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Show Skeet Wood-Retir- ed. J. S. Lewis & Son RUSSIA NEEDS BY GEOROE BINOHAM. (Copyright, 10, by Dally Story pub. Co.) Tb freight train rattled and liwayed as It ripped along at its best down the steel rails stretching Jpeed through the lowlands and the knobs. A wandering printer lay stretched , out on some old newspapers spread over the floor of a box car, and he had just awakened from the sound sleep of a man who had nothing on earth to bother him. Seeing the bright flashes of s'un through the cracks around the side himself jdoor Skeet arose, stretched and climbed through the small end window to the top of the car. A brakeman with a broad, red, Irluh face came slowly down the train. Well, general, he spoke above the rattle and clang as he approaehed the tramp, howel you rest last night? Any bugs In that coach?" No, I never heard any stirring around through the night. I've seen 'em turn around and go back, when 'they saw me. Why, have you had sny complaints from other passengers?" "Yes," the brakey replied, "Shorty you know old red Shorty, with the crooked eye yes he rolled out of there the other night and trotted back and said if I didnt give hm another Jplace hed get off, and make me give him his two bits back. Hed adone It too! Whatd you do with him? i Oh, I moved him over Into a mule bar, and never heard any more of j blm." , a d d thing to see but the trees and hills, and nothing to bear but the crickets and jay birds, unless It Is the voice of nature. But I guess ths people who use to live here have got Just as much or more of that vapory thing we call enjoyment out of living as anyone In a city, where theres ah ways something going "Well! the rough voice of a woman called suddenly through the front dooe, which had been slowly opened. Skeet Wood suddenly grasped the rail upon which he sat, and raised to a Jumping pobture. Don't he sheered now, you buzzard-lookin'.tramp." "Im not sheered, but I hate to meet people so suddenly, Skeet replied. "Whut do you h'lst yoself on a person's front fence fer, If you don't want to meet them sudden. "Well, you see, I didn't think anybody lived here. "Well, you see you air mistaken. We jest moved In here day before yestldy, but we live here Jest tha same as If we'd moved here year last. Been to dinner? No. Nor breakfast neither, since you brought up the subject." All right, the husky looking woman said; "go hack there and drive that shote out of the aorghum patch and I'll get you something to eat Go and help him, Prls. You know how onruly them ahotea of that red eow air. Go on. He aint goln to bite you. Skeet beat down an army of weedl and Joined Prla at the back door. Prla was the first to speak. Say, Jump these tater rows. Maw will holler If you step on one of them." "All right. Miss Prla. . "How'n the devil did you know my name was Prla." "I heard your maw say It was." I ain't beared nobody say whut your name be, said Mias Prla. My name might be Skeet. Skeet? Named after a akeeter, wuen't you? Look kinder Ilka a skeet-e- r anyhow. Well, now, yonder's tha ahote. You go around that way and Ill go around thla here way, and wa'll both come up behind him." Skeet had not yelled eewey there" more than half a dozen times before he had fallen In love with Miss Prls. She waa about 18 years of age, built on the style of a robust steer, and was aa reckless In her everyday manner aa a young lady could be without being dangerous. The ahote waa at last driven to the rail, fence, where It disappeared through a crack Into the tall weeds. At noon the woman's husband came from somewhere on a mule whose hair was long and his ears worked back and forth when he walked. Skeet was Invited Into the kitchen, where stood a table with four seats around It. "Take that there vacant seat over on that aide, Whut's name. We did have just exactly a table full In thla fambly, but Bud had to go and get sent to tha penitentiary, ao you air lucky In getting a seat." Prla looked at Skeet. "You don't know who Bud la. do you? "No, I don't remember of ever meeting Bud." "Well, Bud he's my husband, or was before he got sent to the pen. ? be-fo- Say, brakeman, where are we anyhow? , That last whlstte back yonder was Peachtree Switch. In Kentucky, hey? "Yes, hit Kentuck back yonder before daylight." Wheres the next water tank? Red Oak Ridge." I'll blow off there. Red said there a print shop there, and I'll drop t'asand clean up." When the train slacked up for Red 3ak Skeet Wood dropped off and found himself standing In the village's only itreet. The municipality of Red Oak Ridge consisted of a few, rambllug, unpaint-houses squatted