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The Elbert County tribune., 1914-03-27
CHAPTER II.
The Impatient Chapter.

Kdfe's NdrrdtiUe.
This chapter is SO difficult to start.
1t deals with a time when life had
become impossible unless one could
jump from here to Wednesday next.
course the book is only meant for
Jesse. for David, for me, and for those
to come who may revere us as their
ancestors. Thank goodness, am not
novelist.
| sent David with his nurse to stay
with Father Jared, SO mother called
me cold-blooded wretch. abandoned
my part at the opera to a weird
ravening female who can't sing. SO
maids had to pack and run TO escape
storage with the furniture at the
"Pecking and Tootham Emporiums;"
my little home passed to a gentleman
with mourning nails. diamonds, and
lisp; by bits and scraps OF stock
were sold and the proceeds banked
with the Hudson's Bay company.
The keenest pleasure which ever
money gave me came when Billy and
helped in the drafting OF cable
order from the Hudsons Bay Company
In London to that bland magnifico who
manages their branch palace at Van
couver. One always feels that II one
happened to want Paris hat, a bag
of nuts, and monkey. this Vancouver
potentate would make parcel OF
them without the slightest fear of
their getting mixed. AS to surprising
the company, one might as well tickle
the Alps. So here is the telegram
Provide three sleighs. each with
two horses; engage two reliable bush
teamsters; six months guaranteed
, bonus for secrecy and fidelity.
Referring to previous requirements
of Jesse Smith, load No. sleigh to ca
pacity with provisions. Injuries, am
munition books, consigned to him via
! bush trail from SO Mile House. Carl
boo Road. Referring to Captain Tay
lor's past requirements and present
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SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with Jesse Smith re-
lating the story OF his birth, early life In
Labrador and of the death of his father.
Jesse becomes n sailor. His mother mar
Lost In the wreck OF the vessel. Jesse
becomes cowboy in Texas. He marries
Polly, singer of questionable morals,
who later is reported to have committed
suicide. Jesse becomes rancher and
moves TO British Columbia Kate Trevor
takes up the narrative. Unhapply mar
ried. she contemplntes suicide. but changes
her mind after meeting Jesse. Jesse res
cues Kntc from her drink -maddened hus-
band who attempts to XIII her Trevor
offers OF grand opera managers to return
to the stage and marries Jesse Their
married life starts out happily. Kate sue
cumbs TO the pleadings of composer TO
him. She rcscues Widow O'Flynn from
her burning house. is badly burned her
self and returns home. where Jesse re-
ceives her with open arms. Jesse calls
on neighbors and plans to capture cattle
Thieves Kate is rescued from the hands
Of the bandits Jesse Is captured by the
robbers. but by clever ruse makes pris-
oners OF the robbers. They are turned
over to United States marshal. who has
arrived with extradition papers. Jesse
Billy OFlynn. having promised the chief
20 keep him out OF his fathers profession.
He takes Billy to Vancouver and the
lad is shanghaied. son Is born to Kate
ceives letter from his first wife. Polly.
IN which she tells him she deceived him
Into thinking she had killed herself For
the honor of Kate and their son. father
and mother sparate. Kate and David go
70 England TO live. Four years latef Billy
mas been ruined and ostracised through
the vindicuveness of Polly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-03-27
TAKING VOLTAGE OF CURRENT
Electricians Experimenting to Deter
mine How Far tho Spark
Can Jump.

BY measuring how far an electric
current can jump through the air
from one piece Of metal to another
electricians can determine the volt
age of current; and it is by setting
a current to making broad jumps and
then scoring the feat with a tape
measure that the very high voltages
used nowadays are ordinarily meas
ured. But the judges of these ath-
letic feass have recently determined
that the electricity jumps much more
surely from some sparks than from
others, Just as man is not likely to
Jump SO we'll from mud spot as from
firm ground.
Spark gaps. as these jump measures
are called because of the great cleo
trio spark that jumps across the gap.
have been made of needlepoints, says
~. c.s..S.v m-A-i-S pnat Nnu II
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zoe, 1000 900 Acres For Homesteads

Since the enactment of the enlarged
homestead law 211, 100000 acres have
been classified by the United States
Geological Survey as nonirrigable and
designated by the Interior Department
as enterable under this law in go
acre tracts, the limit being twice that
allowed under the original homestead
law. During the month of February
3,312,206 acres were Gtus classified by
the Survey and thrown open to entry
by Secretary Lane. The states most
affected were Colorado. where 1.129,-
900 acres were SO designated; Mon
tana, with 100000 acres, and Oregon.
with about 100000 acres.
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What Anoered Mother.

