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Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09

crumpled linen suits and Tapping san
dals detracted sadly from the soldierly
effect.
Big and hulking, and swelling with
the pride of his kind, Hooker looked
them over slowly. and spoke his hid
den thought
"I wonder" he said, turning to Phil.
how many of them could lick with
one hand?"
We'll. they're nothing but lot OF
petty convicts, anyway" answered De
Lancey. but here's some boys ahead
that I'll bet could hold you, man for
man, husky as you are. old fellow"
They were riding past store. now
serving as an improvised barracks.
and romping about in the streets were
pair Of tall Yaqui Indians, each deco
rated with cartridge-belt about his
hips in token of his military service.
And a group of others, summing
themselves against the wall, looked up
at the Americans with eyes as fearless
as mountain eagles.
"Yes, that's right" admitted Bud,
returning their friendly greeting. but
wen never have no trouble with
them"
We'll, these Nacionales are not so
bad" defended Phil, as they passed
the state soldiers OF Sonora on the
street, but they're Just as friendly as
the Yaquis."
Sure" jeered Bud, when they're
sober! But you get bunch Of 'em
drunk and ask 'em what they think Of
the gringos! No. you got to show me
I've seen too much of EN-"
you haven't seen as much of 'em
quickly. I've been all over the repub-
lie, except right here In Sonora. and !
swear these Sonorans here look good
to me. There's no use holding a
crouch against them. Bud they
haven't done ue any dirt"
mo, they never had no chance"
| grumbled Bud, gazing grimly to the
south. But wait till the hot weather
comes and the revoltosos come out OF
their holes; wait till them chihuahua
greasers thaw out up In the Sierras
| and come down to get some fresh
mounts. Well, I'll tell 'em one thing"
he ended, reaching down to pat his
horse. they'll never get old Copper
Bottom here-not unless they steal
him at night. It's all right to be cheer.
full about this. Phil, and you keep right
on being glad, but l got a low-down
hunch that we're going to get in bad. 4"
well, I've got just as good g hunch.
came back De Lancey, that we're go.
| ing TO make a killing"
Yes, and speaking about Killings .
said Bud. you don't want to overlook
that"
| He pointed at a group OF disman.
tied adobe buildings standing out on
the edge of the town and fianked by q
segment of whitewashed wall all spat
tered and preached with bullet-holes.
There's where these prize Mexicans
of yourn pulled on the biggest killing
In Sonora was over hero yesterday
with that old prospector and he told
me that that wall Is the bull-ring
After the first big fight they gathered
up three hundred and fifty men, more
or less, and throwed 'em in a trench
along by the wall-then they blowed II
over on 'em with few sticks of dyna
mite and let 'em pass for buried. Nc
crosses or nothing. Excuse me. n they
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
SINGULAR, INDEED.

Mrs. Williston
is such a singular
person, isn't she?"
II have never no
ticed anyt I b | n 6
8 ira ge about
her"
when she and
her husband were
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
Not ALWAYS.

'Tt is always the unexpected tna'
happens" she remarked, Just because
II was necessary to say something
"Oh, no, not always" the cruel man
replied. II knew the moment ! saw
you that you would have me cornereG
somewhere inside of fifteen minutes
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
CHAPTER ~.
for two.

