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asked, an angry flush in his face.
Il don't know for certain" the
woman answered, but | think his
name is"
What has my name to do with it?"
interrupted the man persistently.
viii you answer my questious?"
When | know who you are and by
what right you put them, | will de-
eide" was Langfords contemptuous
answer.
The woman had never seen her com
panion in temper, but he was peril
ously near the breaking point now, and
Langford, although he realized 1t not,
had never been and would never be
in so much danger as at that instant.
A swift glance showed her the man
strung to the very outbreaking point.
The woman laid her hand upon his
arm, calming touch.
sin the world" she said, people are
presented to one another"
How she loathed Langford. She
thought for a moment that she had
only to say the word and her island
companion would tear him to pieces.
She wondered how far after all she
had succeeded in instilliDg into his
mind the restraints of civilization. She
began to see dimly that such an
achievement was beyond the power of
any single individual; that 1t had been
in the past and would always be in the
| future the result of the cooperation
and restraint of the many. Yet she
forced herself to speak evenly to the
visitor.
"Mr. Langford, believe this mans
name to be John Revell Charnock. |
believe him to be an American, a Vir-
gilman. l found him here upon the
island"
"This matters nothing" said the is
lander, 81 don't care what this mans
name is, or who he Is. want to know
why he distresses you"
Sir" said Langford, wondering what
was the best tone to take with this
singular being. pray let us withdraw
yonder to the shade Of the trees where
we can be more private
The men in the boat who had scram-
bled out upon the sands had been
eager spectators and auditors of every
thing that had gone on. Their curl
osity was greatly excited and their
propinquity was evidently distasteful
to Langford.
You are refusing to answer my
questions" said the man. Il will not
be put off further"
Man." said the woman, laying her
hand upon his arm, ut is my wish"
"Oh, If you wish It,"
He turned without a word and led
the way rapidly across the beach out
of earshot but not out of sight among
the trees.
Now" he said turning and facing
the other two.
He noticed that the woman was
CHASTITY white and that Langford was
scarcely less pale.
Sir" said Langford firmly. II de-
cline to answer your question. have
| business with this lady and with her
| alone. 1t does not concern you and
beg you to withdraw for a moment
and give me free speech with her
After that l may have some questions
| to put to you"
Everything that concerns her con
Germs me-" said the man, sternly
What you have to say to her must
be said to me. Speak on"
For moment Langford looked as II
he would have sprung upon the other
but he was so clearly no match for
the wild stranger that discretion came
to his aid and kept him still. Besides
he had no wish for vulgar brawlins
then. He turned to the woman.
Katherine" he said, Il have much
to say to you. Can't you make this
man hear reason?"
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Woman, Shall Throw Him Down
and XIII Him."

was prepared for an attack. He dealt
a blow at the oncoming figure with all
the force of his arm, and skill and
training enabled him to put into It
more than one would have fancied
from the sligbtness of his figure. He
struck the man fairly in the chest.
The blow apparently might have stag
gered an OK, 1t had no effect whatever
upon the other. In an instant Lang
ford was caught as II In the grasp of
whirlwind. He was lifted from the
earth and held high in the air. For
one tense moment, unable to struggle,
he hung upon uplifted arms. He heard
a voice beneath him cry:
Woman, shall l throw him down
and kill him."
do him no hurt" said the woman.
for what he has said. as he sees 1t.
Is true"
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CHAPTER xIv-Continued.