A group Of newspaper men were
visiting the Washington park zoo the
other day to see the new hippo. The
hippo, who has been christened rip
the Hipp." was stretching lazily in the
sun. when a little girl and her mother
approached.
Look at the d-n lazy thing"
cried the girl. excitedly raising her
hand and pointing at the resting ami
NAL.
Didn't I tell you never to point at
things" cried the mother angrily. at
the same time striking down the little
girls arm.
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I
wagon road, it would give better
gradient for traffic, save four miles.
employ local labor at a season when
money is scant, and be an all-round
blessing to mankind. At the foot OF
the gorge we'd locate the new Hun
dred Mile House.
Incidentally. Spite House would be
side-tracked. left In the hungry woods
four miles from nowhere"
Tell me-" urged. what you
think"
MY dear madam, when I've made a
survey you shall have dates and fig
ures for temporary snow road. a
permanent way. and house"
1T can be done?"
why. certainly"
You approveY"
Yes see dollars in this. for
me-"
You think I'm foolish?"
1T will be an excellent road"
But the result?"
please don't blame the engineer"
"Oh, tell me what you think, as a
man.
w ell let piGiSho L LII ohy.
! laughed.
Being Polly. and from my Polly
point of view, frankly. I'm pleased.
Here are hundreds of new customers.
with Madame Scotson's money to
spend at Spite House"
MY men will sign an agreement.
The man who visits Spite House for
feits bonus for good service. loses
all outstanding pay. and leaves my
camp that day"
is that SO? OF course the coaches
change horses at Spite House."
When I've bought out the stage
company. they'll change horses at the
New Hundred"
And only stop at Spite House for
the mails?"
Il shall appeal to the postmaster
general"
"on the ground that you're running
rival house? Captain Taylor. you
say, did that"
my house shall charge nothing. 1t
shall be free. and the visitors my
guests"
Then. in my little Polly way, I'm
afraid I'll have to move Spite House
down to the new road"
"On to my land?"
s"Your cruelty reduces me to tears.
| am martyr. I appeal to the chival-
rous public to boycott that new road
When I've brought money into the
country? Oh. you don't know this
hungry neighborhood!"
Mercy! My clients done for. I'm
Madame Scotson's managing engineer.
May ask a plain question:"
Certainly"
rs there water-power in this
gulch?"
There's lovely waterfall"
"Ill look around tomorrow"
And then came Mr. Erue's confes'
sion. The assistant, not himself. was
a surveyor. I'm only paper-maker
I'm looking for cheap timber. good
snow for haulage. water-power to mill
the lumber into paper-pulp and road
to market. I've been travelling some
months now in search of that combi
nation, and If your lovely waterfall
will give me FIVE thousand horse-pow
er, shall have to build your cut-on
road for myself, also the house. Then
there'll be war against these BLACK
pines, your enemies. AS to Spite
House, 1t seems hardly the kind oi
thing for you to deal with. Perhaps
you'll leave that to me-"
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MIX and Music.

1t Is a little known fact that the
most delightful music at the present
day is produced by playing on milk.
The supply of ivory nowadays does
not to a great extent meet the de-
mand. Strange as 1t may sound, skim
milk forms a substitute. 1t is used
for making the keyboards of pianos,
and In appearance this hardened sub
stance is hardly distinguishabls from
ivory.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-03-27
Fair Officers Re.EIected.

San Francisco. Cal. = President
Charles G. Moore and all the officers
of the Panama-Pacific International
exposition were reelected by the
board of directors following the re-
election of the entire board of direc-
tors by the stockholders.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-03-27
PART III.
CHAPTER I.-contInued.

