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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-28
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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-04-15

''Oh, it's you, Uoll, yOu!" she cried.
Hungarians, full Of the wind in rig
gfng, the storm in the pines, of shrek
Ing, vast forces hurtling unchained
through resounding and infinite
space.
what is that?" gasped Ortle.
She ran to him.
"Oh, it's you, you, you" she cried.
He held her closely. do you think
it is good to get quite so nervous,
sweetheart" he asked gently then.
"Remember"-
''Oh, do. dor she broke in ear
nestly. every moment of my waking
and sleeping hours l remember him.
Always keep his little soul before me
as light on shrine. But tonight
oh, tonight, I could laugh and shout
aloud like the people in the Bible, with
clapping of handsr' She Struggled her.
self close to Orde with little murmur
of happiness. Il think of all the beau
tiful things" she whispered, land of
the noble things and of the great
things. He is going to be sturdy, like
his father-a wonderful boy, boy all
| of fire.
Like his mother" said Orde.
She smiled up at him. 81 want him
| just like you, dear" she pleaded.
fro BE CONTINUED
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Of the daredevil In expfession, beyond
the first youth, h4rdenedssinto an en-
during stoughnesss Of aber-bad men
from the Saginaw in truth and. unless
Orde was mistaken, men just off a
drunk and therefore especially danger
Gus. men eager to fight at the drop Of
the hat and ready togemploy all the
terrifying weapons of the rough and
tumble. RT 81 ~ss5 = t,sS
''Who's your boss?" asked Orde.
'The Rough Red" man snarled.
Orde had heard of this man, of his
personality and his deeds. Like Silver
Jack of the Muskegon, his exploits had
been celebrated in song. A big, broad
faced man, with red beard, strong as
bull and savage as wild beast, it
was said that while jobbing for Morri-
son & DAILY in some Of that firms Sag
NAV valley holdings the Rough Red
discovered that horse had gone lame.
He called the driver of that team be-
fore him, seized an iron starting bar
and with it broke the mans leg. ''Try
tn lameness yourself, Barney AIallan,"
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was unable to struggle against the 81
sgantic riverman. He was pinned back
against the wall, and the Rough Reds
face was within two feet of his own.
And how are We, ye ould darlint"
shouted the latter, with roll Of oaths.
" why, Jim Bourke.. cried Orde.
The Rough Red jerked him to his
feet and pounded him nightly on the
back
"You ould snoozerw he beloved
"Where tn blankety blank did ye
come from? Byes," he shouted to the
men, 'its me ould boss on tn Au
Sable six year back-that time, We
mind, whin we had tn ice jam! Glory
be, but I'm glad to see yer
Il didn't know you'd turned into the
Rough Red" laughed Orde. H
The Rough Red grinned.
what have We been doin'?"
"That's just it, Jimmy" said Orde,
drawing the giant one side, out of
ear shot "All my eggs are in one
basket, and it's a mean trick of you
to hire out for filthy lucre to kick that
basket"
"What do We mane?" asked the
Rough Red.
'You don't mean to tell me-" coun-
tered Orde, "that this crew has been
sent up here just to break out those
measly little rollways?'
"Thlm?" said the Rough Red.
| Thin? Not much! Trims my body
guard. They can lick their weight in
wild cats, and I'd loike well to see tn
gang Of highbankers that infists this
river thry to pry thin out. We were
stint here to foight. Me boss and tn
sucker that's droiven this river has
a row on.'
Jimmy" said Orde, didn't you
| know that / am the gentleman last
mentioned? I'm driving this river,
! and that's my dam-keeper you've got
hid away somewhere here, and that's
my water you're planning to waste"
whats" In tone of vast astonisb-
ment, the Rough Red mentioned his
probable deserts in the future life.
LUX here, Jack" said he after a
moment, there's crew of white water
birlers that We can't beat nowheres
What do We want us to do? We're
now gettin' 81 day and board from
that murderin' ould villain Heinzman
so we can afford to wurrk for yt
cheap"
Orde hesitated.
"Oh, please do now, darlintw whee
died the Rough Red, his little eyes
agleam with mischief. ''Sind us some
more peavies, and Wen hip We on yure
rollways. And till us afore We &C
how We want this dam, and that's TIL
way she'll be. Come, now, dear, and
amt We short handed now?"
Orde slapped his knee and laughed.
This is sure one deuce of joker
he cried. at sure be!
'.Fll take you boys on" said Ordt
at last, lat the usual wages-dollal
and a half for the jam, three for the
rear. l doubt il you'll see much Of
Heinzman's money when this leak.
f"' -~----------~----'
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said he. To appeal to the charity of
such man would be utterly useless.
Orde saw this point. He picked up his
reins and spoke to his team.
A huge riverman planted himself
squarely in the way. The others, ris-
ing, slowly surrounded the rig.
He drove deliberately ahead, forcing
the men to step aside, and stopped his
horses by a stub He tied them there
and descended. A huge form appear
ed above the river bank.
Orde made out the great square fig
ure of the boss, his soft hat, his fam
ing red beard, his dingy mackinaw
coat, his dingy black and white check
ed flannel shirt. his dingy blue trousers
tucked into high socks, and, instead OF
driving boots, his ordinary lumber
mans rubbers. In a moment he thrust
through the brush and stood before
Qrde. He stared at the young man,
and then, with wild Irish yell, leap
ed upon him. Olde, caught unawares
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-04-15
Ole
Riyernldn
BY STEWART
EDWARD WHITE
Copyright. 1908. by the Mcclure Com.
pany. Copyright. 1907. 1908. by
Stewart Edward White
[coNT1NuEp.l

