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no guard had been set, the fellows be-
ing worn out from their long ride, and
confident of safety in this isolated
spot. Besides, HawIey had probably
assumed that duty, and told them to
get whatever sleep they could. How
ever, the gate of the corral opened be-
side their fire, and Keith dare not
venture upon roping any Of their
ponies. or leading them out past
where they slept There might
be clippers in the cabin with which he
could cut the wires, yet if one of the
gang awoke. and discovered the herd
absent, it would result in an alarm,
and lead to early pursuit. 1t was far
safer to use their own ponies. He
would lead Hawley's horse quietly
through the water, and they could
mount on the other shore. This plan
settled, he went at it swiftly, riding
the captured animal while rounding
up the others, and fastening the three
to stunted trees on the opposite bank.
Everything within the cabin remained
exactly as he had left 1t, and he briefly
explained the situation, examining HaWs
ley's bonds again carefully While do
ing so.
He'll remain there all right until
his men find him." he declared, posi-
lively. and that ought to give US a
coed six hours start. Come, Miss
Hope, every minute counts now
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AN EPOCH MAKING
" STORY OF A RATHER
Geevllle Trumpet Blast of Free
dom Scores a Beat.
Esteemed Citizen Enters Subscription
For Life in Appreciation of
Snake Story.
BY ED MOTT.


In a memorable issue of the Gee
lille Trumpet Blast of Freedom, when
/ was editor, there was printed among
the ''WingiDgs from Wild Gander" an
item which, as l recall it, read some
thing nRe this:
Our genial and efficient sheep and
calf pelt buyer, Josiah Poindexter,
was driving along the Catfish Corners
road the other day, when he saw big
rattlesEake coiled on rock, evidently
waiting for somebody to come along.
josiah was the first one to come, and
the snake reached out for his horse.
It didn't quite get there, and before
it could make another reach Josiah
got out an let 1t have the big end OF g
club. Consequence is that there's a
ftve-foot, three-inch rattlesnake pelt
hanging on Josiah's barn door, and
Josiah says it has shrunk three nehes
since he peeled 1t of of that incon-
giderate snake. Ninteen rattles and
button was what the varmint made
music with"
did not know then that three feet
ten and a half inches and seven rat
ties had always been the extreme
limit to which anyone was permitted
to indulge himself in telling about
:bagging rattlesnake in that commu-
nifty without straining the credulity of
his fellow-citizens and losing his
standing in society, or l would have
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synopsis

Jack Keith, a Virginian, now Dor
der plainSman, Is riding along the Santa
Re trail on the lookout for roaming war
parties of savages. He notices a camp
IRE at distance and then sees team
attached to q wagon and at full gallop
pursued by men on ponies. When Keith
reaches the wagon the raiders have mass
acred two men and departed. He searches
the victims finding papers and a locket
with a Woman's portrait. He resolves to
hunt down the murderers. Keith Is ar
rested at Carson City. charged with the
murder, his accuser being ruffan named
Black Fart. He goes to jail fully realiz-
ing tho peril OF swift border justice. A
companion In his cell Is negro. who
tells him he is Neb and that ne knew the
Keith family back in Virginia. Neb says
one of the murdered men was John
Sibley. the other Gen. Willis Waite, for
merly an officer in the Confederate army.
The plainsman and Neb escape from the
cell. and later the two fugitives become
lost In the sand desert They come upon
cabin and find it's lone occupant to be a
young girl, whom Keith recognizes as a
singer he saw at Carson City. The girl
explains that she came there in search OF
a brother who had deserted from the
army. A Mr.. Hawley induced her to
come to the cabin while he sought to 10
cate her brother. Hawley appears, and
Keith In hiding recognizes him as Black
Bart. HaWley tries to make love to the
girl. There Is a terrific battle In the
darhened room in which Keith overcOmes
Black Bart
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| punched together, so as not to lose
each other. dim, spectral shadows fit
ting through the night, very part of
that grim desolation surrounding
Them No one of the three felt like
speaking; the gloomy, brooding des-
ert oppressed them, their yagrant
thoughts assuming the tinge of their
surroundings; their hope centered on
| escape. Keith rode, grasping the rein
of the woman's horse in his left hand,
and bending low in vain effort at pick
ing a path. He had nothing to aim
| toward, yet sturdy confidence in his
expert plainscraft yielded him sufi-
| cient sense of direction. He had noted
the bark of the cottonwoods, the direc-
| ton of the wind, and steered course
accordingly straight northward. alert
to avert any variation.
The girl rode easily, although in a
mans saddle, the stirrups much too
long. Keith glanced aside with swift
approval at the erectness with which
she sat, the loosened rein in her hand,
the slight swaying of her form. He
could appreciate Craftsmanship. and
the easy manner in which she rode
relieved him of one anxiety. 1t even
| caused him to break the silence.
You are evidently accustomed to
riding, Miss Hope"
She glanced across at him through
the darkness, as though suddenly sur
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TRAINING IN GOOD MANNERS
Begin When Boy Is Young, and Po'
likeness Is Bound to Become
Second Mature.

