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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-29
CHAPTER XIV.
Pursuit.

PURSUIT.
Brill Young picked up trail Sunday
morning at Tower w before the spe-
cial from Medicine Bend reached
there. The wrecked express car,
which had been set out, had no story
to tell. '"The only story" said Whis-
pering Smith, as the men climbed into
their saddles, "is in the one from the
hoofs, and the sooner we get after it
the better"
The country around Tower w, which
is itself an operating point on the
western end of the division, a mere
speck on the desert, lies high and
rolling. To the south, so miles away,
rise the Crosse Terre mountains, and
to the north and west lie the solitudes
of the Heart range, while in the north
east are seen the three white Saddle
peaks of the Missions. The cool,
bright sunshine of far and lonely
horizon greets the traveller here, and
ten miles away from the railroad, in
any direction, man on horseback and
unacquainted with the country would
wish himself-mountain men will tell
Ter to ride out Of
To the railroad men the country
offered no unusual difficulties. The
Youngs we're as much at home on a
horse as on a hand car. Kennedy,
though a large and powerful man, was
Injured to hard riding, and Bob Scott
and Whispering Smith in the saddle
were merely part-though an i'm
portant part-of their horses; without
killing their mounts, they could get
out of them every mile in their legs.
The five men covered 20 miles on a
trail that read like print. One after
another of the railroad party COM
mented on the carelessness with which
it had been left. But 20 miles south
of the railroad, in an open and COM
paratively easy country, it was swal-
lowed completely up in the tracks of
100 horses. The railroad men circled
far and wide, only to find the herd
tracks everywhere ahead of them.
"This is beautiful job" murmured
Whispering Smith as the party rode
together along the edge of a creek
bottom. ''Now who is their friend
down in this country? What man
would get out bunch of horses like
this and work them this hard SO early
in the morning? Let's hunt that man
up. I like to meet man that is
friend in need"
Bob Scott spoke: 81 saw a man
with some horses in canyon across
the. creek a few minutes ago, and l
saw a ranchhouse behind those buttes
when rode around them"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-29
CHAPTER XIII.
over w,

Tower w.
At the end of a long and neglected
hall on the second floor of the old
bank block in Hill street, Whispering
Smith had a room in which he made
headquarters at Medicine Bend; it
was in effect Whispering Smiths
home.
The door of the room in the course
of many years had been mutilated with
keyholes and REINFORCED with locks
until it appeared difficult to choose an
opening that would really afford en-
trance; but two men besides Whisper
ing Smith carried keys to the room
Kennedy and George McCloud. They
had right of way into it at all hours,
and knew how to get in.
McCloud had left the bridge camp
on the river for Medicine Bend on the
Saturday that Marion Sinclair-whose
husband had finally told her he would
give her one more chance to think it
over-returned with Dicksie safely
from their trip to the Frenchman
ranch.
Whispering Smith, who had been
with Bucks and Morris Blood, got back
to town the same day. The president
and general manager were at the
Wickiup during the afternoon, and
left for the east at nine o'clock in the
evening, when their car was attached
to an eaSt-bound passenger train. Nc
Cloud took supper afterward with
Whispering Smith at a Front street
chophouse, and the two men separated
at IL o'clock. 1t was three hours
later when McCloud tapped on the
door Of Smiths room, and In a"mo-
ment opened it. Awake, Gordon?"
Sure; come in. What is it?"
"The second section Of the passen-
ger train-Number Three, with ex-
press cars-was stopped at Tower w
tonight. Oliver Sellers was pulling;
he is badly shot up, and one of the
messengers was shot all to pieces.
They cracked the through safe, emp
tied it, and made clean getaway"
Tower W-276 miles. Have you
ordered up an engineer"
eyes"
where's Kennedy"
4 second voice answered: Fright
here"
"Strike light, Farrell. What about
the horses?"
They're being loaded"
"Is the line clear?"
Rooney Lee is clearing it."
Spike it, George, and leave very west
bound train in siding, with the engine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-29
Copyright 1903
By SoH@

