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The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-20
By ZANE GREY

yond belief that q horse, burdened OF
unburdened, could find footing and
hold 1t upon that wall Of narrow
ledges and inverted, slanting gullies,
But he climbed on, sure-footed as a
mountain goat. and, surmounting the
last rough steps, he stood moment
silhouetted against the white sky.
Then he disappeared. Ladd sat
astride Blanco Sol gazing upward.
How the cowboy must have honored
that raiders brave steedl
Gale, who had been too dumb TO
shout the admiration he felt, suddenly
leaped up. and his voice came with a
shrek:
Look out, Laddyl"
A big horse, like a white streak, was
bearing down to the right of the
ranger. Blanco Diablol A matchless
rider swung with the horses motion.
Gale was stunned. Then. he remem-
bered the first raider, the one Lash
had shot at and driven away from the
outlet. This fellow had made for the
mesquite and had put saddle on
Belongs favorite. In the heat Of the
excitement, while Ladd had been In
tent upon the climbing horse, this last
raider had come down with the speed
of the wind straight for the western
outlet. Perhaps, very probably, he
did not know Gale was there to block
It; and certainly he hoped to pass
Ladd and Blanco Sol.
A touch Of the spur made Sol lunge
| forward TO head Off the raider. Diablo
was In his stride. but the distance and
| carbine. He held aloft gun ready
| to level Il and fire. He sat the saddle
as II II were a stationary seat. Gale
saw Ladd lean down and drop the
.4O5 In the sand. He would take no
chances of wounding Belongs best
loved horse.
Then Gale sat transfixed with sus-
pended breath watching the horses
laundering toward him. Blanco Dia-
bio was speeding low, feet as an an
telope, fierce and terrible in his dew
ilish action, horse for war and blood
and death. . he seemed unbeatable.
Yet TO see the magnificently running
Blanco Sol was but to court a doubt
Plain II was the raider could not make
the opening ahead of Ladd. He saw
IL and swerved to the left. emptying
his six-shooter as ne turned.
Blanco Sol Numbered across. Then
the race became straight away up the
valley. II was fleet, beautiful. mag.
nificent race. Gale thrilled and ex.
ulted and yelled as his horse settled
into a steadily swifter run and began
to gain.
The gap between Diablo and Sol
narrowed yard by yard. All the devil
that was in Blanco Diablo had its run
ming on the downward stretch. The
strange. cruel urge of bit and spur
the crazed rider who stuck like burr
upon him. the shots and smoke added
! terror to his natural violent temper
He ran himself Off his feet. But he
could not elude that relentless horse
behind him.
| Then, like one white flash following
another, the two horses cleaned down
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how came to do 1t, / was so quiet.
Mercedes didn't wake. Well, I'll go
and let you have your siesta and
| dreams"
But he did not move to go. Nell
regarded him with curious, specula-
tive eyes.
isn't 1t lovely dayT queried Dick.
yesterday was finer, but you didn't
notice IT,"
"Oh, yesterday was somewhere
back In the past-<he inconsequential
past"
Nell's sleepy eyes opened a little
| wider. She did not know what to
make Of this changed young man.
Dick felt gleeful and tried hard to
keep the fact from becoming manifest.
"What's the inconsequential past
You seem remarkably happy today"
IT certainly am happy. Adios.
Pleasant dreams"
Dick turned away then and left the
patio by the opening into the yard.
Nell was really sleepy, and when she
had fallen asleep again he would re-
turn. He walked around for a while.
Presently, as II magnet-drswn, he re.
traced his steps to the patio and en-
tered noiselessly.
| Nell was now deep IN her siesta.
She was inert, relaxed, untroubled by
dreamA Her hair was damp on her
| brow.
Again Nell stirred, and gradually
awakened. Her eyes Enclosed, humid,
shadowy, unconscious. They rested
upon Dick for a moment before they
became clear and comprehensive. He
stood back fully ten feet from her,
and to all outside appearances re
| garded her calmly.
Tive interrupted your siesta again, "
he said. please forgive me. IN take
myself or"
He wandered away, and when II
became impossible for him to stay
away any longer be returned b the
patio.
The instant his glance rested upon
Nell's face he OWNED she was feign
Ing sleep. Dick dropped upon his
knees and bent over her. He wanted
moro than anything he had ever want
ed in his life to see II she would keer
up that pretense Of sleep and lot hin
kiss her. She must have felt hil
breath, for her hair waved on heI
brow. Her cheeks were now whits
Her breast swelled and sank. HI
bent down closer--closer. But Id
must have bsen maddeningiy slow. foI
a. he bent still closer Nell's EYE
opened, and he caught swift purple
gaze Of eyes a she whiried her head
Then. wftA . little cry, me ross end
ned.
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"RIsft out thsn Nell swsrs
SHE'D % after Therns.s n
40 BH coN1INUnnl


