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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-24

ion through the driving sheets OF dust
of a horse that plodded up the arroyo
bearing two riders on its back
Weary with the weight OF its douoie
burden, it went slowly and passed 80
near to Judith that she was able 70
recognize the features of her sister
and Tom Barcus.
Be sure she made never sign 10
catch their attention.
Within the next succeeding hour
the coppery light lost something Oh
it's hot brillance, took on darker
shade, and then one darker still Iwi-
light stole athwart the desert. turning
its heat to chill, its light to violet.
Growing more intense, the colo
eventually reused the sleeping man.
And hardly had his eyes Enclosed
and looked up into the eyes OF judith
bending over him than he started up
and out Of her embrace. got INSTEAD
lily upon his feet and after q moment
Of pause, watching her rise in turn
strobe away-or. rather. staggered
with the gesture Of exorcism.
Uncomplaining, hugging her new
born humility to her with the ecstasy
of the anchorite his horse-hair Shirt
, Judith followed him patiently, at
little distance.
Not far from where he had rested
there was a break in the overhanging
wall Of the arroyo. Through this ne
scrambled painfully, reaching the level
: Of the desert only after cruel enort'
the unheeded woman at his heels
A brief pause there afforded both
! time to regain their breath and survey
| the desert for signs of assistance: 1t
offered none, other than what they
might accomplish through their own
exertions. For leagues in any quarter
it stretched without break other than
: the black cleft of the arroyo, cleaning
/, a bleached and deathly white in the
moonshine-like the face of frozen
world.
With tacit consent both turned that
way, Alan leading, Judith his pertina-
cious shadow, with never a word or
sign between them to prove that either
was aware Of the others company.
But this was state Of affairs that
could not long endure. Judith had the
price to pay for her own trials, sur
fering and privation: the strain began
to tell sorely upon her. She reeled
slightly as she walked, weaving a
winding trail across and across the
straighter line of footprints that
marked Alan's course through the or
dered PATTERN of the powdered sage
brush.
And of a sudden she collapsed.
Instinct alone made Alan glance
over shoulder: for she had made nc
sound whatever
He turned and came directly back
to her, knelt beside her. lifted hel
head, pillowed it gently on his arm
and piled her in turn with the dregs
of the canteen.
With a sigh, sti6ed moan and
little SILVER, she revived.
He helped her gently to regain hel
feet. passed an arm round her.
In this fashion they struggled on IL
strange, dumb companionship of mis-
cry and wonder.
Thus an hour passed: and for al
their desperate struggles neither coult
see that the light on the mountainsid'
was a yard the nearer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-24

bound her with loop after loop q his
rawhide lariat.
Then, leaving her momentarily
supine on the ground, Hopi Jim caught
and unhobbled her horse, and without
troubling to saddle it, lifted the girl
to its back. and placed her there. face
upward, catching her hands and feet,
as they fell on either flank Of the ami.
NAL. with more loops Of that unbreak.
able rawhide, and deity placing the
master knot of the hitch that bound
this human pack well beyond possi-
bility of her reach.
She painted a prayer for mercy. He
laughed in her face. bent and kissed
her brutally, and stepped back laugh
ing to admire his handiwork
Thus he stood for an instant be-
tween the horse and the edge of the
declivity, fair mark, stark against
the sky, for one who stood in the val
ley below, holding his rife with eager
fingers. waiting for just such oppor-
tunity with the same impotence with
which he had waited for it ever since
the noise of debris kicked over the
edge by the struggling man and
woman had drawn his attention to
what was going on above.
Alan pressed the trigger and the
shot sounded clear In the morning
stiffness, Judith saw q look Of az.
grieved amazement cross the face OF
Hopi Jim Slade.
Then he threw his hands out, clawed
blindly at the air, staggered, reeled
against the horses flank so heavily
that it SHE'D in fright, and abruptly
shot from sight over the edge of the
bluff.
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CHAPTER xl.

