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The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-27
SYNOPSIS.

Murray Sinclair and his gang of wreck
FRS were called out to clear the railroad
tracks at Smoky Creek. McCloud, a
young road superintendent, caught Sin
clair and his men in the act of footing
the wrecked train. Sinclair pleaded in
nocence. declaring 1t only amounted to a
small sum-a treat for the men. McCloud
discharged the whole outfit and ordered
the wreekage burned. McCloud became
acquainted with Dicksie Dunnlng, a girl
of the west, who came to look at the
wreck. She gave him a message Tor SIM
clair. whispering" Gordon Smith told
President Bucks of the railroad, of Nc
Clouds brave fight against a gang or
crazed miners and that was the reason
for the superintendent appointment to
his hig office. McCloud arranged to
board at the boarding house OF Mrs. SIR
clair, the eX-foreman.s deserted Wi VIE
late Richard Dunning, who had died OF a
broken heart shortly after his wife's
demise. which occurred after one year OF
married life. Sinclair visited Marion Sin
clair's shop and a fight between him and
McCloud was narrowly averted., Smoky
Creek bridge was mysteriously burned.
McCloud prepared to face the situation.
President Bucks notified Smith that he
had work ahead. McCloud worked for
days and finally got the division running
sic criticising his methods. to Marion
Sinclair. A stock train was wrecked by
an open switch. Later a passenger train
was held up and the express car ropoed;
L VIZ liiN VI q poS eNbe
were killed. McCloud was notified that
Whispering Smith was to hunt the des-
peradoes. Bill Dancing, a road lineman,
proposed tina Sinclair and his gang be
sent to hunt the bandits. A stranger, APP
parently with authority, told aim to go
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.
Dicksie interfered to prevent a shooting
ARRAY. Dicksie met McC1oud on a lonely
trail to warn him his life was in danger.
On his way home a shot passed through
his hat. Whispering Smith reported that
Du Sang, one of Sinclair's gang, had been
assigned to kill McCloud. He and Smith
saw Du Sang. Whispering Smith taunt-
ed 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.
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LIKEnED HERSELF TO ELIJAH
Somewhat Peculiar Light In Which
Pious Old Lady Regarded Cats
Act of Theft.

A reporter, during the Dayton cele.
brations, condemned the numerous
pilferers of Wright ae%ronautical ideas.
They pilfer so smugly, too" the
reporter said. "They pretend that the
ideas they steal were born In their
own brains years ago. Strange,
though, isn't it, that you alone pat
ented these ideas and put them to
practical user
Orville Wright smiled and an
swered:
"They have indeed a righteous air,
these pilferers. They actually believe,
/ am sure, that they have just claim
to the ideas they fitch. They remind
me of old Mrs. Harrington.
"a neighbor of old Mrs. Harring-
tons killed a fine pig n day. He
cut it up and hung the pieces in his
woodshed. Mrs. Harrington's cat
climbed into the shed that night,
stole a large pork chop and carried it
home to her mistress.
"The minister happened to call on
the old lady the next day. She was
just frying the chop. She told the
minister how miraculously it had been
brought to her by the cat.
"'And oh, sir she said, ~piously. 1T
was most beautiful to see the way the
sweet animal brought me the pork
chop. 1t quite recalled to my mind
what we read in holy writ about
Elijah and the ravens. Chicago
Journal.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
At the Dixie.

