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The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01
Letting The Cat Out

Mr.. Herman Rosenthal, advertis-
ing manager for Sears, Roebuck &
Co.., Of Chicago recently told the
mssnbers Of the American Ad Club
ons Of the methods by which the
couiphny extended its trade. He
sald:l
We have bureau whose duty 1t
IL 70 read, each week, the country
newspapers from all over the coun-
try. There is not paper Of any con-
sequence In our trade territory that
our bureau does not get This bureau
looks s||over these papers, and when we
md 4 town where the merchants are
not advertising In the local paper, We
immt tdisly flood that territory with
ouf literature. 1t always brings re-
sultalfar in excess Of the same effort
put firth In territory where the local
merchants all the time use their loc-
81 paper.
Az the Commercial Association OF
Madison. Wis, has pointed out this
statsment rather 'lets the cat out Of
the bag" 1t let's 1t out, indeed,
squarely into the lap Of the small
towl merchant who, while failing to
advertise judiciously In his local pa
PEI, berates his fellow-townsmen for
Asststing In making dividends for the
meH-order companies.
We have noticed Of late number
Of complaints Of this kind recorded
10 newspapers from various parts OF
thei country complaints not only
frosh local merchants but from local
commercial organizations. The state
m4nt Of Mr.. Rosenthal creates the
suggestion that business men who
make such complaints, whether In
divtdually or In groups, investigate
with a view to ascertaintng whether
the fault does not rest with them
selves that mail-order purchases are
10 extensive In their respective COM
munities. - New York Financial
America.
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The Post Herd Law

Will make grazing on the public
commons In Colorado impossible.
Will almost annihilate the dairy
industry In this state.
Will make farmers liable for dam.
age II their stock strays upon the
railroads.
Will make farmers liable for dam.
age II their stock Craze upon unfenced
private lands.
Will stir up strife and enmity be-
tween the stock farmers.
Will bar the herds Of the SMALL
stock farmer as well rs the LARGE
one from the range.
Will prevent the grazing Of over
$1,000, 600 acres of unfenced lands in
this state.
Will deprive the farmers Of q mar
ket for their hay and forage crops by
driving out the live stock.
Will depreciate the value Of farm
lands more than 80 per cent.
Will put an end to settlement and
agricultural development.
Will bring disaster and ruin where
there 10 now prosperity.
It 10 not herd law At all.
DO YOU WANT 1T?
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Try The Herald for . year.
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run.
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Real moral courage consists OF
defiance Of every opinion ex-
cept that one which we know to be
right.
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

Many women merely compel men
to recognize u sence of duty; others
influence them to exercise . form Of
sentiment.
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

Men Of worth are seldom popular in
their own day; for while intelligence
is on the march, ignorance is on the
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

An ounce Of business enthusiasm
Is worth . ton Of constrained effort.
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

Friendship is one Of the most beau
tiful things in the world, provided 1t
is seasoned with self-sacrifice and gar
nished with sincerity.
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Welcome, Fellow Citizens

During the recent session of the
district court, the following foreign
born citizens were naturalized by
Judge Black and are now full fiedged
citizens Of the greatest and best
country on earth:
Carmine De Julio
Martin Borlatti
Frank Pecchio
Peter BOttino
Sven Thuren
Stanslau Zabdyr
Joseph Bruck.
-Ouray Plaindealer.
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We must first get close to sn idol
before we can shatter IL.
The Meeker herald., 1916-07-01

The herd law, fathered by the
Denver Post to "hold up" the stock
men, will be knocked into u cooked
hat when the voters get chance at
1t. = Morgan county Republican,
Brush, Colorado.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-02-25
CHAPTER LxVI.
The Cavarns.


