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that hideous gauntlet, sprang from
the fact that, however rough, the
rapids were short. Now, when he had
been in their grasp a minute. he
seemed to have been there hours.
His laborings were tremendous, I'M.
believable. inspired. In the end they
were all but successful. The goal OF
safety was within thirty seconds
more Of quick, hard work, when Alan's
paddle broke and the canoe swung
broadside to a boulder, turned turtle
and precipitated both headlong into
that savage weller.
AS the next few minutes passed he
was fighting like mad thing against
overwhelming odds. Then. of a sud.
den, he found himself rejected, spewed
forth from the cataract and swimming
mechanically in the smooth water Of
a wide pool beyond the lowermost
eddy, the canoe floating bottom up
near by, and Rose supporting herself
with one hand on il.
Her eyes met his. clear with the
sanity of her adorable courage.
he floundered to her side, painted in
structions to transfer her hand to his
shoulder, and struck out for the
nearer shore.
Both found footing at the same
time and waded out, to collapse. ex.
hausted, against the bank.
Then. with sickening qualm, Alan
remembered the pursuit. He rose and
looked up the rapid just in time to
view the last swift quarter Of the
canoes descent: Judith in the bow,
motionless, rife across her knees, in
the stern an Indian guide kneeling
and fighting the waters with scarcely
percepuble effort in contrast with
Alan's supreme struggles.
Like a living thing the canoe
seemed to gather itself together, to
poise, to leap with all its strength;
1t hurdled the eddy In a bound, took
the still water with a mighty splash,
and shot downstream at diminished
speed, the Indian furiously backing
water.
AS though that had been the one
moment she had lived for, Judith
lifted her rife and brought 1t to bear
upon her sister.
With cry of horror, Alan flung
himself before Rose, living shield.
anticipating nothing but immediate
death. This was not accorded him.
For breathless instant the woman in
the canoe stared along the sights.
then lowered her weapon and, turn
ing, spoke indistinguishably to the
guide, who instantly began to ply a
brisk paddle.
The canoe sped on. vanished swiftly
round a bend.
After a long time. Alan voiced his
unmitigated amazement:
"Why-in the name of heavenl
Why-?"
The girl said DULY: Don't you
know" And when he shook his head.
Her guide told mine you had saved
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had none beyond hunting knife belt
ed at the small of his back. All else
had been either consumed in the for
est fire or stolen by his Indian guide
who had subsequently died while at
tempting to murder his employer.
Since that event, the man had sue
ceeded in losing himself completely.
In seeking shelter from the thunder
storm, he had lost touch with his only
known and none too clearly located
landmarks. Then, after a night passed
without fire In the lee of a ragged
blum. he had walked to discover the
sun rising In the west and the rest Of
the universe alphabetically upside
down; and aimlessly ever since he had
stumbled and blundered In the maze
Of those grimly reticent Businesses, for
the last few hours haunted by fear
of failing reason-possessed by a no
ton that he was logged by furtive
enemies-and within the last hour the
puppet Of blind. witless panic.
But even as he strove to calm HIM
self and rest, the feeling that some
thing was peering at him from behind
a mask Of underground grew intoler-
ably acute.
At length ne Jumped up, glared Wild
ly at the spot where that something
no longer was. flung himself fran
tically through the brush In pursuit of
1t. and-found nothing.
With q great effort he pulled him.
self together, clamped his teeth upon
the promise not again to give way to
Authorizations. and turned back to the
clearing.
There. upon the log on which he
had rested. he found-but refused to
believe he saw playing card, o
trey Of hearts. face up In the sun
glare.
With a gesture Of horror. Alan Law
fed the place.
While the sounds Of his flight were
still loud. grinning half-breed guide
stole like a shadow to the log. laughed
derisfvely after the fugitive, picked up
and pocketed the card, and set out
In tireless. catiooted pursuit.
An hour later. topping a ridge of
rising ground, Alan caught from the
hollow on its farther side the music of
clashing waters. Tortured by thirst,
he began at once to descend In reck-
less haste.
What was at first gentle slope Gov
cred with waist-deep brush and car
peted with leaf-mold, grew swiftly
more declivitous. messy hillside, as
steep as a roof. bare Of underbrush,
and sparely sown with small cedars
through whose ranks cool blue water
twinkled far below.
The shelving moss-beds afforded
treacherous footing: Alan was glad
now and then Of the support OF q CO
dar, but these grew ever smaller, and
more widely spaced and were not n
ways convenient to his hand. He
came abruptly and At hsadlong pace
within sight Of the caves Of . clif-
and precisely then ~ hfl1n11s seomed
% ZIP frun un1sr HIN
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CHAPTER VII.
The Incredible ThInq.

