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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-24
IN JUSTICE COURT

The following cases we.e dis
posed of IN Justice Nawter's CONT
during the last week.
F. y. VanHorn vs. Reed Hal.
nd Walter Ramsburg. action fo,.
tnribIe entry ana detainer. iudg-
lent for plaintiff.
Sterling Refining Co., VS. T. i.
Thompson. action for collection Of
ney. Judgment for plaintiff.
FumcrS State bank vs. Waiter
Dmock. action for earnishmuAt,
lgment for plaintiff.
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Just received Car Of caancl
rl. James Wrigley.
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Don't be fooled. II. VI. Bar
rs Cough remedy cures.

Flour, r'Nr, shorts and ground
cor sale Columbia elevator
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-12-24

{. }. Hood, yard master, is
seriously ill.
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.EnE AiOBRlDuE N[Eh s

.o.rdLe N,as Prinun. u r. ,5.as t..a.en5
lRTHUR KEENE, Fauarr.5 Jal.. Ger
lc,ubgs e ,Ae roI.h DaAo. .,..:.-t..
.nt.gcd at the pos,otdce %, 81 l'. t,
second Gas, matter. uuarl
az tiauA '
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09

"By accident, my dear child" he soothed her.
"Quite by accident fear / not the only
who saw that reckless proceeding. There must
have been several others. It about in this
way. Mayne had come to me to talk bit OF
legal difBculty-the Interpretation of a point in law
i'm fact sat at the open window of my study.
The quite dark, and heard the sound
of voices outside-the sidewalk, you know, is just
few feet away on the other side of the hedge.
There seemed to be quarrel, and man up
braiding woman for going to-er-Marchand's
She replied that If Alice Penryhn could afford TO
be seen there she imagined there would be no
great harm in It, Then their voices died away,
and glancing at Mayne he scowlng furi.
ously. He said something about internal gossips'
and that he would have liked to have corrected
that woman. naturally said nothing and he then
told me enough to convince me that he believed
IL was you who had accompanied Mortimer
could say nothing to this, OF course"
= HR1STINE sat duly picking aimlessly at her
~ fan, and said nothing From the garden
the muTmurngs of the pair still wandering about the
paths, and the stiffness only broken by the
whispering of the summer wind in the tree-tops
the occasional weird call Of some night bird At
last she looked up. This old friend surely had
right TO know the truth, and he would count it no
disloyalty TO Alice, she sure besides, in any
he should be forewarned in the event that the
matter came up again.
81 told him it l." she said quietly.
The Judge fairly jumped in his chair
"You told hm" he exclaimed, "In the name OF
common sense, why did you do that?"
81 had to-" she answered him smiling. at was
better he should think i'll of me than of her lie
had heard something of the truth--one day when
Mr.. Mortimer came here and demanded that Alice
drive with him, and she pleaded pteously that
should make it right with him. until it seemed to
me that there was no other way"
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
PART TWO.
Csynopsis Of Part One at close Of this install

(synopsis Of Ones close of this nstsllment)
TSoR days after Mayne had left her by the rus.
II tic shelter Christine lived and over
~ again the scene, and the contempt in his eyes
that had burned her like whtehot iron recurred
with the persstency the mind is capable OF in
dealing with matters which have gone awry Day
and night it was everpresent spectre; "a ghost
that would not be laid for strive she might she
found herself unable to put.it from her From the
moment when she had voluntarily taken the blame
for what she believed was peccadillo upon her
own shoulders, Mayne had treated her with pune
tlious courtesy but she felt rather than saw that
TO him she was as one apart, and his avoidance
OF her was due she felt convinced, to his aversion
for permitting her 20 see again the dtstrust in
which he held her.
1t had all seemed absurdly simple this OBJ
vious saving OF her sister from the consequences
of her folly and she had her sisters word for 1t
that the occurrence was quite accidental one
innocent of real harm, and only unfortunate in the
aspect that might be put upon IT, Yet she felt 1t
strange that Mayne had taken it so seriously
His expression upon that morning might have been
construed to mean that he knew she had lied, and
had despised her for the weak attempt at protec
tion, had It not been that he had not ceased his
attentions to Alice, but had rather increased
these and had seemingly forgiven the cause APP.
parently Christine's explanation had satisfied him,
and he had taken it at its full value Then Chris
tine puzzled over his coldly formal attitude TO her
SELF and began to fear that perhaps Alice had not
been quite so open with her as she had at first
believed; to think that in her agony of mind at
the position in which she found herself, her sister
had grasped at any straw even TO deliberate false
the old camaradere that had formerly existed be-
tween Christine and Mayne; none of the perfect
understanding they had long ago established.
