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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27

the Raccoon river runs through my
land to yours"
Worthing controlled himself admir-
ably. $500
Is u old friendship nothing to YOU,
BlassE' he asked quietly. Would il
not be well for each OF US to renlcm-
Cardross laughed.
Why talk rubbish" he demanded
Gufty' III you bid fair to be the loser
IN the little war you inaugurated. why
squeal about it. Worthing?"
For a Worthing said nothing.
lhefe was nc plea in his voice when
he finally spoke.
And that is your answer Then, 7
mad hardly expected it to be otherwise,
though L had hoped" His head lifted
suddenly. Every dollar YOU spend.
bidss' mat threatens to deprive me of
any gallon of water | need, Won will
spend IN ain. l warn you of that in
good part. You had better remenbar
An instant he hesitated.
Ihats all, / guess" he then said.
other things will take care of them
horse. N""iu "'7
He did not ride homeward at once.
pue IN the contrary direction. and so
1t was that some little time later. re-
turning toward the Loop, he struck the
more dlrect trail that led through the
aiVldlng woods of the two ranches and
SO on to his own corrals and barns
Ana so 1t was, too, that in the heart
OF those woods where they dipped dow,
lIto the tangled ravine that formed
the actual boundary line between the
Loop and the Raccoon river ranges
Worthing halted at the sound of a
voice raised in tense and mas
slonate pleading. N'
Let me speak of it, Blass." cried
Jess kllrain entreatingly. Let me
.eli my rather. Why does you try to
hide your love for me. am make mo
suard 1T like it was a sameful thi,gp
l m feared it will come to make me
nate 1T, Blass. I'm feared of THAR"
Worthirg caught the sound of Caro-
ross soft laugh.
Don't you see, Jess" he murm1red
and in the silence the words came
clearly, that now it is all orr very
o"n-Just you and me, with the whole
world shut out? Why do you want to
let every n into our secreto"
Il hate that secret" Jess cried. her
low voice vehement. It's made me
90 what l never one in all NV life
afore-lie. I've lied about what I
ought to be proud to have the whole
world know. Why do you make me
do that, Blass? Tel me why!"
Worthing rode IN. 1t was not for
him to hear more, but in that instant.
inc last remnant of his old time friend
ship for Blass Cardross died in hi.
heart. "N'
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
CHAPTER VI.
V

Jess kllrain stood behind her fathers
chair, drawn up before the open door
of the dining room as he sat smoking
his after-dinner pipe before he should
ride out on the business of the after
noon. From the kitchen beyond came
the clatter of dishes where Agnes Kill
rain was washing up. In some way she
managed to make that clatter express
ii chorus of rebuke
kilrain turned, smiling.
Hadn't you ought to be helpin'
your aunt, JESSE" he asked.
The girl came forward, seating her
self on the broad arm of the chair.
Aunt Agnes knows il she waits 10
minutes I'd help her" she said. She
prefers to go ahead alone, so she can
have the chance to say [ didn't help her.
That pleases her, father, more'n nv
help would help. an I've somethin' 10
say to you. You've done wrong, father,
bout them sheep. If Earle Worthing
was home he'd say so too
kilrain was sober. Since Bucks re-
port of his reception by Cardross that
morning, the foreman had coached the
same opinion as his daughters.
"P'r'haps,' he admitted; but it's
done now, Jess. Anyway, you needn't
bother
I'm thinkin' of you" she said, sus-
pecting n reprcach in his words.
you've bit off more'n you can chew.
father, an you can't either swallow it
or spit it out
Kilrain laughed, putting up an arm
and encircling the girls waist. You
come powerful nigh bein' right bout
that, Jess" he granted. 81 reckon I was
too hot under my collar when 1 done
it."
Jess nodded.
Il reckon that's it. an humble pies
sharper than even rhubarb pie"
"There'll be no humble pie bout it."
said .Kilrain, rising and laying down
his pipe. The bridges is all down
tween Cardrossa an the Loop. am it's
his w doin's. You'll have mutton pie,
my gal, till you're plumb sick of it,"
"Prhaps, an p'r'haps not"
She handed kilrain his hat and took
his parting kiss, going into the kitchen
to Join her aunt.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27

