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k - J9 wjtajijtfit - Lt ZKRXK CW \,, F f D lut# sum | " - »*- anjfa Wyojiine valley. „,, .r i ■» W-ina'mrit rttfimif sat jigf n/T C..1 m • *— " --Wfc jl ; —r -~:—■ .,-'.. , . UnngxatijjienOTire At this there. was aJoud laugh fr There comei D"■• li ' grizzlv'~lMr*itWI Tfiftg^bf1 the four, and- when it had subsided troubles are' I rV» (■ by all resumed: It/was Clrtf '- lair in these "Yes, that galtnust be considered Pete was m driftg IwjT the edge of property, you fellows feel up rods of the1 on th4 gold, but keep yoi r linchpins as men as he saw that a num se I was placing i1 j j * T4Vv "''*** • &l wktteit HMn"16 trainman .were auspiciously den great 1 r Jing the group. 7 IZh^L 5 flBMi£*t(D t§e that to m®- You fellows having beer 1 KteoMer» moment up Jf1 aDoot ei®e89 ana ax which oi s *.**D «t«eeeauato him as if he hbdjeegfl en If the Plan r.ve the wagon. x- fftn A. i Oir It This was, as lflWWBlr t?'. , Z011 ™ow ln tj While tb ** Zr SS3*- idea made him tr? !°metW *•'» auda.,uou, V§§Sk .. 1^&tlLIT KK?P . M " After a half or to hour the train *- the pius M -saiC^?^lk"I-^O«v»bout!£ye mile? toftie rigiit of , ' w" fwr traT®lln8 5°w, a. aIKj they VlWifif »* *• tteSWoTthemgold r ie,TCS on * gjj ' ' «Mir ° . dlSJ tTpjh JnLTapid ™° '"*** ff WOLl"- he jfi rfot' P°^bta- Six miles** from the sum b uC j. w"ll," SfilABS Erf* . - jx.\.-u ,«•D, •. ••••., . than waaa halt, and a scout we ••n-uiiel&£§ |.,1| ML* **£""'ear of to select a route for the * dauXJr 1 Owara bad piece of ground. The aD the me W-** tmoye [f VWW f&c*. *' -rewsades nodded to each other, to the wago*T'before dark. three of them rode forward a ,,K Tlliffl *:-»utf^-was almost blocked b-v a hn«e oHitonsly offered services 1 ha^™. agmjj SPzSlBfflO* and he was about to flwk •aptain. Bob made his way to r J^glh#heardthe"°undof haman W*on, which was the last in the ii . 1 $«p» HO0 orrt*e lta occupants were on the seat iv I D„„„ „. ti, „ -Outlaws and rmtfadct!**" *** «Mh« WQk, - •' •. all .interested -in what was goi thTl^^ Taylor hadWti 9m*n, Wv with rtiead, and ta three minutes the iSSlRl ■» t»*d removed the linchpins £ad teen f taSy decided to Harkins. |h® that both hind wheels of the heavy w t^y 1 *»" he had belsniMwi'Wnggniawiiet tor sow The "prairie schooners." as the big twiw.f f alone far fromjH time P481- and that moyement*. 0ns of that date were Caile'd, had ,mrR(l ,„ H ,to°. r""* sr*'» »««•• •» ■ .out ■ have «ttael|p4.tern, if #t*TO»»0* .«lly used. looke.i t.. 3f the m fcledhim, if friends. He that A quarter qf an hour later, ri,rbt the golden CM WP presenoa ww entwiif mwHWpected, pagans stiirtftd forward, the wh n™ve r change bygi W thls;bt'in8 the ca8e hi® curiosity a lew turns when both „lan nnic - Engl J |r "jCh'rHr ' must' ,sot h*d the oppcyApH^^^^^^^V111' Ha W forward on hands - and «ama down with a crasn. By th «»~i &™h„22f iflI2SSEJfil!SS C"0«r*E0,' — .u„ and the ina7ren|H M "ch mot*«», a* lefgth-iojeached advance. ,. , thought UDDPot fipC*twbioh. -jMhat -Very careless of you, Brown, of one who waftbjfl M|oingonon the senjtk. side oi the look your wagon over occasi of weakn thirsting for ' * ' ■ •»' - ssid the captain as he halted th , CD-Bn..r Dinner beinft oVer, mK C***&*• J»wning rverjb aad rode back to ascertain the ,f" „ for action. Kdjon either side of it sat a white deiay. „ L.' tMmbled aaffH Kwb|C«tk«j»taWleat looking fel-. - "lDdid look it over at noon and °fl,' voice as he *mC B» Mi qn; C?u iiheap thing was all right," replied Brown. Tv' t ••Yon lay two more, "Well, thoae pins dropped on ' ? while I tMt*miaepD« ■ ,■ wheu». within a'quarter of a I won't go ••d,.»DaBp9ad«»r' whiapertd la to find 'em," by the d With an "all W&*ins *s he drew bacioa tittle, .i . « . Half a dozen men walked , j-v. .. -nii-i,- 8othey we**r«teinnor*.to4De dreaded the trail for a, hundred rods, b „f oponldwd hla rifle a^WyOTJTyjm thmJtli« dusky Ravages, Jiecanee.having out avaiL Then each wag .l" nt « 22lSS f®, J*» W D*»! being Cen- aakad. for spare pins, bnt none e. 1 fawiu'Witli .I.., I ImmL. More than on* had an .• L the left, at, tkm, mD fr S SafCaSsg««...^TLT^r.; ES SlfSssE trizrr. rr "rwS#, mi ,-WLwhae it was going on t te ™ SSSKir^S^ jured by «f g»ld( can't be responsible for beIfD had been disc wend by,factum,,kuwlyi toptaD»ikigh Jiad. cressed.ttoatateel i • Tlwt d-Wd#d HWMDitat'»^ihe. iNel*W*4 from Sidney and was moving 'tWhat's t&d tnatter that he the rexi £22° °f jjSIfc* ctf jAho traU to river?" further wm h««|rd wrr* f1** "Ihr Mint closes hoar « Not a Iwi^men-a»d#« ofc the w»gca»a, conn friendship, pity or a 2*and daa«ht€r of on^• Cech moment of delay h™Lt *® ***** Cwr tine as Be was1 "tnegaff hunters. »» w. dollar* lrwt and finn.iiv hia faH. Had the Indians killed Taytg* f)nn.*eiifa*Cte earfety wJi" ?* ,W' at the oa.e»fed iions fraught with such hard-1 0ff onlv wi hour to ** daylij mvchtorM to&MWA* hi8tt*7' tM *1*tike a sharper look for ft f^iiterTimii 1 ' A* Mm Mkfm****)? "dWhWl, beyodd all proteetie* *»d in you are all going f w he deOi nitosijto.««irtiiMWfc|h *»**'*C wives and children u»T8 me alone and liable u, 1 11 them t_ ered by the j ti2 ' tw!T maS* Offers are four of us who * ie,t Here,' ■D«» arery oa»o«ie river with the X' TZZ*Z **« **+*»* WW* beek thoee pins, while th Cgf.*Wk iwagon or a.b—»««»pifle. tartr-np the search and be J °7* prl!onwiI y ••K*1* w* tmm 1 pmredrtkat asfWU help put on the wheels." . ol.Ll HD oouM WhUe the who wefe to lw™5* .Brown had rat)- JJ™ OMTBd do#li flto'lUlflU W atpt J*wil 'onrt||Bv habiu.. and good. ohanctorf be was firmly , he eenld ascend .gft worked homes m well as for gold, they war# bad men, bnt f~ hia wy up with *\»Dwi th« majority of .the m2e» decent W their'presence. AndberideS gS *r* toSvmVh W«t were Waving chihzed there dariger froth the fjsr "•hSL ffl53fe « for a quarter of an hour, endjlientold-, gain's orders it fchqm tw and ly cltabed out of th# riiV(hcrO?^ueai? to do so. At the first campflre six of woman's T,he, 60 ttMVWAgobw, .with the out- MW* the three ga Fas his gun. which had? Wa- tm+»*,-'we e iu- Xaror ,o* timing back. BT iT i a rfr • was an old plains«.KS58i?ewch 01 I tZZ t gr.'^yf1 ,UTaged them ,t0 8° on fey C"?- oi Mrshcf, Browr *J 1 • *' J ' *" "Mother,- don't , pwfld WM a cMrt&m. -It • -."fQage men a« }ike sailors who al- gpmething qtreer abow v.aa proof that the ways sta t on ajfeytge f.,11 of liquor. „Ido Drtrfll-I do S thsir 5 Wh0 , TkyTor whb few ' f."JJ^fth^Sfe^° ne out of: the tnl PIP§rota£9 K ind 5Sln -hare the gold with me. 'fie' aStf in dDot Just aa I was faUfeg gnftT»'dg«l it any o| tb*i%. vTo compel them tfl ,.-Bat if 1 not advance etto* yyg ani ase(st Jn/the vwioiM. andieave us u a acre Job or Wt. to on a %h,t,. ns tiieir ( 'V*wn?n avoidt •*»«« hn Tied c C¥" th*t 1 u 011 ,were driven ftWay "* don't know* waa nqw "T Ir Tlf be after they killed aome -wrv0 »,ut t was at least t«a train *btiW thefi-Re' T uiirtTl 'trePfSgg8^ht fal1 * Sr^th ldoAte?iflhe ' IndlM8 Jfd^aer'hKio eraa knew the general dirag|gtoMsyMKCi or thr® all hands had 'HOofatherr "■» — TW-*• «»DJI f 153,^3?' tWfaee 1 ves^and qcm-1 teU a story which would gfief and r frf" i 11 1 %lEii |n ttT 5 l-5RK*^l*l w„' * wifisn'# over twentTfi^mTlesto the made him hnrry ..w™ do we want 5^ "UtlSc—tote? * SPleft b. ' t.»d4 ohSJkBw. toj^iajsaw:, covered half th® distance he suddmly l ¥§&&» "in was only a handbreadth abov. zzzz'ismm.*** rr%s^ ■ig^powtoi^^toW'i»''' mountain in twain for miles suid mUqa, hoTir8ffom this. It s about "We may rough in lodn tad' WBBtk T 1 i i m ; S .£(M I tpi-K i C /'IT-IVIOV ii RII AY, NOVEMBER is, 1892. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. rom Bob - --» ' MMBl J. foDCD C ».»■. ...... . . y There comes Pete, and i reckon your trembles are' abont over."' AiBius? j|xo ysn or ngntping tae came'iollie woman, ••! Lave gone "tr tfrttottT1 T htf' fho'hgTll took away b*r oarage in a moment. and'Bhe t'cumd henli'.tuuiUle to xeasou intelligently. .& 'mm he returned wun a bag or provisions and a bottle of whisky, and Bob said: "Bnt he must guide ua to the spot in the morning," persisted Joe. NYE TALKS A ETfTLE. m be carefully folded Mb napkin; thereby revealing the fact that be lived simply when at home, and that his wife attended to her own work. "Yon Me, I hare to be very careful about my health; otherwise I shall be taken from you before the great work of finishing my collection is done, I am making a" very - large and fine collection of jew de tpriU, so I must Iw very careful of general health, for no one else could pever finish , the collection. Many of them are my own. I put them in to give color to sach men as Lamb. I am the mint sauee on Lamb, as you might say. I am the author of the maxim that the cucumber fights better when it is down. It*was Clnfk" tiowv and • the ftrirct irftllefl Pete was not seen until wtthiii a few'' rods of the'Wbgoii.'' ffft (fismoUrtted ou coining up, heinded -Crrnvn a couple *of linchpins aaiS said'the train had-gone into camp at the river: Brown walkeff t« the wheel which needed the pm ittt) waa placing Ht in position Whett a Btld-'- den great light flashed before his eyes' and he * sank to the ground lti a hefrp. having been struck on the head with afi ax which oae of the men ■ pulled frotfr the wagon, v "Yes, we nrigb,t as .well hev'a bite ntfwaS any other time. Give-the gal. her shares If she's atjlJc.t.ftQ mjiUsh tct eat let her throw it away." \ ' ,'.'1. .ghall insist updii that,'even if we have to leaved the camp alone, "-added Bass. , | ? "It shall be bo," replied the captain. •"We shall know all'in the morning." Bess retreated to' the wagon, rent with conflicting emotions and prostrated by grief and doubt, and the men went about their dnties without a word to each other. All felt that there was something wrong about Taylor's story, but all hesitated to believe him guilty of' the heinous crime of taking the life of a comrade. my A LIGHT AND CHEERFUL ARITHMET*" " ' ICAL BREAKFAST. luare hands Hhe was lost—la on the great plains, by ' "" * The man carried some bread and meat to the girl, but she him no hded. More wood was thrown on the firt, the bottle passed t'rom band . to -hand, and by thp time darkness hpd settled down the four renegades were in good spirits and seemingly good natured. The Combination of Muite, Mathematics *nd Hygiene Explained by a Gentle Stranger With a Wealth of Whisker*—A Delayed Seraph Who Took Bit Tub. one • Thn* the poorwoman did exactly wfeirt'mauy a uuituas done. Instead of •reerrtoj»-uUtil.the arm Ijjid awaj. '-and'until davlightnould come to guide her«aright. she fosabd ran' away from herself, orlried to. AH night" long she wandered -about 4 au erratic way and ■daylight foufld hepaqk within half a mile the spot were the wagon had Stood; »r of regard- I'i M&BBSF «£* a! -be on [Copyright, 1882, by Edgar W. Nye.] En Route, En Passant, Et Getting ) a Move on One via the R. R. f We breakfasted this morning at Culpeper, Va., where fried chicken is to be had without limit. Fried chicken seems to be the motif, as we in music, and all the other frills and little dashes of Theii'Harki ns could no longer see the giri, though perhaps those at the tire had her in view. got iine to While the women had been tterrotre and anxious, the arri valof the man with the pins seemed an act of