TT was plain to be that Alice had noted it
too but there seemed to be a tacit understanding
between the sisters that the whole subject was
taboo after the little that had occurred
when Alice had returned from her drive with
Mortimer Christine mad taken her sister apart
and had told her what she had done, and had
been astounded to observe the horror that eX
pressed I'm Alce's face when she learned the sacri-
fee that had been made I'm her behalf She had
vouchsafed further information on the matter,
but had seemed to accept the situation it stood
She had been told very firmly that Mortimer must
be broken with, matter what the cost, and the
understanding had been that should he put in an
appearance, he to be told quite plainly that
the old intimacy was forever at end. Perhaps
fortunately for all concerned, Mortimer had left
town the following day to be absent some weeks,
and this naturally gave matters an opportunity TO
adjust themselves along the new plane Mayne
came and went; walked and drove with Alice, and
seemed thoroughly satisfied, 1t was Judge Har
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grave who detected the strained note in the
Lutte, however
lie had taken to calling on Christine two or
three times n week since his warning to her,
and, keenly observant he had quickly found
that Mayne had adopted different attitude to-
ward the girl. This puzzled the old man, and
with delicate diplomacy he determined to fer
ret the mystery out for himself. He was sit
ting with Christine on the piazza OF the house
one eVenin three or four weeks after the de-
parture OF Mortimer, looking thoughtfully in
the direction Of Mayne and Alice, who were
strolling about the garden.
THAT young man puzzles me-" he said,
quietly.
Puzzles you? why? asked Christine with
out interest.
"He seems to have everything a young fell
low wants for complete happiness and still he
H. dissatisfied"
"He does not look it TO me-" replied Chris
tine
"I am sure of it, nevertheless answered
the Judge
with Alice perhaps?" said the girl little
hutter at her heart.
"Ah, that's the point" smiled the old
"If IL was a dsillusionment there, he would
hardly come TO see her often, would he? AS
IL is, he seems TO spend most OF his waking
hours In her company. No; we may safely
say IL is not Alice" and he shook mis- hNld.
IL think you must have imagined some
hing" smiled Christine at him.
my imaginative faculties played out some years
60 my dear" he replied. "They don't survive
as he made this courtship duality, when it was
,rmerly affaire trois, If remember rightly
NON'T you know that three is almost a congrega-
tion i'm such matters" asked Christine with
trained laugh "A man does not care to offer his
in public"
But you and he used to be such good friends
bjected Judge Har-
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grave.
"And now he and
Alice are good
friends, instead"
she said. Come;
let us talk OF some
thing else. Have
you seen that Corot
Mrs. Varney re-
ceived the other
day?"
my dear, 1
wouldn't know a
Corot from a
chrome, I'm afraid.
Tell me If you ever
mentioned that mat
ter of Alice's visit
TO a certain place TO
her"
Christine turned
her head away and
remained silent for
some moments.
81 wish you
wouldn't" she said
at last. "Yes, l did
speak OF it, and re-
ceived her promise
that she would
never be so foolish
again"
Judge Hargrave
looked pensively at
the white ribbon Of
the road stretching
away into the dis
tance.
"Mayne hinted at
Il to me-" he said,
quietly, "but he
seemed to be under
the wrong impress
sion i'm some way"
he remarked at last.
at was his idea
that you had been
shall 1 say, indis-
creet2"
Christine sat up
suddenly in her
chair.
"He talked of that
TO you'll" she eX-
claimed.
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attempt at kindness. THAT rock they
threw must have hurt you. Feel sort
OF dizzy. Ell? Never MUD. In show
you sight for sore eyes. You went OF
without your share Of the last SWAY.
but I've saved It for you. Prendergast
wouldn't cheat a pal.''
From a Granny I'm the clay chinked
wall he took n chamois skin bag. II
contained a quantity Of gold dust aud
small nuggets. which he poured into
n miners scales on the table and nro-
ceeded TO divide in two portions. This
accomplished. he cmptied one Of the
portions on 20 a paper and pushed IL
out
That's yours" be said.
