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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-05-07
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Mr. and Mrs Robert Scott. of
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Orient Argus Mr. 7. Kelley and
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Ter, Tuesday.
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Rev. and Mrs J. II. Kearton visit
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Miss Marguerite Weir of this city
is completing a term of school at
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Mrs Putnam departed last week
for an extended stay at the the
home of her daughter at Stockton,
Mo-, having spent the past Year in
this city at the home Of her daugh-
ter, Mrs 5. Y. Christ.
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Col. b. +. Ives, Of Huron, spent
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Mrs W. II. Carr and children
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Chas. Corcoran has been confined
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Insure your buildings, live stock
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J. G.. McCoOl. Manager
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The ladies Of the Christian Church
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For Sale Gasoline range. inquire
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For Sale Cheap A three burner
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THE MILLER PRESS
THURSDAY, MAY 7. 1914
PERSONALS AND
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J. T. McCullen transacted bust.
ness in Aberdeen YESTERDAY.
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Have your ewes tested and fitted
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here
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Get farm loans of Miller Land. Co.
J. C. McCool, Manager.
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: See us for City lots and other city
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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-10

passions. Your mother never loved, but rather
feared me. And Rose is the mirror Of her mothers
nature. gentle, unselfsb. sympathetic. But you.
Judith. you are like second self to me-"
An accent Of profound satisfaction informed his
voice The girl waited in a silence that tensely
expectant
Then, II on this your birthday to ask a
service Of you that might injuriously affect the
happiness of your sister,"
The girl laughed briefly: only ask it,"
And how far would you go to do my win7"
Where would you stop In the service of one you
loved?"
Seneca Trine nodded eravely. And after brief
pause. Rose is in love-" he announced.
oh know know" the father affirmed with
a faint ring of satisfaction. Il old, cripple.
prisoner Of this living tomb; but all things should
know-somehow-I come to know in course OF
time!"
ITS true-that Englishman she scraped acquaint-
anoe with on the Riviera last year-whats his
name?-Law. Alan Law"
In the MAN." the father corrected mildly. you
are right Only, he's not English. His father was
wellington Law, OF Law Son.
She knew better than to interrupt, but her seem
ing patlence was belied by the whitening knuckl'
OF a hand that lay within the little pool OF blood
red light
And presently the deep voice rolled on: Law and
were once friends; then-it came TO pass that we
loved one woman your mother. / won her-an
loved He never forgave me, nor him. Though
he married another woman. still be held from me
the love OF my wife / could not sleep for hating
him-and he was better on. Each sought the
others ruin; it came to be open duel between
US in Wall street. One OF us had TO fai-and /
held the stronger hand. The night before the day
that was to have seen my triumph, / walked IN
Central Park as my habit TO tire my BODY
30 that my brain might sleep. Crossing the East
Drive was struck by a motor-car running at high
speed without lights picked up insensible-
and lived only to be what am today Law tn
umphed In the street while lay helpless; only
living remnant OF my fortune remained TO me
Then his chauffeur. discharged came 70 me ana
sold me the truth; II Laws car with Law at
the wheel that had struck me downs deliberate
attempt at assassination l sent Law word that
meant to have a life for a life For what was
better than dead? I promised him that should he
escape would have the life Of his son. He knew
meant It, and sent his wife and son abroad. Then
he died suddenly, OF some common ailment-they
said; but knew better. He died Of fear OF me-
Trine smiled cruel smile: Il had made HIS life
reign OF terror Ever so often l would send Law
one way OF another-mysteriously Always Trey
of Hearts: It was my death-sign for him; as YOU
know, our name Trne. signifies a group OF three
And every time he received trey OF hearts within
twenty-four hours attempt Of some sort would
be made upon his life. The strain broke down his
nerve.
Then ] turned my attention to the son. but the
distance was great, the difficulties insupersble
The Law millions Knocked all my efforts; their ALI
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-10

