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three horses shot uAdeK him and
was severely woundedat shiloh.
but was thanked by Grant for
having saved the day. Assisted
In the campaign at vicksburg
and'in Grants other operattons
In the west When Grant was
placed IN command OF all the ar
mics he putshermnH at the head
of the Army Of the Mississippi.
Pushed Oh to Atlanta IN several
hard fought battles and then
made his famous march TO the
sea. He then swung northward
through the Caroiinas and com.
PEELED the surrender Of. Johnston.
WAS made general OF the army
when Grant became president.
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Loekyear's Business College.
Evansville. :: Indiana.
eaeo~~so 100000
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fifteen. The road that we made
three and four loads day cost Il.
500 to gravel a mile, after it hal
been graded and prepared for tn,
gravel. The grading ought L
cost from fifty TO two hundrc
dollars mile. according TO the
condition of the road. Ii YOU can
find a gravel bar close to the
road YOU can gravel mile for
three hundred dollars or less.
"'Our farmers seldom sub
scribe cash. but So many days
hauling. am surprised that
GraySon county is not building
roads right along. Ii we were rid
Of our railroad debt. which i
$4,000, we would finish ours I'M
mediately. Five or ten thousand
dollars year from the court. and
a road superintendent that has
the confidence OF the people to
solicit hauling from the people,
can pike any county
1.-The Mr.. Meredith whom !
mentioned in the first OF m, letter
has long since brought the road to.
his house, a distance OF ten miles,
and any other man with the same
amount OF pluck can do Just what
he has done. He told me that he
made up his mind 10 build road
SO his farm or sell it and move to|
d road.
1--WE built more than ten miles
OF Lincoln road last year and we
will finish il this year by sub
scription. We have twenty miles
OF it in this county. ! often spend
days walking up the creek and
branches looking for gravel beds
and often find in some places
where tire creek has in time
changed lis bed, | can by plowing!
and digging, get sufficient gravel
10 build a mile or two OF road. |
where no gravel was thNght to |
be; in fact we get more gravel
ilCm places like that than out Of
the bed OF the creek.
"This interesting recital Of the
results that have been achieved in |
Allen county prove very clearly |
that it is possible for any county !
by similar methods 10 make ma
ierial progress in the construction
Of permanent roads. The people
If Allen are burdcIed with rail
road debt and do rot deem it adj
visable to increase their bonded |
Obligations, but they are improv-
ing their highways nevertheless.
The farmers OF the county want
good roads and are willing tol
help build them, and where that
sort Of sentiment exists i'm
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1000 per mile and we induced the
court 10 make an appropriation OF
$500 on each OF the nine roads
leading out OF town, provided the
citizens would raise a like sum.
Our Commercial Club then agreed
to give 500 OF each OF these fives
so that the farmers only had $500
to raise. That year the Bowling
Green road. the Browns ford
road. the Galltin road and the
Holland road took advantage OF
the offer and the court employed
Mr.. Crabbe at a salary OF 500
per month to superintend the
work on all the roads.
Neither road was successful
in building quite mile, but they
all went through the winter in
such good shape and proved such
a luxury that it was easier to get
subscriptions the next year, PEG
pie contributing who would not.
touch it at first The court has
continued that every year since.
We have now twenty-five
miles OF finished road. The first
year several OF our home men.
working under Mr.. Crabbe, de
veloped talent for the work and
before he left in the fall he told
us which OF the men were compe-
tent to go ahead with the work,
and since the first year we have
hired nobody outside OF the coun-
~.
81 will add right here that we
have no regular road tax, the
court levies more than is needed |
for county purposes and spends
it on the roads. We fSt usel
some crushed rock, but found il
too expensive, although we own
q new crusher, and since then we
have used gravel. The big eX-
pense seems to be getting the
rock ready for the crusher. The
cost OF building mile depends en-
tirely on how far it is necessary |
to haul the gravel.
1.-TWO wagon loads OF gravel
holding a yard each dropped side
by side and raked together, being
careful to rake the large pieces
under all the time, will make nine
llneal feet of road twelve feet
wide and that is sufficient. This
way il takes 1900 loads of gravel
10 the mile. II you can find out
what you can get the gravel putt
on at per yard you can soon figure
it.
Part OF the road | built last
year, we could only make three
l. ads day from the gravel ba:
and on another stretch we ia :.
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Makes a Difference

