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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-08-12

CdulC W blLlps
"She's the dearest little blonde,
with the most appealing face and big.
baby blue eyes. There's this about
her, too; she has q lot Of good COM
mon sense and makes nearly all her
own shirt waists and she sings beauti-
fully and her father owns steam
yacht"
That's plenty about her, thank you.
I've read all about that kind in books.
You forget to mention that she ID
matrimOnially inclined and IL liable to
try to capture promising person like
myself"
why, she wouldn't consider you
for a moment II you will only be
nice to her while she Is visiting me 1t
won't be at all necessary for you to do
anything more. Don't neglect her,
though, for want her to like you"
Next day the little blonde arrived
with much fuss and feathers.
"Oh, she'll pass in q crowd" was
BIlly's verdict q little later when his
sister anxiously sought his opinion OF
her friend.
The little blonde visitor accepted
BIlly's devotion. together with that
Of all the other men who crossed her
path, az q matter Of course. Billy's
sister felt o little piqued at such indif-
ference, because II she did say 1t her
self there were few girls who had a.
gOOd-looking brother IS Billy was.
It was at the ghost party that the Visi'
tor really forfeited the good will OF
BIIly's sister. It wasn't just because
she committed the objectionable social
error Of faintlng at the appearance Of
the sulphur ghost, for Billy's sister
really had been solicltouS when Billy
carried the blonde girl upstairs and
iOVered around until she opened her
eyes just as he was bending over her.
Il was what the little blonde girl did
when she saw Billy there. Two little
hands had caught Billy's face between
them impetuouSly and then had quick
" dropped when Billy's sister ejacu-
lated: "0h!"
Il don't think Ruth need have upset
the whole party the way she did last
night" complained Bllly'S sister to
Billy the next day. "Ghe IL going
home tomorrow and I'll really feel
relieved, for she 10 20 hard to enter
tain"
'Roor little girli" said Billy, medi-
tsttvely. ::.'Wbenll she be back from
t6e hair dresser'Sf she's been gone
a. hegr snd q pinuteg.s
HghO may stay there M day icr all
I care" remarked Bllly's sister. indif-
ferontly. Z suppose you might take
her for . little ride in the machine
when she comes in, for We ought to
be nice TO her even though We are 90
tired Of her. We never win have her
70 visk Us again, anyhow"
you never can tell. though" re-
marked Billy as he left the room.
Il hope Billy doesn't compromise
himself with hsI.- nd Buys sister
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Whal Erall a Not Frats.

It hes leaked gut fFgm agme Of the
students Of RmpeFia college that Pres
Ident CuIbeFtsoA has Issued an ultl'
matum 10 TIE erect that the "frats'
must cease TO allow themselves to be
called fraternlties or sOrOrities and
must take IN no more members. He
has also forbidden them to wear
Greek letter pins.
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Ward mine will supply the dirt
to keep the property going stead
lily. This will be a great addi-
ton to the production of the
camp, and with the big Mission
mill going will put the Quapaw-
Baxter camp up in the first rank
of producing camps in the south
western district.
Standby and Sullivan, operat'
ing on the Catholic Forty lease
of the Baxter Mining Company,
are turning out some very fine
ore. The strike made last week
is proving up to be of large pro-
portions and no doubt will ex-
| tend over the entire lease. This
development is just to the south
east of the big strike made at
the Big Jack No. 3 shaft, and
from the drillings on this lease
| it would indicate that the lower
run is the extension of the Big
Jack ore bed.
A large Car of high grade con-
centrates was loaded from the
Oklah mill this week. The in-
stallation of the Aerial tram
| from shaft. No. 2 has enabled
this property to increase its out
put to car and a half per week.
The concentrates from this prop
erty obtains the highest market
price, owing to the high grade
of the metal and the cleanliness
of the ore. 1t is expected to be
able to run the mill double SHIFT
lin the near future, and arrange
ments are now under way to do
this. With its heavy face of ore,
ranging from ~ to 4S feet IN
thickness, this property has
euough of ore in sight to rum il
for a life time.
A rich strike was made on the
Big Jack lease last Thursday
morning, in shaft No. 3, at a
depth of 122 feet. Great slabs
of zinc and lead are being taken
tout, and from the drillings this
same class of ore continues dowr
to the is1-footfevel. This only
proves that this deep deposit
makes over the area covered by
Isome hundred and sixty acres Of
land in this immediate vicinity
The drillings to the west, where
the Eastern Mining Company has
a shaft development, shows the
same deposit, while to the south
the Catholic Forty, on which the
Baxter Mining Co., drilled, show:
the identical formation and q
uniform bed of the same grade
and quality of ore. No section
of the reservation has shown bet
ter or richer ore than this section
about the Big Jack mine. Not
eveu the wonderful richness Of
the Miami camp, which has ex'
cited the admiration of all the
mining world, by the richness Of
its ores. Mr.. PierSOn who is one
of the principal owners as vel
as the manager of the Big JACK
property, is more than delighted
with the strike that has demon
strated the prospecting of this
track, and insures so rich a re-
turn to the owners of the prop
erty.
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looked at each
other and then
laughed.
Go ahead--tell
her." commanded
Billy.
The little blonde
girl put up a lit
tie hand on which
cleaned q new
gold band ring.
"We-we're mar
ried," she STAN
mered, blushing.
Then she threw
her arms around
her new sisters
neck. "Oh, / just
never can love
you enough! Billy
IA Anw.r Nyns-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-08-12