~ Nv 0INSs
Marion caught her closely to her
heart. Il knew you would go if I got
you angry, dear. But you are so slow
to anger. Mr.. McCloud is just the
same way. Mr.. Smith says when he
does get angry he can do anything.
He is very like you in so many ways"
Dicksie was wiping her eyes. rs
he, Marion? Well, what shall I wear?"
f"Just your riding-clothes, dear, and
a smile. He won't know what you have
on. 1t is you he will want to see. But
I've been thinking of something else.
What will your Cousin Lance say?
Suppose he should object?"
object! I should like to see him
object after losing the fight himself"
Marion laughed. "Well. do you think
you can find the way down there for
us?"
II can find any way anywhere within
100 miles of here"
On the goth Of June McCloud did
have something of an army Of men in
the Crawling Stone valley. Of these,
ESQ were in the vicinity of the bridge,
the abutments and piers Of which
were being put in Just below the Dun
ming ranch. Near at hand Bill Dan
cling, with q big gang, had been for
some time watching the ice and dyna-
hitting the jams. McCloud brought in
more men as the river continued to
rise. The danger line on the gauges
was at length submerged, and for
three days the mainline construction
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scured the face of the moon, but the
distant thunder had ceased, and at
midnight the valley near the bridge
lay in a stiffness broken only by the
hoarse calls Of the patrols and far-off
megaphones. From the bridge camp,
which. lay on high ground near the
grade, the distant lamps of the track
walkers could be see moving dimly.
Before the campfire in front of Nc
Clouds tent a group of men, smoking
and talking, sat or lay sprawled on
tarpaulins, drying themselves after the
long day. Among them were the
weather-beaten remnants of the old
guard of the mountain workers, men
who had fought the Spider Water
with Glover. Bill Dancing, huge, lum-
bering, awkward as a bear and as
shifty, was talking, because with no
apparent effort he could talk all night,
and was a valuable man at keeping
the camp awake. Bill Dancing talked
and, after S~inclair's name had been
dropped from the roll, ate and drank
more than any two men on the dl-
vision. A little apart, McCloud lay
on a leather caboose cushion trying to
get a nap.
The man sent to the bridge had
turned back, and behind his lantern
Dancing heard the tread OF horses. He
stood at one side of the campfire
while the visitors rode up; they were
women. Dancing stood dumb as they
advanced into the freight. The n
ahead spoke: "Mr. Dancing, don't
YOU know me?" AS she stopped her
horse the light of the fire struck her
face. why, Mis- Sinclair!'
"Yes, and Miss Dunning is with
me" returned Marion. Bill staggered.
"This is an awful place to get to; we
have been nearly drowned, and we
want to see Mr.. McCloud."
McCloud, reused by Marion's voice,
came forward. "You were asleep"
said she as he greeted her. Il am SO
sorry we have disturbed you'll" She
looked careworn and a little f0rlorn,
yet but a little considering the strug-
gle she and Dicksie had made to reach
the camp.
Light blazed from the campfire,
where Dicksie stood talking with DAN
cling about horses.
They are in desperate straits up at
the RANCH" Marion went on, when Nc
Cloud had assured her Of her welcome.
Il don't see how they can save It. The
river is starting to 1ow into the old
channel and there's . big pond right
In the alfalfa felds.Y
1T will play the deuce with things
If 1t gets through there" unused Nc
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from Which He had Drawn His
Sermon.

The colored parson had just con-
Guided a powerful sermon on SALIVA
ton Am Free" and was announcing
that a collection would be taken for
the benefit of the parson and his fam
lily. Up jumped an acutely brunette
brother ia the back of tine church.
"Look a-year. pahson," he inter-
ruptcd, ''yo' amt no sooner done tellin'
us dat salvation am free dan yo' go
askin' us TO- money. II salvation am
free, what's de use in payin' TO- it?
OATS what / want to know. An tell
yo' p'intedly dat I amt goin' to glib
yo' nothin' until / find out. Now
Patience, brudder, patience" said
the parson. I'll %'lucidate: S'pose 70
was thirsty an come to a river. Yo'
could kneel right down an drink yo'
fill, couldn't yo'? An it wouldn't cost
yo' nothin' would it,"
"Oh, cou'se not OATS Jest what
T."
dat water would be Free" con-
tinued the parson. But s'posin yo'
was to hab dat water piped to yo'
house? Yo' have to pay, wouldn't vol"
eYas, sub, but
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Cloud. RI wonder how the liver is?
rye been asleep. o Bill" Ne called
to Dancing, what water have you
got?"
"Twenty-eight six just now, sir.
She's arising very slow, Mr.. McCloud."
so I am responsible for this in
vasion," continued Marion, calmly.
i've been up with Dicksie at the
ranch; she sent for me. Just think of
it-no woman but old Puss within ten
miles of the poor child! And they
have been trying everywhere to get
bags, and you have all the bags, and
the men have been buzzing around
over there for a week like humble
bees and doing just about as much
good. She and | talked it all over this
afternoon, and / told her | was COM
ing over here to see you, and we
started out together-and merciful
goodness, such a time as we have
had!"
But you started out together;
where did you leave herr"
4hClC oAC otdIluo tuC OtACl oiuC VI
the fire. o Dicksie!"
why did you not tell me she was
here!" exclaimed McCloud.
Dicksie came into the light as he
fastened over. If she was uncertain
in manner, he was not. He met her,
laughing just enough to relieve the
tension of which both for an instant
were conscious. She gave him her
hand when he put his out, though he
felt that it trembled a little. Such a
ride as you have had! Why did you
not send me word? / would have
come to you!" he exclaimed, throwing
reproach into the words.
Dicksie raised her eyes. Il wanted
to ask you whether you would sell us
some grain sacks, Mr.. McCloud, to
use at the river, If you could spare
them?"
Sacks? Why, of. course, all you
want! But how did you ever get here?
In all this water, and two lone
women! You have been in danger to-
night. Indeed you have-don't tell me!
And you are both wet; | know it. Your
feet must be wet. Come to the fire.
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CHAPTER XVII.
The CRAWLING Stone Rise.


