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Al seur .Ionn Howiapo. viii Won rom
what happened to the father and moth.
CT vi 'he mile MeIeese sixteen years
agoi Will Won read and understand
why your life was sought on the t;reet
North trail, why you were placed ON
q case of dynamite in the Wekusko
coyote why. with the coming or
this mornings dawn. at g.
WIN the dazed speechlessness or
one recovering from a sudden blow
Rowland turned to the table and benz
over the papers that the Frenchmap
had laid out before him. Five minutes
later he raised his head. His face was
as white as chalk. Deep lines had set.
ted about his mouth. As a sick man
might, he lifted his hand and passed IL
over his face and through his hair.
BUT his eyes were afre. Involuntarily
'ean's body gathered itself as If to
e attack.
:! have read It" he said huskiIy as
thoug the speaking of the words caus.
ed him n great effort. 81 understand
now. My name is John Rowland. And
my fathers name was John HowIand
understand And you, Jean Croisset
DO you believe that ! am that John
~Howland-the John Rowland, the son
who
"M'seur. 1t makes no difference what
believe now. | have but one other
thing to tell you here and one thing
to give to you replied Jean. Those
who have tried to kill you are the
three brothers. Meleese is their sis.
ter. Ours is a strange country, m'seur,
governed since the beginning of our
time by laws which we have made our
selves. To those who are waiting
above no torture is too great for you.
They have condemned you to death.
This morning. exactly as the minute
hand of your watch counts of the hour
of 9. you will be shot to death through
n of these holes in the dungeon
walls. And this-this note from Me.
leese is the last thing | have to give
you"
He dropped a folded bit of paper on
the table. Mechanically Howland
reached for it. Stunned and speech
less. cold with the horror of his death
sentence. he smoothed out the note.
There were only a few words. appar-
emily written in great haste:
! have been praying for you all night
III God falls to answer my prayers / will
still do as ] have promised and follow
you. MELEESE.
He heard a movement and lifted his
eyes. Jean was gone. The door was
swinging slowly inward. he heard the
wooden bolt slip into place. and after
that there was not even the sound of
a moccasined foot stealing through the
outer darkness.
, 1911-10-05

stood, he was in the light OF the big
hanging lamp. There was no obscure
or shadowy corner in which for a few
moments he might elude his xecu
toner BE even smiled when the
thought occurred to him that II was
possible to e~xtinguish the light and
era wi under the table, thus gaining a
momentary delay. But what would
that delay avail him? He was anxious
for the fatal minute to arrive and be
over.
There were moments of happiness
when in the damp horror of his death
chamber there came before him visions
OF Meleese. grow even sweeter and
more lovable now that he knew how
she had sacrificed herself between two
great ~loves-the love of her own peo-
pie and the love Of himself. And at
last she had surrendered to him. Was
1t possible that she could have made
that surrender II she, like her broth
ers. believed him to be the murderer
Of her father-the son Of the man hend
who bad robbed her of a mother2 1t
was impossible. he told himself. She
did not believe him guilty. And yet
why had she not given him some such
word In her last message to him?
His eyes Travelled to the note on the
table. and be began searching In his
coat pockets. In one of them he found
the worn stub Of a pencil. and for
many minutes after that he was oblivi-
GUS to the passing Of time as he wrote
his last words to Meleese. When be
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O&S from his fingers. and he
drew his watch from his pocket and
placed it on the table. 1t was a quar-
ter after D. There still remained for.
ty-ive minutes.
death. There was no doubt in his
mind this time. Through one Of the
black holes in the wall he was to be
shot down. with 10 chance to defend
himself. to prove himself innocent.
And Meleese-did she, too. believe him
guilty of that crimei
He groaned aloud and picked up the
note again. Softly he repeated her last
words to him, IF God fails to answer
promised and follow you" Those words
seemed to cry aloud his doom. Even
Meleese had given up hope. And yet
was there not a deeper significance in
her words? He started as II some one
had struck him. his eyes agleam.
~ will ollow you"
He almost sobbed the words this
time. His hands trembled. and he
dropped the paper again on the table
anu tuTDtt lis eyco III Slhlih6 hoiioi
toward the dOor. What did she mean?
Would Meleese kill herself If he was
murdered by her brothers? He could
see no other meaning in her last mes
sage to lin. and for a time after the
chilling Significance of her words
struck his heart he scarce restrained
himself from calling aloud for Jean.
II he could hut send a word back to
her, tell her once more Of his great
love-that the winning of that love
was ample reward for all that he had
lost and was about to lose. and that it
gave him such happiness as he had
never known ever in this last hour of
his torture.
Twice he shouted for Croisset. but
there came no response save the hol-
low echoings of his own voice in the
suhterranean chambers. After that ne
began to think more sanely. if Me
leese was a prisoner In her room II
was probable that Croisset. who was
now fully recognized as a traitor AT
the post. could no longer gain access
to her In some secret way Meleese
had contrived TO give him the note.
In Howlaud's breast there grew
slowly a feeling of sympathy for the
Frenchman. Much that he had not
understood was clear to him now. he
understood why Meleese had not re
yealed the names of his assailants at
Prince Albert and Wekusko. he I'M
derstood why she had fed from him
after his abduction and why Jean had
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veins and his heart to stand still. For
@eSe were the words he read. ION this
Say there came to u post ron the
.uurchill way John Rowland and his
tOn "
with a sharp cry he sprang to his
'eet, overturning the stool, facing
srolsset. his hands clinched. his body
Oeht as If about to spring lean stood
.s'mly, mis- white teeth AEGEAN Then
"Owly he stretched cut q hand.
, 1911-10-05
CHAPTER XVI.

