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vite,i b5 his friend. Jack dale, to visit his
ranch at swan Creek. In the foothills of the
Rockies. lilo makes the acquaintance of u band
Seven In tho band are tho Hon. Fred Ashley,
An EnglISllinan; two II Ashleys | cowb.ys.
Bronco Btii and I'll Kendnl; another English
university man, and .IiumpD and Berthe HiII.
Tiis. country Is prohibition, but tho ranchers
ey eye tue law y br nging In liquor under per-
MT M Tor sickness III and IV-itev. Arthur
J. W,clingt9n Moore sends u notice to Swan Creek
snat ne VIII open meetings In tho schoolhouse.
dith, known rs tho Cd Timer. objects to this
Gwen the life OF q recluse and alls the preacil-
era Shy Pilot. Robert Muir u pious Scotch
man. takes different view The Pilot arrives
and capttyates I.atour. keeper of tho Stopping
gwen d, Sentiment. v-Tlie Home Nine and
the World Nine play base baili on Sunday for
tho pain Killer, as liquor Is called. While tho
men are gathered. drinking up. tho prize, the
l.llot hands out lynn books. I lilo and Mrs.
Muir lead the singing. Bronco BIZ argues the
gospel story Of tho loaves and fishes. the meet
ing q failure. Bruce and the Duke gamble,
bruce goes home alone ,profanlDg and unsteady;
the missionary down cast, but determined. VI
the lflot pitches IN q game and prove the best
rlsy yer In swan Creek. Bronco Bill and Hi
yTt.sPermit sunday 1t Hiils ranch ends in a
Io , Bruce shoots himself in the arm while
neglected shack Next day the Duke calls in
Gionnor. and the Pilot goes along Bruce found
delirious, singing psalms. curslng and shooting
az imaginary demons, VlII.Death OF Bruce.
end The csrouses Of tho Noble Seven abandon
ed iA -Connor Teaching the Old Timers
daugllter Gwen at the ranch. Gwen is MS Wild
swings The ariat Ths Dnko is her friend and
calls her Princess -
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mel carrinee..

Camel carriages are not common
conveyanees in most parts of India.
but on the great trunk road lending te
Delhi they are frequently to be seen
They are large. double story wagons
drawn sometimes by one, sometimes
by two or even three camels, accordi
ing to their size. Iron bars which give
them a cagelike appearance were orig.
inally intended as defence against
robbers, and the carts were probably
also used for the conveyance of pris-
oners. "The most picturesque proper
ty' of the Puniab government" says
John Lockwood Dipling. ''is huge
char-a-banc to which is harnessed a
team Of four or six fine camels with
leopard skin housings and gayly at
tired riders" Neither camel nor bull
lock carts commend themselves much
to the western traveller, but in out of
the way places the latter are often
found very useful.
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CHAPTER XII
OWENS oHALLENal

~ WEN was undoubtedly wild
/ VI md. as the Sky Pilot said.
- willful and wicked. Even
So Bronco Bill and Hi Kendall
would say 30. without. Of course, abat-
ing one Jot Of their admiration for her.
For fourteen years she had lived
chiefly with wild things The cattle
on the range. wild as deer. the coyotes.
the jack rabbits and the timber wolves
were her mates and her instructors.
From these she learned her wild ways.
The rolling prairie Of the foothill coun-
try was her home. She loved 1t and
all things that moved upon 1t with
passionate love, the only kind she was
capable Of. And all summer long she
spent her days riding up and down
the range alone or with her father or
with Joe Of, best OF an, With the Duke,
her hero and her friend. So she grew
up strong, wholesome and self reliant,
fearing nothing alive ana as Unframed
as yeariing range colt.
She was not beautiful. The winds
and sun had left her no complexion to
speak Of but tho glory Of her red hats.
gold raA with purple sheen. nothing
could tarnish. Flor eyes, too, deep
blue with rims OF gray, that flashed
with the CLINT Of steel or shone with
melting light as Of the stars. accord
ing to her mood those Irish, warm,
deep eyes Of hers were worth mans
looking at.
OF course, nil spoiled her. Ponka and
her son Joe groveled In abjectestsadora.
ton. while her father and all swho
came within touch Of her simply did
her will. Even the Duke. WHO loved
her better than anything else, yielded
lazy, admitting homage to his Little
Princess. and certainly. when she stood
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co. I've seen some cavalry things In
my day, but for sheer cool blavery
nothing touches that
How did 1t end? Did they rur, them
down." l asked with terror atts,,ch
result
No; they crowded her toward the
cut bank, and she was edging then off
and was almost past when they came
to place where the bank bit in, and
her iron mouthed brute wouldn't
swerve, but went pounding on, broke
through, plunged. She couldn't, spring
free because Of Joe and pitched head
long over the bank, while the cattle
went laundering past. flung myself
off lingo and slid down somehow into
the sand thirty feet below. Here was
Joe safe enough. but the bronco lay
with broken leg and half under him
was Gwen. She hardly knew she was
hurt, but waved her hand to me and
cried out: Wasn't that racer L
couldn't swing this hard headed brute
Get me out But even as she spoke
the light faded from her eyes, she
otASSSASu Oul ucH HillluS 10 lIlC, SttyluS
family, oh, Dukeg and lay back white
and still. We put a bullet into the
buckskin's head and carried her home
in our jackets, and there she lies with
out sound from her poor, white
lips"
The Duke was badly cut up. 1 had
never seen him show any sign of grief
before, but as he finished the story he
stood CHASTITY and shaking. He read
my surprise in my face and said:
Look here. old chap, don't think
me quite fool. You can't know what
that little girl has done for me these
years. Her trust in nett is ex.eaor-
binary how utterly she trusts me-
somehow held me up to my best and
back from perditon. 1t is the one
bright spot in my life in this blessed
country. Every one else thinks me a
pleasant or unpleasant kind of fiend."
protested rather family.
"Oh, don't worry your conscience"
he answered with slight return Of his
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Took HIM Mt Hi. word.

