The Canadian Valley News. (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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NIGHT LONG
Painful Experience of Mrs.
Stephens. Husband Tries in
Vain to Obtain Relief.
SYNOPSIS.
The scene at the opening of the story Is
laid in the library of ----------
southern plantatii
iern plantation,
ony. The place Is
history and that
Qulntards, Is the
Jonathan Crenshaw.
old worn-out
known as the Bar-
to be sold, and its
of the owners, tne
subject of discussion by
----- -'.an,
etranger known
Yaney. a farmer, w
Hazard, a mysterio
•outhern family.
Yancy tells he
thanlel Ferris buys
Quintards deny any
boy. Yancy to ke<
aB.ha':rc1,r:r3Sa.rn"o"
-,al Wi
farmer, when Hannlb.
on he adopi
th
ayne
child of the old
es his appearance,
opted the boy. Na-
:ie Barony, but tne
ards deny any knowledge of tne
^uyrre^naCyfr.tendkofP
rr Murren's^agervt.
Balaam, and 1b discharged wlth £??*., of
the plaintiff. Betty Malroy. a *rtl*n2 ""
the Ferrises, has an encounter ^th Cap
tain Murrell, who forces his attentonson
her, and Is rescued by Bruce Carrington
Betty sets out for her Te
the same
tli her ^Tennessee I'0"1®-
stage. Yancy
rrell on
e home
Tier, and is rescue!
3etty sets out foi
Carrington takes
fhei^trsB.'^Han'niba, arrives ac ™ =
of Judge Slocum Price. Th® f'1,?. In ofd
hires in the boy, the grandson of ao 01
sappear, with Mur
nibal arrives at th
SET friend «!l
S. Cw«^q.y°nae£ 2-
iraBke?.eJaAainBetVLrnfhSf:rjr»es
= a'WSSR again. Wrrel. aXg
rive in Belle Plain. I* SjJeara-
Price
ng up
rive in xseuw rmm. ■“* j
■takes. Yancy awakes from long a
less sleep on board the raft. Juag
makes startling discoveries in look!
tand titles.
(CHAPTER XII—(Continued).
"So your sister doesn't like me.
Tom—that’s on your mind this morn-
ing, Is It?” Murrell was saying.
"Make It worth my while and I'll
take her off your bands," and Mur-
rell laughed.
Tom fe.vqred him with a sullen
atare.
There was a brief silence, during
-which Murrell studied his friend's
lace. When he spoke, it was to give
the conversation a new direction.
"Did she bring the boy here last
night? 1 saw you drive off with him
In the carriage."
“Yes, she makes a regular pet of
the little ragamuffin."
"Is the boy going to stay at Belle
Plain?” Inquired Murrell.
"That notion hasn’t struck her yet,
for I heard her say at breakfast that
she'd take him to Kaleigh this after-
noon."
"That’s the boy 1 traveled all the
way to North Carolina to get for
Fentress.”
“Kh—you don't say?" cried Ware.
“Tom, what do you know about the
Quintan) lands; what do you know
about Quintard himself?" continued
Murrell.
"He was a rich planter; lived In
North Carolina. My lather met him
when he was In congress and got him
to Invest In land here. They had
some colonization scheme on foot—
this was upward of twenty years ago
—but nothing came of it. Quintard
lost Interest."
“And the land?"
"Oh, he held on to that.”
"Quintard has been dead two years,
Tom, and back yonder In North Caro-
lina they told me he left nothing but
the home plantation. The boy lived
there up to the time of Qulntard's
death, but what relation he was to
the old man no one knew OlThand.
Tom, I'd say that by getting hold of
the boy Fentresa expects to get hold
of the Quintard land.”
That's likely," said Ware; then
struck by a Budden Idea, he added,
"Are you going to take all the risks
and let him pocket the cash? If It's
the land he's after, the stake's big
enough to divide.”
“He can have the whole thing and
welcome. I'm playing Tor a bigger
stake.” His friend stared at him In
astonishment. “I'm licking a specula-
tion Into shape that will cause me to
be remembered while there's a white
man alive In the Mississippi Valley!
