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The state herald., 1909-07-09

I Whispering Smith smiled. I've got
no authority to kill McCloud."
There are plenty of men in tho
mountains that don't need any"
But let's start fair" urged Wills.
pering Smith. softly. He leaned for
ward with one finger extended In con.
fidence. Don't let us have any mis-
understanding on the start. Let Me-
Cloud alone. If he is killed-now I'm
speaking fair and open and making
no threats, but know how 1t will
come out-there will be nothing but
| killing here for six months. We will
make just that memorandum on Nc
Cloud. Now about the main question.
Every sensible man in the world wants
something"
Il know men that have been going
n long time without what they
wanted"
Smith flushed and nodded. you
needn't have said that, but no matter.
! Every sensible man wants something.
Murray. This is big country. There's
a Worlds Fair running somewhere al,
the time in 1t. Why not travel lit
tie? What do you WANT"
Il want my job. or l want new
superintendent here"
| Just exactly the two things, and,
by heavens! the only two. can't man
age. Come once more and I'll meet
you"
mol" Sinclair rose to his feet. mo
damn your money! This is my
home. The high country is my coun-
try; It's where my friends are"
IT'S filled with your friends; know
that. But don't put your trust in your
friends. They will stay by you. I
know; but once in long while there
will be false friend, Murray. one that
will sell you-remember that"
II stay"
Whispering Smith looked up in ad-
miration. Il know you're game. 1t
isn't necessary for me TO say that to
you. But think of the fight you are
going into against this company. You
can worry them: you've done 1t. But
a bronco might as well try to buck
locomotive as for one man or six or
600 TO win out In the way you are play
ing"
Il will look out for my friends:
others" Sinclair hitched his belt and
paused. but Whispering Smith, cutting
and running the cards. gave no heed.
His eyes were fixed on the green cloth
under his fingers. Others" repeated
Sinclair.
"others7" echoed Whispering Smith.
good-naturedly.
May look out for themselves"
"of course. of coursel Well. II this
Is the end OF It. I'm sorry"
You will be sorry II you mix In a
quarrel that is none of yours"
Why. Murray, | never had quar-
rel with n man In my life"
You are pretty smooth, but You
can't drive me out OF this country. r
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by FRANK. III. SpEARMAN q
ILLUSTRATIONS u
By ANDRE BOWLES q
COPYRIGHT 1908 er ctAS scRieheR3 SONS
20 on cHAs scRieNER'3 SONS

the river late that night, and was get
ting details from McCloud of the Sugar
Buttes robbery when the superinten-
dent sent him the news of the killing
Of Van Horn and the deputy. In the
answer that Bucks sent came name
new to the wires of the mountain d.
vision and rarely seen even In special
correspondence, but Hughie Morrison,
who took the message. never forgot
that name. Hughie handed the mes
sage to McCloud and stood by while
the superintendent read:
Whispering Smith Is due In Cheyenne
tomorrow. Meet him at the Wickiup
Sunday morning: he has full authority.
have told him to get these fellows, II 1t
takes all the money in the treasury. and
not to stop till he cleans them out of the
Rocky Mountains. j. S. b.
The state herald., 1909-07-09