In the year of 1888 the forces of King
Alfonso VI. attacked the Moors and
drove them out of Madrid. In this
connection there is Il legend that the
Segoyians, who were allies Of Alfonso,
had been checked by the SHOWS in the
mountain passes of Fuenfria and were
therefore late in overtalling the main
body of the army, which had sat down
before Madrid. Sire" they inquired
Of the king. "where shall we camp?"
Inside the city," returned Alfonso
with n sheer. being angry with them
because of their tardiness. They took
the king at his word, carried the walls
and the next morning the banner of
Segovia was floating from turret of
the gate Of Guadalajara.
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:
knelt in dumb agony beside the bed on
which her mother lay white and still;
nor would he heed her till, climbing up,
she tried to make her mother waken
and hear her cries. Then he had caught
her M in his arms. pressing her with
tenrs and great sobs to his heart. To-
night she seemed to feel that some
thing was wrong. She went and stood
by her father. and. stroking his gray
hnir fondly. she said:
''What is he saying, daddy? Is he
making you cry?" She looked at the
Pilot dcfiantly.
"No, no, child" said the old man
hastily, sit here and listen."
And while the storm raved outside
we three sat listening to that ancient
story of love ineffable And, us the
words fell like sweet music upon our
cars. the oldsman sat with eyes that
looked far away, while the child lis
tened with dcvouring cagerness.
us 1t n fairy tale. daddy p she asked
Us the Pilot paused. ut isn't true, is
TT" and her voice had a pleading note
hard for the old man to bear.
Eyes, yes, my child" said he broken
~. God forgive mey
"of course it's true" sold the Pilot
quickly. "l'll read i oil to you to-
morrow. It's beautiful story!''
mo" she said imperlously. tonight.
Read 1t now! Go on!" she sold, stamp
Ing her foot. Don't you hear me?"
The Pilot gazed In surprise ut her
md then, turning to the old man, said:
"Shall ~
The Old Timer simply nodded and
the reading went on. Those were not
my best days, and the faith of my
childhood was not MS 1t had been; but
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Involved, decline to express an opln-
ion, but we had no need to wait for
our punishment. Her trust in us, her
eager and confident expectation of the
return of her happy, free, outdoor life,
these brought to us, who knew how
vain they We're, their own adequate
punishment for every false assurance
we gave. And how bright and brave
she was those first days! How reso-
lutte to get back to the world Of mir
and light outside!
But she had need of all her bright
ness and courage and resolution before
she was done with her long fight.
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as the Pilot carried us through those
matchless scenes OF self forgetting love
and service the rnpt wonder in the
child's face as shc listened, the appeal
in her voice as, now to her father and
now to me, she cried, lis that true, too2
Is it all trueW made 1t impossible for
me to hesitnte in my answer. And
I was glad to find 1t easy to give my
firm adherence to the truth of all that
tale of wonder. And as more and more
1t grew upon the Pilot that the story
he was reading, SO old to him and to
all he had ever met, was new to one in
that listening group, his face began to
glow and his eyes to blaze, and he saw
and showed me things that night l
had neyer'seen before, nor have + seen
them since. The great figure Of the
gospels lived. moved before our eyes.
We saw him bend to touch the blind,
we heard him speak his marvellous
teaching, we felt the throbbing excite
ment Of the crowds that pressed
against him.
Suddenly the Pilot stopped, turned
over the 'ieaves and began again: "And
he led them out as far as to Bethany.
And he lifted up his hands and blessed
them. And it came to pass as he bless
ed them he was parted from them and
cloud received him out Of their sight"
There was silence for some minutes,
then Gwen said:
where did he go"
"U2 into heaven" answered tho Pilot
simply.
'1That's where mother Is" she said to
her father. who nodded In reply.
"Does he know7" she asked. The old
man looked distressed.
