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ter OF brandy from a sideboard and
set 1t down by Balduc. There" he
said, "that1l fix you"
NO." said Balduc, nothing will do
me any good but to get outside in the
air."
Barnsfield started toward a door
Come right here" he said, "on this
balcony"
Balduc got up then. NO." he said
Il will 30 out into the street with Mr.
Parks; but, before 60, 1 want to hand
you this six hundred dollars that !
owe you," and he took a roll Of bills
from mis- waistcoat pocket and laid
them on the tablecloth.
Barnsfield saw instantly that some
climax had arrived, but what he did
not know. He came back and sat down
in his chair.
What do you mean?" he said.
Il mean," replied Balduc, that ]
got only nineteen tracts of land for
you in Huron county, 80 you owe me
just nineteen thousand dollars. You
paid me today, nineteen thousand, siz
hundred, which was six hundred too
much"
Barnsf1eld's face began to pale. Il
don't understand" he said. II paid
the taxes to you. I gave you twenty
eight bonds for them and got the re.
ceipt 1 did not pay you; 1 paid the
taxes"
"Yes," said Balduc, you thought
you paid the taxes; but you didn't.
You paid me. The bonds brought nine
teen thousand, six hundred dollars.
I give you back the six hundred now,
and our account Is square,"
Barns11eld got up. Il paid the taxes"
he said. Il got the tax receipts"
NO." said Balduc, taxes can only
be paid in money. That's the law.
You can't pay taxes with property.
Your tax receipts are not worth hell
room. They acknowledge the pay
ment in bonds"
Barnsheld turned to me. whats
all this rot?" he said.
got up then, and walked around
the table. What Mr.. Balduc has
said,~' answered, '.ts quite true. Taxes
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rest of his life? He could do better
than that. The open way of the great
north was a better one. He would
send the money to Huron county;
then he would go to Barnsfield's little
informal dinner and square the &C
count with him.
came forward then, and begged
Mason to explain what he meant by
his plan As the matter stood, Bal
due could not do even as he himself
suggested. He could not send the
money to Huron county, and leave
New York clear. The sum he had
lacked nine thousand dollars of pay.
ing the taxes. He had surrendered
and receipted for the taxes in full,
twenty eight thousand dollars. If he
sent back nineteen thousand, he
would be instantly charged with theft
of the other nine. Explanations would
hardly avail him. He would certainly
be extradited and imprisoned.
Randolph Mason went over to a
bookcase, got down volume Of Re.
ports of the State Of Michigan, and
sat down with it between the two of
US as tutor might do with puzzled
little boys. He read the case, mark
ing with his finger in the book, very
carefully to us. I saw instantly the
intent of his plan, but he went on, ex-
planning in lucid detail the effect of it
on Balduc, on Barnsfeld, on Huron
county, the equities which it adjusted,
the necessity of government which it
imposed, the penalties which it evad-
ed, and the ancient, correct, accurate
doctrine OF law upon which this de-
cision of the Michigan courts is
founded.
The tension In Jean Balduc's big
body relaxed, the pressure in his face
ebbed. He understood the whole
scheme to the end now. / do not
know of any emasculated language
which could give the force and direct
ness of Balduc's own words. He got
slowly to his feet, stretched out his
arms, filled his big lungs. by Coo" "
he said, you have got the fat thief
on the cross!" @
Then he turned to me. Mr. Parks, -
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when hs s.Wvlsaa init 1sS challa, IS.
| and beamed on. VI; then he talked.
He was glad to see Jean Balduc again,
pleased to meet me. He van athirst
for news from the copper land, aching
with wonder about the inexplicable
delay Of the Great Lakes railroad In
building it's line. 1t%was his dearest,
most closely cherished hope to see the
citizens Of Huron county wax rich
from the development which he intend
ed should be made on the south shore
of Lake Superior. He hinted vaguely
at large good fortune which the fu-
ture held for Balduc, q future of which
he, Barns1leld, was in some esoteric
way the directing overload. He want.
ed a long, intimate, personal talk with
Balduc. He must come that night
with him to dine, and I, too; he espe-
