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NOTARY, )11113LIC. EPO.
OFFICE -Sloane Blorsli-OZINTON.
RIDOUT dz HALE
Conveyancers, Commissioners,
Real Eestate and Insuranee
Agency. Money .to loan.
C. B. HALE •-. JOHN RIDOUT
DR. NINIAN W. WOODS —
(M. R. C. S., Elagland, I.. R.
C. P., Ireland, •C. P. I. L. M.,
Rotunda, Dublin.)
PHYSICIAN AND SURALON,
BAYFIELD.
Main St. opposite Albion Bad
Office hours 8 to 10 a. m. aed 7
to 9 p. m. Night calls at of•
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See.
DES. GUNN & 51cRAE.
D. W. Gunn, L.R.C.P.,
Edin.
Mace -Ontario street, Clinton. Night
calls at front door ol office cr teal
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dente, Rattenbury street.
Dr. T. T. McRae,
University of Toronto.
Offiee hours at hospital :-
1 to 3 p. m.; 7 to 9p. ra.
J. W. SHAW --e
-OFFICE-
RATTENBURY ST. EAST,
,-CLINTON.
DR. 0. W. 'THOMPSON
PHYSICIAN .AND SURGEON
Special attention given. to • diseases
of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.m.,
-Office and Residence -
HURON ST. SOUTH. QLINTON,
&tors wesb of the Commercial hotel-
-DR. F. A. A/ON.-
tee
(Succemor to Dr. Holmes.)
Specialist in Crown and Bridge
work.
Graduate of the Royal College of
Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Honor
graduate of Uniyersity of Toronto
Dental Department. Graduate of the
' Chicago College Dental Surgery,
Will be at the Commercial hotel
Baylield, every Monday from 10 a• m.
to 5 p. m.
J. LEWIS THOMAS.
Civil Engineer, Architect. ete.
elate Dominion Depastment Public
Walks.)
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Consulting Engineer foe Mun-
icipal and County Work, El-
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Waterworks Systems, Wharves,
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Author or "The lalograPhee of PrIttrie
COPYRIGHT, 1906. leteeetlitlf, PUIL1P5 I. cOMP,ANY.
fettf it d--etr-
A, Woman reached up and pulled him.
into hill Seat There wet; another shrill
eborue. the Man whacked the herself
till thee reared, and the wagon wept
reptbling on.
,Dflas watched. it until it disappear's
ed into. the cnt at' the, landing. Then
she eank ppere a bench. For 4 long
Arne she eat, dumband immovable,
her eyes on the floor. When finally* she
got up she felt about her, as If over,
come by blindness.
'Marylyn had not seen erehearel the
threatening wagon driver. Seated com-
fortably on tbe robe by the lire, she
strung heads and hummed dententecteS
,Dallas started toward her, stopped,
then moved slowly back to the win!.
dow, Where she took up ber watch,
Late that night sbe sprang from lite
fel, troubled sleep to bear Simon low -
leg .and nuevirig• about restlessly. A
few moments afterward there came a
long bray from below the Shtick,
followed by the voice ef the section
boss urging on the, team, She •fonnti
her long cloak apd. hastened out •
She eople not wait for the wagon to
etop before calling anxiously to her te-
titer. . "Did you flier she asked, wept.;
ing beside Betty. , •
Laneaster did not answer, but scold
ed feebly.. as it worn with his long
telp• "W'Y Se fret a man 'forehe
•e'n. git. down air into th' house?" he
demanded. "Alein plumb ,frun t' death'
an' hungry."•
She helped h1 over the' wheel and
through the door. '.Then the went back
and in feverish haste stabled • tbe
Hovey and W. A, mcConnell„ ,drug- dimly lighted by a fire, she did not
gists, Clinton. • need to repeat her queytion, She read
the answer in her father's face.
No use," Lancaster told her raising
wet. tired eyes to tiers. "Th' claim was
gone 'fore ever we got here -filed on
las' July." Be lay down, muttering in
a delirium of grief and physical wear"-
. The fire, made only of dry grans, be-
gan to die; the room to darken, Dallas'
face shadowed vntb it. She was think-
ingof the level quarter that was to
have blossomed under ber eager bands,
that was to have brought comfort to
Marylyn and her crippled father. And
_nevethe land was gone fren themhad
never been eheirs. They were only
squatters.
