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CHAPTER XII.

Guy had an idea that he might tele-
graph Miss Vlandingham he would be
at Lake Elizabeth at four o'clock, but
that. through circumstances over
which he had no control, the sheriff
would accompany him. A little reflec-
ton convinced him that it would not
be we'll to send message of this kind; ,
80, instead of that, he sent the fol-
lowing:
please appoint another day. Same
place"
This was tantamount to saying THAT
he wolJd not be able to meet Miss
Betty at the rendezvous and Guy, high
ly pleased with the way he hadlgotten
around the difficulty, returned' from
the telegraph Office to the hotel. UNI
fortunately he did not observe that
Col. KeeEer was in the freight'de
msnt of the depot, where he had come
to find cut whether the "patenh out
sides" fog the next issue offtf1e. Bii7-
zard' had yet arrived. U;nseen,. the
Colonel overheard the young mans
coSloquy with the operator. What tlhe
great NAM did after that will soon APP
pear.
Pattibcme joined Guy at dinner: Aft
er the maal they smoked tfleinoigams
/, and eiiatsed in friendly fashion uahil
three o'esock, when young Also drove
high stopper and csveredi buggy
up to tine hotel yeranda. Guyana tlhe
she.niff Immediately goo into the We
hiebe and drove off, leaving young Alec
| starring wistfully after them.
| Very soon the travellers, We're. @ut
of town, and rolling rapidly along the
level road which, worn deeply limbo The
| turf, was almost as hard and smooth
as asphalt. The sun iad half descend
ed the western sky a few walporous
clouds fioatfd overhead and a balmy
wind blew from the northwest ant
languidly uippled the gnass and tn,
flowers. The whistle of a robin an,
the plainaive notes of a meadow larl
thrilled through the scene, giving +;
touch OF melody, to day already per
feet.
"This is something like living re
marked Guy, again and again filling
his lungs to their fullest capacity will
the warm, sweet air.
e1That's what" assented Pettibone
"1f man was only out in these part
for his health what time he coul
have! GOO made the country, the.
say, and men make the town. Every
things lovely until civilized peopl
come along, tickle the soil with plo,
and make it laugh wheat and oats, an
then the trouble begins. Seems Xix
the more nature smiles and shows he
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I'll have to go out and linger around
even if 1 don't do anything. You can
have your choice between being
locked up while am gone, or going
with me-"
cpl go with you, Pett5bone.''
'That's sensible. We may have a
little fun incidentally. Read that"
The sheriff fished folded paper out
of his pocket and Guy opened she
sheet and read as follows:
Concord June 16, 'S5-Mr. Richard Petit
bone, Sheriff of Goodwill county, Concord,
D. T.-Dear Sir: One who cterishes the
law as the dearest of our country's insti-
tutions, and who has become aware of a
terrible crime about to be committed, comes
to you with these presents, ass srting, that
challenge and acceptance to fgth a duel
have passed between two of the most
worthy people of Goodwill county. Chal-
lenge was issued from the editorial Of
fee of the Norther and accepted in the
sanctum of the BliZzard-this, be II, stated,
| in direct violation of paragraph 298, chap
| ter %, penal code of this territory. This
| affair of honor, unless thwarted by exer-
else of your authority, will take place at
| four o'clock in the afternoon of Wednes-
| day, June II, on the north shore Of Lake
| Elizabeth.
eff you have a decent regard. for the
peace and well-being of this community
let me supplicate you forthwith to takt
| such steps as may seem advisable for avert.
ing an impending catastrophe. Proceed to
the scene of this intended crime and resor
to force, if necessary, in overturning The
sanguinary plans of the duelists.
PRO BONO PUBLICO."
This states plainly enough tina
the two Colonies are the principals il
the affair."" said Guy. "rhe fact o
this proposed duel is no news to me
however, as already had knowledge
of it from Col. Keever himself. VIII
is this Pro Bono Publico,' wonder?
"You wonder, eh?" returned Petit
bone, with another of his winks
Don't you know that there is onl
one man in this town who could, O
would, write letter Of that kind?"
"Who is that?"
"Hold that letter close to your nos
and get a good Whit OF it,"
printers ink" said Guy.
Fright you are; the kind of prin
er's ink they use on the Blizzard"
"You don't mean to say that Co
Keever wrote this letter himselfe''
Eyes, do"
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EXPECTATION.


