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hadn't a doubt of it.
Hello, the Jackpotr

hadn't doubt of it.
Hello, the Jackpotr'
Bob looked at his companion and
grinned. Seems to me recognize
that melojious voice"
A man stepped from the gloom
with masterful, arrogant stride.
'Lo, Hart" he said. "Can you
lend me reamer?"
Bob knew he had come to spy out
the land and not to borrow tools.
Don't seem to me we've hardly
got any reamers to spare, Dug"
drawled the young man sitting on
the porch floor.
Suddenly Doble recognized Dave.
He leaned forward, his body rigid,
danger written learge in his burning
eyes and clenehed fist.
$50 you're back" he said at last
in a low, harsh voice.
''I'm back"
at would "a pleased me if they
had put rope. round yore neck, Mr..
Convict"
Dave made no comment.
The big ex-foreman rose snarling.
For half a cent I'd gun you here
and now like you did George"
Sanders looked at him steadily,
his hands hanging loosely by his
sides.
81 wouldn't try that, Doug"
warned Hart. "Dave amt armed,
but | am. Ny hands on N.Y. six
shooter right this minute. Don't
make a mistake"
Doble backed away till his figure
grew vague in the darkness. Came
the crack of a revolver. A bullet
tore a splinter from the wall of the
shack in front Of which Dave was
standing.
Bob whipped out his revolver, but
he did not fire.
"Ain't that like Doug, the damned
double-crosser?" whispered Bob.
Hes one bad citizen, if you ask
me-" continued Hart Know how
he came to break with The old man!
He had the nerve to start beauin'
Miss Joyce. She wouldn't have it
a minute. He stayed right with
it-tried to ride over her. Craw-
ford took hand and kicked him
out Since then Dug has been one
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only As minutes.

only As minutes.
The Buffalo patrol led in attend
ance with every member present; the
Flying Eagles followed close sec
ond, while the Beavers and Pine
Trees tied for third place.
We had one candidate for mem
bership, Charles Davis, who was
unanimously voted in. We can take
in no more boys who wish to join
the scouts in our troop, as it is full,
although they can join Troop 2.
The meeting was adjourned after
a Tug o. War" between the Buffa-
loes and Flying Eagles. The Flying
Eagles won. Our next meeting will
be Friday, Feb. 10, at Z p. m. in tho
city hall. j. e. KIKER.
S. P. L., Troop No. /.
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I'm want to see Mr.. Crawford right
soon"
Can you come up to see father
tonight?"
Maybe tomorrow"
He'll be anxious to see you. I
want you and Bob to come to dinner
Sunday"
Don't hardly think I'll be here
Sunday My plans aren't settled.
Thank you just the same, Miss
Crawford"
She took his words as direct re-
buff. There was a little lump in her
throat that she had to get rid of be
fore she spoke again.
"Sorry. Perhaps some other
time" Joyce gave him her hand.
Pm mighty glad to have seen you
again, Mr.. Sanders"
He bowed. THANK you"
After she had gone, Dave turned
swiftly to his friend. Where's the
nearest doctors office? Miller got
me in the shoulder"
CHAPTER XIV.
To Crawford Dave made light of
his wound. 1t was only a scratch.
"Tha's good, son. Crawford an
swered. well, now, what are you
amin to do?"
oil" said Dave without a mo-
ment of hesitation. Il want to learn
that business from the ground up.
I've been reading all j could get on
the SUBJECT"
Good enough, but don't you go
to playin' geology too strong, Dave.
Oil is where it's at"
q supospe it's a GAMBLE" agreed
Sanders.
"Worse'n the cattle market" said
the owner of the ID Bar Lazy r.
"Bob, you better put Dave on the
crew of that wildcat you're spuddin'
in, don't you reckon?
"I'll put him on afternoon tower
in place of that fellow Scott. I've
geen intendin' to fire him soon as
could get good man."
"Pll drive out tonight and take
Dave with me, if he feels up to it,"
said Bob. "Then wen know the
foreman keeps humpin'."
They drove out in the blackboard
behind the half broken colts. The
young broncos went out of town
to a flying start. They raced across
the plain as hardsas they could tear,
the light rig Swaying behind them as
the wheels hit the hig spots.
The driver stopped at the location
of Jackpot Number Three.
MAKE yourself to home, Dave"
Family there came to them the
sound Of an engine humping.
''Steelman's outfit" said Hart
gloomily. CTS lii old engine goes
right on kickin' all the darned time,
If he gets to oil first we lose. Man
who makes first discovery on claim
wins out in this country"
and Steelman won't stick at a
thing Wouldn't trust him or any
or his crowd any further than T.
could sling a bull by the tail. He'd
blow Crawford and me sky high. if
he thought he could get away with
it.
Sanders nodded agreement. He
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IIIIIIIIIIIHUIIIN

