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Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10

enough coin TO give the fellow who
will give her a chancester make good
She's goin' ter have cash ter back
her."
'How muchl"
"What's the figure, Dan?"
'Two thousand, besides the. five
hundred already subscribed. WMs
more'n some o, you ducks ever saw"
"Say, Mac, What was the plana Cut
the cards for furst chance?"
"No; this is a sportin' proposition.
with everyone havin' fair SNOWY
explained the saloonkeeper I'VE
sorter picked you boys out as the most
likely runts round town and iHtend
ter lire you up am then let her pick
out the one kshe takes fancy to. IT'S
only fair she has a chance to take'the
duffer she'd rather have"
There was a confused murmur OF
voices, some reckless. others mutter'
i ing opposition. but It was evident the
proposition rather appealed to the ma
| jority, who saw in VI chance for some
unusual fun and excitement, with only
i a vague probability OF being caught
Shelby slipped in word.
"T'll bet five to one," he said quietly,
sthat she turns down the whole gang
"Ter HI she will! Not after she
gets one glimpse o. Cowan. She'll
\ think he owns the town"
"That's 1t, boys! Come on, you
fellers; the bunch o ds don't run no
risk. She'll copper on Cowan an II
she misses him them sideburns O. Ar
| chlbald's will sure get her goat"
; "Is this yere two thousand n sure
/ thing" II was Cowan who asked
somewhat anxlOusly. at amt got M
string tied to it?"
A yell greeted the question, punctu
ated with various remarks.
"Takin' It seriously. old man?"
"GOln' to start an opposition store?'
I ~ guarantee the sum-" said Nc
Carthy. 'every last cent OF II. Who
ever the girl chooses. when he n,arrie'
her. I'll pay him the money. That''
fat an You boys know whose taking.
There was surglrg forward jndi
cative OF readiness. Evidently th'
proposition had caught on. and tn
bunch was eager TO learn the result.
LEAD US to II. Mac" someone crIet
gayly. "glttln' married is my Ion.
suit"
| "All right, boys" and Mc('arth,
glanced at his watch. ~ reckon tn
preacher ought ter have her ready 70
the delegation by this tune Ho,
about II. Tom?"
/ They moved slowly out. jostlin
each other, and indufgiug in hOrs
, play and rsde Jokes, none taking tf
affair seriously, but eager TO learn no
II would terminate.
Mccarthy led the way, direct
acroas the main street, and down q
path past the dance hall. which J
this time was In full blaze. BeyoI
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10

Two tragedies have occurred within
the past few weeks that the citizenship
of the counties Of Magoffin and Nor
gan are responsible, indirectly, for.
I am not intending to pass upon the
rights of the parties engaged in either
case. That is not the province Of a
newspaper. The courts are for the
purpose of deciding upon the guilty
or innocence Of the survivors. But,
nevertheless, II my information is cor
rect, liquors is responsible for both
tradgedies, and the citizenship Of the
two counties are responsible for the
existence of the menace. As write
this have not learned the fate Of the
young man who was wounded In the
last tragedy at Caney, but the tragedy
would not have happened II there had
been no liquor made or sold in that
vicinity.
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10

Tragedies come when we least ex-
pect them and-from sources that are
farthest from our thoughts. Event.
occur that shock and sadden whole
communities. Usually there /. II
cause behind these tragedies tina; is
day to the passiveness of the citizens
Of that community. The mills Of the
gods are constantly gcii:d,.'k and We
cannot escape the penalty Of wrong do
ing. 1t comes to us in ways that we
least expect and sooner or later, in
time or eternity, we will reap as we
SOW. If we refuse to be good citizens,
refuse to lend our aid to all things
that make the community better, we
are responsible for the evils that grow
out Of our Indifference. The punish
ment comes home to us In some form
just as surely as any effect is produced
by any cause.
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10

The Courier has no motive in Its
G'rk save 10 better its home courty.
1t Is trying to do what seems to It
a duty to its people. 1t realizes that a
newspaper is a public servant and has
II duty to preform and 1t has unles-
itatingly raised its voice in protest
against all forms Of evil. And 1t
feels that 1t has done much good. 1t
is freely admitted now that 1t was tn
crusade started by the Courier that
has made West Liberty the cleanest
town, morally. in the mountains. 1t
has felt the bitterness Of those whom
its course has offended. It has had
to Withstand strong pressure exerted
to cause 1t to desist in its course. but
1t has steady pursued what, to 1t,
seemed the path Of duty and has M
malice toward those who sought to In
Jure II. Its attitude In these matters
is always entirely impersonal. II is
the evil itself that 1t seeks to eradicate
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10

