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chunks O. ice, but didn't see no bru,...
on him."
That's strange" Dolman exclaimea
IAN did yer hear no noises afore /.
come ter wake yer up?'
well, now you speak on it, | tbint,
did. About half an hour, or maybe ~
hour afore 'Phonse come to my but 7
hearn mos awful yellin' on the we..
side the bay"
down by Breckenridge"
AYE, where the Glastonbury folk,
crosses the mash"
ssThet was two miles away from
wheer the blind man was found
couldn't been him?" Dolman appealed
to the circle of open-mouthed listeners
who nodded their heads in solemn d
lence.
Say" Interrupted the grocer, who
had Just returned to the group after
serving a woman with pound Of but.
ter. and had lost the fisherman's storr
''who is that stout, tlick-set, oldisb
man, as come up from Glastonbury IN
the livery-rig an is stoppin' at your
house with the poor chap as is hurt
Jim?"
'Thets the blind feller's keeper" +.
"Du tell! Well, all can say is tibet
I'd rayther he were his keeper than
mine"
"An' wheer did yer make his ar.
quaintance?" Dolman asked, pausingh
his whiting with awakened interest
Fright wheer you're standin', jim.
He coined here as soon as he reached
the village-an' more eantankerous
old dog never clapp'd eyes on. WHY
the way he went for 'Phonse, an You
an the schoolmarm for deluderin' hi,
boy was a caution. So it was the blind
man he was after, was it? l kind O
suspicioned it, though / didn't care to
ask him questions, he was so ALFRED
hot an angry. Wen, I'd look out II
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CHAPTER x

WANDA > FIRST OTTER
How glad George Arundel was to
meet her, and she gave him both her
hands, while her face beamed with JOY
to welcome him. There was no fear of
this generous friend annoying her by
pleading his suit, though she knew that
he loved her very dearly. Women like
to be loved. | would not give a fig for
the woman who does not, and who can
not spare little bit of tenderness for
the man whose devotion pleases her,
and yet be loyal to him who is king of
her affections
So Wanda Arlington exerted her best
efforts to make it pleasant for her blind
friend. who was in a seventh heaven of
delight. She had such tact, too as AL
phonse Damiens noticed with glowing
eyes. George Arundels wishes were
anticipated before he could express
them. She fitted round his chair with
a tender solicitude which was madden
ing to the young Frenchman, and alto
gether conducted herself in such way
that hell of Jealousy was raging in
his heart, though pleasant words tripped
from his smiling lips.
Outside storm was gathering. The
wind came bowling up the river with
roar that deafened one and dashed the
sleet in fierce 'hurries against the win
dow shutters then was as suddenly
still.
Guess we're gwine ter hev biz
card" old Dolman said, drawing closer
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TO THE SIDE OF THE oUIvERISG HORSE.
intentions by a girls tears, climbed
down the bank to the side of the quiz
ering horse.
But by this time the news had spread
through the village and little crowd
had quickly gathered on the river bank.
The men looked grave as they dis
cussed the situation, and Wanda gath
cred no hope from their sad faces. By
this time the mist was arising from the
river, and eager eyes were strained
along its northern channel.
Guess. boys. you'd better get some
ropes an let's go out to the point. Like
es not Wen find EN- there, or there
abouts."
Wanda watched the men start, gazed
with kind of dazed interest on Dol
man and few others as they dragged
the wounded horse up the bank; and
then went back to the house. Oh.
how hard it was to be a woman-to al
nothing but stay indoors and wiring her
hands, when her loving friend was in
such fearful danger. She had hardly
reached her room, when she was told
that man was waiting below to see
her Harry All, it was Harry come at
last, she thought-now she would have
strong heart to lean upon-now She
But it was not Harry. 1t was only a
white-haired man, with face so CHASTITY
IN expression that it chilled her blood
to look at him.
Where is George Arundel, Miss2
What have We done with Master
George2"
Ahere was reproachful appeal in
the mans manner which struck her 70
the heart
Have you not heard9 Do YOU not
know. We fear they were lost on the
river last night-he and Mr.. Damiens-
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1 WITH THE SHREK OF MANIAC HI
FLUNG THE REINs ACROSS THEIR BACKS
could he do to check the ribald non
sense of this man, who seemed deter
mined to pick quarrel with him.
But silence did not suit Damiens'
mood.
