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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31
SYNOPSIS

Meriwether Lewis after an overnight
hunt returns to his Virginia home, pre-
sided over by his widowed mother. She
prophecies his future.
Lewis later becomes President Jeffer-
sons secretary at Washington. He meets
while riding, the woman he secretly loves,
Mrs. Alston-Theodosia Burr.
Riding homeward alone Lewis meets
Aaron Burr and the British minister, An
fhony Merry, who are already conspiring
together.
Jefferson receives word thai Napoleon
~Bonaparte has approved the Louisiana
Purchase. He commissions Lewis to ex-
Dlore the new territory.
Jefferson gives a state dinner and Of
tends some of his guests by his demo-
cratic ways Merry and the Spanish min
lister, Senior Yrujo, consider themselves in
suited.
Burr, Merry and Yrujo conspire together
to form al empire in the western terri
tory. Jefferson announces the Louisiana
Purchase and that he has commissioned
Lewis to explore that newly acquired do
main.
Burr explains to Merry ard Yrujo his
plans to seize the new domain. and to win
over Lewis through his love for Theodo-
STA.
Burr tells his daughter that Lewis ex-
Spedition must De stopped by her influence,
and %persuades her to use it.
Lewis starts from Washington. Theodo-
sia overtakes him and implores him to
give up his mission. She fails and returns
to her father.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

that fate which surely is mine? You
say you will not let me be savage? l
say am too nearly savage now. Let
me go-let me go yonder into the will
derness. where may be a gentleman"
lie saw her movement as she turned,
heard her, sigh.
Sometimes" she said. II have
thought it worth a woman's life thrown
away that a strong man may succeed.
Failure and sacrifice a woman may
offer, not much more. But it is as
my father told me-"
g HE told you what?
THAT only chivalry would ever
make you forget your duty; that you
could be approached through
your weakness, but only through your
strength, through your honor. l cannot
approach you through your strength.
and | would not approach you through
your weakness eve if l could. No.
Wait. Perhaps some day it will all
be made clear for both of us, so that
we may understand. Yes, this is tor
ture for us BOTH"
He heard the soft rustic of her gown,
her light football as she passed, and
once more he was alone.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

-
out that Of happiness and success. oh,
not with me, for that is beyond us
two-it Is past forever! But happi-
ness
There are some words that burn
deep' he said slowly. II know that
! was not made for happiness"
Does a woman's wish mean moth
ing to YOU? Have l no appeal for
yOu!"
something like u sob was torn from
his bosom.
You can speak thus with me? 2" he
ne huSkily. "lf you cannot leave me
happiness. can you not at least leave
the partial peace of mind?"
she stood slightly swaying, silent.
AND you say you will not relin.
lulsh me. you will not let me go to
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31
passing down the great waterway.
stood ont hlacker than tho IN

passing down the great waterway.
stood out blacker than the shadows in
which it lay.
Here and there campires f1ickered,
each the center of a ribald group
of the hardy rivermen. Through the
night came sounds Of r~oistering, songs,
shouts. Arrested, pent, damned up,
the lusty life Of that great waterway
leading into the west and south scarce
took time for sleep.
The boat slipped on down, now cross
ing a shaft Of light flung on the water
from some lamp or fire. now blending
with the ghostlike shadows which lay
in the moonless night. 1t passed out
Of the town itself and edged into the
shade Of the forest that swept continu.
,ously for so many leagues on ahead.
"Hello. there!" called q voice through
the darkness after q time "Who goes
there?"
The splash of a sweep had attracted
tho attention Of some one on shore.
The light of a campfire showed.
Every one in the boat looked at the
leader, but none v%ouchsafed a reply to
the hail.
"Ahoy, there, the boat!" insisted the
same voice.
shall I fire on yez to make yez an
swer a civil question? Come ashore
vance. l can lick the best Of yez in
three minutes or me names not Pat
rick Gass!"
The captain of the boat turned SLOW
~ in his seat, casting a glance over his
silent crew.
Set I'M" said he sharply and shortly.
Without a word they obeyed, and
with a and steering sweep the great
craft slowly swung inshore.
Lewis stepped from the boat and.
not waiting to see whether he was fol-
lowed, as he was by all Of his men,
strobe on up the bank into the circle
of light made by the campfire. About
the fire lay a dozen or more men of the
hardest of the river type, which was
saying quite enough, for of all the law
less and desperate characters of the
frontier none have ever surpassed in
reckless audacity and turbulence the
men Of the old boat trade Of the Ohio
and the Mississippi.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