III CHAPTER xiV-Continued.
Because"
h hesitated.
Ire you afraid to tell me?"
Fes' she said.
4 !iraid of what?"
losing you"
snish that fear"
but it's not that that keeps me
t."
That them"
would have the worlds comment
that l say when l say it."
Inc worlds comment. What is
yorld's common, TO me?"
test, trial of your feelings! If
peaks my heart, you must know"
a you feel that way about it," said
nan resolutely, you need tell me
ping at ALL"
was a brave thing to say, for her
FERROUS words filled him with du-
n and dismay. He had no idea
/ It was that she could tell him.
pad no experience by and through
n to embody her vague hints into
fthing real and tangible. He knew
he was terribly grieved, and but
he had no way to describe the
Of jealousy, he would have said
be was racking with that unhappy
bon.
FELL me nothing" he repeated
+, IF it grieves YOU"
IRE you afraid of the test?" she
d, swiftly.
am afraid of nothing, except los
you."
am not worthy of you," returned
"as l told you, but If you
still have me If you will take me
I have said what / must say.
when the world has said what it
say, then shall be yours as long
live"
is WE'LL" said the man. 81 wait
hip now eagerly that I may show
that what | have said Is true"
he vessel Is nearer now" she
at last, rising from where they
been seated together upon the
absorbed in each other. and
ing seward.
es," he answered, 81 can even
he figures upon the deck"
our brother men,"
ill there be some women on the
do not know" she answered,
ly. 1T isn't likely. Do you wish
e other women?
one" was the instant answer. 81
cred If my brothers would bring
sisters. That was ALL"
ere was absolutely no dissimula-
about the man. There had been
about her. He would
ly have failed entirely to under
what 1t was. He was as honest,
Straightforward, as absolute sim
y and sincerity must ever be,
she had met him exactly on his
ground. 1t was impossible, there
for her to misapprehend his
casual interest.
e stood quietly studying the ap-
ching vessel. AS she did so, it
to her mind that there was some
strangely familiar about the on
Ing ship. She stared longer, and
conviction grew upon her. When
realized it she clasped her hand
Ter heart with sudden gasp and
ed a white face upon him. He
all solicitude in an instant.
What is the matter?" he cried.
Or face is white; you look so
lgely."
is sudden pain" she gasped,
b and dismay constructing her
1t.
Z wavered. He thought she was
/ to fall. He stepped closer to
.lnd put his arm about her.
b, no." she said, repulsing.
was the first command she had
him in those bygone days when
aad stood dumbly before her.
III, MOI" she pushed him away. Il
b be all right"
md has the approach of men de-
me of the privilege of touch
nou?" he asked. wistfully. What
matter?"
PINT ask me now" she answered,
cannot explain"
vessel was nearer now and as
ftared 1t came to stop and
rs broadside to the reef. There
4 10 MISLEADING it,, II was the South
TOSS She knew 1t as well as she
her own face. The thing which
w lad dreaded so when she fec
that vessel in the launch, which
'Ad dreaded for a time In the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-15
Congressman Pray Got Busy

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Although
turned down by the committee on
appropriations, Representative Pray
went in on the floor of the house and
secured the passage of an amendmen,
to the sundry civil appropriation bill
carrying $3.50, 900 for the establish.
ment of nine additional rescue and
experiment stations in the country.
One of the stations will be located in
Montana, 10 the southern part of the
state. In January Mr.. Pray intro.
duced a bill appropriating the money
for the stations, and appeared before
the appropriation committee in its
behalf, and although the interior de-.
partment, through Secretary Balm.
ger, favorably recommended the meas
ure. and gave estimates of the cost of
erection and maintenance of the sta
tions, the committee turned the matter
down, and refused to includeit in the
sundry civil bill.
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Too Much Conservation,

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Dec!ariug
that Alaska has been placed In a
"straight jacket" by the withdrawal
OF the public lands, Senator Nelson
tod ay sharply criticised the policy of
conservation as practiced in that
territory. The Minnesota senator was
discussing the bill authorizing the
president to withdraw from entry pub.
lie lands for public purposes, which
he advocated. The measure is one of
a series OF administration conserva.
ton bills and was taken up on motion
of Senator Smoot.
AS illustrative of his contention tn at
legislative action might go too far,
Mr.. Nelson instanced the course of
Secretary ar6eld in Withdrawing for
water power purposes about 5000, 900
acres OF land in the west during the last
month of President Roosevelt's ad.
ministration.
"There will be plenty of water
power hundreds of years after we are
Dead" he said. mo man can stop
it unless he a stop precipitation
from the clouds. Why should our
supply of coal be tied up and the peo-
pie prevented from utilizing that
fuel?"
Discussing the application of the
conserv alton policy in Alaska, he
dwels upon the fact that except in the
extreme southern part of that terri.
tory there vat n timber OF any kind,
90 that consequently the people were
without fuel, unless they we're allowed
to use the coal of that region.
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FUNDS FOR IRRIGATION.

