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kipIine's Scots vernacuIar.

The Scots Scottish or Scotch of
'McAndrew's Hymn is so accurate
that one is surprised to find Mr.. Kip
ling representing Scotch soldiers as
saying mon" mon" is. of course,
the conventional symbol of what a
Scot utters for the word man." but
| am assured that no Scot says "mon."
though there are In the north several
variations of the accepted English pro-
nunciatiOn. Some Scots say "maun."
and others MAIN" Mon" Is re-
served for pantomimes and lleasan-
tries in Punch.--London Chronicle.
Watchm aking.
There are 925 separate operations In
the manufacture Of watch that sells
for q dollar.
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OBITUARY

For lack OF space last week the obitu-
airy Of Jennie Pholman was brief, but as
one who loved her, we would pay last
sad tribute TO her memory.
A most engaging and sweet tempered
little child, she was favorite with all.
Her child character was rich in those
elements which go to form a noble girl
hood. Fer the young feet had ever
gone astray, or sin had SCARED the heart
or sorrow reused the tear, in innocence
and purity. she faded from our sight,
never to know sorrow. passion, pain or
fear. The funeral took place Friday
afternoon from tho home OF Mrs. Drown
and the interment 10 Mrs. browns lot
on Prospect Hill.
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Mountain Lakes.

The Uinta mountains Of Utah. includ-
ed within the Wasatch. Uinta and Ash
ley national forests. should become a
favorite recreation region because OF
the many small lakes within depres.
sions scooped out by glacial drifts.
Seventy such lakes can be counted
from Reds peak, and one particular
township, thirty-six miles square. con.
tains more than 1O0.-Argonaut
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Daily Thought.

What does the word "cheerfulness"
imply? 1t means contented spirit:
1t means pure heart; it means a
kind and loving disposition; it means
humility and charity; 1t means a gen.
erous appreciation Of others and q
modest opinion Of self.-W. M. Thack-
cray.
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IDEALS.

Every man has at times in his
mind the ideal Of what he should
be. but is not. This ideal may be
high and complete. or it may be
low and insufficient. yet in all men
that really seek to improve it is bet
ter than the actual character.
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A few ready made dresses 10 Poplins
and kindred materials. at Lepper's. (adv
The Friday club meets this afternoon
at the home of Mrs. w. A. Simkins.
Correct styles, perfect quality, fair
prices at Miss Lords Hat Shop adv
Advertised letter-Mrs. Mary Cox.
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"The Eskimos live on light Diet
Hold on there; you're wrong. They
live on the latest kind of food"
"Well. I'm very sure our teacher told
Us they eat candles. Baltimore Amer
lean.
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STOP FRETTING.
What avails life Of frettingp
If some stars must needs be set
ting
Others rise as good as they.
Whittier.
Convinced.

Convinced.
what do you know about the con
stitution? I'll bet you can't repeat the
opening clause"
"I can too: We. the people Of the
United States, being of sound mind
and disposing will -
"That will do" interrupted the 9th
er man. II didn't think you knew 1t,
old top."-Puck.
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81 can't say that my son is mer-
cenary"
"No!'
mo; he doesn't seem to love money
well enough to work for 't."-Pitts-
burgh Post.
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Humid Rhine Valley.

Humid Rhine Valley.
The climate Of the Rhine valley Is
warmer than in most other parts Of
Germany and is consequently more ia
vorable than any other regions for the
cultivation of tobacco. grapes and corn.
The humidity of the valley Is exces-
sive, sunshine is quite limited, and the
annual precipitation ranges from TWEEN
ty-four to thirty-two inches.
Making Hit.
"How did she strike you as a golf
player?"
with her brassie." -Exchange.
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Sincerity.

No man can produce great things
who is not thoroughly sincere in deal
Ing with himself.-Lowell
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Safety First.

