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passinr throueh 10 stomach, ex-
planned Du Sang's failure to kill at n
distance in which, uninjurcd he could
havo nlaced five shots within the com
pass Of n silver dollar. Firing for
Whisrering Smiths heart. he had. de
spite the fearful shock, put four bull
lots through his coat before the rife
hall from the ground, tearing at right
angles across the path Of the first but
let. had cut down his life to a question
of hours.
Bill Dancing, who had been hlt in
the head and stunned, had been
moved back to the cabin at Mission
Springs, and lay IN the little bedroom.
A doctor at Orovile had been sent
for, but had not come. At midnight
of the second day, Smith. who was be-
side his bel, saw him rouse w, and
noted the briGhtuess Of his eyes MS he
looked around. "nill," he declared.
hopefully. as he sat beside the bed.
you arc better, hang t., know you
are. How do You fccl?'
Amt tina, blamed doctor here yet?
H'ii thNt NV I'lN BODts. III EOlIS
back TO Medicine Bond to Doc Torpy."
In the morning Whispering Smith,
who had cloarsod and dressed the
wound and felt sure the bullet had not
penetrated the skull, offered no obicc-
ton 70 the proposal beyond caution
ing him to ride slowly. You can go
down part way with the prisoners,
Bill suggested Whispering Smith.
Brill YounG is going to take them
to Oroyille, and YOU can act as chair
man of he guard"
Before The party started, Smith
called So2gruc to him. George, you
saved my life once. DO you remember
in the Pan Handle? Well, I gave
you yours twice in the Cache day be-
fore yesterday. don't know how
badly you are into this thing. II you
kept clear Of The killing at Tower W
| will do what | can for you. Don
talk to anybouy.'
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right in toto see Marion. and my
DOCS she know, do you think? Blake
saw him fall from the saddle after he
was shot. and everybody ran away.
ana Du Sang and two other men were
hrlng at him as he lay on the ground.
lie could not possibly have escaped
with his life, Blake said he must
have been riddled with bullets. Ism I
II terriblc?' She sobbcd suddenly, and
McCloud. stunned at her words. led
her to his chair and bent over her.
lf his death means this to you
think OF what it means 10 me-"
A food of sympathy bore them TO-
ge'her. The moment was hardly one
Tor Interruption, but the dlspatcher's
door opened and Rooney Lee halted.
thunderstruck. on the threshold.
Dicksies hand disappeared in her
handkerchief. McCloud had been in
wrecks before, and gathered himself
together unmoved. What Is II
Rooney" ~
The very calmness OF the two AZ
the table Disconnected the dispatcher
He held the message in his hand and
shui'led his feet. Give me your dis.
patch, saio McCloud, impatiently.
Quite unable 10 take his hollow
eyes off Dicksie, poor Rooney ad.
vanccd handed tho telegram to Nc.
Cloud, and beat an awkward retreat
McCloud devoured the words OF the
message ut glance.
AN" he cried. this is from Cor.
don himself, sent from Sleepy Cat.
lie must be safe and unhurt. Listen:
Three % the Tower w men trailed into
williams Cache. In resisting arrest this
---si~- p'' Ss"@ was wounded and u
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sometimes brought by chance. He
dropped his empty revolver. ducked
like mud-hen on his horses neck,
threw back his leg. and. with all the
precision he could summon, caught
the grip Of his muley In both hands.
He made his fall heavily TO the
ground, landing on his shoulder. But
as he kceled from the saddle the last
thing that rolled over the saddle, like
the fash Of n porpoise tin, was the barrel
Of the rife, secure in his hands. Karg,
on horseback was already bending
over him. revolver in hand but the
shot was never fired. A 5000 bullet
from the ground Knocked the gun into
the air and tore every knuckle from
Karg's hand. Du Sang spurred in
from the right. A rife slug like an ak
at the root caught him through the
middle. His fingers stiffened. His
six-shooter fell to the ground and ne
clutched his side. Scagrue, duckins
low. put spurs to his horse, and Wits.
pering Smith, covered with dust, rose
on the battlefield alone.
Hats, revolvers and coats lay about
him. Face downward, the huge bulk
OF Bill Dancing was stretched motion
less in the road. Karg. crouching be.
side his fallen horse, held up the
bloody stump Of his gun hand, and Du
Sang. so yards away, Keeling like a
drunken man in his saddle, spurred
his horse in an aimless circle. Wits
pering Smith, running softly TO the
side OF his own trembling animal,
threw himself into the saddle, and, ad.
justing his rife sights as the beast
Seagruc.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
The Death of Ou Sano.