The man with expectations
In gloomy, dreary days
May still go hoping, hoping,
Along the toilsome ways.
"Some day, some day." he murmurs.
MY own will come to me;
Some day I'll claim the fortune
That waits across the sea-"
The hope he has may never
Be realized, but still
1t gives him strength to labor
Up many trying hill.
The man with expectations
OF glory in the skies
May still go hoping, hoping.
When woes around him rise.
Some day, some day." he murmurs.
Joy shall be mine up there,
Where sorrow never enters
And all the days are fair
His eyes may never open
Beyond the grave, but still
He goes with faith to bravely
Face many fearsome Ill!
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Her.
oil
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what are you trying to get at,
any how?" he demanded, putting on
a bold front.
"I'll tell you in moment. But
for combination of unusual cir
cumstances that came to my aid,
you'd have got me into peck of
trouble Monday night. I have the
note you wrote to Vlandingham.
You made mistake when you used
the back of an old sheet of copy. I
have identified that copy with a
printed leader in the Blizzard and
the circumstantial evidence against
you is complete"
The red faded out of SIMPSONS
face and left it sickly white. His
frightened glances focused upon the
sheriff for an instant, and then re-
turned to Guy.
II know" went on Guy, "that you
assisted Col. Dingle to get out of
that closet in the hotel and I think
that you are also the confederate
who helped Barney to make his es-
cape"
Sampson moistened his dry lips
with his tongue.
I'm not saying word about any
thing" he observed, finally. what
are you going to do about it?"
81 am merely going to advise you
to stop the trafficking with the enemy.
If I promise not to turn you over to
Pettibone and tell the Concord people
what you have done, will you be a
good citizen after this?"
Sure" was the printers prompt
reply. He was greatly relieved and
showed it. "I'll do more than that and
give you this letter right now instead
of sneaking into the hotel and slip
ping it under the door of your room
as l was going to do, after I went to
the post Office" Sampson took a
square, pink envelope from the breast
of his coat and handed it to Guy.
"Vlandingham's hired man brought
that over to me at 10 o'clock last night.
He said he couldn't deliver it himself,
as the sheriff was sleeping with one
eye open in front of your room door
and he wanted me to slip it into your
hands,"
Guy looked at the superscription of
the missiye. The chirography was
graceful and distinctly feminine. Of
course he did not know who the letter
was from, but he could imagine, and
his eyes frightened and his face
flushed.
cts good thing you're going to
keep still about me-" grinned samp-
son. I'm not the only fellow who has
established communication with the
enemy
He went away chuckling, while Guy
dropped the note quickly into his
breast pocket and waited for the sher-
if to rejoin him.
Didn't he give you something's"
queried Pettibone, as they walked on.
Nothing of much Importance" an
swered Guy.
The sheriff was thoughtful for a
space and then asked abruptly:
ibid you ever see duel, Mr.. Her.
bert?"
"What kind of duel?"
"One of the old-fashioned blood-and-
thunder kind. Guess you know about
as much how they did it as do. It's
in defiance of the law and I suppose
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"Why, he's simply furious and vows

"Why, he's simply furious and vows
that he'll have Dingle's life"
By this time they were at the Lisbon
House and Pettibone, with one hand
on the veranda railing, threw back his
head and laughed boisterously.
"Keever is playing to the galleries"
said he. "He's the slickest hand at
make-believe that l ever knew, and
I've known good many. He hasn't
any more thought of fighting a duel
than I have, but he'll act as blood
thirsty as a savage. Don't you see
that if l go out to Lake Elizabeth and
interfere by force to prevent the duel
he'll come out of the scrape in high
feather? The rank and file of this
town have never dropped plummet
to the bottom of the Colonel's nature,
but Chris Waffle has, and so have I,
that's sure"
"You are going out there to stop it,
are you?'
"Im going out there, but not to
stop it," answered Pettibone, folding
the letter which Guy had handed back
to him and replacing it in his pocket.
''I'm going out there to hide in the
brush and look on. My word for it,
Mr.. Herbert, it will stop itself. Let's
see-the north shore of Lake Eliza
beth at four o'clock, Wednesday aft
ernoon. If you promise not to take
French leave, I'll run over to the house
and tell my boy, Alec, to hitch up and
drive around here about three
o'clock"
Don't worry about me, Pettibonc
answered Guy. 81 sha'n't leave this
town until the county seat contest is
decided, one way or the other. have
too much at stake"
"All right, then. won't be gone
more than half an hour"
Thereupon the sheriff strobe of
down the street and Guy went up on
the veranda and seated himself. AT
that hour Pedro Smith was in the
kitchen overseeing the preparation for
dinner. Guy was alone in that quarter
and he removed the pink envelope very
gently from his pocket and opened
it and drew forth the perfumed sheet
1t was really from Miss Betty and his
heart beat faster than usual as he
read the dainty writing.
"Dear Friend: There is matter OF
grave Importance which wish to dis
cuss with you. AS I cannot come to
Concord, and you cannot come to Har-
mony, may I ask you to meet me at
some neutral point tomorrow,
Wednesday afternoon, at four o'clock?
There is a pretty little lake which is
named after me and which lies equally
distant between the two towns-Lake
Elizabeth. Please meet me there.
Yours very truly.
"ELIZABETH VLANDINGHAM."
"P. S.-Miss Pinkney will accompany
me, but shall expect you to come
alone. E. ""
The joy which Guy felt over this pro-
posed meeting with Miss Betty was
lost in the CONSERVATION which sud-
denly seized upon him. By what
strange coincidence had she appointed
for their meeting the very place, day
and hour fixed upon by the duellists
for their affair of honor? And how was
he to go alone when he had already
agreed to go with the sheriff. Any
how, how could he go alone any
place..
Guy was in despair. He did not see
how he could possibly engineer affairs
SO as to prevent Miss Betty from get
ting the idea that he was two-faced
and had betrayed to the sheriff the
contents of her letter.
Here was dilemma of gigantic pro-
portions, and how was he to get around
it?
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THE KING JAMES BIBLE.
Yet 1t Rejected All the Glory
of the Period.

