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MILKIE, THE PRINTER'S DEVIL i (_ ^ rwOMER ? N*1E UOVOVrtife VNEvi&a* VVO^tt I ^ <^r\Y AvV\M VKOQ.C1 V\ViVt\CL_ mAVNW k ... _ XVJ ^ GOT AVSS \ ,' N, V\t?S V\\P&> Ntx HOO ) I V 9fA?3C> 'VUDOVtf) J\<o We\_W^S> JkS A ^.J ? C. f \\ OUOVCO Nf\ <30\UX^ C^\x V&ttlS \NU?.^; ^ XVteN AWtfC ? \tlV3V\\ ?iovA^jaooM'o ?ou.OF9 ^>\.OOOM VsNVy^DES.^ By Qurlfj Sugliro* *?' Votm Nf\?\;vj>r? L'nx* UOU^tR*, v. Ttcws a Dull Day on Main Street \*)UMUeUk VBKKKK% ^>~V* V ALOK^ v VWOX (50\ut^ KNJ^Kfc \ >i _ Cf^wc? <5?*jMPoe That Hundredth Chance By RALPH ROEDER (Copyright) Pushing the documents away, the king rose as eagerly as a schoolboy jfiven an opportunity to pity truant, and with exactly the same feeling of trepidation tiptoed from his study out into the long corridor. The long cor ridor stretched, softly carpeted and ?11m. <J00 feet or more, connecting the morning-room of the private apart ii. < nls at one end to the blue salon of ?I . stale apartments at the other. The king was alone for the first nine, as lie remembered It, in over two years. He felt a strange thrill. Advancing a dozen steps into the long corridor, he glanced about. It was* a dangerous adventure for the king to undertake, for the year had ?x on one of unsurpassed republican ac tivity. Unrest and revolt hung heav ily in the air about the palace, and even in it. Peril lurked everywhere. To him it was, if anything, a break }n the great monotony. Now hp paused, undecided just what use to make of his short freedom. Whether to go to the blue salon and create consternation among the privy ?.-ounellors und nobles waiting there tov the morning audience, or, to the morning room at the other end and surprise the queen and the three-year old Prince of Lagenda In their post bivakfaet play. Heing always very much more in love with the queen and the prince than with the affairs of state, the king t timed toward the morning room. Almost at the bedchamber corridor, which Joins the long corridor and leads from it to the queen's own rooms, the king in his progress "became aware of another figure slipping niong as fur tlvely as himself and following him. "Well, what do you want?" the king /?ailed quietly. The figure paused in the shadows a moment, then advanced to where the Vug stood. ?'I ? I," he began. But his peasant i?ngue was too thick to furnish the glibly quick explanation needed for the critical moment Suddenly he realized that he had penetrated into tho private apartments of the palace. Tensely, trembling, ho raised his left hand and held tho four fingers straight upright, to Indicate the dominant peo ple. with the thumb crooked inward *nd bent, to represent the fallen king. The king, still keeping gay and ad venturous, and not knowing Just what to do to keep up the pleasant game with this earnest man who amused liiin ho much, held up his left hand, Km, and quite deftly Imitated the queer movements the man had made. It was a great success. "All. comrade!" he exclaimed in a! low, ecstatic voice. Gently but persistently withdrawing j his hand from the Gargantuan grip the kinjr smiled boyishly. The broad man quickly, eagerly, ! continued: "Ah, how the luck Is with | '.is. Without you I would have been j lost. I am comrade Antonio. I am the one who drew the black lot In the ? great meeting at. Nnvotas. Show me : the king's room !" Then the king knew that an assas sin. a revolutionist of the great secret League of Liberty stood by bis side. The king thought quickly, with the boyish smile still lingering on his face, although bis eyes were keen behind it. What methods of escape were open to him? It would be useless to hope to muteh his slenderuess against the broad peas ant in grappling streugth. "Why do you hesitate, comrade?" { the stranger was asking suspiciously. Our oath hinds us to help one nn- j other whenever called upon. Lead IU|. j to the ruler of our land !" The chances were a hundred to one that- the- peasant's great strength would make the attempt only a means of hastening the assassination, but what if it did come to the worst, It would mean but little, for the king had clearly in his mind at that mo ment the image of the Prince of La genda, Just beyond in the morning room, the brave little prince, to whom he hnd been so blithely hastening a moment before. So, still smiling, the king began to draw bark