about among the growth of ecrubby red oak trees and pushes. A boy came along the road driving i a cow. ; Say, ain't your name Charlie? Skeet Wood asked. Naw sir. My name ain't Charlie.. Ite Grover, that's what it Is. Well, thats what I thought You even look like your name was Grover. Grover, where's the printing Say, The place where they print the weekly newspaper? "Aint any. i "Why? I "'Cause they moved It off. That' Why." Moved the whole print shop away? "Yes, sir. That wasn't such a big lob." "Well, Grover, where did they move the office to? ' "Where did they move It to?. They . moved It to Pureley "Where ie Pureley, Grover? i "Haw, don't you know where Pureley Is? Pursley Is 14 miles from here. That way." "Where le the courthouse that was I tere once upon a time? "It'e moved to Pursley, too." Five weeks faded Into the past Ilka "Has It? How long ago? a cigarette paper In the rain. Skeet J "W'y, It moved to Pursley the next waa an occupant of tha cabin. They moved to had treated him well and ha was as iday after the newspaper 'Pursley" much at home there as ha could have "How long has that been? been anywhere. A bed had been pre"Whut? pared for him In the loft It was "How many years has It been?" even better than Skeet had been used "Oh, it has been about II years ago. to, and what If It was not? A man t!t was moved three year after I was shouldn't notice a hard bed when he born." Is In love. ' I that so, Grover? In this family Skeet was guest and "Yes, sir. boarder. In consideration of his bed, "Say, Grover, Is there a post office board and booze, with washing thrown here? In, he was under obligation to scare J "Yes, elr. there Is a post office here." a sboto out of the sorghum patch fotfr "Why didn't they move it to Purs- or five times a day and to hide the mule In the tall weeds every time any ley too? "Decause they already had one there person was observed coming along the and they didn't want two there. road, the mule having been stolen by "How about the blacksmith shop the old man a few weeks bpfore. Have you got a pretty good faere? The old man was large, with a face one? of fierce bushy whiskers, and eyes like "Naw, air. We did have one, but those of a rat keen, beady, black. t they moved It to Pursley. Shortly after Skeet had driven the "They did? hog out of the sorghum patch one day' "Yee, elr." the old man led him down a ladder Looks like a road used to run right Into the cellar and explained to him across this field here. Where Is It the working of a small whisky-makinoutfit. tow? "Yes, air, there was a road running "Skeet, this here business operates right across there, but when they on a small scale and la quiet. Recollect that." the other things over to Cnoved ' I turned the road around and ain't going to tell nothing. No, bad It so It would run Intia Pursley no, I won't even think about It when too." I got In yelling distance of a stranger. "You had started somewhere with Because I'm going to he a member of this family after next week. that cow, hadn't you. Grover? I'm going to take her Yes, air. "You and the gal has eaikllutcd to down to the creek bottom to gvt her get hitched up. have yon? Well, she drink of ttcr. Tap's goln' to take made Buddy a mighty good woman. er to Pursley to morrow." Skeet and the girl drove over to He Is?" Pursley and got married. "Yes, sir. Where are you goln'? Another rnhln was nullt Just across , "I think I'll go to Pursley, too. So the potato patch, and became the home good by, Grover. of this rouple. Skeet was annexed aa A few miles over the road stood a a In the quiet business going Tall weeds grew on partner deserted cabin. In the eetlar. and an easy, lazy livaround It. The stack" chimney at ing was made the sort of existence leaned away from the wall, Skeet liked. one a seemtngly ready to fall at the slighta est Jar. Seven years have melted away Ilka Climbing to the top rail of tha fence tha glittering frost of early morning. Skeet Wood eat and rested, Tha old man has been sent to the lie waa a man of not much over pen for stealing a tother mule, the old years of age, with fair Intelligence lady has remarried and moved to Pur knd much general Information gath- ley. Skeet hits full charge of tin still ered In hla continuous ramble. In tha cellar and by Industry and ao . How can anybody, anybody live hrlety has grown to be one of tha away off here In the middle of noth- most prominent moonshlnera In that ing away off hero where thart'a not part of Kenturky ; d fence-jumpin- g . e! DEALERS IN OOOO Debate in Parliament Reveals the Fact of Shortage in the Treasury. Chairman of Famine Relief Committee 8ayt the Government Is Living Far Beyond