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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-11-11

Alexander H. Mccormick who was ID
command Of the ship, and Capt carr
succeeded him. II was an unexpected
duty which dcvolved upon Clark bu,
he met it in way that the WORE
knows all about.
The Oregon arrived at Rio de ia
Metro April so 1898. and II was ther'
that the captain received n dispb'ci
from Washington stating that war mar
existed between the United States aht
Snoiu since the twenty.hrst OF th'
month. Capt. Clark mustered his ere"
and made the war announcement. lh'
scene that followed was an inspifint
one Lieut. Eborle of the Oregon IL
an article in the Century Magazine
eight years ago, describes 1t thus:
IAN hands were very anxious toi
news. and memorable were the cheeri
that greeted the news that war mac
been declared In n few moments om
hand was on deck and between th'
rounds Of cheers the strains Of The
star.spangled Banner and Hail. 20
mmbia' noated over the Brazilian uee'
and the crowds that lined the whar'es
Tho crew uncovered and stood at at
tention during the playing OF the ma
tional anthem. and then followed more
cheers and the inspiring battle cry
remember the Maine!' watchworf
often heard about the decks as the men
turned to the coal barges and worked
as they had never worked before The
intense heat and the long, trying work
ing hours of those days and nights
were borne without murmur,"
1t was one of the Oregon's men who
wrote, 1--WE loved our captain and Lad
m MS n gentleman and 'scrapper' aftei
....ul.. for q lind of q
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snch foith I'M him gehtIeuIAH uIIu bOTHPPU "IV'
, hanr,o that we were ready for any kind OF
fight with him as leader
Rear Admiral Charles Edgar o'"IR wen, upon ene
- IT., % tho navy at an age two years younger
than by the requirements of the law an army oficei
must leave the ranks. Why the naval law sends the
sailors into retirement while the soldiers Oh VI" same
noe arc still on the fighting line no one knows
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01

spoke to YOU once when was inspector
about altering brands that's FIVE years
ago. YOU know. You" he added, sCrut-
inizing the third man 10 scare him to
DEATH think you were at Tower W.
No? No matter. you two boys may go,
anyway. Fatty, you stay; well put
some state COW on your ribs. BY the
way, are you q detective, Fatty? Aren't
YOU? See here I can get you into an
association. For ten dollars, they give
YOU a German silver star, and teach the
japanese method Of pulling. BY CORE
spondence. or you might get an electric
battery to handle your gun with. You
can get pocket Gynamos from the mail
order houses. Sure, Read the big
book
When Gene and Bob johnson rode
into town, Whispering Smith was sit
ting in a chair outside the Blackbird,
still chatting with Fiber, who stood
with his arms around a hitching post,
holding fast a mail order house cata-
logue- A modest crowd Of hangers-on
had gathered.
Here We are, Gene" exclaimed Smith
70 the deputy sheriff. I was looking
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Tt is a question that means a good
deal to me, of course, and ! don't
know just what it means to you. that
is the point j am up against. 7 may
nave no choice in the matter, but /
must decide what TO try to do if I have
one. Am to remember first that he IS
your husband?"
There was a silence. What shall I
say-what can say? God help me, how
am 1 to answer a question like that"
How am I to answer it?"
Her voice was low and piUiful when
ner answer came: You must do your
duty"
What is my duty, then? To serve
the paper that has been given to
me, I know-but not necessarily to de
fend my life at the price of his. The
play of a chance lies in deciding that;
1 can keep the chance or give il away;
that is for your to say. Or take the
question of duty again. You are alone
and your friends are few. Haven't I
any duty toward you, perhaps? I don't
know a wOman's heart. I used to think
1 did. but 1 don't. My duty-to this COM
pany that I work for is only the duty
of a servant. If go, another takes my
place; it means nothing except taking
one name off the pay roll and putting
another on. Whatever he may have
done, this man is your husband; il his
death would cause you a pang, it shall
not be laid at my door. We ought to
understand each other on that point
fairly before I start tonight"
"Can you ask me whether you ought
not to take every means to defend your
own life? or whether any COnsidera-
ton ought TO come before that?
think not. 1 should be a wicked woman
if I were TO wish evil to him, wretched
as he has made me. I am a WTetChed
woman, whichever way I turn. But
should be less than human If I could
say that to me your death would not be
a cruel, cruel blow"
There was a moment Of silence.
