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the prostrate form, a spasm. of 4read
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ower. His eyes were on the oth
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INTEREST ALLOWED ON I>E-
Northern Navigation
clutching, at her threat at sight 6f tile
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dustrio us and bewildered. '
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Pauttless Cuisine .
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nerveless limbs .
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"I hear4 o4out.the row," went on
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the brow, the fever spotp, to the Cheeks,
Prendergast. "They didn't think it
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A wave of pity swept over her. He
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was in you. and neither did 1.11 tie
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'ASIEW - - - - - - - - - - � `
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Grand Trunk Route.
was III and alone. He could not be left
there, He must have shelter. ' $lie
looked at him curmingly. "Neither did
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looked tearfully about her. What could
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Hugh, but' the lost e I r. racket
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she do? In that town, whose
rou In anythill" YOU,
woWt stand ,
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unce and dislike, she, had seen so ac.
tively ilemoustrated4 was there no-one
hada't Any call: to get scared`lb the
first place. ( don*t tell 411 1 know.#'
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who would . care for him? She turned
He shoved the candle nearer on the
AN -0431 FINANVIAL, REAL,
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the GREAT LAKES
her head, listening to a nearing sotilid-
� table, "There's it queer look In your
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footsteps were plod,illug up the road.
face, Hugh!" be suld. with a Onto
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TING 14 FIRE INSURANyr,
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A Fresh Water Sea.Voyage.
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DIVISION COURT OFFICS,
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�� . dark and came Without your,share of the last swu
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Palatial Steamships I
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. toward' her. , but I've saved It for you. Prendergast
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Pauttless Cuisine .
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I Moderate Charges
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. � . I a chuckle. it miner's scales on thei table and, pro.
- heard he'd come
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Ideal Summer Outiags on %be Great
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OvIrlm'-sloane 131re-k-01 INTQX--
Lakes, Georgian. Bay,, or aniong tbie
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CHARLES B. HALZ
Tickets And information from all RY.
shook Yours." he said. I
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Agents.
- "This is sad.' - Harry's eyes were on his with a
Conveyane"19, f-010=Mi$sionefst
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i -i. H. Gildersleeve 0. 14. Nicholson
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believe how'],
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Ugr.1 Collingwood TrajucM,gr., Sarnia
- have labored beyond. He was staring through a
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with the boy, but" -he turned out III$ gray midst at something far off, b
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hands�llyou see, there Is the tempta- significant, that eluded his direct
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tion, It Is his unhappy weakness." vision. The - board table, the Yellow.
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smirky face now. She had passed him. 'ed something horrifying, In son.)e other
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on the day .Tom Felder had walked, ' world', in some. other life. millions -of
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Dr. W. Gunn, L.R.C.P., L.�A.C.S.,
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;i;lth her from the Mountain. � Valley Ages ago- I � I
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fl-ouse, the lawyer. had told her he He lurched to his feet. overturning
emace-Ontai-to street, . PI I litton.,'14ight
Via CHICAGO and ST. PAUL, � .
lived In the cabin just below the Knob, - the -table, The gold dust- rattled to, the
where she so often, sat, She - felt al floor, . . � . . I
I calls at frost door of Office ut fesi,
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ilulver. (if repulsion. ' I . � � "Your deall'! hii said. Then. with a . ,
deace, Rattmbury Street. I 1.
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. "He is not Intoxicated," she said vaglid laugh, he fell sidewise upon the
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Dr. T. T. MoRaet,
Ap'til 6-20, May, 4�18, June 1-1.5-
coldly. "He Is,111, You know,him. . bunk. . I .
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'IT,:now him!" he echoed and laugh- with a look of amazement on his .yet-'
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bd-a dry, cackling laugh; "I ought to; low'face. "He's crazy as w chicketil"
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Winnipeg and .return $32,00..
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the 1nort Arm. � "Get u , Migh!" he - He sat watching him, awhIle.'tbea' .
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'said. "it's Prendergastl" rose And kindled A fire on the unswept
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Proportionate rates to other points.
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phrase of the - surly; hotel keeper.. 04EII.. .,,dented utensils In . a corner he* 'pro-..
