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fiery bay. He was about to get into
his saddle when he saw Duane, and
then he halted, foot in the stirrup.
Duane strobe forward, grasped the.
bride of this mans horse.
Mines done-but not killed" he
painted. Trade with me-"
"Wal, stranger, I'm shore always
ready to trade" drawled the man.
But amt you a little swift?"
Duane glanced back up the road.
His pursuers were entering the village.
I'm Duane-Buck Duane" he cried,
menacingly. win you trade? Hurry!' ~
The rancher, turned white, dropped
his foot from the stirrup and fell back.
II reckon I'll trade" he said.
Bounding up, Duane dug spurs into
the bays TANKS. The horse Snorted'
in fright, plunged into run. He was
fresh, swift, half wild. Duane flashed
by the remaining houses on the street
out into the open. But the. road ended
at that village or else led out from
some other quarter, for he had ridden
straight into the fields and from them
into rough desert. When he reached
the cover of mesquite once more he
looked back to find six hOrsemen with
in rifle shot of him, and more coming
behind them.
His new horse had not had time to
get warm before Duane reached a high
sandy bluff below which lay the willow
brakes. AS far rs he could see extend
ed an immense fiat strip or red-tinged
willow. How welcome it was to his.
eye! He felt like hunted wolf that,
weary and lame, had reached his hole
in the rocks. Zigzagging down the
soft slope, he put the bay to the dense
wall of leaf and branch. But the
| horse baked.
There was little time to lose. Dis
mounting he dragged the stubborn
beast into the thicket. This was
harder and slower work than Duane
cared to risk. If he had not been rush
ed he might have had better success.
So he had to abandon the horse-a
| circumstance that only such sore
straits could have driven him to. Then
he went slipping swiftly through the
| narrow aisles.
He hsa not got under cover any
too soon. For he heard his pursuers
piling over the bluff, loud-voiced, con-
fident, brutal. They crashed into the
willows.
Hi. Sid! Heah's your boss !" called
one, evidently to the man Duane had
forced into a trade.
Say. if you locoed gents II hold up
little I'll tell you somethin'," replied
voice from the bluff.
"Come on, Sid We've got him
corralled," said the first speaker.
"Wal, mebbe, an If you hev it's liza
BILE to be damn hot. Thet Teller was
Buck Duane"
Absolute silence followed that state
ment. Presently it was broken by a.
rafting of loose gravel aud then low ,
voices.
"He can't git acrost the river, ! tell
you" came to Duanes ears. He's
corralled in the brake. l know tibet
hole"
Then Duane, gliding silently and
swiftly through the willows, heard no
more from his pursuers. He headed
straight for the river. Threading a
passage through willow brake was
an old task for him. Many days and
nights had gone to the acquiring of a
skill that might have been envied by
an Indian.
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clear stream between yellow cliffs,
ed mesquite poles. 1t had been made
long ago, but was well preserved. A
door faced the overgrown trail, and
another faced down into a gorge of
dense thicketS. On the border fugi-
tives from law and men who hid in
fear Of someone they had wronged
never lived in houses with only one
door.
1t was a wild spot, lonely, not fit
for human habitation except for the
outcast.
On clear days-and rare indeed we're
cloudy days-with the subSiding Of the
wind at sunset hush seemed to fall
around the little hut. Far-distant dim
blue mountains stood gold-rimmed
gradually to fade with the shading of
light.
At this quiet hour a man climbed
up out of the gorge and sat in the
westward door of the hut. This lonely
watcher of the west and listener to the
silence was Duane. And this hut was
the one where, three years before,
Jennie had nursed him back to life.
The killing of man named Sellers,
and the combination of circumstances
that had made the tragedy a memoir
able regret, had marked, If not
change, at least cessation in Duane's
activities. lie had trailed Sellers to
kill him for the supposed abducting
of Jennie. Vague rumors, a few words
here and there, unauthenticated stor-
les were all that Duane had gathered
in years to Substantiate his belief
that Jennie died shortly after the be-
ginning of her second captivity.
Sellers might have told him. Duane
expected, if not to force it from him
at the end to read it in his eyes. But
the bullet went too unerringly; it
locked his lips and fixed his eyes.
After that meeting Duane lay long
at the ranch-house of friend, and
when he recovered from the wound
Sellers had given him he started with
two horses and pack for the lonely
gorge on the Nueces. There he had
been hidden for months, prey to re-
morse, dreamer, victim of
phantoms.
It took work for him to find sub
sistence in that rocky fastness. And
work, action, helped to pass the hours.
But he could not work all the time,
even if he had found it to do. Then
in his idle moments and at night his
task was to live with the hell in his
mind.
The sunset and the twilight hour
made all the rest bearable. The little
hut on the rim of the gorge seemed to
hold Jennies presence. 1t was not
as if he felt her spirit. If it had been
he would have been sure of her death.
He hoped Jennie had not survived her
second misfortune; and that intense
hope had burned into belief, if not
surety.
A strange feature of this memory
of Jennie was the freshness of 1.-THE
failure of years, toll, strife, death
dealing to dim ito deaden the
thought Of what might have been. He
had marvellous gift of INSTALLATION.
He could shut his eyes and see Jennie
before him just as clearly as if she
had stood there in the flesh. For
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Considering all the domestic
troubles, family scandals and
love affairs that turn out badly,
one might be cynical indeed
about the power of woman's af-
lection and trust to keep a man
on the path of honor in the face
of aIIuring temptation. But
there comes into Buck Duane's
life a feminine influence SO fine
AS depicted by the author
that the reader of "The Lone
Star Ranger" cannot resist the
charm of it all. If you want the
cream of romance and adven-
ture, don't miss this instaIIment.
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cHAPTEfk XII.

