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tomorrow. II wouldn't be here now,
but for the monographs. So, you see,
know a little about trouble myself.
rs what yer givin' me on the level
LADY," asked Jerry as she closed her
eyes YEARLY for moment.
1T certainly u.s." she replied. Cant
you see how hard 1t is for me? One
can never Judge by appearances. a
rich dress does not always cover q
light heart. and n smile often hides a
tear. l suppose that there are many
people who have envied me, never
dreaming that have been living on
the brink Of ruin for months.
1.-THE end has come sooner than ]
expected. Tomorrow will be Easter
Sunday have forgotten that it was
so near" passing slender hand
YEARLY across her face.
well" with bitter laugh. my
Easter gown won't create a furore
tomorrow.
Come" she said, rousing herself
and turning to Jerry, sit is time you
were off,
He opened his eyes in astonish-
ment. you don't mean ter let me
go?' he asked.
Certainly" she answered with q
faint smile. 81 wouldn't turn a doc
over to the police on Easter Eve
Come, be quick! II will soon be
morning, and daylight will overtake
YOU"
Jerry looked at her in a perplexed
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THE NERVE OF "NERVES'
By CHARLES FINDLAY CARTWRIGHT

until after dozen or SO hatfuls of
cold water had been dashed in his
face that he showed any indications
OF returning consciousness, and even
then he was so weak that he toddled
into camp with man supporting him
on each side.
Where you hit, kid?" Nixon asked
anXiously, as soon as the boy opened
his eyes.
"I--I'm not hit" he stammered
Not ht?" Nixon cried. Then
whit the blazes you kickin' up a row
about?"
Il think it's my nerves, sir" the boy
said weakly.
NERVES nuthin!" Nixon roared dis
gustedly. We'll. come on Nerves.
Wen cit you back ter camp. an find
you a nice. ladylke job darnin' socks
fur the boys. You hadn't oughter be
out here with us men. One of us
might swear an shock your nerves"
And that was how Nerves" came
by his name. Probably the paymas-
ter had his real name on the payroll,
bat even he yelled Nerves when ne
called him up for his weeks pay and
the rest of us naturally fell into line
without making any inquiries.
Nerves" got along in an inconspi-
cuous sort of way, doing odd jobs
about camp for couple of days, until
the Old Man ran up from the Junction
TO see how the work was progressing,
bringing his daughter with him.
The Old Mans visit resulted in an
attack of the blues for German, which
even the half-hour's chat with the Old
Mans daughter was not able to dis
pei. Half dozen of our men had
quit the previous week and gone up
TO Daleficld to work In the mines, and
German had not been able to replace
them. Consequently, our progress had
not been all that might have been
desired
The Old Man was not one to ask for
excuses. as have said before. 1t was
only results which interested him.
And when the results were not what
they should he. he was not at all
backward in saying so.
But for Nerves. the Old Mans
visit proved a period Of unalloyed
joy, for he succeeded in attracting the
attention OF the Old Mans daughter,
and their acquaintance grew quickly
into kindly interest on her part and
a dos.like devotion on his. After that,
German, who was really too busy to
notice anything not connected with
his work, gave him a kindly word in
passing and even put stop to Nix
on's teasing, which was a vast relief
il was not until the middle OF Au
gust that the Old Mans visits began
TO be n nource of pleasure to Cor
man BY that time. his hard work
had begun to tell, and il looked as
though we would complete the con
tract by the middle of Soptomber, In
time to pick up the fifteen-thousand
dollar ponus for the company. ant
the Old Mar grew almogs cordial i
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was quite a feather in Germans cap,
for everybody, including German and
the Old Man himself Though he did
not say so), had thought that German
would do well to finish within the
time the contract allowed, which was
October first.
German was evidently progressing
with the girl as favorably rs with his
work, for the lines gradually began to
disappear from his forehead and the
worried look from his eyes, and one
Sunday he ran down 10 the Junction
and spent the day with her, which
was the first real day OF rest he had
enjoyed since spring
However. il was the very next day
after Germans day OF rest that our
real troubles began. Johnson one Of
the sub-bOsses, marched his entire
squad of nine men over to the Dale
field Mines, then only three miles dis.
tant, claiming that he had been Of
fered dollar day more than our
scale. And tho next day a dozen
more men left, giving the same rea.
son.
