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The Delta independent., 1912-11-22

n II the curfew hour in Eoen. Tns
last one in bed won't have to blow
out the light. for It Is going out Of Its
own accord"
He arose and. taking on his coat.
rolled II into pillow.
Lie down here and rest q WHILE"
he said. gently.
please. Mr.. Bedight." replied the
girl. her face flushed and her eyes
turned away.
The mayor arose and stood before
her.
Miss Mcconnell" he spoke quietly,
reassuringly. II had mother once.
She was sweet and pure-and--and
she died." The mayors voice broke
for the moment. "She-she taught
me to respect womanhood. She taught
me to be open and simple and sincere.
The situation in which we find our.
selves is trying only as we make II 80.
Let us be sensible and direct. There
IL the bunk. Lie down and sleep, II
you can. ! shall stretch out upon the
floor and try II myself. You need
have no fear that"
Forgive me-" she cried, laying her
hands upon his. II have no fear
nothing but explicit trust and conf
deHca."
(To be continued.)
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"Your Diplomacy 10 Admirable"

"Your Diplomacy 10 Admirable"
and began gathering firewood. When
he called. she came promptly.
Man." she said. has caused many
divorce by not coming to dinner
when he is called. Nothing 30 net
ties a woman as to wait meals. Know
ing this. l make haste"
Your diplomacy Is admirable" he
congratulated, passing her the coffee
pot.
Lunch over. Bedight packed the
cooking outfit and replaced 1t in the
boat. The sky was smoky in the west,
smoky with heat that generated q
strange restlessness among the quiv-
ering trees. while the air was sur
charged with a portentous quietude
that presaged a clash OF elemental
fury. A black cloud stood upon the
rim OF the lake and caused look OF
concern in Bedight's eyes. A glance
in Miss McConnell's direction showed
the girl absorbed In her work. The
mayor picked up magazine and
stretched himself upon the sward be-
meath huge yellow birch. He was
attracted from his story half hour
later by shadow across the sun.
Hurriedly springing to his feet, he
scanned the sky. A mass of black with
hvid green patches and scurrying fore
runners Of white froth lay like q
monstrous curtain across the west,
through which shot veins OF gold like
roots OF mammoth trees. A deep rum
BILE. bass in its information, rolled
across the sky. warning the creatures
of the earth that soon their master
would be abroad in the land to wreck
and DESTROY.
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opytsht is1s. Western Newspaper unio.