you turn cattle thieves on the Loop, &c
! you? And you have the nerve, Bran.
non, to come on my place to bring me
a message like that! Clear out with
you, n tell those that sent you l say
they are a gang of thieves. Pll come
after my sheep in my own way"
Sure" replied Buck, smiling pleas
antiy. Il never come eXpectin' to stay,
an IA just naturally tell what you
said They'd want to know. AS for
your own way out them sheep which
amt no longer yourn, I'd be careful.
Mr. Cardross. We don't keep no muir
aefin, thievin' sheep dogs on the Loop.
out there's dogs there what bark pow
efful true, six times to a clip. and some
more-if needs be-"
Get out with YOU" cried Cardross,
ansrlly. When L want your advice,
III pay for it,"
Having delivered his MESSAGE and
received ms answer, Back should have
neen discreet and ridden off; but he
fingered, standing by his horses head.
MS u~lsconcertlng gaze studying Car
ufoSS with 4 calm leiSurellnesS He
ma" ilttle goodwill for Cardross, dis
trusting hlhl, fearing him where tear.
siipped ann with a deadly intensity q
passion that always threatened to
transform him wnen he gave il a
thought. =
he knew that Jess kilrain, whom
ne loved, loved this nan. he knew
WIN an instinct ~sharpened by his love
that C~afdfoss was not playing fair
with the girl. ~
Watching Cardross now. the hated
Thought !eapea into u~npremedilateA
Wores. lie forgot mis- mission, he for
got Nlll'ain's aumQniIion. t1e remem-
pefed only the unhappiness which
threatened Jess kilraIn al the hands
OF the man before him.
"a N a., ,41,, ..-.
he SAID, his ann quite other from
the whimsical banter which had
marked IL. don't come by way of the
Skunk Hollow. The airs gittin' ison-
Gus III that raviGe!"
Blass Cardross flushed and paled.
Ills breath came sharply.
BY heaNen!N he clled, but you take
a chance. With udden caution he
checked himself, Just what do you
mean by that, Buck Brannon?p he de-
manGcd hotly.
Il reckon You don't have to ask me
that retorted Buck, coldly contemptu-
Gus. u remember them WORDS of
nine. The Skunk Hollow's glttin'
mighty unwholesome, Cardross-
plumb dangerous, [ might saw" His
temper suddenly flared. Keep out of
it, you snake"
50 impetuously had the words come
that Blass Cardross fell back, only to
spring as quickly forward, chest al
most to chest with the other. And so
Tor an instant they stood while the
alarmed cry of Nance Cardross, as she
raj rapidly toward them, snapped the
threatening tension. Cardross, NUT
tering am oath, stepped lack.
Buck turned to his horse.
Another time, Buck rannon.
Cardross murmured. III not forget
And. if o do said the other,
swinging on to his horse, I'll jog your
mem'ry pretty lively"
Cardross turned impatiently at the
u of his sisters land upon his arm,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
THE LIVING ROOM DESK.

One of the hardest things to do in
some houses is to find a place TO write
a letter And this true of houses where
luxury abounds as we'll as of many
humber establishments.
But much by way of the appearance
of letters sent from any house depends
on having the proper place to write n
the proper equipment, and it is really
part of the housewives task to pro-
vide one might call a family
desk.
Heron the family desk-there
should be stationery which all may use.
Nowadays it is expected of the hostess
TO provide stationery for her house
guests and many a step is often saved
to every one within the home if all the
little accessories of writing are con-
Venlently placed in the main hall or
living room of the house. Do not think
that it is necessary to make a large
outlay in providing this desk, if 1t does
not exist, for all that is needed is a
fla topped table surface of suitable
height and n possible drawer or so.
one ingenious housewife made this
living room desk from a kitchen table
that cost not more than $1.54. All that
could be said in favor of the table in
its original state was that it had a
smooth surface and was simple to the
extreme. OF paint or varnish or car
ING it was entirely innocent. With the
aid of a car of very dark brown paint
of a good quality and a saw, by the
assistance of which the legs We're
sawed off the couple of inches that
were needed in order to make it per-
fectly comfortable for writing, his
desk was made into one that would
really grace the most artistically fur
Eisllcd interior. A large brown blotter
with four metal corners that could be
bought for a trifle, was placed on the
top. A simple dark metal pen tray,
ink we'll n a metal mucilage pot, as
we'll as a letter opener n a pair OF
desk scissors, finished the equipment.
One or two interesting though mex
pensive pictures placed over the desk
might have added inspiration to the
one who wrote there, and a pictur-
esque addition to my desk is a pair of
brass candlesticks at the back, which
can be turned to account by the writer
who makes a practice of using sealing
wax to secure the closing of her let
terS.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
CHAPTER II1-(continued.)

