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' and stop the irritation and inflammation, could get, f a girl ae p tty as you,'a
(Cdntinued frpm last w while the cr=eosote goes on to the stomach, "Will yon, leave me, Ali ?"
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WATSON & REQ Miss ia�®! You `here .. cried. of the trouble and checks e f w "No "
They lool£ed at each other, the man rms, gmwtho the w.
SEAFORTH ONT. "No I reckon not," lae'drawled be-
' Land Ole girl, while the wild fear in Creomulaion is teed satisfactory tween half shuttered eyes.
GENERAL INSURANCE' AGENTS her'liearl began to still. The. dust of in the treatment o�peir4�sient coughs; and She moved toward the -'door, but he
representing only the best Cali- the' drive"`was thick on his boots, his colds; bronchial.: asthma, -bronchitis and:' was there before her,. With a turn
adian, British and American clothes,, his face, but the soil of other forms, of respiratory diseases, and is ' of his wrist he had locket it.
travel"could not obscure the power of• aceileat'for bu,7dwg up the system after quite -lit my say -
Companies• This interview
All kinds of insurance e4'eeted his' carriage, the strong. lines of his colds qi flu. Money refunded if any so, honey. Think after sti many years
shoulders the set of his broad, flat cough or cold is not relieved after taking
at the lowest rates, inclniiing=-- according to of absence makes the heart grow fon-
back, any more than it could tarnish g directions. ?mak your druggist, der you're going to trample over me
FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT, AUTO= her rarity, the 'sweetness of blood in, Creomulsion Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.
bke I was a kid? Guess again."
MOBILE, TORNADO, AND PLATI6 -her that under his gaze beat faintly "Unlock that door," she ordered.
GLASS RISES.' into her dusky cheeks. The still force -- When I
« get good arid,ready. We'll
--Aldg- of him somehow carried reassurance „
to her. Such virility of manhood into view. have our talk out first,
REAL ESTATE and LOAN AGENTS could not be marked for extinction. "What's up?" he demanded. Her eyes blazed. She was white as
Prompt attention paid to placing paper though she faced" him steadily.'
p g She panted .out her story, and his Melissy looked up, Her face was But her heart wavered.. She dared
Risks and adjusting of claims, eyes never left her. perfectly ashen, "Phil Norris • not call out for fear her brother might
Business established 80 years, "You have risked your life to save he shot Mr. Morse, hear and come to her assistance. This
guaranteeing good service, mine and my herders," he said very Farn•um stepped forward. "Hurt she must forestall at all costs.
Agents foir Singer Sewing Machine quietly. badly, Mr. Morse?" A heel clicked in the alcove. For
. Company, "You must go back," she replied The wounded man grinned faintly, the first time Norris, or. "Boone as the
OFFICE PHON, gg, irrelevantly. "'Scared worse, I reckon. He got me
Southern girl had called him became
E• "I can't. The entrance is guard- in the fleshy part of the left arm."
RESIDENCE PHONE. 60. ed,,' 1lieli.ey was t caning outipoft the
resin-
- _ . _ This startled her. Then -what dow. She called down to a man
shall we do?" CHAPTER XIII standing on the street.
LONDON AND WINGHAM You must ride forward at once. "Jack, come up here quick. I want
Tell the vaqueros that I am moving OLD ACQUAINTANCES „
North. my sheep only to take them to the You wanted to see me?" you .11
took a step forward. "You
a.m. p.m. railroad. Explain to them how Alan here 'Lissie Lee?"
Exeter 10.16 6.04 g The voice had the soft, slow futons- She " ,
i_. detained with the message T sent tion of the South, and it held some ,_he laughed scornfully. Yes, I m
- Hensall �........... 10.30 6.18 Farnum. In a few minutes we shall quality that haunted the memo here. An unexpected pleasure, isn't
- Kipper 10.85 6.23 follow with the sheep. so Melissy thought afterward but it?"
