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Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-19
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CATARRI SUFFERERS, 4 few drops
of "A. h. Catarrh Remedy into your
nose during the day Will cure You
Guaranteed. Price soc; trial l0c; no
stamps A. b. Specially Co. Fort VAL
ley, Ga,
PILES CURED quickly with my rem
edy Write F. l.. Butler, care general
delivery, Atlanta. Ga
DIR EpMONDSON's Tansy Pennyroyal
liable treatment for painful and sup
pressed menstruation, Irregularities and
similar distractions. Trial box by mail
soc. Frank Edmondson & Bro. manu-
Atlanta.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-19
POULTRY. PET AND LIVE STOCK
II. 6. HASTINGS & co.

Seeds, INCUBATORs AND POULTRY
SUPPLIES.
BELL PHONES MAIN 256S, MAIN 1862;
ATLANTA 1858.
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1hrss Aass Of crlms.

"Thcrc are three ages Of criminals. :"
said Lecoq. the detective.
The nrst age. from seventeen to
thirty. In tho daring and desperate
one. Highway robbery. biudsconings
and hold.ups. murder for few dollars
this Ii tho worst age. cruel. wicked
and supremsly foolish age.
The second age. from thirty to for.
y.nyc. is tho cautious middle ono
Burglarics that arc safe and easy. for.
gerry. countcrfcitins-in n word. crimes
demanding neither violence nor pluck
that Ia the second age.
The third age. from forty.fiyc to
seventy. In the executive ono. This
criminal In now n gang leader. Hc does
no, act himself. but ho plans and CON
manda crimes OF magnitude. train rob
bcrica. bank robberies. kidnaplngs and
tho likh."
The state herald., 1914-09-18
STATE SCHOOL FUNDS
GIVEN BIG BOOST BY SALE OF
STATE LANDS.
Register Hossatt viii Soon Have $5,.
100000 Out at 6 Per Cent Interest
for Educational Purposes.

| Western Newspaper Union News Service. =
Denver-At Limon, 3O,4OO acres Of
state lands were sold at auction by
volney T. Hoggatt. register of the
State Land Board. The average price
will be Sc an acre, or an addition OF
$10.S00 to the state school fund. The
sale again demonstrated that the land
board is on the right track and that
these sales are going to bring thou
sands of thrifty settlers to Colorado
Inside of a year.
The cattlemen came to the sale
from all parts of the West and bought
with the others. The real cattle man
saw that the sales must eventually
help him. The sales and their man
ner of holding is rapidly silencing the
opposition.
The lowest price for tract was IS
per acre and the highest $26. 1t made
an average of Sc per acre, or $1S0.OO0
for the days sale. At 6 per cent In
terest this money nets $10.S0O for the
school fund This same land leased
to the cattlemen yielded revenue OF
cents per acre, or a total Of $500,
Instead of the $10.S00. The land also
becomes taxable.
The school fund is now $250,000
richer by the Limon and Colorado
Springs sales. and the work has just
started. Register Hoggatt was SO en-
thused over the success OF the day at
Limon that. he predicted that when a
year was up the school fund would
have S5.OOO.000 out at per cent in
stead Of 100000. his first predic-
ton.
The state herald., 1914-09-18
Main Hunting Season !. Open.

Denver.-The main hunting season
OF the year in the state has opened. II
started Sept. with the opening Of the
season for ducks. geese. water fowls,
cranes and other shore and marsh
birds. which will remain open until
April 20. The open season for prairie
chickens, mountain and willow grouse
will end Oct. 10, yellow legged snipe
and curlews must continue to elude
the lawful right of the hunter to shoe,
until April 20. The open season for
doves and sage chickens ended Sept
1. There is no open season on noun
tain sheep, antelope, wild turkeys
quail. pheMants. Not until 1918 will
there be any open season on deer. and
mountain sheep, elk. bob white. quail,
pheasants and grouse may not be
hunted until 1924.
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GOLDEN YEAR FOR FARMERS.
Total Value Of Crops for Year 10
$4,352, 900, 900.

