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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

No answered the woman, and no
task ever laid upon her had been hard
or than that Z do love you. I will
not deny it. Every part of me re-
spends to your appeal. I should be so
happy that I cannot even think of it. if
I could put my hand in your own. if 1
could lay my head upon your shout
der, if l could feel your heart beat
against mine, if I could give myself up
to you, l would be so glad, so glad.
But it cannot be. not now"
why not?'' pleaded the man.
He was by her side, his arm went
around her. She did not resist ply
sically, it would have been useless.
She only laid her slender hand upon
his broad breast and threw her head
back and looked at him.
See" she said, how helpless I am,
how weak in your hands. Every voice
in my heart bids me give way. If you
insist I can deny you nothing. I am
helpless. alone, but it must not be.
know you better than you know
yourself. You will not take advantage
of affection so unbounded, of weak
ness so pitiable."
Was it the wisdom of calculation, or
was it the wisdom of instinct by which
she chose her course? Resistance
would have been unayailing, in weak
ness was her strength.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall
inherit the earth; Yes, that was true.
She knew it now, if never before, and
so did he.
Slowly the man released her. She
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
CARVING 1t Too Far.

Scientific management, like any
other good thing, may be carried to
excess"
The speaker was R Marriott
Thompson, the San Francisco sctenti-
fic management expert. He continued
says the New York Tribune:
I'VE scientific managers mustn't go
as far as Hustler went
"Hussler was the proprietor OF a
tremendous factory where scientific
management had reduced the mo-
lions of every hand from 500 to IT,
Hustler attended a very fashionable
wedding one day, a wedding where
the ceremony was performed by a
bishop, assisted by a dean and a
canon, and in the most impressive
part of the writ Hustler, overcome by
his scientific management ideas rush
ed up to the altar and pushed the
bishop and canon rudely back.
Here, boys he said, ones quite
enough for little job like this
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
CHAPTER XIX.
The Challenge of the Range.

The Challenge of the Range.
Mr.. James Armstrong sat at his
desk before the west window in his
private room in one of the taIlest
buildings in Denver His suite Of Of
fees was situated on one of the top
floors, and from it he had a clear and
unObstructed view of the mighty
range over the intervening house tops
and other buildings. The earth was
covered with snow 1t had fallen stead
lily through the night, but with the
dawn the air had cleared and the sun
had come out brightly, although it was
very cold.
Letters, papers, documents, the de-
mands Of a business extensive and var
led, were left unnOticed. He sat with
his elbow on the desk, his head on his
hand looking moodily at the range.
In the month that had elapsed since
he had received news of Enid Matt
lands disappearance he had sat often
in that way, in that place, staring at
the range, prey to most respondent
reflections, heavy hearted and discon-
ISOLATE indeed.
After that memorable interview
with Mr.. Stephen Maitland in Phila-
delphia he had deemed it proper to
await there the arrival Of Mr.. Rob
ert Maitland. A brief interview with
that distracted gentleman had put
him in possession of all the facts in
the case. AS Robert Maitland had
said, after presentation of the tragic
story, the situation was quite hope
less. Even Armstrong reluctantly ad-
mitted that her uncle and old Kirkby
had done everything that was posi-
bic for the rescue or discovery of
the girl
Therefore the two Respondent gen
tlemen had shortly after returned to
their western homes, Robert Maitland
in this instance being accompanied
by his brother Stephen. The latter
never knew how much his daughter
had been to him until this evil fate
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