How could leave my baby? How
could ] possibly break with Covent
where my understudy, fear
SOME female. ravened for the part?
Tho cottage would never let before
our river season. Madame Scotson
has been called abroad on urgent pri-
vate. business"
'Of COURSE" the lad was saying,
""hen Polly got to be postmistress,
she handled Jesse's letters, held the
envelopes in the steam of kettle un-
I'll they'd open, and gummed them
when she was through-if she sent
them on. She found out who he dealt
with and got them warned not to
trust him. There's no letters now"
She wouldn't darel"
No? You remember he sent you
chat book you wrote together at the
ranch?"
You know that"
Il read 1t at Spite House. She had
heap of fun in tbs bar-room with
Jesse's letter Her cat eyes famed
like mad"
There was no letter.
She made a paper house of 1t, and
set 1t alight to show how Jesse burn
cd her home In Abilene. She was
drunk, too. that night But that's
nothing Glad you didn't hear them
yarns she put about the country.
Jesse wasn't never what I'd call popu-
lar. but he amt even spoken to now
by any white man. His riders quit,
his Cinnamon cleared out. Then she
bought Browns ferry, had the cable
took away, the scow sent adrift, and
Surly Brown packed off. She'd heard
that Jesse lived by his rife. 80 she's
cut him from his hunting grounds
There's nothing left to hunt east OF
the Fraser"
He's starving?"
Shouldn't wonder"
"Billy!"
"Yes'm"
How soon can ] get a ship?r
None before Saturday"
60 on. Tell me the worst"
THE signs may read coarse weath
or or typhoon. dunno which yet
She's been locatin' settlers along then
old clearings in the black pine and
judging by samples I'd seen. she swept
the jails."
why more than one?" asked
why all that expense when one woult
do?"
Who'd blackmail Polly afterward
She's no fool She says straight out
In public she'd shoot the man who
killed him. But them thugs ia planted
in hungry land, they see his pastures
the best In the district, and you know
as well as ! do he's a danger to al
robbers. Why. even when sportsmer
and tourists comes along his old CUR
gets excited He hates the sight OF
strangers. anyway.
Now. all these years she's goading
him TO loose out and break the law
That's why she's got the constable
protecting her at Spite House. Once
she can get him breaking the law she
has all them thugs-so many dollars Q
head-as witnesses. 1t amt murder
she wants. She says that when she
went to his ranch that time Jesse sent
her a message by old Mathson. 4 won'i
let her on with DEATH.
"She won't let him on with death
Twice she has put him to shame In
public. She'll never rest until she
gets him hanged. There's only one
thing puzzles me. l see it's his 81
lence. the waiting. which makes Polly
wake up and screech at night. But
! dunno myself-has Jesse lost his
nerve7'
How do you know all this7"
She told mother everything"
And your mother told you. Why?'
''Because-say, mum. you remember
the thing your husband called Bull
Durham.
-Brooksr
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-03-27
CHAPTER III.
Rescue.
Jesse's Letter.

Jcsse's Letter.
Mother in Heaven:
Please thank God for me and say
I'm grateful Tell the neighbor angels
how little mothers having sons on
earth are badly missed and grudged
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-09

Perhaps Likewise so should the
Wilson administration attitude to-
ward business De desc .ibed-- not hos
tile, but unfriendly. Journal
Ne. Whitman has a simple prob
lem says Barnes Very simple IL lie
chooses 10 let Mr.. Barnes do the solv-
ing OF the D .ohlem-New York World
Thomas Mott Osborne says he has
formulated no policy ior Sing Sing:
meaning ny that we take IT, that hon
csty is the best Sing Sing policy
Binghamion Press
At last accounts Mr. Barnes was
diligently "a, work preparing for his
michty iabors as constitutional dele
cato. be is as fearful IS Professor
TAFT concerning continued outstanding
OF venerable constitutional pillars
With his back bent for this great task
60 is likely that the behavior of Mr.
Barnes in other respects viii be most
exemplary. Indeed 30 has hong been
noted that Mr Barnes is FESTIVE under
and bceniy resents the rharge That he
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-09
EAST ARLINGTON

Mrs C. L. Dustin is visiting her
sister at Methune, Mass.
The Enterprise society met with
Miss Nellie Grout Tuesday afternoon
Don't forget the supper and sale
at the Congregational parsonage to
night, Wednesday, Dec g.
Rev. Charles Boyd Of Burlington
State Sunday School Secretary deliv-
cred two yey interesting addresses
at the NJ E. church last Sunday.
Mrs II. n. Shaw Of Manchester
and Mrs. Eugene Andrew OF North
Adams visited their brothet Seymour
Hard Sunday
Miss Minnie Shufleton, who has
been visiting her sisters at Walling
ford and Londonderry, returned home
Sunday
Mrs D. b. Blodgett OF Brandon ac-
cumpanied by her g-anascn, Marcus
Carr arrived in town J esday. Mrs
Elodgett expects to spend the winter
with her daughter, Mrs. y. J.. Schutt
The enterprise society viii hold a
sale of useful and fame. articles at
the home OF MS. Horace Laurence
Tuesday afternoon, Dec Is.
It is expected that the State Sunday
School Secretary, Rev. Chas. Boyd of
Burlington will conduct Bible
study class in East Arlington for the
next five months. The first meeting
will be held in the NJ. +. chu-ch on
Wednesday, Dec 10th from three o.
clock until FIVE Every one regardless
of denominational preference is inyit-
cd to join the class. It is to be-
hoped that many from the surround
ing town viii avail themselves OF This
splendid opportunity to study The
Bible Usual services at the NJ T.
chu ch mkt Sunday, Dee 18Th.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-09
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

