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r '~"’ sock! flee. It's the beginnln'. mu. “'1 the very beginnin’ of things. whore we're mdtn' here, this very that! d” of grace. It's Batty has traveled all his Me, and men the laugh. tn! mar did Batty live an "Think you. Ned, my boy," said But- iersieigh. one day, as they stood at the tent doorâ€""think you. this old guy world hos been inhabited a. mi lion years, by billions of peopie. a yet have we have n chnnoe to own a port of it, each for himself here, at this last minute of the world 8 life! Do you mind that, what it nouns? Never you think a cinnce like mm! last forever. Yet here we no, hetero the low, and almost antedotln' the The Beginning. Frnnklln's foot took hold upon the soil of the new land. His son! reached out Ind laid hold upon the sky, the harsh flowers, the raping wind. He gave, mad he drank In. Thus grew the people of the West. World." 'Bhut up, Cum. yo divvll!" said ”amidst. “Gone into the house, the both of you. It‘s but a poor house, but we're welcome. An’ wetcom ye are. too. Ned. me boy, (a the New no [Head on such a brute am the lm hy II the land? Aad. Ned how are ye gola' to like u lure. na boy?" run". wlpod Ms (mm as he replied tn Ballerslelgh's Inning In of alumna”. "Well. Butnrnlolgl." he nld. '1 man say I've been may buy aver MlmhmJnds-onrulm tell at this date. I'm much aim to think this I: a strange and rather up Id .911. of cavalry you‘ve an out a tidal-«worthy the maid Pony-nir- «nlhâ€"Iyln. more. I‘ll say ye might be a «Ivor; in [he gnarl“. or In Ibo Rue Irish $.43". b'nd, you. sinâ€"Curvy. ye «mu what do ye mean by nttln' "You’re all flxht, Miler," old he. “You're the dâ€"â€"â€"dest but. pn- gfln that am “not un- phce. u’ ,1 ill: lick m nun that au- dllor’nt. [He'u yore hone. now, shore." “And'how do ya do. Nod? God Men ye!" uld Bum-mu. a moment Inter, nun all-:- had become more tru:~ qun. ‘l'u and to m yo; 31nd at Ivver I. In In all no 1110 to m n llv‘ tn‘ Ioul! Why didn‘t ya tell ya wu comln', Ind not come "air like a! uurdofln Chantâ€"but I7, boy. yo’ro . uwâ€" wy, uvu, cm": out mu ’voice heartily, though likewise from some locality yet vogue. ”ll-ride the dlvil to n ilnilh, me boy! Git up hie head, Ned! Git up his head! The murderiu'. haythln' brute! Kill hlmi Ride him out!" And ride him out F'renklln did. ’0!“ hope In much by good fortune on by shill. though none but u shrewd horse mu would have hoped to do this feat. Hurt and Jarred, he yet kept‘ upright, and 1t last he did get the horse's heed up and saw the wild pen tor-meg close as quickly on it had begun. The pony ceased his grunb in: and tell into I. sill! trot, with little- to indicate his hidden pyrotechnic quality. Franklin whirled him around end rode up to where Batter-sleigh Ind Curly bed now Jolned. He was 3 hit pole. but he pulled himself togeth- er well before he reached them not dinmounted with e good [root of no- concern. Beiterolelxh grouped his hood in both hie own and greeted him with n shower of welcome: uni of compliments. Curly flopped him homily upon the shoulders. m dâ€"~n pilgrim ever I". I”! !" muted Curvy, with couvie lution when he heard another voice. which he recognized cleafiy. , “Good boy. Ned," cried out this anklln had smgli notion of Cnriy'l locality. but he heard his voice, halt cunning at! but encouraging, Ind calling on his pluck as he saw me hope at a successful issue, he resolved tn ride it out if it lay within him no to do. He was well on with hi: to!» CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER Vilaâ€"Continued. AI Ian M M M (M M1 head up. inoyoh. yNe' n Hint: n the nched m V, the at . He .fl crew In lB-tâ€" on I! It th: I old to lull, TI: 3 no‘ In I an a, at vb life! ten Ins? hm mm" In v. -vâ€". -u,n drive