A hundred miles r,oln the naunts
most familiar with Dunes deeds, far
up where the Nueces ran trickling
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DO you believe that Captain
McNelly is trying to lure Duane
to his carp at night time In or
der to shoot him from ambush?
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CHAPTER x-Continued.

Buck and Jennie are sitting In the
wilderness cabin discussing their fu.
ture.
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gro BE SoNT1NUEDA
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To The American Jewish Relief Com
mittee, The Central Relief Committee,
The Peoples Committee and Their
Branches Throughout the Country:
At meeting of the Joint Distribution
Committee, held September 18th, 1917,
the following resolution was adopted:
"RESOLVED, That the Chairman call
into conference at Special Assembly,
various war relief workers throughout
the country, for the purpose of devising
ways and means to reach the $1O,OOO,-
600 goal set for 1917, such Special As
sembly to be held in New York City
during the month Of October, the exact
date to be fixed by the Executive Of
fcers of the Joint Distribution Commit
tee."
In pursuance of the above you are
earnestly requested to advise us as
quickly as possible of the names of two,
or at most three representative members
of your community who would attend
the Special Assembly to be held in New
York City on October 18th, 1917.
During the last three years the con-
stituent committees of the Joint Distri-
button Committee have collected nearly
$1OOOO,OOO for Jewish War Relief, which
has been distributed through all the
War Zones and in Palestine. 1t has only
been possible to collect this immense
sum, unparalleled in the history of the
Jews, through the cooperation of all
sections of the community and the
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September %, 1917.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY CALLED.

whole-souled support of every Jew in
America.
The responsibility of administering
this large amount the largest ever con-
tributed to one cause by the Jews of
America, and the need for continuing
the campaign for raising still further
large sums being self-evident, it now be-
comes imperative for all those who thus
far worked so successfully, to come to-
gether to plan for the future.
Reports of the distribution abroad
have been published, but those who
have been engaged throughout the coun-
try, in raising the funds, should have
at their disposal fuller details of the
distribution. This can only be done at
conference Men from all parts of
the country, with their varied interests
abroad should come together, SO that
they may be supplied with the proper
answers to the questions that are con-
tinually being asked of them by those
who are contributing to the funds.
We hope to have your reply, with the
names of those who will attend the
Special Assembly on October %, 1917,
at your very earliest convenience.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) FELIX M. WARBURG,
Chairman, Joint Distribution Com
mittee.
Please address your reply to AL
BERT LUCAS, Secretary, 20 Exchange
Place, New York City.
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September %, 1917.
EDl T0RlAL
THE SUCCAH.

