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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1911)
'n h DAKOTA CITY HERALD JOHN H. REAM, Publisher. DAKOTA CITY, - NEBRASKA. A SCENTLESS NATION. Tho department of agriculture) has precontly called attention to tho back wardness o! Ibis country aa a produc tcr of tho particular kind of crops that go to tho making of perfumes, says !tho Washington Post, Swift In tho development of other Industries, wo !have bcon eitrcmoly neglectful of our opportunities In this particular, stuco, lit Is claimed, wo can ralso In o,nn. Tart of tho United Slates or another All of tho plants needful for an Innum erable vnrloty of swoot odors, from ylang-ylang to nttar or roses. This Information doubtless Is Intended to serve as a timely spur to our Indus trial and commercial lethargy. And yet tho nows falls to carry with It &y great sonso of shame. It Is difficult to assign tho reason why tho possi bilities thus pointed out produco llttlo or no enthusiasm, yet such Is tho case. It must bo becauso tho making of perfumes Is not preeminently nil Indication of national vigor or great neBS. Certain It Is that tbotr univer sal uso by a pooplo Is not a sign of virility. Weak and cffemlnnto nations havo been given proverbially to tfto uso of unguonts and ointments, whereas soap and civilization have been inseparably conjoined. So long as wo lead In soap, It mattors llttlo who manufactures tho aromattcs. A good bath la bettor than much volatllo oils, whllo civet nnd musk may cov er a rnultitudo of sins, especially thoso of omission. Tho savings bank figures of tho Comptroller of tho Currency are lm presslvo In their aggregate; tlioy arc less flattering to national thrift and prosperity when nnnlyzod than Is eas ily assumed from a casual glnuco at their totals, flays tho PhllndolpUa Re view. On tho other hand, tho comp troller's figures rclato only to tho In stitutions that bear tho nunc of sav ings banks, whllo thcru aro several other classes of Institutions that do tho saino sort of business, and tho savings of tho pcoplo aro far greului than tho deposits reported by tho sav ings banks nlono. Tho comptroller re ports an Increase In tho past fiscal year of 311,000 in tho nuinbor of de positors, nnd nggrcgato dopostts of something over $1,000,000,000, an In crease of rather moro than $300,000, 000 during tho year. Tho averogo do posit jor capUa lncrcnsod during tho year from $420 to $145, but 3 per cent, interest on the sum duo depositors a yoar ago would account for half of this gain; tho small remainders tho excess of deposits over withdrawals. 'Roughly ' speaking, tho depositors Rain about 3 per cent, a year by In. terost and 3 per cent, by doposlts in excess of tho sums taken out, in 10 years tho number of depositors has Increased about GO por cent., and tho average deposit has Increased but llt tlo moro than 10 per cent., or 1 per cent, a year. Tho brand of "S" figures in an ex traordinary act passed by our parlia ment In 1547. Any ablo-bodtod man or woman found loitering and not seeking work for tho Bpnco of threo. days could bo seized and brought bo foro two Justices of tho poaco, who, Upon confession or on tho proof of two witnesses, "shall immediately cause tho said laboror to bo markod with a hot Iron In tho breast tho mark of 'V and adjudge tho said per son living so idly to tho prosontor. to bo his alavo lor two years, Tho said slave shall be made to work by boat ing, chaining or otherwise" says the London Chronicle. If convicted of running away during this period, tho Justlcos could causo him to bo branded on (he forehead or the check with tho letter "S" nnd thon adjudged to his master as a slave forcvor. Kor running away a second timo tho pen alty was death, It would bo futllo to deny tho grav ity of tho landslides along tho Cul ebra cut. Utterly stupid, on tho oth r hand, it would bo to ovorrato their Importance. The descent of flvo hun dred and fifty thousand cublo yards of looso earth recently was an lm presBlvo disaster, but tho current ls suo of the Canal Record states that this slide, added to those which have occurred slnco last July, does not ex ceed the total of 6,104,000 cubic yards allowed for olldes In tho contral di vision in tho revlBed estimates made at that time, nor will tho added ex cavation Increase the estimate of cost of excavation in tho central dlvlsloi made In October, 190S, Automobllo Journals aro now look ing for a $500 four-cyllndor car of twenty or twonty-flvo