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CHAPTER L.
Retribution.

| Retributon.
| And yet the very consciousness o1
the girls danger was all the stimu
liant that Alan needed to recall him tc
| himself.
Once arrived with Barcus at the tor
of the cliff he lost no time in setting
about preparations,1to effect her res
cue. -4. ..gt ~.
In this business Fortune. smiled upon
him. as it were, by predisposition.
A broad roadway ran along the top
of the precipice, turning off at a
little distance to the right to descend
the mountainside. And just beyond
this turning Providence had chosen
to locate the camp of hydraulic min
ing outfit.
Alan's appearance at the top, in
fact, was coincident with the arrival
at that point Of half dozen excited
miners; and he had no more than
voiced his demands than three of their
number were fastening back to the
camp to procure rope and more hands.
Within five minutes Alan, against
the protests of Rose and Barcus, was
being lowered over the edge and down
to the shale roof on which he land
ed at spot far to one side Of Judith,
to escape all danger of sending a Sec
ond landslide down upon her
Picking his way carefully down to
the very brink, Alan edged along this,
more than once saved a fall to death
only by the rope, until he stood i'm
mediately below Judith.
Then pausing, he instructed her
carefully, tossed the end of the rope
into her hands, and when she had
wound it twice round her arm, crept
up to her side and helped her make it
fast about her body.
His signal to the miners that all
was well educed prompt response.
There was a giddy interval in which
the two swung perilously between
heaven and earth. Then they stood
once more in safety
Supported by sympathetic hands,
the quartet staggered into camp,
their story, as condensed by Barcus
and breathlessly confirmed by Alan,
already winning them enthusiastic
champions.
And this was very well for them.
For they had no more than seated
themselves and begun to appreciate
what perils they had escaped, when
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MONDAY FEBRUARY l5 1915

His feet and legs kicked the empty
air beyond the lip of the ledge, he
lay face downward, clutching desper-
ately the knob of rock, praying that it
might not come away in his grasp,
that his grasp might hold, that Barcus
might arrive in time to save them
both. The rope was cutting into his
waist like a dull knife. The drag Of
Judith's body was frightful. He could
feel her swinging like pendulum at
the end of it's 80 feet, and could
imagine but too vividly what would
happen If the rope should prove
faulty.
The fall of 20 feet to the shale
roof was nothing. What would fol-
low would, however, spell death. The
impact of her body would set the
shale in motion, like an avalanche
and beyond the caves was only empti-
ness and the bowlder-strewn bed of
the chasm, hundred feet below!
The sweat poured from his face like
cts, the blood drummed in his ears
with roar resembling distant thun-
der. His fingers grew numb, his throat
dry.
He felt that he could not hold on
another instant when, abruptly, that
torture was no more. The rope had
been relieved of it's burden. He heard
a scream from below echoed by one
from above, then the thump of Judith's
body falling on the shale, then the
slithering rumble Of the landslide
gathering momentum.
Barcus, at length arrived, assisted
him to a place of security. Spent
and faint and sick with horror, he lay
prone and shuddering
Only the assurance of Barcus that
Judith had somehow escaped being
precipitated over the caves of the
shale roof reused him and gave him
nerve enough to resume the climb.
1t was true, when he found courage
to look and see for HIMSELF she lay
within three yards of the brink su-
pine, her face uplifted to the sun, un-
stirring; she dared not stir; single
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PRIZE WINNING DEFINITIONS OF
OPTIMIST AND PESSIMIST

The Womans Home Companion has
been offering prizes for the best def
milton of optimist and pessimist and
in the March issue the prize-winning
definitions and several others are pub
lshed. The first prize for the deini-
of pessimist went to Miss D. McKelvey
of Colorado who wrote:
"a pesimist is man who knows
the price of everything and value OF
nothing"
The first prize for the definition Of
optimist went to Mrs. L. K. Carter of
Pennsylvania Her definition follows: ::
can optimist is one who thinks the
High Cost of Living is worth the
price"
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SPOKANE 4 INLAND EMPIRE

For Spokane:
No. 81 leaves Moscow 8:15 a. m.
No. II leaves Moscow 1900 m.
No. 73 leaves Moscow 3:45 p. m.
From Spokane:
No. 81 arrives Moscow 1850 a. m.
No. 50 arrives Moscow $3.50 p. M.
No. 72 arrives Moscow 7:35 p. m.
Connections.
No. 81 makes connections at Pa
louse for Elk River and all points on
W., ]. & M. Ry. At Spokane with N.
P. No. 6 for St. Paul, Chicago and east
and with G. N. No. A for Kansas City
and st. Louis.
No. II connects at Spokane with
N. P. No. Al for coast points.
No. u connects at Spokane with
both g. N. and N. P. trains for all
points east and west With s. P. 4 8.
for Portland and California points
With W., I. Z M. at Palouse.
GEO. s. RICHARDSON.
Agent
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O.-W. r. 4 N.

