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I didn't mean to do it, but when I was on my feet something forced it out of me, I knew what they would do, but I was ready to die, and I hoped I could •waken some of them." •:;/*But no one shall hurt you." ^Don't tempt me to stgy any longer, dear, even if they would let me. Oh, you don't know, you don't know--and that devil's drumming over there to madden me as on that other night But it's just--my God, how juat_s* ."Come away, then. Ruel will find* your horse, and we'll ride home." "It's too late--don't ask me to leave Bay hell now. It would only follow 'me. It was this way that night--the night before--the beating got into my blood aad hammered ou my bfahi till I didn't know. Prudence, I must 'tell you--everything--" He glanced at Follett appealing?, as he had looked at the others •tfVea he left the platform that day, be seeching some expressions of friend liness. "Yes, I must tell you--everything." Bat his face lighted as Follett inter rupted him. " You tell her," said Follett, dog gedly, "how you saved her that day and kept her like your own and ibrought her up to be a good woman --that's what you tell her." The grat itude in the little man's eyes had grown with each word. "Yes, yes, dear, I have loved you like my own little child, but your f&ther and mother were killed here tthat day--and I found you and loved ijrou--such a dear, forlorn little girl-- will you hate me now?." he broke off anxiously. She had both his hands fen, her own. *'But why, how could I hate you? Y«u are my dear little sorry father-- all I've known. I shall always love you." "That will be good to take with me," lie said, smiling again. "It's all I've got to take--it's all I've had since the day I found you. You are good," he Mid, turning to Follett. "Oh, shucks!" answered Follett. A smile of rare contentment played .over the little man's face. In the silence that followed, the funeral drum came booming in upon them over the ridge, and once they •aw an Indian from the encampment standing on top of the hill to look down at their fire. Then the little man spoke again. "You will go with him," he said to dence. "He will take you out of ere and back to your mother's peo f4e." "She's going to marry me," said Follett. The little man smiled at this. "It is right--the Gentile has come to take you away. The Lord is cun ning in His vengeance. I felt it must be BO when I saw you together." After, this he was so quiet for a time that they thought he was sleep- tog. But presently he grew restless again, and said to Follett: - • "I want ypu to have me buried here. Up there to the north, 300 yards from here on the right, is a dwarf cedar standing alone. Straight over the ridge from that and half-way down the other Siae is another cedar grow ftag at the foot of a ledge. Below that ledge is a grave. There are stones piled flat, and a cross cut In the one toward the cedar. Make a grave be tide that one, and put me in it--just as I am. Remember that--uncoffined. Jit must be that way, remember. There's a little book here in this • pocket. Let it stay with me--but surely uncoffined, remember, as--as *' the rest of them were." J "But, father, why talk so? You are going home with us." "There, dear, it's all right, and - gou'll feel kind about me always when Jjou remember me?" .' "Don't--don't talk so." 1 >- "If that beating would only stay out ~%f my brain--the thing is crawling be- Iliad me again! Oh, no, not yetr--not yet! Say this with me, dear: " 'The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall Hot want. ( "'He maketh me to lie down in •"*> jkreen pastures: He leadeth me he- ^>^*ide the still waters.'" ;\4 g]ae gaid the psaim vjQi himi mg£ ik' grew quiet again. "You will go away with your hus- ' r band, and go at once--" He sat up -C Suddenly from where he had been "i .lying, the light of a new design In his . *»yes. "V "Come--you will need protection e"' |ow--I must marry you at once. Sure- '"4|y that will be an office acceptable in jfhe sight of God. And you will re- /' ̂ *tnember me better for it--and kinder. : AjCome, Prudence; come, Ruel!" "But, father, you are sick, and «o kr i^reak--let us wait." H ' ,-It wil! S1** 010 8acl1 to H 1 and this is the last. She looked at Follett questlonlngly, ut gave him her hand silently when e arose from the ground where "He'd like it, and it s what we want --all simple," he said. In the light of the fire they stood with hands joined, and the little man, toe. got to his feet, helping himselT up by the cairn against which he had been leaning. Then, with the unceasing beats of the funeral drum in their ears, he made them man and wife. "Do you, Ruel, take Prudence by the right hand to receive