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Swergin was swearing under his
breath, but he dared not move, as
the black muzzle of her gun wav-
cred over him more than any CT the
others.
STAINS hands came free and he
tossed the rope from his neck. With
swift movement he stepped fop-
ward and jerked one Of Swergin's
guns from its holster.
Backing away, he motioned Dona
to mount the black. She climbed up,
her bun still steadily playing over
the mem Stan sprang up behind.her
His gun was not very steady, but it
was a threat.
His numb hands we're unable to
master it as he should have, but
no one in the group facing them
cared to test his aim.
TINE black mare whirled sud-
i denly and was off like a flash.
Three leaps took her to cover and
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familiar voice of Innocence" and
Peace opens the door and an
nounces in loud, clear voice:
1--WE brought an old friend over
to see you, Senator"
n
"Why, come in, Cap. Hello, Ed,
I'm glad to see you. How are you
getting along, you old devil?"
The door closes and the curtain
drops on act three.
The fourth act will be staged
Friday night at Washington, Ind,
when Innocence" Watson and
Consistency" Bush appear on the
platform at Republican rally and
jim will praise himself, mentioning
Hoover occasionally, and Bush will
furnish the echo.
InaSmuch as every morality play
must end with moral tag line,
therefore the lesson to be learned
from this little skit is:
Voters should guard their pocket
books when politicians play at
friendship.
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the cut timber they raced and on
into the growth that had not been
desolated by the AK.
Out on the Pass Greek trail the
black streaked. She knew where
she was headed and her nostrils
f1ared as she strained at her loose
bit.
Dona felt rush Of exhilaration
as she watched the mares powerful
muscles lift and fall. She was rid
ing a great horse.
In furry of dust and loose
stones Dona burst from the trail
and shot toward a clump Of aspens.
She had seen a group of men ahead
and knew what TO expect.
She could make out the tree I'M
der which Bah was standing and
the rope over the limb.
Swergin saw her coming and rode
out to meet her. He waved to the
men to loosen up on the rope.
Dona Slid TO halt before him.
She was close to the men and could
see Ball standing straight and calm
With the rope around his neck.
What is the meaning Of this?"
she snapped.
I'm having a hard time with
these fellows" Swergin rumbled.
nONA slid from her horse and
~ pushed toward Stan. Swergin
followed her. He winked at the
men and they stood back. Placing
herself beside Stan, the girl faced
the mob.
You are going to turn this man
loose" she announced evenly. Its
better to let him escape than to
murder himl"
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Watch That Knife!

A S the Indiana campaign goes
L n into its final act. we present
for the edif1cation of the voters an
old morality play entitled Con
spiracy Against Destiny"
Principal roles are taken by the
famous thunderer, Senator James
E. Watson, who plays Innocence; ;"
Lieutenant-G Governor Edgar D.
Bush, in the role of Consistency"
and George v. Coffin, Marion coun-
ty Republican boss, who plays
Peace"
OF course Coffin essays that role
bit clumsily, but Watson, who
prides himself on being all things
to all men, expects to be a smash
ing success; while Bush, reasoning
that he knows nothing about con-
stancy, expects to add an original
touch to the part.
The play opens with a scene in
the Statehouse during the special
session Of the legislature, when
Bush, still smarting because he
couldn't cop the Governor nomi-
nation, announces:
III speak for the ticket this fall
as a good Republican should, but no
mention of Jim Watson's name will
cross my lips-the double crosser."
n n
The second act has as its locale
the Lake Winona hotel, two months
later, when Watson, after being
asked whether he will recommend
Bush for the vacancy on the federal
farm board, declares:
Bush will get the post only ever
my dead body"
The scene now shifts to the Clay
pool week ago, when Coffin, play
ing the part of Peace" is seen
escorting "Constancy" along the
fourth floor hall.
"Constancy" Bush lags a bit as
Peace" approaches the door of 412
and knocks Justify.
Come in," is heard, in the
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Z! BOX
a DAY
eY BRUCE CATION