good- faith, and they were congratulating themselves on nrDon rejoining the tram whtfn Boh sprung up in front of them, »ize.l Dne with either hand and said: Night came down. ■Dved d the Hew, was a new and a double danger, he reflected aS he carefully crept away, ft was not enough thatthe renegades had come for the gold, but they were plotting against the wagon train and would not stop, at murder. It was clearly his duty to reach the train as soon as possible and warn his companions or tne presence ( and designs of these in traders. Darkness had come on, but he knew the gorieral direction of camp and hoped to be able to reach it some time during the night. . ■ ■ • Taylor had hidden his face tinder his blanket, but he had not closed his eyes In sleep. He was not tortured by remorse. On the contrary* he was elated over the thought that he,now assessed the secret of the cavD. But he was troubled that he had a better story! Before firing he had planned just how he and what he would say. Tht guilt always brings had upsi caused him to halt and hesiti a very lame story. She seemed to hae aged ttreflty years in- a sitagle Bight.. err fao» was pinched and -drawn; hep ejp. were sunkfia;»her form tDent as if she ore a burden on her shoulders. *"'• *• "I read same time ago that Mr. Gladstone owed hit long life to the fact that he need great-care and method in nucleating hi* food, counting the nnmber of bites carefully, giving thirty-two, for instance, to steak, and from that down to two for ice cream. I hare had to raise the rate on steak a good deal on this trip and lower it on tea. At hom« we have a very careful method of masticating, as has Mr. Gladstone at Hawarden, and a child who swallows hia pie even without giving % the regular number of bites has to pay a penalty of twenty-five chews on our beautiful climate. It is very cheery to ait at our table and watch and listen to the conversation mingled with the enumeration. "'Sometimes we, have a concert at table, and the counting is done to music. I lead on the violin. I have written an accompaniment for fried tripe which would please you, I know; also a little nocturne for ahad, with half and threequarter rests for taking out the bones. It is beautiful. The grapeakin polks is also very fetching, and a soup somnambula in bflat is popular. My children an thus leaning music, mathematics mat hygiene." With :iuce be obandlly as lOne poa- i e of golcL ! t » o situated. thb Masticator. win11 Wrt color trillDD ruM- and wh Mr. Seidl bo truly " " — as ftun . » inns » t rs** -'v _n—\ "Couie ant ©f this! We've got bttki atsss.with yon!" fork J . ... . ..*± "Daniel—ftithw!" shriek'ed'motbor and tiaughter, T»:t. theru van • a laugh from all the men. and BoU pulled the women o the ground with the leering remark: "They are lostl ve got to find 'em— Da»iel and-"Ltzzf&!,%ho liintter'e'd as she faced the stm. ' "I+t 'tadled and but they won't answt Coo-eel No. they won't ana«r." . ; for-: agoun four bat and "Daniel has got particular btwittessw hand just now, and he beg*yon Will e* cnse him!'' A *- $he. 'Wi»s advancig slowly upon the -4ead IxMy of her InitasuuL •'Where'* W.Jyye'a. L«zie?" • Shorit«} the 'wornau D« TDitJet! He. is asl,ejp' Poor man, but, Be.iuusttyexCi'redf* " """""' *- k liaij dlSPovei-ed'thU b6dy. ' m y?«W, Daotefr "•In*" yW*' TMrre' "Iott!"* crooeed theVmaan & the sankdowrr . betide. th« -Lady. - "Couftre tired--luid •sleepy. A'jes.oron2najwi«|k*. I.milnk»ejD 'very .J£aybftrt-I4*ie.. \vi*l- egou, t ~Srw rocked'her bocW'Jcaiid, fro as if jalieihad 4 "child'rh n'efmns, and'now' to the Brown's Bat what of the prisoner? Under the circumstances not more than one man .in »- thousand would have done more than to. wish that he could help her. jEiarkjjjs was that one man. He bad been strangely drawn to her, and her situation aroused all his sympathies. "He determined to attempt her rescue, the peril of his life. He drew '*waf fiurn the mass of rock, strapped his-rifte td his back, and then crept over the-rongli ground on liands and knees, moving tq tiank the party on the right. It wan a rough and dangerous route, leading over great masses of rock, under tUlcTk across, seams or rifts, but he moved with care until well in the I rear ofD the camp. | Then bis route was down the side Of ' the~mcnintam until all at once he came dpbto th'6 wagon. It bad been pulled up Dont" oI thie valley to be hidden by the trees. The horses he could not see, they having been lariated out at some spot where there'Was grazing. Looking up at the campfire from the wagon the- Englishman .could see the four renefcades playing cards by the blaze. B&ween him and them was the gifl. He hesitated only long enough to get his bearings and -then began creeping upward, He felt now that more depended on {he girl than himself. If she was asleep she might scream out as he aroused her. If she saw him come creeping np she might takto him fdr an Indian and *alarm her captors. Even should all go right np to that moment, would she hare the nerve. and streqgtb to creep away with him? Half why to the fire the brave Englishman baited to canvass the chanoee with himseli. He realized .the hazards, bnt after a couple of minutes he continued on his way. By and by, as he elevated his head above a bowlder, he saw ' the girl before him and not five feet away. She was sitting upright and had her face turned toward him. Many a man who has plani has thought it all over ana himself at every point only after its commission that he holes in his armor of defense. line. front. Oil renefromagon, vag- For a moment the women Wdre help less with sunrises and TKey saft the bod jCof husband and on thi) cod, and ,botU realised that he had been struck dowu by. tiie rejiegades. As they' stood trembling and helpless two of the- men began -hitalrtnjj tHitJ horst? to the • \rapon, Attaint -wfcfc buS^ It was long after dark before rose up. He had then settled from which he would hot vary it to the men, and he told it apparent sincerity that some of v lieved him, while none disputed, had come forward to hear it, right. When he had ftnisfiet a long, painful silence, broken the srirl Who dfeid: "If thiB story be. true you only what another migjht do so We shall know ' tomorrow find the,place again, rfnd yoi us there." It tk were to deny returned without Harking oat' " po—ooBor of these gener- ••obbina; . the dead, while the' fcMiAlT looked to the jvlit.eL\ to s?e, if right ■ , as the teels had rolled Taylor's have pot tat if Brave men and wormC*n think fast aill plan qnicklj-. When life is iriWrtf one must' not give way to feethigs OTgl-Te£ Both women knew that ifiulfder'E&T dope, aij3' Wtli plot of the renegades, hut a/t«y- thejirst shock of 6urjCri.sa and tlm iirst moment if 'weakness their, counvga rfctnmudw % and then bW' tiafM ittft wagon paJttAlSthfl ed on the i The sttu * WtfiiM 'back iq he up m»e,nifj he., was b l&ive. "the caring wh •helpless v; miss ther some plot iSfeW 1 arm whioh la; stiffly exteud- Barth beside lit'. climbed up arit'dp. some of the tVaitttaPh fide »' why Brown ted- not"joinfed ie raot that he mm! not cornerht twi g re wuuk be proof that ;U1 in trouble. Would fchw .river vyjfhoul knowing or it ljad become of him and the oineu? And they would alio iftegades, an I perhaps suspect of evil. • :limbed the sun. lis time mile in with the that he unbuttoned his coat w — let his whiskers out foe a few moments to surprise and delight the Virginia breeae. I decided that if Mr. Gladstone really has a sliding scale of enumeration like a child who ie bliadtilg in the game of "hide and go seek" he will wait many a long, weary day before ha is invited to come and stay over Sonday at cmr house. An Englishman got on at Greensboro Evidently a Pullman sleeping car war new thing to him. It probably just hap pened so accidentally, bat one could see v"* he was not familiar with it. The _ « were not yet made op, and it wai clear that he could not figure oat how might sleep there three dollars' He begged my pardon, bat war —o sleeping car? I said that it' regarded. Then he did not say anything for quite awhile. Finally he begged pardon agate ' if that car went through to T said that from the talk J railroad authorities I sus c would do so. - the porter opened the bertl ~ in such a way as to squat the . life out of a lady's new butterfly bopoet,, -1 my friend saw at once that the car could be what is called metamorphosed in a moment. When his berth had bein made up 1 saw him take his satchel and the nothiBg of till later on I was areas a J music, at sight. Jg bro™ 8tndyforerunner of entrance of a figure and the pattering of bare feet along the aisle of man the car At first wS with his Englishman,feheh^ftgnoredhian(h another roll and cutting "71|»y v. steaming thing open with jgAil VI * |_J - " AH III accused not to tonally," — j characterises _ ___j susinesa, are mere accessories of thC Med chicken. It is good chicken, too ;hough sometimes cold, because it has tC be prepared and on the table at the timC tvhen the train is dais, even if the trail should not be on time. This is hazard jus business, and a very slight hot boj may mean acute cold chicken sometimes. I have been told by my physician thai [ should be cheerful and enter into s Lively conversation at mealtime to keep the mind bright and sunny if I want tr be well and live longer than other people. Therefore you will notice that ] often converse at table, and may be Aei sunning my mind on pleasant days or the lawn, allowing it to run about sniff ing the bright, crisp air while 1 keep s vigilant eye on the cat. For this reason I opened a little bit ol cheery talk with a tall, thoughtful mati on my left at table. He was a grave man, with long, copper colored whiskers which he buttoned inside his vest, sc that when the robins nest again thej will have to go elsewhere. He had the air of a student of the olcl school. Whei I say that I mean one of the pallic students of the day when men studied so hard that their sons often filled e chappie's grave. The typical student o! today is a young man with out of dooi tendencies and freckles on the back ol his neck. He may not be able to trans late the Songs of Solomon from original, with words and v bnt we hope that he is the a better race. "I see that ~ come out with i no longer vote said, speariufr the hot and my knife in o restraint, no matter where I might be placed. "Ah!" he said, "28, 29, 80—to whom do you refer—81, 82—may I ask?" "To a large malt dealer in Philadelphia, who says that the McKinley bill is ruining the malt business—88, 84,85, 89," I added, in order to show that I belonged to the same lodge, b?t really not knowing what he was driving at. "Exactly; but—U, 12,18,14,15—why does the McKinley bill have that effect on the—16,17,18,19—malt business?" he asked as he swallowed his oatmeal and declined a glass of buttermilk on ac "to i« train cause ol "Ruii!" "I—I was dreadfully turned around, and 1 might not be able to find the exact spot," replied Taylor. C■ ".Yon prastl" answered Bess. "My father's t&nes most not lie unburied! His death shall not go unavenged!" "Well, I'll try, and if we all lose our scalps in the effort 1 cannot be held responsible. I'm sure there's an Indian camp not far from that spot, and it's a wpuder to ine we haven't been attacked since I came in. There were as many as seven right after me for two or three It was the mother who whispered tfcf* • as fill® -noticed thfc-niela wereliusy for the trtorfifcnt. " " 'v They sprang away together, l5ufc sepirated almost at ouce, aqd wwe .hidden i» the darkness before tying missed. every- it some- mile, and "Jack, you stay by the* horaea—tht come along!" shouted Bob, and ueither woman was a hundred yjw'dsawaywhen pursuit began. - • back over i withler was »uld be itra set, irought " Tim trai like 'Ahaefri 1 ha8 gone on. ft was not :ans—it would hive fDeen dis- « TJie mother bore td the'righfj'thV laughter to the left. The mottytjr i hai/ circle to come tact toward the' wagon on the opposite side from .which ihe bad started,, bat the- daughter can (traight away. Hidden bvD the darirness rad having the advantage-of tli©'Btart,Jihe would have escaped butfdrftmMeftt.'' is she ran she Stepped1 OTi 'Jt 'httfhe Wd" ;wisted her ankle' tiiitU Oie jiatn' ier,cry pot. " 1 That cry located the 'girl for :he renegades who was rushing hither ind yon at randomtatulhe-came-nftantl1 Mixed her as she tank down, helpkss to bear a pound's weight ort fivte injtrrefl1 limb. The search ended1 ht-re; ''Let the old one go,*' gSift ab Lizzie was carried to the Y'agouV "She's headed back for and jf.i( the wolves don't pick Jier bones before. daylight the Indians are sure to come C across her. Now let's be off at once." DC ' The team was all ready to move, and the route had been decided on in ad- Vante. They were taheiul.tp.left, the south fork higher up and.then j * - - - - Mtia «... 