Chicago.-This is the golden year
for the American farmer. His leading
crops for 1914 were worth $4.352, ,000.-
600 Sept. /, leading grain men esti-
mated, using the government Septem-
ber crop report is basis This is
$682,000000 more than the farmer re-
ceived last year for the same five
crops-wheat, corn. oats, barley and
hay-and forecasts the richest returns
to the soil tillers in the history of the
United States. This years record
breaking wheat crop alone is valued
at $SS6,OO0.OOo, compared to valua-
tion CT s5Ss 100000 in 1918. This total
value is computed at an estimated
farm value Of 93.3 cents per bushel
Sept for an estimated total Of $780,
100000 BUSHELS.
Since Sept. the price OF wheat has
advanced steadily.
Ordinarily huge wheat crop means
low prices per bushel to the farmers.
This year, despite the enormous crop.
the European war has boosted wheat
prices.
Eventually, grain men point out,
this mere than $4.000.O00 In farm
prosperity" must trickle through until
general business conditions reflect the
increase in crop values.
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DEMAND FOR NATIVE TIMBER.
over 35o,ooo,ooo Feet Sold In the
Denver District the Past Year.

Denver.-That there has been =
marked increase in the demand for
national forest timber throughout
Colorado. Wyoming and South Dakota,
during the past year 10 evidenced by
a report given out by the Denver Of
flee OF the forest service. According
to this report. over $50 million feet OF
timber. with value OF Ss21.sl5.bS.
was sold on the national forests COM
Ing under the Jurisdiction Of the Dem
yer office. These figures show an In
crease of over o77 million feet, and
value OF $7Ci. .404.i5 over those OF the
preceding year ending June 30. 1913.
During the past fiscal year. l.7sS
timber sales were made, OF which num-
ber 1.702 were for amounts less than
500. Included among these small
sales. 2.775.0o0 feet were disposed OF
by the forest service ut the actual
cost OF making the sales. or at a rate
OF 75 cents thousand board feet for
saw timber. and 25 cents = cord for
fuel wood.
The two largest sales OF the year
were those In which the government
disposed. OF 1853 million feet on tho
Black Hills forest In South Dakota.
and another OF 1876 million feet on the
Bonneville forest In Wyoming.
In addition to the amount OF timber
sold, the report also shows that more
than 20 million feet OF timber. valued
Mt s2s,l%t was given away under free
use permits to 6.os6 settlers and home
steaders living on and adjacent TO the
nationl. forests.
The state herald., 1914-09-18
Vain Pomp,

Nelson Winthrop. At a dinner at his
Riviera villa In Nice. said Of New
York's new rich:
1T Is Incredible how many servants
these people have tumbling over one
another Pass their palaces Of pale
limestone fronting the park. and you'll
see lackey ut every window and two
at every door.
They tell a story about Fifth ave
nue. food king who. clustering into the
house at four O'Clock In the morning.
growled:
Hello. where's all the servAntsr
III you please. sir. the butler an.
swered respectfully. when It came
three o'clock thought you was spend.
In the night out. and venturcd to send
most OF the iootmen on to bed. sir
Humph.' growlcd the food king.
'venturcd to send 'em on to bed. eh r
Fine piece OF impudence! Suppose ia
happened TO bring friend home
then there'd only have been you seven
to let US In"
The state herald., 1914-09-18
CHAPTER xxxIv.
Wh,r I'M, cloek struek.

Sorrow sorrow alngs" A
Shirley played that night. tho old Rus.
Ian proverb kcp, running through her
mind. when sho had pushed the sold
harp Into It's corner she threw herself
upon broad sofa In n fcathory drift
OF ehlnis cushions and dropped her
forehead In her laced fingers. A sil,.
framed mirror hung on tho opposit.
wall. ou, OF which her sorrowful brood.
Ing eyes looked with an expression Of
dumb and weary suffering
Her confused thoughts raced hither
and thithor. What would be tho end
Would Valiant forget after W~eY
Would he marry-MlsH Fargo. per
hapH7 The thought caused her stab
The state herald., 1914-09-18
Nav comm,re, eody Formed.

