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siiiapo, alter your tune O. loneliness any arrival would prove a relief. Did you think I was never coming, Chris tie?"
 'I could not understand" she re- piled, evidently with much less en- thusiasm, and to Keith's thinking, a shade resentful of the familiarity, but naturally supposed you must be unex- pectedly delayed
 well, I was," and he apparently flung both coat and hat on a bench, with the intention of remaining. ''The marshal arrested fellow for a nur der committed out on the Santa Fe Trail, and required me as a witness. But the man got away before we had any chance to try him, and I have been on his trail ever siL ?
 "A murderi Did you Imagine he came this way?'
 Not very likely; fact of it is, the sand storm yesterday destroyed all traces, and, as a result, we've lost him. So I headed a few of the boys over in this direction, as I wanted to relieve you of anxiety"
 She was silent an instant, and the man crossed to the fireplace, where Keith could gain a glimpse of him. Already suspicious from the familiar sound of his voice, he was not sur prised to recognize Black Bart" The plainsman's s fingers gripped the negro's arm, his eyes burning. So this gambler and b1ackleg. was the sentlemanly MT. Hawfey, was he; well, what could be his little game? Why had he inveigled the girl into this lonely spot! And what did he now propose doing with hert AS he crouched there, peerinE through that convenient crack in the door. Keith completely. forgot his own peril, intent only upon this new dis covery... She came slowly around the end of. the table. and stood leAning against it.. her face clearly revealed in the light of the lamp, For the first time Keith really perceived it's beauty it's fresh charm. Could such as she be singer and dancer in frontier con cert hall? And if SO, what strange conditions ever drove her into that sort of fife?
 .IsLis' Fled, with your she qulee.s- tioned, d0ubtfuiiy.
 NC he's with another party riding farther vest the mans eyes survey Au6, hOA iLn ldhllSoL dpPI0fdi.f.s l ou are certainly looking fine tonight, my girl. It's dif1cult to understand how I ever managed to keep away from you so long
 She flushed. to the hair. her lips trembling at the open bofdness of his tone
 TT prefer you would not speak like that she protested
 And why not?" with a light laugh. Come, Christie, such fine airs are trif1e out of place. If didn't know you were concert hall artist, might be more deeply. impressed. As it is, I reckon you've heard love words be- fore now
 MT. Hawley. have trusted you as gentleman. I never came here ex- cept on your promise to bring me to my brother. and she stood erect be- fore him. You have no right to even assume that I am Christie Maclaire."
 Sure, not; l. don't assume. I have seen that lady too often to be mis- taken: Don't try on that sort of thing with mel don't take to 1t kindly. Perhaps kiss might put you in bet ter humor."
 He took step forward. as though proposing to carry out his threat, but the girl stopped him. her eyes burn ing with indignAEien., ..,.... ....,. s.s.
 How dare yoal" sks exclaimed pas
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ened up, Silent, eXpectant. For en m- stant there was no further sound; nd evidence of movement in the room: Hawley, puzzled by the silence, was listening intently in an endeavor to thus locate the girl through some rustling, some slight motion. A knife, knocked from the table, perhaps, as she slipped softly past, fell clattering to the floor and the gambler leaped instantly forward Keith's grip closed like iron on his groping arm, while he shot one fist out toward where the mans head should be. The blow glanced, yet drove the fellow back ward, stun bling against the table, and Keith closed in, graphing for the throat. The other, startled by the unexpected attack, and scarcely real 1zing even yet the nature of his an tagonist, struggled blindly to escape the fingers clawing at him, and flung one hand down to the knife in his belt. Warned by the movement, the assatlant drove his head into the gam bler's chest, sending him crashing to the floor, falling himself heavily upon the prostrate body. Hawley gave ut terance to one cry, half throttled in his throat, and then the two grappled fiercely, so interlocked together as to make weapons useless. Whoever the assailant might be, the gambler was fully aware by now that he was being crushed in the grasp of fighting man, every ounce of strength, to break free. Twice he struggled to his knees, only to be crowded backward by relentless power; once he hurled Keith side ways, but the plainsman's muscles stiffened into steel, and he gradually