3 ' graceful t one h. utft, with helpjje&i.. gold—the : «bead *of i heathens to' thus abandon d cmnd 'with'them so far tod an accident to render him t was avarice—the thirst for ear that sona on® would be h$m at the base of yonder tain. tan rocked and cropped and hoough ■ thfe long aiternoon. Dt out of h» lair in the rocks ched the spot. ;zie come?" qneried the watchtge growl suddenly arousfed it is not Lizzie! . Go away STou are one, oft l helped to'steal my child I" drew back. It was only a tching the dead, but he feared thai berths i . miles." " ' • The mptv#f»nd especially Joe, had looked to Beetha girl break down nnder the strain, but she did not She fought agaihst it and clung to the hope that her' fatter still lived, though he might be wounded and a prisoner. Midnight came and all was quiet Joe went on guard at that hour, and an hour later, as all his senses were keenly alert, he heard a whistle. No Indian would make use of such a There were no white men in the neighbochood. Was it the taote of some bird of night? . * » each one that it was one * worth. ; this the WM., is made, Dre were "' The Tfroi 'aoxetf'aii and inquired if New York. I had with the pec ted that it Jnst then of No. 9 his car* Dr.—.■ «av lier. "No C?an't fol- ! Worn nst -rmrl-Yt The W(J1 -vf w the human Christian. ■ was felt-1 the teams' There it came again—a whistle of inquiry—a» if some one was seeking to locate the camp. Believing it to be some prospector or hunter who had lost himself during the day, Joe answered the signal. and h Harkins lifted bis right hand as a signal.The girl lifted a hand in answer. Then he beckoned to her to come. orders. *igii,,wDc] Taguoly. io«* resumed her lonely weakly and mattering «» captain boj-s are' ihe, river, those pins be able to ns'ia an. from my Iis the sun sank in-4he westi«r voie« grew fainMr, and dfing r?yA illumined the cfije she beside ered Lubband And expired •era sky i when its monnrfnl her ffitrfi She answered with a sweep of hei hand, which told him that Bhe was tied to the tree. It came again and nearer. Now he heard footsteps and a moment later a man and a woman approached him from ont of the darkness. •■Haiti Who is it?' challenged the sentinel. „ "Harkii is!" was the reply. "Great heavens!" whispered Joe as the pair came to a halt before him. "But this does beat me. And that u yon, Harl ins, and alive!" "Yes, it) is Hark ins, and hereis a pool girl 1 rescued from a camp of white ren egades up the valley. I've got lots tC 'ell. Has Taylor come in?" ' _ .. * CHAPTER XV. ' • K/jL iwWBrn InT^BrWPiBMl •, •D e!: A man and a woman av "oached h without a & %, » orward and be fattitdemanded the ♦ * cptor«iie Mills faetwMnt iw mountain# tbemaelTM. C-• i «ature makes her first -effort to f ann tntaiM -n mile or eft from wher6 life mountain is to bg Waved uy. Tho ..... 'CHAPTEtt XIV. HjiIujw ' at .first saw only the few renegades as ha peered around the cotoer Crf'%e rock. Looking.wjain, he di* covert®# female seated fit tlie'foot of a frt« far away.' tier back was toward him and helfl down ,WdD could not uake out whether shC JW, l'ftWg W Old, a White woman or i mow.,,, 1 i itest. Them oand ii» thrown np into foothills, which ire like an abatis in 4ront- of- » bwwst* works. Weary for the Moment with this (flfort nature creates a long, narrow raley, rich in springs' grAsse#,' 1 Hid beyond that bufldf! ifp ttie'jmtii artii : frownina: fountains. These"vaflevs' are" 10 numerous and bend mid angle «c often that they furnish* rteewre -hiding! places tdt parties who -4e*ir» to escape« observation. s"1' " '■ Lizzie ask after' her -father ' 8he reulize(f*yiattlier*$UttifiirhHd Made* him tbrfr first Hctftii.- Ber'tiibtti&'/M' she knew, was a wanderer oa th&plaina. Aff-fof herself, she waa so .overwhelmed tor the first quarter of an hoar (hat she could not speak. Bob-rode 'beside her and guided the horses, whiiMhe ottoirt rode ou ahead and on the flanks. ity mileH of ;rhapa some •Ad help you ■iW6r«d Bob, on't see yon Ack,.yon ride train and bring rest of us will on band to VI a*)-, 'curse tie luck!" erclaimed **»• •fiiMie) mwi' in a brutal voice. "It ■took*-- M if they might also have heard fiii the caTO.AOti geld, «ls« why would tetius spot?" djd fp*. count?" asked "Yes, and he reported you killed bj the Indians." "He sought my life himself, but be quiet If he is asleep do nbt arouse him. Wake the captain, and. i after -vre have cared for this womaq I have a storv to tell." —otharv j. _ # Ttiw wagons aid .ten or twelve 'ia*Bi,"repUed tlie otK.r. ' 'T didn't dare stay were the er been left eatUfied that i could not •Id: himself of be felt that — IndiahA, no , captain thought. - was a woman past forty, client health and having a jonragej . Bn daughter • Lkaie years old, born on the fronvnfceritiftg more than the avertiwrve and endurance. outlaw* left behind hat saemed to be a very the trail and were out queried of his wifet *tra think there is *tr TO BE COXTIXUED.]4 • - -• ;"Tyv strong' for' ui to wipe out, queried one tDf the- mm why was 1; idowu,...i. I •»"'* .A„,.r. :■ .1 ..s - go too clus, you know." iimitauce* Alter Cum. count of pprouy, 'rm. Taylor entered the camp aftoat midiflbernoon, hatless and apparently in ?i%at distress from having come at such a rapid pace. Hi reported that he and Harkins had been attacked by about • dozen Indian*-soon after eating their noonday meal, and tjpat while Harkins had been shot down he had miraculously, .escaped thje deadly bullets and dashed i for the camp; He had been pursued np Ho-withih rifleshot of the wagons, and he'-pretended great fear lest the camp rootOd.be immediately attacked. . ; Two of the prospectors 'had returned, vtottt"fv«o -others were still out. Before .waiting tu "question 'TaylOr or hear his jiboie story'the caiup' prepared for defense,'«&d fit. was only after an hour had Passed any one questioned • the m ar presence of Indiana. ■■ Bess tnaw riothing of herbereavemept until he jcajjfaiii arid others began to * quest/on Taylot.1 'About this tiine the othef party caine"in, and it transpired that atone had seen Kone of the others had seen the«light*»tD cause for alarm. In repeating his story*. Taylor got badly mixed, and.whqn he! to,cpnsole the girl, whastqQd t listening- to every detail with {tearless eyes, she answered: "It may be '60, bnt I canhot believe it. .1 shall not believe it until ;I seO his dead body.". . "But afre you ii©i?lrti&g my words, miss?" - •* -W •* "If the Indiana1,Clrflled' him his body will i beT lying it feH," she An 'jYauhftri-tind the spot again— ybu -mtfefc m. VVe cannot .go now. as night iw coining on, but we phajl .go in the morning. If the wild beasts have Spared his body, 1 want it for Christian burial. If they have not, I want what bones they may leave." ' Rightly {conclud argument at 10 a - - ■ * i ti i . -- •'By making the tariff on Canadian malt bo high that it is prohibitory, thus compelling the dealer to depend upon the American barley, which Is falling off, the American farmer refusing to raise it because under a Republican administration he finds that the sharp beards of the barley while being thras&ed work down his back—30, 21, 32, 28," I replied. ■ they've #ot to go eomehowjlk growled the mjtn who uad first Rpokoff,' "We haven't, coma tiia fur andtaketf, all' "Vuepe chances tQ scooped out, of, ,$*1, K°ld. \Vifh (the -edskins on one «PC1 these foo.g'on' i »how hand or head." .. ,r .»=.» Wijar'a all yer" bratis, Bob?" asked one of the m4n Wff5 kWgh. " * • 4 "Give n$ some htttdwcfk and a&y h##' ""WC Wooing to1 sarfctimvtnt the wagoit" foHrtf ' ifi ,.i» i-.. --i.t.-.... \ *°,be k68* wo,k. iWgotl; .111 ,#pt, , I'jQi among 'eniUnnoTrer- la ibabrgal rigtrt'iliu WHILE TAKING HIS TUB. glass and thus in a measure disguised himself. He also wore a nightcap, and that disguised him, for the American iightcap comes generally from Kentacky and is on the inside. fie had an upper berth, and so the porter got him the- stepladder. As he hefcl the stepladder in place for the man I think I never saw a porter color up so. ' ' The Englishman slowly ascended the ladder, looking like a delayed seraph returning from a seraphic rally somewhere with large Etruscan feet. As he carefully crawled into his bunk an observing palqiist-could read on the solee of his feet that his life line was crossed and intersected by the head line and the Piedmont Air Line: *«• When he entirety disappeared in his little bfeddie there Vas a low murmur of applause, wmcn grew into a perrecc ovation, but he seemed to have nothing ready to offer in Hhe way of an encore,' and so did not rtopfetear until the ntet - morning. i 1 • * Be was a nice, kindly man, and Weil informed, too, He is going to lecture in this country this season, and while he was taking his tub in the morning he told all of hs' what he thought of America. He waa constantly irftefnipfced by applause and by people who got on at Washington and who cams into thai end of the car, forgetting to close the door, thus calling forth on. the surface of the speaker a large crop of robust and highly appropriate gooeefiesh. "Needn't be afraid of sajjl lie leader aa he iDut a hand on ihe girl's shoulder; "I ain't bad/ Aw'tUte# t*i: , tertn'the couptry .ouldss Fw. riled. , W* wanted the wagon and ne wanted you,, trat you've tumbled into good hands, Wy* gal—best hands in the world." "Ah, yes—24, 25, 2fl, 27, 28—might I ask what your views are on the tariff— 29, 80,31, 82?" "Certainly—83, 34, 85—if you will tell me what chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi you belong to, so that I may see if I am working in your degree or not—86, 87, 88, 89." "Yes, yes; you refer, no doubt—9,10, 11,12—to my habit of enumeration and mastication." CHAPTER, i XIII. Altai .