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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-28

and whirled to meet the charge Of the
little sandal footed sOldados, who,
seeing their leader fallen, had with
out an instant's hesitation and appar-
emily by mutual consent decided to
ayenge him.
Webster backed dazedly toward the
wall. firing MS he did SO, but he was
too dizzy TO shoot effectively, and the
semicircle of bayOnots closed In on his
front. He had wounded three men
without stopping them; a second
more, and their long, ~eighteen-inch
bayonets would have been IN his
vitals, when into the midst Of the
melee, from the rear, dashed Don
Juan Cafetero, shrieking like a fend
and swinging his rifle, which he held
graSped by the barrel.
Webster saw a bayonet lunging to-
ward him. He lifted his leg and
caught the point on his boot-heel while
with his last cartridge he killed the
man behind the bayonet. Just as the
latter's next-rank man thrust straight
and true in under the Americans left
arm. while a third man jabbed at his
stomach and got the bayonet home in
his hip. These Two thrusts, delivered
almost simultaneously, by their i'm
pact carried their victim backward
against the wall, against which his
head collided with a smart thud. He
IL IT.
assailants could draw back for a fin.
lshing thrust, in case the gringo need
ed 1t, which they doubted, Don Juan
Cafetero had Drained them both.
Standing above the man he loved,
with the latter's body between his
outspread legs, Don Juan Cafetero
stood for the final accounting, his but
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captain Benavides," he said suave-
ly, "your cause is lost. II you care to
escape aboard the steamer, l will see
to 1t that you are not removed from
her before she sails; II you care to
surrender to me now. I give you my
word Of honor you will not be exc
cuted."
Benavides might have had, and
doubtless did have. his faults, but
cowardice was not one Of them. And he
did have the ghost Of a sense Of hu-
NOR. An evil smile fitted over his
olive features.
without taking into consideration
the bayonets at my back" he replied,
ut strikes me the odds are ever now.
And yet you %patronize me-"
Webster was nettled. "Td rather
do that than kill you, Benavides," he
retorted. Don't be a fool. Run
along and sell your papers, and take
your pitiful little sandal-footed bri-
gands with you. Seats"
Benavides' hand, holding his pistol,
had been hanging loosely at his side.
With his furious glance meeting Web
ster's unfalteringly. with the merest
movement Of his wrist and scarcely
without movement Of his forearm, he
threw up his weapon and fred.
Scarcely a fifth Of a second had
elapsed between the movement Of his
wrist and the pressure of his finger
on the trigger; Webster, gazing stead
fly into the somber eyes, had noted
no hint Of the mans intention, and
was caught actually of his guard.
The bullet tore through his biceps,
momentarily paralyzing him, and his
automatic dropped Gathering to the
sidewalk; as he stopped and recovered
1t, Benavides fired again, creasing
the top Of his left shoulder. The
Sobrantean took aim for a third and
finishing shot, but when he pulled the
trigger the hammer fell on a defective
cartridge. which gave to John Stuart
Webster all the advantage he craved.
He planted q bullet in BenavideS alb
domen with his 1rst shot, blew out
the duelist's brains with his second.
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New $125, 900 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 administrator Building n
South Dakota State College.
Surrounded by the Best Farming Land 4,
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. Il NV. Ry. from Chicago to Pierre.
the Capital Of the State. Also Hea6auarters
for Train Crews Running North to Water
town and on to Redfeld and Gettysburg.
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ABOUT THE COUNTY
RUG

From the Herald:
D. Sharp of Bookings, spent Friday
in Bruce on business.
Thos. Bang and Charlie Sample of
Brookings, transacted business in
Bruce Monday.
John Borstad, Jr., and Andrew Bor-
stad of Brookings, spent Sunday in
Bruce with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Drink and daugh.
ter spent Sunday in Brookings at the
home of Mrs. Ona Carlson.
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youthful man. Of handsome features
and noble bearing, approach and look
at him. In his eyes there were tears,
a sob escaped him as with a little
impulsive, affectlonate movement he
patted John Stuart Webster's cheek.
"My friend" the fainting Dolores
heard him murmur. "My great-heart-
ed, whimsical, lovable John Webster.
You made 1T possible for me to meet
you here tonight-and this Is the meet.
ingl"
(To be Continued
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THE BROOkINGs REGISTER, BROOKINGs, s D., THURSDAY, APRIL %, 1921

