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! jumping up and down like a baboon
! IF you don't, I'll answer for them
| Don't you see, it's a trick? It's q
| trick. l see the hand of the o. z. In
this" Friendly hands pulled him down
| into his seat.
The audience was chanting. with
draw the suits. Take your medicine.
Don't lose the concession.-Lord,
the Service Give them the answer
now"
Barton held up a withered hand.
The undeveIoped body was dignified
by the splendid head. Don't with
draw your concession. / think 1 can
say that Mexico will not be sued
Again, the shout went up. Answer
like a man. Think Good Lord Say
we withdraw the suits -
I'VE withdraw the claims against
Mexico" Barton sat down to sud
den hush. The first blood had been
let.
Once more Babcock's glasses swept
the house. He raped the table.
That's not all. We've got more to
say to you Gentlemen. Mr. Marshall"
Marshall stepped forward to a ST.
lence which was a variety of tribute.
He bowed Il win be brief. Mr.
Faraday has asked me to take his
place here this afternoon. It's only
fair. If it were not for my interfer-
ence. he would not be involved in this
situation. l think You will grant that
it is Mr.. Faraday's company which
can save the valley?"
ITO save its own tracks," yelled
voice from the balcony
Marshall sent q soft smile heaven
ward. Incidentally. And its traffic.
Why don't you say it? We don't deny
that. The Overland Pacific's no altru-
ist."
There was n jeer which rose into q
chorus. "Altruist! Octopus. That's
what it is"
MarshalFs hand went up IF you
want to hear me?" He waved away
Babcock's descending gavel. II was
told it would cost two hundred thou
sand dollars to close that break of
yours. Do you want the actual fig
ures? 1t has eaten already million,
and the work is not yet-done. You
know the history of the undertaking.
The Desert Reclamation company was
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LIVE FOR WORLD TO COME
Inhabitants of Monasteries on Mount
Athos Take No Thought Of
Mundane Things

The long peninsula tapering south
ward from the busy city Of SalOni6l
ends In three irregular prongs Ike
misused trident of Neptune. On the
end of the easternmost of these prOugs,
almost surrounded by the sea, stands
the Holy mountain. or Mount Athos. 1t
is given to men whose thoughts and
doings are all directed with u sole
thought Of the world to come, so that
the war agony which cOnvulsed this
earth hardly caused a ripple in their
quiet existence. The slopes of Mount
Athos are covered with monasterles.
large and small.
II is little world In Itself, this bit
of ancient Greece. 1t lives to a quiet
ordered tempo in an atmosphere where
noise and strife are almost unknown,
where all the little dOings of the day
move to acknowledgement ritual
There are men here who have not wan
dered q mile from their cIOister in
twenty years. willing prisoners Of their
own convictions. 1t is a place of kind
~, dreamy life, free from heartburn
ings and jealousies, where each man is
the equal of his fellow, despite the
castles and ranks of the order-eqUal
in a common infinite littleness before
the majesty of divine Omnipotence ard
eternity.
No woman IS permitted to visit the
sacred ground of the mountain. nor
that the order looks down on woman
but rather in tribute to her power &c
draw the thoughts Of men from the
eternal things. Despite the prohibition
however fhA1-n nra r-11rnOrc a women
disguised who fed TO Athos and found
sanctuary there in the time of the
Greek revolt and the war with the
Turks. 1t is whispered, too, that the
daughter of an English admiral accOrl-
panied her father on an official visit
in the uniform of a midshipman.
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ments will probably be made so that
the valley will be given water. l would
| like to take your answer to my govern
ment"
1t was several seconds before the
house got its breath. The import OF
the diplomats words was astounding.
Barton got to his feet, yelling with his
great bass voice. Betrayed |" His
.'R. 81 in black letters on his collar.
The valley has been betrayed"
In the balcony, the uproar was deaf
ening. Around Hardin and Brandon
words were thudding like bullets.
Reclamation Service" That's their
game THE concession !" "They
won't get it," Betrayed. We are be-
trayed.'
Downstairs. Babcock's gaveI raped
unheard. Behind the excited figure
welding the stick. sat Marshall, his
unreliable. sweet smile on his face
His eyes We're on Babcock, who was
vainly clamoring for order. Program
that meeting"
HOLSTER was trying to make him
self heard TO Barton over two rows of
seats, but his voice was like a childs
on an ocean beach. Barton was sur
rounded by eager anxious men. The
audience had split into circles of
haranguing centerS. 1t was impossible
to get attention. Hardin could see Mar
shall pun Babcock by the tails of his
coat. Unwillingly. he could see Bah
cock allow the crowd five minutes by
his consulted watch. Then again, the
gavel danced on the table. Marshall
was still smiling. Babcock's shrill
voice split the din. Order" The
ocean of voices swallowed him again.
I'VE won't let them in," Grace was
believing. ''the valley won't stand for
it,"
Take your medicine" Numbered
the big organ of Barton. II warned
you. Imperial valley
Betrayal" groaned the crowd.
Down In the orchestra, Barton was
holding a hurry-up meeting of the wa
ter companies. De la Vega had
stepped back and was consulting with
Tod Marshall.
Babcock pulled out his watch. his
gavel calling for attention. This time
he was heard.
De la Vega approached the foot
lights, questioning look on his face.
I'VE ask for a little time" began
Barton. Instantly the house was on
its feet. Withdraw the suits. Give
him your answer. Give him our an
swer. We don't want the Service. The
valley don't want the Service. With |
draw the suits
BartOn's moon face looked troubled |
I'VE can't answer for all the ranchers"
"Yes, you can" screamed Grace, |
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CHAPTER XIX.
More OratorH.

