M Oil
PROLOGUE.
, A young man and a beautiful
young woman, tost and alone in
a wilderness for months, half
starved and in daily peril of
death from wild beasts . and still
more savage Indians this is the
central theme of the most fasci
nating romance that has come
from Emerson Hough's pen.
Head and you will learn how
tove came to them; how they
conducted themselves in this try
ing, unconventional situation;
how the man's chivalry and the
woman's purity held them stead
fast to the ideals of civilization,
and how the strange episode
brought tragedies, estrangements
and happiness.
CHAPTER V.
Advtnturss In New Lands.
A CARRIAGE passed with two
gentlemen and drew np at
the Officers' dab. "Billy
Williams, adjutant." com
mented Captain Stevenson lastly.
-Who'- the otherr
Tea; who's the tall oner asked Kit
ty M tha gentlemen descended from
the carriage. "Good figure, anyhow.
Wonder if be dances!" '
"Coming OTer. I believe." said Ste
renson. for now the two turned oar
way. Sterenson rose to greet his fel
low officer, and aa the latter approach
d oar stoop I caught a glance at bis
companion.
It was Gordon Ormet
Orme was as much surprised on bis
own part After the presentations all
around be turned to me with Kitty
Sterenson. "My dear madam." be
said, "you have given me the great
pleasure of meeting again my shad
ow, Mr. Cowles of Virginia. There Is
where I supposed him now. bark home
In Virginia."
"1 should expect to meet Mr. Orme
If I landed on the moon," I replied.
"Er Captain Orme." murmured Ad
jutant Williams to me gently.
So then ray preacher had turned
captain since I saw blm last:
"You see. Stevenson," went on Wil
liams easily. "Captain Orme was for
merly with the British army. Be Is
traveling In this country for a little
sport, but the old ways bang to blm.
He brings letters to our colonel, who's
off up river, and meantime I'm trying
to show blm what 1 can or our serv
ice." "So good of you to bring Captain
Orme here, mnjor. I'm nure be will
Join us tonight." Kitty motioned to
ward the dancing pavilion, now well
under way. Orme smiled and bowed
and declared himself must nappy.'
Tbus In a few moments he was of
our party. I could not avoid the feel
ing thnt It was nome strnnge fate
which continually brought oh two to
gether. "The army's rotten for want of serv
ice." grumbled Williams, following out
bis own pet hohhy. "Nothing in the
world to do for our fellow here. Sport?
Why, Captain Orine. we couldn't show
you a horse race where I'd advise you
to bet a dolliir. Th Ashing doesn't
carry, unci the shooting li pretty much
goDe even if It were the season. Out
side of a pljjeon match or so. this post
is stagnnnt. Wo dance, and that's all.
Bob!"
"You spoke of plireon obootlng." said
Orme laxlly. "Blue rocks, I aiuaglne."
"No." sold Wllllanm; "natives. We'
use the wild birds. Would you like to
have a little mutch at our birds?"
"I shouldn't mind."
"Oh. you'll be welcome! We'll tike
your money away from you. There U
Bardlneor. say. Major Westover. FJas
klns of the Sixth got eighty-five out of
bis last hundred. Once he made It
ninety-two, but that's nbove average,
of course."
"You Interest me." said Orme. "For
the honor of my country 1 shouldn't
mind a go with one of your gentlemen.
Make It at a hundred for what wagers
you like."
"And when?"
"Tomorrow afternoon If you sty. I'm
not stopping long, I am afraid. I'm off
up, river soon,"
THE WAY
OF
A MAN
By Emerson Hough
Copyright, IVC7, by the Outing Publishing
Company
"Let's see." mused Williams. "lias,
kins U away, and 1 doubt If Westover
could come, for he's officer of the day;
also bottle washer. And"
"How about my friend Mr. Cowles?"
asked Orme. "My acquaintance with
blm makes me think he'd take on any
sort of sporting proposition. Do you
shoot sir?"
"All Virginians do," I answered, and
so I did In the field, although 1 had
never shot or seen a pigeon match In
all my life.
Orme passed bis cigarette case. "In
view of my possibly greater experi
ence," be said. "I'd allow Mr. Cowles
six In the hundred."
"I am not looking for matches," said
I, my blood kindling at his accustom
ed insolence, "but If I shot It would be
both men at scratch."
"Oh. very well." smiled Orme. "And
should we make a little wager about
It I ask your consent. Mrs. Steven
son r
"America forever!" said Kitty.
"My war chest Is light." I said, "as I
am farther away from borne tban I
bad planned. But you know my black
horse, Mr. Orme. that you fancied?"
