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pany with another man. happened on
the scene just as the boy had SHE'D
one at passing vehicle.
The father grabbed the youthful Of
fender with firm resolve to admin
lister what he thought the youngster
needed No sooner did he lay violent
hands on Francis. however. than the
latter set up awful walls and pro
testations Of reform accompanied by
a copious dow OF tears The lreman's
heart softened and after making his
son promise never to throw any more
snowbaIls be let him go and went
into the. house
No sooner was the parental back
turned than the son turned to the
man with grin: Gee. didn't stall
out OF that easy! indianapolis
News
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Man Who Actually Handle Currency
In Large Sums Receive Small
Remuneration.

In talking with hank clerk ac-
quaintance not long ago the Once
window learned something Of the in
aide Of hank management The bank
where our informant had been EN-
ployed for many years. It seems, had
passed through two or three consoli-
dations. With each consolidation our
trends position had been made les
financially attractive. while the
amount Of work that was required In
lis particular department was necea
sarily much increased In this bank
any change IN the salaries Of any one
Of the hundred or more clerks must
be approved and recommended to the
bank management by the chief clerk.
the tenure OF whose once largely de-
pends upcn his ability to keep down
bank operating expenses.
In the old days the president Of this
hank rscalves $4,000 per annum. To
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Bank Clerks Poorly Paid

day the president draws $4,000 .
year and has two. or three yicepresi-
dents to aid him. These vice-presi-
dents have annual salaries ranging be.
tween $4,000 and $1,000. As VIII be
seen. the em6luments of the banks
ofncers have more than doubled with
the increase In the banking business
transacted by the institution. while
the clerks have been obliged to meet
the increased cost OF living on salaries
that are the same as or less than they
were some years ago.
This case Is perhaps fairly typical
Of modern banking methods. One
clerk, with . wife and yearly stipend
Of $3.50. not long ago had the mis-
fortune to require an operation for
appendicitis. The bill OF the operat-
ing surgeon was for $3.50.
And yet banking positions are Gag,
erly sought after. York Evening
Mail.
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glance showed Mahaffy that he was
laboring under intense excitement.
Solomon, i bring shocking news.
God knows what the next few hours
may reveals" cried the Judge. mop
ping his brow. Miss Malroy his dis
appeared from Belle Plain. and Han
nibal has gone with heri"
Where have they gomez" asked Ma
haffy, and his long Jaw dropped.
Would to God had an answer
ready for that question. Solomon! :.
answered the Judge. with melan-
choIy shake OF the nead. He gazed
down on his friend with an air or
large tolerance. II am going to Belle
plain, but you are too drunk. Sleep
it on. Solomon. and join me when
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evening. l1t snail r1uI1 q 10 1i10I
and that part 81 no 1lcceedlnl d1y
which the southwest Described A. soon
in the mor1ipG; and % the stone jug
II which we're garnered the sppIle =
the highly confidential out Pnrirfiy
misleadink conversation which khe
judge had held with Mr.. PegIoe after
his return from Belle Plain lost IN
weight, It might have been observed
that he and Mr.. Mahaify seemed to
gain In that nice sense OF equity which
should form the basis OF all human re.
lationa
Probably 20 extensive . consnmp-
ton Of Mr.. Pegloe's corn whisky had
never bean accomplished with great
ct observation-disclosures They honorably
split the last glass.
The Judge sighed deeply. He took
up the jug and inverted It. A stray
drop or SO fell languidly into his glass
Try squeezing 1t. Price,. said Ma
hairy.
The Judge shook the jug. It gaye
forth an empty sound. and ne sighed
again: he attempted to peer into it
closing one watery eye AZ he tilted \
toward the light.
II wonder no Yankee has evel
!, thought to invent a jug with q giasi
bottom, he observed.
What for?" asked Mahafy.
you astonish me, Solomon" en-
claimed the Judge. Coming as yoi
do from that section which invented
i the wooden nutmeg, and an eight-dal
clock that has been known to run
i as much as four or five hours at {
! stretch. am aware the Yankees arr
an Ingenious people; wonder none
OF EN- ever thought or a jug with ,
| glass bottom, so that when bod,
holds 1t up to the light he can see q
| a glance whether 1t is empty or not
Do you reckon Peg1oe has sufHcien
/ confidence to fill the jug again fol
u.s."
But Mahaffy's expression indicated
no great confidence In Mr.. Pegloei
confidence
Credit" began the Judge, rs pro
verbally shy; still it may sometimes
be increased. like the muscles OF tht
body and the mental faculties. by 1u
dicious use. I've always regarded
Pegloe's as a cheap mind. hope
have done him andnJustice. He pu
on his hat. and tucking the jug undel
! his arm went from the house.
Ten or fifteen minutes elapsed. Ma
haffy considered this good sign; i
| didn't take long to say no. he reflect
/ ed. Another ten or fifteen elapsed
Mahaffy lost heart. Then there cam,
a hasty step beyond the door, 1t wal
thrown violently open, and the tudg,
/ precipitated himself into the room.
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make a yisit?" inquired the Judge; but
Mahaffy did not contend for this
point.
What are you going to do frst.
Price?'
Have a look over the grounds. and
talk with the slaves"
Where's the brother wasn't no nc
Belle Plain last night"
1T seems he went to Memphis yes
terday."
They plodded forward In silence:
now and again they were passed by
some man on horseback whose des.
tination was the same as their own.
and then at last they caught sight OF
Belle Plain In its grove of trees.
fTo BE CONTINUED3
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cHAprER Xxx fcontinued)

