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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01

strong quickly, IT should go mad. New
bold, your wife was as pure as the
snow; that she loved me cannot and
will not deny, she married you in a
fit Of jealousy and anger after quar-
rel between us in which / was to
blame, and when 1 came back to the
camp in your absence, l strove to
make 1t up and used every argument
that 1 possessed to get her to leave
you and to live with me. Although
she had no love for you she was too
good and too true q woman for that.
Now you've got the truth. damn you,
believe 1t or not as you like. Miss
Maitland" he added swiftly. IF had
met you sooner, I might have been
a better man. Good bye"
He turned suddenly and none pre-
venting, indeed 1t was not possible, he
ran to the outer door; as he did so
his hand snatched something that lay
on the chest of drawers. There was
a fash of light as he drew in his arm
but none saw what 1t was. In few
seconds he was outside the door. The
table was between old Kirkby and the
exit; Maitland and Newbold were
nearest The old man came to his
senses first.
AFTER him." he cried, "he means"
But before anybody could stir the
dull report Of a pistol come through
the open doorl
They found Armstrong lying on his
back in the snowy path, his face as
white as the drift that pillowed his
head, Newbold's heavy revolver still
clutched in his right hand and a
bloody yelling smudge on his left
breast over his heart. 1t was the wo-
man who broke the silence.
"Oh," she sobbed, sit can't be-"
Dead" said Maitland solemnly.
"And 1t might have been by my
hand" muttered Newbold to himself
in horror.
He'll never cause no more trouble
to nobody in this world, Miss Enid an
gents" said old Kirkby gravely. We'll.
he was a damned fool an damned
villain in some ways" continued the
old frontiersman refectiyely in the 81
lence broken otherwise only by the
woman's sobbing breaths, "but he had
some Of the qualities that go to make
man, an / amt doubtin' but what
them last words of hisn was mighty
near true. Eff he had met girl like
you earlier in his life, he mought have
been a different man"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01
y r1ting," said Maitland.

writing" said Maitland.
Taking the still unopened packet
from Newbold, he opened it, examined
one of the letters and handed them all
back.
There is no doubt about it." he
said. Its Armstrong; hand, I'd
swear to it"
"Oh, I'll acknowledge them, said
Armstrong, seeing the absolute fulfill
ity of further denial. He had forgot
ten all about the letters. He had not
dreamed they were in existence.
You've got me beat between you; the
cards are stacked against me. I've
done my damndest'-and indeed that
was true.
Well, he had played great game,
battling for high stake he had stuck
at nothing A career in which some
good had mingled with much bad was
now at an end. He had lost utterly;
would he show himself good loser?
Mr.. Armstrong" said Newbold
quietly, extending his hand, here are
your letters"
| WudL 10 you mean
II am not in the habit Of reading let
tiers addressed to other people without
permission, and when the recipient of
them is dead long since, I am doubly
bound"
You're a damned fool" cried Arm
strong CONTEMPORARY.
THAT kind Of charge from your
kind Of man is perhaps the highest
complaint you could pay me. l don't
know whether shall ever get rid OF
the doubt you have tried to lodge in
my soul about my dead wife, but"
There amt no doubt about it." pro
tested old Kirkby earnestly. tive
read them letters a hundred times
over, havin' no scruples whatsoever
an in every one of 'em he was beg
GIN an pleadin' with her to go away
with him an f1ghtin' her refusal to dc
it. I guess I've got to admit that she
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01

