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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEvER|sH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give California
Syrup Of Figs

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach. liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath Is bad,
system full Of cold, has sore throat
stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen,
Mother! See if tongue is coated, then
give teaspoonful of California
Syrup Of Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour Dilo and
undigested food passes out of the sys-
TEN, and you have well child again.
Millions Of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and IL new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
of california Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. ADV.
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that Henry went down there to pick
fight with the boys. But" he asserted
graphically, II happen to know that
wasn't So"
"Then what did he go down there
for?" demanded Nan Indignantly, but
not warily.
McAlpin, the situation now in hand,
took his time to 1t. He leaned forward
in a manner calculated to invite conf
dence without giving offense. Miss
Man," said he simply, Henry de Spain
was here, with me, sitting right there
where you are sitting, In that chair,
not fifteen minutes before that fight
began. I told you he never went down
there to fight. Do you want the proof?
I'll tell you'll wouldn't want anybody
else to know-will you keep it?"
Nan seemed Indifferent. "Girls are
not supposed to keep secrets" she said
obstinately.
Her narrator was not to be baked.
He pointed to the coat-rack on the
wall in front of them both. 'There is
Henry de SPANS coat. He hung it
there just before he went down to the
inn. Under it, if you look, you'll find
his belt of cartridges. Don't take my
wOrd--look for yourself"
Giving this information time to sink
in, McAlpin continued. Mans eyes had
turned, despite her indifference, to the
coat; but she was thinking more in
tently about the belt which McAlpin
asserted hung under 1t. "You want to
know what he did go down TO the hotel
for that afternoon? happen to know
that, too" averred McAlpin, sitting
down, but respectfully, on the edge of
the chair. "First I want to say this:
worked for your Uncle Duke FIVE
years"
He paused to give Nan chance to
dispute the statement Ii she so desired
Then, taking her despairing silence as
an Endorsement of his position In Civ
ing her confidence, he went on:
Henry de Spain is dead" he said qul-
city. She eyed him without so much
as winking. 81 wouldn't tell it, if he
wasn't. The boys dead. And he was
always talking about you. It's Gods
truth, and since he's dead it harms no
one to tell it to you, though I'd never
breathe it to another. He was fairly
gone on you.
"You don't have to knock me down,
Miss Nan, to put me wise about a
mans being keen on girl. I'm mar.
rled man." declared McAlpin with
modest pride. ''He thought all the
time he was fooling me, and keeping
covered. Now, that afternoon he came
In here kind of moody. 1t was an an
niversary for him, and hard one-the
1 Day his father was shot from am
bush---a coed many years ago, but
nary one of us had forgot it. Then
he happened to see your pony--this
same pony you're riding today--a-
standing back there in the box-stall.
He asked me whose II was; and he
asked me about you. and. by jiax the
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way ne perked up when I told MIN
you were coming in on the stage that
afternoon! When he heard you'd been
sick, he was for going down to the
hotel to get cup Of coffee-for you'll"
McAlpin, like any good story-teller,
was already on his feet again. "He
did it." he exclaimed, "and you know
what he got when he stepped into tho
barroom." He took hold of De Spain's
coat and held it aside to enter his
exhibit. There" he concluded, us
his cambridge belt, hanging there yet.
The boy is dead--why shouldn't / tell
your"
Nan rode home much more excited,
more bewildered than when she had
ridden over. Strangest shock of all
that this man of all other men should
profess to care for her. She had
shown anger when McAlpin dared
speak of it; at least, she thought she
had. And she still did not know how
sufficiently to resent the thought of
such audacity on De SPANS part.
This was, to say the least, further
awkward complication for her feelings.
She already had enough to confuse
them.
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diss Il me spanish sinka wners Nc

