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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-24

| Philip had been enjoying, he was,
again, the very man who, during those
long years of exile, had dominated
crew and captain of the Wafrus and
bent them to his will.
He was returning from the ledge
along the crown OF the glacier, when
on the day of this discovery, he found
that his accustomed path was inter
rupted by new assure in the ice; it
had occurred since he had come that
way IN the morning, and was too
broad to leap across. So he was forced
to descend by the rougher and more
difficult track which lay along the
moraine.
Before he had gone three PAGES
along this track his eye made out
something, just OF his patch and lit
tie below it. which caused him at first
to utter a snarl of anger. but led him
the next moment to give wild bias
phemous yell Of joy,
The great assure which had opened
in the ice had done, in an instant
what the party from the Aurora had
failed to do after hours of hard labor
it had yielded UP the body of Perry
Hunter. which. during all these
months, it had kept imprisoned
Strapped across the dead mans
shoulders, just where he had carried
it in life, was a rife and around his
middle belt full Of cartridges.
The next instant Roscoe was bend
ing over the body. jerking savagely
at the frozen buckles which resisted
his impatient fingers. But they were
not to be denied If they were clum-
sy. the hands were strong.
1t was net five minutes later when
Roscoe, rife and ammunition belt in
his hands. was hurrying on toward his
cave once more. The body lay just
where his Decorating hands had left
it.
The rife was uninjured; that he had
seen at q glance, though OF curse,
all the mechanism of its breeci was
frozen fast But a half hours hard
work with cleaning rod and II g Of
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-24

none of Cayley's shots could have ac-
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 bis voice when he
spoke to her. He offered no explana-
ton. Merely told her to go into the
hut and make fast the solid wooden
shutters oyer the windows. He would
come in and would tell her what it
was all about, in a moment.
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-
ton.
Conquering a feeling of repugnance,
she bent over the hand, cast one
glance at the thing it 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
be pretty good evidence that he is.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-24
sYNoPsIs.

Philip Cayley, accused OF a crime OF
which he ls not guilty. resigns from the
army - disgrace and his affection for
hatred cayfey seeks solitude, whore he
perfecta flying machine. While soaring
over Tie Arctic. regions. he picks up
cur1o0s4y shaped stick he had seen In the
assassin's hand Mounting again, he dis
covers yacht anchored In the bay De-
scending near the steamer, he meets
girl on an ice foe He; learns that the
Eirrs name is Jeanne Fielding and that
DE yacht has come north to seek signs
Of her father. Captain Fielding, an arctic
king search ashore. After Cayley departs
Isanns finds that he had dropped a Gu
the SURVIVING crew of his wrecked whaler
arr Ia hidea6 on the coast. giant rur-
man named Roscoe. had murdered Fielding
paorer bad revealed the location Of an
took Commend q the party It develops
ser wftposspd by Cayiey. Roscoe plans
e Capture fhr yacht and escape with
big bad q gold. Jeanne tells Fansha tS
gky-maz and shows him tho etick left by
Cayiey. F3nshav declares that 1t is an
Eskimo throwing stick. used to shoot
ssaro1RnR party With a sprained ankle
Cayiey is accused Of the crime but Jeanne
believes him Innocent relief party goes
to find the searchers. Tom processes his
love for Jeanne. She rows ashore and
enters abandoned hut, and there finds
her fathers diary. which discloses the ex-
piorer's suspicion of Roscoe Tho ruff
Dan returns to tho hut and sees Jeanne
He 10 intent on murder when the sky
man swoeps down and the ruffian fees.
Jeanne gives Cayley her fathers diary
to read The yacht disappears and Hos-
Jeanns's sn1y hope is In Cayley. The
sertousness Of their situation becomes ap-
parent to Jeanne and the sky man, Cay
ley kills q polar bear. Next he finds
clue to the hiding place of the stores
Roscoe b about to attack the girl when
he Is sent 6eeing In terror by the sight
pf the sky-Aan swooping down. Measures
arc taken to fortffy the hut
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-24

