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a bit OF dripping meat as gift for h; i,
mother. and he heard her cries and ran
In TO be struck down by the missioner.
II happened then. and even the boy
knew aud followed the man, shrieking
that he had killed his mother" There
was terrible calmneSs now in Jams
voice. 'M'sieur, 1t was true. She
wasted away like flower after that
night. She died and left the boy alone
with the curse. And that boy. m'sieur.
was Jan Thoreau. The woman was
his mother
There was silence now, dead, pulse.
less quiet. broken after a moment by
movement. 1t was Thornton, grop.
Ing across the table. Jan felt his hands
touch his arm. They groped farther in
the darkness. until Jan Thoreau's hands
were clasped tightly in Thornton's.
And that-is allY" he questioned
hoarsely.
mo. it is but the beginning" said
Jan softly. "The curse has followed
me. m'sieur. until am the unhapplest
man in the world. Today have done
all that Is 10 be done. When my ia.
ther died he left papers which my
mother was to give to me when | had
attained manhood. When she died
they came to me. She knew nothing
OF that which was In them, and I am
glad. for they told the story that I
have told to you, m'sIeur. and from
his grave my father prayed to me to
make what restitution could. When
ne came into the north for good he
brought with him most of his fortune.
which was large. m'sieur, and placed
It where no one would ever find it-in |
the stock Of the great company. A
Continued on page four.)
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| he Honor ss:s,of the,s:=. -
BY Jamaes
Oliver Cu1Tw00d
SYNOPSIS


In the far northwest the wife OF John
cummlns dies. leaving baby Melissa
IounE Jan Thoreau comes from the Bar
Ten Lands with his violin. Mukea ths
Cree, had once spied on an Engiishmap
peeplns through the cammins window.
Mukee had slain the Ensllshman. Jaa
makes his home with Cummlna. and ths
Two resolve to bring up tho baby "a civ
HiEed manner The mention of q misslop-
sry angers Jan.
Jean do 0ravois hunter. 10 coming TO
Lac bain with his Indian bride. A mis-
sohary r. coming also 90 tho big caribou
roast For some unnamed wrong OF the
past Jan resolves TO kill the missionary.
In nght In the woods the missionary
pests ana nearly kills Jan The latter IL
,"unu uy Jean ana his bride. Iowaka, and
the French. h.canadlan pursues the mi..ion.
ary. -''"A-
Jean KILLS the missionary. He ana Tho
reau become fast frienda Jan has sorns
mysterious papers, which no hides IN his
vIonh, heiisss II growing and Jan do
'Tacs Esr. e'
In Melisse's ninth year smallpox invadss
mo northwest country, and Jan goes IN
.", ,ns "a. place 70 warn the trappeFs. lie
meets croisset. a trapper. shut o,,t Of his
own house by his wife.
Jan and Meiisse tthe girl IL now fifte.n
snu very beautifully 70 TO gather mountain
mowers 70 celebrate her birthday, She
"as asss nun TO kiss her In his old tire,
There IL reason In tho papers, which are
shown TO utavels by Jan. for JAMS renun-
v'Auon OF Melissa. but she does not know
~ She asks him TO let her accompany
h'" 70 the cabin OF Lsdoo. q trappsr.
Lac Balm 10 visited by Timothy pixo,.
me ne" company agent from Churchill.
ana his son The latter is attracted by
he''SSe' ornvois watches the two,
Young Dixon kisses Melisse. and Ora.
VolA- VINO secs u. lights with him ana
nshrV Kills him. They arc reconciles
.meh the Englishmhn Apologies. Jan
Mns orsvois he has found two Jof his
brothers. unworthy men.
MeI'nao loves Jan and cannot, undsr-
~" "a his coldneHa TO her. Dixon Jpays AZ.
.ehuons TO hor. Jan leaves Lac Bain. and
,or more than year there In, no word
boAt IN the snow. Dixon and Jan helm |
an other 10 escape death Jan beFIevas
e''s"" loves tho young Ensiishman. Il
jan goes south with his mysterious pa-
pers TO seek the Hudson's Bay eompany'x |
commissioner at Prince Albert He meets |
Sh,easoan. Thornton. and they become
hornton: married unbappily, 10 tempted
70 iorsnke his wife for French-CanadIsn
Eni: put Jan dissaades him. eelIing him
,na' ne 'Jahl is hllnseif the iliegitirnats
sVn Q, man who. dying iator. had done
"na' thornton cosateInpiates.
me missionary had once tnsui,sd Janis
,hovher' since dead. Jan cannot marry
Alc''sre because OF his birth. He gave 10
,n1 commissioner for his half brothers his
,a'"vf - . fortune. testified to In tho papers.
preaching. ''''S ~
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BIG oSnows
AwIh0a' Of ''The
Danger Trail"