/ Come over here, come along. / want
you to meet good friend Here, Har.
vey. shake hands with Bill Dancing.
meanest man in the mountains to his
enemies and the whitest TO his friends
-eh. Harvey?"
Harvey seemed communicative
Studying his hand. he asked In a sour
way whether II was jackpot, and
upon being told that II was not. pushed
forward some chips and looked stu
pidly up-though Harvey was by no
means stupid. Proud to know you
sir" said Bill. bending frankly as he
put out his hand. Proud to know any
friendsof Murray Sinclair's. What
might be your business?"
Again Du Sang appeared distracted
He looked up at the giant lineman
who. in spite OF his own size and
strength. could have crushed him be
tween his fingers. and hitched his
chair a little. but got no further to
ward an answer and paid no attention
whatever to Bits extended hand.
Cow business. BILL" interposed Sin
clair. Where? Why. up near the
park, Bill, up near the park. Bill Is an
old friend OF mine. Harvey. Shake
hands with George Seagrue. Bill. and
you know Henry Karg-and old Stormy
] Gorman-well. guess you know him
too" exclaimed Sinclair. introducinH
the other players, Look here a min
ute. Harvey"
Harvey. much against his incllna
tion. was drawn from the table and re
tired with Sinclair and Dancing to an
empty corner. where Dancing told his
story again. At the conclusion OF II
Harvey rather snorted. Sinclair
asked questions. WAS anybody else
there when you saw McCloud. Bill?"
zone man." answered Bill, impress
siyely.
"Who?"
"a stranger to me"
"a Stranger What did he looi
likeg'
slender man and kind OF odd talk
Ing, with n sandy mustache."
Hear his name?"
''He told me his name. but IT'S
skipped me. declare. He's kind OF
darkcomplccted like"
Stranger. ch?" mused Du Sang.
his eyes were wandering over the
room.
slender man." repeated Bill. but
didn't take much notice OF him. Said
he was In the real estate business"
I'm the real estate busincas7 And
did he nit there while you talked this
over with the college guy2" mu,tcrcd
Du Sang.
He In all right. boys. and he said
you'd know his name II could speak
, II, declared Bill
Look anything like that man stand
Ing with his hands In his pockets over
there by tho whcci1" asked Du Sang
turning his back carefully on new
conner as he made the suggestion.
"Whcrc-thcre1 MOI Yes. hold on,
that's the man there now Hold on
nowl" urged Bill. struggling with tho
excitement OF ten hours and ten dol
lars In one day. Ills name sounded
like Fognrty."
As Dancing spoke. sinolair'a eyes
rlyctod on tho new face nj the other
slide OF tho gambling room. "fosarty,
holll" he exclaimed. starting. stand
right still. Du Sang. don't look around.
That man IN Whispering Smith"
The state herald., 1909-07-09
"Fosarty, He'll" He Exclaimed.

drawn into any damaging admissions.
looked around for a cigar, and not see
ing one. looked solemnly at the new
Solomon and stroked his beard. That
Is how It looked to me at first" con-
cluded the orator; but, say now 1t
looks good to me, and as a stranger
| may say ] favor it."
Dancing tried to look unconcerned
and seemed disposed to be friendly.
What might be your line of bust
ness"
Real estate. am from Chicago.
sold everything that was for sale in
Chicago and came here to stake out
the Spanish Sinks and the Great Salt
lake-yes. It's drying up and there's
an immense opportunity for claims
along the shore. I've been looking
into It."
Into the claims or into the lake?"
asked McCloud.
Into both; and. Mr.. McCloud. /
want to say ! favor Mr.. Dancing's
idea, that's all. Right wrongs no
man. Let Bill see Sinclair and see
what they can figure OUT And hay
ing spoken. the stranger sank back
and tried TO look comfortable.
III talk with you later about It,
BILL" said McCloud. briefly.
Meantime. Bill, see Sinclair and re.
port" suggested the stranger.
ITS as good as DONE" announced
Dancing taking nm his hat 'nnd Mr.
The state herald., 1909-07-09
CHAPTER TX.
Sweeping Orders.

