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friend O. mine. ye can have her for what ye
got. How much ye got:'
Not much little over 5000
she. yourn for five hundred. ThatI
leave ye money enough for an outfit and for
grub TO last We TO yer first clean up
Why, thank YOU. =
oh. don't mention II. We wouldn't be
workin' it anyway: 50 you see we're really
in the $500 that you're payn'.'
SO Cassidy paid over i've si1ths Of his
savings and received in exchange an impress
Sive looking document couched in elaborate
legal phraseology declaring him to be the
owner of the Brick O. Gold Mine. thus and
so situated. The ominous significance Of
the name quite escaped him.
A FTERWARD they took Cassidy to the
n camp and instructed him in the pur-
chase Of a working ou'ft. TLen they brought
him TO O'Rourke's cabin and gave him finely
detailed instructions about the working Of
his mine.
yen need dynamite 10 go the ORE" said
O'Rourke. but yp wont need it right away.
First We got to clear away the loose rock
that's crumbled down over the vein
Early the next morning Cassidy started
out to begin the extraction Of wealth. He
was the incarnation of checrfulncSs. BY
smother route the cOnspiratorS reached a
hiding place near Cassidy's acquisition. 1t
was their intention TO let him toll for 4
time. Then they would descend upon him
Undeceive him and give him the laugh and
bis money back.
But it happened that just as he had set
dad i,b mi ha
watchers were enjoying themselves i'm
mensely, Bill Tomkins. veteran prospectOr.
came that way.
10. son; watche doin' at that hole"
he inquired, coming to a stop and looking
puzzled.
why, I'm working this mine. just
bought it."
We're workin' that there mine. oh? That
sounds funny to me. see y're workin,
but l don't see no mine. Dye mean that
there hole IN the rock? Who told ye twas
a mine?"
why, isn't it,"
WAL. it never was before. an I don't
think il amt changed none, recent"
Thunder. he's giving the whole thing
away" growed O'Rourke to his compan-
ions. We might as well get out of this.
So the three sneaked away. leaving Cas-
sidy telling his new acquaintance how he
had come into possession of what he hon
estly and truly believed TO be a mine
All that day O'Rourke and Brett and
Rawlins waited for their victim to make
his appearance among them, boiling with
wrath. They waited in vain. When dark
ness came and yet no Cassidy they became
uneasy.
Dye think something's happened to
him?" asked Brett. in a tone Of real alarm.
There's something strange about him stay
ing away like this after Bill told him that
he'd been fooled
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nercest looking toys that they had been able
10 accumulate, were awaiting his coming.
As he stepped OF the train they pouncsd
upon him, shook his hands with extreme
Visor' slapped him on the back till he was
sasping for breath and incidentally dis
charged their guns in close proximity to him.
those who saw the unusual doinss either
guessed that practical joke was being
psyed or else supposed that something was
oeins enacted for the movies, and SO re-
NAMED uninterested.
NIAd tsee We, pard,' exclaimed
kourke.
we re sure almighty glad an delighted
10 welcome ye to these yer dixgins" roared
Brett.
Sure we are" growled Rawlins
The dialect which they had been
practlctng did not come readily, so their
"elcoming was somewhat abbreviated.
"ai-ai, c'm'on, Kid, an well
you the little colorado that we've got I,
Tor ye' spoke O'Rourke, hurriedly leading
the way, lest Cassidy should notice that
tneir style OF attire and their condition Of
armed preparedness, were not prevailing
ton, the others followed in silence. The,
found the dialect stunt beyond them and
they feared to spoil the scene by tsIk;nv
naturally.
They had gone a short distance IN III.
mountain trail leading to O,Rourke's cabin
when an individual gotten up to look
terror inspiring stepped from behind
boulder and blocked their way, leveling With
each hand a weapon possession Of which
even in the East would hardly be accepted
as evidence of violation of the law against
carrying concealed weapons. since anything
OF such size could not well be concealed.
his makeup was srotesquely overdone.
Long. black hair streamed from under a
somorero into the band OF which a huge
kniie ana long teatner had been stuck. A
coai-oiack mustache dropping eItravagantly
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FOUNDER in Freeze Out; but ye can
come a bullyin' round yer, re hear me"
ORourke was beginning to feel his part.
This yer's muh friend, Jim Cassidy,
he resumed, putting more steam into his
voice. an / serves notice on re right now
that ye don't modest him none with yer
onwecome attentions
"Is-that So" drawled the bellicose one
sneering; "wa-al, Mister O'Rourke ye
can't bring no blamed tenderfoot to these
yer disgin'. whilst I'm around. Git, you :,
let's see ye hike double quick down the trail
back the way ye come.
He began to shoot.
Cassidy's companions fred as one man
7oint blank At the truculent one.
He threw up his hands convulsvely,
clutched at his chest, spun around three
times and fell in a heap.
Cassidy turned white.
"C'm'on, fellers.'' said OIL ourke.
"That'll be about all o that Rattlesnake.
you d better send word to the Coroner that
there's a Job for him. No hurry. Any time
fore tonight'll do.
But won't you be arrested for murder
or granddaughter. or homicide or something?"
anxiously inquired Cassidy.
What? For KILN that critter? Why.
most likely I'll get a reward for riddin' the
community Of his onwholesome presence.
We're law abidin', we are
MHEN they had turned bend in the trail
W. little further on the corpse rose up
. nimbly, removed the most conspicuous parts
Of his makeup, including the long hair. the
mustache and all Of the nose that had been
added and walked briskly away.
A little farther up the mountain
O'Rourke went through the motions Of
looking all around to assure himself that
they were not being watched. Being ap-
parently satisfied he left the trail and led
the way through a narrow ravine. He
stopped before long abandoned prospect
hole in the slope and dramatically pointing
to 1t detained to Cassidy in a stage whis
per:
There she lays, jes' a waitin' to have
the ore that's worth all kinds O. money
ripped out O her innsrds with a pick an
mebbe little dynamite
Cast yer pepper on them chunks O.
wealth. Exclaimed Brett, who, having
been paving among the broken rocks now
ran forward with a few specimens of real
ore showing free gold which he had taken
from where he had been carrying taem.
That stuf'll run two thousand to the ton.
1 just got that out of a little pocket over
there
I'm afraid can't pay what it's WORTH"
stammered Cassidy. quite overwhelmed by
what he heard and seemed to see. Then.
hesitatingly: How much is it worth?''
WAL now, that amt exactly the ques-
tion,' replied O'Rourke, assuming a con
hdential tone. What she's worth Is one
thing, an what we'll let ye have her for's
another. We've got q lot of EN- jes' as
good, an seem 8 how we've always been o
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"oh, l didn't mean that we'd skin him !;
only have some fun with him; let him
work his mine till he got good and tired and
then give him back his money and laugh At
him"
And what then?''
We'll, we could let him in on our claim.
| guess it'll support one more for q while,
and we'd have one more to work it. And
we're sure to strike It rich some time. and
then one more sure won't make any diff
ference
We'll. III write; wen see him through
some how. What shall write him." asked
O'Rourke.
oh, tell him we've got a little mine that
We amt using and that we'll let him have
cheap. And say, tell him the country's the
widest ever and everybody's armed to the
teeth; that he'd better get the guns and a
big knife. The way he's got his mind f1ee
that'll make It seem like the real West to
him. And then, SOS not to scare him too
much, tell him that because everybody's
armed there amt much shooting because
everybody's afraid of everybody else"
Yes" added Rawlins. land tell him to
wire US when he's coming, so that We can
course, Wen have to dress and act the parts
Of wild men of the woolly West, and we
can't tote all the scenery around with us
constant while we're waiting"
0'ROURKE wrote the letter which, when
" it was finished, was quite as much
some" missive as Cassidy's had been
After it had been sent the plotters invited
several other congenial spirits to participate
In the welcoming Of Cassidy. Then they
fixed up the kind of raiment in which they
rightly believed Cassidy would expect to see
them attired, made a collection of large re-
volvers and knives and waited for tidings of
Cassidy's arrival.
And say" exclaimed Brett, as if daz-
zled by a brilliant idea 1--WE ought to
practice on dialect. You know, the kind
they put In stories about the West that fell
lows write who never got further West than
Schenectady. n. Y. He'll expect that, too.
He'd be disappointed if we talked plain, or
binary United States to him."
Good idea chuckled Rawlins, and
while we're about it we ought to take on
some nicknames. He'll be looking for them,
too. III be Coyote Lou and you can be
'Rattlesnake Jack O'Rourke can be Tom
the Terror and we'll think up some savage
ones for the others
Yes, and we'll wear knives stuck in our
boots; that'll add to the scenic effects, as the
theatre fellows say" suggested ORourke.
who was becoming interested.
And so 1t was agreed.
When Cassidy received the letter, a few
days later, he WAS elated. 1t seemed too
good to be true. as fideed it was, but Gas.
sidy never doubted the good faith of it. At
once be made preparations for his departure.
On the afternoon of the second day
thereafter Cassidy was a passenger on
the little train that wobbled over narrow
gauge branch from the main line to the
shack that served as station at Gold Brick.
The three conspirators, rugged out I'm the
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:: ): :: :: :; ::
ERHAPS because he found pleasure
occupant of the furnished room
fooled for a little while, Harrigan
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Having deposited his letter in the box
at the corner, addressed to Thomas
O'Rsurk., Esq, Tonopah, New, he went
back to his room and sat down to smoke
and dream of the fortune that some rocky
mountainside in the Far West might be
holding in store for him. Then he went
to bed and did not dream at all, quite con-
trary to the rule made by story writers
for persons having something very much on
their minds.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
FOREIGN NEWS.