"Dicksie understood you to say that
you were in doubt as to whether you
ought to go away with him when he
asked you to go. That is why was I'M
settled in my mind
The only reason why I doubted was
that 1 thought by going I might save
better lives than mine. I could willing
" give up my life to do that. But to
stain 1t by going back to such a man
God help mel
I think I understand If the unfor-
tunate should happen before I come
back 1 hope only this: That you will
not hate me because I am the man on
whom the responsibility has fallen.
haven't sought it. And if I should not
come back at all, it is Only-goOd bye.
He saw her clasp her hands COnvul-
sively. Il will not say it! ! will pray
on my knees that you DO come back"
Good night. Marion. Some one is at
the cottage door"
1T is probably Mr.. McCloud and
Dicksie. 7 will let them in"
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CHAPTER XXxHI.

The stir in the town over the shoot
ing of Banks seemed TO Marion, In her
distress. to point an accusing finger at
her The disgrace of what she had
felt herself pOWerless to prevent now
weighed on her mind, and she asked
herself whether, after all, the respOn-
sibility of this murder was not upon
her. Even putting aside this painful
doubt, she bore the name OF the man
who had sayagely defed accountability,
and now. it seemed to her, was dragging
her with him through the slough of
blood and dishOnOr into which he had
plunged.
The wretched thought would return
that haC she listened to him. had she
consented TO go away, this outbreak
might have been prevented. And what
horror might not another day bring
what lives still closer to her life Oe
taken? For herself she cared less;
but she knew that Sinclair, now that
he had begun, would not stop. In
whichever way her thoughts turned,
wretchedness was upon them. and the
day went in one of those despairlng
and indecisive battles that each one
within his own heart must fight at
times with heaviuess and doubt.
McCloud called her over the teIe-
phone i'm the afternoon TO say that ne
was going west on the evening train
and would not be over for supper.
She wished he could have come, for her
loneliness began to be insupportable.
Toward sunset she put on her hat
and started for the postOffice. In the
meantime. Dicksie, at home, had called
McCIoud up and told him she was COM
ing down for the night He Immediately
Cancelled his plans for going west, and
when Marion returned at dusk she
found him with Dicksie at the cottage.
The three had supper. AfteTWard Dick
sic and McClOud went out for a walk,
and Marion was alone in the house
when the shop door opened and Wits
pering Smith walked in. 1t was dusk.
Don't light the lamps, Marion" he
said, sitting down on a counter stool as
he took of his hat. Il want to talk TO
you Just a minute if you don't mind.
You know what has happened. I am
called on now to go after Sinclair.
have tried to avoid it, but my hand has
been forced. Today I've been placing
horses. ! am going to ride to night with
the warrant. I have given him a start
of twenty-fOur hours hoping he may
get out of the country. To stay here
means only death to him in the end,
and, what IS worse, the killing of more
and innocent men. But he won't leave
the country; do you think he wili?'
oh, I do not know! / am afraid he
viii not"
Il do not think I have ever hesitated
before at any call Of this kind; nor at
what such a call will probably some
time mean; but this man I have
known since we were boys
IF had never seen him.
That brings up another point that
has been worrying me all day. I could
not help knowing what you have had 70
go through in this country. Il Is a
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Banks says. I'm sheriff Of this
county, and viii be a long time yet!
7 took the papers from his breast
pocket" continued Kennedy. You can
see where he was hit" Kennedy laid
the sherin's packet on the table. Bucks
drew his chair forward and, with his
cigar between his fingers, picked the
packet up and opened it, Kennedy
went on. Ed told Sinclair if he couldn't
land him himself that he knew a man
who could and would before he was a
week older. He meant you, Gordon, and
the last thing Ed told me was that he
wanteu you to serve the papers on Sin
clair"
A silence fell on the company. One
Of the documents passing under Bucks
hand caught his eye and he opened it,.
Ii was the warrant for Sinclair He
read it without comment, folded it, and,
looking at Whispering Smith, pushed it
toward him. Then this, 1 guess, Cor
don, belongs to you
Starting from a reverie, Whispering
Smith reached for the warrant. He
looked for a moment at the blood
stained caption. Yes" he said, this,
/ guess. belongs to me-"
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for steers, but some calves got into the
drive. Take him away"
While the Johnsons were laughing.