"Aye, you thought you'd got the
game in your own hands, didn't you,
Mr.. Blind Man? But when you made
your plans TO entrap Wanda with your
sniveling appeals to her pity, you left
me out of your calculations, guess"
Good heavens! Is the man insane?'
George mustered.
Well might he ask himself the ques-
ton, for the next moment his compan-
ions voice, hoarse with passion, was
kissing in his ear so wild and incoherent
a torrent of abuse that he expected
every moment madman's clutch upon
his throat.
Curse your he continued, wildly,
with your mealy-mouthed ways TO
come between me and the only girl
ever loved. But do not think I'll bear
it. Beaten by blind man. No, I'm
not quite come to that. Pretty Wanda
shall be mine despite your trickeries.
But I'll give you chance for your life
just one chance"
"You would not murder mel"
"Murder2 Not L. the Frenchman
laughed in wild mockery, but none
the less you'll be tomorrow morning
stark and cold, and Wanda and win
mingle our tears at the cruel accident
which brought you there, unless"
Unless?' Arundel asked, with
breathless eagerness.
'Unless you swear by the eternal
God 10 leave the state to-morrow-to
give up Wanda Arlington-and never
communicate with her again"
As he spoke he stopped the horses and
leaped lightly from the cutter.
Speak, he screamed, will you take
the oath?"
A thousand thoughts whirled through
Arundel's brain.
No, not even to a mailman would he
perjure himself.
Your life hangs on your answer
Speak, Damiens roared, as he stood
lines in hand tagging the mouths Of the
fretful horses.
To the right of him was the steep de.
clivity of the bank; to the left, the
river more than mile wide, and now
plain of snow and ice, peaks of ice,
rough and ragged as when the mighty
stream with grinding fury piled them
in the fall
Towards this road to certain death
Damiens had turned the heads of the
plunging horses.
win you not speak?" he Kissed. !
Then God have mercy on your SOUL"
His whip was poised in the air for a |
moment, and the next he brought il |
down on the TANKS of the infatuated
animals.
Thrice the cruel blows fell
Then, with the shrek of maniac, he
flung the reins across their backs.
Even above the roar of the storm and
the crash of the cutter against the 4
blocks of ice, George Arundel could |
hear his wild peals of laughter.
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Then she speaks. SLOWLY, heavlly
she lifts her eyes to his and looks at
him with great yearning misery and
solemn truthfulness in them. Il am
so sorry that you should entertain such
feelings for me, Mr.. Damiens for can
never return your love-"
She sees him culver under the blow
she has struck, and with woman's
tenderness seeks to heal the wound.
sob! do not look like that, she cried,
for he has dropped her hands and
stands before her dazed like one in a
dream.
81 cannot help my looks he says,
bitterly. Nor can | help loving you.
tits no crime to love you, Wanda-Miss
Arlington"
'Nor for me to be unable to look up
on you as other than friend"
''Yes, yes, that is true" he replied
hurriedly. "You must be my friend.
will not annoy you with my solicita-
tions, win worship you in silence"
She could not see his face. She
could not see the cunning malignant
CLEAN of those dark eyes, nor imagine
that the mans humble words but
cloalSed designs of future conquest.
He had recovered the first blow of his
disappointment and was now himself
again - cunning, treaeherous man,
ready to do anything to attain his ends.
He give her up! Not he, indeed. What
care he though she had dozen lovers,
he did not blame her for it, only-it
would be all the worse for them.
So he said once more with all humil-
ity: ''Be, as you say, my friend, Miss
Arlington. ! am as you see rough,
uncouth fellow, and you may humanize
me-"
81 am very sorry for YOU" Wanda
said frankly; ''but, Mr.. Damiens, you
must not let your passion grow
the better of you. There are hundreds
of girls as attractive as | am whicE is
not saying much for their charms, who
will gladly give you back love for love,
who have not already set up an idol of
their own
The words escaped her lips without
thought. She would have given the
world to have recalled them, but it was
too late.
"Then you do love another ?" he
asked, with well-feigned detection.
She blushed crimson.
'sNo one has ever spoken to me of
love but you" she prevaricated.
Love is not born of words" Damiens
said, passionately. "a glance-a pres
sure of the hand, flash of-bnt why
define bliss denied me? Suffice it to
say that you are lost to me. Nay, do
not tremble so, Miss Arlington your
secret is safe with me-"
For moment her eyes flashed an in
dignant reproach, but she could not lie
so she took refuge in silence.
