The Nazareth Item

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Vol. XXVI.
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No. 23.
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CHAPTER XV. Ho nay. ARRY entered npon his nexf dntles the following morning In a spirit anything but reas* Buring to his companion. Up to that time he had made his own In- dostry the butt of much good natureil ikUcnle, viewing It apparently as a aort of vacation novelty amuslnt; anonsta while the novelty lasted. But Im went from task to task that next Say In a methodical, dogged fashion that was farthest of all from amiabili¬ ty. Two or three times Steve, trying to ipare him needless effort, attempt- tof to show him how to favor blistered IIKMla and aching back, met with rc- taflii BO curt that he learned to keep Ma advice to himself.   Hc^ knew what
C\A Oarry was working to achieve. Ha onld bave allowed himself to smilo •aer the thought that the other man woold be tired enongb before night without trying to make thnt any harder, only he did not dare fatture that smile.
"Zbo'Te been trying to belp me," eatry Bald to Steve. "You've been try- teg to throw me a line. And for a I tried to catch It, Steve. But it In me to try that bard any more, men do tblngs for what tbere Is il—tbe pecuniary reward, I mean, men—yon, for Instance—because ¦elf respect won't let tbem stop, m kmm.   Bnt now and tben thera
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underwear ia aay a^e yon may want we have all the leading brands such ae tha B. V. D. Poroeknit, Lewis and Munsing- wear in either eepari^e garments or anion suits.
Onr st0(|k ipiteomplete whether you waat underwear for a man or a boy." Our prices are right SOc to $1.00 for separate garmeiits IOc to $3.00 for union Suits.
•Miriam Burtvltt" bm braathed.
>Sri*T"f one wtio keeps on trying only aaeame tbere la one other peraon at knat wbo may be tbe gladder for bis I don't expect yon to onder- I know It will aound amall and eswardly to you. Ifs too loneaome liv¬ ing, Steve, when there's no one wbo aaiau whether you Uve or notr*
"That does not flt your case," Steve atated Instantly, "when yonr danger ar jrour safety keeps a woman watch- lag white faced witb terror through Mm night for your return."
CVuTy propped blmself upon one el¬ bow, the lietter to aee tbe speaker's aaontenauoe.
-iSr safetyr tae siasttia blankly. "Uj return?" And tban, wanly grate- fni, *rYou are not tba seat mt man who Mm convincingly, Stara."
then Stepben OVaaa 1st bim it—all tbe atory wblch bad lain sa many days In bla baaat Tbaia were wben Oaity want afran yaler the Btaort loeltal, tbaaa wben ¦amjOiliig else waa Babnaqiad br tbe tbat flooaad Ms tarn But StoTa bad Abb/bat Owlsat tsace ai AiAbt waa gonsk BMiaa tba and sasM Oany bad bowad Ua band, tbla tkna In flashed, self conaetooa wander aibbtib tiansflgnred bim.
•lOrlam Burrenr ba beaatbad. •mod. Intolerant"—
HIa bead came op.    Tba aant to-
samt be voiced tba worda wbaA Steve
wanted to bear.
"toa shouldn't have told
ba.  "Yoo had no right,
Btave laughed at hlm.
•%k>d bless you, boy," ba
t aaked ber if I lulgbt   Wby, doa't
miderstaud that she meant to ber-
If I didn't?   Ton see, aba la-lar,
ter braver than yoa ara^ Oany."
Oany lifted his banda
left, shaking with deep and terrible gasps tbat racked bis very soul. But It was already daybreak; It was trail's end now for Garry. It does make a difference If one knows that some one cares.
Upon their return to Thirty Mile two nights later Joe's attitude of criticism was the flrst thing which piqued Steve's biterest There was something ludicrous In the former's voice as he sat and anathematized the food which tbe cook boy brought to the table, even though he devoured hungrily all that his plate would hold. And because Joe was so obviously primed for a sen¬ sation that evening out of sheer per¬ versity Steve struggled to draw him Into a dlscusilon of a topic which, just as obviously, had no appeal Just then.
