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A Judge Without Prisoners,

st. Helena is a curiousity among ou
colonies, inasmuch as It's governor is
also chief Justice, although he may
never have opened a law book. The
retiring ruler. Sir Henry Galloway, is
a soldier, and in reviewing his nine
years administration the little local
paper mentions that he presided at
33 courts of quarter sessions, but at
Fl of them there was no business g Z
cept presentation Of white gloves. The
absence Of serious crime is declared
to be both remarkable and gratifying
in view Of the struggle for existence,
and the fact that since the withdrawal
IF the garrison st. Helena has been
IN a state Of Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle.
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seems my kismet to abide in Rangoon
forever and a day. You see, my only
living relative is an uncle, Mr.. Lans-
downe Sypher, and he's got no one
else to keep house for him."
"Lansdowne Sypher . !"
The ejaculation sprang to O'Rourke's
lips before he could restrain it.
Eyes. Do you know him? He's the
junior, you know, of the firm of Sec
retain and Sypher."
Solicitors, are they not? 4. &. .
No; tits me misfortune not to know
your uncle. But the name of his firm
I've heard"
The genial nature of the Irishman,
which had insensibly warmed to the
girls charm, withdrew abruptly, tor.
toise-like, into a shell of reserve. The
element of coincidence had again en-
tered into his affairs, and he had
learned a bitter lesson from experience
to distrust coincidence on general
principles. There's naught so com
mon in life as condolences" he phil
osophised. land be the same token
naught so dangerous"
For which reaso he invented an
early excuse to terminate the CONVEX
sation, and ungallantly withdrew to the
%seclusion of his stateroom, where he
passed a night that seemed intermina-
BILE; for he lay long in a wakeful pan
ic of imagination, scheming out a hun
dred stratgems whereby he might con-
fuse as many possible attempts to pre-.
vent the due and safe delivery of the
Pool of Flame into the hands of Mr..
Lansdowne Sypher.
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under a mistake. l am merely a
French gentleman without a title;
Raoul de Hyeres is my name"
"Ah!" said the wanderer. "'Twas
the resemblance misled me. Pardon.
monsieur"
Granted, my dear sir. Des
Trebes? The name has a familiar
sound. Do l not remember reading
somewhere that the vicomte des
Trebes died last spring? In Tunis,
was it? -. Suddenly, 1 believe"
els it 500" said O'Rourke drily. "Pos-
sibly. The vicomte lived in the man
ner of those who meet with sudden
deaths"
The subject languished, and after a
few more noncommittal observances
De Hyeres wandered off. presumably
in search of the English girl, to whom
he had been paying assiduous atten-
ton.
On closer scrutiny, she had proved
to be a remarkably pretty girl; al.
though. in point of fact, O'Rourke. for
all that he admired her looks i'm
mensely, had purposely avoided her.
This he did from motives of prudence;
he mistrusted the ccmbination formed
by De Hyeres and the rirl. The latter
might be all that she looked and claim
ed to be: a sweet, wholesome and rath-
er ingenious young Englishwoman, an
orphan. resident in Rangoon in the
household of an uncle, to whom she
was returning after a visit with
friends in Simla. On the passenger
list her name stood as Emilia Pyn.
sent. But the adventurer felt it the
course of wisdom to deny himself the
pleasure Of her acquaintance, so lone
as she permitted the attentions of the
Frenchman.
Altogether, considering the hot
weather and such self-imposed re
strictions, O'Rourke considered the
voyage hardly a success from a socia.
point of view. He kept pretty much
to himself and to Danny, and to make
assurance doubly sure he instituted 8
new regime with regard to the Poo.
of Flame: that jewel never left his
stateroom. When O'Rourke was on
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He's very entertaining" she com
mented, pleasantly. "But then mos
Frenchmen are. don't you think?
hope to e much OF him in Rangoon.'
80 he's landing there. too?'
O'Rourke filled in the pause.
Il believe so. And you. Colonel
O'Rourke?" +,
Il may have to wait over until the
next steamer" he admitted warily.
Il sympathise heartily with your
disgust at the prospect" laughed the
girl.
"Eh? And why? IT'S a land of fair
repute for climate and beauty"
"Ah. but l live in Burmah, you see,
and SO have come to know 1t far toe
well. But that's the way with all ex.
patriates. isn't ito hate their homes
so far from homer"
Must We endure II. then, Miss Pyn.
sent?"
AN orphan has little choice. l,
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II
SYNOPSIS.

