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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-11
CHAPTER XII.

One day in early October young
Mi1t McBriar happened upon Dawn
and Juanita walking in the woods
The gallant colors and the smoky
mists of autumn wrapped the forests
and brooded in the sky An elixir
went into the blood with each deep
drawn breath and set to stirring for
gotten or hitherto unawakened emo
tons And in this heady atmosphere
Of quickened pulses the McBriar boy
halted and gazed at the HaEey girl
Juanita saw Young Milt's eyes flash
with an awakened spirit She saw
look in his face which she was woman
enough to interpret even before he
himself dreamed what its meaning
might be-
Dawn was standing with her head
up and her lids half closed looking
across the valley to the Indian sum-
mer haze that slept in smoky purple
on the ridges. She wore a dress of
red calico, and she had thrust in her
belt few crimson leaves from a gum
tree and a few yellow ones from a pop
lar.
Juanita Holland did not marvel at
the fascinated, almost rapt look that
came into Young Mills eyes, and
Young Milt, too, as he stood there in
| the autumn woods, was himself no
| mean figure. His lean body was
quick of movement and strong, and
his bronzed face wore the straight
looking eyes that carried an assurance
| of fearless honesty. He had been
away to Lexington to college and was
going back The keen intelligence OF
his face was marred by no note OF
| meanness, and now, as he looked at
/ the girl of the enemy, his shoulders
| came unconsciously erect with some
thing Of the pride that shows in men
of wild blood when they feel in their
veins the strain of the chieftains.
But Dawn, after her first blush,
| dropped her lids little and tilted her
chin, and without word snubbed him
/ with the air of a HaYey looking down
on a McBriar.
Milt met that gaze with steady
one of his own and banteringly said:
Dawn. pears like ye mought a got
| tangled up with a rainbow"
Her voice was cool as she retorted:
! CT reckon that's better than Citing
I mixed up with some other things
Il was Jest a-thinkin', es 1 looked at
We" went on the boy grayely, tibet
| hits better then gittin' mixed up with
anything else"
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Jeb McNash shook his head. A spasm
of battle went through him and shook
him like a convulsion to the soles of
his feet. He had but to crook his fin
ger to appease his blOod-lust-and
break his pledge.
Il done give Anse my hand ter bide
my time 'tweH 1 war dead sartain," he
told himself. 'I hain't quite dead sar-
tain,' he told himself 81 hain't quite
dead sartain yit. reckon I've got ter
wait spell"
He unlocked the rifle and the other
boy rode on, but young Jeb folded his
arms on the wet earth and buried his
face in them and sobbed, and it was
an hour later that he stumbled to his
feet and went groggily back, drunk
with bitterness and emotion, toward
the house Of Anse Havey. Yet when
he arrived after nightfan his tongue
told nothing and his features told less.
Juanita, living in the cabin she had
built with the girl who had become her
companion and satellite, making fire.
quent hard journeys to some house
which the shadow Of illness had in
vaded, found it hard to believe that
this life had been hers only a few
months. Suspense seemed to stretch
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ATTENTION TO COLTS FEET
Great Danger in Allowing Hoofs OF
Young Animal TO Grow Too Long
Avoid Trouble Later.

