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And he was as pleased as Punch to
have her make up to him. He hasn't
the least idea of what she's after. Papa
isn't used to ladies. He's always just
lived with me-
This astonishing statement looking at
Flora through ELIAS u~nsuspecting eyes
had nevertheless a pathos of its own.
1t eonjured up a long vista of harmon
ious existence which the two, the
daughter and the father, had made out
of their mutual simplicity, and their
mutual susto for the material COM
forts which came comfortably.
But III tell you one thing" Ella
ended, stin rocking vigorously; "if she
comes here tonight to dinner when
she knows l don't want her I shall tell
her what ] hin of her, before she
leaves this house. See if 1 don't"
Don't do that, Ella Flora entreat-
ed, that would be awful" She was
certain h a such an interview would
only end In Clara's making Ella more
ridiculous tina she was already. Let
me speak to her. I don't mind at ALL
she declared bravely, and in a manner
truly, though she was fully aware that
speaking to Clara would be anything
but a treat
ooh, would vou?" said Ella eagerly.
II really would be awfully obliged. L
hated to ask you. Flora, but 1 thought
perhaps you might be able toto, we'll.
perhaps be able to do something" she
ended vaguely. do you think you
codld7'
I'll speak to Clara tonight said
Flora h~eroically, "or tomorrow" she
added I'm afraid l won't see her to-
night"
"Well, I'll let you know il 1t makes
any difference said Ella hopefully.
She kissed Elias misty cheek at
parting. 1t wasn't fair, she thought
remorsefully, for people like the Buffers
to be at large on the same planet with
people like Clara-and herself-and-
and like Her thoughts ran off into
the fog. At least, thank heaven, it
was the Judge Clara was trailing and
not Kerr.
The bells and the whistles of one
O'clock were making clangor as she ran
up the steps of her house again. In the
hall Shima presented her with a card.
She looked 1t it with a quickening
pulse. rs he waiting?"
nv, llldudln. NIL. rNtit too SOiS
He waited half an hou
Down went her spirits again. Yet
surely after their last interview she
ought not to be eager to meet him
again. "In the morning. she thought.
and waited half an hour. How he
must have wanted to see me-" She
didn't know whether she liked that or
not. when did he Gomez"
AT eleven o'clock
At this she was frightened; he HAD
missed Harry by less than half an hour.
HE waited all that time alone?"
mo. Mr.Cressy came"
Flora felt a cold thrill in her nerves.
Then Harry had come back! What had
he come for?
"He also would watt the Japanese
explained.
Flora gasped. "They waited to-
gether!"
The japanese shook his head. They
went away together"
ITO BE Continued on Mondny.)
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THE Heads reaching her over many
intervening hills. She did not feel sure
what She should do at the end of hel
journey or what awaited her there. She
Knew herself a most Impractical hunter
she, who, all her life, mad been the most
artful of quarries. A quarry h was
still. but in this chase she had to come
out and stalk the facts in order to see
which way to run. il, she told herself
in her exhilaration, she decided to run
az all.
She turned in at the low gate OF imi-
tation grill in front of an enormous
wooden mansion, with towers and
cupolas painted all a chill slate gray,
with %fuchsias, purple and red, Chamber
ing up the 'front.'. She ms and was
admitted into a hall, ornate and very
high, with a wide staircase sweeping
down into the middle of it.
The maid locke obviously at Flora
and thought Miss Butler was not at
home, but would see. She waited APP
prehensively.
She started nervously at the step of
the maid returning. The message
brought was unexpected. miss Butler
says will you please walk upstairs?'
Atah1 1iARN - ANot ~
would have been odd enough at any
time, for she and Ella were hardly on
such intimate footing. But nov she
was ushered up the majestic stair, and
from the majestic upper hall abruptly
into a wild little cluttered sewing
room, and thence into O wilder but
more spacious bedroom, large curtains
at the windows, large roses on the car
pet. and over all objects in the room
q clutter of miscellaneous articles, as IL
Elias band-boxes. bureaus and work.
baskets habitually refused to contain
themselves.
From the midst of this Ella con-
fronted her, still in her wrapper and
with the large puff of her hfir a little
awry. Under 1t her face was curiously
pink. a color deepening to the tip Of
her nose and pulling but under her
eyes.
We'll, Flora" she greeted her guest.
You were just the person | wanted
to see. Sit down. No, not there--that's
my bird of paradise feather, Oh, no,
not there-that's the breakfast. Well, 1
guess you'll have to sit on the bed"
Il was afraid shouldn't see you at
ALL" Flora began.
We'll. you wouldn't if ii hadn't hap
pened to be YOU" said Ella paradoxic-
ally. Look q me; did o ever see
such a sight?"
You don't look very WE'LL Flora
cautiously admitted. why, Ella,
you've been crying"
Yes, I've been crying" said Ella,
mopping her nose. which still showed
a tendency to distill a tear at it's tip.
And it's perfectly awful to me to think
you've been living so long in the same
house with her."
Flora murmured breathlessly. "What
in the world do you mean?' 4
'If you don't know, / certainly ought
to tell you. l mean Cara said Ella
distinctly.
Flora, sitting up on the edge of
the high bed With the tips of her
little shoes hardly touching the
floor, looked at Ella fascinated,
her lips a little apart. Ella had so ex-
actiy pronounced her own secret
thought of Clara. She was GREATNESS
to know what had been Clara's per-
Torrance at the Buffers
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] FOR THE LITTLE FOLK ]
Interesting items to Please the Children. !
9 EDITED BY UNCLE JACK Y
Interesting items to Please the Children.

