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Circle C his prisoner. Seeing him lie
there unconscious on the floor Of the
Jack OF Hearts, it had come to him
In flash that he might hold him and
force REIMBURSEMENT of the Del Oro
claim. His disappearance would ex-
plain itself II the rImor spread that
he was the w. & S. express robber
Cass had done it to save himself from
the ruin Of his business, but already
he had regretted it fifty times. Threats.
could not move. Luck in the least. He
was as hard as iron.
So the sheepman found himself be-
tween the upper and the neither mill
stones. He could not drive his pris-
oner to terms and he dared not release
him. For il Cullison went away un-
pledged he would surely send him to
the penitentiary. Nor could he hold
him a prisoner indefinitely. He had
seen the sspersonar' warning in both
the morning and the afternoon papers.
He guessed that the presence of the
ranger, Bucky O'ConnOr, in Saguache
was not u chance. The law was clos
ing in on him. Somehow Cullison must
be made to come through with a re-
| linQuishment and pledge not to
prosecute. The only other way out
would be to let Blackwell wreak his
hate on the former sheriff. From this
he shrank with every instinct. Fem
| drick was a hard man. He would
have fought it out to finish If nee
essary. But murder was thing he
| could not do.
"Price of sheep good this week?''
| Cullison asked amiably.
81 didn't come here to discuss the
price of sheep with you" Fendrick
spoke harshly. "Are you going to sign
this REIMBURSEMENT?
Luck's face showed placid sur
prise. ''Why no, Cass. Thought
mentioned that before"
| "Yoa'd better" The sheepman's
harassed face looked ugly enough fol
anything.
/ Cant figure 1t out that way"
/ you've got to sign it. By C
you've no option"
4 .Nog' Still with pleasant incre
dulity.
"Think I'm going to let you ge
away from here now? You'll sign ant
you'll promise to tell nothing you know
against US"
J. Luck's answer came easily and light
ly. "My friend, we've already dis
, cussed that point"
|. "You won't change your mind?"
II "Your arguments don't justify Il
/ Cass.'.
Il The sheepman looked ut him with
sinister significance. Good enough
| I'll bring you one that will justify
, muy p-onto."
l fs,,np in merit 1r4Pk,R Hammer.
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salt in bulk one day for each pound
each ham weiglis-that is. 1O-pound
ham should remain ten days, aud in
like proportion Of time for larger and
smaller sizes. Next, wash with tepid
water until the hams are thoroughly
cleaned. and. after partially drying. rub
the entire surface with finely ground
black pepper. after which they should
be nung in the smokehouse and the
important operation Of smoking begun.
The smoking should be done very grad
ually and slowly, lasting thirty or
forty days.
After the hams are cured and smoked
they should be repeppered to guard
against vermin, and then bagged.
These hams improve with age and are
especially fine when one year old.
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IL don't know anything about I" J"
the harassed woman iterated.
whats the use Of saying that when
we know you do? And you'll not get
out Of 1t by sobblng You've got to
talk. You've got to tell-you've just
got to-" Kate insisted.
The little woman shrank oefore the
energy OF passion so vital. No
strength was in her to fight But she
could and did offer the passive resist
ance Of obstinate silence.
Curly had drawn from his pocket the
newspaper found In the cellar. His
eyes had searched for the date line to
use as cumulative evidence, but they
had remained fastened to one story.
Now he spoke imperatively.
"Come here, Miss Kate. ! believe
this is message to Us"
"a message?''
"From your father, perhaps"
"How could it be?"
II found the paper in the cellar
where he was. See how some Of these
words are scored. Done with finger
nail, looks like"
This was the paragraph upon which
his gaze had fastened, and the words
and letters We're scored sharply as
shown below, though in the case OF
single letters the mark ran through
them instead Of underneath, evidently
that no mistake might be made as to
which was meant:
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SIlOOL lHC ShutCSs
Luck met his triumphant savagery
with an impassive face. Interesting
II true. And where will you be when
my friends arrive? reckon 1t won't
he pleasant meeting for Mr.. Black
we'll"
"I,ll be headed for Mexico. ! tell
you because you amt liable to go
around spreading the news. There's
a horse saddied in the dip back Of the
hill crest. Get it?'
From far below there came through
the omen window the faint click Of a
horses hoofs ringing against the
stones in the dry bed of river wash.
Swiftly Blackwell moved to the door.
mking down rifle from its rackN as
he did so. CullisOn rose nOiselessly in
his chair. If it came to the worst he
meant to shout aloud his presence and
/ close with this fellow. Hampered as
he was by the table. the man would
ret him without question. But If he
could only sink his fingers into that
hairy throat while there was still life
in him lie could promise that the Mex
lean trip would never take place.
Blackwell. from his place by the
door. could keep al eye both on his
prisoner and on point Of the trai
far below where horsemen must pas.
to reach the cabin. q
A rider came into sight and entered
the mouth of the canyon. He wa!
waving white handkerchief. TN
man in the doorway answered the sig
nal.
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CHAPTER v.
A Message in Cipher.

