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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-12-05
CHAPTER xIi.-Ccntinued.


why, Billy daresn't say good morn
Ing TO my pinto colt. He was bres"
ing plentiful today, and me splitting
blood before l got him conquered.
Now just you leave me to tame colts
and cowboys"
Take him away, Jesse. dear"
He bin making love to you, Kate?''
My heart stood still, and to my
Jealous husband silence means con-
sent. Then the hypocrite in me
sighed, and Jesse, fiinging away his
cigar stub, said with an oath that Billy
should be on his way to Vancouver
by daybreak.
Yes, Jesse is hard to manage, but
presently he remembered about the
check, which made him for the first
time in his life feel rich. He's too
rough when 1 let him love me. In
deed / had to do up my hair in the
dark though the fireflies offered the
dearest little lamps. Besides a little
jealousy is good for jesse. should not
like to see his love go hungry.
Last night Jesse came hOne from
Vancouver and it being Sunday eve
ming, he read and expouIaded the
Scriptures to the amazement Of the
three new ranch hands.
Afterward, the night being cold,
Jesse had his cigar beside the stove.
while / sat on the low stool SO that
the fumes might rise above my un-
worthy head.
1.-The widow believes" l said. that
her boy will get rich in the city"
II got Billy job
Jesse's face looked very grave.
"At a grocery" he added.
sighed for the romantic lad, con-
deraned to an apron behind the ccun-
ter.
And the young hawk few off,"
I'm glad"
Eye see it's this way, Kate. He's
shying heaps at Ashcroft, the first
town he ever seen, where there's Is
lit of sidewalk, electric lights, and
mattresses. l had to kiss the fluffy
one to show him they don't bite,
| Hes willing to start to work as a
millionaire, but don't feel no holy vo-
cation for groceries. So in the end he
runs away, out CT that frying pan into
the-wall, the rest amt clearly known,
although the police has a clue. 1t
seems my wolf cub leads some limo
cent yearling astray down by the har-
Dor, said victim being the crimp from
a sailors boarding house. To prove
he's fierce, Billy has skinful of mixed
drinks, and this stranger is kind
enough to take him to see beautiful
English bark which is turning loose
for Cape Horn. Seems the ship takes
a notion to Billy, and the captain po-
litely axes him to work. He's been
shanghaied'
"Oh, it's awful"
! wall, maybe I'm fool, Kate, but
seems to be that this young person
had TO be weaned from running after
a woman, before he'd any chance to
be a man."
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Begging Off.

Can you direct me to the best no.
tel in this town." asked the stranger
who, after sadly watching the train
depart. had set his satchel upon the
station platform.
II cam replied the man, who was
waiting for a train going the Other
way, but hate to do it."
'Why?"
Because you will think after you've
seen il that I'm liar"
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rock into points of flame. heard a
distant shot, and fell asleep.
The widow had stumped about near
ly all night, weary to the tip OF her
wooder leg, poor soul, SO when | woke
again and crept to the lean-to door,
it was a relief to find that she had
gone to sleep. She had left me a
saucepan full of bread and milk.
which l warmed, and it warmed me
nicely.
Mrs. O'Tlynn asleep is like peace
after war. Dressing in stealth, l
prayed for peace in our time, then
with sweet enjoyment of fresh guilt.
stole out into the sunshine.
l reached the grove, at this cool
hour so like a green lagoon where
coral piers branch up to some ribbed
vault. The waves of incense, the riv-
er's organ throb, the glory in the
windows, gave me peace, but the
choir of the winds had gone away, and
for once in that sweet solitude I was
lonely. My sitting is at the root OF the
governess tree, and Jesse's under the
great father pine. If he were only
there. how it would ease the pain.
needed him so badly as / sat there,
trying to make him present in my
thoughts. He had gone away. and the
squirrel who lives in the widow tree
had taken even his match ends. Only
the cigar stubs were left, which would,
of course, be bad for the squirrels
children. / wasn't well enough to
call. but left my nut.
Close by is the terrific verge of the
inner canyon, and sitting at the very
edge of death l saw into the mists.
1t was so foolish, why should be
frightened of death, such coward In
bearing pain? And yet / had better
confess the truth, that presently I ran
away screaming, my skirt torn by
brambles, by feet caught in the roots.
Only when 1 passed the place where
by anemones live, and beyond the
east door of the grove came out into
full sunlight, could go no farther but
fell to the ground exhausted. Yes. 1t
was very Silly, dnO IAdI OAAA0 PcAAS
shamed me as / looked up at the cres-
cent Of silvery birch trees who hold
court at the foot of the upper cliff.
Something small and black was COM
ing toward me, a clergyman. too, and
nervous, because he twiddled his little
hat.
Are you in pain?" he asked.
Are you a fairy?'' l answered, won
dering. I couldn't think of anything
else at the moment, for our lost ranch
is so far from everywhere.
mo, madam" he said quite gravely
I'm only curate. May sit DOWN."
MY heart went out to him, for he
was so little, so old, English like me,
but with the manner Of the great
world. When he sat down he took
care not to hurt one of my flowers.
II fear I'm trespassing," he said, lin
your royal gardens. May introduce
myself? My name is Nisted-Jared
Nisted, once an army chaplain. now
tourist"
Are you sure" I ventured. that
you're not a." IT,
Fairy? Believe me, dear lady. I'm
a very commonplace little person
"A humble admirer of yours, one
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to quit work, and
doctors failed to do
me any good. I kept
getting worse all the
time, and it at last
turned to inflamma-
ton of the Bladder,
and I had given up
all hope, when one
day I received your
little booklet adver-
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UncalIed-For Alarm.

