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CHAPTER III.
Marooned.

A cry in the windy dusk; a sudden,
hollow booming overhead; a vision of
countless wings in panic, sketched in
black upon q background Of dulled
silver; two heavy detonations and.
with the least of intervals, a third;
three vivid flashes Of crimson and
gold stabbing the purple twilight; and
then the aorid reek Of smokeless
drifting into Amber's face, while from
the sky, where the V-shsped flock had
been, two stricken bundles of blood
stained feathers fell slowly, fiuttering.
Shotgun poised abreast, his keen
eyes marking down the fall of his
prey, Amber stood without moving,
exultation battling with a vague re-
morse In his bosom-as always when
he killed. Quain, who had dropped
back a pace after firing but one shot
and scoring an unqualified miss at
iciose range, now stood p~lucking clum-
Isily, with half frozen fingers, at an
obstinate breechlook.
Just my bsastly lucki" he growled.
ut wouldn't We been me i'll How
many d you pot, Davyf"
! Only two" said Amber. lowering
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CHAPTER U--Continued.

"Unhappily," she sighed, II must
leave on the early train tomorrow, to
Join the Rolands in New York"
"You don't wan to go?"
"Tm half an American, Mr.. Amber.
I've learned to love the country al
ready. Besides, we start Immediately
for San Francisco, and it'll be such
q little while before III be in India"
-S'You don't care for India?"
"T've known 1t for less than six
years, but already I've come to hate
it as thoroughly as any exiled English
woman there. It sits there like a
great, Unsuitable monster, ~devouring
English lives. Indirectly it was re-
sponsible for my mothers death; she
never recovered from the illness she
contracted when my father was sta
toned in the Deccan. In the course
of time it will kill my father, just as
1t did his father and his elder brother.
IT'S a cruel, hateful, ungrateful land
not without the price we pay for It,"
II know how you feel" he said with
sympathy. Its been q good many
years since I visited India, and Of
course l hen saw and heard little of
the darker side. Your people are
brave enough, out there"
"They are. | don't know about gov
eminent; but its servants are loyal
and devoted and unselish and cheer
full. And I don't at all understand"
she added in confusion, why | should
have decided to infict upon you my
emotional hatred of the country. Your
question gave me the opening, and
/ forgot myself"
II assure you was thoroughly
shocked, Miss Farrell"
"Will you tell me something's"
"If I can
About the ma who wouldn't ac-
knowledge knowing you? You remem
Der saying three people had been mis-
taken about your identity this after
noon"
mo, only one-the babu. You're
not mistaken"
II knew you must be David Amber
the moment I heard you speaking
Urdu"
"And the man at the station wasn't
mistaken-unless I am. He knew me
perfectly, / believe, but for reasons
of his own refused to recognize me-"
Yes"
HE was an English servant named
Doggott, who is-or onoe was-a valet
In the service Of an old friend, q
man named Rutton."
She reDeated the name. "RuttOn7
It seems to me I've heard Of him"
"You have?"
II don't remember" she confessed,
knitting her level brows. THE name
has a familiar ring, somehow. But
about the valet?"
We'll, l was very intimate with his
employer for a long time, though we
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on his determination and set his face
to the east.
Beset and roughly buffeted by the
gale; the snow settling In ripping
drifts In the folds OF his clothing and
upon his shoulders clinging like a
cloth; his face cut by clouds of sand
flung horizontally with well-nigh the
force of birdshot from a gun: he
bowed TO the blast and plodded stead
lily on.
Imperceptibly fatigue benumbed his
senses, blunted the keen edge Of his
emotions; even the care for Quain be-
came a mere dull ache In the back OF
his perceptions; of physical suffering
he was unconscious. He fell a prey
to freakish fancies. For a long time he
moved on in stupid. wondering oon-
temptation OF a shining crescent of
sand backed by a green, steaming
wall OF jungle. Many visions formed
and dissolved In dream-like phantas-
magoria; but Of them all the strongest
and most recurrent was that of the
girl in the black riding habit, walking
By his side down the aisle OF trees.
So that presently the tired and over
wrought man believed himself talking
with her, reasoning, arguing, pleading
desperately for his hearts desire; :.
and wakened with a start, to
hear the echo Of her voice as though
she had spoken but the instant gone,
to find his own lips framing the syl-
tables of her name-"Sophia!"
Abruptly he regained consciousness
of his plight, and with an effort shook
his senses back into his head. It
was not precisely a time when he
could afford to let his wits go wool
gathering. Infexible of purpose in
the face of all his WEAKNESS and dis
enlargement, he was IN the point Of
resuming his march when he was
struck by the circumstance hat the
whitened shoulder of a dune, quite
near at hand, should seem as II
frosted with light-coldly luminous.
Staring, speculative, he hung in the
wind-inquisitive as q cat but loath to
waste time in footless inquiry. The
snowfall, setting in with augmented
violence, decided him. Where light
was, there should be man. and where
man, shelter.
His third eager stride opened up q
wide basin in the dunes, filled with
eddying wells Of snow, and set, at
some distance, with two brilliant
square OF light-windows in an in
visible dwelling, In the space be-
tween them, doubtless, there would be
a door. But a second time he paused,
remembering that the island was said
to be uninhabited. Only yesterday he
had asked and been SO Informed. 4.
Odd!
SO passing strange he held It, In
deed, that he was conscious OF q sim
gular reluctance to question the phe-
nomenon. He had positively TO force
himself on 10 seek the door, and even
when he had stumbled against it's
step he twice lifted his hand ana yet
1t fall without knocking.
There was not a sound within that
he could hear above the Glamour Of
the goblin night.
In the end, however. he knocked
stoutly enough.
(To be contiuued)
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NopNRIChy ~ LOUIS IOSE4v VINCE
SIS.

