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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-11-28

prudent in matters, and man or
war"
Jesse, I've got such a confession
to make. When you settled Mr., Ire
vor's estate"
His estates were debts, and we
paid 'em. There amt no need to
fuss"
"You paid the debts. You were
hard driven to meet the interest on
your mortgage"
That's paid off now. Besides we've
a clear title to our land, mothers
gravestone's off my chest, we don't
owe a cent in the world, and there's
nary a worry left, except I'm sort of
sorry for them poor robbers. Why
fuss?"
you earned six thousand dollars.
at goodness knows what peril. | let
you still imagine that you were poor"
1--WE got plenty wealth, Kate, wealth
enough for-for David"
81 wanted you, Jesse, just you.
wanted poverty because you were
poor. / have been content, and now
you've won the capital to free the
ranch, to buy a thoroughbred stallion,
to stock the place."
That's So"
Jesse, under my dear fathers will.
have seven thousand five hundred
dollars a year."
"A what"
'T'm a rich woman, dear. I've been
saving my income, and there's ten
thousand dollars for you at the bank"
So l gave him my check, which he
receipted promptly with kiss. He
is so rough, too.
Then we discussed improvements.
A bunch of East Oregon horses three
cowboys to handle our stock a man
TO run the Skyline contract, an irri-
gated corn field, and winter feed. two
Chinese servants, 30 many must
HAYES that we waxed quite despond-
ent over ways and means. Jesse must
go to Vancouver on business, and thus
after much preamble l came at last
to the point
Take Billy with you"
But If go, he's got to look after
the ranch"
"You preach at Billy" | said 'you
pray at him. Remember he's wild as
these woods, son of dangerous felon.
His mother goads him on, and there's
danger. Jesse"
| knew while / spoke the folly OF
appealing to his sense OF fear. He
chuckled softly.
(TO BE CoNTINUED1
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CHAPTER xI.
Billy o'FIynn.
Hates Ndrrdttve.

Rates Ndrrdtive.
Jesse is cruel to young O'Flynn.
Perhaps he is justly, rightly cruel. in
him until the lad is on the very edge
of murder. Got to be DONE" says
Jesse, 81 promised his father that I'd
break the cold until he's fed up with
robbers. So. just you watch me lift
the dust from his hide, and don't you
git gesticulating on my trail with
your fool sympathies." Billy does
his victim.
My heart aches with his humilia-
ton. His mother is my cook. not a
princess, as the boys pride would
have her. His father was one of the
most dangerous leaders of the Rocky
Mountain outlaws, so there the lad
saw glory, and don't blame him. But
all the glamor was stripped away
when Jesse tricked O'Flynn and his
gang into surrender, handed them
over to justice, and showed poor Billy
his sordid heroes for what they really
were. His father has been hanged.
That night the lad had come from
Hundred Mile House, with Jesse's
pack-train bearing a load of stores.
There was a dress length, music for
my dear dumpy piano, spiced rolls of
bacon, much needed -four and gro
ceries, and an orange kerchief for
Billy. From his saddle wallets he pro-
duced my crumpled letters and the
weekly paper a Vancouver rag.
Therein Jesse labors among tangles
of provincial politics. gloat over the
cooking recipes OF Americas nice cui-
sine. and spare maybe just a sigh
over the London letter. Billy's por-
ton consists Of blood-curdling disas-
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SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with Jesse Smith re-
lating the story OF his birth. early life m
Labrador and of the death of his father.
Jesse becomes a sailor. His mother mar
ries the master of the ship and both are
lost in the wreck of the vessel. Jesse
becomes a cowboy in Texas. He marries
Polly, a singer of questionable morals.
who later is reported to have committed
suicide. Jesse becomes rancher and
moves to British Columbia. Kate Trevor
takes up the narrative. Unhappily mar
ried she contemplates suicide, but changes
her mind after meeting Jesse. Jesse res
cues Kate from her drink-maddened hus-
band who attempts to kill her Trevor
loses his life in the rapids. Kate rejects
offers OF grand opera managers to return
to the stage and marries Jesse. Their
married life starts out happily. Kate sue
cumbs to the pleadlngs of a composer to
return to the stage and runs away with
him.. She resOues Widow O'Flynn from
her burning house. is badly burned her
self and returns home. where Jesse re-
ceives her with open arms Cattle thieves
appear in the neighborhood. Jesse asks
Kate to go to place of safety To his
JOY she refuses. Jesse resumes the mar
rative. He calls on neighbors and plans
to capture the robbers. Kate is rescued
from the hands of the bandits. The rob
bers are captured. but later make their
escape Jesse IL captured by the robbers,
but by clever ruse makes prisoners OF
the robbers.
