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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28

s1gned by you-and your mans as
good as dead this minute, providing
he's in riding distance Of this here
car"
Trine waved his hand at his secre-
tary. Jimmy, find a thousand dollars
for this gentleman. Make out the
paper he indicates for the balance,
and I'll sign It."
Amt you powerful trustful, Mr..
Trine? How do you know I'll do any
thing more'n pocket that thousand and
fade delicately away"
my daughter and this gentleman,
Mr.. Marrophat, will accompany you"
"Oh, that's the way Of it, is it?"
"Name?" interjected the secretary,
writing busily with the top Of his at
tache case for a desk.
"Slade," said the bandit, James
Slade" Again Trine punctured the at
mosphere with his index finger. THE
man whose life l want is named Alan
Law. He is running away with my
daughter, Rose, accompanied by a per-
son named Barcus, disguised as a Pull
man porter"
THE three of them having recent
escaped from a train wreck up yonder
on the trestle?" Hopi Jim interposed.
You've met them" Judith demand
ed, whirling round.
About an hour ago, or maybe an
hour and half" Hopi Jim replied, "a
good ways down the road. They
stopped and asst where they could get
put up fer the night. l kindly directed
them on to Mesa, down in the Painted
hills yonder."
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guarantee you shall be amply salts.
fed. give you my word-the word
of Seneca Trine."
The eyes Of the bandit widened
mo? Is that SO? Seneca Trine, the
railroad king? Sure's you're born
you're him: I've seen your picture
in the papers a dozen times. Well
now, it looks like I'd drawn a full
house to this pair of deuces, don't 1t?
You ought to be able to pay something
handsome"
"I1l pay you far more handsomely
than you dream Of If you'll do as !
WISH" Trine interrupted quickly. DO
me the service wish-and name
your price: whatever it is, you shall
have it!"
Nothing could be fairer'n that!"
the two-gun man admitted suspicious
ly. But what's the number of this
here service-like you call it?"
Listen to me-" TTine bent his head
forward and jabbed the air with an
emphatic forefinger. What's the life
of a man worth in this neck Of the
woods?"
How much you got?"
"I'll pay you ten thousand dollars
for the life of the man will name"
The eyes of the bandit narrowed
Hold on, my friend: is that what you
call my naming my own price?"
Name it, then" said Trine.
Give me thousand on account" said
the other, "and paper saying you'll
pay me nineteen thousand more in ex
change for it and one dead man, prop
erly identified as the one you want
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secreted in the Businesses Of the Paint
ed hills-camps now abandoned, their
very names almost faded out Of the
memory Of mankind.
Midway in this string Of edifices the
hotel stood-a rough, unpainted, wood
en- edifice, mainly veranda and bar
room as to its lower floor.
Jealously Judith watched the win
dows OF the second floor: and she
alone Of the four detected the face that
showed for one brief instant we'll back
in the shadows beyond one Of the bed
room windows face that glimmered
momentarily with the pallor Of a
ghosts against the background Of that
obscurity, and then was gone.
Her eyes alone, indeed, could have
recognized the features Of Alan Law
IN that fugitive glimpse.
Two sentences exchanged between
Hopi Jim and blear-eyed fellow
whom he reused from sodden slumbers
behind the bar sealed their confidence
with conviction: the three fugitiVes
were in fact guests of the house, oc'
cupying two of the three rooms that
