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talk to her, as she might have dis
couraged any advances. Anything OF
this kind would have hurt his pride
for the CORTLAND Hardys maintain
the fiction OF family superiority, and
in their hearts, believe themselves
Just as good as anybody as the old
song says of My Aunt Sally.
1t was during one of the long delays
caused by the necessity of taking on
wood, that Hardys acquaintance with
the princess began. The Alexsay was
a stern-wheeler, drawing 3l2 feet OF
water, and she stopped five or six
times each "a hours for a fresh fuel
supply, the men bringing it, two and
two on long bars down the steep
bank and across the springy plank to
the deck
Learning that there would be stoI
Of about three hours. Hardy went on
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fortunate for me you came out to take
me OFF, for my knowledge of Russian
is. as yet, rather limited"
You can start up the river dav
after tomorrow" replied the Vladi-
vostok agent, ION the Alexsay. which
goes as far as Blagovestchensk You
will be quite comfortable on her and
will be likely to get room all to
yourself, as | understand she is NOT
crowded"
That will suit me perfectly" said
Hardy. 81 see no reason for lingering
here, fascinating as the town looks
any longer than is necessary"
by the way" volunteered the 9th.
er, you will have quite a distin.
guished travelling companion. if you
go on the Alexsay, the Princess Ro-
manovna, who has been here visiting
her relative, Gen. Romanoff. She has
made a sensation in the garrison so.
ciety here. She's a stunning looking
woman"
women do not interest me- re-
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CHAPTER X.
Her Hlahness Smiles.

