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hame-fnccj way rnn're q good Ones

shame-faccl way: -Ynn're good ono.
sol.
Jake stuck his head In al the door.
buck. you're needed 10 help With
them two-ye;,r-eltls The old man wants
to have Il falk With the rustier. Doc
says he nnly Maionty. will you take
him up 10 the houss. r
Maloney had once ridden for the
Circle e and was friendly with all tho
men on the place. He nodded. "Sure."
a Mexican woman lei them Into the
chamber where the wounoed man lay.
Kate was hending over the bed re-
arranging the pillows. but she booked
up quickly when the two men entered
Her eyes were still gentle With the
love that had heen shining down from
them npon her father. 4.
Cullison spoke. sSIt down, Dick
And 10 his prisoner: You too.
Flandsnn saw close af hand for the
first time the man Who had been All.
xOna's most famous fighting sherin
| Luck Cullis0n was well-huiIt and d
medium height. OF dark complexion
clean shaven. why and muscular. AZ
ready past fifty. he looked not day
more than forty. One glance wal
enough to tell Curly the kind Of maj
this was. The power Of him found r
preston In the gray steel-chilled eyel
that bored into the young outlaw.
/ You have begun early. young, Tel
low" he said quietly. "But never MINI
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80
other. sill cheerful and x,ir..s of her
gr4mnd apparently. Two steps brought
her directly IN front Of one She
caught him By the iapels Of his coat
and looked strntsht intn his eyes. .You
have changed your mind. haven't you.
Jake?" Il
The big Missourian twisted his hat
N embarrassment.
aSure. Whateverss right suits me.
'Nell. ron know what is right dont
your
81 expect"
1 "Then you won't hurt this man. our
/! prisoner7"
n haven't thing against him = you
haven't"
.rhen you won't hurt h,ml You
/ won't stand BY and let the other boys
/ do II r. Is
| Snow. Miss Kate
che burst into sudden tears. II
thought you we're my friend. but now
/ I'm in trouble youyou think only Of
making 1t worse
Jake gave In Immediately and the
\ rest followed like flock Of sheep.
j Two or three Of the promises came
1 hard. but she did not stop till each
j one individually had pledged himself.
The yonng man she Ind saved could
i not keep his eyes from her. He wonld
have liked to kneeI down and kiss the
edge Of her dress md put hts curly
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ritory. Not one man in million could
have faxed them. hut this slInder
gin dnmfaunlei them. Her gaze SET
tied on Buck. His wandered Tor help
!. to Sweeney. tn Jake. TO Kite B0nfils.
Now lools-a-here. Miss Kate
Sweeney hogan 10 explain.
But she swept bis reInonstranca
aside.
NO--NO!. Her voice gathered
strength With each repetition 81 the
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CHAPTER III.

Tho Collisions, and Laura london.
Curly was awakened By the sound
Of the cook beating the call to break
fast on triangle. Buck was standing
beside the bed.
How're they coming this glad
mo'ning. son?' he inquired with 2
grin,
..Fine and dandy" grinned back
FIandrau. .sHow Is Cullison7
..Good as the wheat, doc says. Mighty
lucky for Mr.. G. Flandrau TINT he Is.
say, I'm to be yore valley and help
YOU into them clothes. Git Wiggie
ON you. z 81 81
Buck escorted his prisoner over 70
the ranch messhouse, The, others had
finished breakfast but Aidloney was
sim eating. HIS mouth was full Of
hot cakes, but he nodded across at
Curly Ia casual friendly way.
SHOWS the viliain 10 the play this
mo'ning?' he inquired.
Twenty-oile usually looks on the
cheerful side Of life. Curly ll,td for.
gotten for the moment about what
had happened to his friend Mac. It
did not remember that he was IN ths
shadow Of penItentinry sentence
The sun was shining out Of u deeI
blue sky. The yigor OF youth fiowet
through his veins. lie was hungry ant
gontl breakfast was before him. FOl
| thp Dresent these were enOSsai.
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Crooked
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and
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srNOPsIs.
PART ONE

SxPrER I.--.Advcntur0tls and reckless,
III than criminal, and excited by liquor,
~ FIandrau and his chnm. Mac, both
s1fafiy mere boys. become involved in u
.ffaling adventure. ntsposiil:s Of the
-. 'sfcek In the town Of Saguache, Ark,
md separates. Curly and his partner
~ In town. They arr awakened and
r posse is in town In pursuit Of them.
zrIudc their pursslerx. Overtnken next
3Iac Is killed by tise posse. and Curly
raptise. after be has shot one and
n been wounded. The man shot Ii
a.ullison.