ate at the rate of a pound and a halt
Of the poison to so gallons Of water.
The spray, to be effective, must he
applied within a week after the bios.
SONS fall (early in May) and must be
directed downward onto the young
fruits. Fol- effective spraying a spray
rod with an agled nozzle at its end
is necessary. A second spraying with
lead arsenate about four weeks after
the first will largely prevent injury by
the second brood of worms.-A. l.. +.
Feeding Young Pigs-If suitable pro.
vision by means of a creep enables
sucking pigs to obtain feed regularly,
care should be exercised to keep the
feed clean. Skim milk with a little
shrorts or ground oats from which the
hulls have been sifted makes a good
mixture with which to begin. A little
later a small amount of corn meal or
soaked shelled corn may be added 10
the daily ration. A mixture that has
long been a favorite on with many
hog men contains the following:
Wheat middlings ......... 35 pounds
Ground oats ............. 35 pounds
Corn meal .............. 20 pounds
Tankage or oilmeal....... 10 pounds
A. II. X.
Keep Farm "Reminiscences should
not forget their farm business records
during these busy days. 1t takes only
a few minutes time and the informa-
ton Will be of value next winter
Most farms can be made more profit
able by careful study of the financial
records.-M, r. b.
Feeding Young Lambs "A little
grain fed to lambs at this time of the
year returns big dividends in the
form Of increased growth. Young
lambs will soon find a feed trough
through a lamb creep. The following
mixture provides the nutrients which
will produce excellent growth in the
young lambs:
w neat Dldl 10 pOuluS
Oats (crushed or whole. 25 pounds
Corn meal .............. 20 pounds
Oil meal 10 pounds
"A. H. X.
Dig the Barberries-It would be like
finding $1,000,000 if the farmers of the
state would dig out every one of the
common barberry bushes. The an.
nual loss from black stem rust is ever
more than a million dollars. The com
mon barberry is the greatest source
of infection for this dreaded epidemic
disease. 1t is in May that the rust
starts developing on the barberry al
though it does not show in the whaet
fields very much until late in June.
Now is the time to destroy the bar.
berry before the rust gets started
H. C. G..
Make Creep for Sucking Pigs
Sucking pigs begin to eat grain when
they are three or four weeks old, and
some provision should be made for
feeding them. The careful hogman
does not expect them to obtain this
feed from the same trough in which
the old saw is fed. Such a practice
is undesirable because it does not in
sure that every pig will have a chance
at the trough and furthermore there
is always the danger of injury to the
Oyung pigs while crOWding among a
bunch Of old sows while eating. 1t is
an easy matter to partition off a por-
ton of a pen or of the feed lot to
which the youngsters only have &C.
cess. They will soon find the place
and if feed is provided regularly they
will make good use of it.-A. H. X.
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BIRDS EYE VIEW OF BROOKINGs

One Florist
Twn R,n1s
Two Hotels
Ten cburrbas
Ecur dantists
Candv kitcbep
Good Creamery
stream laundry
one lee nI,nt
rwo ostaonatne
Two stafe iants
So5 ana CitvUau
Chinese laundry
Five raetanrgnfs
seven nbysirians
Three drug storas
Three ana sbou,
one general stora
Three cbn.,n,3taro
Two Tolaccorfsts
Growing every dav
one Cj,ar E,.t,r,
Five Anto ,;lrIg1s
Four Billiard IIlrs
Two good BaEarfas
-Four Lumbnl yards
Four Weekly pauers
Fine Lake near CIV
Two National Ranks
Exclusive Shoe store
Three Grain Elevators
$l25, 600 Court House
Two Furniture stoves
Two Hamburger Johns
Four Jewelry Stores
Four Barber Sbnn
Two Hardware stores
Tire Nulcanizing plant
Three Macbi . Sbnns
Four blacksmith Sbon
Four Exclusive Grocarieo
city Of Beautiful Homes
Two Shoe Renal Shons
Best schools in the Stata
Good Water Near surface
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over two hundred New Dwellings Built
during the past three years. Besides many
BUSINESS BLOCKS and other Substantial Inn
p~rovements.
Beautiful trees line the streets and the
city presents a fine appearance. matted "a
IL is IN the midst OF a fine growth Of shade
ana ornamental trees. Her citizens are will.
ing ana ready to encourage and assist every
helpful industry.
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WHAT WE NEED

WHAT WE NEED
A Gas Plant
Canning Factory
More Business Enterprises
Another good Meat Market
More Manufacturing Enterprises
More Young People Who Want an Educa-
ton.
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Autograph Hunters Coup.

