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often rock an, got hurt. I lowed
I'd fotch him home ter stay all night. Z
The elderly man who had hailed ths
boy nodded, but with an evident a,
noyance. It seemed that to him the
others deferred as to 9 commanding
officer. The cortege remounted and
rode slowly toward the house. At lat
the elderly man came alongside the
mule and Inquired 5,i 5;ss 5l.s. I;
Samson, where was re last night &
"Thet's my business e 4 n,
$S"Mebbe hit ain't. The old moun.
taineer spoke with no resentment, bat
deep gravity. We've been powerful
Uneasy erbout ye. Hey ye heered the
news?" y. 5:S, !, s, v, Si 3S itsis
what news" 4 The boy put ths
question noncommittaily. D. I, y
"Jesse Purvy was shot this morn.
ing" < q
The boy youchsafed no reply. :
"The mail rider done told hit (.
Somebody shot fivesshoots from the
laurel. Puryey hain't died vt.
!. Some says as SHOW his folks
has sent ter Lexington fer blood.
hounds" .5it;;9s 4 q ,:ffSs Il
The boys eyes began to- smolder
hatefully. ~ .as%3
II reckon. he spoke slowly. ."'hs
didn't git shot none too soon" !" n y,
Samson The old mans voice had
the ring of determined authority.
When i dies yen be the head Of the
souths, but so long es I'm a:runntn'
this hyar family / keeps my word ter
friend an foe alike. M reckon Jesse
Purvy knows who got yore pap, hut
up till now no South hain't never
busted no truce." d. ,I,s3..s;, jSy,:. !,
The boys voice dropped its softnesa
and took ON a shrill crescendo Of axs
citement as he flashed out bis retort.
"Who said South has done busted
the .ruce this timer .s 4 !, (.
oIu Spicer South gazed searchingly
at his nephew. .r h w. Z. ( y,
GRO BE coNTINUED.)
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ES NEVILLE BUCK

1TOm Iu6 WOOuS. que llIcu uCl ohlA 70
and splsshed her feet in the shallow
creek water, wading persistently up
and down. Her shyness was forgotten.
The groan was a groan or human
creature In distress, and she must find
and succor the person from whom 1t
came. -! \. 5s5,i i,i.s
Certain sounds are bathing as to di.
rection. a voice from. overhead or
broken by echoing obstacles does not
readily betray Its source. Finally she
stood up and listened once more in
tently-her attitude full OF tense ear.
nestness, = jit,:5 q E;
I'm shore a fool she announced,
half aloud. Sim shore a plumb foo"
Then she turned and disappeared in
the deep cleft between the gigantic
bowlder upon which she had been sit.
ting and another-smallo only by COM
parison. There, ten feet down, In a
narrow alley Uttered with ragged
stones. lay the crumpled body Of q
man. 1t lay with the left arm doubled
under 1t, and from a cash in the fore
head trickled thin stream Of blood,
Also. 1t was the body Of such a man
as she had not, seen before. ] F-7.s
Although from the man came low
groan mingled with his breathing, 1t
was not such a sound as comes from
fully conscious lips, but rather that
of brain .dnlled into coma.
Freed from her lettering excess Of
shyness by his condition, the girl
stepped surely from foothold to foot
hold until she reached his side. She
stood for a moment with one hand on
the dripping walls Of rock, looking
down while her hair fell about her
face. Then, dropping to her knees,
she shifted the doubled body into q
leaning posture, Strengthened 1.-The
limbs, and began exploring with eff
cient fingers for broken bones.
She had found the left arm limp
above the wrist, and her fingers had
diagnosed .a broken bone. But uncon-
seriousness must have come from the
blow on the head. where bruise was
already blackening, and e cash still
trickled blood. &; KS
Z She lifted her skirt and tore long
strip Of cotton from her single petit:
coat. Then she picked her bare-footed
way swiftly to the creek bed, where
she drenched the cloth fol; bathing and
bandaging the wound. When she had
done what she could by way Of first
aid she. sat supporting the mans
shoulders and shook her head dubi-
iously. .s..l. e. ~ a si,,I /. /.
\ Finally the mans lids fluttered and
his lips moved. Then he opened his
eyes. " X a. a q.
"Helio!" said the stranger, vaguely.
"I seem to have He broke of, and
his lips smiled. It was q friendly. un-
derstanding smile, and the girl fight
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~: Breathing. ~ ~ J. :
ing hard the shy impulse to drop his
shoulders and fee into the kind mask
ing of the; bushes, was in a measure
reassured. 70"
"You must hev fell often the rock"
she enlightened. r., So.
II think l might have fallen into
worse circumstances, replied the un-
known A
81 reckon you kin set up after a
little" ".-. -.
r'Yes, OF course" The man suddenly
realized that although he was quite
comfortable as he was he could
scarcely expect to remain permanently
in the support Of her bent arm. He
attempted to prop himself on his hurt
hand and relaxed with twinge of ex-
treme pain. The color, which had be-
gun to creep back into his cheeks, left
them again, and his lips compressed
themselves tightly to bite off an ex-
'.;e.nation of suffering.
"Thet air left arm air busted" an
nounced the young woman, quietly.
"Ye've got ter be heedful."
Had one Of her own men hurt him
self and behaved stoically it would
have been mere matter Of course; but
her eyes mirrored a pleased surprise
at the strangers good-natured nod and
his quiet refusal to give expression
to pain. It relieved her Of the neces.
sity for contempt.
I'm afraid" aIologized the painter,
that I've been great deal Of trouble
to you" .,..s- -
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What Attracted Him.

