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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-01-19
THAT'S so much more than I've dared

That's so much more than I've dared
to hope"
swell, it's settled, then. I'll give
you money for expenses. You'll start
as soon as you like-the sooner the
better. 1 hope to think of other sug-
gestions especially about commune
eating with me-"
Long after the lights were out and
the low hum of voices had ceased
round the campfire Duane lay awake,
eyes staring into the blackness, mar
Yelling over the strange events of the
day. And as he lay there, with the
approach of sleep finally dimming the
vividness Of his thought, so full Of
mystery, shadowy faces floated In the
blackness around him, haunting him
as he had always been haunted.
1t was broad daylight when he
awakened. MacNelly was calling him
to breakfast.
The rangers were eating in a circle
round a tarpaulin spread upon the
ground.
Fellows" said MacNelly, "shake
hands with Buck Duane. He's on
secret ranger service for me. Service
that'Il likely make you all hump soon
Mind you, keep mum about It,"
The rangers surprised Duane with a
roaring greeting, the warmth of which
he soon OWNED was divided between
pride of his acquisition to their ranks
and eagerness to meet that violent
service of which their captain limited.
They were jolly, wild fellows, with
just enough gravity in their welcome
to show Duane their respect and APP
probation, while not forgetting his
lone-wolf record. When he had seated
himself in that circle, now one of
them, a feeling subtle and uplifting
pervaded him.
After the meal Captain MacNelly
drew Duane aside.
Here's the money. Make it go as
far as you can. Write me care of the
adjutant at Austin. I don't have to
war; you to be careful where you
mail letters. Ride a hundred, two
hundred miles, if necessary, or go clear
to Ell Paso."
MacNelly stopped with an air of
finality, and then Duane slowly rose.
"Ill start at once" he said, extend
ing his hand to the Captain. II wish
I'd like to thank you'll"
Hell, man! Don't thank me !" re-
piled MacNelly, crushing the proffered
hand. I've sent a lot of good men
to their deaths, and maybe you're an
other. But, as I've said, you've one
chance in a thousand. And, by
Heaven! I'd hate to be Cheseldine
or any other man you were trailing.
No, not good-by-adios, Duane! May
we meet agar :"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-01-19
CHAPTER XIV.

West of the Pecos River Texas ex-
tended a vast wild region, barren in
the north where the Llano Estacado
spread it's shifting sands, fertile in the
south along the Rio Grande. A rail-
road marked an undertaking course
across five hundred miles of this
country, and the only villages and
towns lay on or lear this line of steel.
Unsettled as was this western Texas,
and despite the acknowledged domi-
pioneers pushed steadily into it.
The Rio Grande flowed almost due
south along the western boundary for
a thousand miles, and then, weary of
it's course, turned abruptly north, to
make what was called the Big Bend.
The railroad, running west, cut across
this bend, and all that country bound
ed on the north by the railroad and
on the south by the river was as wild
as the Staked Plains. Across the face
Of this Big Bend, as If to isolate it,
stretched the Ord mountain range. In
the valleys of the foothills and out
across the plains were ranches, and
farther north, villages, and the towns
Of Alpine and Maria.
Like other parts Of the great Lone
Star State, this section of Texas was
a world in itself-a world where the
riches of the rancher were ever en-
riching the outlaw. The village closest
to the gateway of this outlaw-infested
region was a little place called Ord,
named after the dark peak that doomed
some miles to the south.
Toward the close of a day in Sep
tember a stranger rode into Ord, and
in q community where all men were
remarkable for n reason or another
he excited interest. His horse, per-
haps, received the first and most en-
| gaging attention-horses in that region
being apparently more important than
men. This particular horse at first
glance seemed ugly. But he was a
giant, black as coal, huge in every
way. A ~bystander remarked that he
had a grand head. His face was solid
black, except in the middle of his fore
head, where there was a round spot
Of white.
The rider, like his horse, was a giant
in stature, but RANGER, not so heavily
built. Otherwise the only striking
thing about him was his somber face
with its piercing eyes, and hair white
over the temples. He packed two
guns, both low down-but that was
too common a thing to attract notice
in the Big Bend. A close observer,
however, would have noted a singular
fact-this riders right hand was
more bronzed, more weather-beaten
than his left. He never wore a glove
on that right hand!
He had ~dismounted before O ram
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-01-19
Duane a pen, ran his forefinger along
n dotted line.