his slender rlghf hand, ready for the blow? to take the hun dredth chance. Slowly, cautiously, imperceptibly, and easily his hand went back, poised for the attack, and It was quite to his hip when a pattering noise, sounding at the end of the long corridor from the direction of the morning-room, caused both men to look toward It. One hundred feet ahead, a shaft of morning surtttght had fallen Into the gloom of the long corridor. The door of the morning room was partly open, nnd.outlined. against it, was the small] sturdy blond figure of the'three-year old Prince of Lagenda. The square-faced man, staring in surprise at the advent of the child, glanced from the father to the son with recognition hovering in his alow eyes. "Eh, comrade, who Is this?" he asked wonderingly, in the patois of the peasant. The king had taken the Prince of La genda by one chubby hand and smiled | his famous, boyish, merry smile rnoro wlnningly than ever. It was nn in stant for which regicides and revolu tionists might have prayed for centu ries. Not only the king, but the four hundrod-year-old Wepsburg dynasty could be wiped out by one stroke. f?ow It was the king's turn to choose his only chance, as the peasant had chosen a minute before. 1 Still smiling very quietly and ge nially, with his eyes looking full into the other man s, his lingers grasping the prince's soft, moist ones .lust a j trirlo tighter, the king said clcarlv and softly : "You asked me to lead you to the ruler of our country, did you not? Well, I will not have to, he has come to us. This is he." He waited for the effect of his words on the blanclied-faced revolutionist, then he continued, still quietly und cor dially : "People call him the Prince of Ln genda, but he Is the real ruler of the kingdom? Would you know how be rules? iJy the purity of his white skin, by the fearlessness of his blue eyes, by the gentleness of his curly hair," the king stopped to finger it lovingly, racked by the thought that it might 1 be for the last time. Our country has been in sore need 1 of one like him for many generations," | he resumed. "There has been neither purity, nor fearlessness, nor gentle- ' ness. Rut God has given them all Undertaking and Embalm ing. I carry, at all Union, a Complete line of Caskets and Funeral Accessories. An EXPERIENCED EMBALMER. Calls Promptly Answered at All Times. % Auto or Horse Urivon lift YliSKS . Phone 163or 116. C. E. Conner. Lewisburg, W. Va. to hliri. He 'will be a kin's: who will be a king Indeed, whether he shall have a kingdom or not. "I, In my few years, have tried to keep ami to better this old land for him, but the Wepsburgs have always bred In steps, one valley between two mountains, I am the valley, Fernando the Easy." Then the revolutionist knew that It was the king, the man he had come to kill, who was talking. And more, that the crown prince, marked by the league as equally doomed, was within his reach. He trembled and shook like a win ter leaf with the agitation of it, but his right hand held tightly over the | lump in his coat. Imperceptibly his baud sank deep er into the pocket. "I drew the black lot in the great meeting at Navolas." he declared coldly. "I came to kill." "Yes. I know," the king replied, his fare still smiling, but the foreboding of desperation in his eyes. "But why? Have you among your revolutionists one man like that?" His free hand pointed to the prince. "Your tongue shows that you are from the north provinces, from Bra tnin. perhaps; you breed steeds on your plains of Bralaln for speed. This man-child has been bred to rule. The white plume that led on the bloody slopes of La Itaza belonged to his great-great-grandfather. The sword thai turned back the French legions at Brassy was held by his grandfa ther. "He will make our land great and prosperous again, and I ask to live my self only that I may leach him and guide him. He alom* can do it, he will be the mountain 1" "A ^hild," grumbled the square fnced man gruffly. "In only eighteen yeftrs he will be of age! What Is eighteen years In the life of a nation? You and I may not enjoy the blessings of it, but our chil dren will. You have children, have you not, Antonio?" The republican's head shook grimly. "There was no bread to feed them? ? why should I have them?" The king's face paled until It held only the wan ghost of a smile. After all, he was but