Any hour a narrieleas man-perhape
he who had gone by that -day -might
descend nixon them and -
The bail of a bubbling pot slipped
• down the bar that•beld it, and tiscves-
sel clattered upon the hearth. She
Started as if a gun had exploded at her
elbow.
mules On entering the. shack now
Tile J1101(111011 Dlutual Fite
insuTance Companu
--Parra and Isolated, Town Proper
" Insured-
--OFFICERS-
J. B. -McLean, President, Seafaih P
0. ; Thos. Fraser, Vice -President
Iirucefield P. O. ; T. E. Hays, . See.
Treasurer; Seaforthe'P. O.•
William ShesneY, Seaforth ; Joh
Grieve, Winthrop, George Dal, Sea
forth ; John Tett, Harlock ; John
Benneevies, Bredhagari ; James Evan:
Beechwood; -.Tames . connolly,
Holmeaville. '
Robert.; Smith, HarIock ; E. Hin-
chley, Seaforth ; James Cummings
Egmondville-; J. iv.' .Yao. Hohnesw
ville. • • •
Paeties desirous to effect insurance
or transact Other busiriees will , be
promptly attended to on Applidatio
to any Of the abeve offieerel addressed
to their respective Poiteffices. Losse
inspected by, the director who live,
nearest the scene. • • •
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Tickets ood to retool within 60 &nye
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in Ontario.
Banging Winnipeg and return 8.32.00
between ),Edmonton and return $42,50
Tickets issued to all North-West points,
TOURIST SLEEPERS A limited '
number of
Tourist Sleeping Cars will be run on each
excursion, fully equipped with bedding,
etc. Berths should be secured and paid for
through local agent at least six days .
before excursion leaves.
'Rates and full information centained
In free Botneseckers' pamphlet. Ask near-
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Aisommissposolosomoosmammo•mmimoso.
GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM
-TIME TABLE- •
Trains will • arrive at and titeetet
!rem Clinton station as follows..
BUFFALO AND GODERICII DIV,
Going East • 6,22 ,th
7.35 At. rn.
• 3.15 p. tn.
5.20 p. m• .
11 07 p. in.
1.01 p. nt
6.40 p.
11.11 p. nt.
& BAUCE DIV
M.
4.23 p. m
11.00 a. in
6,36 p, ro.
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*GoingWest
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LONDON, HURON
Going South
Going North .
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kUCTIO1WEE-JAMES SMITH IA
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tensed \ Anctioneer for the County
of Hurd). All orders entrusted to
me will receive prompt attenthen.
Will eell either by pereentage or
per sale. . Residenee on the Daylleld
Road, One mile south of Clinton,
1.61.46•1001aphii..mr.4.4•14i.145.**44*.it*I4aaii•,..1
United Ststes Subscribers
• Will Please note that we have -to
pay one cent postage ott each pap-,
or going • to the United Stateit.,
Thia 1110f016 that-Yottr subscrip-
tion must be paid in advanee,
When you see your _subaeript n
eXpiring pleaae remit $1.50 for lt
other year so that you will not
nag any eoelea of The N'eVS-Itece
-0Yil.•
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'CH4PTitit 111.
A-4-AS,":drawled ''retneastei
reflectively,•-gnaveing•.'
wbile at a fresh slab of tb-;
bocce. "we jes' 'nat'ally 1=1,7
cricked' this Claim:" • • - .
:T• A fortnight' bad pegged ;since his.re-
turn from the land •eftiee.. • In that thne
his fear had siewlee:venisheit' his eon'
.Menc returned,eind be • bpd e begun
to shoeestreake'ot tbe • bravado •that In
' his stronger days made .hlm an efficient'
section bow' Rosy dreams even. beset
his bralieesclicamS utfon' Which. Mary,
lyn, despleing her -father's meaner
structures, and , kept in ignorance of
, what ritiglit at moment raze them,
Piled many a rallibow palace. For to
the young:girl certain calico covered
books on -the mantel had invested'ehe
eyelets of the-fortaightjust gene with
delightful tinge of romance.
however took o tensible view
ponited-Lant.
