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SYNOPSIS.

Enid Maitland, o frank, free and un-
spoiled young Philadelphia girl, is taken
TO the Colorado mountains by her uncle
Robert Maitland. James Armstr3ng'
Maitland's protege, falls n love with ner;
His persistent wooing thrills the glrl, put
she hesitates, and Armstrong goes easy
on business without a definite answer.
Enid hears the story OF IN. m1n aff en ni}ff
and was SO seriously hurt that ne was
compelled to shoot her to prevent ner e pc
ing eaten by wolves. while ne WemmI I ~ ~.
help. Kirlxby, the old guide who teils tne
story, gives Enid a package OF lelleIS
which he says were found on the dea9
womans body. She reads the letter yI, Isiiu
at Kirkby's request keeps them WINE
bathing in mountain stream Enid is at
tackled by a bear, which is mysterlously
shot. A storm adds to the girfs terror TOT.
A sudden deluge transforms pro 13a i i,t0
raging torrent, which sweeps Enid INTO
gorge, where she is rescued by noun
tain hermit after a thrilling experiences.
Campers in great confusion upon u lscos.
breaks. Maitland and Old Kirkby go In
search of the girl. Enid discovers tnat
her ankle is sprained and that sne Is vi
able to walk Her mysterious rescuel
carries her to his camp. Enid goes TO
sleep in the strange mans punk Min n,
cooks breakfast for Enid, a1ter WHICH
they go on tour of inspection. me nel.
NIT tells Enid of his unsuccessful attenpt
to find the Maitland campers. he auI n,l.
that he Is also from Philadelphia Inc
hermit falls in love with Enid. Inc man
comes to realization of his love Tor ner,
but naturally In that strange solitude the
relations of the girl and her rescuer pc
come unnatural and strained. The, strang-
er tells of wife he had who Is dea a,,
and says he has sworn to ever cherisa Il
Enid however, confess their love for
each other She learns that he Is the
man who killed his wife in the mountain az n
Enid discovers the writer of the letters
to Newbold's wife to have been James
Armstrong Newbold decides to start TO
the settlement for help. The man an, rs, Is
10 his wife's memory and Enid is tempt
ed to tell him Of the letters in her pos
session Armstrong, accompanied py
Kirkby and Robert Maitland, ma q no.s s
that Newbold had left in the deserted
cabin, and know that the girl ID In his
keening.
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Bring him in" directed Maitland,
eager to welcome him.
He fancied that the newcomer woulu
undoubtedly assist him in dissuadlng
Armstrong from his foolhardy, useless
enterprise.
"Mornin', old man." drawled Kirkpy.
"Howdy, Armstrong, my respects 10
you, sir" he said, sinking his voice q
little as he bowed respectfully toward
Mr.. Stephen Maitland, very sympa-
thetic look in the old frontiersman
eyes at the sight of the bereaved Ia
Their.
"Kirkby. you've come in the very
nick of time" at once began Robert
Maitland
"Allus glad to be Johnny-on-the-
spot" smiled the older man.
Armstrong here" continued the
other, intent upon his purpose. says
he can't wait until the spring and the
snow melt, ne is going into the noun
tains now to look for Enid"
Kirkby didn't love Armstrong. He
didn't care for him little bit, but
there was something in the bold hardi-
hood of the man, something in the way
which he met the reckless challenge or
the mountains that the old man and
all the others felt that moved the in
most soul of the hardy frontiersman.
He threw an approving glance at him.
"I tell him that it is absurd, impossi-
BILE. that he risks his life for moth
ing. and l want you to tell him the
same thing. You know more about
the mountains than either of u.s."
"Mr. Kirkby." quavered stephen Matt
land. "allow me. | don't want to in
fiuence you against your better judg-
ment, but if you could sit here as /
have done, and think that maybe she
is there, and perhaps alive still. and
in need, you would not say word to
deter him."
why, Steve" expostulated Robert
Maitland, surely you know / would
risk anything for Enid. Somehow, 1t
seems as if l were being put in the
selfish position by my opposition"
mo, no." said his brother. ct isn't
that. You have your wife and chill
dren, but this young man"
We'll, what do you say, Kirkby? Not
that it makes any difference to me
what anybody says. Come, we are
wasting time," interposed Armstrong,
who, now that he had made up his
mind, was anxious to be off.
Jim Armstrong" answered Kirkby,
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Easy Way to Wash Windows.