-i». t !*««•!© «D, ' Dr» ri »»»♦«! i f* I «• »*i» * Au*Dtf crept cnttof hU lair. * * 4* *5 she promptly 1-e-thoae pins were pur- I remember ter j He rose to life feet m that he etffcld be sunoftlwtwas Mill-sitting at- the fW6t~dfthe tree; the meii gpowt&f:'*" "•-••She1# right 'Atift, blast'lier! .* iVy' wish' hev let the wolves pui' her ( bones! I never knowed any sucbioolin •round oHfekt*"'- i • -: "'Then ijll give ye something 'new,"' Bob &a he (fat doWti!' .plans about that;gal, «ndCtfcfem'aa Swift, like nay plans had better go further anCl work on their own hook!" — "Yes, sir—18,14,15—if you please." "Very well; then it is agreed—18,17, 18." , "My notions, briefly, regarding the tariff are that the man who says he can tell you the ultimate effect upon the varied industries of this country, considering both employer and employee, and their future, not for two or four years, but for a generation, prevaricates. If either party can make votes by reciting isolated instances of great prosperity among manufacturers who have married, wealthy wives and put the money into the business, or, on the other hand, the ccmld truth . qobed: "It Til wanted' tell yoT) -ing „ m.D—I tell; yon, I don't let anybody si\ on me. 1 kpow all 19 of them removed seed not 10 p. in..)—A change of state hrini wanted to break us down the larch, why did they assistance when all the ViyT " don't know, Daniel I jy mean to mur'der ra with the teafn!.. Let as unhorses ana mount them and feel that some gTeat shadow - over u»." Sailorr wrecked at sea gCD mad' sotoe imea from the mere situation. „ They may sail in their small. boats or loat on their rafts for days and days ffith the same monotony of scene—the rjtter beneath, the sky above. There is i horror, a loneliness about it—e, feel its 5 is if shut out from the world—and even ffhere there are three or four together o keep one another company some one will go raving mad within the wdek. When a man is lost on the plains those' vho may set ont to search for him go jrepared to shoot him down. They may have to do it to save their iwu lives. If lost for but a single day le will fall down and weep at sight of lis rescuers. He is weak and maudlin, ike one drunk. "Oil, come Off. with yar qnsHf*?r called the fourth ..loan: us he- roliad, -off the bed of bn*i». »Ud,.8ftt uju. 'a«..tbe»e. any move by the ., .-i '"Nothing except jjono p$u camp for the"summer, out!" answieted tHfe Teaser. • •• . -C cases of who have been addad "lam u* *111" compelled to shut up ostensibly on account of the McKinley law, but really because they did not advertise, let them do so. I rode np from Atlanta with a man who wanted the duty of three dollars retained on peanuts, bnt aside from that wanted absolute free trade as soon as possible. We are as broad and liberal in our tariff views as we are in our religion. We forget that some constitutions require the heroic treatment, While others yield to gentler methods and the all powerful and all humanizing influences of ItAre: We should not be too arbitrary one way or the other. A man residing in the canton of Constable's Hook lost the sale of a barrel of low necked clams because of the quarantine which was instituted for the protection of sixty-five millions of lives, and he made quite a little war over it, creating a general panic in the country and great inconvenience to Mr. A. M. Palmer. ' "Anil are' gbitfg 'rt^ht that; eh? ! C•*»C• and snspi—v» as he looked 4tflT In sight, td the ng the trail. "No one - molest na- with the camp a few miles away, and the man be back with the pins before snnlown anyhdw"." . Be spoke th'us to encourage' himself m well aal his wife and danghter, bat leither of the three felt any the less Lhxtoos. The settler looked to his Wintee that it was in order, reD Brtdlta from the hones that might feed while he waited and rtood on the alert for what might "Not after tomorrer-%iot?tf my name i? Bob., and 1 reckort itaiii" .CD vik,- V. D. "Tbay i .j ''Not the least j tif cum np this fur yet, and bo thftjr hevn t aeep the wagon tracks." "What did yon fire at today?" asked Joe as he reached for Tayler's gun and proved' by the blacking on his finger throat Into the bore that it had been recently discharged. 4 t If lost for two days he may% so under the influence of terror that he will ran away at sight of human beings. "Hev we made any. njiatake about the canyon?" J -Nary onCJT ITl hiy'life on It I went'fur 'trtrff ttD be'sartaftr. All we want is a dewrroad for a day or two, and weW'loadjjftte wagon and be off." f Harkin»|had gathered enough to be certain that Bridgets caveund its treasures were known to the renegades as well as to himself and Taylor. The dying old banter)ia4: said a tone possessed the sec-jet, but it wa«^"evident that it had been talked of to, others. These four men, outlaws though they were, and jirdbably as brave as that class of men usually are, wduldnot have penetrated .into the Indian country thus far With nCj stronger force had not a valuable stake depended. ,, ; . Dind Not Return. The old man who sat by the roadside coughed violently. He seemed to have one foot in the grave, yet he was a wanderer, ragged and forlorn. If ha has been wandering about for three days and nights—beware! The chances are nine in ten that he is dangerous.p- - - .. a change of min^l.—Truth. "I—I fired on the Injuns, of course," stammered Taylor. , A little boy stared in wonder at the strange, decrepit figure. "(Jlh, you did! We thought you said you had your gun on your back and was climbing up a id ass of rock to get a look around?" "Why don't you go home?" the child demanded. And if this feeling is so strong upon men in their prime and men who may have weapons of defense and the experience of years, what must it be in the case of a woman fleeing out into the darkness to escape the murderers of her husband and the abductors of her child? t 1 My Error. The old man shuddered. Burying his face in his hands he moaned miserably. "Don't cry." "J—I've got to lie down and think it over and quiet tfcy nerves. I've had Buch a close call that I'm rattled and cant remember j list .how it all was." fs nn wap only a handbreadth above izop wImh the three renegades d to the wagon and exhibited CmC they claimed •" (D•11 —« //■ The words of comfort from the tender lips wrung the grief stricken heart. "Boy"-— The mother was near enough to hear her daughter's cry of pain and the ■houts of the man who overhauled her. For a moment she thought of returning io give herself up, but then came the thought that if Lizzie was to be rescued and the murderers punished all depended on her. She could see through the 31 tire /plot now, but she could not boeve that it included any one except the four renegades. If she could reach the oaqfpjon the river tho men Would' turn opt and hunt the four to their deaths. The and mother was crouched on thV earth within thirty rods of the wagon yhen it drove away. She feared to mov# until she could no longer hear the rumble of the wheels, and then she rose and ran forward, believing she was following the trail of the trtiin. She remembered it was only six miles, btit •it was two long hours before she stopped for a'moment's rest. She sa\V no signs of a stream. She had come far enough i to reach the south fork, hut where was it? - As Taylor flung himself down the men gathered in a group to discuss his story. There was something queer about it, bnt as 110 one knew of his feeling against Harkins there was no key to his actions. sought to furnish one by ' "We have no more right to measure the great economy of the universe by our little two dollar horizon than we have to establish a law that no man thall be admitted to the Authors' club who writes with his tongue out We cannot all think alike, and that is the reason why we now and then run across fn original thought expressed in an original way. His voice trembled with age and bodily weakness. BEFORE ENTERING THE CAE 1 TOOK THEM FOR TWINS. dare not go home." "Don't dare?" The youthful eyes grew big with as* tonishment. So the w;as a girl and a prisoner? , If a prisoner, then there must have been an act C.f ti- Perhaps it wps (Bespl Jlj ered at the thought, ai saying "No; 1 do not dare." "I know this man hated father, and I could see jt every time he looked at us. Why lie did 1 (Jo not know, but I know that'he had, an ill will. If father is dead be had something to do with it!" "Hush, (Mid!" cautioned the captain at the train. "Your father and Taylor tfrCm£poa tnenas as Tar as l could see. It Is'an awful charge to bring against a mati—tfcat of betraying a comrade." . V fiat he told two or three different stories about it," answered Joe, "and his actions are suspicious. If Jie has done thjji he shall"—— "1 vrift shoot him with my own hand!" sternly applied the captain. "Let everything rqjkt till he awakes. It may have been asjUe safS—tM{ ffight and exhaustion mar have upset him." * There was a world of sadness in hii tones. m fctiffering, and "Twenty-seven years ago, boy, I left my home bright and early. My wife kissed me fondly" "If more people fancy that the present tariff arrangement is more beneficial to them than the other, more people will vote that way. If more people vote that way, and experiments should be made successfully with a purified ballot, the side so voting in the greatest numbers Will elect their candidate. Then the horizon will clew up again, another prize fight will be brought to our notice, and the march of improvement will be once more resumed. with i wotild hav© led him to Tears sprang to his eyes and aolled unheeded down his cheeks. mean to the ate thing .had it not almost imiHediatelyv BUT I SOQN DISCOVERED MY MISTAKE. | —Truthi raised lier head and lodfceo "and told me to get some thread, sugar, toweling, matches, a washboard, saleratus, needles and—and" As he faltered the look of agony in his face grew more intense. It was a fate he had nevter Dora (at gaged yet? Clara (disconsolately) — Indeed fm not, and I won't ever be if I stay in this foggy placi. • ' "Why nptt" ▲ Sad rate. the seaside)—Aren't you en- • thousand It betrayed anility afltf "I Wouldn't the train people lie instantly resolved tliat he w»uld take any risk tCi help. Tile 6nu was now hidden behind the and it was twilight around Iho caiuirfire. The men nit Biffljhg or .thinking for a quarter (f air hour with,Douti».»for4. and theu one of tfcem rose andtdwappeared, • Ten mkmte* later "and one other thing that I forgot and—never—could—recall. I have been an outcast ever since, 1 dare not go home." parceled oat as bat that don't make are saints, but "I can't keep my bangs in crarl long enough for' a man to propose."—New York Weekly. "And now if you will explain that method of enumeration to me, we may go on board Our train." "Yes. thleed." said the studHous man , *rthat when the pinch comes we Otto be dtp«•&•& s«* «• white men. Intently the boy watched the stooping figure until it hobbled laboriously fronv aiaht —-TVtroit Tribiuy*
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Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 43 Number 11, November 18, 1892 |
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Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 43 Number 11, November 18, 1892 |
