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could tear apart. Only faith,
fancy, poetry, love, romance,
can push aside that curtain and
view the picture, the supernal
beauty and glory beyond. Is it
all real? hh, Virginia, in all
this world there is nothing else
real and abiding.
mo Santa Claus! Thank God
he lives, and he lives forever !
\ thousand years from now he
will continue to make glad the
heart Of childhood"
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! 1t was a pleasure for The Sur
editor to heed this plaintiff ap.
peal for the truth. Virginia,
he answered, your little friends
are wrong. They have been af-
fected by the skepticism Of q
skeptical age. They do not be-
lieye except they see. They be-
lieve nothing can be which is
not comprehensive by their lit
tie minds. All minds, Virginia,
whether they are mems or chill
| dren's, are little. In this great
universe of ours, man is a mere
insect, an ant, in his intellect, as
compared with the bQundless
world about him as measured
by the intelligence capable Of
grasping the truth, the whole
truth and knowledge.
Eyes, Virginia, there is a
Santa Claus. He exists as GER
tainly as love andgeneroslty and
devotion exist, and you know
that they abound and give to
your life its highest beauty and
joy. Alas! how dreary would
be the world if there were no
Santa Claus! 1t would be as
dreary as if there were no Vir-
GINA. There would be no ro-
nance to make tolerable this
existence. We should have no
enjoyment except in sense and
sight. The eternal light with
which childhood fills the world
would be extinglisned.
"Not believe in Santa Claus
You might as well not believe
in FAIRIES You might get yJu4
Lapa to hire men to watch All
the chimneys on Christmas eve
to catch Santa Claus, but even
If they did not see Santa Claus
coming down, what would that
prove? Nobody seeks Santa
Claus but that is no sign rat
there is no Santa Claus. The
most real things in the world
are those that neither children
nor men can see. Nobody can
conceive OF nasine all the Won
ders OF the W';rid that are I'M
seen and unst cable.
You may tear part a vi "
rattle and see what make, the
noise inside, but here is veil
covering theuhecan worl which i
not the strongest man, nor even
the united strength of all the
strongest men that ever lived,
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My four year-old cousin, while play.
ing in the yard, called to his mother
fo1 "a apple. 1t landed in his face,
ig.tcad Of in his outstretched hands.
into which my aunt Intended dropping
it. He rubbed his. face for moment
then looked up and said, Gee, mann
ma, but I'm a lucky kid l didn't ask
you for bag of apples Exchange
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Annreclated His Luck.

Ny four-ycar-old cousin, while play
ing in the ward, called to his mother
for an apple. 1t lansed in his face.
instead Of i'll his outstretched hands.
into which my aunt intended dropxlg
it. He rubbed his face for moment.
then looked up and said. Gee. nam
ma, but I'm a lucky kid ! didn't ask
you for a bag of apples. Exchange.
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joints, rheumatic pains and bladder
trouble. (adv
GRANT GRAHAM, Belington, w. Va.
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THEM.

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Annrcciated His Luck.

My four-year-old cousin, while play
ing in the yard, called to his mother
for an apple. 1t landed in his face.
instead of in his outstretched hands,
into which my aunt intended dropping
it. He rubbed his face for a moment
then looked up and said, Gee, nam
ma. but I'm lucky kid / didn't ask
you for bag of apples. "-Exchange.
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off, LADY," Passenger-"No, thanks.
I'll wait till the train stops and get off
in the usual way"-New York World.
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looping along in his rear. BE paid no
more attention to them, and with teeth
set he faced ahead. grimmer now In
his determination to foil them.
Sight of the village ahead surprised
Duane. He reached 1t sooner than he
expected. Thenhe made discovery
he had entered the zone Of wire fences.
As he dared not turn back now, he
kept on. intending to ride through the
village. Looking backward, he saw
that his pursuers were half mile
distant, too far to alarm any villagers
in time to intercept him in his flight.
AS he rode by the first houses his
horse broke and began to labor.
Duane did not believe he would last
long enough to go through the village.
Saddled horses in front of store
gave Duane an idea, not by any means
new. and one he had carried out sue
cessfully before. AS he pulled in his
heaving mount and leaped off, couple
of ranchers came out of the place, and
one of them stepped to a clean-limbed,
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unusually tall figure. When 1t up
peared nearer he was seen to be walk
ing with both arms raised. hands high
He slowed his stride.
"Does Burt Jones live hereT he
asked. In n low, hurried voice.
II reckon. I'm Burt. What can
do for your" replied Jones.
The stranger peered around, stealth
lily came closer, still with his hands up,
'1t is known that Buck Duane is
here. Captain MacNelly's camping on
the river just out of town. He sends
word to Duane to come out there after
dark"
The stranger wheeled md departed
as swiftly and strangely as he had
come.
BUST me! Duane, whatever do you
make of that7" exclaimed Jones.
"a new one ON me-" replied Duane.
thoughtfully.
"First fool thing I ever heard of
MacNelly doing. Can't make head nor
tails of 1t. I'd have said off-hand
that MacNelly wouldn't double-cross
anybody. He struck me square man,
sand all through. But hell he must
mean treachery. can't see anything
else In that deal"
Maybe the Captain wants to give
me fair chance to surrender without
bloodshed," observed Duane. pretty
decent Of him, IL he meant that"
''He invites you to come to his camp
after dark. Something strange about
this, Duane. But MacNelly's q new
man out here. He does some queer
things. Perhaps he's getting swelled
head. Well, whatever his intentions,
his presence around Mercer is enough
for US. Duane, you hit the road and
put some miles between you and the
amIable Captain before daylight. To
morrow I'll go out there and ask him
what in the devil he meant"
'9That messenger he sent-he was a
ranger" said Duane.
"Sure he was, and a nervy onel 1t
must have taken sand to come bracing
you that way. Duane, the fellow
didn't pack gun. I'll swear to that.
Pretty odd. this trick But you can't
trust it. Hit the road, Duane"
A little later black horse with
mufiied hoofs, bearing a tall dark rider
who peered keenly into every shadow,
trotted down a pasture lane back Of
Jones' house, turned into the road,
and then. breaking into ,swifter gait,
rapidly left Mercer behind.
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CHAPTER XII.

