Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 27, 1908, Page 3

See “The Shadow Between” pa Ey SILAS K. CHAPTER I. Alone in the Night. The night was dark and rainy, with a boisterous wind that whistled shrilly through the chinks of the door and window and grumbled loudly in the open chimney. A fire of pine logs crackled on the hearth and threw a warm, ruddy light into the room, which was furnished after a fashion common enough in frontier cities. In a Jow rocking chair of primitive construction—like most of the other furniture—sat a girl of some eighteen or nineteen years of age. She had been rocking herself earlier in the evening as though some kind of occu- pation was necessary to her; but for the last half hour she had sat quite still, with her hands clasped across the right arm of her chair, and her eyes fixed intently on the gradually wasting pine logs. It was no new thing for her to sit alone waiting for her father. She had been in the habit of doing it off and on ever since she could remember. He came home until the saloons were closed—sometimes not then; and often he was angry with her be- cause she had not gone to bed. But fear of his anger had never been al- lowed to interfere with what she con- ccived to be her duty. She sometimes wondered what the end would be; wondered if the future held in its grasp any promise of bet- ter things. Since her earliest child- hood she had been dragged from city to city, and from one mining camp to another. She had never had any real- ly settled home. Once she spent a whole year at a boarding school, and she looked back upon that time as the happiest period of her life. But, tak- ing her life as a whole, it had been broken up into bits, and friendships had grow. She saw very little of her father and never questioned him as to his doings, but she knew well enough the kind of ] led. She had a feeling some- t »s that her presence was a rebuke never been given a_ chance to to him, amd that he would be glad to get rid of her. He could not bring his companions to the house while she was there, for in spite of his lawless- s he had still some of the instincts ntleman, During the last year or two he had confined himself to frontier cities and mushroom mining camps. Policemen vere less numerous, law less observ- and fools more easily fleeced. As a professional gambler and card- sharper he resented the intrusions of civil authority, and in the newer towns people did pretty much as they liked and ran all risks with a light heart. They had been six months in Odero, and she was quite expecting that any day she would find herself on . the march again. Her father was getting too well known. His methods were too clever to be tolerated for any length of time. The longer he stayed the more risks he ran. She turned her head suddenly at length as if these thoughts troubled her, and cast an anxious glance at the door; then she rose from her chair and threw some fresh pine logs on the She was a tall, graceful girl, with wealth of dark brown hair and a healthy complexion, as though spent much time in the open air. She went to the door presently and looked out. The night was pitch dark and the rain was coming down more pitilessly than ever. In the pine trees across the way the wind was roaring linke an angry sea and silenc- ing every other sound. , Closing the door after a few mo- ments she returned to her chair and began rocking herself again. The wing had a mournful sound, and the splashing of the rain awoke in her a feeling of restlessness and foreboding. Suddenly she sprang to her feet and rushed across the room. There was a knock at the door—not loud but quite distinct. She waited for a mo- ment with her hand on the latch for the knock to be repeated, then cau- tiously pulled the door open. As she did so a rain-soaked, middle-aged man wedged himself into the opening, and a pair of eager eyes looked intently into hers. She drew back with a little ery that was partly fear, partly ex- postulation. “You needn’t be afeard, missy,” the man said in a rough but kindly fash- jon. “You be Dick West's darter.” “Why, yes,” she answered, anxious- “but what of him?” Well, he wants to see you, missy. He’s got hurt, he has; an’ he wants to see you right away.” “Got hurt?” she questioned, anx- jously, but there was a note of suspi- cion in her voice. “It’s quite true what I say, missy,” he man answered in sympathetic tones. “I'm sorry to have to bring bad news, but somebody had to do bd “But where is my father, and how &@ dia he get hurt?” she asked, a little Sunsteadily. ” “He’s at Delmino’s, missy, and there was a row over cards, and shots were ly HOCKING. fired. It was all done in no time, as it were, an’ between ourselves there ain’t no time to be lost.” “Is he dangerously hurt?” she ask- ed, still eyeing her visitor suspicious- ly. “TI fear so, missy, I fear so; but I for- got to give you this bit of paper he sent,” and he pulled a crumpled note out of his vest pocket. She recognized the writing in a mo- ment, though it was written with a feeble and unsteady hand, but there could be no mistake about its genu- ineness. “Come, little girl, at once. the finish.