A mother took her four-year-old sou
to a restaurant for his first luncheon
outside of the nursery at home. Ha
behaved with perfect propriety. and
watched the elaborate service with
keen interest. When the finger bowls
were placed on the table, he noticed
the square white mint on the plate
at the side of the bowl, and elt
claimed: "Oh, mother, look at thu
cunning little cakes Of soap ~
brought us!"-Harper-s Magazine
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Unconditional.

MANY years ago great battle was
fought on this plain I see two armies
clash. Thousands fall to rise no more.
The ground is drenched with blood.
Horrible! Horrible!" +.
4 Control yourself. All see is an un-
usually fine crop of wheat!" 49,.
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London.-Persons who take a gloomy
view of the war In England are called
Dismal Jimmies" and the "A. l. LIS"
the latter being an abbreYiation of the
"All Is Lost" brigade. ..,. -. T..
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BAR CARTOONS ON ROYALTY
German Authorities Say carieatures
Of Rulers Discredit Dignity

BSr4in.-A semfofBcial request has
beet Issued through the North Ger
man Gazette to avoid insulting Ian
guage about the rulers Of the coun.
tries with which Germany is at war.
The newspaper declares that carica-
lures Of King George, Car Nicholas
and President Poincare. exhibited in
shop windows, do no, credit to the dig.
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GYPSY GETS GAY INTERMENT

Trenton, N. J.-Winky Penfold. the
twenty-one-year-old gypsy. was buried
with the formality Of her tribe. She
was attired In a gown of silk lavender
and reposed in casket trimmed in
radiant .colors. The funeral took place
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After Washing ,ollcloth.

After washing oilcloth and linoleurn,
be sure to dry it properly. II left
damp 1t will speedily rot, and finally
become totally spoiled. 1t is a great
mistake to use too much water for
washing It. The cloth should merely
be wrung out and passed over the sur
lace. - ~ Il . .
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XIII 2,0ee Lions In Seven Years.