to It's trunk a trey OF hearts. OF which each pip
had been neatly punctured by 22-caliber bullet
He carried It back to camp. meaning to consult
the guide but on second thought, held his tongue
Il was not likely that the Indian had overlooked
an object conspicuous the trail
So Alan waited for him 10 speak-and meantime
determined to watch Jacob more narrowly, though
no other suspicious circumstance had marked the
several days OF their association.
The FIRST half OF the night was. as the day. DO
voted to relentless progress southwards; thirty
minutes Of steady jogging, fve minutes for rest
and repeat
No more question as 70 the need for such urgent
haste; overhead the north wind muttered without
ceasing; thin wells OF smoke drifted through the
forest hugging the ground. like some weird aorid
mist and ever the curtained heavens glared' ivid
with reflected fires
BY midnight Alan had come % the bounds of en-
durance; flesh. bone and sinew could no longer
stand that strain. Though Jacob declared that
Spirit Lake was now only six hours distant, as far
as concerned Alan he might have said six hundred.
His blanket once unrolled Alan dropped upon Il
like drugged
The sun was high when he awakened and sat up.
rubbing heavy eyes, stretching aching limbs. won
dering what had come the Indian to let him
sleep so late.
OF a sudden he was assailed by sickening fears
that needed only the brlefest investigation to
firm. Jacob had absconded with every valuable
item OF their equipment.
FIRE had made tremendous gains. And ever and
anon the wind would bring down the Of the
holocaust dulled by distance but not unlike the
growing OF wild animals feeding on their KILL
Alan delayed long enough only to swallow few
mouthfuls OF food, gulped water from a spring.
and set out at a dog-trot the trail to Spirit Lake
For hours he bundered blindy on. holding 20
the trail mainlz by instinct
At length painting. gasping, haifblinded. he
staggered into little natural clearing and plunged
forward headlong. so bewdered that he could not
have said whether he tripped thrown: for
even as he stumbled heavy body landed on his
back and crushed him savagely TO earth.
In less than a minute he overcome; his
wrists hitched together his ankles bound with
heavy cord.
When his vision cleared he found Jacob within
a yard regarding him with a face as immobile As
though Il had been cast in the bronze II resembled
Beyond to one side, a woman IN a mans hunting
costume stood cycling the captive narrowly as
the Indian but unlike him with a countenance that
seemed aglow with a fierce exultanoy over his
downfall.
But for that look he could have believed hers the
face that had brought him overseas this mortal
pass Feature for feature, even 70 tho hue OF her
tumbled hair, she counterfeited the woman he
loved; only those eyes. ahame with their look OF
inhuman ruthlessness. denied that the two were
one.
He sought vanly 70 speak The breath rustled
in his parched throat Ike wind whispering sn~--
dead leaves
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-10
11I-rHn man. on rRrAcnERY.

But young Mr. Law was sole agent Of his own
a lnishment; just he was nobody's fool least Of
his own. The hidden meaning Of the trey Of
NJ IS perplexed him with such dstrust that before
- ng London, he dispatched a code cablegram to
confidential agent in New York.
'0What do you know about the trey Of hearts1
Answer Immediately"
The answer forestalled his arrival in Liverpool:
"Trlne's death slgn for your father. For Gods
sake, look to yourself and keep away from Amer
lea"
But Alan had more than once visited America
incognito and unknown TO Seneca Trine via
secret route of his own selection.
Eight days out OF London Hecond-class pas
senger newly landed from one OF the C-P. steam
ships he walked the streets OF Quebec-and dropped
out OF sight between dark and dawn, to turn up
presently in the distant Canadian hamlet Of Bale
St. Paul. apparently very tenderfooted American
woods-traveler ohaperoned by taciturn Indian
guide picked up heaven-knowswhere.
Crossing the ST. Lawrence by night, the two
struck of quietly into the hinterland OF the Notre
Dame range. then crossed the Maine border
On the second noon thereafter. trail-worn and
weary, as lean as their depleted packs. the two
paused on ridge-pole OF the wilderness up back
Of the Allagash country. and made their midday
meal in a silence which. II normal in the Indian.
was one Of deep misgvings on Alan's part
Continually his gaze questioned the northern skies
that lowered portentiously, foul with smoke-a
countrywide conhagration that threatened all
northern Maine bone-dry with drought
Only the south offered fair prospect. And the
fires were making southwark far faster than man
might hope to travel through that grim and stub
born land.
Even as he stared. Alan saw fresh columns OF
dun-colored smoke spring up IN the northwest
Anxousy he consulted the impassive mask Of
the Indian, from whom his questions gained Alan
little comfort Jacob recommended forced marches
to Spirit Lake where canoes might be found 10 aid
their flight and withdrew into sulen reserve
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-10

meet Law. They fell IN love at sight Then I
wrote informing her that the she had chosen
was the son OF him who had murdered all Of me
but my brain. It fell out I foresaw. You can
imagine the scene OF passionate renunciation-
pledges OF undying constancy-the arrangement OF
a secret code whereby, when she needed him, she
would send him single rose-the birth OF a great
romancei"
The old man laughed sardonically. We'll, there
is the history Now the rose has been sent: Law
IS already homeward bound; my agents are watch
ing his every step. The rest Is in your hands"
The girl bent forward, breathing heavily, eyes
sfame in face that had assumed waxen pallor.
What is II you want Of me?"
Bring Alan Law TO me. Dead alive, bring
him to me- But alive. II you can compass Il; /
wish to see him die. Then T. too, may die content"
The hand Of hotblooded youth stole forth and
grasped the icy hand Of deathn-life.
Il will bring him." Judith swore-"dead or alive.
you shall have him here"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-10
1.-THE SIGN OF TnE THREE.