lawrence Now Has II Mail Carriers.
An extra mail carrier (mounted)
has begun service for the postofice at
Lawrence. This increases the city
carrier force to II, two Of them
mounted.
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thuStAam. "ShoS
Just the kind Of
girl / should love
for . sister. but Of
course ! don't ex-
pect you to appre-
ciate her at all.
You haven't got q
bit Of sense about
girls. I'm sure ]
don't know what
would become Of
you II / didn't
watch over you a
little"
els she blonde
or brunette?" asked
Billy with lazy In
terest, for he and
his sister had lit.
tie similarity Of
tastes when It
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Among other distinctions conferred
upon Admiral Dewey recently, he has
been Invited 70 attend the Ottawa
chaVtsuqHs = sEs&
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Or. A. J. THOMPSON
DENTIST.
Daniels block, Baxter Springs, KaS

to her mother q little later as si1
waved her hand at the couple depart
ing In the machine.
why, you were SO fond Of her and
80 anxious that he should fall in love
with her." said her mother with puz-
xled expression. Il think she IL
sweet"
"She is q snippy little cat and so
weak and washed-out looking, " stormed
Billy's sister.
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Mother Of Five Calves at Three Tsare

Mother Of Five Calves at Three Years.
A mother Of FIVE calves at three
wears of age is the remarkable record
Of A COW belonging to William Hanna.
a farmer living six miles northeast OF
La Harpe. At 1S months old the cow
gave birth to the FIRST calf; q y0arI
later twins were born and later SEQ
ond pair Of twins. Four Of the calvosl
are living and doing well.
Names Of Flowers.
n n interesting to know how Ger
tain flowers got their names. Many
were named after individuals. For
instance: Fuchsias were So-callod be-
cause they were discovered BY Leon
ard Fuchs. Dahlias were named for
Andre Dahl, who brought them from
Peru. The camelia was 30 called for
a missionary named Kamel. who
brought some magnificent specimens,
e the flower to France from japan.
He called It the rose Of Japan. but Sls
krIends changed 4 to CamCliA Nag.
noilsSs we're hRmed il honor pg RFpl
NagnOl % AontpollieT, RhQ aElt
brought the beautiful tree to France
from America and Asia. Because they
trombled with the wind IL the meaning
Of AnomOnes. The Latin word %
wash Is Iavaro and lavender received
ita name because the Roman put the
flowers into the water, when theg
washed. to perfume their hands.
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When the little blonde girl and Billy
returned that night his sister was
waiting up for them and met them with
q worried frown.
what q naughty girl to stay out
20 late without chaperon!" she said,
playfully.
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Their CHANGE
: OF view

"she is absolutely perfect, Billy"
said BIlly's younger sister with en-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-08-12
snIlna,n streat Hallway Bold.

