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CHAPTER x-continued.
Copyrtght By A. C. hcclurg a Co.


Seems to he a mighty populous
river up this way, hey. Mapes?' he
remarked genIaIIy. "Castaways round
every bend"
What do you mean7 Have you
picked up others;"
Certainly have. Fit a keelboat
twenty miles below"
"A keelbOat operated by steam
Couldn't say as TO that. Was II,
Mapes7 The craft had gone down
when ! got on deck. Had four aboard,
but we got 'em all of an slowed 'em
back there 10 the texas. You better
get along now aud shuck those wet
clothes"
The captain turned rather sharply
away, and / was thrust through an
open cabin door by the grasp OF the
mate before I could really sense the
true meaning Of this unexpected news.
Mapes paused long enough To gruffly
indicate a coarse suit OF clothes
draped over a stool. and vas about 10
retire without further words when /
recovered sufficiently from the shock
TO halt him with a question
IL suppose you saw those people
picked up from the keelboatf'
Sure; helped pull 'em aboard.
"A ID queer combination, IL you
ask me; two nlgger wenches. Joe
Kirby an y deputy sheriff from down
ST. Louee way"
1.-TWO women, you Say7 Both ne
gresses2"
swell. thet's whut Joe sand they
WIS. an I reckon he knew. However,
n ov 'em looked ~ white as enybody
j eyer saw The deputy he toll ther
same story-sed they wus both slaves
thet Kirby got from an oil plantation
down below. some French name. il
wus. Seems like the two weuches he'd
run away. an the deputy he'd caught
'em. an ~ a-taking 'em back. Kirby
cum long ter help. bein' as how they
belonged ter him"
you knew Kirby, then?"
"h-l. 0v course, sEhar amt many
river men who don't, | reckon. What
Is II to your
Nothing II sounds like II strange
story, that's all. l want TO get this
wet stuff of. and will be out on deck
presently"
i was ~shivering with the cold, end
lost no time shifting into the warm,
dry clothing provided. spreading out
my own soaked garments over the
edge of the lower bunk. but careful
first to remove my packet of private
papers. which. wrapped securely In
oiled silk. were not even damp. Fate
had played a strange trick. and | knew
not how best to turn IL to advantage.
One thing only was clear whatever
WIS to be accomplished would have
60 do IL aione--nowhere could | turn
for help. In the first place Kirby lin
dcubtedly had the law with him, and
besides was among f~riends--those who
would naturally believe him and were
loyal to the institution of slavery. The
very fact that this was a Memphis
boat we were on precluded any pcs
sibIIity that the crew would symra-
thize with a nigger.stealer. Nor could
anticipate any assistance frem with
out. STEAMBOATS, were few and far be-
tween on these northern waters. and
mt this time. IL the report OF war was
true. everything afioat would be held
ed upstream. laden with troops aud
provisions. That the report was true
! had no daabt The probability of an
outbreak was known before | left Fort
Armstrong. the crisis had come ear.
Her than expected. that was all.
This. then. was the situation
through az odd Intervention of Provi.
dence here we were all together on
this steamer. which vas steadily
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Head OF the ladder in Friendly Con-
versation.
eyes on nobody since All done got on
board, 'cept de cook. An reckon dem
white men aim fer ter tote me sOufe,
an sell me fer u slave; OATS why Abs
locked up yere dis way. But ALI sure
does know whar dis yer Rene Beau.
caire WIS"
"Where?'
"Wal, sab. it WIS bout like dis
Long bout three o'clock in de mau-
ming oil Bill Skies cum up frum de
lower pint, a-drivin' his kiyered wag-
on. an made Massa Shrunk git up out
er bed fer ter git him anodder team o.
bosses. Den dey done routed me up
fer ter hustle up suln grub"
"Sikes who was Sikes?"
"He lives down by de lower pike,
sab; he's an abolitionist, sab"
"Oh, | see; he and Shrunk worked
together. He helped with the runaway
slaves"
"Yes, sab. Abs bin called up tibet
way afore. So All just nat'larly went
ter work cookin'. an purity soon dey
all ov 'em cum stragglin' in ter de
cabin fer ter eat. Oar was four ov
'em, sah," her voice a husky whisper.
"Bili Skies, totin' Il gun In his han. a
free niger whit dey called Pete, an
W. wimmin. De bigger one was a
q%uadroon, maybe bout forty years OIL,
an de odder she want much more'l
a gal an dar want nuthin' ov de mig
ger bout her, 'cept 1t mought be de
hair. an de eyes-dem was sure black
'nough."
You learned who they were?"
Course All did. Skies he 's~plained
all bout EN- ter Massa Shrunk, an All
heerd whut he sed. All was a waitln'
on 'em. We all ov us helped fer ter
put EN- in de wagon. hid undeh a lot o.
truck, an den Skies he done drove 'em
out thro' de bluffs. All done walked
wifi de gal. an she toll NOR bout her
self, an whar she cum frum an dat
wus her name. sab"
"Her name? What name?"
Rene Beaucaire de quadroon WON
an, she wus her mother"
could scarcely voice my surprise,
the quick throbbing of my heart threat
ening to choke me.
"She claimed that name? She actual
ly told you she was Rene B%eaucaire?H
"She sure did. Why? Want tibet
her name?"
Il do not know" l confessed. "Per.
haps l shall understand better. III you
90 On. What happened after they
left7"
"Why. we just went back ter bed,
an long bout daylight. l reckon. sum
fellars cum ashore OF a steamboat, an
done broke inter de house. We never
done heerd EN- till dey bust in de dore.
One oh dem he knocked me down, an
den All saw Massa Shrunk kin one.
afore dey got him. All don't know
just whut did cum OBJ de free niger
All reckon maybe he u away. Oars
a fellar en- board we're whut killed
Massa Shrnnk: an he's de same one
whit made me cum long wild him. A
sm~ooth-faced man, sorter tall like, all
dressed up, an who lever talks much
"Klrby--Joe Kirby, a river gambler
"Dat's de name--Kurby. Wal. he's
de D whut was Iookln' fer dis we're
gal. Rene Bcaucaire. He wanted her
powsful had. Dey hunted all round
fer ter git hol' her, cussin' an threat
enin', an a haulin' me round; but
'twan't no sorter use. So finally dey
took me long ter a boat in de crick-a
keeihcss. u by steam. Most tic otfd.r
men disappeared All never did know
whar deg went. but dis yere Kurby
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Territory Taken From Spain.

