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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12

city; and driving while under tho In
flucnce OF liquor shall be construed as
reckless driving. Any person who
shall violate the provisions Of this
section shall be liable to fine Of not
less than $50 nor moro than 500, re-
coyerable before the Police Justice Of
the city OF Richmond. and the Po-
lice Justice shall certify tho fact Of
such conviction to the Chief OF Police
Of the city Of Richmond. who shall
thereupon deprive such person Of his
permit for a period Of six months.
Upon second conviction hereunder the
Police Justice shall certify such fact
to the Chief OF Police. who shall, there
upon. revoke the permit Of any person
SO convicted.
mo person shall operate a motor
vehicle upon the streets OF this city
without first obtaining from tho Chief
OF Police O permit In writing. revokable
as herein provided, certifying that such
person has passed an examination as
and as to his knowledge of the TRAFFIC
laws OF the State OF Virginia and the
city of Richmond. and has paid over to
the secretary Of the Police Department
the sum of so cents. which shall con-
stitute the city license fee for the call
endar year OF its issuance, provided,
that no such permit shall be issued to
any person under the age OF sixteen
years Such permit shall always be
carried by the person to whom It Is
issued. and shown to any police officer
or citizen upon request. This section
shall not apply to nonresidents remain
ing in the city less than forty eigh hit
(48) hours.
ANY person violating the provisions
OF this section shall be fined not less
than 81 nor more than IS. recoverable
before the Police Justice Of the city
of Richmond.
/ Except as otherwise hereinbefore
provided. any person who shall violate
any Of the provisions Of this ordinance
shall be fined not less than IS nor more
than 500 for each offense. recoverable
before the Police Justice Of the city
of Richmond"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12
Is Your Wife to Blame for the
Size of the Bills?

sTHE high cost of living is bound
(, to stay high just 30 long as folks
encourage outworn business
methods.
Maybe your wife does watch ex-
penditures like hawk-cuts out all
unnecessary expenses-is on the alert
for all the best "buys."
But does she get deep down under
the surface Of things and throw her
trade to the merchantwho uses business
like methods-who sdpe, money for him
self and his customersa
Suppose the housewives and the
merchants Of this city were to get to-
gether and cut the .oa,te out of the cost
of having purchases sent homel
1t can be done-just by more eff
cient delivery.
Still quite few old-fashioned horse
delivery outfits Gathering over the streets.
trying vainly to keep up with 10th
century demandsl The merchants who
own them are asleep. They haven't yet
realized that in these days of close
margins, speed and quick turnovers.
Uolume and serpice are the real money
makers.
And then there is the other fellow
who says motor delivery doesn't pay"
OF course it doesn't pay him. He's
using converted pleasure car which
burns up gasoline. oil and tires--eats
its head off with repair bills-isn't built
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12

to meet package delioe,y Requirements.
But there's happier picture than
these-the man who has a husky,
trusty, economical VIM Delivery Truck
at his curb-ready to shoot orders out
among his t1ade-and to take care of
new customers as fast as they come.
There's your business mani His
goods and his prices are bound to be
right because he thinks right about his
expenses.
The VIM Delivery Truck is the
cheapest delivery unit to operate BE-
cause it is designed solely to meet n,ereh-
andtsc delioery needs. There isn't a
pleasure car part in the VIM. It's built
to deliver cheaply any weight up to
thousand pounds.
1t will cover three times as much
territory as a horse and wagon. Re,
suit more customers. greater oolumc,
lower costs
And the VIM Delivery Truck is the
easiest delivery unit on the market to
buy-through our Deferred Payment
Plan.
$4,000 progressive American mer-
chants are paying for their VIM Trucks
out Of their delivery sayings,
Full information about the VIM Plan
on request
Thoroughly equipped VIM Truck
Sales and Service Station in this city
tor the benefit of VIM owners.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-12

THE high cost of living is bound
to stay high just 30 long as folks
! encourage outworn business
poethods
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29

painlessly-yet he shrank from that
anticipated crash.
His thoughts, working In flashes Of
lightning, suggested every possible
trick of escape, and as rapidly rejected
each. There was nothing for 1t but
to play the part, to take the blow with
no more than a culver when it came.
He had once seen a man shot in just
that way. Braced to such a determine
ton, De Spain bent slowly downward,
and, with eyes staring into the water
for a reflection that might afford a
glimpse of his enemy, he began TO
drink. Each mOuthful of water was a
struggle. The sense of impending death
had robbed even the life-giving drafts
of their tonic; each instant carried its
acute sensation of being the last. At
length, his nerves weakened by hunger
and exposure, revolted under the
strain. Suppose 1t should be, after all,
a fantasy of his fever that pictured so
wildly an enemy behind. With an ef-
fort that cost more mental torture than
he ever had known, he drew back on
his elbow from the pool, steadled him.
self, turned his head to face his execu-
toner, and confronted Nan Morgan.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29

way he perlred up when I told hin
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 a cup of coffee--for you !"
McAlpin, like any good story-teller,
was already on his feet again. "He
did It," he exclaimed, land you know
what he got when he stepped into the
barroom." He took hold of De Spain's
coat and held It aside to enter his
exhibit. "There," he concluded, els
his cambridge belt, hanging there yet.
The boy is dead-why shouldn't I tell
your
Nan rode home much more excited,
more bewiIdered 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 McAlpln 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, a further
awkward complication for her feelings.
She already had enough to confuse
them.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29
PAYS FOR 100
ACRES OF LAND
From the Crop Of Wheat on So
Acres in Western Canada.

