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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-02-15
CHAPTER vi.
Death, Lie and the Resurrection.

Death, Life and the Resurrection.
The man was coming back from one
of his rare visits to the settlements
Ahead of him he drove train OF
burros who, well broken to their work,
followed with docility the wise old
leader in the advance. The burros
were laden with his supplies for the
approaching winter. The season was
late, the mountains would soon be i'm
passable on account of the SHOWS, in.
deed he chose the late season always
for his buying in order that he might
not be followed, and It was his hab-
II to buy in different places at different
years that his repeated and expected
presence at one spot might not arouse
suspicion.
a Intercourse with his fellow men was
confined to this yearly visit to set.
tlement,- and even that was of the
bfiefest nature, 0didf6ed always to the
business In hand. Even when busy
In the town he pitched small tent In
the open on the outskirts and dwell
apart. No men there in those day.
pried into the business of other men
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N'aI
OF the heavens and struck the noun
tains where she could actually see
them. There We're not words to de-
scribe the tremendous crashings
which seemed to splinter the hills, to-
be succeeded by brief periods OF ST.
lence, to be followed by louder and
more terrific detonations.
In one of those appalling alterna-
tions from sound to silence she heard
a human cry-an answering cry to
her cwn? 1t came from the hills be-
hind her. 1t must proceed, she
thought, from the man. She could
lot meet that man, although she
craved human companionship as never
before, she did not want his. She could
not bear it. Better the wrath Of
God, the fury of the tempest.
Needless of the sharp note of warn
ing, of appeal, in the. voice ere twas
drowned by another roll OF thunder,
she plunged on in the darkness. The
canon narrowed here; she made her
way down the lodges, leaping reck-
lessly from rock to rock, slipping,
falling, grazing now one side, now
the other, hurting herself forward with
white face and bruised body and torn
hands and throbbing heart that would
fain burst its bonds There was once
an ancient legend, human creature,
menaced by all the furies, pitilessly
pursued by every malefic spirit of
earth and air; like him this sweet
young girl, innocent, lovely, erstwhile
happy, fled before the storm.
Then the heavens burst, and the
fountains of the great deeps were
broken open and with absolute lit
teralness the floods descended. The
bursting clouds, torn asunder by the
wild winds, driven by the pent-uI
lightning within their black and turgid
breasts, disburdened themselves. The
water came down, as 1t did Of ole
when God washed the face of the
world, in a flood. The narrow of the
canon was filed ten, twenty, thirty
feet in moment by the cloud burst
The black water rolled and foamed
surging like the rapids at Niagara.
The body of the girl, utterly unpre
pared, was caught up in a moment anC
flung like a bolt from catapult dowr
the seething sea filled with the trunks
Of the trees and the debris OF tn,
mountains, tossing about humanity IL
the wild confusion. She struck GU
strongly swimming more because o
the instinct of life than for any othe
reason. A helpless atom in the boil
ing flood, growing every minute great
er and greater as the angry skies dis
gorged themselves of their pent-ul
torrents upon her devoted head.
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rushed nightly, breaking over rocks,
digging away shailow-rooted trees,
leaping, biting, snsrling, tearing at the
big walls spread away on either side.
He had husbanded some OF his
strength for this anal effort this last
chance Of escape. Below them at the
other end of this open the walls came
together again. There the descent
was sharper than before and the wa
ter ran to the opening with racing
speed. Once again in the torrent and
they would be swept to death in spite
of all.
Shifting his grasp to the woman's
hair, now unbound, he held her with
one hand and swan hard with the
other. The current still ran. swiftly
but with no gigantic upheaving waves
as before. 1t was more. easy to avoid
floating timber and debris, and on one
side where the ground sloped some
what gently the quick water flowed
more slowly. He struck out desper-
ately for it, forcing himself away from
the main stream into the shadows
and ever dragging the woman. Was
it hours or minutes or seconds after
that he gained the battle and neared
the shore at the lowest edge?
He caught with his forearm, as the
torrent swerved him around, a stout
young pine 30 deeply rooted as yet to
have withstood the flood. Summoning
the last reserve of strength that is
bestowed upon US In our hour Of need,
and comes unless from God we know
not whence, he drew himself in front
Of the pine, got his back against 1t
and although the water Numbered
against him still--only by comparison
could it be called quieter--and his
foothold was most precarious, he
reached down carefully and grasped
the woman under the shoulders. His
position was cramped one, but by
the power Of his arms alone he lifted