Out-otdoors, high brazen noon, day In spring
the clamorols life of New York running fluent
o. quicksilver through its brilliant streets.
Within-doors neither sound nor sunbeam dis
turbed a perennial quiet that was yet not peace.
The room was like a wide. deep well OF night, the
haunt of teeming shadows and sinister silences.
Little indeed. was visible beyond the lonely
shape that brooded over 1t, the figure OF an old
man motioness in great, Battle-Ground chair.
His hair was as white his heart was black.
The rack of his bones clothed IN a thick black
dressng-gown with waistcord Of crimson silk. from
the thighs down was covered by a black wooden
rug He stared unbnking at nothing: man seven
eighths dead completely paralyzed but for his head
end his left arm
Presently a faint clicking signal disturbed the
stilness Seneca Urine put forth his left hand and
touched one OF a row Of crimson buttons embedded
An the desk Something else clicked-this time
latch There was the faintest possible noise OF a
closing door and a smallish man stole noiselessiy
into the light. paused beside the desk ana waiteo
respectfully for leave to speak
"Wen?"
"A telegram. sir-from England"
Give il mel"
The old man seized the sheet Of yellow paper.
scanned It hungrily and crushed It In his tremu-
ious claw with gesture OF uncomfortable emotion
send my daughter Judith here!"
Two minutes later young woman in street dress
was admitted to the chamber of shadows.
you sent for me. father"
"Sit down.
She found and placed chair at the desk, and
ebedienty settled herself in ii.
"Judith--ten me-what day is this?'
MY birthday I am twenty-one"
"And your sisters birthday: Rose too. is twenty
one"
Yes"
'You could have forgotten that" the old man
pursued almost mockingly. do you really dislike
pour twin-sister so intensely"
The girls voice trembled. You know" she said
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ThruBting the Indian roughly aside. the womaA
hnelt in his place by Alan head
NO." she said, and smn'ng cruelty shooR her
head-'no, am not your -ose But am her Sic
ter. Judith, her twin born in the hour, daugh-
ter of-can you guess whose daughter7 But see
thisl" She flashed a card from within her hunting
shirt and held II before his eyes. You know II
oh? The trey Of hearts-the symbol Of Trine-
Trine your fathers enemy. and yours, and-Rosea
father and mine So now, perhaps you knows-
gust OF wind like a furnace blast swept the
glade. The woman sprang up. glanced over
shoulder into the forest. and signed 70 the Indian
I'm ten minutes" she said. these woods win BE-
your funeral pyre"
She stepped back Jacob advanced, picked Allan
up. shoudered hts body and strobe back into the
forest Ten feet in from the clearing he dropped
the helpless man supine upon bed OF dry logs nna
branches.
Then with a single movement. he diHappeare4
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They travelled far and fast by dim forest trails
before shutdown. then again paused for food and
rest And as Jacob sat deity about preparing the
meal. Alan stumbled of to whip the little trailside
stream for trout
Perhaps a hundred yards upstream, the backlaah
OF a careless cast by his weary hand hooked the
State OF Maine. Too tired even TO remember the
appropriate words. Alan scrambled ashore forced
through the thick underground that masked the
trail found his fly, set the State OF Maine free-and
swinging on his heel brought up nose to sapling,
transfxed by rectangle OF white Dasteboard fixed
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-10

ance with the Rothschilds placed mother and son
under the protection OF every secret police In Eu-
rope. But they dared not come home At length
/ realized could win only by playing a waiting
game. l needed three things; more money: to bring
Alan Law back TO America; and agent l could
trust one incorruptibe agent ceased 10 per
secute mother and son, lulled them into a OF
false security and by careful specuatons repaired
my fortunes. In Rose I had the lure 10 draw the
boy back to America; In you. the one person I
could trust
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-10

we have nothing in common-beyond parentage
and this abomnable resemblance. Our natures DIFF
fer as light from darkness"
And which would you say was-lightF'
Hardly my own: I'm no hypocrite. Rose Is
everything that they tell me my mother was, while
r'-the girl smiled strangely think more
your daughter than my mothers"
nod Of the white head confirmed the sugges
ton. 1T is true. / have watched you closely
Judith, perhaps more closely than you knew
Before I was brought to this"-the wasted hand
made a significant GESTURE was a OF strong
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-10

The phofo-dra1a corresponding TO He nisfaHrienfs Of
The Trey O'Hearts may noxu Be seen at the leading
T1oVin9 picture heaters By this unique arrangement
Dhh the Universal Film MFG. Co. Is therefore not only
possible 10 read % The Trey 0Hesrts' N tbs paper.
but also 10 each inStaAnS1st Of II at the ni0bng
plcture heate,s
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-24

