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Evening star., 1916-03-19

Glaring down the deck, we saw the
sallow missioner talking to the crew in
kindly tones. Those gentle precepts of
his, falling on the ears of shaggy men,
seemed to be numbered among the things
that are drowned in storm, and over
matched by the sea S wickedness The men
We're looking at him with rapt attention,
with strange amusement, knowing that
Spike the murderer was just behind him.
Old Tom was on the outermOst edge of
the circle. When we touched him, he
turned slowly, with his head solid on his
spied the girl, he knew what was wanted
of him.
Evening star., 1916-03-19

smiling indifference. But the moment she
had glided into the shadow of the bridge,
she whispered:
"Where is Jake Moran?"
She caught her breath with eagerness
"He's on board, isn't he?"
We nodded and swallowed hard.
"Where is he?"
felt her moist hand about my wrist
was choking. had never had anything
soft like that wrap itself about me before
"Where is he?" she said again.
We stared at her like two little PEN
gums that have just swallowed something.
You have seen them hump their shoulders
and look baffied and secret, haven't you?
Evening star., 1916-03-19

"He's in the sail-locker," said Jewdler.
He pointed at that black port, which
looked so grim against the white wall of
the section-head.
"Why-why isn't he-on deck?"
"Chains,' said Jewdler, gulping.
Locked in"
Suddenly we both blurted out in agon-
lied tones:
"He killed the starboard bo'sun"
She seemed to slack and rifle like sail
when you huff ship.
"All fair and square," we whispered.
ale had to. The bo' o'sun was coming at
him with knife"
CHE was stunned. Something she had
held shut in her hand dropped to the
deck. We never knew what it was.
Still, we felt a strange solace in the
sorrow of that woman. To linger near
her, even as bearers of tragedy, was to
experience something of the stimulation
of romance. We saw in her eyes the light
of some desperate protective instinct.
"Take me to him." she whispered.
Could we?
Evening star., 1916-03-19

rustling against pegged Oilskins.
We heard the girls quivering breath
drawn as the key turned in the lock. The
iron door swung open, and we were in
position to see Spike leaning out from the
wall where he was chained.
Suddenly recolected that he had filed
his chain. Would he try to escape? No;
he made no movement, save to move
little way behind heap of musty canvas.
The girl uttered a faint cry, as if her
heart were broken. Stumbling past us,
she fell at his feet, putting her arms about
him with that protective gesture which
seemed to assert that he might rest con-
tent, for she would never let him go. Had
she power to reverse the malign DEGREES
of men simply by fierce rebellion in the
heart?
"You are not afraid of me?" said Spike
in harsh tones. "You are not afraid of
me?"
He looked down at her fercely, strange
ly, as if at something lost to him, whose
mistlille soft shadow still clung deceiving
him.
She shook her head, trembling against
him. Lowering his arms about her, he
let the chains Slip and stood up un-
shackled, holding her where the light,
streaming through the port, fell on her
face.
"You came too late,' he said.
"No-no!" she cried. "NOt too late.
If you could not help it, you will not be
punished.
SPIKE fixed her mournfully with look
- of his old gentleness.
Il must die, he said distinctly "Make
up your mind to this
For an instant he laid his cheek against
hers. Then his eye fell on the figure of
Tom, lingering in the door with distaste
expressed in every line of his decrepit old
body.
"They will take the skipper's word for
it, he said. "The word of an able seaman
is nothing"
Lying in his arms, she reached up her
hands to his face and suddenly whis-
pered:
IF you could come away now--in the
is a freighter about to weigh anchor. You
could escape, and come to me again
Spikes eye gleamed but he looked at
old Tom almost with amusement.
mo chance he said. "You can't
bribe the jailer.
ayes, come" she whispered, with the
same strange insistence. She drew him
unresisting over the heap of canvas; and,
turning on old Tom, cried in moment of
concentrated passion:
"Who are you, to part us? love him.
Do you understand, old man? Let him
go with me-.
"Hah, said that old man surrounded
by mysteries. sand what becomes of
me?"
"Let him go, she said again, with hyp-
motto force. "He shall not die!"
"fIah." said old Tom.
He opened his mouth, as if to hurl at
her one of those contemptuous phrases
of an old-fashioned sailor holding on to
his duty like grim death. Perhaps in that
moment the vision of Christian Street
was strongly present to him. He had
only to hold that key firm, turn it in the
lock again, to attain Liverpool at last.
The satisfaction of his twelve years quest
was near.
RUT the irony of the sea is eternal. 1t
Evening star., 1916-03-19
MAGAZINE SECTION for March 10, 1916


