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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-18

The politicians are resting up q
bit, getting ready for the grand
scrap at the Kansas Day banquet.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-30

THE casual view." said the lawyer
gloomily. Just what | should have
said myself-if this had happened a
month ago"
His friend looked at him with an
amused expression. 81 begin to think
he must be a remarkable mani" be
said. us 1t possible he has really con-
WINGED you that he isn't guiltyr'
Fielder turned upon the doctor
squarely. YES" he returned bluntly
HE has. Whatever | may have be-
lieved when | took this case. | have
come to the conclusion-against all my
professional instincts. mind you-that
he never killed Moreau. ! believe he's
as innocent as either you or r.
"He has as good as admitted TO Miss
Holme that he knows who did 1t"
Come. come! Putting his neck into
the moose for mere Quixotic feelings
And who. pray. In this God forsaken
town, should he be sacrificing himself
for?' the doctor asked s%atirically.
THAT'S the rub" said the lawyer
Nobody. Yet ! hang by my PROPOSE
ton
swell. he'll hang by something less
tenuous. I'm afraid. But 1t won't be
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-30

eA.t - - 111
work and resultant of forces in his
own past. He himself had set Hugh's
feet on the red path hat had pointed
him to the shameful terminus. He had
gambled for Hugh's future, forgetting
that his past remained. a thing that
must be covered. He had won Hugh's
counters, but his own right to be him
self he had staked and lost long before
that game on the communion table un-
der the painted cruciixion.
The words he had once said to Hugh
required to him with a kind of awe:
"Put myself in your place? / wish tc
God / couldi"
Fate-or was it God?-had taken him
at his word, He had been hurled like
place-to bear his knavery. to suffer his
dishonor and to redeem the baleful rep!
utation he had made.
A step outside the cell, the turning
of the key. The door opened, and
Jessica, pale and trembling. stood on
the threshold.
81 cannot help IT," she said as she
came toward him. Though you told
me not to come. | have trusted all the
while and waited and-and prayed
But today | was afraid Surely. sure
ly. the man you are protecting has had
time enough. Hasn't he! Won't you
tell them the truth nowY"
He knew not how to meet the piteous
reproach and terror of that look She
had not heard the street preachers
declaration. he knew. but even If she
had II would have been to her onl!
an echo of the old mooted likeness He
had given her comfort once. but this
was no more to be. no matter what ii
meant to him or to her
"Jessica." be said steadily. when
you came to me here that first day
and l told you not to fear for me | did
not mean to deceive you | thought
then that 1t would all come right But
something has happened since then
something that makes a difference. |
cannot tell who was the murderer Of
Moreau. l cannot tell you or any one
else, either now or at any time"
She gazed at him startled. She had
a sudden conception of some element
hitherto unguessed in his makeup
something inveterate and adamant
Could 1t be that he did not intend to
tell at all? The very idea was mon.
strous. Yet that clearly was his mean
ing. She looked at him with flashing
eyes.
"You mean you will not!" she ex-
claimed bitterly. "You are bent on
sacrificing yourself, then2 You are go
ing to AXE this risk because you think
1t brave and noble. because somehow
1t fits your mans gospel. Can't you
see how wicked and selfish 1t is? You
are thinking only Of him and OF your
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-30

carnations was pinned to her coat, and
as she passed Harry she bent and laid
one il his hand. The slight act, not
lost upon the spectators. called forth a
sibilant futter of sympathy, for it
wore no touch of designed effect. Its
impulse was as pure and unmistakable
as its meaning.
Harry had started uncontrollably as
she rose, for he had had no inkling of
the lawyers intention, and a flush
darkened his cheek at the cool touch OF
the flower. But this faded to a settled
pallor as under Felder's grave ques-
tioning she told In a voice as clear as
a child's. yet with q woman's emotion
struggling through it. the story of her
disregarded warning While she spoke
pain and shame Travelled through his
every vein. for, though technically she
had not brought herself into the per-
picking purview of the law, she was
laying bare the secret of her W heart,
which now he would have covered at
any cost
THAT is all, your honor" said Fielder
when Jessica had finished her story.
do you wish to cross examiner"
asked the judge perfunctorily.
The prosecutor looked at her an In
slant. He saw the faintness in her
eyes, the twitching Of the gloved hand
on the rail. by no MEANS" he said
courteouslyI and turned to his papers.
At the same moment as Jessica step
ped into the open aisle the ironic
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-30
" Chapter az