Sweeping Orders.
The burning of Smoky Creek bridge
was hardly of the minds OF the noun
tain men when a disaster of a differ
ent sort befell the division. In the
Rat valley east of Sleepy Cat the main
line springs between two ranges OF
hills with dip and long supported
grade in each direction. At the point
OF the dip there is a switch from
which spur runs to a granite quarry.
The track for two miles is straight
and the switch-target and lights are
seen easily from either direction save
at one particular moment of the day
"a moment which is in the valley
neither quite day nor quite night.
Down this grade. a few weeks after
the Smoky Creek fire, came a double
headed stock train from the Short
Line with 40 cars of steers. The
switch stood open: this much was
afterward abundantly proved. The
train came down the grade very fast
to gain speed for the hill ahead Of 1t.
The head engineman. too late, saw the
open target. He applied the emergency
air. threw his engine over. and whis-
tied the alarm. The mightiest efforts
of dozen enginss would have been
i powerless to check the heavy train.
On the quarry track stood three fiat
cars loaded with granite blocks for the
abutment OF the new Smoky Creek
bridge. On a sanded track, rolling at
80 miles an hour and screaming In the
clutches Of the burning brakes. the
heavy engines struck the switch like
an avalanche. reared upon the granite
laden flats. and with 40 loads of cattle
plunged into the canyon below: not n
car remained on the rails. The head
brakeman. riding in the second cab.
was instantly killed, and the engine
crews. who jumped. were badly hurt.
The whole operating department OF
the road was stirred. What made the
AFFAIR more dreadful was that II had
occurred on the time OF Number Six.
the east-bound passenger train, held
that morning at Sleepy Cat by an en-.
CINE failure. Glover came TO look into
the matter. The testimony OF all
tended TO one conclusion-that the
quarry switch had been thrown at
some time between $3.50 and s o'clock
that morning. differences were many:
Tramps during the early summer had
been unusually troublesome and many
Of them had been vigorously handled
by trainmen; robbery might have been
motive. rs the express cars on train
Number Six carried heavy specie ship
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The state herald., 1909-07-09
CHAPTER X.
At the Three Horses.

muSeu the man In McClOuu once on
Sunday morning. He sat opposite Nc
Cloud in Bucks old easy chair and
held in his hand Bucks telegram. As
he spoke he raised his eyebrows and
settled back. but the unusual depth of
the chair and the shortness Of his legs
left his chin helpless in his black tie.
SO that he was really no better off eX-
cept that he had changed one position
of discomfort for another.
A clerk opened the outer office door.
"Mr. Dancing asks If he can see you.
Mr.. McCloud.'
Tell him l am busy"
Bill Dancing. close on the clerk S
heels. spoke for himself. Il know it,
Mr.. McCloud. / know it," he inter
posed, urgently, but let me speak to
you Just moment" Hat in hand, Bill.
because no one would knock him down
to keep him out, pushed into the room.
I've got a plan" he urged. in re-
CARDS TO getting these hold.ups."
How are you. Bill?" exclaimed the
man in the easy chair, jumping hastily
to his feet and shaking Dancing's
hand. Then quite as hastily he sat
down. crossed his knees violently.
stared at the giant lineman. and ex.
claimed: Lets have it,"
Danci>g looked at him in silence
and with some contempt. The train
master had broken in on the superin-
| tendent for moment and the two
were comforting In an undertone
What might your name be. mister?'
growled Dancing. addressing with
some condescension the man in the
easy chair
The man waved his hand as II II
were immaterial and answered with
single word: Forgotten"
''How's that"
'Forgotten."
Dancing looked from one man "a
the other but McCloud appeared pre-
occupied and his visitor seemed Who'll
ly serious. Il don't want to take toe
much on myself" Bill began, speak
ing to McCloud.
You look as II you could carry a
fair.sized load. William, provided II
horo tho ri,h, label" s,,yos,od ,ho
visitor sr,,ra,y am,.,,.
m, nahos, no. ,ai, vo.so qua,
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49,, it. aahnns a., -
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Milk Facts and Figures.

There are wide differences between
dairying conditions, or any kind of ag-
ricultural conditions for that matter, in
New England and in the Middle West.
Nevertheless. Maine farmers will be in
terested in the results of a recent eX-
pertinent carried on under the direction
of tine Illinois College of Agriculture.
The object of the investigation was to
secure more data along the line of Sc
curing the best results from mich
COWS. The tests covered a period of
five years and tests were made of 55i
cows in 26 different herds. They We're
divided into sections of 139 each. The
lowest section produced but 1873 pounds
of butter annually. while the highest
produced 301 pounds. At the average
Elgin price for the five years the annu-
al income per head was s30.T for the
lowest and $685. for the highest, while
tie respective profits were Il cents and
S3I 80 per head, on an estimated cost OF
$50 per head expense in keeping. Some of
this Elgir, Illinois, butter by the way,
has been sold in the Augusta markets
this winter.
The college issued bulletins for use
in the country schools, showing that
twenty-five COWS of the highest class
would be as profitable as 1,021 of the
lowest. and that to make a total profit
If 81 per day farmer would have to
keep a herd Of 474 of the low class
COWS, which made but a cents profit
for the whole year per head. These
bulletins estimate that the state Of IL
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WooDLoTs OF JAPAN.
Example Furnished Of Tree Growing
on Small Plots.