)R many minutes Howland
stood waiting as II life had
left MIN. The note 1uttered
from his fingers. and he
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03

Immediately plans were formulated
for various highways that should con-
meet different parts of the union and
blnd together the great territory that
had been freed from England. These
roads were to serve many purposes;
and some of our greatest statesmen
considered their construction to be of
primary Importance to the growth of
the nation. 1t was expected that
these roads would aid greatly the pub
lie defense by furnishing convenient
routes for the march of armies. They
would also facilitate overland travel,
then by stage coach and horseback,
and last, and perhaps most important
OF all, they would form the great trunk
lines that should become the basis of
our transportation system and bear
away the products brought to It by
the state, county and community high
ways. But before this national policy
/ had time to be fully worked out, the
steamboat made its advent and gave a
great impetus to water transportation.
Canals became more popular than
ever and river navigation was devel-
oped to its highest point. This agita-
ton turned the peoples minds away
from the building of roads and direct
ed them toward this new and cheaper
mode of transportation.
1t is said that man can do well
only one thing at a time. The same
is measurably true of state or a
nation. If we had been left alone to
work the problem as it then confront
ed us, it would soon have been seen
4 that the usefulness of the public high
4 ways had in no way been destroyed,
but that their function had been only
, slightly modified by the great develop
+ ment of water transportation. The
/ roads would still have been the route
for a great part of the inland travel
for the mails and for intercourse be.
tween communities. They would also
have been the feeders for the water
routes. the first step toward putting
our products into the market of the
world.
But before we had time to adjust
ourselves to the best use Of these two
great factors, a third element was
thrust into the problem by the advent
of the railroad This new application
of steam as a motive power proved sc
important in our transportation bust
ness that in a very short time every
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
Merchants Grocery Co. Wholesale Distributors.

true very largely in the affairs of the
business world.
remember very distinctly the occa-
sion, only few years ago, when l sat
among my fellow seniors here at the
commencement exercises. Judge Leg
gett, in delivering our commencement
address, made use of one expression
that impressed itself very wildly on
my mind. He said: Young men, |
want to tell you that you can not beat
the game of life by working only eight
hours a day" Though not entirely
new to me, that sentence alone from
that address has chung to my memory
and believe 1t is exactly true. There
are too many other fellows looking fol
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
500 REWARD, S1oo.