O.-W. r. i n.
For Colfax:
No. 81 Daily Lv 700 a. m
No. 83 Daily Lv 1:25 p. m
No. 85 Daily ex Sun. Lv 500 p. m.
From Colfax:
No. 80 Daily Ar 1000 a. m.
No. "a Daily Ar 500 p. M
No. SO Daily ex Sun. Ar 100 p. m.
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Up-to-date people want up-to-date
stationery. They can get the best Of
all at the Star-Mirror.
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each quart Of oysters;
stew a few minutes be-
fore it is served. 1t adds
a delicious flavor as If
cream had been added
to the stew.
The long process of
mayonnaise dressing
making may be short
ened to ten minutes by
r,aixin0 oil tho drxr in
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1t is not lucky word, this same
impossible; no good comes of those
that have it so often in their mouths.
Few things are impossible to dill
gence and skill
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Trains No. 81 and No. IS connect at
Cclfax with trains for Southern Idaho
points, Salt Lake and all points east.
Train No. IS connects at Colfax with
Boise sleeper as well as Portland and
all intermediate points.
Nos 81 and 83 connect at Colfax
with trains for Spokane and interme-
diate points. No. 83 also connects at
Spokane with trains for all points east.
D. HOUSE, Agent.
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RAILROAD TIME CARDS
TO AND FIR ROM SCOW
NORTHERN PACIFIC.

For Lewiston:
No. 81 Daily Lv 1890 p. m.
No. 313 Daily Lv 7:58 p. m
For Spokane
No. 312 Daily Lv 10:47 a. m.
No. 314 Daily Lv 9:15 p. m.
No. 311 connects at Arrow junction
for all points on Clearwater line and
at North Lapwai for all points On
Camas Prairie line to Grangeville.
No. 314 connects at Spokane with
main line to all points west to the
coast and to all points east. No change
Spokane to Chicago.
R. w. MORRIS. Agent
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UNUSUAL DISHES.

Try a small piece of cheese abou
the size of a hickory nut, added t
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Local and Foreign
MHRKETS

The following market quotations are
the prices paid to the producer by the
dealer and are changed daily, thus giy-
ing the public the accurate quotations
on all classes of grain, produce and
meats:
The grain quotations below. were
furnished today by the Mark p. Miller
Milling namnnnu of MncnoxU
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MISS MARGERY COLTON

Miss Cotton, sister of Col. George r..
Cotton, U. S. A., is engaged to wed
Randall Hasner. Both are we'll known
and popular in Washington.
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Edwards
Nero. 60.

