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meet her. eyes; for two reasons. One
was that 1 feared that she would read
IN my eyes the love that must have
been in them from the moment fear
left them at sight Of her by the live
oak tree on the bank of the creek.
The other was: welt; II I looked al
her I'd have to ask her what she had
1 came upon her. L knew that
couldn't help but ask her. and I had
no mind to force her confidence. So
I looked straight ahead. And she
seemed to guess my thoughts
&""I suppose" she said, that it Is q
convict" n $50 IS
People have gone to Jail for suct
things" I said grimly. Now that
knew from her own lips what I had
suspected. I was in NO mood to make
light of the matter. She had been in
mighty danger.
But no one knows" she said.
II do" I said. II suspected it from
the moment I saw you. Why"
HE was all torn" she said, and
bleeding from the bushes he'd work
ed through. And he raj out to me a.
L! came down the road. and fell on his
God to help him get away. He show
ed me: raw wounds on his shoulders;
wounds where the whip had fallen!
IThey-they beat men in those tur-
pentine camps!"
I nodded. I'd heard Of the abuses
Ito winch prisoners were subjected in
the Florida pine woods: abuses that
have since been rectifed but that
were then as bad as Uncle Toms
cabin ever pictured slavery.
II told me what he wa imprison-
ed for" went on the girl, Stealing:
stealing ten dollars! And they sent
him to the camps-for six months!
He said that he'd been a trusty, but
even then, despite his good conduct
they beat him. and the first chance he
eot-he took! Poor. wretched;
half-kill him II they caught. him. He
said he knew me: he'd Sol me last
winter; he knew I had q big place.
and wanted me to give him . Job and
he'd hide ont In the stables. He said
the servants would never give him
away. and later on. when the search
ceased, he'd get away. But ! va:
that. SOL gave him what money I
had, and guided him down to the
creek, where there was an old, dat
bottomed skin.> With that he could
throw of pursuit, and make his way
to the coast. There'll not be much Of
a chase anyway. II they don't Int
him in q day or 30 they'll, not bother
with him. And they won't ind him.
And I'm glad! Glad! They beat
him.
That was enough for her: enough
to justify her, in her own mind, for
violating the law. It was wrong to
beat men. black or white. Therefore.
to save one from a beating. shed risk
imprisonment. Maybe It was wicked
Of her, maybe It was! I'd like to
have some one tell me so!
"You did just right, Miss Leland"
I said, ''and I'd have done the 6ame
thing! And we'll forget all about It
right now. Only, next time. II there
should happen to be . next. ~ soon
as you've shipped your fugitive. of,
come back to the house. and don't
stay by theacreek."
For some. strange easo she color
ed deeply. IL was Just thinking,
thinking all by myself" she said.
That's often the way people
think" i said dryly. And another
thing; II may be all right to help
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THAT OIL

OFFICERS Of the navy recently seized
oil from a Pacific coast oil company,
that the oil be furnished
1T a price much less than the COM
pany demanded. The company has
legal proceedings for the re-
covery Of the price at which its oil
Was held.
The navy must have oil. But 1t is
not for officers Of the navy to fix the
price Of oil to- suit themselves and
take. possession by force If that price
70 refused. If the government can
seize oil in this it can seize
anything else, and II its representa-
ttves can fix the price arbitrarily at
whatever they think proper we may
N well throw up u hands and be
thankful for the mere permission to
eHist.
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IIDAY EVENING. JULY 80. 1890.
a HEROIC REMEDY.

Nature has adopted heroic measures
eor the avoidance, of the threatened
eusl famine. During the recen Sc
Eaes Of earthquakes in the neighbor-
hood Of Los Angeles two new oil wells
we're opened by the cracking and
hoavin4 of the earth strata.
While man has thus far not been
ahle to generate earthquakes at will
on any considerable scale. and nature
cannot be relied on to produce them
at opportune moments, the incident
suggests the possibility of the discov-
cry by ordinary e perfected of
stores Of Oil whose presence is unsus-
pected. This suggestion may be
rome compensation for the little dis
turbance caused by the recent
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CHAPTER VIII.

