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The two sons and the father wer < In the library one night and the nam < of a prizefight referee came into th < conversation. The 'rah-'rah boy ha ( been sitting by , twiddling his thumbs but his ears pricked up at the man'j name and he drawled : "I rather lik < that chap. He's all right" "What do you know about him ? ' the other brother asked , rather con temptuously. "Oh , he gave me a shade the best of It one night" "Gave you the best of It ? " botl father and brother shouted. "Yes ; you see , I fight under the name of Young Ryan and he counted pretty slow one time when I waa down. " Saturday Evening Post Advantages. "You must have found the arctic circle very unpleasant. " "Yes , " replied the arctic explorer ; "but it has its advantages. The cli mate is disagreeable , but the people aren't always worrying you about proofs. " Not a Lucrative Job. Friend So your friend has left col lege. What is he in ? Pater Debt. 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SIOUX CITY , IOWA RIALS STORY THE LITTLE BROWN JUG ' 'ATI ' n KILDARE By MEREDITH NICHOLSON Illustrations By RAY WALTERS Copyright 1903 by The Bobbs-Mcrrlll Company. 19 SYNOPSIS. Thomas Ardmore and Henry Mail Griswold stumble upon intrigue when tl governors of North and South Carolir are reported to have quarreled. Griswo' allies himself with Barbara Osborn daughter of the governor of South Can Una , while Ardmore espouses the caus of Jerry Dangerfield , daughter of tl governor of North Carolina. These tn young ladies are trying to fill the shoe of their fathers while the latter are mis ; ing. Both states are lit a turmoil ov < one Appleweight , an outlaw with grez political influence. Unaware of each otl er's position , both Griswold and Ardmoi set out to make the other prosecute AI plewelght. Ardmore organizes abig hun Griswold also takes the field. Frank Co lins , Atlanta reporter , is arrested by Arc more , but released to become press ager for the young millionaire's expeditioi Griswold's men capture Bill Appleweigh Jerry Dangerfield discovers the captiv outlaw and leads him to Ardsley , he own prisoner. 'CHAPTER XIII. Continued. "Little gal , I'm an ole man , and hain't never done y'u no harm. You haouse is only a leetle way up tha ] and I cain't be no more use to y'u. want t' go home , and if y'u'll help m ontie this yere harness " and h grinned as he viewed his bonds in th fuller light of the open road. Then hoof-beats thumped the sof earth of another of the trails tha converged at this point , and Ardmor and Collins flashed out upon Jerr ; and her captive , amid a wild panic o horses. Appleweight twisted and turned ii his saddle but Jerry instantly held u ] her hand and arrested the inquirie of her deliverers. "Mr. Ardmore , this gentleman wa most rudely set upon by two stranger ; as he was leaving a church over ther < somewhere in the woods. I was lost and as his appearance at the time an < place seemed almost providential , begged him to guide me toward home which he has most courteously done,1 and Jerry , to give the proper toucl to her explanation , twitched the strai by which she held her prisoner's horse , so that it danced , adding { fresh absurdity to the wobbling figun of its bound rider. "You are safe ! " cried Ardmore in i low tone , to which Jerry nodded care lessly , in a way that directed'atten tion to the more immediate business at hand. He was not at once sure ol his cue , but there seemed to be some thing familiar in the outlines of the man on horseback , and full identifica tion broke upon him now with as bounding vividness. "Jugs , " he began , addressing the prisoner smilingly , "dear old Jugs , tc think we should meet again ! Since pou handed me the jug on the rear jnd of the train , a few nights ago , life las had new meanings for me , and r.'m just as sorry as can be that I gave 70M the buttermilk. I wouldn't have lone such a thing for billions in real noney. And now that you have fallen nto the excellent hands of Miss Dan- rerfield " "Dangerfield ! " screamed the pris- raer , lifting himself as high in the > addle as his bonds would permit. "Certainly , " replied Ardmore. "Your escuer is none other than Miss Ger- ildine Dangerfield. " "Why , gal , " began the outlaw , "ef rour pa's the guv'nor of No'th Caro- ine , him an' me's old frien's. " "Then will you kindly tell me your lame ? " asked Jerry. "Allow me to complete the intro- luction , " interrupted Collins , who had lung back in silence. "Unless my syes deceive me , which is wholly im- trobable , this is a gentleman whom I mce interviewed in the county jail .t Raleigh , and he was known at that ime as William Appleweight , alias 'oteeL" "You air right , " admitted the pris- mer without hesitation , and then , ad- iressing Jerry : "Yer pa would be ; lad to know his dorter had helped an le frien' like me , gal. Ye may hev teard him speak o' me. " "But