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che body windbreuk over the hollow,
sort of roof, around which the snow,
driven by the gale, would heap itself
In hard waves. Within this shelter the
men slowed Nan. The horses were
driven down behind it, and from one
OF them De Spain took the collar, the
tugs and the whiflletrees. He stuck q
htching strap in his pocket, and while
Morgan steadied the Lady's head, De
Spain buckled the collar on her,
doubled the tugs around the whiffle-
tree, and fastened the roll at her side
In front of the saddle.
Nan came out and stood beside him
as he worked. When he had finished
she put her hand on his sleeve. He
held her close, Duke listening, to tell
her what he meant to try to do. Each
knew it we'll might be the last moment
together. "One thing and another
have kept us from marriage VOWS,
Man," said De Spain. reckoning at
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length to Morgan to step closer that
be might clearly hear. Nothing must
keep us longer. Will you marry me?"
She looked up into his eyes. 1--WE
promised you would. I will promise
every time you ask me. I never could
have but one answer to that, Henry
it must always be yesl'
'Then take me, Henry" he said
slowly, "here and now for your welded
husband. Will you do this, Nan2"
Still looking into his eyes, she an
swered without surprise or fear: "Hen-
~, do take you"
"And I, Henry, take you, Nan, here
and now for my welded wife, for bet
ter for worse, for richer for poorer,
from this day forward, until death us
do part
They sealed their pact with silent
embrace. De Spain turned to Duke.
"You are the witness Of this marriage,
Duke. You will see, If an accident
happens, that anything, everything I
have-some personal property-my fa-
theirs old ranch north of Medicine
Bend-some little money in bank at
Sleepy Cat-goes to my wife, Nan Nor
gan de Spain. Will you see to it,"
II will. And if it comes to me-you,
De Spain, will see to it that what stock
have in the gap goes to my niece,
Nan, your wife,"
She looked from one to the other Of
the two men. GAIL that have" she
said in turn, "the lands in the gap, ev-
erywhere around Music mountain, 20
to you two equally together, or which
ever survives. And If you both live,
and do not, remember my last mes
sage-bury the past in my grave"
Duke Morgan tested the cinches of
the saddle on the Lady once more, I'M
loosed the tugs once more from the
horses shoulder, examined each buckle
of the collar and every inch Of the two
strips of leather, the REINFORCED fas-
Jennings on the whif1etree, rolled all up
again, strapped it, and stood by the
head till De Spain swung up into the
saddle. He bent down once to whis-
per a last word of cheer to his wife,
and, without looking back, headed the
Lady into the storm.
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CHAPTER xxx.
Gambling With Death.

Wsu0ssu0 WIFI 00OGUs
Beyond giving his horse a safe head.
way from the shelter, De Spain made
little effort to guide her. He had cho-
sen the Lady, not because she was
fresher, for she was not, but because
he believed she possessed Of the three
horses tho clearest instinct to bring
her through the fight for the lives that
were at stake. He did not deceive him
self with the idea he could do anything
to help the beast ind q way to succor
that instinct rested wholly in the La.
dy's head, not in his. He only knew
that If she could not get back to help.
he could not. His own part in the
effort was quite outside any aid to the
Lady-it was no more than to reach
alive whatever aid she could find, that
he might direct 1t to where Nan and
her companion would endure a few
hours longer the fury Of the storm.
His own struggle for life, he real
lied, was with the wind-the roaring
wind that hurled its broadsides of fro
zen snow in monstrous waves across
the maddened sky, challenging every
living thing. It drove icy knives into
his face and ears, paralyzed in its
swift grasp his muscles and sinews,
fought the stout flow of blood through
his veins. and searched his very heart
to still 1t.
Encouraging the Lady with kind
words, and caressing her in her crop
ing efforts as she turned head and tail
from the binding sheets of snow and
ice, De Spain let her drift, hoping she
might bring them through, what he
confessed in his heart to be, the mar
rowest Of chances.
(Contjn"ad next week.
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De, Spain, urging his horse forward,
unbuckled his rifle holster, threw away
the scabbard, and holding the weapon
up in one hand, fired shot after shot
at measured intervals to attract the
attention of the two he sought. He ex.
hausted his rifle ammunition without
elicitfng any answer. The wind drove
with roar against which even a rifle
report could hardly carry, and the
SHOW swept down the sinks in mad
blast. Flakes torn by the fury of the
gale were stiffened by the bitter wind
into powdered ice that stung horse and
rider. Casting away the useless car.
bine, and pressing his horse to the
limit of her strength and endurance,
the unyielding pursuer rode in great,
coiling circles into the storm, to cut
in, if possible, ahead of it's victims,
firing shot upon shot from his revolver,
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Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.


