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Y I:TE were six and the Indians
n N J. were forty. at least" said
=: " v .:,."This was on the 14th Of
=. L February, many years ago.
We" had started with large
party, but had wandered away.
.The.I Indians surprised us and we found
curse Ives at the top of round hill and
the Indians Were at the bottom and
we knew. that they would try either TO
starYe. us out or surprise us. The large
party with whom we had been travel
ing were miners. on their way to the
Black Hits. The Indians were angry
BECAUSE we had come into their coun-
try Several. miners had been killed by
them. :: WE khe that we would get no
nlereX.if..we, should fall: into the Indi-
J. ans..clutches.'
!. Ill: *.%'It was. tar. aliziag, as we looked
FROM the hill upon which we were pris-
oners, to, see our late companions going
" over a hill over two miles away, their
backs. turned to US, as. We could see
through a fierdglass. Soon they would
be far away and we could not hope
TO get any help from them unless we
a acted quickly. We tried to attract
their attention by firing our rifles, but
they supposed, as. we learned later, that
we: were firing at a bear, the tracks of
which they. had noticed. The Indians
watched us and. also kept q sharp look
out: Upon our. departing friends, but
they kept under cover, so that our
friends should not see. them.
What viii We do; Uncle Benz" asked
Charlie Barker. We are done up if
we stay" here. We are no match for
this crowd IndianS-I don't see what
is the. best thing TO. do"
: How would it do TO write to our
friends and ask them to send us a
valentine2" !. asked. -:
"A valentine What do we want of
a Valentine %.
ii thought that you liked .Valen-
tine, ;: said.I. limiting at: Charles fond
ness for: Emily " alantine, a nice. young
girl who lived at Fort Dodge, +.
Charlie at the: same time BRUSHING a
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would get married when she grew up,
and so would have to- leave you. Then
she began to cry and say she wouldn't.
And just made Cousin Clara stop it.
And told Flora she needn't leave you
II she didn't want to. That's ALL"
SO you have been lying here going
over it, my Pettie?" asked her. mother.
Yes" murmured the little voice that
could not manage the gs.
Well, my darling think no more
about it. You are mammals girl and all
ways shall be, and always shall stay
With her.
And with papa, too?" asked the
faithful little soul. -
Yes" said papa, darling in from the
hall. where he had been listening.
And now for a lark over it,
And lark there was, from which
papa came out with a rumpled collar
and his hair fattened down on his fore
head so that his eyes could scarcely be
seen. AS for Marian and Flora, they
got out of breath. and were glad to lie
down and be cuddled by mamma. In
just half minute more they were both
sound asleep. ELSA HUGO, :.
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fast asleep, their mother heard Marian
call as if in great trouble. So she drop
ped her book and FASTENED to their
room to find Flora sitting up in bed
weeping softly, while Marian was hug
ging her and begging her to stop.
What is the matter?' asked their
mother, as she took Flora in her arms.
Tell me, darling"
Mamma, when I drow up, won't I be
your dirl?" AS yet. Flora could not
manage her gs. Then there was an
other burst of tears.
MY darling, what put such an idea
into your head?'
Wont I, mamma? Won't I?'' was
sobbed.
"Of course you WILL said mamma, as
she Rugged her tightly. You will al
ways be my girl. But what does it
mean? Marian, have you and she been
talking together instead of going to
sleep?"
NO, mamma answered Marian
greatly distressed. L have just beer
lying here never saying a word, and
neither did She"
Were you not talking when she be-
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in our direction. Had my bullet hit
some one? We had to take that
chance"
Ping!