didn't love you none, Newbold, an she
did love this here wuthless Armstrong,
but for the sake of her reputation, I'll
prove to you all from them letters of
hisn, from his own words, that there
didn't live a cleaner hearted, more vir-
tuous upright female than that there
wife of yourn, even if she didn't love
you. It's Gods truth an you kin take
it from me-"
'Mr. Armstrong" cried Enid Matt
and, interposing at this juncture. mot
very long ago told you l liked you
better than any man l had ever seen.
thought perhaps might have loved
you, and that was true. You have
played the towards part and the liars
part in this room
did 1 fight him like a coward?"
asked Armstrong.
NO" answered Newbold for her, re-
membering the struggle; you fought
like man"
Singular perversion of language and
thought there! If two struggled like
wild beasts that was fighting like men!
But let that pass" continued the
woman. Il don't deny your physical
courage, but 1 am going to appeal to
another kind Of a courage which / be-
lieve you possess. You have showed
/ your evil side here in this room, but
don't believe that's the only side you
have, else couldn't have liked you in
the past. You have made a charge
against two women; one dead and one
living. 1t makes little difference what
you say about me. I need no defense
and no justification in the eyes Of
those here who love me, and for the
rest OF the world don't care. But you
have slain this mans confidence In q
woman he once loved, and who he
thought loved him. AS you are man,
tell him that it was lie and that she
was innocent of anything else although
she did love you"
What singular situation, an obser-
yer who knew all might have reflect
ed! Here was Enid Maitland pleading
for the good name of the woman who
had married the man she now loved,
and whom by rights she should have
jealousy hated.
you ask me more than can
faltered Armstrong yet greatly moved
by this touching appeal to his better
self.
Let him speak no word" protested
Newbold quickly. 81 wouldn't believe
him on his OATH"
Steady now, steady" interposed
Kirkby with his frontier instinct fol
fair play, "the mans down, Newbold
don't hit him now"
Give him q chance" added Matt
land earnestly.
you would not believe me. eh?'
laughed Armstrong horribly, 'wel
then this is what 1 say, whether 1t II
true or lie you can be the Judge"
What was he about to say? The!
all recognized instinctively that hi
forthcoming deliverance would be {
final one. Would good or evil domin
ate him now? Enid Maitland hat
D made her plea and 1t had been q pow
erful one; the man did truly Low
? the woman who urged him: there wa
nothing left for him but chance ths
: she should think better Of him thai
ho neTited; he had cone to Che EN-
, Of his resources. AID Enid Naitlsni
spoke again as he hssitated.
! 20, think, think before you speak,
Eho cried
, IF 1 thought" answered AT-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01
IF YOU have A SICKLY
YOUNGSTER TRY THIS Free

The family with young children
that is without sickness in the house
now and then is rare, and so it is inn
portant that the head of the house
should know what to do in the little
emergencies that arise. A child with
a serious ailment needs a doctor, it is
true, but in the majority OF instances,
as any doctor knows, the child suffers
from some intestinal trouble. usually
constipation.
There is no sense in giving it pill
or a remedy containing an opiate, nor
is flushing of the bowels to be always
recommended Rather give it small
dose of mild, gentle laxative tonic
like DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin,
which, by cleaning out the bowels and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01

that Pierce, while dining with her and
Mr.. Rycroft, in May, 1903, had referred
to some transactions of his own. Mrs.
Rycroft then asked his advice about
some securities she held and Mr..
Pierce, according to the witness, said
they were standard and that she had
nothing to worry about. She contin-
ued:
"He said that if wanted to transfer
them to his broker in my own name it
would be much more convenient for
him to give advice. This was done. In
June, 1908, l learned that the stocks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01

this man. | would disdain to do 80 II
It were necessary, but before the last !,
resort l must have speech with him, |
and this is the OILY way in which I |
can keep him quiet for a moment, II |
as | suspect, his hate measures with !
mine"
You have the advantage" protest
cd Armstrong. Say your say and get
It over with. I've waited all these
years for chance to kill you and my
patience is exhausted"
Still keeping the other covered, New
bold stepped over to the table pulled
out the drawer and drew from It the
locket. Enid remembered she had has
tily thrust 1t there when he had hand
ed 1t to her, and there 1t had lain I'M
noted and forgotten. II was quite evil
dent to her what was toward now.
Newhold had recognized the other
man. explanations were inevitable.
With mis- left hand Newbold sought
the catch OF the locket and pressed
the spring. In two steps he faced
Armstrong with the open locket thrust
toward him"
Your picture7" he asked.
"Mine!"
do you know the locket?"
Il gave II to a woman named Louise
Rosser ave or six years ago"
MY wife"
yes. she was crazy In love with me,
but"
With diabolic malice Armstrong left
the sentence uncompleted. The infer
ence he meant should be drawn from
his reticence was obvious.
Il took It from her dead body" grit
ted out Newbold.
she was beside herself with love
Tor me; an old affair. you know" said
Armstrong more explicitly, thinking
20 use a spear with q double barb TO
pierce the voman's and the mans
heart alike. That be DETAINED the
dead was OF no moment then. "She
wanted to leave you" he ran on glibly.
she wanted me to take her back
and"
Untrue" burst forth from Enid
Maitland's lips. "a slanderous, das
tardly, cowardly untruth."
but me man paid no attention &C
her In their excitement; perhaps they
did not even hear her. Newbold
thrust his pistol violently forward.
Would you murder me as you muir
dered the woman?" gibed Armstrong
IN bitter taunt.
Then Enid Maitland found It IN her
heart to urge Nevbold to kill him
where he stood, but she had no time
II she could have carried out her de
sign. for Newbold flung the weapon
from him and the next moment the
two men leaped upon each other
straining, struggling. daring. battling
like savage beasts. each seeking II
clasp his fingers around the throat O
the other and then twist and crush un
I'll life was gone.
Saying nothing, fighting In q grin
silence that was terrible, they reelet
crashing about the little room NJ
two men on earth could have been bet
ter matched. Jet Hewbold had q Sigh
advantage IN height and strength, a
he lad also tia advantage In siarl,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01