from Ellinille, and the men who killed for the railroad camps nt- tered loud complnints. The skinâ€" lmnting um went on. Great wagons, loaded with parties of rough men, med on out, bound for the inner haunts. when they might um and their prey. The wuonn an" creak- ing but loaded with bales of the chum brown robes, which an the skinâ€"hunk" monev with which to join the eowmen n: the drinking pines. Not tinies- wu this moiety It its incipiency. In Any nocinl at- mosphere and ad evil are necessary concomitant. Sink-a men would form n community at but but Dori-h- nbio. Manes, tabulation, nah-Iot- Emsville fly at In eddy in the ‘ Plains and gathered toll of the strange driftwood which was then afloat. Though the chute: It the nil- wny were busy. yet. other herds of cattle passed Emafllle Ind windered on north. crowding at the heels of the min; Indians. who now began to see their own cattle to be doomed. The main herd of the hnflalo wns now reported in be three or four days' J .14-- A, , , \.. .u... â€" . Inn-awn. a strange. wild movement In Ameri- un life which carried In its train I set of conditions as vivid and peculiar ls they were tnnslent. " Jae by one, then In I body. as though struck by panic. the whlte tents at the "urn-d lubotm un- nhed. mum; on ywt further to the West. only the engineer: remain!“ i gt Blllqvmo and mating from the have: of the stone hate! the work of mutt-hing the line. The plnce of the tent: was taken by vut whitetopped wagons, the «raking cook cum 0! the cattle tn", and the nu of the1 less Ion-die man. It was the begin» Mn; of the great mule drive from the Southern to the Northern ranges. _ A--_1_- ’7 .. - allng "not. These new edifices rm! for the mom! pun um as business plum. the nuns of comm being but (to-"xenon! nerrhmflu." 'Mrh mat chiefly saddles Incl Ire arms. and that MM Industry 0! new lands which flaunts under melt lin- bonrdn u the Inn Bur, the "my Home. the Quiet Place, the Cowboy'- Dream and much descriptive none-d.- lnre. 0! tonnes- bum hon-cumin were nun-a, and all these were Imm- Ileuuuo Ibo "ale to" added building um ballot-g along It: strug- Wklln saw many Imus coming and unloddlux that: m at Notched bone- at the lid. 'of the nIIro-d tracks. There was a mu for All m: back In (In: country which had conceived um road mm the desert. hunk": put out I rum u this India-try, hull"); In the fuel sad the nmhnndlso at tho nv plains. Ho ‘ bought the m:- ptoduct of other: who were Indy to all And on out. the our ”or lulu. Even in the “tint nu" the settler of the Iner West was able to make his living. He killed oi! the builalo swiftly, but he killed them in num- bers so desperately lune that. their bones in in unwanted tons an over 3 dual-ted empire. Fir-t the hide: and than the bones of the bulhlo ave the settler his hold upon the land. which pertains he could not also have x ‘iossus of strength, ins tound to he possessed or a certain knowledge in building houses utter the fashion of that ilndâ€"thst is to shy, of sods and earthen unbsked bricksâ€"and since under his master's direction he was not less serviceable than docile, it we: not long before the "claim" of Battersieigh was adorned with a com- fortable house at tor either winter or ‘ summer hsbiution. he was the suldint mind in the n!