"What would you do?" asked Orde..
''Well,' said Denning slowly and
with a certain grim joy, II don't bet
those Saginaw river pigs are any more
two listed than the boys on this river.
I'D go up and clean 'em OUT
Wont do" negatived Orde briefly.
SIN the first place, as you know very
well, we're short handed now, and we
can't spare the men from the work.
In the second place, we'd hang up
sure
1T isn't fair game. Delay will
hang us. Taking men off the work
will hang us. I've got to see what can
be done by talking to them"
Talking" Denning snorted. "You
might as well whistle down the draft
pipe of hades! They'll kill you, sure!'
I'm scared. I'm willing to admit it.
But ] don't see what else to do. OF
course he's got no rights, but what
good does that do us after our water
is gone? And, Jim, my son, if we
hang this drive I'll be buried so deep !
never will dig myself out. No; I've
got to CO."
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for a first glimpse Of Carroll in more
than two months, he gazed with an
immense satisfaction over the broad
river moving brown and glacierlike, as
though the logs that covered 1t were
viscid and composed all its substance.
The enterprise was practically assur-
ed of success.
For awhile now Orde was to have a
breathing spell. A large number OF
men were here laid off. The remain
der, under the direction of Jim Den
ming, would require little or no actual
supervision. Until the jam should
have reached the distributing booms
above Monrovia the affair was very
simple. Before he left, however, be
called Denning to him.
"Jim," said he, "I'H be down to see
you through the sideways at Red
ding, of course. But now that you
have good, still stretch of river l
want you to include in our drive all
the Heinzman logs from above you
possibly can. If you can fix 1t. let
their drive drift down into ours"
''Then We'll have to drive their logs
for them," objected Denning.
"Sure," rejoined Orde, but it's easy
driving, and if that crew of his hasn't
much to do perhaps he'll lay most of
them off here at Redding."
Denning looked at his principal for
a moment, then slow grin overspread
his face Without comment he turned
back to camp, and Orde took up his
reins.
y r
ooh, I'm so glad to get you back"
cried Carroll over and over again as,
she chung to him. 81 don't live while
you're away. And every drop of rain
that patters on the roof chills my
heart, because think Of it as chilling
you. Dear heart, don't leave me
again."
She shook her head at him slowly, a
mysterious smile on her lips. Without
explaining her thought she slipped
from his knee and glided across to the
tall golden harp, which had been
brought from Monrovia. The light and
| diaphanous silk of her loose peignoir
foated about her, defining the matur-
ing grace of her figure. Abruptly she
struck a great crashing chord.
| Then, with an abandon of ecstasy,
she plunged into one of those wild and
sea blown, saga-like rhapsodies of the
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Chapters
| "a N

