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CHAPTER v--continued.

She leaned forward, stirred by his
eafnestness.
"What?"
''The quarrel In the restaurant, lead
ring to the making Of the WILL" he an
swered gravely, 'and my telegram.
The two things At together exactly.
He must have received my first mes
sage that same night. In my judy
ment, he was glad OF some excuse to
leave New York and determined to
take the first train west. His quarrel
with John, coupled with his disgust
70 draw up this will hurriedly. He
left the club intending to pack up and
take the first train"
"And was killed before he could do
SOP
Possibly hut IL the dead man had
mo scar on his chest he was not Fred
erick Cavendish he was an impostor;
some poor victim deliberately substi-
tuted because Of his facial resem-
blance. My belief is that Fred re-
turned to his apartments. took what
money he required, packed his valise,
and departed without a word to any
one. He often did things like that
hastily. on the spur OF the moment"
"But what happened afterwardT"
"The rest Is all theory. I do not
know, but I'll make a guess. In some
way the conspirators learned what
had occurred, bur not In time to In
tercept his departure; yet they ha.l
everything ready for action, and real
tied this was the opportunity. Fred
erick had disappeared leaving no trace
behind; they could attend 70 HIN
later, intercept him. perhaps Wait!
Keep still. There comes the carriage
from the train"
He drew her back into the denser
underground and they looked oct
through the leaves to where the road
circled In toward the bridge. The hoof-
beats OF horses alone broke the ST.
llence.
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DADDYy EVENING
BEAIM IALE6
INS@MAN QAHAMN "a,
MN BONNER ~N
FLOWER S.

