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JOANJ, HUGGARD1
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MAPORTH • •ONTARZO
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BY. WM. MAcLEOD FiAINE4
, (Clontinuedi from last. 'week)
"Yours ian' mine."
. "You've been gone forty-eight
hours. The rest of Us have Worked
'Our heads off gettire together the
herd. I reckon you can't xplain why
you weren't with us."
Yellow with dust, unshaves• mud.
naked in his hair, hands torn by the
cat -claw, alomee Webb was red -eyed-
• frean lea of sleep and from .the
tation ,O the • alkali powder. Thia
youpg rider had jeroken the first lew
of the cowpuncher, to l:tte on the job
in time of trouble and to stay there
as long as he !could hack a titerse.
The owner of the Flying:V Y was
angry clear through at his desertion;
andshe intended to letthe boy know
it. . .
"Iwent out to look for Peg -Leg
Warren," said Clanton apolegetical-
ly.
Webb stopped in his stride. -"You
did- Who told you to do that?"
didn't need to be told. I've got
leceee sense myself." •Jiimspoke a
little sulkily. He knew that• he
.ought to have stayed with his ern-
ttployee. • „
"Well, what did you do 'when, you
found.Peg•Leg-make him a visit for
a couple of days?" demanded • the
drover with sarcasm. •
"No, I don't know him Well enough
to visit-nonly • well enough to shoot
• '`What's that?" asked Webb sharp-
ly.
"Think I was goin' to ret -'em ping
Tin McGrath ae' get away with it "
snapped Jim.
'That's my bueinesie-not tyours.
What did you do'? Com O clean."
•• ."Laid out in the chaparral, till I
got a chance to gun him," the young
fallow. answered sullenly.
"And then?"
"Plugged a hole through him an'
made any getaway."
. •
• "You mean .you've killed Peg -Leg
Warren:"
never he any deader," said
it
anion
oollyr
The 'der • 'hod flushed into Webb's
ace. He wa. ..pity -on Warren.
he man was a cold-hearted miirder-
eir and had reaped only what he had
eowed. But this was no excuse for.
Clanton, who had deliberately drag-
ged the Flying V Y into trouble with-
out givieg its owner a chance to de-
termine what form retribution should
take. The cowpuncher had gone back
to,primitive instincts and elected the
'blood feud as the necestary farfiri of
'reprisal. He had plunged. Webb and
the other drovers' into war without
even, a by-yyur-leave. His answer to
murder had been murder. To en-
eelleane this sort of thiee_would be
esisteeeretr-nnearrentn=reancreventeer
lead to anarchy.
"Get yore time from Yankie, Clan-
ton,' said- his employer irashly. "Sleep
in temp to -night if you like, but hit
the. 'trail in the merlin'. I can't use
men like yeti." • ••
He •turned away and left.the two
friends -alone.
Plinee-wat sick at heart. Hie had
Warned 'the young fellow mei it had
done no good. His regret was for
Jim, net for Warren. • He blamed
himself for not having prevented the
killing ef Peg -Leg. .Yet he !knew he
had done all that he could. •
:"I'rn 'sorry, Jim," he said at last.
"Oh, well! What's done is. done."
But Bill.ie could riot dismiss , the
matter casually. He saw clearly that
Clanton 'sad come to the parting of
the way's and hadunconeciously made
his choice for life. From this time
he Would be .1mOwn as a bad man.
The brand of the killer would be on
him and he would' have to make good
his reputation. He would have to. live
Without, friends, without love, .in the
'dreadful isolation a one who is
watched and feared by all. Prince
felt a great wav'e of _sympathy for
him, !of regret foe so young a soul
gone so totally astray. ' .Surely the
cards had been marked agaliniet Jim
Clanton. ' ,
• Chapter XIX
• A TWO -GUN MAN
Webb delivered this .beeves at the
Fort and endured with what fortitude
he could the heavy •cut, which the in-
spector chose to infikt. on him. He
paid off his men and 'let them shift
for themselves. 'Billie s.ecurecil
wood contract at the reservation,
employed half a dozen men and teems
cleaned up a thousand dollars in' a
couple lof months, and rode back to
Los Portales in the late fall.
He had money in MS pecket, and
youth in hie heart. The day Was -
waning ale he rade up the street and
in :the sunlight the shadows of him-
self and his horse :were attenuated to
fareial lengths. • Little • dust whirls
rose ie the road, spun round in in:F
,verted cones like 'hu'ge ,tops, and
curried out of sight across the prai-
rie. Horses 'drowsed lazily in.. front
of Telleten's, anchored to the:spot by
the simple process of throwing the
bridle to the ground. It all, looked
good to Billie. He had been heed at
work for many months, and he want-
ed to play. .„
A voice hailed him from across the
• street. "Hello, you Billie!"