composed it's upper story.
In the rush that followed up the
narrow stairway, Judith led with such
spirit that not even Marrophat sus'
pected her revolver was poised solely
with intent to shoot from his hand his
own revolver the instant he leveled
1t at human target.
Closed and locked doors confronted
them; and their summons educed no
response; while the first door, when
broken in by a whole-souled kick, dis
covered nothing more satisfactory
than an empty room, it's bed bearing
the imprint of a woman's body, but
that woman gone.
From the one window, looking down
the side Of the house, Texas announced
that the woman had not escaped by
jumping out.
So 1t seemed that the three must
have had warning of their arrival,
after all; and presumably we're now
herded together in the adjoining room,
which looked out over the veranda
roof, waiting in Tear and trembling
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recent i'll temper and set himself diplo-
matically to adjust the differences be-
tween his daughter, Judith, and his
first lieutenant, Marrophat.
1t was no facile task: Marrophat
could not be trusted to work with a
single mind because Of his infatuation
for Judith; Judith could no more be
trusted faithfully to serve out her vow
to bring Alan Law to her fathers feet,
alive or dead, because-O cruel irony
love with that same man whose death
she had pledged herself to compass.
Only when, as now, half mad with
jealousy, determined to see Alan dead
rather than yield him to the woman
he loved, her sister, might Judith be
counted upon to serve her father in
his lust for vengeance as he would be
served-and even so not without Mar.
rophat at her elbow to egg her on
through her resentment of his surveil.
lance. Neither could be trusted, in.
deed, to work alone to the desired con.
summation; for Trine had secret rea.
son to fear lest Marrophat might,
given opportunity, connive at Alans
escape in order that he might marry
Rose and so throw Judith back into
his, Marrophat's, arms.
Poor, deluded fool!
Such was the private comment Of
Marrophat's master.
For all that, it was the man and moi
his daughter, whom Trine designated
to lead the expedition, cunningly
counting on Judith's chagrin to work
upon her passions and excite her to
one last, mad, blind attempt that
should prove successful.
Smiling his secret smile, Trine an
nounced his decision at the last mo
ment, while Hopi Jim waited with his
horses and an aSsistant-one Texas
for whose utter innocence Of scruplee
Mr.. Slade unhesitatingly vouched.
Sullenly submissive, at least in out
ward seeming, Judith bowed to this de
cision, marched out Of the car, and
suffered Marrophat to help her mount
her horse.
Now, deliberately, as the little caval
cade rode through the moonlit desert
night, the girl maneuvered her horse
to the side Of Hopi Jim, and ther
dropped back, permitting Marrophat
to lead the way with Texas.
AS deliberately she set herself tc
work upon the bandits susceptibility
to her charms.
Within an hour she had him ready
to do anything to win her smile.
In that first rush Of golden day q
thwart the land. the party came quietly
into the town of Mesa, riding slowly In
order that the noise of their approach
might not warn the fugitives, who
Hopi asserted confidently would still
be sound asleep in the accommoda
tions offered by the towns one hotel.
1t was to be termed town only In
courtesy, this Mesa: struggling
street of shacks, ramshackle relics oi
what had once been promising com
munity, the halfway station between
the railroad and the mining camps
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Copyright, 1914 by Louis Joseph Vance

