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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-05-20

10 lift and shake like the top of a
canvas tent In a gale. At the same
time a mighty gust Of wind swept
athwart the waste. hot a a furnace
blast. In trice dust enveloped man
and horse. a sitting cloud of super
heated particles that stung the flesh
like a myriad needles. And then dark
ness fell, the twilight of hades. a cop
per-colored pail. Nothing remained
visible beyond arms length.
Blinded, half suffocated, unspeak-
ably dismayed and bewildered. the
broncho swung round. back to the
blast. and refused to bulge another
incn.
Himself more than half-dazed. but
still bounded by his nightmare vision
Of Judith. Alan dismounted to escape
being torn bodily from the saddle by
that hellish sand-blast. and seizing
the bride sought to draw the horse
on with him.
He wasted his strength in that en-
deavor: the animal baked, planted
its hoofs deep in the sand, stiffened
Its legs and resisted with the stub
bornness of rock; then, of sudden,
jerked his head smartly. snapped the
bride from his grasp and flung away,
scudding before the storm.
Pursuit was out of the question:
indeed. the bride was barely torn
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-05-20

to avert it-no matter what we may
have suffered at Judith's handsi"
With an indignant grunt. but con-
siderate none the less, Mr. Barcus
caught up the glasses and turned his
back.
go on!" he grumbled, pretending
to Ignore the hand Alan offered him
from the saddle. I've got no patience
with you But goi" he insisted !
Of a sudden selling the hand and
pressing 1t fervently. And God go
with you, my friend!"
Then hoofbeats drumming on the
hard-packed earth OF the canyon trail
struck a hundred echoes from its
rugged, rocky walls.
Mr.. Barcus showed Rose Urine q
face almost ludicrous with its an
gutshed smile that was intended to
seem reassuring.
Let's look sharp and follow him
as quick as may be-" he urged. Light
ming will never strike us so long as
we stick to Mr.. Law Of the charmed
life-but don't mind telling you. once
out Of his company. I'm just naturally
afraid of the dark"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-05-20

Alan had fallen In his dizzy blindness.
She found him insensible, lying with
an arm bent under him in pose
frlghtfully suggestive OF dislocation.
Yet when she turned him on his back
and released the arm. he made no
had caused him the slightest pain.
There was slight cut upon his
brow, a bruise about his left temple.
She tore linen from her bosom, be-
meath her coarse flannel shirt. and with
sparing aid from the canteen. washed
the cut clean and bandaged It,
Then seeing that the storm held
with fury undated. she rose. recon
noitered and returned to exert all her
strength and drag the unconscious
man across the dry bed OF that ancient
intercourse and under the lee OF its
farther bank
There. sitting, she pillowed his
head upon her lap. and bending over
him made her body an additional shell
ter to him from the swirling clouds
OF dust.
And for hours ON end Judith nursed
him there. scarce daring to move
save to minister to his needs. bathing
his fevered brow and moistening his
parched lips and throat
In the course of the first hour she
was once startled by the spectral Wis
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-05-20
CHAPTER XIII.
Open MutIny.

OPCu IUdtlnJ.
Inough she had been schooled to hold
the very name of Law in loathing un.
speakable and to think of Alan as a
mortal enemy and as one whose death
alone could properly requite the cruel
INJURY that had been done her father:
and though the man himself had
laughed to scorn her first involuntary
confession Of that love for him which
now consumed her being with its in
satiable fires, she swallowed her
chagrin and followed him with the
solicitude OF one whose love can recog-
nize no wrong in its object. Through
all the remainder of that day of terror
she was never far from his side.
with the meekness OF the strong.
she made herself his shadow. And
sne was now the stronger, for she had
mad more than an hours rest beside
the waterhole. which he had missed
on the way of that rocky windbreak.
sooner or later his strength must fail
MIN and he would need her; till then
she was content to bide her hour.
1t befell presently In startling fash
Ion; she was not a yard behind him
when he vanished abruptly.
But the next moment Judith herself
was trembling on the crumbling brink
OF an arroyo OF depth and width in
determinable In the obscurity OF the
ouststorm. Down this, evidently,
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-05-20

