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asr AI.Fn D habett,
Oar the hila feud far away I sang
porcag Will Blaisdell, its be urged on
bia$ired mustang with a touch of the.
.ate. It is over the hills I be said to
bine% 10,0ut five miles over the bills,
',You've got a climb before you, old
Indy, but there's prenty of barley at
the outer end, and a good night's rent
toeif all goes well: 1 wonder it the
old man will be at home. 1 sup'poae
elm girt will be, If she isn't . I've'
travelled about a hundred milea for
nothing. And overcome by the last
thought he relapsed' lute silence.
Will Blaisdell was on, the notth-west
trail out of Prescott, Arizona,on his
way to Cucopee Sp►ings, A young
physician—be had graduated three
years before at Bollovue—he had
settled shoat a year before in Prescott
and was doing Verywell, ° Four months
'prior to the time when he started upon
les ride to the springs he had, while
' out on a turkey -hunting expedition
'been cel ed suddenly to the station at
Uumnpee to attend the station keeper,
old Sam Quaril's, who had broken his
leg. The young doctor had been very.
'successful with the case,aud had spent
his: time white at the station right
pleasantly, talking to old Quarll's
daughter Mabel. The girl was pretty
and ladylike,; and what had.eeemed at
ffrst'atryth ng but an alluring demand.
for his services to Dr. Blaisdell,he had
found to be as pleasant as any he had
ever responded to. He bad remained
at the station for three weeks, during
which time he bad had a good oppore.
"-Lea y to study old Sam. And of a•
truth old Sam was. as cariou'G a apeci-
. wenof b nieemi.ty as one could find in
elle acinar cl'i ' Cross-grained and an
set-fllan as full of meutac prickles as
.• veati,rv,Talant a oktlior,is;" he was yet
,8,'lcleLl,ly °.e.gtiii.t ii aic,ai�d could,wben
Le chose,hti niiikt;'hiresel€ as agreeable
,as• he was,''gauerallyspeaking,. the re-
-venni. Tu Drs Blaisdell he took what
;is called inthe west 'a. shine': and the
i :two used to talk for hours as the old
;l.: mien lay in bed and his physician sat
?`'e'Idligside. •
Ve'ey charming talk it w,aes too, to
' the younger nr at
—fu4
l of shrewd
bits of wisdom gathered front experi-
ence. What induced snek a mangy as
Batu Quarlls to bury hiulself and hie
pretty daughter' -for Mabel waa,abeut.'
.eighteen --in shah ,a place as (lubopee°
eeprings, used to -occupy a good part of 1
`I)r. Blaisdell's thought:
This soinewhat lobg explanation- is 1
{liven to the reader some.vhat in the
,.pirit of the order' on board a man ofe
war ; Clear the;decks for action. The
•d ek.a'of the story having then been
eeleared,f can go on with it. But.while.
I bave been testing how Dr. Blais—
„dell met Saw Quarlls the former'has
;ridden over the hills he .sang ubput;t,
0
;nod is eaow within sight of the atti.Eitin
•,Itself. A ioi+g, low, oneestoey CrQnse,.
,h.ult of adobe, or nun•dried cia.y bricks,
u re•tral,in which there are hslf's dozen
e aules: and horses, a single cottonwood
tree marking the place where the
spring, is, after wbiph :tire etalion ie
maned, and Which is the ,cause of its,
;.xxiatwre4,`Mre spread out before hien
.1..0 the the right•haud side of road.
die rideau:p, n couple of tell, gaunt
Anse, of the kind called in the West
yeller. and which •are probably the
ugliest of the canine race,'tolae from
where they were lying hi the eun and
Teri l.utldt g. toward lana.
Ceettet, Boat 1 Detre, dim 1 said the
,looter, as he drew his weary 'nutting
:Ira ,ri most a filling halt beside the porch
$rd deem tinted, throwing hit bridle
octan a hitobing peg, Aa he spoke
w»ry pretty girl appeared 4t the
'W'hYy hh. I~llex•isdeil; Igo* k j►ott do1
kiil.ereseepg,
4.h, West Mabel, 'm glad to ereeyou.