—R. W.” “T’ll be with you in a moment,” she said with a gasp. “Won’t you wait by the fire?” “Thanky, missy, I'll stand here if I may,” and he struck a fuse and light- ed a cigar. A few minutes later they were tramping side by side along the muddy track which in time would become a busy street. Very few words passed between them. The wind buffeted them and the rain came down in blind- ing drifts. The man smoked stolidly, heedless of the rain; the girl kept close to his side, thankful for his un- spoken sympathy. She was too stunned to think clear- ly or to feel acutely. She half doubt- ed whether she was awake. She had experienced in dramas a very similar feeling. Everything seemed chaotic and unreal. They reached at length the center of the town and drew up in what seemed to be a blind alley. A knot of rough ‘looking men lingered round an open door in spite of the rain, and spoke to each other in disjointed sen- tences, Marion West and her companion passed through the open door without a word. The light within almost blinded her after the outer darkness. It was a squalid room. The floor was littered with cigar ends and half-burnt matches. Here and there tables were overturned and wrecked, chairs were huddled into a corner, On a straw mattress at one end of the room was stretched the body of a man. Marion walked straight to him without a word, and knelt down on the floor by his side. He smiled feebly for a moment but did not speak, and Marion bent over and kissed him on the forehead again and again. An old woman who had been acting as nurse raised his head and gave him something to drink, then withdrew silently to the rear of the room. Half a score of men stood round the door, I’m near anything. For several moments there was not a sound. Dick West seemed to be gathering all his strength together for a final effort. Then he whispered: “Put your ear close to my lips, Mari- on.” She obeyed instantly. “T've written a little and put it in this envelope,” he said, feebly. “Yes, dad,” she answered, with a sob. “You needn’t fret,” he went on. “You'll be better off without me.” “No, no,” and the words ended in a wail. “Tye taken my chance, and I don’t complain,” he went on, and a look of defiance flashed in his eyes for a sec- ond. “If I were to get better I'd take my chance again; but I never shall. I'm winged this time, and there’s no mistake about it.” “But you may get better, dad,” she sobbed. ' “Don’t interrupt me, Marion, or I shall never finish what I want to say. When I’m gone, clear out of Odero at once. Sell everything—there isn’t much—and go to England; it is your proper home. Take the note I’ve writ- ten to Mayhew of Exeter. He’ll look after you. Everything of value is in my cowhide trunk.” He paused for several moments as if exhausted, and an ooze of blood dyed his rapidly paling lips. At a sign from Marion the old wo- man came forward again and raised his head a little, and, after wiping his lips, gave him something to drink. “Through the lung,” she whispered | sententiously to Marion, and she shrugged her shoulders meaningly. Marion understood only too well, and braced herself for the inevitable. “There’s a_ silver box,” he gasped feebly, after a long pause, “at the bot- tom of the trunk. It contains all the necessary papers. Give it—to May- hew. He’ll know. You'll learn—some —day-—" He opened his eyes wide and stared round him. “What—was I saying?” he panted in a low whisper. “Come nearer, Marion. I—I—cannot see you “T’m quite close to you, dad,” she said, laying her hand upon his brow. “Where am I?” he gasped. “I—I was——” But the sentence was cut short by a rush of blood through his. ljps and nostrils. The old woman came forward again and raised his head. He stared pathetically round him, but his eyes were glazing fast. ‘Once or twice his lips moved, but the only sound was a low gurgle in the throat. but they were too far away to hear | The end came like a flash. There was a little cry, a swift shudder, and his head fell forward on his chest. “Go away, missy,” the old woman said, in not unkindly tones. “It’s all over, : Marion rose slowly from her knees and turned away her head. She was too stunned to make any sign of grief or opposition. She still felt like one in a dream. The miner who had fetched her came forward from the group that stood round the door. * “Pll see you back again when you are ready,” he said, kindly. “Back again?” she questioned, with a dazed look in her eyes. “You can do no good by staying here,” he said, without looking at her; and he pulled a tobacco pouch from his pocket and began to fill his pipe. : She watched him for a few moments in silence. Then she said, with a lit- tle gasp, “I’m ready now.” They went out into the wind and rain together without another word. There was no gas in the town—civi- lization had not advanced so far ag that—and the few naphtha lamps that illuminated the darkness earlier on had burnt themselves out. Here and there a light from the window shot across the uneven way, but most of the houses were in complete dark- ness, for the hour was late. For some distance Marion walked by her companion’s side. Then he said, in a careless tone, “I think it ’ud pe safer for you to walk behind.” She did not reply, but dropped at once into the rear. The wind was blowing straight in their teeth and the rain almost blind- ed her. The man walked slowly with head bent, as if picking the road for his companion. Now and then he paused for a moment and listened, then went forward again, but he made no attempt to get into conversation with her; perhaps he had respect for her