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W.
Miss Donovan Arrives.

When the long overland train
paused a moment before the ancient
box car that served as the depot for
the town of Haskell, nestled In the
gulch half a mile away. II deposited
Miss Donovan almost In the arms Of
Carson. the station agent, and he,
wary Of the wiles Of women and the
ethics of society, promptly turned her
over to Jim Westcott, who had come
down to inquire IL the station agent
held a telegram for nina telegram
that he expected from the East.
"She nnghtn't TO hike TO the Tim
mons house alone, JIM" Carson said.
"This we're Is pay day up at the big
mines, AN the boys are havin' a h.
lof a time"
In view Of this disclosure, Miss
donovan welcomed the courteous
iacquiescence of Westcott. whom she
Judged to be a nan of thirty-one, with
force and character-these written in
the lines Of his big body and his
square, kind face.
I'm Miss Stella Donovan of New
York" she said directly.
And l." he returned, with hat Off in
the deepening gloom. "am Jim West
colt, who plugs away at a mining
claim over yonder."
"There!" laughed the girl frankly.
Were introduced. And | suppose we
can start for the Timmons house."
As her words trailed off there came
the sound of yelling, sharp cries.
and revolver shots from the gulch be-
low where lights twinkled family.
Laughing warmly, Westcott picked
up her ~valise, threw a "So-long' to
Carson. and with Miss Donovan close
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Is my gun which Moore has III hie
unarmed; but can talk yet"
II reckon yer can. If that's goin' ter
do yer eny good"
$50 the La Rosita Mining company
Is about to be revived, is 1t? Eastern
capital becoming interested. I've
heard rumors of that for a week past.
What's the idea? Struck anything?"
Lacy, a long. rangy fellow, with a
hesvy mustache. and a seal over one
eye, partially concealed by his hat
brim, grinned at the others as though
at a good joke.
mo, nathin' particular as yet" he
answered; but you hev', an i reckon
thet's just about as good. Tryin' ter
keep 1t dark, wasn't yer? Never even
thought we'd caught on"
"Oh, yes, | did; you 1atter your
selves. / caught one of your stool
pigeons up the gulch yesterday, anc
more than ten days ago Moore and
Edison made a trip into my tunnel
while I happened to be away; they
forgot 70 hide their trail. | knew
what you were UP to, and you can all
of you look for a fight"
when your partner gets out here,
| suppose" sneered Lacy.
Hell be here"
'Oh, will he? Well. he's a h of
a while coming. You wired him a
month ago, and yer've written him
twice since. Oh, I've got the cases on
you all right, Westcott. i know you
haven't got a cent left to go on with,
and nowhere to get any except
through him." He laughed "Ain't
that right? Well, then, yer chances
look mighty slim ter me just at pres
ent, ol'-timer. However, there's no
fight on yet; will yer behave yerself,
an let this man Beaton alone If /
hand yer back yer gunT
There Is no choice left me-"
"Sure; that's sensible enough; give
1t to him, Moore"
He broke the chamber. shaking the
cartridges out into his palm; then
handed the emptied weapon over to
Westcott. His manner was purposeiy
insulting, but the latter stood with lips
firmly set, realizing his position.
"Now, then, 60 on Over thar an sit
down." continued Lacy. Maybe, II
yer wait long enough, that partner o.
yours might blow in. Come on, boys,
let's liquor. Big jim Westcott has hi.
claws cut, and it's Beaton's turn to
spend a little"
Westcott sat quietly In the chair as
they filed out; then took the pipe from
his pocket and filed it slowly. He
realized his defeat, his, helplessness,
but his mind was already busy with
the future.
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MDDY NEN
ka&9EAIRY TALL
A W Nary GrdhaN
-N Bonner gaOzsso%x
THE r c DREAM.