Dcnyor.-A now organization. tho
Colorado state Chamber Of Commerce.
was organized In Denver by rcprcsen.
tativcs OF many Of tho commercial
bodies throughout tho state. The off
GERS of the new stat. chamber follow.
Thomas II. stcnrna. Denver. pfcaldent; ;
4. " winiefhurn. Grand Junction.
first yicc president. pr \. u, poarn.
Pueblo. second vice president judge
r. !. secor. i.onsmoni. third vice
PRECEDENT. and a. " Henderson, Colo
fado Bpfinru. sscrstnry and treasurer.
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WIisoi eaYs ysJ :'Waf|' COTTON sac.

Wilson Guys $50 "Waf" Cotton BALE.
Washington. President Wilson
Joined the Buy Bale. Of Cotton"
Club. by ordering from the head OF
the organization In Georgia $50 worth
OF cotton. Senator Hoke Smith told
him that people throughout the South
were joining the movement to take up
the cotton crop left over by the Euro
pean war. Senator Smith also told
the President that next year the cot
ton crop would be. cut in half and that
wheat and other products would be
substituted
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wretched to give you pain. but | must
II muAt' Love isn't like that. II
doesn't come aftcrward. | know. |
could never give you what you want.
You would end By dcspiainr me. ~
i-should donpirc myself"
u won't give up" he said lncoher.
emily. Il can't siyo up. No, no long
a. know there's nobody else. Al the
ball ] thought thought perhaps you
cared for vaiiant-but since he told
me-"
lie stopped suddenly. for she wnn
looking Mt him from nm ashon face.
"ilo told mo there was no reason why
! should not try my luck" he said dif.
1cultly, II asked him."
There was silence. while he CARED
ta her. breathing despair. Then hs
tried 10 laugh.
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| "All right" he said hoarsely. 1T
It doesn't matter. Don't worry"
She stretched out her hand to him
in gesture of wistful pain, and he
held 1t moment between both OF
his. then released 1t and went hur-
riedly out.
AS the door closed. Shirley sat
down, her head dropping into her
hands like storm-broken flower. Val
liant had accepted the flnality Of the
situation. With wave of deeper
hopelessness than had yet submerged
her. she realized that. against her own
decision. something deep within her
had taken shy and secret comfort in
his stubborn masculine refusal.
Against all fact. In face of the impos-
slble, her heart had been clinging to
this-as though his love might even
attain the miraculous and somewhere.
somehow, recreate circumstance. But
now he, too, had bowed to the decree.
A kind OF utter apathetic wretched-
ness seized upon her, to replace the
sharp misery that had SO long been
her companion-an empty numbness
in which. In a measure. she ceased to
feel.
An hour dragged slowly by and at
length she rose and went slowly up
the stairs. Her head felt curiously
heavy, but 1t did not ache. Outside
her mothers door. as was her custom,
she paused mechanically to listen. A
tiny pencil of light struck through the
darkness and painted spot of bright
ness on her gown. It came through
the keyhole: the lamp in her mothers
room was burning "she has fallen
asleep and forgotten it." she thought.
and softly turning the knob. pushed
the door noiselessly open and entered.
A moment she stood listening to the
low regular breathing Of the sleeper.
The reading-lamp shed a shaded glow
on the pillow with its spreadout sill
yer hair. and on the delicate hands
clasped loosely on the coverlet. shir.
ley came close and looked down on.
the placid face. II was smooth a. q
child's and smile touched It lightly
as II some pleasant sleep-thought had
Just laid rosy fingers on the dreaming
lips. The light caught and sparkled
from something bright that lay be-
tween her mothers hands. 1t was the
enamel brooch that held her own baby
curl. and she saw. suddenly that what
she had all her life thought was q
solid pendant. was now open locket-
wise and that the two halves clasped
q miniature. II came to her at once
that the picture must be Sassoon's,
and quick thrill Of pity and yearn.
Ing welled up through her own dejec.
ton. STOPPING. she looked at II close
ly. She started as she did 80. for the
face on the little disk OF ivory was
that OF John Valiant.
An instant she stared unbelievingly.
Then recollection Of the resemblance
Of which Valiant had told her rushed
to her. and she realized that II must
be the picture OF his father. The fact
shocked and confounded her. Why
should her mother carry In secret the
miniature of the man who had
killed
cro BE coNTINUEpJ
The state herald., 1914-09-18
Mark Twain. War PRAYER.