dies Of the Spanish SINKS. Where ne
lay he could, If he meditated revenge
on her people, murder any Of them, al
most at will. To spare his life imper-
He'd to this extent theirs-but surely
he lay not far from death by exhaus-
ton. And if he was not helped soon
he would die.
But who was to help him7 Certainly
none Of his friends, If she told them
they would try to reach him. That
would mean an appalling-an unthink-
able-fght. All came back to one ter
rifying alternative: Should she help
this wretched man herself? And if he
lived, would he repay her by shooting
someone of her own kin?
The long ride to Calabasas went fast
as the debate swept on, and the vivid
shock Of her strange experience re-
CURED to her imagination.
She drew up before the big barn.
Jim McAlpin was coming out to go to
supper. Nan asked for her package
and wanted to start directly back
again. McAlpin refused absolutely to
hear OF it. He looked at her horse and
professed to be shocked. He told her
she had ridden hard, urged her to dis
mount, and sent her pony In to be
rubbed. While her horse was cared
for, McAlpin asked. in his harmless
Scotch way, about Gale.
Concerning Gale, Nan was noncom-
initial. But she listened with interest,
more or less yelled, to whatever rum
ming comment McAlpin had to offer
concerning the Calabasas fight. "And
I was sorry to see Gale mixed up in it,"
he concluded, in his effort to draw Nan
out, "sorry. And sorrier to think of
Henry de Spain getting killed that
way. Some say" he suggested, look
ing significantly toward the door of
the barn, and significantly away again,
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How De Spain makes friends
with Nan and how she deceives
her people in order to protect
him, is told wildly In the next
instaIlment.
(To BE coNTINUED.)
New Job for DereIicts.

One hundred derelicts in the FriencH
ly inn in Baltimore have undergone
blood tests at the Union Protestant hos
pitaI, branch Of Johns Hopkins, FOR
TRANSMISSION cases. OF this number ~
have submitted to TRANSMISSION opera
tons and have received $25 for thek
sacrifice of blood to wealthy patients
who lack red corpuscles. The remaie
der are paid 81 for keeping themselyet
in good condition until they arg need
ed.
In order that no mistake may ba
made the family history of each dere'
lict is studied carefully. His life also
is made subject Of investigation 50
that none but the possessors of gooe
blood may accomplish sale. Tbs
blood of these men from Friendly i'm
now courses through some Oh th
most prominent men and women In TIL
United StateA
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CHAPTER XII.
Nan Drifts.

Without going in to speak to Gale,
whom Bull Page, his nurse, reported
very cross but not hurt much, Nan
left her packet for him and rode
home. Her Uncle Duke was in town.
She had the house to herself, with
only Bonita, the old Mexican serving
woman, and Nan ate her late supper
alone.
The longer she pondered on De
Spain and his dilemma-and her OWE
the more she worried. When she
went to bed, upstairs In her LITTLE
gable room, she tossed on her pillow
till a resolve seized her to go up again
to his hiding place and see what she
could see or hear--possibly, If one
were on foot, she could uncover plot.
She dressed yesolutely, buckled ON
a holster to her side, and, slipping
revolver--a new enc that Gale haG
given her-into it for protection, shit
walked softly downstairs and out Of
doors. The night air was clear, with
a three-quarter moon well up in tho
sky. She took her way rapidly along
the trail to the mountain, keeping as
much as possible within the great
shadows cast by the towering peaks.
Breathing stealthily and keyed to
tense feeling of uncertainty and sus-
picion, Nan at length reached without
adventure the corner of the ledgA
where she had first seen De Spain,
and there, lying fiat, listened.
Hearing only the music of the little
cascade, she swept the ledge as well
as she could with her eyes, but 1t was
now so far in shadow as to lie In Inn
penetrable darkness. Hardly daring
over it with her hands, discovering
nothing until she had almost reached
De SPANS retreat at the farther side.
Then her heart stopped In an aEony
of fear-underneath the Overhanesng
wall she heard voices. De Spain fIaf
confederates, then, and had tricked
her, after all.
But moment later this explanation
failed to satisfy her. The mutterinss
were too constant and too disconnecN
edit dawned on Nan that this mcHGS
be delirium. She could hear De Spain
throwing himself from side to side,
and the near and far sounds, as If Of
two voices, were explained. She crept
nearer.
He was babbling in the chill dark.
ness about ammunition, urging men
to make haste, warning them Of some
one coming. Nan listened to his raw.
ings, overcome by the revelation Of
his condition. She told herself he must
die If he remained longer unaided, and
there were unpleasant possibilities, Ii
he died where he lay. She did not want
to pity or to help him, she convinced
herself; but she did not want his death
laid to a Morgan plot-for none Of hAd
friends would ever believe De Spain
had found his way alive and alona
to where he lay.
All of this Nan was casting up ~
her mind as she walked home. She
had already decided, but without
realizing it, what to do, and was will
ing to assume that her mind was stu
open.
Toward daylight of the morning, De
Spain dreamed he was not alone-that
a figure moved silently in the faintneas
of the dawn--a figure he struggled to
believe reality, but one that tricked
his wandering senses and left him, at
the coming of another day, weaker,
with failing courage, and alone.
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CHAPTER XII.
ParieY.