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= Won't Have e"
word. II won't have It. 1What are you
thinking ahout?r 8
He's q rustler, Miss Kate; belongs
to Soapy stones outfit" Sweeney an
swered the girl.
Can you prove II
I'VE got him double cinched.s
\ 'Then LET the law put him In pri SON."
'Hc shot yore paw" Buck reminded
her.
us that Why you're doing it.s
'sYes'm." and THAT'S why they
nodded.
Like q fash she took advantage OF
their admission. Then I've got more
against him than you have, and say
turn him over to the law.
Kite pushed forward, rough and
.oyerbearing. Now see here. We know
what we're doing and We know why
we're doing It. This mint any bust
ness for q girl to mix-in You 60 back
to the house and nurse your father
that this man shot.
$50 it isn't the kind Of business for
GIRL" she answered scornful1y. Its
work for man. isn't III No. mt for
one. For nine eleven thirteen -sev-
/ enteen big brave strong men t0 hang
one poor wounded boy"
At that an amused laugh rippled
out. It came from Maloney. He was
leaning against the door jamb with his
hands In his pockets. Nobody Ind no.
tIced him before. He had come in
after the girl When Curly came to
think it over later, II he hal been
given three guesses MS to who had told
Kate Cullison what waA ON the pro-
gram he would have guessed lialoney
each time.
snow that you've relieved your
mind proper, Miss Cullison. 1eexpect
any Of the boys will be glad ia escort
you bslcx to the house, Kite suggested
with an acid smile.
.sWhat have yon got TO do with
this?' she famed. Our boys took
him. They brought him here ss their
prisoner. Do yon think we'll let yOu
come over into this county and die
tate everything we do
aPve got notion. tucked tssay that
you're trying to do the dictating your
own self" the Bar Double ~ Ipan con
tradicted.
sTm not. But I won't stand By
i while You get these boys to do mur'
der.
Kite laughed sarcastically. 'sYou
hear your boss. boys"
you've had yore say now. Mis-
Kate. I reckon you better say good
night, advised Buck.
She handed Buck and his friends hel
compliments in swift flow l6f femi
nine ferocity.
Malcney pushed into the circle
..She's dead right. boys. There's moth
Ing to this lynching game. He's 0nl.
KID"
The tide Of opinion was shifting
THOSE who Ind been worked mp 70 tn
1ynching by the arguments OF Bonhf
began to resent his activity. Fiandra1
was their prisoner. wasn't hef n
use going on half-cocketl. Some 9
them were discovering TINT they wer
NOT half SO anxious to hang him Z
they had supposed Il
81 The girl tarnesl to her friends an
, neiehbors. II 0ushtn't to nave talke
j ID YOU that way. lHIt yoii know h0'
n ss<sfSa xrs1A
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the table and handed It II titc prisoner.
Were not interested In his friends
except one Of them. Dill yau ever SEE
the boy that sat for that plcture5
The print wns snapshot IL boy
about nineteen. bright-faec.l hand
some fellow, d little suIky :lrs,lrAsl the
month but with q pair Of straight hon
est eyes.
Curly shook his head slowly. Yet he
was vaguely reminded Of some ore he
knew. CHANGING up. he found Instant
Is the clue to what had puzzled him.
The young man In the picture WAS Ike
Kate Cullison, like her father too, for
that matter.
sHe,s Your brother The words
were ont before Flandrau could stop
them.
| Eyes. You've never met hinl''
/ INC" sc
Cupison had BEEN watching the
/ yound man stendily. Never saw him
with soapy StOnels
i sNo.H
Never heard Stone speak q Sam
Cnilison?''
mo. soapy doesn't talk much about
who his friends are.
The ex-sheriff nodded. I've met
him"
t)f course he had met him. Curly
knew the story Of how In one drive ne
had made gather Of outlaws that had
Il h,.a,,s,l,t fame RI him Sonny had
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that. don't ASK you to convict your
self. sent for you to tell yosi don't
blame you for this. He touched the
wound IN his Side. ss1ss
-Dinerenf with your boys, SIR s.
$50 the boys are q little excited. A.
they?r
.sThey were last night, anyhow"
Curly answered. with q glimmer Of Z
smile.
Cullison looked quickly 1t Malonay
and then at his slaughter.
I'm listen I'd what you've been hid
Ing from me, he told them.
sOh. the boys had notions. Miss
Kate argued with them and they saw
things different" the Bar Double y
rider explained.
