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Nazareth Item
Vol. XXVI.
AN   INDIPEHDENT   PAMILY   NEWSPAPER   DEVOTED   TO    LITERATURE,   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL    INTELLIGENCE.
NAZARF.TH, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1916
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•T>o ynu lonu'iuber,' repliwl Win- tbro]), "that I said,, a ihi.v or two af:n. that I shoulilii't be suriirlsod if th^' lost Kold wero lli the ver.v eaiiyuii where we emuped? I claiui iircedeiice of divinutioii, autosufe'gostioii and ritclil of einiiietit d'liuaiii. I sliall not wuhi' my prerogMtivu."
"I never owned oue." said Ovorluiid. "But afore I'll lot .vou come an.v st.vli' ovor uie I'll have oue made with a silk liuln' and di'inonds in the Inittoiis Jest as sui'u as the claim sets to pa.vin' food. Sa.v, pardner, It'.s free frnUl au 1 coarse, I wlslit Collie was here—tli:- ¦ ttle CUHS."
"ColUe'/"
"Uhuh: The Idd I was tellln' .vou about tliat I adopted back in .\lbu quenpie. He's Kot a share in Ihls here deal b.v rishls. Ho Invested his oJKht rollers iiud four bits iu the 'Unnce-^ of m.v flndiu' the stufI'. It was all the eohi lie ha<l at tho timo, 'Vou see, I was eauipiii' up ou the .Moonstone fia a change of nir, and Coilie and uie had a meetin' of the board of disseitors. The board votes unanimous to invest the paid iu rapilal lu a suit of new Jeans for the president, which was me. I got 'em ou now. Vou see, I had fo lye dollied up to lools the part so i could catch a come on and sot me (fnibstake."
"I see," said \Vinthn)p, his ;;r.i.v e.ves
twlukllni;,     '"And   I   wns   the   come on?
"What are you {.'"'ug to do wiUi thoso thiiij_'s'.'" aske,i \\iiilbr<ili afle. they had iuspixted tlic abaiidt.neil camp.   ".Vot liuni t!ie;ir."
"Top; every snap and tie strin;;,' replied Overland, ;:atlieiiiiL' to-cilici the dead jirosilector's re\* clIC i>. "Cau,se why'/ Well, Hilly, if this .laiui ain't liied on—and 1 re<kon it ain't- why, we liles on her aa tlu- ori;,'inal locators. .N'oliody jrets wise to any thing, and It saves the chance of jret- tln' Jumi'e<l. The bunch over there would make It interest in' for us If they knowed we was uoin' to tile on It They'd put up a tisht liy law, ami mebby one not by law.    Sabe?"
"I think so.    (lolm; to burn that lit tie—cr—f'radle arrauirenieiit too?"
"Yep. Sori-j-, 'eau!-e it's wood, and wood Is wood liere.    That  little rockiT
all ritrht, for roikiu' tlieni
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2'A Beautiful New Christmas is Just AheadJi.
t •• 'Vhat can this store do to help you? For the late shop¬ pers we are suggesting many nice things what to get him ior Cbriitmas. Following we mention many nice things together with their values. Unguestionable values that are unexcelled anywere.    We especially emphasize—
•¦|-t'riwips you are  n(.iit.     rou seem
to make a ko of overytliint,' ." ou tackle." "Vep:    I'^oiue  things   I   ninde  g>  si
fast  I  ain't  caught  up  with   'em  .vet.
Vou kuow I used to wonder if u fella's
face would ever coiiie sino itli a; aiu iii
heaven.   That was a spell i'.go.    I aiu'!
lieen worryin' about it none lite'\ .•' "IIow old are you?" ".Me?    I'm  luipgin'   tbirry-live  c o i.
Hut not so dost I can't hear tliirty siN
lopiu' up rigrht smart." "Only   Ihirty live:"   exclaimed   Win
throri:  then  <|iiickly.  "fili,   1   beg your
luirdoii!" "Tliat's nothin'," said Oierland gen
ially.     "It   ain't   the   'thirty-live'   that
makes   me   feel   sore,   it's   the   'only.'
