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feet the town-bred young lady. She
ran to the door OF the parlor. as in
genuously curious to see the new ar
rivals and find out who they were as
though she had lived In Antelope for
year.
Looking down the hall she saw the
front door open violently inward and
two men hastily enter. The wind
seemed to blow in and before Perley's
boy could press the door shut the
snow had whitened the damp mat
ting. No stage passed through Ante
lope in these days of its decline, and
the curiosity felt by Rose was shared
by the whole hotel. The swing door
to the bar opened and men pressed
into the aperture. Mrs. Perley came
up from the kitchen. wiping a dish
Cora appeared in the dining-room
doorway, and in answer to Miss Can
mons inquiringiy-lifted eyebrows.
called across the hall:
lbs the Murphysville stage on the
dcwn-trip to Rocky Bar guess they
thought they couldn't make 1t. The
driver don't like to run no risks and
so he's brought EN- round this way
and dumped 'em here There amt
but two passengers. That's them"
She indicated the two men who.
standing by the hall stove. were d.
vesting themselves of their wraps.
One of them was tall upright old
man with a. sweep Of grizzled beard
covering his chest, and gray hair fall
ing from the dome Of a bald head.
The other was much younger. tall
also, and spare to Ieanness. He wore
gray fedora hat, and against Its
chill. unbecoming tint. his face. its
prominent, bony surface nipped by
the cold to a raw redness, looked sal
low ard unhealthy. With an air of
solicitude he laid his overcoat across
chair. brushing off the snow with a
careful hand. Buttoned tight in a
black cutaway with the collar turned
up about his neck, he had an appear
ance of being uncomfortably COM
pressed into garments too small for
him. His shiny-knuckled. purplish
hdhoo, pihNhthe up thC VI
his coat over the chair back, were In
keeping with his general suggestion
of large-boned meagerly covered
lankness The fact that he was
smooth-shaven. combined with the I'M
usual length Of dark hair that ap-
peared below his hat-brim. lent him
suggestion Of something interest
ingly unconventional. almost artistic
In the region where he now found
himself he would have been varfously
set down as a gambler. a travelling
clergyman, an actor. or perhaps only
a vender Of patent medicines who had
some odd attractive way of advertis-
ing himself. such as drawing teeth
with an electrical appliance. or play
ing the guitar from the tail-board Of
his showman's cart
Now. having arranged his coat to
its best advantage. he turned to Per
ley and said with a curiously deep
and resonant voice:
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PRICED RELIC OF COLUMBUS
Ancient Ceiba Tree Which Sheltered
Him on His First Voyage
Of Discovery.