Senior Partner (returning from va
cation) brought dot ting in our
store? Take it oud, right avay!"
Junior Partner-'vot's der matter?
Dots new patent water cooler 1
bought last week." Senior Partner
(much relieved)-"Oh! Dots qvite
different! l thought it was a fire eg
isher!"--Exchange
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The pages are yellow. the ink is rusty
brown. but the past is alive in every
line. the living past. the sunny warm
scented land Of memory. all full of
love and glory and delight, and agony
which cannot be taken from me.
How wonderful it is 70 think that a
great lady, and this ignorant callous
brute shown up in the rotted manu-
script, should ever have been man and
wife together! When / think of what /
-illiterate, slovenly, lazy, selfish.
brutal. meanly jealous, ignorantly
cruel, I see how it was right that she
should leave me. 1t has taken me
bitter lonely years to realize that
was unworthy to be her servant while
she tanned me. So much the greater
mystery is the love which made
amends for my shortcomings, made
her think me better than was, a
something for which she sacrificed her.
self, and in self sacrifice became like
the great angels which she saw in
dreams.
Then came the letter from Polly her
self, which sent me crazy, so. that my
lady read every word of it, without
being warned.
"Opium, Jesse, an overdose of opium
did the trick, and paint to make me
look like a corpse, and blood from the
butchers shop poured over my face as
laid there. You was no husband fol-
such as me with Brooke around, the
man I'd kept. Shucks, did We think I'd
be such a puke as to set. with yer
dead-line round me, screaming if men
came near. with all Abilene grinning
and you drunk as Noah? That was nc
way to treat lady. That was nc
cinch for me as could buy cowboys, all
I'd mind to. Pshaw. it makes me
sick at the stummick to think l mar
ried you. l only done it for joke.
But you jest mark my words on the
dead thieving. no foreign woman from
London, England, shall have you
while you're mine. heerd of this Mrs
Trevor daring to call you her husband
She's not your wife, she's not Mrs
Jesse Smith, she's not married WON
an, but poor thing, and her child
! what's he? I've had my revenge on
her, and you, and I'm coming to rub il
in. I'm at Ashcroft, l am, coming on
the same coach as this letter. coming
to live in your home If don't love
you, no other woman shall. It's Fancy
Brooke, the man you calls Bull Dur
ham, what give you dead away, he, and
the news he got by mail, since you let
him get off alive, you fool. That
ought to splash yer.
And if l didn't love, dye reckon
that I'd care?
Your deserted true wife,
POLLY SMITH.
''P. S.-Ill be to your ranch Mon
day."
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Two days had passed since my dear
Jesse left, then through the long day
waited in the house, and the blue
gloom of night swept up the glowing
cliff. 1t was then l heard the signal
shot from the rim-rock, and told my
baby David that his father was coming
home
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SUFFERED FOR Is YEARS.

