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be blamed. All explorers have shared
it in some degree, and certainly the
East is still the East, with few fea
lures of its own never wholly appro-
priated to the comic-opcra stage.
The co!ors was there they were
there beyond all whooping Brown, of
course. faces and bodies lemon brown,
coffee brown, apple brown, chocolate
brown. Each separate figure lcaped to
the eye with some radiant squirt
kerehiefs of vermilion, of ochre.S of
aquainarine; assorted head-dresses in
raw magenta, slate, salmon. robins
egg and grass-green skirts and sashes
in the oldest rich tints. oldrose and
olive. apricot and cinnamon the sill
ver-embroidered cap of babe. the
yoke-yellow robe of pongee. the We
hement scarlet belt and badge of n
muslin-clad chuprassy - bands and
whorls. dots and patches of color. as
IL the whole palette had been wasted
abroad with one gigantic spatter-
brush. Camberwell went blinking and
l,urrying through it all. randomfoot-
cd and random minded as well.
81 must remember this.- gloated
Camberwell. and tried to make sure
of it. clicking the mental camera
furiously. But the folk swept him on
and each vista blotted out the one
that went before and made it seem
roor and meagre and altogether in
significant.
How on earth was man to remcm-
Der anything. any one aspect, when
another was always shifting in
equally surprising and equally true
Inc best he could do was to clutch
his guide-book the tighter, and blink
the faster, and mop his bewildered
beaming face in a heat that waxed
about him like a steam-bath and go
tearing on-seeing, still seeing.
A mad sort of pilgrimage and be-
fore evening it had led him the ex-
tended round. To the bazaars and the
forts and the race course. To the
Chinese millionaire's an immense
caryen glove-box in cinnabar. lamp
black and chrome. To the Mohamme
dan mosque-a wedding cake of frosty
white. and the Hindu temDle-a birth
day cake of pink icing. Finally. tC
the municipal gardens. where fantas
tic vegetation from the most expen
sive mot-houses in the world had beer
reel lessly heaped right outdoors t.
display every tinge. wash. stain. tine
ture. or complexion that man eve
named. and many T"~t thew neve
would-every blooming color. as Davi
o. I'D said
This IS it," decided CamberwHll
rgain and again. But how was Tel
low to choose?
And when. at last. the seeker afte
Truth took refuge in big open-face
hotel by the Bunder-hot. tired. DIR
: and dustv-happy, but somehow bal
fled. satiatcd but yet uns?usfled-
= when he called for refreshments IN
= broad. dim bar of tables and pillar
{ and swaying punkahs where Man
latcocktail" and "Thos. Collins;
n Doll lent an erratic familiarity to I'll
d Internationally one of those sso-inc
c dental errors that triumph over an
e studied irOny-lO--a stupid Goabo
s waiter set out before him the wron
a glass-a thin finger-depth Of varl'
o gated sparkling liquor.
e "Poussc-cafe :" exploded Cambe
:. well then. "Half way around u
" world to find that. Pousse-cafe
He turned with human impulse
J. divide at large the inestimable hnm'
# of it: with the same gesture he fluI
% open his well-crammed wallet to mai
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been trailing him half the day, ant
il would have been very poor business
indeed if he had intruded himself 81
clumsily. A certain experience il
these affairs had taught the gentle
man from MocaO to be neat as pin
| inconspicuous as "A cat, smooth ant
dcft always. Which he was and. .ex
cent for his smile, completely color
less.
You don't like:' he qucried.
"Why no; I DON'T" said Gambler
well. readily if somewhat ruefully
The way it comes. they certainly put
one over OH me. ] leave it to YOU
Here I've been running in circles since
early morn TO discover the special do
nestle attraction of your burg-.ant
here's the answer I get slipped to rit
after az. A common, everyday mixed
drink -"
"Ah-ha Too common? Not anus
! ing enough"
"Oh. it's amusing. But exasperat-
ing" Camberwell held up the glass
Il didn't come for this.'
NO" agreed the other. "No. oil
course you didn't. The same sing
4 YOU StI at Ouc-tu Aifu vic tOu IA
pect somesing new-somesing differ,
en-
mister. you've said it. returned
| Camberwell. s.
A most intelligent little person--this
gentleman from Macao. He nodded.
II onerstan'. If you please wait one
second" A+A
To the stolid GoabOy, still lowering
near. he passed few swift. purring
phrases. 1t was curious detail that
he used Portuguese dialect which
is ALMOST as safe as. secret code.
even in the babel of a far-eastern
! town. But nobody could have noticed
I the order he gave. nor how he gave
it: nobody could have suspectel him
of taking any interest in the visitor.
Only, after the fresi. drink had been
Nbroucht--
COW you like that?"
Great" The stuff looked exactly
like liquid topaz. tasted exactly as
topaz ought to taste--delicate keen.
and pungent. 'It's great admitted
Camberwell. Shipping.
Only then, the gentleman from Ma
Gao leaned a trifle closer. "And about
these amusement These attraction
you speak of. May could 'elp you
also. Suppose. now" he went~On. in
voice of infinite suggestion, Sup
pose you go see a lid'l danre--eh
Mu-sic-dancers. Very special-very
different, indeed. A lid'l sing
song He stopped, for the visitor
had drawn back.
Thanks" said Camberwell. without
offensc. That's not quite what I'm
after"
"No?" exclaimed the gentleman from
Macao. and it was his turnsto ask. rs
Dawson had asked before him: mo
But what is it you are after:
SO again. for the second time since
dawn. Camberwell had to give account
CT himself in the East.
"The dope" he said simply. "Just
the true dope. ! want what this place
can show-the inwarti1ess, the mean
ing. the color. l want the color of it,
right" he cried with sort of pas
sion. and shook his head. I've been
looking and looking all day" he added
wbimsically. But / haven't found II
yct-not to be sure"
And again. in his turn. the gentle
man from Macao searched Gambler
wells face-just rs Dawson had done
met Camberwell's eyes, those rather
remarkable eyes. Whatever he saw
there. he made no sign to declare
perhaps could not have told any better
than the second officer. The fact re-
mains he adjusted to it with ever
greater CELEBRITY. -,
"Ah-ha, Yes" he nodded-"I. on
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merchant. clerk, or agent OF the port.
With his suit of spotlcss drill and
Iow-brimmcd Panama, with his Ian
guild glance and pruned moustachc,
there was nothing to set him apart in
the class of resident local whites and
superior Eurasians. Camberwell had
been vaguely aware Of such class.
He even thought for an instant he
must hare seen this gentleman before,
somewhere. But that was hardly pos
aiblc. The gentleman from Macao had
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payment. And that was the precise
moment at which he met the inquir-
ing. brilliant smile of the little gentle
man from Macao.
The little gentleman from Macao
occupied tic adjoining table. 1t was
wholly natural for him. to reply with
winning and easy politcness. "Par-
DON" he said. rs your order wrong
by the steward? Maybe l can do a
service. II you allow me" -
He appeared to be only some casual
Catoctin clarion., 1923-05-24
CHAPTER VI
Paso Cabras,

