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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
SEMl-ANNUAL SALE OF
 COTTONS, SHEETlNGS and DOMETS.

At the present condition of the cot ton market these prices border on the phenomenal.
 COTTONS. A Brown Cotton, semi-annuA sale price 4Ac a yard EXTRA QUALITY A BROWN GOT
 TON.
 Semi i-annua1 sale price 61zc a yard EXTRA QUALITY 4o-INCH BROWN
 COTTON. Regular price 7c, sale price
 A BLEACHED COTTON. Sale price 4szc a yard A BLEACHED COTTON, SOFT
 IN FINISH. Regular price, c, sale price
 SAC yard THE BEST BRANDS OF COUPONS. every piece of these have first quality ticket on them, so you can be assured you're not get ting seconds, sale price 77-Sc yard FIRST GRADE A CAMBRIC. Regular price 127ac, sale price
 1-3c a yard
 DOMETs. 4s.. SOFT CREAM DOMET FLANNEL. Regular price 5c, sale price 4Ac yard FIND MEDIUM WEIGHT DOMEI FLANNEL. Regular price Sc, sale price Sc yarG EXTRA HEAVY DOMET FLANNEL Regular price 9c, sale price 71ac yar6 PURE WHITE DOMET FLANNEL. Rregular price 1Oc, sale price Sc yard SUMMER COMFORTABLEs. Made of medicated cotton, silko- line covered, regular price S1.19. sale price 95c each
 FLEECED BLANKETS. White or grey, sale price 55c a pair
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
Semi-AnnuaI Sale of
 Notions and Toilet Articles.

Great opportunities for big savings on small things will be afforded at this sale. They are all articles of every day use, so 1t is economy to buy now in anticipation of future needs. TOILET SOAP-3 cakes in box, sale price Sc box PURE WHITE TALCUM POW DER-Was 1Oc, sale price 7c box WOODLAND VIOLET TALCUM POWDER Was 19c, sale price
 121sc box TOILET PAPER Large 1oc pack age sale price for 25c ROYAL SATIN NOTE PAPER
 Was 18c ID, sale price 14c lb BOX NOT7 PAPER AND EN- VELOPES-Was1 15cs sale price
 1Oc box EWOMENS FULL FASHIONED BLACK LESLIE THREAD HOSE Double sole, sizes 8, 9 and 10, N regular price 49c. sale price 29c pair |PARASOLS-T There are several of the most stylish Parasols left in our stock, and during this sale twill pay you to see them if in need of one. They're priced like this:
 $1 Parasols, sale price 79c each $125 and $149 Parasols, sale price Sl each $1.75 and s1.es Parasols, sale price $125 each $2.5o Parasols, sale price $1.75 each $2.98 and $3.5O Parasols, sale price Sl9Sc each sa.es and s4.es Parasols, sale price S2.9S each ,jSe Parasols. sale price $3.9S each MISSES LISLE LACE HOSE Sizes 5 to 9, 25c quality. sale price 121Ac pair MIssEs' LIsLE THREAD HOSE Sizes 5 to g, were 25c pair, sale price 15c pair WOMEN'S SUMMER WEIGHT BLACK COTTON HOSE-Fast color, were 121ac pair, sale price lOc paE WOMEN's FULL FASHIONED BLACK COTTON HOSE-Sum- mer weight, double sole. regular price 49c a pair, sale price 29c pair WOMEN'S BLACK LESLIE THREAD OPEN-WORK LACE HOSE Full fashioned, regular price 49c, sale price 25c pair WOMEN'S RIBBED UNION SUITS High neck, short sleeves, knee length, 49c quality. sale price 25c suit WOMEN'S LESLIE THREAD UNION SUITS S-(Seconds), high neck, short sleeves, knee length ! the perfect goods, sell for $1. sale , price 39c suit
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
Semi-AnnuaI Sale of
 White Goods.