II has often been said that &
horses feet are the most important
parts OF its body; and anybody who
has had experience with lameness and
inability of horses to do a reasonable
amount of work because of lameness
of one kind OF another, will readily
acknowledge the importance Of prop
erly caring for the feet OF the equine
stock on the farm
Proper care of the horses feet
means that attention must be given
when he is a colt In fact, il the
horseman or farmer carelessly allows
the colts hoofs to grow long and IN
even, there is a great deal more dan
ger Of injuring the feet or deforming
them than if the same carelessness is
practiced with mature animals The
bones, Iigaments and tendons of the
colts feet are not so hard nor so
strong as those of the mature horse,
and the result is that improper stand
ing, induced by poorly shaped hOofs,
throws the bones and ligaments out
of their natural positions Again, ii
may be a case of where the colts legs
are crooked at birth, and in such in
ming the hoofs may be OF consider
able help in Strengthening the legs
In handling the colts feet it is best
to begin with the frcnt ones Teach
the colt TO rest his weight on the op-
posite foot, rather than the one which
is being held, by showing it enough
| to throw the balance over on the op-
| posite foot at the same time the other
foot is picked up. The proper learn
ing OF this lesson win often save con-
siderable trouble later when the colt
must be shod-
After the colts feet have been
picked up in this manner few times
| its hoofs can be trimmed with but
very little trouble. Give this matter
attention and often the colt viii come
out with a good set Of legs, when it
otherwise would be greatly hampered
at work or on the market by crooked
and weak "under-pinEing."
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months old This puts them on the
farm by the time the fall pigs need
extra care. Up to this time they have
been fed principally through the dam
When about ready to leave the dam
we begin to give them slop ration,
which we keep up until they go TO
market We begin feeding corn-smal
quantities at first-as soon as they
have been weaned- The slops consist
principally of skim milk, and right
here we want to say there is nothing
that compares with skim milk as an
accompaniment to corn for the grow
ing pigs. When there is no skim milk
to be had we have used wheat mid
dlings scalded in hot water with fair
results
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ing OF thunder, but that year the
clouds seemed to have dried up, and
down in the tablelands Of the Blue
Grass the crops were burned to worth
less stalk and shFunken ear. Even up
here, in the birthplace OF waters, the
corn was brown and sapless, SO that
when breeze strayed over the hill
side fields they sent up thirsty, dying
rasp of rafting whisper
II was not only in the famished
forests and scared fields that the hot
breath Of the plague breathed, carry
ing death in its fetid nostrils- Back In
the cabins Of the "branch-water folks"
where little springs diminished and be-
came polluted, all those who were not
strong enough to throw OF the touch
Of the specter's finger sickened and
died, and typhoid went in and out Of
Havey shack and McBriar cabin whis-
pering, "a pest on both your houses"
The widow McNash had not been
herself since the death OF Fetch She
who had once been so strong over her
drudgery, sat day long on the doorstep
Of her brothers howell and. in the Ian
guage of her people. lest sickened an
pinned away"
So, as Juanita Holland and Good
Anse Talbot rode sweating mules
about the hills, receiving calls for help
faster than they could answer them.
they were not astonished to hear that
the widow was among the stricken
Though they fought for her life, she
refused to fight herself, and once
again the Eastern girl stood with
Dawn in the brier-choked 'buryin'-
ground" and once more across an open
grave she met the eyes of the man
who stood for the old order.
But now she had learned to set a
lock on her lips and hold her counsel
So, when she met Anse and Jeb after
ward, she asked without rancoT: May
L take little Jesse back with me, too?
He's too young" she added, with just
heartsick trace of her old defiance,
ito be useful to you, Mr.. Havey, and
I'd like to teach him what can"
Anse and Jeb conferred, and the
! elder man came back and nodded his
| head.
Jesse can go back with ye." he said.
I'm still amin to give ye all the rope
ye wants. When we've had enough an
quits, let me know, an III take care OF
| Fletch's children
And on her farm, as folks called
| Juanita's place, that September saw
many changes. Near the original
cabin was springing up q new struc-
ture. larger than any other house in
| that neighborhood, except, possibly,
the strongholds of the chiefs, and as
it grew and began to take form it i'm
parted an air of ordered trimness to
the countryside about it 1t was fash
Toned in such. style as should be Ia
keeping with its surroundings and not
give too emphatic a note Of alien
| strangeness.
Juanita wished that her cabin could
house more occupants, for the plague
| had left many motherless families,
and many children might have come
| into her fold AS it was, she had sew
eral besides the McNashes as her nu
/ cleus, and while the weather held
good she was rushing her work OF
Undertaking and building which the
winter would halt
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SPREADING OF HOG CHOLERA
Important That Owners of Healthy
Animals Keep Away From Farms
Where Disease Exists