from his hand before Alan lost sight
of the broncho.
For a moment he stood rooted in
CONSERVATION as in a bog-with an
arm upthrown across his face.
Then the thought of Judith re-
CURED.
Head Bonded and shoulders rounded
he began to forge way into the teeth
Of the sandstone
How long he fought on, pitting his
strength against the elements. cannot
be reckoned
IN the end he stumbled blindly down
slight decline and was abruptly
conscious that he had In some way
found shelter from the full force OF the
wind.
He staggered on another yard or
TWO, breathing more freely. and blum
oered into rough-ribbed wall OF rock
some sporadic outcrop, he under
stood. whose bulk stood between him
and the storm.
He thought to rest for a time. until
the storm had spent its greatest
strength; but as he laid his shoulder
gratefully against the rock and
scrubbed the dust from his smarting
eyes ne saw what he at first conceived
10 be a hallucination: Judith Trine
standing within a YARD cf him. alive.
strong, free.
he stared incredulously, saw her
recognize him, open her mouth to
utter wondering cry that was inaudi-
Die, and come quickly nearer.
Alan! You came for mel You fol-
lowed me. through all thisl"
He threw of her hand with a bitter
laugh-that was like the croaking of a
raven as it issued from his bone. dry
throat-and In momentary possession
OF hysteric madness, reeled away from
the woman and the shelter of the rock
and delivered himself anew to the
mercy of the dust-storm.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-05-20

straight Ahead. NY Mani" She Said
hundred yards from the mouth OF the
pass.
AZ II drew near the spot where she
paused. waving both hands frantically'
the head OF the pursuing party swept
into the mouth OF the ravine.
At the same time the chauffeur no
uced that the two men on the hillside
were following the woman pellmel,
throwing themselves down the slope
with gigantic leaps and bounds.
And then a great explosion rent the
peaceful hush OF inight--that till then
mad been profaned by the pattering
cracks OF the revolver fusillade.
AS the roar OF dynamite subsidized
the entire side OF the hill shifted and
sno ponderously down, choking the
ravine with debris TO the depth OF
some thirty or forty feet. burying the
leaders OF the pursuit beyond hope OF
rescue.
Only q instant later the motor car
Joited to halt and Alan pulled him
SELF together to find that Rose and
sarcus were standing beside the door
ana jabbering joyful greetings. mixed
with more or less incoherent explana-
lions OF the manner In which they had
come to seek shelter for the night In
the prospector's shack and. reused
Wy the noise OF firing and recognizing
Alan In the car by the aid of spy
snsses. had with the prospectors aid
MT upon this scheme OF shooting a
landslide In between the pv suit and
~ devoted quarry.
40 ~ csattaseA.l
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-05-20

yourself to her, out of sheer, down.
right foolishness In the head! | SUD.
pose you'll like me to call it chivalry:
I'll tell you what l call it-lunacyi"
Don't be an asst" Alan responded
temporarily, gathering the reins to-
gether and instinctively lifting a foot
tc the stirrup. Who warned us yes
terday In time to prevent our being
crushed by that rock? Judith! Why
was she separated from Marrophat
and the others-alone up there when
that beast eneaked up behind hero,
l saw him saw 1t all-and grabbed
her and roped her to that bronco-if
IT wasn't because she had broken with
them for good and all and started to
fight on our eide?"
You're raving," Barcus commented
In hopeless tone. He looked to the
girl "Rose-Miss Trine-reason with
this mailman"
Dropping the glasses, the girl came
swiftly and confidently to her lovers
side, lifting her lips to his.
Go. sweetheart" she told him
Save her If you canl"
With look Of triumph for the bene-
ut Of Mr.. Barcus Alan Law gathered
Rose Urine into his arms.
Did you dream for an instant Rose
would see her own sister carried to
her death II anything could b done
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-05-20