"A bullet whizzed toward us and
struck a tree. [ ran to the tree and
found the bullet, the force of which
had nearly spent. That was our an
swer We needed no other. That was
the most welcome valentine that has
ever been sent to me-
The Indians did not know what to
make of the firing, but kept still. Jud
Lawson, who was the leading spirit in
the party of miners, was an old Indian
fighter. He hastily made plan of at
tack that was worthy Of a Napoleon
The miners separated into several
parties and by detours managed to sur
round the hill that we occupied before
the Indians knew what was up. Then,
at signal, Juds miners made COM
bined movement. Not over twenty of
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he?" asked the Prince. We'll, he is
welcome to Go so, and 1 don't. care"
Beyond the mill lived an old lady, who
was known as The Lady of the Black
Robe" l will tell you ALI about her
later She was magician. L am
come" said the PRINCE to her, for
kindstone.". Now a kindstone has mag
ical powers aud the owner can do Won
derful things with il. The lady brought
forth a blush stone and handed it to
the Prince. 1T will cost you nothing,
Prince" said the lady, Take it freely
and so upon your journey" So the
Prince took the .kindstone and walked
boldly toward the castle. where Lejun-.
dire was waiting for: him.
The castle gate was locked, The
Prince did not care for a little obstacle
ike that Taking from his. satohel his
roll OF leather, he cut some. of the
leather into thin strips. Then he tied
the strips together and so made for
himself a stout rope. He fastened. one
end of the rope to the knob on the
gate How was he to fasten the other
end in such way as TO let him get
down safely on the other side of the
How stupid 1 am. laughed the
Prince. that ! did not see at once how.
to do that" Taking from his satchel
a sandwich that the millers daughter
had given him, he made hook out or
stout wire and put the meat from the
sandwich upon it for bait. Then he
fastened the hook TO the rope and
threw the rope over the gate. Now the
giant had some very large geese. and
he had them in his garden. He thought.
they would give him warning II the
Prince should try to climb over the
gate. The geese, seeing. the, sandwich.
one and all tried TO get it. The old
gander got it into his mouth. AS he
was running TO get into some place
away from the geese where he. could
feast, he wound the rope several times
around a tree, the geese keeping up the
chase until the rope was so stoutly
fastened that it would have held the
weight of a giant without slipping.
Very good" said the Prince; very
good, indeed I will now wait until all
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the giant seized a long log, which he
sharpened at both ends with his big
sword. The serpent, much enraged.
drew near. Skillfully Lejundire threw
the log so that it stood on end in the
serpent's mouth wedging the jaws wide
open. The serpent, in it's struggles,
drove the points into its face, and could
no longer either open or closets mouth.
While the serpent beat the water into
foam with its tail, Lejundire seized it
with his mighty hands and drew it to
the shore.
Nov for the trip over your roadr"
said Lejundire.
Now" answered the Prince. "let me
see what you can do"
The giant took some time getting out
of sight. When his body had disap-
peared the Prince, leaping into the wa
ter, struck the log that held the SER
pent's jaws apart with a mighty blow,
he having smeared his good sword plen-
tifully with the dust of the kindstone.
The log snapped in two pieces and fell
out into the water. Down came the
horrible upper jaw of the serpent upon
the unfortunate giant, cutting his body
in half.
And now" said the Prince as he
rubbed the kindstone upon his coat,
thereby removing the paint that the
giant had placed thereon, Il am also
the king of the Land Of the Three
Brothers as well as the king Of Cor
bozo's castle. Let come what come
may-I don't care"
(The End.)
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did not have the time he needed to
think before he acted. He did not wish
to have Susie think that he had put a
valentine on her doorstep so that she
might be soaked when she bent over to
pick it up. If Susie thought that she
would never forgive him.
go and get the letter Werner" he
said to the dog.
Werner darted forward. AT that in
slant Susie opened the door and stood
on the doorstep.
Swish The water from the popgun
struck her full in the face.
Bow-wow! Werner ran against her
as he tried to reach Harry's valentine
to pick it up.
Bang, bang Swish, swish! Down
fell the cans of cold water, striking the
poor girl and drenching her clothing
thoroughly.
ooh, OH shrieked Susie.
"Ha, ha," laughed both of the bad
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who has the greater courage"
A league from the castle was a
swampy lake, in which lived a huge
water serpent-that was SO large that
it could easily swallow a whole OK. The
Prince led the way to the swamp, and
there told the giant what he was about
to do.