planned carelessly, neglecting to eluci-
date the exact fashion of her drop. 81
judged you'd be along presently, and
thought I'd like to learn the news.
Well-what luck?"
Her father shrugged with his one
movable shoulder. Mr.. Marrophat
grunted Indignantly. The others shut
fed uneasily and looked all ways but
one-at the girl in mans clothing.
None" Judith interpreted. You
don't mean to tell me that after had
taken all that trouble-cast the ca
boose loose in the middle of that
trestle at the risk of my life-you
didn't have the nerve to go through
with the business!"
I'VE went through with it all right"
replied Marrophat defensively; but
as usual, they we're too quick for u.s.
They jumped out and dropped of the
trestle before our engine hit the ca
boose. We smashed that to kindling
woodruff they got away just in time
to miss the crash. And by the time
we had stopped and calmed down the
engineer-well, it was dark and no
way Of telling which way they had
run"
The girl started to speak, but merely
dropped limp hands at her sides and
rolled her eyes helplessly.
I'VE do our best" Marrophat OBJ
served. I'VE can't be blamed If
something - somehow - always hap
pens to tip the others of"
The girl swung to face him with
blazing eyes. Just what does that
mean?" she demanded in a dangerous
voice.
Marrophat lifted his shoulders.
"Nothing-much," he allowed. 81 am
only thinking how strange it is that
Mr.. Law can't be caught by any sort
of stratagem-when you are on the job,
Miss Judith"
The girls hands were clenched into
fists, white knuckles showing through
the flesh. you contemplate puppy!"
she snapped.
But on this her voice failed; for her
~ II past lllC pSIDOu vi NIL
Marrophat to the doorway of the draw
ing room and found it framing a
stranger.
Excuse me, friends" he offered in
lazy, semi-humorous drawl. 1T pains
me considerable to butt in on this
happy family gathering, but business
is business, same as usual and | got
to asst you-all to please put up your
hands,"
What do you want?" The invalid de-
manded.
Why" drawled the bandit, nothing
in particular-only your cash. Shell
out, if you please-gents all and the
lady, too." He ran an appreciative
glance down the figure which Judith's
disguise revealed rather than con-
cealed. ''If you'll pardon my takin'
notice." he amended. Perhaps !
wouldn't if the lady's clothes didn't fit
her so ALFRED quick!"
Keep a civil tongue in your head,
my mani" Judith counseled, without
any show of fear
At the same time her fathers voice
brought her to her senses.
Judith! Be quiet. Let me deal
with this gentleman. l am sure we
can come to some arrangement"
you bet your life," agreed the gen
tleman as the girl mutinously stepped
back. II know what l want, and you
all know you got it: so the name of
the said arrangement is just shell
out"
One minute" the invalid inter-
posed. Don't misunderstood me: l
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for the assault that must soon come
and in fact Immediately did.
But it met with more stubborn re-
sistance than had been anticipated.
The door had been barricaded from
within - REINFORCED by furniture
placed against it. Four minutes and
the united efforts Of four men (includ-
ing the bleary loafer of the barroom)
were required to overcome It's inert re-
sistance. But even when 1t was down,
the room was found to be as empty as
the first.
Only the fingers of two hands grip
ping the edge Of the veranda roof
showed the way the fugitives had
flown; and these vanished instantly as
the room was invaded.
Followed swift rush of hoofs down
the dusty street, and chorus of bias
phemy in the hotel hallway: for Ju-
dith had headed the concerted rush
for the staircase and contrived to
block 1t for full half minute by pre-
tending to stumble and twist her
ankle.
In spite of that alleged injury, she
never limped, and wasn't a yard be-
hind the first who broke from the
hotel to the open, nor yet appreciably
behind him in Vaulting to saddle.
Well up the road a cloud Of smoky
dust half obscured the shapes Of three
who rode for their very lives.
The pursuit was OF In a twinkling
and well bunched-Marrophat's mount
leading by nose, Judith second, Hopi
Jim and Texas but little in the rear.
And in the first rush they seemed to
gain; moment by moment they drew
up on the flying cloud Of dust.
Judith heard an oath muttered be.
side her and saw Marrophat Jerking q
revolver from its holster. The weapon
swept up and to a level; but. as the
hammer fell, Judith's horse caromed
heavily against the other, swinging II
half a dozen feet aside, and DETECTING
the bullet hopelessly.
The shock Of collision was SO great
that Marrophat kept his seat with DIFF.
fculty. He turned toward Judith q
face livid with rage.
simultaneously, as II taking the shot
as the signal for a fusillade, Judith
saw Alan lean back over his horses
rump and open fire.
An instant later his companion, Bar,
Gus, initiated his example.
In immediate consequence, Texas
dropped reins, slumped forward over
the pommel, wabbled weakly in his
saddle for moment, then losing the
stirrups, pitched headlong to the
ground; while Hopi Jim's horse
stopped short, precipitating his rider
overhead, and dropped dead.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28
SYRUP OF FIGS FOR
A CH|LD'S BOWELS.
It is cruel to force nauSeating,
harsh phySiC into a
sick child,

