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Asa Ponder spent Sunday with
friends in El Dorado.
Rev. W. T. King left Thursday
for his new home at Crossett.
Hardwood 75 cents per load un
til September 1st. T. F. Ashcroft
5 or 6 doses 666 will cure any
case of fever and chills. Price, 25c.
Chas. Saxe, of West Monroe, wns
visiting with Huttig friends several
days this week.
Isaac Benson received a severe
fail from the top of a persimmon
tiee Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Charley Jones, of Junction
City, was over Tuesday having
some dental work done.
L J. McDaniels and wife, who
have been living in east Texas,
have returned to Huttig.
Dr S. E. Givens, who is now lo
cated at Wesson, was over visiting
his family the first of the week.
J. W. Williamson, who is work
ing at Kentwood. La,, was here
Sunday visiting with his family.
Mrs. F. W. Scott arrived home
Wednesday afternoon from an ex
tended visit in Virginia and the
East. __ _
Mrs. H. H. Biyh, of West Mon
roe, is the guest of Mr^. W H.
Greer and other friends here this
week.
Misses Ola Mae and Maggie
Hawes, of Bastrop, were the guests
of Mrs. E. E. Eskridge here this
week.
Mrs C. Howard and daughter,
Beatrice, have gone to Knoxville,
Miss., for a month's viBit with tier
mmmm- - , .■. ■
R R. Cole went to White Sun
day afternoon to visit his mother
who had the misfortune to break
her collar bone last week.
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A daughter was b^rn on Wednes
day of last week to Mrs. Lula
Bentley, who is visiting with her
sister, Mrs. C. E. Thompson.
A large number from here at
tended the meeting and dinner on
the ground at Union church six
miles southwest of here Sunday.
The expense to Union county
under Act No. 3 will not exceed
$250.00 per year and will save the
county probab'y four times that
amount.
We are prepared to store all t.ne
cotton ginned at our gin in a good
warehouse unt'l prices open up
without charge for storage.
Neel & Brasher.
Lost a small Indian work bas
ket containing a gold thimble.
Left in Union church the day of
the Lucas-Pitts wedding. Return
to Miss Lula Harrington and re
ceive reward.
No. Six-Sixty-Six
This it a prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS A. FEV£R\
Five or «ix doses will break any case, and
if taken then at a tonic the Fever will not
return. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c
Rev. W. P. Whaley, of Camden,
presiding elder of this district, held
his third quarterly conference here
last Saturday night and preached
at the Methodist chutch both morn
ing and evening, Sunday.
The month of August was com
paratively cool in this section. The
highest temperature recorded was
on the 1st and 20thVh«h the ther
mometer registered 96 degrees.!
The lowest temperature was on i
the 6th and 16th when the ther
mometer went down to 68 degrees.
The rainfall for the month was
above the average, amounting to
five and sixty-nine one-hundr edths
inches.
Our huller cleans the cotton and
seed. Neel & Brasher Gin.
Huttig. Ark.
Robt. Cargill was able to be
about this week with the aid of
crutches. He has been laid up:
several weeks with a sore foot
caused by running a thorn in it.
5 or 6 doses 666 will break any
case of fever and chills. Price, 25c.
The Three Creeks road through
tne bottoms southwest of town has
been put in excellent condition by
S. R. Neel and a number of other
public spirited citizens, aided by a j
subscrip ;ion contributed by resi- I
dents of Huttig.
RUB-MY-TISM
Will cure your Klieuiuaf ism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in
ternally and externally. Price 25c.
A letter received from Mrs. J.
D. Loyd the first of the week con
tained the news that Joe, who is
now a brakeman on the Kansas
City Southern at Leesville, La.
nad been badly injured bv being
pinched between cars while making
x coupling. He is now in a hos
pital at Beaumont, Tex., and get
ting along nicely.
The Woman’s Missionary Union
held their regular business meeting
Tuesday, September 1st. with 2St
members present. New officers
for the coming year were elected
The different circles reported a
total of $92 70 for the month of
August. The meeting closed with
prayer by Mrs. Greer. Business
meeting again next Tuesday. Ev
ery member requested to be pres
ent.
How’s This?
We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY * CO.. Tole<K O.
We, the untlcrrigncil, 1, ive known 1’ .T.
Cheney lor tlie la. t 15 years, and believe
l im perfectly honorable in nil business
transactions arul Unandrlly «!>' • to carry
out any obligations made l y ids firm.
NATIONAL RANK O'.’ COMMERCE,
Toledo, O.
Ha’l’s Catarrh Cure 1 = taken internally,
acting <1 redly upon iho blond and mu
cous surfaces of t bo system. Testimonials
Rent free, price 75 cents p r bottle. Sold
by nil "Prn-"Tlsts.
Tak Hall's family Pills for constipation.
Ad
The Woman’s Home Mission So
ciety met at the church Monday
afternoon with 15 members pres
ent. Bro. Rushing, Mrs. Holts
ford, and Mrs. Bayh of Monroe,
were visitors. Mrs. Jeffus led thi
meeting. Scripture reading, third
chapter of James. Topic, “Envy
ing and Strife.” Quite an inter
esting meeting was held. Open
meeting will be held with Mrs.
Pollard next Monday. Everyone
cordially invited.
At a meeting of those interested
in the Lyceum course for the com
ing season held last Friday night
at Union church, a committee to
have charge of the same was or
ganized with C. A. Berry, chair
man, G. T. Thompson, secretary
treasurer, J. B. Crockett, property
manager, and Dr. L. F. Magee,
doorkeeper. The course will be
under the auspices of the Huttig
School Improvement Association,
the same as last year, and should
be palronized by everyone who has
an interest in the welfare of the
school.
Methodist Church Services
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
d ly school at 10:00 a.m. Preach
ing at 1 1 a. m. and Z:30 p. m. by j
the pastor. A cordial invitation is
extended to all to attend thsse
sti vices.
Rev. J. R. Rushing Pastor.
Some men are sati fled with half
a loaf, and some loaf all thj time.
The Land of Broken Promises
A Stirring Story of the
Mexican Revolution
=By DANE COOLlDGE=
Author of
-THE fighting rooL,” "iiinnrx waters,"
“ I HE TEXICAN," Etc.
Illustrations by DON J. LAVIN
A story of border Mexico, vivid,
Intense, such as has never befors
been written, Is this one of Ameri
can adventurers into the land of
manana. Texan, mining engineer,
Spanish senor and senorita, peon,
Indian, crowd its chapters with
clcar-cut word pictures of busi
ness, adventure and love, against
a somber background of wretched
armies marching and counter
marching across a land racked by
revolution and without a savior.
CHAPTER XVI.
At tlieir camp by the Eagle Tail
mine, even though they held it still
and were heirs to half its gold, the
two pardners were glum and sorrow
ful. The treacheries which Bud had
forgiven in a moment of exaltation
came bark to him now as he brooded;
and he eyed his friend askance, as if
wondering what he would do next.
He recalled all the circumstances of
their quest—the meeting with Kruger,
Phil’s insistence on the adventure, the
oath of loyalty which they had sworn;
ami then the gradual breaking down
of their brotherly devotion until now
they were strangers at heart.
Phil sat by himself, keeping his
thoughts to himself, and he stood aloof
while he waited for the worst to hap
pen.
From the first day of their under
taking Hooker had felt that it was un
lucky, and now he knew that the end
was coming. His friend was lost to
him, lost alike to a sense of loyalty
and honor; he gloomed by himself and
thought only of Gracia Aragon.
1 he oath which Phil himself had
forced upon Bud was broken and for
gotten; hut Bud, by a sterner standard,
felt bound to keep his part. One thing
alone could make him break it—Ids
word to Henry Kruger. The Eagle
IITIl mine he held Ui trust, and halt
ot it was Kruger's.
“Phil,” he said at laat, when lus
mird was weary of the ceaseless grind
of ihougbts, "1 believe that mineral
agent is holding back our papers. I
believe old Aragon has passed him a
hundred or eo and they're in cahoots
to rot) us. But I’ll tell yon what 111
do—you give me a power of attorney
to receive those pai>ers for you, ami .
i'll go in and talk Dutch to the whole
outfit.”
''VVhat do you want to do that for?”
demanded De Lancey querulously.
"Why can’t you wait a while? Those
papers have to go to Moctezutna and
Hermosiilo and all over the City nf
Mexico and bactk, and it takes time.
What do you want to make trouble
for?”
"Well, I’ll tell you, Phil,” answered
Bud honestly. "I've got a hunch if we
don't grab them papers soon we won't
get 'em at all. Here these rebels are
Working closer nil the time, and Ara
gou 1b crowding ua. I want to get title
•nd turn it over to Kruger, before w>
'nse out somewhere.”
“What’s the matter with me going
in and talking to the agent?” suggest
•d Mill. Then, ns he saw his pard
•ter's face, he paused and laughed bit
terly.
"You don't (rust me any more, do
.'ou, Hud?" he said.
“Well, it ain't that so much," evaded
Hooker; "but I sure don't trust that
Manuel del Key. The first time you
<o into town he's going to pinch you,
and I know It.”
‘Tm going to go in all the same,"
declared De Lancey, “and If the little
squirt tries to stop me—”
"Aw, Phil," entreated Bud, “he rea
sonable, can’t, ye? You got no call to
no up against that little feller, lie's a
bad actor, I can see Chat, and t helievr
he’d kill you if lie got the chance. But
wait a little while—maybe he’ll get
took off In the fights this summer!”
"No, lie’s too cursed mean for that!”
muttered De Lancey, but he seemed
to take some comfort in the thought.
As for Bud, he loafed around for a
while, cleaning up camp, making
smoke for the absent Yaqqui and look
ing over the deserted mine, but some
thing In the changed atmosphere made
him restless and uneasy.
“I wonder where that dogged In
dian went to,” lie said for the hun
dredth time, ae the deep shadows
gathered in the valley. "By Joe, Phil,
if Amigo comes back I'm going to go
ahead on that mine. I \Vant to keep
him around here, and* we might as
well got out some ore, if it’s only for
a grub stake. Come on--what do you
say? We'll open her up—there's noth
ing to hide now. Well, I'll do It my
self, then—this setllng around is get
ting on my nerves.”
His far-seeing eyes, trained from his
boyhood to search the bills for cattle
spanned the tope of the ridges as he
spoke; and while he sat and pondered
they noted evSt-rv reek.
Then at last he rose up slowly and
gazed at a certain spot. He waved
bis arm. beckoning the distant pein
of blackness to come In, and soot,
from around a point in the canyon tin
Ysqui appeared, bearing a heavy Mhu
"■'oovric'ht. 1914 hv Pcink A . Miinser '
ser rifle oil hts arm.
Across his broad breast hung thq
same familiar cartridge-belt, two more
encircled his hips, ami he walked
t, ith his head held high, like the war
rior that he was.
Evidently his flight had led to the
place where his arms had been hid, f r
he wore the regulation knife-bayonet
at hin hip and around his hat was the
red ribbon of his people, but Hud was
too polite to ask him about his jour
ney. Sim e 1U« coming the Yaqul had
always maintained a certain mystery,
and now, though his eyes were big
with portent and beemtled at the jests
about his gun, he simply waved his
hand to the south and east and mur
mured:
'•M'lrhos revoltosos!”
"Seguro;" answered Rud jokingly;
“but have you killed any?”
"Not yet!” returned the Indian, and
he did not smile at that.
“1 wonder what that Indian is wait
ing a*ound here for?” lvmarked Phil in
English. “He must have his eye on
somebody.”
"Yeah, I bet,” agreed Rud. regard
ing >iis savage friend with a specula
tive interest. “Most of them Yaqul
I soldiers was farmhands in this coun
try before they rounded them up. I
reckon lie’s looking for the man that
had him deported.
“Tired, Amigo?” be Inquired in
! Spanish, and Ignacio gravely acknowl
i edged that he was, a little,
“Then drink plenty cofTbe,” w>p?it on
Hooker. "Eat lots tomorrow we go
j to work in the mine."
I "Tomorrow?” repeated the Indian.
! as if considering bis other eugage
I meiits; “good!” He nodded a smiling
i assent.
After a month and more of Idleness ,
Pud and Amigo performed prodigies I
of labor in ihe cut, rolling down i
boulders, lifting them np on the tram, i
and clearing away the face of fhe ellff
Their tram was ramshackle, their
track the abandoned rails from older
workings, and their tools little more
th in their hands, but by noon the last
broken fragments were heaved aside
and Hie shattered ledge revealed.
| A. low cry of wonder escaped the
I Yanui as he ga/,ed at the rich vein of
! ore, and as he saw the grim smile on
j Hud’s rugged countenance he showed
! his white teeth in sympathy.
"Qtie btieno!'* he murmured "How
i good!” gathering the precious frag
nients lu his handkerchief.
At the camp they crushed the
picked ore in a mortar and panned It
in the creek, and for the moment l>e
Laneey dropped his air of preoceu- j
pancy as he stared at the streak of
pure gold. Like a yellow film it lay |
along tire edge of the last fine tailings, i
and when skilful washing had left It
hare, It gleamed like a jewel in the
pan.
"By Jove, Bud!” he cried, “that's the j
real stuff and it goes a dollar to the I
pan easy!”
"Sure thing!" assented Bud. “Let’s
pound a lot of it and wash it as we go
—then we'll have some getaway money
when things break loose here!”
“I'll go you!” answered Phil, and!
Bud’s heart warmed toward him as lie |
watched him pound up a piece of ore j
and go to swirling the dirt in the
pan.
But alas for the fond hopes he cher
ished! Kven as he washed out the
gold Phil’s mind wandered far away,
back to the hotel where Gracia Ara j
;on sat watching by the window.
Her hair was the color of gold, spun
fine and refined again; yes, it was I
worth more than this golden dross
that he caught In the bottom of hh
pan. And what wa* gold If ho could j
not have her?
He paused in his labor and n dream. !
onila parted ltis lips then he broke
nto a song:
Mveet honey hr* swept to m?,
VIy ht'art is fr^o, but bfr^’s the key:
Ix>ck up the garden K«*te; honey, you
know Dl wait.
Under the rambler rose tree-ee.
Once more he returned to his work,
humming now the dulcet strains oJ
The Merry Widow/* and when Bud
"amp hack from the cut it was to hear
a coon song:
Cos 1 want yer. me honev, v>s, T want
ycr, want ypr:
Cos I want yer, ma honey. yps I do!
So ha labored and sang, unlil finally
he labor toy sod, and (hen the song
He went about other things, and other
'houghts, not so cheerful, filled hi*
mind.
Pud returned sadly to the company
of Hie Yaqui and gave It up. Perhaps
his pardner had been right when, rid
ng out of Agua Negra, he had en
larged upon the dangers of Old Mex
ico, "the land of nnitiana and broken
promisea.” Certainly Ills speech had
been prophetic in regard to dark-eyed
women; for, even as he had said,
nothing seemed to please them hotter
han to come between man ajni man.
It was a madness, he felt sure—the
spell of the hot country, where the
women leek out from behind barred
windows and men sing beneath their
balconies at midnight. Already It had
cost him his pardner—would 11 con
quer his will as well and make him
forget his trust?
1» Uia iinnottjnca the idea of some
4
perverse fate—some malign influence
over which he had no control- was
strong with Hooker; yet when the
blow f. It he was not prepared for it.
It was the third day of their mining
and. with Amigo, lie led been driving
into the fare of the rlilT "
Already their round of holes was
drilled, the ftiFPS rut. the rhsr;pH set,
and »s he retreat* d before the blast
he noticed absently tiiat ( rnz Mendez
was in camp. The chots followed, one
Thrust His P:fie Into Its Slir.g an'! !
Staged tor Town.
after another, and ho counted them to
make sure there was no miss-tire
ihen lie look' d around and discovered
that Phil was gone.
“Where is Don Felipe?” he inquired j
! of Mend**7. and that low browed broth j
! or of the burro bowed fawniugly be |
fore be replied.
"He has pone to Fortnna.” he said
wiping his face with a bath towel
: which he wore about his ite: k.
“Ann what fordemanded Bud im
| peratively,
“1 don't know, ssnnr," writhed Men
dez. “T brought hirn a letter.”
"From whom?”
”1 don’t know. It was riven to roe
by Juana, the servant of the Kenoriin
Aragon.”
“Ah!” breathed Pud, and pretended j
not to he surprised.
“Well, let ’ini go!” he said to hint
self, and went back Into the mine. II
wae what, he had expected, In a way,
and his code bade him keep his hands
off. But flip next morning when the
evil was either avoided or done, he
thrust his rifle Into ils sling and start
ed for the town. At the Jail he halted
and gazed in through the windows—
then he rode up to the hotel and asked
for Phil.
“What? Have you not heard?”;
elamored Don Juan. "Ah, It is mopt
unfortunate—I would not have had it
happen for the world!”
"What?” Inquired Bud succinctly.
"Why, the quarrel—the encounter
with Capitan del Pey! I did my best,
I assure you, to prevent it,- for the
town has been put. under martial law
end the captain is in full charge. They
quarreled over the favor of a lady, and
now your frierd i« in Jail.”
“I didn’t see him when 1 mine by.”
ibscrved Hooker.
“Ah, no—not In the carcel—in tin
■uartel, the guardhouse of the
ii rales!”
"Much obliged!” nndd' <1 Pud, and
code on through ti e town. The street
f the Mexican quarter was till'd
> 5tli strange people hurrying to and
ro; long paeki rales loaded with
Tunlss .and curioim bundles came
winging up from below; and a pair of
nraies. looking fierce under their
age sombreros stood guard by the
uartel door.
“Where is the captain"" d mended ;
look' d. After requesting him to hang !
>io pistol h* It. on his e.ad Me horn, a
«rgeant showed him in to the chief.
Maituel del Key v.as very tins' w ith
apers and orders but ns th» Ameri
an appeared In the doorway he ro»a
nil g:oe *>(j him with a bow.
.'in, good nioruing, senor." he said,
■vith one swift glance to read his mood.
Wou are in search of jour friend
no?”
“Si, senor," answered Hooker, hut
•vith none of fhp animosity which the
captain had expected. “Where is he?"
“I regret very much," began the of
ficer, speaking with military formality,
“but it is rny duty to Inform you that
the Senor I)a*J.aneey has left Fortuna.
Last night, he did me the honor to en
list in niv company of rurales he is
now on his way to the north to assist
in guarding the railroad.” ‘
“What?” shouted Bud. hardly able
to believe histesrVs. But when the cap
tain repeated it he no longer doubted
bis Spanish.
“But why?” he cried; “why did he
Join the rurales?"
“Ah, senor." shrugged Dei Itey, "was
ho not a Mexican citizen? Very we]L
—---- -
Chon; he could be ; named -.r u
tary service, tltu the circunu-tam * s
were t! se. Your fiend t ame r
il a y to this town, w >ii r*» : .in at j• r» s
eiit military t•.niiim.inler, and nude an
i nprovokod asstiult uron my person.
Tor this, according to lav , lie should
have h m ii tbi t a' run id « Bn*, not
wishing to occasion unpleasantness
with the Airn'ii'1 ms now r< siding here,
I offered Ihm the alternative of mili
tary service. He h. wav enlisted as a
rural fur u term of five jears.’’
“Five years!’’ evehvnmd Hooker;
and then, instead of startirg the ex
pooled rough hence iipou ' hieb the
rural guards wore prepared to jump on
bis back—he simply threw down his
bat mid cur: < d Not i n. me in par
ticular, but everytidng in general;
and at the end of it lie turned once
!!tor>- upon the v. atciifud (aptaln.
“Dispensenie, senor," lie said, "thlfl
is trie truth, is it'.'”
“Si, sennr,” returned Captain del
Rry. “But before leaving with his de
tachment your friend •.< io‘e Fiis letter,
which lie rei|ii«*kled nm to deliver to
you.”
He offered with a nourish a sealed
envelope, from which Bud extracted a
short note.
Hear Bud:
When you y ' tlds t shall be r^r away.
T must hive In ■ ti m * 1, i ni it t- too late
now. iCo 11or i! a b. < uted I have
enlisted as a rural Put I .ill 'rin lie
brave for her sake. Ta e rale of Per,
Hud—for me! fill!..
Bud rend it through a- >in and medi
tated ponderously 'limn he folded it
up and thrust ii in Ids pocket.
'‘Muchas praclas. sen r capltnn." lm
said, saluting and turning upon Ids
heel; and while all the Mexicans mar
veled at the ir. eriitalile »<■'■•» ,.f Amer
icanos, bo mounted and ro le away.
CHAPTER XVII.
There was a wi.hl of Mexlmns In
1,1m plaza when Hooker rode down
through Hip town. Never. it seemed to
lilni. had he soon so many or liked
them loss.
To the ham1'nl of Americans who
remained to man the mill and mine,
i they were easily a hundred to one;
I and though their eyes were wide with
i fear of the imminent rebels. they had
I an evil way of glaring at him which
, he did not relish.
JBven nt the hotel, where the Ppm
| Ssh-Mexienn aritifocreey was maespij
ten t]rcp, lie germed the same feei ng
of veiled hostility and wondered vague
ly what it might portend. If Philip Do
Lanc.oy. for making love to a girl, was
drafted into the army, what would
happen to him if these people should
over break loose? And d'rt (hey have
the courage to do 'heir wmet?
He lingered around the door for a
while, hoping to meet Pen .Firm or
some American who would tell him
'lie news; then, disgusted with every
thing, lie flung ft’.vnv and left them to
themselves. Fortuna was not a white
man's cotintry--lte < ould n that with
out a diagram hut at the same time
he intended to hold his mine until ho
could lie„r from Phil.
Let. the (ides of Insurrection come
and go, I t the rod-flaggers take the
town and the federals take It buck
again—at the end lie would still he
found at the Fugle Tail, unless Phil
received liis title to the mine.
As for Aragon, wbece fine Ttslmn
hand he perceived behind the sudden
taking off of Phil, let him make what
trades he would with the rurntes and
Manuel del ftev. even to the giving of
bis daughter's hand; but If. Inking ad
vantage of the unsettled times, he
dared to try/ to steal their mine, then
there would he war to the knife.
It Is a flne, comforlftig Oiing to ho
• ingle minded and of one purpose. AH
Hm rest of life Is simplified and or
dered then, and a nrui knows when to
r if " hi:, hand and when to hold it
■buck.
In hi* letter Phil had said nothing
nil out their mine, luil lie wae a Mi>|.
e. n citizen still, and the mine was hi
his name pud was his ptmlim and
free !o held it hi his stead; and that
1 e determined to do nut only held It,
hut v ork it for a stake. Then, when
t’>p tide vtts passed and ad made cer
tain, they could turn it rv-er to Kruger
and quit the accursed country.
for the girl, Pud decided that
she could take care of herself without
Miy assistance from him, and d'.s
liilt-tted her from his mind.
Pack at the mine lip found Amlco
guarding camp from the hilltop, and
after tching him the gist of hlr, trou
bles, the two of them went to work.
Finery d jy. while one of them dug out
the ore, the other crushed and washed
it and watched as he horned out the
gold. Their rifles they kept ber.lda
them and pistols In their belts; nud
every time a Mexican dropjvd into
ernip as one did now ai d thou in tha
general unrest, he foil the silent men
ice uf arms In readiness and continued
in his way.
CONTINUED IN NhXT IC/of i.
Old papers for sslo-it this; (loo,
ILc per 1 JO.