80 n message III ~SPHS1
rhile Kate listened to what Curly
m to tell her the dark eyes Of the
III were fastened upon the trembling
4ISae woman standing near the door.
DO you mean that she is going to
my father be killed rather than tell
ut she knows?' Her voice was
1rply incredulous, touched with .
sror scarcely realized.
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Delco-Light
bayes Time and Labor
Increases Farm Efficiency

The average farmer and his family
Mlend many hours each week turning
The washing machine. churn, creitMl
eeparat0r, etc. and doing other nom
moductive chores.
This is a serious condition, especially
~ view of the present labor shortage,
snnd the heavy demands which are
being made upon farmers for In
creased production.
Electricity is the best solution of this
problem. Delc0-Lisht provides plenty
{ of good. clean, safe electric light, and
also electric power for operating the
machines now being turned hy hand:
Delco-Lisht enables the farmer to do
his work quicker and better. and
saves hours of valuable time
every day which can he
devoted to produc-
tive work
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L. G. DAVIS, Dealer
z2O Texas Street. Shreveport
Prairie Hay

{ For sale. ut my home. o1s miles south
of Bellevue, good Prairie HAY in any
auantity-under 100 bales. 80 cents per
bale; 100 or more bales 10 cents per
8 pale. loo-o-pl j. Y. BROWN.
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Secure us three new subscribers. re-
init the SIS. aud we'll mail you the
Banner free for twelve months.
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F@ Learn to say. /" saw your ad-
vertisement in the BossIER BANNER.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24
Cocoanut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo

If you want to keep your hair in good
condition, be careful what you wash it
with.
Most soaps and prepared sharpoos
contain too mitch alkali. This dries the
scalp, makes the hair brittle, and is very
harmful. Mulsified cocoanut oil sham
poo (Which is pure and entirely grease
lessl, is much better than anything else
you can use for shampooing, as this
can't possibly injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with water
and rub it in. One or two teaspoonfuls
will make an abundance of rich. creamy
lather, and cleanses the hair and scalp
thoroughly. The lather rinses out cas-
lily and removes every particle Of dust,
dirt, dandruff and excessive oil The
hair dries quickly and evenly, and it
leaves it fine and silky, bright, fluffy and
easy to manage.
You can get Mulsifed cocoanut oil
shampoo at most any drug store. 1t is
very cheap, and a few ounces is enough
to last everyone in the family for months.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24
TOO TECHNICAL FOR FARMERS.

4 number of the bulletins issued by the ted
eral department of agriculture are too tech
meal in the language used to permit them 70
put the average farmer into possession OF the
facts they are intended to convey. There are
some farmers capable OF understanding the
superintendent terms that mark many OF the
publications, but there are vastly more to whom
such language is little better than Greek. Even
those who may be able to follow the highly
technical matter in such bulletins would IN
most cases prefer them in simpGfed and plain
or language
The fact that most of the men engaged IN
department Of agriculture work are college
men is no excuse for the inference that the
farmers, whose servants they are, care to pore
over bulletins 50 technical in terms that they
ale able to get only hay idea of what they
are intended to convey. Department Of agri-
culture bulletins accomplish their object in the
highest degree when couched in the simplest
aid plainest terms possible to use.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24
TOO MUCH OF PROTEST.