Next morning Duane was of agnin.
working south. During the next few
days he paid brief visits to several
villages that lay in his path. And in
each some particular friend had n
piece Of news to impart that made
Duane profoundly thoughtful. A
ranger had made quiet, unobtrusive
call upon these friends and left this
message. "Tell Buck Duane to ride
into Captain MacNe1ly's camp some
time after night"
Duane concluded, and his friends all
agreed with him. that the new rangers
main purpose In the Nueces country
was to capture or kill Buck Duane,
and that this message was simply an
original and striking ruse, the daring
of which might appeal to certain out
laws.
But 1t did not appeal to Duane. His
curiosity was aroused 1t did not, how
ever, tempt him to any foolhardy act.
He turned southwest and rode a hun
dred miles until he again reached the
sparsely settled country. Here he
heard no more of rangers.
He got into rough country, rode for
three days without covering much
ground, but believed that he was get
ting on safer territory. Twice he came
to wide bottom-land green with will
low and cottonwood and thick as
chaparral, somewhere through the
middle of which ran river he de-
cided must be the lower Nueces.
One evening as he stole out from
covert where he had camped, he saw
the lights of a village. He tried to
pass it on the left, but as he mounted
ridge he noted that the road made a
sharp turn, and he could not see what
was beyond it. He slowed up and
was making the turn. which was down.
hill between high banks of yellow
clay, when his mettlesome horse heard
something to frighten him or shied at
something and bolted.
The few bounds he took before
Duane's iron arm checked him were
enough to reach the curve. One
flashing glance showed Duane the open
once more, little valley below with a
wide, shallow, rocky stream, clump
OF cottonwcods beyond, a somber
group OF men facing him, and two
dark, limp strangely grotesque figures
hanging from branches.
The sight was common enough in
southwest Texas. but Duane had never
before found himself 80 unpleasantly
close.
A hoarse voice pealed out: by hell |
there's another oner"
stranger, ride down an account fer
yourself!" yelled another,
"Hands-upI"
"Thet's right, JACK; don't take no
chances. Plug himi"
These remarks were SO swiftly ut
tered as almost to be continuous,
Duane was wheeling his horse when a
rifle cracked. The bullet struck his
left forearm and he thought broke II,
for he dropped the rein. The frighten-
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hours he did that, dreaming, dreaming
of life he had never tasted and now
never would taste. He thought of her
beauty and sweetness, of the few
things which had come to mean to
him that she must have loved him {;
and he trained himself to think of
these In preference to her life at
Bland's, the escape with him, and
then her recapture. because such MEM
ories led to bitter, frultless pain. He
had to fight suffering because 1t was
eating out his heart.
Sitting there, eyes wide open, he
dreamed of the old homestead and his
white-haired mother. He saw the old
home-llfe, sweetened and filled by dear
new faces and added joys, go on be-
fore his eyes with him part Of 1t.
Then In the inevitable reaction, In
the refiux Of bitter reality. he would
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-24
SYNOPSIS.