tate valued at $14,028, and he was
one of the leading authorities on
naval affairs in the world. He was
a deep thinker and a voluminous
writer, and his works have been
translated into all LANGUAGES
The famous Aeassiz always said
that he was too busy to make mon
ey, and he proved his assertion by
dying practically penniless.
Cardinal Newman, the great &C.
clesiastical commoner of England,
and friend of the poor, was an inde-
fatieable worker and produced many
valuable books, and at his death it
was discovered that, exclusive of
his library, his entire estate amount
ed only to $500.
A GREAT many wealthy men have
done the world much service, but 1t
Is doubtful II any right-tbinkine
man would prefer the wealth OF a
Rothschilds to the glory that at
taches to the author Of Lead Kind
ly Light" That Is something worth
much more than money,
The materialist looks upon the
tangible things Of life, such as food,
clothing, shelter and other creature
comforts as the all OF existence.
This Is one Of the weaknesses OF
the Socialistic theory of lile II Is q
theory calculated to improve condi'
tions In this world, and as such
may be Of great use But material
things are Of no permanent value
They vanish like the mists before
the morning sun,
II has been said that there Is nc
wealth but life, and 1t may be added
that there Is no life but service
Those who enjoy life should do ev.
erytbine In their power to broaden
and extend 1t, and make 1t more
useful and valuable,
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People are learning more and
more that there Is something more
and greater in this life Of ours than
mere money. 1t is not the part Of
prudence to cultivate contempt
for spot cash, but men who do
great things in the world give the
question Of money but little consid-
Grafton.
Indeed it has been said that 1t
requires the lowest order Of genius
to accumulate money, but requires
genius nevertheless. Like the child
who spends the day In gathering
shells on the seashore, only to be
thrown away when the shades Of
evening appear and the trip home
Is begun, men 90 through life add
ing one dollar to other dollars, and
increasing their accumulation very
often far beyond their needs.
But these men are Of service to
the world, because they aggregate
capital that can be used In the
larger affairs Of life that could not
be financed otherwise. These men
seem to be engaged In task that
Is Improbable, and so far as they
are concerned 1t Is Improbable tc
accumulate more money than
enough to supply ones needs Il is
also Improbable to bees to store "
tons of honey In excess of that
which is sufficient to supply Their
own wants, but the human famil,
benefits by their accumulations,
Nevertheless the men who dc
great things as individuals, aud mol
by the power Of aggregated capital
seldom accumulate more than q
sustensnee. Great inventors like
Bell and Edison are exceptions, bul
these commercialize their genius.
Rear Admiral Alfred Thoyer Ma.
han, who died recently, left an es'
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natural scenes which accompany

natural scenes which accompany
them.
The return or the departure of The
seasons may be confidently expect
ed, but what they will bring along
with them is a mere matter of very
poor and unreliable conjecture.
1t is the experience of everybody
many times that the things which
they had expected to do in a season
are the very things they do not
do, while the things they had not
expected to do are the very things
which the unlooked-for cireum-
stances of the season compel them
to do.
The things which we had expect
lied the season to produce for us are
not in sight, as the result of a force
that has not worked in manner
consistent with our own desires in
the matter. Then perhaps some
thing we had not expected comes
our way TO- relieve situation we
had thought bad or intolerable.
That is life as it is, and no
amount of business acumen is 60
ing to change it an iota. No
amount of learning will do it.
There are a great many men
who seem powerless to converse
for five full minutes unless the sub
ject is based upon business-crops,
they know all about crops and what
to expect from them. Yet within
the next twenty-four hours there
may be no crops. And they didn't
know that.
There are a great many men
who can employ a vast amount of
wisdom in an explanation of all
the why's and wherefores of the
coming and going of the seasons.
From standpoint of science'they
are able TO explain, at least to their
own satisfaction, the operation Of
| the elements as they have an effect
upon the seasons, but no man has
yet been sufficiently wise to tell us
what the seasons have in store for
the people.
Life is made up of the things that
happen, good and bad, and many of
us who wonder why any bad things
at all should happen could find
more profitable employment in a
careful study of why bad things
have happened since the world was
youngest.
Sharp County record., 1915-09-03
LESSONS FROM THE SEASONS

LESSONS FROM THE SEASONS
Time flies. You've noticed that,
we know.
Here it is September. January
was with us just very short time
ago.
Instead of sweltering in the heat
you're going to be enjoying the big,
roaring fire the very next thing you
know.
Time certainly flies.
The green will all be gone from
the woods mighty soon, and where
all is now animation and life there
will be death, decay, waste and des-
olation.
And that is a very good picture
of the lives of all of us.
There is always something sad
in the dying leaves, just as there is
always gladness in the bursting
buds Of spring.
And that is very much like life,
too, because with most of us there
is mich of winter and of spring.
much of sadness and much of JOY
BUSINESS.
Time flies away, and doesn't
come back. There's much to think
about in that.
No wonder so many of us would
like for time to turn backward in
its flight, so that we might make
corrections here and there, but that
is utterly impossible.
When the winter is over it is
gone for all time, carrying with it
that which belongs to it.
When the spring comes again it
is not the same spring of the for
mer years, but an absolutely new
season-a new deal, clean slate,
with new life and fresh opportun-
tiles
Everything worth while must be
gathered in the harvest or the win
\ ter will carry 1t away in decay and
ruin. And that is just as true Of
life as it is true of the fields,
Time certainly gets away. Now
it is spring, then bleak winter before
you are hardly thinking about it.
N There is a fine lesson for mar
kind in the change of the seasons.
Just as there is valuable lesson at
tached to every occurrence of Gre
alton.
The regular, perfect turn of the
N wheel Of time brings varying changes
aside from the seasons and the
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A Picture Ess

