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Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14
CHAPTER XII.
Back to the Mountains.


In the cottage In Boney street. one
year later. two women we're waiting.
II was ten o'clock at night.
Isn't 1t a shame to be disappointed
like this?" complained Dicksie, 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"
mo. Dicksie."
Not since he left the mountains q
year ago?"
"Not since he left the mountains q
year ago"
Dicksie. sitting forward in her chair.
bent her eyes upon the fire. 1T is so
strange. I 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
II forever"
Marion smiled. "A year isn't for.
ever. Dicksie."
We'll. it's pretty near forever when
you are In love-" declared Dicksie, en-
ergetically. II know just how he
felt." she went on in n quieter tone.
He felt that all the disagreeable ex.
element and talk we had here then
bore heaviest on you. He said IL 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 80 people could see
whispering Smith. And. Marion. think
Of It. he actually doesn't know yet
that George and are married! How
could we notify him without knowing
where he wasf And he doesn't know
that trains are running up the Crawl.
Ing Stone valley. Mercy! year goes
like an hour when you're In love.
doesn't ~ George said he knew We
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14
in RUSSELL GuLCH

John Hughes, who was hunting IN
Routt and Rio Blanco counties with
Il. w. Davis ard Dud Graves, of Cea-
tral, returned home Friday night. Like
tn rest Of his companions he brought
back a good--!zed buck. The deer
mead has been sent to taxider-
mist in Denver to be mounted. 1t Is
fine specimen of a head, having 10
points. Mr.. Hughes repor.s an ex-
ceedirgly pleasant and successful
outing. BESIDES the big game, the
hunters got plenty CT grouse ana
made numerous fiEe catches of trcut
Oscar Klein vert to Denver Mon
day, where he will accept a position
II one can be procured.
AT the l. o. o. F. hall tomorrow
evening a concert and dance will be
given by the Russell Gulch orchestra.
These are always pleasant affairs
and invariably are well patronized.
Complaint is being registered
against those who are wont to throw
old newspapers and waste paper
about the streets. These are carri
ed by the wind and often f-ighten
horses.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Harker were
up from Denver last week. Mrs. Har-
ker visited with friends while Mr..
Harker looked after his mining in
terests.
A new and substantial wall is be-
ing constructed in frcnt of the
Felix MoTletti residence, in the cas-,
ern end Of the gulch.
Although Tuesday was Columhu.
day., the schools were in session un.
til the afternoon recess. This ar
rangement did not interfere with the
studies of the scholars and gave
them ample time to observe the day.
Mrs. VIM. Perrin wGs an arrival
from Denver Tuesday. She came up
to visit her husband, who is man
aging the Washkash mine.
VIM. Kirk left on a trip to the
valley Saturday afternoon.
john Joyce, a former resident of
Russell is now in Denver He is in the
employ Of the tramway company.
When he left here he went to Fred
ericksburg, in Weld county, to work
in the coal mines, going from there
to Denver. With his family he will
spend the winter in Denver.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Young Thursday Of last
week
Although a little late the Obser-
yer is pleased to chronicle the arri-
val of large and healthy son at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Cur
now on September goth.
According TO report that has
gained circulation. Joe Ress and as
sociates leasing in the 500-foot level
of the Iron mine Of the Pewabic COM
pany. have opened up body of smeL
ting and milling ore Of good grade.
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14
Copy right 1906. " CA4.. scr,bn.rs ; soes

1t was beyond human endurance to
support the leaden death. The little
square of brass between the sights
wavered. Seasrue stumbled, doubled
on his knees. and staggering plunged
loosely forward on the sand. Whis-
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 a second rife
duel above the bend. Wickwire, worm
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14