• that the man who bad made an entry
for the land 'would In all probability
• return and that if he' (lid net five Years',
et least' would pass before the railroad
reached them. • Meateethile the guar,
ter 'section should be properly • flied
upon for pessession.and farmed for a
•-Rettig. Now as she brushed the' hearth
clean with the wing of a duck she lis-'
telied quietly, to her father's contieept:
betiding. '
•
• "It's this way; ere gale" he .said -he.,
compassed a goodly quid • and shifted
it dexterously into the sagging- pcicket-
of. a cheelte-"Medeee six months after'
a than files 'he's got t' dig a dugout pee
• pet up 0, shanty.' He's get t' do a lee -
tie farm . work an' sleep on bus claim..
When thet six months is up et he ain't
done no bundle' es tannin' the deters
abandoned, an th" first Man cerniee
• along e'n hey it, ••• .
• "Ip this ease the 'gent to question
ain't built, dug er farmed, Ef he was
t" show up au want this- quartet- he.
•could' get it by payitO for our improve -
meets. Ate •reckon e we'd hee t' sell .an'
pull. our freight but ef he was r shoW
• up an' not pay like ne • honest Man',
theeede--theeed-waal, they'd likely be a
• leetle disagreement.'
Dallas shook bee heed; "If be COMO
before his six alonths Is up and lite
proees, we got to go. That would be
the only square thing, AI0'tlt O?'
• "Weitl-teltare. stammered Lancaa-
ter lamely. •..•
• "it is,'.she fetid filed oil the
quarter, and We bed po rfght to set-
tlete-s
"We hey settled. An' th' late 's golte
tv be worth: meney," broke in .her
thee •- •
She put up her hand. "We got•to go
if he threes, but"e-she rose .wearily -
"if be didn't offer pay for our Imptoee.
ments hoW cotild we go or get through
the Winter or build agalei next spring?
Our Money's gone."
. "Look. A -here, Dallas," began her fa.
ilia crossly, "they nin't no use t, worry
th' way you do. Winter is elost It
ain't likely th' Coble along this
late, an' et he don' shOW up pretty
WM be itin!f•gOt tee -ballet, 'Cause -when
his 'six months is gone AMR make an-
other trip t' 13ismarek, contes' his
entry, eel" it etheeled an' i3itt. Then
Wes safe."'
She *Wended him, for Marylyn Wtiii
entering, and quit the ehack. °utak*,
before the warped door, the patteed.
eulle‘e Aleveye do etire,ef filneeele, tett
he can't ao ft.4thing. And Marylell-**
oh, I wish there was sotne one with us
now -some the that '4 'help ne If any.
thing went wrong,"
Of a sudden, looking down at her
handl, her eyes fel) upon .the ern:noon
stripes left across her palms by the
Plow. and, in fancy, a 00rgewith was
riding -swiftly toward her from the
eaet again, while she leaned on the
crosa braee and waited, •
"Twenty miles," the said thoughtful-
le-etwenty miles."' and tuned the
Mares under.
Sun baked; deep of rut and„.etraight
as the 'flight Cr a crovi" Jae the road
that lee noreeeast from the swift,
elioalle ford of the Missouri to the cat-
tle einup at Clerk's. It began at the
rough plunking upon width the rickety ''
tetrehoat, wheezing iike florae tteth-
tnatle monster, discharged its load of
tiddlers. or citizens and ran up through
the deep gut in the' steel), caving rtver
bank.. From there over the western
end. of the 'Lancaster quarter, across
the coulee under a hub depth of mud-
dy bligkWaterat the only point 'where
the sumac grown sides sloped grad,
ually-ie took its level, unswerving
way, • . • • •
'iletvice only • in ies diem 414 it tench
the melee corelog along near by
once. six miles. from the ferry landing,.
where oa the limbs. of a cluster of
giant cOttonWOodS that grew in the
bottom of the gully a score �l'indian
dead were lethed. their tobacco pipes,
jerked beef ad . guns ender the blanket
wrappings that ell there, and•agale at-
Murpheee 'Moat, four hillea farther
up, lettere the coulee narrowed until a
man .• standing he its bed with arms
outstretehed could place the thee of
his fingers. against either rocky well;
Beyond the Theone the crack In the
Plains. grew wider and stialloWer, veer-
ed out to the eastward and at last
cattle to an abrupt end in a high mead-
ow .below the cliStarit river heiffs. • •
For decades the • road bee .been a
buffalo era% a foot. Wide. and: halt as
deep, that in the dry. :season. guided.