performance of the terms Of that cer err
s and mAq nnIa execpted by George Judd
6nted h States wfei in St mSrs
Realty Company, as mortgagee. bearinE
date aad rt the ST day of February. 1914.
lister Of Deeds in and for the County
Of Of Hthe a ,9ph and state Of Minnesots,
a oeoe th a. anx Of BaaF siS
cages, on page las. 'N 'A' o' MORT
the EIDE debt secured there6y Was duly ~ ase
ment Realty nn,it rCompany. Mortgagee. to
Isl 18Th 81 Say wI it To
Deeds pes on the 18th day Of February,
s At MG sss ss,0 ok psr5 NJ Book
Which said mortgage, together with
the he, debt e, secured thereby. was duly as
pany. as Trustee the assignee and
ho1deH thereRf eo, to said United states
April. 1917, and filed 1or record in the
office Of said Register Of Deeds. on the
st Ma gay 90 of bMay 1877 at 1;S5 o'clock
recorded therein in Book 975 Of Mort
cages Gt;s on page sos; and.
whereas. Said United States INSTALL
ment Realty Company, mortgage, has
elected elect to and has declared the ball
ance unpaid on said mortgage and the
payable. as in said mortgage and note
IL IS authorized to do. at it's option,
Mith ncrco notice upon such default ia
mortgage; and,
,n Wh1 e cas- There is claimed to be due
son Of such default on said mo oy age
and note. the sum OF One Thousand S7x
H fe1 .1r Thirty-onc and 16-1oo Dollars
tSl,63i. l6), and no action or proceed.
cd tn
cover said debt or any part thereof:
1n NoM; tner Hso3fy ne Gntea State.
the owner and holder Of said debt does
W ye siE1 mGies that said mortgage
described in said mortgage and Gov.
cred thereby, ana which are situate in
aid c9%nty ,o of Hennepn and state Of
S. Ana nd Eive o. in Block free rs r 81
a point in Northerly boundary line Of
s Ndrth Lot Five 60. 1862 feet West from
Of said Lots -Four l4J and Five 15) to
r. point Mt. TIWenty,six $3.50 feet. North
90 In said Block Three go; thence at
right angles West parallel with North
bo ne Of s1n ne Lot % s5 TIRE e? to West
point in said line twentysix (26) feet
North from Southwest corner of said
North in west boundary 1ine Of f said
Lots -Four (4l and Five (5) to North-
west corner of said Lot Five (5); thence
at right angles East in North boun.
WIN be sold by the sherff of sal said ile" Hem.
hH Eest Sddef at d RaRe sale ale to te
main office and salesroom in the Court
House and City Hall. in the City Of
minneapolis, in said Hennepin County,
Minnesota. on Tuesday the Bird day Of
July. 1917, at ten o'clock in the fore-
noon of said day, to pay said Indebted.
ness. together with the costs and ex-
penses Of said sale and the sum OF
FIFTY Dollars (s5ooo) attorney fees.
as stipulated in said mortgage in case
OF the forec]osure thereof.
Said sale will be so made. subject to
redemption within one year from the
date of SALE as provided by law.
Dated May 3rd, 1917.
UNITED STATES INSTALLMENT
REALTY COMPANY,
]. A. LARIMORE,
Attorney for Mortgages,
217 Plymouth Building,
Minneapolis, MINI.
May 19-26-June 2-9.16-23-30. e.:
Sale Tuesday July 8.
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Hoping Against Hope for an Answer

