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The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
CHAPTER X-Continued.

The violent exertion Of reaching the
height had started the ruptured artery
anew, and his first work was crudely
to cleanse the wound and attempt to
rebandage it. He was hungry, but for
this there was only one alleviatton-
sleep-and, carefully effacing all traces
Of his presence on the ledge, he
crawled into his rock retreat and fell
again into a heavy slumber.
It was this repose that proved his
undoing. He woke to consciousness so
weak he could scarcely lift his head. It
was still day. A consuming thirst as
sailed him, but he lacked the strength
to crawl out Of his cave, and, looking
toward his bandaged foot he was
shocked at the sight Of how 1t had bled
while he slept.
Toward afternoon his restlessness in
creased, but he chung to his resolve to
lie still. By evening he was burning
with thirst, and when morning came
after feverish night, with his head
on fire and his mouth crusted dry, he
concluded rightly that one or both Of
his wounds had become infected.
De Spain understood what it meant.
He looked regretfully at the injured
foot. Swollen out of shape and angry
looking, the mere appearance would
have told him, had the confirmation
been needed, that his situation was
becoming critical. This did not SO
much discomfort him as it surprised
him and spurred him mentally to the
necessity of new measures. He lay q
long time thinking. Against the infec-
ton he could do little. But the one
aid at his hand was abundance Of cold
water to drink and battle his wound in,
and to this he resolved now to drag
himself. To crawl across the space
that separated him from the pool re-
quired all the strength he could sum-
mon. The sun was already well up
and it's rays shot like spectrum arrows
through the spray of the dainty cat
aract, which spurted in jeweled sheet
over rocky ledge twenty feet above
and poured nOisily down from the
broad pool along jagged powders be-
low.
Crawling, choking with thirst, slow
ly forward, he reached the water, and,
reclining on his side and one elbow, he
was about to lean down to drink when
he suddenly felt, with some kind of an
instructive shock, that he was no long
er alone on the ledge. He had no in
terest in analysing the conviction; he
did not even question it. Not sound
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
SHE HAD MAYNARD DAUGHTER
Neiuhbor Was Surprised When She
Found Cause Of Severe Rebuke
Administered by Mother.

A lady living in a large apartment
house relates the following:
"I had occasion one, day to visit the
apartment of neighbor. Such grave
and earnest tones of remOnstrance
reached my ears, as 1 approached my
friends room, that l hesitated about
intruding. I found her winsome young
daughter with her, and the mother had
evidently been rebuking her, for the
girls face was flushed, and there were
tears in her eyes.
"Come in," said my friend. II have
finished what 1 was saying to Jenny,
and I hope she will remember my
wishes"
"Ah, these children - these chill
dren % thought to myself.
81 have just been telling her." con-
tinued my friend, "that she must not
wear her evening gloves when she goes
shopping in the morning. In the first
place, it is not genteel; and in the
secOndAplace, 1t is extravagant."
Her evening gloves! And yet, as
sure you, her tone and expression, and
the impression made on the child,
would have befitted serious wrong
doing-One that had issues in time
and eternity.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
Buy Outright, Is War Plan.

MISUNDERSTANDING of Com
merce Redfield announced that the
conference representing all interested
departments of tbs government has
completed its study of war contracts.
Where conditions of manufacture
are particularly involved the confer
ence recommends a contract in which
a specified sum is awarded as the
profit on each article, instead of max
ing the profit percentage of the cost.
This recommendation will do away
with the tendency to increase costs to
increase profits.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
CHAPTER XII.
Nan Drifts.

Without going in to speak to Gale
whom Bull Page, his nurse, reported
very cross but not hurt much, Mar
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 resolutely, buckled or
holster to her side, and, slipping
revolver-a new one that Gale hac
given her-into it for protection, she
walked softly downstairs and out OF
doors. The night air was clear, with
three-quarter moon well up in the
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 a
tense feeling of uncertainty and sus.
piciOn, Nan at length reached without
adventure the corner Of the ledge
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 it was
now so far in shadow as to lie in i'm,
penetrable darkness. Hardly daring
to breathe, she crept and felt her way
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 agony
Of fear-underneath the Overhangins
wall she heard voices. De Spain ha(
confederates, then, and had trickec
her, after all.
But moment later this explanation
failed to satisfy her. The mutterings
were too constant and too discOnnect.
edit dawned on Nan that this must
be delirium. She could hear De Spair
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 mer
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, If
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 Morgan plot-for none Of his
had found his way alive and alone
to where he lay.
All of this Nan was casting up in
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 still
open.
Toward daylight of the morning, De
Spain dreamed he was not alone-that
a figure moved silently in the faintness
of the dawn-a figure he struggled to
believe a reality, but one that tricked
his wandering senses and left him, at
the coming of another day, weaker,
with failing courage, and alone.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
CHAPTER XI.
Farley.