DANE MAKES THE RUNNING.
I was up, had given vivandiere and
the other horses a morning gallop,
and was finishing my second plateful
o. Nanny James wonderful waffles
when a boy came down from the bis
house with word that Miss Leland
wished to see me at once. I pushed
back my chair. and under Nanny
James reproachful eye-there were
two waffles left upon. my plate-left
the cottage. Miss Leland received me
in the big sunny breakfast room. Mrs.
Clarke was there, too.
Coffee? asked Miss Leland.
I took. a cup for the pleasure OF
watching her pour 1t; a colored maid
set it down on the table and I drew
up a chair. Z
I'VE are going north today" said
Miss Leland.
The spoon with which I was STIR
ring the sugar dropped from my
hand. tilted over the cups rim and
lclattered. into the saucer. I dropped
my yes to it, and kept them down
cast a second until + felt I had mas
tered my emotion. Then I looked up.
isn't this rather sudden?" l ask
ed.
TT IT," she answered. But Mrs.
Clarke Is upset and"
Who wouldn't beg" shifted Mrs.
Clarke. 81. pictured you out there in
the awful jungle" 4
! There. there. Luella," said Miss
Leland. Its all over now, and
you're going to New York"
BY rail-" said Mrs. Clarke. with
Miss Leland smiled family. I
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THE LACK OF A HICKORY
HANDLE

Most Of US recall what happened
AL o the want Of a horseshoe nail"
Perhaps that's the trouble with Amer
lean industry, Il production is as low
ard the outlook as bad as some
prophets Of evil would have us. be-
slisye. There's. a lack Of hickory for
.axs handles The chain of events is
insyttable-no hickory. no handle: nc
handle, no are; no axe, no lumber.
No lumber, no box cars; no boz cars,
no transportation. Or If you prefer
,yon ri follow the missing axe han
de into any other line Of production.
The Nations Business.
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THE POLITICAL BOYCOTT.

We have been hearing a good deal
OF late about political prisoners.
A political prisoner. it appears, Ia
any person convicted Of crime and i'm
prisonment therefor, whose acts were
committed with or in ~furthcrance of
some movement which has a political
bearing. If . man without political
a~ntecedents or associates commits a
murder he is just an ordinary crimi-
nal and may be punished without any
else being interested. But when
q dtabolical murder Is committed nv
Thomas J. Mooney, the fact that he
a been engaged in certain political
activities places him in a different
class, and his punishment becomes no
iit1cal persecution. Debs, Haywood,
and a lot Of others are In the same
class. and loud and t~nsttent demands
are made for their liberation. not be-
cause they did not commit the offen..
es charged against them, but because
onenses ware parts Of a cam
paign for the destruction Of the Amer
lean government.
We hear much Of political prison.
ers, but not quite SO much about the
political boycott, although he Latter
has been invoked in support of certain
political movements 1t has been quite
often employed. and still more often
threatened, as . means Of coercing in
dfviduals into supporting the Socialist
movement In the northwest sponsored
BY A. c. Townley. Merchants and
business men have been told
quite frankly In some cases that I'M
less they supported Townley candi-
dates and the Townley program they
would be starved out by the withdraw
al OF the patronage Of members of
the Nonpartisan League in their local
ity. Sometimes these threats have
been effective. and there have been
found men who would yield supinely
and swallow their opinions and aban-
o their Independent citizenship for
fear Of the loss Of a few dollars worth
of trade.
:, Just as such acts as those which
have landed Mooney and Debs in pris-
on tend inevitably to arouse a spirit
Of reprisal in decent people, no the
natural and logical result Of the appli-
cation Of the political boycott, and e1-
dence Of submission to it, is a dispo-
Etion to use similar methods with
which to combat it. The business
mar who sacrifices his convictions in
d to placate one element Of the
community cannot expect to retain his
standing with tho opposing element.
The attempt to carry water on both
shoulders usually results in 4 spill.
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CHAPTER VII-(Oontfnued,,