TO the ladies of St Peters! Have
your aprons at the Parish house as
ca ~ tomorrow as possible.
Master Cecil Moon of Union street,
who has been visiting his grand
mother Mrs. Ella j. burlington of
Pownsl. has returned home.
Myron F. stratton and Lucia NJ.
Gausha, both Of Bennington, were
mar led Saturday night in Troy by
City Judge Frank S. Parmenter.
The Bennington Minister'S associa-
ton will meet in the Congregational
church parlors at North Bennington
on Monday, Dec. 14th at 2.30 p m.
The Rev. Mr.. McLaren Of South VIII
Jamestown will speak on the Rural
church, its Opportunity and Response
bility. A supper viii be served.
Those expecting to attend either
afternoon o. evening performance Of
The Colonel's Maid" Dec. 18th are
reminded that the sale of voucher
tickets at Gokay's Drug store closes
tomorrow, Thursday evening. Those
holding voucher tickets viii have
first choice Of seats at the opera
house box office on Dec. 18th. Cash
will be received at that time, in pay
ment fo- seats. bat voucher tickets
win be honored before any cash pay
ments are taken.
A sale of articles. suitable for
Christmas gifts wiz be held in con-
nection with the Red Cross benefit,
December 18th These articles,
which have all becn donated for the
occasion, will be exhibited in the
rooms of the Bennington club for
one hou. before each performance
I. G. from $50 until $50 in the after
noon and from 1880 until $50 in the
evening The committee in charge
OF the benefit sale is as follows:
Miss J. a. Valentine chairman, Mrs
A. II. Holden, Mrs l.. H. Ross Mrs
H. /. Norton.
Mrs Robinson Wilmafth Of Attic
boro Falls, Mass. who has beer
spending few days with Mrs. r. c
Reynolds OF Troy has returned &C
Bennington and will be the guest OF
her cousin Mrs r. H. Merrill unit
the latter part OF the month.
Miss Mary Fofgue. who has beer
in Troy to visit her mother. who i.
In the Samaritan hospital where she
recently unde went an operation
has returned home.
Miss Ruth Amos Of North Adams
who has been spending few day.
in town, has returned home
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-09
Healthy Hair,
Soft, Fluffy,
Radiant

Beautiful hair does not just happen
TO be so, but is always a matter OF
care and proper nourishment OF the
haic roots. No matter if your hair is
falling out, st ingy, lifeless and full
of dandruff, Partisan Sage, an mex
pensiye tonic, sold By al druggists, is
al that is ever needed. 1t nourishes
the hair roots and stimulates the
growth Of new hair. Even dandruff
is entirely removed with enc appli-
cation, and itching scalp and falling
hai.' cease; your hair viii be bright,
vigorous. soft and fluffy.
Whether your hair is oily, dry or
brittle, Partisan Sage Immediately re-
moves the cause, and by toning up
the scalp quickly restores the hair to
its o iginal brilliancy and vigor.
Partisan Sage can always be had
fran w l.. Gokay. and is a delight
fu and easily applied treatment that
will never fail to act as a real and
lasting benefit to your hair and scalp
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PoWNAL CENTER
~
Dr. LAAA-
Auburn. Mslna

Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Arnold of North
Adams were in town Sunday.
Ensign Worthy of North Adams
was the guest Sunday Of friends in
town.
Miss Ella Bacon OF South Williams
town was the guest Sunday OF Mrs. F..
c. Dennison.
Mrs. Martin Niles of Carpenter
hill was the guest Of Mrs Myron
Campbell Sunday.
Abe s. Morgan of East Pownal
spent the week end in North Adams
as the guest OF Mr. and Mrs. John
Patterson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Haley. Arthur
Haley and Miss Bessie Kinsley of
Blackinton were guests Sunday OF
Mr.. and Mrs Merritt Myers.
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Home Made Medicine
nest and Cheapest for Couahs