articulated themselves into a perfect
ly clear perception of Roscoe's plan.
THE other way, The other way
he cried. motioning Jeanne back
through the storeroom. Into the
cave He is waiting for US outside
That's why he fred the hut Quick
We must save all we can"
And so IT happened that Roscoe
waited in vain. He saw the blaze he
had kindled reach its fiery climax.
and then in spite of the icy gale which
was tanning il, die down into an
angry. sullen, smouldering glow. But
no man appeared TO furnish q mark
for his waiting rifle. and no woman
was delivered GefeRseless, sheIterless,
into his british hands,
The failure vi his plan brought
back moment or two of the old sup
srstitious horror. but his mind was
braced against it now and did not
readily give way Somehow. the fail
ure must be countable-humanly &C
countable.
At last he solved this mystery. too.
partly solved it. at least, for he re-
membered the ice cave back OF the
hut His first impulse. when he
thought OF ii, was to attack them
there and now, to charge in over the
red hot Goals of the hut and settle
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
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-24
CHAPTER xvIII.-contrnued.


THE sentence is that you shall be
frightened with bear story. There's
big one coming down the beach aft
er you this very moment, and you're
TO surrender the revolver to me and
stay under arrest in the hut until aft
er I 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
ne pointed Even in the deep twilight
she could already make out the sham
bling figure tnat 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 I was
overhead I could make out the blood
stains on his side, and he was leaving
a track en- the ice.
Wounded tn a fight with another
bear?"
NE, that's not likely
She asked ne further explanation,
but slipped into the hut. The next
moment she was back with the field
glasses.
While you're attending to the
bear" she said In whisper, TN just
60 60
one else"
The past weeks had made one diff
ference in her attitude toward Cayley
which she was now aware of, as she
contrasted her sensations on seeing
Philip step forward, out of the shelter
Of the hut, to confront the bear, with
those she had experienced when he
had act elIt on similar errand once
before She knew him now, and she
had no fear for him. The feeling
that thrilled her now was nearer akin
10 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
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 venomeusly and reared up.
He was already badly enough |
wounded to have taken all the fight |
put OF any other sort Of animal, but |
half alive as he was, he cost Cayley |
Tour cartridges. Three Of those shots
Cayley was reasonably sure must have
sntered a vital spot. The first one
look the bear between the eyes as he
vas rising. The second was fired into
his open mouth. The third was prob
ably detected by the massive fore
paw which he was holding across his
body, in the attitude of boxer. The
fourth shot, however, penetrated his
throat and probably smashed one of
the two first vertebrae. for 1t seemed
10 bring the monster down all in a
heap. where he finally lay STILL Cay
ley could have reached him with his
loot.
Good shooting" said the girl quiet
" from the little vestibuie.
He reloaded the revolver, letting
The empty shells drop unheeded on
he ice at his feet He gave the weap-
IN back to the girl, and bent over the
hear
I'm iesz interested in what / did
10 him" he said, than In what he got
Rom the enemy who first attacked
him
The light was almost Eons, 80 that
Ill he could ses wsre two or three
irregular da~k stains upon the white
ur. A wound in the flank. which
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-11-24

Get up quickly'- she said when abe
saw that he wac awake. Philip, the
hut's on irei"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-03
Big Coal
Contract
Southern Said to Have Closed
Contract for One
Million Tons.

Black Diamond, a large coal
trade publication, prints nm in.
teresting story, which. if true
assures greater activity in coal
mining in Southwest Virginia
and along the Virginia and
Southwestern railway than ever
before. 1t follows;
"rhe Southern railway has
closed contracts amounting to
l 100000 tons of coal to be
taken from the Virginia and
Southwestern Railway, a road
owned by the Southern Railway
interests. II is reported that
the price to be paid for this coal
is eighty-thrce cents per ton
the lowest price at which run.
of-mine coal has been pur.
chased by the Southern. and the
lowest, with very few excep
tons, at which run-of mine coal
has been sold in the South.
While the financial interests
back of the Virginia & South
western railroads are the same
as those behind the Southern.
and 1t is usually stated that the
Southern owns the Virginia &
Southwestern, the latter corpor-
alton is under separate manage
ment and such coal as the
Southern buys from the Vir-
ginia mines it will pay freight
upon till II reaches it's line at
Rogersville. This rate is about
sixty eight cents.
Heretofore the Middlesb, no.
Ky, mines have taken a large
portion of the contracts to
supply the Southern railway
with fuel and other mines To-
Gated on the Southern Railway
lines have shared in the com
pany fuel business whom they
desired. The placing Of the
heavy contract with the Vir.
ginia mines, it is believed,
means that strictly Southern
railway mines are to lose the
business. Heretofore the South.
ern had paid from ninety five
cents to 8l.l0 for coal for its
own use.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-03
CONSTITUTION
AND BYLAWS
OF the Junior Civic League,
Big Stone Gap, Va.

