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canoe was already near tho cpro.
site shore heading swiftly down
stream.
Come hsclls Nellson called
again 4 order you
& Then his eye fen 70 the landing
on which he discerned the white
paper. aeiss Il
He bent for II with eager hand,
His eyes leaped over the bold writ.
ing on the exterior. S5
ITO Ezra Melyille's mprderers,''
Ben had written, And with that
reading Jeffery Nelson knew a ter,
TOR beyond any experienced In his
life.
His hand ripped apart the sealed
fold. and he held the sheet before
his eyes.
To Nelson and His Gang:
When you get this, Beatrice will
be on her way to Back There
either there or on her way TO hell.
Ezra Melville was my paTd, A let,
ter leaving his claim 10 me is in my
pocket, and I alone know where HI
rams will Is, leaving It to Ezram
Your title will mover stand as Ions
as those papers aren't destroyed, Il
you don't care enough about saying
your daughter from me, at least
you'll want those letters,
Come and get than. III ha wait
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CHAPTER x
The Stream Of Death.

Wed better keep on going 70
our landing place." Ben advised,
"There's no place 70 land above 4
II went all over the shore this.
morning. That will give him time
10 cool down. ! only want 10 get
around this curve before he comes
with his rifle" \
Turn, into the shore" she told
him. halt.whispering, You stu
have time 10 steer Into shore. I'll
Jump overload II you don't"
He shook. his head. Don't jump
overheard, Beatrice he answered.
1T isn't my purpose to kill YOU
and TO jump over into this stream
only means to die"
The girl knew he spoke the truth.
What do you mean to do?" she
asked.
"It's Just a little debt owe your
tather-and his gang" Ben ex.
planned. "1'll tell you some time, in
the days to come. It was a debt OF
blood"
The girls dark eyes charged with
red fire. And you, q coward, take
your payment on q iwoman. Turn
the canoe into the bank" =
You're safe with me.-.the daugh.
ter Of Jeff Nelson can't ever be
anything but safe with meas far
as the thing you fear Is concerned.
I'm simply paying an honest debt,
and you're the unfortunate agent"
You've stlll got time to turn
back" the girl answered him. seem.
ingly without feeling. Glide into
shore, and we'll try to catch an
oyerhanging limb. It's my last
warning"
Ben shook his head. The girls
white hand flashed to her side, then
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sEIINllNsT:loM

The Misses Heulah aud Florence
Gaimish had as their guest Tues
day evening Miss Martha Martin
Of Gypsy. Z
p Mr.. and Mrs, Harvey Bice were
shopping in Clarksburg Monday.
Mrs, G. C, ogden and sister,
Miss Maggie Ogden, were In FAIR
mont Tuesday.
The Misses Janice Tucker and
Margaret Crouser Of Gypsy at
tended the motion picture show,
Way Down East" at Shinnston
Tuesday night.
Mrs. John Null and daughter
Mabel were shopping in Clarks-
burg Monday.
oryal Wright Of Shiunston left
Wednesday morning for Detroit,
Mich, to spend the Christmas
holidays with friends.
Miss Virginia Martin spent
Monday evening with her uncle,
Howard Hartley of West shinns-
ton.
Miss Floreine Galmtsh was a
guest Of Miss Martha Martin Mon
day.
Miss Edna Morrison was shop.
ping in clarksburg Tuesday even,
ing.
The Misses Beulah Galmish and
Martha Martin and Mrs. Nettie
Tetrlck were shopping in Clarks.
burg Monday evening.
Mrs. Fay Fortney visited In
Shinnston Tuesday.
DBL. Martin Of shinns Run wa
a business visitor in shlnnston
Mrs, D. shingleton and little
niece were shopping In shinnston
MIS-! Mrs Norman shanks and little
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EAST RUN
EfaM.Tnothman

Miss Blanche Efaw OF East Run
and Howard Toothman OF Plum
Run were married at Oakland, Nd,
last Friday night. The colplo
spent Saturday night at the home
of the bride, going to Mfr. Tooth.
mans home Sunday, where they
are residing at present.
League Meets
a special program will be given
by the members OF the local Ep.
worth League at the regular meet
ing to be held at 2 o'clock Sunday
night
Women's Club Meets
The local woman's club held its
first meeting last Tuesday after
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GIFT SUGGES TlONS
From Our S1verware Department