the herds in 'single' file from . tbe .cak-
ing 'Meadow to the distant waters of
the IsIissoute •Then the travee poles of
Indian tribes:gave it the seinblance, of
a wagon trade tbe center of which
was woe:a hare by the hoofs oe ladene
ponies And the feet ef trudging squaws.
and (Melly the: lumbering carte of trad-
ers, .tbe Studebakers :of settlers • and
Riese wagons that roll In. 'the
esthreofeeparching men made ef the
track a, plaln, and hardened highway..
-Down' It that morning, a.pproachieg
to the ,aecompahimene 91. talkft%
the' tramping' of horses thcracking of
whips and the jingling efetePurse came
a lon:ge.procession. Vet so :absorbed':
was Dallas • In ber riltieving that not
ufidl the head cf•threolutnie was close
ppon ,her and there was barely thee to
go •to the • bridles 'of the _frightened
mules. del she ' • •
•A tanned,unkempt officer •. led the
way with .baying foxhounds : runningahOpt On 'either heed .toOe. hes
staff end his 'seseets, •..erfektirealedittne
'Peteltect ..breeches ;tied dustY' Min-
ket& And •behinde.full bearded; all
militaterelook••gone frem, their boots,
bats and uniferms, cerge• the Cavalry,
riding testi tied two and flying Men and
(seed guidons. • e • • • • .
Dalla. had no .phance to 'dew- the
front of the coinumne, for the metes
claimed all her attendee .by ha.uling
back on :their, • bStse But ;now they;
MileMd *a • little, and she was free to
watch the tlegen or. so inusiciatis. who
tame flet ; mounted, strith theft" brass
instruments In ''hezid. • She saw thee
Slut droned in beclislitin And
bright olive And sat upon a blanket
that ahrioet coveree her home. Ller
hair was braided neatly: her dark
cheeks were daubed with carmine. She
kept a rigid seat as she passed Dallas,
and her blaek eyes answered the oth-
er's kindly look with,. oue full of Pullen
pride. Beside her hobbled alt aged hog
arose whose wriuklecl mouth and ehin
was a deep avid sear.
When the Indiana were put more
troopers followed, After them true -
died a half dozen light deldpieeell, the
wagon train and ambulapees 01104 virile
sick or wounded soldiers, all ender
the conduct of 4 rear guard. Soon
the entire eavaleade was gone and had
halted 90 the river bank to wait the
ferry, Dallag was alone again, esters.
ing to .the faint streins of the band,
which front the cut was gallantly an-
notheing the return from the long eams
Polgo, •
At timed:for of the shack Lancaster
mid his yoenger daughter were watch-
ing the portage piecemeal of the
WOO, But Deflate Starting the team
again, saw father and sister suddenly
turn from the landing to look endpoint
toward the coulee. Glancing that way,
too, she saw the obeeet of their inter -
es. Over the brink into sight was
toiling a strange figure bent and al-
most hidden under an unwieldy :load.
She Moved aside in some trepidation
to await the creature's advance. Up-
on• its hack as it tottered along was a
wore of pots and pans tied together
and topped be a .sack of buffalo chips
'that at each step robed lirst to one
band and then to the other. Yet with
all the difficulty of balandng the fuel
• sack and preventing Its faith* to the
ground the straggler did not fleteeto
keep in place a drab faee covering.
The mules stood perfectly quiet un-
til. the figure was near;' then they be-
came uneasy for the second tirae and
shied back upon the plow, tangling
their harness.• ^
The effect ot' this was startling, The
• seek of chips came tumbling Off the
• pots and pans, spilling upon the road-
way, Tbe tin thinge followed, with a
crash, and, with a grunt, the bent fig-
ure retreated a few steps and uncov-
ered its fate.
