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The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-14
SYNOPSIS.

Automobile of Miss Dorothy Upton and
friend. Mrs Fame. breaks down at New
Mexico border patrol camp. commanded
by Lieutenant Kynaston. The two wom-
en- are on way to mine of Miss CptOn's
father. located few miles across the
Nj, Nicau border kynastop leaves women
al his camp while he goes with detail
to investigate report OF Villa gun runners
villa troops drive small force Of Car
rama across border line and they surren-
der 10 kynastou, Dorothy and Mrs. Fame
still at camp when Kynaston returns with
prisoners. Blind Mexican priest appears
In camp and claims interned Mexicans
have In the spoils brought across the line
a wonderful emerald bell stolen from u
shrine by Zapata and taken from him by
Carrauza troops. Priest is searching FOL
the emerald in order to return II to the
shrine kynaston finds jewel and reports
TO department headquarters. Major Up
dyke appears from headquarters to take
charge of valuables captured: Priest
and emerald bell disappear. Kynaston
slips across border with one man TO aid
Upton ia nily surrounded by Whilst as
The waite. suy2ly runs short. The defen-
ders kill SONS of their besiegers; among
them an lNrssstant officer MeNicans go
mad. Thes demand sacrifice of man VINO
killed off-fr Roth Upton and kynaston
had fired at him. so they play poker game
to decide which shall surrender ana mus
save lives of others besieged. kynaston
loses and prepares to oner mthseH :"
enemy
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CHAPTER vl--continued.

Well, II would not take long. II
would be over In twenty-four hours.
unless-a horrible thought came to
htm-those men below, whose prison
er he would be in two hours. were
savages In the rough. savages with
the blood-lust fairly reused and in
famed by defeat
He had heard tales of torture among
the prisoners that he had seen at No
gales-horrible tales!
The thought Of having to go with
out even saying farewell to Dorothy
unnerved him for moment, but he
realized his own limitations. and he
knew that in that last moment he
would betray himself. So down he sat
at the table and wrote two short
notes: one to his colonel, in which he
explained the whole affair, and the 9th
er to the sister that lived in quiet
little Maryland town among the placid
back eddies of the eastern shore.
kynaston. his notes written. filled
the clip of the automatic and slipped
It into his bootleg. where its tiat frame
would be most likely to lie undetected.
A moment later Upton came into
the room. His face was gray with
suppressed feeling and his gaunt frame
showed unmistakable suffering. In the
few minutes that had passed since
kynaston had left him the whole trag-
edy Of the next twenty-four hours had
been brought home to him.
Il can't let you go. boy" he said
hoarsely. I'VE had better take our
chance. Bring your men on over across
the border"
The appeal was almost overwhelm-
ing in its intensity.
Don't you know that it means your
itfe!"
Il know. But It means war IL |
do: and. Upton, as God is my Judge,
cannot start war that will involve
the country to save my own skin.
You see that don't your"
Upton licked his dry lips.
"When-when-do you mean to
leave?" he asked.
Right now"
kynaston's face was pale.
Are the ladies' in the back
room?"
Yes. I'll 60 with you to the
Goor."
The two men strolled listlessly to-
ward the door of the main room. where
the defenders stood eying them.
Frank puzzlement was written large
upon their faces as Upton unbarred
the door, letting Kynaston out upon
the smooth four-hundred-yard stretch
OF grass that spread from the door
step to the stream. grass that had
been laboriously planted by hand
through two generations.
Below them the land sloped away
y the east. riot OF gold and dun,
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pearl and opal. and that curious red
brown that one sees in the southwest
and nowhere else on earth.
Looking out before he shut the door
again. Upton saw. mile away. q col
uInn Of red dust swirl up to the anne
thystine sky and heard a series of
long. joyous yells that cut the desert
silences like knife. Yell after yell
broke out, then firing. and then more
yells.
"That'll be the arrival OF the re-
endorsements they spoke Of" said Ky
naston. I'm off. old man. Adios!
Give my love to-your-daughter.
Upton frankly choked as he watched
the younger man swing off down the
hill.
Steadily Kynaston tramped down
across the dead olive-green of the
parched alfalfa patch. skirted the dead
brown of the sugar cane, paused to
wave his hand to the old miner, and
hen-disappeared from view among
/ the cottonwoods.
Upton. signing. turned back to the
house. He tramped through the great
room amid a great silence. Men
turned from their loopholes, scanned
his face. and furtively fell to rubbing
-spotless ritie-bolts with their shirt
sleeves They saw in his face such
grief as is above mere words, and,
after the manner of the southwest. re-
spected 1t.
Dorothy and Mrs. Fame he found in
the back room. They knew. or sus-
pected. Mrs. Fame was sitting in a
chair at the head of the table, her face
In her hands, frankly weeping. with
her arms spread upon the table, her
beautiful figure racked with sobs.
Dorothy, mixture of fire and ice.
stood by the window. which was closed
and barred, confronting Mr.. Wilkes.
who fairly cringed before the concen.
trated fury in her eyes.
II say 1t was shame-a shame!"
she cried. What if he did kill him
Did they not try to kill him first. and
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have they not stolen first from us, and
for two days now tried to kill us all?
Did he not pe-!l his life to get US wa.
ter? Did he not cross the line and
risk his life and. more than his life
his reputation as a soldier to help us !?
What must he think OF US? To
have US accept such a sacrifice from
him! Oh, father, cannot stand 1t!
Marion, say something"
But Marion was long past saying
anything that could be OF even the
smallest comfort. 1t was Mr.. Upton
who said slowly:
I'VE did the best we could, daugh.
ter. We are but human, after all
Neither Kynaston nor | were sure
which Of us shot the man. Anyway
they promised US immunity II the man
who killed their leader should give
himself up to trial by court-martial-"
(which means DEATH" interjected
Dorothy scornfully.
And as we could not tell which of
us-he or lit was who did the kill.
ing, we played hand OF poker to
decide. That was what we were doing
when you came in"
"Gambled away life!" calculated
the Mortified girl.
And you mean that this"-she
picked up the cards lying on the table
this was the price of his life?"
The tears were running down her
cheeks like rain.
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"And you had What did you
have. father?"
Three jacks--and-"
The old miner never finished his
sentence.
He started back from the table as II
cOiled rattlesnake lay within . foot
OF his face:~ for his daughter had
dropped the hand that had saved bis
life and had turned up the hand that
kynaston had thrown SO scornfuliy
In the middle of the table. disclosing
to his horritied eyes-four mines!
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All the Same.