grief. Marion seemed hardly conscious of anything. The wind, the rain, the quagmire; through which they thread- ed their way, the silence of her com- panion were all as nothing to her. They drew up at length before her own rough-built little home, and the man waited until the light from the dying fire fell upon her dripping gar- ments. “You'll be lonely,” he said, simply. “No. I want to be alone to think.” “He was a pal o’ mine, and I'm sor- ry.” "ror a moment: she looked at him. “will he be lonely, do you think?” “He? Who?” “My dad. He has gone away into the night and into the storm.” He shook his head and was silent. The question seemed beyond his com- prehension. ‘ “Will you come in and rest?” she asked, after a few moments. ‘ “No. I’ll_be getting back; but if you want a friend ask for Adam Black. ‘Black Adam’ they call me,” and with- out another word he turned and strode away into the night. She closed the door quietly and bolted it; then went and threw more logs on to the smoldering fire, after which she lighted a lamp and retired to her bedroom. While changing her wet clothes she could hear the heavy breathing of Dinah, the negress, who was the pre- siding genius of the place. Nothing short of an earthquake would waken Dinah when once she got to sleep. Marion had no thought of disturb- ing her.’ There would be tears and hysterics and lamentations when she knew, and Marion was in no mood for a scene, She wanted to be alone; wanted time to think, to get her bear- ings, to gather strength that she might be able to face pravely the un- known future. (To Be Continued.) “TIPS” IN FASHION’S WORLD. How the Social Climber Buys Favors , From Those “Already In.” “What do you do?” . “O, I advise them, mostly—tell them where to go and what to wear. When they first came to New York they were dressed like paroquets, you know. And—” here Oliver broke into a laugh—‘I refrain from making jokes about them. And when I hear other people abusing them I point out that they are sure to land in the end, and will be dangerous enemies. I’ve got one or two wedges started for them.” “And do they pay you for doing it?” “You'd call it paying me, I sup- pose,” replied the other. “The old man carries a few shares of stock for me now and then.” “Carries a few shares?” echoed Montague, and Oliver explained the procedure. This was one of the cus- toms which had grown up in a com- munity where people did not have to earn their money. The recipient of the favor put up nothing, and took no risks; but the other person was sup- posed to buy some stock for him, and then, when the stock went up, he would send a check for the “profits.” Many a man who would have resented a direct offer of money would assent pleasantly when a powerful friend of- fered to “carry a hundred shares for, him.” This was the way one offered a tip in the big world; it was useful in the case of newspaper men, whose good opinion of a stock was desired, or of politicians and j Truth and . oe Quality appeal to the Well-Informed. in every walk of life and are essential to permanent success and creditable standing. Accor- ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons why it is the best of personal and family laxatives is the fact that it cleanses, eweetens and relieves. the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parts are known to and approved by physicians, as it is free from all objection- able substances. To get its beneficial effects always purchase the genuine— manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug- gists. Might Strike the Men. Madame A. (mother of two mar- iriageable daughters)—Really, I don’t know whether to send my girls to the seashore or some inland watering place. They are both very much run down. Madame B.—Well, I would advise sulphur springs for a change. Sul- phur, you know, is one of the principal requisites in matchmaking. NO SKIN LEFT ON BODY. For Six Months Baby Was Expected to Die with Eczema—Now Well —Doctor Said to Use Cuticura. “Six months after birth my little girl broke out with eczema and I had two doctors in attendance. There was not a particle of skin left on her body, the blood oozed out just anywhere, and we had to wrap her in silk and carry her on a pillow for ten weeks. She was the most terrible sight I ever saw, and for’ six months I looked for her to die. I used every known remedy to allevi- ate her suffering, for it was terrible to witness. Dr. C—— gave her up. Dr. B—— recommended the Cuticura Remedies. She will soon be three years old and has never had a sign of the dread trouble since. We used about eight cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment. James J. Smith, Durmid, Va., Oct. 14 and 22, 1906.” PUBLICITY FOR NORTH TOWNS. Blackduck, Bemidji and Bagley Com- bine to Exploit Northern Minnesota. Arrangements for the publicity meetings to be held at Blackduck, Be- midji and Bagley are about completed, and the visiting delegation of speak- ers will be entertained in an appropri- ate manner. There will be most ex- zellent results from these meetings and there will undoubtedly be a large attendance of residents of the cities named, as well as those living in the farming districts, as the speakers are all men of note who are thoroughly posted on the subjects which have been assigned to them, and which are as follows: George Welch, commissioner of im- migration of the state