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eyes. The pean of victory ceased.
The minister, man of God, rose slow
ly to his feet. He, too, felt tears rising
from the depths. Love had made him
the apostle Of the people of the will
derneSs and he had knit their hearts to
his with bands of humble ministry. He
had never before addressed so large an
audience as this. Sunday after Sun
day, the ten or twelve who made up
his little Calvinistic flock, lacking a
church building, gathered in the homes
of his elders, Henry Rice and James
Armstrong; the foundations Of Goshen
chapel had been scarcely planned; but
today he found a hundred men and
women watching him, expectant of
spiritual comfort. No one appreciated
better than he the sufferings, the be-
raavements through which they had
passed. In his meek and heroic spirit
he thanked God for the high honor be-
slowed upon him, that to him should
be given the words to address so great
company. In voice that rang
with prophecy, he read aloud that
thrilling call which concludes the four
teenth chapter of the Gospel Of Luke !;
and as he lifted his eyes from the
book, he found resting on him the clear
steady gaze Of the threescore back
wOOdsmen.
81 am going to speak to you about
tenacity of purpose" he began, ''the
quality of soul which enables you to
hang on to the thing you have begun
until you have finished it.
"NOt one of you men and women but
despises a man who gives up in the
midst of fight. This feeling is part
of your very blood, for you have been
brought up in the midst of dangers
such as no other generation of men
has known. 1t is upon resistance up to
the last notch that your lives them
selves depend. That man among you
who surrenders imperils the lives of
all of you. There is not one of you
whose resolution has not been tried
and tried sorely by the almost insuffer-
able burdens of this new land. A hun
dred times you have said, why did I
not remain in the land which my ia
theirs have made safe and pleasant for
me? And a hundred times you have
fought off that feeling of discourage
ment.
"You are about to be put to a test
more severe than any you have yet un-
dergOne. You have won the fight at Tip
pecanoe; but do not be mistaken: all
the pitiless warriors of the forest will
gather again and crush you out en-
tirely if they can; and behind them is
the power Of that nation across the
seas, whose tyranny our fathers have
overthrown at such tremendous cost.
"'And whosoever doth no. bear his
cross, and come after me, cannot be
my disciple!
'The words are those of the greatest
fighter of all. They are the words of
man who, without a single follower,
proclaimed his convictions before the
most hostile and unfriendly of all gen.
erations. The whole crushing weight
Of it's hate fell upon him, but he clung
to those beliefs to the very laSt-gave
up his life, rather than give them up.
He, of all men, knew what it mean to
cling to a purpose in the face of tre-
mendous difficulties. Yet he says that
whoever cannot equally endure the
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"Once upon a timey" she repeated.
'That sounds like story. That's the
way they always begin"
And so it was the beginning of a
story; but David did not tell it to her
then.
They went home together.
At Toinette's door, little Mr.. O'Ban-
non hailed David with shout.
81 sent my dove into the wilderness" !"
he said, his eyes twinkling, 'but you're
the most sizable olive branch I ever
saw!'
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OSOlA tullOu liz udO 1ICCu
himself from the girls clasp, and sud-
denly his knees loosened beneath him
and he sank at David's feet. Lydia
threw her arms around his shoulders.
'The mark!" cried Scull, raising
trembling hands.
David looked at the ribbon with a
start. "Why, yes, it is purple. But I
do not show it to you as sign that I
am keeping my oath Of the Brother
hood. No." AS he continued his voice
grew tender; he seemed to be speaking
to himself or to some vision which the
wretched figure kneeling at his feet
could not see.
'You saved my life just now," he
went on. 81 would have thanked you
for ending it, as you ended the love
of the one loved most in the world.
For the sake of that dead love I prom
ise you that no one shall know from me
what you have been, what you are. /
break my oath of the Brotherhood"
The groveling creature at David's
feet raised face of incredulity.
''You give up the Brothers ven
geance?"
Absolutely"
'You will not hold to your oathY'
81 have said no."
transfguring his face.
"God bless you, Larrence," he said
chokingly. "YOu do not know what
death means. You have only your own
life; have-God help me two lives
to live for!''
Lydia stopped quickly and lifted Da-
vids hand to her lips.
She went hastily from the room. The
two men stood facing each other and
for while there was silence. Then
David spoke slowly:
'Are you going to remain here?"
Scull Strengthened himself up.
''No! we shall go back to England.
I have robbed you of everything, and
you have given me everything. You
do not wish to see my face again. But
before I go I will tell Toinette the
truth. I"
David nodded wearily and went out
A cold and dreary rain was still fall
ing, but ray of light shone from the
tavern door on the upturned face of the
dead Indian. David stopped and
looked down upon the sightless visage
for a moment and then laughed. The
dreadful features were twisted into a
smile as to ultimate victory, and a
little rivulet of rain trickled unceas-
ingly from the corner of the mouth.
No more of wretched life; no more of
freWateri
David's hand stole unconsciously to
the pistol that hung heavily within the
folds of his own blouse. His fingers
tightened on it and his lips drew to-
gether in a harder line. Why
not? The thing SO easily, so
quickly done. Why not?
Was there anything remaining to
make him hold to life any longer?
What though Blackford did believe in
him? What though hundred friends
believed in him? What mattered all
their friendships, their stupid greet
ings, the little kindnesses of daily in
tercourse? What did his dreams of
great things to be done in this new
land amount to? Petty dreams, petty
tasks, buying and selling, sQuabblings
over pennies, wranglings over little
gains-a sordid prospect, the heritage
of fools!
The rain fell steadily, chilling him
to the very bones. Through it's gray
unceasing torrent he plodded, unchal-
lenged in his loneliness, to his own
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rooms in the village. Sodden with the
cold flood, sodden with quenched hopes,
he sank heavily upon a chair and
bowed his head upon his hands, there
to sit .or hours in numb wrestling
with bit,erness that were beyond his
power to shake off.
After long while, he rose and drew
the pistol from it's place-wiped the
dampness from it's shining barrel and
gazed at it with unseeing eyes.
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Every policeman in Berkeley, Cal
now has an automobile.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
The Uttermost Instant.