Preamble Same as Senior League
ARTICLE
The name of this organization shall be
l"l'he Junior Civic League, of Big'Stone
Gap, Virginia, and its motto shall be
Labor Omnio Nincit
ARTlCLEIl.
Any person who Is engaged in the work
OF the Big Stone Gap High School shall
be eligible to full membership in this
League.
ARTICLE III.
The officers of this organization shall
consist of - Supervisor appointed from
the Senior Civic League; a President.
Vice President, and Secretary all three
of which shall be elected ~ vote Of the
Junior League
ARTICLE ".
At the last regular meeting of this or
ganization there shall be elected presi-
dent, Nice-President and Secretary
ARTICLEV.
The Supervisor of this organisation
shalt be ready and willing, at all times, to
advise, give information and 20 carry out
the directions of the Senior Civic League
A. might regard any WOrk said League
might wish TO impose upon said Junior
League. shall be eIoflicio member of all
committees of this organization, and
shall put forth every possible effort with
u view 20 promoting the interests and
general welfare of the organization
ARTICLE VI.
The President shall preside ut all meet.
ings; shall cooperate with the Supervisor;
shall keep in touch with the committees,
and shall have power 10 call meetings
Whenever the occasion so demands. He
shall make every effort to improve the
Interests Of this organization.
ARTICLE VII.
In the absence of the President, the
Vice President shall preside at the meet.
ings. He or she shalt at any and all times
cooperate with the President and Super.
visor in any and all matters of Importance
relating TO this organization.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Seorstary shall keep the records Of
all the proceedings Of all meetings Of The
Junior Civic League in book provided
for that p;espose. and shall perform sucl
other duties as the President may direct
ARTICLE IN.
This Constitution may be amended b,
the officers Of the Senior and JUNO
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-03
Civic League Column
EDiTED BY PRESS COMMITTEE.
Meeting. second Friday Of Each Month.

During the past five years
many improvements have been
made in the town of Blacks
burg, Va, most of which have
been accomplished through the
efforts of the ladies of the Civic
Betterment Club. Concrete
sidewalks have been laid along
Main street and on the side
streets leading to the churches
and the public school building;
additional lights have been in
stalled aud Inducements offered
for keeping yards and premises
in order.
The following clipping from
the Norton Free Press shows
that Norton is getting in line
with. the civic improvement
spirit which il animating the
country generally:
For several days the work
men who are improving the
cemetery have been lombard
ing the stumps and making
preparations to beautify our
city of the dead this summer.
This is one thing that should be
observed more than it liz. gen
erally-keeping our departed
friends graves green. Let us
get together, get acquainted
and beautify our city of the
dead this summer. 'Strang-
ers' can never understand one
another; good understanding
Is a great key to success.
The women of Eredericks
burg have organized Civic
Betterment Club, for improving
sanitary conditions, checking
tuberculosis aud other prevent,
able diseases, urging greater
cleanliness, and to beautify the
streets and private premises; to
distribute literature and dis.
seminate information that will
enable citizens to work in an
intelligent and effective way
towards higher ideals of civic
cleanliness, health and beauty
Alexander Berger addressed
the women, and donated 500
to be given in prizes for we'll.
kept and beautiful premises on
property not exceeding SO 900 in
Vnlup 4 bpl1t aavpntV. five ,vn
men have already joined the
organization, and n large mum.
Der of men will compose the
honorary list and pay dues.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-03
WOULD PREVENT
CHILD BLINDNESS
Health Department Urges
Teaching OF Subject in
State Medical
Colleges.

