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The Holbrook news., 1921-01-14
CHAPTER TIT.
A Man Without a Name.

The Pearlhunter sat on the door step of the cabin, his face bowed in his hands. It was June upon the slope under the trees; June in Wolf Run chuclIling and chirking along on its way from spring and waterfall to the river; June in the heart of a car dinal rocking upon the top twig of a tall hickory; December in the heart of the Pearlhunter.
 Halfway down the slope, beyond the tangled underbrush and in the edge of the grass-cOvered open strip that bOrdered the river shore, the green was broken by a mound of fresh earth. He had trimmed 1t round with shells brought up from the river ; upon the head had planted a cluster of orchids, the lady's-slipper of the Flatwoods. They were like her, the orchids-a lonely flower; one to a wide stretch of solitude. Nobody but he could have found so many, because nobody knew the woods so well.
 AS he looked back over the years, he found himself pOndering the con- tradictiOns of his mothers life, in the light of the story he had heard that memorable afternoon-the refinement in the midst of mean surroundings, the stern pride that had held her so long in exile because of a word that had, mayhap, been long repented. The muck and grime of the river had never smudged her. Through 1t all she had kept as pure, as white, as a flake of snow-and as cold.
The Holbrook news., 1921-01-14
Names.

Most men of high destinies have high sounding names. Pym and Haba- kuk may be pretty well, hut they must not think to cope with the Cromwells and Isaiahs. And you could not find a better case In point than that of the English admirals. Drake and ROOke and Hawke are picked names for men of execution. Frobisher, Rodney. Bos- cawen, Foul-Wather, Jack Byron are all good to catch the eye in a page of n naval history. Cloudesley Shovel is a mouthful of quaint and sounding syllables. Benbow has bulldog quail ity that suits the mans character. and it takes us back to those English arch CTS who were his true comrades for plainness, tenacity and pluck. Ra- leigh is spirited and martial. and sig nifies an act of bold conduct in the field. -"Virginibus Puerisque." by Louis Stevenson.
The Holbrook news., 1921-01-14

What air y'u calclatin' t do with them wild roses here in tn tumbIer in -the winder-keep 'em T chuck 'em out? I cayn't find but one more tumbler"
 The voice of the old Boss half startled the man on the doorstep. The gruff old fellow had never left him, night or day.
 The Pearlhunter had forgotten him, the rumpled house, the dishes. every thing. He lifted his face from his hands, rose, and entered the cabin. The Boss was pointing to three wild roses-a red, a pink, a white-in tumbler of water in the window
 The vision the Pearlhunter had seen on the rock at the pool came again. A vlsion-it had been just that. only that; an exquisite picture flashed be- fore his face and instantly snatched away-a picture he would never see
The Holbrook news., 1921-01-14

The Blue Moon was still lying on it's bit of cloth upon the bar, where. among the river men, it was as safe as anything of value ever gets to be in this avariciOus world. He deliber- ately picked it up and thrust it into his pocket
 It was a distinct affront. Blood had run in the FlatwOOds for less. The man facing him started; flushed; his right hand dipped toward his hip.
 The Pearlhunter's body became like iron electrified; his eyes like fiecks of steel in the fireglow. His hand had closed upon the pistol butt while the others hand was still on its way.
 Draw!" he hissed Draw! I'd give the Blue Moon if you would There's twenty-year-o score to set tie between your blood and mineT
 dead hush fell. The more sober men of the crowd damned doors and windows, others huddled against the walls; some had dived under the ta- bles. It was a moment of keen ten sion. Not a man breathed.
 The line between life and death Is a hair line when two gunmen stand face to face. The chances are split almighty fine. The Man-in-the-Fancy-Ves evil dently decided they were split a little too fine. He slowly relaxed the pose to which the dangerous instant had strung him; lifted his hand; folded his arms; turned; leant against the bar; and stood coolly looking the other over.
 The Pearlhunter had been half crOuched. He stralghtened and took his hand away from his hip.
 When I get ready to leave Flat woods I'm expectin' to ask you some questiOns-and I'm expectln' to be en- swered."
 His voice crisp as the snap of sleet against window glass, he stuffed the pearl deeper into his pocket, in a man. ner that somehow had the effect Of emphasizing the affront.
 The other shrugged his shoulders. barely perceptibly; his lip curled In hard smile that carried all the force of a sheer, but he made no answer. With the air of man bored unspeak- ably he sauntered across the room to the door by which he had entered: paused an instant; glanced back over his shoulder; tossed up his chin con temptuOusly; passed out, and closed the door.
 But. for all his easy acting, 1t did not escape the Pearlhunter that the blue in his eyes was black.
The Holbrook news., 1921-01-14