my friends. MRS. A. H. GARLAND, 218
b. Brown ST., Iron Mountain, Michigan.
Xenia, Ohio. Every month had
such pains in my back and lower part of
my abdomen that could not lie quietly
IN bed. suffered for about five years
that way and was not regular either. |
read an advertisement of what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound had
done for other women, so decided to; try
1t. 1t surely has helped me lot, as |
nave no pains now and am regular and
feeling fine:n Mrs. MARY DALE, Route
Z, Henia, Ohio.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is medicine for women's all
ments. ltisespecially adapted to relieve
women. If you suffer as did Mrs. Gar
land or Mrs. Dale, you should give this
"eil-known medicine thorough trial.
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an appointment to meet him al Del
monico's right now"
Joyce was young woman who
made swift decisions. "I,n 90 with
you," she said.
Sanders was standing in front of
the restaurant, but he was faced in
the other direction. His flat, mus
cular back was rigid. In his at
tltude was certain tenseness, as
though his body was bundle of
steel springs ready to be released.
Bob's eye travelled swiftly past
him to fat man rolling up the
street on the opposite sidewalk. Its
AID Miller, back from the pen. l
heard he got out this week." he told
the girl in low voice.
Joyce Crawford felt the blood ebb
from her face. 1t was as though her
heart had been drenched with ice
water What was going to take
iplace between these men? Were
they armed?
She knew that each was respons-
llble for the others prison sentence.
Sanders had followed the thieves to
Denver and found them with his
horse. The fat crook had lied Dave
into the penitentiary by swearing
that the boy had fired the first shots.
Now they were meeting for the first
time since.
Miller had been drinking. The sign
of the Delmonico had caught his eye
land he remembered that he was
hungry.
He took one step and stopped. He
had recognized Sanders. His eyes
narrowed. The head on his short,
ired neck was thrust forward.
"Goddiemighty" he screamed, and
next moment was plucl5ing a re-
iVolVer from under his left armpit.
Bob caught Joyce and swept her
behind him, covering her with his
body as best he could. At the same
time Sanders plunged forward, ar
irow-straight and swift The revolver
cracked. II spat fire Il second time,
ia third. The tiger-man, head low,
his whole splendid body yirbant with
energy, hurled himself across the
road as though he had been flung
from a catanult. A streak of fire
ripped through his shoulder. An
other shot doomed almost stimuli
taneously. He thudded hard into
the fat paunch of the gunman They
went down together.
The fingers of Dawes left! hand
closed on the fat wrist of the
gambler. His other hand tore the
revolver away from the slack grasp
The gun rose and fell. Miller went
Into Inconsistencies without even
sgroan. The corrugated butt of the
gun had crashed down on his FORE
head.
Dizzzily Sanders rose. He leaned
against a telephone pole for support.
care you hurt?" she asked.
Dave looked at Joyce, wondering
at her presence here. "He's the one
that's hurt" he answered quietly.
81 thought was afraid" Her
voice died away. She felt her knees
grow weak. To her this man had APP
peared to be plugging straight to
death.
No excitement in him reached the
surface. His remarkably steady
eyes still held their grim, hard tense
ness, but otherwise his self-control
was perfect. He wa sabsolutely I'M
perturbable.
Gle was shootin' wild, Sorry you
were here, Miss Crawford" His eyes
swept the gathering crowd. YOU'D
better go, don't you reckon?"
eyes You come too, please"
The girls voice broke. o.
At the second corner he stopped
evidently intending to go no far
Their. "I'll say goodbye, for this time
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10 20 10 Deu Oh DC
count of them. / saw
your advertisement
and took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound with
very good results. |
can work all day long
now at my sick time.
You may use these
facts as a testimonial
and am re cor
mending the Vege-
fahla Cnrnno11nd fo
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Another way to reduce is worry
too much about business.
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PAINS So BAD
WOULD GO to- BED
Two Women Tell How Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Stopped Their Suffering

Iron Mountain, Mich. 81 had terri
bic pains every month and at times had
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-04

Scientist says a clock runs faster
at night; but it only seems faster.
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When an auto kicks back and -
breaks mans arm it is merely tivs y
ing to replace the horse.
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BOf.SCWTy
NEWS OF TROOP i