Where our father I
MA on ,tip the .canon, hue I ex
pest him bulk every urinate, When
did you leave Prescott?
This calming, about two. 1 rode
lentil eleven, tied 'then camped ' at
Rulfway hole abitut three hours,
And beet' have you been ?
'Very well, indeed. But come in
the house. Or will you sit out here
on the porch ?
I unugt look after ray horse. She
teettis pretty well tired out by her
long trip. Where's the barley, Aliso
Mabel 9
I'll get some for you.
, No,1'li get it myself ; and taking a
bucket of it the doctor walked down
to the spring and proceeded to fill the
bucketwith water to soak the grain.
He washed his hands, and face, some-
what sore from the tong. ridein the
broiling sun, and while be was doing
so was suddenly accosted kby a man
clad in a brown jean. snit. •
Why, Doctor, where did you drgp
from Z.
Glad to see you, Mr. Quarlls. I'll
shake hands as soon as I get this soap
off. I came from Prescott Mete morn-
ing.
What brought you here 1 Are you
going to Frisco 1
No. The :fact of the 'matter is,.
although there's no need to tell yonr
daughter, that they have beard at the
fort that •there are serious fears of a
livallupui rising. If they break out
they will probably be joined by the
Mojuves from the river and the Tonto
Mojuves from below. I , heard the
news yesterday, and I made up my
mind to come over here. It's pretty
serious, 1 thinlc.
Waal, now, Doc., 1 oa',1 that square
in you. I guess, though,..that the old
house'll stand any attack the redskins
kin make, although I'm none the less
obliged to you.
ButtMeinel, your daughter 1
She's weathered out more'u one
storm along o' ole, and I guess she
won't faze. .But come in the .house
now, and get some sapper.
The two men walked to the house,
and .going iuside,fonnd Mabel• standing
by the table waiting for them. A very
good meal was spread out, and. being
hungry they did full justice to it.
After supper, Sant said to the doctor
as they stood on the .porch together,
the girl being inside the House
Look yer, Doc. I've loin thinking
about what you said, and I'm going to
take some animals up to the. little Dor:
ral to -night.
The little oorral ?
Yes, Y:oti see that 'bluff,, pointing
as he spoke to one about:. three bun•,
dreg, feet high, which was :within a
•dred feet of the house.; On top.
'Q.:>"that there is a corral, and I've got
a way a getting there with no wan
seeing nae, But just now there's no
animals up there, and I guess i'll take
;erne round. You stay here till loom°
bvack.
The old man took three melee from
,the corral, and, riding one of them,
;Went up the. canon, Mabel and the
'doctor sat t:pon the porch and talked
to each other, as the ,short twilight of
the eolith rapidly faded into the dark
gray of night. They had .satthere
about all hour, when buddies:del old
Quarlls appeared coming out .of the
house.
Say,yoii folke,it's'about nine o'clock,
And 1 reckon we'll all go to bed.
Qome along o' me, Doe, and Pll show
you where you're to sleep.
Bidding Mabel good -night, the
doctor did as he Vas told, end was
soon its as souna a sleep as he ,ever
Was in his life, stretched out on the
floor.
He never kttu how long be slept,
When he waked up, them was old
Quarlls kneeling beside him on tie
floor .and retaking him, As he opened'
his eyes, the oid matt acid to him ;
WA1r4 1p, Doti, Th' Bede has conte
aftulr
*taut, BiAtedell vette op .like
ulttii name"
1 home the dogs barkin' some
tiine ago and got up, Then 1 peeped
Ora t, lied tem by the n• oQnlight the
Injene itan tieedia, the took outer
the corral. Then 1 come for you.
The two men went to the door and
peeped out through the boleti out for
the rifles. In a few minutes they saw
half a,idczeu Indiana separate from
the main band and ecce towards the
house. Old ua!rlls raised his ride,
and putting it thrcuglt one of the holea,
fired, Two Indians dropped, and the.
rest, ,With a yell, retreated.