Its Meant and That Fresh Loana Will Be Neceaaary. St. Petersburg. The consideration of the ministry bill, appropriating for famine relief, developed a sensation on Friday, showing that the Constitutional Democrats have finally found a lever with which they hope to compel the government to surrender control of the purse strings, the vital object at which they have been aiming from the beginning. J2B,-600,0- Professor Ilertzenstetn, chairman of the committee which reported the bill, revealed the Important fact that M. Kokovsoff, the finance minister, who appeared before the committee, made an effort to conceal the desperate financial straits of the government. He Informed the committee that the condition of the treasury was much worse than believed and even Impeached the figures given In this years budget, made by M. Shipoff as conveying no adequate idea of the real Itate of affairs. He said the government was living far beyond Its means and agreed that It muat retrench, but, be explained, this could not be accomplished this year. Therefore It was necessary to make a fresh loan to cover the famine relief. ALTON FOUND GUILTY. Two Former Officials Also Convicted of Giving Rebates. Chicago. The Chicago ft Alton railroad and John N. Falthorn and Fred A. Wann, formerly officials of tha road, were on Friday convicted In the United States district court of Illegally granting rebates to the Schwarz-chil- d ft Sulzberger Packing company. No sentence was Imposed by Judge Landis pending the arguments for a new trial with the defendants. It waa claimed by the government that officials of the railroad company had allowed the employee of the packing company to travel free of expense by refunding to them all money expanded for transportation. It was declared by the court that this did not constitute a rebate, and he Instructed the Jury that a verdict of not guilty should be returned as to two counts of the Indictment which charged the. giving of rebates In connection with this passenger transportation. HEARST WILL NOT RUN. Declares Ha la Not a Candidate for Presidential Nomination. San Francisco. Congressman William R. Hearst said in an Interview Friday night: "I would like to state very positively that I am not a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination In 1908. Mr. Bryan said the Ixmdnn that there were other day In others besides himself who bad claims on the nomination through services rendered the Democracy and mentioned pleasantly Mr. Folk. Mr. Bailey and myself. Mr. While appreciating Bryans compliment I must decline to be considered a candidate. I.et the list stand. If Mr. Bryan pleases, Bryan or Folk or Bailey, For my part, I would substitute Stevenson for Bailey." GOREMYKIN HANGS ON. Russian Premier Given Life by Dissensions of Opposition. Ft. Petersburg The Impossibility of forming a coalition ministry, together with the strength developed by the government In the council of ,.e empire (upper house of parliament), evidently lias had the effect of temporarily prolonging the life .of the Goremykin ministry, anu also has resulted In the postponement of the emperor's contemplated ctatlse In Finnish waters. Disaffection In the Russian Army 'hlch May Lead to Open Revolution All Over the Empire. rePetersburg. Dispatches that state ceived here from Samara two regiments garrisoning that Important provincial capital have mutinied and presented a series of political and service demands. The officers promised to satisfy the service demands If the mutineers Would return to duty, but the men replied that they would be satisfied only with the compliance with all their demands. The mutineers oaramand the situation, but are not Indulging In excesses. The situation Is complicated by the fact that In Samara the revolutionists are pushing a movement to proclaim a republic In case a general strike Is declared, and may seize the present opportunity to further their alms. The ferment among the soldiers and sailors at Odessa and Sebastopol continues. No Inkling of the reported rioting and pillaging at Vladivostok has reached the Russian public, but the military authorities who control the telegraphs would be able to withhold for days any news of such conditions. Great Amount of Work Accomplished by Lawmakers. state detailed Washington. A ment of the work of the house of representatives during the first session of the congress Just closed, as given out by Winthrop C. Jones, tally clerk, shows that there were 4,501 bills passed by the house and 3C2 left undisposed of. The "bills Is Inclusive of bills, simple Joint and con current resolutions. 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