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The Chalice • of Courage*
Being the Story of Certain Perso4
%Vho Drank of it and Conquered
cA `Romance of Colorado
By Cyrus Totrvnsend Brady
Author of "Tex King and the Man,
"The Island of iz generation," '`She
Better Nan," "hearts and the Hig -
way," "As the Spades Fly 'Up-
ward,' ' e c
Illustrations by Ellsworth Young
land cerip. Tee place was covered
+with mos. of course. bit on a shelf of
✓ ack half way up the hogback. they
round a comparatively level clearing.
and tbere, all working like beavers.
they built a rude hut which they cov-
erred with canvas and then with tigkt-
1y packed snow. and which v.culd
keep the three who remained from .
freezing to death. Pbrtuna'ely they r - /i e,
were favored. with a brief period o: '
pleasant weather, and a few days
nerved to nee:. a safeiiently habitable
camp. Reit land, Kirkby and Arne `
string worked with the rest. There
was no thought of search al first: their
lives depenccd upon the ereceen of a
suitable ebelter. and it was not until
the helpers. leaving their burdens be -
Lind teeth, bad departed. that tbe
. vartgrrsstT
THE 810r. AL : GODERIQH ONTARK,
IW almosity was w greet
grewtag Out fur the immure: he
so )oy to the assurance of tae
satiety; tet he was net attest/Ler
unfair an, and In alter tnmtsst.
thaaked God In his awe roc_.• way
the woman he loved was air ,.
well. or had been when tbe nae was
writes& He rejoiced that she lad not
bees swept away with the flood or that
she had not been loot in the Ramat/alas
sad forced to wander on finally to
Aj{. starve awl freeze and die In one mo
I meet ber teen:ess caused his heart to
A/
throb with )Oyful anticipation. Tbe
certainty that at the first Duch of day
hot. should seek her again sent the
warm blood to his cheeks But those
thoughts would be succeeded by the
knowledge that she was with bis ea-
r say. Was this man to rob him of the
latest love as he had robbed him of
the first! Perhaps the hardest task
that was ever laid upon Armstrong
eras to lie quietly in his sleeping bag
and wait until the morning.
So soon as the first indication of
dawn showed over the crack of the
door, he slipped quietly out of his
sleeplbg bag and without disturbing
the others drew on his boots. put on
his heavy fur coat and cap and gloves,
slung bis Winchester and his snow
shoes over his shoulder, and without
stopping for a bite to eat, softly open-
ed the door, stepped out and closed ft
after him. It was quite dark in the
bottom of the canon, although a few
pale gleams overhead indicated the
near approach of day. It feu quite
still, too. There were clouts on the
mountain to) heavy with threat of
wind and snow. .
The ray was not difficult, the direc-
tion
irecttion of it, that is. Nor was the going
very difficult at first; the snow was
b .--e wad MAD ward ka .h-
t air that was almost cbildike.
When the others woke up t1 the
Morning Armstrong's sleeping bag was
ErmKirkby crawled out of his own
nest, opened the door and peer -
out Into the storm
"Well.- be said. "I guess the damn
1 has beat God this time It don't
three men even considered what we_ 4 . �4f . frozen and the crust was strong enough
to idea done next. , . i to bear ,him. He did not need his
"A e'must begin a systematic search snow sboes, and. indeed, would have
had little chance to uee them in the
tomorrow,- eaid Armstrong decieire-
ly, as the three men sat around the narrow, brokeue rocky pass. He had
cheerful fire in the hut.slipped away from the others because
"Fes," assented Maitland. "Shall we be wanted to be first to see the mea
go together, or separately?' ' _ C and the woman. He did not want any
'Separately, of course. We are all i 7 ' witnesses to that meeting. They'
hardy and experienced men Nothing would have come on later, of course;;..
Is apt to happen to us. We will meet ! i1 ( o forage
be waateL an hour or two in pre
sere every night and plan the next t Ar with Enid and Newbold without
day's work...What do you sae, Kirk- IOW Interruption.His conscience was,
Dy!" I . a \: `�` fast clear. Nor could be settle upon al
The old men had been quietly amok- t °Whet Do You Mean:- Flushed Arne- 'tea a artion.
Ing chile the others talked. He Gerona.
much Newbold knew of his
smiled at them In a way witich arouseu former. attempt :o win away his wife,
look to me as if even He could sate hos much of what be knew he had
Oda now," - I told Enid Maitland. Armstrong could'
' But we must go after Lee at once" not surmise. Putting himself Into I
their curiosity and made them feel
that be had news for them.
