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glow to landward crawling up on us inch by inch, like q hungry wild beast. Then almost imperceptibly the brave schooner lighted. The strained lines on Handy Solomon's carven features i relaxed little by little Thrackles, star ing over the side, let out mighty roar
 "Steerage wayw he shouted and ex- ecuted an awkward clog dance on the reeling deck
 She moved forward, there was no doubt of that, for gradually we were eating toward the wind, but We made considerable leeway as well. Handy Solomon, taut as the weather rigging. took his little advantages one by one like precious gifts. Light there was none. The land was plotted out by the steam and murk which had crept to wind. All we could do was to hang there, tasting the copper of excitement waiting for these different forces to ad- just themselves. Inch by inch we crept l forward; foot by foot we made lee way. The intensest of the lava glow worked its way from directly abeam of the quarter. By this we knew we must be nearly opposite the cove At once new doubt sprang up in our minds.
 A moment ago all the energy of our desires had gone up in the ambition to avoid being cast on the beach Now We saw that that was not enough. It was necessary to squeeze around the point where lay the Golden Horn in order to avoid the fate that had overtaken her Handy solomon yelled something at us. We could not hear. but our own knowledge told Us what 1t must be, and with one accord we turned to on the foresail. With the peak of 1t hoisted We moved a trihe faster, though the. schooner lay over at a perilous angle. A moment later the fogs parted to show us the cliffs looming startling ly near There were the donkey engine and the works we had constructed for wrecking. and there beside them, watching us renectiyely, stood Percy Darr0w.
 For ten minutes we stared Ut him fascinated, during which time the ship labored against the staggering winds. gained and lost in It's bufYeting with the great surges. The breakers hurling themselves in wild abandon against the rocks sent their backwash Of tumbling peaks to our very bilges. The few remains Of the Golden Horn, alternately drenched and draining, seemed to picture to us our inevitable end
 think we had all selected the same two points for our hearings rock and drop of the cliff bolder than the ordinary. If the rock opened from the clin to eastward. we were lost: if 1t remained stationary. we were at least holding our own: If 1t opened out to | westward. We were saved We watch. |7a#
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Commissioners Sale.

Notice is hereby given, That i'll pursuance Washington County. made and entered on the sth day oi February Term, A. b 1909 III eeltaln cause No. 3oft then pending therein between l.. M. Riggs complainant Clyde IL Pollock, Frank Pollock. Mallie Pollock, Sarah E: Banks Margaret F Kit ter and Louisa NJ SwartWout defendants the undersigned as Commissioner of said court will otter for sale at public vendue 10 the highest bidder, in front ot the Post Office III Springdale, Ark, i'll the County of Washington within the hours prescribed by day, of April 4. D. 1909. the following de scribed real estate. to wit. Parts of lots Q and Ill Block F, as shown and designated on the original plat of the town Of Spring dale, Ark. described as follows, towit. Thirteen tl3t feet of the East side Of said lot SIX t6t and ten and one hall l0l3 feet of oi the West side oi said Lot seven q. Also Block fourteen t14t in Railroad Addi ton to the town of Springdale, Ark, except those parts heretofore conveyed by. said E. Pollock, the same being one hundred and twenty two t1221 feet of the South side of North side thereof
 The said business property and the said residence property will be sold separately and at not less than 2 of their appraised value. Said sale being made for the purpose of partition, III Washington County, Arkan- sas.
 Terms of Sale: On credit of three months the purchaser being required to execute bond as required by law and the order and decree Of said Court i'll said cause, with approved security, bearing in- from date of sale until paid, and a lien be ing retained on the premises sold to secure the payment of the purchase money,
 Given under my hand this 10th day of March, A. b. 1909.
 NJ F CROXDALE,
 Commissioner Tn Chaneefy.
