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and others were crowding to the doors
I'm high Sheriff of this county now"
said Samson. sharply. you are coun-
ty Judge. Do we co-operate--or fight?"
Il reckon" drawled the other, that's
matter Wen work out as we goes
along. Depends on how obedient ye
air"
I'm responsible for the peace and
quiet of this county" continued Sam
son. Were going to have peace and
quiet"
The Judge looked about him. The in.
dications did not appear to him indica.
tive of peace and quiet.
Air WEI" he inquired.
I'm coming be k here in a half
hour" said the new sheriff. This is
an unlawful and armed assembly
When | get back l want to find the
courthouse occupied only by unarmed
citizens who have business here"
when we comes back" suggested
the county judge, I'D advise that ye
resigns yore job. A half-hour is about
es long as we ought ter try ter hold
hit"
Samson turned and walked through
the scowling crowd TO the courthouse
steps.
"Gentlemeo," he said, in a clear, far
carrying voice, there is no need Of an
armed congregation at this court
house. ! call on you in the name OF
the law to lay aside your arms or scat
ter"
There was murmur which for an in.
slant threatened to become roar, but
trailed into a chorus of derisive laugh
ter
Samson went to the hotel, accompa-
MED by Callomb, A half-hour later the
two we're back at the courthouse with
a half-dozen companions. The yard
was empty. Samson carried his faith
er's rifle. In that halfhour a telegram,
prepared in advance, had flashed to
Frankfort.
Mob holds courthouse 49, need
troops"
And a reply had flashed back:
use local company-Callomb com
handing" SO that form Of law was
met.
The courthouse doors were closed
and its windows barricaded. The place
was no longer a judicial building. 1t
was a fortress. AS Samson's party
paused at the gate a warning voice
called:
Don't come no nigher!"
The body-guard began dropping
back to shelter.
81 demand admission to the court
house to make arrests" shouted the
new sheriff. In answer a scattering of
rifle reports came from the Jail win
dows. Two of the Souths fell At
word from Samson Callomb left on
run for the hotel. The sheriff himself
took his position in a small store
across the street, which he reached I'M
hurt under a desultory ire.
(TO BE CoNTINUED)
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you can come back-if you want to;
but you must promise that"
II promise" she reluctantly yielded.
1t was half-past nine o'clock when
Samson South and Sidney Callomb
rode side by side into Hixon from the
east. A dozen OF the older Souths,
who had not become soldiers, met
them there, and, with no word, sepa-
rated to close about them in a circle Of
protection. AS Callomb's eyes swept
the almost deserted streets, so silent
that the strident switching of freight
train could be heard down at the edge
of town, he shook his head AS he met
the sullen glances of the gathering in
the courthouse yard, he turned to Sam
son.
They'll fight" he said, briefly.
Samson nodded.
81 don't understand the method" de-
INJURED the officer, with perplexity.
Why don't they shoot you at once.
What are they waiting for?"
They want to see" Samson assured
him. what tack mean to take. They
want to let the thing play itself out
They're inquisitive-and they're eau
tious, because now they are bucking
the state and the world"
Samson with his escort rode up to
the courthouse door and dismounted
He was for the moment unarmed and
his men walked on each side of him,
while the unlocking Hollmans stood
back in surly silence to let him pass.
In the Office of the county judge Sam
son said briefly:
81 want to get my deputies sworn
in"
We've got plenty of deputy sher-
IFS" was the quietly insolent rejoin-
der.
Not now-we haven't any" Sam
sons voice was sharply incisive. I'll
name my own assistants"
What's the matter with these
boys?" The county Judge waved his
hand toward two follower deputies.
They're fred"
The country Judge laughed.
We'll, | reckon can't attend to that
right now"
Then you refuse?"
"Mebby you might call 1t that"
Sampson leaned on the judges table
and raped sharply with his knuckles.
His handful of men stood close and
Callomb aught his breath In the
heavy air of storm-freighted suspense.
The HOLMAN partisans filed the room
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NATURAL MEANS OF DEFE".SE
Possibility That Another Generation
Of Fighters May Utilize Their
Whiskers.
(TO BE CoNTINUED)

