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? \\'`.! E-\.'| Vvllvluvvu Vengeance is ours! voice. Forward, men! Montana, do your duty! 'l'__ 1--- LL-.. 1...... I..-......- JILULIDGIJG UV JV: \I\.lvJ 0 T In. less than two hours, as was told afterward, the Mexican gang were swinging, with blackened faces, from I the limb of a blasted pine. `I -_I_ _.._-.. LL- .-.:-`Jana T:-ma vnl-I nnn Luunuuo V tasauuuvu \Il- auvuuwaauuo I provided myself with a horse and we 1_'ode . rapidly away. Few words were spoken-none was needed. Every man in that company knew his duty. . `X7- ...-.-..\.. 4.1a.-.1-A-an.-I t\II\Q nnnn IIVIHI IIWA VVQIU LUL UIUSUVI-I (nu n.n.nJ v v v u w no-5 v-xv`, u That is the story of the picture, Jim. What, old man! crying So you news- paper fellows have hearts, after all. Let s turn in. The night is devilish cold, although you may not realize it. But - under half a dozen California blankets \ and a bualo robe you will sleep like a top. i `Know vvnuu A11` `I1 `II`1 vno UV`-V0 May you write it out _in full? Yes; they have the picture--let them have . the story tosanctify it. ' ' III!-Iva II\V'\ A -S-l;e.`V;.'.8tjs":n:>:>.r:at;):.-;c)' ;;'Y~1;ty-:6 -`? 'L '11- With:he1'f.3~`Pt11Ier- and- her lips panting, of the. man looking at hot ?.mth%heavr pain. and respond-a IO ILLIJII VI. 6 Ultuovuu tlanavn Look from the window, Jim. Yousee that marble cross? `It marks her grave, and her faithful Knight sleeps at her feet; and some day I shall lie down be- side` her--my pure, tfnsullied bride in death. Call it German mysticism, or what you will, but this place to meis ` lled with her presence and I can never remain away from it. That face, the face of the picture, seems to oat in the light `clouds about the mountain s crest, and the silvery mists which rise from the 1 valley cast a divine radiance around it ' making all other women seem earthly and commonplace. I have dedicated my life and my work to her memory, and ) wait for death as my wedding day. lIII,_L :_ 1.1.- ..A...... -1 4.1.... ...'..L...... T3... ff i.n.-~xo'r worms are noyn; sgncmm. GOLD VS. LUVE. I END. said `a. deep Vigilantes of again and again with her words. He loved her deeply, and yet so unselshly, that he was, honestly `trying to hope she would be happy without him, al- though his life-dream had teen to con- tribute to that happiness. (6 VA nun nt\ nu-;-4s.\.........I..I.. H _`I__ _-___ roan:-vv vv Va-IIJV an\Q`Itr|aI\J7l:!O You are so unreasonable, she pro- tested, to tell me now that you love rnn " But I hoped today, he said, sacily, you might still be free to choose your own future. Wliy, so I am; but my grandfather's choice for me is- She hesitated, and then, leaving her sentence unnished, rushed on, in rapid utterance: Frank and Iihave known each other since we wen little children, and you know I was always a mercenary little wretch. uT.I.'.\.... .......')'M I... ....I-...1 --..'J.l. - ----: vv-u-J uqu u-J up auusvvuyul Aumxu VVIUUUJI. VVere you? he asked, with a smile mere pitiful than tears. You know I was! You know I used to fondle grandpa, and coax and _a.t;t-at him, just because he was nob; for he was not very affection- nfn T gangs .1... '_... 0--- A 1.....- -_ ` -`v"1 "' "V """ """' """J """""""""""` ate. I was planning for a. lecracy ; and I must have one, even If I haze te L take Frank with it; and Frank is good- ` natured, and fond of me. nA...I __-___, , , 1A,.` 1 -`v':A.1`1':l, ;.(;11.r:gur`::L1`1,(if`z;`1'1.er leaves you nothing if you do not marry Frank? V KTnl-I-uivuul TI- A-.. ....t`.-.... ....... I....L T --vv---._e as J vu uv ll-`JV IILIIHILJ A sonata: Nothing! He can refuse me, but I cannot refuse him without forfeiting all share in gra.ndfather s money. I call it shabby, but there it is! And I am so tired of being poor, so tired of turning old dresses, patching my boots, saving car fares to buy gloves. Oh, Bert! don t look as if you wanted to cry. You are well rid of sucha selsh little horror as I am, you are indeed! 161 ...:`ll 4.... L- LL_'_I_ __ 99 L _ _-:;| _._.-.__ wan. Jvu I.ll\l JLl\D\J\.\I0 "'1 will try to think so, he said press- ing his white lips together for a moment before speaking. I hope you will be very, very happy. Bub-if you should % find. on consideration, that- (FRY.