The trip from Khabarovka to Bla-
govestchensk occupied Ave days and
was uneventful when compared with
the more exciting happenings that be-
fell CORTLAND Hardy and his fellow
passengers farther on. Still, two or
three things occurred worthy OF
record one, at least that Hardy him
self regarded as epochal in his life.
He came into direct contact with the
Princess Romanovna and acquired a
nodding acquaintance with her. AS
this befell on the first day out, and as
she nodded to him once each day.
namely in the morning, his good for
tune brought to him four mods and as
many very sweet smiles between kha
barovka and Blagovestchensk. 1t was
perhaps fortunate that he could moi
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and puddles, the mud spraying in a
centrifugal shower from the humping
and whizzing wheels,
Tell him to drive slower" shouted
Hardy 1--WE have plenty of time
so power on earth could make a
Russian cabman drive slow" replied
the agent; they are the lineal de-
scendants Of Jehu, and their speed is
a part of their natures. You might
as we'll try to make the Amur run up
hill"
That night, IN darkness as black as
ink and in a driazling rain, Hardy
went on board the AleXsay, to begin
his long journey up the Amur. The
water the agent informed him, was
rising. owing to the recent rains, and
there would be little danger OF ground
ing. The trip to Blagoyestchensl
should be made in FIVE days
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And will she be given all this, even
II the rest of us are compelled to sleep
on the decks"
Certainly" replied the Russian.
Her highness is--her highness."
Hardy was about to declaim against
government where the aristocracy
enjoyed such privileges, but, fortu'
nately, his French was not quite equal
TO his indignation, and in the moment
of hesitation he remembered Consul
Greener's warning
And who in the world is the Prin-
cess Romanovna? he asked, with
slight tinge of sarcasm. He would
, have liked to say who in the dick
ems" but he did not know the French
| for "the dickens"
| The Princess Romanovna," ex-
| planned the Russian. belongs to one
of the oldest families in the empire.
She is a distant relative of the car,
who is my imperial master'-and here
he took his hat off. "She is immense
ly rich and has city palaces at Mos
COW and Petersburg. besides country
estate near the former city. She is as
wealthy as she is beautiful"
"She must be very wealthy, then,
said the American, with conviction.
The Russian smiled.
Monsieur speaks the truth he
said. "He is also like all Americans
very gallant When we take zakouskt
again, we will drink to the Princess
Romanovna."
with pleasure" said Hardy.
After two very comfortable nights
the train bearing Frederick Courtlan'
Hardy arrived, about noon, at kha
barovka, on the lordly Amur. 1t hat
been raining and the low wooden sta
ton resembled an ark stranded L
seas of black mud.
Hardy found an agent of the con
pany awaiting him here, San tTar
ciscan, who nearly fell on his nee
at seeing a fellow countryman an
hearing again the English languag
spoken. He did not know that Anne
leans could become so demonstrativ
His goods were loaded upon teleg
i sort of long boat upon wheels an
Z without springs, and were sent ava
\ to the AleXsay at it's wharf, two
\ three miles distant, while Hardy ar
1 the agent took seats in droshky al
\ tore furiously away to the company
a store, over rocks and through ru
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plied Hardy. Il came here 10 Wo'N'
not TO mingle in fashionable society
and. anyhow, '-suddenly rememOer,"3
his changed fortunes-"it IS not Hhg'
" that a princess would become WHO
" enthusiastic over slorekeeper'
The next morning Hardy took MS
Mace in the railway train bound mort"
through Siberia for KhabarovEa, Oh
tho Am,Ir He had obtained a mrs.
class compartment and sat wa'llhs ~
the train to pull out on schedule '''''
eight o'clock H.,
The hour arrived but the tram u'a
not move. A quarter'pasl' nan !''','
and still there were no signs ol ~
nartrre AT last, impatient he aToso
and stepped out into the long ma ' ~,
baI1 that ran the entire length o' NV
nor An intelligentlooking kuSS'"'
yeas nncing up ana down, ana ' MN
, m"s asl,ed in the best French at MS
command: u,,.. 10 we
not start 49, prs,ior
o,bey are waiting for the princess ,,, ~ p,
.,anovna-ah! here she comes "o"
The American looked from the VIII, WIZ
,,n 4 droshky was driving up a." ,,o
IN # sat a tall slender ana eN ',noro,
w graceful woman. fairy 5'', ,pa oar
n costly flowers thar h!IeG ,Ne ~,
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There were no conVicts anywhere IN
e'oht no fields OF ice or snow. IN
stead he was iomneying on a pleas
ant summers day through vividly
green prairie, wide as the eye cou'o
roach where fat cattle waded up 10
+boir knees in lush grass, and yello"
d9ndelions, as large as tea saucers'
orl fierce tiger-lilies, sWayed ana
,odded by the million in the balmy
hroago He had expected to find some
thing different. somehow, in the as
ract of Siberia Itself, something SIMS
'-r and forbidding Yet this, save 10Y
.,o greater luXurance of the Vegeta-
ION and the prolusion and brilliancy
If the flowers. might have been
..,.,tcb of Minnesota or Manitoba
Weary at last OF sitting, Hardy
wont ont into the long hall at one SIDE
If the car and walked up ana down
Horn he found the Russian who spoke
1ronch also promenading, and
squeezed against the wall seVerai
times to let him pass,
pardon. monsieur said this gen
uaman as the train stopped, but we
remain here long enough TO laNt
rakouska. Perhaps you feel the heeo
n refreshment? DO you know VIVA
the zakouska ISL
"Oh. yes" replied Hardy Laughing !,
oI know what zakouska is very wen
! should indeed like some
...W
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CHAPTER TX.
Into Siberia.

Into Siberia.
The journey into Siberia was begun!
Siberia, that vast mysterious region
whose very name has come to be
synonymous with all that is most
dreaded by the human race--exile,
eternal farewells, the clanking of
chains over endless frozen roads, the
knout, despair, all the horrors of n
living death!
Hardy sat in his compartment of
one of the tirst-class cars and gazed
from the window, eagerly scanning
the landscape for some sign or evi
dence of the things that had given the
country its sinister reputation. His
first impression, as the train left
/ Nladivostok behind. was a complete
refutation of all preconceived notions
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NoPsls.

n fashionable Boston ';itoh
|,i a. wealth. was jilted
-, nii nv a friend to take
nj Nan an Trading COMPANY
|p re- his Journey through
,J,alnieton Neville, sup up
|,b1,an. They agreed 10
insia Because OF sus
U.S. U.S. they were several
nth u the Japanese. HARDY y
p folnnd upon his person
ling maps of Jap forts orr !,
,n ne sniltless. On a tram
Nal.i,lie's shoes Jap found
'i prIroying him to be a
ordfy departed for Rus !,
a. which was wrecked
" He was rescued Dy
1 ar on reaching Vladl ,
eli treated. He started
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CHAPTER VIII.