her unto yourself to be your lawful and wedded wife, and you to be her lawful and wedded husband for time and etern ity--" Thus far he had followed the form ula of his church, but now he depart ed from it with something like defi ance coming up in his voice. "--with a covenant and promise on your part that you will cleave to her stents; '"but their Blood is uui biwu you." Then, after a little: "See, It is growing light over there. Now they will soon be here, (hey will know where I had to come, and they will have a spade." He seemed to be fainting in his last weakness. Another hour they sat silently bO» aide him. Slowly the dark over the eastern hill lightened to a gray. Then th® gray paled »ntil a flush of pink was there, and they could see about them in the chill of the morning. Then came a silence that startled them all. The drum had stopped and the night-long vibrations ceased from their ears. They looked toward the little man with relief, for the drumming had tortured him. But his breathing was shallow and irregular now, and from time to time they could hear a rattle in his throat His eyes, when he opened them, were looking far oft. He was turning restlessly and mutter ing again. She took his hands and found them cold and moist. "His fever must have broken," ahe said, hopfully. The little man opened his eyes to look up at her, and spoke though absently, and not as if he saw her: • "They will have a spade with them when they come, never fear. And the spot must not be forgotten--300 yards north of the dwarf cedar, then straight over the ridge and half-way down, to the other cedar below the sandstone --and uncoffined, with t&e book here in this pocket where I have it. 'Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup A NEW CANAL. INCREASE. OF TRAFFIC MAKES . ; 'tiftR' SttM NECESSARY.//-^' ---- ; • Commerce of the Great lakes Mas Grown So as the < i tb "Require Increased futilities Between Lakes 6^ ^ perior and Huron. u Under the remarkable developments of the past two years, commercially and industrially, during which time the capacity of the Soo canal has been taxed to its utmost, it has be come apparent that some provision must be made tp take care of the in creasing demands of freightage through the great lakes. When in 1843 Senator Norveil, the first United States senator from Michigan, intro duced a bill into the senate requesting a grant of land for the building of the Sault Ste. Marie canal, Henry Clay said that "the money might as well be wasted for a project in the moon." For a time after the completion of the canal in 1855, it looked as though the Kentucky statesman had been right. During the first, year only 14,503 tons of freight, or little more than the tonnage carried by a single vessel at the present time, passed through the canal. The million ton mark was not reached until 1876.' In 1885, the Soo canal began Its race with Suez, and in 1890, .with a freight passage of 9,000,000 tons, it exceeded the Sue* tonnage by more than 2,000,000. In 1900, 25,062,5S0 tons of freight passed through the canal; by the end of 1904 this had increased to 31,546,106 tons. Then came the tremendous growth of 1905-1906. In the one season of 1905, there was an Increase of 12,- 253,561 freight tons--an increase as great as that of the preceding eight years. When to 1905 is added the increase of 1906, one arrives at the astonishing fafct that the lake freight of the last two seasons shows an in crease as great as that of the 14 years preceding! Estimating from official figures made at Sault Ste. Marie, It is quite safe to say that 100,000,000 tons of freight have been transported upon the great lakes during the last year. Unless set out in a way that the eye and the mind can seize upon, the mag nitude of these -figures can hardly be appreciated. What does 100,000,000 tons of freight mean? To handle It required for eight months the serv ices of 1,500 lake captains, 3,000 mates, 15,000 sailors, and 100,000 landsmen. It was nine times as great as the tonnage that passed through the Sum canal; twice th« combined annual tonnage of London and Liver pool, two of the world's greatest sea ports; and more than 50,000,000 tons in excess of that which entered and left New York. If the total amount of grain which was carried last , season were made Into flour, and to it were added the flour tonnage, the aggregate would make 42,936,683 barrels.' From a bar rel of flour 250 one-pound loaves of bread can be made. Estimating that every person eats an average of one- half pound of bread daily, this tre mendous supply of bread would feed 21,468,341,500 people for one day; or it would supply a city of 1,000,000 adults for a period of nearly 60 years. Last year 12,000,000 tons of coal were carried through the Detroit river by northbound boats. Had this quan tity of coal been ti%nsported by one train, calculating 50 tons to "the car (which would require the largest cars), 228,563 cars would have been called for. * v j. And despite the tremendous growth of the last two years, it is generally mm NEWS OF .UXWaiS^HEALTM HAPPENINGS OF INTifeEST PROM ALL OVER THE STATE. FOR JUNE. WORK FOR CONVENTIONS Chicago Is Out for Beth Meetings of the Big Parties Next Year--Other Cities Seek the Democrat!