WN communities such as
AIN Smoky Mountain the law
- 4AKiM moves with fateful ra-
#E pidity. Harry had been
- formally arraigned the
- second morning after his
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-30

Detuged the tttneTdnt munion tnblei
Well. Hugh Stires is not only the Rev
erend Henry Something-or-other. but
he is that mar too! The crack Drained
old idiot would have told the tale all
over again only the crowd hustled him
There he is now" he said suddenly
as a light sprang up and voices broke
out on the opposite. conner 1.-THE gans
is standing by. l see your friend Bar
ney McGinn," he added. with a grim
enjoyment. II doubt If there are many
converts tonight"
Even as he spoke there came a shout
Of laughter and warning. The specta-
tors scattered in all directions, and a
stream of water from a well directed
hose deluged the itinerant and his mu-
sic box.
Ten minutes later the street preacher.
drenched and furious, was trundling
his melodeon toward Funeral Hollow,
on his way to the coast.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-30

40 w PuocCL III ~ VI CIT tLftb bttth
01te IA has hand
become common property and the coin
cidence had been chartered of. That
Jessica had chiseled the statue was not
doubted. She had bought the tools in
town, and old Paddy Wise, the black
smith, had sharpened them for her
The story Prendergast had told in the
general store, too, had not been forgot.
ten, and the aid she had given the
fever stricken man had acquired a new
Significance in face of the knowledge
that she had more than once been ad
mitted to the jail with Fielder. From
the moment of the opening of the trial
Jessica had divided interest with the
prisoner.
Circumstantially speaking. the evil
dence was fawless. DR.. Moreau. while
little known and less liked. had figured
in the town as a promoter and an IN
ventor of .'slick' stock schemes. He
had come there with Hugh Stires from
Sacramento. where they had had a
business partnership Of short Duration
There had been bad blood between
them there, as the latter had once al
mitted. The prisoner had pre-empted
the claim on Smoky mountain In an
abortive boom which Moreau had
engineered, and over whose proceeds
the pair, 1t was believed. had fallen
out. He had then, to use the attorneys
phrase. snapped the devil for the
witch" and had taken up with Prem
dergast. who by the manner of his TAX
ing off had finally justified a jail rec
ord in another state Soon after this
break Hugh Stires had vanished. On
the day following his last appearance
in the town the body Of Moreau had
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-30

DCCA lOQlu vi 1AC Llltit d. u1dSiti
claim shot by a cowardly bullet
through the back. a fact which pre-
cluded the possibility that the deed
had beer done In self defense. There
was evidence that he had died a pain.
full and lingering death. Suspicion had
and this suspicion had grown until.
after some months absence. he had
returned. alleging that be had lost his
memory of the past. to resume his life
in the cabin on the mountain aud his
partnership with the thief frendergast.
The W had finally quarreled. and
Prendergast had moved to town.
Subsequent to this the latter had
been heard to make dark in~sinuations,
unnoted at the time, but since grown
significant. limiting al criminal knowl.
edge of the prisoner. The close of this
chapter bad been Prendergast's dismal
end In the gulch when he had produced
the scrap of paper which was the crux
of the case. He declared be had found
Moreau dying; that the latter had
traced with his W hand the ccusa
ton which fastened the crime upon
Hugh Stires.
In his cross examination Fielder
fought gamely to tighten the weight of
the evidence. All rested, be said. upon
a single scrap of paper. a fragment of
handwriting in no way difficult of imi.
tation, and this In turn upon the allie
cation of a thief. struck down in an act
of crime, whose word in an ordinary
las of fact would not be worth a
farthing. No motive had been alleged
for the killing of Moreau by the pris-
oner, but Prendergast had had motive
enough in his accusation. 1t had been
open knowledge that he hated Hugh
evident that he would not have scru-
pied to fasten a murder upon him.
But as Fielder studied the twelve
grave faces in the jury box, who in
the last analysis were all that counted,
he shared his clients hopelessness.
Judgment and experience told him how
futile were all theories in the face of
that inarticnlate but damning witness
that P~rendergast had left behind him.
So the afternoon dragged through, a
day for the state.
Sunset came early at that season.
Dark fell, and the electric bulbs made
their mimic day, but no one left the
room. The outcome seemed a fore
gone conclusion. The jurymen no
longer gazed at the prisoner, and when
they iuoKed at one another twas with
grim understanding. AS the last wit
ness for the state stepped down and
the prosecutor rested the judge glanced
at the clock.
''There is a bare half hour" he said
tentatively. Perhaps the defense
would prefer not to open testimony till
tomorrow"
Fielder had risen. He saw his oppor-
tunity-to bring out sharply a contrast.
ing point in the prisoners favor, the
one circumstance, considered apart
pointing toward innocence rather than
guilt; TO leave this for the jury to take
with then, to Offset by its effect the
weight OF the evidence that had beer
given.
g" will proceed. If your honor
pleases,'' he said and arid a rustic OF
surprise and interest called Jessica to
the stand.
As she went forward to the wits nss
chair she put back the shielding veil
and her face, pale as bramble bloom
undor har rod hranzad hair made ar
appealing picture. A cluster of white
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-30

