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proofs that the claims are being
worked under the same mana cement"
But he'll suspect it"
'You can't help his suspicious. Don't
let him get proof. Cover. all the tracks
that show company control"
81 can fix that" he said. "But what
about Holt? You know how bitter he
is-and crazy. He ought to be locked
away with the fiitter-mice"
You mustn't let Elliot meet Holt"
'EIOw the deuce can / help it? n
chance to keep them apart in tina
little hole. 1t can't be DONE"
Cant itY'
Something in the quiet voice rang
a bell Of alarm in the timid heart
of Selfridge.
"YOu mean"
"a man who works for me as my
lieutenant must have nerve, Wally
Have you got that? VIII you take
orders and go through with them?"
Wally nodded. His lips were dry.
$50 to it. What am l to dog"
Get Holt out of the way while FL
lot is at Kamatlah. 1t isn't doing
Holt any good to sit tight clamped to
that claim of his. He needs a change.
Besides, l want him away so that we
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CHAPTER v.

Sheba Sings-and Two Men Listen.
Elliot did not see Miss O'Neill next
morning until she appeared in the din
ing room for breakfast. He timed him
self to get through so as to join her
when she left. They strolled out to
the deck together.
He came abruptly to what was on
his mind. 81 have an apology to make,
Miss O'NeiII. If made light of your
danger yesterday, it was because was
afraid you might break down. 1 had
to seem unsympathetic rather than
risk that"
She smiled forgiveness. "Al you
said was that I might have sprained
my wrist. 1t was true too. l might
have-and 1 did" Sheba showed a
white linen bandage tied tightly
around her wrist.
"YOur whole weight came on it with
q wrench. No wonder it hurt"
Sheba noticed that the Hannah was
drawing up to a wharf and the pas
sengers were lining up with their be-
longings. as this where we changer"
"ThOse of us going to KuSiak trans
Ter here. But there's no hurry. We
wait at this landing two hours"
Gordon helped Sheba move her bag
gage to the other boat and Joined her
on deck. They were both strangers
in the land. Their only common ac-
quaintance was Macdonald and he was
letting Mrs. Mallory absorb his atten-
ton just now. Left to their own re-
sources, the two young people natu-
rally drifted together a good deal.
This suited Elliot. He found his
companion wholly delightful, not the
less because she was so different from
the girls he knew at home. She could
be frank, and even shyly audacious on
occasion, but she held little note of
reserve he felt bound to respect.
Macdonald left the boat twenty miles
below Kusiak with Mrs. Mallory and
the Selfridges. A chauffeur with a
motorcar was waiting on the wharf to
run them to town, but he gave the
wheel to Macdonald and took the seat
beside the driver.
"Are you going to the hotel or direc
10 your cousin's" Gordon asked Mis-:
O'Neill.
''To my cousins. fancy she's dowI
here to meet me. 1t was arranged tina
] come on this boat"
Elliot caught a glimpse of the onl.
people In Kusiak he had known befor'
coming in, but though he waved t.
them he saw they did not recognize
him. After the usual delay about get
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CHAPTER VII.
The End Of the Passage.

Wally Selfridge was q reliable busl-
ness subordinate, even though he had
slipped up in the matter of the ap-
pOintment of Elliot. But when it came
to facing the physical hardships of the
North he was q malingerer. The IA
matlah trip had to be taken because
his chief had ordered it, but the little
man shirked the journey in his heart
Just as he knew his soft muscles would
shrink from the aches of the trail.
The part of the journey to be made
by water was not so bad. Left TO his
own judgment, he would have gone to
st. Michael's by boat and chartered
small steamer for the long trip along
the coast through Boring sea. But this
would take time. and Macdonald did
not mean to let him waste a day. He
was to leave the river boat at the big
bend and pack across country TO Ka-
matlah. It would be a rough. heavy
trail The mosquitoes would be a con-
tinual torment The cooking would
be poor And at the end of the long
trek there awaited him mOnOtOnOuS
months in a wretched coal camp far
from all the comforts of civilization.
No wonder he grumbled.
But though he grumbled at home and
at the club and on the street about his
coming exile, Selfridge made no COM
plants to Macdonald. That man Of
steel had no sympathy with the yearn-
ings for the fleshpots. He was used
to driving himself through discOm-
fort to his end, and he expected =
much of his deputies. Wherefore
Wally took the boat at the time sched-
uled and waved a dismal farewell to
wife and friends assembled upon the
wharf.
Elliot said good-by to the Pagets
and Miss O'Neill ten days later. Diane
was very frank with him.
81 hear you've been sleuthing around,
Gordon, for facts about Colby Macdon-
add I don't know what you have heard
about him, but I hope you've got the
sense to see how big a man he is and
how much this country here owes
him."
Gordon nodded agreement. "Yes,
he's big man."
Continued next week
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AN MACLEOD RAINE
SYNOPSIS.
Copyright 1907. by William Macleod Raine.

