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little burro. Kirkby sat or his horse
in fits of silent laughter until the
tears ran down his cheek, the only
outward and visible expression of his
1rirth.
Arthur only stopped when he had
thoroughly emptied himself, possibly
OF an accumulation of years of repres
sion
WALL said Kirkby, you sure do
overmatch any one | ever heard wen
it comes to cursin'; wy, you could
gimme tcards an spades an beat me,
an was thought to have some gift
hathaway in the old days"
Il didn't begin to exhaust myself.
answered Bradshaw, shortly, and
what | did say didn't equal the situa-
ton. I'm going home
Il wouldn't do that" urged. the old
man. Here, you take the horses an
I'll tackle the burro.'
Gladly" said Arthur. Il would
rather ride an elephant and drive 9
herd of them than waste another min.
ute on this Internal little mule"
The story was too good to keep,
and around the camp fire that night
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which surround the two little MldWaSI
Islands. These islands are 3,6OS niles
from San Francisco and 4,237 miles
from the Philippines, each consisting
OF strip of land OF only few acres
in area, one being known as Sand Is
land, or Western Island, and the other
Eastern Island, the cable station be-
ing located on the former.
In laying a trans-oceanio cable
every possible precaution is taken to.
keep, the line free from trouble and
to this end the right OF way, ii we
might apply such term to the bot
tom of the sea, must contain no ele-
ments which will cause undue de-
terioration of the cable. In this in
stance, an unforeseen factor has
arisen in the shape of coral reef
The motion OF the water swaying the
great cable to and fro over the rough
coral surface chafed the insulation
and wires sufficiently to cause the
break, the cost of repairing which win
amount to approximately 100000.
The population of Sand Island, the
home of the cable station, consists OF
20 persons, namely, the superintendent
of the cable company and his wife.
one chief operator and his wife, q
physician, cable operators and few
laborers, with two cows, two donkeys.
and some poultry. There is no gov
ernor, no mayor; not even con-
stable. tits law-abiding community
and has no need OF any machinery to-
enforce the law. At one time the
United States had few troops there
but they were withdrawn In the in
tereet of economy, since their pres
o. Viewed 10 practical purpose.
Before the coming of the cable sta
ton, the island was totally uninhab-
ited AS the result of turning loose
two canary birds quite some time ago.
the island now has wild feathered
family OF over five hundred songsterE.
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that there burro's like a ship witch
I often seed EN- wen I was kid down
east afore | come out to Gods coun-
try. Nature has pervided EN- with a
kind of hellum | remember ii you
wanted the boat to go to the right
you showed the hellum over to the
left. Sta'boad an port was the terms
as ]. recollects 'em. It's jest the same
with .burrcS, you takes EN- by the
tiller, that's by the tail, git a good
tight twist on it an ct you want him
to head to the right, slew his stern
sheets around to the left, an you got
to be keerful you don't git no kick
back witch eff it lands on you is worse
n the ree-coil of a mule"
Arthur faithfully followed direc-
lions, narrowly escaping the outraged
brute's small but sharp pointed heels
on occasion. His efforts not being
productive of much success, finally in
his despair he resorted to brute
strength; he would pick the little ami
NAL up bodily, pack and all-he was
man of powerful physique-and swing
him around until his head pointed In
the right direction; then with prayer
that the burro would keep it there for
a few rods anyway, he would set him
down and start him all over again.
The process oft repeated became mo-
notonous after awhile. Arthur was
slow thinking man, deliberate in &C
ton: he stood it as long as he possibly
could. Kirkby, who rode one horse
and led two others, and therefore was
exempt from burro driving, observed
him with great interest. He and Brad
shaw had strayed way behind the rest
of the party.
At last Arthur's resistance, patience
and piety. strained to the breaking
point. gave way suddenly. Primitive
instincts rose to the surface and over
whelmed him like a flood He de
liherafely sat down on a fallen tree
nv the side Of trail, the burro halt
ing obediently, turned and faced him
with hanging head, apparently con-
cciors that he merited the disapprO-
bation that was being heaped upon
him. for from tbs desperate tender
foot there burst forth so amazing, so
fluent. so comprehensive a torrent OF
assorted profanity. that even the old
mast master in objuration was aston
ished and bewildered. Where did
bradshaw. mild and inoffensive. get
ito His proficiency would have ap-
nailed his rector and amazed his fell
low yestrymen. Not the Jackdaw OF
Rheims himself was SO cursed as that
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CHAPTER II.-(contInued).