david Amber, starting
1or q duck-shoOting visit with his friend,
Antnony Quain OF Tanglewood Lodge,
Nekomls, comes upon an attractive young
{aoy equestrian who has been dismounted
py ner horse becoming frightened at the
4udden appearance in the road OF a burly
S1inou. Amber Is about to attack the b4bu,
put the latter convinces him thai he Is
!pnocent OF being the Intentional cause Of
tne young Iady's mishap. He declares he
- behari Lal Chatterji. THE appointed
mouthpiece Of The Bell" addresses Amber
- man OF high rank and pressing d
mysterious little bronze box, The To-
KEN, into his hand. disappears in the
nearby wood. Turning 10 the girl at his
eide, Amber is astonished to hear her call
him by name.
CHAPTER Hills wits come to his
rssGue and he addresses her as Miss
sophie Farrell, daughter of Col Farrell
or the British diplomatic service in India.
Sno VISITING his friends. the Quains. She
turmises that Quain lac written Informal
Jpn leading TO this deductivc reasoning.
1Hey agree TO keep secret the meeting
Win the Bengal and the matter Of the
imysterious box. Several nights later the
Quain home is burglarized and the bronze
box stolen.
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haven't met for several years. Rut.
ton was a strange creature. a man OF
extraordinary genius, who lived q
!friendless, solitary life-at least, SO
far as / knew; I once lived with him
IN q little place he had In Paris for
three months and In all that time he
never received q letter or a caller. He
was reticent about himself. and I
never asked any questions. Of course,
but in spite Of the fact that he spoke
English like IN Nnglishman and was Q
public school man. apparently. ! al
ways believed he had . strain OF Hun
garian blood in him-or else italian
o. Spanish. I know that sounds pref
~ broad. but he Wa enigmatto-A rid
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NOTICE or HEARING PETITION FOR
LETTERS or ADMINISTRATIONS.

County Of BrookinGs.
State of South Dakota. SIS.
IL COUNTY COURT
~ THE MATTER or THE ESTATE OF
ALMA $. ELSTON. DECEASED.
Pursuant to an order OF this Court made
on this eighth day Of March, 1911, NOTICE
Is HEREBY Given that Monday the thlrd
day Of April, 1911, at one O'clock in the
afternoon OF said day at the Office of the
Judge of This Court at the Court House in
the city of BrookinEs in said County and
state. has been appointed by this Court as
the time and place for hearing the Petition
of Robert Elston for issuance to him of
Letters Of Administration OF the Estate of
Alma s. Elstou, deceased, when and where
any person interested In said Estate may
appear and contest the same.
Dated at Braokngs, South Dakota, this
eighth day of March, 1911.
Geo. =. Hall,
Judge Of the County court.
Chccvcr & Chccycr,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
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e. c. MILLER, M. D.-Physic.an and
surgeon. Hours: 8 to 1880 a. m.
1870 to 4:30 p. III. Z to s p. n.
Phone, office, 70; residence 275.
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BIRDsEYE VIEW OF BRoCKINGs.

