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to accompany her, but declined them
all, bidding the others go their way.
Mrs. Maitland, who was not feeling
very well, old Kirkby, who had
climbed too many mountains to feel
much interest In that game, and Pete
the horse wrangler, who had to look
after the stock, remained in camp;
the others with the exception of Enid
started at daybreak for their long as
cent. She waited until the sun was
about ali hour high and then babe
goodbye to the three and began the
descent of the canon. Travelling light
for she was going far-farther, indeed
than she knew-she left her Winches-
ter at home, but carried the revolver
with the fishing tackle and substantial
luncheon.
Now the rivera river by courtesy
only-and the canon turned sharply
back on themselves just beyond the
little meadow where the camp was
pitched. Past the tents that had been
their home for this joyous period the
river ran due east for a few hundred
feet, after which 1T curved sharply
doubled back and flowed westward
for several miles before 1t gradually
swung around to the east on it's prop
er course again.
1t had been Ends purpose to cut
across the hills and strike the river
where it turned eastward once more,
avoiding the long detour back. In
fact, she had declared her intention
of doing that to Kirkby and he had
given her careful directions SO that
she should not get lost In the noun
tains.
But she had plenty of time and no
excuse or reason for saving 1t, she
never tired of the charm of the canon ;
therefore, instead of plunging directly
over the spur of the range. she fol-
lowed the familiar trail and after she
had passed westward far Beyond the
limits of the camp to the turning, she
decided, in accordance with that ut
terly irresponsible thing, woman's
will. that she would not go down the
canon that day after all, but that she
WOulQ GLOSS DdCK ON0I LuC IduGS anu
strike the river few miles above the
camp and go up the canon.
She had been up in that direction a
few times, but only for short dis
lance. as the ascent above the camp
was very sharp, in fact for a little
more than a mile the brook was only
a succession of water fall; the best
fishing was below the camp and the
finest woods were deeper in the canon
She suddenly concluded that she
would like to see what was up in that
UNEMPLOYED section of the country and
SO, with scarcely a momentary hest
tation, she abandoned her former plan
and began the ascent of the range.
Upon decisions SO lightly taker
what momentous consequences de
pend? Whether she should go up the
stream or down the stream, whether
| she should follow the rivulet to Its
source or descend 1t to its mouth
was apparently a matter of little mo
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them then and there are some OF them
left now / guess"
The two little girls crept closer to
their big cousin, each casting anxious
glances beyond the fire light.
"Oh, you're all right, little gals"
said Kirkby reassuringly, they
wouldn't come nigh us while this fire
is burnin' an they We been pretty
well hunted out / guess; sides there's
men we're who'd like nothin' abetter'n
DRAWN a bead on a big bar"
And So" continued Maitland, when
she begged him to shoot her, to put
her out OF her misery, she did SO and
then he started back to the settlement
to tell his story and stumbled on us
looking after him."
T What happened then?"
Il went back to the camp" said
Maitland I'VE loaded Newbold on a
mule and took him with us; he was
SO crazy he didn't know what was
happening; he went over the shooting
again and again in his delirium. 1t
was awful"
did he der u
Il don't think So" was the answer,
but really'sI know nothing further
about him. There we're some good
women in that camp; we put him in
their hands and l left shortly after
wards s. sAs.
II kin tell the rest" said old Kirk
by. ;'Knowin' more about the noun
tains than most people hereabouts
led the men that didn't go back with
Bob an Newbold to the place Were
he said his woman fell, an there we
found her, her body leastways."
But the wolves?" queried the girl.
He'd drug her into kind of a
holler and piled rocks over her. He'd
gone down into the canon, witch was
something frightful, an then climbed
up to Were she'd lodged. We had
plenty of rope, hayin' brought it along
a purpose, an we let ourselves down
to the shelf where she was lynn.
We wrapped her body up in. blankets
an roped it an finally drug her up
on the old Injun trail, leastways / sup
pose,it was made afore there was any
Injuns, an brought her back to Ever
green camp, witch the only thing about
1t, that was green was the swing doors
on the saloon, We got a parson out
from Denver an give her Christian
burial" -
Y rs that all?" asked Enid as the old
man paused again.
Nope"
"Oh.. the, man." exclaimed the wom-
an with quick intuition.
HE recovered his. senses so they
told us, an we'en we got back he'd
gone
"Where?" was the instant question.
Old Kirkby stretched out his hands
IS. Don't ak me-" he said he'd jest
gone. amt never seed or heerd OF
him sence. Poor little Louise Rosser.
she did have hard time"
Eyes," said Enid. "but l think the
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fallen over a cliff and broken herself
so terribly that Newbold had to shoot
her"
What" exclaimed Bradshaw You
don't mean that he actually killed
herr"
That's what he DONE" answered
old Kirkby.
Poor man. murmured Enid.
but Why?" asked Philips.
'They were five days away from q
settlement, there wasn't a human be-
ing within hundred and fifty miles
of them, not even an Indian" contin-
ued Maitland. "She was SO frightfully
broken and mangled that he couldn't
carry her away"
But why couldn't he leave her and
go for help?" asked Bradshaw.
'"The wolves, the bears, or the vul-
lures would have got her. These
woods and mountains We're full of
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CHAPTER ~.