- lnlrs of the odd partnership which now sprung between him and his friend. Batienzleigh would have liveql till autumn in his tent, but Franklin ? new that the need of n house was im- mediate. He took counsel of Curly, the cowboy. who proved guardian and benefactor. Curly florthwlth pro- duced a workmen, a. giant Maxie-n, n hall~witted mono, who had tollowed the cow bands from the for South west. and who had hung about Curiy's own place he 1 sort of menial, bound to do unquestionably whatever Curly bade. This curious being. n‘very co NoLoveofOodlnaFootm Dr. Charles Pnrkhunt of New York believes In people saying just um they mean. and sun he has I horror of footnotes. "Whenever 1 Ice 3 foot» note,” he an, "I In than mint. ed of a. certain Presbyterian elm meeting. Ono mtuto dnn up M tuned to the lové of the Almighty, and It 'II M In (I. run. an. When one o! the trainmen explains, "'He ain‘t on this mm." the red ‘tongue goes slowly back Into the bl; mouth. the strong fins close, the shaggy tan drops um RIM turns Ind walk: back to his kennel. But on the fouowlng day he appears promptly in time for his master's usual train. and waits until some oie of the pity- ing train hands tens him, "He ain't I come in yet!" has never missed I (run. He mud- on the platform wagging his tall. Mn tongue hanging out. n ”pres-Ion of anxious hope In his eyes. waiting (or his master. Rlbs‘ mate: has not come home on the tnin for many months. He VII conductor of a train which m wrecked, and '18 killed. But mu the num- II 1 min" minâ€"m: town to led the tan: on which hi- my!" med to come home. “Hello. mun. he Ain't on um mm- Thns brakes“ or Water neon A M; buck ad vino do: 'lllch every evening trots m to “Which v” are you bound. air?“ and the strum. um fitting, a, morally II thought. with II: ell: mung on Ms Mud. you neglect that. 1.9:, ulr, Elli-vino is the place!" "That‘s whatever! How can It help It? It's mln‘ co be u amnion Dom on the mud. ll‘I Ml‘ to I." all tho unlenhlppln' nude. Alter n will. It‘ll have I" (In tu-ll' trade. It'- goln' to he the town, all right do“! 'flun. mum n In turner rut. nodjnstumultlalmhwout. wmru do well be", m I: ll"! loo mid tor. con. But any country on urn." "Nov In mum". do“; m?” "Rm-Int" "Yea. m. no I heard mum back. Is It [MI' to be I nu (av-1" "In I! [nod fu-In‘ Ind bore?” "Won," rowed nun. “they ll"! no lunch jun! 70!. but "my 'III In an“: moi. You use. an Ind Ole. ll about nlnly nun mu 0' Mn yet. and loll: I. nod], utomn' In Mom. Loud mad m I: pretty much I“ on" "I. I! may love [In Land 0!- Me to (In "Inland, 0! may I" (fill land 'm be um up I [and do“ tutor.“ ‘ "I'M: with n corm- plum In N. IIHN'. u maul ho mum “to VII.- steamy o! the CW noun which ~0th III that “I h M "In Ma. "1- um um and oo-h' "noon hm III- M?“ I. n- nmaod. tuning In bl: nut and man; can toot on (I. when! u M It! can mflml on the Hub um ml. “Wen. sh.“ mm the nuwor, flav- ly, "l nllur noto- yoc'vo not no. I'm Just been roII' on out. I want toloauJuUmho-nytuncom mm d lmlo MM: If my bad to.” Meantime, from the direction of the north, there came traveling scross the prairie another cloud of dust more rapid thsn that stirred up by the slow- moving emigrant wsxon. Sun. the siege driver. wss crossing on his reg~ uisr backboard trip from Ellisviiie to Plum Centre, snd was now nearly halesy on his Journey. Obviously the courses at these two vehicles must intersect, And st the nstursi point of this intersection the driver of the tutor pulled up snd waited for the other. “Rovers" were not yet so common is thst region thst the stsxe driver, nstursl sews agent. must not psuso (or lnveetlntion. The driver 0! the wssos, s dark men, drew rein with s new Isi- utstion. his tired bones standing with drooping heads while there tool: plsee ones! the mat eonvemtioss o! the plums. "llornln', "lend," aid Sun. "Mornin', sir." ssid the other. "Which wsy you hesdis'. Mend?” asked Benn. The New Maven. .. Far away, new the wide grey plain, appeared a tiny dot, apparently an unimporunt fixture of the had- scape. An hour earlier it might not ‘heve been observed et all by even the keenest eye, and it would have needed yet more time to acetate In observer even now that the dot was a moving object. Presently In occlâ€" sionni sideâ€"blown