Long before ] had any sons Of my
own l made up my mind that, if !
ever had the training of a boy, |
should begin, as soon as he could un,
derstand anything, to teach him the
small things that constitute good man
ners. So many boys | have known.
and men, too, who at heart are good
and kind and really refined, yet lack
so large 4 part of the little courtesies
that it is hard to believe they have
been well brought up. In most cases
it is the fault of the mother She
feels that it is much more important
to form the character of little boy.
that his manners can wait till he is
older The result is that one sees
polite outside of their homes, and yet
seem to think it unnecessary to treat
their own mother in the same way.
My view is that there is no need
to neglect the character because you
pay attention to the manners. | think
/ have succeeded AS soon as my first
little boy wore trousers | taught him
tina he must take off his hat as soon
as he came into the house or when a
lady spoke to him in the street. That
he must rise from his chair when |
came at the dining table, must never
walk out of the room before a lady,
and all the other little polite ways we
like to see in men. 1t has never been
any trouble to keep him up to these
things; he learned so young that it
soon became second nature.-Harper'
Bazaar.
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Men Insist They Killed Bird in Self
Defense, But Law Says They
Must Prove 1t.

John O'HaIIihan. twenty-five years
old, and William Johnson, thirty-four
years old, were held in $500 bail each
on a charge of petit larceny in the
Flatbush police court. They went
out to the Prospect Park zoo the
other day and climbed over in { the
Enclosure where the deer are. Nttel
that they mede a personal call up
the paacocks. Passing from Enclosure
to Enclosure on a series Of friendly
calls they arrived at the pen where a
number of turkeys disport themselves.
That bird there" O'Hallihan said,
pointing fine bronze turkey gobbler.
has an evil eye
Johnson looked. and it seemed so
TO him also. The turkey was regard
ing them with something like malev-
olence in its fixed gaze. They re-
tired. It charged them. They be-
came so confused that they could not
get out of the Enclosure. The bird
chased them round and round and
round the pen, and as they ran, hold
ing on TO each others hands and gasp
ing with fright and their exertions.
they discussed the situation.
There is only one thing to do, !"
said O'Hallihan, land that is to face
this thing couragsously, bird or devil
Or whatever 1t may be, and get those
eyes covered up. Its power is in its
eyes"
Il don't care" Johnson painted.
The things gaining on US" And he
sank down exhausted.
OHallihan is a bold man. So he
faced the infuriated turkey. After a
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"I'm Coin to Take Your Paper Fer Life"

edged away from me, an asked me
If I was the teller that had told about
KILN the whoppin big rattlers over
back O. Shaggy Run medders, an
told 'em I was. Then they said I'd
have to excuse 'em, but they was
little p'ticlar who they hired to drive
mulesl
so I lost that job, an l went over
to my own uncle on my mothers side,
my uncle Hiram Whittier, an asked
him fer the job O. countin' saw logs
at his mill. Uncle Hiram said he'd
like to give me the job first rate, but
he said he couldn't hardly afford to
hire another man to go over the logs
an count 'em after me to see if there
was as many logs as l said there was.
eff you want a job O this kind,
Orlando says Uncle Hiram, you
oughtn't to kill your snakes so big
nor so many says he.
AN so it has been goin', Captain.
But now see! There never was no
rattlers over four foot long, Ell! An
seven rattles is the limit, Ell? Well,
let 'em look at that sarpent O. Josiah
Poinndexter's, then, that the Trumpet
Blast O. Freedom has brung up to
stare 'em in the face an shame EN-
down! Let 'em look at that an cover!
"Why, say, Captain! The Trumpet
Blast O. Freedom has give our baili-
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CHAPTER XII.
Through the Night Shadows.