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his spectacles, pkwat he can't 80
through and an, and showing on his
learning and pride av Sunday"
But why draw gallows on the
floor?"
"And why for should not draw
gallows on the fure, seeing he'll never
drown? It's hung he'll be for a op-
prissing the fatherless and the widow,
and burn he will afther for Protes-
tant Yis," she flashed round on her
son, feed buttermilk to thin calves.
and hould up yer head alladh. cause
you inherit glory while he's frying!"
Away from the widows hate and
her sons vengeance, led my man
out under the stars. / gave him his
cigar, that black explosive charged
with deadly fumes, lighted him a sui
phur match. 1t soothes his passions,
and the pasture scent makes him
gentle, but when l fear my grizzly
bear, and hardly dare to stroke, l lead
him by the keen silver spring. Gcross
the hollow where our flowers would
make a devil smile, and on through
the wild rose tangle, to my cathedral
pines. Tonight he seemed suspicious.
even there biting off tags Of the vim
dictive Psalms. Nor would he sit I'M
der the father tree until l sang TO
him.
What do you want?" asked Jesse
then, all the rancor gone.
Jesse, do you know that it's nearly
year since we married?"
"Ten months, Kate, and fourteen
days. Do you think l don't rackon?"
sat down on the root of the little
governess tree, the humblest in the
grove. 'Tn the Bible, dear, who was
the son of lesser"
David, of course"
do you remember, dear: for I
have provided king among his
sons'?"
He looked away across the thun-
drous misty depths of the canon, and
the moonlight caught his profile as
though 1t were etched in silver. "A
mighty valiant man." he whispered.
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blazes. Yes, sirl We just owns up
that we're guilty as hell, as the best
way Of showing our respect"
Gentlemen" Captain Taylor spoke
very gently. Il understand that you.
O'Flynn, received two wounds in pun
ishment, and that two of your COM
rades were killed by the men who
avenged this affront. Is that true?"
ITS a fact"
"The verdict of the court is. not
guilty.
But prisoner, your confession
proves the right of the settlers to
organize for defense of the settle
ment until the constable could be
brought to their help. All you settlers
who have taken part in the capture of
these prisoners are engaged by the
province as special constables from
the day you undertook service, until
give you your discharge. You will
be paid on such a scale as l direct.
Rudolph Schweinfurth."
The marshal came forward and was
sworn:
"You are a United States MARSHALL"
Eyes, your honor"
you submit proof?"
The marshals credentials were
read.
you claim these prisoners for ex-
tradition?"
Eyes, SIR"
"Sit down. Cyrus Y. Jones'" The
other stockman was sworn. you are
representative of certain stock asso-
Citations and submit proof? Right.
You claim certain cattle alleged to be
stolen, and found in possession of the
prisoners? Right. You submit pho
tographs identifying certain of these
cattle and evidence of theft. And you
offer twenty-five thousand dollars re-
ward for recovery of the stock. Pay
that money into court and take my re-
ceipt.
Prisoners, you are charged In your
own country with robbery-under-arms
and homicide in various degrees. Do
you or do you not wish to prove your
innocence?"
The prisoners scratched their heads.
Marshal" said the magistrate, 81
don't know what my powers are in
this matter, but it's evident that the
less red tape there is the sooner these
men will get the justice they rightly
demand. l don't want them. Give
me a receipt and engage what men
you need for escort duty. You, Mr..
Representative, give me your receipt
for the cattle. Now clear out, and
get to the States before you're inter
fered with by any lop-eared officials.
Constable, hand over your prisoners.
"Mr. Dale and Mr.. Smith, will you
trust me as magistrate to make a fair
division of this reward? All right.
One-quarter goes to Dale, one-quarter
to Smith, and the other half to be
equally divided among you. Is that
fair? All right, here's the plumber.
Let's get the table in and dinner
served. I'm famished."
So the court rose, and the dear old
captain. having. l believe, broken ev-
cry statute in British Columbia jurls-
prudence, asked all hands and the
prisoners to dinner. "Of course" he
said afterward to Jesse, 81 ought to
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CHAPTER XII.