shot from sight over the edge Of the |
bluff.
CHAPTER xL. !
The Man In the Shadow.
Two hundred feet, If one. Hopi Jim
fell from the lip of the cliff. Then sud.
denly the thing that had been Hopi
Jim Slade was checked in its headlong
descent by the outstanding trunk Of a
tree. over which it remained, doubled
up, limp, horrible
The miniature landslide that had
been caused by his fall went on,
settling gradually as the slope be.
came less sheer. Only part of it, a
double handful of pebbles, gained the
bottom of the canyon.
Its mufIled impact on the ground
round his feet reused the man who
had comprised the bandits death from
the pose he had unconsciously as
sumed on the instant Of firing.
He stepped back, and snatched up
case containing binoculars.
Not before the glasses we're diusted
to his visisn did he find time o re.
spond absently to the alarmed and in
sistent inquiries of his two compan-
ions. man of his own age and girl
of some years less. who had been
wakened from their sleep by the re-
port of the rife.
Now the latter plucked his sleeve,
momentarily DETECTING the glasses
I. m the object which they were fol-
! lowing SO sedulously as 1t moved
along the heights; wildly running
! upon its back, both sharply in sill.
houette against the burning blue.
"Alan!" the girl demanded, what
is It? Why did you fire? Why won't
you answer me? What is it,"
Judith" Alan replied tersely. again
picking up with the glasses the run
away horse that fled so madly along
the perilous and narrow track of the
hill trail.
The name was echoed from two
throats as Alan swung sharply and
thrust the glasses into the hands Of
the girl.
Judith" he affirmed with look Of
poignant solicitude. She's roped to
the back of that crazy broncho-help-
less! See for yourself; one false step
suppose stone turns beneath its
hoof-she'll be killed."
While the girl focused her glasses
upon that speck that few against the
sky Alan turned to the two horses
hobbled near by and seizipg a saddle
threw 1t over the back Of one.
At this the other man turned to his
side and dropping OBTAINING hand
upon his arm asked:
What are you going to do?"
Alan shook the hand of and went
on with his self-appointed task.
go after her, Tom, of course" he
replied. What else? That animal Is
crazy, tell you"
Even So" Tom Barcus argued, 'yor
can't climb that hillside on horseback
and II you could. you'd be too late t(
catch up. much less prevent an &C
cident--"
Il know it, But suppose 1t doesn'
fall =. You know what's beyont
, these hills-deserts, And the girl il
helpless, tell you. bound hand ant
, foot. Think of her being carried tina
way-all day, perhaps-face up to thi
, brutal sun, She'll go mad If some
thing isn't done"
, you've gone mad yourself already,
|, Mr.. Barcus contended darkly. What
, it to you if she does? Suppose you d
succeed in rescuing her: what then
AS soon as she gets on her pins She
: try to stick knife into you-like a
not What's she been chasing you fol
: all over this land of the brave an
home of the free, but to take your foo
= life And now you want to sacrific
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tro Be Continued,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-24


ing 1t as she had the other. Then she
crouched low above the man she loved,
as II thinking perhaps to escape notice
from the occupants of the motorcar.
II that were her thought, it was bred
Of an idle hope Alan had chosen to
fall in the middle of a wide space so
arid that not even sagebrush had ven.
tured to take root there. When the
glare Of the headlights fell upon them
II was inevitable that discovery should
follow. The motor car stopped within
twenty feet. Three men jumped out
and ran toward the pair, leaving two
in the car-the chauffeur and one who
occupied a corner of the rear seat:
an aged man with the face of a damned
soul. doomed for a little time to live
upon this earth in the certain knowl-
edge of his damnation.
AS this happened. Judith Urine
leaped to her feet and stood over the
body of Alan, revolver poised in
either hand.
Halt" she ordered imperativeIy.
Hands up"
The three who had alighted obeyed
without moments hesitation: her
fathers creatures, they knew the
daughters temper far too we'll to
dream of opposing her will
In the six hands that were sill.
houetted against the headlights radi-
ance, three revolvers glimmered; but
at her command all three dropped
harmlessly to the earth.
Then, sharply. Stand back two
paces," she required.
They humored her unanimously.
Darling forward she picked No and
pocketed the three weapons. then with
one of her cwn singled out the men
she named.
Now. Marrophat-and Won, Hicks
pick Mr.. Law up and carry him into
the car. And treat him gently, mind,
II one of you lifts a finger to harm
him. that one shall answer to me-"
Still none ventured to dispute her
The two men designated. without a
sign of disinclination. stepped forward
One lifted Alan Law by the shoulders.
the other took the legs. Between them
they bore him with every care toward
the motor car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

