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found. They would come pouring out to see the site of the tragedy: estor 'Noel a visit with my But no sooner were they there than She | they would begin to ask questions, and |, where | those questions would be prom by the discovery that the mine was ing in rich A rich mine owned never goes ir Joan oan slips from her bed after Daniels has reti Two os. dloared tors, Hal 5 pand Rudy Michels, are visit- 'camp by a scoundrel by the Macarthur. Springer and t into a heated argument pectors receiv- the past. "You Macarthur," says ou skinned me out of one of money. You won't --~ (ie ill: § ri oarthur WS a al ills Springer. Nich-, a comes up with a yell. NOW GOON WITH THE STORY "You damned cutthroat!" he was , his voice thrown into a hi, setto by his emotion, and he ran forward, pumping away with his revolver. Not a bullet hummed close to the mark. His aim was so wild that Macarthur raised his own wea pon with the calm precision of one; firing at a target, and Nichols pitched; on his face, while his gun rolled and | clattered down the slope Macarthur waited until the echoes died down. He faced his horse, which | had raised its head and was regarding the :motionless bodies with a mild in- terest. "This is hell," breathed Macarthur. "I didn't mean--" However, the thing was done, and since it was accomplished only a fool | three partners, of whom two are 8 denly and sadly killed! How fortun- ate, how extremely fortunate for the third member of the groupl It came sickeningly home to him. He was new to that land. No one| knew him. No one would vouch for him. Strangers would compose the jury that tried him. A strange judge would advise them. A furious prose- cutor would pour forth his eloquence about this dastardly crime--the mur- der of two honest, old prospectors! Sweat stood upon his forehead. Sweat poured out at his armpits. And every mile that he traveled gave him time for thoughts. He went to the town, indeed, but he did not ride into the centre of it. Instead he left his horse at the out- skirts, saddle and all. There he paus- a moment to rub the nose of the honest mustang and murmur: "They'll | find you, old timer They'll give you some chuck. I know you're hungry as sin!" Then he went on. He sneaked through the village. He came to the railroad station, and half an hour later he was aboard a freight train and bound for parts farther south, When the rattlng wheels had spun beneath the train for two hours, he dropped off at a place where it had stopped for water. For he must leave would let a twinge of i drive; him away before he had reaped the harvest of his crime. He went to the shack, searched it thoroughly, and found a little cash, a ten ii sack of gold which was a prize almost worth the 'shooting, he decided, and finally he took from the wall a bridle with which to replace his own broken one. In five minutes he was riding down the mountain again. He paused at the first crossing of the river in the valley, He tied a heavy rock to his bridle and threw it $n. After that, how was any human being to tell that he had been there? For not a soul in the world knew to what: destination he had been riding that day and certainly the keenest eye in the world could never trace him over the rocks on which he had been riding -But before he reached the river, Harry Gloster returned to the mine and he returned leading his horse, which was loaded down with game. He really 'was a poor shot. But luck had been with him twenty times this day. it had seemed that he could not miss. 'He came back, however, to the black and silent ¢abin, and when he lighted the laritern he carried it out and found the two dead men lying as they had fallen. The lantern shuddered in his hand, The motive for the double killing was: patent at once. For the gold was gone. He went back and carried the dead men to the same spot." And when they lay on their backs with the dirt brushed from their faces, they were wonderfully unchanged from the two he had left that morning. They must be buried. And he bur- fed them in miner's fashion. He took thet to the old shaft which they had begun to dig until the false vein dis- appeared. At the mouth of the hole he sank a- drill a few inches, wielding a double jack with one hand and rain- ing the blows as if he were swinging a carpenter's hammer, for he was a giant of strength. Then he put in his stock of powder, lighted the fuse, and watched the explosion roll twenty "tons of stone across the entrance, - Now for the ride to town! He sad- dled his horse, the only horse of the three which they pastured near the mine which was capable of bearing his weight. It was not until the saddle was! in place that the other thought came to him. Suppose that he rode into; town_and told them what he had ' Tia ill J hs i i He took a bridle from the wall. A Fair Canadian = Alyn