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Charles Morsill end ~ mother
were visitors here Sunday.
W. r. Watson IL suffering from a
slight attack Of lumbago.
Miss Watson aud 11F. Leasase rode
10 the Davidson mill Sunday.
The Queer Set he'd . deliGhtlhl pie
ME in Big Cherry canyon, Friday.
Miss witschger Of Silver City
spent the week end at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bell.
The Manhattan group Of mines has
been leased and bonded to Mr.. Doyle
and other parties from Colorado.
Mrs. Elizabeth FaTnsworth and
Mrs. James Bell attended the West
lake reception in Silver City Thurs.
day.
Clarence Soule greeted old friend,
here Friday. He was a guest at tho
home Of Henry Young. where he spent
his childhood.
Robert I.andrum of the Mimbres i,
in town. Tie intends going into bust
ness here and will move his family
here just rs soon rs he can secnr,
accommodations.
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SOUTHWESTERN MACHINERY
SUPPLY CO. MAKE SALES

The following sales were made re.
Gently by the Southwestern Machi-
merry Supply Company: Robert s.
Whitney, four miles south complete
irrigation plant; John s. Halter. -four
miles north of Myndus, windmill and
pumping equipment: Judge Rogers
southeast Of the city. windmill and
pumping equipment; Hondale Oil
Buyers Association, "a horse power
engine with piping; G. W. Black OF
Tyrone. 2la horsepower engine; II
ID. Silly Of Miesse. 4-inch American
pump and 20 horse power Falk en-.
CINE to develop an irrigation well oi
800 gallons of water q minute.
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Glass Was One Of the LARGEST

The class thu. recently graduated
from the New Mexico College ofAgri-
culture and Mechanic Arts was one
of the largest in the history of the
institution. OF the seventeen who
completed one of the regular four
year courses offered. several have al
ready secured good positions.
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FAILED TO SAVE MrRpERERs

curious note the extraordinary efforts that have been
the five condemned Mexican murdes the scao
Hunt determined that the ounds should pay
penalties for their the people determined that tho
should be respected Governor Hunt called his
General Francisco Villa and Secretary Bryan
defeat popular will the citizens
the prisoners, but failed influence the
granted repev until July 30 which
be carried out.
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Emperor William took the trouble read the L. army
registers might think from the number good German
Imperial Guard had atray II
peuse the of entire American containing
ingb Teuonic
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" w. cOPyRtGHr. 1915. 1y WRIGHT A. PATTERSON

I'm down to the last words now. It
is curious-a proper name. 1t is only
the Latin name of the kingdom of
Gretzhoffen. That's a little bankrupt
kingdom over in southern Europe, near
the Mediterranean. l know about it.
| did a story about it once, the time
the kingdom was trying to float loan
in this country. l had to read up
whole lot"
Il bet you could did it. Miss Cray"
said Mainz, admiringly. We'll. goot-
by. Come again und tell me vot you
find out, like goot girl
Sure" said Kitty. and turned to
leave, her coin clutched tightly in her
hand. So intent was she on her pur-
chase that she did not notice she had
dropped the package containing the
shell-ribbed fan. Vaguely missing
something as she emerged into the
open air. she turned back, and almost
ran into a man who had passed her
as she came out. He was a foreign
looking individual, dark of hair and
eyes and skin, strongly built, figure
such as one would note. He bowed
now courteously enough as he handed
her the package she had let fall. Kitty
thanked him and hurried on her way.
This stranger entered the shop and
spoke in some foreign tongue to the
old dealer, who shook his head.
NO." said he. answering in English.
49, II - Ia L.
who vent out.
who is she? l know her very we'll
She is on der papers. Better look out
or she put you in der paper sure. Miss
Kitty Gray vos an oldt trent of mine.
She read like book vot yos on the
coin. Wy didn't you telephone-maybe
she sell it back to you'll don't know.
She wouldn't sold it back to me, l
know dot. Vot! you are going?"
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awakened her, And there was the
hand that had done it, strong, dark
hand, full-veined, hairy. 1t still
clutched the bag-it still was visible
at the portfolio. A ribbon end had en-
tangled itself for just an instant in the
portfolio fastening-an instant long
enough for Kitty to see what had been
the hand that had committed this rob-
berry.
But who was the robber himself?
Quick as thought Kitty sprang to the
door. ran down the deck, out the next
deck door. The band was giving its
first saloon concert. and the decks
were sparsely tenanted, it seemed. Far
off towards the bow man was pass
ing-what man she could not say He
seemed neither to hurry nor to linger.
She could not make out who it was,
dared not hang upon him her own sus-
picion.
She turned to the captain now and
made report of what had happened
not once but twice; but even as she
went she smiled grimly to herself. The
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CHAPTER II.
The Big Assignment.

