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113 as J vuu \ILL #25 = - ' . ' Yes, to nd Fred; the sooner wel can get this straightened out, V the better. . CHAPTER XXIV. A Mistake in Assassination. `Leta his future be what it might, Jack Keith would never again for- get` the girl .who held the door open for his passage with one hand, her other clasped in his. Interested befor,e yet forcing himself into indifference now that he knew who he really was, the manimade full snrnenier. It` .Was - _4__,_ He laughed, clasp-ing her hands` closer. T ' T i ..u, vv uuc, cuw ux UIIU 1:uapUC'l. . Oh, .well, I didn t care,_oI1]y that ` `was what you called her when you were telling me what she said. Are y01l g0iI1g?. ,` ` I Y7-.. Aw. D4- `I `r-`H 1 11 | -" .7`-'us_ **`-`PV- .She stood silent, her bosom risin ! and falling to rapid brea.thng. You don t mind my oafling you `I-Io-pe? I haven t got used to Miss hvaite yt. ' Her eyes met his swiftly. ' . Of course, not. Such ceremonyi would be foolish after all you have done for -me. _Do~_-dooyou call her Christie? ' . ; ' W D \4;v\.I\an . . . - I :`I vnssure you no--she 1s strlctlyi Mlss Mao]_.ai-re, and, solemnly, shall be to the end of the chapter. (XL u.un11 T .]:.].... L ___.- __.`L_ L`-,L I cannot thank you enough, Ca.p~i tain Keith, she exclaimepdp frankly. You are doing so much, and with- no persona1'interest-- Oh, but I have. T . The long lashes dropped [over the -brown eyes; . What do you mean ? ' That I have a personal i11terest--` in you,_ Hope. I I Q1... ,.A.....J -:1,-,;. 1 . I .. .. vvuL\-I Ucc sultan .Ll.I.d.UR1ll'tS"` I ``I am convinced that would be 'useless=, he interrupted, rising, and -pacing across the oor. "`If Hawley has convinced her of the justice of the claim, he will also have pledged `her to secrecy. He` is working out .of sight like a .mole, for he knows [the fraud, and .will never come to ithe `surface until everything is in readiness. I know, a better way; I ll nd Fined, and bring him here. He] would` tell you, whatever it was he told Ha,WIey, and that will give us the clue..` T I auuulu IS based upon a Will. drawn, as he claims, by ' Christ.ie s grand- father. No doubt by this time he has fu.1ly convinced the girl` that she is` the rightful ~hei-ress to property;-- as he stated to Scott--valuedJ at over a _million dollars. 1 That s a. stake worth ghting`, for and these two ,will make a hard combination; He s got the papers, or claims to . have, andi they must be the ones stolen from your father. I have been trusting you might know something in your family history which would make it all plain. T ((T)__`1. T `I . 99- 1 0 0 1 ~*' ' SIJLL VPIETLJ-IO > _ ' But I do not, declslvely. Yo-uT mustt beheve me; not so much as a hint of any secret, has ever reached` vnn 'l`LA__ ._ -_,'I A1 I` which I would not `know. Perhaps, ...--.. V... ua1J a\.-\,I.\J|.I, uao CV\.`L' xczuzucuy me. There are only the four of us, Father; Mother, Fred and I. I am sure there can. -be no secret; nothing if I could see Miss Maclaire-? ur _,-_- JT 1 .1 . -. ` v-av xrau.\.o I i He picked up his hat from the table, bu.t she rose to her feet, hold- lingr forth her hands. T , u.\7]3:ecause`_ something of tliatl natnre would -seem" to be the only national _ explanation. Your brother . must have - told Hawley something`-.-s6me family se.cret-.-which he felt could be v utilized: to his own advantage. Then he saw your picture" and was im- mediately reininded of the remarkable resermblance -between you mid Chris- tie Maclaire`. Evidently this diseov-_ ery tted into his plan, and. -made it possible for him: to proceed. He has been trying ever since to get an inter- view with the woman,` to souni her, and nd out what he ean do with `man U- L-.. ___ "-\-I JILML Uuu W'lLl1II HE (ED, (10 M'ltn hfar. He written. .1ett'e.rs,..Y su`i- Olem-ly to make it clear his Scheme IS based a will dralwxf 9 no Ln ..1..:....... L__ n.1..