Autograph hunting sometimes
proves a most profitable pursuit. Lud-
ovic Picard. a French Bohemian Of
the '50s. made a steady income out VI
1t for several years.
One Of his most successful cou2s
was accomplished with a letter In
which he posed as "a member OF the
unhappy race of the u~nappreciated
who is medltating suicide and seeks
for counsel and aid In this hour OF
sore distress"
This drew a number of celebrities.
including Beranger and Helne. Lacor-
daire sent him ten closely written
pages, which we're promptly converted
into cash.
Dickens also fell a victim Of his
wiles and took the trouble to answer
him In French. Eventually Picard was
shown up in the press by Jules San
deau and had TO seek another occupa'
ton.
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ANT LION TRAPS HIS PREY
Remarkable Ingenuity Displayed BY
Small Creature In Securing Food
Especially Favored.

One of the most crafty of insects
Is the ant lion larva. This tiny crea-
ture dotes on ants Of all sizes and
species, and as It Is not swift Of o
ment It must trap Its victims. 1t does
this by making a cone-shaped pit In
the sand. These pits are about an
inch deep and two inches across.
When II is complete the ant lion buries
Itself In the very center, with only Its
head and strong-curved mandibles In
sight. II then patiently awaits the
curious ants. Ants are Paul Prys, and
have a tremendous curiosity. The lit
tie depression attracts their attention.
and they come to Its edge and peer
down into II.
The larva at once starts into a fury
of action. It begins a digging opera
ton and at the same time hurls grains
of sand In all directions. The sand
thus tossed begins to roll down the
| depression and carries with 1t other
grains OF sand until a miniature land
| slide results. The curious ant Is caught
In the slide and goes tumbling down
to the center where the hard. sharp
mandibles Of the lion seize 1t. and the
| poor victim Is shaken back ind forth
until Il is dazed. whereupon the lion
proceeds to dine with relish. tossing
the empty husk Of body outside the
hole, once the meal Is over
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CHAPTER XVI.

I shall not pretend to give moro
than an idea Of the manuscript I read
there by the Ere that night. 1t was
narrative anil reflection and contained
the story Of the life of Arthur Dobson.
known to me heretofore as Mr.. Sid
ney. I shall give extracts from It:
"a family Is an odious imposition
Of cruel conventionalities upon indi-
viduals who, accepting conventions,
however odious and cruel. are helpless.
The bond Of blood is one no animal
(animals being rationalistic) tolerates.
even recognizes, but It is imposed up
on human beings, who find that the
most antagonistic natures must rec
oncile themselves to an arbitrary rule
Of life which can come only to hide
BUSINESS.
There were In our family two chill
dren, my brother Richard and myself.
Our parents were the ordinary folk
who marry and have a family. My
father was an uncommunicative man,
whether from a habit Of silence or a
lack Of anything to say, ! do not
know.
MY mother, as I recall her. was
gentle but, l imagine, futile. I think
IL she had had a chance Of establish
ing a personality my silent. glum IA
Their had destroyed It.
Richard was my elder by two years
My father was wealthy, very wealthy
and Richard and I were not disciplined
as to money. My father was not pc
nurious, but I knew a man who
obtained so little good Of his money
He had no social instincts; he had ne
~joviality.
"He liked occasional ostentation-f
petty form Of vanity and egotism.
regarded him, or my memory Of him
as wholly detestable "a sentimen
which will offend the sentimental!
conventional. or the conventionally sen
timental. l know he was the last maj
I would have chosen as a father.
cTo BE CoNTINUED)
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6be Mystery of
Hartley House