-.-. -I----l!) ..`l-- .....-.J `I....l_:...... -.... u'aAon \;')`1:`a;;;" ms\i':;3, looking up at him with misty eyes. `CT nwduo .....-.L 4.- ....._' .1--- T ....... 4-1] -- --- vgvu a..unuv_y VJ ya I.;n`1y want to say, `dear-I may call you dear `once-that life with me, al- though not such a life of luxury as your cousin Frank oers, will not be absolute `poverty, while I have my strength to V work for you. HD..L ....-..- 'I_-_.. -..1_ - _..I___ .....J ..-L vv v-an nu; J vuo But you have only a salary, and not a. large one. A lL`,.-...- A____I INASII SD ,*A__ ____ L`I__'..'I_ J .. -...,- ..-. Very true! Still, if you can think of me and my salary with fa.vor-with love, dear-one word, `Come, will bring me to your side. I wlll not tease you any more to-day. Good-bye. U. H. ...-..... .. .._-...._--L 1..L.... .....I H... I-ld\I.I U lI\J \lI-U. 0 \l VUVI` VJ Us He was gone a. moment later, and the V unreasonable little lady was crying like i A Jane s invitation! a. baby. I m not worth his love! she sobbed, tearing her very best handker- chief with her nervous ngers; I m only a nasty little bunch of avarice and selshness! But I am glad it is over, and now-good-bye to poverty, music lessons, and make-shifts. I will accept Lav u 5:; I AtI-IIll~\ll.ll } T A81: Jane s invitation had been to the effect, that asvher father had wished her son and her niece to marry, she thought it would be well for said niece, Elsie Reed, to make a visit to L-- and be- come accustomed to her future home. \I\.Inc-o\4 navvuuvv V1.1 vv LAVA LI-lll\Il\.I --vsgnv r So it was only three hours after her parting with Herbert Bedlow when ; Elsie drove to the depot to take a train for L---and leave poverty, music les- ` sons, and, perhaps, true, earnest love :behind her, forever. So she assured I herself. gnu- a\rQ& _ \ Her welcome was a warm one from ` her aunt, but Frank was stiff and em- `barrassed. Every wish of the little }heart -was gratied in the new home. }Dresses, bonnets, jewelry, were given her with lavish hands, and she itted from oue superb room to another, try- ing to fancy herself the mistress of the wealth around her i ._E-_- -;...`l-.. `L..- ..1_:`I1.-..I VVUGIULI auvuuu Java 0 The grand piano, under her skilled ngers, gave forth treasures of music, all of the showy, brilliant type, a.nd her voice, like a. bird's, carolled the blithest ballads. 1 _,_ L_'__J -_ L--u...._a.. _..... IICILGUDI But surely no bird or buttery was ever more restless in a gilded cage than Elsie in her new home. She was never still. Walking, riding, driving, garden- ing,'.itting here and there, till Aunt Jane, 8. model of repose, wondered she did not drop down with actual exhaus- A`-.. 351191100- I wonder, now, Elsie thought, after the rapid ight into the garden already described, what is Frank s opmion of all this. Four blessed months have I been in this house, `and he has not once spoken aword of love to me, He is all courtesy, -gentleness, and- -I will say it onee-stupidity, but about asmuch like s lover as a walking o:_:.ne._: I suppose he dop t `like. having his wife willed to him, like ;s. teapot or s cake-basket. Why oouldn- t my grandlather have left me a tiny, tiny little forttme all my own? ..mn I- uynnr rnnrn flu: 1: Ann `HQ , Una nnvv-v -v-w----u v--- --J vu--no I can't wear more than one dress at a time. A after ,all, and nobody can eet more than one dinner, it they ordetenough for fty. Oh, dear! l`here.is,F'r,a.nk now, in the summer- house. looking olike-h m, let me eeel: Downcast face, -brooding ..eyes. hands clenched faatl, - Not like happineas-- n-iefin"toomild aqword-he look: like irxuiiu in. the Btitiim Empire Mumi and gum per cent. toryour money as well uinlurum 08:10!!! life. - - . DIUIJQ \ I don't sleep well unless I am tired, ` shesaid once, in answer to some gentle remonstrance. x M--- 1]--.. -5 L.-o.\.g6- c-.1.-q nu.-`I-.. ` IIJUW, Juu. UM5--v uv v-vvr v-v--- y Twenty! I feel as if I was fty! and I having made this tremendous assertion, she itted from a French window, and [ down the balcony steps like a child of It was April when old Mr. Reed died, and in ; September his grandchildren were to be married. There was only Aunt Jane to care for the details of _Elsie s trousseau, for the young girl was an orphan, and her father's mar- riage had been displeasing to her grand- father. But for the kindness of Aunt Jane and Frank, she would have had. scant welcome at L--during the old Vman s lifetime. ,,-,L `l'_..