Doctor Koen, the United States gov
eminent inspector in charge Of the hog
cholera in Dallas county, Iowa, re-
ports that 29.6 per. cent Of all cases OF
hog cholera were caused by the germs
being carried from one farm to an
other by farmers exchanging work or
visiting each other. II is important
therefore, that owners OF healthy
hogs keep strictly away from farms
where the disease exists and should
keep other people away from his own
hog lots and pastures
By using disinfectant freely on
horses and wagons which have been
IN the neighborhood Of the disease and
by requiring everyone who comes on
the farm OF goes near the hog lot to
disinfect his feet. the spread OF the
disease can be very greatly reduced
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the girl, and with that he took it down
again and set it to his lips and blew.
A mellow sound, not loud, but far
carrying, like the fox-hunter's tally-ho.
hoated over the valley.
Our house hain't more than
whoop an a boiler away" he said
awkwardly, but when ye're Twin over
hyar by yoreself, eff ye ever wants any
thing in Their nighttime, jest blow thet
horD."
After she had almost burst her
cheeks with effort, he added: Don't
never blow this signal Onless ye wants
ter raise merry hell"
Then he initiated very low, through
pursed lips, three long blasts and
three short ones.
What's that signal?" she demand
ed
we've heered the McBriar YELL" he
told her. Tibet horn calls ther Havey
rallyin' signal. When tibet goes out
every Hayey tibet kin tote guns got
ter git up an come. Hit means war.
Thank you. Jerry 1 won't call the
Haveys to battle"
challenge down to Bad Anse Havey
Juanita stayed at the McNash cabin
to be with Dawn and the widow. The
next day she went with them to the
mountainside "buryin' ground where
Good Anse performed the last rites for
the dead.
After it was all over, and it had been
decided that the widow was to take
the younger children up Meeting
missionary and the teacher started
back. Jeb was to stay here alone to
run the farm, and when Juanita re
turned to the ridge Dawn went with
her.
They were passing a tumbling wa
terfall, shrunken now to a trickling
rill. when Dawn broke the long silence
''Wunst, when 1 war a leetle gal,
she said, "Unc' Perry war abiding out
up tibet branch from Their revenuers.
used ter fotch his victuals up thar tel
him.
Juanita turned suddenly with q
shocked expression. 1t was as if hel
little songbird friend had suddenly and
violently reverted; as if the flower had
turned to poison weed. And as Jua
nita looked Dawn's eyes were blazing
| and Dawn's face was as dark as hel
black hair-dark with the same ex
preston which brooded on her broth
er's brow.
What is it, dear?" Juanita asked
and in tense and fiery voice the
younger girl exclaimed:
81 wishes 1 war man. I wouldn't
wait and set still like jobs doin' b
heaven, I'd git tibet murderer. I'd cut
his heart outen his body"
ct tole ye," quietly commented
Brother Anse, tibet Their instincts il
Their blood. Anse Havey went dow1
ter Frankfort an set in Their legfslatel
but he come back Their same mar
thet went down. Somethin' called
him. Somethin' calls ter every noun
tain man tibet goes away, an he bark
ems ter Their CALI
"Anse come back" repeated Daw1
triumphantly. AN Anse is hyar E
Jeb sets thar an don't do nothin',
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ARE FALL PIGS ADWsABLE7
One Farmer Adopts Plan of Raising
Two Litters Yearly, Thereby
Keeping Brood Sow Busy.