Mr.. r. M. Fieenor, r. F. D. 80, Otter.
bein, Ind, writes: II had been suffer
er from Kidney Trouble for about rs
years. finally got so bad that had
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During two years $4,000 of i'm
proved roads were constructed in this
country, which is more than all the
roads of France.
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JesSe'S Narrative.
l found my lady seated on her stool,
that letter in her hands, while Pete,
uneasy, clicked his spurs in the door,
way. l asked if he'd take a message.
Burning the trail" he said.
"Say, if she comes, I'll kill her"
mot that my lady whispered, so l
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Rates NGrrGtiUe.

Rates Narrative.
was waiting for Jesse until the low
sun shone into the cave. All that let
ter, which had been a blur of horror.
cleared now before my mind. but
Father Jared held me by the hands,
drawing the pain away. He had given
me tea, he had made me very throne
of comfort in front of his camp fire.
David slept in my lap, and now while
the dear saint held my hands, and [
looked through the smoke out toward
the setting sun, he spoke of quaint
sweet doings in his hermitage. He
spoke as a worldly anchorite with
portable bath, of his clumsy attempts
to patch WORKOUT cassock, and how
the squirrels tried to superintend his
prayers at even-song. Then the sun
caught the walls of the cave and the
roof to glowing beryl and ethereal
ruby, the smoke was a rose-hued
thread of light, and the deep canyon at
our feet filled with a shadowy sea of
flooding amethyst.
The sun had set, and the first star
Just shone out, as Jesse came, stand
ing at the mouth of the cave, dark
against the glory. l could not see his
face.
ITO RE CONTINUED
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A married woman says the way to
be happy with husband is to learn
to be happy without him most of the
time.
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USE ALIENS FOOT-EASE,

the Antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes
for Tender aching feet. 1t takes the sting out OF
and buniops and makes walking delight. Sold
everywhere 25c Refuse substitutes. For FIR EE trial
package, address A. 8. o. -sted, lie Roy, N. Y. Adv
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in, the old cargador, Pete Mathson,
squirting a weary horse across the
yard Jesse took the letter, and while
he read, had strange awful i'm
preston of days, months, years pass
ing, whirlwind of time. My man
was growing old before my eyes, and
it is true that within few hours his
hair was flecked with silver. When
the letter fell from his hands he
walked away. making no sound at all.
sat on my little stool and took the
letter. The paper felt like something
very offensive, so that had to force
myself to read, and even then without
understanding one word, l went and
washed my hands and face, why |
don't know, except that it was better
not to make scene. | came back to
my stool.
= Pete stood in the doorway very nerv-
Gus about his hat, as though he tried
to hide it away. l remember telling
him quite gravely that l like to see a
hat.
Cap Taylor, ma am" he was saying
told me to get here by the horse TRAIL
SO I rode hell-for-leather. They'll be
another hour comm by road
Another hour?"
"A strangers driving. Mebbc more'n
an hour"
Then Jesse came back.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-18
Conr's Sale of Land

On Thursday May 1st, 1913, in front
of F G. Lockridge's store in Mcdowell,
Virginia, in pursuance of authority vest
ed in me by decree entered in the
thancery Cause of Salem Foundry and
Aackine Works ct ais VS.. K. A. Ham,
mer's heirs ct ais and another decree en-
tered in vacation in said cause March
lst, 1918, offer for sale by way of public
auction to tile highest bidder two tracts
of land lying on Bullpasture mountain
cleared with good timber on them and
plenty of water, one tract containing 1871
acres and the other 67'e6 acres. These
tracts of land adjoin one another and
ire valuable land Trey will be offered
separately and as whole.
Terms: Enough cash on day of sale
to defrsy the costs of sale and the bal
.nce to be paid in equal payment in one,
two, and three years respectively from
date to be evidenced by the bonds of The
purchaser with approved security, bear
ing interest from date, waving the home
stead and title 10 be retained until all
the payments are made.
Andrew L. Jones, Tomr
w H Matheny, clerk of the Circuit
Court Of Highland county, do certify that
bond has been executed by the commits
sic ner as re quired by the aboye men
toned decree. w II MathenY, clerk
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-18
LETTER TO
DIR. KILMER & CO.,
BINGHAMTON, N. Y.
PROVE WHAT sWAMP.ROoT