Jess knew that on the plains nearer
to the barn lots the calves of the milk
cows We're turned at night.
She knew, too, that this was no.calf
she so dimly discerned. Then. her sus-
picion leaping, she herself sprang
softly to her feet, seized from the wall
her quirt where it hung beside the
window, and. active and 1.-the as a
boy, dropped through the open case
ment to the ground outside.
Thence she ran. fleet as a wild thing
of the plains, over the soft turf to
where a slight commotion and that
curious stamping of the fore legs of
~afirighted cattle told her the home
caves were huddled in terror and dam
ger. y moment more and she could
dimly descry their dark mass even as
a large object. bounding forward to-
ward them in huge leaps. showed the
girl the cause of their stupefied fear.
Jess kilrain, too, sprang forward,
cracking her quirt sharply and crying
aloud. and so sudden and unexpected
Was her interruption that the big sheep
dog covered, and, turning, cringed,
belly to the ground. at her feet.
She knew that dog. black as coal,
save for the tan about his muzzle and
the white ruff of splendid hair about
ms neck-Cardross's prize collie. About
that covering neck Jess now gathered
the plant thong of her quirt, holding
the dog fast.
Banjo. YOU DEVIL" she murmured.
You murderin' devil! What am l
goin' to do to you. you beauty?"
Leave that to me-" said a voice out
of the night behind her, and less Kill
rain Strengthened in her body. You
won't deny now, will you, Jess. that
it's Blass Cardross's sheep dogs tina
murders the Loop calves? The brute
doubled or his tracks an lodged me,
but he amt goin' to double no more"
tended hand the starlight cleaned
upon the steel barrel of his revolver.
Stan back" he said to the girl, and
the trigger clicked.
Quicker than thought Jess let go the
loop Of the quirt about the dogs neck
and dashed the creature with the full
force OF her strength: and as he leaped
fleeing into the darkness. Bucks bull
let tore open the earth where he had
crouched an instant before.
Quiyering with white a the young
fellow faced the girl. Frightened but
determined, Jess Kilrain faced him.
S it is Cardross!" he breathed
thickly, after a long moment. II was
right when l told you just now that
your love for him was maxim you
false. Jess kilrain."
False to who?"
ITO yourself an to every one-even
to him, for you deny your love-"
The girls head lifted defiantly.
That's a lie!!" she cried.
Buck turned from her, laughter
caustic and scornful on his lips.
you're a woman" he muttered. MY
hands is tied. If a man had said thai
to me they'd be his last words for Il
time. I'm goin' to get my horse"
She made ne effort to detain him.
Curiously her anger burned not against
him. but again Blass Cardross for the
secrecy he imposed upon her.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27

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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
CHAPTER ~.
WHEN FRIENDS FALL OUT

OF the events Of that night Buck
Brannon said nothing to any one, and
indeed to tighten the tension that now
existed between Earle Worthing and
Cardross. There had been a meeting
between these two, sought of intent by
the grain. and prompted by the plead,
ing of his mother in the interest of
their old friendship.
Give him n more chance, Earle
Mrs. Worthing had urged. Then, il
he persists, Il say no more Truly, the
devil seems to have entered into Blass
Cardross."
So Worthing had taken horse and
ridden ove to the Raccoon river range
n there before the house, working
among the flowers on the big beds, he
found Nance Cardross. She drew off
her gloves and, as he approached after
hitching his horse, went forward to
meet him.
You have become a stranger, Earle
she said, some touch of constraint in
her manner for all her effort.
Has it been of my doing. Nance?
1t was not easy for me to come to-
day. Really, my coming is in the ma
ture of a truce"
A slight color deepened in Nance
CardrosS' cheeks and her glance turned
aside.
You must fight your battles with
DO you wish to see him?"
That is what | came for. l had
hardly hoped to see YOU, Nance"
yet l am pretty substantially Wis
IDLE. How r your mothers plants
this spring."
Why do You never come to see
them he asked gravely.
Have you not made thai impossible
when every day your enmity toward
my brother grows?"
You can really put it that way
Nance? Why, l am here today to try
once more If | cannot reach some more
friendly understanding with Blass. And
you must know my leading motive in
doing that"
1T will go and send him to YOU" said
the girl, disregarding the meaning in
his last words. He may go out the
back way while we stand here talking
She left him with that, making no
show of asking him to go with her into
tho house. and the omission was signif-
cant to Worthing, who since his. boy
hood had been as much at home there
rs In his own house. His face set rather
grimly as he waited.
"A moment later Cardross came to-
ward him across the sWard.
His greeting was not friendly.
u am somewhat at a los to under
stand your being here, Worthing,' he
said. after the many unexplained out
RACES I have suffered at the hands of
your men,"
Their eyes met squarely, but it was
anger that gave decision to those of
.Cardross.
y have come" Worthing answered,
ITO see II I might not avert a tenfold
sreater outrage on your part, Blass-
avert 1t peacefully II I can; for avert
II, in one way or another, I shall"
s'Then you have had your ride for
nothing. said Cardross. Il suppose
you refer to my plans of irrigation"
refer to your plans to deprive me
- my water rights"
Cardross shrugged his shoulders. He
smiled annoyingly.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
Continued next week.)
FLOWERS ON A r