Have you heard what the niggers did
at Hayti?”
"You let the niggers alone; don't
you tamper with them,” said Ware.
He possessed a profound belief In
Murrell's capacity.
“Look here, what do you think 1
have been working for—to steal a
few niggers? That furnishes us with
money, but you can push the trade
too hard and too far. The planters
are uneasy. The Clan's got to deal a
counter blow or go out of business.
Between here and (be gulf—" he
made a wide sweeping gesture with
bis arm. "1 am spotting the country
with my men; (here are two thousand
active workers on the rolls of the
Clan, and as many more like you,
Tom—and Fentress—on whose friend-
ship I can rely."
“Sure as God, John Murrell, you
are overreaching yourself! Your
white men are all right, they've got
to stick by you; If they don't they
know It's only a question of time un-
til they get a knife driven Into their
ribs—but niggers—there tsn't any
real fight In a nigger, It there was
they wouldn't be here.”
' Yet you couldn’t have made the
whites In Hayti believe that,” said
Murrell, with a sinister smile.
Ware, feeling the entire uselessness
of argument, uttered a string of Im-
precations. and then fell silent.
'Well, how about the girl, Tom?"
asked Murrell at length. "Listen to
me. Tom. I’ll take her away, and
Belle Plain Is yours—land, stock and
niggers!” said Murrell.
Ware shifted and twisted In his
seat.
“Do you want the land and the nig-
gers? I reckon you’ll have to take
them whether you want them or not,
for I'm going to have the girl.”
CHAPTER XIII.
Bob Yancy Finds Himself.
Mr. Yancy awoke from a long
dreamless sleep; heavy-lidded, his
eyes slid open. For a moment he
struggled with the odds and ends of
memory, then he recalled the fight at
the tavern, the sudden murderous at-
tack, the fierce blows Slosson had
dealt him, the knife thrust which had
ended the struggle. Therefore, the
bandages that now swathed his head
and shoulders; therefore, the need
that he should be up and doing—for
where was Hannibal?
Suddenly a shadow fell obliquely
across the foot of his narrow bed,
and Cavendish, bending his long body
somewhat, thrust his head In at the
opening. He found himself looking
Into a pair of eyes that for the first
time In many a long day held the
light of consciousness.
"How are you, stranger?" he de-
manded, In a soft drawl.
"Where am I?” The words were
a whisper on Yancy’s bearded lips.
“Well, sir, you are In the Tennes-
see river fo' certain. Polly! you jest
step here.”
But Polly had heard Cavendish
speak, and the murmur of Yancy's
In her wake came Connie with the
baby, and the three little brothers
who were to be accorded the cher-
ished privilege of seeing the poor gen-
tleman eat. Cavendish presented him-
self at the opening that did duty as
a door.
"This looks like bein' alive, strang-
er.” he commented genially.
"You-all ain't told me yo' name
yet?” said Yancy.
"It's Cavendish. Richard Keppel
Cavendish.”
“My name's Yancy—Bob Yancy.
Mr. Cavendish exchanged glanceB
with Mrs. Cavendish.
“Stranger, what I'm a-gotn' to tell
you, you’ll take as bein’ said man to
man,” he began, with the Impressive
air of one who had a secret of great
moment to Impart. "Ever hear tell
of loros?"
“No." Yancy was quick to notice
the look of disappointment on the
faces of his new friends.
"Are you ever heard of royalty?
and Cavendish fixed the Invalid's
wandering glance.
"You mean kings?"
“I shore do.”
Yancy made a mighty mental effort.
-‘There’s them Bible kings ” he
ventured at length.
Mr. Cavendish shook his head.
"Them's sacred kings. Are you fa-
miliar with any of the profane kings,
Mr. Yancy?”
"Well, taking them as they come,
them Bible kings seemed to average
pretty profane" Yancy was disposed
to defend this point.
"You must a heard of the kings or
England. Sho', wa'n't any of yo' folks
In the war agin' him?"