one-Of course. they are nice ia
have, but they are lot of trouble
Just the same.
Two with sigh)-Yes, they ara
One-Cost bunch Of money. too.
Two-You're right-they do.
One-'Tisn't the first expense nm.
minds-but the upkeep is fierce.
Two-Dont know it?
one-Always something wrong Win
the blamed things and when there !.
nobody but specialist can tell what
it Is.
Two-That's true.
One-Still. after you've had ono ~
two OF them you couldn't get alon,
without them. ~
Two (brightening) wha, /,
think. People envy you, too.
One-Yes. still it's an end,os.
worry keeping them looking trim and
shining. And gasoline and tires ira
going up 80
Two-Gasoline and tires, c,e..
heavens, man! thought. you wers
talking about babies!-Judge.
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Persuasive Power.

Arthur Williams, president of the
American museum of safety, said to
New York reporter:
'Yes, we kill in our industries annu-
ally $4,000 people, and we iniure 800
GOO. II we were compelled by law to
adopt safeguards practically all this
destruction would be avoided.
But to get us safeguard law!
The man who gets us this law will
have to be as persuasive as the Nola
Chucky housewife.
An agent, you know, called on this
housewife to sell her cucumber
cream for sunburn, and before the fell
low got away the woman sold him
jar of cucumber cream of her own
make"
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WRONG IDEA HELD BY MANY
Cancer Is Not Transmitted From Pa
rent to Child, Say the Best
Authorities.