In these times of great drains on
the timber supplies, caused by the
heavy demands for forest products of
all kinds, Americans may see in Japan
an example Of what can be done in
growing wood on small plots.
That country contains 21,000,0oO
woodlots, about three-fourths of
which belong to private persons and
one-fourth to communes. The aver
age size of the plot is less than nine
cupy the steepest, toughest, poorest
ground. In this way land is put to
use which would otherwise go to
waste, and if unwooded would lose it's
soil by the wash Of the dashing rains.
From Japan's woodlots the yearly
yield of lumber is about So feet, board
measure, an acre, and three-fourths of
cord of firewood. In many cases
the yield is much higher. More than
500, 100000 trees are planted yearly to
make up what is cut for lumber and
fuel.
Assessment for taxation is low, aver
aging for the 21,0OOO00 lots less than 81
an acre. With all the care in cutting
and the industry in replanting, it is by
no means certain that Japan's forests
are holding their own. If the preser-
walton of the forests is doubtful there,
it is evident that repletion must be
alarmingly rapid in other countries
which cut unsparingly and plant very
little. On the other hand, it is en-
couraging to see what can be done
with rough. steep and poor land. The
United States has enough of that kind.
without touching the rich agricultural
acres, to grow billions Of feet Of lum-
ber.-Pathfinder.
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Sparrows Rescue Comradc.

The desk sergeant at the Montclair,
n. j.. police station tells this story:
The wallis Of the station are covered
with ivy, and a flock of English spar
row make their home there. At the
sidewalk line, in front of the station,
stands a cherry tree, from one limb of
which a broken kite string huttered.
In some way a sparrow got his foot
tangled in this string yesterday and
struggling until he became exhausted
hung limp. In a few minutes hundreds
of his comrades had assembled. They
seized Up the situation. then retired tc
the branches of the tree to consult
Soon a plan seemed to have been de-
yised.
One Of the birds lighted on the limb
to which the string was attached and
began pccking at it. The work was ex-
hausting, but there were plenty of vol
unteers to relieve him. So, after ter
minutes. working in half-minutes re-
lays. the string parted. the exhausted
bird falling to the ground.
After another consultation IN the
cherry tree, four birds flew down, car
rying in their bills small twig. A
moments chattering was sufficient t.
show the wounded sparrow what was
wanted, ard, grasping the twig in the
center, between the rescuers, the Grip.
pie was carried to resting place ir
flle ivy, out of reach of maurading cats
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A Court Boulevard.

1t is magnificent scheme which is
proposed by friends of good roads in
New Jersey and favored by Gov. Fort,
roads now exist along the coast line so
as to create grand boulevard from
New York to Philadelphia, and all I'M
der control of the State. But this in
wolves something more than mere ROAD
making, for the sea is constantly wash
ing away the coast and carrying the
sand to Staten Island and Long Island.
There is required also Il system of
ulkheadS and Jctties, such as have
already hcen built to protect Atlantic
city. The building of such a boulevard
sure to be connected with interior cit
les, would pay in money. The license
ices OF automobiles alone paid into the
New Jersey treasury more than ell the
money spent in the repair of it's roads.
Ha'f dozen states have commissions
empowered to direct the building of
good roads. Every state ought to cen
trallze this work and not leave it to
LEGAL road-IaSttrs, who often make
the passage through town a penance.
New York Independent.
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Pride in the Navv.