81 am the steeple bush or bareback
flower" said the flower we will call
the Steeple Bush flower as it is its
most usual name.
II stand SO straight and tall that
that is why l have my name. Don't
you think Tn nice with all my little
pink feathery blossoms?
I'm a wild flower, of course, but l
do like the world so much that l try
to be just as beautiful as though l
were grown in a garden with great
care.
my little leaves go up my stem a
long, long way and then for quite a
distance at the top all my feathery
pink flowers can be seen, and all of
me is straight and tall ike a steeple.
I'm so pleased that many folks I've
heard like me and think that I'm u
pretty wild flower.
"In fact l heard one person say who
was passing along the road near where
i am that her two favorite flowers
were the purple rocket flowers which
were so sweet and fragrant in the
early, early summer in the garden and
the CHEEKY, bright steeple bush flower.
well, what / had to say was that
the King of the Clouds was having a
talk with me and he said to me-:
"'Steeple Bush, do you know I am
making the flowers come out each. day
in perfect leaps and bounds
II said: You don't mean to tell
me that flowers are leaping and bound
mgr
"He laughed and answered:
"Well, not exactly that, but they're
coming out so fast that it seems as If
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they were almost leaping and bound
ing into full bloom.
"'You see,' he went on, the sun has
done a great deal of work and so have
J.. Eve seen to it that my Army Of
Raindrops played gently and cooled
and knocking them over as sometimes
they do when they forget themselves.
".And between old Mr.. Sun to make
them grow well and my own work and
the work of my helpers we've just had
them coming out one after the other,
and sometimes a lot at a time.
"'The people who own the gardens
are delighted for they say that we
rain just enough to keep the garden
beautifully watered and not too much.
We've kept 1t cool for the birds
and we've done a great deal for the
flowers.
"'In fact we've done a great deal
all along the countryside.
awe have made the early golden
rod pop open its eyes and look about.
ave have cooled off the parks and
the grass and the leaves Of the trees
In the city so the city people could get
a little Of the freshness and GOODNESS
they so need.
""They have rome to the parks and
the cooling grass and the cooling
leaves have done a great Zeal Of kind
work for the city people.
"'And the little toads who help the
gardens have come out In this warm
weather and too, there has been some
nice cooling rain. They have found
plenty of bad insects to eat and they
have done their big part toward max
ing the garden beautiful.
Mr.. Sun and I have helped the
vegetables too. We have made the
three or four peas in each pod very
fine mes indeed. II has been a fine
summer so far for flowers and vege-
tables in this section of the world, or
Of the country ended the King Of the
Clouds.
"'Of course he added. everywhere
we can't do just the same. but In the
neighborhood where o. are. Mr..
Steeple Bush, 1t has been fine so far.
And the flowers have really run
races with each other to see which
would win! 1t has been most excit-
ing
"And I said to the King of the
Clouds, Yes. you made me come along
ahead of time! And I've heard that
the little apples are growing ripe
ahead of time too. All of Mother Ma
lures children seem to be running
races and what glorious winners there
are among some of the flowers"
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our drift clear to the end, and put my
a to the rock. 1t was far away, but
| hear"
mo. no, Jose; that's impossible.
Why, their tunnel is over a hundred
yards away; not even the sound of
dynamite would penetrate that dis
tance through solid rock. You heard
your heart beat"
mo, senor," and Jose was upon his
feet gesticulating. 1T was the pick
strike, strike, strike; then stop an
begin, strike, strike. strike again. I
hear. l know"
"Then they must be running a
lateral. hoping to cut Gro our vein
somewhere within their lines"
"And will that give them the right.
senorr"
Westcott sat, his head resting on one
hand. staring thoughtfully into the dy-
ing fire. Here vas a threatening COM
bination of forces.
II am not sure, JOSE" he answered.
slowly. The mining law is full of
quirks. although, of course, the first
d~iscoverer OF a lead Is entitled to fol-
low Tits his. The trouble here Is.
that instead Of giving notice of discov-
cry, ] have kept 1t a secret. and even
blocked up the tunnel. If the La
Rosita gang push their drift In. ard
strike that same vein. they will claim
original discovery, and I reckon they'd
make It stick. My letters and tele-
grams east to Cayendish vent wrong,
and the news has come back here to
those fellows. They know just what
we've struck and how our tunnel runs /;
| was fool enough to describe It all to
Cavendish and send him a map cf the
vein. Now they are driving their TIM
mel to get in ahead of u.s." :.
He picked up the lamp and turned.
At the same instant a sudden red
glare famed In the black of the open
window. accompanied by a sharp re-
port. The bullet whizzed pas. West
colts head so closely as to scar the
flesh, crashed into the lamp in his
hand. e~xtinguishing 1t. then struck
something beyond. Westeott droprcd
to the floor. below the radius Of dim
light thrown by the few embers left | q
the fireplace. and revolver In hand
sought to distinguish the outlines Of
the window frame. Failing In this. he
crept notselessly cross the floor. I'M
latched the closed door. and emerged
into the open air.
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across at the other between each
mouthful of food, as though not exact.
'iy at ease. Westcott ate heartily,
without pausing to talk.
you hear yet Senior Cavendisb? r
Jose asked at last.
NO" Westcott hesitated an in
slant, but decided not TO explain fur
Their, "He must be away, | think"
What you do If you no hear at all2'
"We' 20 OIL with the digging our
selves, Jose. It'll pay wages until ]
can interest capital somewhere to
come in on shares"
Westcott stared into the fireplace;
thea the gravity of his face relaxed
into a smile.
Things are growing interesting,
Jose" I've said c~heerfully. IF | only
knew jlst which way the cat was
about to jump I'd be somewhat hap
pier. There seemed to be more light
than usual across the gulch as | came
up-what's going onT"
"They have put on more men, senior
"a night shift. Last night / went In
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VI.
Viewed From Both sides.

N
' The carriage emerged into full view
Beside the driver II contained three
passengers-Beaton on the front sea-,
his face turned backward toward the
two behind. a man and a woman
The girl seized Westcott's arm
while she directed his gaze with her
free hand. Look" she cried. "The
woman Is La Rue. And the mantle
man is Enright! He Is the lawyer ]
told you Of, the n whose hand Is not
clear In this affair. AID he Is here"
Good" westcott exclaimed. "Im
glad they're both here. IT. means that
there will be more TO observe. and II
means that there win be action--and
that. too. quicki They are ont here
for a definite purpose which must soon
be disclosed. and. Miss Donovan. |
M be a little rock-worn and q little
bit out OF style. but I think their pres.
ence here has something to do with
the whereabouts OF Fred Cavendlsh.'
The girl looked straight into his
honest. clear eyes. His remark
opened 4 vast field for speculation
"You think he Is alive. thenr' she sab
earnestly. ut Il an interesting by
pcthesss. Perhaps-perhaps be MAJ
Be In this neighborhood, even. Ant
that" she added, her Irish eyes aIlgnt
~wouId be more interesting still"
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SAFETY FIRST"