So sudden was the onset of the river
that the trained riders of the big
ranch were taken completely aback,
and hundreds of head of Dunning cat
tie were swept away before they could
be removed to points of safety. Fresh
alarms came with every hour of the
day and night, and the telephones up
and down the valley rang necessarily
with appeals from neighbor to neigh
Dor. Lance Dunning, calling out the
reserves of his vocabulary, swore tre-
~mendously and directed the operations
against the river. These seemed, in
deed, to consist mainly of hard riding
and hard language on the part of
everybody. Murray Sinclair, although
he had sold his ranch on the Crawling
Stone and was concentrating his hold
ings on the Frenchman, was every
where in evidence. He was the first
at a point Of danger and the last to
ride away from the slipping acres
where the muddy flood undercut; but
no defiance seemed to disturb the
Crawling Stone, which kept alarming
ly at work.
Above the alfalfa lands on the long
bench north of the house the river, in
changing its ours many years earli-
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CHAPTER xVI.-Continued.

The Crawling Stone river is said to
embody, historically, all of the de-
ceits known to mountain streams. Be-
low the Box Canyon it plows through
IL great bed of yielding silt, it's own
deposit between the two imposing
lines of bluffs that resist it's wander
Ings from side to SIDE of the wide val
ley. This fertile soil makes up the
rich lands that are the envy Of less
fortunate regions in the Great Basin;
but the Crawling Stone is not a river
to give quiet title to n acre of it's
own making. The toll of its centuries
spreads beautifully green under the
June skies, and the unsuspecting set
tier, lulled into security by many
years of the rivers repose, settles on
It's level bench land and lays out his
long lines of possession; but the Sioux
will tell you in their own talk that this
man is but a tenant at will; that in
another time and at another place the
stranger will inherit his fields; and
that the Crawling Stone always comes
back for it's own.
The winter had been an unusual n
ever in a land of winters. The sea-
sons fall of snow had not been above
an average, but it had fallen in the
spring and had been followed by ex-
cessively low temperatures throughout
the mountains. June came again, but
@ strange June. The first rise of the
Crawling Stone had not moved out
the winter frost, and the stream lay
bound from bank to bank, and for hum
dreds a miles, under three feet of ice.
Whea June opened, backward and
cold, there had been no spring. Heavy
frosts lasting until the middle of the
month gave sudden way to summer
heat, and the Indians on the upper
valley reservation began moving back
into the hills. Then came the rise.
Creek after creek in the higher noun
tains, ice-bound for six months, burst
without warning into flood. Soft winds
struck with the sun and stripped the
mountain walls of their snow. Rains
set in on the desert, and far in the
high northwest the Crawling Stone
lifting it's four-foot cap of ice like a
bed of feathers began rolling it end
over end down the valley. In the Box,
40 feet of water struck the canyon
walls and ice-1oes were hurled like
t%orpedoes against the granite spurs;
the Crawling Stone was starting after
its own
When the river rose, the earlier talk
Of Duunjng'S men had been that the
Crawling Stone would put an end to
the railroad pretensions by washing
the $50 miles of track back to the
Peace river, where it had started. This
much in the beginning was easy to
predict; but the railroad men had
turned out in force to fight for their
holdings, and while the ranchers were
laughing, the river was flowing over
the bench lands in the upper valley.
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A Classic in Kentucky.

They have been telling this story
down in the Blue Grass so long that
the Louisville Courier-Journal says
it is regarded as a classic:
"Majah," announced the colonel,
I'll bet I've sweat no less than II
%gallons!"
Begging your pardon, kunnel," re-
turned the major, desisting from a
long libation, gentlemen don't sweat;
they perspire. Horses sweat"
well, then" returned the o ir-
ritated colonel, glaring at the calm
and eontented critic of his diction,
by CAD, sub, I'm a hoss!"
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THREE REASONS
Each with Two Legs and Ten Fingers,