Charms of Music.
''garsntha, what's the chuns the o..
chestry's playin' nowr' asked the old
farmer, who was attending Z concert
for the flrst time IN bis life.
earantha. his wifA looked long ana
earnestly At her program.
"It's By fellow called Chopin = me
replied
swell, maybs,~ was the rsply. 'sBut
It sounds deal more lifes sawh'.S--
London AnswerA
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sTm improving In drawing, mothes.-
said the little gii. Are you. dsaff
That's goodi~ ~Ye1 drawed Z cake
on my hlats and Bsnnis guessed n
was an oyster. he knsw II was some
fAins v sat anyvsys Gh't hss"
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WY SHO W sU~sV wv N"eyg sssN -
Came Riding for Life Down Under
the Eastsrn Wall.
the bank Of wash and disappeared
In clouds Of dust
Gale watched with strained and
smarting eyes. The thick throb In
his ears was Dierced By faint sounds
Of gunshots- Then he waited In al
most uncomfortable suspense.
! Suddenly something whittier than the
background Of dust appeared above
the low ron Of valley floor. Gale lev
eled his glass. In the clear circle
shone Blanco sol's noble head with its
long black bar from ears to nose.
Soils head was drooping now. Another
second showed Ladd stiIl 10 the saddle.
The ranger was leading Blanco
Diablo - spent - broken -drageine-
riderless
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eHAPrER X


Ne word from George Thorns had
come to Forlorn River In weeka Gale
ersw concerned over the fact. and
bssan to wonder II anything serious
ssuld have happsasd = him. M
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The hurt OF burn or Q cut stops when
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Doctors Plan ~Black List
Doctors In London are Suggesting q,
~black list" Of patients who 20 from.
one medical man to another instead of'
paying their bills
Some men THINK they are fair-minded
when they are merely too lazy, to form
an opinion.
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An interrupted eIssta.
Ne man ever had Z more eleQusnt
and beautiful pleader for his cause
than had Dick 0als n Msrcsdss O.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-13
MERCHANTS MUST COOPERATE
TO WIN MORE TRADE.

Americas, we find, is not a diff
erent city from the many others
nestled here in South Georgia of
about the same size as we. So
what the Moultrie Observer has
to say of its town can be said of
US. Editor Allen makes these
timely remarks which we take to
ourselves:
There is one line of work that
affords the Chamber of Commeroo
great possibilities in 1923. 1t is
me work of trade development
MoultrIe needs more trade, and
she can have it by going out after
IT, For the chamber to do effec-
1--WE work it should have the INIT
ca backing of the merchants of
Moultrie. If the merchants will
lay aside all thoughts of competi-
ZION and think for a while of CO.
operation, they can plan and work
TO the end that they will double
S4e number of people who come to
Moultrie to do their trading and
marketing. 1t is a wonderful on
portunity for trade developmen+
ana we have the machinery to
90 the work. We only need the
merchants organized inside the
Chamber of Commerce."
NhlIe the merchants and towns
people here in Americas are nDt-
ting across the proposition to keen
our local Chamber of Commerce
going, it would be fine idea 70
invite the farmers generally to
come in with US, if not active mem
oefS' at least to get some of the
benefits of such an organization as
ours should be.
In these days of rural telepbonns
and daily mail service to the re-
hottest sections of the county, it
would cost practically nothing to
keep the farmers posted as to the
trend of the markets in which thew
are SO vitality interested. The
farmer would appreciate this
thoughtfulness on the part of these
merchants who are banded together
TO get more trade. Next time the
farmer comes to town he will feel
like reciprocating for the good turn
done him, and be under lasting
gratitude for this bond of good
fellowship shown.
Not only that, it seems to us. it
would be fine thing if the mer-
chants could arrange for a series of
get-together meetings with the
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consider this old-time negro slave
song;
Old guinea niggah, wild head full
o. knowledge,
ReddeT go to free school dan any
othah college;
Little chunk ash cake, little piece
fat, an
De wife folks Crude i'm eff he git
enough O. dat.
Old Jonah, lax er fool, got as stub
born as er mule,
So de wha-ale made i'm disappear;
Jonah spoke is razor out, cut de
whale in two,
An he floated into shore on his ear.
Before it is too late, some one
should collect and publish for pos
terity the best of the negro folk
lore songs.
And while we're OF the subject,
the psychological condition of a
nation is always reflected in the
songs its people are singing. Sober
ing up from the war, we are get
ting away from a jungle state of
mind, so jazz is fading out of
popularity.
While the future may be a sealed
BOOK, you can get advance infor-
nation on the national drift" by
watching the kind of music that
comes to replace jazz. We NAV
be IN for another wave of religious
revival. Watch the songs. THEY'LL
tell you.
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RIGHT IDEA ABOUT
TAX EXEMPTIONS.