y dIhGys
She stood beside the rock from
which the ledge was reached from be-
low, and as if she had just stepped up
into sight. Her rifle was so held in
both hands that it could be fired from
her hip, and at such close quarters
with deadly accuracy. AS she stood
with startled eyes fixed on his bag
gard face, her slender neck and poised
head were very familiar to De Spain.
And her expression, while 1t reflect
ed her Mortified alarm, did not conceal
her anger and aversion at the sight of
him. Unaware of the forbidding spec
tacle he presented, De Spain, swept by
a brainstOrm at the appearance of this
Morgan-the only one of all the Nor
gans he had not fancied covering him
and waiting to deliver his death war
rant-fait a fury sweep over him at
the wild thought that she meant to kill
him.
Whatever she meant to do, he could
no more fire at this girl, even had he
chance-and he realized he was at
her mercy-than he could at his sister;
and he lay with his eyes bent on hers,
trying TO read her purpose. He read
in her face only adherence and con-
demnation, and felt in no way moved
to argue her verdict. II suppose" he
said, at length, not trying to disguise
, his bitter resentment of ner presence,
you've come to finish me-"
His shirt stained and tattered for
| bandages, his hair matted in blood on
his forehead, his eyes infamedN and
sunken, his lips crusted and swollen,
the birthmark fastened wildly on his
cheek, made him desperate sight. Re
garding him steadily, Nan, as bewil-
dered as if she had suddenly come on
a great wounded beast of prey still
| dangerous, made no response to his
! words. The two stared at each other
defiantly and for another moment in
silence. IF you are going to kill me, y
he continued, looking into her eyes
without any thought of appeal, "do II
| quick
Something in his long, unyielding
gaze impelled her to break the spell
of it. "What are you doing here?
she demanded with anger, curbing hel
voice to control her excitement as best
she could.
De Spain, still looking at her, an
swered only after a pause. Hiding
he said harshly.
''Hiding to kill other menu Man,
accusation as she clutched her riff,
was almost explosive.
He regarded her coolly, and with tn,
interval he had had for thinking, hi
wits were clearing. ''Do I look likt
man hunting for a fight? Or" h,
added, since she made no answer, elk
) man hunting for quiet spot to oil,
in?"
: Il know you are a murderer"
In spite Of his weakness he flushed
"No," he exclaimed sharply, "Pm no
, q murderer. If you think it''--he point
ed contemptuously to her side--'yor
have your rife-use It'll"
"You came here to hide to kill some
, bodyp' she exclaimed.
"What do you mean by here?
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had reached his ears. Only moment
before he had looked carefully all
around. But the field of his vision was
closely circumscribed by the walls
about him. 1t was easy for an invader
ITO come on his retreat unawares--a
,all events, somebody, he was almost
sure, stood behind him. The silence
meant an enemy. The first thing to
expect was bullet. 1t would prob
ably be aimed at the back Of his head.
At least he knew this was the spot to
aim for to kill a man instantly and
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NAN MORGAN GETS A CHANCE TO BETRAY De SPAIN
BUT LEARNS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THAT MAKES
HER DlSLOYAL TO HER OWN PEOPLE