Inc GvuNv---A 49, s-o-ar will he
pleased TO learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, ana
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrn
being a constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment. Hairs Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. thereby de-
stroying the foundation Of the disease
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t
fails to cure. Send for list of testi'
monials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO.
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Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
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q C. FOR SUMMER
- a. @aas SKIN DISEASES

During the most pcr5Jns are annoyed with pmples
0ois rasfeS or eruptions 10Y WV.
Fcma Acne letter Salt Rheum some kindred SKIN disease
An skin affections come from humorS and acids in the crcuanon
The blood as rcuaeS through the SYSTEM deposits these uorS
and acids in the sensitive membranous flesh which lies just beneath
the outer skin This acrd matter causes Inflammation anu
which ks through the delicate Cuc and skin diseases are the
result 10 cure any trouble the blood must be treeo from al
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laries come into touch with every cell
and tissue of the entire body. They
bear the life-giving blood to every fiber
of bone and muscle, and without their
activity the larger part of our circula-
tory system would be powerless to
carry to the individual cells of the
body the substances they must have.
And so 1t is with our public highways.
There is not school; there is not a
church; there is not business enter
prise; there is not a single home in
all the wide state of Texas that is not
influenced for veal or for woe by our
public highways. We must have the
railroads. We must have the water
ways. But beyond both of these and
more than both of them we must have
the public roads.
Notwithstanding the now generally
recognized fact that improved high
ways are an absolute prerequisite to
the proper development of any com
munity, our state and our nation have
been very slow to take up intelligently
the task of providing them. In 1904
the total improved roads in the United
States was only TIA per cent of the
total mileage of dedicated public
roads, and in Texas the improved
roads constituted less than 2 per cent
of the total. 1t is estimated that only
about per cent of the road mileage
in Texas can now be classed as i'm
proved roads.
Here, then, is a field for construc-
tive work .s worthy the efforts of
any ( ~ of loyal citizens, and
earnestly commend it to the serious
consideration Of every member of this
senior class. You need not be a road
expert to be good roads advocate.
And promise you now, and through
you the people of the entire state,
that the agricultural and mechanical
college stands ready to lend assistance
within its power to further this great
work.
No matter where your home may be,
whether you have finished in one of
the agricultural courses or in the engi-
neering department, your neighbors
and fellow citizens will expect you to
be qualified to speak on all questions
of public policy. Your influence should
always be thrown on the side of con-
sentative progress, and by an active,
intelligent interest in road improve
ment you can at once enter upon that
career of usefulness to the state that
We confidently predict for every one
of you.
Today, young men Of the graduating
class, you are to say goodbye to the
institution that has been your home
for the greater part of the past foul
years. AS you leave the old, care-free
life of the student, hold out my hand
activity which spreads itself out tc
the man of the world. Most of yor
came to the college as freshmen the
same year that / became a regular
member Of tho instraeting force We
have worked these four years shoulder
to shoulder. feel that l know mos
of you thoroughly, and if I am an!
Judge of men, this class has in 1t mucl
material for leadership in any field
In the new sphere which you ar
now entering you will find the contes
more difficult than any that you hav
, heretofore attempted. Competition
exceedingly keen in every avocatio
of life, and the old, harsh doctrine G
the survival of the flttest still hold
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03

the men of your generation, and will
equal diligence you will surely out
strip your competitors. Remembct
that it is universally conceded that n
other talent is so sure Of its rewar'
as is the genius for hard work.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03

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put your whole soul into the tsk. But,
on the other hand, you will enter the
battles of life with a much better
equipment than the vast majority of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
Our Public Highways
Nu0ress BY Prof 3 | pA...
W FF0f R. j. It's, Of coIIeoe st,tlor r.x,.

