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sOld Natl know him.

~Old Natl know him..
"0ood; then have met a friend.
We were there. back in those hills,
when my girth broke--see, where l
have fixed It. I fell behind and they
rode on. I thought to follow easily.
but, you must know those hills, the
trail was lost; perhaps took a wrong
turn. for suddenly found myself on
this plain"
The Mexican sat motioniess, his
eyes as suspicious as ever. but his
fingers no longer gripped on the re-
volver. The last of the cattle had dis
appeared down the couIee and the red
bearded white man was riding toward
them across the alkali. Neither
changed position until he came up, a
lump Of fellow. with staring eyes
and complexion the color OF parch-
ment.
"What the HI Is all this, Juan?"
he questioned roughly. "Who Is the
fell0w2"
"He travel with Matt Hanley an
get lost: so he say"
"Hanley, heyi That's some recon-
mendation. Who else was with your
partyr
"A man called Hank"
"Slagin. Well, the story sounds
straight SO far: them two left here
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siNDIAN JOEL"

synopsss.--Tom Shelby. q ranchsr.
rides Into tho frontier town OF
POnca, looking for n good time
after q long spell Of hard work
and loneliness on the ranch. In
stead, he runs into a funeral-that
Of Dad Calkins. n retired army
man Of whom little 10 known. A
Girl, still IN her teens. survives
Calkins. Mccarthy. a saloon keep
Or and Ponca's leading citizen. de-
ctdes that the girl. now alone Ia
the world. should marry. She
agrees TO pick out a husband from
the score OF men lined up In her
homA To his CONSERVATION. she So
lects Shelby. who had gone along
mArely a. . spectator. He declines
the honor. Indignant the girl dis
misses the assemblage. Shelby
rsAns mae two Of the rejected suit
ore. and IN . fight worsts them
10th. Angered at their remarks.
he returns to the girl. determined
TO marry her. " she will have him.
After his explanation she agrees to
marry him. Tho wedding takes
place and the couple set out for
6heiby's ranch. With them 10
'Kid'' Macklin. whom Shelby has
hired a. . helper. On the way the
girl tells her husband her name II
Olga Carlyn. and also tells him
something OF the peculiar circum-
stances OF her life. Upon arrival
at the ranch Shelby In struck down
from behind and left for dead. He
recovors consciousness to IND that
Maokhn and his wife have gone.
He starts In pursuit. He learns
his wife II an heiress. that her alb
duction has been carefully planned
and that she has been taken to
Wolvcv Hole, q stronghold OF ban
Aits and bad Indians.
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essity. so winding course as to give
Shelby no view ahead and soon con.
fused him in point Of direction. He
could only move forward cautiously.
fearful lest they might have halted for
some purpose, and watchful Of every
trace of their passage. as other ravines
were constantly uniting with this
through which he was blindly feeling
his way. He came to sand and lost
all signs Of the trail instantly. search
Ing for II in vain for nearly an hour
before confessing himself at fault.
Then. leaving the horse below. he
climbed the nearest hili for a view Of
his surroundings.
The sun gave him the proper direc-
lions, but all about stretched the same
dreary. bare ridges Of rock, Offering
no guidance. There was no life visi-
BILE anywhere and although he waited
for some time, sweeping his glasses
back ana forth, he gained no glimpse
Of the two he endeavored to follow.
They had vanished a. though swal-
lowed up By the earth. The sun was
already In ths west and Desperately b.
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curiously about. He dismounted, and,
after a few moments scrutiny Of the
ground, decided that he was still safe
ly on the trail Of those travelling
ahead. There were two traces SUM-
ciently defined to indicate the passage
within a few hours of both Macklin's
party. and the two others. Neither
outfit had made any effort at conceal.
ment, but Shelby. fearing the latter
might be camped for breakfast, left
his horse to crop on the short grass,
while he advanced on foot. The trail
was obscure, but not diflcult to fol-
low when once discovered. Hanley
and his companion had not ventured
the passage until dawn, the marks Of
their horses hoofs so fresh as to con.
vince their trailer they were scarcely
beyond the sound Of his voice. He
even found where they had dismount.
ed waiting for daylight, the ground
Uttered with the ends Of burnt ciga-
rettes.
Shelby loitered an hour before ven
turing to follow. There was no other
way out. and so he munched at cold
meal, and permitted the buckskin to
browse along the bank Of the stream,
well concealed by a fringe Of willows.
Then, both horse and man refreshed,
he went forward on foot. leading the
animal. and began the upward climb.
In places It was not unlike q cave,
and Shelby had no idea how far he
had gone. when he suddenly emerged
out from the gloom into the sunlight
Of the summit. with clear view
across the level plateau.
Shelby stopped. holding the horse
back below the summit and gazed anx.
iously about. The soil left no trail
and, with the naked eye. Shelby wal
unable to distinguish q sign Of life
within the radius Of vision. Every
thing had the appearance Of death
the death of ages. He stood upright
and swept the circle with his FIELD
glasses. He was barely In time; FOL
| far OF there to the left, scarcely dis
cernible even then against the black
overhanging ridges Of rock, he made
out two slowly moving objects. The!
were not distinct, he could not have
sworn what they were. but there wal
no doubt in his mind AZ to their iden
tity. He studied them eagerly until
they disappeared down coulee, ant
then carefully marked the course. hi
point Of guidance q high pinnacle o
rock standing out against the sky.
He was an hour reaching this oh
jecuve, but once there he found tn
trail plainly traced along the edge o
the bank. II led in and out amid tn
intricacies Of the hills, taking, Of nee
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because you are q woman,
I guess, and because ! think
you are straight"
gro BE CONTINUEDJ
Bower. Birds Wooinp.