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CHAPTER XII

Wanda rose early. There was no,
much inducement to do so at this un-
pleasant season; but the riverside folks
were early risers, beginning the DAVIS
business at an hour when city people
were enjoying their best sleep, and she
had fallen into their ways.
So, by seven o'clock. the greasy beef
steak and muddy coffee had been dis
posed of, and Mr.. Dolman, who always
conducted divine service in his family
In way peculiarly his own, had in
formed the Almighty with revolving
familiarity where He should extend His
blessings that day, and she was ready
for the usual routine Of duty.
II was not quite light enough to read.
and the Dolmans were parsin5nious as
regarded lamps, so she essaysd to amuse
herself BY watching a crowd Of urchins
playing in the street There was not
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to the stove, near which he had been
sitting whiting a piece of wood, after
the manner of the riverside men. Il
hate them peslSy gusts-sure signs o. a
hurril1in' afore dawn"
What an old croaker you are. ="
Damieus interposed fretfully; you'll
scare Mr.. Arundel out of all enjoyment
of his drive tonight
''An' eff was Mister Arundel I'd know
when was well off, an wouldn't"
he saw the warning look of the French
man, and paused to recover his mis-
take, Il wouldn't care durn for all the
storms as ever blowed along the river,
eff 'Phonse himself was holdin' the rib
bons over them young bosses o his'n."
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was you. Jim Dolman. for heer'd In
say again an again after they'd carried
the poor chap into your house, thai hs
would be even with you all
Even with me-" Dolman grinned
Guess he's OFF his base a-talkin' sch
nonsense"
Then Auguste Fontaine, the blssk
smith. slowly gathered himself together
for the effort, and spoke, for the nan
was ponderous as one of his own grea.
hammers, and words seldom came fnon
his lips save an oath to some refractory
horse or roar of anger at his wife L q
meal was late. Therefore. when he
giveutterance to a thought his remarA-
commanded attention.
AN / seen him tall1iu' to that tramp
Teller as slept in your barn last night7
"Eh. whatr Dolman calculated a
tramp in my barn!"
Yes, | thought you lsnowed IT, Az
from what could learn as | passed b.
he was offerin' a man a hundred dollars
if he'd go afore a justice o peace al
Glastonbury an swear to converSa-
ton he'd herd atween you an 'Phouss
Damiens in your stable last night.
Mr.. Dolmans face was a picture q
discomposure.
AN what did the Teller say? Did hs
take the offer?" he asked, wiping TIE
big beads of perspiration from his brgT
THAT couldn't quite tell you, jim.
was the unconsoling reply, but tns
chap went to Glastonbury in Bladoas
return rig Like ez not he's layin' IN
yer, Dolman; guess ef was you Y
make tracks for Canady ez 'Phonse hel
done"
"Then all / kin say" Dolman d.
clared, lis tibet it is base eonspiraF
to take away the character of honest
man. What Is the word of a tramp
ter be took agen a church member @
nine years standin'? Eff tibet WORTHLESS
cuss es slep' in my barn ses ] didn' a
my level best ter persuade 'Phonse no'
ter hurt the blind man, he lies. WIZ
when | seen 'Phonse so set agen hia
an heern him mutterin' 10 hissen E
we harnessed the bosses what he wons
du ter the Teller when he got him OIL
on the ice, argyed with him all coz.
The idee of sayin' | encouraged hln
"Phonse,' ses |, don't yer 60 for ter dA
it, or yer'n be foun' out, an"
Dolman stopped, as though instar
taneously bereft of speech; for there
not a dozen feet from him, stoea
Damiens, with such malignant soo't
on his face that the old mans blood ~
cold. All We're amazed at the appaF
ton. for it is little startling to =
standing before you the man you g
lieve to be in a foreign country heeins
from justice.
Though his face was pale as deaia
and a wild light lurl1ed in those mag
uifieent dark eyes, he was the NOS
man in the store.
Don't let me interrupt the conversE
tiaa, Jim What were you saylnE.
which interested our friends so much.
Fer the Lords sake. 'Phonse. dcA
look at me like theft" Dolman crinse
with ashen lips; ''ther's a suthin =
yer eyes which"
Nonsense Why. Jim. what IS the
matter with youg''
Keep Off Don't let him come neal
me. Hes crazy mad. I tell yer Dor
han cried. retreating behind the CIV
GERS burlv figure.
To be Continued.
In case Of hard cold nothing will relless
he hrpat hfraur ~ .rrSri~fr~ ~ ruh ArDllA
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much real daylight yet, but the storm
was over, and the deep snow lay white
and unfiurried on the sidewalk.