Jim Clanton and Pauline. Roubideau
were coining out of a store. He des -
emitted from his horse and they fell
up�n him gayly.
"'Jour, monisieur," the girl cried;"
and she gave him werinly both her
hands.
The }tamest eyes if BiiIIIie devoured
her. "Didn't know you were within
a 'hundred mules- of here. This is
'great."
"We've !moved.. We live about
twenty nrilea• from town now. But
I'm in a igood deal became Jean has
bought the ii'very stable," she ex -
!planed.
-"Prn Sure glad iio 'hear that."
"You're to-Corne and see us to-
night. .1Supper will be ready in an
hour. • 'You bring him, Jim," ordered'
the igirl. "I'll leave you boys alone
now. You must have heaps to talk
abopti,"
The .gaze of the -cowpuncher fel-
lowed her as she went dawn the
street light and graceful as a fame.
Not Eliere !seeing had he peen her,
thpugh in the night watches. he had
often !heard the seundeofe her gay
voice, seen the flash of her bright
eyes, and recalled the sweet and gal-
lant buoyancy that was the dear note
of ,her cdniradeship,
• 'Billie looked after. his 'horse and
walked with Jim to the Proctor
' Heuee. His mind was 'already busy
appraising the changes in his friend.
Clanton was now a "two•gun" man.
From each hip hung a heavy revol-
ver, the lower ends of the holsters
• tied down..in order not to interfere
with lightning rapidity of action. The
young man .showed no Signs of ner-
• vousness, but his •chil•I eyes watched
without ceasing the street, doors and
windows of buildings, the faces of
passers-by and eerner loafers. What
Princehad foreseen was 'coming to
pass. He was, payingthe penalty of
his reputation as a load man: Already
incessant wariness was the price of
life for
A..second surprise awaited Billie at
the Roubidean house. Polly was in
the, kitchen and looked! out of • the
door. only to wave a big spoon at
them as they approached. Another
young 'woman welcomed them. • At
sight of Billy a deep -flushburned.
under her dark kin. It was, per-
haps, because of this sign of emotion
that her greeting was very leavalier.
"Yoifre back, I see."
!Prince- ignored the hint of hostil-
ity in her manner. His •big hand
gripped her little, one firmly.
. 'Yee, . I'm 'back, "'Miss Lee, and
'right glad to see you lookin' s,o,well.
I'll never forget the last time we
Neithpr would sihe, but she did not
came te tell him sta. ° The memory of
the .adveniture thy . the river -bank re -
'curved !peterstently',. This lean, sun-
baked..dawpuncluer with the kind eyes
and quiet effiCiency of hearing had
impressed hiniself_eupen_her as .no
other man had. There was a touch
of scorn in her feeling for. herself,
.because she knew she wanted hien for
her mate (moan than anything else on
earth.. In the night, alone in the
friendly 'darkness., her hot -face press-
ed into the cool pillows, she confeSs-
ed to herself thatshe loved him and
longed 'fpr the sight of his strong,
go.ocr-looking face with its smile of
whinieical humour. But •that • was.
Ashen she wa-L.safe....frona,
7.1.nerldbritEr. iNow, purusa, 'herself
and 'to prevent him from suspecting
the truth, she devoted her attention
mainly to Clanton.
Jim was .opeRly her admirer. Ile
wanted Lee eb -know it 'and did not
oare who else observed his devotion.
Pauline for one guested bhe boy's
istateof mind and smiledat, it„ but
Billie Wondered whether the smile hid
an aching heart. 'fle knew that little
Polly •had, a very tender feeling for
theboy who had saved her life. More
than once during supper it seemed' to
trim that her soft eyes yearned for
the reckless young fellow talking so
gayly t� Miss Snaith. The 'conviction
grew in Prince -it found lodigmenit in
his 'mind with a pang of des'paiir-
that the girl he eared for had given
her love to"his friend. ,11.11e fought a-
gainst the thought, tried resolutely to
push it from him, but again and a-
gain it returned.
Not until supper 'was well -under
way did Jean lEtionbi.deau come in
from the Corral. 'He shook hands
with Bilibe anal at the same time ex-
plained to Polly his tardiness • .