The time OF tho story. about 1875. The
place: The Texas COW country. Tho chief
character: Buckley Duane, a young man
who has inherited a lust to kill which he
q drunken bully and is forced to fee to
the. wild country where he Joins BANDS
outlaw band. Euchre. an amiabIe rascal,
had been abducted and sold to Bland for q
bad fate They determine to rescue the
girl and restore her to civilization. Eu-
chre is Killed. Buck kills Bland and is
dangerously wounded by Mrs. Bland, but
escapes with Jennie.
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stood a small deserted shack of cover.
ed mesquite poles. 1t had been made
long ago, but was well preserved. A
door faced the overgrown trail, and
another faced down into gorge of
dense thickets. On the border fugi-
tives from law and men who hid in
fear OF someone they had wronged
never lived In houses with only one
door.
1t wns a wild spot, lonely, not fit
for human habitation except for the
outcast.
On clear days-and rare indeed were
cloudy days-with the subsiding of the
wind Mt sunset n hush seemed to fall
around the little hut. Far-distant dim
blue mountains stood gold-rimmed
gradually to fade with the shading of
light.
At this quiet hour n man climbed
up out of the gorge and sat In the
westward door OF the hut. This lonely
watcher of the west and listener to the
silence was Duane. And this hut was
the one where, three years before,
Jennie had nursed him back to life.
The killing of man named Sellers,
and the combination of circumstances
that had made the tragedy n memoir
able regret, had marked, II not a
change, at least a cessation In Duane's
activities. He had traIled Sellers to
kill him for the supposed abductlng
of Jennie. Vague rumors, few words
here and there, nnauthenticated stor-
les were all that Duane had gathered
in years to substantinte his belief
that Jennie died shortly after the be-
ginning of her second captivity.
Sellers might have told him. Duane
expected, IL not to force it from him
ut the end. to read 1t in his eyes. But
the bullet went too unerringly; 1t
locked his lips and fixed his eyes.
After that meeting Duane lay long
at the ranch-house of friend, and
when he recovered from the wound
Sellers had given him he started with
two horses and pack for the lonely
gorge on the Nueces. There he had
been hidden for months, prey to re-
morse, dreamer, victim OF
phantoms.
1t took work for him to find sub
sistence In that rocky fastness. And
work, action, helped to pass the hours.
But he could not work all the time,
even If he had found 1t to do. Then
in his idle moments and at night his
task was to live with the hell In his
mind.
The sunset and the twilight hour
made all the rest bearable. The little
hut on the rim of the gorge seemed to
hold Jennie's presence. 1t was not
as II he felt her spirit. If 1t had been
he would have been sure of her death.
He hoped Jennie had not survived her
second misfortune; and that intense
hope had burned into belief, If not
surety.
A strange feature of this memory
of Jennie was the freshness of 1.-THE
failure of years, toll. strife, death
dealing to dim ito deaden the
thought Of what might have been. He
had a marvellous gift of Installation.
He could shut his eyes and see Jennie
before him just as clearly as If she
had stood there in the flesh. For
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fiery bay He was about to get into
his saddle when he saw Duane, and
then he halted, a foot in the stirrup.
Duane strobe forward, grasped the
bride of this mans horse.
Mines done-but not killed." he
painted. TRADE with me-"
wal, stranger, I'm shore always
ready to trade" drawled the man.
''But amt you little swift?"
Duane glanced back up the road.
His pursuers were entering the village.
"Pm Duane-Buck Duane" he cried,
menacingly. "Will you trade? Hurry I"
The rancher, turned white, dropped
his foot from, the stirrup and fell back.
Il reckon I'll trade" he said.
Bounding up, Duane dug spurs into
the bays flanks. The horse snorted
in fright, plunged into a run. He was
fresh, swift, half wild. Duane flashed
by the remaining houses on the street
out into the open. But the road ended
at that village or else led out from
some other quarter, for he had ridden
straight into the fields and from them
into rough desert. When he reached
the cover Of mesquite once more he
looked back to find six horsemen with
In rifle shot of him, and more coming
behind them.
His new horse had not had time to
get warm before Duane reached high
sandy bluff below which lay the willow
brakes. AS far as he could see extend
ed an immense fiat strip or red-tinged
willow. How welcome 1t was to his
eye! He felt like hunted wolf that,
weary and lame, had reached his hole
in the rocks. Zigzagging down the
soft slope, he put the bay to the dense
wall of leaf and branch. But the
horse baked.
There was little time to lose. Dis
mounting he dragged the stubborn
beast into the thicket. This was
harder and slower work than Duane
cared to risk. If he had not been rush.
ed he might have had better success.
So he had to abandon the horse-a
circumstance that only such sore
straits could have driven him to. Then
he went slipping swiftly through the
narrow aisles.
He had not got under cover any
wv cOohs Va hC hCdIu LIS puISu6TS
piling over the bluff, loud-voiced. con-
fident. brutal. They crashed into the
willows
"Hi, Sid Heah's your hoss /" called
one, evidently to the man Duane had
forced into trade.
"Say. IL you locoed gents IL hold ND
little I'll tell you somethin'," replied
voice from the blpff.
Come on, Sid! We've got him
corralled." said the first speaker.
"Wal, mebbe. an If you hev it's liza
BILE to be damn hot. Thet feller was
Buck Duane!"
Absolute silence followed that state
ment. Presently 1t was broken by a
rafting of loose gravel and then low
voices.
He can't git acrost the river. 1 tell
you," came to Duane's ears. Hes
corralled in the brake. / know thet
hole"
Then Duane. gliding silently and
swiftly through the willows, heard no
more from his pursuers. He headed
straight for the river. Threading a
passage through a willow brake was
an old task for him. Many days and
nights had gone to the acquiring of a
skill that might have been envied by
an Indian
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Considering all the domestic