"HUS Orde, by the sheer good
luck that sometimes favors men
engaged in large enterprises,
not only frustrated plan like
~ to bring failure to his interests, but
filed up his crews. 1t may be re-
marked here, as well as later, that the
''terrors of the Saginaw stayed with
the drive to its finish and proved re-
liable and tractable in every particu-
lar.
The Rough Reds enormous strength,
daredevil spirit and nimbleness Of body
made him invaluable at this danger
GUS work. The crews on the various
beats now had their hands.full to keep
the logs running. The slightest check
at any one point meant jam, for there
was no way of stopping the amending
procession.
Jams on the river, contrary to gen.
eral belief, are of very common occur
renee. Throughout the length Of the
drive there were probably three or
four hangups day. Each Of these
had to be broken, and in the breaking
was danger.
Orde after the rear was well started
patrolled the length Of the drive in his
light blackboard. At times he remain
ed at one camp for several days watch
ing the trend Of the work The Inn
provements made during the preceding
summer gave him the greatest salts
faction, especially the apron at the
falls.
No trouble was experienced until
Heinzman's rollways were reached.
Here Orde had doomed a free channel
to prevent Heinzman from filling up
the entire river bed with his rollways.
When the jam Of the drive had de-
scended the river as far as this Heinz
man had not yet begun to break out.
Hardly had Orde's first crew passed,
however, when Heinzman's men began
Long before the rear caught up Heinz
mans drive was in the water min
gled with the sixty or eighty million
feet Orde had in charge.
The situation was plain. All Heinz
man now had to do was to retain a
small crew, which should follow after
the rear in order to sack what logs the
latter should leave stranded. AS it
was impossible in so great mass of
timbers and in the haste of pressing
labor to distinguish or discriminate
against any single brand. Heinzman
was in fair way to get his logs sent
downstream with practically no ex-
| pense.
"Vell, my boy" remarked the Ger
man quite frankly to Orde as they met
on the road one day, ''looks like got
4 You dis time. eh?'' - y, svsFy&t. a
Orde laughed. @ef 4sSS t%&@
IF you mean your logs are going
down with ours, why, ! guess you
have. But you paste this in your hat
you're going to keep awful busy, and
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One day when anto eooies.
Orde's blackboard drew into camp he
sent Bourke away to repair damages
while he called the cookee to help I'M
pack several heavy boxes of hardware.
They proved to contain about thirty
small hatchets, well sharpened and
each with leather guard. When the
rear crew had come in that night Orde
distributed the hatchets.
Boys said he, while you're on
the work l want you all to keep
watch out for these H logs, and
whenever you strike one want you
to blaze it plainly so there won't be
any mistake about it,
What for?" asked Saginaw man.
! A riverman nudged him.
"Just do what you're told to on this
| river and you'll see fun sure"
Three days later the rear crew ran
! into the head of the pond above Reeds
I dam. To every ones surprise, Orde
4 called halt on the work and announc-
ed a holiday.
Now, holidays are unknown on drive.
Barely is time allowed for eating and
sleeping. Nevertheless all that day
the men lay about in complete idle
ness. The pond filed with logs. From
above the current, aided by a fair
wind, was driving down still other
logs-the forerunners of the little drive
astern. At sight of these some Of the
\ men grumbled. Were losin' what we
made" said they. I'VE left them logs
and sorted 'em out once already"
Orde sent couple of axmen to blaze
the newcomers. A little before sun
down he ordered the sluice gates Of
the dam opened. M
might work." said the men to one
another.
Sure enough, after supper Orde sud-
denly appeared among them.
"Get organized, boys" said he brisk
ly. 'We've got to get this pond all
suiced before morning"
The men took their places.
"Sluice through everything but the
H logs" Orde commanded. "Work
them off to the left and leave them"
The sluicing, under the impetus of a
big crew, went rapidly. There's near
million an hour going through there,
speculated Orde, watching the burden
ed waters Of the chute. And In this
work the men distinguished easily the
new white blaze marks on Heinzman's
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It's going to cost
you something to
get 'em down."
Orde's drivers
kept a sharp look
out for III logs
and wherever pos
sible thrust them
aside into c>ldies
and backwaters.
This, Of course,
merely made work
for the s a C K ers
Heinzman had left
above the rear.
Soon they were in
charge of a very
fair little drive of
their own. Their
lot was not envi-
able.
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Chapter ~
| Is A

