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The evening world., 1911-08-07
OUTRAGE ON COMMON De
CENCY, HE SAYS.

80 to-day | denounce from my pull
pit this coming Astor wedding. It's an
outrage on common deCency. 1t arouses
all our moral anger. The Episcopal
Church is opposed to this alliance. 1t
10 contrary to our canons and Mr.,
Aston will be socially ostrIcized by the
best people the minute he contracts the
bargain already made.
1T Is a marriage OF convenience.
Aston wants another beauty. The poor.
weak girl of eighteen or twenty wants
a rich society fellow. whose autos.
yachts and opera boxes will afford
her a chance for social exploita-
ton. Our girls and women are money
mad. Lucre rules among The venue
Of the smart set.
New York's Four Hundred to-day
means 'Sodom.' To rule the smart set
means to manage gambling parties. to
run dances and to figure in divorce
court proceedings every year or two.
Thank God. money no longer rules
our Church. 1t did once. There was a
time when the Episcopal Church gave
her blessing &c Fifth avenue and
Newport marriage Spectators with IA
free hand. Some of our cld-'ime
bishops loved to toady to this set.
The evening world., 1911-08-07

The building OF the new SubwayS has
stimulated the tuying Of suburban
property as it was stimulated IN tae
Bronx a few years ago when fortune,
were made with but little capital Ivy
judiciouS buyers.
Study the subway pans of conStruc-
ton and through World "Real Estate For
Sale ads, you may find, right now,
many remarkable opportunities to
Grow Thousand OF Dollars With
Hundreds OF Dollars as Seeds.
1871 Worid"ReaiEstate" 247 More Than
-Ad Ads. Last Week. -. The Herald
332 More Than All the 5 Other New
York Morning and Sunday Newspapers
CONFINED
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-01-05
THEY KNEW THAT BAD ROAD
Mark Twain Tells How Three Natives
Dodged Task of Hauling Stage
Through Mud.

Mark Twain was a firm believer In
the national movement for good roads,
and had many tale to tell about the
incredibly bad roads of some Sec
tons. A Hartford man recalled the
other day this experience of the ia
nous humorists: II once had 80
miles"-so Mark Twain began-"to go
by stage in Mississippi The roads
were terrible, for it was early spring,
The passengers consisted of five men
and three women-three large, we'll
developed women, swathed in shawls
and wells, who kept to themselves.
talking In low tones on the rear seat.
Well. we hadn't gone mile before
the stage got stuck two feet deep in
the black mud Down jumped every
man of us, and for ten minutes we
tugged and jerked and pulled till we
got the stage out of the hole. We
had hardly got our breath back when
the stage stuck again, and again we
had to strain our hearts out to release
her. In covering 10 miles we got
stuck eight times. and in going the
whole 80 we lifted that old stage out
of the mud II times by actual count
We five male passengers were wet,
tired and filthy when we reached our
destination, and so you can imagine
our feeling when we saw the three
women passengers remove. as they
dismounted. their wells, their shawls
and their skirts, and, 10 and behold!
they were three big, hearty. robust
men AS we stared at them with
bullying and ferocious eyes. one of
them said; Thanks for your labor,
gents. We knowed this road and pre-
pared for 1t. VIII you licker?"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-01-05
His Fingers Twined About tho PurplIsh Throat.

where the friends who are invading
us from the mainland will have no
chance of finding her."
Strang spoke as quietly as though
in his own office beside the temple.
Suddenly he raised his voice.
"She is safe, Captain Plum-safe!"
His eyes wavered, and travelled be-
yond. AS accurately as a striking SER
pent Nathaniel measured that glance.
1t had gone to the door. He heard a
movement, felt draft of air, and in
an instant he whirled about with his
pistol pointed to the door. In another
instant he had fired and the huge
form of Arbor Croche toppled head,
long into the room. A roar like that
of beast came from behind him and
before he could turn again Strang was
upon him. In that moment he felt
that all was lost. Under the weight
of the Mormon king he was crushed
to the floor; his pistol slipped from
his grasp; two great hands choked
a despairing cry from his throat He
saw the prophets face over him, dis
torted with passion. his huge neck
bullying, his eyes flaming like angry
garnets. He struggled to free his
pinoned arms, to wrench off the death
grip at his throat. burt his efforts were
like those of child against giant.
In last terrible attempt he drew up
his knees inch by inch under the
weight of his enemy; it was his only
chance-his only hope. Even as he
felt the fingers about his throat sink
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would tell what he had done Win