cially wished me to come. I had
found favor In his sight. There would
be only the three of us--his family
was in Florida. It would be an in
formal. friendly dinner.
looked to see the deep fires in
Jean Balduc break through; but he
accepted the invitation on the spot for
the two of us at eight o'clock that
evening.
Barnsheld lighted US to the door
with smiles, and there we left him,
kneading his pudgy hands and thank
ing Providence that the human game,
like no other, lacked instinct to pro-
tect it.
We went back to the office without
word. Randolph Mason looked at
the bonds, and then directed me to go
out and sell them for what l could get.
I sold the bonds on the curb for sew
enty-flve cents on the dollar and got
the cash in large bills. Randolph
Mason handed this money to Jean
Balduc and told him to 60 back to the
Jacques Cartier river. The man was
puzzled and angry. Was this all that
Mason could do-cause him to collect
the taxes Of Huron county at a loss
of some nine thousand dollars, en-
bezzle the money and hide out for the
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shes Ont on suppo = syou d0spieed
mo down to- the gronnd hen agreed
to sat. with that pun throated syiper;;
but only wanted to get 9 last chancs
at him, to tell him what I thought Of
him. and then to jam his head on the
table among his pots. We will go up
there tonight. you and l. We Will
show him how he has caught his own
legs in his man.trap. l will tell him
some things which he needs to hear;
but We will not eat with him. II I
were starving In the snow:drifts OF
Hudson bay and he came to ind mo
with load from the company store. l
would not eat with him. would eat;
but would kill him 1lrst.''
Barns1ield, like every parvenu.
wished to point out for our admira"
ton all the treasures in his hideous.
snowy palace before we went in to
dinner. The place might have been
the storehouse of Kidd In the golden
days of the Spanish Main. A carved
wood ceiling from some chateau In
Normandy, a marble vase from Sar-
DINA, new Italian bronzes, old Dutch
chairs mingled with Chlppendale, Hep
pelwhite, and atrocious things in gilt,
tables of the empire beside colonial
consoles, Moorish corners with old
arms, rugs, banners-all the indiscrim-
mate loot of a. barbarian with money
sacks.
admired with discrete and evasive
generalities. Balduc said nothing and
finally we went in to dinner. I had
not seen its like. except at Thanksgiv-
ing in New England farmhouse. A
turkey on his golden back in a huge
platter, saddle OF mutton, trussed
fowls, food enough for ships crew,
piled hot and steaming on the biggest
table in New York.
We sat down, and Barnsf1eld put
his hands on the tablecloth, closed his
puffy eyes, and made ready to invoke
blessing on his house.
Jean Balduc spoke then. Mr..
Barnsfleld," he said, II am sick"
Barnst1eld sprang up, got decan-
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For the legal principle In.
voIved In this story SEQ People
W. seeIey, III Mich., 263; rs
N. w. r., 600.
A collector of taxes can re-
ceive nothing but money In pay
ment OF taxes. II he receive
property In lieu thereof and ap-
propriate It to hIs own use, he
10 not guilty Of embezIement,
and his bondsmen are not lia-
bIe.-PeopIe v. seeiey, supra. A
collector Of taxes can receive
nothing but money In payment
Of taxes.-MtIler v. Wesener, As
w. Va, 50.
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rhages which would last for weeks and I
was not able to sit up in bed. suffered
a great deal with my back and was 30
nervous could scarcely sleep 1T night,
and did not do any homework for three
years.
"Now can do a. much work -
any woman Of my age In the county,
thanks to the, benefit I have received
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. I recommend your remedies
to all suffering women. "-Mrs- MARTHA
L. HOLLOWAY, Odd, Va.
No other medicine for woman's ills has
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Vegetable Compound For more than 50
years it has been the standard remedy
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If you have the slightest doubt
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vice. Your letter will be opened
read and answered by q woman,
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s,sss':'s ssss: ,ss st Z1Ez2iSzx
In Use For Over 30 Years. .
Children Cry for Fletcher's Casto1ia

