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CHAPTER NIL.

I" HE parlor at Captain divers
was a homelikc place. The
Er|S;2 black tarred paper that GOV.
VsE5SJ cred its walls was fairly hid.
den from sight by selected illustra tons
cut ont of leading weeklies, these illus.
trations being arranged with nice
eye to convenience, right side up the
small sized pictures low down, the Jar.
ger ones higher.
Tonight the parlOr was more home
like than usual-and festive, for a fam
lily party filed it. Here was the
hostess, carrying huge iced cake and
taking account of the seven's behavior;
the seven themselves, eager, though
somewhat repressed, ami doing full
justice to their portions; their father,
thankful us he passed the coffee, that
misfortune; Frank Jameson, mother
and sister on either arm; Marylyn Ian
caster, looking dimpled consciousness;
close upon her every move a certain
young lieutenant who cast longing
glanccs toward the half lighted gal.
lery; the surgeon, ungratefully rele.
gated to corner, but solacing himself
in his cup: David Bond his wrink led
old face bcnediction, and, lastly, Dial
las and John.
LOunsbury was his former self. save
for the plaster strips that had sup
planted the bandages. Everywhere ut
once he put the grip Of two men into
his well ann, smiling upon all like
the very genius of happiness.
And Dallas-Mrs. Oliver had offered
to sew her plain white dress for the
occasion, but she had chosen-since
her John must of necessity come in his
wonted attire-to appear in the simple
frock she had worn the night they met
In the swale. Above it her hair was
braided and coiled upon her head like
crown. Her cheeks were a glowing
red. Her eyes shone.
All was bedlam. Tongues clattered.
Cups ratified. Laughter rose and fell.
The seven, having NO chairs, sat In a
line under the leadership of Felicia
and kicked their heels on the door.
Then-interrupting-a knock, loud,
peremptory.
The company stilied. Jameson open
ed.
There stood jolly figuse-the suit
lers-apple round head and all.
Well Blakely?" asked tho esptsin
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blocked .hc narrow passage and two
panic among them. They turned to the
walls, looking for n place TO scale.
From there came trnlnping and shouts,
and they saw over them at either side
a line of downward pointing guns.
Huddling together, the center of a
complete surround, wounded and I'M
wounded cast inside their bows and
flung UP their hands in the peace sign.
Give 'em hell, boys!' screamed n
trooper.
But the trumpet interfered.
Close to the Throat was group that
had neither eyes nor ears for the cap
ture. Here was the warrior Red
Moon calm faced, bearing his agony
bravely, choking back even murmur
Of pain. Over him were Lounsbury
and Dallas, bent for final look and
word.
The surgeon was beside them now,
hastily cxa' ming. The shaft was not
in the wound. 1t had fallen. But the
poisoned barb remained. He shook his
head.
mo use, John" he whispered and
tiptoed away.
Lounsbury leaned farther down.
"Charley," he said, you're going now,
old man. " goodby to us"
The Indian moved one hand fecbly.
Lounsburv understood. lie lifted
mud shook 1t gently. Brave Red
Moon" he said.
Dallas could not speak to him, but
she, too, shook him gently by the
hand.
lie settled his head upon Louns-
burys arm as a child might have done.
Then he looked up at Dallas. "Friend
friend" he whispered softly, smiled
and with the touch of the sun on his
upturncd face lie slept.
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By Flea NOR GATES,
COPYRIGHT. MCCLURE. PHILLIPS {, cor.pA~.