III want to tell you the story this
evening"" said Daddy, "of a little boy
named Jay Rial.
Jay Rial was as nice a little hoy as
anyone could ever hope to see. Every
one liked him and he liked people, too.
But the thing he loved above every
thing else In the world was the circus.
HE loved the sound of the train
whistle which brought the circus to
town, and he loved the old circus
which used TO travel by the road and
not come by the train at all. He loved
the circus band, the clowrS the ami
mails. He loved the very tent Itself.
the smell of peanuts, the rOars of the
lions, the beautiful ladies who rode the
beautiful horses.
"He loved the performers, and every
time he went to a circus he wished his
eyes were bigger so he could see more,
and he wished that circus people didn't
have to go to sleep at all.
"He used to follow the circus parade
as it came through the town and he
uluu l ullllu IL II was always ldtS, loi
he could go to the circus grounds with
some of the other boys and see them
unpack, and maybe he could sometimes
help a little, too!
"Once he had been allowed to stand
In the middle of the sawdust-covered
ring when they were fixing up the tent.
That had been a great moment.
There was only one thing about
circus day which ever made him sad.
That was that sometimes people
couldn't afford to go to the circus. He
had been very lucky. He was always
able to do chores for his mother and
daddy around circus time and he
could make enough money for a ticket.
But there were some little boys and
girls who couldn't do that, or whose
mothers and daddies couldn't afford
to do that for them.
"'If ever l get to be a big man. said
little Jay Rial, I'm going to take just
as many children to the circus with
me as l can.
Little Jay Rial called 1t his circus
dream. And sometimes he would
really dream that he was taking hun
dreds and hundreds of little boys and
girls whose faces had been sad and
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CHAPTERV v.
A Night and a Morning.

Stella Donovan never forgot the
miseries of her first night in Haskell.
When old Man Timmons finally left
her. after placing the fiaring lamp on
a chair, ard went pattering back down
the bare hall, she glanced s~huddering-
ly about at her unpleasant surround
ings, none too pleased with the turf of
events.
The bed-clothing, once turned back
and inspected. was of a nature to pre-
vent the girl from ~disrobing but final
ly she lay down, seeking such rest as
was possible, after turning the flicker
ing flames of the lamp as low as she
dared. and then finally blowing 1t out
altogether. Her thoughts. never still,
wandered over the events of the eve
ning-the arrival at Haskell station,
the strange meeting with Westcott,
and the sudden revelation that he was
the partner of Frederick Cavendish.
The big, good-natured miner had in
terested her from the first as repre-
senting a perfect type Of her precon-
ceived ideal of the real westerner.
She had liked the firm character of his
face. the quiet. thoughtful way In
which he acted, the whole u~nobtrusive
bearing of the Already he had
awakened her trust; she felt con-
WINGED that If she needed friendship,
advice, even actual assistance, here
was one whom she could implicitly
trust.
She was young and she awoke rest
ed and refreshed. In spite of the fact
that her body ached at first from the
discomfort of the cot. h stared
about at the bare, board walls, the bull
let-scarred mirror, the cracked pitcher,
before she could fully reassure her.
self her stepped upon the d~isreputa-
bic rug and crossed to the open win
dow.
She Strengthened up, emitting q swift
breath of delight, as her wide-open
eyes surveyed the marvellous scene OF
mingled loneliness and grandeur. The
stream. curving like a great snake,
cleaned amid the acres of green grass,
it's swift waters sparkling in the sun.
Beyond, seemingly at no distance at
all, yet bordered by miles of turf and
desert, the patches of vivid green in
terspersed with the darker coioring Of
spruce. and the outcropping of brown
rocks. the towering peaks of a great
mouptain-chain swept up into the
clear blue of the sky. black almost to
their SUBMITS. which were dazzling
with the white of unme!ted snow.
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ALL"

Synopsis. - Frederick Cavendish,
New York man Of wealth. receives
a letter from an old friend, Jim
Westcott. urging him to come at
nce 4 Colorado. Deciding TO GO.
he employs a lawyer. Patrick En-
right. to draw up a will leaving
most OF his estate to charity. with
a mere ~pittance to John C~ayendish.
his cousin and only relative, a dis
solute youth. That night Frederick
Cavendish is murdered In his apart
tents No will being found, John
Cavendish inherits the estate. Two
months later Enright informs John
Cavendish of the existence OF the
will and offers, for 500, 900, TO say
nothing OF 1t. John agrees. Stella
Donovan, newspaper writer, learns
from Frederick Cavendish's valet
that he is not satisfied the body
found was that OF his employer.
She Is directed by Farriss, city edi-
tor OF the Star, TO follow up the
case. Stella learns OF the will En-
right had drawn up. also OF John
Cavendish's infatuation for Celeste
lie Rue, chorus gir. A CONVERSE
ton Stella overhears between Ce-
leste and John Cavendish convinces
her Frederick Cavendish is alive,
the victim of a conspiracy engl-
neered by Enright to secure his
fortune, and that Celeste knows
where he is hidden. Ned Beaton,
notorious gunmaB, is also men
toned. Celeste is about to leave
for Haskell. Colorado.
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A Great Moment.