| tncuKn dow nnd been Struck at MIN
from out Of the gloom.
"A child was born" repeated Jan.
and Thornton heard bis nails digging
In the table. THAT was tho FIRST
curse Of Coda childi carrion. beasts
Of carrion. that II what we call them.
bensta OF carfion and carriop eaters.
breeders of devils and sinl My Godl
That Ia what happened. A child was
born with the curse OF God upon himr'
Jan stopped. his nails digging deep
or. bis breath escaping from him as
though he had been running.
down In your world he would have
grown up man." he continued, speak.
Ing more calmly. Il have heard that
since. But here II Is different. The
curse never dies. II follows, day after
day. year after year. And this child,
more unfortunate than the wild thingy.
was born one OF them. II the winds
had whispered the secret nothing
would have come near him. The In.
dian women would sooner have touch.
ed the plague. He would have been
an outcast. desDised as he grew older,
pointed at and taunted. called names
which are worse than those called to
the lowest and meanest dogs. That Is
what II means to be born under that
curse-up here"
He waited for Thornton to speak, but
the other sat silent and moyeless across
the table.
The curse worked swiftly. m'sieur.
II came Hrst-in remorse--to the man.
II gnawed at his soul. ate him alive
and drove him from place TO place
with the woman and the child. The
purity and love Of the woman added to
bis suffering. and at last he came to
know that the hand OF God had fallen
upon his head. The woman saw his
grief. but did not know the reason for
IL. And so the curse FIRST came to her
They went D0rth-far north. above the
Barren Lands. and the curse followed
there. 1t gnawed at his life uutii--he
died That was seven years after the
child was born"
The oil lamp sputtcred and began to
smoke. and with quick movement
Jan turned the wick down until they
were left in darkness.
'M'sieur. II was then that the curse
began TO fall upon the woman and the
child. DO you not believe that about
the sins Of the fathers falling upon
othersg II Is so. Il Is SO. 1t came in
many small ways. and then the curse |
u came snddenly-like this" Jams |
voice came In kissing whisper now.
Thornton could feel his hot breath as |
be leaned over the table. aud in the
darkness Jams eyes shone like two
Goals OF fire. 1T came like thisI" pant
ID Jan. "There was a new missioner
1t the posi- -a-a Christian from the
'outh. and he was great friend to the
woman aud preached God. and she be.
ieyed him. The boy was very young
md saw things, but did not under.
stand ut first. He knew afterwarti
hat the missioner loved his mothers
,eauty and that he tried hard to win
t--and failed, for the woman until
ieath would love only the one to whom
he had given herself frst. Great God,
happened 'then-one night when
very soul was about the big fires at
he caribou roast and there was no one
'ear the lonely little cabin where the
10Y and his mother lived. The boy
vas at the feast, but he ran home with
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CHAPTER XIV.
Janis story

Janis Story. n
N n 'sIEUR." began Jan in the
N low voice which Thornton
was beginning to under.
stand. Il am going 10 tell
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persons as well as for the most robust.
They act toward relieving constipa-
ton. and also to overcome its cause
and to make unnecessary the fire.
quent use OF laxatives. They serve
to tone and strengthen the nerves
and muscles OF the bowels and asso-
eiate organs or glands.
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Local Items

N. E. Austin aud son, Starl,
went to Portland Tuesday.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1913-05-16

I. ]. Smith of Fossil was here
Tuesday.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1913-05-16
The Easy Laxative

Justice to yourself should try Rexa Orderes-your
money back you don't like them. They candy con-
fecton that really give easy relief from
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-20
Missives Fror1 Mistletoe