A Boston woman who is a fond
mother writes an amusing article
about her experience feeding her boys.
Among other things she says:
"Three chubby, rosy-cheeked boys,
Rob, Jack and Dick, aged 6, 4 and 2
years respectively, are three of our
reasons for using and recommending the
food, Grape-Nuts, for these youngsters
have been fed on Grape-Nuts since in
fancy, and often between meals when
other children would have been given
candy.
Il gave a package of Grape-Nuts to
a neighbor whose 3 year old child was
a weakened little thing, i'll half the
time. The little tot ate the Grape
Nuts and al greedily and the moth
er continued the good work, and it
was not long before a truly wonderful
change manifested itself in the child's
face and body. The results were re-
markable, ~even for Grape-Nuts.
Both husband and / use Grape
Nuts every day and keep strong and
well and have three of the finest,
healthiest boys you a find in a days
march,"
Many mothers instead of destroying
the children's stomachs with candy
and cake give the Youngsters a hand
full of Grape-Nuts when they are beg
ging for something in the way OF
sweets. The result is soon shown in
greatly increased health, strength and
mental activity.
There's a Reason"
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, "The Road to MELVILLE"
one appears from time to time. They
ARE genuine, true, and full Of human
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-27

o Bill" he called to Dancing, whats
the matter with your wood? Let us
have a fire, won't you?-one worth
while; and build another in front of
my tent. 1 can't believe you have
ridden here all the way from the
ranch, two of you alone!" exclaimed
McCloud, fastening boxes up to the
fire for seats.
Marion laughed. "Dicksie can go
anywhere! I couldn't have ridden from
the house to the barns alone"
'"Then tell me how you could do it,"
demanded McCloud, %devouring Dicksie
with his eyes.
Dicksie looked at the fire. II know
all the roads pretty well. We did get
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-27
PeonIe Becoming Interested.

Evidence of the popular interest in
the anti-consumption crusade is given
in a statement made by the National
Association for the Study and Proven
ton of tuberculosis, to the effect that
during the year ending August 81,
nearly 100000 people have attended
tuberculosis exhibitions in various
parts of the country. Besides the
three travelling tuberculosis exhibit
lions of the national association, there
are % exhibits of this kind through
out the United States. Four years
ago there were only three such dis
plays in the entire country.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-27
Mermaid for Breakfast.

A stranger meal than any eve par
taken by Frank auckland or the most
hardened and cosmopolitan traveller
is described by Juan Francisco de st.
Antonio, in his account of his trav-
els and adventures in the Philippine
islands, published at Manila in 1888.
In this curious little work the author
tells us that he once breakfasted off
a mermaid, and he further gravely de-
scribes its flavor as being like fresh
fat pork.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-27
influence Of 4 National Anthem.

AFTER the siege Of the Pekin lega-
tons a dozen Russian soldiers bent
on loot and outrage raided the house
in which N Of my band boys lived
with his mother and sister," Sir Rob
ert Hart said at a dinner at the Au-
thors' club. "The boy snatched his
violin and played the Russian national
anthem and the hooters stood at at
tention. Then they left the house
without molesting anyone"
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A Poser.

The wife addressed her husband
plaintively-John William! You are
taking salmon again, and you know
that you must never take anything
which does not agree with you.
John William smiled SADLY wish
/ never had, my dear; but where
would you have been?-Stray Stories.
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And the Deacon Proceeded

oval brudder, so it is wild salvation.
De salvation am free, but it's de havin'
1t piped to yo' dat yo' got to pay TO-
Pass de hat, deacon, pass de hat
Everybody's Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-27
They're Here.

why have we NJ great geniuses
writing books to-day?"
WELL, the great geniuses are busy
writing the book advertisements"
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A Feminine Chronometer

Knicker-How long does YOU wife
plan to be away?
Bocker-Two trunks.
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WANTED THE DATE.

Preacher-Tommy, l hear you have
been telling lies. l never told lies
when l was your age.
Tommy-When did you begin, sir?
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Rainfall in Siberia

Siberia has go days of rain each
year on the average.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-27
Shows NO Improvement.

81 don't see that her college educa-
ton has improved her much"
MOP"
No. She helps her mother with
the homework just as if she hadn't
been educated."-Detroit Free Press.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
m LECTURE COURSE

Season tickets for the remainder
Of ths oouEse will be II .25 for adult
tickets and Is cents for school
tickets. Single admission tickets
50 and IS cents. These prices
include rsesrved seats. See Mr.
G. I. Collins for tickets or call at
ths Ikelman Drug Store.
Tie remaining entertainments
will Be - follows:
Monday panuary 10, lecture by
Ernest j. Sias. Subject, The
Lost Chord." Friday, February 4,
ths Five Stars company consisting
of Ave ladies, will give a vocal and
instrumental concert concluding
with the college girl farce, The
Opsning Box" Saturday, Feb
urary 10, Perry Carter, cartoonist
and Marie Carter, soprano soloist.
The 6rst number of the course,
the Male Quartette concert on
November 20, was great success
but the lecture committee are
convinced that the best of the
courss ID yet to come. All enter.
tainments will be in the Holly
Opera house.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
Msst Ksow The Auihor

