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fomittaIe, iom beipareoes al Sesie
q. @regg fra ct. Saul. llnber Tro'
feSior Carlo q. Speratis SeOelie
qau Wercbants 8ano en- 6riluftss
foncert. Mltiiten iom Salerne for
met fig Tom ct farafteriittif uOtrpf for
Seititenminsen. IIbrig bar bel Wter.
chants 9anb ipilet iaa gobt iom |
btSIe Gage. timber &oncerten iang
0irs. Selen Sierleio. Sobnion en- paf.
fer Solo og iparte paa BET iterfe,
ipontane 9ifalo meo ct grtranumer.
Ofrs. gtbel 9afer.@ atermnn fra
Davenport bpitet ligeleoes BARN Ip-
pIauS for lin Solo % maatte frem
igien. SpecieI Snteresie frembso
ogiaa Grofesior Gariten Speratts
8iccoloioIo, MiiS Warie Speratis
oo Siarro Steens Duet % Sittorio
SperatiS 3plopbomlmere.
Sirsbaa ("american 2eeion
Sap") f%rembGoer iig peb ben itore
Baraoe og 2egioneus Commander,
SANFORD Wcgfioers manenoe, patrio-
tiite Gale, iom paabsrtes al en- itor
Soriamling. Saraoen er eueItaaen-
De / 9ecorabs Siitorie. Saa pilbe
troct, of Ser / en- life itsrre 8p frnbe
prGiteres no9et / enbper SenieenOe
iaa Representative % pragtfulbt. Ger
por alt ialt omtrent so "Sloats" |
Oct prP9tige Sptog. De bar ale iaa
ieinefaloenoe og eobt labet, at set er
OonifeIig at iiee, bpilfen man ifitIOe
tiIfienoe ferite 9ris. Wercbants
8ano, unber GrofeSior Speratis %
S0oieQops 9ano unoer g. g..
Marib'S 2ebelie ipiQebe UNDER Sara.
Den; liee'aa 5rommeforpiet, oa 8in.
neibief Gountp Sangerforbuno, iom
beltoQ / Saraoeu in Gorpore, fang.
On gftcrmiooagen bar ser 9aiebaq.
Spill paa. 6airgrunoen meIlem 9e.
corab og Galmor.S eamene. Secorab
ferret | ben 0pit.
Snsong gientoge5 Sen Itore Barns
De giennem 9pens Sopeogaoer. en-
li9opanlig Wenneifemasie par paa
genene, og iipr bar Der iiGlben flor
Silitremning al Solf ira Sanbet ON
Gftermiboagen og gfteten. Ser bar
8niebaa. Spill melem Secorab %
Gaming, og o9iaa Oenne Sang gif
9ecorab al meo Seiren. Seiteppb.
oelsbene ON @ftermiooa9en iamlet
liqeleoes megen Snteresie ON fig.
SbofeIlopS gano f~oncerterebe, og
Iftenprogrammet afilutteoeS meo ct
iproeles freoitabelt Sprperferi.
Sbag - Sors6ag Ben 10be = bar
be gamle Settlere Stepne | Sperablt-
Jet. 8eiten at Seitligbeoerne timber
Steb paa Sairgrltnoen, bnpr Ser
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-