LET me go!" she painted. He
laughed his cool laugh Of triumph.
Let you go-ask me anything but
that. Betty! Have you no reward for
patience such as mine? A whole sum
mer has passed since / saw you
first
There was the noisy shutting of
feet on the stairs, and releasing Bet
ty. Murrell swung about on his heel
and faced the door. st was pushed
open an inch at time by not too
confident hand and Mr.. Slesson thus
guardedly presented himself to the
eye of his chief, whom he beckoned
from the room.
.sWell?" said Murrell. when they
stood together on the landing.
Just come across to the keel
boat" and Slosson led the way down
stairs and from the house.
Damn you, Joe, you might have
Waited" observed the outlaw. Slos-
son gave him hardened grin. They
crossed the clearing and boarded the
keel boat which rested against the
bank AS they did SO the cabin In
the stern gave up shattered pres
ence in the shape of Tom Ware. Muir
rell started violently. Il thought you
were hanging out In Memphis. Tom?"
he said, and his brow darkened. as,
sinister and forbidding. he stepped
closer to the planter. Ware did not
answer at once, but looked at Muir
rell out of heavy bioodshot eyes, his
face pinched and CHASTITY. At last he
said, speaking with visible effort.
Il stayed in Memphis until i've
o'clock this morning"
Damn your early hours!' reared
Murrell. What are you doing here?
Il suppose you've been showing that
dead face of yours about the neigh
borhood-why didn't you stay at Belle
Plain. since you couldn't keep awayY'
Il haven't been near Belle Plain; /
came here instead. How am going
to meet people and answer ques-
lions ." His teeth were chattering
''1s 1t known she's missing2" he
added.
Hicks raised the alarm the first
thing this morning. according to the
instructions I'd given him"
.Yesf" gasped Ware. He was drip
ping from every pore and the sickiy
color came and went ON his unshaven
cheeks. Murrell dropped a heavy
hand on his shoulder.
you haven't been at Belle Plain,
you say, but has any one seen you on
the road this morning."
NO one. john" cried Ware. pant.
ing between each word. There was
moments pause and Ware spoke
again. What are they doing at Belle
Plain? he demanded in whisper.
Murrell's lips curled.
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love Of JevseIrr.

Reading that red chequer homing
pigeon. wearing blue enamel ring
marked 1911 L.894s. had been found
at Ewell. Surrey, an old lady 70
marked. says London Punch. that Il
was terrible how the love Of jewsIry
appeared To Be spreading among ~
classea
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SYNOPSIS.