o Lord, help us to tear the soldiers
OF the foe to bloody shreds with our
shells; help us to cover their smiling
fields with the pale forms of their pa
triot dead; help us to lay waste their
humble homes with a hurricane of
fire: help us to wiring the hearts OF
their unoffending widows with un-
availing grief. Blast their hopes.
blight their lives. water their way with
their tears.
The state herald., 1914-09-18
U. o. Of C. Plan s.nqie. Of States.

Denver.-The Robert e. Lee chapter
OF the United Daughters OF the Con-
federacy. Mrs. ]. 8. Temple president.
will give dollar banquet OF states.
Oct. 10. There will be n separate
table and toastmaster for guests from
each state. The money realized will
be devoted to relief work among needy
confederate veterans.
The state herald., 1914-09-18
SYNOPSIS.

suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
poration. which his father founded and
Gb whh Ss, the Of his
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist OF NJ old motor car.
lected estate In Virginia On the way to
Damory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge, an auburn haired beauty, and de-
GSss that ss Is g9nT to Ike Vrsnia bnna
ridge. and Major Dristow exchange rem.
iniscences during which II Is revealed
that the major. Vaiiant's father. and
man named Sassoon were rivals for the
hand OF Mrs. cambridge in her youth.
Sassoon and Valiant fought a duel on her
account In which the former was killed
with weeds and creepers and decides to
rehabilitate the place. Valiant saves
Shirley. from the bite. of a snake. which
bite. Shirley sucks. the poison from the
wound and saves Ills life. Valiant learns
for the first time that his father left vir-
ginia on account Of duel in which Doc
his fathers seconds. Valiant and Shirley
become good friends. Mrs. Dandridge
faints when she meets Valiant for the
nrst time. Valiant discovers that he has
n fortune In old walnut trees. The yearly
tournament. a survival of the jousting OF
feudal times. ls held at Damory court, At
ine last IllOlntut thhts
OF one of the knights. who is sick and
enters the lists, He wins and chooses
Shirley Dandridge as queen of beauty to
the disnay OF Katherine Fargo. a former
sweetheart. who Is visiting In Virginia.
The tournament ball at Damory court
draws the elite of tho countryside. Shir-
ley Is crowned BY, Valiant as queen Of
beauty. Valiant tells Shirley of his love
and they become engaged. Katherine
Fargo determining not to give up Vail
ant without strugsls. points out to sh,r-
ley how terrible It would be for the wom-
an who caused the duel TO meet Valiant.
yho looks so much like his father. Shlr-
ley, uncertain. but feeling that her moth
er was in love with the victim of Vail
ants pistol. breaks the engagement Major
Bristow is fatally wounded by Greer
King. a liberated convict, who he had sent
10 prison. but before dying Bristow con-
fesses to Mrs. Dandridge that he had
kept letter Valiant had written TO her
after the duel Valiant decides to leave
Damory court and writes Shirley that he
win love her always
The state herald., 1914-09-18
To Inquire Into Parking Accounts.

Denver.-"I am going to exercise
the authority conferred on me by law
and call for an open hearing into the
road.making work Of Commissioner
Thum in connection with the highways
to the mountain parks" said State Au'
ditor Kenehan. "The law gives me
power to inquire into the accounting
methods OF any municipality. or any
department OF any municipality"
The state herald., 1914-09-18
K.r.h.n Holds Up clsim. for Hor..s.