Broad daylight, the top OF a morn
ing as rare as ever broke upon the
north country: Alan Law opening be-
wildered eyes to realize the substance
Of dream come true.
True 1t proved itself, at least, In
part He lay between blankets upon a
couch of balsam fans, In a corner of
somebody's camp-a log structure,
weather-proof. rudely but adequately
furnished. His clothing, rough-dried
but neatly mended. lay upon a chair
at his side.
He rose and dressed In haste, at
once exulting in his sense of complete
rest and renewed well-being, a prey
to hints of an extraordinary appetite,
and provoked by signs that seemed to
bear out the weirdest flights Of his de-
lirious fancies.
There were apparently indisputable
evidences of a woman's recent pres
ence in the. camp: blankets neatly
folded upon a second bed Of aromatic
balsam In the farther corner; an effect
of orderliness not common with
guides; pair Of dainty buckskin
gauntlets depending from a nail In the
wall; Snd-he stood staring witlessly
at it for more than a minute-in an
old preserve jar on the table, a single
rose, warm and red. dew upon its
petals!
There was also fire In the cook
stove, with a plentiful display Of
things to cook; but despite his hunger
Alan didn't stop for that, but rushed
to the door and threw it open and him
self out into the sunshine, only to
pause, dashed. chagrined. mystified.
There was no other living thing in
sight but loon that sported far up
the river and saluted him with q
shrek of hooking laughter.
The place was a cleft In the hills.
a table Of level land some few acres
In area, bounded on one hand. be-
meath the cliff from which he had
dropped, by a rushing river fat with
recent rains; on the other by a second
cliff Of equal height. Upstream the
water curved round the shoulder of a
towering hill, downstream the cliffs
closed upon 1t until it roared through
a narrow gorge.
Near the camp, upon a strip of
shelving beach that bordered the river
where 1t widened into a deep. dark
pool, two canoes were drawn up, bot
toms to the sun. Dense thickets of
pines. oaks. and balsams hedged In
the clearing.
He was, it seemed, to be left severe
ly to himself, that day; when he had
cooked and made way with an enor-
nous breakfast, Alan found nothing
better to do till time for luncheon
than to explore this pocket domain.
He Toasted famously again at noon;
whiled away several hours vainly whip
ping the pools with rod and tackle
found in the camp, for trout that he
really didn't hope would rise beneath
that blazing sun; and toward three
O'Clock lounged back to his aromatic
couch for nap.
The westering sun had thrown a
deep. cool shadow across the cove
when he was awakened by Emporium
ate hands and voice of magic.
Rose Urine was kneeling beside him.
ciutching his shoulders. calling on him
by name-distracted by an inexplica-
BILE anxiety.
He wasted no time discriminating
between dream and reality. but gath
cred both into his arms And for .
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-07
moment she rested there unresistins.

moment she rested there unresisting.
sobbing quietly.
What is it? What is 1t, dearest?'
he questioned, kissing her tears away.
ITO find you all right. /
was so afraid" she cried brokenly.
"Of what? Wasn't all right when
you left me here this morning?"
She disengaged with an effort, rose.
and looked down strangely at him
Il did not leave you here this morn
ing, Alan. / wasn't here"
That brought him to his own feet
in jiffy. You were mott" he STAN
mered Then who"
Judith" she stated with conviction.
impossible! You don't under
stand"
The girl shook her head. Yet
know: Judith was here until this
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-07
CHAPTER vi.
Disclosures.


In a little corner office, soberly fur.
nished, on the topmost floor of one Of
lower Manhattan's Hottest office-tow-
ers, little mouse-brown man sat over
a big mahogany desk; a little man Of
big affairs, sole steward of one of
Americas most formidable fortunes.
Precisely at eleven minutes past
noon Tor at the Identical instant chos-
en- by Alan Law to catapult over the
edge Of Cliff In northern Maine) the
muted signal Of the little mans desk
telephone clicked and, eagerly lifting
receiver to ear. he nodded with a smile
and said in accents Of some relief:
Ask her to come In at once, please"
Jumping up. he placed a chair In in
innate tuxtaposition with his own;
and the door opened. and a young
woman entered.
The mouse-brown man bowed. Mas
Rose Trine" he murmured with a
great deal Of deference.
The young woman returned his how
with show of perplexity: Mr.. Dig
byf"
You are kind to come in response
to my-ah-unconventional invit.-
tion." said the little man. wont
you-ah-stt DOWN.
shs "a, Thank "a srl|vsly. and
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-07
SYNOPSIS.