Synopsis. - Frederick Cavendish,
New York man Of wealth. receives
a letter from an old friend. Jim
Westcott. urging him TO come at
once to Colorado. Deciding to go,
he employs a lawyer. Patrick En-
right, TO draw up a will leaving
most OF his estate to charity. with
a mere pittance 10 John ~Cavendish,
his cousin and only relative. a dis
solute youth. That night Frederick
Cavendish is murdered In his apart
ments. No will being found. John
Cavendish inherits the estate. Two
months later Enright informs John
Cavendish OF the existence OF the
will and offers, for sl00.000, TO say
nothing OF IL. John agrees. Stella
Donovan. newspaper writer. learns
from Frederick Cavendish's valet
that he is not satisfied the body
found was that OF his employer.
She is directed by Farris. city edit
tor Of the Star, 70 follow up the
case. Stella learns of the will En-
right had drawn up. also of John
Cavendish's infatuation for Celeste
lie Rue. chorus girl A onversa
hlOn oAtI& ONSitCdiS UCANCNh w
leste and John Cavendish convinces
her Frederick Cavendish is alive,
the victim of a conspiracy engi-
neered by Enright to secure his
fortune. and thai Celeste knows
where he is hidden. Ned Beaten,
notorious gunman. is also mem
toned. Celeste is about to leave
for Haskell. Colorado, and Stella is
ordered by Farriss to proceed there
at once. At Haskell Stella. repre-
senting herself as a magazine
writer. makes the acquaintance OF
Jim Westcott, Frederick Cavern
dish's partner. Westcott resents the
interest taken in Stella by Beaton.
whom he knows only as a visiting
New Yorker. and worsts him In a
fistic encounter. Stella confides In
Jim. who believes Cavendish is
alive.
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@Nl

/ der in New York. Nobody knows
what his business is, but he is hand
in-glove with Bill Lacy and his gang.
Lacy, besides running a saloon, pre-
tends TO be a mining Spectator, but
II is my opinion there is nothing he
cred the game safe. And now. with
everything quiet In the East, and no
thought that there is any suspicion re-
naming, BeatOn sends for the woman
to join him here. Why? Because
there IN ONE job to be done too big
for him to tackle alone. He's merely
a gunman; he can do the ~strong-arm
stuff, all right, but lacks brains. There
is a problem out here requiring a lit
tie intellect; and 1t is my guess it is
how to dispose of Cavendish until they
a get away safely with the swag."
II wonder how this was ever planned
outfit IL be true?"
at must have originated I'm some cum
ming, criminal BRAIN he admitted
thoughtfully. mot Beaton's, surely I;
and, while she is probably much
brighter, | am inclined to think the
girl is merely acting under orders.
There is somebody connected with
his scheme higher up-a master Grim
inal."
Miss Donovan IA no fool newsra-
per work had taught her TO suspect
men of intellect, and that nothing,
however wicked, low or %depraved, was
beyond them.
"Enright I" she said definitely. lob,
~viously now. I've thought so from the
first. But always be worked so care
fully, so guardedly, that sometimes
have doubted. But now / say without
qualifications-Enright, smooth Mr..
Enright, late of New York"
That's my bet" Westcott agreed.
his hand on her shoulder, forgetful Of
his intense earnestness, "Enright is
the only one who could 60 IL. and he
has schemed so as T. get John into a
hole where he dare aot emit a sound,
no matter what they do to him. If
they can only succeed In keeping Fred
erick safely III of sigh. until after the
court awards the property to his heir,
they can milk John at their leisure.
It's a lawyers graft, all right"
"Then Frederick may ba confined
not far away?"
Likely enough; KS wild country.
There are a hundred places within
fifty miles where be might be hidden
away for years. That is tie job
which was given to Beaten ~ had
the dirty work to perform, whi'e the
girl took care Of John"
Westcott's theory Of the situation,
his quick decision that Frederick
Cavendish still lived. completely oyer-
turned Stella's earlier conviction. set
his argument did not seem unfair or his
conclusion impossible. Her newspaper
experience had made her aware that
there Is nothing in this world 80
strange us truth, and nothing so un-
usual as to be beyond the domain Of
crime.
"what do you thinkY' he asked
quietly.
"Oh, / do not know; II all grows
less comprehensive every moment.
But whatever is true I cannot see that
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Being at Your Best.

