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CHAPTER XIV.
Condemned.

The c0urt-murtial began its session
at nine In the morning, and the trial
of Hardy was over before three in the
afternoon. Vandervyn testified to the
suppression by the accused of the ex-
istence Of the developed mine and of
Redbear's misconduct.
Hardy's statements In explanation
Of his actions were as brief rs they
were cold and dry. Acting as civil
officer, he had considered the question
OF Withholding any mention of the
mine us matter within his discretion.
When interrogated whether he had not
taken advantage of this suppression
TO enter the contest and win the mine
for himself, his bald admission of the
fnct, unaccompanied by any explana-
ton of his motives, was received by
his officer judges with marked gravity.
The other charges were far more
serious, and he opposed them with
vigor. He denied emphatically any in
tentiOn to desert or to remain perma-
nently absent from his proper duties
without leave, and showed the tele-
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vyn and Mario. AZ sskfIt OF Hardy the
young man stopped short, but. meet
ing the presidents cordial smile, came
forward with easy assurance. Marie
did not look ut Hardy. as she fol-
lowed. M
The president addressed vandervyn: {:
captain Hardy has declined to ask
for clemency. / have decided to sus-
tain the findings of the court-martial.
In the face Of all this. he has had the
temerity to make q charge of fraud
against your Indian contract"
Vandervyn nodded: Captain Hardy
Is too skilled a strategist not to realize
that the best way to shield himself is
to raise the cry Of stop theft against
others. Does he allege that the sigma
lures to my contract are forged"
1.-THE signatures are genuine. They
were obtained by fraud" bluntly
charged Hardy.
my word Is as good or perhaps
somewhat better than that Of CASH
Tered officer" rejoined Vandervyn.
you deny the charge" the president
stated rather than inquired.
"Most emphatically," pleasantly
agreed vandervyn. He looked signifl-
cantly from Hardy to Marie. "As a SOL
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| very good of you to offer. How.
ever. l believe have enough left to
last me through. And in any event, I
could not Impose on your generosity.
Inc money would be used against him
winch, you see, would hardly do"
Ihen you refuse any loan?"
| III was most kind Of you to make
the Offer"
Don Qulxote de Ia Mancha !" she
murmured.
"Tlltlng at machine windmllls!, he
replied.
Ihougn there was no trace of bitter
ness or satire in his wit. her chin lift
ed 10 the angle of offended pride,
That Is sufficient, Captain Hardy.
Mny ask you to take me back to
hlmH
Fandervyn was waiting for her near
the president. AS they approached
him, she gave Hardy look of half
relentment. 'You must understand
Captain, that l must do as my heart
dictates. though l confess that lobby
Ing Is far from agreeable to me. 1
have already met his excellency. and
he has been so kind us to promise me
hearing"
II cannot wish you success" he re-
piled.
She gave him a quizzical glance and
turned away with Vandervyn.
Standing In the eager, jostling
crowd that waited for n word or even
nod from the president, he fully ap-
preclated the ease with which, in the
midst Of so great crush, she man
aged to obtain several moments con-
versation apart with the nations chief
magistrate.
She was still beside the president
when the sharp-eyed man to whom
Vandcrvyn had spoken came around
beside Hardy and murmured few
words in his ear. Hardy looked him
in the eye, bowed, and quietly started
to move away. The man followed him
until he had left the White House.
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gram from a high official in the war
department that led him to believe ms
resignation and application for leave
of absence would be at once favorably
acted upon by his commanding o1hcer
MT VANCOUVER barracks. This. In some
circumstances, might have been con-
sIdered sufficient excuse for MS con
duct. But his refusal to explain nls
reason for taking advantage OF ms Sc
cret knowledge of the mine perceptlply
influenced the members OF the court
TO doubt the statement OF MS purpose
in coming to Washington.
Though the court-martlal adjourned
without rendering. Its findings. he ieIt
the courtroom ten years older in ap-
nearance than when he entered. me
reeretful, commiserating glance OF tne
most friendly of his judges seemed
nlsinly to indicate what would be tne
f,ndInrs. The thought Of voluntarily
rssionins from the service had been
hsrd 10 be cashiered was almost un-
Yet 81 walked out with bis Pes. s
.stssskf n srd HE head wsll up As
~ dirSctly T. he White heoss -
Sf y 9 MA - - 3 = 3
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CHAPTER XVI.
The Sentence.