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The Holbrook news., 1921-01-14
"YOUR FATHER@

Synopsis.-Never having known his father, and living with his mother on a houseboat on the Wa bash river, Pearlhunter-the only name he has-learns from her part of the story of her. sad life. The recital is interrupted by a fearful fit of coughing and he hur- ries ashore to seek a root that af- lords relief. He meets a young girl whom he mentally christens the Wild Rose. She eludes him be- fore he can make her acquaint- ance- A vacant cabin on the shore has attracted the attention of the ailing woman. and they move into It. Their first meal is interrupted by a stranger who resents their presence. The youth drives the man from their home. His pres ence has strangely affected the mother. That night the youth finds within a mussel the largest pearl that has been found on the river, the Blue Moon.
The Holbrook news., 1921-01-14
CHAPTER rI-continued.

That pearls intirely too valuable to take chances on," he muttered. lay ing his coat in the bow, with the shot gun across 1t, giving the final shove to the boat and leaping in. "I reckon I'll jist stick around till y'u git 1t in tn bank t'mOrrow. That hell-hOund, tn Red Mask, stuck up tn Milford stage down tn river last week. Your Blue Moon would be nuts t him; an we did make right smart fuss when y'u found it."
 He shifted the slx-shooter in his pocket from between the edge of the seat and his hip, picked up the shot gun and examined the caps on the tubes.
 You c'n all talk about these new fangled six-guns that wan t, but they cayn't nOthin' come up with a good or scatter-lock when things git tight"
 The young man at the oars made no reply to these remarks. He was think ing of that bit of flaming cloth behind the chink at the cabin. For a moment the impulse came on him to tell the Boss, but he decided to keep his own counsel.
 The moon had poked her round face up over the hills by the time they landed at Fallen Rock The Pearl hunter picked up the big bass and led the way to the cabin up under the cliff.
 The candle was still shining out through the one small south window, the dimmer for the moonlight, little square of luminous yellow set in the gray and ragged logs. Full of the big news he bore. the young man hurried up the slope. The pearl almost seemed to become A creature of sense and sympathy; to feel warm against him; the luster of it to shine through his pocket.
 When within few feet of the door he heard his mother cough-hissing whistling; choky. He dropped the fish and darted in at the door.
 She stood stopped in front of her chair, clutching the table. Her hand moved over the cloth as if trying to write. Blood was pouring from her mouth and falling to the floor. He sprang at her. She clutched his arm hung to him. He would not have be Iieved 1t possible she had such force Tn her fingers. She struggled painful ly to choke back the blood; then strove pitifully to speak. No word cnme-only that awful whistling hiss tug gasp. He saw the luster die In her eyes-the eyes that in their day had been so wonderful They were trying hard to tell him something words her lips were not able to frame. He strove to read their mes sage. In vaiuI There came a last gasp; her body suddenly stiffened, quivered, relaxed-and he eased her back into the chair. The Iron-Gray- Woman was dead.
 The Pearlhunter raised her hands to cross them on her lap. Some ob- ject fell from the lax fingers to the floor. It was a soldiers glove, stiff and mildewed with age.
 Turning to lay it upon the table, he stood startled and staring. His cry brought the old Boss to his side. Two words, scrawled in blood on the cloth, glared up at them: ,t
 Your father"
 There had been a further attempt 90 write, but the effort had only re- suited in a scrawl, impossible to de- cipher.
The Holbrook news., 1921-01-14
The cockade.