Presently she noticed that the chill
dren stopped their play and gathered
in an excited group, while all their eyes
were fixed on the river.
With pardonable curiosity Wanda
opened the front door and called to ask
them what they saw.
''Oh, teacher, come here! Come
ouiclxr was the eager demand of the
little ones.
"What is ftp" she cried, not caring to
wet her feet unnecessarily.
seWhy, teacher, it's a black horse
a-crawlin over the ice-hills, just as
though he was wounded" Johnnie
Beggs assured her. Johnnie pronounced
il wounded, but Wanda had no heart to
correct him. In minute she was with
the children
"Where? Where9" she asked, ex-
citedly.
'Therel by yonder big iceberg"
much at fault as his photography.
Yes, certainly there was something
creeping over the snow in the far dis
lance, which in the indistinct light might
to Wanda's inexperienced eyes have
been wolf or dog; but the urchins
were right, for as it got nearer, Miss
Arlington recognized it as horse-a
no
ing in the snow.
BY the time the poor thing had
reached the shore and stood with head
bent low at the foot of the bank-its
knees broken and bleeding, its coat COW
cred with frozen gouts of blood, and
great cash visible on its quivering
shoulder-James Dolman had joined
the group.
"Jerushaw he cried, his sallow face
turning even a deeper yellow, "ef tibet
amt one of 'Phonse's bashawsw
Wanda turned sick at the thought
She would have fallen-the street
seemed to be Keeling round her-had
she not chung to the arm of girl
standing by, who looked with wonder at
the young teachers emotion.
'Are you sure, Mr.. Dolman," she
said as soon as her trembling lips could
frame the words: Are you sure that it
Is one of Mr.. Damiens' horses?"
"Surer' sneered Dolman, "ther amt
another horse o. tibet breed / the hull
county
"And some accident must have hap
pened?'
Like es not said how it 'ud be
last night, when they would start in
.he blizzard 'Phonse Damiens' wrists
S like steel, but he couldn't hold them
eff the sleet cut EN-"
But you said last night they would
De quite safe, Mr.. Dolman. You urged |
Mr.. Arundel to CO." Wanda remon-
,trated.
''Safel said no sich thing. But tibet
lorse must be helped to shelter, an
Tou'd better go in the house. Cryin'
Won't do no good. Besides, how dye
lnow they're hurtc 'Tain't the fust
ime a cutters been tipped over on that
here river"
"But it's seven hours since they've
eft u.s."
$50 it's. Guess they must o. got hurt
dixie es not they dropped in an air.
iole-p'r'aps them wild bashaws kicked
EN- silly es they broke loose"
'Then, for heavens sake" Wanda
ried, give the alarm and get men &c
% with you to their rescue! Oh, II /
we're only a mani" the girl sobbed,
RACED at his deliberation.
''oh, wen go fast enough soon es
we've got this poor critter in the stable.
he boss is alive, miss-the men may
e dead, for all we know" and James
not to be perverted from his
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In case of hard cold nothing viii relles.
the breathing SO quickly as to rub Arni0
q Oil Eminent on the chest.
All those who have,used Bakers u.s.
drake Bitters speak very strongly ID tnoi
praise Twenty-Five cents per bottle
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18
How walker. nelr. Lost a.. 600 600.

Under this caption the Knoxville Tenn }
Journal recently published an item to the
effect that seventy five years ago Thomas
l.. Walker, then a mere boy, planted -four
walnuts 10y the roadside opposite his
fathers house in the Eleventh civil dis
trict, near Cedar Bluff. and some ten miles
west Of Knoxville lie died tan years ago,
yet he lived To see four walnut trees grow 10
a measure Of four feet in diameter, wort h.
II cut and properly seasoned, at least 500
each Had be- planted 100 walnuts on nm al.
joining acre Of ground, his heirs. when lie
died, would have been Si20O better of.
Today they would be s.aaOOO better of
Had he planted ten acres they would be
worth at least s, 9,OtO, Goa Had he planted
100 acres, aud all the trees had reached an
average size of three feet in diameter, and
there is no reason why they shouldn't. as
the land is fertile and imprcguated with
lime. his heirs. and there are only three
living, would be worth altogether S2O0,-
00,00 II, like old Johnny Applesecd,
who planted thousands Of apple trees in
the northwest, he had planted MI the worn
out fields in Tennessee in walnuts it would
be the richest state in the Union 10y far.