Four men SAT- at n small table In q
corner of the crowded hotel dining
room, In Ell Centre. Their names
made their corner the psychological
center Of the room. Marshall was al
ways target of speculation. Mac
Lean, Siraight and soldierly in his
muStar -colored clothes, was, as usual,
the NAL of distinction. Black start
ed the whisper going that the dark
stranger @as General de la Vega, the
Mexican commissioners.
What vas he doing in that group2
Babcock completed combination
which encouraged speculations and
head-shakiugs- The room was jammet.
with valley men, The meeting of the
ranchers and the several water COM
panies had been called for that after.
noon, the summons signed by Fara-
day himself Nothing else had been
talked Of for fortnight.
Ii was known throughout the valley
that the work at the intake was not
yet begun: that Richard was waiting
there for orders; that Faraday and
the president of the United States
were involved in correspondence as to
the responsibility for the future con-
troll of the river. Faraday's eagerness
to shift his burden was looked upon
as suspicious 1t was in the air that
the officers of the Overland Pacific
would demand recall Of the damage
suits before they would complete the
protective works at the Heading. The
i'ieu OF long vision, members of the
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chair. II am speaking for the valley
We can't help. You know it. We'ra
stripped. We're ruined. You think Il
threaten us with the governmen.-ei
we wait for the government to decide.
money with it. 1 tell you. your .IuT
won't go. We want justice. We are
going 10 have justice"
Justice! :" came from the surginE
ranchers.
Fair play" yelled Black. You can't
trick US. We were not born yesterday.
We have rights. The company brought
US here. What did we give our money
for? Desert land? What good is this
land without water? We bought wa
ter. Give US back the money we've
put in-that's what we're asking for.
We won't be scared out of our rights
There was q growing accompani-
ment from the back rows. herdlng %
gether.
Order" cried Babcock. humping
his gaveI. Let Mr.. Black have the
floor"
Black had not stopped. Wildly his
hands cut the air. His speech. though
high-pitched. had a prepared sound
IL worked toward Il climax. He gave
individual instances of ruin. Grace,
Willard Grace. his crop gone. his place
cut in two. HOLSTER and Wilson OF
the PalO Verde. the ranch { scream
ing horror Scores of Otlb rs" lie
would not mention his own ,ase; aut
then he itemized his misfortuueS. Par
IRISH. his place secured beyond all fu-
ture usefulness. What had they come
into the valley for? Who had urges
them? There were pledges OF the =
r.. water pledges. That was all those
ruined men were pleading. the redcmD-
ton of those pledges. Individual ruin,
what did ii mean? A curtailins OF lux
uries. or personal indulgence. 4 tel
you, it means food, bread, potatoes;
milk for the babies: or starvation
Black had touched the deep uhte-
This was the answer. This was W Aat
they wanted to say.
You ask US to help you. Us. we who
are taxed already to our breaking
point. You say your company won't
go any further. What does that help
mean to you? Poverty? \ few thou
sands, a milliOa to the Q. T.. a coz
poration. what does n loss mean So
them? Poverty? l tell you, TO. a
smaller dividend maybe. To whEl2
Yes, to whom? To the men who I've
in Fifth avenue. whose wives are
about in limoUsines. y it'll
draw their suits2 Help Faraday. and
ruin men like Parrish? Men of the
valley, what IS your answer to Fara-
day?"
The crowd was on its feet. swaying
and pushing The air was fetid with
breaths. Wilson's crowd haG forgotten
its lorgnettes. NO" yelled the ranch
ers. I'VE say, no.
A boy made his way from the wings,
a yellow envelope in his hand.
Babcock waved him on 70 Marshall.
The audience was Srying itseB hoaTse.
Babcock lost control of the meeting
IN that minute of turning. GcIIjste-.
IF the Palo Verde. was striving 70 be
leard; Babcock's hammer sounded in
rain. But MarshalI's eye had caught
spark from the yellow sheet. BE
;prang forward, throwing the dispatch
Oward MacLean. His excitement
.aught the eye of the crowd. The