Col. Terence O'Rourke, a military free
lance and something. Of a gambler. in his
beautiful girl who suddenly enters the
elevator and passes from sight. At the
gaming table O'Rourke notices two men
GGatchin chin hin; One is the Hon; Berthe
Des Irebes, a duelist. The viscount tells
MN the French government has directed
Nun 10 O'Rourke as a man who would
ment, o'Rourke, who had agreed to I'M
dertake the mission, finds a mysterious
letter; The viscount arrives. hands a
sealed package to O'Rourke. who is not
dainty slippers are seen protruding from
under q doorway curtain. The Irishman
nnds the owner of the mysterious feet to
r pe ms aw w'te. Beatrix, from whom he had
that a Rangoon law firm offers him
iBoo,ooo POUNDS for a jewel Known as the
Ing friend, but now in keeping of one
named Chambret in Algeria. O'Rourke
Worsts the nobleman in a duel. The wife
to S50s soon @,K retake W Tafsw tba a aa%a hS pf Ha dis.
covers both Glynn and the viscount on
board the ship; AS he finds Chambret
there Is an attack by bandits and his
left the Pool Of Flame with the governor
general, who at sight of a signet ring
given the colonel will deliver over the
Jewel. Arriving at Algeria the Irishman
finds the governor general away; Des
and tells O'Rourke that he has gained
possession Of the Jewel by stealing It: In
secures possession of the Pool Of Flame
and starts by ship for Rangoon; He finds
steal the Jewel. It is finally secured by
the captain and O'Rourke escapes to
land. With the aid Of one Danny and
his sweetheart, o'Rourke %ecove the
Pool Of Flame. On board ship once more,
bound for Rangoon. a mysterious lady
appears. o'Rourke comes upon, a lascar
about to attack the lady, who Is a Mrs.
Prynne, and kicks the man into the hold.
Mrs Prynne claims she is en- route for
Indiana on a mission for the king.
o'Rourke is attacked by the lascar, who
secures the Pool of Flame, the captain
il shot and the lascar jumps into the sea.
The ship arrives in port: Danny hands
O'Rourke the Pool Of Flame which he
has stolen from Mrs: Prynne. It is the
real Jewel, the one lost at sea being 9
counterfeit. O'Rourke goes to Calcutta
and discovers Des Trebes disguised. He
now knows that Mrs. Prynne was an &C.
complete.
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CHAPTER XXI.

Back In his stateroom on the Poo.
nah, ORourke threw himself into the
lower berth and lay there, a forearm
flung across his eyes, thinking ex-
citedly, disturbed by formless fore.
bodings.
Beside him Danny was packing in.
d~ustriously, with now and again a
pause during which be would stand
reflective, his gaze fixed upon his EN-.
ployer's face, a little puzzled and per.
picked.
The Poonah was pausing overnight
to discharge and take aboard cargo;
for this reason O'Rourke in his haste
to get ashore had not delayed to take
his luggage with him. On
deck, fore and aft donkey engines
were putting and chugging and chain
tackles rafting as they lifted freight
to and from the hold and the lighters
alongside.
Abruptly. without moving, O'Rourke
spoke. "Ill want evening clothes,
Danny" said he. "'Tis dining l am
tonight with Mr.. Straker and his
niece, Miss Pynsent, who came with US
from Diamond Harbor. Twill ave a
bit of bother to dress before l go
ashore"
"Aw-w," said Danny. assimilating.
l.. . And the MISUSE" he said
suddenly, some minutes later. Man
in Madam O'Rourke. sor. Did We get
no word from herr"
For what else would l be driving
to every hotel in the town after leav-
ing Mr. Sypher, Danny, but to inquire
for her? She's not here; but she'll
come, be sure. She's still got several
days-three or four-in which to keep
our tryst. IT'S disconnected l am not
to find her waiting for me, but I'm
satisfied entirely she'll keep faith"
And" insisted Danny eagerly
begin yer honor's pardon-but what
will We have to tell her, sor?"
O'Rourke sat up. Have to tell
her? What dye mean?'
II mean, sor, I'm dyin' wild the wish
to know how ut's all turned out
Phase, yer honor, won't We be tellin'
me? Is ut-is ut all right?"
BLESS your heart, Danny!" laughed
O'Rourke. "'Tis so dazed I've been
that l never thought to tell ye-think-
ing all the time that We knew. IT'S
all right, indeed, me boy. The Pool OF
Flames in Mr.. Sypher's keeping and
the moneys in mine-in the bank,
Danny. payable to me order. Think of
it-one hundred thousand pounds Of
real money, and all me own. IT'S
ridiculous, It's absurd. IT'S meself
hardly credits the truth of it all; yet
| was there-saw the man, gave him
the jewel, went to the bank with him
and for the space of five minutes sat
at a table, with all that money before
me, counting it over, bill by bill, a
square hundred of them, each for a
thousand pounds, guaranteed by the
Bank of England! Think of
that-all that belonging to me-to me,
O'Rourke! . :"
Thank God!" breathed Danny de-
votedly. but did We Earn nothin'
about the stone?"
Little enough, Danny-only a part
Of the meaning Of the whole divilish
business; the rest I'm to know to.
night. Mr.. Sypher II be tellin' me
after we've dined; he wants to hear
me own end of the story. too"
(TO BE CONT1NUED1
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CHAPTER xxx.