than a mans eye, am done for then
and there"
ct is dreadful to think off,
mot exactly that, but it is some
thing 1 can't afford to forget"
What would become of the lives
of the friends you protect if you were
killed."
"You say you care for Marion Sin
clair. 1 should like to think if any
thing should happen to me you
wouldn't forget herr"
81 never will"
He smiled. '"Then l put her In
charge of the man closest to me,
George McCloud, and the woman she
thinks the most of in the world-ex-
cept her mother. What is this, are
they back? Yonder they come"
1--WE found nothing serious" Nc
Cloud said, answering their questions
as he approached with Lance Dunning.
1.-The current is really swinging away,
but the bank is caving in where it
was undermined last night" He
stopped before Dicksie. 81 am trying
and go to bed. 1 am going to stay
all night, but there is no necessity
for his staying"
Damn it, McCloud, it's not right"
protested Lance, taking off his hat
and wiping his forehead. You need
the sleep more than l do. l say he is
the one to go to bed tonight" con-
10 ic
pering Smith. "And l insist, by the
Almighty, that you two take him back
to the house with you now!"
Whispering Smith raised his hand.
eff this is merely a family quarrel
about who shall go to bed, let us COM
promise. You two stay up all night
and let me go to bed"
Lance, however, was obdurate.
ct seems to be family character
istic of the Cummings to have their
own way" ventured McCloud, after
some further dispute. eff you will
have it so, Mr.. Dunning, you may
stand watch tonight and / will go to
the house."
Riding back with McCloud, Dicksie
and Whispering Smith discussed the
food. McCloud disclaimed credit for
the improvement in the situation. IF
the current had held against us as it
did yesterday, nothing 1 could have
done would have turned it." he said.
Honesty is the best policy, OF
course" observed Whispering Smith.
81 like to see modest man-and you
want to remind him of all this when
he sends in his BILL he suggested,
speaking to Dicksie in the dark. But, ;"
he added, turning to McCloud, admit
ting that you are right, don't take the
trouble to advertise your view of 1t
around here. 1t would be only decent
strategy for us in the valley just now
to take a little of the credit due to the
wind"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-29

for himself-it had been promised him
"a chance to be the man his abilities
entitled him to be in railroading. "And
I've got customer for the ranch and
the COWS, Marion. l don't care for
this business-damn the COWS! let
somebody else chase after 'em through
the sleet. I've done we'll; I've made
money! lot Of money-the last two
years in my cattle deals, and I've got
it put away, Marion; you need never
lift your hand to work in our house
again. We can live in California, and
live wei Under our own orange trees,
whether / work or not. All l want to
know is, will you go with me?"
'No! I will not go with you, Muir
raw"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-29

Then in case she does go and you
go with her, you will know nothing
whatever about anything, of course,
unless you get the story from her.
What / fear is that which possibly
may come of their interview. He may
try to kill her-don't be frightened.
He will not succeed if you can only
make sure he doesn't lead her away
on horseback from the ranch-house or
get her alone in room. She has few
friends. l respect and honor her be-
cause she and l grew up as children
together in the same little town in
Wisconsin. l knew her folks, all of
them, and I've promised them-you
know-to have a kind of care of her."
II think l know"
He looked self-conscious even at her
tone of understanding. Il need not
try TO deceive you; your instinct
would be poor if it did not tell you
more than l ought to. He came along
and turned her head. You need fear
nothing for yourself in going with her,
and nothing for her if you can cover
just those two points-can you re-
member? Not to let her go away with
him on horseback, and not to leave
her where she will be alone with him
in the house?"
II can and will. l think as much
OF Marion as you do. l am proud to
be able to do something for you. How
little l have known you! 1 thought
you were everything l didn't want to
know"
It's nothing" he returned, easily,
except that Sinclair has stirred up
your cousin and the ranchers as well
as the Williams Cache gang, and that
makes talk about me. L have to do
what I can to make this peaceable
country to live in. The railroad wants
decent people here and doesn't want
the other kind, and it falls on me, I'M
fortunately, to keep the other kind
moving. l don't like it, but we can
none of us do quite what we please in
making a living. Let me tell you this"
he turned to fix his eyes seriously
on hers: Believe anything you hear
of me except that I have ever taken
human life willingly or save in dis
charge of my duty. But this kind of
work makes my own life an uncertain
ty, as you can see. / do almost liter
ally carry my life in my hand, for if
my hand is not quicker every time
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-29