never naa 30 much -run in all my life
but that bill business is dangerous,
and I'd like to get through with the
ordeal honorably. l can use Today.
and a. q small expression of my
gratitude. I'll send you the jolliest big
box of candy in Chicago as I pass
through"
Thank you." she said. her eyes
dancing. I'll leave the selection to
you"
An hour later Bedight, astride =
good horse. was galloping toward
Bordeau, a railroad crossing ten miles
to the north. Arriving at the station
he sent a telegram, ate 4 typical meal
at a typical country hotel, and started
back. He reached the cross roads at
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a position to appreciate the 'srduous
iife of the galley slave. Row on, my
mani"
20, that this were the river Of
Life!" countered Bedight, matct ing
the woman's frippery.
"One of the obligations imposed
upon you by the judge" solemnly.
was not to propose marriage or play
the role of Lothario. trust your in
tentions toward me are like the Christ
mas snow-simply another layer of
white purity"
pray do not tempt me. Eve" he
said; "a boat Is fully as perilous for
loving as fiat for matrimony."
Her merry laughter rippled out
across the water from a throat as
shapely as an artists model. Her
neck. Drowned from the life at Squir-
rel Inn, was full and moulded free Of
hollow dips.
20. you old Adam!" she gigelei.
don't you know that the price os ap-
pies has gone up-away up-since our
mothers quit sewing carpet-rags 4rd
spinning fax 1t takes = man WITH
a head these days to keep my ,auy
gratined."
Apples. say the physicians. are hec-
essary to the human system. And l
may point also to higher authority
who has said 1t is not good for man
to dwell alone! AS for the price, was
there ever an Adam who thought OF
this?"
Not until the baby needed shoes,"
agreed the woman. letting her hand
ripple the water over the rail. "Msny
an Adam has asked his Eve to fy with
him and after the fight couldn't buy
a curry OF chicken wings in . Boston
restaurant"
The mayor smiled.
Marriage as it Is practiced," he
commented, "is a bigger gamble than
the board Of trade-and twice as In
teresting."
The boat glided onward across the
sleeping waters. leaving a V-shaped
ripple in it's. wake. Traversing the
lake, Bedight pulled through a narrow
neck that connected Goose Lake with
the main body OF Sylvan. The view
was enchanting-pine, cedar and hem
lock. birch and maple varied the
shores and green bushes trailed their
dropping tendrils in the cool waters.
La Weeks cabin came into view, sit
uated upon a knoll beside the lake. a
picturesque pile of the lumber-jack
days. About its tumbled sides the wild
ampelopsis scrambled. and rag-weed
flourished in the clearing. The mayor
drew the skin upon the shore. carried
the girls easel. box and camp chair to
a spot designated and stood by for or
ders.
Can you make coffee?" asked Miss
Mcconnell. as she got out the canvas
and prepared to begin the sketch.
I'm these days Of the new woman"
he said. banteringly. man has come
to recognize In kindlier light the
ladylike art Of cooking. Fair enchant-
ress. / can make coffee nt for the
gods. but woman's dainty hand must
pour. else II loses its flavor"
VERY WE'LL" she said. now run
away and forget me until the coffee
IL boiling in the pot"
Bedight turned to the forests fringe
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Saturday morning broke clear and
tense after a sweltering night. The
sun was copper colored and the leaves
upon the crest. where they were wont
to bow and curtsey to the zephyr's
breath. hung listless in the simmer
ing heat. At breakfast. none looked
refreshed and Mine Host complained
Of drought. Pauline. the cook. whose
eggs were always soft-boiled 70 =
creamy elasticity and whose toast was
ever golden brown and delicious,
fretted the former into blue-black
globules surrounded by leathery gela-
tine, while the latter was burned and
desiccated to . bareback condition de-
cidedly disappointing to her usually
delighted followers. The thermometer.
to all intents and purposes, was 20
basely ambitious as to seemingly have
no other desire than to climb higher
and higher in its relentless rise.
Come on, Mr.. Bedight." exclaimed
Molly Mcconnell. row mo over to
Waxelbaum's Point. l want to sketch
La Weeks cabin. the remaining relic
OF what was once the Oldest trading
post in the state. 1t IL tumbledown
and ramshackle and will make a fine
study. was by there a week ago on
a calm day and the reflection in the
placid water was almost as realistic
as the old log-pile itself A photo
graph taken when l saw the cabin
would puzzle the beholder to tell
which was the cabin and which the
reflection. Today promises to be still
and bids fair to AFFORD me an oppor-
tunity to get just the right atmos-
phere. I'll be ready in ten minutes"
She came down to the dock, her
black eyes dancing in anticipation.
Bedight packed her outfit in the PROV
of the boat along with the lunch
basket. held the boat firmly against
the dock as she put her dainty foot
upon the stern seat, and dipped grace
fully into position. a magazine under
her arm and q camera slung across
her shoulder.
AS the mayor took the oars he look
ed at her-bareheaded, her lustrous
black locks defying the sun. her full
tempting lips shaping a perfect cupid's
bow. a saucy little dimple on each side
Of q well-rounded cheek. and teeth as
white as milk-coral through which the
laughter trilled and rippled like a
singing spring across its minty way.
Surely a man might we'll be SEN
fenced for life to such a .woman's
whim, while but a days service were
as an hour In Naples after a hard
passage!
Molly Mcconnell had one OF those
daring. unconventional temperaments
that bespoke a woman OF full blood
and spirit. being OF beauty and
grace and voluptuous constancy. To
! THE man she would be all in all, rein
ing queen OF his heart. laughing at
affinities, scorning jealousies, holding
him secure with her mental and pays
zeal charms.
The lake was calm and through it's
mirrored depths long strands of weed
and marsh grass could be seen stream
ing upward In the shallow places. Not
even a ripple stirred the surface and
the sun reflected from the sheening
waters. glowed heatedly upon the
faces OF the two in the boat-the girl
with hair like the night and eyes Of
liquid velvet, the man with a sentence
to serve in the Garden of Eden with
q pippin as the forbidden fruit.
The mayor rested on his oars and
mopped his sweating brow. The girls
eyes danced:
"And now." she babbled. "you ara in
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CHAPTER x.