the valley, Fernando tho Easy. The revolutionist was growling some inarticulate words. "I came to kill." he said with peas ant obstinacy. "I drew the black lot In the great meeting nt Navotus." The big muscles of his right arm stiffened, and slowly his hand sunk deeper into the pocket. It reached the lump and grasped it. Then the Prince of I-agenda, be coming suddenly impatient, pulled away from his father and pushed out with his small fist against the stranger's thick leg. "Go away!" he ordered. "My fa ther is to play with me. You are not a councilor ? go with the servants." . He lifted his face fearlessly to the man's brown tine and his clear, blue j eyes flashed with the indescribable ' sureness of four centuries of Implicit command. "(Jo!" he repeated. The peasant's face suddenly went white as chalk, his thick, sturdy legs trembled, his long-bred peasant blood ? the 400 years of obedience? was j turning to water before the pleasure of that Infant royal hand. There was a hypnotic force envelop ing him. the spell of the old Weps burgs, the Wepsburgs of the white plumes and long swords. The in stinct of submission gripped him. He fought it desperately, but the blood told. His hands dropped limply to his sides. "I ? I go." he stammered. "Although it means death outside. They are wnltlng for me. It wns decreed that if he who drew the black lot should not do his task within the week he [ should be marked for death himself, j No, no," he noticed tho king's aglta | tlon. 'It will be useless to try to ! save me. And I am content." He turned to go, bat the king halt ed him, and reaching out his long, white hand, suddenly grasped the broad, brown one. His large, sad, i whimsical eyes, more fitted for a poet ? or a dreamer than for a ruler, were 1 brimming moist. "Good -by? good -by, Comrade An tonio I" he said. "Se?wnn?- of the guard !" He clapped his hands and a guard hurried from a cross corridor. "Safe escort to the palace gatel* His Method. "Why do you encourage your boy to send his verses to tho ronn87lnes? Do you want him to be a poet?" "No; merely want him to get the cone *11 knockcrl out of him." helped to create nation Men of the Pony Express and the Over, land Stage Deserve Place on History's Page. There recently died inl.os" Angeles, I William <*oodiiYg,' reputed to he the last of the famous potty express riders. The present generation knows lit tle about those pioneer times and the wonderful way news was earrled across the continent during the ten years immediately prior to the build ing of the Union and Southern Pacific lines, which met at Promontory Poiut, Utah. In 1S68. Mall and newspapers took front a month to fifty days to cross the continent prior to the estab lishment of the pony express, which began Its service April 1C. 1859, re- 1 during the time to ten days. Relay stations with change of mounts were established at short distances, depend ing upon the topography of the coun try, and each rider would ride at top speed from one to the other, change horses in a trice and go on. Human endurance was pressed to the limit. As an illustration of the speed made, the last message of President Bu chanan to congress, in December, 1SG0, was carried to San Francisco in eight days and two hours. In 18&5 the trans continental telegraph line was com pleted and all news thereafter went by wire, except such as the papers on the coast clipped from eastern papers fwhlch arrived by mail. When the rail roads were completed both the pony express and the later overland stage went Into the discard, remaining, how ever. on short tributary routes for a number of years, some for many years. There are many tales told of the daring and nerve of those hardy and courageous drivers of the stages, passing, as they did, fearlessly through hostile Indian country and not infre quently suffering death at the hands of war parties, in spite of the efforts made by the government to give theiu military protection. These are of the same character of tales which mark the progress of American civilization, from Plymouth Rock to Seal Rocks, In subduing the wilderness and creating a great natiou. Overheard at the Movies. His wife had a severe headache, and was sadly In need of quiet, so husband said he would take their small daughter to the movies, and for her to retire early. It was all one to him. as he had not consulted any