A Milan dispatch says it is authori-
tatively stated that Giovanni Marti-
nelli will succeed Enrico Caruso as the
leading tenor at the Metropolitan opera
house in New York.
A number of resolutions relating to
withdrawal of American occupation
forces from Germany, long pending
before the house foreign affairs con-
mittee at Washington, are not expect
ed to be acted on this season, if at all.
Russia considers it will be possible
soon to realize loan in France, Leo
mid Krassin, the soviet trade repre-
sentative, declared in an interview
with the Rosta News agency.
The Polish government on Septem-
Der will lift wartime restrictions on
commerce in oil products, said an Of
ficial cable message received recently
by the Polish bureau of information.
The Sim Fein leaders are now max
ing a great effort to secure some sort
of tentative agreement with Ulster
before calling full meeting of Dali
Eireann to discuss Prime Minister
Lloyd Georges proposal for settle
ment.
Enrico Caruso, according to es'i-
mates in the newspapers, left fortune
of about SO,OOOO,OOO lire. cat the nor
NAL value of the lire this would rep
resent about the sum of $4,000, ,OOO.l
At the present rate of exchange It
would be equivalent to $1,26s, 900.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
REALLY A BRILLIANT IDEA
SchooI-teacher Saw at Once the
Particular Value of a Certain
Somewhat Peculiar Toy.