Whispering Smith. with his horse In
lather, rode slowly back 20 minutes
later with Seagrue disarmed ahead Of
him. The deserted battle ground was
alive with men. Stormy German, hot
for blood had come back captured
Karg, and begun swearing all over
again, and Smith listened with ami
able surprise while he explained that
seeing Dancing killed, and not being
able to tell from Whispering 0mith 8
peculiar tactics which side ne was
shooting at. German and his compan-
ions had gone for help. While tAey
angrily surrounded Karg and seagrue.
Smith ahmed from HIS horsA vhAxn
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shot. How do you suppose I should
feel II you were killed. Or don't you
think | have any feelng?"
But, Dicksie, is it all right"
How do ! know? What do you
mean? | will not let you ride homo
with me, and you will not let me ride
home alone. Tie Jim again. am
going to stay with Marion all night"
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all right I'm due to shoot out little
game some time with you at Medicine
Bend, anyway
AN, time, Du Sang; only don't let
your hand wabble next time. It's too
close to your gun now to pull right"
We'll, ! told you | was going to
come. didn't I? And I'm coming
now"
With the last word ho whipped out
his gun. There vas a crash of bull
let's. Questioned once by McCloud
and reproached for taking chances
Whispering Smith answered simply:
81 have to take chances" he said. All
! asl, is an even break"
But Kennedy had said there was no
such thing as an even break with
| Whispering Smith a few men in n
generation amuse. battle. and mystify
other men With an art based on the
principle that the action OF the hand
is quicker than The action of the eye.
With Whispering Smith the drawing
OF revolver aud the art of throwing
his shots instantly from wherever his
hand rested was pure slcight.of-hard
To a dexterity so fatal he added a
Judgment that had not failed when
confronted with deceit From the
hu'rcht mat IN sang first spoEc.
smith, convinced that he meant TO
shoot his way through the line, waited
only for the moment 10 come. When
Du Sangs hand moved like a flash of
light, Whispering Smith, who was
holding his coat lapels In his hands,
struck his pistol from the scabbard
over his heart and threw bullet at
him before he could fire, as a coniurer
throws n vanishing coin into the air.
Squirting his horse fearfullv as he did
so, he dashed at Du Sang and Karg,
loaped his horse through their line
and. wheeling at arms length. shot
again. Bill Dancing jumped in his
saddle, swayad, and toppled to the
ground. Stormy German gave sin
gle whoop at the spectacle and. with
his two cowboys at his heels, fed for
life.
More serious than all Smith found
himself among three fast revolvcrs,
WI MIR, from Uu UlllIdDd StdDIe morse.
The beast tried 10 follow the fleeing
cowboys, and when faced sharply
about showed temper The trained
horses of tie outlaws stood like
statues. but Smith had to fight with
his horse bucking at every shot. He
threw his bullets as best he could first
over ono shoulder and then the other,
and used the last cartridge in his re-
volver with Du Sang, Seagrue, and
karg shooting at him every time they
could fire without hitting one another.
II was not the first time the Will
liams Cache gang had sworn to get
him and had worked together TO do It,.
but for the first time it looked as if
they might do it. A single chance was
left TO Whispering Smith for his life,
and with his coat slashed with bullets,
he took It. For an instant his life
hung on the success Of a trick so ap-
pallingly awkward that clever man
might have failed in turning it. II his
rife should play free in the scabbard
as he reached for 1t, he could fall to
the ground, releasing it as he plunged
from the saddle, and make a fight on
his feet. If the rife failed to release
he was a dead man To so narrow an
issue are the cleyerest combinations
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tempt.
"Bill, open your eyes! Why would
you not do as ] wanted you to?" he
murmured bitterly to himself. A sec
ond groan answered him. Smith
called for water, and from a canteen
drenched the pallid forehead talking
softly meanwhile; but his efforts to re-
store consciousness were unavaiing.
He turned to where two of the COW.
boys had dragged karg TO the ground
and three others had their old com
panlon Seagruc in hand. While two
held huge rovolvcrs within six inches
of his head, a third was adjusting a
ropo-lnot under his car.
whispering Smith became inter-
estei. Told on" said he, mildly,
what is loose? What are you going
to do?"
were going to hang those fellows
answered Stormy, with a volley of
hair-raising imprccations.
"Oh. no. Just put Thorn on horses
under guard"
That's what were going to do,
exclaimed the foreman. only were
going to run ON over to those cotton
woods and drive tho horses out from
under EN-. Stand still, YOU towheadod
row ,hiof," no or,od siirnino tbc
moose up tight on George Seagrues
neck.