The Of Hearts is the death sign"
used by Seneca Trine in the private war
OF vengeance. which, through his daugh-
ter, Judith, a woman of violent and Grim
inal temper and questionable sanity, he
wages against Alan Law, whose father
(now dead Urine held responsible for the
accident which made him a helpless GRIP
pie. Law loves Rose, but under dramatic
circumstances saves the life of JUDITH,
her twin sister. and unwillinsay gains
her love also.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-07

her life on the dam at Spirit Lake.
Now do you seer"
His countenance was blank with
wonder: "Gratitude?"
Rose smiled YEARLY: Not graft
tude alone. but something more ter
rible. She rose and held
out her hand. Not that can blame
her. But come; IL we strike
through here we will, think, pick up
a trail that will bring us to Black
Beaver settlement by dark"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-07
CHAPTER VII.
The Mutineer.

Within the hour Rose Trine stood
before her father In that somber room
wherein he wore out his crippled days,
in that place Of silence and shadows
whose sinister color-scheme Of GRIM
son and black was the true livery of
his monomania-his passion for ven
geance that alone kept warm the en-
bers Of life in that wasted and move
less frame
An impish malice giimmsrsd In his
sunken Uss - h hspt Der waiting
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-07

Quite often we
meet this excuse,
Il did something
once which gave
me a bad record"
7. Very likely.
But &c m g m b e r
that all who have
ever been saved
had made n bad
record OF some
kind. Peter had
good qualities, nut
he also had bad
n bits W h C h
called forth sharp
rebuke from tho
Master. and which
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-07
Reminded Of HIs pependence.

An old Puritan used to keep
wineglass with the foot broken of,
and with the inscription Hold thou
me up and shall be safe upon II.
to remind him Of his dependence on
God.
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Excuses orNot
Becoming A
Christian
By REV. HOWARD POPE
SuDennl-ndeai Of Men. Moody Bible Institute
Chicago

TEXT-They all with one consent began
to make excuse.-Lu1e 14lS.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-22
GRAFT WORKED BY CASHIERS
New Workers Said to Be victimized
Out of Large Sums Annually
in That Way.

Zone form Of honest graft a hotel
keeper has to fight the hardest in the
town is accidental short changing"
says the manager of a very popular
hotel in New York city, famous for its
oyster bar. 1.-THE same sort of honest
graft obtains at almost every cash
changing place in the city where there
is a netting on the cashiers desk to
protect the cash, and a lower bar OF
wood to hold up the netting or glass
screen. This bar of wood or metal runs
across the hand-hole for change. The
cashiers have figured out the angle OF
vision of all men, short and tall, and
the distance they stand from the desk
to receive their change. Say q dollar
| is changed to take out 80 cents; the &C
cidental short-change artist will push
forward the 70 cents in coin, but his
| hand will hold one dime that Is hidden
! from the angle Of vision of the man
getting change by the line of the bar
over the cash hand hole. If the man
is in a hurry, or absent minded, he
grabs the change he sees and PUSHES
of without one dime. Always stop,
stoop and look, If in doubt. And you
would be surprised to know how much
money is left at cashiers counters. box
offices, subway ticket booths and other
places. I'll wager 100000 is short
changed annually in New York. They
never call you back"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-22
Homer and Humbuu.

/ do not mind confessing that for a
long time past l have been very skep-
teal about the classics. ] was myself
trained as a classical scholar. 1t
seemed the only thing to do with me.
/ acquired such a singular facility in
handling Latin and Greek that l
could take a page of either Of them,
distinguish which it was by glancipg
at it, and, with the help of a diction-
airy and a compass, whip of a trans
lation of it in less than three hours.
But I got any pleasure from
1t. l lied about the pleasure of 1t.
At first, perhaps, / lied through van
ity. Any scholar will understand the
feeling. Later on I lied through habit;
later still because, after all, the clas-
sizes were all that I had and 30 !
valued them. I have seen a deceived
dog thus value a pup with a broken
leg, and a pauper child nurse a dead
doll with the sawdust out Of it,
Stephan Leacock In the Century.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-22