It is q question with many farmers
whether it is advisable to raise fall
pigs II is our practice, writes farm
er N an exchange, to raise fail pigs.
two litters year as near as possible.
We would abandon the fall pig entirely
If we had to keep him until one year
old before putting him on the market
We do not feel We can afford to keep
q brood SOW for raising only one litter
a year, and We have fallen on the plan
OF growing two filters to keep the
sows continually at work.
Spring-farrowed pigs We do not
keep. as a rule, longer than eight
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weeks to years, and she awoke each
new day braced to hear the news Of
some fresh outbreak, and wondered
why she did not. A few neighborhood
children were already learning their
rudiments, and plans for more build
ings were going forward.
Sometimes Jeb came over from the
brick house to see his sister. and on
the boys face was always dark cloud
OF settled resolve. If Juanita never
questioned him on the topic that she
knew was nearest his heart it was be-
cause she realized that to do so would
be the surest way to estrange his
friendship and confidence.
In one thing she had gained point.
She had bought as much property as
she should need. Back somewhere be-
hind the veil of mysteries Anse Havey
had pressed a button or spoken a word,
and all the hindrance that had lain
across her path straightway evaporat-
ed. Men had come to her, with no
further solicitation on her part, and
now it seemed that many were animal
ed by a desire to turn an honest penny
by the sale of land. In every convey
ance that was drawn-deeds of ninety
nine-year lease instead Of sale-she
read a thrifty and careful knowledge
of land laws and reservation OF min
eral and timber rights which she
traced to the head Of the clan
As summer spent itself there was
opportunity for telling timber, and the
little sawmiIl down in the valley sent
up its drone and whine in proclama-
ton that her trees were being turned
into squared timbers for her buildings.
Once, when Milt McBriar rode up to
the sawmiI1. he found the girl sitting
there, her hands clasped on her knees,
gazing drealnily across the sawdust
and confusion Of the place.
"Ye're right smart interested in thet
| thar woodpile, hain't We, ma'am?" he
| inquired with slow, benevolent smile
His kindness Of guise invited conf
dence, and there was no one else with
| in earshot, SO the girl looked up, her
eyes a little misty and her voice i'm
pulsive.
'sMr. McBriar," she said, every one
of those timbers means part of a
dream to me, and with every one of
them that is set in place will go hope
and a prayer"
He nodded sympatheticaIly. ct reck-
on" he said, we kin do right smart
good. too"
Mr. McBriar," she flashed at him in
point blank questioning, -since 1 came
here 1 have tried to be of use in a
very simple and ineffective fashion. ]
| have done what little I could for the
| sick and distressed, yet am constant
" being warned that I'm not allowed
to carry on my work. Do you know OF
any reason why shouldn't go ahead p
He gazed at her for moment, quiz
ideally, then shook his head.
"Oh, pshaw." he exclaimed, 81
wouldn't let no SIGH talk es thet fret
me none. Folks round hyar hain't got
/ much ter do except ter gossip round
Nobody hain't a-goin' ter hinder ye
We hain't such bad people, after all
After that she felt that from the Nc
Briars she had gained official sanction
and her resentment against Anse Ha
vey grew because Of his scornful I'm
graciousness-
The last weeks Of the summer were
weeks OF drought and plague Ordi
!, narily, in the hills storms brew swiftly
and frequently and spend themseITe.
, in violent outpourings and cannonad
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SYNOPSIS.

Juanita Holland. Philadelphia young
woman of wealth. on her journey with
her guide, Good Anse Talbot. into the
heart of the Cumberlands to become q
teacher of the mountain children. faints
at the door of Fetch McNash's cabin
While resting there she overhears talk
between Bad Anse Havey, chief of his
clan. and one of his henchmen that ac-
quaints her with the Havey-McBrier feud;
Juanita has an Improbable tafR with Bad
Anse and they become antagonists. Cal
Douglas of the Havey clan is on trial in
Peril, for the murder of Noah Wyatt,
McBriar. In the night Juanita hears
feudists ride past the McNash cabin
Juanita and Dawn McNash become
friends. Cal Douglas is acquitted Nash
Wyatt attempts to kill him but is him
self killed by the Haveys. Juanita goes
to live with the Widow EversOn. whose
boys are outside the feud. Milt McBriar.
head of his clan. meets Bad Anse there
and disclaims responsibility, for Wyatt's
attempt to kill Douglas. They declare a
truce. under pressure from Good Anse
Talbot. Juanita thinks she finds that
Bad Anse Is opposing her efforts to buy
land and build a school. MiIt McBriar
breaks the truce by having Fletch Nc
Nash murdered. Jeb McNash begs Bad
Anse to tell him who killed his father.
but is not told. Juanita and Bad Anse
further misunderstood each other. Bad
AnSe is bitter
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East was once with q small scouting
party IN Arizona After two weeks in
the desert his squad came to the rail.
way near small station Within ten
minutes telegram from Washington
was brought to him by the station
agent It asked If the oficer wished
to be transferred to one OF the new
artillery regiments then forming.
He answered BY telegraph that he
would be glad to enter either of them.
Then with his squad he set on again
across the desert
It was six days later vhen hey
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Unable to Appreeiats sIIenee.

Some people never learn to appreci
ate the beauty Of silence Perhaps it
is an appreciation that cannot be &C
CURED Perhaps it comes by nature
Such people seem to believe that all
apparently human relations must ex-
press themselves in speech They
keep up an incessant chatter and they
try to make others chatter in return
They are among the most fatiguing In
auences In the world Often they are
tornented with personal curiosity
They ask searchins questions. and Il
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again struck the railway. this time
80 miles from the point at which they
had previously crossed it, but the Of
ficer's reply from the war department
was awaiting him It had been tele-
graphed to every station within two
hundred miles.
A more striking instance Of accu-
Fscy occurred after the same officers
transfer to the East He was travel
ing home on leave and. as the regaies
tons require. had notified the depart
nent of the day. hour and probabIe
route Of his journey Alter he had
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: .yob and Grow well.