J. T. McCraw ''froze out"
Saturday and went to Elgin for
load of coal.
J. r. CcCraw and family took
dinner al the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Sperling Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smoot and the
oil agent visited Milard Rich
ardson and family last Friday
night.
The agent who is soliciting
among our farmers in behalf of
the oil company has been doing
quite an extensive business in
this beat" of late.
Miss Blanch Richard =, L. now
filling her Office of Su'a.Sy school
Secretary, and last Suntay she
served as organist. 1t pays to
have live folks in community.
That cold snap Saturday ought
to inspire the coal dealers and
plumbers and seriously discour-
age some of our early farmers
who had begun planting corn
Anyway spring poets suffered
quite a discontinue.
Sunday school took on more
vitality last Sunday. Forty
eight answered to roll call, and
great interest was shown in the
discussion of our fine lesson of
Faith. A. B. Sperling, the Su-
perintendent, was unanimously
elected to represent the school
in the State Convention, which
meets at Oklahoma City March
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-20
Mt. View Items

4; L. Dotson and wife were
in Elgin Friday.
Little Joe Fulton was quite
sick last week, but is better at
present.
Charley Cox was quite sick
for a few days last week, but is
better at this writing.
Miss Lizzie Dotson and Mrs.
J. T. Dotson and son. Estel, were
inLawton, shopping Wednesday.
A. L. Dotson moved to the In
dian allotment of B. A. Madero,
where he will farm this year.
1t is pretty bad when a fellow
goes to see his girl and his horse
leaves him to walk home. This
happened in this community last
Sunday night.
There was large attendance
at Sunday school Sunday. Hone
TO see more out next Sunday.
School begins at 1000 a. m.
Everybody invited.
Harry Campbelfs little baby,
which had the pneumonia, died
last Thursday evening, at six
O'Clock. The funeral services
were held at the home, conduct
ed by Bro. Watson, and the little
body was laid to rest in the
Sterling cemetery.
SCHOOL Boy.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-20
18th, 10Th and 10th.

A. B. Sperling and family. C.
A. Sperling and family, Mrs.
Sallie Sperling and Miss Mable
Lee visited Lawton Tuesday.
They called on the Constitu-
ton for a look at that Offices
magnificent printing apparatus.
Sam Montgomery preached to
a good audience at Mistletoe
Sunday night. This community
needs more of such work. How
ever, we are on the good road to
better days, for a sermon every
fourth Sunday. by Bro. Humph-
ries, adds much to our advance
ment.
This community received a
shock last Wednesday when our
our old friend and punctual Sum-
day school attendant Frank
Lenor discontinued his blissful
state Of celibacy and entered out
upon the storms, turbulent and
uncertain sea of matrimony.
Mrs. Emma Jones is the lucky
lady who links her life with
Frank and becomes the perpet.
ual potentate of his culinary de.
partment. The occasion was
solomnized by County Judge w.
N. Whalin, at Lawton. We wish
this popular young couple Iona
and prosperous. as well as :
happy life of conjugality, anC
may neither Of them ever regre
THAT he or she took those somr
vows at the hymeneal alter
May the balmy breeze of many
a peaceful summer evening ye
pass their favored brows.
SHORTY.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-20

Today's cold wave will do one
good thing at least, and that is
check the swelling fruit buds.
There was danger of them OPEN
ing too early. Some varieties
were almost ready to burst into
bloom.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-20
Local News Items

i....s...s..-...........-:.++
The present term of school
will close Friday.
Thomas Richardson transacted
business in Lawton Monday.
For Sale:-A span of good
mules. Ribelin, Stone & Walker.
Nj. and Mrs. Clarence Wolcott
were Lawton visitors Wednes-
day.
We notice that the school child
ren have been gathering spring
flowers.
Bruce Thomas, of Cache, was
in Elgin on business Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. John Byrd, who has been
quite sick for some time, is re-
ported as getting along nicely.
Mrs. H. L. Creamer is now re-
ported to be rapidly recovering
from her long spell of sickness.
Any checks on other banks
cashed. and drafts issued with
out any charge at the Bank of
EIgin.
Mrs. J. =. Kennemur returned
home Monday from Electra,
Texas, where she had been vis-
iting with her son and family.
A baby girl came to gladden.
the hearts of it's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robt. Baker, today,
March goth. She found royal
welcome.
Phew! but wasn't Wednesday
windy and dusty! 1t drew tons
of water to the acre out of the
ground, where it wasn't properly
protected by soil mulch.
We understand that mechanics
are at work constructing the
derrick with which parties are
soon to begin drilling for oil a
few miles east of town.
Spring time reminds us that
the tornado and hail season will
soon be here. Insure your prop
erty at once at the Bank of
Elgin. H. P. Wettengel, Pres
ident. (Advt)
A gentleman by the name of
Kelly, from the oil fields of the
eastern part of the State, is in
Elgin and vicinity investigating
our oil prospects, with a view
putting down a well. There is
one thing quite certain; and that
is that the surface indications
are far better in this vicinity
than they were at the opening
of most of the big oil fields.
If the writer of our interesting
correspondence from District
No. %. which appeared in our
last weeks issue, will send us
his or her name and address, we
will take great pleasure in send
ing a supply Of stamped envel-
opes and other necessary station
cry. We will be delighted to
have that able correspondent to
furnish US letter from that dis
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-20