Here is a war comment from George
w. Monroe, the comedian:
The Russian army has one advan-
tage over all other armies, and that is
whiskers. 1t has an ENHANCEMENT of
whiskers that nothing can penetrate
not even lyddlte, shrapnel or slugs. A
Russian soldiers whiskers are not the
flossy kind that toss around with
every passing gale. They are so dura.
BILE that when he falls on them he does
not even bend them; he drives them
into the ground. The only time Rus.
sian soldier is in danger is when he
turns the back of his head to the en-
envy. The other armies may have the
best tactics, armament, discipline,
spirit and patriotism, but the Russian
army has the chilled-steel whiskers.
The most difficult job a Red Cross
nurse has to perform, after the Rus
sian army has finished an engage
ment, is to comb the bullets and
shells out of the soldiers whiskers.
Fifty years from now, when the next
great war is fought, it will not be a
question of rapid-firing, long-range
guns; it will be a question of whis-
kers. The world will ask which army
has the best whiskers. Whiskers will
decide the battle. Nations will no
longer waste money in buying big
guns and testing them. They will
grow whiskers for national defense
and they VIII test an army's efficiency
by drawing up a company on the
parade grounds and allowing a husky
coal HEAVIER to go down the line and
hit each soldier in the face with an
ak. Whiskers that won't make the ak
bounce will be sent to the rear as un-
fit for the firing line.
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ia EPILEPSY CONQUERED?
New Jersey Physician Said TO Have
Many Cures to His Credit.

Red Bank, N. ]. Especially .-Advices
from every direction fully confirm pre-
vious reports tina. the remarkable
treatment for epilepsy being admins
tered by the consulting physician of
the Kline Laboratories, of this city, is
achieving wonderful results. Old and
stubborn cases have been greatly bene-
flied and many patients claim to have
been entirely cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy
should write at once to Kline Labora-
tories. Branch As, Red Bank, n. J., for
a supply of the remedy, which is be-
ing distributed gratuitously.-Adv.
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Historic Painting SPELL.

Prince Oscar, the kaiser's fifth son,
who has just returned to duty with the
German army, left the fighting line
after an engagement in which he saw
the officers about him slaughtered by
Turcos and himself collapsed from
what has been pronounced a severe at
tack of heart trouble. In the Mexican
war Brig. Gen. Franklin Pierce of New
Hampshire tainted while in action
from the pai- of an injury sustained
when his horse fell on him. This in
cident-this unmanly fainting at a
time when other people were getting
killed-was used numerically to make
Pierce a target for ridicule in later
years when he ran for the presidency.
Hartford Times.
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CHAPTER XVI.