'iver," There was sudden hush
The rivers out again :" a groan
swept through the house. there was "a
Freak toward the doors.
CTO BE Continued
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you. The poor woman whose back feels
IS though it would break, who feels
dizzy, whose head aches, or black specks
appear before her eyes, all are due to
troubles essentially feminine which should
be overcome.
The greatest boon to womankind Is
temperance tonic made up of herbs,
which makes weak women strong and
sick women well This is the "Prescrip-
ton" of D.. Pierce, used by him in active
practice many years, and now sold by
almost every druggist in tablet or liquid
form. 1t has hal half century of sue
cessful results in most of the delicate
arrangements and weaknesses of women.
If she's overworked, nervous, or rum
down." she finds new life and strength
Send 10c to DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, n. Y, for trial package or write
fer free confidential medical advice
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In straits. Faraday promised his helI
the Desert Reclaaation company
would be controlled by his company
He took the control He inherited
what? Not good will. Threats, dam
age suits. Do you think that snow
slide of complaints is going TO encOur-
age him to go on? This is what / came
| here TO talk to you about. You ranch
ers don't want TO cut your own threats.
| Now, there's a good deal going on
| about which you are in the dark.
| Faraday's got a right TO fee he's
shouldered an old man Of the sea.
He's been trying TO dislodge il. He's
appealed to the president. Ever since
we came into this. the cry from Wash
ington has been, Do this the way we
like, or Wen not take it off your
hands," murmur of angry voices
started somewhere, swelling toward
the balcony.
1--WE don't want the government
began the rising voices. Marshall's
voice rang out:
But the government wants-you !
Unless YOU will help save your own
homes, the government will have TO. in
time. It's got to. Up there at Laguna,
have you seen it? There's nothing go
ing on. They're watching us That's a
useless toy if our works are washed
out. Faraday says this TO you" Not
sound in the stilled house. UNLESS
you withdraw your damage suits. he
won't advance another damned cent
Sharply he sat down before the au-
dience realized that his message was
finished. The house had not found its
voice, when Babcocks gavel was
pounding again for attention. The
question, he felt, had not been put to
them completely. Perhaps, they did
not gather the full import of Mr.. Mar
shalrs message. Mr.. MacLean would
follow Mr. Marshall.
MacLean's superb figure rose from
a tree-paneled background.
"He should sing Brown October
Ale" suggested Brandon to Hardin
humorously.
Hardin'S eyes were on MacLean.
What did he know about it? What
could he tell those men that they did
not know? MacLean was a figurehead
in the reorganized irrigation company.
Why hadn't they called on him. Har-
din? He knew more about the involved
history of the two companies than the
whole bunch on the stage down yOn-
der. He could have told them, he
could have called on their tCSice.
their memory
MacLean was speaking.
"Mr. Marshall has lfkened the river
fO tho old man Of To
has it on his back. while il is busily
kicking him in the shins!
MIR. Marshall has given you Mr..
Faraday's message. He has asked
you to dismiss your damage suits. /
ask you to do more than that. Put
your hands in your pockets Come
out and help US. You don't want the
government. l am told that is the
sentiment of the valley. When you
called to them, they wouldn't help
you; they wouldn't give you an ade-
1uate price. Congress will soon be |
What is Mr.. Faraday to |
say to Washington? Is he going to |
close that break? That depends on |
you. Withdraw your suits. Do more !
Stop fighting against Us. Fight with |
is"
The audience stirred ominOusly,
lngrfly. Before MacLean was done,
-oice screamed from the balcony.
You're in too deep. You can't fool US.
You've got to save yourself. You've
got to go on. Tell Faraday to tell that
o Washington"
The uproar was released. Black.
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REMEMBER