That night German sent Nerves"
down to the Junction with a note for
the Old Man, and when he got back
the next morning the mystery OF the
delay was explained. The mining
company had offered the railroad, as
an inducement to build the twenty
five mile spur track, cash bonus of
fifty thousand dollars. to be paid
thirty days from the fifteenth Of the
month following its completion. This
meant thirty days grace to them if
they could delay us until after the
fifteenth. and as the Dalefield Mining
Company was known to be temporar-
lily in financial difficulties, owing to
an unexpected panic back East. the
delay would get them out of an ex.
ceedingly embarrassing position.
The Old Man also added a few lines
which, construed into plain English,
meant that he expected the Dalefield
spur to he completed by the fifteenth,
regardless.
German swore softly, muttered
something to himself about throwing
up the Job, which he didn't mean, and
then went out and sweated and
planned until eleven that night.
When he came in and threw him
self into his hammock without un.
dressing, Nerves" was waiting for
him.
"Mr, German" he said, "I'd like to
try my hand with pick again, to.
morrow. The cook can get along with.
Tout me-"
"All right, Nerves." German re,
piled sleepily. I'VE need all the men
we can get right now"
NERVES" arose. hesitated a mo-
ment, and then remarked sheepishly
"She told me to help you all could
Mr.. German"
German sat up. ";v.no, Nerves,
are YOU rictir' no.:
"N&T:~-" ,-AAsned but stuck to his
xune.
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why don't like" she gasped.
"Oh, take Il, take IT," urged Jerry.
closing up the bundle and stuffing it
back into his pocket. Easy come,
easy go, yer know.
We'll, so long, and good luck" he
whispered, as he swung himself softly
from the window onto the roof and
disappeared.
Several minutes passed. The LADY,
stood holding the necklace in hep
hand. watching the light fash and
scntillate on the cleaning stones.
She pursed up her lips and gave
low whistle.
What beauty" she cried.
Worth five thousand dollars at least.
Oh. the fool, the fool"
Slowly she unwound the lace scarf
from sleek, black head. closely
cropped. and slipped out Of the en-
veloping folds of the pink bath-robe,
standing revealed as young man,
1.-the and slender.
Luckily for me came through the
bathroom and heard him first he
said to himself, bringing mp a dark
lantern and black mask from some.
where under the table. With one
hand on the electric button he looked
cautiously about. then turned out the
light, climbed softly through the win
COW, and was gone in the night.
(COpyright The Frank A. MunSey Co. J
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Shut the doors Of your house to those who always
speak the truth
They who hunt with cats will catch mice
Learn to endure if you wish to succeed.
There is no need to look back upon him who acts
kindly.
No river is so deep to have no bottom.
No collar is proof against the hangmans rope.
We cannot deceive empty stomach
Every dog is brave its doorstep
Every fool makes hundred others.
No one winces at anothers pain.
A criminal shuns the daylight as devil docs the
cross.
A child often gets kisses that arc meant for its
mother.
He who wishes to gain control of everything will
be in need of everything.
Petty thieves are hanged great thieves arc asked
to dinner
Everything is wasted that is given thankless
person
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rocks down on our engine. and after
couple of days German seemed to
forget that he had ever left us.
Nevertheless. did not feel exactly
easy. and Nixon was openly sus-
picious of him. Whether he would
have found chance to harm us or
not. if circumstances had not played
into his hands. it is hard TO say, but
the week after he came back some
thing happened which gave him a
chance and he took advantage of il.
The something" happened Satur.
day, and it was a pretty serious affair
in a railroad camp. The cash with
which to pay the men failed to arrive.
Usually the paymaster and another
man went down to the Junction on
the engine and brought it up as far
as they could and from there drove
over to the camp with 1t in buggy.
II was always In cash. for there were
no banks to cash checks.
This time. however. the paymaster
came back without any money. No.
he had not been held up. II seems
that the Old Man had made arrange
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WYE we're building the spur track
w which runs north from Mar
w tins Junction to the Dalehcld
Goid Mines. and we were not having
very pleasant time of it. Young
German, who was 1T charge, was kill
ing himself by day, trying 70 be III a
dozen places at once, and worrying
his soul out by night, explaining TO
the Old Man why he had not accom-
plished the impossible and run MS
line across short cuts where the Lord
had evidently never intended Il rail-
road should 20.