NJ building of highways has in OH
NIX oeen recognized as one Of f" the %,.
m'S, important p functions Of s Tr rne
the worla ] state in the history of
,naa,, recognized this obligation to the
People and has tried in some me ~ ,,,e
.O meet it, So well did some Of them
even eve IN ancient times, Discharge ,h,s
aro us 'na' 'ne remains of their roads
are are seen even to this day. after hnn'
Of years. '"ousahus'
V''ulla'ely the state of oIden
mes were too often in the bonds De Of
I ne sort Of military despot, and his
rkS of public improvement I ma ,.o
. '''iiy SNAPPED to follow his mill
.a'Y projects Great roads were laid
s W., over 'ne mountains, or across the
sa sei'S' or cut through impenetrable
, 1'e''S' In order to enable the am.
D'''o"S SoVereigns to march over them
'neir great armies and put soldiers
dHa supplies quickly to any point that
aisA/Ss in danger, but these roads
MA an important economic and so.
Ylqi purpose in addition to their mill.
'ary uses The greatest military needs
we're most often in those parts Of the
country that were best settled and
most productive, or were fitted by nat
uril advantages to become so Hence
even those military despots wrought
better than they knew when they mar,
shalled their slaves for the construc.
ton of great highways.
As time went by men and nations
came to think more of the develop.
ment of the country they had con
quered and the Improvement of the
economic condition of their citizens
Hence some of the nations in what
We call ancient times built highways
pat were primarily for he benefit and
( lsure Of their people. Greece and
R9 were the most notable examples
Trsls respect. and some of the road,
that they built still live to put tc
shame the himsy and temporary char
Meter of much of our modern construc
'ton.
An Early Declaration.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
An Early Declaration.

When our own country was first es-
tahlshed our leaders declared them
selves in the constitution and else
where to be in favor of national road
building. Congress wes given authori-
" to establish post roads, and almost
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
Beaver oity TrOunoes norton.

BEAVER CITY, Neb, June N.-(Speeial
ram.)-NBesVef City played rings
around Norton today by score OF " to 2
Beaver City garnered twenty hits off OF
four Norton pitchers. Wynkoop struck cut
nine OF the first twelve men ny. Beaver
City played an errorless game Score:
RHA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28

MILWAUKEE.
Totals. .."2s 7 ~ Is /

7 q Y
"Batted for Nicholson In ninth.
Toledo ..............,0 D o o -
Two-base hits: Randall, O. Three-b base
hit: Randall Stolen base Flick. Sacri-
flee fly: Fnck. Sacrince hits. Clark
Hlnchman Bases on balls: OFT James, 81
off Nicholson, Z. struck out: BY danes, ,;
by Nicholson, 4. Double play; Nicholson
to Breen to Jones. Left en- bases: Toledo
1; Milwaukee, 8. Time: l:S Umpire;
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
FHRAoNT


FOtAlA--..--S So TotAla......Ss ~
Stated ter Zimmerman In the ninth.
Fremont '...-,".'"9 s999oS
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
Hayes Gives Two Hits,
Nebraska City Wins
Fast and Well Played Game ct
Clarinds-Shenandosh Gets Fast
Game from Falls City.

cI.ARrNDA, Ia, June T--(spsciaI Teie-
gram -Nebraska City won q fast and
we'll played game from the locals today.
Hayes gave but two hits Scorer
RH,n.
NeSrasfs city Q 3 . . o q Si ) !
Batteries, Clarinda, smlthson and BAr-
monyi Nebraska City, Hayes and Plnksr~
ton. UmpiFel Fields.
FALLS CITY, Nsb., June W,-<SpSoiAl
Telegram. l-shenandoAh won q fast game
the second Of the series, today, Score.
s SsiIs Slssi..: :,i$$iS5S26sE1
Battertesl Shenandoah, Johnson and
Castle; Falls City, Finch and Vanderbilt.
Umpirel Sage,
MARYVILLE. No, June sJ.-ceDsoial
Telegram, l-Timely hitting, eembine1 with
Maryville's errors. won for Auburn today.
Scorer AA q,
A As5sT1ll. 49,. ,.-::.:Sf$$sS$SS?sI
Batteries MaryviIls, Wise, James and
Dietz, Auburn, ZonderTnan and huBseF.
Umpife Kissane.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
Ainsworth CoIoru Lowered.