ExpOundIns tho scriptures.

GNPOdUOiU8 bno oSiNPbuIOos
wonder how many persons live in
Jesse's body? On the surface he is
the rugged whimsical stockman, lazy,
with such powers in reserve as would
equip a flrst-class volcano. Sing to
him and another Jesse energies, an
inarticulate poet, craftless artist. an
illiterate writer, passionate lover Of
all things beautiful in art and nature.
And beneath all that is Jesse of the
Sabbath, in bleak righteousness and
harsh respectability, scion of many
Smiths, the God-fearing head of his
house, who reads and expounds the
Scriptures on Sunday evenings to
sullen Billy, the morose widow, and
my unworthy self.
When we knelt, the widow still sat
rigid. and with her wooden leg
scratched out upon the oil-cloth vague
outlines of a gallows. Afterward she
explained. yer husband, Mrs. Smith,
bad cess to him. ts mighty proud av
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ride with the prisoners and the cattle.
BY the door stood Mr.. Brooke, ex-
planning something at great length to
our bored constable. AT the head of
the long table Captain Taylor was
telling me how difficult 1t was to find
a suitable nursery governess for Wee
James. At the foot of the table
saw the Mexican whispering to his
unfortunate chief-splans for escape,
no doubt. Then Jesse joined them,
with a present of pipes, matches, and
tobacco to ease the journey.
'Mr. Smith," said poor old O'F1ynn,
this yere Sebastian Diaz has been
with me these twelve year. He's only
greaser-''--
Medic Sangre, senor!" said the
halfbreed proudly.
But he's got the heart of white
man. He's like a son to me-"
I'm proud" said Jesse, Ito make
your acquaintance, both Of you. You
are men, all right"
I'VE fought the rich men that had
wronged US, them and their breed.
We put up good fight. Yes, sir!
And we wouldn't have missed a mile
Of that twelve years trail. 1t wasn't
our way to insult women, Mr.. Smith. "
"You had to git that information
somehow" said Jesse, "and Mrs.
Smith forgives you"
That's off our minds, Mr.. Smith.
Mostly known as JESSE" said my
husband.
Jesse. We bin consulting, and we
agree you're the only man here we'd
care to ask favors Of"
I'm your friend, ali right"
Jesse, If we don't escape, we are
due to pass in our chips"
I'm not going to help you escape
wall, you haven't helped our es-
cape to any great extent, SO far as
know"
Jesse chuckled.
But I'm asking you to look after
my wife and my son."
"I1l do that"
You'll save the boy from his IA
theirs trader"
II reckon"
Put her thar:
And they shook hands.
Them horses we was riding" said
the outlaw, "is for my son."
That's all right"
"And one thing more. That Brooke
has an eye on your good lady. He's
your enemy from times far back In
Abilene. He'll live to do you dirt
Thar, sort of hates to talk so Of
one of my men, and l won't say nc
more.
Say, my hands being hurt, will you
just reach into my of hind pocket
That's right. There's gold watch
Take 1t, my times up. Give that to
your lady from us as sort of keep
sake. Goodby, partner"
"Goodby, friend"
"Adios," said the Mexican. 'Vaya
listed con Dios!" And the English Of
that is, May you ride with Godl"
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have committed you and Dale to trial
for homicide, fined you all round for
using guns without license, turned
the lawyers loose on fat extradition
case, and impounded the cattle to eat
my grass at government expense. AS
1t lie, I'll be hanged, drawn, and quar-
tered by the politicians, damned by
the press, and jailed for thrashing
editors. And ! missed all the fun"
After dinner The crowd broke up
into little groups. In one corner the
American officials were bargaining
with Mr.. Dale for his Skyline men to
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CHAPTER x.
Kate,a Nnrrntira.

KGte's Ndrrdtive.
At Hundred Mile House the long
table had been removed from the din
ing hall, the benches set back to the
log walls, and at the head of the room
an enormous Union Jack draped
very small portrait of Queen Victoria.
Beneath was the chair, in front of it
a table set with writing materials and
the Bible, while at one end the school
ma'am looked very self-conscious as
clerk, in official black, with large red
bows like signals of distress.