Harry's eyes were on his with
piercing Intensity now, as though they
looked through him 90 a vast distance
beyond. He was staring through
gray midst at something far OF. bat
significant, that el0ded his direct
vision The board table. the yellow
gold. the flickering candlelight. recall
ed something horrifying. ia some other
world. iu some other life. millions n
ages ago.
He lurched 20 his feet. overturning
the table. The gold dust ratified to the
floor
"Your dealr' he said. Then. with
vague laugh. he fell sidewise upon the
bunk.
August Prenderrast stared at him
with a look OF Amusement on HIS yell
low face. Hes crazy as a chicken
he said.
He sat watching him awhile. then
rose and kindled fire on the unswcpt
hearth From a litter OF cans and
dented utensils in n corner ne pro-
ceeded 20 cook himself supper. after
which he carefully brushed up the
scattered gold dust and returned IL an
20 its hiding place. Lastly he rum
! maged on "a shelf and found vial
This proved 20 be empty. however
and he set IL on the table.
Il guess you'u do well enough with
out any pain Killer" he said 90 him.
self Doctors are expensive ANY.
way. I'll be back by midnight"
He threw more wood on the fire.
blew out the candle and. closing the
door behind him. set OF down the
trail 90 the town. whore faro bank
soon acquired the bin Jessica had Civ
en- him.
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s'No." said Harry. surprised WHY,
Prendergast chuckied- The chuckle
grew 10 a guffaw. and he sat down.
slapping his thigh Presently he went
to the wall. took the chamois skin bag
from its hiding place and poured some
OF its yellow contents into bis palm.
That's why. Do you remember that
ehr'
Harry looked at IT, Gold dust" be
said II seem TO recall that am
going to begin work in the trench to-
morrow. There should be more where
that came from"
Prenderg5st poured the gold back
into the bag with cunning look The
other had asked for no share OF II
At that moment he decided to say
nothing OF the evening before. or the
girl or the horseback journey. lest
Hugh. cudgeling his brains. might re-
member he had been offered a half
There's plenty more where that
came from. all right" he said. land
IN teach you again bow to get 1t one
or these days"
Prendergast said little during the
meal When the table was cleared he
lit his pipe and took from shelf
board covered with penciled figures
and scrutinlzed It
Hope you remember how TO play
old sledge?" he said
barry did not move. As they ate
he had been wondering how long he
could abide that sinister presence. AS
ne was about to speak a knock came
at the cabin door. and Prendergast
opened il.
The visitor Harry recognized In
stantly. 1t was the man who had
called for fair play at the fight before
the saloon, who had drawn him into
the hotel.
Fielder carried a bundle under HIS
arm. He nodded CURLY to Prender-
CAST and addressed himself to Harry
Il am the bearer Of a gift from
some one In the town" he said. ct
have been asked to deliver this to
you" He put the bundle into the
others hands.
Harry drew up one Of the chairs
hastily. please sit down." be said
courteously. He looked at the bundle
curiously. eft eos dona fereutes." he
said slowly. "a gift from some one
m the town.
a keen surprise flashed into the law
yer's glance. The quotation is clas-
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would be with him. She threw back
Der hood. drew one or the chairs 10
the side OF the bunk and sat down. her
eyer fixed on bis face. The weakness
and helplessness of his posture struck
through and through her. Two sides
OF her were struggling In q chaotic
combat for mastery.
u hate you'll I hate your she said
Under her breath, cllnchIng her cold
hand Il must hate you'll You stole
my love and put it under your feet
You have disgraced my present and
ruined my futurel What II you have
forgotten the past-your crime7 Does
that make you the less guilty or me
the less wrctchedT'
But withal a silent voice within her
gave the lie 20 her vehemence. Some
element Of her character that had been
rigid and intact was crumbling down.
An old sweet something that a dread
ful mill had ground aud crushed and
annihnated was rising whole and I'M
de6led, superior to any petty distinc-
ton. regardless Of all that lifted com
bative in her inheritance. not 20 be
gainsald or denied.
She leaned closer. listening TO the In
coherent words and broken phrases
borne on the turbid channels OF fever
But she could not link them together
into meaning. only one name he spoke
clearly over and over again-the name
Hugh Stires-repeated with the dreary
monotony OF n child coming a lesson.
She noted the mark across his brow.