-. : - aI-s..ss - SsesJsisss ~.
brave screamed catching at his thigh
, The others wavcrod and fell back lc
yond rife reach. taking bin with them
The stopping figure in squaw's dress
| signed once more for single combat.
Lame Foot addressed his brother
1--WE delay too long" he cautioned
Standing Buffalo, So forward and
slay the she skunk and let MS hasten
Standing Buffalo waved his bo1
| alcft. Il do eo," he promised. "Bu
you, Medicine GiVer, must hold mt
clean of Shame for fighting a squaw.'
Then. to The ouicGst, Come out. COT
fee cooler, arc die" he halved the
distance between him Grd the Throa:
Squaw Charley approached hin
watchfully, setting shaft in place
His face sccmed all cycs--cyes burn
Ing with a fierce joy. Standing Buf-
falo fitted an arrow. Both raised thc''
bows
Bchind the chief came cries Of dc
rision and cxccration rchind the ont.
cast came voice. clear and stead
Careful, Charley. CAREFUL
To and fro the contestants were
stealing, noisclcssT, ON the alert cacl.
striving to get the other in favora bic
light
A minute. another 'hcn Standing
Buffalo bent his knees, drew and shot
But the arrow vcercd a triAe from Its
intended courTc.
The Squaw drew Tho cord sang
The shaft whistlcd to its mark.
1t drove tie chief beck ward Il few
PAGES like y wounded buck. Then
stopping himself with effort. he lurch-
cd forward again. As lie came he
raised his bow ana sent q second ar
row that cut the bushes on the canyon
side.
The SHIFT YVES his last. His face
went suddenly livid. his eyeballs start
ed. Driycliug, he clutchcd al the air
tipped down To his hands. touched, let
60 his weapon, half rose. piyotcd on
bee an. slipped in heap to t,
stcn,s.
A wordless cry broke from The lips
OF The SQuaw He sped across the
coUlee bottom to the side of the 0cad
chief There he struck the fallen man
blow upon the bare knee, snntched
from his head an cago fen her. daubcd
Il across the flowing wound and thrus'
it, dripping red. into his own hair.
Then. as he had not done In years
he Strengthened Then he cast fror
him the foul rags Of his a3Haw's dress.
And in clout and tho colors OF dea''
he stood forth-a warrior.
II count coup-Hcd Moon" he
cried.
Hovls from q watching band frat
had been struck dumb.
"a coup. I-Re,l Moon, Come OF.
you docs-you that called mo dog
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Come on, you squaws that called me
Bquaw! Come on, and warrior VIII
fight you, one by one!'
Before him more bowls and a blus-
ter of Uncapapa. Behind the voice
again: Charley. Charley
And now Red Moon leapcd back Ia
resume his stand. With his turning
the band drew after, sending shower
Rf arrows.
At the Throat he faced them again.
Braves" he laughed mockingly.
"Dogs-that fight like dogs-a pacl;
AGAINST one
Now he shot, swift and unerringly
Here one fattened, there another; q
third broke his jaw upon stone-till
from their midst few the missile Of
Big Ok, hard driven, straight CULVER
ing, 1t buried its deadly point in Red
"a cons breast.
Deafening whoops echoed in the mar
rev canyon. drowning the hoof beats
Of a iarsrins horse.
Red Moon answered them. He was
swaying 20 and fro, like a cypress limb
IN great wing. He lifted his face to
the sky unit! Gs crimson scalp fcn'her
dropped Am: back his hair aud clap.
ped palm to mouth in warcry.
Then his bow few from his hand rs
his arms spread out-spread out as il
seeking something upon which to lean
He sank to his knees, chanting the
eeath song Of the Sioux.
Charley, Charley" 1t was wall.
Not his voice, but anotaer's, all
swered: dallas! Whore ARE you?"
The Indians heard the call. Catching
up wounded and dead, they fell back
Dallas, shielded no longer, yet for
getful Of danger and self, ran fOrward
20 where Red Neon knelr. Even as she
reached him he conid kneel no longer
He toppled sideways. then straight
ened upon his back.
But now the band was coming bacl
toward Dallas, on their way to tn;
Throat Their purpose WINS thwarted
Before Dallas was reached a MAJ
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Blakoy hung his weight on a foot
aud, coughing behind his plump hand
bobbed his answer, "S;team's up, SIR"
LOunsbury had the center of the
floor. He kept it, reaching out to bring
Dallas beside him. They stood while
the others crowded up to give them
we'll wishes.
Last Of all came David Bond. "My
daughter, my son." he said, God bless
YOU"
Lounsbury slipped Dallas hand into
his arm. Then the door opened for
them and they went out--tegether.
"John is n good man." said the
evangelist. "and will make q good hus-
band" He was seated with Fraser on
the gallery watching light in mid
stream canoe its way through the
dark
Fraser sighed happily "Shc's deaf
girl" he murmured, looking back to
where the lamp was moving about in
divers spare room. "She'd make a
wife for prince"
Presently h. reused himself with
another sigh. you ought to see the
way we fixed UP the shack" he snid
"Whitc Kick IN curtains on the win.
dows-that was Mrs. divers idea
rose berries all over the mantel-
Margin did that; | stuffed the fire
place full Of suInac; then Michael
sprnlilcd and swept out. and we Gov
cred tho noor with navajo blankets"
Little place looked coy"
"Cozy as could be-
A little vhilo. AMI Fraser sprang up.
"Thcy'rc thc:c" he cried. See, see,
They're horne
Far away on the bend the eyes OF
the shack wore br'c'...
and you. Mr. Fraser" asked the
evangelist.
"Marylyn and I will wait for the
colonel Won't hc long now. Shall
You hc here
II think not. The Indians 70 to
Standing Rock next vc,l:. go with
them"
Poor Charley" snlA I'rN%cr huskily
"Iie won't 80, poor oil cha7,"
Hardly 1oo-. Nh Fraser" The;
vas triumphant rims IN Davi
Bonds voicc. Pew men gain rs muc
as he by death"
Il know. Even the captains prout
Of him now"
They fell silent.
Now from the tent rows that re
placed the barracks rang out tie tru,n
pet, sounding the days last call. The
two turned their heads to listen.
The call ended. The faint watering
notes of the echo died away upon liver
and bluff.
They turned back to the shack again
and saw It's light 20 flickering out.
THE End
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WINTER