sky again. Looking back at the crew
still clustered about the organ, we fixed
our eyes on the little red hat hanging
on the belaying-pin that had done the
mischief 4s>
"Good-by, Forensic" murmured Spike
Moran.
One by one, we dropped into that mis-
sion boat.
WHEN old Tom came last of all with
his concertina, he sat on it, and
squeezed out little sound, little sob.
Horror-struck, we leaned against the gray
side Of the ship, waiting. The black
water came up to those scored and dented
iron plates without ripple.
What hugeness, what torment, what
impregnability expressed in ships side!
And what uncertainty. There was no
movement over our heads, and we drifted
away.
Spike rowed. The girl, taking the tiller
ropes, leaned forward with dawn of hope
on her face, which we saw glimmering
through darkness like shell sinking in
clear water.
Not word was spoken. Holding our
breath, we approached the red side of a
tramp.
"Take in your oars, said the girl.
Drifting against that ship, we heard the
ring Of feet running on her iron decks and
the sound of the chain going through the
hawse-pipe. She was already weighing
anchor.
At this moment old Toms hand rasped
on the plates and caught trailing end of
rope. He pulled: it came taut.
Staring aloft with wrinkled brow, he
muttered, "There's coal port just over
head"
Spike had already seen it. He rose
from his oars, taking the girl in his arms
and murmuring to her, II will come
again."
But at these words it seemed to me that
old Tom shook his head, slowly, sadly.
What was the promise of an able seaman
to come again? The winds blow where
they list.
The two who were young stood up to.
gether, SILENT desperate: and, as her
hands met behind his neck, she cried
earnestly:
4You will come again? Jake, you will
Gomez
He kissed her. This was what pay he
had for six months of soaking in the
misery of five oceans. He went away in
his skin, it may be said. And some
phantom of promise seemed to whisper
along the black side of the ship, as he
assembled the rope. She was still standing,
her arms lifted, even after he had left
them. He slipped through the port.
AND there was old Tom, looking around
for place to sit down. You see how
age had betrayed him. He could no
longer swarm up rope.
Yes, he had lost his chance. Wasn't it
bitterness to have been betrayed by some
memory, some softening recollection o.
the wild justice of early love? l affirm to
you that this was heroism. It's unlikely
he ever got to Liverpool, you know. Too
old. And he couldn't 60 back to the
Forensic This last memory of his life
was memory of dereliction.
With shamed face, he mumbled:
Another dollar for Gertie,7 sitting
back in the stern-sheets, bewildered,
scratching his ribs, with that slow motion
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-03
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
In JULY ONLY So
SANTA FEE COOL AND COMFORT
ABLE WHILE MIDDLE WEST
AND EAST SWELTER; MONTH
CLOUDY AND RAINY

The government WeaIner record for
the month of July proves beyond any
question that Santa Fe is the premier
summer resort of the whole world.
The average temperature was So de-
grees, a tenth of a degree above
normal.
The maximum temperature, 80 de-
grees, was attained on independence
day, while the minimum was So de-
grees, just one week later.
The total amount of precipitation
vas 2.77 inches, while the greatest in
"a hours was .67 inches, on the 10th
and 18th. Total precipitation was a
little over half that Of last July. The
accumulated excess since January is
2.39 inches, while the excess for the
month, as compared with normal, was
.06 inches.
The maximum velocity of the wind
flor five minutes) was SO miles an
hour, from the southeast, on the 9TH.
There were two clear days, 26 part
ly cloudy, and three cloudy. There
were IS days on which the precipita.
ton was .01 inch, or more.
Thunder was recorded on 26 days,
and there was fog on the 18th.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-03
Popular Taos Has Visit
From CltrOn And SpicsS
Uncle Tom and Black Eagle Hit Heavily Trodden
Political Trail to Old Pueblo; Sandoval County
Likes Sound Of Sargent For Governor; Likely
to Get San Juan Votes

MA
Taos county, with its Is votes, con
tinues a magnet for aspiring Repub.
lican politicians. Senator Thomas B.
Catron and Charles A. Spiess, Of Las
Vegas, manager of the Catron,R Romero
combination, are now in that county,
having left here for Taos yesterday,
The visit is with the object Of in
speeding the Catron fences. which are
supposed to have been left in a badly
damaged condition by Frank Hubbell,
who visited the county a few weeks
ago. Any repair work that is decided
upon probably will be left in charge
Of a. A. Rivera, the Taos county
clerk and a candidate for the Republic
can nomination for district attorney
in the Eighth judicial district, who
recently announced, IN a signed state
ment, that he was for Catron for the
senatorial nomination.
The acknowledgement movement
is being received with considerable
favor in Sandoval county, according
to political reports. and the possibility
OF Sargent getting S~andoyal's eight
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-03
Penitenfinry Paddle May
Turn Out a Boomerang
Governor Uses Verbal Spanking-Machine on
S~hort-Sighted Pen-Pushers Who May Start
Something They Can't Stop by Dragging Forth
Venerable Relic Of Former Regime