VALENTINE, Neb., June H.-(speoial
Telegram. )-Valentlne walloped Ainsworth
Sunday at Long Pine Amusement park -
to 10. Score;
Mnsworth ......... I : . q . do
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
TOPEKA

%, ultowski, Frambes. Dwyer, Whitney,
kores. TwO-bass lhtsi Mattick UltowSkl
%, HAfford, Moore, Thrss-baps hiti Mat
MeQulilen, II Oft Breitsnstsih. 81 Off HouE-
ton. !. WILD pltehsai NoorAth, ., STRUCK
Quit ny HUSTON, 81 by HFeitenGteln, J.
Korss. Anderson "a, Ultowski. HueSton,
Double plRyi HAffoTd to Kreps, Left on
bNsssI Des AolnSs. o. Topeka, 10 Aitsi
or MoGrAth, 4 in ohs-third lnnlngl OF
BreitsnAtein, II In eight and ere third In
ming, TlmOi 9I0a. Umpirssi Gardner and
Shoemaker,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
WASHINGTON.

Totals. ..".Ss II az 10 z
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
1 NHIaNN I UN .
Al 4 ~


DdItNU AVI IISbN III 10 t4iIfsl4'
W asnington ....,...U, v Y v w
New 1orK ....,.......O y y v 49,
IWo-Sase nltS; MIIan, chase. Three bast
mls: Johnson, Worer. sacrifice mt: 74nG-
Bilde. oLOIeu pdses: rAIISsI NTssstcI. l4C- r
On bases: aSnlnbton, ~; New tOrk, a
rIrst base eIrUr: Wasnlns lon, !
Double pays: nnignt 10 Gardner TO CI4ase,
Quinn 10 1An1gnI 20 chase. struck out: Dy
Johnson, q; " Quinn, L; W Calu weIi, l.
tAiL W pitched Dan! by quinn, /; by
essler, 2. Itlts: or Quinn, an iour IN
nlnES (none Uul in the uItnJ; Off Cald Weh
III five innlngs. Umpires: Commonly am
- Lougnln. lime: 30.
Score second game
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
Deane wina from CIarllaon,

DODGE, Nsb, june N.-(speeial)-
Dodge. Athletics defeated the Garrison
game game BY a score Of ii to 1. Score: R,H:E;
6 pSsEs i;.' 80 SiSf5sSgE {
Clarkson, Schultz and Karel.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
Masters blows in THIRD.

YORK. Neb.. June H-(Specisl Tele-
gram. Fremont won today's game in the
Lhlrd, wnen they landed on Masters 1or
six hits, which. WIN two errors, Melted
them eight runs. York came back In its
half for five hits ana base on balls,
which let them in w1Ln Tour runs. TIM
mArBman went On the slab for York in
the thlrd with two down and held Fremont
70 two hits and no runs for six and third
innings. H. smith relieved w. smith In
the last Of the third. but York got TO him
Tor five hits ana one run The last six
nmmersmAn had the better Of the argu-
ment. scorer
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
Farmer Drowned Near Huron.

HURON, 8. D., June 2s-lspecial Telo-
gram)-Whils bathing In the Jim river
near his home, twelve miles north OF this
city, Jacob Hugh, single. aged 80. a farmer,
was drowned. He had Just finished q
picnic dinner with friends and being very
warm Invested himself Of his outer cloth
ins, walked our upon a bridge and plunged
into the water ana failed 20 come 10 the
surface. The body was recovered an hour
later
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
Evans Found Dead on Farm.

LOGAN, Ia, June N.-(specisl Tess-
gram.)-G. r. Evans, aged a. was found
dead on his farm twelve miles northeast
OF Logan this afternoon. Cause OF death
Is unknown.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-28
Coli ChaIi..n. Accented.

That challenge for a game of golt issued
by The trade extension committee of the
Commercial club to any other standing
committee In the club has been accepted,
Y, /, Elliok, chairman Of the membership
committee, threw down the gauntlet on
behalf of that body, The contest will take
place at one OF the golf clubs. The date
has not been dsoiusd upon.