Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1905 — Page 3

WITHOUT A TRIAL

By FORBES DWIGHT

It was nearing sundown when the two riders began to descend the last long slope that led to the ranch house. The sky was cloudless, and to the east It shaded into a deep violet. The sun, poised Just above the ragged line of mountains, sent feeble, ghostlike shadows wabbling vaguely before them, and all about them hung a pall-like cloud of fine powdery dust thrown up by their horses’ hoofs. Halfway down the slope the girl turned in her saddle to look back at the dull blue of the mountains looming gaunt and forbidding against the sky. “They are up there somewhere, you say?” she asked. The man gave a nodded assent. “And when they get them what will they do to them?” she went on. The man’s face grew stern. It was a bronzed, kindly face. Shp never before had seen those tight, harsh lines about the mouth. “Perhaps those chaps will get away again,” he said evasively. “They’ve managed to elude their pursuers twice before.” “But if they don’t get away,” she persisted, “if they are captured this time, will they”—her voice dropped suddenly—“will they be banged?” “Yes,” he said simply, "Not without a trial, surely?” she protested. “You don’t mean the men who take them would do that?” "You don’t understand it,” he said quietly. “These cattle thieves are growing bold beyond endurance. It is impossible to convict them because they and their kind control the courts here. And because of this state of affairs it is necessary to adopt primitive, even seemingly barbarous, methods to Intimidate them.” “Would you have a hand in any such murderous proceedings?” she asked, and in her tones there was something which seemed to beg him to deny it “Yes, if I were drawn,” he said gravely. "Drawn?” she questioned, as if for enlightenment. “You see,” he explained, “It was agreed that when the next case of rustling occurred twenty men should

“ONE OF THE LOTS HAS FALLEN TO ME," HE SAID VERY GENTLY.

be selected by lot by the man whose cattle had been run off, much as a jury Is drawn from the venire men.” “And you might be chosen?’ she asked, a sudden fear tightening her throat. “I might be,” said he, “although it is a long chance. There are some 300 men from the various ranches to choose from.” “But you wouldn’t go, of course,” she said. “You’d send one of the men.” He straightened himself In the saddle. The harsh lines about his mouth tightened. “That,” he said, “is something I would not ask another man to do for me.” They rode on for a time in silence. Then the girl gave a little choking sob. “Oh,” she said, “I want to love you, but—but I never could if—if’— “We are straying too deeply into possibilities which are not probabilities,” he said cheerfully. “Come; let’s race the rest of the way back to the ranch.” They sent their horses flying down the slope, and in the excitement of the gallop their recent disturbing conversation faded from the girl’s mind. It did not return to her until late that night, when she heard a commotion outside—the sound of low voices, the footfalls of men, the squeals of horses as they were roped in the corral. Half awake, she lay still and listened. Then came the sound of rapid hoofs. Some one beneath her window was calling her name. She rose and flung the window open. The round disk of the moon, nearing its full, made a dream world outside. The night was vast and bright and still. Two faint stars burned on the northern horizon. Beneath her sat a solitary rider, his hat in his hand, his face upturned. Even before he 6poke she knew what had happened, and her heart cried out against it. “One of the lots has fallen to me,” he said very gently. “Goodby!” And, touching spur to his horse, he galloped into the night. A week later at the ranch some one raised the cry, “Here he comes!” There

was a wild scramble for horses. His two sisters and his foreman went thundering out to meet the solitary rider, who had separated from the group of distant horsemen and who was now heading for the ranch. The girl went to her room and locked herself in. She heard the little cavalcade ride up; she heard the men greet ing him hilariously. She threw herself on to the bed and buried her face in her hands. Late in the evening she stole downstairs and out of doors. She wanted to be alone. As she approached the corral she saw him standing there alone. She saw, too, that his left arm was in a sling. Her first Impulse was to turn and run, but before she could do it it was too late. He had seen her and was coming toward her, smiling—this man with the blood of others on his hands! She stood quite still, trembling from head to foot. “Aren’t you glad I’m back?” he asked lightly, yet with a touch of eagerness in his tones. “You—you found them?” she asked breathlessly. “The rustlers? Yes,” he replied. “They stood us off for a time. We killed two in the night. The other two”— “Don’t! Oh, don’t!” she begged. He drew himself up. “I had best tell you all of it,” he said with quiet force. “We hanged them at the first clump of cottonwoods we passed that evening.” She stood silently looking at him. Her breath came hard, her fingers nervously clasped. He waited patiently, still smiling. “You are hurt,” she faltered, pointing to his wounded arm. “This?” he laughed bitterly. “Ob, it’s merely a scratch. It doesn't matter. The only thing that hurts is what you think of me.” She took a hesitating step forward. She paused, wavered, irresolute, then ran quickly to him. “I am glad,” she declared irrelevantly, “glad, glad!” “Glad of what, dear?” he asked with grave tenderness. “Glad just—Just because of you,” she said in a voice that was half laugh, half sob.