" hat Is this
y, YOU sec, It Is a badge .,-
Wanding votes for women
You wearing such a bad.
YES. l."
But YOU always told me t.1
could never see any reason .r
woman, suffrage.
Yes. but didn', know ., pa.
gong 90 become a rather ,ttE.l
lad
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1912-05-30
THE HALL OF FAME.
WILLIAM TECUMsEH SHEER
MAN-liyil war general Horn

Lancaster. O.
Feb. X 1870:
died New York
Feb. IL, 1891.
q ra q u at ed
from W st
Point In 1870.
Stationed IN
California dur
Ing the Mexi.
can war. Com
handed n bri-
gade at nrst
Bull Run. Had
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1912-05-30

For cholera morbus, cholera infan-
tum, diarrhoea from colds, and wind
collie. MCGEE'S BABY ELIXIR is a
remedy of extraordinary power, it re-
lieves collie pains instantly, checks
iiarrhcea ard settles The 1iso-dcred
stomach. Price 25c and 90 cents Der
bottle. Sold by Jas. II. Orme. m
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May Goth in History.

May -. l7l4. George ir-
vents the hole IN the doughuui. 40
Improvement used 10 this day
May %. ES7. DR.. John, %
evicted Tor nonpayment Of rent
Boswell records this a. the 65l-'
time.
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When you feel s 1s.ss . e

tired, worried or Respondent 1t is a
sure sign you need MOTIFS NtKNE
RlNE FILLS. They renew the nor
nal vigor and make life worth living.
BE sure and ask for MOTIFS NERVE
RlNE PILLS. Price si.co by drug
gists. Williams MFG. 20. Props.
Cleveland. Ohio. Sold only by j II.
Orme. Marion. Ky.
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Lame back il usually caused by
rheumatism Of the muscles Of the
back, for which you will find nothing
better than Chamberlain Liniment-
Por sale by j. II. Orme. m
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Wanted.

Respectable. middled aged. white
woman. to do the work in family of
two. Good home and moderate wage.
Address
Mrs. Il. 4. WhitlDeA.
Oak Grove. Christian County. Ny.
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Ftrn For Sal

40 acres, good house and barn
good orchard and garden, two
good wells and one spling. 70
acres good Licking river bottom
land, all under good fence. VIII
take good live stock on first pay
ment; balance on one and two
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CHAPTER KIN.


Tho csstaways Il tho Mountains.
The man was evidently seeking her,
for so soon % he caught sight OF her
he broke into a ryn and came bound.
ing up the steep ascent with the speed
end agility OF a channels or a mountain
sheep. AS he approached the girl
rose TO her feet and supported herself
upon the boulder against which she
had been leaning. at the same time ex-
tending her hand 70 greet him,
"oh," she cried. her voice rising
neryously rs he drew near, 81 am so
glad you are back. another hour of
loneliness and'l believe l should have
gone crazy"
Now whether that Joy In his return
was for him personally or Tor aim alb.
stractly, he could not tell; whether
the was glad that be had oomo back
simply bccause no was human being
who would relieve her loneliness OF
whether lht rcicitea to zee him indl
vidually, was arattcr not yet 10 b.
determined. He hoped the latter, hl
believed tho former AZ any rate, hs
caught and held her outahetchet
hand in the waim clasp Of both BIZ
own. Burning words OF greeting
rushed to- his lips torrenually; wha
he said, however. was quito common
place, as Is often the case, wora
thought and outward speech did no
correspond,
"lt's too cold for you out here, yo'
must 20 into the house at once" h
declared mastorfully, and she obeye,
with unwonted meekness.
The sun had Get and the night al
had grown suddenly chill sun hold
ing her hand, thoy started toward tn
cabin a few rods away. Her wounde
foot was OF lltth support to her an
tho excitement hid unnerved her, 4
spite Of his hand she swayed; withou
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room and looked about her again.
There was nothing that demanded
careful scrutiny. Sho wasn't quite
sure whether she was within the pro.
prietles or not. but she seized the old.
est and most worn OF the volumes on
the aholf. II was q text book on min.
iag and meiallurgy, she observed, and
opening It to the ~ leaf, across the
page she saw written in ahrm, vls'
orous masculine hand name. Wi
Ham Berkeley Newbold,q and be
meath these words, "Thnyer Han Hal>
vard." and a date some seven years
back.
Tho owner OF that book, whether the
present possessor or not. had been a
college man. Say that he had eradu-
ated at twenty-one or twenty-five. he
would be twenty-eight or twenty-nine
years old now. but II so, why that
white hair7 Perhaps, though, the
book did not belong to the man OF tho
cabin.
Sho turned 20 other books on the
shelf. Many Of them wore technical
books, which sho had sufficient gem
eral culture 10 realize could be only
available to a man highly educated.
and q special student Of mines and
mlnlng-a mining engineer, she do.
cided, with o glance at those lnstru.
ments and appliances Of q scientific
character plainly, but Of whose actual
use she was ignorant.
I. A rapid inspection of the -Oihsi
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CHAPTER XII.
A Tour Of lnnneoflon.