Considering all the domestic
troubles, family scandals and
love affairs that turn out badly,
one might be cynical Indeed
about the power of woman's af-
fection and trust to keep 4 man
on the path of honor In the face
Of aIIuring temptation. But
there comes into Buck Duane's
life a feminine influence SO fine
-as depicted by the author
that the reader Of "The Lone
Star Ranger" cannot resist tho
charm Of 1t all. n you want tho
cream Of romance and adven-
turc, don't miss this instaIIment.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-24
CHAPTER XII.

A hundred miles from the haunts
most familiar with Duans's deeds. far
ND where the Nueces ran trickling
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Do you believe that Captain
MeNelly 10 trying to lure Duane
to his camp at night time In or
der to shoot him from ambushf
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eTo BE CoNTNUEDJ
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-24

Buck and Jennie are sitting In the
wilderness cabin discussing their fu-
ture.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-01-09
HIGH SCHOOL WILL
PUT BASKETBALL
TEAM IN THE FIELD

At a meeting of the High School
Athletic association Thursday II was
decided that the association rent the
old rink from the Boys club to have
a place to play basketball during the
winter. The high school boys will
get the rink two nights ont of the
week for practice and also Saturday
afternoons. There has been no bas-
Iketball until this time, as the GYM
nasium at the high school was used
for the manual training department.
Practice will start Immediately and
equipment will be purchased.
A schedule will be arranged as
soon as possible and some good games
|are promised for the season. Salem
has written to get a game here and
Medford, Ashland and klamath Falls
will probably send teams. AS the
high school has always sent forth a
good team, and as there is an abun-
dance OF good material here for a
team, 1t Is expected to make fine
showing for the valley championship.
Mr.. Milliken will be the coach for
the high school team.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-01-09
BY
GOLDEN RULE LODGE

Whereas. God In His Infinite Wis
dom has seen NJ to remove from our
midst our beloved brother. Clarence
Clements. therefore be II
Resolved. that while We bow to the
will OF Him who doeth all things
we'll, We yet mourn the loss OF our
true and trusted friend and brother.
one who was ever abounding In char
lty and good works and who merited
and received our sincercst love and
confidence,
Resolved, that we extend to Sister
Clements our heartfelt sympathy In
this sad bereavement; and bo II fur
ther
Resolved. that copy OF these re-
solutions be spread on the minutes
OF this lodge. copy sent to tho be-
reaved sister and copy sent TO the
Pacific oddfellow for publication.
Respectfully submitted.
7. Y, DEAN,
Il. A. WILLIAMS.
p. w. HERSCHBERGER.
Committee.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-01-09
LOCAL CREAMERY
TO INVESTIGATE
CHEESE MAKING

Cheese making may be included In
the operations OF the Rogue Valley
creamery during the coming season. II
present prospects develop rs they
promise. At the annual meeting OF
the stockholders and directors yes
terday it was determined to investi-
gate this possibility Immediately.
The annual election at this meet
ing resulted in returning all officers
to their positions, making the third
time these men have served. r. w,
Clarke Is president. a. N. Parsons
was elected to the board OF directors,
to I'LL the vacancy created by the de-
parture OF c. Il. Hobart. The tinan-
cial report for the past year was read
and Is reported most satisfactory to
the stockholders.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-01-09
Teacher Surprisetl-

The Campfire Girls, class of the
Methodist Sunday school. Friday
evening gave their teacher. Mrs. Nj,
IC, Van Lewvan, u genuine surprise
party at the home of Miss uldawalla
Basler, a member OF the class. About
seventeen girls were present. and also
the boys of the pawnee class of the
Methodist Sunday school. this class
being taught by II, II, Basler After
the guests had all arrived, Mrs, Van
Lewvan was informally invited over
to the Basler home, where she was
truly surprised to find herself the
honored guest OF so many. Mrs, Van
Lewvan was presented with hand
some broo.h, "a token of the regard
of her class. Refreshments OF cocoa.
sandwiches and cake were served.