A MEXICAN history, when you
IA stop to think about it, is one
of the most exciting and interesting
romances any one can read. And
there are few historians as we'll
qualified to write about it as James
TrusloW Adams.
Consequently, Mr.. Adams new
book, 1.-THE March of Democracy
is book to write home about.
This is the first volume in a new
American history and it bears the
subtitle, THE Rise of the Union" 1t
carries the story to the opening of
the Civil war, and the second
volume will appear in few months.
The book lacks the panoramic
sweep which made Mr.. Adams ''The
Epic of America" so memorable; and
yet you will find few books that give
a clearer or saner comment on the
growth of the nation.
One of Mr.. Adams points is that
American isolation" is largely a
myth. From 1920 to the present
day, he says, the nation has had ex-
actly one century-one century out
of thereof isolation; the period
from 1914 to 1914.
Before that it swirled in every
eddy of European politics. Today it
is doing the same.
But its period of isolation came
just when it was needed the most;
when there were tremendous local
problems to solve and mighty work
Of development to accomplish.
And in his book he shows
democracy working itself out down
the long and toilsome road, and
helps you to new . and better
understanding of your country.
Published by Scribners, 1.-THE
March of Democracy" sells for $3.50
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Stan lowered his gun. He saw that
Dona had dropped hers and that
she had slumped forward over the
saddle horn.
He. slipped an arm around her
and held her thus while the mare
fed to the safety Of the high coun-
try.
Stan placed several miles be-
tween him and the posse before he
halted. He doubled back and rode
across his trail to come out on the
same side of the slope as the men
had been on.
AT cool spring he djsmounted
and carried Dona to a grassy bank.
Laying her down gently, he brought
cool water in his cupped hands and
began bathing her face.
Her eyes f1ickered open and she
sat up Stan smiled as the girl
stared at him with foolish look on
her face.
L thank you." he said simply.
Dona mopped the water from her
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HCALL Of MssWESTAa
LsEaAX5a 6g GA MONTGOMERY - ~ |

I'm going back It will be plain
murderl" The girls eyes were
abiaze and her lips trembling.
The dull fellow beside her drew a
deep breath of admiration at Dona's
striking beauty, but he shook his
head. "All over by now" he
FIONA took in the situation at a
II glance. Her companion was
unbalanced in his saddle. One leg
was cast over the horn. His gun
hung from his hip on her side while
his big hands rested on the saddle
horn.
He was drinking in the picture she
made. With a lightning movement
Dona dashed out with her quirt, at
the same time swinging the black
mare up against the other horse.
The lashing leather strips cut across
the fellows eyes and cheeks, blind
ing him. Dona reached over and
jerked his gun loose, then cut his
horse cruelty across its fanks.
The animal snorted and leaped
into the air. Like a big sack of
meal, the man sailed into the air
and landed in heap on the ground.
Dona did not wait to see if her
victim arose. She sent the black
laundering up the back trail.
Would she be in time? The ques-
ton pounded in her brain to the
beat of the black mares hoofs.
STAINS horse fairly flew up the
rough path, darting around trees
and curves with a swift grace.
Dona leaned forward eagerly and
let the mare set the pace. Through
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face. 1t was face that mirrored
mingled emotions.
I seem to be a prisoner again, !"
she said and a little smile puckered
her full lips.
Not for longer than you wish. :"
he replied.
Then must get home at once. :"
Stan Ball bowed and offered her
a steadying hand which she grasped.
The inconsistency Of Dona's actions
made him smile.
She had rescued him and now she
wanted him to take her into camp
in broad daylight, an act that would
be sure to place him once more in
the very danger from which he just
had escaped.
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1aAPTER THIRTY TWO