program, und they en tered the first theater in their path way, an unfortunate selection, for it was one of the sex-problem plays, the principal characters uncongenial and seemingly with good grounds for di vorce because of Incompatibility. The little maiden, after u time, caused a titter of laughter among the audience near her by saying in a shrill little treble: "She doesn't seem to like married life, does she, papa?" The play proceeded and after an ap pnrently violent outburst of temper on the part of the feminine star, the little girl's voice again rent (lie air wlth:j "Mainma acts just that way some- ! times, doesn't she, papa?" He did not wait to see or hear more, | but hastily left while the lights were subdued, and the next time lie will so-' leel a comedy. ? Indiaeupolis News. I Question of Speed. "lias die automobile revolutionized farm life?" "It certainly has," replied Mr. Cob ides, with a siuh. "It has made farm work easier to do. I suppose." "Yes, but harder to got done. After a hired man has discovered he can travel 50 miles an hour in a flivver you can't convince him that driving a tractor bears any resemblance to a joy ride." ? Birmingham Age-Herald. Must Hire His Own Help. A man who was house hunting dis covered the kind of home he wanted. The door was opened by a pretty par lor maid. He asked her aome ques tions nervously, for he waa a timid man. Presently, remembering the servant problem, he said: "And are yon to be let with the house?" "No," answered the mnld; "If yon plenae, sir. I am to be let alone." ? London Tit-Bits. Would Be Time Wasted. As one of the laboring class (Ye gods, how the money rolls In!) we are not keen personally for the Idea ex pressed In the following lines even though we print them : "I would like to get a few dnya off to get married, sir." "Why didn't you get married dnr 1ns your vacation?" "T didn't want to *pol! rny vacation In that way, sir."? Ronton Transcript i JURORS AND TRIAL LAWYERS | Men Who Render the Verdict Said to Have a Distinct Influence Over the Counsel. I . Juries differ widely. - Charles Itus sell used ? to say, for. Instance, that there was all the difference lu the world between English and Irish . Juries, remarks the Manchester (Eng.) Guardian. Irish juries enjoyed the fun and the drama of a trial; they entered Into It all and appreciated the cut and thrust; whereas English Juries were concerned more with won dering how soon they would be re leased. Hut there is a characteristic com mon to all Juries. They have quite as much inlluence, though in a different way, over counsel as counsel have over them. One of the greatest of advocates, Scarlett, Lord Ahlnger, de clured that his success was due chiefly to the rule he mude of selecting one particular Juryman, not necessarily the foreman, and addressing the argument as if Lo him personally. He would then work away till he felt that lie had convinced this man and could re ly on him when the verdict was being considered. , African Seeds. Sixteen hundred of seeds and plants of African fruits, vegetables, grains and llowers not common to this coun try have been sent to the United States Department of Agriculture for a test as to their adaptability to Amer ican soil us a result of a trip made by Dr. 11. 1.. Shantz, as agricultural ex plorer. Dr. Shautz accompanied the Smithsonian-African expedition which made a tour of Interior Africa from Cape Town to Cairo, penetrating the Orange Free State, the Transvaal, the Kongo, East Africa, the Sudan and Egypt, with side trips to other parts of the continent and adjacent islands, j Among the many new crops, one that Is viewed with interest is h gourd two feet long, whieli contains two gallons of succulent seed about the size of an almond. The meat of these seeds resembles that of the but ternut in taste, and, in addition to their possibilities as a nut substitute, they are rich In oil. Many new kaftir corns and sorghums, as well as grasses, suitable for the semlarid West, as well us the pine lands of the South, some excellent new mangoes, a number of oil plants, some dry-land rice, and a large number of grains and grasses are among the specimens. The depart ment lias found that several crops which flourish In central Africa are adapted to the southern purts of the southwestern United Stutes. The Amerlcau-Egyptlan cotton and Sudan grass are among the