immigration bu- reau, subject, “Immigration and the Settlement of the Vacant Available Land in Minnesota.” D, M. Neal of Red Wing, president of the State Federation of Commercial Clubs, subject not announced. Curtis L. Mosher of St. Paul, secre- tary of the State Federation of Com- mercial Clubs, subject, “Advertising the Tourist Attractions of Minnesota” and “State and Local Advertising.” William Magivney of South St. Paul stock yards, subject, “Stock Industry of Minnesota” and “How to Make Min- nesota One of the Greatest Stock States in the Union.” A. J. McGuire, superintendent of the ‘Northeast experiment farm at Grand ‘Rapids, “Dairying and Dairy Farm ‘Management in Northern Minnesota;” also farming generally in northern part of the state. DR. TALKS OF FOOD Pres. of Board of Health. “What shall I eat?” is the daily in- qniry the physician is met with. Ido not hesitate to say that in my judg- ment a large percentage of disease is caused by poorly selected and improp- erly prepared food. My personal expe- rience with the fully-cooked food, known as Grape-Nuts, enables me to speak freely of its merits. “From overwork, I suffered several years with malnutrition, palpitation of the heart and loss of sleep. Last sum- mer I was led to experiment person- ally with the new food, which I used in conjunction with good rich cow's milk.. In a short time after I com- menced its use, the disagreeable symp- toms disappeared, my heart’s action became steady and normal, the func- tions of the stomach were properly carried out and I again slept as sound- ly and as well as in my youth. “I look upon Grape-Nuts as a per- fect food, and no one can gainsay but that it has a most prominent place in legislators, 2 rational, scientific system of feed- whose votes might help its fortunes. ing. Any one who uses this food will When one expected to get into so- 800n be convinced of the soundness of ciety one must be prepared to strew the principle upon which it is manu- such tips about him. Consistently Expressive. “That jduge is remarkably compe ‘ “He appeared | tent,” said Green. friendly to both sides.” “He must be a deuce of a fellow,” femarked Bazz. ; | facts as to its true worth.” Read “The | Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s | factured and may thereby know the a Reason.” . Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, a"d full of human interest aad OF TELEPHONE !TS USE IN RAILROAD OPERATION IS AT HAND. Practicability of Innovation Seems As . sured—Development of Teleg- raphone System Willi Do Much to Forward It. That recently enacted laws affect. img the hours of labor for railroad: employes may re- sult in the substi tution of the tele- phone for the tele- graph in railway! operation is as- serted editorially; in the Railway Age, says the Lit- erary Digest. Such laws, the writer tells us, have within the year been enacted by congress and by the legislatures of eight states. For telegraphers Wisconsin limits the con- secutive hours of service to eight, West Virginia to from eight to twelve, and the federal law to nine for day and night stations and to a maximum of 13 (for not more than three days ber week) for day stations, Says the Age: “The necessity of providing addi- tional operators, which is now im- posed by reason of these statutory limitations as to permissible hours of labor for telegraphers, presents a seri- ous problem for railway officials in charge of operation, and in seeking a solution the telephone will undoubt- edly receive very serious considera- tion. Several systems, including the New York Central, the Pennsylvania, and the Union Pacific, have estab- lished schools of telegraphy in order to educate operators. Other roads have had recourse to the telephone as an auxiliary, and the Pennsylvania and New York Central as well have made | much improved. experimental installations. The prac- aa eran e. all my : * A who are troubled as I was,” train-dispatehing has greatly jucreased | ¢,PERUMA, TABLETS: Some people pre fer tablets, rather than medicine in a by the development of the telegra-| fluid form, Such people can obtain Peru- phone system, which, by providing se-| na tablets, which represent the medici- lective devices in connection with the | nal ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet telephones and the Morse instruments, | &@uals one average dose of Peruna. permits the use of one circuit for the Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative, simultaneous communication of tele- Bowne and telephonic messages. The | Manufactured by Peruna Drug Manu- HEALTH VERY POOR— RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA. Catarrh Twenty-five Years— Had a Bad Cough. Miss Sophia Kittlesen, Mllinois, U. S. A., writes: “TI have been troubled with catarrh for nearly twenty-five years and have tried many cures for it, but obtained Yery little help. ‘Then my brother advised me to try Peruna, and I did. ‘My health was very poor at the time I began taking Peruna. My throat was very sore and I had a bad cough. «‘Peruna has cured me. The chronic catarrh is gone and my health is very Evanston, outhern Pacific system has now on| facturing Company, Columbus, Ohio. he Sacramento division 25 station Sr Sr a a Pere DnOOeF these are at points rom: 30' to 40 miles apart, and from, the stations so equipped communica- tion may be had with intermediate stations