A cynical method Of entlcing a hesi-
tating partner into the bonds OF matri-
mony is furnished by the bower-hird,
which builds a structure OF sticks
formed into kind Of passage or ave
nue. and beautifully Ornamented with
feathers and shells. On Its compile
ton the would-he bridegroom brings
the bird. OF his choice to inspect his
fine establishment and entices her to
share II.
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sYou Are Not Of me Woives' Oen."
together; happen to know that.
What's your namer'
Shelby looked him sQuarely In the
eye.
Churchill"
"Whati Matt talked to me about
that. Fellow named Macklln stalkln'
girl down Ponca way"
"He's got her; 80 Hanley says, an
that's what I'm here fOr-seer
.But you ANT or Churchill. The
way I heard 1t he was sixty anyhow.
an q down-easter."
"Virginia; he's my father"
"Oh. HI, an where you beenr
"SOldierin' mostly"
~ see," his eyes wandered. Sounds
kinder fishy. young Teller, but I amt
In no shape to tell. reckon Matt
Hanley kin straighten It out, an II he
| is down thar, the best thing we kin do
Is 10 take yer long. II yer lynn yell
be d--n sorry fore yer get out ag'in.
I'll tell yer that to begin with, but II
yer game to ride along. wen see yer
get thar all right. Let's hit her up,
| Juan; them Injuns will need us fore
long. Come on. stranger"
He wheeled his horse and rode off
on a sharp trot and the Mexican fol-
lowed. Neither man so much as
glanced back toward Shelby. seeming
" Indifferent as to what he chose to
do. Yet he knew the customs of the
West and that II he failed them now
no future falsehoOd would ever regain
their confidence. He swung into the
saddle and rode silently forward be-
hind Juan. The cattle were still out of
sight ahead, but they could hear the
calls of the drivers. Shelby pressed
his bronco up closer to the Mexican,
who had lit a cigarette.
SIS II far, JuanT' he asked.
"Nom de dos! heard you not
To the Hole you meant Not fur, bu,
rough. senior; yet there is no other
way to get cattle in"
"The man with you; who ia he?"
Juan emitted cloud OF blue smoke
In the air, smiling pleasantly.
"Senor Laud."
"Laudw in undisguised astonish
ment. "What Laudf Not Tndiar
Joe'f"
"Si, senior; they call heem that
confidently. "He vera bad man. 70,
know heem. whatr'
Shelby gripped himself tightly.
"Pve heard Of him. that's all. He
Sioux squawman, but I never knew
what he looked like before"
His pony, no longer urged. fell back
I trailing at the rear of the Others
Juan rode on, unconscious and indii
3 ferent, blowing spirals Of smoke int
the air, and humming the strain o
E some Spanish melody. but Shelby wa
staring beyond him at the red-bearde
( die. So that fellow was "Indian Joe
Laudl As never before he realize
/. to the full the danger into which h
v advanced.
( "Indian Joe" Laudi When hadn
y he heard of him1 For years certainl.
ever since he had been In this mort
country. yet In appearance the fello
Q was not at all what he previOusI
had imagined that desperate to b.
, Laud was gross, bearded. dirty, cOars
e featured; to all appearances a mel
" barrOOm tough, yet no man on Il
frontier had q worse record or VIZ
y more dreaded and despised. Why WI
J. he here stealing cattle on the vel
verge Of Indian wsrf True. hs VI
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Halls Catarrh Medicine