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side.paitner. Prendergast!" Could It`"ceedod,tQ,, cook himself supper. after
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T I o certain . points in I SasIcatclieftri
in ton I which she had go Often peered scattered gold dust And returned. It all
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arid' - Alberta', ;.each Tuesday. during
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down during those past weeks? to hiding place. ,Lastly be- rum.
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with this chosen crony! � I- - . . .. waged oil a'abelf #.nd found' vial.
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She, touched.Prendergast'is arm. "He This proved ,.to - be- empty, -tiowever.�
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be cared for,vLt 'once .Y6ur-cabliI.Is on "i guess you'll do" well enough with -
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A. O� PATTISON, Do ot Agent,
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the hillside, Isn't it? . , ' . I out, any pain Litter," be said to tilm-
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PHYSICIAN *AND SURGEON. .
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,111W cabin,!' .he Corrected.- "A rough. spIt ."Doctors are'expensive. Any,
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place. b pt, It has sheltered as both.. I way, I'll be back by midnight." .
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Ulpectal attention given to -diseases
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.tin but guide. philosopher and friend." He throw more wood on. the fire, -
of the. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat__,
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The.111dillop fflutual Fite.
.She bit. her lips, "Liff. lilm on'tily blew. out the Candle and., closing. the, �
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llorse," she'- said.. She sto%ed And put : door behind - him, got off down -, the. -
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I tier .hands T46der the iwfiching -all . out- -trall to the t6wn,:'wfie,re -a flirp.bipik. .
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� ders* "I wIlir'llelp, . you, . I am , quite so,ori ac'quired:tha bill Jessica -bad gtv-o
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8 doors west of the Commercial hoteL,
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l3rucefleld..P. 0, ; T.' E. Hays,. Sec.,,
ently. , "A.h, you know It!" foi.s4e had . 1* I . . 11 � s I .
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Specialist in,Crown and Bridge.
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Treasurer, Sealorth P. 0. �
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turned in�to...the' side, path that led � �
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Grieve, Winthrop ;. George. Dale, Sea
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Chicago College of Dental.'Surgery
Benncwje�,.. Brodbagan ; James Eian
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slit) over the dry rustle or Leave& but - .: I .
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be at the Commercial - hotA
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she -went oil' rapidly, dragging at. the .. I � . .
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Bayfleld, every Monday from 10.a. ra.
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Aeaxeaehed the still -
bridle. tuftil�g back w' And then: , '... Jess
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"r Iturinal,'thougli she went *
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speed. She" scarcely'lleard the offeii.: , .. like � a, whlrlwlnd..� the
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AUCTIONEER -JAMES SMITH L1.
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cerised - Auctioneer for the County
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Parties. desVous to.. effect insurance
It seemed an -eternity they climbed. trils, the duAt rising ghostlike behind
'to reality' It i -as scarcely twenty. min- the rapid 'hoofs.. She fou'lld David
of Huron. All orders. en
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me will receive prompt attention.
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Will sell either by percentage Or'
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promptly' attended to on applicatio..
to any of the above officers addressed
knoll. and the cabin, whose* crazy cowfng; I ,�. I .
swinging.door' sto'od',wide to the night she fe'It a relief when the old rbair
per sale. Residence -on Bayfield
Road, one mile south Clinton.
to their respective postoffices. - Losse
air. She tied the'llotse,. well . t i�a a . nd 'grew tired.. dud - wag 'wheeied . to., his'
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inspected by the director* wh6 live,
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a direction found . bedroom; .. �
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nearest the scene,
matches and lit a candle. Th . 6 bare; . Left alone, her reflections -rciurned.
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t*o.room Intrior it. revealed 'Wag un. - She began to be ,tortured. She ' tried
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United States Subscribers
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kempt and diso, ered. Rough bunks, .to read. Thb printed �
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a tnble� and a Couple of be%6 chairs beyond her c6topre.bensloh. ,.At length
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will please note that we have to
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wore,almost Its only. furniture. The she drew a hood over bet bead And
. pay one cent p Gstaga on each pap-,
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window was broken -Akid.the roof ad; stole Out to tfiO wide P Ch.' .' .
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mltb�d sun and rain. I .Prendergas t laid It was.only 6 o*cIocl;_und along the
This means that , your subscrip-
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the man they -bad brought on one of gravel paths that Wound aniong, the .