Doctor, you must take. Haat end of
the house, and .I'11 take this, Mabel,
continued the old man to the girl,wbo
had just entered' the room, you get
the extra rides anti and give Doc a
lot of cartridges. Br'ieg some to me.
It's an Injun raid.
The girl, without a word, left the
room, and the doctor tools up his posi.
tion at the window, on the right, while
Old Sam went into the next room on
the left.
As Dr Blaisdell stood there waiting
for a eight of the Indians, and thought
of the peril they were all in, he made
one of the most important discoveries
of his life, He found that he loved
the girl he was there to protect—a
thing which be bad not known before.
He was conscious of a great wave of
tenderness rushing over his heart, and
with it a savage feeling that he would
die fighting before she should fall into
the hands of the savages.
When Mabel came into the room,
•carrying the the rifle and ammunition
she said him :
Is there very much danger?
I hope not, Mabel.
I knew a woman once— obi promise
me that you will kill me before they
capture me! and she clasped her hands
around his arm.
The doctor put his arm about her
waist and drew her to him. •
Mabel, my darling, I promise. I
promise because I. lobe you—love you
with all my heart.
The girl's head sank on his shoulder
as she looked shyly down.
Sweet one, do yoe love me 1 Look
itt me one moment, Mabel.
The girl looked up, and fetid
I a,rCnot frightened now, Will.
Bending down, to her, Will Blais
dell kissed .Mabel Quarlls hi a solemn
way that was almost like a blessing;
thee he held her. tight for a few
seconds. It was their-betrothdl.
I must go, Will, she said, looking
at him, quietly..
%Vith one snore kiss he released her,
and turned to his post -of observation.
At that moment he saw, shooting out
of the greasewood bushes, an arrow,
having upon it a lightedband of dry
bunch grass. A moment afterwards
a yell from the Indiana showed that it
had stuckin the thatched roof. As
the arrow rose :out of • the bushes Old
Satn fired and the yell of triumph when
the arrow struck was broken by one
of anguish that told that the,bullet
had found .a mark. a
The fire .arrows began to fly quickly,
some sticking and some falling short.
The rifles of the two melt spoke loudly,
and generally will' effect,judging from
the cries, -Bet those of the Indians
*ere not silent. They • had. fired from
time to time, and their bullets strike
the ac&.be bricks or the !witty' wooden
shutters and doors, 'too been wasted.
Dr. Blaisdell was just loading again,
when he heard his name called by
Mabel. Going into tie ether room,he
found the girl supporting her hither,
out of whose breast the deep red; tide
flowing from a bullet hole showed -that-
the old man had: not long to live.
Guess I'm beyond patching this
time, Doo., said the old pian, with a
grim smile, ae Blaisdell kfieit down
beside Mw. The uooia's ou fire, and
ite'bout 'time to quit. Mabel knows
the trapdoor. Take care of her.
She's richt. She known where it is hid.
Swear you will tike care of her, re-
peated the dying tYran, with atoning
emphasie, as he seised the young man's
Arm,
MOO O 't'jIU M,1 Ottfir , odr
11 we get out of this alive.
The old Man *allied, looked at his
daughter with, intense affection, *lid
sank back dead,
Carefully examining the body for a
motarent, Blaisdell rose, and lifting
the weeping girl, said : It's all over,
Mabel. Giving her a ntotnent or two
for her sorrow, be asked t Where is
the trap he spoke of 1
Mabel sank on her knees beside the
body, and kissed her father's dead fade
passionately. Then rising, she took
her lover's band and led hien into her
father's room. Opening a cupboard,.
she showed him a trap.door, which
when be had raised it, was seep to
cover a tunnel. Descending into this
by a ladder, and shutting the trap
after them, the two made their way
along the tunnel until they reached
what seemed to be the foot of a cleft
in the rock. Here was a ladder, up
which the girl climbed, followed by
the doctor. Reaching the top of it,
they found another resting on a little
shelf of a rock. Up this 'and two
others they went, to emerge ante top
of the bluff.
Ile dug the tunnel and put the
ladders in long ago, said Mabel, with
a sob.
Blaisdell kissed her, and led ber to
the corral before them, where were the
three animals Old Sam had placed
there the evening before.
Mounting Mabel noon one of them,
Blaisdell got on the other, anis diree.
ted their way along the mountain trail.
They did not talk much, although a
word from him every now and then
showed her how much his sy;npathiea
wore excited. Tile next day they
reached Prescott, where they were
married.
Some four months afterwards—the
Indian raid having been put au end
to by the troops—Mabel said to her
husband one day;
Will, why don't you go and get the
duet ?
What dust, sweet one ?
Why, father had a lot of gold duet
hidden in the tunnel. .lie used to get.
it up the canon.
How much is there, Mabel 1
1 don't know, dear ; but I think we
had better go and see.
When they arrived at the old house
or rather, its ruins, Blaisdell found
that to get into the tunnel there was a
great deal of stuff to be cleared away.
Succeeding at last, he and his wife
descended the ladder, and about half
way came to a stone, which she told
him to raise up. Under it there were
a lot of bags filled with -gold dust,
Blaisdell was amazed at the amount, and
Mabel herself bald she had no idea there
was so much, When parried to Prescott
the dust was found to be worth over OM, -
000.
When your father said to me; She's
rich. Mab41r1 thought he meant you were
a treasure in 'yourself.
Are you sorry to find I was an heiress,
Will
No, 1'ni not. Money's always good if
,'p got honestly.
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.him in c pens, for they must have
room in the suede and judicious
liberty in the yards to kelp in sound,
vigorous health, They ;Should' be.
sheltered from 8ileety winds end.'rough
storms, bet 'further than that they
require nothing in the form of proton.
tion. Bxeept daring incliunent weath,
or the doors should be open, allowing
thorn to run in and out as the hunnor.
(tomes uponthem The fold, for say
one hundred sheep, should be about
fifty feet long and ten feet wide, with
yarda attityhed,ili: li t troy+ pr fotnrj
thnes that size, It le the better
practice in carrying eueh * number of
aheep over winter to divide the flock*
into groups Qf twenty or twenty*flve,
It to a very important 'natter to see
that the floor of the• pens Jo dry, and
of such material that it will stay eo if
the pens are bedded with atraw.
Neglect of this Metter will lead to
eeald, and eventually to foot.rot, .A
layer of bard wood ashes makes n
covering for the floor that will serve
the purpose well, The .attentive and.
intelligent shepherd will be always on
the alert to see • that bis sheep are
never exposed to dampness in aaet
form, either above or underfoot. Dry f
large, cool, and well ventilated pens
influence success most in sheep rain
bag,
After surrounding the (tock with
the most healthy conditions, their
management becomes much easiersce:d
their feeding less elaborate. Some few
t;tpll hold the opinion that during
winter .sheep do not require water,
This is a mistake that will be striking.,
ly apparent if the practice is once tried
of supplying them with clean, freak
water, even if they have an abund-
ance of roots. The better results that
follow the latter observance, will be
easily seenin the inore satisfactory
progress of the flock. Clover hay is
by far the best fodder to feed, and
next to it comes meadow hay of mixed
grasses, out early in the season.
Boots, meaning thereby turnips and
mange's, also make excellent • food.
During the first of the season twenty..
five pounds per bead each day may
be fed with advantage, but as the
ewes approach lambing time that,
quantity should be lessened, for. cold,
watery roots are not to be recommend-
ed for feeding ewes in pregnancy.
For feeding early in the season swedes
are perhaps the best, but later on to..
wards spring mange's should be
substituted for them. When first
stored maugels are too ,watery and
acid in taste to feed, but as the season;
advances they acquire a sweet flavour
which adds muck to their palatability
and feeding value. Turnips, on the
other hand, decrease in nutritive value
as their age increases. The best grain
to feed is a mixture of peas and oats,
The feeding of cake is not, as a rule,
advisable, fur besides being expensive
if fed in any quantities, it has a tene
dency to heat theanimals to which it
is fed. This, However, does not apply
tp linseed, which is perhaps especially
valuable, owing to its laxative quail. •
ties, and the effect of feeding a half
pound or less each day becomes ap-
parent in the softness, lustre, and
strength of the wool. The quantity
of grain to feed will vary from one
to two pounds as the judgment of
the•shepherd may dictate. The aim
should be to bring the ewes through
the season io healthy, vigorous. con-
d'ition, ao that Alien they lamb they
will supply a good mess of rich milk.
It is very desirable that uniform con -
tions should prevail, both in feeding
id management, ;throughout the
aeon, for if the bast cheek is given,,
at once injuriously affects the
owth and strength of the wool flare.
should be always in mind that no
her domesticated animal responds
ore readily to good attentive treat.
nt than sheep, and inversely that
other animal of the farm will more
ickly shout tete effects of negligence
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have you a Cold? Take Wileon'a Wild
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nave yon Bronchitis? Take Wilson's
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druggist*,
It is likely that the Kingston cotton
mill will+be purchased by the syndic
date that has ahreadyoutained gputlel
of roost of the otastdian mi.11al
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ossteeolise ear ren -X. w.
4rau .e,tterne3r at
J. am aware that there is
oohed any marl engaged in
facture of alouhol. I kno
a prejudice against a ease of
and there is a very good tea
4,believe to a oerttle degree
district attorney in thin cos
that every watt who snakes
demoralized, 1 believe, gee
eertaie degree it detnorulIzes
gni it and close who drink'
that from the thane it ieeuee
poisoned and coiled worm f
Calory until it empties Late
of death,dishonor and eriin
demoralizes every one who t
from its source to where it
:ado not believe anybody can
plate the subject without
prejudiced against that lieu
All we have to do, gentle
think of the wrecks on etch
the stream of death, of the
of the insanity, of the poem
ignorance, of the aostitutio
little children tugging at
breasts of weepiug and
wives asking for bread, of ti
genius it has wrecked,
atrugglii g wit() the iceaginar
produced by this devilish t
when you think of the jail
almshouses, asylums, of tut
of the scaffolds upon either l
not wonder that every, thous
is prejudiced against this
stuff that is called alcohol.
'What Iate,aorance Doe
The evils of intemperan,
be exaggerated. Iiad they
.ue in any gratification of ou
or pecuniary ,,fain, the wl
would have been covered w
cloth.' A blast or a temp*
for six suoceesive years she
• away $80,000,000 of propel
be viewed as the ruin of th
But inteneperauce cost this
the last five years $58,313,:
spirit let loose from- the pit,
et to destroy the sober ju3
men, incite to the oommissic
. abomination and crime, lilt
disease' sweeping over the
unlike the frightful pestiler
guisbing man's life almos
warning, lmt first cripplin
physical, intellectual and in
glee of 950,000 citizens, to
into: idiots, some into ma
someinto fiend s, to be the
Of their families, nuisances
aocuraed of God and men, I
,to make a god of their belly
dying amid the horrors of
Rated hell, aiid doomed a
ahawe and everlasting
would have eatised us to
earth. was forsaken of efts - k
factor, and all the curses o
were let loose upon us.
these; for years on years, e
I
the chase fruits of•intemper
der its prevalence crime h
crime, re, and blood tin
a
blood.
At low calculation, in
twenty- five years, as many
than 1,000 000 persons hav
thg drunkard's grave, and
000 have been uselessly
'Mien it is' estimated that n
6,000 re urders caused by int
betides conflagrations and
' ennurbered,ha a resulted,
cession after precession ha
tee poor -house, the jail, f itis:
and the orphans' lt,ome,
Britain, it, • appears, from
Bust published by the last
the British Parliament, tha
annual expense for bread w
"01)0,( 0, the ininiediate co
was '$250,000,000, multi
*menet of squalid poverty~,
igawy and erfwe,, of which
we the mind of God op,
fmite conception, and sent
man beings, in a land of
4 htest Gospel light, to t
s litre and the druuka