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 rife 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 hag-
gard face, her slender neck and poised
head were very familiar to De Spain.
And her expression, while it 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
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-felt 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 her presence,
you've come to finish me-"
His shirt stained and tattered for
bandages, his hair matted in blood on
his forehead, his eyes inflamed and
sunken, his lips crusted and swollen,
the birthmark fastened wildly on his
cheek, made him a 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-"
he continued, looking into her eyes
without any thought of appeal, "1o it
quick"
Something in his long, unyieldin:
gaze AupcllcU ucE 10 DroaK the spell
Of it. "What. are you doing here?"
she demanded with anger, curbing her
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.
Gliding to kill other men!" Mans
accusation as she clutched her rifle
was almost explosive.
He regarded her coolly, and with the
interval he had had for thinking, his
wits were clearing. do I look like
man hunting for a fight2 Or" he
added, since she made no answer, ''like
q man hunting for quiet spot to die
INF"
II know you are a murderer"
In spite Of his weakness he flushed.
mo-" he exclaimed sharply, "rm not
a murderer. If you think it"-he point
ed contemptuously to her side-"you
have your rifle-use it!'
"You came here to hide to kill some
bodyi' she exclaimed.
"What do you mean by here? I
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25

had reached his ears. Only a 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
to come on his retreat unawares-at
all events, somebody, he was almost
sure, stood behind him. The silence
meant an enemy. The first thing to
expect was bullet. It would prob
ably be aimed at the back Of his head.
At least he knew this was the spot to
aim fox to kill q man instantly and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31
House and Floor Plan.

a piece Of 1-inch mesh wire netting Is
needed On the south side. The window
on the ca : side may be removed dur
ing the summer for ventilation. The
roof is covered with patent roofing
icosting S1.10 square, and there
Iare absolutely no open cracks for
idrafts on either side except the south.
Once or twice week a forkful Of mil
let or alfalfa is thrown in to the hens
and wheat or oats scattered over this
every morning. The hens are busy the
coolest days. When strong south
wind comes up the windows and doors
are closed. Once a month I take out
the roosts and nests which are nail
kegs, and spray with coal oil. The
low roof confines the body heat devel-
Ioped ard keeps the hens warm, at the
same time being high enough for an at
tendant to do his work.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31
Modern Poultry House.

hens free from vermin. A louse-1n-
tested fowl positively won't lay and
is losing proposition, always.
Make the hens work for every single
bit of food they get in winter, it viii
prevent them becoming too fat and
helps keep up g vigorous circulation,
preventing a chilled and shivering
fowl.
Hot food In winter is II perative;
every morning and night it should be
fed piping hot. In the morning feed
dry mash, made by boiling small pota-
toes, beets, turnips, vegetable parings
and the like, thiekened with bran or
other middlings. This mash should
be fed in clean troughs, placed high
enough to make the hens hustle to
reach them. Hens delight to scratch
In litter Of dry leaves and it makes
the most ideal scratch-material. Small
grain generously scattered in q deep
litter Of leaves will keep the flock hap
PLY busy and contented the whole day
through.
For the last feed in the day ccrn is
the most satisfactory, imparting the
heat so necessary for the well-be'ng
of the fowl during the cold, bitter
winter nights. The best way to feed
corn is to place it in the oven on the
cob and leave 1t until it is baked q
nice delicate brown. The savory odor
of baked corn is very appetizing, and
when the ears are cut up In short
lengths and fed thus to the fowls 1t
will keep them busy to pick up the
grains.
Water must be provided in abund-
ance. Of course, it is difficult
matter to keep water before the hens
in zero weather, when it freezes al
most as soon as it is put out, but you
must provide it often enough to insure
each foul getting les full share.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31
SCRAPS