HoP1n0 against Hope for an Answer:
and putting his ear intently against
the wind for the faint hope of an an.
swer.
Suddenly the Lady stumbled and, as
he cruelty refined her, slid, helpless and
scrambling along the face Of flat
rock. De Spain, leaping from her
back, steadied her trembling and
looked underfoot. The mare had
struck the rock Of the upper lava bed.
Drawing his revolver, he fired signal
shots from where he stood. 1t could
not be far, he knew, from the junction
Of the two great desert trails-the
Calabasas road and the gap road. He
felt sure Nan could not have got much
north Of this, for he had ridden in DIES.
peration to get abreast of or beyond
her, and If she We're south, where, he
asked, in the name of God, could she
be-?
he climbed again into the saddle
the cold was gripping his limbs-and,
watching the rocky landmarks narrow.
ly, tried to circle the dead waste OF
the half-buried flow. With chilled,
awkward fingers he filled the revolver
again and rode on, discharging it every
minute, and listening-hoping against
hope for an answer. It was when he
had almost completed, as well as he
could compute, the wide circuit he had
set out on, that faint shot answered
his continuing signals.
With the sound of that shot and
those that followed it his courage all
came back. But he had vet to trace
through the confusion of the Wind and
the binding snow the direction of the
answering reports.
Hitler and thither he rode, this way.
and that, testing out the location OF
the slowly repeated shots, and signal.
ing at intervals in return. Slowly and
doggedly he kept on, shooting, listen.
ing, wheeling and advancing until, as
he raised his revolver to fire it again.
q cry close at hand came out of the
storm. It was a woman's VOICE borne
on the wind. Riding swiftly to the
left, horses outline revealed itself
Ut moments In the driving snow ahead
De Spain cried out, and from behind
the furious curtain, heard his name.
loudly called. He pushed his STUN
bling horse on. The dim outline of a
second horse, the backer6uad of-a wag'
on, storm-beaten man-au this
passed his eyes UNDECIDED. They were
bent on a girlish figure running toward,
him as he slid stiffly from the saddle,
The next instant NAN was in his arils,
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Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

Default having being made in the
performance OF the terms Of that GER
tain mortgage executed by George Judd
ors, to United States Installment Real
~ co ON, any, as mortgagee' bearing date
na he OF oee o e hRa
Deeds in and for the county of Henne-
pin and state of Minnesota, on the 18th
day of 'e1r%ary lIsla at sso o'clock
page 145; ~ ' - AVN . 1'' vi
Which said mortgage. together with
the debt s secured ours thereby was duly
ment Realty, Company, mortgagee, to
Minneapolis Trust Company, as trustee,
by written assignment. dated the 10th
the office of said Register of Deeds, on
the 18th day of February. 1914, at 9:35
o'clock a. m. in Book sos of Mortgages.
Which said mortgage. together with
the debt secured thereby, was duly as
signed by said Minneapolis Trust Com
er thereof. to said United States In
stallment Realty Company. by written
a ass dated the 18th day of April.
1917, and filed for record in the office Of
Of May, 1917, at / :55 O'clock P. M. as
R hsrain It R No. $4,000; and recorded
page sos.
Whereas, Said United States INSTALL
ment Realty Company: mortgagee. has
unpaid on said mortgage and the note
secured thereby at once due and pay
able as in said mortgage and note it
out notice. upon such default in the
performance of the terms Of said mort
Whereas. There is claimed to be due
and is due. at the, date hereof, by rea-
son of such default. on said mortgage
and note. the sum OF One Thousand six
(S1 ,G31 ICY, and no action or proceed
ing at law has been instituted to re.
cover New SAID debt or any part thereef
nstallment. Realty Company. the mort
owner and and holder holder, Of said debt. does
will he foreclosed and the premises de-
sscribed in said. mortgage and covered
thereby, and which are situate in said
nesota. and are described as follows.
to-wit: That part Of Lots -Four as
and II Five (5}; in Block Three 60, Grim
scribed. as follows: Commencing at a
said Lot Five IS, 1861 feet west from
thence south parallel with east line Of
point Twenty.six l2e) feet north from
in said Block Three go; thence at
ang ssid west parallel With north
}, I
point in said line Twenty (26) feet
north from southeast corner Of said
Lots Four (N; thence at right angles
north from southwest corner of said
Lots Four (4l and Five (5) to north
west zsSf nnr IF said Lot Five 5 thence
line of said lot to beginning. will be
sold by the sherif Of said. Hennepin
county, at public sale. to the highest
b bidder for cash. at the sheritf's main
and city hall. in the city Of Minneapolis,
n said Hennepin county: Minnesota, on
ten o'clock in the forenoon Of said day,
to pay said Indebtedness. together with
the costs and expenses of said sale and
the sum of Fifty Dollars ($5O.OO) at
orney's fees, as stipulated in said mort
gage in case Of the foreclosure thereof.
Said sale will be so made, subject to
redemption within one year from the
date of sale. as provided by law.
Dated May 3, 1917.
UNITED STATES INSTALL
MENT REALTY COMPANY,
Mortgage.
Attorney for MortEagee,
PIT Plymouth Building,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
| May 12-19-2G; June 2-9-16-23.
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CHAPTER xxx.
The Truth.