Denver. Military claims amounting
TO $4,000 for the us. OF horses by the
Colorado national guard during tho
state OF inaurrcotIon In the southern
Colorado coal fields will be- held up
Indefinitely by State Auditor Rccdy
Kenehnn,
The state herald., 1914-09-18

|
marry him. The barrier was impas
sable!
She was still lying listlessly amont
the cushions when step sounded OF
the porch and she heard Chilly Lusk'i
voice In the hall. With heavy hands
Shirley put into place her dlshevelet
hair and rose to meet him.
'Tm awfully selfish to come to
night" he said awkwardly; mo doubt
you are tired out"
She disclaimed the weariness that
dragged upon her spirits like leaden
weights, and made him welcome with
her usual cordiality. She was, in fact
relieved at his coming. At Damory
court. the night Of the ball. when she
had come from the garden with her
lips thrilling from Valiant's kiss, she
had suddenly met his look. It had
seemed to hold startled realization
that she had remembered with re-
morseful compunction. Since that
night he had not been at Rosewood.
Ranston had lighted a pine-knot in
the fireplace. and the walls were shud.
dering with crimson shadows. Her
hand was shielding her eyes. and as
she strove to fll the gaps in their
somewhat spasmodic conversation
with the trivial impersonal things that
belonged to their old intimacy, the
tiny flickering flames seemed to be
darting unfriendly fingers plucking at
Il nm nj frOv hAr
cushions she thrust the poker into
the glowing resinous mass till sparks
whizzed up the chimneys black nav
in a torrent.
How they nyl" she said. "Rickey
Snyder calls 1t raising a blizzard in
Hades. l used to think they few up
to the sky and became the littlest
stars. What a pity we have to grow
up and learn SO much! I'd rather
have kept on believing that when the
red leaves In the woods whirled about
in circle the fairies were dancing.
and that 1t was the gnomes who put
the cockle-burs In the hounds ears"
She had been talking at random.
gradually becoming shrinkingly con.
scious of his constrained and stun.
bling manner. She had. however. but
half defined his errand when he came
to II all in a burst
IL can't get to II. somehow. Shir.
ley" he said With sudden desperation,
"but here 1t Is. I've come to ask you
to marry me. Don't stop me-" be
went on hurriedly. lifting his hand:
whatever you say. must tell you.
I've been trying to for months and
months!" Now that he had started,
It came with a boyish vehemence that
both chilled and thrilled her. Even
In her own desolation, and. shrinking
almost unbearably from the avowal.
the hope and brightness In his voice
touched her with pity. 1t seemed to
her that life was strange tumble OF
unacceptable and incomprehensible
pain. And all the while, In the young
voice vibrant with feeling. her cring.
Ing ear WAS catching imagined echoes
OF that other voice. graver and more
self-contained. but shaken by the same
passion. In that iteration Of I love
you! love you!"
His answer came to him finally In
her silence. and he released her hands
which.he had caught in his own. They
dropped. limp and unresponsive. In
her lap. shirley" he said brokeniy.
maybe you can't care for me--yet
But II you will marry me. In be
content with so little. till--you do
She shook her head. her hair max.
Ing dim flasher In the firelIght. No.
Chilly" she said. 1T makes me
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ona imnrovsmrni.

My dcar.s said Mrs. Ncwiywcd. her
faco flushed with tho excitement OF
her afternoon In tho kitchen. IL want
you to DO perfectly frank with INC
now; wha, would you suggest to i'm.
prove those doughnuta I mado todayf'
Well" replied Mr. Newlywed, lift
Ing one with a pligh, effort, II think
II might be better II ron made ,hs
aoie bigger
The state herald., 1914-09-18
Irrigation Delegates Named.

Denver. - Governor Ammons ap.
pointed Attorney General Farrar and
State Engineer Field to represent the
state government Mt the irrigation
conference OF western states. which
VIII b. held In Helena. Mont, from
Oct. I to ,.
The state herald., 1914-09-18
Late Tax Returns Given.

Denver.-Returns OF the valuations.
placed by the county assessors OF 10
gan and Gilpin counties. were received
by the State Tax Commission. The
valuation placed on Logan county to-
tailed si2.i3s.7s5 ard that on Gilpin
wnn se.52i.7i5.
The state herald., 1914-09-18
CHAPTER xxxllI.-contInusd.