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Terms of. I subscriptiour-41 .per, year :.in
the banks and threw'over him a $hab.. . Wirubbery' a few dlin forms wine stroll.
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When you -sea your- subscription
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by blanket.. , ' . - . . I . I , She. Caught the scent. of' a- cigar
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expiring please reraft $1.50 for .. an-
- 4 . ot so, paid. No paper discontinued
�")Iy'dear .young lady." be said, "you � .and the sound.0t. a woman's laugh.
other year so thai you -,will not
until all,-aalears�are paid, unless at
are a good Samaritan. How shall we The air was Crisp and brating, with
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miss ahy wipies of The NewS-4106-
'the opinion' of the liublisheir. Tim.
thank you. my po6r ,friend here,and - * a promise of frost and paluted leaves.
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date to which every subs&iption-As
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paid i s de o
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Jes,;Icn had. taken money from her ,ulclies toward the town. a straggling '
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. parvick, pid now she, beld It out to design* pricked � In tillyiding yeilow
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tisoments, 10 cents. per , nonpariel
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'said. ..'Von must fetch one." - - '� . t o C. tit Cness. . le elf and- ,
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: ovoiT wtitle tits gesture protested. "Von curred with. a ,kind of compulsion. I
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loti. Small advertisements not to
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ab=6 tue!i' he eicelalmod.' "And yet There was no tnoon. bui tile stars
is for bill,.,, Ile, were glowhig-like tiny green.glit eoalq.
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exceed one inch, such is
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. folded It and put It Into his pocket., and the yellow' road lay plain .an(I'
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serted once for 85 cents and e�jdlj
-Aa soon as I bare -built a tire I will ' Clear. WIth a suddvil�detpruiltnitlon
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'subsequent insertion 10 cents.
, 0 will . no ille drew tier light eloak Closely about
go foi- our local medleo. 1.1 . t I
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-always come at the call of tho luck- heir, Atepped down, sped ncrm,44 . the
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Communications intended for publioa-
less tulner. A.11 are not so charitable grass to it footpath and so to the roqd'
.000YRIGHTS&O,
Anyone sending asketdit and de0criptlohm"
tion must, As a guarantee of .g6od
ati yotv� . . I I As she ran oil down the curvIng stretch �
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4utokly alseertatn our o0inlon re6 whether an,
invention f
10ja probabZfat 1141sliBif 1.x�knllnloa'
tionastri 'o Patent
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.fAlth, be accompanied by the naiind,
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tinder the trees th
Ile untied her borse And extended a ,,,at, e, Crackling sIll) (if
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'Without big. bank paper lay In liol . orn
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jentiree., Ideat oncy for aecuriggetOntU
taken t9roupli Munn X
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s6orned to burn hot
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Patenti; ,
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opwicittlat"wit'litoutchafte, lathe
Sdelfiffe, 110101caL I
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lielp� will thank you one day.
thIA friend of mine," he sald,-Ilfar bet- steallug away to gaze ,upon tit(-% unt.
. . Cast 'Who had sMined Mid linnibled
Ahandsomel7illuetmteilwookly Larg"betr.
Motion of any soto Urtel. Terms for
. FAitor and Proprietor.
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"It Is not at -all becesoury to toil her -going. she know not why. with
"IT I burning chook and hanmjcr0iv,, twoot.
Mkd.. jt,75 a 790.=123) PrePAid. Sold by
all news eak,m
him." she replied frigidly, . -be stel, .
She slIpped through tho ON, troll -to
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Are always to be helped In every Ch--
cumstance.11 I . the cibIn with it choking g(stwittion,
Wavell 4v^dZV19t4w"hib,aon,n . .
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Sho,gave her horse, the reln its (slid She stole it) the wit)(loW and Iwoved
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path that climbed back of the cabin.. form. on the litink, to.481tig, and in.utter-
.1 Ing. Otherwise the plaep wa.4 01111)"y.
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past The Itooll, arm so Ely it uarro-W
Sbe lifted the latch softly And en -
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August Prendergast otoW listening
to the dulling hoof beats a moment
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Going East . 7.35 A. M.
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then r&-ontercd the cabin. Tho trian on
IoOk rohlxod as aho gaYod oliont litse,
She saw the on tho table, The
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06 bunk had lifted to a sitting POM-
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doctor had been there. then. it lie
Going ,,West .0,15-15 P, m.
