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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-07-01
THE INDIAN DRUM
ByWaIam a1acF1ayg and sdpin Babne

Alan's passion broke out suddenly
We're anything but that, Judah.
found him, the first night | got here
and while you were away. going
through my fathers things. fought
with him, and he ran away. He was
the one that broke into my fathers
desks; maybe you'll believe that, even
IL no one else will"
"Yes?" the Indian questioned
"Yes?" II was plain that he not only
believed but that believing gave him
immense satisfaction He took Alan's
arm and led him into the smaller IL
brary. He knelt before one of the draw
ers under the bookshelses--th drawer
Alan recalled, which he himself had
been examining when he had found
Wassaquam watching him. He drew
out the drawer and dumped Its con
tents out upon the floor; he turned
the drawer about then, and pulled the
bottom out of II. Beneath the bottom
which he had removed appeared now
another bottom and few sheets Of
paper scrawled In an uneven hand and
with different colored inks.
Al sight of them, Spearman. who
Ind followed them into the room, ut
tered an oath and sprang forward. The
Indians small dark hand grasped
Spearman's wrist, and his face
twitched itself into a fierce grin
which showed how little civilization
had modified In him the aboriginal
passions. But Spearman did not try
to force his way; instead, he drew
back suddenly.
Alan stopped and picked up the pa
pers and put them in his pocket If
the Indian had not been there, 1t
would not have been so easy for him
to do that, he thought.
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CHAPTER XII
The Things From corvet's Pockets.
Miss Constance Sheriff.,

Miss Constance Sheriff.,
Harbor Springs, Michigan"
The address, In large scrawling let
tiers, was written across the brown
paper of the package which had been
brought from the post office I'm the lit
/ tie resort village only few moments
before. The paper covered shoe box,
crushed and old, bearing the name of
Is. klug, Dealer in Fine Shoes, Mani
towoc, Wisconsin" The box, like the
outside wrapping, was carefully tied
with string.
Constance, knowing no one In Mani
| towoc and surprised at the nature Of
| the package, glanced at the postmark
| on the brown paper which she had re-
| moved; 1t too was stamped Mantle
voc. She cut the strings about the
box and took off the cover Al black
and brown dotted silk cloth filled the
box; and, seeing 1t, Constance caught
her breath. 1t was-at least 1t was
very like-the muffler which Uncle
Benny used TO wear In winter.
She started with trembling fingers
TO take it from the box; then, realiz-
ing from the weight of the package
that the cloth was only wrapping or,
at least. that other things were in the
box, she picked up box and wrapping
and ran up to her room. She locked
the door ard put the box upon the
bed; now she lifted out the cloth. 1t
was a wrapping, for the heavier things
came with it; and now, also, 1t re-
yealed itself plainly as the scarf-Un-
Gle Benny's scarf! A paper fluttered
out as she began to unroll tia little
crUss-lined leaf evidently torn from a
pocket memorandum book. 1t had
been folded and rolled up. She spread
1t out; writing was upon 1t, the small
irregular letters of Uncle Benny's
hand.
"Send to Alan Conrad" she read;
there followed a Chicago address the
number of Uncle Benny's house on
Astor street. Below this was another
line:
Better care of Constance Sheriff.
tMiss)," There followed the ~her
rills' address upon the Drive. And tc
this was another correction:
mot after June II then to Harbor
Springs. Mich. Ask some one of that
be sure the date; after June L."
Constance, trembling, unrolied the
scarf; now coins showed from a fold,
next a pocketknife, ruined and rusty.
next a watcha mnn's large gold
watch with the case aneerly pitted
and worn completely through In places
and last plain little hand OF gold ai
the size for wOman's finger--a wed
ding ring. Constance. gasphlg and
With fingers shaking so from excite
ment that she could scarcely hold
these objects, picked them up and ex
amined them-the ring first.
1t very evidently was. as she had
Immediately thought wedding ring
once fitted for a finger only q trifie |
less slender than her own. One side |
of the gold band rs very much worn
not with the sort Of wear which
ring gets on a hand. hut by some diff. |
ferent sort of abrasion. The Other !
side Of the hand was roughenef and |
pltted but not Sc nsHs'h worn; the In.
side still bore the traces of an In |
scriptlon. "As long as we DO
all alive" Constanee could read, and /
the date. ",TuHe 2. 1891
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SATANTA OF THE KIoWAs, AS,
"ORATOR OF THE PLAINS"