Every little while in millinery modes
the pretty fashion of underbrim trim
ming reappears. This style, which has
been out of fashion for nearly a de-
cade seems to be coming back again
with the large sleeves, high hats and
other old fashioned details.
One way this trimming has reap
peared is as a bandeau of silk, covered
by roses, closely placed and encir-
cling the hair like a wreath. Another
trimming is seen in the new poke like
hats, which are turned up at the back
and made to tip ove the nose a bit
by a band which is placed at the back
and covered by flowers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27

From the milwaukee, Journal.
OF the sincerity of Henry Ford in op-
posing preparedness no one can have the
slightest doubt. He proves his sincerity
not by talk alone. but by spending his
money freely in a great advertising cam
palgn. Nor can anyone doubt Mr.. Ford's
patriotism; we have never even heard it
suggested that he had any other motive
than to serve his country and mankind.
But the reader of Mr.. Ford's long and
carefully written advertisement In oppo-
sition to preparedness will ask other cues
tons. Everyone will grant, we suppose,
that every dollar spent for military prem
had learned not to go to battle, but the
world does so to battle and the man or
the nation unarmed invites the armed man
to take away his rights, to come and
break up his house and seize his property
and become his master. America, desiring
peace with all her heart n soul. looks
on a world in arms and sees her own
n~akedness.
What does Mr.. Ford offer? His opinion
that We need never fear invasion. Will
that opinion go down to our seacoast and
repel an invader? Will Mr.. Ford guaran-
tee We shall not regret our weakness?
Will his opinion, mounting guard over the
nation, answer all threats to violate our
rights and seize our territory?
MIR. Ford urges that men who make
munitions of war profit from preparedness
We, know it. We suppose that they are
in business as Mr.. Ford is to make a
profit. Should we therefor go undefended?
Is the extravaganza of paying dear to be
mention in the same breath with the cost
of ransoming our cities and sending our
young men to battle?
And Mr.. Ford is not a peace-at-any-price
man. If he We're, his argument would
be more logical. but he tells us:
Let the president and others who are
preaching this doctrine of fear point out
the enemy, let them prove the enemy
comes upon us, and every American is
willing to lay own his fortune and his
life at the feet of the president. as Ameri-
cans have done before"
4 Americans have done before!' Aye,
In that lies the answer to all MI. Ford s
argument. Unarmed, unframed, with no
guns and no ships, pouring out money at
last like water, pouring out the precious
blood of young men driven as lambs to
the slaughter.
This is why the country wants prepared
ness, that lives, and fortunes need not be
laid down a bloody sacrifice to neglect.
And the enemy? Against what p~articu-
lar fire does MIR. Ford protect his factories
and pay taxes hat his city may buy en-
gines? Against what burglar does he lock
his safe? The world goes armed and
might preyss on weakness. Mr.. Ford asks
US not to prepare, but he offers no guar
antee that we shall not repent in bitter
ness and anguish.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
SPEAKS Up FOR CANADA
And No Misunderstanding His
Land He Made $3.50
Per Acre.