The first thing necessary, she de-
clded, when she had satisfied her hun
ger and finished her meal, was to get
word Of her plight and her resting
place to her uncle and the men of the
party, and the next thing was to get
away, where she would never see this
man again, and perhaps be able TO for
get what had transpired-yet there
was a strange pang of pain in her
heart at that thought
No man on earth had ever so slim
ulated her curiosity as this one. Who
was he? Why was he there? Who
was the woman whose picture he had
so quickly taken from her gaze? Why
had go splendid man buried himself
alone in that wilderness? These re.
Elections we're presently interrupted by
the temperance Of the man him
self.
Have you finished?" he asked, un.
tremendously standing in the door
way as he spoke.
Yes, thank you, and It was very
good indeed"
Diminishing this politeness with a
wave of mis- hand, but taking no other
notice, he spoke again.
IF you win tell me your name1
Maitland Enid Maitland"
"silss MaiiiandY"
The girl nodded.
"And where you came from, | win
endeayor to find your party and see
what can be done TO restore you to
them"
I'VE were camped down that canon
at a place whore another brook, O
large one, flows into 1t, several miles
! should think. below the place
where"
She was going to say where you
found me- but the thought OF the way
in which-he had found her rushed
over her egain; aud this time, with
his glance directly uFon her, although
It was as cold and dispasslonQte and
Indifferent as a mans look could vel
be, tho recollection OF the meeting
to which she had been about TO allude
rushed over her with On accompany
ing wave of color which heightenoa
her beauty as It covered her with
shame.
She could not realize that beneath
his mask df indifference so deliber
otely worn. the man was as agitated
as she, not so much at the remem
brance Of anything that had trans
PRED, but at the sight, the splendid
picture. Of the woman as she stood
there in the little cabin then. II seem
ed to him as Il she gathered up Il
her own person all the radiance ant
light and beauty, all the purity ant
freshness and splendof Of the morn
Ing, to shine and dazzle In his. face
As she hesltated in confusion, perhaps
comprehendlng It's caus6, he helped
out her lame and hating sentence.
81 know the canon WE'LL" he said
81 think l know the place to whicl
you refer. Is II just above where III,
river makes an enormous bend upol
itself7"
Eyes, that Is It. In that clearlnl
we have been camped for two weeks
! My uncle must be crazy with anxlet,
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He Caught It Up Quickly