On the right sat Iron Dale, Jesse, and
myself, and all our posse, very Ill at
ease. On the left were two gaunt
American stockmen, both wearing
hats, while one had the star of a
United States marshal. Beside them
sat the general public, consisting of
fearful George, two ranch-hands, an
Indian, and the captains bulldog.
Wee James, the captains grandson,
sat with the dog at first, but pros
emily he interrupted the court to say
that he would like to sit on me. He
sat with considerable weight for SO
small a person.
At Captain Taylor's entrance the
constable ordered us all to stand. At
sight of the two strangers he mount
ed single eye-glass, and stared with
growing wrath until they removed
their hats. Then, taking the chair,
he permitted us to be seated and or
dered his constable to Bring the
prisoners aft"
Had our captives been washed and
brushed, they might not have looked
80 wretched or so guilty. Old O'Flynn,
described by Jesse as Whiskers, with
his head in blood-stained bandage,
looked so Ill that he was given a seat.
The Mexican, whose beautiful leather
dress, and soft dark eyes reminded
me sharply of the opera-house,
seemed like a trapped wolf, only
thinking of escape to the nearest
woods. Bull Durham's staggering
gallantry was marred by obvious
traces of black eye.
Prisoners" said our justice of the
peace, laying his hand on the Bible,
this book contains the only law l
, know. I'm not here as judge or law
yer, but as one of Her Majesty's Off
GERS trusted to do the sporting thing,
and to deal fairly and squarely with
three innocent men who have the
misfortune to be charged with crime.
You've only to prove to me that
you're innocent, and l have power
to let you go free. But waEn you
to tell the truth"
Seems square deal, Cap" said
Whiskers.
ut is square deal. Now, would
you like to have some one Of your
countrymen as prisoners friend?"
Whiskers looked reproachfully at
the United States marshal who de-
manded his extradition, and the rep
resentative of stock associations who
offered fabulous rewards for his body,
dead or alive"
WALL" he drawled, mot exactly
"You other prisoners. Do you &C
cept this man as your spokesman p
ISL, senior"
That's all right" said Bull.
Prisoner O'Flynn, you are charged
with assaulting woman, you others
with aiding and abetting. Guilty OF
not guilty?"
Its a fact" said Whiskers sadly
"and all three of us wishes to say
what's got to be said"-he drew him
self up to his full height-"by gentle
menl We tried to force a lady to
give her husband away. She shameC
US. and we honors Mrs Smith fol
whst she done. She told US TO 90 tc
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akZLlexl
ters and crimes, and the widow VISITS
ravenous for her hndling, bed stuff
fing, wall paper, and new pads for
her wooden leg. At ten cents that
paper is bargain.
ii.
After breakfast when Jesse had
gone to work, the widow came to me
in deep distress, leaning against the
door-post, twisting up her apron with
tremulous fingers, her eyes dark with
dread. When l led her to a seat, per
haps she felt my sympathy, for a
food of tears broke loose, and wild
Irish mixed with her sobs. The lep-
rechawn possessed her bhoy avick,
night-riders haunted him, divils was
in him acushla, and the child was fey.
His step-uncle went fey to his end
in the dreadful quicksands, her
brother-in-law went mad in the black
Indian hills, running on the spears
of the haythen, rest his sowl, and now
Billy! He was gone this hour. Fierce
ly she ordered me out to search, for
she would take the southern pasture,
so surely l would find him in the
pines. She feared that place; NUT
tered of fires lighted by no mortal
hands. Yestreen a falling star had
warned her that she was to lose her
bhoy, and had l not seen that face
in the windy last night?
Soothing the poor thing as best
could, l undertook the search, glad
of an excuse to get away outdoors.
Presently l came upon Billy perched
on a root overhanging the depths of
the canyon. He was cleaning Jesse's
rife, and l surprised him in fit of
angry laughter.
Billy" shouted, come in off that
root before you fall"
He obeyed with sulky patience at
my whims.
why are you not at work? What
rifleT
Pm at work." he answered sulk-
ily-then with an odd vagueness of
manner, "I'm cleaning the burned
thing"
Being a woman, and cursed at that
with the artistic temperament, could
not help being moved by this lads
extraordinary beauty-the curly red
gold hair, skin with the dusty look
Of ripe peach, the poise of easy
power and 1.-THE grace, the sense he
gave me of glowing color yelling
rugged strength. AS an artist studies
| good model, / had observed very
closely the moods of Billy's tempera-
ment.