CHAPTER las a representative Of
the government Gordon Elliot is on his
way to Alaska to investigate coal claims.
On the boat he meets and becomes in
terested in a fellow passenger whom he
learns is Sheba O'Neill, also going in
Colby Macdonald, active head of the land
grabbing syndicate under investigation,
comes aboard. Macdonald is attacked By
mine laborers whom he had discharged,
and the active Intervention of Elliot prob
ably saves his life.
CHAPTER II-Eniot and Macdonald
become in a measure friendly, though the
latter does not know that Elliot is on a
mission which threatens to spoil plans of
Macdonald to acquire millions of dollars
through the unlawful exploitation of i'm
mensely valuable coal fields. Elliot also
''gets a line" on the position occupied by
Waly Selfridge, Macdonald's right-hand
man, who is returning from visit to
1.-The States" where he had gone in an
effort to convince the authorities that
there was nothing wrong in Macdonald's'
methods.
CHAPTER III-Elliot secures an intro
duction to Miss O'Neill and while the
boat is taking on freight the pair set out
to climb locally famous mountain. They
venture too high and reach a position
from which it is impossible for Miss
O'Neill to go forward or turn back.
CHAPTER Iv-EIliot leaves sheba and
at imminent peril of his life goes for as
distance. He meets Macdonald, who had
Secome alarmed for their safety, and they
reTurn and rescue Sheba.
'Niiss O'Neill, this is Mr.. MacdOn-
aid" he said, as soon as he had freed
himself from the rope. You are fell
low passengers on the Hannah"
Macdonald was looking at her
straight and hard. "YOur fathers
name-was it Farrell O'NeillT he
asked bluntly.
"Yes."
81 knew him."
The girls eyes lit. "Tm glad, Mr..
Macdonald. That's one reason want
ed to come to Alaska-to hear about
my fathers life here. viii you tell
me?"
Some time. We must be going now
to catch the boat-after I've had a
look at the cliff this young man
crawled across"
He turned away, abruptly, it struck
Elliot, and climbed down the natural
stairway up which the young man had
come. Presently he rejoined those
above. Macdonald looked at Elliot
with a new respect.
You're in luck, my friend, that
we're not carrying you from the foot
Of the cliff" he said dryly. 81 wouldn't
cross that rock wall for a hundred
thousand dollars in cold cash."
"Nor 1 again." admitted Gordon with
a laugh. "But we had either to home
stead that plateau or vacate it. pre-
ferred the latter"
Miss O'NeilPs deep eyes looked a.
him. She was about to speak, ther
changed her mind.
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IAN contest his claim. Run him I'D
into the hills. Or send him across to
Siberia on a whaler. Or, better still,
have him arrested for insanity and
send him to Nome. I'll get Judge Lam
dor to hold him awhile"
Leave it to me- The old man is
going on vacation, though he doesn't
know it yet"
"Good enough, Wally. I'll trust you.
But remember, this fight has reached
an acute stage. No more mistakes.
The devil of it is we never seem to
land the knockout punch. We've
beaten this bunch of reform idiots be-
fore Winton, before the secretary of
the interior, before the president and
before congress. Now they're begin
ming all over again. Where is it to
end?
"This is their last kick. Probably
Guttenchild agreed to it so as to let
the party go before the people at the
next election without any apologies.
Entirely formal investigation, I shculd
say
This might be true, or it might not.
Macdonald knew that just now the
American people, always impulsive in
its thinking, was supporting strongly
the movement for conservation. A
searchlight had been turned upon the
Kamatlah coal fields.
The trouble had originated in a de-
partment row, but it had spread until
the Macdonald claims had become a
party issue. The officials of the land
office, as well as the national admin
istration, were friendly to the claim
ants. They had no desire to offend one
of the two largest money groups in the
country. But neither did they want to
come to wreck on account of the Gut
tenchilds. They found it impossible to
ignore the charge that the entries were
fraudulent and if cOnsummated would
result in q wholesale robbery of the
public domain. Superficial investiga-
tons had been made and the claimants
whitewashed. But the clamOr had per-
/ sisted.
The facts were simple enough. Mac
/ donald was the original promoter of
the Kamatlah coal field. He had en-
| gagged dummy entrymen to take up
100 acres each under the homestead
act. Later he intended to consolidate
/ the claims and turn them over to the
/ Guttenchilds under an agreement by
which he was to receive One-eighth of
the stock of the company formed to
work the mines. The entries had been
made, the fee accepted by the land of
! fee and receipts issued. In course of
time Macdonald had applied for pat
ents.
Before these were issued the maya
zines began to pour in their broadsides,
! and since then the papers had been
held up.
The conscience of Macdonald was
quite clear. The pioneers in Alaska
were building out of the Arctic waste
a new empire for the United States
and he held that a fair government
could do no less than offer them liberal
treatment. To lock up from present
use vast resources needed by Alaskans
would be a mistaken policy, narrow
and perverted application of the doc
trine Of conservation. The territory
should be thrown open to the world
If capital were invited in to do Its
share of the building, immigration
would flow rapidly northward. Within
the lives of the present generation the
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FHE<[E~<

