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.IV HAT HAS GOJiE BEFORE: Kenneth Gwynne, who is on his nay to Lafayette, Ind., to inspect the 'arm lands ho has inherited from his lather, who. many years before ran i way with Rachel Carter, meets his beautiful half-sistpr vinla r.a-vn Her hiothsr'has Just prevented her' .rom eloping with Barry Lapelle, Rho rides a fart of the way with Kenneth and then gallops ahead. 00 OX WITH THE STORY: Tin- :.ry; ra' -n tiiey ijlid seen since entering the wood nestled Mums the scrub oaks of the hill hard liy. The front wall of the hut was literally covered with the pcggcd-up sUins of foxes, raccoons find what were described to Kenneth as : tic libit of "linxes," but which, In reality, were from the catamount. A tall, bewhlskered man, smoking a corncob pipe, leaned upon the rail fence, regarding the strangers with lazy Interest. Kenneth drew rein and inquired how far It was to Lafayette. "'Bout two mile and a half," replied the man. "My name is Stain, Isaac Stain. I reckon you must be .Mister Kenneth (Iwynne. I heerd you'd be along this way some time tills niornin'." "I suppose Mr. Lapelle informed you that I whs coming along behind." said Kenneth smiling. " "I'wuzn't Hurry Lapelle as told me. I hain't seen him today." "I met him back along the road. He was coming this way." "There hain't no other road. I reckon lie turned off Into the wood an' 'lowed you to pass," said Mr. Stn in slowly. "But he was in (treat haste to reach town, lie may have passed when yon were not " "lie didn't piiss this place unless he was astraddle of an eale er somtliln" like that,", declared the other, j;rinnin. "I guess he took to the woods. Mr. fiwynne, for one reason or 'nother, nn' It must ha' been a mighty good reason, 'cause from what I know 'bout Barry Lapelle he allutf knows which way "he's goin" to leap "long 'before he" leaps. He's sorter llke "a painter in that way." "It Is very Ftrange," said Kenneth, frowning. It was suddenly revealed to him that If Lapelle' had tricked him it was because the messenger had brought word from :nt by Here With Her Ma." the farmhouse, and that led lovers might even now fresh plans to outwit t lie other. This fear was inillssipated by the next rei Isaac Stain. It wuzn't him that told u. pardner. It wuz Violy he went by here with her .it I wuz startin off to look (traps 'long about seven fl reckon headed fer town. to me. sez she: 'Ike be n young man nn' n darkv jme ridin' this wsv some ills forenoon an" I want vnn re him a message fer me.', pleasure.' lez I: 'nnviliini" fnsk,' sez L 'Well.' sez she, kills. Fust you ask him ef hit Is Kenneth Gwynne, an' ef he is. then VOU look an' see li a tall feller an' verv cootl'in', without a beard, an' wearblue cape, nn' when you see he answers that descrlotlon. y, you tell hlirf to come an' see as soon as lie c ts to town. ell him It I verv linnortant.' 'All' rlfht,' sez I, Til tell him.'" W4re was her mother nil this time?" "Settln' rleht there In fhs hn beside her. holdln' the relna Wlmra cue wouta sue be?" "Did she gy anything about my coming to see her daughter?" "Nope. She don't talk much, aha don't. You see, she's In uioumLn' fer her husband. I guess be wuz your pa, wuzn't he?" "Yea," said Kenneth briefly. "She wants roe to coma to her bouse?"