- ....-- _..--_I L.` LL- Bute Aunt. Jane` was equal to the emergency, and the profusion of Elsie s bridal wardrobe was a good earnest; of I the luxuries to come eftnr her marriage. I Uluuunu unvo- But, my dear, at twenty. you surely know, you ought to sleep well. u!`l`\-....-....l-.0 T can` on {F T urge: Hfful our` Swami PROMOTES DIBESTION. REGULATES THE LIVER. Ismua AND muzv REGULATES THE KIDNEYS. QUALITY HIGH. 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F}. `nv.Anmz_ D313 Sma,--I was very bad with headache and pain 1n my back; my hands and feet swelled so I could do no work. My sister-in-law advised me to tr? B. B. B. With one bottle I elt so much better that I got one more. I am now well, and can work as well as ever. ANNIE Bunanss, Tilsonburg. Ont. Bad Blood ma. arise from wrong action of t e Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and _Bowels. B. B. B., by regulatlng and , toning these organs, remove : the cause and makes new rich blood, removing all blood diseases from I. pimple to 5 scrofulous sore. cunts nrspspsu. 00858 DYSPEPS/I. OIIRES DYSPEPSII. Mr. Neil McNeil, of )nt_- writes: Oures BAD BLOOD. Oures BAD BLOOD. Cures BAD BLOOD. Cures HEADACHE. Cures HEADACHE Cures HEADACHE. ' 1131.139 FL Wmnnms, 445 Bloor St., Toronto. Aomm Om-0. Direct Proof. epam. at A. E. Damon, Hawkstone, Ont. PRICES LOW. Av ...v...,- v V.-- .,_ _.- I had been here about six weeks and had made a good many studies, which I meant to nish up when I returned to the east. Iwas in earnest and ambiti- Ous then, and had my dreams of" fame and my hopes of the future as other men hztvv, I suppose. I had seen no one with the exception of a few prospectors on the hunt for gold and silver. They minded their own business as men soon hm-ued to do in those days, -`and I was not 1mtil0I`Cd nor my privacy intruded upon. But one day as I sat; busily paint- ing I ho:Lrd a step, a s rustle and looked up to see a vision in my door-.` __.._ -- K ,.qu~\ -. 1.. t.a:`I` I-urn" `:45-In nmmnun .|\I\ll\L \.l ..,, W- .. ,.---.. ..._, ....-.. way. A young girl, but little more than 15 years of age, stood there with her hand resting upon the head ofa great ni:'ist,if`f dog. The sight WU so llll`..\'p( ('l0(1 that for amomeut I thought of Optical illusions and rubbed my 038. oxpcctiiig the picture to vanlnhibut lllstcfltl, it advanced, and the dog cum; and poked his cold nose into my hand, asking, after the manner of his kind, for notice and caresses. As for his mistress, she stood looking about her as a child might have done, and indeed she was but little more. lhve youlost your way? I asked her` '1il_v. L ( nu, sir, she said with a faint smile. Knight andl never get lost. Do we, 1(i1ig1it? ILL! . .. ...:-_, -13 1,1- _.-_-__ LL- .1-.. UUU13 Hlltl llcuuu um: onus It was away back in J7.0 that I built a cabin here, thinking that it would be ` a good studio for the summer. I .had_ no motion then that I would occupy it more than a. few months, I enjoyed it. immc-nse1_v for :1 time and set to Work with a will, making, sketches _ of the scenery. It was new and very `fasci- nating work, too. The atmospheric ef- fects were so different from anything I had ever experienced, the coloring so new, that I was in a sort of artistic" frenzy for once in my life, and scaxcely know whether I ate or not. , ' J1lUlllll:alLI .LJL\.u.: III Well, proceed. I wil1adn1ili`thel1ea_.rt;. if you will get down to business--1}ote book and pencil all ready. 1. .__.... ..-.....-. Lnnlv in "VIN 4-Raf T lm~.H_ .ru vv \.-, Lllllblllli , Atthc mention of his name the dog turned and stood by her, andI_wa.s glad to see that he would indeed be a reck- less man who would dare molest her. .Au 7 , 1' 1)iLlll|JD (lvlII.|""U owoouovu A failure, are you? If you. coixldlt hear t he comments on your picture and the stir it has made in Denver you would ' sing another tul e, I swear. You would be as In-mld as a peacock-and; by the way, I was to ask you if she is for sale. Wlm?