Two weeks ago. in this column, !
said that potential murder lurked In
every moonshine still, and that in
every quart Of the deadly stuff was
the possibility Of killing. The truth
Of that is being bourne out. True,
not every man who gets drunk, or
who uses a quart Of liquor, commits
crime, but we never know when the
damnable stuff will steal away the
reason and prompt some act that pro-
vokes crime It is usually the unex-
peceted that happens. But the per-
sisting In wrong win eventually bring
its own punishment. Whether either
of the men who did the shooting were
justifable or not ! do not know. FIRE.
quently men are forced to do things to
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10

Man is accountable for his conduct
in all things. We must not deceive
ourselves with the idea that because
we stay within the pale of the law
we have squared ourselves with God
and man. Good citizenship, true
manliness, is never passive. Refrain
ing from actual wrong is not all that
Is necessary. We have duty in life
that Is beyond the mere attitude of
doing nothing. We may SOW as bit
ter crop to be reaped in the future
BY being passive when 1t is our duty to
be active as by actual acts Of wrong.
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10
AS We SOW.


"The mills of the gods grind slowly,
but they grind exceeding fine" do
not remember who was the originator
Of the above quotation, and it doesn't
matter who said it-all that does mat
ter is is that the thing said is true
The author Of that sentence, however,
was 0 philosopher indeed. In Holy
Writ we find the trite truth that las
we SOW, that shall ye also reap" Be-
cause punishment Is not always i'm
mediate some people get to thinking
that 1t will not come, but the philoso-
pher who observed the truth Of the
above saying had observed that pun
ishment, in one form or another, was
certain. Evidently he was pagan,
for he uses the plural in referring to
to the gods, yet he knew from care
full observation that mankind reaped
what 1t sowed. II the mills of the
gods do grind slowly they grind ex-
ceedingly fine, or, il punishment Is
long delayed 81 grows in severity with
delay.
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10
How's Thisi

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
cstatrh Cure.
=. J. CHENEY q CO.. Toledo. o.
We the undersigned. have known y. J.
Cheney for the last 10 years. and believe
hin perfectly honorable IN all business
transactions and financially able 70 carry
cut any OBLIGATIONS made by his arm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE..
n Toledo, o.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
eeus surfaces OF the system. Testimonials
ssnt free. Price rs cents per bottle. Sold
~ al DrugGistA
Tshs Halls Faiaiiy Pills for constipation.
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10

The excuse of Cain was not accepted
six thousand years ago, and 1t has
never answered to justify the omis
sion of our obvious duty. We are
our brothers keeper and we can not
evadc the responsibility. We owe a
duty to our fellowman and we SOW re-
morse when we neglect it.
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10

'iIiiter before The young lady and have
finally convinced her Of the righteous.
ness Of our purpose DO. fifty express
your state Of mind, my childT
She lifted her eyes slightly, a red
flush burning on either cheek.
II suppose so; that's what you told
me TO say"
(This interesting story will be con.
tinued in our next issue. II you are
not a subscriber send US $1.50.} .
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10
Beware q, Green Annles.

A green little boy in a green little way,
A green little apple swallowed one
day;
Now the green little grasses tenderly
wave
Der the green little apple boys green
little grave.
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10

save themselves that they do not want
to do, but in all affrays of this kind
some one is the aggressor, and in prac-
ticaly all cases liquor is the cause Of
the aggression.
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10

Welcome 1 Change--Journalist-..T
have an idea for a newspaper article
that will strike new note
Editor-"Good, Most newspaper ar
ticles merely note u new strike-'--
London Weekly Telegram.
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10
we are authorized to announce
ID. w. GARDNER,

Of Salyersville, as candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Circuit
Judge of the 36th Judicial district. sub
ject to the August primary, 1921
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10

we are authorized to amouucs {
l CLIFFORD c. MAyS:i
Of Liberty Road, as a&7 !"
the Democratic nowth Dist
resemtative Of " Of the
iect to the
mary, 1a-
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10
ANNOUNCEMENTS
we are authorized to announce