Instead Of leaving the vicinity Of
the cabin after being liberated, Be
digit closed the door and replaced
the bar. Drifting back into the
bushes. he waited An hour passed
and then came voices and rustling in
the wood. Soon the game warden and
two deputies hove into view. The
warden's face was flushed with ex-
citement as he strobe along in ad-
vance of his men.
Approaching the door. he called
out:
''Win ye surrender peaceable and
come out O. there, er shall l come in
an git YER
From within there emanated no an
Gwering voice. Out in the bushes,
twenty feet away. -Bedight waited.
tensely.
"Come on out; the doors unlocked"
shouted the warden.
Still no answer.
"Gol darn ye: I'll show ye. Come
ON in, fellers." bawled the officer.
throwing open the door and dashing
into the cabin. followed by his depu-
ties.
With an agile spring. Bedight left
the clump of bushes and dashed for
the door. The warden saw him COM
ing and sprang to meet him-but too
1ate! Slamming the door shut, the
mayor shot the bar home
He could hear the strenuous objec-
lions of the prisoners as he hurried
away. making a detour to a farmers
house, where he hoped to secure
IN A 1p cba aUaI
farmers wife fed him bountifully and
protested at the unnecessary size OF
the coin he gave her for his dinner
and a basket of provisions. with
which he set out for the cabin.
Reaching the wood-choppers hut,
in which two hours previous he had
been a prisoner. he raped on the
door.
''whoever's there" cried an excited
voice within. "let us out!"
~Break the glass in the window"
directed the mayor. his face illumlned
with smiles. "and eat out Of my
hand!"
A growl Of mingled disappointment
and relief preceded the .shattering Of
the glass. Bedight held his basket on
his left arm and began passing provi-
sions through the aperture.
Good grub. this. boys" he chuck
led. II serve excellent meals at both
my boarding houses. I'll bring you to-
bacco tomorrow night. Just you make
yourselves comfortable. How would
you like deck Of cards?"
It was dark when Bedight reached
Squirrel Inn and slipped unobserved
20 his room.
When Jackie vining came down at
ok next morning to take q constitu-
donal before breakfast the mayor
sat in an easy chair on the veranda.
smoking his favorite pipe.
will you kindly tell Miss Mason
that ! am waiting her commander"
he asked easily, with no trace Of re-
sentiment in his voice.
. Fl was going to liberate you this
morning" she said, simply. trying to
hide her surprise.
"Oh, l got out last night, thank
you. I'm particular about my own
bed. Never could sleep well in
strange bunk" laughing.
After breakfast Alice Mason, the
girl appointed by the court to defend
Bedight on the occasion OF his trial.
called him aside.
"As your attorney. am led to offer
you your freedom today. l want to
20 to Lakeville for some cold cream,
and II you will ride to the Four Cor
ners with me. l will let you escape to
your own devices. It IL not always
that an attorney can vouch for his
client, but l am willing to take .
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~sJ1 Bring You Tobacco Tomorrow
Night"

chance on you." confidently. "And be-
sides. these girls have been badgering
the life out Of you. It's TIM somebody
took pity" laughing.
The mayor put his lips lose to the
girls rosy ear.
Honest" he said. hope to d.. I've
The bee., 1912-02-16
Union Appealed to For Bonds
But Funds are Not in Hand
Practically Entire Official Staff Of Inter.
national lronworkers Association
Arrested
EVIDENCE BASED ON CORES
PONDENCE FROM LOCAL UNIONS

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. A.
The United States Government
today arrested almost all of the
fifty.four men indicted in the
dynamite conspiracy cases. 1t
took into custody within a few
hours practically the entire Off
eial staff of the International
Association of Bridge and Struc-
tural Ironworkers, including the
chief officers, members of the
Executive Board, and about 20
business agents aud former busi-
ness agents.
Those included Frank M. Ryan,
the president: John T. Rutler,
Of Buffalo, N. Y, the first Vice
president, and Herbert s. Hook
in, the second vice. president, and
successor of j. j. Mcnamara, as
secretary-treasurer; and each of
these men was required to give
$4,000 bond for his appearance
for arraignment here with all the
other defendants here on March
18th.
More Than Forty Taken
More than forty of the men,
chiefly labor union officials who
are charged with conspiring to
destroy by dynamite or nitro
glycerin the property of employ
ers Of non-union labor, were I'M.
der arrest by tonight, and 1t was
declared the apprehension of all
the others would follow within
forty-eight hours.
By it's action, the Government
revealed the identities of the men
whom it charges with being the
accomplices of the McNamaras,
and Ortie Il. McManigal in the
dynamite plots, embracing al
most 100 explosion which were
begun In Massachusetts, In 1905,
which were scattered over the
country for Six years and which
resulted in the wrecking of the
Los Angeles Times Building, and
an-attempt to blow up President
Taft's special train at Santa
Barbara, CAL, last October.
Only Six Of the Fifty-fOur Men Indicted
have Escaped Arrest
Indianapolis, Feb, 15.-Offi-
cial reports received by the gov
ernment today showed that only
six of the fifty-four men indicted
in the dynamite conspiracy have
n n)t been arrested. These are:
Patrick Ryan, Chicago, local
business agent of the structural
ironworkers' union.
]. ]. McOraw, formerly an iron
worker of Wheeling, w. Va
but said to have left there.
j. w. Irwin, Peoria, local IN
ion official.
Frank X. Painter, Omaha, To-
cal union official, said to have
left there.
The bee., 1912-02-16
SENATOR SALMON AIDS
KENTUCKY HOME SOCIETY
For Colored Children -B!ll to Increase
Appropriation by $4,000 Passes
Senate-Now Goes to House