her up until he got his left arm about
her waist again. It was q mighty
feat Of strength indeed.
Continued next week.
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too closely. Curiosity was neither
safe nor necessary, If he aroused tran
silent interest or speculation II soon
died away. He vanished into the
mountains and as heScame no more
to that place, he was soon forgotten.
Withdrawing from his fellow men
and avoiding their society. .this man
was never so satisfied as when alone
in the silent hills. His heart and spirit
rose with every step he made away
fpom the main travelled roads or the
more difficult mountain trails.
For several days he journeyed
through the mountains, choosing the
widest and most inaccessible parts
for his going. Amid the canons and
peaks he threaded his way With un'
erring accuracy, ascending higher and
higher until at last he reached the
mountain aerie, the lonely hermitage,
Where he made his home. There he
reveled in his isolation. What had
been punishment, exniatlop, had al
last became pleasure.
Civilization was bursting through
the hills In every direction, railways
were being pushed hither and thither,
the precious metals were being dis
covered at various places and after
them came boards of men and with
them-God save the mark-women
but his section of the country had
hitherto been unvlsited even by hunt
ers, explorers, miners or pleasure
Seekers, he vas glad, 40 he had
grown to love tho spot where he had
made his home, and he had no wish to
be forced, like little Joe, to move on
Once a man who loved the strife
noble or lgnoble, Of the maddinp
crowd, he had grown accustomed II
silence, habituated to solitude. Winter
and summer alike he roamed the
mountains, delying into every forest
exploring every hidden canyon, SUI
mounting every inaccessible peak; y
storm. no snow, no condition OF win,
! or weather daunted him or stoppe'
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an ami /. p,srfs44 Atery Of the weapon,
and indeed u y a short range for
so huge q tArrt, he pumped bullet
after bullet froa his Winchester into
the evil monarlh OF the mountains.
The frst shot I'D for him, but max
ing assurance dluble and treble sure,
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waK- ssrIUss- spent. She naSui--
been struck by a log upheaved by
some mighty wave, her hands were
moving feebly her eyes were closed.
she was drowning, dying, but indomit-
ably battling on. He stopped down
and as surge lifted her, he threw
his arm around her waist and then he
braced himself against the rock to
sustain the full thrust of the mighty
food. As he seized her she gave way
suddenly, as II after having done all
that she could there was now nothing
iert but to trust herself to his hand
and Gods. She hung dead weight
on his arm in the rsveplng water
which dragged and tore at her madly.
tie was man of giant strength,
but the struggle babe fair to be too
much even for him. It seemed as II
the mountain behind him was giving
way, He set his teeth, he tried des-
psrately to hold on he thrust out his
right hand, holding her with the 9th
er one, and clawed at the dripping
rock in vain. In q moment the tor
rent mastered him and when itfdid so
II seized him with fury and threw him
like q stone from sling into the
seething vortex OF the mid-stream,
But in all this he did not, or would
not, release her.
Such was, the awiftness Of the mo-
ton with which they were swept
downward that he had little need to
swim, his only effort was TO keep his
head above water and 10 keep from
being dashed against the logs that
tumbled end over end or whirled
sideways, or were jammed into clus-
tsrs only to burst out on every hand.
He struggled furiously to keep him
self from being overwhelmed in the
seething madness, and what VIA
harder, to keep the lifeless. woman In
his arms from being stricken or
wrenched away. He knew that below
the narrows where the canon widened
the water would subside, the awful
fury Of the rain would presently cease.
II he could steer clear Of the rocks in
the broad he might win to land with
her
The chances against him were thou
sands to nothing But what are
chances in the eyes OF God, Tho mar
In his solitude had not forgotten "a
pray. his habits stood him in good
stead now. He peuuoned shortly
brokenly. in brief unspoken words as
he bettled through the long dragging
seconds.
Fighting, cllnging, struggling, pray
ing, he was swept on, Heavier ant
: heavier the woman dragged In an un
! conscious heap, 1t would have beer
, easier for him II he had let her go
she would never know and he coult
then escape. The idea never once oc
Cured to him, He had indeed with
} drawn from his kind, but when on,
, depended upon him all the old appea
. Of weak humanity awoke quick re
/, spouse In the bosom OF the strong
, He would die with the stranger rath
=, er than yield her to the torrent o
I admit himself beaten and give up tn
Q fight So the conscious and the I'm
conscious struggled through the mai
row Of tho canon,
i Presently with the rush and hurl O
:, a bullet from tho mouth of a CUR
!. they found themselves in shallo,
| lake through. which the waters sti
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-02-15

