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unusually tall figure. When II ap-
peared nearer he was seen 20 be walk
Ing with both arms raised, hands high.
He slowed his stride.
"DOes Burt Jones live hereT he
asked, In q low. hurried voice.
Il reckon. I'm Burt. What can I
DO for your replied Jones.
The stranger peered around, stealth
lly 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
dirk
The stranger wheeled and departed
as swiftly and strangely as he had
come.
Bust met Duane, whatever do you
make Of thatfr 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 II. I'd have said off-hand
that MacNelly wouldn't double-cross
anybody. He struck me a square man,
sand all through. But hell! he must
mean treachery. l emit see anything
else In that deal"
Maybe the Captain wants to give
me a 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 MacSelly's a new
man out here. He does some queer
things. Perhaps he's getting a 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"
THAT messenger he sent-he was a
ranger" said Duane.
''Sure he was, and a nervy onel II
must have taken sand to come bracing
you that way. Duane, the fellow
didn't pack n gun. I'll swear to that.
Pretty odd, this trick. But you can't
trust It. Hit the road. Duane"
A little later a black horse with
muffied 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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,or,D, ,,ons m Ms rear. He paad no

Looping along IN Ms rear. He psad No
more attention to them. and with teen
set he faced ahead. grimmer now In
his determination TO foil them.
Sight Of the village ahead surprised
Duane. He reached It sooner than he
expected. Then he made a 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 a 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 10 go through the village.
saddled horses in front OF a store
gave Duane an idea, not by any means
new. and one he had carried out sue
cessfully before. As he pulled in his
heaying mount and leaped of, couple
Of ranchers came out Of the place, and
one Of them stepped to a clean-limbed,
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The Lone Star Ranger
A Fine Tale of the Open Country By ZANE GREY