1t was short work enough, the COM
pletion of such plans as remained un.
finished. The great keel boat lay com.
pleted and equipped at the wharf. The
men lost little time in slowing such
casks and bales as remained unship.
ped. Shannon stepped to his chief.
"Al's aboard, Sir" said he. "Shall
we cast off,"
Without a word Lewis nodded and
made his way to his place in the boat
In the darkness, without a shout or a
cheer to mark its passing, the expedi.
ton was launched On its long journey.
Slowly the boat passed along the wa
ter front of Pittsburgh town. Here
rose gauntly In the glare Of torch or
campfire the mast of some half built
schooner. Households were drawn up
or anchored along shore. long ~pirogues
lay moored Or beached. or now and
again a giant broadhorn. already par.
tally loaded with household goods,
common carrier for that human food
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These fellows lay idly looking at
Lewis as he entered the light. not trou-
bling to accost him.
"Who hailed usY' demanded the lat
ter shortly.
"Begorrah, twas me- said a short,
strongly built man, stepping forward
from the other side Of the fire.
Clad in loose shirt and trousers, like
powerful man, a shock Of reddish hair
falling over his eyes, a bull-like neck
rising above his open shirt in such
fashion that the size Of his shoulder
muscles might easily be seen.
"'Twas me hailed yez. and what of
it,"
"That is what l came ashore to
learn" said Meriwether Lewis. "We
are about our business. What concern
is that Of yours? 1 am here to learn"
"Yez can learn if ye're so anxious"
replied the other. "'Tis me have got
three drinks Of Monongahaly in me
that says l can whip you or amy mar
Of your boat. And if that amt cause
for We to come ashore it's no fighting
man We are, n I'll say that to your
facet"
1t was the accepted fashion of chal-
lenge known anywhere along 1000
miles of waterway at that time, in a
country where physical prowess and
readiness to fight were the sole tests
Of distinction. Woe to the man who
evaded such an issue once it was Of
fered to him!
The speaker had stepped close to
Lewis, so close that the latter did not
need to advance a foot. Instead he
held his ground, and the challenger,
accepting this as a sign Of willingness
for battle, rushed at him with the evil
dent intent Of a rough and tumble
grapple after the fashion of his kind.
To his surprise, he was held off by the
leveled forearm Of his opponent, rigid
as a bar against his throat.
At this rebuff he roared like a bull
and, breaking back, rushed in once
more. his giant arms failing. Lewis
swung back half a step, and then, so
quickly that none saw the blow, but
only its result. was visible, he shifted
on his feet, leaned into his thrust and
smote the joyous challenger so fell a
stroke in the throat as laid him quiv-
ering and helpless. The brief fight was
ended all too soon to suit the wishes
Of the spectators, used to more pro.
longed and bloodier encounters.
A sort of gasp, a half roar Of sur
prise and anger, came from the group
upon the ground. Some of the party
rose to their feet menacingly. They
met the silent front Of the boat party,
the clicking of whose well oiled rifle
locks offered the most serious Of warn.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

Meriwether Lewis after an overnight
hunt returns to his Virginia home. pre-
sided over by his widowed mother. She
prophecies his future.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31
On His DIGNITY.
Continued Next Week.

"You shouldn't have eaten SO much
at the party, Willie, and you wouldn't
have been sick"
"But, mother, how could l help it,"
Didn't you know you had eaten too
much, my son?"
"Yes, mother, l knew 1t all right, but
I was too proud to admit it."-Yonkers
Statesman.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31

drOOped III silence.
I'VE are going to start?" Shannon's
face lightened eagerly. well be off
at sunup?"
Before that Get the men. Well
start now. III meet you at the wharf,
Eager enough, Shannon FASTENED
away on his midnight errand. Within
an hour every man of the little party
was at the water front, ready for de-
parture. They found their leader walk
ing up and down. his head bent, his
hands behind him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31
CHAPTER XII.
The Threshold of the West,

