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body could ever understand II but II
cant be are you serious elizabeth.
well said yes | mean II. pat shook
her head sorrowfle and said tell me
M about II elizabeth deer. when I
had told her the hole story about II
we went up stares Pat went 10 a
closet and got butile dress my size.
I ordered this the day before you left
ne pat said but II mite half to be al
tered. vile you are dressing pat said
/ will speak 10 Mrs. Dale over the
telephone. PAT said yore mother has
softencd tord her son and ! promised
to tell her any news | had conserving
him. said al rite.
pat was gone down stares talking
over the telephone for a long time and
when she returned 90 me I was dressed
and We went down stnres together
md the new dress diddent half 10 be
altered. after dinner was over me- and
pat went TO swing nj ;he end ~
wanda which had iim lite on 81
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50 very odramatic. And yet. II
was 50 gr.miy real, and his hopes
seemed =" '''n. ..
The Mog,'ands and rhr l.itllefords
would eventually i"aru 'l" ruth and
make tie Balls aud rorrry> pay il
dear price. go doubt. hut ,hat-that
wouldn't give him back his life.
The men were divided into two
watches. TIE first was 10 remain
awake aud ON guard until midnight,
and the oth,r was 20 20 ou duty from
midnight uiil dawn. The second
watch, with which was the factions
leader, nua % u.gutcup 81 the yiriolic
whisky. nuY- itself spHwlms on the
ground amt sjraishwal vent to sleep.
The first watch sat around the
cracking hrlshwood Gre aud played
cards for chtWs ~ tobacco, cartridges
aud pocket nnives. sang strange and
outlandish songs and DRINK more
whisky. One very drunk T0rrey gam.
bled away all his tobacco, all his cart
ridges. his knife his rifle aud his belt,
his coat and his hat, his boots md his
shlrt--and offered TO bet his trousers
and his ears on Tie turn of q single
card II was funny. aud II was dis
gushing, tpr. ], was all 'he work OF
whisky. which Bill Dale had always
hated because IL made men fools. made
them mouth their secrets and made
them commit murder. =.
After some two hours OF these worse
than bncchnnnilaD orgies the nrst
watch, heavy with drink. stopped play
Ing cards and singing outlandish
songs, forget nl orders and began TO
nod. Then II was that Dale thought
OF the man Who had been his faithful
guardian FOR many days, the ianky
ny Heck. why hadn't he thought OF
Heck beforei lie wondered II Heck
had followed him 10 the trap, II Heck
was near HIN even then. II Heck had
gone for help
BY Heck had not followed Biii Dale
TO the little basin. But be had fol-
lowed Henderson Con. and Henderson
Goff had followed Dale 10 the little
basin. Con had returned TO the Big
Pine Mountain country only that dry
and he knew nothing VI the plans OF
the BallTorrey faction until he wit
messed the meckery Of Frlal. Con
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Iseai myself with pen In hand TO drap
you n few lines TO let You know | am
well hoping you the same. well bill
! have some news to tell you about
what happened when got back hear
and since got back and hear IL is.
the first person seen when got
10 the rallr0de stashun was jimmy
Jayne and he was dressed up like n
millionalr and reckon he is one. he
took me in his moter car up TO pats
horse. pairsha you know pat she
Rugged me and Jimmy left rite away
but said he would be back. | asked
pat had she heard about yore trubble
bin and she answered no what then
told her bout you and the lowdown
black adam ball bill and she said pore
old bill he had such q high temper no
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CHAPTER XIV.


The Moreland Coal compapy's tive
big rough buildings were completed
In record time. There had en- no
further manifestations OF interi renee
from the Balls and Torreys, and Hen.
derson Con hsd been nowhere IN EVIL
dence since the night OF Bill Dale's
ironclad verbal ultimatum. Work on
the little railroad was progressing like
wildfire, and everybody was in high
spirits.