Corn planting is now the prin-
cipal order of the day." If the
seed bed has been properly pre-
pared and the seed wisely select
ed, this is well and good. But,
dear farmers, don't run all to
corn. Save a generous share of
it for kafir, milo maize, peanuts
sweet potatoes. and including
cotton, of course. Diversity
your farming, and aim to mark
ct as much of it on foot as pos
sible.
We are surprised that this
town is so barren of trees. There
is no other way in which a town
can be made so beautiful and the
value of property enhanced al
so little expense as a general,
systematic setting out and care.
ing of well selected trees. Had
the founders and early settlers
planned wisely, this little towr
could now be embowered in beau
tiful ten-year- old trees. 1t woulC
now be the admiration Of every.
body, and the travelling public,
as it passes back and forth on the
railroad, would now be extollini
its loveliness to the world anc
advertising it as an ideal place
in which to live.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-20
EAST BOUND
Post Office Time Table

Post Office Time Table
WEST MAIL
Closes at at.......... 1853 a. m.
Closes at ........ 1853 .. m.
EAST MAIL
Closes at ....... .11:46 a. m.
Closes for morning mail at door
box at ........ 100 p. m.
Post office opens at 800 a. m.
Post Office closes at 800 p. m.
''.,udSs nud "opens at. $50 a. m.
Holidays) O'o'e' az '''''o g. He
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-20

i...s..ss.s:.s........:..s + + +*+ *.s.:....
The present term of school
will close Friday.
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rAxIcAes

TAX1CA8S, Belle Isle
IVY $3.50. ATLANTA 1898.
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ANTED-Gentlemen who Sesir. -
car line. K r. McKinstry. wv az ~ g
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FURNISHED ROOMS FOB een-
s. WEST BAKER

FOR RENT-Niceiy furnished roo5-1s -- :.
gentlemen, close in Ivy s54a-T "a 4
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-a.H meals and nicely fur
H.# rooms 9a Currier street Ivy
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FOR RENT-One large room. viz
kitchenette Modern couVenieEsss
" E2sE
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TWO beautiful connecting rooms for
housekeeping, modern home, every
convenience. furnished with new bird s.
eye maple furniture; good neigh bOrhood,
on car line near business center. to cous
pie without children: also single room
for gentlemen, ladies or couple, with or
without board Ivy 6306-J
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UNFURNisHED ROOMS FOR
4

FOR RENT-0ne large room. wi1
kltchenette. Modern conVenieEsss
Ivy $3.50
FOR RENT-One unfurnished room ~
couple; good table board 81 "s@
P-achtree street Ivy 1851.
FOR RENT clean Housekeeping
rooms near in % East Harris
street. Ivy 3775-J.
THREE unfurnished rooms for -A
housekeeping Main 3234
THREE large rooms with cour.s 70
children; references. Call Ivy a7gs
THREE rooms for rent. with all coz.
verfences. Augusta avenue r@a
phones 1sl
THREE unfurnished housekes7.3
rooms. all conveniences. Ivy sos
lakEE first floor rooms. close y
EsMson s. Bell phone Man -
F tEE nice uufuTrished rooms
light housekeeping. near juno.
con ard Lee $ Sos West Lro.
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LANES BY
PASSERBY
ImperiIed Family Aroused by
Stranger Who Refuses to
Reveal His Name.

