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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-02-12

Here's the truth in a nutshell:
II political organization cannot put
out a platform that covers its prin-
ciples, 1t ought not to exist as a
party, and a candidate unwilling to-
stand on platform made by the
members of the party has no claim
on the members votes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-02-12

Kansas will make 100000
pounds of Irvine at the penitentiary
by July 1st-but Kansas wheat
growers will need 10000, OeO pounds
to bind their wheat.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-02-12
Fa1on Alar D. Ner $500

Faxon May BE New Secretary
wichita. Feb. Io.-John T. Burns.
secretary Of the international Dry
Farming congress, has turned In nis
resisnation and Ralph n. EAxon u
this city likaiy will be eleeted a.
hts successor
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-02-12

Politicians with the courage of a
rabbit may reflect that nobody has
ever been able to deliver '"the labor
vote"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-02-12

Lawmakers who would repeal the
law of supply and demand should
compare the decreasing number Of
meat animals with the population
increase.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-02-12

Ground hog is a bluffer-good
deal like the Bull Moose leaders
made 24-hour grandstand play and
quit.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-02-12

Stubs may run for governor.
the "also rams" of course.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-02-12

Good seed oats ~ the Farmers.
Elevator. tdatsw2tI
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-02-12
T0BOGGAN SLIDE MAY
BE FATAL TO KANSAN

St. MOritz, Feb. Mrs. Max
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-02-12

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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-09-03
Kent Out of Politics.

In Austria women are forbidden by
law to take an active part In politics
or to join any political association.
Last spring the chamber CT deputies
decided to cancel the prohibiting
clause. and the political committee Of
the upper house has now indorsed this
vote OF the deputies. with the explana-
ton that "the part taken by women
In associations with political ten.
dencies 10 well known. and. under the
circumstances. can scarcely be pre-
vented" This bill has been sent back
to the deputies for further considera.
ton. The women Of Austria have been
leading an agitation against the rise
OF prices which they. as housekeepers,
feel most acutely. They have been
successful in cheapening coal In Vienna
and milk in Brunn. The leaders OF the
movement have been elected to mu.
nicipal committees. and for the frs,
time a woman has been put on a com.
mittee OF town council. viz. that oi
Housing
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-09-03

white glare from the opened fre-box
flung itself blindingly across the dark.
Illuminating like flare OF summer
lightning the patch of highway and
the rider. Valiant. staring. had an In
stant's vision OF streaming cloak. OF
girls face. set in tawny swirl OF
loosened hair. With q cry that was
lost In the shrek OF escaping steam,
he dragged his plungIng horse around
and the white blaze swept him also. as
the rider pulled down at his side.
"You!" he cried. He leaned and
caught the slim hands gripped on the
bride. shaking now. You'll"
The dazzling brightness had gone
by, and the air was full OF the groan.
ing OF the brakes as the long line OF
darkened sleepers shuddered to Its
enforced stop. joint He heard
the sweet wild cry pierce through the
tumble OF noises. and something In II
set his blood running molten through
his veins 1t held an agony OF relief
OF shame and Of appeal. John
John!"
And knowing suddenly. though NOT
how or why. that ali barriers were
swept away. his arms went out and
around her. and In the shadow of the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-09-03
CHAPTER xxxv.
The sono OF the NIohtInoaIs.