rNoNA rode down the trail slowly.
~ Stan Balls black mare did not
want to go. The horse kept turn
ing her head and edging of the
trail
BUT she remembered that her
master had given her orders to obey
the slender girl, so she made a half
hearted attempt to step along.
The lumberjack who was acting
as Dona's escort did not seem to
minG Hding slowly.
He was, out of place in the saddle
and his big, rawboned frame jolted
up and down when lis horse trotted.
Torn between a wild eagerness to
be back with her father and fear
that all was not well on the back
trail, Dona rode along. Dudley
scarcely entered her thoughts.
So many strange things had hap
pened in the last week, so many
amazing twists of fate, that life
had begun to seem unreal. Always
a girl who made decisions rapidly
and drove straight to a finish, she
was surprised at her present state
OF uncertainty.
She could not understand Stanley
Ball with his clear gray eyes, his
chivalry toward her and his fear
lessness in the face of death itself
How could man like that be an
outlaw and killer? The question
kept pounding in her brain as she
rode.
The black mares hoofs clicked on
the trail with an even rhythm and
soon Dona's thoughts we're beating
TO the same measure.
Ball had admitted that he was
guilty of all the charges against
him. That meant that he had shot
her father, killed ranger and
wounded several men.
Dona was back exactly where she
had started. But man who had
committed such crimes never would
have treated her with the respect
and dignity that Ball had shown
each time they had met.
The escort was riding ahead now.
He had eased himself in the saddle
by throwing one leg around the
horn and his body jolted grotesquely
as his horse plodded along. Dona
watched him narrowly.
She slowed her horse a little to
see if he were watching her out of
the tail of his eye. The man slowed,
too, and she knew that he was keep
ing close check on her movements.
Suddenly Dona pushed the mare
ahead and rode abreast of him.
do you suppose they have the
job done yet?" She motioned with
her head in the direction from
which they had come.
The man looked at her, then
grinned. They'll bring him down
the trail a ways, then" he jerked
upward with one thumb and his
grin widened.
Dona's lips went white SIN GO
ing back to put a stop to it," she
cried.
The black mare had halted. The
man pulled his horse to a stop. mo
use to butt in" he growled.
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DAMAGING DR0UGHTS IN
COUNTRY ARE BROKEN
Dry Spells of Several Months Du-
ration Are Ended.
81 Science Serrice

20 Ncftnce NcTffce
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-Dam-
aging droughts of several months
duration inatwo widely separated
parts Of the country we're broken by
unusually heavy rails OF the last
few days.
Atlantic coast states from Penn
sylvania to Florida had been dry
since June.
But twice October's normal pre-
cipitation fell in most sections dur
ing the first part of the week, and
brought hope to suffering farmers.
Pastures and fall grains are saved
and wells and springs returned to
normal flow
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REGTN HERE rnnAv

STAN BALL accuses AspER .DEIO
timtSr kine, OF crooked practice and al
ordtring men shot who are sent to
check up on his activities. Ball saws he
IS making check. Deio saws he will
personally prevent IT,
Upon .eavinR Delos Office Rail saves
DOM, Delo's daughter, from kidnapers.
Hs tells her his name is STANLEY
DUDLEY -0'TNTERs, in love with Dona.
koes Win ner 10 Three Rivers to get
Delo 70 give up the fight with Ball He
LIleS " mary Dona and gets the certih-
Lelo Is ambushed and wounded badlt.
SWEltGlN. Delo's hard timber boss,
piames Ban for the ambush and for TIT
killlng OF ranger. Dudley has taken TO
Elqlng lnethe hills, hunting Bail.
= Dona tells her father she has mar
Iled Dudley and shows the certificate,
IN an attempt to get him away.
=. Ball comes in for food and hears OF
the supposed marriage. He is surrounded
py posse. Dona rides out and sees
him escaping.
She shoots at him and he fakes wound,
capturing her. He takes her to his cave
hideout. Swergin finds the cage while
Ban is out and captures him opon his
return.
He takes Ball 10 a cabin and sends
Tor men. Doua Is sent on ahead while
the men plais a lynching.
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
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T Daa
IHREE GUESSES

TROY was said
to have been
entered by Greek
warriors hidden
IN a wooden horse.
The map is that
of CALIFORNIA.
There are. as a
rule. TEN EGGS
in a pound.
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Ito Be Continued.)