Volume | 43 |
Issue | 11 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
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Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1892-11-18 |
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Full Text | k - J9 wjtajijtfit - Lt ZKRXK CW \,, F f D lut# sum | " - »*- anjfa Wyojiine valley. „,, .r i ■» W-ina'mrit rttfimif sat jigf n/T C..1 m • *— " --Wfc jl ; —r -~:—■ .,-'.. , . UnngxatijjienOTire At this there. was aJoud laugh fr There comei D"■• li ' grizzlv'~lMr*itWI Tfiftg^bf1 the four, and- when it had subsided troubles are' I rV» (■ by all resumed: It/was Clrtf '- lair in these "Yes, that galtnust be considered Pete was m driftg IwjT the edge of property, you fellows feel up rods of the1 on th4 gold, but keep yoi r linchpins as men as he saw that a num se I was placing i1 j j * T4Vv "''*** • &l wktteit HMn"16 trainman .were auspiciously den great 1 r Jing the group. 7 IZh^L 5 flBMi£*t(D t§e that to m®- You fellows having beer 1 KteoMer» moment up Jf1 aDoot ei®e89 ana ax which oi s *.**D «t«eeeauato him as if he hbdjeegfl en If the Plan r.ve the wagon. x- fftn A. i Oir It This was, as lflWWBlr t?'. , Z011 ™ow ln tj While tb ** Zr SS3*- idea made him tr? !°metW *•'» auda.,uou, V§§Sk .. 1^&tlLIT KK?P . M " After a half or to hour the train *- the pius M -saiC^?^lk"I-^O«v»bout!£ye mile? toftie rigiit of , ' w" fwr traT®lln8 5°w, a. aIKj they VlWifif »* *• tteSWoTthemgold r ie,TCS on * gjj ' ' «Mir ° . dlSJ tTpjh JnLTapid ™° '"*** ff WOLl"- he jfi rfot' P°^bta- Six miles** from the sum b uC j. w"ll," SfilABS Erf* . - jx.\.-u ,«•D, •. ••••., . than waaa halt, and a scout we ••n-uiiel&£§ |.,1| ML* **£""'ear of to select a route for the * dauXJr 1 Owara bad piece of ground. The aD the me W-** tmoye [f VWW f&c*. *' -rewsades nodded to each other, to the wago*T'before dark. three of them rode forward a ,,K Tlliffl *:-»utf^-was almost blocked b-v a hn«e oHitonsly offered services 1 ha^™. agmjj SPzSlBfflO* and he was about to flwk •aptain. Bob made his way to r J^glh#heardthe"°undof haman W*on, which was the last in the ii . 1 $«p» HO0 orrt*e lta occupants were on the seat iv I D„„„ „. ti, „ -Outlaws and rmtfadct!**" *** «Mh« WQk, - •' •. all .interested -in what was goi thTl^^ Taylor hadWti 9m*n, Wv with rtiead, and ta three minutes the iSSlRl ■» t»*d removed the linchpins £ad teen f taSy decided to Harkins. |h® that both hind wheels of the heavy w t^y 1 *»" he had belsniMwi'Wnggniawiiet tor sow The "prairie schooners." as the big twiw.f f alone far fromjH time P481- and that moyement*. 0ns of that date were Caile'd, had ,mrR(l ,„ H ,to°. r""* sr*'» »««•• •» ■ .out ■ have «ttael|p4.tern, if #t*TO»»0* .«lly used. looke.i t.. 3f the m fcledhim, if friends. He that A quarter qf an hour later, ri,rbt the golden CM WP presenoa ww entwiif mwHWpected, pagans stiirtftd forward, the wh n™ve r change bygi W thls;bt'in8 the ca8e hi® curiosity a lew turns when both „lan nnic - Engl J |r "jCh'rHr ' must' ,sot h*d the oppcyApH^^^^^^^V111' Ha W forward on hands - and «ama down with a crasn. By th «»~i &™h„22f iflI2SSEJfil!SS C"0«r*E0,' — .u„ and the ina7ren|H M "ch mot*«», a* lefgth-iojeached advance. ,. , thought UDDPot fipC*twbioh. -jMhat -Very careless of you, Brown, of one who waftbjfl M|oingonon the senjtk. side oi the look your wagon over occasi of weakn thirsting for ' * ' ■ •»' - ssid the captain as he halted th , CD-Bn..r Dinner beinft oVer, mK C***&*• J»wning rverjb aad rode back to ascertain the ,f" „ for action. Kdjon either side of it sat a white deiay. „ L.' tMmbled aaffH Kwb|C«tk«j»taWleat looking fel-. - "lDdid look it over at noon and °fl,' voice as he *mC B» Mi qn; C?u iiheap thing was all right," replied Brown. Tv' t ••Yon lay two more, "Well, thoae pins dropped on ' ? while I tMt*miaepD« ■ ,■ wheu». within a'quarter of a I won't go ••d,.»DaBp9ad«»r' whiapertd la to find 'em," by the d With an "all W&*ins *s he drew bacioa tittle, .i . « . Half a dozen men walked , j-v. .. -nii-i,- 8othey we**r«teinnor*.to4De dreaded the trail for a, hundred rods, b „f oponldwd hla rifle a^WyOTJTyjm thmJtli« dusky Ravages, Jiecanee.having out avaiL Then each wag .l" nt « 22lSS f®, J*» W D*»! being Cen- aakad. for spare pins, bnt none e. 1 fawiu'Witli .I.., I ImmL. More than on* had an .• L the left, at, tkm, mD fr S SafCaSsg««...^TLT^r.; ES SlfSssE trizrr. rr "rwS#, mi ,-WLwhae it was going on t te ™ SSSKir^S^ jured by «f g»ld( can't be responsible for beIfD had been disc wend by,factum,,kuwlyi toptaD»ikigh Jiad. cressed.ttoatateel i • Tlwt d-Wd#d HWMDitat'»^ihe. iNel*W*4 from Sidney and was moving 'tWhat's t&d tnatter that he the rexi £22° °f jjSIfc* ctf jAho traU to river?" further wm h««|rd wrr* f1** "Ihr Mint closes hoar « Not a Iwi^men-a»d#« ofc the w»gca»a, conn friendship, pity or a 2*and daa«ht€r of on^• Cech moment of delay h™Lt *® ***** Cwr tine as Be was1 "tnegaff hunters. »» w. dollar* lrwt and finn.iiv hia faH. Had the Indians killed Taytg* f)nn.*eiifa*Cte earfety wJi" ?* ,W' at the oa.e»fed iions fraught with such hard-1 0ff onlv wi hour to ** daylij mvchtorM to&MWA* hi8tt*7' tM *1*tike a sharper look for ft f^iiterTimii 1 ' A* Mm Mkfm****)? "dWhWl, beyodd all proteetie* *»d in you are all going f w he deOi nitosijto.««irtiiMWfc|h *»**'*C wives and children u»T8 me alone and liable u, 1 11 them t_ ered by the j ti2 ' tw!T maS* Offers are four of us who * ie,t Here,' ■D«» arery oa»o«ie river with the X' TZZ*Z **« **+*»* WW* beek thoee pins, while th Cgf.*Wk iwagon or a.b—»««»pifle. tartr-np the search and be J °7* prl!onwiI y ••K*1* w* tmm 1 pmredrtkat asfWU help put on the wheels." . ol.Ll HD oouM WhUe the who wefe to lw™5* .Brown had rat)- JJ™ OMTBd do#li flto'lUlflU W atpt J*wil 'onrt||Bv habiu.. and good. ohanctorf be was firmly , he eenld ascend .gft worked homes m well as for gold, they war# bad men, bnt f~ hia wy up with *\»Dwi th« majority of .the m2e» decent W their'presence. AndberideS gS *r* toSvmVh W«t were Waving chihzed there dariger froth the fjsr "•hSL ffl53fe « for a quarter of an hour, endjlientold-, gain's orders it fchqm tw and ly cltabed out of th# riiV(hcrO?^ueai? to do so. At the first campflre six of woman's T,he, 60 ttMVWAgobw, .with the out- MW* the three ga Fas his gun. which had? Wa- tm+»*,-'we e iu- Xaror ,o* timing back. BT iT i a rfr • was an old plains«.KS58i?ewch 01 I tZZ t gr.'^yf1 ,UTaged them ,t0 8° on fey C"?- oi Mrshcf, Browr *J 1 • *' J ' *" "Mother,- don't , pwfld WM a cMrt&m. -It • -."fQage men a« }ike sailors who al- gpmething qtreer abow v.aa proof that the ways sta t on ajfeytge f.,11 of liquor. „Ido Drtrfll-I do S thsir 5 Wh0 , TkyTor whb few ' f."JJ^fth^Sfe^° ne out of: the tnl PIP§rota£9 K ind 5Sln -hare the gold with me. 'fie' aStf in dDot Just aa I was faUfeg gnftT»'dg«l it any o| tb*i%. vTo compel them tfl ,.-Bat if 1 not advance etto* yyg ani ase(st Jn/the vwioiM. andieave us u a acre Job or Wt. to on a %h,t,. ns tiieir ( 'V*wn?n avoidt •*»«« hn Tied c C¥" th*t 1 u 011 ,were driven ftWay "* don't know* waa nqw "T Ir Tlf be after they killed aome -wrv0 »,ut t was at least t«a train *btiW thefi-Re' T uiirtTl 'trePfSgg8^ht fal1 * Sr^th ldoAte?iflhe ' IndlM8 Jfd^aer'hKio eraa knew the general dirag|gtoMsyMKCi or thr® all hands had 'HOofatherr "■» — TW-*• «»DJI f 153,^3?' tWfaee 1 ves^and qcm-1 teU a story which would gfief and r frf" i 11 1 %lEii |n ttT 5 l-5RK*^l*l w„' * wifisn'# over twentTfi^mTlesto the made him hnrry ..w™ do we want 5^ "UtlSc—tote? * SPleft b. ' t.»d4 ohSJkBw. toj^iajsaw:, covered half th® distance he suddmly l ¥§&&» "in was only a handbreadth abov. zzzz'ismm.*** rr%s^ ■ig^powtoi^^toW'i»''' mountain in twain for miles suid mUqa, hoTir8ffom this. It s about "We may rough in lodn tad' WBBtk T 1 i i m ; S .£(M I tpi-K i C /'IT-IVIOV ii RII AY, NOVEMBER is, 1892. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. rom Bob - --» ' MMBl J. foDCD C ».»■. ...... . . y There comes Pete, and i reckon your trembles are' abont over."' AiBius? j|xo ysn or ngntping tae came'iollie woman, ••! Lave gone "tr tfrttottT1 T htf' fho'hgTll took away b*r oarage in a moment. and'Bhe t'cumd henli'.tuuiUle to xeasou intelligently. .& 'mm he returned wun a bag or provisions and a bottle of whisky, and Bob said: "Bnt he must guide ua to the spot in the morning," persisted Joe. NYE TALKS A ETfTLE. m be carefully folded Mb napkin; thereby revealing the fact that be lived simply when at home, and that his wife attended to her own work. "Yon Me, I hare to be very careful about my health; otherwise I shall be taken from you before the great work of finishing my collection is done, I am making a" very - large and fine collection of jew de tpriU, so I must Iw very careful of general health, for no one else could pever finish , the collection. Many of them are my own. I put them in to give color to sach men as Lamb. I am the mint sauee on Lamb, as you might say. I am the author of the maxim that the cucumber fights better when it is down. It*was Clnfk" tiowv and • the ftrirct irftllefl Pete was not seen until wtthiii a few'' rods of the'Wbgoii.'' ffft (fismoUrtted ou coining up, heinded -Crrnvn a couple *of linchpins aaiS said'the train had-gone into camp at the river: Brown walkeff t« the wheel which needed the pm ittt) waa placing Ht in position Whett a Btld-'- den great light flashed before his eyes' and he * sank to the ground lti a hefrp. having been struck on the head with afi ax which oae of the men ■ pulled frotfr the wagon, v "Yes, we nrigb,t as .well hev'a bite ntfwaS any other time. Give-the gal. her shares If she's atjlJc.t.ftQ mjiUsh tct eat let her throw it away." \ ' ,'.'1. .ghall insist updii that,'even if we have to leaved the camp alone, "-added Bass. , | ? "It shall be bo," replied the captain. •"We shall know all'in the morning." Bess retreated to' the wagon, rent with conflicting emotions and prostrated by grief and doubt, and the men went about their dnties without a word to each other. All felt that there was something wrong about Taylor's story, but all hesitated to believe him guilty of' the heinous crime of taking the life of a comrade. my A LIGHT AND CHEERFUL ARITHMET*" " ' ICAL BREAKFAST. luare hands Hhe was lost—la on the great plains, by ' "" * The man carried some bread and meat to the girl, but she him no hded. More wood was thrown on the firt, the bottle passed t'rom band . to -hand, and by thp time darkness hpd settled down the four renegades were in good spirits and seemingly good natured. The Combination of Muite, Mathematics *nd Hygiene Explained by a Gentle Stranger With a Wealth of Whisker*—A Delayed Seraph Who Took Bit Tub. one • Thn* the poorwoman did exactly wfeirt'mauy a uuituas done. Instead of •reerrtoj»-uUtil.the arm Ijjid awaj. '-and'until davlightnould come to guide her«aright. she fosabd ran' away from herself, orlried to. AH night" long she wandered -about 4 au erratic way and ■daylight foufld hepaqk within half a mile the spot were the wagon had Stood; »r of regard- I'i M&BBSF «£* a! -be on [Copyright, 1882, by Edgar W. Nye.] En Route, En Passant, Et Getting ) a Move on One via the R. R. f We breakfasted this morning at Culpeper, Va., where fried chicken is to be had without limit. Fried chicken seems to be the motif, as we in music, and all the other frills and little