The Salina Street and 1nterurDan
railway has been sold to Robert A.
Handy, a Denver broker, who Will at
once improve the line and increase the
number of cars.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-08-12

you going to need wagon, in and look at the
LndsO and let show you why is the wagon should buy
This has been leading wagon for the last twelve years is
wagon that equals any made and is superior most Them and
costs you from SIS to $40 less
A. HOOD & SONS IMPLEMENT CO.,
Baxter Springs, Kansas.
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Yes he said simply, and %nodding,

yes" he said simply, and %nodding,
went his way.
Left alone, Challoner found himself a
prey to all the black fiends of rage.
jealousy and desire for revenge. For g
time everything was blotted out from
lis vision except the face of Lefty Love
and the face of Colonel HargraVes.
This small world" he muttered to
fhimself, lis much too small for me and
Colonel Hargraves." With that there
Elcomed up out of the mists of his mind
nthe brilliantly lighted and ornate en-
trance of a certain apartment house q
short distance away, and a few minutes
l'later, obedient to his subconscious VIII,
his feet carried him down the stairs to
"a door evidently leading TO the outside.
A few words OF explanation from Chal-
loner to the mar IN duty there were
necessary before he would proceed to
'undo the complicated system of bolts,
and then he passed out and was under
Tthe starry skies. Challoner was not the
first man of social prominence in the
community that could directly trace the
beginning of his life as an outcast to
:passlng through that door!
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"Pemmican, / want some money
about and broke off abruptly, for
the other was cycling him coldly.
I~nstinctively, Pemmican of the low
brow knew that the game was up with
Challoner; moreover, he saw that, al
though the man seemed sober, in real
away quickly, Diminishing him with:
I'm sorry. sir, but it's against the
rules. | can't
What rot" interrupted Challoner.
But by this time Pemmican had
reached the end of the hall, leaving the
other to gather what he could of his
mumbled xcuses
In anything but an amiable mood,
Challoner resumed his position at the
buffet. Suddenly he was conscious of
a light touch on the arm. Turning
slowly, he found himself face to face
again with Pemmican.
why don't you try Colonel Har-
graves?' whispered the latter.
WHAT came from the clogged brain
Of Challoner.
TRY Hargraves,' the other went on.
He's been down to Gravesend for two
days; and he's back " # 81
Pemmican's meaning was lost on
Challoner, for he merely exclaimed:
well?
Before answering, Pemmican of the
low brow shrugged his shoulders and
spread out his palms, then he SAID
pOintedly:
only that he pulled gu ten thousand
on Flora McQueen-that's ALL"
WHAT" Challenor began to under
stand.
Pemmican nodded.
Sure thing-ten thousand dollars.
Slowly and deliberately Challoner re-
filled his glass to the brim. For a mo-
ment there was silence, then Pemmican
repeated tantalizingly:
Then thousand dollars-not a cent
less,'
Challoner thought for a moment.
How did YOU come out 2" he asked,
much to the others surprise.
Pemmican shook his head
81 lost a cool thousand because l die
not back the mare. / played on Tiger
skin. I've got to get that Thousand
back, somehow"
Challoner emptied his glass.
Was Colonel Hargraves down there
alone?' His voice was thick, hoarse.
"Where?" returned Pemmican, as i
he had misunderstood.
"At Gravesend?"
Pemmican looked long and quizzicallJ
into C~halloner's eyes.
H was = " = not" was his simple
but significant answer, and moved
away.
But Challoner followed him up, and
seizing his arm, said somewhat
gruf1y:
Look here, Pemmican, if Hargraves
comes in-I want to see him-tell hin
to wait for me-
For the first time Pemmican's eyes
lest their curious %tiredness, an enig-
matical smile played about the corners
) of his mouth.
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had turned to the right and directed
his steps to the extreme end of the
corridor.
II was a new experience to Challoner
TO wait among the shadows of the dim
ly lighted hall; hitherto his custom had
been to let himself in, sans ceremony;
but the apparently successful campaign
OF the racing Colonel had changed that
put him on a different footing.
IF he's there he assured himself
as he pressed the button again i'm
patiently, III know what to do, all
right"
But if Hargraves were not there,
That was the contingency that sent a
chill over him. He could deal with a
man-but the woman! A woman who
had never cared and who, he was only
too well aware, would never even pre-
tend to care for him unless he had the
whereWithal with which to lure her
back.
IF it were not for Hargraves-" lie
broke off abruptly, for the door had
opened with such unexpected sudden
ness that it required not a little effort
TO pull himself together, and demand
of the trim, little maid who stood
there:-
Your mistress-is she at homer"
Miss Love is not at home, sir"
Challoner was not so sure about that;
in a trice he was past her, going
through room after room until he had
covered the entire apartment; and she
had barely recovered from the shock
that his strange behaviour had given
her than he was back again in the
small cd1l1ra hnI aNpinO her S1Gni-
ciously.
II want to see your mistress"
Miss Love is not in, sir" she told
him, just as if he did not already know
1t.
but you know wher she went?" he
asked meaningly.
Indeed, sir, 1 do not she replied, not
at all Disconnected by his Manners; and
her eyes as they fixed their gaze on his
were as steady as the lips that said:
"She should be with her father. sir"
Challoner ragged in%wardly; he Thought
he detected a CLEAN of moekery in her
eyes. Once more he plunged through
the apartment, seeking some incrim-
mating scrap of paper, some evidence
that would betray his divinity's where
abouts. But after a few minutes he
was back again, standing over the
girl, menacingly.
II want you to tell me where Lefty
isl" he said in a tone that told plainly
that such lies were not for him; but ii
had little effect on the maid: long prac-
tice in fencing with Miss Loves adj
mirers had made trickery her forte.
You might try Atlantic City, sir
she suggested blandly; its quite posi-
BILE that they went there
At this, Challoner looked ugly. and
seiZing her roughly by the arm, he led
her to her mistress boudoir, where.
pointing to a Verne-Martin cabinet that
stood in a corner, he exclaimed
who put him thtre?"
! For answer the girl shrugged her
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By William
Hamilton Osborne.

