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dertake to deliver the sick man at
Lieber's in two days. McDougal pom
dered. 1t was a chance. II he sent
Alan to the rail-head there wouldn't
be even n chance. There was no one
who could help at the rail-head, nor
along the thin line, nor even at the
coast.
I'm two days" said he despalringly,
'the master will be dead"
They gathered at the door of Alan's
tent and looked in at him as he lay
half comatose. "No," said the oldest
of them. "he will be dead in seven
days time"
AS McDougal picked him up and
laid him gently in a hammock, Alan
came to. The hammock was padded
with pillows and blankets and strung
on a stout bamboo pole with two men
at each end supporting it.
what are you doing with me?" he
asked angrily and sank back into the
pillows. From there his eyes glared
up at McDOugal.
Pm sending We home" said Nc
Dougal gently but firmly.
Alan smiled a twisted smile. "Send-
ing me home" he repeated, and added
resignedly, "Oh. all right" Then he
started up. Bring matches" he said.
McDOugal took matches from his peck
ct Alan drew two letters from inside
his coat. Burn them" He held them
out and watched jealousy as McDou-
gal opened out the sheets with averted
eyes and set fire to tn thin paper. The
filmy cinders blew hither and thither
under the light breeze. The men under
the pole moved nervously, anxious to
be off. Their eight companions
wheeled their flea-bitten ponies and
headed for the trail. mo. you don't"
shouted McDougal and explained with
many gestures that they were to ride
behind on account of the dust.
1--WE know, MASTER" answered one
quietly. 1--WE would but start"
McDougal held out an awkward
hand in farewell. you're ready, Mr..
Wayne?"
Yes" said Alan between chattering
teeth. and then cried, mo, / want the
board-my epitaph thing, you know"
McDougal dlved into the tent and
brought out the board with the roughly
cut words that he could not read but
somehow began to understand. He
slipped il into the hammock behind the
cushions and then just touched Alan's
hand and gave the word TO the men.
They started off in a stumbling, rapid
trot The horseman fell in behind. a
cloud of dust cut them off from Me
Douglas gaze. He turned and fell
upon his laboring squad with a rolling
flood Of curses To them the words
were Greek. but nevertheless their
blood curded and they worked as only
| Wayne had taught them.
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Alan was struggling back from coma.
He muttered, he talked, he awoke.
Lieber found his sunken eyes, the pu-
pills appearing almost concave, fixed
on him with a seeing gaze. 1t was like
resurrection. A spirit had come down
upon the body. Eye to eye, mouth to
mouth, heart to heart, it had given
sight. breath, life.
The eyes closed. Lieber hurried
away. From the kitchen he brought
a bowl OF broth. II was steaming and
filed the room with an odor of rich
essence. 1t was in Itself a concentra-
ton OF life. The bowl was emptled.
Alan sank back into the pillows. His
eyes wandered wistfully over the bare
walls, the high thing of the strange
room. al would have, great gods! but
one short hour of native air-let me
but die at home,'" he murmured, and
Lieber heard.
The words clutched at his own heart,
but he answered cheerfully, you shall,
my boy, you shall die at home If you
like, but you're going to have years to
think It over Sleep, that's the word.
And sleep it is" he added to himself
as Alan's eyes closed and his chest be-
gan to rise and fall in healthy breath
ing. Lieber held his wrist. The pulse
was taking on strength.
Alan was still sleeping when Gerry
arrived. Lieber looked up, surprised.
you've come all the way back from
Fazenda FloresT
Gerry nodded. How is he? Has
he come to. YETI"
Eyes" said Lieber in a low, modu-
lated tone. "He came to, all right. But
the fights not over yet. rever goes
and comes. you know. II ano her par
oxysm seizes him, he'll not have the
strength to pull through. It's a ques-
| ton OF hours now"
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"ih - ONaNs
syringe and graduated glass. In the
glass he dissolved a powder and with
steady hands added measured drops
of liquid of faint amber hue.
Gerry found his tongue. what is
it?' he asked.
"Quinine and arsenic" said Lieber
shortly.
arsenic? Isn't that dangerous?"
said Gerry.
Lieber glanced at him. at will prob
ably kill him."
"Then why-why-" protested Ger
ry. A great desire TO protect what
was left of Alan had come over him.
"Why?' said Lieber dryly, "I'll tell
you, Mr.. Lansing. Because 1t is less
cowardly to kill a man than to let
him die"
He mixed the solution in the syringe
and then, grasping Alan's arm, he
pressed IL until the veins came out in
swelling network. Hold his arm like
that" he commanded Kemp. Kemp
clutched the arm. The bones seemed
to bend to the grip. Lieber chose
swollen vein and pierced it with the
needle. He forced the dose into the
blood. "There," he said with a smile
to Gerry, that's what's known as an
intravenous administration of quinine
and arsenic. II another paroxysm
hits him he's done for, but Wen know
all about that in forty-eight hours
time"
He went into the house and brought
out clean sheets, soft wooden blankets,
pillows and pilow-slips. Kemp had
never seen such linen; Gerry had al
most forgotten the feel Of 1t. Gerry
came to life. With one hand under
Alan's shoulder and anosher under his
hips, he lifted him as though he were
an empty shell, while Kemp and Lie
Der drew out the dust-caked blankets
and hammock and spread first a cane
mat over the settle and then a blanket
md, on top Of that, sheet. The touch
OF Alan's dry. cracking skin seemed
to Gerry to be burning his hands. 1T
ls as though there were fire I'm him"
he said to Lieber.
| Lieber looked At his patient with an
The Yale expositor., 1916-06-29
New Woods for Print Paper.