teary because they hadn't thought
they were going to the circus. He had
dreamed of how they would follow
after him and would say:
".Me, too?'
"And he would smile at them and
say, Yes, all of you!
sit was a beautiful dream.
"Now there are many people who
dream of doing something fine when
they have more money or when they're
grown up and who forget 1t when hat
time ONE
''They will excuse themselves by
saying, Yes, I have more money than
I used to have, but l find I need it
ALL instead of doing more than they
had been able to do before. There
are little boys who say, When I grow
up I'm going to see that poor children
get Ice cream once in awhile But
when they grow up they forget and
they don't realize that there are lots
of children in hospitals and in homes
who very seldom receive a visit from
the ice cream mar.
"Now Jay Rial was different. He
remembered. When he grew up he
went into the circus business. He
was the one who would tell the news
papers in the different towns in adj
vance when the circus was coming to
town SO everyone could look forward
to it.
"And he remembered his circus
dream.
$50 every year when the circus
came to the very biggest city they
visited, grown up Jay Rial arranged
that every child in every hospital or
home or any child who was crippled
and not as fortunate as other chill
dren should come to the circus free.
"They arranged one afternoon when
no one could buy a ticket but when
every seat was free. And yet, that
wasn't enough for Jay Rial. When
the hospitals and homes cent in their
lists of the numbers Of children who
would be able to go to the circus the
lists grew so long that the place
wouldn't hold them all.
do you suppose Jay Rial said.
Sorry, but we've room for no moreY
Not a bit OF 1t. He had another cir
Gus party for those who couldn't come
to the first.
"And Jay Rails face was full Of
smiles as he looked at the thousands
OF children who were shrieking with
Joy over the circus. and he said. MY
dream has come true
"I,ut." ended Daddy. "Jay Rial IL
one Of those people who help to make
] dreams come true"
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know your style, and you are mighty
apt to get into trouble out here If you
use any Bowery tactics"
"Bowery tactics !"
Eyes; you claim to live In New York,
and you possess all the earmarks of
the East side bad man. There is moth
ing keeping you now from roughing it
with me but the sight of this gun in
my belt, and a suspicion in your mind
that l may know how to use it. That
suspicion is correct. Now you go back
to your barroom. where you will find
plenty of your own kind to associate
with. It's going to be dangerous for
you to hang around here any longer"
Beaton felt the steady eyes upon
him, but was carrying enough liquor
to make him reckless. He stepped
backward, feigning a laugh, watchful
to catch Westcott off his guard.
"All right, them he said. 'rll go get
the drink you can't bluff me-"
Westcott's knowledge of the class
alone brought to him the mans pur-
pose. Beaton's hand was in the pocket
Of his coat, and, as he turned, appar-
emily to leave the room, the cloth
bulged. With one leap forward the
miner was at his throat. There was a
report, a flash of flame. the speeding
bullet striking the stove. and the next
instant Beaton, his hand still helpless
" imprisoned within the coat pocket,
was hurled back across a card table,
the players scattering to get ont of the
way. All the pent-up dislike in West
colts heart found expression in ac-
ton the d~espicable trick wrought him
TO a sudden fury. yet even then there
came to him no thought of killing the
fellow, no memory even of the loaded
gun at his hip. He wanted to choke
him. strike him with his hands.
"You dirty coward" he muttered
fiercely. $50 you thought the pocket
trick was a new one out here, did you?
Come, give the gun upi OH so there
is some fight left in you? Then let's
settle 1t here"
1t was a struggle between two big,
SiioiS uiSu-uHc Onc ucSpeTutt, uu-
scrupulous. brutal; the other angry
enough, but retaining self-control
They crashed onto the floor. Westcott
still retaining the advantage Of posi-
ton. and twice he struck. driving his
clenched fist home. Suddenly he be-
came aware that some one had jerked
his revolver from Its holster and, al
most at the same instant a hard hand
gripped the neck-band Of hts shirt and
| tore him loose from Beaton.
"Here now-enough of that. Jim,"
said a voice sternly. and his hands
arose instinctively as he recognized
the CLEAN Of two drawn weapons
fronting him. Help Beaton up Joe.
| Now. look yere, Mr.. Bully Westcott,"
and the speaker shook his gun threat
eningly. AS II happens, you have
jumped on a friend o. ours, an we
naturally propose to take a hand In
this game-you know mels
westcott nodded. an unpleasant
smile on his lips.
II do. Lacy" he said coolly. "ard
that II there Is any dirty work going
on In this camp II Is quite probable
you and your gang are in II. Now lis
! tn: you've 10 M covered, and that
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behind him. began making for the dis
tant lights OF the Timmons house. AS
they followed the road, which paral-
leled q whispering stream. the girl be-
gan to draw him out skiifully. and was
amazed to find that for all Of his
rough appearance he was excellently
educated and q gentleman Of taste.
finally the reason came out
arm d college man." he explained
proudly. $50 ri my partner-same
class. But one can't always remain
ia the admirable East, and three years
aco Ne and j came here prospecting.
Actually struck some pay-dirt In the
hills yonder. too. but Il sort Of petered
ont On us. II was broken IN two BY
sonle upheaval Of nature. we were
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know your style, and you are mighty
apt to get into trouble out here If you
use any Bowery tactics"
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teary because they hadn't thought
they were going to the circus. He had
dreamed of how they would follow
after him and would say:
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Women were deceivers
ever, as Jim finds out.
(To BE C~oNTINUED.)
Ridiculous Importance.