Frankfort, KY, Feb. IA
Especially A very rare procedure
in legislation proved to be the
feature of todays session of the
Kentucky Senate, the culmina-
ton, however, proving most sat-
isfactory to the friends of the
measure in question. Senator
r. M. Salmon, of Hopkins, early
in the present session of the
Legislature, introduced a bill to
increase the appropriation the
the Kentucky Home Society for
Colored children from $4,000 to
$4,000 The bill has remained d
in the hands of the committee
until yesterday, when Senator
Salmon, by suspension of the
rules, took the bill from the COM
mittee and placed il upon it's
passage, 81 votes being recorded
in it's favor and but 4 in opposi-
tion. The bill now goes to the
House, for action by that body.
The bee., 1912-02-16
KRHrUCxY MIDLAND
Making Great Progress and Improvement
In Properties

Mr.. Glen M. Averill, Presi.
dent of Cedar Rapids National
Bank, Cedar Rapids, Iowa: w.
ID. Brereton, President Western
Stoneware Co., Manmouth, H.,
and w. j. Spencer, General Mgr.
Manmouth Goal Co., Canton, ILL.,,
members of the executive com
mittee of the Kentucky Midlaed
Coal Co.,, arrived here Tuesday
noon on a trip of inspection of
the Kentucky Midland enter
prises. In company with Mr..
w. L. Gordon, Jr., thev spent
most Of their time in Midland
and made = trip into the mines.
They expressed themselves az
well pleased with the condition
of the mines and are going to
push the development work az
rapidly as possible uatil the max
imum tonnage of the plant is OBJ
tanned, the plant being designed
for 1900 tons per day. The
mine has now reached an output
of about 500 tons per day and
electric haulage is to be installed
at once, and mine cutting ma
chimes and other equipment ad-
ded as rapidly as necessary to In
crease the output. AS soon as
spring opens up 20 new houses
will be built at Midland for the
accommodation of the miners.
The main Office of the Ken
lucky Midland Goal Go. is to be
moved at once from Midland to
Central City, and will be on the
second floor of the Central City
Deposit Bank. in conjunction
with the Kentucky Midland r.
r. Co. Additional rooms have
been secured adjoining those al
ready occupied by the railroad
company to make room for the
coal company and for the accom-
modation of the Goreon Mining
company, operating the South,
Oarrollton mine, and for the
Dovey Coal Co., of Mercar.
Mr.. Worth Waltrip, the eff
cient bookkeeper of theKentucky
Midland Coal company is to be
transferred from Midland to Gen.
trail City to take charge of their
new office. Argus.
The bee., 1912-02-16
Mission Band Entertains

The Mission Band, of the
Christian church, had a most
delightful Social and Bazaar al
the home Of Mrs. John Long on
Wednesday afternoon and eve-
ming. The dinning room was ar
ranged to seat sixteen at one
time, each table carrying out
the valentine suggestion in car
nations and napkins. All
through the house large red
hearts were in evidence. In the
parlor Mrs. Nisbet, Misses
Browning and Crutchfield enter
tanned the guests with music.
The bazaar room was gayly de.
corated with old fashioned val
entines and strings of tiny doll
dresses, aprons, bags and etc.
Much to the surprise of those
who had it in charge the receipts
amounted to fifty one dollars
and coming as it did in such
small amounts was very crafty
ing.
Owing to the number of calls
for things that were already sold
the Ladies Aid, has decided to
have a more elaborate social and
bazaar before Easter and are al
ready planning to make it bet
ter and larger one than they
have vet had. The Mission
Band and their Supt. Mrs. Long
and the Pres. Mabel Browning,
wish to thank all %%,hho so kindly
assisted them.
The bee., 1912-02-16
PAID AGITATORS
BLEED UNIONISTS
Ten thousand Paid Aids Prosper
While Workmen Struggle
GLIB ORATOR GETS
THE READY CASH