n GROUP of three small log cab
IN ins marked the Johnson and
IN later the Heinzman camp.
From the chimneys a smoke
arose. Twenty or thirty rivermen
lounged about the sunny side of the
largest structure. Orde clucked to his
horses, and the spidery wheels of The
blackboard swung lightly over the wet
hummocks, to come to stop opposite
the men.
"Eello, boyst" said he cheerfully.
Noeone replied. Orde looked them
over with some interest. They were a
dirty. unkempt, unshaven, hard look
inc lot. with bloodshot eyes, flicker
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-09-15

singular appearance of the old man
who had come like an apparltlon
chilled him. In a moment, however, it
occurred to him that he was victim
Of mistaken identity. AS far as he
knew there was no one on Beaver
island who was expecting him. To
the best of his knowledge he was a
fool for being there. His crew aboard
the sloop had agreed upon that point
with extreme vehemence and to a man
had attempted to dissuade him from
the mad project upon which he was
launching himself among the Mormons
in their island stronghold. All this
came to him while the little old man
was looking up into his face, chuck
ling, and shaking his hand as If he
we're one of the most important and
most greatly to be desired personages
in the world.
Hope there's nothing wrong.
Cap'n?" he repeated.
Right as a trivet here, dad" re-
piled the young man, dropping the
cold hand that still persisted in cling
ing to his own. But l guess you've
got the wrong party. Who's expecting
me?"
The old mans face wrinkled itself
in a grimace and one cleaning eye
opened and closed in an understanding
wink.
"Ho no, ho!-of course you're not
expected. Anyway, you're not ex-
pected to be expected! Cautious-a
born general mighty clever thing to
do. Strang should appreciate it." The
old man gave vent to his own approba-
ton in a series of inimitable chuckles
rs that your sloop out there?" he in
quired interestedly.
Something in the strangeness of the
situation began to interest Captain
Plum. He had planned little adven-
ture of his own, but here was one that
promised to develop into something
more exciting. He nodded his head,
That's her."
Splendid cargo" went on the old
man. Splendid cargo, chr"
pretty fair"
Powder in good shape, eh?"
DRY as tinder."
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MrCOURA(IE of
CAPTAIN Plum
o. JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD
ffLUSIRKIIONS @ EfAGNUS GKETTNER !.