In very amazement Dallas let go the
mules. The creative facing her was
young and pitifully thin. About a face
• dripping with perspiration, felt a mop
of tangled •hath, tinder a •tattered,
• mourning -blanket a bulging calico
Waist disclosed, through Many rents, a.
letin and bony chest, and below the
leather strap that belted both the som-
ber blanket and the waist hong lirriply
the shreds of a fringed buckskin petti-
coat. The straggler was an Indian -a
mile -yet despite bis sex, he wore
not a brave's dress. but the filthy. dee
grading garb of a squaw! '
Be watched • Dallas with cowed,'
questioning eyes, strangely soft and
•
•
axle derectitig° at .• her glances wbith
Were bold rind' Unitised, -7 •• ' •
Sertieihing of .:ber father's hatred .of
soldierly -tittered net. She grew defiant,
• yet s only . for 'a teetsent. The mist-
:3111ns trotted by, and hew Indians were
• passieg-inen, '• women and children,
whose stolid Pages ,disclosed no hint of
grief or hatred • for 'their 'eeptivity.
The braves, twenty in number, ferreted
tbe head of the band and 'eept. no or-
- der of literal .as teee eptirred forward
their ragged, footsore ponieS. Their
Springfield 'rifles,. knives and toma.
hawks bad been taken (rem then. but
they still carried their onee.gaY lances
and shields of ebteralo 'hide covered
with rude pietutes. or the chase end
battle. But tholige on. Other oecastone
these •Would have betokened the free
warrior, they now only ertiphiitlied by
contrast the blankets diet tralleo in-
gloriously team their wearerie shoul-
ders to the ground' and the drooping
feathers of the conquered chiefs.
A war priest,whose string of bears'
claws, triple '.feathers. charms and bag
plainly betokened' • the medicine, man.
headed the tribe. He was.statect upon
a gelidity decorated saddle. • The pose
band, front and eheek pieces Of his
horses bridle Were thlekly studded
with brass .nalls, . Bright pompoms of
colored wool swung from the curb and
the tbroatlatch, and the nag's tail was
etitilye braided with strips of woolen,
starlet and yellow and blue: 'Close be.
side eini rode two stateie braves of
high railk. their tribunts as richly eti-
patiscitied; their buckskin shirts gon,
geOus with bead and porcupine quill
embroidery, otter skiti headdresses
Upon their bait Like their leader. the
dueky•facei or the two ledittes and of
theseforming the reit tie the party
were hideously palated, showing that
all had but reeently been upon the
Warpath. •
Tito other half of the redskiti cotie;
pairy was more equelid, A Store of
Spotted, sway backed ponies crept
ttleng, bearing nod at the same time
dragging heavy loads. Oath sadditi
held a squaw find one or more stein
children, the Squaw With a theme -like
papoose *droved to her buck, and at
the tali of each horee, surrounded by
limping Indian dogs, este a trove°
laden wltba Wounded or aged Indian
Or beaPed with cooking utensils/. belie
lots nod buffalo skins. ...
One wottatu of all the tanntwe rode
a: 'pony that likti not a double &ado
on-Ladisue in. thee^ expressiete After a
.monienteaceleg that he was ill as well
as uuartn.ect she ceased tofeel-7-41'1111d
of. him
"How 'she said in greeting. • .
Be made be reply, only dientinned to
watch bee steadily.
°goy," she repeated and
• .1110 eyes instantly • brightened.
'You slckr „the athee. moving her
head sorrowiully in pantomime, '
-Fer answer . be shambled doer and -
held up first one naked feet and then
the other like a guttering eoand. Dal.
las saw•that they were sore from stoue.
bruises and bleeding from eadus
wounds. .
• "Oh. you're •Ieurt!" she 'cried.' . •
The Indian nodded and 1st Once made
her a dumb aPpeal... Lowering himaelf
. • -
• „Close. beside him ,i.ode too suitelli brutes
••of high, t
etiftly until 'he was seated upon the
deed grass ,before her, he pointed eke
quentty into his wide open mouth. •
Dallas enderktood. "Hungry," sbe.
sam.
tie bedded agaih.
•• She had fleece heard a scoffing white
declare that the iedentan is above all
a beggar, so she did not delay answer -
Mg his mute petition. She stooped to
exathine agate the etIts arid bruises on
his feet. Thee, "Walt till I come back."
she bade him, and his vigorous nod as -
mired her that he utiderstood what she
said. She hurried away to the shack.