1t was the day following Sculls de-
parture. David walked swiftly, deep
into the leafess forest, and strobe
along Little Indian Greek, gurgling
under it's ice, to the spot where Toin-
cite O'Bannon had first smiled at him
in the April noon. 1t was there his
new life had begun. Aud there, kneel-
The Benson signal., 1917-04-07

Missouri has joined the list of states
which maintain night schools for
adults in rural regions.
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Remove fresh coffee stains by pour
ing boiling water through the fabric.
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CHAPTER XIX.
The Story Begins.

INC curry DS9InSs
In the little stone courthouse on that
Sabbath morning q hundred voices
were lifted in the stirring music of
Giardini's triumphal hymn. The peo-
pie Of the countryside had gathered to
give thanks to God for the victory over
their savage foes. The vigor of the
chant swelled in stern strength which
was made beautiful by the rough voices
of the pioneers. In the little room the
hymn echoed with the majesty Of a
cathedral chant:
Come, thou Almighty King,
Help us thy name to sing,
Help me to praise!
Father! all glorious,
Ger all victorious,
Come and reign over US,
Ancient Of days!
David felt himself thrill in every
nerve; his wife's hand trembled in his
and he knew that, like himself, she
felt the mighty glory of life and love,
Of trial undergone, Of good triumphant
over i'll, of yearnings toward the inef-
fable. Tears of happiness stood in his
The Holt County sentinel., 1917-09-07

For Snlc-250 bushels Of Seed
Rye. JAS. CAIN.
Mrs. Pearl Reeves and Kathryn
we're st. Joseph shoppers, last Thurs
day.
George Ennis. Of Rock Port, IL
here. looking over the various or.
char'ls In this section.
Paul. the l4-year-old son Of ]. b.
Stalcup. had his tonsils and adcnoids
removed by Dr. Proud, Thursday Of
last week.
Mrs. Frank Johnston and daugh-
ter. Helen, Of Kansas City, are here
visiting with Mrs. Harry Johnston and
the Walkers.
Harry Johnston. who Is buying
live stock Mt Kansas City, came up
and spent Sunday with his wife and
other relatives.
Albert Kunkel and family drove
to st. Joseph. last Thursday, visited
relatives, did some shopping and back
home in the evening.
Don Morgan was the conductor
Thursday for few runs on our In
terurban. Alfred Raiser went To
Maitland to see the flying machine.
Mrs. ]. A. Ellis, of Forest City,
was operated upon one day, last week
for throat trouble by Or. Proud, In
St Joseph, and she Is home again
and doing fine.
--Chas. r. bankers was here las,
Wednesday, visiting his brother, A
o., and attending to business matters
He and A. o. have been appointed ad,
ministrators of their fathers estate
Mrs. Lew Ashby, Of Bayard, Ne
braska, and Mr.. and Mrs. f. C. Tays
of Kansas City, were here last weel
to visit their father, w. H. Hartman
who has been q very sick man, but Il
now much better. His daughter, Mrs
Lulu Edwards, Is still with him anC
will remain indefinitely.
Miss Olivia Walker, after a sew
eral months visit here with Grandma
Walker, returned to her home In Ma
con, Mississippi, last week. Aunt
Hettie Walker went with her and will
pass the winter with her nephew
Lawrence Walker and family. Law
renee and family are all we'll.
Edwin A. Welty, wife and daugh'
ter, Mrs. Charles Geiger, leave thii
week for . journey across the Pacific
to the HaAwsin Islands and Japan
The ladies will stop ct Honolulu, while
Mr.. Welty goes TO Japan, whore hi
has business interests TO look After
They will leave San Francisco about
] September IL. :,
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5000 AT STAKE

