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In4ha Iruld m IN- Uu. ubtUrni U4 V. tuili Stmt Sk Uk IL THE KEELET Swwtb k IS Commercial Citv I ATK8T II.I.l'STKAT-- b CAT About.' h KxpJama bow we tpeeb barber trade in Ol'K K) t a'l nr eiLIit weeka MOLER BARBER COLLEGE HALT LAKE Cl ft btreet Robbed of It Sting. Hunsicker was proud of his Thfere wasnt town in Tennessee. much he couldn't tell you about it, and still less that he didnt tell you about It as he drove you from the station to the only hotel in the bus. One day Zed collected a drummer off the down train and started up Main street. The drummer was interested. He asked questions about the town. "Seems like It's mighty healthy What'a your here," he commented. Zed death rate?" " Tls healthy, suh," Zed assented. ."Jteath rte?, Why,, auh, jnayb , you won't believe me," but it1 rarely mo' than one apiece rarely, suh." Th Whol Truth. The young mother and a group of her friends were haring & perfectly good gossipy time, all talking at once. Little Mary, aged 4, was gravely engaged with her favorite boll on a corner of the hearth rug. At last the party of grown-updispersed with a final outburst of chatter and laughter. The mother returned from escorting her guests to the door just in time to hear the serious .voting person on the floor remark disgustedly: Grown people ertalnly do talk dam nonsense. s The Poetry of Railroading. The . oft quoted Finnigan has a rival in Pat Donahue, an Ohio freight conductor whose train had a breakdown recently. After tb accident he sent this message to Train Dispatch- er Straight: haa a busted flue. What shall I do? Donahue This awakened the slumbering truse in the telegraph oflee, and the reply ran. will take Wait. you.-- freight Dispatcher Straight. o Does It Hold Water? country barber cut a customers check lour times while shaving him. "Oh, dear me! How careiessi the razor wielder after the Qfhction of each wound. "When the shave was over the customer took a glass of water, and at every mouthful shook his head from side to side. "Anything the matter? the barber asked. "No," was the reply, I only wanted to see If my mouth would still hold water without leaking." A His Explanation. A milkman In a country town not far from New York was brought before the local court to arisvfer a charge of adulteration of milk. You are charged," aald the judge, with a most serious offense of selling adulterated milk. Have you anything to say In answer to the charge? Well, your worship," answered the milkman, "the night before it waa raining verfr bard and the only cause I cen give Is the cow must have got wet through." Harpers Weekly. ' Lucidity. rector (to la very 111). Mrs. J.. whose huabend Haa he any lucid late vas. nothink exeept jTS'g ad Doctor. Christian ordered. what you Register. Mr. Suitibls. "Ottr he would bave preferred to remain in upon Judge Raleigh In attendance Price. Intimately acquainted with the judge mental procesaea, be could tol low all tbe devloua workings of that magnificent mind; be could fatbom the simply hellish Ingenuity he wae capable of putting forth to accotn pliah temporary benefits Permitting his thoughts to dwell upon tbe min gled strength and weakness wbicb NO EVIDENCE OF STATEMENT was so curiously blended in Blocum Price's character, be had horrid vl Foreman of Jury Had Claimed Thcf slons of that great soul, freed from Had One Mind, But Losing Lawyer tbe trammels of restraint, confiding Wanted te Be 8hown. his melancholy history to Mr Pegloe in the hope of bolstering bts tallen Counsel for the prisoner looked credit at tbe City Tavern. at tbe faces of the Juror as hopefully conAlways where the judge was filed into their seats, and listened they cerned be fluctuated between extreme announced of doubt and confidence. He felt that hopefully as the foreman client had His that bad they agreed. under the urgent spur of occasion hts asfriend could rise to any emergency, enjoyed ample provocation for the while a sustained activity made de- sault upon the person of Tobias Jonhs; Tobias mands which he could not satisfy; but. the Jurors were uniformly unbiased.