Bruce$eld ......... 10.44 6.32 And if they dont believe that you "Do you know Ferree Yarnell?" he
Glanton Jct. ...... , 10.58 6,46 are going out of the sheep. business that may have been because of its y
Clinton,Ar. ....... 11.05 6.52 -what then?" owners appeal to sympathy. asked, for once taken aback.
" "If you are Miss Yarnell." ` It looks as if I do.
I shall have to take m
Clinton, Lv. ....... 11.15 6.62 y chance of "Ferne Yarnell is name." His quick furtive eye fell upon an
Clinton Jct. .... 1121 6.58 that." y
eek but "Mr. Bellamy asked me to call on envelope on the floor. He picked it
She seemed about to s
Londesborough .... 11.85 7,12 p you. He sent this letter of introdue- uP, Upon it was written, "Miss
Blyth ............. . 1L44 721 changed her mind, nodded, swung to tion." Ferne Yarnell," and in the corner,
Belgrave . 11.56 7.33 ,the saddle, and rode forward. After A faint wave of color beat into "Introducing Miss Lee."
m
WinghaJct., Ar.. the
, 12.08 7.45 a few minutes Bellamy followed cheek �pf the stranger. "You know A muscle twitched in his face. When
Winghaua Jct, Lv,. 12.08 ?.45 slowly. He was unarmed, not having Mr. Bellamy then?" he looked up there was an expression
Windham ......... 12,12 7.55 doubted that his letter to the cattle- "Yes He would have been here to of devilish malignity on it.
man world make his journey safe. meet you, but he met with an acci- "Mr. Bellamy's handwriting, looks
�n�- That he should have waited fur an dent yesterday." fine." Hie turned to the Arizona girl.
answer was now plain, but the con- t. r , "Then I didn't lit the fellow out of
a'm' p -m* tract called for an immediate delivery An accident.' There was a quick „ P
Winghbm ..... 6.55 8-15 flash of alarm in the lifted face. business.
of the sheep, as he had carefully ex- "No you coward."
Wingham Jct. ..... 7.01 8.21 He told me to tel] you that it was
Belgrave .......... 7.15 8,82 PlPred in his noted again
not serious. He was shot in the The angry color crept to th, .00ts
Presently he heard. again the coat , of his hair. "Better luck next time."
BIjth ............. 72? 8.49 ter of a horse's hoofs in the loose arm." v,> The door knob rattled._ Someone
Londesborough • .... 7.85 8.52 Shot. By whom?" She was ash -
shale and saw Melissy returning.
Clinton Jct: 7.49 4.06 " en to the lips. outside was trying to- get in. Those
"Well?" he asked as she drew up " inside the room aid no obvious at -
Clinton .. .. 7.68 4.18 „ "By a man called Duncan Boone, A
I've told them. I think they be- tention to him. The venomous face
^kitten Jct. • ...:... 8-08 4.20 Neve me, but I'm going through the "I know him. He is a dangerous
am efleld ......... 8:16 4.82 gorge with yon." man."of the cattle detective held the wo-
Kipp�es , , , • , . 8,22 4,40 "Yes," Melissy nodded. "I don't men fascinated.
• t looked up quickly to protest, think we know how ver dangerous "When Dick Bellamy ambushed
1SemaD ............ SAA 4"60 but did not He knew that her he is. We have all beendeceivedin Shep he made a hell of a bad play of
Ezeta ............ 8.4? S.Ob thought was that her presence beside
""'�• him would protect him from attack. him till recently." it. My old mammy the Booborn ed to sayIt at '
The rough chivalry of Arizona takes `Does he live here?" nes were
C. N. R. TIME TABLE` Yes. The strange thing is that he see where she was right. The man
its hat off to a woman, and Melissy and Mr. Bellamy had never met in that killed my brother gets his one
Rut Lee was a favorite of the whole coon- forgeof these days and don't youtit.
t side. this country until a few days ago. Y
SAL p.m. tryside. used to be some kind of a feud You just stick around. We're due to
Goderich • • , , • , , , , • 6.00 2.20 So together they passed into the between the families. But you must shoot this thing out, him 09 ire; '
HanitsvMe 6.17 2.167 gulch, Bellamy walking by the side know more about that than I do," the man continued, his deep -socketed
Clinton 6.26 2.52 of her horse. Neither of them spoke. "Yes My family is involved in eyes burning from the grim handsome
13eorth 4A1 8.12 At their heels was the soft rustle of the feud. Mr. Bellamy is a distant face.