__-_,L,--9 1 I av Hill-V\7 Gall.` UIUUK lBIK';'I'Y' % _Fred and I were the. only child-5 .2Why should you ask that ques-_ non. . ' Tm sf; A (Wee `ma connected w1th your famlly? Did 3011 have an older` sister ? ' ``D_.J __ `I T .1 1 -I V01 3 . pr you1:faeher%% "ed he%`a=.sk6~ IT..- -- --A-A --- * RV! . N -gyvwlr ;au.|,uJ; xxurxvu.-Y Ll uuxew 0; 1 none, ' ou_t.s1de his -buslness agreements. ; 1 % ~ V arr, - ' -- - wh"'e_s> gla:`1cecl"'ii_1`t:o h'ba1~gopm _ a8 A ..-......'_3 .__L-_..` `-...._ __..L.......L_ __ A \-'J \_'\J Ul'\Jlll `IL IIIIKI |.7lL.l~l\.IlLlb' L L `.1111 LIL hind which the shot came, the end of a. wagon sticking forth into the 1 street which had concealed the assas- sin. 'The blinding ash, the shock of that sudden disuharge, for a. moment held; him motionless; then. he leaped forward-,-revolver in hand, eprank around` the end. of the wagon, and rushed down the dark alley between two He see noth- ing, but some one was running reck- lessly ahead _of him, and he red in the direction. of. the sound; the` leap- ing` spun-t__of. ame; yielding a dim outline of the fngitiv. Three times he opressedvihe ..M.tri,g'ger; then there W.as= at--`-the; fellow had-f faded away into the black void 'o_f.lpr'airie.;. ,Keith stood there baied, \ .'.e.# t1.t:;,jfi"'i,t'<>_ V` th*.3 gloom, the nfhis , T33 Utlll-LII-ll V1 UWUSRLLL i '7} ufELe1;11ing_ the ggrojection. of the `building from .be-} 1...`I .._L:.'L 1.1.- _1..-J. _.-..._ 4.1.-` -_.J` _-__u .___ .___g,_.,_ I Sheridan was seemingly dead, thei long street silent, gloomy, blaekv, ex-` cept for those streams; of saloon light shining across pools of water. He` stumbled over the irregular ground, occaionally striking -patches, of wood- en V sidewalk or a strip of cinders`. iHere and there a. tent apped in the \V lIl.(lJ, which drove the drizzle in his `face; somewhere ahead a swinging lsign moaned as if in agony. A few Wanderers ploughed through the muck, dime uncertain shapes appear- ing and vanishingvin the gloom. He {had gone -.1 block and over, the.strug- [gle against the elements leaving him forgetful of all else, when a man reeled out of some dimly lit shack to his right, and staggered drunkenly forward a few feet in advance. He `could `barely distinguish the fellow s goutlines, giving little thought to the occurrence, for the way was unus- ually blank alone` there. the saloon- opposite having shades drawn. sue` (tenly a ash of red lire spurted in- to the night, with a sharrp report. It 1 was so close at hand it blinded him, and he ung up oneearm over his ' eyes; and yet, in that single instant, he perceived the whole picture as re- l vealed by the `red ame He saw the ' man in front go down in a heap, the ` l Keith `Saw the Mari Go Down in 3'] T _ 5 Heap. ' 7 _ _,_A _-__,_-_-_.. V , had been watching for him I: th'e n:--what `for ? Hawley on the in- 5 side, and this man Scott Without, were _Waiting` to determine when he left . the hotel; would probably `dog his ` footsteps to discover where he went. Keith loosened his revolver, so as to _ beassured he could draw quickly,; and: slipped back into the sh-adow of ; the steps, his eyes on the door of the hotel. There was a cold, drizzly `rain falling, the streets almost ode-I -serted, appearing sodiden and m.iser- able where the light shone forth th-rough saloon windows. One or two men, seeking supper, coat collars turned up and hats drawn low over` their eyes-, clinnhedl the rickety steps l i and we-ntin, but no one came out. Perhaps. he was