But Cullison would not let 4 80 At
that. he made them tell him the whOla
| story. When Curly anil laloney had
Anished he buried his daughters littIe
hand in hts big brown list. His eyes
were dancing with pride, but he gnys
her not word of spoken praise
Kate spoke to Curly. Rather wants
me ia tell you that We don't blanae you
|. for shooting 1T him. We understand
Just how it was YOu,. friend got -
cited and shot Is soon as he saw he
was surrounded. We are both vsry
sorry he was killed Fatller could moi
stop the boys Ii time. Perhaps you -
4 member fI,af he tried 10 ret ron tG
surrender. d is
The rustler nodded Yes. I heard
him boiler to me to put my gun down
but the others blaxed away AZ M"
And 80 you naturally defended
yourself. Father wants It made cleal
| tAaf he feels you could have done moth
| Ing else e
.1duch obliged. I've been sorry eve
Sinee hit him. and not only o. m
own account, !" 81
Il ssTnen none of us need to hold hart
feelings. The girl looked at her f
ther. who answered her appeal with
grim nod. ana then she turned aaail
to the Young rustier little timidiy. :
wonder Il you would mind + a1ke'
4 /
you question"
sYou've earned the right 70 ask :
many as you like. !"
sIf.s about We have been tcl
you know the man they call Soap
Stone. Il TINT true7'
E4andrnu's eyes took on q stony loOi
1 Il was rs IL Something had sponged =
i che boyishness from his face. Still tn
/ Ing 10 get him to give away bis par
] ners III the rustliny. were they? Wei
i he would show them he could take h
{ medicine without .sQuealing.
! .sYour boys were asking TINT que
: don about Soapy last nighf. They ha
Z rope round my neck at the tim
! Nothing unfrientlly - the matter,
! course. Just . casual interest in y
d0ings. ss-z
Cullison was looking at him WI
]. the steel eyes TINT bored into him III
j efmief. Now he spoke sharply.
+ eve got alr account running w
e soapy stone. Some day III settle
o 1ikely. But That nln't the point no
Do you know ms frientls--the bum
he trails With {:
ID Wearil,ess still seemed to crouch
sf the cool eyes of s''landrau.
!. And il I s.sy yes, ~ bet ycilr ne
question will i,e ahoss the time q
II the place last saw Them.
z Kate picked up photograph frt
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character. Friend Of had Bill Cranston
and Saapy Stone
don't know anything against the
Kid. hnfrins that he's been little |
wild. Maloney testified. .'And reckon
We ain any OF Us prize Sunday school
winners for that NATTER
AS Bnck turned TO leave the bunk
house the boy touched him ON the arm.
How shout CnllisonT be asked. !
very lew.
But Buck would not have It that
way. What about hiln7r he demand
ed out loud. his voice grating like
steel when It grintls.
Is hehow Is he doing?"
whats eatin' you? Amt he dying
fast enough to suit you?''
Flandrau shrank from the cruel
words. as schoolboy does from his
teacher when he Jumps at him with 4
cane.
II was then that Maloney made o
friend Of the young man for life. He
lei q hand drop carelessiy on Curly's.
shoulder and looked at him with q
friendly smile IN his eyes, just as II
he knew that this was no wolf but q
poor dog up against It hard.
doc thinks hen make It all right
But there were times when Curly
wondered whether It would make amy
difference to him whether Cutlison got
well or mt. Something Immediate Was
IN the air. Public opinion was sitting
down 70 = decision. Most OF these men
were up to the average for the milk
Of human kindness They were the
squarest citizens IN Arizona. But Elan
driu knew they would snuff out Ills
life just the same i they decided +
was hest. Afterward they might re-
greet It. but that would not help him
Darkness came. and the lamps We're
lit. Again Curly ate and smoked and
chatted little with his cnptors. But
az he sat there hour after hour, feel
Ing deslth creep closer every minute.
cold shiyers ran up and down his spine.
| They began TO question him. at arst
casually and carelessly, 50 4 seemed
~ Curly. But presently ne siiscernee
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Keyboard Touches
Why's and Whercforcs OF Men and Woman.
Hi FRANK II. BKOOi>,.