Many cities in this country,
large and small seem to have the
wrong idea about tax exemptions.
Especially is this idea prevalent
among civic bodies who are anxious
to get new enterprises to locate
in their community.
Editor Pat Griffin, of the Balm
bridge Post-Searchlight, views the
matter from new angle, and when
one comes to think it over will
agree with him. He says:
Some of our citizens are advo-
eating not taxing industrial plants
to get them to locate here. The
time to exempt anything from tax
alton is now past. 1t is right to
tax them justly and fairly, but to
exempt them from taxation is I'M
fair, and not the mind of the re-
public. Men who build industries
, build them to make money. 1t
does not make any difference that
you exemt them from taxation. If
they don't see a chance to make
money the tax exemption will not
get them. They put their time
,and money where it will earn
return. 1t is not right to tax the
one-horse farm, and the laborer's
cottage, and exempt the big indus
try from taxation. Tax them fair
ly is all they want or ask. And
if you can do that, that alone is
the biggest invitation that you can
hold out" .@ws a
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DISCIPLE OF ROOSEVELT'S
LINE OF THINKING.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Prestage,
of Monroe, Louisiana, conduct a
farm wherefrom they manage to
earn a fair living, says Commerce
and Finance. They had planned to
leave it to their son.
Their arrangements have been
upset by the astonishing behavior
of the stork. Just before visiting
the Prestage farm that tricksy
bird made casual flight across
the Mexican border. Pulque makes
storks, as it does men, see double,
but this stork was so anxious to
fortify himself against the Vol
stead aridity of the United States
that before he got back he was see
ing not merely double but treble
and MANIFOLD. Like the sorrows
that afflicted Hamlet's father his
gifts came not single spies but in
battalions. Before he was through
he had enriched the Prestage fam.
lily by five small simultaneous in
fants.
We do not know how many times
in the history of mankind five
children have been born at a
single birth. We had an impress
sion that this sort of thing had
been stopped by the Sherman law.
but apparently the federal authori-
ties have grown careless in Louisi-
ana.
From their name the Prestages
would seem to be of rernch ey-
traction. 1t is only in the home
land that the French insist on small
families. The French Canadians
are well known as one of the most
prolific groups in the world. and
while four of the new Postage in
rants were more Or less wished o.
their parents we have ALWAYS nm
derstood that the CreoIes were not
aVerse to large families.
We once read of the inopirv
made of the shoe man by the Ca
madam habitat who came to Ono
bee for his years shopping. what
you charge me? l want shoes for
myself, my woman and NV fam
lie"
What age?"
We'll, me and my woman, we
all grown up. Come Celeste she
t"enty-four; Henri, twenty-tbree.
jacques and Edouard re twins
t"enty-one; Francois, nineteen.
Uuillaume, we lose him; Felice six
teen; Pierre, fourteen; we bavo
Stephanie and Louise, twelve and
malt; Adolph, nine; Mathile, sly.
Louis small, he only four; Marie
sne TWO years old, and baby Ana.
'oie ne not need shoes yet. What
price you make?"
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EUROPE SHOULD SING
SAMBO'S SONG