The Pool and the Water Sprite.
Long after the. others in the camp
had sunk into the profound slumber
of weary bodies and good consciences,
a solitary candle in the small tent oc-
cupied by Enid Maitland alone gave
evidence that she was busy over the
letters which Kirkby had handed to
her.
1t was very thoughtful girl in
deed who confronted the old frontiers
man the next morning. At the first
convenient opportunity when they
were alone together she handed him
the packet of letters.
Have, you read 'em 2. he asked.
Eyes"
wall, you keep EN-" said the old
man gravely. 'Mebbe you'll want to
read 'em agin.'
"But don't understand why you
want me to have them"
wall, I'm not quite sure myself
why, but leastways I do an"
Il shall be very glad to keep them, =
said the girl still more gravely, slip
Ding Ju0u lHlO one Vi TIE pOCK0LS OF
her hunting shirt as she spoke.
The packet was not bulky, the let
ters were not many nor were they OF
any. great length. She could easily
carry. them on her person and In
some strange and unexplicable way
she was rather glad to have them.
She could not, as she had said, see
any personal application to herself in
them, and yet in some way she did
feel that the solution of the mystery
would be hers some day. Especially
did she think this on account of the
strange but quiet open emphasis of
the old hunter.
There was much to do about the
camp In the morning. Horses and
burros TO be locked after, fire wood to
be cut; plans for the day arranged.
excursions LAID out, mountain climbs
projected. Later on unwonted hands
must be taught to cast the fly for the
mountain trout which filed the brook
and pool, and all the varied duties, de-
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glad to be the first, as she fatuously
believed, to observe that majestic solt
tide
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MAKES DARING TRIP
w. p. Edwards of Reclamation
Service Has Thrilling Adventure.
Government Enabled to Build Huge
Tunnel Five Miles Long from Gun
nison Canyon as Result Of
Remarkable Feat.

Denver, Colo.-One Of the most dar-
Ing feats that has been accredited to
the men of the reclamation service in
their battles Of converting the deserts
Of the west into productive farms was
the original trip through the swift wa
ters of the Gunnison canyon.
In the years previous to the time
when the reclamation service went i'm
to Colorado and determined upon the
diversion of the waters of the GunnI-
son river, that the arid lands OF the
lrncompahgre project might be re-
claimed, man had never passed alive
through the Gunnison canyon. There
were many tales of adventurous In
dians and white men who had attempt
ed the dangers of this canyon, but
none OF them had succeeded and lived
to tell the tale.
W. p. Edwards was the first man
to accomplish this feat. He did it on
rubber mattress, inflated with air.
Boarding his raft at the headwaters
of the Gunnison, he started on the
wild ride through it's canyon with the
portunity to divert it's waters and get
them upon the desert.
This raft of air and rubber was be-
lieved to be immune to the shocks that
it would meet in plunging headlong
down the currents of this stream. To
large extent, it proved worthy OF
the confidence that was placed In IT,
To be sure, 1t lost upon occasion much
of the form which 1t had in the be-
ginning 1t was punctured and mend
ed and reintiated on many occasions.
At times It became merely a fiabby
bag that was thrown over the shoulder
Of the voyager as he waded down
stream over the rapids. At other tim 8
1t became merely life-preserver that
kept him afioat In deep eddies.
At still other times the raft and Its
operator chung to the sides OF rocks
and fought the currents In the face OF
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ment, yet her whole life turned abso-
lutely upon that decision. The idle
and unconsidered choice of the hour
was frought with gravest possibilities
Had that election been made with any
suspicion, with any foreknowledge, had
it come as the result OF careful rea-
soning or far-seeing of probabilities,
it might have been understandable,
but an impulse, whim, the vagrant
idea of an idle hour, the careless
chance of a moment. and behold! a
life is changed. On one side were
youth and innocence, freedom and
happiness. a happy day, a good rest
by the cheerful fire at night; on the
other. peril of life, struggle. love,
jealousy, self sacrifice. devotion. suffer
ing, knowledge scarcely Eve herself
when she stood apple in hand with
ignorance and pleasure around her
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HAVE A LOVE TUTOR IN INDIA
Indian Declares That Women"as Welt
as the Men Do the Pro-
posing.