There is now, no need to suffer from
the pains of bruises. sprains, burns,
neuralgia. rheumatism, etc. Vacher-
Balm relieves such pains as we'll as 1t
does the winter ailments. Therefore
keep it handy. Write for agents prices,
and sample, II ii is not sold in your
community. K. w. Vacher, Inc, New
Orleans, La.-Adv.
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Strike Baked LEGISLATORS.

A strike once brought a legislature
to q standstill, no less than the house
OF representatives at Washington. The
officers Of the house had notified the
stenOgraphers that their pay would
be cut ten cents folio, and the short
hand writer's Immediately struck, fore
ing q suspension of the sitting until
matters were amicably arranged.
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You ouohta Know That. Uncle.

Cline dog you have there, my little
man." remarked the kind old gentle
man. what do you call him?" "Dont
hafta to call him." answered my little
man. He goes every place l do"
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California Leads In Beans.

According to government figures.
California last year produced more
than half the beans in the Unitez
States.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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Count ,Em AGAIN. Old Ton!

From an English story: He'll have
him in the Fleet prison. Us sure as
ever dice has four sides. Boston
Transforms
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plexion imprOver is always hand
some sum.
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DaiIv Thot,1hf-

The silence that accepts merit IS
the most natural thing in the world.
IS the highest applause.-Emerso
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Repair worl; absorbS about 40 pen
cent of the labor and machinery OF
British shipyaIds-
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A proverb is an indisputed fact with
WhiskerS on It
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Magic! Just drop a little Freezons
on that touchy corn. instantly it stops
aching, then you lift the corn off with
the fingers. Truly, No humbugi
Try FreezOneI Your druggist sells a
tiny bottle for a few cents, sufficient to
rid your feet of every hard corn. soft
corn, or corn between the toes. and
caIluses. without one particle of pain,
soreness or irritation. FreezOne is the
discovery Of q noted Cincinnati geniuA
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straight, after the fashion of the
erstwhile Buster Brown, others wear
it curled. 1t is infinitely easier to
select = hat, say women who have
tried it, with short hair framing
ones face. 1t makes up in youth
what it lacks in dignity.
With the revival of the crinoline,
what is more natural than a return
to powdered coiffures? Not wigs
perhaps, as in these days when
things sanitary are so highly valued,
it is hardly likely that we would
revert to the wig. But powdered
hair. Why not! 1t is, nine times
out of 10, extremely becoming. One
cannot recommend it seriously for
day times, but crinolines and panniers
are, to be confined more or less to
the evening hours when the world
has the leisure to be picturesque,
and why not enjoy the whole pic
ture!
1t really is not a wasted day to
ransack ones old chests and trunks,
since among their contents there is
almost sure to be something that
will help out the fall clothes prob
lem. 1t may be an odd and forgot
ten piece of jewelry. bit Of choice
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shadows a change in the arrange
ment of the couture. One may have
ears again, who knows, before styles
settle down to stay while. At all
events, it is said that experiments i'll
old fashioned chignons have been
tried at the hair dressers. Certainly
little curls .are threatened, but
whether or not one buys them with
hats may be a mooted question. The
ends of the hair may be made into
little ringlets, if one prefers that to
false" curls.
The idea of one bobbing ones
hair, has not spread in America. as
il, has abroad. For {. certain piquant
type no arrangement of the tresses
could be more effective. but it is
style so distinctly suited to only
special types that one must be sure
of oneself before it is too late.
Many French and English women
have bobbed their hair and wear it
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OftenRoyalty
Has Visited
Omaha
That King Albert and His
Queen Should Come
Here Is Quite
In Order.