ion through the driving sheets OF dust
OF horse that plodded up the arroyo,
bearing two riders on its back.
weary with the weight OF its double
burden. 1t went slowly and passed so
near to Judith that she was able to
recognize the features of her sister
and Tom Barcus.
Be sure she made never a sign m
catch their attention.
Within the next succeeding hour
the coppery light lost something Of
us not brillance, took on a darker
shade, and then one darker still. Twi-
Ight stole sthwart the desert turning
us heat to chill. its light to violet.
Growing more intense, the cold
eventually reused the sleeping man.
AND hardly had his eyes Enclosed
ana looked up into the eyes OF Judith
bending over him than he started IN
and out OF her embrace. got INSTEAD
lily upon his feet and after a moment
or pause. watching her rise in turn
strobe away-or, rather. staggered
with the gesture OF exorcism
accomplishing, hugging her new.
born humility to her with the ecstasy
OF the anchorite his horsehair shirt
Judith followed him patiently at a
little distance.
MOI lar from where he had rested
there was break in the overhang,ng
wall OF the arroyo. Through this he
scrambled painfully, reaching the level
M h.
OF the desert only after cruel effort
the unheeded woman at his heels
"A Drief pause there afforded both
time to regain their breath and survey
the desert for signs OF assistance. n
oHered none, other than what tbav
might accomplish through their own
exertions. For leagues in any Quarter
II stretched without break other than
the black cleft of the arroyo. cleaning
a Dieached and deathly white in the
moonshine--like the face of a frozen
world 'Nen
With tacit consent both turned th.,
way Alan leading, Judith his pertIna.
cious shadow. with never a word or
sign between them to prove that either
was aware of the others COMPANY
but This was state of affairs tbat
could not long endure. Judith had tha
price to pay for her own trials sns
fering and privation: the strain beoan
10 tell sorely upon her. She reeled
signify as she walked, weaving
winding trail across and across ,ha
straighter line OF footprints that
marked Alan's course through tho ~
aered pattern of the powdered sage.
brush. '"se-
AND OF sudden she collapsed
Instinct alone made Alan Il.
yer-shoulder: for she had mad
sound whatever. no
he turned and came directIv hal.
10 her' knelt beside her, lifted hon
mead pillowed 1t gently on b,s arn,
and piled her in turn with the draaa
OF the canteen. uiess
with a sigh. a stified moan ans
little shiver, she revived
ne heiped her gently to regain h..
1eet, passed an arm round he "er
In this fashion they struggIad
strange, dumb companionsbin ., 'n IN
cry and wonder. Vi MIS-
Thus an hour passed and TO-
tne'r desperate struggles neither al. a.,
see tnat the light on the mounta, uou,o
was . yard the nearer. 'ainside
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-05-20

Quickly answered by fainter VAN.
distant quarter OF the ds. s~ a
by pistols popping and assh'"
two miles away. then by
rumble OF galloping hoofs s'ou
The night glasses I'm tbs
her nashes OF body OF ssva. ,ao't
men-some six or seven sbs ~, a0a
making at top speed toward , ,Ss
where Marrophat. Hicks ana s N
waited beside beacon Whit N ''aa
had built and lighted 'n as
Half a dozen sentences s,.
with the chauffeur advised Sau
these were horsemen from ,ha M "
OF Mesa who had charged thu. @n
with the duty OF avenging the , s.'s
OF Hopi Jim Slade. 0s'a
A sardonic chuckle from 49,,
Trine's gag goaded the girl into ,"aa
len fury. sI
Exacting his utmost speed ,rOu
chauffeur. under penalty of bsr 10
pleasure. she set herself 70 ~
Alan. 'e'lnl
With the aid OF such storos
and drink as the car carried nj. wv
quickly enough accomplished W
Strangling with an ovara
brandy too little diluted with ~. "
Alan sat up. grasped the copd,,,oa.
In nash. and gained further In,orua
tion a. he devoured sandwicbss -,
emptied a canteen. -Na
The mountain pass was INV :,
judged. a mile distant. The ugh, ~
the hillside. according to the cha,
feur. was that OF a prospector vs.
had camped there temporarily Ths..
was nothing. then. TO be feared fro~
that quarter. but solely from the rs..
where the horsemen. having n,css.
up Marrophat and his comnsp,on'
had Instituted hot pursuit and vs,s
now strung out In a long. strasrlin,
line, three horses carrying double ina
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS d mile and ,
half away-one with a single r,ds,
the nearest. well within thresou,,
tiers OF mile.
Nobly mounted. this last came n,
like the wind. gaining on the moto,
car with every stride: for his hor.,
was trained to such going whers,,
the car at best could only labor he,,
lily In dust and sand.
None the less. II had won TO a poIu
within a quarter OF a mile from III,
pass before the horseman got within
what he esteemed the proper range
AMI opened fire.
He fired thrice. His first shot VINCE
wide, his second by ill-chance rippet
through a rear tire OF the car. thu
placing upon II an additional hand
cap. while his third sought the zenlt.
as his hands flew up and he { lppet
from the saddle. drilled through Ii,
body by Alan's only shot
A long-range pistol duel was II
progress before the car had covered
half the remaining distance TO Ii,
pass.
BY the time It entered this last
which proved TO be a narrow rayin,
with towering side OF crumbly cart
and shale and broken rock. the pur
suit was not a hundred yards behind
while the firing was well-nlgh contin
uous.
Two hundred feet above the trli
two men were working with despe1t,
haste at some mysterious business
though none noticed them.
Only the chauffeur was aware OF |
woman running down the hillside q
an angle, to intercept the car severn
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-05-20
CHAPTER XII.
The Man In tho Shadow.