Smith walked into the Blackbird. He
had lost thirty minutes, and in losing
them had lost his quarry. Sinclair had
disappeared, and Whispering Smith
made virtue Of necessity BY taking
the upsetting Of his plans with an IN
rutheo face. There was but one thing
more, indeed, to do, and that was to
eat his supper and ride away. The
street encounter had made so much talk
IN Oroville that Smith declined Gene
JOhnson's invitation to go back TO the
house. II seemed a convenient time to
let any other ambitions rustIers make
good If they were disposed to try. and
whispering Smith went for his suDDer
to the hotel where the Williams Cache
men made their headquarters.
When he rode away IN the dusk his
face was carewOrn. John Rebstock had
told him why Sinclair lodged: there
were others whom Sinclair wanted To-
meet first; and Whispering smith wa
again heading on a long, hard ride. and
after man on a better hayse. back tn
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coat TO take the tobacco out Of the
breast pocket. An excuse to take that
lapel in his left hand was i'm fact, all
that whispering Smith needed to put
not alone the three men before him but
all Oroviile at his mercy. The play Of
his right hand in crossing the corduroy
waistcOat to pull his revolver from its
scabbard and throw it into their faces
was all to quick for better eyes than
theirs. They saw only the muzzle Of the
heavy Colts playing Ike a snake
tongue under their surprised noses, with
the good natured smile still behind 1t.
"Or will one of you roll a cigarette"
asked Whispering Smith, without
break between the two questions. "I
don't smoke. Now don't make faces. 90
right ahead. Do anything you want 10
with your hands. I wouldn't ask a man
TO keep his hands or feet still on hot
day like this" he insisted. the revolver
playing ali the time You won't draw ,
You won't fignt2 Pshaw, Then olsen
gage your hands gently from your guns
You fellows really ought not TO attempt
TO pull gun I'm OrUville and I viii tell
YOU why-there's a reason for it." He
looked confidential as he put MS head
forward To whisper among the crest
fallen faces. At this altitude it is too
fast work ] know YOU now he went
on as they continued to wilt. You
seem surprised. Really, have you the
asthma? Get over it, because you are
wanted in Pound county for horse
stealing. Why. hang it, Fatty. you're
good for ten years. and. Of course, since
YOU have reminded me of it, III see that
YOU get it. And you. Baxter" said he
10 the man on the right I know
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tough country for any woman. Your
people and mine were always close to-
gether and have felt bound 10 do what
I could to
Don't be afraid 10 say it-make my
path easier"
Something like that. though there S
been little real doing. What this situa-
tion in which Sinclair is now placed
may still mean TO you 1 do not know,
but I would not add a straw to the
weight of your troubles. 1 came to-
night to ask a plain question. If he
doesn't leave the country I have got
to meet him. You know what, in all
human probability that viii mean.
From such a meeting only one of US
can come back. Which shall it be?'
I'm afraid I don't understand you
do YOU ask me this question? How can
I know which it shall be? What is ii
you mean?'
7 mean I will not take his life in a
fight-if il comes to that-f you
would rather he should come back"
a sob almost refused an answer TO
him How can you ask me 50 terrible
= question:"
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You can thank them for picking you
up. When you leave here tell Bob Scott
to meet me at the Wickiup with the
horses at II o'clock, will yOu: He
turned to Dicksie in d gentle aside. L
am riding north tonight wish you
were going part way.
Dicksie looked at him intently. You
are worried over something" she muir
INJURED; I can see it in your face"
s Nothing more than usual. / thrive,
you know. on trouble-and I'm sorry
TO say good night 50 early, but have
a long ride ahead" He stepped quiet
ly past McCloud and out Of the door.
Wickwire was thanking Dicksle
when unwillingly she let Whispering
Smiths hand slip out of her own. Il
shore wouldn't have been here to-
night if you two hadn't picked me up, p"
laughed Wickwire, speaking softly to
Dicksie when she turned to him. I've
knowed my friends a long time, but l
reckon they all didn't know me"
I've known you longer than you
think" returned Dicksie with a smile.
i've seen you at the ranchhoUse. But
now that we really do know each
other, please remember you are al
ways sure of a home at the ranch
whenever you want one, Mr.. Wick
wire, and just as long as you want
one. We never forget our friends on
the Crawling Stone"
II I may make so bold, thank you
kindly. And if you all will let me run
away now, I want to catch Mr.. Whis-
pering Smith for just one minute"
Wickwire overlook Smith in Fort
street Talk quick Wickwire," he said.
I'm in hurry. What do you want?"
Partner, I've always played fair with
you"
so far as I know, Wickwire, yes.
Why?"
i've got a favor to ask"
What is it-mOney2"
mo, partner, not money this time.