“I'd plumb forgot, why my daddy
fit all through the war!" exclaimed
"My grandfather Bald he never
knowed a man with the same aver-
sion agin labor as his father had.
Folks put It down to laziness, but they
misjudged him, aB come out later, yet
he never let on.
"Then one day he got his hands on
a paper that had come acrost In a
ship from England. All at once, be
lit on something In the paper, and he
started up and let out a yell tike he’d
been shot. 'By gum, I'm the Earl of
Lambeth!' he Bays, and took out to
the nearest tavern and got b'llln’ full.
Afterward he showed 'em the paper
and they keen with their own eyes
where Richard Keppel Cavendlstx
Earl of Lambeth, had died In London.
My great grandfather told 'em that
Pontotoc, Miss.—"All night long,”
nays Mrs. P. G. Stephens, of this
place, "I would suffer with my back,
and I had such dragging down pains
I could not stand it to walk or ride,
for It would put me In bed.
My health had been had for two
years. My husband got the beat doc-
tors that he knew, but their medicine
did me no good.
I used Cardui, the woman’s tonic,
and It put me on my feet again. I
am feeling as well as I did when I
was 16 years old.
I used about 7 bottles In all, and
Cardui has helped me more than any-
thing that I used.
I took lots of other medicines, but
they did me no good.
As long as I live, I won’t be with-
out Cardui in the house.”
As a remedy for weak, tired, worn-
out women, who suffer from any of
the aches and pains caused by wom-
anly troubles, Cardui has been proven
safe and reliable.
Composed of gentle-acting, herb In-
gredients, Its action Is mild and natur-
al, and It has no bad after-effects. It
Kidney Trouble Caused Terrible
Misery.
Mrs. J. S. Downs, 219 N. Sixth St.,
Chlckasha, Okla.. Bays: "My back
across my kidneys became so lame I
‘could hardly move. My limbs cramp-
ed and stiffened and
I felt completely
worn out. Nervous-
ness and headaches
kept me In an un-
strung condition and
frequent passages of
the kidney secretions
added to my discom-
fort I »as soon re-
lieved, tavwever, after
I began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills and when I had used
four boxes, I felt like another woman.”
"When Your Back Is Lame, Remem-
ber the Name—DOAN'S.” 60c all stores.
Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
home there was several couslus—but
was his uucle; that when be left j jg’ therefore harmless for young or old.
I it has helped others, and should
I certainly help you, too.
Try It.
to him. He never done a lick of work
after that.
“I’m an orphan man of title now I s. B.—Write toi Ladles' Advisory
It's been my dream to lake Polly |
and if s oeen my u.oam w —i * I Special -------
and the children and go back to Eng- i t|ona nnd ov-paae b0ok, “Home Treat-
lanH or, A ooo tho iliniF Ilhdllt 111 V title. I ....... t f.>e Women.” Bent 111 l>lain wrap*
The Largest Bells.
"Great Paul,” the bell of St. Paul's
Cathedral, In London, weighs nearly
17 tons and la nearly 30 feet around.
The first "Big Ben” of Westminster
was cast more than 60 years ago and
weighed more than 14 tons. But "Big
Ben” had a crack and was cast over,
losing some weight, and the clapper
was made smaller, now being about
600 pounds Instead of a ton. The
great bell, “Peter of York,” cost $10,-
000, weighs about 13 tons and Is 22
feet in diameter.
The largest hanging bell In the
world Is In the great Buddhist monas-
tery near Canton. It Is 18 feet In
height and 40 feet In circumference,
being cast In solid bronze. This Is one
of the eight monster bells that were
cast by command of Emperor Yung
Lo about A. D. 1400. It cost the lives
of eight men, who were killed In the
process of casting.
land and see the king about ray title. ! ment for Women,'
Don't you reckon he's got the notion i per, on reqnent.
the Cavendishes has petered out?"
Mr. Yancy considered this likely.
The furious shrieking of a steam-
All He Wanted Was Juat Plain Egga.