Succoth is our great festival of
joy. "And thou shalt surely re-
joice," is the Mosaic injunction. But
our joy and rejoicing must be re-
strained and tempered, wholesome
and seem1y. There is no room for
light minded frivolity in the life of
the Jew. The Succah, the charac-
teristic feature of the holidays cele-
bration, frail as it is, is yet symbol
of all the solid and substantial val
ues and virtues of life.
To begin with, the Succah is
reminder of more primitive stage
Of life, life in. the desert camp, the
oasis, the field and the forest. "For
in huts did [ make the children of
Israel dwell when I brought them
out of the land of Egypt" When
in the wilderness our ancestors
dwelt in frail booths and tents. It
was the humble abode of men who
lived close to nature, with the cano-
Ply of the heavens overhead, and the
green or bleak earth as a carpet un-
der their feet. 1t did not confine
man many hours of the day. He
would take shelter in it only from
the scorching midday sun and from
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JEWISH CALENDAR.
5678-1917-1918.

Rosh Hashonoh " Mon, Sept Z
Yom Kippur Wed, Sept 26
Succoth (1st Day. ........ Mon, Oct 1
Shemini AtZereth ......... Mon, Oct. 8
Simchas-Torah ........... Tues, Oct 9
Rosh-Chodesh Chesvan We'd Oct. II
Rosh- Chodesch Kislev ......F Fri, Nov 16
Chanukah (1st Day) 80. Mon, Dec. 10
Rosh-Chodesch Tebeth Sum-, Dec. 16
Fast Of Tebeth Tues, Dec 70
Rosh- Chodesh Shebat ... Mon, Jan. IA
Rosh-Chodesh Adar Wed, Feb. 13
Purim (Feast of Esther) Tues, Feb 26
Rosh- Chodesh Nissan -. Thurs, Mar. IA
Passover (Pesach) 500. Thurs, Mar. 28
Passover (Seventh Day. Wed, April 3
Rosh-Chodesh Iyar ....... Sat-, April 10
Lag-B'Omar Tues, April 80
Rosh- Chodesh Swan .... Sum-, May IL
Shabuoth Confirmation Day. Fri, May II
Rosh- Chodesh Tammuz =. Tues, June IL
Fast of Tammuz . Thurs June 27
Rosh-Chodesh Alb .......... Wed, July 10
Fast of Alb Thurs, July 10
Rosh- Chodesh Ellul Fri, Aug. 9
Rosh Hashonoh (5679) 500. Sat-, Sept. Z
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Jew think of Palestine. 1t makes
our hope and desire of Israels res
toration kecner than ever. It is a
typically Palestinian festival, and it
loses all of it's characteristic charm
outside of the land of Israel.
The Feast of Tabernacles is in it.
self a plea and an argument for
Zionism. Do you wish to see hun
dreds of thousands of Jews happy
and contented again, living their
own genuinely Jewish lives, scrupu-
lousy observing the Jewish laws
and customs amidst Jewish sur
roundings? Give them an oppor-
tunity of settling in the land of our
fathers. Do you wish to see hun
dreds of thousands of others leaving
their sweatshops and machines and
their dingy little stores, and their
hucksters' wagons and pushcarts,
and their sidewalk stands, and turn
to the healthy and energizing occu-
patton of the farmer? Restore them
to the land of Israel, the soil they
and their fathers have loved. Do
you wish to see Jewish Sabbaths
and festivals celebrated genuinely,
in sincerity and truth? Help to Gre
ate center of Jewish life in Pales-
tine. Do you wish to see Israel's
genius flower again, and ripen the
fruits of culture in letters, art, sci
ence, philosophy and religion?
Transplant it in the congenia1 cline
of Israel's erstwhile home, where
the Jews shall live their own free
and independent life, amidst their
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rain and storm, but otherwise he lived
in the open air.
The Succah also reminds us of the
wholesome life of the agriculturist,
the man who lives close to mother
earth, and draws his sustenance
from her, who actually earns his
bread by the sweat of his brow In
Palestine it was used largely during
the time of the ingathering of fruit
and the vintage, when our ancestors
spent many days in their orchards
and vineyards. Thus it takes us
back to the first principle of peo-
pies economic life. All our susten-
ance comes from the soil. 1t is wis
dom for a nation to encourage the
cultivation of the soil by making it
accessible to all who would work on
it. Under such system there could
never be any food scarcity in coun-
try, any grinding poverty. any over
supply of labor and jobless men. 1t
would practically solve all our eco
nomic problems. Let the soil be &C
cessible to all on equal terms. 1t
is the primary source of nations
life and prosperity.
The Succah with it's lessons of
wholesome, normal and natural liv-
ing, and with its lessons Of humility
and peaceableness, tempers and re-
strains the exuberance of our joy.
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THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD September 49, 1917
SPECIAL
Iont Distribution of American Jewish War
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THE FEAST AND THE LAND.
The Feast of Tabernacles, more
than any other festival, makes the
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PERSONALS