Pa6o Cabra8.
They did not make butter on the
Three Star. Since the arrival OF
Molly an unwilling and refractory
COW had been brought in from the
range and half forced, half cQaxed to
give the fresh milk that Mormon in
sisted the girl needed. Until then
evaporated milk had suited all hands.
But butter-to go with hot cakes and
sage-honey-was an imperative need
for the riders. The butter came over
weekly from the Bailey ranch to be
kept under the spring cover for cool
ing. Usually the gangling young Ed
Bailey brought 1t over in the crotch
ETY. flivver. When Sandy saw the
sparsely fleshed figure of Miranda
Bailey seated by the driver he WINGED
in spirit This second visitation
looked like mere curiosity and gossip
and offset the opinion he had begun
to form Of the spinster-that she was
sound underneath her angularities
and mannerisms.
1t was twilight. The three part
ners and Molly were on the ranch
house porch after supper, and there
was no escape. Miranda nodded at
the three partners, who rose as she
came up the steps.
"You sure need some new clothes,
child" she said to Molly. "You got
to have 'em. Now then, come on
business Sandy Bourke, you amt
any Of you the legal guardian Of that
child, air your
"Nothin' illegal in what we're doin',
I reckon"
II didn't ask you that You-all
amt got papers?"
"Jest what's the idea" Sandy
asked. "SomeOne f1ggerin' on maxim
her stay at the Three Star unpleas-
ant? Fur as jest gossip Is concerned,
1t don't have any weight with none
Of us an there amt no sense in men
tionin It,"
"'Pears you amt givln' me over an
above credit for sense" said Miranda,
bit grimly. This amt gossip.
Here 'tis. got 1t direct from my
brother, who's heard the talk goin'
round. You've run foul Of Jim Plim-
soll-or he foul of you, which is more
likely. Plimsoll an Exc Jordan, the
sheriff, are like two peas in pod.
Now for the meat Of the nut. They're
figgerin' on gettin' control Of the gel
away from you-all. They'll use argy-
mints for the general public that she's
too young to be keepin' house for
three unmarried men, leastwise three
men who amt livin' with their
wives" She looked pointedly at Nor
mon. They'll rouse up opinion
enough for change. They'd like to
app'int a guardian Of their own kid
ney. Mebbe we can block that If one
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trimmed an shined. Culchured. In
side you'll be yore real self. You
can't take the gold out Of bit Of
ore any more than you can change
iron pyrites inter the reel stuff. But,
II the COLDS goin' to be put into
proper circulation. it's got to he re-
fined. SabeT
81 amt refined. reckon" said
Molly with a sigh. 81 don't know ns
| want to be. can allus come back,
can't II"
"You sure can"
"An' there's Dad. He's where he
wanted to be. w'udn't want to 60
away from him."
He'd want you to make this trip.
sure" said Sandy. AN that settles
It. You go off to bed an dream on 1t.
Sam, I'm goin' to soak that place on
yore arm with Iodine. Good night.
Molly"
She got up Immediately. went to
Mormon and to Sam and gravely
shook hands, thanking them.
"You-all are ID good to me-" she
said. Opposite Sandy she hesitated.
then threw her arms round his neck
and kissed him before she ran from
the room, with Grit leaping after her.
Sandy's bronzed face glowed like re-
flecting copper.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-05-24