- then hla efforts were discounted by friends and not The jury Is all of one mind, your his lnssns desire to realize at once on tbe foreman said. "W find honor, his opportunities; In bis haste he was tbe prisoner guilty. tor ever plucking unripe Jrult;-an- d "You bear tbe verdict, eounseL" rethough he might keep one eye on the marked tbe Judge. "Tbe Jury Is all main chance the other was fixed just of one mind. Have you anything to as resolutely on the nearest tavern. to With the great stake which fate ask of the court before sentence T bad suddenly Introduced Into their loa pronounced r honor, replied counsel, tng game, he wished earnestly to bestill "for tbe purposes of hopefully; lieve that the Judge would stay quiettbe appeal which my client will take. ly In his office and complete the task he had set himself; that with this off It would be of material assistance to bis hands the promise of excitement learn which one of tbe twelve men at Belle Plain would compel hts pres- who have reached this verdict is of tbe one mind you are so careence there, when he would pass soma New York Evening what under the restraining Influence ful to mention. which be was determined to exert; Post In short, to Solomon, life embraced Natural, ;ust tbs one vita! consideration, "As soon as I approach a backer which was to maintain the Judge In a state of sobriety until arter hla meet- tor my enterprise be files from me.nat-ir"Well, dont yu think It the ing with Fentress. . thing for an 'angel' to fly? The purple of twilight was stealing over the land when be and his two , , Discouraged. companions reached Belle Plain. They "This life Is .no bed of roses. learned that Tom Ware had returned "Certainly not For me It lent from. Memphis,, that.'.the . bayoiLJm. rven mm" a led of turnlpt.-'- "been' dragged but without results, and that as jet nothing had been beard Its Nature. from Carrington or tbe dogs be had "Did your play bavs a run In that tone for. Presently Cavendish and Taney set alp? "Yes from tbe sheriff. off across the fields. They were goto on the raft, to Polly and tbe ing Tongue-Tiedsix little Cavendishes, whom they had "Money talka" not seen since early morning; but "I knovf, but my husband has an they promised to be back at Belle Impediment in his Income Plain within an hour. By very nature an alien, Mahaffy Mlstsks. sought out a dark corner on the wide some fish from tbe dealers, "Heres to river that overlooked the porch await their return. The house had marked C. O. D." "Then it Isnt ours. I ordered shad. been thrown open, and supper was beto to whoever cared served stay ing A man should be a credit to him- - ' and partaks of It The murmur of Idle purposeless talk drifted out to self, but be wants s little cash him; he was Irritated and offended by thrown ip. It. There was something garish In Some people believe in doing only Ah Is indiscriminate hospitality in the and then do tbe very home of tragedy. As the' mo- one thing at a time, ments slipped by bis sense of dis- wrong thing. pleasure Increased, with mankind In A man ought to feel satisfied with general, with himself, and with the himself when he feels that everybody Judge-wbg.with the Judge principally to make a foolish target of else la himself In tbe morning. He was goFew young men are really as bad ing to give the man who had wrecked aa the girls try to make them think as wetL to take It his life s chance Mahaffy 's cold logic dealt cynically they are. with tbe preposterous situation hla friend bad created. . In tbe midst of hts angry meditations he heard a clock strike In the hall and counted the strokes. It was nine o'clock. Surely Yancy and Cavendish had been gone their hour! He quitted hla seat and strolled restlessHe felt deeply ly about tbe house. Indignant with everybody and everyHuman Intelligence seemed thing. but a pitiable advance on brute in stlnct. A wbole day had passed and Bite-To-E- at a bat had been accomplished? Carrington, the Judge, Yancy, Cavendlsn four men who might have worked together to some purpose had widely separated themselves; and here was the duel, the very climax of absurdity. He resumed his dark corner and waited another hour. Btlll tsaring a Gift no Carrington, and Yancy and Caven dust grow warm beneath bis dish had not come