regained his position. Neither dared release a grip in order to strike a blow; neither had sufficient breath left with which to utter a sound. They were fighting for life, silently, des- perately, like wild fbeasts, with no thought but to injure the other. The mbler's teeth sank into Keith's arm, and the latter in return jammed the mans head back onto the puncheon floor viciously. Precipitation streamed from their bodies, their fingers clutch ing, their limbs wrapped together their muscles strained to the utmost Keith had forgotten the girl, the ne gro, everything, dominated by the one passion to conquer. He was swept by a storm of hatred, desire to kill. In their fierce struggle the two had roll ed close to the fire place, and in the dull glow of the dying embers, he could perceive a faint outline of the mans face. The sight added flame to his mad passion, yet he could do nothing except to cling to him, jab- ping his fingers into the straining throat.
 The negro ended the affair in his own way, clawing blindly at the com batants in the darkness, and finally, determining which was the enemy, he struck the gambler with the stock Of his gun, laying him out unconscious. Keith, grasping the table, hauled him. self to his feet, gasping for breath. certain only that Hawley was no longer struggling. For an instant all was blank, mist of black vapor; then a realization of their situation came back in sudden flood of remembrance Even yet he could see nothing, but felt the H1otionless figure at his feet.
 Quick" he urged, the instant he could make himself speak. 'The fe1-
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as instantly swung shut once more, and closed them in. The pounding hoofs made. little noise, and they pressed steadily onward, closely punched together, so as not to- lose each other, dim, spectral shadows fit ting through the night, a very part of that grim desolation surrounding them No one of the three felt like speaking; the gloomy, breeding des- ert oppressed them, their vagrant thoughts assuming the tinge of their surrundings; their hope centered on escape. Keith rode, grasping the rein of the woman's horse in his left hand. and bending low in vain effort at pick ing a path. He had nothing to aim toward, yet sturdy confidence in his expert plainscraft yielded him sufi- cient sense of direction. He had noted the bark. of the cottonwoods, the direc- tion of the wind, and steered course accordingly straight northward. alert to avert any variation.
 The girl rode easily. although in a mans saddle, the stirfups, much, too 2 long. Keith glanced aside with swift approval at the erectness with. which, she sat, the loosened rein in her hand. the. slight swaying of her form! He could appreciate horsemanship, and thes easy manner in which she rode relieved him of one anxiety. It even caused him. to break the silence.
 You are evidently accustomed to riding Miss Hope" "a. ,.-,-sg..
 She glanced across at him through the darkness, as though suddenly sur prised from thought, her words not coming quickly. ..
 'T cannot remember when first mounted a horse; in. earliest child hood. surely, although T have not srids den much of late This one Is ike u rocking chafr!''
 He belonged to your friend Mir HawIey"
 She drew a quick breath, her faiccSs again turned forward. -
 ''Who-who is that man? Do yoQ know?" i..
 q possess a passing acq5udafnt ancss~ hs answered, uncertain yet how mdaa to tell her, but tempted to reveal ali : in test of her real character. Few do not who live along the Kansas bofI der" ga Y --T.
 Do you mean he is a notoriously bad character?"e t-f-s r-;s
 T have never heard of his being held up as model to the young, Miss Miss Hope" he returned more soberly. convinced that she truly, possessed no real knowledge regarding the man. and was not merely pretending inno- canoe. 'I had never heard him called Hawley before, and. therefore. failed to recognize him under that respect able name. But I knew his voice the moment he entered the cabin, and real iEed that some dsvilment was afoot- Every town along this frontier has his record, and I've met him maybe q dozen times in the past three years. He is known as Black Bart" Is gambler by profession, desperado by and cur, by nature. Just now I suspect him of being even deep CT in the mire than this" -a
 He could tell by the quick cIaspfns of her hands on the, pomma of the saddle the effect of his wofds. but " vaited until the silence compelled her to speak
 "Oh, I didn't knowt You do not bs-'i lieve that I ever suspectsd such aJ thing? That ever met harn' thess1 who he vAst~ ,
 No. dc not" he aiS~eeA "WAae1
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Brighten Hawks.