CATANTA (Set-t'-ainte white
- Bear0, chief of the Kiowas, ac-
| quired the sobriquet of Orator of the
Plains" at the famous Medicine Lodge,
| treaty In 1857 where he made the
leading speech in reply to the gov
eminent commissioners. II love the
land and the buffalo and will not
part with them" he declared. II have
l heard that you intend to settle us on
reservation near the mountains. /
! don't want to settle. love to roam
over the prairies. There | feel free
and happy, but when we settle down
we grow pale and die"
He had uttered the creed. of the
nomadic plains Indian and he backed
up his words with deeds. lie was a
daring leader and merciless foe.
He literally painted the southern
plains red, his favorite color. On the
warpath he daubed his face, hair and
the upper part of his body with
crimson and he painted his tepee en-
tirely red, with streamers of the same
color AT the ends Of the poles.
Satanic Is a iine-lo0king indian.
energetic and sharp as a brier. He
puts ON good deal of style Mt his
meals and spreads u carpet for his
guests to sit on. He has painted fire.
boards for tables and a brass French
horn which he blows vigorously when
the food is ready writes govern
ment physician who was his guest in
1865,
Satanic was grim humorist. Once
at Fort Dodge Gen. w. s. Hancock
gave him a major generals uniform
and the kiowa showed his apprecia-
ton of the gift by putting ii on and
leading an attack on the post.
Some time later Satanic had the Of.
frontery to visit Fort Harker clad in
his generals uniform and riding in
government ambulance, drawn by
eight mules, an equipage which he had
captured In one of his raids. With
brawny Indian driver lashing the
mules TO top speed, Satanic, dashed
INTO the fort and announced that he
had come to make formal can on
Gen A. N. Sully who was visiting
there
In 1871 Satania was sentenced to
life Imprisonment in the Texas state
penitenttry for having killed several
whites in that state. After two years
ne was released In 1874 the Kiowas
went ON the warpath again and al.
though Satanta had no part in the out.
break, he was taken back to prison.
ON October II, 1878, he killed himself
~ jumping from an upper window OF
the hospital where be lay III.
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Yoa mean you want me TO
mnr~y ycu---at once, Henry"
tTo BE coNTlNuEn.I
Human Life Too Short.

by all the rules which nature OBJ.
serves among humber mammals, 100
years vhglt TO he very ordinary age
for human being. Where is the
mam,udi which. unless its life is cut
short by accident or disease, fails to
live to an age five times as great as
he time II took to reach maturity? A
fairly careful survey Of the field an.
swers Nowhere" indeed, the ratio
of total life to maturity is more likely
TO be six, seven or eight, than FIVE.
But man, whose maturity cannot be
placed at less than e or %, thinks he
doing we'll when he passes three.
score and ten, and only one out Of
many thousands reaches the age Of
Una aanuied
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-07-01
CHAPTER xI
The Land of the Drum.