PROVE WHAT sWAMP.ROoT
WILL DO FOR you
Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing-
hamton, N. Y, for a sample bot
tie. 1t willconvince anyone. You
will also receive booklet Of valua-
BILE information, telling all about
the kidney and bladder. When
wiling, be sure and mention the
Weekly Recorder. Regular fifty
cent and one-dollar bottles for sale
at all drug stores.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-18

of mills und factories, rhe Hood IL t,4e
worst that this city has experienced IN
many years.
At Delaware, twenty-five miles north
Of Columbus, from nineteen to fifty
are reported drowned as a result Of
the food. The town also is isolated.
with the exception of intermittent teIe-
graph service. One part of the town is
cut off from the other because the river
channel runs practically through it's
center, thus handicapping rescue work.
At Middletown it is reported that fif-
teen were drowned when a bridge
from which crowd was watching the
food was swept away. Several bodies
were recovered from the stream.
Cleveland, Akron. Toledo and Spring
field also have sent out reports which
show that probably total of sixteen
lost their lives.
Because of the proportions Of the
flood which washed out practically
every bridge Of steam and electric
roads leading out Of Columbus, nearly
all train service was annulled, and op'
erations likely will be indefinite for
several days. State troops at the or
der of Governor Cox patrol the streets
in the flooded sections, and scores OF
automobiles are busy carrying the suf-
fering to higher ground.
1t was estimated that the total
deaths would reach 5000, with hun.
dreds Of thousands homeless.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-18
Pains in the Stomach

If you continually complain of
pains in the stomach, your liver or
your kidneys are out of order,
Neglect may lead to dropsy, kidney
irouble, diabetes or Bright's dis
ease. Thousands recommend Flee
trio Bitters rs the very best stom-
,ch and kidney medicine made. H.
I. Aston, of Raleigh, n. c., who
suffered with pain in the stomach
and back, writes: my kidneys
were dcrsnged and my liver did
not work right. l suffered much
but Electric Bitters was recon,
mended and I improved from the
first dose. I now feel like a new
man. - 1t will improve you, too.
Only SOC and S1:OO, Recommend
ed by all druggists. ->.-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-18
DEATH IN wake
OF Great DELUCE
5000 Drowned by Floods
Throughout Middle West.
half MILLION HOMELESS

Ohio. Indiana and Part Of Pennsyl-
vania Suffered Most Heavily In
Worst Disaster of Its Kind In HIS
sory--Work of Rescue Hampered by
Rising Waters. ..
Columbus. O.-While Dayton. with
5000 reported dead, suffered most from
the floods that swept Ohio. lndl;ln;t
and part Of Pennsylvania. other clries
were severely stricken. ~ Peru. ini..
it was said. in rerortS to Governor
RalSton that 500 or more lives had
been lost.
Columbus also suffered enormous
damage from the food. Railroad traf-
fic was par;ilyzed. Fires ragged for
many hours and for il time threatened
a considerable portion of the district.
Because of the Good tire:n"n were uil-
able to respond to he appeals.
Conditions ut Indianapolis, Fort
Wayne. Kokomo ana other places IL
central Indiana were the worst III
many years. In every part Of the state
there were reported disastrous inunta-
tons. At Lafayette two spans or
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-18

faetss Not only is the man paying
interest to the bank, but through
the bank he is paying interest to
the Commonwealth. ><F.r every
six dollars that the bank makes
on its capital, surplus and und'vld-
ed profits. it mus. save Sl.75 for
the tax collector. Naturally the
borrower must shoulder the burden
and pay an extra two per cent, for
mony that should be his at four
per cent. With thousands of men
borrowing money every day and
with thousands unable to borrow
even on their real estate, because
ot this tax, every note a man dis
counts is an argument for reform.
Let the candidates make known
their position on this important
change before next fall election so
voters can cast their votes intelli
gently.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-18
RETIRED GEORGIA PL ANTER'S
ADVICE TO KIDNEY SUFFERERS