CHAS. ID. AliNEfT,
" West Liberty. as a candidate fr
tile Democratic nomination for Circuit
Judge, OF the se Judicial District. sub
leet to the action of Agust primary
1921.
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10
We are authorized to announce
FLOYD ARNETT

as = candidate for the Demoeratic
Iuominaiion for Commouwealth's At
It6rney of the seth judicial District
subject 10 the August primary. 1920
Licking Valley courier., 1921-02-10
Dr.. Miles
Heart Treatment

has been used with wonder
ful suctess in all functional
heart troubles for more
than thirty years. Try a
bottle today. Delays are
dangerous. Your druggist
sells Dr., Miles Medicines
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Larches with his semi-conscious bur
den, get to his car, and drive off. 1t
all seemed SO easy that he laughed. -.
But there were n or two factors
that he had forgotten, and the first
and most important one was the mar
upstairs. The window was thrown up
suddenly, and the man leaned out way
Ing his arms. He was still gasping
with the strength Of the ammonia, but
Hugh saw him clearly In the light from
the room behind. And as he cursed
himself for q fool In not having tied
him up, from the trees close by there
came the sharp clang of metal.
With a quick catch in his breath he
began to run. The wv men who had
rushed past him before he had entered
the house, and whom, Save for q pass
ing thought, he had di~sregarded, had
become the principal danger. For he
had heard that clang before; he re-
membered Jem Smiths white horror
struck face, and then his sigh of re-
lief as the thing-whatever II was
was shut in Its cage. And now 1t Was
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Copyright by Geo h DoTon 20

Half-cOnsciOuSly Hugh listened. out,
now that the moment for action had
come, every faculty was concentrated
on his own job. He saw half a dozen
men 90 rushing out into the garden
through a side door, and then two
more ran out and came straight toward
him. They crashed past him and went
on into the darkness, and for an In
slant he wondered what they were
doing. A little later he was destined
to find out.
Then came a peal at the front-door
bell, and he determined to wait no
longer. He darted through the gar
den door, to find a flight Of stairs In
front Of him, and in another moment
he was on the first floor. He walked
rapidly along the landing, trying to
find his bearings, and, turning a corner,
he found himself at the top of the
main staircase-the spot where he had
fought Peterson two nights previous
ly.
He walked quickly on to the room
which he calculated was the one where
he had seen the shadow on the blind.
Without q seconds hesitation he flung
the door open and walked In. There
lying In the bed, was the American,
while crouched beside him, with a re-
volver In his hand, was a man. .
For a few seconds they watched one
another In silence, and then the man
Strengthened up.
"The soldier" he snarled. "You
young pup!"
Deliberately, almost casually, he
raised his revolver, and then the un-
expected happened. A Jet Of liquid
ammonia struck him full in the face,
and with a short laugh Hugh dropped
his water-pistol in his pocket, and
turned his attention to the bed. Wrap
ping the millionaire In a blanket, he
picked him up, and, paying no more
attention to the man gasping and chok-
ing In a corner, he raced for the back
stairs.
Below he could hear Jerry hiccough-
ing gently, and explaining to the pro
pro . pritor that he per-
shonally would repair . inshisted
on repairing . any and every
gate posht he posshessed. . . . And
then he reached the garden.
Everything had fallen out exactly
as he had hoped, but had hardly dared
to expect. He heard Peterson's voice,
calm and suave as usual, answering
Jerry. From the garden in front came
the dreadful sound of a duet by Algy
and Peter. Not a soul was in sight |;
the back Of the house was clear. All
that he had to do was to walk quietly
through the wicket-gate to The
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SYNOPSIS