"Of course he does" said the Pilot.
land she sees him all the time"
"Oh, daddy" she cried. Isn't that
good n
But the old man only hid his face in
his hands and groaned.
.Yes," went on the Pilot, land he
sees us, too, and hears US speak and
knows our thoughts"
Again the look of wonder and fear
came into her eyes, but she said no
word. The experiences OF the evening
had made the world new to her. It
could never be the same to her again.
1t gave me queer feeling to see her,
when we three kneeled to pray. stand
helplessly looking on. not knowing
what to do, then sink beside her father.
and. winding her arms about his neck.
cling to him as the words Of prayer
were spoken into the ear Of him whom
no man can see. but who we believe is
near to all that call upon him.
Those were Ovens first prayers"
and IN them Ovens part was small.
for fear and wonder filed her heart,
but the day was to come, and all too
soon, when she should have to pour out
her soul with strong crying and tears.
That day came and passed. but the
story Of it Is not to be told here.
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A native Of Peru has vouched for
the following: A native pointed out
one day u huge wl.!te dog that lay be-
fore his waited house. He declared
that his dog had intelligence of an III
most human order. He said that once.
when 1t had broken q bone in its foot,
he had taken 1t to q surgeon and the
surgeon had set the fracture and re-
lieved 1t of its pain. Some months aft
erward, in the middle of the night, the
surgeon was awakened by great
scratching at his door and by thump-
Ing Us Of some heavy body. he slipped
on dressing gown and went down, to
find the white dog in his garden with
brown dog beside 1t that held one
leg off the ground. The surgeons de
duction was that the white dog had
brought its companion there for treat
ment. Accordingly he dressed the leg
of the injured animal. and thereupon
the two dogs licked his hands with IN
air of gratitude and departed slowly
into the night side by side,
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old smile. "a fnller knowledpe would
only tnsttfv the oninion.n Then after
n muse no added. 0Rnt n Gwen poas
must mi, ont I conidn,t stand itn
As We rode nm tho doctor came ont
"Well what do Won th,nk3n asked
the Duke.
Cant say syetn renlied the old doc.
tor ,,r,fr with ,onr armv nroctica
aBad enough Good NIGHT"
But the Dukes hind fell mon his
shoulder with a grip that must have
rot to the bone, and in a husky voice
BE asked: ,
"Will she liveY
The doctor squirmed, but could not
shake Off the crushing grip.
"Here, you young tiger, let go! What
do you think I am made of" he cried
angrily. II didn't suppose was com.
ing to q bears den or should have
brought gun"
It was only by the most complete
apology that the Duke could mollify the
old doctor sufficiently to get his opinion.
No, she will not die! Great bit of
stufs Better she should die, perhaps!
But can't say yet for two weeks. Now
remember" he added sharply, looking
into the Dukes woe stricken face, her
spirits must be Kept up. have lied
most fully and cheerfully to them in
side. You must do the same.H And the
doctor strobe away, calling out:
"Joe! Here, Joe! Where is he gomez
Joe, ! say! Extraordinary selection
Providence makes at times; we could
have spared that lazy huff breed with
pleasure! Joe! Oh, here you are!
Where IN thunder- But here the
doctor stopped abruptly. The agony IN
the dark face before him was too much
even for the bluff doctor. Straight and
stiff Joe stood by the horses head till
the doctor had mounted. Then with
great effort he said:
Little miss, she go dead7'
"Dead!" called out the doctor, glanc-
ing ut the open window. Why,
bless your old copper carcass, no! Gwen
will show you yet how to rope a steer"
Joe took step nearer, and, lowering
his tone. said:
"YOu speak me true? Me man, me
no papoose." The piercing black eyes
searched the doctors face. The doctor
hesitated moment, and then, with an
air Of great candor, he said cheerily:
.sThat's NIL right, Joe. Miss Gwen
will cut circles round your old cayuse
yet. But remember" and the doctor
was very impressive, you must make
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Tact.