afiiisted with the same mental afhctidn. BIZ;
in This. /, would be decidedly mnust,.i If
everybody acted in the same way. Thlt Womb
be as inc. i,nconsrmous, as IL cyrrEbody dressed
vary according 10 tn. way in which the victim
acts Also. according TO age. When . chiid
exhibits frequent cxcitabil when ii refuses
10 be whccdicd or bought on We say !; has a
temper. When the father kicks Over "A chair
Intentionally. or is silent in his round. OF tho
which divides the hero from the nIcr" man
explains 10 hcr confidential friend ina, her
silent moments. when she docsn'; agree with
he" leGc III all he says; when. like Mrs. Tam o.
when her morning activities remind her nus
band o! lamb on the lawn and her late after
Moons are in unison with the indjcstabic re-
past put out By an incompetent cook. her hus-
band attributes her mood TO her temperament.
hen man goes 70 his place OF business in
he thought they all hated TO WORK
and later in the day when calls whose GOOD
opinion Is solicited or in the parlancc o. Inc
1t is explained TO the STAFF by the assistant tiat
"the boss is tcmpcramcntal." When the boss"
his afternoon paper. and his wife tells him they
arc invited out for a rubber. some othe. en-
the Soandsos and few others be there.
his countenance assumes the sort of phase tina II
comes over 1t when tho ticker reports a de-
cline in his favoritr stock. When his wife
goes to the entertainment and is asked why she
cante alone she repeats the old old excuse and
some one asks her il he isn't bit tcmp.-a-
mental?
She knows. the knowledge has come TO her by
SLOW stages mat temperament is defined an
correct. Internal condition. The human liver
is internal condition!
oioGy has helped many. out OF hole. Your
daddy didn't have it's bcncfits---a, Icas, your
emts IL she said Wat she was
knew tho ailmcnt
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Health Talks by Dr.. VIM. Brady
Health In tho Last Stases.
Copyright. 1890 by National Newspaper Servicel

A fellow certainly has to laugh at some OF
are bad for ones nerves ' stom nae ae o9
put, away one or two cups of the finest coffee
10 be found in this world every morning at
Then there is the army OF deep breathcrs
In, These uniortunates must suffer agonies worry
with their bread baskets. nhllinG per cent
pa,hzs with il is the man Who " pra U Jeep
Or ga hi Ia hate TO have his bug:
thai his nS %h aa saes Sqs h ms TO
protee5 himself from disease which is going e
could be weancd away from his imaginary
nrGphyaIs IA, as readily as grandma could be
her feet occasionally.
M, A not r sufferer viii! whom might
woman that strives 10 avoid drafts in his
IneSI Tor fresh air lie is related by marrase-
intsd-wth the geek who ascribes his aches
damprlcss in the cellar. the bedclo;hes or the
Several million crcduous souls who are pre-
railed upon to brush their teeth occasionally
Er the sske of applying an,isepie chemicals
ab!y not brush their teeth at all with just
n nan Tg hs and waSr So shall say nothing
arc saying good deal about them, and /, isn't
hattcring to their Judgment.
housewives who still sci Vessels of disinfect-
Ing solutions n here and there in the belief that
safety OF the household. DO they expect tho
and jump in ovsrwheimed with remorses DO f1o
they imagine that disease germs really TURK"
from the invalid: They do ali right--at least
they waste lot Of perfectly good dsinfrc-
can't sympathize with people who ask a
doctor TO give them well balanced diet. not
ton l., known 70 the doctor: but just for an
s he Win nG6hn Ing in par,eua
health. wouldn,, balance my own dict. not
Wnile good appetizins victuals placed be-
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From Other Viewpoints
Arc We Wcaricd OF WriSEing md winding.
Bl ALFRED Is. WILLIAMS.

Gcnsia Sr. new Inc poor candidate for office
ahead Of him Tor this year. FOLLOWING; the 'ex-
ample OF the women suffrage petticoat apostles.
cations. cvcrypodys doing it-trying to inahe
sure ana bulduzing The sufTraEists promisc
vemSranen on an Who have opposed their de-
sarpor,ed Them, The labor leaders, are busy
" for 'n me rnii5oid PHI ana do =. promise to be
employees at Washington. backed cnthusias-
GndA Sge 'S 10 rfS S Has city have
ne H SlSo cNira apiece. 10 ne added TO their reg
ct %, Their consrn, to allow members Of Congress
tnnss It's aetv,ies n" wi;h arr League con
1--WE bodies and executives state and national.