Every BOW and thea this paper re-
ceives commuaications from persOas tiv-
iaS list Of items and articles Of interest
on public questions, but seElect to give
the suthor's name.
We do not alwsys sEree with the senti-
ment expressed, yet II the article appears
in good faith, and contains the same OF
the person who sends il in, we are
pleased to five it publication, 80 long as
no personalities or spleen is expressed.
The name is required, not necessarily for
publication but as an evidence Of food
faith, and for our protection.
Articles for our public FORUM" not
accompanied by the name of the author
will not be published. We have several
Interesting articles now, but for reasons
stated will have to know the authorship.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17

Coughs that arc tight. or tickling. get quick
and certain help from DR.. Shops Cough
Remedy. On this sccoun, Drussists every
where are f.vorins Dr. Shops Cough Rem
edy The tender leaves Of Harmless. lung
healing mountainous shrub give to DR.. Shoop I.
Cough Remedy its curstive properties. hose
leaves have the power to calm the mos' dis
tress;ns Cough. and to soothe. and heal the
most sensitive bronchial membrane. Mothers
should. for safety's sake. always demand DR..
Shoops. Il can with perfect freedom be given
to even the youngest b.bes. Test it once your
sell. and see! Sold bv All dealers.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
Exsla;.s Their Wseksess

Hsrbst A. Ly.ds. srsst tresbls
with tows working peopae 10 ths lest thst
they ~ thsir social siSAis ~ 70 . marx
thaf would be pisssy hiGh fes psopss to
hit thst live of .. i.coos fro0 invested
wealth. The wives aad dssthsers se-
cons lsdiss sad The charaiaS hostess at
ssassoSs social faactioas. They hAve
ssvsa lsoeesy WAGONS call st ths houss
esch dsy s.d c0sjure their brsia for .
Q sasn order for ssch. Thsy will stop
in q ths market on thsir way ho0s fro0
Q pisk tss il the aftsssoos and order ten
eeats worth Of boiled han sad aickel's
worth Of celery for diaaer sad ask the
nsrehs.t to please have It delivered, thsa
they kick sbovt Tie awful cost Of living.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
CONTEST NOTICE
Dspsrtnsst Of the lntsrior.
U. s. LssA O6es.

Dspsrtnsst Of the lntsror.
U. s. Ls.A O8es.
Lamar. Colo. Nov. s. 1909.
A .ukcien, sEdsv having been fled in this Of
Davis. s.try No. made Oct. II. 1907. for the south
ives, quarter q ssci;o. o. towashe % sosh n
by WIsos G. Davis csatestss. IL which is alleged that
never resided ,Asrsea: asd that said sbsence wss
caused ~ his snpoyne.t ia The Of the U.ed
Stsss sd that s. defaults esanss the date
sEsr sv1saes te.eh.s said .iisss.is. 10 ecIsck
Dec l6. 1909. before the register and receiver.
ct the U. s. land e6cs in Lamar. Cob.
The ssd esatsstsnt having. in proper akdsvt Sled
Nov. l. 1900. forth facts which show that alter due
diligence psrseasl service Of this notice Ls .aae.
hereby srdere1 sd directed that such aoties be
by due snd proper publication.
G.. Frsst Lissstt. Receivsr.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
AMONG THE CHURCHES
Netho1isi

10, q. m. Sunday school. IL q
m. Christmas sermon. Let us
Give Tribute. Hymns I6, 32, 81.
Anthem by the choir. Z p. IN.
Epworth League services, subject,
''The Kingdom of God like Ira
ven." Led by Miss Mccall. Z:
- sermon subject. Heaven: what
kind of place-How to get
there" Hymns s. 80, 81. Special
music. Everybody welcome.
F. F. Gibbs Minister.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17
HOLLY BRASS BAND
List of Officers and Personne ~
Loni Felt Want

The Holly Brass band was duly
organized last Friday, and it will
Be q 25-piece aggregation that
viii serve our needs for years to
come. The people of Holly have
subscribed literally toward the
support of the band, consequently
the pecuniary conditions are the
least Of the bands troubles. The
personnel follows:
Prssidsnt-C Cliff Wood.
Sserstary-.Trsasurer-J. r. Brown.
Dirsetor-G. W. Thornbroulh.
Collsctor--J. G. SchlaSer.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-17

1t costs but little more than
plain paper. Your name and ad-
dress neatly printed on 100 note
heads and envelopes for only
81.