At the close Of the war with Spain
the American government obtained
possession OF Porto Rico. Guam and
the Philippines. agreeing to pay Spain
$2O.OOO,O0 N give Spanish ships spe-
cial trading privileges in the Philip
pines for ten years. Neither state
hood nor citizenship was promised to
any Of the islands taken over and they
are governed as territorial possessions.
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my back ached
terribly, side panied
and / had frequent
~excretions. / let
lit run on until I
of DR.. Pierce's
iAnuric (anti-uric-
acid. I took the
Anuric but a short
time when / was
feeling fine. My,
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CHAPTER xI.

The next two hours dragged dread
fully slow, In spite of my pre:ense at
steady work. and the fact that .sy
thoughts were continuously occupied.
a cautious whisper. sounding almost
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very Necessary.

waiter, there is sand on this
bread"
oh. that's to keep the butter from
slipping Off"
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You can't be sure that the family
isn't at home these days until you
have raped on the garage door.
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BACK-ACF1E
Pain I'm Side,
Kidneys

81. Paul, Mimi was troubled with
disordered kidneys for about two years
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There are ants In Nicaragua that
css.:s:e minute mushrooms Tor food
In their underground homes hy form.
ing = compost from leaves OF trees.
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Keep Money From the Heart.

Money In the hand is a good thing
If it isn't allowed to get into the heart.
II ii Is only in the hand it is kept I'm
circulation; If allowed to get into the
heart it is boarded away.
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cuticura soothes Baby R,she,

Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes.
That itch and burn with hot baths
of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings VI Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better. purer, sweeter. espe-
cially IL a little of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum Is busted on at the I'm
ish. 25c each everywhere.-Adv.
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II suppose | might as well earn n
hit" ! admitted. hesitatingly. "Only I
had about decided I'd enlist IL the
war was sin going on when we got up
there
''That'n be all right. Wen keep yer
bnsy TIL then, enyhfw. Go on down
below now an eat. an when yer git
through climb mp the ladder an report
ter me what'm ! call yer7"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07
TIE ESTIMATE OF tn: FUTURE.