RIDICULOUS importance.
You cannot hope for anything like
contentment so long a you continue
I attach that ridiculous degree Of
importance to the events Of this life.
which so many people are inclined 70
do.-Arthur Helps
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In the ordinary business Of lifo. In
dustry can do anything which geniuS
ran do. and very many things which Il
connot-Beechex.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-01
PLANS
FOR ENDING WAR
Resolution Offered In Congress
Held Sufficient To Annul War
Time Laws
(By Associated Press)

Washington, April 1-Republi-
can efforts to terminate a state of
war with Germany were formally
launched in the House yesterday
by the introduction of a joint res
olution to that effect. 1t occu-
pied attention of the Foreign At
fairs committee today.
Republican leaders hold that
war time acts and
powers will be repealed automat-
ically with passage Of the resolu-
tions. These incltfde war time
prohibition, the Lever food and
fuel control law with its provis-
ions against prohteering, the es-
pionage act, the selective service
law, the moratorium protecting
civil rights of men in service and
authorization of an embargo on
imports at discretion of the Pres
dent. The trading with the en-
emy act will be continued until
Germany agrees to the provisions
of the resolution. The emer-
gency shipping and war finance
corporation acts and capital is
sues committee will expire six
after a declaration of
peace. l,iIt.. 5j5f
The republican leaders resolu-
ton declaring ended state of
war between the United States
and Germany, was reported today
by the House Foreign Affairs
Committee by a strict party vote
of II to 6.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-01
BLOODHOUNDS MAKE
TRAIL AT MILLION
After Robbery of Mrs. O'Don-
nell's Store-Thief Left $1OO
In Cash On Porch

Burglars who robbed the store
of Mrs. O'Donnell, widow at
Million, on the l.. & A. Tuesday
night, became careless when they
rifled the cash drawer, or else
left in such hurry that they
took little note of what they were
doing They left 500 in bills on
the front porch Of the store, in
emptying the cash drawer. Quite
a quantity of goods were taken,
however, and the loss will
amount to about $50 it is said.
Mullikin's bloodhounds were
obtained from Lexington in the
afternoon following the robbery.
They made what is said to have
been good trail to house in
the neighbrhood. The sheriff's
office here was phoned to and was
told that warrants would be ask
ed for as a result Of the dogs
trailing and other evidence that
had been discovered. So far no
one has asked for any warrants,
though officers are expecting
some one in to swear them out
at any time.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-01
SINNERS KILL
PIKE BLACKSMITH

Pikeville, KY, April Twill Kel-
ly and Harkins Kelley, brothers, al
legged moonShiners and deselters, were
brought here under heavy guard and
placed in Jail charged with the mur-
der of Tilden Moore, a blacksmith, at
Shelby Gap, near Jenkins, KY, yes
terday
The Kelleys, it is said, were just
out of the Cumberland Mountains
with a quantity of booze, of which
they had been drinking freely, and
stopped in at .Moore's shop. They be
gan disturbance there which re-
suited in Moore being badly wounded
He was rushed to hospital at Jen-
kins, where he died two hours later.
The Kelleys UNDERSTOOD to escape
across the Virginia line, but were fol
lowed by a posse headed by Jake and
Beverly Moore, two brothers of the
victim. In the encounter Beverly
Moore and both of the Kelleys were
badly wounded. On arrival here the
prisoners had to be carried before
the Court, one carrying bullets in
his neck and back, while the others
leg was SO badly scattered that am
putation will be necessary, it is said
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-01
To OPEN STREET
BIDS TONIGHT
Many Paving Makers Here To
Appear Before Council and
Citizens Committee

