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CHAPTER XVII.

THE LOVE OF POLEON DOREI.
TVO the girl crouching In the
E stern of Runnion's boat 1t
III seemed as If this day and
night would never end. 1t
seemed as if the procession Of natural
events must have ceased, that there
was no longer any time, for she had
been suffering steadily for hours and
hours without end and began to won
der dreamily whether she had not
skipped a. day in her reckoning be-
tween the time when she first heard
Of the strike on her claim and this
present moment. 1t occurred to her
that she was rich girl now in her
own right, and she smiled her crooked
smile as she reflected that the thing
she had longed for without hope OF
attainment had come with confusing
sTiftness and had left her unhappier
than ever.
Restless and tired Of her lonely vigil,
she gave premonitory cough and
said to her companion:
"You must be tired rowing so stead
ily?"
ooh. don't mind til" ne replied.
At the sound of his voice she sat
bolt upright. 1t couldn't be. If this
were Runnion he would have spoken
before She ventured again TREMENDOUSLY:
"Have you any idea what time it ISL
about 3 o'clock, ! fancy"
"Who are you" The question came
like shot.
Don't you know"
what are you doing here, Mr.. Run
nion?"
"T'm rowing" he answered care
lessly.
1've changed my mind, Mr.. Rum
nioD," she said. II don't want to go
down to the mission. / want you to
take me back"
Cant do It." he said. "The current
is too swift"
"Then set me ashore and I'll walk
back 1t can't be far to town."
"Twenty-fve miles. We've been out
about three hours"
please do as l ask you, Mr.. Run
MON. I've decided / don't want to go
any farther" He laughed, and the
sound aroused her. Put me ashore
this minuter' she cried Indignantly.
"What do you mean"
When he made no answer, except to
rOntinup tho maddpninP mOnOtOny Of
his movements. she was seized with
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Rex Beach

still i....int:iincd control OF them, then
cried out at The two helpless men:
well, are you going to let me bleed
to death:"
1t brought the soldier out Of his
trance.
"Why-no, no! Well get doctor"
But Gale touched him on the Shout
der and said:
Hes too weak to get out. Lock
him in and let him die In the dark"
Stark cursed af'rightedly. for 1t Is a
terrible thing to bleed to death in the
dark. and III spite Of himself the lieu
tenant wavered.
81 can't do that. promised"
"JIe told that lie to my girl. He
gave her to that hound" said tn
trader, but Burrell showed him through
the door.
mo; / can't do thatv And then to
the wounded man he said, "Pll get q
doctor, but God have mercy on your
soulr' He could not trust himself to
talk further with this creature nor be
near him any longer. for. though he
had q slight knowledge Of surgery, he
would sooner have touched loath-
some serpent than the flesh Of this
monstrous man. -
He pushed Gale ahead Of him, and
the old man went like driven beast,
for his violence had wasted Itself, and
he was like person under the spell
of strong drug.
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Sold by K. H. TRIMBLE, MONTEREY,
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Runnion drove his Peterborough TO-
ward the shore with powerful strokes
md ran its nose up on the gravel, rose
stretched himself and dragged 1t tar-
ther out then looked down at Necla.
"Well, what is it-yes or no? DO you
want me for a husband or for mas
ter?" She covered In the stern, pale'
fearful creature.
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niOn2"
rash resolve to wrench the oars out
Of his hands and made quick motion
toward him, at which he shouted:
''Sit down! Do you want to upset
u.s.?
The unstable craft lurched and dip
ped dangerously, and, realizing the fu-
tility Of her mad impulse. she sank
back on her knees.
"Stark told me to board the first boat
for st. Michaels.' he said, "but I've
made few plans of my own the last
hour or So"
"St. Michael's! Mr.. Stark told you
why, that's impossible! You misun-
derstood him. He told you to row me
to the mission. Pm going to Father
Barnum's house"
mo. you're not, and | didn't miSun-
derstand him. He wants to get you
outside. all right, but reckon you'd
rather go as Mrs. Runnion than as the
sweetheart of Ben Stark"
"Are you crazy:" the girl cried. "Mr.
Stark kindly offered to help me reach
the father at his mission. I'm nothing
TO him. and I'm certainly not going to
be anything to you. If I'd known you
were going to row the boat | should
have ST.. ed at home. because ! detest
you."
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straining at the leash and taut In every
nerve. Now. however, the traders
fingers frightened on the knife handle,
and his knuckles whitened with the
grip. at which Stark's right hand
swept to his waist, and simultaneous
" Gale lunged across the table. His
blade fiickered in the light, and gun
spoke-once, twice. again and again.
A cry arose outside the cabin; then
some heavy thing crashed in through
the door, bringing light with 1T, for
with his first leap Gale had carried
the lamp and the table with him. and
the two had clinched in the dark.
Burrell had waited an instant too
long. for the mems voices had held so
steady, their words had been so vital,
that the finish found him unprepared;
but, thrusting the lantern into Poleon's
hand, he had backed off a pace and
hurled himself at the door. He fell to
his knees inside and an instant later
found himself wrestling for his life
between two raging beasts. The lieu
tenant knew Doret must have entered,
too, though he could not see him, for
the lantern shed Sickly gloom over
the chaos. He was locked desperately
with John Gale, who flung him about
and handled him like child, fighting
like an old gray wolf hoary with years
and terrible In his rage. Only for the
lanterns light Gale would doubtless
have sheathed his weapon in his new
assai!ant, but the more iercely the
trader struggled the more tenaciously
the soldier chung. AS it was, Gale car
ried the lieutenant with him and
struck over his head at Stark.
Poleon had leaped into the room at
Burrell's heels to receive the impact OF
q heavy body hurled backward into his
arms as If by some Irresistible force.
He seized 1t and tore 1t away from the
thing that pressed after and bore down
upon it with the ferocity of wild
beast. He saw Gale reach over the
lieutenant's head and swing his arm,
saw the knife blade bury itself in what
he held, then saw it rip away and felt
a hot stream squirt into his face. Do
ret glimpsed Burrell rising from his
knees, his arms about the traders
waist, and the next instant the COM
batants were dragged apart.
The lieutenant wrenched the drip
ping blade from Gales hand. 1t no
longer cleaned, but was warm and
slippery in his fingers. Poleon held
Stark's gun, which was empty and
smoking.
The fight had not lasted a minute,
and yet what terrible havoc had been
wrought The gambler was drenched
with his own blood, which gushed
from him, black in the yellow flicker
and so plentifully that the Frenchman
was befouled with it, while Gale. too,
was horribly stained, but whether
from his own or his enemy's veins it
was hard to tell. The trader paid no
heed to himself nor to the intruders,
allowing Burrell to push him back
against the wall, the breath wheeling
in and out Of his lungs. his eyes fas-
tened on Stark.
81 got you, Bennett" he cried
hoarsely. Your magic is no good"
His teeth showed through bis grizzled
muzzle like the fangs of some wild
animal.
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HOUSES, BARNS,
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Dealer in in all kinds Of Lumber
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All orders receive prompt atten-
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Monterey, va.
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Ire Be Continued
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There was u long pause.
tgyVhySO