horse-power all this to come In 1915, A car of thlB character now costs about a thousand dollars. By that time, auto mobile dealers believe, there will bo a million and a half machines In uso, and peoplo who cross the street will have their work cut out. A Virginia Judge has decided that a man must make tho best of a mother-in-law it ho elects to take ono. Solo snon might Justifiably have pattod him self on tho back' for such a decision. Perhaps tho horse isn't really wor ried becauso the motor truck Is sup planting him as a draught animal. Perhaps if the Ten Commandments -can be shortened sufficiently they will fce more easily remembered. ...NODSAWANA... By ROY Copyright by ODS, he was called, not bo- nmmi Un U'nn t irtrf Iflllfl H V NI.UUOU ..v ...... ,....-. . - sleepy, but rather as an nbbrovlatlon for tho only name wb.lch ho had ever known, his Indlnn appella tion of Ncdsawana. My bo ho got tho name with out christening. When tho Nez PorccB got t white boy, they didn't go much on formality. Whon Sandy Smith ilrst saw him, he was about three years old and was In trouble. Ho was about as dirty as any member of the tribe which harbored him, and save for oc casional light spots, where his skin accidentally broko through tho crust, and save for his top shock of straw colored hair, It would havo been rather difficult to recognize him ob white, IIo was standing outsldo a teepeo at a safe distance where things couldn't bo thrown at him gritting his teeth, sobbing and kneading his oyes with two very dirty, very pudgy flsta. Sandy had boon on n kind of vaca tion, tho kind that suited him best. By Belling Bomo timhorland in the Olym pics and reinvesting in n mining claim, he stood in a pretty fair way to get rich. That is, almost everybody In tho district thought so. So he'd been making a llttlo trip over Into Idaho. Hut that hasn't much to do with Nods. ComlnE back to him Sandy happen ed to ride through thU camp Just at tho time when Nods was feeling protty bad. If tho angol Trouble had a Job on hnnd, he must havo felt like pulling a gun wliuii Bandy Smith eani6 around; because that wns Sandy's weak point. Couldn't bear to soe anybody, let nlone r child, In sorrow. Seeing Nods crying, out in front of the loopeo, Sandy pulled up his horso, uwung over into tho side of his saddle, and took a look nt such an amazing thing is a little whtto boy in an Indian village a hundred or so mllos from any whore; and, naturally, Nods roelpro- cated tho attention. Tho pudgy finis came awny about a foot from the tear-stained faco nnd then stopped. The eyes, which looked Just liko gontlan flowers, opened wldo, and Nods slzod Bandy up for all ho was worth. Then, either becauso ho hadn't forgotten white folks or because there waH something about Bandy that wont to his baby heart, ho twisted his face into n smile thnt was like a big burst of sunshine over a raln-swopt mendow. Now all this timo Sandy had been watching him with kind of a paralyzed look. Whon Nods gave hlui that smile, too couldn't lie)p'lvlngltbaok. Sandy's fraco, with its long, straggling mus tache, was ono of tho sot, steady kind that soldorn changed; but If any one over saw him laugh, It wns sure to bo a surprise. It wns so unexpected, nnd mado you think there were things In Sandy that you novcr know be fore. Nods saw this, and without delay trudged up alongside the pony and held up both hands. Wonted to be taken up und away from that village; to go to soino place with some ono who hud a kind word Instead of a kick for him. Sandy fairly fell off his horso, dropped down on his knees, nnd put his big, long arum around Nods, nnd that's how It began. How Snudy and Nods became acquainted. Nods gave a sigh big enough for a full-grown man, nnd, soon as he could get room, put his two llttlo arms nround Sandy's neck, smuggled IiIh faco right up ngalnst Sandy's, and hold It there. And from that on Sandy could havo died for him. It wntm't anything ho wan used to. He had, in his time, loved nnd been loved by lotB of things, hut not by a small chap like this. So Sandy was crying ami laughing, when he felt something looking athlni. turned round, and saw threu or four blanketed bucl(B, Hut In all the crowd thore wasn't unythlug white. The didn't look an though they liked Sandy much. ' A powwow brought out tho fart that this youngstor hnd been left with nn old squaw by a man who claimed to bo his daddy. Said ho was coming back in a week, but n year had slid off Into tho nowhore. The squaw wita too Aid to do much