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hlnglng at him glance of absolute ad- miration. Il don't care who does it, so long as it's done right. You've got to see sooner or later that we're working to the same end. You may not be my friend, but I'm going to be yours"
 I'm obleeged to ye." He spoke gravely and, turning on his heel left the room by the back door.
 As chance would have it, Young Milt rode by her place the next day. She knew he would come back the same way, and that afternoon, as he was returning. she intercepted him be- yond the turn of the road. With the foreign courtesy learned abroad, he lifted his hat and dismounted.
 Juanita had always rather liked Young Milt. The clear fearlessness of his eyes gave him certain attractive ness, and his face had so far escaped the clouding veil of sullenness which she so often saw.
 At first she was little confused as to how to approach the subject. and the boy rolled a cigarette as he stood respectfully waiting
 "Milt," she said at last, please don't misunderstood me. It's not because l want to, but I've got to ask you to give 1 me promise. You see, I need your I help"
 At that the half smile left the boys | lips and half frown came to his eyes.
 Il reckon l know what ye mean" he said. Young Jeb. he's asked ye ter | warn me off. Why don't Jeb carry his own messages?"
 'Milt,' she gravely reminded him, resting her hand for a moment on his coatsleeve, its more serious than that. Jeb ordered me to send his sis ter back to the cabin. You are hay ing an education l want her to have one. She has the right to it. 1 love her very dearly, Milt, and if you are friend you won't rob her of her l chance"
 The boys eyes flashed
 An ye're goin ter send her back thar ter dwell amongst them razorback hawgs an houn' -dawgs an fleas?" he 1 uemanueu Splrlteuly.
 That depends on you. Jeb is the head of his family. I cant keep her without his consent. had to promise him that you shouldn't visit her"
 For moment the heir to the Me Briar leadership stood twisting the toe of his heavy boot in the dust and ap- parently contemplating the little rings 1t stamped out Then he raised his eyes and contemrlatWely studied the crests of ridges softening with the coming of sunset.
 At last he inquired, What hes Dawn got ter say?"
 Dawn hasn't said much" Juanita faltered, remembering the girls tirade, then she confessed: You see, Milt,
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CHAPTER XV.

Anse Havey had been looking ahead. When old Milt McBriar had said Them Haveys lows thet I'd cross hell on a rotten plank ter do 'em injury" he had shot close to the mark Bad Anse knew that the quiet-visaged old murder lord could no more free himself from guile and deceit than the rattler can separate itself from the poison which impregnates its fangs and ma. ture.
 When he had taken Milt's hand. seal ing the truce. he had not been be- guiled. but realized that the compact was only strategy and was totally in sincere. Yet in Young Milt he saw possibilities He was accustomed to rely on his own judgment, and he rec ognized a clean and sterling strain in the younger McBriar.
 He hated the breed with a hatred that was flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone, but with an eye of prophecy he foresaw the day when a disrupted mountain community must fall asun der unless native sons could unite against the conquest of lowland greed He could never trust Old Milt. but he hoped that he and Young Milt, who would some day succeed to his ia ther's authority. might stand together in that inevitable crisis
 This idea had for long time been vaguely taking shape in his mind. and when he met Young Milt in the woods and proposed uniting to save Juanita 8 school he was laying the cornerstone for that future alliance
 At sunset Young Milt came. and he came without having spoken of his purpose at home. The night was sharp and moonless, with no light save that which came from the coldly gittering stars. and Anse and Young Milt crouched for hours, knee to knee in the dead thickets. keeping watch.
 At last they both saw creeping fig ure which was only vague shadow moving among shadows. and they peered with straining eyes and raised rifles But the shadow fell very still and since 1t was only by it's movement that they could detect it, they waited in vain.
 What hint of being watched wes
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just now Dawn is thinking of herself as a Havey and of you as a McBriar. All l ask is that you won't try to see her while she's here at the school not, at all events. until things are diff. ferent."
 The boy was wrestling with youth S unwillingness to be coerced
 An let Dawn think that her brother skeered me off?" he questioned at last with note of rising defiance.
 Dawn sha'nt think that. She shall know that you have acted with a gen tleman's generosity, Milt-and because I've asked you to do it."
 "Hain't good enough ter keep com. pany with Fletch McNashs gal?" The lad was already persuaded, but his stubbornness fired this parting shot.
 It's not question of that, Milt, and you know it," declared Juanita. It's just that one of your people killed one of his. Put yourself in Jeb's place. "
 Still for while the boy stood there scowling down at the ground. but at last he raised his face and nodded.
 It's bargain. ma am. but mind | only says l won't see her hyar. Some day I'll make Jeb pay fer it."
 He mounted and rode away while the lazy. hay sweetness of the smoky
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dialect: "1 beg your pardon. Miss Hol- land. I mean that what was sufficient. ly good for his environment appeared adequate to him."
 The girls laughter pealed out in the cool air, and she said with an after note of surprise; Why, MT. Havey. you didn't speak like a mountain man then. thought l was listening to a further
 He nodded his head and the smile died from his lips. Into his eyes came the look of steady resolve which was willing to fight for an idea.
 '1 just did that to show ye that l could. If wanted to. I reckon l could talk as good English as you. l reckon ye won't hardly hear me do it no more"
 But why?" she inquired in perplex- ity.
 '1 reckon it sounds kinder rough an ign'rant to ye, this mountain speech Well. to me it's music. It's the language of my own people an my own hills. I loves 1t. It don't make no diff'rence to me that it's bad grammar
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Solomon as Naturalist,