your fault The
crazy evangelist
was only an In
cident He mere
ly served to jolt
US back to the
normal. By the
way, did y o u
hear him splutter
after he got out 2
mo"
~ o u remem-
Der the story he
told the other
night of the min
lister who was
caught gambling
on his own COM
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-30
Continued from last week

Then 1t was that they saw the with
ing figure, tangled i'll the twisted lead
bars of the wrecked rose window
Shielding their faces FROM the unen
durable heat. they reached and bore II
to safety. laying 1t on the crisp, SNOWY
grass and tearing of the singeo ana
smoking ministerial robes.
Judge Conwell was one OF these. In
the faring confusion he leaned over
the figure. The CLEAN of the ruby ring
on the finger caught his eye. He bent
forward to iook into the drawn and
distorted face.
Good Godm be said. ITS Harry
Sandersonr"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-30

~ .&SM8 moves with fateful ra-
Ell pidity. Harry had been
- formally a~rraigned the
~ - second morning after his
self surrender and had pleaded not
guilty. The grand jury was in session
indeed, had about finished its labors
and there had been no reason for de-
lay. All necessary witnesses for the
state were on the ground, and Fielder
for his part had no others to summon.
So that when DR.. Brent one keen fore
noon swung himself off a Pullman at
the station, returning from his ten
days absence, be found the town
thrilling with the excitement of the
first day of the trial. Before be left the
station he had learned of Prendergast's
death and accusation and knew that
defense. DR.. Brent had taken no stock
In the young lawyers view of Hugh
Stires.
He betook himself to the filed court
room. The court had opened two hours
before and half the jury had been Sc
lected. His attention was given first
to the bench where the prisoner sat
and second to a chair close to the rail-
ing beside Mrs. Halloran's, where a
girls face glimmered palely under a
light veil.
Toward this chair the hundreds of
-eyes1gn the room that morning had
often turned. Since the day Mrs. Hal
loran had surprised Jessica at work
upon the rock statue she had kept her
counsel; but. as the physician had on
jectured, the monument had been stun
bled upon and had drawn curious Wis
itors. Thus the name on the grave had
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-30

A dry sob answered him. He turned
and leaned his elbows on the narrow
window sill. every nerve aching. but
powerless to comfort. He heard her
step. The door closed sharply.
Then be faced into the empty cell.
sat down on the cot and threw out his
arms. with a hopeless cry:
"Jessica. Jessicap'
Jessica left the jail with despair In
her heart The hope on which she had
fed these past days had failed her
What was there left for her to dor
Like a swift wind. she went up the
street to Folders Office. She CROPPED
her way up the unlighted stair ana
tapped on the door. There was 40 an
swer. She pushed it open and entered
the empty outer room. where a study
lamp burned on the desk.
Continued on page z
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-04-30

Harry stood again in the
obscure half darkness ot
his cell it came to him
. that the present had a
farreaching significance.
that 1t was but the handi-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-09
BISMARCK BUSINESS COL
LEGE NOTES.