Sec here" returned Whispering
smith, showing some annoyance, you
3. 49,.
may De )okihE' but am not hi'her
10 as tel YOU or release those men
We'll ! guess we are not joking
very much. You heard me. nloh
you? demanded stormy anRrliY. we
are going to string these damned crit
,ers up right here in the draw on the
"'at 'iee'
Whispering smith are" pocket
hn'ie ana ""ihea 10 l'' Nose h'l' 'iie
Iope around MS neck pushed "'l' ou'
-, '''' '''cie' ana a'o0' III ''o"' VI NM
~" o"I pay Aoi '', "''i nay 10.
oi'crs' nc sax" cur. - "t' over
mere NdiE' ONE now VINO Is soihS
" wax III ArN' YOU 'c' Ike d sc"ooi'
BOY uorl"'n'
haro "orus ana VfahSie io'loWeo'
WI, ni'l'" "i' NOV ci'n"1p mp s'9'oi''
ana '"er" vas Il pa'A-oo"h' nave !o"
ieiiowS l'' Ia Gang -'' away WINE
you were p'"EIhS 1ool heIe' ne ASKED
-" 'd.s over tue ma mere On MS
hoi9e' anu Ut" OF Hs"t Eet' oAclalhieu
ono,
men we N'' IooA MN up sus
So .''i'''''' "i'i' ',1'S, 'o
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,,,an To-, ho,o,.. ,a,',, st ,-,.,..i.'- r,a
49,, 'N e 49, "o
prazir, close hv IN, tho rnan had
drayeed bip,so,e ont =. ,ho hlinding
srn "a ,ro sh,1o 81 ,,o s,rohr,sh
above tba roc,,--,bo tr,i, ~ +, all la,.
verv r,oir ., tho bord e,.o,,,d watch.
to- St., ,...,.,,, c.,,. ;., ~,
n,iso,ors ,bood ,,d +ho oo-ho,.,
r;di,,o Ia . o;ro,o h,,,i,d o,,,,noo,,oa
"Du Sanco"
Tho man IN +,,o so.,ohr,sb turned
his be,d
Smith u,o1,.ad 10 bi,, owl ho,.
down "Ara Won s,,frari,,, ,,,~o, ~,
Sargo"
Inc "othdeo man SINKING with
SHOCK ana internal h'moFrhaSe' ut
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the dust whirled In little clouds where
men OF animals moved. From the cen
ter two men had gone bacl, with the
cattle gathered up to that time, and
Bill Dancing, with Smith. stormy Cor.
man. and two of tho cowboys, were
heading Il draw TO cross to tho north
sdo of the Cache when three men
rode out into tho road 500 wards ahead
| and halted
Whispering Smith spolo: There
como our mon; stop here. This ground
IN front Of us looks good to me: thew
may have chosen something over there
that suits them better. recl your guns
and vel start forward slowly: don t
TAX" your eyes of tho bunch what.
eyer Won do. Pill YOU go back and
holy tho men with the cattle; there
! VII be four Of ne against three then"
Not for nine" said Bill Dancing,
bluntly. "Ycu may need help from an
old fool yet. I'll sec vow through this
and look after the cattle afterward"
Then Stormy. ovc or two Of you
go bact," urged Whi7! erins Smith,
speaking TO the cowboy foreman with.
ont turning his eyes. There's no need
OF five OF us IN this"
Bit Stormy swore violently. You
ha.,. ..a,,..,is,, ..o,a...-,
&c., -, s,,,,, .,.ua, 1T. eao,,.,s
We'll bring them fellows in for You
in ten minutes with their hands H.
tno 49,. "
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r.., a., e.. ,,.,- .. - .,..., ,
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ohoo, ~ ,ho IT,, ,,d t.. MO 40 -, 49,
,.iit,,, O. Ono. ,.o,,.. ,..,,,, ., ,,n.
--rou'l never hayc bit one chance 70
null aaG don't null tin you're ready.
The alh,uo is riding in the middle now
isut leg and little bach. playing
for p GuicN lrop. Watch him Who is
that o1, tbo r;shto Can it ne George
Scor,,,cq Wen this Is n bunch. And
I qucss xarg is with them"
rnldiuo thcir horsce TO n slow walk.
tl,e two rar,i.. gtngorlr Gpproached
each other When the Cache riders
n.I,nd ia, roilroad riders halted. and
whom tho ,hreo rode the five rode:
I'M, t,e +hree roda with absolute align
ne,t I'D acted ~ one while Whisper.
