“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.”
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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<e of gratitude to the Giver of all good and the ros« s in her cli«eksutn st to ihecom
plete recovery of her bodily heaiih.
and perfect gifts than Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Siie is now ready to resume In r music les
Collier, of 4JM Armour Avenue.
sons and us soon as the schools <qmi after
Mr. Collier, who is the electrician at the the holidays she will again take up tlie
studies wliii h she so suddenly left oil’on that
( nicago and Rock Island Railroad shops in eventful June day. The sister-in-law of
this city came here from Hamilton, Canada, Mr«. Collier, Mrs. Lewis, who ««as pre-int
a little more than nine years ago nccotn- at the interview emphatic-ally contirineil all
ptilie I by his wife an 1 litile daughter, their that Mrs Collier has said regarding the past
only child Etta, then aged Jo ir. Little Etta and present condition of little Etta, adding
was a bright and beautiful girl, but not a that a famous plivsii-isni in H-'*nill' n in
very robust one.
variably rix-onimi tris Dr. WiHianis’ Pink
i or the last lew years she had been some Pills in such cases as this and many other».
what ailing, but her Condition was not such
Mrs. Collier herself ha« for a nutuber of
ns to create any uneasiness in the minds of years lwen a constant sufferer from a female
her piretus, who almost idolized her. In complaint which so far has baflhd the skill
tli- -eli > 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 <le| ornl.lc condition | Tlii« fivt «hows that the price is within the
hovering betw.vn life and deathBrith all reach of all. Their cures are p«» itive a> 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
..
•
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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<
><i<n,
heard ail I read l> 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<d-
ing assurance doub!y »ure and .» -oon as he ret* may . «• them with perfect safty-
learned tint the story was ahMii 'tely true,
These p
're mannfftetnred bv Dr. W tr
■e Companv. S henects<ly. N-
he fist n > 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«.