A church hymn dealing with
war IS sweeping into popularity
IN negro churches. Maybe it's an
old one, born after the Civil W.
ana now resurrected after a long
sleep ANYWAY, it's timely, And
negro congregations are s;noin~
tor chanting) it with such vebem
enee and enthusiasm that it's oh
'lous there's one element of tho
worlds population that's "fed mn,
on war; regardless of what Europe
may be thinking and doing,
The hymn sounds like this.
I'm gonna lay down NAH wsr ,' 49,
down by de ribber side 'o0iS'
Do"n oy de ribber side. down bv
m gonna lay down NAH war fools
down by de ribbe, side. ''
9oiiia study war no more
CHORUS: 0- {
war no mo, study war No
mo- study-study war no - mn 10
Study war no mo-, Study u, ~ NV
mo, tsudy-study war no no no no
100 bad, we cannot get E IN mo
singing this hymn.
Negro music, with its seductive
rhythm and none-such melody
stands out unique among all otbor
music. 1t reflects the primeyo1
spirit of the jungle.
The white man, beginning short
y before the war. sank to tbo
Jungle state. Probably that IS wbv
the white man has been almost
dellriously obsessed by jungle-jazz.
Some authorities tell you that
Jazz IS a comparatively new crea-
ton, originated in Buenos Aires
and New Orleans some 10 years
ago. But for 100 per cent Jazz,
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The One-MUn Woman
AGNES ABELING Copyright AServce]

Haven't heard anything regard
ing the picture?" 1t was several days
after Kate had found the photo
graph OF the stranger in the room
which Alice had occupied, that Justin
Parsons brought the subject up again.
Glad the little kid didn't know
anything about it," he continued.
Pm fond of the .youngster. I'd
hate to have her get into trouble for
giving anyone's secrets away"
Justin was smiling but he meant
what he said more than one might
have thought. Dorothy had walked
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
(From the Times-Recorder Feb. IL,
1879

(From the Times-Recorder Feb. IL,
1879
In the presence of a large num-
Der of friends and relatives, at the
residence of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. P. Payne, occurred last
evening a beautiful home wedding
when Miss Susie Belle Payne became
the bride of Claude Allen Davis, of
Jacksonville, Florida.
The funeral services Of Thomas NJ.
Cobb were conducted from the fam
lily residence on Forsyth street at
1890 o'clock Wednesday morning
by Rev. J. A. Thomas, pastor of
the First Methodist church.
An important and much needed
public improvement now being done
by Crawford Wheatley in the extern
sion of Rees Park street from For
syth street to Crawford avenue, a
distance of more than six hundred
feet, and which will greatly improve
conditions here.
Joseph Poole, who recently pur-
chased the Brown lot, on Church
street, near the Methodist church,
is preparing to build a residence
upon it, which he will occupy as a
home.
The receivership proceedings in
stituted in the case of the Americas
Gas and Electric company, while not
entirely unexpected in local business
circles was the subject of discussion
yesterday, and regret was expressed
that the affairs of the corporation
were such as to render the legal pro-
ceedings though of friendly nature,
necessary.
M. Divers citizens who own prop
erty along Horne street, which has
been rapidly developing the last year
or two, appeared before the mayor
and board of aldermen at the last
meeting of city council and asked
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wouldn't it be nice if she could re-
main here always?'
Kate continued rather carelessly
scanning the columns until her eye
fell on a short story, evidently so
unimportant that it had been
dropped into the bottom of the
column without a head.
A man had dropped dead while
walking the main street of Terre
Haute lie had not been identified.
The last line of the story held
Kate's attention.
THE monogram on his cuff links,
the only jeweIry he wore, is j. D.
G." Kate read the words aloud.
They fascinated her. She went
back over the story for some furthe,,
hint, Strangely, there was nothing,
not even a description of the mans
personal appearance.
What is it, Katie? Justin Par
sons had been watching his daugh-
ter's face.
Kate told him.
"And the initials given mere" she
finished, are the same as those on
the back of the picture l found IN nv
room after Alice had gone.
Strange" was Justin's only COM
ment.
81 must see the body, flth ~
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TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.

