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CHAPTER xL.-continued.

1t was beyond human endurance to
support the leaden death. The little
square of brass between the sights
wavered. Seagrue stumbled, doubled
on his knees, and staggering plunged
loosely forward on the sand. Wits.
pering Smith threw his fire toward
the bowlder behind which Sinclair
and Barney Rebstock had disappeared.
Suddenly he realized that the bullets
from the point were not coming his
way. He was aware of second rifle
duel above the bend. Wickwire, worm
ing his way down the stream, had UNI
covered Sinclair and young Rebstock
from behind. A yell between the
shots rang across the wash, and the
cringing figure of a man ran out to-
ward Whispering Smith with his hands
high in the air. and pitched headlong
on the ground. 1t was the skulker,
Barney Rebstock, driven out by Wick
wires fire.
The shooting ceased. Silence fell
upon the gloom of the dusk. Then
came a calling between Smith and
Wickwire, and a signaling of pistol
shots for their companions. Kennedy
and Bob Scott dashed down toward
the river bed on their horses. Sea-
grue lay on his face. Young Reb-
stock sat with his hands around his
knees on the sand. Above him at
some distance, Wickwire and Smith
stood before man who leaned against
the sharp cheek of the bowlder at the
point. In his hands his rife was held
across his lap just as he had dropped
on his knee to fire. He had never
moved after he was struck. His head,
dropping little, rested against the
rock, and his hat lay on the sand; his
heavy beard had. sunk into his chest
and he kneeled in the shadow, asleep.
Scott and Kennedy knew him, In the
mountains there was no double for
Murray Sinclair.
When he jumped behind the point to
pick Whispering Smith off the ledge
he had laid himself directly under
Wickwire's fire across the wash. The
first shot Of the cowboy at 200 yards
had passed, as he knelt, through both
temples.
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SYNOPSIS.

Murray Sinclair and his gang Of wreck
tracks At fal smo out to clear the railroad
young road superintende sR e MSSIHu? Sim
ia ,,; and his men in the act Of footing
new me wrecked train. Sinclair pleaded in
snail sm declaring ring It only amounted to
tGhts s the whole outfit and ordered
sne wreckage burned. McCloud became
a &c thd with, Dicksie Dunning, a girl
p presiI. Whispering Gordon Smith told
rr1r easse Bucks Of the railroad, of Nc
cra aas ,n 1rave fight against gang Of
his his office; Mccioud arranged board at
houss Of Mrs sineair the
ming was the daughter Of the late Rich
ard ard J. Pu inning. who had died Of a broken
Which s oeeryed after his wifss demise
ried life. Smoky Creek bridge was mys-
fge ad sslIyy burned; President Bucks noti-
stock train was wrecked by an open
switch ,,w Later passenger train was held
up and the express car robbed. Two men
hRqrsaas s sna BANDITS
SINCLAIR. He tried to buy him off, but
tailed TAI He warned MeCloud that his life
ITorc cny into Lance Dunning's presence.
Dunning refused the railroad right-of-
i may ne had already signed for Dieksie
Dicksle met McCloud on a lonely trail to
warn him his life was in danger On his
way nome shot passed through his hat.
a A. sudden rise Of the Crawling. Stone riv-
rion appealed to McCloud for help. Whis-
pering Smith Joined the group. McCloud
TOOK bis men to fight the river. Lance
1rnning welcomed them cordially. Nc
Dicssie and Marion visited Sinclair at his
ranch He tried to persuade his deserted
wife to return to him. She refused. He
accused whispering Smith Of having
hea nea and love eob e him hin train
Ing; Smith and McCloud started in pur
suit. At Baggs ranch Du Sang killed old
Bags Whispering Smith befriended his
IHen-year-old son. They came to Williams
were there. He importuned Rebstock,
Rebstock refused Smith declared he
would clean out the whole gang, inclu-
bandits D4 Sang among them. Marion
prayed that he. should come back alive.
Smith learned that Sinclair, Rebstock and
an escaped bandit had Joined forces He
INVADED ny ded4 the Williams Cache rendezvous:
tight hole. He arrested i a horse-thief.
MHn nGIa,l, had gone. presumably to kill
his presence. Sinclair started for Medi-
cine Bend. Dicksie reproved her cousin
for not arresting Sinclair. She set out
IN the storm for Medicine Bend She
thrown bruised and bleeding against Ma
rion's door. Dicksie told her story. The
doctor who attended her refused Sinclair
admlssion The murderer sought Nc
Then Smith came, but Sinclair had gone one
Smith visited Dicksie. She admitted her
engagement to McCloud.
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CHAPTER XII.
Back to the Mountains.