• She tarried Only long enough to tell
her father of the straggler and to hear
big objections tit her " with A
"no 'cot) n t •I Wu ri." ReturQjng. She
totted her charge Patientle %Silting tor.
her. As she came up he was facing
the ford, where, andd *urging, shout-
• ing and trumpet blares. some troopers
were trying to induce the belky Limbo-
• lam* Mules to go aboard the boat But
when she handed him a crotkery piste
heaped With boiled potatoes, cold meat
• and pancakes and a piece of 'suet
wound in a soft white cloth he beettme
in'ro-
l
hisndelff:rent to the lively doings- at the
• landg and began to eat as If fa
He made euth rapid headway that
before Dallas realized it the food was
• gone, the plate airaped clean and the
euet direly threathnod. Ile gave her
• puzzled look as she put forth a hand
• objeetingly.
"NO, no," she gal& and YAW° the
titre the soft eioth tete Strips She put
the fat ont of retteh by ellpping it hitt,
a skirt noeket. 4
The bandageo ready, she knelt be.
fore him and tenderly swathed his
wounds.
' 'There." Me said as she finished,
"now you'd better littrey. Tbe soldlera
are Wawa over, and you'll be too late
to get across dry."
He serambled up, but, ignoring her
advice. put one Dand through a rent
in hie squaw's waist and began to
/*Arch for aotnetitlog. Preseotly he
brought forth a package done Up in
dirty muslin, nod slowly unfaetened 11,
A folded piper tut soiled aa its wrap-
per fell out it was worn through
much 'seedling and covered with pen-
ciled woras, Ile banded It to Dallas,
served brit. 4 WSW till 'It rang
through the visit air like a throaty
bogie
Farther on as ue sat eendering deep
ly• end letting the leaders ehoose thele
convey a itoreentan came Vantering to
word him and drew reln beside els
ivbeel. It Was Lounsbory, burled td
the etre In a burralo coat.
"Sure. It's $01ilethilr Iwpotnnt, John,
that's a-bringlir ye out rday," cried
old :Michael roguishly. hle brogue dis• •
cloth); his identity. "it's llYiber
grants or leteeydies,"
storekeeper colored under hid
visor, 'It's Daytime" be ' Inocked
loughlogiy.
At first she eould not decipher it, 1ele'ope te. ,yer vvilrned
but after studying It earernilY and
peicing together severel detached bite
,sim was able •to make it out, It was
written scrawliugly and In a trembling
band,
j the ferretnan, giving tbe otner a play-
ful whack with his gad. "01 Idu nide
ye Mike a belie." •
"You caret read ti book," declared
I.ounsbury. "But tell you-. PM
going to the Laneasterse"
Old Michael tiodded. with a sly wink
through the portholes of his mask.
'"01 Unwed itr be void. Then, atea
fishing out a toltacee bag from under
his iiiaily emits aid lighting the ewe,
cob In • the protectIng bowl Of his
palms, "In that ease, man, Oi got
somethin' t' say t' ye,"
lee leaflet Over the wheel confiden!
• daily. and Lonnsbury bent toward
him, so that the • awoke Of the pipe
red the storekeeper's nostrils. These,
talked for a half hour, the oue relati
Ing • bis story, the other putting In
• Mild; questions. At the eud of thein
convent/0ton Lounsbury held out hid
band.
"if their letter brings him, Mike," bet
sold, "don't you fail to let me know."
"Aye, aye," promised the pilot ear-
nestiy. • •
They perted.- Old Michael contieued
his way with an easy mind, but LoUntH
bury was troubled. Instead of carry?
ing. as on his former viSit, good' news'
to the little fatally on the bend be
intuit now be the bearer of evil.
.enel when,. having stalled his "terse'
with • Ben and Betty. be entered the
cottonwood shack Ills heart smoten'hine,
Will. more, for secretly he bad hoped
that he was to teletbein whet they al-
• ready knew,but it seemed precisely
the reverse. There was nettling in the
appear:tine and actions of the X.,ancaes
• ters that suggested anXiety. "the sec -
don boss, though his manner was not
without a certain reserve (as if he heIt
• believed something was about to be
wormed out of bin), greeted Lonna-
• bury good naturedly enough. Marylyn
hurried up in a timid flutter totake lila
. cap and coat, while faeing him from
the tipartliside. her hair .colled upon •
The bearer of. this nt read), the good
chief Red Moon, I eotrimend to the gen-
tleness and mercy of every God fearing
man and woman. Once, out of the weak -
01 the flesh, he wept under the tor.