With the desperation of JOY bor.'
Oh despair she laid her burning CHEF;
Historically against his cheek. Sii>'
rained kisses on his ice-crusted bro"s
and snow-beaten eyes. Her arils HEX
him rigidly. He could not move lol
speak till she would let him.. Ir;ia:s
formed, this mountain girl Who Ga;s,
herself so shyly, forgot everything. H,''
words crowded on his ears. She ~
peated his name in IN ecstasy or wei
come drew down his lips, laus.ltI. re-
ioiced, knew no shamefaccdnes's' ::-l
no restraint-she was one freed froiL
the stroke of a descending knife. A
moment before she had faced death
alone; it was still death she faced
she realized this-but it was death. at
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SeoAJ tAC SloAy VI tAC H'ui "S' ei"S
had stained with it's red strands the
relations of each Of their lives 10 both
the others. He felt against, his heart
the faint trembling of her frail body.
SO, when a boy, he had held in his
hand futtering bird and felt the
whirring beat Of it's frightened heart
against his strong, cruel fingers.
sudden aversion to more blood
shed, sickening of vengeance, swept
over him as her heart mutely beat for
mercy against his heart. She had
done more than any man could do.
Now she waited. on him., Both his
arms wrapped. round her. In the breath
less embrace that drew her closer she
read her answer from him. She looked
up into his eyes and waited. "There's
more than what's between you and me,
Duke, facing us now," said De Spain
sternly, when he turned. "We've got
to get Nan out of this-even if we
don't get ourselves. Where do you
figure we are?" he cried.
{ Il figure we're two miles north Of
the lava beds, De Spain,"' shouted Nor
gan.
De Spain shook his head in dissent.
"Then where are WEI" demanded the
older man rudely.
II ought not to say, against you.
But. if I've got to guess, l say two
miles east. Either way, we must try
for Sleepy Cat. Is your team all
right?"
"Team is all right. We tore wheel
near off getting out Of the lava. The
wagons done for"
De Spain threw the fur coat at him.
Put it on" he said. "We,l look at
the WHEEL
They tried together to wrench it
into shape, but worked without avail.
In the end they dashed it, put Nan on
the Lady, and walked behind while the
team pushed into the pitiless wind.
Morgan wanted to cut the wagon away
and take to the horses, but De Spain
said, not till they found trail or the
stage road.
So much snow had fallen that in
spite of the blizzard, driving with an
lnrelenting fury, the drifts were deep
ening,- packing, and making all effort
Increasingly difficult. 1t was well-nigh
impossible to head the horses into the
storm, and De Spain looked with ever
more anxious eyes at Nan. After half
AZ hours superhuman struggle to re-
gain trail that should restore their
bearings, they halted, and De Spain,
iding up to the wagon, spoke to Nor
gan, VINO was driving: GLOW long is
his going to last?"
GAIL day and all night" Nan leaned
closely over to hear the curt question
and answer. Neither man spoke again
:or moment.
"We'll have to have help" said De
Spain after a pause.
"Help" echoed Morgan scornfully.
where's help coming from?"
De Spain's answer was not hurried.
'One of us must go after it." Nan
looked at him intently.
Duke set his hard jaw against the
nurtling stream of ice that showered
IN the forlorn party. "I'll go for it,"
he snapped.
"No," returned De Spain. "Better
for me to CO."
go together" said Nan.
De Spain shook his head. Duke
Morgan, too, said that only one should
go; the .other must stay. De Spain,
while the storm ratified and shook at
the two men, told why he should go
himself. cts not claiming you are not
entitled to say who should go, Duke"
he said evenly. "Nor that our men,
anywhere you reach, wouldn't give you
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Senate Of Maryland Declared
Senator Harrison Elected

o ehooisat
attitude the Courts the Harrison Ash contest They had crawl into their holes no
sdenng of
the
nderand
nabor politician affidavit that Ashu
m
eigentg
He
does o
member the Election o n the
arrsO receved nOl than
Ashbun
o m raise
a by Republic press
ent and ndcoures
o each ito the fin aesult
W.
the OceanCn
ar o the ment
the fol
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Democrats, Attention !!