Back to the Mountains.
In the cottage in Boney street, one
year later, two women were waiting.
1t was ten o'clock at night.
isn't 1t shame to be disappointed
like this?" complained Dtcksie, push.
ing her hair impatiently back. "Real-
ly, poor George is worked to death.
He was to be in at six o'clock, Mr.. Lee
said, and here 1t is ten, and all your
beautiful dinner spoiled. Marion. are
you keeping something from me?
Look me in the eye. Have you heard
from Gordon Smith,"
"No, Dicksie."
mot since he left the mountains a
year ago."
Not since he left the mountains a
year ago."
Dicksie, sitting forward in her. chair,
bert her eyes upon the fire. ut IS SO
strange. l wonder where he is to-
night. How he loves you, Marion!
He told me everything when he said
good-by He made me promise not to
tell then; but I didn't promise to keep
it forever"
Marion smiled. "a year isn't for
sever. Dicksie." 7:
swell, it's pretty near forever when
you are in love-" declared Dicksie, en-
Theoretically. 81 know just how he
MI, she went on in quieter tone.
felt that all the disagreeable ex-
n ttsnent and talk we had here then
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dear; and you, too, Marion; suit-cases
are all we can take" cried Dicksie,
pushing her husband toward the bed
room. I'll telephone Rooney Lee for
an engine myself right away. Dear
me. 1t is kind of nice, to be able to
order up train when you want one
in hurry, isn't it, Marion? Perhaps
shall come to like it If they ever
make George vice-president."
In half an hour they had Joined
Bucks in his car, and Bill Dancing
was piling the baggage into the yes.
tibule. Bucks was sitting down to cof-
fee. Chairs had been provided at the
table, and after the greetings, Bucks
seating Marion Sinclair at his right
and Barnhardt and McCloud at his
left, asked Dicksie to sit opposite and
pour the coffee. you are railroad
mans wife now and you must learn to
assume responsibility"
McCloud looked apprehensive. 'I
am afraid she will be assuming the
whole division if you encourage her
too much, Mr.. Bucks"
Marrying railroad man." contin.
ued Bucks, pursuing his own thought,
lis as bad as marrying into the army;
IL you have your husband half the
time you are lucky. Then, too, in the
railroad business your husband may
have to be set back when the traffic
fails off. It's little light at this mo-
ment, too. How should you take it If
we had to put him on a freight train
for while, Mrs. McCloud?"
ooh, Mr.. Bucks!"
Cor suppose he should be promoted
and should have to go to headquarters
some of us are getting old, you
know"
Really" Dicksie looked more de-
mure as she filled the presidents cup,
really, often say to Mr.. McCloud
that l cannot believe Mr.. Bucks is
president of this great road. He al
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only two months now? Why, the set
tiers are fairly pouring into the coun-
try"
will you give me corner lot If we
put another station on the rancho"
Il will give you two if you will give
us excursions and run some of the
Overland passenger trains through the
valley"
Bucks threw back his head and
laughed in his tremendous way. 81
don't know about that; daren't prom
Use offhand. Mrs. McCloud. But If you
can get Whispering Smith to come
back you might lay the matter before
him. He is to take charge of all the
colonist business when he returns"
Whispering Smith, lying on his iron
bed in the hospital, protested not to
be able quite to understand why they
had made such fuss about 1t. He
unserwent the excitement of the ap.
pearance of Barnhardt and the first
talk with McCloud and Dicksie with
hardly a rise in his temperature, and,
lying in the sunshine of the afternoon,
he was waiting for Marion. She ran
half blinded across the room and
dropped on her knee beside him.
"My dear Marion, why did they drag
you away out here?"
"They did not drag me away out
here. Did you expect me to sit with
folded hands when heard you were Ill
anywhere in the wide world?"
He looked hungrily at her. II didn't
suppose any one in the wide world
would take it very seriously"
"Mr. McCloud is crushed this after.
noon to think you have said you would
not go back with him. You would not
believe how he misses you"
ut has been pretty lonesome for the
last year. didn't think 1t could be so
lonesome anywhere"
Nor did l." ..5-"
"Have you noticed it? shouldn't
think you could in the mountains. Was
there much water last spring? Heav-
ems, Id like to see the Crawling Stone
again!"
"Why don't you come back?"
He folded her hands in his own.
Marion, it is you. I've been afraid
couldn't stand it to be near you and
! not tell you"
What need you be afraid to tell
me?"
"That l have loved you so long"
Her head sunk close to his.
Don't you know you have said it to
me many times without words? I've
only been waiting for chance to tell
you how happy it makes me to think
it is true"
THE END
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In Plutocratjc Vermont.