up from the raft fe t; and wrapping the quilt closer Fools!" thought Mahaffy bitterly. al ut him be broke Into a labored run. AI1 of them fools! om twenty minutes later Boggs (TO BE CONTINUED.) cs ce In sight He Dainty bits of peaHy white experienced s mo-nt of doubt doubtless Fentress Hsste to Relmbursa corn, perfectly cooked and ba been there and gone! It was s While carrying a ladder through toasted to deKcate brown. of bldpous Philadelphia and the .judge the crowded streets thought d. Then at the other end of tbe tbe other day a big Irishman was so ' ow hear the woods he distln unfortunate as to break s piste glass Usually eaten direct from d several men, Fentrese and his window In s shop. Immediately drop11 package with cream and beyond question. Tbe judge ping bis ladder, tbe Celt broke Into a seen by tbe efl Aloud. In spite of everything run. But be bad been sugar. keeping bis engagement, be shopkeeper, who dashed after him and collar. tbe him by the df jludklng his triumph out caught Or, aprinkle ' Toasties over See here! angrily exclaimed the jdregs of failure. The Judge himself ovfer the fence, s cor shopkeeper when be bad regained hts a saucer of fresh bernes the quilt caught on one of the breath, "you have brokn my window!" then add the cream' and be tamed to release it, and in Sure 1 have. assented tbe Celt, istant two pistol shots rang out "and didn't you see me running borne a dak to remember. sugar T in to get tbe money to pay for Itr tbe morning air. (brp-legge- Thin littlr booklet ia iutillh1 to funti'h inf'-- tuition, omrnMnl front oftki ml about the tat( with which thlf Institution ha. been idenJued (or over half ft ntury on request Kent to any Meet bank Ktver and ofSespair lie armed himself with ably It was no more than some cheerless obligation te be met, or Mahaffy stool he had found and Ijrodonie more to the door, but the would not have been so concerned about It. Eventually he decided to ksutxianks stood firm under bis refer everything to Mahaffy. He Jpwf spoke hts friends name weakly and "lUess 1 t out of here In time in a shaking voice, but received no i Ituined man thought the Judge Aft this Kent less will refuse to answer. Solomon!" he repeated, and shift- aeetne" ing his position, looked In what should Th window next engaged hts have been the direction of tbe shake-dowThat, too, Pegloe had taken bed his friend occupied Neith- ikefecaution to fasten, but a single er the bed nor Mahaffy were there wvip plow of the stool shattered The Judge gasped he wondered It flatand sash and left an empty space this were not a premonition of certain lhatTamed tbe dawns red glow The hallucinations to which he was not s Jud looked out and shook bis head stranger. Then all in a flash he re dulRisly. It was twelve feet or more membered Fentress and the meeting to $ ground, a risky drop for a at Boggs', something of how the eve of his years and build. Tbe nlng.had been spent, and a spasm o u considered making a rope of bis bedng and lowering himself to the regret shook him "I had other things to think of. Thi grfed by .means of it; be remem must never happeD again!" he tol beg to have read of Captives In that himself remorsefully. French prison, tbe inbesting He was wideawake now. Doub did this. However, an less Pegloe had put him to bed. Wei but much more simple that had been thoughtful of Pegloe-h- e uafor his bedding occurred to him; Ittould form a soft and yielding subwould not forget him the Clt Tavern should continue to enjoy b tree on which to alight. He gatb-et- f It up Into his arms, feather-ticpatronage. It would be something a all, and pushed it through the Pegloe to boast of that Judge Blocu Price Turbervllle always made widow, then he wriggled out across t ledge, feet first, and lowering blm- place headquarters when in Halelg to th full length or his arms, Feeling that he bad already conferrdi wealth and distinction on the forte hpped. nate Pegloe the judge thrust bis 1st . le landed squarely on the rolled-ulegs over the side of bis bed and stool M with a jar that shook him to his erect. Stooping be reached for hti fter. Almost gaily he snatched up clothes. He confidently expected U Built, draping It about