by telephone. Also train crews may communicate with the op- erators at telegraphone stations by connecting telephone instruments car- ried in the baggage-car or caboose with the telegraph wire by means of a fishpole device, such as used on many interurban electric roads. The advantages in permitting the employ- ment at intermediate stations of sta- tion agents who are not telegraph op- erators are apparent, and the system, which has been in operation for about 18 months, has been found to work satisfactorily in every way. One dis- advantage sometimes urged against telephony as a means of directing train operation, namely, that a very large portion of sounds heard over a teleplione are unintelligible, except in connection with the context, is found in practice to be of no importance, since train orders aré stereotyped in form and the knowledge of the hearer as to the general subject of the mes- sage causes that association of ideas which is: necessary for ready compre- hension of what to one not familiar with the work might be unintelligible sounds, and experience has demon- strated that, with the same rules as regards the repetition and checking, train orders may be transmitted by telephone with the same degree of pafety as by telegraph.” Nothing Proven. “Did you ever have a premonition that something was going to happen?” “Often.” “Aha!” “ But it never happened.” WALK 2450 MILES BIGGEST WEST TO EAST WALK EVER ACCOMPLISHED. Win Fifteen Hundred Dollars. Over mountains and through snow, through wet, slush and mud, freezing at times, and oppressed by heat at others, William Jackson and R. T. Hay, two sturdy Scotchmen, walked every mile of the way from Seattle to Chi- cago, just arriving within a few hours of the time limit, thereby winning a purse of Fifteen Hundred Dollars given by the Seattle Athletic Club, for ac- complishing this feat within the pre- scribed time. Jackson and Hay left Seattle with but Five Dollars in money, were obliged to earn their way as they went and leave no unpaid bills, and complete the journey in ninety days. . An interesting incident in connec- tion with the walk, was that each of the contestants wore a pair of the well-known Mayer shoes, that neither ripped nor lost a stitch during the en- tire trip of 2450 miles—the hardest test any shoes could be put to—speaking volumes for the extraordinary wearing qualities of the shoes manufactured by the F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co., Mil- waukee. First Dining Car. “Just 40 years ago,” said T. C. New- ton, a Chicago railroad man, “the Chi- cago & Alton railroad put on the first dining car ever operated on any rail- road train in the world. This was on the run between Chicago and St. Louis. If that car could be exhibited now it would create universal merri- ment. It had oilcloth table covers, the seats were screwed to the floor, and its illumination depended on can- dles. “Think of the contrast between that primitive affair of 1868 and the mod- ern dining car, finished in solid ma- hogany, with gorgeous furniture and a menu as elaborate and cooking as Wainty as that supplied by any of the foremost hotels of America. Verily, we have been ‘going some’ in the four decades that have gone by since the first crude experiment.” He Got Off. “Please, sir, me grandmudder is dead——” “Tell a new one, Jimmy.” “Dead anxious to have me take her to de ball game to-day.” Saved From Being a Cripple for Life. “Almost six or seven weeks ago I became paralyzed all at once with rheumatism,” writes Mrs. Louis Mc- Key,, 913 Seventh street, Oakland, Cal. f‘It struck me in the back and extend- 'ed from the hip of my right leg down to my foot. The attack was so severe that I could not move in bed and was afraid that I should be a cripple for life. “About 12 years ago I received a sample bottle of your Linament but never had occasion to use it, as I have always been well, but some- thing told me that Sloan’s Liniment would help me, so I tried it. After the second application I coulda get up out of bed, and in three days ernment is making engineering studies vould walk, and now feel well and for the prolongation of its line to be|pntirely free from pain. {built by the Speyer-City bank syndi-|:; “My friends were very much sur- cate of New York. In July the New|}rised at my rapid recovery and I York syndicate will have finished the |was only too glad to tell them that first section of the Bolivian railway |{Sloan’s Liniment was the only med- under its contract with the Bolivian | icine I used.” | government. H Argentina Railroad Construction. The railroad lines of the Argentine republic have reached the border of Bolivia, 1,200 miles from Buenos Ayres, and as the result of a treaty with Bolivia the Argentine gov- Charity without cheer is likely to leave the world only more chilly. EPILEPSY ITS Spasms orfare Ghildsea thatfows ag, ~ New Discovery and Treatment _ Electric Locomotives a Success. ‘will give them immediate retief, and The New York, New Haven & Hart- Bottle of Dr. May's ford Railroad Company is now oper: ating 42 electric locomotives and it is stated that there is not the least dis satisfaction with the results. Wide Variance in Cost. The average capitalization of the 220,183 miles of railroad in foreign countries is $108,000 a mile. In the United States the average for 222,340 miles is a little more than $58,000 a mile.