camp work; but she wasn't too old to think n heup of Nods awnna. And probably about all the kindness the littlu shaver ever know In all thnt year had been from her. The old woman, being not much use, had to subsist off the camp pickings, so there nmy have been times whon both Bhu nnd Nods went pretty hun gry. It wns cnslur for her to stand abuse, though, thnu It was for Nods, She was more used to It, having lived longer. Tho minute Sandy showed signs of wanting Nods, thu chief valued him highly. It took a day und a night's trading to got him, but Sandy won out, bolng tho klud of a fellow that never quits. Once or twice ho decided he'd end tho dlfllculty by going to war with tho whole Nez Porces nation, grab bing Nods and riding oft, trusting to God and his WlnchcHtor to pull him through. As ho was getting ready to go and Nods was waiting, Sandy heard a kind of moaning uolso In tho tepee where Nods lived, so took a look In side. Thero, with her bluuket over her bond ami rocking to and fro with hor hands clenched In front of her, LIGHTS USED Candles Were Placed Near the Altar In the Early Days, Not Upon It. It would soem that in very early days, though lights wero prescribed at mnBS, "they wore placed not upon but near tho altar." Sometimes the num ber of lights nt a solemn muss whb very great nnd the caudles then used im U NORTON K I- NeUon was Nod's foster-mother. All the timo that tho trading was going on, no ono had paid any attention to her. Sho didn't count. Nods bossed this Job, too. Ho acted as If ho had forgotten something besides the bow nnd arrows, nnd about three yards of string, which ho had already brought out In tho way of baggage. He crawled botwecn Sandy's legs, where tho lnttor stood in tho door of the tepee, put his arms around tho old woman's neck, nnd sho mado ono quick grab and held him closo to her breast. Somo folks havo an Idea squaws aren't like other women when you get clear down below their outer skin. Well, they are. Sandy was up against It again, becatiBO he under stood how Bho felt. Then he argued with himself In this fashion : "Although I do know how to care for mules nnd dogs, I ain't much up on kids. Onc't when I mado a shirt out of buckskin for n kid, it took mo six months. This old damo would bo mighty handy. So she's In tho play. Sho's goln' to bo Nod's llttlo nursery maid, because ho likes her; oven If sho Is n hundred and fifty years old." The chief didn't care. It meant one mouth less to feed, and saved some body from knocking hor on the head. And sho, poor wretch, divided be tween affoctlon for hor tribe, dis trust of tho whlto mnn, nnd lovo for Nods, finally gave In to tho latter, and wont nlong. Well, In tho course of timo, they all landed in Canada gulch, and set tled down Into tho happiest llttlo par ty you over saw, rtefore they came, tho only partner Sandy had was a threo-legged dog. Boforo thoy came, nn olght-by-ton shack had been big enough. Now nil this was changed. Sandy had the finest cabin on the gulch. The biggest In all tho dis trict. Had throe rooms and a hip porch, nnd somo store furniture. Quit using tin plates und tin cups and tin spoons. Swore off on tin, and got so that rnnl china, a. half-inch thick, the real, fine kind thoy use In restaurants In big cities, wnsn't any too good. Nods brought an addition into tho family, not being sntisiled with loaf lug around with tho dog and Re becky. It was a shaggy llttlo burro. Ho called It Pete, although Sandy thought Jano would bo moro appro priate, becauso It wasn't a "Peto" kind of burro. Sandy, wanting to give Nods an "eddlcatlon," used to como in at night and laboriously teach him his A B C's, until the llttlo yellow head would cot tho droops, and the eyes would loso thefr velvoty brightness. Then any one pnsslng tho cabin would soo tho glow of a pipe, nnd. If ho took tho troublo to walk up tho path be tween tho sweet-smelling flowers, ho would llnd a big, lank man sitting on a bench In tho darkness of his porch, looking far out over tho hills nnd tho lights of other cnblns, and oithor tolling stories or holding tight n tired llttlo boy who had gone nsleop very faut asleep. 