They're good,'' she said to Grit.
"An' they've figgered out something
or they w'udn't be actin thataway.
You an me got to be game"
Next morning, breakfast over be-
fore the sun was well above the peaks,
while desert birds were still rising,
twittering shrill welcome to the dawn,
Sandy went about humming snatches
of cowboy songs just above his breath
as he Oversaw the arrangements for
the exodus that was to be, not so
much flight as a deliberately cal
culated laying of trail for the pur-
suit. He was in high humor as the
blackboard was creased, a team of
buckskins given special feed and
rundown, and various articles gath
cred for transportation. Among these
were spool Of barbed wire and
dozen fence ports.
His spirit was infectious. Four
riders, jumping to his orders, tossed
ball. Mormon and Sam, seated on the
top rail of the corral fence, openly
admired their partner.
Like old times, MormonT' suggest
ed Sam.
"Sure is. reckon we'll have some
fun fore the days out. Got yore gun
oiled up? Here's Molly"
(To be continued next weekly
Catoctin clarion., 1923-05-24

"You hurtT
Didn't hardly muss ha'r of my
head. Jest a III excitement. Main
pint Is we got the money for yo'
eddjcation, like we planned"
The light faded from her face.
Air you so dead set for me to 60
away?" she asked.
"See here, Molly" Sandy leaned
forward in his chair, talking earnest
ly. you've got the maxim of a
mighty fine woman in you. An paht
Of you Is yore dad an paht yore nav.
Sabe? They handed you on down an,
IL you make the most Of yo'sef. you
make the most of them. Me, I've
allus been trubbled with the saddle
itch an I've wanted the out-of-doors.
SO you see lost out on heap" said
Sandy. AN I'm man. can git
erlOng with less. But fo' gel,
learnin's a grand thing. An there's the
big cities, an theaters, fine clothes
an fine manners. Like livin' in an
other world"
But" said Molly. wide-eyed,
that's the life like. l mean OH:
here. don't want to be different"
"Shucks," said Sandy. "YOu won't
he. Jest polished up. Skin slicked
up, hair fixed to the style. nails
Catoctin clarion., 1923-05-24
Revival of the Bicycle.