"Why-what's wrong?" she asked.
"They don't-no one knows that
I swung from h saddle, and as I
stood on the ground my knees almost
gave beneath me: not from my al
most-healed injury. either, but from
reaction Of my nerves. +.
why, yes" she said. "Did you
know that" +,
The pounding Of near hoofs cut
short her question; her cryptic uues-
ton. Jerry was leading the sheriff
by a neck and was on the ground be-
fore the girl while the officer was still
refining in his mount. Despite his
Irish blood I have not often seen Jer-
now. For he went to the girl and
lifted her hand and kissed it.
GOD bless We alannah, I thought
I've was
He couldn't finish, choking; the
girls eyes were very tender as they
rested q moment on his bent and
At the sheriff.
Whats the matter. Mr.. Boynton ?"
she asked.
He had discounted now, ana he
scratched his head.
"A nigseh busted away from the
~turpentine camp. Miss Leland.
ma:am," he said. "and you been gone
50 long from yo' house-and him
thought"
asked.
I'VE thought he might have come
upon yo' on the road and wanted yo'
hawss, and-we was quite fused
about 20. Miss Leland, ma'am." 7.
Now other mounted men came
IAa~A fhASYnth o~A A~A- cote -axL
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for being so wicked! I'm halfsdead
By BRIGGS

for being SO wicked! I'm halfSdead
with fright and-and-'
1 didn't hear any more; If I'd stay
ed I'd have had to. gag her and that
! would have done. Gently, and
on tiptoe. with Jerry following, / led
Vivandiere away. 1t was not until
we'd delivered our horses to the
stable-boys that a word was said.
Then Jerry spoke.
The lucky dwag," he said. 1.-THE
lucky dwag!"
"Who?" l asked.
Mrs. Clarke's husband; he's dead
said Jerry.
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PEAK
FO.
Severn

Sewers
bounced.
he Val
eh held
he Ora
Anon.
- are i
B. EaSt1
mperfnt
aGve1e
md Gee
Other
lA$efa IS
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sxHoPs1v,

Sale Herman. . racing trainer, who
tells The story charges C1asson, 4 veal
thy horse owner with crooked collision
with track officials but unable to prove
his CHARGES he Is himself barred from
further racing. He decides to go to
Juarsz, Mexico. and takes a steamer
from New York to New Orleans.
or the boat Herman meets a Miss Lee
!e0d, and wins her friendship by his
Kindness to a horse. erroneously suppos-
90 70 have q vicious temper, which she
The ship is wrecked OF the Florida
coast. The other passengers escape nin
the boats but Herman stays behind, to
Herman and the horse reach shore
safely. although Herman is injured. He
agrees to work for Miss Leland as .
trainer.
When Herman has been busy with his
new duties for some time, Miss Leland
goes for a ride and fails to return on
time. n 1t IL feared that she has been
attacked by an escaped convict. She is
found safe, however.
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Just Folks
- Daeas y esesA
"A CREED.

To live as one designed to, be a man!
To ask no favors from the hand of
life, :
But glad to share the struggle and
the strife;
To know that toll IL written in the
plan, =
To rest when I am weary. but to
The wtshed-for Joys I could not
truly III
I would go forth zach morning to my
task
And spend my strength each hon
in useful deeds, II
Paying the price for all my daily
needs;
The chance to serve is all that I
would ask,
This I would breathe each morning
as my prayer: :
God, make me strong for what I
am to bear!"
! would not ask for level ways to
And days that r forever bright and
Il would know sorrow, hurt and
doubt and fear,
and bread;
Winning by toll what Joy OF lie 1
Living = one designed to s. /. man.
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Continued in tomorrow
Evenings Herald,

I hate a man who coughs in my
just for the opportunity to say par
don me-
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Mother wa very keen on correct
department, and never lost . chance
OF instilling It into Mabel.
There's n important thing. my
dear she sAid. Y0u must never
point ct anything"
but, mamma" objected the sirf.
suppose I I'M shopping, and don't
know the name Of Q thing!"
Then let the assistant show you
TO the article you destre..
do yon like bananas1.' Aaked the
lazy who WAS seated NEXT TO the gal-
liant but slightly deaf colonel.
MadAmf replied the colonel, II
DO not. prefer the o~Id.fashioned'
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SUCCESS AND RESPONSIBILITY.