righted. But the performer had to be
skilful and quick If every advantage
was to be taken of the initial start in
the direction desired. When the ano
ist came to the surface again he was
still clinging to the side of the boat,
pulling that side toward him and kick
ing the other side toward the place it
would assume when the canoe was
once more in it's right position in the
water. As the canoeist came up he
rave the boat a twist with his shoulder
that emptied the water from it, and
then he turned 1t on it's side with a
deXterous twirl that dropped it right
side up, ready for occupancy one
more. 1t was very skilfully done.-H.
D. Jones. in st. Nicholas.
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'GDe COAST 20 CHANCE

and saw with relief that his face was
turned from her to the fog, as il he had
forgotten her. Then, still with aver;ed
head, as il lie addressed the Wilderness,
or himself-"No.,' he determined, Il
won't. I'll take it when ! come back
He pulled himself together with an
effort. with a smile. "That is" he
turned to her, "if you're in no great
hurry about the s~ettinga Very well,
then. In a day or two"
He plunged away into the fog. A few
rods from the door he disappeared, but
she could still hear his footsteps grow
ing thinner, lighter. passing away in
the whitencss.
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pRlzE-WINNERs.


Many children were smart enough to
guess the correct answer to the rebus
puzzle, published last Saturday, which
was soloist. The following sent in the
neatest correct nswer and were
awarded prizes:
LOLA LYNN, aged II, 7S Bel street,
Orange (book); EDWINA HARDY,
aged Is, 157 Monmouth street, Newark
(box OF paints; THOMAS f. BRADY.
aged 10, 50 Franklin avenue, West Or
ange (penknife): GUSTAVE KROHN,
aged II. 533 South Eleventh street, New
ark (penknifo).
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LETTERS RECEIVED IN
UNCLE JACKS MAIL.

These letters were received by Uncle
Jack from some of his little friends
who recently received pretty prizes for
solving the Evening STARS puzzles:
Newark, n. ].
Dear Uncle Jack-I have received
YOU prize and | thank you very much
for it. Hoping that I may win this n
and others / remain, your old friend,
JOHN F. MARNELL.
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NOTES AND COMMENT.

The prize of 81 offered for a selected
complete list of solutions to New Pug
zles No 330 was awarded to
CHARLES, M. s., ~PITrSBURG, PA,
ALEC SANDER ~pronounces the ana
gram by Ell DON in No. 800 to be a
perfect specimen.
had the pleasure of a call from, Eff
F1E "A this week. HOPE the Colden
pays expert starts in solving again.
JIMMIE was in town one day re-
Gently and dropped into the editorial
sanctum for a few moments puzzle
chat.
BONES is suranering at Belmar.
d H., of Pittsburg and CHARLES
M D. of the same city, are rapidly de-
veioping into first rate soIvers.
Glad to have heard from JAMAICA
again. Keep it up.
ARAWEN left this week for an ex-
tended O u of Nova Scotia.
We heartily endorse ALEC SAN
DER'S convention notes in this months
forms. Only too true!
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THE WEEKLY CONTEST.

A PRIZE of 81 will be awarded this
"A week for q selected complete
" list Of answers to New Puzzles
1872. Standard Dictionary is used for
definitions; compound words are
shown by t'), and words out OF dc
tionary order by ~.
Address replies to Puzzle Editor,
Evening STAR" and have same
reach this off1ce within ten days.
Answers will appear in two weeks.
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~Irvington. N. ].