strengthening the little stomach mus
cles, will Immediately correct the trou-
BILE
This is not alone our opinion but
that of Mrs. N. II. Mead of Freeport,
Kan, whose granddaughter has been
taking it successfully and of Mrs. J.
R. Whiting of Lena, Wis, who gives
it to her children and takes it herself.
1t is sold in fifty cent and one dollar
bottles at every drug store, but if YOU
want to test it in your family before
you buy it send your address to Dr.
Caldwell and he will forward a trial
bottle free of charge.
Address him DR.. w. B. Caldwell,
SAL Caldwell building, Monticello.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01
Kills a Murderer.

A merciless murderer is appendi-
citis with many victims, but DR..
Kings New Life Pills kill 1t by pre-
vention. They gently stimulate
stomach, liver and bowels, prevent
ing that clogging that invites appen-
dicitis, curing constipation, head
ache, biliousness, chills, 25 cents at
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01

had not been placed to my credit by
Pierces broker
Mrs. Rycroft added that Pierce sold
the stocks and kept the money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-01

spite Of all the damned scoundrels on
earth like this 'un."
Are these letters addressed to my
dead wife?" asked Newbold.
They are" answered Enid Matt
land. Look and see"
And did Mr.. Armstrong write
thsm2"
Hell deny Il. suppose" answered
Kirby.
But | On familiar with his hars
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-07

deavorinc TO commit the Government,
and has i'm part committed the admin
istration. To the impracticable propos'-
tion of leasing mines. particularly coa'
mines. on the public lands. Secretary
Kuox has made some bad mistakes IN
his handling of the State Department,
particularly IN his interference In Me
aragua. aud his abortivc programme
i'm Manchuria, As TO the other Cabluet
officers. they have in general neither
harmed nor helped. But tho President
sbould hayc Cabinet that would help,
and in not having such Il ono. President
Taft has been singularly unfortunate
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-07
ON MAGNIFICENT SCALE.

Metropolitan New York is getting to
be altogether too big for a mere city, |
and might we'll be State by itself. |
The population of that metropolitan
district is now well above five million.
Its enormous enterprises are State |
wide, and ought 10 be so regarded.
The recent enormous addition 20 the
water system of New York. which
takes the water 100 feet below the
bed OF the Hudson at It's upper levels,
is ono of the greatest engineering feats
ever undertaken by man. being second
only IN America to the great feat of
digging the Panama Canal
Another immense enterprise recently
approved by the Funding Commission
of New York is for the improve
meut OF Jamaica Bay, one of the
largest harbor extension schemes ever
undertaken by any city in the world,
| The concurrence Of the State LegIsls-
| turc will undoubtedly be had for the
proposition. This enterprise is under
taken with the cooperation of the
eueTal hoNrIhHfnl, Nn'n YEAR ago
the Board OF Estimate appropriated
! a million dollars for dredging the
inner channels of the bay. The project
is 10 make Jamaica Bay the great
bsrbor of New York, the pierags
room on Manhattan Island being found
10 he altogether TOO small and limited
for the immense commerce Of the great
city. and the big ships carrying that
commerce. The new project at Jamaica
| Bnv Is 10 create II great harbor for
frcighters, with 100 miles of new
wharfage and this two 10 four hours
nearer the open sea than any docks
pow possessed bv New York or Brook
lvn. II is proposed to connect this
new barbcr with canal from Flushing
Bav. which will provide terminal
rcachablc by the Erie Canal barges
without encounterinC the open sea.
The enterprise is ono of magnificent
scope, far exceeding the Boston project
OF providing $50.0000 900 for making
Boston n great hsrbor of call for the
transatlantic steamers. Undoubtedly II
Was Boston 5 scheme in this $4,000.
900 Improvement for the port of Bos
ton that set the New Workers 10 work
on the improvement Of Jamaica BAY
, This bay opens directly into tho At
; Iautir Ocean, and vet il is thoroughly
land locked. II win be completely
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-07
BANKS MUST HAVE SURPLUS.