= MrS. 6. g. 8reus opboloer iig
/ gpert. Sun fom BERTH fra 8is.
- Miis Clara &mbli fra @aIes.
burg, ST., beisger fin Ssiter, Wrs.
=. q. 8balen.
Mrs. Sobn Siuestpebt reiite
Serbag til Sepea, Sa., paa Sesg
hos i'm Srober.
= @iis Mnrie 2efen fra @iS.
coniin &apios beioger Mr. og Ir3.
s.. 8. Seslom.
MiiS Hagna Slagsoolo fra
ct. 8aul Soipital tilbringer i'm Sc.
rie berneOe hos Or. Stabos.
= MrS. Gnna Sobnion fra @in.
hom, Winn., er Oenne 1ge paa So.
ieg hos 0iiS Sophia Hes9etm.
9. Soliten ira minneapolis
reiite biem Ssroag efter ct 9eisg hos
lin Cater, Mrs. &. Wartinion.
- Wrs. g. 6. Beterion fra Ii1l.
neupolis bar iioIte uge berneoe paa
geisg Dos Jim Saoer, q. G. Sagen.
Wrs. Sc. g.. Srnon fra Gra-
rite Sails, Winn., beisger fine Sors
Glbre, Yaitor og Irs. $. g. Si1s-
treOt.
- Sobn z. Saoen fom MonOng
tilbnge fra @mmons, Winn., bpor
bon bauoe ppret for at orbne meb
rogen 8orretninger.
Nrs. &. Sanfins og Son ira
albert Sea, Wfinn., bar bellne uJe
beiegt fine Ssltre, Nrs. 6. 6. So.
men og Nrs. Gertrude Sobnion.
= Mrs. Grofesior q. Sotbne OF
Cater, Miis ag,es 9otbne, er
@ieiter hos Scr. os Nrs. 5. 6.
Serom UNDER Somecoming-Seiten.
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Sobn 81. Sobniou Con al
0arS. Inorefp Sobnion paa Cat
8ater Street, JONI er boiat / Sal
9arp, CANADA, err berneoe paa Seleg
bos fin Wober.
Wtr. og Nrs. S. 8. Sobnion
Ear unber Somecoming.5eite geisg
CT fine Ssnner, 8ia Solution ira
WinneapoliS meo Suitru og CHARLES
Sobnion ira Sairoietp, Mont.
Mr. oe @rs. 8. y. egelano
/ 8eit 8ecorab baobe iibite llge 9e.
log at RelS OF Ole !g9eIano, 8ol'
lingforo, So, og Rr. og IrS. an'
FIN @gelmtb, @~itberpiQe, So. Gent
re lge bar De bjemme hos Jig Bar
hene, Wrs. g. 9. @ngelion fra
2e9tob, Nrs. IS. s. @ripman fra
Siour Sails og Sobn ggelano ira
@beeler, isis.
= 0tr. og Mrs. 90. 8. SpiIbe fra
@atertopn, 9. Sat, opboloer fig /
8pen UNDER corning .Seiten. De
beiseer Wrs. Spiloes gamle Nooer,
Wers. 2omen. Sammen meo to ars
ore Ssitre, WrS. gilbert 6. ggge fra
BulIman, @aib, % Wtrs. 8aitor
gperion fra 9rooflpn, iom begge bar
opbolOt iie Der / 8pen / Sommer,
bar De / bisie Gage en- Samiliere.
union.
= Or. so. 8. Seipea baOoe Ssn.
Gag 0torgen ct ilernt AUTOMOBILE
llbelo noe paa 2ouuitpeien. San
iliiloe no til Ell Batient, og mems
ban bpiet Jig forouer for at flptte
Wteoicinfasien iom bar fommet
ipeien for bans Ben, miitet ban Son.
troll oDer automobilelt, iom p9lteoe
belt ODER oe blep paa set nGrmeite
Oemoleret. San fom Jig enoelig 10
REQ egen Si9lp % ben til Ell 6arm,
boor ban fit %telefoneret I'll gDen.
9oftoren Tom tcmmelig Ilemt til
itaoe og bar nGret iellgeliggenoe IT,
Den llbeloet.
SOS WrS. &rlt SbompIon bar
ser UNDER Somecomingen peret en-
bel Samilie-H ernion, ioet ale ber.
Des Barn bar pGret Iamlet ON benoe
! Oct gomle 9iem. 6oruoen Gstrene
NtrS. Sole Saugen % Wiis Sba,
iom Dor biemme, bar OtrS. H. u.
AlanOabl, meo i'm WanO Og Cater
80 Ssnnen &obert fra Waion Gitp,
8alter Sbompion fra Sort Dodge
meo Suitru og 02r8. Slai &alepang
fra Wtontana ppret Der UNDER llsen3
6eitliJbeoer. NtrS. Sbompion bar
al SiO life peret ioa raft, iom bum
bar pleiet, men CT MI / goo 9eOriug
rgien. vi 0lanbabl- 6amiLiell bar
Gle ppret | 8pen, unotagen Ssnnen
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Qmunoienf0roen