The cockade, an ornament or knot of ribbon pr rosette of leather, was origi- nally worn as a military or naval deco ration or as the badge of a political party. Cockades made of ribbons of the national colors were worn by sol diers of the national wars of the eight eenth century. In England after the expulsion of the Stuart dynasty the white cockade became the badge of the adherents of the exiled house In opposition to the orange of Nassau and the black of Hanover. From the hats of the military 1t passed to those of the civil servants of the crown. Then as headgear changed the use of the distinction was confined to servants. The black cockade on the hats of off, cers' servants was introduced by George I.
The Holbrook news., 1921-01-14

again. It seemed unreal as he looked back upon 1t in the light of another day. But no, there were the roses. He bent his face down and caught the aroma of their breath.
 "Let them be-" he said. "They will last another day"
 The Boss made no reply. To him they were merely faded roses. He was sitting on the doorstep about to light his pipe when the younger man called him. With the freshly filled pipe in one hand, the unlighted match in the other, he rose and stepped back into the cabin. The Pearlhunter was standing before a small hair-covered trunk, scarcely bigger than an ordi- nary suitcase of the present day. It stood open, with the lid thrown back, exactly as 1t had stood two nights be- fore when he came up from the river and found his mother dying. Its con- tents seemed to indicate that they had been rummaged through by some one whose haste had been great-doubt- less by his mother. It hurt him to re call the cause of that haste. The bloodstained glove she had held in her hand lay uppermost, probably tossed there by one of the river men.
 "Its time to know what's in this trunk"
 A certain tenseness in his voice es- capped the Boss.
 Don't y'u?"
 "Pve never seen inside of 1t before"
 The Boss was in the act of scraping his match. He stopped; looked around out of the tail of his eye. but whatever his thoughts. he made no comment.
 "First of all. here's this glove" the young man went on, lifting the glove from the trunk. You know where we-saw 1t first"
 The Boss threw away the stub of his match and felt the time-stained and mildewed article.
 "West Point" he muttered. Hits tn kind them sprigs wears-oficer's I'd say, offhand."
 The other stood considering it; laid it aside; and lifted the next article from the trunk. It proved to be a woman's dress of rich brOcade. Little as the two men knew of such matters, if impressed even them as being of the very finest material and of fin ished workmanship. Under it lay other articles of woman's wear, all equally rich, though now yellow with the stain of time Down beneath everything else lay a small box which the Boss, from an experience which befell him as a soldier in the far South, knew to be satinwood.
 The young man stood with 1t in his hand, afraid to raise the lid-afraid to put it to the test. So far, the trunk had given up nothing. He was still nameless. What if this, too, should prove blank?
 At last the Pearlhunter raised the Iid-some baby clothes, clean and neatly folded; plain gold ring wrapped in a handkerchief of the finest cambric; and, under all, a pic ture-what the Iron-Gray- Woman must have been in her girlhood. He snatched it up, carried it to the light of the door and looked long upon it.
 After a time he came back to the trunk. The satinwood box was the last article in 1t, and 1t had told him nothing. He laid the picture in 1t. re- placed the baby clothes and ring, 1 closed the box and put 1t back. He | even took a sort of melancholy satis- l faction in replacing, with studied l neatness, the glove, the dress and | other articles, after which he closed l the lid, locked 1t, pocketed the key,
The Holbrook news., 1921-01-14

ence. He turned his eyes slowly to- ward the newcomer. His nerves were as steady as the woods make them, but they were not quite proof against what he saw. It was the Man-in-the- Fancy-Vest.
 A look flashed between them. The Pearlhunter fancied the other stiff fened, and he was quite conscious of tightness creeping into his own spine.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-26
Sues to Get $1,222
Alleged Due Him for
Caring for Sheep

The Chestnut Valley Realty Co. is
named defendant in an action filed in
the district court by Joseph Fisher,
who seeks judgment for 1922 SO.
by him and the defendant company in
May, 1920. provided for his tending to
a herd of sheep, owned by the COM
pany, at salary of 500 a month.
He claims that $514.53 is still owing
on this contract.
The plaintiff further alleges that his
wife, Anna Fisher, performed serv-
ices for the defendant company in
caring for herd Of sheep desig-
mated as the hospital bunch" Com
pensation Of $50 a month for this
work is claimed by Fisher, making a
total of $36S.33 still owing. The
plaintiff also alleges that he sold the
realty company so head of sheep and
10 head Of lambs, valued at $40, and
has never received payment.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-26
MONrANAFIRST
in Pure BRED
HORSES OWNED
Leads Mountain States in One
Classification, Second in Cat
tie, Third in Sheep.

