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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-10-05
CHAPTER XIV.
The Landlady Of the Occidental.

The Landlady of the Occidental.
Keith had crossed at this point so
frequently with cattle that, once hav-
ing his bearings, the blackness of the
night made very little difference.
Nevertheless, in fear lest her pony
might stumble over some irregularity,
he gave his own rein to Neb, and went
forward on foot, grasping firmly the
tired animals bit 1t was a long
stretch of sand and water extending
from bank to bank, but the water was
shallow, the only danger being that
of straying off from the more solid
bottom into quicksand. With tower
ing cottonwood as guide. oddly mis-
shapen and standing out gauntly
against the slightly lighter sky. the
plainsman led on unhesitatingly, until
they began to climb the rather sharp
uplift of the north bank. Here there
was plain trail. pounded into smooth
ness by the hoofs of cavalry horses
ridden down to water. and at the sum-
NIT they emerged within fifty yards of
the stables.
The few lights visible, some station
airy, with others dancing about, like
wiIl-o+the-wisps, revealed imperfectly
the contour OF various buildings. but
Keith turned sharply to the right. anx-
ious to sliD past without being chal-
1enged by a sentry. Beyond the brow
of the bluff other lights now became
visible, Pickering here and there.
marking where struggling town had
sprung up under the protection of the
post-a town garish enough in the
daylight, composed mostly of shacks
and tents, but now with its deficien-
cies mercifully concealed by the en-
veloping darkness. The trail, easily
followed. led directly along its single
street, but Keith circled the outskirts
through a wilderness of tin-cans and
heaps of other debris. until he halted
his charges beside the black shadow
OF the only two-story edifice in the
Mace. This was the Occidental, the
hospitality of which he had frequently
tasted
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"Bedad, but the place looks betther
than liver Ord behaved. wild the gyurl
Owe got tindin' to it. She's that
lazy she goes ter Shape swapin' the
dure. Jack, would We moind hilpin'
me move the bid; shure, it's rale ma
hogany. an so heavy 1t breaks me
back intoirely to push 1t round
He took hold willingly enough. and
the two together ran the heavy con-
trivance across the room to the posi-
ton selected. Once leg caught in
the rag carpet, and Keith lifted it out,
bending low to get firmer grip. Then
he held out his hand to the girl.
ut is not going to be goodbye then.
Miss Hope: I'll find you"
She smiled up into his eyes, much
of the WEAKNESS gone from her face.
81 am going to believe that" she al
swered. gladly. because ! want to-"
Mrs. Murphy fingered until bis steps
felt his way down through the dark
ness.
HE do be moighty foine bye. Jacl
Keith" she said. apparently address
ing the side wall "Oi wish Ord 9
knowed him whin Oh was a gyurlI
shure. it's not Murphy me noime'd bs
now, Ohm t'inkin'."
Left alone. the girl bowed her head
on her hands, hot tear stealing dowr
through her fingers. AS she glanced
up again. something that glittered oU
the floor beside the bed caught heI
eyes. She stopped and picked it up
holding the trinket to the light, star
ing at it as though fascinated 1t was
the locket Keith had taken from tho
neck of the dead man at Cimmaror
Crossing. Her nerveless fingers press
ed the spring. and the painted faca
within looked up into her own, anc
still clasping 1t within her hand. she
sank upon her knees. burying her face
on the bed.
where did he get that?" her lips
kept repeating. Where did he ever
get that?"
ITO PE NONTTNIJED1
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-10-05

A light streamed from out the front
windows. but, uncertain who might
be harbored within. Keith tapped
gently at the back door. 1t was not
opened Immediately, and when it was
finally showed aside the merest crack,
no glow of light revealed the darkened
interior. The voice which spoke, how
! ever, was amply sufficient to identify
it's owner.
rs that We agin, Murphy. playin'
av yer dirthv tbricks?"
mo, Mrs. Murphy" he fastened to
explain, this is Keith-Jack Keith,
of the Bar x"
THE Lord deliver us!" was the in
slant exclamation, the door opening
wide. They do be afther tellin' me
tonight av the throuble We was IN
over at Carson, an OF fought maybe
ye moIght turn up this way. 1t was
nate trick ye played on the loikes
av 'em, Jack, but this is a dom poor
place fer We ter hide in. Bedad, there's
haIf-dozen In the party now talkin'
about it, wild a couple av officers from
the fort. Is the mayer wild ye?"
Eyes, but we have no intention of
hiding here. I'd rather take my
chance in the open. The fact is, Kate.
we started off for the Bar X"
"Av course. We did; Oh was shurc av
it."
But down on the Salt Fork we ran
across a young girl whom Black Bart
had inveigled down that way on lie.
We had bit of a fight, and got her
away from him. This is what brought
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"shure It's Safe 1t Is Yer Coin Ter Be Here"

