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saloon. A mum " voices ecnoe0 90
into the night, but the platform ID
front Of the door was deserted. DC
c~aslonaIly some wanderer either en-
tered or departed, merging into the
crowd within or disappearing through
the darkness without. To the left OF
the building, largely within its shadow,
stretched the hitch rail TO which were
fastened fully a dozen cow-ponies. most
Of them revealed only by their restless
movements, although the few neares
the door were plainly enough visible
in the reflection Of light. Brennan's
hand closed heavily on the arm of the
other.
Wei pick out the two critters far
thest from the light" he mutteret,
AN trust ter luck. Well have TO lead
'em a ways afore we mount. Shall We
try ii now?"
The Dor the better"
That's me. Blamed IL | thought I'd
be a boss thief, but when a Teller as
sociates with Bill Lacy there's no
KNOWN what he will come TO. We
better try the other side o. the road,
jim
They were in the flicker Of light for
scarcely an instant, merely two dart.
ing shadows, vanishing Onc more
swiftly and silently into the gloom.
Nor were they much longer in releas-
ing the w cow-ponies. Westcott tied
his bundle to the cantle of the saddle
and then, bride reins In hand, the do
Gle animals following their new mas
tiers without resistance, the men led
them over the smooth turf well back
from the range of light. They were a
quarter Of a mile from the Red Dog
before Brennan. slightly in advance,
ventured to enter the road.
ITS safe enough now, Jim, an we
crossed S~hoshone?"
"No."
"Well, it's a little bit o. HI after
sunup, an We'll have a twenty-mile
ride before We strike water. Wei
start slow"
They swung into saddle, the road be-
fore them a mere black ribbon revealed
only by the CLEAN of a few far
Off stars peering through riffs in the
clouds. Brennan rode slightly in adj
vance, trusting his mount largely to
pick out the way, yet leaning forward
eagerly scanning every shadow and
listening for the slightest warning
There was some movement to the left,
where the hotel trail led down the
bank, and instantly both men drew
up their ponies and remained intent
and rigid. Brennan's hand rested on
the butt of his revolver, but for the
moment neither could determine what
was moving in the intense blackness of
the hillside. Then something spectral
advanced into the starlight of the road
and confronted them.
as that you, Mr.. Cassidy" asked a
wrruan's voice softly.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
AGAIN TAKES DROP

New York, Sept. lin the face
of the largest gold import of che year
the new market for foreign exchange
was more severely unsettled roday.
Remittances to London declined to
the lowest quotations in six months,
with concurrent weakness of rates to
leading continental European points.
Heavy offerings of bills forced ster-
ling down to $40 IA or "a under
yesterdays best quotation, and some
10 cents under that of a few weeks
81 Today's minimum price Is the
lowest for British exchange since the
early part of last March.
THE British rate then fell to 318, as
against a normal or pre-war rate of
approximately ass, implying q de-
probation CT over 50 per cent, while
French, Belgian and italian bills were
at discounts extending from IS to II
per cent, with virtually no bid for
marks or German exchange.
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REDS START
REVOLT IN TWO TOWNS
(Asseciated Pressl