There is an odd reluctance upo, the part of many people to go to the ant. the water bug. the beetle and oth- CT 'invertebrate' or backboneless creatures. to consider their ways and be wise. solomon was a learned nat uralist of his day and perhaps the first animal behaviorist of all time.
 Not alone ants and bees taught him much. but all insects. beasts of the field and birds of the air contributed to his wisdom. If Solomon were alive today. he would more than glory in the domain of experimental research into the behavior of the lower crea- lures. He would no doubt write a down-to.date volume of proverbs founded upon the ierrning abilities. the memory and the tehavior in gen. cal of feas. lice. flies. gnats and oth,s- insects.
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SYNOPSIS.

Juanita Holland, Philadelphia young woman of wealth, on her journey with her guide, Good Anse Talbott, into the heart of the Cumberlands to become a teacher of the mountain children, taints at the door of Fetch McNash's cabin.
 While resting there she overhears talk between Bad Anse AaVey, chief Of his clan, and one of his henchmen that ac- quaints her with the Havey- McBriar feud. Juanita has an improbable talk with Bad anse and they become antagonists. Cal Douglas of the Havey clan is on trial in Peril for the murder of Noah Wyatt, @ 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 disclairns responsibility for Wyatt S attempt to kill Douglas. They declare a truce. under pressure from Good Anse Ialbott Juanita thinks she finds that Bad Anse Is opposing her efforts to buy ,and and build a school Milt McBriar breaks the. truce by having Fetch Me 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. but tells Juanita he does not light women and will give her land If necessary. Juanita gets her land and cabin. Old Bob McGreegor iucites Jeb McNash to murder Young Milt McBriar
 but Jeb refrains as he is not sure Young Milt is the murderer. Young Milt and Dawn meet several times, resulting in a demand from Bad Anse that Dawn leave -juanita's cabin. Juanita and Good Anse go to see Bad Anse, who again says that the school will fail because it has been started by Juanta in the wrong way
 Juanita begins to understand Bad Anse's dream Of regeneration for his people.
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broke from her "It's teachin' things that's goin' ter make the children ashamed of their cabins an their folks It's goin' ter make 'em want things ye can't hardly give 'em.
 "Go to any cabin in these hills an yell find the pinch of poverty, but ye won't find shame for that poverty in none of 'em. We ain't got so many virtues here maybe, but we've got a few. We can wear our privations like a uniform that we ain't ashamed of yes, an make kind of virtue out of it.
 I'm not out of sympathy with that" she argued; q think it's splendid"
 "All right" he answered; but after ye've taught 'em a few things they won't think it's splendid. Yell breed discontent an then yell go away, an all yell have done will be to have knocked their one simple virtue down round their ears'
 How many times do I have to tell you I'm not going away" demanded the girl hotly. Just watch me-"
 Again he shook his head, and into his eyes came look of sudden pain. "I reckon yell go" he said. All good things go. The birds quit when winter comes an the flowers go"