No Saloona
Two Bands.
One Bakery.
Three Hotels.
Three Dentists.
Six Physicians.
Two Laundries
one State Bank.
Eight Churches
Two Osteopaths.
one Music Store.
Big FIGURING MIL.
Four Restaurants
Four Drug Stores.
one Machine shop.
Two Meat Markets.
Two Cigar Factories.
Fine Lake Near City.
Three Barber shops.
Three Weekly Papers.
Two National Banks.
Four Grain Elevators.
Three Lumber Yards.
Moving Picture Theatre.
city OF Beautiful Homes.
Best Schools in the State.
Good Water Near Surface.
Marble and Granite Works.
Four Thousand Inhabitants.
Glove and Mitten Factory.
Cement Block Mandatory.
5000 Brick School Building.
$40, 600 Grad School Building.
Municipal Telephone Exchange.
One Bonded Abstract Company.
One Semi-Monthly Farm journal.
County Seat OF Brookings County.
United States Experiment Station.
Seven Hundred Students in College.
Municipal Sewer and Waterworks.
Finest Church Buildings in the state.
one Monthly Periodical, The Collegian.
Flrst-class Opera House and Auditorium.
state College Of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts.
over Nine Hundred Students I'm the City
schools.
Two Billiard Halls and Bowling Alley az
places OF amusement.
Electric Light and Heating Plant Owned
and Controlled by city.
Brictson Manufacturing Company, makers
II the Brictson Tire Tread.
Surrounded by the best farming land in
he state, where crops are sure and bountiful.
Beautiful trees line the streets and the
,ity presents a fine appearance, matted as
I is In the midst OF a fine growth OF shade
md trees. Her citizens are will
ng and ready to encourage and assist every
helpful industry,
Home Of the Brlctson Tread.
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Professional Cards.
MUSICIANS.

3. r. GREEN-Physician and surgeon.
Office, Binford Block, Room /. Phone
B-9. Hours 8 a. IN. to II IN. l p.
m. to 5 p. n. Residence lilo 9th
Ave, Phone 1893. Hours 5 p. IN. to
3 a. m, II m. to 1 p. m. Calls
answered at all hours.
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s. ROYS-General practitioner and
surgeon, also special attention given
lung troubles, PIES and chronic dis
eases. Rooms 4 and 5 Binford block.
Office hours: 10 to -; 2 to g..
Phone, 10; residence. BIOL. Resi-
dence, corner Medary avenue and
Williams street.
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Home Of the Brlctson Tread.
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(To be c%ontiuued.)
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Typewriter paper at the Register OF
flee at rs and 85 cents per box OF 500
sheets.
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her this morning. Daresay she leaks
like a sieve, but A. wc-st the waters
pretty shoal inshore. hereabout."
"Damn!" Qlain brought up short
with . shin barksd against . thwsrt
The Detroit times., 1911-04-29

SAVANNAH, Ca, April 29.-The
granddaughter of Admiral Raphael
Semmes of the confederate navy has
been appointed by the United Sons OF
Confederate Veterans as sponsor for
the whole south for that organization
at the annual reunion Of the United
Confederate Veterans, to be held at
Little Rock, Ark, in May. The distin-
guished ancestry Of Miss Eunice A.
Semmes makes her appointment par
ticularly interesting. She is a strik-
ingly beautiful girl. and one OF the
most prominent and popular of the
Alabama smart set.
The spirit of Morse Viking in tho
bosom OF southern gentleman made
the elder Raphael Semmes unique in
his day. The ambitions of his youth
were divided between the law and
the navy. He was commissioned mid
shipman In 1888 by President John
Quincy Adams. He was admitted to
the bar. but found that the adven-
turous life OF the sea had a charm
for him.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-29
ADVERTISING TALKS.
WRITTEN BIZ
WILLIAM c. FREEMAN.
No. 722.