Sra Some, Mlaifa, meloeS 5tc
&uguit: Sfonnerten "Wauo", Der
fsrer glmunbiens Eolaregpeoition
norboper, melbte peb Wionat 2oen
auglit, at ben befanot Jig n9r
@rangelsen | Sien, bapoe tint Tetr
ca Iibt Sne. Ger bapoe p9ret flere
iterfe Storme. "Waub"s &aoio'
malio melbte, at Imunoien, Ssit'
rant Smoal og Sotograf 2uno bar
reiit til 8oint garrolp og at Gaptein
amuuoien agtebe at foretage lin
SIppef9rb til Holen iaar, bntS 8eir.
f%orboIbene tiaob oct, bpis fife, BIZ
ZEN blioe foretaset neite @ar.
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Sper 6reshoppeplaee


Sra Nanila, 9. s., berettes Toe
Guguit: st Sernbanetos, iom /
Tropinien Saguna par paa Seien til
Ianila, bleu Ssroag foriinfet oper
to elmer al en- umaaoelig @r9Sbops
teipGrm, iom lagbe Jig / iaa tpffe
Sag paa Sfinnerne, at Siulene Git
ruubt noer at fomme al Stebet.
Suftcrreragrene er paa mango
Steber / Yropinicu ippneoe mcS
Soroem men oeu foloe % lterte
Reobsr, icm a~lminoeIie islser mes
Spioner, pentes at bile soeIGsga
@r9sbope9ggene % iorbinbre ca
Iior lllpffe.
The business or shorthand course
and the common branches, 9 months
at Valdez College, DEBORAH, Ia, is sos.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1922-08-11

Zig &etning. Store 6eIe al m,,.,-.
er blet begrapet | benne San6 '''
gn ny yeltr men iffe al et,,,
= funbe fanife itoppe benne forr tsN
Sieroe iom langiomt men iiffprt ~
beiber fig fremoDer oe oennr aos
riere maatte beitaa Of if%oapIontaS,
@realer. iom tiltraf &egn % oinrSs
Smeenen frugtbar. 0'''Oe
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ccrtnantt 8lpds SunbhebsioIt

% importeret fra 0anmarf. 6eIbrO,r
Spmptomer Of: Soritoppelie, fur Maue, orb
Smas o9 Slim | Wunben, Rerpeitet. Sal.
iebr9noe, Dtansel paa appetit, ubsbaCeIjo
Selelie efter Maben, Sopebpiue, SrSt !
Siertethlen, 9ierteflap, SpimmeIbeb, Is.
Iantoli nreb Cab at GrbeibsIpf. Naar Slnb.
be6siaItet tases, iom Srussanpisningen 70.
reifriper, nil Selbrebelien fomme bnrtiosr,
cub De tror. Hris pr. A llniers SLATE. 35c;
s liners SLATE 60c. Sfrip til sSacobisns
8barmacp, 526 Sennepin glue., Wiinueayolis.
Minaeiota.
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|StfaIgS.-16O Mcres 2ano Gin.
- gen gpsninser) 81 Mil / Norbsit for
Telpa, Wcoenrp County, %. 0at. glt tan
le9Ses nnber Ylo9en. Eris $685. 90 pr.
gcre. $1,000 fontaut, Geften i 8 oarIios
4fbetalinser til 5 Yroceut Gente. o.. g..
gerseion, Oecorab, Soma.
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0Qn0 | North Safnto

9eb 8iper SaIen, "Yerbens sorubobD ~,
alSris tienot. Salbise stplinser al S% naa'
gren, Hootru9ter. so, Wais, orr. G "ouS.
gtabosr. Gnoel Sobttieb i Sarme ON w.:
inart. eette 8iltaar. Silifrip Uss'
RED RIVER VALLEY LAND Ac,ov
Nome, North Dakota ~,
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Entabe0sarnn % TettemeIf.-