 So in an impersonal way, they kept up their semblance of a duel and mocked each other.
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Birds don't sing so sweet when ye teaches 'em new tunes. To my ears the talk of down below is hard an un natural. I don't like the ways nor the speech of the flat countries I'll have none of it. Besides, l belongs here. an if didn't talk like they do my people wouldn't trust me" He paused mo- ment, then added: 'I'd hate to have my people not trust me, So if ye don't mind, l reckon I'll go on talkin' as learnt to talk"
 She nodded her head. 'I see." she said quietly.
 What do ye aim to call this school?' he asked suddenly.
 Why. thought I'd call it the Hol land school" she answered, and when he shook his head and said Don't do it." she colored.
 II didn't mean to name it for my self. of course" she explained. ''I wanted to call it after my grandfather He always wanted to do something for education here in the Kentucky hills"
 Il didn't mean to find no fault with the name of Holland" he told her gravely That's as good name as any. But don't call it a school. Call 1t a college"
 But" she demurred, its not going to be a college It's just school"
 Again the boyish smile came to his face and seemed to erase ten years from his age. His manner of speech made her feel that they were sharing secret.
 That don't make any difference" he assured her. Mountain folks are all mighty proud an touchy. l shouldn't be astonished if some gray haired folks came to study the primer They'll come to college all right, but 1t wouldn't hardly be dignitied to go to school. If you want to get em ye must needs call it a college"
 The girl looked at him again and said in a soft voice: You are always teaching me things l ought to know. Thank you"
 Juanita stood as he left her and watched him striding down the slope On his part he went back to his house and found it suddenly dark and cheer less and unsatisfying.
 Into the soul of Bad Anse Havey had come a new element. and the prophet which was in him could see new menace; a necessity for curbing the grip of this new dream which might easily outgrow all his other dreams and bring torture to his heart Here was a woman of fine fiber and delicate culture in whose eyes he might at best be an interesting barbarian. Between them lay all the impossible barriers that quarantined the tangled coves of the mountains from the valleys of the rich lowlands. Between their lives and viewpoints lay the same irrecon- cilable differences.
 And yet her image was haunting him as he went his way. and in his heart was awakening an ache and rap ture.
 On several of her buildings now the hammers were busy shingling the roofs. Her influence grew and spread among the simple folk to whom she was unostentatiously ministerng-an influence with which the old order must some day reckon
 Anse Havey set his face against crossing her threshold with much the same resolution that Ulysses stuffed his ears against the siren song-and yet with remarkable frequency they climbed at the same time from oppo- site directions and met by the poplar tree on the ridge.
 Its the wrong notion" he told her obstinately. when her enthusiasm
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CHAPTER XVI.