all expenses of a large number of rep
resentative labor men in various parts
of the country in the effort to induce
them to attend the conference of the
council held in Washington July 81.
He states in the letter that about ten
labor men were "corralled'' in Chicago,
their expenses, including loss OF time,
etc, were paid by a representative of
the council and the men came to
Washington to attend the conference.
League Pays Hotel Bills.
"On the evening of the close of the
conference, August l." Mr.. Snellings
says in his letter. 1.-The hotel bills of
these visitors were paid by repre-
sentative of the league, and Henry b.
Martin furnished the western men who
came here with sufficient money To pay
for their loss of time, for their rail-
road fare and for other expenses.
Concluding his letter. Mr.. Snellings
wrote:
ut will be my pleasure as it is my
duty to cooperate with my fellow
workers in the organized labor move
ment and with all other conscientious
persons and bodies for the purpose OF
bringing about an early and an honor
| able peace"
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activities of the Congressional Union
at the present time, which are conferred
at the Panama-Paciic exposition. Miss
Stevens is organizing great rally or
woman voters, who will assemble at the
exposition September 14-16, and will
meet in convention to consider how
they can use their political power to
accomplish in the next session the pas
Says of the federal amendment in Con-
gress.
Miss Stevens is also organizing a
pageant of women to be staged on the
grounds of the exposition during the
convention. The work of the Congress
sional Union on the western coast has
aroused the interest of the leading
women of the west, among them Mrs.
Frederick Sanborn, Mrs. Phoebe r.
Hearst, Mrs. Lowell White, Miss Char
| lotte Anita Whitney. Miss Gall Laugh
lin, Mrs. Ida F. Mackrille and MRS
Sarah Bard Field.
Mrs Kent, well known in Washing
ton, is now at her home, Kentfield
Marion county, Cal, and from there is
giving constant assistance to the
activities of the Congressional Union.
| Mrs. Arnold, known in Washington as
Elizabeth Kent, now has her home IN
San Francisco, and has acted as hostess
at the Congressional Union booth al
| the Panama-Pacific exposition on a
number of important social occasions.
Speaks in the Open at Charleston.
Miss Hill, daughter of Representa-
| tive E. ]. Hill Of Connecticut, is an
other Washington girl who is spending
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PEACE COUNCIL RANKS
RENT BY DISAGREEMENT
Explanation by Milton Snellings,
Former Vice President of So
Called Labor Body.

Additional details of the disagree
ment which has rent the ranks OF
"Labor's National Peace Council,
brought about the resignation OF Rep
resentative Frank Buchanan, lis hrSt
president, and Milton Snellinss, wee
president brought forth official denial
from Samuel Gompers of the organl-
zation's connection in any manner with
the American Federation Of Labor, and
disclosed much of the inner workings
of the Council are contained in a let
ter addressed by Mr.. Snellings to Jacob
&c. Taylor, latest president of the
Council" and given to the newspapers
last night Mr.. Taylor. it appears from
Mr. Snellings' letter. became president
of the council shortly after Repre-
sentative Buchanan resigned. early this
month His home is in East Orange
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GROVER HALLS ARREST
IS LABOR CASE ECHO
Juryman in Lawson Trial in Colo
RADIO Held on Charge g..
of Perjury.

TRINIDAD. Col, August 21.-Grover
Hall, a member of the jury which,
May 5, convicted John r. Lawson. in
ed Mine Workers of America, of first
degree murder, today was arrested at
Ration, n. M, on Il charge of perjury.
Halls arrest was on an information
filed in the district court here by At
torney General Fred Farrar. 1t is
based upon an affidavit by Hall lncor-
porated in Lawsons motion for new
trial, in which Hall swore that he had
been coerced by court bailiff to agree
to verdict of guilty.
He Swore He Held Out.
Hall swore that he held out for a
verdict of acquittal from Saturday
night, May /, until noon May ) ana
that during that time Frank Gooden
the baihff in charge of the jury. re-
peatedly told him that his wife was
seriously i'll. May 3, he declared, Good
en- informed him that Judge Hillye1
had ordered that the jury be given nc
food until IA verdict was returned
Then. according to the af11daVlt, Han
agreed to return a verdlct, winch lit
claimed he did not think was just.
Halls affidavit, which the attorney
general charges was false, was usec
in a motion for a writ of supersedeas
granted by the Colorado supreme cour'
This week. The motion for new
trial previously had been denied by
Judge CRANKY Hillyer, who tried Law
son The supreme court on the same
day it granted Lawson's motion 1or ,,
writ of supersedeas barred Judge filli
ver from presiding at future trial!
growing out of the recent strike O
Colorado coal miners.
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Repeats Former Statement.