Two thousand and ninety-nine noun
tain lions have been killed In Cali.
fornia since 1907, according to state
ment by the state fish and game com.
mission. Of this number 118 have
been killed in the state for the six
months ended June 30. The state pays
a bounty of $40 for each lion killed.
The total cost Of killing lions has
been $41,9S0. .. ..
Humboldt is the banner county for
this year, and for every year, In the
six months ending with June Men
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from the camp grounds near Ewing
vile.
The girls rings. beads and bracelets
were buried with her, and all articles
that could not be placed in the coffin
we're buried before the funeral serv-
ices, Even the girls pony cart vas
burned.
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nifty of the German people, and that
the fatherland must show itself su-
perior to its foes, not only on the field
of battle. but also In the intellectual
weapons of warfare.
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TOO R.n,iniseent I

"Miss Jennie did not seem to iIks
my song at all" u :5s
mo wonder, when she has q teIs
phone tob." q! ss !;
What has her job to DO with my
singing?" I' Is,
very much, when you selected. 1
Hear You Calling Me, fi3 81 NJ NJ
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docino, Trinity and Siskiyou are next
in order named. Los Angeles county
claimed bounty on is lions in seven
100. =
wears. s..Ej~ =.
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their debts, from the higheat to
lowest" - :, a. re-:;Ss ss&.t5;St5+ -
"By the beard Of the prophet
thundered the sultan .fhe ts too gosh.
burned personal" ;5$, 8 E. ss@ @s-5.
Whereupon the Sublime Porte abro-
gated all scraps Of paper. formerly
known as treaties. u, q sol
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GettIna Into TroubIe.

The sultan was slightly peeved.
: .; HE Is venerable man, this mis-.
sionary," explained the grand vizier,
..but he teaches that all should pry
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Hi-What course Is Sarah studying
at that boarding school II X IS
Sill can't remember but u think
It's cosmetics.-Stanford Chapparal
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lers, which will make her 80 opnlars,
5ast 10 be able to fascinate people With
her eonve versation The good eonvers
sationalist Ii always the center of ~:
traction IN any company.
2. "A girl who can talk well, who has!
the art of putting things SIN an atss'
'tractiye way, who can interest 9TH
,5ers Immediately BY her gilt o. speech.
has very sreat advantage oyer one
who may know moreJ than &shs, but
who cannot express herself tfi ease'
or graciousness. 5S * ,s
There is no other one thing which
enables ms to make SO good All I'M q
preston, specially lpon thoss who
do not know us .thoro oughiy, as the:
ability to converse: we'll 70 5bela good
versatdonalist,, able to interest
people, i.to riyet their attention, Ito
draw them to you attifadl the.
very superiority of your cory srsatioE
al ability, Is Is be the posssSsor cfga
very great accompl lishment, ore which
Is superior to all others Il not only
helps You to make d good impr ression;
upon strangers It ALSO helps yousto
make and keep friends. i opens
doors and lsoftens hearts It makesI
you Interesting in All sorts of cons
pany at helps you TO got on tns the
world. { helps yous stnto the Bsst sos,
jciety, even though you may be poorss
The way ito! learn tos talk IS 20 talk
The temp ptatio1 fots young people who
are unaccustomed To- society ana who
feel dffident; III ID Say & nothing them.
selves and listen TO what cot hers say
but good takers are always sought
after Eyeryb body wants TO invite
Miss so-and7 So to dinners or fecep-
iticna because s.-e is such a good talk
or. She enterta tains. She may have
many defects, but people enjoy her
society because she can talk well. &
Conversation, Il used as an sdus
Gator, is g. .tremende deus power devei.
'oper: but talking without thinking,
VIII cIaarrnres,oa s,r Nh.
sia,,.v ,,araS cba Il ar,, 3 ny s,,l,,sstns tha
average society small tall, viii. never
get hold dof the best thing i'd g. girl
Tt lies too deep for SUCH superficial
effort. / III
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
PAIR HljRL
Def AT CHAMPS
Hamlet and Salzmann Want to Take
on Smith and Dunbar OF Brock.
Iyn Here Next Week.