Richmond, Va, April GO
To insure the teaching of the
infant blindaess in all the
medical schools of the country,
and in this way to prevent the
needless blindness of the new.
born, the State Health Depart
ment has decided to AJAX the
cooperation of the medical col
lcges of the State and of the
State Board of Medical Exam
inors. The Department will
request that in every examina-
ton on the particular branch
covering the subject, the medi-
cal instructors annually ask
their students on examination
how to trear the children ut
birth The State Board of
Medical Examiners will also be
required to put a question OH
the subject in every examina-
ton of candidates for license to
practice medicine.
The Department, in state
ment Just issued, shows that
much of the blindness among
children is unnecessary ard
that the application of com
paratively simple drugs by
competent physicians will pre-
vent a large percentage of the
blindness which occurs during
the first few days after birth.
That these remedies can only
be applied when all the physi-
clans of the State are made
familiar with the treatment,
and that the best way to do this
is teach all future students the
methods to be employed, is the
belief of the Health Commits
sioner.
Practically all of our medi-
cal colleges are instructing
their students in this subject,
and are already cooperating in
the campaign TO reduce blind
ness" said Commissioner Will
liems today, "but they agree
with us that the best results can
only be attained when every
student, knowing that he will
be examined on the subject,
will give it particular attention.
II competent physicians were
always called in for such cases,
and no midwives were employ
ed, blindness among the new
born could be UNNECESSARILY
reduced,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-03
THE CALF-PATH.
BY sAMWMrsn Fo.s

ON day through the primeyal wood
\ cAli walked home as good calves should
but made a trail all bent askcw,
i crooked trail, As all calves do
Since then three hundred years have He'd
And infer the calf Is dead
But still he LETT behind his trail.
And thereby hangs my mortal tale
lie TRAIL was taken up next day
lty lone dog that passed that way.
Ana then Wise heli-wether sheep
Pursued the trail DER vale aud steep
And drew the flock behind him, too,
As good hcll-wothers always do.
Aud from that day DER hill and glade.
through those old woods a path was
made
And many men wound 10 and out.
And lodged aud turned and bent about,
And uttered words OF righteous wrath
because twas such q crooked path.
But still they followed-do not laugh
The first migritions of that calf,
ANA through the winding wood-wAy
stalkcd.
Because he wobbled when he walked
This forest path became a lane
THAT bent and turned aud turned again
This crooked lane became q road.
Where many q poor horse with his load
rolled On beneath the burning sun.
And travelled some three miles IN one
And thus century aud half
They irod the footsteps of that calf.
The years passed on in swftness feet.
ho road became village Ctrect:
And this before men we're aware,
\ city's crowded thoroughfare
And soon the central street was this
OF a renowned metropolis
And men two centuries and hall
Trod in the footsteps Of that calf
Each day Il hundred thousand rout
Followed the zigZag calf about.
And DER his crooked Journey went
The traffic ola continent.
hundred thousand mel. were led
By one calf near three centuries dead
They followed still his crooked way.
And lost one hundred years day:
For thus such reverence Is lent
10 well-established precedent
\ moral lesson this might teach
We're ! ordained and called to preach:
For men are prone to 60 it blind
Along the ealG paths OF he mind,
And work away from sun TO srn
=" W. what otheI men nave done.
They follow in the beaten track.
And ont and in and forth and back,
And still their devioas course pursue,
10 keep the path tina; others do.
They Keep the path a sacred grove,
Along which ali their lives they move:
But how the wise Old wood.gods laugh,
Who saw tie first primeyai calf.
An, many things this Tale might teach
But am not ordained to preach
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-03
AN INVITATION