Inere was long pause.
"Why"
"Say, it's kind Of funny our stand
ing here talking about that thing, isn't
It? Well, If you want to know, l came
home early that night. guess you
hadn't been gone two hours. And the
surprise did 1t more than anything
else, l suppose. She hadn't prepared
a story. l got suspicious, named you
at random and hit the nail on the
head
Gales face was like chalk, and his
voice sounded thin and dry as he said:
"You beat her; that's why she did
It."
Stark made no answer.
"The papers said the room showed
a struggle"
When the other still kept quiet Gale
insisted:
Didn't your
At this Stark famed up defnantly.
"Well, / guess l had aause enough.
No woman except her was ever untrue
to me-wife or sweetheart"
"You didn't really think
"Think HI! l thought so then, and
] think so now. She denied it, but
"And you knew her so we'll too. 1
guess you've had some bad nights
yourself, Bennett, with that always on
your mind
Il swore I'd have
land so you put her blood on my
head and made me an outlaw" After
an instant, "Why did you tell me this.
anyhow
Its our last talk, and ! wanted you
to know how we'll my hate worked"
"Well, guess that's ALL" said Gale.
So far they had watched each other
with unwavering, unblinking eyes,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-16
Our Guarantee

Go to your druggist today, and
purchase a dollar bottle, and II you
can honestly say, that you did not
receive any benefits from it, after
using the entire bottle, the drug
gist will refund your money to you
without question or delay.
We will pay the druggist the price
of the bottle purchased by you.
This offer applies to the large
bottle only and to but one In a
family.
We could not afford to make such
an offer, unless we positively knew
what Kodol will do for you.
1t would bankrupt us.
The dollar bottle contains ~ times
as much as the fifty cent bottle.
Kodol is made at the laboratories
of E. c. Dewitt g. Co., Chicago.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-16
HENRY A SLAVEN

IIENRY A SLAVEN
Practical LAND SURVEYOR AND NO.
TAhY PUBLIC.
Monterey, Highland Co., Va
Maps and Blue P,iSss specially. All
WORT in this line solicited.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-16
DIR. G. II. BURTON,

EYE.EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALIST
Lexington, Va.
Two trips to Highland county-in May
and October,-sttpPing at Monterey,
Mcdowell and Doe Hill. Glasses fitted
by prescription.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-16
Eat What
You want of the food you need
Kodol will digest it.