In an office which overlooks the gray stone courthouse in Louisville sat a youngish man of somewhat engaging countenance. In the small anteroom of his sanctum was young woman who hammered industriously on type writer and told most of the visitors who called that Mir. Trevor was out. That was because most of those who came bore about them the unmistak able hallmark of creditors. MT. Ire vor's list of creditors would have made as long a scroll as his list of business activities
 Yet for all these cares Mr. Trevor was just now sitting with his tan shoes propped on his broad desk, and his face was untroubled. He was one of these interesting gentlemen who give a touch of color to the monotony of humdrum life Mir Trevor was soldier of fortune who sold not his sword. but the very keen and flexible blade of his resourceful brain.
 Roger Malcolm of Philadelphia knew him only as the pleasant chance ac- quaintance of an evening spent in New York club
 He had impressed the Fastener as most fascinating fellow who seemed to have engaged in large enterprises here and there over the face of the globe. So when Mir Malcolm present ed his card in the office anteroom the young woman at the machine gave him one fav0ring glance and did not say Mir Trevor was out
 So you are going to penetrate the wilds of the Cumberlands, are you?" inquired AIr. Trevor in his pleasing voice, as he grasped his visitors hand. Tell me just where you mean to go and I'll tell you how to do it with the least difficulty The least difficult down there is plenty"
 My objective" replied MT. Malcolm. lis place at the headwaters of d creek called Tribulation. some thirty miles from a town called Peril"
 T know the places-and their names fit them I'd offer to go with you. but I'm afraid l wouldn't prove benefit to you. I'm non grata with Bad Anse Havey. Esquire, and MT. Milton McBriar. who are the local dictators."
 MT. Malcolm laughed.
 Tn passing" he said. 'I dropped in to talk over the coal development proposition which you said would in- terest me"
 Mir Trevor reached into his desk and brought out several maps
 The tentacles of the railroads are reaching in here and there." he began with the promoters suave ease of man. ner. Tt is a region which enterprise can no longer afford 10 neglect. and the best field of all Is as yet virgin and untouched"
 Why did you drop the enterprise yourself?" inquired his visitor.
 T didn't have the capital to swing it. Of course. If it interests you and your associates it can be pu; through"
 Malcolm nodded. ''l am going pri. marily by way of making a visit" he said. "I meant to go before you reused my interest in your proposition. and 1t occurred to me that l might combine business with pleasure"
 The promoter looked up with shade of surprise
 You have friends out there in that God-forsaken tangle?" he inquired. God help them!"
 "A lady whom l have known for a long while is establishing school there"
 With the mention of the lady Nal tive note. and MT. Trevor at once changed the topic to coal and timber
 (To BE CoNTINUED)
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06

for an aqueduct-some perforation.
a modern would say.
Down to the City Of cette.
In the fiat country to which the ca
nal descends by nine locks at BezierE
are three volcanic humps. two rivers
and lake The humps represent first
Beziers on the Orb river, then Agde
by the Herault and finally the noun
tain Of Cette close to the Mediterran.
can Except for these the canal coun-
try is monotonous with vineyards pro-
tected by windbreaks OF tamarack and
reeds. Every available spot has its
vine. At Les Onglous the canal prop
er ends, and canal boats are towed for
about twelve kilometers across the
Etang de Thau into the city of Cetta
The Mountain of Cette stands out In
that fiat country as Big Blue hill does
near Boston. II reminds one vaguely
OF Gibraltar. The main streets all go
uphill. and you have views constantly
out on the Mediterranean. Connected
with the mainland only by a strip of
sand, it could easily become an island
Across the outlet Of the Etang de
Thau is the town OF Frontignan. IA
nous for its wines even in a wine
country.
The port Of Cette Is made up Of bas-
sins and canals and seems to invade
all the lower part Of the town. This
work is all due to the planning and
initiative Of Riquet fully as much AZ
the canal behind 1t. He had to have
a Mediterranean port, and the Noun.
tain of Cette was secure post to
which ne might tie 1t. At its base he
made canal from the Etang de Than
to the sea. filled in land and con-
structed basins and breakwaters.
The whole harbor is purely artificial,
and even today the struggle against
nature has to be kept up to keep out
the invading sand and to accommo-
date the everincreasing commerce
from Africa, Spain and Italy.
After a trip on the canal from Tou-
louise to Cette you can understand
why such piece OF engineering
passed for marvel in the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries, and why the
great vauban should have said when
he examined the complete work: II
would give all that have done and all
that there remains for me to do, II I
might nave created this masterpiece. :
Truly, the canaimakers are among
the great men Of the earth. and Riquet
is not the least among them
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whose contract calls for 5000 does
not get that much in actual salary.
One thousand dollars Of 1t IL An op.
ton on his future services. The play
er, therefore. wants to know whether
he shall turn in statement saying
that his salary Is $4,000 or $1,000. II
he puts in the latter figure. IL he to
include the option price as q part Of
his income?
The married players are congratu-
lating themselves in that they have
$4,000 exempt, while the single men
have to pay tax ON all they make
over $1,000. OF these bachelors. iris
Speaker is the hardest hit. He earns
a salary of $4,000 and must pay a
tax on $4,000, which amounts to $120
STILL" says Frank Baker. "if they
raise mine up to that of Eddie Col.
Inns I'll be perfectly willing to split
with Uncle Sam"
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06
Eddie Collin. of Chicago White sox.