` Oh, my picture! No; not if `I was sl:u'ving. That picture isapart of my,1ir<-, Jim. My heart's blood mixed, the colors on that canvas, and when Hel- _ mzm begged the loan of it for a month I did not suppose that he wastgoing to? place it on exhibition for a lot of idiots_ to gabble over. _ Of whom I am the chief. Not at. all, Jim. I know you have a. hemt, althougln you may not believe it. or I would never tell you the story of my Mountain Dream. ` * 1 1- ___:n .. .1--.-x.n.- L.-.-..L nnuunn vv ll\.I Iv uuug uchlv ;uvauuv nnvbl 77\v111 you sit down and rest?" I asked} pushingono of my two_ camp stools to- ward her. Knight and I never get tired, do we, Knight'r she asked, but she sat down and put her arm around the dog's neck. 1)o you live here?" she asked. I replied that I did, and fell to'won- dering where the child could have strayed from. She now caught sight of my work and drew near me with Won-j dot in her eyes. Ct`7n.. ......._L L- 131-- I`I-.1 I) _'L- -..2.J IIL- --uva\a "l\zL`\AL\y|J VVAJI JVIA 6\lV-ll! IAIU VIIULI-ll I turned them for her, and it was a. strange sensation to watch her face, ll- ed as it was with wonder and awe. Do you like pictures? I asked. I never saw any before, shesaid, except; black and white ones--little ones, you know, in papers and books. I liked them, but these! Oh!-- She clasped her hands and I saw that she was trembling. I don't; think that any- body in the world could make pictures` like these. _ Iuvvu . g-nnv vuv While she looixed at them I 1oked7 at 1381'. and my wonder grew as I gazed. _' She was a slender little creature,` Olive ` skinned, and with a great mass of dusky hair mxthm-ml s'n+n .. L....:.: ....|.:..|.'1...-...< -vu - :|vA u Ygu n)11;tvl:;3 like God," she said, to make mountains and canyons like that. I\ .\.. ,.:r.-~ ....- ........4..... ............ n......."l' G OABDI .~..v ...v3.cuuu;u.JnJ yvuu Una] van canny vnoscv, You give` me greater praise than I deserve, I said; "but here are some more pictures-will you look at them? T 6....-.,.,l LL-.. 4'..- 1...... ......1 :4. -...... - ----v-, caucus - VII Id BIUGII Lllav UL HUB: heir gathered'into a braid which hung"- belew her waist. Her features were dehcate and regular, her eyes large, brown and full of the slumbering of unwukened womanhood; but her_ mouth was the feature that caught and riveted my attention. T It waaso tun`-~ childltke, so inexpressibly sad in the Dathetxc curves of the small red `lips. ' __:'D_0e_s y_our Knight _like_.pictures? I sI1a'f ' St.a.y' till mogningc "99 ;a.:-4% mod snooze once in your ltfe--you look is if you needed it-and I W111 seq _yoqj= zwer the range in tim-3 to catch the 9:80 A train. Is it 3 2'0? . T ..we11_ I guess so. I ought to` be in- Denvm. in thirty-six hours, but I will.` trump up some lie to satisfy the man- ager if I um too late for the Sunday x issue. By thfa way, Gus, what 8. happy, life yours is. Sloop as long as you please, dresg as you please, eat whon_ you. are . ,,_...n uni] \l7{)l'k W116!) cold as W" 1"-W"! ~-' " --V-.. av:-. ---v hung;-v and work when the t {comes on_ Vllappy man! That`s all right, Jim--for me. Ysu- would loathe yourself in a. week, if you Quid try it, Don't quarrel wxth your sh . . _..--.., vnn are a man of twt1on-vmn~ Should [Ty 1l`- VV " `:l'"""` `:"` o7`" destiny, You are a man of act1on-your place is in the world, 1 an} a dreamer, 3 mixer of paints a.nd-a fa.1lure. V : .1 . p...-1.... urn vrm? If vou could ' Doe '5:<;1i1".I}'.;1i'g..l`1't+l`:'.e.,-`p"i::t.I.1rr;'s? asked. trying to win asmile? The faint- est ghost of one crossed her facp. . Van 1... `In--- _|._;_ 1- in;- in Q13...` ~-- uvm. ux uuu uruuueu net Ilwp. Yes. he likes what I 11ke,i". aha` mawered. Knight vknowsas much -as_ any Of 115" V Ibreturned to my Vskvetophwing in some, em arrassmentz. Had she been, indedd." T 0* anal p...--.......`.l :`A'---q--L1`: ` ......uuu I ausulen. D693, I . ihe child I at rst supposed. wqueation be 01` amuse her would have been easy; `W 88 it was I could only await her" pleasure. side. , V _My mother" 5. , }A;a,;%`;.;,,g,,,dus;i tumdly, thTat`:.g:I' _.1'n..a\yiea M9" Mary. she vvmnd 'VVHJe.;m"-5il` Rive ma what I .....I.-.: 1-- `Ix; L'_L_ tn: .