Kitty Gray did not go to her usual
place for luncheon that day. Instead
she hurried into a nearby delicatessen
shop and bought a sandwich, which
she put in her handbag. After this
she hurried on back to the Office. Ar
rived there, without ceremony she
went again to the desk of the city edi-
tor, and silently laid down before him
her empty purse. her antique fan, her
sandwich and her broken coin.
Cutler looked up with professional
calm.
Eyes, Miss Gray? Why all this or
derby array of fresh and interesting
objects?"
THAT is my story" said she.
What makes you think so? Are
you seeing things, Miss Gray?"
Look here"
Kitty picked up the coin and showed
it to him.
See, it is broken quite across-more
than a third of it gone. The inscrip-
ton is Latin. 1t is not so much what
is on the coin-it is what is off of it.
Perhaps it commentaries something"
Commemorate what, Miss Gray?"
"Precisely-what? That's the story"
"By Jovei" Cutler was studying at
the inscription. Sub means under
what does it say?-under the bam-
boo tree?'"
NO, under the sidewalk or the
'fagstone,' or 'Eoor.'"
Underneath the fagstone' or
pavement or 'foor'-in the angle or
'corner'-whateve that may be
chamber of torture'-'room of tor
whatever it is-'there will be
found treasures'-'of the king'-'of
-"
OF Gretzhoffen! concluded Kit
ty Gray you have not forgotten all
your Latin, have you, Mr.. Cutler?
There is a story for you-if we can
only dig it out There'd be an assign
ment, wouldn't there? I'd rather do
that than society in the summer
time"
Billy Cutler, time-tried news man,
grown thin and grim and gray in the
business, sat for just one moment in
thought. wait a minute, please,
said he at length, and rose to leave
the room.
Kitty did wait anxiously enough, for
what reason she could not tell She
sat at her own desk, the mysterious
broken coin tight clutched in her
hand. 1t seemed an hour before she
saw the slender form of the city edi-
tor returning from the door which led
to the office of the manager and pub
Usher of the Evening Star He looked
at her thoughtfully as he approached
He held out check.
Three thousand dollars" Kitty
Grays eyes grew larger.
Expense money. Three months
vacation. Full powers as missionary
plenipotentiary of the Evening Star
to Gretzhoffen, ambassadress to any
old place you happen to think OF,
Miss Gray. l never knew the old man
to go off his head before, but he has
this time"
Tugging at her heart the swift feel
ing that she was leaving her usual
modest and safe line of life to ad-
venture upon something perhaps fate
ful-perhaps indeed fatal-Kitty Gray.
sober-faced, turned from the door OF
the Evening Star and walked slowly
toward the corner where customarily
she took her car for home.
She entered her apartment. cast one
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chamois bag was northeast had
held only kerchief, bit of powder
puff, perhaps a little silver-nothing
more. Her real treasures-she knew
where they were now
The captain was outraged at what
he learned when at length she gained
admittance to his cabin. With marine
precision, he acted at once. From
that time on all through the voyage.
boat detective stood at each end of the
passageway which led to Kitty's state
room.
No trace of any other robbery could
be found, nor any clue by which the
intruder could be identified
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masted craft usually employed in the
American coasting trade, have found
far more remunerative employment in
carrying coal from Norfolk, Va, to
Buenos Aires. In the Argentine they
will load wool and hides for the home
ward run. 1t is not often that four or
five-masted packets of this description
60 into the deep water trade and when
they have done so their voyages have
not always been successful. The seven
masted schooner Thomas w. Lawson,
for instance. a vast lightweight car
rier. once attempted a voyage from
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the States to London, but was totally
lost at the Settles. Another batch OF
sailing ships, this time square-rigged
packets of the usual tramping class, is
on its way to Argentina from ports in
the Antipodes. 1t is said that over
dozen vessels have sailed from Austria
liza in ballast to load grain for Europe.
One notable clipper to sail outward
from London with cement to the River
Plate is the ocean training ship Port
Jackson. She, too, is to load grain for
the homeward trip. And the booming
times have brought back into service
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strange quest. To the bold eyes OF
the tall stranger she must have seemed
fair enough to look upon. for suddenly.
as he passed. he stared at her direct
ly, bowed, raised his hat-yes, even
smiled
Who was that man." demanded
Kitty Gray fiercely of her companion.
HE doesn't know me- And yet how
like he looked to pictures / have
seen. There was a man-an interna-
tional spy, they said in our country
some strange foreigner-at the time
of the Gretzhoffen loan fiasco. Yes,
the two faces are strangely alike. Who
is he?"
'Of the other | know nothing" re-
Joined her companion; but this-he
is the Count Frederick"
Count Frederick-the pretender!"
Hush, mademoiselle, for Gods sake
hush We do not dare-you must not
dare"
Follow" said Kitty Gray sharply.
NOW tell me more"
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
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was their oyster, and they opened 1t
and scraped the she'll
Now, in case the Count Frederick,
the big plunger, or his man Grahame,
or the little King Michael the Sec
ond, should ever get hold of the re-
naming clue to the whereabouts of
old King Michael's treasury-pouf!
you know what would happen then.
There would, Miss Kitty. to quote a
certain American ballad. be a hot
time in the old town In that case"
Its story" said Kitty Gray, draw
ing long breath. But a troubled light
came to her eyes at the same time
How win a fellow dig it out?" she
asked whimsically.
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CHAPTER v.
The Encounter.