No measure before congress is Of
nor direct and far.reaching import
ance to Montana than the bill which
gives authority for the issuance Of
$50. 000, 900 in certificates for the pur.
pose OF completing the national irri.
CATION projects, Gays the Helena Rec.
ord. The bill passed the rel mate, and
was sent to the house. There it was
referred to the committee on ways and
means, and thsre it remains. The
news is that that committee does not
intend to report it out, and hence ss
an independent measure It is dead.
But the friends of the bill, and they
comprise all of the northwestern
members and some in the middle west
and in the south, favor the measure.
The strong opposition comes. from the
Atlantic cosst and New England
states, the feeling in those sections be-
ing that assistance given by the gov.
eminent to the reclamation Of lands
in the northwest means q far greater
immigration from the east to the
northwest, and more abandoned farms
in the east.
Notwithstanding this far eastern
opposition there is q prospect that the
issue of the certificates will be- au.
thorized. The admiuistra alton land
withdrawal bill is now before the
senate, and it is proposed to attach
to that q rider, authorizing
the issue of the certificates. There
will be no trouble in getting such q
rider through the senate. President
Taft is in favor of the certifc ates, and
has said time over and again that
congress should enact such q law. If
the question can be squarely brought
before the house it Is the belief it will
have support in that body to carry it
through.
The group of men who oppose the
legislation are composed OF those who
are in the minority when it comes to
a vote in the open, and while they may
be active, it is not thought they will
have the votes to eliminate the rider
from the land withdrawal bill If the
senate puts it on.
This particular bit of legislation
will be watched more closely by resi-.
dents of Montana than any other in
the closing days Of the session..
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N office Of ~Partnership.

Richards. G. b. Roberts. both Of Kalispeii.
Mont, and {. b. Sands, Of Concord, Mont.
Inc parties hereto have agreed to and do here
sscting . private banking business at Concord,
Mont, under the name Of the "Bank of Con.
cord The partnership capital IL the gum Of
$ ~ OF Which said Richards and Roberts have
Sands the sum of $1,000.
me partnership business shall be carried on
Dy ssio sands. who shall devote his entire time
and attention thereto, for which he shall receive
After the payment Of such salary and the nee.
essary expenses OF the business, the profits and
losses OF the business shall be divided or appor-
t1onea among the parties hereto in proportion
: sniess .esR1 1cS antsfeste In the partnership
at the expiration Of one year from date, but the
partnership may, BY mutual eQreement' he con.
tinued for 2 longer period q time, and in such
s shsss ny y P shs pro ny, Il, a. e, his D sls;ss,On. .I ls;y e. 1 81
terest IN the business shall be correspondence
thereby. This agreement takea e6sct
tnis oay and the partnership shall continue for
one year, ana ma be thereafter continued from
cufate books OF account of the business shall be
kept 0y said Sands, which books shall et ali
sI times be open to the inspection Of any Of the
1t is contemplated that IL the busine IA ia snc.
cessful, the same shall be incorporated and car
ried on under the same name or . name similar
to the partnership name. In such case the par
t .o.;, hereto shail hsye the right to take and sub.
per cent. and G. H. Sands so per cent? Of the
capital stock OF the corporation. Any stock
placed TO be proportional to stock held.
Dated this 9th day Of May, 1910
G. 5. RfcHARbss,
c. H. SANDS.
First publication June s, 1910.
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His Motive For Moving,

A man from Indiana moved out and
homesteaded a quarter section in the
west.
"~triend.' said a man who had q
ranch hard by, ''where did you come
FROM"
From Indiana"
"How was it you left that we'll set.
tied and fertile state to come way out
here on these prairies?"
why" said the newcomer, "they
got to slanderin' me back there some.
thin %frighttul, sayin' all sorts OF
mean things about me, and I jist con.
cluded to move.'
"But why didn't you make them
prove their slanders?"
"They did,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-15
Thirty Dead In Earthquake.

ROME, June 7.-According to the Of
fetal reports received By the govern.
ment this afternoon . total of about
80 persons we're killed in the different
villages which we're damaged by earth.
Quakes today.
AZ soon ss news of the disaster was
received Premier Luzzatti ordered
. concentration OF the troops In the
zone where the shocks we're felt. The
premier took personal direction OF the
work OF rescue. The government has
decided to ask parliament for an ap.
preparation of 900, 900 for immediate
relief.
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What the World Wants.