What Was a Yeoman?

The following quotation from Bishop Latimer’s “First Sermon Preached Before King Edward VI.” March 8, 1549, is a good illustration of the meaning of the word yeoman and shows the primitive manners and customs of those times: “My father was a yeoman and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of £3 or £4 by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept lialf—a dezen men; —He had walk for 100 sheep, and my mother milked thirty kine. He was able and did find the king a harness, with himself and bis horse, while he came to the place that he should receive the king’s wages. I can remember that I buckled his harness when we went unto Blackheath field. He kept me to school or else I had not been able to have preached before the king’s majesty now. He married my sisters with £5, or 20 nobles apiece, so that he brought them up in godliness and fear of God. He kept hospitality for his poor neighbors, and some alms be gave to the poor. And all this he did of the said farm, where he that now bath it payeth £lO by year or more and is not able to do anything for bls prince, for himself nor for his children, or give a cup of drink to the poor.”—Notes and Queries.

Nature Study.

The first necessity in nature study is to become acquainted with some locality, say with a farm. It does not matter how small, how commonplace, how near the city—the nearer the better, provided there are trees, water, fences and some seclusion. If your own cabin can be In the middle of such a spot, that is ideal, for there is no make believe when you buy a field or a piece of woods and settle down there to stay. Nature respects you. You have taken her into your confidence. She -will take you Into hers, and in the course of a few seasons, if you will limit the size of your garden, you will begin to discover what a multitude of interesting things come with the place that were not mentioned in the deed. Owning a farm, of course, is not necessary. Sometimes I am quite convinced that for pure and lasting Joy in nature one should not possess an acre. Once you have looked upon land of your own, once you have trodden upon earth that belongs to you, all your Sundays will be spent looking and walking there. The man In the Scriptures who bought a field and lost bls interest in other pleasant things had a real case.— National Magazine.

The Handwriting on the Wall.

At a general election in England a candidate personally unknown to the voters of a certain borough was asked by party leaders to stand for It. He belonged to a good family and was a barrister of promise In London. His path to success was open, as the borough belonged to his party. But when he mounted the platform to address the electors after a sentence or two he suddenly became pale and confused, his eye fixed on a board opposite on which was scrawled with charcoal, “Forty pounds!” He stumbled through a short speech and then hurriedly left the stand. A few days later he rose to speak In another town, and again the mysterious words written In black on the wall confronted him. Again he left the platform and that night retired from the contest for the seat in parliament. Not long afterward he disappeared from public life and retired to an English colony, where he hid himself on a ranch. The words, It was found, referred to a theft committed In his youth, which he supposed had been forgotten.

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FOR THE CHILDREN

The Game of Coffeepot. One player goes out of the room, and the others choose a word that has more than one meaning. The one that Is “it” then comes in and asks each one in turn three questions. In the replies the word “coffeepot” must always be substituted for the word that is to be guessed. To illustrate, suppose the word to be guessed is “rough” (ruff). The guesser approaches one player and asks any question he wishes, something calculated to bring out the word plainly so that he may guess what it is, such as, “Is tliis word spelled in two different ways?” The player must tax his brain for a good answer that will be as noncommittal as possible. He may reply, “A person who is uneducated might spell coffeepot in several ways.” Another question may then be asked, such as, “Is this word anything you can eat?” The player might answer, “A moth is very fond of coffeepots” (this time it Is used In the “ruff” sense). So on till the word is guessed, when the player whose reply gave the suggestion to the guesser goes out of the room. It is an interesting game.