Before Der marriage. I'm her blindness,
she had used 10 wonder what IL was
Ike. IL was not in the least disfgur-
ing IL gave a touch OF the extraor-
binary. 10 was so small she did not
wonder that in that ecstatic moment OF
her brides kiss she had not seen II.
Slowly. half fearfully. she stretched
out her hand and laid II on his. AS II
at the couch the mutterings ceased.
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1T tcGS his express tCiSh hat giue tho
Ui0lin 20 yolSr
sic" he said. but IL need not apply
here" He took the bundle. unwrapped
Il and disclosed n battered violin. let
me explain" he continued. For the
owner Of this you fought a battle yes
terday. You tested its tone little
later. IL seems chat you are a master
Of the most difficult OF instruments.
There was a time. believe. when the.
old man was its master also. lie was
once. they say. the conductor OF an
orchestra in San Francisco. Drink and
the devil finally brought him down.
For three years past be has lived IN
Smoky Mountain. Nobody knows his
name. The town has always called
him Old Despair You did him what
Is perhaps the first real kindness he
has ever known at its hands. He has
done the only thing he could 20 reQuite
it"
Harry had colored painfully as Eel
der began 20 speak. His voice was IN
steady as he answered:
Il appreciate II. am deeply grateful.
but ii is quite impossible that accept
II from him"
You need not hesitate" said the
lawyer. "Oid Despair Leeds il no long
er. He died last night in Devlin's
dance hall, where he played when he
was SOBER enough for his lodging. !
happened TO be near by. and assure
you 1t was his express wish that l give
the violin to you"
Rising. he held out his hand. Good
night" he said. II hope your memory
will soon return. The town is much in
terested in your case"
The flush grew deeper In Harrys
cheek, though he saw there was moth
ing irOnical in the remark. II scarcely
hope so much" he replied. 81 am
learning that forgetfulness has its ad-
vantages."
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She bent and touched her lips Co hts fore
head
The eyes opened. and confused, trou-
bled look crept 20 them. Then hey
closed again. and the look faded out
into a peace that remained
4 thrill ran through her. the sense
OF moral power OF the weak over the
strong, OF the feminine over the mas
cullne.
A rising flush stained her cheeks.
With sudden impulse and with
guilty backward glance she bent and
touched her lips TO his forehead.
She drew back quickly. her face
flooded with color. caught her breath.
then. drawing her hood over her head.
went swiftly 20 the door and was lost
in the darkness.
When toward midnight the fever
ebbed, Sanderson had fallen into n
deep sleep OF exhaustion. from which
he opened his eyes next morning upon
the figure OF Prendergast sitting. pipe
in mouth. In the sunny doorway.
He lifted himself on his elbow. That
crafty face had been inexplicably WOW
en- with the dellrious fantasies OF his
fever. Where and when had he known
II? Then In great tide welled over
him the memory OF his last conscious
hours-the scene in the saloon, the
fight the music, the sudden appalling
discovery Of his name and repute. He
remembered the sickening wave OF self
disgust the fierce agony OF resentment
that had beat In his every vein as he
walked up the darkening street He
remembered the thrown quartz. No
doubt another missile had struck home
or he had been set upon. kicked and
pommeled into insensibility. This old
mana miner probably. for there were
picks and shovels ia the corner-had
succored him. he had been i'll, there
was lassitude In every limb. and shad-
owy recollections tantalized him. He
retained a dim consciousness OF a wo-
mans face-the face he had seen on
the balcony Leaning near him, bring
ing into a painful disorder a sense OF
grateful GOODNESS. OF fragrance and OF
rest
AS he stared again at the seated fig
ure, the grim fact reared like grisly
specter, deriding. thrusting its hasgard
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-
* s itarium, though she went
w. like whirlwind. the
III chill damp smell OF the
dewy balsams in her nos
trils, the dust rising ghost.ike behind
the rapid hoofs. She found David
Stires anxious and peevish over her
late coming.
She felt 4 relief when the old man
grew tired and was wheeled to his
bedroom.
Left alone. her reflections returned
to read. The printed characters swan
beyond her comprehension. At length
she drew a hood over her head and
stole out on 10 the wide porch.
1t was only . o'clock, and along the
gravel paths that wound among the
shrubbery a few dim forms were stroll
ing. She caught the scent OF a cigar
and the sound OF a woman's laugh.
