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camp except the guilty ones believe
| that we. one or both of us, stole the
| dust l tell you, Otto, this is no place
for us. The sand isn't worth the shak-
ing and the men will grow mere. hostile
every day. Let's drop it all and &c
back to the coast"
and look for jobs as street sweep
ers, or bartenders? No, Hugo. more
than ever, our business IS here in Raw
Inns Gap"
In heavens name. why?''
Just because we're under suspicion.
We don't want any s.nirch on our
names, even in this wilderness. and
what would give us n hopelessly bad
reputation more surely than to fly at
this time? I'm bound to stay here and
fight It through, poverty, hostility, and
all"
Not an alluring prospect" said Hugo.
with a slight sneer
Granted" I returned stoutIy, "but
! it's the one thing to do. Where the
| population is sparse bad repute travels
even more quickly than In cities"
| This was the bold dictum of a mere
| boy, you understand. but just the same
think hit the truth pretty squarely.
III we left the Gap under a cloud. -
! I continued. ut would rise to disturb
us wherever we might go and whatever
| enterprise we might engage in"
But how are we to establish our IN
nocence?''
Il don't know. In the first place, we
are not accused; that is, by Rawlin.
He is determined to ferret out the ras-
cal and / am sure he will watch Har-
and RpaUan
May he hang them bothr exclaimed
Hugo fervently
Well" said I, 81 hate to think of
that outcome. presume when the guilt
is placed we may persuade Rawlin to
relax his severity and be content with
running the fellows out of camp"
Thus We talked while preparing and
eating breakfast, and naturally the sub
Ject was uppermost in our minds and
conversation throughout the day.
Presumably it was the same with all
the others in the camp. but we had no
contact with them.
Now and again Hugo required to his
conviction that it would be better 10
go elsewhere, but It was always in a
gingerly fashion, so that believed he
was really Of my opinion He gave me
over at last when L bantered him gently
upon his timidity.
Haven't you faith in Rawlin," l
asked, that he can and will protect
us?"
No. / haven't" he answered blunt
~, but we can protect ourselves, which
is exactly what we must do"
After that he did not mention DEPART
ure, but when evening came and il woa
time to turn in he very gravely sug
gested that we take precautions against
treachery.
L thought 1t over seriously. There
had been, perhaps. just a little brayado
when l had expressed my confidence nv
daylight. As a matter of fact, | felt the
profoundest distrust of Harvey. but
could not bring myself to believe thai
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| Fer some reasons. an one very per.
ticker one" he replied. L should be-
durn sorry 10 see ye go. but / can say
! es how 1 don't b'leeve you'll hev a very
pleasant time eff yer stay"
What Is your particular reason, Raw.
Imp"
He stood UP. too, ana knocked tho
ashes out of his pipe.
Wal. said he. sef you go I don't
oleeve I can find out who done it,
Il don't understand YOU" said afte,
a pause, but that settles 1t. We stay.,
You've got sand, Smitty," was his
only comment
The record OF Our travel by daylight
may be made very brief There was nc
incident, and nothing in our converse
uon that IS OF present Importance.
may say, though. that we talked lit
tic of the recent events at the Gap. for
| l perceived that the subject irritated
Hugo strangely. and rather than pro-
woke him TO another outburst. kent
such conversations as we INDUCED in
upon other topics
1t was about shutdown when we came
to place where it was necessary n
make choice of two routes. One led
Hugo's previous journey into the IN
i terror
My cousin had expressed some desire
10 go over his Journey again in the hope
that with more careful inspection we
ipight come upon paying gold. / was
| ralhcr inclined for the coast, but doubt
1ul- and as We were both thoroughly
fatigued. we decided to camp there for
the night and decide the question next
morning.
we had little anxiety about the miners
or the Gap. The place where we Camp
ed was long way from the regular
route to the coast. and we had had az
least four hours start of possible ppr-
suit.
1t really did not seem as if pursui;
were likely. Circumstances had made
US extremely unpopular. and Harvey
and Reagan were mortally hostile; bur
these two had accomplished what tbev
wanted in Kidding the camp of the
Dutchmen, so why should they in
duige in the profitless task of chasing
them through the wilderness?
That was the way | argued the sItua-
ton. Hugo was not wholly convinced
that we were not in danger of pursuit
though he professed that he had no i'm
mediate fear
The shadows were Just beginning to
fall when we stretched ourselves nnon
our blankets for long rest. Hardly.
had ne got into comfortable positions
When we both sat up and reached for
our rifles.
The crnnching of dry twigs and leaves
In the direction from which we had
come told Is that somebody was APP
preaching.