The governor had been more infiu.
enced by watching the two as they
talked than by what he had heard.
1T seems to me, gentleman" he sug.
gested quietly, that you are both over
looking my presence" He turned to
Callomb
Your coming, Sid, unless it was pre-.
arranged between the two of you
(Which, since l know you, know was
not the case) has shed more light on
this matter than the testimony of a
dozen witnesses. After all, I'm still
the governor"
The militiaman seemed to have for
gotten the existence of his dictin-
guished kinsman, and, at the voice, his
eyes came away from the face of the
man he had not wanted to capture, and
he shook his head.
You are merely the head of the ex-
ecutive branch" he said. "You are as
helpless here as l am. Neither of us
can interfere with the judicial gentry.
though we may know that they stink
to high heaven with the stencil of
blood. After a conviction, you can
pardon, but a pardon won't help the
dead l don't see that you can do
much of anything, Crit"
81 don't know yet what can do, but
can tell you I'm going to do some
thing" said the governor. You can
just begin watching me- In the mean
time, | believe ! am commander-in-
chief of the state troopE"
And l am captain of 'F' company,
but all l can do is to obey the orders
of bunch of Borgias."
"As your superior officer" smiled
the governor 81 can give you orders.
I'm going to give you one now Mr..
South has applied to me for a pardon
in advance of trial. Technically, have
the power to grant that request. Moral
ly, doubt my right. Certainly, shall
not do it without very thorough sift-
ing of evidence and grave considera-
ton of the necessities of the case
as well as the danger of the precedent.
However, am considering it, and for
the present you will parole your pris-
oner in my custody. Mr.. South, you
will not leave Frankfort without my
permission. You will take every pre-
caution to conceal your actual identity.
You will treat as utterly confidential
all that has transpired here-and,
above all, you will not let newspaper
men discover you. Those are my or
ders. Report here tomorrow after
noon, and remember that you are my
prisoner"
Samson bowed and left the two cou-
sins together, where shortly they were
Joined by the attorney general That
evening, the three dined at the execu-
tive mansion, and sat until midnight
in the governors private Office, still
! deep in discussion During the long
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building itself. The Souths, now com
ing in a solid stream, flowed with
equal unanimity TO McEwer's hotel
near the square, and disappeared in
side. Besides their rifles, they carried
saddlebags, but not one OF the uni
forms which some of these bags con-
tanned, nor one of the cartridge belts,
had yet been exposed to view.
Stores opened, but only for a desul-
tory pretense of business. Horsemen
led their mounts away from the more
public racks, and tethered them to
back fences and willow branches in
the shelter of the river banks, where
stray bullets would not find them.
The dawn that morning had still
been gray when Samson South and
Captain Callomb had passed the Mil
Ter cabin. Callomb had ridden slowly
on around the turn of the road, and
waited a quarter of mile away. He
was to command the militia that day.
If the high sheriff should call upon
him. Samson went in and knocked,
and instantly to the cabin door came
Sally's slender, fluttering figure She
put both arms about him, and her eyes,
as she looked into his face, were terri
fed. but fearless.
I'm frightened, Samson" she whis-
pered. God knows I'm going to be
praying all this day"
Sally" he said, softly, I'm coming
back to you-but, if l don't"-he held
her very close-"Uncle Spicer has my
will. The farm is full of coal, and
days are coming when roads will take
it out, and every ridge will glow with
coke furnaces. That farm will make
you rich, if we win today's fight"
DON'T" she cried, with a sudden
gasp. Don't talk like that"
Il must" he said, gently. 81 want
you to make me a promise, Sally"
IT'S made" she declared.
"If by any chance l should not come
back, l want you to hold Uncle Spicer
and old Vile McCager to their pledge.
They must not privately avenge me
They must still stand for the law. /
want you, and this is most important
Of all, to leave these mountains"
Her hands frightened on his shoulder.
Not that, Samson" she pleaded
mot these mountains where we've
been together"
You promised. want you to go to
the Lescotts in New York. In a year,
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In two days. the grand jury, with
much secrecy, returned a true bill, and
a day later considerable detachment
of infantry started on dusty hike up
Misery. Furtive and inscrutable Holl-
man eyes along the way watched them
from cabin doors, and counted them.
They meant also to count them coming
back, and they did not expect the
totals to tally.
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disturbance, must be armed with the
power to undertake the house cleaning
and for a while must do work that
would not be pretty. AS far as he was
personally concerned, a pardon after
trial would be a matter of purely AGA
demic interest. He could not expect
TO survive a trial. He was at present
able TO hold the Souths in leash. II
the governor Was not of that nina ne
was now ready to surrender himself
and permit matters to take their
course.
And now, Mr.. South" suggested
the governor, after a half-hour of alb
sorbed listening, there is one point
you have overlooked. Since in the end
the whole thing comes back to the ex-
ercise of the pardoning power, it IS
after all the cruX of the situation. You
may be able to render such services as
those for which you volunteer Let us
for the moment assume that to be true.
You have not yet told me very i'm
portant thing. Did you or did you not
kill Purvy and Hollis?"
Il killed dollis,' said Samson, as
though he were answering a question
as to the time of day, and l did not
kill Purvy."
Kindly" suggested the governor,
give me the full particulars of that
affair"
The two were still closeted when a
second visitor called and was told that
his eXcellency could not be disturbed.
The second visitor, however was so in
sstent that the secretary finally con-
scented to take in the card. After a
glance at it his chief ordered admis-
sion.
The door opened and Captain Cal.
lomb entered.
He was now in civilian clothes,
with portentOus news written on his
face. He paused in annoyance at the
sight of a second figure standing with
back turned at the window. Then
Samson wheeled and the two men rec
ognized each other. They had met be.
fore only when one was in olive drab;
the other in jeans and butternut. At
recognition Callomb's face fell and
grew troubled
you here, South" he exclaimed.
Il thought you promised me that
shouldn't find you. God knows l didn't
want to meet you"
Nor l YOU" Samson spoke slowly.
81 supposed you'd be raking the hills. :"
Neither of them was for the moment
paying the least attention to the gov
ernor, who stood quietly looking on.
81 sent Merriweather out there"
explained Callomb, impatiently. 81
wanted to come here before it
was too late. God knows, South,
wouldn't have had this meet.
ing occur for anything under heaven.
It leaves me no choice. You are
indicted on two counts, each charg-
ing you with murder" The officer took
a step toward the center of the room.
His face was weary, and his eyes wore
the deep disgust and fatigue that come
from the necessity Of performing a
hard duty.
You are under arrest" he added
quietly, but his composure broke as he
stormed. Now, by God. I've got to
take you back and let them murder
you, and you're the man who might
have been useful to the state"
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LEFT the city Man rhIrkIno.

A city man once had occasion to
visit a farmer on business, and re-
NAMED for dinner The piece dc re-
sistance was literally a very tough
chicken. Those at table, including
the farmers two young sons. strug.
gled unnecessarily to make some i'm
preston upon their respective help
ings, when Sam turned to his brother.
Tom" he said softly, Il wish old
Dick hadn't aided. Don't your"
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Qualified to Sneak.

81 have been talking to a natural
list about life in the trenches"
what does a naturalist know
about life in the trenches"
This one knows a great deal. He's
thoroughly familiar with the habits
of moles, field mice and other burrow-
ing animals"
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For Child Welfare.

The National Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teacher associations will
hold conferences in st. Paul, Mimi.
Bismarck, N. d., and Helena, Mont,
in May for the purpose of organizing
the three states for child welfare.
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Exact Copy of Wrapper.
A Social Matter

"ro you really think we need more
submarines"
What would we do with them?
They are too small for dances"
midas trade is paralyzed by war
conditions.
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Every womans pride, beautiful, clear
white clothes. Use Red Cross Ball Blue.
All grocers. Adv.
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Stubborn Colds and irritated Bronchial
Tubes are easily relieved by Deans Men
tholated Cough Drops-5c at Druggists.
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PHILIPPINES CAPABLE OF
SUPPORTING 40,000,000
President Waters Of Agricultural Col
Iege Reports on Conditions.

The Philippines are capable of pro
ducing enough food and wealth to sup
port comfortably 100000 people, ac-
coriing to President Waters Of the
Kansas State Agricultural college, who
has investigated agricultural conditions
and possibilities of the islands, copy
of whose report was received at the
bureau Of insuar affairs in Washing
ton.
AS compared with Japan, he says,
the Philippine farmer gets only one
fifth as much per acre; that, while the
latter produces 20O, 100000 pesos worth
of wealth annually on the 100000
acres in cultivation, the Japanese farm
ers produce 2,OOO,O0O,0OC pesos worth
of wealth on their 100000 acres.
The Philippines would be the leading
cane sugar producing country in the
world, Cuba excepted, If the planters
raised as much per acre as do the
planters In Java. says President Wa
ters. Furthermore, they would be the
third largest rice exporting country II
the Philippine growers obtained as
high acre yields 40 do those Of Japan
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O47O4
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land office at Missoula, Montana,
April 10, 1915. Notice is hereby given
that Henry A. Stauss, of Roman, Mon
tana, who on July 30, 1913, made nd
entry No 04704, for Unit +, NW1
SE14, Sec 18, T. 20 NJ, r. 20 w. M.
M, has filed notice of intention to
make communication proof under new
law, to establish clam to the land
above described, before E. H. Rath-
bone, U. S. Commissioner, at Roman,
Montana, on the 18th day of June, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses: Arthur
McGeorge, Alfred Johnson, Alfred
Bauer, David Morris, all of Roman,
Montana.
FRANK NJ. NJ HAFFIE,
apr % may q Register.
Noncoa land. Flathead Project.
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or the United States. Again, the is
lands could support larger pork and
poultry industry than either Canada or
Australia if the yield of corn per acre
equaled that of the United States or
Japan.
While the people Of the Philippines
pay the farmers of Australia and India
about 3,50O,OOO pesos annually for meat
and work stock. one may ride for days
through grass up to the saddle skirts,
says President Waters, without seeing
a herd of cattle or horses.
He says q study of the business OF
the islands reveals many wastes and
cites the fact that last year 100000
pounds of raw sugar We're sold at a
centavos pound. all of which or its
equivalent was bought back again at
10 centavos a pound, and again that
with almost limitless forest resources
more than 100000 pesos worth of
lumber was purchased from outside.
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NO FULL MOON THIS MONTH.
First Time II Has Happened In This
Country Since 1947.