The Misses Margaret and Anna
Murphy who have been in Atlantic
city for the last ten days, are spend.
ing several days in New York before
returning home.
Mrs. Earl H. Smith left yesterday
for Baltimore, where she will spend
several days.
Mr. and Mrs ]. D. Galliher and
,.ausnter, Miss Meta have returned
from Pittsburgh. Pa, where they had
spent several days at the William
Penn.
H. B. Clark has gone to New York
on business trip
Mrs. l.. NJ. Foster has been in IN
iontown, Pa, for the last several days
having motored there in her Pack
ard Country Club.
Miss Cora Wilson returned yester
day from New York where she had
spent a week.
Mrs. Harry Fleming and her guess,
Mrs. E. c. Schlung, OF Missouri
Mont, will go to Pittsburg today to
attend the thirtieth wedding anniver.
sary of Mr.. and Mrs. J. ]. Montgom
cry which will take place at the home
of the Montgomery's, 239 TrowbridgG
street, Pittsburgh.
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The DeIineator at SpeciaI Price

This splendid style magazine issued monthly and always
gives the best ideas authentic fashions
Mrs Benner special New representative will be here
this week to take subscriptions special
price, VOC a year First Floor
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Feels SO Cent
Better On
DRECO
Goal Man Says oreco. Is Most Won.
| derfu Remedy for Indigestion
X and Stomach Troubles.

az feel fifty per cent better than
have for fifteen years" says ]. NJ.
Goldsmith, a contractor OF Asheville.
N. c., in referring to his experience
with DRECO, the new herbal remedy
which is working near.miracles accord
ing to the testimony of many people
the country over.
Mr.. Goldsmith is in the coal bust.
ness at New River, W. Va, and says
that he has been sufferer from indi.
gestion and inactive liver for fifteen
years past. He had doctors, took med.
icines by the score and almost despair.
ed of ever getting better He saw so
many people recommending DRECO
that he got bottle, and says 81 will
say this for Dreco; it will do all that
is claimed for it." Dreco is on sale
and recommended by Borgess., Wris.
toms drug stores, Huntington, ". Va,
Boremann & Co.. Parkersburg, W. Va,
Burke's Pharmacy, Clarksburg, W. Va,
Cranes Drug Store, Fairmont, W. Va,
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LOCAL SOCIAL EVENTS

Mr.. and Mrs. David Kenendy and Mrs.
Raymond Kennedy left this morning
for q motoring trip through the mid
die west with Fort Ben Harrison,
Ind, as their objective point. Mr.,
John Kennedy's son, Edwin Kennedy,
is in training at the officers camp.
Missionary Society Meeting.
The Isabella Thoburn Circle OF the
First NJ. E. church will meet on Friday
evening at 8 o'clock at the church.
Election of officers will take place
snd business session will DO held. All
members are requested to be present.
The program will be rendered as fol.
laws:
Song; devotional; roll call. every
member responding with Bible verse
containing the word love" Acting the
arabic Miss Georgia Torrey; Getting
Married in Africa, Miss Margaret Hos.
kins; music; Declaring a Dividend,
Miss Katharine Troxell; Explanation
Of Mystery Box; song.
Following the program there will be
& social hour and refreshments.
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M. V. T. Lines Will
Get the Once Over

october II and is are the dates Sc,
for the semi.annual inspection of the
lines OF the Monongahela Valley Trac.
ton company. Invitations announcing
the inspection have been set out to ali
the directors and officials OF the com
Eany.
A special car will leave Fairmont or
ednesday morning going to Clarks
a"rg Weston and intermediate points
The next trip will be to Ida May ano
Carolina. then to Warrington, then t.
Fairview and Stafford mine. Those in
charge are planning to complete th,
inspection in two days.
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Just Over Tie Line

