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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-09-15
ODD NEW ZEALAND LlZARL
Tuatara Originally Had Four Eye s
but Has Lost Two In
Course of Ages.

The tuatara lizard, found in New
Zealand, is n OF the most ancient
forms Of animal life 10 found on
earth. Originally this lizard possessed
four eyes. but in the course of ages
1t has lost one pair. The t~uatara
lay eggs which are remarkable in
that they require fourteen months
to hatch. the embryo passing the wiz
ter in a state of Information.
The small survivors of past ages
are found only In q few f~localiti es al
are becoming very scarce, collectors
from every part OF the world being
continually on their trail. They are
about two feet in length and. in COM
mon with other lizards, have the for
tunate characteristic Of being able to
replace portions of thei- limbs or
tails which have been destroyed. II
Is asserted that one Of theae lizards.
owned by a naturalist, had the misfor-
tune some time ago to lose an eye,
and that a complete now eye, perfect
in every way. has grown In the place
Of the old one.-Montreal STANDARD.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-09-15
Twisting a Law.

A few weeks ago the Chinese Of
New Zealand were found to be doing
a very great deal Of the laundry work
available, and had SO thrown out Of
employment the women workers in
some of the l~aundries.
In New Zealand a laundry Is a fac
tory within the meaning Of the fac
tories act. SO 1t occurred to a law
maker that he could settle the Adifn-
Guilty Of this Chinese competition by
a neat amendment in the in~terpreta-
ton clause Of the act above men
toned.
An amendment was therefore draft
ed and printed and sent with the ut.
most seriousness and good faith to the
crown law ONCE for consideration; It
contained a provision in these words:
For the purposes Of this act (the fac
tories act), a Chinaman shail be deem
ed to be a girl under IS years Of age "
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-09-15
CHAPTER TX.
The Girl Of the Cabin.

The Girl Of the Cabin.
He saw Neb drop down before the
blazing fireplace. and curl up like q
tired dog, and observed her take the
lamp, open the door into the other
room a trifle, and slip silently out Of
sight. He remembered staring vaguely
about the little room. still illumined
by the flames, only half comprehending.
and then the reaction from his des.
perate struggle with the elements
overcame all resolution. and he drop.
ped his head forward on the table, and
lost consciousness. Her hand upon
his shoulder aroused him. startled in
to wakefulness. yet he scarcely real
ICED the situation.
Il have placed food for the negro
beside him." she said quietly. and for
the first time Keith detected the soft
blur in her speech.
You art from the South" he ex
claimed. as though it was q discovery,
"Yes-and you?"
my boyhood began In Virginia
the negro was an old-time slave u
our family"
She glanced across at the black
now sitting up and eating %voraciously
Il thought he had once been 9
slave; one can easily tell that die
not ask him to sit here because. !
y.u do not object. we will eat here
together. l have also been almos'
as long without food. 1t was 90 lone
ly here. and-and l hardly under stood
my situation-and l simply could mo-
force myself to eat"
He distinguished her words clearl!
enough, although she spoke low, as
she preferred what was said between
them should not reach the ears of th'
negro, yet somehow, for the moment
they made no adequate impression OF
him. Like a famished wolf he begai
OF the coarse fare, and for ten mir
utes hardly lifted his head. Then hi
eyes CHANGED to meet hers across thu
narrow table. and instantly the gen
tleman reawoke to life.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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"A cowman?"
"A little of everything, l reckon" .
touch Of returning bitterness in the
tone.T "A plainsman, who has punched
cattle. but my last job was govern
ment scout"
You look as though you might be
more than that" she said slowly.
The man flushed, his lips pressing
tightly together.
well. IL may have BEEN" he con-
fessed unwillingly. Il started out all
right. but somehow l reckon just
went adrift. It's a habit In this coun-
try"
Apparently those first words of COM
ment had left her lips unthinkingly, for
she made no attempt to reply; merely
stood there directly facing him, her
clear eyes gazing frankly into his
own. He seemed to actually see her
nov for the first time, fairly-a sup
pie, slender figure, simply dressed.
with wonderfully expressive brown
eyes. a perfect wealth of dark hair, q
clear complexion with slight olive
tinge to it, a strong. intelligent face,
not strictly beautiful, yet strangely
attractive, the forehead low and broad,
the nose straight. the lips full and in
cline,i to smile. Suddenly a vague re-
membrance brought recognition.
why, | know YOU now"
Indeed" the single word a note OF
undislyuished surprise.
Yes; l thought o looked oddly
familiar all the time, but couldn't for
the life Of me connect up. You're
Christie Maclaire."
Am II" her eyes filled with curl.
osity.
"Of course you are. You needn't
be afraid Of me II you want 1t kept
secret, but l know you Just the same.
Saw you at the 'Gaiety' in Indepsn.
dence. maybe two months ago. l went
three times. mostly on YOU account.
You've got a great act, and you can
sing too"
She stood in silence, still looking
fxedly at him. her bosom rising and
falling, her lips parted as II to speak.
Apparently she did not know what to
do. how to act. and was thinking
swiftly.
Mr.. Keith" she said, at last In de.
cision, II am going to ask you to blot
that all QUITO forget that you ever
suspect me Of being Christie Maclaire,
Of the Gaiety."
why. certainly; but would you ex
plain ?"
There is little enough to explain. II
is sufficient that l am here alone with
you. Whether l wish to or not. I an
compelled to trust myself to your pro
lection. You may call me Christie
Maclaire, or anything else you please;
you may eve think me unworthy re
spect. but you possess the face Of
gentleman. and as such l am going t.
' trust you'll must trust you. win YOU
accept my confidence on these
terms?"
Keith did not smile, nor move
Weak from hunger and fatigue, b.
leaned YEARLY against the wall
Nevertheless that simple. womanly %
peal awoke all that was strong ans
sacrificing within him. although -
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-09-15
SYNOPSIS.

