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= 0Unnx's`n@ 'I"7"' `. -. .'. ` 1 .......u- wan. or we mountains tenderly bythe hand. But the girl. realizing the gulf that yawned between them,.w_as again turningawa . ' ._ _ f`Stay yet one; moment, ,' said.,the lawyer; your work may be done, but my work is now only begun. The leiress ?. Charley, you must assist me ere.v _ . _ _ . Well. there's little to be said or done. ~ There is your heiress," andhepointedv l to Belle. True, sir, `true. Yet must now prove to`.-myself. to the law, to the world, that this - is really she... . Call - blank Samg let. ehim-approach slowly. V and sing hisold plantation songs. : Sir, I never made as imistake or lost a.-ease. Come here," added the lawyer tosBelle. ' Please stand. here. .-NOW, . on shall bear a little song--a jeweet ni ody. that will remind you of other .days.". - . l Sam leaned forward: on. the "edge of h the prowd, ta his .foot} on. the ground. slappedp is hand on his knee, and sang in alow. sweetevoioe: T "Oh, hallelujsleml Oh, 1`;a1lelujalem!' Oh; honey,-won't you come. .- _ Oh. l.1on..w9n't :0u,c9_me.- ' '1`og_de` bnstom '0 -`de Lord '2 When` do world's allon re, When `do `world's all on. are... . , "1`o` do bussom ob de_JIg6rd?`? . , -` . . i I :V\.-.I '0 .-`_-_._' l`I-....:- _L.`, 5| - " `AI ilj. v ilittle waif of the T You can be my wife ? you, Carrie-- you, and you only. _ Struck it! Struck it, Charley! You have struck pure gold I" says old " '49, cheerily. ` Ah! that I have, father." ' The mother took the sunbrowned mountains` tenderly bythe But the air]. m.1;..;.... 41... "'-7'v v'h4e are foil ` talking of ? You. ar not going away now. Why, if you leave me, there. will be no sunlight in the % mounta.ins-a.ny more," he said. 7 _ I'm afraid` of your -mother. and him, -that crabbed old lawyer, and an of them; Then what can I be to you n;.`*" t ..- - ..-..v-.. vv uvggvsu C ' J I .Lc.;:;A%:ma as one 9115c `win: dIiar1- l.8 $116 616 Hack mum: mi-ink hbahh .1... "rm away." [.1191 ` sovvv uuvvulu uuuu-uy 1 goou-Dye I" _ Why, Carrie ! Carmel where are you going ?" asked Charley. V Good-by, '49'--father! Good-by! ` I am as g1ad--yes, I am as glad thatyou have struck it at last: as If I had found a. new ower. Good-by! good-bye !" Whv_ nrpig I {Yarn-nI nylmnu-4; an... -4 so`? gbdiy 1"; was breakmg. flnnrl , I-up l usuvu Irv IIIIU I.a Illl\An I am so glad you are riclm. And dear, good old ` '49, too. You are both all `right now, and she turned to go. And * SD. nnnd.hvl annr'L}nr 7" DH` `sun 1----* uuuuuu. uuu uuu UL 111.06. ` mshatley felt a. little hand pulling at his sleeve, and he heard a. little timid voice say; Good-by, Chm-lay." W]IA an vnn nun (`.nmn-3.3.0 .....:l L- EUIIII In I'l'0Vl|l08 OI AIDBITB. 1VoW-'1} A. We IOVITTIE. Address Calgary. via. Benton. v_v ua-u u.u `yuu rm turned to the child. I ..... .. ..I.J--r VI wonavlac Belle came curiously along, and stood in the crowd ' that lingered at the cabin door. She and Carrie both seemed frightened and out of place. 7 Charlnv fnlf. . l.'+.4-1.. 1..-; ....n:.... -L uv uuu uucalul vvuluuu. "M01116 1" Of a. verity, the new-risen sun or something was hurting the eyes of the Vigilantes as the crowd moved away ;down the hill toward the tavern, for they dfew their sleeves across their eyes, and blinked and stumbled as they walked". nu . - _ - ...-, ovvv :0 uuuo KUU JULIE. "I am your father," he cripd to the youth. v I am your husband!" he cried to the tearful woma.n. Come 1" D? n I1(\\aI.`wv `Inn ----- --3` V -uo,'%r*ai:m:~' 'f`&32*?#3;&aas *ieFi."*5Wf'E'1 [ . 5 H.- .c J-u U 1,3 gin! saeply. c-:_ .3?'.llC,s_D1` `g -'5: }f_`H"`:'lUJE<'; '.";::`u.-11 rv: V::.f-..mu.'_ A` uuvuuwu Eli] All at once the old man seemed to % begin to grow calm and to understand. He passed V his hand across his brow, and seemed to see a new light. He ap- proached close to his son, and looked` strangely into` his face. Suddenly his` \ eyes brightened with intelligence and love. Leaning forwatjd and grasping a hand of the son and the mother 1n his, he sang, in a wild, strange, and far-away voice: ` ~ V...--u `annals uuw 05 u Lu HID car. Iaaps of gold?-' said u '49." Ha. ha! Gold enough to pave the streets of a city! "See there-and there-and there! Tons of it! Ha, ha! Tons of 1 it as rich as that !. What did Itellyou ? I knew it was there-I knew it was there for twenty-ve years! And now ` '49 is a millionaire, and them two bur- glars that were breaking into his mine i are dead--dead, as they deserved! And on Charley, my boy, you are my pard. ons of it-.tons of it, just like that ! shouted '49. V ` LII _L ,, I` ` vv vv uuwlo ' Old " '49, wild and half crazed, sud-. denly shrieked: I tell you, we have sbrnckit I Old Colonel Billy, had elbowed his 1 way to the old man, and. had forced a gleaming piece of gold in his hand whispering the truth in his" ear. . Olnnnnu AC nah: IN ....:.I u 91!) n 1411'- I QJJZQ yg uyuu uuauay IIIJU l'l.