Patriotism.
Marks-So your Italian barber re-
fused to shave you. Why was that?
Parks-I told him I'd just had =
Turkish bath.
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Remarkable F,naneiering. sss5
Figures don't 1ie." s.s. ,sszs.
Don't they? Here's an item rom
New York that says q policeman there.
saved 10000 In a month from his sssal-
sry Of $4,000. Those figures must lie,
tor they wont stand" I#
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Is (.e . ! !.
&. must IS 8 nm ~.
md uprixht ula1 {,
why do you think he ID unuesall
so9 81 3z III; 3 ss
Somebody told him there werSS
well-defned reports that Burns 90
tective had been operating secrSNY
TN the neighborhood he frequents.
he said It vas nothing to hin"
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YOU CAN CURE CATARRH
By using Coles Carbolisalve. It Is . moGe
effective remedy. All drug4istx. q and Soc.
The Virginia enterprise., 1912-09-13
CRITICAL Time
OF FW0MAN'SL
From 40 to so Years of Age.
How 1t May Be Passed
IN Safety.

Odd, Vail am enjoying betta
health than have for 20 years, and /
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important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle q
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
The Virginia enterprise., 1912-09-13

Some people spend their lives In try
ing to acquire money to spend.
The Virginia enterprise., 1912-09-13

Oe0eV0 j can 8@eV
say now that I am q
well woman. WaS
reared on q farm and
had dall kindsof heavy
work to do which
caused the troubles
that came ON me Ia
ter. For five years
during the Change Of
Life ! was not able
to lift a pail Of wa
ter. I had henor.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31

4 horse of a different color. We all
know Sam is d grand fighter, but Jean
cite can 90 some, too, and until Lang
ford demonstrates he is Joe's master
at the game any claims ne may al
vance Will not be recognized as Fallo,
Had Sam not beat it to Australia !ast
year when he had promised TO ADJUST
the dispute with Jeanette at Los An
geles, the vexed question of superiority
between this clever pair might nave
been settled long before this; Lang
ford has no better right to the title
than jeanette, should Johnson make MS
retirement permanent
Johnny Kilbane comes OUT of retire
ment this coming Wednesday when ne
is scheduled to box our fast little
feather, Johnny Dundee, 10 ROUNDS at
the st. Nicholas club in this city. Dun
dee will make the champion step lively
to outpOint him, for he is one OF the
fastest kids on his feet that ever Sraced
the division. He is a Skillful lad with
his "maulieS," but lacks the GOODNESS
and head work of the Clevelander. Kill
bane has been resting up for SeTere.I
months and may not be up to the top
notch first time out If not, L imagine
Dundee will earn a draw The DaSo
is no sucker for 10 rounds.
The prospects are that the champion
feather will be kept Dusy right along
this coming season. He has arranged to
box Eddie O'Keefe, of Philadelphia, at
the same club two weeks after he fin
ished with Dundee. O'Keefe is prob
ably a better boxer than Dundee, but
lacks the aggressiveness to make
high class man. Only when he out
classes an opponent does he show the
real fighting spirit
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31
ALittIe Sport; ALittle Gossip

ton nlaved with both in the coast
league.
President lanes McAleer Of the Bos-
ton Red Sox is planning on enIei 5 5---5
the new plant at Fenway Fark a. y -
the view of accommodating cfo"us. -
35. 600 strong during the worId se-1es
in the event this gala attractlOH i
copied
Johnny Kilbane is greatly worrleo
at the present time about ms ElsH'
hand. A bone just back OF the IoIe .
finger was broken some time ago aho
it refuses to knit
h. 0. Brown is smashing punching
bags, throwing the medicine DaII anu
beating up sparring partners 70 S5t
into trim for his ten round bout Win
Kid Sicily on Labor day They are
matched to box at Terre Haute-
Eddie McGoorty and Dave Smith are
to trade blows at New York Monday
night If Victor in this bout Mr. Nc
GoOrty says he viii Gefeat Nike CID
bons and then invite Frank Klaus TO
exchange blows
Willie Richie has tired Of waiting
around for bouts and is gathering IN
the coin by staging a little sketch
called Fun in Gymnasium" He IS
appearing in the sketch on the coast
Large crowds are watching Joe Riv-
ers and Joe MandOt work out daily on
the coast in preparation for the Labor
day battle Betting is brisk with RIv-
ers quoted as a 10 to favOrite-
Catcher Block. of the Denver team.
is to be drafted by the Chicago Cubs
The arrival in New York of Victor
Breyer, French boxing promoter, with
a $4,000 bank roll to induce Johnson
to come out OF his retirement for 80
round scrap will probably have the de-
sired effect JOhnsOn's retirement
gag viii never grow mOustache.
for he is as fond of the coin as the
steel trust
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31