The penitentiary paddle which
figured in the state campaign of 1911,
is again in the political limelight. 1t
was pulled forth from its obscurity
recently by the Cafrizozo Outlook,
the Republican weekly of the Lincoln
county seat, in a rehash Of the
charges made by Vollie G. Musgrave,
the former convict who was pad
died." and whose $45, 900 damage suit
against Superintendent McManus is
now before the supreme court, and as
a result OF the Outlook's article Gov.
ernor Mcdonald has written a second
letter t o the Carrizozo News, the Dem
ocratic weekly OF that place, in which
he says.
DThe now old. discarded. discred
tied paddle, manufactured long before
McManus' time, and as we are in
formed much used formerly. was
found at the pen and used just once
since Mr.. M1cManus has been super
intendent; but not by him. 1t has
lain quietly in the basement for over
four years. Why should this have
been dragged into the light for polit-
icad purposes, and whom viii 1t at
feet most?"
A few weeks g the Carrizozo out
look saw fit to reprint al article from
the Taos Valley News, attacking the
present ~penitentiaryl management,
and this brought a communication
from Governor Mcdonald, addressed
to the editor of the Carrizozo News
and printed in that paper, in which
the executive declared that there Is
nothing concealed or covered up
about the penitentiaEy now The
rehash of the Musgrave charges in the
Outlook was a result Of the COVER
nor's letter. In the original attack IN
the Taos paper it a asserted that
all drawbacks at the %penitentiary
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-03
GOVERNOR WILL
MAKE FIGHT FOR
FEDERAL PAY FOR
REJECTED GUARDS
Enlisted Under Orders
OF War Department
He Holds
BREAD WINNERS
TO BE DIS

on the ground that the men were
recruited under orders from the war
department and for federal service
Governor Mcdonald will make a figh'
for federal funds to pay the recruits
Of the New Mexico regiment Of the
National Guard, whose claims for pay
have been refused by the federal gov
eminent.
The war department has ruled that
the men who enlisted after May n,
the date on which mobilization was
completed and on which the National
Guard companies started to move to
the border, are entitled to pay only
from the day on which they were mus
tered into the federal service and that
those who offered their services after
that date and were rejected because
Of physical disabilities are not entitled
to any pay at all, at least from the fed
erai government.
Governor Mcdonald is today send.
ing to the wal department at WASH
ineton a communication stating his
contention,. and making a strong plea
on behalf of the men. He hopes that
it will result in reconsideration Of the
matter and In the payment of both
the enlisted and rejected recruits.
The state is without funds to pay
the men, and in order to recompense
them at all 1t would be necessary to
negotiate a loan for that purpose.
dependency" Discharges
The war department bulletin author
izing the discharge Of militiamen who
have relatives dependent on them,
and prescribing procedure. was re-
ceived today by Governor Mcdonald,
and it is believed probable that the
discharge of New Mexico %guardsmen
under this order will be taken up i'm
mediateIy. The bulletin reads:
Department commanders may is
sue discharges to enlisted men, except
non-commissioned officers, of the Ma
tional Guard or organized militia call
ed into the service Of the United
States. who are serving within their
respective departments, provided APP
plications for discharge are made to
them in due form, through military
channels, setting forth that the appli7
cant has one,cor more relatives who
are dependent upon him for support,
each application to be accompanied
by adequate written evidence Of real
dependency. Applications for non
commissioned officers for discharge
under the conditions referred to here
in will be forwarded to the war de-
partment for action.
"When it comes to the knowledge of
a commanding officer, through authen-
tic sources, that a soldier Of his com
mand has one or more dependent rel
atives, the soldier concerned will be
informed of his right to make applica-
ton for discharge on that account,
and the discharge will be issued upon
application if warranted by the cir
c%umstances. Should the soldier ex-
press a desire to remain in the service
and at the same time decline to allot
any portion Of his pay to his family
or dependents, the case will be re-
ported to the war department for final
action.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-03
|. ]. CHARLES WILL
SUCCEED S. S. CARROLL
MAN FORMERLY in CHARGE AT
ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM is TO
TAKE POSITION IN STATE EN-
elNEER'S OFFICE