of money with which to enforce them. The
claim that they will throw their unknown
force force TO punish men and parties refusing modi-
orsanizatioms of war veterans calling Tor
roc %l Gmns e1sn afers So
disobey its dietation. Friends and foes Of The
strong reservations announce ina, thcy Viii
a.srGgard party alignmen,s and vote for
attitudes on those issues. And from the great
lower prices and reduced a ,:x's"'' shouting Tor
Nor" ia Sapp n nan The less ' mST" subtle than
angle worm must be the statesman vino can
and mix and eoniiict of nefest and 'd de mas
l nn q"IssGn 10 ap nG in All
The pe9pie have learned enough to he tired
anu SIGN VI "IhuinS anu WIFE ing IN poll
Hitherto storms OF public excitement have
resulted in throwing into the Ravens OF cihce
quantities of human driftwood Ii has been SO
france and no more shSoIniey ,rne ' b"ay an OF
cheap politicians than Continental Congress-
attempted TO lcGiSiatc
Have we become sufficiently intelligent 10
apply these lessons of the byGone times? or
shall We again demonstrate popular futilitv and
incficicncy until Cromwell Napoleon or n
take task for us?
the straight plain. easy way through all our
tangics is for the average citizcn--who AT heart
really is patriotic and well mcaniug-.o usr
his common sense. He wouldn't employ IN hc
engineer Of wheclbarrow man too profuse
in promises and eager Ia please every woody
Too often nc has been voting. on any whim or
casual prejudice or momcntary preferences to
cntrust his most vital interests of anybody Of
that kind and capacity who undo rtook TO
cater to him Now Is the great opportunity to
vote for who will promise nothing h,I, 10
use their honest judgments on what is best for
country and all the people and who are known
to have the character and courage make thai
promise good despite pressure, threat or hone
OF profit for themselves.
VIII the people vndcate their ability 10 take
care OF themselves. or will they fall into a con.
fusion OF conflicting class. sectional and selfish
interests until tho strong man comes to take
charge?
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GERMANY TENDERS NOTE
ON EXTRAD|T|ON LIST
Asserts Imperial Court Will BE
Guided by Justice ana Will
Conduct Inquiry.

BEtLlN. March -. = The German
cnarSc danaires in London has handed
20 Premier Lloyd George a note re-
EdIulhS inc entente cNtradition list. it
was announced today.
After asserting that the imperial
court Will be guided only by consid-
cratlons Of Just ice and viii conduct an
impartial inquiry. the note demands
that the arrest of Germans in the oc-
cupied territories on CHARGES similar to
nose enumerated in the cXtradition
iiSt snail cease. and that those arrested
snail DC delivered to German courts
. Inc release of Germans who for sim
l'ar reasons have been detained in war
prison camps also is asked for The
note finally demands that the allies
aoandop the reservation regarding
their right TO try for crimes cominitied
during the war any Germans not mem
TONED In the list If encountered on
aiiicd territory. saying that incidents
arising out Of the war should be con
signed TO oblivion with the advent OF
peace.
Otherwise. the note says. restoration
OF normal relations between the de-
PENDANT nattonalitics is hardly con-
ceivablc. and that the. German gov
crnmemt on it's part will be obliged to
take measures with a view TO the cy-
piation of punish3 bic acts committed
during the war against Germans by
allied subjects.
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LONDON PAPER Defends !
ATTITUDE OF THE FRENCH
Post Says President Is rs Impatient
OF European Dcmocracics US OF
Own Senate.
fBv Nesociatcd Press

LONDON. March l2.-prcsidcnt Will
sons charge of imperialism" against
Franc" contained in his letter to Scna-
tor Hitchcock has moved the Morning
foSt to take up the cudgeiS in favor
of France. The newspaper cites Mr.
wilson's present criticisms and his
appeal to Italians over the head OF
Premier Orlando hast suplmer as show
ing that under the impulse OF his lofty
most as impatient OF the constitutional
governments OF modern European
dcmocracies as he is impatient OF his
own Senate.
MIR. Wilson's slight to France" the
newspaper continues. lis particularly
disturbing when one remembers the
moving passages in which he recorded
Americas appreciation OF what Franco
suffered in the cause OF human free
dom, Americans and Engiishmcn will
understand In" amazcmcnt or France
that tn. sam" voice which described
h"r as the sentinel OF liberty should
now accuse her Of being saddlcd with
the same condition of chaurinistic
government TO overthrow which she
sacrificed million Of her sons"
contcndinE there arc many ind.ca-
tons OF the spirit or aggression and
missing the league Of nations as being
almost effective a barrier against
German aggression as tho international
postal union tho newspaper says:
The American nation, chvalrous
companion In arms and old friend.
Will realize that France In Mr.. Will
sons admirable phrase forming :hc
dividing line between democracy and
tyranny, cannot afford 10 take risks"