Married women live longer than
single ones. There is absolutely no
question about the truth of this
statement. Who ever heard of sim
gle maiden living to be thirty.
Nick Longworth will probably go
down the halls of fame as the hus-
band Of Alice Roosevelt.
We'll, I'll be hanged" exclaimed
the homicide upon hearing the jury's
unexpected verdict of guilty.
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14

| or three towns on the ranch, Mrs. NC
| Cloud?"
1.-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
pane 1t after? You! / think Bucks
makes dandy name for town, don't
you? And l am going to have one
town named Dunning; there will be
two stations on the ranch, you know,
and l think, really, there ought to be
three"
"As many as that?"
II don't believe you can operate a
line that long. Mr.. Bucks. with stations
IA miles apart" Bucks opened his
eyes IN benevolent surprise. Dicks!e.
unabashcd. kept right on: We'll, do
you know how traffic is increasing
over there. with the trains running
only two months now? Why, the set
tlors are fairly pouring into the coun-
try"
"Wi'l you give me a corner lot II we
put another station on the ranch?"
II will give you two II 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; darent prom
Use offhand, Mrs. McCloud. But II you
can set Whispering Smith to come
back you might lay the matter before
him. He Is to take charge Of all the
co!cnist business when he returns"
Whispering Smith. lying on his iron
bed in the hospital. professed not to
be able quite to understand why they
had made such fuss about 1t. He
underwent the excitement OF the ap-
pearance Of Barnhardt and the first
talk with McCloud and Dicksie with
hardly 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 herc?"
They did not drag mo 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. Il didn't
suppose any one in the wide world
would take 1t 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"
1T has been pretty lonesome for the
last year. l didn't think 1t could be SO
lonesome anywhere"
"Nnr did To
Have you noticed It? l shouldn't
think you could in the mountains Was
there much water last spring? Heav-
ems. I'd like to see the Crawling Stone
again."
why don't you come back?"
He folded her hands in his own.
Marion. 1t is you. I've been afraid
couldn't stand 1t to be near you and
not tell you"
What need you be afraid to tell
me?"
That have loved you SO long"
"Her head sunk close to bis.
Don't you know you have said it to
me many times without words? I've
only been waiting for a chance to tell
you how happy 1t makes me to think
II Is true"
(The End.)
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14

James Coughlin. cousin of Des-
mond Coughlin, died in Denver yes
terday. He was quite we'll known
here. where he played ball six or
Silver Plume
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14

Leo Voll will furnish music for the
Catholic fair next week. Next Sat,
uriay evening, Oct 23d, will be Elks
night.
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14
The Modern Way.

The Modern Way.
She-An ancestor Of mine slew 500
people in battle. all with his big right
arm.
He-Pooh. that's nothing. My grand.
father was famous surgeon.-Royal
Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14
A Hollow Name.

n Hollow Name.
!lousekeeper-You say they cal;
you Hungry Higgins-but that iss.' I
you full name?
Trnmp-No. mum; that's what you
might call an empty title.
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14

German Proverb.
Though you drive Nature out with
a pitchfork. she always comes buck.
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14

Latin Proverb.
The asp borrows poison from the
viper.
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14
natlu rka...kA

Daily Thought.
Every noble life leaves the fiber Of
II interviewer forever In the works Of
the world-Ruskin.
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14

All preserving kettles at half price
at Hawley's.
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14
MONDAY, NOV. IS, 1909

and succeeding days. commencing the hour of 10
iii the forenoon of said day much of the following
scrbed real estate situate said city, which for
the 1908 Cor years named in the following LIST have
been paid shall be such taxes interest
penalty and costs, to-wit:
Gilpin observer., 1909-10-14

For fresh fruits try Hawley.s.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
NEwsY GLEANINGs.