Laura" said Mr.. Ferguson. this is
Mr.. Klippinger of Harkinsville," the
town where used to live. He's the
editor of the Echo. ! was telling him
we had the files of his paper for the
last ten years. I'll show them to you.
Mr.. Klippinger. They're
why, George" interrupted Mrs.
Ferguson. with a mechanical sort of
smile, II ought to have told you, but
but they're under the dining room car
pet Chicago Tribune.
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He Could Hardly Get IN

r II. Duffy of. Ashley, ILL.,, writes,
This is to certify that i have taken
iwe bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure
and it had helped me more than any
piher medicine. Itried many advertised
s.inedies, but lone of them gave me
~! relief. My druggist recommended
toley's Kidney Cure and it has cured
'ine. Before commencing its use was
y, such q shape that could hardly get
up when once down." Sold by Denton
81 Ward
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she Recognized Him.

Two little girls We're playing in front
Of city dwelling when n strange man
went by.
THAT man is an undertaken" said
one of the little girls.
"How do you known asked her COM
panion.
"Oh. because he is the man who I'M
dertook my grandmother" - Mppin-
cotts.
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There ara animals purporting to be
whales a-swim in the ocean of Fame
of whom Posterlty will easily pack n
dozen at a time into a sardine box
New Orleans Times Democrat.
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II tONnI Ntm IN tHe cFee7s.'
won't have your old Pilot. and ! don't
want to be good. and-and-you think
he's no good yourself" at which the
Duke opened his eyes.
SLOW do you know ! never said
sog'
"You laughed at him to dad one
day"
"Did IT. said the Duke gravely.
.4Then hasten to assure you that !
have changed my mind. He is good,
brave man."
"He falls off his horse,p she said,
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Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs
a'.d colds; reliable, tried and tested.
sAfeand sure. Sold by Denton s. Ward
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Why ie newspaper like an army ?
i'scause 1t has leaders, columns and
reviews.
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There is no cough medicine SO popular
as Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t contains
no opiates or p0isons and never fails to
cure. Sold by Denton Il Ward.

When does farmer double up
sheep without hurting it? When he
folds II.
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a Policeman,s Test,momu.

When did Moses sleep with five in
Led? When he slept with his fore
fathers.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-06
MINING NOTES.

z. l. whitmore, one OF the best
known mining engineers Of the north
west, expired suddenly in Butte recent
~ while talking to F. Augustus HelnEe,
whitmore was seized with hemor'
rhage, and before assistance could be
called, passed away. Whitmore was
connected at the time Of his death with
the Montana dining & Development
company. operating the famous Drum
Lummon mine. at Marysville, Mont
George Stonebraker, the veteran
mining man. has started for Thunder
Mountain from Sites.
A shipment Of 10 tons OF ore from
the standard mine. in Pony gulch. Mad
ison county. Mont. received at the East
Helena smelter. assSyed sS25.40 a tor
in gold. The property was worked dur
Ing the winter by James Pollard, un
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-06
MINES AND MINING NEWS
SPRING BRINGS ACTIVE WORK IN
EVERY SECTION.
items Of interest Of . Miscellaneous
Mature Gathered During the Past
week-New Districts Making Good
showinss-Many Mining Accidents
and Personals.

One Of Wardner's uda) most promi
nent landmarks disappears in the tax
ing down Of the Bleichert tramway
which for IL years has carried the ore
mined from the Bunker Hill and SuIIi
van mine to the concentration, a dis
lance OF nearly two miles. The last
great cable reaching across the town
was lowered yesterday. and now nc
more can the sightseer in Wardner be
pointed to the ore buckets, carrying
nearly a ton Of ore. swinging aloft
across the town. r. T. Wilson, who
for a number Of years has been super.
intendent OF the tramway, has the con.
tract for taking II down.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-06
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