5000 Is q reasonable estimate Of the
money you would lose should you at.
tend any other business college In
preference to the jackson University,
otherwise known as Americas Ideal
School. Investigate now. Absolute
proof furnished. SIS monthly guar
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keeping graduates who complete the
full English course. Greatest school
catalogue sver written sent free.
WALTER JACKSON, PRESIDENT.
CHILLIC0THE, NO.
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same farm for GO years and Is still
able to work in his garden. He has
lived strictly temperate life and
finds his best tonic In avoiding idle
ness. .
The distinction Of being Grant
City's first married man to respond
to patriotism's call belongs to G. c,
Haas, former editor Of the Worth
County Times, who is now in training
at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
Voting 81 to 2 the electors Of For.
est City last week granted . fran.
chise 70 the Transmission company
which seeks TO supply that place with
electric current from st. Joseph. 40.
cordin9 70 the terms Of the franchise
the transmission lines, already built
The Holt County sentinel., 1917-09-07

10 thc town limits. must he completed
To the homes Of the users within 30
days. Until the present Forest city
has taken current from the municipal
plant Of Oregon. This plant II loca,-
ed, in fact. In Forest City; hut long
continued failure to furnish satisfac-
tory service advanced as reasonable
ground for the change. As to what
mission lines OF the county seat plant,
now upon the streets Of Forest City,
the News does not even venture a
guess.
A worthy feature Of Savannah's
fair this week is the rural graduation
exercises of the county. On that day
III Eighth Graders will receive their
diplomas and they will he the guests
throughout the day of the Andrew
County Fair Association, says the
Reporter. Andrew county's first
rural graduation was held In 1908 and
the graduates In that class numbered
only ten.
A swarm of bees settled on horse
at Bolckow and stung II almost to
death, says the Savannah Reporter
But rs that was in the FOrty-Years.
Ago column we need not now be torn
with sympathy for the poor animal
The first subscriber Of the Savan'
nah Reporter, j. T. Painter, has hand
ed In his forty-third annual subserip'
ton payment with an expression o.
entire satisfaction and the testimon,
that he does not remember that HI
has missed single copy in all thos,
years. Refreshing contrast with thu
usual complaint Of the chap who does
MT pay and then declares that tn
paper didn't come half the time, any
way.
With the apple season opening, In
terest centers on prices to be receives
! for the late crop. A Mound City OF
! chaydist announces In the News-Jef
fersonian that his sound, sprayed
hand picked Jonathans are to 30 $40
!. q bushel ct the orchard; Ganos, Ben
. and Genets, Is cents. Packed In bay
j rels, 10 cents . barrel extra.
Fields Of corn that will average Q
, 10 70 bushels IN acre are dropping
acre by acre, into the Missouri Rive
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NORTHWEST MISSOURI.
The Most Important News Con.
denscd From the Leading
Papers.
(By A. 4. JeGrcy.)