Nv ERIWETHER LEWIS, having
1V put behind him one set of du-
ties, now addressed himself to
- another and did so with care
and thoroughness. A few of his men,
a part Of his Quitting, he found al
ready assembled at Harpers Ferry,
up b Potomac. Before sunset of the
first day the little band knew they had
a leader.
There vas not a knife or a toma-
hawk of the entire equipment which
he himself did not examine-not a
rifle which he himself did not person.
ally test. He went W the boxes and
bales which had been gathered here
and saw to their arrangement in the
transport wagons. He did all this
without buster o. oficiousness. but
with the quiet care and thoroughness
of the natural leader of men.
In two days they were on their way
across the A~llcghenies. A few days
more Of steady travel suficed to bring
them to Pittsburgh, the head of navi-
cation on the Ohio river and at that
time the American capital in the upper
valley Of the west. At Pittsburgh
captain Lewis was to build his boats,
to complete the details of his equip
ment, to take on additional men for
his party, now to be officially styled
the volunteers for the discovery of
the west. He lost no time in urging
forward the necessary work.
The young %adventurer found this in
land town half maritime in it's look.
I Its shores were lined with commerce
D suited to a seaport. Schooners Of con-
siderable tonnage lay at the wharfs,
others were building in the busy ship
yards. The destination Of these craft
obviously was down the Mississippi
to the ca. Here were vessels bound
for the West Indies, bound for Phila-
delphia, for New York, for Boston.
carrying the products of this distant
and little known interior.
1 AS he looked ut this of the
! great west, pondered its limitations,
4 saw it's trend with the down slant of
! the perpetual roadway to the sea, there
came to the young officers mind with
l greater force certain arguments that
4 had been advanced to him.
q He saw that here was the heart of
8aAmerica, realized how natural was the
sinsistence of all these hardy western
men upon the free use of the Missis-
sippi and it's tributaries. He easily
could agree with Aaron Burr that had
the feet of Napoleon ever sailed from
Mait-had Napoleon ever done other
wise than to cede Louisiana to us
then these boats from the Ohio and
the Mississippi would at this very mo-
lent perhaps be carrying armed men
- Q}Msll|A
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-31
CHAPTER XII.
The Tanning of Patrick Gass.

1~1HANNON, go get the meny'
nj 1t was midnight. For more
than an hour Meriwether
~ Lewis had sat, his head
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
SUBMARINES NOW HAVE A HARD Time
charges cause serious commotion ova,
considerable radius.
Surface Signs May Be Missino.

The correspondent was told of three
cases In the last fortnight in which
submarines were thus DESTROYED. In
many instances, no doubt, submarines
are destroyed without any visible indi-
cation above the water of their loss.
Still others are badly crippled, as In
the case of the damaged German q.
boat which was recently interned In
Spain.
Another submarine which will never
return to Germany was sunk under De-
culiar circumstances short time ago
This U-boat torpedoed a ship bound
from the United States. 1t is extreme
ly unwise and unsafe to fire torpedo
at such close range, but the U-boats
must take their targets as they GET
them these days. The torpedoed ship
was loaded with a cargo of heavy war
material and the explosion was so for
chile that it blew large piece of
heavy material through the deck of the
ship and dropped it on the submarine
as the latter was submerging. The hull
of the submarine was crushed like an
eggshell and she sank with all on
board.
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Diary Exposes Care!essness of
Teut0n GunnerS With Their
Own Men.
REKEanSE FOR Big EaTTLES
Realism Carried to the Extreme by
Germans in Preparing for Trial Of
New Strategy-Says Human
Strength Is Powerless.