necklace In what had seemed to be a
baked sweet potato. l found a gold
watch In a box under a few leaves of
lettuce. Mrs. Sidney found merely a
note In a bunch Of violets which was
given her with ceremony.
She read II and had difficulty to re-
main wholly composed. She arose and
went to her husband. taking N Of
his hands and putting an arm about
his shoulders. Then she kissed him
and stood a moment before the fire
before she trusted herself to come
back to the table.
When the dinner was done and the
covers were removed, more wine was
brought in. A large Christmas tree
was lighted, and all the servants were
called. Each found a valuable present
In the tree; each had punch from the
great bowl, and each, coming to shake
Mr.. Sldney's hand, was given by Jed
an envelope which, l learned after
ward, contained a h~undred-dollar bill.
There was no constralnt and no
awkwnrdness such as might mark
such proceedings; the people Of the
house knew Mr.. Sidney too well. One
of the maids kissed him, and then we
had them all doing II.
l was fearful that the excitement
would injure him, but he was placid,
smiling and happy. When we were
alone. we sat an hour by the fire, and
then / dismissed every one peremptor-
lily.
Jed, who had been about his duties.
returned. The fire was tended. An
other bottle Of wine was ordered. j
had my last look at Mr.. Sidney alive
as I stood by the door giving Jed
his final instructions for the night.
Jed sat in the armchair. All the
lights except one by Jed's chair had
peer extinguished. The Persian cat
was stretched by Mr.. Sidney's side.
The canaries were asleep perched on
the head of his bed. The fire was
glowing.
Good night. Mr.. Sidney" I said
Good night, Jed. A pleasant eve
Ming"
"Good night. doctor" said Mr.. Sid
ney. "Just a minute, boy. Come here
He reached out his hand.
~"COod-bye." he said.
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a shock. Something's the matter win
my world. IL Is not so bold or conf
dent.
"What I'm getting at is this" He
held up the manuscript "rhls is MI.
Sidney's diary. have talked to Mira
Sidney. She thinks, as | think, that
you should read 1t. You1l probably
wan, 20 confirm what I say. You'll
have to ask Mrs. Sidney. I know you
are itching to read II. ] also know
that II one Of your soruples inter.
vened. you'd let your Itch 20 unscratch-
ed. But this Is what I came in for,
and here's the manuscript.
"You understand that in giving II
to you l surrender Internationally. !
know II, but I want friends. The only
one I had is dead; l must make other
ones"
-.ie extraordinary fellow shook my
hand, left the manuscript In my lap
and went out. a more pathetic figure
of sorrow than l ever expected TO
see In Jed.
/ went Mt once to Mrs. Sidney. Jed,
/ said, had left the diary with me.
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CHAPTER xiv-contInued.
Copyright By George n. Dorsn Co.


He paused and looked at me as II
70 see whether he was reaching any
hidden spring which II touched and
sprung would open the secret. He
did not believe l was truthful.
"Mr. Sidney's life is open, honorable
and full Of nothing but good for fifty
years back" Morgan continued. "we
have investigated very thoroughly.
But fifty years back, Mr.. Sidney dis
appears, evaporates. There is no Mr..
Sidney that a be found. We find
a young man OF twenty, and nothing
back Of him. There we stop. 1t is
a blind alley. You come TO nothing
but a wall. That stopped investiga-
ton.
"Now. I go a good deal by lunches
call It Intuition, guessing. inspiration.
It Is not good detective method. /
don't claim it's good detective work.
I never work on a bunch and neglect
o rational method. but frequently
when / do work on a bit Of guessing
We get results.
1--WE been working, around here, on
q guess that was so wild when II first
started that It seemed too p%reposter-
ous even for me. I'll tell you that we
are not investigating Mr.. Sidney any
more. We are looking for another
person. and I believe we are going to
find him. Then we are going to find
some one else. Doctor, l tell you, II
you don't know It, al you say. 1t Is
the strangest Ease I ever have known.
1t is one of hate. Mind, I'm only
guessing"
That touch was so impressive that
I betrayed an emotion. He saw II.
81 had you there" he said.
"Mr. Morgan" l said, you will not
believe me, and for that reason 1t is
useless for me to say and keep on say
ing that I know of nothing here l
could help you on. You suggested
something to me Just now, and you
saw that you had done so. But that
was because Of a coincidence imma-
terial to what you call a case"
"very WELL" said Morgan. II did
here, but l want to be fair and reason.
able. You do not know anything, but
I am not allowed to talk to any one
who might know"
"You have talked to jed" i said
"You cannot reasonably expect to bs
allowed to annoy the ladies' Of the
house or to fiutter the servants. Mr.
Sidney is very Ill and very weak
Even you would refrain from introduc
ing your case to him IL you saw him
II we seem to avoid your inquiries
II is unfortunate. We have nothing
10 avoid"
81 follow my hunch," said Morgan
getting to his feet. "If l am right
something will be revealed that ever
I could not compromise. / am afrait
you must prepare yourself for SOM
publicity"
~ have told you before that YOU
must select your W course" / re
piled, and Morgan took his leave, driv
tng away through the nov
We had our Christmas eve In MI
Sidney's room. He was very feebl
physically and could be raised on Pill
lows in bed but nothing o Blu
he was the spirit Of joviallty. Fl
had Jed sit In a great armchair by hi
bed, and early in the evening he ha
a bottle Of claret opened for hin
Nothing would do but Mrs. Sidney an
Isobel should have a bottle Of Madeira
and / had a whisky toddy. A grea
punch-bowl was brought In, and Je
mixed gallons Of liquor and man
spices In It,.
Four of the men servants came l
with a great log for the fire, and ha
,pn@0NIx~
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sStin-Plasters."