Vou said it all then.    lUit believe inc.
liardhei',   th,.  thlrty-tive  have   I'cii   all
red cliips." "Well, you have iivedl" sighed  Win
throp.
"And come clost to forgettin' to oii<e or twlee. Anyhow, speakin' of lieav en, I'd Jest as soon take my chances with this here mug of mine, what shows I earned all I got, as with one of them thoro dead fish faces I seen on some guys that never done nothin' bel ter or worse than get up for brcak fast,"
TV'inthrop   smiled.     "Ves.     And  yon believe in a heaven, then?"
'From mornin' till niglit. And theu more th.'in ever. Not your kin<i (jf a heaven, or mebby any other guy's. But as sure as you're goln' to eron.se tliem uew boots l)y settln' too elost to the Qre there's soniefliin' uji tliere wludln' up the works regular and scein' that .she ticks right and once In awliil • cliuekin' out old wheels and puttin' In new ones. .lest take a look at them stars! Do you reckon they're ruiKiin right on time and not jumpln' tlie tr.c-;; and dodgln' each other that slick—jest because they was throwe.l out of a star factor.v proniiscus like a shovel of gravel? Sure, there's somethin' run uln' the big works, but whether me or you is goin' to get a look in—golu" to be let hi on it—why, that's different." ¦ WInthrop drew back from tho lire and crossed his legs. He leaned for ward, gazing at the flames. From the distance came the hfiwl of coyotes.
nara anu weu,  out a gai.ie novi nne less.    Incidentally ho thought often of Overland   Ked.    lie  had  searched  the pai'crs diligeiill.^- for a year before he received the Urst letter from Overland. Tho   news   it   eontiUiiod   set   f.'ollle   to thinking seriously of leaving tlie .Moon- stono ran -Ilo ami Joining his old enw panlon in th'.s new venture of gold dig giii'-T, whicii, as'Overland look pains to e.vplaiii, was "[laying bi.g."    IJut tliere was I.oiil.se.   Thiy were great friends They li:id even ridden to town lo.cetliei- an.l attende 1 the little white chur.-h In the eucalyptus grove.    He thought of their ride li.):;:(•,(¦:.ii! l..t.. i'.mi  s-'ct,,! , afternoon.
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name been mentioned in the bunk house, Saunders, discussing horses and riilers in general, listeneil to ("ol¬ lio's account of Overland's escape from the deputy, Tenlow. Then he spoke slightingly of the feat, ciuiniiiig that any man who bad ever ridden range could do as mucli with the right pony. Brand Williams tried to change the subject, for shrewd reasons of his own, liut Collie flamed up instantly. "I got a little saved up." he said, "mebbe .fS<K). Slie's yours if you d.ist to walk a horse, comin' or goin', over that drift that Uod took on the jump. Are you game?"
"I'D! not on the bet," replied Saun¬ ders, "So Overland Hed is a friend of yours, eh?"
"Overland Red could ride where you dassent to walk and drag a halter," asserted (ollie. Then he relapsed to silen<e, a little asliamed in tliat lie had been trapped into showing temper.
Willianis the taciturn astonished the imnk lidu.se by adding: "Tho kid is right. Ued (,'OTdd outride most men. I was his pal once down in Sonora, There ain't a better two gim artist ilv¬ ln'," .Vnd the Icau foreman looked pointedly at Saunders.
Saunders smiled evilly. He had rea¬ son to lielieve that WlUlams had spoken the truth.
A few weeks later Williams, return¬ ing unexpectedly to the bunk house, found Saunders changing his shirt preparatory to a ride to town. The reet of the hoys were already on their
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Bath Robes 3.50 to $6.00 Hosiery 15c to SOc Neckwear 2Sc to $100 Gloves 25c to $3.25 Kn. 'ted MufTlers SOc to $4.50 Suspe.'ders 25c to$l.CO Arm Batids IOc to 2Sc Suits $7.50 to $22.00 Raincoats $5'00 to $12.00 Mackinaws $'1.00 to tlO.OO Overcoats ly-SO to $22.00
Trowsers $1.50 to $S.0O Sweaters 5Pc to 17.00 Suitcases $1.50 to $6.00 Furcaps $2.25 to $7.50 Handkerchiefs 10c to 5Cc Belts 25c to $1,00 Shirts SOc to $5.00 CufTlinks 25c to $1.00 Underwear SOc to $3.50 Pajamas $1.00 to $1.50
TAiiLOIt. CLOTHlM'm. HA.TSJb/l1> FVn/tlSMi/iCJF
tu2 South Main St.,      -      NAZARETH. FA.