pull! of dust Idded e certain heraldry, end time finally the white-topped vegan end its plodding team came fully Into View, crawling ‘ ever persistently from the East to the West. Walk [or "It later. (To be continued.) CHAPTER IX. the "111.3131 Mummumurnmn' Fm Hand to KM“. Robert lcxmle. a young farm hand. was accidentally killed by I tnin on the numb Conn-1| nut-and Into Pale Data. The mm bond of aflmlture is sending out card: announcing the nu- noin state (air dates a September 29 to October 7. Mud Ride on Regular Tram. All railroads centering In Chicago have decided to forbid meager: to ride on freight train. which will be a hard blow to commerchl mvelen. Honor OM Odd Follow. Cum. Jones Worden. the oléeat member of the Upper Alton Odd Fel- lm' base. ceiehntod II: 331] Man- day Jan. 21. Member: of the lodge gave bun an Informal surprise party. mac possum hy a mum mi- tié ill. 0. F. 8mm of 820,000. mm M Mick building vita med stone out-eats m am; Pu. and any cm. nu. ‘1; Tower Hm Ind Afllml. Pet. IMO; Pm“. m. 20-21; Denim. Feb. 21- ' 28; Can. lurch H; Kin-My. I nun-u ma; am- at was"; 5 Incl IMI. Mm Odd Fella-1’ Home. The new home of the 01m Odd Renown vu dedicated In. so with Inn-auto ceremonies. The hall I. . "EM. Trad-n W llama. The Bethune mac- and labor In- mbl: In elected the follovlu at cm: Wt. Jules Borden; vlcepruldent. cnm- lander; re- cording may. 3. P. hen-chm; correspond!" uecretny. CI“. um. Mn: Inn-cm mm. mm... C. Spies; tree-um. J. P. nee; Mums Dr. W. N. Nelson. pram-a all" of Halo- lmrlct. Hm!“ m1 church mm. In announced (to toi- Invlug quarterly “In; nap-cm {urinate-d mndmmh- am: my; Claim“ and th. in. in“. Jul. 20; Wale. April fl: Bud W. July 3; On. J... u; mu. July to; Do low. I17 I; Mutu- Mat. July I1; Hi. I" I: Veranda. In: It: Pomona. lay n; Lona. In 3.; Mutual; 1n. 5: Bradley. Jun 11. The faltering m Ibo non-(y elem: Mm PM. K. J. Klan-a M lmhnboro; acto- ury. an». "1an o! Poms; norm!" «manna-MW. A. Hakim: of (Talmud-lo. w. P. Wilton at lint lay and J. 1. mum at lawn-ml My Oahu. Convention. The mun mum-o o! the Jul-o- m-v Bud” school mo- man: has announced the dam tor jot-nip convention as follows: m 0! un. wane, who “(die flood non the court. A. naval hu been an. to an Hun-pl- County Circuit court. mted. and when marten-{win to DI, the not two people chimed the money: Scum sum. Mod In tn- at Ind m laid by uni-“61:83; (hunt to In. Amelia Pennington o! Bunkgr Hilly Later, the pound m to In. Ella wmm- In Gillespie. Two ygnn artery-n! the unto Mono Tenant In Poi-plum! Winn it Come. to Paying Rani. Two Duties holding deed: to the same piece of ground wn the came of a lawsuit which m tried before Squire 8(9th It Duke: Hill. In 1900 tho com sold | three-acre true: of land belonging to the Danni. auto TWO DEEDS T0 SAME PARC‘L Two Handout-e collide and Heath”- or In Badly injured. A. 1. flock of the Flint hotel, Pm. and several section men were more or leis seriously injured. the result of an unusual accident which occurred on the Big Four nllrood near the hotel. Mr. Mack was walking down the truck tom the station and had nearly reached the hotel as two handâ€" cm come up behind him from the west, close together. The tlret hund- cu' contained eight Inen.nnd the eec~ and ten: The care did not elncken speed, expecting Mr. Flint would leave the tack. The leading cnr struck nnd knocked him to the ground. seriously injuring him. The Jolt threw every men from the undo" And all were more or less hurt. The second car. coming at good speed. dulled lnto the first nnd threw nil its passengers to the ground, bruising them severely. I. I. Calm Dillflcl DUI... PECULIAR ACCIDENT AT PANA Land Truman. IL Mururhn to Run Aug. 1. III ~ The manage-cut at the 8mm I no! Domtur Intel-um: mm“ .7. d an will be running m m and 8W0“ by An. 1. Winteumullug. _ m mitten or CONTRIBUTJMWS may snout f ‘1 . THROUGHOUT In! am! ' Wam lam RM. Docum- sblmn. 