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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-05-04
Mrs. McDonaId's show Pleased

Mrs. McDonald's Show Pleased.
"The Girl from the Golden West" :
a western drama played to large
audience last night and judging from
the applause received. it pleased.
Mrs. Alma Waring Mcdonald cap
ably filled the part Of the girl. The
show has good band and orchestra.
The show is managed and owned by
Mrs. Walter Mcdonald Of Abilene.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-05-04

The reelection Of Superintendent
w. A. Stacey as the head Of the
Abilene schools will meet with gem
eral approval by the people Of this
city. His administration Of the
schools of Abilene has been marked
by a high ideal Of the best things
in education and by an entire alb
sence of friction that speaks much
for his ability and good sense. He
ranks among the most capable su.
perintendents of the state and ABB
Iene is exceedingly fortunate in re-
tanning him.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-05-04
REGULATING THE NEWSPAPERS.

REGULATING YnE NEW 0N AA AsAs0'
Ed. Heath, chief clerk OF Supt.
Rourke of the Rock Island office at
Herington has attained some fame
by q series Of letters to Golfers
regarding newspaper abuse Of rail-
roads. The Harrington Times says
the Rock Island general offices have
asked him for a complete file OF the
correspondence. Here was one OF
Heath's sarcastic suggestions for new
laws:
"AlI newspapers and magazines
will be required to provide published
tariffs for subscription, and adver-
Using rates, and all other services
for which they expect the public to
pay. These tariffs to be filed in
every city where that particular pa
per circulates. That they have COM
,petent employees to explain these
tariffs. A misquoted rate should
result in a fine; every periodical will
he required to have one executive
officer in each state in which it'cir-
culates; such publication shall be
responsible for the accuracy OF all
items appearing in its columns In
GLIDING news, editorial or advertising,
no publication will be allowed C
accept advertising matter which does
not sell the product 1t advertises;
the burden of proof of the selling
power to fall upon that publication.
Il must be plain that the cost OIL
production should not unnecessarily
be increased by payment for a SER
vice which is not performed; no
employee Of any publication shall
be permitted to remain on duty for
a longer period than nine hours In
any "a hour period and these nine
hours must be consecutive; all per-
iodicals to be required to furnish re-
ports showing violation Of this act;
such reports shall be the basis OF
the assessment of fines. When any
regular edition Of said publication
Is more than two hours late, spec
ial edition shall be printed; Wnen
a regular edition Is not printed on
time, such paper shall return to the
subscriber and the advertiser a pro
rata portion Of such subscription or
advertising charge. Every puDlcas
ton must provide different colors
of paper for different races, no pub
LEGATION shall be permitted to charge
more for a smaller paper than for
a larger one, nor more for q smaller
advertising space than for a larger
advertising space; all publications
must adopt uniform accounting and
render monthly and yearly reports;
all publications must prescribe joint
and club rates with such other per-
iodlcals as the authorities determine
that the social wellbeing demands.
After the passage of this act, 1t shall
be unlawful to charge more than two
cents per issue for any publication,
either monthly, weekly or daily; all
publications must provide full crews.
each machine being equipped with at
least three operators"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-05-04
MnI NV Il SATURDAY,.

81 shall make balloon ascension
next Saturday If weather permits
sair Daredevil Greene today. u
could not prevent the accident Sat
urday last and the merchants were
not responsible and should not Dc
blamed. If the weather permits the
ascension will be at $780,"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-05-04

Bert Walker Of the osborne
Farmer has been compiling a few
statistics of his own and says: An
other roommate Of Abraham Lin.
coin passed away last week. Mr.
Lincoln had 1900 roommates and
10000 law partners. About hall
that number have already died In
Kansas alone.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-05-04

How about your boys rooml Par
ents do not wish their boys to loaf
on the street corners, much less 10
spend their time and money in sa-
looms and pool rooms. Club rooms
are not much better. Give your son,
therefore a room In the house that
is In all respects his room, whore
he may entertain his friends in boy
Ish fashion. Make that room attrac-
tive that he even feels proud "a
show It 70 his companions. The
boys room. II there Is such a room
in the house. Is very often the catch.
all for discarded furniture. mismatsd
curtains and impossible pictures.
Roys appreciate a honey and pleas.
ant room. and IN. a majority Of cssei
ere tempted to pend their leisure
time there. Wise parents should
not expect their son to find content
msnt IN sitting IN 9andfather'l
chair and then At p. m. burg him
seif IN feather bed, Boyl ViI
l. bon ., long g dorz hare tall
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-05-04
A Rurelar,s Awful Deed.