Duane a pen, ran his forefinger along
a dotted line.
Duane's hand was shaky. Years
had passed since he had held a pen.
1t was with difficulty that he achieved
his signature. Buckley Duane-how
strange the name looked!
Fright here ends the career of Buck
Duane, outlaw and gun-fghter," said
MacNelly; and, seating himself, he
took the pen from Duane's fingers and
wrote several lines In several places
upon the paper. Then with a smile
he handed it to Duane.
"That makes you a member Of Com
pany A, Texas Rangers"
$50 that's it" burst out Duane, a
light breaking in upon his bewilder-
ment. "You want me for ranger serv-
ice?"
"Sure. That's It," replied the
Captain dryly. "Now to hear what
that service is to be. I've been a busy
man since 1 took this job, and, as you
may have heard, I've done a few
things. I don't mind telling you that
political influence put me in here and
that up Austin way there's a good deal
of friction in the Department of State
in regard to whether or not the ranger
service is any good-whether it should
be discontinued or not. I'm on the
party who's defending the ranger serv-
ice. l contend that it's made Texas
habitable. Well, it's been up to me to
produce results. So far 1 have been
successful. Ny great ambition is to
break up the outlaw gangs along the
river. / have never ventured in there
yet because I've been waiting to get
the lieutenant / needed. You, Of
course, are the man | had in mind.
It's my idea to start way up the Rio
Grande and begin with Cheseldine.
He's the strongest, the worst outlaw
of the times. He's more than rustler.
It's Cheseldine and his gang who are
operating on the banks. No one seems
to have seen him-to know what he
looks like.
oSSuhlC' VI NouIS DC, thbI SOu ak u
stranger to the country he dominates.
It's five hundred miles west of your
ground. There's a little town over
there called Fairdale. It's the nest
Of a rustler gang. They rustic and
murder at will. Nobody knows WHO
the leader is. l want you to find out.
Well, whatever way you decide is best
you will proceed to act upon. You are
your own boss. You must find some
way to let me know when I and my
rangers are needed. The plan is to
break up Cheseldine's gang. It's the
toughest job on the border. We want
to kill or Jail this choice selection of
robbers and break up the rest Of the
gang. To find them, to get among
them somehow, to learn their move
ments, to lay your trap for us rangers
to spring-that, Duane, is your service
to me, and God knows it's a great
one!"
81 have accepted it," replied Duane.
"Your work will be secret. You are
now a ranger in my service. But no
one except the few 1 choose to tell
will know of it until we pull off the
job. You will simply be Buck Duane
till it suits our purpose to acquaint
Texas with the fact that you're a
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-01-19
By ZANE GREY

Sure 1 lied" he said, 80 l amt
takin' offense at the way you called
me. I'm lookin' to make friends, not
enemies. You don't strike me as one
of them four-flushes, achin' to kill
somebody. But if you are-go ahead
an open the ball. =. You see, l
never throw a gun on them fellers
till they go fer theirs"
Knell coolly eyed his antagonist,
his strange face not changing in the
least. Yet somehow it was evident
in his look that here was metal which
rang differently from what he had
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-01-19
Here Colonel Webb Exploded.