Santo Domingo City-On the river
bank at Santo Domingo City. capital
Of the Dominican Republic. below the
ruined city wall stands the ancient
Ceiba tree to which Christopher Co
lumbus tied his water-logged and
sinking caravels when he sought
refuge in the river on his first voy-
age OF discovery. This tree. already
more than century old when the
discoverer landed. bears imbedded in
It's bark a leaden plate inscribed and
placed there by Columbus. claiming
the country for the king OF Spain.
On the heights above Is the venerable
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dusk made by these imperfectly-
blending Examinations. a pink silk
dressing-gown loosely EMBEDDING her.
a lightly brushed-in suggestion Of fair
hair behind her ears and on her
shoulders. Her comb was In her hand
and Cora realized with an uplifting
thrill that she had timed her visit
correctly and was about to learn the
mysteries Of Miss Cannon's couture
II brung you another lamp" she
said affably. setting her Offering down
on the bureau. One amt enough
light to dress decently by. have
three" and she sank down on the side
of the bed with the air Of having
established an intimacy. woman to
woman, by this act Of generous con.
sideration.
Them gentlemen" she continued,
ARE along on this hall with you and
your pa. The old ones Judge Wash
burne, Of Colusa, a pioneer that used
to know Mr.. Perley's mother way
back in Sacramento in the fifties, and
knew your pa real we'll when he was
poor. It's sort OF encouraging to
think your pa was ever poor"
Rose laughed and turned sidewise.
looking at the speaker under the arch
of her uplifted arm. There were
hairpins in her mouth and an up
whirled end Of blond hair protruded
in a cleaning scattering Of yellow
over her forehead. She mumbled a
comment on her fathers early power
ty, her lips showing red against he
hair-pins nipped between her teeth.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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moment she was that appalling sight,
ing passion. She ran around the bed
and. Selling the dress, threw II on the
floor and stamped on 1t. grinding the
delicate fabric into the carpet with
her heels.
"There!" she cried. That's what
feel about It. That's the way I'll
treat the things and the people ! dort
like, That dress-it isn't paid for.
but | don't want II. I'll get another
when / do. Have / married Con Ry-
ans son TO need money and bother
about bills? Not on your life! Did
you notice the gas? Every burner
turned on. Well. did It Just to have
nice bright house for you when you
came home without the invitation. We
haven't paid the bill for two months
but what does that matter? We're re
lated to the Ryans. We don't have to
trouble about bills"
He saw that she was beyond argu-
ing with and turned to leave the
room. She sprang after him and
caught him by the arm. pouring out
only too coherent streams OF rage and
abuse. II was the old story OF the
wrongs" she had suffered at his
hands, and his ruin" OF her. Tonight
1t had no power to move him. and he
shook her off and left the room. She
ran to the door behind him and lean
ing out. cried II after him.
He literally fed from her. down the
hallway. with the open doorways
sending their lurid light and kissing
noise across his passage. AS he
reached the dining-rooTn he heard her
bang the door and with aggressive
noise turn the key in the lock and
shoot the bolt Even at that moment
the lack OF necessity for such a pre-
caution caused a. bitter smile to move
his lips.
He entered the dining-room and sat
down by the table, his head on his
hands. He sat thus for some hours,
trying to think what he should do
He found 1t impossible to come to any
definite conclusion for the future: all
] ne NOuiu ucClQc upOu was buC nc
cessity of leaving his wife, getting a
respite from her. Withdrawing himself
from the sight Of her. He had never
loved her. but tonight ,the pity and
responsibility he had felt seemed to
be torn from his life as a morning
wind tears a cobweb from the grass
The dawn was whitening the win.
dow-panes when he finally got pen
and paper and wrote a few lines
These. without prefix or signature
stated that he would leave the city
for a short time and not to make any
effort to find where he had gone OF
communicate with him. He wrote her
name on the folded paper and placed
II in front Of the clock. Then he stole
into his bedroom-they had occupied
separate rooms for over, six months
and packed a valise with his Oldest
and toughest clothes. After this he
waited in the dining-room till the
light was bright and the traffic Of the
day loud on the pavement. before he
crept down the long stairway and
went out into the crystal freshness OF
the morning.
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Dog That Writes and Draws.

A clever dog made his bow at the
Hippodrome. London. England. the
other afternoon. Dick" can draw a
donkey's heda. make three geometri-
cal figures. and write his signature
He can write equally well with both
paws. either separately or In com.
bination: while as an arithmetician
ne INDUCES in simple addition. null
tpiicat'on. division and .rbtra ct!oc
with ready accuraes.
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YES" he answered. Its l." and
he forgot the gas-jets and walked up
the hall. He did not notice that in
the other rooms he passed the gas
was turned on In the same manner.
The whistling rush Of Its escape made
a noise like an excited. unrestlng
wind in the confined limits Of the
little fat.
The door Of Berny's room was open.
and under a blaze Of light from the
chandelier and the side lights Of the
bureau she was sitting in rocking
chair facing the foot of the bed She
held In her hand q walking-stick Of
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CHAPTER ~.
Out Of Night and Storm.