Some New Workers wanted to go
around the links at Manchester, vt.
They could find no caddies.
Presently two boys came in with
some players.
"Caddies," said the New Workers.
come on and go around with u.s."
Nope said one of the boys, Eve
done enough for to-day"
Come on and take our bags"
Cant do 1t, mister. We've done
enough for to-day"
why, caddies down in New York
where we live are always glad to earn
some extra money by going around as
many times as they cam
"Yas." replied one of the Vermont
boys, "but 1 callate them caddies
down there is all paupers. Saturday
Evening Post.
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seagrue Stumbled to the Sand.

make good for all this delay? Oh, yes,
I've had dinner. Never, for heavens
sake, wait dinner for me! But wait,
both of you, till you hear the news!"
Dicksie kept her hands on his Shout
ders. you have heard from Whisper
ing SMITH"
IT have"
Il knew it"
"Wait till l get it straight Mr..
Bucks is here-I came in with him in
his car. He has news Of Whispering
Smith. One of our freight traffic men
in the Puget sound country, who has
been in a hospital in Victoria, learned
by the merest accident that Gordon
Smith was lying in the same hospital
with typhoid fever"
Marion rose swiftly. "Then the
time has come, thank God. when can
do something for him; and am going
to him tonight"
"Fine!" cried McCloud $50 am +,
and that is why I'm late"
Then I am going, too," exclaimed
Dicksie, solemnly.
DO you mean it?" asked her hus-
band. Shall we let her, Marion? Mr..
Bucks says l am to take his car and
take Barnhardt. and keep the car
there till / can bring Gordon back. Mr..
Bucks and his secretary will ride to-
night as far as Bear Dance with us,
and in the morning they join Mr..
Glover there" McCloud looked<at his
watch. # you are both going, can
you be ready by IL o'clock for the
China mail?"
I'VE can be ready in an hour" de-
clared Dicksie, throwing her arm half
around Marion's neck, cant we,
Marion?"
Il can be ready in 80 minutes .
Then, by heaven" McCloud
studied his watch.
what Is 1t, George?"
I'VE won't wait for the midnight
train. We will take an engine. run
special to Green River, overhaul the
Coast Limited, and save a whole day
George. pack your suitcase quick,
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bore heaviest on you. He said If he
stayed in Medicine Bend the news
papers never would cease talking and
people never would stop annoying you
and you know George did say they
were asking to have passenger trains
held here just so people could see
Whispering Smith. And, Marion, think
of 1t, he actually doesn't know yet
that George and are married! How
could we notify him without knowing
where he was? And he doesn't know
that trains are running up the Crawl
ing Stone valley. Mercy! a year goes
like an hour when you're in love,
doesn't it? George said he knew we
should hear from him within six
months-and George has never yet
been mistaken excepting when he said
l should grow to like the railroad
business-and now it is year and
no news from him." Dicksie sprang
from her chair. Il am going to call
up Mr.. Rooney Lee and just demand
my husband! think Mr.. Lee handles
trains shockingly every time George
tries to get home like this on Saturday
nights-now don't you? And passen-
ger trains ought to get out of the way,
anyway, when division superinten-
dent is trying to get home. What diff
ference does it make to passenger,
I'd like to know, whether he is few
hours less or longer in getting to Cali
fornia or Japan or Manila or Hong
Kong or Buzzard's Gulch, provided he
is safe-and you know there has not
been an accident On the division for
year, Marion. There's step now.
I'll bet that's George!"
The door opened and 1t was George.
"Oh, honey!" cried Dicksie, softly,
waving her arms as she stood an in
slant before she ran to him. But
haven't been a-waitin for yon!"
"Too bad! and, Marion," he ex-
claimed, turning without releasing his
wife from his arms, how can l ever
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ways looks to me to be the youngest
man on the whole executive staff. Two
Jumps of sugar. Mr.. Bucks?"
The bachelor president rolled his
eyes as he.reached for his cup. ''Thank
you, Mrs. McCloud, only one after
that" He looked toward Marion. Cali
| can say is that if Mrs. McCloud's
husband had married her two years
earlier he might have been general
manager by this time. Nothing could
hold man back, even a man of his
modesty, whose wife can say as nice
things as that. By the, way, Mrs. Sin
clair, does this man keep you supplied
with transportation"
"Oh, have my annual, Mr.. Bucks!"
Marion opened her bag to find it.
Bucks held out his hand. Let me
see 1t moment" He adjusted his
eyeglasses, looked at the pass! and
called for a pen; Bucks had never lost
his gracious way of doing very little
things. He laid the card on the table
and wrote across the back of it over
his name: Good on all passenger
sAoAAS. WuSu ne uduU6u me caro-
back to Marion he turned to Dicksie.
Il understand you are laying out two
or three towns on the ranch. Mrs. Nc.
Cloud 2"
Two or three! Oh, no, only one as
yet, Mr.. Bucks! They are laying out, oh,
such a pretty town! Cousin Lance is
experimenting the street work-and
whom do you think l am going to
name it after? You! l think Bucks
makes a dandy name for town, don't
you? And / am going to have one
town named Dunning; there will be
two stations on the ranch, you know,
and think, really, there ought to be
three"
"As many as that?"
Il don't believe you can operate a
line that long, Mr.. Bucks. with stations
IA miles apart" Bucks opened his
eyes in benevolent surprise. Dicksie,
unabashed, kept right on: well, do
you know how traffic is increasing
over there, with the trains running
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Women in Persia,