"Oh, by Jove! I'll stake you any
thing you like against him a thousand
pounds If you like."
"The odds must be even," I said, "and
the only question is as to the worth of
the horse. That you may not think I
overvalue him, however, make It half
that sum or less If these gentlemen
think the horse has not that value."
"A son of old Klingwalla Is worth
three rimes that." Insisted Orme. "If
you don't mind and care to close It
we'll shoot tomorrow."
"Very well." I said.
"And we will be so discourteous to
the stranger within our gates," said the
vivacious Kitty, "as to give you a Jolly
good beating. Captain Orme. We'll
turn out the post to see the match.
"I'll stake you anything you like
gainst him."
You dance, of csurse. Are you a mar
ried man-but what a question for me
to ask -of iMiuroo you're not!"
Orme smiled, showing bis long, nar
row teeth. "I've been a bit busy for
that" be said, "but perhaps my time
bns come."
We now turned toward the big
square of the parade, which bad by
this time wholly been taken over for
the purposes of military occupation.
A vast canopy covered the dancing
Door. Innumerable tents for refresh
ments and wide Sapped marquees with
chairs were springing up, men were
placing the decorations of flags and
roping about the dancing floor with
braided ribbons and post rosettes,
throngs now filled the open spaces,
and more carriages continually came.
The quarters of every officer by this
time were packed, it was a gay scene,
one for youth and life and not for mel
ancholy. "Now, I wonder who Is this Ellen?"
mused I to myself.
1 got into Captain Stevenson's uni
form, and my hostess Joined me.
"You may know me," said Kitty,
"by the pink flowers on my gown."
"I should know you anywhere. Mrs.
Kitty." 1 snld. "But now as to this
Ellen? now shall I know her?"
"Yon will not know ber at alL"
"Couldn't you tell me something of
bow she will look?"
"Nj. I've not the slightest Ideit. El
len doesn't repeat herself. There'll be
a row of a dozen beauties, the most
dangerous girls in all St Louis. You
shall meet them all and have your
guess as to which is Ellen."
"And shall 1. never know In all the
world';"
"Never In all the world. But grieve
not Tonight Joy Is to be unconflued.
and there ts no tomorrow."
"And one may make mad love to
any?"
"To any whom one mndly loves, of
course: not to twelve at once. But
we muit go. See. Isn't it tine?"
At once from somewhere on parade
there came the clear note of a bugle,
which seemed to draw the attention
of all. We could see ascending the
great flagstaff at the end of Its hal
yard the broad folds of the flag. Fol
lowing this was hoisted a hoop or rim
of torches, which paused In such po
sition that the folds of the flag were
well Illuminated. A moment of silence
came at that anil then a clapping of
bauds from nil about the parade as
the iianner floated out, and the voices
of men. deep throated, greeted the
Hup. Again the bands broke Into the
strains of the national anthem, but
immediately they swung Into a rollick
ing cavalry air.
"Toiil;:lit." ald Kitty to. me "oue
may be faithless and he shriven by
the morn i n u' sun. Isn't It funny bow
these thing go? Such a lot of fuss is
made In the world by Ignoring the
great fact that man Is by nature both
gregarious utid polygamous. Believe
me, there Is much In this doctrine of
the Mormous out there in the west."
The floor uow whs beginning to All
with dancers. There oioved before us
a kaleidoscope of gay colors, over
which breathed the fragrance of soft
music. A subtle charm emanated from
these surroundings. Music, the sight
and odor of sweet flowers, the sound
of pleasant wafers, the presence of
thin? benutiful-these have ever bad
their effect on tue.
Sighing. I said to myself that I was
young. I turned to speak to my hos
tess, but she was gone. So there I
stood for half an hour, biting my
thumb. 1 bad as yet seen nothing of
the mysterious Ellen, when 1 felt a
tug at my sleeve.
"Come with tne," whispered a voice.
It was Kitty. We passed to the op
posite side of the dancing floor and
baited at the front of a wide marquee,
whose flaps were spread to cover a
long row of seats.
"Count them." snld Kitty. "There
are twelve."
And so indeed there were twelve
beautiful young girls, as one might
pronounce, even though all were mask
ed with hnlf face domlnos. llalf of
them were dressed lu white and half
In black, and tbus tbey alternated
down the row. Twelve bands bandied
divers fans. Twelve pairs of eyes look
ed out eyes merry, or challenging, or
mysterious, one could not tell.. About
these young belles gathered the dens
est throng of all tbe crowd.
At each fair charmer as I bowed I
looked with what directness I dared to
see If I might penetrate the mask and
so foil Kitty In her amiable Intentions.
As we passed out .at the foot of tbe
I row I recalled that I bud not beard
tbe name of Klleu.
"Now. then, which one Is she?" I
queried of my hostess.
"Silly, do you want me to put your
hand in hers? you are now on your
own resoun-es. play the game." And
the next moment she again was gone.
I had opportunity without rudeness,
the crowd so pressing In behind me. to
glance once more up the line. I saw.
or thought I saw. Just a chance glance
toward where I stood, near the foot of
the Row of Mystery, as tbey called It.
I looked a second time and then all
doubt whatever vanished.
If this girl In the black laces, with
tbe gold comb In ber hair and tbe gold
shot little shoes Just showing at the
edge of her gown and tbe red rose at
ber hnlr. held down by the comb, half
bidden by the pile of locks caught up
by the ribbon of the mask. If this girl
were not tbe mysterious Ellen, then
Indeed must Ellen look well to ber
laurels, for here. Indeed, was a rival
for ber!
I began to edgo through the ranks of
young men who gathered there, laugh
ing, beseeching. Imploring, claiming.
The sparkle of the scene was in my
veins. I did not walk tbe music car
ried me before her. And so 1 bowed
and murmured. "I have waited hours
for my hostess to present me to Miss
Ellen." (1 mumbled the rest of some
Imaginary name since I bad heard
none.)
The girl pressed the tip of her fan
against ber teeth and looked at me
meditatively.
"And ours, of course, ts this dance."
1 went on.
"If I could only remember all the
names" she began hesitatingly.
"I was Introduced as Jack G. of Vir
ginia." "Yes? And In what armr
"Cavalry." I replied promptly. "Do
you not see the yellow?" I gestured
toward the facings. "You wbo belong
to tbe army ought to know."
"Why do you think I belong to tbe
army?" she asked.
"You belong to the army and to Vir
ginia." I said, "because you asked me
what is my arm of the service, and
because your voice could come from
nowhere but Virginia. Now since 1
bave come so far to see you and have
found you out so soon, why do you not
confess that you are Miss Ellen?"
"We bavt no names tonight." she
answered. "But there Is no Jack G
in the Gazette who comes from Vir
ginia and wbo wears a captain's straps.
I do not know who you are."
"At least tbe game then la fair."
said I. disappointed, "nut I promise
you thiepjn tlmsLihaJl see ypufce
to face and without masks. "Tomor-row"-
"Tuf, rut!" she reproved. "There ts
no tomorrow r
I looked down on ber as I stood, and
a certain madness of youth seized bold
upon me. I knew that when she rose
she would be Just tall enough, that
she would be round. fulL perfect wom
an In every line of her figure: that her
hair would be some sort of dark brown
In the daylight: thnt her eyes would
also be of some sort of darkness, I
knew not what for I could not see
them fully throiiRb the domino. 1
could see tbe hair piled back from the
nape of as lovely a neck as ever caught
a kiss. I could see at tbe edge of the
mask thnt her enr was small and close
to the head: could see thnt her nose
must be straight and that It sprang
from the brow strongly, with no weak
Indentation. The sweep of a strong,
clean chin was not to be disguised,
and at tbe edge of the mask I caught
now and then the gleam of white,
even teeth unil the mocking smile of
red. strongly curved lips Sid by her fan
at the very moment when I was about
to fix them In my memory so that 1
might see them again nnd know. 1
suspect she bid a smile, but her eyes
looked up at me grnndly and darkly.
N'ineteen. perhaps twenty. 1 considered
her age to be: gentle and yet strong,
with character nnd yet with tender
ness, I made estimate that she must
be. There was something that as
sured me that bore was a womta not
lightly to accept nor lightly to be for
gotten. "My hostess snld It would be a lot
tery tonight In this Row of Mystery," I
went on. "but I do not And It so."
"All life Is lottery." she said In an
swer. "And lotteries are lawful when one
wins the capital prtxe. tine stretcher
out his hand In the dark Rut some
one must win I win now. The game
of masks Is s tine one. I am vastly
pleased with If. Some day I shall n
yttti without any mask. t.'otne. We
must dance. I could talk better If we
Wj it'i alone,"
(To He Continued.)
Posts and Wood fop Sale.
A quantity of good bur oak
: posts, and a large supply of good
; block wood for sale. For further
: particulars see Bower & Kino-
men, one mile south and one and
one-half miles west of Cullom.
Mrs. J. IT. Hecker returned last
evening from Alvo, where she lias
visited her sister, Mrs. Miller, for
a few days.
The Chalmers Motor Company:
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On September 28th, 1909, 1 purchased from your local representative, the H. E. Fredrickson
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miles each driving day, or a total of G5.000 miles. Understand there were many days when weather
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and in order to reach this grand total it was necessary to drive from 100 to 150 miles on literal
ly hundreds of days. I have driven as high as 1,000 miles in a single week.
1 might mention that my occupation as President and Manager of the Waterloo Creamery
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day. And I have driven my car to these points when no other machine could get through times
innumerable.
1 have driven this car overland, having hauled 26 people in it a diatanco of two miles in the mud I
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I have made two trips into Colorado, and last September I drove from here to Cherokee Tark Wyom
ing, without stopping except for meals. I returned at the same speed.
The machine as it stands today runs very quietly and is in perfect condition. It will do anything I ask
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territory in my business as I would have been able to look after without the car.
t in )Am' know of any rt'a80n why 1 "hould change for a new car for the next two years, for I think that
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"Always the Home
A Presidential Year Fable.
Once upon a tune the lion,
tiger, hippopotamus, jackass and
elephant assembled themselves
together to select a date for a
meeting of the represenlat ives of
all the llshes of the sea, birds of
the air, and beasts of the woods,
so that they might select a ruler
who would serve for a term of
four years. At this meeting it
was decided not. only to elect u
new ruler every four years, but
the jackass was also appointed lo
notify all, that in the years when
the rulers were selected they
would no) be expected In luislle
iliiite so hard for I heir dailv food:
that in these years they were to
voluntarily go mi half rations
and spend the lime usually de
voted to themselves and families
in bemoaning the fad that they
were what I hey were, and also
predicting direful things thai
would happen just as soon as (he
new ruler was elected. All of the
animals attentively listened to the
bray of the jackass except the
bees. The bees called a mcclinir.
'buzzed the thing over, and then
issued the following proclama
tion: We, the bees of the uni
verse, have carefully con
sidered you and your bray
ing, Mr. Jackass, and we wish
to say thai there will be
nothing doing for yours
truly in the "laying-ofT" or
"half ration" line. We are
satisfied (hat there will be
just as much honey in the
buckwheat in I he years when
the rulers are elected as in
any other old year and we
propose to get it. If you and
the rest of the bunch want lo
grow lean and waste one year
in every four, why go to it;
you certainly have our per
mission, (irowl and bray your
heads off, but as for us we
will keep right, on gathering
honey at the old stand.
Moral Tlie best way lo make
every presidential campaign year
a lean year is to spend every pre
ceding three years talking about
it, ami then when that particular
year rolls around, throw up your
hands and exclaim, "What' Ihe
use of trying? There simply isn't
any business to be done during
inn hl9 been cnllrwl In iha milanria rawAa K n f .. U
of Satisfaction."
campaign years, and there is no
use in going after it."
JUDGMEflTTOrTTHE
FULL AMOUNT SUED
Case of McElwaln Against the
Platte Mutual Insurance Co.
Decided by Jury.
Front Wednesday's Dally.
The jury in the case of Mc
Klwain vs. 1'lulle Mutual Insur
ance company, listened to the
arguments of counsel and Ihe in
structions of the court and went
to the jury room about ! p. in.
yesterday. There was consider
able wrangling by the attorneys
over Ihe admission of the testi
mony of some of the defendant's
witnesses, especially those in
troduced for the purpose of im
peachment. The evidence of Mrs.
Leonard and Mr. McKlroy, the
llrst swearing to Ihe fact that Mrs.
McKlwain had expressed regret
because Ihe policy had been al
lowed to lapse, and the evidence
of Mr. McKlroy lo the effect that
H. A. McKlwain had expressed
about the same thing a day or
two after the tire, was strenuous
ly objected to by plaintiff, and
some litno was taken to argue the
admisability of the evidence,
which was finally let in, but the
court remarked that it could not"
affect Ihe case much, as he Ex
pected to instruct Ihe jury that
the question of payment of the
premium was not in the case.
The question on which the case
seemed to hinge was whether,,
when the policy was delivered
through the mail, it was an un
conditional delivery or whether
Ihe envelope contained a note
from Secretary tiering saying the
policy would be in force from the
payment of Ihe premium. Mr.
Tiering declared that the envelope
contained such a statement, while
both Mrs. McKlwain and her son
were as positive that it did not.
The jury was out about Ihree
hours and several ballots were re
quired to get the verdict, which
was brought in for Ihe full $400,
Ihe amount sued for, and the
amount expressed in Ihe policy.