preme, he must inexorably hold to his
ideas and his ideals, or he must tnev-
itably take the woman.
How frightful was the battle that
ragged within his bosom. Sometimes
in his despair he thought that he
would have been glad if he and she
had gone down together in the dark
waters before all this came upon him
The floods Of which the heavens had
emptied themselves had borne her to
him. Oh if they had only swept him
out of life with its trouble, its trials,
its anxieties, its obligations, its impos-
sibilities. If they had gone together!
And then he knew that he was glad
even for the torture, because he had
seen her, because he had loved her'
and because she had loved him.
He marveIed at himself curiously,
and in a detached way. There was a
woman who loved him, who had con-
fessed it boldly and innocently, there
was none to say him nay. The woman
who stood between had been dead i've
years. The world knew nothing, cared
nothing: they could go out together;
he could take her, she would come. On
the impulse he turned and ran to the
door and beat upon it. Her voice bade
him enter. and ne came in.
Her heart yearned to him. She was
shocked. appalled, at the torture she
saw upon his face. Had he been laid
upon the rack, and every joint pulled
from its sockets, he could not have
been more white and agonized.
Z give up" he cried. What are
honor and self respect TO me? l want
you. l have put the past behind. You
love me, and I. am yours with every
fiber of my being. Great God, Let
US cast aside these foolish quixotic
scrupIes that have kept US apart II
a mans thoughts declare his guilt.
am already disloyal to the other WON
an; deeply, entirely so. I have be-
! trayed her, shamed her, abandoned
her. Let me have some reward for
what l have gone through. You love
me; come to ne"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
Primitive Men Of Giant Stature.


Eleven skeletons of primitive men.
with foreheads sloping directly back
from the eyes. and with two rows Of
teeth in the front of the upper jaw,
have been uncovered at Craigshill, at
Ellensburg, Wash. They were found
about twenty feet below the surface,
twenty feet back from the face of the
slope, in a cement rock formation
over which was a layer OF shale. The
rock was perfectly dry. The jaw bones,
which easily break, are so large that
they will go around the face Of the
man of today. The other bones are
also much larger than those of the or
binary man. The femur is twenty
inches long, indicating a man of eighty
inches tall. The teeth in front are
worn almost down to the jaw bones,
due, it is believed, to eating uncook-
ed foods and crushing hard substances
with the teeth. The sloping skull
shows an extremely low order of in
telligence
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
DURAN QUEER FRUIT
GROWS IN THE ORIENT AND HAS
HORRIBLE SMELL.
II Tastes Like q Rich 8uttery Gus
tard Favored With Almonds
Large as Mans Head and Cow
cred With Sharp Spines.

The east furnishes in the DURAN
one of the strangest of fruits. It
has been called the king of fruits.
as the orange is the queen but
there are many who entertain no Hk-
ing for it.
There is this difficulty about the
DURAN. It's consumption presents the
same obstacle to enjoyment as a
ripe cheese. To eat a DURAN one
must first overcome his sense of
smell. The odor of the DURAN sug-
gests Limburger cheese, onion sauce,
brown sherry and other mcongruities.
It has also been compared to the
smell Of Emekiln in full operation.
The Malays are excessively fond Of
the fruit and those Europeans whose
sense of smell is not overdelicate
contend that the DURAN is like rich
buttery custard favored with al
monds
A British officer at Penang once
dined a member of parliament about
to leave for home Among other deli
caCies an overripe DURAN was placed
upon the table The guest, on being
pressed to partake OF it, declined,
with this remark:
1T may have been very good last
season, but if you will excuse me,
would rather not venture on it now"
A learned man in the east once
tried to confute an atheist He babe
him reflect, just as an acorn fell
upon the unbeliever's head, that if
the acorn had been a pumpkin, it
would have cracked his skull.
See, my friend" said the learned
man, "the evidence is not only of a
Creator, but of a beneficial Provi-
dence, in the fact that only small
nuts and fruits are permitted to grow
on trees"
The reasoning is contradicted by
facts. The DURAN is as large as a
mans head, and is covered with
sharp spines. 1t grows upon a large
tree, somewhat similar to the wal
nut. When ripe It falls, and if 1t
should strike any one the chances
are that it would inf1ict damage The
natives, knowing the danger of a
blow from a falling DURAN, stretch
nets under the trees in populous
places, so that the fruit may be
caught as it falls:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