The output OF the Morrissey mines
is to be greatly increased as a result
OF a recent visit there by President
James J. Hill OF the Great Northern
and instructions then given by him.
Twenty-Five large dwelling houses
will be built as soon as possible by
the Crows Nest Pass Coal company,
Ltd. for its employees al the coke
ovens.
Shipments from the Boundary mines
are larger than they have been for
several months previously. The Sun.
set smelter has blown its second fur.
mace and the Mother Lode smelter is
running two furnaces.
, Superintendent Leslie Of the lie Roi
had a miraculous escape from instant
death recently. A stick OF timber
weighing over half ton fell 100 feet,
just grazing Leslie's head. He es.
capped with a four inch scalp wound,
tut the difference Of an inch would
have meant instant death.
Hal Cole has received $4,000 as a
first payment on a bond on two prop
critics which be has owned near Phoe-
nix in Greenwood camp. The purchas-
ers are J. E Everhart. w. d. Everhart
and Max Sands. all Of Chicago.
Holidays during the past week Sc
riously interfered with shipping oper-
ations. which were: lie Roi, 1920;
Centre Star. 1890: War Eagle, 1920;
lie Roi No. ?. SEQ: Velvet, 100: Koote-
nay. $50. Total. 500; year TO date.
1912.
Bernard Macdonald. late manager Of
the lie Roi at RosslAnd. firmly believes
that the Canadian Rockies will yet
yield as huge fortunes in gold and ST.
yer as have the precious metal mines
in the United States OF Mexico. So i'm
pressed is he with the idea that he has
formulated a gigantic plan for pros.
pec;ing the mountains Of British Co
lumbia.
Just Eve years ago the first work
was done at the Knob Hill mine in
Phoenix camp. a property which has
become well known all over Canada
on account OF the gigantic lodges IL
contains. as well as on account Of the
large tonnage sent out within the last
three years. The first actual develop.
ment work on the property was started
in May, 1898.
A lucky shot in the Lucky Boy mine
near Ferguson accidentally solved a
serious problem. and possibly prevent.
ed a shut down OF that mine. A shot
put In in the ordinary course Of work
opened the entrance TO either a huge
cave or > giant crevasse extending
down TO unknown depths. Wherever Il
descends 20 1t has solved the problem
of unwatering the Lucky Boy for all
time, since the water is simply run
into 1t and is supposed to find an outlet
some thousand feet or so at the creek.
Waste is also being run into this
deep" thus saving the expense Of
hois'ing, This has saved the company
about $4,000.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-06
RepuhlIe Notes.

At the Bodie mine at Bodie camp
about 80 men are now employed on
development work. They are drifting
on the vein on the 100. the 200. the
500 and the ~, foot levels, and raising
from the 400 foot level to connect
with the 500.
Trowbridge brothers, old Montana
miners, are opening up a great pros
pect on the Shamrock and White
Elephant claims, which are situated
near Wolf camp, and between that and
the Beleher mine.
II was stated that Mel Cochran
mining engineer. is expected daily &c
take charge Of the Mountain Lion
mine, Another statement is to the et
feet that he is only coming 20 sample
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-06
kressIy Is a Foroer.

Spokane, June 4,-Howard ]. Kress-
ly, well known young mining broker,
has admitted at recent meeting OF
the stockholders Of the Lucille Dreyfus
Mining company that he had forged
the name Of President W. NJ. Ridpath
TO more than 100000 shares Of stock
81 the Lucille Dreyfus Mining company
and that he had sold and hypothecated
this stock and converted the proceeds
TO his own use His forgeries. amount.
ing TO over $4,000, is TO be paid by his
uncle.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-06

Wholesale trade awaits crop, labor
and price Developments. Too much
rain Is reported for western crops, par.
ticDlarly for corn. The outlook as to
the country's export trade is by no
means depressing. Exports Of manu-.
featured goods for the month Of April
were only twice exceeded In the coun-
try's history.
Wheat. including -four, exports for
the week ending May IS aggregate l..
e67.esS bushels. against 5,2sS.375 bush.
els last week and s.sO0.e45 bushels in
this week a year ago.
business failures in the United
States for the week ending May rs are
20l.
Coast Wheat Repors-
Tacoma. wash.-Quiet and IN
changed: bluestem. use: club. 7Sc.
Portland. ore.--walla walla, 73c:
biucstcm. 76G &c: valley. 75c.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-06
Floods In Idaho.

Butte. Mont, June "A special
from Missoula says that the melting
SHOWS In the Occur d'Alene mountains
are causing a rampage on all streams.
The tracks OF tho Northern Pacific
are IN danger and the regular force
Of men are at work on the line. This
side OF Hope. Idaho. the waters are
up to the rails. The snowfall in the
Occur d'Alenes last winter was the
heaviest in the history Of the section
and disastrous foods are feared by the
railroad people.