When Kitty Gray awakened to con-
seriousness upon the beach of a strange
land whittier she had been carried by
no purpose of her own, she looked
once more into the face of peril. The
savages who surrounded her showed
no sign Of pity or kindness. Upon the
contrary, %whooping and yelling, they
fell upon her and dragged her in spite
of herself toward their WI village.
This village had a ruler OF it's own,
no doubt chief for that part OF the
country.
He was a savage of peculiarly fierce
and forbiading visage, and Kitty felt
her blood run cold as she faced his
evil gaze. The natives, yelling in
glee, practically cast her at his feet.
Evidently they were giving to Caesar
the things which they thought were
Caesar's-in this case, woman, the
spolia opima of all was's and all con
quests. The evil face OF the savage
monarch relaxed into a grin which
made Kitty shudder.
What nm was this now brought
by chance to the presence Of this ogre?
Surely he had never seen her like be-
fore. Moreover, she was alone, a pris-
oner, helpless. The progress Of rea-
son hereabouts was swift and simple,
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and the chief himself did not lack
d%irectness in his methods. He gave
q sign to his men, and the girl was
dragged away, struggling as best she
might, and flung into a hut which she
knew was to serve as a prison.
Here in a corner OF the dark interior
she covered in terror before the ap-
partitions conjured up by her own
imagination. She had not long to
wait. The chief himself came, little
s%uspecting the resistance he was to
meet-that of an enraged and despair
ing woman. So valiant did Kitty prove
herself in repulsing his odious adj
vances, that he was glad enough to
give her up and make his way back
to his hammock, leaving her to her
own devices.
Outside the hut Kitty could now
hear loud cries, orders, shouts, ex-
carnations, all the sounds Of a crowd
gathering-for what purpose she could
not guess. The meaning of this also
was not long left in doubt for her.
Again the door Of her hut was dark
ened, and again the natives intruded
upon her privacy. Forceful hands
dragged her once more before the
chief.
The latter, smiling his hideous pur-
pose Of vengeance, pointed to a pile
Of firewood burning at the brink Of a
deep pit in the ground. He made
signs to Kitty which she could not
fail to understand.
Yes, she saw it now-she was to
suffer the most horrible Of deaths, that
BY ire! These people either were
cannibals or fiends. Perhaps they
purposed for her some rite Of q horri.
BILE religion.
What could 4 matter to their VIC
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unspoken thought on the part Of these
others. The y Of the white man
kindled, the figure Of the white man
Strengthened. He knew! They we're
trying to tell that they had found a
woman shipwrecked and cast upon
this island.
If SO, who was it, who could it be-
Was it she whom he sought? Was fate
merely jesting with him once more,
or mercifully intending to teach him
the one truth he craved?
The chief himself somewhat con-
firmed Count Frederick's surmises.
He came now and pointed t. one of
the Of his own tribe, then APP
preaching Frederick, he pulled up his
sleeve and ran his hand over the
white mans skin, pointing again to
the woman. Plainly, a white woman
had been discovered! That itself was
an extraordinary occurrence here. Ad-
miration, wonder, in part consterna-
ton, existed among these simple-mind-
ed natives.
But, obviously, they intended them
selves to go to see this strange crea-
ture. The chief called about him some
| of his men. Count Frederick saw his
opportunity in this. He placed himself
at the head of the little band, and pat.
ting his pistol, held it up, as show
ing that he himself, owner of this
powerful weapon, was the n leader
fit for this errani Of O of tlis
strange white woman.
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beach and into the village which
served as headquarters for that por-
ton OF the island. Here he was
brought before the chief. From the
look of him and his subjects, Count
Frederick fancied himself to be ON
an island somewhere off the African
coast.
Whether these people were friends
or foes he could not tell at first. for
he understood neither their language
nor their gesticulations, but it oc-
Cured to him that whichever they
might be it would not be amiss for
him to impress them with a feeling
of his own power. He could not tell
whether Or not they were familiar
with the effect of firearms, but re-
called all he had read Of the terror
inspired in savage minds by the use
of such weapons. He drew from his
pocket the pistol which he had car
ried, and looked about him for some
object at which to aim.
A wild duck was floating in the la
COON not far away, and at this Count
Frederick took careful aim, and fired
with the extraordinary good luck to
kill it outright. This feat brought out
a most ludicrous activity amongst the
natives. In CONSERVATION they flung
themselves before him, clasped his
knees, and laid their foreheads upon
the earth ever as Man Friday had in
/ tho n~y1Cnnpn af Crrrcnn IF nl1 Ghui
ously they were not disposed to curry
favor with him now, and not to attack
him. AS for himself, possessed only
Of such ammunition as remained in
his single cartridge clip, he assumed
such an attitude as he fancied would
best display him as a conqueror-al-
though in truth he felt himself far
from such.
They led him through the village to
a place where he was offered food and
water-both now imperatively craved
| by his starved body.
Unable to understand what was de.
sired of him, and Indifferent as to the
meaning of the colloquy going on
about him, for some time his interest
in life and its affairs was so lax that
he paid no attention to anything that
was happening. At length, however
he noticed something which caused
him to take a sudden and eager inter
est in his surroundings.
Two men came running, evidently
from a distant part of the island and
| avidantly hearers IF news Of some i'm
portance, as could be proved by the re
ception given their hurried story. But
what was that story?
There is a certain virtue in neces
| sity itself. There is a certain common
denomination in human emotions
There is perhaps a certain unrecog
nized common denominator in human
expression OF human emotion-some
universal language, whether OF word
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-02-25
CHAPTER Lxv.
The Unknown countriea.

