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Judue Haly Kills Sell.

Albuquerque. N. NJ. Jan. 27.-A spe-
cial from La Luse, N. NJ. states that
Judge william Baly, one of the origi-
nal promoters Of the Big Four road
and formerly q prominent figure in
Eastern financial circles, killed him
self with a revolver in a lonely cabin
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Mine Explosion Kills Two.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 27.-While Su-
p~erintendent J. G. Logan and a party
of miners were investigating condi-
tons which had been unsatisfactory in
the coal mine Of the Merchants Coal
company at Boswell. Somerset county,
last night, q was explosion occurred
which cost the lives of two men. A
dozen others who we're in the mine
escaped.
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Child a. Burnt onerino.

Terre Haute, Ind. Jan. "a. - Mrs.
James Pollit.' living near Ridge Farm,
ILL.,. was trying to put her child into
a fire as a burnt offering to the Lord
when she was discovered. She had
become insane on religion.
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KILLS TOT WITH ALCOHOL.

Mother, Said to Be insane, Stays
Three Children.
Fairfield, Neb., Jan. 26. Mrs.
Charles Mock, aged about thirty
years, killed her three children by
giving them wood alcohol and then
committed suicide by drinking a
quantity of the same liquid. Mrs.
for some time, the result of illness.
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as eeltraml Wolves Killed In Year.
Bemidji, Mimi. Jan. "a. - During
the year 1908 the State of Minnesota
paid s 1,O63.6O as bounties for wolves
killed in Beltrami county, according
to the report Of County Auditor John
Wilmann of this city.
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aov Finds Death in Gun.

Colfax, Wis. Jan. 26.-While play
ing with a gun in his room Joy King.
nine years old. living in the town of
otter Creek. shot himself through the
heart and was instantly killed.
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ST. PAUL MAN GIRLS TARGET.
Jealous Girl Suspected OF Wayiayins
Alfred Newsstand.

Jealous Girl Suspected Of Waylayins
Alfred Newsstand.
Dickincon. N. D., Jan. 24.-Thrae
shots , fired by a girl. 1t 10 believed
BY the local authorities, nearly re-
suited in a murder inquest instead OF
In the marriage of Alfred Newsstand.
set for yesterday.
Newsstand. who formerly was an
automobile repairer In st. Paul,
aroused the jealousy OF . young WON
an to whom he had paid some at
tention, when 1t was announced that
he was to wed Miss Annie Stewart.
He was waylaid last night and three
bullets whizzed close to him.
His a~ssailant was concealed by the
darkness.
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BLAZE IN WiLLMAR STORE.

Fire From an O~verheated Stove
Causes Loss Of Over $1,000.
Willmar. Mimi. Jan. 27.-Fire from
an overheated stove resulted in the
destruction of the contents of the S.
E. Magnuson Fair store here about l
q. m. yesterday. The building was
slightly. damaged. The insurance is
Sc, ZOO, while the loss on the stock
alone will be about $4,000.
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BABY BOY BURNED TO CRISP.
Mother Returns Home to Find Char
red Remains.

red Remains.
st. Paul, Jan. "a. - Leaving her
three-year.old boy in the house alone
while she went to the store yesterday.
Mrs. Edward A. Shafer returned to
find the child writhing in agony on the
floor, his clothing burned of and the
flesh on the tiny body scared and
charred.
DR.. A. M. johnson was called and
worked heroically to save the child's
life, but after four hours OF agony
death care humanely to the little
ones relief.
It is thought that the babe awaken
ed during his mothers absepce, and
while playing around the coal stove ig-
nited his clothes.
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e4oo roam Drowned

Red Wing. Wis. Jan. PA $500
team OF horses. the property of
Charles Brown. broke through the ice
In Lake Pepin and was drowned. An
other team broke through. but was
rescued.
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ACCIDENTAL HAPPENINGS.