An Iowa newspaper. once follower
and supporter of Roosevelt N politics
but Of late months turned from him
perhaps on account Of mis- stern stand
for preparedness and his criticism Of
admin 7tratiye siacHress and delay,
tompcrs It's articles upon the death OF
the great leader by the assertion that
ris value 10 the country can not be
properly estimated by this generation.
Which Is true. This generation can
rot live Theodore Roosevelt the full
rnea-ll-c u the =r4t!tude ne deserves.
II i too close to him 10 see the full
n-agntuLc % the man and MS services.
RIt future generations viii establish
Roosevelt - d mighty reform influence
In America. 4 pioneer OF the square
deal which Is after all simply the
foundation Of democracy.
f,.,ose.e!; tod the truth as ne saw /!
and Roosevelt saw clearly. Not as {.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07
The SIX NNTrS TOIJ,Y

The reason why thousands o. minor
TODD administration ~.crc5gls who ~"
anxious Tor their dismissal have not
been mustered QUIZ IS h.nteI IT Mr..
Hoover's c4Dlegram~ which Indicate
The work Hoover = planning hut which
DO not annouurr tn plan.
one from London st.'r< that Amer
lea VIII have to supply all e ;he pork
available for export UP to- July =
which means an intensive conservation
campaign.
Another from Par.s says 'ha, the
:. 600, 600 people IN Vienna had ten
days supply Of food on hand on Jan
uary !, and that Roumar.a has not
to exceed thirty days supply Of food.
In his dispatch from London Hoover
says he Will be unable for month 10
determine what the volume Of the task
is. But enough Is said to forecast Il
conservation campo. gn that may and
probably shall be strengthened by linn
itations somewhat similar To those
from which we have lately been freed.
1t is not only question Of the star
walton OF millions but the peace and
recorstructive measures Of Europe de-
pend upon food supplies. Hunger is
the surest propaganda OF he DplsAe-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07

mere studsnt OF history and ethics hu,
Az prophet OF real democracy. He
lived as he taught. stood firm an his
own ground. dared all that he coun'
seized. He led. He worked with his
hands while he prophes!ed. And ;he
future will crown him truly.
out Of the history OF 1850 genera
tons the prophets and those who had
the unflinching courage to stand AHEAD
their time. 10 speak hoGly the truth,
e. condemn N their own danger and
approved in the face OF scorn and
hatred. bulk preeminent. They hsve
been the doorkeepers OF the gates OF
human progress. And among those the
forcefuI and faithful and courageous
prophet and centurion OF a wider de-
mocracy now takes his secure place.
America has lost a great and useful
man at a time when his leadership and
counsel was needed and when events
had Justified his foresight and counsel.
Petty hatreGs and political prejudice
can not touch Kim. He has gone be-
yond them.
For nearly quarter of q century
Roosevelt has been "A dominant figure
in American public life. Thru bitter
partisan and political warfare he has
reid the true confidence OF the Am2..
lean people. a confidence prone To be
fickle whenever even imaginary. just
icstion presents itself
II Roosevelt could and did Withstand
the test OF American public life for two
strenuous decades we may leave him
To the estimate OF the future with full
confidence as TO the high places ne shall
occupy in American history.
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training forces physical development
Upon every soldier and does not center
upon making an eleven -msn team as
college and school athletics incline
to do,
The longest pole knocks the per-
simmon but over there all kinds oi
Poles are knocking the pretzels.
King George may command more
ceremony than Woodrow but Woodrow
can do things that George would not
think OF attempting to get by with.
salvation Army douehnuts touched
the right spot.
IL a Camp Pike colonel actually did
SAY that Iowa has done nothing in
this war" please send him to Iowa and
turn him loose at winterset.
The government has million smoke
cans on hand which were 10 furnish
smoke screens for the movement of
troops. However, with the right price
on them the tomato growers and
orchardists will pick them up to be
used o frosty nights.
when nc gets your bond for So yon
just give him the change between that
and a 800 hslI Pc sure 10 -ct YOUR
change.
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Billy Evs,r3y ant H. Friends

.rored on Tuesday. and sometimes on
Wednesday. II Billy Bunny wore more
than one sh8rrwai<t a day
And Jus, then he thought OF what the
old crow had read: su he said 10 his
mother. let me hand you the clothes
pins mother dear, so you wont have
10 stoop down and rinkIe your ear
And this made the kind lady rs Dbit
laugh. for sue didn't know that her HI
tie bunny son could make Up poetry,
just like that, all Of sudden. you
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07
By DAVID CORY.