Sleepy Cat railroad division in the
Rocky mining country with robbers
ust the Morgan who hang Morgan
gap valley miles from Sleepy Cat and Caabasa
point changed the line from the Thief river
Jee superintendent of the mountain dv
with John Letvre and Bob Scott
sant
with Morgan
gang leader snubbed memorable fight Span
cornered by outlaws
badly hurt disappears. A day
Spain He does know his
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Polite and Safe

"What is bachelor girl, pa"
'That' what you call an old maid
to her face, my son.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10

If your eyes smart or feel scalded, Ro-
man Eye Balsam applied upon going to bed
Is Just the thing to relieve them. Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-10

Singapore motion-picture theaters
have cheaper seats behind the scenes
for poorer-class natives.
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Doubtless the original board of edu-
cation was the blackboard.
The Tomahawk., 1917-08-30
Indian Braves Of Old
Turn PaCi6Sts Now.

Buffalo, N. Y.--The council of
the Senca { Indian) nation has pro-
tested to President Wilson against
the drafting of its young men for
war. 1t seeks to exempt the 4,
700 braves on the Cattaraugus,
Allegheny and Tonawanda reser-
vations from the draft law.
The contention is made that the
Indians have never been given
citizenship and therefore should
not be made amenable to the draft.
Il, A very great question has been
raised BY the Indians Of New ork
as indicated by the above excerpt
from an exchange.
The same question was raised
by Mr.. Webster Ballinger OF
Washington early in this month in
behalf of the Chippewas of Mime
sofa in letters to the President of
the United States and the War
Department.
Elsewhere in this issue is printed
the letter of the war department
to MIR. Ballinger in regard thereto.
Mr.. Ballinger has requested
Tue TOMAHAwK to give wide pub
licity of bis contention. Mex,
week bis letter to The ToMAHAwK
and his letter to the President will
be published in our columns.
The Tomahawk., 1917-08-30
at least should be interested in the
moral aspect of the case.

at least should be interested in the
moral aspect of the case.
The ToMAHAwK at this time
would ask some important ques-
lions; first, are the Chippewas who
raised the question and started
legal proceedings going to sit quiet
ly and indifferently, and thus per-
NIT illegal expenditure of their
funds?
The present editor regrets hav-
ing to say that in the past too
many of the burdens, worry and
money OUTLAWS were left to the late
Mr.. Beaulieu and one or two Of
his associates. He has gone, land
with him his assistance mentally
and physically.
There should be general
awakening to the importance of
Chippewa conditions and this Mr..
Morrison shadows in his recent ap-
peal.
Fellow Chippewas. it won't do
for US to sit with folded hands and
sleepy eyes; we must think and
act for our own betterment in
every way, and those who are
willing to lead and sustain the
views of the past should be loyalty
supported by every Chippewa.
We have Congress to which we
may appeal, we have the courts
open to US, these are ready tc
listen to us but it takes money to
get to Washington and to employ
attorneys.
We have seen that the Indian
department has denied our con-
tention, therefore we have no hope
there.
Always, from agency Office to
that of the Indian Bureau the
negative answer has been ours,
but Congress will give US respect
full attention, and if We are right
The Tomahawk., 1917-08-30

believes it better to make present
sacrifice of life and wealth in or
der to bring about that form of
action which will insure perfect
peace in all the ages to come.
A redemptive process is going
on under all this present world
confusion and apparent disorder,
sorrow and suffering must accom-
pany after the manner of Christ
Agony upon the Cross. When
the freedom of all people and
classes shall have been gained,
them righteousness will reign.
It has been said that Europe is
crazy, granting this, it will be the
greatest purely human historic act,
if the spirit of the pope's message
shall have touched healingly the
delirium of Europe and opened a
way for the crowned beads and
militarists to renounce ambitions,
and thus prepare the way for the
establishment of world wide Chris
tian democracy.
The Tomahawk., 1917-08-30
RED CROSS BRANCH
ORGANIZED.