AS time went on, however, If his un-
easiness we're not sensibly dimin-
ished, nothing happened, the voyage
proving entirely %uneventful; and
O'Rourke vas forced to the conclusion
that, if Monsieur de Hyeres were real.
ly the Vicomte des Trebes, he was
strangely content to play a waiting
game. w.
The Irishman, however, had known
stranger things than that n man
should seem the counterpart of an
other. And by nothing more than
this questionable accident of resem-
blance did De Hyeres give him reason
to believe him anything but what he
claimed to be. The mans demeanor
was consistently discreet and self
contained; he moved about the ship
openly and without any apparent at
tempt to pry upon the doings of the
adventurer. whom he fell into the
easy ship-board way of greeting ami
ably but coolly. Only in one instance.
indeed, did they exchange more than
but courteous s%alutations, and then
De Hyeres himself seemed to seek
the interview, approaching O'Rourke
directly.
This was at night, when O'Rourke
occupied a chair on the leeward side
Of the saloon deck, consuming a medi-
tative a~fter-dinner cigar. De Hyeres
stepped out of the companionway,
glanced swiftly this way and that, and
sauntered toward the Irishman with
an unlighted cigarette held conspicu-
ously. between his fingers.
O'Rourke likewise surveyed his sur
roundings in two brief g%lances: and
was contented to find that they were
alone, or as much alone as two can be
apon a steamship. For they were,
after all, wNll matched; and n Of
them he knew to be armed. Shifting
in his chair so that his revolver lay
convenient to his hand, as De Hyeres
approached the Irishman removed his
cigar from between his teeth. ficked
Awava an inch of ash and silently prof
fered it in the prescribed fashion.
The Frenchman accepted the cour-
tesy with a bow, applied the fire to his
cigarette, inhaled deeply and returned
the cigar with a formal phrase of
thanks. He fingered for a moment,
putting and gazing of over the black.
.tarlit expanse Of the Bay of Bengal,
lonely to it's dim and far horizon, then
observed quietly: Il am not mistaken.
I believe, in understanding l have the
honor to address Monsieur lie Colonel
= O'Rourke, Chevalier Of the Legion Of
Honour" .
"You are not mistaken. monsieur"
returned O'Rourke pleasantly, then
With the directness which he some-
times found useful, watching the man
closely as he spoke: "And I believe
It is my pleasure to recognize Mon
der LIE Vicomte des Trebes?"
"Des Trebes, monsieur" The
%Pvenchman's look Of wonder was be.
yond criticism and there was no least
trace of discontinue to be detecte!
Ia his manner But 10. You are
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CHAPTER Xxx.