Il have washed every window in my
house myself. and all in one fore
noon," said a young woman who is
noted for knowing the easiest and
quickest ways to do housewor.. to o
writer for the New York Sun "And
what's more, I did not use a drop OF
water No stopping around with wet
rags for me-" How do you manage
it?" asked the friend. Just this way
was the reply. 81 buy a pint of dena
tured alcohol which will wash two
dozen windows. Then l simply put q
little on cloth and rub the window
,briskly moment The dirt comes of
in twinkling and the windows are
left clean and bright. 1t takes just
one-half the time and is only onequar
ter the work of the old soap and water
way"
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on turning to Stephen Maitland, IAN
| amt no kin to her, but, by gosh, l
believe | can understand better than
any one else we're what you are feelin'.'
"Kirkby," said Robert Maitland, smil-
ing at the other two, "you have gone
clean back on me. l thought you had
more sense. But somehow guess it's
contagious, for l am going along. with
you two myself.
"And |, cannot accompany your"
pleaded Stephen Maitland, eagerly
drawing near to the other three.
mot much" said old Kirkby prompt
ly. You amt got the stren'th. OF
man. You don't know them mountains,
nuther. You'd be helpless on pair o.
snow shoes; there amt anything you
could do, you'd jest be drag on US.
Without sayin' anything about myself,
witch I'm too modest for that, there
amt three better men in Colorado to
tackle this job than Jim Armstrong
an Bob Maitland an Well, as l
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and face them. damn them. and II

and face them, damn them, and re-
main quiet"
You will never come out alive"
"Oh, yes, l will; but If l don't, i
swear to God / don't care"
Old Stephen Maitland rose INSTEAD
lily to his feet and gripped the back of
his chair.
did 1 hear Alright, sir?' he asked,
with all the polished and graceful cour-
tesy of birth and breeding which never
deserted him in any emergency what
soever do you say"
II said was going into the noun
tains to search for her.
ut is Madness" urged Robert Matt
land.
But the old man did not hear him.
THANK God!" he exclaimed with
deep feeling. II have sat here day aft
er day and watched those mighty hills.
and 1 have said to myself that if
had youth and strength as have love,
|, would not watt
"You are right" returned Arm
strong, equally moved, and indeed 1t
would have been hard to have heard
and seen that father unresponsively
'and l am not going to wait, either.
Il understand your feelings, Jim,
and yours, too, Steve" began Robert
Maitland, arguing against his own emo
lions, "even If she escaped the food.
she must be dead by this time
you needn't go over the old argu-
ment, Bob. I'm going into the noun
tains, and I'm going now. No." he
continued swiftly, as the other opened
his mouth to cinterpose further objec-
tions, you needn't say another word.
I'm free agent, and I'm old enough
to decide what l can do There is no
argument, there is no force, there is
no appeal, there is nothing that will
restrain me. can't sit here and eat
my heart out when she may be there"
"But it's impossible!"
ct is impossible. How do ] know
that there may not have been some
body in the mountains; she may have
wandered to some settlement, some
hunters cabin, some prospector's hut. .
"But we were there for weeks and
saw nothing, no evidence of human
ity"
81 don't care. The mountains are
filed with secret hooks you could pass
by within a stones throw, and never
see into; she may be in one of them.
l suppose she is dead, and it's all fool
fish, this hope; but I'll never believe it
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days work. What do you say. Kirk
by?"
The old man had been quietly smok-
ing while the others talked. He
smiled at them In way which aroused
their curiosity and made them feel
that he had news for them.
While you was putin the fnishin'
touches on this yere camp, come
acrost heap O. stuns that somehow
the wind had swept bare, there was
big rift in front Of it which KEEP us
from SEEM it afore; it was built up
in the open were there was no trees,
an in our lumberin' operations we
wasn't lookin' that away. came
acrost it by any chance an"
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said, won't mention no other names"
God bless you all, gentlemen" fall
tered Stephen Maitland. II think, per-
haps,. may have been wrong. a little
prejudiced against the west. You are
men that would do honor to any family,
to any society in Philadelphia or any
where else."
Lord love ye," drawled Kirkby, his
eyes twinkling. There amt no three
men on the Atlantic seaboard that kin
match up with two of US yere, to say
nothin' of the third"
WELL" said Robert Maitland, "the
thing now is to decide on what's to be
DONE"
my plan,' said Armstrong, "is to go
to the old camp.
yep" said Kirkby, that's good
point of departure, as my seafarin' IA
Their down Cape Cod way used to say;
an wot's next?"
81 am going up the canon instead OF
down." said the man, with flash OF
| inspiration.
"That amt no bad idea, nuther,
assented the old man. 1--WE looked the
ground over pretty thoroughly down
the canon. Mebbe we can find some
thing up it."
"And what do you propose to take
with your" asked Maitland.
What we can carry on The backs OF
men. We will make camp some
where about where YOU did. We can gel
enough husky men W at Morrison who
will pack in what 2 want, and with
that as basis we will explore the up
per reaches of the RI ngs."
"And when do we start?"
There is a train for Morrison IN
two hours answered Armstrong. I'VE
can get what we want In the way Of
sleeping bags and equipment between
now and then, If we hurry about it"
EFF we are goin' to do 1t, we might
as well git move on US" assenteo
Kirkby, making ready to go.
Right" answered Robert Maitland
grimly. when three men set out tt
make fools of themselves, the sooner
they get at it and get over with
it the better. I've got some bust
ness matters to settle. You two
get what's needed, and I'll bear my
share"
A week later little band OF men or
snow shoes, wrapped in furs to theil
eyes, every one heavily burdened will
a pack, staggered into the clearing
where once had heen pitched the Matt
land camp. The place was covered
with snow, Of course, but on shelf o
rock half way up the hogback, they
found comparatively level clearing
and there, all working like beavers
they built rude hut which they GOV
cred with canvas and then with tight
] " packed snow. and which woult
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
Fight Of Duck and Oyster