And by what right did you take
that one?'' haughtily demanded the
outraged young woman, looking at
him beneath level brows while the
color slowly receded from her face.
She had never been kissed by a man
other than blood relation in her
life-remember, suspicious reader,
that she was from Philadelphia
she resented this sudden and unau-
thorized caress with every atom and
instinct of her still somewhat conven-
tional being.
But aren't you half way engaged to
me?' he pleaded in Justification, see
ing the unwonted seriousness with
which she had received his impudent
me a chance?'
II did say that / liked you very
much" she admitted, mo man better.
and that thought that you might
We'll, then" he began.
But she would not be interrupted
Il did not mean that you should en-
Joy all the privileges of conquest be-
fore you had won me. will thank
you not to do that again, sir.
1T seems to have had very diff
rerent effect upon you than it does
upon me-" replied the man coolly. i
loved you before, but now, since
have kissed you, worship you"
ct hasn't affected me that way re-
torted the girl promptly, her face still
frowning and indignant. Not at all,
and"
Forgive me, Enid" pleaded the
other. 4 just couldn't help it. You
were so beautiful / had to. | took the
chance You are. not accustomed to
our ways"
rs this your habit in your love af.
5 Eairs?" asked the girl swiftly and not
without a spice of feminine malice. !
- ''I never had any love affair be
FORE he replied with ready mascl
: line mendacity, at least none wort
mentioning. But you see this is the
west; we have gained what we have
by Demanding every inch that nature
offers, and then claiming the all
That's the way we play the game out
here and that's the way we win
But | have not yet learned to play
the game. as you call it, by sany such
rules" returned the young woman de-
terminedly, and it is not the. way to
win me if am the stake"
What is the way?" asked the man
anxiouslv. "Show me and I'll take il
no matter what its difficulty
"Ah, for me to point out the way
would be to play traitor to myself
she answered, relenting and relaxing
a little before his devoted wooing
you must find it without assistance
can only tell you one thing"
And what is that?"
''You do not advance toward the
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well along in years, but he was quite
capable OF playing a mans game for
all that, and he intended to play it in
this instance.
Nobody scanned Enid Maitland's
face more closely than he. sitting
bumped up on the front seat OF the
wagon, one foot on the high break, his
head sunk almost to the level of his
knee, his long whip in his hand, his
keen and somewhat fierce brown eyes
taking in every detail of what was 60
ing on about him. Indeed there was
but little that came before him that
old kirkby did not see.
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Finds the Perfect wife.

New York.-According to Mrs. .ROA-
land Kilbee-Stuart, wife Of a retired
British army officer, the perfect wom-
an and the perfect wife is to be found
in Burmah. Mrs. Kilbee-Stuart and
her husband arrived on the last lap OH
a 3O,000-mile trip of the world. THE
Burmese woman" said Mrs. Kilbee-
Stuart, SIS thrifty and keeps her home
we'll She Is a business woman.
knows how to look after her husbands,
business and attend TO the domestic.
economy of the house. Her one idea
is that she should be attractive as well
as to make her home attractive"
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oMITS Eyes" AND LOSES SUIT
Girl Seeking $4,000 for Breach OF.
Promise Admits She Did Not
Accept Suitor.

Kansas City, Mo.-An emphatic
eyes and not smile or a mere nod
Of the head must be given by the
maiden proposed to in order to cover
damages for breach of promise to
marry, according to a decision in the
circuit court here Edna M Cooke of
this city sued Garrett Sparks, 1886
Broadway, a horse and mule dealer,
for $4,000 damages, but her attorney
withdrew the case when the evidence
developed the fact that she had not
said Eyes" when Sparks proposed, cut
.'took it for granted that he knew
she would marry him.
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have grown to-care SO much for me
and so quickly"
IF it be true?" came the sharp In
terruption as the man bent toward
her. fairly devouring her with his bold,
ardent gaze.
We'll, since it is true,' she admit
ed under the compulsion of his pro-
test. That fact is the only possible
excuse for your action
''You find some justification for me.
then?"
mo, only possibility, but whether
it be true or not. | do not feel that
way-yet."
There was saving grace in that
last word, which gave him little
heart He would have spoken, but
she suffered no interruption, saying:
81 have been wooed before, but
"True, unless the human race has
become suddenly blind" he said softly
under his breath
"But never inesuch ungentle ways.
II suppose you have never run up
against a real red-blooded man like
me before"
IF red blooded be evidenced mainly
by lacking of self control, perhaps |
have not. Yet there are men that
have met that would not need to apol-
ogize for their qualities even to you,
Mr.. James Armstrong"
Don't say that. Evidently l make
but poor progress in my wooing.
Never have | met with woman quite
like you''-and in that indeed lay
some of her charm, and she might
have replied in exactly the same lam
guage and with exactly the same
meaning to him-T am no longer a
boy. | must be fifteen years older
than you are, for I am thirty-five."
The difference between their years
was not quite SO great as he declared,
but womanlike the girl let the state
lnent pass unchallenged.
And l wouldn't insult your Intel
ligence by saying you are the only
T woman that have ever made love to,
but there is a vast difference between
making love to woman and loving
one. / have just found that out for the
first time. | marvel at the past, and
am ashamed of it, but | thank God
| that have been saved for this op-
portunity want to win you, and
am going to do it, too, In many
| things I don't match up with the peo'
pie with whom you train. Iswas born
out here, and I've made myself. There
are things that have happened in the
making that / am not especially proud
of, and | am not at all satisfied with
the results, especially since | have
met you. The better | know you the
less pleased I am with Jim Arm
strong, but there are possibilities IN
me, / rather believe, and with you for
inspiration, God!"-the man flung out
his hand with a fine gesture Of de
termination They say that the east
and west don't naturally mingle, but
it's lie; you and can beat the
world"
The woman thrilled to his gallant
| wooing. Any woman would have done
so; some of them would have lost
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Kirkby drawled it forth. There was q
freedom and easiness of intercourse in
the camp, which was natural enough.
Cook, teamster, driver. host, guest,
men, women, children, and had al
most said burros. stood on the same
level They all ate and lived together
The higher up the mountain range you
go, the deeper into the wilderness you
plunge. the further away from the
conventional you draw, the more
homogeneous becomes society and the
less obvious are the irrational and I'M
scientific distinctions of the iowlands
The guinea stamp fades and the man
and the woman are pure gold or base
metal inherently and not by any ar
tificial standard,
George, the cattle man, who cooked
and Pete, the horse wrangler, who as
sisted Kirkby in looking after the
stock, enjoyed the episode uproarious-
". and would fain have had the exact
language repeated to them, but here
Robert Maitland demurred, much to
Arthur's relief, for he was thoroughly
Inundated by the whole performances
It was very pleasant lounging
around the camp fire and one good
story easily led to another.
1T was in these very mountains
said Robert Maitland, at last, when his
turn came, that there happened one
of the strangest and most terrible ad-
ventures that ever heard of. have
pretty much forgotten the lay of the
land, but / think it wasn't very far
from here that there is one OF the
most stupendous canons through the
range; nobody ever goes there; don't
suppose anybody has ever been there
since. 1t must have been at least
i've years ago that 1t all happened"
(TO BE CoNTINUED.)
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Unprecedented Length of Trial.

The difference in time consumed In
criminal court procedures in this and
other countries is Illustrated by a
trial reported from Chemnitz. Ger
many, in German newspaper, in
which the paper stated in astonish-
ment that the trial lasted whole
week.
A woman was the defendant &C
cused of poisoning her little daughter,
whose life she had insured, and of ar
son to gain fire insurance. Both
charges were submitted to the jury at
the same time and acted upon. Sixty
three witnesses had to be heard.
among them six experts The jury
condemned the woman to death
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their heads, but but Enid Maitland was
an exceedingly cool young person, for
she was not quite swept oil her feet,
and did not quite lose her balauce.
Il like to hear you say things like
that" she answered. Nobody quite
like you has ever made love to me,
and certainly not in your way. and
that's the reason | have given yol a
half way promise to think about It.
was sorry that you could not be
with US on this adventure, but now
am rather glad. especially II the even
eamper OF my way Is to be interrupted
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goal by such actions as those OF a
moment since"
Look here" said the other sudden
". II am not ashamed of what did,
and I'm not going to pretend that
am, either"
"You ought to be-" severely.
well, maybe so, but I'm not; |
couldn't help it any more than ! could
help loving you the minute saw you.
Put yourself in nay place"
Butt am not in your place, and |
can't put myself there. do not wish
to II II be true. as you say, that you
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ISLANDS AS CABLE STATIONS
Small Strips of Land In Pacific In
hahited by Chief Of Port and
Several others.