Omaha has been graced with the
appearance of royalty on various oc-
casions, and should King Albert.
Queen Elizabeth and their party de-
eide to visit this city, they will find
the same cordial spirit which has
gone out to other nobility. They
may not enjoy the same diversions
sought by their predecessors but
each one to his taste.
1t is said that King David of
Kalakua, who was here some dec
AIDES ago, played poker with AL
Sorensen, then city editor of The
Bee. And the Grand Duke Alexis,
brother of the then reigning car of
all the Russias was in this region
on a hunting trip in the days when
buffalo were as hard to find as the
New York Life building now. 1t
was during General Grants admin
istration, and the duke, guest of the
United States government. was es-
corted by Buffalo Bill, scout and
guide.
Sir Horace Plunkett of England
has been here on various occasions.
Marquis and Marchioness of Lorne.
also British nobility, were here in
the early eighties. The Marquis
was then governor of Canada, and
the Marchioness was a daughter of
Queen Victoria.
Queen Liliuokalaui, often short
ened to Queen Liz of Hawaii, Wis
ited here during Cleveland's last adj
ministratior. She was preceded by
the king and queen of the Sandwich
Isles.
Many lesser lights have CLEANED
upon our city. There was time
when the journey from New York
to San Francisco was tedious af-s
fair. The railroad trip from the
nations metropolis to Ncbraska's
metropolis required four or Ave
days, and for one travelling ACROSS
the country, Omaha offered de-
sirable break in the journey. A few
years ago the French commission.
q commercial body representing
their government and headed by
Baron De Estournelles stopped
here, and gave Omaha very favor
able mention in their report upon.
their return to Paris. .-s s'Ts e
Church dignitaries are Eof m;s.;r.
from the survey Of notabies
Cardinal Satolli, Who was nsnsi
! ALLOCATE at Washington in the cariy
nineties and Cardinal VanueteIii.
papal secretary and an Italian no
bleman, being among the most
prominent representatives of the
church.
As matter of fact, Omaha Is
quite at home with kings and
queens, for have not the monarchs
of the kingdom of Quivera-the
distinguished peers of Ak-Sar-Ben-
visited US annually for 10 these Is
years? We have thus been tutored
in the cordially, dignity and respect
which will flow sincerely to the Bel
gian rulers of that brave, heroic and
allied people.
And so it is quite in line with for
mer days that the king and queen
of the Belgians should be guests Of
the Gate city of the west. B
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home for time and later to do lee
turing, but not on clothes"

home for time and later to do lee
turing, but not on clothes"
Every woman knows that since
the time of Eve clothes has been
the most important item in woman's
life. Dame Fashion rules US with
dainty glove or a unique parasol.
Her power is mightier than that of
the sword. Up to the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, articles were con-
stantly added to woman's getup.
When everything she could possibly
get on was part of styles edict,
the order came to take off. Thus,
it has ever been.
Moreover, America is not a ma
ton of>artists but of money makers.
If the designers overseas declare
that American Beauty rose and the
dark green of the rose leaf are the
seasons combination, the manufac-
turers promptly put forth a brick
red and a St. Patrick green. Red
and green, it is true; but what a
difference.
Those are the reasons Miss Har-
ley wears a costume of her own de-
sign. She is a college graduate and
studied abroad. She has written for
many magazines, and in co-opera-
ton with the late Cecelio Robello
of Mexico prepared an edition of
Mexican legends that we're edited
recently.
She is thoroughly feminine and
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for the revival OF interest in quaint
settings and old family jewelry. In
der normal conditions such treas
ures would not be offered for sale.
1t is we'll that old fashioned things
in general are being considered, for
to be we'll dressed one must wear
things in harmony.
The pieces of jewelry that are Of
fered for sale today have been laid
away in family jewel cases for years
and are not always being remodeled
by their new possessors. The inter-
esting quaint sets of coral and won
derful antique bracelets being worn
are quite in keeping with the spirit
Of renewed interest, in old-time
laces. The entire trend is toward
the. 18th century fashions. If fur
Their evidence were needed reports
declare that the modiste so WELL
known, Suzanne Talbot, is making
hats tip tilted on back bandeaux, to
which clusters of curls are con-
veniently pinned
A radical change in hats fore