J. p. Morgan e. Co. announced II
would take 100000 of the new
bond issue of the Florida East Coast
Railway.
Julia Wilkes, insane, dangled sixty
feet in the air from q clothesline, and
dropped to the ground in New York
City unhurt.
Elliott Northcott, the American
Minister to Bogota, was detained at
Barranquilla, the rebels holding all
lines Of communication.
The Federal Grand Jury got the
books Of the Sugar Trust and began
to investigate the "spiking" of the
Pennsylvania Sugar Refinery.
A Cincinnati physician asked by a
woman who said she was poor to ex-
anime her heart with X-rays discov-
cred gold secreted in her clothing.
Mr.. Cranes appointment as minis
ter is welcomed. His selection is re-
garded as the beginning of stronger
policy OF the United States toward
China.
William Van Sleet and party made
a record balloon fight for New Eng
land, going from North Adams,
Mass, to Topsham, Me-, a distance
Of 175 miles.
A floating camp for consumptives,
a gift from Miss Mary Hartman and
#. ID. Underwood, president of the
Erie, was put into use In New York
City with forty patients.
Aeronaut Frank Goodale sailed I'm
his airship from Palisades Park, N.
j., TO Forty-second street and Broad
way, New York City, and back, maxi
Ing the trip In forty-nine minutes.
A pageant representing the growth
OF science and literature I'm the nGs
teenth and sixteenth centuries closea
the celebration OF the four hundredth
anniversary OF the birth of John Cal,
vim, at Geneva, Switzerland.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
PLANK BLOWN THROUGH TREE.
Remarkable Testimony to the Force
Of the Recent Georgia Tornado.

remarkable testimony 10 tne FoTCo
Of the Recent Georgia Tornado.
Each day brings to light some new
freak of the tornado which caused
death and destruction in this part OF
the State a few days ago, says the
Atlanta Georgian.
AS an evidence OF the freakish
force OF the wind a big pine tree and
a large plank on the property of the
Hon. S. NJ. Roberts. about twelve
miles from here. are now joined as
II done by an expert carpenter.
Although the tree was large one
the plank was picked and driven
through the centre as neatly as II
shot from a gun. Not only was the
plank shot through the tree, but II
went through without tearing the
tree.
The plank was picked up In the
yard OF Mr. Robertss sawmlll and
other planks in the pile were not
molested by the wind. So singular
does Mr.. Roberts consider this &C.
ton OF the tornado that he has post.
ed notice telling how the plank
was driven through the big pine and
ordering that II shall not be cut
down.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
THOSE sTAGE MEALs.

Something new in a rural drama"
"HIow now?"
"In the first act, they cook a big
meal in the second act, they eat II"
And in the third act they send
for the doctor, Ell? That's realism,
all right."-Loulsvill CourierJournal
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
RETORT COURTEOUS.

"A woman who tries to look like
a man is a fool" announced Mr..
Jawback.
Il should say she is" said Mrs. j..
looking him over carefully.
And even though she agreed with
him, he didn't like 1t, somehow
Cleveland Leader
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
BEATING SLEEP.

The mouse had Just gnawed the
lion free.
That's nothing" we remarked:
We've known a Welsh rabbit to let
loose a whole menagerie."
Herewith Aesop realized his fable
was pretty small pumpkins.-New
York Sun.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
MTsUNDBRSTOOD.

Beggar-Say. mister. I'm out NV
work an I've got six small children
4 support Won't youse gimme a
few pennies for EN-?
. Citizen-Much obliged for the Of
fer old man; but I've got all the
Children I need at present.-Chicago
Daily News.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
PROFFssIONAL ADVICE.

I u cracked lawyers house the
other night" said the first burglar
disgustedly, "and the lawyer was
there with n gun all ready for me.
He advised me ter git out"
''You got of easy" replied the 9TH
er.
'Not much didn't He charged
ne sos for the advice. philadelphia
Press.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
THE MODERN WAY.

The prodlgal has returned.
Z. 'Eather." he said. ARE you going
"a, kill the fatted calf?"
4 fNo." responded the old man, look.
ing the youth over carefully. mo. I'll
let you live. But I'll put you to
Work and train some OF that fat on"
<-Cleyeland Leader.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
A POOR SPECIALITY.

81 see your boy has little hachet."
Yes; but l fear he'll never make
a President"
Doesn't chop down your favorite
cherry trees eh?"
"No; he chops up my favorite golf
sticks ~ ouisville Courter-Journal
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
FINE FoR ME NERVE.

Invalld-Is this a good place for
the nerves?
Proprietor Of Health Resorts Il?
Why, when l opened up here / only
charged 81 a day--now I've got the
nerve TO charge Sl0.-Town Topics
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
THEY DoN,T sPEAK NOW.