shoulders. She made no attempt to
disengage herself from his grasp, mere
ly watched Challoner as his gaze rested
angrily on a plain gold frame in which
was an Unconventional half-length
photograph-Colonel Richard Har.
graves, his arms akimbo upon a table.
his shoulders forward, his SNUG, full
s~elf-satisfied face thrust into the face
of the world-of Challoner.
Even on paper Hargrave's lazy eyes
seemed to insult n t~antalize him
and an insane desire to crush, batter
and destroy his counterfeit presentment
came over him. For an instant he had
a vague sensation of suffocation, al
mos to choking, and releasing the
girl, his hand sought his throat; it en-
countered a scarf pima trif1e that his
wife had given him long ago. Tear
ing it quickly from the scarf, he e
tended it toward the maid.
That may fetch the truth from her.
he said to himself, and aloud: "Tell
me where Lefty is, and . no"-the
girl was reaching for the jewel, but
he held it from her-''no, tell me first
he added hoarsely. toying with the pin.
well, then, if you must know, SIR
she stammered, "she went to Graves
end-the races, sir"
Challoner's mine received his infor-
nation with a certain morbid exulta-
ton; and thrusting his face into hers
and pointing with the pin to the por-
trait, he cried:
Then she is with him?'
The girl was silent; she was figuring
the value of the pin. 1t was worth $50,
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ing him. Challoner felt that in some
subtle way the question fitted in with
his scheme Of things. For a s~hadowy
purpose was slowly forming in his
mind-a purpose that required thought.
His answer was of paramount import
ance; he make no mistake.
THE rear-no," he quickly corrected,
"the front entrance"
Before the main street door the
driver pulled up his horse, and Chal-
Toner hurriedly walked-as one whose
nose was straight and who followed
his nose-into the whited sepulchre
called Cradlebaugh's.
No one greeted challoner as he
passed into the main hall: it hap
pened there was no one present at the
table that-he knew. In the old days it
had been the custom of C~radlebaugh,
the human spider, frankly to exhibit
himself in the middle of his net, his
grim smile and dry hand extended to
each guest who came or went. But
of late years-since he had shuffied off
this mortal coil-there had been no one
to make these obsequious greetings;
for. though Cr~adlebaugh's still was
Cradlebaugh's, it's ownership remained
a mystery. And whether it was a syn
dictate, an association, d reincarnated
spirit, or a man, no one could tell. OF
one thing, however, its patrons were
certain: there was but one Cradle
Daugh's!
For fully half an hour Challoner
stood at the buffet, every now and
then unsteadily fitting the %decanter.
And while this course of refreshment
may have dulled his wits, it certainly
strengthened his courage, for presently
he said to himself
"Tll try him. yes, why not?'
And a moment later, still optimistic,
he called a servant and asked
Where is Pemmican?"
Faro, sir"
Challoner assembled swiftly to the
second floor, and paused at one room
whose door vas open.
How long,, he inquired, thrusting
in his head, by way of greeting to the
group at the table.
-Four of the men there did not glance
up from their cards: hollow-eyed, cigars
between their teeth, they were alive
only to the hundredth chance that still
eluded them The fifth man, a railroad
president, coatless, alone nodded to
Challener, and said sententiously:
Forty hours-for me-
Halfway down tho corridor Cha1-
Toner met Pemmiean, head card-dealei
Of Cradlebaugh's. a man with a pasty
face, a low brow and shifty eyes-a
man who knew his business. This PEN
mican seemed the a%ll-and-all of Cradle
baugh's, apparently general factotura.
but though he simulated the appear.
ance of an owner. in reality he was
seryile servant stamped with a dread o
the Observation-Disclosures. of the mar
higher up. Nevertheless, whoever con
trolled the destines Of this gambling
house had chosen him wisely,
> Challoner came at one to tho point.
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she finally decided, and looking up at
Challoner, admitted the truth with a
nod.
The pin fell into her ready grasp.
When Challoner spoke again his voice
was calm and steady.
sit down there" He motioned to a
seat and he took the one opposite.
We'll wait until they come back-just
wait"
For minute that seemed hours they
sat facing each other, Challoner logged
but quiesoent, the girl with a growing
unrest upon her-a cat with a cornered
mouse.
sAt last a buzzer sounded.
Stay where you arei" Challoner
commanded, as the girl made a move
ment to go. IF it's somebody else"
he added quickly, still looking at her,
but with a changed eye, I'VE don't
care about them; they can go away"
Again the buzzer sounded.
HAS she a key?" he whispered.
yes" she answered, matching his
tone.
Has he?" persisted Challoner.
6Ta No CopfJuuaJ rrounnrrowN
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CHAPTER III.
HIRAN EDGAR LOVE-so read a
EN AIDED yellow card on the loon
pane of suite 10 in The ,tDralin-A