-.-1. Presently she came to `my ,- ~- nvowal _ u|`;q 8% `` `W ?! a81*1.f<.>3;._ Bhewi1l?"M .7 _. 0:11.- M ___-' `-'.3"3 ` fP*j`f}" April 2 .1891. fliii DREAML. .. vain Japv $Il_`,O;_) xnov vv He knows. but he loves her. He loves you, -too, Isuppose?" He hates me,' she answered in the" same sad, level voice, "and so I run `away when I can and stay all day. And when you go home? ` They beatjme sometimes. -. f I In the interest and sympathyi awake I ened by her confession I forgot my re- serve. ` What is your name? I askerl. Carol Cleaves) . . 1 ' - ` Cleaves! I- sprang-_` to my feet 3' astonishment, for that-_ was the name of ' `a. notorious outlaw, whose? -record was black with crime. And this lovely child, could it be possible that she claimed such paternity?" Q}-in Innlyn.-I -4. ....- ____' ln,_n,_ 1.1- In "'1A o-make pictures, as you-6.`.' * `ix Yon_,ssy your mother usedto tell you ? 10. Is she then, no` longer liVing?"'j V She is dead. ` `She `years when I was a little girl, but. I remember what she told me. My lather has an- other wif_e now. She has Mexican blood; she is cruel. ; Not to you? 1 _said`:(lqi1btlull;y;."'..3.. Yes, to me and everybody except 1 .Kuight.-; She is afraid of Knight. . `_`"'I.n.in.oIn'riP' I-h'nI- '9 T .......1:-.:I. uL-_A 0:311;-o l .4 "'V`.lvel1a.Il not` care, but they gneierl knowwhere I am. If Maunella. knew ` she would kill me. . She said she wfould kill me if I ever spoke to any man. _ Gk.-. .|..;II .'....a. |..'........ ;..... n 1' |_..1.n_ vonv V uuaos new aanv vv oaulro i;;; well: vluxten. C`-ome_ every day, if you can, and I will see if there -is not L some way that I can help you. Q]... I..A 1.... 124-4.`. L-.. J .\u\ J.l..'. L..-) -1 Well, she came, of course;- ' Yes, I found myself unableto. goon` with my landscapes from the moment that she left. I called myself an idiot t and tried to shake myself into reason and common sense, but it was of no use. That sweet, pathetic little face haunted- me, and I was in a fever of impatience to see her again. Well. about noon of the next day she came, as before, with her dog by her side. It was more like a dream than reality, she was so little like other girls. ' (IT as... `Jan; LLndu` nun`: Lawn nnruanv T _g;uI1_1y.`;- D_uB 18; 31.1810. 01' Knight." _. 1.3!/b.'n1.gl'a I replied; but surely she cannot hurt yonvery much. now. You are almost a. woman and _ can defend yourself. gkn in Inn...` A--3 -1------ - ` "Ee'Y3Bia3 t me wistfully: I will go now," she said - - - I nan-.. - _.-_.-,-_,4 u 1- . . . . ow`-`..x'a.'y: a"I3E:t,*" Ientreeted, in per- plexity. Was there no `way in which I - could help her? I thought rapidly for a` L you and Knight? few moments, "Will you come again, I asked, and let me paint a picture of 'l'.fm. nvvnn .............. ..:| ...-. _-- -1. - 1 --1_ -1 Jvvl $90035 &&llI6IIIll .. Her eyes answered me; such Q look of - gloried surprise:.`q.meTinto them. Oh, will you? Can you?"_ ' T nnvu nun: u-31` '3` _....L ...-2II -_..-.` I_-._- uv 9-OJVIQI \-IIIII JUIIO . I can and will, "if you will com here .9. little while _as often as convenient; ?~_ ' ' (IT -L.'II `I.-__` 3.- -.___. '""s1iiS :11:-il`l";1}:;rl:;;rr;ur.;1;,f7fiml;oldly. promised. . . . I(T\A --Au: anp\ Anal. niau... ...- ..L.._ -_ ._-.-' V vv yo. vocyvv nu vvuan gaunt: J vu- ".S`i1e laid her little hand on the head of her dog and they went away, the noble .creature trotting by her side with a. wise and protecting air that was almost human-or,._sha.1l.we not rather say, if we reect a_little_superhun1an? % ' wbuldeg ` {qr 3115):. 00101) u5"F'.9-}lllJl!H;I!.=1.h.= Iv! an 9.1-_..-1-:2-r-s _ . K th ht; us-n agacuxpg 1s,; vuuo-o VA!-DVll\I J VI-ll BCLI Q . She is large_o,ud strong and crul. Sheahalses me. went._on_. the plaintive But vourn fater "-V-surely if he IrnAw._._.-. "`TAnd if they -are ahgry and.punis. you? - c - ~ - . : H1` ..1.-11 _._'L' _-_-.- L.,;, 11 _,, A '-n L 4, 2,; promlsea. __ . . ,. '* _ Do you go out alone as often _aa you wish ` vv cum Yes; only when` they have men .at` the house and want me to help." GOVT A _ - n -..'Il LI.-- l`1....._ ........_ .1.._ Kl?