The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-09

women In ten miles uh the Mo.,
 We keep boardin' house uon uauows like the country" 0pe you'll That was a lengthy snaooh
 Briggs, as Hazel discovered us sOr Jim rolled out of Soda Creek ho,, nea She team uh bays" His conversa., s.,nu the decidedly monosyllabic. But 0n h0 M was drive' If he was no taIker ana s0a,a a, team could travel. By eleven "au n, ms Hazel found herself at Carihoo .lock Ows. Mead. "Schoolhouse's over ycnder. D., pointed out the place-an umooaasss nl'sss guidance, for Hazel had ,'sary o,sy marked the building set off bu D.au! ,., ana fortified with tall fiaspole "ss. ss, heres where we live. Kinda m. Aua ..u the world, but blame good placs s ta .a live" p'ace to Hazel did like the place u
 impression was thankfulness tho, I,s' hs' lot had been cast in such spot ps. ns. 1t was largely because of the surron.. nas ings. essentially primitive. tho auu' .,aN air, guiltless of smoke ta,nt th. 'iedn matic odors from the forest .s. u'O. ranged for amending miles on or0ss ua. hand. every
 So with the charm of the w,,a ,., fresh upon her, she took L,nd,. .aau Cariboo Meadows. Her first afternoon she snon. ,.. ing on the porch of the Briuco aa~. Oa cile. within which Mrs. Briggs Q % ts. good-natured person of forty, to,laa 7, her cooking for the "boardersn a.s kept brood of five tumultuous vonn. sters in order-the combined ta.t. leaving her scant time to ep,erts,a her newly arrived guest.
 Cariboo Meadows, as a town w.. simply double row of buildings ,oo ing each other across a wagon rooS Two stores. blacksmith shop fesd stable, certain other nondescrin, buildings, and few dwellings, mostly of logs, was all. Probably not mors than total of fifty souls made per. manent residence there. Directly op- posite Briggs boarding house stood building labeled Regent Hotel" Ha. gel could envisage 1t all with half turn of her head.
 From this hotel there presently is sued young man dressed in the ordi. nary costume of the country-wIds hat. flannel shirt. overalls, boots. He sat down on box close by the hotel entrance. In few minutes another came forth. He walked past the first few steps. stopped, and said some thing. Hazel could not hear the words. The first man was filling his pipe. Ap parently he made no reply; at least he did not trouble to look up But she saw his shoulders lift in a shrug. Then he who had passed turned square about and spoke again, this time lifting his voice trihe. Tho young fellow sitting on the box h. stantly became galvanized into action. He flung out m oath that carried across the street and made Hazels ears burn. At the same time he leaped from his seat straight at the other man.
 Hazel saw 1t quite distinctly saw him who jumped dodge a vicious olOw and close with the other; and saw moreover. something which amafea her. For the young fellow swayeo with his adversary a second or l"e then lifted him bodily of his feet al. most to the level of his bead anu slammed him against the hote' wan with sudden twist. She hearu u'' thump of the body on the logs fo' an instant she thought him about " jump with his booted feet on the p'Vy trate form. and involuntarily she nei, her breath. But he stepped back' aa0 when the other scrambled up, ne sue stepped the first rush, and knoche. s,, w man down again with a blow ol u.s fist. This time he stayed down. in'- other men-three or four or uen came out of the hotel, stood un.e. tainly few seconds, and Haze' "'' the young fellow say: -
 Better take that fool in anu s,s Ol.l' him to. If he's still hungry TOT 'iouv,s sss I'll be right handy. l wonder h many more of you fellers I'll nav s ,o, @ lick before you'll get wise enousA sa
 to start things you can't stopf
 They supported the unconsclous I tsl. through the doorway; the young .s i~ low resumed his seat on tue his pipe filling.