amazed at the clever manner in which
the buffet" bag was arranged. It con-
tanned specially places for sand
wiches and pie, besides a 1ask-like ar
rangement with a screw top for the
coffee. To cap the climax. salt and
pepper shakers we're set in the sides
tits a little idea of my own" ex-
planned the young woman. Il had the
bag, that looks just like an ordinary
hand bag when you carry it on the
street, made from my own drawings"
Boston Post
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well, for Gods sake, old man,
cried Armstrong, impatiently, "wha
did you find, anything?".
! This" answered Kirkby, carefully
producing folded scrap of paper from
his leather vest.
Armstrong fell on 1t ravenously, and
as Maitland bent to him, they botf
read these words by the freight.
Miss Enid Maitland, whose foot i:
so badly crushed as to prevent hel
travelling, is safe in cabin at the head
OF this canon. / put this notice here
to reassure any one who may be seek
ing her as to her welfare. Follow the
stream up to its source.
''WM. BERKELY NEWBOLD"
Thank God!" exclaimed Robert
Maitland
you called me fool, Kirkby," said
Armstrong. his eyes cleaning. what
do you think of it now?"
It's the fools, l find," said Kirkby
sapiently, that gener'ly gifts there
Providence seems to be a-watchin'
over EN-"
You said you CHANGED on this pa
per, Jack" continued Maitland ut
looks like the deliberate intention OF
Almighty God"
f. II reckon so,' answered the other,
simply. you see He's got to look
| after all the fools on earth to keep 'em
from dom too much damage to their
selves an to others in this yere crook
ed trail of world"
Let us start now" urged Arm
strong.
'Tain't possible" said the old man,
| taking another puff at his pipe, and
only glistening of the eye betrayed
the joy that he felt; otherwise his
phlegmatic calm was unbroken, his de-
meanor just as undisturbed as it al
ways was. Wed jest throw away our
lives a-wanderin' round these yere
mountains in the dark We've got to
have light, an clear weather. Eff it
should be snowin' in the mornin' we'd
have to wait until it cleared"
II won't wait minute" said Arm
strong. Eat daybreak, weather or no
weather, 1 start"
What's your hurry, JIM" continued
Kirkby, calmly. "The gals safe; one
day more or less amt goin to make
no difference"
She's with another man." answered
Armstrong quickly.
"Do you know this Newbold?" ask
ed Maitland, looking at the note again.
mo, not personally, but have heard
of him"
II know him." answered Kirkby
quickly, IAN you've seed him too. Bob;
he's the Teller that shot his wife, that
married Louise Rosser."
"That mani"
1.-The very same"
"You say you never saw him, Jim?'
asked Maitland.
Il repea. never met him." said
Armstrong, flushing suddenly; "but
knew him wife"
Eyes, you did that" drawled the
old mountaineer.
What do you mean?" flushed Arm
strong.
IT mean that you knowed her, that's
ALL" answered the old man with an in
Inocent air. that was almost childike
When the others woke up in the
morning Armstrong; sleeping bag was
empty Kirkby crawled out of his OWL
warm nest, opened the door and peer
ed out into the storm.
"Well," he said, Il guess the damn
fool has beat God this time. 1t don't
look to me as if even He could save
him now"
But we must go after him at once.
urged Maitland.
"See for yourself" answered the ole
man, throwing wider the door. We've
got to wait til this wind dies down, un
less we give the Almighty the job o
lookin' after three instid o. one"
i (TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Wanted ltLocated.