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McCUTCHEON V "Well, I thank you, Mr. Stain, You are very kind to have waited so long for me to arrive. I " "Oh, I'd do a whole lot more'n that fer her," said the hunter quickly. "You see, I've knowed her ever since she wuz knee high to a duck. She wuzn't more'n five or six when I brung her an' her folks up the Wabash in my perogue, all the way from Vlncennes, an' It wuz me that took her down to St. Louis when she went to school her an' some friends of her pa's. Skinny, gangling sort of a young 'tin she wuz, but let me tell you, as purty as a picter. I alius said she'd be the purtlest woman in all creation when she got her growth an' filled out, an', by hokey, I wuz right. Got to be movin' along, have you? Well, good-by, an' be a little keerful when you come to Durkee's run bridge. It's kinder wobbly." They were fording a creek some distance beyond Stain's cabin when Kenneth broke the silence that had followed the conversation with the hunter by exploding violently: "Under no circumstances and that's all there is to It. I cannot go to that woman's house. It is unthinkable." They progressed slowly up a long hill and came to an extensive clearing, over which perhaps half a dozen farmhouses were scattered. Beyond this open space thev entered a narrow strip of wood and. upon emerging, had their first glimpse of the Wabash river. Stopping at the brow of the hill, they looked long and curiously over the valley lntowhlch they were about to descend. The panorama was magnificent. To the left flowed the swollen, turgid river, high among the willows and sycamores that guarded the low-lying bank. Far to the north It could be seen, a clayish, ugly monster, crawling down through the heart of the bowllike depression. Presently the travelers came upon widely separated cabins and gardens, and then, after passing through a lofty grove, found themselves entering,, the town itself. .of. !ife anl enterprise greeted them, from, all sides. Here, there and everywhere houses were in process of erection fog cabins, frame structures, and even an occasional brick dwelling place. Turning into what appeared to be a well-traveled road (he afterwards found It to be Wabash street), Kenneth came in the course of a few minutes to the center of the town. Here was the little brick courthouse and the Jail, standing in the middle of a square which still contained the stumps of many erf the trees that originally had flourished there. At the southwest corner of the square was the tavern,. a long story and a half log house, and It was a welcome sight to Gwynne and his servant, both of whom were ravenously hungry by this time. Half a dozen men were standing in front of the tavern when the newcomers rode up. Kenneth dismounted and threw the reins to his servant. Landlord Johnson hurried out to greet him. CHAPTER V The End of the Long Road. ' W ''"VK been expecting you, VV Mr. Gwynne," he said in his most genial manner. ' Step right In. Dinner'U soon be ready, and I reekon you must be hungry. Take the bosses around to the stable, nigger, and put 'em up. Mrs. er ahem ! I mean your stepmother sent word that you were on the way and to have accommodations ready for you. Say, I'd like to make you acquainted with " "My stepmother sent word to you'.'" demanded Kenneth, incredulously. "She did. What would you expect her to do, long as she knew you were headed this wqy? I admit she Isn't specially givento worryin' about other people's comforts, but, when you get right down to it, I guess she considers you a sort of connection of hers, spite of everything, and so she lays herself out a little. But, as I was sayin', I'd like to make you acquainted with some of our leadin' citizens. This Is Daniel Bugher. the recorder, and Doctor Davis, Matt Scudder, Tom Benbridge and John MeCornilck. Before we go In I wish you'd take a look at the new courthouse. We're mighty proud of that building. There isn't a finer courthouse in the state of Indiana or maybe I'd better say there won't be If it's ever finished." "I noticed It as I came by," said the newcomer, dismissing the structure with a glance. "If you w ill conduct, me to my room, Mr. Johnson, "Just A second," broke In the landlord, his gaze fixed on a horseman who had turned Into the street some distance below. "Here comes Barry Lapelle, down there by that clump of sugar trees. He's the most elegant fellow we've got in town, and yoi'll want to know him." "I have mit Mr. Lapelle," Interrupted Keanetb. "This morning, out In the country." "You don't say so!" exclaimed Johnson. The citizens exchanged a general" look of surprise.

"Thought you said he went down the river on yesterday's boat," said Scudder. "That's Just what he did," said Johnson, puzzled. "Packed some of his things and said he'd be gone a week or so.. He must .have got off at Attlca-r:but, no, he couldn't . have got here this soon by road. By glory, I hope the boat didn't strike a snag or rock, or run ashore somewhere. Looks kind of serious, boys." "Couldn't he have landed almost anywhere In a skiff?" inquired Gwynne, his eyes ofl the approaching horseman, "Certainly he could but why? He had business down at Covington, he said." "He told me this morning he had very Important business here. That Is why he could not ride in with me," said Kenneth, affecting indifference. "By the way, IS, he riding his own horse?" "Yes," said Benbridge. "That's his mare. Fancy. He must have landed at La Grange, rowed across the river, and hoofed It up to Fell's farm. But what do yon suppose made him change his mind so suddenly?" "He's working tooth and nail against the Wabash and Erie canal that's projected to run from Lake Erie to the mouth of the Tippecanoe, Mr. Gwynne," said one of the citizens. "But It's coming through in spite of him and all the rest of the river hogs." "I see." said the young man, a grim smile playing about his lips. . He knew that the mare Fancy had been in waiting for her master when he clambered ashore on the river bank opposite J.a Grange, and he also suspectecHhat the little steamboat had remained tied up at the landing all night long and well Into the. morning, expecting two passengers who failed to come aboard. Lapelle rode up at this instant He came straight to Gwynne, smiling cordially. "I see you beat me In. After we parted I decided to cut through the woods to have a look at Jack Moxley's keel boat, stuck in the mud on this side of the river. Happy to have you here with us, and hope you will like us well enough to stay." "Thank you. I shall like you all better after I have had something to eat," said Kenneth. And drink," added Lapelle. It was then that Kenneth noticed that his eyes were slightly blurred aud his voice a trifle thick. He had been drinking. "What turned you back. Barry?" inquired McCorniiek. "Thought you were to be gone a week or" "Changed my mind,'" said Lapelle curtly, and then, apparently