Jack Keith. a Virginian, now a Dor
der plainsman, is riding along the santa
fe trail on the lookout for roaming wal
parties of savages. He notices a camp
FIRE at a distance and then sees a team
attached to a wagon and at full galloI
pursued by men on ponies. When keith
reaches the wagon the raiders have mass
acred two men and departed. He searches
he victims finding papers and a lockei
with q woman's portrait. He resolves tc
hunt down the murderers. Keith Is ar
murder. his accuser being a rufian named
Black Bart. He goes to Jail fully realiz-
ing the peril of swift border justice, a
Companion In his cell is Il negro, who
tells him he is Neb and that he knew the
keith family back in Virginia. Neb says
one IF the murdered men was Johr
etbley. the other Gen. Willis Waite. for
The plainsman and Neb escape from the
cell. and later the two fugitives become
lost Ia the sand desert.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-09-15
Establishing q Reputation.

III l knew how to go about 1t, l
would have every dog in my store
tried before a Judge and jury for as
sault and battery" said the animal
dealer. UNLESS he was convicted and
executed l could get about three
prices for him.
Every time a dog Is hailed to court
on the charge Of having bitten some
body l attend the trial and take part
In the reception the beast holds after
his acquittal. A. dog that has enough
class about him to pfecipitate a law.
suit couldn't be bought for love or
money. but II his master wished to
sell him he could do so 9 dozen times
over before leaving the courtroom.
Even II II has been proved that
the dog does show his teeth once in
a while there are people willing to
take chances just for the sake Of own.
ing a dog that has so much charac.
ter. Selling dogs being In my line, !
have studied up a good many ways ia
advertise, butt trial by jury is the beet
way SO far discovered"
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at the slender, gray clad figure, the al
most girlish face under the ~shadowing
dark hair, expecting the marvellous
vision to vanish. Surely this could
not be real. A woman. and such a
woman as this here. and alone, of all
places! He staggered from weakness,
almost terror. and grasped the table
to hold himself erect. The rising
wind came swirling In through the
open door. causing the fire to send
forth spirals of smoke, and he turned,
dragging the dazed negro within. and
swapping the latch behind him. When
he glanced around again he fully be-
lieved the vision confronting him
would have vanished. But no! there
she yet remained, those wide-open.
frightened brown eyes. with long lash,
es half hiding their depths, looking d.
rectly into his own; only o she had
Slightly changed her posture, leaning
toward him across the table. Like a
flash he comprehended that this was
reality-lesh and blood-and, with
the swift instinct Of a gentleman, his
numbed, nerveless fingers jerked off
his hat. and he bowed b%areheaded be-
fore her.
Pardon me-" he said, finding his
voice with difficulty. 81 fell over the
step. but-but l didn't expect to find
a woman here"
He heard her quick breathing, mark
ed a slight change in the expression of
tho Aarlr ouoc and Danoht tho rJiftnr
of the freight on a revolver In her
lowered hand.
What did you expect to ind?"
Il hardly knew" he explained lame
ly; I'VE stumbled on this hut by acct.
dent. l didn't know there was a
cabin in all this valley"
Then you are not here for any
purpose? to meet with any one?"
mo; we were lost. and had gone
into camp up above. when We discov'
cred your light
Where do you come from"
Keith hesitated last an instant, yet
~falsehood was never easy for him, and
he saw no occasion for any deceit
now.
Carson City"
What brought you here?"
I'VE started for the Bar X ranch
down below, on the Canadian; go1
caught In a sand storm, and then just
drifted. | do not know within twenty
miles of where we are"
She drew a deep breath Of uncon
cealed relief.
Are you alone?"
The negro and Ives; and 20.
haven't the slightest reason to bt
afraid Of us-we're square,"
She looked at him searchingly, ant
something In Keith's ~clean-cut fac,
seemed to bring reinsurance, conf
dence in the man.
Il am not afraid" she answered
coming toward him around the shor
/ table. "Only 1t Is SO lonely here, an,
you startled me, bursting in withou
warning. But you look all right. an,
: am going to believe your story
: What Is your Manner.
"Keith-Jack Keith
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-09-15
PLAYING A LOW GAME
PiCkPOCkET TELLS HOW ne
WAS "NvORKED" BY VICTIM.
Neat Scheme by Which He Was In.
'duced Not Only to Give Up $50
He Had Stolen, but $40
More.