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entry inspector who discharged
because he fought against the Alaska
Golfers that President
ary Banger who have them patened with
crinnality. so charge
This hope Balnger's
o charges made reckessy
John L. Matthews who told Hampton's his
Bengers granting to Hill and Hartman 100000 horsepower
In the Des chues river canyon as well as of the other and
coal land Banger with
rupon This is good charges ought be made
lightly will publications
If Ballinger tried claims worth
than be allowed the land depart
ment of which he commissioner;
If Balinger congress asking
bill to be validating them
be syndated contrary law fraudulent from their neep
ton;
If Balnger, while commissioner leaked depart
the
it;
If Bainger resigned commssonershp cir
cumsanees in spite forbdding it, became attorney
these in which he
had officer spite of what
Mr. Taft taking with him secrets of the government with
reference frauds;
this during campaign Bryan
that
they could cabinet the for Taft and
he elected;
they secretaryship
claims thousands of others
of COAL of of the riches of the public domain for this
the thieves this oddly friendly commissioner
this oator of the attorney of claimants Richard Achilles
Ballnger-and place him.
as he office putting the
cold where the
the Des Chutes
yon, up lands finally
the grabbag of the
others
Enormously lke-mnded--
things, what to call his acts?
If they what shall we term them?
they city alderman with reference to
city, city affairs what
call them Come, now! We interested in this
English language dayand want
if all these things
lie S charged
nc
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DuiHSborfS1ory

lwhere-how-"
For heavens sake, Juliet, how
long have you been out here? You
are not alone?"
mo; 1 got lost, and" juliet
was so nervous and unstrung she
could scarcely get the words out
and in her relief chung to Alex.
ander as If he understood without
words-he always had. With g
gesture of abandon he drew her
to him; then, remembering, his
arms dropped and his voice be
came cold.
II forgot that a trip across the
Atlantic is nothing to you-it was
my first, you know. l live up here
on the side of the mountain. Where
did you get lost from him."
81 didn't know he was gone, and
then all at once / found / was
alone, and it was so beautiful
where l stood, that for a moment
| forgot / was lost"
Alexander clenched his hands.
1t seemed long time before he
and the dog, having taken Juliet
to the cabin, got started on the
hunt. He hallooed many times. At
last he heard an answer way over
beyond the cluster of pines. Com
ing!" he shouted between his
hands.
When the dog barked. few
rods ahead of him, the man who
loved Juliet Hittel so well that he
left England because he could not
bear to see her the wife of anoth-
.er. ne set his jaws firmly. What he
wanted to say, at first sight of the
traitor who had robbed him of
Juliet by a trick the explanation
of which would have almost ruin
ed her brother, was, 81 want to
kill you, but because of Juliet
won't"
But voice said. Hello, Alex,
by CAD, is that your"
And John Railsback Alexander
was actually Rugged by a strapping
young fellow, which left him so
astounded he could say nothing in
reply.
Heard you was around here
Brought sis over on purpose. Lost
her on purpose. Jokes on her."
Charley Hittel, are you mad?"
by CAD, now. Alex NJ. A.. you're
La grateful cuss. Oh, Lord! is IL
possible, man. that you don't know
Juliet didn't marry Ashburton?
Heard Of your bally foolishness.
Gave him the finest drubbing ever.
Nobody's seen him since"
John Railsback Alexander. NJ.
A., actually embraced the boy.
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Two baby pines that had grown
side by side in the forest were
surprised one day to see two men
chopping down the little trees like
themselves. They could hear
them talking about what nice
Christmas trees they would make,
and how pretty they would look
trimmed with candles and filled
with toys for the children.
Then they understood. And
they wanted to be taken, too, and
have their branches trimmed with
pretty things. At last the men
came and took one, but left the
other.
The tree that was left was dis.
Appointed and envied its mate
who could go into some pleasant
city home and have a part in the
holiday fun.
On Christmas day it stood out
in the cold snow alone thinking
about the other tree standing in a
warm room ablaze with bright
candles, with happy children dane
ing about it, and was very I'M
happy.
A week from that day the tree
that had gone to the city was ly-
ing out in the back yard, stripped
of all its pretty toys and slowly
dying. Then it began to think OF
the tree that had been left in the
forest, and to envy it. How much
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The effect of becoming hat is
Ioftentimes spoiled by the arrange
ment of the hair. The hat and
the hair seem estranged from
each other and their failure to
meet in reasonable degree of in
timacy produces a EARRING result
that destroys the entire appear
anoe of the headgear. Neither
the hat nor the hair seem in place
and the woman beneath them is
weighed down by a glaring dis
cord.
