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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-01-18

your match in Buck Duane. An. by
Cod, I'm glad! Here's once I show
you up y
The hOarse, taunting voice failed.
Knell stepped back from the comrade
he hated. He was wet, shaking. bag
gard, but magnificent.
Buck Duane, do you remember
Hardin?" he asked, in scarcely audible
voice.
Yes" replied Duane. and a flash of
insight made clear Knelrs attitude.
You met him-forced him to draw
killed him?"
''Yes."
Hardin was the best pard l ever
had"
His teeth clicked together tight, and
his lips set in thin line
The room grew still. Even breathing
ceased. The time for words had pass
ed. In that long moment of suspense
KnelTs body gradually stifened. and
at last the quivering ceased. He
crouched. His eyes had a soul-pierc-
ing fire.
Duane watched him. He waited.
He caught the thought-the breaking
of Knelrs muscle-bound rigidity. Then
he drew.
Through the smoke of his gun he
saw two red spurts of fame Knells
bullets thudded into the ceiling. He
fell with a scream like a Wild thing
in agony.
Duane did not see Knell die. He
watched Poggin. And Poggin, like a
stricken and astOunded man, looked
down uDon his DrOstrate comrade.
'FIit the trail. you liar, or you'll
hev to kill me-" he yelled.
With hands still up, he shOuIdered
and bodied Duane out Of the room.
Duane leaped on his horse, spurred,
and plunged away.
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He left Duane in a quandary. This
news was black. At the moment
Duane did not know which way to
turn. but certainly he had no idea
of going back to Bradford. Friction
between the two great lieutenants Of
Cheseldine! Generally such matters
were settled with guns. Duane gath
cred encouragement even from dfsas-
ter. IF Knell knew anything it was
that this stranger in Ord, this new
partner of Fletcher's, was no less than
Buck Duane. Well, it was about time,
thought Duane, that he made use Of
his name if it were to help him at all
That name had been MacNelly's hope.
He had anchored all his scheme to
Duane's fame. Duane was tempted to
ride off after Fletcher and stay with
him. This, however, would hardly be
fair to an outlaw who had been fair to
him. Duane concluded to await devel-
Opments, and when the gang rode in
TO Ord, probably from their various
hiding places, he would be there ready
to be denounced by Knell. Duane
could not see any other elimination of
this series Of events than a meeting
between Knell and himself. If that
terminated fatally for Knel there was
all probability of Duane's being in no
worse situation than he was now. If
Poggfn took up the quarrel! Here
Duane accused himself again-tried in
vain to revolt from a judgment that he
was only reasoning out excuses to
meet these outlaws.
Meanwhile instead of waiting, why
not hunt up Cheseldine in his noun
tain retreat? The thought no sooner
struck Duane than he was hurrying
for his horse.
In an hour he struck the slope of
Mount Ord, and as he climbed he gOt
was hard put to it to find the trail
He halted at a little side-canyOn with
grass and water, and here he made
camp. And on this night, lonely like
the ones he used to spend in the
hNueces gorge, and memorable of them
because of a likeness to that old hid
itng-place, he felt the pressing return
of old haunting things-the past so
long ago, wild flights, dead faces
and the places of these were taken
by one quiveringly alive, white, tragic,
with its dark, intent. speaking eyes
Ray Longstreth's.
That last memory he yielded to IN
It'll he slept
In the morning, satisfied that he
had left still fewer tracks than he had
followed up this trail, he led his
horse up to the head Of the canyon,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-01-18
CHAPTER XIV.