1t swouId be difficult to convince
most q suaswhen we are in the thick
Of a poaitic4i campaign that therescan
be suclnssa thing as too much succesA
But II is possible for successful be so
great az sto be embarrassing The re
cent Republicansvictorry nSsatthe nation
was a phenomenal a The presiden-
tial candidate :of, the party was elected
by enormous majoritiez popular and
electoral. ThessSHouse Of Representa-
tives will have double It's present Re-
publican majority. The Senate will be
decisively Republican instead of be-
ing almost on an even balance as at
present. All this provides the occa-
sion for a great deal of hurrahing,
which is natural. It also places upon
the party a tremendous responsibility.
After the fourth Of next March Re-
will be complete and ~unquestioned.
The people have chosen Republicans
to administer their affairs because
{ they desire reconstruction and rehab-
/ ilitation, and they have confidence in
! the ability of the men whom they
have selected to make delivery. AS the
/ case now stands there7can be, no eva
! sion OF responsibility, because there is
! no question Of control. The Republi-
1 can have been given a free hand, and
! they will be expected to produce re-
/ suits. . ~
/. ... r -
! A large majority in a legislative
I body has it's dangers. Such a MAORI
/ ty means power, and the possession
! of great power often leads to the I'M
! wise s of it. There is, always the
j danger of the development Of a tend
/ ency toward the development Of ma
{ chine methods and a%utocratic control.
/ More than one administration has
! been wrecked by yielding to this tend
s.ency. Such yielding now would be
/ fatal. The people have placed great
( power in the hands of the Republican
Z party, n they will demand that
! it be used wisely and constructively. +.
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CHECKING UP.

The election is over, but at pres
ent only a partial checking up of re-
suits is possible. Governor Frazier
has been reelected, but as this is
written, on Thursday evening, the
prospect is that his majority will not
be increased owe that given him a
the primary election, If, indeed. it
REACHES that figure. On this basis
it is apparent that the. slipping pro
cess which has characterized the
Townley movement since it's early
success has continued Mr.. F,raze1
majority dropped frs from over ST.
900 in 1916 to 1900 in 1918, then
To 5000 in the 1920 primary. With
THE vote this fall double, by the in
tclusion OF the women's ballots it was
necessary for him to double his June
majority to maintain his position.
The fact that he has not done so
shows a continued falling off in the
popular support which he has receiv-
ed. This, Of course, does not change
the, fact that he is still to be titular
governor OF North Dakota, with the
real administrative power Of the state
vested in A. c.. Townley. to be dele
gated BY him to whatever instrument
he chooses for that work.
One .of the remarkagle features of
sthc campaign Was the work Of the
candidate. j.. F. 7. OSCon-
NOR. Nj, o'Connor did the most re-
sniarkAbls piece of campaigning that
has ever been donejn the state. He
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Just Folks
BY EDGAR ID. Guest
THE RULE OF THE O

The rule of the road is keep to the
right, don't drive at a reckless
rate,
You may go as you please when the
course is clear and the stretch is
smooth and straight,
But watch your pace where the road
way bends and travel the curves
with care.
And be ready to meet the test should
danger stop you there.
There are laws to govern the speed
of men and the n they
shall go,
And what's right and wrong as we
drive along, we are all supposed
to know;
But beyond the law and the statute
81 books and the power Of the
courtsHto touch,
Are numberless rules which we might
observe which would help so
very much.
The law will not stif1e our selfshness
we must do that for ourselves,
And there is no word in all Of the
books on all of the musty
shelves
Which says that we must be kindly
folk or courteous or polite;
We can drive as road hogs If we
81 choose and legally be right. +
The rule of the road is keep to the
right, but the rule Of a gentle-
man
Is to give to the neighbor who would
pass as much Of the road as he
can; . se
And there'd be less need for the laws
in books and a happier world
'tWould be
If we'd all obey on the roads OF life
the rules of courtesy.
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SYNOPSIS.