Thay    Drew    Naarar    the    Fir*    and Smoked  In the Chill Silence.
>ella babies In and theu out. Tht tiasd that rocks tbat ciadle bard «DOUgb rules the world, as the pote ¦ays."
They worked steadily until evening. Tl»ey staked out their respecttve and •4j«inlng claims, dropped the rusted to«ls in a bottomless crevice and re- iiMT«d the last shred aud vestige of a previous occupancy.
"This here's been too easy," said Overland as he sliced bacon for the evening meal. "When things comes as easy as this you want to watch out i for a change In the weather. We ain't througi) with the bunch yet."
After the evening meal they drew nearer the tire and smoked In the chill silence. The tlames threw strange dancing shadows on the oiiposlte cliff.
Winthroi), n.lndful of ()\erlaud'8 ad¬ vice, sllpiied on his coat as the night deepened, ".\bout your adopting a disguise," he began "I should think you would look well enough clean shaved and dressed in some stylish. rough tweed. I'ou liave tine shoulders and "—
"Hold on, Billy: I'm a Ilvln' statoo, I know. But listen 1 I got to go the limit to look the part. You can't iron the boof marks out uf my mug In a liundred years. TUe old desert and the border towns and the buttle burn •d 'em iu tu stay. Them kind of looks don't go with business clotbea. I got t* look «y-imt like I dlda't know no
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CHAPTER  XII.
Silent Saunders. NE afler another,  in  the course of the two years following Col¬ lie's  arrival,   tlie  old   riders  of the   -Moonstone   rancho   dril'teil away.   There nuiained but Hrand ^\¦ii- Uams,   the   foreman:   (.'ollle   and   the sturdy,   hard   riding   .Miguel,   a  yount: Spanish viiiiuero, who was devoted to but   two   things   In   life,   his  splendid ; pinto pony and the .Moonstone ranch,   I The others had been lured to tlie new . oil  fields  u[) north—to tiie e.Kcitemeiit j of (.;oldlield or to Mexico City, where j eveu   more   excitement   promised.     In their stead <'ame new men- ISud Light. '. Parson  Long.  HUly  I)ime and oue Si- j lent Saunder.s.
Louise  became acQuaiuted  with  the new men while riding with her uncle. ' She was his cuiist.-int companion In thei hills.    One by one tbe new arrivals be- j came devoted to ber.    Iler sincere In  I terest in the ramh work please<l them I and uaturally,  for it  was  their  work j Walter  Stone   was   also   pleased   with | his niece's interest in the detail of the ran.-h  work,    .^he  was as a daughter to him.    Some-day the iiroporty would lie hers.
Kully conscious from  within  herself of   her   deiifiiilence   upon   her   un. le, Louise mauniri'd  to be of inestimable senice.     She   performed   her  self  al lottcsl task-'  without ostentaliuu.    She ha.l   that  rare  quality  of stimulating enthusiasm   among   the  men—enthusi¬ asm for their work and pride in giving faithful   .and   energeth'   serviee—prkle In   accomplishliiir   a   little   more   ea.h day   than   was  asked  or  expcted  of them.   Louise's youth, her l>eauty, her sincerity  iunl.  above :ill,   lier ,".li.^oli;;i slmplicltj'  of mnnner commanded  ad mlratioD and respe. t among the hard . riding  Moonstone  boys.     She  was  to j them a "lady," yet a lady they could i I understand     Hers was a gentle t.\Tau  : By.    .V re.piost  from her v.'as deenieil . a great coniiiliment by Its rcipieut.       i All  of them,  with   the  exieptiou  of j Coilie.   op<'nly   pralsisl   her  horseman | ship,   ber   .|ulet   daring,   her   uuiform • Idndnesfs.    Her  beauty  ha<l ceased   toj be conimeuted upon.    It was acit'iited : fcy  thera  as one accepts the fragrant beauty of  a   rose,   naturally,   sUently, gratefuUy.