|.lB,.KIHg 0115- _ ` The crowd now came pressing on-the distracted mother to receive the dead body of her boy, the monster Mississip to look down upon his dead face and % gloat over her revenge and the agony of the girl Carrots}, This miserable crea- ture came on ahead ofall.~ But the captain, in mercy, turned `her aside. Once more the loving mother held Charley, her be , to her heart; Every . man uncovered is head. Some turned aside, and pretended that the new-risen sun hurt their old eyes, causing them ` to water. '- l\I1 ....n.a on` - --7 -- '- vnvv cu] uuuu- Uy, \JlJH:rIBy." Wha.t.do you say, Carrie ?" and he { mrnn tn Han nl ENNEDY. GAVILLER la HOLLAND. Architects. P. L. Survo iors, Yaiusbcrs. kc. Plans and specications or buildin spro- Elnirsd. Town and Village Lots lsidvout. arm cscsretull located. '1'imbsrlunitsexsmin- . 8:. orontc Olce-4 Maui Buildings. Cd. &0 c. Bu-1-is bn1oo--Mccmhy's Block. comngwood 0co-Lomz's Block. " ~~ I`he V 1 '1 They understood each oth'er.'s' thoxights, and Dosson understood too.` He` tqok his place on the.._. v ` Clear, _ 353713. and deadly the rias,r9.ng out. Tn`I7li nnnr nntnn v\9nnun:run an 1-1.. xgilantes M "`Then'sin tho song we loved. love, `0 hen :1 life seemed one song; For life is none too Jon . love, Ah. love is none too 0113." an cu... l.`..A.L_.. n L, - 4- uu, auu nub` uuruuu. D0 g0. "ADO 1-by! gqod-by 2" But her heart `aalnnm 3 #4. ; .:aw_:.-1; `m going a.wfa.y--I"m going (5; THE` NORTHERN -nv:,v.v*j'!!DJ:!!!I' ':4!,3m:;; .{)`1130'!l * .:--.,, 9'.7~"".',T' 0 .. . .:"`~.".*.'.' OHN MA aioner. canoes un It Moderate 11-..... .-_ OSEPH E County no at my x-, ...J ;.:":`:;- ` UV? jtiia` V )2 gy I. wnmnn I an an` 5 4 1n_uiag iggqndgf baa gyms. ma:-*9 .- priptifrna. iIupi!*5.l5;1?,3;,,9`9;f,i`?1id old `ingnteri, `in vihidhagolp, E9rfo_ % Age aentadma blaring t.r,l).IIIp,Qt.`_-.:.. iq rbd if the nuzolmnltyed .95 Ind be-. inn~:a.nq,wemd:1n ;P!9.39.*h `following PmJ33Y :1 0!.Il'k; at-r-1` ooh. biG&hdymIumbO'?10lll"Wl!:':l__n; _, i %yu'>h_dar.L ihoy Ldinio tbouo 1. .)y.`'`. 3 &':'I-) :- . 1;. .`z_, .- %'-A 4 ._-q ---v -V-I955; uni rreuunor. `9Mamma, said a_ Iittlegirl, is .G_O,d everywhere 1 '. :',`VYes, my,1:hil'i;_", H',`Iq he in this _1_'oom_ now ? e M Ya._ `fWas_ he here yeeterdgy T Ye._ He doesn't tell everything,-;Ke,.;,see,, does he, mamzno~? H.e" .'r,iev.q`r ...'.8is ewythinz. %a.:nng.". r-Iv; _.1u:k;y. ,fo`r,y.o1__1, aizre; rig mm_nmaV? ? .. f.fWby...~ what: do you ; n:e._s;I`;.: ;ho' IDiQht(tOn'. . _; how; vim `3-hugged" the epmam-,= th;tgu!L? x . % V .Nnnnie-33 ac,-`.;`.,Weil;_ ifihd-t9ld4,oy_9p]th,1ns ' unallll \_Ju vaxuu gruuuua. .' _ - "It was then put to vote, and the `club, by 3 vote of 113 to 4, refused to alter the. by-law. I ` ` ` " - Den, Miaser Chairman, 3'. A exoleimed the indignant Penatoclr, I would eimili-l bus perchance the innuendo of_t_he co- hesion!" . ~ . ~ _-.-. Very well, gab, replied the President, and if you decide to inate de oopart- nershipeof do inaorutableoonglomerate we shall-hev no -objeckshunaf i . -. The mnntinn 6|... -A.2_----'-3` -` "fl-"`u1&`x`;;ux; i;:.z`1`1`b`S1`:.<;`f.;i:hie elub mnliiog use of ambiguous term; maybe called to, order by any other member and asked to make himself clearly understood. "`whn?n OLA AL.':-L -2 > _I_L ,,.I (III - ._--._-. ..-.u-v. vuuuuuguuul The` Rev. Pemt`ock{tho n o'e1-ed a reso- lution"to change by-law number 1,780 so that it should` read : _ _' ' . . In A.._ _f K "Boys. bgys, we old fellers of the days of Forty-nine are about pegged out-but when` we're all dead. write this: They were rough, maybe; but ~ they did their level )es't'.? MACKAY. AUOTIQNEER, COMMIS- Conveyenoer. `Issuer 01 Marriage under the new Act. money to Loan Moderate Interest, Creemore. Out. My ---.- __._.. ._ _ _ .__.__..}_ .7 ..._._ nuns` IIUV uu-uuJUOK3llllDl.`T' The meeting then adjourned` to 9 (land, nuu 16613 JUBIOu8o The old hero of the tunnel hears the Ioomrsde of his early days, sees him spitting cotton, and comprehends. Lay- ing his left hand on the shoulder of the total wreck," he says. ,Billy, you re in with us. Colonel Billy jerks o his hat, and. then, as the occasion is oppor- tune. proceeds to make a speec . And this is his speech : . ` li nnun Lacuna --A -13 _Il__,. D II uuvuuwuu yuvuuy uzuugu bun wane 1161' son lovely. He feels hurt, humbled; or 49 had once said, We vwillgo back together and buy the Astor House, Billy, bar and all ;" and now he has for- gotten it. - Colonel Billy coughs. spits cotton, looks` at the woman on old 49 s arm, and feels jealous. Th Horn A, `.1-sn lrnnnnl Inn---- LL- And strange. pitiful, piping old Colonel Billy` is so alone now. His "pa;rdner. is going away. He sees him already in some grea.t.fa.shiono.ble` hotel far away, a. tight collar on his `great hairy neck, a bregstplate` of white stunt: on- his bosom. and tight boots on is feet of freedom-splendor all about; the little girl in high-heeled boots, silks, and a thousand pretty things W make her 3 nernnn lnrnlv I-Tn hm]... 