"What I hopo to do," be conflded gravely to Garry, "is to finish np at Morrison and make possible the trans¬ fer of some of those men up hero. Wo tre workine onlv one shift now With two 1 ngure we could sail along a-roK-
glng. How does that strike you, JoeV" That was only one of his many at¬ tempts, but nil of tlxin. save for the Inner laughter which tho.v affordcMl. were totally wlthont result. .Toe's nn- awers were monos.vllabic, his attention wandering at best. To that particular question lie noddeil his head splrit- laesly.
"This butter ain't none too fresh," he growled sourly, " nd I wonder if that aook boy thinlcs we dote on ham every meal? I don't for one. It may bo nil right i' a man's plumb starving to death, but It don't lend no real ele¬ gance to a repast."
That gloomy complaint brought little more than a sparkle to Steve's eyes, but It made Garry lean forward in his place. Throughout the meal while the Otber two fenced in Just such fashion ba forgot his own food to listen, de Bgbted anticipation In every feature.  nd wben thcy had finished supper and pushed back their chairs he atood grinning a little, watching Joe survey that littered room which served as of¬ flce and sleeping quarters for the chief anglneer of the East Coaat company. vat Joe's gaze swung from wall to wall, from Uttered comer to heaped up ehalr. Then he shook his bead In de¬ spair.
"It looks to me, Steve," he grunted, "aa thongh you ain't never bad ro real training In tidiness, bave you? There don't aeem to be no system at all In Ibe way you leave your tblngs aronnd. niare'a one boot over In that comer; Ifa got a mate, I know, because I saw yon take them off last night I wouldn't ba oartoln otherwise. And Ifs the same way with all your things. Jnst look at tUa room! A nice place to receire call¬ an In, now ain't U7"
Tbat was the flrat lead be tendered tbam, bnt Steve, ratber than gratify Mm wfth a direct qaestlon, chose to go forward In the dartc. He leaned over and followed hia usual custom when ba wanted to think. He topped oat his Pipa.
"Bnt I can alwaya flnd everything," ba defended—"tbat ta, unlesa you have taAma tbe trouble to pat thlnga away. Tban Ifa a tosaqp that something or other will never be foand until It turns ap of tto own accord. Ifa not so bad. Joe." He, too, awuag to aurvey the loom. "Net ao bad! Jnat a Uttle unaet- Oad, thafs an. Are we likely to have- any callers, do you think, who would object to this layoatr'
Joa snorted, but Ills eyes wen- moomful. He knew that there was nothing else to do bnt yield a part at kaat
••We ain't Hkely to," be murmured. "We're Just naturally bound to have 'atn. They're comin' In tomorrow, aud I ask you again, ain't this a pleasing prospect to gropt 'em?"
For all that be seemed to be stariu:; nefully down the room, he was watch¬ ing for the suriirlse that darted across Btcrve's face. Momentarily the latter teld forgotten tils assumed air of pladdlty.
"Tomorrow? Who?" And then Stovr teagbed. "Go ahead and tell us, Joo. rm beat! I'll admit that I'm pantin*: max curiosity."
Joa pulled up a chair and dropped Into It   It appealed to him, this meth a^ whenever he had tbe time to spare. pink face was still toaocent of
"Funny, Is It? So awful funny! WeU, I ten tne nrst game in wmcb we In- perbaps you think I can't read plain dulged, have you, Joe?" he asked at print yet, never havln' enjoyed a Ub-   length.