CoUle bad gained in height aud breadth of shoulder. Ue no louger •eeded Uislruotlou in managing bmn eho stock, lie loved the life of the hOls—fhe <H»ul, invigorating mornings. tbe keen wind of tbe noon peaks, thi- placidity of the evening as the atars multiplied in the peaceful sky
He became tbat rare quantity .¦imong cowmen, a rider who handled aud mas terad unbroken horses without brutal Ity.   This couiiied heavily for him, Ixith with  Louise  and  Walter  Stone     Men new to tbe range laughed at his meth od   of   "gentling"   horses.     Later  their laughter stilled to envious desire.  La. k lug   his   invariable   jiatlence,   hia   con slstent magnetism, they tinally resnni ed their old methods aud earned domi nance by sheer strength of arm—"main strengtii   and   awkwardn*'«a."   as   Wii llams put it.
"It's easy—for him," comraented Brand Williams, discussing ColUe's al ' most uncanny iiueliing of a vicious, un bitted must:ing. "It'seas.\. You fellas expect a boss to buck aud bite uud kick and lutfalo you generally. Ue don't. Ue don't expect anything liko that, nud he don't let 'em learn how."
"Can you work It that way?" asked BUly Dime. {
".Nope.    I learnwi the other way, and [ the bosses knows It,    I always had to sweat.    Ue s born to it natural, like a gooil eow pony Is."
Aud CoUle looked u|)oa hie work as a gaoie—« tfume that bad to bo olaved
way to the Oro rancho across the val¬ ley. Williams saw two puckered scars, each ubove the elbow, on Saun¬ ders' bared arms.
"That  was  good Shootin',"  said  the foreman. Indicating the other's scarred arms. "Fair," said Saunders gruffly. "Takes a gun artist to put a man ou.; of busilness  that   way  and   not  flnish him," said WlUiams, smiliug. "Cholo mlxup," said Saunders. "And   shootin'   from   the   ground  at that," continued Williams.   "Aud at a fella  on  a   liorse.     Kasy   to  see  that, for both  holes are slantln'  up.    The shootin' was done from below."
Saunders duslied. Ue was about to speak when Williams interrupted hlm. "Makes me lliink of s.mie of Overland Red's—tliat i.s, old Ued .lack Summers' fancy work. I don't know why." he drawled, ami. turning, he left the bunk bouse.
Collie, returning from a visit to the Oro rancho that evening, was met by Williams.    Tbe latter was on foot.
"Drop   Into- my   shack   afU'r   dark," said   the   foreman.     'J'lieii   he  stejiped ¦ iMick into the bushes as the other men • i rode up. I
'    The foreman's interview with Collie i ' tbat evening  was brief.    It loft a lut j to   the   ima'^ination.     "You   said   too i mucli   about  Overlaud   Red   the  oiher , 1 night when you  was talkiu'  to Siieut Saunders," said Williams.   "Ue's tryin' to  liud  out  somethin'.     I  dou't  know wbat he's after.    Keep your eye peeled ard your teeth ou the bit.    That's all." A month  had  passed.    The air was ¦warm and dear, the sky li.tensely blue. Moonstone canyon grew fragrant with budding    flowers.    The    Uttle    lizards came  from  their  winter crevices  and clung to  the suu  waruipid  stones.    .\ covey  of youug 'imiii   tiuttered  along the hillside under the stately surveil¬ lance of  the  mother  bird.     Wild  cata prowled lioldiy on (he southern slopes. 'Cottontails huddled bi'Ueath the grease¬ wood brusli ami nibbled at the grasses. The   canyon   stre;iiii   ran   clear   again nuw  that  the storm   washed  silt  h;id settled.    On the i.u\aks the high winds were   cold   an<i   cunlug.   but   on   the alopes and in the valU-ys the earth was moist and warm.