1.... I...._..L1-:. In the background, in the `dusk of life, as it wereysilent, grateful; sto'o d`a.n' old man, a. subject of, aw_e'a.nd'_reverence. The woman he left leaning` on the mantelpiece, thou_saz_:ds of m` as away, is now, in the dusk of 1if9,.1ea,ning lgvingly on his arm. _ It is _a. new ma.r- . nage covenant-the eternal peaks of the Sierras are the great high riests in their robes of white g.'t_God s tar. 1...} ..A..__....- __'L_'l.'__`l -, , ,1?! /1 I 1 vualll. 5 uunvu UQLLLU, Ill VVUl.I\AUl.o ' You are what you have always been --a. little princess in disguise," said TCha.tley tenderly. ` VIIIIVTIIJGICI I . Eureka! Found--fiennd 1. sheuted : the old. lawyer. ."I have found my heiress! I told you so! I never made a mistake,- ahd I never lost a.` case! This is theheiress, at last I" and he tri- umphantlydtook Carrie by the hand. Anti urn I 1InnIlI1..ur\nnn1\a\t`uv1'u\ -nun`: IJIIIIUIJ lIUlI& \lGl-110 II ULIC LIQIIIJO ind am I really--somebody in parti- cular ?" asked Carrie, in wonder. van nan cu-Lad. --Aug L--- _I;-__.. L-_._ ""7'ii` `ZY1'3xE'""Z hi1e: Did is do ohile-%-dis is Vd'e"`chiIe 2" f'l1L__ L`- L."__---__-_. L--. _1_-__- -._.I IIIvll.lUV-'\lJD ID ISO UIIIIU L Then he to`:-e T away her sleeve, and pointed to the scar on her arm; ICnnu-71`nu I :-> 41.. "Au-nnA-n'- tprlsrg Bun UOIHIIIIBUIUII JIKUIID LU!` lull I510 0 Houses. Lands, Farm Stock. Household Fnrmtum. Goods. Wares. &o. Also for the collection at Ren Notes and Accounts. M Omoe-Poiioe Court arrie. -yvsuvvu nu uuc ovum. vu uua. usua- D ar-dar! Duty. is de Mormon`: bulligt-mark I" __,,_I_- n 1-: , 3 n;,__ 3:19 ,1" . 1 ::,Pd Iuayysua IJUL IJQI-I\1I'| u Sam -stopped , looked 1 around; and be- an another stanza. 1 Carrie came nearer; am stopped- Carrie took up the song-. _ and sang ars_ta.nza. She joined in and began to sing. They approached; singing together, and as the song ended she; sprang into his arms. T - u1ur..a ..1.n.._..... ..1.;|..a n:. ..'.f. .1. now; she uni/sea any ',_,,,,_,__ n __.-.1 L I `ECU I LIIIUIU I-KIDUQILIIV UJJO - *F1'1 -`ll;:uvoice-that dusky` Itqis the dream of the :,;lesert;!-" cried she, clziepping her hands. ' ` 7 " ' nun nl-nnvunnqt lnnboa/nunnna an `in. UVUlIo . - Again Sam sang, and Carrie leaned forward and looked m his face, still keeping; a little distance oil . 1-; .A . I; (t"I'.`Iinl-, nnn'nn:4>}\n: Hnubw` fang ? Idi d spy- 5'bT1'ia"C1'g i?Zi&3's?"ven ;' of `the greatest concern now. She had really `loved Gully. But he had that `only been expelled` from the Ordei `of Vigilantes. but had been" banished for- 13 173$ GVZI. ?._:_.j- was held lo;f;`and1'.#bs)lQ`d; and ..'....m 4.1.... m_+.I.. ...+...-m.+. mum ni th ... .U5Ii1"l1 nuunana, UUN V n .1 an unno UV-lu- missioner in Queen : Bench, Auctioneer, A'pp1-steer. and Commission Agent. for the sale 1 Hnnnna, Ln.ndlL Farm Stock. Household rm; Exp. _ she 1n thmgs CI-Cg lain} wbmsn. ma`. w6ri1;!.4xt-'ilAhiI-l!al:\!I.`Iv' ` ` at the wrist ` to-tho h0I'CGeh ' ` Ind owuk ..'-""'f` ~.!`., A` ; . ip with : :our'Vc1.. i_iuxu - ` An II` II --vu won-u'1 D !lt(l,y," responded ' the other. There was anbther laugh flfOm- temen, the spurs -jingled` aga.in,~'the three torches reappeared `from behind t_ho_ tree, and then passed away in`_the _ (.a;rkuess._ _ F9! it time',si1i1ce and imrhntability (possessed the wo_o`ds ;"the great{mnks- lvomed upwdfde; their fisl1en.b'rothers ettetched their slow length ite eb- scurity.. .,:The.sound of breathing again became auible`: the: shape reappeared A.=in_the.aix1e; and-recommqnoed its mystic .Pl.'0IGn]', it `JWBI `lost in. th *zIhado'w ranhda aim`-um..a. 1... ..--m L- A ` uuw Jvu -IAJI1 DU vu6'Sne1'llI OI 1 ah? Not if this conrtxunderstandsw it- self. said the first speaker d-riIy._ : _ "Go to the devil, then," she said curtly. ` ` ` Not before a I'a.dy.V" respontfeti olier. T1_1_ere was laugh-from M.Un!.-A IIPKG Iuuuunu U1 IIVHW uuuul to la str nd on sight. loans. at oweat. rates. 16 MOCARTHY rEPLER 8: MCCARTHY. ~..`.`._And give you vayshow; to sna._tch that `W-I-V1? vdz `the. ine' ,.tm-nv laugh. * alx-shooter and blow` a hole thr`ough me - as you did to the -sheri of icglagergs, All`) IT. :0 a.I..... --_._L i- .556 Av, VVULIU o W` What in Elunder skeert-the bosses ?. Did you see or hear anything ?" i fV`_N.othin . The wood is like a. grave- ylu." _ _ V The woman's voice again broke into a -hoarse, contemptuous laugh.