clear stream between yellow cliffs,
stood q small deserted shack Of cover
cd mesquite poles. II had been made
long ago. but wHs well preserved. A
door faced the overgrOyn trail. and
another faced down into a gorge Of
dense thlckets. On the border fugi-
iyes from law and men who hid In
fear Of someone they had wrOnged
never lived In houses with only one
door.
II was a wild spot, lonely, not ft
for hufnhn habltation except for the
Outcnst.
On clear days-and rare indeed were
cloudy dhys-with the subsidlng Of the
wind at sunset a hush seemed 10 fall
around the little hut Far-dlstant dim
blue mountains stood gold-rimmed
gradually to fade with the shading Of
light.
At this quiet hour a 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 n man named Sellers,
and the opmblnntion Of circumstances
that had made the tragedy a memor-
able regret, had marked, IL not a
change. at least a cessation In Duane's
activities. He had trailed Sellers to
kill him for the supposed abducting
OF Jennie. Vague rumOrs. few words
here and there, unauthenticated stOr-
les were all that Duane had gathered
Ia yenrs 10 substantiate his belief
thnt Jennie died shortly nfter the be-
ginning OF her second captivity.
Sellers might have told him. Duane
expected. II not TO force II from him
at the end, 10 read It In his eyes. But
the bullet went toe unerrlngly; 1t
locked his lips and fixed his eyes.
After that meeting Duane lay long
at the ranch-hOuse OF "a friend. and
Sellers had given him he started with
two horses and a pack for the lonely
gorge on the Nueces. There he had
been hidden for months, a prey TO re-
morse. dreamer. victim of
phantoms.
II 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 II he had found IL to do. Then
In his idle moments and at night his
task was TO live with the hell I'm 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 Jennle's presence. II was not
as II he felt her spirit. II II had been
he would have been sure Of her death.
lie hoped Jennie had not survived her
second misfortune; and that intense
hope had burned into belief, II 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 visualization.
He could shut his eyes and see Jennie
before him Just as clearly as II she
had stood there In the flesh. For
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hours he did that, dreaming. dreaming
OF life ne mad never tasted and now
never would taste. He thought Of her
beauty and sweetness. OF the few
things which had come 20 mean TO
him that she must have loved him
and he trained himself TO think "
these In preference TO her life at
BANDS, the escape with him, and
then her recapture, because such mem
ories led to bitter, frultless pain. He
had TO fght suffering because It was
eating out his heart.
Sitting there, eyes wide open, he
dreamed of the old homestead and his
white-hnired mother. He saw the old
home'life, sweetened and filed by dear
new facee ana added joys, go on be-
fore his eyes with him part OF Il.
Then in the Inevitable reaction, In
the rennx Of hitter reality. he would
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Considering all the domestic
troubles, family scandals and
love affairs that turn out badly,
one might be cynical indeed
about the power Of uomsn's AZ.
feetlon and trust TO keep q man
on the path Of honor In the face
Of sllvrina temptation. But
there comes Into Buck Dusne's
life a feminine Influence 90 fine
AS depleted by the author
that the reader OF "The Lone
Star Ranger" cannot resist the
charm Of II all. N you want the
cream Of romance and sdyen-
ture, don't miss this Instslln,ent.
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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 swiftT
Duane glanced back up the road.
His pursuers were entering the village.
"rm Duane-Buck Duane" he cried.
menacingly. "Will you trade? Hurry -
The :ancher, turned white, dropped
his foot from the stirrup and fell back
Il reckon I'll trade" het 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, 0ud more coming
behind them.
His new horse had not had time q.
get warm before Duane reached high
sandy bluff below which lay the willow
brakes. AS far as he could see extend
ed an immense fat strip or red-tlnged
willow. How welcome il was 10 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
too soon. For he heard his pursuers
piling over the blum, loud-voiced. con-
tident, brutal. They crashed into the
willows.
"Hi, Sid Heah's your hoss !" called
one, evidently TO the man Duane had
forced into trade.
Say, II you locoed gents II hold up
little I'll tell you somethin'," replied
voice from the bluff.
Come on, Sldl We've got him
corralled," said the first speaker.
"Wal, mebbe, an II you hey it,s lin
BILE to be damn hot. Thet feller was
Buck Duanel"
Absolute silence followed that state-
ment Presently 1t was broken NV n
rattling OF loose gravel and then low
voices.
"He can't git acrost the river, tell
you" came to Duane's ears, "He,s
corralled In the brake. know thet
hole"
linen Duane, gliding silently and
swiftly through the willows heard NO
more from his pursuers. He headed
straight for the river. Threading n
passage through n willow brake was
an old task for him. Many days ana
hights had gone to the acquiring az a
sAiiI that might have been envied by
an Indian. ~
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SYNOPSIS

Ths time % the story: about III The
places The TeTss COW country. The chief
character; Buckley Duane. a young man
who has Inherited lust 70 kiil, which he
a drunken bully and is forced % fee 20
the yih country whore he j0ina Blanf's
outlaw band Euchre. an arnlable rascal.
fad been abducted and sold 70 Bland for a
bad fate. They dsteruslns - rescue the
Eirl and restore her 20 civil izafl0u. Eu-
chre ~ killed. Buck kills Bland and 10
dangsrOualy wounded by Mr.. Bland but
e8capes with Jennie
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CHAPTER xi.

a hundred miles from the haunts
fnost familiar with Duane's deeds, far
I'D where the Nusces ran trickling
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CHAPTER x-continued.

Buck and Jennie are sitting In the
wilderness cabin discussing their fu-
ture.
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Do you believe that Captain
meNelly Is trying to lure Duane
70 MS camp at night time In or.
der to shoot him from ambushY
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ITO sE Continued
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DIG SHIPMENT OF CATTLE
OVER WEsTERN PACIFIC

The Pacific Live Stock company has
arranged for n shipment OF sixty car.
loads Of cattle next Saturday from
Sulphur station on the Western Pacific
TO California The animals are being
driven In from the company's ranches
in the northern part of the county and
southern Oregon.
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18TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Continued from page ~

resolution will now go back to the
house for concurrence in the amend,
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New Ulm review., 1917-12-19
CAMBRIA PLANS MUNICIPAL
TREE

The enterprising people of Cambria
are determined that their little people
shall not do without any Of the Christ
mas JOY that they can provide for them
and they are going ahead with. plans
for a municipal Christmas Tree Cele-
b-ation to be held in their hall. The
children will have program and the
exercises will be held Monday evening.
On Christmas Day there will be series
Of services at the Congregational church,
occupying most of the day. In the
morning there will be business meeting
of the church members and in the after
noon and evening there will be song
services with recitations and other forms
OF Christmas entertainment.
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sKAT PLAYERS ATTENTION.