 We've made this White Goods stock of ours the most popular in town by having the largest assortment Of the newest and best novelties here as soon as produced and selling the same at reasonable prices.
 THE FINEST MERCERIZED NOVELTIES-Be pat terms, have sold thousands of yards of them this season at 25c and 29c yard, sale price 2oc yard CHEVIOTS AND MADRAS STRIPES-Were 19c and 25c a yard, sale price 13c a yard STRIPED AND CHECKED MUSLINS--Were 7c a yard, sale price 411ac a yard OPENWORK MUSLINS- 7 10c yard, sale price 71ac a yard 2ec, 33c AND 39c LACE STRIPES DOTS, MERCERIZED LACE GOODS-Sale price 23c a yard DOTTED DSWISS-1Was 25c yard sale price 181ac a yard REMNANTS OF 15c QUALITY .l LONG CLOTHS Sale price s1ac yard
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15

121ac quality, semi-annual sale price Sc a yard 21c quality, seni-annual sale price l212c a yaru GOOD QUALITY 94 BROWN ! SHEETING Regular price 17c,
 Semi-annual sale price 141ac a yard 94 BLEACHED SHIFTING. Regular price 2Oc yard, semi annual sale price 16Ac yard FINE HEAVY 9-4 BROWN SLEEPING Regular price ,21c
 Semi-annual sale price 18c yard EXTRA HEAVY 9-4 BROWN SHEETING-Regu price 24c. Semi-annual sale price Pic "a yard EXTRA HEAVY 9-4 BLEACHED sHEETING Regular price 25c yard. sale price 22c yard THE BEST 1O-4 BLEACHED AND BROWN SHEETINGS- Dwight. Anchor and Pequot, at q price below what the mills are producing them for to-day, sale price 2oc a yaru 45TNCH FINE SOFT BLEACH ED PILLOW CASE COTTON Regular price 14c, sale price
 1O1ac yard Same quality in 42-inch, sale price !
 10c a yard 25c quality, semi-annual sale nrice 165zc d yard 29c quality. semi-annual sale :. nrice 19c a yard
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
3LEACHED TABLE DAMAsK-

BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK- Wide width, worth 45c a yard, sale price 36c yard $1 TABLE DAMASKS = Sale price S3c yard DOUBLE SATIN DAMASK- Worth $1.75 "a yard, sale price
 $1.19 a yard TURKEY RED DAMASK-Good quality, regular price 29c yard, sale price 23c a yard All our other Table Damasks at pro- portionately low prices during this sale.
 NAPKINS. ALL LINEN HEMMED NAP z KINS-Sale price 69c dog ALL LINEN BLEACHED NAP .l zKINS Worth $1.1O a dozen, sale price S9c dog EXTRA HEAVY ALL LINEN E NAPKINS-Were $1.50 a dozen, sale price $1.33 a dog All finer grades at reduced prices during this sale.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15

BLACK AND COLORED ALL
 WOOL vOILES- These are very
 desirable and good value at the
 regular price, soc a yard, sale
 price 39c yard ALL WOOL ALBATROSS-In
 black and colors, regular price
 5Oc. sale price 32c a yard A LOT OF st1TINGs AND
 SKIRTING4S S-Ih mixed and
 plain colors, 50 inches wide, reg
 ular price $1, sale price 59c a yard ALL WOOL STRIPED SUITING
 56 inches wide, good patterns of subdued colorings, regular price SIPS, sale price SEC yard Every piece of Dress Goods in our stock with the exception of William F. Reads Landownes will be marked down during this sale.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
Semi-Annual Sale of
 Towels and Crashes,