London.-Sh w. Ketkar, who
Is advertised as a cultured East India
gentleman, is now lecturing in Eng
land on "The Art of Making Love in
Ancient India" that is, prior to the
year 700 A. d. He is attracting the
attention of elderly ladies with mar
riageable daughters. especially girls
who are becoming somewhat pasge,
and may next be heard of in this
country, leap year giving to his in
formation and instruction an impor
lance that would otherwise be lacking.
zone is most struck" says this.
guileless Indian, by the fact that the
love affairs Of the people of this ear
lier India I speak only of the upper
classes, were guided and influenced by
the professors of love. These vera
generally elderly men (why not wom-
en?) we'll experienced in the ways of
the world, who were paid well for
their advice. They taught men how to,
pay their addresses elegantly and how
to make good impression upon q,
woman's mind AS women proposed
as well as men, the professors devised
ingenious means so that the girls or
the men, who proposed, would, IL re-
fused, still save their dignity. The pro-
fessors instructed the young women in,
the art of love making. More often
than not the woman took the Initial
tive and let the man know that She
loved him."
He thought the present system to
be faulty: that while girls are taught
all the arts of love by their mammas'
and aunties, the boys get no advice.
from their fathers. and. growing up.
gnorant and inexperienced, become.
.t'rrs TO be stolen by the more exc
vAS md INTELLIGENT womar'
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ker's daughter; an him dead, an be1n'
+ an orphan an this teller bein' a fine
young man from the east, not bit OF
tenderfoot nuther, minin engi-
neer he called hisself."
well, / happened to be there, too,
you remember,s continued Maitland.
~and they made up a party to go and
hunt up the man, thinking something
might have happened"
you see," explained Kirkby I'VE
was all mighty fond of Louise Rosser.
the hull camp was actin like father
to- her at the time, SO slong S she
hadn't nobody. else; we was all at the
weddin', too, some six months afore.
The gal married him on her own
hook, off, course nobody maxim her,
but somehow she didn't seem none
too happy, although Newbold, who
was a perfect gent, treated her. White
as far as we knowed.
The old man stopped again and re-
sumed his pipe.
ssa4'Kirkby. you tell the story" said
MaiTland.s'i -
: mot gme,,s said Kirkby. Il have
!. seen men shot: .afore for takin' words
out n other mems mouths an | amt
never done that yit.
/ "You always were onesof the most
silent men ever saw" laughed
George. .'Why. that day Pete yere got
shot accidental an had his whole
breast tore out wen we was lumber
4 ing over on Black mountain, all you
said was, Wash him off. put some
axle4 grease on him an tie. him up :"
That's So" answered Pete, IAN
there must have been somethin' pow
erful soothin' In that axle grease, for
here / am safe an sound to this day"
ut takes an old man." assented
Kirkby, ito know when to keep his
mouth shet. learned 1t at the mug
7 zle of "a gun" .f>ss =
81 never knew before laughed
Maitland, how still a man you can
be. Well, to resume the story, having
nothing to do | went out with the
posse the sheriff gathered up"
Him not thinkin' there had been
anyifoul play" calculated the old man.
>. NO., certainly not"
well. what happened. Uncle Bob?'
; inquired Enid. $
Just you wait" said young Bob,
who had heard the story. This is
an awful good story, Cousin ENID" &
81 can't wait much longer" returned
the girl please 60 on
.."Two days after We left. the camp,
we came across an AWFUL figure,
ragged blood stained. wasted to a
skeleton, starved. E.ts. ~
+. II have. seed men in extreme cases
afore:R interposed Kirkby. ''butArever
!. ncne like him.. - i
4Nor ], = continued Maitland
WAS it. NewboId2." asked Enid.
....Yes."S = II $50
And what had happened to him?"
He and his wife had been prospect
ing in these very mountains; she had
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the danger of going over a cataract
into sudden death. But in the end,
after passing many dangers, W. p
Edwards and his raft came out OF the
mountain gorge to where the river
spreads out into quiet stream on the
plains below
When Edwards reached the hab4ta-
lions of man he had with him the data
which was the foundation upon which
has been based one of the most spec
tacular engineering feats on record
For the reclamation service has built
wagon roads into this precipitous CAM
yon and from a point at its bottom
has driven great tunnel for five miles
through solid rock and through that
tunnel has diverted the frothing wa
tiers and set them to the business OF
making crops grow upon the desert
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tTo BE CONTINUED
German Trade Advancement.