office sent up to investigate the Mac
donald coal claims and kindred in
;erests."
Slowly the rigor of the big Scots
mans steely eyes relaxed to a smile
that was genial and disarming. II this
news hit him hard he gave no sign
of it. And that it was an unexpected
blow there could be no doubt.
"Glad you've come, Mr.. Elliot. We
ask nothing but fair play. The men
who own the Macdonald group of
claims have nothing to conceal. I'll
answer that question. 1 meant to say
two years ago last spring."
His voice was easy and his gaze I'M
wavering as he made the correction,
yet everybody in the room except Sheba
knew he was deliberately lying to
cover the slip. For the admission that
he had inspected the Kamatlah field
it would at least tend to aggravate sus-
piciOn that the entries were not bona
fide.
It was rather an awkward moment.
Sheba unconsciously relieved the stu
alton.
'But what about the big moose, Mr..
Macdonald? What did it do then?"
The Alaskan went back to his story.
He was talking for Sheba alone, for
the young girl, with eager, fascinated
eyes which flashed with sympathy as
they devoured selected glimpses of his
wild, turbulent career. She saw him
with other eyes than Elliots. The gov
eminent official admired him tremen-
dously. Macdonald was an empire
builder. He blazed trails for others
| to follow in safety. But Gordon could
| guess how callOusly his path was
strewn with brutality, with the effects
of an ethical color-blindness largely
| selfish, though even he did not know
that the mans primitive jungle code
of wolf eat wolf had played havoc with
Sheba's young life many years before
Diane, satisfied that Macdonald had
scored, called upon Sheba.
81 want you to sing for us, dear, II
you WILL"
Sheba accompanied herself. The
voice of the girl had no unusual range
but it was singularly sweet and full OF
the poignant feeling that expresses
the haunting pathos of her race.
It's well know We, Sheve Cross,
Ye weary, stony hill.
An I'm tired, och, I'm tired to be
looking on We still.
For here live the near side
an he IS on the far,
An all your heights and hollows are
| between us, so they are.
Och aneei
Gordon, as he listened, felt thu
strange hunger of that homesick or.
steal through his blood. He saw hi
own emotions reflected in the face o
the Scotch-C Canadian, who was watch
ing with a tense interest the slim
young figure at the piano, the CIR
whose eyes were soft and dewy wit
the mysticism Of her people, were still
luminous with the poetry of the chill
in spite of the years that heralded he
woman.
Elliot intercepted the triumphan
sweep of DANES glance from Macdon
aid to her husband. In flash 1t Ii
up for him the words he had heard o.
the hotel porch. Diane, an inveterat
matchmaker, intended her cousin t
marry Colby Macdonald. No doubt sh
thought she was doing fine thing 70
the girl. he was millionaire, tn
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-02-15