Men who cannot be bought.
Men whose word is their bond.
Men who put character above
wealth.
Men who possess opinions aud will.
Men who are larger than their 70.
cations.
Men who do rot hesitate to take
chances.
Men who will not lose their individ.
uality in a crowd.
Men who will be as honest in small,
things as in great things.
Men who will not say they will dc
1t "because everybody else does it,
Men whose ambitions are not con.
fined to their own selfish desires.
Men who are willing to sacrifice
priva interests for the public good.
Men who do notllook at every pro.
position from the point of view OF
"What there ia in it for me.'
Men who do not believeIthat shrewd-
uess' sharpness, cunning aud long
medicines are the only qualities for
winning success.
Men who have the courage to do
their duty in silence and obscurity.
while Others about them win wealth
and notoriety by ~neglec,ing sacred
obligations.
Men who are not ashamed, or afra aid
to stand for the truth when It IL un.
popular. who can sayi "No" with en-.
phasis. although all the rest of the
world says "Yes."
Men who have gained such com.
plete control. OF themselves that they
can pass through the most exasperat.
Ing situations without doing or saying
any unpleasant thing, without losing
their temper, OF flying of their center.
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A NATION OF GRASS EATERS?

Are we to become a nation of grass
eaters?
. A few weeks ago when the meat boy.
colt vas In full sway it was discovered
that vegetarianism had spread with
alarming rapidly, and now a Chicago
doctor declares that man may increase
his life fifteen or twenty years by liv.
ing like . horse.
OF course the statements OF Chicago
doctors are pretty we'll d%iscredited
nowadays, for some members of the
medical profession there will Jay
anything for publicity, but the latest
advices from Nebraska must make the
stalwart beef eater pause.
For Nebraska is eating alfalfa.
"Oats." said DR.. Johnson, sis q
grain they feed horses In England and
men in Scotland"
What would the venerable and iu.
dicious doctor have to say if be should
stop in 9 Nebraska housewives kitch.
en- and be offered q slice of alfalfa
bread, or alfalfa cakes and corn
syrup? The receipt they say is in
every Nebraska kitchen as follows:
"Cut the grass early and pull out
the damp stalks. When thoroughly
dry "trip leaves from stalk and mix
with wheat at ratio Of one.third alf.
alta and two.thirds wheat. Grind for
cakes, breakfast food, bread and
pastry"
OF III Nebraska excuses itself
on the high cost of living. Wheat
-four cost from 81. so to S1.75 a sack
of fifty pounds. while fifty pounds OF
alfalfa is but eighty cents.
The unavoid able conclusion, there.
fort, is that Nebraska has the grass
habit, and that the grass eater, like
the lotus eater, is a type that has come
to stay.
And the worst of it there seems to
be tradition for the thing.
Bottom, the weaver, said any man
who couldn't enjoy a bottle of sweet
hay was an MISREPRESENTATION
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Hill Wants Higher Rates.

ST. PAUL, June 8.-James J. Hill to.
day said: 1.-THE people will suffer If
the railroads are not allowed to in.
crease the rates. If the administra.
ton wishes to cripple the railroads 1t
mas the opportunity. The trouble
with the statesmen is that they do not
know the effect Of their work. The
railroads need increased facilities, but
there Is no hope OF raising the neces.
sary millions under present con.
dttions. The Great Northern refused
TO participate in the Washington con.
ference"
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new RATE AGREEMENT,
Railroads Avoid Suit BY Withdrawing
Increased Charges,