IrYin2ton, n. j.
Dear Uncle Jack--I received the pref
~ box of paints and thank you very
kindly for them. | painted a big sun
flower. ] have a great Dane dog. His
name is Nero. He weighs $50 pounds.
Every evening ne brings me his strap
and | take him out for a walk. Then
] give him a block of sugar. / have
also a cat, His name is Pills. And l
have two little chicks. Your friend,
WILSON F. HOBSON.
2 Bruen avenue.
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AN ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION.

A fat little yellow banana
Was brought to New York from Fla.
vana:
He thought that the ship
Had been sent on the trip
Just tofetch him-that little oananal
As proudly he took q front seat II,
The window, Il cannot be beaten"
He said, "I'm unique
But before he could speak
Any further, he straightway was eater,
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T HEsEm happy children in fn-awayG Greenland are enjoying a sede ride" We heh frozen pansd of the farm Worth
4 Cam uhH from Their wa what kind fan ml ss hem Dwell me pe0 hos?n you mdun
answer fill out the coupon bow md@ send to Uncle Jack Evening STAR NeNmMN j.
The two girls Nob boys who's send in the nt correct answers to this puzzle can have their choice Of
box of paints fine baseball good book pmhW any one Of SNdvp fascinating games If the name Is
rot writer plainly the answer will be rejected Uncle Jack will publish the picture fanny prize who cares to
inns pmtorahT nep mm @ @nt be used The pnz-wnnesw wi. please write 40 Uncle Jack ceiling
him how the like their awards
Only children m Is years ma m are dgbk to compete Be me to place a t~oNats STAMP on the en-
vNpa to HoddA ya the poMmM Te names 1.-The mMewnnms will he announced on SATURDAY. August 81
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ALEC SANDER p%ronounces the ana-
gram by Ell DON in No. $50 to be a
perfect specimen.
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TT AFTER sports, during the past
WV few years, have come TO De
among the chief events on
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Hal the pleasure of a call fron, Eff
FIE MAY this week. Hope the Golden
Days expert starts in solving agar,
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1909-05-14
ENCAMpMENT
HERE IN JUNE
Commander Victory OF
Ssnta Re Tslks.

Department OomH1andef John
p. Victory. of the New Mexico
g. A. r. organization, has issued
the following circular which hat
been mailed to all newspapers
in the territory:
The 18th annual encampmeht
of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public, Department Of New
Mexico, will convene at Alamo
gordo, New Mexico, Tuesday and
Wednesday, June 8th aiid 9th.
1909. The Council Of Admins
tratiOn will assemble at 10
O'Clock q. M, June 9Th, for the
transaction of such business rs
may come before it. At 2 O'Clock
p. M, on the same day, En-
campment will begin.
The Commander. Old. H. Bla-
ger post, No. 18, at AlamogOrdo,
will detail one Comrade for Off
Ger Of the day, one for officer Of
the guard and one for general
duty, who will report to the As
sistsnt Adjutant General ut
Headquarters at 10 o'clock q. mr.
Tuesday, June 9Th.
All Department otieeEs and
those on the staff Of the Heiark4
ment Commander will hare pre-
pared reports of the past year to
be submitted at the encamp-
ment.
The A., T. & S. f., Mexican
Central, El Paso Southwestern
and Denver & Rio GFande rail.
ways have granted one rate fare
for the round -taip to 4lnnio.
gordO, return tickets good NATL
June 11th.
Alamog0rdo Is one Of the pro.
gressive and attractive towns d
New Mexico. It's citieens and
Blazer Post are mAnifesting +
hearty interest in preparations
to make the Eacampment q sue.
cess, and the Department Com.
mander hopes for a large attend.
lance.
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CHANCE TO Get
the ORPHANAGE
Committee Shows Pref
erence for Alamo,

A little liberality on the part
of those of our citizens who can
afford to be generous would ss-
cure for Alamogordo the Terri.
ritOrial Baptist Orphanage.
The cOr1mittee having in
charge the location of this insti-
tuition is not asking anything
impossible. While the News
cannot speak authoritatively,
we are of the opinion that the
donation of twenty acres Of land
we'll located would secure this
institution for our city.
The committee prefers olo-
cate the orphanage in AlamOgOr.
do and will do so if it receives
any encouragement. Other
towns want it and many Of them
would, no doubt, be willing to
make a nice cash donation in ad-
iition to giving the land.
Alamogordo cannot ct this
time afford to pass no anything.
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FOUR EXCURSIONS
FOR CL0UDCR0FT

