“But you suspect someone?” She went direct to the depot and j “See here, young lady, how do asked for the station agent “He can’t be seen, Miss,” said expect to get off?” BY FRANCIS CRANE ARNOLD. I “They must stop at the crossing the office boy. ! From National Recorder. “But 1 must see him—where is a mile above. I’ll walk back.” She had realized that the super­ CHAPTER I. he?” B from “With the superintendent down intendent was running away The postmaiter’s assistant at her and was determined to play Mayfield, stood behind a queer trip in the private cai—superintendent her part through le row of pine letter boxes and j just got here.” “Well, what do vou want?” The watched for the wagon with the * Following the little stretch of superintendent was in bad humor. | morning ¿mail from Lyndon, She tangled tracks she hurried toward the handsome coach with its gilt The car was moving fast. was in charge for day. “About the robber—all you know “No, there is nothing for you,” and glass reflecting the sunlight. she said pleasantly to a heavily Climbing to the platform, she came about him.” ‘ You are a good one. It was bearded questioner, as she tiptoed face to face with the uniformed por- just like this: one of the train por­ to look in box 121 He was the • ter. ters saw him go up town, We also first caller of the morning and I ‘T want to see the agent.” “He’s busy with the superintend know that there were eight Mexi­ Eunice listened intently when he can quarter dollars in the agent’s remarked, and seemingly glad to j ent, Miss.” money drawer, paid in yesterday tell her: “But I want to see the superin by a cattleman. The burglar, we “S’ pose you hoard about the de- tendent too.” think, was recognized sufficiently pot?” “I’ll take your card—but he to arrest him, but we are waiting “No, what did it do?” ; won’t see you.” further evidence. The man we “Depot didn’t do nothing. Rob- The porter was right. When he hern broke in last night, though— returned with Eunice’s card there suspect is----- ’’ TO BE CONTINUED. cut out a light o' glass, took all the-' was written across the pasteboard: money in the safe an’ shot the i “Can see you in one hour.” watchman, but he ain’t killed.” She was disappointed and showed I The girl’s eves brightened. Her it, but hurried away to spend the (juestiuns followed fast; who were wait profitably. She sought the th«- robbers? Where^ had they town’s one policeman and asked «one? W hat was being done to point blank for the particulars of| capture them? H«w much had ^e robbery. th«A taken? I “\ye ain’t been consulted,” wa« I he^ man knew nothing about gruff reply from the burly ofti-( these details and wondered at her! {cer. “The railroad seems to want interest in the matter. to look after justice itself an’ we’re ! Had he awaited the arrival of | I goin’ «o let ’em.” the Lyndon mail he would have Then the big fellow softened a bit been enlightened. Distributing the and told her the story practically FOR THIS YEAR. letters and papers as quickly as as she had already heard it. “There , --------------------------------- possible and answering the few ain’t nothin’ done and nothin’ THIS PAPER— waiting patrons, she seized eagerly i jnown about the burglar unless th», ----- WITH----- a copy of the Lyndon Evening Her­ I company’s got it,” were his closing THE S N FRANCISCO ald and turned to its telegraph | I words, and she departed. page. Yes, there it was: “May­ The quiet little western town had field Musings” in large letters and no street cars on any but its main in a smaller line beneath, “From fkick ai.»5 pf . r y . as , streets and seeking the home of the our special correspondent.” She wounded watchman she had anoth THE SAN FRANCIS 0 cut out the three inch bit of news' er long walk. al »out the town and placed the I Again a vain excurs’o 1. A weej - i clipping carefully away in an en- ing woman met her at the door. velope PRICE M.OO PI R YEAR. Eunice was “our special correa-| “We can’t let vou in, Miss, the ------ -H------- pondent,” and the editor of the man’s badly hurt.” •THE SAN FRANCISCO (i •< WEEKLY CALL Herald was proud of her. When. “How bad and where9” 51/' 1» a handsome eight- “ We don ’ t — that is, well, you ’ re I.yondon was a country village she I page paper. It is issued every a rejiorter, ain’t you? I thought so, Thursday, and contains ait of she had been the chronicler of May-• you see we’ve orders not to give the the important news of the field doings; and now that the fac-1 week, gleaned from ever-y quar­ papers anything. You see how it ter of the globe, complete up tories had in two years made Lyn-|- is,” and the door sl immed. to date of publication. It fur- don almost a city and enabled the niahee the latest and most Three quarters of the hour was Herald to start a daily edition, she reliable financial news and gone and she turned toward the market quotations, a d gives was still its representation. Little , depot onee more. On the way she special attention to horticul- eseapetl her watchful attention and tural and agricultural news, passed the post office and stepped the lieraid had published more and is in every respect a first- in to speak to Frank. class family paper, appeal! g than one notice boasting of having to the interest of rvery member “Much business?’’ shs asked beaten its rival, the Star, because , of the household. of the ability of “our correspendent , “Fo. Soki one monev order.” ------ ------------ Is HE MORNING CALL at Mayfield ” But, better than | “I'll see to that, when I come (S bvbn turn a W BKK) that, it «ent her evt-rv mouth a gen­ back ” Is a live tie tropoiitm A prolonged whistle sounded daily. It is the MOST RF.LIA- erous cl eck for her services, ba.*ed Hl.E. and is recognized as from the depot ’ s vicinity; then up > ii the long string of clippings being the LEADING NEWS- by which she showed the amount came two sh irt I lasts close togeth­ PAPER of the Pacific Coast. Either of the above i a pern we <*l her work the ptqwr bad pub­ er, just as Eunice reached the first will send po«to>id as a pre­ switch track Rolling along from lished. mium on receiit of tlie follow­ ing subscription prices for the Leaving the office she sought the 91 ‘the lalivrinth of switches came the com bi nation: glittering private ear with a special tel graph operator and thia message *’ I • engine. It was moving slowly*, was sent: though with increasing speed The “To the Herald, Lymlon: AID iHIi fti’iB, Piii ISAS, superintendent was evidently h inie- "Depot burglarize«! last night, ward Imund. But Eunice had his watchman shot. promise to “s« e her in an hour” E. A ano . i » ” ami she clutched tie card closely It watt her "query” and the an- as she waited the c i r's approach. iwer came promptly: Stepping lighllv at> • nl, she enter- “To Eunice Arttvld, Mavfi Id «•«1 th«* open d«»or, i t ing the por- "Wire six hundred words. Send ter, and causing < sidcrable an- ! IN lllVAMZ, more lyrtn>ail tonight if neeeamiry. iiovarn- t<» a tl ’ m Fitting in a ¡1 KRAI D.” i willow ro-kiiit. Then Eunice l>egan her real work "Is thi« the s p rodent?” Ml T. STRATT03 “Yts said t . 1« ivy man. leaving ehe post othce in charge of E uih . • pr. - nt I the card, her brother Frank. It wan already •out the rob- lOo’clock and the,paper must have “W.ia do you ! r B m I mi all M b da M “ ICAL MERCHANDISE. the new« by two o’clock for the first iwry ? I T- .‘an. Bank«. Aerarte mr RanaeaA “N ••' ng at edition. —. 11 uct StriaciiR, tfc. A “SPECIAL” THAT WON. V/eekly Call I Morning Call! DAILY CUI • t • X I •» V BUCKS! BUCKS!! . W. D. HUFFMAN will be in Burns again this fall with Grad and Thoroughbred Bucks. Will sell Grades from $3,50 to $6 per head. Thor­ oughbreds $6 to $10. » A Nervous Disease Characterized by Involuntary and Pur= poseless Spasms. It Occurs Most often in Girls; is Often Hereditary, but Articular Rheumatism and Scarlet Fever Predispose to it. Fro;n the Chronicle, Chicago, III, Notwithstanding the poor are always with of the class that the~e was no longer any ns. Thanksgiving is none the less a day of hope to be held out a.« it was a malady which in this instance at least was incurable. It rejoicing. Many charities have been dis­ was therefore with a feeling of niter despair pensed and through numerous instrument­ that Mrs. (.’oilier first began to administer alities the nt- --. «-lies ami suTeringsof raany the Pink Pills. says a perceptible change came over u worthy person have been relieved. Absent the She Jiltleone before even the second box had members of hous. lic! Is retinite at the old F been emptied and how after having usidsix homestead and gatln red around the festid !>oxes her iieait li is entirely restore d. In the board recount the imidents that have taken early part of her illne ss her intellect was very i.. ■ !i clouded. t he- had be- • •me ex­ place and the various blessings that have tremely dull of comprehension hiuelly real- been vouchsafedth- m,sincetiiey assembledat iziug the meaning of words when a .rested, the last annual meeting by I the same fireside. ^eeii to-day in the cheirful home oftheCol- ' 1 for joy. ... tier’s on Armour Avenue, she is the perron- It is a time for memory ami ' " J"-• - ' •» ifiention of health. Iler nerv< 11 nes- hasen- the countless families of Chicago there is tirvly «lisappeare«!, hir ii.tilii et is bright, perhaps, not one to-day that feels a deeper keen ami active, her strength has return«« ien d «he was regarded us one of the of the doctors, and during a period ■!' !<*• brightest scholars of her class and was the than six mouths her liesband hrs exj ended envy of her class-mat -s. Although but a over two hundred dollars in fees for uiedi- little over twelve years of age. her intellect eiiies. She has now begun the i «•■ of Pr. was phenomenal. Hhe wai possessed; how­ I Williams’ Pink Pills and while it is as yet ever. of a very nervous temper.!ment which too early to announce a cure in her ease she is frequently the case with children of her feels so much improved as to expr» ss the be­ adv meed intelligence. Fairly in the month lief that her physical troubles will shortly of June last, owing to a sudden fright, she 1»«« of th«' past. These are some of the rea­ was thrown into violent spasms, to recover sons why the Collier family return thank’ only to be atHieted with St. Vitus’ dance in on this our national day of praise and the worst form. The eon ternution of her festivity. parents in.iv well lie im.iJaed. The above is a correct statement of fi»ct» Of course the best phy-icinns wore sum­ concerning my little daughter and my-i lf. moned at onee but th ir v Torts to restore her M k «. A - C o I.I.IKR- , to her normal condition were devoid of re­ Subscrib'd and sworn to before me tlua sults. She continued to grow worse, her 2n«l «lay of December, 18B5. appetite wholly tailed and commencing with D an G rkf . nk , iter right arm her whole right side and lower Xotarjl Prl'lic. limb became limp, numb, and useless and Dr. Williams’ rink Pills for Pale P< i 'e what little n >itri- ;n -nt «he was able to take are Hohl by all druggist«. Thousand» had to l>e admi.iistered hv others. To add of boxes have liecn dis|Mwe«l of. Iht» to the seriousness of the ease she was unable was one of the few remedies which was not to obtain any -le< p whatev i «-ut in price during the recent drngui-ts war. It was while in this d the pros]>eet« of a premature grave before permanent. They are an tin tinlkfling unfaninir »pectfie specifie her. that one d tv on returning home from lor nces a.« locomotor atMxiu. for such sneh di- ■««•'« ataxia, partial his duties Mr. Collier f sin I awaiting him a paralysi«. s< iati-a. n< paralysis. St. Vitus’ ’ dance, sciatica, m urai- und- newspaper, which an old aequ tintanee in gia. rheumatism, nervous headache, palpi ­ Hamilton, his former place of residence, had tation <»f of the rhe heart, pale and s tilo* '.¡low complex- •'•implex- »ent to him by mail. 1 io««. *•'•'• mrv„n« ■'• -vo.-- prostration and “that «hat tired tin« In the local columns he read of the case ; feeling.’’ which « hielt is a result of the latter. It of a certain per>«on lie h < 1 known v- irs be­ also is a p rinancnt cure for all diseases re­ humors «»f llie b'o- bod, of ibv d, fore having been permanently cured of the , sulting fr- :u i vitiated humor« complaint of which his oan dju g»»t«-r was such -i« !a, erysipelas ervsipelos and like likedi-cttse»; la, di-i : «•’»J .. • ------ now suffering, bv the use of Dr. Williams’ di«ea-e- i 'I nliar such «•«' a« ■ sj.ppre* IHII to «V women, W IH1H ■», C-11X r X t Pink Pills fir "ale People- He bail oftep «ions, ir htritics and all forms btritie« form« of weak w’*»* ­ ness. T ill« build up theeenend h< > fore marvellous r -counts T til« build tip thegener of the e'1'- -lev of this remedy but as no thicken blood and send it i-oitr«:»« names with which h- wa« p n ' ;Rv f i-otli ir , throti-h veins with renewed life. trd apnerinM. 1. ■ not only donlxed ut positively one very -nliar thing nlniut thi- r« !«•••> '« disbelieved •• mo/., lo re heforr that th. •re no unp’casant after «■!!•«'•■ his eyes wi« . >p.rent evidence from one he Thr.nsar- ■' former sutferer« arc n< ' je- knew. H llien torv I »*t no time in mak­ joicine tv in« that they are cured. < hl time in pns-iiriug b- I* k Pilis Ttam»’ M for his su ' • daugh-rr. T ’ ’ ~ on the Y ’ and ;>• •id only in bo'x.- Iwttring the 15th of Se->. —n wr. Prior to »In- ite ind firm’s tr. >ark an»! «-rapper, st » cet t» aft T isewtlting il «ctors ,,f Jig' ■ *m*n for *•_’ .%». and sr>- neve» «•hoot« a box. or of m «lieine. he had taken h-r t» t The public «bonid beware «1 I tom x. t sold in h;-1 opithic Dlsnrnsary wlv -<■ her •-« dtations. an many nn«crepu- r»« dis- frandub ri C’iss -4 bv «11 the members of v»mp»n!es have lw«-n making fikcnlty lou« rued, Who iinanimo isly deviated in l , .trenee far iiuer; imitation«.