
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17

Subclass l includes cars with a
piston displacement between '46i and
/ coo cubic inches, and subclass cars
with a displacement of 30l TO $50 cubic
inches. Both are to be run in one df-
vision for a distance of approximately
275 miles Coupled with this cup viii
/ be offered for subclass (231 to 800
inches). at approximately 2o5 miles, apd
another for subclass 4 (160 to 230
inches) at 1875 miles.
Special trophies will be offered for
the winners in classes / and 2. compet-
ing in unison for the Vanderbilt trophy.
MAY co NORTH
Georgia will in all likelihood fail to
secure the grand prize contest next
November. and il may, if run at all, be
pulled off farther north Under the
conditions foreign cars are practically
barred and Il is not thought probable
that any foreign manufacturers will
compete. The pact entered into by
foreign manufacturers not to enter
races abroad this year coupled with
the fact thai the four cylinder bore
has been reduced from 81 inches to 3 /.
is responsible for the smothering OF the
grand prize, Americas greatest event.
Many Of these foreign manufacturers
have on hand racing cars constructed
under the old regulations and require
-ments, and do not feel inclined to con-
struct cars especially for this race
1t is now the purpose of influential
enthusiasts to endeavor to secure the
grand prize event for Motor Parkway
next spring.
While the tendency toward improve
ment still holds sway, the demand for
both 1909 and older types is still brisk
and is expected to hold for some weeks
yet, when the winter season will put
a stop TO motoring until next summer.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17

claimed for this motor is small com
pared with most makes. The same is
often rated as 35 and 40 horse The
middle size car has the same engine,
1i2-inch wheel base with choice OF
two bodies regular FIVE passenger tour .
ing or short coupled four passenger.
The price of this ear is marked feat
ure having been reduced to $3.50 fac
tory S1.500 with standard equipment
in San. Francisco.
The Mitchell factory. realizing the
importance of putting out good, stur-
dy. reliable, classy family car, at
low price. has accomplished and ex-
ceeded in this car the expectation or
numerous agents throughout the coun-
try. The six cylinder. seven passenger
Is remarkable production, being 90
option on pony tonneau body. II en-
bodies practically everything to be
found in the extreme high priced car
Power, ability, endurance, equal to any
and SURPRISING many. The price for
this car is $4,000 factory, $2,150 in san
Francisco. with standard equipment.
In making improvements many stan
dard manufacturers have found il nee
essary to advance prices. but with de-
cided improvements these cars have
even been reduced in price.
A notable feature of change is the
rear axle through transmission. with
out the ordinary annoying toggle joints
which has been accomplished in most
remarkable and satisfactory way, even
to the most expert critics.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17

fection that it challenges any product
| in the market
Announcement has just been made
| by Thomas B Jeffery & Co.. OF the new
Rambler for 1910. In some respects this
Rambler announcement is the most un-
| usual of the year.
There are Ave models built upon
three different chases all with four
cylinder engines, magnetos and 36-inch
wheels
Rambler Fifty-five, a seven passenger
touring car. $4,000; seven passenger
limousine s3.75o; Rambler Fiftyfour
five passenger touring car or four pas
| senger close coupled. $2.250. and Ram
bier Fifty three, FIVE passenger touring
car, $1,000.
In design and materials the engine
transmission, drive shaft axles. frame
and wheels are alike for all models.
Such conspicuous Rambler advanta
ges as the offset crank shaft, big
wheels, Rambler spare wheel. straight
line drive and engine ACCESSIBILITY are
continued
Model F'ifty-three, the $500 car, is
practically duplicate of the "a horse
power Rambler of 1909, which sold at
s2,25o.
a few changes, all in the nature of
improvem entS, have been made The
clutch on the as horsepower car has
been changed from the cone type to the
internal expanding. The wheel end of
thesrear axle shaft has been enlarged,
squared and tapered for the forged
wheel hubs. This makes it stronger.
special issue of the Rambler mag
azine, containing a full description or
the new Rambler. is now being mailed
to all those who make request of
Thomas B. Jeffery & Co, 117-125 Valen-
cia street, San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17
VANDERBILT CUP
NEXT BIG EVENT
Auto Contests Keep Enthusiasm
at High Pitch in the East
ern States