In his letter Mr.. Snellings refterates
a statement contained in his letter or
resignation, dated July 20. to the eff
feet that at a meeting of the council
Mr.. Taylor, latest president of the
Council" in reply to the question,
what, after all, does this council want
to do?" said:
I'VE want to stop the expectation of
munitions to the allies. You see, Ger
many can manufacture all the NUM-
tions she wants"
Mr.. Snellings in his letter to Mr.. Tay-
1or says that the treasurer OF the
Council" Ernest Bohm, offered to pay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

Hardy Stubs, is with her husband in
Minnesota.
Miss Virginia Arnold, an expert or
ganizer, is busy in Oregon.
Planning North Carolina Convention
Miss Alice Paul is at San Francisco
to assist Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont and
other leaders with the woman voters
convention there next month.
Miss Lucy Burns is in charge of Con-
gressional Union headquarters in
Washington.
Miss Perry is in North Carolina max
ing plans for a convention of the Con-
gresSional Union in that state and ar
ranging Populations of North Carolina
women to wait on their congressman
Miss Perry comes from an old South
Carolina family, and is granddaugh-
ter of DIR. Sprgg, who was so long
known in Virginia as the editor OF the
Southern Churchman.
Under the auspices of the congress
sional Union she helped in the state
campaign in Rhode Island year ago
and has actively assisted the Congress
sional Union in Philadelphia and Nlr-
ginia Connected as she is with south
ern families and sympathetic to the
southern point OF view on puDllc ques-
tions, Miss Perry is strong ally OF the
suffrage workers in washington.
Southern Woman worker.
Mrs Thompson is also southern
woman, long Washington resident.
| Mrs. Thompson has opened headquar-
tiers for the Congressional Union in
FColorado Springs, Col, and has there
organized a convention In which the
leading women of the state participant
| ed. She arranged a deputation to Rep
| resentative Timberlake, urging him to
| give continued active support to the
federal amendment in Congress. Mrs.
Thompson will arrange deputations to
all the other Colorado congressman.
Mrs. Thompson got her training as
| speaker and organizer with the Con-
IeressionaI Union. She is a very sympa-
| thetic,, tactful and persuasive speaker
and a quick and enthusiastic worker.
| Mrs. Nina E. Allender. who Is seere-
! tary of the District Peace Association
| and chairman of the District OF Column
! bia branch of the Congressional Union,
| is now in Atlantic City helping to ar
| range delegations to Philadelphia con-
| gressmen who are spending the sum-
| mer there.
Miss Stevens an Active Worker.
| Miss Stevens, the young Nebraska or
ganizer, who came out of the west to
assist the Congressional Union and
| who is now one Of it's most successful
| field workers, has charge of the main
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Prominent Advocates Engag-
ina Homes for Work and
Social Activities.
WILL BEGIN AGITATION
WHEN CONGRESS RE0PENS
Many Washington Women Now
Campaigning in States Along
Lines Laid Down by Miss Paul.

With the reopenng of Congress,
Washington is to be made the hotDed
of equal suffrage agitation. and scores
of prominent "votes-for-women' adVo-
Gates are taking houses here for the
winter. Both i'll active propaganda
work and in social activities, to prove
that the suffrage leaders do not plan
to abandon domestic and social life Tor
politics, they are planning for busy
season under the auspices OF the Con-
gressional Union for Woman's Suffrage.
The national organization of the Con-
sressional Union intends to continue Its
headquarters here in the capital, be-
cause the purpose of its campaign IS to
have Congress put through the resolu-
ton providing for the Susan b. An
thony amendment to remove from the
ballot the qualification of sex.
Many prominent Washington women
are now campaigning in the states In
furtherance of the aggressive cam
paign launched by Miss Alice Paul,
chairman of the Congressional Union,
three years ago. Besides these there
are scores of other leaders in wash
ington life who are willing to do what
ever they may be called upon to ad-
vance the cause" in emergency.
have registered already for the march
on the Capitol by 5000 women who are
to make the demonstration BEFORE Con-
gresS the day it assemblies in Decent
Der.
Devoting Summer Days to Work.
Some of the Washington women who
are devoting these summer days to
leading the fight for votes for women
by federal amendment are the follow
ing:
Miss Emily X. Perry, now campaign
ing in North Carolina.
Mrs. E. ST. Clair Thompson, who has
recently opened Congressional Union
headquarters at Colorado Springs.
Mrs Nina E. Allender, cartoonist for
the Suffra gist, and secretary of the
District Peace Association, is at work
In Atlantic City.
Miss Doris Stevens. who came here
from Nebraska, is organizing the wom-
an voters convention at San Francisco.
J Mrs. William Kent, wife of Repre-
active in her own state this summer.
Mrs. Stanleigh Arnold, known in
Washington as Miss Elizabeth Kent, is
receiving suffragists in her California
home.
The two daughters of Representative
e. ]. Hill of Connecticut, Mrs. Helena
Hill Weed and Miss Elsie Hill, are
among the best of the Congressional
Union stump speakers.
Washington friends as Mrs. Jessie
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Parcel Post Insurance 500.