"I'll let you into my scheme on the
ground floor" Are there any exits?"
philadelphia Ledger.
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my wife spends every cent l earn"
$50 you have to live on what Jon
can borrow, Ell ?"-Boston Record
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Diamonds vary in color, and those OF
pale yellow, pink, green and blue are
not uncommon.
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Making a Hi,

with her brassie. "-Exchange.
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Within an hour she had him ready
to do anything to win her smile.
In that first rush of golden day a.
thwart the land, the party came quietly
into the town of Mesa, riding slowly in
order that the noise of their approach
might not warn the fugitives, who
Hopl asserted confidently would still
be sound asleep in the accommoda-
tons offered by the towns one hotel.
1t was to be termed a town only in
courtesy, this Mesa: a struggling
greet of shacks, ramshackle relics of
what had once been a promising COM
munity, the halfway station between
the railroad and the mining camps
secreted in the Businesses of the Paint
ed hills-camps now abandoned, their
very names almost faded out of the
memory Of mankind.
Midway In this string of ediices the
hotel stood-a rough, implanted, wood
en- edifce, mainly veranda and bar
room as to its lower floor.
jealousy Judith watched the win
dows of the second floor: and she
alone Of the four detected the face that
showed for one brief instant we'll back
in the shadows beyond one of the bed
windows-a face that glimmered
momentarily with the pallor of a
ghosts against the background Of that
.obscurity, and then was gone.
Her eyes alone, indeed, could have
recognized the features Of Alan Law
IN that fugitive glimpse.
Two sentences exchanged between
Hopi Jim and a blear-eyed fellow
whom he reused from sodden slumbers
behind the bar sealed their confidence
with conviction: the three fugitives
were in fact guests of the house, &C.
cupying two of the three rooms that
composed it's upper story.
In the rush that followed up the
narrow stairway, Judith led with such
spirit that not even Marrophat sus-
pected her revolver was poised solely
with intent to shoot from his hand his
own revolver the instant he leveled
at a human target.
Closed and locked doors confronted
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revolver from it's holster. The weapon
swept up and to a level; but as the
hammer fell, Judith's horse caromed
heavily against the other, swinging it
half a dozen feet aside, and DETECTING
the bullet hopelessly.
The shock of collision was so great
that Marrophat kept his seat with diff
fculty. He turned toward Judith a
face livid with rage.
simultaneously, as if taking the shot
as the signal for IA fusillade. Judith
saw Alan lean back over his horses
rump and open fire.
An instant later his companion, Bar
Gus, initiated his example.
In immediate consequence, Texas
dropped reins, slumped forward over
the pommel, wabbled weakly in his
saddle for a moment, then losing the
stirrups, pitched headlong to the
ground; while Hopi Jim's horse
stopped short, precipitating his rider
overhead, and dropped dead.
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them; and their summons educed no
RESPONSE; while the first door, when
broken in by a whole-souled kick, dis
covered nothing more satisfactory
than an empty room, it's bed bearing
the imprint Of a woman's body, but
that woman gone.
From the one window, looking down
the side of the house, Texas announced
that the woman had not escaped by
jumping out.
So it seemed that the three must
have had warning of their arrival,
after all; and presumably were now
herded together in the adjoining room,
which looked out over the veranda
roof, waiting in fear and trembling
for the assault that must o O come
and in fact Immediately did.
But it met with more stubborn re-
sistance than had been anticipated.
The door had been barricaded from
within REINFORCED by furniture
placed against it. Four minutes and
the united efforts Of four men Cnclud-
ing the bleary loafer Of the barroom)
were required to overcome it's inert re-
sistance. But even when it was down,
the room was found to be as empty as
the first.
Only the fingers of two hands grip
ping the edge of the veranda roof
showed the way the fugitives had
flown; and these vanished instantly as
the room was invaded.
Followed a swift rush of hoofs down
the dusty street, and a chorus of bias
phemy in the hotel hallway: for Ju-
dith had headed the concerted rush
for the staircase and contrived to
block it for a full half minute by pre-
tending to stumble and twist her
ankle.
In spite of that alleged injury, she
never limped, and wasn't q yard be.
hind the first who broke from the
hotel to the open, o yet appreciably
behind him in vaulting to- saddle.
Well up the road a cloud OF smoky
dust half obscured the shapes Of three
who rode for their very lives.
The pursuit was OF in a twinkling
and well bunched-Marrophat's mount
leading by a nose. Judith second, Hopi
Jim and Texas but little in the rear,
And in the first rush they seemed to
gain; moment by moment they drew
up on the flying cloud Of dust.
Judith heard an oath muttered be-
side her and saw Marrophat Jerking q
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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 deftly placing the
master knot of the hitch that bound
this human pack we'll beyond posi-
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-
ieclivity, a fair mark. stark against
the sky, for n who stood in the val
ley below. holding his rifle with eager
ingers, waiting for just such oppor-
tunity with the same impotence with
which he had waited for 1t 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 a look of ag-
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
hat it SHE'D In fright, and abruptly
shot from sight over the edge OF the
bluff.
To BE CONTINUED
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
Burnt Fingers.