enter the Princess.
W go 10 the American con
'lafdy as soon as | land,
should like to get located
NI ! can catch the first
steamer up the river It's
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>PTER VII.

pTER VII.
+akouska.
steamer that took Har-
,stok was an iron tub
|ariety. and not a soul
sneak a word of any
nd before by the Amer
became aware, how
red faced burly captain
Hcers meant to be kind
At their idea of friend
4 principally in getting
drink as much and as
POSSIBLE. After vainly
converse with him and
that he was American,
Id him to the dining
,duced him to one OF the /
ons of Russia, the "a |
CHI of hors-d'oeuvres,
with much strong drink.
the room, near the side
was set, spread with
rdines. sardels, caviar,
ckled fish, sandwiches,
n bottles. The captain
Fo generous bumpers OF
d into glasses, handed
clinked and drained the
he other at IA gulp. Har-
the liquid, and the tears
eyes; he nearly stran-
ked about for water, but
was to learn soon that
mixing and washing pur-
one thing most difficult
hin in Holy Russia.
lasted. off and on, for
r.
Ing the utmost firmness
good nature, Hardy man
through without getting
by accomplishing a feat
liable in a foreigner &C
ian hospitality.
afternoon they entered
Int harbor of Vladiyostok
high rock, crowned with
that stands as a sentinel
The city, not visible
moment, burst suddenly
Jew and gave him a very
lpressiOn of the country
he had come to live anc
if possible, his shattered
Iere, browning the hills
te the harbor, was a mod
Rn city of houses, many o
al stories in height, evi
OF brick and stone. A cou
Of-war. very trim in thei
besides numerous mel
Is flying the Russian has
or in the bay, while seN
g sampans and a junk o
g about. bore witness tina
remes of the east and tn
and overlap. Two or thre
pans, indeed, floated up t
p as she cast anchor. an
,ued owners made clamo
alton to carry any on
might wish to go. Hard
y picked out the Celesti'
earance best suited hir
whether he would tai
money, when he noticed
oh rapidly approaching. al
voice hailed him.
an American on boa
Hardy shouted back, thri
sudden delight al the SOU
o'heriongue, how did y,
cut of your clothes. Whe
aggage?"
cabin"
sAt said the man in t
! have it brought out. G
I'd III take YOU ashore"
words OF gruff Russian to t
'nd Hardy's trunks and bi
brought out, and five m
ne was flying ashore in
he American Trading Co
was leaving. the capti
ana wrung his hand, ask
asa?"
'''s to know" explained II
as over the rail. "if l WI
'laAa Eve had zakou'
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Romanovna being aboard, the train
started slowly on its 500.mile journey
to Khabarovka.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
A FOOD FAoDIsT'S FIX.

John D. Rockefeller Jr was con graduated in his office recently on the fact that he. like the poet Maeter- linck and other famous men, has talk en to the motorcycle. says the New York Tribune
 And has motorcycling benefited your health?'' his congratulator. a journalist. ventured to ask.
 'I think it has Mir. Rockefeller re piled. "T won't ask you. though to take note Of my clear eye and good colorts or might find myself in the food faddist's fix.
 "A food faddist was lecutrinS to a large audience on the marvellous re- suit. 10 he obtained from chewing soup. or eating mt butter. or some thing of that kind. He was not q very imposing person physically, but swelling out his chest. he slapped it thrice with his palm and cried;
 Friends. two years ago I was a walking skeleton. haS2ard. miser- able wreck Now what do you sup pose brought about this great change in me-"
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
THE APPALLING SCORE
 BY WHICH NORMAL WON
The Tempe High School Defeated by
 IS to 2.