, "Billy is not the only stranger in
town to -night. Two or three' blew
in just before I left and kept Inc a
few minutes. That •Mysterious Pete
Champa *as one. You know him,
don't you, Jim?"
• The question was asked earelessly,
easuaHy, but Prince read in it a
warning to his friend. 'It meant that
he was to be ready for any emerg-
ency which sght .rise.
!After they had eaten Billie went
o.ut bpi the porch to smoke With Jean.
there gioing to be trouble be-
tween lyfysiZrions Pete an' Jim?" he
atsked. -
"Don't know. Wouldn't wonder if
that was why Champa came to town.
If I was Jim I'd keep an eye in the
back of my head when 1 walked. It's
a cinch Pete will try to get him -if
he Vies it at all -with all the breaks
in his favor."
"Is it generally knewri that Jim
was the man who killed Warren?"
• "Yet." Jean stuffed •and lit his
pipe !before he said anything more.
"The 'kid "Can't get ww,a, y from it
now. Floilks think tof him a.s a killer.
They watch him when he comes hie
to a barevoin an' they're careful not
to clots him. He's a bad man whe-
ther he wants to be or not.",,
Billie nodded. "I was afraid it
would be 'that way, but I'm more a-
fraid of slonvethini else. The worst
thing that can happen to any man,
except to 'get killed himself, is to
shoot another in cold blood. 'Most
ialwaiy!s it gives the fellow a cravin'
to. kill again. Haven't you noticed
it? A kind of madness •gets into the
'Veins} of a 'killer."
"Sure I've noticed, it. He has to
be watchiri'-:-watchlin'-watchin•' all
the time to make sure nobody gits
bine Hi's mind is en 'that. one idea
every minute. 'Ooreequence is, he's
always ready to shoot. 'so as net to
take any chenees, he makes it a habit
to be sudden death with a six-gun"
"That's it. Most of 'etn: are sure -
thing killers. Jim's, not liloe that.
He's game as they make 'cin. But
I'd give every dent I'm moral if he
hadn't gene out an' got Peg -Ing."
He never had any bringing up, or
aft /least he had the wrong kind." He
listened) a moment! With, a little smie
Faiom „the...Is-etcher/le where \,Jim was
'helping- the young women. Wash the
dishes, came a murmur of voices and
accentionally a laugh. • "Funnyhow
all goio'd women are mothers in their
hearts: Poltly'S tryin'. to save that
boy from himself, an' I reckon maybe
-.MisseLee is. too. In -'a -way they got
no business to have him here at aril
I like him. That ain't the point. But
he's got off wrong foot first. He's
declared ihiM.Self out of their class."
"And yoresister won't see it that
way?"
"Not a .bit -of it. She's goin'
fight for his soul, as you might say,
an' bring him hack if she can do it.
Plolly's a Mighty foyer little friend, if
am her brother that tells it."
"Sheb 'tight," decided Prince. 'It
can't hurt her any. •Nothife that's
wrong can do her any iharm, because
slres -so fine she sees only the good.
•Ari' certainly going' to do the
kid good taknow her." • •
• "If !had 'gilt out of 'hi -lie might
• helvea chance yet. But he won't.
•An' when he meets tip with Champa
'or Dave Roush he's .gpt to . toege.t
Mighty prompt everything that Polly
has told him."
"I .heard ,Roush Was on the mend.
Is he up a'gatin?"
"Yes. He had a narrow squeak,
hilt pulled through. Roush rode into
town with +Mysterious Fete to -night."
"Then they've .probably come to
gun Jim.. I'll stay right with him
for a day or tem if I can."
"What for?" demanded 'Roubideau
bluntly. "You're not in this thing,
You've got rib. call to mix up in it.
The boy -saved Pally, an' go this
far. If flni on the spot when he
meets Champa !or Roush -are I'll try
to be there -I won't let 'em both
dome at him without takin' a hand.
But he has got to choose his own
way in life, 1 ean't stand between
him an' the consequences of his acts.
He's get to play is own hand."
• "Did Dave .Rottilh arre Mysterious
Pete seem' peetty friendly?"
"Thicker than three in a bed,"
"Looks bad." Billie came to an-
eiligaLphaee.....of_the situation. "How
does it happen that nadth's outfit
have let Jim stay here without get -
tin' after him? Nothin' but a,neek-
tie party Would .stuit 'em when we left
in' the spring."