Mlldred-They say young Higgins
wants to marry every girl he meets
Clotilda-Then why don't you get
some one TO introduce you, dear?-
York Dispatch.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
DIspROOF.

J Mrs. Naybor-I heard Mrs. Tart
leigh call your wife an old cat.
Husband-Mrs r. evidently never
saw her I'm the same room with a
Enthusiastically Life.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31

Post has brought out a dandy new
guide for motorists"
HAS II got all the inns In the
State IN it?"
You botl And complete list Of
hospitals. with rates. Town Topics.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
roo MANY sPoTs.

The vital spot
Means quite a lot
When cunning in the jungle
The man who can't
His bullet plant
Therein. is apt to bungle.
Yet sometimes skill
May come TO nil;
A man his life may leopard.
The vital spot.
Is hard, ! wot,
To pick out on a leopard.
louisville Courier-Journal.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
WITH ME DoCToRs.

.tWell," asked the first physician
ewhat has that strange patient OF
yours gotY"
p " don't know. replied the other
i'bdt I'm trying 70 turn Il into typhoid
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
FEW THRILLS.

"All the worlds a stage"
'But the play Is no melodrama. In
real life, a girl never spurns a fell
lows love, no matter how great a
rogue he may be. Always tries to let
him down easy."-Louisville Courier.
Journal
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
REAL ONE COMING BACK.

Ted-What kind OF an auto has
ne?
observation-disclosures going out
and one-horse-power coming back
Life.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31

II you keep on the sunny side OF
the road, no raven flight of despair.
ing thoughts viii enoircle you In pass.
ing.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31

The recently discovered eighth sa-
tellite OF Jupiter has been success.
fully photographed at Greenwich OBJ.
serYatory. -
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31

The most illlterate country OF Eu-
rope In Rouman,a. Two-thirds Of the
population can neither read nor write
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31

fever. ghat's my great speciality you
know."-CatholIc Standard and
Times. 49.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
GOT HIS BEARINGS.

But" asked the young doctor,
why do you always order cham
payne for every new patient that
comes TO your"
because, my boy" replied the old
practitioner. II can Judge by what
the patient says whether or not he
can afford It, That helps me when
| come to make out my bill."-Phila-
delphia Press.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31
THE SAME or ANOTHER7

IIL lFNNIL VN NM IIIINI
"And you saw Murlel?" 80.
II did"
TELL me. Is she married?"
Eyes"
zone question more: Again or
yet Washington Herald
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-31

Louisville Courier-Jodrnal.
The Ordway new era., 1909-05-21

huhter mas no great difficulty In shoot.
ing as many as he requires. In fairly
open country, where scattered covert
exists, and where they can be rendIly
approachcd-for they are by no means
keen-sighted creatures-a man may
no begins to think. shoot buffaloes ms
easily as he can shoot oxen. But.
directly a buffalo Is wounded and his
blood'spoor has to be taken up. md
the hunter has TO follow him into the
dense coverts to which he retrcats
the business Is entirely changed. Then
you may prepare TO 10 k out for your.
self. to take up your heaviest and
most reliable weapon. and to follow
the track OF your game with every
sense alert. and your rifle handy for
an instant and most deadly cuarge.
You will find. too. that the native
spoorer, who trotted In front OF you
readily enough on the blood spoor of
elephant and even lion, will now
greatly prefer to follow in your rear.
and leave you TO take up your own
person the first and dangerous risk
In the dark and shadowy thickets into
which you are advancing He knows
hone bctter-the dark. evil fury
and the lurking. nolselcsg ways OF the
beast of which you are In search.
The buffalo. so soon as he is wounded,
seems. indeed. to think of little else
than bloody revenge. Mike most
other game. which. when wounded,
will almost invariably t-take item.
selves in flight as far from the pur-
suer as possible. he usually retreats
some distance into the dcnsest bush,
and then either hides up In some
dark corner. where the shadows are
deep and dense. or. L yrning upon his
line. takes parallel path back, and
so waits for his foe: or he will even
follow back upon his own spoor and
conceal himself. Sometimes he will
stand lurking AMID the dark thickets:
at another time. II badly wounded,
he will lie down: In eitf er case pre-.
pared and determined to infict a
bloody revenge for the nLrts under
which he is smarting. Year after
year fatal accidents happen In Soutn
African buffalo hunting. year after
year men. II not killed outright. are
terribly mauled: and. until the buffalo
is completely exterminatcd. he will
The Ordway new era., 1909-05-21