A passenger train collided head-on
with . freight train two miles west
Of Coffeyville. Kan. Twenty-four pas
seneers we're injured. but only two
are, In 4 serious condition.
A passenger train ran into an open
switch at Little Rock. Ark, and
crashed into q switch engine. killing
the fireman Of the switch engine and
partly demolishing both engines.
N. H. Stream and his three-year-old
son, living flves miles west Of Roby,
Tex. were burned to death. and Ave
other members Of the family were
probably fatally burned by . gasoline
explosion.
John c. Beatty. aged sixty-ave, Of
Mount Vernon, N. T.. said to be .
wealthy land owner, was found dead
in q bath tub, into which hot water
was running, 1t Denver. The body
was literally boiled.
Fire destroyed the entire main dor
mitory building Of the Odd Fellows
orphanage In the suburbs Of Colds.
boro. n. C.. The building was occu-
pied BY about 40 children, all Of
whom escaped uninjurcd. The build
Ing, cost between $4,000 and $4,000.
An engine pulling = pay car collid-
Cd with the real end Of q south-bound
Grand Trunk railway passenger train
near Saginaw, Mich. Marcus Mon.
tier, cook On the. pay car, was seri.
ously injured, and SIX others received
oaer hurts. A heavy fog was respon.
olblo for the collision.
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PEOPLE TALKED

DR.. H. b. Biggar, physician of John
d. Rockefeller, denies the report that
the oil magnate- is suffering from
rheumatism.
Brig. Gen. William p. Craighill, U.
8. A., retired. one of the most promi-
rent army engineers in the country.
died at C~harlestown, w. Va.
Former State Senator Thomas d.
Healey died at his home in Fort
Dodge. Iowa. For years he was legal
counsel Of the Great Western railway.
RI. Rev. Bernard J. McQuaide, bish-
% Of the Roman Catholic diocese OF
Rochester. N. Y. and one Of the most
prominent prelates in this country.
died at his homo in Rochester. He
was eighty-nve years old.
Luther Lafin Mills, former states
attorney Of Cook county, Illinois, and
for many years one of the most wide
y known members Of the Chicago
bar, died in Chicago, following q
stroke OF paralysis.
BENJAMIN w. Kilburn, one Of the
pioneers In the art of ste~reoscopic
photography and the largest manufac-
turer Of such views In the world,
died ct Lttleton. N. H., aged eighty
q years.
Henry p. Booth, widely knc-., in
chipping circles throughout the id,
10 dead In New York. Mr.. Booth, with
James r. Ward. formed the ship
brokerage firm of James e. Ward &
Co.. the nrm that inaugurated the first
regular line of boats between New
York and Havana. which in 1880 de-
veloped into the Ward line. He was
seventy-three years old.
A remarkable woman from an u
usual family died at Piqua, Ohio. when
Mrs. Rebecca Davidson, the oldest
woman In Miami county. passed away,
aged ~ninety-four years. She has liv-
Ing . brother ninety-two years old. q
brother and twin sister aged eighty
two, and another brother aged eighty.
Out Of eleven children in the family,
nine reached the age Of eighty or over.
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CHAPTER XIX.
A Talk with Whispering Smith.

A Talk with Whispering Smith.
When Whispering Smith had fol-
lowed McCloud from the tent, Dicksie
turned to Marion and caught her hand
rs this the terrible man l have heard
about?" she murmured. and
thought him ferocious! But is he as
pitiless as they say, Marion?'
Marion laughed-a troubled little
laugh of surprise and sadness. Dear,
he isn't pitiless at all. He has I'M
pleasant things to do, and does them.
He is the man on whom the railroad
relies to repress the lawlessness that
breaks out in the mountains at times
and interferes with the operating of
the road. 1t frightens people away,
and prevents others from coming in
to settle. Railroads want law and
order. Robbery and murders don't
make business for railroads. They de-
pend on settlers for developing a
country, don't you know; otherwise
they would have no traffic, not to
speak of wanting their trains and men
let alone. When Mr.. Bucks under
took to open up this country to set
tiers, he needed a man of patience
and endurance and with courage and
skill in dealing with lawless men, and
no man has ever succeeded so well as
this terrible man you have heard
about. He is terrible, my dear. to law.
less men. not to any one else. He is
terrible in resource and in daring, but
not in anything else / know of, and
knew him when he was a boy and
wore a pink worsted scarf when he
went skating
81 should like to have seen that
scarf" said Dicksie, refiectively. She
rose and looked around the tent In
few minutes she made Marion lie
down ON one of the cots. Then she
walked to the front OF the tent, opened
the flap, and looked out.
Whispering Smith was sitting be
fore the fire. Rain was falling. but
Dicksie put on her close-fitting black
coat, raised the doorfap, and walked
noiselessly from the tent and up be
hind him. Alone in the rain?" she
asked.
She had expected TO see him star
Mt her voice, but he did not, though
he rose and turned around. "Not
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SYNOPSIS.