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tion. His eyei 6ra open, dazed and
starlbg�
,�%vre in serlotiq case, fleendergaM
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it it . 1 1.25 p. m.
"Ttint's right" the oldet loan said.
would tie wftll filill. She Meow baek
her hood. drew One of t6o chairs to
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It it 1 16-40 1 P.M.
"You're coming round. 'How iloe.4 it
the m1do of tho halik and sat down, tier
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toel to be back in the old stioliang?
eyes fispil oil bho face, The weaknesn
LONDON , :HURON & BRUCE DIV.
Can't guess how you got here, Cali
and beiptest;snes.s of hIs poqttiro mrook
Going South .7.50 $I. In,
You? You'wem towed on horseback by
thrOngh an(I tilronsth tier. Two Ades
It it N 4.23 P. in
A beauty, Hughey, thy bV-,a Hp ataf-
Of bOr Were struggling In It VhWtlQ
Going North . 11-00 a. in:
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Ing btAtItYl I'll toil you about It, fit tile
eombot for mil'.4tery.
44 It 6.35 it in
morning jik ypt�ta vow, -
*11 hate voul t hats., youll, she sold
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- m!er tier iweatii. ellnehfug her vista 11ow loll� bare I'Wen lying tlere�r, '' * ' ' . 11
ate yoll! You stow asked, Harry. 0 liever knew Anything, to
13wid.. 1 innot h . .Um lritllorari shook her head.' 01
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.I.V ovv au'l put It unflor yonr feet: "Only since last 0194t Vou've bad A vald Judicloudly. 141 reckon the t
You bave disgraved Lay lirc,,wat a.Ld fevor." . own I I
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Ate4 him, just a general low
von have -Where is my (190" down. Thereat Is a .
rr.lued lay, rutolv! � What If . 4111119 coo �
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forgotten the past ,%our erhue" I)oe�- "Dogl.," salO 14o 9ther, 011 never ove the 4q; a bad name." L L 41 .
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tLat tuake you the less'gullty or ore knew you had one." � Them had been comfort for jessfM t,
the less wreteliedle' I Harry's lips 4et bitterly, It bad fared , Ill this Interview, jUrk Halloran,is �
'rglt withul it sile:lt volve,withlu tier more Ilar(Ily. then. than be. I L t had story had materially Increased - the I
gave the Ile to h ", veliernonee. soule been it, ready Object for the crowd. to poignant force of her pity. What hadi
aloineut of her character that hatt btltlu wreak their ,, hatred , upon, because It $eemed, to herL a v I
vi;;Ikd and Int.4t.t wjt-.� crulubling. 410wll , belonged to film -because It was Uugli been In real, u pLr brawl had I
Ali old sweet sonietbitig that a'dread. 1, StIres' ,dog! ,.ty a. courageous an
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,_� selfish obamplQnslilp of a defenseless
fill will Ilud grouad .and vrashed and 1119 this your cabin, my frIend?" patcast. Thinking of - this, the self'
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1111111111lated was-VIsIll, whoh� and ,un. The figure bending Over the hearth � blatne and WI a I L 1i
41(.0eill 44POrtOr to any I)MY distlue- I straightened Itself with a jerl.g. and . contrition I tell he bail
tiou, regardleSSLof 1111 that ilfted eoui- the bliuklag Yellow eyes looked,ha . felt when she llsterved to the vIQIl% � �
batIve In her Inheritance in rd 'assailed her anew, till. she ikem6d t4 - �
gainsaid or denied, _ not to be, at him, Prendergast va Q. -close to tile -very part Of tile gout, an equal slorier,
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- user, listening to the In. rhat's the game You lay 1, ' - 11
Spe leaned 0 , by omission.
. p ed a the yet she rode home1w, rd that day
coherent. words and broken . A .
L plirases town," lie said, with a surly e r. it I at light heart. . L I
e turbid ollautiels of fever. "It's all right for those that take It ,* * * 0 . *: . 10 *
borne 01I th fill Q w Ir a me it
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Into meaning. Only one name be spoka . As Harry stood In the cabin door,
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rue, pretending you don't know your way looking after Prendergast toward . I
clearly over And over agalo-the name � own claim and Cabin' I'm no such the town. glisteuing far , below In tbe
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FIug4 Silres-repetited with the dreary rool i-, . , I -11 I I
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monotony of. a child Conning a lesson. � A dull flush came to T y?s brow. , �
She noted the mark across his brow. jarr, of hLsreeepttQrL there. .