Who says that we haven't a good
troop? Well, they're wrong. What
could keep US from having good
troop with such scoutmaster as
Bradley Hogg, a troop committee
composed os Messrs. Steve Pace,
James Lott and George Marshall and
backed up by such good Kiwanis
club.
We admit that Troop 8 is alright,
and have dandy scoutmaster who
is Peck" Rylander, but they will
have to hustle to pass us.
We had a fine meeting last night
with % scouts present. This is a
good record to begin with, as this
was our first meeting separate from
the other troops, and as only 80
scouts are in one troop. The meet
ing was presided over by Scoutmaster
Bradley Hogg and Troop Commit
teeman George Marshall and lasted
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Square deals make square meals.
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bitter enemy of the old man."
Then Crawford had better look
out. II Doble isn't a killer, | neve,
met ONE
Continued in Our Next Isseu.)
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FIVE DELEGATES AT
OPENING or CON CON

Springfield, April lS,--l'iye dele.
gates At the convention met here
this morning and adjourned until
April %. The session was perfume.
tory, today's uGC3ing having bem
sent before the conflict with the
states convention on Friday as point.
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President Woodward 70 delay their
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Whltcaldo Go. Sullers LOIS.

Sterling, Aprll Is Details of the
worst storm which has visited White
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ccivcd horc. The storm swept up
Sunday afternoon, causing thousands
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REPORTS
HEAVY APRIL. FROST

Hannibal, No. April lS.-A heavy
frost here last night, following the
rains Of yesterday did only slight
damage to fruit according to early
Of Orchard8ts
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TORNADO; 70 DEAD
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The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-07

complications affect the life of every M.
iion, no matter how il tries to withdraw
from the struggle Of international affairs.
The advantages which would accrue
from a national life free from foreign
complications and troubles is immeasur-
able. But it is impossible for any nation
to pursue such a policy of segregation.
Every nation must do its part in interna.
iional reconstruction. No one nation can
live alone. free from responsibility or
duty, and an attitude of aloofness and
on-participation will not help the Unit
ed States. but only complicate matters
in Europe.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-07
4 CITY BEAUTIFUL.

A. ciiy kuildeik in its heart. SO is it.
Columbia has recently been building.
! new hospital has been erected. A bank
huildin. of beauty Is under construction.
/ aam'prr Of well constructed homes have
L-ca hG;It.
i.m undermining this commendablc
turn for the better in architecture is a
commercial grab for gain that builds not
buildings Of beauty OF even permanence
lnl lly-by night board structures. These
prove an cycsorc to those who appreciate
their influence on the city's development.
They form bl"i on the eitys business
c"dnirnancc. They are not conducive to
better ike conditions. either socially or
ornnoricllly. Their influence is a draw.
la,, 10 c,hcr institutions. Ii will dis
COURAGE The installation Of new concerns
here
Architecture for business houses does
nj necessarily have to be extrayagani.
la. The cheapness Of small shacks dotted
here and there about the city lends the
air Of smallness TO the city. A better
building would be a good investment for
such interests. II would pay them and
help the city.
Columbia is one Of the most beautiful
towns in the West. Ii has a naturally !,
pleasant environment. Its buildings in \
the main are of useful. beautiful. perma- |
neal structure The advance of cheaper !.
business to the dcirimc,it Of al should be
checked. The interest gained would aerue
I" all concerned.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-07
MISS STEAM HAS RETURNED
Hyde Made Outstanding Talk
Superintendents, She SAYS.

Hyde Made Outstanding Talk to
Superintendents, She Says.
Governor Arthur NJ. Hyde made the
outstanding address at the meeting of
the department of superintendents Of the
National Education Association, accord
ing to Miss Saidee NJ. Steam. principal
of the Columbia High School. who at
tended the convention. Governor Hyde
spoke on Rural Education."e The con-
veniion was held in Chicago from Febru-
ary "a to March and had headquarters
at the Congress Hotel.
J. 7. Tigert. commissioner of educa-
ton at Washington, and Will c, Wood.
state superintendent Of public instruc-
lion from Sacramento. Cal, were among
the other speakers. Miss Chad Ormoad
Williams. president of the National Ed
ucatiOn Association, also amended the
meeting.
"The purpose Of the association. said
Miss Steam. is to work for school i'm
provemenis, to win more recognition oi
school work and to get better results
The annual meeting Of the entire asso-
citation will be held in Boston the first
part of July.
Others from Columbia who attended
the meeting in Chicago were Dean ]. II.
Z. NJ. Carter. T. ]. Walker.
Miss Ella V. Dobbs and Miss Louis
Stanley.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-07
FOREIGNERS NOT OFTEN
ATTACKED BY CHINESE
O. w. Mcmillan. Missionary, Gives
Possible Causes Of, Murder of
DIR. A. L.. Shelton.