` The man resuined angrily: ` T ' IYAI1 bnnv-v an-n._L'L:.__ *1 ' I` " UIAZUZVI O . _There was` a I`augh--;a woman s laugh --hysterical , bitter, sarcastic, exasperat- ing; _- Thg second speaker, withoutheed- m3 ;Y'f?f ?~I';_..., . . .. - uuuu uu;acu U15`! again. Ye aih t-`lost is a.gin' hev ye ?" growl- ed a ieondwoicey . That's jist wi1_'_a.t I hev. And these blasted pine knots don t give light an inch bgyond em. D---d if I don t think. they make, this cursed hole hlgnclkerl - wasthe frightened neighing of 9. horse, the sudden jingling of spurs. a. shout and outcry, and the swift ap- .ps.1-ition of three dancing torches in one of the dark aisles; but so intense was the obscurity that they shed no light on surrounding objects, and seemed to ad- vance of their own volition without ` human guidance. urtil they disappeared suddenly behind the interposing bulk of -one of the ` largest trees. Beyond its eighty feet `of circumference thenlight i could` not `re-a.ch.and the gloom remained unscrutable. But the voices and jing- . ling sfnirs were heard distinctly. `H - thatlcursed' tmi 1` again. `asst the mare! She's "shied off at V. ... LlL~l-AL .- uvnsvuuu \IL (I LV&6VUUUl.l' 110300 . And yet this silence was presently V hroken bya recurring sound like breath- ing, interrupted occasionally by inat- ticulate and stertorous gasps. It was not the quick`, panting, listening breath of some stealthy feline or canine ani~ mal, but indicated` a larger, slower and more powerful organization, whose pro- gress was less watchful and guarded, or y as if a frngment of one of the fallen I monsters had become animate. At times this life seemed to take visible form,but `as vaguely, as misshapenly as the phan-' tom of a nightmare. Now it was a square object moving sideways, end- ways, '~1'th neither, head not tail `and scarcely visible feet; then an arched bulk rolling a ainst the trunks of the , trees and row ' g again, or an upright cylindrical mass, but always oscillating and unsteady, and striking the trees on either hand. _The frequent occurrence ofthe movement suggested the gures of some weird rhythmic dance to music heard by the shape alone. .`luidenly it either became motion less or faded away. 'l"l-m`.... .......'u.. :_._-._1.;_.._ -3 - .,-,.I.:,, W ,- ,_uIauqs-s5uU__... QIICI ,1-IJIIIUKQA , II-Ivan ._ loqmt were lost. in the[un- gthomab e depths, or splintered their ineectual lances on the enormous trunks of the redwoods. For a the dull red of-`their vast columns: and the dull red of their cast-o bark V which matted the echoless aisles still i seemed to hold afaint.glo1,v of the dying ` dai. But even this soon passed away, an color ed upwards. The dark, inte_r- : laced tree` tops. that had all day been an impenetrable shade, broke into re herefand there; their lost spires glit- tered. fadedind went utterly` out. A weird twilight that did not come from the other yorld. but seemed born of the wood. itself, slowly lled and possessed the aisles. -The straight. tall, ~colossa.l V trunks rose dimly like columns of up- 3 ward smoke. The few ` fallen trees stretched their huge length into ob- scurity, and seemed to lie on hadowy trestles. The strange breath that lled these mysterious vaults had neither coldness or moisture; a dry, fragrant dust arose from the noiseless foot that trod its bark-strewn oor; the aisles might have been tombs, the fallen trees enormous mummies; the silence the ' solitude of a forgotten-`past. A71!` CD`. Irina c\unnnnmL`-- was going down on the Cnrquinos woods. The few ohafts of sunlight, .. "that zjhad _. pierced their -.:II-u`..'4I `tillll '1nII Inn} 3-: LL- nu. }inLTHE cmumsz _woons. 7 I \I,U\lU ITUUUUIU DUUIIITIII I0 IUWUII I'll; 0 Interest. No principal mono required unul 0nd of the term. H. H. STBA -HY, Soggzitor. n MAI-I-In fr BRET IIARTE.` LOHAPTER I.- { $1 poF`bB' ' `g: -- irate nouvu. ~" ` . ` . _ . .u,f...a `:`:.".:'::; 2;; 232;; V es "sad i:'1'oIt`delic'ate ch a with ., 1:: r ' fulfbl re or : _ I sang: hlaop 66%: 9' Kxbogguahould . `Ma.-....; do it is nlwayy 2 av, oonsn:npt1o(I: 1.? ` ix` .15 D Lulu -- - '. :4_$1!1 t,gon Teresa ? _W8BJJrepa.u; _ for the question. `In 1` Y Was not certain whether : um "ply deantly or condently. wuwe. .30 sxhnnstivo scrutiny of his face Ihe choose, the letter, and edit . Y0 '1 bot Your life on it, Johnny." `1Pnty. may be," she V __gg'j,`,g `to ~t but come. I say. ain't " " '3' ::. ,` _ . It's cursed cold ...-'j9.g - ` " mtg` m:`131h1;. The young man , . % with us chad M . Indn half :n:i1ie of U III III!` 561'). 11- Do Dl.'ISA'.I.' 1 , EUHOIFUF. III 313.. Bu-x-lo. "o'Nn:YV17o Lo_AN.-s25o ooo at s and 6); cent. J. T. SPROU , solicitor. ew.. Q. -'-V out: nuau`lR1n.lS'..'Yl WIUH I BUUUUU UV` ":'5 3N`f1'.`which she at once repressed 4 .. . htly d!