Like a swift shadow and as noise
toward the dark wall of rock Every
nerve was d strung wire. For little
while his mind was cluttered and
clogged with whirling thoughts, from
which, like a flashing scroll. unrOled
the long, battling order of action. The
game was now in his hands. He must
cross Mount Ord at night The feat
was improbable, but it might be done.
He must ride into Bradford forty
miles from the foothills, before eight
o'clock next morning. He must tele-
graph MacNelly TO be in Val Verde
on the twenty-ffth. He must ride
back to Ord to intercept knell, face
him, and while the iron was hot strike
hard to win Poggin's half-won interest
as he had wholly won Fletcher's.
Failing that last, he must let the out
laws alone to bide their time in Ord,
to be free to ride to their new Job
in Val Verde. In the meantime he
must plan to arrest Longstreth. 1t
was magnificent outline, incredible,
alluring. unfathomable in its nameless
certainty. He felt like fate. He
seemed to be the iron consequences
failing upon these doomed outlaws.
Under the wall the shadows were
black. only the tips Of trees and crags
showing, yet he went straight to the
trail. 1t was merely grayness be-
tween borders Of black. He climbed
and never stopped. It did not seem
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into a narrow crack IN low cliffs, and
with branches of cedar fenced him in.
Then he went back and took up the
trail on foot.
Without the horse he made better
time. Once, through a wide gateway
between great escarpments, he saw the
lower country beyond this, vast and
clear as it lay in his sight, was the
great river that made the Big Bend.
He rounded a jutting corner, where
view had been shut off, and presently
came out upon the rim of high wall.
Beneath, like green gulf seen
through blue haze, lay an amphitheater
walled in on the two sides he could
see. 1t lay perhaps a thousand feet
below him and, plain as all the other
features of that wild environment,
there Shone out a big red stone or
adobe cabin. white water shining
away between borders, and horses
and cattle dOtting the levels. It was
a peaceful, beautiful scene. Duane
could not help grinding his teeth at
the thought of rustlers living in quiet
and ease.
Duane worked halfway down to
the level, and, well hidden in a niche,
he seated himself to watch both trail
and valley.
The sun went down behind the
wall, and shadows were born in the
darker places of the valley. Duane
began to want to get closer to that
cabin. Still he fingered. And sudden
~ his wide-roving eye caught sight of
two horsemen riding up the valley
They must have entered at q point
below, round the huge abutment of
rock, beyond Duane's range of sight
Their horses were tired and stopped
at the stream for long drink.
Duane left his perch, took to the
steep trail, and descended as fast as
he could without making noise. II
did not take him long to reach the
valley floor. 1t was almost level
with deep grass, and here and there
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-04-06
TAKE THEIR TIME IN DYING
Almost Incredible Stories Of Tenacity
With Which Snails Have Been
Known to Cling to Life.

Dying by inches is common enough
among the condemned In China. Swift
and sure is our own more merclful
method with criminals. But, strange
to say, there are animals which seem
to prefer a lingering death.
Snails are slow, ever when 1t comes
to dying, and one naturalist who had
mounted q shell upon a card was sur
prised to find four years later that the
warm water employed in soaking the
shell Off the mount had revived the In
mate, which he had long supposed to
be dried and dead.
Several specimens in another collec-
ton were revived in a similar manner
after they had lain in a drawer for
some fifteen years. These had not been
glued to a card, but had been left lying
loose, and, though frequently handled,
had shown no signs Of life.
They were thrown into tepld water,
with the idea OF cleaning the shells,
but to the surprise of the owner were
found creeping about the basin when
he returned to complete the task.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-04-06
CORDER.

Quite a few from town at
tended The sale of Wesley Bart
ley last Tuesday.
Miss Byrd Hackley of the firm
of Smith Bros. was in Kansas
City Tuesday buying the new
spring stock for the firm,
A Gottenstroetter was tran
sacting business in Moberly the
first of the week.
DIR. Moore was called to Blue
Springs Wednesday afternoon.
John Corbin was a Kansas
City visitor Wednesday.
j. w. Starke purchased of
Chas, Benton last week his
house and lot on east Main
street.
John Summers was a passen-
ger to Kansas City Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. T. H. Newkirk shopped in
Kansas City Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freel Edwards,
John Forbs and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Woods, VIM. Vanarsdale
and wife, Afford Peacock and
wife, and Rufus Edwards and
wife all of Sweet Springs at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Har-
very Edwards here Monday.
Geo. Ashford returned Satur-
day evening from Redfeld, Kan
sas, where he visited his mother.
Mrs. j. L. Hit, Sr., spent last
week with her daughter, Mrs.
Billie Moore near Lexington.
Mrs. Leonard Kramer was a
Kansas City visitor from Friday
evening till Sunday.
Fred Dickmeyer and children
left Tuesday for Warrenton
where they will make their
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ross Of
Malta Bend visited Herman
Rogge and family here the latter
part of the week.
Mrs. Gillie Woods returned to
her home at Fulton Saturday
morning after an extended visit
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l wouldn't go back and work for them
for a hundred dollars a week"
"Why?"