cut loose and plenty of steam, till we
get by. It's now or never this time.
Two hundred and seventy-six miles;
they're giving us our moneys worth.
Who's going with US, Farren?"
Bob Scott, Reed Yong, and Brill,
If Reed can get him at Sleepy Cat.
Dancing is loading the horses"
Il want Ed Banks to lead a posse
straight from here for Williams
Cache; Dancing can go with him. And
telephone Gen@and Bob Johnson to sit
down IN Canadian pass till they grow
10 the rocks, but not to let anybody
through if they want to live after [
see them. They've got all the instruc-
tions; all they need is the word. It's
a long chance, but l think these are
our friends. You can head Banks off
by telephone somewhere if we change
our minds when we get a trail. Start
Brill Young and a good man from
Sleepy Cat ahead of us, George. if you
can, in baggage car with any horses
that they can get there They can be
at Tower w by daybreak and per-
haps pick up a trail before we reach
there, and we shall have fresh horses
for them. I'm ready, I guess: let's
go. Slam the door, George!" In the
hall Whispering Smith threw a pocket
light on his watch. 81 want you to put
US there by seven o'clock"
Charlie Sellers is going to pull
you" answered McCloud Have you
got everything? Then we're off, The
three men tiptoed down the dark hall,
down the stairs, and across the street
on a noiseless run for the railroad
yard.
The air was chill and the sky clear,
with a moon more than half to the
full. Lord, what a night to ride!"
exclaimed Whispering Smith, looking
mournfully at the stars. "Well
planned, we'll planned, l must admit"
The men fastened toward the yard,
where lanterns were moving about the
car of the train guards near the Blue
Front stables. The loading board had
been lowered, and the horses were be-
ing carefully led into the car. From a
switch engine behind the car a shrill
cloud of steam billowed into the air.
Across the yard a great passenger en-
CINE, it's huge white side-rod rising and
falling slowly in the still light of the
moOn-one of the mountain racers,
thick-necked like IAN athlete and deep
Chested-was backing down for the
run with the single car almost across
the west end of the division. Train.
men were running to and from the
Wickiup platform. By the time the
horses were loaded the conductor had
orders. Until the last minute, Whis-
pering Smith was in consultation with
McClOud, and giving Dancing precise
instructions for the posse into the
Cache country. They were still talk
ing at the side door of the car, Nc
Cloud and Dancing on the ground and
Whispering Smith squatting on his
launches inside the moving car, when
the engine signaled and the special
drew away from the chute, pounded
up the long run of the ladder switch,
and moved with gathering speed into
the canyon. In the cab Charlie Sol
lers, crushing in his hand the tissue
that had brought the news Of his,
brothers death, sat at the throttle. He
had no speed orders. They had
told him he had clear track.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-09-29

He moved in his seat and threw his
head up appealinglN why not?"
81 will never be dishonest with you;
never have been and I never will be.
l have nothing in my heart to give
you, and l will not live upon your
money. l am earning my own living.
l am as content as l ever can be, and
l shall stay where l am and do what 1
am doing till l die, probably. And
this is why l came when you asked me
to; to tell you the exact truth. l am
not girl any longer| never can be
again. l am woman. What l was
before l married you 1 never can be
again, and you have no right to ask
me to be hypocrite and say can
love you-for that is what it all comes
to-when l have no such thing in my
heart or life for you. 1t is dead and
gone, and l cannot help it."
THAT sounds pretty hard, Marion
"It is only the truth. 1t sounded
fearfully hard to me when you told
me that woman was your friend-that
you knew her before you knew me
and would know her after l was
dead; that she was as good as 1, and
that if I didn't entertain her you
would. But it was the truth! you told
me the truth, and it was better that
you told it-as it is better now that
l tell it to you"
II was drunk. l didn't tell you the
truth. A man is pretty tough animal
sometimes, but you are woman and
a pure one, and I care more for you
than for all the other women in the
world, and it is not your nature to be
unforgiving"
ut is to be honest"
He looked suddenly up at her and
spoke sharply: Marion, 1 know why
you won't CO."
II have honestly told you"
mo; you have not honestly told me-
The real reason is Gordon Smith"
eff he were I should not hesitate to
tell you, Murray; but he is not" she
said, coldly.
Sinclair spoke harshly: "Do you
think you can fool me? Don't you sup
pose 1 know he spends his time loaf
ing around your shop?"
Marion flushed Indignantly. cit is
not true!"
Don't you suppose know he writes
letters back to Wisconsin to your
folks?"
What have to do with that? Why
shouldn't he write tc my mother? Who
has a better right?"
Don't drive me too far. By God!
if 1 go away alone I'll never leave
you here to run off with Whispering
Smith-remember that" She sat in
silence. His rage left her perfectly
quiet, and her unmoved expression
shamed and in part silenced him.
Don't drive me too far he muttered,
sullenly. "If you do you will be re-
sponsible, Marion"
She did not move her eyes from the
blue hills on the horizon. 81 expect
you to kill me sometime; l feel sure
you will And that you may do" Then
she bent her look on him. 'You may
do it now if you want to-"
His face turned heavy with rage.
Marion" he cried, with an oath, do
you know how close you are to death
at this moment?"
"You may do it now"
He clinched the bench-rail and rose
slowly to his feet. Marion sat motion
less in the hickory chair; the sun was
shining in her face and her hands
were folded in her lap. Dicksie rocked
on the porch. In the shadow of the
house the man was mending the
saddle.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-07
DEMOCRATIC ATTENDANCE
AND ENTHUSIASM.