how about that message in he cork of the jug you put on the rain at Kildare ? " Demanded Ard- lore. "And why did you send your rother to try to scare me to death at laleigh ? " "That is not of the slightest impor- aiice , " interrupted Jerry , gently play- ig with the tether which held Mr. Lppleweight ; "nor does it matter that apa and this gentleman are friends. E this is indeed the famous outlaw , Ir. William Appleweight , then , papa r no papa , friend or no friend , he is prisoner of the state of North Caro- ina. " "Pris'ner ! " bawled Appleweight- an' you the guv'nor's gal " "You have hit the situation exactly , Ir. Appleweight ; and as far as the nice of governor is concerned , it is apably filled by the young gentleman n your left , Mr. Thomas Ardmore. t us no ndjovirn to his house , wher , If I am not mlstaKen , a bit o' ' cold fowl Is usually to be found 01 the sideboard at this hour. But hold' and Jerry checked her horse "where can we lodge this gentleman Mr. Ardmore , until we decide upoi his further fate ? " "We might put him in the wine eel lar , " suggested Ardmore. "He shall be treated with the great est consideration , " said Jerry , anc thereafter , no further adventure be falling them , they reached Ardsley where , their arrival occasioned the greatest excitement. CHAPTER XIV. A Meeting of Old Friends. Habersham's men had proved ex ceedingly timid when it came to. the business of threshing the woods for Appleweight , whom they regarded with a new awe , now that he had van ished so mysteriously. They had searched the woods guardedly , but the narrow paths that led away into the dim fastnesses of Ardsley were for bidding , and these men were not with out their superstitions. They had awaited for years an opportunity to strike at tht Appleweight faction ; they had at last taken their shot , and had seemingly brought down their bird ; but their lack of spirit in re trieving the game had been their un doing. They had only aroused their most formidable enemy , who would undoubtedly lose no time in seeking revenge. They were a dolorous band who , after warily beating the woods , dispersed in the small hours of the morning , having found nothing but Appleweight's wool hat , which only added to their mystification. "We ought to have taken him away on the run , " said Habersham bitterly , as he and Griswold discussed the mat ter on the veranda of the prosecutor's house and watched the coming of the dawn. "I didn't realize that 'those fel lows lived in such mortal terror of the old man ; but they refused to make off with him until the last of his friends had got well out of the way. I ought to have had more sense myself than to have expected the old fox to sit tied up like a calf ready for market. We had all his friends accounted for those that weren't at prayer meet ing were marked down somewhere else , and we had a line flung pretty well round the church. Appleweight's deliverance must have come from somewhere inside the Ardmore prop erty. Perhaps the game warden picked him up. " "Perhaps the Indians captured him , " suggested Griswold , yawning , "or maybe some Martian came down on a parachute and hauled him up. Or , as scarlet fever is raging at Mr. Ardmore's castle , " and his tone was icy "Appleweight was probably seized all of a sudden , and broke away in his delirium. Let's go to bed. " At eight o'clock he and Habersham rode into Turner Court House , and Found Nothing But Appleweight's Wool Hat. Griswold went at once to the inn tc change his clothes. No further steps could be taken until some definite re port was received as to Appleweight'e whereabouts. It had been the most puerile trans action possible , and he was aware that a report of it , which he must wire at once to Miss Barbara Osborne , would not impress that young woman with-his capacity or trustworthiness in difficult occasions. The iron that had already entered into his soul drove deeper. He had ordered a fresh horse , and was resolved to return to Mount Nebo church for a personal study of the ground in broad daylight. As he crossed the musty parlor of the little hotel , to his great astonish ment Miss Osborne's black Phoebe , stationed where her eyes ranged the whole lower floor of the inn , drew at tention to herself in an elaborate courtesy. "Miss Barb'ra wish me t' say she done come heah on business , and she like fo' to see yo' all right away. She done bring huh saddle , and war a-gwine 'ridin' twell you come back. She's a-gettin' ready , and I'll go tell huh , you done come. She got a heap o' trouble , thet. young missis , so she hev , " and the black woman's pursed lips seemed to imply that Prof. Gris weld was in some measure respon sible for Miss Osborne's difficulties. As he stared out into the street a negro brought a horse bearing a bet ter saddle than Mingo county had ever boasted , and hitched it near the horse he had secured for himself. An instant later he heard a quick step above , and Miss Osborne , sedately followed by the black woman , came downstairs. She smiled and greeted him cordially , but "there was trouble in her brown eyes. "I didn't warn you of my coming. I didn't want to be a nuisance to you ; there's a new a most unaccountable perplexity. It doesn't seem right to burden you w * ' * * von bavp been so kind about helping me ; but dare not turn to our oldest friends I have been afraid to trust fathei friends at all since Mr. Bosworth a < ed so traitorously. " "My time is entirely at your servic Miss Osborne ; but I have a shamef report to make of myself. I must t < I you how miserably I have failed , I fore you trust me any further. We- that is to say , the prosecuting attc ney of this county and -party he g together of Appleweight's enemies caught the outlaw last night took hi with the greatest ease but he g away from us ! It was all my fau and I'm deeply disgusted with m self ! " He described the capture and tl subsequent mysterious disappearan < of Appleweight , and confessed tl .obvious necessity for great caution further attempts to take the outlai now that he was on guard. Barbai laughed reassuringly at the end of tl story. "Those men must have felt funi when they went back to get the pri oner and found that he had gone i into the air. But there's a new fe ture of the case that's more serioi than the loss of this man " and tl trouble again possessed her eyes. St drew from her purse a cutting fro : a newspaper and handed it to him. "That's from last night's Columbi Vidette , which is very hostileto m father. " He was already running over tl heavily leaded column that set fort without equivocation the fact thz Gov. Osborne had not been in Colur bia since he went to New Orleans. : scouted the story that he was abroa in the state on oflicial business coi nected with the Appleweight case- the yarn which Griswold had force upon the friendly reporter at the teli graph office in Columbia. The go1 ernor of a state , the Vidette went o to elaborate , could not vanish withoi leaving some trace of himself , and Vidette representative had traced th steps of Gov. Osborne from New O : leans until he had again entered Sout Carolina under cover of night and fc purposes which , for the honor of th state , the Vidette hesitated to dii close. The writer of the article had e : hausted the possibilities of gentl suggestion and vague innuendo in a effort to create an impression of my ; tery and to pique curiosity as t further developments , which wer promised at any hour. Griswold' wrath was aroused , not so muc against the newspaper , which he as sumed had some fire for its smothei ed trifle of smoke , but against th governor of South Carolina himseli who was causing the finest and nobles girl in the world infinite anxiety am pain. "The thing is preposterous , " he sail lightly. "The idea that your fathe would attempt to enter his own stat < surreptitiously is inconceivable ii these days when public men are de nied all privacy , and when it's an : man's right to deceive the press if h < finds it essential to his own comfor and peace ; but the intimation tha your father is in South 'Carolina fo : any dishonorable purpose is prepos terous. One thing , however , is cer tain , Miss Osborne , and that is tha we must produce your father at th ( earliest possible moment. " "But" and Barbara hesitated , ant her eyes , near tears as they were wrought great havoc in Griswold's soul "but father must not be founc until this Appleweight matter is set tied. You understand without makint me speak the words that he mighi aot exactly view the matter as wt io. " It was a painful subject ; and the 'act that she was driven by sheei force of circumstances to appeal tc lim , a stranger , to aid her to perform i public service in her father's name rallied all his good impulses to hei standard. It was too delicate a mat ; er for discussion : it was a thing tc se ignored ; and he assurfted at once i lighter tone. "Come ! We must solve the riddle ) f the lost prisoner at once , and your 'ather will undoubtedly give an ex- jellent account of himself when he jets ready. Meanwhile the fiction hat he is personally carrying the var into the Appleweight country nust be maintained , and I shall step o the railway station and wire the Columbia newspaper in his name that le is in Mingo county on the trail of he outlaws. " ( TO BE CONTINUED. ) To Start A Tight Screw. Lots of folks have tried to remove a tubborn screw from a piece of wood , , screw that won't budge at all , and iave in the end given it up as a bad ob. Well , if such a thing occurs gain don't give it up , don't lose your emper or exert yourself , but try this ecipe for removing the screw : Heat a poker red hot , and then old it against the screw head for a ittle while , wait a few minutes for tie screw to cool down , when it will e found that the screw can be re- loved quite easily with the same crew driver that just previously rould not perform the work. The ex- lanation is quite simple. The red hot poker heats the screw , le screw expands and makes the hole , is in just a wee bit bigger. The 3rew then cools down and resumes s original size , leaving the hole in ie wood a size too large and there ou are. Look Out , Boys ! A German professor has found that boy in walking a mile through the reets of a town is exposed to 10,000- )0 ) germs and microbes' that may mse his death. It seems they never j cause his death , but the only safe ay for a boy to do Is to remain at Dine and take out the ashes and ing In the coal. If he feels any dan- ; r he can black the cookstove and hitewash the cellar. ALL OVER NEBRASL Insurance Is Cancelled. Merrick County. Merrick county antiquated court house is now witl out insurance and if anything shoul befall it the county would suffer a ti tal loss. Agents regarded the ris too great to longer carry it- Bonds Carried at Chappell. Deuel County. At the special ele < tion held in Chappell the bond prop < sition for municipal water and ele < trie lights carried by a substantu majority , the vote standing 29 to 7 ; W. T. Donner of Grand Island is th consulting engineer. Work will b rushed. Killed by a Fall. York County. Frank Ledford fel from the railroad bridge south of Me Cool and was instantly killed , hi neck being broken by the fall. Lee ford had walked across the bridge i : search of some cattle which hai wandered away , and it is believed h stumbled. Probably Fatally Kicked. Otoe County. Ben Graham went t feed and care for a sick horse am as he did not return from the ban as soon as his family expected the ; went in search of him. He was lyini unconscious and badly bruised abou the head and body. It is feared hi can not recover. A Strong Commercial Club. York County. The York Commei cial club now has a membership o over 300 and is constantly growing This is one of the oldest commercia organizations in the state and foi years it has been doing great wort for York , as is evidenced by progress the city is making. A $50,000 Farm. Otoe County. Nelson Overton , om of the pioneer settlers and a farmei member of the legislature , sold hh 400-acre farm five miles south of Ne braska City to Clinton Cox for $50,00 ( and is not to give possession until this fall. This is the highest priced farm sold in this section for some time. Married Sixty Years. Johnson County. Mr. and Mrs , Benjamin F. Hunt of Vesta celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their mar riage. A company of some forty friends and the children , grandchildren dren and great grandchildren of the hostess participated in the celebra tion. Four granddaughters served a sumptuous spread. Packing House Closed. Otoe County. The Horton-Gregson packing house has been closed at Ne braska City for the present because of the unsettled condition of the hog market. The packing company have given notice that when it does open that it proposes to cut out all com mission men and buy direct from the raisers or shippers. Catholic Population. Chicago dispatch : Advance sheets of the official Catholic directory pub lished by the M. H. Wiltzius com pany , Milwaukee , Wis. , give the fol lowing statistics regarding the Omaha fliocese : Population ( Catholic ) , about 85,319 ; bishop , 1 ; clergy , 178. churches , 192 ; colleges and acade mies , 12 ; parishes with schools , 79 ; children attending , 9,315 ; orphan asylum , 1 ; orphans , 128. Threatened to Kill Wife. Gage County. Emery McLean , a roung farmer aged twenty-four , liv ing in the Blue Springs vicinity , frightened his family by threatening to kill his wife and her parents , Mr. ind Mrs. George Palmer , with a shot gun. The young man drove his threatened victims from the home , cvhen they summoned help. An officer started for the scene , but McLean es- japed. Sues for Slander. Dodge County. Ernest Kern , a real jstate dealer in North Bend , has > rought suit against Robert High and Charles High of that town for $5,000 lamages for assault and battery and slander. The plaintiff claims that one > f the defendants assaulted him at < torth Bend and on the same day the > ther continued the fight at Schuyler ind that both have made untrue state- nents about him. Young Man Suicides. Kearney County. Hallie Space , son ) f George W. Space , committed sui- : ide by shooting himself. Space was tot yet twenty-one years old and it ; eems no one in the family can ac- : ount for the deed. He left a note n the table saying he would leave ds family forever as he was tired of ife. No special reason was given. He irranged a gun in such manner that he shot tore off the entire upper por- ion of his head. He had always been . young man of good character and no eason has been discovered for his uicide. Church Burned. Box Butte County. Holy Rosary latholic church at Alliance was total- y destroyed by fire. The loss on the iuilding is between ยง 4,000 and $5,000 , overed by insurance. A new church be built at once. Church Dedicated. Stanton County. The St. John's Aitheran church in Stanton county ras dedicated with imposing ceremo- ies. A short service was held at the Id church building , after which the eople marched to the new edifice. y ALFALFA CLOVER. Baker's Htrain of hardy , luxuriant Alfal fa Clover grows everywhere and brings from two to five rousing crops annually. It's the vigorous , healthy kind planted by Ex-Gov. Hoard of Wisconsin and thous ands of other successful farmers through out1 the U. S. We are the largest growers of clovers , grasses , seed oats , wheat , rye , rye , barley , potatoes , etc. , in America. For lOc in stamps we mail you : 1 Pkt. Luxuriant hardy Alfalfa Clover. 1 Pkt. Billion S Grass the 10 Ton wonder. I Pkt. SUver King Barley 173 Bu per A. 1 Pkt. Bonanza Oats Sworn yield 259 Bu. per A. winning 4 Farms in 1910. 1 Pkt. Speltz the cereal hay marvel. And 5 or more other packages farm seed novelties or rarities , together with our big catalog , bristling with seed truths all for but lOc in stamps , or send 25c and we add a big package famous French bean coffee ! John A. Salzer Seed Co. , 182 South 8th St. , La Crosse , Wis. JUST LIKE EM. First College Student Don't you think some people ask a good many fool questions In letters ? Second College Student Yes. Now , my father always wants to know If I'm a bank. COULD NOT STAND SUFFERING FROM SKIN ERUPTION "I have been using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for the past three months and I am glad to say that they cured me of a most annoying \ ing skin eruption. It began by ray no ticing red blotches appearing on my face and scalp. Although they were rather disfiguring , I did not think any thing of them until they began to get scaly and dry and to Itch and burn until I could not stand the suffering. Then I began to use a different soap , thinking that my old kind might be hurting me , but that didn't seem to do , any good. I went to two different doc tors but neither seemed to relieve me any. I lost many nights' sleep In. con tinual scratching , sometimes scratchIng - Ing till I drew the blood on my face and head. Then I started in to use the Cuticura Remedies and In two months I was entirely relieved of that awful pest I am so delighted over my cure by Cuticura Remedies that I shall be glad to tell anybody about it" ( Signed ) G. M. Macfarland , 221 West 115th St , New York City , Oct. 5 , 1910. Cuticura Soap (25c ( ) and Cuticura Ointment (50c ( ) are sold throughout the world. Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. , sole props. , 135 Colum bus Ave. , Boston , for free book on skin and scalp diseases and their treatment Uncle Joe's Check. Col. Henry Casson , sergeant-at-arms of the house of representatives , has the original check given by Speaker Joseph G. Cannon a few years ago tea a book agent , and about which an in teresting story has been told. An agent visited the speaker and in terested him in an elaborate edition of something which Uncle Joe didn't want , but bought When the books arrived Uncle Joe examined them and decided at once that something had been put over on him. When the agent came for his money the speaker de termined to make him indorse a terse sentiment on books , so he wrote out a check for $73 , the amount due , and on the back of it he inscribed : "Pay to the order of Mr. Blank , in full payment for an edition which was not worth a d , and dear at that price , but for the ease and grace with which he put it over your Uncle Joe It was well worth the money. " Hu man Life. The Subtlety of Him. "John , dear , " said Mabel , as her lord and master entered the house , "I've just had a letter from mother , and she Is coming to visit us. It is a pret ty expensive trip for little Muddy , and [ wondered if we couldn't help her out i little. " "Of course we can , " said John , giv ing his wife a generous kiss. "Just you write and tell her that I'll be only too glad to pay for her railroad ticket back home again as soon as she de cides to go. " Harper's "Weekly. That Awful Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Smith She is so unobserving ! Mrs. Brown And always complaln- ng. The other day , while ballooning lear a storm center , she collided with i- rain cloud and reported to the au- horities that the driver of an aero- ) Iane sprinkler had splashed water all > ver her best gown ! Widow. Piles are often cured by careful diet , ind Trask's Ointment. Write for Dr. Uarrs' "Practical Study of Piles" to D. lansom , Son & Co. , Buffalo , X. Y. Free. Can a woman become a member of he Daughters of the Revolution just jecause her ancestors murdered the ting's English. "We pay high prices for Hides and TUTS. Sell Guns and traps. cheap. N. iV. Hide & Fur Co. . Minneapolis , Minn. A woman always fears she won't be n time fnr the bargain sale. ' -