ouTHt myers
Once she had lost touch with her ia.
theirs creatures, the girl drew rein
and went on more slowly and a
tiously.
Below her, in the valley, the lower
trail wound its facile way. From time
to time she could discern upon some
naked stretch of it's length a cloud Of
dust, or perhaps three mounted fig
ures, scurrying madly on with fear Of
death swapping at their heels.
1t was within an hour Of midnight,
q night bell-clear and bitter cold on
the heights, and bright with moon
light, when Alan's party made its last
pause and camped to rest against the
dawn, unconscious of the fact that, a
quarter of a mile above them, on the
upper trail, a lonely woman paused
when they paused and made her own
camp on the edge of a sharp declivity.
The level shafts Of the rising sun
awakened her. She sat up, rubbed her
eyes, yawned, stretched limbs stiff
with the hardship Of sleeping on un-
yielding, %sun-baked earth-and Of a
sudden started up, surprised by the
grating Of footsteps on the earth be.
hind her.
Before she could turn, however, she
was caught and wrapped in the arms
Of Hopi Jim.
She mustered all her strength and
wits and will for one last struggle
and in q frenzied moment managed to
break his hold a trile. enough to en-
able her to snatch at the pistol hang
ing from her belt and present 1t at his
head.
But 1t exploded harmlessly. spend
ing its bullet or the blue Of the morn.
ing sky. The bandit caught her wrist
In time, thrust 1t aside and subjected
1t to such cruel pressure and such saw.
age wrenchings that the pistol dropped
from fingers numbed with pain.
And now all hint of mercy left his
eyes: remained only the glare of rage.
He put forth all his strength in turn.
and Judith was as a child In his hands.
In half a minute he had her helpless,
in al much time more her back was
breaking acros his knee. while he
bound her with loop after loop Of 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 giri
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matically 20 adjust the differences be-
tween his daughter, Judith, and his
first lieutenant, Marrophat.
1t was no facile task: Marrophat
could not be trusted to work with a
single mind because of his i~nfatuation
for Judith; Judith could no more be
trusted faithfully to serve out her vow
to bring Alan Law to her fathers feet,
alive or dead, because-O cruel irony
of Fate!-she herself had fallen in
love with that same man whose death
she had pledged herself to compass.
Only when, as now, half mad with
jealousy, determined to see Alan dead
rather than yield him to the woman
he loved, her sister, might Judith be
counted upon to serve her father in
his lust for vengeance as he would be
served-and even so not without Mar
rophat at her elbow to egg her on
through her resentment of his surveil-
lance. Neither could be trusted, in
deed, to work alone to the desired con-
summation; for Urine had secret rea-
son to fear lest Marrophat might,
given opportunity, connive at Alan's
escape in order that he might marry
Rose and so throw Judith back into
his, Marrophat's, arms.
Poor, deluded fool!
Such was the private comment of
Marrophat's master.
For all that, 1t was the man and not
his daughter, whom Urine designated
to lead the expedition, cunningly
counting on Judith's chagrin to work
upon her passions and excite her to
one last. mad. blind attempt that
should prove successful.
Smiling his secret smile, Urine an
nounced his decision at the last mo-
ment, while Hopi Jim waited with his
horses and an assistant-0ne Texas
for whose utter innocence of scruples
Mr.. Slade unhesitatingly vouched.
Sullenly submissive. at least In out
ward seeming, Judith bowed to this de-
cision, marched out of the car, and
suffered Marrophat to help her mount
her horse.
Now. deliberately, as the little caval-
cade rode through the moonlit desert
night, the girl Unanswered her horse
to the side of Hopi Jim, and then
dropped back, permitting Marrophat
to lead the way with Texas. .
As deliberately she set herself to
work upon the bandits susceptibility
to her charms-
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A IN ~BROOKINGS
How Bad Backs Have Been Made
Strona-Kidney Ills Corrected.