would tell what he had done with
her
Then he would kill him
There was the strength of tenn
pered steel In his arms; his body,
slender as an athletes. quivered to
hurl itself into action. Up the steps
he crept SO cautiously that he made
no sound In the intensity of his
purpose Nathaniel looked only ahead
of him-to the door He did not see
that another figure was stealing
through the gloom behind him as eau
tiously, as quietly as himself. He
passed through the door and stood
erect. Strang had not seen him. He
had not heard him. He was standing
with his huge back toward him, facing
the hall that led to the sixth cham
ber-and the woman. Nathaniel drew
his pistol. He would not shoot, but
Strang might be made to tell the
truth with death leveling itself at his
heart He CROPPED behind him, found
the door and slammed it shut. There
would be no retreat for the king!
And the man who turned toward him
at the slamming of that door, turned
slowly, coolly, and gazed into the
black muzzle of his pistol looked, in.
deed, every inch of him a king. The
muscles of his face betrayed no sur.
| prise no fear. His splendid nerve
was mistaken, his eyes unfaltering as
they rose above the pistol to the face
behind it. For fifteen seconds there
was strange terrible silence as the
eyes of the two men met In that
quarter of minute Nathaniel knew
that he had not guessed rightly
Strang was not afraid. He would not
tell him where Marion was. The in
superable courage of this man mad
dened Captain Plum and unconscious
ly his finger fell upon the trigger Of
his pistol. He almost shrieked the
words that he meant to speak calmly:
Where is Marion?"
"she is safe. Captain Plum. She is
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-01-05
SYNOPSIS.

Capt. Nathaniel Plum of the sloop Ty-
phoon. lands secretly on Beaver island,
stronghold of the Mormons. Obadiah
Price, Mormon councillor, confronts him.
tells him he Is expected. and bargains for
the ammunition aboard the sloop. He
binds Nat by a solemn oath to deliver q
package to Franklin Pierce, president of
the United States. Near Prices cabin
Nat sees the frightened face of young
woman who disappears in the darkness,
leaving un odor of lilacs. 1t develops that
Mats visit to the island is to demand set
Element of the king, Strang, for the loot
Ing of his sloop by Mormons. Price shows
NAT the. kings palace, and through a
window he sees the lady of the lilacs.
who Price says is the Kings seventh wife:
Calling at the kings office Nat Is warned
by young woman that his life Is In dan
ger. Strang processes Indignation when
ne hears Mats grievance and promises to
lis being. publicly whipped, and. the king
orders the sheriff, Arbor Croche. to pur-
sue and kill the two men. Plum learns
that Marion. the girl of the lilacs. is
NeiIs sister. The two men plan to escape
on. Mats sloop and take Marion and
Wlnnsome, daughter of Arbor Croche.
and sweetheart Of Neil. Nat discovers
that the sloop Is gone. Marion tells him
that his ship has been seized by the Nor
mons. She begs him to leave the island,
telling him that nothing can save her
from Strang whom she Is doomed to mar
ry. Plum finds Price raving mad. Recov-
ering. he tells Nat that Strang Is doomed
that armed men are descending on the
island. Nat learns that Marion has been
summoned to the castle by Strang.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-01-05
CHAPTER TX.
The Hand of Fate.

Like a panther Nathaniel crouched
and watched the man on the steps.
His muscles jerked, his hands were
clenched; each instant he seemed
al out to spring. But he held himself
back until Strang had passed through
the door. Then he slipped along the
log wall of the castle, hugging the
shadows, fearing that the king might
reappear and see him in time to close
the door. What an opportunity fate
had made for him! His fingers itched
to get at Strang's thick bull-like
throat. He felt no fear, no hesitation
about the outcome of the struggle
wilh this giant prophet of God. He
did not plan to shoot, for -hot would
destroy the secret of Marion's fate.
He would choke the truth from
Strang; rob him of life slowly, gasp
by gasp, until in the horror of death
the king would reveal ner hiding place
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-01-05