would not want to feel that our ac-
quaintance was to wholly end now"
do You really mean that?"
"Why should | not? You have been
a real friend to me: l shall remember
you always with a gratitude beyond
words. want you to know this, and
that-that shall ever wish to retain
that friendship"
Keith struggled with himself. doubt
full of what he had best say. swayed
by unfamiliar emotions.
you may be sure | shall never for
get" he blurted forth, desperately.
and, If you really wish it, I'll certain
ly see you again"
II do" earnestly.
Then. I'll surely find way. / don
know now which direction we will
ride, but I'm not going very far until
clear up that murder out yonder on
the trail; that Is my particular job
just now"
Before she could answer, Mrs. Muir
ply re-entered and forced her to drink
the concoction prepared, the girl &C
cepting with smiling protest. The land
lady, empty glass in hand, swept her
eyes about the room.
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RED HAIR WAS NEW TO THEN
Indians for a Long Time insisted
That White Mans Scalp Must
Have Been Painted.

Forty years ago the Indians IN
Colorado knew but little of the white
man, and nothing hardly of his ways
or habits except from tradition
Among the people who went to set
tie in Colorado at that time was
man with very red hair. He and his
party were thrown among the In
dams, who thought at first that his
hair was painted, just as they paint
ed their own bodies and faces.
An old chief came up to him one
day and looked at his hair very care
fully.
"Ugh!" said he.
And then, turning to the Interpreter
who had the part. in charge, ne
wanted him to ask the man where he
got the kind of paint that would coloQ
and yet not be greasy or look DADDY
He was told that the mans hair was
not PAINTED. bat he would not believe
it. He once more walked up to ting
man and scrutinized his locks, run
ming his hand through them and iooE'
ing at his fingers.
nervous, and half fancied that tne
chief was calculating how nice req
scalp would look hung to his oelE
The Interpreter, however, laughingly
told the man what the chief had said.
Two or three more OF the Indians
then gathered around the party, ana
they and the interpreter had pow
WOW. Finally the Interpreter asked
the man If he would object to putting
water on his hair.
He saw the Indians would not be-
Iieve but that it was painted. until
they saw that the water would not
wash the color out. The man took
some water, rubbed it on his hair
and then showed his hands to them.
But it took four or five days of won
dering examination to convince them
that he had not found some peculiar
paint, and got himself up in bright
red suit Of hair
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Streegth of the Newborn

half a minute. At four days old the
child's strength has increased. and
the time is two and a half minutes
for IS per cent of babies. The maxi
mum is attained at fortnight. Few
infants can hang on FOR more than
one and a half minutes. though one
exceptional young Hercules remained
suspended for two minutes and 3S
seconds by his right hand. After that
he still hung on with his left for 10
seconds longer" 1t is not stated
whose babies were put through these
horizontal bar gymnastics at the early
age of from one hour to fortnight
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Copyright. A. c. Mcclurg q Co.. 1907

We want. an a dhrap o. whiskey. Jack
Keith, why didn't We till me she was
done up wild the hard ride? Here,
honey. sit down In the rocker till Ol
get We a wee dhrink. It'll bring the
roses back to the cheeks av ye." She
was gone, bustling down the dark
stairs, and the two were alone in the
room. the girl looking up into his face.
her head resting against the cushion
ed back of the chair. He thought he
saw a glimmer of tears in the depths
of her lash-shaded eyes, and her
round white throat seemed to choke.
You will be perfectly secure here,
he said, soothingly, land can remain
as long as you please. Mrs. Murphy
will guard you as though you were her
own daughter. She is a bit rough.
maybe, but big-hearted woman. and
despises Hawley. She nursed me
once through touch of typhoid-yes.
by Jove," glancing about in sudden
recognition, land in this very room.
too"
The girls glance wandered over the
plain, neat furnishings, and the rather
pathetic attempts at decoration. yet
with apparently no thought for them.
"You-you have not told me where
you were going"
He laughed, little uneasily. as
though he preferred to make light of
the whole matter.
Really, have hardly decided. the
world is so wide, and l had no reason
to suppose you interested"
"But | am interested" resenting his
tone of assumed Indifference. Il
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A Student of Humanity.