Montana leads all mountain states
in the number Of pure bred horses,
holds second place in number of pure
bred cattle and has third rank in the
number. Of pure bred sheep, according
to preliminary information given out
by the bureau of census, of the de-
partment Of commerce. Colorado and
New Mexico are the only states which
challenge Montana's record as a pro-
Queer of high grade livestock.
The census report shows that this
state has a total of 66S.723 horses,
OF which 1856 are classified as pure
bred. Colorado is the nearest COM
petitor with 2:043 horses Of high
grade caliber. The number of cattle
on Montana ranges and farms Is
1,26S,516. OF this number, 22.994 are
reported as pure breds. Out of
2,OS2.91 sheep in the state, "a, 2OS are
listed as blooded animals, a record
which is only surpassed by Utah and
Idaho. The state has 5,351 swine Of
high breed. according to the report.
The states reporting the largest per-
centages of pure bred sheep are as
follows: New Jersey, 1O.7 per cent;
Connecticut. rs per cent; Massa-
chusetts, Sc per cent; Vermont. As
per cent, Rhode Island, 81 per cent;
and Pennsylvania, 81 per cent. On
the other hand, the largest numbers
Of pure bred sheep were reported
from Montana. Idaho. Ohio, Oregon,
Utah, California, Michigan, Iowa and
New York
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-26

"Try Eddy's Sun Maid RalsIn Bread
at All Grocers." ADV.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-26
SPRAY THE FALLS

I lege. Mrs. Houle will visit for two
weeks on the coast before returning
| home.
A. J. Cowen of Choteau is here for a
few days and is staying at the Park
hotel.
State Senator e. NJ. Kirton arrived
here from Malta Sunday and is at the
Park.
N. s. Williams of Butte arrived here
Sunday and is guest at the Park
hotel.
w. B. Piper Of Havre is here on bus
mess. He registered at Hotel Rain
bow on Sunday.
F. w. Mettler. attorney at law, came
over from Helena Sunday and is stay
ing at the Park.
r. A. Sprague Of Lewistown is in the
city on business. He came in Sunday
and is at the Park.
L. A. Solen Of Butte, freight agent
Of the Burlington railway, came in Sun
day evening for a few days. He is
guest at the Park.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-26
SPRAY Of THE FAILS

G.. s. Whipple of the state land Of
flee arrived here Sunday and is regis
tered at the Park hotel.
Philip Chevallier of Helena, promi-
nent sheep raiser, arrived here Sun
day and is guest at the Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Blankenbaker of
Virgelle came to Great Falls Sunday
and are staying at Hotel Rainbow.
II. J. Herrin of Wolf Greek, stock
man. is in the city on business. He
came in Sunday and is at the Park.
Mrs. John Dixon Of the Maxine
apartments returned Sunday afternoon
from short visit in Helena and Clancy.
l.. o. Evans Of Butte arrived here
on Sunday to attend to business mat
tiers. He is guest at Hotel Rain
bow.
Judge Albert G. Galen of Helena, of
the state supreme court. is in the city.
He arrived Sunday and is staying at
the Park
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-26
FIRE IN CLOTHES CHUTE
At COLUMBUS HOSPITAL

A fire in a clothes chute at the
Columbus hospital resulted in call
to the fire department at 1890
o'clock Sunday night. The fire did
little damage and was extinguished
with chemicals before gaining any
Roadway. The blaze was thought by
firemen to have been caused by the
proximity Of the clothes to a hot
air vent.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-26
Popular sheet music. Orion Bros

IOpuIar sheet music. Orton Bros
Adv.
NJ. ]. Reilly Of Brookside registered
ut the Park Sunday.
Richard Barry, stove castings, in
Graham & Ross coal Officially.
Mrs. G. r. Marsh of Lewistown reg
istered at Hotel Rainbow on Sunday.
L. NJ. Coffey, an attorney Of Che
teau, registered at the Park on Sunday.
II. S. Hovey came in from Monarch
on Sunday and is guest at the Park.
Fred ]. Murray of Waller is guest
at Hotel Rainbow. He registered Sun
day.
Mrs. Edna Belle of Billings came in
Sunday. She is staying at Hotel Rain
bow.
Mrs. George W. Powers of Neihart
came in Sunday and is guest at the
Park.
Mrs. Joseph Houle and son. Frank,
IT 72O Second avenue north, left Sun
day evening for Portland, where Frank
will enter the Northwestern Dental col
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-26
ENlISTS AS MARINE.