Where hawks are troublesome, burn old leather in or near the chicken run. The smoke and smell together are sure hawk scarers, as several who have tried it can testify. Save few old shoes for this purpose.
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CHAPTER x.
Mr. h. Hey ReVeaIs himseIf.

MT. h ~tey heveals htmSef.
 A fragment Of candle, stuck tightly intS the neck of an empty bottle, ap- peared on a low shelf, and Keith light ed 1t, the girl returning the lamp to its former position on the front room table. Investigation revealed dozen cartridges. fitting the revolver but DO ammunition was. discovered adapted to the sawed of gun, which Neb had already appropriated, and was drag ging about with him. pseringh into each black CO., >Ar in anxious search The two, were still busfly employed at this,. when to their ears, through the stiffness of the night. there came the unexpected noise of splashing in the, water without, and then the sound of a horse stumbling as he struck the bank Quick as a flash Keith closed the Intervening door, extihguished the dim hame of the candle, and grasping the startled -negro's arm, htished him into silence.
 Crouching close behind the door, through 2 crack of which the light streamed, yielding slight view of the interior, the piainsman anxiopsly awaited developments. These arrivals nected with the house; there could be little doubt as to that Nevertheless. they might prove the posse following them, who had chanoed to stumble accidentally on their retreat. In eith- CT case they could merely wait, and learn. Some one ,swore without. and was sharply rebuked by another veiee, which added an order grufny. Then. the outer latch clicked. and a single man stepped within, Immediately clos ing the door. Keith could not sec the girl through the small aperture. but he heard her quick exclamation. startled. yet full of relief. ..l.... ......,..A
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cHfAPTER'xII..i

Through the esNfsHt shadows
 Keith had very little to guide him, asT hs could not dstefmine whether this mystefious cabin on tiis : Bait Fork 1ay to east or west of the usuaf cattle
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Jack Keith: a typical Dor der plainsman, is riding along the Santa Fe trail on the lookout for roaming war spurs as captain in Virginia, regiment during the civil war. He had left the service to find his old southern home in ashes, his friends scattered, and the fas- cination of wild western life had allured him. He notices a camp fire at dis taLce and then sees a team attached to wagon and at full gallop pursued by men on ponies.
 CHAPTER II-When Keith reaches the wagon the raiders have mastered lie searches the victims finding papers Dand a locket with a woman's portrait He resolves to hunt down the murderers.
 CHAPTER III-Keith reaches Carson City and is arrested there charged with murdering and robbing the two travellers His accuser is given as Black Bart. a notorious rufian.
 CHAPTER Iv.-They can readily swear the crime on Keith; The latter goes to der justice. A. panion in his cell IS negro, who tells him he is Neb and that he knew the Keith family back in Vir- Einia-
 CHAPTER v-Neb knows about the two murdered men from the description by Keith. He says one was John Sibley, officer in the Confederate army.
 CHAPTER vI-The plainsman and his humble friend escape from the cell
 CHAPTER, yII-The two .ruE1nve. Ds- come lost in the sand desert.
 CHAPTER yi1Ilrhey come upon a cabin and find its lone occupant to be a beautiful young girl Keith recognizes her as singer he saw at CarBon City.
 sfct{i-i s~
 CHAPTER Ix-The. girl explains that she came there In search of . brother whpl, had ,desertedy from the army. She, bad met . MT. .Hawiey, who had tnduced her to come to the cabin while he sought to locate her brother.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-09
Those Contested Delegates.