At one time the county OF Lanca-
shire, in England, produced practically
all the sulphuric acid in the world
The commercial development in Ger
many and other foreign countries OF q
special process Of manufacture, origi-
nally invented by an Englishman, has
lost this trade to England. Similarly,
the working out by Germans Of a
method of making artificial indigo has
already revolutionized the indigo bust
ness and bids fair also to revolution
ize the cotton dyeing industry Four
fifths of all the dyes used in the world
are made in German
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CHAPTER 'III.--(continued.)

ut was four years an nine months
exactly, Bob" drawled old Kirkby,
who we'll knew what was coming.
Yes, | dare say you are right. |
was up at Evergreen at the time look
Ing after timber interests, when a
mule came wandering into the camp,
saddle and pack still on his back
81 knowed that there mule said
Kirkby, I'D sold it to a Teller named
Newbold, that had come out we're an
married Louise Rosser, old man Ros-
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SYNOPSIS.

Enid Maitland, frank, free and I'M
spoiled young Philadelphia girl, is taken
Robert Maitland James Armstrong
Maitlands protege, falls IN love with her.
His persistent wooing thrills the girl, but
she hesitates, and Armstrong goes east
on business without a definite answer.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-07-12
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS TO
BUILD NORTH.

The State Highway commission OF
California has let a contract for 38
miles OF hard surface road costing
3295, 900, which is to be taken from
the California SIS, 1000, 900 state high
way bond issue The Humboldt Times,
which gives this news in a special
from Sacramento, makes the follow
ing comments The great state
highway will pass through Humboldt
county to the Oregon line, the Men
docino strip is located In what is
known to the highway commissioners
as route number two through which
the road Will be built from San Fran
cisco to Oregon along the coast.
For the past few months a large
crew Of surveyors have been In the
Aeld In Mendoclno county and In
southern Humboldt under the direc-
tion OF State Highway Division Engi-
neer Somner OF Willis. The sur
veyors are now working In the neigh
borhood OF Garberville along sproul
creek.
Later the crew will survey north
through Humboldt following the line
Of the present county road, and into
Del Norte county"
This matter concerns Grants Pass
TO very large extent. II the people
OF Del Norte county will have this
road continued from Crescent City to
the state line near Waldo Josephine
county will complete II between
Grants Pass and the California line
Much OF our part Of this road has al
ready been completed and II we can
secure a highway through to the sea
we can reduce the freight rate to al
points along the Pacific. We hope
that the people OF Del Norte county
are fully alive to the situation and
importance OF this hard surface road.
Crescent City will profit greatly By
getting the California Highway com
missioners to build to the Josephine
county line, but II they cannot do thls,
have Del Norte county build the road
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-07-12
THE SEASON OF 1912.
nationally

This has been an exceptionally
cold spring and late summer, but
we have finally come down 10 the
old fashioned summer time and peo-
pie enjoy It hugely. Old timers talk
about our late rains and cool wealth
er as being something that visits
US about once in every ten years. This
may be unpleasant TO some people,
but the farmers rejoice as such con-
dition brings good crops Of all kinds.
This season will be pleasantly re-
membered by most people for the
many good things 1t has brought us.
There have been more farms de-
veloped this year than in any one
year in the history OF the county and
the outlook is good In mining and
all other lines Of industry. All we
are called upon TO do is to unite our
energies and work together for the
common good.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-07-12
SOCIALISTIC VIEW OF THE
TARIFF.