Pacaud, noted film star, the of the nt high com- missioner for Canada in London. age in the face and not in the body. His shoulders were as wide, his chest as high "arched, the carriage of his head as noble as that of any athletic youth. But his hair was almost a silver- gray and his face was broken and hag- gard with time and trouble. Harry Gloster waved a hand in greeting and sat down beside the other. "Riding through or living here?" he asked. "Riding through," older man. "You?" "Just blowing north," Gloster. "So am I," said the other. "In a rush, as a matter of fact, We might ride on together tomorrow." Harry Gloster eyed him askance. "I may ke starting in a little while --may not wait for morning," he par- ried. He could have sworn that the other smiled, although very faintly, And CGlester leaned suddenly forward and lcoked his companion squarely in the eyes. "What's on your mind?" he asked sharply. The older man hesitated an instant and then laughed. He. added, speaking softly: "It's all right, son. But there's no red dirt of that color south of the town. You're just off the Pebbleford trail. "You're heading south," The twinkle in his eyes focused to a gleam. "You're for the Rio Grande--pronto!" Harry Gloster did not change color at the last words of his tablemate; he even m »d to maintain a smile, answered the said Harry a broken trail behind him, he decided, and -he -was already far, far away from the place of the double murder. He cut across the country. In the gray of the dawn he came to a ranch house. There, in the barn, he found saddle and bridle. In the corral were a dozen horses. He picked the stoutest, without re- gard for lines which might indicate speed, for his first requirement of a horse was the strength to bear up his unusual bulk. - Somewhere ahead of him was Mexico, and there the law sometimes slept . CHAPTER IIL THE CLENCHED FIST There was a fluster in the kitchen of the hotel. The heart of Mary, the waitress, chambermaid and ocassion- ally clerk in the General Merchandise Store, was full. She had to talk, She would have talked to the wall had not the Chinese cook been there. "He's about that tall," said Mary, reacfing high above her head. "He's about that broad. Why, he'd fill that door plumb full. And he's all man, Wu. There he goes now! He's finish- ed washing up and he's going around in front. Look quick through the win- dow--"" But Wu, with a grunt which might have been directed either at the frying steak or at her remark, turned his nar- row back upon her and reached for the salt. One glance showed Mary that her confidant was a thing of stone: So she kneeled on' the chair and .| poured her heart through the window toward the big man, He was not quite as large as she had made him out, but he was big #nough. And he was one of those men who carry about them such an air of consclous strength, such a high headed and frank eyed good na- "| ture, that (they appear larger than they are. He carried his hat in his hand, which showed all of a handsome, sun- browned face. He had taken off his "ba also, and opened his shirt!ang at the throat to the evening air. His whole was one of utter care- 'Mary, when she had but the big muscles at the base of his jaw were bulging a little and he stared straight before him. "What do you mean by that?" he asked. "Nothing," said the older man. "Nothing, except that I don't like to be bluffed. If I were sheriff, I'd lock you up on suspicion and hold you until I'd had a look at your back trail. But A book with good plain letters brought. To their astonishmefit, little girl was quite happy, words here. and ih there. at her age," "Why not a z "It's "ad fo or Health, ? was the reply. This child hod not been urged, to read. play. As she wanted to know what the blocks meant, told her the names of the letters. From that, it was not long before she knew the words under the pictures on tho blocks and was picking them: "out of every book she | same. across. It afforded her much amusement for a rainy day. Know: ing something about books, she was, later, less timid at the idea of going to school. There are other things, however, more important. Before reaching the school age a child should be taught to speak good English and should un- derstand and practice. pleasing man- ners, Some children are entirely un- trained in the little courtesies before they enter school, and often school does not improve them in the least in this respect. "I do not know what kind of man- ners the children are taught," re- marked a woman to me once. &They seem ever go much rougher than be- fore they went to school." If the home influente does not keep children as polite as they should be, it 1s unreasonable to expect the school to do so. It is the home life which has the most influence. It very largely determines the future. Before school age, when we think our chil dren are learning nothing, they are really learning a great deal, It rests with us to see what they learn. In the bright sayings of children we of- ten get an 'insight into their daily home oa, The ye before seven are most impr hie wate and their fluences contig throughout life. A child comes Into-the vid know- ing nothing. It does no ot walk, to eat, to speak.