and waited. A shadowy form was
hurrying through the grove. 1t passed
close to him, mounted the castle steps
and in the doorway turned and looked
back for an instant in the direction of
ST. James.
Nathaniers lips quivered; the
pounding of his heart half choked
him; a shrek of mad, terrible joy
was ready to leap from his lips.
There in the dim glow of the great
lamp stood Strang. the Mormon king.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-01-05
MeCOUPA(IE Of
|. CAPTAIN PLUM
o. JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD
ILLUSTRATIONS @ FIAGVUS G.KEIINER-

conflict would center about the tenn
Pile.
Was Marion at the temple? If so
he realized that she was beyond his
reach But the woman had said that
she was not there. Where could she
have gone? Why had not Strang
taken her with his wives? In flash
Nathaniel thought of Arbor Croche
and Obadiah-the two men who al
ways knew what the king was doing.
If he could find the sheriff alone
If he could only nurse Obadiah back
into sane life again He thrust his
pistol into its holster There was but
one thing for him to do and that was
to return to the old councillor It
would be madness for him to go down
to St James. He had lost-Strang
had won. But his love for Marion was
undying. If he found her Strang'
wife it would make no difference to
him. 1t would all be evened up when
he killed the king For Marion loved
him-loved him
He turned his face toward Oba
diahs, his heart singing the glad
words which the woman had spoken
to him back there in the sixth cham
Der
And as he was about to take the
first step in that long race back tc
the mad councillors he heard behind
him the approach of quick feet He
crouched behind a clump of bushes
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-01-05

ing like hot iron into his flesh and
the breath slipping from his body he
remembered this murderous knee
punch OF the rough fighters Of the
inland seas and with all the life that
remained in him he sent II crushing
into the abdomen of the Mormon king
1t was moment before he knew that
1t had been successful, before the film
cleared from his eyes and he saw
Strang groveling at his feet; another
moment and he hurled himself on the
prophet His fist shot out like ham
mer against Strang's jaw. Again and
again he struck until the great shaggy
head fell back limp. Then his fingers
twined themselves like the links of
chain about the purpliBh throat and
he choked until Strang's eyes opened
wide and lifeless and his commissions
ceased, He would have held on until
there was no doubt of the end, had
not the kings wife--the woman whose
misery he had shared that night
suddenly flung herself with a piercing
cry, between him and the blackened
face clutching at mis- hands with all
her fragile strength
"My God you are killing him-kill-
ing hint" she moaned
Her eyes blazed as she tore at his
fingers.
You are killing him--kiliing him!"
she sbrieked. HE has not destroyed
Marion! You said you would take her
and leave him-for me-" She struck
her head against his breast tearing
the flesh of his wrists with her nails.
Nathaniel loosened his grip and
staggered to his feet
For you'll" he painted IF you had
only come-a little sooner" He
stumbled to his pistol and picked it up.
81 am afraid he is-deadl"
He did not look back.
Arbor Croche barred the door He
had not moved since he had fallen
His head was twisted so that his face
was turned to the glow of the lamp
and Nathaniel shuddered as he saw
where his shot had struck He had
apparently died with that last cry on
his lips.
There was no longer fear of the
Mormons in Nathaniel. He believed
the king and Arbor Croche dead, and
that in the gloom and excitement of
the night he could go among the peo-
pie of st. James undiscovered. A
great load was lifted from his soul.
for if he had not been in time to save
Marion he had at least delivered her
after short bondage. He had now
only to save Marion and she would so
with him, for she loved him-and
Strang was no more.
He hurried through the grove
toward the temple Even before he
had come near to it he could see that
great crowd had congregated there
The street which he passed was de
serted. No lights shone in the houses
Even the dogs were gone. For the
first time he understood what il
meant The whole town had fed to
that huge log stronghold for protec
ton. Buildings and trees shut out his
view seward but he could see the
flare of great fires mounting into the
sky and he knew that those who were
not at the temple were guarding the
shore.
Cro BE CoNTINUBD.)
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-01-05

A small West Philadelphia boy may
be an author some day He he'd just
finished his first essay. It is on a dog.
"A dog is animule with four legs.
a tale and pants but he never changes
them He wags his tale when he is
glad and sits on 1t when he is sorry A
dog is useful animule because he bites
burglars but he is more trouble than
he is worth when he tracks mud on
the carpet. A bull dog is the king of
beests."
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oAAPrER vIII.-contInued.