e I<R III. Enid hears the story
I||inE engineer. Newbold, whose
0{f q elm and was so seriously
he was compelled to shoot her
f|'t her being eaten by wolves
went for help.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-02-15
Shocking Sounds

in the earth are sometimes heard
before terrible earthquake, that
warnof the coming peril Nat
ure's warnings are kind
That dull pain or ache in the back
warns you the Kidneys need at
tention if you would escape those
dangerous maladies, Dropsy, Dir
betes or Bright's disease. Take
Electric Bitters at once and see
backache fly and all your best
feelings RETURN MY son re-
ceived greatbeneht from their
use for kidney and bladder trouble
writes Peter Bondy, South Rock
wood, Mich sit is certainly a
great kidney medicine" Try it
SOC at all druggists.
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sYMorsIs.

'<I< Edith Maitland. a frank,
Ir9polleds young Philadelphia
ken 70 the, Colorado mountains
uncle. Robert Maitland. James
Maitland's protege, falls in
{cH II. His persistent wooing
- GIRL but she hesitates, and
goes east on business with
Unite answer.
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halted him, held him back. A man
cannot stay away nve years from men
and women and be himself with them
In the twinkllng OF an eye. And when
to that instructive and acquired reluc-
lance against which he struggled in
vain, he added the assurance that
whatever his message he would be
unwelcome on account Of what had
gone before; he could not force him
self to 60 to her or even to call to
her, not yet. He would keep her I'M
der surveillance, however, and If the
worst came he could intervene in time
to rescue her. He counted without
his cost, his usual judgment bewil-
dered. So he followed her through
the trees and down the bank.
Now he was so engrossed in her
and so agitated that his caution slept,
his experience was forgotten. The
storm In his own breast was SO great
that 1t overshadowed the storm brew
ing above. Her way was easier than
his and he<had fallen some distance
behind when suddenly there rushed
upon him the fact that frightful and
unlocked for cloudburst was about to
occur above their heads. A lightning
fash and a thunder clap at last ar
rested his attention. Then, but not
until then, he flung everything to the
winds and amid the sullen and almost
continuous peals of thunder he sent
cry after cry toward her which were
lost in the tremendous diapason Of
sound that echoed and re-echoed
through the riffs Of the mountains.
wait" he cried again and again.
"Come up higher. Get out Of the
canon. You'll be drowned"
But he had waited too long, The
storm had developed too rapidly; she
was too far ahead Of and beneath him
She heard nothing but the sound Of Q
voice, shrill, menacing, fraught with
terror for her, not word distinguish
able; scarcely to her disturbed soul
even a human voice, 1t seemed like
the yierd cry of some wild spirit o.
the storm. 1t sounded to her over
wrought nerves 80 utterly inhumar
that she only ran the faster.
The canon swerved and then don
bled back, but he knew its direction
Losing sight of her for the moment h,
plunged straight ahead through thu
trees, cutting of the bend, leaplnl
with superhuman agility and strength
over rocks and logs until he reache,
a point where the rift narrowed be
tween two walls and ran deeply, Their
and then the heavens opened and tn
foods came and beat into the opel
NAV Of that vast crevice and filled !
In an instant,
AS the deluge came roaring ,dowr
bearing onward the sweepings an
scourings of the mountains, he caugh
a glimpse Of her white desperate fac
rising, falling, now disappearing, no,
coming into view again, in the foam
midst of the torrent. He ran to tn
cliff bank and throwing aside his gu
he scrambled down the wall to a Gel
tain shelf Of the rock over which tn
rising water broke thinly, Ordinarll
1t was twenty feet above the cree
bed. Bracing himself against jagge
projection he waited praying. Th
canon was here so narrow that
could have leaped to the other sid
and yet II was too narrow for him
reach her II the water did not swee
her toward his feet. 1t was all done
aNsecond Fortunately projection Q
the other side threw the force Of II
torrent toward him anu ~, -, -
the woman So IL
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Fine Property For Sale.