Meanwhile, during the interview Kit
ty Gray had with the American consul,
a scene of other import was enacting
elsewhere in the Gretzhoffen capital.
In the interior of a white marble
fronted palace, perhaps a mile or SO
distant from the humble quarters of
the American consulate, tall, dark,
down restlessly, his eyes now and
again turned upon the door Of the
great apartment, as though he expect
ed someone to enter. At length the
door did open. A soft-footed servant
appeared.
Monsieur Roleau, excellency," he
announced.
What, Roleaui" exclaimed the tall
man impetuously as the visitor en-
tered. What has kept you? The ship
locked hours ago. And have you got
it? Come, come, mani"
The individual addressed as Roleau
bowed deeply. "Excellency," he said,
Il came as soon as l could be sure
would not be watched"
He was a man of dark complexion,
of strong and sturdy build, of broad
shoulders and deep chest-a man half
a giant, one would have said-but his
eyes dropped as they met the stern
gaze of him he addressed, as though
he might have been his master.
You found it-you succeeded, then
tell mel"
Excellency-sire-yeS
The newcomer extended a hand
which trembled slightly. Il swear it
was in this bag"-he was offering a
little chamois bag tied with ribbon
at the top-a bag which apparently
had been once suspended by the
broken silk cord attached to it.
You say it was in this bag-then
why not now?"
The tall man caught the little re-
ceptacle from the others hands
ripped it wide-shook out the con-
tents. There fell into his hand upon
the table near which he stood, only a
few trinkets of woman's toilet-a
little dainty handkerchief-a coin, yes,
a COIN
The tall man held this up in his
hand, his face distorted with rage.
What, a half-dollar of their cursed
money! Curse you," He half shrieked,
and as he did so flung the piece full
in the others face, with such violence
that the skin broke under its i'm
pact.
"The coin!" went on the enraged
speaker-"what do you mean? Do you
mock me, Frederick. your real mon
arch? You shall die for this. You
have failed-you have not found it
you have lost it,"
His own eyes half starting from his
head in his anger, he strobe forward
and caught the throat of Roleau in
his two mighty hands, shaking him
as he would have shaken a child.
"Go," he said, and flung him toward
the door.
It was as Kitty Gray, after leaving the
American consulate, was speeding to-
ward her hotel in her hired vehicle
that she caught sight of man stag
gering from the side entrance of
great mansion house of white marble
front. He seemed to have escaped
from some calamity-from an attempt
ed robbery or murder. Without paus-
ing to ponder upon propriety, she halt
ed her vehicle and sprang out, hasten
ing over to the sufferer, who stood
at the edge of the curb.
What is wrong?" said she. you
are in trouble-you are hurt. Shall
l take you home-to some hospital
to the hotel? Come in. you are well
come"
The man looked at her mutely, hes
itating.
Come, I will carry you where you
like" She had him by the arm now,
and unSiphfly 40 ha seemed hurried
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always on the ground and at some mo-
ment of the stride some part Of both
feet should be on the ground stimuli
taneously-that is the first necessity.
Second in importance is to have the
walk heel and toe"-that is. the heel
of each foot should strike the ground
Enthusiastically first and the toe of each
foot should be the last part to leave 1t.
One should not walk f1at-footed. with
the ball of the foot or any part except
the heel striking the ground before the
heel does. Lastly, the knee should
be Cooked" at the end of each stride
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Luxury for Toy Doas.