San Francisco, Cal.-When sub
marine cable breaks in mid-ocean, IL
would seem to one unfamiliar WIFI
such work that the location of the
trouble would be rather hopeless UNI
dertaking. This problem was recent
ly presented to the Commercial Pa
cific Cable company, when it's cable
from San Francisco to China, Japan
and the Philippines refused to opeF~
ate The question was very easily set
tied, however, by the use OF delicate
electrical instruments, which told that
the trouble existed on the coral reefs
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SYNOPSIS.

Enid Maitland. a frank, free and I'M
spoiled young Philadelphia girl, is taken
to the Colorado mountains by her uncle,
Robert Maitland. James Armstrong,
MaitIand's protege, falls in love with her.
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Elsa and Salvador Castrillo, the
children of the new minister from Mic
aragua. They were born in Nicaragua
and are spending their first winter
away from home They are attending
one Of Washington's exclusive private
schools.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-08
LITTLE JAMES
Glow Things in Washington. Not Nailed Down, Are Subject to
 Removal

Glow Things in Washington. Not
 Nailed Down, Are Subject to
 RemovalD
 No Stait never had a more Busier Representatif in Congrous n tn Onnerble Carl Hayden He's been SD Busy at some of tn Department Heds sez at if he was any Busier he'd hafto be regarded as a Nashnle NoOsance.
 Wun day at a Cabinet Meetin' after tn Nickeroggy Revolushun an tn Pannyma Canal had been all gone over, tn President sez: "Th' next Order of Bizness is tn Onnerble Carl Hayden of Arizony which is Disturb in tn State of tn Union by his Un- ushuIe an Unheerd of Demans."
 T should say he is," sez' tn Sec erty of tn Interyor. He's already Seggrygated part of tn Public Do main an most Evry day he's hangin' around tn offs astin fer more,-a piece of this here Nashnle Forrest or that Wun If all his Requess was granted it wuddent be long till we didn't have no more Public Domain n a Rabbit, left in Arzony"
 Let me remark at he is some Re quester," sez tn Postmaster Generic; Ines been wantin me to make a Roolin Lowerin' tn Rate of Postidge on all Male which Orryginates in Arizony or is Destined fer that young an Hungry Commonwealth. If it's Appeytite increases with it's age it'll take tn Whole United States to 1 keep it."
 The Secretary of Aggerculcher he sez: q have met this here Mister 1 Hayden a fue times. Tn first time he come into tn Department he sez at Arizony bein' a Moo State an | bein' Modest cuddent asst fer Much at first but he thought at if tn De partment would give every Farmer in | Arizony a Jursey Bull it would add a moo Intrust to tn Live Stalk Indus try out there. Tn next time Mister Hayden comes around he sez at Ari- zOny aint quite so young an Modest as when he was there before an he would like to have tn Departm give it a Aggerculchele Collidge in evry County. Later. he thought at they ort to be Presink Aggerculcherle Instytooshuns."
 The Secretary of War sez: I've l had some Bizness with this here Rep resentatif frum Arizony too. He come to tn Department an sez at tn State Capitle at FeeniX ort to be Fortyfide some fer he sez: You can't never tell what's agOin to hap pen Next, an he wants guns Mount ed an Commandin tn Approaches t1 tn Capitle an he sez at they Ort to have a Airyoplane Gun too but hell last fer that Later, fer he don't want to Embarrass tn War Department by reqestin' too much at Wunst"
 Tn Secretary of tn Navy he sez. l '1m havin' some Negoshiashuns with this here Mister Hayden about Navle Matters After tn Navle Propria- shun Bill past pervidin' fer Wun Drednot, tn Biggest wun at was ever bilt, in d UnfOrchunit Moment | announced at we would call her tn Pennsylvany which is tn Name wun of tn Croozers has got now. Tn next mOrnin' I found tn Gentleman rum Arizony Waitin' fer me when
Arizona republican., 1912-09-08