.. Colum'ban 8./9 i.20 many thousands of padding feet• cousin of mine." "Open the door," ordered a voice
"t 6.64 5.28 Once there name to them the sound "So he told me." from the hall, shaking the knob viol -
West of cheering, and they looked rep to see
&iii. ". p.m. a group of vaqueros waving bheir hats "Have you known him long?" ently.
Dublin . 10-W 2618 9.87 and shoutingdown. Melissy shook Melissy thought that there was a You don't know he killed your
brother. Soifheone else nib[ have
$t. Calumbas. 10.42 1=.44 her handkerchief and laughed happily little more than cariosity in the quick �
Beaforth ..... 10X8 858 -10.60 at them. It was a day to be remem- look the young woman flung at her. done it. And its may have Seen done
I met him when he first came in self defence, the Arkansas girl
Clinton .... 1110 6.08 10-04 bered by these riders said to Boone in a voice so Tow and
Hotszesville .. 11.20 7.08 30.1 They emerged into a roll of hill- here. He was lost on the desert and
,8(j I found him. After that we became reluctant that it appeared the words
Goderieh ..... 11.40 7.2Y 10 tope upon which the setting sun had were wrun from ilei b to
very unfriendly. He jumped a min- g y �Te•
C. P. B. TWX TAI" l! cast a weird afterglow of radiance in "Think I'm a buzzard heifd? Why
which the whole world burned. The ing claim belonging to my father. But
?L�; cactus, the stunted shrubbery, the we've made it up and agreed to be for did he run away? Why did he
aju. painted rocks seemed all afire with friends, jump for the sandhills soon as the
some magic light that had touched "He wrote about the young lady word came to arrest him?" He snap-
Coderi¢h • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 g who saved his life." ' ped together his straight, thin-lipped
Menest ... 6.66 their commonness to a new wonder. mouth much as a trap closes on its
• � • • � � A sound came to them from below. Melissy smiled. "Did he say that
M��' •••............••••• I was a cattle and a stage rustler?" Prey i.
-
Anbmrn ........ 6.11 Aman, rifle in hand and leading a -"He said nothing that was not A heavy weight hurtled atsdost the
h ..................... 6.$6 horse, was stealthily crossing the good „ door and shook it to the binges. '
C. -VA A.40 trail to disappear among the large «m I'much obliged to him," the Melissy had been edging to the right,
mevaasht ................. 6,52 boulders beyond. Western girl answered breezily. "And Now with a twist of her lissom body
Toronto .................... 10.25 Melisay did not speak, scarce dared now ao tell
me,have ell, that
she had slipped past the furious man
Wilt to draw breath, for the man beneathYarnell,
and turned the key.
-a.m. them was Boone. There was some- y people P Jack Flatray came into the room,
Tprt►IItO '1.40 thin furtive and lupine about him your mind to stay permanently." y
g P "Father is still looking the ground His glance swept the young women
014'41tdLt................. 11.48 that suggested the wild beast stalk- and fastened on the man. In the '
W411:46 ................... 1Zr;A1 in its kill. No doubt he had become over. lie has almost decided to buy
Ing crossed eyes of the two was the
110.12 Impatient to see the end of his foe a store here. Yet he has been in the
..................... P town only a -day. So you see he must thrust of rapiers, the grinding of
Anbma .................... and had ridden forward. He had al- like It.,, steel on steel, that deadly searching ,
10iCGh9►-•••••••••••••••••.• most crossed the path before he Took- for weakness in the other that duel -
M •••••••>••°•••...- 31 ed u and caught sight of them stand- Outside the open secoxxi story win- •
T662. • • • ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • I" in to ether in the fireglow of the dow of the hotel Melissy heard a voice fists employ.