|HUCK TOWELS-Hemmed or
 fringed, perfect in every way,
 sale price Sc each ALL LINEN HUCK TOWELS
 Hemmed or hemstitched, regular
 price IT, sale price 13c each DAMASK TOWELS-Hems ed or fringed, all linen, regu-
 lar price 25c, sale price 21c each BROWN TURKISH TOWELS
 Sale price 81ac each FIND BLEACHED TURKISH
 TOWELS-Sale price Sc each EXTRA HEAVY BLEACHED
 AND BROWN TURKISH TOW
 ELS-Sale price 111ac each LARGE HEAVY TURKISH
 TOWELS Made to sell at 35c
 each-they're slightly imperfect, but in a way which doesn't hurt
 the towel, sale price 22c each WASH CLOTHS
 Were 2 for 5c, sale price for Sc Were 5c each, sale price 31ac each Were 125ac each, sale price Sc each Were 25c each, sale price 15c each SPONGE CLOTH BAR WIPERS were Sc each, sale price 5c each M soc dog t CRASH ES. -.4 s.4 BEST BLEACHED AND BROWN TOILET TWILL CRASH-Was
 Sc, sale price 414c yard ALL LINEN BROWN CRASH & Was 9c yard, sale price 7c yard |BLEACHED HUCK CRASH ..
 Was Sc a yard, sale price 6c yard FINE ALL LINEN BLEACHED CRASH-Was 11c yard, sale
 price Sc a yard THE BEST ALL LINEN, PLAIN t OR eTWILLED CRASH,
 BLEACHED OR BROWN
 Our regular 121ac and 14c qual-
 tiles, sale price lie yard EXTRA HEAVY ALL LINEN
 TWILLED BROWN CRASH. ..
 Was He, sale price 81ac a yard lCHECKED GLASS CRASH
 Was 10c yard, sale price Sc yard
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
woMEN's BELTs-Made from

WOMEN'S BELTS-Made from
 moire silk and mercerized sateen,
 were 25c, sale price 15c each SATIN BELTS-Were 69c, sale
 price 39c each JAPANEsE FOLDING FANS
 15c quality, sale price 9c each 25c quality, sale price 17c each sILKATEEN FOR EMBROID- < .ERY-Regular price Sc a spool,
 sale price 21sc a spool PILLOW TOPS Large assortment
 of designs, were 25c, sale price 7. 19c each FENCED, STAMPED BUREAU
 SCARFS-Reg price 29c, sale { price 23c each BOSTON BAGs-Were sec, sale , price 32c each Were 49c. sale price 39c each SHIRT WAIST SHIELDS No 8,
 regular price 21c, sale price 17c pair
 No 4, regular price 25c, sale J! price 19c pair BRUSH BRAID Black and colors,
 was 5c yard, sale price Sc a yard KERR's LUsTRE TWIsT-Wa
 15c, sale price lie spool BLACK vBLyETEEN BINDING
 -5 yard lengths, were 20c, sale
 price 14c a roll BLACK LINEN THREAD Was
 5c, sale price 21Sc HAIR PIN CABINETS Were 4c,
 sale price Nc PIN CUBES-Large size. black,
 white and colors, sale price 4c each
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
Semi Annual Sale. of Linings.

| "a LINING CAMBRICS-A small lot of light colors, regular price 5c,
 sale price 21ac yard FAST BLACK PERCALINE-Reg- \ ular price 15c, sale price Sc yard 4O-INCH LINING LAWN Black v and colors. regular price 121sc,
 sale price 71sc a yard BLACK SKIRTING MOREEN- { Regular price 29c, sale price 19c yd BLACK MERCERIZED SATINE
 Regular price 25c, sale price
 131sc a yard BLACK AND COLORED BEN GALINE MOREEN- Usually sold for 39c, sale price 29c a yard APPROPRIATED SATINE-In col ors, regular price 25c, sale price 19c a yard
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
HOSE.