Louise, humming a song, rode slowly along the Mooustoue canyon trail.    At the "double turn" in the caayou, where dwelt Kcho and ber niyrmiilong, Louise I rode more slowly. j
Dreamint;   F.an..e,  tho <.'obbl«rjt son,   took his tools aad lai^eak Wrought lier shoea of mearleit dye, ahoes as p;ile us snow. Tbey shall If.ul tier wild rostfi fceet all the ! faery  paces, Oanoe-J along the road of lov«. the roaJ | such ft-it .should BO. ;
She sang slowly, (musing affer each llae that the echoes might not blur.
"IJauced  along—along-ihe rvjad—of love, the road—of love—of love," sang , the e< hoes.
Louise smiieJ dreamily. Tlien the clatter of IJoyar's shod hoofs rang uud re-ech<H'd. linally to hush In the gravel of the ford bt'youd.
Why   Louise  thought  of  Collie just then  It would  lie ditllcult to Imagine. Still she bad caught herself noting lit tie   iletalls   associated   with   him   and his work,    Ue brushed his teeth.    Not ail of the other men did.    lie did not chew tobacco.    Oesjilte his l.ick of ear ly training he was naturally neat.    Ue disliked   tilth   Instinctively      His   bits, sjiurs  and   tr.ippiugs  shone     lie  ha.l learned  to  shoe  his  string of  ponies, an art that is fast becoming loat amon^: present day cowmen     WKh Ilttie com ment,    but    faithful    zeal,    he   copied ' Brand Williams.   Tbhi, of course, ilar lered  the tactlturn cowman,   who un   . obtrusively arranged Collie's work so fhat It niiifbt bring the younger man
.ymir.f iiie o'lnce or vvnitpr .¦sione aim ineldentally Louise, Of course I.fiui e was not auaie of this.
The girl no lon,L-er sang as sIil- r.ilc bul dreamed, with unseeing eyes on the tr.'iil alic'd -ilreurned sue)] dio".;:. as one may imt aside enslly until, p. chance, the drenm converges towm : reality, whicli cannot be so lightly pu' aside.
Brand  Williams had his own ideas of   romance,   ideas   pretty   well   sn'. merged iu the deeps of hardy expc. ence, hut existing nevertheless aud a immovable as Ihe bed of tho sea,    fie badgered Collie  whenever he chanced 10 have seen  him  with  the rose girl, and,   smiling  inwardly   at   the   .voui>'_' man's indignation,  ho would  str.iigljt way arrange that Collie should ride t'. town for, say. a few ixmnds of st.'i]iles wanted in a liurr.v, when he knew thai the buckb.ai'il would be going to town on   the   nior'.'o'.v   and   also   that   there were   plent.\   of  staples   In   the  store room.
Something of the kind was afoot, or. rather, a-sail.llc. as Louise rode down the Moonstone trail, for be;.ond Ihe turn anil the rippling ford she saw a lltho, iilue sliii'ied figure that she knew.
Loul.se wiaild not have admitted ecen to herself that she urged Uoyar. Nev¬ ertheless the reins tightened and sla. k ened geiiMy. I?oyar swung into lii.i! easy lojie. It pleased the girl that Col¬ lie, turninj: in his saddle at tlie sound of hoofs, waved a salute, but diil not check his h.irse. He had never pre¬ sumed on her frank friendship and "taken tilings for grunted." ITe ke|it his place always. Ue was polite, a little retliciil and verj- much in love | with Louise Louise did not pretend to herself that she was uot aware of It. She was all the uio're ['leased that Collie sh.uild act so admirably. Sh" had loaned him books, some of whi-li he had read faithfully anil intelligent ly. In secret he had kisswi her uame written on the llyleaf of eacli of them. Ue really rather adored Louise than loved her. and he buildeil well, for his adoration (uniiitimate as adoration must ever lie until perchance it louche- earth and is translated into lovei was of that liilthe and inspiriting nuality that lifts a man above his natural self
and shapes the lips to song and tbe heart to unseitish service. Ue knew blmself to be good looking and not al¬ together a liarbarian. .V.i morbid h ipe- lessness chmded his broad liorlzon. He knew himself and chcrisiied lils strength and his optimism. He ate slowly,  whi.h  is no Insigniticani item
on  the credit side of th ¦  ' '•_'  ' !;  nr
Success.