There viii be no skat. tournament
Monday evening, Dec. 31st. These
two days every skat player is expected
to spend in the bosom of his family.
The annual meeting Of the skat club
will be held Monday, January 7th,
beginning promptly at 7:30 3. m.
New officers will be elected for the
ensuing year. At the last tournament
the first prize went to John Backer
who scored Is net games. The second
prize was won by Joseph Chaser
with 468 net points and Emil g.
Hage won the tl.:yd prize with club
solo against matadores. John
Backer also won the special prize put
up BY the schell Brewing Co. for the
! h'shsss BE. Player. Tlhssy lhhssy playfkds at5 at5sa Z
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A'AAe.AA AC 6SA
or naval service it shall be the duty Of
the officer discharging him Immediately
to notify the registrant's local board
of the action taken and the local board
shall at once re-classify the registrant.
IF his class and order number has been
reached he shall be physically examined
and if found qualified shall at once be
inducted into military service.
A pilot or mariner on the Great Lakes,
if his employment is interrupted by clos
ing Of navigation owing to weather con-
ditions. shall be discharged by his local
board il. he files an affidavit from his
employers with the local board to the
effect that he has been employed during
the past season and will in all probability
be employed in his former capacity the
coming season.
Within the past week legal advisory
boards have been appointed for each
County in the State. For Brown Coun-
ty Judge 1. NJ. Olsen, Attorneys w. II.
Dempsey and Alfred w. Mueller have
been appointed. These legal advisory
boards are primarily to advise registrants
and aid them in making proper and
truthful answers to the QUESTIONABLE and
in securing such proper supporting
affidavits as may be required in particular
classes Of cases. This service they are
expected to furnish gratis. Their duties
do not include advice to local draft
boards as these members and the legal
Continued on Page, g.
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CHRISTMAS BURROUGHS WHICH
HAD BEEN EXPECTED NOT
FORTHCOMING.
DRAFTED MEN MUST CONTENT
THEMSELVES WITH CAMP
CHRISTMAS.

cAdA dSIIy, OIVAoAOu 1SO1uAHdIlOcI, wiz
says that the boys who can't get home
without using steam transportation will
have to get along without the expected
furlough. The order was issued Thurs
day and cancels automatically all fur
ioughs which had previously been grant,
ed so there viii be a number of sorely
set on tasting good meal from mothers
table. But that is part OF war, and
the men are accepting it like soldiers.
May go Home by Auto.
While nothing was indicated in the
order regarding soldiers living within
trolly or driving distance, it is believed
that men who can reach their homes
by auto or electric lines, will be given
that privilege for the holiday leave.
It is unofficially believed at. Division
Headquarters that the order from Wash
ington to discourage leaves and fur
loughs is the forerunner of one ordering
the next draft of $4,000 men to proceed
to Camp Dodge.
Must not Impede Traffic.
The reason given by the war depart
ment for its orders is that traffic con-
ditions on the railroads at Christmas
time must be impeded as little as pos
sible by comings and goings Of soldiers.
More Men to Camp
The order seems to fcreshadow q
huge movement Of drafted men and
the next increment of soldiers may be
ordered to Camp Dodge during the
holidays. 49,
After an preparations had been made
in many organizations for sending
the men to their homes, the revocations
of leaves was disappointing to the
soldiers. It was first broken to them
Wednesday night by news dispatches
| from Washington which stated that
no furloughs would be granted ex-
cept to men living within trolley dis
tance of various camps.
1t was pointed out that under the
ruling there would be discrimination
in favor Of those soldiers who lived
even as far as two or three hundred
miles away. Those whose families were
the possessors of motor cars could
call for them with their ten day leaves
and return them to camp while those
not SO fortunate would be required to
remain in camp. A similar situation
is involved in the cases Of men who
live perhaps one hundred miles away
whose homes happen to be situated
on electric lines radiating from Des
Moines.
This question probably will be ad-
justed within.a few days.
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In, BROWN COUNTY. MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY, DEC 1g 1871
services. The children's program will
be given Monday evening at Z o clock.
There will be tree and program Of