Those who are In q run down" condi-
ton will notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh Is a local disease. 1t Is greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE IL q
Tonic and Blood Purifier and acts through
the blood upon the mucous surfaces Of
the body, thus reducing the Inflammation
and restoring normal conditiona
All druggists Circulars free.
+. J. Cheney G. Co. Toledo. Ohio.
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1921-01-13

An infant In Guiana Ia usually bur-
led In sand up to Its waist whenever
the mother Ia busy, and this Is the
only cradle II ever knows. The little
Lapp on the other hand, fares most
luxuriously In It's mothers shoe.
These Lapp shoes are big Affairs Of
skin stuffed with soft moss, and can
he hung on peg or tree branch safe
~ out OF the way.
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Like and Unlike.
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES

The death Of Anders ZOrn. the ia
nous etcher. brought the talk round to
Whistler. and Pittsburgh poet said:
"Whistler and Walter Slckert were
once printing etchings together. Sick
ert, stumbling, had the misfortune to
drop copper plate.
allow like your said Whistler.
Jelly.
Hardly five minutes late: Whistler,
usually the deftest, surest OF men.
dropped a copper plate himself. He
stopped and picked 1t up. Then he
murmured:
allow unlike met"
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A Clean Send.Away.

A country farmer lad was writing
letter to a city friend. Having no 9TH
er envelope than u very dirty one THAI
he had carried In his pocket for quite
while, he used II. but annexed at the
end of his letter.
up. S.-Please excuse the envelope
II was clean when It left my hands,"
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Different.

"Savages used to paint their faces"
"It's different with civilized man."
commented Mr.. Chuggins. "He crawls
under his car and gets his face
smeared with automobile grease"
The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1921-01-13

The Time IL Ripe.
II want to do something really great
in music"
TRY a jazz symphony"
The New York herald., 1921-10-24
CALLS HAPSBURG COUP
A MENACE TO EUROPE
sVoywaerfs' Warns Workers
to Be on Their Guard.

BERLIN, Oct. 23.--"Froal the Rhine.
from the Elbe, from the Spree and from
every corner Of Germany, mighty
shout goes out to the danube, Long
1--we the Republic says ForsoaeTts.
the socialist organ. in an editorial de-
nouncing former Emperor Charles ana
the Gang OF unscrupulous adventures
whose latest escapade threatens to be-
come menace to the peace Of Europe
The newspaper says It fears even
passing success OF the Hapsburgian
,nonarchical aspirations right result IN
active reaction and similar currents in
Germany" and warns the working
classes TO be on their guard.
The German Government has not been
obl.v!ous to the reaction the events in
Hungary are likely to have on the forth
coming interment Of former King Lud-
wig In Munich. The Nonarchists in
Bavaria arc making elaborate prepara-
tions for the futions for the funeral.
Up to the present time the Central
Government has taken no official notice
of the death OF Ludwig. A request for
information concerning its omission to
express coincidence has been met by a
statement from the Government that It
also dispensed wit, this formality on the
occasion of the death Of the former King
OF Wuerttenburx.
The New York herald., 1921-10-24
SOVIETS ACCEPT OUR
FOOD DRAFT SYSTEM
Deliveries Will Be Made in
Many Large Cities.