How large that thrush looks on the bare
Ihorn-trce'
A swarm of such, three little months
ago.
Had hidden in the leaves and let mono
know
Save by the outburst Of their Minis
trelsy.
\ white nakc here and there-a snow
lily
OF last nights erost-our naked flower
beds hold;
And for flower on the darklins
mold
The hungrey red-hreast CLEANS, no
bloom, no bee,
The current SAUNDERS to its ice bound
hedge;
Nppcd in their hath the stark reeds one
by one
Flash each its clingins diamond to the
sun
Meath winds which this winters SOW
creign pledge
Shall curb great king-masts to the
oceans edge
And leave memorial forest kings DER.
thrown.
Dante Gabriel Rossctti,
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SONGS AND SONG WRITING.

Song is an equivalent and blanced
union between musical verse and liter
AIRY music, says Brial Hooker in the
Forum. It is thus inherently a hybrid
and compromise. To write songs great
ly. poet and composer must yield up for
the advantage of the singer, each what is
most funda mentally the genius of his
art. And both. for the sake of communal
appeal must forego their own person
alities to become mouthpeces of man
kind. You may make the laws of a
people; l will make its songs" is a very
different saying from II will write
novels" or its symphonies. For the sing
er's is n selfish art; he may not express
himself; humanity must sing through
him. This, perhaps, is the reason why
most songs have not been written by
great poets nor set by great musicians.
but by lesser artists. oftontimcs IN
known. 1t is hard for a creative genius
to subvert his mighty personality or to
compromise the native scope OF his par
ticular art. His very greatness is In
being Individual, not one of many but
one out Of many; and mis- oNpro ssivc
pOwc, is tlansfused with the technique
of his own medium. Beethoven is TOO
deeply a musician. Milton too deeply
poet. 10 sing with Schubert and Burns.
Most of the national hymns, most Of the
great old songs Of love and wine and
worship are the work of mon forgotten.
No one knows who wrote the drinking
song in Gammcr Gurtons Needle: but
that IS not great matter 1t is the soul Of
Old Merry England singing itself down
the ages, and the Mar7eilaiso was truly
written not by Rougct dc Lislc but BY
France
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APTER XXXIN.