HOSE.
 CHILDREN'S FAST BLACK RIBBED COTTON HOSE-Were 10c a pair, sale price Sc pair CHILDREN'S FAST BLACK
 RIBBED COTTON HOSE-Were 121sc a pair, sale price Sc pair WOMEN'S RIBBED VESTS
 Shaped, high neck, short sleeves, were 25c, sale price 19c each WOMEN'S RIBBED KNEE PANTS Sizes 3 and 4, regular price 25c, sale price 121Ac MOMENTS RIBBED PANTS Lace N trimmed, were 25c sale price 19c pair MISSES RIBBED, VESTS-Hig or low neck, short sleeves, pants to match. were 25c, sale price 19c CHILDREN'S RIBBED PANTS < Lace trimmed, were 10c, sale price Sc pair FANCY STRIPE RIBBONS No 120, was 25c a yard, sale price 17c yd
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
Semi Annual Sale of
 Women's Gloves and Fancy Collars.

WOMEN'S LISLE THREAD GLOVES-In black, white and mode, were 49c pair, sale price
 29c pair WOMEN'S TWO-CLASP WHITE SILK GLOVES Were 75c pair, Sale price 53c pair LACE STRIPE BATISTES-Desi able for waists, was $2.25 yard, sale price $1.50 yard PERSIAN BANDS FOR TRIM MING The 25c quality, sale price 17c yard The 39c quality, sale price 25c yard The 49c quality sale price 29c yard 42-INCH BLACK SILK TOSCA NET-Was S5c yard, sale price
 59c yard SILK BRUSSELS NET With black and white dots, was S1 a yard. sale price 69c yard CHIFFON SILK MEDAIsLIONS- Were 25c each, sale price 17c each
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
Semi-AnnuaI Sale of
 Women's Knit Underwear and Hosiery.

WOMEN's WHITE RIBBED
 VESTS-Low neck, sleeveless,
 were Sc each, sale price Sc each MOMENTS RIBBED VESTS IN
 PINK AND BLUE-Low neck,
 sleeveless, were 125ac each, sale
 price loo each WOMEN'S RIBBED VESTS IN
 WHITE, PINK AND BLUE
 Low neck, sleeveless, were 25c,
 sale price 19c |CHII.DREN'S PLAID WINDSOR
 TIES-Were 25c, sale price 15c each VENISE LACE COLLARS--W We're
 9Sc, sale price 69c each FANCY, WHITE LAWN COL
 LARS-Were 49c, sale price 29c each LINEN COLOR COLLARS @ Trimmed with lace and inser-
 tion, 49c quality, sale price 29c each 75c quality, sale price 39c each SATIN TAFFETA RIBBON. No 40
 Tn black, white and colors, was
 19c yard, sale price 123zc yard TAFFETA RIBBON, No 40 Black,
 white and colors, sale price Sc yard WOMEN'S BLACK LISLE LACE
 GLOVES-Wer 25c a pair, sale
 price 15c pair WOMEN'S BLACK SILK GLOVES
 Were 49c a pair, sale price 39c pair |CHILDREN'S LISLE CLOVES
 In white or gray, were 25c, sale
 price 19c pair ODD LOT OF WoMEN's STOCKS
 In lawn. gingham, pique and
 silk, were 25c each, sale price Sc each NWOMEN'S SILK SCARFS 54 inches long. hemstitched and drawn open
 work ends, were 49c each, sale
 price 29c each BLACK OR WHITE SILK GRAPE
 MEDALLIONS- 15c each,
 sale price 9c each BLACK OR WHITE SILK PEN
 DANTS-Were 121ac each, sale
 price Sc each HAT vEILINGs, were soc yard,
 sale price 25c yard
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
PILLOW CASES.

PILLOW CASES. A 45x36 Brown Pillow Gases, good quality, were 1Oc, sale price Sc each 45x36 Bleached Pillow Gases, Hem med, were 14c each, sale price
 1Oc each 45x36 BLEACHED HEMMED PILLOW CASES-Made from Dwight Anchor Cotton, worth 16c, sale price 121sc each
 SHEETS.
 A 2O-DOZEN LOT OF BLEACH ED SHEETS-They are slightly soiled, are 27s yards long, 2 yards wide, 50c duality, sale price
 39c each Slx90 BLEACHED SHEETS, were 5Oc, sale price 45c eacn S1x90 BLEACHED SHEETs Good heavy quality, our regu- lar 59c grade, sale price 49c each S1x90 DWIGHT ANCHOR SHEETS-First quality with Dwight Anchor tickets on, # worth 65c each, ,sa1e price 5Sc each
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
Semi-AnniaI Sale of
 Bed Spreads.