An ANTONIO. Tex, Aug. 3L-With
+brea Games vet to play, one sun
~ dav and a double header Monday
the Texas league race is so close that
il will take these games to decide II
Houston has the inside track, but a
sIurnp this week in which San antonio
and Galveston won majority OF the
games PLAYED with Houston put San
Antonio so close that the winning OF
the loss of two Of them by Houston
would give San Antonio the pennant.
On the face Of things, however there
seems TO be little doubt houston will
win with about two games to spare.
Il has been many years since the Texas
league has seen a race so close and so
The Success of Houston.
The success of Houston has been
largely due to manager John Henry
Fillman, a Joplin, No, boy. Fillman
took charge of the team last year to-
wards the close of the season after
Hunter Hill and several of the best
PLAYERS had been fired for mutiny. He
had q hard row to hoe He started the
season minus several Of the best pIav-
ers but despite this fact he has been
at the head or near the head of the
percentage column all the year.
It has been announced by DOak Rob
erts, owner Of the Houston franchise
that FillEan will be retained as man
ager for next year. He said:
better than did Hunter HILL and has
been getting the results. No manager
could have done better work than Fill
man. He is our pick for manager for
1913"
In that connection it may be said
there will be but few changes in the
managers Of the teams next year.
Wheeler, who managed the Beaumont
team, has made a poor showing. but as
he is financially interested in the team
he viii probably be retained There is
talk Of him acting as secretary treas
urer and putting IN an active bali play
er as q manager. That may be done.
Fort Worth has also been on the to-
boggan and has lost money Walter
chise, and will consequently retain his
position. He has been working hard
to build up a team and is making a
good start. The indications are that
Fort Worth win be able to get off well
in the race next year
Galveston Has Best Team.
MalOney, also one of the owners of
the Galveston franchise, viii remain
there next year and justly So He
closes the season with the best team
in the league. 1t is better than either
san Antonio. Waco or Houston, the
teams certain TO finish one, two, three
If Maloney had been able to get the
same team in the running earlier in
the season he would have easily have
won the pennant. With the same team
to start next year he ought TO be a
leader from the, first
Dallas recognizes that in turning
loose MalOney serious mistake was
made. Lavender, who managed Dallas
this year, may be retained, but il is
doubtful Dallas, which is the best
baseball town in the state from a box ,
office receipt standpoint, demands a
good team. Lavender has fallen down
hard and the fans are after him. He
is slated to go.
New Man for Austin.
The same is true of Red" DOWney, /
of Austin. Red" was placed in charge /
Of Austin with practically the same /
team that won the pennant last year /
Under him the team has gone to pieces !
and the income Of the Austin franchise I
owners will be far less than nothing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31

New York. n. Y. Aug. 31.-JOhn J.
McGraw, Frank Chance and Fred Clarke
are the three sturdy musketeers Of the
National league.
Fred Clarke is the veteran OF the
trio and holds the record of pennant
achievement. Since 1901 his club has
never finished below the first division
and in that time the buccaneers have
annexed four flags and one worlds
pennant Pittsburg won three gOn-
falOns in a row, beginning in 1901.
Then New York broke in for two
successes, in 1904 and 1905. McGraw,
a newcomer in the National league, had
begun TO make his presence felt. But
his old team crumpled up after its
second straight victory, in 1905. Then
came Frank Chance the peerless lead
er and present thorn in the side Of man
aSer John J. McGraw, of Gotham.
Chance butted into the limelight in
1908 with a record run of 116 victories
for the season.
The peerless leader fell down on the
job in 1903, losing to Pittsburg, which
in turn cheated the Detroit Tigers out
of their third straight bid for a worlds
the trick in 1897 and 1908.
McGraw, who has always been there
or thereabOuts. was quite peeved by
this time. He had been knocking about
for team of young blood. It made a
gallant bid in 1910. but was not quite
seasoned enough, and when the Pirates
fell by the wayside in the stretch run,
old ~Husk' Chance and his bearcats
were found showing the way to the
field on comfortable margin, a grim
satisfa lotion that had some Of its edge
taken off when the Athletics walloped
the waddinS out of these same Cubs in
the annual worlds series unpleasant
ness
McGraw was ready last year. though.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31
LIGHT CARD CLOSES RACES
ON THE READNILLFE TRACK