Mr.. Lawrence \. Murray. Comp
troller OF the Currency, is administer
inc his Office more vigorously than is
usual 10 such incumbent, He has made
long. continued efforts TO strengthen
the National bank system with the
purpose Of the gradual elimination OF
weak and badly-managed National
banks. His efforts in behalf of the iu,-
provemcnt of this system have been
heretofore especially directed TO the
system of examinations, which nc
found quite unsatisfactory when he
went into Office. He has nov got the
examinations on q much better basis
than ever before, and he is next pro-
cccdiug to the enforcement OF good
banking by announcing his purpose 10
require hereafter all organizing banks
10 pay in at the time of organization
substantial surplus ''in order that
the preliminary expenses and the run
ming expenses of the bank may not
actually impair the bank S capital
pending the attainment of dividend
paving basis. And further, be VIII
require that the profits of the bank he
passed TO surplus account until the
surplus is shown TO be so substantial
that the bank is admittedly strong.
Then. and then only. will he permit
the payment Of dividends to stock
holders.
hai Ota1rNt rf,ll
Murray will also bring pressure to
bear upon National banks already es
| tsblished whose margin Of surplus l:
so small that slight loss would I'M
pair their capital, to increase that sur
plus. He will thus put all the bank:
on sound and sure basis,
it is quite true that this announce
mcut Of purpose by Comptroller Muir
ray is not needed in large numbers OF
cases. BY far the greater number ol
National banks have already taker
means to strengthen themselves BY &C
cumulating good surplus, even before
Comptroller Murray made any dcclara
tion Of his purpose to require 1t; IL
fact, most of the banks pride them
| selves on having r substantial surpld
that will protect them in case Of an,
sudden adversely, so that they will no
have to cncroach upon their capital.
The bank returns show that the sur
plus of the National banks has gaine'
very much in the last twenty wears
In 1891 the surplus Of the Nationa
banks as whole amounted TO so pc
cent of their capital. In 1901 it ha'
increased to 43 per cent; in 1911 tn
surplus reached over 65 per cent OF th
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-07
BoRAH's HOMESTEAD BILL.

/. is "A pity that Secretary Fisher
should oppose. AS he Is reported to oe
opposing. Senator Borah 5 bill rcduc-
ing to three years tho time required Tor
proving up on homestead entry, ana
permitting the entrvman to take SIX
months leave Of absence from his entry
each wear The evident purpose of 'hr
bill is TO cnabic a genuine bomcstcadcr
TO have a practical opportunity to
prove up on his claim when 1T is toun"
i'm possible 20 make profit from it during
the time Of opening Under the present
law. What with the required five years
residence and the constant aiilictlous
imposcd upon homestcadcrs by the OIL
ficials OF the Government, who seem
to be anxious to prove that every
homcstcadcr is a thief, 1t has come 10
the pass that scarcely anything is more
difficult than 20 obtain patent TOT
land from tho United states. so great
is the difficulty that Americans by
the hundreds of thousands are driven 10
CanaIa in order 10 get homes.
And vet Secretary Fisher is reported
as advising the House committee to
re ject the bill appearing before that
BODY against il. In this Secretary
| Fisher is acting directly against the
homos,.eaders and against the interests
Of the United States. He IS fostering
The continuance of the conditions which
drive Americans out of their own
country TO locate in Canada,
But, even so, the passage of the
| Borah bill bv the Senate has had the
good effect of stirring Secretary FISH
or up to agree that he will instruct his
| subordinatcs that all contests against
entries must he taken up and dlsposej
1 of within, a wear of the date Of fling
| \ wear is very long time indeed ioi
man who is depending for the max
ing Of mis- future homo upon homestead
| filing. to wait for each point Of adj
verse contest that may be filed. And
vet. as shown by Senator Borah, these
contests arc now held up indefinitely
and the homesteaders have no mean:
to bringing the question TO issue. They
arc delayed and hRmpcrcd year afte1
year by petty objections and obstruc
tions, apparently in the hope that The
| homcsteadcr will abandon his CLAIM
and allow some favorite of the service
to get in and take it, or else that i
may be returned to the public domain
as part of some forestry or other res
ervation.
| Senator Borsh is doing excellent worl
against the distinctive policies of th'
Interior Department, which are 81
stimulating TO the development of Can
ada and so paralyzing to the develop
ment of the Western and Mountain
States. Every time that homes.tcade
is bluffcd out Of his claim, every tim
that an honest homeseeker is driver
away, the Western State In which h
wished TO settle is by shat much nc
tardcd in its development. And it
time that all the Western Senators an
Representatives united in deteru
, iued effort to do away with this off
cial nagging obstruction TO their pre-
| preSS,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-07