Thomas Jefferson Swofford passed away at his home up the river on Monday night at s:45 o'clock after a short illness with complication of diseases. MT. Swofford was taken i'll a week before he died, shortly after coming ff1m Globe, where hen was in terestedi in a road gradings contract Death came peacefully, the family be- ing gathred about his bedside, and he was conscious almost to the last.
 Mr. Swofford was born at Atlanta Ga, 66 years ago, coming west when a young man and locating at Gilman, Texas. Here he was married to- Miss Florence Pilgrim in 1889. lh 1905 the family came to. New Mexico, where they have since made their home :, Six children were born to them;. one Of whom preceding the father to the grave. Besides his window, he leaves the following children to mourn his loss: Mrs. F. T. Smith of Fl Paso; Alma, Otis, F., Iva, and Carl, all al 1 home. MT. and Mrs. Smith were present at the time of his death.
 Mir. Swofford was the possessor' of many friends. Although being a resi- dent of this vicinity for only year, he had won the friendship of all who came in contact with him. He was member of a number of secret so- cieties, including the Masons, Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, EIks and Moose.
 Interment occurred in the local cemetery on Tuesday afternoon, the ; services being conducted by Rev. Maj S. Gallagher. A large number ol friends of the family followed the re mains to the cemetery.
 The bereaved family has the sym . pathy of the community.
 The registra ton of skilled workmer in a large number of trades Is now taking place throughout the country in an effort to secure 250,00O workme1 which are needed by the governmen to work in the sh1pbulldlng yaros Chairman W. T. Witt of the Board O Supervisors this week received a tele gram from Dwight B. Heard, cnalr man of the state Council Of Defense : asking him to make arrangements TO the registration of skilled mecnanlc in Greenlee county. MT. Witt m tur' appointed A. l.. Terry as reglstratlol clerk to have charge of reglstratlon in this county. All mechamcs oesii ing to register for this service VII call at the office of the Board of S' pervisors at the court at Cnltoi where they will be duly registered.
 Arizona's quota for this call fo volunteers is SSS men ana IL IS pt lieved that this state will furnis more than its quota, as it has don in all other assistance given the gov ernment.
 The various trades represented il
 rl rrNt.l
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Duncan Happenings
FROM THE DUNCAN NEWS

terS, structural iron workers. etc
 Miss Esona Campbell and Elmer Craig were united i'll. marriage on Tuesday evening of this week. the ceremony being performed by Justice of the Re;Ece R. L.. Reid, at the hCane of the groom'ss sister,, Mrs. Jofim IT, Malone2
 The young couple, has large num- Der of: friendss who wish, them evsrY joy in their new life.
 The newly=weds; were ''entertaiiBed on Tuesday night by large. number of young folks who disGoursed sD music for several hours on a large variety of Instruments ranging frcGn tin cans to wash boilersi.
 Married on Coast
 Word was, received here, urls week to the effect that Mrs. E. G. Williams of Los Angeles, and Samuel Ebb of York, ArfZuna, were recently married on the coast. Mrs. Ebb Is well known here having been in this 1ocali- ty- for several months on business, leaving recently for the coast. MT. Ebb is a young business man Of York, being at present a travelling salesman for a large shoe concern. Their many friends wish them much happiness.
 WewIy-wedS Visit Here MT. and Mrs. George Anderson were , guests of MT. and Mrs. B. R. Lan neau on Wednesday, returning in the i afternoon to their home in Clifton MT. and Mrs Anderson are newly weds, having been married this week. Mrs. Anderson is a popular young ] lady of the county seat, while hei | se Iar | ployed by the A. & N. M. railroaoI
 Joins Army
 Joseph E. Collie, formerly foreman at the Rival camp, has left the em ploy of the company and entered the army as a member of the engineers MT. Collie's brother, Edward, preced ed him in enlisting. The man. friends of the Collie brothers wisl them the best of luck in their service to their country and desire that the!
 return with many henors. Moved to Ranch
 w. A. Means has moved his person
 al effects from his former home il
 Texas to the H-Y ranch. q car loa' arriving here on Sunday. MT. Mean is one of the owners of the ,H-Y cal tie outfit, purchased from H. A. Maj tin last year.
 Mine Resumes
 The Ash Peak Extension company r which owns mining property in tn vicinity of the Ash Peak mines. rt l sumed operations this week under tn } supervision of Jack Horrigan of Globe : The property is considered yer
 promising silver prospect.
 Entertained at 500-
 Mrs. J. R. Fowler entertained tw
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hospitality.
 Fixing Up Yards
 The A. & N. M. railroad had a crey of men at work for several days thi weekfxing up the local yards i'm tn vicinity of the station- Broke Arm
 Joe McKeehau- son of MT. and Mrs w. D. McKeehan, had the misfortun to break his arm on Friday afternoo of last week
 Returns Home Mrs. V E. Burtcher returned hom on Sunfay afternoon from El Pas( where. she recently underwent ar oj eratiom. Her many friends are piea| ed to see her again enjoying god health.
 Supervisor W. H. Moon was an visj or from Clifton on Monday. County Engineer S. c. Redd was business visitor in town on Mondao|
 J. F. Nfccolls of Clifton was a, visj or in town on Sunday.
 Mrs. Tom Dees was a visitor Lordsburg on Tuesday.
 Jas. IF. Duncan was business, vi, itor at Clifton on Monday.
 J. C. Gatti of Clifton wass a, bud ness visitor here on, Wednesday,.
 John Hagan was in town on WeI nesday from his farm up the river. John Cosper was visitor in tov on Wednesday from up ther river.
 w. D. McKeehan was a busineI visitor at Lordsburg on last Ssaturda
 Vernon Martin of Clifton was, a V itor in town on Wednesday,:
 Pink" Cosper was in town on We nesday from his farm at Ricmond.
 Mrs. Mary McAllister was a visit at Lordsburg on Saturday and Sl day.
 H. c. Hackney and. Jas. Riley we in town from Clear. Lake on M h day. | Harry Fiddler was, visitor in to this week from his rsnch in New M ico.
 John Gleeson, of Gfeeson wed business visitor Sr town on last >$ urday
 MT. and Mrs. w. O. Hutchens w visitors in, town from Steeplerock fore part of the week.
 George. H. Utter, owner of Carlisle and Jim Crow mines in Steeplerock district. returned to L Beach last week after a visit two weeks at his properties.
 Manager c. E. Pidgeon of the R Mining company was business itor in town on Monday.
 Muss Cosper and family were V ors in town on Wednesday from ranch this side of Clifton.
 MT. and Mrs. Jas. H. Kerby and Lue McDuffie of Clifton were Dun visitors on Sunday evening.
 B. R. Lanneau was business V or at Clifton on Monday, return home on Tuesday morning.
 Tony Spezia and son Charles Clifton were visitors here on Wed day. Charles is home on a short tough, being stationed at Camp E ney.
 On Sick List
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-02-15
SITE OF FL DORADO FOUND
Ruins of "Legendary" City Reported to Have Been In Brazilian
 Forest.