Triest, Sept. ia socialist revolt
I'm which barricades were erected in
the streets and artillery, rifles, ma
chine guns n bombs were employ ed
in a Struggle between tine rioters and
the military broke out here yesterday
afternoon. Italian troopS and naval
forces, however, had succeeded by 8
o'clock at night in completely restpr-
ing order. AT hat hour the troops
were p~atroling the streets and a de-
stroyer anchored in the Aarbor COM
handed the pubic square. The hight
ing was sharp while - lasted. The
socialists who were well supplied with
ammunition challenged the troops to
advance upon their barrlcades. Botn
sides then opened fire aud sharp VOL
legs were exchanged.
Several of the soldiers were wound
ed by bullets from the rines OF the
entrenched socialists while numerous
casualties occurred in the socialists
ranks.
Red Flags in Milan
Milan, Italy, sept. 11.-More than
200 chemical workers here were occu-
pied by workmen at a giyen signal late
today and red flags were hoisted above
them on orders issued by the cham
Der of labor.
The movement was carried cut fol-
lowing three blasts on Il large siren.
LlillSulaISly dIuti" dIuS, Tcu lsdSS anu
me bearing the Bcslegik emb-
ems of the hammer and scythe APP
peared. The workers obayed the or
der from the chamber of b not
w~ithstanding they were recently grant
ed wage increases of from 60 to 10
cents per day.
The chamber o: labor in explaining
the seizure of the chemical works, de-
clared tonight that the movement was
not in the AZURE of a real ccupa
ton of the plants but was simply a
measure which was necessary to qua
rantee metal workers the materials
they need to carry on their industry.
The new movement started in the lar
gest establishment of the Pirelli firm.
where Alberto Pirelli, IN engineer,
was captured a short time ago. He is
a son of Senator Pirelli, head of the
firm. A brother was an aviator who
died in America during the war.
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at was Enright. then. who fired the
shot?'
"Sure, 1t was Enright; l saw him.
but that didn't cut any Ice after l got
inside. DO you see? The whole crowd
was Iacy's gang; they'd do whatever
he said. It was your gun that had the
discharged cartridge: Bill was yellin'
that you fred 1t, and Enright, o.
course would have backed him up to
ave his own neck. What was the row
about-your miner
partly. but mostly another affair.
The best thing l can do is tell you
about II. What's going on up there?"
He pointed up the stream. and Bren-
a shaded his eyes to look. although
careful to keep well under cover, conf
dent that any movement would be
observed from the shore. he gazed
for some time before he seemed en-
tircly satisfied.
"A bunch OF the boys crossin' the
old fork" he said quietly. "Goln' to
picket the other bank, 1 reckon.
There's likely to be some more comm
down the opposite way from the
bridge. That's Lacy's idea-to starve
us out"
They seem quiet enough"
There won't be any more fightin'
oniess we try to get away, l reckon.
They know we are armed and can
shoot. You better keep down, though,
Jim. for they're SURF a watchin' us all
right. an all Lacy cares about Is to
put you out o. the way. He'd just as
noon do 1t with a bullet as a rope. Go
on with your story
Westcott told 1t simply, but In full
detail. The marshal listened quietly
20 the narrative, the quick action of
his jaws alone ~evidencing his interest.
although he occasionally interposed a
question. Except for Westcott's voice
there was no sound. beyond the lap
ping of water against the rock, and
no figures of men became visible along
either bank. The party above had
crossed the stream. and disappeared
up q ravine. and nothing remained to
Indicate that these two were fugitives,
hiding for their lives. and facing a
desperate cxpedient In an effort to es-
cape their pursuers. AS the speaker
finally concluded the silence vas al
most oppressive.
sflew do yer suppose Bill Lacy got
1ntn the aifairf" asked Brennan. AT
last thouehtfuIIy. II don't put no sor.
ter deviltry beyond him. yer under
stand, but I don't quite see how he
ever come to get mixed up Ia this yers
Men York mess"
sXtn Just ~ much q tie dark q
. az. q - khat,v admitted West
~ deu>ff1lly. = IN eonvinee6, hoW'
>v,e. tnnt CAv~n1leh - stiIl aiyva an<
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fair show o. luck. This is how I figure
II out. Thar won't be no attack
that's a cinch. Lacy knows we can
shoot. an he also knows we're
marooned yere without food. The cas-
lest thing is ter starve us out"
"But there are good men In this
camp. iaw-abiding men," interrupted
the miner. wont they take a hand?'
Maybe they might II I was free ter
get 'em together; but I amt. Most o.
'em are out IN the mines. anyway
they don't know which party is right
In this rumpus. an they amt got no
leader. Lacy runs the town. an he's
got n big gang o. toughs behind him.
There amt nobody wants to buck up
against his game. OF curse the boys
might get mad after a while, but I
reckon we'd be starved plumb ter
death long afore that happened. An
that amt the worst NV II, Jim-the
sheriff is Lacy's a wouldn't never
dare turn you over ter him-not by
a joyful"
.'Then we are blocked at every
turn"
"We sure are. unless we can dig out
ourselves" gravely. MY notion is to
get a fair start, drift out into Sho-
shone, whar Wen leave no trail, ar
then hit for Owe the line"
ION footT
HI, no! l amt 40 such walker
as all that. Come over yere; keep yer
head down; now look out between
these two rocks. Do yer see them
cow-ponies hitched ter the rack along
side o. the Red Dog? Well, they've
been thar fer a matter o. three hours,
l reckon. an their riders amt Liable
ter leave as long as thar's any ex-
element In town. They're XII men.
and mostly drunk BY. this time. It's
my aim ter get a leg over one o. them
animals. Here's my scheme. an !
reckon it'll work. Naturally Lacy will
think wen try to get sway-make q
break fer Il In the dark. He'll have
both them banks guarded. an Their fel-
fers will have orders ter shoot. He'd
rather have ID dead than alive. But.
% nv noticns he went expect y tsr
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OF PIERS
LEADS TO VIOLENCE