from its concealment. A sudden turn
and Captain Plum would certainly
have been startled. For 1t was a weird
object, this spying bead; its face dead
white against the dense green of the
verdure, with shocks of long white
hair hanging down on each side, fra
ming between them pair of eyes that
cleaned from cavernous sockets, like
black glowing beads. There was I'M
mistakable fear, tense anxiety in
those glittering eyes as Captain Plum
walked toward the paper, but when
he paused and stretched himself, the
sole of his boot carelessly trampling
the discarded letter. the head disap-
peared again and there came another
satisfied bird-like chuckle from the
gloom of the thicket.
Captain Plum now put on his coat.
buttoned 1t close to conceal the weap-
ons in his belt, and walked along the
narrow water-run that crept like a
white ribbon between the lake and
the island wilderness. No sooner had
he disappeared than the bushes and
vines behind the rock were torn asun-
der and a man wormed his way
through them. For an instant he
paused, listening for returning foot
steps, and then with startling agility
darted to the beach and seized the
crumpled letter.
The person who for the greater part
of the afternoon had been spying upon
80
the thicket was to all appearances a
very small and very old man, though
there was something about him that
seemed to belle first guess at his
age. His face was emaciated; his hair
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was white and hung in struggling
masses on his shoulders; his
hooked nose bore apparently the
infallible stamp of extreme age.
Yet there was a strange and UNI
canny strength and quickness In
his movements. There was no stoop
to his shoulders. His head was set
squarely. His eyes were as keen as
steel. 1t would have been impossible
to have told whether he was fifty OF
seventy. Eagerly he smoothed out
the abused missive and evidently sue
ceeded even in the failing light in de-
ciphering much of 1t, for the glimmer
of smile flashed over his thin fea-
lures as he thrust the paper into his
pocket
Without a moments hesitation he
set out on the trial of Captain Plum.
A quarter of a mile down the path he
overlook the object of his pursuit.
"Ah, how do you do, sir?" he greet
ed as the younger man turned about
upon hearing his approach. "A mighty
fast pace you're setting for an old
man, sir!" He broke into laugh
that was not altogether unpleasant,
and boldly held out hand. We've
been expecting you, but-not in this
way. ] hope there's nothing wrong?'
Captain Plum had accepted the
proffered hand. Its GOODNESS and the
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well at night. I believe there is moth
ing like the Pinkham remedies" -
Mrs. CLARA FRANKS, R. F. D., No. 8,
Knoxville, Iowa.
The success Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, inham-
nation, liberation, tibroid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe 1t to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands Of others, and why should it
not euro youp
Ifyou want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for it,
1t is free and always helpful.
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1t Was Dirty, Muoh-wOrn Letter.

And balls-lots of balls, and few
guns, eh?"
Eyes, we have a few guns" said
Captain Plum. The old man noted the
emphasis, but the darkness that had
fast settled about them hid the added
meaning that passed in curious look
over the others face
odd way to come in, though-very
odd" continued the old man, CUR
Cling and shaking as If the thought of
it occasioned him great merriment.
Very cautious. Level business head.
Want to know that things are on the
square. eh?"
That's i'll" exclaimed Captain Plum.
catching at the proffered straw. In
wardly he was wondering when his
feet would touch bottom. Thus far
he had succeeded in getting but a
single grip on the situation. Some
body was expected at Beaver island
with powder and balls and guns. Well.
he had a certain quantity of these ma
terials aboard his sloop, and If he
could make an agreeable bargain
The old man interrupted the plan
that was slowly forming itself in Cap
tain Plum's puzzled brain.
It's the price, eh?" He laughed
shrewdly. You want to see the color
of the GOLD before you land the goods.
I'll show it to you. III pay you the
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Pulverized wood is sometimes mixed
with cement for making what is
known as wood concrete. This is
lighter than concrete that is made
with sand, Straw, seaweed and hay
are also pulverized for use instead of
wood The pulverized product is very
much like sawdust. The chief advan-
tage of wood concrete over ordinary
concrete is that 1t is soft enough to
permit of nails being driven into 1T,
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wrote to Mrs. Pink
ham and took Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Com pound
and Liver Pills, and
am glad to say that
your medicines and
kind letters Of di-
rections have done
more for me than
anything else and 1
had the best physi-
clans here. l can
do NV work and rest
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-09-15

"Why was Mahommet forced to go to
the mountain
"oh, suppose his doctor prescribed
It,"
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AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Cured Her

Knoxville, Iowa. -"I suffered with
pains low down in my right side for
year or more and was so weak and ner-
vous that could not do my work. 1
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Tong" appears to be the Chinese
word for BLACK hand"