For the sake of tho feeling of the high school students. The Republican would chccrfully omit all reference to [ yesterdays baseball game between the team representing that school and the normal, which was played on the normal grounds. It is. a papers busi ness, however. to give the news. and consequently il must be announced that the normal won yesterdays game by the appalling score of IS to ?. IL was the normarS game all the way through With the high school. it was simply q case of each player stepping up tu the bat and either flaming out or dying on some one of the bases once Dykes made a lovely hit and got as far as third on it. but was put out there With the normal it was vast ly different Generally half a dozen players went to bat each inning, and now and then the majority of them got in. on one occasion, ten men bat ted in one inning and seven of them made runs.
 The high school was hardly up to its usual form. Then, too. the boys grew little discouraged and didn't play ball as well as they might have. They realized that they faced a good hard proposition and hardly expected to win; neither. though, did they expect to be as badly defeated as they were. From the early start of the game it was plainly evident that the high school had no show of winning. At the beginning of the sixth inning the score stood I4 for the normal, while as vet the high school had failed to get within sight of the home plate.
 The batteries yesterday were: High school, Dimes and Pine: normal. Hal bert and Haby. Rudolph umpired and gave much better satisfaction than he did a week ago.
 The winning of yesterdays game by the normal gives it an excellent show now for The Republican cup. Next Saturdays game with the Hcsa high school will come pretty nearly telling the story. It will be the game of the season in Tempe.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
MESA DEPARTMEMT
P|NEA|R ASSURED LIBERAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
For tho Summer Mountain Resort of
 Mesa.

The stockholders of the Pinedir sum mer resort to be located fiftynine miles cast of Mesa. met yesterday afternoon in the Mesa opera house. The objects of the meeting were to listen to the report oc ;he soliciting committee and to proceed to the cleo ton of new board of directors in ac- cordance with the bylaws.
 A number of speeches were made by the representative citizens of the country. but probably the most inter esting were those made by the men who have visited Pineair in the heat of midsummer. saving that wheg lcav-
 ing here the thermometer stood al 1ln. while there it registered from & to S0.
 The soliciting committee reported that ,7.5O0 had been registered and that a good portion of the community had not been canvaSsed. While Mesa City has been pretty well covered. yet there is d large portion "f the south side that must be CanvasSe1 before the returns are complete The meet ing adjourned to meet in two weeks. when it will be determined just when work will be begun on the roadway which is the real issue in the build ing of q summer resort. The estimates placed upon the cost of the road are somewhat at variance. the lowest be- ing placed at t10.000.
 While the formal action leading to the final conclusioI that Pineair was as sured was not taken at the meeting yesterday. vet it was the opinion of ev- -ery man in the mass meeting that the resort is assured. There were some present who stated that there would be parties pack over the trail this summer in tho event that some un- foreseen obstacle should prevent the building of the road.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
INSANITY SUSPECT
 BROKE FOR LIBERTY
A Passing Shot Only Hurried Him
 On.

A stranger suspected of insanity and giving the name of Joe Encts. gave Justice of the Peace Carr and Constable Estrada lively experience night before last. During the after noon Enets was brought to town by 70. C Watson. who found him occu- pying an irrigating ditch. He was sent up for ten days by the justice. with the idea of allowing him that much time in the county jail to dem
 onstrate his mental condition. He was taken to jail for safe keeping until train time Toward evening the justice was called there to look into the condition of another occupant He was accompanied by the constable. and both were inside the jail when Enets made break for liberty. The door had been left unlocked. and he went out through it like flash. He struck out back of the mill and head
 cd for the river. Estrada gave chase and was joined by a Mexican. The constable took shot at the fugitive, with the intention of soaring him to a standstill. but it only lent impetus to his speed. Reaching the river. he waded through it, closely pursued by the two men. He was overtaken short distance the other side Of the stream. and brought back. and was later safely lodged in the county jail;
 Charles Johnson. man rather along in years and absolutely destitute. was also sent up for five days. He will no doubt eventually find his way to the county hospital. as bc is suffer- ing from an affliction that makes it almost impossible for him to walk.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
CATTLE GIVING WAY
 TO HUNGER AND THIRST
The Great Need of Rain in Eastern
 Mountains.