The most low-down trick ever
played by n white man on another
was played on me-" said the man who
admits he was not always SO honest
as he Is now. 1T was the diabolic
invention OF a man from whose peck.
ct l one evening extracted q roll of
bills. Along with the money which I
did want, l secured a letter which
l did not want. but which ! could not
return to the gentleman's pocket
without %appraising him Of my former
meddling with his financial affairs.
When l got to my own room I
read this letter. l wished a hundred
times after that l hadn't. 1t was an
appeal for assistance. The writer
was a woman. she was living in a
small Indiana town. Apparently she
had some claim on the man. She
told him Of the death of two members
of her family, of the sickness of an
other, and of her own overwrought
condition. She was destitute, and
she begged him to send her at once
as much money as he could possibly
spare.
Il don't mind saying that that let
ter made a powerful impression on
me. read it several times before
going to bed. and in my sleep l
dreamed about 1t. l saw that poor
woman's tears, l heard her sobs and
prayers. l pictured the dead and dy-
ing children. Along toward morning
l sat up on the edge of the bed and
called myself names.
"'You beast said 1. you miserable
brute. you
But l won't repeat all the hard
names l Handed out to myself that
morning. They don't sound well when
you say them out loud.
"By and by l counted the money
again that the man and l had snapped
the night before. There was just $50.
Since the money was wrapped in the
woman's letter l had no doubt that
he had scraped it together to send
her. l could not return the money to
the man, for I didn't know where to
find him, but my ems Of humanity
forced me to do the next best thing.
The woman's name and address were
on the letter, and l resolved to for
ward 1t to her. l was hard up Just
then, devilishly hard up; but knew
that woman's need was greater than
mine, and l added the last $40 l had
in the world to the other mans $50
and sent it to her.
THAT ought to have ended the in
cident, but 1t didn't. Two years later
! met that man again. It doesn't
matter where or how. but l met him
and it was what l learned then that
killed my faith in human nature. That
letter was a fake. The man always
carried it for the benefit of gentle
men of my profession. A friend out
west wrote it. She wrote a fresh let
ter every week, and the man carried
it wrapped around whatever money
re happened to have in his pocket
he figured that the most hard-heart
ed criminal alive would be melted by
an appeal of hat kind and would
give III the Doodle. He figured righ1
in my S 1t got me-, and it go'
my $lA, which of course, the mar
hadn't counted on; but I leave 1t tt
any unprejudiced witness II tina
wasn't playing just about as low {
hand as it is possible for any mar
to play"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-09-15
A Reply Was Revised