IND now through the dusk of
A1 the coulee the Indians ad-
Ms vanced toward the Throat.
3 Single file they came, their
der stalwayt brave who ran I'M
hdily.
ut of A sudden they brought I'D and
Feated, tripping back upon one an
fr over rubble and bow,der and
|ng out startled oaths. Then they
ted. a scorc of dim, crowding fg-
eyond tie Throat showed n patch
Sky, swiftly Frightening with tho
En. Against that patch. thrust up
= ragged arm, was a twirllng gun.
here was a parley, while the ga tbs
hme tumble of protests, harangu-
and threats,
resently Shading Buffalo could be
fd above the rest. "They are only
nen. Let us take them and be onw
this oil starred forward, bu. VAR
AS sudden as before they stopped.
gainst the light for 3 second time 2
(ged arm had shot Up. Cow al ity
was q siDpW backed bow.
he Indian, wero amazed. One .;
IT Kind defending the women? They
rted in rage
s they jostled, stretching this way
that, the arm began slowly to
ndish the bow and IN manner to
ounce that the hslder desired sin
combat.
landing Buaa,o cant forward In
nd. Il clear the way" he r-od
rtmsly to his brothers. To In,
before: who fears? Come out
loosenesl The arrows in his uulvcr.
~ chsllenCev .aIne--a stooping fig
in squaT's dress.
he sight of him fairly rooted the
ny chief. ''Tho Squaw!" His voics
furious.
phind a great laugh went up. And
Fhouxh there wns no longer d need
or to respect or fear the signals ol
one who barred their path the
Ple band charged.
little to one side Of the Squaw
spoke--right into their midst. A
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party SpiaSnCl out upon me
71Sx9 sandy beach before Shanty
Town he headed for the open
fvel. There was no waiting for com
bands, no attempt at order only the
Dund of labored breathing. Of frantic
rging, of the plying Of heel and fist.
Crossing the bend the company was
rung TO long. beura billed line It
Fas slow going. Already the horses
ad stood hard uSage-the detou: with
atthews, The return and tho severely
wing swim. Fraser. given the lead
i'll kept it, dlngng hoarsc persuasion
Ito Buckshin's flattcEod cars.
So far the troopers had kept silent
trough fear for the girls safety fear
rat the hostages II aware or pursuit
ould wreak instant death. But now.
their lieutenant advanced 10 the
rack. the mon behind, while trying
leir utmost to gain sent forward yell
pom yell to startle the indians into
topping their captives and seeking
pver.
No whoops replied, but from the
borway, unheard. the voice Of man:
oliver, Oliver. Here
AS the line swung up and by in
role Fraser, weapon in hand, was
Pvn and pressing forward.
He found Lounsbury seated on the
|. from which he rose uns teadily.
Lounsbury. Lounsbury"
Quick. The coulee, They went
nj Nnv' Give mo a 1irf"
His hand was wet. Fraser caught
"a about The waist.
Oh, you're wounded"
'Yes-glsncing blow. But / tied it
:"
Lounsbury WoundcdY' 1t was
liver.
Up the coulee, captain, Give me g
rser'
The captain turned. shouting orders
be other trieG to follow. Erase. sup
rting hin.
Here, somebody, horse for Louns-
ry"
A third man dismounted -Jamieson.
put a rope in Fraser's hand.
Take my horse" he said. I'll
~. Ride like the devil. Lounsbury,
d soak EN- one for me!'
They helped the storekeeper mount.
(e command had gone. He and Fra
followed.
Half the troopers were travelling the
tthe2 brink. half the near. The two
hight up with the latter detachment
Progress was slow. The men were
ed from the fire Fighting. The horses
re all but blown.
Nevertheless not moments halt
IS taken until, after six wearisone
les. the troopers came opposite the
tonwoods where the Indian dead
re dashed.
BY now the darkness had lifted con-
erably. and a scout, who was riding
southern side, advised hunt for
cks.
10 tracks were found on the near
nix. The horses moved forward
hin, Oliver and Fraser waiting be-
id to hear from the opposite sid.
I'll at once as they waited Frasec
gan peerins down into the coulee.
mats tNatt nc WhlSpercd WHAT'S
IT: Hark.'
What
ust then came shout ono tracks,
btain.'
pllver kicked his boots into his
sc's sidt. Come on, come on he
and went hurrying after his meE
But. captain Fraser was holding
*. There was a cry heard
Come on, Fraser divers horse
Ike into trot
Captain"
third time Oliver called sharply.
hind he heard the cayuse following.
arther along. however, he turned to
ress his lieutenant and saw that
ckskin carried no rider.
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20 the captain' said LIounsbury in a
low voice.
Eyes. And 1t will satisfy the X. o.
I'm pretty sure. An officers not to be
blamed so much for things going
wrong when the traitors practically
within the lines. The X. @. himself
could have had that fire"
swell, Dallas Lounsbury was
CHEEKY again "You and MARVIN own
the bond. sure enough"
There was knock at the door. Then
with great show of backing and
coughing young Jameson appeared.
Frank" said Lounsbury, "uuit your
nonsense and tell us about the other
side. Did the scout find anything?"
"Yes, he did" answered Jameson,
land what proves how smart the
whole plot was. What do YOU think?
Well. just above where You met that
Indian they found an outfit black
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Free for the asking. A sample al
either Rydale's Stomach Tablets (for In
digestion and stomach troublcs,) or Ry-
daSs's Liver Tablets Qor the Liver. Bile
Duct and Bowels) or both If needed by
any Sufferer who will write the Rydah
Remedy Co, Newport News, Va. J. w.
oSullivaR Burlington, STANLEY Estey.
Winooskl.
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Itching. bleeding. protrudinC or
blind piles yield to Doan's Ointment.
Chronic cases soon relieved, finally
cured. Druggists all sell 1t.
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CHAPTER HI.