PRoLOGUE-In december, 1918, four men
gathered in a hotel in Berne and heard
one of the quartet outline a plan to paralyze
Great Britain and at the same time seize
world power. The other three, Hooking
American, and Steineman and Won GratZ,
Germans. all millionaires, agree to the
scheme, providing another man. Hiram
Potts. an American. is taken in. The In
stigator OF the plot gives his name as
Comte de Guy, but when he leaves for
England with his daughter he decides to
use the name Carl Peterson.
CHAPTER Il Capt. Hugh (Bulldog)
~Drummond, a retired officer, advertises Tor
work that will give him excitement, sign
ing "Xlo." AS a result he meets Phyllis
Benton, a young woman who answered his
ad. She tells him of strange murders and
robberies of which she suspects a band
headed by Carl Peterson and Henry Laking-
ton of being the leaders.
CHAPTER U.-Drummond decides to go
to The Larches, Miss Benton's home. An
attempt is made on the road to wreck his
machine when another, occupied by Peter
son, Lexington and a strange man, blocks
the road. While dining with Phyllis Benton
and her father Drummond hears a terrible
shrek at The Elms. During the night
Drummond leaves The Larches and explores
The Films. He discovers Lexington and
Peterson using a thumbscrew on an Ameri-
can who signs a paper. rescues
the American after a struggle and takes
him to his home. The man is Hiram c.
Potts.
CHAPTER III.-Peterson visits umm
the next day. departing with a threat to
return later and recover Potts and also a
torn paper which Drummond seized the
night of the fight. With the aid Of Peter
Darrell, an old army friend, Drummond ar
ranges to hide Potts, and substitute in his
place one Mullings. a demobilized soldier,
who is seized by Peterson and his gang
and taken to The Elms, along with Drum
mond. -
CHAPTER IV.-When Peterson discovers
the hoax is escorted, by 1rma TO
a room where he is to stay for the night.
During the night Drummond is exploring
the house when he gets in a strange room
in which is a cobra. He escapes, but on the
stairs has a fall in the dark.
CHAPTER V.-Drummond enlists the aid
of Algy ~Longworth, Toby Sinclair, Ted
birmingham and Jerry Seymour, the latter
an aviator. after an encounter
with the pseudo Potts. meets Irma talking
to the marquis of Laidley and suspects the
gang is plotting for the Laidley jewels.
Drummond and his friends are gassed as
they sit in his apartment. Lexington car
ries off Potts.
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PUT WATER IN MILK
(To be c%ontinued)

Put water in milk before milking.
There is perhaps no one thing of
which cows are in more need during
this hot weather than a plentiful sup
ply of good, clean, cool, fresh water
says Horace NJ. Jones, extension dairy
specialist at State college. milk is
about 81 per ent water and a cow re-
quires about three pounds of water for
each pound of milk produced. This
gives some idea of the great amount
of water which a dairy COW will drink
when she has access to it. The exact
amount depends upon the cow, the
time of the year, the amount of milk
she gives, and the feed which she is
getting. II is good practice to provide
an abundance of fresh water, cool in
summer and warm in winter"
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"kiil Him Now-Throw Him In a Cor.
ner and Let Us Proceed"

an accident in the night; In a house
like this n never can tell. Or
he carefully cut the end off a cigar
"you might 90 mad. in which case we
shouldn't bother to kill you. In fact,
If you go mad, we shall not be dis
pleased"
Once again he smiled genially.
"As l said before, In a house like
this, you can never tell. . :"
The inundated rabbit, breathing
heavily, was staring at Hugh fascin-
ated and after a moment Hugh turned
to him with a courteous bow.
"Laddie," he remarked, you've been
eating onions. Do you mind DETECTING
the blast in the opposite directionT"
His calm imperturbabillty seemed to
madden darlington.
"You wait" he snarled thickly; "you
wait till I've finished with you. You
won't be so ID humorous then. . :"
Hugh regarded the speaker languid-
ly.
"YOur suppositiOn is more than prob
able," he remarked, in a bored voice.
II shall be too intent on getting into
a Turkish bath to remove the contain
ination to think of laughing"
Slowly Lexington sank back In his
chair, a hard, merciless smile on his
lips and for a moment or two there
was silence in the room. It was broken
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CHAPTER VII,
In Which He Spends an Hour or Two
on a Roof.
E..

Drummond paused for a moment at
the door Of the sitting room, then with
a slight shrug he stepped past Peter
son. During the last few days he had
grown to look on this particular room
as the private den Of the principals Of
with Peterson himself. suave, impas-
sive, ruthless; with the girl Irma, per-
fectly gowned, lying on the sofa, smOk-
ing innumerable cigarettes. and mani
curing her already faultless nails; and
In a lesser degree, with Henry Laking-
tons thin, cruel face, and blue, staring
eyes.
But tonight q different scene con-
fronted him. The girl was not there;
her accustomed place or the sofa was
occupied by an unkempt-looking man
with a ragged beard. At the end Of
the table was a vacant chair, on the
right Of which sat Lexington regard
ing him with malevolent fury. Along
the table on each side there were half
q dozen men, and he glanced at their
faces. Some were obviously foreign
ers; some might have been anything
from murderers to Sunday school
teachers. There was one with spec
tacles and the general appearance Of
an inundated rabbit, while his neigh
Dor, helped by a large red scar right
across his cheek, and two bloOdshOt
eyes, struck Hugh as being the sort
Of man with whom one would not
share a luncheon basket.
Peterson's voice from Just behind
his shoulder reused him.
"Permit me, gentlemen, to introduce
to you Captain DrummOnd, d. s. o.,
NJ. c., the originator Of the little en-
tertainment we have just had"
Hugh bowed gravely. "My only re-
greet is that 1t failed to function" he
remarked. "As | told you outside, I'd
quite forgotten your menagerie. In
fact'-his glance wandered slowly and
somewhat pointedly from face to face
at the tablet had no idea II was
such a large one."
$50 this Is the insolent young swine,
IS itT The bloodshot eyes Of the man
with the Scared face turned on him
m~orosely. "What I cannot understand
is why he hasn't been killed by now"
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FOUR.

