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Ik 'Ulwym a (Copyright. A C. MoClur A Co.. 1S10.) Died and fell on him. hurling hTm tape CHAPTER VII. down Into the sand, and he would i have died there, lacking sufficient In the Sand Desert. strength to lift the dead weight, but Suddenly Keith halted, bringing his j for Neb's assistance. As It was he pony's head sharply about, so that the two faced one another. The wind was rising, hurling clouds of Band . into their eyes, and the plainsman held one hand before his face. "There's no need o keej.'ng up t water trail any long'r," he said tjui" ly. "By ail the signs we're In for a am", uom by day!i:;ht, aim that will cover our tracks bo the devil himself couldn't follow them. Got a water bag on your Raddle. "I reek'n dis am one, sah." Keith felt of the object Neb he'd forth. Ter, and a big one, too; fill It and trap It on tight; we've got a long, dry ride ahead." "Wbar yo propose goln', Maaaa Jack?" "To the 'Bar X' on the ' nadlan. Pre worked with that outlL. They'll give us whatever we need, and ask no questions; I don't know of anything In between. It's going to be a hard ride, boy, and mighty little to eat ex cept what I saved from supper." "How far am It to dfs yere 'Bar X?' " "A hundred and fifty miles as the row flies, and sand all the way, ex cept for the valley of Salt Fork. Come on now, and keep close, for It's easy to get lost In these sand hills." - Keith had ridden that hundred and fifty miles of sandy desolation before, but had never been called upon to make such a Journey as this proved to be. He knew there was little to fear from human enemies, for they were riding far enough east of the Santa Fe trail to be out of the path of raiding parties, while this desert country was ebunned by Indian hunters. It con sisted of sand hill after sand hill, a drear waterless waste, where nothing rew, and mid the dread sameness of which a traveler could only find pass age by the guidance of stars at night or the blazing sun by day. To the eye mile after mile appeared exactly alike, with nothing whatever to dis tinguish either distance or direction the same drifting ridges of sand stretching forth In every direction, no summit higher than another, no sem blance ef green shrubbery, or silver heen of running water anywhere to break the dull monotony a vast Handy plain, devoid of life, extending to the horizon, overhung by a barren sky. They had covered ten miles of It by daybreak, their ponies traveling heavi ly, fetlock deep, but could advance no further. With the first tint of rose in the east the brooding storm burst 1 upon them In wild desert fury, the fierce wind buffeting them back, lash- j lng their faces with sharp grit until they were unable to bear the pain. The flying sand smote them In clouds, driven with the speed of bullets. In vain they lay flat, urging their ponies forward; the beasts, maddened and blinded by the merciless lashing of the sand, refused to face the storm. Keith,' all sense of direction long since lost, rolled wearily from the saddle, bur rowed under the partial shelter of a sand dune, and called upon Neb to follow him. With their hands and feet they made a slight wind-break, drag ging the struggling ponies into its protection, and burrowed themselves there, the clouds of sand skurrylng over them so thick as to obscure the sky, and rapidly burying them alto gether as though in a grave. Within an hour they were compelled to dig themselves out, yet it proved partial escape from the pitiless lashing. The wind howled like unloosed demons, and the air grew cold, adding to the sting of the grit, when some sudden eddy hurled It into t'.ielr hiding place. To endeavor further travel would neon certain death, for no one could have guided a course for a hundred feet through the tempest, which seem ed to suck the verv lm nt'.i way. To the fugitives own- t'..U comfortIf they could not advatic, then no one else could follow, and the storm was completely blotting out their trail. It was three o'clock before It died sufficiently down for them to venture out. Even then the air remained full of sand, while constantly shifting ridges made travel difficult. Only grim necessity the suffering of the ponies for water, and their own need for soon reaching the habitation of man and acquiring food drove them to the early venture. They must at tain the valley of the Salt Fork that night, or else perish in the desert- there remained no other choice. Ty lng neckerchiefs over their horses" eves, and Ivlnr flat themselvaa thev succeeded In pressing slowly forward, winding lu and out among the shift ing dunes, with only the wind to guide them. It was an awful trail, the hoofs sinking deep In drifting sand, the struggling ponies becoming so ei bausted that their riders finally dis mounted, and staggered forward on foot, leading them stumbling blindly after. Once the negro's horse dropped, and had to be lashed to Its foot acale: oooe Keith's pony stum- i v i fi 'A TTTv ATA1X OF THE PLAINS "When Wilderness Was Kino." Ercfrc Illustrations By DeARBfRnMcLviu.- went staggering blindly forward, bruised, and faint from hunger and fatigue. Neither man spoke; they had uo breath nor energy left to waste; every ounce of Btrength needed to be (Oiiservod for the b::tle against na ture. They were Bjhtivg for life; fighting grimly, almost hopelessly, and alone. About them night finally closed in, black and starless, yet fortunately with a gradual dying away of the storm. For an hour past they had been struggling on, doubting their di rection, wondering dully If they were not lost and merely drifting about In a circle. They had debated this fiercely once, the ponies standing de jectedly, tails to the storm, Neb argu ing that the wind still blew from the south, and Keith contending It had shifted Into the westward. The white man won his way, and they staggered on uncertain, the negro grasping the first pony's tall to keep from being separated from his companion. Some Instinct of the plains must have guid ed them, for at last they dragged themselves out from the desert, the crunching sand under foot changing Into rock, and then to short brittle grass, at which fhe ponies nibbled eag erly. The slope led gradually down ward, the animals scenting water, and - ri-i hr"1" " fa their saddles, the riders let them go, and they never stopped until belly deep In the stream, their noses burled. The men shivered In their saddles, until, at last satisfied, the ponies con sented to be forced back up the bank, where they nibbled at the short tufts of herbage, but in a manner expres sive of weariness. Keith flung him self on the ground, every muscle of his body aching, his exposed flesh still smarting from the hall of sand through which they had passed. He had not the slightest couceptloa as to where they were, except he knew this must be the Salt Fork. Ut terly confused by the mue of shifting dunes, through whose intricacies they had somehow found passage, the black ness of the night yielded no clue an to their point of emergence. The vol ume of water in the stream alone suggested that in their wanderings they must have drifted to the east ward, and come out much lower down than had been originally intended. If so, then they might be almost directly south of Carson City, and in a section with which he was totally unacquaint ed. One thing was, however, certain they would be compelled to wait for daylight to ascertain the truth, and decide upon their future movements. There was another barren, sandy stretch of desolation lying between this Isolated valley and that of the Canadian, and their horses would never stand to be pushed forward without both rest and food. As to themselves they had eaten their last crumb long since, but this was not the first time both had known starva tion. Keith arose reluctantly, and remov ed the saddles from the animals, hob bling them so they could graze at will. Neb was propped up beneath an out-cropping of the bank, which partly protected him from the wind, a mere hulk of a shadow. Keith could not tell whether he slept or not, but made no effort to disturb him. A moment he stared vacantly about Into the black silence, and then lay down, pil lowing his head upon a saddle. He found It Impossible to sleep, the chill of the wind causing him to turn and twist, In vain search after comfort, while unappeased hunger gnawed In cessantly. His eyes ranged about over the dull gloom of the skies until they fell again to the earth level, and then he suddenly sat up, half believing him self in a dream down the Btream. how far away he could not Judge, there gleamed a Bteady, yellowish light. It was no flicker of a camp fire, yet re mained stationary. Surely no star could be so low and large; nor did he recall any with that peculiarity of color. It such a miracle was possible In the heart of that sandy desert he would have sworn It was a lamp shin ing through a window. But he had never heard of any settler on the Salt Fork, and almost laughed at the thought, believing for the Instant his brain played him some elfish trick. Yet that light was no Illusion; he rub bed his eyes, only to see it more clear ly, convinced now of Its reality. He strode hastily across, and shook Neb Into semi consciousness, dragging him I hodlly up the bank and pointing down I t" nutmui. "Do you see that?" he Inquired anx iously. There, straight ahead of you?" The negro stared, shaking with cold, and scarcely able to stand alone. "Maybe It am de moon, Massa Jack," he muttered, thickly, "or a goblln'i lantern. Ijtwd, I don't Jest like i looks ob dtt ting." "Well, I do," and Keith laughed ua eaallr at the negro's fears. "All I wasted te kaow waa It you saw wht X saw. That's a lamo shlauut throuab f name it can be doing lu-re I am un Me to g'.ieMs, but I'm gi'rip to find out It means shelter and food, boy, even If we have to fight for it. Come on, the horses are safe, and we'll discover what la behind that light yonder." ( To He Continut'il. 1 School Days Again. l it. rest less unit happy ilays of mii'.iI iuti an' itlmiit over. Soon thi' inespoii:ille f;ani;s of tousleil chilttivn playinu aliotil vtho hark yarN will ho fiu'ooetlcd hy I ho Imiir linos of sttirclioit ami ht'ush otl youngsters scarcely roconiu hlo with their hair smacked tiown and vacation dirt removed from tanned faces. The "What shall I do now. Mother?" type of young ster is so general now. that school days are a relief to many a himl enoil family. The farm child will always tind amusement enough, while the harn with its dark hay mows and lawless freedom stimu late the spirit of romance and play, while the brooks breed tad poles and the old swimming hole offers ils cool welcome. Hut the hoy was considered a nelipihle factor when the modern town was laid out. Advanced municipalities are proiilin; their playgrounds, it is true. Every town needs them, hut the average city and larjie vil lage offers the American youth no more constructive occupation than plundering such fruit trees as may exist tinder urban condi tions, and swapping curbstone frossip and cigarettes. SHOES IN JAPAN. A Man Will Wsar Out From E'.ght U Tsn Pairs a Year. The shops and booths of Japnn nre of unfailing Interest, llere the greengro cer and fruit seller bus arranged his wares till It seems its though one look ed upon a great bouuuet. There the flower shop blar.es In brilliance and the lantern maker squats at his multi colored task. At the next entrance we perhaps j a man severing chicken meat from the bone, anil he performs the operation as skillfully as the sur geon with his dissecting knife. Deef anC chicken are commonly sold In thin fashion. Two or three puces further on oue Is confronted with a typical Japanese shoe store. All the footwear of the lit tle brown man Is here ou view. The geta (wooden clogs) and straw sandals nre Indeed a fanciful exhibition. They line the benches, the floors, the shelves. They hang from above nml seemingly lire everywhere, allowing the seller just nb"iif enough room to squat on his unit. The ueweomer Is at once star tled at tlit immense quantity of this lr.:p!p footwear and the many places ii here It If .sold, but he soon finds a olution to his query when he hears that a .Titpuneso man annually mukea iwry with from el'iht to ten pulrs. i luistlnn II.tiiUI. SIZE CF WHALES. angh of thi Eigest Ones am4 the Height Tlicy Can Spout. A government ofllcinl who has made a special study of whales stntes that i lie average length of a full grown ftiil l.ur bottom whale Is Jut under entity feet. This estimate disregards the exaggerated reports sometimes spread by sailors and Is based on actual measurements of ninny Indi vidual specimens. There seem to tie creuible nccotttits of whales reaching 1 length of from eighty-five to ninety five feet, but the authority quoted has never seen any of that size. Whales nppeitr to grovr with great rapidity, the length of yearling betna; estimated st from thirty to thirty-five feet. flow hlfh can whales spout? Photo rriiphs tnken by the scientist referred to give s means of measuring with some accuracy the height to which the vnter Is thrown. Tills appears to tie much less than It has often been sup posed to be. It Is claimed that even the rrent sulphur lotfom whale on the average snouts to a height of only fourteen feet, nlthottu'h occasionally the hel'Tht may be rts much ns twenty feet. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Ancient Architecture, rjerr Knauth. the nrehltix-t In charge of the Cathedral of Ktrnssburg, bus shown that the principles of construc tion followed by the great cntbedru; builder of former times are Identical with tlvw used by the builders of tll Egyptian pyramids and are tinned on trlu ngiilatlon. The same slm;ile gco metrical figure underlies all these eon structlons. More than this, Her Kmiuth traces the architectural pnu clple in the formation of crystals and lay down this formula: "The laws ot proportion In mediaeval architecture sre the geometrical laws of eryvial1' ration." I.KtiAl, NOTICF. State of Nebraska, Cass County, St. Wllllnrn V. Centos nnii Frank C. Hetifer will tske notice that on the 7th ilay of AiiKust, 1911, M. Archer, a Justice of the Peaca of the City of I'lnttKinouth, Cnns County, Nebraska, tunned an order of attachment for the sum of t'.iK.liO, In an action pending be fore bin wherein (leorge l'olsnll Is iilalntln and William W. Coatea and Frank C. Henfor are defendants, that the property of the defendant, con- IhUok of a debt owlna- by Weyrlch A Hrtdralia to the said William W. Coatea, lias been attached under said order. Said cause waa continued to the 20th day Of September, at o'clock, a. m. Dated at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, this 10th day of August, 1911. George Pol-all, Plaintiff. a inuow, Neo. What m Heaven TWO KILLED !N AUTO UPSET Car CarrylngThree Persons Skids ClIBridisNsarJsiinsoii VICTIMS LIVED NEJR JULIAN. Had Been Attending Dance and Were Going Home Third Mt.nber of Par ty Jumps and Escapes With Slight Injuries -Car Skids Oft Bridge. John; on, Neb., Sept. 1. Two per sons w.'ie killed and one injured iu an automobile accident three miies uorthen i Jf here at midnight. Th? dead are: William Homller, Mrs. Lillian Hionlan. The injured mau is Rene do Pietle. All three un tubers of the party lived near Julian They had been attend ing a dane; here and hud started 'tor homo. About three tulles northeast of here there Is a sharp turn In the toad, and Just beyond It Is a bridge over a small stream. The car skidded just us It struck the bridge and went through the rail and landed upside down on the ground below. De Pierie, who wfg driving, jumped out and es caped with a few bruises. ITourlier and Mrs. Riordan were caught under the car and crushed to death. William llourlier Is the son of Fred Bourlier, a prominent farmer. Mrs. Riordan, who was a widow, is the daughter of A. McManus. INDIAN PLAY NEARLY FATAL Boy at Nebraska City Tied to Stake by Playmates Rescued by Father. Nebraska City, Neb., Sept. 1. Thwe came near being a case of being burned to death at the stake In this city. Some snmll boys were playing Indian and they Induced the seven- year-old son of Robert Hansen to play the leading role, and ropes were rlaced about his breast and he was hung several times and seemed to enjoy the sport. Then It was sug gested that he be tied to a stake and burned by the young Indians. A great mass of kindling and rubbish was col lected and the boy was chained to the stake and a torch applied. When the flames began to lick up alioiit him and the smoke choked him he set up a yell, while the young Indians danced about htm in seeming glee. The fath er chanced to be at home and heard the cries of the child. Grabbing him, stake and all. he carried him to a place of safety, while the Indians dis appeared.' lhe hoy was considerably scorched. STATES AGREE ON DEFENSE Engineer Hurd Pleased at Result of National Conierence. Lincoln. Sept. 1. Engineer Hurd of the physical valuation department of the Nebraska state railway commis sion is well pleased with the results of the recent national conference of engineers and commissioners and de clares that much good will result from the gathering. "The principal object of the meeting was to get the different states which tire Interested In rate regulation to ngree on a common defense. The rail road men who are attacking state regu'ntion have agreed on their the ories end line of evidence. They tell the same htory in every court or at tempt to, while the state departments In every Instance have hud different lines of defense. We desire to agree on a line of defense and present It to the court with a solid front. It devel oped during the recent meeting thnt fie states intend to do this very thing," said Mr. Hurd. School in Egg Candling. Lincoln, Sept. 1. State Chemist Redferd, who Is acting state food com missioner during the Illness of Com n'ls'iioner W. R. Jackson, will conduct i little school In egg candling at the ;oiiltry building on the state fair .rounds during the fair. He Intends to demonstrate to fanners the ease with which they can make a home made candling box and how they can ncrcase the keeping qiuililies of their -ggs by dispensing with roosters after the hatching season Is over. Uses Hjtpin as Weapon. Lincoln, Sept. 1. Mrs. M"abel Hurch, n St. Louis woman who was taken In i demented condition from' a Hurling tut train, and who hns been held in the county Jail here since Tuesday, 'lied to stab herself with a hatpin. Use indicted several wo md.t upon her body, but none will prove fatal. 'I he ,M;ice authorities or St. Louis have leen communicated with In the hope Vint relatives of the woman may be ncated. Farmers' Institute at Sargent. Karftent, Neb., Sept. 1. At a spe r.inl meeting of the Farmers' Institute, M. K. Vnndenbcrg, president of the In tlttite, J. Gibson and J. K. Grlnt were p'ected delegates to attend the Ne hnisk.t Farmers' Congress and Rural Lllo commission, which Is to be held In York next month. The Institute Is making preparations for an Instruc :lve session and an exhibit In January. Boy Dragged Under Hayrake. Ragan, Neb., Sept. 1. Dick Rich srds, son of Kdward Richards, was painfully Injured when the team he wsa driving to a hayrake ran away. His nose was broken and he was bad ly bruised and rut. SURGEON GENERAL TURKEY. On Whose Adyics Army Gels Orders to Tab Tvrihoid Vaccination. I : r . .htyty.i:A ritnodlnut ARMY FIGHTING TYPHOID Officers and Men Ordered Vaccinated Against Scourge. Washington. Sept. 1. Vaccination gainst typhoid fever hns been made compulsory for every officer and en listed man In the United States army under forty-five years old. The only exceptions permitted are those who have had the disease or who already have been vaccinated. This action whs tnken by the secre tary of war on recommendation of Surgeon General George H. Torney. FLOATER IN MISSOURI PROVED TOBEPARSLOW Missouri Valley Murderer Iden tified By His Clothes. IiOgan, la., Sept. 1. The body found In th Missouri river near Module, la., has been Identified by Officers Williams and Rock as that of Charles Parslow, one of the slayers of Mar shal George Hutcher of Missouri Vol ley. The body of Parslow's brother, aUo wonted lor murder, was found In the river near Omaha a few days ago. limh are believed to have lost their lives while trying to escape from a posse. Identification was established by the large prominent teeth. Cartridges In the pockets were the some kind as used by the desperado 's. The watch and chain found were of the exact de scrlptinn of those worn by Charles Parslow when he left home, ns de scribed by his stepmother. Stie told of his having a bottle of medicine and one waa found In the pockets, know n to he Ms. The body was burled whero found. FRENCH CABINET MEETS Approves Instructions to Be Given Ambassador at Berlin. Ramboiilllet, France. Sept. 1. Pre mier Cnlllaux and his colleagues In the French cabinet met at the chateau of President Ftillieres here and list ened to the narrative of Justin de Selves, the foreign minister, concern ing the latest developments of the ne gotiations with Germany on the Mo roccan question. The cabinet ap proved In their finnl form the Instruc tions to be given to Jules Cambon, the French ambassador nt Ilerlln. Jules Pa ma, the minister of agricul ture, was Instructed to Investigate the underlying cause of the high price of food, which has resulted In consid erable rioting In the northern part of France. The Instructions endeavor to phrase the French conception of Germany's position In Morocco, and they author ize the French ambassador to offer specific portli.ns of French Congo In exchange for the absolute recognition by Germany of France's rights In Mo rocco. Miner Dies Within Few Feet of Safety. Ely, Nev., Sept. L When the shaft of tho Glroux Consolidated mine, which was closed to extinguish the fire which caused the death of seven men, was unsealed the body of Daniel Drea, secretary of the local miners' union, was found on top of the ladder platform, within fifteen feet of the surface. He nlmost tind readied snfety. Dead Man's Head In Court. Marinette, Wis.. Sept. 1. The de capitated head of the husband of Mary Weertelewskl of Pound, Wis., was ex hibited In court Bt Mr. Weertelewskt's preliminary examination on the charge of murdering her husband. He. was found dead In their home with a frac tured skull several weeks ago. '!"iV' v'- t ,,r ,; I A 'A.o ; 1 ,: . 'i I v- J Y-J DEXTER GAS PLANT WRECKED EzphsicnGauSesDsstriiclion of Properly and One Fate!!':. MANAGER WILL PROBABLY DIE. Foreman Meyers, Though Terribly Scalded, Succeeds in Pulling Un- . conscious Form of Charles Hanson From the Burning Building. Dei; Moines. Si pt 1. Special dis patches Iriuo Dexter. la.. Just west of Des Moines, toll of an explosion of gas there that totally wrecked tht new grj.ooii pl.int of the l exter Ckui company, and the probable fatal burn inn f Charles Hanson, manager of th plant. A H. Meyers, foreman, was frightfully scalded, but succeeded la drugging the, unconscious form of Hanson front the burning building. The cnuse oi the Are is unknown. Iowa's pioneers were guests of th state fair management. All the resb d'Mits thing in Iowa before the terri tory beeitii' a state were admitted, free to the grounds. Hairoun's auto mobile race aptlnst Parmalee, th Wrivht aviator, will be the feature ot today, the final fair date. Held for Blackmail. Hugh Fry, a railroad fireman, was arrested by Constable Temple on charges of having attempted to black mail Bit ward Thompson, druggist. . Hi Is alleged to have threatened to kill Thompson lnt Saturday, The dru gist claims that Fry forced him to sign an affidavit at the point of a gun and threatened to send him to Jail for Im proper relations with Mrs. Fry If hi did not give the fireman fnoo. Reception for President Taft. Preparations ire being made to wet .come President Taft when he comes to Des Moines Sept. 2!V At a meeting of the Grater I)es Moines committee a committee composed of Iifayetts Young, Jr., Edward Meredith and IIar vey Ingham was appointed to make the necossary plans for the reception of the president, 'the president will probably deliver an address at the Coliseum hero. Gas Experti Cost High. Gns experts whom the city of Ds Moines recently employed to assist II In Its fight for DO cent gns come high, .fust as If the city council didn't a -predate the big bill, W. D. Marks pre seated a request for $2,012.75. Ths bill Included $1,150 salary and the r mainder was for expenses. , MORMONS DRIVEN OUT Two Elders Ejected From Kamra After Noisy Demonstration. Kamrnr, la., Sept. 1. Two elders ol the Mormon church left this city afooi with the din of many dishpnnn echo ing In their ears. The elders were making proselyting speeches -vlien a crowd of women, heating vigorously on kitchen tinware, created such a pandemonium that the speakers could not be heard. Mormon sympathizers Hought to repel the as sault by throwing witter on the wom en, but at this point husbands and. brothers took a hand and after lively fisticuffs the meeting was broken up, A few members pf the dlshpnn bri gade were out aitntn beating quick step time to the depart it re of ttio mts- rionntves. DEADBABEIN MOTHER'SARMS Polish Woman Reaches Davenport C'aiplng Body nf Child In Her Arm. Davenport, In, Sept. 1 A young Polish woman, with a dead Inhy tight ly clasped In her arms, got off a Rock Island train from Sioux City. Police Investigation indicated that the baby had h"en dead many hours. The wom an gave the name of Zabootskl, and ssys the child died on the trnln. Lit tle more could be gleaned from her. Greek Killed Near Dunlap. Mibsourl Valley, In., Sept. 1 The body of John Tappas, a Greek killed hy a North western tra'n at Dunlap, was brought to this city and placed In the hands of the coroner. He stepped from one track on account of an approaching train from the ea3t end was l it by a westbound train on the other track. Thomas McCaw'i Body Identified. Iowa City. Tn., Sept. 1. Thomas Mc Caw's brothers from Poweshiek coun ty Identified their drowned brother' body her and took It to Montezuma for burial. Fatal Fire at Topeka. Topekn. S"pt. t. One man was burned to death, another was serious ly In lured and property loss exceed ing fioo.tvin resulted from an early morning fire In the business district of Topeka. The J. C. Gressner Furni ture company nnd the Glbbs Clothing rompany are the heaviest loRers. W. V. Evans, photographer, who lived In Ms studio, lost his life. Tho door lead ing to an ndloinln? office, through which he might hnve escaped, was locked and he wag unable to break It down. Alleged Watermelon Thief Killed. Webb City, Mo., Sept. 1. Harvard Gibbons, a farmer who lives near this city, was shot and killed by his neigh bor, John Waller, who accused him of stealing watermelons. Waller tuts rendered to the authorities.