Mrs. Carter and her cook. says the
Brooklyn Citizen, were discussing the
murder which had narrowed the dusky
citizens of the countryside.
'Will dey hang him fer KILN of
his wife. Miss Cyarter?"
1--WE can't tell yet, Aunt jimmy. The
court will decide. Of course, if they
prove he did it on purpose"
Done it a purpose! Law, Miss
Cyarter, in course he kilt his wife a
purpose! Honey, amt done been
married? Don't know menu"
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Muscles of the Forearm Especially
Seem to BE Powerful. Says
London Periodical.

The myth of the infant Hercules.
who strangled two serpents in his
cradle. may not have been myth at
all, but a fact. says the London Teie-
graph. Modern science has proved
that it is quite a possible feat. The
newborn babe is relatively much
stronger than a full-grown man. &C
cording to the result of medical tests:
The muscles of the forearm are sur
prisingly vigorous. A few hour after
birth baby suspended by its finger
to a stick. or to the finger of a per-
son. can hold itself in the air for ten
seconds. and. in the case of particu-
larly strong infants. for as long as
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-10-05

to neglect.
James G. Hardin,
Weatherford, Texas,
says: "My feet and
limbs became numb
and I had terrible
pains through the
small of my back.
K / dney secretions
caused untold annoy
ance by their fire.
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quency in passage and I began 10
think there was no hope for me.
Doan's Kidney Pills cured me and /
have not had the slightest trouble
since"
when Your Back is Lame, Remem-
Der the Name-DOAN'S
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price SOC.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-10-05
Such Is Fate.

"Why do you rock that boat?
asked the wise man.
Because, in case of accident" re-
piled the fool. I'm always saved"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-10-05
A Rate Maker.

"You say you charge extra for sum.
mer boarders who are trying to reduce
their weight"
YES" replied Farmer Corntossel.
ct have to. They always develop the
biggest appetites."
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Not a BIT.

I'm getting married Mr.. Sothern
and Miss Marlowe showed very little
consideration for the public"
why so?"
There's no fun in watching man
and his wife play Romeo and juliet !"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-10-05
WEAK, ILL AND MISERABLE.

How many people suffer from back
ache, headache and dizziness with
out realizing the cause? These symp-
toms of kidney trouble are too serious
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-10-05

No matter how hard the rules may
be, they're as fair for us as for, the
rest of the gang!
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She Probably Was Worth II.

She Probably Was Worth It.
Il proposed last night and today |
have to see the girls father"
"A painful ordeal"
Yes: | feel morally certain that ne
is going to borrow at least $50"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-10-05

A woman rarely uses toilet vinegars
and oils in her dressing until she is
past her salad days.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-10-05

VETy NINNII 0Vs
1T is odd what fascination Henry
VIII. seemed to have for women"
Yes, he certainly did make them
lose their heads.
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a BURNING SUGGESTION.

why is it that you have taken to
the exploiting of cremation?"
Because | found it the best way in
which to urn living"
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Grass and Foul Weeds Quickly Destroyed

The most practical and sure method of nd
ding your land of these great pests. This
machine is giving wonderful satisfaction ON
hundreds of farms. Simple, strong. and DUR
able. Has paid for itself in one season on
many farm. Write us for full particulars
Co., 1o4 S. Kenwood Ave-. Austin. Minz-
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Color more goods brighter and faster colors
iye any garment without ripping apart.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-24

NNING JEWS has fha
~ seaAaAHaa III Eze e5aax
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-24
lf)r. KllsneP q Co.,
Itinuhnsnton, N. NJ