In the anteroom the doorkeeper
waved Hardy to door on the right.
1t led him into stenographers' room.
He saw the flounce of a woman's skirt
behind a revolving bookcase near the
far end of the room, and paused.
Someone stepped into the room after
him, and touched him authoritatively
on the shoulder.
"One moment Captain Hardy
your sentence"
He turned and faced the presidents
aide with the clear, unflinching gaze
of brave man about to be shot. The
aide saiuted with punctilious formal
ity. Hardy responded with equal for
mality. The aide presented an official
document, saluted, and withdrew from
the room.
For long moment Hardy stood with
the decree. of his fate slowly crumpling
In his hand. His eyes were fixed on
vacancy. Doubtless he was seeing the
years of soldierly comradeship and
duty that now lay in the past and the
vision of the career to which he was
to have given the utmost of his pow
ers. He had always loved his profess
sion-and now
The woman whose skirt he had seen
was in front Of him before he became
aware Of her presence. He found him
self looking into the cool, half-mocking
face Of Marie. t4J
"Are you afraid to read your SEN
tencef she taunted. "Had It not been
for you, he would have had the mine
and million from his contract and
me. The president conferred with Sem
ator Clemmer an hour ago. The treaty
appropriation bill will be passed with
a clause that no commission Is to be
paid for the services Of any tribal
agent or representative. He has lost
everything. And now--I am waiting
to see you read that paper"
Hardy drew himself mp. opened the
envelope, took out the document and
read.
A. Marie saw he look Of blank M
credulityp tbet CANA into his facA hee.
eyss AasAs0 un6 ~ Ieweeana vi e
tAsle lsng IasksA ~ seass1 - ae ~
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dier-until recently-the gallant cap
tain probably believes in the saying
that all is fair in war and love-"
Marie lowered her eyes. The presi-
dent looked thoughtful. "Of course.
Mr.. Vandervyn, there can be no ques-
tiOn, when it Is a matter of your word
against his. Yet were there any other
witnesses than yourselves and the In
diansY
"Your excellency evidently has not
seen the contract" said vandervyn. ut
is duly witnessed by Charlie Redbear.
the official interpreter, and by his SIS
ter"
"Ah, the interpreter, you say? This
matter may be rumored in the house
and even in the senate. 1t will be
well for you to send for the man."
vandervyn shrugged. "Can't do it,
even to oblige you, Mr.. President The
fellow has gone to the place where
cold storage is unknown. My uncle
told you about the affair. The fellow
was drunk: he aimed his gun at me.
I supposed 1t loaded, and shot him in
self-defense. Hardy was present. He
can't deny what 1 say, without for
swearing himself"
Hardy met the presidents look of
inquiry, and bowed in confirmation of
the statement. The president again
looked thoughtful. THAT leaves the
mans sister as the only witness to the
contract. 1t would be well if she could
be produced"
The aide left the room. Vandervyn
again shrugged. "Search has been
made for her, Mr.. President. All that
could be learned from her Indian rela
tives was that she had been very sick
and had gone away. OF course that
meant to the happy hunting grounds.
There was no other place that she
could have gone"
The aide returned to the room lead
Ing tall young woman who was
dressed In Partisan tailored suit
that Vandervyn had last seen on
Marie. She was gloved and heavily
yelled, and she entered the room with
perceptible timidity. Marie went to
take her arm in reassuring clasp and
raise the veil. At no time since their
coming to Washington had Vandervyn
been given SO much as q glimpse of
Miss Dupont's reputed Hindu maid.
This undoubtedly was the woman, and
he looked at her with sharp curiosity
as Marie raised the veil. Marie step
ped aside and gave him full view Of
the girls face.
"Oinna!" he exclaimed. f
eyes. Is 1t not happy surprise"
said Marie.
She smiled at the shrinking girl,
and drew her about to the president.
'My dear, this is the great White Fa-
ther of all Indians and of our tribe
he is our father-your excellency. this
Is Mrs. Reginald Vandervyn"
The blow was given with merciless
force. As vandervyn gaped at Marie,
her eyes famed with a sudden up
leaping Of fierce exultance.
He gasped and choked out: "You-
YOU l-All these months-this-you-
Indian!"
"Yes, Indian-to you, even as she
was Indian to, youl" cried the girl.
"You have been SO eager to marry a
breed sirl-here is one, already your
wifel"
''.It's lie-a black liei" denied Van
dervyn. II never married her !"
lyon took her by tribal custom, and
you told her that you were taking her
legally according to the common law"
s.she cannot prove ! nvsd with her
openly q hsF husband, !" re3olned Van
dssy5k
~ peestdsae 1os&Sd Ak - sngink-
= 60 ~ 1l1ly sueil
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veEetnbleDs
HIDES AND PELTs.
Dry Hluea.