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8o qnlotly that bla exit mada no aonnd Steve aUppod to bla faat and oatalde. It bad ativpad lalu- Tba hardwood ridgsa, tooebed bg tnat, were flaming atreaka of col- ar againat the ralnwaabed aaaagraens nhan bm picked hia way down to the sivar and found a diy stona ter a aeat. Aa boor and moie ba aat tbaia wblle Ma llMMigbte went baak ovar tba tiau sf tte yaara, tba tsafl wbkh hnd lad Mn ftem that caUn to a pabr at tIo- tet «9«a and Upa tbat asakad Wba a
•ft.
lat bla mted toblaowi Ba triad to wbMtstai
tba ifiitesl
tte He
ta, worid
the tbat
Iby
te Ito
"I don't mind the men folka," he re-
imed.  "That fat party, I mean, wbo
the plald aulte, nor Caleb Hun-
alther.  Both of them are oaed to
track aa tbla.  And I reckon If 11
tba buUaa too.  Bnt I can aee
¦ticking bla nana te tbe air and
aupercUloos Uke tbo flrat mln-
geto bis nosa te the doae. He
ateft going to appcore at an, at att—
•at any way yoa looa aS te"
•Vonayr
StoTo aad Oany of Joa^a axplanattea to ategle word te ooneait
"Who ta tbo world da yoo •Honeyr"
"Who mmbA I moanr Joa damaaded eallactedly. "I dldn^ giro him the aama, did ir I moau that ahap Wick etabam, who owna tbo timber nortb at aa. Foreign, atet het Son, 1 teoagbt ao? WeQ, orecy tima I run •croaa that man'a paUi my haoitowells wtth patriotism. I guess I'm teat a^ gAA to be bom ptate United Btataa."
Tba flrat part of tbat statanaant was ¦atoned to cloeely anoogh by both men; Ito laat sentence oa two, for aO tbat it heartfelt and atecera, waa lost them both. And SteTaTa aalrtb aran moro bystaaleal than was Itat of Oarry Davanaa.
"Honayr he pantod. "Mow, Im't tbat a wonder? Joa^ yaota too good! Ton ara altogotbar too good to be wasted on thoaa taabarod soBtedes. Man pay IS a aaal; Saa, to hoar per- tetaoBB work wto ass innk te eonapariaon wtAafaa." Tba ttmaaam'a
eral  education.  Bnt take a look for yourself."
He pulled up a pUe of newspapers which had come In since their absence, sorted out one that was creased open and handed It to Steve. It was an an¬ nouncement of Barbara Allison's en¬ gagement to the Hon. Archibald Wick¬ ersham—tbat column to which Fat Joe had folded the sheet—a many days old anoniinccment now. But the smilo did not even stiffen upon Steve's Hijs. The picture which accompanlod it was a poor one, hoavy shadowed and smeared and lacking In detail, yet Bar- bara'.s face was uiimlstaliablc. The room became ciulot. In that hush Oarry ro.illzed that Joe's mistaken translation of tho title bad nnt been, as Joe hcMl Idmself sufrgostoil. duo to lack of knowledge, but to a desiro to apprise hl.<i employer delicately of that
wmcn ne oenevea wns still news to him. And yet, from the easy way In which he read It, word for wor^l. Garry was positive tliat all this which tbe New York dully blazoned forth with Its customary mixture of snob¬ bishness nnd vulgarity was no loiifror news to Steve. Tho latter's eyes lifted and dwelt long upon fat Joe's face.
"So that's where you got it. was It. Joe?" he nsked evenly. "You mako It "Honey,' do you? And when do they come In, Joo?"
"Tomorrow night. One of the team- oters brou;;ht word this afternoon. Just before you got back. Honey Is going to have a look at his trees and things, the way I understand it. And the rest of tbem, I take it, want to look us over In our wild state. Where are wo going to put them girls?"
Steve's answer was long In eoming.
"Miss—Allison?" he wanted to know.
"And that tall, red headed one, Joe corrected promptly. I don't remember ber name, but sho's coming' too."
As studiously as he ha(f done a mo¬ ment before, Garry agatni ayoided Steve's eyes.
"Miriam Burrell," the latter supplied the omission. "And that's fine. Isn't it? How long are they going to stay, Joe?"
But Joe had finished with trifling.
"Where are we going to put them?" be Insisted doggedly.
"Why. we have a couple of shelter tente somewhere in the duffle, haven't weT We might pitch those if"—he looked about rominatlvely—"If you think this Is too squaUd."