Moscow, Oct. 23.-The official ex-
change rates on the dollar reached 105.-
900 rubles on Thursday.
The American Relief Administration
food draft system has been accepted by
the Soviet Government. Deliveries of
food packages will be made in Moscow.
Petrograd, Kazan, Simbirsk, Samara,
Saratov, Ufa. Novorossysk. Tsaritsin
and Orenburg against food drafts
bought in the United States.
NJ. Bogdanoff, chairman of the Eco
non1ic Council, declared that in view
of the lack of big local capital. small
leases Of factories and plants would be
granted on the principle that repay
ment be made to the Government BY a.
certain percentage OF the products.
NJ. Boedanoff said that in 81 few DAYS
he would propose a decree making pos
sible the leasing to private interests OF
the platinum and gold industries In the
Cral.
The New York herald., 1921-10-24
By the Associated Press.

PRAGUE. Czecho- Slovakia, Oct. %
Czecho kia is considered to be COM
mitted to the policy OF absolute opposi-
ton 10 the return OF Charles, Premier
Renes having recently declared that
restoration Of the Hapsourgs would
amount TO 4 casus bel.i.
The Premier. who had been our OF
town. hurriediy returned to Prague and
Summoned the Cabinet TO meet. The
Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Commit
tee viii meet Monday. The Socialists
including the Germans. have called
mass meeting. 1t is considered signifi-
cant that the German clements oppose
Charles.
At the Cabinet council Premier Benes
informed the Ministers that all measures
had been taken TO defend the interests
Of the republic; the accord between the
members OF the Little Entente was CON-
plete. and a full agreement existed FOR
a common line OF action. The diplomatic
steps already taken would be supple
mentcd by military and defensive meas
ures.
The Cabinet resolved on partial MOD
i!lzation. A senli-official statement is'
sued after the council says that the
Government is determined to obtain q
definite settlement Of the Ha, sburg ques-
ton and, in cooperation Wit, the Allies
to do everything necessary to secure the
immediate application OF the treaty o'
peace.
The New York herald., 1921-10-24
COLLEGE GIRLS TURN FIRST
TO NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS
Radcliffe Census Shows What Women Students Prefer
in Their Daily Reading Headlines Play Big
Part in Making Articles Attractive.

the headlines whether they -Aad the
stories
Ony two of the six hundred students
interrogated on the subject OF favorite
sections of the newspapers gave. an
swers to cheer the business managers.
One says bargain ads" the other "aa-
tiaue furniture advertisements"
The sporting news poiied IA votes as
against votes for the women's pages.
Twelve girls say theatrical news is
their favorite food and six come out
boldly for the comic sections. One of
the latter explains that her father is a
minister ard her mother poet, and
that she has TO get laugh out OF life
somewhere.
The newspaper columnists won the
scattered votes OF eight girls: book re-
views had twelve admirers. cartoon'sts
six and poetry one.
One girl, who is specializing in for
eign languages, announced that her IA
vorite section was the puzzle depart
ment.
Another, who is specializing in music
gives her vote to the real estate mar
ket." Twelve girls. or two per cent. OF
the number questioned. confess that
they like the society news most. Twen'
ty-three per cent play safe and say
they have no. favorite section.
OF the dozen girls who read no news
uaper regularly two naively confess
that they were taking their college
training preliminary to going into jour
nalism. The lire forms on this side
FOR the managing editors who want &c
MT in advance bids for their services
They should have a newspaper style
that at least will be all their own.
The New York herald., 1921-10-24
JAPAN STILL AN ALLY,
LONDON REMINDER

LONDON. oct. 23.--In an editorial, un.
der the general heading OF mo F'rills
Wanted at Washington" the SUNDAY
Times. which has no connection with the
London Times, says II could wish for
nothing better than the rewriting OF the
Versailles Treaty at Washington. but
that The Versailles mistakes must bt
avoided. IL continues:
1--WE must begin the new conference
on the theory that there are no GRIM
inals among us. and no saints. At ver-
sa!lles the Allies were Judges. trying ono
who had been heavily defeated in crime.
But IL Is not so now. Japan Is an ally.
not q criminal She In ambitious. but
ambitions are not !rrcconc!lable with the
worlds safety or international Justice.
"Thc firm friendship Of England and
America Is the only foundation OF peace
and liberty. but the most serious obsta :
Gle Is in the assumption Of an extra dose
OF original virtue TO Great Britain and
America"
The New York herald., 1921-10-24
ALL PORTUGAL QUIET
WITH MARTIAL LAW
No Disorders Mark Funerals OF
Officers Killed in Revolt
as Ministry Fell.