II will awaken the serpent" he said,
land the serpent, with its head high in
the air, will hunt until he finds me.
AS soon as the snake opens his mouth
I will jump into 1t. / will crawl down
into the serpent's belly, if he does not
crush me with his sharp teeth before
1 can get into his throat. Then / will
cut my way out and come back here
and join you. The test of your cour-
age will be when it comes your turn TO
pop into the serpent's mouth.
To this most remarkable proposition
the giant could offer no objection. He
watched as the Prince drew from his
belt a silver horn and blew upon it to
awaken the serpent. A minute later
the serpent was astir. AS the serpent
raised its horrible arched neck, covered
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tainly?"
mo one was sure that he had gun
of such long range.
Very well. then" said l, we VIII
have TO trust to old reliable once
more
Il loaded up my own rife and rammed
an old-fashioned rifle with me on that
trip. There may be better guns, but l
have never seen one that would fire
farther and give so good an account of
itself. Unknown to the boys l wrapped
the letter that I had written about a
bullet and had put thin wire around
the paper to hold it on. To get the
bullet into the barrel was hard mat
ter. If the bullet mold had not turned
out a bullet a little under size l would
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giant ran to the gate. There he found
the leather rope that had served the
Prince so we'll II will take this with
me-" said the giant, and when l catch
the Prince 1 will hang him to one of the
trees in the garden with his own rope"
Meanwhile the Prince, being thirsty,
was engaged in milking one of the cows
belonging to the giant. He made a cup
out of leaves and was enjoying a drink
of milk when something from overhead
seized him and held on so that he could
not pull away He saw that he was in
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twenty minutes, and should have been
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fact, but SO it is; a goose may be
stupid, but no goose has ever been
known to- break a promise. The wax
was. taken from the jaws of the geese,
who were. ready to laugh at the Princes
clever way of getting into the garden
without letting Lejundire know what
he was doing. Keep your promises,
said the Prince, land all will be well
with you"
Lejundire was in the garden, but at
some distance from the gate, when
raven called to him: "Lejundire, the
Prince is now in the garden" The
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@o@ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
FOOL N ! SUSIE
BY MARY ANDERSON.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES zoe

Susie Harry wished to SEND
RI valentine to Susie and wished
to make sure that she received
Il Il it. He had a very large New
foundland dog who would carry
bundles and could be sent after pack
age that he had seen his master lay
down. Harry started out on st. Valen-
tines night with his dog, Werner, foi-
lowing. and with his very best Ialen-
tine tightly held. 1t had on it a picture
of a heart of pure gold and some
winged Cupids and a lot of flowers: on
the envelope was this: Miss Susie
Cross, from Harry" The valentine was
placed on the doorstep and Harry was
about to ring the bell when he heard
some one litter He could not stand
being laughed at and he stepped back
into the darkness, much confused.
Who should come forward but Ned
Williams and George Perkins! Ned
was carrying light stepladder and
George had a string of jingling tin
cans, all Of which were filed with
water. "Sh," said George, as Ned
placed the stepladder against the door.
Rat-a-ta- tat. Ned was mailing some
thing to the door of Susie's home and
George was filling a popgun with
water.
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"All's ready" said Ned as he took
the ladder away.
George tapped on the door and steps
were heard inside of the house.
There she comes said Ned giggling.
'Sh," said George, wait until you
see the cans drop and 1 squirt the water
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the Indians got away alive. Half a
dozen were killed. We took fourteen
prisoners and sent them about their
business when we were through with
them. We made them carry our packs
for us over some steep country as a
punishment for their trick. When we
had no more use for them we turned
them loose. l have never seen any Of
the Indians since we told them to go
and not look back" D. H. w.
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boys loudly.
Susie was plucky. She stood her
ground until she had Harry's valentine
in her hand. She thought that she
would now know who had played this
trick upon her. When she read the
writing on the envelope she was quite
angry; nor would she speak to Harry
again for some time-not until Ned and
George owned up to her. Susie and
Harry are firm friends now.