The Democratic boast OF economy, 50
seriously damaged by the big pension
;rHotion is sought TO be rciustat'
ed by the refusal TO pass any poone
building bill. or TO allow OF the pniId-
ing of any more warshlps' Woethet
the river and harbor ''pork barrel
will he rolled in and out again rs un-
certain. But il appears certain tna'
the boast is a fake. To pass an eH'
travacence knowing that it has no
chance of being enacted, and thus get
credit for liberaity to soldiers, aud re-
fuse TO build needed public bnlldlugs
or to keep up with cacepresefNins
navy is such humbug that the voters
can { approve
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-07

In his apologctic letter to Colonel
Harvey. Governor Wilson said that he
wished to explain how far he was
from desiring that Harvey should
cease his support of HIM in Harper
Weekly. And yet he told the Colonel
that that support was injurious to his
candidacy. What does Wilson mean,
then! Why should he want the con
tinuancc of support which Injuries
him? Docs he want his candidacy
beaten? Or, wasn { he sincere in what
he said ?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-07
TILE LAKE MORN ING, FEBRUARY . W.

capital And vet there arc l2sf
banks each with surplus less IMAM
90 pcr cent of their capital, ana -'V
hanks of recent organization without
any surplus at all. 1t is to rcach 'neso
weak banks now in operation and 10
head of the organizing of any more
new banks without surplus that comp
trol]er Murray's action is taken. nc
1854 hanks referred TO have sur
pluscs aycra ging only 10 per cent. Inc
money that the banks have earned Has
bccn paid out in dividends to share
holders since their organization
amounting to about ~ per cent o'
their capital. The surplus of sixteen
banks is so small that loss OF thou
sand dollars each would impair thci'
capital. Besides. there arc cIghtY'oh'
banks in which loss Of two thonsano
dollars, and niDcty-three banks il
which loss of three thousand dollars
would wipe out their surplus an'
profits and impair their capital,
Manifcstly. Comptroller Murray 1
fully justified in his declared purpoS
Of recurring these weak banks u
strengthen themselves IN the accumu
lation of such surplus for each as WI
preyent the impairment of its capita
Fortunately, the National bankers, d
whole, have been alert enough TO sc
the point now insisted upon by ooinr
troller Murray, and have strchgtc
cned themselves accordingly bu
some of the National banks prefer
disburss their earnings by way oil dlN
donds and take the risk Of shortag
Of surplus. 1t is for the correction
l, such an III. balanced Judgment III nan'
inc that Comptroller Murray has take
rho action stated: and unquestlonap'
the best Judgment and the great M
iority Of the National banks will SUI
mort him in that action,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-07

safe harbor, with accommodation lor
all frcigbtagc, and dredging Will be
easy to any depth required. The con-
uection via the Flushing Canal will
give water frcightaCc direct into New
York City, and the railroad facilities
will take passengers in An hour or two
TO Brooklyn or any portion of Greater
New York II is vast scheme, worthy
Of the enterprise of America s greatest
~ rn,olis
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-07

We nosc that tho Suoot organ
ranges itself on tho side OF Wicker
sham in bis foolish and profi,less
prosecutions OF combinations. this no
donllt as basis for the contemplated
BETRAYAL Of President Taft by the Fed
cral bunch in case il seems profitable
10 play tho Judas. The eonutry IS tired OF
this scandalous failure of Wickcrsham
TO get any real activity in his prosecu'
tions: aud. II President Taft can he
linked IN thc pnbiir mind with these