Keith had very little to guide him.
as he could not determine whether
this mysterious cabin on the Salt Fork
lay to east or west OF the usual cattle
trail leading down to the Canadian.
Yet he felt reasonably assured that
tho general trend of the country lying
between the smaller stream and the
valley of the Arkansas would be SINH
lar to that with which he was already
acquainted. 1t was merely a wild
stretch Of sandy desolation, across
which their horses would leave scarce
ly any trail. and even that little would
be quickly obliterated by the first puff
of wind. As they drew in toward the
river valley this plain would change
into sand dunes, battling and confus-
ing, but no matter how hard they
pressed forward. 1t must be daylight
long before they could hope to reach
these. and this would give him oppor-
tunity to spy out some familiar land
mark which would guide them to the
ford. Meanwhile. he must head as di-
rectly north as possible, trusting the
horses to find footing.
1t was plains instinct. CT rather
long training in the open, which en-
abled him to retain apy true sense of
direction. for beyond the narrow
fringe OF i. eottonwoods along the
stream. nothing was visible. the eyes
scarcely able even 10 distinguish
where earth and sky met. They sd-
yanced across a bare level. without
elevation or depression. yet the sand
appeared sufficiently solid. so that
their horses were forced into a swing
ing lope. and they seemed to fairly
press aside the black curtain. which
as instantly swung shut once more.
and closed them in. The pounding
hoofs made little noise. and they
pressed steadily onward, closely
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In their hands and ready TO pass 1t
over to me, just as he was.
why, say!" he exclaimed, still I'M
moved by the financial aspect of the
case. "if their consciences don't turn
an prick some folks now, then some
folks's consciences must have their
prickers wore clean down to the
gums! Fer instance, look at the time
killed them nine rattlers over back
O. the Shaggy Run medders. Jest look
at that time! Now l knowed how
some folks at Wild Gander looked on
teller If he told about KILN rat
tier that was half an inch more than
they thought it ought to be, or had
rattle or two over the strict idee O.
how many rattles a snake killed by
truth-tellin' feller-citizen ought to
have, an so l acshly sot down an lied
when told about the KILN o. them
nine snakes, cause l didn't dast tell
the truth. I told the folks, modest
like, that I had been over back o. the
Shaggy Run medders an happened to
have the luck to kill five rattlers. The
biggest one, l said, was little over
four-foot-three, an the rest of 'em, I
said, ranged from three-foot-eleven-n
a-half to four-foot-one apiece, an that
they divided up eighty-three rattles
the lot. There I went an throwed off
four snakes from the mess, shortened
every sarpent from six inches to g
foot, an almost divided the rattles by
two, an never said word about hay
In killed the hull ding caboodle of EN-
at one shot with a rife; an yit, what
did some folks do? They shifted at
me, an told me better go an tell 1t
some'rs where no rattlesnakes hadn't
never been born an brung up.
so with a sad an sore heart
turned my face away from the dees-
trio, an went over to the Panther
Holler tannery an asked fer job O.
drivin' mules. They asked me where
l come from, an told 'em. They
asked me what my name was, an l
told 'em. Then the tannery man
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Very Taking Platform,