* Gathering. pi. Chicago.--At * meeting to be held soon a plan of securing funds to be used to bring both the Republican and Democratic national conventions to Chicago next year will be discussed. Democratic National Committeeman Sullivan says that in his opinion there is a good chance of having the Demo cratic convention held here. He said that Louisville and St. Louis are mal' ing the most vigorous efforts to gc the Democratic convention, and tht St. Paul and Minneapolis are also after it. As to funds, it was suggested that contributions might be solicited to get both conventions, with the ui derstandlng that if only one convert tion were secured, only SO per cent of the contributions would be col lected. Tugs Towing a Barge Through Sod- Locks. conceded In shipping circles that the increase of 1907 will be even greater. Thife conclusion Is reached because of the flood of orders for big ships that has poured in upon shipbuilding com panies during the last few months. Only recently an order was placed by the Lackawanna Steel company, can ing for eight vessels, to be in com mission by August 1, 1907. In point of number, this order may not appear impressive, especially to the railroad man who hears of car construction in hundreds and even thousands, but in reality the results will swell the fig ures of next season. Five of the ves sels are to be of 7,500 tons carrying capacity each, and the other three of 9,000 tons each. PSOERAL CHILD LABOR LAW. Prominent Illinois Employer Urges Uniformity in Regulations. Alton.--General Manager Levis, of the Illinois Glass company, one of the largest employers of child labor in the United States, who has been prose cuted many times for violating the law, has declared in favor of a, na tional child labor law which would put all manufacturing Institutions on an equal footing. He believes the age limit should be 14 years and that all children who are not working should be compelled to go to school. Mr. Levis says glass manufacturers will be driven from Illinois unless the child labor' laws of other states are made to conform with the Illinois law, and advocates vigorous measures to suppress the evils of child labor in other states such as have been adopt ed In Illinois. PARDON UNSEALS TATE'S LIPS. KING'S BUSY SEASON EDWARD OF ENGLAND ENJOYS OUTDOOR SPORTS. t An Ardent Apostle of Fresh Air and Activities as Is President Roose velt, Whose Penchant in That Direction Is Noteworthy. His new steam turbine yacht may be said to complete the equipment of King Edward of England aB an out door man. There is not a single phase of open-air recreation in which he does not share, either as an active participant or as one particularly in terested. Possibly his wonderful phys ical fitness and mental alertness, and that suavity and tact for which he Is «OHl Ohl My Poor 8orry Little Father--He Was 8o Good to Mel and to none other, so. help you God. taking never another wife In spite of promise or threat of any priesthood whatsoever, cleaving unto her and her alone with singleness of heart?" When they had made their re sponses, and while the drUm wae beating upon his heart, he pronounced them man and wife, sealing upon them "the blessing of the holy resur rection, with power to come forth in the morning clothed with glory and Immortality." When he had spoken the final words of the ceremony, he seemed to lose himself from weakness, reaching out his hands for support. They helped him down on to the sad dle blanket that Follett had brought, and the latter now went for more wood. When he came back they were again reciting the psalm that had seemed to quiet the sufferer. "•Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with me;, Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.'" Follett spread the other saddle blanket over him. t He lay on his side, his face to the fire, one moment say ing over the words of the psalm, but the next listening in abject terror to something the others could not hear. "I wonder you don't hear their screams," he (raid, in one of these -mo- if %ad been sitting. runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.'" He started up in terror of something that seemed to be behind him, but