AT an inquest in Ellinwood doc
tor was testifying: Where did the
motor car strike him?" the coroner
asked SAT the junction of the dorsal
and cervical vertebrae," replied the
medicine man "Will you please point
that out on the map?" said the cor.
ener, pointing to map Of Barton
county on the wall,--Kansas City Star
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Her Iuneheon bar.

While calling on business friend
about the lunch hour yesterday was
greatly surprised to see his fair stem
ographer eating and drinking from
what had the appearance of being an
ordinary hand bag. Invited to inspect
the article in question, however, l was
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show Devotion TO Queen.

Queen Alexandra was very much
touched by the devotion of the wom-
en- of every station of life who sold
flowers on Alexandra day for one OF
her pet charities, the hospitals OF
London. More than $150,000 was col
lected, and next year it is said that
all of England will celebrate the
queen mothers day in the same way.
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Corrected.

isn't that lady attenuated in form?"
"Do you think SO? Now, I'd call
her real thin"
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Their place.

Where are marital rods in pickle
kept?"
! Il should suggest in faAily jars.
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| Once in a great while loves labor is
lost, but more often 1t is misplaced.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-03-14

Clark both legislative and executive
ahHi2 which has helped this coan'
try 10 secure i Democratic majority
in the present congress. We dec'aI :
MIN our choice for president, ana M
strl.c, twenty delegates from Kansas
10 the Baltimore convention on June
25td 10 yste for him as long as three
afhs Of the delegation believe MS
is possible The dele
eates selected arc further ihstrHctea
ia vote as a unit as the thlee-tlt'nl na ~
ma 'oritv of said delegates may al
rect The resolutions also demand
ed the primary elections for nomina'
lion of candidates for all elective ol-
dces. reduction Of the presnt tarihi
income tax fellow servant law; re.
duction of the standing army elec a
tioa OF senator's. tedera' l3oses .,,i'. ai''
sior ers by a direct vote Of the peo-
nlp
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GRr Associated Press }

Chicago March l4-Pians for the
organization of a gigantic federation
OF shop employees on every Western
road have been practically complet-
ed and a new date set for the launch.
ing of a federation Of federationS
The meeting will be held at Kansas
City. April Is, and between 40 ana
30 railroad systems OF Chicago VIII
send repreg entatives.
The first. date set for the meeting
" Is March 4. but it was POSTPONED
bv the officers of the Internauonai
unions who said the publicity had in
terfered with their plans. The RANK
and file of the unions raised such a
protest over the indefinite POSTPONE
ment that they charged their oit1cers
with having cold feet and demand
ed a conference OF the internationa,
officers 10 fix a new date and proceed
with the original plans
The conference was held here SAT
ur.lay behind closed doors and every
thing possible was done TO keep th'
information. from becoming public Al
the international officers pledged
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Of TAKING
CASH BR|BE
OHIO STATE SENATOR AN
DREWS TRAPPED BY PHONE
CONVERSATIONS
fRv Assoc!ated Press)

columbus8 O.. arMch 1l,-"GuiIty.
was the verdict returned TO-DAY ny
a Jury in the case Of state Senator
La Forest r. Andrews Of Ifonton
charged with having accepted q
bribe Of 500 in connection with an
insurance bill
The case had been on trial before
Judge Dillon il the common pleas
court for tea da"s
Senator Andrews was indicted
along with a dozen other state leg
islators and attaches, more than
year ago and hi strial ana convic-
tion followed closely after final DIS
position OF the case of Rodney -
niegle. former senate sergeant-at-
arms. who }ocently began serving a
penitentiary sentence Of three years
upon conviction Of having abetted
the bribery Of Andrews
Telephonc Device Used.
The principal witness against An
drews was Frank HarriSin Smiley a
Chicago detective who alleged that
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pOSTOFFICE CLERKS
CUT DOWN COST OF LIVING BY
ELIMINATING THE MIDDLE MAN