In telling of the lineage of the Eng.
fish Bible, in Harper's Magazine, H. w.
Hoare pays tribute to the King
James version and the scholars who
made it:
sits scholarship marked a conspicu-
Gus advance even on that of Geneva"
he says. cit was free from bias, and
did not provoke opposition by any
polemical notes. The character of its
diction was il. full harmony with the
keynote which Wycliffe had been the
first to sound, and which Tyndale had
re-echoed. It's English was the pso-
pies English, yet rejecting at the
same time all the glow and glory of a
period never surpassed in the whole
history of letters. Receiving the
jewel committed to them with deer
sense of devout responsibility, King
James revisers provided for it set
ting of imperishable beauty. In
strength and tenderness, in it's sus-
tanned note of nobility and solemnity,
in its wondrous, pathos, in it's
chastened sobriety, simplicity, and d.
rectness in the semB2ance of newt
ableness under which the elaborate art
of it lies concealed, i'm its haunting
cadences and rhythms, the richness
and power and grandeur of our native
tongue have been enshrined for ever
more. In other respects our debt to
King James may not be great, but in
the history of the English Bible he
stands out as the energetic, sagacious
and wide-minded promoter of an en-
terprise not unworthy of the nation. {"
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A Phenomenon of sIeep

He had come to her doing in ham
mock, and when she woke up she ac-
cused him of stealing kiss.
"Well," he said, 81 will admit thst
the temptation was too strong to be
resisted. l did steal one little kiss
"One!" she exclaimed, Indignantly;
] counted eight before I woke up
Household Words.
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A Matter of,speIps.r.

Those who love to'study human ma
ture often derive muclh pleasure from
watching the peoplerwho, visit picture
galleries as they receive from the pic
lures themselves. Itis<mot every day,
however, which produces SO amusing
an incident as one which an English pa
per reports: Two ladies were looking
at picture of MIR: Faed, i'm the ROYAL
academy, entitled: "His Only Pair"
The artist has depicted a poor boy
sitting up in bed7while his hard-work
ing mother mends his only pair OF
trousers. The boy, although obliged
to stay in bed while the repairs ar 9
under way, is oontentedly eating am
orange. One OF the visitors looked att
the picture with seasoliing gaze, md
then remarkeds to her companion:
e His only PEARL I don't call thai a
pear at ALL Its an orange that ha is
eating."-Youfh' Companion.
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HaI Mo- Gaulxe.

Two young men hsd sat through the
FIRST act at local theater, them adj
iourned to neighiborang taveun for
refreshments The acting was bad, and
would have. excused the use offstimu.
lants by any but the players. When
about to raenter the building, only one
could prod3ace his return check.
''Its all right" said he of the check.
airily. "You remember him. he's VITA
me-"
EYES," answered the gatekeeper,
more doubtful than polite, e'but he may
have given his check to some other per-
SON."
"But he didn't" was the convineing
reply. "He's a strangenherea and hasn't
an enemy in the city"
The gate opened wide.-Boston Rec
| ora.
, 1902-11-03
~ILLITERACY
High Official Commentator of West
ern School System.