'Most always at tlielr feel was curled a three-legged dog. ready to light for them both If harm ofTored. If you looked farther, whoro tho lamp shono through tho cabin door, you would probably see a bent old squaw, squatted on tho Horn-, making something out of bonds. When one Is happier than ovor ho foro in all his llfo, and hns ovory thlng ho wants, and all tho lovo ho has starved for through all tho years, the heels of Time's moccasins arc greased. Then Timo is young und travelB fast. Tho fellow who first pictured him ns a slow, drnggtng old man, with a gait llko a turtle and toting a scythe, must havo known him only In troublo. That's when ho goes slow. Two years, which didn't seem moro than an hour long, hnd passed over boforo Timo wont slow In Can ada gulch, then slopped and mado each day a month, each week an ago, and a llfotlmo a pack too heavy for tho shoulders. Sandy had a pleco of plpo to mend, and cumo up to the cabin, on the point or tho hill, when ho heard steps. Ho turned round Inquiringly to seo a man ns big ns himself. And ho wnsn't tho sort or man you like. One of those bull-necked, thick-lipped, conrse-looklng fellows, who leers in sload of smiles, and brags when ho talks. "I'vo como to got my boy tho one you cnll Nods," ho said. Tho wrench dropped from Sandy's olay-covered hnndB. A minute be foro tho birds had sung, tho llowors bloomed, and tho sun shono. Now tho birds wore voiceless, the posies with out color, nnd tho sun had Bllpped from sight, it was very still, and all the world was unreal and full of bloom. A blow In Sandy's face would havo brought Instant response, but this struugor, In a dozen words, had hit full in tho heart, so that It nl most stopped beating, and, for tho ilrst timo In nil IiIb life, Sandy trem bled and was afraid, and couldn't strike back. Ho looked nt tho stran ger, at the cnbln, and then up Into tho sky. It didn't seem that Ood could bo so unkind! This was boinothlng ho had never thought of. Ho swallowed Fevoral times before he could get Bpecch, then said. In a dazed way "Your boy? Nods your boy? And you'vo como for him 7 Como for him? For Nods A T THE MASS a wore Invariably mado of wax. Anglo-Snxon writers, such as Aelfrlo In his "Tenth Canon," glvo reasons for these lights. "Tho acolytes," ho says, "light candleB at mass not so much to dispel darkness as In honor of ChrlBt, who is our light." Even when later on it becamo tho general practice to have two candles lighted upon tho ultar, "two others," wo aro told, "wero often lighted at To take him away from mo to tnko Nods?" The man didn't really know Sandy, you seo, or ho wouldn't havo broken it so confidently. Most men would havo sooner gone against a Kansas cyclone, or a nRt of rattlers, or a band of Apaches, than to stir up Sandy Smith. Hut this fellow didn't know him, nnd, to tell tho truth, for onco Sandy was taken off his feet. Nobody knows what would have happened next, but Just then, around tho corner of tho cabin, with the dog and Peto following, camo Nods, talk ing to ltobecky. Tho stranger turned, took n look at the squaw, know her, and triumphantly waved his hand at her. "I can prove it," bo said. "Sho knows it. I left him with hor threo years ago over In Idaho. Sho'll tell you so. Sho has to tell you It's the truth." Sandy turned and looked at Re becky, nnd sho looked at this stran ger. But her face never changed a muscle. They all looked at her quite a while; then Sandy 'woke up. For tho first timo ho wns rough with hor. He made threo quick steps, leaned over and grabbed her so tightly by the arm that sho winced, In spite of her Indian blood, and said: "Rebecky, for God's sake, toll met Did ye over see this man before?" Everything was quiet for what seemed another long time. Tho man grinned at her, as If pleased ovor all the trouble ho was making, nnd she looked him straight In tho oyes, and, as she looked, her eyes changed. In stead of having a quiet, contented look, llko happy old folk havo, thoy grew narrow and black and sharp and young. Then she turned to Sandy: "Heap lie. Never saw this whlto man before." Without waiting to say "PUT moro, Bho stooped over Nods, who hnd stood curiously looking ut all of them, fiercely gathered him Into bur arms, nnd trudged through the cabin door. "You seo, you'ro mistaken, strati gor," Sandy drawlod gontly, with a big sigh of relief. "Sho don't know you. You caln't havo tho boy." Tho strangor begun to argue, In a peaceable port of way, nnd ho nnd Sandy sat down ou a log. Then Sandy heard something "sllti-sllpplng" ovor tho grass behind him, and turned round In timo to seo Rebecky with a hunting knife, nbout ready to end tho Btranger's claim on Nods, or anything elso in tho world. She was all In dian again, nnd wns thero to kill. Sandy grubbed her, and, although sho wns withered, old, bent, and small, and ho a giant In strength, It wns about nil ho could do to hold her off. Sho fought llko a wildcat trying to got nt this intruder. Sandy got the knife away from her and turned to tho man. Tho fellow sneered, and said: "Put tho knlfo into hor, why don't you? Sho's nothln' but a lytn' old squaw." That started Sandy to boiling, and ho moved toward him with that kind of a Ptenlthy, deadly way that pan thers havo when slipping up on some thing. Tho follow saw ho had gone too fnr, and began to back off. "Now you hike, and bo damned quick," Sandy said botwecn his teeth, the parochial or high mass during the canon, or nt least boforo tho eleva tion." But while It seems to have been ubuuI at high mass on Sunday and feast days to havo oven In emallor churches two cuudlcs ou tho altar and two In larger candlesticks nt the side tho number was much greater in ab beys and cathedrals. At Chichester In tho thirteenth cen tury it wns tho custom on groat festi vals to placo seven taperB of two I pounds each on tho altar, eight on tho "or I'll put it In you clear up to the hilt." The stranger ran away, but In this last move Sandy had practically ad mitted his own defeat. Had prac tically admitted that ho know the mnn was within his rights. Other wise, why Robecky's denial, and then her attempt to decide the question at the point of tho knife? That was convincing. He turned into tho cabin, an old, old man; dropped on his knees ovor Nods, who wns looking at a picture book, gathered him into his nnns, and sobbed in the way a fellow of that kind does when he goes all to pieces tho big, dry, Bhaky kind, whero tho heart Jumps and Jorks, and trios to hammer Ub way out of tho body. Tho next day the sheriff camo alone. He knew Sandy and. lorod him, and dreaded tho trip. He knew" that to bring a posso would mean a fight In which many men would die. Ho know that old Sandy Smith, un less Influonccd by reason alone, would unflinchingly fight a regiment of officers to hold tho thing ho loved. But Sandy and the sheriff woro friends, so It didn't come to that, "Sandy, old friend," he said, when Sandy had shut down the hydraullc's roaring mouth. "Sandy, Ood knows I hate this trip, I'd rather not be sheriff than to havo to toll you. But you've got to glvo the boy to his father. The man's got the proof and tho order of court for his child. You might kill me, or a dozen other better men who como after, but you can't kill tho law. You know that! It's tho ono thing that follows a man In open fight, and Is unwhlppablo." So It was that tho big tamaracks moaned that night, and the (lowers around tho cabin drooped, while in company with thorn nn old squaw THB KNIFE INTO HER, WHY DONT moaned upon tho floor, and a bent, wearied, hcart-strlckeu old man sat on the door-step with his lingers clutched through his hair robbed desolated nnd alone. And away over across a rldgo, In a dirty llttlo shacV, on a worthloss claim purchased for a song, n big, coarso man brutally cuffed a tired llttlo boy for bobbing and glonted over u triumph. Nods had gone from Sandy's life. Of course, Sandy aud Rebecky knew, within a day or ao, whero Nods had been taken. There was Just ono rldgo a low dlvldo between Canada gulch and Poor Man's gulch, where Nods father hud taken his claim, But It was several days boforo either Sandy or Rebecky tried to seo the boy. In tho meantime, Sandy didn't work. Ho was kinder to ltobecky than usual, becauso ho knew how tho old woman suffered. He thought moro of hor for It, becauso It was per fectly natural that ho should love anything which had loved Nods, Ho wandered aimlessly nround tho cnbln, or out among tho llowors, whero NodB hnd dug holes. Ho gulped when ho picked up tho llttlo ABC books, and when ho was alone, out under tho big, sympathizing trees, hnd long talks with tho Lord, bogging him to show tho wny so tho llttlo feet might patter Into tho cabin again. Thon his thotigius took n now turn, und ho wns tho grim Sandy that men beam above It and two on tho altar step; und on ordlnury days threo on tho altar nnd two on the stop. Wo know uIbo that In tho chapel of Henry VIII., on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, thero were ten golden candle sticks on the altar. With regard to the universal cus tom of burning candles beforo shrines aud Images it would bo Impossible to cnumerato examples of a practice so beloved by tho faithful. But In Eng land in tho thirteenth century there was a curlouB devotion very common feared. Rebecky understood, and she, too, feared. Perhaps It wasn't fear she felt, but rather the old call of tho Indian blood. But, anyway, on tho morning when Sandy dragged down tho dusty Winchester from tho wall, oiled It up, and filled tho cham bers, sho showed sense. Ho was Juat starting from tho door with It In tho crook of his arm, his eyes fixed to ward tho other gulch, when sho stopped him, nnd said In Indian, which they sometimes used when talking to gether: "Not that way, brother. It would do the boy no good, nor bring him back to you and mo. Peace pipes and tho Great Spirit can make smooth rough trail." He didn't resist when sho took the rlflo from hfe hands, and stood quietly thinking, as cartridge after cartrldgo was ejected by hr hand, to rtU), unhperi, on the cabin, flpor. Sandy Anally went down across tho gulch and up to tho brow of tho op posite hill, whoro ho could look on that other cabin. lie was hungry for a sight of IiIb boy. On tho door-step, dirty, unkempt, and dejected, eat lit tle Nods, while nt his feet, cowering In fear of something, sat a threo legged dog, which had already found tho way across tho hills. Nod's father didn't seem to like tho dog's presence. Ho was puttering around at something, when Sandy, sprawled on top of the rldgo and peering over, ilrst snw him, then he came over to Nods, shook him, nnd, when tho dog bristled, gave him u kick. The dog wanted to tight, but tho man beat him off to a safe dis tance, whllo Nods apparently cried. Nod's father then slapped him. And tho man came pretty near go ing out of the game about that min ute. On top of tho ridge, n long, red haired fellow had shut his teeth, YOU?" pulled a heavy Colt's from his pocket, and was taking very cureful aim. Things ho drew a bead on didn't live long, as it rule. Thou he decided the distance was too fnr. Decided some thing elso, also; and that was that he would go down and kill this brute, if it cost him his own life, his hopo of tho hereafter, and Nods. That boy should never bo cuffed again. Ho would seo to that, ho muttered, as he crashed down Into tho clearing. The man started to say something, but got a good square look Into Sandy's flaming oyes, and decided this wasn't his hour to talk. Nods looked up, and with cries of "Daddy Sands! Dear Daddy Sands! I know you'd como. I knew you would And me," rushed frantically over and clasped his arms tightly around Sandy's legs. For onco ho was not taken Into arms. For onco thero was no reply, Sandy had an errand to perform. Ho wasn't tho quiet Sandy of the last two years, but the old Sandy of tho Goronlmo nnd other border dnys. He had a mission. Aud Nod's father read It and grew whlto. aud lost his defiant grin. Thero In front of him stood Death. Just waiting a few minutes to do Its work. And it would be done tho glint of .tho white-hot steel shono in tho eyes, nnd told htm so. Tho Lord mayn't always work things out the way wo llko best, but, somehow or anothor, If you'ro on tho nt that period which consisted in having u candle mado too tho exact height of the person offering it. Tho petitioner then spent the whole night before the shrino holding tho votive taper In his or her hands all the time. Not a Lost Art. In one Now York department store spelling Is not n lost art. Ample meas ures have boon taken to enable wom en who write letters In thnt storo to spell correctly the names of the goods. Aboro each writing desk in tho corre square, He seems to run things pret ty well, after all. Keeps us from doing a heap of things we shouldn't do. Now, nbout this time tho Lord noticed that Sandy was going to make a mighty big mlstnko, so took a hand. "Daddy Sands," a llttlo volco eald, 'why don't you tnko mo In your arms? 'I do so want your arms!" Sandy, naturally, couldn't kill n inan and hold Nods at tho samo time, end when ho grabbed up the boy, tba Lord, hnvlng Interrupted nt tho rhht minute, kind of took him out of his madness, and led him into sanity. Tho red things quit floating around In front of his eyes. His brain, so weary and so tired for all tho sleep less nights Bince Nods had gono, grew cloar again, and ho saw what a big mistake he was about to make. '" Sandy Dually put Nods dor.'n on tho1 ground. When he did so, he saw threo blnck-and-bluo welts on the bare skin, hcre the unbuttoned blouso was open. Well ho would have a llttlo satisfaction for that, anyway. IIo mado ono quick Jump to where the man stood, hU arm shot out with, terrific force, and Nod's father fairly flew up into tho air. Before he could reallzo what had happened, Sandy was on him, one hand on his throat nnd tho other bat tering his face. "I came hero to kill you," ho rasped between his teeth. "You'vo been beating Nods. Take this as a prom ise that I'm coming hero now overy day, and if ever I find another mark on him, by Cod, I'll tear your heart out of your body, as sure as my name's Srnlth!" It seemed thero wouldn't be any necessity for a return trip, the way Sandy's arm was working. His blood wns boiling ngain, and tho dcslro to kill so strong that, vnless the Lord had Interfered again, It would have ended differently. It must havo been, tho Lord who put it Into Nods' fa ther's .mouth to sny: "Let me go! Let mo go! If you want tho kid bo bnd, why don't you buy him?" Sandy's fingers released their hold. Buy Nods? Buy Nods? He had never thought of that before It seemed so Incomprehensible that any body would offer to sell anything as dear as Nods; that of all tho ways he had contemplated In these Inst weary days, this had bcon tho one way overlooked. , Slowly ho climbed to his feet, and Nods' father, shrinking nnd battered and cowed, but hopeful for his craven, worthless life, also arose. Cupidity was in the imiu'a every look. Ho wasf reaching the very end for which ho came, and for which alono he hnd claimed tho boy. This was his "hance. "Give mo your claim," ho said, "and I'll deed you all my right, now and forever to him." "It's done!" said Sandy, without a. moment's hesitation. His claim, tho richest In all this land, tho thing that could produco the gold which would buy a king's ransom, could go as a ransom for this boy. Gold? What was gold? Nothing! A paltry nioial, which, though all of It In the world wore within his reach, couldn't pay for ono clasp of those little arms that again hugged htm around his feet, and wero soon after transferred to his sun-tanned throat. They went into tho cabin, where Sandy, on a sheet of paper, wrote: "Know nil men by these hero docu mentsthat one William Martin does hereby sell to one Smith, known to most folks as Sandy Smith, one whlto boy named Nodcawana. And this hore thing calling himself a man aforesaid, and whereas known as Mnr tin takps ns full pay number four claim on Canada gulch, and It'. agreed by one of the aforesaid named Sandy that ho will kill this mnn Murtln If ho over speaks to or claims this aforesaid boy Nodsawannn again.. So help mo God. "P. S. Thlslsalbo n quit-claim deed" to tho aforesaid boy, nnd Just the samo ns a bill of snle for a pony or anything else a lawyer might write transferring tho boy to Sandy Smith." Thoy signed it In several places, Sandy wanting to make dead sure und Martin, who was mighty ploascd at the deal, being perfectly willing. Thero hnd been a time when a pay ing clnlm, ti big cabin, a heap of fur nlturo, and a field of flowors, would havo Feemed Just about all in life that Sandy wanted. But tho boys on tho gulch know, and will tell you that nil thoso things wero passed up llko a pawn and without thought, when on tho following day Sandy and his family lodo away. They got up to that point you can seo on the very brow of tho hllL whero the trail dips off toward the sunrise, tho morning after. In the lead was Sandy Smith, holding Nods on tho pommel of his snddlo. Next camo two pack-ponlo with an outfit, another pony with old Rebecky, and: thon Pete, on whoso back was packed n big basket, in which a three-legged dog could ride Right up on that roint they stopped and looked back, most of us1 hopo and believe without regret, on tho cabin, and tho claim, and the flowers. Somehow it was like the thing you remember out of tho Bible, long after you've forgotten tho words; perhaps you know tho place where a mnn named Joseph and a woman named Mary, and a tender, smiling llttlo boy, rode off and out into the big world, with none but God to care for them, nnd right sure Jn tho knowl edgo that Ho looks after His own Tho man's arms closed around the llttlo boy, tho old woman behind was happy, and old Peto and the three legged dog wero willing to go alonr after, knowing that green pasture! can bo found for all things which are faithful to tho end. spondence room is a typewritten list of words containing tho names of pop ular materials, colors and styles, with tho Anglicized pronunciation of the most recently imported foreign terms. Quick Change. Wife Darling, I want a new gown. Husband But you had a now oa only a short time ago. Wlfo Yes, but my friend Ellen l to be married and I can't wear the samo dress as I worn at hor last wedding."