The Land OF the Drum.
Aim went with Wassaquam into the
front library, after the Indian had
shown Spearman out.
4. "This was the man, Judah, who came
for Mr. Coryet that night was hurt?"
yes Alan" Wassaquam said.
"He was the man, then, who came
here twice year, at least, to see Mr.,
Corvet?"
| "Yes."
u was sure of It," Alan said. "Can
You tell me now why he came here.
Judah?n
Il. have told you do not know"
Wassaquam replied "Ben.always saw
him; Ben gave him money. | do not
| know why
Alan had been holding his hand over
the papers, which he had thrust into
his pocket; he went back into the
smaller library and spread them under
the reading lamp to examine them.
But, as he looked the pages over now.
he felt q chill Of disappointment and
chagrin. They did not contain amy
narrative concerning Benjamin Cor
vets life; they did not even relate to
single event. They were no nara
tive at all. They were-in his first
examination of them, he could not tell
what they We're.
They consisted In all Of some dozen
sheets of irregular size some of which
had been kept much longer than 9TH
ers. few of which even appeared
fresh and new. The three pages
which Alan thought, from their vel
lowed and worn look. must be the old
est, and which must have been kept
for many years contained only a list
Of names and addresses. The remain
Ing pages. which he counted as ten
In number. contained nearly hun.
bred brief clippings from newspapers;
the clippings had been very carefully
cut out, they had been pasted with
painful regularity on the sheets, and
each had been dated across its face
dates made with many different pens
and with many different inks. hut all
In the same irregular handwriting rs
the letter which Alan had received
from Benjamin Corvet.
Alan, his fingers numb In his dlsap.
polntment, turned and examined all
these pages: but they contained moth
Ing else. He read one Of the clippings,
which was dated "Feb. 1912"
1.-THE passing awa~ Of one of the
oldest residents Of Enmet county oc.
Cured at the poorfarm on Thursday
of Inst week MFR. Fred Westhouse
was one Of four brothers brought by
their parents into Emmet county In
1SiG. He established himself here as
a farmer and was we'll Snown among
our peonle for manv wears. He was
nearly the last Of his family. which
was quite we'll of ~ one time Mr.,
Westhouse's three brothers. ard his
father having persisted in various dis.
asters upon the lake, His wife died
two wears ago. He Is survived nv
daughter. Mrs Arthur Pearl. Of Flint"
He read another:
"Hallford-Spens. On Tuesday last
Miss Audrey Hallford. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Hallford. OF this
place. was united In the bonds OF holy
matrimony to Mr.. Robert Spens. Of
Escanaba All wish the young couple
we'll"
He read another:
Born to Mr., and Mrs. Hal French,
a daughter. Saturday afternoon last.
Miss Vera Arahella French. al her arr
rival weighed seven and one-half
pounds !,
This clipping was dated. in Benja.
min Corvet's hand, sturgeon Bay,
Wis. Aug. 1914" Alan put II aside
In hewIderment and amaze and took
up again the sheets he FIRST had leaked
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21
SOME HOPE OF THE WORLD

The report of M. Poincare makes to the cham
Der of deputies has more hope for the world in it
than most of the messages that have been COM
ing for three years from European chancelleries.
Of the London conference of premiers he said:
"Our conversations in Londan were conduct
ed in the purest and sanest atmosphere OF con-
fdence Everyone in London seemed lmbued with
the idea of keeping our alliance high above ques-
lions of detail and procedure | have no re-
breaches to make to anyone, and L cannot inter-
fere with the interior policy OF any other coun-
try
Here is testimony that European govern
ments are getting down close to the bedrock OF
what must be DONE 1t is testimony further to a
realization that there is nothing to gain by eff
forts to overreach each other. They have per-
haps the hardest problem ever undertaken by
group of nations. At their best and frankest they
cannot reconcile their points of view. But they
realize that their action should be united. In
plain words all are sincerely trying to find COM
mon way out.
In Milwaukee the other evening Sir Gilbert
Parker, who is in ap ostion to know what he is
talking about, declared that Poincare left London
that Bonar Law was frank and
straightforward. In consequence Sir Gilbert
predicted that friendship with sympathy and un-
derstanding would be re stored between Great
Britain and France even though they might not
agree in regard to some policies.
When men have confidence in each others
purposes, no matter how far their beliefs dis
agree there is good hope that they can work to-
gethe1. The only thing on which society is based
or can be based is mems mutual belief in one
another If Poincare believes in Bonar Law and
Bonar Law believes in Poincare, the worlds out
look is brighter.-The Milwaukee Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21
VETERANs ASK FOR
SALES TAX BONUS
President Harding O KS Meas
ure if Properly Financed.
LEADERS HOLD CONFERENCE
Members of the National Council For
eign Wars Organization Act
After Plea by. Head of
the Bureau.