when Rose Cannon woke on the
morning after her arrival at Antelope,
a memory OF the snowfakes OF the
evening before made her jump out Of
bed and patter barefooted to the win
lots Of fun" to be showed up at An
telope, and when she saw only a thin
covering Of white on the hotel garden
ard the diminishing perspective Of
roofs. she drew her mouth into a gri-
mace Of disappointment.
With hunched-up shoulders. her
hands tucked under her arms, she
stood looking out. her breath blur
ring the pane In a dfssolving film Of
smoke. 1t was a cold little world.
Below her the garden-the summer
pride Of Perley's Hotel-lay a sere.
withered waste, its shrubs stiff in the
grip Of the cold. The powdering Of
snow on it's frost-bitten leaves and
grizzled grass added to its air Of
bleakness. Beyond rose the shingled
roofs of Antelopes main street. Rose,
standing gazing up, wondered IL her
father would go on to Greenhide. the
new camp twenty miles from Ante
lope, where an important strike had
recently been made.
Half an hour later when they met
at breakfast he told her he would not
leave for Greenhide' that morning.
Perley had warned him not to at.
tempt it. and he for his part knew the
country well enough to realize that
1t would be foolhardy to start under
such a threatening sky. Ii would be
all right to stop over at Antelope till
the weather made up its mind what
1t meant to do. 1t might not be fun
for her, but then he had warned her
before they left San Francisco that
she would have to put up with rough
accommodations and unaccustomed
discomforts.
Rose laughed. Her father did not
understand that the roughness and
novelty of it all was what she en-
joyed. He was already a man of
means when she was born. and she
had known nothing of the hardships
and privations through which he and
her mother had struggled up TO for
tune. Rocky Bar the night before and
Antelope this morning were her first
glimpses Of the mining region over
which the pioneers had swarmed In
40, Bill Cannon, only a lad in his
teens among them.
Perley's warnings of bad weather
were soon verified. Early In the aft
ernoon the idle, occasional snow
flakes had begun to fall thickly, with
soft. persistent steadiness OF pur-
pose
At four o'clock. Willoughby. the
Engiishman who had charge of the
shutdown Bella X. mine. came, but
ting head down against the wind. a
group of dogs at his heels. to claim
the hospitality Of the hotel His
Waterman. an old timer. had advised
him to seek a shelter better stored
with provisions than the Office build
ing Of the Bella X. Willoughby. whose
accent and manner had proclaimed
him as one of high distinction before
1t was known In Antelope that he
was some relation to a lord" was
made welcome In the bar. His four
red setter dogs, shut out from that
hospitable retreat by the swing docs
grouped around 1t and stared expect
antly, each shout from within being
answered by them with plaintive and
ingratiating whines.
| the day began to darken. Rose Can.
! non, who had been sitting in the par.
lor, dreaming over . Ore Of logs, vent
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and he made an effort to be patient
and just.
It's been q disappointment" he
said, "and I'm sorry about It. But
I've done all I could and there's no
use doing any more. You've got to
give it up. There's no use trying to
make my mother give in. She won't"
Wont she?" she cried. her voice
suddenly loud and shaken with rage.
Wen see! Well see! Well see II
I've married into the Ryan family for
nothing"
Her wrath at last loosened, her con-
troll was instantly sweEt away. In q
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Canary Bird a wild Beast"

New York.-Magistrate MacAdoo
classed a canary with wild beasts"
when he told Jacob Sandrack that no
one can legally claim ownership to
wild bird or animal at large. Sand
rack applied for permit TO search the
rooms Of a neighbor who refused to
return the bird when It few Tito n.
place
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.
SYNOPSIS.

Bill Cannon. the BONANZA king. and HIS
daughter, Rose. who had passed up Mrs.
Cornelius Ryan's ball at San Francisco to
accompany her father. arrive at Antelope.
Domfnick Ryan calls on hts mother to
beg a ball invitation for his wife. and Is
refused. The determined old lady refuses
40 recognize her daughter-in-law.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-13
WHITE HOUSE THE DRIEST
SINCE DAYS OF HAYES

Washington, March l0.-Thc Wilson adj
ministration will be dry" This express
sion is used entirely in a sense that APP
peals to the inner man OF the ration and
not necessarily to those who look for
stcreotyped methods of government. 1t
became known that President Wilson and
his family, all of them, are averse to the
use of liquor or wine in any form. In
toxicating liquors will have no place in
the White House during the next founr
wears unless the Presidents views un-
dergo sharp change.
The premier in the Presidents abinet,
Secretary OF State Bryan, as IL well
known, has been n prohibition advocate
for many years, on one occasion Mr..
Bryan would have made it national
issue and it was due to his efforts that the
prohibition legislation IN Nebraska was
put into effect.
1t is we'll known that Speaker Clark is "A
teetotaler and has been for many years.
The fact that n large portion of the
democratic ma joiity IN the Senate and
House is from the South. whore prohibi-
ton is general. macs certain the fact
That there will be little wine and less was
sail than has been known in Washington
for many years,
There never has been so dry q prospect
in the White House since the days OF
President Hayes. when Mrs. Hayes cX-
cluded wines and liquors from the cNccu-
tive mansion Immediately on becoming
its mistress.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-13
CHINESE PUZZLE FOR
U. S. SUPREME COURT