Ne n is at her best who 10 ex-
hausted by late hours. or whose head
aches from eating unsuitable food at
unsuitable times. No one is at her
hest who Is thinking gloomy. depress-
ing thoughts. No n Is at her best
who does nor have an ideal and strive
"a live up TO II. The body. mind and
r'rit oil have a part in putting us AZ
'ur hest. And we must be at our best
, order TO DO ourselves justice IL our
sork.-Gsris' Companion.
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When woman meets
woman.
Go BE c%oNTINUnD.1

Medicine IN Literat.sre.
Jud Tunkin says that half the gooo
q bottle of medicine dies him Is 10
the encouragement he gets from read
Ing re literature wrapped around q
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Keep Looking Young

Nobody wants to grow old looking
any faster than they can help; some
look old at forty, while others don't
begin to show their age at seventy.
Everybody knows that to keep
young looking you have first got to be
blessed with good health, and second to
do as little worrying as possible. Most
of the ills that the flesh is heir to are
caused by a disordered stomach, liver
or kidneys These can be regulated
and kept in good condition by taking
SEVEN BARkS, natures great remedy
of roots and herbs.
Digestive troubles also spoil beauty,
rob you of sleep, make dark rings
around the eyes and ruins the com
plexion. Let SEVEN BARKS digest
your food and tone up your stomach,
then you may eat what you like;
bright eyes will soon return, and you
will feel fit for your daily duties.
Science says that old age begins with
weakened kidneys and digestive organs.
II you keep these organs cleansed and
in proper working order, old age can
be deferred and life prolonged beyond
the average age. No better remedy
can be found than SEVEN BARKS TO
keep the stomach, liver and kidneys in
good order, thus assuring you good
health.
Old fashioned natures remedies are
the best, so don't fail to keep bottle
of SEVEN BARKS on hand. Get 1t at
your druggists. Price. go cents.--Adv,
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FREE FIGHT OCCURRED
AT STX-D4Y RACE
Spectators Cot Into Row When Re-
volver Was Heard-Riot Call
Had to Be Issued.

New York. Dec. a.-The six day BIZ
cycle race in Madison Square garden
came near breaking up in a free-for-all
fight early to-day when a sound, which
some described as a shot, startled into
belligerent wakefulness several hun
bred fans who had been DOING through
the interim between two sprints. The
fight which ensued held up the race for
20 minutes and resulted in a riot call
for police and ambulances.
After quiet had been restored sur
vev of the battlefield revealed only .
few minor casualties. Two men were
arrested. Conflicting stories were told
Of the fights start, but the police
placed most credence in the explana-
ton that it began when two men dis
agreed over the ownership of chair.
At s o'clock q. m, the s0th hour,
Brocco and Colburn still led with 1904
miles and seven laps. Debaetes and
Persyn and Vanhevel and Nandenburgh
were second with / ,304 miles and six
laps. Six teams were tied at 1904
miles and five laps, and Spears and
Lawrence were last with 1903 miles
and two laps The Byron and Stable
combination dropped out.
The record for so hours riding is L.
SIS miles and eight laps by Goulet and
Grenda in 1904.
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NEARLY 200 WARSHIPS
BUILT IN LAST YEAR
And More Than 100 Others Including
II Superdreadnaughts and Six
Battle Cruisers Were Build
ing at the Time.