The scene Il the opening Of the story y
laid IN the library OF an old wornsout
southern plantation. known a. the Bar
Sory Tss as S.t IS e e sSe so Unnsra the
Quintards, II the subject Of discussion oy
Jonathan Crenshaw q business man
Yancy, q farmer. when Hannibal Wayne
Hazard, q mysterious child OF the olo
southern family. makes his appearances.
thaniei Ferris buys the Barony, but the
Quintards deny any knowledge OF the
boy. Yancy 10 keep Hannibal. Captain
Gears al and ashs questions about the Bar
ony. Trouble at Scratch Hill. 1when Hf'n-
nibai Is kidnapped BY Dave Biount, Cap
Bfounf, gives him thrashing and secures
the boy. Yancy appears before squire
BALKAN, and Is discharged with costs Tor
the plnintfR. Betty Malroy, friend OF
the Ferrises. has an encounter with Cap
tain Murrell, VIZ forces his attentions on
her. and Is rescued by Bruce Darlington.
Betty sets out fnr her Tennessee home
Darlington takes the same stage. Yancy
and Hannibal disappear. with Murrell on
their trail. Hannibal arrives at the home
Mics IN the boy. the grandson of an old
time friend. Murrell arrives at Judges
home Cavendish family on raft rescue
breaks jail. Betty and Darlington arrive
at Belle Plain. Hannibals rife discioses
some startling things to the judge Han
nlDAt ana Betty meet AGAIN nnuIIeH a,
stakes Yancy awakes from long dream
less sleep on board the raft. Judge Price
makes startling discoveries in looking up
land titles. Charley Norton. a. young
planter, who assists the Judge. is mys-
teriously assaulted. Norton informs Car
Fington that Betty has promised to marry
him. Norton is mysteriously shot. More
light on Murrells plot. He plans upris-
ing of negroes. Judge Price. with Hanni-
bal. visits Betty. and she keeps the boy
80 - atlv1 Tv10 afr n1 RoffV
with Hannibal they meet Bess Hicks.
daughter OF the overseer. who warns
Betty of danger and counsels her to
leave Belle Plain at once. Betty. terri
fed acts on Bess advice, and on their
way their carriage It stopped by Slosson;
the tavern keeper, and confederate and
Betty and Hannibal are made prisoners.
The pair are taken to Hicks cabin In an
almost inaccessible spot, and there NUT
rell visits Betty and reveals his part In
the plot and his object.
the plot and his object.
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CHAPTER XXI.

The Judge Meets the Situation.
The judges and Mr.. Mahaffy's cele-
bration Of the formers rehabilitated
credit had occupied the shank OF the
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Some Partisan plays are to be given
In the open air. Can they stand lit
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man crouched like tiger below and
highly excited small boy above. while
the deer did every exasperating thing
that animals could do.
One hour went by-two-when sud
denly the buck rose and walked
straight up the canyon in course
that would take him within twenty
feet Of the rock Jim heard him snort
ana prepared for action. laying hold
of corner of stone to get a spring
from all tours.
The deer shadow floated black on
the grass before him. and Jim leaped
to the biggest surprise of his life, for
instead of making the least effort to
escape the buck charged and that
with such sudden fury it was all the
man could do to lay hold of him any.
where as they came to dirt together.
The next ten seconds was delirium.
each combatant doing something as
quick as he could without any definite
aim. Jim received a painful rake
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE


spector that he stood by me like
man, but he was awful sick at his
stomach later on from the excitement
"Next thing the bridge was down at
Squaw creek. and we swum her. He'd
have gone down the flume If hadn't
got hold of his bride. Nice mail
route. this says he as he got ashore.
oh. you'd like it. says l. If you got
used to It, I'd begun to wonder what
was next myself. Amt many people
swimming Squaw creek, as you per-
haps know.
"Well, next was about ten mile
along, Just before you come to the old
Tin Cup camp. We was passing the
bluff there. and all Of sudden-rp.
thump. biff!-down comes what looked
like the whole side atop of US. 1t
weren't, though. 1t was only cinna-
mon had lost his balance. leaning over
too far to see what we was. That
bear landed right agin brother in
spector's horse. and brother inspec-
tors horse tried to climb a tree. In
spector himself fell atop of the bear.
l dassent shoot. for the devil himself
couldn't have told which was inspector
and which bear. Finally bear shakes
himself loose and telescopes himself
up the canyon the worst scared ami
mile in the country. If you'll ketch
my horse I'll amble back again. says
the inspector. I've investigated this
route pretty thorough and find it's just
as you say. Lampposts II do me all
right for awhile Come out fine,
didn't it?
To be continued
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THE NEXT TEN SECONDS WAS DELIRIUM.
across the chest from the antlers and
a jab in the leg from the sharp hoofs,
while the deer was the worse for sew
eral bangs over the head and an ear
nearly pulled Off as they rolled over
together.
Meanwhile Ches had legged it down
the hillside at his best speed. enthusi-
astically cheering what he supposed
was prearranged performance. Jim
had promised him fun. and that whirl-
ing heap below supplied plenty of it.
"Hoorayw yelled Ches. "Hooray!
Hold him dere. Jim. till 1 get DOWN.
Jim heard the shrill voice as he sue
ceeded after a desperate effort in get
ting an arm around the deer's neck so
that he could do something In the
choking line. and he smiled grimly in
the heat of battle. Gall right, Ches."
he gasped. "Don't-hurry!"
Keep out of this!" he yelled a mo-
ment later as Ches burst out from the
bushes. you'll get killed."
But Ches was not to be denied. He
danced around the pushing. Juggling,
straining storm center and the moment
opportunity offered slipped in and
seized the buck by hind leg.
If he had touched an electric bat
terry the effect could not have been
more instant. The deer famed that
muscular hind leg with its boy attach
ment at the rate of 700 strokes to the
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For Sale-Two horses and harness
will be sold cheap if taken at once.
Call at the Gazette.
Agency Clearwater Laundry, also
do cleaning and pressing. Basket
leaves Monday and returns Friday
each week. G. S. Stout, at barber
shop.
For Sale-2O head of choice horses
weighing from 1000 to 175O--C. F.
Byrnes.
For Sale-A house and lot in
Kendrick. Call at this office,
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IN the second day after CheS ar
rival Bud had come through
with the mail and before leav.
ing drew Jim aside out of the
boys hearing.
THE little feller's yours ag'in all
Corners now. JIM" he said.
whats that?" asked Jim. surprised
by the meaning in the tone.
Hes yours repeated Bud. 'That
sweet scented blossom that called him.
self the boys dad filed his skin with
red eye farther up the line and settled
the fuss he had with his DAME"
Hurt herr"
Man." said Bud slowly. "he used a
knife foot long: gave it to her a
dozen times as hard as he could drive.
What's your opinion?
Great Caesar! Did he get away?
But no: of course he couldn't. being on
the train"
"He didn't get away. The con.
wired the news to Kimballs. What
was he to do when a small army of
punchers boarded the train and took
the prisoner? He couldn't do nothing,
and he never loved that black muz-
zled whelp from the time he sassed
him in the depot. The punchers took
our friend out and tried him."
Tried him?"
"With a rope. In three minutes by
the watch he was found wanting.
Your boy now, Jim. as l was telling
you. Going to say anything to him
about it?"
"Why," said Jim. bewildered-"why,
on general principles.
"Great little papoose. amt heF' said
Bud, turning in his saddle before his
starting rush. Markings of a man
there. all right. The boys in town are
dead stuck on him. I'll have to give a
complete history when l get back.
must get gait on. or I'll have Uncle
Sammy on my neck again. Inspector
started out with me this morning."
1.-THE devil he did, cried Jim indig.
nantly. well knowing the hardships
and dangers Of the big riders route.
"Oh, it's all right" replied Bud. with
a wave of his hand. Come out fine
When the lad first told me he'd been
sent out to see why the mails was SO
late on this line l told him I'd show
him right on the spot. but he said
there was no use getting hot about it
as he was only doing his duty. so
quieted down.
"Two miles out Of town we ran into
wild eyed gang from somewhere
who was going to make us dance. We
didn't dance, and I'll say for that in
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five cents subsequent issues.
Give the Banks your deposits and
the Idaho Land Company your in
surance.
For Sale-16O acres S miles from
Kendrick 90 acres good land, bal
ance pasture. A fine trout stream
and lots of spring water. Good road
to town. This will make fine dairy
or hog ranch, small house and eel
lar. Look at this and you will buy.
Price So. 6OO., terms. Call at Gaz-
cite office.
For Sale-1 black mare 9 years
old, W.T. about 1900, gray horse
II years old W.T. 1900. Price right.
Call at this office.
For Sale-Resident property in
the town of Kendrick, will sell al
moderate price. Part cash and bal
ance terms.-Call at the Gazette
Office.