mistaken as to the! purpose of those fellows; they Inay,` [have desired merely to know when he ] 1 left, or `Sco._tt s return just at that ;: moment might have been an acci- l( dent . To be sure, the hotel possessed l1 9. - back exit, but he could not cover E1 both ends of the building, and. must I take his chances. It was too ,wet and ;] disagreeable to remain crouched I there, now that it was evident there! was no intention of following him._l With hand on the butt of his gun,l suspicious -and watchful, yet with scarcely a faster beat to his heart, Keith straightened; up and began splashing his way through the mud jdown the street. He knew wlieret iWi1loughhy would be most likely ' found at this hour--with cronies at} the T`ender`foot 7-and he meant to: I 1 I I 1 1 discover the boy, and make him con- fess to Hope the truth. _Matters had now reached a. point where longer ;delay was dangerous. (`I1 1 l < 1 5 2 \ c i 1 1 5 1' _ I l c ,v..~u.-sag, -uuunn no scwuuxstt IAHU Uulk$l' door. There was a sneer on Haw1ey s dark sinister face like an invitation-. but a memory of the girl he had .:just left, and her dependence upon him; caused Keith. to avoid an en- counter. He would ght this affair out .in a. different .way. "As the door opened and he slipped forth into the gloom, he -brushed: against a man ap- parently just entering. ~ The gleam! of light fell for an instant upon the faceof the other~-it was Scotty with the red moustache ` :st43od- against ~the bar, he could see any one through the ha-ll. The eyes of the two men `met, but the gambler never moved, never "changed his at- titude, although Keith `noted that his right hand was hidden beneath the skirts of his long coat. The plainsma-n drew back, facing his` enemy, until he `reached the outer J--- 'I"'L-_.- -,,- "7' ' Quvvouvo _ W. W. CORY, Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. ' N.B.-e.UnLuL.hori`zed publication of this ad- verti-s=-re-#m1Inotwbev-141r- A _ sw- lcuulng nomeateauer. Duties --Six months residence upon and cultivation of the land in each of three cars. A homesteader may live within nine m les or his homestead on afarm of at least 80 acres solely owned and occupied b him or by his father, mother. son, daughter. rother or sister. In certain districts a homesteader in good standin may pre-emBtaquarter- ction along- side his omestead. rice $3.00 pe acre. Dut_ies.--Must reside upon the homestead or #3:-`e-emdpon SIX months, in each of six years A m _ ateof homestead entry (includin the `time required toearn homestead patent and cultivate fty acres extra. as A hihfnar 'nlhnJan|: n?,|||I|aOnsI 1.8.. I.--.- - lLLlJ`L "()11lv last ni,<,-ht. I had 11o`idear] yml \\'rv I1:-:'<> until Doctor Fa.ix-b ain. ('lmIl<'r:l Lu mcntxou your name. '.lll.`-ell l HI. (IIICC begged t0 _y(ll lmw o.\cculi~11g'ly anxious was In .~'-we ynu. You see, I -was sure you wmlllcl mum if you only knew. _ I m,]]'\' tl`mn}.:'l1t you would here" this I)mI'1llIl{.',`., and remained in my I'(.m11 waiting , but there were some 1,l:ix1;.~ I :wt.ual]y had to have. I \v.u.~:n't, out ten `minutes, .SO yo-u mu.~tn't think I sent you a mesrsage :n;. {hm 1'(n'g'0t. - ll 'l"ln- n;1t.111'c-. of the mstake Was be- (:(mlll;_" nmnlroxlt. and: Keith s gray rygu Hllllml as they looked into the (l1-1Ilx.~' <-1' the hrmvn. Yuur 1z1us.. had rather an n m.1.~'ing' 11-.~'11lt. he said, as the` Ilwi-:1 infcwlnml me that Miss Chris- tie-. .\lu<-Iniru xvasl the one .who desired, Inf, }'I'-~t')lr'1`." . V - ".\li.~.~_ .\l:u-hire! her voice exhib- it.i;;e_~- .~m1'tlt-I sumrise. Why--whAy --nl1. I liul fur-g-t; I never told him !i`-x-mly. Why, it was mosthrid5- tilll4'll.~.H Sllt laughed, whiteteeth p. --;`~.mi:1;_-' l.