A Barrel Race on Skates. In Canada boys have barrel races, and they are great fun I can tell you. These races are on ice. Ordinary barrels, with their heads removed. are placed at regular Intervals along the race course for about a quarter of a mile. Then, at a given signal, all the boys skate for the first barrel. Many reach It together and, as each skater must pass through all the barrels in order to win. there is quite a scramble for first turn. Sometimes a barrel wheels completely around while a boy is working his way through it, and when he comes out he is so confused that he skates off In the wrong direction. Usually the laugh of the spectators makes him realize his blunder, and he quickly turns about and tries to make up for lost time. It is quite an exciting sport and an amusing one also for the spectators, as the boys and barrels bob about in the most ludicrous fashion. My Lady’s Toilet. Each having taken the name of some article of dress, chairs are placed for all the party but one, so as to leave one chair too few. They all sit down but one, who is called “lady’s maid” and stands in the center. She then calls out, “My lady’s up and wants her shoes," when the one who has taken that name jumps up and calls, “Shoes!” sitting down directly. If any one does not rise as soon as called a forfeit is Incurred. Sometimes she says, “My lady wants her whole toilet,” when every one must jump up and change chairs, and, as there is a chair too few, of course it occasions a scramble, and whoever Is left standing must be lady’s maid and call to the others ns before. How to Give a United States Party. For a United States party decorate the rooms with the stars and stripes and red, white and blue bunting or cheese cloth. < The scheme is to see how many states the guests will be able to recognize by the shape alone. To prepare these nameless maps put a piece of carbon paper over a map and thus make two or three impressions at the same time. Paste these on light cardboard, then cut out the states. Give each person a ten minute trial, then see who has correctly named the most. For a prize a candy box (filled) In shape of Uncle Sam or a box covered with flags for decoration is appropriate. An Arithmetic P»nl«, Ask your friends If they can write down five odd figures to add up and

make fourteen. It Is really astonishing how engrossed most people will get, and how much time they will spend over this, at first sight, simple problem. The questioner, however, must be careful to say figures and not numbers. Here is the answer: 11 1 1 . i 14 A Trick With Checkers. Try this experiment with checkers, and see the astonishment of your friend: A number of the round wooden men used in playing checkers are piled in a column. If the lowest one In the pile is dexterously hit with a paperknife or other suitable article It may be knocked away from under the rest without disturbing the pile. This is explained In this way: The one piece struck is carried away before it can Impart any considerable part of the energy It receives to the pieces above It Climbing: the Hill. Happy Go Lucky and Faint of Heart Set off on a journey with Only Try, And each was ready to do his part While the sunny hours went merrily by. But when the shadows were growing long And the crickets chirping their evensong Up rose, like a barrier steep and strong, A rocky hillside nigh. Said Happy Go Lucky. “Suppose we wait And somebody passing may give us a ride.” "We shall break our necks if we climb so late!" Poor Faint of Heart In a panic cried. But Only Try with a resolute eye Looked up at the hill and the sunset sky. “There Is plenty of time,” said Only Try, “And the moon is full beside." So Only Try, without stay or stop. Went clambering up over rock and root Till he stood at last on the hill’s green top. In a beautiful clearing, with flowers and fruit. But the other two are waiting still. For nobody lives or ever will That can reach the top of the smallest hill By sitting down at the foot! —Home Notes.

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A Good Toilet Soap. For toilet soap dissolve one can of lye in a quart of cold water. Try out five pounds of mutton tallow until perfectly pure. Have the grease as cool as It can be without congealing; then pour it, a few drops at a time and beating constantly, into the dissolved lye. Stir into the mixture four ounces of glycerin and half an ounce of oil of bergamot or oil of lavender, as preferred, or if one does not care for either of these odors use oil of geranium instead, as this gives a pleasant perfume. When all the ingredients are blended, beat in two tablespoonfuls each of powdered borax and ammonia. "Whip hard, line a pan with paper and pour the soap into it New Style Darning Bag. A new style darning bag of cretonne is made in two compartments. The large one, or bag proper, is intended for the stockings and the smaller one for darning cottons. Each compartment has a drawing string of its own. Under a panel of the cretonne, stiffened with cardboard and fastened to the bar at the top, is concealed a pad for needles. The drawing strings are of ribbon. Cleaning: a Decanter. When a decanter becomes so discolored inside that shot or fine coal will not cleanse it fill the bottle with finely chopped potato peelings, cork tightly and let the bottle remain for three days, when the peelings will ferment. At the end of that time rinse the decanter with warm water and the stains will be found to have disappeared.

To Clean Plush. To clean plush furniture or garments proceed as follows: With a block of best magnesia you can buy rub all over, gently working the powder Into every thread. Cover to exclude dust for three days before brushing and beating out the powder. * " Care of Pewter. Old pewter may be cleaned by boiling in strong soda water and brushing well to remove the dirt To polish use a paste made of three parts flour of emery and one part crocus powder mixed tn sweet oil. Finish with dry rotten stone. Care For Coras. Buy a bottle of spirits of camphor; then get some gum camphor and add It to the spirits until no more can be dissolved. This will give relief when all else fails if applied on raw cotton and renewed several times. Nosebleed. Lay sufferer on his back with arms elevated above the head and apply the coldest water obtainable to nose, forehead and back of neck.

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