Here was a page from that iniquitous ."They all knew mb," he thought " I
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Before her marriage, in her -blindness, -past that faced him. 1118 Own Cahill'! "Every one knew toe -on the street. Irm
she bad tis0d to wonder Whitt It was Arid his own claim! Well, why not? the hotel. I
like. It Was not Ill the least disflgur- ' , ,They know ,�ne for what I
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, "You: are ruf9takeo," he said culloly- have been to. them.. Yet to me It is all
Ing. It gave a touch of the extraur- "I arn' not pretending, I ciannot re.. aj�lfink. What sliquieful.deeds have j
dInary. It was so small she did not meniber you." � . '�i" H,:- shrunk from memory now.
wonder that In that ecstatic moment of don .. . . I
Prendergast laughed In an ugly. de� AgWhat wits I doing so far away. where
her bride's kiss she had not seen It. risive way. 4 suppose .vou*ve for. -was I gillng. on the .night when I iras . I
Slowly, half fearfully, she stretched �
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gotten the half year we've lived here picked up beside the railroad track? I , .
ont heir b ' and and laid, it oil his, As, It together and,the gold dust we've gath* may be a drunkard." be said to him- �
at the .. toue � b the mutterIngs ceased.. ered In now and agaln-slipped It all, ' "No. In the past mouth I have
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I wl" I Harry stood:up. The thotion brought liquor. I may be a -gambler. I may Ile
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I . I. fb�__ 2 Ile walked to the door and gaze out �
I oil the pleasant green 0 the hillside. - A, us'breeij habit if I I
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.0 1. _ . I It:( . On a tree -near by wits nailed a, rough, they do not spring from it. and habit . I
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. 1.1 - I --&. . . I ,scrawled, "The Little Paymaster acter. I feel no Inherent propensity to . . .. ... .!
- f . , . claim." He saw the grnss� grown rob or defraud. Shall. I? Will these I
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. if _� ( , . I .in Itself'. wits 'hone'st toll. ' ' In the battle that he fought now he ,.� .. . ,.
, � . .. I .All .;: '"The claim -is good, then," he said I turned, even In his weakness, to man- I.. I - .�
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. . I I - . pay V . . .. � With mechanical movement. He clean- I i , ,
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.- . . , play hctor and Up .to Lsomething deep.. the' conflict - Was fiercest, he would 11�
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.. . I ;Z / :. Well,.hare It *your own way-irs,all think of a - girl's. face once Been. and .
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. . - . the same to. me-. But You can't pull, the thought'Wouild restrain hlmi� Who . I . I
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I � . . . I . ,the wo.401 over my � -was dbo?' .Why, had her look pierced I . � I
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SM bent arta i*uchcd her Ups to his fmv- . his tone; biit, more than both, the evil - . that seemed so Curiously alien could * - ' I`.- I ' ' .'
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bled look crept to them. Then they .. - . . . . .lose . . - �
Mosed again, -and - the . look faded . out - town bad - shown bim.� what his. own hours had beenyery-near blm:.that 011i . �. - , .-.-,,
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Into'q peace that remained. . - .. life there had been.. . . . I . . her :Way up the mountain she, had - I � .t . ;
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A thrill ram. through her . . 'What should lie do? ForsAke ,fbr-' stolen- down' to the'. Knob to' kook - ,. - . . I �
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of -m ral'power of.,the weak over the ever the.neighborliood,where he had' through tbe parted bushes to the cabin' . . . I 11
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strong, of the feraltilhe.ovei.the mds-' ltiade. his blistering mark? Fling. All with the blue splral rising' from Its . . 1. .
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A rial.n.- dush sWned. her . cheeka.. . leave .behind this disgraceful present , Tboili9b ,,the homely task. to which he : . ' .
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guilty "back ward glance she bent And � his fr In above the dusty street? .. . .. . I . . . I Adr- I �
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touched'her lips to- big forehead. . � .' : . If fate Intended that, why had it 771 1 �.