Charles Granger of the Shattuck Nim- 1 mo Warehouse company and the Mesa Roosevelt Stage company. returned from Roosevelt yesterday and reports that the water problems on the ranges 1 is reaching alarming proportions. It appears that the feed which is with Tn reasonable distance of water has long since been eaten into the ground and there have been no rains to bring up any more. A number of the cat tlemen from the Tonto basin district have taken their animals over into tn" Sierra Anchas where feed is good. but they were unable to hold them there on account of there being no drinking water for them.
 Not ony are the cattle dying. but Roosevelt. situated as it is. right in the cattle country. is practically with ont fresh meat MT. O'RoUrke, tn" contractor in charge of the building of the dam. if is understood, has cn- tered into negotiations to have four hundred pounds of fresh meat sent to his camp daily from this valley on account of the inadequaCy of the To- cal markets.
 It is estimated that n" less than fiv" hundred cattle within q radius of comparatively few miles have died within the past few weeks on account nf lack of either food or water. one stockinan is quoted as saving that hc counted twenty seven head of dead animals on a tract of ground not con taining two acres. and that the most unfortunate part of it was that they carried his brand
 However. drouthy conditions are not confined to the Tonto basin by any means. The conditions on tho desert to the east of Mesa arc about as bad as it is possible for them to become as far as feed is concerned. Of course it is possible to drive the stock to the river. but they have to be taken back for feed to the desert.
 The ranchers to the cast of town who are in the irrigated district are complaining of the desert cattle break ing into their fields when they come off the range in a starved condition The animals. it appears. when they see the green fields of alfalfa are un- able to understand just what wire fence is intended for and proceed to climb over or under. which ever or fers the least resistance.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
GONE TO ST. JOHNS.

l.. k. Gibbons has gone to S;. John $, Arizona. to look after his sheep in- terests and will prepare place of res idcnce. when Mrs. Gibbons and the children will join him. probably in about ten days. In the going of NIT Gibbons Mesa loses ono of her most substantial and most highly esteemed business men. While not given to an nouncing himself with d blare of trumpets. he was nevertheless sue cessful business man and probably IS one of the most cordially liked men of the town His leaving the firm of Lesueur. Gibbons x co. was on ac- count of his health. He is by no means 4 sick man, as the term IS generally applied. but he realized that the close confinement he was sub jccted to in the proper management of large grocery business was not for the best
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
MESA
THE NEED OF INSPECTORS.

w. k. Bowen. horticultural inspect or for this district. has returned from Phoenix. where he has just finished assisting in the inspection of one ship ment of 1000 orange trees. OIt of the lot there were approximately loo trees that were badly affected, which. of course. were thrown out The evi- dence was that the trees showing dis ease were those that had not been properly dipped. While 100 trees out of 1000 is not an alarmingly large number. it is d large enough num- Der if they had been allowed to pass muster and be set out in an orchard. thereby subjectinG the entire acreage tn the same pest
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
poINcs IN OUR TOWN.

Mrs. R. A. Lamb aud two children left for Weeks station yesterday. where they will join MT Lamb.
 George Dobson was in town yester- day. the first time in several days on account of illness.
 Mountains will be the subject this morning at the M. l.. church. and New Weapons" will be the theme for tho evening services.
 There was a meeting of the stock holders of the Mesa Dairy and Tee company yesterday morning in the Mesa opera house. Mrs. H e. Dobertson has returned from a ten days visit with her sister who resides in Yuma.
 The cement basement for the new Mahoney building on Macdonald street is complete. Harry Hersey, after a visit of sev- eraI days in the city. has returned to his home at Fish Creek. c. c. Lewis was in from his desert ranch in the Higley district yester- day.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-13
RENAISSANCE AT MESA
 0F THE TALl0W CANDLE
Something Went Wrong With the
 Generator.

on account of the burning ont of a generator at the local power plant Mesa has gone back to the tallnw can dle age and il is given out that this condition may last for a day or two at least. X thirty-two kilowst gen orator was installed or will be scina time today. which it is thought will meet part of the demands.
 The city waterworks it is believed will not be put out of commission pro- vidcd the people will be very consid- crate and under no consideration use any water unnecessarily. In the event that the generator does not supply power enough tn furnish water for the city it is understood that d thresh . ing machine engine will be installed so that the regular users of city wa ter may not be discomodcd.