There is a marked revival of cycling
in England, and the cheapest known
form Of transport, which has never
really waned in popularity, is finding
additional support by reason Of recent
utterances by famous medicos. These
gentlemen declare that the pursuit Of
cycling Is healthier than any other /;
that muscular effort and regular
breathing, which are the double-har-
ness steeds Of cycling, are more con-
ducive to health than the remedial
physic Of the medical profession. The
Olympia show reveals a magnificent
range of British pedal cycles.-British
Commercial News.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-05-24
S10O Reward, 500

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that Is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces Of the System thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease. giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith in the curative powers Of Halls
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that II fails
to cure Send for list of testimonials.
Address +. ]. CHENEY e CO. Toledo.
Ohio. Sold by all Druggist. i5c.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-05-24

times, Sandy fiinging six bullets with
instructive aim while the bed Of the
creek echoed to the roar Of the guns
and the air hung heavy with the reek
Of exploded gases. Then they rushed
for the top of the bank, wriggling be-
hind the cover Of bushes, lying prone
for the next chance.
One yell and stream of curses
came from across the arroyo. Two
indistinct figures bent above a third,
lifted 1t, hurrying back toward
clump Of willows. The fourth man
trailed the others, his oaths smoth-
cred, running beside the two bearers,
his hand held curiously In front Of
him, dimly seen.
They're through. That's enough"
said Sandy. 1--WE ain't killers"
"Got two of EN-" said Sam. "Good
shootin', Sandy. reckon l missed
clean. /. fired to the left"
1.-The man who's down Is Butch"
said Sandy. I'D know his figger In
a coal shaft. I've hunch the other
was Hahn. Hit him somewheres in
the hand; spile his dealin' fo' a while.
Let's git out of this. They've quit"
wonder If Plimsoll was with 'em.
How about the hawsses? Can you
whistle, Pronto backT
Catoctin clarion., 1923-05-24

"You id, cowardly, murderin'
pack of lousy coyotes" swOre Sam
mechanically, as he knelt on the
edge of the gap and tried to pierce
the blackneSs, listening fearfully for
groan. He had not fired back.
There was nothing to fire at hut
clumps of blurred growth.
He kneeled over the rim of the last
plank, turned, caught with his hands,
revolver thrust back into its holster,
swung, dropped. A hand closed about
his ankle pulled him down sprawling
on the soft sand.
I'm o. H." whispered Sandy, and
Sans heart leaped. "Only plugged
the rim of my hat. l faxed q fall to
fool 'em. Snake erlong down the
even." Sam knew that ring in his
partners voice, low though it was
and his blood tingled. Immediately
above the bridge were the stripped
trunks Of cottonwoods, stranded in
flood. Peerlng through the boughs,
thCy so" ctoopiiS
along the bank. A man called from
the lower side Of the bridge, shot
was fired harmlessly. The hunters
in view raced back.
Think they saw u.s." whispered
Sandy. They'll hear from us, right
soon." He led the way back, crossing
to the town side beneath the bridge,
keeping halfway up the bank, close
under the stringers Of the bridge,
crawling between bushes on his belly,
Sam with him. Now they could see
no gunner but occasionally they
caught a whisper, the slight sound OF
moving brush.
Sandy found a stone imbedded In
the bank, loosened it, squatted on his
launches and passed 1t to Sam, TAX
ing a gun in each hand.
"Chuck 1t into that sunfiower
patch" he said with his mouth close
to Sans ear. "Then fire at the
flashes" Sam pitched the stone
through the darkness. 1t fell with 8
rustic, chinked against a rock. In
stantly there came fusillade from
the opposite bank, four streaks Of fire,
the bullets cutting through the dried
stalks, the marksmen evidently hunt
ing in couples.
Sandy, crouchlng, pulled triggers
and the shots ratified out as If fired
from an automatic. Beside him.
Sans gun barked. Each fred three
Catoctin clarion., 1923-05-24
ORDER NISI ON SALES