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7INCE Il DON'T,
CARE rested at the
mill only one might.
"r must be off now, "
he said, and. finish
with Lejundire,. the.
last Of. the three
giants. The miller
3ried to. keep d. the
Prince, but he would
60 even when he
was g. warmed that
Lejundfre had. spies
out watching him.
90 ~ -.
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1t was one of those gray. dull morn
ings when it is impossible to tell
whether the sun is doing it's duty or not
and little 4-year- Margie wanted to
go out and play in the yard. You had
better remain in the house." said her
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rosy. red. and tell us. What you mean"
':AlT-this.. tfrne..I. was. busy writing upon
a piece .uf:Tetter paper that I happened
to have in one Of; my pockets and this
4 wrote.
=" C-ncle. Ben and his party are freed. upon
q hill, by .a*party of forty Indians, and
will be: no more heard from alive unless
ng E rSf s'gi d e %5iSIi tba att it lisa is
ST. Valeptine's day Offering,
This: is*To time TO: be fooling,' said
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Bessie" said q north side mother to
her four-year-old daughter, here is 8
cents; run down to the drug store on
the corner and get me a stamped en-
vel6pe. A few minutes later Bessie
entered the store and the proprietor
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Charlie, impatiently, land thought a
great deal better Of you, Uncle Ben,
than that"
= Just overlooked the impatience of
the lad and asked: Who has. the rife
that will fire two miles and more GER
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the grasp Of a raven. Lejundire, who
was not distant, hearing the noise.
came up. Once more the Prince was
in the power of giant.
AT last" said Lejundire, II have you
so that you can never get away. I will
just put some of this magic fire paint
upon your fine coat and turn you loose
until sunset. Then the paint will take
fire and it will be good-by little Prince.
How do you like that prospect, eh?"
Why" said the Prince promptly, ST
don't care"
The giant smeared the Princes fine
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the geese get a mouthful. so that they
cannot squawk. and then will go over
into the garden"
90 From the satchel several wads of
shoemaker's wax were pulled out by
the Prince. On each of the wads the
Prince sprinkled some meal, that he
had taken from the mill. Shoemaker's
wax is very sticky. The geese eagerly
gobbled the wax, being attracted by the
smell and sight of the meal. The wax
stuck their jaws together so that they
could not open them to make a sound.
This is the time for me-" said the
Prince. He climbed up to the top of
the gate and slid down the rope to the
ground in the garden. Good geese
What will you do if l will take the wax
out OF your mouths?" asked the Prince.
OF course they could not answer, but
each goose solemnly put one foot ,,pon
It's heart, thereby promising friendship.
You may not have noticed this to be a
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coat with some substance that would
burn when the sun went down. 1t was
so sticky that if the Prince tried to
climb over the gate he would surely
stick fast. The paint burned even now,
and would grow hotter and more I'M
bearable every minute. OF course this
was the work of magic. But the Prince
did not try to run away. Let US have
some fun" he said to the giant, ito
pass the time. | hear that you are a
great wrestler. See If you can throw
me-"
The giant laughed at this. The Prince
silly put his right hand into his satchel
and grasped the kindstone firmly The
stone was soft and crumbled easily.
Having kindstoned both his hands the
Prince put himself in the way of the
laughing giant. The giant had to stoop
until he was nearly double to get hold
of the Prince. When / Don't Care was
in his grasp he found to his surprise
that he could not stand up straight,
nor could he lift or harm the Prince.
On the contrary the Prince, to whom
of one hundred men. was able, Selling
the giant by one of his huge legs. with
a swift turn, to throw xhe monster
souarely on his back upoR@A ground.