SHOP IN
STOMACH j
sis, go ts
INSANE NEGRO, WHO ATE
OLD IRON, DEAD. AUTOPSY
REVEALS WONDERS

Norman okla, June "a The death
oi Malachi Martin. a negro who was
comimited to tin asylum three wears
ago from l.et'iore county. presented to
the physicians of Norman one OF the
strangest cases ever discovered IN
the medical world Since coming to
the asylum tAe negro has actea
Qaeerly ana an effort nn tie part o,
the attending doctors to improve his
condition only served to shroud the
case in more mystery They long
gave up the case as Il hopeless one
and declared that only a postmortem
would reveal the true facts
Last satuija> Martin died and a
postmortem was held at the UNDER
taking parlors Of / NJ Jackson BY
DTS. steen and Day when the body
was cut open the following articles
were found in the stomach OF the
negro
tonr 20genny nails, ten 6-penns
mails three penny nails, fifteen g.
penny nails, six shingle nails. one lans
screw lonr Lion tobacco tag two
star tobacco tags twelge one-ineh
washers. nifty buttons Of various sizes
and Kinds, twenty small pieces Of Tin
and iron one bed spring about hire
inches long with hook on each end,
one small railroad spike one two
inch screw one part Of butcher
onite about Two inches long ole large
haif Of teaspoon handle, thirtf
pieces ol glass ranging FROM small
pieces 10 pieces two inches long ani
one inch wide. Twelve BRASS toilet
pieces nine large safety pins. four
tongues q safety pins, trouser-beit
and hose buckles. eleven small wash
-rs. seven wire rings TWO penaies
dated 1901 and 1909, one door KEY
two alarm clock cog Wheels one shoe
spring and one pegging awl wrench.
IN III there were PIG pieces taken
from the negros stomach, weighing
1ne pound and nine ounces. One Of
the nails found was more than five
inches long
The attendants at the asylum say
hey never knew OF the negro swal-
lowing anything Of this nature ana il
Is very likely he used a good dead Of
along with his peculiar form
,f guttony.
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Miss Ora Scrutchfield who Is a grad
uate Of the Ross Conservatory Of
Music ana who finished the teachers
course in piano under Mrs. Robertson
in the Guthrie high school in May
Nill hereafter be associated with Mrs
Robertson in her school Of music, as
assistant piano teacher Miss scrutch-
field win teach for fifty cents per
lesson and all, her work will be un-
der the supervision of Mrs. Robert
son. In order to introduce Miss
serntchfield's work she will give to
the first ten pupils enrolled under
her. ten lessons at Just half price or
g % for the ten lessons. For infor-
nation call at the Robertson school
Of Music or phone No 1867
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Engine Pulls Binder.

Engine Pulls Binder.
Harvesting was never more siren
uously pushed in any land than it has
h-en duriag the present Week ia all
this par Of Oklahoma On the i0i
rsnch the Niller boys have traction
aeine hitcned 10 three binders and
these are followed by eight other
binders drawn by teams. The ifac-
lion rig is never stopped. runn'1s
day and night. while other rigs are
run during every hour Of daylight In
many wheat fields there are double
shifts, while lots Of alfalfa Is moved
during the night and gathered during
the nayt day. The Nlillers arr run
ming haif dozen full outfits in their
alfalfa fields The slight showers
Tuesday afternoon was the only time
lost BY the harvesters in all this part
IF the state since the beehning d
he season. Everything is lookins
most promising
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MUST BELIEVE IT
When Well Known Guthrie People
Tell It SO Plainly.

| When public endorsement is made
| 10y a representative citizen OF Guthrie
the proof is positive. Yon must be
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man. woman Or child with kidney
trouble viii do well to read The fol
lowing:
Mrs. T. Hight 10. $ Fifth 81
Guthrie, Okla says Abont year
ago had an attack Of kidney and
bladder trouble and suffered a great
deal from weak and aching back
/ always felt Tined and was very
anxious to get relief Doan's Kidney
Pills corrected the trouble nd since
then. have had no further cause
for complaint"
Mrs Hight is. only one Of many
(sutlfrie people who have gratefully
endorsed Doans Kidney pills. I'll
our Aack aches--if your Kidneys
-other you. don't simply ask for a
.idney remedy ask distinctly for
Doans Kidney Pills. the same that
Yrs Hight had--the remedy backed
~ home testimony SOC all stores
I. Y When Your Back is Lame
'oster lMilburn 30 Props. Buffalo.
the Name ADV.
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Normal Student browns
Near Tahlequah.

Guy w Smith of Oktaha, aged IS,
was drowned yesterday when he lost
his footing while wading in the llli-
nois river near TahieQuah and sank
in deep water Three companions
were with him, but could not swim
lie was student at the Tahlequah
Normal