"They have grown very %
Alaskan matters in the llle
partment since the trouble o.
ningham claims said a coal
other day.
Il had occasion some lins
write to the department a
Alaskan subject that had %
on the situation. | have just
an answer that does not CON
body, but it had on 1t the y
at least six persons, showing
reply had been Thoroughly o
and revised before 1t was y
my direction. l guess the!
lookout for bombs"
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Easy to Arrange.

do you know what a fonl
Gle boy you are??" rather pat1
inquired a young lady Of "
whose mother is her dearest 1
Here, l invited mamma to :
for a lovely time with me,
wouldn't because it wasn't
where we could take child
she thought she'd rather be
with you. But | don't blame
the wide eyes grew wistfuL
think I'd rather stay at hone
l had a nice little boy like y
why don't you get one
the child, briskly. I'LL tell .
son to bring you the next one
II you like!"
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words were so unexpected that, for
the moment he failed to realize thelr
full purport. Finally he Strengthened
up.
II accept any terms you desire"
he gasped weakly, Tiff you WIN
only give one return"
"One return WHAT"
Food; we have eaten nothing foi
sixty hours"
Her face, which had been SO white,
flushed to the hair. her dark eyes soft
ening.
why of course; sit down. l ought
to have known from your face. There
is plenty here-such as 1t is-only you
must wait a moment"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-09-15
A Senate Of Lawyers

In the senate OF the Unl''
there are 81 lawyers, ns
eight business men, four
three journalists, two mine Y \
two manufacturers, one s's
doctor and four members y
ings are not given. OF the '
ers, two are from the ~
South Carolina. They az !
and Smith. The lawyers y
number all others.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-09-15
Quaint Survival,

why are you 90 interested in those
little figures that came with little
Willie's Noah's arkf"
They suggest . very important
Idea. The hobble skirt appears to
have dated It the time q the dsluga.s
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-09-15
Criminal instinct.

Crimes lead into n another. They
who are capable Of being forgers ara
capable Of being Observation-Disclosures
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-09-29
In = Hos. Garden.

A hundred years from now, dear heart
We will not care at all.
IT will not matter then a whit.
The honey or the gall,
The summer lays that we have known
VIII all forgotten be and flown.
The garden will be o~vergrown,
Where now the roses fall.
A hundred years from now, lear heart,
We will not mind the pain,
The t~hrobbing, crimson tide of life
Will not have left "A stain,
The song we sing together, dear,
The dream we dream together here,
Will mean no more than mean a tear
Amid a summer ram.
A hundred years from low, dear heart,
The grief will all be Ger;
The sea of care will surge in vain
Upon a careless shore,
These glasses we turn down today;
Here at the parting of the way.
We shall be wineless then as they,
And will not mind il more.
A hundred years from now, dear heart,
We'll neither know nor care
What anne of all life's bitterness
Or followed owes despair.
Then nil the glasses up again
And kiss me through the rose-leaf rain;
Wen build one castle more in Spain,
And dream one more dream there.
John Bennett.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-09-29
Defense Of the Journalist"

type operators, carriers, mailing clerks,
publishers and all others whose work
is principally devoted 10
production In any of its departments.
Writers on newspapers. worthy OF
their calling, strive to attain exaetness
IN the use of words, and when they
discard Journalist for newspaper
man," they violate this canon of their
profession. accepting for themselves a
cumbersome phrase wholly lacking In
definite meaning. 1t is a disgusting az
recitation for tramp reporters and fraz-
zled editors TO call themselves Jour
nalists," the possibility remains that
the affectation may be greater on the
part OF honest and sincere newspape
writer's whenever they abandon TO the
former the only word that succinctly
and sharply defines themselves,
No one would say that an advertise
ment solicitor or the cashier of a news
paper is a journalist. but both indis-
putably are newspaper men," The
owner OF a newspaper. who Toe not
write for II OF direct its policy, is not
a Journalist; but, IL a reporter Is not
to be considered as one. what is he?
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-09-29

From the Columbia, s. c., State.
Here's a paragraph, not quite SO pert
and clipper as II was in the days of it's
youth, taken this time from the Rich-
mond Times Dispatch: Journalist
robbed of $3.50 is a headline. OF
course. he was a journalist; a news
paper man would never have that much
at one time"
The word Journalist" has in recent
years been avoided by Woodworking
newspaper writer's. II has been abused
Just as the word professor" has been
cheapened through its association with
oil m OF takers. When an un-
known person is addressed as profess
sor," IL is a fair guess that he is a
doctor OF corns. III the same way a
person describing himself as a Jour
nalist' is suspected OF being a some
time cub reporter who fell down on
he fob" But is the abuse OF the word
the words fault? What other word
than Journalist connotes a writer in
the news, literary. or editorial depart
ments OF a newspaper? Newspaper
men" include newspaper bookkeepers.
advertisement writer's. pressmen. lino-
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-09-29
Manners.
From Harper's Weekly