{ The city council = cozneiisyilie.
viii participate In the unwilling Of
the Colonel Crawford monument on
oct. 10.
Elizabeth Manner, 70 years old, is
missing from her home at Fairchance.
She had never been further away
than Fairmont so her folks are alarm.
cd.
Stores at Brownsville close at si1
o'clock IN the evening the year
around, excepting Saturdays, Sundays
and the thirteenth and twenty-eighth
OF the month.
The Charleroi postotfice was robbed
but money and stamps were safe in
the safe. A bushel and a half of let.
tiers were scattered everywhere.
A Waynesburg autolst had his
back broken in trying to avoid run.
ming into a wagon standing on the
bridge over Blackdog hollow.
Frank White, Jr., eight years old,
| Of near Brownsville, had his left foot
badly bitten by a copperhead snake.
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Fashionable Footwear

Buckskin, calfskin and kldskin shoss
in pearl gray, dark gray. Java brown,
tan, ivory tan and black-not to men.
ton the large assortment of two.tuns
color effects in medium and high boot
styles with high and low heels. Prices
SIS to s12.
First Floor
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You will always find something different and i
teresting here because we are constantly getting
new frocks to take the places of those we are se1
so fast.
A great new shipment has just arived-such dres
es as most every woman has need for right now.
Jersey CIoth-Vey smary fashioned Dresses
this the durability for gene
They aupe beige Copnhag
and burgundy. Prices SIS to $25
scsc-suh dresses as are worn by the sma
dressed in the largest cities They
ghades beautifully embroidered in metallic WOOL
bead embroidery and sonach bang and sidedape
represented splendid assortment SIS $685.
$50.
New Afternoon Dresses satin crepe
in the models of the season, SIS to $S5.
Floor
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Reception Tonight.

Rev. R. ]. Yoak the new minister
NJ Williams Memorial NJ E. church
and Rev. F. S. Pollitt, presiding elder
NJ the district, with their families
will he the honor guests tonight at a
reception at the church at which
members of the congregation will he
guests. A splendid program has been
nrepared.
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A Chicken Supper.

The women of the First NJ e.
church have announced that they will
serve a chicken supper at the church
on the evening of November 8. Past
achievements in the culinary art have
given the women of the church an
enviable reputation.
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Mrs. Glen Downs was hostess yes,
terday at her home on oliver avenue
to the Buzz Club popular orsaniza-
ton composed OF young women. The
afternoon was spent at needle work
and refreshments were served
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Explained.

This clam chowder tastes different
from that we had at the sociable last
night.
Yes. This has got clans in it.
Browning's Magazine.
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Entertained Friends.

Miss Gavnell Barr delightfully."- en-
tertained a number of her friends at
n masquerade party on Tuesday at
her home on Walnut avenue She
was assisted in entertaining by MISS
Darlie Kerns. Music and games were
features Of the evening, Halloween
appointments characterizing the dec
grafton.
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Motor to Fort Benjamin Harrison.
John Kennedy, Mrs. Chas. Smith
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with Mra. cobun.

The woman's. Foreign Missionary
society Of the NJ. P. Temple will meet
on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at the home. of Mrs. Emma Cobun on
Boydston street The hostesses will
he Mrs. Cobun and Mrs. John Neill.
The lesson will be on the subject,
1.-THE White Man in Africa" and will
be- led by Mrs. Frank P. Kelley.
A Halloween Party.
The Ladies of the Order OF the
Golden Links No. 8 will give a Hal.
lowe'en party on October 30 at their
hall. The event will be a masked
ltfair. Members and friends are In
Tited 70 attend
Presbyterian Missionary Society.
The Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary society of the First Pres
byterian church will meet on Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. John
Kisner at 400 Maryland avenue This
is the last meeting of the organiza
tIon before the converting of the West
Virginia Synod here Oct. 10th and
members are urged to attend. The
program is as follows:
Devotional-Lots Wife, Disobedi
ence, Mrs. Hugh F. Smith. Business
A Story of Utah-Mrs H. G. Stoetzer
Philippine Observation-Disclosures. Mus
ic. Solo-"God is Love"-MaE@s-
Miss Powell. Review-The Living
Christ OF Latin America, Chapter v
Missionary benediction. Social hour
Hostesses-Mrs. John NJ. Kisner'
Mrs. Nettie Anthony, Mrs. NJ y
Sturm. 400 MARYLAND "'"''''"
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Blankets

Blankets
Every kind OF blanket worth having
is here Every blanket shown here is
worth every penny OF the price mark
ed on it. Some are marked at less
than they are worth according to to-
days market, These are plain state
ments of facts. You will find US ready
to back them up. Wool blankets, 1915
to $500. ,t..xsss
(Thlrd Floor Annex \;