)TNSBTRY was stretched IN
the hammock on Captain Oil
yer's gallery, his bandaged
head on n pillow, his left
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IND now through the dusk of
n1 the coulee the Indians ad-
ms vanced toward the Throat.
~ Single file they came. their
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CHAPTER yXSVIII.

n Is each man of he rcscuing
IAI party splashci out upon the
56TS5 sandy beach before Shanty
S1$T1 Town he headed for the omen
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"a coup. I-Rel Moon Come OF
you docs-you tiat called mo do,
Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-22

is directed to the thoughtless and common observation made about the intense heat of Yuma, which as a matter of fact, is no more marked and is far less oppressive than that of many other sections of the United States.
 Joking remarks of this nature are, however, not only annoying to the people trying to develop this land of great possibilities, but a positive and serious detraction, no matter how
 gcod-humoredly or thoughtlessly made.
 :" Your cooperation is earnestly SO liclted in creating for Yuma and the section thereabout the reputation it is entitled to for being region un- excened in agricultural and horticul- tursl advantages and possessed [ of many other attractions, and to do away with needless and unjust refer ence and ancient climatic jokes which might well have been forgotten long ago. "
Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-22

a |
  of will npruden
 
 
  of
Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-22
YUMA NOT HOT,s
 SAYS CHAS. 5. FEE
That Is, Not UnbearabIy Hot So All Boost For
 Vicinity