Garnett King, general agent
fer the Southwestern, returned
yesterday from a trip through
east Texas in the interest Of
Gloudcroft, and he talked en-
Enthusiastically this morning of
the prospect for a good season at
the mountain resort.
Four excursions will be run
from Houston, Galveston, Beau
mont and San Antonio, arriving
in FL Paso on the mornings of
June 90, July 18, August 10 and
September 10, and Mr.. King be-
lieves each of these will bring a
larger crowd than was brought
up from that country at any
single time last year.
Crops are good in east Texas,
he said, people are prosperous,
and can well afford to take vaca-
tions, and they are more'inter-
ested in Cloudcroft now than
they have ever been before.
81. L. Haynes, travelling freight
and passenger agent for the
Southwestern, will leave during
the present week on q trip over
Texas to distribute literature
and work up interest in the ex.
cursions.-El Paso Herald.
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BROUNOFF SUES
3 COMP ANIES
Wants Insurance Com
panies to Pay

Sherry and Sherry. attorneys
for the Brounoff estate, have
brought suit in the district court
against the Aetna Insurance
company, of Hartford; the Amer
ican Central insurance company,
Of st. Louis and the Fire Associ-
alton. Of Philadelphia. for 81. 900
each.
In January the general store
Of N. Brounoff was destroyed by
fire. Mr.. Brounoff claims that
the adjuster agreed to pay the
claims in full, less $166. Later
he was notified that for come
reason the companies had decid-
ed not to liquidate. Hence the
suits.
W. K. Stalcup is trustee fOI
Brounof estate.
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COLLEGE CLOSED
LAST FRIDAY


The Baptist college closed
Friday for the term. The term
has been entirely satisfactory SO
far as Attendance was concerned
and .tHeF faculty gave general
satisfadifon. The board Of trus-
tees VIII meet within the next
two weeks and select the faculty
for the Ginning term. With the
possible exception of Miss May
Gilmoke, an entire new faculty
will b6 selected. President e.
Ward bas made arrangements to
go elsewhere as has Also Mias
OCgses bee Chitwood, the music
Instructor. Miss Celeste Lewis
has actsptsd . position in the
|pubii6 seho6ls.
The board Of trustees have
been working hard of late to get
the financial affairs of the col
legs in better shape. One, Of
the members Of the board told
the News Tuesday that many as-
|snrafces of financial assistance
from the outside had been re-
ceitsd. In fact the board is
very optimistic as to the future
welfare Of the college.
The News is requested by the
members Of the board Of trusteas
Ia extendso the citiseng Of Ala
mogprde their thanks for the
liberal t.snnerin which they re-
|sponded, last week, to the call
fof AssIstAaoe.
The Bsptist college il : worthy
|ihAtitutlon and the News would
bA pleased to see it grow in
power and usefulness.
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HORSE THIEVES
GETTING BOLD
Steal Fine Animal From
Chief OF Police.

Thieves entered the barn of
Chief of Police s. H. Nimmo
Saturday night and stole q fine
horse ana saddle. The horse
belongea to Attorney j. E. Law
son. The latter having no use
for The animal had turned it over
to the chief for safe keeping.
,The saddle belonged to Mr. MINI
mo.
h a diligent search haa bsen
made for the thieves, but as yet
there is no clue.
The horse is a dark bay, Il t.
hands high, nine O. ten yearI
old, branded F. 8. on left hip:
Mr.. Ninlmo offers a reward Of
$25 for the return of the ANIMAL.
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Alamogordo is fortunate in
nat the water question is solved
% far as the irrigation of small
|atcts Of land is concerned. Ex-
|perlmeutal wells have been
drilled in various. localities In
the valley during the- past two
years and it is proven beyond
question that sufficient water
EXISTS at reasonable depths to
lngate the tracts Of land. These
experiments have been conduct
% at haphazard. but in . belt
sAtending severAlmiles in width
and from TulaFosa 70 Camp City,
distance Of over Is miles.
5000 ACRES HKRrlLE LAND. :
Il this belt comprises some 55,-
~ acres of extremely fertile
which is capsule Of prOdac-
las valuable crops under inten.
we cultivation. ~
Vssr five million dollars. worth
J! crops annually would Be 81
.As'smely conservative estimate
LOn this one narrow, belt Oi
y has been proven in all irri,
'ed districts where intensive
q = ].
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN ENJOY
ALL DAY PICNIC At ALAMEDA PARK
Base RaH, Races and Gamhs InduIged in.--FoM
Conspiracy Failed to Work Out.