" Som en- iunb, bebaselis os bilig Grit
er "Otana 81" os "S9ttemelt" uben GuiI
bebit for alminbelist grus. 81 ienbsr Guis.
bebs9rpn eler Starter for S9ttemelt meo
grussanpiSnins, portoirit for SOC. Sieleh
@ennet), SOC Oiteiarpe, SOC; Smsrfarps,
Soc. Gofato Supplp COMPANY, Deer Yurt,
Wisconiin. Grit @irtul9re.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1922-08-11

Mebrafa Tarm tillalgs. = 10y
~ gcres / Sopb County, Hebraita, Il
Wil fro Sper; COB Sfole, Sreno nMS
"ioit" Sanb os ginbmsle, enSsl al'a.Sa
liant oSiaa Swest Glopsr % ancet p"
scres meb Wais os flsrs sieres TsS Soo!s;
Bill bptte meo 40 aereS Sarm. Strip ~
glnbrsw z. Swahiou, Monowi, NeeTa''a'
2. >. Sor IS.
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StHaI9S.-Sin ppoprfeoe5arnte
- North Oafota for $40 q $50 pr. AtEe'
Spsninser. Sob Sorbbunb. @ooe SW
faar. Norf NabolaS. Gilltrip .. @r'd'o"'
eangbon, u. Tatota.
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0ano tilialas | ct patfert Strg9
g blanot Norite os Spenlfe; psO goa
Sfoler o9 lntberife 6irfer; Selefou o9 goa
Weie (; Siiferi, pilb Srust Wais, Slipper %
alfalfa; Serb af aler bebite Slass. SsNa
llnoerretnins faaes af Sbotlep Some 2oro
Isiociation, Stanlep, Minneiota.
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EmoeI ubpalate Stntfer oor,

NWUS& HUUulHlt OIUlIHr NQl0
" biDig tilial9s | norbliee Winneioto /;
Stasca og Seltrami Gountper, norite G etI,,
meuter. Wtaa i9loes for at afilutte IN
sl9euter enifes. Sfriu til &ep. Sobn vii,
mann @ltate, core OF q. 8. 9eterion, 1901
5tb @pe. go, Rinneapolis. Minn.
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l8S dette!

Las dette!
@i bar tilialss Sarme | ole Sterrel5sr h,
aamle norife Excitement runbt GtorbH "
Yope @ouutp, Minn. llbmerfebe @oStt. y
iaaes M. Som os ie eIler ~tilifrip os.
Peterson 4 Landmark, Starbuck Nj.
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NnHeS.- Spretaeipm urg MIarO

NWNcS.- SDretu91UW HHB WUHV
- nsb en- Iibsn Gum iom capital atlGi'ss
| Srud for Seiar beibe. 6eiten pad SEuu
at betales INN al bpab tisnes. 81 9dronIs,
rer arbeibe eler inseu aibetalin9er. NtEnp
tisner s25. 90 til $40 pr. Gag. Si oil ta9s
/ Sptte almrnbelise autpmobilsr saer ltts
&ruds. Striu ioas. Sdrup Wotor ea'
Co., DUBUQUE, Soma.
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& n1feS.-Gn mibbelalbrenoe
~ Spinbe Tom SusboIberife for ct Tar
oomle Solf. Sob qeu. @obt 6iem. &lI'
"TRIP Wartinus Sobnion, ut. 3, 1aH'td'
Minueiota.
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Stfalgs.-150 Mcres to Nfil ira
Sernbanebp, peb Statspei, / fonioI'
oeret Sfolebitritt, en- balp Dil al Snoiips
Stranobreb, nc9le faa acres Sfos, gobe men
life tore gpsninser. norif Nabola9. |rjS
$50 pr. acre, lette Yilfaar. .. s. llaanN,
Sersus Sails, Minn.
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An Gcres gpbt. 2ano tilial9s I
III aitfin County. SilIfrip Sr9palO
Grneion, gSrisbt, Winu.
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GIL mine 2anosm9no, Tom urNter
llnberretnius ON 9obtfieb pdo bprtt@
Sarme bporiombeIit | ben beremte Saltata''
man SaIep, @anabd. Silifrip $. SdII0o,
Selisle, Saif., Sanaba. Dor 116.
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Earmc fprItgrres imuft Die,
y peb at inbienbe Sotosraii til nnoeT.
tesneoe. (Ssiaa Siaeber ira bet 9anlIs
9anb). Gris $500. NIB. Spgip 6uler pea
Sinbuer, Wure o. I. D. Sens anosrlen'
8luitmaler, 647 9. Centre, Corp, Ia.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-11-09
SYNOPSIS