BY Heck hal just arrived with the
mail. He stalked with an air OF great
importance into Dale's Office, and
threw the mail down on the new roll
top desk then he stepped backward,
dropped into straight-back chair and
began to nurse his rife tenderly on
his knees. There was puzzled look
on his leathery face. Dale had re
ceived half dozen letters, and BY
Heck was at loss to figure out the
why of such an overwhelming amount
OF mail.
Dale finished his figuring. leaned
back In his swivel chair and took up
letter that seemed altogether too
bulky for business letter. More
over. IFS address was In pencil, and
somewhat scrawled. though n chirog.
raphy expert would have said that
the handwriting showed strength OF
character.
81 wonder who IL Is" Dale muttered,
that mistakes MS for Il newspaper
ONCE aud is sending us copy
"Jest what was a-thinkin',
drawled BY Heck through his Niagara
Falls mustache, open her up, Bill;
mebbe It's money. by jake
Dale saw the postmark then, and
his brows drew with interest. II was
the posimark OF his old home city.
From Babe" he told himself-and
Il was.
He opened IL and read II. She had
spelled most of her words correctly,
but the only punctuation she used was
period and her capitals were few.
For wonder, she had put IL into
paragraphs:
Mr.. bill Dale.
gainesville.
tennessee.
Kind friend.
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n old Bal accepted.
But Judge Ball didn't accept. Doubt.
less he remembered his son Adams
fight with Dale.
The CANT be no fightln' In COTE"
he said. "You sh'll hang by the neck
ontel dead, az sunrise In the mornln'."
There was humble OF approval
from the Others. Doubtless they, too,
remembered that the young man whom
they held captive had once whipped
Black Adam Ball. the mountalneer
Goliath, with his bare hands. They
did not have the one good trait that
Dale had hoped they possessed; while
they must have admired him for his
courage, they were afraid 10 fight him
without weapons. Dale recalled the
ssct that the Balls were not originally
hlllfolk. but lowlanders who had taken
10 the mountains In order TO avoid
being forced 10 fight during the Civil
war, people without n principle.
The Cherokee Torreys, OF course, were
even worse.
hillN. hNlN, hlllN WIN turner
called tauntlnrly again. HE walked
into the rap Ike pore little kitty y
A pillow me OF half-inch cotton rope
was pr,rIcsd. and the condemned
man was securely hound. standing on
his feet and facing outward to The
big walnut. Desperate as was his
case, Dale couldn't help being trlfe
amused % that part Of II. II was
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old Bah lcyclcd @ tuo'ty furchuser
inward Hir Dale
"Fo' the KILN a my son Adam
he pronounced sentence. you Shll
hang by the neck untcl dead, from "a
lint o THIS here wafuu' trce toy gon-
mics. m sunrise IN the mufuin'"
Although be- had well kuoWn what
the sentence would be, Dale went sud
dcnly aSa,L. TTru he 'opk . hrm
grin on himself aLd hsgun To reason.
He could NOT hope. he decided. thai
the Morr,iuds aud tie Litllelords
would inl him before the sun rose.
They would MISS him, OF course, and
they would suspect foul play and look
for him: hui finding him IN that Wild
erncss--ii was Impossible. II berame
plain TO him that he would have To
save himself II he we're saved. he
believed his hest chance my m his
throwing Tint he was anything hui
coward the worst mouniuineer. he
knew, u.!n.ired brave man.
Sc he turned slightly toward the
sesfApsinted judge and asked calm
":
lie thrre anything really EaiDs
absnt you;"
.shpre. by gonnies" quickly. I'm
All game. Tin the Teller ut Shove"
whdeats how 10 hght What abon'
uf'
an zee N you're all game" Dale
raid. and he smiled when he spoke.
sTfi make you this proposition: ~
fGht any ten of you two at O time.