AS an outcome of preliminary
meeting here Aug. 18th, an or
ganization of a Red Gross local
branch of the Red Cross was
effected at meeting held last
Friday evening at the school As.
semb!y Hall.
Mrs. Emily Robataille was elect.
ed president; Mrs. B. S. Fair
banks vice-president;. Mrs. L. E.
Baumgarten Secretary and Mrs.
Glover treasurer.
Upon vote these officers were
made a committee upon commit.
tees, and their recommendations
will be presented at a meeting
which will be held this week Fri:
day at 8 O'Clock P. M. at the AS
sembly Hall. Several members
were added to the branch.
Brief addresses were made by
Supt. Hinton, Theo. II. Beaulieu
and Rev. @. H. Beaulieu.
Every man woman and child il
the village should be asked by q
proper committee to become a
nember of the Red Cross. It is
hoped no one will refuse to join
and be recorded.
Everyone is needed in this work,
everyone should take the oppor
tunity to do his or bel. bit for the
boys who are fighting.
Let those who have gone or are
going stand as a constant silent
appeal to our love and care.
The Tomahawk., 1917-08-30
unless citizens.

unless citizens.
Tribal Indians, that is, Indians
living as members of tribe, are
not citizens. and are not covered
by the provisions of the act.
The Indians should be advised
of this, and that they can present
the claim of exemption prepared
for aliens, as they are to be con-
sidered as such for the purpose of
this act.
In conclusion, 1 call your atten-
ton to Section IS. Subsection (f)
page % of the rules and regula-
tions covering this matter which
also gives references to the form
to be used.
In the hope that this informa-
ton will enable you to advise the
tribal Indians as to the procedure
they should take in the premises,
Bb direction OF Gen. Crowder,
Hugh J. johnson,
LIEUT.. Col. Judge Advocate,
Executive Officer
j. B. S-brs.
E, mel. Form 10.
The Tomahawk., 1917-08-30

the courts will say so without
prejudice.
And once in court, we will have
access to records that have always
been denied US, the evidence read
in the suit in question will give a
history of tho past, there will
virtually be an itemized account
rendipg and thereby will we dis
cover just how our funds have
oeen expended since 1889. In the
past, Congress has asked for de-
tailed accounting but without
avail, when the court asks for
records, they must be produced.
The Tomahawk., 1917-08-30
Tribal Indians Not Sub
jeCt to Draft.

The following letter from the
War Department to Webster Bal,
linger, attorney for the Chippe
was, is self explanatory.
War Department
Office of the Provost Marshal Gen
Washington, D. g.
August IS, 1917.
Mr.. Webster Ballinger,
1413 G. St. N. w.,
Dear Sir:
l have the honor t. acknowledge
your communication of August 18th
concerning the liability of Indians
under the Selective Service Act, OF
May 10, 1917, to serve in the ma
tjonal army.
In reply beg, to inform you
that while all persons of military
age were required by the act tc
register, including therefore In;
dams, these latter we're not and
are not considered liable to serve
The Tomahawk., 1917-08-30
Mrs, Isabel veSina Gets
Title to Land After
II Years.

The Minneapolis Tribune of last
Sunday contains an associated
press dispatch from Moorhead
stating that Mrs. Isabel Vesina has
won on her contested allotment
case in the circuit court of ap-
peals.
This court reverses the, decision
of Judge Morris of the lower,
court. .-.
Mrs. Vesina's case has been in
contention for ~ years.