l wouldn't go back and work for them
for a hundred dollars a week"
"Why?"
Because they wrOnged you, Mr..
Woods decided on your novel as win
ming the first prize. Mr.. Duryea has a
relative who tries to write. He in
sisted on giving him the prize. Mr..
Woods simply resigned. He said he
wouldn't stay with a firm that used
such tactics. He's got a better posi-
ton with Doans & Company, took your
manuscript with him, showed it
to Mr.. DOane, and you'll get a letter
in the morning offering you $1,000 for
the novel and asking you to write two
more a year. There! 1 oughn't to
have given away business secrets, but
l just couldn't help coming and telling
you"
Roscoe had to drop to a chair, too,
at this bewildering shock. 1t Glanced
to be neal that in which Shirley was
seated. There were real tears In his
eyes now. He CROPPED for her hand.
She surrendered 1t willingly.
shirley" he uttered brokenly, at
doesn't seem true-$2,0O0, a start in
life, oh, my dearl my dearl share 1t
with me-"
'You meant"
"As the real first prize of all-my
wife"
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cheap writeup. Ills coat was thrown
over his shoulder for warmth. for there
was no fire in the little Sheet iron stove
On the table before them was what
was LETT Of the loaf of bread he had
purchased that morning with his last
available nickel.
Hope had very nearly died ont with
him. Two days previous he had learned
OF the award of that coveted first lit
erary prize, so that cherished antici-
pation was blotted out. There came a
knock at the door. He arose, opened
1t and drew back %stupefed, for his Wis
itor was Shirley.
L had to come" she spoke in her
open, impetuOus way, and then she
glanced at him and his squalid environ
ment, the desolate furnishings. the
poor lamp, the meager fare on the
table. She sank to a chair, she Gov
cred her face with her hands, she burst
into tears, with the words wrung from
her anguished soul:
"Oh, you poor, poor boy"
Roscoe stood grounded with amaze
ment. He stared silently at Shirley,
his own lips %quivering.
II say" lie broke the silence finally.
you'll have me crying, too, if you keep
this up"
And I'm more resolved than ever to
play the ~traitory" sobbed Shirley, but
looking up with starlike, though tear
bedimmed eyes. eyes, 1 will. You
need good news-oh, I've brought it to
you'll"
"Have Duryea & Nevis changed their
minds and sent me the first prize?' he
inquired, with a laugh somewhat bit
ter.
II hate Duryea & Nevis" burst forth
his irrepressible little friend.
"HOity-tolty! voiced Roscoe, "you
couldn't hate anybody"
Il do them" Moderated Shirley
spicily. "pve left them, and I'm glad.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-04-06

Miss Susie Afford went to
Kansas City yesterday for a
visit with her brother, Freeman
Afford.
Mrs. c. B. Sexton of Chicago,
and Mrs. c. G. Taylor and baby,
of Dubuque, Mimi, arrived We'd
nesday evening for a visit here
with their sister, Mrs. Ed. Aull.
Misses Helen Frazer and Carrie
Glasscock went to st. Louis yes
terday for a visit with Mrs.
Francis Stonestreet.
Mrs. R. K. Latham went to
Kansas City yesterday to
meet her sister, Miss Grace
Jackson, of Alton, ILL.,, who will
accompany her home for a visit.
Lee Shippey, editor of the Hig-
ginsville Jeffersonian, spent
Wednesday in Lexington on
business.
Mrs. Henry Reinhart returned
to her home in Columbia, Mo-,
yesterday after attending the
funeral of DR.. J. W. Meng.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-04-06

John Xix went to Kansas City
yesterday to spend the day on
business.
Mrs. Oscar Apdreen returned
Wednesday evening from a visit
in Kansas City.
j. F. VIM and daughter, Miss
Elmira, and Mrs. E. R. Meng of
st. Louis went to Kansas City
yesterday to spend the day.
Misses Madge Snow and Mar
ion Chapman Of Central College
went to Kansas City yesterday
for a visit.
Ladies don't bake a cake for
Easter. Come buy one at the
market Saturday and help raise
funds to improve the cemetery.
Telephone orders to Mrs. j. w.
Bills. Phone 312.
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wife Cat 2 ". m)-'I have Mt words
to express my contempt for you"
Boozer-"Tha's III bes' news I've
heard for a long time, m'dear."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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Miss Mary Chambers went to
Kansas City Monday to spend
the day.
Mrs. P. w. Thompson went to
Napoleon Sunday morning for a
visit with her sister, Mrs. J. H.
Lauck.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. c.. Groves re-
turned to their home in Kansas
City Monday after a visit here
with relatives.
Jerry Shinn, who was taken
seriously i'll Wednesday after
noon is reported some better.
Thomas Walker Of Columbia
Mo-, arrived yesterday to
visit his parents, Judge and
Mrs. T. A. Walker.
E. w. Molienkamp of Higgins
vile spent Wednesday here on
business.
DR.. ]. L. Peak left Wednes day
afternoon to attend the meeting
of the Missouri State Dental As.
ISOLATION, which convenes at St
Joseph, Mo.
DR.. George B. Nobrurg of Kan,
sas City arrived yesterday tt
spend the day here on business.
Oscar Andreen went to Kan
sas City yesterday on business,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-04-06
CELE-
BRATES WITH BANQUET
The Comforting of Degrees on
Class of Twenty-Five. Many
Dignitaries Present