Dry HiIes.
Flint butcher, per In. ......37 gSS
Flint bull and stag -
Flint culls and glue ....... Is
Salt hides 2Q3c ID. less.
Horsehides I2Q2/3 price Of green
salted.
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Calf and Kip. Green s.ltea.
Green snIted, Cured Hides, etc,
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Metal Market Qaot.tler..

New York.-Lead-Spot, 10M Ollie.
Copper-September and fourth quar-.
ter. S26.5OQ2Eoo
Tin-Spo0 $63.75 bid.
Bar Silver-S2Hc.
Copper-Castins, $2712A.,
st. Louis.-Spelter-$S. .
London.-Bar Silver-42 1/16d per OF.
Boulder.-Tungsten concentrated, Coz
$500 per unit. Crude ores, COZ, $500;
25Te. $s.4OQ 1900; 10Se, $s.70010.00 per
unit. 80
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Dry Flint Pelts,

Wool pelts. per lb. $1,000. $40 IS
Short wool pelts ........ 500 50
Butcher shearlings. No. 1 10
No. murian shearlings =. 05
Bucks, saddles and pieces at value.
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chicago Live. stock Q..t......,

Chicago Live. stock Qaotataens.
Chicago.-Hogs-Bul 3iSse01s.Ts;
1875; heavy, $l5.1001s.s0; . new high
price record; rough, S1s.1001t.ss:p pigs,
$11.25 a. 400. n n i3s isis5 a q
1855; western steers. $1,000 1a.1S;
stockers and feeders, $500 9.1; COWS
and heifers, $4.400 1900; calves, t3.7E0
1880. .s95 Y tslt-
sheep-wethers, $3.50 o 1850; >wes,
36.5039.25; lambs. t9.36 q lass.
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HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
(F. o. B. Denver. Carload Prlca)
q U oTATIo NJ .

(F. o. B. Denver. Carload Prics.)
Hay.
Buying Prices-per Ton.
Colorado upland, per ton. .20.000z4.00
Nebraska upland ......... $500 22.00
Prairie hay Gold crop Coio.
and Neb., per ton $4,000 z1.0V
Prairie hay (new CROP Colo.
and Neb.. per ton 1900 @ 11.00
Timothy. per ton ......... 22.00@24.0o
Alfalfa (new crop) per ton 12.00@15.o0
South Park. per ton ..... .23.0 Q $500
Gunnison Valley. per ton .21.00Q zl.00
Straw, per ton ............ 5000 1.oV
Grain.
Wheat. new, CHI. mill. 100 lbs, buy S.33
Oats, Neb.. 100 lbs, buying ..... ESQ
Colo oats, bulk, buying ........ ESQ
Corn chop, sack, selling ......... 4.S1
Corn In sack, selling ............ l.zs
Bran, Colo, per 100 lbs, selling z.2u
Fl0uf.
Hungarian patent ............... S.S5
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s,:sss ~ sse; .sssssss y Sss;
..s,s:ss s,Sss'ssyis ss s;ss sss 4 sss s|' s n
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rr,ee e Fla,s

Duluth.-Flaxseed, September, st1.aQ.
october. $3.50; November. $3.50.
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Batter Eggs. Potatoes ana Hsuitry.
sec. - Il 2 s's's,1'
,Ea Esss,H,gssr Z ssc Rsssip., iNSss eases
@3shc: at mark, cases inciudedt TN
Pos.toss-yirsini., shis.; ss.sse es.ses
Poultry-Fowis. 1so HE: xpsa4iIa|
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Green snlted Pei,

Lamb and sheep. each ....1.00 20 zoo
Spring lambs ............. 500 rs
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Butter.