You need a sufficient amount OF
good wholesome food and more than
this you need to fully digest it.
Else you can't gain strength, nor
can you strengthen your stomach If
1t is weak.
You must eat in order to live and
maintain strength.
You must not diet, because the
body requires that you eat suffic-
lent amount of food regularly.
But this food must be digested,
and it must be digested thoroughly.
When the stomach can't do 1t,
you must take something that will
help the stomach.
The proper way to do is to eat
what you want, and let Kodol di-
gest the food.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-07-16

Nothing else can do this. When
the stomach is weak it needs help;
you must help it by giving it rest,
and Kodol will do that.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-27
NEWPORT NEWS. VA. TUESDAY, APRIL -, 1909.
MUSCULAR LOVER BREAK
MS SWEE1hEAR1'S RIB
Powerfully Built Young Man Puts Too
Much Ardor Into His Good.
Mint Embrace.
jSpccial to the Daily Press. }

Especial TO me DAILY IrSSs.)
RICHMOND. VA, April 26.-Miss
Lola Wcstcott. eighteen years old. of
Purgateaque, sustained a broken RIB
yesterday evening while bidding her
lover Elwood Scot, twenty years old
good night.
The young man, who Is II rather
large proportiCrIs and very strong. had
clasped his pretty, sweetheart in his
arms before departing from her home
his embrace evidently being rather
demons ..atiyc and over enthusiastic
When the rcung woman's rib snapped.
the und was plainly audible. Sect
at first thought he had broken the
crystal CT his watch. 1t was net un-
til the girl appraised him Of her con
ditiCn that h" had airy idea OF the
real facts In the case.
a ply stefan was inlnt Slatcly call
cd to set the fractured BON" and the
girl is said 10 be now resting COM
fortably. Scott says that in The future
he will handle his sweetheart with a
little more care but is careful to add
thai h" does not propose 10 give up
all demonstrations of affection. In
this Miss WCstcott fully agrees with
him
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-27
INVOLVES SHERIFF,
Report Made by Investigator Appoint
ed by Court.

ed by Court.
NORFOLK. VA. April 26.-The
latest revelations growing out OF the
police investigations in Norfolk coun.
" being conducted by Judge White.
OF the Norfolk County Circuit Court.
involve the sheriff If the county, A.
c. Cromwell
According TO a report read in open
c,nr by Joseph T. lIawless, the
sheriff inprceded before the Judge for
the reinstatement CT Officer Steven
son. who had been removed for re-
fcrcnccs to actions Of the sheriff. and
that the sheriff himself produced n
paper signed by Stevenson In which
Stevenson r'tracted his criticism and
stated th& they were untrue.
l,awlcss stated that he believes the
paper was signed under duress, and
that ii was Intended as a means for
suppressing further investigation. A,
the time Stevenson was removed by
the judge. Officer DERRICK was them
heing investigated ON charges pre-
fcrcd by Stevenson. Lawlcss was
appointed by the court to make the
investigation. His report was an eye
opener
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-27
BRIGHT FOR'
AM|CABLE ADJUSTMENT
Hard Coal Miners Meet Today to
Consider Propositions Advanced
BY Operators.
EXECUTIVE BOARDS MET MONDAY
Preliminary Agreements Have Been
Reached on Several Points-Opera!
tors Insist on Renewal OF Strike
Commission Award.-Fcr Three
Years-Amcndments Accepted.
NV Associated Press.)