services. The children's program will
be given Monday evening at z O. clock.
There will be a tree and program Of
songs and recitations.
At the st. Pauls Lutheran church
the little folks of the Sunday school
will have their Christmas Tree cele-
bration early Monday evening, at $50
to be exact. A program Of Christmas
songs, stories and recitations is all
ready for the delight of the youngsters
and their papas and mamas.
The Christmas sermon will be de
livered Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock
and the Lords Supper viii be observed.
There will be services also at. the same
hour on second Christmas Day, We'd
nesday morning. Rev. Albrecht will
deliver the sermons.
Special music has been prepared
by the mixed choir of fifty voices which
has been in training by Prof. Reuter-
for several months. They will sing
at the Christmas services.
Masses All Day At Trinity
At the Holy Trinity church there
will follow the usual succession o1
services with which this congregation
always observes the season. Long be.
fore break of day will be heard the pas.
sing of feet carrying their owners to
Solemn High Mass at o'clock. Al
9 o'clock there will be an English sermon
and again at 1890 Solemn High Mass
will be celebrated. At 300 P. M
Continued on page two)
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EXPECTED
FINALLY HAPPENS
DRIVER OF DELIVERY WAGON
GETS SURPRISE OF HIS
YOUNG LIFE
3:3s NORTHWESTERN TAKES a
HAND IN CHRISTMAS
DELIVERIES

Alfred Kopetsi who drives the de-
livery auto for the Red Front Grocery
was treated to sUmeti1ing gnevr-n1-ttlls.e
way Of an experience last Saturday
afternoon and for minute he thought
he had developed wings and was going
'.over the top in fine shape. But
whatever goes up, must come down as
he found in few moments, when he
landed again on Mother Earth and
picked himself up for an inventory.
He found himself intact but his delivery
car, that was different story!
Takes One Chance
Kopetsh was just about to cross
the railroad tracks near the cereal
mill of the New Ulm Roller Mill Co.
A string of cars obstructed his, view
of the main track and while he is or
dinarily a very careful driver he took
one chance. and missed.
Nothing Left Of Car.
The front part of the car was across
the track and all going nicely when,
Whoof! something hit the hind wheels
and Alfred started his flight. It was
the east bound afternoon passenger
on the Northwestern line which 50
suddenly swooped down out of no.
where and scattered the deliveries
and the spokes and tires and steering
gear, and other important parts of
the Ford to the four winds of heaven.
In other words, there was scarcely enuf
of the car left to tell the tale but the
driver was unhurt. Alfred is now driving
old Dobbin and the Christmas deliver
les are being made just the same in
spite of that evil tempered Three Thirty
Nine.
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Pageant At Methodist Church

Pageant At Methodist Church
i At the Methodist church, the young
people are busily engaged in preparing
the Pageant of Bethlehem" a" which tells
the story Of the Nativity in song and
picture. The girls and boys of old
Bethlehem appear in their quaint cos
TUNES and tell of the wonderful star
that has shone in the heavens, the
shepherds come with their queries and
the wise men with their gifts. Col
ored lights will be used to heighten
the effect of the scenes of the little
town of Bethlehem, lying among the hills.
The tiny tots who can not have a
part in the pageant will have their own
little mixed program which will precede
the other. Both viii be given as an
accompaniment. of the Christmas Tree
festivities on Christmas eve, the
24th, at $50 O clock.
The Christmas services are to be held
Christmas morning at 1880 and Rev.
Holm will deliver the sermon.
At st. Peters Episcopal church the
,Christmasa .ssramoia wiA. BE delivered
Sunday MON morning At the hour Of regular
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MAIL DELIVERIES CHRISTMAS
DAY.

Postmaster Pfaender. announces that
mail deliveries for Christmas Day will
be made as follows: City Carriers, one de
livery each. Rural carriers, will deliver.
Carriers and General Delivery windows
will be open between 8 and o'clock in
the morning.