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ed with strained eagerness impos- sible to describe. At each momentary gain or rebun we uttered ejaculations. The nigger mumbed charms. Every once in awhile one of us would snatch a glance to leeward at the cruel white waters, the whirl of eddies where the sea was beaten, only to hurry back to the rock and the point Of the cliH whence our message of safety or de- struction was to be flung. Once looked up. Percy Darrow was leaning gracefully against stanchion, watch ing. His soft hat was pulled over his eyes. He stroked softly his little mustache. I caught the white puff of his cigarette. During the moment of my inattention something happened. A wild shout burst from the men. whirled and saw to my great joy q strip of sky westward between the cliff and the rock. And at that very instant a pillow larger than the or dinary rolled beneath us, and in the back suction of Its passage l could dimly make out cruel, dangerous rocks lying almost under our keel
 Slowly we erept away. Our progress seemed infinitestimal, and yet 1t was real In awhile we had gained sea room; in awhile more we were fairly under sailing way and the cliffs had begun to drop from our quarter. With one accord we looked back. Percy Darrow waved his hand In an inde scribably graceful and ironic gesture, then turned square on his heel and sauntered away to the north alley, out of the course of the lava. That was the last I ever saw of him.
 As we made our way from beneath the island the weight of the wind seemed to lessen. We got the foresail on her. then standing jib; finally. lit canvas Before we knew it we were bowling along under stiff breeze, and the island was dropping astern.
 From a distance it presented a truly imposing sight The center shot inter- mittent blasts of ruddy light; explo- sions. deadened by distance, still rever- berated strongly; the broad canopy oI brown red, split with lightnings, spread out like u huge umbrella. The lurid gloom that had enveloped us in the at mosphere apparently of Il neither world had given place to twilight Abrupt ly We passed from 1t to q sun kissed, sparkling sea. The breeze blew sweet and strong; the waves ran untortured in their natural long courses.
 At once the men seemed 10 throw of the superstitious terror that had cowed them. PuZ and Thrackles went to bail the extra dory alongside, which by miracle had escaped swamping The nigger disappeared in the galley. Perdosa relieved Handy Solomon at the wheel. and Handy Solomon came directly over to me
 TO BE CoNTINUKD.l
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Commissioner in ChanceIy.
The Springdale news., 1909-04-16
SOUTH SPRINGDALE

But didn't We get d good ram? Just what the country needed.
 Mrs. Nuts and children visited the writer's family Sunday after noon.
 It will be lonesome in town next week. The children will be missed.
 Miss Lulu RaedelS made days visit with the writer's family one day last week.
 Miss Annie Raedels has our thanks for brief little call Tuesday evening.
 Mir. and Mrs. Teale were appre- eiated visitors Sunday evening at the writers home.
 The good rain we got will bring garden stuff right along with little sunshine to help
 Quince Brown E planting q crop of corn this spring oil the cid Solomon farm south of town. J. A. Farley is bringing up few young mules i'll the way they should go, along with his fruit growing.
 Mir. and Mrs. Smith sat with us till bed time Tuesday evening talking over old times back in Georgia
 Mr. Smitherman says he will have peaches on the place he bought of E. r. Scantland last winter the old Wildermuth farm.
 Our bean poles that We planted some time ago are doing all right. They will be ready for the twlnerS as soon as tWlnlng season comes.
 Mir. and Mrs. Teale took din- ner Sunday with MT. and Mrs. Allbaugh, after hearing the in- teresting discourse by Rev. Haynie at the auditorium at II o'clock.
 Mir. and Mrs. C. w. Fowler at tended Episcopalian services at Fayetteville Sunday at II a. m., going down on the cannon ball in the morning and returning on the p. m. train.
 DoN'T WORRY.
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GRAND JURORS.
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She hit the sea. and immediately q great cloud of steam arose and the hissing as of thousand serpents We felt the strong suction under our keel and staggered under the jerk of the ships cable as she swung toward the beach. The paint was beginning to crackle along the rail. We could see nothing for the sealding white veil that enyeloped us. We could hear nothing for the roar of steam, the lombard ment of explosions and the crash of thunder, but our nostrils were assault ed by most unearthly medley of smells.
 We were clinging hard as the ship reeled. Huge surges were racing in from seaward, growing larger with each successive pillow.
 Handy Solomon raised his head. lis. tened intently and struck his forehead.