win Ave minutes rest between. fights
n whip them all 20 free, ana "
I don't whip them oil hang lmmeGl'
ntely. All partles 10 be barehanded,
no gun. and no knives Are you that
gsmer
era...-ll.-I.-would have been q
ts.nr welt nigh impossible TO do. much
) a Dale knew OF the pugilistic art,
great as was his strength and endur'
enee. But now most OF those about
Dale were drunk and therefore weak
eoed, and he believed he had chance
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PAT spoke all o. student and said
to me how would you like to 10 TO
live with Mrs. Dale bills mother. 1
remembered haddent liked yore moth
CT bill cause OF what she said about
me and ! got abont half mad. don't
You want me TO live hear with you
pat asked
OF course pat said ide be glad TO
have you but Mrs. Dale wants you
too pat said. her treatment OF her
son which is YOU bill has most broke
her hart pat said. pat said ihe only
hold Mrs. Dale has on her son 10
through you elizabeth and she Is Q
sad and remOrsefe woman. then I
got TO thinking bill mite be the cause
OF bringing peece between you and
yOre parents and so told pat ! would
20 and ! did. ime glad said pat but
lme sorry TO lose you but Il Is the best
way and we can see each other often
cant We deer.
weIl bill IL wassent long until bic
moter car called around az pats for
me and setting In the hind seat was
yore father hsseif John Dale. he
helped me into The ear with him and
he seemed glad TO see me. after we
Stoii saieh good morning. aud 40 forth
49, saIff anxious like. nov elizabeth
please tell me all about biis trouble
for patrisha mite have omitted some
thing you know. NJ first / was awful
afesrd Of him but soon got 70 like
ing him bne and told him about You
ana that lowdown black adam bak
from beginning 10 end and when tolu
him about the iite In the river he
yrlnned AMI iIinned and said you al
ways was jam fun OF the he stun.
hell come out Of II all rite The worst
of IL is his huveing To stay ~ jail untiil
the trial comes of said your father
at the nexI term of cote. weed bet
ter see II we can't get him out on
bond he said haddent we elizabeth and
I said yes bill ! found yore mother
indede sad woman. there wassenI
much about her 20 remlne me VI the
time when she called me savaJe
person. she said am deited you came
elizabeth and cride little j couldent
help IL when ! jest half 10 cry JEST
half 70 cry and nothing else don't help
u bit. Because she kissed Inc bill.
well bill yOre father he wired the
athorties in cartersville and found out
that Gale Moreland had confessed to
the shooting Of black adam and you
was free and IL has set his mind at
rest. but il diddent set my mind at rest
for because no the mountain hart.
know Gale MOrelaud is Jest takeing
y0re place In jail until the day Of the
trial for that ls the way NJ the More
lands. pore Gale is good boy. am
doing fine hear bill but often wish
could have old Doe River hear 70 sing
me to sleep like il used TO. yore moth
er Is teaching me how to read and rite
and spell ike pat dld and ! am learn
ing fast. you can see by this letter
i can rite an spell fine cant j.
well bin Kind friend jimmy fayue
has ics sent yore mothers made up
hear to ask II he can see ne and
Continued on page g.
, 1921-06-09
COMFORT FOR SITTING HENS
Give "sroodies" Nests Where They
Will Not Be Disturbed During
Period OF Incubation.

prepared by the United States DEPART
ment of Agriculture)
There are several ways to tell when
a hen is becoming broody and wants
to sit. Soft, downy feathers are left
In the nest the hen stays on the
nest longer when laying. On being APP
preached she will remain on the nest,
making a chuckiIg noise and rufiiing
her feathers. When one Is reasonably
sure that the hen is broody, and her
breast feels warm TO the hand, she
is ready to be transferred TO the nest
previously prepared where she is to
sit.
AT this time it is advisable to dust
the hen thoroughly with insect powder.
In doing so hold the hen by the feet
with the head down. working the pow
der well into the feathers, especially
those around the vent and under the
wings. The sitting hen should be
busted again on or about the eight
eenth day of incubation to be sure
that no lice are present when the
chicks are Matched. Powder should
also be sprinkled in the nest. Sodi-
OAN may NC uHth " liz Dul-
pose, say poultry specialists OF the
United States Department of Agri-
culture.