dashes of Theii'Harki ns could no longer see the giri, though perhaps those at the tire had her in view. got iine to While the women had been tterrotre and anxious, the arri valof the man with the pins seemed an act of good- faith, and they were congratulating themselves on nrDon rejoining the tram whtfn Boh sprung up in front of them, »ize.l Dne with either hand and said: Night came down. ■Dved d the Hew, was a new and a double danger, he reflected aS he carefully crept away, ft was not enough thatthe renegades had come for the gold, but they were plotting against the wagon train and would not stop, at murder. It was clearly his duty to reach the train as soon as possible and warn his companions or tne presence ( and designs of these in traders. Darkness had come on, but he knew the gorieral direction of camp and hoped to be able to reach it some time during the night. . ■ ■ • Taylor had hidden his face tinder his blanket, but he had not closed his eyes In sleep. He was not tortured by remorse. On the contrary* he was elated over the thought that he,now assessed the secret of the cavD. But he was troubled that he had a better story! Before firing he had planned just how he and what he would say. Tht guilt always brings had upsi caused him to halt and hesiti a very lame story. She seemed to hae aged ttreflty years in- a sitagle Bight.. err fao» was pinched and -drawn; hep ejp. were sunkfia;»her form tDent as if she ore a burden on her shoulders. *"'• *• "I read same time ago that Mr. Gladstone owed hit long life to the fact that he need great-care and method in nucleating hi* food, counting the nnmber of bites carefully, giving thirty-two, for instance, to steak, and from that down to two for ice cream. I hare had to raise the rate on steak a good deal on this trip and lower it on tea. At hom« we have a very careful method of masticating, as has Mr. Gladstone at Hawarden, and a child who swallows hia pie even without giving % the regular number of bites has to pay a penalty of twenty-five chews on our beautiful climate. It is very cheery to ait at our table and watch and listen to the conversation mingled with the enumeration. "'Sometimes we, have a concert at table, and the counting is done to music. I lead on the violin. I have written an accompaniment for fried tripe which would please you, I know; also a little nocturne for ahad, with half and threequarter rests for taking out the bones. It is beautiful. The grapeakin polks is also very fetching, and a soup somnambula in bflat is popular. My children an thus leaning music, mathematics mat hygiene." With :iuce be obandlly as lOne poa- i e of golcL ! t » o situated. thb Masticator. win11 Wrt color trillDD ruM- and wh Mr. Seidl bo truly " " — as ftun . » inns » t rs** -'v _n—\ "Couie ant ©f this! We've got bttki atsss.with yon!" fork J . ... . ..*± "Daniel—ftithw!" shriek'ed'motbor and tiaughter, T»:t. theru van • a laugh from all the men. and BoU pulled the women o the ground with the leering remark: "They are lostl ve got to find 'em— Da»iel and-"Ltzzf&!,%ho liintter'e'd as she faced the stm. ' "I+t 'tadled and but they won't answt Coo-eel No. they won't ana«r." . ; for-: agoun four bat and "Daniel has got particular btwittessw hand just now, and he beg*yon Will e* cnse him!'' A *- $he. 'Wi»s advancig slowly upon the -4ead IxMy of her InitasuuL •'Where'* W.Jyye'a. L«zie?" • Shorit«} the 'wornau D« TDitJet! He. is asl,ejp' Poor man, but, Be.iuusttyexCi'redf* " """""' *- k liaij dlSPovei-ed'thU b6dy. ' m y?«W, Daotefr "•In*" yW*' TMrre' "Iott!"* crooeed theVmaan & the sankdowrr . betide. th« -Lady. - "Couftre tired--luid •sleepy. A'jes.oron2najwi«|k*. I.milnk»ejD 'very .J£aybftrt-I4*ie.. \vi*l- egou, t ~Srw rocked'her bocW'Jcaiid, fro as if jalieihad 4 "child'rh n'efmns, and'now' to the Brown's Bat what of the prisoner? Under the circumstances not more than one man .in »- thousand would have done more than to. wish that he could help her. jEiarkjjjs was that one man. He bad been strangely drawn to her, and her situation aroused all his sympathies. "He determined to attempt her rescue, the peril of his life. He drew '*waf fiurn the mass of rock, strapped his-rifte td his back, and then crept over the-rongli ground on liands and knees, moving tq tiank the party on the right. It wan a rough and dangerous route, leading over great masses of rock, under tUlcTk across, seams or rifts, but he moved with care until well in the I rear ofD the camp. | Then bis route was down the side Of ' the~mcnintam until all at once he came dpbto th'6 wagon. It bad been pulled up Dont" oI thie valley to be hidden by the trees. The horses he could not see, they having been lariated out at some spot where there'Was grazing. Looking up at the campfire from the wagon the- Englishman .could see the four renefcades playing cards by the blaze. B&ween him and them was the gifl. He hesitated only long enough to get his bearings and -then began creeping upward, He felt now that more depended on {he girl than himself. If she was asleep she might scream out as he aroused her. If she saw him come creeping np she might takto him fdr an Indian and *alarm her captors. Even should all go right np to that moment, would she hare the nerve. and streqgtb to creep away with him? Half why to the fire the brave Englishman baited to canvass the chanoee with himseli. He realized .the hazards, bnt after a couple of minutes he continued on his way. By and by, as he elevated his head above a bowlder, he saw ' the girl before him and not five feet away. She was sitting upright and had her face turned toward him. Many a man who has plani has thought it all over ana himself at every point only after its commission that he holes in his armor of defense. line. front. Oil renefromagon, vag- For a moment the women Wdre help less with sunrises and TKey saft the bod jCof husband and on thi) cod, and ,botU realised that he had been struck dowu by. tiie rejiegades. As they' stood trembling and helpless two of the- men began -hitalrtnjj tHitJ horst? to the • \rapon, Attaint -wfcfc buS^ It was long after dark before rose up. He had then settled from which he would hot vary it to the men, and he told it apparent sincerity that some of v lieved him, while none disputed, had come forward to hear it, right. When he had ftnisfiet a long, painful silence, broken the srirl Who dfeid: "If thiB story be. true you only what another migjht do so We shall know ' tomorrow find the,place again, rfnd yoi us there." It tk were to deny returned without Harking oat' " po—ooBor of these gener- ••obbina; . the dead, while the' fcMiAlT looked to the jvlit.eL\ to s?e, if right ■ , as the teels had rolled Taylor's have pot tat if Brave men and wormC*n think fast aill plan qnicklj-. When life is iriWrtf one must' not give way to feethigs OTgl-Te£ Both women knew that ifiulfder'E&T dope, aij3' Wtli plot of the renegades, hut a/t«y- thejirst shock of 6urjCri.sa and tlm iirst moment if 'weakness their, counvga rfctnmudw % and then bW' tiafM ittft wagon paJttAlSthfl ed on the i The sttu * WtfiiM 'back iq he up m»e,nifj he., was b l&ive. "the caring wh •helpless v; miss ther some plot iSfeW 1 arm whioh la; stiffly exteud- Barth beside lit'. climbed up arit'dp. some of the tVaitttaPh fide »' why Brown ted- not"joinfed ie raot that he mm! not cornerht twi g re wuuk be proof that ;U1 in trouble. Would fchw .river vyjfhoul knowing or it ljad become of him and the oineu? And they would alio iftegades, an I perhaps suspect of evil. • :limbed the sun. lis time mile in with the that he unbuttoned his coat w — let his whiskers out foe a few moments to surprise and delight the Virginia breeae. I decided that if Mr. Gladstone really has a sliding scale of enumeration like a child who ie bliadtilg in the game of "hide and go seek" he will wait many a long, weary day before ha is invited to come and stay over Sonday at cmr house. An Englishman got on at Greensboro Evidently a Pullman sleeping car war new thing to him. It probably just hap pened so accidentally, bat one could see v"* he was not familiar with it. The _ « were not yet made op, and it wai clear that he could not figure oat how might sleep there three dollars' He begged my pardon, bat war —o sleeping car? I said that it' regarded. Then he did not say anything for quite awhile. Finally he begged pardon agate ' if that car went through to T said that from the talk J railroad authorities I sus c would do so. - the porter opened the bertl ~ in such a way as to squat the . life out of a lady's new butterfly bopoet,, -1 my friend saw at once that the car could be what is called metamorphosed in a moment. When his berth had bein made up 1 saw him take his satchel and the nothiBg of till later on I was areas a J music, at sight. Jg bro™ 8tndyforerunner of entrance of a figure and the pattering of bare feet along the aisle of man the car At first wS with his Englishman,feheh^ftgnoredhian(h another roll and cutting "71|»y v. steaming thing open with jgAil VI * |_J - " AH III accused not to tonally," — j characterises _ ___j susinesa, are mere accessories of thC Med chicken. It is good chicken, too ;hough sometimes cold, because it has tC be prepared and on the table at the timC tvhen the train is dais, even if the trail should not be on time. This is hazard jus business, and a very slight hot boj may mean acute cold chicken sometimes. I have been told by my physician thai [ should be cheerful and enter into s Lively conversation at mealtime to keep the mind bright and sunny if I want tr be well and live longer than other people. Therefore you will notice that ] often converse at table, and may be Aei sunning my mind on pleasant days or the lawn, allowing it to run about sniff ing the bright, crisp air while 1 keep s vigilant eye on the cat. For this reason I opened a little bit ol cheery talk with a tall, thoughtful mati on my left at table. He was a grave man, with long, copper colored whiskers which he buttoned inside his vest, sc that when the robins nest again thej will have to go elsewhere. He had the air of a student of the olcl school. Whei I say that I mean one of the pallic students of the day when men studied so hard that their sons often filled e chappie's grave. The typical student o! today is a young man with out of dooi tendencies and freckles on the back ol his neck. He may not be able to trans late the Songs of Solomon from original, with words and v bnt we hope that he is the a better race. "I see that ~ come out with i no longer vote said, speariufr the hot and my knife in o restraint, no matter where I might be placed. "Ah!" he said, "28, 29, 80—to whom do you refer—81, 82—may I ask?" "To a large malt dealer in Philadelphia, who says that the McKinley bill is ruining the malt business—88, 84,85, 89," I added, in order to show that I belonged to the same lodge, b?t really not knowing what he was driving at. "Exactly; but—U, 12,18,14,15—why does the McKinley bill have that effect on the—16,17,18,19—malt business?" he asked as he swallowed his oatmeal and declined a glass of buttermilk on ac "to i« train cause ol "Ruii!" "I—I was dreadfully turned around, and 1 might not be able to find the exact spot," replied Taylor. C■ ".Yon prastl" answered Bess. "My father's t&nes most not lie unburied! His death