SCRANTON. PA. April 26.-Wnh
every prospect that th'. differences
existing between tn" auth.rr"itc mine
wnrk": : ard the c!'"iuT"!.5 will be- ad-
jus ed before the nd d the W. elk
The Tri-distriCt convrnti OF the
tG:itr:, Miaci; In tie bard coal fields
will ccryCrt. here I II s;ow after.
Loon to tGas id,r IL" lat i riCpOsi-
tiCnS that f-rm tie basis for the CX-
pee al final settlement.
Preliminary to t morrow's cOnven-
ii III the members VI the three cXeCu-
tive boards met here today with Ma
t.Onal President Lewis presiding and
considered the gene 4 prorositioEr OF
the mine owners and five amend
m"nts to The operators DER are said
h. have been acce.ted by the en-
plOyers at the last conference in Phila-
de'phia. The general proposition OF
the operators provides for a renewal
for another three years OF the strike
& mrnissicry award. One Of the
amendments said TO nave been ugreed
10 By tn" operators provides that men
who are C. nScrf tcd shall have the
right 20 appeal to the nciliation
board. and the amendment provides
tint NEW work shall be paid for nj
the same rate as old work. under the
award q the strike commission.
The three other suggestions said
I have been agreed to by the opera.
t,rs have not been made public.
The executive boards were in secret
session for four hours discussing latest
propositions. and during the morning
the members voted not to make them
public until they are laid before the
delegates.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-27
Hams Trial Proper Probably VIII
Begin in Another Day.
.lUnACY Commission IS PROBABLE
viii be Ordered by Court Or District
Attorney Should Defence Offer Evil
dence as to Insanity Of Slayer Of
Annis.
(Bv Associated Press.l

FLUSHING. l.. l., April 26.-Wlth
ten Jurors in the jury box and the
percmptcry Challenges allowed by law
to each side nearly exhausted. It is
likely that another day will see the
Jury ccmJleted and the real battle be-
gun for he life Of Captain Peter c,
Hams. Jr.. now on trial here fer the
murder Of William f. Annis.
The presentation Of the people $
case is not expected to occupy moro
than a court day Sh Uld a CCmmis-
sion in lunacy. 10 dctermir" the de-
PENDANTS present menta! condition. 7"
applieH for. IL will be ordered either
Dy he ecurt or on application Of Dis
trict Attorney Dewitt as sC~n - an
evidence Of insanity is presented to
the jury by the defense.
John r. Mcintyre r tHr counsel for
the defense C-5ntSnds that his client
is Insane at The present tim. hut
said today that he was nov in a si-
ton tn ask f'r the al, oin;mcn; " a
iunacy commission.
If tho case Is allowed 10 gT Z" tho
Jury scvrEal alicniSts who have oh
served the prisoner will 5,c called rs
'wrtHs sscs by 18th sides.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-27
GRANTS Two LICENSES
AT each POPULAR RESORT
This is Limit Fixed By Judge White
For Ocean View and Pine Beach
This Season.

NORFOLK. VA. April 26.-Judge B.
d. White. Presiding in the Circuit
Court of Norfolk county. today decided
to Issue liquor licenses TO Chas H.
Crnso'vc at the Ocean View hotel and
viliOn. II" determined that no other
LIQUOR license shall be issued at
Ocean View
He also decided to grant one more
while" license at Pine Beach, this
TO he eutside Of the White City re-
sort. where one license has already
been granted Judge White has not
yet decided to whom OF just where
III" one saloon on the outside at Pine
Beach is to be located. He will make
a personal visit TO that section and
decide the matter later. Other than
the one more license al Pine Beach
Judge White says he will grant no
more licenses in tho COUNTY to any
bod. He has declared. too, that the
law must 10 observed i'm Norfolk
county. and that aIl "srcak-casics"
discovered or found to bc in con'cm
plation mas. 10 suppressed under pen
atty or forfeiture Of positions by Con
stables
Thos" who at'cmp; TO run "sIsak
"asjCS" in Norfolk county. JTdgc
White SAYS. will soon find them
selves N Jail
Judge White TODAY entered the or
der granting Mr. ConSuiso a liquor
iir' ms" a; tho Ocean View hotel. and
will tomorrow enter tho order grant
ing the Pavilion license at the Vies.
May Attack Beach and Cape.
Tho AHti-Saiopn Iragur ~hiir a.
work In Norfolk and Portsmouth alsn
has its eyes on tho situation At vr
ginia Reach and Capc Henry. and Will
make STRONG effort To stop any
Sunday sale " liquor there NAV bc NJ
hrsc piacrs The Lrssur has Do
''rm,E"d To attempt 10 wipe OF all
sa!oons ~ the Reach and Capr
Tho Id !. u = vars. Is to hold q
local oiaioT .'Ciion in SCaboard Dis.
tri'f. Princess Anne. including Viz
ginia Each and Cape Henry. In tho
tall. There arc only three court ".
c~uSed saloons in tho entire county
~ this tiIar. Two Of tbcsc arc own.
Cd NV T. J Richardson and ". " Ru-
dolph. n Virginia Beach, and one by
W ! DKrcfc AT Cape Hcnry All
nf ihCsr places have tuEt len srant-
cd new licenses by Judgc u. ID. White,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-27
APPOINTED CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSIONER
Prize Goes to South CsroIirian and
Ex-Assoeisted Press Reporter
Did Campaign Work.
nv Associated Prcss.p