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. Shi� drew back quickly, ber face turned him back?, If 'such was the - - f I . - . . � I..� I
looded With color.. caught her breath.- bed he had made,. he would fle In. lt� . I I �; ki 7 11:�' If . I , - �
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Went s-wjIft y to the door and wds lost. I . . � . , I . I I .
. � .. . . beliffid he woulit fire It'4o,;ra. This -� - "Phe re 11 :,
In the darkness. . L . . � . �73t,U Only. Suspicion. , .. . I
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I., . .. . I . . � '. Heturned, Into the robin.. "Perhaps I -elements under ,Wheti"Prmdor-ast re 1, � 1, , , � , , �
Wben toward midnight ihe fever I . . I . �. � I
. shall rem'ember'after airtille.11 lie took. * �
�bbed. � Sanderson bdd - fallen Into a I I � I turned. at. supper timej the candle was: ,
leep at , eep o . Vextigustion.'fr6m. Which the saucepan from Prendergast's blind. lighted 10ts wall box. the dinted tes, � �,�
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lie bpe I ned his . eyesnext morning . upon "I'll cook tile breftkfdst,"�,be said, � . k6ttle was 'sing'Ing over a crackling � � I . 1
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. Prendergast filled his pipe *to nd Harry was.persplrIng. . qver'the� . .
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thefigure of Prendergasi. sitting, plp6, . _d watch- fire a ' , - I
. . . . . ed him. "I guess there are bats Inyour scouring of the last.utensli., . :, , 1,
In, mouth; In- the-suuny doorwa '. ,he . . I I 1,
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' ow.: Tl� Uto enough. HUgh." he -said at Prendergast looked the orde0Y'Intk--. .. . - I I
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. length. "Yoh never offered to doyour -tier . .
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warty face had beed lniexpltm.bly "Wev. I � .. . . . . . , over . on the .. threshold , irfth. tk,;..: I .. I
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m ivith ille delirious fantasies or tits -stint before," . I ... . .contemptuous amusement . "Almost ..' . ". ., . .� Y;
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It?. Then in a great tide welled over .. , P .. . toot-. O,lr ,Ills' coat and lazily watched �
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of his -last cons . clou§ , ___C_1� 1�1 , , " 'r � a evening -meal. , , - .. , .
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hours -the .see 6 in the saloon; the. I . . I 11 . . I .
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W 1- I I I I most afrald you'll -have another attack . .
toe and repute. Ho . I . I .
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11scoveey of- his na �-1 4 %
4emeinbered the . . .. . * .. � .1 . . of that forgettery ol'yours And go baek. . .1
, . sickening wave of self . . - .. - . - . to . . � . . . . . . ..
lisgust.the fierce ago0. of resentment - . the old llnef.'� . . . . I .
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that had beat In his every veln as he . . . . I �. . Presently IL6 looked at the bunk� : . . ..., 1. I
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I . .. � ire cleau'and soringy With freshout spruce. - .1 .
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walked up the- darkening street 0. r 1 J .
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minembered . the thrown' qqartz. No .- j . � - �j -shoots. pe Went Into It. kneli down " - * - ;.
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lou"bt another inissile.had strndl;�bonw i : . ''
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)r he bad been set 'upon, kicked and . � I ItONt. the_ her. spaco� bertea'tb lt.'Hpgat lip hastily. . .. �.
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)ommeled Into Insensibility, This old � ' . . . . .
lianwa: miner probably, for there were - .. . bead ' of the 'delirious demanded'. with. an angry snarl. I � ... .. .. 11 11
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. . I ," mail .In .the cabin Jei- "With what?" klariytu�rned his bead.
;l!cks. and, shovelS.,in thecorner-haa .. . . . . . . .. .:.. I .1 11
.. . I sica began to .be a prey as 'he set two tin pintos on the bare - , . I
Alc�!Otpil him. - He had been III,'-thero, I/ .. i s - ' . . I I . I. . ,
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Wa$L . lassitude In every ., limb. and sbadw . " to 116W emotions. the ' table. . I .1 ... I 11 ..;.
I I I . IsignIO'eance of which slid didn(A com. "With what -was under here.v!' -, - . ; . I
)Wy recollections tantallyed ,him. Ile Prebend. That kiss. she told herself ."There was' nothing there , 6ut air sid. ' . . .
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-etalned a dim consciousness or a wo-- at night, b, .1
nan's face -the . face he bad seen on . th ad been given. to her dead horse dkin." said Harry. "It lsh.itliglag. . . . . . .
:be balcony--4eaning near� him. brill- I ideal that had InIn there 16. its partly. on the side of the colith." . � . I
' .� Ing gi-ave clothes -of forgeffulness,- 'Yet . Wltbafi�oatb Prendergast flung'oport . I .. I
ng Into a painful dtsoider it sense of . . . �
-a . ' It burned* on her lips us ttiat other. kiss Ile door and went outside. He re4u- ' . . .
* teful coolness, of. fragrance, and of ' *had *burtied after- t .. .
't . . In it darkened room �e -ed 'quickly With* the White hIde libb
,eat, 1. . ward. but with -it sense of pleasur6. not , his' arms�. ''Wrapped It III IL blanket and . I. 1.
-As, he-stitfe.d., again -at- the-septed-flg-- - drtiurt: mtWir-Iler back Intarritmoir. - thrust -it -back, undev the, bunk - - ' I _.____. I—. .. 1.
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ire. the geltili fact reared -111ke a gr1sily. mendoNva with her'lost girlhood trod Its. . "Has tiny one beeiL here today I shice . . I. . . " 11 .
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;Ii(wte..r,.. deriding. tbrustitigg Im �Paggal;d opaled outl6 k . I . I : you put It out therorl he asked tiulelpt,' - �
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hint. In t h 14 day was anxiety. She must ktiow.hoW "No," said- Up rry.surprised. ,41Wbyr, . 1.
'little 60tiltiluill. he fared. In the open daylight she Prerid-orgast chuckled. The -ebueLle - . I
ty. which a.pline-, 06ald 'lot 0ilroacb. the cabin, but she grew to. a .1 gill?gIv. . and he slIt down. . . I
ently he had for� : reflected that the doctor had .been s1tipping hiq'thlgh. Presontly he, wout .
s -u k e a and to there and no dotibi had carried sorne to the wall, took tile thnniotir skin bag I . I � I
which.he had t).� reppirt of Win to the town. So (is the I front Its hiding plave and liolired some I
el , lanco returned. morning. grow she rode down the of Its yellow coutents, Into b14 palm. .. . . I
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he stood it roguo mountain Ostensibly io.get the Cherry. "That's why. Do you remember 'that. - .
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and it N.voundrol. � eordial she Lad left behind her the day eb?" ' . . I
a thing to point, before, really to satisfy her hungg,r for . Harry looked at It, 111old do'"110 lip . .
the finger at and news. said. "I seeth to,foeAll that. i am, ., : ,
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Ito OvOld- * I'll 0, - As It happen6d,stra. 11alloratt's first going to begin -wO*rk In' tile trench to- . . .i
question that lind greOtlbg 8etber AuXletY at rest Pren- morrow. There 4hollid tie more Where .. 11
burned .his brain derg no .
, � �Ast had bought some tobacco nt that ear from," . 11 I
to flI`0 flamed lip the.goneral store an hour before while Prendergast pourM tile gold back .
again. The towu - she had been maklog bell dalW order. ,Into the bag with h ounning look. The I ....
despised It I in, and the storekeeper had questioned other had Asked for no slid of -
hat had been T I on e 4 0, on
-,P?n gooto to �o,qk ill." WILL r O all Interested altillOnVO he At that morn t h dect od t Y.'
,, dareer? flow had told of the fluding of Ilugh on nothing of the 0
Volt aonte brea)� ft rolling bef6m. 00 the,
fm&" . . had he become � the mouirtain road In a 01)rt Or crAZY girl or the horseback Jourw$. lest: .
. A Pariah? And fever and enlarged upon tile liart 'the Ilugh. Cudgeling his braln% rafght it'"
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tigl It&, didn't remember hhu or the cabin came from. all right," he said. "And I I
Ile lifted himself upright, ,dropping or Smoky .�Iountaln, . I'll teach YOU Again h0W to get it Ohd . I
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t easy though- DOIll't get up, Just Yet- the saloon Which bad preelpl,tated the board ,Covered with penciled tigni,ft .
Im Ong tO cook Y60 some breakfast" fight With Nvlln,, and With A,
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