Cincinnati, O., Dec. 1S.-A direct
message from President Harding,
pledging his support to a bonus for ex-
service men, provided feasible means
of financing the burden can be found,
was presented by COL G. r. Forbes, di-
rector of the Veterans bureau at
Washington before joint conference
of national and state executives of
Veterans Of Foreign Wars here.
Leaders in Conference.
In the conference were the MEM
bers of the National Council of Adj
ministration, and the department CON-
manders of the veterans organization.
Immediately following Colonel
Forbes address, and discussion which
resulted in strong approval of a sales
tax, the executives unanimously
adopted a resolution endorsing sales
tax, with foodstuffs exempted, as a
means of raising the necessary rev.
enue to finance bonus.
c. Hamilton Cook, Buffalo, national
commander of the disabled American
Veterans of the World War, who was.
attending the conference by invita-
ton, said his organization would take
immediate action to support the reso-
luton.
Called President on 'Phone.
The American Legion, which is the
largest of the veterans organizations
was not represented at the meeting.
Col. c. r. Forbes called President
Harding by telephone before going
into the conference.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21
SAYS u. S. CAN SAVE WORLD
Plan for International
Loan to Germany.

London, Dec. 1S.-"When fate trem-
bles perilously in the balance it is
absolutely in the, power of America
to turn the scales. 1t would be real
beginning of the worlds redemption,
after four years of making chaos and
calling it peace" James Garvin says
in the Observer, thus summing ~
British opinion of the news of Presi-
dent Harding's determination to ex-
tend helping hand to Europe
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21
SENATE ANTS TO FIGHT
Senator Borah Says U. S. Must Keep
Out of All European
Affairs.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-A statement
issued here by Senator William e. Bo-
rah makes clear that the contingent
of irreconcilable senators, whose views
Mr.. Borah represents, will oppose
American governmental participation
in the effort to adjust the German rep
arations question unless the European
allied nations materially change their
present attitude toward Germany
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The Retort Mystic

delightful
in progres at oneof
Tmln McCul
bird after
of hesee has s i a
in
of
looked
trouble VIII
II earth-a nicely
enstein
twentbl instant
TheyA
DoyIe-kppered like Jump
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21
RETAIL PRICE OF FOOD UP
Rises Two Per Cent During November,
but Lower Than for Same
Month in 1921.

Washington. Dec. 1S.-Retail and
wholesale food prices rose 2 per cent
during November. but a Department of
Labor bulletin says retail food prices
were ) per cent less November 10
than the year before.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21
27 REPORTED DEAD IN LAKE
Disaster overtakes Tug Near Sauit
Ste. Marie-Men Missing
Five Days.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Dec. 49,
Twenty-seven persons are missing and
from exposure following the disaster
which overlook the tug Reliance when
1t hit the rocks off the Lizard Islands
five days ago.
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U. S. LIKELY TO INTERVENE
Huge Loan to Germany May Be Ap-
proved by the Harding
Administration.

Washington. Dec. &c. - President
Harding and his cabinet are actively
at work on a plan for saving Europe
from financial ch"Os. 1t involves
abandonment by European nations Of
imperialistic designs and demands
and pledges for sound governmental
financial policies.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21
MEXICAN LABOR FLOODS U. S.
Special Agents of the Government
Urge Restrictions to Safeguard
American Interests.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-The United
States is being invaded by vast
army of alien Mexican laborers, who
are spreading to the north, east and
west and menacing American residen-
tial labor, according to a report pre-
pared for the Department of Labor
by Special Agents Charles t. Connell
and r. w. Burton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21
1t Is Different Now

is
a
Exutanty
Wconsns the place
That's ring!
But the and down 10 below
the doggerel maker caught a now he
the
the
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headline in the Merrill Daily Herold reads !:
president Is Waking Up" Doubtless the impli-
cation that the president has been-er-doing the
Rip Van Wrinkle stunt the past two years, is unin-
territorial.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21
TOO MUCH NEWS