` bl` CFC I am glad that you have come, _ I said quietly,'an d I am going to ask you to unbraid your hair and let it fall over your shoulders; will you? Without re- ` ply she untied the ribbon, slowly un- braided and shook loose her wonderful hair. It fell around her like a shadowy mist, and so etherealized her that. I be- ganto doubt whether she were-indeed a mere human child or I the victim of a mental hallucination. I began to out~ line my picture, but decided, as much . as I love a good-`dog, to leave here out ~ and make an. after study of him to please his .- little mistress; 7for;I' wanted that t face`, ~with7its. pensive, lips. and wonderful veil of hair,= to be what it has since` become--a mountain dreams She. came, day hatter ; day-,<` always V `glide 2 ing in and loosening her hair without further request -me: and she glid- 7ed as s.ilentlyVsinto-_;nyh-hears In._.teu. cu puuuu . 'u.wu.q pu Luquu... .. ,.....,. day; time igkneyv ._t'1"nat, I loved .he1'j betterthan my own ;*life; that I would 1 protect anddetend her witlxzmy pianists ll` . visitinsher; .!-`an 1. @1Ii.nk.thxza.r9 glad to hays me,awa,y, . .she said, 3 fthpt; -can't A'uhds;rstand;9l1 .they~.; say h , rth,oy-are talkine .abou.t.me.. . hIrtak9?.h hvu14:!;.:o=.k;ftb!s child . with l!19?_:..Neyer_l ,'Bett`er[,..death,,fo1} ,_ .. drop of b10d- 1 . " I ." 5 .;..=- `.2. We had `talked, but little. all jqhiq 1_;i;ne_._ I had asked her.i.! she. was missd. :`at home, and she said that; her fa.ther-:_-was `< away and that Mannella ha.d some Moxie \ tlii? qI1.tii'I`el_|iei'rib1!. andhalt .. ,~ Here min danger. What .l'u.`I>aan.i'IlJ\n'nn1-' fr'I'- I131-_ ._ mpg: 'r'` I L$UUJWI . \IVuvUII Odin. tvv-v .of.us taan:dishonor}_,to;` h_e'.r-. 1- 'T1!I{.- carious-. won-1_d, vzouldznaver have , `thall \1l.d..~:'hI|'.. dliad`-.t0 'Dr.eo_.m;v:.I. oingmy; tboushlla ;. j.` I pure and innocent ; :un.*.i1 W9 "13 when qh9.oqnld.`?l91!est sw9'.?~3' 59 1n:In9=and:truit.t`9ax19e? V-8% ; boldly declm.'!2!I9lt;h.e1':J9Y9l.'a. *2..- 4.1.- .n...|.o'L.. .....I.na-_hnr, and .trnIt;II ` -.uy.v vv aunv _uw usvpu no uuuvcuzuuu. _' `.`I shall have to run away, but`! will ` nrnn 7 QA1>fr.I5I{ ,I_I. gher father ~v'as`impoasible.u He was a ;f1;gitiVe' from justice-'-perhape swinginz A "some imgromptu `gallows in gorge lhjnyou. I hadno friends in all the peat northwest to aid me, I must act |lbq;e- but how? 'BI.- _-L.`_.'_- ` ` ` careof myael!fo1|`zheruakef. To go to `W VIII! KUVVI ; The piotu're_7waa nearly nished. You have seen it, Jim--the eweet pathos of the fade, themystio eyes," the cloud; of ; sh'a,dqwyeh`air,eth,e form half fej1edAi1_1_ I'l|** ".I1A`-nnn`snnu-.u._ .I A D---L --y--v ,Ayv J, Illbqll,-UIIV LIJIIIJ Hull VOIIGQ .mist,1thba.okgrou.nd afaint vision `of. tlie mountains. I was satised. -It must have been.o,n inspiration; it was the in- spiration of _l'ove--foi', to save my immor- ` ti1l"nni1l `I oi-`mid. run m'...... ....-:.'.4. _-_-u. - -J _c-\q`o oavl L.I\'iQU-VADLVQ `gloriously beautiful; as it can only be- ;in these mountains. Not with the splen- dor of variegated forests, .although they are -very beautiful too. I sometimes shut myeyes and my imagination pic- tures our old home in Illinois. especial- lyasit used to look inthe fall of the year. The low hills which surrounded ' ourvalley farm were covered with oak, maple, hickery, cherry, hackberry and many other trees, and at that time of the yeartheywere russet and crimson and gold with the first kisses of decay. Wild grapevines swung from branch to branch lled with small purple clusters, acid, to be sure, but nectar to a boy's taste. Black and red were hung in tempting profusion. Nuts lay thick` in the fallen leaves or came rattling down through the hazy air. The sumach, most gorgeous of American plants, blaz- ed in glory and i otfered its_ spikes of velvet berries. Crows called from the treetops. Bluejays added a bit of pure azure to the mosaic of color. Blackbirds rose in clouds from the cornelds and squirrels `chatted over their abundant stores. Along the_ roadsidehin the fence corners, bittersweet` hung its. coral {berries among great purple and white, ].w_i_ld asters and the large, pale pink 3 blooms "oi" horsexnint. A little` river bordered thepfarnron one side, and we could `hear its waters plunging over a _-milldamijust out~of sight. v-.- 1-..