for wear, but fitting him in way to
give free play to all his muscles. His
movements were swift, energetic and
graceful. She did net wonder that he
had SO easily hurled the bear to one
side and had managed to carry her-no
light weight, in1oed!-over what she
dimly recognized must have been
horrible trail which, burdened as he
was, would have been impossible. to a
man Of less splendid vigor than he.
The cabin was low celled, and as
she sat looking up at him, he had tow
cred above her until he seemed TO
fill It. Naturally, she had scrutinized
his every action, as she had hung on
his every word. His swift and some
what startled movement, his frowning
ms he had seized the picture on which
she had gazed with such interest,
aroused the llyeliest surprise and Gu
riosity in her heart.
Who was this woman? Why was he
so quick to remove the picture from
her gaze? Thoughts rushed tumultu.
ously through her brain, but she real
lied at once that she lacked time to
indulge them. She could hear him
moving about In the other room. She
threw aside the blanket with which
she had draped herself, changed the
bandage on her foot, drew on the
heavy wooden stocking which, Of
course, was miles too big for her, but
which easily took in her foot and
ankle encountered as they were by
the rude, heavy but effective wrapping
Thereafter she hobbled to the door
and stood for moment almost aghast
at the splendor and magniacence be-
fore her.
He had built his cabin on a level
shelf Of rock perhaps fifty by a hundred
'eet in area. 1t was backed up against an
overtowering cliff, otherwise the rock
fell away in every direction. She d.
vined that the descent from the shelf
iEto the pocket or valley spread before
her was sheer, except Off to the
right, where a somewhat gentler ac-
clivity Of huge and broken boulders
gave a practicable ascent--a sort of
titanic stairs-to the place perched
on the mountain side The shelf was
absolutely bare save for the cabin
and few huge boulders, There were
few sparse. stunted trees further up
on the mountain. side above; a few
hundred feet beyond them, however,
came the timber line, after which
there was nothing but tho naked
rock.
Below several hundred feet lay q
clear. emerald pool, whose edges were
bordered By pines. where II was not
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panion's history, Of which, by the way.
he meant to tell her nothing.
"well2" she asked, breaking the
pause.
"Kirl;by would certainly see tho
cloud burst coming and he would take
tho people with him in the camp up OF
the hogback near It. It Is far above
the food line; they would be quite safe
there"
"And did you look for them there%
az ia. The trail had been WASHED
out, but / scrambled Up and found un
disputed evidence that my surmls
was correct. l haven't a doubt tina
all who were in the camp we're saved!
Thank God for that" said the girl
greatly relieved and comforted by his
reassurlng verde "And Robert Matt
land and the rest on the mountain
what do you think of them%
81 am sure that they must have
escaped, too. don't think any Of
them have suffered more than thor.
ough drenching in the downpour and
that they arc all safe and perhaps on
their way to the settlements now"
But they wouldn't go back without
searching for me, would they?" cried
the girl.
Certainly not. I suppose they are
searching for you now"
"Well then"
"Wait," said the man. "You start.
ed down the canon, you told every
body you were going that way. They
naturally searched in that direction,
they hadn't the faIntest idea that you
were going up the river.
NO" admitted Enid, chat is true.
did not tell anyone. didn't dream
of going up the canon when started
out in the morning, it was the result
of sudden impulse"
God bless that" burst out the
man, and then he checked himself
flushing again darllly.
What had he been about to sayl
The question flashed across his owl
mind and into the woman's mind a
the same time when she heard tn,
incompleted sentence; but she, too
checked the question that rose to he
lips. -
This Is the way figure It." con
tinued the man hurnedly to cover VI
his confusion. 'They fancy them
selves alone In these mountains
which, save for me, they are. they be
lieve you to have gone down the can
on. Kirkby with Mrs. Maitland an,
the others waitedVon the ridge unit
Mr. Maitland and his party joinel
them. They couldn't have saved yer,
much to cat or wear from the camp
they wero miles from q settlement
they probably divided into two parties
the larger with the woman and chi
drcn, started for home, the secon
went down the canon searching TO
your dead body
sand had It not been for YOU" cYle
the girl, impulsiyely. "they had foun
t."
God permitted me to be Of servic
TO YOU" answered the man, simply
81 can follow their speculatons exac
ly; up or down, they believed you I
have been in the canon when tn
cloud burst, therefore there was onl
one place and one direction to scare
for YOU"
sand that was2"
'Down the canon9"
~what did you do thenY"
Continued next week.
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a thought he cal yht her ABOUT Tho
waist and half lii ed, half led her 70
the door. 1t seems d as natura. as It
was inevitable Cor h II to assist her in
this way. and in her weakness and be.
wilderment she suffe.'ed it without
comment or resistance Indeed, there
was such strength and nCwer in his
arm, he was SO secure there, that she
liked it. AS for him, his pulses were
bounding at the contact; but for that
matter even to look at her quickened
his heart beat.
Entering the main room, he led her