on second tnouglit, added: "I got off the boat at La Grange and crossed over to spend the night at Martin Hawk's, the man you saw with me this morning, Mr. Gwynne. He is a hunter down Middleton way. -i figfc an(j hunt with him agood deal." Without another word, he strode up the steps, across the porch and into the tavern, his head high, his gait noticeably unsteady. "Martin Hawk," growled Matt Scudder. "The orniest cuss this side of h 1. Plain no-good scalawag. Barry'll find it out some day." "I wouldn't trust Mart Hawk as far as I could throw a thousand pound rock," observed Mr. Johnson, compressing his lips'. "Well, come on in, Mr. Gwynne, and slick up a bit. The dinner bell will be ringin' In a few minutes, and I want you to meet the cook before you risk eating any of her victuals. My wife's the cook, so you needn't look seared' (TO BE CONTINUED.) OLD PUEBLO CASTLES STILL STAND IN WEST DENVER, Colo., Sept. 29. Four groups of remarkable prehistoric towers, pueblos and cliff dwellings comprise the Hovenweep National Monument. Two of these groups, in Hackberry and Keely Canyons, are in Colorado; the Ruin and Cajon Canyon groups are across the state line in Utah. Hovenweep is an Indian word meaning "Deserted Valley." In the Ruin Canyon cluster there are eleven different buildings, the largest of which, Hovenweep Castle, has walls that measure sixty-six feet long and twenty feet high. Besides towers and great rooms, this building has two circular kivas, or men'sceremonial rooms, identical in details of construction with those in ruins on the Mesa Verde National Park. -The towers, distinctive features of the Hovenweep ruins, are rectangular, circular, semi-circular, D-shaped and oval, and generally are two to three stories high. Some have single rooms while others have multiple chambers, the latter being a unique type not found elsewhere. Unit Type House, a pueblo having a single centrally-placed kiva compactly surrounded by rectangular rooms, is a pure type pueblo. In the Keely Canyon group five large buildings cluster around the rim of a spur of the canyon or are perched on angular rocks at its base. Even today, after centuries of wear, they show fine masonry, although some of the mortar between the courses of stones has .been washed out. There are small cliff houses in the walls of the canyons below most of the great houses. VETERANS REFUSE TO CONDEMN KU KLUXERS ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 29. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, meeting in convention here, overwhelmingly refused to condemn the Klan when such a resolution was offered by Romanist cohorts. YOUR LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER IS OCTOBER 6

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8 STATES RESTORE PENALTY OF DEATH , . . Increasing Murders Brine-Back GaHows, Once Abaftdoned for Life Sentences CHICAGO, Sept. 29 Is the death penalty, a deterrent to murder and a protection to -society.!;... r. -- Much argument, oyer this is likely to enliven the legislature at Springfield this coming winter. The question .becomes acute aa a restilt e4 the judge's decision' in the Loeb-eopbia case. - ' The old attemnt fn abolfsh rani!. -rpunishinent in . Illincjs--may be re vived, its timely for the ordinary citizen to prime, up on the subject. The experience of other states affords one approach. In the last ten years,- live" states abolished the death penalty and then restored it. The general reason was that crime "had increased. Arizona abolished the gallows as maximum penalty for murder in 1916 and restored it in 1918. Others Restore Penalty - Missouri abolished the death penalty in 1917 and restored it in 1919. The homicide rate had increased from 91 for each million population to 103. Oregon abolished capital punishment in 1911, restored it in 1921. Washington took the death penalty off in 1913 and put it back in 1919, largely due to deeds of violence by the "wobblies."