From the times of David and Jona-
than down to the present day the
world has been full of young men
sworn to friendship and seeking ad-
venture in pairs. 'Pardners," they call
them In the west, and though the word
has not crept into the dictionary yet.
1t is as different from partner" as a
friend Ia from a business associate.
They travel together. these pardners
Of the West, and whether they be COW.
boys or Cousin Jacks" the boss who
fires one of them fires both of them.
and they go share and share in every
thing.
Bud Hooker and Philip De Lancey
had met by chance in El Paso when
the revolution was just beginning to
boil and the city was swarming with
we're everywhere, urging Americans to
join their cause. Military preferment,
cash payments, and grants of land
were the bats they used, but Hooker
stood out from the first and took De
Lancey with him. A Mexican promise
did not pass current where he was
born and they went to the mines in
stead.
Then the war broke out and, while
| fugitives streamed out OF stricken
Chihuahua, they finally struck out
against the tide. fighting their way to
a certain mine far back In the Sierra
Madres, where they could dig the gold
on shares.
Behind them the battle waged;
Casas Grandes was taken and retaken;
Juarez, Aqua Negra and chihuahua
fell; Don Porf1rio, the Old Man OF Mex
leo, went out and Madero took his
place; and still they worked for their
stake.
Then new arms and ammunition
flowed in from across the border;
Orozco and his rebel chiefs went out,
and the breath of war famed higher
against the hills At last the first
broken band OF rebels came struggling
by, and, reading hate and envy
In their lawless eyes, the Americans
dug up their gold at sundown and rode
all the night for their lives.
And now, welded together by all that
toll and danger. they we're pardners,
cherishing no delusions as to each
others strength or weaknesses, but
Joined together for better or worse.
II was the last thing that either of
them expected. but three days after
they fed out OF Mexico, and with all
their money unspent, the hand Of fate
seized upon them and sent them back
TO another adventure.
It was early morning again, with
crowds along the street, and as they
ambied slowly along toward the line
the men on the corners stared at them.
The bunch Of cowboys gazed at Bud,
who sported new pair of high-heeled
boots, and knew him by the way he
rode; and the mining men looked
searchingly at De Lancey, as II to
guess the secret OF his quest.
A squad of mounted troopers, riding
out on border patrol, gazed after them
questioningly. but Bud and Phil rode
on soberly, leading their pack, and
headed for Aqua Negra across the line
II was a grim place to look at, this
border town OF Aqua Negra, for the
war had swept It twice. A broad waste
OF level land lay between II and the
prosperous American city. and across
this swath. where the Mausers and
machine guns had twice moved. lay
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
The Land of Broken Promises
(cosyhsbt 1914. by Frank A. kmsy)
SYNOPSIS.

Bud Hooker and Phil DE Lancey are
forced. owing TO the revolution in Mexico.
90 give up their mining claim and return
20 the United States. In the border town
OF Oadsdcn Hooker meets Henry Kruger,
2 wealthy miner, who hNts OF q big min
knE proposition In Mexico that he wants
Hooker 10 take charge Of.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
In Glowing Terms.

She--Mr. Wimbledon spoke OF you
in glowing terms last night.
He-I am gratified to hear you say
SO. l have always regarded him Ss O
fine Judge OF men.
she-Yes. It was one of the worst
roasts l ever heard.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
They Deserve Mention.

I'VE hear great deal about suC
cessful men. but little about succesS
ful women" a..
II know IT, Yet every little "n'S
we meet woman who has succeeueD
in marrying Off four or five dsusD
ters."
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09

Still waters run deep. you EnU"'
said the mother OF the lady VINO n@0
been married four years. ,.,:
"William must love me very ueeP''
then. He's terribly still about It,
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
As Il Seemed to Him.

what do you consider the secret OF
your success7" inquired the young
man who had Just taken up the STUDY
Of law.
Well" replied the famous attorney
II think the use of words that were
too big for either the court or the jury
to understand has had most to 90
with It."
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09

He comes without a hoof displayed
Or anything that smacks of he'll;
He comes fair-fronted. with a smile
That quickly rids us OF suspicion
And makes us think him splendid while
He guides us downward to perdition.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09

ueered the door a new thought struck
him and he came as quickly back.
You can do what you please about
your pardner." he said I'm talking
10 you! Now-will you think about
mr.
"Surei" returned Hooker.
We'll, then" snapped Kruger. meet
me at the Waldorf in an hour!"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
(NT@56z5Ss,.. &C..
HENIY ROWLAND
W DEVIL AS
HE'S G.

They give the dev,,
hoofs and horns
Who picture him
with brush or
pen,
So that whoeve,
fears or scorn,
The dread arch
enemy of men
May know him FOR
a hend. may
know
The cunning tha,
is in his glances,
a n d therefore.
meet him as a
foe,
However slyly he
advances.
They err who have
him thus por-
trayed
So that all men
may know him
xtsalts
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
snatehIna Land From Rlven.

oHdtCHIHH LaHu from HIveh
Land is being built out to sea from
the mouths Of the Mississippi river at
an estimated average rate Of 800 feet
year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09

In New York she didn't write on Wal
dorf-Astoria paper to any OF her
friends"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-08-28
DROVE THE CAT TO SUICIDE
Representative Probably Did > Little
Thinking After He Had Heard
PoIiceman's Story.