His mother was right. That vague
ness of manner was abnormal, and
the lad was fey.
But why are you cleaning his
rifie7"
ut kicks when it's foul" he said
absently.
you're off hunting?"
Coin to shoot Jesse, thet's ALL
'T'm sure" | said. "he cleaned 1t
yesterday. Look here" and l took
the rife to show him 1t was clean
&c.," put my little finger nail In
the breech while he looked down the
barrel. Come" said l, and told him
that in my sewing-machine there was
bottle of gun OIL The rifle was in
my possession, safe.
Then he heard Jesse coming" Whist!
Hide the gun!" he said, and as
though we were fellow conspirators,
l placed 1t behind tree. so that my
man saw nothing to cause alarm.
Jesse came, It seemed in search OF
Billy.
Hello, Kate" he said in greeting
Say, youngster, when you sawed of
that table leg to make your mothers
limb, what did you do with the cas-
teri"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-14
Especial to the Newark start


JERSEY CITY, N. J., July 1.-THE
mysterious white hand" of the City
Hall has been discovered. Hugh
Kelly, the youthful inspector of the
work of the porters in the hall. is
the brains, body and the whole works
of the white hand"
For several days comment has been
caused by the appearance of city
employees with the outline of mans
hand In white on the back of their
coats. 1t had something to do with
commission government, whispered
some of the wiseacres. 1t had. but
not In the way they figured. ~
Some time back $4,000 custodian
bossed the porters and scrubwomen--
at least, that's what he was paid
for. But the new government of
commissioners changed that and in
stalled Kelly to look after the inspec-
ton. He did
Kelly was positive that the brass
hadn't been warm beneath the polish
ing rag since the day he made his
debut. He minced no words telling
the porters what he thought. They
assured him everything was all right,
and then. when his slim form disap-
peared down the corridor, they
laughed at the way they pulled "the
rag over his eyes and put the dust
in them"
AS usual Kelly kicked" on .he
brass today and received the glib
answers of the men. with Commits
sioner Moore and the porters he
toured the City Hall and rubbing his
hand along each railing and opening
eacn brass knobbed door he clapped
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-14
SECOND AUTOPSY
ON LAKE VICTIM
Expect to Determine Exact
Cause of Slain Girls
Death.


WILKESBARRE, July 14.-The
second autopsy is being performed
today on the bow of Alice Crispell,
taken from Harveys Lake a week
Iago.
Coroner's Physician Lenane, of New
York, who is in charge, hopes to de-
termine the exact cause of the girls
death.
If it should develop that she was
poisoned. or was killed by blow
before being thrown into the water,
it would open up new avenues of in
vestigation.
Three women are being sought in
an effort to clear the mystery. One
of the women, who has disappeared
since the body of the girl was found.
is said to have told friends that she
knew a great deal about Miss Girls
pell's death.
Saw Girl on July 8.
The two other women are reported
to have seen Miss Crispell in the vi
oinity of the lake Saturday, a week
ago, or the day after she is supposed
to have been murderee.
This gives confirma ton to the iden-
tification yesterday of a photograph
of Miss Crispell by three saleswomen
as the likeness of a young woman
who called at the store Saturday,
July g. and purchased dress, giving
the name of Miss Crispell
Mrs Martha Ho1nOrah aseto,. 80
the slain girl, was shopping on the
night of July and may have been
mistaken for Alice.
Woodchopper Arrested.
A. ID. Culver, woodchopper. was
brought here last night on the chance
that he was the man IN the dark suit
who was seen crouching behind a
woodpile beside the road near the
hotel about the hour which Herbert
Johns said he parted with the girl.
| Culver denied all knowledge of the
circumstances connected with the
girls death. but the detectives de-
cided to question him further pend
ing investigation of a statement that
he passed the night outdoors in the
vicinity Of the boat landing near
| which the girls body was found.
Watching Father.
In the >old-fashioned farmhouse of
the Crispell family at Harvey's Lake
William Crispell. father of Alice.
passed a wretched day. his actions
being watched closely by James Hol-
man. county detective, and State
troopers, working on the theory that
he might know something about the
| death of his daughter.
Frequently the detectives went to
| the house to talk with the father and
try to break down the story he had
told of having been in bed on the
night of July 4, when Alice was seen
at the boat landing