him after tbe find them on the floor, but his baad inner of a Roman toga, and thus merely swept an uncarpeted waste. Ihtly habited, started across Mr. The judge was profoundly astonished-"Mayb- Igloe's truck-patchis one thought I've got em on. I don't re- iggs' and tbe aun. It would have call taking them off! he. thought rved no purpose to have gone home, hopefully. He moved uncertainly in nee his entire wardrobe, except for tbe direction of the window, whe is shirt on bis back, waa In the the light showed him his own bare possession, besides he He reverted to bis orig- sd not a moment to lose, for tbe sun inal idea that bis clothes were scat- ras peeping at him over the horizon. tered about the floor. Unobserved he gained tbe edge of He was beginning to experlencs' j alhe.town and the highroad that led great sense of haste; It was two miles past Boggs' and stole a tearful glance to Boggs' and Fentress would bwAvrrwr b1 abouLler. The sun was clear at sun-uthe treetops, he could even feel the Finally he abandotwa 1,1 f The settle at the of the tory i 4aM frr The library opening of an old worn-osouthern plantation, known a the Barony The place Is to lx sold, and It history and that of the owner, the Quintard. i the subject of discussion bya Jonathan Trenahaw, a business man. Bhtden, and Bob stranger known a Wsne Yam, a a farmt!, when Hannibal Hazard child Of the old metrlou niai-esouthern family, his appearance. Yam y tell how he adopted the bov Nathaniel Ferris bin the Barony, hut the Quintanl deny am knowledge of the bo atu to keep Hannibal Captain Murrell, a friend of the Uulntsrds appears and ah questions about the Rar-onTrouble at Straub Hill when Hannibal U kidnaped by Have Blount. Captain Murrell aiu'nt Yamy overtakes Blount. Kte him a thrashing and secure the bo Yancy appears before 8qulre Balaam, and is dim barged wttli costs for tle plaintiff Betty Malrov. a friend of the Fernse has un encounter with Captain Murrell, who force hi attention on her. and is reacued by Bruce Carrington, Bettt sets out for her Tennessee home Carrington takes the same stage Yancy and Hannibtl disappear, with Murrell on their trail Hannibal arries at the home of Judge Hlfx un. Price The Judge recognizes in the bov the grandson of an old time friend Murrell arrives at Judge's home Cavendish famllv on raft rescue Price Yaniv. who is apparently dead break jail Bet tv and Carrington arrive at Belle Plain Hannibals rifle discloses some startling thing to the judge Hannibal and Betty meet again Murrell ar1 rive In Belle Plain playing for big stake Yancy awakes from long dreamless sleep on board the raft Judge Price makes startling discoveries In looking up land title Charles Norton, a young planter, mho assists the judge, Is mys-- . Norton informs Carassaulted terioualy rington that Bettv has promised to marry him Norton is mysteriously shot. More light on Murrells plot. He plans uprising of negroes. Judge Price, with Hannibal. visits Bettv. and she keeps the boy as a companion In ft stroll Betty takes with Hannibal they meet Bess Hicks daughter of the overseer, who warnsto Betty of danger and counsels her leave Blle Plain at once. Betty terii-wa- v their carriage it stopped by 81oson. fled, acts on Be advice, and on their the tavern keeper, and a confederate, and Betty and Hannibal are made prisoner The pair are taken to Hicks cabin. In an almost inaccessible spot, and there Murrell visits Bettv and reveals his part in the idot and nls object .Betty spurns his proffered love and the Interview Is ended bv the arrival of Ware terrified at possible outcome of the crime. Judge Price, hearing of the abduction, plans action. The Judge takes charge of the situation, and search for the missing ones is Instituted. Carrington visits the Judge and allies are discovered. Judge Price visits Colonel Fentress, where he meets Yancy and CavendiaU. Beoatnlng enraged Price dashes a glass of whisky Into the colonel s face and a duel Is arranged. Murrell is arrested for negro stealing and his bubble bursts The Judge and Mahaffy discuss the coming duel. Carrington makes frantic search for Betty and the bov, Carrington finds Betty and Hannibal, and a herce gun fight follow