Alfalfa Bill" Murray, representa-
tive from Oklahoma, made a tout Of
Washington a short time ago with q
party of friends. In due time they
reached the Washington monument,
and the Oklahoma statesman told at
length OF the beauties Of the shaft.
At the close Of his %peroration, Alfal-
f. Bill mopped his brow and turned
genially to a minion Of the law nearby.
How about it." asked he; isn't
that some little talk on this ancient
pile of masonry"
You forgot about the cat" replied
that official. imperturbably.
What cat?"
"The brindled cat OF 1896"
"Well, what about him." queried
Representative Murray.
"Oh, nothing" replied the guard,
evasively.
See here" said Mr.. Murray, stern
ly. Il demand to know about this cat"
1T amt much Of a story" replied
the guard. Your talking there re-
minded me OF It. Y'see this here cat
lived In the monument. Well. sir. me
an1 another chap that used to be here
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-08-28
Some Mushroom.

Epicures in the United States. who
love mushrooms will long for a time
in the Austrian Tyrol, where real
mushrooms grow. "A traveller writing
Of the region says: Bordering the
road that led up the mountain were
Italian chestnut trees. SO large that
1t took from three to five of US to
span the trunks Of most OF them. I'm
der n Of these one evening l cav
crouching what l took to be q small,
dark gray kitten. STOPPING, / found
that it was not a kitten. but a mush-
room. Our good peasant neighbor.
hurrying toward me, begged that l
would not disturb it, saying that -
depended on this every year. ANa
a few days of rain, what had seemed
a kitten now looked a stately cat. ~
when i. reached the weight Of ~
DosnGs Il was eAtherod and eaten
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-08-28

treading on a path OF r~ose-leave1.
down which the increasing melody
flowed crimsonl, to him, calling. cali
ing.
He stopped stock-still. He lad been
skirting a close-cropped hedge Of box.
This had ended abruptly and he was
looking straight up a bar Of green
yellow radiance from a double door
way. The latter opened on a porch
and the light, flung across this.
drenched an arbor OF climbing roses.
making 1t stand out . mass OF woven
rubies set in emerald.
He drew a long sigh OF more than
delight, for framed In the doorway he
saw a figure in misty white, leaning to
the gilded upright Of a harp. He
knew at once that 1t was Shirley.
Holding his breath, he came closer, his
feet muffled in the thick grass, He
stood in the dense obscurity, one
hand gripping the gnarled limb Of
a catalpa, his eyes following the
shapely arms from wrist to shoulder,
the fingers straying across the strings,
the bending cheek caressing the
carved wood. She was playing the
melody of Shelley's Indian Serenade"
touching the chords softly and ten.
derly-and his lips moved, molding
themselves s~oundlessly to the words.
The serenade died in a single long
note. AS if in answer to it there rose
a flood Of bird-music from beyond the
arbor-jets Of song that swelled and
rippled to a soaring melody. She
heard 1t, too, for the gracile fingers
fell from the strings. She listened a
moment, with head held to mi side.
then sprang up and came through the
door and down the steps.
He hesitated a moment, then a at0.
gle stride took him from the shadow
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-08-28
CHAPTER XVIII.
Beyond the Box-Hedue.

AS he greeted her. his gaze plunged
deep into hers. She had recoiled a
step, startled. to recognize him al
most instantly. He noted the shrink
ing and thought 1t due to a stabbing
memory of that f~orest-horror. His first
words were prosaic enough:
I'm an unconscionable ~trespasser,"
he said. 1T must seem awfully PROV
ly, but | didn't realize ! vas IN pri-
vatc property till | passed the hedge
there
AS her hand lay in his. a strange
fancy stirred in him: In that wood
meeting she had seemed something
witch-like. the wilful spirit of the pas
sionate spring herself. mixed Of her
aerial essences and jungle wilder
nesses; In this scented lim-lit close she
was ~grave-eyed. subdued. a paler pen
sive woman of under ..alf-guessed sad
nesses and haunting moods. With her
answer. however. this gravity seemed
to slip from her like a garment. She
laughed lightly.
Il love to prowl myself. think
sometimes | like the night better than
the day. | believe In one Of my in
carnations ! must have been a pan
Their"
They both laughed. I'm growing
superstitious about flowers" he said.
you know a rose figured in our frs:
meeting. And in cur last"
She shrank momcntarily. The cape
jessamines! l shall always think Of
that when | see them!"
"Ah. forgive mel" he begged. But
when | remember what you did-for
me-! Oh. | know! But for you. | must
have died"
But for me you wouldn't have
beer bitten. But don't let's talk of it"
She shivered suddenly.
fTO BE CONTINUEDD
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-08-28
Was the Morocco Case That Held
the Rusted Duelinq-PistoI!