may not paraiyze home so COM
pletely as a monthers long illness.
But DR.. Kings New Life Pills are
a splendid remedy for women. They
gave me wonderful benefit in con-
stipation and female trouble wrote
Mrs. M. G. Dunlap Of Leadill, Tenn.
If ailing, try them. 25c at all drug
gists.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-05-04

A sad but Illuminating common
tary on the futl 'ty of human hopes
when applied to getting rich quick
is furnished by an adve tisellent
which recently appeared in one OF
the San francisco daily newspapers.
in the classified columns. Here it is:
~ will SELL have 5000 shares OF
once well-known mining and leas-
ing company; will exchange same for
enc setting hen and thirteen fresh
eggs (Leghorn preferred; only per-
manent investors need apply. A. ].
Moore, Rooms 2O-21 Bacon block
Oakland"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-05-04

Lawrence Gazette: The Abilene
Reflector says that the Republicans
Of Kansas can "get together on Ar
thur Capper for governor. It would
probably not be necessary for them
to do SO. They would all find them
selves there already should Mr.. Cap
per consent to be o candidate.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-05-04

Ex-Gov. Hoch: II have been
watching that fellow for long time
and finally concluded that he was
just the sort of a young man / was
looking for" said prominent BUSH
nessman the other day who had just
given employment to the young man
Of whom he spoke. Nothing re-
markable in any way about the in
cident. The young man has simply
attended strictly to business in the
job he has been holding has been
courteous and spent no time loaf
ing around or mixing with question
able associates. He probably had
no idea that he was being watched"
If the young bloods who hang
around and think they are playing
game would take a few minutes off
to think about 1t they could find a
large sized sermon In this little In
cident. But it is an old, old ser.
mon, and they are entirely too wise
to care anything about these old
sermons.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-05-04
THURSDAY MAY 4, 1911.

The Kansas board of railroad com
missioners has sent to Nebraska FOL
a man to make the valuation OF
Kansas railroads, paying him $4,000
In the opinion Of the board Kansas
has no man qualified for the job
but that is about what you'd expect
Of the present board.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-05-04
A SOLUTION.

In the humble opinion Of the
BelIeville Telescope the Repub-
lican candidate for governor Of
Kansas In the next campaign,
should come out upon q plat !
form upon which all Republic
cans can stand. II is the Tele-
scopes further opinion that
there is not one more good fac
tional fight in the party. Cor
rect--but who IL going to de-
eide what that platform Is when
one faction declares one thing
and the other sticks for an
other?-Abilene Reflector.
That will be easy. The party
council will not be held until aftel
he primaries. Before that time thu
national convention vii
lave been held and the Republican
platform will be announced BY thai
convention. The party cOuncil NIGH
.dopt that as the state platform ant
ct 1t 60 at that. That will be goot
enough platform for all good Re
,ublicans. -Leavenworth Times.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-05-04
DevOe,s Prediction for May.

May will be noted for its sudden
changes in temperature. Vegetation
win make rapid progress. LIST to End
clearing. Bird to 4th pleasant 9TH to
9Th hot and sultry, 7th to 9Th thun'
der storms, 9th to 10th pleasant
On the 18th hot wave will advance
from the Pacific coast. 18th to 18Th
hot and sultry, 14th to 18th showers
18th to 18th pleasant. On the 18th
a storm will advance from the Pacific
coast. 18th to goth showers, 21st tc
22nd pleasant, 2Srd to gath warn
and. cloudy. On the 25th a storm
win advance from the Mississippi
Valley. 26th to 27th thunder storms
2sth to 2sth cold wave, SOth L
s1st warm and pleasant.
The Irish standard., 1911-09-16