<`I\\'( t`ll the parted red lip 34- . um. ::lt,,_- h.a.pp~ilv. Let me |'?._ Iain. (';mt:1ix1 Keith, for really I.` l l':;~.~ ;; .1 lw:-n 111z1.:~vq1xe41'adving`. vD0c- _ l 1' l`lul1'l.:llIl :lIl(l I arrived upon the ram- Imin last evening. He is such :1 :`:nm.\' man, but was very nice and o<-mi In ~.~(-mt. .1110. to the hotel. I n-m~n.!.-r nuw that although he in- t.~=-l:-~! llirxxl.-`elf. I never once Il_`'H.'-"l!I In mvntirm to him my 113-1110- lJ.=v- 1- wn wz1.~: very rough last night` L culuvute nny acres extra. ' ` A homeateader who has exhausted his home-' stead right and cannot obtain a pre-e mption mgy enter for a. purchased homestead in con- tam districts. Price $3.00 per acre. Dnties.- Must reside six months in each of three years, cultivate fty acres and erect a. house worth _83W.00. uvvnv Anvo 4- 1.5.1111, UUVAU LVU. .11., each oontalmng twem ty-"ve squane imes more or less. ` F0} a1`1;lm<:0nditions of sale apply to the undersigned. I IV 0 .IuI.'g LLJJLILULIL -.Minister_ of Lands, Forests a,n& ` Mina Tognto, July 17th, 1912. 3039 ANY person who is the sole head of a family or any male over 18 {ears old. may home- stead a uarter section 0 available Dominion land in anitoba. Saskatchewan or Alberta. The applicant must appear in person at the Dominion Lands Agency or Sub-agency for the district. Entry by proxy ma be made at any agency. on certain condi ons b father, mother son. dau hter. brother or sister of in- tending homesteager. . - nn fhhfhn I\oa::`nnnA we-noun --3 Tenders will be received up to and including` the rst day of October, 1912, for the right to cut white and redpine and spruce, on two timber. berths` on the upper waters of the J ocko River east of the townships of. Garrow and Dockhart, in the Dis- trict of Nipissing, Province of On- tario, the berths being designated Jocko No. . and Jocko No. II, n...-...`l.. ......+...'..:..... _.._;.._.c-_ _ ,-_- svnbirsrs o}"cANA5mN 3n.'1'n, _ WEST REGULATIONS. DEA'1`H-OF'M. CASSERLY. 1 Tottenham Sentine1-A.nother old resident of Adjala has passed away in the person of Mr. Michael Casser- ley, who died at the residence of his d~au,<:hter on Monday. The late Mr. Casserley was born nea.r Lloydtown 76 years ago but removed to Adala; a11d spent a great deal of his life in the vicinity of Athlone. He was Well known through the Township and was a member of the Council for several years, the duties of which nosition he discharged With credit to himself and to the Township. He is survived by two sisters, one of whom is Mrs. Peter Doyle of Tottenham-, and leaves a family of two daugh- ters. Mrs. Wm. McGinty and Mrs. `Thee. MoGinty of Achil, and ve sons. The funeral took place on Wetlnesday to St. James Cemetery, C`-ol,<:an. Rev. Fr. Jeifcott sung High [Mass of Requiem. ' - LJAJ-\JA v\..a vJA1AuA $415. \J'I/AIR/J. A Uu UM: j"iJates, rates and conditions will be ` announced in a few days. Consult `any C.P.R. Agent for full particu- llars. 2 31-33 U vL\J vvuaauu &J.\.c.ov\A)u |lL\.(u\,|. llcl-DIXCAJ. Thec'Gover'nments of the respective iProvinces state that fty thousand `men will be required for this year s iharvest. These will have to be prin- `cipally recruited- from Ontario, and the prosperity of Canada depends on securing labor promptly. The Can- adian Pacic, on which Company will fall` practically the entire task of transporting the men to the West, is already -making special a;rransgVe- lments for this year. ` Excursions `from points in Ontario to Manitoba, I Saskatchewan and Alberta, will be run and special trains: operated, lmaking the trip in about thirty-six hours and avoiding any change of cars or transfers. This will be a iday shorter than any other route. I T\ -1.-- _.._J.