NO. IEZ.
THE DAVID GIBSON COM
PANY, Cleveland, Ohio, issue
Gibson's Magazine, which is
brimful of nuggets of wisdom.
The following article taken
from this little magazine
POINTS AN ADVERTISING
MORAL which should be needed
by all advertisers:
eve frequently hear the
statement that PEOPLE WANT
10 BE HUMBUGGED.
"They don't w.::-t to be hum
bugged.
"They are humbugged so Of
ten that, in the absence of an
explanation, they seemingly
seek the process.
"The reason Is on the broad
general principle that people be-
heve what they want to believe
or possibly, what they prefer
to believe.
"For instance: The other day
q well appearing man walked
(Cenffnnsa On Page 2<)
The Detroit times., 1911-04-29
TAFT's REPLY
DOESN'T EXPLAIN
Information Furnished Through Seo+
retary Of Interior Fails To Show
Reason for Order Giving Away
Controller Bay.
Hy eILsoN oARpNER.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 29.--
Senator LaFollette does not regard.
the answer OF President Taft. made
through the secretary OF the interior
Thursday, as In any way explaining
the secret order of Oct. 2S, giving TO.
the Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate the
control of the Cunningham coal fields.
The information furnished Is en-
tirely inadequate. The filings which
are reported by the president are only
those which are OF record at Juneau
and do not include the mineral, home
stead, oil and coal locations which
must be fled with the land commits
sioner and recorder at Katalla. The
latter Office Is 100 miles from Cord0va,
with no telegraphic communication
short OF Cordova and boat connection
at infrequent intervals about to begin.
Katalla is GOO miles from juneau.
There are also homestead and other
locations made previous to Oct. 20
which should be included In any re-
port which shows the present control
of the shore Of Controller bay. As the
facts now stand Senator LaFollette
says there is no defense OF the secret
order OF Oct. 28 and no explanation as
to the undoubted control exercised by
the Morgan-Guggenheim railroad syn
dicate of this outlet for the Alaskan
coal fields.
The report presented by Fisher VERT
fies suspicion in that II shows that q
soldiers scrip was filed by brother
OF Dick Ryan, who lobbied the secret
Taft order and the Guggenheim bill
through congress. The report shows
filing also by Scheurer, who aided
Ryan in the Washington work.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-29

the affair. most OF whom divided their
attention between the field and an
improvised bar, which was fixed on
the grounds. Among those who were
present at the blood-letting were:
Game Warden Charles Daniel, Sheriff
George T. CASTOR, Coroner Jacob w.
Rotacher, Police Justice Christopher
Stein and Fred Postal.
Z The live bird shoot was the crown
ing event OF a three days meet OF
marksmen. And the thing that most
gives pause Is that II was held as a
sort Of memorial service for a dead
marksman.
Most of the dead birds were retail
ed at slips a dozen. /.
School boys and girls were notice
able in the crowd that witnessed the
event, but the biggest part was
recruited from the ranks of Detroit
sports"
The Detroit times., 1911-04-29
OSBORN vETOES
EMPLOYMENT BILL
Had Been Told Measure Regarding
Minors Would Give Martindale
Chance To Further Political Aims.

B LANSING, Mich, April 29.-" tnimi-
cal to Minors was the notation made
by Gov. Osborn in vetoing the SEN
ate substitute to the Miller-Snell bill,
which sought to prohibit the employ
ment Of girls in picture shows and
similar places and Of messenger boys
for telegraph and telephone compan-
les between 10 y. m. and 5 a. m.
Tucked away In the bill was a pro-
vision that all working papers for
minors in Detroit must be issued by
the superintendent of public instruc-
ton, which, the governor was inform
ed, would give Supt. Martindale u
chance for making political asset
out of the granting OF papers. The
governor decided that there was
nothing in the bill for which there
was a crying need.
Gov. Osborn also vetoed bill re-
moving the limit of 200 days a year
for which the members of the state
pardon board may draw pay He de-
cided that the work could be done
in the present time limit The Nc
Bride bill for steel tracks in the state
library, introduced the day after the
fire in the New York state capitol,
was vetoed In the interest of econ
omy. A local bridge bill by Rep.
Gansser, of Bay City, was vetoed be-
cause the act which II seeks to
amend has been repealed Among ap-
preparation bills, the governor cut
$4,000 from Kalamazoo asylum i'm
provements; s1,170 from the indus
trial school for girls; and $4,000 from
the Traverse City asylum.
The governor signed these
measures: Railroad service bill fixing
the experience qualifications OF
engineers, conductors and brakemen;
extending thS state free employment
bureau to Flint and Traverse City;
prohibiting the killing Of deer until
1921 in counties that have a popula.
ton OF more than $4,000 and less
than $4,000; giving married women
the same right to hold property and
enjoy their earnings as though they
are unmarried; making the mayor OF
Alpena a member of the board OF
supervisors authorizing the incor-
poration OF the Shoe Dealers Mutual
Fire Insurance company; appropriat-
ing $4,000 to complete the armory at
Saginaw; providing a, uniform system
of accounting for state institutions;
giving supervisors authority to fix
the natural level of inland waters;
allowing county treasurers to deposit
funds in private banks.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-29
EsTIMAT0Rs W|[L
BRING BUDGET
WITHIN LIMIT
After Board Practically Ignores
Mayors Warning That Ak Must Be
Used, Leaders Decides To Fol-
low His Program.
Northwestern High School Will Be
Cut Out and New Patrolmen
Reduced To 100.