Darrell Hamlet, worlds champion
long distance bowler, now an Island
err. and Art Salzmann, tri-eity bowling
champion, have hurled q def at the
worlds greatest two-man team. Jimmy
Smith and his partner, Dunbar, Of
Brooklyn, for a match game to be
staged at the Island City alleys here
next week. Smith and Dunbar are
coming to Springfield next week and
Jim Normoyle is going to bend every
effort 10 land the pair for an exhibit
ton here.
Jimmy Smith holds reputation Of
being supreme among the pin shooters
OF the world, but Hamlet opines that
he is Just Bit overrated and that
there are several pin artists in the
middle west whose averages equal
those established by Smith. Smith and
Dunbar are making a tour of the coun-
try and should they accept the Hamlet
salzmann challenge. local alley fans
will have an opportunity to witness
some real bowling when these four
stars clash III a doubles match. Both
Hamlet and Salzmann are confident
| that they can give the much touted
eastern pair 9 run for their money.
Hamlet is planning 70 organize a
bowling team TO represent Rock Island
| al the Iowa STATE tournament. which Il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
TRY HARD TO BEAT
J. BERGMAN'S MARK

Sunday and yesterday was big dsT
for The bowling cracks at The Island
City alleys. John Bergman is leading
so far with count Of 254 for the dia-
mond stickpin offered by Reinert, the
jeweler, for high score at the alleys
for the month Of December Art Salz-
mann came near smashing this marx
Sunday. when he knocked EN- Off to
the tune Of 253, falling one pin shy OF
tying Bergman's mark Sharp made
$50, A Johnson PAT and Iold peeled
Oft 240. The first annual tournament at
the Island City alleys opens Saturday
The meet is singles event only and a
handicap affair. Entries are coming II
fast and the meet promises Ia be al
interesting one among tri-eity pin art
lists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
SINCLAIR'S LOSSES
TO REACH 5000, 600

New York, Dec. 2S.-Harrv F. Sin
clair, the angel Of the Federal league
will lose almost 100000 besides his
investment at Newark, it was comput-
ed yesterday. The sale of the Federal
players, from which Sinclair hopes to
receive about 100000, will begin to-
day.
The Newark promoter will get the
receipts from the sale of Y players,
1t is believed he can realize $500 900
on his 100000 investment in Newark
The real loss will be in the 5000, 900
lent to Federal promoters In Baltimore
and Buffalo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

STOPPING BOXING
Indiana Executive says He knoWs
Nothing Of Prize Fighting Go.
Ing On at Gary.

indianapolis. Ind, Dec. 28.-In spite
Of the fact that d dispatch reached
here yesterday from Hammond to the
effect that Sheriff Whitaker of Lake
county yesterday received d message
from Governor Ralston instructing
that the fight scheduled to be staged
at Gary Wednesday night between K.
%. Brown Of New York. lightweight
and Ever Hammer, the Modern Terry
NcG.Negu." Of Gary be stopped, the
lines appear TO he crossed somewhere
When Governor Ralston was asked
yesterday about the dispatch from
Hammond he said:
why I didn't know ANYTHING of A
prize fight in Lake county. In fact I
have not heard anything from Lake
county for so long that I hardly know
whether it was still in indiana. But
it seems that when / was away about a
month ago some one up there sent in
formation TO the Office that some one
was proposing to pull off prize fight
under the guise of a boxing match.
''air Johnson, my secretary, wrote
a letter to the sheriff of Lake county
giving him this information and telling
him that it was up to him to determ-
inc whether the boxing match deveI-
oped into a prize fight, and that if it
became prize fight it was his duty to
stop it. That's all / know about it,"
/ Gary, Ind, Dec. 28,-As far as local
officials are concerned. no lid has been
put on the Wednesday night bouts.
Prosecutor Patterson, who is said to
have received q complaining letter
from Governor Ralston. notified the To-
cal authorities of its receipt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
Sell Without Waivers!