Now let me see. We left Bi.y
Bunny IN Uncle Lucky's house in the
last story. didn't We? And Uncle Lucky
mad just brought ut a nice apple pie.
and the three little grasshOppers and
the tiny cricket had helped the dear
old gentleman rabbit eat it UP. Well,
after a while. Billy Bunny said he
must be going. for he wanted 10 get
back TO the Old Briar Patch before
New Years Eve. So he said good by
and hoped away. and by and by. rot
50 very far. he saw Old Professor Crow
with his little Black Book.
Wait a minute. little rabbit. Have
you thought about the New Year,
oh, yes" answered Billy Bunny.
I've thought a lot about it"
Let me read You something said
the wise old professor, and then he OPP
ened his little Black Book, but first, Of
course, he put on his spectacles:
You must make a res-o-lu-tion-
Which means a promise TO yourself
That you VIII be a rabbit
Who will drop a naughty habit.
And do to other people what you
would do for self"
And then Professor Crow closed his
book with a bang and flew away. TO
read a lesson on good manners TO a
naughty little cat who wore her moth
er's hat
Well after that. the Little rabbit
hoped along and by and by he came
in sight of the Old Snake Fence. and
thru the rails he could see the Old
Briar Patch and his mother hanging
out the wash. for It was Monday, and
Mrs. Bunny washed on Monday and
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Seto
No flash FROM. the rusting guns;
No .rtf1o lights tie plain:

No flash from the rusting Gunsi
No rtfe lights the plain; t}f.
No elected crimson river runs
From Flanders to I.orraine;
The white year dawns above the hosts
Beyond the last red flare
Save for millions drifting ghosts,
Who neither know nor care.
How quiet the lost trench seems,
How still the fold
Where lately through our broken dreams
The mighty thunder rolled
Where through our restless, shaken sleep
We heard the big shells sing.
or at dawn the long line leap
To take its final fling!
Can Il be that at last the rod
Has brought it's final LASH
Where more out the bloody 500
4 bayonet shall flash?
or can some white dawn know nj lass
The final charge In through.
with flames Of forever past
Where life and love are due?
Can It be down the world we may
Wake up ut last to know
The soft. white dawn OF some lost day
We dreamed of long ago?
Where with the ghosty shadows blown
Beyond the last grim fight.
Soft arms once more shall hold their own
Across the silent nighty
Today no storming vanguard leaps
To leave it's share of slain:
At dawn rolling thunder sweeps
From Flanders to Lorraine:
The white year breaks against the sky
Beyond the last red flare,
Save where million ghosts drift by
Who neither know nor care.
Lieutenant Grantiand Rice Third Army A. f. F.
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Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always Welcome.

NOA visitors Always "e'come'
MARSHALL LODGE NO, tos, A. F
u. M.-Spec,ai communication Tues
|day. Jan. I, a. 7:So D. m. Second de
Il: 80 .. m. Special dispensation -
Especial convocation Monday, Jan. s ~
|xree. A. L. Frazer. ". NJ; John W,
Wells, secretary.
S,oNET CHAPTER. No. 80. r. a.
Special convocation Thursday. Jan. =
at 1890 p. M installation Of offic'rs.
Ira NJ. Davenport, II. p; John w.
We'll, secretary,
STATED ASSEMBLY. kina Sole
mon Council Ne. 20. r. & S. M. Mon
lay, Dec. Is. 1918. 20. Regular
business and election OF officers. ]. /.
Forbes. recorder; George Gregory. l. NJ
Special conclave ST. Aidemar Com
nandery No. 30, X. r. TUESDAY jar.
h. at 1880. Installation Of oTlcer@.
e. Frederick. commander: John ".
Wells, recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81, o. E. S.
Especial meeting Wednesday evening.
nm. 3. 1880 for installation. Mrs
rcher Walton, secretary. Mrs. Cora
lley. ". NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07
Topics Of the Times