LISBON, Oct. 23.-Since the proclama-
throw OF the Ministry last week. perfect
order has been maintained throughout
the country.
There were no untoward incidents to-
day when the funeral OF the naval Of
ficers killed in the revolution of last
week took place. Likewise the funeral
of Admiral Machado dos Santos passed
off quietly.
President Almeida offered the family
Of Premier Granjo "A mausoleum IN
which to place his body, but the widow
of the Premier declined to accept. say
ing she would take the body to north
Portugal for burial.
The Government also offered to hold
funerals at which national honors would
be rendered the other high persons
killed in the disorders, but the families
all declined to accept. saying they de-
sired TO hold private funerals.
Military forces are patroliing the SUBJ
Yrbs with orders to disarln ali civilians
and maintain order at all cost. A Gov
ernnent note repudiates energctically
Sich acts OF the revolutionists as made
victims OF Premier Granjo and others
and announces that the Government VIII
proceed with Investigations 50 as TO De
able to punish those vino took advan'
taee of Wednesdays movement to COM
| NIT acts of personal vengeance.
! 1t is reported that when the Presi.
| dent Of the Republic asked Manuel
| Coeho, who formed a new Cabinet after
| the overthrow of the Granjo Ministry
10 prevent further acts OF violence the
latter replied: ''Those who commit
| them are not men, but wild beasts. IL
| I catch them will have them shot
risk my life but to save the honor OF
the Republic"
| When the British cruiser Calypso was
entering the port to-day one of the guns
| in the fortress which was firing a salute
! exploded, killing one soldier and gravely
in turing three others. British. French
and Spanish warships are now lying II
the Tagus River.
! President Almeida and other Govern
ment officials have promised the widow
Of Minister OF the Colonies Maia, whc
was killed during the disorders las
week. to do their utmost to discover ant
punish the guilty persone. The Minister
OF Commerce and several other promi
nent officials have announced their In
| tention to quit their posts unless thu
| Government takes steps TO apprehent
persons guilty Of the killing Of the MIN
| listers.
The New York herald., 1921-10-24

Special Despatch 10 THE NEW IorK HEsAlr.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Oct. 24.-Radcine
College completed census of its news
paper reading students to-day and def
n..cly >stab,isaed the following facts:
OF the coo students at Radcliffe. 96
per cent. read the newspapers habitually.
95 per cent. read some local (Boston)
paper In addition 20 per cent OF them
read one or moro of their home town
papers. as well.
a questionable which the students
answered for the census demanded In
formation on editorials. headlines ard
"favorite sections" of the readers, and
the range Of answers may help manag-
ing editors solve an age old problem o:
the newspaper world--namely, What do
women really like to read?'
Sixty-two per cent. OF the Radcliffe
girls read the editorials in their news
papers regularly and % per cent. cite
the editorial page as their "favorite Sec
ton" Of the paper. The regular news
columns run second in the 'favorite Sec
ton" answers, 33 per cent of the girls
stating that the days news appeals more
strongly 70 them than editorials. depart
ments or specal features.
Says one young miss, a freshman II
read everything, murders and ALL" Al
If to rebuke this sweeping statement. q
senior gives as her answer: II read the
first page news, exclusive Of murders
and divorces
Thirty eight per cent of the students
confess that usually they read head.
lines only" Forty-four per cent. saJ
they read both headlines and stories. and
10 per cent. say It depends entirely or
The New York herald., 1921-10-24
CHARLES EXPECTED AID
OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Could Hove Gained Throne IN
Former Attempt, He Says.

GENEVA. Oct. 23.-Formcr Emperor
Charles. speaking with an Austrian
aristocrat recently. said. according TO
the Geneva JoG77toi.
Had been willing TO sacrifice human
lives on my last trip 10 Steinamanger |
would be on the Hungarian throne to-
day. shall return shortly. this time
not secretly. but under the protection
OF the League OF Nations. which will re-
spect the rights of peoples to dispose of
themselves. Ana the Magyars demand
the return OF their King.
Nobody did anything against the
Greeks when they recalled their King.
Benes like venizelos, cannot prevent
the course Of history"