Notwithstanding gold In the des-
ert Cameron" solitary prospector.
forms . partnership with an unknown
faher ne Of sr whom n0pss
wronged, but later married, back in ILL
nois. Cameron's explanations appeass
Taking refuge from = sandstorm In q
cave, Cameron discovers gold. but too
late; both men are dying. Cameron leaves
Of gold. and personal documents
Cameron rested and waited, hope
less. with not. weary eyes gazing
down from their height where he sat-
Movement on the part Of Warren at
tracted his attention. Evidently the
old prospector had recovered his sight
and some of his strength. For he had
arisen. and now began to walk along
the arroyo bed with his forked peach
branch held before him. He had clung
to that precious bit Of wood. Warren,
however. stepped in deep pit, and
cutting his canteen in half, began to
use one side Of 1t as scoop. He
scooped out a wide hollow, so wide
that Cameron was certain he had gone
crazy. Cameron gently urged him to
stop. and then forcibly tried to make
him. But these efforts were futile.
Warren worked with slow, ceaseless.
methodical movement. He toiled for
what seemed hours. Cameron, seeing
the darkening. dampening sand, real
lied wonderful possibility Of water.
and he plunged into the pit with the
other half of the canteen. Then both
men toiled, round and round the wide
hole. down deeper and deeper. The
sand grew moist, then wet. At the
bottom of the deep pit the sand coars.
ened, gave place to gravel. Finally
water welled in, stronger volume
than Cameron ever remembered find.
ing on the desert.
The finding of water revived Cam
eron's tagging hopes. But they were
short-lived. Warren had spent him
self utterly.
"I'm done. Don't linger," he whis-
pered. my son, go-gor'
Then he fell. Cameron dragged him
out of the sand pit to a sheltered
place under the ledge. While sitting
beside the falling man Cameron dis
covered painted images on the wall
Often In the desert he had found these
evidences of prehistoric people.
Then, from long habit, he picked up
piece Of rock and examined 1t. Its
weight made him closely scrutinize It,
The color was peculiar black. He
scraped through the black rust. to
nnd a piece Of gold. Around him lay
scattered heaps of black pebbles and
tits Of black, weathered rock and
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-11-09
STILL MYSTERY TO CHEMISTS
Men Of Science Have Not Yet Die.
covered the Real Mature Of
the x-Ray.

It was in 1895 that Prof. Conrad
Roentgen, the famous German physi-
cist, announced the discovery of the
fact that II a current Of electricity
be passed through q certain kind of
glass bulb, from which the air had
been exhausted, the resultant flight"
ESQ called in spite Of the fact that 1t
is not apparent to the eye), would
penetrate the flesh and other semi.
solid substances and reveal objects
on the other side. For want Of a
better name to give to this disturbance
of the ether. Professor Roentgen
called It the X-ray, *" being the ac-
cepted symbol for an unknown quanti-
ty.
The real nature Of the X-ray 10
still undiscovered. The ray itself is
generated by a battery, the wires Of
which are connected with two elec-
trodes, one Of which IL q. concave
disc Of aluminium and the other a
nat disc of platinum. The current
10 then discharged through a glass
vacuum tube and produces the ether
disturbance which renders flesh or
clothing semi-transparent, while glass,
metals, bones and mineral substances
are generally OPAQUE to It.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-11-09
oDD POWER OF sTALAcTITEs
Walls Of English Limestone Cavern
Reverberate to the Beating o.
Explorers Heart.