Murray Sinclair and his gang of wreck,
RS We're called out to clear the railroad
tracks, at Smoky Creek. McCloud, a
young road superintendent caught sim
jlair and his men in the act of loo'ing
the wrecked train. Sinclair pleaded in
nocenee. declaring i only amounted to a
discharged the whole outht and o'dered
the wreckage burned. McCloud became
acquainted with Dicksie Cumming. girl
of the west. who came to look at the
wreck. She gave him message for Sin
glair. Whispering Gordon Smith told
President Bucks of the railroad OF Nc
Clouds brave fight against a. gang of
,razed miners and that was the reason
FOR the superintendents appointment to
his high office. McCloud arranged TO
board at the boarding house o. Mrs. sin
tlar. the ex-foreman's deserted wife.
Dicksie Cunning was the daughter OF the
iate Richard Dunning. who had died OF a
broken heart shortly after his wifes
demise, which occurred after one year OF
married life. Sinclair visited Marion Sim
Glars shop and a fight between him and
McCloud was narrowly averted. Smoky
Greek bridge was myste,iously burned.
McClond prepared to face the situation.
had work ahead. McCloud worked for
days and finally got the division running
In fairly good order. re overheard Dick
sic criticising his methods, to Marion
Sinclair. A stock train was wrecked by
an open switch. Later passenger tram
Two men OF posse pursuing the nanqits
We're. killed. McCloud was notified that
Whispering Smith was to hunt the des-
peradoes. Bill Dancing, road hneman,
proposed that Sinclair and his gang be
sent to hunt the bandits. A stranger, ap-
parenty with authority told him to go
ahead: Dancing was told the stranger
was Whispering Smith" Smith APP
preached Sinclair. He tried to buy him
off but failed. He warned McCloud that
his life was in danger. McCloud was car
ried forcibly into Lance Cummings pres
ence. Dunning refused the railroad a
right-of-way. he had already signed for.
H'cksie interfered to prevent shooting
ARRAY. Dicksie met McCloud on a lonely
trail to warn him his life was In danger.
on his way home. shot passed through
his hat. Whispering Smith reported that
pu Sang, one of Sinclair's gang, had been
assigned to kill McCloud. He and Smith
saw, Du Sang. Whispering Smith taunt-
cd Du Sang and told him to get out OF
Medicine Bend or suffer. Du Sang seemed
TO succumb to the bluff, McCloud's big
construction job was taken from him be-
rause of an injunction issued to Lance
Dunning by the United States court. A
sudden rise of the Crawling Stone river
created CONSERVATION. Dicksie and Ma
gion appealed to McCloud for help. Wits
pering Smith joins the group.
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the bag. What do you think? That
man who is now president of this road
hac somewhere seen a highly-colored
story about me In a magazine. q ten.
cent magazine, you know. He had
spotted me the first time | walked into
his office, and told me u long time
afterward It was just like seeing a
man walk out of book, and that he
had hard work to keep from falling on
my neck. He knew what he wanted
me for; 1t was just this thing. l left
Chicago to get away from it, and this
is the result. 1t is not all that kind of
thing, oh, no! When they want to
cross reservation have winter in
Washington with our attorneys and
dine with old friends In the White
House. and the next winter l may be
on snowshoes chasing band of
rustlers. l swore long ago would do
no more of it-that / couldn't and
wouldn't. But IL is Bucks. l can't go
back on him. He is amiable and ]
am soft. He says he is going to have
a crown and harp for me some day,
but fancy-that is, have an intima-
tion-that there will be red-hot pro-
test at the bar of heaven" he lowered
his tone, from a certain unmention-
able quarter when | undertake to put
the vestments on. BY the way,
hear you are interested in chickens.
Oh. yes, I've heard lot about you!
Bob Johnson, over at Oroville, has
some pretty bantams l want to tell
| you about"
Whether he talked railroad or chick.
ems, 1t was all one; Dicksie sat spell
bound; and when he announced II
was half-past three o'clock and time
to rouse Marion she was amazed.
Dawn showed in the east. The men
eating breakfast in tents were to be
sent on work-train up piece of Y
track that led as near as they could
be taken to where they were needed
The train had pulled out when Dick
sic, Marion. McCloud and Whispering
Smith took horses to get across to
the hills and through to the ranch
house.
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ing all the teams you can at that end
of the work."
Every man that can be spared
from the river shall go at 1t. Come
over here and look at our work and
judge for yourself"
They rode to where the forces as
sembled by Lance were throwing up
embankments and riprapping. There
was hurried running to and fro, a vio-
lent dragging about of willows, and a