There are good many people in this
country who are laboring under almost
untold solicitude because Of their fear
that they are doomed to be the victims
some time or other Of hereditary dis.
eases. Not few of them actually i'm
pair their health and resistive vitality
by worry over this dreadful contin.
gency.
1t may b, some consolation for them
to know that every advance in modern
medicine has reduced the significance
of heredity as fact or In disease, un.
til now there is practically no disease
left that is considered to be directly
inherited, says the New York Herald.
Defects are Inherited but not disease.
The older ideas Of heredity OF disease
are now acknowledged to haye been
an erroneous conclusion
The American Society for the Con.
troll Of Cancer has strongly re-empha.
sized what the New York state depart.
ment OF health has recently published
with regard to the heredity OF cancer.
There is no reason whatever to worry
because one member of the family has
suffered from the disease. The oc.
currence of two or even more cases In
a family Is due purely to chance"
Cancer was the one affection In which
the heredity question has been cleared
up only in the last few years. To
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soIomonlike Judgment.

Two brothers inherited farm and
quarreled violently as to its division.
Now there lived In their village a
noted for the soundness of his advice.
Him the brothers determined to APP
point arbitrator Whatever he said
they should abide by.
They laid the matter before him.
For a long while he thought, then
delivered judgment.
"You." said he, pointing to the ell.
der, "shall divide the farm rs you
think fair. And you," he continued.
pointing to the younger, ''shall have
the first choice"
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Bishop pudley's story.
,To BE coNTINuED.)

The Lexington Herald retells the
story first recounted by Bishop Dud.
ley, Of sainted memory, of the prayer
Of the river captain for family which
had lost its all during one OF the floods
Of the Mississippi river. AS Bishop
Dudley recounted the incident meet.
ing was held to take up collection
for the destitute family. An old.time
captain of Mississippi steamer was
called upon to pray. He prayed:
"'Oh, Lord. we beg you care for this
destitute family; Lord. send to them
clothes to cover them. and provisions
to feed them; send them a barrel Of
flour, and a barrel of meal, and bar.
rel of potatoes, and barrel of onions,
and q barrel of salt, and barrel of
pepper. oh. shucks. Lord. that's too
blame much pepper"
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CHAPTER VII.
A Contest of Wits.

Dusk was slowly drawing down as
Kynaston left the house. Below him
In the camp Of the attackers excite
ment was rife. Serious as was his
predicament. he could not help specu-
lating ON the cause OF 1t. Anything.
even the most trivial thing. might turn
the scale In his favor. and he did not
mean to miss the slightest chance.
He knew right we'll that. given the
chance. Upton would get his party out
and across the border to the place
where the cavalry had camped. He
also knew right well that the old
miner would leave no stone unturned
to help him. II he could gain thirty.
six hours at most and then manage to
escape, he might still win out.
He was by no means hopeless.
though well-nigh desperate. as he drew
down from the higher ground to the
camp, we'll sheltered in the valley. He
saw that more men were coming in
presumably the talked-of reinforce
mentS.
They saw him as he came down the
hill and entered the fiat on which the
camp lay. The horsemen. in a madly
yelling crowd swept forward toward
him. lariats circling. horses frantically
caracoling about him. their riders
striving to see who should be the first
to get rope about the neck of tie
accursed gringo.
Mercifully he forestalled their at
tempts by backing up against tall
lariats could not settle about his neck.
Seeing his intention they voiced their
disapproval In q renewed outburst
of yells.
Further designs upon him were pre-
vented by the opportune arrival of an
officer, who dispersed the crowd by
the simple process Of beating them
about the heads with stick
Have you come from the house
yonder, senor?"
Yes. And ! claim proper treat
ment from you, sir. You can hardly
claim to treat people in your power de-
Gently when your troops are as out OF
hand as that"
Il will take you to FL General Obs
pc, senor," said the officer courteous.
ly. For your own sake. warn you.
do not anger him. His temper is q
trife uncertain, owing to his having
to undergo severe privations for the
past week.
sentry slept in the doorway
From the interior came the smell of q
meal that had evidently Just, been
served.
Following his guide. Kynaston en-
tered. Ell General Obispo. a squat
little man. whose high cheek bones
and full lips betokened his SAdian an
cestry. looked up from the supper
which he was eating by the simple
process of stufting as much carne seco
in his mouth as that organ would hold
and then cutting OF the balance with
none too clean knife.
Ell general growled out question
The officer explained who Kynaston
was. In answer the general rose hast
lily from the table. spat the meat from
his mouth, and began such furious
trade of scurrilous epithets as to be-
come nearly epileptic. Kynaston stood
silent.
Take him away! Place him in
.~~.~>~~~~~-~-o~~~
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kynaston lays his hand on
the little automatic pistol In his
bootleg. He feels certain The
end has come, but fears that he
will be tortured by the savaaes
for hours or days before death
10 meted out to him. In his
place, would you shoot the psn-
erai and others at the fareieal
eourt-martiaI and try to get
away. or would you stay and
face torture, hoping the sacrl.
flee would mean the safety Of
the besieged Amerlcans7
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Holy Writ says there Is no
greater love than the sacrifice
of ones life to save another's.
But in real life do you believe
that man would, deliberately
throw his life away in~order to
save the life Of the father of
the girl he ioves-especiaIly
when the old father stood will.
ing and ready to enter tho Val
ley Of tho Shadow? You will
be much interested In Lieuten-
ant kynaston's problem, de-
scribed In this instaiIment.
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Why He Was CRYING.