The one thing person can't go wrong in giving, No mat
ter how much the person you are giving the gift to, al
ready have, they always welcome more gifts Of silver
And it's gift too that is kept and cherished for life
time. a
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der the direction OF tho teaehsl
Miss Ethel Durrets, axe preparthr
tcr . Christmas program 10 he glr
en- * the school tomorrow night
AZ Christmas tree viii add % the.
interest o. the entesta inment
Howard TSothmaa ana Miss!
Blanche Etaw were married a. oak
land. Nd, last week, They are ~,
siding with the sroom's parents5oa
Plum Run Of present,
Miss Geneva Collins s. employed
st thsshoms Of Ma Hugh Tettiek.
at the present time.
N a. ~ NY FflH fFd - q "A
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noon At the home Of Mrs. +. =.
Huglies. seven members were
present md the session was Ii.
voted 70 learning the methods OF,
canning chicken.
Christmas Program,
A Christmas program will be
iglven at the East Run School Bfi.
day night at 2 o'clock. The stu.
dents will participate In The en-.
'tertainment and the affair will he.
directed BY the teacher, AIisssEthsl
Durrett, A Christmas tree willSa
ford additional interest to tho.
pupils and their guests.
The East Run School .pupt1s, I'm.
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Once more he fired. but The boat
was farther distant nov. and tic
bullet went wild. The pistol was
empty. he turned hack % tie cab.
In for his rifle
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rose sure and steady, holding her
pistol Turn quick Or III fIre,F
she said.
(oentinned "a Next Issre
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CHAPTER TX. - :
The NYolfGM Strnkanu

Alone by the fire Ben had on.
portunity TO balance zone thing with
another and think out the full CON.
sequences gof his plan,
IN the still hour OF midnight he
carried the equipment down 10 the
canoe that Beatrice had left the
evening before. Then he drew
rom his pocket a sheet Of paper
and wrote carefully, . long time,
with Epancil,
Folding HIS letter carefully. he
tealea II with tsllew, Then, wrap.
ping pne pt his blankets about him,
ne pFepaEed to wait for the dawn,
lnst before eight he saw her
seHle Her voice rang clear and
sssaet through the hushed depths as
fhe called q greeting,
go back and get your heavy
sles commanded. Eve already
asen out on the water, and lt'll
treege You stit Y. ,.iisl' " "
She smiled into his eyes, but she
1aiAs OF a breed Of women that had
learhed obedience TO men, and ehe
lately turned. But Ben had
lnllded better than he thought His
ageB were no longer on her radiant
tnce; They had dropped to the Dis.
iols ins !ts holster, that she carried
" her hands, preparatory to strap,
tliing " about her waist, This pistol
and a small package, the contents
Of whichstl did not know, were the
only equipment she had,
She laid down the things. and IN
moment the lthiokets had hidden
1er' swiftly Ben reached for the
sun and for few speeding sec.
ands his fingers worked at its
mechanIsnl;
For goodness sake, Mr.. barnv /"
the Ettl cried. What have Won cot
IN this boat3" she. pointed 10 he
nile Of supplies, lowered BY the
alanketsi In the center Of the craft
" looks like we had enough 10
flay q month. docau't tS!" he
aughed; There's blankets there
~ cpnrse-tn make us comfortable
and the lunch, and a pillow or
The girls eyes fell with some an.
arehension on the shaggy wolf. III
invent established very friendly
relations with Fenris-"
I'D leave him at home. but he
Won't stand for It. Lie down. old
boy. Ben motiored, and Fenrix
spr'Iwled at his feet. .tNow come
here and pet him, Miss Nelson"
"IIe tnfiH arafa AZ ~ fSn.sa s,.CI
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tcontlhped From, Our Last lssue)i
"rell me about H." he said at
last. casually. II was thinking Of
making boat and going down on
a prospecting trip"
"rli tell you about II, aud then !
think you'li change your mind. The
frs cataract Is the one Just above
where he first saw the river-coni.
ing ri; then there's this mile Of
quiet water, From that point on
the Yuga flows into Q gorge. The
wallis are Just about straight up on
each Side, and OF course are abso.
lutely iinpassable. For nearly two
hundred miles the river So consid.
cred itapassabie for boats. Two
hundred and fifty miles or so below
there Is an Indian village-hut they
never tryltoi 60 down the river from
here.
And after you've once got into
the rapids, there's no getting out
of eotFse not. / suppose there
arc places where you might get on
tle baak but The gorge above is
sYoa couldn't follow the river
down-with horses?" q
Yes, inttime. ofcourse II would
be slow going. as there are no
trails the brush Is heavy. and the
country IS absolutely unexplored.
4 any crtminal-or any one like
that--could take down this river In
q canoe in high water-and get
through into that great, virgin,
trackless country a hundred miles
beloW. II would be almost impossi.
Bile 70 get him out"
And with good ambushes, able
10 hold OF and kill q dozen" Ben's
hands shook, and he locked them
behind him. They call that coun-
Try what2n
"'Back There, That's all I've
ever heard II called Back There
y must be going now the girl
said: my father pretty near goes
crazy when I stay away too long"
His mind seemed to leap and
gather her words. She was the 10y
and the spride Of the old mans life.
and Ray Brent, the stronger OF
NELSON'S two subordinates, loved
her too:
ITO strike at them Indirectly
through some one they, love- such
had been his greatest wish.
HGoodby, |" the girl was saying.
si'll see you soon"
He turned toward her, q smile at
his lips. His voice held steady when
he spoke.
TN have to BIO soon. II at all"
he replied. sI'ye got to really get
10 Work In d few days. How about
"a little picnic tomorrow-on the
other side Of the1river?"
The girps eyes shone, aud the
color rose again In her tanned
cheeks. stI'd think that would be
very nice, :, she told him.
Then III meet you here-at
CHATTER IKE sS''s,iSs
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and hundred one other little gifts that lack Of space pro-
hibits us mentioning her-one thing certain houghRegard
less Of who the gift is for will find something that will
please them perfectly
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.CARPElv TER FA !! \! | |! y
SEUECTS OFFICERS
Reunion Held Yesterday At
Burners Ridge With
Large Attendance.