When possible the nest should be
In some out-of-the-way place, where
the hen will not be disturbed. Night
Is the best time for moving the hen
from the regular laying nest to the
one she is TO sit on. She should be
handled carefully. A china egg or
two should be PLACED In the nest,
n a board or a covering may be
placed over h nest so that the hen
Will not get of. Toward the end of
the second day go quietly to the nest,
leave some feed and water, and re-
move the covering from the top or
front of the nest, so that she can
come off when ready. The best feed
for the sitting hen is whole corn or
wheat. or both. Should she return
to the nest after feeding, replace the
china egg with those to he incubated.
The nest should be slightly dark
ened, as the hen is then moi so likely
to become restless.
In cool weather ii is best not to
, 1921-06-09
School Gardens.

Is there ground available for scnool
gardensI Some schools have rented
vacant lots and fields near the school
house for their gardens and have sue
ceeded In earning money on them.
which has been used for other school
projects or equipment. A certain
school has an orchard OF 100 trees, in
which the children are given practical
instruction on The care OF fruit trees /;
the profit from the sale OF the fruit
goes to the school and the orchard
serves as a model for the community.
Is II possible or advisable In your
school TO have gardens and orchards
so managed that they will make sub
stHntial contributions TO the upkeep
OF various school activities. and at
the same time provide valuable practi-
cal laboratory training for the pupils7
This is Il community problem, which
may be solved best, perhaps, by gem
eral discussion.
, 1921-06-09

put more than 10 eggs under "A hen.
Later in the spring. however, from II
TO 10 eggs can he set, according TO the
size of the hen.
When several hens are sitting in
h same roo they should be sep
arated by partitions and should he
kept on the nests and allowed to come
off only once each day to receive
feed and water. A hen hat does not
voluntarily come of the nest should
be taken off. AS a rule hens will re-
turn to their nests before there is
any danger Of the eggs chilling, but
II they do not 20 back in half an hour
they should be put back.
Examine and clean the nest care
fully, removing any broken Eggs and
washing those that are soiled. Nest
ing material soiled by broken eggs
should be replaced with clean straw.
hay. or char. Nests containing brok-
IN eggs soon become infested with
mites and lice, which will cause the
hens TO become uneasy and leave the
nest. This Is likely TO be the cause
of the loss of valuable sittlngs OF
eggs. When n nest Is Infested with
mites. the hen, II fastened In, will
often be found standing over rather
than sitting on the eggs.
Eggs laid late In winter or early
In spring are frequently lnfertlle, and
for that reason II is advisable 10 set
several hens at the same time. After
from five 10 seven days incubation.
the time depending somewhat on the
color and thickness OF the shells, the
eggs should be tested, the infertile
and dend-germ eggs removed and the
fertile ones returned TO the hens. Thus
In many Instances all the eggs re-
manning under several hens may be
placed under n or two. and the hens
from. which the eggs were taken may
be reset. For instance, 30 egas are set
under 3 hens az the same time, that
is, 10 under each hen. At the end OF
I days. at which time the eggs should
be tested. Il may be found that 10 are
infertile or have dead germs. leaving
only 20 fertile eggs. These 20 Eggs can
then be put under the two hens, and a
new sitting placed under the third
hen.
, 1921-06-09
Home bwn
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LOOK TO FUTURE EXPANSION
Civic Bodies Of Kansas City Are Show
ing a Spirit Well Worthy Of
Emulation.

Just how valuable II may be to pre-
pare for the orderly development OF
a city lndustrially is indicated in Il
piece of work which is now being
undertaken by the city-planning com
mission and the chamber Of
of Kansas City. The industrial depart
ment of the chamber aims to make
Il survey of industrial conditions in
Kansas City which it may use in its
own work, and the planning commits
sion will seek much additional data
through the survey which may be used
to excellent purpose by various COM
mlttees of the commission, by the in
dustries themselves and by other
agencies concerned with the most bust
nesslike and systematic expansion Of
the entire city.