II. looked to her like a big idea,
She had discovered one Of those
elusive, seductive, tantalizing little
tops, so popular now, in which the
mere spinning Of it gives one Oppor-
tunity to take one, take all, pay three,
etc. Being an Indianapolis school
teacher, she Immediately noted 1t as
a novelty.
"Such a clever little thing" she
said to the clerk. 'I've never seen a
top like it before. What are they for?"
"Well, they're a sort Of diversion" !"
the saleswOman replied. 'Many peo-
pie use them financially
"Oh, yes, of course, of course. How
many of them have your 1 was just
teaching the children combinations in
numbers-nice for arithmetic, as it
were."-Indianapolis News.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.

Adalan Myers, oil man of North
EstherwoOd, is having lumber cut to
build large amusement hall at Esther
wood, La. The hall will be of the lat
est design, and will have all modern
cOnveniences.
Twenty thousand oil field worker 8
in California will strike September 1
If the operators do not cancel a wage
reduction of 81 a day, according to
kilograms sent by the oil workers to
President Harding and Secretaries
Hoover, Davis and DENLY. District
officers of the Oil Workers Union said
the kilograms were sent only after the
operators had refused to meet with
them.
The Knights of the Ku Klux Khan, a
corporation, has brought suit for libel
against the Los Angeles Express COM
pany, demanding a total of $1O5, 900,
general and exemplary damages, for
the publication in three editions of
the paper of an article over which ap-
peared banner lines reading, "Great
Ku Klux Klan Outbreak" "Ku Klux
Terrorizes South" and "Ku Klux Reign
of Terror"
Fire red as a color for automobiles
Will be conspicuous for its absence IN
the streets of Chicago after January
1, If an ordinance passed by the city
council is enforced. It is said that
SO many wrecking cars and private au-
tomobiles have been painted shades of
red similar to that used by the fire de-
partment that traffic policemen fire.
quently become confused.
The name of big Tim" Murphy.
under indictment for the Pullman and
Dearborn station mail robbery, is lined
with that of John w. Worthington,
president of the Central Securities
company recently indicted and under
arrest for alleged transactions in stolen
securities, following the discovery If
a letter in Worthington's office which.
according to Colonel ]. V. Clinnin, a.
sistant United States district attorney,
indicates the two had dealings in COM
mon.
A terrific fight between a woman
and three tigers which took place be-
hind the gilded bars of a circus wagon
before hundreds of spectators during
parade Thursday at Aurora, Ill, caused
near panic, during which several wo-
men tainted. While the woman bat
tied alone to subdue the beasts, the
horse drawing the wagon became
frightened at the roars of the animals
and plunged from side to side of the
street, threatening to upset the cage
and allow the tigers to escape among
the crowd.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
DENIED WRIT OF INJUNCTION
ST. Louis "open shop" Printing Organ.
ization Ordered to File Suits
as individuals.