So many Americans now have per-
sonal knowledge of Canada that false
reports concerning this country are
being continually corrected by Amer
leans themselves who know the facts.
n who are too fair-minded to let a.
false statement go unchallenged. A
case in point arises out of a statement
supposed to be made by a resident Of
Alberta, and published recently in the
Spokesman-Review, OF Spokane, in
which the condition of settlers in this
country was painted in a very bad
way indeed. The writer of this at
tack on Canada refused to let his
name be known, so it can be aiken
for what it is worth, but Mr.. S. T..
Wallace, of N 4723 Crestline, Spokane,
who lived for some years in Western
Canada, came to the defense of the
country in the following letter which
was published in the Spokesman-Re.
view OF February II, 1876
To the Editor of the Spokesman-Re-
view:
In Sundays Spokesman-Review was
a letter from a nan in Alberta to the
chamber Of commerce, asking that
something be done to keep Americans
from going to Canada, and saying that
that government was run by the rail-
roads, banks and manufacturers. that
once a mar got there he never could
get away. Had this man published
that letter over his own signature
there is no doubt but he could get out
of Canada.
No country will do as much TO helm
a man to get on his feet, if he tries to
help himself, as Canada. know of
the government helping people to pro-
visions, feed, seed grain and fuel, and
charging only cost Of delivery to the
nearest town and 6 per cent. What
more could a man ask9
l lived five years in Southern Sas-
~katchewan and earned a patent to 800
acres of as good land as l ever saw.
rave raised over 80 bushels of oats
on sod, 40 bushels of wheat, and 20
of flax to the acre. Until 1 lost my
health l never was better satisfied any
where. mad my land rented this last
year for one-third. It brought me al
most $3.50 per acre, or $1,143.91 for
1876 acres.
This man says he loves the land his
fathers died for. SO do I, and | love
the land that gave me M home.
rs. L. WALLACE"
N472S Crestline, Spokane.-Advertise-
meut.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
Statistics or Baths.

In kinship to goodness, the Bronx
leads. In estrangement from cleanli-
ness, Manhattan goes farthest. So
stated the reports of the sani-
tary bureau, submitted to the board
OF health. An inspection of all lodg-
ing houses except the municipal lodg-
Ing house, where baths-alas for Man.
haitian lodgers-are compulsory, re-
yealed the fact that Bronx dodgers
faithfully take their daily baths;
Brooklyn dodgers take one in five
days; and Manhattan dodgers take one
In eight days. There were 3,OoO in.
spections.-New York Times.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
HUSBAND OBJECTS
TO OPERATION
Wife Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
Des Meines, Iowa.-"F Four years ago
[ was very sick end my life was nearly

spent. The doctors
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u an operation
and that without it
| would not live one
year. My husband
objected to any
operation and got
me Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. ! took
it and commenced
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
fearful Note

The Texas onion crop will be 49,, 22O
bushels short of the 1915 crop, though
there has been an increase of 12 per
cent in acreage, according to the est.
mate Of the department Of agriculture
just made public here. The depart
ment predicts that the state will pro-
duce l~.s35,972 bushels this year, about
95 Per CEN of normal. The total
acreage OF the state i'll 1915 was S,943
and this year is l0,057.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27

One Of the minor products of the Ha-
waiian Islands is salt. the output for
1915 having been 2,400 tons, valued at
IS a ton. Most of the salt produced
in the islands is the output of the Hon
olulu Salt company, whose product is
confined to coarse salt and manufac-
tured entirely by natural evaporation,
no u pans, kettles or grainers be-
ing used.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27
The PASSING of Youth.

From the American Magazine.
To me the passing of youth was escap-
ing from a torment of passion. strife and
and joys grew less violent. I ceased hating
those WHO had wronged me, and, in les
ser degree. grew calmer in my attach
ments. Undisturbed by passions I found
I could think more clearly. be more lib
eral and understand better.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27

In order to keep lettuce fresh for an
Indefinite time, put the head in a glass
containing water and place it In the
lceoox or some other cool. dark place.
The roots will absorb the water. which
should be changed daily, and keep the
lettuce fresh and crisp.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27

Miss Frances Densmore, expert in
the red mans lore, has spent years coli
lecting photograph records Of trib
songs for the United States museum.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-04-27

When your groce sends you hard
lemons and you want them for imme-
date use, let them stand for a few
hours IN water, and they win soon be~
como soft and Juicy.