Webster Reporter and Farmer
Senator LaFollette announces that
he will devote a week to campaign
ing in South Dakota for the pur-
pose of defeating Senator Craw
ford. The few republicans who
are still carrying the Crawford ban
ner will have their faith badly
shaken when the Wisconsin sena-
tor turns loose his bgaadsides
1t would be a good plan for The
Crawford campaign management
to engage Senator Smoot, Penrosp,
Aldrich or some of theotli4r s'pfo-
gressive" friends Of Senator Craw-
ford, to comet to South Dakota and
reply to Senator LaFolle ! Il attack
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-22
LEAVE GOOD GROWTH TO
PROTECT THROUGH WINTER
Lost First Seeding by Using Nurse
Crop-cannot Afford to Feed Sill
age Without Alfalfa to Milk
Cows,
BY F. c. MILLER. crookston, MINI.

BY r. c. MILLER. Crookston, MINI.
/ sowed my first seed in 1911, which
l lost on account of dry weather and
heavy nurse crop Of barley, which |
crew with it. Next year I sowed the
same two acres, with Is pounds per
acre. Seed cost $500 per hundred,
laid down here and was all pure SEED.
| got a fine stand and did not CT.
ill in the fall when | just clipped the
tops of alfalfa and some weeds which
had come up in it. / wanted all this
growth for a mulch for fear it might
winter kill. 1t came through the win
ter in fine shape and was the first OF
any grass to show this spring. | cut
about two tons July 1st, and August
Ist | cut a fine crop of about one ana
9ne-half tens on the two acres, and !
think l can get one and one-half tons
again and still leave enough for win
ter covering.
I expect to SOW IL acres next spring
as we think we cannot afford to mill
cows and feed silage without alfalfa
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-22
MAKES GOOD HOG PASTURE
Manure Helps in Getting a Stand
Seed Bed Should Be Firm-Ai-
falfa a Success as a Hog
Feed.
Ely JAS. T. SULLIVAN, East Grand
Forks, MINI.

Ely JAS. T. SULLIVAN, East Grand
Forks, MINI.
| think for growing alfalfa, land
should first be thoroughly MANFRED
and put in good condition. l think
good is all the incubation the
land requires for alfalfa. The land
should be prepared by narrowing well,
and packing as firm as possible. !
think the proper time to SOW is from
the LIST to the 10th Of May, according
to the season.
l have had success in growing alfal-
ia with wheat as a nurse crop and
also without a nurse crop. 1t depends
much on the season and particularly
Oh the condition of the land.
| sowed seven acres of alfalfa this
spring for hog pasture. About the
first of May, / raked up all old stalks
thoroughly and then sowed seed broad
cast and covered with a harrow. !
had a splendid catch, sowing 10C
pounds of alfalfa and 20 pounds OF
rape.
1t stands about 10 inches high ant
hogs seem to like it but cannot eat i
fast enough to keep 1T down.
The same piece OF land / had sow
in aweet corn for two previous year,
for my hogs, cut it die not give enough
feed SO / thought / should try alfalf.
and it seems to be a c as t,
! feeding value for hogs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-22
SWEET CLOVER
Once Considered Weed-But Now
Valuable Plant-Good Soil Build
er-White Variety Best.

-
BY J. G. HANEY, Grand Forks, N. D.
There are two varieties of sweet
clover that are gaining favor as hay
and pasture crops, the white and the
yellow Powered. These plants are
closely related to alfalfa, but they are
biennials, that is, a single plant lives
only two years. However, the sweet
%clovers are such persistent seed pro-
ducers, the seed of such high vitality,
and the young plants SO vigorous, that
when once established, it appears to
live from year to year. The ordinary
methods of moving it at random along
the roadsides or on abandoned or un-
occupied lots or fields, has little ap-
parent effect,
Sweet clover is considered by most
farmers as a bad weed. 1t, however,
has long had friends who have learn
ed its value, and recently, especially
in. the drier sections and on poor soil,
it is gaining much favor as a pasture
and hay crop. The fact that it has a
rather repulsive odor and taste, and
that stock dc not eat it to any great
extent r the faults usually placed
against it. However when stock are
confined to sweet clover pasture, they
soon learn to like it and fatten very
rapidly, and there seems to be no
trouble from animal bloating OF
clover as there often is with alfalfa.
In Colorado, along the railroads, there
are many plants OF sweet clover that
have been eaten off by range cattle.
In feeding value, alfalfa and sweet
clover are very nearly equal.
The white sweet clover seems to
| give best satisfaction for both hay
and pasture. For hay, the plants must
be cut early-about the time the first
blooms appear. AT this time the re
~rulsive oder and taste are not SO no
ticeable as at later stages of growth
| Early cutting is best, because a sec
ond growth will come Immediately
and produce a second cutting or
seed crop. The yield of hay is re
ported to be equal to or greater thar
alfalfa. The handling of a seed croI
is somewhat more difficult than alfal
4 Id, DIS IL SudLtSlS NSIy DdulS. IL 10 dlSs
essential that sweet clover be cut
high--about four inches-the frs
time or there is danger Of killing
many OF tho plants.
The requirements o. sweet clover
as to preparation OF seed bed, methoe
CT seeding, amount of seed per acre
etc. are practically the same as for al
falfa. 1t is not probable that swee
clover will Ce found better than al
falfa, where the latter can be grown
successfully, but in the drier sections
or on LAND that does not grow alfalf;
readily, it certainly is worth whil'
making a trial of sweet clover. Th'
agricultural papers lately have pub
lished many instances Of successful
trials of sweet clover. For lack o
space these are not reproduced here.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-22
Guv Brown was in Sioux City