Lyddite is picric acid melted with
little vaseline.
The health is generally improved af-
ter an attack of gout.
The muscles of the human jaw ex-
ert a force of 534 pounds.
Farming and pig rearing are the
staple industries of Serbia.
Belgium's population at the outbreak
Of the war was 100000.
The conductivity of copper depends
on the purity of the metal.
An electri eally-lighted, cross revolves
on top of a San Francisco steeple.
Camels bred especially for speed can
travel as much as 90 miles q day.
A1OIG ludu oO,OOO SONSh >A'NN
employees are paid less than SS2O a
year.
France Is planning to turn munition
plants into chemical works after war;
The wreck record of the Baltic sea is
greater than that of any other part OF
the world.
Seal pups born on the Pribilof is
lands were more num%ous by lO'4oo
this year than last year.
The women Of Capri have acted as
porters for ages, while many OF the
men sell coral specimens.
Germans have developed process
for spinning kapok fbers into yarn
that can be woven into textiles.
A folding handle, which can be car
ried in q pocket, is intended to be
used with a postcard to form fan.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

WINTER REVENUE FROM HENS
First Essential is Proper Quarters for
Fowls-Dry Leaves Make Ideal
Scratching Material.

A scarcity of eggs in winter is loss
that every true poultry keeper tries
ito avoid. Being the only source of
revenue expected from the flock at
this time of the year, everyone Is
anxious to have gGodly supply, and
with proper care and feed, satisfac-
tory results can reasonably be ex-
Ipected.
Proper quarters in which to house
the hens is the first and foremost
necessary essential. The house should
be kept clear of dirt and rubbish, and
the nests sweet and clean. A cold
ldry hen house provided it is free from
dafts, is to be preferred to damp,
warm one, as the latter is sure to bring
disease to your flock.
In the dust bath-which must al
ways be provided in winter-should be
mixed reliable louise powder, to keep
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31
Southern Railway
Company. -"
Effective Dec. 10th 1915.
Between Edgefeld ands Aiken.


Trains 100, 1919, lO7, slOs, l3Q
and lO6-No change.
Train Isl leave Edgefeld ll:45
a. M, same as at present, time at
Pine Ridge Camp l:05 p. M, ar
rive Trenton l:l0 p. M, same as
at present.
Train No. Ill leave Trenton IL:
Is a. M, Baynham 1880 a. m, Eu.
reka ll:4O a. M, Milledgeville IL:
so a. m, Lakeview ll:55 a. M,
Croft 1920 p. m. Pine Ridge Camp
1885 p. M, arrive Aiken l2:45 p.
m,
Train No. 1872 leave Aiken 1875
D. M. same as at present. Arrive
Trenton 2:l5 p. m.-No other chan
ges.
Train No. ITO leave Aiken 1:35
p. M, Pine Ridge Camp l:39 p. m.,
Croft $50 p. M, Lakeview 1857 p.
M, Milledgeville 2:lo p. M, Eure'
ka 2:ls p. m., Baynham 1926 p. M,
Trenton 2:4O p. M, Park Hill $3.50
D. m. Arrive EdgefeId 800 p. m.
Schedule figures are shown. as in
formation and are not guaranteed.
Fred r. McMillin,
District Passenger Agent,
22S Eighth Street,
Augusta, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31
WINTER QUARTERS FOR HENS
House Described and illustrated That
Accommodates Fifty White Leg
horns Comfortably.

I believe I have the best henhouse
for health, comfort and capacity, cost
considered. I have kept so White Leg
horns in it for the last four winters
and never had q frozen comb, nor q
case of roup, writes f. R. Campbell Of
Nebraska in Missouri Valley Farmer.
The house is 10 feet wide, u feet deep,
a feet High at the caves and Z at the
ridge. There is q Pinch board at the
bottom in the open end and under the
west door so that no litter is wasted.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

cocoa and chocolate stains use cold,
then boiling, water.
Pour boiling water on fruit stains,
arranging the stained surface over
bowl.
Blood stains, soak in cold water,
then wash in hot soapsuds, and bleach
In the sun.
Wine stains, cover the stains with
salt; let stand q few minutes then
rinse in cold water.
To remove ink spots from gingham
Wet the spots with milk and cover
them with salt. Let stand some hours
then rinse in several waters.
To remove grass stains-Allow the
spots to remain saturated with alco-
hol for little time, then wash in
clear water. Another method-rub with
molasses, then wash in hot soapsuds,
or q lit e lard, to loosen the grass
fiber, is rubbed we'll into the cloth, and
is then washed out in hot suds; is
usually effective.
To remove mildew-Use lemon
juice and sunshine, or if deep-seated,
soak in solution Of one tablespoon
full of chloride Of lime in four quarts
Of cold water until the mildew disap-
pears. Rinse several times in clear
water.
To remove rust stails-Lemon juice
and salt or salts of lemon are the most
valuable remCvers. Moisten the salts
with wafer and moiSten the spot; let
it lie in th. SD until the spot disap-
pears. A second application may be
needed. WErr II other means fail,
smoke stains GN er funnel placed over
a bit Of burning sulphur, confining the
fumes rs much as possible to the spot
needing treatment, then wash thor
oughly as the sulphur rots the thread.
Usually two or three treatments Of
peroxide In the sunshine will take out
stains on table linen.
NAn9 }nlezus
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31
IN THF ss1s
N QKITCHEN -
- AllEI71aCABlNE TG