New York, Sept. 11.-Picketing OF
British steamship piers continued to-
day, with an outbreak of violence at
tributed by the police to friction be-
tween longshoremen, striking in sym
pathy with Archbishop Mannix and
Terrence MacSwiney, and Negro
strike breakers.
While members OF the american
women's rickets" were operating at
the pier, where negroes were unload
ing the liner Adriatic, whites and
Negroes clashed several blocks away.
Several shots were tired and one by
stander Is known to have been in
iured by missiles.
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CHAPTER XII.
The Cave in the Cliff.

Dazed, helpless, yet continuing TO
struggle futllely, Stella realized little
except giving a glance at the hated
faces of her captors. What occurred
was o clear TO her mind; but sud-
denly what appeared to be an open
fireplace seemed to swing aside, leav-
ing revealed a great black opening in
the rock. To the ~lieutenant's snarl of
command, one of the men released his
grip of her arm, and lit a lantern
which he took from a nearby shelf.
The dim flicker of light penetrated a
few feet into the dark hole, only serv-
ing to render the opening more grim
and sinister. The girl shrank back,
but the fellow still holding her tight.
ened his grip. Cateras' thin lips
smiled. and he bowed, hat In hand,
hatefully polite.
go ahead with the light, Silva; not
too fast, my man the room beyond the
senor's. Now, Merodez. release the
girl.
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ACCUSED OF DISPOSING
STOLEN LIBERTY BONDS

Billings, Mont, Sept. IA man
declared to be Lord II. Wilson. ad-
vertising man and bond dealer Of
Chicago, was arrested here today on
a charge of having received and dis
posed of $4,000 OF $173,000 In Lib
erty bonds, stolen, it Is alleged, from
n Wall street bond house last year
by Benjamin Binkowitz, a messenger.
who subsequently was slain at Mill
ford, Conn.
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I'M OHIO

Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 11.-One per-
son Is known to hav beea drowned
two men are missing and an automi-
bile containg several persons also is
is ~unaccounted tor us a.result OF a
cloudburst near Tarlton. about 10
miles southwest OF Lancaster, Ohio,
late s5oday.
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KAISER VISITS BENTTNCK

Amerongen, Sept. 1.-THE former
German emperor last night visited
Bentinck castle to congratulate Ely
a5eth. daughter OF Count Won Heis-
timex. who Is to be married soon to
Captain Sigurd Won IlAruann. once
an ad1utant Of the emperor.
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"What Is a polyclinicr
"What else could Il be but . hoe
pital for p~arrotsY"
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sHo>, her colcr comes ana goes..
@Yss; comes out = ~ warning and
soes - = nightS
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The cave in the cliff.

=
CTO BE CONTINUED
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| sEluaIxlilssDAY EVENING, AUG. u. 1890.
MISLEADING THE FAztaEuss.

4 the FArgo Courier-News says that
snthe hypocrisy Of pretending that GER
EStalns leaders will lead farmers astray
$50 vicious siam ct the intelligence of
North Dakota farmers" Just so.
And the Courier-News shivers .atthe
thought of casting suspicion on the
fntealigence Of the North Dakota
farmer.
But only q few months Jim
waters was made bank examiner of
the state. and a little later he was
made manager Of the Bank Of North
Dakota, all with the approval of the
president Of the Nonpartisan league
and Of Mr.. Lemke, who is h presi7
dent OF the Courter-News company.
And !. w. Brinton stumped the state
for and WITH Mr.. Townley, and. with
the approval Of Mr.. Townley, pre-
scented Il the farmers of the state the
desirable features OF several enter
prJses In which Mr.. Townley vas in
tereHed in promoting. The farmers
were given to understand that these
9 were patriotic citizens and trust
worthy gentlemen. Now Mr.. Lmke's
personal newspaper declares categori-
scAlly that Waters is ALTAR and that
#B1inton has ~mismanaged the interests
entrusted to his care in order that he
might promote his W personal in
terests. And it appears by the pub
lished correspondence that whatever
the Courier-News and its masters
know about Waters and Brinton they
have known right along, and that they
have been keeping that knowledge
from the dear farmers concerning
whose interests they are so solicitous.
Have Waters and Brinton been de-
& hiding the farmers of North Dakota?
HAve Townley and Lemke been de-
sluding them, and are they attempting
to continue the, delusion? Have both
roups been deluding LII deceiving?
CIR have the farmers seen through
Tia whole eamouflage, and are they
not deluded at all?
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EVENING EDIIIo.N \
IHt pERal1 klllI' Bll0