L can't wait for God. I want you
now" persisted the other.
Hush, don't say that, answered the
woman, for moment laying her hand
on his lips. But I forgive you. I
know how you suffer-
The man could say nothing, do moth
ing. He stared at her a moment and
his hand went to his throat as if he
were choking.
Unworthy he said hoarsely, "un-
worthy of the past, unworthy of the
present, unworthy of the future. May
God forgive me, I never can"
He will forgive you. never fear. !"
answered Enid gently.
And you?" asked her lover. 'I have
ruined your life"
No, you have ennobled it. Let
nothing ever make you forget that
Wherever you are and whatever you
do, and whatever you may have been,
love you, and shall love you to the
end. Now you must go, it is so late,
| can't stand any more l throw my
self on your mercy again, I grow weak
er and weaker before you: as you are
a man. as you are stronger, save me
from myself. If you were to take me
again in your arms" she went on
steadily, I know not how l could drive
you back. For Gods sake, if you love
me-
That was the hardest thing he had
ever done, to turn and go out of the
room, out of her sight, and leave her
standing there with eyes shining. with
rulses throbbing, with breath coming
fast, with bosom painting. Once more,
and at touch she might have yielded!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
SYNOPSIS.

Enid Maitland, a frank, free and IN
spoiled young Philadelphia girl, is taken
to the Colorado mountains By her uncle
Robert Maitland. James Arnstrohg'
MaitIand's prOtege falls in love With her.
Ills persistent Wooing thrills the girl DuL
she hesitates. and Armstrong goes east
On business without definite anS W.
Enid hears the story OF mining eng
neert EeWbOld, whose wife fell on q CL-LL
and was so seriously hurt that ne w.
compelled to shoot her to prevent hsI S S
Ing eaten by wolves while he went tol
help. Kirkby, the Old guide VINO te!is LlLS
story, gives Enid a package OF L7g.9L9
which ne says were FOUND on 20 -
WOman's body. She reads the letters S-4 IL
at Eirkby's request keeps LHeut W me-
bathing In mountain stream Emo u a.
tackled by a bear, which IS H!y5 ~ --J
shot. storm adds to the glEl ) 49, -.
sudden deIuge transforms DEoQ5 49,
raging torrent which sweeps Emo ~
gorge, where she Is rescued Dy d LlLo-lt
tain hermit after q thrilling eEpeI iSL.,'
ing Ends absence when the stoL ia -
breaks. Maitland and Old lrkDy 90 II
search Of the girl Enid discovers ~ ~
her ankle IS sprained and that she IS IN
able to walk Her mysterious IeScueL
carries her to his camp. Enid goes, ~
sleep In the strange mans bunk. StltGL
cooks breakfast for Enid. after WIlLCH
they 60 on tour Of inspection the heE-
nit tells Enid Of his unsuccessful att5Ii!p y
to find the Maitland campers. he dulII III -
that ne is also from Philadelphia Inc
hermit falls in love with Enid L ne lIIIL
comes to a realization Of his love TOT LfL,
but naturally in that strange sOHtuue tLLS
relations Of the girl and her rescuer pc
come unnatural and strained. The strans-
err tells OF a wife he had who IS deaq'
and says he has sworn to ever cIeLL9lI
her memory by living in solitude. He and
Enid. however, confess their love LOT
each other She learns that he is the
man who killed his wife in the mountain
Enid discovers the writer Of the letters
to Newbolds wife to have been James
Armstrong. Newbold decides 10 start 70
the settlement for help.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
New Idea for POLISHING.