Washington, March 10--On the ability
read the Chinese characters written OF.
two inner tablets from a temple in Annoy,
China. will depend largely the outcome
of a case before the court Saturday.
The tablets have been brought from
China as evidence that Vicente Romero
Syquia married zap Puan Nu in 1871. and
that two children We're born to the union
Chinese Interpreters differ as to the story
the tablets tell. The secretary of the Chi
nese legation i'm Washington has beer
called in by attorneys to decipher the
characters. Still the dispute as To tn,
tablets continues. The court must decide
who is correct.
The decision will determine the inherit
| ancc of some $4,000 left by Syquia upor
| his death in 1894 in Manila. 1t is admit
ted that Syquia married a wor-an in tho
Philippines IN 1853 and reared a family
there. These children claim all the prop.
ertN.
| The Filipino children rely in part, upof
the fact that Sy Hen, a brother, upon
| Syquia's death, placed the nine silk suits
| which had been put upon SYquia al th'
time of the funeral. upon the eldest q
| the Filipino children. According to Chi
nese custom these suits were to be place,
upon the eldest heir.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-13

FOURTEEN CARS BURNED.
Freight Wreck mt East Putncy Blocks
boston & Maine.

Brnttleboro. March l0.--Traffic of al!
kinds was tied up for several hours y-
day on the Boston Il Maine railroad be-
tween Brattlcboro and Bellows Falls on
account of flames from freight wreck
which took place at 80 a. IN. AZ East
Putncv. Fourteen cars and their con-
tents were burned Two northbound II.
q NJ. freight trains crashed into each
other The leading train was standing
STILL and tn" engine crew of the second
jumped and escaped injuries. tank car
was broken open and the oil ran down tho
road, six inches in depth, burning as II
went The wrecking trains were delayed
several hours in clearing the tracks by
the burning of n car of soft coal
The "Owl'' train and other morning
trains were sent through keene to South
Vernon. Among the cars destroyed were
two loaded with automobiles, one with
porcelain ware and another with building
paper
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-13
GRANDSON OF NAPOLEON
WORKS IN LUMBER YARD

Los Angeles. Cal, March H.
Search by the Crittenden Memorial So
ciety OF San Francisco for a reputed
grandson Of Napoleon Bonaparte ended
to-day in n Les Angeles lumber yard
william Gordon, 4 working RAN Is
the person sought
William Gordon was son ~ the
late John Gordon. a san francisco
.eweler, VINO, according 10 the Critten-
Son society. Internationally was son
ef the Little Corporal
William Gordon IS 50 Gears OLD. lie
lays HIS father was not born on the
ISLAND Of ST. Helena, IS has been as
Icrtcl. but near Edinburgh, Scotland,
on November II, 1870. John Gordon's
mother was a Scotch woman, matron
,f the hospital at st. Helena when
Napoleon arrived on the Bollerophon.
md he was given his mothers family
anne.
John Gordon married Amelia Jones a
Welsh woman, in London in 1915, and they
came to America, settling in New Lon
aon, Conn, where William wac born in
lNi7
Having the blood of the great En-
pcror in my veins has never excited
me-" William Gordon said to-day as he
turned TO his task of pling lumber
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-13
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT
Grain Of 1912 Left on Farms the Topic
Discussed.

WASHINGTON, March 10.-Grain OF last
years crop remaining on farms March
formed the subject of the department of
agi iculture's crop report for March
wnch VAS issued this afternoon
.,pout 156,4s3,Oo0 bushels of wheat or
Il, per cent of the 1912 crop, remained on
farms March /. 1918, compared with ~
$4,000 bushels, or 1876 per cent, of the 1911
crop in 1912. About GIG per cent. Of the
1872 crop will be shipped out of the coun-
ties where grown, against G6.1 per cent.
Of the 1911 crop 80 shipped,
About l2s9, 655, 90 bushels OF corn. o.
Alb per cent. OF the 1912 crop, remained
on farms March I. 1913, compared with
sSi O6g,C0o bushels or $40 per cent. of the
1911 crop In 1912. About 2s per cent. OF
tine 1912 crop will be shipped out of the
counties where grown. against eos per
cent OF the 1911 so shipped. The propor-
ton of the 1919 crop which is understandable
is about $50 per cent, compared with
sol per cent of the 1911 crop.
About 6oi, 2160)O bushels ~ oats, or 42.C
per cent. Of the 1912 crop. remained on
farms, March !, 1913 compared with $50,
$4,000 bushels, or 3l4 per cent, of the 1917
! crop in 1872. About 300 per cent. Of the
1912 crop will he shipped ont Of the coun-
ties where grown, against 2s,S par cent
of the 1911 crop so shipped
About G.. 2S3, 600 bushels of barley oy 27.S
per cent Of the 1912 crop, remained or
| farms March /, 1913, compared with a..
| ,OG0 bushels or 1876 per cent OF the 1911
| crop in 1912. About 53,7 per cent. of th'
| 1912 crop Will be shipped out Of the coun
! ties where grown against J7.2 per cent
of tho 1911 crop so shipped.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-13
FRANKLIN COUNTY COURT.
Grand Jury Takes Up Charges against
Mr. and Mrs. wells.

St. Adams, March 1.-THE March term
Of Franklin county court convened this
morning at l0:45 O'Clock. Judge w. w.
Miles of Barton presiding. The Hon. L.
W. Foster and the Hon W. G. Greene
are the assistant judges. After the read
Ing Of the docket the court was given n
recess. The grand jury met in the after
noon and encountered some difficulty in
securing a full panel Among the cases
which will be taken up this term is that
against Mrs Annie Wells and julius
Wells Of Swanton. who are charged with
the murder of two of their children, If
n true bill is returned by the grand jury.
The grand Jury also has under considera-
ton the case against James Tracy of
East Fairfield. who was arrested on the
charge of aggravated assault in connec-
ton with the death Of his mother a short
time ago.
Mr. and Mrs Wells occupy adjacent
cells In Franklin county jail. Up to Sun
| day Mrs. Wells was visited by her friends
and family and members of the press,
but since that time no one has seen her
EXCEPT the jail attendants, the State's
representatives and her attorney, s. 5.
Gushing. Mr. Wells has secured Warren
| r. Austin a. counsel.
II seems that Mr. Wells while on visit
| to his wife handed her box in which it
Is thought was a quantity of arsenic,
| which was found on the woman when she
| was searched a few days ago
Wells Is about 10 years old, 1t is said
| that he attempted to kill a man while he
| was living IN Milton and that he has also
| been suspected of arson,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-13
SAY DRUNKEN FOREMAN
CAUSED THE EXPLOSION

Baltimore, Md. March ll-Sensational
testimony was given tonight ny Norris
Price. stevcdore, TO the coroners jury
which is investigating the blowing up or
the dynamite ship Alum Chine last Fri
dnv with attendant loss OF life and in
jury to scores.
Price testified that william Bomhardt'
assistant foreman of the steNedores' was
under the influence of liquor the morning
Of the explosion. Becoming angered az
the manner !n which the men were WORK
ing, Bomharht, according to the Witness
grabbed cotton hook from steVeoore
and slung It into a box Of dynamite
There was a small explosion. said
Price, at sounded like a pistol sh"' ana
then | saw smoke issuing from 'h'
hatchway, ! did not stop to see any
r1orc but jumped overheard
The witness said the second explosion
took place 10 minutes later.
Price said the gang of steVeuore'
smoked in violation of orders "hli'
aboard the barge loaded with dynamite
on its way to the Alum Chin'
Five other stovedorcs corrohord'e" u
every detail Price story of the crc"m
stances leading up to the first 'NP'os'"h
William Henderson testified that h"'h
hardt, as he grabbed the hook shou'eo
III move that box or blow up the SNIP
Eomhardt has been in n highly nervous
state ever since his arrest early SUNDAY
morning and has required the a''''''lo'
OF physician.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-13
ABSOLUTE REST FOR POPE.
Physicians Declare No Further Gauss
for Anxiety Exists.

Rome March 10-There has been no
increase OF gravity in the indispostion
from which Pope Plus y Is suffering.
The symptoms of the patient were re-
lieved by the tranquility of his rest dur
ing the night, There was no rise in his
temperature and the doctors to-day re-
port that his cough has considerably
diminished, that fever is almost non-eN-
istcnt and that the catarrh is taking It's
usual course.
The physicians declare that the indi-
cations are that there Is no further cause
for anxiety though absolute rest for His
Holiness will continue essential for some
time.
The improvement in the condition of
the Pope continued throughout the day
and the physicians permitted a more
abundant diet in order to maintain the
strength Of the patient,
1t is said that the Pope has expressed
desire to see his brother, Angelo Sarto
who is the postmaster at Grazio. in the
province Of Mantua.