The Song Of the Nightingale.
Along the dark turnpike John Val.
liant rode with his chin sunk on his
breast. He waS wretchedly glad OF
the darkness, for II covered thou
sand familiar sights he had grown to
love. Yet through the dark came
drifting sounds that caught at him
with clutch,ng hands-the bay OF a
hound from some far-off kennel. the
whirring note OF frogs. the impatient
high whinny OF horse across pasture
bars-and his nostrils widened to the
wild braided fragrance of the fields
over which the mist was spinning it's
fairy carded wool.
The preparations for his going had
been quickly made. He was leaving
behind him all but q single portman-
teau. Uncle Jefferson had already
taken thls-with Chum-to the sta
tion. The old man had now gone sor-
rowfully afoot to the blockhouse. a
half-mile up the track. to bespeak the
stopping OF the express. He would 20
back on the horse his master was
riding.
The lonely little depot fianked a
siding beside . dismal stretch Of yel-
low clay-bank gouged by rains. Its
windows were dark and the weather
beaten plank platform was Illuminated
~ q single lantern that hung on a
nail beside the locked door. its sickly
flame showing bruise-like through
smoky streakings of lamp-black. Al
one side. in the shadow. was his bag
and beside 1t the tethered bulldog
sole spot OF white against the melan
choly forlornness = lying with one
splinted leg. like a swaddled ramrod
sticking straight out before him.
In the saddle. Valiant struck his
hand hard against his knee. Surely
It was q dream! II could not be that
he was leaving Virginia. leaving Dam
CRY court. leaving her! But he knew
that II was not dream.
Far away, rounding Powhattar
Mountain. he heard the long-drawr
boot Of the coming train finging its
sky-warning In a host OF scamperins
echoes. Among them mixed another
sound Of a horse. galloping fast ant
hard.
His own ndgeted. flung up wide nos
trils and neighed shrilly. Who wal
coming along that runnelled highwa,
at such an hour In such breakneci
fashion?
The train was nearer now; he could
hear Its low rumbling hum, risine
to roar. and the click and spring Of
the rails. But though he lifted a foo
from the etirrup. he did not dismount
Something in the whirlwind speed o.
coming caught and held him motion
less. He had sudden curious feeling
that all the world beside did not ex
list; there were only the sweeping
rush OF the nearing train--impersona
unhuman-he, sitting his horse in ths
gloom. and that unknown rider whose
anguish OF speed outstripped the
steam, riding-to whom?
The road skirted the track as 4
neared the station, and all at once
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-09-03

As a certain young artist OF New
York sat upon his stool on day in the
Adirondacks doing bit OF mountain
stun" there approached him from the
rear a native. evidently with ideas Of
his own touching art.
did you ever try photography p
asked the newcomer.
mo-" was the curt response OF the
young artist. who continued his work
IT'S good deal quicker" suggest
ed the native.
II suppose 1t is," surely assented the
painter, with another dab OF the
brush.
And" the native added. with q
dash Of malice. "a good deal more like
the place. ce."-Lippincott's.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-09-03

lonely little station. they two. In their
with claeping hands and broken words,
while the train. breathing heavily for
resentful second. shrieked itself
away into the night, and left only the
fragrance from the misty fields. the
crowding silence and the sprinklipg
stars.
The breeze had risen and was
blowing the mist away as they went
back along the road. A faint light
was lifting. forerunner OF the moon.
They rode side by side, and to the
slow gait OF the horses, touching noses
In low whinnyings OF equine comrade-
ship. by the faint glamour they gazed
into each others faces. The adorable
tweedy roughness of his shoulder
thrilled her cheek.
.. And you were going away.
Yes. yes. know. II was my fault
misunderstood. Forgive
mel"
He kissed her hand. "AB II there
were anything to forgivel Do you
remember In the woods, sweetheart,
the day II rained7 What a brute |
was--to fight sol And all the time I
wanted to take you In my arms like a
little hurt child. -
She turned toward him. "Oh,
wanted you to nghtl Even though
II was no use. had given up, but
your strength comforted me. To have
you surrender, too"
1T was your face In the church.
yard" he told her. How pale and
worn you lookedi II came to me
then for the first time how horribly
selfish 1t would be to stay--how much
easier going would make II for you
". And to think that II wal
Mad Anthony-Did the clock really
strike thirteen. do you thinkf Or die
| fancy TT"
why question it?" he said. 'T be
lieve In mysteries. The greatest mys
terry. OF all 10 that you should love
me. ! doubt no miracle hereafter
Dearest. dearesti"
At the entrance OF the cherry lane
he fastened his horse to the hedge
anu uoiselesbiy lot QOWn the pasture
bars for her golden chestnut When
he came back to where she stood wait
ing on the edge OF the lawn. the late
moon, golden-vestured. was Just show
Ing above the rim Of the hills, paint
Ing the deep soft blueness of the vir
ginian night with translucence as
pure as prayer. Above the fallen hood
Of her cloak her hair shone like MIN
bus, and the loveliness OF her face
made him catch his breath for the
wonderfulness of It.
As they stood heavened in each
others arms, heart beating agains,
heart. and the whole world throbbins
to Joy, the nightingale beyond the ar
bors began to bubble and thrill III
unimaginable melody. II came tc
them like the voice OF the magica
rose-scented night itself, set to the
wordless music Of the silver leaves
1t rose and swelled exultant to break
and die In cascade of golden notes
But In their hearts was the sons
that is fadeless, immortal
THE END.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-09-03
CHAPTER xxxiV.-contInued.