__ _.._'I -__._'I_'1.Z-_- ,__,"l`I 1,- offer mw Ln.-.1 Him: In: U. The wheat crop of 1912 will be the gmeataest ever ha1'ves oed~ in Manitoba, iSaskatchewan and Alberta, thus re- quiring the farm laborers of the East ,tn recruit and `assist in harvesting [the world s greatest bread basket. _ 7'I"L- |f`1..__..._....-.._-L.. -1` 1.1. H, V Jack Keith! and! Hickook s voice had?` a. new tone, his hand. drop- ping on the other s shoulder. Never was gladder to meet a fellow in my life. Boys, this is.a.n old deputy of mine. down in Dodge. When he gives up chasin a murdered there isn t much use our tryin . -~ Let s go back, and nd out how bad- the. fel- low is hurt. While we re feelin our way, Jack, you might tell us what; i you know about this affair. ucuuJu:u`I nave (lone any -better, BHL" 3:Fifty oumen Required I . `F arm Laborers Excurs1ons.--- This Year s Wheat Crop I Will be the Largest in THE HISTORY OF } CANADA. vuaau ' D7.I.A$1ll\.al\lIA.`Dn- Who are you Z snapped one sharply. Were you doing all` that `shooting yonder? Keith recognized the voice, thank- ful that he did so. v ``I fired. at the fellow. but he got `away onto the prairie. I reckon you couJd!n t have done better, Bi1L 491'...-.1. 'l7...:n. I9`: 4- 1: 17- 1 `I 9 pgup As/V VI /yaD%Uo A p group was gathered about the "body in ,the rain, a single lantern glimmering. Two or three men. had started down the passageway, and Keith met them, revolvers dhrauwn O 0 $1111` Q~I`lLl'\'l rn nna Keith nfei Ehi and s:uspicious.. GTIYL - .. _. - - bf `fm-timer ipursuit,v traeted his .way back through the naxzrow passage. TIMBER FOR SALE (13155 C * - --w vuo \/I4 IIUGJ IIII Q kGlanferd Station, Ont.-- -I have ta- `"1 Lydia E. Pinkha.m s Vegetable Com- ` = ' '--'-' , pound and never found any medicine , to compare with it. ` ' Ihad ulcers and tall- ` lag of womb and ` doctors did me no I good. I suffered -. : dreadfully for years `until I began taking __ your medlclne. I ul- so recommend it for nervousness end .in'- H ` I '-' WY Cwzx. Glanford Station. one Chmewille. Ont. - "I heurd your- ;"g``e8 highly praised, andayeongoe and 3` `faking them for falling of wphib ovarian trouble. ` . . and 3:13 left side pained me all the time.` he Jlllst before pay period! which W930 To gr and pamful it would be wane, the down caused me puln ondjuljfer-V-V umegfnthl would be so nervous`- oneorh at I could not beotto _Iee_' would f;:::tagZ'fone_apeak. .I.4l,t,tl;A is go; or ' l : .. . - Ilwaya congpatas. my _y'.'_'.`. _ u S 4. _" _ Iclhhni (In... J... _.'_._-;u, .1: ,, 3' `.3 .u., u , . .., .:.!:._: Canadian women are continually wrlfn ing us such letters as the two following, \ which are heartfelt expressions of guti- `J tude for restored health : A ` [VI SIJFFERED mm ndthem w-nrwom llblish thi .L 1 . I .....,. consupated- ` (113 E- * I cannot say W h `;,, ;a% uni Pinkham s Ves"" $ 'medMneiI Liver Pius, for were W` "',,,.,,. like them. I have $839 [ 3000 e Vso lm} I "W}1_\', (.`upt.ai1x Keith,_ she ex-_ claim-11. <-.\;te.ndi11g her "gloved hand fm.ukl_V. "yuu. have been "to room and. \\'(-ro going away. I am- vax1`1c in time.- i H .,.-.,.`_L 1., _,___A_ , 99 I, eir 1gh 5U .Ll(ll| J \(|llA\1 Ana uawsuuu "I 11:mHy thought to meet you,The nq.-liml. 1'vt:I11l1l1{_.',' he-r ngers. in his 'g`Ju.~:;. \V.11cu did you reach Sheri-A dun 6" 1 I 1 '1; T1 I I1 For Years, Restoreci-j"I'o Health by Lydia E.Pinkham s Veg- etable Compound. (,`IIA1"l` 1&1: XXIII.-(Oonhtinnedx) Author of ' KHTHHFTHEBORDER in this t6s}'ti'x;1<->"z1'l:l:". .f:-."ll;iT.!"I"- *- J-Hm. g, V . INDIVIDUAL GROWTH- Barrie Branch, Five PointJsf.V OF; for in 1902 1912 EVERYTHING SURPLUS ' My Lady of The South. `When Wllderness was King. Illustrations bu Den:-born Melvin _ - In the Surpiui . `% A TALE 01-` nu: 1=LA1Ns% $3vOO0,0OO $7. $00,000 v_ RANDALL PARRIS% H, C0PY1'i8ht. A. C. Incorpofated 1835. BY I-lUllI 7&V'uB`I`g-VJ! A . . ` _ ed on the rail. He,was 811310118 to go down .Wring.the truth. out of L3..