An unknown man who refused to
give his name on the ground that he
Gidnt want amy notoriety" saved Mr..
and Mrs. j. B. Hand from death Tues
day morning at o'clock, when their
home at No. $50 Capitol avenue was
destroyed by fire. They fed into the
the roof crashed into the bedroom
where they had been sleeping.
The fire is supposed to have caught
from the furnace in the basement of
the house, and spread rapidly. When
the unknown hero passed the street
on his way to work the house was
enveloped in flames He pounded on
the doors and windows with his
fists and tried to open a window, but
was unable to release the catch. His
persistent hammerings on the doors
and the crackle and roar of the
flames finally awoke Mr.. Hand, who
found the flames about at his bed.
He quickly awoke Mrs. Hand, and
snatching a blanket from the bed
they fled into the street.
The man who had been hammer
ing on the doors until his hands bled
rushed up to them, laughing.
We'll, l see you got out all right"
he said. 81 was afraid l wasn't go
ing to get you up. I've been pound
ing on your door for fifteen minutes"
Mr.. Hand asked the man his name,
but the unknown laughingly said he
guessed he'd be going to work
1T wasn't anything" he said, and
1 don't want any notoriety'
The fire department was called, and
after a half hours hard work the
fire was eXtinguished. The house was
badly damaged, the loss being esti-
mated at between 81 800 and $4,000
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-25
Conley Again Taken
To Court; Attorney
ToUrgeHearingNow

Jim Conley, whose sensational
story helped to convict Leo M. Frank
of the murder of Mary Phasan, was
taken once more from his cell iii
the Tower Tuesday to the courthouse.
Solicitor Dorsey said he was not
sure that Conley's case would be
reached.
w NJ. Smith. Conley's lawyer. has
insisted that his case be settled at
once, and will urge Judge Hill to pass
sentence or give him jury trial
It seemed likely Tuesday that the
negro would, with his lawyers con
sent, have the facts presented to the
court and not insist on a jury trial
Smith had the petitions for trial
ready and seemed to think Judge
Hill would refuse to hear the case un-
I'll January-or after the Frank case
is disposed OF in the Supreme Court.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-25
3 Victims of Fall
Off Healey Building
Ready to Go to Work

The three men who fell five stories
from the Healey Building on account
of the collapse of a scaffold marveled
Tuesday at the fact that they were
so little injured they were almost
ready to go back to work
w. H. Harris, a carpenter, of No.
1872 Nile street, was only slightly
bruised about the head and shoulders.
S. A. Newman, of No. 3S Boulevard,
was injured only by slight bruises
about the hips. Mervin Taylor, a
negro helper, had a splinter stuck
through his teeth
The scaffold was across the ele-
vator shaft and is Thought to have
collapsed because the weight of the
three men on it was too great. The
accident occurred Monday afternoon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-25
Malvern Hills Death
Brings Sadness to
Scores in Atlanta

News Of the death of Malvern Hill at
Grady Hospital Monday night brought
sorrow to a host of his friends. Well
known as an attorney and a leader in
lodge circles, Mr.. Hill had a large polit.
zeal following as demonstrated in the
last race for Recorder.
lie was taken Ill at his home on
Kuhns street, Inman Park, Monday
night with acute nephritis and rushed
to the Grady Hospital. At 1890 o'clock
he died.
His wife and two sons, Malvern Hill.
Jr. and Gordon Hill. survive him. Mr..
I'm was 40 years old and had resided
In Atlanta % years.
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Atlanta AutoiSts
To Fight Proposed
Gasoline Advance

Tuesday morning gasoline dealers in
Atlanta were reading circular letters
posted the day before by j. X. Gewin-
ner, of the Johnson Gewinner Company
urging cooperation in d battle to keen
the price OF gasoline at 16 cents gal.
lon, in the face Of a threatened advance
Of 3 cents.
Atlanta motorists uee more than 25,-
600 gallons Of gasoline a day" said Mr.
Gewinner, "and the advance would mean
an additional tax Of more than a thou
sand dollars a day on the motorists OF
this city-in fact S373,75O year.
81 want al the dealers in Atlanta to
get in this war and night in concert
against the prospective advance. If We
can't handle the situation. we viii APP
peal to the Government for proper reg.
ulation. which would save the American
people millions OF dollars annually"
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Plane Somersaults
20 Times in Air, but
Flyer Lands Unhurt
Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ETAMPBS, FRANCE. Nov, Is
The most remarkable escape from
death yet recorded in the annals of
aviation occurred here to-day when
the motor in the aeroplane of Avia-
tor Rost suddenly baked when the
machine was 1900 feet in the air.
The aeroplane plunged earthwari
with terrific speed, turning over and
over in the air. In spite Of the sick
ening rapidity of the drop and the
whirling revolutions, Rost, who was
strapped to his seat, retained self
control.
After looping the loop" twenty
times, the aviator got the aeroplane
under control and volplaned the bal
ance Of the distance to safety. Ro9t
was trying for an altitude record.