h failed In his courtesy there. sab,
was called to account for it. He was
mighty apt to find himself standing in
the cool dawn at the butt-end Of "a"
He broke off and coughed. There
was an awkward pause in which he
set down his glass noisily and rose
and stood before the open bookcase.
Il envy you this. sah." he said with
somewhat of haste. "A fine old col
lection. Bless my soul, what a curious
volume!"
As he spoke. his hand jerked out a
heavylooking leather-back. Valiant.
who had risen and stood beside him,
saw instantly that what he had drawn
from the shelf was the morocco case
that held the rusted dEeling-pistol! In
the majors hands the broken box
opened. A sudden startled look darted
across his leonine face. With smoth-
cred exclamation he thrust 1t back
between the books and closed the
glass door
Valiant had paled. His previous
finding Of the weapon had escaped his
mind. Now he read, as clearly az II
1t had been printed In black-letter
across the sunny wall, the significance
Of the majors confusion. That weap-
on had been in his fathers hand when
he faced his opponent in that fatal
duel. 1t flashed across his mind as
the doctor lunged for his hat and stick
and got to his feet.
Come, Bristow,' said the latter irri-
tably. Your feet Will grow fast to
the floor presently. We mustn't talk a
new neighbor to death. I've got to Sc"
a patient at six"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-08-28
CHAPTER XVII.
John Valiant Asks a Question

John Valiant Asks a Question.
Valiant went with them to the
outer door. A painful thought was
flooding his mind. 1t hampered his
speech and it was only by a violent
effort that he found voice:
"One moment! There is a question
I would like to ask"
Both gentlemen had turned Upon the
steps and al they faced him he
thought a swift glance .,assed between
them. They waited c~ourteously. the
doctor with his habitual frown, the
majors hand fumbling for the black
ribbon on his waistcoat.
Since | came here, ! have heard"
his tone was uneven-"of a duel In
which my father was a principal.
There was such a meeting?'
There was" said the doctor after
the slightest pause Of surprise. Had
you known nothing Of 1T"
absolutely nothing"
The major cleared his throat. 1T
was something he might naturally not
have made a record Of" he said. The
two had been friends. and tit was
a fatal encounter for the other. The
doctor and / were your fathers sec
onds."
There was a moments silence be-
fore Valiant spoke again. When he
did his voice was steady. though drops
had sprung to his forehead. Was
there any circumstance in that meet
ing that might be construed as re-
fecting on his-honor"
Good God. no." said the major ex-
plosive1y.
.On his bearing az q gentleman
There was . hiatus this time II
vf4ch h eoai6 hA1r Ms hseTt, h9n1.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-08-28
CANADA'S HUGE GRAIN BINS
Port Arthur Paper 10 Peeved At the
Mention Of Kansas City Elevator.

From the Port Arthur (Canada) Evening Chronicle
Kansas City gains the attention OF
the New York Evening Post and is
given five inches Of space in that adj
mirable NEWSPAPER by asc Of in
creasing the capacity Of q grain ele-
vator there. The Evening Post says:
when the additions and alterations
to it's huge grain elevator at Kansas
City now under way are completed the
Missouri Pa~cifc-Iron Mountain rail-
road will have one Of the largest
plants OF it's kind in the world"
The present capacity of the Kansas
City product Is one million bushels.
When 1t gains its promised stature
and becomes ''one Of the largest in
the world" it will have a capacity OF
2,133, 900 bushels.
At the mention OF grain elevators
the twin ports at the head OF the lakes
prick up their ears and take notice.
The name Of Lloyd-George at a Tory
garden party, or OF President Wilson
at a bankers convention catches at
tention 20 quicker than the word "ele-
vator" In the hearing Of a Port Arthur
Fort William man. Toronto prides
itself on its churches; Pittsburgh
speciallzes on millionaires; Chicago
has its pork and Boston its pork and
beans-as for US. we rise to fame on
the bins of our elevators. and he who
says "one Of the largest" about any
old two-million- bushel outfit in Mis-
souri, must withdraw the statement or
name the place and weapons.
II the Evening Post had said "one
of the largest in Missouri" or in the
general but expressive American
phrase had said some elevator" W
wouldn't have minded 1t so much, but
when it describes this stunted Mis-
souri, receptacle as lone OF the largest
grain elevators In the world" then 1t
bushel elevators are SO common here
abouts that the secretary of the board
Of trade does not point them out to
distinguished visitors. Nothing could
show clearer than that what we think
Of two-million-bushel elevators.
When we have pointed to the $500.
O00-bushel G. N. r. elevator and the
$500, 000-bushel c.. P. r. elevator and
the $500, 000-bushel G. T. P. elevator;
then to the $500, OO0-bushel Dominion
Government elevator which is only
the first unit of what is to be a 80
million-bushel plant, by that time the
air Is so full Of millions that the
listener would be annoyed If we both
cred him with mention of a mere two.
million-bushel affair. So we Just lump
the balance together and describe the
grand total Of 45-million-bushel capac-
ity already standing at the head OF
the lakes.
Upon the basis upon which Kansas
City got five inches Of space in the
Evening Post we claim a compliment
tary writeup Of at least three columns
and in the article we would state that
in n respect we are like Kansas
City-when it is a question Of big ele-
vators we also are from Missouri.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-08-28
SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant. Z rich society favorite.
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
po~ration, which his father founded and
which was the principal source OF his
wealth, has failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for TIE corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist OF ar old motor car. q
white bull dog and Damcry court. a neg
lected estate In Virginia. On the way to
I,amory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge. an authenticated beauty. and de-
cides that he is going to like Virginia i'm
menseiy. Shirley'4 mother. Mrs. Dand-
ridge, and Major Bristow exchange rem
i~niscences during which It 10 revealed
that the major. Valiant's father. and a
maa named Sasson were rivals for the
lso1 Of Mrs. cambridge IN her youth.
0asson and Valiant fought a duel on her
account In which the former was killed,
Valiant hnds DaInory court overgrown
With weeds Ind creepers and the build
lnys In . very much neglected condition.
Ne decides to rehabiitate the place and
make the and produce a living for him.
Valiant saves Shirley from the bite of a
snake, which bites him.. Knowing the
deadliness IT the bite, Shirley sucks the
poison from the wound and saves his life.
shirley tells her mother Of the incident
and the latter Is strangely moved at
hearing that a Valiant is again living at
O4mory court.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-08-28