- 1.--; -._._4.--.`In .`l.-, .........a'u.`I1n.-I . \La' MU UUWIIJ auu: owlrug ` vuv UL uvua vu-v V... him, but instead`, he oorm;pel1e_d 'his' ,ye to smile, tuxfnlng back to (dag '7"A mere aoidernt. . bably, but about my request? "I talk with you -a. few moments '_ a1onq?_ ' _ an-` 1...-,.....1 .;...~....-,`...4.I.. ...m.1 .l.:.nn+... -{CW 11537851`?!-I |@ CILVOIVI I Wghg bowed; apparently still dissat-. ised regarding his lengthy conver- sation with Christie, yet permitted. him to `follow down the hall. She held open-`the door of 15, and _ he entered silently, not wholly under- standlJ18"the chamze in her manner. She` stood` before thefdressem-, drawy-. | KeIith s ja.w set, the ghting lig-ht burning in his eyes . v_ That was the lname of the fellow moming with Wil1oughby,tthe one who seemed to be Ha.wley- s. ` special `assistant. `Wags `.1 ....-. LL- _.-:1 uuvnn n!1C:n\n1`l he hgna no. `copy? His hhndhi 0.1 \;w girl. It A `%""Ii ~{~ qEe}?&ixT`gZ7esw1e??`h`%'a,ee, and stared` down over the rail. A heavily -built man, with red mous- tache, leaned against the` c1erk s'desk,. his vface tow`a.rd the`am. . V V, , 090 `L , . th . V q1uck]y' 4Hea0l g T 1' t -- 4.:.._ A T -.-A" `LG-nugmg tf1.'?ix?1Z"i`%r'as s`1I.p;?i"z1'E."i`-i`f 1323 lieve he is the same one who jostled [me in the crowd last night. ` Vn.:$L 1.-\.nun1;;l nr-nan` Long `A. run.` as RA`- J}-C1193` IUCEIIJI '1l(lDU IIIFI UU.aCU (O III-JV ter view, but the ellbw turned and slouched away.- ' 441' ___1__ `L-.`I - `..'l:........- 1.-.; 1.-.... m`::`I w`:: 1`1l.lyTW'i1`1:H a; `glimpse, -`but. hqve no recollection. of ever seeing h1m before. You hearq"'n`o r`1Ag.n(1e?V. u 11vvo| 1- 110119 __ __;.1. -.. 977Wi1a`1``f11 mIeIi1&" Jl`1`i`;nT eith I Scott` or S_ootty-if`- this is the same ...-.. M `Ila ` hat. ll I Yes, Hawley came in, and I lwould prefer not to meet him here, or have him: discover. you` were in Sheridan. T Could we not go to your room? I have much to tell you. T1 -.. .___,...A.-.__'_... __.-_ 1-.fL L}. .L'..... ti'on. {lot glanced quickly about; remindi- ed of the. situation. . V [(17 ' _ , `I T LU.VL'UllVC'l'BDlUlI',_ ll. (ILIJUISU . IIIIVU passed it half hour there, I might have been there still, but for an in- terruption. - ` "`Oh, indeed! rising i_nec- 4.,` `i Do---do you know her well ? . 1 N o, indeed; I have seen her sev- l eral times .011 the stage,. but never met her until 21 few moments ago? A few `moments ago`! Do you- xnean she is here in this hotel? V Yes, .Miss~ Hope, and` that was what made the mistake in names so .1aughable. F,airbai.u gave me your- messa,ge, but as- coming from Chris- tie. I was, of course, greatly, sur- prised`, yet responded . The lady very promptly denied` having sent for me, but as I was anxious to interview her." myself,` we Inmwgedl to drift in- ' !to_Vconv`e.;fsatio11i,_ and LI `mug 2 haye I __----_1 .. 1_,-11 1_.",,, How provoking, her foot tap-5 ping` the oor, a little wrinkle be- tween her eyes. "`It seems as though I couldn t escape that, woman--does she~-doe:' she really look like me? At a little dist.a.nce,`yes, be ad- mitted, her form and face resem- ble yours very closely; but her hair is darker, her eyes have a dierent ex- pression, and she. must be ve or six years o1der.A ` ` ~ T Iuuuuu-5'11 cue C91`-UW(l' D0 17116 l10tl, `and ; I became confused, ,and forgot. _ Do you suppose: they registered me by-1 that name ? . ` Qui tW1ike1y; at .least Fairbain! still [believes it was the Christiei whrlnn he so gallantly escorted last! 1'1ig1t..: j . A _:---j . Mcclurg 8: Co.) '----the company had paid` off thegrad-l ers I was to1.d--'and.. there was no` carriage so we I were compelled: to walk. I--I never saw such a mob of drunken men. n One . came reeling ,against me, and brushed aside my 'veil so as to see my face. The doc ltor struck him, and then the mar4 QIWQI 1'b(I'I1r\t\ V srrx co.