A woman, in selecting a hat
should assure herself in advance
that her hair can be arranged IN
accordance with the hat. The hair
should softly follow the outline ri
the hat where the hat comes III
contact with the head, leaving DC
staring gaps with parts of the hat
apparently suspended in midair.
This softening effect of the
hair should also eliminate the
sharp lines of the brim, giving the
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iish." And they started out, John
bareheaded and in his shirt sleeves
which were rolled up about his
strong arms.
The trail was careless thing
like a whimsical, hoydenlsh girl
frolicking through the timbered
hills; sound had not far to go,
from the ravines, but feet were not
so fortunate on this trail. So IL
was some time before the dog,
bounding ahead. stopped under
"the yellow tree" the delight of
the secluded critics eye, and where
he did great deal of his work.
The joyful bark that soon fol-
lowed made the Englishman has
ten. wondering. In a moment he
came upon them; the dog and a
young woman mutually affection
ate.
Why. Juliet Hittei--where---
how
'.oh. John; is that your why
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BOW afternoon at the regular
weekly card party.
The Phil Sheridan Relief Corps
Will give a card party Friday az
ternoon at the armory. The COM
mittee on arrangements is COM
posed of Mrs. Minnie Smith and
Mrs. Anna Ellis.
The Girls club of Emmanuel
Presbyterian church will hold a
sale of fancy work and home
made candies Saturday afternoon
and evening. A program has
been arranged for the evening.
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hat the effect of nesting in the
hair rather than resting on tor
of the head.
Careful attention should be
given to the effect of the hat al
the back and both sides. A hat
quite becoming in front may be
quite unbecoming from a differ
'ent view. For the same reason
care should be given to the ar
rangement of the hair on al
sides.
The hair forms the CONNECTING
link between the hat and the face
and it's misarsangement may spoil
the appearance of both.
Therefore the taste that q
woman displays in the selection
of her hats will decide whether
or not she will look we'll. Sec
the attached diagram sketch. Here
you see the effect of poor judg-
ment in selection and also good
judgment. Which will you have
Which will you be?
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SOCIE6V

Members of the Tacoma branch
of the Collegiate Alumnae are
anticipating an enjoyable after
noon with Miss Marjery Stalcup,
317 South G street, Saturday,
December II. The program will
be in charge of Stanford mem
bers.
This evening at st. Luke's par
ish house a "cobweb" party will
be given by the guild compli-
mentary to the young people OF
the guild and their friends.
A studio tea is being given this
afternoon by Miss Mamie Ayers
of the art department of Whit
worth college in the art rooms
and a number of water color
studies are being exhibited. The
exhibit will continue Friday and
Saturday afternoons.
The Ladies' Aid society of st.
Johns English Lutheran church
holds its sale of fancy and useful
articles and homemade cake and
candies this afternoon and even
ing in the church at South Fifth
and I streets. A dinner will he
served this evening at o'clock.
The Virginia Dare chapter of
the D. A. r. will meet Friday af-
ternoon with Mrs. w. H. Pringle,
100 North ] street.
MeGregor lodge, No. 1925,
Modern Brotherhood of America
will hold a meeting this evening
at Fraternity hall for the purpose
of electing officers.
The women of the First Pres.
byterian church will hold the an
nual Christmas bazaar Friday and
saturday afternoons at 900 South
C street. Fancy work and home.
made candies will be ON sale.
The Bible Study club will meet
tomorrow afternoon at st. Luke's
parish house at 2 o'clock. Mrs
Amy p. S. Stacy will be in charge
of the study.
Miss Grace Knowles will enter
tain a small bridge club tomor
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COOK BOOK
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Deep Apple Tart with Cheese
Crust.-Fill baking dish with
sliced apples; add sugar, a sprin-
king of cinnamon, and bake till
the apples are transparent; cover
with a layer of grated cheese and
return to the oven. Serve at once.
PrYpe Whip.-One-third pound
prunes, whites of five eggs and
one-half tablespoonful of lemon
juice. Wash prunes carefully and
then soak several hours in cold
water. Then cook slowly in the
same water. If cooked several
hours slowly, natural sweetness
will be developed and less sugar
will be needed. When still warm.
remove stones and rub. through
sieve. Then add sugar and cook
five minutes, or until sugar has
dissolved and formed thick strip.
Then heat whites of eggs until
stiff and dry. Cool prune mixture
and then add gradually to whites.
Add lemon juice, few drops at a
time. Pile lightly on we'll butter
ed plate. or else use pudding dish.
Place in pan of hot water and
bake one-half hour in moderate
oven. If baked too long, or at
too high temperature, will be
tough. If not long enough, will
fall. Serve cold, with boiled GUS
tard made from yolks.