Guy Brown was in Sioux City
Monday.
The new railroad scales were
completed this week.
Fred Hirsch of Trip, has again
embarked infthe implement busl'
ness in that town.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Asche, living southeast OF
town, one day last week.
Quality and Price is moving q
fresh Stock Of Harness and Shoes
at Chamberlain's.-Adv.
Jos v. Janda, of Wagner, passed
thru here Sunday, having come
with his auto to Trip where be
took the train.
DIR. Stevenson, the eye, AR, nose
and throat specialist, of Sioux Falls
will be in Scotland, Friday Jan.
28rd, at the Donley Hotel,-Adv.
Jos. Hoch visited in Wagner last
Friday, and attended a number or
the lecture course there Friday
evening, which he says was very
fine.
G. M. Stillwell of Sioux City
passed thru here Sunday on hi
way home from Aberdeen. HI
said he saw no traces of snow nort}
OF Mitchell.
Friends IN Scotland OF Rev. AM
Mrs. G. E. Wilcox Of Fanlkto'
have been notified of the arrival 0
little daughter at their home las
Sunday.
Jack Slain of Jasper, Mirn., an
his sister, Mrs. Bryan from nea
Olivet, arrived last Saturday
Their father, Patrick Slain, died a
Jasper a week ago last Friday, an
the remains were taken to his oil
home in Illinois for burial. JAG
was named as administrator in I'll
will and was here to look after tt
administration of the estate whlr
will be conducted in Hntchinso
county, as his father owned a far
north of Olivet.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-22

Mrs. W. J. Krieger of Trip was
visiting Scotland friends last Fri
day.
Mrs. McVay and children re-
turned from their visit in Aber-
deem Wednesday morning.
The G. E. society will hold a
social this evening at the A. K
Colwell home four miles west of
town.
G.. D Brock has traded one Of
Arabian horses for a little Shet-
land stallion, standing only thirty
two inches high.
A large imported Belgian stall
lion, weighing about a ton, which
has been in Gano's livery barn the
past week, we are informed has
been sold to a company of 8 farm
ers living in a neighborhood north
east Of Olivet. for a consideration
OF $4,000.
Funeral services over the re
mains of Mr.. Jacob M. Dunmire
were held in the Methodist church
last Friday afternoon. The church
was much too small to accommodate
the large crowd that assembled to
pay their last respects to a warm
friend and honored citizen. The
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs attend
ed liz a body, and escorted the re
mains to their last resting place
The services were conducted by the
local pastor, Rev. John Kave, as
sisted by Rev. q. Z. Wilcox @
Faulkton, a former pastor and de
voted friend OF the deceased, botl
of whom paid high tribute to tin
life of Mr.. Dunmire, and spok'
words OF comfort to the bereavc'
family. The children with all q
their families we're present. an,
, other friends of the family from
. away were s. f Garmire, of Audi
, bon, la , a cousin, and Hon F. F
Wickham Of Alexandra, John NJ
! Downer and wife of Freeman, an,
Mrs. Parkinson of Armour.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-22
Had Learned Caution.

II want an engagement ring
something cheap that looks good"
Don't you want it solid?' mo. Some
thing for about Is cents Certainly.
We have them That's what 1 want.
You see it's like this-seven girls have
thrown me over in the last six months.
and I've lost q perfectly good ring
each time"