what are you crying for?" asked
a mother of her four-year-old son.
Cause sister is mean to me-" said
tie youngster. Il ate all the CANDY
you gave me. and now she won't d..
vide hers with mel"
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A Touch Lot.

we lead a hard life," said the doc
tor.
500" asked the layinan.
yes" replied the NJ. D. Gwen
when patient dies Of an incur,ble
disease the family blames the doctor"
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worry over the heredity of disease any
longer is to borrow trouble with no
reason for It,
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the Quartet till . consejo de guerra
tcourt martiaD can decide what the
fate shall be OF any accursed gringo
who dares kill one OF our gallant
soldiers! Here!"
He tossed q paper to the OH Ger.
Let him see. captain. that even II
his own accursed country. where the
pigs walk on their hind legs and talk
and act as II they were indeed men.
they are beginning to see that the
revolutionary forces OF our land are
not to be withstood- court-martial
will meet tomorrow afternoon.
HE is in a better humor than ]
thought" said the officer to kynaston.
Ell viejo diablo 1.-THE old deviD gave
you the paper. senor, Rot because he
wished you to read it. but because he
himself cannot read. and wished to
impose upon you-here is the Quartet
Can ! send you some blanketsg | fear
the house will not be SO comfortable
as | might wish-flola. there. HON
bres! A guard for the Americano!"
And before he even realized that
he was indeed q prisoner. Kynaston
found himself showed inside the dirty
interior. the door closed and guard
set outside.
Kynaston. seeing that he might a.
we'll take things coolly. seated himself
on blanket that peon threw In the
door. took the paper from his pocket
and disposed himself to read.
The very first thing that caught his
eye was six-column display head:
ARMY OFFICER DISAPPEARS
so DOES PRICELESS GEM
There followed a garbled account of
the arrival of the Emerald Bell in Ky.
naston's camp. A still more garbled
account Of how 1t came into northern
Mexico. The account OF the gallant
fight made by the prisoners he had
left in his camp told plainly enough
the source of the story.
The article stated that, acting on IN.
formation received from a Mexican
prisoner who had been outrageously
abused by the army officer who had
captured him. the Tarryville Argus
had dispatched a special correspond
ent to the camp of the United States
troops.
There he found Major Updyke, who
with visible reluctance had substan-
tiated the story about the jewel.
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There is no pocket in a shroud.
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UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
SUMMER School, June 10 to July .. Bulletin sent
ON request CNixCEilOR DCCKfIL, DGNvkl, COLO.

Even dentist can't quiet his wife,
jaws.
Newark post., 1916-02-09
Grand Masquerade Ball

Upwards of 200 persons attend
ed the masquerade ball held in
Emmanuel Parish House, New
Castle, on Thursday evening.
The music was rendered by an or
chestra directed by George H.
Madden. The Grand March be-
gan at $50 o'clock. Alexander
McCaughan, John R. Lembson,
and Captain William E. Myers
were the judges of the characters.
Miss Mary King was the winner
n the ladies' class and Mayor
Richard S. Rodney in the mems
Miss Mabel Clewell as "The
Grand Duchess" was voted the
best dressed woman. A fine
luncheon was served at II o'clock
All present were delighted with
the function.
Newark post., 1916-02-09
Wheat Thief Caught After Chase