shall not go unavenged!" "Well, I'll try, and if we all lose our scalps in the effort 1 cannot be held responsible. I'm sure there's an Indian camp not far from that spot, and it's a wpuder to ine we haven't been attacked since I came in. There were as many as seven right after me for two or three It was the mother who whispered tfcf* • as fill® -noticed thfc-niela wereliusy for the trtorfifcnt. " " 'v They sprang away together, l5ufc sepirated almost at ouce, aqd wwe .hidden i» the darkness before tying missed. every- it some- mile, and "Jack, you stay by the* horaea—tht come along!" shouted Bob, and ueither woman was a hundred yjw'dsawaywhen pursuit began. - • back over i withler was »uld be itra set, irought " Tim trai like 'Ahaefri 1 ha8 gone on. ft was not :ans—it would hive fDeen dis- « TJie mother bore td the'righfj'thV laughter to the left. The mottytjr i hai/ circle to come tact toward the' wagon on the opposite side from .which ihe bad started,, bat the- daughter can (traight away. Hidden bvD the darirness rad having the advantage-of tli©'Btart,Jihe would have escaped butfdrftmMeftt.'' is she ran she Stepped1 OTi 'Jt 'httfhe Wd" ;wisted her ankle' tiiitU Oie jiatn' ier,cry pot. " 1 That cry located the 'girl for :he renegades who was rushing hither ind yon at randomtatulhe-came-nftantl1 Mixed her as she tank down, helpkss to bear a pound's weight ort fivte injtrrefl1 limb. The search ended1 ht-re; ''Let the old one go,*' gSift ab Lizzie was carried to the Y'agouV "She's headed back for and jf.i( the wolves don't pick Jier bones before. daylight the Indians are sure to come C across her. Now let's be off at once." DC ' The team was all ready to move, and the route had been decided on in ad- Vante. They were taheiul.tp.left, the south fork higher up and.then j * - - - - Mtia «... 3 ' graceful t one h. utft, with helpjje&i.. gold—the : «bead *of i heathens to' thus abandon d cmnd 'with'them so far tod an accident to render him t was avarice—the thirst for ear that sona on® would be h$m at the base of yonder tain. tan rocked and cropped and hoough ■ thfe long aiternoon. Dt out of h» lair in the rocks ched the spot. ;zie come?" qneried the watchtge growl suddenly arousfed it is not Lizzie! . Go away STou are one, oft l helped to'steal my child I" drew back. It was only a tching the dead, but he feared thai berths i . miles." " ' • The mptv#f»nd especially Joe, had looked to Beetha girl break down nnder the strain, but she did not She fought agaihst it and clung to the hope that her' fatter still lived, though he might be wounded and a prisoner. Midnight came and all was quiet Joe went on guard at that hour, and an hour later, as all his senses were keenly alert, he heard a whistle. No Indian would make use of such a There were no white men in the neighbochood. Was it the taote of some bird of night? . * » each one that it was one * worth. ; this the WM., is made, Dre were "' The Tfroi 'aoxetf'aii and inquired if New York. I had with the pec ted that it Jnst then of No. 9 his car* Dr.—.■ «av lier. "No C?an't fol- ! Worn nst -rmrl-Yt The W(J1 -vf w the human Christian. ■ was felt-1 the teams' There it came again—a whistle of inquiry—a» if some one was seeking to locate the camp. Believing it to be some prospector or hunter who had lost himself during the day, Joe answered the signal. and h Harkins lifted bis right hand as a signal.The girl lifted a hand in answer. Then he beckoned to her to come. orders. *igii,,wDc] Taguoly. io«* resumed her lonely weakly and mattering «» captain boj-s are' ihe, river, those pins be able to ns'ia an. from my Iis the sun sank in-4he westi«r voie« grew fainMr, and dfing r?yA illumined the cfije she beside ered Lubband And expired •era sky i when its monnrfnl her ffitrfi She answered with a sweep of hei hand, which told him that Bhe was tied to the tree. It came again and nearer. Now he heard footsteps and a moment later a man and a woman approached him from ont of the darkness. •■Haiti Who is it?' challenged the sentinel. „ "Harkii is!" was the reply. "Great heavens!" whispered Joe as the pair came to a halt before him. "But this does beat me. And that u yon, Harl ins, and alive!" "Yes, it) is Hark ins, and hereis a pool girl 1 rescued from a camp of white ren egades up the valley. I've got lots tC 'ell. Has Taylor come in?" ' _ .. * CHAPTER XV. ' • K/jL iwWBrn InT^BrWPiBMl •, •D e!: A man and a woman av "oached h without a & %, » orward and be fattitdemanded the ♦ * cptor«iie Mills faetwMnt iw mountain# tbemaelTM. C-• i «ature makes her first -effort to f ann tntaiM -n mile or eft from wher6 life mountain is to bg Waved uy. Tho ..... 'CHAPTEtt XIV. HjiIujw ' at .first saw only the few renegades as ha peered around the cotoer Crf'%e rock. Looking.wjain, he di* covert®# female seated fit tlie'foot of a frt« far away.' tier back was toward him and helfl down ,WdD could not uake out whether shC JW, l'ftWg W Old, a White woman or i mow.,,, 1 i itest. Them oand ii» thrown np into foothills, which ire like an abatis in 4ront- of- » bwwst* works. Weary for the Moment with this (flfort nature creates a long, narrow raley, rich in springs' grAsse#,' 1 Hid beyond that bufldf! ifp ttie'jmtii artii : frownina: fountains. These"vaflevs' are" 10 numerous and bend mid angle «c often that they furnish* rteewre -hiding! places tdt parties who -4e*ir» to escape« observation. s"1' " '■ Lizzie ask after' her -father ' 8he reulize(f*yiattlier*$UttifiirhHd Made* him tbrfr first Hctftii.- Ber'tiibtti&'/M' she knew, was a wanderer oa th&plaina. Aff-fof herself, she waa so .overwhelmed tor the first quarter of an hoar (hat she could not speak. Bob-rode 'beside her and guided the horses, whiiMhe ottoirt rode ou ahead and on the flanks. ity mileH of ;rhapa some •Ad help you ■iW6r«d Bob, on't see yon Ack,.yon ride train and bring rest of us will on band to VI a*)-, 'curse tie luck!" erclaimed **»• •fiiMie) mwi' in a brutal voice. "It ■took*-- M if they might also have heard fiii the caTO.AOti geld, «ls« why would tetius spot?" djd fp*. count?" asked "Yes, and he reported you killed bj the Indians." "He sought my life himself, but be quiet If he is asleep do nbt arouse him. Wake the captain, and. i after -vre have cared for this womaq I have a storv to tell." —otharv j. _ # Ttiw wagons aid .ten or twelve 'ia*Bi,"repUed tlie otK.r. ' 'T didn't dare stay were the er been left eatUfied that i could not •Id: himself of be felt that — IndiahA, no , captain thought. - was a woman past forty, client health and having a jonragej . Bn daughter • Lkaie years old, born on the fronvnfceritiftg more than the avertiwrve and endurance. outlaw* left behind hat saemed to be a very the trail and were out queried of his wifet *tra think there is *tr TO BE COXTIXUED.]4 • - -• ;"Tyv strong' for' ui to wipe out, queried one tDf the- mm why was 1; idowu,...i. I •»"'* .A„,.r. :■ .1 ..s - go too clus, you know." iimitauce* Alter Cum. count of pprouy, 'rm. Taylor entered the camp aftoat midiflbernoon, hatless and apparently in ?i%at distress from having come at such a rapid pace. Hi reported that he and Harkins had been attacked by about • dozen Indian*-soon after eating their noonday meal, and tjpat while Harkins had been shot down he had miraculously, .escaped thje deadly bullets and dashed i for the camp; He had been pursued np Ho-withih rifleshot of the wagons, and he'-pretended great fear lest the camp rootOd.be immediately attacked. . ; Two of the prospectors 'had returned, vtottt"fv«o -others were still out. Before .waiting tu "question 'TaylOr or hear his jiboie story'the caiup' prepared for defense,'«&d fit. was only after an hour had Passed any one questioned • the m ar presence of Indiana. ■■ Bess tnaw riothing of herbereavemept until he jcajjfaiii arid others began to * quest/on Taylot.1 'About this tiine the othef party caine"in, and it transpired that atone had seen Kone of the others had seen the«light*»tD cause for alarm. In repeating his story*. Taylor got badly mixed, and.whqn he! to,cpnsole the girl, whastqQd t listening- to every detail with {tearless eyes, she answered: "It may be '60, bnt I canhot believe it. .1 shall not believe it until ;I seO his dead body.". . "But afre you ii©i?lrti&g my words, miss?" - •* -W •* "If the Indiana1,Clrflled' him his body will i beT lying it feH," she An 'jYauhftri-tind the spot again— ybu -mtfefc m. VVe cannot .go now. as night iw coining on, but we phajl .go in the morning. If the wild beasts have Spared his body, 1 want it for Christian burial. If they have not, I want what bones they may leave." ' Rightly {conclud argument at 10 a - - ■ * i ti i . -- •'By making the tariff on Canadian malt bo high that it is prohibitory, thus compelling the dealer to depend upon the American barley, which Is falling off, the American farmer refusing to raise it because under a Republican administration he finds that the sharp beards of the barley while being thras&ed work down his back—30, 21, 32, 28," I replied. ■ they've #ot to go eomehowjlk growled the mjtn who uad first Rpokoff,' "We haven't, coma tiia fur andtaketf, all' "Vuepe chances tQ scooped out, of, ,$*1, K°ld. \Vifh (the -edskins on one «PC1 these foo.g'on' i »how hand or head." .. ,r .»=.» Wijar'a all yer" bratis, Bob?" asked one of the m4n Wff5 kWgh. " * • 4 "Give n$ some htttdwcfk and a&y h##' ""WC Wooing to1 sarfctimvtnt the wagoit" foHrtf ' ifi ,.i» i-.. --i.t.-.... \ *°,be k68* wo,k. iWgotl; .111 ,#pt, , I'jQi among 'eniUnnoTrer- la ibabrgal rigtrt'iliu WHILE TAKING HIS TUB. glass and thus in a measure disguised himself. He also wore a nightcap, and that disguised him, for the American iightcap comes generally from Kentacky and is on the inside. fie had an upper berth, and so the porter got him the- stepladder. As he hefcl the stepladder in place for the man I think I never saw a porter color up so. ' ' The Englishman slowly ascended the ladder, looking like a delayed seraph returning from a seraphic rally somewhere with large Etruscan feet. As he carefully crawled into his bunk an observing palqiist-could read on the solee of his feet that his life line was crossed and intersected by the head line and the Piedmont Air Line: *«• When he entirety disappeared in his little bfeddie there Vas a low murmur of applause, wmcn grew into a perrecc ovation, but he seemed to have nothing ready to offer in Hhe way of an encore,' and so did not rtopfetear until the ntet - morning. i 1 • * Be was a nice, kindly man, and Weil informed, too, He is going to lecture in this country this season, and while he was taking his tub in the morning he told all of hs' what he thought of America. He waa constantly irftefnipfced by applause and by people who got on at Washington and who cams into thai end of the car, forgetting to close the door, thus calling forth on. the surface of the speaker a large crop of robust and highly appropriate gooeefiesh. "Needn't be afraid of sajjl lie leader aa he iDut a hand on ihe girl's shoulder; "I ain't bad/ Aw'tUte# t*i: , tertn'the couptry .ouldss Fw. riled. , W* wanted the wagon and ne wanted you,, trat you've tumbled into good hands, Wy* gal—best hands in the world." "Ah, yes—24, 25, 2fl, 27, 28—might I ask what your views are on the tariff— 29, 80,31, 82?" "Certainly—83, 34, 85—if you will tell me what chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi you belong to, so that I may see if I am working in your degree or not—86, 87, 88, 89." "Yes, yes; you refer, no doubt—9,10, 11,12—to my habit of enumeration and mastication." CHAPTER, i XIII. Altai .