That's why sent you into the hut.
1t occurred to me that he might be
following the bear, and that the light.
ed windows might give him a chance
Tor q shot at one of US. No matter
what superstitious fears he has, he
could hardly be too much afraid to fire
at us from safe distance, II we hap
pened to offer fair mark"
But we must have offered him that
hundred times in the last weeks,
that is, If his rife had anything like
modern range"
That bullet is certainly q modern
piece OF ordnance" said Cayley. Its
soft-nosed and steel jacketed."
He laid 1t down on a shelf and went
into the storeroom to wash the stains
or the encounter from his hands.
After ALL" he said, Its only ono
more mystery, and l don't know that
one more can make any great differ
ence. Not in our way of life. Ger.
tainly."
Both tried to stick to that view of
1t and, for the present, to dismiss
conjecture upon the new topic from
their minds, but they did not succeed
very we'll. The idea that forced itself
upon them, in spite Of their attempt to
discredit It, was that Roscoe's acoui.
sltion of modern, long-range weapon
with ammunition to match did not
date back to tho murder of Captain
Fielding, nor to the disappearance of
the Aurora, but that he had found the
weapon, by some strange chance, only
very rect fly. perhaps within day
or two. 1t was a disquieting thought.
at best
1t was time for Cayley to turn in
and for Jeanne to begin her evening
watch alone, but before that happened
they paid an extra amount of atten-
tion to the security of their doors and
windows.
1t was little before II o'clock
when Cayley came out of deep sleep
to find her bending over him, shaking
him by the shoulder and crying out
his name
Get up quickly" she said when she
saw that he was awake. Phillip. the
hut's on f1re!"
The Irish standard., 1911-09-16

80 long, almost led him to attempt to
break into the hut then and there, and
settle matters; but his saner common
sense told him that the settlement
would almost inevitably be against
him should he attempt It.
He was still entertaining this no
ton, however, when luminous idea
occurred to him. Around on the far
side of the hut, the west side, which
looked toward the headlands, was a
good-sized heap of fire-wood, which
Philip had not been able to find
room for inside the hut. Roscoe had
with him a flint and steel and a
quantity of tow. He never Travelled
without them.
With infinite precaution against
noise he began laying a fire against
the windward wall Of the hut. Squat
ting, with his rifle across his knees
ready to use in case of an emergency,
he methodically whitfield quantity Of
dry splinters of few of the sticks,
ignited them and carefully nursed the
blaze, until under the rising wind, 1t
grew to the beginning of fair-sized
conflagration. Then, catching up his
rife, he slipped around the other side
Of the hut. crouching down not more
than 20 PAGES away, and waited.
Already the FIRE was burning finely
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hen added. "about you. What's the
sentence of the court?"

hen added. "about you. What's the
sentence Of the court?"
Already he had his wings folded up
md was handing them to her.
1.-THE sentence Is that you shall be
frightened with bear story. There's
I big one coming down the beach aft
Or you this very moment, and you're
to surrender the revolver to me and
stay under arrest in the hut until aft
er have killed him."
She did not need to be told that he
was in earnest, in spite of the smile
that went with his words. She turned
about quickly and looked up the
beach, sighting along Cayley's arm as
he pointed. Even in the deep twilight
she could already make out the sham
bling figure that was coming along to-
ward them on all fours.
Why does he move in that queer
sort of way?" she whispered.
They had shrunk back into the
shadow of the hut, the girl actually
inside of the vestibule and Cayley on
the doorstep.
Hes been wounded. When l was
overhead could make out the blood
stains on his side, and he was leaving
track on the ice.
Wounded in a fight with another
bear?"
"No, that's not likely"
She asked no further explanation,
but slipped into the hut. The next
The Irish standard., 1911-09-16
CHAPTER Xxx.
A MoW1llt Day.

Tho midday moon had changed tho
somber purple of the snow to silver.
The snow lay everywhere, save upon
the vertical face Of the cliff itself, an
unrent, immaculate mantle over all
this arctic world. The valley, the
hills, the beach and the frozen sea
all lay at peace beneath 1t, as If asleep
or dead.
To Cayley, where hs lay suspended
In midsky, the moonlight cleaning
upon the sensitive fabric of his
planes. as It CLEANS upon the faint
ripples on a mill pond in the dead of
some June night-to Cayley this white,
sleeping, frozen world looked very
far away. He was awning for the
first time since that eternity ago when
he had descended upon the beach be-
side Jeanne to warn her Of the ap-
proach OF the bear.
How long ago that was, by the
measure Of hours and days and weeks,
he did not know. He had no data for
an estimate that would be better than
guess. He remembered how des-
perately they had worked that night,
saving what they could from the burn
ing hut and carrying 1t back into tho
cave; remembered with what labor he
and Jeanne had climbed the ice chin
ney to the only shelter that now re-
manned to them, the little pilot house
observatory upon the oliff-head; re-
membered the unremitting labor Of
uncounted hours while they adjusted
their way of life to the conditions i'm
posed by the calamitous loss Of the
hut.
But after that there were lapses of
time which memory did not cover.
During that time he knew the ut
most fury of the arctic winter had
been raging over them, without cessa-
ton. They had been sheltered from
1t down in the heart Of the great drift
of snow which the storm had heaped
about them. But, even in this security
the shock of those successive parox-
ysms of natures titanic rage reached
down and benumbed them, body and
soul
But at last the rage Of the storm
had spent itself and had become still.
The bitterness Of the cold relaxed and
became milder. Cayley had felt the
blood stirring in his veins again, the
power of consecutive thought and the
ambition to live, coming once more
into his possession. He had gone to
work, feebly and drowsily at frat, but
with constantly increasing energy and
atranvth at tho taak Of OnAnin1 nm
once more. the tunnel through The
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not know, that they had only one man

not know, that they had only one man
to deal with.
They sometimes speculated on the
question whether he was Roscoe or
some other member Of the Walrus
crew; really. in fact, they found it
impossible to hope that 1t was any
other than he.
They got proof of his identity, or
what amounted to 1t, along toward the
end Of October. Cayley's keen eyes
caught, one day, from up aloft where
he was soaring. the CLINT Of something
on the beach near the foot of the
headland. He circled down in long
swoop. caught 1t up without alighting
and mounted into the air, trick of
aeronautics which made Jeanne, &C.
customed as she was by now to see-
ing him in fight, catch her breath .
little,
When he descended and alighted
beside her q few moments later, he
showed her sheath knife, the haft Of
which was rudely carved walrus
tusk. The hand of the last user of it
had had blood upon 1t, and its imprint
upon the surface Of the ivory was
plainly to be seen. The lines in the
palm were traceable and, lengthwise.
along the side of the handle, the
print Of an immense thumb.
"You see," said Cayley quietly, "he
was using this knife left-handed."
The girl paled little as she handed
the weapon back to him, but she spoke
quietly enough:
cts good to know" she said, al
most Q relief"
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and the silhouetted outline of the. hut
was plain against the glow of 1t.
His plan was a good one. The peo-
pie inside the hut would have no
choice and. probably, no thought, but
OF escape. When they rushed out, az
they almost certainly would, bewild-
cred and confused, and plainly visible
to him against the glow of the ire be-
hind them, it would be easy, from the
safe shelter Of the darkness, to shoot
the man.
1t was only. indeed, by the merest
hairs breadth that Roscoe's plain
failed to work. Tho instinct Of es-
cape by the nearest way from burn
Ing building is almost irresistible, and
1t led Philip and Jeanne to the very
edge of the destruction, which Roscoe
had planned for them.
Cayley had his hand upon the bolt
OF the great door. whittier he had
sprung when Jeanne's cry had awak-
ened him. before the saving second
thought stayed him and held him
frozen where he was. For perhaps
I'VE seconds he stood there, while the
memory Of the unexplained bullet hole
he had found In the body OF the great
bear, and the belated observation that
the fire. which was destroying the hut,
must have been started outside of it,
artlculated themselves into a perfect
ly clear perception Of Roscoe's plan.
1.-THE other way! The other way!"
he cried. motioning Jeanne back
through the storeroom. Into the
cave. He IL waiting for us outside.
That's why no fred the hut. Quick.
We must save all We can"
And so 1t happened that Roscoe
waated in vain. He saw the blaze he
had kindled reach its fiery climax,
and then In spite of the Icy gale which
WAS tanning it. die down into an
angry, sullen, smouldering glow. But
NO man appeared to furnish a mark
for his waiting rife, and no woman
was delivered defenseless. shelterless,
into his british hands.
The failure Of his plan brought
back moment or two of the old sup
erstitious horror. but his mind was
braced against 1t now and did not
readily give way. Somehow. the fail
ure must be aocountable-humanly 40
countable.
At last he solved this mystery, too,
partly solved 1t. at least. for he re-
membered the ice cave back of tho
hut His first impulse, when he
thought Of 1t, was to attack them
there and now, to charge in over the
rcd hot COala NJ tho hut oDd aattlA
matters once and for all.
He was sane enough to see that the
advantage would be all against him.
In close quarters he could not do
much with a rife; and he remember
cd the deadly revolver shooting he
had seen upon the body Of the bear.
Also. he would have to go into the
dark. with the freight behind him.
No. II wouldn't DO. He must wait.
Well, he could afford to wait-much
better than they could.
Reluctantly he rose, turned his
broad back to the gale, and began ma
king his laborious way back to the
cave.
1t was high time. His face was
frozen already. The intensity of the
cold had already rendered his rifle
useless. for the whole mechanism of
the breech was frozen fast. His STRAIT
agem had failed In It's ultimate inten-
ton, for nature had laid her great icy
hand upon the board and for the pres
emit declared the game draw.
The Irish standard., 1911-09-16