During the absence of his en-
ployer Walter Crumpton, a young
farmer of the Mt. Pleasant sec
ton, near Middletown, William
Galloch, hand hired last spring
took twelve bushels of wheat from
the barn, loaded it in a wagon
and sold it in Middletown by Mr..
Crumpton's alleged order. Gull
loch had induced Samuel Ridgelv.
colored, a hand on the nearby
farm of James Money to help him
IN his venture: Mr.. Crumpton
discovered the loss and notified
State Detective Mccoy who ar
rested Ridgely and took him to
Wilmington for hearing. Con-
stable Dickinson and Chief of Po-
lice Hilyard of Middletown later
caught Gulloch after chase of
several miles and he also was
taken to Wilmington for a hear
ing.
Newark post., 1916-02-09
$1,000 For Delaware PAGER

Willard B. Biggs of Middle
town, has sold the bay pacing
mare, May Bird, to Charles Mid
dagh, of Miflin, Pa, for $1,000.
May Bird is seven years old, by
Ashland Bud, 2.10 IA, dam May
Wilkes, PIT 1-2. The late Thomas
Curry bred her at his farm near
Greenwood. Thaddeus Windsor.
of Milford, bought her when two
wears old for 5000 and later raced
her on the Peninsula circuit. She
got record of 2.1S IA at Byberry
in 1914. Mr.. Biggs and Meyers e.
Son of Bridgeville, bought her in
1915 when she was raced by S. P.
Peacock. She went in twelve
races and was in the money in all
but one of them. She reached
home with a record of 2.15 IA
and is elegible in this years PIG
pace races. Mr.. Middagh pur-
chased Princess March, 2.15 IA
from Mr.. Biggs and Roberta, 2.
13 IA for George R. Biles last
July. He will race the former with
May Bird during the coming sea-
son.
Newark post., 1916-02-09
the same price, receiving also one
half of the wheat crop.

the same price, receiving also one
half of the wheat crop.
Mrs. Margaretta Jones, aged 95
years, the oldest female resident
of Middletown, fell in the yard at
her home on Tuesday, breaking
one of her ribs.
Alfred Marques, the young
Wilmington desperate who had
repeatedly escaped from the Fer
ris School, was given thirty day
term in the Workhouse on Thurs
day. He had been convicted on
several charges of robbery.
Charles H. Butler was showing
in Dover last week an egg which
weighed five ounces and measur-
ed 7 IA inches in circumference,
laid by a Plymouth Rock hen.
Business men and property
owners are pushing movement
to have High street, Seaford's S
main thoroughfare, paved from
West Seaford to the Hotel Sussex
as rain and snow convert it into
a mass Of mud.
Roy Cannon, farmer living
near Seaford, while shopping
there, one day last week, lost his
wallet containing 5000, a check
for $50 and some small change
and hopes it will be restored by
the finder.
Ladies of Milford Presbyterian
Church cleared $50 from their
supper and apron bazaar held on
Thursday evening.
The Kent Levy Court was reor,
ganized last Tuesday and voted tc
issue the remainder of the S25
900 worth of bonds authorized fol
the building good roads.
New Castle Grange, P. of H.
cleared S25 from it's box socia
and dance held in the Odd Eel
lows Hall at Bear Station.
Newark post., 1916-02-09
Death OF Edward Challenger

Edward Challenger, Civil War
veteran and lifelong resident
of New Castle, where he long con-
Quoted the drug business and was
for several years postmaster, died
at his home there last Monday
night, aged 81 years. A son, Ed
ward Challenger, two daughters,
Mrs. William Deakyne, and Miss
Harriet Challenger, and several
grandchildren, survive him.
Newark post., 1916-02-09
Negro Prowler Nabbed

William Pritchett, colored, was
arrested last Tuesday charged
with attempting to enter farm
houses near Red Lion and State
Road. A sawed section of a lad
der stolen from the premises of
w. E. Cranston was found at
Pritchett's home and he is sus-
pected as the prowler who tried
to enter a room on the second
floor of A. T. Davidson's home
where he formerly worked, and
also George T. Denney's residence
where the intruder was fired
upon.