How Bad Backs Have Been Made
Strong-Kidney Ills Corrected.
All over Brookings you hear it.
Doan's Kidney Pills are keeping up
the good work. Brookings people are
telling about it-telling Of bad backs
made sound again. You can believe
the testimony of your w townspeo-
pie. They tell it for the benefit of you
who are suffering. If your back aches,
If you feel lame, ore and miserable,
if the kidneys act too frequently, or
passages are painful, scanty and off
color, use Doan's Kidney Pills, the
remedy that has helped so many OF
your friends and n~eighbors. Follow
this Brookings citizens advice and
give Doan's a chance to do the same
for you.
Mrs. J.. w. Linn, 612 Third St.,
Brookings, S. d., says: 81 was troubled
by kidney weakness and felt miserable
in every way. Doan's Kidney Pills
had a soothing effect and removed
every symptom Of the complaint. My
kidneys We're strengthened and I was
restored to good health"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Linn had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
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backward glance to make sure she
was not watched, approached the
brink.
Hopi Jim was meticulously shorten
Ing the fuse, Marrophat kneeling by
his side.
In the canyon below the three were
within two minutes Of the danger
point.
1t was 10 trick at all to drop the
stone so that it fell within a dozen
feet OF the leading horseman.
She saw him rein in suddenly. dis
mount, cast a look aloft, then dismount
and pick up the warning.
AS the others joined him, he de-
tached the card and showed it to them.
AT the same time Hopi Jim and Mar
rophat jumped up and ran back, each
Selling and holding his horse by nose
and bride.
Constrained to do likewise lest she
lose her mount, Judith waited with a
lightened heart .
The explosion smote dull echoes
from the hanks Of the Painted hills,
all droWGins in the MONDAY hush:
the boulder teetered reluctantly on the
brink, then disappeared with a tear
ing sound followed by a rush Of earth
and gravel; a wide gap appeared in
the brink of the trail.
Leaving Marrophat to hold the two
frightened horses while the girl
soothed her own, the bandit rushed to
the edge, threw himself fiat and swore
bitterly, with an accent of grievance,
as he rose.
From the canyon below a dull noise
of g%alloping hoofs advertised too plain
ly the failure of their attempt.
And Hopi Jim turned back only to
find Judith mounted, refining her horse
in between him and Marrophat, and
prepared to give emphasis to what she
had to say with an automatic pistol
that nestled snugly In her palm.
"One moment, Mr.. Slade," she sug-
gested evenly. Just a moment before
you break the sad news to Mr.. Mario
PLAT. I've something to say that needs
your Observation-Disclosures, your respect.
1t is this: | am parting company with
you and Mr.. Marrophat. l am riding
on toward the west, by this trail. II
either Of you care to follow me"-the
automatic flashed ominously in the
sun glare-"it will be with full knowl.
edge Of the consequences. Mr.. Mario
PLAT will enlighten you If you have
myself in such affairs as this. If you
are well advised, you will turn back
and report failure to my father"
She nodded CURLY and swung her
horse round.
"And what shall l tell your father
from your" Marrophat demanded
sharply.
"What you please" the girl replied,
flashing an impish smile over-shoulder.
But, since when l part company with
you, / part with him as well-for all OF
me, you may tell him to 60 to the
DEVIL"
"Well," Mr.. Marrophat admitted con-
fidentially to Mr.. Slade. Pm damned"
"And that amt ALL" Mr.. Slade con-
ided in Mr.. M%arrophat, whipping out
his own revolver: You're being held
up, too. I'll take those guns Of your'n,
friend, and what else you've got about
you that's of value, including your boss
and when you get back to old man
Urine you can just tell him, with my
best compliments, that I've quit the
job and lit out after that daughter of
his'n. She's a heap sight more attrac.
tive than nineteen thousand dollars,
and not half SO hard to earn!"
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SINAI
(Intended for last week.