Readville, Mass Aug 31-A light
card closed the Grand circuit meeting
here, only two events being decided
and the horsemen got away early for
the meet beginning Monday in Hart
ford.
Anvil. with Ed Geers up, had no trOu-
BILE winning the 2:06 trot, although in
the second heat Helen Stiles the Cali
fornia entry, made the winner step the
fastest mile of the meeting here
2:06 - Don Labor took second money
and went his best race of the year.
Major Wellington won the 2:09
easily.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31
NATIONAL. COMMISSION CHANGES
RUE on OE,TIONAL AGREEMEN-s

Cincinnati, o. Aug 3I.-The nation
al baseball commission after having
received many inquiries as TO the right
or major league clubs to release a play
er to a minor league between August
i and the close of the current sea-
son under an optional agreement, con-
ferring on the releasing club the privi-
lcge Of recalling the player during the
following year issued the following
regulations which will be enforced in
the future:
a player drafted by a major
club cannot be released at any
time within wear of his selection
under a straight or an optional agree
ment until all the provisions of sec
ton 9, article 6, of the revised national
agreement have been complied with
y player released by a major league
club between August IS and the close Of
the current season, under an optional
agreement providing for his recall in
the following year. will be subject to
the drafting privileges of all major
league clubs and of all minor league
clubs of higher classification than that
il whose services he is after August
&c.
Rule 20 of the commission must be
strictly observed before a player, Sc
cured by a major league club through
the purchase OF his release or by draft
can be released during the year follow
ing that in which such club obtained
title TO his services.
a player recalled under an optional
agreement by major league club can
not be released under an optional
agreement"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31
Hero OF the Game
By L. C. DAVIS.

The pitcher is some pumpkin, we must
all agree to that;
In answer to our entering he must Of
ten raise his hat.
He whiffs a mighty slugger and you
see his chest expand,
But the guy that makes the WALTON is
the guy that gets the hand
The catcher is another who's entitled
to our praise;
He bears the brunt of battle while di-
recting all the plays.
We all respect the backstop, he's a
man of nerve and sand;
But the guy that makes the Wallop is
the guy that gets the hand.
A most important factor is the man at
second base;
He covers his position with agility and
grace;
He often is u hero to the rooters in
the stand
But the guy that makes the wallop is
the guy that gets the hand
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31
1IFARL4ND GETS DECISION.

Philadelphia. Pa. Aug. SIN q six
round bout before the Olympic Athletic
club here, Packey Mcfarland, the Chi
cago lightweight, received the popular
decision over Zoe Hirst. of Philadel-
phia. In all hut one round Mcfarland
landed at viii. while the few blows Of
his opponent lacked force.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31

France and Australia, where the negro
fighters are extremely popular.
Tommy Burns. advances the expert
opinion that Sam Langford is now the
heavyweight champion since Johnson
has again announced his retirement.
Then Thomas announces that he has
arranged to battle LangfOrd. for the
honors this coming December in Aus
tralia. I told you, readers, that Burns
knows the game of publicity pretty
we'll. and that we would hear from him
many Il time, and often now that he had
decided to return to the ring.
But the mere fact of Tommy's selec-
ton of the tar baby" is no very good
reason for awarding the emblem of
supremacy to the Boston coon Burns
got in with white check once upon
a time himself, but with LangfOrd its
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31

fielders and hardest hitters in major
league baseball and now in the prime
Of his career, has been asked to quit
baseball. His mother went all the way
from their home, in Texas. to see her
favOrite son perform with the Boston
Red SOx in a series Of games and, after
beaming with pride at his spectacular
feats on the diamond. she came to the
conclusion that she wanted her boy
for herself and asked him to quit the
game as soon as possible and return
to their home.
She declared that as lOng as he con-
tinued as a baseball star. he belonged
TO everybody meaning the thousands
who cheer his brilliant work
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31
WILLIAMS WINS FROM KENNEDY.

san Francisco. Cal. Aug 31.-M
Williams, a san Francisco white hope"
knocked out Ed Kennedy, also of San
Francisco, in the first round of a
scheduled four round fight here last
night.
Jack HerricK. of Chicago. and Billy
Weeks, of Redwood City. Cal. fought
four rounds to a draw, for the middle
weight championship of the Pacific
coast.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31
SHOP TEAM GOES
TO PLAY TUCUMCARI

The Ell Paso and Southwestern shops
baseball team will leave for Tucumcari
Saturday. where it viii play Sunday
and Monday. The FL PaSO team has a.
strong lineup and expects to win from
the New Mexican players After the
Paso.