` 'n h h '1 over her "~g?2d.5i`8?!'ixii";gegIlbo\,vvs,e1a't1!13da`;o1ding he? .mIAnnQIn 7 - `>. *-f':- V nuvw (l:l.)(:|l.|U U116 l58l'1IT. ' _ I 9 1- see," saw the young man, qmetli. z:.``:.%mi,y9u? 4- . .. ; ` 5` -` 805 9-Way." she said sa.vage1)'- `lutshe was-taken with a. sudden neg -`n1Hd'i`J..l.L`.._ `._1_-: .1 . V . ,'S_heri' Dunn, of Yo]o.. and his depiltyf ' . . T `A h_t1;whe1'e are they now ? ' Th`e`depnt_v--in h--11, I reckon: I ~_don t know about the sheriff." - ~' 00 `I an- as ..-:4 u_-, ,:_n.. " ` 4lII`I \`l].U I .- uuuuv Ul :uutu`Uuu. . I I'rcc1:rm," arid the woman. 11o.1d{=1_ ihelf head, and them tht was I911 19 V _ . `Ilia : V-.. .......u nun _yu_u xuunuu up 31"! .- % 1'0W.`Was1t '!"sn.1d the Voung.1.mu, mm a shade of interest. `C 1"..-..`l_-_ nu -\ an 1 1' -... vuv unavn urzuu. I reckoned all alona it was you who [shot the bear." she sa.i at least 2-romv one Ahidn yer.'and- she indivnted the hollow tree with her `hand. It wasn't no chance shat." Observing that the ymm `man. either from misconception -9`--in .' ,7WU08. did not seem so compre; ,h91ld=her.. sheadded, We came bv have last night a. minute after you fired." " Oh.` that was you kicked up such 1 row; was it -W ea +1.- ........,. ..-an `_`y;_|.\J, LILJBIIUI. ` .1 ` d I He raised his head so C9-1'ek.") Se listlessly that he 515 9` the:riicn}5a?Ee his agitude. Stef1)5l11;E; If)`;`::c(h-1`, nigh: tree e woma_no n " 8 stood before him.` Her ha.nd_5::1er:,}g:}1 except for a thong ` `he 'I',iSt the was still knotted a.roun 01;: Win torsn or end of the mg 1'`".g Cfjlooashor. 1 burnt away`. Her eyes Wlere uIio\1l;1er9 and her haxr>hu_ng over 101' - - in one black brand. HT 1--~- `" ` nov IIAJO .A But for the rie he carried and some modern peculiarities of dress, he was of a. grace so unusual and UDCOD\`6ll7I50n8i that he might have passed for afaur. who was . uitting his ancestral home. He steppe to the side of the bear with a light elastic movement that was as unlike customary progression as his facu and gure were unlike the ordinary type: of humanity. Even as he leaned upon his rie. looking down at the prostrate animal, he unconsciously fell into an attitude that in any other mor- , tal would havge been a pose, but with him was the picturesque and unstmiied i relaxation of perfect symmetry. Hallo, Mister." C` II}. ....:-_.1 L:_ 1 -I - ` ` Lu _-nu ewm vusvu uauu'l`UlIt5X cu uu. ". Seen in that stronger` light, the mon- strous tree near which the dead bear lay, revealed its age in its denuded and scarred trunk, and showed in its base a deep `cavity, a foot; or two from the ground, partly hidden by hangng strips l of-bark which had fallen across it. Sud- denly one of these strips was `pushed aside, and a. young man leaped lightly doim. _ - ` - 70,oo0. N I OH`: for Anll ll '- `V ** IINIQII fko Notice. FIr[ .'s- .5. :a;:: ,.__ _. was-aurlltla-I-5'6 UVVI5 Ul. uub,'Ol.' awakemng and stretchmg out of cramp- ed and weary branches. Later a. dull lurid ddwn, not unlike the last evenings sunset, led the aisles. This faded M uga.1n' , an a. clear grey light. in which F `every object stood out in sharp distinct- ness, _tO0k its place._ Morning was wait. ' outside in all its brilliant, youthful cuclaforing, but only entered as the ma.- tured and-sobercd day. Qnnn I'n'fJ1a+. .+.........,...- `.'...1.-L .L The sheri` was apparently of the same opinion, for he followed his com. panion`s example, and once more led the way. The spurs tinkled,the torches I danced, and the cavalcade Slowly ye. entered the gloom. In another moment it had disappeared. The wood sank again into repose, Lhig time disturbed by neither shape no; sound. VVhat lower forms of life might have crept close to its roots were hid. den in the ferns or passed with deaden- 1 ed tread over the bark-strewn oor. % Towards morning a. coolness like dew fell from above, with here and there ; dropping twig or nut, or the crepitant nwakenina An an-;.+..1.;...... ...-.. -: _ avuavuuuvu uan LIUIBU IIISDILU1 Ifthero is. and its in} gentle-ma.n that kin make, like that in the dam, and C explain how, I. reckon I w '1;vn '9 Jyusuuz w" an , Ddulu hilt: Sllerl. A The other man, without remountbd his horse insta.utYy. is. and in; i-Junk: . q -- --`v v-CW5 I ` %'I'he two men bent over Why, it s sugar, brown an There was no mistake. bea.st`s' forepaws and , muzzle war. streaked with the unromauiic 1101139. hold provision, and heightened tho absurd contrast of its incongruous mm, bars. The woman; &pp8.)'e1:tly im1if_ furent. hm! taken that ru)p<,;Lunit.y to artly f1'.o- Out : of hot m1..s. V. ' , - If we hadn't bevn .ca.vnrting round this yer spot for the Ia.st- })`1}i"-11011;-1',j swear there was a shanty not a. hundred yards away." said the sheriff Tho nhor vv-An ---" the animag, .