Owing to the blizzard Sunday
freight service has stopped. All tele.
graph and telephone lines are down
and doubtful when they car be put up
owing to the ice on them.
Helen Bursvold came down from
Watertown Sunday morning and re.
turned Monday evening.
John Slime and family visited at
Oliver Shines Sunday.
Owing to the bad weather Saturday
the young ladies aid at Evelyn Burs
vold's was postponed until Monday
Quite a crowd was present.
John Borsvold is at present putting
up the telegraph lines for the s. d. C
which were destroyed by last Sundays
storm.
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he's in riding distance Of this here

he's in riding distance OF this here
car"
Urine waved his hand at his score
tary. Jimmy, find a thousand dollars
for this gentleman. Make out the
paper he indicates for the balance,
and I'll sign it."
Amt you powerful trustful, Mr..
Urine? How do you know I'll do any,
thing more'n pocket that thousand and
fade delicately away"
my daughter and this gentleman,
Mr.. Marrophat, will accompany YOU"
"Oh, that's the way of it, is it?'
"Name?" interjected the secret ~,
writing busily with the top Of his =.
tache case for a desk.
"Slade," said the bandit, James
Slade." Again Urine punctured the at
mosphere with his index finger. THE
man whose life l want is named Alan
Law. He is running away with my
daughter, Rose, accompanied by a per-
son named Barcus, disguised as a Pull
man porter"
THE three of them having recent
escaped from a train wreck up yonder
on the t%restle?%s Hopi Jim in~terposed.
you've met them?" Judith demand.
ed, whirling round.
About an hour ago, or maybe an
hour and a half" Hopi Jim replied, "a
good ways down the road. They
stopped and asst where they could get
put up fer the night. l kindly directed
them on to Mesa, down in the Painted
hills yonder.'
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RICHLAND
Continued from Page Six

The Turtles young folks spent a few
days with relatives at Ward.
Mr.. Turtles went to ~Brookings last
Saturday on business.
The dance at the Turtles home Tues
day night was well attended.
Several of the Richland boys are re.
repairing the telephone lines.
j. A. Silvander sold a fine team of
horses last week.
The Turtles and Knipper families will
soon leave for their homes in North
Dakota. Sorry to see these good peo-
pie leave.
John Barrett and Christ Lynch were
callers at Tomscha's last Friday.
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VINFFVVIV
Brookings Library Board.
w. II. Powers, Pres,
f. II. SeXauer, Treas.
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CHAPTER XXxVll.
FirepIay.

firepIay.
Contented with the promise Of a
thousand dollars advance on his con-
tract, providing he returned with
horses within a stipulated time, Mr..
Hopi James Slade drifted quietly away
into the desert night.
Well content, persuaded that the
morrow's sun would never set upon a
world tenanted by n Alan Law, that
monomaniac, Seneca Urine, forgot his
recent i'll temper and set himself diplo-
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TO BE CONTINUED


or the Brookings Library Association
covering Receipts and Disbursements from
May LIST, 1914. to February 18th, 1915.
Receipts
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LEASE OF scHcoL AND ENDOWMENT

Notice 10 hereby given that ON March 10.
1911. all Of the Unbiased c0mmon school and
endowment lands In Brookings County. will
- oRered for. lease 1t public auction between
p. m. ~ the court house m said county.
Date4at Pierre, January .. 1911.
yADD HUPPURl1B.
commisGionsr Of school ana Public landH