A youth entered one of the “ham-
pa^t’.TbTs^rekTIn “upo'n 'them. | m?™" on Grand ^avenue «d
“It's another of them hawgs. want-
in' all the river!” said Mr. Cavendish,
and fled to the steering oar.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Judge Sees a Ghoet,
Charley Norton’s good office* did
not end when he had furnished Judge
Price with a house, for Betty required
of him that he should supply that
gentleman with legal business as
well.
Thus it happened that Judge Price,
before he had been three days In
Raleigh, received a civil note from
search the
ordered eggs. "Up or
the man behind the counter. ”1 Just
want eggs,” replied the prospective
diner. “But do you want them up or
over?” repeated the waiter, and again
the guest asserted that he desired
"only eggs." The third time the party
of the second part Insisted on his
query, whereupon the patron, with a
sigh of despair, said “I guess I'll take
a steak."—Kansas City Star.
Paxtlne Antiseptic sprayed Into the
nasal passages Is a surprisingly suc-
cessful remedy for catarrh. At drug-
gists, 25c a box or sent postpaid on re-
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co., Boston, Mass.
Appropriate.
Willis—Why do you call your me
chine a “Bhe?"
Glllls—It Is said to be the “last
word” In an automobile construction.
—Judge.
Lumbago, Rheumatism and Chilblains
There is nothing that gives so quick
benefit as Hunt’s Lightning Oil. The
very minute It Is rubbed on the lm-
. .. Drovement is noticed. For over thirty
Mr. Norton asking him to search the j P tWg LlnlmeDt has been acknowl-
title to a certain Umber tract held by ' d d to be tbe best for these troubles,
one Joseph Quaid. The Judge, power- j Bvery druggist will recommend 1L
fully excited, told Mahaffy he was be- j prlc^ 25c and 50o per Bottle.
lug understood and appreciated. 1 ——-—-
The Immediate result of Norton's ! His Opportunity,
communication had been to send the j "Going to Wombat’s wedding, over
—judge up the street to the court house, j cm the north side?”
Hit Face Went White and the
voice In reply. Now her head ap-
peared beside her husband's.
"La, you are some better, ain’t
you, sir?" she cried, smiling down on
him. "It's been right smart of a
spell, too; yes, sir, you've laid like
you was dead, and not fo' a matter of
hours either—but days."
"How long?”
“Well, nigh on to three weeks.”
They saw Yancy’s eyes widen with
a look of dumb horror.
"And you don't know nothing about
my nevvy?—you ain't seen or heard
of him, ma'am?” faltered Yancy.
Polly shook her head regretfully.
“Ten or thereabouts, ma'am. He
were a heap of comfort to me—’’ and
the whisper on Yancy's lips was won-
derfully tender and wistful. He closed
his eyes and presently, lulled by the
boft ripple that bore, them company,
fell into a restful sleep.
The raft drifted on Into the day's
heat; and when at last Yancy awoke.
It was to find Henry and Keppel seat-
ed beside him, each solacing him with
a small moist hand. Mrs. Cavendish
appeared, bringing Yancy's breakfast
were
Slipped From His Fingers.
Yancy. The Cavendishes
mensely relieved.
“Now you-all keep still," said Cav
endlsh. “I want Mr. Yancy should get
the straight of this here! The vari-
ous orders ot royalty are kings, dukes,
earlB and lords. Earls Is the third
from the top of the heap, but lords
ain’t no slouch."
"Dick had ought to know, fo' fee's
an earl himself,” cried Polly exultant-
ly.
"Sho,’ Richard Keppel Cavendish,
Earl of Lambeth! Sho', that was what
he was! Sho’!" and some transient
feeling of awe stamped itselt upon
their small faces as they viewed the
long and limber figure of their par-
ent.
“These here titles go to the eldest
son. He begins by bein' a viscount,"
continued Chills and Fever. "It was
my great grandfather come over here
from England. His name was Rich-
ard Keppel Cavendish, same as mine
Is. He lived back yonder on the Caro-
lina coast and went to raisin' tobac-
co. I've heard my grandfather tell
all about it
He would show his client that he
could be punctual and painstaking. j
Entering the court house, he found
himself In a narrow hall. He entered
the county clerk’s office. He was al- j
ready known to this official, whose
name was Saul, and he now greeted j
him.