and was determined to finish of his
task. AS soon as the reeds were
reached. the blood spoor was easily
to be followed. The heavy bullet had
evidently raked the lungs. the bull
was bleeding freely. and large patches
of crimson marked its path The reeds
were very tall-twelve or fourteen
feet-and thick. and the spooring
seemed 80 dangerous an operation
that the iottentot. who was carrying
second gun-a Martini Henry-fell
behind, leaving his master to take the
first risk with his heavy eight.bore.
At every stcp-they were wading
knee deep L.. water-the hunters
stopped to listen. They had not pen
etrated fifty yards through the avenue
of broken reeds. afforded by the pass
age Of the bull. when in an instant,
and without warning, the beast was
upon them. The Boer was knocked
fiat upon his back by the charge: the
bull had miscalculated his distance.
had no doubt. charged for the sound.
and had struck his nemy with his
nose. which was held high, as Is the
habit of these brutes when charging.
Galloping over the PROSTATE Boer. the
Buffalo went straight for the Hotten-
tot few PAGES behind. This unfor.
tunate the brute struck with his horn
and tossed on ono side some yards
into the reeds. Then. continuing Its
career. the bull passed on out of the
"vlei' and took shelter in some thin
bush. where 1t was afterward found
dead. The Boer. all the wind knocked
out Of him, and severely bruised.
picked himself up. retrieved his rife.
which was flung yards away. and then
sought the Hottentot. The unfortunate
servant lay among the reeds and
water. terrible wound gaping Just
below his chest, to the left-breathing
his last. He lived only a short time.
and died n pathetic and unwilling OBJ.
ject lesson In the risks and dangers
OF following a wounded buffalo into
thick covert.
The Ordway new era., 1909-05-21

rest OF the day was spent In skinnins
and cutting up the game. Part OF the
natives were sent back to the Boer
camp. laden with MS much meat as
they could carry-the Beers requiring
not only fresh meat for immediate
use but enough to make supply of
"biltong" (saltcd sun.dried ncsh) the
remainder OF the flesh was bestowed
upon the native villagers who -rare
With the expedition.
Large numbers OF buffaloes were
still reported little further ahead.
among the lagoons and marshes of
this region. and the Dutch hunter.
therefore camped for the night. ate a
hearty supper by the roaring hre, and
slept soundly till early dawn. Before
sun-up the party were again stirring.
In less than two hours time the na.
uves had led the way to n broad.
marshy lagoon. or "vlei," as the Beers
call 1t, surrounded by drier ground,
upon which grew bush. acacia trees.
and few tall palms. Part of this
lagoon was shallow open water. the
remainder consists OF dense bed OF
t1ll i''ub, i'u W lui tIcl
swamps and lagoons beyond. The
sight that met the Dutchman's eyes.
as he and the natives crept cautiously
towards the edge OF the "vlei." and sur
veyed the scene from behind n screen
of bush. was a wonderful one. In and
about the "vlei." stood troop of not
less than two hundred buffalocs. some
rolling In the shallow. some drinking.
some standing belly-deep In water.
dark and motionless. The buffalo
birds "a species of starting -Buphaya
Africana) those watchful allies Of
these animals and rhinoceroses. were
flying hither and thither, many OF
them packing and feeding on the ticks
and parasites which infest the buf.
falo A number OF small white herous.
too, were about the ''vlei," some Of
which were also to be seen actually
perching on the broad backs OF the
great game. In any case the stalk re-
quied caution. and. with these watch.
full "buffel-vogel' about. extreme care
was, as the Boer saw, essential. Con.
cealed behind a thick mass OF bush.
to which he and the Hottentot had
crept. the Dutchman waited patiently