Creameries. ex. LIST grade. lb, 40
Creameries, End grade. ID. 81
Process ........... 80 VSl
Packing stock (net) ....... 81
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Live Poultry.
EEEs.

Eggs. graded No. / net. r. o.
b. Denver ...........-... -
Eggs. graded No. 2 net. F. o.
B. Denver -
Eggs. case count. misc. cases
less commission ........ 6.00Q9.50
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Fruit.

Apples, Colo, new, fancy, box 1.00@2.2S
Cherries, Colo, pie, cts ... zoo
Gooseberries, Colo, qt. cts. ..3.0003.75
Gooseberries, Colo, pit. cts. 200
Raspberries ................z.5 ESQ q 400
Strawberries, home gr.. pts. ..3.504 400
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Dressed Poultry.

Fl0uF.
Hungarian patent ............... S.s5
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Her voice sank to q note of deep
humility.
II know how very unworthy Of you
I am. Yet l hope am not SO un-
worthy as that first day at the coulee,
when scorned you, and you, with
your skill and courage and moderation,
saved US without harming those whose
attack he had wantonly brought upon
us. was coQuette-a coQuette in
fatuated with the kind of man with
whom q coquette deserves to be infat.
uated. But was not altogether friv-
olous. I soon perceived your immeas-
urable superiority over him. Only ms
head could not overcome the fascina,
ton that had bound my heart. NJ
soul sought to free itself from the
spell-I struggled and prayed Yet
not until there at the mine. when you
showed yourself the bravest, the most
generous"
She flung out her arms to him in
piteous appeal. "Captainl Ny cap
tain! Say that you do not think me-
altogether What he-thought mel"
Hardy drew her hands together, and
bent to kiss them with reverent pas
sion.
2 dearest" he replied, '.you forget
that other day In the coulee that day
when you thought ne dying I gassd
iup Into your sysA aAd ! sAw ~ -
~ ny nothse.. !. q Sss
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CHAPTER XIV.
A Strong Man Armed.

Smith put his elbows on the desk
and propped his head in his hands.
1t was not the attitude of detection !;
it was rather trancelike rigor of
concentration, with each and all of the
newly emergent powers once more
springing alive to answer the battle
call. AT the desk-end Starbuck sat
with his hands locked over one knee,
too disheartened to roll a cigarette,
normal solace for all wound'ngs less
than mortal. After a minute or two
Smith jerked himself around to face
the news-bringer.
'Docs Colonel Baldwin known he
asked.
"Sure! That's the worst Of It. Didn't
/ tell you? He drove out tc the dam,
reaching the works just ahead Of the
trouble. When MGraw and the posse
outfit showed up, the colonel got 1t
into his head that the whole thing was
merely another trick of Stanton's-a
fake. Ginty, the quarry boss brought
the news 20 town. He says there was
a bloody mix-up. and ut the end of it
the colonel and Williams were both
under arrest for resisting the officers"
Smith nodded thOughtfulIy, cot
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-23
PROPER QUARTERS FOR COWS
Suitable Place Must Be Furnished In
Order to Get Best Results
Provide Ventilation.

To give best results mich cows
should be provided with suitable quar-
ters for feeding and milking. Stalls
should be provided for each cow and
feed boxes and manger racks should
be so arranged that they will be of
easy access for cleaning at least once
every day. Twenty-Five dollars, plus
the labor, should fit any ordinary barn
with stalls for FIVE cows and the nee
essary feed boxes, managers and gut
ters.
Plenty Of ventilation Is necessary,
because the COW is somewhat like the
human being. she thrives best where
there is plenty OF fresh air available.
Provision should be made to take care
of the manure. This can be done by
providing plenty of bedding in box
stalls, or, If stanchions are used, by
having water-tight cutters about IA
inches wide and 10 inches deep run
ming full length of the stable.
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Aunt Virginia Says:

To attempt to plan your life for q
year. month, a week ahead is just
as foolish MS 1t would be to commence
to add up a column of figures without
knowing what more than half of them
were.
Justice TO the innocent sometimes
demands that we expose the faults OF
our neighbor, but we ought to meet the
occasion as an unpleasant duty, not as
joyful opportunity.
1t pays to be generous II only for
the claim II gives us ON the generos-
ity of others when our time of need
comes.
1t ought to be made a penitentiary
Offense to thrust upon the radiant hap
piness of newly-married lovers the
cheap, coarse cynicism that 'lt won't
last"
Some people imagine they are disci-
plining their children when they pun
fish them brutally for doing something
the tenth time that they have been
allowed to do without protest nine
times before.-Farm Life.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-23
Not Bread Alone.

