The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-12-16

You must throw away all your previous
notions, however nice and ladylike.> The
Occur d'Alene at present is not summer
resort"
The doctor could not know how rap
idly the managers household had been
going to pieces in the last four and
twenty hours. He had anticipated a
hard time with Faith. and he was specu-
lating what other pull" he could bring
to bear upon her. Suspecting much. but
knowing nothing, of her relations with
Darcie, he dared not mention that name
to her; but he mentioned her name
quite frankly to Darcie, that afternoon
when he paid a visit to his dodgers in the
cellar, and was struck by it's obvious
and painful effect.
"He hasn't made it, I'm afraid" the
doctor concluded. reverting in thought
to the "heart solo" that he had charged
upon Darcie. mo; he hasn't made it.
and it's taking every chip he's got to
pay. The poor boys busted, do be-
lieve; and now what becomes of my
little plant"
Nevertheless he preached his plan,
was desperate.
"Boys," said he, in his cheeriest voice,
1--WE are going to have regular mon
key and parrot time of it here till the
troops get in. The militia's all very
well, and we shall be powerful glad to
see them. but how do we know if they
can stand up to these Molly Maguires?
And I'm not sure the idiots won't blow
up the bridges, or blow up anything
else. There is all Montana to the back
of 'em, and Butte is run by the Miners
union.
"And Darcie, do you know, they have
found that missing letter of yours? The
gentle Abby helped herself to it, out
of your clothes, 1 guess; that's the kind
of house it is at present. She has shared
the contents of it pretty generally
among her friends-used it against you
every way she can. to justify their
treatment of you. doubtless. They
didn't know exactly what they had
against you before, but now they know.
You must have hit them pretty hard in
that letter. I found this out about ten
minutes ago, and it struck me as very
nasty complication. I'm in a hurry to
get you gone. They have marched on
Wardner to deal with the Bunker Hill
and Sullivan as they dealt with the
Frisco; but if some one should happen
to ask: Where is that British spy?' or
Where is big Mike, the bloody scab?'
they could spare so men or so easy, on
special duty, in case like this; and if
they should come up here by daylight,
your exit up the gulch wouldn't be SO
private as one could wish.
'Now, 1 propose you start not later
than tonight. I will have my horse up
there in the corral by the mouth of your
winze, and when you hear my usual
clinkum-clankum on the coalhod out
side the kitchen door take that for a
signal the coast is clear. Pack up
little grub, and remember the trail is
a bad one at night. and don't press the
pony; where he hesitates, you had bet
ter get down and crawl. Mike knows
how amusing it is on the old trail, go
ing round Sunset peak. You want to
strike for Beaver canyon by the way
of Carbon, and come out at Charley
Mead's place, the old placer camp on the
river. And there, if you can get boat,
you had better leave the road, and take
to the river. You will avoid Kingston,
which may be in the hands of the
strikers, and I don't think you could
make it by the road. anyhow, below the
big jam, such road as it is, with horse
and a wounded man and girl"
"a gurl!" echoed Mike, in blunt
amazement; then, catching the doctors
eye, he held his peace, and went off to
the far end of the cellar, where he
busted himself noisily hauling boxes
around and taking stock of provisions,
in case they might need to put in a
fresh requisition for the journey.
Miss Bingham must go with you,"
the doctor was saying to Darcie in a
cool. peremptory tone. II take the re.
sponsibility of that myself"
IDarcie was turning red and white,
and his knees were shaking under him.
HAS she said that she will go?" he
asked, avoiding the doctors eye.
81 haven't asked her, and don't pro-
pose to. What does she know? OF
course she'd say she couldn't go. It is
time now for the men to do something,
if there are any men left in this das-
tardly mine. Do you know what the
old man has done?" and the fiery little
doctor exploded again over the "cow-