`- uU'-~1ook!` )6 ~- run .v..voJ vvlllllln the wo ` had called the sheri, he can't emf: . o. It was {close shot-,a.nd' the bu, hez d1:opped_m h_is tracks. why, Wm. ._ this stxckzng 1n bu claws ?" "\ . vrn_- A--~ ` mu cavgs were unmistakablerwx Howe" turn y 9. common im 1 into the remote l'eC888I:e:s:fu;(I1]e 9d `gag; M Wood 0 ' ister! come a d ' 8|-me. Hallo there." n pick up 7 `o;Ig1l1S?vt:1(:;lilE4la.nge fell unheeded on th. Ana? ....a. n .,'V I And '}1.0H1`e they ? ' n11nh AC '\ -. J Y . tingnishable bulk . A grizzly, by the living Jinn { "through the heart. 1 Sh i. It was true. T aha e. 1. _ up by the aring torches see p 1` vague, Jxnearthly and awkward m it dying throes, yet the small shut 5 the feeble nose, the ponderous shgu] and half-human feet armed wit 11 . ful claws were unmistakable. '1'1:;:: turned bv a commrm =---~- ll. HOLT, INSURANCE BROKER AND General Agent. Real Estate bought. and , Iold. Collections made in any part of the ` Oonnty. Money to Loon. `otnoo--Bothwoll'n Bloc opposite the Railway Station, Borne. mt-. II- ?nmi11`_or the sheri. ' ' ' "mm . . The mag uttered m his. horse forward, b pm] reared gn terror. He then 3pm to the ground and approached the tr g The shape lay there, 9. scarcely aw bulls.` __ `*1 . as` !I`";""`" t _Y;___. ..... usual. xon're N < of the trees. am: for T e mgn qtteted The _ . . , , Decemfer ntf an DIOWD sug.u--~1ookg= mistake. The bug. and. unromauii Id h8i{7])fnnnR A` V imai. "*"V`:'5CII-Jo ts mhahitcd bya majge or-ntre shots don't Cfetq m I wnr:'} ,1:..._T. won'i . V VGIUID t. disturb O H. LYON. PRIVATE FUNDS 'l`0 LOAN . on Real Estate at lowest rates. Farmers Notes Discounted. Collections made In ang part of the County. Real Estate bought an 0011!. Conveyancing in all its branches. Mar- rlsco nsei Issued. 0loe--Over Canadian Bank of mmeroe. Dunlop street. 46-ly vreplyinv G A. IQDEN EURST. Blfiiiism A711 . tome . Solicitor in Chancery, Conveyan- oor. _&o. 0 oo-First. Door South of Post Omce. Elna : Block. Uwon Street, Barrie. 49-48 u__........_ u-.._._._., '1`. SPROUL. BARRISTER, SOLIOITOB . of the supreme Court. Conveyanoor. &o. one to Loan. Olces over; Sanders, Bx-03.; Jew on. human Sheet. Barrxe. ;;n:.r;;;.`q:e:.j OOARTIIY. PEPLER & MCCARTHY, Barr ist.era._ Solicitors, Notaries. &c.. Money 80 Loan. Bax-no. Aniston and Grsvenhurst. D'AL'l`0N Mocuvrnv. (3.0. F. E. P. Pnpnnuc. J. A. MDCABTBY. . D. F. Mowxrr. LENNOX. AULT 8: KERR. Barristers, Son` citaors of the Supreme Court. ProoI.ox's Notaries Uonveyancers. kc. Mane to loan- Omoes, limds` Block, opposite N. &. . _W. Ry. nation. Barrie. and B1ngnam's_ Block. Bradford. Rwan-non Lnmzox. Wnnnmawox Avur. Joan R. KERR. -, - ; ;ARRIE FOUNDRY. ENGINE & BOIDE 'Tnnwn,_l-I` Rim-run-.v Nfnnnfnnnuvmn nln -1- swim AI7'i'IoNEE _ FOR THE of Simcoe. Terms reasonable. Dmoo my Store. Craighurst. _ 46- ---_ DIITIO. . Barrie. lat Oct... 1885. II. On thh ni-n'Inl'-4'1: mt. lo "r.Lrr'ru:. u.n..cu. v l.I||n'I;a UIIIDIUIIID Ill. UHF kiln LUIIJU \IUuAIl III IIIAILO` 38.11:: otkgnmio. Pr:ctoa,aNota(x)-gigs, Cog? - Anson` . one o n. . nces- t - Wall's lock. oppos to N. 85 N. W. Ry. Station, mum j . A HAHN E MUHUIILDUR, DAIEIVLDLJIJDD. Solicitors. Conveyancers. &c. Money to Loan. Oioe-Over D. J. Mu:-chison s Store. Iuket Street Barrie. Branch Omoa-Potter's Block. Totten m.- - Enurnan J, Human, n (`L Mlrnnnlnhw- _.:__,.<._.__._.._. [osmpn ROGERS, cowiinilli OER. com- rninnlnnnr in Duncan : Rannh. Allntinnnnn _!W..H.1.'1`EI1`5 M._?.T31_ A3__V.Y!* i Solicitors of the Supreme Court of Judi- uture of Ontario. Prootora, Notaries, Conve Annnnm kn- Mnnav to Lana. ,0inen-Bnz: lIIl'0u 0. E. `Hnwsox. A. E. H. Cmzswxoxn. '"n:.&RN 85 Muacmsdn. BARRISTITRS. Lnnn nmn._.num- I ) J Ilnnrnhinnnh Slant-A, HENRY. APPRAISER as BILL POSTER. .' kc. Rents Collected. Servants Provided. up-stairs opposite Bank or Commerce. '1`. BANTING. CLERK OOUNTYOF ' - 5. col. will be at.hiI.omoo at the we. overysuturdsy. kuldcnound; I.` mwn. CfC`II` XXIIXK I . 3&3 I 33135" N the esplanade foot of Market Street. Yachts and Ski of every description in nook and built to order. Also for hire at low like! by the hour. day. week or season. Boat nails to tenth . the season. aoulla. ours and riddles in stoo endbmede to order. 11-iy " ` 1`; ' """""x':""`I>'iiJ"""" Alrtorpalaleuexu-to fa`:'.X7m'?a1:;.a{:n. 2g':{'a."y`.'%?a;;Yu'. f 5 Pol an t nu dn mud V: mas e on . 7; . -yr; cg- ui vuuvvna ruuwmuu. UT 1'.` boating: of every deiogigon nndinn ` designs n at var ety on -e at low `uric rut not-gen an oVittie's. _'1`hoatook gsrdenuro now ablaze with hluoxn and will repnya t. Plants and wire vases for table deoora on loaned at very reaeonahe rates and satisfaction guaranteed. Alarge stock of roses. bouvardias, ..cu'nationa, &o.. on hand. The tell is the time `I0 DIED`, YOU!