Arizona republican., 1898-09-28
THE OLD.
 SILVER TRAIL.
BY MARY E. STICKNEY.
Continued from yesterday)

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 i It might be a good cbance to crowd q little experience under his hat as would do in a heap of good. I'd ruther like i to serve i'm the way that tcp-Iofty minin' expert got fixed out when he come with his order from the court, last spring, when the vinze in the second level kad bcen left open, kinder acci- dental ike. You mustn't go in there says I. stoppin' him. You have no au- thority to hinder my goin' where I please, sir, says he. Independent as though he owned all Denver 'n' had . mort.+age cn the earth; i've got an or der from the court, sir says he. well, you'd better not go in there, just the same says I, aggravatin' like, knowin' 1 was jest eggin' of him en- T shall go where 1 d. ahem!' and McCready paused embarrassetlly, suddenly re- ;nembering that he must choose his words before the young lady. whose interest in the story he found greatly nattering. 's'Well, I shall go where I like, sir says he, 1koseyin' straight for that winze; m tlie next thing there he was, kerfump, at the bottom of that I5-foot hcle with his order from the court-'n' dislocated shoulder! Gee. l how Ee did swear as we was hoistin' 'in upi-buA there wasn't another straight face in the mine.' And Me Cready reared for the pleasing remiEis- cence.
 The colonel smiled perfunctoriiy. He l lad heard the tale before. "I rather wonder he did rot come down on us with an order for examination this time" he observed.
 Well, 1 recl-cn from what they got out of it before that i,e thought he'd do better to take somebody that had gone 1 through the workings without an order from the court" suggested the superin- tendent, with a grin.
 Col. Meredith thrummed absently on the ta3Ic, his eyes fixed in frowning thought upon the floor. Tt would sini- plify mattcrs," he observed at length. evidently referring to some proposition that had bce1 discussed before. The inirc has stopped work. you say
 .sYcs; engine broke down." Me Cready's tone conveying a hint of sup- tie hunlor in the explanation.
 Well. if you can make it go-I don't know that we take any great chances" the colonel said, rising with distinct in t:1..ation that he considered the intel view at an end But there is no object in carrying the joke too far. l would stop short Of the dislocated shoulder this time if I were you. Come, Dorc- thy;" but he started with surprise as he looked i:t her, cxclaiming with genuine l concern: ''iiut what is tie matter, 1 c,lild? ?-arc you sick?
 s.I EeIiove-I think I have . slight headache,' she ncr7ously returned. . wave of rcd suddenly dyeing hcrche..s. "Thc heat''-she stopped to pass her ]! hands in q bcw;l3e-c:i v-Gv across her 1 eyes@'.it is stif:ng, is it rot?"
 q hone you're not going to hare mountain fever." her father impatient ly calculated, seizing upon her hand to feel her rulse.
 q don't knew but we've been givin' Miss Meredith suthin' of . scare with OUT talk" McCrc2dy numbled, in 2 somewhat jocosc tone Of apology from the dcor. ''Mebloe she thinks she's go5 in with some pretty tough c;tizens;' but nobody was giving heed to what he said.
 ''A little too fast the colorel pro- nounced, releasing the wrist while he shut his watch with an impatient snap. T dare say it is nothing: ;ut you would better take some quinine ard go io bed.'
 ''Yes: do not care for any supper. I will go lack to my room" Dorothy
 nurmured. hur-iedly, carefully avoid ! ing . glance at McCready as she passed him at the door.
 Take at least five grains of quinine." /" 1 her father anxiously advised, looking after her. '.And I will send you up some toast and tea"
 l Five grains of quinine. IIcw far would that 20 toward srarinr Harvey 1 Neil a disiocatcd shoulder? How far toward saYirg her father from the dis { grace of even tacit acqu;esccncc in such villainous work? Dorothy laughed in i hysterical amusement as she rcstlessiy i paced her room. laugh which ended i in something like . sob.
 She had always Eccn so proud of her father; proud of the instiDctivc refine 1nent which spoke in the almost finical i care of his person, ih tho ieG,pcra:cncss welI-nigl austeriry. of his living: of his fire appearance in the world of men; of | his brilliant war record. when his title had been won by signal bravery in the ! field; Of tie unbrolscn series of business successes which had given him the power and prestige of money However ! they might malign him, men treated i him with q defercnce which she had al ways accepted as just tribute to his worth, looking up to him in that hero worship which seems an innate impulse of the woman nature. That this ad i iniration so boundlcssly fostered was not all love she had hardly realized until HOW, when sine seemed tc feel her 1 self shrinking back from him with . sort Of horror. Words that in moment l of excitement her mother had uttered ! wears 200 come f,aplz fo hcr DnW