expected. Invited to start a fight or
withdraw, as he chose, Knell proved
himself big in the n character
istic Ct only the genuine gunman.
stranger, 1 pass" he said, and,
turning to the bar, he ordered liquor.
The tension relaxed, the silence
broke, the men filled up the gap; the
incident seemed closed. Jim Fletcher
attached himself to the stranger, and
now both respect and friendliness
tempered his asperity.
"Wal, fer want of a better handle
I'll call you Dodge" he said.
"Dodge's as good as any. . . Gents,
line up again-an' if you can't be
friendly, be careful !"
Such was Buck Duane's debut in
the little outlaw hamlet of Ord.
Duane had been three months out
Of the Nueces country. At Ell Paso
he bought the finest horse he could
find, and, armed and otherwise out
fitted to suit him, he had taken to
unknown trails. He passed on leisure
ly, because he wanted to learn
the way of the country, the work,
habit, gossip, pleasures, and fears
Of the people with whom he
came in contact. When he heard
F~letcher's name and faced Knell he
knew he had reached the place he
sought.
Duane made himself agreeable, yet
not too much so, to Fletcher and
several other men disposed to talk
and drink, and eat; and then, after
having a care for his horse, he rode
out of town a couple of miles to q
grove he had marked, and there, well
hidden he prepared to spend the
night. This proceeding served a
double purpose-he was safer, and
the habit would look well in the eyes
of outlaws, who would be more in
clined to see in him the lone-wolf
fugitive.
Long since Duane had fought out
a battle with himself, won q hard
earned victory. He had assumed a
task impossible for any man saw one
like him, he had felt the meaning of
it grow strangely and wonderfully,
and through that flOurished up con-
seriousness of how passionately he now
chung to this thing which would blot
out his former infamy. He never
forgot that he was free. Strangely,
too, along with this feeling of new
manhood there gathered the force of
imperious desire to run these chief
outlaws to their dooms. He never
called them outlaws-but rustlers,
thieves, robbers, murderers, criminals,
He sensed the growth of a relentless
driving passion, and sometimes he
feared that, more than the newly
acquired zeal and pride in this ranger
service, it was the old, terrible in
herited killing instinct lifting its
hydra-head in new guise.
This night a wonderful afterglow
fingered long in the west, and against
the golden-red of clear sky the bold,
black head of Mount Ord reared itself
aloft, beautiful but aloof, sinister yet
calling. Small wonder that Duane
gazed in fascination upon the peak
Somewhere deep in it's corrugated
sides or lost in a rugged canyon was
hidden the secret stronghold of the
master outlaw Cheseldine. All down
along the ride from El Paso Duane
had heard Of Cheseldine, of his band,
his fearful deeds, his cunning, his
widely separate raids Of his fitting
here and there like a Jack-o'-lantern
but never a word of his den, never a
word of his appearance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-01-19
SYNOPSIS.

The time of the story: about 1875. The
place: The Texas COW country. The chief
character: Buckley Duane, a young man
who has inherited a lust to kill, which he
suppresses. In self-defense he shoots dead
a drunken bully and is forced to flee to
the wild country where he joins BANDS
outlaw band. Euchre, an amiable rascal,
tells him about Jennie, a young girl who
had been abducted and sold to Bland for a
bad fate. They determine to rescue the
girl and restore her to civilization. Eu-
chre has just ~reconnoitered. and is re-
porting the outlook to Buck. Euchre is
killed. Buck kills Bland and is danger
ously wounded by Mrs. Bland, but es-
capes will Jennie. Jennie is abducted.
Buck never sees her again, but kills her
abductor. Duane barely escapes death at
the hands of lynchers for a crime he new
er oNmmitted. He goes TO see Captain
MacNelly of the Rangers.
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NOTABLES BORN THIS DATE.

Bishop John w. Hamilton, chancel- Tor of the American university at Washington, born at Weston, Va, 72 years ago today.
 Marcus M. Marks, president of the borough of Manhattan of the city of New York, born at Schenectady, N. Y., 59 years ago today.
 William Sulzer. one-timc Demo- cratic governor of New York, and later affiliated with the Progressive and Prohibition parties, born at Eli zabeth N J., 54 years ago today.
 Victor Murdock, former Kansas con- gressman and later leader in the Progressive party, born at Burlin- game, Kan, 46 years ago today.
 Anna Held, celebrated star of the socalled musical shows, born in Paris, 40 years ago today.
 Edith Storey, widely known as an actress in motion pictures, born in New York city 25 years ago today.
 James J. Callahan, manager of the Pittsburg National league baseball club, born at Fitchburg, Mass, 43 years ago today.
 Frank Moran. whose aspirations for the heavyweight pugilistic champion shpi were given quietus by Jess Willard, born in Cleveland 30 years ago today. ,5G Gf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18

Some of these medicine advertise l these days must certainly be great connections. One advertisement con- tains testimonial from man who says that after taking four bottles Of ---- he is now able :o play the vio- lin and pick the guitar. Whats the use of spending thousands of dollars and long years seekir to obtain a musical education, when apparently the same results can be achieved by drinking a fe wgallons of Somebody's Dope?
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"TIz" CLADDENS
 SORE, TIRED FEET
No Puffed-up, Burning, Tender, Ach- ing Feet-No Corns or
 CallOuses.