-.-- `__. _ I I 11:11 , , - .,.v_ --...o 9o'bl\.& Vl.J\Ju1: IJIIU LllJaJ' shal came;u.p--you know him, 13111} V}Iickock-a.md the impudent fel1o.w actually declared he knew me, that I iwas Christie Maclaire. I tried" to |exp1ain, -but they hurried me on ithrough the c~.1'-owd'Jto- the hotel, _and 1 no nnnnn ms-..~- = 1- - IKE Ill VII`? \Jl\I'VVNl lu JIAQIL e:i'th leaned past luner toget a bet- .. __--__ 1.--; 4.1.- ..m'..... a....;......J .....,1 -NOT consounmou L. J. sum, Manager mspqsrrsi _k{1ow well .EU1'!\Y He thought he was dealing with ChristieAMacl aire. He had some rea- son for getting her away; getting her where he could exercise inuence _Yea-.-yea`! but .who is) she? Cl`ho;t.is_ what makes the matter so to unravel. She dqem t .ecven hetnse1f.~ r Hawley is going to ofaherig-nomanoe in this,` respect; and convinclaiherr that she, is thejperaon he 'wishesfhem'~"to t who` is the P9395? Lwe we might block the B15`P;`ii A A Mt? DU JUL VAL `understa.ndV i the least, Oaptain Keith; Why did this 2 mm I-Iawley send me 129 the Salt Fork? - ` ' ' 1111'- L`. -___.`L:. L- ._-.. .'I....12...... ...'Li IUW\j`, YV I V1515]. JILD . \ -VI 1'10 I I have I not I. `seen your father, Hope. but he was certainly here a few days ago, for Fairbain met hi-m. They were together in the army. I am going to tell you all I T know--it seems `to be a tanglecl `web, but the end must be somewhere. although I confess, I am all at sfsa. `U - .._`u :- -1,....1.. .........1.. 1...:.....:`..... UUJJLUBD . .l- than (lull V Dtzuu He told is slowly, simpli/ ..bring'ing forth his earlier suspicion, and how the stumbled upon: facts" appar- ently conrming them. He related her father s. robbery, his loss af valu- able paners, and the conversation be- tween Httwley and Scott which led to the suspicion that these same pa; I ,. 1.-.`! .E-'lI. ... Sun- 41..- 'I.......J_' LJLI ,yvu UV ..\..,, way ....u He was thinking-and did not an-: swer at once, and she went on in some -alarm. ` Do you know anything about him, Captain Keith? _ Where is he? Why is he here? Don t be afraid to" .telL me. - 1' :1 `I `I 1 .1 I Wu ewiessod the loket `back into her hand`. `retaining the latter, unre- \ sisted, within his, own. _ - (1 [IT `L--__-. _--L' '__-.. __-__;_ .E_L1..._. with wonder. As he rioncludied UU DUO Duvytutugg many uaauuu cu-nay, ya C pets had. fallen moo the hands of the former, and rwetre the basis of his blot. Hope listenead, breathless with` interest, her .widely opened `eyes ll- speaking she burst forth: u'I:!..&. T .4":-\:n nsnaaiufnfl :11 --..,.-, .., ..., V I know, her voice choking slight- ly. Mrs.`Murphy found that out_.; `that is Why I am here. I "heard my father came to Sheridan, and I want- ed you to help me nd him. `Ll ... ----.... a.L1...'l.1......',....J .13.] .....L .... I U JKIIII LCOUIIVII . He took the trinket from her, turn- ing it over in his ngers. Little by little. the threads: of mystery were being unraveled, yet, even now, he. could` not see very far. He. looked up from the locket into her question- in-g face. ' 1 ' Did I not tell you? No ; then it l.Was an oversight. This was about, the throat of one of the men I bur Iied at Cimmaron Crossing, but-but, lHope,'it was not your father. T 1---..- LA...._-..'