Joe turned appeallngly to Garry, only to meet eyes flaring with devUtry.
"If you think that I'm going to give np my quarters for a troup of carious algbtseers you're mistaken. It thafs what you turned toward me for don't allow yourself to dweU upon It another aitante. I'm a laboring man, and I have to have decent rest at nlghta. Do yoa suppose CecUe, the maid, would really mind a tent?"
And tben Joe's face went red.
"Now ain't you the pair of rough Jok¬ ers r he whined. "Ain't yoa, though? But whafs it going to be—this room or Garry's? The way I look at It we're alected to camp out ourselves. We're hardened sons of the wlldemeaa, you know. Thafs what tbey always call us ta prtat But how am I gotng to get tMs place cleaned up?"
For another honr Joe argued It and at last settled upon the storehousa building as the Ukellest for sleeping quarters for the feminine portion of tbo visitors.
"We have to eat In here, anyhow," be argued, "so I guess It's Uie beet ar¬ rangement we can bit on. Honey won't be here much to meals either. That'll be one nice thing about it He'll ho going north directly. And now—now 1 guess I'll go out and have a look at the pantry, eveu if it does make me feel sort of faint every time I think of tho grub we've got on hand. Canned beans and boiled potatoes and ham and bacon to round out a bannuet Why | couldn't a couple of mighty hnnters h^e you bring home more than one lit¬ tle haunch of venison? Bacon and beans! Stove, you sure have been Uv¬ tag mighty Iciw down on this Job.""
He went out with a great show of baste, but returned almust immediate¬ ly, forgot tho urgency of matters In goneral in lindhig Garry Idly shuffling a deck of cards. Throughout the eve¬ ning Joe had exhibited an unwUUng- neaa to meet tbe third man's glances directly, but It was Impossible for bim te remain oMMoua to the cUcklng of tea chips. Ue balaaood first on one teot and tben on the other for a mo ¦ant then dUBdantly drew up a chair "Jast a friendly band or two. I sup
Joe was not comforteble.
"Scarcely," he admitted, "scarcely."
"Nor the—stakes?" pursued Oarry.
"I—I seem to recaU 'em faintly."
Garry's peal of amusement was as roUlcklng as a Iwy's.
"So do I," he exclaimed. "And If 1 remember rightly you stated on that occasion that rash was no consideni tion with you. Does that still hold good?"
It was the first good look Joe had had at tho other's face. The chnn;.'o he found in it soemed to perplex huji more than a little.
"I talie it that It does." Garry did not wait for tJs roply. And now— what do you say to that same full bot¬ tlo agaiust a—a ninoty-nine year blan ket restriction, with me at the wrong end of tho odds?'' Joe Blitted his eyes.
"Iw
a ffrlendly bmitA ar twe. I aup
ha suggsated wban Ito alber no move to bogin. "Xew Bmli ¦• wMo open, abr Oetfy atm toyaA wtth Ito "l don't auDDoaa raafra
CHAPTER XVl. A Game of Cards.
IILN tlioy tuck a nlnety-nino .year clause into a franchise thoy mean it's forever, dou't they?" Joe wanted to know. "Forever,   to   all   intents   and   pur¬ poses!" said Gurry.
Joe's chest sank and rose Id a loni:, long breath.
"It's no word to trifio with," he cau¬ tioned at last. "If you lose It'll be a considerable drouth."
"Cut!" invltod Garry, and they start¬ ed to play.
Th.at other night Garry's stack ot chips had lasted far longer than they did on this second ociaslon. A half hour later, when ho rose to go to bert. hlfl nlnety-nUio year promise of absti¬ nence was piled symmetrically beforo Fat Joo. But his good night was gay. For a time nfter his departure Joe eyeil Stevo sljcwise.
"Uum-m-m." he cleared his throat "Hum-m-m! And I was? expectin' you to turn up any hour of the last twenty- four with a request that I como aud help hring home the remains. You must be quite- a silver tongued ex horter, aren't you, Steve?"