London,-In regard to the labor
agitator the London Standard says:
There are upward of 2, 800 900 trade
unionists In the United Kingdom.
To manage their AFFAIRS there are
10000 secretaries, organizers and
agitators, who are paid $l,4O0,OOO q
year by the working men.
Nearly IL per cent of the trade n
ion funds IS, on the average, spent
In dispute pay. and % per cent is
classed as .miscellaneous," and
amounts to $22, $780, 600. In the two
years 1909-10 nearly 12,6O0,O0O days.
work and pay were lost to the work
ers Of this country through labor
disputes. But the 10000 officials re-
ceived full pay, full expenses. full
advertisement and the fullest op-
portunity for advancement.
The profession OF the "agitator"
is increasing. There is tremendous
competition to get into the ranks
"of the CLOTH" No real work. the
milk and honey Of q good Job and
the open check book Of the working
men 10 making the business boom.
The working men. who ought to
count In the ranks OF the unions,
hear the call and pay, pay, pay,
helplessly looking up from the hard
ernst and stony road IN front Of
them. M
Who is trade unionism benefiting
In the main, the worker, the general
public or the agitators and secretar-
les? Who is getting direct and Inn
mediate benefit from the meetings
Of local branches weekly and month
ly? Who is managing the unions az
a business, with practical, definite
end-the trial worker or the men
feasting in first class hotels in long
drawn-out conferences?
Many Men Of Integrity
These are questions which every
working man can answer for himself.
The main facts are not ia dispute.
That there are men of high integrity
among labor leaders none will seek
to deny, but whether of high integ-
rity and ability or not; whether
"star" orators at $40 a speech or 50
takers just rising to the honor Of
getting their names in print-all
will agree that the outlook for fom-
enting strife, for exaetlng subscrip-
tions from workers, for getting per.
msnent "iobs in cloth" for making
q bit" and going into business was
never better.
Nearly 10000, 900 male workers In
the United Kingdom have nothing
to do with trade unions. Yet at the
call of well-paid agitators any busi-
ness may be attacked or paralyzed.
Trade unions are managed by men
whose business 1t is to control them.
(COntinued on Page A.
The bee., 1912-02-16
INSURANCE BUSINESS IN KEN
TUCKY DOME AT A LOSS
last Year Drastic Rate Making Bill IL
Kentucky Legislature May Cause
Withdrawals

Chicago, Feb. 14.--Insurance
company officials are awakening
to the fact that the movement
for state rate regulation is be-
coming serious and that some de-
cisive action must be taken.
Kentucky has bill pending, and
there is a strong feeling among
underwriters that it's passage by
the legislature should result in
the companies retiring from that
state. Statistics for last year
show that a majority of the COM
panies operating In Kentucky did
business at a loss, and already
this year the losses in Louisville
alone have been nearly 5000, coo.
The companies claim that the
states have no right to decide up.
on insurance rates, and hold that
the best way to impress this fact
on business interests Is TO sus-
pend business in states which
pass legislation making it diff
cult to conduct business on a
paying basis.
The bee., 1912-02-16
FORTY LABOR LEADERS ARE
ARRESTED IN SEVENTEEN CITIES
Federal Officers Make Almost Clean Sweep in
Dynamite Conspiracy indictments

Milton FL. Davis, Philadelphia,
former member executive board
of ironworkers.
William X. Besonn, Detroit,
former president of the Detroit
Federation of Labor,
Appeals came to President
Ryan from many points today
asking the iron workers. inter
national union to assist indicted
men in securing bond and thus
prevent them from going to Jail.
Some Cf the appeals were said to
have come from those who had
escaped serving of warrants for
their arrest and sought to be as
sured that they would not have
to 20 to Jail.
Union Cannot Provide Bail
To the appeals generally the
iron workers. officials replied
that the union was in no position
to furnish bonds, as the aggre-
gate Of $340. 900 required for all
the men made it impossible.
A great majority of the indict-
ments were based on evidence
taken by the government from
the iron workers. international
Offices here, according to Dis
trict Attorney Miller. The evi-
dence thus obtained, he said.
was correspondence from local
unions in which reference to
places that were to be blown up
was made.