 Wind" he screamed at the top of his voice and jumped for the halliards. Thraekles followed him, but no one else moved. In an instant the two were back, striking and kicking savagely. rousing their companions to the dan ger. We all laid Into the canvas like mad, and in no time had snugged down to a staysail and the peak of our mainsail. Thrackles drew his knife and jumped for the cable, while Han dy Solomon, his eyes snapping. seized the wheel
 We finished just in time. was turn ing away after tying the last gasket on the foresail when the deck up ended and tipped me headforemost into the starboard scupper. At the same time smother of salt water blew over the port rail. now far above me, to drench me as thoroughly as though had fall. en overheard. I brushed out my eyes to find the ship smack on her beam ends and the wind bowling by from the sea.
 had company enough in the scup- pers. Only Handy Solomon clung des- perately to the wheel. jamming his weight to port In the hope she might pay up. ThrackIes, too. his eye sduint. ed along some bearing of his own, was waiting for her to drag. Presently 1t became evident that she was doing so, whereupon he drew his knife across our hawser
 My God.' chattered Pulz at my ear, If we go ashore"
 He did not need to finish. Unless the Laughing Lass could recover before the eQuall had driven her to leeward d scant half mile we should be cooked alive in the boiling caidron at the shores edge.
 For an interminable time. as it seem- Cd to me, we lay absolutely motionless. The scene is stamped indeIibIy on my Menqol ne bpilwarks high above me,
 teep, eek deck. the piratical fig.
 tense at tho wheel, the snarllng NalRr racing from beneath us. the lurtd
The Springdale news., 1909-04-16
Commissioners Sale.

Notice IS hereby given, that Tn pursuance of the authority and directions contained in the decretal order of the Chancery Court of on the Sth day of December. A. D, 1908. in a certain cause No. 29s1 then pending therein between $. J. Starr, complainant and Frank deceased, Mamie E: Webber. Roxie Leona Jones, John Albert Webber Mount Webber. George Webber. Pearl Webber. Charley Webber. Ethel Webber, Odice. Webber, Tom undersigned, as Commissioner of said Court will offer for sale at public vendue to the highest bidder, al the west door or entrance ot the County Court House, IT. which said Court is held. in the County of Washington within the hours prescribed by law for 1t- dicial sales on
 THURSDAY. APRIL. 29 A. D, 19o9 the following described real estate to-wit: :: Part of the N F quarter l14 of the $ F guar ter l.J of Sec. 20, Township II, Range B Also the North one-half I15I of the w guar ter l14 Of Section 21, Township 14, Range B West. all in Washington County, Ark. Said lands will be sold to satisfy judge, against the Defendants herein, for the sum Of S304.so together with interest thereon at the rate ot 10 per cent. per annum from date of said decree. and costs in this case. Said lands must bring at least three fourths of the appraised value thereof, III Washington County. Arkansas.
 months, the purchaser being required to ex ecute bond as required by law and the order and decree of said Court i'll said cause, with approved security, bearing interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum from date of sale until paid and a lien being retained oil the premises sold to secure the payment of the purchase money.
 Given under my hand this 6th day of April. A. D., l9o9
 ME. CROXDALE.
 Commissioner in Chancery
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Nice shower after such a dry windy spell.
 Grandma Holland is still very feeble, don't eat much.
 Eek Walker made q business trip to Springdale last week.
 A new baby girl at John Craigs, little over week old. They all report niee time at the Easter supper at Mr. Loves Saturday night.
 John Bells little daughter, Nernol, has been real sick with pneumonia, but IS improving now.
 MT. Roper that is running the saw mill on Jim Llttrell's place moved his family to that place last week.
 Mrs. John Robinson is real sick from the effects of a cancer. The doctor said she might live four or six weeks, but was liable to die at any time.
 We had a nice Easter service here Sunday. The children, Brother Charlie Sherman, and Brother Jackson made interesting speeches and talks.
 AUNT SARAH.
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I-OtOt-(>fC.f-O
 SULPHUR CITY

We are having few days of cold, windy weather.
 Dr. Geo. Carter of Durham as i'll this vicinity last week.
 Sollie Disilbliss of Elkins was over Sunday to see his girl.
 Boy Boaz made a business trip to Durham Friday morning.
 lord Harris. who has been very sick, is better at this writing.
 Aunt Elizabeth Harris has been feeling worse several days.
 Mrs. Henner has neiee from St. Louis visiting her this week.
 There was an egg roast at Andrew Smiths Saturday night.
 Mir. Clark of Harris took dim ner with Mir. and Mrs J. l.. Boaz Sunday.
 John Harrelson and family visited at his brother Lawrence's Sunday.
 Silas Hill of Carter is caring for Mir. Hanes, wlo has been i'll for some time.
 Miss Fife Harris began a sub seription school here Monday. We wish her success.
 Mrs. Rosella Mills, who has been sick for three or four years, is worse at this writing.
 Miss Ethel Burchett and Lurlie Fallen visited friends near Black Oak Saturday and Sunday.