Stephen O'Mara was silent over the paper which Joe had handed him ear¬ lier in the evoning, and tho lack of any offer on his part to go Into details did not trouble his questioner. Fat Joe sat and bobbed his head over what would never cease to be a miracle in his eyea. "And he'U stick this time," he vente.l hia wonder aloud. "He's sarely going to stick!" Then he smiled widely. "And I reckon you'U have to admit tbat I handled the smaU part that came my way with ease and dispatch wben I tell you that he didn't cateb so much as one lonesome pair all the tlmo I was doaUng. I'm ashamed of my¬ self. I haven't seen such a mean, crooked game of stud dealt since I came east!"
Garry was very quiet the next morn¬ ing when lie and Steve went beck to their work; before noon came his un¬ easiness bad become very apparent to the man bo was assisting. But neither his silence nor his nervousness any tonger worried Steve. Instead the latter let himself Kmlio over both those out¬ ward evidenios of Inward panic, when¬ ever his thoughts were on Garry at all. For the latter's difiSdence as tbe day aged became a flushed and warm dieekod thing, until at 4 In the after¬ noon Steve could no longer withhold the sugfiestion for which, wordlessly. Garry was asking.
"Joe was more than half right" he remarkel. ¦ ne eye to bis level. "In spite oC tile fact that we refused to teke him sdlnusly. We can't let thoso people cn:. n in and flnd everythinij too hopc!c- ly uncomfortabl", so per¬ haps you'd hotter nm ahead now. Garry, and see what he has accom- pUshe<1. 1 d.Ju't want to leave this spot my so! intll I hnvo some flgures npon wliich 1 know I can rely. But you mli'ht run ahead, if yon win. I'll be aiong IarT."
It was 01 niched In the form of a re- quest, but liurry's face flamed. Ue went, albeit a bit reluctantly. And ha stopped more thau a few times In hl« aUmb from the eilgo ot the timber to the door of Steve's shack. But on<'9 ho had passed over the threshold to flnd that unrecognizably trim rcn^ni empty, his face grew heavy with dis¬ appointment. He was on the point Of going I)ack outside to scan the l>owi Of the valloy wben a tall, short sklrteil figure, envolnped In a volaminoun apron which Fat Joe ta a moment of mlstekeu zeal had once provided for tee cook buy. flashed through tbe pus- aageway from the kitchen annex and barely missed catapulting into his arms. Miriam Burrell, pink Caceil trom the heat of the roaring wood atove and smudged with flour oa fore- bead aud cheek, lifted her apron and awang it like a flag of victory.
"I've found it," sho sang triumphant¬ ly. "I're found out what was tho mat- tarl I'd just forgotten tlie baking pow¬ der, that was all!    Next time"—
Then she recognized hlm. With out¬ stretched liands stlil clntchinK tho edge of lior apron, she stood, almonl eyes wldculntf, and scanned him trt^mt head to l''">t. Even Steve, who hnl been with hlm every moment, had noticed tlio I..cir to hour change that liad boon taking place tn Garry"h ap¬ pearance. To tho girl who had n^it seen him for weeks, that flashed, se'f oonsclous man was a diiTorent Gerry than Khe iiad never known before Hungrily her gaze weut from o[ioii shirt to caked boots, from steady bauds to clear eyes which made bor own eyes shy. And then Miriam Bur- rrtl. cool and lolsed Miriam, did what many another maid In a checkered apron has done ta slmUar situations. Mm Ufted thnt stiff gingham to bldo har unutterable happlnesa. But bo- ftaa he could apeak she found her TOlea, nor was U very steady at that. *•! thought yoa were tbat party of Mian come back." ahe baaltatad. "How
—now tannoa you are oecommg, uarrj: I thought they--oh, I can't tell yon how glad I am to see you so—so well. I'm makini; bl.scults for sujiImt-that is, I've .lust iMon practicing until ni)«. It seemed us though I'd forgotten sob-.«- thlng that waa neeessary to the recipe; hecausu thoy were flatter aftor tbey were cooked than when I put them in the oven. And must marvelously heavy too! But it was just the baking pow¬ der, thut was ull. Do y.'U- ilo yos think you'd care to help?"