You've always been more than liberal
with me. But so far I've had to keep
under cover; you asked me to. I want
to ask the privilege now of coming out
into the open. The jig is up so far as
watching anybody goes"
Yes"
There's nobody to watch any more
they're all to chase, I reckon, now. The
open IS my kind Of a fight, anyway.
yOu.p
How is your arm?"
MY arm is all right, and there ought
to be a place for me in the chase now
that Ed Banks is out of it. / want to
cut loose up on the range, anyhow; If
I'm a man I want to know il, and if
amt I want to know it. I want to ride
with you after Seagrue and Sinclair
and Barney Rebstock."
whispering Smith spoke coIdly:
You mean, WickwiTe, you want 10 get
killed"
why, partner, if it's coming to me,
don't mind-yes."
What's the use, WiCkwire?"
If I'm man I want to know It; if
1 amt, it's time my friends knowed it.
Anyhow, I'm man enough to work out
with some Of that gang. Most Of them
have put 1t over me some time OF an
other; Sinclair pasted me like a black
bird only. the other day. They all say
I'm nothing but a damned tramp. You
say I've done you service-give me a
show"
Whispering Smith stopped a minute
in the shadow of a tree and looked
keenly at him. I'm too busy tonight
to say much. WickWire," he said, after
a moment. You go over to the barn
and report to Bob Scott. If you want
to take the chances, it is up to you;
and if Bob Scott is agreeable, I'll use
you where can-that's all can prom
Use. You will probably have more than
one chance TO get killed -
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the Crawling Stone and Medicine Bs--
There's others he wants to see 1r.
or you'd have no trouble in talking bl5-
mess today. You nor no other man VII
ever get him alive" But WhisFsri-z
Smith knew that.
See that he doesn't get you alive
heDsIock,' was his parting retort
he finds out Kennedy has got t-
Tower w money, the first thing he dos
VIII be to put the Doxoi0gy an cT@
you"
tTo be continued next Sunday
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EXCURSION TO CANADA
Via Oregon Short Line

Aug. 4. Round trip from salt Lake O.
LethbridgC- S33.85; to Stirling. $3.50.
Raymond, $500; TO Magrath. $3.50 ?
Cardston, S35.25; to Spring C1l-7
S34.40. Train leaves Salt Lake 1.-5 p. D.
Aug. 4. See agents for further Uarri1-.
lars. City Ticket Office, 201 Main stree
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Never go camping without q E'l-a
We have fifty styles and can do T.
pest FINISHING. G.. X. Savage CO..
and Ia Main street
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Bid. ASK Blu' ASK.
Eagles Nest "a %. Pitts sil PIX. As "A
Fvw Eagle e.. 90. .8.Rnd Min -. ~
New Hills 10 .SiCoalition % 20
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Listed Stocks
Pacific Coast Trade

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2S.--Flour family
extras, S6.6Oq 7; bakers, s66o@1; Oregon
and washington s5.SO06.5O; shipping
wheat S2.O5@ 2.O71a; milling, s210; feed
barley, SI42lA a 1f5; brewing, SL45@ ~
chevalIer, S1.5Oa1.60; red oats $LS5 a l95i
middlings, $865Oa 1880; mixed feed, $25 ~
30; rolled barley, s31@32 oatmeal s.
oat greats, s5.O4; rolled oats, SiO@41; hay
wheat, s12N1I5O; wheat and oat, Sl2 %
1850; wild cat, s1Od13,5o; tame oat Sl2 n
1850; barley. $1O@185O; alfalfa $l0Ml3i
straw, 5Oa 75c; pink beans, s2S5 n 300
lima, s42o@ +&o; small white $5.s5 a go
large white, S4.5O@5; new potatoes, Csc a.
81 %; green peas, 50c0 81; string beans, =
a Sc; egg plant 75ea5ii green peppers o. %
75c; tomatoes, eco soc; summer squash a6l
o5G50c; garlic, IAd5c cucumbers, 40Q
65c; old ROSTERS $4.5oG5i young. $3.50 a TO-
small brolIers, s2,5O@3; large, s325 Q$.5o;
fryers S5.5O06.50; hens, S45O69; old ducks
s506; young, SG@8 geese s1.5on2; Cos
linEs s1.5oa2; old pigeons, $l@ Loo; young
$2.25.
Recelpts-FIour, a476; barley, 1876; oats,
4659; corn, so; potatoes, 1914; onions 1907;
bran, eco; middlngs, 26i hay 676; hides
$40; Wine a. 500.