DR.. Emmeline Stuart, niece Of the
veteran Bishop Stuart. tells of her ex.S
periences in Persia, where, she says,
there is unfailing courtesy Of the Of
ficers to travellers. Upon one occasion
she was offered the escort of the mill.
tary from Ispahan to Teheran and
found that she had to ride on gun
carriage, horses harnessed six in hand
and double stages made. The medical
missions are the safest places in times
of peril in Persia, she says, not only
for Europeans, but for the Persians
themselves.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
ProIonas Life Of Ties.

The tie-treating plant of the Mexi-
can Central railroad has reached en-
output Of $500 ties day, making 1t
one Of the largest concerns of its kind
in the world. The plant is the first
in the history of railway operation
to make success of the treatment of
ties by the Ebano oil process. It is
expected that the treatment will pro.
long the life of each tie from 8 to IL
years.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-03
When Man Is useles..

Z 1t must be admitted, painful though
1t be, that the hidden cause is mans
insignificant role in the structure Of
the universe. Taken for granted the
axiom that man as man has absolute.
ly no right to exist, his only claim
to life lies in his power of being agree.
able to woman and Of serving her. II
she does not do this he is useless and
unnecessary. Catherine d. Groth, in
Harpers Weekly.
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The kittx Reaented II

Edwin, aged three. who unwisel,
fondled his small cat overmuch ap.
peared before his mother one day, his
little face guiltily panied and a
scratch upon his hand. what has
happened?" she asked. II bent the
kitty little" he said briefly De.
lineator.
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Strong Winds and Sand Storms
cause granulation Of the eyelids. PETTITS
EYE SALVE soothes and quickly relieves.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
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TRUTHFUL ADV RTISINC
THE BASIS OF SUCCESS



COLUMBUS, OHIO. The ac.
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world have been made known to
the public. This means a newera
In the advertising Of popular fans
lily observation-disclosures leads.
Peruna contains among other
things, golden seal, powerfulinits
effect upon the mucous mem.
branes. cedron seed, a rare
medicine and unsurpassed tonic.
cubebs, valuable in, nasal catarrh
and affections Of the Kidneys and
bladder. Stone root, valuable for
the nerves, mucous membranes
as well as in dropsY and indi.
gestion.
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Elni.,.

EInls.
Wigg-scribbler's stories all have
such sad endings.
Wagg-Yes. they generally find their
way into the wastebasket.- Philadel.
phia Record.
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The Last Resort.