` Ollrfllntil. Dlvlnhnrl-inn Illlllnunr- sun or say ounsr Inna. no mo nmsn superior Oos -Corner of John and Elisabeth streets. JOHN OAKLEY. BOAT BUILDER l\\T tho nnnlnnnn (nab nf Ilnnlrnlr Qfuunn l'llIIOl'Ol'I' B611`. BFOTOIIOIIIO Ii I118 .N0l'Ill0l'lI Railway Bwitohatoot of John street, near the `wt. The hon of this Lima in better than t 1: tin h . om: -83..%, 35 .'i$ 233 :'n`&..:..2n. 252228 "" mm" " ' ',"I'Hos.':'moLE3'1;: `'iton.- Ollloe over Coulter an Val, Barrio, Tue6_sld;_yf Old " ' ` 'UUV I`. 3`l'1SA'.l'nl M .|JUULV`l.'. -D1111-IV1' tors. Bolicitora in B h Court of Justice. otariea Pubzio. Conveyancers. 01111.88 over '-he Bank of Toronto Barrie. :1 Iv_____ l\lI '1 iv ru__ ,____- mu pa onoy to lend ntloweat rates. Agent -tor Dominion Grange Fire insurance Associ- ation Canadian Mutual Aid Life Insurance and ziuem Fund Accident AsIooia.tions.. - l'l|l_l'!\n I3 Ih3..r it/l\I\ C\` u `4 , ,, | 0NEY.-A large amount of rivate funds tn land (In an-maht. lnnmm gt. nwmn. mmn- D1008. Iowwnnnm. - .' Enwum J. Hams. D. 0. Mvncmsox. ..I)Il"llDlulUlII, mm. on uanu. 1116 I811 I3 the time plant.` your currents. seberries, strew- berrles. raspberries. &c, very large stock on the mm (mm. LMOKGAN 8: MoVIT'IIE'S Greenhouses. Owen Street. Barrie. Entrance on Wellington street. ' . ; loly Q %'?w`E?`s.ag%`;; - - LOW as, rE)7vmRs.~t5U'r 1 ho 2 a A` '4 design: 30:: Mega!` etye ::r&"Ii.:lllo:9-:1-inni n. "OUNT. swnurnv &. LOUNIT. .BARRIS~ I turn, Hnlinitnrn In Hinvh nurt nf .'lnnt.in.n I .8. JOHNSON. BARBIE. IMPORTER. O o. and Denier in 005110! 51! kinds. and ioorgetown. Grey andGue`llph White Finis ulna. Cements of all kin 5. Fire Bricks an III All-. tnnnhnnnn at that Nnrthnrn u--.--os-r VANTED menko cu:v`ua for good sellin articles. Liberal offer. Apply W. . LIKIE. Bookseller. Barrio. _ 35 ;A Uc'noNnn' ns. n'r:" .BC).A.'I'-S. . MANUFACTURE!-IT PHYSICIANS. FOR INVEs'l`MEN'l` on gJ6d' freehold security at lowest rate Nn nrlnninul mnnnw I-nnuirnrl until ARRIE punme MILL.--GE,0. BALI}. .. 9-ws..-s~.:::`;:r~u:s:.. M*n...:~::.:= oo o .' ' . 1:- il; otl:il kin 9 dong 8' Ionlv. Factor-V` John on-so pi-om tly _sn_d_ aatllho-_ _ arms. cnnwl ooxsuau. sunooo. 0m9o-Polloo com. IIBIIFI (II III Kllllll, l."ll'B DUCKS BBQ Hair. Storehouse at the Northern I luvnln fnnf nf Inhn ntuuant lunar flu: _2!"i.1"14!-- 4_.____.. mscnupiggvh, - E ___. mnanonn: .v--v a-as--p-cu . G. W. S'mu'mI.- Q.C., ` LEGAL; Avlli !'UULVUl1al. I01` UILVIA 5 DUIUIII` I Wgaxa-i'. 8wn:inMaxEI)!ioiomurersot U701 ! 980 on 0 B 08. 028 I" W arm ux, amngxe. Link. and Wood- nil Ina Ilnnhlnnuu Us I" .355 41-tf up vwuuuru1`W`BG8DB.j`- ' " 2` """'~ 5 Bathe was ave ` `n~by bloop.~ -Now X ` |.ll~`waa over. What` afpranstent g.ndIfll- pursuing oicer igplgb ' I_ ` - He bagged 1 *i ;'ms`i`-x He told of the acid . ..13e..w9q! them qpoh one qua.-reAr. pad ,tl9woh!d be tbs ranch: -ut.IgIpn.m..th.84 mg. ; , V ; Hm--9!-P9rs:sh.oo . . .. wonld.`g:vo thamcwo-tmdn-- . ` .Tho.atwo1mn.Ma` I.l.'ll.lg1lIIKQh9a:kil Vntronnaand desperate-: emutdorar -hp]; %wm:~ than _th_o:. A. lqoe. tot zoxeotiiim. , v1!ointo_- 1 I-rthoy qnnixedgilp . villalltl lial: in unuuviai hdauL. VV QIUI Taming round a. b'g boulder that lay near the entgunee. they beheld Dosson asleep against the granite wall. q The man was helpless ad the dead man he had lefttlying down yonder at the month \ ofthetunnel. ' - , , 1 z The murdereropened his :ey,es_. , `He 1 looked '-into the ugly muzzle: olstwo ;|i_tad7 pistols. V He. even` in his-` sleep; "clutched heldua. .pietoh.Z..with,ite me - pmjgt ehember.= n's he wnitediton the last * ' ` `;_clieti.ppean from the-trail flue vouuur*edtowaacspe.:~- A : ` I19.-Inn 3-`A .`....'..';a_.'|.`...A'.; 1.4- J .-', v' `n. = vuvvg IIIIIDU IIDBU care 0` 158811. T In s few moments they reached the `mouth of the old abandoned tunnel. All was dork-and silent. But by the-dim down they oonldrsee broken weeds un- derfoot. Some one:ha.dj6ntered it. Old Colonel Billywss made` wide awake by the rum, and `now, comprehending the situation, proved` invaluable. ` \ The pair entered, the tunnel, one i holding a. candle, the other two `cooked 4 pistols. This was a. dangerous and stu id thing izo do. They should have siege at the mouth of the tunnel : and waited. Yet there was no .time_,to I wait. `IIIHVV 1 A The betkeeper sprang up, and holding a. candle under the red nose of theman, es hetried to raise himself between the bsfrele; shook him` by the shoulder till the old teeth rattled in their gums. Billy, Billy, Bill I You old idiot. "Oh. such a. bloogy dream! 'Dosson shoots Exinens ,_' gite the gold, sooots across, hides in the old tunnel, and I gits a. nugget with blood on it. and-'-" `Donnnn nhnntn `mm.-..... . I ' r1..z. ..- ----- I-vbvg u. JUL nu 0| Dosson to the d ..c ...