Class of Twenty-Five. Many
Dignitaries Present.
DeMolay Commandery No. 3
Knights Templar celebrated the
comforting Of the degrees on a
class of twenty-five Friday night
by a banquet in the Academy
dining hall. The spread was
prepared and served under the
direction Of R. D. Kercheval, the
academy steward. Cadets in
white uniforms served as wait
ers and performed their tasks
with military precision, eliciting
favorable comment from all
present.
The following officers of the
Grand Commandery were pres
emit: Chas. F. Blomberg, st.
Louis No. 1, Grand nder
W. Woodson Wright, Oriental
No. So, Kansas City, Grand
Senior Warden; w. S. Campbell,
st. Louis No. l, Grand Warder
Robert F. Stevenson, Oriental
No. 35, Kansas City, Grand Re-
corder; w. Y. Bean, st. Alder.
mar No. 18, st. Louis, Grand
Standard Bearer and State Lee
turer.
From Oriental No. So, Kansas
City, Martin j. Allen.
From Missouri No. SO, Mar.
shall: w. C. Gordon, R. S. Rich.
art, Jas. Anderson, c. L. Law.
less, w. H. White, VIM. Harris.
on, G. F. Fitchthorn, A. N Var
Anglen, Chas. H. Mauch.
From Richmond No. AZ: Row
land Williams.
From st. Omar No. II, Sedalia
j. E. Roark, Isaac N. Farris, ]
E. Kennady, L. F. Strong, w.
lngrham, H. F. Brill.
From Palestine No. II, indie
pendence: Homer P. Allen, Wal
ter Burgess, Chester G. Fushey
From Mary No. 10, WarrenS
burg: c. L. Gillian, j. O. Moles
&c. l.. Johnson.
From st. Johns No. 20, Spring
field: c. H. Briggs.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-04-06
F n E E
SPECIAL FOR 30 DAYS

Commencing Wednesday, February
7th, l will clean and press free Of
charge every tenth suit or garment
sent to me for that purpose. l will
also press every tenth suit or gar
ment free of charge that is sent to
me to be pressed only.
We calf ora nd deliver. Phone 1862.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-04-06

here with her sister, Mrs. Sam
Lee.
John Winters and family mo-
tored to Leavenworth, Kansas
and spent Saturday and Sunday
there with relatives.
Mrs. Harvey Edwards died at
the Wesley hospital in Kansas
City Saturday after an illness of
about six weeks. The body was
brought to Corder Saturday
evening and taken to the home.
Funeral services were held at
the Christian church Monday
afternoon at 2 p. M, conducted
by Rev. Cottingham of Kansas
City and Rev. Disterle, pastor of
the Baptist church of Corder.
Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
RID STOMACH OF
CASES, SOURNESS,
AND INDIGESTION
"PAPE's DIAPEPslN" RELIEVES
STOMACH DISTRESS IN
FIVE MINUTES.

You don't want a slow remedy when
stomach is bad-or an uncertain ono
or harmful one-your stomach is
too valuable; you mustn't tnjure 1t
with drastic drugs.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief; its harmless.
ness; its certain unfailing action in
regulating sick, sour stomachs. Its
quick relief in Indigestion, dyspepsia
and gastritis when caused by acldity
has made 1t famous the world over.
Keep this wonderful stomach sweet.
ener in your home-keep it handy
get a large fifty.cent case from any
drug store and then II anyone should
eat something which doesn't agree
with them; If what they eat lays like
lead, ferments and sours and forms
gas; causes headache, dizziness and
nausea; eructations Of acid and undi-
gested food-remember as soon as
Pape's Diapepsin comes in contact
with the stomach It helps to neutral
lie the excessive acidity, then all the
stomach distress caused by it dissp'
pears. Its promptness, certainty and
ease in overcoming such stomach DIS
orders is a revelation to those SShc
tn II
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
CHILDREN HATE
PILLS, CALOMEL
AND CASTOR OIL
IF CROSS, FEVERIsH, coNsTIPA.
TED, GIVE "cALlFoRNIA
SYRUP OF FIGS"