Scientists prove that single tone sufficiently
prolonged will 50 set up sympathetic vibrations
in a great building as to shake it TO its very
foundations and perhaps bring about its col
lapse In the physical world vibration sets
up similar vibrations all about it. The same
thing is true to an extent IN things Of the mind.
\ continual reiterated complaint will set up in
many minds reached by it a similar vibration
Of protest and this will little by little grow so
irsistent that it absorbs attention and shakes
the mind loose from it's foundations Of sense
and experience. We are seeing this thing han
pen today. The note of protest has been in
sistently sounded and is kept going here and
LIere so continuously that a sympathetic wave
Of protest runs over the land Hosts of people
who really have few grievances, easily right
I'd were they specifically attended to, are join
ing the prOtesters against the ~hole scheme Of
things in response to this sympathetic vibra-
ton of protest 1t is time we stopped the
single tone Of protest; it is time we turned n
harmonies. We have always been a fairly
cheerful people with a saving sense Of Justice
and the saving sense Of humOr 1t is absurd
That we should turn from our habits to follow
any prophet Of encouragement and distrust
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING.

IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING
In the cool Of evening, when the low sweet whispers
waken, -
When the laborers turn homeward and the weary
their viii,
When the censers Ger the forest aisles are
shaken,
For they say the winds that wander through
heather,
Rustic the meadow grass and bend the deWy Tern;
They say It's but winds that bow the reeds In prayer
together,
And fill the shaken pods with fire along the shadowy
burn.
In the beauty Of twilight the Garden that He oEeth
They have yelled His lovely Testure with the DARKNESS
OF name
Through His Garden through His Garden it is but the
that moveth,
No more! But miracle, the miracle is the same
IN the cool Of the evening when sky is old
slowly dying but remembered and love with pas
Hush, the fr1nges Of His garment in the fading
golden glory
Softly rustling as He coneth the far hill
ALFRED Noyss.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24
r4r nA,v;Y GATE CRY AND CONSTITUTION DEMOCRAT
ELECTIONS IN THE SOUTH.

Senator Underwood, Of Alabama, knows, as
me says. that the organization behind one OF ms
competitors in the senatorial contest spent a
quarter of million dollars TO influence the re-
suit. There should be an investigation, de-
clares the senator, but 1T must be made by our
selves through our own state courts We should
not permit the setting of a precedent OF led
eral inquiry into primary election.
From Senator Underwood's viewpoint led
eraI investigation was eminently proper IN
Michigan But he wants nothing OF that sort IN
the south, for fifty congressman down there
hold their seats by disfranchising and driving
away from the polls threefourths of the quail
fed voters This also gives the south its ever
reliable electoral vote 1t is a rotten borough
OF the most iniauitous kind.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24

accept them-and told US 1t would
be shipped just as soon as possible.
That was over two months ago The
coal is ours, because we have bought
1t. We are positive of that All that
remains for US to do now is TO get
somebody to dig the coal out OF the
ground for US and then get car
spotted at the mine track to load it
into, after which we are sure the rail-
roads will haul it for us when they
get ready. It's easy to buy coal if
you are a good business man and
know how.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24
Lemon Juice
For FreCkIes
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
home for few cents. Try It.!