They're going to increase the tax
on beer!" "Then we won't drink any,
"And they're going to increase the tar
on spirits ''The.. we won't drink
any" And they're going to tax
wine" Then we won't drink any"
"And they're going to tax inheri-
tances!" Then let's drink up our
money!"
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A Wise Query,

People say flowers shoot: don't
they, pop?" "a.
Yes. SON.
Well, is 1t because they must shoot
that they hc ,iat'la2" III
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Easy.
She Eat the art exhibition How
can you tell the masterpieces?
He-By the price tags on them.
Sharp County record., 1909-06-18
Commissioners 5 Sale,

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance Of d.
directions contained in the Decretal order a A,
Chancery Court. in the county Of SHARP SOpam
District, made and entered Of Record, on tAe ,A
day May 1903, in o certain cause No. ls Au
pending thcrin by and between the State Of A.
kansas for the use Of the 10th Section iVh
Plaintiff VS. W. G. Horton. Defendant.
Tho undersigned as Special Commissioner i,
Chancery, appointed by said court, will offer b
SALE at public auction to the highest bidder aa,
south front door Of the court house in the Ovni
Evening Shade, Sharp county, Arkansas, h
tween the hours prescribed by law on MUdt,
the 2Gth day Of July, A, d.. 1909 -- ka
The following real estate to;witi The mrl
west quarter Of the southeast quarter Of seh
Ave (j,) township sixteen CG) north, Range
60 west, containing forty acres more Or less
Terms Of Sale On a credit Of three mOnHs
the purchaser being required to execute ncteva
approved security and lien will be retained
said lands sold TO secure the purchase money
Given under my rand on this the llth day 4
June. 1909.
Jasper Juslus
Special Commissioner in Chancry
Sharp County record., 1909-06-18
Forget II.

There is absolutely no use to
worry because some one finds
fault with you. It's the common
lot OF all men in business. The
merchant does not please all his
customers; the postmaster is
cussed for his shortcomings; the
butcher is forever being remind
ed OF his tough steak; tho minis
ter cannot please his congrega-
ton, and the editor gets more
than his share Of tho abuse, bul
is expected to get out a cheerful
paper and boost his neighbors
just the same. Such things are
not pleasant, but they have al
ways been and will likely always
be so. So we have learned to
pay no attention to them, but go
ahead just as. if there were no
chronic critics nor fault finders
in the world. If u man stopped
to notice every little cur that
growls at him he would make
slow progress in the world
Tx,
Sharp County record., 1909-06-18
BEAUTIFUL JUNE.
Our Mobley Correspondent Admires The
Years Sixth Month.

Glorious June! The chickens
.cackle it; the COWS bawl it; the
doves coo it; the rose bushes it;
the dew drop sparkles it; the lit
tie girl on the calender, with
troses tangled in her hair, looks
down at US and smiles it; all
nature proclaims the time is
June. We reach out for words,
but who can do justice to nature
in June? We look out over the
fields and see q shjmmering
prospect Of plenty. In MS throbs
the joy Of living, The Cherokee
roses that bloom along the FENCE
corners pour their olor on the
morning bree2es; the wild, wind
blown honeysuckles, where the
birds sing and multiply, perfume
the evening zephyrs. 7 h g
flower yard is miniature jungle
of roses. This year the mocking
bird changed her nest from the
pink rambler" to the honey
suckle at the cave, but the little
Wrens built at their old place in
the wall and the catbirds came
back, to the little cedars. The
oft repeated question, "Is life
worth living?" is answered with
a universal Yes. We have a
dozen months, but none of them
are famed by cooler breezes or
kissed by softer sunbeams. It ls
no wonder then that James Rus
sell Lowell, while drunk on the
nectar Of June and roaming in
the fields of poetic fancy, should
write; "What is 80 rare as a
day in June? Then, if ever,
comes perfect days; the heaven
tries the earth if it be in tune,
and over it softly her warm ear
lays. Whether we look, CT
whether we liston, we hear life
murmer, or sec it glisten."
ID, O. W.
Sharp County record., 1909-06-18
THE COURTS

Circuit Court, Northern Dis
trict--First Monday in January
and July. Southern District
Second Monday in February and
August.
County Court-Third Monday
in January, April, July and DC"
tober. No County Court in the
Northern District.
Probate Court--Northern Dis
trict--Third Monday in March,
June, September and December,
Southern District-Second Mon
day in March, June, September
and december.
Chancery Court Southern Dis
trict--First Monday in May and
November. Northern District
Second Monday in March and
September.