Change in the postal regulations. ef-
fective September j, was made yester-
day by which parcel post mail may be
insured up to 500. Heretofore the
limit has been $50. For valuations from
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immigration Off Sc Per Cent.

Preliminary figures issued yesterday
by the immigration bureau show a sc
per cent decrease'in immigration dur
ing the first week of August compared
with the same period a year ago, while
every month this year has shown a de-
cline of from IS to 70 per cent.
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A Saving of $50

To every person buying a Re-
frigerator Monday and Tuesday
at this Sacrifice Sale these goods
will be sold at least 20To less
than cost to manufacture them.
This sale will also include Fire
less Cookers and Combination
Kitchen Cabinets. Fireless Cook
ers that retailed at $40. s35 and
SIS will he sold for s27. s23 and
SI2; $3.50 Refrigerators viii be
sold for $3.50; $50 Refrigerators
will be sold for 81. The reason
you can buy these goods at such
prices is that they are held i'm
storage and must be cleaned out
at once. All goods guaranteed
. new. Sale will he private and
will begin at 9 am. tomorrow
. morning in the basement of THE
. MERCHANTS TRANSFER AND
STORAGE CO., 922 F. st. NV. A
: deposit on these goods Will hold
: them until Sept. l.
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Miss Stevens an Active Worker.

Miss Stevens, the young Nebraska or
sanizer, who came out of the west to
assist the Congressional Union and
who is now one of it's most successful
field workers, has charge of the main
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$50 to 800 the fee will be IS cents, in
addition to postage.

Fruit raisers in the western New
York belt predict smaller crops of ap-
pies and pears than last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

High Balls are refreshing and delicious when
n q Red Top Rye-A%%fs1ii sf.y finest
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the summer in San Francisco, and is
assisting in the work as both speaker
and organizer. Miss Hill has spent
has wide circle of acquaintance
here. She spoke in the open ARA
thing before unheard of in Charleston
and with the cooperation of Miss Susan
P Frost, the president Of the Charles
ton Suffrage League, arranged depu-
| tation of the most influential women of
Charleston to their representative, H.
| S. Whaley.
Mrs. Wood is at Byrdcliffe, Wood
stock, N. Y. with her family, but she
has found time to arrange a number OF
meetings calling upon the representa-
| tive from that district, Mr.. c. B. Ward,
| to vote for the federal amendment In
Congress.
| Congressional Union.
Organized Voters in Oregon.
| Miss Arnold, another Washington
| woman of southern lineage, is building
up an organization among the woman
voters of oregon. Miss Arnold has
| kept suffrage in the forefront of pub
| lie attention in Oregon since last fall,
! when she went to campaign there in
! the November elections with Mrs. Jes-
| sic Hardy Stubs. Miss Arnold has ar
| ranged exhibits in a number Of Port
! land processions-in the rose festival
| and in number of political demon
| STATIONS She recently had a Con-
| gressional Union tent at the Gladstone
chautauqua in Oregon and reached
thousands of people during the week
of the chautauQua season.
Miss Paul. who, though New Jersey
| woman, has become conspicuous In
Washington, has carried on suffrage
activities during the summer when
! have brought her into nearly every
| state in the Union. AT present she is
on her way west. bound for the Pana-
ma-Pacif1c exposition; but on the way
she ia speaking at conventions in Colo
! RADIO, Utah and Oregon.