For several years / have been In
the employ of the Erie Railroad
Company, and in their employ /
was tken with kidney trouble. L
tried several doctors, but seemed to
get no results from their treatment.
/ tried DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
taking four bottles, which cureo me.
l am seyenty-two years old and am
at present at the West Main Street
crossing OF the Erie Railroad in this
village.
Very truly yours,
CHRISTOPHER McNALLY,
4 Bronson St. Avon, N. Y.
Sworn anG subscribed to before
me this the 18th day of July, 1909.
HARRY C. FOLLETT,
Jusice Of the Peace.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-24
INSURE
INSIDE CLEANLINESS
The millions OF Cascaret users never
have Headache. Constipation,
BiIiousness or Sick Stomach

II is more necessary that you keep
your Bowels, Liver and Stomach
clean, pure and fresh than 1t is to
keep the ewers and drainage OF a
large city free from obstruction,
Are you keeping clean inside with
Casearets-or merely forcing a pas
sageway every few days with salts,
cathartic pills or castor oilf This
ia Important.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse
and regulate the stomach, remove
the sour, undigested and ferment-
ing food and foul gases; take the
excess bile from the liver and carry
nut Of the system the decomposed
waste matter and poison in the In
testines and bowels.
No odds how badly and upset you
feel, a Cascaret tonight will straight
en- you out by morning. They work
while you sleep A 10-cent box
from your druggist will keep your
entire family feeling good for
months. Don't forget the children
their little insides need a good,
gentle cleansing. too.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-24
NOT ALL ARE LIKE THIS
Example OF t coId-E' 7oded New
York Landiady Pr oabIy
an Exception.

Ever since coming to New York i
have heard about the cold-blooded
metropo' itan fandlady," ramarked the
Observation-Disclosures but it
was not until my colored laundHess
10 her son that I rubbed elbows
W. / the genuine calloused art lie.
The boy was drowned while bathing
Ia the Hudson. and a policeman
brought home his few garments and
dilapidated old shoes, with the word
that the body would hardly be re-
covered.
"rhe woman's first thought was
that she wanted her husband to know
Of their loss and come to her comfort.
He is employed as kitchen helper In
q boarding house u by q woman in
the north end of Manhattan ] tale
phoned TO his employer. and she cs m.
ly replied I At the mca could ! OF
to the telephone. no servants
y permitted to do SO: nor would
she e the message to him. He is
partie any busy today. and cannot
spare him. was her harsh reply.
Rather hotly | informed her that |
would Immediately telegraph him.
and she replied that the mess &c
would o be delivered until after
working hours.
Later learned that should have
reported the matter to the poHce as-
partment and a policeman would have
been sent to inform the father; but
as the matter stood. the distracted
mother had to walt FIR the comfort
of her husband until after working
hours nearly ten hours. at that"
The EsENING NEWS has the
largest circulation In the county
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-24
ONE BIRDS LABe7 or LOVE
Naturalist Watches Thrushes Building
Their Nest, Where the Female
Did the Work.

The other day ] sat for an hour
watching q pair of wood thrushes en-
gagged In building their nest Aear Slab
sides" | say a pair. though the fe-
male really did all the work. The
mails hung around and was evidently
an interested spectator of The proceed
Ing The mother bird was very busy
bringing and placing the erial.
which consisted mainly of dry pie
leaves Which the winter had made
thin and soft, and which we're strewn
over the ground all about. How
pretty she looked running the
ground. now in shade, now In sun
shine, searching for the leaves that
were just to her fancy! s. etimes
she would seize two or more and with
a quick, soft fight bear them to the
fork of q little maple sapling.
Every five or six minutes during her
absence the male would come and IN.
spect her work. He would look 1t
over. arrange a leaf or two with his
beak. and then 50 his W u. Twice
he sat down In the nest g rked
his feet and pressed it with his
breast. as If shaping 1t, When the fe-
male found him there on b r re arm
be quickly got out of her way.
But he brought no material, he I'd
no needful thing. he was a bird of
leisure. The female did all the
~drudgery, and with what an air of
grace and ease she did It'll So soft
Of wing. SO trim of form. so pretty OF
pose and SO gentle In every owe
menfs It was evidently no drudgery
to her the material was handy. and
the task enc Of love.-Country Life in
America
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-24

DODGE THE POSTAGE STAMP
Foreign Countries | wishing Schemes
for Benefit OF Large Users
of tho Malls.