Washington. Nov. 4.-The census
office has issued a statement giving a
compilation of figures regarding litter
aCy among children of immigrants
and children of natives. The state
mcnt says:
"COnfining the comparison to chill
dren between the ages of 10 and IA
years in the United States. 1886 per
cent of the native white children of ma
tive parents and 99.1 per cent of the
native white children of foreign-born
parents are able to read and write.
This surprising difference in favor of
the children of the f~oreign-born popu-
lation is due largely to the fact that
the children of the f%oreign-born i'm
migrants live mainly in the northern
and western states. where the public
school system has already reached a
high degree of efficiency. while great
numbers of native white children of
native parents live in the southern
states and in that region about 10 per
cent of such children are illiterate."
, 1902-11-03
WHY THE
DID NOT RETIRE.

y y N@ sTNIs
An amusing story of his retirement
from practice was told to an attorney
friend by Senator c. D Clark during
his recent visit to Salt Lake, says the
Tribune of that city. The story was
suggested by a question from the friend
as to whether Mr.. Clark had given up
the practice of law.
Il gave it up six years ago, and have
not had a case since, replied the SEN
atOr. Then, after a moments thought
he continued: Il will take that back.
| did continue to look after the bust
ness of II of my clients. He was
a prominent banker, merchant and
capitalist Of Evanston and something
of a wit. When | decided to shut up
shop | ser notices to all my clients
informing them that they would have
to get another attorney. A little while
after mailing the notices l received a
call from my old friend, who said:
Look here, Clark; you can't get
rid Of me in this way. You have to
attend to my business
but l am going to give up my
practice | demonstrated; why have
| got to work for your
Its just this way he retorted.
For the past ten years I have kept
you Il of the poorhouse and now you
must keep me out Of the ~penitentiary.'
What could a man say to such an
argument as that?" q
, 1902-11-03
THE SLIDING SCALE.
PROPOSED BY BAER NOT FAVOR.
ED BY PRESIDENT JOHN
MITCHELL.
Statement of The Miners Case Submit
ted To the Board of Arbitration
and Operators viii Make Reply In
Next Few Days-TheShamokin De
mandS,

Hazlcton, Pa. Nov. i-RcCordor
chell of the miners union has filed at
Scranton the statement of the miners
case. The st~enographor made copies OF
it on the train. and II copy was mail
ed from Hazleton to each company.
The operators will make Il reply i'll
three or four days. Mr.. Mitchclls
statement will probably h" made public
by the commission today.
The statement practically rcit"rat"s
the demands made at til" Shamukiu
convention. and does not favor the Slid
ing scale advocated by President Barr.
The commissioners train arrived at
Pond Creek at sunrise. and after break
fast the A~udenrcid collicry Of the Lo-
high and Wilkcsbarrc company. own
ed by the central railroad Of New Jcr
ed through a slope and is on the east
side of IIaZletOn. While in the town
the commissioners were taken into Il
house of a miner. They wcr" taken
through all the rooms.
Drifton vas the next stop. At that
place the commissioners met Captain
Smith of Coke Bros. 4 Co.. an indivi-
dual concern. The mon at their mines
are the men returning as individuals.
hut the miners have decided not to 20
to work unless they can go in a body.
There is no prospect that the deadlock
will o 10 be broken. 4 crowd of strik
orS gathered around the commissioners
and the superintendents. Mr.. Smith
read the correspondence between his
company and the men. The commits.
sioncrs listened with considerable iii
tereSt but made no comment. Com
missioner Clark asked Mr.. Smith if
the company would abide by the award
of the commission and he replied that
he could not answer hat question. The
commissioners then went to Jeddo.
where they We're met by John Markle.
The latter went with the commission
ers to Ebervale and showed them that
valley. He explained the strike at his
and the party came into
lIaZlCtOn and vent to No. 40 COlliory.
The commissioners did not go into the
mine.
, 1902-11-03
PATENT

A man that compounds or invents
something that is just n little better
than the next best thing, is certainly
entitled to the best share of the pro
fit to be derived from the sale of the
article. So he patents or copyrights
to protect his interests. Patented
goods are good goods, poor goods are
never patented. We have 20 years OF
trial behind us to give us the assur-
ance that we have the best medicine
compounded for the cure of Dyspepsia.
Sick-head-ache, Biliousness. Indiges-
ton, and all Stomach disorders. We
protect the public as well as ourselves
by keeping the formula a secret. AS
long as We make it ourselves we kno"
it is made right and it cures these
diseases. Druggists tell us that it is
one medicine that the sale is ever on
the increase. To get the best remedy
for dyspepsia or indigestion ask the
druggist for DR.. Gums Improved Liv-
err Pills. Price 25 cts. per box. only
one for a dose. We will send a trial
box free by mail. or a full box on re-
ceipt of Csc. Address DR.. Gum. Phila-
delphia, Pa. For sale by Frank II.
Eggleston and A. II. Cordiner, drug
gists, Laramie. Wyo.
, 1902-11-03
BIDS REJECTED FOR
FORT MCKENZIE WORK.