ChargeS.
WASHINGTON, June IA complete
agreement between the government
the recently enjoined railroads of
the Western Trunk Line association
was reached at q White House con.
ference which lasted more than four
hours yesterday. The railroads agree
to withdraw all rate increases found
to be excessive On or before July l aud
agree to file nc more increases until
the bill in congress that gives the in.
terstate commerce commission power
to Investigate any suspend increases
becomes q law and is in operation.
President Taft thereon stated the ad.
mtntstration's purpose in bringing the
Injunction suit had been accomplished
and that the suit would be discontin.
ued. The discontinuance will not be
entered. however, until after the new
railroad law is signed.
The belief was expressed last night
that all the other railroads of the
country that have fled increased rates
or have had such q plan under consid.
GRAFTON. will abide by the agreement
reached with the twenty.four railroads
named as defend ants in the Hannibal
suit.
Every q connected with the con.
ference seemed grati6ed over the out.
come. All that President Taft desired
was that the interstate commerce COM.
mission have authority to Investigate
the increase in rates to determine
whether they are justified by condi-
tons and are inst to the shippers.
This power is to be conferred under
the new law.
The railroads, on the other baud, it
is pointed out, are to be relieved #
embarrassing litigation, are as>u:,d
on q "sQuare deal" when their case :.
presented to the interstate commerce
commission and are free to resume the
contracts for improvements and ex,eu.
sions which they threatened to conc
had the court proceedings continued.
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MILLIONS MORE IN PENSIONS.

Under the latest pension plan it will
be a dollar a day all around for war
veterans. There are, in fact, two
schemes before congress. One pro.
vides that the surviving volunteer Of.
ticers of the civil war shall be put on
the army's retired list at one.third
pay.
The bill for this plan carries also a
section by the terms of which every
honorably discharged soldier who
served in the civil var ninety days or
more shall receive a pension OF thirty
dollars a mo1th, the condition being
that the recipients physical or mental
condition shall be such a degree of
physical or mental dis stability as re-
quires the frequent or periodical aid
of another person." This provision
is broad enough; the man who has
any real OF fancied ailment can come
in; a corn on any toe will do, or the
fact than the applicant needs ''period.
ical' help to deal with the back but.
ton on his collar band.
AT best the estim ates with respect to
the annual appropriation that would
be required for this pension arrange.
ment are crude. Some of the support
ers Of it within official circles figure
that the part of it which places officers
of the old volunteer force on the re.
tired list mean about ten millions q
year to be added to the present pen.
sion total: others who have gone into
the details say that the annual in.
creased cost would be about thirty
millions. Some of the supporters of
1t are not pleased with the bill in its
present form; they insist that all pro.
visions as to disability be removed
and that the law award q dollar q day
all around to all civil war soldiers
with a record for at least ninety days
of service, sick or we'll, enfeebled or
able.bodied.
In discussion OF the proposed new
plan. an Indiana member who has
" ~SSO AooS ~ SVOkEoOSs WuO mas no
record of either civil war or Spanish
war service. recently said to the mem.
bers OF the house that the chief obiec.
ton to It is that sit would increase
the expenses of the government 60 az
20 be . burden" His answer to that
was: ~ am tired of this objection"
And that is, in fact, all the merit in
che case. The Indiana republicans
are In Q tight place. They assume
that just now the thing to do is to get
good and solid again with the veteran
vote.
Fifteen years after the close of the
civil war the annual pension appro.
priation voted by congress was about
twenty-five million dollars; for the fs.
cal year OF 1909, it was more than
e161, go. 600. When it was about fifty
millions men of splendid civil war rec.
ord like General Garfield and Gen.
W. Slocum declared in con.
gress and elsewhere publicly tn at this
;otal could not under any circum
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stances be exceeded in proper and

stances be exceeded in proper and
warrantable pension appropriations.
All the calcul atoms by the veterans
themselves. at that time, we're to the
effect that by the year 1910 the utmost
pension demand would be reduced to
comparatively few millions of dollars.
These old soldiers did not reckon on
the persistence of the claim agent and
the pension shark and the aspiring
pOlitician.-Anaconda Stand ard.
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operating revenue of s2l, 6l2, 523. IS. as
compared with SSH, 1874, 1911 80 for the
corresponding period last year. This
was despite an advance In operating
expenses, which went from s26, s66 1857
to S3l, O86. 1913.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-15

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct on all principal American and
European cities, and issues It's own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
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B. LONG & co.,
Opposite Park Hotsl,
Great Falls. Mont

Our speciality IS buying sheeJ
on orders for our customers. ]:
you have any for sale for deliv.
cry In the spring, or after shear.
ing. write US giving description
and price.
We make no charges.