Yancy appears and assists in the resow Bruce Carrington and Betty come to an understanding. CHAPTER g-- n gen-Dea- n o equal-tykgenlo- k p e p. A i .) later Pegioe's black boy prerented himself to the judge. He An hour came bearing a gift, and the gilt appropriately enough was a square case bottle of respectable size. The judge was greatly touched by this attention, biit be began by making a most temperate use of the tavern-keeper- s then as the formidable document be was preparing took shape under bis hand be more and more lost that feeling of Spartan fortitude a bleb bad at first sustained him In the presence of temptation. He wrote and sipped In complete and quiet luxury, and when at last be had exhausted the contents of the bottle It occurred to him that It would be only proper personally to convey his thanks to Pegloe. Perhaps be was not uninspired In this by ulterior hopes; If so. they were richly rewarded. The resources of the City Taverh were suddenly placed at bis disposal. He attributed this to a variety of causes all good snd sufficient, but the Teat reason never siggested Itself; Indeed it was of such a perfidious nature that the judge, open and generous-minded- , could not have grasped It. By six oclock he was undeniably drunk, at eight he was sounding still deeper depths of Inebriety, with only the most confused memory of Impending events: at ten he collapsed and was borne upstairs by Pegloe and his black boy to a remote chamber in the kitchen wing Here be was undressed md put to bed. snd the tavern-keepemaking a bundle of bis clothes, retired from the room, locking the door after him, and the judge was doubly a prisoner. Rousing at last from a heavy, dreamless sleep the judge was aware of a Taint Impalpable light In his room, the aahen light of a dull October daw: He was aware, too, of a feeling of He' knew this proround depression. was the aftermath of Indulgence and that he might look forward to forty-eighours of utter misery of soul, end. groaning aloud, he closed bis eyes. Sleep was the thing if, be could compass It Instead, his memory quickened. ( Something 'was to haphe could not recall pen at sun-u- p what It was to be, though he distinctthat Mahkffy had ly remembered spoken of this very matter Mahaffy, the austere and Implacabe, the conscience whose fealty to duty had somehow survived his own spiritual ruin, so that he had become a tort of moral sign post, ever pointing the way yet never going it btm- - Tbe Judge lay still and thought man.! axld tie merchant deeply aa the light Intensified Itself. a exception. my it and "Exactly, Wbat was It that Mahaffy had aald Today my cash la way down and rw Be was te do at The very credit, asked I le why Just t'.at hour sccentM his suspicions. ' Prob I lied the young man. sadly. sun-up- ? r t-- j poe-sesa- al was A Sweet, Crisp, Delicious 4 r. ht Yee,-you- Pegioe's Black Boy quest of the missing garments' and turned to tbe door. To say that he rTmazed when he found It locked would have most Inadequately described his emotions. ' Breathing deep, he fell back a step or two, and then with all the rigor be could muster launched himself at the door. But It resisted him. It's bolted on the other side!, he muttered, tbe full measure of Feg-loe'- s perfidy revealing Itself to hla mind. He was aghast It was a plot to discredit him. Ptgloes hospitality bad been Inspired by his enemy, for Pegloe was Fentress tenant. Again he attacked the door; he believed It might be possible to force It from Its binges, bat Pegloe had done his work too well for that, and at last, spent and breathless, the Judge dropped down on tbe edge of his bed was Post Toasties j CHAPYEftXXXr without ctothea and he was a prisoner, yet his mind rose splendidly to olomens Last Night race tbe difficulties that beset him. It d been wtth no little reluctance His greatest activities ware reserved that Solomon Mahaffy accompaaied for shat appeared to be only a sea- - YancF and Cavendish to Belie Plain; Promises-.mas usually wants tbe preacher X to fnruflfh proof that what bs promises Is going to come true, but be Is willing to take tbs glib promoter's I word for tt. Post Toasties are sold by Grocer everywhere. 7'" |