-i». t !*««•!© «D, ' Dr» ri »»»♦«! i f* I «• »*i» * Au*Dtf crept cnttof hU lair. * * 4* *5 she promptly 1-e-thoae pins were pur- I remember ter j He rose to life feet m that he etffcld be sunoftlwtwas Mill-sitting at- the fW6t~dfthe tree; the meii gpowt&f:'*" "•-••She1# right 'Atift, blast'lier! .* iVy' wish' hev let the wolves pui' her ( bones! I never knowed any sucbioolin •round oHfekt*"'- i • -: "'Then ijll give ye something 'new,"' Bob &a he (fat doWti!' .plans about that;gal, «ndCtfcfem'aa Swift, like nay plans had better go further anCl work on their own hook!" — "Yes, sir—18,14,15—if you please." "Very well; then it is agreed—18,17, 18." , "My notions, briefly, regarding the tariff are that the man who says he can tell you the ultimate effect upon the varied industries of this country, considering both employer and employee, and their future, not for two or four years, but for a generation, prevaricates. If either party can make votes by reciting isolated instances of great prosperity among manufacturers who have married, wealthy wives and put the money into the business, or, on the other hand, the ccmld truth . qobed: "It Til wanted' tell yoT) -ing „ m.D—I tell; yon, I don't let anybody si\ on me. 1 kpow all 19 of them removed seed not 10 p. in..)—A change of state hrini wanted to break us down the larch, why did they assistance when all the ViyT " don't know, Daniel I jy mean to mur'der ra with the teafn!.. Let as unhorses ana mount them and feel that some gTeat shadow - over u»." Sailorr wrecked at sea gCD mad' sotoe imea from the mere situation. „ They may sail in their small. boats or loat on their rafts for days and days ffith the same monotony of scene—the rjtter beneath, the sky above. There is i horror, a loneliness about it—e, feel its 5 is if shut out from the world—and even ffhere there are three or four together o keep one another company some one will go raving mad within the wdek. When a man is lost on the plains those' vho may set ont to search for him go jrepared to shoot him down. They may have to do it to save their iwu lives. If lost for but a single day le will fall down and weep at sight of lis rescuers. He is weak and maudlin, ike one drunk. "Oil, come Off. with yar qnsHf*?r called the fourth ..loan: us he- roliad, -off the bed of bn*i». »Ud,.8ftt uju. 'a«..tbe»e. any move by the ., .-i '"Nothing except jjono p$u camp for the"summer, out!" answieted tHfe Teaser. • •• . -C cases of who have been addad "lam u* *111" compelled to shut up ostensibly on account of the McKinley law, but really because they did not advertise, let them do so. I rode np from Atlanta with a man who wanted the duty of three dollars retained on peanuts, bnt aside from that wanted absolute free trade as soon as possible. We are as broad and liberal in our tariff views as we are in our religion. We forget that some constitutions require the heroic treatment, While others yield to gentler methods and the all powerful and all humanizing influences of ItAre: We should not be too arbitrary one way or the other. A man residing in the canton of Constable's Hook lost the sale of a barrel of low necked clams because of the quarantine which was instituted for the protection of sixty-five millions of lives, and he made quite a little war over it, creating a general panic in the country and great inconvenience to Mr. A. M. Palmer. ' "Anil are' gbitfg 'rt^ht that; eh? ! C•*»C• and snspi—v» as he looked 4tflT In sight, td the ng the trail. "No one - molest na- with the camp a few miles away, and the man be back with the pins before snnlown anyhdw"." . Be spoke th'us to encourage' himself m well aal his wife and danghter, bat leither of the three felt any the less Lhxtoos. The settler looked to his Wintee that it was in order, reD Brtdlta from the hones that might feed while he waited and rtood on the alert for what might "Not after tomorrer-%iot?tf my name i? Bob., and 1 reckort itaiii" .CD vik,- V. D. "Tbay i .j ''Not the least j tif cum np this fur yet, and bo thftjr hevn t aeep the wagon tracks." "What did yon fire at today?" asked Joe as he reached for Tayler's gun and proved' by the blacking on his finger throat Into the bore that it had been recently discharged. 4 t If lost for two days he may% so under the influence of terror that he will ran away at sight of human beings. "Hev we made any. njiatake about the canyon?" J -Nary onCJT ITl hiy'life on It I went'fur 'trtrff ttD be'sartaftr. All we want is a dewrroad for a day or two, and weW'loadjjftte wagon and be off." f Harkin»|had gathered enough to be certain that Bridgets caveund its treasures were known to the renegades as well as to himself and Taylor. The dying old banter)ia4: said a tone possessed the sec-jet, but it wa«^"evident that it had been talked of to, others. These four men, outlaws though they were, and jirdbably as brave as that class of men usually are, wduldnot have penetrated .into the Indian country thus far With nCj stronger force had not a valuable stake depended. ,, ; . Dind Not Return. The old man who sat by the roadside coughed violently. He seemed to have one foot in the grave, yet he was a wanderer, ragged and forlorn. If ha has been wandering about for three days and nights—beware! The chances are nine in ten that he is dangerous.p- - - .. a change of min^l.—Truth. "I—I fired on the Injuns, of course," stammered Taylor. , A little boy stared in wonder at the strange, decrepit figure. "(Jlh, you did! We thought you said you had your gun on your back and was climbing up a id ass of rock to get a look around?" "Why don't you go home?" the child demanded. And if this feeling is so strong upon men in their prime and men who may have weapons of defense and the experience of years, what must it be in the case of a woman fleeing out into the darkness to escape the murderers of her husband and the abductors of her child? t 1 My Error. The old man shuddered. Burying his face in his hands he moaned miserably. "Don't cry." "J—I've got to lie down and think it over and quiet tfcy nerves. I've had Buch a close call that I'm rattled and cant remember j list .how it all was." fs nn wap only a handbreadth above izop wImh the three renegades d to the wagon and exhibited CmC they claimed •" (D•11 —« //■ The words of comfort from the tender lips wrung the grief stricken heart. "Boy"-— The mother was near enough to hear her daughter's cry of pain and the ■houts of the man who overhauled her. For a moment she thought of returning io give herself up, but then came the thought that if Lizzie was to be rescued and the murderers punished all depended on her. She could see through the 31 tire /plot now, but she could not boeve that it included any one except the four renegades. If she could reach the oaqfpjon the river tho men Would' turn opt and hunt the four to their deaths. The and mother was crouched on thV earth within thirty rods of the wagon yhen it drove away. She feared to mov# until she could no longer hear the rumble of the wheels, and then she rose and ran forward, believing she was following the trail of the trtiin. She remembered it was only six miles, btit •it was two long hours before she stopped for a'moment's rest. She sa\V no signs of a stream. She had come far enough i to reach the south fork, hut where was it? - As Taylor flung himself down the men gathered in a group to discuss his story. There was something queer about it, bnt as 110 one knew of his feeling against Harkins there was no key to his actions. sought to furnish one by ' "We have no more right to measure the great economy of the universe by our little two dollar horizon than we have to establish a law that no man thall be admitted to the Authors' club who writes with his tongue out We cannot all think alike, and that is the reason why we now and then run across fn original thought expressed in an original way. His voice trembled with age and bodily weakness. BEFORE ENTERING THE CAE 1 TOOK THEM FOR TWINS. dare not go home." "Don't dare?" The youthful eyes grew big with as* tonishment. So the w;as a girl and a prisoner? , If a prisoner, then there must have been an act C.f ti- Perhaps it wps (Bespl Jlj ered at the thought, ai saying "No; 1 do not dare." "I know this man hated father, and I could see jt every time he looked at us. Why lie did 1 (Jo not know, but I know that'he had, an ill will. If father is dead be had something to do with it!" "Hush, (Mid!" cautioned the captain at the train. "Your father and Taylor tfrCm£poa tnenas as Tar as l could see. It Is'an awful charge to bring against a mati—tfcat of betraying a comrade." . V fiat he told two or three different stories about it," answered Joe, "and his actions are suspicious. If Jie has done thjji he shall"—— "1 vrift shoot him with my own hand!" sternly applied the captain. "Let everything rqjkt till he awakes. It may have been asjUe safS—tM{ ffight and exhaustion mar have upset him." * There was a world of sadness in hii tones. m fctiffering, and "Twenty-seven years ago, boy, I left my home bright and early. My wife kissed me fondly" "If more people fancy that the present tariff arrangement is more beneficial to them than the other, more people will vote that way. If more people vote that way, and experiments should be made successfully with a purified ballot, the side so voting in the greatest numbers Will elect their candidate. Then the horizon will clew up again, another prize fight will be brought to our notice, and the march of improvement will be once more resumed. with i wotild hav© led him to Tears sprang to his eyes and aolled unheeded down his cheeks. mean to the ate thing .had it not almost imiHediatelyv BUT I SOQN DISCOVERED MY MISTAKE. | —Truthi raised lier head and lodfceo "and told me to get some thread, sugar, toweling, matches, a washboard, saleratus, needles and—and" As he faltered the look of agony in his face grew more intense. It was a fate he had nevter Dora (at gaged yet? Clara (disconsolately) — Indeed fm not, and I won't ever be if I stay in this foggy placi. • ' "Why nptt" ▲ Sad rate. the seaside)—Aren't you en- • thousand It betrayed anility afltf "I Wouldn't the train people lie instantly resolved tliat he w»uld take any risk tCi help. Tile 6nu was now hidden behind the and it was twilight around Iho caiuirfire. The men nit Biffljhg or .thinking for a quarter (f air hour with,Douti».»for4. and theu one of tfcem rose andtdwappeared, • Ten mkmte* later "and one other thing that I forgot and—never—could—recall. I have been an outcast ever since, 1 dare not go home." parceled oat as bat that don't make are saints, but "I can't keep my bangs in crarl long enough for' a man to propose."—New York Weekly. "And now if you will explain that method of enumeration to me, we may go on board Our train." "Yes. thleed." said the studHous man , *rthat when the pinch comes we Otto be dtp«•&•& s«* «• white men. Intently the boy watched the stooping figure until it hobbled laboriously fronv aiaht —-TVtroit Tribiuy* |
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