We listened breathlessiy, making 10
sound save sharp click as Hugo pulled
up the hammer Of his gun.
Steadily the steps drew near. and
when we made out the figure of man.
Hugo raised his rife to his shoulder.
AS quickly / pushed the barrel down
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| It's Rawlin," 1 cried Here we are,''
and l ran forward to meet him.
I'm burned glad TO see ye," he sad,
nodding and smiling, and he grasped my
| hand with evidently deep sincerity.
4 never expected to see you again. -
responded: what has happened at the
Gap?"
! Dunno, Smitty. Got any grub? Gosh
but gave you fellows a pretty long
start and YOU cleaned your cabin of
everything eatable. I couldn't risk go
ing to my own cabin to fill up, you see.
and all I've had since I started was
honey and tobacco. Give a fellow a
crust of damper. will your
''All the Injuries of our camp are at
your command. Rawlin,'' I said joyfully,
and FASTENED TO place before him such
scraps of food as were left in my pack.
He nodded to Hugo. whose response
was a dark frown: and that was all the
greeting that passed between them.
IT'S short rations. I suppose" said
Rawiin, as he began TO eat ravenously.
but 1t needn't be for long. I could have
shot something today. or hunted for
fruit, but I remembered your pard' :
map pretty well and was certain vou'd
the fellows at I've Gap are doing?''
Rawlin chuckleG as il the thought
amused him immensely.
DO tell US what you can abop+ then, ;,
said l.
You know as much as l do he an
swered, and then, becoming quite seri-
ous. continued. Don't you see that I
couldn't think of staying TO face the
men? They would know that | had
connived at your escape, and that would
be the end of any influence I could have
over them. | felt that I had lost nv
grip on them, anyway. and the one thing
l was worrying about was 70 find some
way to wind up the affair without turn
ing it into a tragedy. There's been
enough OF tragedy in my life ALREADY
aNd l don't want any more. though |
seem tated 10 it
lie paused moment. making a pre-
text of eating, but | felt that some sad
"Reminiscences Lad depressed him ara that
he was taking time TO dispel somber
thoughts.
The Gap is a worthless place" ne
went on, and In not sorry 10 quit il.
The fellows who are LETT are welcome
to what they can find there. OF course.
they'll think ] went with you, but I've
no serious idea they'll attempt TO pur-
sue. What have they to gain by 50 do
ing? Nothing. but If I had stayed they
would have made K hot fer me- I pre-
ferred Your company. So | kept guard
at your cabin until rear daybreak. Ii
any OF them had showed up I'd have
temporized somehow. SO as TO give you
the longest possible start. At last l lit
cut all by my lohes )ne, and here | am.
That's all there is to it,
we owe you a big debt of gratitude,
Rawiin, 1 said. You took all these
dangerous measures simply to assure
our safety
Well. put it that way. If you like,
he responded, but it's not worth talking
Of
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CHAPTER vI-(Continued)

regretted this fling as soon as the
words were spoken. but for all the
apologies in the world a mans words
never can be taken back
You are mistaken. Otto" said Hugo
In very low voice that was tense with
pain. "Of course / made horrible
blunder, but ii was nothing worse. II
wasn't because l believed you guilty
that l was upset All l could see was
the fact upon which these savage min
ers would hang you, and 1 felt that
nothing I could say or do would helr
YOU You must see yourself that it was
impossible for me to grasp the whole
situation from R3 Wins clumsy state
llent Of it,
or course l did, Hugo repented OF
his blunder no more keellly than | did
OF complaining of ii, and so you NAV
bel1eve that l FASTENED to make vi
With him
More than ever l felt how imperative it
vas Tor as two to stand together, and
vas nrmiy resolved never again to
iet the slightest i'll feeling get the bet
ler OF me in nay relations with hin. I
stuck to it pretty well. although within
HVe minutes l was brought TO opposing
him again.
When we talked without constraint.
which was very soon, there was no
disagreement in our view of the theft.
hugo was even more positive In fixing
upon Harvey as the guilty party. Rea-
gan came in for accusation, too. as a
matter Of course. for the partners acted
as n unit in everything
We we're agreed that the situation wa
iict only ''embarrassin' ;" but full Of
discomfort and danger for both of us.
Seems TO me it winds up our career
In the Gap" said Hugo. "Theren be
no peace or safety for Us after this
m got so sure of that with Rawlin
on our side" l answered hopefully.