Shirley's breath stopped. She felt
her face tingling and curious weak
ness came on her limbs. Why. indeed.
unless-and the thought was like
wild prayer in her mind-she had
been mistaken in her surmise?
Thoughts came thronging in panic
haste: the fourteenth Of May and the
cape jessamines-these might point
no less to Valiant than to Saseoon.
But her mothers fainting at the sight
of the son-the eager interest she had
displayed In Shirley's accounts Of him.
from the episode Of the rose and the
bulldog to the tournament ball
seemed now to stand out In . new
light, throbbing and roseate. Could
1t bei Had she been stumbling along
= blind trail. misled by the cunning
dovetailing of circumstance? Her
heart was beating stifingly. II she
should be mistaken nowl She dashed
her hand across her eyes as though to
compel their clearness. and looked
again.
II was Beauty Valiant's face that
lay in the Iocket, and that could mean
but one thing: It was he. not Sassoon.
whom her mother loved!
The lamplight seemed to grow and
spread to an unbearable radiance
Shirley thought she cried out with a
sudden sweet wildness, but she had
not moved or uttered a sound The
illumination was all about her. like
a splendid cloud. The impossible had
happened. The miracle for which she
hysterically prayed had been wrought!
When she blow out the light, the
shining still remained. That glowing
knowledge. like vitalizing and phys
ical presence. passed with her through
the hall to her room. As she stood in
the elnsh light Of her one candle. the
poignancy Of her Joy was as sharp as
her past pain. Later was to come the
wonder how that tragedy had bent
Beauty valiant's life to exile and her
mothers to unfulfllment, and in time
she was to know these things. too.
But now the one great knowledge blot
ted out all else. She need starve her
fancy no longer! The hours with her
lover might again sweep across her
his kisses. heard his whispers against
her cheek and smelled the perfume OF
Madonna lilies.
She drew the curtain and opened
the window noiselessly to the light
Only a few hours ago she had been
singing to her harp In what wretched.
ness! She laughed softly to herself
The quiet night was full OF his voice
Il love you! want nothing but you'll
How her pitiful error had tortured
and wrung them both! But tomorrow
he. too. would know that all was well
clear sound chimed across the
distance-the bell OF the courthouse
clock. striking midnight One!
Two! How often lately It hat
run discordantly across her mood;
now It seemed a claimant watcher
itoiling Joy. Threel Fourl
:. Fivel Perhaps he wai
sleepless. listening, too. Was he II
the old library. thinking OF her.
sixl Sevenl Eight
Nine' II she could only
send her message to him on the bells
Ten! 1t swslled more loudly
now. more deliberate. Eleveni
Another day was almost gone
Twelvel 10Y cometh In ths
morning the whisper across hei
thought. 1t was morning now.
Thirteen!
She caught = sharp breath. Hei
ear had not deceived her-ths vibra
Stion sttl palpitatsd on the air like ,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-09-03
SYNOPSIS

John Valiant. a rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
poration, which his father founded and
s ss sea Ps o turns ms
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
pSs,essons SI, hI dos Sons Sd % nuopx 9n cnort car
scctsd estate In Virginia. On the way TO
Damory court he meets Shirley Dand-
an ss u adns Sssuy sna ae
ridge. and Major Bristow exchange rem
ipsfsnes' St nee during wh,ca x resssles sSa
man named Sassoon were rivals for the
hand Of Mrs. cambridge In her youth.
sassoon and Valiant fought duel on her
account In which the former Was killed.
Valiant nncs Damory court overgrown
with weeds and creepers and decides to
sSsey f4sm the the Iscs sf wses
bites him. Knowing the deadliness OF the
bite. Shirley sucks the poison from the
wound and and saves his life , Valiant learns w,,
gtnia on account OF n duel in which Doc
tor southall and Major Bristow acted as
become good friends Mrs. Dandridge
faints when she meets Valiant for the
nrst time. Valiant discovers that he has
a fortune in old walnut trees, The yearly
tournament. a survival of the joustinR OF
feudal times. Is held at Damory court: Al
the last moment Valiant takes the place
OF one of Of the knights who Is sick aSoosss sns
Shirley Dandridge as queen Of beauty to
the dismay of Katherine Fargo. former
The tournament ball at Damory court
draws the elite of the countrywide. Shir-
ley Is crowned by Valiant as queen OF
beauty. Valiant tells Shirley Of nis love
and they become engaged. Katherine
Fargo determining not to give up Vail
ant without a struggle. points out TO shir-
ley how terrible II would be for the wom-
an who caused the duel to meet Valiant.
who looks so much like his father. shir-
ley. Uncertain. but feeling that her moth
or was in love with the victim of Vail
ants pistol. breaks the engagement. Major
Bristow 10 fatally wounded by Greef
King, a liberated convict who he had sent
to prison. but before dying Bristow con,
fesses to Mrs. Dandridge that he had
kept a letter Valiant had written to her
after the duel. Valiant decides to Leave
Damory court and writes Shirley that he
Will love her always Mrs cambridge
learns from the thirty-year-old letter
that Valiant expected her to answer the
note II she wanted him to return. For II
was Valiant she loved.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-09-03
He knsw.

Charles 8. Mellen. at dinner In
Boston. said OF bankrupt:
His bankruptcy was like that which
the parent described.
Pa. what's bankruptcy a little
boy once asked.
And ia. who had been bit that
week, answered utterly;
Bankruptcy, my son. IL where you
put your money In your hip pocket and
let your creditors take your wallet and
coat"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-09-03

John ain nevah gwine come back ter
Danny co'ot no mol"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-17

swayed gropingly out over the bank
and slid Imply down into the road,
amid rattle of gravel and stones.
Bart snatched at his rifle and leaped
to cover behind the powders of the -
hillside, moving with the quick 1.-THE
ness of a panther
AS the bandit lodged out of range
Shorty leaped down.
Here! get inside, quick" and the
girl flung herself into his arms.
Oh, the indescribable sweetness of
that moment! He had held woman
"a real, regular woman-on his
breast! The boys would swear he
was a liar if he ever told.
Thrusting her aside, he ran for
ward to the figure that lay in the
road by the heads of the snorting
horses AS he did no, the man raised
uncertainty upon one elbow, the
mask, bandanna kerchief still hid
ing his features. Blood tricked out of
his hair from a cash over one ear.
He snatched the long kerchief
from his own throat, and, rolling the
man roughly on his face, drew his
arms together, knotting his wrists at
the back He worked with fury,
glancing up the mountainside, where,
on the bare ridge, he saw the figure
of Black Bart running westward
along its crest, paralleling the direc-
ton they would take.
Disregarding his victims groans,
the dwarf swung him over his great
shoulders and rushed at the stage.
Hurting him abruptly in upon the
girl, he slammed the door
He dashed the horses down the
dizzy trail, while above and far to
the right he saw the vanishing out
law Pickering through the scattered
pines. --
AS they rocked around the nose of
the last bluff he yelled again, for
ahead of him and midway down the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-17

er, and as soon as my school closed
came out to sell the mine'
Swinging past an elbow in the trail,
they sagged rafting down across
gully, thence up gentle rise where
the horses slowed. AS they topped
this, the girl shrieked muffledly.
Two figures had risen from the top
of the bank, armed, masked and sin
lister. One, the familiar form of Black
Bart, tall, debonair, hooking. The
other, a stranger whom Shorty had
never seen before. Each carried a
Winchester; the elder man holding
his loosely in his followed arm; the
other, half leveled in the position for
quick action.
Before the horses had reared at the
back pull, the little man had grasped
these points and swore again at the
luck which sent two men against
him on this of all days.
1t had come too suddenly for him
to formulate plan Of action. More
over, it was contrary to all prece-
dent for a driver to assume other |
than passive duties; he doubted |
whether road etiquet permitted it. |
Still, it was quite impossible that the |
little lady should lose her fortune.
AS these thoughts hurtled through |
his brain he likewise weighed the |
odds against him. Even though he
got one. the other would kill him |
where he sat. Bart he knew for a |
deadly shot, whereas the stranger
seemed oddly shaken-regular buck
fever apparently, from his trembling.
Also, rage had flashed blindingly over
him at the mocking words of the des-
perado: ooh! Better cargo than
bullion this trip, Shorty. You've
brought me sweetheart, eh?"
He had cooled even before his
weight on the brake brought them to
g. stand. AS the reins eased his hand
slid suddenly to holster, and the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-01
| Gunnll1lu Star Bullptin
RILEY H ALLEN Il EDITOR
EDITOR