no the Gator SssSs1 Fss-s T..ggsaE
SsssR aferrtknER 10 your soNinh ent4S Ion the
Eaturday 1EvenlpG puBt@sse4ttottals
would not the y loNtng snggestsons
Ws now hsts ! presi6entiakp primary
III MARCH. norninating conyenttcnsslll N
June AA {iuAls All Ncvetn6ef.sWhy not.
make the March NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
zion Sprirnary-tNest ourScAn0td6tehsFA
Eceiyink the higheAt Snumbers0f yoteSsto
be ~yotedHson. agAin8a noMtne fiIg
election tns June,I@the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF the four being Observation-Disclosures II
inees to 90 before the pe4plAafor fttaaI
dent would Is similarly nnoraipa4tsds
and elected. @@sSs s ssss s sss
The March primary would
$free-for-all.S open to those securing INC
signatures of moderate number or
voters. A{SSft1iIne Tee should be pAid'
by those seeking q place AZ the pref
erence primary, but no Zee should be
charged at either the n~orni1attng q
the final. election. me elector9l coli.
and candidates for presideDR and vice;
president receiving q majority of.Sthei
votes cash being declared elected.%InSs
augurationN should take placefsaSassoo1p
AS possible after election-say On II
about theI4irst Of January. 5sS9s.f AZ
This plan would dispense With the.
boss-controlledg national ~convettIons
without increasing election expense;
for the prestdetial9 and vice Spfegiden..
tial nominees would be selectedsa at the
June election now held forsfhe state
and county candidates. Party names
should not appear on the ballots, but
this would not prevent proper organ.
lied effort for the nomination and,
election Of this OF that candidate ID
the representative Of certain princt--S
Piles Or governmental policies. BY the,
elimination Of their candidates i'd the
primaries. adheDents Of the minor par
ties would be prevented from wasting
the successful candidate Would IL 5
elected not only by plurality, but by
. majority Of all votes cast: Ail-of
the above suggestions couldahe applied.
to the nomination and election Of
senator's and members OF congress
and could easily be broadened to cover
state and county offices as we'll.
ID. u. TINNES,N Y
5 Hunter. /
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lust Folks
THE COMMON HOPE.
~ BdsR D. aaesk

~. .5sa T. i.
iTadon,t know how Is sly il, but SONGS
how It seems to me
That with an our different habits, we
are just one family.
Underneath the robes OF fashion Or the
overalls OF toll
The seeds Of good are sproutin' In the
self-same. kind Of soil,
An the weeds are there a-plenty, hit
h last, conclusive test
Will show that everybody here has
tried to do his best.
In the things that count, we're broth
ers. Though we differ as we
will,
An some have more of money, an.
some have greater skill,
An some know more than others, an
some face more of strife,
We're all Of us endeavorin, To make
the most Of life, S
An there's no man but Is plannin,
every minute Of the day
For his children an, their future an
their right to romp5in play.
The humblest man AMONG u takes his
youngster IN his knee N
An dreams his splendid yision Sc the
maj he's going to be,
The joys he wants to give min hrA the
very self-same Joys
Which you hold to be the birthright
Of your little gtrlsSanss boYs.
An as you would slave ia serye3them
through the years which are
An guarantee their comfort 10 the
dfkad, so. too, would he.
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TIT or HING
3 YARTHUR soMERs ROCHE
Author Of Loot Plumber Etc. Etc. Etc.
north. Then ven win4enough to
"You really. want to- riye me you

north. Than ven win4enough to"
You really want to give me your
St want to buy something from
YOU" replied. II.
Give" shs insisted.
Why should I want to give you
Ianythtng?" demanded holly, fearful
that she would refuse.
yes why?" she asked. "why did
you risk your life for my :horse?"
My lips were dry: my throat parch-
ed. II know why, Miss Leland" eaid
you"
"I'm not afraid" She answered.
[."And-and-while I'd not let you ac-
|quire a share Of vivandiere by pur-
|chase-if you wanted to-there's an
other way"
I looked at her. Then / looked be-
hind me. a clump Of ported palms
hid US from any prytng eyes.
Miss Observation-Disclosures lust a
trainer-I-do you mean"
She lifted tearSwet eyes to mine.
a a a so clever with horses, Sale
herman" she said. ''you are awfully
dull with women"
Then I kissed her.
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MORE DAIRYING.