BY close connection with ships,
trains and airplanes, a four day
mail service between Europe and
Canada has been established.
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THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM

While courts, public officials and taxpayers as
socations are debating ways and means of finding
money for government of the state and cities, their
confusion of ideas suggests that before this problem
can be solved men must have work.
The enforcement of the $3.50 tax on real estate
may be essential to save the farmer and the home
owner 1t is probable that in many counties, even
this tax is more than can be paid.
That turns the thoughts of law makers to other
sources of revenue with sales taxes, income taxes,
nuisance taxes as the readiest at hand.
But a dwindling purchasing power and decreas-
ing incomes make even these remedies futile. Deep
slashes in wages of public employees may be neces-
sary and essential. Yet these cuts and spreading
work will only add to the eventual difficulties
The whole problem of raising money for govern
ment, and that means police and firemen and school
teachers and garbage collectors and public libraries,
depends finally upon employment of labor.
There is one way open in the immediate future
for putting some men back to work That is through
the self-liqudating projects that can be financed
through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
It has authority to loan money for track ele-
vations, for rebuilding sum in cities for the
completion of the sanitary plant
Labor is idle While idle large portion of it
must be supported from public funds 1t is not only
humane, but good business, to build projects that
will pay for themselves in service
concerted drive at once to start these projects
in indianapolis would help to solve many of the
taxation problems. More than that, it would help
to solve some of the problems of private business.
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SANTA CLAUS, 1892 MODEL

In Slater, Mo- lives real live Santa Claus He is
lean, back-bearded tenant farmer whose father
Frank Claus, named him Santa forty-f1ve years ago.
lie and his big family live in an implanted house
at the end of muddy lane. They did not eat turkey
only Christmas dinner of plain country fare.
This live Santa Claus is a contrast to the myth
ical one of laughter, red face and round stomach,
who comes laden with gifts from his workshop at
the north pole. Yet the Nissourian more truly en-
bodies the spirit of Christmas, 1882
Farmer Claus has little, yet he gives generously
Of that little. He has kept himself poor by buying
stamps to the thousands of letters penned to
him by chubby fingers and left in his ample mail
box the muddy lane. He can't afford to send what
the children want, of course but he says he would
feel like traitor" if he didn't answer every one
In prosperous years, Santa Claus is fat He is
the pagan god of good dinners, merry song and the
full toy pack. In lean years he is like Skaters
Santa Claus, essentially kindler man. because he
deprives himself to give His giving is more in the
spirit of the One whose birthday being celebrated
Our Christmas this year was not such merry
one. But we can be happier if, like Skaters Santa
Claus, we dedicate our lives to Peace on Earth and
Good Will to Men.
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cover all government costs-national state and local
1t would have three very beneficial results:
Il. AS a tax would be paid and reported by the
seller, the collection Of the tax would provide maxi
mum certainty and minimum expense for the gov
eminent
g. A sales tax would make possible the repeal
Of all income and property taxes, thus removing in
toerabe burdens from real estate and from capital
earned or inherited.
%. Because every purchase would be taxed, 1t
would encourage the practice of thrift, thus insur-
ing individual reserve for periods of Illness
employment and old age, and discouraging present.
day trends toward socalsc taxes for welfare funds
"Au taxes being in the last analysis consumption
taxes the simplest and least burdensome tax which
could be levied by any unit Of government is the
consumers or sales tax"
The case against the sales tax is presented very
competently in summary fashion by John Dewey and
Benjamin c. Marsh in the Peoples Lobby Bull
letin"
a. 1t has failed to provide the estimated revenue
and is highly unpopular wherever it has been tried
o. Experience with the several taxes on sales
levied by the revenue act of 1882 shows such taxes
are a very unstable source of revenue.
80 Extension Of the sales tax, if it raises any
substantial revenue, will do so at the expense of the
standard of living of very large proportion, prob
ably over half of those who pay for it.
f. tax on net income will help to Offset the
boarding Of cash, while sales tax upon all but
actual necessities encourages boarding.
"5 A sales tax is a tax upon consumption and
thereby will reduce consumption and increase I'M
employment
&C. A sales tax will be paid chiefly by those with
incomes under $12O0-which are very largely earned
incomes-while most large incomes are derived from
ownership or control of property.
81. The major part of state, and local budgets is
paid by people with incomes of less than 1900 so
federal sales tax is double taxation of inability to
pay.
"8. sales tax is an indirect and insidious method
of reducing real wages.
20. A sales tax is violation of the basic canons
of taxation-it is not based on ability to pay but
upon necessity; it is not inexpensive to collect but
most expensive
30. Federal income taxes and surtaxes are the
only substantially definite sources of federal income"
Here are the arguments for and against the sales
tax. The issues appear rather clear The sales tax
would intensity the major evil in contemporary
American Hfe-inadequate purchasing power on the
part Of the mass Of clerks, workers, and farmers.
Therefore it seems logical to contend that there
is just group which should get out and get under
the sales tax propaganda with glsto namely those
radicals who wish to pull down the structure of
capitalism rapidly as possible.
Here is a hint for Communists. An ounce of
sales tax is Immediately effective for their
cause than pound of stale MARKHAM dogma.
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LOCAL TAXES ARE LARGEST