After practically disregarding q
warning froh Mayor Thompson the
city budget for 1871, as 1t then stood,
exceeded the two per cent Limitation
by more than $1,000.000. the leaders
In the board Of estimates got their
heads together, late Friday night,
long after the evenings session had
adjourned, and decided to follow the
mayors suggestion to chop off the
surplus.
There will be a conference OF the
mmbers at 2 o'clock today an hour In
advance Of the time set for the board
TO meet, when the situation will be
thoroughly discussed with view to
determining where the necessary cuts
can bst be made. The board will hold
its final meeting tonight.
Ordinarily there Is very little cut
ting done on the last day. Hereto
fore the estimators, in the final meet
OF the committee OF the whole. but
the prospects are that the entire bud
get will be opened up this afternoon
and a merry row may develop before
the board finishes its work.
II the budget Is opened up, one Of
the items that Is almost sure TO fall
by the wayside is that OF $290,000 for
the Northwestern High school. al
though the board. on twop revious oc-
casions, the last being Friday night.
has refused by An overwhelming vote
to cut II out. But under Corporation
Counsel Hally's ruling that the two
per cent Is absolutely fixed by this
home rule bill end cannot be chang
Ell except by legislative act, the estf
matters are forced to choose betweor
bringing the budget within this linn
,tation or running the risk of invn1
idaI.pg a roI,in1 Of the tax levy.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-29
OPPOSES ARBITRATION PLAN.
London Newspaper Says Force viii
Always Be Ultimate Factor.

LONDON, April 29.-"Force win al.
ways be the ultimate factor between
two nations"
This is the declaration today of the
Globe, which, with the Post, refuses
to grow enthusiastic over the pro.
posal for an Anglo-American peace
agreement.
The Globe admits the propriety of
every effort to maintain peace be-
tween the two great English-speaking
nations but says:
IF question vital to our honor
Iond existence as a world power
arises, We are certain that many, II
not mcst of our people, would object
TO placing their interests at the
mercy of arbitration"
The Post is violently opposed 10
the treaty but with these two ex.
ceptlons the press is extremely
friendly to the idea
The Detroit times., 1911-04-29
RA|suLI SENDS
Def TO FRANCE
Says If Additional Soldiers Are Sent
Into Morocco Mountain Tribes
Will Start Holy War.

ANGLER, April ga united Mo-
rocco will oppose the new French ex'
pedi,ion, 10 be sent into that country
10 crush the reDeliious ts,' esmen and
reseat Sultan Mulai Hafid on bis
throne. Word to that effect was sent
TO the French representatives mere
today by Raisuli, tho noted bandit
CHEF. He stated IN Ills wnrning that
II additional French soldiers are sent
into the country the effect will be to
rally all Of the mountain tribes
around the banner of Mulai Zin, the
pretender. Then a holy war will be
declared and the result must be in
evitably be a long and fiercely-con-
tested campaign.
According TO the message received
from Raisuii who seems to be actu-
ated by friendly motives toward
France, the Riff tribesmen are already
preparing to take up arms against
the foreigners.
Raisuli suggests that an attempt
be made to treat further with the reb-
els before starting the punitive ex-
pedition toward Fee.
1t is reported here that the expedi-
tion under Col. Bremond, after des-
perate fighting in which more than
half of the soldiers were killed, sue
ceeded in getting into Rez last We'd
nesday. II proceeded at once to the
French consulate and relieved the lit.
tie handful Of foreigners who were
holding that enclosure. 1t Is now hop
ed that all Of the foreigners will be
safe until relief expedition can
fight its way through to the Moroc.
can capital.
There is rs yet no official confirma.
ton OF this report which comes
through native sources, neither is II
known whether Col. Bremoud was
killed in the fighting en- route to the
city.
PARIS, April 29.--An undated dis
patch from Tangier says the French
flying column for the relief of Fez
Is reported to have arrived within 80
miles of it's objective.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-29
Tom /. Johnson Left st75. 600.

NEW YORK, April 29.-That the
late Mayor Tom L. Johnson. of Cleve-
land, left no will, is established by
an application of his widow, before
the surrogate here for appointment
as Administrative OF the estate I'm this
city In her petition, Mrs. Johnson
says she has concluded that her hus.
band left no will because she has
made a careful search and has failed
to find one. She estimates that the
value OF the estate in New York city
amounts to $4,000. The estate il
all personal.