, 1869-02-07

stored within Inc hui. and % ,; e.s5 nau heen
sonious fingers Of Tne!e BIfiy po di!c,a.se sse T.
last ten days longer. 1Thst ~ 'n"e5 :" 4 nl,ht
Uakhurst. aito roe. 10 Tbe fn-,.s,., saia Ar-
are willing to board u. II ron h., yo1
perhaps you'd better uot--!os ~ ~, '-sna
I'LL Uncle BILLY gets bacS wiz aas
vitions." For some occult rcasnn PC
oakhurst. ceuld cot bring hinseir !.
dIsciosa Uncle BiliY's rascaitI. aud - otFs-ss1
the hypothesis thai he had waudsre,f eo tEneo
the emp md had accidentatlv staTn6a3 no3
the animals, He drppped a Warni1@ ~
Duchess and Mother Sn1pton, who. ofe s-=
knew the facts or their associate e's tesrr.:cS'
They'll ind ont the truth about NJ III
when they nnd ont anythips-r he sade.i'
ing them now"
/ Tom sirusou rot only put al hi, Eo,,d,.
eto1e at the disposal Of Mr.. Oakhu:ss. f,,t
seemed TO enjoy the prospect al thc;r s ~
forced seclusion. ''We'll have good c.un
for n week, and then The snow III melt. ant
we'N all 60 back togesher.n The chnrrf,i
gaSety o, the young man ar Mr. Oakhur,t's
calu injected the others. The Iouocanr
with the aid OF pune boughs. c1tc;unn
rtzed thatch 1or the Ioo1ess caI,In
aed the Duchess directed Plac5 IA tns
re-arranXe nent Of the Interior with 4 tasle
and t.ct that opened the blue ey.s Of taar
provincial maiden 10 thvie fullest extent. q
reckon now yuu're used to fire th;p..5 At
Poker F1a'," said Pincy. TIE Dura.ss
tulned away shafp'y to sooeesl something
fessIonal tin,, and Mother shioton re3uestsS
Pirey not to @'chat1er." Hu: wtrn ~
Qakhu,st returned frutn wear se.rah ~.
the trail, be heard he sound OF hapnv 1.1,.n tSr
trr echoed from tna rocks. lie stonoa5 IL
some alsrro. md hja thonrbt5 fr,t ppo ~ !n.a ~
reverted 10 The ThiskeyEThtrh h.. 1ss9taay ha9
dcptly creHfd. Aud ret It don's sor,. H Esu-
tound Hka Ehfskev-n aid Tho -.nbt..
wss moi uEtil be CAUGHT .jrht NJ ~. hi,.; ~
IRE throurh the sIill bin7iinp .ior1n nn.I ~:
group xIpuud It. that he eei,jet -, ~, ~ snt
Tictlon that # Vas !. .souare Inn ), ~ LIE eoo-
Whcthcr Sir. Oskhnrst hsd sa -a.,.dh,,
with Tie whisky a. somcth;ne as1.ssssL. hi
the trrc arcrxs oF th. as,I,.; 'e4
canrot ssy. Il Va, cs,,ain I5'
Mother saipton's Word. ~ s!S;a.,. ~
iii: tIme was bceni.ri br a., sccae,. napT
duced someWhat osten1s,ion.iS ~ HoToe, bv T, @ pro-
snn ftnm his rsrt ea.Mtsy W lem sna-
diff{enifIe. sttsn51,- .s,e r'anas.1as.a~ su.no
inEtrnment PineT WoaI. ~ Aluat'e: -na o. sa1
severnl relnrtsnt n,elooic. 1rar, ~ p.ueA
Of bone cast,uetss hi .hc ~ Ta. erins ~ p pAs
Of the errnfn1 w,s rrschnG ~ 1ux Lesasny
u,c.,irI hE,an va. ssne4 ~, ~ rude camp
n.nds s,r9 - r,,h, oe1s, ease LUG losc1s, Joining
c,ftrat!on. feas thst a ccrta,n Gst5,ni I tone s
sua Coreu.nter;s swing ~ ~ choEaa t1ss
thsn .nv aa-,s,osa, ~ 10 eoolus, saLnsf
snssd,,r ~, son1s ~ o aususy' e5assd t9
F. btptvu5 ~ ~. Aae otness, "ho Al LAST 1otred
II N 1,nnd =, ,,x. :, ,hn
Ana I,m cousn n eta IL III, s1Hx .e' Aotu'
The pIpcs rocked. the storn e1a.ad sr,1
Ganes ai ihelr sItsr ;eaned | ~ sv2 -So ~
In token of The yow. - -
At midnIoht the storm ah,,el III, -o1,,rc-
clouds partcd. and thc stars ctlttrra5 Eer,,1
uboyc tho sleeping camp, Nr. Oafhmrst
whose professional habits Ind cnaoicd ntm
.letp il alvIdnx M s wtb am & o.
ron, somehow managed 10 take upou himseIf
the greater part OF that duty, fIe ercn.etI
himself to Tie Innocent by saving ana Ia
had 's olten been q week without aIoap.S
Doing what i" asked Tom. Poker r re-
PILED o,khqrst, sententleusly "xhen man
get tired. Tnu luck gives in DIST. Luck"
continued the gambler, redeclyely, IL Z
mighty queer thing. AA(l You know ahont
1t tor ! certain Is that ia bound 10 chauve.