"Times 'have changed," explained
Roubideau. "This is • quite a trail
town now., The big outfits are bring -
in' in a good deal of money. Snaith
can't run things with so high a hand
as ,he did. Besides,.there are a gooi
inence.gt the trail punchers iiiearn.
n.ow. I reekorrweerk-efrrnerrlias giv-
en ardere-•not to start anything,"
"Maybe Roush and Champa 'have
been given -orders to take .care
Jim."
Jean doubted this and- said so.
"Snaith doesn't play his hand under
the table. But, of course, .Sanders
may have tipped 'em off to do it."
!Clanton joined them presently and
the three men walked downtown. The
gay smile dropped from Jim's face
the moment -he !stepped' down freni
the porch. Already his eyes had nar-
rowed and over them had come a
kind of f,lrn. Th!eY, searched every
dark sot on the road. •
"Lets go to Tolleson's," he propos-
ed ahreptly.
There was a•momeet of silence he -
fere. Billie made a counter-peoposti-
don. 'No, let's go back to the be-
tel.'
"Alf right You fellows go to the
htotel. 'Meet you, there lalber.',V.
The eyes.Of Prince ande%6u.bideau
met. Not another word was spoken.
Both of them knew 'that Clanton in-
tended tto leholw !hinise'I ii public
where anyone that wanted him might
find him. They turned toward Tol-
reson'e, but !took the, precaution to en-
ter by the back door.
The sound, of eihuffiing feet, of
tinkling piano and whining "fiddle,
gave notice 'in. advance- that the danc-
ers were on the floor. Clanton took
the !precaution to ease the guns in
their holsters • inorder to make sure
• of a swift draw.
•Hes fo,rethought was unnecessary.
Neither, Roush, nor Mysterious Pete
was among the dancers, the gamblers
or at .the bar. The three friends
passed out of the front' door and
walked to the Proctor "House. Clan-
ton bad doneall that heit was re-
quired of him, and wks"willing to
dropethe matter for *he -fright.
.
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•
Chapter. XX
EXIT MYSTERIOUS PETE
In thef.eold grey dawn of the teem-
ing after, Mysterious Pete straddled
down the main street of Los Portales
with a dark -brown taste in his mouth.
He was feeling ugly. For he had
imbibed a large quantity of liquor.
He 'had gambled and lost. He had
boasted of what hie intended to do to
one James 'Clanton, new generally
known as "Go -Get -'EM
This last in •particular was a mis-
take. •Manover, it was quite mit of
accord With the usual custom of Mr.
Champa. When he made, up his mind
to increase by one the number of
permanent residents upon Boot Hill
he bided his time, waited till the
suspicions of his victim were lulled,
and whet down his man without warn-
ing. The •one fixed rule of hits life
was 'never to take an unnecessary
chance. Now he was taking one.
'Every ehain has its weakelst
Mr. Champa drunk was a nook upon
which Mr. Champa sober had more
than once come to shipwreck. No
doubt some busybody, sleeking t� cur-
ry favon with him had run to this
Clanton with the 'Gale of how Mys-
terious Pete had Sworn -to kill him
oliTshieghtad man was •souir., au the
7.1frellt, "!.
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iffp wood hamp tapLa baor-dtpoot
if h oa dared, baa t o
balm toen,A, gonfegsfigm of-deubt.. T e.
.killercan afford to l'et nobed,Y Ogees
rWilleritelkhesua
m,ghtr
wefl order his coffin. The wee whom
he bolit in the eubtiortiorr of fear
will all !be taking ,a chance -With bine
So :Mytterions Pete, had.man and
niterderer, coward at heart to the
marrow, strutted. toweed his .roaming
.house with a heart full of hate to
everybody. The pleasant moaning
-,s•unehine was an .offence -tio him. A
care -free laugh on, the breeze matle
him grit his teeth- irritably: Pabtic7
ula.rlY he hatedDave Baugh. For
Roush- had led him, into this cumning-
ly b ylbriberyand flattery. He had
fed the jealousy of .Pete, who could
not break the thought of a rival bad
man lln his OWIL territory. He had
!hinted that perhaps Champa had bet-
ter .steer clear .of his youth;••ewho.se
reputation as a killer 4heid grown so
amiamingly. ;Ever .since Clanton had
killed Warren the bad man had in-
tended to "get him." But he meant
to do it without taking any risk. Iis
idea was to pretend to be his friend,
push a .gun into his sto.neach and
down him• before he could move. Now
by his f011Y the had to take a fighting
ehance. :Dave Roush, to save his otwn
•skin,'. had ;pushed hem into danger.