An unusual mission brought the
mayor and marshal of Avondale to
Liberty last week, says the Advance.
They represented their townsmen be-
fore the Clay county court in an ef-
fort to disincorporate their town
presumably. to escape the increase in
poll tax and the expense of sidewalks.
When she pulled back the husk
from a fine big roasting ear an Ex-
celsior Springs woman found a frog
pressed tightly between the husk and
the kernels. The frog was a small
one, says the Standard. and his quar-
tiers had become so closed that he had
died.
a pawpaw pole S5 years old. and still
in good condition after having served
through all those years as n rafter in
the old Mt Zion church near Liberty
was exhibited TO the editor Of the Ad.
vance recently.
Citizens Of the Chandler special
road district in Clay county now have
the funds ready for the purpose Of
oiling the Chandler-Libcrty road.
They will buy two tanks Of oil at $500
each, laid down. They have proposed
TO Liberty and Clay county that II
two other tanks Of oil arc provided
the men Of the district will do the
grinding and apply the oil free Of
additional cost to extend the oiled
road 10 Liberty on the one side and
70 the county farm on the other.
The women Of Harrison county
have pledged 10 furnish for soldiers
relief work within one month 500 gar.
mcnts. in sets of four each. The
wooden yarn for one set costs about
$500, and the women. fairly enough.
have appealed to the men Of their
county 20 donate enough cash 10 buy
the yarn inasmuch as the women vol.
untccr to do the knitting.
An item in the Bethany Republican
recorded the departure Of Mrs. Han
nah - for visit in another
state. Her last name could not be
learned for she was overcome by a
sudden fear that the reporter who |
questioned her might be German |
spy.
At the recent Eag'cvllc Home |
"n w. .Ncc"sn' hrsc."ay pro-
sroMas so engaging nor the dinners
So ~ 'n'.ru,n'ng ,hat inc raRleviiie
n noble net Of Kindness, In five min
49, ~ one haF coneetl2n oi 500 was
sn'" 70 pc VS." 'owar, an operation
49, snn po|' one OF iami'y OF
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I,., A., - -. 49,,
,,,h." '.u W parN nul" lou" Tor war
Sar .u WIS n',r hnn war was
~, VS." 70 wsh J hna chancc ~
IusoJ Ioe yp' ~, paRgy pan,s;
wn,o y" ""ss mor funny Nuii; u
w.,,Il ia w ".,'oh pI"ec, soon
ncra"s halt Wv Ia'' anu Hhu
",,,,,o,. ny n,s p"'n 70 swn 'hc
, ~ ,l "n we ohck, ! 'ri|. Tome
"'Vlui' uNal war ana bu'chrr W.
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fishing the liability of railway COM
panies to provide switching facilities
for the industries located along their
lines.
Gully Reynolds, ex.sheriff Of Atchi-
son county, got ll2 tons Of wild hay
off the Walter meadow near town.
John Kirk did the baling and IL took
Just nine days to bale the entire crop.
Corning Mirror.
Fifteen acres Of D0-day corn max.
ing 60 to as bushels an acre that will
be ripe enough to make meal by Sep
TENDER 20, is attracting attention to
the j. Arch McMaster farm near
Hopkins, and the editor of the Jour
nal is already in training for a feast
Of mush and milk at the home Of his
farm friend.
Thirty head Of western horses sod
at Hopkins one day last week at an
average Of sS4.50 head.
A drove Of cattle spent the night in
Eddie Holker's oats field just before
he thrcshcd, 10 he told the Journal,
or his average yield Of that grain
might have exceeded 100 bushels an
acre. As II was the cattle left only
30 bushels an acre.
The dangers that bcset a married
man are vividly limited In headline
in the Hopkins Journal. "Sprains
Ankle Chasing Baby" reads the head,
while the item states that Harry
Chambers. n barber, severely injured
himself while playfully running aftet
his little girl.
-
Speaking of the thief who travels
about the country in the guise Of
government poultry inspector. con-
healthy hens" from each flock. the
Pickering correspondent Of the Hop
kins Journal advises: "ln case any
such chap calls on you have your
shotgun loaded, point IL toward him
and null the trigger. Don't aim TO
kill him but fill his hide so full Of
fine shot that he will eat his meals
Through the kindness Of County
Superintendent Kcsterson. Of Mercer
county. the Princeton Post IL enabled
10 publish n copy Of rare old teach
cr's certificate, dated In 1861. The
original was entirely written in scrip.
and certified the holders Qualifica-
tion In good moral character and lust
three common branches: spelling,
reading md writing.
Over nj Blake Inst week several
farmers received more than $500 each
Adams received a check for ss23.5O
for his crop of timothy sccd.--North- |
east Davies Items in Gallatin North |
Missourian.
Wide and favorable comment IN the |
large number Of well-kcpt lawns In
I,inncus have brought out the fact |
that last spring the Parent Teachers
Association offered prize for the
best lawn. Even q small prize, prop |
fort, viii do wonders.
---
The big $4,000 church nj Rich !
mond where the conference of the NJ. /
T.. charch, South, IL this week In SEES
ceding Methodist churches have
stood, says the Mistourian. the first
building having been built in 1855. |
Mcthodism In Ray county dates from
1922. when Rev. John Wood organic. |
ed the Fishing River Circuit. Today
there ap 90 Methodist churches IN
other county IN Missouri has SO many
members OF the NJ. T.. church, South,
-
One Maryville boy. keeran Cum
mlngs, WIN an eye I" business, has
MADE money collecting outteriiies TINS
summer Besides having . collection
OF thirty-nve Kinds OF butterflies and
moths IN his own cabinet nc mas SOLD
specimens 10 many students OF the
l.I
The Holt County sentinel., 1917-09-07