WHITE CROCHET SPREADS Full size. were 75c. sale price
 59c each FINE HEAVY CROCHET SPREADS-Ou regular S1 < spread, sale price 7Sc each FINE MARSEILLES QUILTS Regular price $2, sale price
 $1.49 each QUILTS-In beau tifu1 new designs, quality as fine 4 as manufactured, regular $4.5O quality, salesprice $2.9S each
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
Semi-AnnuaI Sale of I.sl Dress Goods.

BLACK AND COLORED DRESS
 GOODS-Regular prices 25c and
 ,2ec yard, sale price 1oc yard A LOT OF MIXED AND PLAIN
 GOODS-Former prices 39c and
 49c a yard, sale price 29c yard NAVY BLUE AND BROWN MO- : HAIR SICILIAN-5O inches wide
 (note the width, regular price 75c,
 sale price 49c a yard BLACK ENGLISH CHEVIOT-Reg-
 ular pricea75c, sale price 55c yard
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
SEMl-ANNUAL SALE OF
 READY-MADE SHEETS and PILLOW CASES.

Twill be long time before you will again have a chance to buy these goods at such prices as are here quot ed. With cottons advancing every day, the prices on this class of goods jumps accordingly, and 'tis only by our fortunate anticipations that we own the goods at a figure which per. nits of our making these very special price concessions. , ,.g
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
SEMI-ANNUAL SALE OF
 WASH GOODS and PRINTS.

This stock. more than any other shows the effects of / the unreasonable weather of June.
 While we've done an enormous busi- ness in wash fabrics this season, most of our line was bought early in order to procure the choicest novelties the mar ket afforded and bought in quantities sufficiently large to meet the most pressing demands; the result is we've a big stock of these dainty fabrics on hand with no other alternative than to mark them at unreasonably low prices in order to get them out, These few represent only few. 50 PIECES FIGURED DRESS LAWNS-Pretty designs in all colors, goods that sell for Sc yard, semi-annual sale price 3Ac yd BEST QUALITY INDIGO BLUE CALICOES- Regularly sold for Sc yard.
 Semi-annual sale price 411lc yard FANCY DARK DRESS PRINTS Silver grays, lmournings, etc, best kinds made, regular price 6c
 Semi-annual sale price 4&c a yard BEST AMoSKEAG APRON Regularly sold at z and Sc a yard, semi-annual sale price 514c a yard DRESS GINGHAMS-Nea stripe effects in blue, green, pink and grays, regular Sc quality, semi annual sale price 514c yard BEST 1Oc DRESS GINGHAMS Stripes and checks, all colors, Semi-Annual sale price 6&c yard A LOT OF DIMITIEs AND BA- TISTES-Good patterns, for mer price 121ac yard, semi annual sale price 5c a yard CORDED PENANGS-An ideal cloth for shirts, shirt waist suits or waists, are in white grounds with neat printed and figures and stripes, wash perfectly, 36 inches wide, regular price 17c yard,
 Semi-annual sale price 11c yard FINE FRENCH PERCALEs- Fine light weight cloth for dress es. shirt waist suits, etc, in hg- ures and stripes, full yard wide regular price 15c,
 Semi-annual sale price 1o1ac yard BEST BATES SEERSUCKER GINGHAMS-All the best pat terms, a fabric that always re- tails at 1215c a yard
 Semi-annual sale price S&c a yard FANCY. LACE STRIPE MUS LINSEOne of the handsomest wash fabrics of the season, regu- ular price 19c
 Semi-annual sale price Ss1c a yard IMPORTED NOVELTIES IN THIN WASH GOODS Several beautiful fabrics of delicate weaves and designs, regular price 25c.
 semi-annual sale price 17c yard FINEST IMPORTED IRISH DIMITIES-Re Regular price 25c.
 Semi-annual sale price 121ac yard SILK GINGHAMs-Only small lot, regular price 49c, semi-an- nua1 sale price 23c a yard FINE MERCERIZED DGINGHANdS Patterns especially good for shirt waist suits, pink, green, OK blood and violet groundwork with white corded stripes-look like silk They're regular 25c quality; we bought the entire lot from the mill, and marked them at half price, semi-annual sale price 1215c yard BLACK COTTON WASH GOODS-Dressy novelties in lace stripe, dotted and grena- 2ine effects, all of the best anil fine fast black dye, priced as follows:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
SEM|-ANNUAL@ CLEARING SALE
 JULY I5 TO JULY 9.
To-Morrow (Wednesday) Morn Clearing Out SSaIe of All Slar11rr