All this was quite clear to himaow,
and he raged at the knowledge. •
0hampa,-too,. was at another dis-
advantage. die was not sure that he
rwieuld know when he ' saw
him. He hed .set eye* en theeyoung
fellow one, on that occasion when
he had gone with Warren to demand
en inspection- of the Flying, V Y
herd. But he had sieen him only as -
one of a group 'of cowpunchers and
not as individual enemy, whereas
it was quite certain that Go -Get -TM
Jim would recognize hem.
From o•ut of a doorway stepped a
Young fellow withhis hand on his
hip. P.ete's six-gun flashed upwanel
in a quesiter curve even as the 'bullet
crashed on its wey: The youth stag-
gered against the wall _and seek to-
gether into a heap. Champa, • every
sense alert, fired again, then waited
warily to make sure this was not a
ruse of his victim!.
Slam•ecyne-a W-aman-darted from a
building opposite, flew across the
street, and dropped beide the! crump-
led figure, Her white 'Skirt , covered
the body like a peotecting flag.
The dark eyes in • the white 'face
lifted toward Champa were full of
;horror.. "You murderer! You've
'killed little Bud Proctar!".,'cired the
young woman.
He took an uncertain step or two
toward her. Mysterious Pete knew
that if this'. were .true, his ..race was
run. .
"God•citlemighty, Miss Snaith. I
swear I thought it` was Clanton. He
was drawing a gun. on me."• •
Lee drew the boy to her bosom so
that her body was between the killer
ar4 his victim. A swift, up -blazing,
•inaternal fury seemed to leap from
..her face.
ID• (Cane eine neater! Dont
you dare!" She cried.
The man's covert glances swept a-
round. Already men Were peering
out of •doors and windows to • see
what the !shooting was about. • Soon
the street would be full ofthem, all
Rill of deadly fury, at him. He back-
ed away, snarling, cut across a vac-
ant lot, and ran to his room, The
bolt in his 'door was no sooner dos-
ed than he knew 'ft .could, not pretect
him.. There .comes a time in the
career o.f a large, •percentage 'of. bad
men when. .some other hard citizen.
o:n behalf of the public puts a period
to it. He is:Wiped out, not for what
he has done only, but for fear also of
what he may do. The only siafety
now for him- was to get out of the
country as fast as a horse could car-
ry hini. Instinctively. Mysterious
Pete recognized this now 'and cutrsed
his folly for not .going straight to a
co rraL
'
e
If he hurried he miight still make
'his get -away. He reloaded his re-
volver, opened the 'door of his rem,
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iA traictY' idea eaRtie!...intaili,al!'
*mg riva.m.'ut the., ei41.0?..iff•;-744.0•70 ,
serve OP 41' laeteethm-40Mat
Wilde of his •eneMiee• kQUOthit:
her cap :and Parried her POd•
'screaming, while,ilie ran to the
pliant rOorrel... • • - , • • • ..
"Sla•ddie. me a bpi,* Jump" or-
dered the_ fugftive, his revolver out.
The trebling Wrangler beLe
did not know the .eause of Mysterious
Pete'•s urgency. ••The•••4,10.fWne, .en-
ough. He knew that thee nom •19.4.1b.
the had redard.wan•flyting in fear of,
Its: life. Tiny sweat beade stood out
on his forehead. The fellow w.as.
a blue :fiurk :and would sheet at ihe
least pretext
The saddle that the wrangler flung
on the horse he had :roped was a Tex-
as one with double cinches. In desi-
perate haste to be gone, Chaniipa re-
leased the child a. moment to tighten
one of the bands, ••.•
A Voice .called to her. "IRun, Kit-
tle."
To the casual .eye the child was all
knobby legs and lisle ribbons.. She
scudded for the! stable, sobbing asehe
ran.
At the sound of that voice Myslter-
ions Pete leaped to the saddle and
whirled his horse. He was too late.
The man whohad calletcl to Kittle
slamened shut tthe gate of the corral'.
and Laughed ta-untingles.
"Better 'light, Mr...Champs. That
caballo you're on happens to .be Mine."
• 1?ete needed no introductian. This
slight, devil-may-care yoUng . fellow
at the gate was Clanton!. iH was
here to fight. The only road of e.t.-
cape was over his body.
The ,gunnran „slid from bhe saddle.