Local self-government is a cherished prerogative
of the American people, but as homes and farms
continue to fall under the sherfs hammer at forced
tax sales it is being regarded with less complacent
and more critical eyes,
REIMBURSEMENT of an established institution has
led to discovery in many parts of the country that
local government does not what it did before
transcontinenta highways past thousands Of
doors before telephones linked rural and urban
homes and fast trains and sirplanes dropped news
papers from far of at isolated dwellings.
And so the question arises: Does citizen par
ticipate more directly and more effectively in from
four to ten different layers of local government"
or in one larger unit, whose officials live farther
away, but whose activities nevertheless are known
in more detail than those close at home?
The problem is largely a rural one, for it is out
side municipal boundaries that different govern
mental units multiply aarmingly, that duplication
of functions occurs and that costs mount by leaps
and bounds
Today when a road Official can inspect more ter
rtory and supervise work in day than he
formerly could in a month, it is foolish waste to
have different officials every few miles, different
road building equipment, different contractors
When children can be conveyed to schools miles
from home by omnibus, hundreds of little one
room schools distinct wrong against children,
well as their tax-payng parents.
In numerous forward-looking states, ways are
being worked out by which the beneficial aspects
Of local authority can be combined with centralized
efficiency and frugality
Il should be the first duty of all local govern
ments to study this problem and lessen the nearly
intoleraDle tax burdens resting upon their citizens
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Famed IN History

Sirius is famed in the history of
antiquity. Many Of the temples Of
ancient Egypt so were oriented
that its light, at the time of its
rising, showed through the portals
and upon the altar.
Chronicles Of the rising and set
ting of Sirius are to be found in
both ancient Chaldean and Egyp-
tian records.
The star was deified by the
Egyptians and many authorities
believe that it's name was de-
rived from that of the Egyptian
god, Isis or Osiris. The Egyptians
also called it "the Nile star"
In midsummer, Sirius is in the
estern sky, not in the night, but
in the daytime. Therefore, just be-
fore the arrival Of midsummer,
the star is to be seen in the east
ern sky but just a little before sun
rise In Egypt, the annual flood
ing Of the Nile took place in mid
summer. Therefore, the Egyptians
watched Sirius, re9iizing that
when its time Of rising approached
that of the sun, the floods we're
due.
The ancient Romans called the
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MONDAY. DEC. 2s. 1882
PARADING THE POOR

Is it. necessary to parade the poor on Christmas
day in order to furnish an outlet for either gen.
erous spirit or publicity for social organization?
On Saturday the statehouse was filled with men,
women and children who guests of what was
announced as joint Christmas party by state Off
Gals and the Salvation Army
Mothers with children in their arms came
through the rain to receive a basket of food and
toy or two 1t was a tragic party. The guests
listened TO talks about the spirit Of the day. Above
them we're spectators, well dressed well fed well
conditioned who gathered to catch a glimpse Of
Joy that came with the prospect of decent meal
and a gaudy trinket
The spirit that prompts the giving on this day
to the less fortunate is the finest motvating force
in the universe. 1t rests upon the ideal Of love.
1t is inspired by the greatest Of all teachers. 1t
goes to the very depths of life.
How much of that spirit and that love can come
to the heart Of the mother whose desperation is
only exceeded by the fierce love of her child and
desire to see that ray Of happiness comes into
its little life at this joyous season?
What memory for child to carry through life
that it's first contact with Christmas came from a
parade and that Santa Claus is a frocked official
instead of a benehcent saint?
Really would He in whose name the day is sacred,
do it just this way?