The morning Examiner says the
Democratic primaries were we'll at.
ended and enthusiasm abounded. That
sounds good. but what are the facts.
The attendance was so large In the
Fifth ward that the winning council
manic candidate received % votes
Brewers candidate In that ward re-
ceIved II votes, In the Second ward,
the attendance was made up of
Charles Humphrls and one OF two
others, and Humphris sat down and
wrote out the entire list OF delegates
from memory wonderful feat in
2 ward where you do not meet Demo
Gratis every day.
As to enthusiasm, 1t Is related that
when Humphris called the meeting In
the Second ward to order. he said:
Jack. will we wait for a quorum, or
proceed TO make out the list OUT
selves?'
That was enthusiasm beyond all con-
troll.
In the First ward the attendance
was such as might have been expected
had the primaries been held at the
North Pole. This is the ward in which
John Austin, at the Republican pri-
marles. received over 500 votes-or
more votes than were cast In the COM
bined FIVE wards last evening.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-07

Gates. whose names are familiar TO
the transportation and financial
worlds. II is now declared that a
merger OF the Hawley roads is con-
templatcd and these particulars are
given.
The completed system. when the
plans with which the syndicate is
credited are carried out. will have
total mileage of 5,157. an aggregate
capitalization In stocks and bonds OF
1896, 6.000 and will be composed OF
the following properties;
Chicago and Alton, mileage 99S,
capitalization $113.595 900. Glover
Leaf mileage 451, capitalization $47,-
$4,000 Iowa Central. mileage sos.
capitalization s31,537000. Minneapolis
and St. Louis, mileage 1,o27. capital
ization $30.000,000. Cheasapeake and
Ohio mileage l,Si1. capital
ization $163.000 900. Chicago. Gin
clnnatl and Louisville, mileage 2S2,
capitalization $10.s00.000 Total mile.
age 5.l57. capitalization 1896 ,456, 900.
With the passing of Hartman 1t
Is just possible that the Hawley roads
will venture TO invade the Hartman
territory and perhaps extend into
this rich field of growing wealth. One
more road from the cast would per-
manently fix the ascendency of
Ogden as the intermountain railroad
center
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-07
CHAS. SMURTHWAlTE HAS BEEN
RESURRECTGO BY BREWER,

Chas. r. Smurthwalte. Let us see,
he was buried some years ago. No.
that cannot be; our recollection must
be somewhat hazy, as here we have
mention of Chas II Smurthwaite at
the Democratic primaries in the
Fourth ward The fellow in tho
Fourth reminds us of the smooth
tonGued Charley OF old, though wo had
gained the impression that Smurth.
waite had become disgustcd with Bry
an and gone over to the party of Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt and Taft. It
must be all a mistake
In haranguinS the crowd in tho
Fourth ward last night, Charley said
Mayor Brewer, during his admlnistra-
ton, had been handicapped by the
presence OF Republicans in the coun-
ell and the interference of Republi-
cans generally In other words. this
would be a much better town II the
Republicans would move out and give
Mayor Brewer more room in which
to operate. At present the mayor feels
somewhat cramped by the presence
of Republicans. He viii experience an
aggravated crampIng sensation about
the second of November next.
Brewer and SmuTthwaitc would be
great combination at the head of
city AFFAIRS, with Brewer as mayor and
Smurthwaite as his adviser.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-07
UTAH'S RESOURCES
ARE TO Be C0HSE RIVED
Commission Elects Clerk and Out
lines the Character of Its Work.