}! teach it to do all these" rectly, to save learning thi These lessons should not be dificult; al of us remember be® experiences most enjoyed, We spoke in the beginning . reading. If your little one learns/to recognize the letters and some dommon words-itmsfowld be amusemei®, a game. Do not the mistake of aking it a less All life Te a lesson if yu make and ealy it such. much as possible of it in the spirit of play and, it will bi the in- Romance on! C.P.R. Route The Canadian spring had early In- fluence upon Andrea Hansen, 21, and Neils Christian Nielsen, 23, handsome young Danish immigrant couple who, on artiving at Winnipeg, decided to marry and, with the assistance of the the bride from the company. An of fice adjacent to the WI nnipeg mmt- gration hall was cleared and prepared for the occasion. C. A. Van Scoy, 'head of the colonization department 'of th railway for Western Canadas, Canadian Pacific Railway Colontza- {volunteered to act as groomsman, and tion Department officials, did so forth: R. 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Not a burn or blsiter was to be found on the feet When the pins were withdrawn from their bodies loped skirt is attractively embroidered| patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ in 5 | owls. appeared to be fn a ¥ during the ceremony. ekr-- el his weight while. in prisg "No doubt--they "sh3 kers off while he Rd 'We should neve Write for circular Baker Carpet 'Cleanin 178 Harbord St. Torofite, presented among the bones, and there There are a great number of bat skulls and lz ard jaws. Ay In some caves, the Smfsnontan scientist found skeletal remains 'fan, but whether they belong the present natives of the island of 3 the Indian aborigines who have been extinct for a long period, has not yet been determined. Incidentally, Mr. Poole reports that the caves have been used by superstitious natives as places of worship. In some cases they carved heads on the stalagmite and stalacite pillars in the caves to repre sent saints or gods. Offerings of Sess: fruit and even coink were adeite _| these objects of worship. How the bones got into the caves: is not clear In all cases. Most of the A ler bird and 1 bones un- doubtedly represent préy eaten by of-the. larger creatures , * represent Individuals: who entered these caverns by chance. Ass well known, owls in feeding swallow 'their prey of birds and mam- mals entire or in large fragments. The flesh is digested and the bones, fur and feathers formed into pellets which are later regurgitated, leaving the stomach empty to receive another meal. ©. The great deposits of small bones in the San Michel caves repre- owl pellets ac- s and under hsonian expedition re- y co-operation from the @iates marines, which officer the local police of this isolated sec: tion of the 'island; from the United West Indies Corporation, on whose tobacco plantation the expedition was a guest, and from the officials of the Insular Department of Agriculture, CHS who assisted in transportation and in other ways. | Wlectric railways, rublic utilities, ttraber, oll, industrial and enterprises promoted. Ap- bond and stoek issues placed ¥itn Furopean bankers and brokers. Underwriting procured tor corpora- tions. Mining and other esaminu, tions and reports made by known enshiecrs. Established Sort Agents wanted. RNE and LANE Leeson RE DUBLIN, Ireland. Sei. DR 5 of A Deplorable Verdict The acquittal of Harry F. Sinelair is a failure of justice which every tonest man will deplore. added to the long list of escapes from cessive tenderness and grotesque in- tricecles of American criminal law | -Bayer on MOST. people. know: (his antidote for pain, but are. you 'to say Bayer you bu Bot ails bee Fa - genuine have permitted in.recent years." The prosecutors plainly did their best, and the verdict of the jury may well have been justified by the evidence pfe- sented and admitted, Conviction for conspiracy is always "difficult to ob tain, The criticism falls not npon dividuals but upon the system whi entangles pustice in legalistic red tape. But no clearing of the defendant's ! moral responsibility is involved in the 'verdict. That question was settled | by the decision of the Supreme C in the civil action. The country will not forget jand should not forget the (disgaceful \traud practiced' upon the ination by Sikclg nst Sinclair Thia punishment s A the sentiment of colossal despoiler "York: Horie: deserved punishment which' the' ex-' ps i "It is to be & £ and Fall in the Tea. iy to be ©