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because it is you 1 love and shall Al
ways love"
The girl suddenly began to beat her
hands together.
"You-forget what I-have beenr'
she cried In 4 voice that tore her
lovers heartstrings. You can't want
tomarry meT
~Tonight," he said simpdy and held
out his arms to her. Il love you and
I want you. That is all know O. care
about"
He found her upon his breast, sob
hing and shaking as II size had sought
shelter there from some great peril
He buried his face in the soft masses
Of her hair, whispering fondly to her
till her emotion spent itself. She turn
ed her face shyly up 1t length and
pressed her lips to his. Then, holding
herself away from him, she said. with
q half doubtful yet radiant look:
'It Is not too late yet. l will give
you one final chance to save yourself"
He shook his head.
"Then I have done my dutyv' She
snuggled closer to him. And you
have no regrets?"
"Only one. l am sorry that I can't
give you more than my name. l may
have to go out into the world and be-
gin all over II Mr.. Wayland carries
out his threat 1 may be the poorest
Of the poor
"That will be my opportunity to
show how well love you. You can
be no poorer than In this worlds
goods"
"You at least have your copper
mine"
II have no mine." said the girl. mot
even the smallest interest in one"
Butt don't understand"
She dropped her eyes. "Mr. billiard
Is q hard man to deal with. I had to
give him all my share in the claims"
II suppose you mean you sold out to
him"
"No! When I found you could not
raise the money I gave him my share
in the mine. With that as a consid-
Grafton he made you the loan. You
are not angry. are you?"
"Angryr' Emerson's tone conveyed
q supreme gladness. you don't know
how happy you have made me-"
|. "Hark" She laid a finger upon his
lips. Through the breathless night
there came the faint rumble of ships
chains.
"The Grande Damew he cried. "She
sails at the food tide"
They stood together in the open
doorway Of the little house and watch
ed the yachts lights as they described
a great curve through the darkness.
then slowly faded into nothingness
down the bay. Cherry drew herself
closer to Boyd.
What wonderful Providence
guides US. after ALL she said That
girl had everything in the world. and
l was poOr-so poor-until this hour.
God grant she may some day be as
rich as To-
Out on the Grand Dame the girl
who had everything in the world
maintained a lonely vigil at the rail
straining with tragic eyes until the
somber shadows that marked the
shores of the land she feared had
shrunk to faint. low lying streak on
the horizon. Then she turned and
went below. numbed by the knowledge
that she was very poor and very
wretched and had never understood.
THE END
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u~UOn ucuEiy ~ OOuT bOyO Cmer-
son sat alone on the deck of
the Grande Dame. q prey to
- conflicting emotions, the while
- waited for Mildred to appear. There
vs. no one to dispute his presence
now. for the tourists who had followed
d. Berry from the shore in hushed ex-
element avoided him. and the sailors
nads no effort to carry out thea ear
Her instructions: hence he was allowed
opportunity to adjust himself to the
sudden change. 1t was not so much
The unexpected downfall Of Willis
Nazsh and the new light thus thrown
upon his own enterprise that upset him
% Q pushing alteration in his own
purposes and incliuations. He had
come out to the yacht defantly to
make good his threat and to force an
understanding with Mildred wayland.
but now that he was here and his way
made easy he began to question his
0wn desires. Now that he thought
about Il that note. instead Of filling
him With dismay. had rather left him
relieved II was N II he had been
freed Of burden. and this caused him
. vague uneasiness. Was 1t because
he was tired by the struggle for this
g1n for whom he had labored so
faithfullyf After three years Of I'M
0agging devotion was he truly relieved
to have her dismiss him? or was It
that here In this primal country. strip
ped Of all conventions. he saw her and
himself In q new light? He did not
know.
The late twilight was fading when
Mildred came from her stateroom
She found Boyd pacing the deck. a
cigar between his teeth.
"where are those peopley' she In.
CURED.
'-They went ashore. Marsh doesn't
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meeting. He paused outside the open
window and saw BY the shaded ,Aamp-
light that she was playing from mem
or. har fingers wandering over the
keyboard without conscious effort
Then she took up the words with all
ths throbblng tenderness that lives In
Q esp eootEaaeo voice:
Iase night I vas dreaming oe thee. love-
WaS Dreaming
I dreamed tAeu diast promise
Cherry paused ~ II entranced. for
she thought she heard another voice
3oin with he's. Then she bowed her
head and sobbed IN utter wretched-
ness, knowing It for nothing more than
her own fancy. Too many times. as
In other twilights past. she had heard
that mellow voice blend with hers.
only to find that her ears had played
her false and she was alone with q
memory that would never die.
OF all the days OF her life this was
and the tears she had withheld SO
bravely as long AZ there was work to
do came now in unbidden profusion.
To face those people on the yacht
had been an act Of pure devotion to
Boyd, for her every instinct had re-
beiled against It. Yet she had known
that some desperate stroke in his de-
tense must be delivered instantly
otherwise the ruin Of his hopes would
follow. She had hit upon the device
Of using Constantine and Chakawana
largely by chance. for not until the
previous day had she learned the truth.
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She had not dared to hope for such
unqualified success, nor had she fore
seen the tragic outcome. She had sim
ply carried her plan through to its
natural conclusion. Now that her
work was done she gave way COM
pletely and wept like a little girl He
was out there now with his love.
They would never waste a thought
upon that other girl who had made
their happiness possible. The thought
was almost more than sac could bear.
Never again could she have Boyd to
herself. never enjoy his careless friend
ship as Of old. Even that was owe.
now that he knew the truth.
The first and only kiss he had ever
given her burned fresh upon her lips.
She recalled that evening they had
spent alone in this very room. when he
had seemed to waver and her hopes
had risen At the dawning Of a new
light in his eyes. At the memory she
cried aloud ~ II her heart would
break:
Boyd! Boydv
He entered no1SeleS01y ana took her
In his arms.
Yes, dear!' he murmured. But she
rose with a startled exclamation and
wrenched herself from his embrace.
The piano gave forth a discordant
crash. Shrinking back as from an ap-
partition, she stared into his flushed
and smiling face. then breathed:
You! Why are you herer'
Because love you"
She closed her eyes and swayed as II
under the spell Of wonderful music.
He saw the throbbing pulse at her
throat. Then she flung out her hands,
crying piteously:
"Go away. please, before ind 1t is
only another dream"
She raised her lids to ind him still
standing there, then felt him with hut-
tering fingers.
"'Our dreams have come true" he
said gently and strove to imprison her
hand.
mo, nor Her voice broke wildly
you don't mean it. You-you haven't
come to stay"
II have come to stay II you viii let
me, dear"
She broke from his grasp and moved
quickly away.
why are you here? left you out
there with-her. made your way
clear. Why have you come back?
What more can do? Dear God, what
moro can dor She was painting as
If desperately frightened.
There is but one thing more you can
do to make me happy. You can be my
wife"
But don't understand" che shook
her head hopelessly. You are testing
with me. You love Miss Wayland"
mo. Miss Wayland leaves tonight,
and / shall never see her again"
Then you won't marry her"
NO"
A dull color rose to Cherry Malotte's
cheeks. She swallowed as If her throat
were very dry and said slowly:
Then she refused you in spite of
everything and you have come to me
because Of what l told you this after
noon. You are doing this out Of pity,
or is it because you are angry with
her? No. no. Boyd! l won't have it.
L don't want your pity: don't want
what she cast off,"
1T has taken me long time to find
myself, Cherry. for 1 have been blind
ed by a vision" he answered. Il have
been dreaming. and never saw clear
" till today. came away Of my own
tree viii. and came straight to you.
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CHAPTER XXI.