Mr.. Ralph Madland of Mckenzie is
taking up the study of shorthand
and is doing excellent work.
Miss HiIma Anstrom of Wilton is
back among the shorthan students
again.
Miss Cora Eldridge enrolled in the
shorthand department last week.
Segrid Holm, Christian Yegen and
Will Uebersetzig are among our new
students in the commercial depart
ment.
Frank Wetch is taking an evening
course in English.
Edward Collins spent Sunday with
his parents at Sibley Butte.
Miss Isabel Holland has been abb
sent from school on account of i'll
ness.
John Forester has returned to pur-
sue the commercial work in the even
ing.
Miss Marie Morrow Of Napoleon
has re-entered to finish up her short
hand work.
Mr.. Bemis has been compelled to
rent another room to accommodate
the increase in enrolment,
Emanuel Brown enrolltas.t We'd
nesday for an evening cole in toook-
keeping and penmanshiE
Miss Margaret McDon;a dausn. ter
| of Senator Mcdonald, .,s retuA "a
| to finish her work in shl r+hand.> .1i
New actual business ,fces re
been installed in the commercial
room.
Leo Morris was absent half day
on account of sickness.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-09

in general outline. In all this vast
territory the four most noticeable feat
ures were the skillful manner and
tact with which Prof. Hoverstad
mapped out and conducted the work
Next the faithful, sympathetic way in
which o. C. Gregg taught the people
things they needed to do to make a
home as well as to teach agricultural
methods, was so evident. Then the
Tribune has done a work that no 9TH
er paper ever attempted in the state,
in reporting this teaching to thous-
ands of farmers over the country,
which is having a far reaching and
beneficial effect.
But all this effort would be OF no
avail save for the way in which the
people receive this work.
People from the various states of
the union and so many from the old
countries vie with each other in their
efforts to master the problems in
North Dakota regardless of conditions
In the country from which they
came. 1t is this hunger for knowl-
edge and the intelligent manner in
which they go about acquiring it that
gives such promise for the future.
The next series Of Institutes will
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-09
CONCLUSION.

AS the session at Max ends the
work at present in the western part
Of the state, it might be well to re-
view the work SO as to be able to
draw correct conclusions.
At Hazelton, Larvik and Linton,
the farmers have mostly been in the
country for a number Of years and
more settled conditions were to be
expected and found. They were not
only able to plow and harvest as they
wished, but they have built good
houses and barns and have commence
ed planting out groves and wind
breaks; are growing corn, alfalfa and
other like crops, and are now dairy
ing and following diversified inter-
ests. This was to be expected, but
what are the results i'm the newer
parts Of the state?
In New England, Belfeld and Beach
territory, there has been revolution
in agricultural conditions in the past
three years, and the only danger now
Is in too much single grain crops and
not enough stock and mixed farming.
Along the 500 the territory ada
cent to Ward and Mclean, the chang
es in the Industrial conditions can
hardly be realized. Where three OF
four years ago there were only claim
shacks and stock ranges, now there
are thrifty towns and good farms.
Prosperity everywhere, and an outlook
for even a brighter future.
In the older settlements like Glen
Ullin, Hebron and others, there good
farmers and prosperous people were
expected.
There were the things THAT struck
one 80 forceably in visiting all these
towns. But there were good results
obtained from these meetings for the
future Improvement of general condi-
tions that will be lasting.
This series of meetings fairly well
covered about one-fourth of the state
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-09
A PUBLIC BENEFIT
BISMARCK PEOPLE GREATLY IN
TERESTED IN THE GENEROUS
OFFER OF THE LENHART DRUG
COMPANY,