ETIRAN EDGAR LOVE-so read a
E.x faded yellow card on the DOR
panel of suite 10 in the ''Drelin-
court, an apartment hotel in a section
of the city which has ever been popular
with a class that has been well termed
the fringe of society,"" The name was
not printed, not engraved, but written
in ancient India ink in co~pper-plate
perfection by the careful, clearly, gem
teel Englishman that Hiram Edgar
Love had been-Hiram Edgar Love,
that long since had been laid to rest in
q quiet Surrey churchyard leagues dis
tant, though his name still did woman
service, for it spelt responsibility; it
tcovered a multitude of peccadilloes; his
soul went marching onl For was it not
the shade of Hiram Edgar Love that
had rented the Love suite in the
~"Drelincourt," his shade that paid the
Trent, his pipe and his slippers that lay
linear the fireplace for the world to see /?
Hiram Edgar Love the myth, the
ISconstantly expected but never-coming
l,master of the house!
Before the entrance of this suite
FChalloner came to a halt.
II wonder If she's alone? ' he unused,
las with something like the palpitating
difference of a stranger he pressed the
hbutton underneath the faded card and
waited to learn his fate at the hands
pof the one woman in all the world for
him. Nor a 1t by any means the
l"stirst time he had asked himself that
question: ali the way through the
lIstreets it had been in his mind every
lnoment. and so absorbed was he with
The thought that he failed to see the
familiar nod with which the diminutive
lsgod of the "Drelincourt'' lift aclsnowl-
leedged his advert as he proceeded TO
scarry upward his human freight.
same sir, | suppose?" asked the boy.
Challoner made no answer; but leav-
hing the car at the desired landing. he
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A spark Of anger Immediately lit up
Challoner's eyes, resentment was deep
down in his inmost soul; but his brain
had been absinthiated for days. his
sepsibilities blunted, and indignities fell
from him like the proverbial water
from a ducks back. Nor was il solely
with his m%entaIities that the dissipa-
lions of the last five years had played
havoc; his face, his body, were unnat-
urally thin, and his glance had become
fixed and strained. Nevertheless over
Indulgence had not grossered him, he
was still good-l5oking, and there was
an. air about him that few men had.
In all his recklessness, whenever he
wanted money he had not forgotten
that fact. 1t had always counted with
Nliriam-until now. It counted still
with Miss Lefty Love of the Frivolity
There had been moments, it is true,
when rushing madly about town for
funds, that he had felt it would surely
have been better for him if ne had
never gone to Cr~adlebaugh's; but then
Ike a flash would come the thought
that If he had not gone to Cradle
baugh's he would never have known
Lefty Love, And by no means had he
arrived at The state where he could
have wished that. " = =
With the thought of Lefty Love there
anne another i~ndissolubly connected
with it: Was Colonel Hargraves slowly
undermining. ousting him out of her
affections? Not withou reason he ar
gued that Colonel Hargraves had plenty
of money, and the mar with money