~ OR nearly an hour Boyd Emer-
son sat alone on the deck Of
iii the Grande Dame. q prey to
conflicting emotions the while
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ser's arguments and Of Cherry's own
until his love for the girl swept over
him in all its power: then he made his
choice.
The one thing he found most diff
cult to accept was her conduct with
billiard. Those other charges against
the girl were vague and shadowy. but
this was concrete. and he was familiar
with every miserable detail Of it It
took all his courage to face 1t, but he
ewore savagely that II the conditions
had been reversed Cherry would not
have faltered for an instant. More
over. what she had done had been
done for love Of him. It was worse
than vile to hesitate Her past was
her own. and all he could rightfully
claim was her future He shut his
teeth and laid his course resolutely for
her landing. striving to leave behind
this one hideous memory. centering his
mind upon the girl herself and shut
ting out her past. 1t was the bitter
est fight he had ever waged. But
when he reached the shore and tied
his skif he was exalted by the knowl-
edge that he had triumphed: that this
painful episode was locked away with
all the others.
Now that he had conquered he was
filed with consuming eagerness. As
he stole up through the shadows he
heard her playing. and when he drew
nearer he recognized the notes Of that
song that had banished his own black
desolation on the night Of their first
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own desires. She would make her preju-
dices a law for him. Above all, she
could not respond to the exultation OF
his success. She had no conception Of
the pride of accomplishment that IS the
wine Of every true mans life. He had
,waged a bitter fight that had sapped
his very soul; he had made and won
the struggle that man makes once in
lifetime. and now. just when he had
proved himself strong and fair in the
sight of bis fellows. she asked him to
forego 1t all. Engrossed in her own
egoism, she required Of him a greater
sacrifice than any he had made. Now
that he had shown his strength she
wanted to load him down with golden
fetters-to make him a dependent. Was
1t because she feared another girl
She had tried to help him, he knew
in her way-and the thought Of 1T
touched him. That was like the Mil
dred he had always known-to act
fearlessly. needless of what her father
might do or say. Somehow he had
never felt more convinced Of the sin
cerity Of her love. but he found him
self thinking of it as Of something of
the past. After all. what she had done
had been little. considering her power.
She had given carelessly out Of her
abundance, while Cherry He saw 1t
all now. and a sudden sense of loyalty
and devotion to the girl who had real
ly shared his struggles swept over him
in warm tide. 1t was most unlike
his distant worship Of Mildred. She
had been his dream. but the other was
bone OF his bone and flesh Of his flesh
For long time the two sat talking
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-06-02
GEN e RAJ.