The Chicago Evening World (So-
ciallst) takes up the subject OF tar
IN as connected with the two old
parties. 1t says:
1T is clear that the republican
and democratic parties are getting
ready for another sham battle. They
are trotting out the old moth-eaten
tariff question as the great issue Of
the day. They hope thereby to d.
vert the attention Of the workers
from the problems with which they
are really concerned.
The democratic platform de-
clares that the high republican tar
in is the principal cause of the un-
eQualed distribution of wealth. This
statement is absolutely false, and the
men who wrote it know that 1t is
false. They know that in free-trade
England, where there is no protec-
tive tariff, the extreme OF poverty
and riches are even greater than in
the United States.
The hypocrisy Of the capitalistic
parties, both in the United States and
England, is shown by the fact that
in England, where they have free
trade, the conservative party tells
the workers your misery is due to
free trade. Your poverty will be
abolished If we establish a protective
tariff.
In the United States, on the 9th
er hand, the democratic party puts
forward exactly the opposite PROPOSE
tion, and tells the workers that their
poverty is due to the high protective
tariff
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-07-12

hne insurance companies have re-
dueed their rates 10 an extent that
will pay the cost OF the fire lighting
apparatus every year, so it will be
seen that it pays the property holders
to provide Are protection by invest
ing in a machine that is equal TO the
best in use. The only regret is that
this policy was not adopted at least
FIVE years ago. II would have saved
a large amount OF money for those
who are so unfortunate as to have
fires.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-07-12
THE NEWEST DANGEROUS. EPI-
DEMIC DISEASE.

The hookworm disease seems to
be spreading with great rapidity.
Virginia and other extreme southern
states is where It has prevailed for
a long time but 1t has now entered
Kentucky. During the fall Of 1910,
the surgeon general OF the United
States army announced that a large
portion OF the recruits from that
state were infected with this terrible
disease. This announcement Great
ed such interest throughout Ken
lucky that an appropriation was Sc
cured from the next legislature and
an investigation started which has
never ceased since then, and II was
found that the disease exists in 2s
counties in different parts Of the
state.
The hookworm disease is so called
from the fact that a small round
worm about one-half inch In length
and about s thick as an ordinary
tairpin is the cause. The sufferer
from the disease is said to be a pltl-
ful object me first symptoms show
intense anemia, AS the disease takes
further hold the sufferer swells in all
parts of the body, the skin becomes
pasty the face loses It's look of in
telligence; in children the growth is
stunted and the victim looks prema-
turely old Extreme lassitude is a
never falling first symptom; then
the swelling begins and continues to-
gether with the lassitude until the
victim dies.
The 18th annual international
congress on hygiene and demography.
which meets in Washington in Sep
tember, will take up and discuss this
terrible epidemic disease The Ken
tucky state board Of health has al
ready determined that the general
disregard for sanitation in the coun-
try and small towns, and the out
skirts OF larger ones, is responsible
for nearly all cases Of the hookworm
malady
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-07-12
HE ONLY PRETENDED TO SLEEP.

HE ONLY PRETENDED TO SLEEP.
The congressional lnvestlg lgation,
which is going on at Seattle in the
impeachment proceedings OF Judge
Hanford, has resulted in no little evi-
dence that the Judge was in the habit
OF indulging in booze" quite =. fire.
Quently and appeared on the bench
In an intoxicated condition. To meet
this charge, ten character witnesses
were placed on the stand last Satur-
day, who explained that the judges
appearance OF mapping on the bench
was merely a habit They said that
the Judge at all times, when closing
his eyes and seeming to sleep. paid
strict attention to what was going on
In the court. Judge Hantord is not
the only man who has been accused
OF sleeping at his post OF duty, Mad
Anthony Wayne was charged with
sleeping on the battle field In the
midst OF a terrific fight with Indians.
Napoleon, history says, was asleep In
his saddle at the battle Of Waterloo.
This sleep habit, while not a crime,
~ decidedly out OF place In court
room or, for that matter, on battle
neld but the question appears to be
was he asleep or merely making be-
lievel