QuartOrmaStCr General Ludington
has decided to reject all bids received
for new work at Fort Mckenzie, Wyo.,
and ~readvertise. The proposals recciv-
ed under the first advertisement are
rejected because the Quartermaster
general deems them excessive and
considers that the work required can be
accomplished at figures considerably
lower. The quartermaster general
has decided to erect the following
buildings at Fort Mckenzie: One dou-
bic captains quarters. one double lieu
tenants quarters, one double barrack
for 100 men and a ~bakehouse.
, 1902-11-03
One Minute Cough Cure

Is the only harmless cough cure that
gives quick relief. Cures coughs, colds,
Group, bronchitis, whooping cough,
pneumonia. arthma, LaGrippe and all
throat, chest and lung troubles. l got
soaked by rain. says Gertrude E. Fen
ner, Muncie. Ind, and contracted a
severe cold and cough. l failed rap
idly; lost 4S pounds. My druggist
recommended One Minute Cough Cure.
The first bottle brought relief; several
cured me. am back to my old weight,
14S pounds. One Minute Cough Cure
cuts the phlegm, relieves the cough
at once, draws out Inflammation, cures
Group. An ideal remedy for children.
Laramie Drug company. Williamson
and Stephenson, pharmacy graduates.
, 1902-11-03
How Rochetort Hurled RidicuIe.

Rochcfort. even moro than Hugo,
was the natural butt Of thos" carica,
turists devoted to the d~cstiuius OF
Louis Napoleon. But none of the
cartoons directed against him could
hit deeper or leave a more lasting
sting than his own sallios in the col
umns of the l.antcrno. His favor
lite method of attack was Il which
either made prosecution impossible
or else made the prosecutor ridicu,
lous. In the Lantern" one found ap-
~parently innocent squihs which ran
something like this: The emperor
sat yesterday for his portrait, which
is being painted by NJ. . Nj.
has won wide distinction as a paint.
err of animals and it is expected that
the emperor's portrait will prove a
great srccess."-ThU Bookman.
, 1902-11-03
One Misery of Arqlo-Indian Life.

Every night at dinner the Anglo
Indian holds a kind Of Ievoe. The in
sects which attend dance gavIy round
the lamp, and one has to watch ones
plate and glass carefully lest some of
the insects should dance into them.
There is one insoCt-a little. Hat,
brown. shining Crcaturc-wAiCh emits
the worst odor in the world. If one
of these touches your food the whole
is tainted and rendered inedible. You
dare not kill these pests, for If one
be squashod the whole room becomes
filled with its disgusting sm-ll, and is
uninhabitahle for the mex half hour.
So these abominablo insects fly about
with impunity while the poor Anglo
Indian must perforCe look helplcssly
on and inwardly sigh "Spero mciiora."
, 1902-11-03
Asleep Amid Flames.

Breaking into a blazing home, some
fIemen lately dragged the sleeping in.
mates from death. Fancied security.
and death nea It's that way when
you neglect coughs and colds. Don't
do it. DIR. Kings new discovery for
consumption gives perfect protection
against all throat. chest and lung
troubles. Keep it near. and avoid suf-
fering, death and doctors bills. A tea,
spoonful stops a late cough, persistent
use the most stubborn. Harmless and
nice tasting, it's guaranteed to salts
fly by Chas. N. Settele, pioneer drug
sist. Price soc and $1.O0. Trial bot.
ties free.
, 1902-11-03
What to Do Until the Doctor Arrives.

One of my children was taken with
Cramp collie and suffered severely"
says S. b. Elzee. of Monet. Mo. 81
tc!aphoned for a doctor, then gave a
dose of Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhoea remedy. and Il few min
doctor came the child was relieved
For sale by Frank II. Egglcston, drug
gist.
, 1902-11-03
A Startling Surprise,

Vely few could believe in looking at
A. T. Hoadley, a healthy, robust black
smith Of Tilden, Ind, that for ten years
he suffered such tortures from rheu-
matism as few could endure and live.
But a wonderful change followed his
taking Electric Bitters. 1.-TWO bottles
wholly cured me-" he writes, and
have not felt a twinge in over a year."
They regulate the kidneys, purify the
blood and cure rheumatism, neuralgia.
nervousness. improve digestion and
give perfect health. Try them. Only
soc at c. N. Settele's drug store.