The decision to try the New York
Presbytery on charges Of heresy be-
cause of the granting Of preaching or
ders to three young men, after they
had refused to accept in full the be-
liefs OF the church, was announced by
the judicial committee Of the Presby-
terian Assembly Monday.
"The abbreviated skirts and tights
must go from the billboards." was the
declaration at Cincinnati of Clarence E.
Runey, secretary of the International
Poster Printers Association OF the
United States and Canada. before dele
OF the association.
The three living honorary members
of the Roosevelt Rough Riders Asso-
citation will ride with the Rough Rid
ers during the Roosevelt parade, June
18th.
The Standard Oil Company has In
creased the wages OF its workmen
from six to ten per cent. The order Is
retroactive and became effective May
/. 1t is estimated that the company
will add from $6.OO0.O00 to 10000. 900
to its annual pay roll expense. The
new scale affects employees engaged
in the company's works and factories.
but the office men will not be bene-
fitted by this increase. Most OF the
employees who will get the increase
are laborers, and the advance applies
to all the subsidiary companies in the
United States. The company has ap-
proximately 10000 employees. The
Standard is one Of the very few big
concerns Of this country which has
never had a strike among its employ
es.
Grand juries in Illinois are investi
eating certain affairs In connection
with the merging of several fraternal
insurance societies. among them the
Fraternal Tribunes, the American
Home Circle, Fraternal Crystal Lights
and several others.
A notice was filed in the New Jer-
sey Supreme Court Tuesday by prose
cutor Garvin Of Hudson county that he
would apply to the court on June 7th
for an order dissolving the charters
OF Armour & Co.. Morris & Co.. Swift
Il Co., and the National Packing Co.
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4 BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
EIGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poINes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN.

The census has disclosed that Cedar
Point. Kans.. a town of 165 inhabi-
tants, has sixteen widows.
The seismograph at the University
OF Kansas. Lawrence, recorded an
earthquake shock Sunday morning
from 1887 to 2:15 o'clock.
Six persons were injured in Par
leys canon. Utah. Sunday afternoon by
the overturning OF au automobile driv-
en- by John T. Began of Bingham.
Estimates place the damage from the
storm which swept western Texas
from the northern boundary to the
Gulf Saturday at more than 100000.
Fire that destroyed three business
houses on Sunday at Texarkaua.
Texas. caused loss OF $780,
900. A heavy downpour OF rain saved
the city from much greater loss.
Additional capital stock Of the Ana
conda Mining Company to the amount
of $75,500.000 has been approved for
listing in New York. making the total
amount $105.500.OOo.
Fire Tuesday night destroyed the
stcrehouse and oil tanks OF the I'm
lon Portland Cement Company's plant
Mt DEVILS Slide. 30 miles from Ogden.
Utah. LOSS, $1o0.000.
Six inches of snow fell at Lead. S.
D.. between midnight and noon Fri
day. This is the third snowstorm
since the first OF May. Denver had
a big snowstorm Saturday.
Freight traffic was resumed Tues
day on the Western Pacific railroad.
which has been out Of commission for
80 days as the result of storm damage
to It's tracks across Great Salt Lake.
An Indictment was returned Friday
by the federal grand Jury against
William c. Benfer. editor OF Social
list daily newspaper at Lead. 8. D..
charging him with sending obscene
matter through the mails. The arti-
Gle In question was . paraphrase OF
the Seventh commandment. published
in Benfer's paper last January. Ben
fer pleaded not guilty.
An unofficial report was received In
Denver Monday from San Francisco
that Harry II. Bush. traffic manager.
and Chester II. Speers. general passen-
ger agent OF the Colorado Midland
railroad. are to be made respectively
general freight and general passenger
agent OF the Western Pacific. the
Gould's new extension to the Pacific
coast.
Peter Kepar. aged twelve. the son OF
4 farmer living twelve miles northwest
OF Topeka. Kas.. was arrested Monday
for the murder Of Arthur James. aged
nine, the son of a neighbor. The
boys had quarreled Sunday over hat.
and the Kepar boy went home and Sc
cured a rifle and returned and shot
the James boy. Kepar was traced by
his tracks in the mud to his home.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-06-02
FOREIGN.