Reports from the Atlantic sttindi-
cate that this viii be very prosperous
season for the entire trade. Many classy
events held along the coast from Savan-
nah. Ca. 10 Massachusetts have served
10 keep enthusiasm at a high tension.
and the prospects Of the Vanderbilt
cup race serves to add TO this excellent
state of affairs
The iverhead-Mattituck circuit race.
held on Long Island. the Fairmount
park race. the Lowell derby and the
grand prize of savannah. all proved ex-
cellent attractions and the enthusiasts
saw Robertson's record in the Wander
biIt event of 1908 smashed by Louis
Wagner at Savannah.
VANDERBILT CUP NEXT
All interest now centers in the Van
derbilt cup race, the classic event of the
winter. which viii be held october 80
on the Long Island motor parkway, and
will be run over a triangular road
course similar to that used last year.
The radical change in the conditions
governing the Vanderbilt cup event
last year serves to stimulate dealers
and builders, and this event viii see
heavy increase in entries over last year.
In the past this event has been de-
signed especially for specially con-
structed racing machines, but it is now
announced that the event viii be for
stock cars exclusively. This is bound
more generally 10 interest manufactur-
ers and draw out a large number of
cars. Another radical change is that ii
will become a sweepstakes event for
cars OF various sizes to run simultan-
eously for various distances.
H0r will q given for
big cars only and while foreign cars
will be eligible. they viii not enter as
teams and the race Will not be an in
ternational one.
NEW RECORDS MADE
Last years event drew out Il cars,
including IL American, German, ?
French and / Italian. George +. r.
Robertson in a 12O horsepower Loco
mobile for the first time captured the
cup for America, making an average
OF 81 $40 miles an hour, a new record
for road racing. This was exceeded by
Wagner in the grand prize event at
Savannah, when he hung up a new
record OF 65 $40 miles per hour.
The contest viii be held by the Motor
cup holding association, the association
formed pursuant to the peace agree
ment between the Automobile Club of
America and the American automobile
association, which assumes both the
grand prize cup and the Vandobilt
cup. Among the men composing the di-
rectOrs are Colgate Hoyt, William X.
Vanderbilt Jr.. Harry Payne Whitney,
Ebert II. Gray, Dave Hennen Morris.
William Pierson Hamilton, Henry b.
Anderson, H. B. Collins, Henry Sander
son and Mortimer /. Schiff.
The new regulations for the Wander
bilt cup stipulate that the event shall
be open 10 stock chassis of subclasses
] and ?, in class 3, under the classifi-
cation of the American automobile
association racing rules for 1909.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17

"The 1910 Speed l.. v. LYNCH
well is built with one standard chassis,
with rearrangements to best accom-
modate the various body designs De-
voting our efforts thus along one line
cuts down manufacturing cost, and Is
one of the reasons we can offer a car
of the highest type, fully equipped, for
$3.50.
1.-The Speedwell is a car of medium
weight, careful proportioning or
power, weight and large tires, making
it the most economical in maintenance
of all classes of cars.
"A straight line drive delivers to the
driving wheels the maximum of power
developed. Absolute fexibility of
units has been obtained, which is i'm
possible where motor and transmits
sion or transmission and rear axle are
combined in one rigid case. Under
severe conditions the Speedwell might
be racked and twisted without in the
least interfering with the operation of
any driving mechanism.
TN this car you get all of the essen
tial features of the highest priced cars
built. You get power, so horsepower,
all the power you need for any emer-
gency. No high priced car will pass
the Speedwell anywhere-on steep
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17

able machines, and have given general
satisfaction to the user. But there has
been decided improvements, making the
Mitchell wonderful car considering
the low price. The engine has been a
marked feature of perfection as to pow
er and serviceability. While the manu-
facturers have retained this mechani-
cal projection, they have also succeeded
in reducing the noise to the minimum,
making it one of the most quiet run
ming cars in the market.
The change in motor is also now con-
fined to one standard size, making parts
in all models interchangeable, cylin-
ders being 4Ax5. They make three
distinct models-the runabout, 80
horsepower, which may be had with
choice of three bodies; runabout road
ster with rumble seat, or four passen-
ger with surrey seat. The power