Salt Lake. Oct. 7-Conscrvation OF
definite form at a meeting Of the state
conservation commission In the gov
crnor's Office Wednesday afternoon.
The commission decided to get out
as soon as possible a preliminary re-
port giving an abstract of the states
resources and then TO determine the
exact status and area of each of the
resources separately, and to this end
will employ Col b b. Mann as clork
OF the commission. with headquarters
in the governors Office.
1t will not be until the preliminary
report giving an abstract of the states
resources Is made up that the re-
sources will be segregated and taken
up separately. Then the commission
will get out monograms, going into
each of the resources individually.
The first monogram probably Will
deal with the lands and irrigation sys-
TENS of the state. This viii show both
irrigated systems already built and IT.
rigated systems proposed
a map of each county Will be made
showing all the arabic and nontillable
land, the land irrigated, the land un-
occupied and the land open to occupan-
cy under the various acts, and IN this
connection it Will be ascertained and
shown what is being produced or may
be produced on such land; in other
words, what the land is adapted TO.
When all these things are done, then
Will come active work on the part of
the commission TO conserve the states
natural resources. which are almost
unlimited II Is estimated that thous-
andS Of dollars are being lost to the
state and its people annually through
non-conservation of the natural re.
sources. This work has been pretty
well advanced In many of the other
western states, where II is particular
ly applicable on account of the lack
OF water, but has been sadly ne.
elected in Utah.
To further the plans formulated at
the meeting Wednesday afternoon, the
commission will hold another meeting
In the governors Office In two weeks
The commission is composed OF Gov.
Spry as chairman, O. j. Salisbury, .Ir..
as vice chairman. Prof. Joseph F. Mer.
rill as secretary and Leroy Arm.
strong, Thomas L. Allen. George Aus,
tin and DR. John A. Widtsoe OF the
Agricultural college at Logan.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-07
NEW POLICIES OF
RARVARD'S HEAD

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 6.-Abbott
Lawrence Lowell. seated himself in
the presidents chair of Harvard uni
yersity. from which he proclaimed his
policies and distributed the celebra.
ton gifts of the university TO thirty
of the men OF letters who came from
various parts of the world to pay him
tribute,
In outlining his policies, President
Lowell declared himself In favor OF
men learning one thing well and
something OF everything. He placed
himself on the side OF intercollegiate
sports as the only striking occasion
for the display OF college solidarity
He also stated his belief In the segre-
cation of the freshmen and of the
drawing together of the ties among
upper claSsmen. And. finally, he dif
fored radically from some OF the poll.
cies of his immediate predecessor,
Charles William Eliot
Yet the two great leaders-the old
and the new-marched side by side In
the afternoon TO the memorial hall and
there President (Emeritus) Eliot said
the occasion was one of confident eX-
pectation. of eXaltation of the mem,
ories of the past and of assured hopes
for the future.
Although the two men dominated
the inaugural celebration, the grand
parade OF scholars, guests and alumni
through the college yard TO the stage
in the morning, and the masSing of
the varigated hoods and gowns of the
stage in memorial hall In the after
noon gave a brllliancy to the scene
which will last long In the annals of
Harvard,
The parade was headed by AM
bassador Bryce of Great Britain and
several other English scholars in their
scarlet gowns, while behind them
came the scarcely less subdued aca-
demic garbs OF the German, French.
Austrian, Danish and Cuban scholars.
American universities and colleges al
so were well represented.
DR.. Eliot. as head Of the alumni
host introduced the speakers and read
kilograms OF appreciation and felicita-
ton from President Taft. the Harvard
association at the John Harvard
house, Stratford-on-AvoD. from the
minister of education OF Prussia and
from Adolphus Busch, of st Louis.
who announced that he had increased
his gift to the building fund of the
GermaniC museum TO $150.000.