And It's rnd1ng out when i,'s eofn- II
change that makes you. We've had streaF
OF bad luck since We left Poker Fi..-rou
come along and slap you get Into It, too, W
you can huld your cards riyhk along ynn,r~
I'LL right. Fer" added the gambler. Win
cheerful irreleyanee,
"lm proud to Ire N tho se,y.ea ct ths rn
The thl1d day came, aud rhe san. looking
through the white-eur tsined valley, saw the
outcasts divide their slowly decreasing store
OF PROVISIONS Tor tho morning meal, II was
one Of the pecu1lari:ics Of 1hat moun tain
climate that lts rays diffnsed warmth over
the wintry landscape. as If Ia sexretful com
misara.lou Of the paAt. But It revealed ds:ft
on drift Of SNOW piled high around tbs hut :
hopeless, uncha1ted, txackless sea or wnIft.
;riug below the rocky shores to which tho
castaways still cluns. Through the mar7rI-
lousy clear air, the smoke Of the pastoral
,IllSge Of Poker Flat rose miles sway.
p!unseic Of Res Lofty ssns s. aa hnsies @ Il tsoss ass
ditec:lon q ho1l mhIcdicsip1. Il WIS her lS4s
EAnpesatiEe attempt, and Perhaps for that
reasou was Unrest d WITH cesta1n degree
OF snbllnity. It did her good, she private
out there and cuss, and see, she then tcs
herself to the task Of amusing {. the child.''
as she aud the Duchess were ElcaseI To call
Piuey. Ptncy was no chicken, bu. Il was
soothing and ingenious theory OF the pair
thus to account for the lac! that she didn't
When ujkht c1erl IN AGAIN &hroneh tha
corRrs the re+dy cote, or The arcnrdron roo
mud fell In fttul spaGs ami 1onrstir.Wn
ensps b; the fIcketlur camp flre. Hns rnnstr
ia'it 4 70 hll entirely tbe ncaisg voii ieit By
proposed by Piney-stoz5 .te1l,n.. Se1ther
Nj. Oakhufst nor his tem.l. comnsclou, car-
Ipr to relaie their nersorai tTners.ncc thia
plan would have failed. TOO. bat for 4 The
Innocent" some months before he had
eenious translation of the fiad. lie nrpnosna M
10 narrate tkc pr uciuai Incidents oF fns nnen
having thoruu-hiy mastered lie peg,.
n1eni and fairly foIcntten H.. Eor,ls-l1 ti7r
current veroaeu'ar Of SANDY Bar. And 50
tor the rest at that night tie Homeric demi-
I'D wily Greek r,estled ia n the VEIL, ID ana ana
.ha great pines m the canon sermrJ ~ hnT
- = fe.3ssHE,x4he son ri pelns' IT, ~
h,,.s, .ne y. ~ No4t
tsntcIsliy % was "ite ~ H9es 1es.s;1<, -
dcaso,ies!i sn hee - - me !n1oeent persisted IN
So with tEnaIs fo,% .19 . Acalies-
md the accordeon' y v.et % ,,...., mesn VI nomef @
heads or The onlcss,s The feo o1a tao
sock them, and arnin from sun anu !2t-
snow.fskes were tIfI.i nTer fhs :,oI o1tea h1 me
y day ctoser around them drew The tia suoT1 NV
prison over drified wsIi. nS 5ae11,1G 1on tnsir
that lowertd twenty feet .h,sa - u1lus ,Sn' ~h1tc,
It became more and mora tistssuti T. rae;s9 aeas
Isf their ores, ever frun1 the Mia, pr.1.
side them, cow half nidien II ,as driiss-
turned from the dresry pru-9ect snj lnoted
i1ro each others e. e., aud wefdhanpy. .Xr.
Oakhutst rettlrd himscT ccolIv tn iSs:osInr
game before him. The Duehc;, - naTs a enssf.,
lul than she had been, as.utoed tas csrn or
Piney. Only Mother fhYpton-onca tha
str,,t,peat nf fhe ns,tvs-sr--,rSt =. ,fnS., s%S
fade. Al midnight Oh the tenth dsr Ahe rzi1r1
Oakhurst to her aide. ara co.aa." ena 1.Ids
In voice OF qpefuIou. weakuexs' .thnt snnis
say anYth1n:. about It. ,Ugt,'t xsFr,s a.
kids. Take The bundle from unaer hesd
aud open H." Mr. Cskhurst aid ~. Il con.
famed Mother ahfpton's 1,ions f;,r n. lnst
week. untouched. Et;Irc I'm to RI the s rh,id ~. =
she mid. pnintmr fo The xIrc,fn- p;ne.
HYou'yc s,sryed yourselt. y ,a,tI lie r.m,,r,
.Ihat's what they eall H., said Ihe vnman
querule uslY. as she iay down .vsfn. snd
turning her fnce 10 the wall. natted uuietly
away,
The accoraeou md The bones were mt