Governor Dix, at a dinner in tn.
Hotel Manhattan in New York, said of
politics:
"Sneering at politics, the Goncourts
once said that no party could ever
lose Office If it gave the people free
fireworks every night and free yaude-
vile every day.
But I heard Of candidate in the
south who went the Goncourts one
better.
Fellow citizens he shouted from
the stump. my platform is Just this:
First. no pay for any elected candi-
date. Second, pensions for all voters 1"
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Il possess a passing acquaintance,
ne answered, uncertain yet how muci
to tell her, but tempted to reveal all
in test of her real character. Few do
not who live along the Kansas Dor
der"
DO you mean he is a VIGOROUSLY
bad character?"
81 have never heard Of his being
held up as a model to the young, Miss
Miss Hope" he returned more soberly
convinced that she truly possessed nc
real knowledge regarding the man
and was not merely pretending limo
cence. 81 had never heard him called
Hawley before, and, therefore, failed
to recognize him under that respect
able name. But l knew his voice the
moment he entered the cabin, and real
lied that some devilment was afoot
Every town along this frontier has his
record, and I've met him maybe 81
He is known as Black Bart Is q
gambler by profession, desperate by
reputation, and a cur by nature. just
now l suspect him of being even deep
er in the mire than this
He could tell by the quick clasptag
Of her hands on the pommel of the
saddle the effect of his words, but
waited until the silence compelled heI
to speak.
"Oh, l didn't know! You do not be
lieve that | ever suspected such q
thing? That I ever met him there
understanding who he was?"
NO, do not" he answered. what
overheard between you convinced
me you were the victim of deceit. But
your going to that place alone was a
most reckless act"
She lifted her hand to her eyes, heI
head dropping forward.
Wasn't it what he told me-the
out-station of a ranch?"
ITO BE CONTINUED)
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edited quite lot of space out of that
Josiah Poindexter RATHER; but l would
have lost a subscriber for life If |
had
A few days after The Trumpet Blast
for that week was out. a yellow-whis-
kered man, wearing a cOOnskin cap
and carrying grounding trap, came
into the office. He sat down and
"Howdy do? Be you the editor?"
gs+old him l was.
Then" said he, 81 want you to
send your paper to Orlando w. Skid
fletcher, Wild Camden Ridge, care O.
the Wilder Pipps, an you needn't
stop it when the year Is out, neither.
I'm goin' to take your paper fer life.
That piece in it about Josiah Potn-
dexter's RATHER last week is goin' to
be boon to hull lot O. longsufferin'
an self -sackerf1cin' folks in that baili-
wick, l want to tell you, an is bound
to make lot of other ones there feel
Hike goin' off some'rs an kiverin' their
faces fer shame. Truth has been
crushed to earth over that way now
fer better'n a good long spell, but that
piece in your paper about Josiah
Poindexter's snake skin has come
along an bid her rise ag'tn, an all
you've got to do, Captain, is to keep
your eye peeled an you'll see her git
up. Orlando w. Skidfetcher, Wild
Gander Ridge, care O. the Wilder
Pipps. That'lI ketch me, an I'm your'n
fer life"
l thanked the man, took down his
name and address, and said 1t would
be two dollars.
Fer life?" said he.
ooh, not" I replied. For one
year" And I said 1 was glad to hear
that the Trumpet Blast had been of
service to him.
"Seryice!" he exclaimed, making no
move, though, toward producing the
two dollars, and plainly dropping that
part of the transaction. Say! 1 guess
you don't know what 1t is to have
snake story on your mind an be
forced to keep it there for three years
an better, Jest because you didn't
have the means to escape from your
feller-citizens if you rid yourself of it,
do your"
1 assured Mr.. skidfetcher that
never mad been a victim of mental
thralldom such as that, and said that
his two dollars was going to come in
quite handy just at that time, as was
thinking of putting in a power press, 1
told him, land power presses cost con-
Siderable" said I.
AN you never knowed what 1t was
to sackerfice yourself" said Mr.. Skid
fletcher, waving the trifing matter Of
money aside, "and to acshly set down
an lie because you didn't dast tell the
truth, did your
said I had never been face to face
with such an extremity as yet
Then you don't know what it is to
suffer-" declared my new subscriber
for life. AN you can't begin to ap-
preciate what that piece in the Trum-
pet Blast O. Freedom is bound to do
fer me an a long-sufYerin' constit-
cheney. No, sir! Why folks is COM
ia AoiIAuS noH Win ISCOISSlIoAo y
sarpints long dead an gone, an IN
burdenin' their minds Of EN- bold an
fearless, an with fearful thanks, by
CATS that relief amt bein' got at the
cost o. personal standin' Ia the dees-
tric'! Yes, sir! Comm forrids by the
OK load"
/ said I vas pleased to hear 1t, and
that l had no doubt that others be-
sides himself would be calling at the
Trumpet Blast Office with two dollars
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TURKEY HAD AN EVIL EYE

desperate battle he flung his coat
over its head. With It's eyes covered,
just as he had expected, the power
for evil ceased. He clutched it tight
ly by the neck, and took it out of
the park to finish it. When Detec-
tive Muss of the park squad arrested
him on a petit larceny charge the
creature was already dead.
John O'Brien of the zoo force is
going to pickle the turkey SO it will
keep, and introduce it as evidence in
court. The police say that O'HaIli-
han and Johnson were drunk when
they had their battle with the bird
Brooklyn Eagle.
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On Ice.