Any man who can devise a practi-
cal substitute for the postage stamp
will deserve the gratitude OF every
large business house in the world, and
may ear q large fortune. For the
labor of af1xing stamps to their enor-
GUS mail necessitates In some firms
the employment of a special clerical
staff
In the postofices of soms countries
steps In this direction have already
been taken. Here, for instance news
papers and magazines are mailed by
their publishers In bulk without
stamps. and the postage ia paid In a
lump gum Of one cent a pound. Then,
again, some firms that send out large
quantities Of circulars register them
selves tnder q certain number at the
postof. q, their envelopes are printed
with this number and the circulars so
mailed are paid for In bulk. In Ba-
varia large consignments OF letters
may merely be postmarked by ma
chinery and sent without stamps. the
postage fee being paid in a lump sum
at the time of mailing. 1t is said that
since February /. 1910, this system
has saved the Bavarian p~ostofice the
expense for paper and the printing
cost for 10000 900 stamps.
A writer In the Umschau, q Ger
man publication, suggests a further de
velopment of this system along the
lines OF a meter, like those used for
water, gas and electricity, in which
the letters would be placed and auto
matically stamped with a postmark,
the machine recording each letter SO
mailed. These machines would be in
spected periodically and the bills col
iected, Just as are those of the CON
of gas or water.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-24

The EVENING NEWS has the
largest circulation In the county.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-24
Crook with q Conscience.

4 nan walked into police head
quarters tho other night and handed
aase q pocketbook in which
a 1886.
Nv name is Charles Schiick. and
there is some money / picked from a
man pocket in the subway this even
ing. he said. "I'm no common crook,
bur I've been here three months and
canst find q Job For two days i've
been hungry. Tonight / sneaked by
The ticket chopper In the Brooklyn
subway station. and standing
ae1t to this fellow / saw my chance
l got away with il. got OF the train
as Fourteenth street, go a good meals
he straightened upand there's tbs
change
Iie said bis conscience had 30 grou-
biea him that be wanted 10 give him
aslf ap.New York Sun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-24
Railroad Waiehmsn Has
Remark BILE Experience
Prove what swamp-Root WIN DO

For ~oI.
Send to DR.. Kilmer & CO., Bing-
hamton, N. T., for a scmple bottle.
1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable in
formation, telling all about the kid
neys and bladder. When writing,
be sure and mention the Perth AM
boy EVENING NEWS. Regular If
ty-cent and one dollar size bottles
for sale at all drug stores.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-24

Washington, Aos. 25:-Jacob H.
SehiT, The News York banker, who
charged John Hays Hammond and
William w. Rockhill, former ambas-
sador to Russia, with having aided
the czar of Russia in evading the
Jewish passport issue In order to get
Russian commercial contracts, will
continue his fight to procure the
abrogaffon OF the treaty Of 1882 be-
tween the United S ates and Russia
unless Russia recedes from her po-
sition- Senators OsGorman and Root
of New York have promised to do.
all In their power to compel Russia
to change her atti ude toward Amer
lean citizens who are discourteously
treated in Russia.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-24

all without the mule. He is used
to convey food. ammunition and
supplies to the outposts, and he
does his work well. The climate
seems to agree with him, and such
fcn1 &c re pets sntiafas him Though
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-27
WORKING FOR JASON LEE
MEMORIAL CHURCH

Among the many prominent Salem
people who are extending personal
efforts to make success of the en-
tertainment for the benefit of the
Jason Lee Memorial church, to be
given Friday evening, April 2S, at the
First NJ. E. church State and Church
streets, is Coroner Clough. Mr.. and
Mrs. Clough are interested in the
outcome of the entertainment and are
doing all in their power to make it
a financial success, as the entertain
ment has been arranged for the pur-
pose of raising money for the Jason
Lee church.
Mrs. Everett Marshall Hurd, read
er, and Alice Mae Phelps, pianist,
are among the prominent entertain
ers who will take part in the pro-
gram. Mr.. and Mrs. ], Wenger, as
sisted by Miss Emma Shumway and
Miss Bertha Clarke, soloists, also are
on the list of entertainers.