Pride in the navy just now is par
ticular American trait. Those who, be-
seeching 4 larger armament, slightingly
compare our nlen-of-war in size and
number to those of the great European
nations cannot affect this sentiment,
for something definite has been
achieved with what we have-the long
est cruise of a large battleship fleet
in time of Heace which history records
And there is further source for pride
in the fact that this achievement is to
he enlarged by the continuation of the
cruise until the fleet will have circled
the globe.
The briliiancy of all this does not
obscure the criticisms that have borne
so much talk the last six months. Crit
icism of any great public work is al
ways prone to exaggeration. but
whether Or not it be exaggerated is of
minor Importance, if it is honestly
meant; for then it is almost certain
to give the impetus that brings i'm
provement. Meantime the country
contemplates the cruise so far as it has
gone, the remarkable records made at
the target practice in Magdalena bay,
the behavior of it's sailors in the face
of tempting hospitality, and it looks
forward to what is to come with the
keenest interest. metropolitan Maya
zine.
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formation of the island itself urged the
step. For the roads are SO narrow and
ave so .l.any sharp, dangerous turns
hat motoring became nerve-racking
performance.
Yet now the Bernudans are begin
ming to regret their hasty order of
abolishrne,lt. They find it necessary
to restore the slow bus lines to out-of-
the-way places on the island and TO
give UP the quick automobile service
that had been established. They find,
too, that commerce had come 20 rely
largely upon the motor trucks and that
these coEvcniences are keenly missed.
The governor general declares that 1t
would be wise to restore the auto and
to establish special roads for it's use.
We believe. as we have said before,
that this viii be the eventual solution
Of the problem everywhere. The motor
has come to stay. We can't abolish
it, but we can and should make proper
provision for it-Chicago Post.
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A HARD STRUGGLE.
Many an Augusta Citizen Finds ="
Struggle Hard.

With a back constantly aching,
With distressing urinary disorders
"N' ;. u
No need to keep 1t up.
Doan's Kidney Pills will cure you.
Augusta people endorse this claim:
C. A. Miron, of So Washington street
Augusta. Me, says: II first used Doa"
Kidney Pills in the Fall Of 1898 and re-
.ceivcd such good results that l giau''
gave statement recommending tnei"'
Now, although ten years have elapsed :
just as gladly give them my endofse"''.
Prior to using this remedy I had sfoa.
deal of trouble with my kidneys. na1
severe pains through my kidneys ana az
aching in the small of my back. Inc nv. 8
ney secretions were too frequent In ac'io"
and the passages were ATTENDED W.
pain. Doan's Kidney Pills, which can y
procured at Willis r. Partridge's drus
store, soon banished the backache
regulated the action of the kidney seer
t,ons have had no occasion to use
kidney remedy for long time. put
ways recommend Doan's Kidney Fll''
anyone complaining of kidney trouDi0'
For Sale by all Dealers. Price ~ cen'.'
Toster-Miiburn Co.. Buffalo, new
Sole Agents for the United States;
Remember the name Doan's-and saAs
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Ten Stick Island.

In Southwest bay, in the New
Hebrides group, there is small wood
ed island of considerable height above
the sea, although only few hundred
yards in circumference. The story Of
its acquisition is a curious one. South
west bay used to be considered good
place for target practice by the Brit
ish men-of-war on patrol duty there.
and this small islet was used as d
target SO frequently that it seemed in
danger Of being gradually shot away.
The chief who owned 1t protested and
wanted compensation. The captain
Of man-of-war, who understood the
natives knew that these claims would
be a ceaseless sourse of blackmail I'M
less they were settled once for all; so
he bought the island for the British
crown, paying ten sticks of tobacco
for it, and every one was satisfied.
The place since then has been known
as "Ten Stick Island. London Stan
dard
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HORSES IN BELGIUM.
Germany Now Large Purchaser of
Animals Bred There.

Foreigners are taking great interest
in the regular horse fairs in Belgium,
AM Consul Johnson, writing from
Licge, says that the Germans purchase
upward of 10000 horses annually at
these fairs. Of $1,000 horses, valued at
about si,4o0,0O0, which were imported
into Belgium during 1906, those import
Ell from England were mainly intended
for the slaughter houses and those
from France and Holland for light
draft and saddle horses. The Belgians
Claim that the American horse as a
working animal is inferior to the Bel
gian breed, and is difficult to train in
the Belgian manner. Efforts to I'M
prove the Belgian horse have been con-
fined mainly to heavy working horses
rather than the light draft and racing
animal
1t is estimated that there are us, 900