No. 1892 Equity.
In the Circuit Court for Frederick
County sitting in Equity
March Term, 1923
In the Matter of the Second Report
of Sales filed the 9th day of April,
1928.
Charles H. Brown and Nettie ]. Brown
his wife
VS..
Dianna Brown, widow, ct al.
ORDERED, That on the 25th day of
May, 1923, the Court will proceed to
act upon the Report of Sales of Real
Estate, reported to said Court by
Charles II. Brown and Vincent Sebold
Trustee in the above cause, and filed
therein as aforesaid to finally ratify
and confirm the same, unless cause to
the contrary thereof be shown before
said day; provided a copy if this order
be inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in Frederick county for three
successive weeks prior to said day.
The report states the amount of
sales to be $7,521.00.
Dated this 9th day of April, 1928.
ELI G. HAUGH,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Freder-
ck county.
True Copy-Test:
ELI G. HAUGH, Clerk.
Vincent Sebold, Solicitor. 5-34t
Catoctin clarion., 1923-05-24
MONEY LOANED

on HIGH GRADE first mortgages
IMPROVED FARM LAND, tracts
Is acres or more.
Her bert {. FOOks
Munsey Bldg, Baltimore
82i-lyr
Catoctin clarion., 1923-05-24
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER Ito the Three-Bar ranch.
Arizona, owned Jointly by Sandy Bourkes:
Mormon" Peters and "Soda-Water sam
Manning, a dog makes its way. in the
last stages Of exhaustion. inscription on
its collar says it's name Is Grit, property
of p. Casey" Seeming desert tragedy,
lead them.
CHAPTER 1.-THE two find q, dying
man, Patrick Casey pinned under an
overturned wagon, and a young girl, his
daughter. They get him out. but he dies
almost instantly, murmuring MOLLY
mines" Sandy takes the girl, Molly to
the ranch.
CHAPTER III.-It is agreed that Molly
stays as mascot of the ranch. Sandy
insists, though, that she must have an
education. Jim Plimsoll. gambler, visiting
the ranch, insults Molly. He claims he
grubstaked Casey, which made him the
old mans partner. Mormon drives him Off.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-01-26
NOTICE OF SHERiFF'S. SALE,

(No. SID
In the Superior Court of the State of
washington. in and for Okanogan county.
George Grant. Plaintiff.
vs.
The Four Metals Mining Company.
Corporation, Defendant.
Notice of Sheriffs Sale of Real Estate
Under and by virtue of "a writ of special
execution issued out of the Superior
Court of the State of Washington in and
for Okanogan County under the seal of
said Court on January 2, 1928, pursuant
to decree of foreclosure duly entered
in the above entitled cause on January 2,
1923, wherein it is adjudged that there is
due and owing to the above named plain
TIL from the above named defendant up
on PLAINTIFFS second cause of action IN
said above entitled cause the full sum of
S4,S34.66, including attorneys fees and
costs. together with interest thereon
from January 2. 1928 until paid at the
rate OF ten per cent per annum, | am
commanded to sell a tpublic auction in
the manner provided by law and in ac-
cordance with said decree of foreclosure
for the purpose of satisfying said judg-
ment to the extent of said second cause
of action mentioned therein i'm the said
sum of s4,S3466 together with increased
costs and interest, the following describ-
ed real property. situate in Okanogan
county, Washington, to-wit:
All the interest of said The -Four
Metals Mining Company in and to the
following unpatented lode claims situate
in Mount Chopaka and Similkameen Min
The Alice, The Katy, The Tip-Top. The
Tip Tip-Top No. 2, The Little Joe. and
The Plover, now held by said The Four
Metals Mining Company, a corporation.
under contract of purchase from w. o
Steele, James A. Stack and r. e. Elmer;
the mill building, the compressor and
blacksmith building, the assay office, and
all machinery and equipment in all of
said buildings including two ball mills,
two ore crushers, two bucket elevators
one by 10 Pneumatic Tool Company's
compressor. two four compartment jigs
tables, two Card Concentrat-
ing tables, one eight compartment flo
tation machine, one Is h. p, Westing-
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-01-26

A recent issue of the Spokane
Spokesman-Review Is caustic in its
criticism of the verdict rendered by a
jury in the Herrin massacre case 1t is
timely editorial and expresses truths
patent to every reader. That verdict
goes to show that murder can be COM
mitted in the United States with i'm
punity and almost reconciles even the
strongest opponents of tne ku klux
to the existence of that menace to life
and liberty. But 1t was hardly neces-
sary for the SIR, to 60 so far from
home to find jury to condemn. Only
recently. in Spokane, was an exhibi-
ton of the preversion of justice
through the strange mental process
of reasoning, or lack of reasoning, on
the part of jury that considered only
one side Of the case. according to the
evidence of one of the jurors, failing
to convict in the face of evidence that
would have sent a poor man without
money to employ larned legal counsel
to the penitentiary for long term of
years.