From harper weekly.
We are all familiar with the story Of
an accomplished host who drank out of
his finger BOWL to save ar unsophisticated
guest from embarrassment. This Is off,
set by the social kindness and tact of a
certain physician, famous alike for eour-j
tesy and skill. A countryman, coming
early one morning for the doctor was kept
for breakfast. At the table the country,
man poured his hot coffee into his saucer,
and set his cup on the immaculate da-i
mask beside it. Then he locke around
the large table only TO perceive that he,
alone had done this. But before the flush
could fairly show in his face, the doctor
had likewise poured his coffee into his
saucer, and set the cup beside 1t, to the
evident great relief of his guest. There
is a saying in the Talmud that he who
causes another to blush Is as II he shed
that others blood: and so conversely he
who spares or shields another's blush
saves some wos-nding of the spirit. For
good banners really call for much chiv-
airy. much heroic ~self-control. and living,
for the moment In the experience Of an
other. For so soon as We go below the
surface we find that n are one
with morals, since the taproot of both Isl
the same. That famous order of Grants
by which Lee was spared the soldiers
pain OF ~surrendering his sword, Is a hap
by instance of the best" since
II combines chivalry and m~agnanimity
Xix a full appreciation OF the situation
with a fine consideration for another,s
feelings.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-09-29
CHAPTER XVI.

THE SECRET OF THE CELLAR.
waS . moment before I fully un-
derstood the meaning of these extra
ordinary words. When / did under
stand them, I saw crumbling before
me that elaborate structure which i
had been at such pains to build-the
structure founded upon the assumption
OF Miss Lawrence's innocence. She
was only an adventures, after all.
then: or, more probably, only a weak
woman, swayed by an ungovernable
passion, risking everything rather
than give up the man she loved; de-
ceiving him. lying TO him. taking the
one desperate chance that lay within
her reach; pstusing at nothing so she
might gain her end.
or perhaps she had really believed
that old mistake of hers buried past
resurrection. She may have thought
him dead. this fascinating scoundrel
who had turned her girlish head. She
may have thought herself free. But
even then her skirts were not wholly
clean. She should have told her lover;
she should never have permitted this
shadow to lie between them-this skel-
eton. ready at any moment to burst
from its closet. But better far hat IL
should burst out when Ii did. than wait
until the sin was consummated; an
hour later. and the shackles had been
forged past breakingl If revenge on
Marcia Lawrence was TIE object OF the
plot, the coEspirators had o~verleaped
themselves. They should hav waited
until the words were uttered which
bound her to her second ~lover--then,
had they sprung their trap. how they
might have racked herl
One other thing / understanding
| marvailed hat l had not understood
before. I saw what Mr.. Lawrence had
msan. hy saying that the marriage
was not impossible-that the obstacle
| could be cleared away-that II should
be for Burr Curtiss to decide. Blu,
| even he, I felt, would hesitate to take
for his wife a woman just emerging
however little she had been to blame
| for the tragedy which drove her there
-naore especially since he must see
| that from the very first she had not
! dealt fairly with him. A fault con-
| fessed MAJ be forgiven; a fault dis
covered Is a different thing,
She IA not been brave enough &c
confess: she had not trusted him. she
had deceived him. 81 had been guilty
guilty, Those were the words which
sang and INA in my brain and wouic
not be stilIed.
Her face was a sirens f~ace-beauti'
ful, innocent. virgin fresh; and hel
soul q sirens soul-mcrciless. selfish
hard. And I had fancied that he sou
was like the facet / a not though
that g face like that could lie. Verify
OF women I had much to Learnt
1T was only by the merest acciden'
r found II out" Godfrey was saying
1T was the policeman who was o.
duty at the Lawrence place y~esterda,
morning WHO gave me the first Mhint
I'd already sounded him, Is well Al
everybody else about tho place. as 4
whether any strangers bad been no
ticed lettering about, and thay wer'