AZ the sixth annual reunion OF
the Carpenter family which was
held yesterday in the Fairvtew
Methodist Episcopal Church on
Burners Ridge, the following Of
ficers were elected: President, J.
B. Carpenter; vice president. Wa.
ter Carpenter; secretary and treas
urer. Mrs Lille Carpenter Ford:
committee on arrangements, w. e
Hall, David Carpenter and Joe Car
penter.
The services were held in the
grove and at 10 a. m. the president,
W. B. Carpenter called the meeting
to order The choir sang Nearer
NV Cod to Thee after which
Marshall satterheld led in the OPP
enins prayer. The address OF vel
come was made by Denzel1 Carpen-
ter and Minor Nuzum, of Indiana
polls, Ind. esponded.
A short address was made By
Ashman Carpenter, the oldest liv-
ing member of the family Mr.. Car
pentera is SIS years old. Next on
the program was a recitation by
Miss Ramah Carpenter and an ad-
dress by w. S. Haney and an adj
dres by Walter Carpenter.
At 1880 o'clock the meeting ad-
journed for dinner.
The president called the meeting
to order again at 9 o'clock and In
troduced Mrs. Lonnie Vincent and
Thomas Doolittle who sang old
favorite songs. Mr.. and Mrs. Free
man VanGilder sang several selec-
tons. which were followed by a
selection by the Mt. Zion quartet
Following the election Of officers
addresses were made by the Rev;
erend Mr.. Michael. Author Jones.
J. Nett Nuzum and E.. M Showalt.
err. A reading was given by Miss
Geneyivie Carpenter and Warren
Nuzum, of New Mexico, sang
..Forty Years Ago AS the closing
number the Lynn choir sang The
Eastern Gate.
Out-of-town members of the
family who were present were Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Nuzum of New
Mexico Mr.. and Mrs. John Bisit
of Charleroi, Pa. J. Nett Nuzum OF
Elwood, Ind, and Minor Nuzum OF
indianapolis, Ind.
The next reunion Of the family
will be held the second Sunday in
August, 1928, in the Mt. Ziol.
Church, Winfield District.
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kindergarten age. No boy or girl
thus situated should see tie insid g
of aschoolhouse! until 10.
"AlI animal life is sensitive, to
environment, but ~of all Twin g
things the child Is most sensitive
Surroundings act a. the outsid e
world acts on the plato of a cam
era.
Gin successful cultivation of
plants there must be absolute
honesty You cannot deceive
nature or thwart her, without
reactins consequences.
Blames Wrong Breeding for. Crime
"The wave of public dishonesty
is due chiefly to lack of proper
trainin g-breeding if you please
in the formative years of life
"Be honest with your child.
Dishon esty in word. look or deed
and you have started a CRATER.
Teach child self-respect as you
would train plant into better
growth.
"And, again abiding to the
plants, surround your child with
the sun IS ine from your heart and
the open sky, giving it free COM
munion with nature, we'll balanced
and nutritious food. healthy envir-
onment and he will be marked for
all life with such desirable traits
as you wish Ks
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COAL STRIKE MAY !
END | ID THIS |! S: WEEK e. K
Rumor Current That Northern
West Virginia Companies
Will Sign Up.