The people have always demon
strated that they would rather trust
a man VINO is naturally honest than
one who is honest only because he
has to be.
Lenhart Drug Co. have a firmly es-
tablished reputation for square deal
ing and sterling honesty. When they
told the people that Rexall Remedies
are the purest and most dependable
medicines that it is possible for mod
ern science to produce, and that they
would tell the public what each one
Of these 800 or more remedies con-
tanned, and that they sold Rexall Rem
edes on their personal guarantee that
they would give entire satisfaction
or they would not cost the user a
single cent. they were believed.
Ever since this announcement the
Lenhart Drug Co. store has been
largely patronized by people buying
Rexall Remedies. al of which proves
that this store has the confidence OF
the people and that honest is the best
rolicy
There is no cure all among the
Rexall Remedies. There are differ
cut ana Sepii dlt JuNdItluCS, SclA Il oIS
devised for a Ger tain human ailment
or class of ailments closely allied.
For instance Rexal1 Dyspepsia Tablets
are recommended for the positive re-
lief of stomach irritation, INDIGESTION,
f1atulency and dyspepsia. They are
rich in Bismuth-Subnitrate Peps1n
and Carminatives They are rrepar-
ed by special processes which perfect
and enhance a great remedial value
Of these we'll known medical agents.
This remedy sells for Is cents, so
cents and s1.00 per package. Every
one suffering from sto1na?h disorder
should try Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets.
inasmuch as they cost nothing if they
do not satisfy.
Remember the Lenhart Drug CO.
store is the only store in Bismarck
where these remedies may be obtain
ed. and everyone in need of madeleine
is urged to Investigate and take ad-
vantage of the frank and generous
manner in which they are sold
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-09

terest and zest to the work. There
was but one straight address during
the day and that was by Mr.. Gregg,
on methods Of dry farming, and as It
was the same, only abbreviated, as re-
ported at Ryder, it need not be re-
peated here.
The day was spent mainly as stat
ed, by informal talks and questions
and answers. 1t was shown that the
county has been settled only a few
years, having grown only about five
crops, and many Of the settlers only
three. Yet the conditions are fav-
orable. They are building good
houses and barns, planting groves and
wind breaks, have two rural mail
routes and the third to be started
very soon. They have telephones and
good churches and schools.
Advocates Of Deep Flowing.
The farmers here believe in break
ing the sod five inches deep, as rule,
and think it pays to let lie without
seeding the first year. They believe
in deep Glowing and thorough Guilt
walton. They are divided in opinion
on the value of summer fallow.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-09
EVENING SESSION.

An especially pleasant affair was
the evening session In this local
speakers did the work and did it we'll.
w. H. Rowe spoke on the history of
organization and delivered AN excel
lent address.
Rev. "A Herman spoke of 1.-THE De-
lights of the Homestead" and show
ed that the homesteader's life had
bright spots too.
'Nnr. Mark, who has lived in North
Dakota since 1883, spoke of his ex-
periences in the building UP OF a
new country
VIM. Crockard of the Herald. was
especially pleasing in his talk and
deserves much credit for the many
other services rendered the institute.
This was followed by banquet and
the "fanmers' left for their homes
about II o'clock, having spent a prof.
table day and an enjoyable evening.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-09
MAX MEETING.

Max N. D., Dec. 7.-Special-The
weather here today was too Indictment
to permit of large attendance of the
farmers institute, but there was a
fair sized audience and much inter-
est manifested.
The work was along the usual lines
and the same speakers as at all the
meetings along the 500 line.
Probably Mr. Gregg did more work
than the others and spoke on corn
growing and later on the garden, and
how to get a. living from the farm
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-09

instead of buying living from the
grocery store. In his talk on small
fruits he advised the cultivation OIL
the strawberry and recommended the
planting of the Senator Dunlop and
Warfield, in rows side by side.
Well Posted People.
It was noticeable how thoroughly
posted the farmers were and how
clearly they knew why they did a
thing, from the amount of seed to
use per acre to the depth to plow.
With miIder weather. this would
have been one Of the best meetings
In the circuit, and these people have
asked for another as soon as 1t is
possible to give it.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-09

ferent from that Of any other day so
far in the course, and was of such a
mature that it is very difficult to re-
port in detail as it was series of
questions and answers with here and
there a burst of expression of some
actual experience that gave live in
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-09
THREE

have much larger attendance and
will DO even greater good than the
ones just held, as so muoh interest
has been aroused that will increase
with time.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-09

Douglas, N. D., Dec. 7.-Special-
The day was cold and the attendance
at the farmers institute in the fore
noon was light. In the afternoon it
was much better and the meeting was
Intensely interesting.
The line of work followed was diff
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-09
ARTS AND CRAFTS.

The last two 3ieces Of hammered
Brass. a beautiful umbrella stand and
a large Jarlinier, came yesterday,
completing our stock of this for this
year. We want you to see the ais
sortnrent as well as innumerable
other things for Christ o.
mas. Somehow quail III, >, er.ss,I-x
ity stuff is our hob -rr.e =.
by. XII H. -. : !