A plausible circular has just been
sent out by Charles D. Hilles which is
intended to spike the Roosevelt guns,
which have been directed against the
intrenched frauds of the Taft nomina-
ton.
This circular is too brief to have any
value. The cases of contested dele
gates in fifteen States are given; States
in which Roosevelt evidence is remote
are boldly given much space in this spa
cious document. But States like Ari-
IONA and California are glided over
lightly, with an ingenious emphasis on
the last link of the chain which
stretched from the will of the individual
voter to the hall at Chicago.
The exact truth about the fraud in
Arizona was given in The Journal last
Friday. The fraud was not perpe-
trated at Chicago, but it was confirmed
there. 1t arose in such counties as
Maricopa and Cochise, and was con-
nived at by State convention at Tue
son, which was steam-rollered by Taft
office holders.
The primaries were the direct ex-
pressions of the people. Primaries
have been the method used in Maricopa
for twenty-five years, but this year that
primary vote (Which was ten to one for
Roosevelt) was disregarded, and in it's
place Taft minority of the county
committee sent picked delegates to the
State convention, and that Taft-con-
trolled convention of course confirmed
the picked delegates. When the next
step in the series was reached, namely,
the Chicago convention, that body would
not go back of the affidavit of the State
committee, although thirty members of
the Maricopa county committee "a large
majority presented signed statement
that they had taken no part in the So
called county committee meeting which
sent their delegates to the State con-
vention.
This is only one case of many which
will be set forth clearly at an early date
in pamphlet by one of the most up
right and judicial minds in the United
States.
The Taft leaders at Chicago did not
desire the truth. They had facts pre-
sented to them, but, with insolent tri-
umph, they pointed to the properly
signed and sealed papers from the
Taftite State convention, and no appeal
to justice could move them. They were
there to defeat Roosevelt at any cost to
party or private consciences of public
morals. -Boston Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-09

National Park, situated upon our Green
Mountains, which are especially fitted
for such, as they stand in the center
between the White Mountains and the
Adirondacks, commanding a complete
view of both, as well as lengthwise
across the chain glympses of Canada at
the North, and New Hampshire and
Massachusetts to the South.
The Proprietor of this paper owns
several thousands acres, largely original
forest being on both sides of the range,
that we have been willing to contribute
for such purpose, if the Government
would advance funds enough to provide
the necessary roads and accommodations
to make it a desirable Park.
When at Washington in the spring of
1911, we called upon Mr.. Wilson,
Secretary of Agriculture, and opened
the subject to him. He responded at
once, saying the suggestion came in
exactly the right time, as the Govern
ment had recently passed bill, appro-
priating for six years, $4,000, 900 a
year for the preservation of forests, and
the water supply of the country, which
largely comes from them.
Mr.. Wilson added that he could think
of no better way to preserve Forest
than to make of it Park.
But have not been able to get any
further report concerning this, why we
do not know, except recently we saw
statement in the newspapers that the
first $2,000,0 900 of income from above
fund has been lost, because it had not
been collected within certain time as
the law required; and that the second
dividend from this fund would soon be
lost for same reason.
Certainly if this is true an admins
tration that permitted it should be got
rid of as soon as possible.
We all know that Mr.. Roosevelt
never threw away such opportunities, as
was illustrated by the great works in
irrigation that were accomplished in his
administration, and also in promoting
iron and coal mines as well as the
forest and the water supply; not tc
mention again the Panama Canal-the
greatest work in those lines of the
centuries.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-09
WHITING.

There will be no services in church
Sunday, August IL, as Rev. T. A. How
ard is taking his vacation.
The many friends of II. c. Kelsey are
glad to learn that he is improving.
Dr. Charles Phelps of New Haven,
Conn.,, is with his sister, Mrs. II. c..
Kelsey, for few days.
L. A. Webster and Harold Webster
are in Chazy, N. Y, for few days on
business.
Miss Edna Baldwin is home for few
days from Schenectady, N. Y.
Miss Emma Cox, Mrs. L. Higley and
three children and Mallory Cox, who
have been guests of their sister, Mrs.
G. B. Hubbard, for several weeks, left
Friday for their homes in Michigan and
Indiana. Mrs. c. B. Hubbard Miss Ida
Cox and Miss Prudence Stickney went
with them as far az Lake George, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Atkins are in town
for few days, called here by the severe
illness of her brother, H. G. Kelsey.
Mrs. Alexander and Miss Margaret
Alexander of Syracuse, N. Y, are guests
of Mrs. F. G. Rawson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Walsh of Hub
bardton and son and wife have been
recent visitors of Frank Rawson and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. n. w. Foster, Ray and
Norma Foster of Greenfield, Mass, are
visiting friends in town.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-09
STATE NEWS.