Ernest Powers Of Great Falls left
Sunday night for Mare Island, Cali
fornia. where he will enter the train
ing school of the q. S. Marine corps.
He enlisted for term of three years
at the local recruiting station, 3171a
Central avenue.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-26
MINUTES
OF Proceedings Of Board Of
County Commissioners
of Cascade County.
MONDAY. AUGUST 1, 1921.

Present Commissioners Ben c. John
ston. Jesse r. Bennett and Louis H
kommers.
Resignation Of Edith L. Johnson. dep
uty superintendent Of schools, was
rendered; same was accepted.
Claims against the county examined
and approved. Warrants signed IN pay
ment OF same.
Adjourned as board Of commissioners
and went into session as board OF
equalization.
Upon motion adjourned to August 2,
1921.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1921.
Present Commissioners Ben c. John
Kommers.
In session as board Of equalization.
Upon motion the board adjourned to
August 8, 1921.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 8, 1921.
Present Commissioners Ben c. john
ston, Jesse R. Bennett and Louis H.
Kommers.
In session as board of equalization
Upon motion the board adjourned to
August 4, 1921.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1921.
Present Commissioners Ben c. john
ston, Jesse r. Bennett and Louis H.
Kommers.
Consideration of county budget. ow-
ing to assessment valuations not being
completed, was postponed to August 3.
Went into session as board Of equali-
zation.
Upon motion the board adjourned to
August 5, 1921.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1921.
Present Commissioners Ben c. John
ston, Jesse r. Bennett and Louis II.
Kommers.
In session as board of equalization.
Upon motion the board adjourned to
August 6, 1921.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1921.
Present Commissioners Ben c. John
ston, Jesse r. Bennett and Louis H.
Kommers.
In session as board of equalization.
Upon motion the board adjourned to
MONDAY, AUGUST Z. 1921.
Present Commissioners Ben e. John
ston, Jesse R. Bennett and Louis II.
Kommers. Clerk John E. Moran.
In session as board Of equalization
most Of the day. Late in the afternoon,
having adjourned as board OF equali-
cation as provided for by law, went into
session as board OF county commits
sioners.
The matter Of establishing and fixing
the levy required for the coming year
that the assessed valuation was not in
shape, and by the request Of the state
board of equalization to defer making
the levy until that board had estab-
values u railways, power llHGS,
ETC., the matter was deferred until after
date.
Upon motion the board adjourned to
August 8, 1921.
TUESDAY, AUGUST g. 1921.
Present Commissioners Ben G. John
ston, Jesse r. Bennett and Louis H.
kommers. Clerk John e. Moran.
General business considered. The as
sessment valuation still being incom-
ete, the fixing Of tax levy was again
postponed for same reason considera-
Ion of county budget was postponed.
Upon motion the board adjourned to
August 10, 1921.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1921
Present Commissioners Ben c. John
ston. Jesse r. Bennett and Louis H.
kommers. Clerk John E. Moran.
Treasurer instructed to cancel per
,onal property Of Mrs. Joe Stenko of
she being a poor person re-
,eiving aid from the county.
The following is a summary Of the
action of board of equalization from
fully is to August s:
Changes OF Assessment by County
Board of Equalization, 1921.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-09-29
Opposes Double Session.

Mr.. Editor:
Spare me just few square inches
OF your valuable paper please. 1t was
with much pleasure that I read Mr..
Lanes article in last weeks Herald
and 1 wish to say right here that it
would be doing the teachers a great
favor as well as the pupils of the
Dillon Graded School to discontinue
the two session a day system and
adopt the regular one session a day
school as is used in most of the towns
and cities, that is from nine a. m.
until one-thirty or two p. m.
Surely you would rather your child
make three grades in three annual
sessions using the one session a day
system than two grades in three an
nual sessions with the two session a
day system. Now l don't say that the
two session a day school will cause
any of the pupils to fail during the
annual session or either at thefinal
test. But does it help the pupils any
and if so how and why? would
think it very disagreeable for the lit
tie children to have to tramp all the
way across town and sometimes
through rain and bad weather and
over streets that are filled with mud
and water and then back to the school
house again when they could have
finished their days work in another
hour or two and then gone home
knowing that they did not have TO
make that extra trip. If we had paved
streets and shade trees all over town
and never had any bad weather, the
railroad crossing that we have here
would be enough to condemn the two
session a day school
Why not put it to vote and see
who's who?
Very truly yours,
L. L. Blackwell.