YES" said Alkali Ike. "a couple OF
cow punchers INDUCED in a very pref
ty scientific scrap down at Bad
Buckles yesterday"
1T is wonderful how cool those feI.
lows keep under the circumstances, >"
remarked the eastern tourist.
"Yaas, they certainly have to be
ketp cool, stranger. l believe for
some reason or other, their funerals
amt to be for couple O. days yet"
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prised from thought, her words not
coming quickly
Il cannot remember when / first
mounted a horse; in earliest child
hood, surely, although l have not rid
den much of late. This one is like a
rocking chair"
He belonged to your friend, Mr.
Hawley."
She drew a quick breath, her face
again turned forward
"Who-who is that man? Do you
known"
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high grade Havana cigar. the cigar
that sells for 90 or 80 cents, that you
see the tobacco chef 1t his best. He
Doesn't make his sauces then OF such
common ingredients as sugar, herga-
mot, icorice and so forth. No. he
makes them of bacteria The 7avors
Of the high-grade Havana tobaccos de-
pend, you see. entirely on their fer.
ments, Each tobacco undergOes DIFF.
terNt fermentation and here the chef
comes In. applying the bacteria. or
yeasts, which cause thase fsrmeata-
uo=S, to the leaf
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Sauce IN Chewing Tobacco

more prosperous type of teamsters
Well, the flavor OF this plug is due to
a sauce made of sugar. hcorice, whis-
ky and honey.
Here is ! mild. cool pipe tobacco
that young college boys favor. Smell
it. Very aromatic. Ell? Well. II has
been stepped in a sauce composed Of
the essential oils of citronella. eerga-
mot and cassia-
But 1t is when you come 80 the
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He held her arm, not unconscious of
its round shapelincss, as he helped her
down the rather steep bank through
the dense gloom. Then the two men
joined hands. and carrying her be-
tween them, waded the shallow
stream. The horses, ncr yet sufficient
ly rested to be frisky, accepted their
burdens meekiy enough, end. with
scarcely a word spoken, the three rode
away silently into the gloom OF the
night.
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Dlsproportionafa.

Washington Star-''we must expect
to suffer pain in the same degree that
we fnfict 1t on Others" said the man
who believes in retrfbution.
Maybe so" answered the suffering
friend But am convinced that nv
dentist has found a way of beating
NE game"
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Flavor Given tss Weed by, Licories.
Whisky, Hsnsy and Many
Other Things.

7 am q tobacco chef.'' said the sal
low man. Il make the sauces that
give us smoking or chewing tobacco.
as food chef makes the sauces which
give US sole colbert or poulet creole.
Take this dark. sweet. juicy plus
OF navy brown. so popular among the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03

Religion within those souls which
it really tnyades is-cne may say-a
value that is unique and infinite; at
tributed not by Imagination. but By
consciousness. properly SO called. to
certain ideas, TO certain feelings. to
certain actions with q view to ends
which surpass humanity e. Bon
troux
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An extraordinary accident occurred
at the Warrington Hippodrome, Ian
eashire, England, the other night.
when heavy trolley horse fell Of
the stage into the orchestra pit Two
powerful horses were on the stage,
ana an actor vas engaged In tug
81 war with the animals, when one
horse weighing fifteen cwt., slipped
and tSmbled over the footIights. The
orchestra players, foreseeing the dan
ger. jumped clear, bat the footlig hts
and the instruments were smashed.
FOR few minutes there was great
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03

Every employer Of labor might do
worse than to spend a part Of his day
OF rest in studying the life OF Robert
owen. born May II. 1771 He kept
his workmen busy in dun times ans
made mcEez hy L.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-10-03

Yes, the tobacco chef of the high.
est type, the one who fermenes Hava.
ma tobacco, handles the various breeds
CT bacteria as an ordinary chef han
Giles pepper and saft, mustard and
cloves and mace"
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wick a shove ahead that she couldn't
a got by the buntin' O. seven thousand
twenty-hoss power batterin' rams ag'in
her! Orlando Skidfetcher, Wild Gan
der Ridge, care of the Wilder Ptpps,
that1l ketch me. An you needn't both
or with no little two dollars year!
Put me down fer life, by cats. An
send her right along"
Mr.. Skidfletcher threw his wood
chuck trap over his shoulder, nodded
additional approval Of the Trumpet
Blast and me, and went away. / was
so pleased to know that the Trumpet
Blast was such power In the land
that I put Mr.. Skidfetcher down, al
though what the Trumpet Blast par
tIcularly needed just then more than
approval was a new subscriber or two
accompanied by the cash in advance.
Copyright, by W. G. ChapmanJ