-.._ :1-.. n `i "1`:`x'xia"1xn*. x"o'f`:1 .%x;f a`.'2a"<`v1 wot 3 Machinery. _ V . I ..n uI""' ur1uW"!'1' blqnkts behind the counter by or Oh;.h.oh, such 5 dream! Oh, I heard! my hand! my head! 0h,`.`su a~dre`u.m.1"_ I -- " - \ l`lIl__I - suranger lo. M u1ur- .er him. too `? V Let unplarn to the `uar-room. where Colonm T .1lyl1:=.d set-" up the drinks. A TZ,`.a.rkeeper, like all good ba.rkeep- ere. Ilsa kept bravely at his post. In the mines the saloon is the wheel-house- -the burkeeper is the captain at the wheel. ' - ` Just before dawn this Vbm-keeper was` e4"W*' `his slum hntwmm 4" |_I___1_:1 1 1 - -u .- nuunu uvl Illa I The 'ruug,he1{elcmeut of the camp had {missed their 1oa(}m-, and they kept `won- dering what had hoomue of Dosson. Had he ed tn" fear that this desperate stranger '0. id uuur-.er`him. ` 1.oIr. I14 CAD IIn\ 1... AV. vuaaau sun Uuu .uL-`.`,l) (1-'Hl`.'. Colonel P-illy had heenforgotfen. And what was there about him worth re, memberiug `I "`|\n 'v<:.1a:.1\4.u ..1._.......L ,R Li. _ _ 9 q l5.\JlJ VII-I6 RAJ Ill! "Bring the real prisoner here at once to execution !"-vhe. gloomily said. The guard lzestcued to obey. T They found the young man sleeping like a. babe, as if no trouble had ever come to him. He did not know what had happened. but rose up and went with` the guard to death, as if they had now come for the rst 1 Sane. l`..!.....-I `I).'n_. l_, .1 I A - - - - CHAPTER XVI. rm: _uEm ss . The Past has gone ant the Present will go, And the Future we know not. of; .' But over the Prc.-sent scams filled with woe, ` As ever the Post with love. ' The captain of `the Vigilantes Was. sadly troubled. He at first rejoxced at ' what had happened. But then the big, weighty word dut-y" was there con- fronting him. v ` tollninn 41... ......I __.' .... -.. L--- -L i \III`(UClll UIIIFIU IIU.IIuU : . Charles Devine. you were srreeted A for murder, convicted of murder. and are V now about to die for that crime. Invoke your God." , V The men on the coffin only `bowshis Make reed men l ? , The men li t their guns, and there is an omnious and terror-striking click. Blindfold the prisoner I" A man advances with e. handkerchief. and bending over the grisoner a. second, `- he springs 9ba.ok, exclsiming: . It is not Charles Devine 1" Not Charles Devine ? f ' No. It is .` '49 If . '- . 1 The man on the coin struggles to his feet, and cries: It is Charles Devinel I tell you it'is Charles Devinel Fire! I tell you I am Charles Devine! I veibeen hnr-A ninnn '40 and `I .......... `I A---`LL A- . -.,.. Jvu a. nu uuuuscn uuvluux ..l'V6 0881] here since '49. and I guess I ought to know; Fire.` V _ - _ uenvuvv ULIGU IIIJUUUUBB - At last the ca.ptain'te.kes out the book. and reads the sentence and the name. Then aranging his men in line he steps back and says: Gentlemen of the Vigilentes, you are new to enforce the sentence of death. 1 You will aim directly at the heart. ` All of your guns are loaded except; one. One-onlyn not loaded with ball; but no man knows whiohone that is. You will make ready!" linnn 1avg'nn&--u--- ---- 3~ `-`- ` B51110 UlI0B--1V.l0UBl'ulI D1005. UUMIIIIWIIUI 0tBoo-Long's Block. Tans. Knnxnnv. Mumwl: GAVXLLIB. " WI Jo ' 61' xii, `tvh:;'y.exe'cutionrs T are. in black masks. All are` silent as. death. The captain turns to the prisoner: chfly `Inn Int-I-A -----`--j Bold-Seeirftii-'nif" tho smm.~~ Adina of xnon`a.1'inod_;__vvitli ries it .I-....... .... L_:-..- vuv u uuuuua uounus as we needgef the line. here is notveven the chirp eta. bird. It is something _like that fearful silence that precedes earthquakes. At last nhnenvnbnu (uni {Jan `\A-\`- _ ..--_-_ .9 cu: woyyguuu ,3.-A mjeh witli is drawn up` betordhim. The ca; tainol ' the Vi lan.tes stands at the has of 11119 line- ham: 1': and. -...._ LL- -Ls4,-_ - counter cries dark among the :-. v'-so-!P4x!."':'4I! ,w.n.qre 793,993 L _ *-now..yo1_1ashnlla;nns 04!! -.h0x.-. H uongal--th: $153: qzon gang: togeI.e:t...w.v.hnn , MAI! uight ,.iui8iz..!T:. .s9nx ; l F 'I-`I6 zijbut, I_ .dquPt.'like dogs eyed . ~ Cuift V`5?n.;* %%'m99'=-Tf;I 4'%**f*~:1"*';%*-(0 = 'L:I.;4"'.'..;.`L'..x_L'I `I n~_,Inv'_` '7 .`u.'l ~u,s.u.~= .=W9u. 8:5.-011, ,an.ae,vm.nUnar1ey- ,. As o1,d`.blq.ck.`ma,n _ my Vheggn, she ; st&?td:,lis.tn9d.V s1>6pi,>exi"`,` orward, and ; was.jn 9n.ecstg.s ._o'f`- `ui'p;tVdelight,_ . l3ell9r9zn.m* ..by novy6,;..- ' I I .. .....+'.$b doeanitanotip it swlbnt 'in.frV i madg a. 1_nista.kO." said thgjavgpx, -:.r,nbb1na;:huz hand--., . ,. pd - c<,>z_n`g.axl1t.*l.-. 1: ;w_l L , L _% ll "- ... I . . "-HQ QI.__.`|n-A I -f,AA W. MoVI'l`TIEjD. 1. svnvmron Ann} Real Estate Agent. Calgary -N. W. T. Oorraapondonce solicited with 1- mi to 1nvest- menu 11: Province of Alberta. .W.T. A. W. HnVl'I"llll1, Add!-Ann (`Alonrv vim Rnntnn