 John Creole and wife visited their sons, Joe and George near Johnson a few days last week.
 Miss Kate Mabry and Miss Martha Harris visited Misses Fife and Gertie Harris Sunday evening.
 Mrs. Mary Ramey, wife of Paris Ramey. died Monday near Carter and was buried Tuesday at Mt. Salem.
 The young folks from Black Oak came up to singing Sunday afternoon but didn't get here in time to sing any.
 How do you like "The Mystery" in the Twice-a-Week News? I, fer one, think 1t grows more in- teresting each number.
 Mrs. Jane Elliot, who had been visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. q. Terry at this place, returned to her home in Oklahoma last week.
 The singing class here has a new supply of books, some from the Showalter Go. and some from the Central Music Co.,, Hartford. Ark. Both are fine books.
 Mrs. Sis Scott and children Roy and Guy of Fayetteville visited her father Joseph Will Hams last week. Roy is just
The Springdale news., 1909-04-16
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior. [. $. Land Office at Harrison, Ark; March F, 1909. Notice IS hereby given that Jacob E Short. Of Springdale. Ark, who on Dec l2, 1904 made II. E. 32679 Serial, No. 0 3i2i for " NWA,. sec; 2S X Eh NE14, Section 70, Township IS N Range 29 W, sth principal make Final five year Proof 10 establish claim to the land above described, before County Clerk of Washington Co, at Fay. ettevllle Ark on the 20 day of April 1909 laimant names as witnesses Bud White, William Wolf. William Graham William Mayo, all of Springdale. Ark
 John | Nofthington
 n. . Register.
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LIST OF JURORS FOR
 SPRING TERM OF COURT

Following is the list of the grand and petit jurors for the April term of the Washington county circuit:
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-22

straight for his mark the instant ne
glimpsed it, an insens; te, unreasoning,
raging thing that no weight of lead
nor length of blade G. .uld stop. In his
haste he had left ENambeau without
weapon of any kind, for in his mind
such things are superfuous, and he
had never fought with any but those
God gave him nor found any living
thing that his hands could not mas
ter. Therefore he had rushed head
long against this armed and waiting
man, reaching for him ever closer and
his eyes. They grappled and fought,
alone and unseen. and yet it was no
fight, for Runnion, though a vigorous,
heavy muscled man, was beaten down,
smothered and crushed beneath the
onslaught of this great naked fellow.
who all the time sobbed and whined
and mewed in painting fury.
They swung half across the spit to
the farther side, where they fell in Il
fantastic CONFUSION, slipping and
sliding and rolling among the rocks
that smote and gouged and bruised
them The gambler fought for his
life against the naked flesh Of the 9th
err. against the distorted face that
snapped and bit like the muzzle CT a
wolf, while all the time he heard that
fearful, inarticulate note of blood
hunger at his ear The Canadian
clinched hands crushed whatever they
fell upon as if mailed with metal. The
fingers were like tearing tongs that
could not be loosed. 1t was fright
full combat, hideous from its ineqaalis
ty, like the battle Of a man against 9
maddened beast whose teeth tore ans
whose claws ripped, whose every
move was irresistible. And so it wa
over shortly.
Poleon rose and ran to the fallen
girl, leaving behind him huddled and
twisted likeness Of man. He picked
her up tenderly, moaning and Groom
ing But as her limp head lolled back.
throwing her pale blind features UP
to the heavens, he began to cry. this
time like a woman. Tears fell from
his eyes-burning tears, the agony OF
which scared his soul. He laid her
carefully beside the waters edge, and.
holding her head and shoulders in the
crook Of his left arm, he wet his right
hand and bathed her face. crouching
over her, half nude, dripping with the
sweat OF his great labors, a tender.
palpitating figure Of bronzed muscle
and sinew, with all his fury and hate
replaced by apprehension and pity
The short moments that he worked
with her were ages to him, but she re-
vived beneath his ministrations, and
her first frightened look of conscious
ness was changed to melting smile.