w LIZ LAM NV
(From the Times-Recorder Feb. 10,
1902
Dozens of farmers Of Sumter and
nearby counties were in Americas
yesterday, this being about the only
day this week in which the roads
were passable. Farm work of every
kind was delayed on account Of the
wretched weather of the past two
weeks. Plougi ing is out of the ques-
ton, though ln9ny of them axe get
ting ready to plant corn.
At TIE pretty country home of the
brides pa:cnts, Mr.. ald Mrs. Lee
Patten, near Americas, on yesterday,
Miss Ella Patten and James B.
Meadows were united in marriage.
William T. Maynard, of Forsyth,
the venerable father of Judge Robt.
L. Maynard, was welcome visitor
to the Times-Recorder yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard will remain
in Americas during the week the
guests of Judge and Mrs. Robt. l..
Maynard at their hOSpltable home on
Barlow street.
j. NJ. Summerford came up to
Americas yesterday to receive the
proceeds of almost his entire crop of
cotton, sold day or two ago. This
lot consisted of $50 bales, a goodly
number to be held by farmer and
sold in bulk.
The two little children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elton Parker are ill with tonsili-
tbs, though, happily, their illness is
not regarded as of very serious ma
ture.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY.
Monday morning, no paper pub
lished
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see it-and if I find that it is the face
which is photographed here - then
what
She couldn't go to Alice and ques-
ton her-she knew that-for, after
all, it was not her affair, and she
shouldn't have kept the picture.
A motor sounded in the distance.
Kate looked down the road.
A roadster appeared around the
bend. Kate recognized the car of
James Latham.
(To be continued.)
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straight into his heart when she
walked through the gate of his yard.
And Monk, following his masters
lead, had accepted her as his special
charge.
Pm glad, too" Kate glanced up
from the paper she was reading.
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A Eunice (La.) duck bunter dis
guised himself as a COW, much to
the disgust Of the ducks.

farmer, not with the idea of trade
getting, but to have him know he
has friends in town. 1t is impossi-
bic for the merchant to get the
greater volume of trade from the
country without cooperation one
with the other.
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WEAR YOUR RUBBER.S
BY Berton BraIey.

(ln Popular Ballad Style.)
A young man sat in theater,
To watch the actors play,
But he coughed so loud that the other folks
Couldn't hear what the actors did saw
The usher did come down to him
And said, you'll have to leave"
And as the young man left the place
These words he seemed to sneeze:
CHORUS
Always wear your rubbers,"
That's what my mother said
But would never listen
And now my nose is red
| wish that had hardened
To what my mother told,
Always wear your rubbers,
And you will not catch cold"
A young man met a maiden,
Whose pumps were made of suede,
Her stockings, rolled below the knee,
Of silk were thinly made;
He said to her, ooh, little girl,
You'll get cold in your head,
I'll marry you and teach you what
My dear old mother said"
CHORUS
Always wear your rubbers,"
My mother said, and she
Most surely said a mouthful
In those kind words to me-
Oh, darling, hear the warning
My mother wisely told,
Always wear your rubbers,
And you will not catch coldp'
Copyright, 1928, NEA Sevice.D
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DALLTNGER and a soft wind
blew.
"Ah, Samanthy," breathed jose
phus in rapt voice, "listen to the
zephyr as it rustles gently through
the branches and hear how the trees
moan and sigh and sigh and moan
meIodiously in the breeze"
Samanthy looked up brightly into
her lovers eyes.
"WelI, Josephus, she remarked,
81 guess if you were as full of green
apples as those trees are, you'd sigh
and moan and moan and sigh a lot,
too
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OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS

that the action of that body in re-
quiring the property owners along
that street curb and pave the side
walks be rescinded.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-13
TOM SIMS US:

You can buy a house for 40
cents in Russia, but none of the
Russian neighborhoods are very
nice.
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y
the morning in Manila, so the bet
tors can cuss the rest of the dav.
Wet feet are said to be one
cause of grippe. 1t shouldn't be
so very hard to give them up.
A Laporte Ind.) woman spent
70 years making a quilt, SO quite
naturally it is crazy quilt.
In Rome, girls out of jobs are
are asking for husbands, which is
one way of finding work.
Rate on mileage books has been
cut 20 per cent. These are fine
books to read on the train.
Food experts say farmers are
poor eaters, but an expert of any
kind is liable to say anything.
Detroit cop says his wife never
voluntarily kissed him. Sounds
like resisting an officer.
If you think clothes don't count,
try going without any.
Women are taking up sports. Be
very careful if you are a sport.
There is shortage of log cabins
Tor presidents to be born in.
The Mexican government has
seized two million acres of land.
The middle acre would be a fine
place for a singing school.
Next couple asking for divorce
will be ham and eggs.
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A THOUGHT

For God hath not given US the
spirit of fear; but of power, and
of love, and Of a sound mind
Tim. II.
That man is great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his
own,
For neither praise nor pei;
Content to know and Do unknown;
Whole III himself.
Lord Lyttou.