L. j. Charles, for some time the en-
gineer in charge of construction at
the Elephant Butte dam, has been
named by State Engineer French to
take the position in the state engi-
neer's Office here made vacant by the
recent resignation Of S. S, Carroll.
Mr.. Charles will arrive here from
Elephant Butte about August 10, and
will take charge of state photographic
work and stream gaging, and also
some road work. Mr.. Carroll resign
ed to take charge of the Sanguijuela
irrigation project at Las Vegas for
the Las Vegas grant board.
". H. Fisher, an engineer who for
merly worked for Mr.. French in the
U. S. reclamation service, will arrive
here from Roswell tomorrow TO take
a position in the. state engineers Of
flee.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-03
WAR CAUSE OF
A"LDUQUERQUE'S LOW
PRICE, IS EXPLAINED
GARAGE MAN SAYS ALL THAT
DEALERS DESIRE Is FAIR
PROFIT; FILLING STATION AT
DUKE CITY

That 26-cent gasoline in Albuquer-
que is the result of a gas war start
ed by the installation of a filling sta
ton where a mar with nothing invest
ed can get along with a 2-cent profit
is declared by Peter Henderson, OF
the Modern garage in this city. Mr..
Henderson declares the 26-cent price
is not legitimate nor permanent and
those who are selling at that price
make only half a cent profit on each
gallon. 1.-THE garages here pay cash
for their gas and figure on a % per
cent profit" said Mr.. Henderson,
which we regard as legitimate busi-
ness. AS a matter of fact the ma
iority of local motorists buy their gas
from the & at a few cents more
than we pay for it and store it in
small tanks. We do most of our busi-
ness with the tourists and ask only a
reasonable profit"
A curious fact and one worth look
ing into IS that Santa Fe garage men
have to pay more for their gasoline
than do dealers in Las Vegas or Al
b~uaueraue. The price of gasoline
from the oil companies appears to be
highly variable in various parts of the
country, and dealers figure out for
themselves what profit they are to
make on its sale to motorists. Mr..
Henderson says local dealers could
not charge less and make it worth
while to handle the fluid. The price
here now is 80 cents
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-03
WHITE AGAIN NAMED
i 4 \, + 4. DIRECTOR
FIFTH SUCCESSIVE YEAR STATE
SUPERiN TENpENT HAS RE-
CElVED HONOR; $4,000 DELE.
GATES AT CONVENTION

lAlvan N. White. superintendent of
public instruction of New Mexico, was
elected a director OF the National
Education association, at the annual
convention, which was held in New
York. This is the fifth successive
year that Mr.. White has been honored
with a place on the directorate, and
the honor is one which he prizes very
highly.
There are 10000 delegates in at
tendance at this convention. Anas.
tacio Montoya, superintendent of
schools of Bernalillo county, repre-
scented Mr., White at the convention.
He reported yesterday to MI. White
that he enjoyed the convention very
much indeed. The convention next
year will be held at Asbury Park,
IN j..
Examination Papers
+ The state department of education
is now receiving teachers examina-
ton papers in great bundles. To
handle these examinations requires a
vast amount of work on the part of
the department.
Fladelfo Baca, assistant %superin-
tendent, said this morning that the
final examinations for teachers would
be held on the first Friday and Sat
urday in October. The examinations
will be conducted in the several coun-
ty seats.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-03
WHOLESALERS BOOZE
LICENSE CASE TO Be
SETTLED AUGUST 10
JUDGE MEcHEM CONTINUES TEN.
PoRARY INJUNCTION GRANTED
AGAINST TRUSTEES OF TOWN
OF GALLUP, PENDING FINAL
HEARING

Gallup, as an Incorporated town, has
not yet been authorized by the dis
trict acourt to raise the license fol-
wholesale whiskey dealers from $500
to $4,000 a year. Judge M. G. Mechem,
sitting here for Judge e. c. Abbott,
continued the temporary injunction
secured by John Stalick and Gregory
Page against the town of Gallup, The
case has been on trial and under adj
visement since Monday.
The hearing was ON a temporary In
junction which the plaintiffs had Sc
cured, restraining the town of Gallup
from collecting the sum of $4,000, to
which sum the annual license had been
raised from $500. The court prder
continues the injunction for the pres
ent, and until the final hearing, which
has been set for August is, when the
facts win be gone into thoroughly.
Pending the final hearing, the plain
tiffs will pay into the town treasury
the sum Of $500, which is the amount
Of the original license, and concern
ing which there is nc controversy.
The retailers Injunction was dis
missed by Judge Mechem yesterday
and an appeal was taken to the SUI
preme court.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-03
ORDER RECEIVED FOR
HARTMAN'S TRANSFER
TO ARKANSAS court
UNITED STATES MARsHAL's OF.
FIcE TO TAKE SCOUT BACK TO
FACE LIQUOR FRAUD CHARGE