Exhaustive tests show that IL new
woods-that is, woods not hitherto
used for this purpose-give promise
Of being suitable for the production
of newsprint paper in this country.
White and red fir are the most prom
Using species in the national forests In
California. although lodgepole and
western yellow pine and Douglas fir
may sometimes be used, declare the
government socialists.
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aIi-seeing eye. He paused before Gov
ering him up. That's IT," he said.
There's fire In hlm-the worst kind
and he's been playing with II, just
tickling II with stale quinipe." His
eye ran rapidly over the thin body. 81
said the dose l gave him would prob
ably kill him, but I've changed my
mind. I'm betting the other way, now
really look at him. There's no flesh
on him, but lie doesn't look like skel-
eton. Why? Because OF the sinews
and bones of him-they're perfect.
Look AT the way the sinews hold his
neck and the way the neck carries the
sinews. Look at the fiat bulge OF Fis
ribs and the breadth of his shoulders
over the hips. That means heart and
lungs and vitas. That mans been
fighter, and unless I'm a bigger fool
than ! was yesterday he's n fighter
yet"
Cover him up, for Gods sake" said
Gerry.
Lieber dropped the sheet and went
off to the kitchen. Gerry and Kemp
covered the stripped body and tucked
many blankets over ii. Lieber came
back and took off half the blankets.
Mustn't tire him with weight" he ex-
planned. "If he's going TO sweat. he'll
sweat all right. Malignant
fever-is the tiredest disease in the
world. When they get too tired to
breathe, that's the end" He took hold
OF Alan's wrist. "To feel his pulse,
you'd say he was dead now"
Bout time we was startin'." re-
marked Kemp with his eyes toward
the declining sun.
Gerry's first impulse was to say he
would stay, but he suddenly remem-
bered Margarita. How far away from
life she seemed! Alan and Margarita
could not crowd into one day or even
into one world-it was against the or
der OF things. But facts do not stand
on the order Of their coming. they sim
ply come, and against the protest OF
mans will they present his fate
against the cry OF the troubled and
displaced soul they voice the eternal
1'y suis, j'y reste OF inanimate things
One cannot 60 around a fact One
must either break ones head against
it or swallow it and let II take its
course through the mental gorge.
Gerry longed to stay by Alan's side
and through his returning conscious
ness, as through a magnifying glass
gaze upon the world he had foresworr
the heritage he had abandoned. But
the fact Of Margarita and her boy
suddenly declared itself-demanded
digestion-and Gerry turned his back
on Alan. He mounted. and with the
silent Kemp reversed the drive they
| had made together months before.
Lieber did not go with them. Wher
he had seen them Off, he busted him
self giving orders for the tldying III
Of the veranda. the feeding OF Alan''
convoy, beast and man, and the prepa
ration of a room for the self-inyitet
guest. From the pile Of dusty pillows
a servant was picking up, fell board
/ Lieber glanced down Mt il. Words
were cut roughly but clearly into it,
surface. They spoke TO him. They
held his eyes. He stopped laboriously
The Yale expositor., 1916-06-29
Druggists Know Best Medicine
for Kidney Troubles