Washington, Dec 9.--Nearly 200
warships, including one superdread-
naught and 96 destroyers, were COM
pleted for the American navy during
the fiscal year ended last June 30
and more than 100 others, including Ii
uperdreadnaughts and six great bat
tie cruisers, were building at that time.
This is shown in the annual report of
Rear Admiral David w. Taylor, chief
of the bureau of construction and re-
pair, to Secretary Daniels, made public
today at the navy department. For
continuing work on the ships building,
Admiral Taylor estimated that Sll9,-
100000 would be required during the
fiscal year beginning next June 30. This
compares with $5o,000000 last year
and is the largest total ever proposed
by the American navy in peace time
for continuing construction. 1t is ex-
planned by the fact that work on many
of the craft authorized in the 1916
building program was halted during the
war.
Admiral Taylor's report also dis
closes that the navy department is en-
gagged in developing and constructing
new types of aircraft, including great
rigid and semi-rigid airsbips and sea-
planes similar to those which under
took the trans Atlantic flight last year.
Besides the dirigible which is building
in England for the United States, the
navy is building a dirigible at home.
Airplanes and seaplanes building in
clude four of the NC type for service
with the battle fleet, making a total of
eight of this class. In the four new
craft now building are embodied the
lessons learned from the trans Atlantic
flight.
The navy also is building a small
number of interchangeable land air
planes and seaplanes for the marine
corps and two types of torpedo carry
ing seaplanes, one to be of all metal
construction.
"To provide large seaplane for
feet use" says Admiral Taylor, "the
bureaus undertook the development Of
a design of seaplane larger than any
in existence. a 10000 pound flying
boat. The design embodies several new
features, including naval wings and a
unique power plant or nine liberty en-
gines in three groups, each group being
geared to a single propeller.
With the delivery of the superdread-
uaught Tennessee this year by the New
York navy yard, the first line battle
ships with the Atlantic and Pacific
fleets we're increased to is. Besides
the destroyers added to the fleet last
year, other new SHIPS completed in
Guided Is submarines. IS eagle boats
and ten mine sweepers. In addition
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HARD FOR RUSSIANS.
Established Their Status and Rights in
China.

Picking. Dec. S.-Russians in China
are having difficult time in establish
ing their status and rights since the
Chinese government severed relations
with the legation which represented
the government of the late Russian
Emperor Nicholas. This left them
without representation since the Chi
nese government has not established
diplomatic relations with the soviet
government of Russia.
The condition in which the Russians
are placed by this turn of events is
illustrated by the fact that the mill
tary governor of the northern province
of Manchuria has asked the Chinese
government whether Russian offenders
are not liable to the death penalty like
the Chinese, since the governor under
stood that Russian offenders were
amenable to Chinese law.
The question was referred to the
Chinese ministry of justice and the
foreign office for consideration.
In an effort to solve the problem of
the standing of the Russians now IN
China, several non-political organiza-
tions in Hardin, Tientsin and Hankow
have asked the Chinese foreign minis
ter to appoint Russian administra-
tor to have control Of Russian affairs
in China. They ask that Russian coun-
cillors be appointed to assist Chinese
commissioners in centers where there
is considerable Russian population.
The Russian petitioners requested
that legal cases affecting the proper
ty or personal rights of Russian eiti-
gems in China be left to the decision
of Russian courts in conformity with
the Russian code.
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LIFE INSURANCE co.
HELP REAL ESTATE
In Ten Months They Have Advanced
s2so,ooo,o 900 on City and Farm
Property.

New York. Dec. 9.---In response to
the nation wide cry for shelter and
reduced living costs, the life insurance
companies of the country for the first
ten months of the present year have
loaned more than S230,000,000 on city
and farm real estate mortgages, ae-
cording to original statistics submit
ted by Haley Fiske, of New York,
president of the Metropolitan Life in.
surance company, at the convention OF
the Association of Life Insurance Pres
idents here to-day.
OF this amount he said, Sl5l 34s,902
was loaned on farms, $Ts,s75,359 in
cities and the remainder not separated
in the figures furnished by the 80 life
insurance compares.
Mr.. Fisk said that to-day the com
panies shave the enormous sum OF
81. 0S2 100000 invested on bond and
mortgage throughout the country, al
most equally divided between farms
and cities and have made commitments
for many millions more-one company
alone having promised nearly s5O'OOO,-
900 in loans not yet closed.
Mr.. Fiske stated that real estate
mortgage loans now formed more than
30 per cent of the assets of American
life insurance companies; that rail
road securities came second, being
2sA per cent of the assets; and that