# you want knowledge you must toll
for it, If pleasure you pust toll for 1t.
Toll is law. PLEASURE comes through
toll and not by self-indulgence and in
dolence. When one gets to love work
his life Is happy one.-Ruskin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

q large DoWl ana pour
through it boiling water
from a teakettle held at
a height to insure force,
IF the stains are obliter-
ated soak with peroxide
after they are hung on
the line.
Old tea and coffee
stains; soak in cold water
first, then use boiling wa
ter as above. To remove
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

When there is bad accident. the
first thing the coroner does is to go
through the pockets Of the man re-
sponsible for it, to see if bottle can
be found.-Ed Howe of Atchison in the
Chicago Herald Sunday Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

A man Is never so willing to do un-
to others as he would have others 90
unto him as when he finds himself IN
@ hole.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31
SAWED-OFF SERMONS

When a woman tells her husband
something about some other woman 1t
is never anything to the other wom-
ans credit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

When q boy studies for the ministry
the idea IS nearly always put into nls
head by his mother.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31
CONVERSATIONS

A plank road, in portable parts, is
being laid in the California deserts
for economy and convenience.
Pupils ut the Claremont (Cal.) high
school work their way by labor in the
lemon grove in the school grounds.
Shoes have been invented from
which the uppers and heels can be
removed to enable them to be worn as
slippers.
Eastern barrel manufacturers have
agreed to standardize their tight band
wooden barrels in eight universal
types.
A grass trimmer that resembles
horse clippers and is operated with
both hands has been patented by an
EngliShman.
Greater efficiency is the greatest
problem of the lumber trade. Only
one-third of the cut reaches the ulti.
mate consumer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31
TO REMOVE STAINS.

To remove fresh tea and coffee
stains. Place the stained linen over
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31
COUNTRY TOWN SAYINGS

After q man reaches seventy, he is
so disgusted he doesn't fear death
much.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

The late Mr.. Methuselah never heard
of germs and microbes, yet he man
aged to live longer than any OF the
rest of US.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

Some church members seem to think
it is up to the minister to make good
for the entire congregation.-1ndian-
apolis News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

The average city woman thinks she
could make fortune in three years
If she only had place to raise chick
ems.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31
WOMAN, LOVELY WOMAN

II a woman has nothing to say
she always wants to talk.
Talk is cheap, but some people
use extravagant language.
What an awkward angel the
average man would make.
Give q woman authority over
a man and she will impose on
him.
The photographer who can take
unnatural pictures gets the most
feminine patronage.
It sometimes happens that a
woman loves q nan for the
money he has, and hates him Tor
himself alone.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

The muscles of the human jaw eS
ert q force Of 534 pounds.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

Lyddite is picric acid melted with
little vaseline.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

The health is generally improved af'
ter an attack of gout.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

The conductiv.ty of copper depends
on the purity of the metal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

Farming and pig rearing are thu
staple industries of Serbia.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

An electri eally-lighted, cross revolves
on top of San Francisco steeple.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-01-31

Belgiums population at the outbreak
of the war was 100000.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17
WOMEN SUFFERERS
 NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands upon thousands of wom- on have kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect 1t. Women's complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble. or the result of kidney or bladder dis ease.
 If the kidneys are not in healthy condition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased.
 You may suffer . great deal with pain in the back. headache, loss of ambition. nervousness and may bs de- spondent and irritable.
 Don't delay starting treatment. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, a physician's prescription, obtain at any drug store, restores health to the kidneys and is just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions.
 Get fifty, cent or one dollar bottle immediately from any drug store.
 However. if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co, Binghamton. N. Y., for 2 sample bottle. When writ ing be sure and mention the New Britain Daily Herald.