'Rawlin is On your side. Otto" my
cousin remarked significantly.
had not failed to note the Yankee
emission of Hugo's lame in the short
list of those whom he regarded as
equar" 1t was worse than that. He
had seemed TO be at pains to include
him in the general category of suspects
by singing me out for emphatic acquit-
tai.
had hoped that Hugo had not noticed
the circumstance.
THAT includes US BOTH" I said mas
tfly. u am sure of IL. Are we not as
much unit as any other partners
Harvey and Reagan, for example?"
Yes, but Rawlin suspects me. That
is, he isn't convinced of my innocence
It's going to be more difficult than he
thinks 20 place the guilt where it be-
longs and meantime all the men In the
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| Hugo said not word. I was irri-
tated, yes, hurt by this, for It waS
| manifestly ungenerous to deny Rawlia
| at least formll recognition OF his services
| to u.s.
You might at least say thank you.'s
I whispered to him.
Il don't trust him." Hugo answered
sulkily. ASK him what he means to
do Does he think he's going 10 hang
en- with US? Either he VIII leave. or
I will
'sNousense,'' said I, and far from put
ting Hugo's question to the Yankee
told him I hoped he would accompany
us.
"Oh. yes" he responded cheerfully, sI
| amt agoin' to shake We. Yer pard atn't
the brillianest converser I ever seen.
but thar amt no ofrense when nothin's
said, is thar?''
That sounds more like the Rawlin Z.
knew at the Cap remarked.
I'm afraid the habit is on me-" said
he, with a queer smile. When took
TO roughing Il believed should get on
letter by posing as merely the equal
of the most ordinary man I might meet
in the wilderness. 1 thought It would
enable me to win their confidence mora
readily, and I guess the scheme worked
! That was all the explanation he Of
fered of his double part. and as I could
not bring myself to ask prying ques-
tons. the mystery thai seemed to en-
shroud him remained as fascinating and
as tantalizing as before.
Next morning Hugo seemed to have
forgotten his threat TO cut loose, and
We had an earnest discussion as to our
future movements.
Rawlin was eager to prospect for gold,
and he wanted to follow the route laid
down on Hugo's map. Ny cousin, stir
red to opposition doubtless by nothing
more than Rawlin's expressed prefer
ence, was for going to the coast
While we were at it our attention was
attracted by noises ahead; that is, from
the northeast. As our enemies, if so the
miners of the Gap cocld be called, could
rot come on Us from that direction, we
listened with curiosity and no trace OF
anxiety.
We presently distinguished human
voices, but they We're of that uncouth
sort that distinguishes the Australian
native, the lowest creature, / TANK that
can De dignined by the term man.
A little later came the crack OF
rife. followed by excited cries, and after
bit We could hear the movement OF
considerable party through the bush.
Some English lord On athuntlng ex-
petition, IN bet, said Rawiin.
Ne went forward 10 meet the party
and soon came upon them. a man in
nsht-coiored garments was at the head.
He wore spectacies and side whiskers.
which gave his youag face an old,
might say owlish. look, He had book
in his hand which ne was consulting at
the moment when We FIRST caught sight
Gee wh:z.'' exclaimed Eawlin under
MS breath, "darned eft 1t amt mis-
s-Cnory!
(To Be Continued Next Sunday.)
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SHOT INTO WONDER AND A45 }qf GHS FREK
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
An old Australian gold miner tells of n
plot to ruin him and his cousin Hugo, when
prospecting at 'Rawln's Cap" by hiding
pocketbook containing Rawlin's gold in
Dutchys bed. 'Dutchy," who tells the
ftory. believes the other two miners, Harvey
ard Reagan, are his secret enemies. Rdwlin
prevents the murder Of the Dutch partners
by TIE excited miners, urged ON By Harvey
md Reagan Rawlin Is suspicious of Hugo
and he suggests leaving Tie camp
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(To Be Continued Next Sunday.l
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-08
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York. July 7-T"daN'S transactions
in stocks yielded no larger total OF Siic:i
than yesterday. There was less violent
congestion in enc or two stocks although
Eradin. and Union Pacific still held Il
very conspicuous place in tn" trading
Reading extended Its record price. as II
has each day for some time past. ana
there seemed no limit to the speculative
confidence OF those who have advanced
thu. stock. Many rlImOrS are current OF
the large outstanding short interest
which has been driven to cover by the
pcrSi.t,nt rise i'll the stock. Union Pa
citic WIS held in check by prnht-tHkinE
81, les H. spite of the good returns OF net
earnings for May mad" by the tfarflm'n
P;,cificS. To offset this profit taking there
WAS some diversion of professional sup
port to Their quarters of the market, and
this gave the market IN appearance Of
somewhat greater breadth than that or
Yesterday. Some of the low priced non
dividend paying railroad stocks wcr"
brought into activity. The CoaltrS had
the advantage of the figures OF anthraclt"
output for June, showing a well Sustained
volume. Pennsylvania and the ErlcS were
both strong.