G. F. d. Long of Caius college, Cam
bridge. and York, has made q thor
ough exploration of the Stump Cross
range Of limestone caverns near Dry
gill. on the high road between Pate
ley Bridge and Grassington. He
carried out his underground journey
lurlng the night. and alone.
One notable feature Of Mr.. Longs
later discovery Is the bell-like notes
of pure musical tone given out by the
vibration of stalactites on being
gently struck. In one cavern the
colors of the stalactites ranged from
yellow to red. and grayish blue, sug.
gesting iron and lead impregnation,
and some We're of the purest white.
All were translucent.
Another feature was series OF
srottoes. where the walls reverberated
to the beat of the explorers heart,
producing the effect of huge steth0-
scope.
The vertical extent of the caverns
from the entrance to the deepest point
reached was between two hundred and
three hundred feet, and the lineal ex-
tent, allowing for the many branch
ings and spirally decending loops, was
probably not far short o1 q mile.
London Times
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-11-09

Another face haunted Cameron's-A
woman's face. 1t was there in the
white moonlit shadows; 1t drifted In
the darkness beyond; 1t softened,
changed to that Of young girl. sweet.
with the same dark, haunting eyes Of
her mother. Cameron prayed to that
nameless thing within him, the spirit
Of something deep and mystical AZ
life. He prayed for mercy to a wom-
an-for happiness to her child. Both
mother and daughter were close to
him then. Time and distance were
annihilated. He had faith-he saw
into the future. The fateful threads
OF the past, SO inextricably woven
with his error. wound out their tragic
length here in this forlorn desert.
Cameron then took little tin box
from his pocket. and, opening 1t, re-
moved a folded certificate. He had
kept a pen. and now he wrote some
thing upon the paper. and in lieu Of
ink he wrote with blood. The moon
afforded him enough light to see; and
having replaced the paper, he laid the
little box upon a shelf Of rock. It
"OoAA AOhaAh onuhCNlCu W
dust. moisture, heat, time. How long
had those painted images been there
clear and sharp on the dry stone
walls7 Years would pass. Cameron
seemed to see them, too; and likewise
destiny leading a child down into this
forlorn waste. where she would find
love and fortune, and the grave Of her
father.
Cameron covered the dark, still face
Of his comrade from the light Of the
waning moon.
That action was the severing Of his
hold on realities. They fell away
from him In final separation. Vaguely,
dreamily he seemed to behold his
soul. Night merged into gray day;
and night came again. weird and dark.
Then up out Of the vast void Of the
desert, from the silence and illim-
itableness, trooped his phantoms Of
peace. Majestically they formed
around him, marshalina and muster
ing in ceremonious state, and moved
to lay upon him their passionless;
serenity.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-11-09
CHAPTER !
Old FrIends,