"W-what happened, Poleon" she
said. 81 was afraid"
He stood up to his fun height, shak-
! ing and weak as the water that drip
ped from him, the very bones In him
dissolved. For the first time he ut
tered words. Tank God. ba gosh,
and ran his hand mp over his wet fnce
where is hep she started ID her
knees anrrightedIy: fhen. selng efhe
twisted. 6prasvlinE flku1x be4end Ne.
gan to shudder hoa 11r
Il don't knew. 2 satt - eaxel1D
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and bitter quarrel ensues. Run
MON and Stark conspire to rob Necia
of her claims. Runnion wants the
girl, and Stark finds that Nicola haa
a strange, unexplainable fascination
for him. His baby daughter had
been stolen years before. Burrell be
comes the declared enemy OF both
Stark and Runnion. A gun held by
Gale is discharged. the bullet acct
dentally, he claims, narrowly missing
Stark. VIII.-Gale knows Stark to
be an old enemy of his and father
of Necia, and Alluna. his squaw, says
xiii Stark. Take the knife of my
father. To kill is the law" TX, x.
XII, XII. and XIII.-Nevia, believing
herself a half breed, fears she can.
not marry Burrell, whom she loves
as she learns that her tainted blood
will bar her from meeting the people
he naturally associates with, and she
overhears Burrell say he may moi
marry her after all. Stark persuades
her to leave Flambeau after he his.
covers her to be his daughter. XIV
Gale tells Burrell Of Necia's past
and that Stark has bounded him
from one section of the country tt
another and that Stark does not now
recognize him as Gale. XIV. and XVI
Stark sends Necia away in a boat
with man she later discovers to be
the villain Runnion, and Stark, learn
ing Gales identity, wants Burrell tt
arrest him. Stark goes to his owr
house and there, meeting Gale, en-
gaes in a fearful duel in the darn
and is nearly killed by the trader
XVII.-Napoleon Doret rescues Necis
from Runnion and leaves the latter
to die a horrible death. XVIII
Father Barnum arrives and marries
Necia and Burrell. XIX.-Doret
1.-The man with the big heart" sails
away alone to forget his SORROWS in
the wilderness.
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BY
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K BEACH

= CHAPTER John Gale is q trad
er at Flambeau. rough outpost Of
civilization in Alaska. His daughter
Necia is a beautiful young girl, gen.
orally believed to be q half breed.
daughter of Gale and the Indian
squaw Alluna, with whom he lives.
Some hidden burden weighs continu-
ally on the traders mind, and he
views with apprehension the arrival
of squad of soldiers at Flambeau.
THAT means the law" he says un-
easily to Necia, who has become ac-
quainted with and admired by Lieu
tenant Burrell, commander of the
soldiers. lit becomes known that
Napoleon Doret, an honest, faithful
French Canadian employed by Gale,
is deeply in love with Necia. One
Runnion, dissolute gambler and
bad man." arrives at Flambeau by
steamer and in fight with Burrell
is worstei and forced to leave the
town. On the departing steamers
deck he menacingly says, II will re-
turn to take a hand in the game. !"
III.-Doret gives Necia a handsome
silk gown brought by him from Daw-
son City for her. Arrayed in this,
she meets Lieutenant Burrell, who
falls madly in love with her, and he
wonders if her blood is really faint
ed. Gale reasserts that she is the
illegitimate daughter of himself and
the squaw. IV.-Runion returns with
Ben Stark, a professional gambler
and man killer with plenty of money.
Stark builds a saloon and dance hall
at Flambeau. mo Creek" Lee dis
covers gold in a valley some miles
distant, and Necia pe-suades Burrell
to take her there and locate a claim
for her. their trip requiring a day
and a night in the forest. ", VI.
and VII.-Gale, Lee, Runnion and
Stark have gone together to the site
of Lees discovery to locate claims.
They are met by Necia and Burrell
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Three times In all she thwarted
RunniOn while the canoe drove closer
every instant On the fourth, as she
dashed at him. he struck to be rid of
her, cursing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as he
would have struck at man. Silently
she crumpled up and fell, a pitiful.
dragged, awkward little figure sprawl
ed upon the rocks. But the delay
proved fatal to him. for, though the
canoe was close against the bank and
the huge man in it seemed to offer a
mark too plain to be missed, he was
too close to permit careful aim. Run
MON heard him giving utterance to a
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State Lands in Demand.

State lands and timber sold in the
several counties of the state the first
Saturday of the month brought an
aggregate of $317,521.75. OF this
total, $128,726 came from the sale
of timber lands in King, Cowlitz,
Kittitas, Lewis, Pacific, Skagit, Sno
homish, Thurston and Whatcom coun-
ties, all of which was paid for In
cash.