Stove was very late in returning tc cami) tli.at night. Throughout the resi of the nfternoon he set hlmfelf o paT knee deep iu slushy mud Mliii b Oarrj could not havo maintained. But wheu he paused tbere In tbe dark whero he always stoiiped for ii moment and a tu¬ mult of voices swept down to meot liin he forgot Ills fatigue. lie had llfteil his battered hat from Lis he.id, strivlnr to disunrrulsb a single note In all thAi treble of girlish laughter, wheu, framed suddenly   agaiust  the  backgrovmd  oC
Ught within, he saw a slender sllhoo- Otte take up Its station in the doer frame. Barbara wus still peering org across the darkness when he came tLp to her.
"We've been waiting dinner for yot for almost an hour." she rebuked hia: In plaoc of what might huve been t commonplace greotin'.;. "We've beeJi waiting in tlio face of Mr. .Morgan's iB- sistenco tbat It \\as practically use¬ less, lie has beeu tolling,' us that whe« a man bore in the bills falls to tuni up for a meal .vou never bother to look fo7 hlm. VdU know that the worst haj happened."
Ovor her head the flrst eyes that Steve eicountorod tliat evening were those of .XrcliiliaUl WIckcrsliam. WhJl« shaking liands with tlio girl he bowed in grave welccime to the t i'l fi'-'urc to
•^h, I can't tall you how glad I am tr ¦•• ycuI"
leather puttees and whipcord riding breeches, and Wickersham from tbe far side of the room bowed back iu equal gravity. Thon Caleb Hunter grasped Steve's elbow and spun hl.^l around toward the light and peered at him uccusincrly. Barbara hnd not nv ticed until thou how tired Stove looked. "Before the others get to talking," said C'aiob, "before the tide grows ton strong tor my weak voice, young man, I wunt to deliver a message. Miss Sa rah wants It exiJilcitly understood that unless yuu stop iu lo say hello ou your next trip down she herself will bike the trail up bore. And lest tbat ulti¬ matum sound too little ilireatculng 1 might add that when Miss Sarah takes tbe trail sho never travels with less than six trunks;"
Caleb clung so tightly to bis ans that it brought a tinge of color ta Steve's cheeks It waa minutes before he could gel away to change his wet clothes, and in that minute or two ht could Bot bcl;i but contmst. grimly. hU own mud bespattered attire with thai Of Archie \\;ckersbam. Tbe tired blus Circles beneuth his e>es were evei taore noticeable when he retumd, ti bo ushered with much ceremony by Fat loe to the head of the table.
It waii an nttnly irresponsible gam ering that : nod over tbe red table¬ cloth that 1.1,-lit—an oddly assorted group which from tho very first Jo« laallzed w.is not at all to Wickersham'* liking. 1><.\tcr Allison himself, fairlv radiating go.,d will, sat at the foot ot the table, with his son-in-law to be os one side and Barbara's Uttle maid, Ce- die, ou the otber. And between Cecllf and Barbara, who sat opposite Garrj and Mirium. Fat Joe leaned both el tKXWB upou the tablo edge aiid mouopo Used the Conversation. Tbe seating ar laagemeut was Joe's; it was his party And the absolute inattention to detail, ttie large Indifference to veracity whicli bis discourse disclosed before thut noisy KUiiper was over, grew to be au astonishing thing. His flights of fancy left Steve aghast ta more than one hi- atence; they even forced a stiff smiln to Wickersham's Upo, aud that is sa.v- tag much for Joe's success as an enter tataer, for in the Liearing ef tboee twu nMn toward each other there had beeu •Vldent from the flrst a chlU antipathy Wblch amounted actuaUy to armed tiooe. And tho color in Miriam's cheeks, whenever bis gaze strayed to that sidt at the table, helped Stovo to forget, tomporarily, much tbat ha fooad not t to recaU at all.
(«o ba OoMtaMi)