-.. 1...... ..1..... 1..."... val. t.......;. It Wasgautumn, by this't,ime--autumn , g-- v_ avvnvu. uyvu xuulg .""'X11"his' time no. word or lov had passed my lips. I must see my way clearly. before I spoke, and Iwaited and ponderedp Did it never occur to me that-she might; be followed and watched? ~ Yes. - I had ythouglnt of that, but this cabin, `as you may - have observed, com- mands a view `of miles. Ivhud watched her going and cmning after the first raw days. I could see the little gure far away as it adva1_)cd in coming or faded in_the distailce when she departed, always-.~ she seemed umnolested--a.nd with herAfa.ithf,ul ' guardian by her side I (I'.116tdI.that sl1e'"was safe. - I rotdvv ans/A all Dov!-VIIJ 0 It was while my mind was in this state`= of`love and anxiety` that I nished her picture. 'She looks at` you from the gful and tendefasi a wounded do`_v`e._>` canvas just as she` looked at me-mourn- -`ao(vyVf'9.,C V9, g.vVv"`lU. IIUBGVU uly Ilulnor` thlsoulL I ob_uld- no more paint such a picture how than I could bring the gland to life. Sholooked upon it asa. miracle, and upon me as the followgers of Christ may hove looked upon him. `:Iv|A can --A---` A` ` I ` ` -v vv-y--vv-v into. my eyes, Jim.' .What do.-youesa.y? ., Tears! Well, I am not ashamed of them. Perhaps you would not have fallen in. love withan outlaw s daughter, butil did.` I loved her sothat no other `woman will, ever have any charm for me; However, I de- termined to say no word of -my` feelings toward her until I could by some means place her in safety. TH Invna UIIv`\:`.u .~.._ ...-.'...J ----.- 3.- AL!- ;-V3 I~o_o\- VVAl\A|Jl IUD G! VVL'I.lll\.lU\L UUVCO 1 As. 9.n"xcus for. further visits I told her tliat Ihgaust npw paint a portmit of Knight, and she gladly assented. Ipre- pared 1hy.ca_.nvas and waited impatient- ly for her nextfvisit. `T"`II*ClIlI nun`-an-.A- L. 1.1.}... LE...` ...-L.-..;.. Ilamlnwiln JUIUII \I\OU V- 510--7 You know how short 1i'v'ea-t!(a heau? tifulv time ie_ in -that latitude. But while Nature was calling Ime. in her . most alluring voice to `come out and be happy I husked corn from early {morn- ing till night.- "Then; after the horses _were cared for and the milking done, I crawled into my small, low chamber under the roof, too tired even to rest and sleep.` ` ` - uwy VV\J|v.|lu.4llI.lU-'IlIUI -' " - -~ - - `v`-'1`hey-aha .-not ha._rm~ you,- Taaid, an - cal`mly~ as` I7 oeu1d,for I wished to quiet T -Paid hike "-her`,i_n"my in-'ms,a'I . `I='wish thin`! ,la"d__`. but we. lefh ardnot - :ao bad'as the , `9f*h.vvliItt . :1iaint'i:a3*-;i'i10iI!i.*1.'i`i?1i'!`f'<?! `Z9 o'0.':I~` `kiioir hatLtb`;`fi! F59. ;`f$1!di3is %h6re1n* =11" L 1"IiIpr!?1fe d ' % T.? ?&A";;`".%`%% `*"1~,.`"??%" v .r! Ji;id.J*?z6u.4k'!0Y!.: V .,.t.%a*;9w tI*. gthn .~-;'!9`., gdeniabt a. . I .J..bni`a inf1i:to 1 \JLl.n._J. _&L'J.I.v 111.. Butlet us come baclrto the mountains, Here we had,"nQne-of this, but instead. the `indescribable colors of: the great the golden. splendor of the aim shining through ..ang atmosphere like amber wine. I breathed balsamic odors. I walked over fragrant beds of pine needles, and searched, for the. latest Rocky mountain wild o were----ui1- equaled inall. the `northern wor1'd--and I dreamed of my love. . No matter what her `father -might be, I remembered that i her mother had t'aI 1ghtThe1"to.ipray, and believe me, Jim, it isxthe mother who makes" us` what we are. e -' " run, .A.`__;.',.__-.A.I_ ._ __.I... 38...`! .'-.."I..u.` T-in-In LIIHIUE (ID "Hall WV (Have My own: `mother, who died when I was a child, _w as "a. passionate lover of beauty, I" have seen her kiss the early owers that j I used to` bring `her : 'I"ha.v.e seen her tender blue eyes watch _ the sunset with a look of longing in them as if she were tired of her hard life and , would be glad togo -where there whsrest. Had she alive. If W,_Juld',f1,58-Ye placed my V lofvg in--`her;motherIy ar:rh_sV and feltthat -she ,But?I__hacl= no one. s ' 3 `L ".1.L..4..` In. unn `nu-xlxl;-u 1nn:lr1'nnv `AC. v J'U!1xH--P".r:m-Ia! . a".'.'r'*"""' '__.._"4 _ yr ` - - -999-1 ` _ unn:;`%!'the:~h!!9:;.' .?