t4p eas.utHc7 so that II IS a CON
ven.ent distributing pon The I'M
ION has $500 members. but clerks
rao are nor members are allowed
&, participate - the cooperative
movement
Al each branch office as we'll as n
The main D0rtoftiee. The committee
taHes the lanes uf members wao
wan to bay on The cooperative plan
ana places the order with whole
sale house The goods are delivered
at tAa ulou headquarters and each
member calls and carries homie the
merchandise he has ordered. Every
thing is sold At net cost. and the
clerks sav il makes tdeir meager
salaries go a good deal further than
under the former methods Of mar
6eting
We have planned to handle only
canned goods conee, hams and oac-
on and a few stanle commodities for
beginning said Oscar F. Nelson.
president OF The National Federation
or postoffiee clerks yesterday.
There is no question as 10 the
success OF the movement. A.
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cRr Associated Press

hutchinson, Kan, March l5.-lndi-
cations are today that tomorroW't
state Democratic convention ~ be
controlled by tairtv nmpsE Eoctea
delegates
The clark supporters claim!a ma
ioritv of the uninstmcted ones.
The Wilson men are not concedlhs
this and arc ursing that p4ty taf-
monv in Kansas demands an uhih'
structeL delegation TO Baltimore.
The delegations from eight west
ern counties will be unable 20 reacn
here on account of the SNOW.
1t is said their delegations Viii oe
evenly divided
The four deleaates at large will
probably be r. i. Sheridan. OF Paola,
A. IT. Jackson OF Winfield " j.
Brown. of Kingman, {. T. Foley. "'
Lyons.
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GIGANTIC FEEDER ALTON OF THE
SHOP EMPLOYEES OF ALL ROADS
THROUGHOUT WEST is PLANNED

themselves not to talk of their plans.
AS planned, the federation viii IN.
clude all the men in the mechanical
department of the railroads, but VIII
cave out the clerks. as they are NOT
Included in any Of the system ted
erations except the Illinois Central
The question of admitting the paint
ers and steamftters will be discuss
Ell at the Kansas City meeting
The leaders plan to have an or
eanization that will act as unit on
all the roads Ii a strike is ordered
on any system. the men on all the
systems in the same territory will go
out al the same time. This idea has
resulted from the fact that as soon
as strikes of shopmen were called on
the Illinois Central and the Harri
man lines the other railroads went
to the assistance of those which were
rrinnled,
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(By Associated Press ,

Hutchinson, March II Just as
state Chairman Martin called the
Democratic convention to- order mere
al noon big hound owned by Sher.
if Geek, Of Reno county, was sent
scurrying. yelpng across the plat
form by democratic boot. the band
struck up the Ozark dawg song ana
the delegates were bubbling over.
TIE caucuses Of eight congressloh-
al district delegations chose dele
gates, The first and second nstrnc-
ted for Clark; the fifth for wilson
the third. fourth and eighth gave no
instructions. Others will be an
nounced later.
After the chairmans address anf
the preliminary business the conven
tion adjourned until three o'clock.
Tne Wilson men may present THIS
afternoon resolutions separate from
those drawn by the Clark men
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lRy AesocIated Press J

D5 N5EOtiHttu 4 ~p"tf
Hutchinson. kas., March II Thr'
Champ Clark forces scored decided
victory in the Democratic state con
vention when A NJ. Jackson WAS
chosen temporary chairman over r.
NJ Pearl, of Hiawatha, Wilson
man pearl was so sure OF the pan
Yesterday that he prepared an ad-
dress and gave it to the Associated
Press.
Elatcd By the selection Of A. NJ.
Jackson, as temporary chairman OF
the state convention the Clark men
this morning predicted that they
would safely control the convention,
The Wilson men claimed he con
vention would not be Sufficiently pro
Clark 10 force instructions for the
Speaker,
They fought for an uninstrneted
delegation
we will fight the Clark instruc-
tlons and when the Clark men get
Through they viii know there has
been contest said n. S Martin,
chairman of the state committee ana
Wilson leader.
we will beat them by 90 votes
in the convention y said b. ]. Sherl
dan, Clark's manager.
The Wilson men hoped that the
delegates from the snowbound west
ern counties would get here before
the convention convened
They declared a majority OF them
are Wilson supporters
Chairman Jackson addressing th'
state convention announced his per
eopnl cunlhrt Of Clark and said th(
issue was between the supporters o
two worthy men, Wilson and Clark
The resolutions drawn by the Clarl
adherents for presentation SAID
Recognizing in Speaker Chaml