What truly wonderful sngth,' -
said the astonished giant. if
only ndQ you TO CnOp WOOD LOT &8S4 you
would be worth fifty servants, and you
would be cheaper, too, for you could not
eat much"
This amused the Prince. You ought
to have thought of that before you pre-
pared to burn me up, Lejundire. 1t is
too late now. But / always have said
that you were stupid and now l know
it. But come let us try some other
game / believe that 1 can beat you
running"
The giant agreed to make the test
Away the two went over hill and
meadow. The giant was ahead at first
but the Prince, STOPPING down, covered
his shoes with a coating cf the dust OF
the kindstone. Then he flew like the
wind and easily caught up with the
giant and passed him. SO they played
games all the afternoon.
II am more daring than you are.
said the Prince. See, / know that !
am to die-to be burned to death soon
and yet I can laugh and make sport
for you. Come with me and let US c
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not have been able to make it go.
Now wait" l said, land see me shoot
one Of our friends"
You shall not do that" said Charlie,
earnestly.
u pushed Charlie aside and took
careful aim and fired at the proper
angle, to make the bullet carry as far
as possible. We kept a sharp watch
for the next few seconds. We could
see that there. was excitement among
our friends. One Of them was pointing
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". I.TE were, six and the Indians
n N 4 were forty. at least" said
AM Uncle Ben.
= " v This was on the 14th of
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Omesrs Notified Of Suspicious Character Il
Huntington and Go u Pursuit.

% = ~ e $3.50
Chief Maxey received a dispatch
from Huntington, Oregon, j last
Wednesday which gave the informal
ton that man was at that! town
which, to alf appearances was the I'M
diVidual who had bufglarfzed the Egg
lesion s. Cos store here week ago
tonight. The telegram said that man,
poorly dressed and broke, had arrived
in Huntington that morning and had
created considerable suspicion by his
queer actions. A barber there, who
had heard of the robbery here, made as
close an investigation of the man as
possible and from his description there
is very little doubt but that the indi-
vidual Is one of the men who camo so
close to ending Leo Bach's earthly ex-
istence. The man had his head con-
siderably bruised up on both sides, the
wounds, from all appearances, being
made with some kind of blunt instru-
ment. He also had a new revolver in
his pocket, so the dispatch told. After
getting the message, Chief Maxey i'm
mediately conferred with Sheriff Tay
lor, who was at Boise. and in conse-
quence the sheriff went west on yester-
day mornings train and will no doubt
return with his prisoner before this
paper reaches its readers. To all in
formation obtainable there seems to
be no doubt but that the officers are on
the right track at last. At least, it is
hoped that it be so.
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Exactly.

Trusts are generally accused of com
Dining to raise the price of product.
The Standard Oil company, as is well
known, has materially decreased the
price of kerosene. Now it has charged
that it has so decreased the price of its
product that the owners of wells in
several parts of the country cannot op-
crate them at a profit. 1t would seem
that the operation of the trust, in this
ease, clearly grants the greatest good
to the greatest number, and this is pre-
sumed to be the object of philanthro
pists the world Wardner News.
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La Grippe Successfully Treated.

81 have just recovered from the sec
ond attack of la grippe this year," says
Mr.. James A. Jones, publisher of the
Leader, Mexia, Texas. "In the latter
cafe used Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edS, and 1 think with considerable sue
cess, only being in bed little oyer two
days against ten days for the former
attack. The second attack 1 am salts
fed would have been equally as bad as
the first but for the use of this remedy
as I had to go to bed in about six hours
after being struck with it, while in the
first case l was able TO attend to bust
ness aoout two days before getting
down." For sale by all druggists.
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A Fiue Piece of Color Work.

An experienced art critic gives it as
his opinion that there will be no hand
somer piece of color work issued this
year than Hoods Sarsaparilla Calandar
for 1899. 1t is not only useful, but ar
tistic and beautiful, and up to date.
The charming american Girl" whose
beautiful face appears with delicately
painted flag in the background, makes
a pleasing feature which anyone will
be pleased to have before him the whole
of 1899. VS. suppose druggists will
have this calendar, or copy may be
obtained by sending 6 cents to c. 1.
Hood s. CO., Lowell, Mass.