gently to one Of the chairs near the
table and Immediately thereafter light.
ed the fire which he had taken the
precaution to lay before his departure.
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It had been dark in the cabin, but the
fire soon filled it With glorious light.
She watched him at his task and aa
he rose from rthe hearth questioned
him;
Now tell me-" she began, "you
found"
First your supper, and then the
story" he answered, turning toward
the door Of the other room.
mo" pleaded the girl, cant you
see that nothing is Of any Importance
to me but the story? Did you ind the
camp?"
81 found the place where it had
been"
"Where It had been!"
"There wasn't a single vestige Of II
left. That whole pocket, l knew ii
well, had been swept clean by the
food"
But Kirby, and Mrs. Maitland
and"
"They weren't there"
''Did you search for then2r
Certainly"
"4ut they can't have been drowned
she exclaimed piteously.
"of course not" he began reassur.
ingly. "Kirkby is veteran of these
mountains and"
"But do you know ihim?" queried the
rin great surprise.
aSGe." said the man, flushing
n'iaS, q haven
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wOuru neVef mention It either
She had so much food for thought
that not even In the late afternoon OF
the long day could she force her mird
TO the printed PAGES Of the book she
had taken at random from the shelf
which lay open before her. where she
cat IN the sun. her head covered by an
old "stetson' that she had ventured
TO appropriate. SIZE had dragged a
bear skin out on the rccls IN tho sun
and sat curlod up On II half reclining
against boulder Watching the tran
the Winchester by her side. She had
eaten so late a breakfast that she had
made rather frugal lunch ogt OF
whatever had taken her fancy In the
store roomr and sho was waiting most
anxlously now for the return of the
man.
The season was late and the sun
sank behind the peaks quite carly IN
the afternoon, and It grew dark and
chill long before the shadows fell upon
the dwellers Of the lowlands.
Enid drew the bear skin around her
and waited with an ever-growing APP
prehension. II she should be com.
PEELED to spend the night alone In that
cabin. she felt that She could sot en-
dure II. She was never gladder of
anything In her life than when she
saw him suddenly break out Of the
woods and start up the steep tran,
and for O moment her gladness was
not tempered by the fact which she
was presently to. realize with great
dismay, that as he had gone, SO he
now returned, alone.
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books con1rmec ler IN the conclusion
that the man OF the mountains was
indeed the owner OF the collection.
There were a few well worn volumes
Of poetry and essays, Shakespeare,
Bible, Bacon Marcus Aurelius, Epicte-
tus. Keats, a small dictionary, COM
pendious encyclopedia, just the books,
she thought, smiling at her conceilt, |
that q man Of education and culture
would want to have upon desert Is
land where his supply of literature
would be limited
The old ones, were autographed as
the first book she had looked in; 9th
ors, newer additions to the listle IL
brary, if-she could judge their condi-
ton, were unsigned.
Into the corner cupboard and the
drawers, Of course, she did not look
There was nothing else in the room
to attract her attention, save some
piles of manuscript neatly arranged
! on one of the shelves, each one cover
cd with square Of board and kept
4 in r,lace by pieces Of glistening quartz
There were four Of these piles aud an
other half the size of the FIRST four
on the table. Theeerof course, she did
mot examine, further than to note that
A the writing was In the same bold,
free hand as the signature in the
books. II she had been an expert she
might have deduced much from the
writing; as il. was, she faucied 1t was
strong, direct, MANLY.
Having completed her inspection OF
this room, she opened the door and
went into the other It was smaller
and less inviting II had only one
window, and a door opened outside.
There was cook stove here, and
shelves with cooking utensils and
graniteware, and more rude box re-
ceptacles on theiYalls which were fill
ed with bcuntiful and we'll selected
store of canned goods ana provisions
Of various kinds This was evident
4 ly the kitchen, supply room, china
closet. She saw no sign of a bed in
it, and wondered where and how the
man h9d spent the night,
BY rights, her mind should have
been filled with her uncle and hrs
party, and in-their alarm she should
have shared, butshe was so extremely
comfortable, except for her foot, which
did not greatly trouble her 20 long as
she kept it quiet, that she felt GER
tain degree of contentment, not to say
happiness. The adventure was SO 10.
mantle and thrilling--saye for those
awful moments In the pool-esDecially
/ to the aoul of Unconventional woman
who had been brought up in the most
humdrum and stereotyped> fashion OF
the earth's ways, and with never an
opportunity for the development OF
the spirit of romance which all Of us
, exhibited some time in our life, and
Z which, thank God, como of us never
lose, that she found herselfrrevelling
in. it.
, She lost herself N pleasing magma
lions Of tales Of her adventures that
she couh tell when she got back to
j her uncle, and Wien she got further
4 hacl- IN ctaiA. Aid ~ '|H1S..hfo How
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Ut n
back to staid old !
shocked everybody
all therel OF CO.
that she would ne
isode of that terrib
somehow absolute I
man, in spite Of b
turnlty, who had s.
eeedingly consider