Suits of individual employing print
ers involving injunction proceedings
will probably be filed in the United
States district court in the near fu-
ture, according to Charles A. Houts,
attorney for the st. Louis open-shop
organization. The employers adopted
the alternative outlined by Judge
Wade and decided to let the 81 con-
Meeting suits drop and begin the pro-
ceedings all over again.
The court told the employers that
they must either file petitions for the
81 employing printers as individuals or
accept the dismissal of the suit. In
sustaining a motion for the dismissal
of the suit the judge ruled that the
employers had no cause for action in
an equity court.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
A Moneved Crowd

"Sir," exclaimed the artist who had
been engaged to entertain the Wadlelgh
guests, "my contract he call for two
songs zis evening. You ask me to sing
three. It's one outrage. sing before
zee crowned heads of Europe"
ooh, that's all right" said Mr.. Wad-
leigh, sOothingly. "You are not before
the crowned heads of Europe now, but
real people. Why, there's enough
money represented in this little gath
eTing to make the fortune Of the
average king look like a collection
taken up for a children's outing."-
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
LlttIo Black Rean.

Little black bees were on the bios
SONS Of the Wild cherry. They worked
in It's snow-whlte cups and often shook
down the petals from the flowers.
They darted from cluster to cluster,
loading their thighs with primrose
coiored pollen, while their wings VI
brated in htfui, rather shrill mur.
mur. They were ground bees and had
their home among the stones in q
bank Of me grass, thyme and dog
vioiets not far distant.-Eden Phlll-
Vota
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
EamllIar WIth sorInture.

The Squire Ito his gardener)-I
wonder, John, that you don't get mar
ried. You know that the first gardener
who ever lived had a wife.
JOhn-Yes, sir, but you'll remember
that he did not keep his job long after
he had her.-LOndOn Answers.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
Shave WIth cutIeura soan

And double your razor efficiency az
well as promote skin purity, skin com.
fort and skin health. No mug, nc
slimy soap, no germs, no waste, no
irritation even when shaved twice
daily. One soap for all uses-shaving
bathing and shampooing. Advertisement
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
THE WORLD over
Interesting Items Of Present
Important Happenings.
EVERY ITEM A NEWS ITEM
Relating to the Latest Happen.
ings of Interest Just Now
Throughout the World.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Senators Mckinley, republican, iii
nois; Robinson, democrat, Arkansas,
and Walsh, democrat, Montana, sailed
last Wednesday from New York on
the steamer George Washington as
American delegates to the interparlia.
mentary peace union at Stockholm.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Take Aspirin only as told in each
package Of genuine Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin. Then you will be following
the directions and dosage worked out
by physicians during 81 years, and
proved safe by millions. Take no
chances with substitutes. If you see
the Bayer Cross on tablets, you can
take them without fear for Colds,
Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
Earache, TOothache, Lumbago and
for Pain. Handy tin boxes Of twelve
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark Of Bayer Manufacture Of
MOnOaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.-
Advertisement.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
one paN With AZ Lord.