This story of paying for your land
out of one years crop is fully anthem
ticated by a great many farmers In
Western Canada.
And now, all that the farmer makes
is velvet and you find him going more
extensively into stock%raising, for all
authorities agree that in a short time
there will be a demand for live stock,
such as even will tax the vast re-
sources of Western Canada. They
will go into stock raising because OF
the adaptabilIty of the country to pro-
vide food and fodder without feeding
grain II necessary. They will go into
stock and improve their places. They
will install steam and heating plants
In fact, many are now doing 1t. They
will have automobiles, in fact In many
districts there is not q farmer but has
one. They will beautify their homes
and erect fine barns until the whole
country will be as attractive as many
Of the counties in the best states in
the Union. But we started out to tell
you Of the farmer who paid for 100
acres of land from the crop of wheat
off of SO acres. The Holden district
on the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific
does not appear to the ordinary OBJ
server to be any better than many
other districts along that line, and
probably isn't. 1t was in this district
that John Larcome, a settler, pur-
chased in 1915 100 acres of raw pratt
RE land. He broke and seeded So
acres. His crop turned out well, and
he sold the greater portion Of it for
$2,970. His land cost him $3.50 per
acre, or $3.50. So that the crop from
the 80 acres paid for the land and left
a balance Of over $500, which with
part of the crop left over would just
pay for the cost Of operation. This
is not really an unusual case, hundreds
of other farmers in Alberta and Sas-
katchewan having been able to do the
same.
Sales of land are being reported
from many districts in Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta at good prices.
And values are yet low, but with the
flow of any value that will take place
after the war, no doubt they will be
considerably increased. The home
steads in the Park sections which are
to be had actually free are having
the attention of good class of set
tiers, who want to go into mixed farm
ng.-Advertisement.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29
CHAPTER X-contlnued.

The violent exertion of reaching the
height had started the ruptured artery
ANEW. and his first work was crudely
ITO cleanse the wound and attempt to
rebandage IL. He was hungry, but for
this there was only one alienation
sleep-and, carefully effaclng all traces
of his presence on the ledge, he
crawled into his rock retreat and fell
again into heavy slumber.
1t was this repose that proved his
Gndoing. He woke to consciousness so
weak he could scarcely lift his head. 1t
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 it 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 a 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 a
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 Its rays shot like spectrum arrows
through the spray of the dainty cat.
aract, which spurted In jeweled sheet
over a 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 wher
he suddenly felt, with some kind of al
instructive shock, that he was no long
err alone on the ledge. He had no in
terest in Analysing the conviction; hi
did not even question it. Not sOun(
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29

dies Of the Spanish sinks. Where he
lay he could, IL 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 IL he was not helped soon
he would die.
But who was to help him? Certainly
none Of his friends. If she told them
they would try to reach him. That
would mean an appalling-an unthink-
able-6ght. All came back to one ter
rlfying alternative: Should she help
this wretched man herself? And II he
lived, would he repay her by shooting
someone of her own kin?
The long ride to Calabasas went fast
rs 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 60 to
supper. Nan asked for her package
and wanted to start directly back
again. McAlpin refused absolutely to
hear OF II. 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 run
ming comment McAlpin had to offer
concerning the Calabasas fight. sand
l was sorry to see Gale mixed up in II"
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
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29
Cro BE coNTINUED)
New Job for pereIieta.

One hundred derelicts in the Friend
Iy inn in Baltimore have undergone
blood tests at the Union Protestant hos
pItal, a branch of Johns Hopkins. for
TRANSMISSION cases. OF this number %
have submitted to TRANSMISSION opera
lions and have received $25 for their
sacrifice of blood to wealthy patients
who lack red corpuscles. The remain
der are paid 81 for keeping themselves
in good condition until they are need
ed.
In order that no mistake may be
made the family history of each dere-
lict is studied carefully. His life also
is made a subject of investigation so
that none but the possessors of good
blood may accomplish sale. The
blood of these men from Friendly inn
now, courses through some of the
most prominent men and women IN the
United States.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29