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on - castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form Of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found-
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" It's
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it.; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that a teaE poonful
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
Of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
On each bottle. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28

and now feel fine. / am regular, my
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left me. You can use my name if you
like. l am proud of what your RENE
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If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
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tOLydia E.Pinkham M Medicine Co.
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28

on toward the west, by this tEGA n
either of you care to follow me- che
automatic flashed omlnousIy In the
sun glare-"it will be with full knowl
edge Of the consequences. Mr.. Mario
phat will enlighten you II you have
any doubt Of my ability to take care OF
myself in such affairs as this. II you
are well advised, you will turn back
and report failure to my father"
"And what shall | tell your father
from your" Marrophat demanded
sharply.
What you please" the girl replied,
flashing an implsh smile over-shoulder.
But, since when part company with
you, part with him as well-for all of
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28
SYNOPSIS.

The trey OF hearts is the ath-sign"
employed by Seneca Trine in the pri-
Vate war of vengeance which, through the
agency Of his daughter, Judith, a woman
against Alan Law. son OF the man, now
dead, who was innocently responsible for
the accident which rendered Trine a help
less cripple. Alan loves Rose. Judith's
twin and double, but in all other respects
her precise opposite. Judith promises her
rather to compass Alan's death, but un-
ger dramatic circumstances he saves her
mie and so, unwilliEgly, wins her love,
thereafter Judith is BY turns animated by
the old hatred, the new love and jealousy
Of Rose
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28

me, you may tell him co go to the
devil!"
well" Mr.. Msr .ophat admitted con-
fidentially to M. Slade, 'T'm damned" !"
And that lint ALL" Mr.. Slade con-
fided in Mr.. Marrophat, whipping out
his own revolver: You're being held
up, too. I'll take those guns Of your'n'
friend, and what else you've got about
you that's of value, including your boss
and when you get back to old man
Trine you can just tell him, with my
best compliments, that I've quit the
job and lit out after that daughter OF
his'n. She's heap sight more attrac-
tive than nineteen thousand dollars,
and not half so hard to earn!"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28
CHAPTER xXXVII.
FIreplay.

FirepIay.
Contented with the promise of a
thousand dollars advance on his con-
tract, providing he returned with
horses within a stipulated time, Mr..
Hopi James Slade drifted quietly away
into the desert night.
Well content, persuaded that the
morrow's sun would never set upon a
world tenanted by one Alan Law. that
monomaniac, Seneca Trine, forgot his
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28
CHAPTER xxxvIII.
The Upper Trail.

In the ten minutes' delay necessi-
tated by this reverse, number of
more or less innocent bystanders
picked up the man Texas and carried
him off to breathe his last beneath a
roof; Hopi Jim picked himself up.
brushed his person tolerably clear Of
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28
More Effective.

First Father-Do you turn out the
lights when your daughters beau
stays too late?
Second Father-No-I turn out the
young man!
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28

regular anu was
tired and sleepy all
the time, would have
cold chills, and my
hands and feetwould
bloat. My stomach
bothered me, / had
pain in my side and
a bad headache most
of the time. Lydia
E. PinKham's Vege-
table Compound has
done ma lots of OOod
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28

Red Cross Ball Blue, made in America,
therefore the best, delights the housewife.
All good grocers. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28
WOMAN IN
BAD CONDITION
Restored To Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
ble Compound.

Montpelier, Vt "We have great
faith in your remedies. Twas very ir-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28

The man who is pleased with him
self is usually easily satisfied.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-01-28

No smart man ever tries to convince
a fool that the fool is foolish
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-07-29
The German Note.
From the New York World.