Milky, a ragged newsboy, saves the
infant daughter Of a bankrupt f%inancier
from being shot by one of the victims
of the rich mans bankruptcy. In doing
so he himself is wounded, and is taken
into the great house for care.
The little girls name is Starr Endi-
colt. Her father, Delaven Endicott, takes
an interest in the boy and learns that he
is an orphan with no relatives. H.
The youngster is kept at the Endicott
home. and rapidly convalesces.
Endicott sends Milky away, to school.
Milky does well in school. After a
daughter whose life he saved come to
Michael graduates with honors from
the! college.
He then returns to New York to begin
work. He is invited to dine at the Endi-
colts.
Milky dimes at the E.ndicott home and
is invited to go horseback riding the
ext morning. Mrs. Endicott receives
him at the. door II firmly informs him
that she does not care to AVE her
daughter associate with a man of Qp$s-
tionable birth. Milky leaves the house
without seeing Starr who is at the time
waiting upstairs and wondering why
Milky Hoes not come. :,
MILKY goes toethe ,hapn:s of his child;
hood Sdays hooking for am and his Old
boyhood pals but fails to find them. He
goes to her. rescue. He is beaten into
Inconsistencies and when he comes TO,
he is in a hospital. When the gets out
Of the hospital he goes again to his Old
blind alley, determined to locate some
Of his old pals,
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~ "fTT||- II
b r C r. A G. ~
=. G S T o N
h IL LVT q.

knew just how far beyond Sails house
it was; on into the fetid air of the
close dark place, the air that struck
him in the face like a hot, wet
blanket as he kept on.
1t was very still all about when he
reached the point known as Kelly's
corner. 1t had not been SO as he re-
membered it. 1t had been the place
Of plots. the Matching of murders and
robberies. Had it SO changed that it
was still tonight? He stood for an
instant hesitating. Should he wait a
while, or 'knock on some door? Would
it be any use to call? -
But; the instinct of the slums was
upon him again. his birthright. 1t
seemed tod rop upon him from the
atmosphere, a sort of stealthy
patience. He would wait. Something
would come. He must do. as he had
done with the birds Of the forest
when he wished to watch their habits.
He must stand still unafraid and show
that he was harmless. ,
Sc, he stood three. perhaps five min.
+, utes, then softly at';frst, and gradually
growing clearer, he gave the call that
he had given years before, a little
barefoot, hungry child in that very
spot many times. (
The echo died away. There was
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TO COMBAT TIER

Madrid, Oct. observation-disclosures
Boy Scouts in Spain have decided to
inaugurate a campaign throughout
the country to combat the prevalent
illiteracy. The resolution founding a
society just formed for that purpose
says: I'VE consider the existence in
Spain Of GO per cent of the population
who can neither, read o write con-
~stitutes a veritable scandal fol, the
ton. After carefully analyzing the
problem. we have reached the con-
clusion that a modicum Of good will
on the part OF the governing classes
would be sufficient to solve it."
The society resolved to form free
classes in every big city where boys
will be given instruction in the ole
ments of reading. writing and arith-
metic. Later similar classes arctic be
started for adults of both sexes. The
teachers will be chosen from volun-
teers among educated people and the
society hopes to enlist the services
also of professional teachers from the
national schools to give instruction in
tho evening. u. 49, \
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From Their Wive.a Disn..
fFrom. Life.)

. : - L ~ L -H -FF
Mrs. Robert Burrns-Bobby spends
moro time writing verses than plow-
ing fields! No wonder he's a laugh
ing stock! s<;.s
Mrs. Isaac Newton-Ike came rush
ing home to say he saw an apple fall
from a tree! I'm sorry it didn't fall
on his head!
Mrs. Plato-My husband breaches
about Observation-Disclosures" That's all
very well, but 1 mean at9 keep my eyes
open! ~ .s7"t
Lady. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS say he
wrote my husbands plays. That's alb
surd. / wrote them!
Mrs. Claude, Duval-ClaudeS ought
to say in defense thatehe is a..,klepto-
maniac. tf.fis
Mrs. Ananias-He began by-telling
me l was the first woman he had ever
loved, as if he thougitTI didn't:know!
Mrs. Robert Fulton-Make a boat
go by steam? Yes, but go-where?
Mrs. Peter Stuyvesant-Thes.no only
remarkable thing about Peter is his
wooden leg!'
Mrs. Heinrich Hudson-After hav-
ing been away from home for months
and months, Heinrich came back and
said he had discovered a river!