With the French Armies.-It is now
pretty WI known that both the
French and Germans frequently re-
hearse their battles, under conditions
as realistic as possible on specially
prepared maneuver grounds. But,
whereas the French on these occasions
take great care that no men shall be
injured, the Germans have carried
realism to such point that each exer-
else of this kind costs them a number
of wounded. The fact is attested by
the following extract from the note
book of u German of the 21Sth regi-
ment of infantry:
THE exercise was to represent q
new method of attack used by the
French, and was to take place on the
21st, in the presence of the duke of
Wuerttemberg, and other personages.
ION the 18th our artillery regulated
its fire preparatory to the exercise.
Men Wounded in Drill.
"On the 21st we were put in place
at SIS u. IN. From 0 80 to 10 80 the
artillery and the trench mortars fired.
We were given each fifty explosive
cartridges, while the men of the first
and second waves were given each,
respectively, six and two loaded gren-
AIDES. From the start, during the fir
ing of the trench mortars, men were
wounded by splinters. At 80 the
business began, and toward l 80 p. m.
our companies We're assembled for the
goose step parade ON the HOchwalsch-
WalderyStal road. This parade also
took place before the duke of Wuert-
temberg. The exercise, it appears,
satisfied these gentlemen entirely. So
it will not be long now before we en-
ter into the hell. Unhappily, several
men were wounded, one seriously. 1t
is really sad to see exercise of this
kind carried out with real artillery
and trench mOrtars. Aside from the
fact that it costs great deal of
money, men are wounded almost regu-
larly. So it is not enough that we
should risk our lives when we are at
the front, we must even he exposed
to danger when we are supposed to
be at rest"
And here are some extracts from the
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
GERMANS INJURED IN PRACTICE Fight

notebook of a. German captured lately
at Hill 3O4, near Verdun:
Yesterday just after midnight we
went up to the first line. The march
was terrible. We were shelled from
every side and the night was black.
We got lost and had to wander two
and half hours in the open. After
difficulty of every description we
finally reached our shelter. And what
shelter! The entrance and the exit
were half caved in. / hope the shells
won't finally block them, for escape In
such circumstances is not to be
thought of. Our safety depends only
on divine aid; human strength is DOW
erless
Next day, 9:3O a. MI have Just
got up. In spite of the violent bonn
bardment of shells and torpedoes
succeeded in getting more or less
sleep. But We have gone without eat
ing or drinking, as the supply men
have not been able to get through the
barrage fire. 1 still have a piece Of
bread and little to drink; 1 will re-
tain myself as long as possible. Who
knows when we shall be revictualed?"
Why He Could Not Write.
On the day following. the same SOL
dier wrote a letter which was found
on him when he was captured. l give
this extract:
"ThOu hast been waiting a long time
for news of me, my dear Gertrude, but
l can send thee nothing because the
artillery fire is generally so intense
that the supply men who take our let
tiers cannot get to us. Last night, or
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
TANK" BRAGs IN PRISONER
Mres Down Between the Battle
Lines on French Front, but
Takes Wandering German.

LondOn.-This is thr way a Brit
ish tank crew took a prisoner. "Our
tank mired down in the mud between
the lines" said the lieutenant. land
we skipped out into la nearby aban-
doned trench. We saw Fritz wan
dering around all alone, apparently
dazed. and yelled to him TO come in.
There was such row of the guns he
couldn't hear so one of the men went
out to bring him in out of danger. He
was in an awful state-trembling all
over-but we gave him some cigarettes
and he buckled up"
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
BARON Won STEUBEN
FRENCHMAN, Is CLAIM

Indianapolis, Ind.-That Ba-
ron "vOn" Steuben of revolu-
tionary war fame was properly
named Baron "de" Steuben and
was Frenchman and not a
Prussian, is the claim of A. Is.
Gardiner, secretary general Of
the Society Of Cincinnati, in a
statement made public here.
Baron ode" Steuben was of
German birth, but renounced
Prussia and owed allegiance to
France when he came to Amer
lea to help the revolutionary
cause, according to Gardiner.
He asserts that Steuben ex-
patriated himself after making
glorious record in the seven
years war, but says the full
reason for his expatriating him.
self probably will never be
known.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28

stead of dashing for cover, stood
watching and waiting in a defiant at.
ttude, the Angels and Saxons, slew
them with clubs and battle axes. All
OF these deceptions were employed by
hunters long before the shotgun and
the rifle were invented. The art of
camoufiage was handed down from
age to age and hunting lore is replete
with stories of deception used by the
best sportsmen Of every age and cline.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28

coiored their togas to harmonic with
the terrain when hunting. The Greeks.
famed as hunters, dyed their horses
coats ana their own garments a green
iSh hue when stalking wild goats on
the Spartan hills. The Angels and
the SaXons, too. were famed as hunt
ers. They employed deception success
fully by staining their faces and hands
ana mussing up their hair and beard
10 such an extent that wolves. foxes.
deer and other game were led TO &C.
cept them as some species of the wild
animal family. When the game. in
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
HOW GERMAN SAYS "TANK"
rs ehutzengrabenvernic
bile" Is Fritz Word for
English Monster.