WASHINGTON. u. e., April &c
Tho President To-Day nominated JamCs
Thomas williams. Jr. Of South Caro-
Iira - bc civil Ssryicr commissioner
NJ. Williams lived in Grccnyillc
and Columbia, s G.. ayut is a native
W Lin~oInton. n. 6. lie graduate
o. m Columbia College. y. Y. in 1901
Tic was c"nDcctrd for four years with
On. Associated Press and drr two
years was Washington cnrrcsVDHdcni
NJ tho B,ston Transcript.
Mr.. Williams. who succrcJ. Henry
y. Grccrr. vino resigned several
weeks ago. acted AZ scrrctasy to Ma
t.ouai Chairman Hitchcock during che
FIRST part ~ tn recent presidential
cIwpalgr and lairT accompanied Mr..
Taft "a his long campaign trip.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-27
TEMPERANCE RALLY
Will Be Held to Offset Anti-Prohibi
ton Meetino.

Especial to the Daily Press.l
RICHMOND. VA. April 26-Minis-
tiers and laymsrr are arranging for a
big temperance rally to be held in
Richmond as an offset to the recent
mass meeting held for the avowed
purpose Ct frustrating any movement
looking 10 local option election A
committee of twelve appointed for this
purpose have already met and dis
cussed the Conditions. Nearly every
denomination is represented on this
committee Another meeting will be
held during the present week to com
plete the arrangements Coming so
soon after the antiprohibition meet
ing. the deepest interest will doubt
less be aroused by the proposed meet
ing. It is said the temperance meet
ing is av0wedly f1r the purpose cf
coUnteracting the effects of the anti
prohibition meeting
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-27
MISS LANGHORHE WEDS
PAUL PHiPPS OF LONO IN
Bride Youngest Of Five Daughters Of
Colonel Lsnohorne, Of Abe
marie County, Va.

NEW YORK. April 26.-....s Nora
l.anghorne. youngest Oh the Ave Lang
horne sisters. daughters Of Colonel
ChiswelI Dabney. LanRhorne. OF Albe.
marie county, Va. was married this
afternoon in st. James Episcopal
church to Paul Phipps, OF london
The wedding was large attended
those present including many persons
prominent in society In q dozen cities.
Mr. Phipps. who Is an architect. II
Q grandson Of W.-Butler Duncan. q
prominent New York railway man.
He was born and brought up In Eng
land and has visited only briefly In
this country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ph.rps will leave for
England on Wednesday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-27
FLETCHER SWORN IN.
Is Primary Nominee and Was Ap'
pointed by Governor.
(By Associated Press

(Bv Associated ficss.l
WASHINGTON, d. c.. April 20
Senator Fletcher, of Florida, present
ed his credentials to the Senate to-
dav. The oatn of Office was admin
istered to him. Senator Burrows.
chairfan of the committee on i'rivi-
lcces and elections. commented on
the action of the governor of FLORIDA
in appointing Mr.. Fletcher a United
States senator at the close OF reg.
ular senatorial terms. which ne sara
wa not ordinarily within the rule lad
down ty the Senate when meeting
of the legislature Immediately pre-
cedes the expiration of term. In
this case. however, the Legislature did
not so meet. and as there had been
a primary elect on which had select
cd Mr.. Fletcher. the committee on
privileges and elections had taken no
action in this case.
Florida and Georgia. he said. were
the ONLY States whose legislatures did
not meet before the expiration OF Il
senatorial term.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-27
C.. o. ORDERS IS
LOCOMOTIVES IN RICHMOND
Making a Total Of Fifty All Told
Must be Completed by No.
vember.
Especial to the Daily PrcssD

Especial to the DAILY FrrSs.' .
RICHMOND. VA. April 2G.-Thirty
five additional locomotives were Or
dcred today by President George w.
Stevens Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway all Of them. to b. built by
the Richmtapd branch of the American
Locomotive works. This means an
order for n total Of fifty locomotives
given by the Chesapeake and Ohio
to the Richmond branch The order
for the first fifteen was placed a
month ago. Each Of these fifty loco
motives will cost Tfteen thousand
dollars. This means an expenditure
in this city sby the Chesapeake and
Ohio of three quarters of a million
dollars. The entire fifty locomotives
are to be built and delivered by No
vCmber