"Tiz" makes sore, burning, tired feet fairly dance with delight. Away go the aches and pains, the corns, cal !louses, blisters, bunions and chil- plains.
 "Tiz" draws out the acids and pois- ons that puff upSyour feet. No mat ter how hard you work, how long you dance, how far you walk, how long you remain on your feet. "Tiz" is magical, grand, wonderful for tired, aching, swollen, smarting feet. An! how com fortable, how happy you feel: Your feet Just jingle for joy shoes never hurt or seem tight.
 Get 25 cent box of "Tiz" now from any druggist or department store. End foot torture .forever-wear small CT shoes, keep your feet fresh, sweet and happy. Just think! whole years foot comfort for only 25 cents.-Adv.
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WIDER WORK FOR CHURCHES,

"The church that dcesn't spend ] cent for social service is losing a great opportunity" said minister.
 Exactly. Churches that are prac- tically shut six days or the week are missing a great oppor unity.
 They should be open all the time, and thus exert wide influence-sev- en days a Week-in the community.
 Not only the churches, but the school buildings should be open tc a greater extent
 The money invested in school plants and churches should work for the public good to much greater extent than at present. .+
 Realization of this is forcing itself upon thinkers all over the country and the day is near at hand when there will be a genuine awakening.
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OREGON COMPANY BUYS PINE

Shreveport, La, March 17.-Wide- spread appreciation of the value of long leaf pine structural timber is re- flected in an order recently filled by a lumber company of this city, for a buyer in far-away Portland, Ore. It was an order of timbers, and, as far as the local people know, it is the first of the sort that has ever gone from this territory to the country west of the Rockies. It is explained that the Portland company could have bought fir right at home for price less than freight rate on the yellow pine ship ped from the Louisiana mill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
TURKS TURN GUNS
 ON OWN INFANTRY

Correspondence Associated Pressl
 London, Mardh 8.-The British "Of- ficial Eye Witness" with the British froces in Mesopotamia, writes:
 Turkish gunners turned their weapons on their own infantry in an effort to prevent surrender en masse during the British offensive in the middle of February which resulted in clearing the Turks from the Dahra Loop of the Tigris. More than 2,00O Turks surrendered in drive which began in the morning.
 "After bombardment, our infan- try swept across the open in irresist- ible waves and with few casualties.
 "As we approached the enemy's trench group of Turks issued from the center of the position and gave themselves up. This first surrender was infectious, and was repeated all along the line.
 "Prisoners came forward in a stream, waving white rags.g For near ly an hour the procession was con- tinuous. The Turks turned their guns on them, but with little effect.
 "In the afternoon we drove in an- other attack on the right flank of the position we had taken. The enemy's garrison here had witnessed the morn ing surrender, and the issue was the same.
 "As our infantry advanced the Turks threw down their rifles and broke out of the trenches, an unarm- ed horde. The stream of prisoners who came out to meet the regiment attacking almost outnumbered them "Our troops walked through them as they doubled past, running the gaunt- let of their own guns. As they pass ed our trenches were most pacific looking crew, and kept up their white flag Tapping until they were out o1 sight,"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
\ BONEHEAD PLAY.

Nothing was more foolish than tine guartering of two inte German steamers in the League Island navy yard, Philadelphia.
 The forty to sixty sailors on board the ships could be depended upon to keep their eyes wide open-right in an American navy yard!
 It is not surprising that they and their officers took full advantage of the opportunity to work hand in
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macy at this period as to precipitate national disaster.
VICE AND SEX FILMS.

Just at present certain class of vice and sex films is flooding the moving picture market. Get-rich- quick producers seem 10 think the easiest way is to take pictures of scenes depicting the depths and mira Of life, and often go so far as to an- nounce they do it to "educate the pubic against the wiles of the wicked
 The fact is, they do / because, un- fortunately, there is a quick market TOT salacious subjects in such states where the censorship is joke.
 Honest and decent producers op- pose vice and sex films they right ly regard it as degrading to the in. dustry and bound to injure the busi ness in the long run.
 Recently a party of Cincinnati business men, thinking they saw the trend of the market resolved 10 take a dip into the river of quick riches and formed Company" to screen the canker spots of Chicago. When the "educational picture" was completed, great was their indigna- tion to discover that the picture could not be shown in Chicago unless 2,O00 feet of it were "cut out" This. they claimed, "ruined'' the commercial value of the picture, because the mo:t attractive" sections were ordered eliminated.
 The degrading film should be killed!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
THIS DATE IN HISTORY

One Hundred Years AgO. 1S11-An earthquake in Spain, Por- tugal and Sicily destroyed whole villages.
 SeNenty.fi,e Years Ago. 1S42-The Chinese. 10000 or 12.000 strong. made a second attempt 10 retake Ning-pO from the Brit ish, and were repulsed, with a loss of 250 killed.
 Fifty Years Ago. tt 1S67-John Penington. an eminent scholar and bookseller of Phla- delphla, died in that city. Born in New Jersey in 1799.
 Twenty-Five Years Ago. 1S92-Great celebration in Paris in honor of the Commune anni- Versary.
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PROSPECTS FOR AVERTING
 STRIKE BRIGHTER.