Though the government is having q
tough time getting at the facts. pro-
fessional ball players will pay into the
internal revenue department some-
thing like $1,000 in. income tax.
But for the fact that 30 per cent Of
the players in the American, National
and Federal leagues are married and
are thereby permitted to claim an ex-
emption of $4,000 in salary. the sum
exacted by the government would be
considerably greater.
From the best Information the ex-
perts have been able to obtain there
are In the three leagues mentioned
about 300 players who receive more
than $4,000 year. This really means
SIX months, as that is the length of
the contracts. What they earn dur
ing the other six months also has to
be accounted for, but in most cases It
is nothing.
OF these 300 there are about 200
who earn more than $4,000. There
are close to 100 who draw more than
$4,000 and so whose contracts call for
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Oldest Of
l|n0tgE16Tldlfild1e CANALS

1900 workers, including 900 women.
while 1000 others were busy on the
mountain reservoirs and bitches. The
first stretch on the east side was as
far as Trebes, beyond Carcassonne,
and, as locks abound, 1t took more
time. The first important town you
come to is Castelnaudary, dead, pro-
vincial town with the usual central
square surrounded by sleepy cafes
The harbor is finer than that Of Tou-
louise, and the town rises from 1t to
the octagonal church tower with a GER
tain gray dignity for all the buildings
are of stone on that side Of Naurouse.
From Castelnaudary on to Beziers
the Black mountain is ever on the
left, while to the right are distant
glimpses of the Pyrenees. The coun-
try becomes more and more southern
in appearance until you reach Carcass
some, which rises up from the Aude,
the most medieval sight in France.
From then on the country is wholly
given over to the grape. and you can
see the peasants busting the leaves
with Bordeaux mixture. At the Cresse-
river the canal sends an eighteen
kilometer branch down to Narbonne,
whose cathedral spires are plainly Wis
ible against the southern sky. Then
all the country becomes an ancient
lake bed converted into a mammoth
plain of vineyards. 1t is the former
marsh country Of the old Lake Ru-
brensis, which calls to mind by its
geological history the ancient Lake
Bonneville of the state of Utah. Out
Of 1t you drop into the Mediterranean
marshes by the Malpas tunnel. 120
meters long. This is an extraordinary
knot Of thoroughfares. Above the hill
is the old Roman road from Beziers to
Narbonne; through the hill is Riquet's
tunnel, the first subterranean canal in
the world, and below are two other
tunnels, one for the railroad and one
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06

amounts ranging between $4,000 and
$4,000. There are less than dozen
who make more than that. The
notable ones are Eddie Collins. Ty
Cobb, iris Speaker, Walter Johnson
and few managers. McGraw IL re-
puted to make $4,000 in salary.
The players who take part In q
worlds series are required to put
that amount in with their salaries.
which makes 1t certain that every
man on a championship club has to
pay income tax.
In making out their statements. the
ball players. or the club secretaries
who do the work for them. have raised
an interesting question that may re-
quire a decision by the government
before It can be settled with definite
precision.
Instead OF reserve clause. the con-
tracts now have one which declares
that one-fourth of the salary stipulated
shall be considered payment for an
option on their services for the fol-
lowing year. For instance. player
Gilpin observer., 1915-05-06
GRAY MARE CAUSED TROUBLE
Umpire at Ball Game Tells Fans Cause
Of commotlon and the Game 10 ,
Proceeded With.

Jack Holland of the st. Joseph
Western league club tells this story:
"One afternoon last summer when
the Omaha and Sioux City teams Of
the Western league were indulging in
a hot battle a commotion occurred at
one end Of the grand stand in the
first named city. The several hundred
fans rushed through the aisles Of the
stands. every one craning his neck
over another's shoulder in an at
tempt to discern the cause Of the trou-
BILE.
Finally the umpire held up his
hands as a signal for the contest to
halt; then, removing his mask and
donning his hat he approached the
stands, in loud voice he cried:
Ladies and men, A hush fell.
THE umpire cleared his throat, then
proceeded with the announcement:
81 want to say to the owner Of
that gray mare that she's down and
can't get up. Thank you. Play ball
"And the game was continued"