81 love Marion, she breathed softly.
Il would help you'll would help her
II l could" For moment her pale
beautiful face was filled with a light
that might have shone from the face
of an angel. Don't you understand"
she continued, scarcely above whis-
per. Il have been Strang's one great
loye-his life-until Marion came into
his heart | have lost-you have lost
but mine is the more bitter because
Marion loves you. and Strang-"
With d cry Nathaniel sprang to her
side. The candle fell from his hand
sputtered on the floor, and left them
in darkness.
Marion loves mel You say that
Marion loves me?"
The woman's voice came to him in
a whisper filed with the sweetness
of sympathy.
"She said SO tonight--in this room
She told me that she loved you as
she never thought that she could love
a man in this world. o, my God, is
that not balm for your heart, If 1t
is broken? And Strang-my StraIg
has forgotten his love for mel"
Nathaniel reached out his arms.
They found the woman and for a time
he held her hands in his, while a
great silence fell upon them. He
could hear the sobbing of her breath
and as her fingers frightened about
his own his heart seemed bursting
with its hatred of this man who called
himself prophet of God; hatred
that burned furiously even as his be-
ing throbbed with the wild joys of the
words he had just heard
Where Is Marion?" he pleaded
Il don't know replied the woman.
They took hor away alone. The 9TH
ers have gone to the temple"
do you think she is at the TEN.
ple?" he inquired insistently
mo. One OF the others came back
a little while. ago. She said that Ma
rion was not there"
Where is STRANGE"
This time he felt the woman trem-
BILE.
"strang-"
She drew her hands away from him.
There was strange CULVER in her
voice.
"Yes-where is STRANGE"
There came no reply. T,
Tell me-where is her" I'm
Il don't know"
rs he at the temple?"
Il don't know"
He could hear her stifled breath;
he could almost feel her trembling
an arms reach out there in the dark
ness. What woman was this whose
heart the Mormon king had broken
for new love
Listen he said gently. ~ am
going to find Marion. | am going tc
take her away. Tomorrow you shall
have Strang again-lf he is alivei"
There was no answer and he moved
slowly back to the door. He closed
it after him as he entered the hall
Once in the big room he paused for 6
moment under the hanging lamp tc
examine his pistol and then went out
side. The grove In which the castle
stood was absolutely deserted. So fai
as he could see not even a guart
watched over the property of the king
Nathaniel had become too accustomed
to the surprises of Beaver island tt
wonder at this. He could see by the
lights haring along the harbor tha
the castle was in an isolated position
and easy of attack. From wha
Strangs wife had told him and the
evidences of panic in the chambers o
the harem be believed that the Nor
mon king had abandoned the castle
to ita fate and that the approaching
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-01-05
s25o,ooo for Bird Park.

Mrs. Mary Emery, widow Of mil
lionaire realty dealer of Cincinnati,
has bought two-acre tract of land in
that city to be made into park sole
ly for birds. Mrs, Emery intends to
spend $4,000 on the little park Il
necessary.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-30
CAPT. HAMS, PARDONED
SLAYER, GETS DIVORCE
Principal in Army Sensation
Awarded Decree
TSpecial Dispatch 10 The Cali

NEW YORK, Nov. ga final decree
Of divorce was granted today by Su-
preme Court Justice Stapleton in Brook
lyn TO Captain Peter c. Hams, the slay-
er of William Z. Annis. Hains was re-
gently pardoned by Governor Dix after
Vssrving little less than two years OF
d life sentence for the murder of Annis.
Hams entered suit against his wife
for divorce in June. 1908. naming Annis
as correspondent. Two months later he
shot Annis nine times while the latter
was landing from yacht at hong is
land. His brother. Thornton Hams, held
the crowd at bay during the shooting
and was charged Jointly with the crime.
sitter a sensational trial. in which the
younger brother was acquitted, Cap
tain Hams was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment The tales of revelries at
Fort Hamilton, where Mrs Hams lived
during her husbands absence in the
Philippines, figured in the trial of the
brothers and in the disvorce action
Mrs. Hams was formerly Claudia Lib
hey, the beautiful daughter Of a board
ing house mistress in winthrop, su-
burb Of Boston. and married Hams after
q brief courtship in 1900. The couple
have three children.
At one time Captain Hams was sta
toned at the Presidio in san Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-30