under his management has always been a place of notoriously evil re- sort If he has d general merchandise business it has been established re- gently, and his ranch is nothing but d homestead not far from Red Rock.
 The only business that Crowell could have had at Red Rock must therefore have been in connection with his "hoter the chief feature of which is the bar and that 'hotel' and bar constitute what is regarded as one of the worst and lowest dives in Ari- zona. Both have always been con- ducted in defiance of the law.
 Residents of Red Rock, like those of all frontier towns put up with a great deal but the Crowell dive has been more than they have thought they could bear so that they were brought to petition the board of supervisors of Pinal county to revoke the liquor .license,
 Now, this is the man, an outlaw for years, despsed of all respectable neighbors, a long time convict for a cOwardly murder, d habitual drunk ard, consumer of his own vile liquors, who is taken under an escort to see that his business" which, as we have pointed out, is chiefly liquor selling and entertaining shall not go to the dogs"
 It is immaterial whether he paid the expenses of the joy ride to Red Rock or not; our correspondent, we believe, did not assert that the ex- penses were paid by the state. There remains the undenied fact that this kind of a man was taken to look after this kind of a business There re- mains also the question whether CroweH and his companions got drunk at Red Rock. Our correspondent for himself and respectable citizens of that place who have no interest in misrepresenting the facts, say they did. The conVicts and guards of the state prison who are interested, say they did not. Whom do you believe? .?
Arizona republican., 1912-09-08

got down to tn offs. He sez: I see by tn papers at you're a goin to give tn name of tn Ole CroOzer Pennsylvany to tn NOo DrednOt an of coarse you won't need tn Ole CroOzer no more fer you can't have Croozer in tn Navy without a name We got d place fer her out in Arizony. We can anker her to tn Butments of tn Senter Street brige south of FeenX. AriZOny is at Peece with Turin Powers at present but you cant never tell how long it will Last an if war should Brake out Arizony's be in a helofafiX without no Navy
 T sez: Mister Hayden, we didn't intend to leeve tn CroOZer without no name We was a goin' to call her tn Pittsburg
 "I wuddent do it. sez Mister Hay den: tn Ole Croozer's seen Onnerble Service an orient to be Disgraced that away. Why, Pittsburg s tn place where Bill Finn lives"
 What have you all done about these here Requess at Mister Hayden has made?' asts tn President.
 We -aint took no Defnit ackshun on some of 'em as Yit," replize tn Secertaries.
 LITTLE JAMES.
Arizona republican., 1912-09-08
Mir. Debs

We cannot agree with MT. Debs in many things touching the needs of the country; on his plans for making it better or on the effect of the re- forms with which he would replace existing evils, real or imaginary. We believe that his views of things in general, are distorted.
 But of the honesty of the socialist candidate there can be no doubt. We believe that he has always been hon est and this is far more than we can say for some other presidential can didates this year who are engaged in the work of trying to arouse class hatred
 That is not attempted by MT Debs. He honestly believes that the so- called classes are actually and in evitably in conflict. He can see no community of interest between the working class and the capitalistic class. He becomes the champion of that which he conceives to be the weaker and the oppressed. He does not try to intensity class hatred but he would rather abate it; he would remove the cause for it by overturn- ing the existing economic system so that all should belong to the working class and there would be no capital istic class because there would be no need of capital.
 This is, of course, dream. There is no need to discourse upon one evil result of the realization of such an impossible dream, the destruction of all human incentive.
 MT. Debs, as we have said, is a dreamer and therefore he would not likely be a demagogue for these two things do not usually go together.
 He is q socialist and socialism is an expression of discontent and as such it is possibly useful in magnifying eX- isting and growing evils. Our atten- ton is thereby forcibly directed to them to the end that they may be corrected and reduced, if not aboI- l ished.