Toward the close of the following
day the Poonah dropped anchor in the
river roadstead off Rangoon; and with
In the ensuing hour her passengers
had deserted her, De Hyeres and Miss
Pynsent In Ntheir van, O'Rourke among
the last to leave. And nothing hin
dered him, not the least hitch delayed
his Decentralization. 1t was curious
1t was Incredible, It vas disturbing
He took away with him no ease Of
mind whatever.
There were tikkagharr1es waiting
and without a breath's delay the ad
venturer and his servant climbed into
veyed to the offices of Messrs. Sec
retain and Sypher. The vehicle whirled
them swiftly away and into the main
travelled way of Rangoon. Mogul
street. ..' ...." .
In front of a structure of stone and
iron so .palpably an Office building
that 1t might have been transplanted
to the Strand without exciting com
ment-save for the spotless cleanli-
ness of it-their tikkagharry drew up,
The gharriwallah indicated the Of
fees of Messrs. Secretan and Sypher,
one flight up-and named his fare.
O'Rourke paid him and alighted, with
Danny at his heels and his heart try
ing to choke him. The hour of full
flment was at hand-and all was
we'll! He who had faced death in a
hundred shapes of terror, unflinching,
found himself in a flutter Of nerves
that would have disgraced a school
girl
He lodged into the building. took
the steps three at a stride . and
suddenly found himself in the pres
ence of, more than that, closeted with
the man to meet whom he had crossed
half the world at peril of his life:
Mr.. Lansdowne ,Sypher.
Colonel O'Rourke?" Sypher's man
ner was very cordial. I'm glad to see
you. You are within your time, yet |
had begun to despair of you. Be
seated" He indicated a chair beside
his desk. "And permit me; you OF
all men will appreciate the precau-
ton"
He laughed and went to the win
dows, adjusting the wooden shades in
such a manner that the light was
tempered and no portion of the room
could be visible to anyone spying
from a window in one of the adjacent
buildings. The he turned and smiled
cheerfully at the stupefied adventurer.
II have 1t here" said O'Rourke; safe
be the mercy of several highly poten-
tial saints!" He laughed uneasily,
fumbling in his breast pocket. There
it u.s." said he, tossing the stone in its
chamois. covering upon the solicitors
desk.
Sypher himself betrayed some evil
dences of nervousness as he sat for
ward and lifted the case by its leath-
ern thongs. He let it dangle before
him for an instant, watching it with a
curious, speculative smile. .
We'll" he said, really /. I"
And after a pause; II congratulate
you, Colonel. O'Rourke. And ! admire
you immensely. You see
when this commission was offered US,
l considered seriously the project of
going in search Of you in person and
bringing the stone back to Rangoon
myself. But then-although I'm not
"eally a timorous mani knew the
circumstances SO WE'LL feared
should never reach Rangoop alive.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Pinch breaking pillow; single-shovel
pillow; Mccormick moving machine;
Standard moving machine; Dane hay
loader, nearly new and good one;
Kssell manure spreader, fifty bushel
good; good No. 2 Clipper tanning
mill, full set of riddles; hay frame;
corn shelter; feed wagon and frame;
hay rake; three-horse evener, STEEL;
end-gate scoop-board; road scraper;
two water tanks; log chain; lawn
mower; 2 scoop shovels; saw filing
wise; dinner bell; wheel barrow; a.
gallon iron kettle; lawn swing; ice
cream freezer, l gallon; cold water
cream separator; grindstone; 100 feet
logging rope; buggy; spring wagon,
good repair. 2 sets double work har-
ness; set single harness; 20 gallons
hog dip; 4 stands of bees and many
other articles too numerous to men
ton.
Terms. -All sums of $40 and un-
der cash. On sums over this amount
a credit of twelve months time will
be given on bankable note to bear six
per 'cent. interest. 2 per cent. dis
count for cash. Terms of sale to be
complied with before property-is re-
moved.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock
sharp.
Lunch will be served on grounds.
A. L. GILMORE.
Col. Joe Callahan, Auctioneer.
Ben R. Baskerville, Clerk. 46-2
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Major "a Popular Speaker.

Attorney. General Major at Bunce-
ton showed himself popular orator
of no common degree of ability.
His address had intensity. II was
lighted with the glow of enthusiasm.
To move others a speaker must be
dead in earnest himself. The Demo-
cratic candidate for the governorship
has this Infectious earnestness.
But he is not "all headlight and
cinders. His message will bear
scrutiny in the cooler moments of
his hearers. His wisdom drops in
nuggets. He characterized the Taft
wing of the Republican party as "a
combination in restraint of the public
welfare"-a phrase that will stick in
the memory. No better thing has
been said, in this year of tariff cpl
grams, than this: ''The price of la
Dor is forced to the minimum in maxi
ing the necessaries of life; and labor
in turn is charged the maximum in
buying the necessaries of life"
The one great classic which all
Missourians are familiar with is the
English Bible. Again and again did
Gen. Major borrow from its pregnant
phraseology. And there was grim
humor in his remark that 'the Re-
publican party has confessed its sins
but failed to accept the plan of saliva
ton.
Missouri has been fortunate that it
had such q man represent the state
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Public Sale

Twill sell at public auction at my
place, 10 miles due east of Butler, 8
miles west of Montrose, l 1-2 miles
southeast of Spruce and IA mile west
of the Newberry place, on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IA, ~,
the following property:
Horses and Mules. Black mare, 8
years old, weight 100; grey driving
mare, 6 years old, would be splendid
for mail route; sorrel mare, weight
about 1000, with good colt by side;
mule colt.
Cattle. GOOD milk COW, 6 years
old; Durham bull, 1 year old, past;
good bull cAlf; 2 good cows.
Hogs.-Eight good shoats, weight
about 80 pounds each; sow with nine
pigs old enough to wean; sow with
eight or nine pigs; sow to bring pigs
in October.
Farm Implements.-Good John
Deere corn planter with fertilizer at
tachment; 2 Jenny Lind cultivators;
Buckeye wheat drill, fertilizer and
grass seed attachment; 12-foot har-
row; one-horse five-shovel cultivator;
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Wide brim hats at Black & Arnold.