What now Of those to whom Count
Sachio had SO lightly given carte
blanche to oblivion? Certainly there
was left behind them no trace or clue
which could give q hint Of the ex-
traordinary circumstances now en-
meshing them. They might all OF
them, Kitty, Count Frederick. Roleau,
as well have been dead indeed and
sunk at set. 30 far as any hint of their
fate was concerned. They had van.
ished from the earth. The ship that
bore them had vanished from the wa.
ter as well.
It was Q strange and unreal coun.
try which faced Count Frederick when
he found solid land under foot once
more. He turned to life and its hap
piness only with . dull apathy, . lag
ging interest.
Frederick did not note that the
faithful Roleau had become separated
from him N the confusion following
the landing Of the boat. In truth,
,RoI6au, eShxusted = he vas. himself
but little Of What had gone
bn. i rndag hid (self finally Let pfac'
pGky a16ne. ~ made 81 down the
beach n search Of food and water,
Wine meantime Frederick was sccom'
ranie1 A.9aEty g natiyee - 81
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CHAPTER LxvH.
IN the Bowels Of the Earth.

In the Bowels Of the Earth.
Count Frederick and his little band
of warriors did not at once arrive up
on the solution OF the mystery Of the
strange white woman. The childlike
caprice of the natives led him hither
and thither, to this village and to that;
so that a considerable time had
elapsed before at length he found him
self upon the scene of the late fateful
happenings, although himself at that
time still ignorant alike OF the occur
rences and their cause. To him this
was but one more savage village, one
more set Of difficulties, one more
series OF disappointments.
They brought him, guarded by hts
own warriors, and hence for the time
safe. into the presence Of the same
chief who had devoted Kitty Gray 30
ruthlessly to the sacrifice. To Count
Frederick he was only one more NV
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OF gesture, or Of the unspoken tele-
pathic quality of the mind itself. Count
Frederick understood not one word
Of this language which he heard. yet
he knew-because he must know
something Of the subject which these
persons we're discussing.
The men had come far-one could
tell that, their looks proved 1t. They
had seen something strange, some
thing extraordinary had happened,
some event Of interest or Importance
had occurred, else they would not have
come so fast and SO far. This was
easy enough to reason out.
What was that event? What could
happen out OF the ordinary on this
desert island, unless it we're some
thing coming from beyond the narrow
horizon OF that island-say, a ship.
wreck, or the landing on these shores
OF some survivor such as he himself
had been?
That would explain these hurried
messengers. But II that were true.
who or what was the survivor or ad-
venturer discovered in q distant part
Of this same land? Was it = man or
men, was 1t q woman or women?
What was the meaning OF these ex-
cited calculations. these gestures,
these contOrtiOns?
Guessing, rather than knowing
Count Frederick fancied that these
men were telling about a woman who
like himself had been cast up by the
waves.
The keen intentness Of the white
mans brain, for countless generations
trained in logic and analysis, infinitely
superior to the mentality Of these hall
brutes about him. served to forcs It.
self into some comprehension Of what
night almost - wen have been m
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SYNOPSIS.

Kitty Gray, newspaper woman. finds In
4 curio shop half Of a broken coin, the
mutilated inscription on which arouses
her curiosity and leads her, at the order
OF her managing editor, to go to the prin-
cipality Of G~retzhoffen to piece out the
story suggested by the inscription. She Is
followed, and on arrival in Gretzhoffen
her adventures while chasing the secret
OF the broken coin begin.
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followed the trail, until at length inc
distracted eyes of Count Frederick
saw on ahead something to give him
pause.
He saw Kitty Gray standing, alive,
apparently unhurt, in a vast apart.
ment of these subterranean vaults! Be.
yond, the floor seemed to break Off
to what depth he could not guess. No
egress at either extremity Of the sub
t%erranean chamber could be seer from
where he stood. The trail led thither.
to where she stood-to where at her
side stood also a strange misshapen
figure Of a man. or what had been q
| man.
"Mademoiselle!" cried Count Fred
erick, high and clear. "Courage!"
and sprang forward.
Now this strange creature that had
brought Kitty Gray hither seemed 70
fancy himself about to be robbed Of
his captive. For one moment he stood
awaiting the onslaught of Count Fred
erick and his allies, then with .
hoarse cry he caught Kitty Gray up
in his arms again. A pace or so. and
she was held suspended above the un-
known abyss which lay below. Mem
acingly, her captor turned upon his as.
sailant a face which ut least offered
one conclusion.
He made no coherent speech, but
his attitude spoke loud.
Count Frederick halted. One step
more. and the girl would be plunged
into eternity.
| (To N ColeTu1uEDA
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