G. G. Boyle Of Nebo, Illinois, has
an egg laid by one Of his hens on
which are fine pictures Of q dog, q
a pistol and giraffe
None Of the pictures will rub of,
Sharp County record., 1915-09-03
NORTH ARKANSAS NEWS

OdleDn last week returned IU III
dictments.
Mrs. Sarah Rogers, aged GA years,
died very suddenly from heart
failure at her home near Franklin
one day last week.
The clerks statement of h e|
financial condition of independence
county shows that county to be in
debt in the sum of $17800.
If any jineo in this town wants to
engage in cory conflict, he ought to
90 to Hoxie and fight mosquitoes
till the train comes. Salem Sun.
The Star Herald of Pocahontas,
one of the best local papers in this
section of the state, celebrated its
35th birthday with the last issue
Baxter is the only county in this
section of the state that is free
from debt. That county now has a
cash balance of 1882 in the
treasury.
Ebert E. Goodwin, we'll known
attorney of Melbourne, has announc-
ed in the papers as candidate for
state senator from the district COM
posed of lizard, Baxter and Fulton
counties
Here is a flood note from the
Imboden Journal: The county
bridge at this place is the only one
! left across Spring river, and the ap-
proach to it on the Randolph county
side is gone"
The roller mill and gin belonging
to the Wilson Mercantile Co. of I'm
boden was damaged to the extent
| of 81 600 by the late food The
| loss was principally in the gin,
! which was in ten feet of water.
j. T. Chester, one of the best
known citizens Of Randolph county,
| whose home was at Elm Store, died
! last week in Little Rock, where he
: had gone to have an operation per-
formed. He was 65 years of age.
The little town Of Hayney, Baxter
county, suffered heavily from the
late food, practically the entire
village being washed way. A
store belonging to Sam Haney, was
deposited on the railroad tracks
and had to be sawed into pieces be-
fore it could be removed.
John Qualls, a lifelong cripple,
who had conducted shoe shop in
Newark for twenty years, died very
suddenly at his home in that town
one day last week. He had been
taking strychnine for an ailment
} for some time, and 1t is believed
that he took an overdose OF that
medicine,
The Journal says that the flood
damage In the vicinity Of Newark will
amount to at least two million dol
lars, all crops on $4,000 acres of
independence county's richest land
being a complete loss No deaths
resulted from the high water In that
vicinity, but many narrow escapes
are reported.
: John A. Ferguson, a former Bap-
tist minister and well.to.do farmer
, of the eastern part OF Randolph
county, committed suicide last week.
lie shot himself through the fore
head with target rifle, death re-
! sultine In few minutes after the
shot was fred His family cannot
explain the action,
The postohice at Jacksonport
, which Is located In the store OF D, D.
| Burkett, was ioreibly entered one
night last week. None of the post
office funds were stolen, the thiel
, being unable to get into the safe
. which contained them The store
lost q small quantity OF money
Sharp County record., 1915-09-03