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
'Semi-AnnuaI Sale of
 Table Damasks and Napkins.

FULL BLEACH TABLE DA-
 MASK-Was 25c a yard, sale -
 price ~ 2Oc yard
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15

Remember, everything in our vast stock will be sold at greatly re- duced prices, excepting only such things as we are under contract not to break the price.
Warren sheaf., 1903-07-30

in the days that follow it's i'll judged
extinction. The paymaster had been
at Frayne but five days earlier. The
prison room was full of aching heads.
and Hays Golfers Of hard earned,
ill-spent dollars. Webb sighed at
sight of the crowded ranks Of this
whimsically named company g, but
in no wise relaxed his vigilance, for
the Stats of the blind OF the corner
window had partially opened. He
had had a glimpse of feminine fin
gers, and purposely he called Hay
well out into the road, then bent
down over him:
'All your horses in and all right,
this morning, Hay?''
'None have been OUT said Hay,
stoutly, unless they've gone within
an hour. l never let them have the
keys, you know, ov night. Pete
brought them to me Iat eight last
evening and got 'em at six this morn
ing, the usual time
Where does he get them-witho out
waking you?'' asked Webb.
''They hang behind the door in my
sleeping room. Pete gets them when
he takes my boots to black at six
o'clock"
the commanding officer, and, won
dering, Hay followed.
They found the two hostlers busily
at work grooming. In his box stall,
bright as a button, was ''Harney."
Hays famous runner, his coat smooth
as satin. Hay went rapidly from
stall to, stall. Of the six saddlers
owned By I'm not one gave the faint
est sign of having been used over
night, but Webb, riding through the
gangway, noted that "Crapaud,',' the
French halfbreed grooming in the
third stall, never lifted his head.
Whatever evidence Of night riding
that might earlier have existed had
been deity groomed away. The tra-
der had seen suspicion in the soldiers
eye, and so stood forth, tffNmphant:
mo, Maj. Webb" said he, in loud,
confident, oracular tone, ''no horse
of mine ever gets out without my
knowing it, and never at night unless
you or / so order it,
MOP" .queried the major, placidly.
"Then how do you account for
this % 5. IS
Among the fresh footprints in the
yielding sand, with which the police
party had been filling the ruts Of the.
outer roadway, was one never made
by government horse or mule. In.
half a dozen places within dozen
rods, plain as pikestaff, was the
print of a bar shoe, worn in the of
foot of just one quadruped at the
post---Hay's swift running General
Harvey"
Warren sheaf., 1903-07-30
[Continued fro n last week.l
BY GEN. CHARLES KING.
Copyright, l'aa. by The Hobart Company.