What h planning commission de-
sires to ascertain in this respect is
just what the most progressive and
far-seeing business man would have
In order to make possible the best
development of his interests. The
commission already has committees
at work obtaining facts about Kansas
City's present status and probable flu
ture expansion In respect to CONNER
cial, residential and industrial dis
%tricts; recreation facilities, highways
n transportation conditions; and II
has prepared a basic map which
makes coming OF the city possible. But
the necessity of obtaining such facts
as these about the city's Industries,
as well as the value OF the facts, is
at once evident:
What industries has the city?
What is likely to he the expansion
of these periods of ten, twenty or
thirty years?
Where will the expansion be7
What additional Industries is Kansas
City likely to have?
Where will they be placed?
Where will the additional employees
live?
, 1921-06-09
DENVER LIVE STOCK.
Cattle.

All classes of beef steers moved
slowly. Quotations on best heavy
weight stock ranged from S7,25 to
$3.50. Good types sold at 81 and S7.l5,
with more common stock at $500 and
down. one load of desirable light
weight mixed yearling steers and heif-
ers sold for $7.S5. the top sale OF the
day. Another string OF mixed year.
ltnEs brought S7.75.
Cows and heifers moved but little
better than Def steers. The best fe-
males in the offering, one load Of
lightweight mixed cows and hetfcrs.
sold for $500 A small string Of light
weight cows found an outlet at $3.50.
Good grades OF heavy cows were
quoted from Sc to S6.35. one load Of
1~.232-pound stock selling at the latter
price.
Fair kinds Of females brought quota
common types at $4.75 and down.
Little business was transacted on
the s~toclSer department. Inquiry was
slightly stronger than on "Wednesday.
standstill. Quotations on stock cows
and heifers ranged from 81 to IS. with
steers from s. TO $6.25.
Hogs.
Top hogs sold at $7.75, one drove OF
ten head Of strictly choice light weight
stock selling at this level. Another
load sold for s7.G5, which was carload
TOP Others found an outlet at $3.50,
from $3.50 to $40 Extreme heavy
and cutout hogs were quoted around
the SO mark.
Few pigs were offered. Inquiry was
fair, but In sympathy with the recent
declines N hog values, the undertone
$500. '
The offering Of the sheep market
consisted Of ten carloads OF California
, 1921-06-09
MARKETS
- Furnished by --
v. s. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, D. C.
tw-l,rn Newspaper Union New. s,riOs.l

Western Newspaper Union News ssuiee.l
Fruits and Vegetables.
Sacked round white potatoes down
20 2Sc per 100 pounds at Minnesota
sshhippin points, reaehing 6Sg 6oe.
SO q CSC. South Carolina Irish cobblers
continued to decline in eastern mar
Ssis s S.Ssing r5 ss:2STs,7S Ph,!adel5
200 per cloth top Stat barrel.
May wheat Jumped to 21.S7, the high
est price OF the season. on the 31st, fol-
lowing declining prices due to good
rains In Southwest and reports OF
wheat shipped to Chicago to deliver on
contracts. Trading on the 3lst was OF
an evening up character with price
hanses uncertain and wild at times.
Bullish reports on winter wheat by
private experts and removal of UNI
certainty regarding May future caused
an active market on the first and July
advanced to a new high level. Senti-
ment more bullish. Government weekly
crop and weather report shows de-
terioration in Kansas. Corn active and
advanced readily. Cash market firm.
country offerings rather small IN ac-
count of bad condition of country
roads and press of farm work. In Chi
caSo cash market No. 2 red winter
wheat, sl.57; No. 2 hard, s1.57; No. 3
mixed corn. 65c: No. 3 yellow corn,
65c: No. 3 white oats, Ale. For the
week Chicago July wheat up 4Nc at
.1.S7h July corn up 2%c at 66Ac.