There was little news bearing on values
or on the movement Of prices. The report
of the week S currency movement dld not
indicate important changes i'll the cash
issue of the banks and not much atten-
ton WAS paid to it. An interesting d"vrl-
opmcnt WAS the large increase i'll the de
n;lnd for time loans. This WAS declared
to come from stock commission houses
and was supposed to b" incident to til"
present activity i'll the stock market or to
prospective operations there. III" tone ot
time money was Steadied. hut there was
no impol tant changes IN rates. The daN ;;
profit taking had its affect on prices and
some small losses We're established before.
the day WAS over. The closing WAS easy
and at about the lowest of the day.
Bonds were firm. Total sales. par value,
81 al0,ON. United States bonds were I'M
changed on call.
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TROLLEY LEAGUE NOTES.

Peneley. shortstOp on the Augusta team.
is rated as one of the fastest inilcldcrs
of the league.
Two games today. Gardiner and Au-
plista at Gardiner. and Iialluwell against
Winthrop at fIailowCn.
Should Winthrop win today's game, the
team will be tied with IIallowell for last
place i'll the league standing.
The Augusta team is out to win today
game, at Gardiner. and will play Watson
and Remission as Il battery. large
contingent of local enthusiasts are plH IL
ming to accompany the team and root for
Il victory.
The league managers are not satisfied
with their present teams. If rumorH are
to he taken into consideration, tor All are
reported as looking for faster men to
strengthen their respective teams.
The personnel Of the Augusta team in
the game. this afternoon. 1T Gdrdnrr VIII
be: T.. kcrnistpn. e.; Watson, p; Wiley,
III: Moody. ID; Pen"lcy: S.. Craig. 81
Abbott, IT,: Files, e.; ii. Remission, ri.
Success has put a lot of ginger into Thu.
Gardiner team. Captain ClaSon never for
Il moment allows his interest in the game
| to wanc. When his team is at the bat H.
| is constantly on the coaching line and
when on the bench keeps up Il running
fire Of talk in encouraging his men.
Morse. the recent acquisition to tn"
Winthrop team. in the box. is Il winner.
as evidenced by his remarkable work III
the neutrality-suspicious. game, Thursday.
] He clearly shows the evidence of earlier
| training and tn" way I've can line en-
! over when in = tight place is - revelation
and a pleasure to the ordinary unntcr-
eStCd fan.
| One OF the league directors. i'll Il con
vcrSation with journal man, yesterday
said that there would probably b" ~ lively
time at the next meeting of III" l"HEn" di-
rcctOrS, when Gardiner entered her pro
test against Winthrop playing CarrSan Al
| second Thursday. There are two side
| ~ st Gardiner * of the
ion that Carrigan was an outlaw the min
ute that he had been suspended by Tho
| league directors and on the other HAND
| Winthrop holds fast to the firm corvIc
| ton that she had Il perfect right to play
Carrigan 1t is = matter of some doubt
| and one that will only he ended after con
siderable serious dcliber1tion on the part
of the le:.rI" directors. 1t is to be hoped
however. that the difficulty will be over
come and leave no luminosity or SeCtiOna
feeling after the final decision.
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SPORTING NOTES.

James +. Sullivan is to referee the
national championship meet at Port
land. Ore, in August.
Larry Temples victory over Sam
Langford is one Of the great pugilstic
surprises of the year
w. II. Adams, who was the star
q,Iartermilcr of Columbia University.
last wear. is competing under the colorS
of the New York A. G. Adams once
in 80 la seconds.
George Reimor, the former sd Regi-
ment athlete. has quit the cinder path
foar good. R"iinrr was ! rafting good
hurdIer in his day. being the runner
up" in the 30 yard hurdle champion
ship at New York in 1902
Running fat-footed is not generally
supposed to he conducive to fast time.
Two notable exceptions to this rule are
"Eilly" Frank, of the Irish American
A. c., and Frank Nebrick. who has
done the mile in As. never get up on
his toes" until he makes his sprint in
the last hundred yards.
Harry Lyman, the Pennsylvania
sprinter, who is intercollegiate cham
pIon at the quarter mile, has "made
good" in England also, ny romping
away with the 900 yard British cham
piorship in % 80 econdS. Taylor and
Amsler. the other Yankee representa-
tiveS. had the misfortune to fall while
possessing winning lead in their re-
spective races.