Collie lift('d his liroiul i.;-.iiui.c.i hai as Lotiise rode n|i. llis face «as flush ed. His lips were smiling, but his dark e.ves were steady and grave.
"Morning. (Jollle.' Boyar is just bound to lope.    Ue never ian bear to
TostAl I.inwi> iWQUIrt that Hub(tciiptii>B« M pnid piomptl)'. A btmm pencil mark it thla d'cle meami yonr sal^ srripti<jn Is du*, mmA we will thanir )od fov a   prompt   remlttaBC*
ns an.  w how   telci
IOU can sec nuw luindled  at   these
¦d. ratlier
.slat. ' : len.ler   girl.
sniilc'i -ad.    ''I don't
know.     1   J. ,1..   if yuu   will  promise  lo
Introiluce n." to lhat fascinating young
I cowboy   that    rode   away   with   your
j horse.    I used to dream of such men."
1     Young  iM'    Marshall  coughed.    Tlie
girls laughed.
"Oh. Collie';" said Louise.   "Ofcourse you   will   nie.l   Mm.     He's   our  right
The    Borrowed     Buckboard    Had    Ar¬ rived   Dramatically. ¦*
band man. Uncle Walter says be couldn't get along without bim, ani? Aunty Eleanor just thinks be is per¬ fect."
".iud L.iuise?" ijuerled Anne Mar¬ shall.
"Same," said Louise noncommitially. "I don't see why he took Boyar with him to the store though."
The Mai-shalls and Louise paced slowly up and down the station plat¬ form, chatting about the east and Lou- l.se's last visit there before Anne was married. Presently they were inter¬ rupted by a wild clatter of hoofs and the grind and screech of a hastily ap¬ plied brake. The borrowed buckboard, strong, light, two seated and btdlt for service, bad arrived dramatically. Col¬ lie leaned back, the reins wrapped around ids wrists and his foot pressing the brake home.   In the harness stood
have a Ti'irse ahead of liim. "
"lie don't have to very often," said Collie. .
"Of conrse there are Kentucky sad¬ dle horses that could beat him. Itut the.'- are uot cow [lonies."
"No. .\nd they couldn't lieat him if tbey had to d.) his work in the bills. About a week of the trails would kill a thoroughbred."
"Doyar is very conceited, aren't you, boy?" And she patted the sleek arch of his neck.
"I don'l Mame him," said Collie, his e.ves twinkling.
"Going all the way to town';" asked Louise.
"Yes. Brand wants some things from the store."
"I'm  goiir_'  I > the  station.     Wo es-
be .'.v
from s.nie friends, there iheuiselves. I They said tliey —ere
but would teleg    oh
oner. We woald I e :. iUi and luickboard, a i ; ed to ride liehlnd l..s .lily  with my—my frienl
pect   a   tele:.'! .Maybe tii.'.'.l! hope not l'l ¦.!i oomii.L' • if the;. to get I'r.c.   ¦
I'd    iti    ,'lsl,;i: horses, espe from the e :-t."
"Boyar and this here buckskin eolt would make a pretty fair team." ven¬ tured (^)!lie, smiling to himseif.
"To drive'.' Heavens. Collie, no! They've neither of them t>eeu in har¬ ness."
"I was just luiagiuing." said Collie.
"Of conrse! " ex.laimed Louise, laugh¬ ing. "I Iinilerstand. Why. I must tie late. There's the train for the north .ju.st leaving the station. I expe.'ted to int there in case the Marshalls did come today. But they said they d tele¬ graph."
"1 can see three folks on the plat- farm." sjiid (\illie. "One is the agent. See his cap shine? Then there'* a man and a woman." |
¦ If it's Anne she'll never forgive me. , She's so formal about things, it can't ! l>e the Marshalls, though." j
"We    can    ride,"    suggested    C*)llie. ! And   the  two  ponies   leaped   forward. A   little  trail   of  dust  followed   them across the valley.
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CHAPTER  XIII. The Gue«t» Arrive, the   slation   Louise   found   her guests, young Dr, Marshall and his wife, also the telegraui an nouncing   the  da.v   they   would arrive.