good deal of shouting.
Cunning, with some excitement.
watched McCloud's face to note tho
effect of the activity on him, but Nc
Clouds expression, naturally reserved.
reflected nothing of his views on the
subject. Cunning waved his hand at
the lively scene. They've been at 1t
all night. How many would you take
away, sir?"
you might take them all away, AZ
far as the river is concerned" said
McCloud, after a moment.
What? He'll! ALP"
they, but running around in circley
And those fellows over there might as
well be making mud pies as riprap-
ping at that point. What we need
there is mattress and sandbags--
and plenty of them. Bill" directed
McCloud in an even tone of business
as he turned to Dancing, ''see how
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the river tonight. It's a sort OF con-
tinuous performance. you know" Nc
Cloud looked at Dicksie. Take off
your coat, won't you, please?"
Whispering Smith was trying to
drag a chest from the foot of the cot,
and Marion stood watching. What
are you trying to do?"
Get this over to the table for a
seat"
SILLY man! why don't you move the
table,"
Dicksie was taking off her coat.
How inviting 1t all isl" she smiled.
And this is where you stay?"
When it rains" answered McCloud.
Let me have your hat, too"
MY hair is a sight, | know. We
rode over rocks and up gullies into the
brush"
And through lakes-oh, / know!
can't conceive how you ever got here
at all. Your hair is all right This is
camp, anyway. But If you want
glass you can have one. Knisely is a
great swell; he's just from school, and
has no end of things. I'll rob his bag"
the world"
But you are not taking off your hat.
You seem to have something on your
mind"
Help me to get it off my mind, will
you, please?"
IF you will let me-"
Tell me how to thank you for your
| ppnarpSitv I pamn oil tho wav nyar
here tonight to ask you for just the
help you have offered, and l could not
it stuck in my throat. But that
wasn't what was on my mind. Tell
me what you thought when l acted so
dreadfully at Marion 81
81 didn't deserve anything better
after placing myself in such a fool
position. Why don't you ask me what
| thought the day you acted so beau
tifully at Crawling Stone ranch?
thought that the finest thing l ever
saw
you were not to blame at Mari
on's."
81 seemed to be, which is just as
bad. | am going to start the phones
| going. It's up to me to make good
you know, in about four hours with a
lot of men and material. Aren't you
going to take off your hat?-and your
gloves are soaking wet"
A voice called the superintendent
name through the tent door. "Mr. Nc
Cloud?"
what is it, Bill?"
"Twenty-eight and nine-tenths on
the gauge, sir"
McCloud looked at his companions
Il told you so. Up three-tenths. Thanh
you, Bill; I'll be with you in minute
Tell Cherry to come and take away
the supper things, will you? That il
about all the water we shall get to
night. | think. It's all we want,
added McCloud, glancing at his watch
I'm going to take a look at the river
We shall be quiet now around here I'm
til half-past three, and if you, Marion
and Miss Dunning will take the tent
you can have two hours rest befor,
We start. Bill Dancing will guart
you against intrusion. and if you wan
ice water ring twice.
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have done all the mining | wanted ".
Tut here is the singular thing that
appened: ] opened up my Office and
had nothing to do; they didn't seem to
want any right of way just then. /
kept getting my check every month,
and wasn't doing a hands turn but rid
ing over the country and shooting
jack-rabbits. But, Lord, | love this
country! Did you know | used to be
a cowboy in the mountains years ago?
Indeed did. know it almost as well
as you do l mined more or less in
the meantime. Occasionally l would
go to Bucks-you say you don't know
him?-too bad!-and tell him, candid
ly l wasn't doing a thing to earn my
salary. At such times he would only
ask me how | liked the job" and
Whispering Smiths heavy eyebrows
rose in mild surprise at the recollec-
ton. zone day when / was talking
with him he handed me a telegram
from the desert saying that night
operator at a lonely station had been
shot and switch misplaced and a
train nearly wrecked. He asked me
what l thought of 1t. / discovered
that the poor fellow had shot himself,
and in the end we had to put him in
the insane asylum to save him from
the penitentiary-bu that was where
my trouble began.
1T ended in my having to organize
the special service on the whole road
to look after a thousand and one
things that nobody else had-well. let
us say time or inclination to look aft.
err: Fraud and theft and violence and
all that sort of disagreeable thing.
Then one day the cat crawled out OF
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Dlcksie Ordered Horses Saddled and
Rode to the River