Tennessee abandoned capital pun-1 ' "c ura- oaca in 1847-its-. last ishment in 1915, re-established it in hanging was in 1837. Wisconsin re1917. I -i te rlPath nenalty in 1853-

Sentimentalists, humanitarians, and others who oppose the death penalty, argue that the increase in crime which impelled these states to put the gibbet back into the list of penalties was due to the war and that it was country-wide. It does not alter the fact that after the tryout, sentiment in these five states changed and the death penalty was regarded as a protection of the social interests. Offer Another Argmuent At least three other states abolished and restored capital punishment years before the war and the crime wave that trailed it. Iowa in 1872 got rid of the death penalty. But six years later that state restrvreil it hv altnwinjr itirifis to fix punishment for murder, which! is eitner death or imprisonment Jor life. In a bulletin in 1917,' the Massachusetts Civic Alliance said: "Murder in Iowa increased very rapidly from 1872 to 1876, until, for this reason, the death penalty was restored." Colorado abolished capital punishment in 1897, but as a result of a lynching outbreak in 1900, restored it in 1901. Vermont repealed the death penalty . ia 1911, except that .'a jury could render a verdict with capital punishment." The' law, however, was supposed to be a complete repeal of capital punishment. " Hanged; Wave Subsides The result, so the Civic Alliance bulletin sets forth, was that in the first year after the repeal, there were twenty murders in the little state of Vermont. But after a jury gave a verdict "with capital punishment" in the Elroy Kent case and sent him to the gallows, the crime wave "subsided almost entirely." "This illustration of Ihe marked effect of the hanging of one man on that state," says the Civic Alliance, was so great that the Vermont legislature in 1913 restored fujl capital punishment by mandate for murder," by an overwhelming majority. Even in Rhode Island, which eliminated the death penalty in 1852, murder increased and violence among lifers in the state prison became so surious that in 1883, capital punishment was partially restored Don't fail to register on October Sixth! OFFICIAL ROBE CASE Your robe is a secret in this case. Genuine leather, $2.25; other styles, $4 and $5 each. YOUR KLAN CARD Carry it with other lodge cards without detection. The invisible card case, 75c and $1.50. Mail Order Shipped Promptly If we have no agent at your Klan, write for proposition. P. 0. Box 711, St Louis, So.. 9-12-tf

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..o aVyKzo.i Lu uiive learnea irom nS5f '-SsfeSS; -thatiia. .death that -it - posMsSea.iiajjteas" - d rent rr .-..i .".j: r.T deter- ... The mere TreKenc!"ofaVif!ii- n. ' honrse,,is not sufljetent fn Itself. TneHauimy oi punishment always, js tX greater - deterrent-of crime ttWR J? severity , of a threatened penalty, 'When combined they are the . . greatest, discouragement of crime. ; -.- J. -- '. Chicago saw this' a few .years ago. The criine"" commission nnintoA rt -that oir April 1, 1920, there were" .135 usi sons awaiting trial lof Tnurder in 3hieago,.and of Ulose 104 were "out on bond," many: of them committing other Crimes.- . ,. - ; - -. Four Judges in thecivll Tcourts volunteered -to- it- in, the; criminal court -until the docket "was cleared. In the trial of these cases twelve were sentenced to hang and twelve to the penitentiary, Then Murders Decreased The effect upon crimes of violence murders, burglaries, and robberieswas electrical. The murder rate was cut in half. " Where there were 330 murders in 1919, there were 190 in 1921. The burglary and robbery rate fell off, and where the police in 1919 received 15,000 criminal complaints, in 1921 they received 10,500, a reducUon of onethird. In eight states capital punishment has been abolished. Michigan was . ...... 1 1. low Maine, in 1878; Kansas, in 1907; i-.-bOta, in 1911; North Dakota and South Dakota, in 1915; Rhode Island, in 1852, although it still applies to lifers who kill raside state's prison. In addition, California abolished capital punishment in 1921 for persons under 18 years of age. The Philippine islands repealed the death penalty in 1911. MANY OHIO KLANSMEN GIVEN K-DUO DEGREE COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 29. The K-Duo degree has been conferred upon thousands of Klansmen all over the Buckeye state within the last two weeks and the national degree team disbanded-at Akron at the close of i'ts tour. From 1,000 to 3,500 candidates received the degree in each city visited by the team and many applications came in too late. It was an nounced that henceforth the K-Duo or second degree of Klan knighthood, will be conferred by state or local teams. On the tour of the national team from six to ten counties composed av district,- and the ceremony took place at a centraMypcated city.

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