@ FROM lHe NEW 1Ork WOTld.
1t was hardly to be expected, we sup
pose, that a.nation which blew interna-
tional law to atoms when it assassinated
the Lusitania would fail on occasion to
make some plea in self-defense, even
though a weak one. Presenting no new
surprised, perhaps appalled,, at the sud
denness with which that great ship went
to the bottom, the German note now in
the plea, already familiar to us, that be-
cause Great Britain has violated interna-
tonal law in its assaults upon property
at sea Germany is justified in the perpet-
uation of every crime known to ~civiliza-
ton.
Violence which at the very outset runs
the whole gamut of outlawry and has no
uraily enough is not abashed when it Is
called to account for lesser injuries to a
friend. Herr Won Jagow does not fail to
dwell upon the German grievance against
us for selling munitions Of war to the al
lies. which he knows is perfectly lawful;
ne does not neglect to speak of the thou
robbed of breadwinners," those bread
winners being German soldiers conducting
"a war of defense" by invading foreign
states. and he renews the complaint that
British merchantmen are armed and that
tney attempt to ram German submarines,
put he does refuse to discuss law and
light and he does ignore the treaties be-
tween the United States and Prussia
which clearly cover every point now in
dispute.
To the extent that the note gives as
surance that American ships will not be
hindered in the prosecution of legitimate
p and the lives of American citi-
zens in neutral vessels shall not be placed
In jeopardy" there is a distinct advance
over anything that has emanated hereto
fore from the German foreign office. The
further statement, however, that 1.-The i'm
perial government is unable to admit that
American citizens can protect an enemy
chip through the mere fact of their pres
ence on board is offensive, and by impli-
cation is a faisehood.
We have not held that the presence Of
Americans on enemy ships protected the
shipg. What we have maintained and still
must maintain is that Americans in such
caEes, as In all others where they may be
ngaged upon lawful errands, are protect
cd by international law. We are not
protecting British ships. We are protect
ing American rights and the law of
nations.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-07-29
CAsPER's DREAD.
Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.9

Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.}
Casper kept a tavern or a country
road. Few travellers passed that way,
but he managed to make enough TO
keep himself and his wife Ltsbeth.
Casper did not believe in doing any
thing for which he did not get well
paid, n n night when the rain was
beating on the roof and the wind
howled at the door, he went to the door
and locked it earlier than usual, saying;
Any IA who Is out in this storm
would not be able to pay for q lodging
and / DO not want him here"
You will cave the bell strap out
won't youc" asked lisbeth, who had a
kind heart for we would not hear a
knock IN this Storm
No" replied Casper. "T told you I
did not want beggars. and no Il else
would be out tonight"
Casper sat down by the table and
lighted his pipe, I'll take a few
puffs," he thought and then go to
bed"
In a few minutes a loud knock came
at the door. Who's there?" called
Casper.
"A traveller who wants shelter for
the night" was the reply.
Why are Q out a night like thts?'
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-07-29
Tree crops For Dry Lands.
FROM he Chicago Journal

The French calony Of Tunis Is PRO-
eUcIlg more than H. e0. 900 gallons OF
olive ol Der rear. and expects TO double
that ouTEut within the next decade. s
ls-ge part az the c-op-more than half
q II. aocGr3iag L some estimates-is
ro6lcsa ca land where the ayerass
-s-l1l Is Ebour 10 inches per year
Ills Is 1s point which has an abEdins
0tarsst for q country with as much
ss-l-s-11 land as the United States
V13y z my par Of dry regions il
suitable fo- olive culture, but that 4,
1pt ae cnlT Erae which has PROVED
2-ssE able 70 resist drought Why mol
rnaks q systematic effort to dayeIos
LIE commercial value of other tree
cTops WHICH can be raised "a the land
Of little rain?
Grain lives or dies according To III,
moisture II receives in a single season
.&na TWO months OK rainless weafhe1
-lsE destroy a crop The olive Of TI,ris
1as q spread and depth Of roots which
H1s1As tnszn TO use the ground yrats,
S1Sso II wet 8 for times of az.
lona1 drought Is 1t not possibJs
Is asVs3pp T other useful free -,
$3.50 Naaen a go without rain a.
- -ns olive, and which can stsn5
Ae laraate Of or western plains.