The air was crisp and bracing. with
a promise Of frost and painted leaves.
She gazed down across the dark
galches toward the town. a struggling
design pricked in binding yellow
points. Halfway between. folded in
the darkness, lay the green shelf and
the cabin to which her thought re-
CURED With a kind OF compulsion.
There was no moon. but the stars
were glowing like tiny green gilt Goals.
and the yellow road lay plain and
clear. With sudden determination
she drew her light cloak closely about
her. stepped down. sped across the
grass TO a fOotpath and so TO the road.
AS she ran on down the curving stretch
under the trees the cracking slip OF
bank paper that lay in her bosom
seemed to burn her flesh. She was
stealing away TO gaze upon the ont
cast who had shamed and humbled
her-going. she knew not why. with
burning cheek and hammering heart.
She slipped through the side trail 70
the cabin with a choking sensation.
She stole TO the window and peered
in. In the freight she could see the
form on the bunk. tossing and mutter-
Ing. Otherwise the place was empty.
She lifted the latch softly and en-
tered
The strained anxiety OF Jesslca's
look relaxed as she gazed about her.
She saw the vial on the table The
doctor had been there. then. IL he
were In serious case Prendergast
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presence u p on
him In this
little communi-
~. which appar-
entity he had for
5 a k en- and 20
which he bad by
chance returned,
he stood a rogue
and a scoundrel.
a thing to point
the finger at and
10 avoid. II b @
question that had
burned his brain
10 fire famed up
again. The town
despised him.
What had been
his career7 How
had he become
a pariah? And
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M - Is onlu sllspicion. "


nightfall. Harry had put the warning
elements under. When Prendergast re-
turned at supper time. the candle was
lighted In its wall box. the dinted tea
kettle WAS singing over a cracking
FIRE and Harry was perspiring over the
securing OF the last utensl.
Prendergast looked the orderly inte-
rior over on the threshold with a
contemptuous amusement Almost
thought ! was in church" he said. He
took on his coat and lazily watched
the other cook the frugal evening meal.
Excuse my not volunteering" be OBJ
served You do 1t so nicely I'm al
most afraid you'll have another attack
OF that forgettery of yours and go back
to the old line"
Presently be looked at the bunk,
clean and springy with fresh out spruce
shoots He went into 1t. knelt down
and thrust an arm into the empty
space beneath IL. He got up hastily.
What have you done with that?" he
demanded. with an angry snarl
with whatY Harry turned his head
as he set two tin plates on the Eare
table.
with what was under here"
There was nothing there but an old
horse skin" said Harry. 1T is hanging
on the side OF the cabin"
With an oath Prendergast flung open
the door and went outside. He re-en-
tered quickly with the white hide In
his arms. wrapped 1t In blanket and
thrust IL back under the bunk.
Has any one been here today since
you put It out therey he asked quick
~.
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significance of which she did not com
prehend. That kiss. she told herself
that night, had been given 10 her dead
ideal that had lain there In its purify
ing grave clothes OF forgetfulness. Yet
IL burned on her lips. as that other kiss
In darkened room had burned after
ward, bat with a sense of pleasure. not
OF hurt. 1t took her back into crimson
meadows with her lost girihood and its
opaied outlook-and Hugh.
But largest OF all I'm her mind next
day was anxiety. She must know how
he Jared In the open daylight she
could not approach the cabin. but she
reflected that the doctor had been
there and no doubt had carried some
report OF him to the town So as the
morning grew she rode down the
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who's Who In the Story.

SATAN" SANDERSON, the
hero. daredevil. quixotic friend and
minister Of the Gospel
HUGH STIRES, prodigal and
criminal
5ESSICA HOLME, the beautiful
heroine helpless 10 the rush OF
events and the principal sufferer In
a case OF mixed identity.
MRS. HALLORAN, the camp
oracle
DAVID STIRES, stern, vet for
giving and az the last made happy
by Rnother's unhappiness
THE BISHOP. the victim Of a
Observation-Disclosures
HALLELUJAH JONES, the re-
ngious fanatic on whose shoulders
rests the whole we .sht OF the story.
KMMET PRENDERGAST, the
false friend. perjurer aud thief
THE SHERIFF, who Is very
much divided between duty and IN
elination-
BIG" DEVLIN, who turns
champion instead OF prosecutor aft.
sr the hero's race with death