During the twenty-five years that I
have been selling Dr. Kimer's Swamp
Root have never heard complaint, as
my customers always speak favorably re-
garding it. Three parties have informed
me that they have been restored to health
by the use of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
after suffering from rheumatism, Liver
trouble and Gravel. It is pleasure TO me
to sell Swamp-Root as ! believe it is the
best medicine on the market for kidney,
liver and bladder complaints.
Very truly yours,
ED. ROETHLEIN, Druggist,
llO4 18th St., Cor. Monroe,
Lynchburg, Va.
Personally appeared before me this lst
day of November, 1915, Ed. Roethlein,
who subscribed the above statement and
made oath that the same is true in sub
stance and in fact.
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the stubs or pegs hang his clothes and
Margarita's and, on the lowess peg OF
all, the Lilliputian garments OF the
Man. The floor was bare and rolling,
for the boards, roughhewn from hard
wood giants OF the forest, had warped
steadily through many years. In Its
center stood the great rustic bed that
Gerry had made from the twisted
limbs Of trees and Bonifacio had plait
ed with thongs. BY raising himself
to the full length OF his arm Gerry
could see Margarita lying uncovered
on the coarse, yellowish homespun.
On her bare, brown arm lay the black
head of her son.
Gerry shuddered at the nearness-
the familiarity-of everything. The
seams of elementary life stood out bru-
tally. For the first time he saw them.
From the touch If the coarse homespun
that covered him, his mind went back
TO the feel of Lieber's fine linen. and
from that it poised on Alan and then
flew back to Alix-Allx, who. seen
through the years, became doubly ethe-
real and howerlike. Where was Alix?
What had Alan done with her? He
must ask him. That, at least, he must
know. But before he could ask he
must decide about Margarita and steel
himself to his purpose. He thought OF
the long, still days at Fazenda Flores
before Alan had come TO Lieber's-the
| struggle and the reward that had been
his-and the firmness in him, the
steadfastness that had led Alan to
name him The Rock. rose up in de-
| Tense OF Margarita and her son.
Gerry was up early. AS be was
saddling True Blue Margarlta came on
to the veranda. Where art thou GO
| ing?" she asked.
Gerry looked up. He was a
little pale from the wakeful night
and there were slight shadows under
his eyes. 81 am going to Lieber's.
There is a sick man there-he is dying
and l must help. He is my fellow
countryman."
Margarita's eyes searched his face.
Her bosom rose and fell rapidly. do
not CO." she said, and Gerry started al
the passion in her voice.
He looked at her and smiled. 81
must see this man before he dies" he
said, half to himself.
"Ah," said Margarita, beating with
her little brown fist on the veranda pill.
lar. 81 know. l know. Ii is not death
that calls thee. Why should one turn
from things that live to fondle death
1t is the stranger thou wouldst see
Gerry dropped the reins OF his horse
and, hurrying up the steps. took Mar
garita in his arms.
"And why not, my beloved? II is
not a woman | go TO see, but man
Shall | not talk with a man that is
ut deaths door"
LET him but die" pleaded Marga
rita: "let him but die and thou shalt
go and bury him. See. the day Is
beautiful. There is cloud. Perhaps
il will rain. Come. my Geree. let us
go down to the river and swim. We
will take the Man. He shall sit on the
bank and the river will play with his
bare toes. He will laugh"
Gerry smiled but shook his head
Tomorrow my beloved, tomorrow We
shall play with the Man and the river
Margarita's arms fell to her side,
In pathetic surrender She watched
Gerry mount and ride slowly up this
slope to the bridge where Kemp await
ed him. Then she went back to the
veranda steps, sat down and wept
with her face hidden in her hand. She
did not know why she wept. but she
knew she wept for things that were
,,ofper 70 a.
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TWAS Better Thus.

From his couch deaf mute arose
tits quite true, and stepped on tack
in the dark; and perhaps II is well
the world never knew, of his silent
hut awful remark.
The Yale expositor., 1916-06-29

There's a lot of maudlln sentl-
ment about "dear old mother"
put into cheap songs and sung
by scaIawags, but just the sanS,
"God" and Mother" are the
two biggest words in the Eng
lish language. Consider here
the effect of a mothers memory
on Alan Wayne.
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" you had the opportunity 70
put out Of the way forever the
man who you thought had
wrecked your home and life,
would you do Il, specially u
your purpose could be accom-
pIished simply by little neglect
In giving q fever patient his
medicine on timer
The Yale expositor., 1916-06-29
If YOU OR ANY FRIEND

suffer with Rheumatism or Neuritis, acute OF
chronic, write for my FREE BOOK on Rheuma-
tism-Its Cause and Cure. Most wonderful book
ever written, it's absolutely FREE. Jesse A.
Case, Dept. y. W., BrocktOn, Mass.-Ady.
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w. Il. HAWKS,
Prove What Swamp. Root viii Do For 70.

Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer g. CO.,
Binghamton, n. Y, for a sample size bot
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
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nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular ffty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.-Adv.
The Yale expositor., 1916-06-29
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDNSQlOOL
LESSON

By r. o. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
Copyright by Western Newspaper Union.)
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Oh, Mar!

on, Mar!
"Have you read the Rubaiyat"
mot yet"
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enough opposition against to vote
down, was against the dissertation OF
the flag and particularly protesting
against the use of our national flag
as the emblem OF the so-called Per-
sonal Liberty league which stands for
the saloon and the open Sunday"
Another resolved that "in view of
the fact that three-fourth of our crime,
vice and misery is caused by the
liquor traffic: we favor the passage
of federal and state laws which tend
to eradicate this evil"
Demands One Standard.
What was intended for a public
health measure was introduced as a
resolution insisting upon a single
standard of morals for men and WON
en-" There. was one advocating the
purchase of American made goods and
American products, which closed plac.
ing the society in favor of movement
for modest and becoming designs in
women's clothes"
A resolution in favor of making a
national park of the sand dunes of
northern Indiana, bordering the south
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is believed the $1,000 needed to be
added to more than $500 raised today
will pour in when the chapters re-
ceive the information.
Mrs. Dinwiddie made her farewell
speech as yice-president-general Of the
national society.
Delegates were asked to take more
interest in reports and more interest
in the fund which provides for the
education OF number of girls in In.
diana university. The pledges last
year were only three and one-half
cents per capita Mrs. w. w. Gaar
made report on the Philippine schol-
arship fund
The resolution introduced by Mrs.
John Nicholson Of Richmond, and sec
onded by Miss Julia Landers Of Indi.
annapolis, nominating Mrs. w. w.
Gaar, past Regent of Richmond, Ind,
eral, follows:
Whereas, Mrs. William Wallace
Gaar, pase Regent of Richmond, Ind,
Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, has consented to be can
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AND suNTELEGRAM THURSDAY OCT

violation of an unwritten law Of tn
society and would have made necess
airy the withdrawal of one OF them
delegates said.
Mrs. Henry A. Beck, state regent
and Miss Emma Donnell, state vict
regent, were reelected when the stat'
secretary, Mrs. Frederick S. Bates, o
Richmond, cast unanimous vote TO
them. There was no opposition.
Mrs. S. E. Perkins, regent OF the
Indianapolis chapter, who was fore
casted as Mrs Bates successor, with
drew her name and nominated Miss
Cornelia Allen, Of Indianapolis Miss
Allen was elected state secretary.
Refuses Nomination /.
Mrs. Frank Felter retiring state
auditor, refused the nomination fol
state treasurer in favor Of the present
incumbent, Mrs Otto Rott, who was
reelected Mrs. E. c. Atkins was
unanimously elected state chaplain
for her third term and Mrs. William
Gardner Clark was reelected state
historian Miss Emily Goldthwaite be-
came state auditor.
indianapolis will be the next meet
ing place. Mrs. S. E. Perkins, regent
of Caroline Harrison Scott chapter
there, could not, she said, invite the
conference since her term expires
previously. The committee had not
selected meeting place and when
she was elected, Mrs. Henry Beck
issued the invitation for Indianapolis.
Baker Scrap FizzIes
Efforts to revive resolution against
Secretary of War Baker were fail
ures. The resolution was tabled at
the suggestion of friends Of Mrs.
William Cumming Story, president
general, who refused to comment on
Secretary Bakers remorks either in
meetings or to newspapers.
This made many of the women IN.
dignant but it was learned later that
the reason the body seemed to lack
resentment was the ignorance of the
delegates of what Secretary Baker had
said. Delegates knew that they "had
been insulted through their forefa-
theirs by Secretary Baker," it was said,
but did not know what the insult was.
Mrs. Fowler, to whom was given
"the watchdog" of the conference be-
cause of her wide experience in state
and national D. A. r. matters, said
after the meeting today she does not
consider the passage of all but ope OF
the resolutions introduced a defeat.
True Vote Impossible
ut is impossible to get true vote
from women except when they are on
ballots" she said.
Mrs. Rose Budd Stewart, Of Muncie,
chairman of the resolutions commit
tee denied that the committee had
overstepped it's powers in breaking
presidents, but with the number and
the subject matter Of its resolutions.
She is a prominent w. c. T. U. mem
Der. On the committee with her were
Mrs. R. O. Hawkins and Mrs. Julia
D. Waugh.
The first resolution, the only one
which Mrs. Fowler was able to bring
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didate for the Office of Treasurer Cen
Grail Of the National Society Of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
and believing that she is in every
way qualified for this important Of
flee, having the executive ability, the
personal acquaintance and unlimited
time to devote to the duties of the Of
fee, and believing also that her cleo
ton would be. not only an honor to
Indiana and Richmond Chapter. but
a credit to the National Society,
Therefore, be it resolved by this
Indiana Conference here assembled
that 1t endorses, to the fullest extent,
the candidacy of Mrs. William Wal
lace Gaar for the Office of Treasurer
General of the National Society Of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
at its annual Congress to be held in
Continental. Hall, Washington, D. c..
in April, 1917, and hereby instruct the
Indiana delegates to vote for, and to
do every thing in their power to bring
about the election of this most worthy
candidate"
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TRACTION Line
CEASES WORK
ON ITS TRACK