By introducing steel balls into a
rumbIing barrel. says the Engineer, it
is possible to polish castings and, in
fact, actually to burnish them to a
very high degree. Since the process
is completely mechanical. it can IN
doubtedly be introduced in many
brass foundries with the result Of
saving labor costs. It appears to be
customary to use enough steel balls
to make up approximately twice the
volume of the pieces which are rum
bled, the size of the balls ranging
from one-Quarter inch down to one
sixteenth inch in diameter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
c4AprER xvlI-fcontinued)

Nothing" said the woman, never
shrinking back an inch, facing him
with all the courage and daring with
which a Goddess might look upon
man. Nothing but my weakness and
your strength"
Yes, that's it, but do not count too
much upon the one or the other.
Great God how can keep away from
you; life on the old terms is insup-
portable must go"
"And where?"
Anywhere, so it be away"
And when?'
Now"
ct would be death IN the snow and
IN the mountains tonight No, no,
you cannot go"
Well, tomorrow then. 1t will be
fair. l cant take you with me, but
must go alone to the settlements, /
must tell your friends you are here,
alive. we'll I shall find men to come
back and get you. What I cannot do
alone numbers together may effect.
They can carry you over the worst of
the trails, you shall be restored to
your people, to your world again, you
can forget me-
And do you think" asked the wO-
man, that / could E er forget your
= don't know
And will you forget me?"
Not so long as life throbs in my
veins. and beyond"
And ] too" was the return.
so be it. You won't be afraid to
stay here alone, now"
NO not since you love me" was
the noble answer. Il suppose I must;
there H. no other way, we could not
go on as before. And you will come
back to me as quickly as you can with
the others?"
Il shah not come back; will give
them the direction, they can find you
without me When l say goodbye TO
you tomorrow It shall be forever"
And l swear to you," asserted the
woman in quick desperation, If you
do not come back they shall have
nothing to carry from here but my
dead body"
And how will you prevent my go
ing?"
Il can't. But I will follow you on
my hands and knees in the snow until
/ freeze and die unless l have your
promise"
You have beaten me" said the man
hopelessIy. You always do Honor,
what is it? Pride, what is it? Self
respect. what is it? Say the word and
/ am at your feet, I put the past be-
hind me"
Il don't say the word, +" answered the
woman bravely, white faced. pale
hpped, but resoIute. To be yours, to
have you mine, is the greatest desire
of my heart, but not in the towards
way, not at the expense Of honor. of
selfrespect-no not that way. Cour-
age. my friend. God will show US the
way, and meantime good night"
Il shall start in the morning"
Yes" she nodded reluctantly but
knowing it had to be, but you won't
SO without bidding me good bye"
No"
Good night then" she said extend
ing her hand"
Good night" he whispered hoars.
ley and refused it. backing away. II
don't dare to take It. ! don't dare to
touch you again. love you so. my
only salvation is to keep away"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
WELL PEOPLE TOO
Wise Doctor Gives Postum to Con,
VaIescents.

A wise doctor tries to give nature its
best chance by saving the little
strength Of the already exhausted pa
tient, and bui!1ing up wasted energy
with simple but powerful nourisb-
ment.
Five years ago." writes a doctor
81 commenced to use Postum in my
own family instead of coffee" cts
a well-known fact that tea is just as
injurious as coffee because it contains
caffeine, the same drug found in cof-
fee.j Il was so well pleased with the
results that / had two grocers place
it in stock, guaranteeing its sale.
q then commenced to recommend It
to my patients in place Of coffee, as a
nutritious beverage. The consequence
is, every store in town is now selling
it, as it mas become a household ne
cessity in many homes.
I'm sure prescribe Postum as Oft
en- as any one remedy in the Materia
Medica-in almost every case Of indi-
gestion and nervousness treat, and
with the best results.
when l once introduce it into a
family, it is quite sure to remain l
shall continue to use 1t and prescribe
it in families where I practice.
IN convaIescenoe from pneumonia,
typhoid fever and other cases I give
it as a liquid, easily absorbed diet.
You may use my letter as a reference
any way you see fit" Name given by
Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich
Read The Road to MELVILLE" n
pigs. There's a reason.
Ever read the above letter. a new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, ana fun OF human
inteEe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
Daniel and the Inns

And it came to pass that Daniel
was cast into the den of lions by or.
der of King Darius.
Early the next morning King Darius
went to the den, rolled away the
stone, and called out: DO the lions
bite?"
Not unTeasonably," replied Daniel
who was well up in the legal vernacu.
lar Of the day.
Good" calculated King Darius az
he rolled back the stone Thereupor
he went forth and proclaimed to the
multitude that the lion question hae
been solved.-Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
WILLING HE SHOULD GO FAR
One Man to Have Kid Transferred, but
He May Have Had
Crouch.