`:h. i"V``,"" 311.5 W53: 51`. '3 `"9" ",,"."' ` % .Whil.fs A I he: I-`wag ataxtlgd by a nipid step. a rush of thg `dog gn,d:. ; .in:_ she came. pantins fang whim aydeatl}. I A ;: `run... 4. .2- at-. (`Ia-nla hi iknh? i_t:ii1__l_n,my, ca.l;in for fl.` 9111,. UV VV,G6}-I us : I . j ; !'Oh,ed`1_e.h-ightened nie so-Manne1la! She fonptt itu'out.th'a.t I came here, and she and Josewere talkinglast nightand. ; they said t_hat~-Imuat be put out of the 1 way! Oh, Mi-.i'Von mukgx where is it '51,!!! Wu 9`.P'f' - __,sWhat;ia`it;Carol? "whati ithildf. $15 cried, .aprin ging-`.toW.81`d `hen cant. ...I'.-.'.- Cnimlllnmnl` win nn_.M nnnnI'InI . \Jl|, also" V `Ill ovu--nu %t'i::;won1dq:ut:m6?T-T: gm; \ullII..'u..'..I.nl\..un\Ii hnbl` 1 CHA_1,>{rE%R" 111. he: jewels-'-all that was hers--a'nd thy think that I will want `them. They think that I will tell some one whowill take them away. A II ...... ....- -..`I--4.:-_ .___ _.__-___._ 2.1- 5-1 wuuznq vaavnnl Ilvvlvb Allvmy irreaolution, my miserable dal- lying,.wa.s now at an end. Here was a. case for the Vigilantes. I would go at once and lay the matter before them, and I would also go to the legal authori- ties, if any could be found; and have a guardian appointed for my love. Fool -that I had been, tosit dreamingover her portrait when her sweet life was at stake. T C`;.rol,.sa.id I, can yon stay here o with your dog` while I" go to Helena? You must never go back to your home. ' You are my little girl now, and I must` nd another home where there is some good, kind woman to. take care of you. A Dare I leave you? You have Knight, andyon see there are strung bolts on the door and window shutters. Sh e gave me a. look that will go with me to my grave. Adoration and grati- tmleshono from her soul lit ey ea, drown- eail as they were in tears. I am no_t_afrai/dito day, she said, .. ...... u..v Au \.I1II.l.IDlLA5a Very well, then . If you do not like to shut yourself up in the dark while I am gone put Knighton the watch, and watch yourself. You can see far down the gorge, and there is no `other way for them to come. Keep strict watch, Carol, and if you` see any one bolt the door and window. `Keep you dog with you and you will be safe until I can return-so good-by for a little while; I shall not be gone a. moment longer than I can help. You are `used to being alone, Carol? (f\l. .-..n. V...:...I..L ......JI `I L.-- AL .......'.J not afraid to said, "for Mannella and Jose are drinking so liard, and they expect some friends, and they will all dance and eat and -drink and forget all about me until they get sober again. But they are watching you? Mannella. new er remembers anything when she is drinking. 517.... ....11 AJ___. rn ____ .1,_ _-.,L UL- _ -_. ..-., ..--.. -., .,.,...E, ....,..-, v....... Oh, yes; Knight and I are not afraid in your house, she said, and we have the other Carol, my twin; to keep us company. GI... L-...I L- --._2l.. LL.....-...I.. L-.. Lanna! vvsonrusnJ o She tuied to smile through her tears, and I turned and left her. ` luI.l\l L Utlll-l\a\.| clbluu LVLU Alvin I ran half the way to, Helena. I was a good pedestrian in those days, and my feet seemed winged, like those of Mer- cury. `xrhaun 1' ..nn..1\...] I-An-urn aunt` l\|1niv:nt1'19 \J\J . _, . . When I reached town and hurriedly told my story there was intense excite- ment. Deserve to be hanged yourself, growled some one whom they called X. If you knew that this Cleavesv was in the vicinity why, in G s name, were we not told? _ . - Act an 014! vv yaw vvv cavv \\Ic\.su "1 know nothing of him," said I, or- his WhQl`6a.b011tS. I am here to get pro- tection for the child. I. 11 .-1 A ,_-,L4 And you shall have it, said twenty voices, and as many men were examin- ing revolvers and tightening saddle girths, a. erce, determined [Gd--tho famous Vigilantes of Montana. 1' .._..._:.J...J ....-.....1c...':4.l. .. I......,... ....A can I11 Ullulo vUuItIuuJ any vv aanu uuvJ - We never slackened our pace until we reached my cabin. There the first ob- ject we saw was the mangled body of the faithful dog, showing that he had died in erce conflict. How I got down from my horse I never knew. I only know that I had my dead darling in my arms-my dead darling with a Mexican dagger in her hea.rt--and was crying to God for vengeance. 7 W-.. A. _. 4.-...."' ... .I an piano`