Under threat that they would be
held strictly to the provisions OF the
franchise which they hold from Wayne
county providing that the interurban
tracks shall be no higher than the top
of the road on which they run, T. H., l..
& E. traction company officials stopped
work on the track elevations along the
National road in Center township last
night.
This was reported today by County
Highway Superintendent Jones.
When the traction company officials
learned Monday that the county com
missioners had ordered that an in
junction be brought against the COM
pany to keep it from continuing rais-
ing it's tracks, they Immediately filed
a petition with the Public Service
Commission asking permission TO 90
So
They did not stop the work on the
track elevations, however, until yes
terday when the county attorney an
nounced that the company would De
held liable for violating it's franchise.
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STATE MEETING
SELECTS LOCAL
HIGH TEACHERS

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 26.-The ma
jority of 1000 school teachers who
will attend the state teachers asso,
citation had reached the city this after
noon. The first session of the asso-
citation will be held tonight, when Miss
Anna Wilson, of Charlottesville, de-
livers the presidential address. In a
preliminary meeting the Commercial
teachers elected the following officers:
President, E. r. Holman; vice-pres-
ident, M. S. Cole, Marion; secretary,
Edith Finch, Indianapolis.
The allied arts section elected off,
GERS as follows:
President, Maude Arbuckle, South
Bend; vice-president, Mary Williams,
Richmond; secretary, Lucia Boyd,
Frankfort.
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FRANK WALSH
SPEAKS HERE
ON SATURDAY

Frank p Walsh, chairman of the
Committee on Industrial Relations,
who will speak in Richmond Saturday
night, is considered the foremost Am
erican authority on industrial econ
omics, as applied to wages and work
ing conditions. Walsh will talk in
Richmond on "Ths Eisht-Hour Day
and Social Justice"
The experiences of twenty years.
during which Walsh has been, without
pay, the attorney for the unions OF
his home town, Kansas City, an intens-
i've study OF labor conditions through
books and observation, eighteen
months as chairman of the United
States Commission on Industrial Re.
lations and fine zeal for the public
good, form the basis OF an understand
ing Of economic and social conditions
approached by no other man IN the
United States.
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shores of Lake Michigan met with
hearty favor
The final resolution was an express
ion of appreciation to Richmond chap
ter for entertainment and dinners, for
the excellent service Of the pages, for
the automobile ride furnished by the
Wayne County Motor club, the floral
companies. the church, musicians
press and others.
In this resolution were embodied the
duties of the committee, Mrs. Fowler
declared
AS result OF their needless activ.
tiles, they have forgotten much" she
said. She asked that the resolutions
be rewritten and placed in the hands
Of separate committees for revision
and consideration. For lack of time
the motion was lost.
A William Henry Harrison day will
be held in the public schools within
few weeks If possible, to be arranged
for by committee in charge of the
purchase of the Harrison homestead
by the state D. A. R., of which Mrs
John Lee Dinwiddie is chairman. It