A japanese newspaper, in emphaslz-
ing the gravity of the responsibility
resting on Japan and America on ac-
count of the fact that the world ac-
tivlty Is shifting from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, says that these two great
nations are bound to exchange more
and more of their products and de-
chres that they must come to agree on
high principles, Man cannot live by
bread alone" quotes the editor-which
is perfectly true; but as the old
darky remarked, observes an exchange,
at keeps or man hustlin' TO a little
price o. meat"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-23
Candles Us. Electricity.

The Society for Electrical Develop
ment, anxious to encourage n wider
use Of electricity for lighting, has pre-
pared figures showing 1t Is mu.h cheap.
err than candles or kerosene
A recent test of six candles showed
that for 1 cent only 2.6S candle-power
hours were obtained. II electricity for
lighting costs cents for kilOwett
hour a 20-watt lamp can be lighted for
80 hours for cents. The efficiency Of
a 20-watt incandescent is a candle
power for LII watts. Thus a 20-watt
lamp will provide about II candle
power. It win burn 80 hours for 9
cents, Ut $50 candle-power hours will
cost 8 cents. One cent win buy 94.4
eandle-power hours, or 35 times as
much light as can be obtained from Q
candle for l cent
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-23

string was. A half hour ago, deputy
United States marshal, with a posse
big enough to capture q town, took
possession Of the dam and stopped the
work. He says it's a court order from
Judge Lorching at Red Butte, based on
the claims OF that internal paper rail-
road!"
Smith pushed the telephone aside.
But it's too latei" he protested.
'"The dam is completed; Williams
phoned me before l went to dinner.
All that remains to be done to save
the charter is to shut the spillways
and let the water back up so that it
will flow into the main ditch!"
Fright there's where they've got
us!' was the rasping reply. "They
won't let Williams touch the spillway
gates, and they're not going to let him
touch them until after we have lost out
on the time limit! Williams man says
they've put the seal OF the court on
the machinery and have posted armed
guards everywhere. Wouldn't that
make you run around in circles and
yelp like scaIded dOgT
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-23
FEED COWS WHILE MILKING?
Much Depends on Temperament of An
imal and Person Who MiIks and
Attends to Her.

There has been some little discus,
sion recently in the various farm pa.
pers on the matter of whether it is ad.
visable TO feed cows while milking. II
would seem TO me that little advantage
can be gained from such practice and
there are several noteworthy objec
tons to it, says a writer ia an ex.
change. OF course, much depends OF
the temperament of the cow, and the
person who milks and cares for her
There are cows with a quiet DISPOSE.
ton and not of hoggish nature that
will stand quietly while being MIXED
In fact few cows will not stand more
quietly during the milking process II
they have nothing else to attract their
attention. If the COW is standing quiet
ly size sees the mixer when he APP
proaches and steps in beside her. She
also gives down her milk more freely
than when she Is attempting to eat
at the same time.
On the other hand, If COW has her
head down in the manger she will
probably not see the mixer when he
approaches, and the first intimation
she has Of his presence Is when he
speaks to, or touches her, and If she
Is of a nervous disposition she will
probably jump back and then continue
TO annoy him during the entire process
of milking.
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Old PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

Have you eve-Y stopped to reason why
it Is that 50 nlist products that are ex-
tensively adverna9N all at once drop out
OF sight and are soon forgotten. The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfil
the promises of the manufacturer. This
spphes more particularly % medicine
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as Ike
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited 20 those who are in need of it,.
A prominent druggist says. Take for
example DIR. kilmer's Swamp-Root,
preparation ] have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
40 other kidney remedy that l know Of
has so large sale
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used The preparation, the success of DIR.
kilmers' Swamp-Root is due 20 the fact
that, so many people claim, it fulils al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments, eorrects ur-
mary troubles and neutraEzes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle Of
Swamp Root by Parcel Post. Address
DR.. Kilner & Co., BinghamtGn. n. Y, and
enclose ten cents; also mention This paper.
Large and medium size bottles for sale
ct all drug stores.-Adv.