Wehave for sale a new ten
room mouse, well built and nicely
finished and plumbed for gas, all
heaters Except cooking stove)
included, IN West Liberty. Two
acres ofsland with house. Also
As acres Of good, level river bot;
tom land Gall overflows) two
miles from town. Very fertile.
For some one who wants to lo-l
cate here to obtain the )advan-
tages Of our excellent school and
at the same time farm, thisis an
especially attractive proposition,
We will sell both together or sep
arately. Will double in value in
two years. See us.
CoTTLE & HovERMALE,
West Liberty, KY.
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4 TER Iv.-Kirkby, the old guide
rs the story, gives Enid a package
.<ere which he says were found on
lad woman's body. She reads the
md at Kirkby's request keeps
|FIER v.-While Enid is bathing
It river In fancied solitude. a big
appears on the bank and is about
'|nBe Into the water to attack the
*1en shot rings out and the ami
q Killed by q strange man.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-19
8 ARE KILLED IN
RAID ON THIEVES
Brought to Bay, Man Opens
Fire, Then Stays Woman
Companion and Self.

NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-The death
list resulting from the battle foughr
last night at the Elsmere hotel between
detectives and Henry VogeI was in
creased to three today when Detective
John Allen died of his injuries.
It was stated at the hospital that
Martin Fay, a city detective, and Louis
Mondscheim, proprietor of the hotel,
would probably die before night.
The other dead We're VogeI, who shot
himself when he saw capture was in
evitaole, and his woman companion,
known as "Lottie,' whom NogeI shot to
death before he turned his weapon upon
himself.
Two others less seriously wounded
were Luigi Garardi, a house detective,
and William Butler, wafer at the no.
tel
The police have two steamer trunks,
a valise, a dressing case and another
which was taken by Vogel and the
woman to the Elsmere hotel.
Coroner Healy, of the Bronx, said he
would open the luggage today The
authorities expected that it would re-
veal the secret of many big robberies
in this city which have baffled the POI
lice.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-19
YOUR GRAY HAIRS
QUICKLY VANISH
Harmless Remedy Made From
Garden Sage Restores
Natural Color.

A feeling of sadness accompanies the
discovery of the first gray hairs. which
unfortunately are looked upon as her
aids Of advancing age. Gray hair, how
ever handsome it may be. makes a per
son look old. We all know the advan-
tages of being young. Aside from the
good impression a youthful appearance
makes on others, simply knowing that
you are looking fit" gives one courage
to undertake and accomplish things So
on account Of gray hairs, when d simple
remedy vii give your hair youthful
color and beauty in Il few days time?
Most people know that common gar
den sage acts as a color restorer and
scalp tonic as Well Our grandmothers
used a Sage Tea" for keeping their
hair dark, soft and luNurant In
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Rene
dy we have an ideal preparation of
Sage, combined with Sulphur and other
valuable remedies for dandruff, itching
scalp and thin weak hair that is split
at the ends or constantly coming out
a few applications Of this valuable rem
edy will bring back the color, and in
short time il viii remove every trace
Of dandruH and greatly improve the
growth and appearance of the hair.
Get a nifty cent bottle from your
druggist today, and notice the difference
in your hair after a few days treat
ment. All druggists sell it. under guar
antee that the money win be refunded
if the remedy is not exactly as repre-
scented. Special agent, Elkin Drug co.
(AdvtD
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-19
FORMER MACON
EDITOR IS DEAD
Anderson w. Reese Formerly
Owned Telegraph and Was
Prominent in Central City.