The term 'shin-plaster" as applied
to Civil-war currency is originally
said to have been applied to the de-
preciated Continental currency. Dur
ing the war people resorted to postage
stamps and private notes; the latter.
representing 10. 25 and 80 cents. were
Of little value beyond the particular
locality where they were issued. ex-
cept as "plasters for broker shins."
hence their name "shin-plasters."
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ven have to stand for 1t. May I ask
your price on this stockf"
The young man was suddenly af-
fiIcted with q violent 1T of coughing.
When he recovered he asked that
Jevons. the buyer he had beaten out,
be sent for. Neither Hadman nor
Glbney could see the necessity for this.
but they acceded to his request. Jevons
entered.
Good morning, Mr.. Jevons," said
the young man. "Tm glad to see you
are looking so well. The last time I
saw you you were feeling strained .
bit, I think"
II never saw you beforel" said Jew
ons angrily, ~displeased at the badi-
mage.
That's quite true. Mr.. Jevons; but
I saw you. II was at the Biltmore. In
the tea-room. You were talking to a
lady-a very beautiful lady. Mr.. Jew
ons."
"What on earth" began Hadman,
but n glance from his partner silenced
him. Jevons had suddenly dropped his
air OF buster, and was as pale as the
white wall behind him. He made a
move to go, but with a llghtning-like
movement the young man intercepted
him. His air of pleasantly was gone.
II was ut the next table. behind the
palm. I heard you when you planned
to acquire the stock yourself with
your employers money. aud bleed
them for II. I heard you make your
plans-and you were incautious
enough to give the address of the man
who held the stock. l should have
exposed you then. but I thought 1t was
better TO beat you to II. l." but jew
ons waited to hear no more. He fed
through the door and the partners
heard the outer door OF the Office
slam.
"The most thorough %scoundrel !
have ever had the pleasure Of know
Ing" said the young man calmly. "And
now that we have disposed OF that mat
ter, let us take up the other. Mr..
Hadman, ! would like to ask y0u to
step out for a moment, II you please.
want a word with Mr.. Gibney
alone"
Hadman left. though with no good
grace. When Gibney was alone with
the stranger he said II don't know
how ! can thank you for exposing that
villain /; but l will try. And now, your
price,
"By George I" broke In the stranger
"Look at thati He was pointing out
the window. Involuntarily Gibney
turned to look. and when he returned
his gaze to the room the young mar
stood before him-transformed. Gone
Twas the swathing bandage; gone the
derby hat, and with Its going q cas-
cade Of golden hair fell ripping to tn
young mau's waist. and Glbney looket
into the face Of
"Alicel" he cried. "what-how-
: why"
! "Oh, Phil. darling, I wanted to tel
> you ut first, but you were 80 eros
. and grouchy that l thought I'd Civ
. you n little wee lessen. And oh. Phil
It was such funi Here's your oil
stock--I bought 1t with M own money
and it's-guess what7 My birthda!
o present to you'll And oh, Phil. darling
: kiss me. won't your"
l Hadman, impatient Mt the delay
Z opened the door and started to enter
{ He got as far as the threshold, thel
paused with a look OF utter amaze
ment on his face. The look graduall
r faded to a grin Of understanding
I and he tiptoed out. closing the dco
s softly behind him.