U no wan III INC SHADOW.
Two hundred feet, If one, Hopi Jim
fell from the lip of the cliff Then sud
denly the thing that had been Hopi
Jim Slade was checked in its headlong
descent by the outstanding trunk of a
tree. over which 1t remained, doubled
up, limp, horrible
The miniature landslide that had
been caused by his fall went on,
settling gradually as the slope be-
came less sheer. Only part Of it, a
double handful of pebbles, gained the
bottom Of the canyon.
Its muffied impact on the ground
round his feet reused the man who
mad comprised the bandits death from
the pose he had unconsciously as
sumed on the instant Of firing.
He stepped back, and snatched up
case containing binoculars.
Not before the glasses were adjusted
to his vision did he find time to re-
spond absently to the alarmed and in
sistent inquiries Of his two compan-
Ions, man Of his own age and girl
OF some years less, who had been
wakened from their sleep by the re-
port of the rifle.
Now the latter plucked his sleeve,
momentarily DETECTING the glasses
from the object which they were fol-
lowing so sedulously as 1t moved
along the heights; a wildly running
horse with woman bound helpless
upon its back. both sharply in sill
houette against the burning blue.
"Alan!" the girl demanded, what
is 1t? Why did you fire? Why won't
you answer me? What is IT."
Judith" Alan replied tersely, again
picking up with the glasses the run
away horse that fed so madly along
the perilous and narrow track Of the
hill trail
The name was echoed from two |
Threats as Alan swung sharply and |
thrust the glasses into the hands of !
the girl.
Judith he affirmed with a look of |
poignant solicitude. She's roped to
the back of that crazy broncho-help.
less See for yourself; one false step
suppose stone turns beneath its
hoof-she'll be killed."
While the girl focused her glasses
upon that speck that flew against the
sky Alan turned to the two horses
hobbled near by and Selling a saddle
threw it over the back of one.
AT this the other man turned to his
side and dropping a OBTAINING hand
upon his arm asked:
What are you going to do?"
Alan shook the hand off and went
on with his self-appointed task.
Go after her, Tom. of course" he
replied. What else? That animal is
crazy. l tell you
Even so,' Tom Barcus argued. you
can't climb that hillside on horseback
and II you could, you'd be too late to
catch up, much less prevent an &C.
4 know 1t. But suppose 1t doesn't
fall =. You know what's beyond
these hills-desertsl And the girl is
helpless, tell you, bound hand and
loot Think of her being carried that
way-all day. perhaps-face up to this
brutal sun! She'll go mad II some.
hing isn't done"
You've gone mad yourself already"
Mr.. Barcus contended darkly. whats
I to you II she does? Suppose you do
'ucceed In rescuing her: what then?
A. soon as she gets on her pins she'll
.ry to stick knife into you-like as
lot What's she been chasing you for,
Ill over this land of the brave and
lone OF the free. but to take your fool
lie And now you want to sacrifice
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-05-20

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|CYNTHIA|
GREY'S
LETTERS

al want to ask ques-
ton: Is 1t really possible
that you get such foolish
questions from the readers of
the Times? ? / almost think
you make them up, for IL
does not seem possible sane
people could ask some of the
idiotic questions asked you.
You are certainly very pa
tient with these people.
How can | clean oil ,,aint-
fngs without injuring the
paint? MAUDIE.
Any dear young girl. The
world is full of all sorts of minds.
Some of them have been well
trained. Some of them haven't
had the chance. It Is the prim.
AIRY purpose of this column to as.
sist, I'm any way possible, those
who seek information. The ques.
lions are not made up. They come
from readers who give their
names and addresses frequently
The longer you live the more you
will come TO realize that what Is
a great big problem to one person
Is mere nothing to another
Il all depends ON che individual
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cessful wives l know is my laun-
dress. who was born of the Ger
man peasant class.
Neither is it necessary for a
girl to be born of wealth. rhe
richest girl of my acquaintance Is
impossible as wife. The sue.
cessful wife, however, must be
we'll bred.
She may get her breeding from
her parents, from her environ
ment or from the great world, but
get it she must.
Happiest is she who is born
into one of the numberless homes
of the great middle class; who
has not the temptation lure that
luxury brings nor to suffer the
stultifying process of poverty AMI
its attendant ills.
In America every boy is born a
potential president and every girl
the future beloved wife of a man
who must be able to pay income
tax.
Marriage is woman's greatest
and most honorable business.
How, then, shall she be trained
or so train herself that she will
have at least the modicum Of sue
cess?
We step headlong into this Sc
rious affair which we are taught
is for until death do us part, I"
and then we find we have fallen
into a pit instead setting our
feet in messy hollow that is in
viting OF our souls.
What shall the coming genera
tion of girls do to be saved from
this? Not only must the girls do
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-06-11
|FRECKLE-FACE
Sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly
Spots. How TO Remove Easily.

Sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly
Spots. How TO Remove Easily.
Here's a chance. Miss Frsckls-
face. to try q remedy for freckles
with tho guarantee Of a reliable
dealer that II will not cost you a
penny unless II removes the
Ifreckles: while II II does give you
clear complexion the expense IL
trifling.
Simply get an ounce of othine---
double strength-from any drug
gist and q few applications should
show you how easy II Ii to rid
yourself OF the homely freckles
and get a beautiful complexion.
Rarely Is more than one ounce
eeded for the worst case.
Be sure to ask the druggist for
the double strength othins as
this Is the prescription sold I'M
der guarantee of money back II 1t
fails to remove freckies.
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Mother Waverly departed be-
fore dinner, at which Dick was
late. He excused himself by Day-
ing he had been over at the book
shop talking business with Mary,
/ did not ask any questions for l
knew he would tell me all about
it if l just kept still.
think right here is where
women make the mistake of their
lives. They tell their troubles to
everyone. If they lose anything
from money to a husband, they
Immediately lament the fact ~
everybody within hearing and
often go out of their way to OK
press themselves to someone VINO
cares nothing about them. They
talk about their troubles and be-
wall their ignorance of facts and
short-sightedness in coping with
them.
No man does this, little book.
do not think he ever confessas
all his shortcomings even to him
self. / question If even me alb
ject failure will ever own up that
1t is his rauIt that he has failed.
He blames his wife, his family.
his health, his employer, fate,
anything but his own lack of ca.
pability and stick-to-ittveness
However, he very freely tells
everyone of the business short
comings of the other fellow, and
this, little book, opens up another
train of thought, which empha-
| sizes the difference between mao
and woman. A man never tells
OF the moral lapses of any OF his
sex. He will call another man a
liar and thief in speaking If
him, If he thinks the man has
! cheated hfm or any of his friends
out of money, but he will be dis
creetly silent Ii the same man
tries to steal friends wife or
ruins the reputation of one OF his
feminine acquaintances. On the
other hand, | think most women
will protect a thief if he is agree
able, and they love liar II he
lies in his flattery and protesta-
lions of love to them.
/ was thinking in q desultory
fashion of this while Dick was
eating his dinner. Aunt Mary
had telephoned she was going to
stay at dinner with the Symones.
After Dick had pushed back from
the table and lighted his cigaret,
he puffed in silence for a few
minutes, and then said, Mother
will get us all in a devil of a
scrape yet"
He looked up inquiringly, but
did not let him know by the
flicker of an eyelash that | knew
| she had sent Jack money.
"She has sent Jack all cha
money that has been paid her for
the last two months" he con-
tinued, land let her board bill
go. Now the hotter people want
their money and she is fright
ened. She went to see Mary about
it, but, of course, Mary could do
nothing without consulting me. 1
told her that after this | would
have mothers board bill sent to
the book shop the first of every
month and that she should pay
them and send mother only the
money that remained after the
bills were paid.
81 told Mary IL she took that
d scoundrel back, would
have nothing more to do with
her.
Il did not do this for Jacks
sake, but for hers, and l don't
want anyone to know about ii
for I learned she was a respect
able girl of good family"
| went around the table where
Dick was sitting and kissed that
tiny little spot on the crown of
his head where his hair is getting
thin
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MADAME SCHUMANN- HEINK'S
ADVICE TO JUNE BRIDES
'Love Is Not the Be All and End All of Marriage
Declares Famous Opera Singer.
BY MADAME sCHUMANN HEINK

much, but their mothers as we'll.
And the first thing our girls
must be taught Is that LOVE IS
NOT THE BE ALL AND END
ALL OF MARRIAGE. There
must be a willingness to suffer
and bear patiently all the petty
tribulations Of household druid
gerry.
(Another Schumann-Heink art
icle tomorrow