Cincinnati, Dec. 28.-August Her
mann, chairman of the national base
bali commission, said yesterday that
the question as to whether Charles
Weeghman. who is the prospective
purchaser Of the Chicago Nationals
and Phil Ball of the st. Louis Ameri-
cans. could dispose Of their former
Federal league players without asking
for waivers from the league of which
they will be members, has not yet bee0
decided, The question will be taken M
next week at the national commission
meeting, Mr., Hermann said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
IF BACK HURTS
BEGIN ON SALTS
Flush Your Kidneys Occa-
sionally ii You Eat Meat
Regularly.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make mistake by flush.
Ing the kidneys occasionally, says g
we'll known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which clogs the kidney pores
SO they sluggishiy alter or strain only
part Of the waste and poisons from
the blood, then you get sick. Nearly
sll rheumatism. backaches, liver trou-
BILE, nervousness, constipation, sizxi-
ness, sieepiessness, bladder disorders
come from sluggish kidneys.
The moment YOU feel q dull ache
in the kidney or your back hurts or
IL the urine lis Cloudy, offensive. full
Of sediment. irregular of passage, or
attended by sensation Of scaIdIng.
get about four ounces OF Jad Salts
from any reliable pharmacy and take
= tablespoonful In glass Of water be-
fore breakfast for few days and your
kidneys will then act nna. This IA
nous salts Ia made from the acid q
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
iithia and has been used for genera
tons to aush e2oggea kidneys and
stimulate them to activity. also to neli-
tralize the acids in urine SO ii NO long
er causes irritation. thus ending blad.
der disorders,
Jad Salts liz inexpensive and can
net injure: makes delightful eefer-
yeseent iGthla4waSer drink which all
regular meat eaters should take now
and then TO keep the kidneys clean
and the blood pure. thereby avoiding
serious kidney complications
Harper House pharmacy A1T.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28

to be staged at Cedar Rapids within
the next few weeks. twenty-five
teams will enter this meet and the en-
try fee for each is $50, the total to be
split three ways, which will net the
winners a handsome sum. Davenport
is putting up a stiff fight for the Iowa
tourney and may land it.
With only three days remaining to
shoot for the diamond stickpin offered
for high score for December at the
Island City alleys, John Bergman still
holds the lead with his 254 count. Lo-
cal cracks are rolling at the alleys
nightly III an effort to dislodge Berg
man. Jim Normoyle reported this
morning that entries are coming in
fast for the big singles tournament TO
be staged at the alleys Saturday and
Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-28
BURNS WILL HELP
FULTON IN FIGHT
Tommy Says lie VIII Personally Take
Over Bout Ii His Partner Tor
t0rich Backs Out.

New Orleans, Dec Is. - Tommy
Burns, who was a partner with Dom
mick Tortorieh in the negotiations for
the heavy weight championship fight
10 be held here March 4 between Jess
Willard and Fred Fulton, announced
yesterday that he personally would
take over the agreement for the match
and would stage it as an independent
promoter.
Burns said he was in Geographic
communication yesterday with Tom
Jones. Wizards manager, and T. s.
Andrews in Chicago concerning the
match and that changes in the details
for the fight would be settled when
Jones and Andrews arrive here tomor-
row
A percentage of the receipts. he said,
would he substituted for the $4,000
guarantee TO Willard, win, lose or
draw, arranged for in the original
I agreement.
/ Tortorich said yesterday he would
have nothing to do with a Willard
Fulton match unless Fulton first
! fought and defeated the winner Of the
Moran-Coffey fight, which takes place
/ in New York on Jan. Z.
! Andrews Goes South.
/ Milwaukee. Dec. 2S.-Tom Andrews.
Milwaukee sporting writer, left yes
Iterday for New Orleans for the pur-
/ pose of interviewing Tortorich and
Burns, promoters Of the Willard-Ful-
ton encounter slated for Mardi Gras
week. next March
Andrews will be accompanied by
Tom Jones, whom he will meet in Chi
cago enroute.
1.-THE New Orleans promoters au-
thorized me to sign Fulton to meet
Willard, and I cannot understand the
/ recent turn of affairs in connection
with the match, said Andrews before
leaving for the south Moran was
given an opportunity to sign articles
! TO meet Willard before Fulton was
signed. Furthermore. Moran also had
a chance to meet Fulton before March,
and still has proposition confronting
him provided the New Orleans promot-
+ ers have no objection"