largely for the sake of ENJOYING
this vacation air aud the varied
scenery Of our blue mountains.
Tho creature comforts of ex
istence will he found here in
abundant supply, as there is in
process of working out a plan
for putting up a building for
cold storage purposes, whose
refrigeration will enable deal.
ers to keep here bountiful guam
titles of vegetables, fruits and
other necessities as well as lux
uries that will meet the require
ments of people who want the
best, for, in connection with
them will be found a high grade
of groceries and kindred goods
and much that an educated
taste will call for, including a
dependable supply of dairy
products.
We have practically four
railroads centering here, so all
operators can reach their mines
from this point by train. and
shortly by their own motor
cars, so that there will be no
Inconvenience in being away
from their plants when they
can reach them so easily and in
such a short time, either by day
or night.
There are numerous sites
whcreon to put mp dwellings
here. Buildings should be
located on the hills above the
old Stonega Academy, on the
Turtle Back and ON the other
ridge running towards the furn
ace, which gives such good
panoramic view of the Morris
Farm and the amphitheatre of
mountains curving towards
High Knob, the loftiest ground
in all Virginia. in all of which
places large yards can be had,
capable of being made very
beautiful.
And, similarly, such a cata
logue could be extended, but
any people makes up its own
society and meets its own social
requirements and other sources
of satisfaction of living here
Other advantages viii occur to
all, some TO one person and
others to another, so why en-
large or elaborate IT,
So this invitation is extended
broadly Operators, come and
live with us.
JAMEs w. Fox.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-03
Leagues aud tho Supervisor OF the Junior
RY-LAWS.


Section Amy person who is engaged
shall be eligible to full membership In
this League without dues.
Section 9-Thc Junior Civic League
shalt include such departments as shall be
created and recommended by the Senior
Civic i-eague,
section ga representative appointed
by Executive Committee OF the Senior
Civic League, the Supervisor OF the
Junior League, and the officers of the
Junior Civic League shall constitute
quorum for transaction of business In this
Organization.
Section i--'rhe treasurer OF the SenIor
Civic League shall act Is Treasurer for
the Junior Civic League
Section 5-rhe Executive Committee
shall; be composed of the First Vice
Presidsr. &C the Senior Civic League, the
officers of the Junior Civic League and
the Supervisor
Section 6--Thcrc shalt be four standing
committees; the Street Committee. school
Committee, Cemetery COMMITTEES, and
Entertaining Committee.
Section 7--'rhis organization siall have
four. regular meetings, meeting every
third month
Section S--rhe President Of the Junior
Civic league shall appoint prior 20 the
last regular meeting nominating conf
mittce, composed OF two pupils from the
fourth Grade through the High School
inclusive The duty Of this Committee
shall be put ia The officers OF the organ
izatlon; shall snggest name 10 Senior
Civic League to serve As Supervisor over
their League, which name shall be taken
up and voted on In the Senior League
Mus. JAMES NEsnrr, Chairman.
II II NoUSG,
Mis- l.. o. PErrlr
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1911-05-03
BASKET AND BASE BALL.

Victory was ours in the
basket ball game at Appalachia
Saturday afternoon. The game
was a hotly contested one, the
score being . to s. The game
was called at 2:3O, Miss Grace
Perry being referee. At the
close of the first half Of tbs
game, the score was two to
nothing in our favor, two points
having been made by three
throws. The Big Stone Gap
rooters were overjoyed, but at
the beginning of the second
half OF the game it looked as if
luck were turning against us.
The day was won though by the
splendid guarding done by our
girls. Although the Appalachia
girls did their best, they could
not prevent Big Stone Gap from
putting the ball in the basket.
Our victory over Appalachia
entities us to play East Stone
Gap on Field Day, May 10, on
which day VIC hope to be as
lucky as usual.
The baseball game between
Appulachia and Big Stone Gap
was called Immediately after
the basket ball game, Mr.. G. f.
Blanton, of this place, umpir-
ing. At The beginning of the
game Appalachia made two
scores, but we were not uneasy
in the least. A few minutes
later Big Stone Gap made a
score and when the second
score was made the people went
wild with excitement. The boys
played al excellent game, good
plays being made by both the
in fielders and the out-fielders.
The score was a tie to .
until the ninth inning, when
Appalachia made the winning
score.
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