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,,pped the execution. The king granted
i'm release. Again, In 1870, eleven men
we're to be decnpitated, and when the
fenth mans head fell n girl came forward
and asked tina the eleventh man, n hand
some fellow of %, be given to her as her
husband. She commended her point reso-
lutely, and the man was remanded to
prison, where he and the girl were mar
ried, and the prisoner was released.l
Bolus Hankus. That was HIS name.
1t was n queer name, but Bolus couldn't
help-that. 1t is true he was at the christ
ening, but he had no voice in the matter,
and the name was imposed upon him.
He might nave had it changed, accord
ing to the law made and provided in such
cases, but Bolus was no lawyer.
Bolus wa an honest man. What his
youth a been no one in the little mining
camp where this tale finds him, knew,
and few cared to inquire. AS a usual
thing, pedigrees are not popular in min
ing camps.
In more civilized localities skeletons are
kept in closets. In mining camps closets
are scarce, and skeletons are hung to the
limb Of n tree.
Bolus may nave mad IA skeleton. One
old miner had even been so bold as to as
sert that flesh and blood couldn't stand
such a name, but Bolus continued to live
in his little cabin on the banks of the
creek, and the limbs Of the trees were
tennntless.
His nature wa almost as strange rs his
name. and there was u touch Of refine
ment in II not observable in that Of his
companions.
He never swore rs did the others; he
very seldom drank, and a chew OF tobacco
never exhaled Its golden juice in his
mouth.
Others told stories. Bolus remained
silent.
There were several women in the camp,
tentative wives and sweethearts Of the
miners; but to these Bolus ave the en-
tire roadway when by accident he met
them.
He never in his talks, with the men,
spoke against the sex, but there was "A
sinister look in his eyes when Dandy Tom,
a pretty young man wearing the only
paper collar and red necktie on the creek,
branched out into a bit of sentiment with
lovely woman constant and truen AS the
elemental principle.
Bolus was not a popular fayorite, and
would no doubt have been defeated for
any office in the gift Of h people, but he
SAUL AAlAl AAAdA W 10 ~ III AAa AaNtAH
1t is not every man who can stay In a
mining camp.
One freezing cold day "a rugged speci-
men OF boy toiled through the snow,
making for the Buckingham palace, the
only liquor depository in the camp, eN-
cepting the persons OF the miners.
Now and then n head was stuck out Of
a cabin door and a pair of questioning
eyes followed the boy, but the piercing air
shot the head back again and shut the
door with a slam.
1t was not comforting to the boy, but
he pushed ON toward the saloon, knowing
that it at least would be open to him.
He shrank back as he crossed the
threshold, for IA dozen rough voices
shouted shut the door, and the boy hest
tated.
"come right in, shivers; you shan't be
hurt
1t was Bolus who spoke, and his kindly
voice treasured the newcomer.
The boy came forward, and Bolus, ris-
ing from the empty keg he was occupying
near the big stove, put him in his place
and told him to make himself at home.
1t wasn't a company n mother would
are to see her boy in, nor was 1t II stove
At for an exhibition in IA store window,
Dul Aut AOulblhhAAOh was a. MAJ q I'M
provement on the cold without, and tho
boy held his hands up to the red-hot iron
and turned his frozen ears toward the
warmth.
well. Shivers,r said Bolus, pleased
with the boys evident appreciation, "does
it feel goodfp
ayes, SIR replied the visitor, looking
up at him and casting u furtive glance
around the circle of rough miners COM
posing the loaing capital of the Bucking-
ham, but my name isn't Shivers.n
"Ohi hain't ityu scornfully exclaimed
~Scandalous Jim, squirting a mouthful Of
tobacco juice on the stove
mo, sir; it's Paul Seaton."
aGit on ter thet, boys roared Jim;
Hes one o them chicks as draps outen a
novel an fetches his purity cognomen
along with EN-. Now look at here, young
Teller" he continued, "mebbe as how Paul
Setting wuz yer name onct, but faint 50
no more. Yer Shiyers, just as Bolus called
her, an Shivers yer o ter continner
4 yer wanter continner in this camp
And Shivers 1t remained.
~ he sat thawing himself IL might be
icel that he was a slender fellow OF II
lest with a skin in strong contrast to
l-hydermatous miners about him,
( that he belonged to the species
cnderfoot.H
When the lad had been warmed inside
md out, the men held a consultation as to
what disposition should be made Of him.
ale can't work, ~ said Scandalous.
"Nor he hRin't very purity, - suggested
Curly.
He'll be expensive to raise, remarked
Tight-skinned Joe.
as he weanedfn queried the Dandy.
Don't do that, boys; don't i%nterposed
Bolus. The lad can't defend himself. II
there amt any objections I'll take him,
and try to do the fair thing by him till he
can take care OF himself"
Shivers looked at him gratefully.
aThank you,n he said quietly, and put
his dirty little hand into the bruwny one
OF the miner.
"That's right, go to papa sneered Jim.
"Shut up. said Bolus.
Jim shut up.
"We1l 20 now continued Bolus to the
boy, and he went out, followed by Shivers.
From that day forward the two were
like brothers, The boy proved handy
about the house, and the few women in
the camp even praised his neatness in put
ting things to rights in the cabin.
When spring came, Shivers brought
wild flowers from the hills and set them
out around the yard, and had trailing
vines festooned about the low walls until
Bolus' cabin was called the posey patch.
Bolus, too, underwent almost as great a
change. rs his cabin, and he went so far
one Sunday as to ask the Dandy for his
paper collar, because Shivers wanted him
to spruce up a little like as II he was
going to church.
So time went until September 3ame and
all the hills put on their robes % red.
Then q dreadful change came 10 Bolnf
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