Old Friends.
Richard Gale reflected that his so
journ in the West had been what his
disgusted father had predicted
idling here and dreaming there, with
no objective point or purpose.
1t was reflection such as this, only
more Sci ious and perhaps somewhat
desperate, that had brought Gale down
to the border. For some time the
newspapers had been printing news
Of the Mexican revolution, guerrilla
warfare, United States cavalry pa
trolling the International line, Ameri-
can cowboys fighting with the rebels.
and wild stories Of bold raiders and
bandits. Regarding these rumors Gale
was skeptical. But as opportunity,
and adventure, too, had apparently
given him a wide berth In Montana,
Wyoming, Colorado. he had struck
southwest for the Arizona border,
where he hoped to see some stirring
life.
1t was after dark one evening In
early October when Richard arrived
in Casita. There was j0stling, jab-
bering, sombreroed crowd of Mexlcans
around the railroad station. He felt
as If he were In a foreign country.
After a while he saw several men Of
his nationality. one of whom he en-
gagged to carry his luggage to hotel.
OF the many people encountered by
Gale most were Mexicans. His guide
explained that the smaller half of
Casita lay in Arizona. the other half
In Mexico. and OF several thousand
Inhabitants the majority belonged on
was the boundary line. He also
said that rebels had entered the town
that day. causing a good deal Of ex-
citement.
Gale was almost at the end Of his
financial resources, which fact 0cca-
stoned him to turn away from a pre-
tentious hotel and ask his guide for
a cheaper lodging house. When this
was found. sight Of the loungers In
the office. and also desire for COM
fort, persuaded Gale to change his
travelling clothes for rough outing
garb and boots.
"Well, I'm almost broke" he solilo-
Quized. thoughtfuily. "The governor
said wouldn't make any money. He's
right-so far. And he said Td be
coming home beaten. There he's
wrong. I've got a hunch that some
thing II happen to me In this Greaser
town."
He went out into the wide, white
washed, high-ceiled corridor, and
from that into an immense room
which, but for pool tables, bar and
benches. would have been like a
courtyard. Bare-legged, sandal-footed
Mexicans In white rubbed shoulders
with Mexicans mantled in black and
red. There were black-bearded.
oarse-Yisaged- Americana some gam
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out of the cane. The old man spoke;
"Tonyl Whar he?"
II have drowned him."
"Monsieur was ver' strongi"
"If had brought him to the shore.
he would have sneaked chance to
murder me-"
He was the bad man, yes. He
ought be dead, yes. was to keel heem
bimeby. He keel the man here not
long go. Twice he go Keel you, an
once he snap the pistol. set the trap
for you to be stabbed in the water.
Then there be no blood to tell the
tale. Now I am so sor' VIII monsieur
pull me into the house?"
mo. You would reach for pistol
to shoot me- Stay where you are"
Monsieur have still suspicion. We
wait"
virgi; put on his coat, his belt, and
sat down on the grass. The old man
was silent. his eyes closed. He might
be dead. but no matter. More than an
hour dragged by. the breeze moaning
III llit IunC. htpTC anu FtOOu
near the chair. Stepho opened his
eyes, but was silent. Virgil sat down
again and waited, the wind tangling
the tops Of the cane.
He heard the canoe coming.
Father Tahan was kindly and soft
Of voice. For many despairing
wretch he had held the Cross. At
sight of him old Stepho's eyes were
still hard. Time wears granite away.
but does not mellow 1t. Not yet had
he granted mercy, and for no pity
could he hope.
"Father. this is the man would
keel. I hate heem. the carpetbag-
aire."
at is not true" said Virgil. stand
ing near. 'T fought against the carpet
baggers in June, in New Orleans. when
they were hanging a man. I cut him
down."
How great can be an instant change
The old wolf-eyes dewed soft.
"Oh, monsieur, was that man !
They hang me. hear of the brave
man, but I not know 1t was you. Please
forgive me. TEX the leetle
gel. an know you be kind to her. She
love you. For you she would die
Monsieur, beg you not to think SC
hard Of me. No. my leetle gel
you must not cry"
IT did not know you." said Drace
"A cloth was about your features
Think not Of 1t now. Listen to the
one who has corn with a message oi
peace and forgiveness"
The priest devoted himself to hi
sacred offices. The wind moaned soft
ly In the cane.
The priest spoke presently to Virgil
"She must not stay here. Take hel
away, and 1 will see that everything
shall be done"
Nacine stood with virgil's Goa
pulled close about her face. And int
his heart she spoke:
1.-THE sun is low, Virgil. But yol
leave me now no more"
1.-THE NND.1
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pieces of broken ledge, and they
Bhowed gold.
"warren Look See 1t Feel It'll
Goldi
But Warren was too blind to see.
"Go-goi" he whispered.
Cameron gnzed down the gray
reaches of that forlorn valley, and
something within him that was mel.
ther Intelligence nor emotion--some-
thing inscrutably strange-impelled
him to promise.
Then Cameron built up stone manu-
ments to mark his gold strike. That
done. he tnrried beside the uncon.
.ciuus VI s.ren. Moments passed.
.rew Into hours. cameron still had
,Irenstli left to make an effort to get
iui of the desert. But that same in
scrulable something which had or
dered his strange Involuntary promise
to Warren held him beside his fallen
comrade. As the long hours wore on
he felt creep over him the comfort
ing sense that he need not forever
fight sleep. Absolute silence claimed
the desert. 1t was mute. Then that
lnscrutable something breathed TO
him, telling him when he was alone.
He need not have looked at the dark,
still face beside him.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-11-09
~No Mercy Newl"

The head beneath the surface, the
hand still out. striving to stab. Slowly
the hand opened; the knife dropped; h;
the hand closed-half opened, was
limp. Drace turned loose his grip.
The body sank.
Virgil swan ashore and came DRIP.