Squeeze the JUICE OF two lemons
into bottle containing three ounces
Of orchard white, shake well, and you
have a quarter pint of the best freckIc
and tan lotion, and complexion beau
tifier, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
my drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchard white
for a few cents. Massage this sweet
~ fragrant lotion into the face, neck
arms and hands each day and sec
how freckles and blemishes disap
pear and how clear, soft and rosy.
white the skin becomes. Yes! 1t is
harmless and never irritates
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24

Yet this one thing [ learn to know, each
day more surely as go, that doors are open
ed. ways are made, burdens are lifted or arc
laid, by some great law unseen and still, not
as | will-Helen Hunt Jackson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24

Boys Life: A new use has been
found for the reindeer The pictur-
esaue animal with its great horns is,
OF course, familiar TO every child from
the days when we believed in the ex-
istence OF Santa Claus. Later we
have occasionally seen actual rein
deer in geological gardens or circuses
1t Is not generally known, however,
that there are tens of thousands of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24
CHANGING TASTES.

| People of this country who have hved
through thirty or more years do not know thelil-
isclves when they look into the mirror OF review
or contemplate memorys moving pictures. In
many ways we appear TO ourselves as a new
race. Only very few years ago nudity was
considered immodest, but now the trend In dress
+, is toward the Garden of Eden style and some OF
the aughters of Eve are getting pretty close I'd
the original woman in scantiness OF attire. Yet,
no attention is given this innovation in the Gus
!! tom of dress; this shows our taste must have
undergone a change.
| 4 person does not have to- be very old to re-
call the days when demagogy did not get very
far In this country of Independent thought ana
action. Now we ravenously consume almost
Iany form of insidious propaganda and raptur-
ously embrace rank deception. We wish to be
tkidded'' and delight in being soaked" An
other quite remarkable evolution In taste
4 decade or two ago we thought we had to
work Ia order to live and thrive, and habits OF
industry inspired respect Now we live, strive
and organize to avoid work, and thereby have
developed healthy brands of laziness and greed.
This change will cause US TO awaken in the not
distant future with very disagreeable tastes IN
our mouths, for a spree of sloth and extrava-
gance is most facilitating.
Our changing taste is also demonstrated in
lotber ways. We viii stand for almost any kind
/. Of imposition without making a protest, and il
one has the nerve to speak plainly we give the
statement only passing heed. We are losing our
initiative, our constructiveness. 80, pshaw let
some one else do it, - is motto. This was not
the slogan of the people who made our COUNTRY
what it was up to time Of about seven years
past. They did things themselves They work
ed.
The people who made our country were not
cigaret suckers; there were no painted dolls
among them They wore clothing to cover or
adorn their bodies and did not cultivate such
contortions as ''shimmying." They were not
afraid to express their honest opinions and
when they did their fellow citizens had the sense
and tolerance to listen and think. The heart
of the world occasioned them little concern,
but the ''heart'' of their own country beat at
all times in unison with their own true Amer-
can hearts. m-
They were an Independent people, confident
in their own ability to care for themselves.
They would have felt ashamed of themselves -
have been government pensioners, and they be-
ieved in giving days work for days pay.
Then, too, and most important of all, they OBJ
served the laws which they made.
The changed tastes certainly are not credit
able by comparison. They vitiated, soft,
flabby and sycophantic. How refreshing and
invigorating would be the flavor Of the old
tastes just now!
There must be other ways in which the war
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24
Easy to BUY Coal.

Manson Democrat: We haven't had
the least bit of trouble in buying coal
this year, in spite of the stories that
you hear to the contrary. All we had
to do was to go to the dealer and or
der carload OF Illinois coal. He &C
cepted our order-they don't solicit
or take orders any more, but just
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24

reindeer still living in nor'hein
tries. The high cost OF meas
present has suggested the posi-
of raising the familiar reihue
large numbers for food puIpO. n
has ben calculated with gleas Lie
lust what it would cost to ls 4
reindeer. how much meat II wv m,
ply and what it would cost u 80:
II to our tables. Millions ol ~ Il
good meat, it is believed, can ~, y nj
duced in this way and sold IN os. =.
kets cheaply, and a conlpan! I'd
tually been formed to starr
reideer farm for the purpose.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24

ton in the senate to the treaty of
peace as it has been hooked up with
the league of nations.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
Why express surprise that people
should play Ponzi's game when the
banking superintendent is authority
for the statement that 800, 900 in
promotion notes and stocks have been
sold in Iowa within few months?
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: 1t it
were not for such fellows as Ponzi we
might be killing ourselves with the
notion that we are growing fewer
suckers than we did in the days of
the Louisiana lottery.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24