10er- and III- olnctnren Inn decided to me n- ether am! to Gov. Yam nd the nllroad and vnrobmne eon-baton for a reduction of the local PM. A reduction um pron-Iced me nonu- Claim Hm Than" Wm Accordlng to once" of the 3mm w. G. 1'. U. the elders ol the I'm church 1n cam have threatened the me of In. Mark Read. n speaker of the national W. C. 1". 11.. who has been lecturing mutant lornonlnn it that my. Hrs. Reed lived for a "In In Ut-h. under. Georg. Khmer lacuna Ina vuh bucks. Haber Ind two shots, on «(dung Khmer n the m and the other Writing the Inn at Woodard. tho in MI; Kflh 0m Inn. Allen Wound, n contacting our» mm, m mule-any u"... u Bloom-m by um um, . 5.... 0“ MM" a! latch. The late Tho-u um, Ivy which In ha been It“ for you“ ll Donut, Manual “00 to In" Lewis. 3 Guam; .8 to no: mu I an. m 01 to metal Purcell. a mud-oi. The remainder n! the eu- late I. left to Dull and WI" Lula. Ian-0'1... Merl-Minion m [mu-fly lot syn-all; lacy brad-Ithatvnuun benche- luhlc people. on baton "gnu. manhunt-mummy! I MW. am n man! In. 0m. "utterly at “on. a blind mu, 'm to I). In: up" cut for gym“; muo- at “I. It Lunch '0' Nut! IND".- Cowman w. A. mm in non: mm! to tho Alto. division at u- "! llllfll that I. In nu. ton-u lelcflloo to m mm" o! It. any lot - “mm hunch for I00 hr the vanilla. 0mm Roda-m (blah that (o helm-lo (to dl'hla InumkmmuaumI-m not um I- no minno- - um lunch Ito-Id ho mid“. Inn. and now- run h-dlaloly I. In In «mun their chin. to on: “0.000.000. II 17.10.0010. mm mlmfinwmdm lo 3 “my torn In. at M mu you; 11h hug not!“ II It“. and no mm! “WI .04. II «on to loan. In Mu. but did not “eminent-loo. 11le mum", mind I M (I l! Boon: tum coal-tun, Iluor Hu- ry Donna. M Buck. W. W. Oval. 8. a. mom-mu. 0.. AIM 0m- dorl. I. A. mu m m Wilson. Spungllold Veteran: 60-090“. to int-ruin War Common. All local you. 0! the 0. A. R. have unltod lo nuke Inborote plus (or the note comment at the Grand Army, whlch wlll be bold In Bpflnsfleld May 10â€"12. Committees hon boon mod n tollown: Executive. Capt. P. W. Horn, John B. lam. I. L. Johnson, [Jocel- Dnboll. W. H. Nulln. John 0. Roll. 0. E. H11. 8. A Boll. J. w. Sandwich. John 0. Roberts. Thou" Ron. w. H. (Io-mu. John C. M. WWLJ.A.HAIJMIL8. PREPARE FOR THE 0. A. R. REIT .___.- .. â€"~â€".g flue would he Impoled‘lor killing the mind. The party (II-maul. ,,~ -_ -‘_"..-._. m ‘ in A low minute: the telephone line. were buy. A hunting party was quickly formed. but when u m mâ€" seated that pox-hum the kllllnx o! the ulna-l might be fin conflict with the nun law. a. kolophono message VII neat to the county lent. Ind them In- formutlon wu out-Inca that u hotvy‘ a-.. _A._u L, . Venturnom M. The dineovcry (but the num- sum luv ton-bid. the killing at door In at. state for ten yearn cut lhort I W" looted hunt In the vicinity of New- born sud Dow, In Janey county. Deer Are prncudnlly unknown in am wt or the state. Recently a lune stag ”poured In the streets or New. born and Iron there an to the neigh- boring town of Dow. The animal In seen by many people In Newborn. and I-_.A__,- Furoftpgmhval-WOQ'! mun-mo mum ”180*“ or. W'Io-oum DI. "or “bl-v, al. p. 995101.15de Imam-tin.“ runs-mam]... PWWW b (I Inca ".814. n 1a. 17%; ”Mold. 1 .. LII-o a tutor at m anon In bu thlltlou I. am... ~ In noun: A with. m m by mm“ In: M Huh, no: county. who when“ fl_ no: u um I I‘ll. and. “My m ' wmuun 0'.- ot . , am a pounc- in gym sum am a“, unseouwmuwoo-i q Manon-mu dowulntamtollh “rational-manta“: hillomhltm htodhlnnmmm Manda. ywhuo oIi o‘ but“ When m. m_ hm m m Ioornthlthldléu 01 with u ‘0" auto. nun-M'- Scott and node the period at: 3! his Property >93 much: 'u‘ 5!"! Kim-£1”: