S^i™' | " TAVERN AY ]
£££££ i A Ta,e °f the Red Terror j
UVER PILLS am ! BY BURTON E. STEVENSON.
leaporuiUe—they { Author of “The Marathon Mystery," “The Holladay Case,” “A Soldier of !
oaly »re rrW [ Virgtma,” etc. J
they pertraaeody | Copyrighted, 1909, by Burton E. Stevenson. }
cure Comtrya- 1 (
I CHAPTER XI—(Continued.) .
pan ter I —— | ——
Billons- 1 ' ' “You are right, of course," she agreed
•cu, laJigntioa, Sick Headache, Sallow Slum. Instantly, though h r face was very
pale. “I will wait for you here, and
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE pray for you.”
Genuine rauillieai Signature She Bave '>ie her hand and I bent and
a Kissed it with trembling lips.
“There will lie no danger,” I assured
-r 7 Jf her again, waived my hand to her and
plunged Into the ticket.
I made my way through It for some
A Skin of Boautv Is a Jov Forever, distance berore venturing into the
e..— ' «■ r ———J open; then, under shelter of a hedge, I
r%B. Y. Felix ooubaud'b Oriental hastened down the slope, gained the
mx Craam and Magioal Baautirier, road and turned my face toward the
Six- P!'n’?7ri’ Z,inv I’lmpirs, village. Ten minutes brought mo to it
flash and “kin du£m1 —a straggle of sordid houses along each
iimi ovory i.ipm- side the road, teeming witli dirty chll
I!»AlA-.'.Vil'iT* dnn and with a slatternly woman lean
,f tlon.ltbasatwxi lnB ln every doorway. There was an
tim n-stof in Inn at either end to catch the traveler
“"s'sk* taste'eta B',i:ig east or west, and 1 entered the
bo sure ttlapmp- first I came to and asked for breakfast,
rriy made. Ac- It was served by a pert and not un
comely maid bacon, eggs and creamy
name. Dr. i„ a. biscuits -and I fell to it with an appe
Sy/nfUmhautl r‘y l%,the bought that
nm (» patient)> 1 must eat alone. There was at the
“A» you ladiei time no other guest, and as the maid
— F rec«mmo'n1Jk “cemed very willing to talk, 1 deter
‘Cmirnoil’k Cream* an the least harmful of all mined to turn her to account.
„ '7h«e,are delicious biscuit.,** I be
n_ nm i i „ u , Ban- I have tasted none so good since
Fard.T. Hoptins, Prop., 37 Great Jones St.. New York i started on this journey."
•----;-. She dropped me a curtesy, flushing
V® IS HP!! a U with pleasure.
oaoi oream exx juu-uy
,ir, .« T • 1 , . . . ... - “What!” I cried. “You still say
'For months X had great trouble with my 'monsieur!' Is It a royalist then with
stomach and used all kinds of medicines, whom I have to deal—a ei-ile-vant—an
My tongue has been actually as green e j aristocrat ?"
grass, my breath having a had odor. Two "A royalist!" she repeated, visibly
weeksagoa friend recommendedCascarel j horrified, "Oh, no, but the habit Is un
and after using them I can willingly amt ^l(l r
(Cheerfully say that they have entirely) , / ai ,nlU<;<l; ",,ld babltB an'
cured mef I therefore let you know that I ^ mV 8‘P“
ffhall recommend them to any one suffer-) ,.l.X" she added, looking at me
*»nt? from such troubles.”—Chas. H. Hal- steadily, "there is about you some
jpern, 114 E. 7th St., New York, N. Y. tiling which made me hesitate to call
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good* !'f'1 ■ ’citizen.’"
Do Good. Never Sicken, VVcftken or Gripe. It wuh my time 1o flush. I found
10c, 25c, 50c. Never sold In bulk. The gen- myself unable to ineot her clear eyes
SSgStfB&S& whlchTven* imypeCr0o»ndiSynaot1^
&UST SACRIFICE penetrated,"it uptime I waS°gotU^
Eo biilldinff*: 120acr<>8 rich black Iowaloura Juntiikd back to my hiding- place.
I»Hd; (MO acre poor. In torn ami ruinbelti “Nonsense' ” 1 retorted “Tt Ik nrnner
|Got flfJO rent off 30 acre* this year. Price 181. MortJ S.Ym. • , F , ProP®r
fiiiKo $2fi00, bulunce must be quirk on all. Arhlrcttaf say citizen to anyone. And, by tllO
85 BALDWIN BLOCK. Council lilufrs, la. way, citizen, what is the name of this
. in I*. . village?”
“What, you don't, know!” she cried.
History of Red Cross Seal. “Is that wonderful? It hardly
“Charity stamps,” first used in seemed to me a second Paris.”
■Boston in 1862 for the soldiers’ relief „^et y°u come to it!”
ni.H I pass through it because it happens
funds during the Civil war, were the to be in my way; I stop for breakfast—
original forerunners of the Red Cross I would wish to stop longer,” I added,
Christmas seal, which will be used vvlt,‘ an expressive glance, “but the na
thls year to bring happiness and cheer tl(^‘NccdaSyou?”
to millions. 1 he Delaware Anti-Tu- “As she needs every man she can get
herculosls society in 1907 for the first to stamp out those cursed rebels in
time In America made use of a stamp . , , ,
for the purpose of getting revenue to tS
flight consumption. In a hastily or My father went yesterday to join the
ganlzed campaign of only three weeks Blues; our guard marched last night,
they realized $5,000. The next year, £here ,s sca™uly a man left In the vil
1908, the American Red Cross con “And now perhaps you will tel! me
ducted the first national tuberculosis Its name," I suggested,
stamp campaign. From this salt) $135,- "H lH called Dairon.”
000 was realized for the antl-tubercu- no^rce?""0 the neare8t repub'
!losts movement. In 1909, under many "There Is a small one at All-vault and
adverse conditions, $250,000 was rea- another at Moncontour; but if it is
llzed from these stamps. This year fighting you are looking for citizen.
.. , „ . . you will press on to Thouars.
tthe slogan of the tuberculosis fighters “How far is Thouars?”
'and the Red Cross Is "A Million for “Four leagues, and this road will lead
Tuberculosis Prom Red Cross Seals y°u there.”
in 1910 ” “Then it is this road I will take. So
there is t<» he fighting at Thouars?” ,
“Our officers dined here last night,” 1
/ The Place of Honor. she explained, “and I heard them talk
~_ ,, , „ * j .. ing. It seems that* the brigands are
* armor Hodge was of the good, old gathering at Coulangos and expect to •
fashioned school, and he always gave take Thouars. Bah! The Blues will 1
'a feast to his hands at harvest time. fall upon them, surround them, exter- \
It was harvest time and the feast fT‘X‘XX'kXYX0 XL w"' XX
it Is that they are planning, those ,
was about to commence. scoundrels? They are planning to hold ,
Giles was the oldest hand and the a place where that ogre of a Pitt may ]
hostess, with beaming cordiality, mo- l?"11 troops upon the sacred soil of ,
... .v. «... v ... France!” ,
-.".. v“" —0 Dei eyes were Dlazmg. I sprang
hand. But Giles remained silently un- to my feet. ,
responsive. "Then 1 must be off!" I cried. “1 .
"Come,” said the hostess, "don’t be cf,1? 1 nftlirti to ml*s that fun- Rut
...... citizen, can you put me up a lunch for .
bashful, Mr. Giles he was just (.lies tp,, road a big one, for I have the .
on ordinary occasions—‘‘you've a devil of an appetite. Ransack your
right to the place of honor, you know.” larder- I can pay for it," and I laid a i
(.lles deliberated a momont, then c|n[ty of an army there Is never any- j
spoke. thing to ent. I shall no doubt meet .
"Thank you kindly, Mrs. Hodge," plenty of poor follows with nothing In |
ho said, "but If It’s all the same to their bellies. And two or three bottles
, .. .. .. .. . . of wine would not be amiss.” -
you. I d rather sit opposite this pud- “Just so,” she nodded, and flow to j
don’!” the kitchen, where I heard her and
_ another woman talking- vigorously to- j
gether, to the accompaniment of a clat- .
COFFEE WAS IT. ter of knives and dishes.
People Slowly Learn the Facts. I walked to the door and looked
_ down the village street. It was still 1
4 ,, . deserted, save for the women and ;
All my life I have been such a children. Evidently the men had all
slave to coffee that the very aroma been caught in the dragnet <>f the j
of it was enough to set my nerves Blues, or had hurried into hiding for
, . . , . , „ fear they would be drafted to the i ,
(quivering. I kept gradually losing my front H'w thosp pool. creatures left
nealth but I used to say ‘Nonsense, It her to their own resources, managed ,
don’t hurt me.’ to exist, T could not imagine.
"Slowly 1 was forced to admit the ls c,tl*on‘" askt'd a volce‘ “how
truth and the final result was that my turned to find the mold smiling
whole nervous force was shattered. up at me and In her hand a hamper.
"My heart became weak and uncer- fi"ed to the brim and covered with a j
itain in its action and that frightened txiree bottles protruded.
»me. Finally my physician told me, “Excellent!” I cried ns I took It.
lahout a year ago, that 1 must stop "That will make me well onie. at any j
drinking coffee or I could never ex- ra^heA ‘more “hing’T can do."
pert to be well again. she said. “Your disguise is a poor nm1,
"1 was in despair, for the very citizen.”
thought of tho medicines I had tried 1 echoed, my heart in,
BO man} times nauseated mo. I “Because tho face does not match
thought of Postum but could hardly the clothes,” she went on. impertur- .
bring myself to give up the coffee. bably. ‘‘Any tool could see that these 1
“Finally 1 concluded that I owed It 3,^ !'°' bt-1°"* to >ou Slt here «* i
to myself to give Postum a trial. So I X sat down obediently, not daring
got a package and carefully followed to disobey. Whereupon she produced
the directions, and what a delicious, J greasy rag and rubbed It over my
... , ,, face, retiring a step or two from time t
nourishing, rich drink It was. Do you j0 time to admire the effect and then j
.know I found it very easy to shift returning to add another touch, much
from coffee to Postum and not mind ,n the manner or an artist engaged |
the change at all? “P™fladma8terpleoe- At last she was
"Almost Immediately after I made "There,” she said, "I'defy any one
the change I found myself better, and to detect you now. And remember,
as the days went by I kept on Improv i
Ing. My nerves grew sound and business is none of mine, but you or*
Bteady, 1 slept well and felt strong too pretty a fellow to be permitted to
and well-balanced all the time. run your bead Into a noose."
■» i.i j -xv "Thank you. my dear, l said again,
Now I am completely cured, with aruj rose al,j took up my hamper.
the old nervousness and sickness all She came to me and stood on tip- j
gone. In every way I am well once toe.
more.. "A solute for the Nation, citizen," 1
she said, and kissed me on either
It pays to give up the drink that cheek "If you return this way, you j
arts on some like a poison, for health are to stop here and Inquire for ;
is the greatest fortune one can have. Ninette. Sh<> will he glad to see you. ‘
Read the little book, The Hoad t you ln HIa keepjng."
fWellviUe,” in pkgs. ‘‘There's a H 1 turned west word along Mi* «treet, j
•on.”
unheeding the curious glances cast at
me, with a conscience not wholly at
peace. I had secured these generous
provisions under false pretenses. I had
not merited those pure kisses.
* The Partridge:—The book was no
doubt “The History of Tom Jones’’ by
Fielding, which had been translated
Into French some years before.—Trans
lator's note.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE PONIARD AGAIN.
Not until a turn of the road hid me
from the village and I was satisfied
that I was unobserved, did I turn
aside, and again sheltering myself
behind a friendly hedge, gain the
thicket which stretched along the
ridge. Then, plunging Into Its cover,
I hastened back with what speed I
could toward the spot where I had
left my comrade, uneasily conscious
that I had lingered at the Inn longer
than I had thought to do, for the
sun told mo that noon had come and
gone.
So It was with an anxiety which
Increased at every step that I broke
my way through the underbrush, un
heeding the briers which clutched at
my clothes and stung hands and face
—fin anxiety which leaped to mortal
anguish as I came out suddenly into
the litlo ampltheater where I had left
her and saw at a glance that It was
empty.
I set down the hamper with a
groan of agony and wiped the cold
sweat from my forehead. Pool, idiot
that I was to leave her unguarded for
so long a time. Some one had
blundered into our retreat, had dis
covered her, had taken her prisoner.
What could I do? Where should I
look for her? Tills thicket doubtless
harbored many scoundrels seeking to
3vade the draft. It was they who
had captured her. and I trembled at
the thought. Perhaps even at this
moment—
“Good day, M. de Tavernay,” called
r gay voice and I turned my head
mechanically, to see her emerging from
the thicket, her face alight. "So you
have returned.”
“Thank God," I cried. "Thank God!
You are safe, then?”
"Safe," she repented, eyeing me a
little curiously. “But certainly. What
lid you imagine?"
“I fenred you had been captured,”
I answered hoarsely." "Carried away!
No matter, since you are safe.”
"I heard some ono approaching,”
die explained, still eyeing me, “and de
eded I would better conceal myself
intll I was certain It was you. That
vas wise, wasn’t it?”
“Wise? Oh, yes. But I thought
! had lost you. I had stayed away so
ong.”
"And In truth," she went on, laugh
ng again, “I am not yet quite certain
hat it is really you. What a villian
nis countenance.”
‘"Yes," I said, flushing. "The—the
maid at the Inn fixed it for me.”
"So,” she cried. "It was a maid that
tept you—and pretty. I’ll be bound.
l"o think that I have been worrying
ibout you.”
"You must be nearly starved," I
■aid, anxiou* to change the subject.
"I confess alively pleasure at the
explore
"At once," I urged, and sat down a
Ittle weakly, for [ was not yet wholly
ecovered from the swift reaction from
hat agony of fear.
She spread upon the grass the cloth
vith which the hamper was covered
nd uttered little cries of delight as
lie drew for Its contents and arranged
hem before her.
“Why, you are a wizard, M. de Ta
ernayl” she cried, when the hamper
'•as empty. “Here Is a feast fit for a
;ing. That maid must have fallen
lesperatefy in love with you! A real
lassion! Poor thing!”
“I posed ns a Republican." I ex
ilalned. “She Is a good patriot and
inxlous to serve the Nation."
"Especially when it is personified by
handsome and gallant fellow." she
imended. "No matter; I am not jeal
•us. Indeed, I have no right to be.
bit I wonder what the betrothed would
;ay Rest easy; she shall never know,
promise you that. And now, if you
'ill draw the corks, we are ready to
login."
"I am glad to see you in such spirits,"
remarked with irony, as I got out my
:n!fe.
"It is so much pleasanter than bc
ng dull and gloomy, Is it not?” she
(greed.
\ on remind mo oi a red Indian,
continued, ns I drew the eorks,
'dancing around his captive and bury
ng a barb In hts flesh from time to
Imp. Just to see his anguish."
"Well.” she retorted, "I am going to
reat you as no red Indian ever treated
i captive. Sit down and share the
least.”
"But I have already eaten.” I pro
ested. Nevertheless I sat down in the
dace she indicated.
"Jlours ago!”
“Besides, my fright when I found
,-ou gone killed any return of appetite."
"Were you really frightened?”
"Horribly!”
"I know what you need—a draught
if wine-”
"If you will drink first." I agreed.
She raised the bottle to her lips, then
landed it to me.
'You were rigid.' 1 said, as I put It
lown. "That was really what I Heed
'd. My heart is bounding again,
though perhaps not wholly from the
wine."
She smiled and looked at me.
“Whatever the cause, I am glad to
lee you more like yourself. And now
you will eat—I detest eating alone.”
"I will try,” 1 said, but I confess I
found eating a difficult task with that
vision just across from me.
"Did you learn where we were?" she
asked at last.
"The village Is called Dalron. We
are about four leagues from Thouars,
where the Blues are in force. We
must get past them somehow to Cou
langes, a league beyond, where we
shall find friends."
"And we must wait until tonight to
go forward?”
"Till twilight, at least.”
“We should get to Coulanges tonight,
then?"
"Yes," I answered with a sinking
heart at the thought that my drean"
was to end so soon. " If all goes well
we should reach Coulanges by mid
night.”
"You actually say that In a tone ol
despondency!"
"And do you see In it nothing to re
gret. mademoiselle?”
"To regret? Assuredly not! Shal
you regret being in safety again?”
"Danger is not the worst thing tha
^mmmm
can come to a man.” I said, "more
especially—”
"Well?" she questioned tantallzlngly,
as 1 hesitated.
I leaned across the cloth and caught
her hands and held them prisoner.
“More especially when It Is shared
by the woman he loves,” I concluded,
throwing discretion to the winds. "Ah,
then he forgets the danger, mademoi
selle; he remembers only that she Is
beside him, that he may look Into her
eyes as I look into yours, that he may
kiss her hands as I kiss these dear
ones. And when he knows that to re
store her to her friends is to severs
himself from her, he may well despond
as he sees the hour approach.”
She sat looking at me, the color
coming and going In her cheeks, her
lips parted, her eyes a little misty.
And she made no effort to take her
hands away. Ah, what a woman she
was! The beauty of her. the white
ness, the delicacy, the sheer gTace;
and what with all, a woman's passion
ate heart, a women’s power of loving
and desire of being loved. It was there
I knew, just below the surface, wait
ing to be awakened.
“You really love me!” she mur
, mured. "You really love me!”
| “Oh, my dearest!” I cried. “Can
| you doubt It? Looking into my eyes,
can you doubt It? And last night,
looking Into yours, I fancied that you
swept aside the veil for a moment
and that I saw Into your heart, your
soul, and read a secret there which
made me madly, blindly happy! Did
I read aright?”
"Not to value your devotion would
be indeed ungrateful, monsieur,” she
answered In a whisper.
"It is not gratitude that I ask.” I
broke in. "It was not gratitude that I
saw! Did I read aright?"
"Suppose I say yes,” she said; "what
Is It you propose?”
"I propose to take you and keep
you,” I answered madly, drawing her
toward me, my blood on fire. “You
do love me—come, confess it! Look
Into my eyes and tell me! I defy the
whole world to take you from me
nnw ["
She swayed toward me for an In
stant, her lips parted, her eyes swim
ming in a veil of tears. I had won!
I hud won! Then she drew her hands
away and sat erect, a convulsive shiv
er tunning through her.
“And your honor?” she asked, her
farfe suddenly white. "What of it? The
word you have given? What of it? The
vow tou have taken—what of it? And
if I did love you, do you not see that
it is the man of honor that I love?
Do you think I could keep on loving
a dishonored man—even though that
dishonor were incurred for me? Do
you think I could And any place In
my heart for a mun unfaithful to such
a vow as you have taken? No, no,—
you cannot believe that—you cannot
so mistake mo! I have built a temple
for you In my heart—do not tell me
that you are unworthy to dwell therel”
I was struck dumb before her. I
could find no word of answer. She
was right—a hundred times right. And
by the trembling which shook her I
saw it was not I alone who suffered.
Oh, I had been selfish to pull her
down, to entangle her in this net from
which there was no escaping! At least
I should have been brave enough to
spare her that!
“Forgive me!" I groaned. "Forgive
me!” and I flung myself forward at
lief feet.
But her arms were about me. and
she raised me up and kissed me, on
the, forehead, and her eyes were shin
ing and her face was very pale.
"Be brave!” she whispered brok
enly. “Be brave, my friend! The fu
ture will be brighter than you think.
Oh, you are worthy to occupy that tem
ple! Oh, I must—”
A sudden rattle of arms and tramp
of feet rose to us from the valley.
“What is that?" she asked, with
bated breath.
I spring to my feet, went cautiously
to the edge of the thicket, and looked
down. A regiment was marching
westward along the road by which we
had come—a regiment, dusty and trav
el-stained, with tri-eolored cockades in
their hats and tri-colored scarfs about
their necks. I watched them until
they disappeared around a turn of the
road. Then I rejoined my comrade.
“it was a regiment of Blues,” I said.
"That Is had. I had hoped to take that
read Now we must take the other;
but we must keep to the cover of tills
thicket until we are past the village.
We would better be starting now while
there is light: then at dusk we can
descend to the road and hasten on to
Conlanges.”
She was replacing the food in the
hamper before I had finished.
"We may need it,” she said. "You
shall not risk yourself again.”
She was entirely self-controlled and
turned to me the old, clear friendly
gaze; the emotion which had shaken
her a moment before had been con
quered and swept aside. What was it
she had been about to say? Should I
ever know? Should I ever again get
past the barrier of her reserve? I
thought It most unlikely, and a deep
dejection descended upon my spirits.
Never again would the moment be so
favorable, and. beneath my breath I
cursed the chance that had broken in
upon our tete-a-tete.
T watched her as whe slipped my
shoes over her own again and fastened
them. Then I took up the hamper and
started. At the edge of the little
glade, she paused and threw a kiss
back to it.
(Continued Next Week.)
A Ticklish Subject.
From the London Mail.
A great Scotch lawyer was pleading be
fore a judge with whom he was on most
intimate terms. Happening to be retained
for a client of the name of Tickle, he com
menced his speech:
“Tickle, my client, the defendant, my
lord-”
He was interrupted by a laugh in court.
“Tickle her yourself,” said the Judge
promptly. “You are as able to do so as
1 am."
Whereupon the laughter Increased.
How She Earned It.
From Harper’s Weekly.
“Cultivate a little more sunshine In
your disposition, my dear,” said Mr. Dub
I bley. “Happiness and success In life de
pend upon the quantity of rays one
! emits.’’
; “Very well, John,” replied Mrs. Dubbley,
**I’ll do my best, but I think I’d be hap
! pier and more successful into the bargain
if you would emit a ten-dollar raise in my
\ allowance.”
Where They’re Rarest.
From the Washington Star.
Harry Lehr, at a diner in New York,
said, apropos of the opening of the
shooting season:
’Birds are very dear in the restau
rants. They say a bird in the hand Is
worth two in the bush, but both those
I kinds of birds are valuless beside one
I on a menu.” _
Not Nice French.
From Tit-Bits.
In the dining room of a hotel at
Nice, on a huge placard posted over
the mantelpiece, you can read the fol
) lowing:
I “Our English visitors are kindly re
\ quested to address the waiters and
| servants in English, aa their French
j is not generally understood."
JOHN DIETZ GIVES UP
FIGHT WITH THE LAW
Wisconsin Outlaw, After Long
Battle With Officers, Surrend
ers Himself.
Winter, Wis., Oct. 12.—“If papa comes
out will you promise not to shoot him1
He is shot through the hand and wants ta
surrender.” These words spoken to Sher
iff Mike Madden at the endge of the clear
ing surrounding the besieged home by lit
tle Helen, youngest daughter of John F.
Dietz, brought to an end Saturday after
noon the stubborn resistance of the man
whose stand for the last six years against
what he considered injustice has attracted
widespread interest.
The surrender did not come, however,
without death and bloodshed. One man is
dead, five men and a woman are wounded
and much property has been destroyed.
The dead:
OSCAR HARP, 25 years old, deputy
sheriff.
The Injured:
John F. Dietz, aged 49, defender of Canv
eron dam, shot through the hand.
Chet Colepuch, aged 35, deputy, right
ear shot off.
Leslie Dietz, Injured in hip.
Clarence Dietz, shot through arm.
Myra Dietz, shot through the body; will
recover.
The last two nanied, children of John
Dietz, were shot the previous week by
deputies.
Bullet Hole in Head.
Harp was found on a hill beyond the
Dietz cabin with a bullet hole In his head.
He, with Mont Wiley, Thomas Pomerlo
and William Rankin, all deputies, had
tried to crawl to a place of vantage In the
lumber piles near the Ditz barn when a
well directed bullet caught him. Accord
ing to Wiley three bullets whistled
through the air at about the same time
and one*of them struck Harp. The other
deputies retreated without trying to rescue
their comrade. He was found at 3:30
o’clock and had been dead about three
hmirft
Dltz was not wounded during the morn
ing fusillade, as had been supposed. His
drop to the ground was merely a ruse to
fool the deputies. He was injured, how
ever, while firing from the barn during the
afternoon when a bullet went through
a crack and passed through his left hand.
Dietz denied that the wound caused him
to surrender.
To Father Joseph PItion, the priest, who
was largely Instrumental in' bringing the
long drawn out contest to a close, he
whispered that a baby was about to be
born to Ills wife and he feared that both
|She and the infant might die.
Little Girli Approaches.
The surrender of Dietz was very dra
matic. The alert lumbermen, leaning on
their rifles at the edge of the clearing and
gazing intently at the windows of the log
cabin, suddenly saw the flutter of a white
handkerchief at the door. Then little
Helen appeared and advancing with the
cloth over her head walked to the edge
of the clearing, where sho announced that
her father was willing to surrender.
A short consultation followed between
the sheriff and his deputies, and Deputy
Heffelflnger volunteered to go back with
the girl. In the meantime Father PItion,
in his eagerness to bring the combat to
an end, had started running toward the
cabin. He waived a handkerchief as he
ran and unhesitatingly entered the door.
When Heffelflnger got half way the priest
was returning. He did not stop, but hur
ried to meet the sheriff.
Priest as Intercessor.
**Dietz will surrender,” said the priest,
J*but he wants a doctor to dress his
wounds and ho desires to talk with the
newspaper men.”
“I won’t trust him,” said the sheriff. “If
he wants to surrender let him come out
with his hands over his head.”
Sheriff Madden refused to go to the cab
in and kept behind a tree. Deputies
Thornbahn, Sully, Heffelflnger and Dr.
D. G. F. Grofton, of Sayward, went to the
cabin, dressed Dietz's wound, handcuffed
him and Leslie brought them out. Dietz’s
left hand was in a sling and he was smil
ing and spoke cheerfully to the newspaper
men. He posed for several pictures.
“Why didn't you give In when assured
of a fair trial by the attorney general?”
he was asked.
“They kept on changing their plans,” he
replied, “and I did not know what I could
depend upon. Besides, we thought we
could have lasted it out, and we could
have but for the little baby we expected.
I am now glad it is over. We have lived
all right. You might go into the house,
though, and see what we have to stand.”
J. C. Davis, district attorney of Sawyer
county, said there were enough warrants
out against Dietz to send him to prison
for the rest of his life if he was convicted.
ROAD EXTORTS MONEY
FOR HAULING VICTIMS
McKinley System Gets Cash for
Carrying Home Dead Bodies
of Persons.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 12.—George L.
Huntin, Pullman conductor, or 1463
Blaokstone ave., complains because, he
says, It cost him $71 to have his wife's
body brought back to St, Louis after
she had been killed In the McKinley
Interurban line wreck at Staunton, 111.
W. B. McKinley, president of the sys
tem, Is chalratan of the republican
congressional committee.
He sayB that the agent of the Mc
Kinley system at Carllnville told him
that the company on whose road his
wife met her death would charge him
$D to transport the body to St. Louis.
He also complains that the coroner col
lected from him an Inquest fee of $17
and that, unable to purchase a shipping
box In Carllnville he was compelled to
buy a casket for $45.
Carllnville officials said that the
charges were not exorbitant. It was
explained that the coroner Is entitled
to a fee of $17 for each Inquest. Of
this he receives $11 and the Jury re
ceives $6. The fee may be paid out
of the estate of the deceased or col
lected from surviving members of the
family. If It Is not obtained from either
of these sources, the state pays It. Ac
cording to advices from Carllnville. no
one was compelled to pay coroner's fees
or to purchase a casket.
GOVERNOR STARTS HIS
AUTOMOBILE CAMPAIGN
Des Moines, la., Oct. 12.—Governor
B. F. Carroll, tomorrow starts his auto
mobile campaign In Iowa In Crawford
county. One hundred automobiles w/ill
accompany him In his tour over the
county. He will aim to cover the en
tire state by automobile.
OSKALOOSA MILLS BURN.
Oskaloosa, la., Oct. 12.—The elevator
and flour mills operated by the John
Siebel estate, burned to the ground
yesterday afternoon from a blaze
which originated in the boiler room.
The loss Is estimated at $12,000.
REPUBLIC AVOWS
PURPOSE TO RULE
PORTUGAL WISELY
Associated Press Elected as
Medium for Conveying to
Other Nations Formal
Declaration.
Tho censorship at Lisbon has been
relaxed somewhat, and dispatches are
(oming more freely today from the scene
of the revolution. All confirm earlier
reports that the revolutionists are in
complete control of the capital, and
; that the infant republic is making
! progress. The republic also has been
firoclaimed at many points in the prov
nces.
Three regiments of infantry from
the country districts reached Lisbon
today and joined the revolutionist.
The causalties in the recent fighting
are placed at 3,000. King Manuel is
the guest of Great Britain. He re
mains on board the imperial yatch
^meHa, which arrived off Gibraltar
ist night. The British officials paid
visits of respect to the Portuguese
monarch today and surrounded his
yacht with patrol boats to safeguard
the royal family.
There are rumors of fighting between
loyalists and revolutionists at Sctubal,
and some anxiety is felt lest a civil war
develop in northern Portugal, where
the monarchy has a stronger hold on
the people.
, Bernardo Machado, minister of for
eign affairs of the provisional govern
ment of Portugal, cabled today to the
Associated Press, at the request of
Provisional President Braga, announc
ing that order had been restored at
Lisbon, and that the new republican
government will immediately organize
general reforms in the general inter
est of all the people. Much uneasiness
is fekt at Madrid regarding the events
in Portugal on the republican cause in
Spain ana precautions against an out
break have been taken.
New York, Oct. 10.—Vhe associated
Eross this morning received direct from
lsbon a dispatch from Senor Bernard^
Machado, minister of foreign affairs lrt
the newly constitutional government
In Portugal, in which the republican
deader sets forth the purposes and aims
of tho present government. Senor Ma>
chado, who speaks at tho request of,
and for Theophile Braga, the provis
ional president of the new republic,
cabled as follows:
“The republic of Portugal has been
proclaimed by the army, the navy and
the people.
"The maintenance of order Is com
pletely assured. There is general ad
hesion to the government In the prov
inces. The enthusiasm of the public
Is unparalled.
m ust iviaxe t/Ountry over.
“The provisional government has be
fore it a great duty involving muclj
work. It has, in effect, a country to
make over. Concerning other programs
I can say that we will endeavor to
put in operation the program of the
republican party. This Includes a pol
icy of decent realization, both in tha
focal administration and in the gov-,
prnment of colonies.
"The financial budget Is to be equal-i
Ized in the general interest of the coun-«
try and it will be made up with hon-)
esty and fairness. The national wealth) •
Will be developed.
“All national alliances now existing
will be respected and friendly relation^
with all other states are desired.
Freedom of tho People.
“Freedom of the press will bo assured
and all star chamber methods and op
portunist law's will be abolished. Pub
lic instruction will be completely sec
ularized, relieved from religious con
trol, and the religious congregations
will be suppressed. We plan the es
j labllshment of a broad system of pub
| lie instruction, both primary and ad
i vanced, under government endowment.
I “The reorganization of the army and
the navy, whose patriotic services have
been beyond all praise, will be pro
ceeded w'ith.
"The government has profound re
spect for public opinion and It ap
proaches its task with a high resolve
to perform its duties with unfailing
honesty. Its wish is to serve the beat
Interests of the country.
"The foregoing sets forth in a fewi
words the purposes, the aims and the)
earnest endeavors in these moments of
anxious labor of the members of the.
provisional government of Portugal. ■
“I send the above at the request ol)
the president of the provisional govern-i
ment, Theophile Braga.
“Bernardo Machado,
“Minister of Foreign Affaire."
FLIGHT OF THE DOYAL
FAMILY IS PRECIPITATE)
Lisbon, Oct. 10.—The Capital a repub
lican newspaper, gives the following!
description of the flight of the royal)
family:
"Between 5 and 8 o’clock Wednesday
morning the duke of Oporto embarked
Dn the yacht Amelia and sailed for
Erlcelra, a fishing town on the At
lantic coast, 22 miles northwest of Lis
bon.
At the same time the queen mother,
Amelia, left Slnctra by automobile for
Mafra. She was followed an hour
later by the dowager queen, Maria Pin.
King Manuel, after escaping by a rear
door of the palace In the course of the
bombardment, went to Clntra and
thence to Mafra.
“At 10 o’clock the royal yacht arrived
at Erlcelra. In the meantime the royal
family had completed the preparation*
for flight, escorted by 20 horsemen from
the Mafra cavalry school, proceeded to)
Erlcelra. At 3 o'clock In the afternoon!
they embarked upon fishing boats ac-J
eompanied by two attendants and tw*
ladles of their court, and carrying)
their personal baggage. The fishing^
boats put out to sea and at some dis-J
tance from the harbor transferred
their royal passengers to the yacht
Amelia.
“Dr. Jose Marla de Alpolm, chief of
the progressive dissidents, and a former
minister of justice and worship, ha*
Joined the republican movement and
ills own party has been dissolved.
"President-elect Fonseca, of Brazil,
who was a guest of King Manuel when
the revolution broke out, sailed for Rio
Janeiro on the Brazilian battleship Sao
Palo today. The Brazilian cruiser
Barroso has arrived here.
"The custom house here has been re
I opened."
QUEEN MOTHER BLAMED
FOR FALL OF KINGDOM
Lisbon, Oct. 10.—According to a per
: Bon who said that he witnessed the em
barkation of the royal family, the Dulc*
of Oporto boarded the royal yacht at
Oascaes weeping, and said that h*
j hated to leave his beloved country In
deep pain. He complained that th*
downfall of the monarchy was due
wholly to the fatal Influence of his sls
! terlnlaw, the queen mother, and added
that he had found It impossible to glv*
j his nephew, King Manuel, liberal coun
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