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new ENGLAND LEAGUE.
New England League Standing.
AT FALL RIVER.

Sampson. Fall Rivers new pitcher
made his debut. by putting out Concord
20 Q: and allowing but four scattered
FAN River 20 o Oo1oO x-4-lo-l
Concord 80 90 o 0 0 90 Al
Batteries-Sampson and Sullivan: Hart
man and Duggan. Umpire, Stafford
Time, 1.32. Attendance. 40.
AT NASHUA.
Because Brown and Murphy of the Ha-
verhilI team would not pay the fines i'm
posed uron them by Umpire McCloud at
Lynn. several days ago. Umpire keriT-
declared the game here. Friday. forfeited
to Nashua. Rather than see the crowd
disappointed. f.. II. WATSON. treasurer of
the Nashua club. paid the fines of the Ha-
verhill players and the forfeit was re-
through hard hitting in the eighth and
ninth innings The score:
Nashua .......o l Q 3-10-H--
Haverhill 30 O. 0-6-13--
Batteries-Jordan and Goodrich. Wiley
Clancy and Ahearn. Time. $50 Umpire
kerins. Attendance. 800
AT LOWELL.
Three hits made by Pitcher Swope was
the best Lynn could do with Pitcher
Rushey. the Lowell team scoring a shut
were the fielding features. The score:
Lynn ............o 90 0 o o-O-3-l
MISUNDERSTANDING and O. Jackson
McCloud. Attendance. 300.
AT NEW BEDFORD
Manchester was beaten by New Bedford
5 to =. Whiting pitched we'll until his
support became ragged. and New Bed
fordS five runs were chiefly the reSul!
of seven errors. Mack kept the visitors
hits well scattered except in the second
inning The score:
New BEDFORD % o 0 1 0 x-!-:,-1
Manchester 30 I 0 0 0 0 0-2-S-.
Batteries-Mack and Coveney: Whiting
and Cote. Umpire. Hastings Time, 1.i5
Attendance. 80.
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The Weeks Schedule.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

eaturday-Chicago at Detroit: Boston Mt
Philadelphia; New York at Washington
Cleveland at st. Louis.
Sunday, July sDetroit at Chicago.
Cleveland at st. Louis
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday-Phila
delphia at Boston. BROOKLYN at New YORK
Pittsburg at Chicago. st. Louis at Gin
cinnati.
Sunday. July s-St. Louis at Cincinnati,
pjttsburg at Chicago.
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.
.Saturday-Nashua at Lowell. Lynn at
Aayerhill. Concord at Fall River. Man.
SAsater at New Bedford.
-, CONNECTICUT LEAGUE.
Hososday-New London at Bridgeport
SnriSrcsSs at New Haven, Mer,den al
sued. Norwich at Hartford.
ST.. SASTERN LEAGUE.
s Ssnss ,s at a ey City, Montreal at To
Sunday, jssSes). Buffalo at Rochester.
putreal.
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QUIETLY WE'D AT SIOUX FALLS.
Mrs. Flora BiqcIow Dodge and Hon.
Lionel Geo. Guest Marry.

Sioux Falls. S. p. July Miss Flora
Bigelow Dodge, formerly of New YORK
City. and the Hon. Lionel George Guest
have been married here. The groom is
the fourth son Of Lord Wimborno Of
England and first cousin Of the DUKE
of Marlborough Duke of KoXborouSh
and Winston Churchill.
The wedding ceremony was perform
ed by the Rcv. J. X. Hutchinson, pas
tor Of the First Presbyterian church.
Mr.. Guest and his bride Immediately
started for the East. They will make
their HON" on an island in the st. Law :
renee river near Montreal.
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apparent to all that Lachance's work at
first base has been away below eXpeCta-
tiOns, which, however. is II" fault of tn"
management. The famous "Caudy has
gone all to pieces in his hitting and has
found the Eastern League twiricrS just as
hard to tathom as he did the stars of the
American League. Around the base his
work has been good. but not exceptionally
50. 1t must be taken into consideration.
however. that he has had to work with !,
very ragged inticld. and consequently
could not be seen at his best. The man
very big salary. but apart from that 1t
has shown very little desire to spend
money.
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Get News From Home Dai(v
When On Your Vacation

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On the tin roof of an eight story
double building in New York. occupied
by n firm making a specially of
antique furniture, a familiar sight is
furnished to occupants Of neighburing
structures. Dozens of unstained rock
ing chairs stand On the roof. These
rattan and wicker rockers gradually
take on the right antique complexion
by being exposed for several days.