._.. -1.....I-.......'I!..1.A. y;s, ;h; m;::., 1;;;1;u,,;;*1m: her hands, claspingthe locket, and this was my `father s; ,where did you get it? ' ` mm heA17 ;;,rv;g;;;i,*m-: led by the possibility---not--not---- 1 i I riszirienmberfif Vtuhe note [the man ~brought to me from Haw- iley; hehad written it thatxway. She `crossed the room, sinking d0.wn into `a chair facing him. And you have actually concfused me with Christie Maclaire all this While? Haye never known who I was ? He shook his 1_1ead.- I told `you to call me Hope; that is `my name--I am Hope Waite. [ 111-1` ` I Interesting? yes, for I was seek- ing after information, and met with some success. As to the other. ques-i` 131011. I aim not sure whether I "ad'- mire the lady or not, She is bright, [p_retty, and comp:.u1io11a.b1e, , and in . spite of her profession, at heart, I y believe, a "good women. But really, Miss Hope, - I was too deeply im- mersed in mypurpose to give her percsouality much consideration. -Among other things ,we spoke of you. _ . A . Of me? Why? y I_ told her something of our ad- ventures` together; of how both Haw- ley and I" had been confused. She !was anxious to learn who you were, I -but 1u1fort_una.tely, I ' have never,~ even yet, heard you.r name, . You have not! i No; I "left you at Fort La;r'ned believing you Christie M-ac1aire--- surmosing it I your stage name, of course--M-and was co-nfirmed in this `belief by nding in the holster of lthe saddle you had been riding` an genvelope bearing-. that address : "VX7113 Yourall U;;(;n Maclaire" Very Interesting? I ----------------/I4 1 ` , . \ 1 Keith s eyeslifted; to her face, his ears quick to detect the ua1do1~to11e" in her voice. ' - ' f`W;' call upon Miss Maclaire very interesting? A Did V you `admire heriejry n'1`ue.h?" ' V ` `. .-\;. of um - EUUJUJ Luuuutuuv Vayaaaliuwvuo . ' 31 W PEI. Nogruam Anvmg ti 6'&`|~lvl\&a\oli LILVII Ill}? IIaL'l.\J\J.Ll..l.' % '. AnQt'n' gnticipat becomes` ` .,, V .. V IA] of the clerk. It was growing dark, the lights already buvming, and from the plzashing of drops on the window, it must be raining outside, v I-Iawley would surely have ended his`cal1`up- on Miss Maclaire long - before. this, and left the hotel. `However - in- teresting` his` communication might have proven; she must ll her even- ing engaselnemt at the T1-ooadero, and would; require time for supper and: rest. to the mesu-let` of that l ubu. IL mvv` uJuu\u 0.11`, ALIHUILICD interview there could be little doubt.- Providing the -gambler lpossessel the proper papers he .wou1cl have small d-iiculty, in `convincing the girl that she was; indeed the one sought. Keith Thad probed; uiciently into her mind to ' that incliiiation, sid Hawley, Under ti11~_'th'e`:oiro1m;atances `this; was, na- flural enoush.ttad heldi Q: . . .o~ Yo` .. ".`'.u'-`-. 4`! , ".. 3-cw LLJUIJI A-5l$U\A\.` Llalll. El-lll`.vll\lC`lI a struggle that kept him from clasp- ing the slender gure in his arms, and pouring forth the Words of ten- derness `which he stemly choked back. 'l`1...'-"`.....- ..-:n..-... 4.1.`- ;.:....... _..._ LL- I..|.\4L1L\;BB 'vv.u;.L\:.u nu aucx u1_y uuuncu uuun. 1 Thievvas neither the time, nor. the I place, yet his eyes must have spoken, for Hope s gla.-nee fell, and; her cheeks grew. cri-mson`. ' V V T .J- -1. '.-..__`l L- ,,1, `I,, The hall was deserted; but -a `few men loiterred in the oice. Keith recognized none of the faces. and did not stop to make any `inquiries At 51.- ..L...1.. . T4. .....- ..............-- .:I....L us lC'VV_ `L/I l'llI-DVJll- `:`~I:1: not need to pledge you [to return this` time, do 1? she ques- tioned, her voice trembling. 'KT.-. ,7 l'I.. ... ............\......J- (4..-- -._.__ 1.2...- uuvuuug nu; vvzvc vzcuxvxxug. No, _ he answered; f`nor any time agam. "BL , 1__11 .1,.-,,.,1: 1 . .n` not