"What Do We Do to sentIneis Who
Go to sIeep7"
moment she was back with the field
glasses.
while you're attending to the
bear" she said in a whisper, "l'll just
keep watch up the beach for-for any
one else" d"
The past weeks had made one diff
ference in her attitude toward Cayley
which she was now aware of, as she
Philip step forward, out Of the shelter
! of the hut, to confront the bear, with
those she had experienced when he
| had set out on q similar errand once
before. She knew him now, and she
had no fear for him. The feeling
that thrilled her now was nearer akin
to pride than anything else.
Cayley fully justified her confidence.
The course the bear was taking would
have brought him within 20 yards Of
their doorstep. When he first caught
sight of Cayley he stopped, in two
minds, apparently. whether to- be
hunted or to do the hunting himself.
Then, as Cayley advanced upon him
rather slowly, he decided, Kissed at
him venomously and reared up.
He was already badly enough
wounded to have taken all tho fight
out of any other sort of animal, but
half alive as he was, he cost Cayley
four cartridges. Three of those shots
Cayley was reasonably sure must have
( entered a vital spot. The first one
took the bear between the eyes as he
| was rising. The second was fired into
his open mouth. The third was prob
| ably DETECTED by the massive fore
i paw which he was holding across his
body, in the attitude of boxer The
throat and probably smashed one Of
the two first vertebrate, for 1t seemed
to bring the monster down all in a
heap, where he finally lay still. Cay
ley could have reached him with his
foot.
Good shooting" said the girl quiet
ly from the little vestibule.
| lSLIIUE
the empty shells drop unheeded on
the Ice at his feet. He gave the weap-
on back to the girl, and bent over tho
bear.
I'm less interested in what I did
to him." he said, than in what he got
from the enemy who first attacked
him."
The light was almost gone, so that
all he could see were two or three
irregular dark stains upon the white
fur. A wound in the flank, which
none of Cayley's shots could have &C.
counted for, he explored with prac-
tised hand.
Watching him as he did so, the
girl could see that he had found some
thing unexpected, something which
surprised him greatly. And there
was more than surprise. There was
alarmed urgency In his voice when no
spoke to her. He offered no explana-
ton. Merely told her to go into the
hut and make fast the solid wooden
shutters over the windows. He would
come in and would tell her what it
was all about, In moment.
i The girl had hardly finished the
task he had given her, when he came
in. In his blood-stained hand he was
holding out something for her inspec-
tion.
Conquering feeling of repugnance,
she bent over the hand, cast one
glance at the thing 1t contained and
then started up and gazed, wide-eyed,
into his face.
| "A bullet!" she said "But-but we
thought that Roscoe wasn't armed
not with fire arms, mean"
| Cayley nodded. But this seems to
- pretty good evidence that 10 ID.