his life sentence in that institution.
1t is reported that Charles ellis. fore
man of the armory at the prison is a
relative by marriage to- AxtelI
A. III. Ashley, leading counsel for
Axtell. made a formal motion for a
new trial, which he supplemented by
half an hours discussion of the testi-
mony, claiming that the case had been
merely SKINNED over and the ac-
cused denied the right OF properly pre-
senting his testimony. The motion was
promptly denied. whereupon Ashley
announced that he expected to appeal
from the Judgment
A spirited objection was made to
Judge Norton's order that Axtell take
the witness stand for the purpose of
giving the usual testimony required of
a defendant before Judgment is pro-
nounced. AxtelI was sworn, and in
reply to questions asked him by the
district attorney, stated that he was
Al years OF age. was a publisher and
machinist and had been engaged in
the former business for Is years. He
answered each question succinctly and
appeared in happy frame of mind.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-30
CHASE OF INDIAN TRIBE
LEADS FAR INTO WILDS

REDDING. Nov. 2s.-Indian Mike and
his son, the renegades who fed last Fri
day after fatally wounding Deputy Con-
stable Blake, have led Sheriff Mont
gomery and posse away from telephone
and telegraph communication and the
result of the chase was not known here
tonight. The sheriffs posse has aban-
doned its base of supplies and is sup
posed to be in the vicinity OF Eagle
lake, about half way between Dixie
valley and Susanville. It is from this
locality that the news Of the capture of
the fugitives is expected.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-30
Marrying Parsons
Clash Over Couple
At License Window

SEATTLE, Nov. 29.-Two mar
rying preachers" and a business
solicitor employed by one Of them
figured in a vigorous quarrel over
the spoils of the marriage license
window at the county auditors
Office today. The quarrel nearly
resulted in a free for all fight
and before the excitement sub
sided the solicitor had slapped
the face OF his employers oppo-
nent
For several months Rev. August
Sandahl. Baptist. formerly clerk
in the auditors office. has carried
on a profitable business at the
courthouse marrying couples who
had not arranged for minister.
Rev. Joseph Kindred, Presby-
terian, observed the success San
dahl was having and established
an Office across the street from
the courthouse. employing A. II.
King to solicit business for him.
The trouble started today when
Rev. Mr.. Kindred was plotting a
couple through the difficulties OF
making out an application for a
license. Before the business in
hand had been completed Rev.
Mr. Sandahl, it is said, walked
over to the window and showed
Kindred aside. This started the
argument and when King ap-
preached the hostilities assumed
an alarming aspect. Before seri-
Gus damage was done County
Auditor Case ordered the con-
tending parties out of his Office
and the couple over whom the
trouble started went to magis-
trate and were married.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-11-30
SPIRIT OF 70
IS DENOUNCED
Acts of COIonists Attacked by
Superintendent of Santa
Barbara County Schools
[SeeeiaI Dispatch 10 The COLL

SACRAMENTO, Nov. ga bitter
denuneiaticR of the Americas sevolu'
tionists. by H. A Adrian, superinten-
dent of the santa Barbara county
schools. created sensation at the
county institute Of school teachers here
today. The convention was in an up
roar during the progress of his speech
and following him a number of peda-
gogues defended the colonists and ex-
pressed surprise that a California edu-
Gator would make such statements.
Adrian declared that Great Britain
had not performed one tyrannical act
to provoke the revolutionary war, that
the Boston massacre was not nearly
as bad as represented. that the stamp
acts were justified and that the colon
lists refusal to obey them was actuated
by their desire ito evade a just pro-
portion of the expenses of govern
ment"
~The banner of ST. George flying in
the breeze was ever the emblem of
freedom declared Adrain.
His attack came in the course of an
address in which he declared the his
tories now used in the California
schools are OF no value as historical
production.
once started on the subject of Eng
lish rule, however. Adrain expressed
sympathies with the British monarchy
in many other struggles. He ridiculed
the sympathy which Americans felt
for the Beers in their fight with Eng
land, declaring that the United States
at the same time was taking the
Philippines
He declared that the Beers could
never have developed their portion of
South Africa into the wonderful coun-
try it has become without the efficient
help OF Great Britain, whose people
are the greatest liberty loving people
in the world" Abrams attack on
American history as perversion of the
facts was strongly resented by the
teachers, many of whom have taught
the history condemned for years.