community, anu say tuty VIII put
in two miles of macadam without
any expense to the county.
j. c. Riley, editor Of the Blade at
Walnut Ridge, and Mrs. Sallie |.
Stanfield, editor and proprietor of
the Cleveland County Herald at
Rison, were married in Little Rock
a few days ago The wedding re-
suited from an acquaintance formed
at a meeting of the Arkansas Press
Association last year. Mr.. and Mrs.
Riley will reside at Walnut Ridge.
Tom Felts, a prosperous farmer
residing near Melbourne, was very
seriously injured few days ago
when he was thrown from a horse
he was riding. The animal began
to pitch and Mr.. Felts was thrown
to the ground, his head striking
first. He was unconscious for
several hours, and it was at first
thought that he would not recover.
Rev. G. W. Savage filled his reg
ular appointment at this place Sun
day and Sunday night. We are
very sorry to say that some mis-
created person threw an egg, from
the outside of the house, at the
preacher. 1t missed its mark and
hit the blackboard. We did not
think we had any such sneakine
persons in our vicinity.-Albertha
Correspondent Of the Pocahontas
Star Herald
Marion Smith last week filed suit
in the Independence county circuit
court for damages in the sum Of
$4,000 for injuries alleged to have
been sustained lately while he was
in the employ Of the Iron Mountain
Railway Company. He was assist
ing in the repair Of a bridge at
Earnheart, and part Of the struct-
ure fell upon him, inflicting injuries
about his hip and back which he
says are permanent.
The Melbourne Times says that
J. W. Williamson Of Guion, who
owns a great deal Of land in the
White river valley, Is the heaviest
loser from the food in that section.
Mr. Williamsons lend holdings
extend from Independence county
to Ships Ferry in Baxter county,
and every foot Of his land and crops
thereon were completely covered
with water. The Times says his
loss will probably amount to $40,-
900.
The recent high water washed
away the roadbed near the Willow
Ford, a mile east Of town. Sunday
while viewing the ruins Walker
McLain found a human bone. Up
on Investigation he discovered two
graves that had been partly washed
away aud In these two skeletons Of
human beings we're found. These
graves must have been made many
years before the war, as no one
now living here knows anything
about them.-Salem Banner.
The latter part Of last week the
mayor Of Newport issued a procla-
nation advising all women and
children who could do so to leave
that city and remain In neishborine
towns until the city Gun be put In
sanitary condition, In order that
they may escape sickness end that
they may have better care and ac-
commodations. The recent food
put water in almost every home In
Newport aud ruined GREAT amount
of property, including store st,cks,
A shocking accident occurred {
the home Of Mr. and Mrs, :
Downing of Hoxie last we,, s
their 7-year-old son ''i' s
shot his 2-yeaI-o,d Of all s
with q shotgun. u.r :
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MORE Than MONEY

The following splendid editorial
is reproduced from the Memphis
News Scimtaf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-01
BY n. C. BYRD.

Two amateur leagues will open their
schedules today. Down on the White
lot the Southern Railway organization
will set the ball rolling. while across
the Eastern branch the Congress
Heights circuit is to play its first con-
test. Both leagues have made prepare
lions for big openings
In the Congress Heights League the
Steel Plant is to meet the Congress
Heights team On the Steel Plant nine
Will be Tom Crook. one of the best
ball players Washington has turned
out in years. Crooke will hold down
first base. c. W. Williams is to make
an address just before play is begun
Law and Transportation will be the
contending teams in the Southern Rail-
way circuit. Col. w. A. Henderson. gen
eral solicitor Of the Southern railway.
will toss out the first ball.
Catholic University will play game
with team composed of alumni today,
In lieu of a regular contest The Brook
landers ought not to have anything but
a walkaway against the men scheduled
to face them.
Georgetown is scheduled to play the
Army at West Point this afternoon.
The Blue and Gray probably will have
TO race the best college pitcher in the
country in Neyland. who has made a
remarkable record for the soldiers
The Maryland Aggies fought their way
70 victory yesterday over Dickinson
college In what was probably the most
remarkable game ever staged at College
Park. At the end of the third inning
the Pennsyvanians had the Farmers on
the short end of a 7-to-0 score and at
the end of the fourth period had them
to ). By a combination of errors, hits
and bases on balls, Dickinson scored
seven runs in three innings OF Chichester.
and then got two more off Derrick in the
fourth. Derrick. after getting warmed up,
held the opposing batters safe. base
on balls, two-bagger and a single and
two errors gave the Farmers three runs
in the third. They were held safe in
the fourth and fifth. but in the sixth they
fell on the offerings Of Vaughn with a
vengeance; three Of the hits were sin
giles, and then followed two-bagger
and three-basSer. which scored four
runs. An error sacrifice fly and a
three-bagger counted two more runs in
the seventh, and the winning tally was
gotten across the pan in the last half Of
the eighth. when Evans, in left field.
dropped Knodes fly; Goldstein's perfect
throw to second was badly handled,
Knode starting for third as the ball rolled
into center field: on the throw to third
to get Knode the ball hit him in the
back and bounded twenty yards into left
field. allowing him to score easily The
final count was 10 to 9. The game be-
tween the two teams last year resulted
in q sixteen-inning tie
Dickinson is to play the Navy today
and unless it has better pitchers than it
showed yesterday is likely to get nicely
trimmed.
Albaugh. pitching for the Strayer's
Business College yesterday. let down the