There were several reasons Why
German was unusually anxious to live
I'd to the Old Mans expectations. In
the first place, the Old Man had the
name Of being a hard master. and he
usually lived up TO his name. He
never accepted excuses from his men
Either they made good, or they failed.
Those who failed the Old Man once
were never given chance to iall
him a second time. while those who
made good under him could count on
securing recommendation which
would be taken at its face value any
where in that part OF the country.
Then there was the girl. There is
usually a girl in the case when you
see a young fellow breaking his neck
to make a name for himself, bur in
Germans case it was a little different
from tho general run. The girl was
the Old Mans daughter. and as she
was her fathers conhdante in almost
AL his affairs, German knew that
ever good stroke he made carried
him one degree higher in her favor;
SC he get out early and came in late,
and seemed TO fret because Nature in
sisted on a few hours sleep each day.
Also, the Old Man had an inkling
o. how German felt toward his daugh-
ter, ana il ever one man required
Brick OF another without furnishing
him the straw, the Old Man required
it of German on the Daleield spur.
Hut for all OF Germans excrti0nS and
his doing the work Of two men during
that spring and summer. the brick
would not have been delivered on
contract tine had it not been for
Nerves"
NERVES" drifted into camp one eve
ming toward the last ot April and
asked for job. He was not a very
awe Inspiring figure, but men were
hard to get, and harder to keep, so
tpi HhE Bo't nm d i'l'r anu Sfft Mn
down to report to Nixon, VINO was
blasting a thirty.ton boulder off the
right of way. And It was there that
Nerves" was christened.
Nixon got his dynamite placed. aud
ordered his mon out Of the way while
10 touched off the fuse. Either the
'tlse was little shorter than usual
~ Nixon a little slower, hut at any
rate. before he had got quite out OF
-anse, the blast vent off. Nixon was
knocked down by niece OF fying
rock, which cut IN ugly cash In his
head and left hin unconscious for a
'0w seconds,
It really DIDN'T amount to anything
The men crowded around Nixon, who
vns up almost before they had
cached him, and In a few minutes
vas able to resume his progress
oward camp.
However. they had 20 carry a mar
back 20 camp. after all The nav
nan tOpp.od Oyc- almost Mcdltan
.ausly via MON. ara s vas no
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4 dead dog has no teeth
Nothing is more ridiculous than an old man in love.
Old age is not free from folly.
1t is worthless hen that lays for your neighbors.
Rumor is a great liar.
The more YOU rake muck the worse it smells.
The more enemies you have, the greater is your
station.
All do not sleep who snorc
Trust not either wind that is favorable ruler
who laughs.
When wolf eats wolf there must be famine in
the forest
+ luck will have it So even bull bring forth
calf.
Do not be influenced by the tears of woman, by
the limping Of dog, or by the promises OF
trader
Beware the cat which cks your face and then
scratches YOU from behind.
lie serves a bad master who serves the multitude.
Not years but worries make men old.
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rode out from behind a boulder and
shouted, Hands up"
1t came so suddenly and the two
men were so close that there was
nothing to do but obey. My hands
| went up Immediately. German hest
| ta'ed a moment and made a motion
toward his rifle lying across his lap.
| but one of the men showed pistol in
his face with a growl. and German,
with groan. also raised his hands.
Nerves had ducked into the bottom
of the blackboard at the first COM
mand.
Ind now that money you've got
one of the men said still covering us.
while the other reached for the two
rifles.
was just putting my hand under
the seat for the money and mentally
kicking both German and myself for
not having foreseen some such attempt
on the part of the Dalefield people,
though il was still hard to believe
that they would carry matters to such
an extent. when from the side of the
road came a second command.
Drop that gun, Johnson" l did
not recognize the voice, which was
not at all surprising considering the
amount of excitement that was
crowded into the next few seconds
The two men wheeled and sent two
shots in the direction of the voice.
II was the needed diversion. Our
mules sprang forward and | grabbed
the lines, trying TO keep them in the
narrow path which served for a road.
while German seized his rifle and sent
q half dozen shots in the direction of
the horsemen.