Secretary Lanes announcement in New York yesterday afternoon that the railroad brotherhood chiefs hal agreed to postponement of the strike for 4S hours caused gratifica- ton throughout the country, and
 especially in Pine Bluff.
 It now seems very improbable that the strike will take place in the nesr
 future
 The postponement, admittedly for Me purpose of giving the United states supreme court another oppor- unity to render a decision on .ne Adamson eight-hour law, indicates Mat the brotherhood leaders are re- iuctant, as we'll they might be, to take me Step that will mean throwing thousands of men out of worx. paralysis of business, hunger and, pefnaps, starvation for many, though determlned to obtain for the members ol the brotherhoods the relief sought
 The delay will give further time TOT discussion of plans to avert the ssrlke, and for the millions of people w make known their attitude toward aae threatened tie-up of the nations aimost exclusive means of travel and transportation of food, fuel and other secessaries, as we'll as luxuries.
 rms attitude of the people, as we see It, is that there should not be q strike at this time. And while there gre few to say on just what basis sestlement should be reached, opinion IS practically unanimous that en- pioyers and employees should find sone common ground on which to .each an agreement by which na- 'onal disaster be averted.
 president Wilson apparently ex- pressed the sentiment of the major " or the people when he took ua sne contention of the ra;lroad brother "ooos for an eight-hour basic day foi' tue trainmen. and this sentiment will eventually compel the railroads to srant the demand of the labor organ;- saslon' providing they do not saienate ,"e people by forcing the millions to
 nuerso suffering that may be avoid- su oy the exercise of patience.
 The. United States. supreme court, ' IS generally hoped, will defer no
 nser than Monday announcement of 2 aeclsion on the Adamson law. Az aon by the supreme court will tend " hasten settlement. If the law s Upheld, the government will see na' the railroads comply with its RioVlslons. If it is declared uncon- s'autional, there is every reason 70 oelleve that the railroad managers VII seek to negotiate further for q s1e.iement, and that finally public sentiment ~ will compel a settlement VI q basis favorable to tue trainmen
 .n the meantime, hope grows that peltner side will display such obsti-
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AN HONEST LETTER FROM AN
 HONEST MAN.

Enos Halbert, Paoli, Ind. writes:
 "I contracted severe cold this fall and coughed continually. Could hard ly sleep at nights. I tried several remedies without relief. Got Foley's Honey and Tar and the first bottle relieved me, curing my cough entirely. I can recommend it for all coughs Get the genuine. Mann's Pharmacy. advertisement
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18

Germans retreateds So fast on ths Ancre that the British didn't find it out until the next day. It wasn't & victory for the aeroplanes service. either.
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LITTLE GIRL HAD ,CROrP.

Every mother knows and fears croup. Mrs. R. M. Raney, R. F. D. 2, Stanford, ky, writes: My little girl had croup every few nights. began to give her Foley's Honey and Tar and that night she slept well, never coughcd any. and the next day her cold was gone." Relieves coughs and colds. Contains no opiates. Mann's Pharmacy.-Advertisement.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
One Year Ago in fhe War.

March IS, 1916-Germans attacked west of VauX. but failed to reach French trenches; French destroyer Renaudin sunk by submarine in Adriatic; Dutch liner Palembang torpcdoed in North sea- Russians stopped German assaults in lake region near Dvinsk.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18

Bryan has country home in Ne-' braska, a mountain home in South Carolina and winter nome in Flori- da. Indicating that saving the na- tion" must be paying business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18

The world isn't coming to and eEi, in the estimation of Standard Oil. Congress was too busy to look into the price of gasoline.
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17,M1 AUTOS LICENSED.

Little Rock, March 17.--Up to this evening the state highway depart ment has issued total of 17OO1 auto mobile tags, and applications are being received at the rate of 15O day,