Queen Victoria of Spain was de-
livered of a son. stillborn. at 2 O'Clock
Friday morning.
Count de Lesseps Of France duplicat-
ed Bleriot's flight across the channel
from Calais to Dover Saturday. but in
less time.
Theodore Roosevelt Tuesday morn
ing was received in audience by the
Queen Mother Alexandra and Dowager
Empress Marie of Russia at Bucking-
ham palace.
Official and emphatic denial Of re-
port that appeared to have gained cur
rency in the United States to tie ef
feet that President Diaz was dead was
given at Mexico City Tuesday night.
The government of Peru has form.
ally accepted without reserve the me-
diation of the United States, Brazil
and Argentine in the boundary dispute
between Peru and Ecuador.
On account Of the wind, Count
Joquaim de Lesseps. who crossed the
English channel in an aeroplane.
from Dover to Calais Sunday.
An anarchist threw bomb Monday at
the monument erected to the victims
OF the attempt against King Alfonso.
The bomb wounded the anarchist. who.
when pursued by police. committed
suicide.
Leslie Clark. who was charged by
Prince Francis Joseph of Braganza
with completely in mining swindle.
was Tuesday sentenced to two years
imprisonment. The prince claimed he
was induced to invest 100000 in n
mining venture under misrepresenta-
tions.
Twenty-Five persons were drowned
as result Of a collision Tuesday be-
tween the steamer Skerryvore and the
German bark ]. c. Vinnen. in the Eng
lish channel. The Skerryvore sank.
Only two OF the crew of the steamer
were rescued. one OF whom died a
short time later.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-06-02
The Only OrIoInaI.

George Washington was very small,
very black and very new to the life
OF the public school which he had Just
entered. His family had emigrated to
the city from some unknown wilder
ness and the officers of the school
board had discovered little George.
and brought him into line with the
prospects Of the higher education. II
was his first day and the teacher was
trying to make him at home.
And SO your name is George Wash
ington?" said the teacher.
''Yassum. Jorge Washington"
And suppose you try to be as like
him as a little boy can, don't your"
LAX who. num-"
Like George Washington"
The youngster looked puzzled.
'Ah KANT help bein' lax Jorge
Washington he replied stoutly. 'cos
that's who ah am!"-Youth's Compan.
ion.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-06-02
SPORT.
WESTERN LEAGUE

Pinceton took the second game from
Harvard Monday to /.
Ad. Wolgast. lightweight champion.
while driving 40 miles an hour Tues
day night near Traverse City, Mich.
was thrown from his car but escaped
injury.
Glenn II. Curtiss will attempt Thurs
day the most ambitious flight over the
water that has ever been essayed in
an aeroplane. He will try to ny from
Albany to New York with one stop.
President Taft defeated Gen. Clar.
ence II. Edwards and Capt. Archibald
Butt. one down In IS holes OF golf on
the Chevy Chase links. Tho Presi.
dents card was 81.
There Is but little fear that the Of.
ficials will oppose the Johnson-Jeffries
fight. In fact 1t was generally under
stood that Mayor Mccarthy is in favor
OF the big battle as he saw the good
1t would do the city from a CONNER
cial standpoint.
The following releases in the Nation.
al league were announced Friday:
Chicago to Vernon. Calf. A. J. Car
son. st. Louis to Denver. F. Edward
Higgins.
The balloon Centennial. flying for
the Lahm cup from St. Louis Thurs
day night. landed at Fenwick. Mich.
Friday. lacking over 200 miles OF
equalling the existing record.
Flying fully 1000 feet above the
earth and circling about almost ~
will. Wilbur Wright of Dayton. Ohio.
made his highest and most satisfac-
tory flight Friday at the aeroplane
fields at Simms Station. near Dayton.
Nearly 200 crack amateur and pro-
fessional shots from all over the coun-
try arrived at Des Moines Monday for
the fifth annual Great Western handi-
cap shoot which will continue until
Thursday night. Among the shooters
is John Philip Sousa. the band master.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-06-02
WASHINGTON.