It was not until we were within
quarter of a mile of camp that was
able TO bring the frightened mules -
a standstill. Nixon and five or six
Norwegans had already started out
TO meet us. and together we went
back along the road.
There was no sign of the two horse.
men, but AZ the side OF the boulder.
! Nixon stumbled across a body. HI,
struck match and held It near ths
/ face
by the Eternal if IT isn't
! Nerves." he calculated.
NO" German said slowly, Just a
plain case of nerve
The plucky little beggar had
slipped out of the back Of the buck
board unseen. stolen over TO the side
of the road and unarmed, command
ed two desperate men 10 throw up
their hands.
For wonder. he didn't die. We
managed 70 get him back to camp be-
fore he bled TO death, and a doctor
from the Junction did the rest BY
the night of the fifteenth Nerves"
was able 10 read two kilograms which
German brought in for his inspection
The first German had sent, and It
read;
Have finished. Do I VIM"
The other was from the girl, and
NERVES." face lighted up with a
peculiar smile. as he read it.
You win. Gold bless Nerves." IL
said.
Nerves" is now forty years old.
and assistant general manager OF one
of the Western lines. He has never
married, and have often wondered
but no, I suppose not. That would
SAVIOR too mucn OF romance tor real
/ life
, tCoSWjcht, tbs Frdnk 4. 4 Xlseu ca
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corpulcnt. and his waist-line had not
the small measure of former years.
It was long after midnight, and he
was tired. This was not the first
house Jerry had visited that night.
He had made few calls in another
part of the city with satisfactory re.
suits, and by all means should now
have been safely making for his quar-.
tors. But Jerry possessed a trait that
many of us have-that of not letting
well enough alone. This he soon rea.
lized. for when he Strengthened up to
get his bearings. the light was sud.
denly flashed on, and he found himself
looking into the steely mouth of six
shooter, in the hands of tall, slender
woman
well. III be" he exclaimed and
sat down heavily in chair that hap
pened to be near the window
surprised, are yOu?" asked cool.
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VERY DEEMS, pickpocket and
second-story man, paused mo-
, ment in his delicate work of re-
moving a piece OF glass from the din
ing room window in one of the fash
ionable houses on Riverside Drive. lie
listened carefully, but could not hear
a sound. outside the world lay
peaceful and quiet. inside all was as
silent as the tomb. Reassured by the
favorable conditions, Jerry cautiously
continued his operations. and in Il
few seconds a semi-circular piece was
lifted out of the pane, a cautious
hand slipped through and sprung the
catch. and Jerry's portly form
struggled through the open window
Time was when he could slip
through window as lightly as the
oest of them. but several lengthy
periods Of enforced idleness up the
liver had rendered him somewhat
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knocking voice. II think I am the one
to be surprised. My visitors do not
usually enter through the window"
She stood there. calm and smiling,
holding the pistol in a way that
plainly showed that she knew how to
use it, She was dressed in a loose
pink bath-robe. and had lace scarf
twisted about her head.
Don't move she said. Now put
your hands on the table Jerry did
so. and she looked him over scorn-
fully with her bright eyes.
well num-" said Jerry in a sheep
ish tone, I'm Yer meat. You GER
tainly got me dead to rights"
As he spoke he gave furtive
glance around the room. Her keen
eyes followed his gaze as he meas
ured the distance from the chair to
the window.
Il wouldn't try that. if were YOU"
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ments with the bank to forward TO
him. each Friday, to the Junction,
sufficient money to pay of all his
camps. There had been mistake
made somewhere, and the money had
failed to reach the Old Man: Some of
the camps were inconvenient to reach,
and 1t would be three days. anyway,
before the money could be brought to
! the Junction Therefore. the Old
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60 to work that second time. How
ever, we needed every man we could
get, and Johnson told an apparently
straight story. He claimed that the
Dalefeld people had paid him what
they promised one week and had then
reduced him to the old scale.
johnson didn't try any monkey"
business In the way OK tampering
with our machinery, or trying to roll
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Bee Lick

Bro. Niece filled his regular APP
pointment .at Liberty Sunday with a
large attendance.