Anderson w, Reese. formerly editor
and owner of The Macon Telegraph
and a prominent figure in Macon for
many years; died at a private SANTA
rum in Atlanta this morning at 3
O'Clock, after an Illness Of several
weeks, He had been In failing health
for a number of years
Mr.. Reese retired from active work
with The Telegraph more than fifteen
years ago because of i'll health Since
that tim he had Travelled extensively.
spending much of his time in Paris and
other places in Europe He was rs
years old .-~..'-.-
MIR. Reese founded The journal and
Messenger in Macon in 1870 and later
he was editor of, The Telegraph, with
which paper he was connected for
about ten years He also had a pro-
prietayy interest in The Telegraph.
Mr. Reese is survived by his wife
and by one daughter. who is Mrs. w.
McEwen Johnston. For the past ten
years he had been in declining health
and recently he suffered almost COM
plete collapse. His death was not un-
expected. At one time Mr.. Reese was
one Of the most prominent citizens of
Macon. He married a Miss Ross
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-19
AT THE THEATERS
1.-THE COMMON LAW" AN
IMTE p CTIhIr CTnr

ERESTlNG STAGE STORY
Some one has said that no book has
ever been successfully staged-and this
holds good of The Common Law" pre-
sented last night to a small audience al
the Atlanta The cast is not fully up to
the requirements OF the tense scenes, and
the play lacks the one essential of a big
scene 1t very nearly has one in the
climax of the third act, but il lasts the
briefest span of time and is not led up
to with the adrotness that is necessary
to make IL fulfill its mission.
THE Common Law is an interesting
story-al Chambers stories are-ond for
that alone it compels attention. and holds
it 10 the very end but it does not thrill
does not grip, does not absorb-in short
it never gets away from the fact that ii
is a great story In the telling and not in
the acting
The setting Of the play is faithful to the
big scenes of the book, and the actors and
actresses dress the parts with exaCtncSS.
The cast does its best TO properly in
terpret the roles, but in this instance the
Chambers characters can not he faithful
" portrayed because they lack the scenes
The book, whatever ii may be as book.
is not d series of stage pictures; however
much the material may be handled to
that end.
A the Atlanta tonight and Wednesday.
with Wednesday matinee.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-19
A|RNOMEN RACE
At CHARITY MEET
Mrs. Cal Rodgers and Mile.
RouCiCauIt Give AtIantans
Thrills at Speedway.

For the first time Atlanta will see
woman at the helm of her own aero
plane this afternoon, when Mrs. Cal
braith Rodgers Will race Miss Esper-
ance BouciCault at the aviation meet
at the Speedway, for the benefit of the
Georgia Society for the Blind.
Mrs. Rodgers will drive the Wright
aeroplane in which her husband made
his famous coast to- coast flight, while
Miss Boucicault will handle Curtiss
biplane. The flying will begin at
o'clock.
There will be other fights and events
c. L. Virgins, the Atlanta aviator. will
show the use of the aeroplane in war b.
flying over a detachment from the Sew
enteenth infantry encamped in front
of the grandstand and dropping paper
bombs on their tents, while Eugene
Savage will leap from a flying machine
and descend in a parachute.
An automobile race between Mrs
Rodgers in a Knight Special and Miss
Imogene Simril, driving a Stearns, is
expected to be thrilling ten-mile con-
test
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-19
RAILROAD PROJECTED
INTO SOUTH CAROLINA

GREENSBORO, N. G., Nov. 19.-sam
Tate, of Asheville; w. f. Breese, of
Brevard, and third party whose name
is not known here held a conference in
hotel in this city, presumably in con-
nection with the organization of the
South Atlantic and Western Construc.
ton Company, to build the South At
lantic and Western railway from Knox
vile to Southport, n. c. They left for
Asheville without stating the details of
their mission
This road is projected to connect
with the Greenville and Knoxville road.
penetrating the Piedmont section Of
South Carolina.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-19
TR0USSEAU OF BRIDE ON
HONEYMOON Is STOLEN

ST. LOUIS, Nov 19.-When the thief
who stole the suitcase of Mr. and Mrs.
LoZier Leo Jackson, of Decatur. H.. from
the city hall, opens it he will find the
rousseau Of a blushing bride and dozen
or more letters sent to the bride before
she married
Please try your best and get him."
pleaded Mrs, Jackson. who was Miss
Louise Wells Fish, when She and Jack
son visited central station and reported
the theft to Sergeant Maupin. Il do so
want Leos letters back. I'm not so par
ticular about the clothes. I can replace
them, but l can't replace the letters "