"I'm sorry, " liegan Louise. But the Marshalls silenced ber with hearty "Ob, pshaws: " and "No matters." with an incidiMiial hug from .\nne.
"Why. .Mill have changed so, .\nnel" excLainicd Louise. "What have yi.ui l)eeu doing? You used to be so terribly formal, and now you're actually hug¬ ging me in public.'"
"The 'public' bas just departed. -Miss Lacharme. wltli your pony. I t)elleve. He rides well—the tall, dark chsp that came with you."
"Oh, Collie' He s gone for the buck- board, of course. Stupid of me not to •Irtve down. We really didn i eipect vou until tomorrow, but you'U forgive
or, rather, gyrated Boywr and Oollle'a own pon.v. Apache. K Is enor.gh to sa.v that neither of them had ever been In harness before. The ponies were trying to get rid of the appended ve¬ hicle through any possible means Louise gasped.
"Price's team is out—over to the Oro ranch. 1 knew .vou wanteil a team iu a hurry," said Collie.
"It looks quite like a team iu a bur ry," commented Dr. Marshall. "Your man is u good driver?"
"S[)lendid:" said Louise. "Come ou, Anne. You always said you wanted to ride liehind some real western horses. Here thcy are."
"Why. this is Just—Jusl bully 1" whispered the stately .\nne Marshall. "And isn't he a striking tjgure?"
"Yes," asseuted Louise, who was just ttie least bit uncertain as to the outcome of Collie's hasty assembling of untutored harness material. "It is Just iiully.' Where iu tbe world did you unearth that word, Anne?"
Dr. Mai'sliall's offhand designation of the buck!...ard as "a team in a hur¬ ry" was jir. phetic, eveu unto the end.
Wbat Boyar could not accomplish in tbe way of eipiine gymnastics lu har¬ ness Apache, Collie's pony, could
Ixiuise  was a   Uttle  fearful  for her guests, yet she had confldem e tu the driver.   The .Marshalls apparently saw nothing more than a pa^ of very splr ited    "real    western    hi.*es   like   one reads about, .vou know," until I>r. Mar¬ shall, siowl.v Coming out of a kind of auticijiatory  haze,  as  Boyar stood  on his   hind   feet   and   tried   to   face   the buckboard. re. ogiUzed th» black horse as Louise's saddle auimal.    Ue took a firmer gri|) on the see! and looked at Collie.    The young man seemed to be enjoying himself.   There wa»ii t « line of worrj- on his clean cut face "Pretty lively," said the doctor. Collie,   with   hig   foot   on   the   brake and   both  arms  rigid,  nodded.    Moon stone canyon  tmll  was  not  a  boule¬ vard.     He   was  not   t..   be  lured   Into converaatlon    Ilewaa giving his whole mind and a): ..f hia magnetism to the team.
Boyar and .\pache took advantage of every turn, pitch, steep descent and ford to dlsrilay the demonla .al Ingenu ity inspired by thetr outraged feelings, Thcy were .splendid, obcilent saddle animals, tmt to be buckled and strap¬ ped in irritating hiirness and hlubed to that fonr wheele<I disgrace, a buck- board.'
Anne .Marshall chatted happily with l.oulse, pun. tiiatlng her lively chatter with siibdiiiMl little erles of delight as Bome new tiini In the trnil openetl on a vist.'i niiiningtnablv tieautlful, espe Ciallv to her eastern evan
(To be Continued)
I Klne  Talk   on   .Alaska.
Tho   servicea     in     the     .Moravian Church.  -Vazareth  last Sunday even- ¦ ing   Were   largely   attended   and   the ¦locture   given   by   Rev.   S.   H.   Rock, 'who for twenty-flve years served as a 'Moravian      missionary      based      his I talk     Moravian Ml8alor.j4 In Alaska," jwhicli wns most interesting and rauch appreciated      He  gave  a  description of  the  Ksqulmaux and  how  he itve.l and of the work being done by the inlBgi.marles     At the close of the aer¬ vlce   Rov   Rock appeared In Alaskan garb   and     also     ezhlbUed     several curios that intereated the psople rery much