noticed that cat acting queerly ever
time q party came along and was told
about the beauties OF this vast pile Of
masonry as you was saying.
Then one day along came a gen,
with some friends and talked fol
three-quarters Of an hour along this
line, when blamed II that there cat
didn't run all the way up 500 odd feet
Of steps and commit suicide by jump
ing off the top of the monument
Washington Post.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-08-28
CHAPTER xv,-conttnued.

b major nodded, "Ah. yes" he
said. THE Continental prison-camp."
And just ' this rise there | can
nee al old courthouse. and the vir-
einia Assembly boiling under the
golden tongue-lashing OF lean raw.
boned Patrick Henry. see a messen-
ger gallop up and see the members
scramble to their ~saddles-and then,
TarletOn and his r. d-coats streaming
up, too late"
WELL" commented the doctor DELHI
erately, "all have to say is, don't
Materialize too much to Mrs. Poly
Clifford when you meet her. She'll
Fave you lecturing to the Ladies'
Church Guild before you know it."
Il hope o ride. Mr.. Valiant?" the
Atter asked geniaily.
I'm fond Of it. said Valiant. but
] have no horse az yet"
Il was thinking" pursued the ma.
1r. "of the coming tournament"
Tournament"
The doctor cut In. "A ridiculous
0ock-a-doodle-do which gives the young
o0cks a chance to rig out in silly toy
gerry and prance their colts before a lot
q ~petticoatsi"
It's an annual affair."" explained the
Qajor: "a kind Of spectacle. For
many years, BY the way, 1t has been
held on . part Of this estate-perhaps
20 will have no objection to its use
tnts season?-and at night there IL q
dance at the Country Club. By the
Way. you must let me introduce you
Mere0t0llorrow. I've taken the liberty
already Of putting your name up"
Good lord!" growled the doctor,
aside. He counts himself young! Ii
II reached your age, Bristow-"
You have" said the major, nettled.
-FOUR years ago!-As was saying,
4r. Valiant. they ride for q prize. It's
= very ancient thing-I've seen refer
snces to It In . colonial manuscript
= the Byrd Library at Westover. No
1oubt It's come down directly from
NE old jousts."
You don't mean to say" cried his
nearer In genuine establishment, that
Virginia has q lineal descendant of the
Journeys"
The major nodded. YES. Certain
sections OF Kentucky used to have it.
TO. but It has died out there. 1t
exists now only In this state. It's
= curious thing that the old knightly
meetings Of the middle ages should
survive today only on American SOIL
and IN . orner OF Virginia"
Doctor Southall. meanwhile, had set
his gaze on the litter Of pamphlets. He
turned with an appreciative eye.
You're beginning in earnest. The