Look back at your childhood days
Remember the dose" mother insist.
ed on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different,
Mothers who cling to the old form
of physic simply don't realize what
they do. The children's revolt is we'll.
founded. Their tender little "insides"
are injured by them.
II your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli.
cious California Syrup Of Figs" It's
action is positive, but gentle. Mil.
lions Of mothers keep this harmless
fruit laxative" handy; they know
children love to take It; that 1t new.
er fails to clean the liver and bowels
and sweeten the stomach, and that a
teaspoonful given today saves a sick
child tomorrow.
Ask your druggist for q 5O-cent bot.
tie OF California Syrup of Figs"
which has full directions for babies,
children Of all ages and for grown.
ups plainly on each bottle. Beware
Of couuterteits sold here. See that
It is made by California Fig Syrup
Company" Refuse any other kind
with contempt.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
TUESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 9. 1917.
THE WAY OF A BIC LITTLE TOWN.

~Ha who attempts 10 take the measure of Fair
mont by looking at the latest estimate Of the popua-
ton or compares with the other cities of the state
by the familiar standards nequenty goes way wrong
Farmont is one of the biggest little towns in the whole
United States, and that something that cannot be shown
the surface 1t is big town because the city contains
unusually large number of really big men, men Of un-
Outstanding who do things in a big way.
The series of Liberty loan advertisements which have
been running in The West Vrgnian for The past several
days. and which will continue for several days to come
of the things that show the quality of the men who
control the big business interests of this CITY, When the
first Liberty loan being offered to the public some of
the large corporations which had agreed to take large po-
tons of the issue for the purpose of passing the bonds on to
their employees used Advertisements in the newspapers
facilitate the transaction Out of that grew an idea which
led to large concerns, and cases, of Chambers Of
Commerce and Boards of Trade paying for large general
Liberty loan ads in which the public urged buy
bonds. To this form of publicity in great measure was
due the remarkable sale of bonds of small denomination
to people who bought bond in their lives before
But this practice, until the present loan offered
confined the large cities and the very large corporations
Now however, the big business men of Faimont have
proved that they, too, know good thing when they it.
and are as patriotic as any in the country. 1t may be
doubted if another town of size any where in the
try will be able to make better showing along this line.
Famont may not make as much noise as some other towns
do, but does big things big way, and that after all
is what counts in the long with town the as
with an individual
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
SAYS HE FOUGHT
IN THE TRENCHES
ALTHOUGH HE'S z
But the Foe Was Rheumap
tism and It's Conquer.
or Was NerY.WOrth

The following unsurpassed endorse,
ment was recently given to the Drug
gist Baer, the Nerv.Worth distributor
at Wheeling. i
Il have been fighting in the trench.
es for years against my enemies.
Rheumatism, Stomach Trouble, Nery.,,
BUSINESS, Indigestion, Constipation and
Sleeplessness; and the one big she'll
with the big explosive that put them
all to rout was Wentworth. When Il
walked into your store two weeks ago,
and procured bottle of Nerv.Worth,
II could hardly navigate from Weak,i
ness and rheumatic pains; but nows
after using one bottle, am out OF the
trenches Of sickness and feel fine for
one of my age, 72 years. All my aches
and pains have left me. Can eat
heartily and relish my food. No
more indigestion or constipation and
no rheumatism. Sleep soundly. I
shall keep on using Wentworth until
/ gain my full strength. It Is the
only remedy l have been able to find
in all my ears OF ailments that did
me any real good. recommend 1t
to all, old or young.
JACOB PHILBAUM,
West Liberty, w. Va, near Wheeling.
Cranes Drug Store sells NerV.
Worth in Fairmont. Your dollar back
II the tonic does not help you.
Johnson's Drug Store sells Nerp-
Worth in Shinnston.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

Nilsson 70 d except make The ruling it did him &C.
law when they made the orders that team track iue1
could hays only boz ear-or the practice Is by no mean,
limited to the B. & o., or even to this state-ut thev
thought that perhaps the general situation would be reev
ed and that the team track operators would not make any
serious objection Doubtless the man who FIRST thought Of
the plan overlooked the fact that coal in box cars, which
must be mlOaded by hand. could not be marketed on
equal terms with coal in hopper bottoms.
But that the team track men have stood upon their
clear rights and the Public Service commission has put it.
0. K the position they took the whole ear problem j,
back to the place where it began last spring What j.
going to be done about this newspaper does not pretend
to know Moreover confident no one knows right now
1t believes however. that there can be no solution any
where right unless all interests get together and talk
the matter over the basis of actual conditions and with
out any one insisting too strongly upon legal rights