the gunwales," but one other
sister took . turn" at him.
Look at that pore little fell
low; don't look as if he had had
o bite," the good sister said.
Then. she came with two big
cuts Of lemon pie. Here, dear"
she said, you shant be- neglect
ed. Here's some pie; you jnst
take it and eat it,"
"Well, MISSES" said the lank
one, II can chew it but l sure
can't swaller it. !" And we won
dered how that pore" child
could be- so lean and lank and
yet store away so much grub.
THE SPORT suMARRY.
The following is a summary of
the sports for the day:
Twenty-Five ladies entered in
the $50 yard race. The prize
was s1.OO and was won by Miss
Ruth Murray. Time, % seconds.
Eighteen girls under IA ran
100 yards. Mabel Teed was the
winner.
Fourteen boys under Il ran
1 The same distAncs. Willie John.
s0n being the winner. {
The ycung ladies' sack race q.
T6,yards WAS won BY Miss Marion
Miner.
i The heys' sack Eaee,wns wor
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WILL SPEND $l5O,OOO
ON NEWPOWER PLANT
rs, 900 Acres Of Fertile Lond Around AIomogor-
do Should Produce Crops to Value Of Five
Million Dollars Annually.

cultivation predominates, that
from 5 to 20 acres is enough for
one man. One pumping plant
will furnish an ample supply of
water for this amount of land
aud the irrigator is Independent
of community bitches and the
disadvantages pertaining to
them, and owns what amounts
to q perpetual water right.
POWER FOR PUMPING.
Heretofore in considering q
pumping proposition the ques-
tion' Of power has been the bug.
bear. When the average farmer
is confronted. with the problem
of manufacturing his power the
question becomes q serious one
We. as a community, are for
tunate. in having q light and
power company that stands ready
to deliver this power to tht
Small farmer at an extremely
low rate. making the pumping
proposition q very desirable one
Other communities ara iHly
waiting on outside aid torassis
them in putting in power plant
Continued on Page Twc.)
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by w. A. Reynolds.
REV. MURRAY WINS RACE.

pEP MOhHA1 WINE kACEs
One of the amusing Incidents
of the day was the conspiracy
entered into between MengeF,
johnson, ct. AL. toinveigle Rev.
Murray into a race and beat him.
Murray bit.
Seven or eight big husky fel.
lows, including Menger and
johnson, entered. johnson is 3
runner and was in the lead with
Rev. Murray. q head behindwhen
johnson fell allowing the minis.
ter to win. The censpirators
claim that the pastor at an OPP
IpOrtune moment tripped John.
son, but Rev. Murray has en-.
tered an alibi claiming that he
was at least two feet behind
johnson and thus could not have
caused his downfall.
The base ball game between
the alligators and the Turtles,
OF La Lug, was won by the Alli-
gators. ~
SHOULD HAVE Moag p1cElcs.
Il
When one sees 80 many happy
faces. young ladies and nthsrS
not 20 young, and children. al
fOrgetfnl Of care and trouble
lfnrgstfpl Of ell elss sase having
1 Continued o. page ~
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PIERCE
GUILT
Special to AlamogordO News.

Special to AlamogordO News.
Albuquerque, May 1S.-The
jury in the r. H. Pierce case re-
turned a verdict Of guilty on the
second count of the,indictment
at 10 O'Clock last night. The
verdict was sealed and was not
opened until court met at 9
o'clock this morning.
&. II. Pierce, q former trustee
of the Territorial Blind School
at Alamogordo, was some time
ago indicted by the grand jury
Of this county for an attempted
assault upon Miss Edna Hooker,
a pupil in the school. !.
1t was alleged that the assault
took place last October in the
room of . hotel in this city at
which Mr.. Pierce was stopping.
Miss Hooker was here attending
the Irrigation congress at which
the blind school had an exhibit.
!, There were two counts in the
indictment. One was for assault
with intent to commit rape and
| the other for abduction for the
purpose Of prostitution, It il
not known here which one Of
these counts came, first in the
| Indictment, The penalty for e.
sault is not less than one mol
more than. 10 years impriscn-
meRt. The penalty for abduction
| is mel. t.mOre. than five years I'M
prisoament OF . tine ots sl'OOO o.
both.
was found guilty Of abduction
and thhtia fine will eonssltus'
the punishment.
.ThSi News Is informed the
IMr. Piercs viii appeal the CAS-
IW . new trial ig net aNteOs>
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1909-05-14
Died Of Heart Failure.

Joseph l. Palmer died at Os-
euro Wednesday morning from
heart failure. He had charge Of
the railroads pumping plant at
Oscuro.
Mr.. Palmer was born February
10, 1S47. Besides . widow. he
leaves a son, Bert Palmer. . res.
ident of this city.
Funeral services were hald
yesterday morning from the
Buck undertaking rooms.