This is certainly very ingenious figuring.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

Fourth avenue he numbered bank presi-
dents, railroad presidents aud other mag.
mates, millionaires and authors by the score
among his customers.
They all liked him, too, and in 1874
Richard Watson Glider put him in q
poem" To his great delight. 1t may be
found in The Old Cabinet" Of Scribners
Monthly for November, 1874 After tell
ing In prose how the BARRIERS garden was
just below the windows of the poets room,
and therefore as much the enjoyment OF
the one as of the other. Mr. Glider goes on
thus;
Two people once lived in a loft,
Whose names were Confucius and Kitty;
And their friends with anxiety oft
shook their heads aud exclaimed, what
PITY
And they asked them such questions as Gar
You Keep dry in your loft when 1t showers
The reply 10 which constantly ran,
The barber takes care Of the flowers"
| The style of Mr. Hofr's tonsorial palac
may bc judged from the fact that 1t cos
$4,000 to fit up in 1855 and it was niue
! improved thereafter lie retires with
competency but is too much attached {
New York TO leave 1t. and will live in
| handsome fiat
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

am a cripple, but ! never think OF
my misfortune. Laugh and the world
laughs with YOU. People say, "How
Wilder Handicapped. am not handi.
capped. don't want sympathy. never
think about my shape. make 100000
year. have my yearly trip TO Europe
and have the entrce TO all the theatres
there and in this city. | go to the thea
tres three times week on an average.
When appear at benefit performance
even the actors applaud me and the stage
hands stop work and say, Keep quiet;
little Wilder is on" Whenever go into
society it is the same. Why is it7 IL
isn't because it's me. It's because I
bring smiles and laughter. | never croak.
People don't care for Wilder, but they do
care for good laugh. Why, even the
criminals on Blackwells Island are glad
to see me. and although they have sins
and trouble enough, they have time TO
hear a good story, and make the prison
rafters ring with laughter. Marshall p.
Wilder's Letter.
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gree So long and honorable that the sultan
Of Morocco i a parveuu in comparison and
the sultan Of Turkey would yield him u
certain precedence lie i tituiar chief
priest and prophet of the Mulai Taib, "a
MOhammcdan sect whicl dates from the
Ninth century; he has four or five palaces
and an income of about 5000 a year.
About twenty years ago there was In
Taugier an English guverntss named Emily
keeue, who won his heart and married him
on condition she should lc hi- only wife
lie was faithful Ia lis promise for many
years and even after he took some young
wives and cOuCubincs she retained her in.
fiucnce in the government She has two
sons, who ARE believed hy The people TO
haVethc same gifts of healing aud prophecy
n their father. Some time ago the sheriff
was inveigled by the French To the city of
Algicrs. where he j. living in great style
at their expense Meanwhile the sherita,
his English wife. j. training her sous FOR
their future duties
The French want to extend their rail
road through the oasis u Iuuat. and claim
that the sheriff has jurisdiction over it while
the English, who are gaining strong foot
hold in Morocco claim that il belongs to
the sultan Of that country, aud Spain hints
that She is willing to give up her rights in
Morocco for possession Of Gibrnltcr The
whole situation is curiously complicat cd,
and when the sultan drops or. as he soon
must, and the scramble If Europeans for
control of Morocco begins, the sheriff may
have the decisive vote. Both French and
English seem To have decided that the best
way % reach and redeem the Soudan is hy
a railroad across the Sahara, and the rapid
development OF civilization in that part ot
the world j. large element in the romance
OF current history
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

late the entire title General Arturo Bal
dasano y Topete, Spanish consul at New
York and president OF the society. will tr,
To obtain from Havana enough old bronze
cannons TO furnish the material.
The idea originated with Scnor Fernando
Miranda, a well known artist, and lie drew
the plan, which was accepted at once The
figures will represent Columbus. Com
mander Nicenti Yanez pinzon of the Nina,
and his brother, Commander Martin
Alfonso Pinzon, of the Pinta, standing on
the globe at the point where the discovery
was made. Senior Miranda, the designer,
Is native of Valencia. Spain, and was Q
pupil OF the sculptor piques. Of the court
OF Isabella H. lie was knighted many
years ago, and King Alphonso XII mad.
him commander OF the Royal Order oi
Isabella. lie is therefore Count Miranda,
but when he came TO the United States In
1870 he dropped all titles, aud is now plain
senior