“A little matter of business brings j
roe here, sir," began the judge, with j
a swelling chest and mellow accents, j
"1 am In some baste to look up a title
for my client, Mr. Norton.”
Mr. Saul scrambled up out of the j
depths of his chair and exerted him- j
self in the judge’s behalf.
"This is what you want, sir. Better i
take the ledger to the window, the j
light In here ain't much." He drew ;
forward a chair as he spoke, and the j
judge, seating himself, began to pol-
ish his spectacles with great delibera-
tion.
"You've set on the bench, sir?” rag- !
gested Mr. Saul.
"In one of the eastern counties, but |
my Inclination has never been toward
the judiciary." He was turning the
leaves of the ledger as he spoke. Bud- j
denly the movement of his hand was
arrested.
"Found ltr asked Mr. Saul But
the judge gave him no answer; he
was staring down at the open pages
of the book. "Found the entryV re-
peated Mr. Saul.
“Eh—what’s that? No—" he ap-
peared to hesitate. “Who Is this man
Quintard?”
“He's the owner of a hundred-thou-
sand-acre tract In this and abutting
counties," said Mr. Saul.
"Who has charge of the land?”
"Colonel Fentress; he was old Gen
eral Ware's law partner. I've, heard It
was the general who got this man
Quintard to make the Investment, but
that was befory my time.”
The Judge lapsed Into silence.
'Not I. 1 was engaged to the girl.
Wombat cut me out.”
“Well, come to the wedding. You
may get a chance to biff him in the
Jaw with an old shoe.”
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that It
Bears the
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
on*
The One Sure Thing.
“We can always be sure of
thing,” said the wise man.
“What is that?" asked the foolish
one.
“That we are never sure of any-
thing."
Wanted to Know.
He—My father weighed only four
pounds at his birth.
She—Good Gracious! Did he live?
WHAT YOU NEED
When the appetite is poor—
When the stomach is weak—
When thebowels are clogged—
When you are run-down—
is a short course ol
HOSTETTER’S
STOMACH
BITTERS
IT TONES—STRENGTHENS—
INVIGORATES
Try a bottle today and be con-
vinced. All Druggists.
We Can and We Do.
“It has been demonstrated that w*
can have plays without words.”
“Yes. Also that we can have plays
without actors.”
TO DB1VE <
I Tax.
TiS'Stf JSSf'WuKS
people *~d chilli-1. cent*.
ess
grown
Rather Dialnterested.
“Let me take your sister apart.”
“Don't. She la all broken up, as
Many a man loses time trying to
explain a mistake that he might util-
ize in making others
A step sounded In the narrow hall, i what
An Instant later the door was pushed
open, and grateful for any Interrup-
tion that would serve to take Mj>.
Saul’s attention from himself, me
judge abruptly turned his back on
the clerk and began to examine the
record before him Insensibly, how
ever, the cold, level tones o»the voice
that was addressing itself to Mr. Saul
quickened the beat of his pulse, the
throb of his heart, and struck back
through the years to a day from i
which he reckoned time. He turned
slowly, as If In dread.
What he saw was a man verging j
on sixty, lean and dark, with thin, |
shaven cheeks of a bluish cast above |
the jaw, and a strongly aquiline pro- |
file. Long, black locks swept the col \
lar of his coat, while his tall, spare j
figure was habited in sleek broadcloth i
and spotless linern For a moment the
judge seemed to struggle with doubt, |
then his face went white and the book j
slipped from his fingers to the wla- |
dow ledge.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
A QUARTER CENTURY
BEFORE THE PUBLIC
Over Fhre Million Free Samples
Riant Away Each Knar.
The Constant and Increasing
Sales From Samples Proves
the Cenulne Merit ot
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AI.LEN S. OLMSTED. ItROY.N.Y.^
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Readers
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« Several months ago I suffered from a severe pain right
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rag
liver. I did not dare to eat as 11 made me worse. When-
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