Mrs. Arney has been very sick, but
is better.
BORN to the wife of Jack Mullins
a girl.
Mrs. David Proctor is very sick
at this writing.
Mr.. Mace Brown, of LeavellGreen
is very low.
Mr.. Elmer Proctor, of Crawfords-
vile, Ind, has been in to see his
sick mother, Mrs. Dove Proctor.
There will be Children's Day at
Union church Sunday.
Mrs. Della Thompson is expecting
to make at trip to South Bend, Ind,
to see her daughter, Mrs. David
Southern.
Mr.. Bud Stringer, called on one of
the fair sex, Sunday.
Mr.. Pies Brown, near Ottawa, is
visiting his sister at this place.
The wedding bells have been ring
ing in this section.
Mr.. Shubert Barnes. Of Brodhead,
and Miss Della Reynolds, of Bee
Lick, were married Sunday, and al
so Mr.. Nathan Delaney and Miss
Hughes of the Holdam's Mil Sec
tion.
Mr.. W. A. Owens, who has been
teaching singing at Providence
church closed last Sunday.
Mr.. John Stringer and wife Of
Lincoln county are visiting J. w.
Stringer at this place.
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Courier JournaD

/
The health officer Of Lincoln
county has a clear conception Of his
duties, and has issued an address to
the citizens in which he notifies
them of his programme for future
action.
Merchants. butchers, bakers and
other dealers are warned against
exhibiting fruits, vegetables, meats,
milk, butter and other eatables on
the streets without properly screen
ing such articles protecting them
from flies and other sources of con-
tamination. Dairymen are informed
that they must have their cows in
spected and proved free from tuber-
culosis and that their premises and
equipments must be kept in sanitary
condition. Bakeries and butcher
shops are to be inspected from time
to time, and the proprietors of such
places are urged to keep their hou-
ses III order. Attention is called -
the State law against the common
drinking cup. Citizens are warned
that weeds must be cut and stagnant
water drained and kerosined TO
prevent breeding places for mosqui-
tos." stables, hogpens, henhouses
and other places where flies origin
ate must be made sanitary and kept
so.
Evidently the health officer of
Lincoln county expects to be very
busy man this summer. lie has cut
out for himself n large amount of
work, but he is proceeding on the
right plan, and if the people in his
bailiwick will cooperate with him
his labors will be hghtened and the
country will be better and health
Ter place in which to live. A vigi-
liant health officer is worth a great
deal to community. His job is !
largely thankless one, and if he
does his duty fully and couscienti- |
ously he is likely TO be the recipient
of more curses than compliments. |
A considerable portion of the public |
is disposed TO resent modern SAM
tary ideas, and until there is more
general education along these lines
the position of health guardian will
be no bed of roses. In the face of !
these well-known facts ii is crafty |
ing TO observe that so many Of the |
country health officers are showing |
n disposition TO enforce sanitary |
laws and regulations without fear or
favor.
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Mr.. George Mckinney, prominent
citizen and pioneer Baptist d the
West End died at his home At Hus-
tonville, early this week, death being
caused by kidney trouble. Of which
he had been a long sufferer. Mr..
Mckinney was seventy-seven years
of age and fos sixty years had de-
voted n large part of his time to
nc prcwction of the interests of
the Mckinney Baptist church Of
v4rh he had been member since
boyhood.
In the funeral services held We'd
nesdsy afternoon the pastor paid q
loving tribute 10 this departed bro
th@, reviewing N part his many
Christian virtues. t1Hsly in life, Mr..
MsKinnsy vas welded 20 Miss FaiI
a sister Of Mrv. Hooker of this place
This union wps heseed b. five chill
d=E, ~ sf -soz are nov married
and to whom the sympathy Of a host
of ssddened friends goes ost in their
griet over their recent bereavement.
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Coleman to Attend U. of va.

The Danville Advocate publishes
a nice compliment to Harris Cole
man, who graduated from the High
School here this term, and says il
is believed that he will enter
Central University, and that he will
undoubtedly make the athletic teams
there. Mr.. Coleman, however, will
not enter Central, but will matricu-
late at the University of Virginia,
and take course in law, for which
he seems exceptionally well qualified
That he will make any athletic team
he cares to try for, is assured.