Guy L. Hartman; indicted in the
western district of Arkansas for vic.
lation of the United States internal
revenue laws, has been ordered re.
turned to Fort Smith. The order for
Hartman's removal was signed by
Judge Robert e. Lewis, of Denver,
and was received at the office of the
district clerk here this morning. Hart
man will be transferred to Fort Smith
by the United States marshal's office
some time within the next few days.
He has been confined in the New
Mexico penitentiary since he was
brought to Santa Fe last week by
United States Marshal A. H. Hud-
speth.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-03

votes now is being discussed. Sargent
IS also likely to get the four votes Of
San Juan county, and as many of the
Colfax county votes as the Springer
interests control, which probably viii
be at least ten. With the Sandoval
and San Juan delegations to his cred
it, ten votes from Coffax and his orig
inal 20 from Rio Arriba, Sargent
would enter the convention with a
total of A. It is possible, also. that
he may get some Of the Santa Fe
county votes. Up to this time 1t has
been the general opinion that Bur
sum would have both Sandoyal and
San Juan counties.
Another late political report credits
the Republicans Of Chaves and Eddy
counties with planning to send their
small delegations instructed to vote
for Edward A. Cahoon, president Of
the First National bank Of Roswell,
for United States senator. The Ca
hoon movement, it is said, may spread
to other eastern New Mexico coun-
ties.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-03
DELEGATES NAMED

John B. McManus, superintendent
Of the state pe~nitentiary, and James
D. McPike. superintendent Of the
state reform school, were today nam
ed by Governor Mcdonald as two Of
the delegates from New Mexico to
the annual congress of the American
Prison association at Buffalo, N. y
October z to u. The other delegates
named as Hugh Cooper, Of Albuquer-
que: Hiram Hadley, OF Las Cruces,
and Rev. julius Hartmann, Of Willard.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-03
GENERAL
OPPOSES EFFORT TO
D|SMANTLE Cen TRIAL
CLANCY WRITES TO DISTRICT
JUDGE; oTHERINTERESTS ARE
AGAINST PROPOSED ACTION

A letter informing Judge Abbott, OF
the district court, that il any attempt
is made to dismantle the New Mexico
Central railroad he, as attorney gen
eral,. will vigorously oppose it, has
been sent to Judge Abbott at Colum,
bus by Attorney General Frank w
Clancy. The petition asking fer the
removal of Ralph @. Ely as receiver.
filed recently in the district court
here by attorneys for the Pittsburg
Trust company and the bondholders,
also asked permission for the dismanr
Ting of the railroad.
Objections to the dismantling of the
New Mexico CentraI nave been filed
here by Attorney Neill b. Field, of AL
buquergue, and Nelson B. Cramer, an
attorney of Cincinnati, representing
clients opposed to such action.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-03

now disappeared without leaving
any trace under the benign Influence
of constant praise and ironclad Of
fetal support" In his recent letter
to the News the governor said:
'You will notice that the Outlook
emphasizes my statement that there
"a nothing concealed or covered up at
the penitentiary now, Why this was
done can only be accounted for by
the trait Of human nature that causes
Fools to rush in etc.
"The president Of the p~enitentiary
board Is Hon. M. A. Otero, for many
years governor of New Mexico and
not a Democrat. Another member Of
the board is Hon. OH. Boatright, for
mer mayor of Albuquerque, and not q
Democrat. There are only three more
members Of that board. Do you think
that they have caused anything to dis
appear without leaving any tracer?
sDid the Outlook answer anything
that ] said which is taken from the
racordsg Nothing was eaidl based
upon knowledge of the writer. What
was in the article? A repetition OF
the Taos News article, which the
writer then knew was false; a rehash
Of a statement made by n Of the
worst men who has been in the pen
for nearly five years and whom no
good citizen considers seriously, and
a bubble on the words 'gullible citi-
zen, used by me, making them ap-
pear in quotation marks as 'gulaible
citizens. / never thought any citi-
zens would be fooled, and | am quite
sure not even one will be fooled now.
The fact Ia, however, that 1t was a
deliberate attempt to deceive, by
quoting dishonesty, and that may
give a clue to the identity of the
writer, whom no one believes to have
been the editor.''