noteworthy ac quisitions as u result of previous ex peditions. Giant Eels. | il is said there are eels no one can i land. Some years ago a giant conger . was caught In shallow water off the ] shores of England. It measured S feet j H inches in length and weighed I IS pounds. Congers half that size have been known to bile a man's hand in two and lo have driven their teeth through the blade ol" an oar. In l'.H.'l Kakanamsku, the champion | swimmer of Honolulu, was attacked I by a giant eel, which dragged him under water, and held him there for nearly two minutes, lie escaped at last, but at the cost of a finger from | his right hand. Eels attain an immense size in the rivers of New Zealand and have been known to attack bathers. In fact, many cases of drowning have been proven to be where eels have dragged the bathers lit'ueatli the surface of the water. SCENE OF MAJESTIC BEAUTY Table Mountain, for Many Reasons, la Superior to Any of the Earth's Great Peaks. J i I have seen many- flat-topped kopjem. iu Africa. 1 have seen the bare and golden Atlas range drop away into the golden sands of Mogador, but I have never scon anything resembling Its mighty mass which Is the dom inant, the royal fact of the Cape Be ninsula. ... It Is by virtue of its mass and the colossal buttressed cliffs which form its walls that Table ! mountain is majestic, as also by th? abruptness of its rise from the visible sea-level. The height of inland moun tains is a matter of faith rather than sight ; but this mountain, like Etna and the l'eak of Tenerlflfe and others whose roots are in the sea, announce* Its stature at once to the eye. It rises tnore immediately from the sea than either of these, yet not so Immedi ately as it appears to do when seen from the bay. It throws out towurd the ocean low spurs of mingled rock and green banks. In spring these grassy banks are all set with tlowers. Among them Is ? pretty white flower, about the size of a narcissus, though different in shape, of which I have seen a bouquet in England, many weeks after It had been gathered at the Cape, standing in a vase without water and still quite fresh. . , . - ? Margaret I.. Woods. NEED FOR BALANCE WHEEL Courage Is, of Course, a Magnificent I Thing, But Should Be Regulated by Prudence. Courage is an indispensable quality in our success; but if it is not hal I anced and regulated by prudence It will run away with us and lead us into | all sorts of foolhardy things. Boldness is a great quality when It is held In check by proper cautiousness and guided by good judgment. I know a man whose courage la very much over-develoi>ed and his faculty of caution is very deilclent. He doe* not know what fear means, and ho plunges into all sorts of foolish oper ations which do not turn out well, and he, is always trying to get out of things which he had gone into hastily. If his prudence had been equally de veloped with his courage, with his bold ness, he would have made a verj strong man. Futile endeavors, half-hearted ef forts never accomplish anything. It takes the fire of determination, en ergy, push, and good judgment to ac complish that which counts. It is the well-balanced enthusiastic man with fire in his blood, and ginger In his brain, who makes things move and achieves the seemingly impossible. ? Denver Catholic Register. T ransgresgion. The youthful Softleigh seemed so depressed that his friend Morelelgh was moved to ask the reason. "Alice has broken our engagement,** said In- of the downcast look. "Sorry hear t ha! said the friend. "Why did she break il?" "Because I stole a kiss." "What ! A liaMcee object to her fel low stealing a kiss from her!" "The trouble was." Softleigh ei ! plained, "I didn't steal it from her." Information Bureau. A man sent his bumptious son to col lege and in a month or so wrote in quiring how lie was getting along in the grind of knowledge. He got thla characteristic reply: "Fine. Write often and ask me any thing that puzzles you." ? Everybody'# I Magazine. i "THE BEST COUNTY ? NEEDS THE BEST SCHOOL." $75,000 FOR SEMINARY DORMITORY. o ? FEED--- FLOUR. We can take Care of your NEEDS in any quantity and at the RIGHT PRICE. We follow the Markets; others follow Us. Exeh ange your Wheat for Limestone Flour. Guaranteed to b?* the Best Flour milled in Greenbrier County. Cne Trial will Convince You. Hayes Feed and Flour Co. Lewistaurg, W. Va.