What do you think of this scheme
Of having the countries exchange chill
dren?' asked the Sewickley man.
1 don't think anything about It."
said the Williamsburg man What is
the idea?"
An English family, for instance, ex-
changes children for couple Of years
with a German family. References are
first exchanged and all that sort Of
thing"
I see"
Thus both sets of children get a
chance to learn another language and
get acquainted with another country.
It's quite a scheme"
It's an elegant scheme" declared
the Williamsburg man. My neighbors
have kid that l would like to see
exchanged with some family in ST.
IBERIA"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

The MaIdive archipelago, lying IL
the Indian ocean, several hundred
miles southwest of the southern point
of Hindustan is Inhabited, but It
rarely sees visitors from the civilized
world These islands, all composed
Of coral rock, are no fewer than four
teen thousand in number. Few Of
them rise more than seven or eight
feet above the sea level, although
they contain cocOanut palms and 9th
er forms of vegetation Hundreds and
hundreds of little islands, ranged
around in circle, with narrow and
shallow channels between, form atoIls
or rings, having quiet waters within.
Occasionally, in this unique group. an
individual island is found in the form
of a ring with smooth lake inclosed
in it's coral embrace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
Buoy Floated Six Years

times wound the ~contraband article
around their persons, under their or.
binary clothes, it was found neces-
sary to employ female searchers. now
no longer brought into requisition.
One of the latter, on one occasion,
made curious discovery.
A female smuggler had had con.
structed-but not for running silk con-
traband-an india rubber dress for
wearing under her ordinary clothes
She appeared, when this continuance
was in operation. to be a very fat
woman; in reality, she was abnormal
Iy thin. But the India rubber under
wear was double and hollow, and the
space between the skins, so to speak
was filed with brandy!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
CHAPTER XVIII.
rhe STRENGTH Of the Weak.


Although Enid Maitland had spoken
bravely enough while he was there.
when she was alone her feart sank
into the depths as she contemplated
the dreadful and unsoIyable dilemma
in which these two lovers found them
selves so unwittingly and inextricably
involved. It was indeed a curious and
bewfldering situation. Passionate
alteration for the other rose in each
breast like the surging tide of a
mighty sea. and like that tide upon
the shore it broke upon conventions,
ideas, ideals and obligations intangi-
bic to the naked eye, but as real as
those iron coasts that have withstood
the waves assaults since the worlds
morning
The man had shaped his life upon a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22
Case Of Mistaken Identity.

President Taft was out for his aft
ernoon walk in Washington one day
when a f1axen-haired little girl ran out
in front Of him, held up her finger,
and exclaimed in a shrill voice:
Il know who you are!"
The president, thinking it not at all
unusual that she should possess this
information. but willing to crafty her.
asked:
Well who am -"
"Aw," she said teasingly, you're
Humpty Dumpty." Maya
zine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

rial Legislation, sitting at Geneva,
Switzerland, is evolving a very de-
tailed code of laws. One of it's sug-
gested paragraphs reads: TN the
event of a birth occurring in an air
craft the pilot is to enter the event
in his log book and must notify the
fact to the authorities at the first
place at which he descends."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-22

maneuver against the enemy consist
ed in his buying the most expensive
in mind that the wantoI and profigate
extravaganza Of smoking them up too
rapidly would materially reduce his
consumption OF the weed: then, If the
campaign we're successful, he would
not increase his expense IN the long
run. but when the habit was more IN
der control he could reduce his ex-
pense even below the present by re-
turning to cheaper brands. Such in
genuity as this vas deserving Of re