At a quarter to ten he backed his
not far from the gate Of The Elms.
Save for a light in the sitting-roOm
and one In a bedroom upstairs, the
front Of the house was in darkness,
and, treading noiselessly on the turf,
he explored all round it. There was
n bedroom light at the back Of the
house, and thrown on the blind he
could see the shadow of q man. AS
he watched, the man got up and
moved away, only to return in a mo-
ment or two and take up his old posi-
ton.
ITS one of those two bedrooms"
he muttered to himself, IF he's here
at ALL"
Then he crouched in the shadow of
some shrubs and waited. Through
the trees to his right he could see The
Larches. and once, with a sudden
Quickening Of his heart, he thought he
saw the outline Of the girl show up
in the light from the dr%awing-room.
But 1t was only for a second, and
then 1t was gone. .
He peered at his watch: 1t was just
ten o'clock. The trees were creaking
gently in the faint wind; all around
him the strange night noiseS-noises
which play FRANKS with q mans
nerves-were whispering and mutter-
ing. Bushes seemed suddenly to conn
to life, and move; eerie shapes
crawled over the ground toward
him-fgures which existed only in
his imagination. And once again tho
thrill of the night stalker gripped
him.
He remembered the German who
had lain motionless for an hour in q
little gully by Hebuterne, while he
from behind q stunted bush had tried
to locate him. And then that one
creak as the Boche had moved his leg.
And then . the end. On that
night, too, the little hummocks had
moved and taken to themselves
strange shapes: fifty times he had
imagined he saw him; fifty times he
knew he was wrong-in time. He
was used to 1t; the night held no
terrors for him, only e fierce excite
ment. And thus 1t was that as he
crouched In the bushes, waiting for
the game to start, his pulse was as
normal, and his nerves as steady as
If he had been sitting down to supper.
The only difference was that In his
hand he held something tight-gripped.
At last family in the distance he
heard the hum of q car. Rapidly 1T
grew louder, and he smiled grimly to
himself as the sound Of five unme-
lodious voices singing Justify struck
his. ear. They passed along the road
in front of the house. There was a
sudden crash-then silence; but only
for q moment.
Peters voice came first:
"You priceless old ass, you've
rammed the blinking gate"
1t was Jerry Seymour who then
took up the bawl. His voice was In
tensely solemn-also extremely loud.
"Preposhterous. Perfectly preposh-
ferrous. We must go and apologize
to the owner. . Il Il =.
absolutely . . d. mustn't apologize.
Quite objectionable. . Z.
You can't go about country Z.
knocking down gates. Out OF
Queshtion.
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New s125.oOo Girls Dormitory at State
College
Two Exclusive Dry Goods and Ladies' Fur
nishing Store.
Good Volunteer Fire Department with
Motor Equipment.
Brookings Produce Co., Cash Market for
All Farm Products.
South Dakota State College OF Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts.
Brictson Manufacturing Company, makers
of the Brictson Tire Tread.
New 5000. 900 administration Building at
South Dakota State College.
Surrounded by the Best Farming Land in
the State, Where Crops are Sure and Boun-
tiful.
Municipality Owned Telephone. Electric
Light, Heating and Water Works Plants.
Strong Commercial Club with 200 Mem
bers in Good Standing. Fine Club Rooms.
Brookings is Located on the Main Line of
the C. & NV. Ry. from Chicago to Pierre.
the Capital OF the State. Also Headquarters
for Train Crews Running North to Water
town and on to Redfeld and Gettysburg.