We often hear person exclaim as he throws
down newspaper: There's no news in the pa
per-. The truth is that he has found too much
news and not enough old stuff that he knew al
ready. People are seldom to much interested in
real news as in hearing about something with
which they are already familiar. 1t is the man
who attended the baseball game and remembers
every play who is most eager to see the newspa-
per account of it, and he turns to the sporting
page before he reads anything else. Likewise,
ahose who have witnessed a new play, and know
all about it, are more anxious to read the theatri-
cal reviews the next morning than those who
have not Even the news of shocking murder
is most read several days after everybody has
heard about it, when the papers begin to print re-
views of the facts.-Fred G. Kelly in Golfers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21
The Big Drag
Fairy Land.

honest
At night
The Christmas light
whrng electric combine gtering
equaled
folks hundred miles
to the Main Stem
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Wake Not, Beloved

Hall hav aslee for
Then all this
merely the girls talking
night Alonzo
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Page Luther Burbank
An Englishm

An Englshman has invented a silent
Now If help the
squirtess fruit.
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'"The Blue Bandits" was repeated Monday
night before a much smaller audience than the at
traction warranted. The cast was, as in the two
November performances, almost too good to be
true The disposition of the cast and it's willing
ness to present the opera for charity are worthy
of the highest praise and while some money was
made, five times much should have been re-
allied
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Preparedness


tailor
padded slightly"
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Behind the Procession

small
hat has cen
will
{ TN want to brides
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Opportunity
STYLE of shoe.

my style of shoe,
And to Whol
Therea OF 100000 styles of womens shoes
million
mind individual style Of
there in the shoe
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Wise Old Bird

Villa
$4,000 u -
if the of his
much than $4,000 smackers out of
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Safety First

The ice is on the river,
The kids are on the skates,
Watch out--take care-beware the hole
That leads to Golden Gates"
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Every Thursday Night
There Is Work To Do

90" INV ~ Pei cent Oil our people Clean her
There very besto of reason
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What Does 1t Get Us


is a
can't their
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21

will
i Christmas
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21

LaFollette was the star at Cleveland. Is this
the start of two years campaigning-or just an
echo of 1912?
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Use Your Head


kno 10 a
held smiled
never in
than an
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Ashamed

Very recently
extent slipped of a
at the last election trying
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21

From Democratic sources at Washington
thunder is already heard. By 1924 lightning may
accompany it.
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Bring Back the Galoshes

The Russian boots are making cross-eyed
Now we know why Russia is in chaos.
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All Right, Up Here

of Chicago walk
live long"
but Chicago
An
before
nontdo orc
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Room For Improvement

about tell the wizard Luther
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UNAVOIDABLE

The Administration has apparently at last
reached the conclusion that active interest in
European affairs is "unavoidable". So Saturdays
Washington dispatches indicate. We may be I'M
reconciled to the visitation which has come upon
all the inhabitants of the earth because of the
misbehavior of some. There are those who may
be even "irreconcilabe" to the fate of being
obliged to live on the planet with certain others
Nevertheless, we are members one of another,
now that all the world has been tied together in
a nervous senetient body, whose several parts are
interdependent economically, internationally and
humanity. whether one member suffers, all the
members suffer with it," And it is pertinent to
add that much more those members of the body
which seem to be more feeble are necessary.
'"The eye cannot say to the hand, 4 have no
need of thee" Such a conceited, sef-complacent
short-sighted attitude would mean ultimate i'm
pairment even of the eye. Vision would perish
completely. AS President Butler remarked at the
Women's Forum, we ought on the contrary to put
into the hand of Europe plows and other instru-
ments and seed, not only for the sake of humani-
ty, but because it is good business 1t isn't saving
the Old World; it is saving the whole world
ourselves included, that makes our prompt and
active participation unavoidable" IN Y. Times
Governor Blaine of this state and Secretary
of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon, of Washington,
have been indulging in a long distance war of
words over taxation. In substance each practi-
cally said to the other you're another. More
than likely both are rght.-Oconto Falls Herald
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-21
Who Is the Guilty Man

Turkey always considered sick Man Europe
Who heavens slipped him the flock of monkey glands
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Put 1t Off a Year

We are soon to have Better Vision Week.
What for?