"While you was putty&' the enishin'
gybes on this yore camp. I tome wed Maitland. Newbold's place and imagining that
'Bee for yourself.- answered the ofd the engineer had possessed entire tn-
man, throwing wider the door. "We've formation. he decided that be must
got to wait 'til this wind dies down. m have told everything to Enid Malt-
tamest
all
tamest a beep ce stuns that somehow`,
the wind had swept bare, there was.
a big rift in front of it which kep' us
rom seein' ftafore; it ,was b'(iilt not s.. we give the Almighty the job o' land as soon as tie had found out the
Ra the open a ere Ther. was .o'treee. llookin' after three f* -'id ce one." r enasi relation between her and Arm-
an' in our lataberin' operations westr:,:�n
. Ad Armstrong did not believe
Wasn't lookin' that a -way. I cams CHAPTER XX. 1 the woman he loved could be in any-
1•crost it by any chance an •• — body's presence a month without tell -
"Well. for God's sake, old man." The Converging Trails. :ng sotre'hing about him. Still, it was
cried Armstrong, Impatiently. "v.hat Whatever the feeling of the others, csstble tree Newbold knew nothing,
did you find. anything!" rong friend 'himself unable to :i i that 1.' told Dolling therefore.
"This." answered Kirkby, carefdlt that night It seemed to him 'fie situation was paralyzing to a
producing a folded scrap of paper from fate was about to play him the man of Armstrongs decided• determin-
kis leather 'vest. - and most fantastic of tricks. ed temperer•-mt. He could not decide
Armstre.g fell ma it ravenously, mad y times before in his crowded lits upon the ire of conduct be should
r Maitland bat to him, they both' had loved other women, or so be pursue. H's course in thin tbe most
teat: these words by the firelight. erised his feelings, but his pas- critical erne -saucy be had e'er faced,
"Miss Enid Maitland, whose foot is glen for Louise Rosser Newbold had must be det"rmtned by circumstances
so badly crashed as to prevent her peen in a class by itself until be had of which he felt with savage resent -
traveling, is safe is a cabin al the bead est Lt~a1d Maitlam
d. Between the two eat be fees in some measure the
fit this canon. I put Ibis notice here �sys had been teeny women, but these sport. He would hare to leave to
to reassure any one who may be seek- two were the high points, the rest was cbance,wbat ought to be subject to his
ling her as to her welfare. Follow the.Lad. - ,will. Of only one thing he was sure—
istream up to its sour s. Once before. therefore, this Newbold he would stop at nothing. murder. ly-
'•VCM. BERKELY NERBOID." cut in ahead of him and had won ing: nothin.t to win the woman. and
"Thank God!" exclaimed Robert, woman he laved Armstrong bad to settle his score with that man.
eta/Vend. hen a hard grudge against him There was really only one thing he
'You called mea fool, Kirkby.- SEMa lung time. He had not been oould do. and that was, to press on
wrmstrong, his eye@ gleaml.g. 'what, who had formed the rescue rep the cacao. He had ho idea how
Kb you think of it now!' y IN by old Kirkby sad Maitland far it migbt be or bow long a journey
"It's the .fools. I find." said Khht had buried tbe poor woman .•i be would have to mate before be
tapleatb, "that generis gits Mere: great bptte in the deep canon. reached that shelf on the high hill
lerovideece seems to be a -satellite' Le got back to the camp the where stood that but in which she
affair was over and Newbold
Mier 'em."
"You said you chanced on this pa -
..11
a sada departed. Luckily for Dim, Arm
Jack," continued Maitland. 11 ung had always thought, fa he
e been so mad with grief and rage
lffid jealousy that if he had come
like the deliberate intention or
bty God."
'1 reckon so," answered the other;) Ilse. him, helpless or not, be would
v. -You see He's got to look �� killed him out of hand.
er all the fools on earth to keep 'em �rasstroag had soon enough forgot-
Louise Rosser, but he bad tot
ten Newbold. All his ancient sin-
cerity had flamed into instant life
le at the sight of his name last
t Tbe inveteracy of his hatred bad
doin' too much damage to tbeir-
aa' 10 otbers in this yere crook-
' trail of a world."
'Let us start now," urged Arm-
iltenoff
t ''''Tain't ain't passible," said e old man. �n in no way abated by the lapse
tag another pas at his pipe, and le[
stime, 1t seemed '
Lglistening of the eye betrayed LiverybOdy in the mining ramp had
joy that b• felt: otherwise bis we'd that Newbold had wandered
tic calm was unbroken, bis de- (l>t and perished to rise mountains, else
Er just as undisturbed .. It ■1 Mrm.trong might bare pursued biro
ia°was. `R's d jest throw away our had bunted him down. The sight et
a-wasdertn' rouad these yere Oda name os that piece of paper wit
ward and eligible evidence that be
lived. it had almost the shock
• resurrection. and a reeurrrectlon
hatred rot' her than to rove. i f
•erbold lad been alone to rise world.
Armstrong had chanced epos him In
. oltttade, he would have hated him
&. be did, but when he tbougbt
t bis ancient enemy was wttb the
an be now loved, with' a browing
tensity beside which hits former re
tmest seemed weak lad feeble ii
his yet the more
Life ootid not tell whe• the Douce,
he bad examined carefully, was
there was no date epos It,
be could come to only owe emelt*
Newbold must have heir' Maid
timed atone to the monodies ears
ly after her departure. sail he
ber with k1m 1s Db rales aims
at least a menti. Amanita
M kis teeth at the tboegbt Ile
w et modernise til. pereosaflty of
He Md Dever Supposed le
rL lata, but be bail beard •awing%
Mnillhill
7 rupee I sewn met ilio,' Mill
eta to .ed.+efaed bis ea.lf
as a urea The tie teat betted
strong to slew M&Miad was •
ode, tee w ale by weteb be
�... her Us %tot, M balked ed las hew bar
WM.
rWAss all. few sodewer Weems aesaYy
ee . p.!e. MIt elleOn*. - .isad en 'i. hew Wm..
1n the dark Wve got to
lave light, en clear weather. Isf ci
d be scowia' to the morals' we'd'
• to wait until tt cleared.-
wont watt a minute," said Arm -
b "At daybreak weather or no
•atb•r, I start-
"WhatY your burry, Jimr tat1aaeoed.
Kirkby. calmly. —Thetars mats: ere,
w more or less ata't rola' to mato
be elfersaee."
"Sae's wamberttb aber anta." aanrd 1
tilrlist rang quickly.I�"Do you know this ewbeidr sake I
..eking at the sore ashl
tla rasmdut iy, b 1 hen bawl
oer drat.' aYwered Kirkbyars.peefts! bis Ino. Bob;
theMWhethata lam mt at Me wits, tL desmanye:hwre y tasmow
"Sae fee y a ower my rm liar
users* sender; tut 1
W wet,"
"Talllits ells 11211—• sahebs the
oe 1ge lanwg lig Mire
.drew...—.
fleae the lilted—bean. Sill'hfi
Its wee set at Its Seed, but be
va, hill there was soeaetbi.g trail
Chi his tadgssitable pregrwa . ![seal
Agri
Dan in the but Kirkby sad Maitlasfl
Mt around the Ire wafting most
tisntly for the wind to blow Ibs>Y
sad far that straw *to snap Nam
through c hick Armstrong struggled
forward. As he followed the windings
of the canon, trot dating to ascend to
the susualt on either wall sad seek
short eau across the rge, he was
sensible that a
t be was constantly rid...
There were many indications to i
experienced mind, the decrease in the
height of the surrounding pines, the
increasing rarity of the icy air, the
growing difficulty in breathing under
the sustained exertion he was making.
the quick throbbing of his arcelerated
heart. all told him be was approaching
his journey's end.
lie judged that he must now be
drawing near the source of the stream,
and that he would presently come
upon the shelter. He had no metas of
ascertaining the timelie would not
pave dared to nnbuttoe his cost to
glance at his watch, and it is difficult
to measure the flying minutes in such
scenes as thoue through which he pass-
ed, but be thought be must have gone
at least serer utiles in perhaps three
hours, which he fancied had elapsed,
his pr'ogr'ess 1a the last two „having
been frightfully slow. Every /bot of
advance be had had to Jigbt for.
Suddenly a quick turn .in the canon,
a passage through a narrow entrance
betweea lofty cliffs, and he found Wm -
'Pelf in a pocket or a circular ampble
theater which be could see was closed
on the farther side. The bottom of this
enclosure or valley was covered with.
pines, now drooping under tremendous''
burdens of snow. In the midst of the'
pines a lakelet was frozen solid; the
lee was covered with the same daz-
zling carpet of white.
He could have seen nothing of this
bad not the sudden storm now stopped,
as precipitately almost as it had bee'
gun. Indeed, accustomed to the gray-
ness of the snow fall, his eyes were
fairly dazzled by the bright light of
the sun, now quite high, over the
range, which struck him full in the
f ace -
He stopped, panting, exhausted, and
leaned against the rocky wall of -the
canon's mouth ',tech here rose sheer,
over his bead. This certainly was tbe
end of the trail, the lake was the
source of the frozen risulet along
whose rocky and torn banks be had
tramped since dawn. Here, if any-,
where, be would find the object of hitt
quest.
Refreshed by a brief pause., and
encouraged by the sudden stilling of
the storm, he stepped out of the canon -
and ascended a little knoll wbence bel
hada full view of the pocket over the' -
tops of the pines. Shading his eyes'
from the light with his hand as best be
could, be slowly swept the circumfer-
ence with hie eager glance, seeing
nothing until Lis eye fell upon a huge
broken trail of rocks projecting from
the snow, indicating the ascent to a
broad shelf of tbe mountains across
the lake to the right. Following this
be saw a huge block of snow which
suggested dimly the outlines of a
but!
Was that the place! Was she there!
He stared fascinated and as he did so
a thin. curt -of smoke rose above tine
snow heap and wavered up In the cold,
quiet air: That was a human habita-
tion, then. It could be none other
than the but referred to in the note.
Enid Maitland must be there; and
Newbold!
The take ley directly in front of hf
beyond the trees At the foot of the
knoll. and bee.-ee hire and the slope
that led up targe but If it had been
summer, he ertsar have bore compel -
:fete t,d_" to the
dwelt. As the crow files. 1t could not
be a great distance: but the ranon
sigcagged through the mountains with
as many curves and angles as a Iiget-
sing flash He plodded on, therefore,
with furious haste. recklessly speed -
over places where a misstep it
snow or a slip on the icy rocks
tsould have meant death or disaster to
biin.
He had gone about an hour. sad had
perhaps made four miles from the
camp when *the storm burst upon blot
It was now broad day, but the saw was
filled with clouds and the air with
driving mow. The wind whistled doers
the c&noo with terrific faros It was with
dlacntty that be made any Medway at
an against ft. 1t was a local Mara:
If be could have ioohed through the
snow he would have dLesvered calm-
mem
alfair• on the top of tis pants. it was
one of those sudden squalls of wiad
Ned scow which rage with teniae
torus while they last. but whose rage
was limited. and whose violent dura-
tion would 11e abort
A lewd determtaed ansa than be
would have • bowed to the iaevltable
Mmol .blight maw shelter bolded •
reek until the fury of the taimemt
was .peat, but then was oto storm
that blew that omit sheep this sac
se lour as be hat sirsagth to drive
mplast M. So he beet Ws heed to the
Sere* him and struggled an There
was men thing Ntaaie ens aepiSeeaR
about this Ma determination Med par-
IMP
The Armetroog. e s fast
pMisms ilei seen kmmee-
at Ys melee; lois had hue
wtrn
- 10s dowse hen Aal the two
s letern inglet that It was dif-
i wa le gap tush pc'-'-, sow
rims mad w the tether. The rataaittaafi
Os two 1lressMMs
c irover. s on 1
d 1Sr
e ntrard Men that ands list he de-
n ied.
nlbd.
Ills ter rent me mum somena fel*
wawa was les. the sharp noodles eft M
lasersst w lama em .twee erteas amt
�.d The tole! Weed w IMF
taseugh his __jamb ant efl111•l het
OM tea army. L•asl ssraa111Ilr
WO FIN
Lies in That Cough and Weans
WOOL Condition.
Wien piensp y, goemonic these'
11111 Oea14 to he tetrad at this Uma
d the year.
Te perm* grippe from hplag 11s1
beet 4 either pleurisy or poems•
sic ft r Important se drive the l0A
trams it )K Mot a the system tieck17.
Oar arraign le r take Viso!, oar
delitshes fell liver and Ina prepare -
Um wlllhMat ell. sad get your strengtk
sad v11m$d lent gafenly.
lies. A. A. Grabill, of Strasburg
Ya. ma: "Wipe let me weak, ran
dem and with a server* mes, fres
widen I saassed tear yuan. 1 trial
dlreent-smaslaa. but sealing sdasal
is le me any Gaal until I took Oust,
hem whelk I rtoelved great henget
17 vesh la almost entirely prim and
I sea stream asst aO again, and I am
sled to means al Vlool to others
who Who as I AhL'
Thy Yier! wiih the cartalet7
that if It dose est bensit
yea we Val dA haat year mover.
H.C. Dunlop, Dillow isLGtderieb.
L
right or TO the left both joutatejs
would have led over difficult trails,
with little to choose between them,
but the lake was now frozen hard and
covered with mow. He had no doubt
that the snow would bear him, but to
make sore he drew bis snow shoes
from his shoulder, slipped his feet in
the straps• and sped straight on
through the trees and across it like an
arrow from a bow.
In live minutes he was at the foot
of the giant stain. Kicking off h:a
snow shoes, he scrambled up the
broken way, easily finding in the snow
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eie Scrambled Up the Broken Way.
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Passed and repassed daily. In a few
=tents he was at the top at the
• hard trampled path ran
Preen high walls of snow to i
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