Former Delegate B. S. Rodey OF New
Mexico. recently United States Judge
for Porto Rico, Is in Washington.
Judge Rodey expects to resume the
practice Of law In New Mexico.
President Taft Monday sent to the
Senate the nomination Of Timothy o.
Connor Of Boulder for surveyor gen.
eral Of Colorado, to succeed William
]. Lewis. whose term expired Deem
ber Is. 1909.
The United States Court OF Claims
has handed down its decision in the
Ute Indian case, entering judgment
for the Indian claims for $3.4OS,611. as
compensation for lands confiscatcd by
the government
No new irrigation projects will be
started by the government within the
next ten years, said Director Newell OF
the reclamation service. Monday. The
bureau Is now bending its energies to
complete the work already begun and.
in formulating its plans for the next
fiscal year, the service has arranged
to use advantageously the 3O.OO0.OOO
bond issue. in case Congress author
ICES 1t.
Senator Guggenheim on Monday of.
fered an amendment to the sundry
civil appropriation bill increasing the
appropriation for the care and mainte-
nance of the Mesa Verde National
park from $500 to $4,000.
The President took occasion Friday
to tell some OF his callers that he
would stand with Secretary Ballinger
throughout his troubles in the interior
department; that he is convinced OF
Ballinger's innocence of wrongdoing
on improper motive. and that he does
not consider that his accusers have
made out any case against the secre-
tary.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-06-02
Old Men In Responsibility.

The American business system,
which gives mere boys responsible po-
sitions before they have acquired prac-
tical experience. Is to an Englishman
quite unaccountable. He wonders
whether 1t does not cause reckless
trading and wild speculation. In other
countries they prefer to keep elderly
men In responsible positions because
they can be depended upon. Messrs.
Dyke & Sons. Somerset, England, en-
ploy &C men. More than half have COM
pleted 80 years service. 20 have been
there 40 years, nine over so years and
one 20 years.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-06-02
For the Critics.

Creston Clark. whose untimely
death at Asheville robbed America Of
. serious and capable actor. was
somewhat impatient of criticism. To
. Philadelphia critic he once said:
You chaps are unwilling to accept
a man for what he Is. You want to
change him to your own taste. But
each of you has a different taste. To
whose inclination. then. il he to
bend?
No. no! Take the artist for what
he Is. That IL the right critical atti-
tude. Don't be like the farm urchin
once saw-an urchin who. as he
stoned a frog to death, repeated Sc
verely:
"I'll l'arn ye to be a toad"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-06-02
Safe.

"Hullo. Billie" said the freshman to
. classmate. who was whistling blithe-
ly as he walked along. "Wither away!
I'm goin' up to DR.. Cuttem's to be
examined for appendicitis" said the
other.
"Geerusalem! You don't seem to be
very much worried about it," said the
first.
"Oh. no." smiled Billie. There won't
be anything doin'. I've never been able
to pass an examination the first time
In all my fair young life."-Harpers
Weekly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-06-02
What He Knew.

you can tell me the names Of the
twelve apostles. SAM" said the pref
ty Sunday school teacher one morn
ing Sans face fell, and he shifted
his weight from one foot to the other.
Cant do 1t, ma'am." he said, sor-
rowfully: and then his eyes bright
ened; but ! can call of all Of the
pitchers in the league teams" he vol
unteered-Harper's Magazine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-06-02
Warm Weather 10 Comma.

A delinquent subscriber was dying
and the editor dropped in to see him.
! How do you feel?" asked the pencil.
pusher.
'All looks bright before me-" gasped
the subscriber.
II thought so.'' said the editor.
you'll see the blaze in about ten min.
utes."