fell back, and a moment later was ramb ling off through some sermon of the bygone year. Slowly, then, the little smile faded --the wistful light jtf it dying for the last time. The tired head fell sudden ly back and the wan lips closed over lifeless eyes. From the look of rest on the still face it was as If, In his years ot serv ice and sacrifice, the little man had learned how to forgive his own sin in the flash of those last heart-beats when his soul had rushed out to wel come Death. Prudence had arisen before the end came, rouett was giaa she aid not see the eyes glaze nor the head drop. Then he sprang quickly up and put his arm about Prudence. "Come, sit here close by t&e fire, dear--no, around this side. It's all over now." "Oh! Oh! My poor, sorry little father--he was so good to me!" She threw herself on the ground, sob bing. Follett spread a saddle blanket over the huddled figure at the foot of the cross. Then he went back to take her in his arms and give her such comfort as he could. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Few Women Faint Nowadays Sex much More Robust Than It waa a Few Years Age. Athletics and aopore sane system of living have put an end to fainting by women. That is the opinion of an eminent physician who, as a young man, used to visit i scor© of faint- ing ladles," as he laughingly puts it, each day. , , . "Not many years ago It was the fashion for a woman to scream and drop down into a dead faint at the least provocation," said the doctor, "but now women are ashamed to faint. It is too kittenish. All women want to appear strong even if they are natural ly weak. And as a sex they are con siderably more robust and more fas cinating than they were a few years back. 9 "The reason for it is that woman go in for more outdoor life and recre ation than did their mothers or their grandmothers^ They may partake of more highly seasoned food and eat more than is good for them at times, but they lead a more athletic life and for that reason do not have to faint legitimately or otherwise, no mattei what the shock'may be. Wfe are goini to have a stronger race in conse quepce. For every woman who faint! over a sudden shock there are scoret who are satisfied to scream and let it go at that. Fainting women ars «• ceptions these days." Snapshot of King Edward and His At tendant in Partridge Field. distinguished, may be traced to his unswerving devotion to all forms of entertainment which carry him into breeze and sunshine. He may not boast shooting records comparable with those built up in the teeming forests of Germany and Austria; he may not have a kaleidoscopic succcs sion of varying deeds by field and flood as studiously recorded as the German emperor; but in a quiet, Eng lish way he has a record as an out door man that will bear inspection 4>y the most. confirmed lover of unob- scured skies. For 40 years the king spent all he derived in rent from Sandringham on improving the estate. It has become, therefore, an ideal home for a sports man. Instead of the 9,t)00 head of game which it yielded annually 15 or 20 years ago, it is now good for 20,000 head, of which two-thirds are pheas ants, and the remainder partridge, snipe, woodcock and wildfowl, to say nothing of hares and rabbits. " Mild diversion is possible at Buck ingham palace, where, should the king yield to the desire to cast a fly, he has now some wonderful rainbow trout in the lake. But of course Balmoral is the great sporting alternative to Sand ringham, unless his majesty be visit ing. There he has his own golf-links, and, during his visits, practices with an assiduity and patience which are a model to all choleric disciples of the ancient game. Moreover, here he has some fine fishing, at which, like most of his house, he is an adept. It IB possible that the prince of Wales is a better shot that his sire-- he is accounted one of the best ten shots in the kingdom--and he may fish with rather more success than the king, but he certainly does not excel his majesty in sest and eager enthusi asm for either sport. When he was at Chatsworth shooting early this year, it was generally remarked that in his enthusiasm for the sport the king real ly seemed younger than ever. Balmoral brings him within easy dis tance of such deer-stalking as he may desire. He learned his lessons in this art in the best schools; and few men of his years can, with nicer skill and certainty, stalk and bring down his stag. , He takes the same risks with the rest cf fellows, and leads no charmed existence. Early in his career he was taught that sport has Its perils as well as pleasures. How the king would have enjoyed his Canadian and American experi ences had he then been master of the fleet of motor cars of which he is now the possessor! Denied them, he made good use of his opportunities to see the rough as Well as the smooth side of life on the American continent. The one game the king never did master is cricket. Football he avoid* ed, except as a spectator. Prisoner Confesses Rich Peorlan Paid . Him to Rob School Safe. • PeorIa.