CLEVELAND. Aug. w
cial to The West Virginianl 7E0 Essl
servers who have attended the
conferences of coal operators andsI
officials of tnhe United Mine Work: ~
ers of America since they began I
here and who are given cred ItaIoIls
Knowing the labor gam e say thatsazi
settlement will be effected Es b1y3ss
Thursday OF this week. 8.sB SSs
The settlement Will be based on on
the forty millions of TONNAGE.
which represented the CenLTais
Competitive Field.
Some observers say that Indiana
and Illinois will not sign UP at at;
present. They. are badly spl1t5u ~;
among themselves, however,, ac75
cording to inform alton gathered.s
On the other 3sSsd the miners
know what they want and will no.
doubt gain their point in their
determined stand. 1t is believedfs
that it will only be matter ofSaR
short time when these two states
will sign up. Delay in them 4 en- %,
trance into the conference and5e
different times Of signing sup sS
would take away any OF the g '1ls's
Of suspicion Of a conspiracy as
charged before Fed eral JudgegAaAln An
derson. Ohio is coming thro q en-
larger than any Of the four states
Of the Central Competitive F,iel ~
Promin ent officials Of sone g t ~
the big coal companies in Western
Penn sylvania tits reported, have
been tipped off by those stati 81
at the. listening post that th1eeyS8
might as well get a board the ba nd
wagon - Fear OF a coal fam1neJ&
rapid ly4 rising prices Of fuel an 1!1I1
the pressure Of the government;
will practically force settle n1a men IN
Of the strike very shortly, ana co s.i
opera tors are s$ beginning to- read
the ting, on the wall.
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The Dixie

Pauline Starke who is fast gain
ing prominence for her strong
portrayals of emotional roles. is
seen in the feminine lead at the
Dixie today in wife Asrainst
Wife, tragic story of domestic
life in which5as Gabrielle Gauuer,31
an artists model, she becomes IN
nocently involved
The story opened in the artists
quarters of Paris, where stannardS
Dole has gone to study art. and 4
while there he meets gabrielle
who poses forlhim- He is sudden
Ely,called to his homesin New York,
byshis wife, who wires that there
is prospect ola big contract If he
comes at once. He has not told
Gabrielle of his wife and upon the
death of her father she comes 10
New York, and upon her arrival
learns the truth:
The Princess.
A picture that has much OF
human interestin it. and some vers1
good character studies is Ohm ohm
Smith, appearing at the Princess
today. in which Eugene Of FlE'.it q
plays the title8role- It is a storys
that will have a general appeal5fori
every one, because the situations
are such that could really nappen.s
and are not over-drawn.
# There is a robbery for which
J ohm Smith is tried. but in the end
the real criminals are brought to
Justice and everything ends han
PLY for those most concerned in;
the plot. !.
The Nelson. ny
Very Truly Yours showing IT.
the Nelson today is an entertaining
story, in which Shirley Mason Is
seen as a pretty hotel stenpgraph=s
err who loves, not wisely, but too
well, as it develops, for she finds
that the man towhom she has Civ
en- her heart, has married a rich
widow. and Tilted her. Then, since
she has been disappointed in love
she decides that she will also
marry for money.
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WOMAN DEPORTED
BY MAYOR CONWAY n ~

n transportation back t. the
place she came from was the
sentence imposed upon Stella
UgIow by Mayor w. w Conway
in police court this morning The
girl was picked up. on the streets
Of the city yesterday as a asus-
plcious person and for begging on
the streets. 53 VII s
The woman, who looked to be
about 355 years old, made her APP
pearance on Main street about IL
o'clock yesterday morning after
sleeping at the Baltimore3& Ohio
Railroad station over mi ht: She
wore "a tan waist and a light dirty
skirt which struck her about tn
knees. Her. tan silk hose we're
badly soiled and on one foot she
wore a badly worn and torn slip
per. The other slipper she car
ried in her hand. When she was
stopped by city officers as she
lin ped III down lain street, she
seemed perfectly willing to go to
Jail. She said that the day pre-
ylous she b lad walked from Point
Marion and, her feet We're sore
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COUNTY DELEGATION
OFF TO CONVENTION
Delegates Leave City at q
o'clock on Special for
CIarksburg.

Thirty-three Marion County
delegates to the Repu blican state
convention in Huntington tomor-
row afternoon left this city on a
special street car at 4 o'clock this
afternoon. At Clarksburg the
delegates will board two special
Pullman cars in which the jour
ney to and from the convention
city will be made.
A number of the Marion Coun-
ty delegates left last night and
some of them are already in the
convention city. When the roll
is called at Huntington tomorrow
afternoon, at least forty Marion
Comfy delegates will be present.
So far no opposition has de-
veloped against Judge James a..
Meredith, and it now appears that
his name will be the only one be-
fore the convention, Friends and
boosters of Judge Meredith who
went to Huntington last night
wired back today that all the
early delegates arriving in the
convention city were favorable to
Judge Meredith. a5
The Wood County executive
committee, after naming it's 1903
delegates to the meeting, Endorsed
Judge Meredith, and the Wood
County delegates will support
Judge Meredith first, last and al
ways.
The delegates who left on the
4 O'Clock car. were ". L. Heintzel-
man, Mrs Florence R. Ayers, W..
H. Bunner, D. Dem arco, ii. H.
Lanham, Harry Shaw, W.. j.
:wiegel, Joe Dille,- Curt Amos,
Mrs. f. S. Amos, Aaron Sanders,
C. w. Prlchard, Lee N. Satter-
field, j. w. Mason, Harry Hixen-
baugh, Ward Lanham, Mrs. Nv,
Kinsey, Mrs. Joseph Gr1msley,
Marshall Harris, Rev.. ID.
Browne, Joe Diggs, w. r. Haw-
kins, KEN Bile /. White, Mrs. Leota
M. Barry, Frank Sanders, Miss
Ruth Merrifeld, Phillip Van
.Guilder, e. ID: Tune, Spray
Sturm, Gene Christie, Wesley
Robinson, Mrs. B. f. Spencer, and
r, T.. Cunningham.
Marion County delegates al
ready In the convention city are
=. G.. Prichard, Edwin Robinson,
Governor E. F. Morgan, Mrs. a..
II. Lehman, Mrs: E. B. Carskadon,
and Russell Nuzum,
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.PR / | ! ] j
FOR INSPECTION
At CANT !! I IT READ 4 ] ||I'|:|
General Read Will Have a
Busy Day Reviewing
New Soldiers.

After enjoying "a half holiday
yesterday, the AGO officers and en- n
listel men Camp Read, Barrack:-
will were back to routine work to
day. The camp was buster today
than at any time since the soldier
boys pitched tents. All depart
mental heads are making ready for
The visit CT General Read. COM
manding officer OF the Fifth Corps
Area, who is due here tomorrow to
inspect the camp.
The boys are working with
snap and vim today in order to be
the Fest possible con d ition for the
inspection tomorrow. The officers
anC instru ctors sent here by Gems
eral Read were putting the men
through their final Workouts before
the arrival Of their commanding CT
f1cer, and general orders covering
the activities OF the troops during
the stay of General Read at camp
were being prepared ard will be
given out this evening
.1 General Read is due to arrive in
Fairmont from the west between
9 and 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning
and will be me. at5the station By
Colonel Davis ard Captain Meyers,
who will escort him to the camp.
and the work OF inspection will be
started at once
The first thing on the program at
the camp will he a battalion re-
view After the battalion review.
Companies a, 8 and c of the 150to
Infantry will go into competitive
drill. This drill Will show the
commanding. officer what the men
have learned while in camp.
Next on the program will lie a
demonstration by Machine Gun
COMPANY D.. The company viii!
demonstrate tho act of laying down
a machine gun barrage, the ma
chine guns in action snc! the ma
chine guns in defense. This dem
onstration will be put on without
firing. but the men will go. through
the actions of firing.
Company A, the military police
company of the 104th Military
Police Battalion. will work with
the infantry drill and later will be
called upon to take up pistol and
riot duty sS
The headquarters officers of the
First Battalion will be in the in
fantry drill and will later demon
strate the semaphore signals. The
officers will also demonstrate the
radio outfit il it is in working or
der.
General Read will leave after his
inspection for Nitro, where he will
inspect the troops which are in
camp at that place.
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BY GENE COIN

SANTA ROSA, Cal, Aug. Sat
70 Luther Burbank, horticultural
wizard, is fresh, productive ana
heal thy as the soil from which he
gets his wonder plants.
He stands on his head with the
skill of any small boy. He jumps
the rope with neigLbors' young
sters and vaults his garden fence.
His theory: Keep growing
like the plants. Don't let weeds
grow in your mind. .
If his pepful condition were not
suff cient argument for his life
philosophy, the "plant wizard"
can point to 5000 new expert
men is under way on his farm
Grains as a class still occupy the
grea ter part OF his attention.
#a Rear Children Like Plants
But it is to the youth oflAmeri-
ca and its future that his kindly
impulses turn at 73 and to parents
he delivers this appeal: Train
your children like plants"
1.-THE one place truly fit for
rearing of children is the country
or the small town" he says
The nearer to nature the bet
ter. When they are thus reared I
must protest most earnestly
against beginning education at