There must be other ways in which the war
department can use it's talents to more bene-
fetal effect than by wasting lot of money ovet
the draft dodgers Give list of the slackers
to the American Legion posts in each section
and let the doughboys look after a case when
it comes under their notice. There is no moral
effect upon the Stacker in a prosecution. If be
mad any moral sense he would not be in his
present position.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24

Twenty per cent. advance in railway fares
will hang Grape in some Of our youth not living
IT the big cities, it is prophesied, for the aver
age manager Of stage "beauty" show will not
be able to take out his bevy of Essies, Tessios
and Bessies in 1.-The London Bellies, -" Partisan
Widows" and other staples Of the burIesque
circuit But in this case, where youth loses ont
maturity is the gamer
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24

At least one of the presidential candidates
does not come from Ohio but nobody seems to
r''nember his name.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24

Doubtless there is more good than evil in the
world. But there is more evil than there should
be.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Monticello Express: Some of Gov
ernor CoX's latest speeches are begin.
ming to demonstrate that as cam
paigner he is of the oldtime whang
doodle sort with words of inivective
and abuse for those who do not agree
with him. Possibly he needs the use OF
such to keep his party in line; Ger,
tainly he cannot expect his language
to make converts from the republican
party.
Anamosa Eureka: Judge Salinger,
in disposing of political talk about his
appointment and nomination to fill a
vacancy ON the supreme bench, says
no back door" for him as means
of staying on the bench. The judge
seems TO have gained little dignity
with his judicial experience.
Glidden Graphic: AS the days go
by, Warren Harding and Nate Kendall
grow in the estimation of Iowa voters.
Their record bears investigation and
they are daily displaying their high
caliber. Iowa republicans need not
be ashamed to vote her straight" this
year.
Webster City Freeman-Journal; Ii
is going TO be some job to husk the
Iowa corn crop this year and ii Iowa
farmers were tinctured with the pois-
oned yirug Of the /. w. VS. the feat
would never be accomplished. How
ever, the Iowa farmer doesn't watch
the clock when there is work to do
and has no hesitancy In putting in at
least sixteen hours day.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Mr.. Cox
seems TO have tried to capitalize po.
Iitically the fact that men are tired OF
wars. and women also. That Is like
capitalizing the love o God for the
purposes Of a political campaign. Mr..
Cox must know that that idea does
not belong TO him or TO his party
The desire TO keep out of war is not
Ione that can be capitalized for this
for that party. All sane men want
70 keep this country out OF war and
lit Is that desire and aspiration for
peace that has underlaid the opposi
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-24

Most of the folks know are always talking ABOUT .ne
bad things which happened to them or are peens
forward and hoping that good things will happen and they
never once and admire golden moment which
Fate has dropped ito their hands.-Honan Day
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-26
COOLIDGE HAS
SPENT NO MONEY
Has Authorized No Expenditures to
Promote His Candidacy for
President

BOSTON. MAY Governor Cool
idge said today that he had not col
lected or spent anything or authorized
any collection or expenditures as Il
presidential candidate. His statement
was given in connection with tele-
gram in reply to message from the
senate committee investigating expendi-
lures of candidates for the presidential
nominations asking him to designate
someone to represent him before the
committee in Washington tomorrow,
The telegram said:
Mr. James T. Reynolds at the in
stigation of my friends opened head
quarters last January at Washing
ton in my behalf. At my re
quest those headquarters were CLOSED
several months ago. Since that time
understand that Mr.. Reynolds anC
others have been active in promoting
the circulation of book of my pub
lie speeches. | have asked my friends
to communicate with Mr.. Reynolds anC
have him report to your committee to
morrow as you have requested.