tures of a sun dance, Since then be ban
been abused, starved and spat upon. Yet,
bearing from me or Christ, his suffering
• e.nd his command to forgive, he has put
down his deaire to revenge his wrongs in
Wood and gees on his way, laboring and
enduring in silence, . May God be gracious
to whomsoever aids this least one among
us. • '
Ilere the letter ended, but under-
neath were the signature, ito fingered,
• however, that Dallas could spell out
only the word "David," and a blurred
postscript, whith said:
have christened bitti Charles a -al
taught Wm English, but since „his ;*..t.
isbment be has never- •
The remainder of the paper was il-
legible.
'When Dallas gave it back te the 10-
dian .be wrapped It up carefully one
returned it to els bosons; then he t
ered pp the scattered chips, lifted tlis
dotible load to hie shoulders, drew ins
somber blanket close about him' end
shambled slowly away. •
•"Pooe thing!" said Dallas, in compas-
sion. .
• He stopped to look haek, •
"Goodby," she said as be went:011-e
"goodby."
When be -reabbed the river bank he
tweed again.. The frost blighted cot-
tonwodes that bordered the Missouri
were behind bine:gleaming as yellow-
ly as if during the short, hot summer
their leafy eremites had. caught, and
Imprisoned all the sunshine. Against
that belt of .brilliant color stood out his
epare. burdened frame. '
••
Watching, -she -saw his gaunt face
slowly reltixin a friendly grin.
•
CHAPTER IV. • •
NOW fell on the -very heels of
the •caVa lry, Bea reely we're
the Indiaits safe in the Stock-.
ade and the troopers once
morale berthelts wholesome first tithes.
like down plucked bethe wind •from
the:breasts of the eoutherard bastettiee
•wildsfowl. _dime floating out of the sky.
Semi the long mimic leaves on the
coulee edge tvere dieztoping :under' a
crystalline weight.' the •blath plowed
strip was ,biending with the unplowed
prattle, attd the shock head •of the cot-
tonwood shack was donning u spotless• nightcap, and so heavy and ce less
was. the downfall. that at supper ti
the sweet •truinpet. Mike_ ef "reetreat'S
were wafted out from Brannon across
• a Covered plain.
When morning dawned the heave• ns
were cloudless and the laggard sun as
It rOSe shone With blinding glory epee
peaceful miles, Nowhere was a Sign
of wallow, path or road, and the, coulee
yawned, •white, lipped.. Even the letis,
seed. was not unchanged, for away. to
the porthweet there had been a esightY
rainstorm, and etbe murky Meet' him -
bled by in .waves that were angry and
swollen.- : •
Since: his early boyhood the ^ section
'bees 130 not known' snow.;" Before the
previoneedae Dalian and Marylyn .1ted
neVer Seen it. ' It: was With exelanni-
• tiona of delight, therefore. that, crowd -
Ing together in the doorway, the three
first caught sight of the glistening
• drifts. --------- . • • .
"Pe, lee like a Christinas card!"
cried the •younger girl, and, beret:teed-
0d," she rein. out to frolic: before the
4.11 • • •
. her head like a crown, her grae, eyes
I bright, her cheeks glowing, was a new
Dallas.
• : how've. eon all been?" asked
Lounsbury, 'accepting a bench. • • •
. "Oh, .spriglit 'neugh," answered the
-• sectien• boss, "but it's cold; it's cold.
' Keeps me trentbIlie like a gulite nig"
ger" •
You'll- get over that,...lisaUreaAne
other, rubbing the blood into his handS.
' "It's natural for you to be soft tissehalk
• rock the drat winter. 'YOu'Ve been lie--
ing /south. •
• • "Ah reckon," agsd Lancaster:. Re'
sat down be the younger inan,
eying hew c dee ,Eow d' y' ,cotne
• t awa • m •business•?" be queried.
, you-i-teee," Lowesburee answer-
• "I've got an Al. man in my His- •
marek ,store, ,and at Clark's there's
nothing to do, weekdays hardly, so I
.just took some tobacco to Skinney's, •
where -the boyscould get at it, and
. loped down hers" Thee playfully,
"But I don't see much. happening in.