Regarding the wonderful cura-
tive merits of your Swamp-Root, |
cannot say too much. After suf-
fering severely for three years or
more with severe pains caused by
weak kidneys, | was finally Undue
ed to try Swamp-Root through a
testimonial I read in one of the
newspapers. I was in such a con-
dition that was obliged to arise
from my bed six or eight times
every night. | purchased fifty.
cent bottle and before it was used
| felt SO much relief thatI purchas
ed a one-dollar bottle and by the
time this was taken the old pains
had left my back and | could sleep
the whole night through. | am a
retired planter, 70 years of age
and owing to DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, l am in the best of health
and feel like boy. I am alawys
glad to recommend Swamp-Root to
those who are in need of it.
Sincerely yours,
C. E. USSERY,
Bowersville, Ga
Personally appeared before me,
this 9Th of September. 1909, c. E.
Ussery, who subscribed the above
statement and made oath that the
same is true in substance and in
fact. I. Fl McLane,
Notary Public
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-18

Iha PieSid:at SEES Aside an
Old Custom
ATTRACTS GREAT ASSEMBLhGE
Confines Himself 70 Tariff, Urging
Moderate Revision, But Makes mo
Specific Recommendation

Setting aside the custom of more
than century and going back to the
precedent established By washington
and John Adams, President Wilson
delivered in person his first message
10 congress urging the immediate and
thorough, though we'll considered, re-
vision of the Tariff downward.
Senate and house assembled in joint
session to await the president. The
galleries were filed by national hg-
ures, Mrs. Wilson and her three daugh-
tiers and the women of the cabinet
circle prominent among them. The
diplomatic gallery probably contained
a representative of every nation with
an envoy in the foreign corps in Wash
ington.
Distinguished public men, who have
received the thanks of congress and
were therefore entitled to be on the
floor of the house, availed themselves
of tn right, conspicuous among them
being Admiral Dewey, who never be-
fore had exercised his privilege.
President Wilson slipped away from
the White House quietly after the
cabinet meeting, accompanied only by
his secretary and one secret service
man, and upon arriving at the capitol
was escorted to the rostrum in the
house, where Speaker Clark sat at one
side and Vice President Marshall at
the ether
The president was cheered as he
mounted the rostrum.s He began 10
speak Immediately. There was the clos
est attention as the president, speak
ing in an ordinary tone, explained his
coming in person to deliver his mes
sage.
Throughout the presidents voice
carried to every corner of the big hall.
A murmur of conversation that swept
the gallery when the president begar
was soon hushed. AS he closed his in
troductory remarks, explaining HI
presence before them, senators an
representatives Joined in applause.
The vice president headed the pro
cession of senators as it left the
chamber. The visit of the president to
congress had lasted ten minutes and
became history.
1t was an unusually short document,
one of the shortest delivered to con
gress in many years, and the reading
was followed with closest attention.
The message dealt solely with the
tariff, excepting that the president re
cognized the Importance Of other sub
jects eventually to come before con
gress and said that at later date he
might communicate his views on the
currency and other questions. At pres
ent he wants nothing to interfere with
the tariff.
This the president considers a
Clearly defined duty" He set forth
his views in general outline, but re-
Trained from making any specific re-
commentators, mentioning any spe-
cial schedules or presenting any stat
istics.
Tightening of the burdens OF the
people, the abolition of privilege an |
safeguards against monopoly are the
aims o. the president, but with these
objects in view he warns against any
"headlong haste" which would cause
"uDset or confusiOn" -s..
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-04-18
CALF BITE PROVES FATAL

Blood Poisoning Sets In and Causes
Death of Malvern Man.
Harry Lewis, of Malvern, aged forty
five years, a merchant, died. in the
Chester County hospital at We t
Chester, Pa, as the result OF having
been bitten by calf. -.
Lewis was bitten three weeks aga,
while butchering the animal. Blood
poison developed and caused his DEATH
although the arm had been amputated
in an effort to save his life.
Dear Customers: I will be on
hands from about the 5 to 20 OF
April to do your Veterinary work.
J. w. E. Lockridge.