With unsteady fingers she un-
wrapped the oiled.silk. broke the let
ter's seal, and read:
Dearest:
Before you read this, you will no
doubt have heard the thing that has
happened this sunshiny morning. Sas-
soon-poor Sassoon, can say that
with all my hearts, dead. What this
fact will mean to you, God help me!
cannot guess For ! have never
been certain. Judith. OF your heart.
Sometimes have thought you loved
meme only-as | love you. Last
night when ! saw you wearing my
cape jessamines at the ball. was
almost sure OF IT, But when you made
me promise. whatever happened, not
to lift my hand against him. then
doubted. Was 1t because you feared
for him? Would TO God at this moment
! knew this was not true' For what.
ever the fact, | must love you. dar.
ling. you and no other. as long as I
live."
When she had read thus far, she
closed the letter. and pressing a hand
against her heart as II TO still its
throbbing. locked the written pages
In drawer OF her bureau She went
downstairs and made Ranston bring
her chair TO its accustomed place un.
der the rose.arbor. and sat there
through the falling twilight.
She and Shirley talked but little al
dinner. and what she said seemed to
come winging from old memories-her
own girlhood. It's routes and picnies
and harumscarum pleasures. And
there were long gaps In which she
sat silent, playing with her napkin,
the light color coming and going In
her delicate cheek. lost In revery. II
was not TIL the hall.clock struck her
usual hour that she rose TO go to her
room.
Don't send Emmallne," she said.
Il shan't want her" She kissed shir.
ley good night. Maybe after while
you will sing for me: you haven't
played your harp for ever SO long
In the subdued candle.light Mrs.
cambridge locked the door OF her
room. She opened closet. and from
the very bottom OF small harcloth
trunk. lifted and shook out from iis
many tissue wrappings a faded gowr
OF rose-eolored silk. with pointed bod
ice and oldfashionod puffeleeyes. Sh,
spread this on the bed and laid with II
pair OF yellowod satin slippers ant
little straw basket that held q rpra,
OF what had once been cape jessa
mine.
In the flickcrinE light she undr.sset
and rcarranged her haif. catching III
uilyery curling mcahcs In low sof
coil. Looking almost nrtiveiy abou
her. she put on the rose.oolored gown
and pinned the withered nowerspra,
on itH breast. She lighted nor.
candlcs-in tho wall brackets and OF
tho dressing thble-and tho reading
lamp on tho desk. Standing bcior,
her mirror then. aho gaEcd LONG at IN,
rorootion-tho poor faded fose.tin
against the pale ivory OF her nlondc
neck. and tho white hair A li,tl,
culver ran over her lips.
Whatever tho fact abe whispered
you and no other an lonl
as live"
sho unlocked tho bureau.dfawe
then. took out the letter. and seatin,
herself by the table. read the remain
der.
- Sri,c this In the old library an,
bristow holds my horse by tho porch
lie will give you this letter when
am gone
'Lasi nlsht We wore danoing-sl
OF un--st the ball can scarcely be
iAs.s " vss Iscs than twelve hour
The state herald., 1914-09-18
Woman, 50. to Be Adopted.

Denver.-A petition was filed re.
Gently In the District Court. whereby
Mrs. Kate Z. Brown. widow OF Isaac
II. Brown. a Denver pioneer. seeks to
adopt Mrs. Ella Knight Brown Schlos.
ser. SO years old. Mrs. Brown wants
to adopt Mrs. Sehiosser In order that
the latter may legally inherit the
Brown estate.
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Yes, my darling. you will be
Always young and fair TO mel

The smile was still on her lips when
uho fell asleep. and tho little iooket
ftill lay in hor fingers.
The state herald., 1914-09-18

called and tho crickcts sang their un.
ending epilhalamia ut summer nights.
and on this toue.baokgrouud the mel.
ody rose icnderly and llngeringly like
haunting perfume OF pressed flowers
She smiled and lifted the locke, to her
face. Whispering the words OF the re-.
frain
The state herald., 1914-09-18

Darling, J am growing old.
silver threads among the gold
Hhine uron my brow today.
i.lfe IL fading fast away.
But my darling. you Will be
AlMAAN Nnunr md fulr "a ma