--Under promise of Immu nity from further prosecution and of pardon from Joliet by Gov. Deneen, "Eddie" Tate, the famous "gentleman burglar," for the first time admitted that he helped blow the school board safe and stole 6,000 pieces of forged script being held as evidence against former Superintendent of Schools Newton C. Dougherty. Tate said he was assisted by Eddie Fay and Patsy Flaherty. He says that $4,S00 was paid the three men by a prominent Peorian representing Dougherty. "Tate has promised to give the name to the grand jury. Grain Elevator Destroyed by Ptre. Jacksonville.--Bluffs, Scott county, was visited by a disastrous flre which completely destroyed the large ele vator owned and controlled by W. H. Graham. There were several thou sand bushels of grain in the building and the loss of grain will be over $5,000 and for the entire building over $10,000. There was but little inBur ance on the elevator, it Is understood, and the loss to Mr. Graham will be severe. Bugs Kilted by Bird^ Medora.--The appearance of 13 year locusts In large numbers Is re ported by Macoupin county farmers. The discovery has been made, how ever, that the English sparrow, con demned as one of the farmer's ene mies, is an avowed enemy of the lo cust, against which it is waging war and killing by the thousands. Arrested for Bigamy. Shelbyville.--Otto Ashe, a represen tative of a wholesale firm at Fair bury, 111., is in jail on a charge of bigamy. 'Ashe was arrested on information of wife No. 1, who resides at Cincinnati, O. Ashe was married to Miss Sylvia McConnell, a prominent young lady of this city, a few months ago. Both women are now here. RELIC OF BARBARISM. The-antiquarian of the future was Inspecting some curious geological specimens just brought, to the surface of the ground by workmen who were excavating for a new subway. It looked like a piece of ordinary granfte, originally ofka rectangular shape, and rough on thei^ides, ends, and bottoms, but smooth and rounded on the top. Unable to Imagine any possible use for a stone of such shape, he took it to the venerable Fernando Jones and asked him if he ever had seen any thing like it. "Yes," said Mr. Jones, falling into a reminiscent mood. "How that calls up old times! Two or three thousand years ago such stones as that were used in paving the streets." "But didn't they make horribly un even pavements?" "They did, and horses used to slip on those rounded surfaces and fall and break their knees; but horses were comparatively cheap, and the people would stand anything in those days."' "Were such stoaet ever used tor anything else?" 1. __ "Yes," answered the venerable patri arch and oldest inhabitant. "In the time of a strike or a riot it was cus tomary to pry them up and use them as weapons." Then Mr. Jones dropped into a reverie from which it was Impossible to arouse him, and the questioner went away and wrote another chapter for his forthcoming book on "Some Crudi ties of Twentieth Century Civllizl- tion."--Chicago Tribune. Neighborly Cbrtfidences. Mrs. Kawler--My husband occasion ally takes a preparation for his head ache, but it's a queer sort of stuff, and I don't remember how he pro nounces it" Mrs. Crossway--If it's like what my husband takes he pronounces it brandy and soda."--Chicago Tribune. Various Methods. Hewitt--I have been pinched tot money lately. Jewett--Well, women have different ways of getting it; my wife kisses me when she w&nta any cash.--N. T. Pres*. V: .^ , v ' •vVViV •^Zhsf. '.Lr T To Complete Y. M. C. A. Building. Springfield.--The Y. M. C. A, build ing committee Is making rapid prog ress toward securing the funds for the completion of the new building and the payment of the subscriptions are being made at the rate of $1,000 per u»y. . Neponsst Now a "Dry" Town. Nepdnset.--The anti-saloon men won a victory in a special election held here. By a majority of 16 votes It was decided that there shall be no saloon licenses issued. Farmer Fatally iBjurssd^; _ Clinton.--Peter Larrison, a well- known farmer residing near this place, was fatally injured two miles south of Clinton by a north-bound In^erur- ban car. *?PL, Spring Catarrh is a well tie- fined Spring disease. The usual symptoms are given above. A Bottle ot Pe-ru-na taken In time will promptly arrest the course oi the u"isc«se known as Spring Catarrh. 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