Another experience of that kind may be in
store. For instance, supposing after the cleo
ton next November a fight is made upon the
elected officials on the ground that their nom
nations we're obtained illegally under a faulty
act and that this fight should be successful
Phe city and county government will then be
knocked into cooked hat -
II the primary law is given thorough test
now there ought 70 be time enough in the next
three weeks anda supreme court decision up
holds its general validity. it will stand against
attacks after the election. If by any chance it
should be knocked out by decision prior to
the election, the various parties could hold
party conventions and re-nominate the success
full candidates at the primary election on Sep
TENDER Il, and these candidates could then run
in the general election confident that their
status was unimpeachable.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-01
MARRIED ON COAST
UNDER AGE AND WOULD
REPENT IN H0N0L I'LL

On the ground that he was married
before he was of age. under the laws
Of California, and that under the stat
ute OF that state the matrimonial con.
tract would be declared null and void
for that reason, Leslie Russell Allen
has filed divorce libel In the local
circuit court, asking legal separation
from Lillian Magnolia Allen.
The petition, filed By Attorney Clau.
dius Mcbride, reeites that Leslie Allen
was Married TO Lillian by Justice OF
the peace at Redwood. San Mateo
county, California, on August 81, 1905,
when the bridegroom was only IL
wears and 4 months of age The mar.
rage was without the consent of the
youths parents, he says, while the le.
gal age for matrimony in California Is
Is years.
The bridegroom apparently tired OF
married life before the honeymoon had
fairly ended. for the petition says he
returned to his fathers home on 0cto-
Der Is Of that year and never there.
after lived with his bride He has re.
sided in the islands the last two years.
There are no children from the youth.
full marriage. He asks that the court
annul the matrimonial contract
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-01
RUssIA's MOVE FOR EFFICIENCY
IN WAR

Russia S action in prohibiting the sale of
vodka is tremendously significant. 1t means
that this great nation has recognized the eco,
nonlic evils of liquor and the handicap that
liquor inevitably bears on efficiency.
AT the outbreak of the war Russia ordered
the manufacture and sale of vodka stopped and,
according to this mornings Associated Press
dispatches, that order is now. made permanent.
This order from Russia is enough to set the
whole world thinking. Vodka is Russian
government monopoly. The government real.
ICES an immense revenue from tia revenue of
several hundred million dollars And the vodka
habit has been so firmly fastened on millions
of Russians that the revenue was an absolute
III assured thing.
But Russia knows that her people are en-
gagged now in a world-war that demands of
them efficiency on national scale. And liquor
kills efficiency It is not sentiment but com
mon sense that is responsible for this sudden
ban on vodka.
The effects Of the new regime were imme-
date and emphatic The marked Improvement
that followed the temporary ban on vodka
caused the Russian government to make the
ban permanent.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-01

The territorial grand Jury returned
three indictments late yesterday after.
noon and one no true bill The indict
nlents were as follows L.al Slang Yin.
assault and battery with deadly wea.
pom upon Chan Woo, August 2s Ber.
.nard Leonard DAILY, embezzlement Of
money and iswelry OF Dickson Mott at
the Royal Hawaiian Opera House the
evening Of September III. Shfu shin.
first decree murder. killing Kau See
September is. No true bin was found
IN the case Of Mrs Annie Craig, &C.
cused Of shooting and wounding Mrs.
Charles Herrick ON August I'll Il Is
thought the grand iury's report on its
Investigation Of the Waikiki Inn viii
be made next Wednesday.