Rear Admiral Eodman counsels
sinking some of the German ships:
but seems like q blacksmith or a
foundryman wouldn't agree with him
at that
Is that $40. 900 mosaic presented b.;
the pope 10 the president by way Of
being considered as a gift or decora
ton from u foreign government OF
potentate"
The physi- h,ness Of the You "
men OF the army - not due to military
training but To the fact that militaC-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07

30 has NJ, been detailed bat the bas.a
q. The program Is 20 save food. save IL
M our own tables
10, "a face the situation fairly and
.sougAtsully. From January TO July
az, t.I months for the American peo-
PIE sand especially for the American
huuSeN ifs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07

He had such horrid face they
said to me yesterday.
The pigs behind the barn look more
intelligent and interesting. He looked
like a cross between a doorknob and
custard pic with cisaret stuck in
IT, It's a mercy the kaiser didn't have
his way-and a greater mercy still that
little Willie never came 10 the throne"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07

the Fairfield Ledger. Iowa really has
no insurance law. fixing rates OF IN
suance. and after all isn't that the
most important part Of insurance TO
the people of Iowa-the premium that
must be paid? Iowa legislators. this
session, will be called upon to make no
new freak laws that have been made
and to correct the evil that has been
done heretofore.
We must not delude ourselves by
thinking because Mr.. Wilson has been
well received everybody accepts his
view point and concurs IN his opinions
about peace and a world peace league.
says the Oelwein lowan.
What girl wouldn't rather be the
Nfe Of a brave hero Of the world war
than remain an old maid on lonely
hearthstOne," demands the Abba
Union.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07

The children We're out with a caobI
.! sporting Instinct IN fer.in.
Want to see the Emperor" he said
There he comes"
The ca5by Kept his machine at rae.
.n- speed abreast of the cars that held
the kaiser and the clown prince
To this day the children are some
what in ave II the Rristling Upturned
uUstaChes or Papa.
But a. for Sonny-nt Ter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Manson Democrat points out
that there should be small worry In
republican circles about who shall bt
their next candidate for governor. Any
republican will be elected" concludes
the Democrat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07

while the president is IN Europe
working for a perpetual peace Score
tary Baker is urging the purchase o!
the training camp as places in which
the future armies may be prepared fol
war observes the Sioux City Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil admits
that IF the world peace conference is
10 De a sort OF a talk fest affair there
will be no question now or ever after
ward as TO Americas pre-em.nence in
the proceedings. We were late N get
ting into the war but We ore neither
late IN our advice as TO how TO settle
1t nor short in its volume
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-07

The Iowa legislature. for tn pest
several sessions have so tnkered attn
the insurance laws Of the state that
there = practically an insurance irus;
and rates are changed and r"-charged
TO meet the requirements n the COM
-nv5e- rperst.n- in m state assert
The Benson signal., 1919-02-22
Get, New Kidneys i!

The kidneys are the most .overworked
organs of the human body, and when they
fail in their work of tiltering out and
throwing off the poisons developed in the
system, things begin to happen.
One of the first warnings is pain or stiff
ness in the lower part of the back; highly
colored urine; loss of appetite; indiges-
tion; irritation, or even stone in the blad-
der. These symptoms indicate condition
that may lead to that dreaded and fatal
malady, Bright's disease, for which there
is said to be no cure.
Do not delay minute. At the first in
dication of trouble in the kidney. liver,
bladder or urinary organs start, taking
Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules, and
save yourself before it is too late. Instant
treatment is necessary in kidney and blad,
der troubles. A delay is often fatal.
You can almost certainly find immediate
relief in Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules
For more than 200 years this famous prep.
aration has been an unfailing remedy for
all kidney, bladder and urinary troubles.
I, It is the pure, original HARLEM Oil your
great-grandmother used. About two cap,
sules each day will keep you toned up and
feeling fine. Get it at any drug store, and
if it does not give you almost immediate
relief, your money will be refunded. BE
sure you get the GOLD MEDAL brand
None other genuine. In boxes. three
sizes.-Adv.