In an open letter to the conduc- tors and station agents along the Southern Pacific in Arizona, in which he warns them not to joke about the high temperature of Yuma, Charles s. Fee, traffic manager for the road, with headquarters at San Francisco, asks the railroad employees to do all they can in the upbuilding of the Yuma valley.
 Fees letter, which shows what the Southern Pacific Is doing in an at tempt to help develop the southwest, is in full as follows:
 Within a radius Of thirty miles from Yuma are perhaps 50O,O0 acres of as fertile land as there is in Amer ica.
 "The government is spending sev. eIal million dollars impounding wa ter at the Laguna dam to irrigate a large part of this land. Other mi, lions have been expended to make fertile the imperial valley. a part oi this same section, all having the same source of fertillty-the silt-ladel Colorado river.
 Within a few years this will be one of the most thickly populated and intensiveiy cultivated regions of thi United States, with soil of extraor dinary fertility and depth, with un excelled water supply, bearing with i ailuvial deposits constantly renewing the land, and with climate entirel! favorable to the growth of vegeta ton, insuring early and large crop in great variety, ranging from hog and alfalfa to oranges and cotton There can be no question as to tn transformation this whole region is u undergo.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-22
BLOOD POISON

Blood aests itself  
 
   is
  in  normal of
Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-22

Now comes the bis game at Kew Haven.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-01-30
THOMPSON.

Cant, Considine and Co., shipped
out IL cars Of corn last week. A red
letter week for Thompson.
James Clark sold one COW to A. B.
Davis for $4,000 and one TO J. e.
Tiger for s37 so. Mr.. Clark also bought
one horse from MI. Tilger.
Miss Matte Williamson was the
guest Of Mrs. J. e. Tiger over Sun
day.
Miss Orpha Hall has been quite
sick. She is under treatment Of DR..
Berrey.
The little child OF e. B. Brown has
had pneumonia, but is better at this
writing.
Chas. Brown,of Benton City, was the
guest of home folks oyer Sunday.
Prof, Rev. Mayes gave a party Satur-
day night to bis pupils. They report a
fine time.
Will Atkins sold and shipped his
bird dog "Joe,n to a party In Okla
homa for $50
Geo. and Press Atkins will have q
sale In February.
Miss Henrietta Patton, OF Moberly,
is the guest this week of Miss Eiiza
Collie.
Joe Considine bought one extra fine
yearling bull Of Win Atkins.
R. J. Blair sold to @. Householder a
pair Of work mules for $500 Y.
Joe Considine has rented the Wag-
oner farm, better known as the B. o.
Sims farm. Good for Joe.
Saturday last was quite q busy day
in justice court here.
and the trimmings.
Hall Jones sold 1900 bushels OF corn
to Cant, Considine and Co, at 40c
per bushel.
Miss Kathryn O'Brien will spend
two months with her sister, Mrs. Ira
Squirting, near Kirk, Colo.
R. J. Overhaul Of Quincy, Ills was
here on business with q. E. Elliott,
Friday.
Mrs. Childs, Of Moberly, is visiting
Mrs. y. W. Collie this week.
Miss Evalee Jackson, Of Mexico, was
the guest of Miss Bettteway Considine
over Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-01-30
Just as Scores Of Mexico People Have


maiOlne ~ pay.
Z nseleoS Ine Acnles oack,
Uilnaiy uouo'es' aoese surely
0,,o ,y
poans hiuney Fnis renew oacK'
acne,
Cure every kidney ill.,.
Mexico citizens endorse them.
8 n-~~-~
?. ninius' lsins - 20 Norl1
JEFFERSON ST., Mexico, MOI says: II
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-01-30
Fire in Kansas CITY.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 20, 1908,
Fire started In the cloak room Of
Morris s. Co.'S, west side canning plant
atsix O'Clock last night and complete
ly destroyed the entire west side
plant five stories high and covering an
area of 125,o0O K 100000 square feet
containing 1886, 900 pounds Of pro-
ducts. At IL o'clock the fire had de-
stroyed the south two thirds OF the
great refrigerating department, also a
. story box factory adjoining on the
west Loss OF buildings together with
machinery and stores Of fresh and
canned meats placed at fully / to I
million dollars The insurance on
plant was carried in Chicago is sufA-
Gent to cover about seventy per cent
OF the loss,
At 1:15 this q. M. the fire broke
through the heavy wall to the refining
where after a half an
hours fighting 1t was stopped