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. 1 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 1t
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 it. "YOu want to
know what he did go down to the hotel
for that afternoon? 1 happen to know
that, too," averred McAlpIn, sitting
down, but respectfully, on the edge OF
the chair. "First want to say this:
worked for your Uncle Duke five
years."
He paused to give Nan a chance tC
dispute the statement If she so desired
Then, taking her despairing silence as
an Endorsement Of his position In civ
ing her a confidence, he went on
Henry de Spain is dead" he said qui
city. She eyed him without so mucl
as winking. 81 wouldn't tell 1t, If HI
wasn't. The boys dead. And he wal
always talking about you. It's Cod
truth, and since he's dead 1t harms NJ
one to tell 1t to you, though I'd neve
breathe 1t to another. He was fairl!
gone on you.
"Yop don't have to knock me down
, Miss Nan, to put me wise about ,
mans being keen on a girl. I'm a mar
, ried man." declared McAlpin wit
) modest pride. "He thought all tn
3 time he was fooling me, and keepin
? covered. Now, that afternoon he cam
I In here kind of moody. 1t was an al
| niversary for him, and hard one-th
D day his father was shot from an
5 bush--a good many years ago, bu
1 nary one of US had forgot 1t. The
0 he happened to see your pony-thi
Z same pony you're riding tOday-f
!. standing back there in the bOx-stal
' He asked me whose 1t was; and b
: asked me about you. and, by jinxi ii
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29
CHAPTER XII.
Nan Drifts.


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 own
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 a plot.
She dressed resolutely, buckled on
holster to her side, and, slipping a
revolver-a new one that Gale had
given her-into 1t 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
lhuNlI 40 pOOOlDlC Wllhlu BICut
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 inn
penetrable darkness. Hardly daring
to breathe, she crept and felt her way
over 1t 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 overhanging
wall she heard voices. De Spain had
confederates, then, and had tricked
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 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 Morgan plot-for none of his
friends would ever believe De Spain
had found his way alive and alone
: to where he lay.
All of this Nan was casting up II
/, 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
I, open.
Toward daylight Of the morning, d.
, Spain dreamed he was not alone-tha
/, a figure moved silently in the faintnesi
! of the dawn-a figure he struggled tt
believe q reality, but one that trickeC
his wandering senses and left him, a
: the coming of another day, weaker
7 with falling courage, and alone.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29
CHAPTER XII.
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 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
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 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 I;
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 desperate sight. Re
garding him steadily, Nan, as Devil.
dered as if she had suddenly come on
n great wounded beast of prey still
dangerous, made no response to his
words. The two stared at each other
defantly and for another moment in
silence. "If you are going to kill me,
he continued, looking into her eyes
without any thought of appeal, "do Il
quick"
Something in his long, unyieldinl
gaze impelled her to break the spell
of it. "What are you doing herel'
she demanded with anger, curblng hel
voice to control her excitement as bes
she could.
De Spain, still looking at her, an
swered only after a pause. Hiding,
he said harshly.
Hiding to kill other men!" Nam
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 / look Xix
t q man hunting for a fightP Or" h
| added, since she made no answer, silk
5 a man hunting for a quiet spot to dl
$ inP
r II know you are a murderer"
I In spite of his weakness he flushed
t "No," he exclaimed sharply, I'm nc
e a murderer. If you think it"-he poln
o ed contemptuously to her side-"yo
= have your rifie-use itW
"You came here to hide to kill sons
o bodyp she exclaimed.
d "What do you mean by here?
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29
THIS YOUNGSTER
HAS HIS COLDS
RUBBED AWAY!

The mother of this sturdy boy
is Mrs. Alvin Roeder, 1904 N.
Rowley ST., Evansville, Ind
After giving the Southern
treatment for colds, Vick's
VapoRub Salve, a trial, Mrs.
Roeder is now enthusiastic
caIly in favor of this external
method of relief and writes:
"At the time we received our first jar
Of Vick's VapoRub we all had bad colds
or Group. rubbed some Vap0Rub over
the children's throats and chests and
covered with warm flannel cloth, and il
gave them almost instant relief. l am
more than pleased with the results il gave,
and recommend it above anything | have
yet tried"
VapoRub comes in three
sizes, 25c, Soc or $1.00, and
for all forms of cold troubles
from head colds, catarrh
and asthmatic troubles down
to deep chest colds, sore
throat, bronchitis or incipient
pneumonia, it will be found
quicker and better than in
ternal medicines. Group is
IA usually relieved in fif-
2m teen minutes.
HkEAS Keep Iitfie 6o09-G V1a0 Ia YOU 6ozs7N
| .MIcEESN A5oVQ8S Awe
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29

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
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 a bullet. 1t would prob
ably be aimed ut tbs back of his head.
At least he knew this was the spot to
aim for to I'LL q man instantly and
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29
NAN MORGAN GETS A CHANCE TO BETRAY De SPAIN
BUT LEARNS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THAT MAKES
HER DlSL0YAL TO HER OWN PEOPLE

Cat railroad division town In the
with robbers and
ruers Morgan hang out in Morgan
miles from Sleepy and Calabasas
changed the line from the Thief river
Jees divi-
Bob
ssants the Several
IL snubbed memorable fight De Spain,
himself
badly He A
two Spain a lie does know his
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29

Nearly all of the work in one Of
Germany's greatest breweries is done
by electricity.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-29

How De Spain makes friends
with Nan and how she decelVes
her people In order to protect
him, Is told ViVidIy'ln the next
lnstaIIment.