Gloom is. not q virtue any more
than filth. The "odor OF sanetity does
not necessarily involve Tong lace
90 . Tong black frock coat and tnfre
ouent baths Laughter Is COCO meoi
cine. both for the body ane the NINA
The man who laughs is likely To De q
healthy man. and hapP, na-an- ano
no is rarely villain
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KNOW WHERE TO FIND THEM
War Authorities Keep Effective Track
of All the Soldiers Under
Their Control.

It is doubtful whether any foreign
war Office follows with an accuracy
greater than that displayed by the
United States war department the
movements OF its officers. The follow
ing is an interesting case In point:
A young army officer who had seen
service In this country snd in the
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TO BE CONTINUED

A man may deliver convincing
ts-roou, Grafton concerning Tree
.o,,ntrv. and then be required TO F"i
,,ts money on the counter before being
served
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been on the train for eight hours at
a small station the conductor entered
with a telegram, asking IL anyone of
his name was on board On opening
the telegram the officer found that II
ordered him to detached duty.
Ezactness OF detail could not be car
ried much further The waI depart
ment knew the whereabouts Of sec
ond lieutenant even when he vas traF-
cling on leave OF absence
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seIee, Young Brood Mares.

In choosing brood mares, always
buy young ones, say from three TO i've
years old, then you should be able to
count on all OF them getting in fOsl,
or certainly nearly every one, when, II
you pick up a lot OF second hand"
mares, Of uncertain age, your percent
age Of colts viii be extremely unceg-
tain.
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they do not receive spontaneous a1 40
fun replies they become suspicious o.
hurt
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akIm Nix for lad PIas.

As soon as the pigs begin to eat
from the trough give them some skim
milk and cracked cora as side dish-
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me albatross is the largest OF sea
birds
New Britain herald., 1915-11-10
COLUMBIA AGAIN
 APPEALS TO TRINITY
New York University Once More Sends Letter Asking That Brickley
 Be Kept Out.

New York, Nov. 1O,-Settlement of the Columbia Trinity controversy over George Brickley, the professional on Trinity's football team was made yes- terday, according to the Columbia football authorities Harry A. Fisher, graduate manager of athletics at Col umbla, said last night that the defin- lte announcement whether the game between the two colleges will be played on South field Saturday after noon was made public yesterday. MT. Fisher explained that all angles of the Columbia end of the intricate sit uation were discussed at the meeting Of the committee on athletics Monday night, and that there is nothing more for this board to do. He said that un- less the unforeseen happens this com mittee will hold no more meetings to talk over the Brickley matter and that everything now depends on a reply from Trinity to the letter sent by the Columbia football management Mon day night.
 This letter was dispatched to Hart ford after Columbia had received word that Brickley would positively play in Saturdays game and in all probability it was one last appeal to the Trinity authorities to keep George Brickley out of the contest,
 MT. Fisher was not inclined to discuss any other features of the controversy last night but the feeling of confidence , existing at Columbia that Saturdays s game would be played without a hitch in preliminary arrangements was suc- ceeded yesterday by a feeling of uncer- tainty. This was made all the more keen when 1t was learned that no tickets have been sold for the Colum- bia Trinity game. Student members of the Columbia Athletic association
 were told that the pasteboards were not ready for distribution, and appli- cants for reserved seats have been asked to wait until today before or dering their tickets
New Britain herald., 1915-11-10
HERALD LEAGUE.

The Dewdrops of the Herald bowl ing league sprung surprise yester- day afternoon when they defeated the Schooners, taking two out of three games. Vance captain of the winners was in fine form, getting a score of 269 for the afternoon. He was ably assisted by his team mate McEvoy who dropped the pins for a score of 261.
 The Newtons met their match when they encountered Captain Edwards Starlight team, getting the short end of the series. The New'tons have had an apparent soft time up to yester- day, having beaten every club in the league, and their defeat is a bitter pill for them to swallow. When asked about it this morning, Captain Won "Gluck" Bachmann simply said: You can't win all the time'
 After losing the first game to the Shamrocks, the Pumpkins came back strong and nosed out the final two