Chas. z. Baker, of this city, while
returning with a party of friends
from trip to the southern part of
the county Monday evening drove
his car into load Of hay which had
had been left standing in the public
highway near the John Phelps place.
The clouds were threatening and Mr..
Baker was driving fast in an attempt
to reach the city before the approach
ing storm broke and saw the wagon
too late to avoid q collision. No one
was injured, but the front part OF the
car was badly damaged.
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FIGHT THE SINGLE TAN.

The farmers and business men all
over the state are at last awakening
to the dangers to property which lie
concealed under cloak of plausibili-
ty.in the proposed single tax amend
ment 1t may be said, greatly to the
credit of Bates county, that her people
were probably the first in the state to
realize the calamity which threatened
land values and in this county was
formed the neuclus of the mighty Or
ganization which is now making
plans to fight this proposed amend
ment to the last ditch.
While the single tax amendment is
non-partisan measure, it undoubted-
ly was suggested to its advocates by
the resolution introduced by Govern
or Hadley in the State Board Of Equal
ization, which if it had carried would
have had almost the same effect of
this amendment, that Of trebling the
state tax upon real estate. Acting
upon this suggestion that the farmers
and landowners were not paying
enough taxes, the idea was conceived
that the burden could be shifted onto
them by the application of the Single
Tax, and from this foundation grew
such organizations as the Equitable
Taxation League which is among the
foremost in working for the success
of the Single Tax.
Vast sums of money will be spent
in an endeavor to carry the measure
in the state, and this money will be
spent by men who know how to get
value received at the polls. In addi-
ton to this great pressure will be
brought to bear and mighty influence
will be exerted to insure its success.
Against these forces will be arrayed
such funds as the landowners can af-
ford to contribute, and which will be
u sed in legitimate manner, and such
influence as each tax payer can exert
with less interested friends.
Probably no county in the state is
so we'll organized as is Bates, and no
county would be worse hit should the
measure carry, and the taxpayers of
Bates county must not let their work
end at home. They must carry the
fight into the camp of the enemy and
into the unorganized counties. There
is but one practical way in which to
accomplish this and that is by per-
sonal appeal to friends, relatives and
acquaintance in other counties and
this may be done by letter, telephone,
or better, by personal visit where
ever possible. Bates county people
have already contributed such funds
to the fight as they can well afford
but the campaign is just getting warm
and there remains for us the resource
of personal appeal.
1t behooves every land owner, ev-
cry. .rehter and every business man
to awaken interest in other sections of
the state. It matters not how, but it
must be done. Write each acquain-
lance outside of the county, outlining
the dangers of the single tax and ap-
peal to them to become active with
their friends in working for its de-
feat.
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before the higher courts. 1t is more
than fortunate that it has retained
such an advocate to plead the cause
of true Democracy before the great
jury which will bring in a verdict on
November 5.-Republic.
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Mt. Pleasant Township Sunday
Sunday School Convention

Sunday, Sept. 8, at Tygard school
house at 2:3O p. m. Subjects:
Man for superintendent-F. L.
Gench and Jesse Smith.
Substitute teacher-A. H. Culver.
Teacher training-W. D. Yates.
Class organization-H. o. Maxey,
county president.
Cradle r0ll-Nina Culver.
Better and more regular attendance
-T..W. LegR.
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j. @. A. and Seth Cope of New
Home township passed through this
city Tuesday enroute for Kansas City
where they will attend the reunion
at Westport. Both gentlemen who
are veterans of the civil war saw
service at that place and expect to
meet number of their old comrades
at the celebration.
W. L. Bell and Miss Sylvia Good
rum, both we'll known young people
of New Home township, were mar
ried Sunday at high noon at the M.
E. South parsonage. Rev. j. H.
Cleaves performed the ceremony.
The young people left on the after
noon train for points south, but will
be at home after next Wednesday.
The groom is a son of our old friend,
w. M. Bell, one of the old settlers of
that section. -Review.
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Miss Francis Vaughn is enjoying a
visit with relatives in Chicago.

DR.. and Mrs. j. M. Christy and
Mrs. Joe Meyer enjoyed motor car
trip to Kansas City the last of the
/. week,
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Famuliner have
returned to Joplin after a pleasant
yiStAhsFe with the family of P. M.
Fpa l,ner.