Madrid, Spain.-News has been re- ceived here of the discovery in Brazil of the site of the Incan city, known to early Spanish and Portuguese explor- CTS as Fl Dorado, and hitherto regard ed as legendary. The ruins are in the Manoa region, near the Bolivian from tier, in the midst of a dense forest.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-02-15
SUPPLIES WILL WIN THE WAR;
 DON'T WASTE'EM
Keynote of the British Troops at
 the Front Now.
IT SOON MUST BE OURS

During the Construction Period the British Army Was LavishIy Equip ped and Little Attention Was Paid to Waste at Spigot-Now Salvage Department Is Literally Saving Thousands of Pounds a Day.
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RUSHING ENEMY LINES
Americans and French Recap
ture Score of Villages.
Also Occupy Plateau Which Dominates
Scissors on the
Southwest.

Paris, July 90 The American and
French troops have recaptured more
than twenty villages in the offensive
SO far, according to the war office an
nouncement, which reports also the
occupation of the plateau dominating
scissors on the southwest.
I'VE have made an important ad
into the enemy lines and have
reached the plateau dominating Sois
sons on the southwest and the region
of Chaudun," the statement reads.
Between Villers-Helon and Norcy
Sur-Ourcq, violent engagements have
been in progress. South of the OurcC
our troops have gone beyond the gen
eral line of Marty, Saint Genevieve
H~autevesnes and Belleau.
More than twenty villages have
been retaken by the admirable dash
OF the Franco-American troops, as
well as several thousand prisoners and
important var material"
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SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET

Sioux City, July 22.-As is usually
the al on a Saturday there was only
a small u of cattle at hand. For
the week unevenness has featured in
the outlet for killers, prices develop
ing a touch of weakness early in the
session, but working stronger to-
wards the close. Strong weight
stockers and feeders have been shown
preference and closed strong, while
plain light cattle have been hard to
move and are weak.
The kinds of hogs that were held
steady yesterday developed strength
today. while only minor changes were
noted on the strictly choice grades,
1t was strong to as much as 10 a zoe
higher, with the spread to prices
somewhat narrower than on yester-
day. Tops reached $500, a new
high figure for the year. while the
bulk of the days sales were at a
spread of from A7.7o@1s.1O.
Sheep run was light and no change
was noted in the market for the day