Don't fail TO do your full duty next
Tuesday by going to the poles and vot,
ing a straight Democratic ticket. This
means the placing of cross mark OPP
posite the name Of every Democratic
candidate on the Democratic ticket
Don't be influenced TO cut any Demo-
crat. They are all entitled to your sup
port as they were all nominated at a
regular Democratic primary. Help to
uphold the hands of President Wilson
by making Maryland still a Democratic
State. and Worcester County still a
Democratic county. This can only be
done by your aid and assistance in being
at the poles next Tuesday and not only
voting. but helping to get other Demo-
Gratis to the poles to vote the straight
Democratic ticket.
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DEMOCRATS
Be WARNED

Word has reached us that the leaders
of the Republican peoples party have
given up any idea of eecting their
ticket and are now approaching Demo
Gratis with all kinds of propositions to
get votes for one of their candidates
for County Commissioner. thus hoping
to get control of the Board of County
Commissioners by electing one man.
DEMOCRATS. VOTE FOR EVERY
MAN ON YOUR TICKET!
Don't be deceived or induced to re.
pudiate your party candidates
VOTE FOR YOUNG AND HUD-
son
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81 HATE TO TALK TO
EMPTY BENCHES !"
Hon. Jerome Wimbrow Mourns Because The
People Came Not To The Republican
peoples Party Meeting.

The and county meeting Repub-
peoples party Snow Hill last Tuesday night FROST
spite the band the megaphone all
and the handbs that distributed and the prom
the Republican organ there
~ spectators the audience
The speakers Messr Herbert Mason Jerome Wmbrow
Comore Byrd Chester Holloway presided
1t gloomy affair and Mr. Wndbow very much cha
gned that he had talk benches which fact he
peaedly referred
Mr. Wmbrow said he could understand why the people
the meeting The apparent all who blind
The people Worcester County tired dsgusted
Republican peoples party and will them
Tuesday.
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WEDNESDAY,
November 21st, 1917.

Commencing at 10 o'clock. a m,
the following personal property. TO wit
All the live stock. farming imple-
ments and machinery of all kinds on the
farm, including horses. mules. one paris
green spreader. one manure spreader,
two riding cultivators. one hay rack.
one new ground plow. about 800 bushels
of corn. twelve stacks of fodder. one
lot of late potatoes. one walking culti-
vator. two incubators. Cypress Stand
ard. one Sure Hatch incubator. one lot
of lumber for weather boarding. one lot
of fitch for cart shafts. two riding
plows. three Virginia shatter racks. one
wheat drill, one fertilizer distributor,
one corn husker. three corn planters,
lot of harness and many other articles
usually kept for f,rming purposes.
TERMS OF SALE:
For all sums Of ten dollars and under
cash will be required on the day Of sale;
on all .sums Ter ten dolla~e -
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TUESDAY,
November Goth. 1917
AT 2 20 O'CLOCK, +. NJ.

All those tracts. parts of tracts or
parcels of land lying and being situate
in the Second Election District of Wor-
cestcr County. in the State of Maryland
called "Paramores Double Purchase,
or hy whatever name or other names
the same may be known or called. con-
tanning four hundred acres. more or
less. and that lot or parcel of land ad-
joining the above named tract and like
wise situated in the Second Election Dis
trict of Worcester County. in the State
of Maryland commonly known as the
Thomas Mcdaniel Lot. or by what
soever other name or names the same
may be known or called. being all and
the same lands which We're conveyed to
said Charles II Ames by Edward +.
Timmons and wife. by deed dated the
18th day of August. 1911, recorded
among the land records OF Worcester
County in I.iber q. - G. No l.. folio
los.
2. All that lot or parcel of land
known az the Matilda Sturgis Lot sit
uate on the north side of the county
road leading from Girdletree to Taylor :
Landing in Worcester County, Mary
land. conveyed 70 the said Charles II
Ames by William c. kerbin, Trustee.
by deed dated the 18th day of October.
1918. and duls recorded among the land
records of Worcester County in Liber
O. u. G. No %, folio l57,
3. BY virtue of power of sale con-
tanned likewise in the two mortgages
as aforesaid covering personal property
of the said Charles H. Ames and wife.
and duly recorded among the land rec
ords Of Worcester County aforesaid. |
will offer for sale on the premises now
occupied by Mrs. Annie I. Ames. widow
of Charles II. Ames. deceased. and loca-
ted as first above described in the Sec
ond Election District of Worcester
County. MARYLAND on
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St. Martins

Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Powell and son
spent Sunday with his mother. Mrs.
Frank Powell.
Miss Dollie Holland spent Saturday
and Sunday with Miss Violet Holloway,
of near Whaleyvile.
Mr. and Mrs j. G.. Donaway and chill
dren spent Sunday with friends at Par
sonsburg.
MIR. and Mrs. Ernest Mitchell. of Sails.
bury, spent Sunday with her mother.
Mrs. Frank Powell
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Hudson. of Del
mar. spent the week end with his par
enLs, MIR. and Mrs. William Hudson
-Asy Mock and Mae Williams
mith Misses Ruth and
eluwell