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Totals ....:.............. 25

workman street $40 south-R. V. LawtOn,
alterations; 1910
Forty-arst street. 1875 west-P J. Hum
mel owner and builder; barn; $3.50
Fifth street 3540-Edwards & Sodergren
owners j. DALEY. builder; 1A-story 7-room
house; $1,000.
Hobson street, 104S-Wm. Stevens, owner;
alterationsi $3.50.
Adams street, 234 West-Wesley Clark
owner; foundation; $4,000,
Ruthupham street, s51-S, Lorincy, owner;
alterations; 500.
Loosmore street 3315-G. Peters, owner;
f. Peters, builder; 1-story broom house;
$1,000.
Normandie street, 4115-Leon F. Crosse
alterations; $500
Broadway, 247 Soulful. j. Slater, own.
err; alterations; $1,000
Twenty-ninth place, 21O6 west-A. r. Hal.
son; owner; alterations; $4,000.
Twenty street. 11S6-Mary
Smith, owner; A. Heineman, builder; ,
story S-room house; $4,000.
Thirty-ninth street, 1856 East-A. Beluke,
owner; M. S. Yeager, builder; 1-story 4-poom
house; S425.
Manhattan place, 151O-AIthouse Bros,
owners and builders 2-story Broom garagei
First street sos East-Maier Brewing Co,
owner; j. j. Krempel, builder; 1-story q
room store; $3.50,
Normande street. 954-A. Laprivote, own
er; E French, builder; u -story Groom
house; $3.50.
Thirty-sixth street, 9O4 East--A, Herring
owner and builder; alterations; 5000
Main street. 1921 East-H. Raphael Co.,
owner and builder; alterations; SIS.
Catalina street. SO1-Mrs. ]. Musselman,
owner; Jeffrey, Van True & Mullar, builders;
2-story Groom house; $500.
Twenty second street. 2414 West---A b.
Tomlinson, owner; r., Ralston, builderi 2
story S-room house; $3.50.
Allison street. 133S-F. Couz owner; S.
Richie, builder; u story Groom house;
$1,000.
builder; alterations; $4,000.
Forty seventh place, 81 East-Mrs. Court
ney, owner; Beach. Fitzpatrick Co, builder;
1-story 3-room shed and garage; $3.50.
Huron street, 2S37-I H Rice. owner f.
Fulton, builder; 1-story Groom house; $3.50,
Dakotah street, 1099-E. Estrada, owner.
NJ. s Yeager builder history 4-room house;
$3.50.
Helen street, 1427--H Harris. owner; M.
s, Yeager Co., builders; 1-story s-room
house s20S.
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ton x Co, members chicago poaTu u NAaue'
liz West Third street, Los Angeles
CHICAGO, July 2s-Shorts in wheat who
have been standing out all day were covering
at the close. The influential buying kept up
so persistently all day that 1t finally drained
the market dry Of all floating surplus and
congested the pit. The buying by the Armour
Grain company the most prominent OF all
but 1t was reinforced and supplemented by
some reinstating Of wheat by yesterdays larg-
est sellers, and there was buying by specua-
tors who were willing to follow the trend Of
affairs Black rust in the northwest, claimed
damage to the Russian spring wheat crop,
general letup in sales by farmers and reported
liberal sales Of -four and wheat by the north
west for export were the big factors The
short interest in the market had grown rather
uuwieldy by recent successes and was IN the
right position to be stampeded. Export gains
aggregatIng over 100 boat loads, including sales
of Sc loads late last night have been brought
to light today Meanwhile however. leading
export houses here assert that bids are rev
and at possible limits, and that the claims
of export business are without foundation
The opening was weak, but the influential
buying began at once and kept up all day.
CORN-The market has ruled higher. Ship
ping call was a little better Receipts were
more moderate and there was uneasiness on
the part of July and September shorts. Offer
ings have been rather limited, except from one
source that of a September long who had
been undergoing a spreading between Septem-
Der corn and September oats. Crop prospects
and weather We're all that could be desired Tor
corn. Cash sales reported here were 9oOOO
bushels The start was a little weak, iniu-
enced by the large deliveries, $4,000 bushels
Yesterday Estimates are for 1852 cars.
OATS-With the exception of quite a furry
among the tail end shorts in July oats the
market for the list was lowest of the day,
recovering some near the last Final strength
in wheat and corn helped oats. Cash In sample
markets off cent.