But, beloved, be not ignorant Of this
one thing, that one day is with the
Lord as a thousand years, and thou
sand years as one day.-u Peter 8 :S.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
DST RESTORE
FUNDS OF union
ting Pressmen Get Judgment
Against President and
Directors.
! OF sls5,oOo IS INVOLVED
+ Rules That the Money Was Inn
operIy Diverted From the inter-
atlonal's Funds to Private Enter
prises-othe Labor News.

|, W ne International Printing Pressmen
men must Assistants Union of North Amer
1rsuit OF lis entitled to recover $165,OO0 and
~ Ihomts from George L. Berry, president
That Mr. the international, and his four assO-
|rs;oL. ,oo te members on the board of direc-
III s by a ruling of Federal Judge
iSm. j. Cochran in the case of w. L.
ned handlag, president of Chicago union No.
zee by Mr. at al, vs.. George L. Berry ct al.
|lTpose is n3everal weeks ago Judge Cochran
Il If sho,1lded down an opinion in the case
III L..;. Oh favored the plaintiffs Argu-
= nts on provisions of a decree began
owing elS special term of the United States
soiute dlsnrt. The suit was filed at Knoxville
Since Ii June, 1919, and later was trans
tested IN trred to the federal court for the
,.r,,la, stern district of Kentucky.
Judge Cochran also decided Chicago
Mon No. was a member Of the in
peha International in good standing and eff
ne, othelrts Of Berry and his associates to
|npanIes wit it were futile. It is the conten-
- or mon Of the plaintiffs that money has
,,r;t,, zen improperly diverted from the in
nationals funds to private enter
s'iess ises. Berry and his associates have
hopoly. .en eniOined from further diversion
or dom the funds. A. c. Dore of Knoxville
The mas appointed receiver to collect the
move $4,000.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18

trust !.
des and ia
istsuhon. {
ting outsld
purpose
aings and 9
1W says cal
nagfne our
ag to make
ickpocket.
lg industry
ribe legal
mounts OF
the kind
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
liz LImIt Of Devotion.

"They seem to get along per
fectly."
ayes. Even when they play poker
ne doesn't object to the way she plays
her hands,"
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18

e advant;
that
nrnodities
oducers I
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18
Lively DAYS.

'TOo bad you have missed the boat.
She is now two miles at sea-"
missed nothing. Call me an air
plane"
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1921-07-23
SAW WOOD.

Your business-no matter how
good-can be increased by CONSIS-
TENT ADVERTISING. This is an
undeniable fact, and the BEST and
SUREST way to gain this end is to
advertise in a live and progressive
newspaper, viz: THE SEA COAST
ECHO.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1921-07-23
BIG SALE AT THE BAY MER-
CAMILLE COMPANY'S BIG STORE
Beginning Next Monday Morning at
Eight O'clock Slaughter of Prices
Will Take Ehect.-To Continue
for Sixty Days.

No necessity Of calling attention to
the full page advertisement of the
Bay Mercantile Company, Jno. Osoi-
mach, owner, which appears on page
three of this issue of The Echo, but
it will be well to remember the date
and take advantage of the slaughter
of prices Of seasonable merchandise.
The sale, which includes all lines
of goods continue as long as neces-
sary within sixty days, beginning on
Monday morning, at 8 o'clock, and
will be noted that the standard
prices on all goods have been marked
down. 1t is easily case of the best
goods for the least money.
Mr.. Osoinach has been in business
in this city for over twenty-five
years and his reputation for honest
values and fair dealing is unques-
toned. This gigantic sale, which
goes on Monday, and slaughter of
prices will offer an unusual oppor-
tunity to replenish ones wardrobe,
replenish the household or anything
one may need to furnish or renew.
: A word to the wise is sufficient.
Read the advertisement and profit
thereby. Save it for reference.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1921-07-23
MR.. AND MRS. JAMES MUNTON
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY LAST SUNDAY.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Munton, who
live on the model Munton Farm,
Jordan river, near Kiln, on Sunday
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary.
4 during the morning hours they
came down to Bay ST. Louis, and the
blessing of the marriage ceremony
took place at Christ Episcopal church
the Rev. H. Perry, officiating in the
presence of quite q number of their
friends and acquaintances. The
ceremony was pretty one, impress
sive and interesting.
The party returned to their home
later, and the golden anniversary
dinner included quite number of
relatives and friends from away.
Mr.. and Mrs. Munton are blessed
with four children, three sons and
one daughter, the latter Mrs. (Dr.)
Davis, of Leland, Ills. One son, who
had travelled recently from San Fran
cisco, California, to be present for
the occasion, was called back home
few days since by a business mes
sage. A sister of Mrs. Munton from
the North and others from away par
ticipated In the celebration Of this
auspicious occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Munton moved to
this section from Chicago some few
years. Mr.. Munton, retiring from
active business, established model