Brattleboro is using calcium chloride
as dust layer and it is said to be sue
cessful there as well as in other places.
The preparation comes as a white pow
der and is put on with manure spread
er. One barrel full is said to be suffi-
Gent to treat 1870 feet of road 20 feet
wide and will keep the ground moist at
all times. No disagreeable odor comes
from it and 1t does not track into the
houses. The material thus far used has
been paid for by popular subscription.
The largest shipment of syrup to leave
the State of Vermont will be sent from
St. Johnsbury August 81, when a spe-
cial train consisting OF 20 carloads of the
Towle Maple Products Log Cabin syrup
which is prepared at the company's
local plant, will start for San Francisco
The company, which has its headquar-
tiers at Minneapolis, has secured orders
for the immediate shipment of three
other special trains of the same size, one
each to Los Angeles, Portland and
Seattle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-09
A Party for the Future.

While the Democrats are planning
how to win the coming election, and the
Republicans are planning how to keep
the old organization intact in order to
use it in four years, there is another
set of men who are planning how to
serve the people and build for the COM
ing generation.
The party that appeals to the future,
that faces the dawn, that leads instead
of follows, is the party that is sure to
appeal to red-blooded Americans.
Ever since the Puritans were willing
to place bet on themselves and ven
ture the new land, the American has
always planned ahead, pushed ahead,
and forced the door of opportunity
This is nation of builders. 1t is not
content to sit among ruins, however
noble, and contemplate a past, how
ever glorious. Hence the futility of
both old parties and the virility of the
new third party. Boston Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-09
Father Sees Auto XIII Baby Girl

Doris Virginia Clark, 3-year-old
daughter of David H. Clark of 10 Lowell
street, Lynn, was run over and almost
instantly killed by an automobile near
her home late Sunday afternoon. The
little girl with number of companions
were playing in the street, and at the
approach of the automobile the children
sought the sidewalk The little Clark
girl became confused and started for
the farther sidewalk, running directly
in front of the machine, owned and OPP
Grated by Eugene H. Kempton of Mag
nolia street, Haverhill. The child was
knocked down and the wheels passed
over her head. She was dead when
picked up.
The little girls father witnessed the
accident and ran to the scene. He
picked her up in his arms, and Mr..
Kempton rushed the machine to the
hospital. He later gave himself up to
Officer McGray of the Lynn police, who
took him to the station. He was held
in $4,000 bonds to await a hearing 90 a
charge of manslaughter. Bail was fur
nished by his wife, who accompanied
him.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-09
Turks Clean Sweep Sale.

Turks semiannual clean sweep sale
will begin this week Thursday at this
popular Burlington store. Turks cloth
ing store has but two sales annually and
this midsummer sale is one of them.
To the wearers of mems and boys cloth-
ing this sale is an important event, for
it means great reductions in the price of
the highest grade clothing. In this
issue of this paper in an advertisement
setting forth some of the features of this
big sale. The reductions are certainly
attractive and the goods are the very
best the market affords.
To these clean sweep sales people from
the country for miles around come in
large numbers and so well established
are they in the public mind that many
wait for this bargain event to arrive
The Turk policy is to accomplish what
the name of the sale signifes-a clean
sweep. All previous sales have demon
strated that this is possible, and the
event now Oh promises to live up TO the
history already made.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-08-09
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1919.
COL. ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK IN
MIDDLEBURY.

We are happy to announce that the
Honorable Theodore Roosevelt will de-
liver speech at the Addison County
Fair upon the second day, Wednesday.
August %.
1t is understood that as usual the
Fair will be an exceedingly good one,
and if the weather is favorable we shall
expect to see the largest crowd that has
ever entered the grounds at one time.
The statement which appears in the
Burlington Daily News of August
9Th, and perhaps other papers, that
Mr.. Roosevelt will not speak at the
Addison County Fair is erroneous.
Some of the managers of the Fair were
at first inclined to refuse permission,
but the desire in the County to hear Mr..
Roosevelt was so strong that they with
drew their objections, and at the request
Of the President and Directors dis
patch was sent to Mr.. Roosevelt that
they would be pleased to have him
speak in Middlebury, August %, the
second day of the Fair.