quick you can get your gangs over
here with what sacks they can carry
and walk fast. If you will put your
Inen on horses, Mr.. Dunning, they can
help like everything. That bank
wort last a great while the way the
river is getting under II now" Dam
cling wheeled like an elephant on his
bronco and clattered away through the
mud. Lance Dunning recovering from
his surprise, started his men back for
the wagons, and McCloud, dismount-
ing, walked with him to the waters
edge to plan the fight for what was
left of the strip in front of the alfalfa
fields
When Whispering Smith got back
to the house he was in good humor
He joined Dicksie and Marion in tls
dining room. where they were drink
ing coffee, Afterward Dicksie ordered
horses saddled and the three rode to
the river. Up and down the bank az
far as they could see in the misty
rain, men were moving slowly about
more men, 1t seemed to Dicksie.
than she had ever seen together i'm
her life. The confusion and the noise
had disappeared No one appeared to
hurry, but every one had something
to do, and, from the gangs who with,
sledges were sinking "dead-men"
among the trees to hold the cables OF
the mattress that was about to be
| sunk, and the Japs who were diligent-
ly preparing to float and load 1t, to
the men that were filling and wheel
ing the sandbags, no one appeared ex-
cited. McCloud Joined the visitors for
few moments, and then went back
| to where Dancing and his men on life
lines were guiding the mattress to it's
resting place. In spite of the gloom
of the rain, which Whispering Smith
said was breaking, Dicksie rode back
| to the house in much better spirits
| with her two guests; and when they
| came from luncheon the sun, as Smith
had predicted, was shining,
"Oh, come outl" cried Dicksie, at
the door Marion had letter to write
and went upstairs, but Whispering
Smith followed Dicksie. Does every
thing you say come true?" she de-
manded as she stood in the sunshine.
She was demure with light-hearted,
ness and he looked at her approving
ly. 81 hope nothing may say ever
will come true unless it makes you
happy" he answered. lightly. 1T would
be shame If 1t did anything else"
She pointed two accusing fingers at
him. do you know what you prom
Used last night? You have forgotten
already! You said you would tell me
why my leghorns are eating their
feathers Off"
(To BE coNTINUED)
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humor. THAT is a ridiculous accident,
and 1t all came about when lived in
Chicago. Do you know anything about
the Internal climate there? Well in
Chicago used to lose my voice when.
ever | caught a cold---sometimes for
weeks together. So they began call.
ing me Whispering Smith, and I've
never been able to shake the name.
Odd, isn't 1t? But l came out to go
into the real estate business. l was
looking for some gold-bearing farm
lands where could raise quartz. don't
you know, and such things-yes.
don't mind telling you this, though
wouldn't tell it to everybody"
Certainly not" assented Dicksie
closer confidence.
Il wanted to get rich quick" muir
INJURED Whispering Smith, conf
dentially.
Almost criminal, wasn't it?"
II wanted to have evening Clothes
yes"
"And for once in my life two pairs
of suspenders-a modest ambition, bu
a gnawing one. Would you believe it.
Before | left Bucks Office he had hiret
me for railroad man. When he asked
me what l could do, and l admitted 1
little experience in handling real es
tate, he brought his fist down on the
table and swore l should be his right
of-way man."
How about the mining?"
| Whispering Smith waved his han(
in something of the proud manner II
which Bucks could wave his presi
said, need not interfere with that, no
in the least; he said that l could d.
! all the mining / wanted to, and
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ntains? l do want to understand

mountains? | do want to understand
things better"
why, you are in real earnest
aren't you? But l am not making fun
of you. Do you know President Bucks?
No? Too bad! He's a very handsome
old bachelor. And he is one of those
men who get all sorts of men to do
all sorts of things for them. You
know, building and operating railroads
in this part of the country is no joke.
The mountains are filed with men
that don't care for God, man, or the
devil Sometimes they furnish their
own ammunition to fight with and
don't bother the railroad for years; at
such times the railroad leaves them
alone. For my part, l never quarrel
with man that doesn't quarrel with
the road. Then comes a time when
they get after us, shooting our men or
robbing our agents or stopping our
trains. OF course we have to get
busy then. A few years ago they wor-
ried Bucks till they nearly turned his
hair sray. At that unfortunate time
| happened into his Office with letter
Of Introduction from his closest Chi
cago friend, Willis Howard, prince OF
good men, the man that made the
Palmer house famous-yes. Now
had come out here, Miss Dunning-l
almost said Miss Dicksie, because
hear it so much"
81 should be greatly set up to hear
you call me Dlcksie. And l have won
dered thousand times about your
name. Dare l ask-why do they call
you Whispering Smith? You don't
whisper"
He laughed with abundance of good