His instinct for safety still served
him, for he came to the ground with
the horse as a , shield 'between him
and his foe. The nine -inch barrel of
his revolver rested on the back of
the" bronco as heehlazed away. A
!chip flew from .thecreseeber. of the
corral gate. . • •
,Clantori took no chances. The first
shot from his forty-four dropped the
cowpony. Pete !backed away, firing
as he .moved. He flung !bullet after
bullet -at the figure :behind the gate.
In his panic he, began to think that
his enemy bore a charmed life. Three
times his lead struck the woodwork
ofethe gate. • •
The retreating man whirled and
dropped, his weapon falling to the
dust. Clanton fired once more to
make sere that •his work was done,
then moved slowly forward, eyes
focused on the body. A thin"WiiSpof
smoke roSe from the_•_revolver lying
'close to.. the -still hand.
iMistertious Pete had died with his
boots on after the manner of his•
ind.
, Chapter XXI
JIM RECEIVES AND DECLINES
•AN OFFER '
From the moment that Clanton
walked eut• of the corral and left. the
deadegehr man lying in the dus-t • his
rePtitation was established. Up till'
that timehe• had sheen an probation.
Now he was a full-fledged killer. No-
body any longer s'poke of him by his
last name, except those friends who
sitill hoped lie might. escape h'is' des-
tiny. "Go -Get -Tim Jim" was his title
at large. • Those on more familiar
terms called him "Jimmie -Go -Get -
Em."
It was unfortunate for 'Clanton that
the 'killing of Champa lifted him into
instant popularity. ,,Mysterions Pete
had been too free with his gun. The
Community had 'been_ afraid of him.
The irresponsible way in which •he•
had -Wounded little Bud Proctor, whose
"life had been saved: only by the cour-
age of Lee Snaith, was, the climax of
a series of outrages committed by
the man. . .
That Jim had incidentally saved
Kittie .McRobert froni the outlaw was
a piece of clean luck. Snaith came
to him, at, ..enee; and buried the hat-
chet. In the war just starting, the
cattleman needed men ofnerve to
lead his forces. He offered a 'place
to Clanton, who jumped at the chance
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"Bring yore friend Billie Priet.
the store," suggested Snaith„,'
not working for Webb now.'
make a place for him, too!'
Billie came, listened to the proite#4'•`,...,
tion of the grim tile:144mm, and dec.
dined quietly.
to''''§tieli:by Webb, are yOn•
demanded the , chief of the loppopite---.
faction.
• "Anything- wrong with that? Pve! • :‘,"
drawn a pay -cheek from him for tbree
seasons." ,
"Ole, if it's a, matter of email/lent"-
As a matter of fitet, Billie did not
intend to go on the trail any More,
though [Webb had offered hilna pleee . •
as foreman of one !of his herds. He
had •disco-vered in himself unsuspect-
ed business capacity and ibie'lleved- he -
could do better on his tilwal. Mame
over, lie was resolved not to let
self become involved in the lawless
warfare that was engulfing the ter••
ritory.
• (Continued 'Next Week) •
LONDON and WINGHAMg
South
• P.M.
Wingham .i 1.55
' Belgrave ' 2.11
Blyth •I• 2.23
Londesboro 2.30
Clinton 1 . 3.08
Brucefield '"'" ••
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Kippen. 3.35
Hensall 3.41
Exeter ....... 3.55
A.M.
Exeter • 10.42
Hensall 10.55
Kippen 11,01
Brucefield • 11.09
Clinton 11.54
Lendesismo' • .... -12710 •
Blyth • 12.19
Belgrave " 12.30
Wingham 12-5Q
North
C.N.R. TIME TABLE
,_.• - East
A.M. P.M.
Goderich .. r. • 6.45 . 2.30
cy
inton .., . 7.08 3.00
Seaforth 7.22 • 3.18
Dublin • .. 7.33 3.31
Mitchell , 7.42 3.43
•• 'West
Dublin 11.19 9.44
Seaf oArth 11.34 9.57
Clinton 11.50 10.11
Goderich :....., „ 12.10 10.37
C.P.R. TIME TABLE •
East
420
4.24
4.33
• 4.42
4.52 -
5.05
5.15
.9.00
West
Goderich
Menset
•McGaw
Auburn
Blyith
Walton
McNaught
Toronto
Toronto .8.30
McNaught 12.03
Walton 12.13
Blyth ' 12 23
Auburn 12.32
McGaw .. 12.40
Menset 12.46
Goclektich. 12.55
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SCORES OF IMPROVEMENTS ENGINEERED INTO SIXES AND EIGHTS
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strong hold on style leadership with front-end effect attained bx
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