I Ing g that sounded familiar. She moved The deputy spoke in a low soft
sunset. drawl. "Mornin', Boone. Holding an
Abruptly he came to a standstill.
toward the window alcove, and at the
executive session, are you?"
"By God! you slipped through did same time a quick step was heard in
A BARGAII�T y PP o The lids of the detective �Ifirrowed
you?" he said in a low voice of con- the hall. Someone opened the door of
centrated bitterness, the parlor, and stood on the threshold. to slits. From the first there had
FOR SALE,• -Five acres, one [I R4 It was the man called Boone. been no pretense of friendship be -
from Seafortb• modern house with, Bellamy did not answer, but he tween these two. There are =nen who
Melissy, from the window, glanced
furnace, bath and toilet; small barb; separated himself from the girl by a round. Her first impulse was to have only to hook once at each other
good orchard. Taxes, $15. 3 endld step or two. He knew quite well to know they will be foes. It had
p1 ,peak; her second to remain silent.
chance to, start chicken farm, been, what was coming, and he looked down For the Arkansan was not looking at been that way with them. Causes of
etc. Apply to quietly with steady eyes upon his foe. her. His mocking ribald gaze was antagonism had arisen quickly en -
`IL S. HAYS, From far below there came the upon Ferne Yarnell. . ough. Both dominant personalities,
Seaforth, Ont. faint sound of a horse breaking its That, young woman looked up from they had waged silent unspoken war -
2O - way through brush, Boone paused to the letter of introduction she was fare for the leadership of the range.
listen, :but his eye never wandered reading and a startled expression Later over the favor of Melissy Lee
from the barebeaded, motionless fig- swept into her face. this had grown more intense, still
ure silhouetted against the skyline in "Dune Boone," she cried. without having ever been Out into
the ruddy evening glow. He had The man doffed his hat with slab words. Now they were face to face,
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shifted his rifle sthat it lay iboth orate pol.itnessk "Right glad to meet masks off.
panda, ready for mmediate action, "Why, yes, until you ,butted in, Mr.
up with you again, Miss 1{"erne, You
Melissy, horror-st=ricken, had sat Sheriff."
silent, but now she found her voice. ;was in short dresses when I sate you
"He is unarmed!" she cried to the last. My, but you've grown pretty. I'd "This drop in
busy day. I thought
jus�tl-dron to the meeting.
cowpuncher. ,,,, "You've made a mistake. We're not
Ile made no answer. An sound - holding a cattle rustlers' convention."
In the brush, close at hand, was dis-` " There are so many ladies present
trading his attention, though not his , ` �,� I can't •hear you, but maybe if you
, gaze. said it outside I could," the deputy
Just as he whipped up his rifle 196 i"HOMAS 0 suggested gently, a gleam of steely
Melissy sprang forward. She. heard" ,, °" '1anger in his e;cs.
the sound of the explosiorf the ` "Say it anywhere to oblige a
draw, saw Bellamy clutch at the air 40, �r � friend," sneered Boone.
and slowly sunk to the ground. Be- ` FN A I* From the moment of meeting
fore the echoes had died away she o ti o s , neither man had lowered his gaze by
had flung herself toward the inert ,N the fraction of an inch, Red trag-
II16111°AIl(:8of so dy::.p>yt lite took a step or two for- e edy was in the air. Melissy knew it.
:' s p The girl from Arkansas guessed as
Bohd6 Real. mus#a� > 's s' t make sure of his work, ' 1 �r if d` march. Yet neither of them knew how
� V;t aiitrntl of running footsteps ...,... 4 ENi_•r'CIN to avert the calamity that appeared
I Money to �e�l�W ' -'• loo lifingod his' mind, swung to the [ ;mpending. One factor alone saved
s&itdl4; arYli;' dlsiappeared among the 4
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.., P'hohd1 9111 r6eklo, nstafit later Bob Farnum burst ., i , .� ''o-3' hhd fsot pct heard of the shocsfiaitig
of Bellamy. Had he known herovfd
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er asked,. his glance passing from one Guam 1�ty Tr, .s� �� � t L 1' � �, I
to another. ' ;k a "
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"Yon ain't in this, Lee," Boone zn. A. g HEALY, I'resifient }�y� ' ' y` '°
formed ]rim. Then, to 'Flatray, See A. W,ERY, Aust. Gs n. man err;; fru? . :�
you later. �•
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The deputy nodded carelessly, Any�jQ ;, ��N
time you like." WINDSOR - I 01 I T 11 i ' ,'
The lank old Confederate took a {� r "a
step forward to call Boone back, but ,
Melissy caught him by the sleeve. I ' f, d
"Let him o'' she whir AUTHORIZED w ins`" ,
g , whispered em= THO ED REPRES ITATI�E � , -
phatically. u ? , � { r+'
"I know my boss," returned Lee` AY We E. Hemphill., I� n •a114 o %, . -.0.
with a laugh. r ?r
"If you're $I?r�r x '
y quite through with me, .qtr � � `
Miss Lee, I'll not . intrude longer," �, �g
Flatray said, ?, 1.t. ��
"But I'm not," spoke Melissy quick- , 14
ly. of `Duncan. Shep Boone was a drun- I tion had been aroused and ala saw"'A
$� -
She did not intend to let him get ken ne'er-do-well, but since he now self no longer a sl, 1. c' w, hl -
away to settle his quarrel with stood alone nothing more than empty the urr#eatured desert, brit "a.�etr ti^G� ` t
Boone. threats was expected of him. He polis T in touch with9ventret-cOntuaCll as , ,'r E
"I'm rather ,busy," he suggested. spent his time idly with a set of life.+
"Your business will have to wait gambling loafers, but he lacked the The great Simon West, pirate o r�'
she came back decisively. quality of active malice so pronoune- finance, empire bui'Ider; monde: of tura s
Lee laughed and clapped Jack on ed in Dune. destinies of the mighty Bouthwesterara, r �I;t
the shoulder. "Might as well know A small part of the old plantation, Pacific system, was-, to toue the a • 4".1i,,
your boss too, boy. heavily mortgaged, still belonged to dobe village with his: trans, ormiiig;
Melissy flushed' with a flash of Shep and was rented by him to wand and make of it --a hive of fn' dus*
temper. "I'm nothing of the kind, a tenant, Jess Munro- He announced try. Rumors flew .thick. and -fAst , ;;
dad," one day that he was going to collect • 'Mesa was to be the junction 174x the
"Shot A joke's a joke, girl. That's the rent due him. Having been drink- new spur that would run to the bile;
twice hand runnin' I get a call -down. ing heavily, he was in an abusive Lincoln dam. The town would be a
You're mighty high -heeled to -day, frame of mind. As it chanced he met division ,point; the machine shops of
'pears like." young Hal Yarnell, just going into the system would be located there.
Jack smiled grimly. He understood the office of his kinsman Dick Bel- Its future, if still a :trifle vague, was
some things that were hidden from lamy, with whom he was about to potentially immense. Thus, with
Lee. arrange the details of a hunting trip cheerful optimism, did local opinion
they were starting upon. Shep emp- interpret the visit of the great man.
tied his, spleen on the boy,, harking, Whatever Simon West may have
CHAPTER XIV back to the old feud and threatening thought of Mesa and its prospects, he
vengeance at their next meeting. The kept behind his thin, close -abut lips.'"4
CONCERNING THE BOONE-BEI,- boy was white with rage, but he shut He was a dry, gray little man of
AMY-YARNELL FEUD his teeth and passed upstairs without fifty-five, with sharp, twinkling eyes 11
saying a word. that saw everything and told nothing.
The story that Ferne Yarnell told The body of Shep Boone was found Certainly he wore none of the visible
them in the parlor of the hotel had next•day by Munro among the black- signs of greatness, yet at his nod Wal
its beginnings far back in the days berry bushes at the fence corner of Street trembled- He had done more
before the great war. They had been his own place. No less than four wit- to change the map of industrial Am -
neighbors, these three families, had nesses had seen young Yarnell pass erica than any other man, alive or
settled side by side in this new land that way with a rifle in his hand a- dead. Wherefore, big Beauchamp
Df Arkansas, had hunted and feasted bout the same time that Shep was Lee, mayor of Mesa, and the citizens '
together in amity. In an hour had riding out from town. They had heard on the reception committee did their
arisen the rift between them that was a shot, but .bad thought little of it, very best to impress him with the fu -
to widen to a chasm into which much Munro had been hoeing cotton in the ture of the country, as they motored -
blood had since been spilt. It began field and had seen the lad as he pass- out to the dam
with a quarrel between hotheaded ed. Later he had heard excited voic- "Most promising spot on earth.
young men. Forty years later it was es, and presently a shot. Other cir- Beats California a city block' on or -
still running its blind wasteful course. cumstantial evidence wound a net a- anges and citrons. Ever see an Ari,
Even before the war the Boones round the boy. He was arrested. Be- zona peach, Mr. West?' It skins the
hail (begun to go -down hill rapidly. fore the coroner held $n inquest a world," the big cattleman ran on
Cad Boone, dissipated and unprincipl- new development startled the com- easily,
ad, had found even the lax discipline munity. Dick Bellamy fled on a night The financier's eye took in the girl
)f the Confederate army too rigid and train, leaving a note to the coroner sitting beside the chauffeur in the
sad joined the guerillas, that band of exonerating Hal. In it he practically front seat, and he nodded assent,
hangers-on which respected neither admitted the crime, pleading self de -
Ing and developed a cruelty than was fence. Continued next week.
••palling. Falling into the hands of
tptain Ransom Yarnell, he had been
Led by drumhead courtmartial and
:ecuted within twenty-four hours of
B capture.
The 'boast of the Boones was that
ey never forgot an injury. They
ight wait many years for the chance
it in the end they paid their debts.
venty years after the war Sugden
)one shot down'- Colonel Yarnell as
was hitching his horse in front of
e courthouse at Nemo. Next Christ -
as eve a brother of the murdered
an --Captain Tom, as his ofd troop-
s still called him -met ol(' Sugden
the postoffice and a revolver duel
slowed. From it Captain Tom em-
ged with a bullet in his arm. Sug-
g was carried out of the store feet
•st to a house of mourning.
The Boones took their time. An -
her decade passed. Old Richard
fllamy, father of the young man,
is shot through the uncurtained win -
w of his living rooms while reading
e paper one night. Though related
the Yarnells, he had never taken
iy part in the feud beyond that of
pressing his opinion freely. The
neral opinion was that he had been
[led by Dune Boone, but there was
, conclusive evidence to back it
free weeks Iater another one of the
me faction met his fate. Captaii.
im was ambushed while riding from
s plantation to town and left dead
t the road. Dune Boone had been
en lurking near the spot, and im-
ediately after the killing he was
et by two hunters as he was alip-
ng through the underbrush for the
ramps. There was no direct evi-
!nee against the young man, 'but
aptain Tom hadbeen the most popu-
r man in the county. Reckless
ough he was, Duncan Boone had
yen forced to leave the country by
e intensity of the ,popular feeling
rainst him.
Again the feud had slumbered. It
as understood that the Yarnells and
e Bellamys were ready to drop it.
my one of the opposite faction re-
ained on the ground, a twin brother
. .c. . .. ..�,. •r ,r .:, ..,
This was the story that Ferne Yar- - -
nell told in the parlor of the Palace /�fWled Weight
j�
Hotel to Jack Flatray and the Lees. She Melissy spoke first, "Did Mr. Bel -
Gained
lamy kill the man to*keep your bro- McCoy's Cod
''
Cher ,from being killed?" �WithM
"I don't know. It oust have beenj� ,.}
that. It's all so horrible." bNer 4l Tablets
The deputy's eyes gleamed. "Think
)f it another way, Miss Yarnell. Bel- You remember of course -not so
lamy was up against it. Your bro- long ago she was a regular scere-
ther is only a boy. He took his place. crow -skinny is a mild word for the
A friend couldn't have done more for way she looked
another." Just look at her now -if ever a
The color beat into the face of the woman hadaect
Arkansas girl as she looked at him. A� figure she has
it
"No. He sacrificed his career for he is the envy of half the girls
in town.
Jim. He did a thing he must have I't's northingto
about
hated to do." -_all she did was o Lake onweigint,
"He's sure some man," Flatray pro- -filled out the hollawa in face, neck
pounced. and ches"uy skinny, weak, run
A young man, slight, quick of step down woman can do the same and
and erect as a willow sapling, walk- gain a clean, clear' complexion at the
�d into the room. He looked from one same time
;o,another with clear level eyes. Miss McCoy takes all the risk -,Read
Nrne introduced him as her brother. this ironclad guarantee. )f afiber tak-
A thought crossed the mind of the ing 4 .sixty cent boxes of )&Coy's
deputy. Perhaps .this boy had killed Cod Liver Extract Tablets or 2 one
his enemy after all and Bellamy bad dollar boxes any thin, underweight
shouldered the -blame for him. If the
mine owner were in love with Ferne man or woman doesn't gain at least
Med
Yarnell this was a hypothesis more �' ith the marked improvement pounds and feel completely enst n
in
than possible. In either caae he ac- °P
quitted the slayer of blame. In his health -your druggist is authorized to
pocket was a letter from the sheriff return the purchase price,
at Nemo, Arkansas, stating that the Ask any good druggist.
universal opinion was that neither - •- ..
Bellamy nor young Yarnell had been
to blame for the outcome of the dif- f Post -Holiday Reflection -The worst
ftculty. Unless there came to him an of it is that the fish seem to go on a
active demand for the return of Bel-! v &cation about the same time we do.
limy he intended to let sleeping dogsi -Nelson News.
lie.
No such demand came. Within a f Make it Unanimous -Mother is talc••
month the mystery was cleared. The ing reducing exercises and father
renter Munro delivered himself to the hopes the household expenses will
sheriff at Nemo, admitting that he join her Galt Reporter.
had killed Sbep Boone in self defence. I
The dead man had been drinking and i Jumbled Reasoning -Buying big.
was exceedingly quarrelsome. He ger armaments to prevent wars is
had abused his tenant and at last like buying the kid an automobile to
drawn on him. Whereupon Munro I keep him from riding. -Kitchener Re -
had shot him down. At first afraid cord.
of what might happen to him, he had
stood aside and let the blame be ' Forehanded --Just in case the worst
shouldered upon young Yarnell, But I comes to the worst, Mussolini had
later his conscience had forced him to. better start looking around now for
a confession. It is enough here to' a Doorn,-Windsor Border Cities Star.
say that he was later tried and ac- i
quitted, thus closing the chapter of 1 Amenable to ,Reason -It was never
the wastrel's tragic death. necessary to walk three mil4s for a
The day after the news of Munro's peck of oats to coax oldDobbin tr►
confession reached Arizona Richard complete the trip.-Ridgetown I3orYiiit-
Bellamy called upon Flatiny to invite ion•,i
him to his wedding. As soon as his
name was clear he .had asked Ferne
Yarnell to marry him. A Justified Criticism -"My objet. ,
tion to real li"'e� i says the heroine o
PART II ar Scotch not R. rtiy.";fhat it imm 'tft ' i
DEAD MAN'S CACHE to the mover il; Illbtut'es."-•-+`m6ft'ired w
Star. �' i
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