There are lots of persons living
right in this big city who might well
envy the life of ease that some OF the
dogs at the Garden lead, remarks the
New York Tribune. The toys in par
ticular are the pampered in the ca
nine world.
Up in the concert hall there are four
little japanese spaniels owned By MIRA
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R. T. Harrison, and their dogs are
the envied of all the other toys. No
ordinary kennel is fit to house them.
Instead, Mrs. Harrison has provided
a miniature country frame house, with
plate glass doors and windows, regu-
lation chimneys, stairs and bedrooms.
Each dog has a room for himself or
herself, as the case may be, and the
lighting is by tiny electric lamps.
Beautiful gold inlaid chinaware
holds their food, and they recline on
hand-worked Japanese pillows. In an
other room are atomizers filled with
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from which she descended. Sheep and
turkeys are other Instances of degen-
Grafton. The wild gobbler is consid-
erably larger than the tame Thanks
giving bird. A fullgrown wild ram Of
the Rocky mountain species seldom
weighs less than 300 pounds, and the
wild sheep of the old world are said
to be of equal size; while tame ram,
even of the mutton breeds, is doing
well if he scales 200 pounds.
When the world settles down to rea-
sonable living conditions again it
should be worth some ones while to
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pins" says writer in Outing
The weight must be kept on the
heels-therein lies the chief secret
of walking fairly. Speed depends on
two factors, the length and the ire
quency of the stride. Experiments
prove that the length of the stride De-
comes greater as the frequency In
creases.
Arm action should be carefully cur
tivated. Properly used, the arms
seem to act as levers to lift forward
the body, besides helping to balance
it. In each stride one foot should DC
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who was the man who passed the
plate this morRing?" asked the new
minister
His name is Getsall." replied the
deacon. He is a policeman"
THAT explains it," said the n. N.
Il was wondering why he held the
plate behind bim while making the
collection"
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10 SPEED WALKERS
rack Must Learn to Hold
We'll Balanced on
7ls Pins"

bs .,',S Oh The track the novice
- Iq'' himself as erect as pos.
~ @1. ~ however, leaning at all
Iar,. .4. arms at the sides, with
ppi Ia. ~ a horizontal position, at
.bo ~, 70 the part of the arms
n 1 e,lo"s. He should have a
'''As well balanced on his
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a number of ancient sea captains.
Quite recently there have been in
stances of old shipmates, seventy
years old or more, forsaking the COM
forts of home to take command in sail.
Manchester Guardian.
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Dwindlinu captives.

Most creatures that have been tanned
by man have gained in size during
their long captivity, but there are sew
eral notable exceptions. The cat is
one; our house pussy is a smaller and
far feebler thing than the wildcat
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Is FOR SAILING SHIPS
miners Are Returning to the
'as and Finding Profit in
Their Ventures.