• these parts" Be Stretched toward' a
• window.. ."The town of Lancaster t•
ain't growing very fast" •
• • Dallas, seated on a bench with Mary.
lyre, looked across athim smilingly.
"rm glad of It," • she declared. "We
,
ain't used to towns":
"You folks 've neveesliyed in one?
•
,
eNo we never even been in one
.
Me .puckered his forehead. "Fundy,"
he saidSomehow 1 always think
of y.ou two' as town. girls." . :
"Aw, shticks!" sexclaimed Lancaster,
• scowling. . . •
But •Dallas was leaning forward, in:.• .
terested, "That's on • acconat of • our.. •-•
teachers," she. said, ''Thee was a
To Deltas the scene had a dee*
Meaning.... Here was weat would dis-
'courage and block any one who had
put oee necessary Improvements! And
this would last long alter the expira-
tion of that Mk tnontbsf guess
there'll be no building or redwing
flow." she said to ber father. happily.:.
Be; fully as relieved, returned a con-
fident assent.
A eittle later old *Illielittel, theferry-
man, droVe ,by, Creaking a track along
the blotted reed. 'His ancient ceWte
roe's, known to every river man .from
Bismarck to Baton Rouge, were hidden
beneath layers of overcoats. Through
the wool tap, pulled down to his col-
let; twowide holes gave Met outlook: a
third and smaller apertere wae filled
by -the stem of a corncob 'pets Be -
was beaded for. the cattle eampthe
eines over a four-in-hand hitched to
three empty wagonis, a third team tied
to the tailboard of the hindmost bee.
On the arrival of the saloon gang
the pilot had left his Steamboat in tee
hands, of his tWo helpers and made his
'way be, Shanty_ Town. There In Jo
shingle but, fierched Atop a whisky
cask and kieltittg its rotund belly com-
placently with his heels, be had wet
a throat, long dry, front the flintier
depths beneath hum.
With elide sueceeding pigs his ob-
ligetions had Owe apilee. Neverthe-
less, for a lifetime of rough. service
had brought About an Immunity that
belied his Celtie blood, his brain re-
mained clear, his step steady and his
eye unbleared. • Thus it happened that
when, cut off from grazing, it was nee-
.essary for the Shanty TOWt1 teams to
be returned at once to Clark's old
Michael was On hand and in condition
te take them and by so doing wipe
out his drinking account.
As he came opposite the shack Mary-
lyn was stilt terming About In the
Snow. while Dallas was sweeping out
some long, naerow drifts that hod
sifted in through window and 'door
•• Oaths. Squinting across et, them, he
reealled all at onee 15 heated conversa-
tion that had taken place at Shanty
Town the afternoon of thg southward
departore of n Dodge CityC011tlet.
And be shook his head sorrovefully.
bete yer han's fele before
long," he advised aloud, "or it's Me
that's not good at guessin'," And, lift-
ing the front of his, cap, he sympathet-
ically blew the . burole lemon the
se oo • • • neetragkreiteeTeease
and We went to it on the hand ear.
Every year.we had a different teneber,
and all of .'em eatne front big eastern
places like New Orleans or St. • Louis.
So -So, you see, we kinda got towny
front our echoelititeams," •
"One had a gold telothe" put in Mary-
lyn. Her eyes, witlet With teeollection,
• were flied iipon ledhesbury.
"But yet passed through cities cone
Mit north.'" argued the storekeeper, •
"N -n -no," said 'Dallas slowly, We
/*feted 'dm."
"What a 'pi•ty!" he turned .th the sete
tion blise.• • • •
Wityle • echoed the latter. "Huh!
You save you' pity. My. gals Is better
off .ef .thee rdete meet ne to•Wir hoed-
luInits.bnad beern."soldi• trash". before, •
now it was "town ' hoodlums."- Leung -
here; wondered 'why he had been al-
lowed a second call. •He ,glaneed at
the. giris, .There was a sudden shadow
on each young face. ite eininged to
• the fire and looked hard at it • How
cut off they were! 'Where was their
happiness -:except in their home? And
mild he tell them even that W4E1
threatened?
"Not by a long hoe" he vowed.
"MI tenat Atiebnel •
Continued on • • Page 6
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