Sir, l have to report that Trooper
kennedy has not been seen about the
quarters, said he. 5ss
i: Then len try the stables, sergeant, -
answered the veteran campaigner,
and thitherS would Schreiber# next
have gone, even had he not been sent.
And, sure enough, there was Kennedy,
with rueful face and q maudlin
romaunt about a moonlit meeting
with swarm of painted Sioux, over
which the stable guard were making
merry and stirring the troopers soul
to wrath ungovernable.
II can prove Ut" he howled, to the
accompaniment of clinching fists and
belicose lunges at the laughing tor
mentor nearests him. 81 can whip
the hide off'n. the scut that saws I
didn't. Ask Lootn't Field, beiabers!
He saw it. Ask-Oh, Mother of God!
what's this I'm sayin' '?''-And there,
with stern, rebuking gaze, stood the
man they knew and feared, every soul
of them, as they did no commissioned
soldier in the til, Sergeant Schrei-
Der, the redoubtable, and Schreiber
had heard the insane and damaging
boast
"Come. with me, Kennedy was all
he said, and Kennedy snatched his
battered felt headgear down over his
eyes and tackled woefully after his
swift-striding master, without ever
another word
/, But it was to- his own room Schrei-
Der took the unhappy Irishman, not
to the quarters of company 'F." He
had heard words that, coupled with
others that fell through the darkness
on his keenly listening ears some two
hours earlier, had given him cause
for painful thought. Lie down here,
Kennedy. Pull off your boots," said
he, "and ify5u open. your fool head
to any living soul until / give you
leave, py Gott-Ill gill you'll It was
Schreiber's way, like Marryatt's. ia
NOUS boatswain, to begin his admo-
nitions in exact English, and then,
as wrath overcame him. ITO lapse into
dialect. ,~.xa--..,,
: 1t was but few minutes after
seven when Maj. Webb, having pre-
viousiy. dispatched a messenger to
the post traders to say, he had need
to see Mr.. Hay as soon as possible,
mounted his. horse and, followed by
Sergeant .Schreiber and an orderly,
rode quietly past the guard-house,
touching his hat to the shouted
"Turn out the guard-commanding
officer" of the sentry on Number One.
Mr.. Hay was dressing hurriedly,
said the servant, so Webb babe
Schreiber and the orderly ride slow
ly down to the flats and await him
at the forks of the road. It was but
five minutes before Hay appeared,
pulling on his coat as he shot from
the door, but even before he came
the major had been carefully, eau
tiously scanning the blinds of the
second story, even while feigning
deep interest in the doings of little
squad of garrison prisoners-the in
evitable inmates of the guard-house
in the days before we had our safe
guard in shape Of the soldiers club
the post exchange=-and- now again
Warren sheaf., 1903-07-30
CHAPTER v.

Only an hour was the major away
from his post. He came back in
time for guard mounting and the re-
ports of the oficers-of- -the-day. He
had reason to be on the parade at
the assembly of Details not so
much to watch the work Of the post
Warren sheaf., 1903-07-30
SHE STOOD, GAZING UP THE
PLATTE. TOWARD THE INDIAN
VILLAGE THROUGH "A PAIR OF
SIGNAL GLASSES,

surgeon, stood faithfully by her side,
listening to her lively chatter, with
ears that absorbed and eyes that
worshiped. 35.s1
. "Come away said Webb. 81 have
an order on you for Fields currency
in your safe. When are YOU going
to; try to get your cash to bank q
And Webb keenly eyed his man as
he asked the question.
4 .''To-1porrow, or next days. sure
even If have to go part way with
the stage myself When do you want
this money?' said Hay, tapping the
.sWell, now, if agreeable, TO you, I
prefer to keep such funds at the
quartermaster's. Oh Good morning,
Mrs. Ray" he cheerily called, lifting
his cap, at sight of young matron
at an upper window. Can you see
them still 2" he added, for the elder
of the two boys was peering. through
n long telescope, perched on its brass
tripod upon a little shelf projecting
from the sill. Many time had the;
rays spyglass'' been the last to-
discern some departing troop as iti
crossed the low divide ten miles away
to the north. Many a time had the
first announcement of Courier com
lng'' reached headquarters through
Master Sandy, the first born of their
olive branches. There we're unshed
tears in the gentle voice that an
swered. There was wordless anxiety