-Thirty-five letters are
required to spell one word which. In
German, is the equivalent Of the four.
letter English tank" or land battle
ship. which has worked such havoc in
the present war. The German word.
as it appears in official dispatches re-
ceived here. is "schutzengrabenver
nichtungsautomObile," which, freely
translated, is "a machine for suppress
ing shooting trenches"
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
CUT OFF HAIR AS SHE SLEPT
Story Of Seventeen-Year-OId Girl Con-
fuses Detectives of Brooklyn
Police Department.

New York.-Detectives of the Sixth
branch bureau are confused by the
case Of Miss Anita Brown. seventeen
years old, 1014 Fortieth street, Brook
lyn, who told story of a person en-
tering her room at night and cutting
IS inches from the end of her long
black hair. The hair was found lying
on her pillow. The doors of the
house had been bolted and her par
ents were certain that no one es-
capped through the basement. The
girl said she did not see anyone in
the room.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28

rather today. we went to gather what
the others threw away when they ran,
and had some success, otherwise we
would have had nothing to eat or
drink. To suffer hunger and thirst,
thou seest, is terrible. Every one
says: If the French come now it's all
up.' Thou seest in what state we
are"
And then the French Ge cue
Poul Scott Mowrer In the Chicago
News.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
TO BAKE PERSHlNG'S PIES
Appeal From General for Pastry Cook
Is Heard by the Salvation
Army.

Mary Sheldon's making
pies for Pershing."
This is the expression common at
Salvation Army headquarters here.
When General Pershing landed in
France, Maj. ID. W. Agnew, in charge
of the Salvation Army here. cabled
asking him what the Salvation Army
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
Japanese Temple in Feru.

4 Japanese temple has recently been
erected in Peru by priest named
Tadan UyenS. :, is the first of its kind
nn the continent. The priest went to
Peru I'm 1903 with 1000 japanese emf
grants with instructions TO propagate
buddhism. After great hardShips.
working first as laborer and then rs
a maker of confectionery. UyenO slow
lv amassed enough money to construct
n temple. which he called "Jionjl," or
"Great Mercy" Later he founded a
primary school for the education of
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28

the children of the emigrants. The
priest says that when he was building
the temple he was prosecuted by Pc
ruvians. and that attempts were made
TO burn beth temple and school. The
relations between the japanese emil
grants and the native people have.
however, now become peaceful and
friendly.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28

could do that would be most appre-
ciated by the commander of the Amer
lean forces in France.
"Send me someone who can make
ar apple pie" was General Pershing's
request, and Ensign Mary Sheldon
forthwith was dispatched. Ensign
Sheldon gained fame here showing
mothers of Chicago slums how to
cook.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
Hot Weather Thought.

Something has just occurred to me-"
"What is it,"
That In Adams case it must have been a real
re-leaf to change his hes"-Boston Evening
Transcript.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
Romans Clever at Deception

The Romans are said to have been
among the cleverest camouflage-s of
the ancients. They are known to have
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
Sneeze Breaks Glasses.

Rochester, N. Y.-Dr. ID. ]. Corrigan
of Webster Is In st. Mary's hospital,
where efforts are being made to save
the sight of one of his eyes. He was
returning home from Fairport early
in the night when, In sneezing. his
face came in contact with the steer.
ing wheel of the automobile he was
driving. His eyeglasses were broker
and piece of glass entered the eye
ball.
ci Of Schellville. was gored by a bull
the other evening. The child was sit.
ting by the side of q fence WATCHING
her father drive stock when the ami.
NAL made a lunge at her. The bull
split open her lip and threw her VIC.
lently to the ground. She may be I'm.
jured internally. The little girl wore
red dress, which was ripped com.
pletely off. Her frantic mother wit.
messed the attack and assisted the fa.
ther in driving the infuriated animal
away.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
THE REVERSE.

THAT hen yonder is acting as though she were
Matching plot"
81 think, on the contrary. that she is plotting a
hatch"
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28
Child With Red Dress Gored.

Sonoma, Cal.-AntOinette Marcucci,
five-year-old daughter of Tony Maruc-
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-28

Waste in the Kitchen Is comfort for
the enemy.