Want TO buy apples on the trees
or on the table. Write or phone me
what you have 20 cell. Phones, leS.
W. D. DUNCAN,
Craig, No,
The Holt County sentinel., 1917-09-07

Tho 9!d birthday Of Robert Baber,
of Platte county. h celebrated cach
year by an increasing number Of Wis
tors until this year II was more like
n co.a;ry picnic than family gath
,rinc, Mr.. BabCr has lived on the
The Holt County sentinel., 1917-09-07

Fields Of corn that will average 90
TO 70 bushels an acre are dropping,
acre by acre, into the Missouri River
The Holt County sentinel., 1917-09-07

An item In the Bethany Republican
recorded the departure Of Mrs. Han.
nah - for visit in another
state. Her last name could not be
learned for she was overcome By a
sudden fear that the reporter who
questioned her might be a German
Spy.
The Holt County sentinel., 1917-09-07

Fifty-four years ago on August "a
a killing frost visited Nodaway coun-
~ and is distinctly remembered by
George $. Baker, Maryville's pioneer
banker. He tells the Democrat Forum
that he made trip that day into thu
country south Of Maryville, wearing
linen suit and driving an OK team,
and that he was nearly frozen by tho
time the slow trip ended.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-26
GEO. HOOKER ASKS COUNCIL
NOT TO RUSH THROUGH
FISHER TRACTION PLANS


George Hooker, civic secretary of
the City Club of Chicago, in a letter
to Aid. Henry D. Captain, chairman
of the local transportation commit
tee of the city council which is back
ing the enabling act of Walter
Fisher and trying to get the coun-
Gil on record for it, gave a few of his
views on traction and municipal
ownership today. He asks for delay
in consideration of the Fisher act
until after election. 1t probably will
be called by Aid. Captain before the
council meeting today.
In his letter. Mr.. Hooker, known as
an expert on municipal affairs, ex-
presses surprise that the same gen4
tleman who put the Mueller law and
the 1907 ordinances over on the city
should be in the hire of the council to
draw the enabling act which comes
up for discussion and vote today.
He says that the Fisher bill as it
outlines the future of the city's trac-
ton affairs would not give the peo-
pie successful municipal ownership
because Of the high interest charges
the city would have to pay on the
bonds held by the traction barons
even if the city were able to take
over and operate the lines at the end
Of 80 years, as Fisher says.
He advocates a showdown to see
whether the people or the corpora
lions are most powerful in Illinois
He says the transportation commit
tee should spend more time in bet
tering service than in devising means
to hand over rights to the city's
streets to the car baTOns.
In part, his letter reads:
From the standpoint of the pub
lie do not think the present an au-
spiciOus time to consider steps to-
ward a 80 or 5O-year, half billion
dollar traction franchise, when Aid.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-26

didates who have been in retirement
seem on the point of breaking into
the council, and when the public
mind and the agencies Of public dis
CussiOn are pTe-OCcupied with the
greatest war of all time. Instead, it
seems to me that, in the line of i'm
mediate action, your committee
should proceed to secure those i'm
prOVements in service and in COdified
or extended facilities which are
within the range of practical posi-
bilities, and to that end should place
the duty Of securing these in the
hands of competent persons Of IN
doubted interest in that program.
Il confess to establishment that
after the collapse of the Mueller law
certificate plan the same gentleman
who drew that law, and who cites
its authorship as evincing his attach
ment to municipal ownership, should
be framing and offering his 1880
year enabling bill as another inge-
NOUS device for getting municipal
ownership.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
branee-plan offered in the proposed
bill would at best involve payment
by the city of an interest rate on the
debt at least per cent higher than
on municipal bonds. For the pres
ent street car capitalization of $780,
100000 that would mean S1,50O,000
a year. For go per cent of the pro-
posed haIf-biIliOn dollar capitaliza-
ton is would mean $3,OOO,OOO a year.
That annual loss to the city might
mean the difference between a prac-
ticable, successful municipal owner
ship plan and failure. l have never
favored any municipal ownership
plan except by the use Of the general
credit OF. the city. The proposed al
tentative would, in my opinion, rep
resent bad business judgment.
IF we do not mean business in