First Time II Has Happened In This
Country Since 1847.
The moon will not be full at any
time this month. This is due, Profess
sor Harold Jacoby Of Columbia univer-
sity says, to the fact that full moons
follow one another at intervals OF, APP
proximately, Twenty-Five and a half
days The intervals We're irregular,
he explained, because our calendar
was based on the solar instead Of the
lunar system.
The last time a month passed with
out full moon-in America. at least
was in 1S47, he asserted. In 1885 Eu-
rope had no full moon during Febru-
airy, but the full moon was visible be-
fore midnight on the last day of the
month In this country because of five
hours difference in time. February,
because it contains fewer days. is the
only month that is ever sighted in
this way.
There We're two full moons last
month and there will be two next
month. After that each month will
have one full moon for some years.
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O516S
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, q. S
Land Office at Mssoula, Montana
April 10, 1915. Notice is hereby giver
that Belinda Morris, of Roman, Mon
tana, who on January q, 1914, made
Sec 26, T. 20 NJ, r. q w. M. NJ, has
filed notice of intention to make com
mutation proof under new law tc
establish claim to the land above
described, before E. H. Rathbone U.
S. Commissioners, at Roman, Montana.
on the 7th day of June, 1915. Claimant
names as witnesses; Harry Morris,
Elsie Ludington, Ruth A. Barnes, Ire
E, Barnes, all of Roman, Montana.
FRANK M. McHAFFIE,
apr % may q Register.
(Non-coal land)
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O4O48
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. S
Land Office at Missoula, Montana
April 10, 1915. Notice is hereby giver
that Gust Olson, of Roman, Montana
who, on March 8, 1912, made nd entry
No. O4048, for Unit A, NWI NEL Sec
SO, L. 20 NJ, r. 20 w. M. M, has filec
notice Of intention to make commute
ton proof, under old law, to establish
claim to the land above described
before E. H. Rathbone, U. S
Commissioner, at Roman, Montana, or
the 18th day of June, 1915. Claiman
names as witnesses: Henry Staerz
Max H. Lowenstein, of Leon, Mon
tana, Addison M. Sterling, Charley
Olson, of Roman, Montana,
FRANK M. McHAFF1E.
apr % may q Register.
Non coal land. Flathead Project.
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O2915~O5277
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land office at Missoula, Montana,
April IL, 1915. Notice is hereby given
that William B. Engles of Roman, Mon
tana, who, on April ID, 1914, made nd
entry No 02915 for So SW4, SW4
SEA Sec. 26, T 20 NJ, r. 20 W. M. NJ,
and on July 27, 1914 made additional nd
entry No O5277 for lot /, Sec. 35, T. 20
NJ, K. 20 w. M. M, has filed notice of
intention to make final three year
proof under new law, to establish claim
to the land above described, before E.
II. Rathbone, U. S. Commissioner, at
Roman, Montana, on the 3lst day of
May, 1915. Claimant names as wit,
nesses: Gottfred Walman, j, Gabriel
Haid, Callie Billings, Arthur Haid, all
of Roman Montana
FRANK M. McHAFF1E,
apr l6 may IA Register.
{Non coal land.)
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Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior, [

Department Of the lhterlor 2. >
Land Office at Mssoula, Montana
April 10, 1915. Notice is hereby given
that Nicolai j. Haugsness, Of Hortee,
Montana, who on April Is, 1912, made
nd. entry No. 04177, for Unit r, SWA
NW14 section 26, T. q NJ, K. "a w.
M. NJ, has filed notice of intention to
make Communication proof under old law
to establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before E. H, Rathbone, U.
S. commissioner, at Roman, Montana,
on the 7th day of June, 1915. Claimant
names as witnesses: Julius Hansen,
Albert Cannon, James Madsen, OF Pol
son, Montana, John Nearnst, of Horte,
Montana.
FRANK M. M'HAFFIE,
apr % may Fl Register.
Non-coal land Flathead project.
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O2l74
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Missoula, Montana,
April 10, 1915. Notice is hereby given
that Edward Devne, of Roman, Mon
tana, who on May 20, 1910, made nd
entry No O2l74, for Unit A, Ell
NELl, Section 10, township 81 NJ,
r. 20 w. M. NJ, has filed notice of
intention to make communication proof
under old law, to establish claim to the
land above described, before E. f..
Rathbone, U. S. Commissioner, at Ro-
nan, Montana, on the 7th day of June,
1915. Claimant names as witnesses
Mary McGrann, Ernest kering,
Thomas j. Flynn, Cary H. Gordon, all
of Roman, Montana.
FRANK M. McHAFFIE,
apr % may 81 Register
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