G~SA CUG OtASa i9Not ~ CNSSNS
Most persons neglect cough or
cold for the principal reason that they
either don't think it serious enough
to go to a doeJo-, or don't know
what good medicine 10 buy at drug
store, with the result that the cough
or cold becomes deep-seated through
this neglect and hangs on the whole
wiuter-vhich might have otherwise
been speedily cured, had schiff
manns Concentrated Expectorant
been used promptly
This new remedy is SO strangely can
centated that two ounces GO cents
WORTH make a full pint ZIG ozs) Of
excellent cough medicine, by simply
mixing it az home with one pint Of
graduated sugar and II pint OF
water II makes a whole family sup
ply. as much as would ordinarily cost
from $500 to $500 for the same guam
tity of the old, ordinary, ready-made
kinds of doubtful merit II is prepa--
ed from strictly harmless plants and
Is so pleasant that children like to
take it and 1t can be given them with
perfect safety as it positively col
tains no chloroform opium. NOR
phine. or other narcotics. as do most
cough.mixtu-es. No risk whatever is
run in buying this remedy as W l..
Gokay vii refund money IF it does
not give perfect satisfaction or is not
found the very best remedy you have
ever used for stubborn Coughs. colds.
Bronchitis Group, Whooping Cough
and Hoarscness.
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EAST ARLINGTON

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Pratt were
at T.. f. Wards Thursday.
Haswell Leask and his brother,
Samuel, both of Santa Cruz Calf,
were guests recently Of Mr. and Mrs.
Z. L. Ward. Their father, Samuel
Leask and the sons who have been
abroad FIVE months are just return
ing home; they were in Brussels,
when the war began SIR Leask' S
home is one Of the beautiful places.
in Santa Cruz, Calf, that Mrs. Chas.
Pratt and Mrs Ward visited last
wear.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-09

is merely a boss He wants to be
deemed a leader in the field of ideas.
he is concerned about his repute as a
political philosopher. lie porposes
to show his critics by his work at the
constitutional convention that he has
been most misiudged man-that his
prime interest is not in patronage. but
in intellectual and patriotic questions
as to whose importance he believes
the people should be aroused. II the
Whitman administration is menaced
By nothing except the Barnes danger
IL is most fortunate.-New YorS
Globe @ q
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-09
You Make Friends
BY Recommending a
Reliable Kidney Medicine

Your representative called at my
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sample Of your noted Swamp-Root
and am certainly pleased to see
anybody connected with the fra who
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yelrs ago ! was suffering from ter
rible pain in my back and when ] was
up around the house | had to walk
with my body bent nearly double
1t you had placed a thousand dollars
above my head ! could not straight
en- up To set it.
Hearing of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
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and from the effects of that small
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so ] bought one bottle and 10 has
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Shortly after my husband who
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Swamp-Root lie was I'm a terrible
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w d. Allen, J. 7.
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-09

The Brattleboro Reformer Tema ks
that Judge Redheld was elected to
the supreme bench ct 81. but we dc
moi recall from memory any man who
ever served in that capacity at q
younger age"
We would direct attention to the
biographies Of Benjamin Hinmah
Steele. bo.n in 1887, graduated from
Dartmouth in 1857. made a judge Of
the Vermont supreme court in 1866.
when ne was IS and called 90 his
rest in 1873, aged 36.-Burlington
News.
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POLITICAL VIEWS

Perhaps President Wilson is as Wen
satisfied to have B1an Oh the job as
on u--Berkshire Eagle
dr. Wilson's forci-n policy Goa.
tiau.s t1 develop He found Mexico
aih One president aud now ir has
three brooklyn Standard Union
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-09

ness. pale face of leaden tint, blush
rings around eyes, itching Of nostrils,
languor, irritability, disturbed sleep
grinding Of teeth, irregularity of
pulse
Grown folks are subject to worms
also.
The one best remedy is DIR. Trues
Elixir. the Family Laxative and
Worm EXpeller. First sold by my
father in 1S51-today it has world
wide reputation. Good for adults al
So Get a bottle today-at your deal
ers: soc, soc and 500. Advice free
Special treatment for tapeworms
Send for book.
Auburn. r.,.. Dr. G4A.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-09

OF WORMS m CnlIuitH
are: Deranged stomach,
furred tongue, belching,
variable appetite. in
creased thirst. acid or
heavy breath, nausea, en-
larged abdomen, costiye-