From present indications it seems
that at least half dozen bids will be
submitted for pavings the streets of
Richmond, when the city council meets
in regular session tosight for the
purpose of opening the bids, and let
ting the contract, if possible.
About a dozen representatives of
paving concerns are in town today,
and will appear before the city faith
ers and the special citizens committee
tonight. Makers of almost every sort
of street paving material are repre-
sented among the bidders. A number
of bids will be offered, it is under
stood for various forms of asphalt
paving. Concrete men are here also
and are submitting their claims for
concrete as the best street and road
City Engineer G.. F. Creclius will
confer with the city council and citi-
zens committee in arriving at what
is considered the best material and
lowest and best bid.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-01
Indie over
SUPREME COURT leak
(By Associated Press)

Washington, April THE Dis
trict Supreme Court grand jury
here today indicted four persons
in connection with the investiga-
ton of the alleged leak in the I'm
tied States Supreme Court decis-
ion last November in the South
ern Pacific oil land cases. Those
indicted are Ashton F. Embry,
former secretary to Associate
Justice McKenna, James Har-
wood Graves, former assistant
attorney of the Department Of
Justice, Barrett Moses, a Wash
ingon lawyer, and Millard Mayer,
Jr,, New York stock broker.
Embry is charged with furnish
ing tip on the courts decision
whereby the other defendants
were able to sell Short 500
shares Of Southern Pacific stock
at profit Of nearly million and
a half dollars.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-01
MUST NOT CROWD
=. . IN 1MATRE 0nBY

Owing to immense crowds that
are. attending performances each
evening at the opera house, May
or Evans has taken the precau-
ton to notify Police Chief Claud
Devore, to see to it that no one is
permitted to stand in the lobby
between the shows. He hopes
in this way to obviate any danger
of a crowd at any time. The
management of the opera house
suggests that in order to obviate
crowding in the lobby, which is
rather narrow, that people go
early to the shows SO as to avoid
the rush, or arrange to attend the
second show, which starts at 8::3O
|o'clock. The management is de-
sirous, Miss Ward says, of CO.
operating with officials in every
way that order may be preserved
and no one endangered at any
ltime by crowding.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-01
BANDITS HOLD UP
CITY RESTAURANT
(By Associated Press)

Louisville, April Clifford
Quinlan and Grover M. Thomp-
son were arrested today in the
police dragnet for the bandits
who held up the Kentucky res
taurant on West Market street
here early oday, shooting and
wounding the proprietor and two
other men. The most seriously
wounded is Richard Howe, a rail-
road brakemen. Howe, accord
ing to the police, is charged with
being an accessory to the robbery
was shot by mistake. George
Hess, the taxicab driver. in whose
machine Quinlan and Thompson
are said to have escaped, is also
held.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-01
PAINT LICK

DR.. B. B. Montgomery has a new
Ford car.
William Hurt was taken to Berea
to the Robinson hospital and has
been operated upon. Her many
friends wish to see him we'll again
soon.
Mrs. Jas Davis, of Lowell, has un-
dergone an operation at the Gibson
infrmary.
Mesdames H. L. Wallace, Boyd
Wynn and Miss Chastine Rucker were
in Richmond Tuesday shopping.
The citizens of our village and COM
munity are rejoicing over the vote for
the bond issue, which will issue Gar
rard cc:lnty, of one frst-class road.
Bennett Roop's new bungalow is
nearing completion as the painters
are putting the finishing touches on.
Mrs. H. C. Wynn has returned from
a visit to her daughter in Berea.
Gordon Mason, who has been in the
Robinson Hospital for two months,
was able to come home last week.
Major and Mrs. F. M. Dawson, Miss
Anna Lear, and Mr. A. r. Burnam
will attend the Easter ball to be given
at the Hawaiian Gardens in Louis
vile, while there they will be guests
of Gen. and Mrs. Marshall.
Mrs. Frances Walker, of Henry
county is visiting her son r. ]
Walker.