1T is rather unusual for a foreigner
to be attacked by robbers in China" O.
W. Mcmillan, a returned missionary
from China. said Yesterday in discussing
possible causes Of the murder of Dr. AL
bert L. Shelton. for fourteen years Amer.
lean medical missionary in Tibet In
fact. il is only The bolder class who will
dare to do ii. and they will do it only
when they wish to make military gov
ernor lose face This also happens in
the ease of the enmi;y Of two military
generals, but is very unusual at any
other time. Natives Of Tibet are much
more lawless than the Chinese and will
attack a stranger more readily. They do
not have constant contact with foreign
ers as do the Chinese, who have learn
ed from experience to treat them kind
ly. DIR. Shelton was probably attacked
by robbers while on his way to Tibet.
where he had been invited to found
hospital. He was a medical missionary,
who was much loved by all the natives
who knew him. and it seems impossible
that he could have been attacked on any
other basis than to break down mill
tary governors government.
Law hasn't control enough in China
or Tibet" Mr.. Mcmillan further said
AN organized army may be true to the
government in the morning. and all turn
haf I'm tI,a har
hand. robber camp may all sur
render upon condition that they be
made an army. and that their chief be
made the captain. Ii. however, the rob,
ber band have it in mind for the military
government for military general. they
will invariably commit an act like DIR.
SheltOn's murder to break the governors
power. In fact. it will s,oop TO any
thing 10 accomplish this end.
Mr.. Mcmillan was in China as a mis-
sionary from 1915 to July. 1921, and dur
ing this time he had many experiences
with the robbers himself At one time
one of his teachers and six pupils were
laken by robber bands. and Mr.. McMil- |
Ian had to visit the camp to secure their
release. While returning from there. !
his company came to a river, where Il
robber band was marauding fleet The |
band mOtiOned to them to come roir lover |
and be searched, but when the robbers |
saw their American flag. they sent them
en-, saying that they wouldn't attack an
American. Many of these robbers are
armers all summer, and during the. win
er carry on their robberies.
doctor Shelton had been captured
,nce before by robber bands, when he
vas on his way home for his furlough a
,ouple of years ago. The robbers held
lin for seventy days, and by that time
he was SO nearly dead that they left him
n an old house. one day while they were
and he was taken by friends.
lie came on to the United States to re
over from this"
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-07
THE NEW BOOKS
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Maria father. as rugged as the com.
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Each one of her three lovers makes a
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The story is simply told with few
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The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-07

The same note is sounded in a daint
poem in the New York Times which
written in a less informal rythm and me
ter than the one just quoted.
Up THE FARTHER ROAD
BY abigail Cresson
.. ! followed up the farther road:
The feather snow was falling.
And il was Winter undertook
| heard robin calling! -
The trees we're bare and black and
still,
The leaf buds hard and tight;
The pines and cedars hung their
heads
Beneath cap of white.
And il was Winter on the hill
And Winter in the SKY
Yet flashing through the withered
trees,
| saw a robin fly!
! hurried to my little house.
| whispered to the hedge.
| whispered to the lilac bush
Just at the gardens edge.
They heard. ihink-they stirred a
bit
oh. il is almost spring.
For up the farther road today.
] heard robin sing!
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-03-07
FAITH AND WORKS.

Business expansion is much easier
process than business contraction. 1t is
easier for the business man to concentrate
on getting new orders at high profits and
letting the expenses run than to concern
himself with cutting expenses 10 the mini
rum on small orders at reasonable prof.
its. Yet. in the end one process may be
as profitable as the other.
Increasing ones business is natural
and constructive. while economy and ap-
parent lack of progress for the time at
least. 60 decidedly against the grain"
Of the business man. But success for
any length of time, through periods of
depression as well as prosperity, may be
realized only BY the combined elements
of bOldness and caution. OF by expense
at one moment and economy At another.
The greatest victories Of the World
War were not made by steady ADVANCES.
At the right time the soldiers would 90
forward; then they would dig in. and
wait; then forward again; and 50 on un-
I'll the objective was gained. So with busi-
ness. when the time is not ripe for
steady advance one should not scoff 4,
the idea of digging in. Certainly the or.
standing business enterprise is the one
which cleans house quickly, which takes
lis medicine without wl,impering and
hen goes ahead boldly.
Ii has often been said that the men,
md companies as well. that have achieved
Ihe most are those who had unwayering
faith in the country. But faith without |
works is no ladder upon which to climb /,
'ut Of the entertainments Of depression.
Wishing and thinking alone do not
'ring prosperity. The company that de. |
'ires larger profits mus, combine faith |
with works. -