IN rebert. ofssManager Morrell, OF
the Northern Produce company at
1i.ot. presents some facts relating to
tbs dairy industry il, North Dakota
winch are both interesting anAysigni-
fsea Measured1n dollars. the pro-
Gact.on OF butter fatat his station
increased from s17.s38 for one
snsonth in 1915 to $112,661 for the
corresponding month in 1920. And
we are given to understand that this
increase is typical ofsthe entire state,
and that il has~been-eonstant through.
h Tour or five covered in the
report. TIBET As~sxseedingly crafty
Ing. but hesbest gratifying feature is
not p~resentsd iss these figures.
Statements in dollars and n are
Of yaJue. but their value is only par
tial. The value Of the butter produced
IN the state might have increased very
materially without anyone being n
better Of. The lessened purchasing
power of the dollar is an element to
be considered. But we find that not
only has the money value Of the but
ter produced increased as stated, but
%tl352EEEEE ~. EaFl-I EEEg
the quantity produced shows a most
gratifying increase. In the first
month covered by the report the pro-
dictions was 6o.471 pounds. In the
csso,rrrrsapondi1g month of 1920 it a
30s,9S4 pounds, an increase OF 345
PEI cent. And it is the quantity pro-
a~ductionSthat tells the tale.
To produce more than three times
the quantity of butter that was pro-
duced four years ago required more
and better cows. The maintenance
ct more cows on the land means bet
ter farming generally the consumption
gilmore offthe rough products OF the
farmAat home. the conservation OF the
ADfsss fertility. more varied and more
abundant crops Thus we have an
endless chain Of Improvement of
which#t the COW Is one link.
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Marigold. vivandiere, vivandlere!r

Marigold! vivandiere! vivandiere!'''
But the blood Of Lexington told;
thirty yards from the wire Marigold
faltered; only q second and then her
Jock had her in hand. But the race
was won and lost then: the dainty
lady that sported1 the blood of all the
Waters and the blood OF mighty Lex
ington could not be denied. BY an
eyelash. perhaps! But still-a win.
ner! The blue and gold Of the Lee
land stable had won its first big fix
ture in half q dozen years!.< VIVIAN
deere. ruled of the track. had been
reinstated and-come back. I. also
ruled OFF the track, had been reinstat-
ed and-come back!
My eyes ere misty as I saw Muir
ply hoisted into the floral horseshoe
and carried down the track and past
the grandstand. My wife turned to
and l saw her sweet lips tren5ble.
You mustn't, dear" said, you
mustn't. Why, we've wont" {
Continued in tomorrow
Evenings Herald.
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A FAIR PROPOSITION.

Agitation for a law exemptinr new
ly cleared land from increased valua-
ton for taxation for a periodic Of
has been started in Marianette coun-
~, Wis, which is said to lead that
state in land clearing. Michigan has
q law of similar purpose that has no.
been a success because A. .frees TIE set
tier entirely from taxes nn.il all his
and is cleared. The Wisconsin farm
ers suggest only that they be ii .:,.-
sesseds for improvements until the i'm
rrcsements have begun 10 retur, a
revenue.
There is a wide difference ot opin
ionSes to the basis on Wttica taxes
should be. levied. We have the plan
OF the general property tax, which
has Y worked quite to the salts
faction of anyone. and yet for which
there has been found no substitute
which meets with anything like gen
eral approval. At the opposite end of
the scale is the single tax, or The tax
on basic land values alone, regardless
OF improvements. This has enthusi-
ast1c and is opposed by 9TH
ers with equal enthusiasm.
But whatever opinions one happens
TO entertain on the general subject,
most,peopie will see merit in the wis
CONAN rs~ugsesdon. The wiaconsan
iasidt = which the suggestion applies
" mostly scrub or partly timbered
a But;the plan applies with eodal
force = any other Fort Of per1nanen.
Ind improvement requiring large in
rial outlay and considerable delay
before returns are realized. The. drain
Easelof marsh lands rnanifestly belongs
In tie same class.