n-a''as GORE spondent directs
-','sN 90 The way in which sail
s-Ha' ali sQuare-rigged-are
rom the prevailing high
,'''sal Particularly is it no
HOW They are being fixed for
81 rate trade Quite a large
vi american schooners, multi
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the grounded leg should be stiff and
taut as the loose leg swings out for the
next stride
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see II wild standards in development
cannot be restored. The Eskimos and
Indians of the far North cross their
dogs with wolves to secure the wild
hardness and endurance. Why should
not some Burbank of the animal world
try similar plan with Sheep The
difficulties in the way of making the
experiment are no greater than those
which mechanical inventors encoun-
ter daily as a part OF their business.
and success would mean more to the
world than half the devices descSibed
in patents.
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glance about the first little room, and
than ..n,noa

glance about the first little room, and
then paused.
The rug in the hall was turned over
at one corner-was it by accident?
The pictures all hung on the walls,
yet several we're askew, and-the lit
Tie wallsafe back of one of the pic
tures-which had held some small OBJ
1ects of little value, an old daguerreo-
type or two, some silver spoons, a
few gold pieces which she had cher
ished-had been broken open. Its
contents now lay upon the floor.
Amazed. Kitty stopped and picked
them up, one by one Nothing was
mlssing-even the gold coins were
there. Nothing had been harmed. But
VINO had done this, and why?"
CHAPTER II.
En- Voyage.
The great liner Anne of Austria lay
In her slip at the dock, her giant
pulses just throbbing now and then.
everywhere men and women were
nurrylng to and fro in the customary
orderly confusion of the last few mo-
ments before the departure of an
ocean steamer.
Calmly Kitty Gray passed on her
way to the boats Office and asked for
her mail and her keys.
AS she turned, she almost stumbled
against man who had just hurried
aDoard-a dark man, thickset, foreign
In appearance. She had the strange
conviction that she had seen him be-
fore
Then she turned to settle herself
down in her quarters. So far as she
knew, she had not an acquaintance
on the boat.
Now, oddly enough, she recalled the
face OF the stranger, the dark-visaged
foreigner whom she had met at the
shlps office. Surely it must have been
the same man who had handed her
her package when she dropped 1t in
the little antique shop! Why should
he be on board this boat? Why should
he recognize her, remember her-for
he had! Trust woman to know that
he had-he did. Yes. he had known
her. Again cold feeling of appre-
hension clutched at Kitty Gray's stout
little heart.
She rose and tried to fling off her
depression by means of a visit to the
dining saloon. But for some reason
she felt she would be more comfort
able-or safe-in her own room
Here she lay down upon the single
berth, which was directly beneath the
portfolio.
She woke-she knew not when nor
why-woke with her eyes staring,
passing in her instant from sleep to
waking.
A face was looking in upon heri A
man had been looking at her, or try
ing to look at her, as she lay asleep
Kitty Grays instinct spoke to her
some message-she could not tell
what. Swiftly she caught the chamois
bag from her bosom, and, emptying its
main treasures into her hand, placed
them in that other treasure house of
woman-her stocking. Again feeling
the drowsiness invoked by the fresh
salt air, at length she lay down once
more upon the little couch and re-
signed herself more comfortably to
slumber.
But again she woke-this time it
was with a scream of terror. She
had felt the touch of hand. Some
thing had tugged at her neck.
She raised her hand. The cham
OILS bag was gone-it was the jerk
of the broken silk cord that had
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perfume, which the spaniels use be-
fore going in the show ring. It's
hard life
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grove adjoining the Martin church.
In the morning the meeting was
opened with a Scripture reading by
the Rev. Mr.. Hicks, the pastor of the
Martin church, and the Rev. Mr..
Hail / Of the United Brethren church,
offered prayer. Hymns were sung
by the audience. n
. At,noon a big picnic feast was en-
joyed beneath the trees and the
contents of the many baskets soon
disappeared. .
In the afternoon the assemblage
was called to order by Prof. W. A.
Crowl, and some informal talks were
made. The remainder Of the day
was spent in q general reunion, and
all had a good time. B
The assembly elected officers as
.President-w. M. Martin.
Vice presldent-D: R. Martin, FL
ikins. a
secretary-treasurer-w: A. Croyi.
Fairmont.
Executive committee-W. H. Hess,
]. S. Hess, Of Bingamon; Mrs. G.
B. Nay, Fairmont; and E. T. Cald-
we'll, Of Worthington.
Home coming day at Bingamon
next year promises to be larger than
ever: