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5 or G doses 666 will cure any
case of fever and chills. Price. 25c.
W. H. Chancellor was a promi
nent visitor in Monroe Tuesday.
T. L Holloway of Marion was a
business v,s!tor here last Saturday.
D. F. Collett spent Sunday with
his family at El Dorado.
5 or 6 doses 666 will break ar y
case of fever and chills. Price, 25c.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H.'
Guinn, on last Friday morning, a
fine boy. _
Rev. J. R . Rushing visited his
brother at El Dorado first of the
week. _ _
Asa Ponder spent Sunday and
Monday at El Dorado attending
feminine business.
The Baptist ladies will give their
Thanksgiving supper and bazaar on
Thursday night, Nov. 26.
Miss Nan Hartman of Farmer
ville was the attractive guest of
Mrs. J. B Crockett this week.
Sylvester Kirkland of Littl*
Rock was here this week the guest
of his brother, J. M.. and wife.
Pine heater and stove wood
$3.00 per cord. Measuremei t
guaranteed. T. F. Ashcroft.
E. T. Cobb and family were the
pleasant guests of his mother at
Farmerville several days this week
W. J. Cartall and wife of St
Louis were the guests of th ir son
L. M.. and wife the first of the
week. __ __
Miss Dorris Ga lton will enter
tain the Embriodary club at the
home of Mrs. C. T. Thompson next
Wtdnegdiy afternoon.
Mrs. C. A. Berry was at Little
Rock this week attending the
grand chapter of the Order of the
Eastern Star.
COLBS & LaGRIFPS
«u< or C doses (J6«l will bt^ il:
any case of Chilis & Fever, Colds
& LaGrippe; it acts on the liver
better than Calomel and does not
gripe or sicken. Price 25c.
At the beginning cf the present
year there were 13,700.000 iele
phones in use in the world with
32.900.000 miles of telephone
wire, 66 per cent of the total num
ber of telephones were used in this
country and 27 per cent in Europe
Binzie Hinson, convicted of man
slaughter in the Union Circuit
court last spring and sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary, has
been granted a pardon by Governor
Hays. The pardon was granted at
the request of Prosecuting Attor
ney E. 0. Mahony.
Mrs. G. M. Durham returned to |
her home at Kenefic, Okla.. last t
Saturday. She was accompanied'
by Miss Lucile Townsend as far as
New Boston, Texas, where she
will spend the winter with Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Smelser.
We have round trip tickets to all
local points on sale at this office i
and would be glad to sell you round
trip tickets, saving you money by
buying them and at the same time
make a better showing for our sta
tion in this manner. We solicit
your business. D. A. Keasler.
Agent St. L. 1. M. & S. Ry.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Thompson
entertained in honor of Misses
Buchanan*and Hartman at their
home Monday evening. The eve
ning was made a round of pleasure i
by the ingenious host and hostess
to all present, games bejng used j
aud other amusements indulged in,
passing the short time away en
tirely too quickly. These present
were Misses Buchanan. Hartman.
Martin, Carlton and Mrs. Brown:
Messrs. Ware. Jarrell, Cashin and
Crockett. Music was furnished by
Misses Martin and Hartman, which
was very entertaining Dainty re
freshments were sc v d and at a
late hour the guests departed, all I
, exprsssing their appreciation ai d
tbanKS for the pleasant evening.
C. B. Wood was a business visit
or at Orange, Tex is. this week.
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A. G. Fish wan at the Shreveport
| fair several days this week.
J. H. Raybourn has moved his
family back here from Smackoyer.
Mrs. F. W. Scott was confined to
her room this week on account of
illness.
C. R. Duncan, dope getter for
Uncle Sam. arrived home Wednes
day from a trip over the county.
The Union County School Fan
will be held at El Dorado on Friday
and Saturday. Nov. 27 and 28.
E. Raley spent latter part of this
week with his parents, Mr. ana
Mrs.R. W. Raley, at Summerfield,
La.
Up to November 1 there wr-r
8790 bales of cotton ginned in
Union county against 7.040 for the
same period last year according to
the report of Statistical Agent C
R. Duncan.
No. Six-Sixty-Six
This is a prescription prepn-ed especialh
for MALARIA or CHILLS 4. FEVtR
Five or six doses ,vili break any case, an'
if taken then as a ton'C the Fever wiil no
return. It acts on the liver better tha
Calomel and does not gripe of sicken. 2.
Ituttig School.
This week the pupils are taking
their monthly examinations. Th
teachers try to make these exami
nations cover as near as possibl
ail the work gone over during th
past month, and the grades of eac!
pupil are placed permanently in th
school registers. A copy of thesf
grades will be sent to the parent
about next Wedensday. We hope
every parent will examine the re
port card very closely as it shows
not only the grades the boy or gM
mikes but his c n luct in school,
his recitations and his general atti
tude toward his s< hool work. Sigi
this card, personally, as soon as L
reaches you: show the teachers
you are watching the school and
take an interest in what your boy
or girl is doing.
Until this week there have been
but very few cases of tardiness
Phis cold spell has made some of
us a little slow in getting the chil
dren. especially the little folks,
started in the morning. It is too
bad we let these few cold mornings
spoil a whole month's record. Let
us try to start the children off at
the same ti ne every morning, hot
| or cold. Let us try to get them to
| school before the first ball rings, by
j half past eig! t o'clock. On cold
1 mornings this will giye them time
to get warm before school begins.
It is team work that orings the
greatest returns. It is pulling to
gether that makes our corporations
possible. Every parent is a stock
holder in our school. The teach
ers and school board are your of- j
floors.
Every one of the teachers have
joined the School Improvement as- j
sociation. Let us make the prime !
object of this association not so j
much to get money as to discuss
matters pertaining to the school,
j to make j: la ns for the betterment
of the school. Every parent should
take par' in every school meeting
let us attend the School 1 nprove
ment association. Harper Springs
is taking an interest, what is the
matter with Huttig?
A. J. Dowis,
Superintendent
The Land of Broken Promises
: .. - ------.■■ ===== ====== By DANE COOLIDGE=
Stirring Story of the “the fighting fool,” “hidden waters,*
. . “THE TEX1CAN,” Etc.
Mexican J\ex ollltion Illustrations by DON J. LAVIN
1914 bv Fr-vnk A. Munsev '
A story of border Mexico, vivid.
Intense, such cs has never before
been written, is this one of Ameri
can adventurers into the land of
mar.ana. Texan, mining engineer,
Spanish senor and senorita, peon,
Indian, crowd its chapters with
clear-cut word pictures of busi
ness, advepture and love, against
a somber background of wretched
armies marching and counter
marching across a land racked by
revolution and without a savior.
In the past the dawn began to break
and they spurred on in almost a panic.
The Mexican pa is:1 nos cotint (hem
selves late if they do not take the trail
at sunup—what if they should in wt
some straggling party before they
reached the pass?
Bud jumped Copper Bottom up a
series of cat steps; Gracia's roan came
scrambling behind; and then, just as
the boxed walls ended and they irainod
a level spot, they suddenly found them
selves in the midst of a camp of Mex
icans—men saddles, packs, and rifles,
all scattered at their feet.
“Buenos dias!" saluted Bud. as the
blinking men rose up from their
Id .r.kf ts. ' Excuse me, amigos, I am
in a hurry!”
“A donde va? A dcnclo vn ?” chal
lenged a bearded man as ho sprang up
irom Ills brush shelter.
“To the pass, senor,” answered Hook
er, still politely, but motioning for
Gracia to rid • on ahead. “Adios!”
"Who is that man?” bellowed the
bearded lender, turuiisg furiously upon
IBs followers. “Where is my senti
nel? Stop him!”
Put it was too late to stop him. Pud I
laid his quirt across the rumr of the !
roan and spurred forward in a dash for I
cover. They whisked around the point I
of a hill as the first scattered shots '
rang out; and, as a frightened sentinel
jumped up in their path Hud rode him
down. The man dropped his gun to
escape the fury of the charge and in
a mad clatter they flung themselves
at a rock-slide and scrambled to the
bench above. The path was rocky,
but they pressed forward at a gallop
until, as the sun came up, they beheld
.he summit of the pass.
"We win!" cried Bud, as he spurred
up the last incline.
As he looked over the top he ex
ploded in an oath and jerked Copper
’ottom back on his haunches. The
,-ader of a long line of horsemen was
iust coming up the other side—there
was no escape—and then sack at Uie
frightened girl.
"Keep behind me," he commanded,
"and don’t shoot. I’m going to hold
’em up!”
tie jumped his horse out to one side !
and landed squarely on the rim of the .
ridge. Gracia drew her horse in be- j
hind him and reached for the pistol in
her helster; than both together they j
drew their guns and Bud threw down
on the first man.
"Go on!” he ordered, motioning him I
orward with his head; "pr-r-ronto!”
Ge jerkf d out his rsfle w ith his left
hand and laid it across his lap.
“Hurry up now," he raged, as the '
tartled Mexican halted. "Go on and
keep a going, and the first man that
makes a break I'll shoot him full ot
holes!”
He sat like a statue on his shining
horse, hii» six-shooter balanced to shoot,
and something in his very presence—
the bulk of his body, the forward
thrust of his head, and the burning
hate of his eyes—quelled the spirits
of the rebels. They were a rag-tag
army, mounted on horses and donkeys
and mules and with arms of every
known make.
It was just such an army as was
overrunning all northern Mexico, such
an army as had been levying tribute
on the land for a century. They spread
terror throughout all that great coun
try south of the American border.
Tho fiery glances of the American
made them cringe as they had always
cringed before their masters, and his
curses turned their blood to water. lie
towered above them like a giant, pour
ing forth a torn nt of oaths and beck
oning them on their way, and the lead
er was the first to yield
With hand half-raised and jaw on
his breast he struck spurs to his fright
ened mule and went dashing over the
rldgo.
The others followed by twos and
threes, some shrinking, some protest
ing. some gazing forth villainously
from beneatli their broad hats. As they
looked back lie whirled upon them and
swore he would kill the first man that
dared to turn his head.
After all, they wore a generation of
slaves, those low-browed, unthinking
peons, and war had not made them
brave. They passed on. the whole
line of bewildered soldiery, locking in
vain for the men that were behind the
American. Ftaring blankly at the beau
tiful woman who sat so courageously
by his side.
When the last had gone by Pud
flicked up his rifle and watched him
around the point. Then he smiled
I
grimly at Gracia, whose eyes were still
round with wonder, and led the way
down the trail.
_
CHAPTER XXVn.
The h:gh pass and the in«urrootos
went behind them now and the rolling
. plains of Agua Negra were at their
feet. To the northeast the smoke b: li
ners of ‘he Gadsden smelters lay like
j ribbons across the sky, and the line
was not far away.
Yet, as they came down from the
mountains, Hud and Gracia fell silent
and slackened their slashing pace. The
time fop parting was near, and part
ings are always sad.
But ten miles across the plain lay
Gad. den and Phil—Phil to whom Gra
cia was promised. There had linen no ;
thoughts of h'm from the time they
sat tog' thi r under the horse-blankets
! waiting for the rain to pass until now
that tne dangers were virtually over,
and but a sh rt time more would place 1
them beyond the reach of either rti- 1
rales or r( bels. Bud thought of the
duty ho owed IPs pardner, even though !
that pardner had played h'm false, j
Great as v as his longing for Gracia,
he could not forget that duty. Th • |
companion-hip hud l-Vn but a thing
to forget if he could, on at best h"
could oi ly rme: b r the swe mess
f it, : nd must forcet the dreams he
had dream d as he wetchcd beside
Grat ia in the hills. He was t. ki: g •
‘o Phil, and all els- m ust b • sacrificed
for duty.
Pud locked f: r out across the vallev
‘o wh re a train puTrd in from the
ou?h, 4n 1 the s- 'gift of it m; de him un
■ asy. fl" watched s»ill as it lay at tin
atlon aid. after a prolonged stare, in
‘.he direction of Agua Negra, he reined
disrply to the north
“V,'hat is it"" asked Gracia, coming
out of her rt v rie.
“Oh, nothing,” answered Pud slump
ing down in his saddle. “1 see the rai'
road is open again- they might be
somebody up there looking for us."
"You mean—”
“Well, sty a bunch cf rurnles.”
lie turn, d si ill farther to the north
! as he spoke and spurred his jaded
horse on. Gracia kept her roan be
side him, but he took no notiee, ex
cept as he scanned the line with his
bloodshot eyes. He was a hard-look
ing man now, with a rough stubble of
beard on his face and a sullen set to
his jaw. As two horsemen rode out
from distant Agua Negra he turned
| and glanced at Gracia,
j “Seems like we * been on the run
, ever since we left Fortuna,” he said
with a rueful smile. "Are you good
for just one more?”
“What is it now?” she inquired
pulling herself together with an effort.
Are those two men coming out to
neet us? Do you think they'd stop
! us?”
“That's about our luck,” returned
| looker “But when we dip out of sight |
n this swale here we ll turn north and
hit for the line.”
"All right,” she agreed. “Mv horse
is tired, but I'll do whatever you say,
lud '
She tried to crtch his eyes at thin
hut he seemed lost in contemplation of
lie horsemen.
“Them's ruralea," he said at last,
‘and heading straight for us—but
we've come too far to get caught now.
i Come on!” he added hruskly, and went
j galloping up the swale.
For two miles they rode up the
wash, their heads below the level of the
plain, but as Bud emerged at the mouth
of the gulch and looked warily over
the cut bank he suddenly reached for
his rifle and measured the distance to
the line.
“They was too foxy for me," he mut
tered. ^js Gracia looked over at the
approaching rurales. “But I can stand
; ’em off," he added, “so you go ahead.”
“No!" she cried, coming out in open
rebellion. “Well, I won't leave you—
that’s all!” she declared, as he turned
to command her. “Oh, come along.
Bud!” She laid an impulsive hand
on his arm and he thrust his gun back
into the sling with a thud.
“All right!” he said. “Can't stop to
talk about it. Go ahead—and flt.y the
hide off of that roan!”
They were less Ilian a mile from the
line, but the rurales had foreseen their
ruse in dropping into the gulch and
had turned at the same time to inter
cept them. They were pushing their
Iresh horses to the utmost now across
the open prairie, and ns the roan
lagged and faltered in his stride Hud
could see that the race was lost.
“Head for that monument!" ho !
called to Gracia, pointing toward one
of the international markers as lie
laced their pursuers. ‘'You'll make it
—they won't shoot n woman!"
lie reached for his gun as he spoke, j
“No, no!" she cried. "Don't you
stop! If you do I will! Come on!"
she entreated, checking her horse to
wait for him. "You r de behind me —
they won’t dare shoot at us then!"
Hud laughed shortly and wheeled in
behind her, returning his gun to its
tliug.
"Ail right," he said, “we ll ride it out
together then!" _ _ _ j
He laid the quirt to the roan. In the
whirl of racing bushes a white monu
ment flashed up suddenly before them.
The ruralos were within pistol-shot
and whipping like mad to head them.
Another figure came flying along the
lino, a horseman, waving his hands
and motioning. Then, riding side by
side, they broke neross the boundary
with the baffled rurales yelling savage
ly at their heels.
"Keep a going!'' prompted Hooker,
as Oraeia leaned baek to check her
horse; "down into the gulch there—
them rurales are liable to shoot vet'”
The final dash brought them to
cover, hut as Hud leaped down and
took Oraeia in his arms the roan
spread his feet, trembled, and dropped
heavily to the ground.
“He'll be all right," soothed Hud, as
Or < ia still clung to his arm. Then,
as he saw her gazo fixed beyond him.
he turned and beheld Philip De Lan
cey.
It was the same Phil, the same man
Pud had called pardner, and yet
when Hooker saw him there he stif
fened and his fare grow hard.
"Well?” he said, slowly detaching
Oncia's fingers and putting her hand
away.
As Ph.il ran forward to greet them
he stepped sullenly off to one side.
What they said he did not know, for
Gracia Watched Them With Jealous
Eyes.
his mind was suddenly a blank; but
when Phil rushed over and wrung his
hand he came back to earth with a
start.
"Hud!" cried De l.ancey ecstatical
ly, "how can I ever thank you enough! •
You brought her back to me, didn't
you, old man? Thank God you're safe
—I've been watching for you with
glasses ever since I heard you had
started! I knew you would do it,
pnrdner: you're the best friend a man
ever had! Hut—say, come over here a
minute—I want to speak to you.”
He led Hooker off to one side, while
Gracia watched them with jealous
eyes, and lowered his voice as he
spoke.
"It was awful good of you. Hud.'' he !
whispered, "but I’m afraid you’ve got
in bad! The whole town is crazy about
it. Old Aragon came up on the first
train, and now they've wired that you
killed Del Key. By Jove, Hud. wasn't
hut pulling it a little strong? Captain
of the rurales. you know—the whole
Mexican government is behind him—
;nd Aragon wants you for kidnaping!”
"What's ihat?” demanded Gracia, as
he heard her own name spoken.
Bud looked at Phil, who for once
as nt a less for words, and then he
nswered slcwlv.
“Ycur father is down at the station.'
•e said, looking for—you.”
"Well, he can't have me!" cried Gra
cia defiantly. “I'm across the line
now! I’m free! 1 can do what I I
please!”
"Hut there’s the Immigration office.”
interposed Phil pacifically. "You will
have to go there- and your father has
claimed you were kidnaped!”
"Ha! Kidnaped!” laughed Gracia,
who had suddenly recovered her
spirits "And by whom?”
"II by Hud here." answered De
l.ancey hesitatingly.
Graciu turned as he spoke and sur
veyed Hooker with a mocking smile.
Then she laughed again.
"Never mind.,” she said, “I’ll fix that.
1 h tell them that I kidnaped him!"
"No, but seriously!" protested De
i ajjcey, as FUid chuckled hoarsely.
"You can't cross the line without being
p. s “d by the Inspectors, and—well,
JOtlr father 1s th“re to get you back.”
Put 1 will not go!" flung back Gra
cia
"Oh. my d"ar girl!" cried De Lan
cry, frowning In his perplexity, “you
don't understand, and you make it aw
lul hard for me. You know they're
very o riot uuw^ so many lew women
coming across the line, for -well, the
fact is, unless you are married you
can't come in at all!”
"But I'm in!” protested Gracia
flushing hotly. “I’m—”
‘ They’ll deport you,” said De Lan
cey, stepping forward to give her sup
port.
1 know it's hard, dear,” he went
on, as Bud moved hastily away, but
1 ve got it all arranged. Why should
we wait? You came to marry me,
didn't you? Well, you must do it now
right away! I've got the license and
the priest all waiting—-come on before
the rurales gpt back to town arid re
port that, you’ve crossed the line. We
can ride around to the north and come
in at the other side of to.vn. Then
W'O—”
"Oh, no, no!” cried Gracia, pushing
him impulsively aside. ”1 am not
ready now. And—”
She paused and glanced at Bud.
“Mr. Hooker," she began, walking
gently toward him, "what will you do
now?”
"I don't know," answered Hooker
huskily.
"Will you come with us—will you—"
“No,” said Bud. shaking his head
slowly.
"Then I must say good by?"
She wailed, but ho did not answer.
"'Sou have been so good to mo.” she
went on. "so brave, and have I been
bravo, too?" she broke In pleadingly
Hooker nodded bis head, bin he did
not meet her eyes.
"Ah, yes," the sighed. “Y u have
heard what Phil has said. I wish now
that my mother were here, but would
you mind? Before I go I want to—give
you a kiss!"
She reached out her hands Impul
sively and Hooker started back. His
eyes, which had been downcast, blazed
suddenly as he gazed at her, and then
they flitted to Phil.
“No," he said, and his voice was life
less and choked.
"You will not?" she asked, after a
pause.
"No!" he said attain, and she shrank
away before his glance.
"Then good-by,” she murmured, turn
ing away like one in a dream, and Bud
heard the crunch of her steps as she
went toward the horses with Phil.
Then, as the tears welled to his eyes,
he heard a resounding slap and a rush
of approaching feet.
"No!" came the voice of Orncla,
vibrant with indignation. "1 say no!”
The spat of her hand rang cut again
j and then, with a piteous sobbing, she
came running back to Bud, halting
with the stiffness of her long ride.
"I hate you!" she screamed, as Phil
came after her. “Oh. 1 hate you! No,
you shall never have the kiss! What!
if Bud here has refused it. will I give
a kiss to you? Ah, you poor, miserable
creature!" she cried, wheeling upon
him in a sudden fit of passion. "Wher*
were you when I was in danger?
Where were you when there \vns n<j
one to save me? And did you think",
then, to steal a kiss, when my l»*art
was sore for Bud? Ah. coward', Vot*
are no fit pnrdner! No. I wlW never
marry you—never! Well, go then!;
And hurry! Oh. how 1 bate you—to
try to steal me from Bud!"
She turned and threw her arms
about Hooker's neck and dt»‘w his
rough face down to her,
"You do love me, don't you. Bud?"
she sobbed Oh. you are so good—
so brave! And Sow will you take the
kiss?"
"Try me!” said Bud.
THE END,
The Koran.
In a recent number of the London
Everyman Is a review of th*> Koran
and Its author Mohammed It is a ono
man's book, and that man not an ini'
aginative one, but essentially a man
of notion and lacking in invention.
The Koran is a Jumbled imps of pro.
reptR. doctrines, threats, injunctions^
divine commands, narrative, lyric and!
«plc poetry Its heaven and hell are*
too material for modern thought. "Ob
viously," says Everyman, "the Koran
is meant, not to be read with the eye*,
but to be recited, when the repetitions;
are not nearly so pronounced. It re
Herts a social order, a system of ideas
as remote from Rome and more ospe
dally from Greece, as our own ajr*
from the North American Indian. Rut
neither time nor evolution can utterly
quench the flame of Mohammed's per
sonality, which carried his follower*,
to reckless excesses, to the sov
ereignty of empires which created art
art peculiar to Islam, and founded age
long traditions."
THE PROOF.
,rDo they adulterate even fhe drv
goods?”
“Certainly. Don’t they sell wa
tered silk?”
MIXED TERMS.
“If 1 engage you as n salesman*
I want you to understand that this
machine must be flushed.”
“'1 hen w iiai you wtui ia g alumxC-J*