Minneapolis July wheat down 3Mc at
sl32R; Kansas City July up &c at
3isoh; Winnipeg July up az at
Demand very quiet. Eastern markets
duh. Some accumulation in central
western markets during holiday caused
declines of 50cus1. Country loading
very light. No. ! timothy quoted New
$40. Cincinnati s20.50, Atlanta $29. No.
alfalfa, Memphis $26. Atlanta 500.
No. l prairie, Kansas City {l4.
Feed.
Market fairly steady. Wheat feeds
down about 81. Linseed meal up soc
In many markets. Cottonseed meal dis
plays an easier tendency. Corn feeds,
alfalfa meal and other feed prices well
maintained: demand light; stocks and
receipts good. Minneapolis reports
market weak on freer offerings OF
wheat feeds and linseed meal. Kansas
city and st. Louis market draggy.
Live stock and Meats.
Chicago hog prices declined % 435c
net per 100 pounds the past week. Beef
steers and butcher cows generally Csc
higher. Feeder steers steady. Fat
lambs up 25c. Fat ewes down 5O975c.
June / Chicago prices: Hogs. bulk OF
sales. s7.75QS.lO; medium and good
and heifers. s4.5OQs.75; feeder steers,
s7ooQs25; light and medium weight
Ql2.25: yearlings, $6.75 1850; fat
ewes. $500 4.75..
Stocker and feeder shipments from
II important markets for the week
ending May 27th were: Cattle and
calves, 32,737; hogs. S,074; sheep. 1914,
Dairy Products.
Butter market steady during the
week under fairly active storing demand
but prices practically unchanged. Clos
inE prices. 81 score: New York 29c
| Chicago rs nc, Philadelphia and Boston
soc.
Cotton.
Spot cotton prices declined 9 point
the past week. closing ll.5lc pc
pound. New York futures down i
points at l2.74c.
, 1921-06-09

The city plan has been tried in
many cities with success. ST. Louis
and Milwaukee are examples. I'm
der such a plan the city does not re-
peat obvious mistakes. AT present
the man who builds a home has no
assurance That "A filling station will
not be his next-door neighbor tomor-
row, He may move into another dis
trlct and Inter see a factory shut on
his Hight and air. The city plan idea,
summed up, is that there Is "a place
for everything aud that everything
should De In Its place, The only way
that Idea can be- made effective Ia
through laws giving the planners the
, 1921-06-09
HOW CITY CONSERVED TREES
Los Angeles Built "island" Around
Unusually Fine Cluster in Path
of Grading.

When the city Of Los Angeles re-
Gently cut North Broadway through
Holgate square there was n clump of
fine old pepper trees directly in the
path of h grading. SO the city,
rather than cut the trees down. built
an island" around them. An I'M
usual feature OF the island is an or
namental drinking fountain which
, 1921-06-09

II the house can be brought around
will have the greatest navy in the
world. But the difference of view
of the two chambers is represented
Just now by some sos. 600, 1000, and IL
may be a long time before an agree
ment is reached. BY a vote OF 81 to
II the senate passed the naval appro-
priation bill carrying a total of $494,-
O00,0OO. For several weeks the small
navy men had fought hard, but they
secured n reduction OF only $4,000
600 from the total recommended by
the naval committee. Their leader,
Senator Borah, voted for the bin be-
cause. as he explained. he had high
hopes OF results from his amendment
requesting the President TO invite
Great Britain and Japan to Join with
the United States In curtaillng naval
construction. That Mr.. Harding takes
the Borah plan seriously Is indicated
by the report that our representatives
In London and Tokyo already are
~'feellng out" the sentiment in the gov
ernments 10 which they are ne
credited.
The bill ms passed by the senate car
ries sos. 100000 for construction OF
ships, including an Item OF S15, 600
for the beginning of work on two air
plane carriers Mt n limit cost OF S52,-
100000; s~1s,000,000 for aviation, and
funds for 10000 rel Several mil
lions Of dollars are allowed for
Strengthening the Pacific Coast de-
lenses. and money is provided for
further work on the Charleston navy