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R23-32 aI1'a1 IlQW.' ' I You {h-ave` no need to be, . he! said soberly, impressed by the inno-5 -1--- ..c 4.1.... ...:.`I .-.-n,J -Faonnrrl S310 SUUUFIJ, llluplubcou U`) quru Au--v c-rent candor of the. gu-1, and feelmg thankful that he was present to aid her. I could` not wrong one of the jsouth. ` - r-- 7 11' My father 'a:1Wa.ys told me I or.u1d{ |tru-st a Southern gentleman undserl any crimcumstanoes. Mr. Ha.W`:ey was lfrom. my own State, sand: knew many ` of T our old friends. That was why I felt such unusual condence in him-, I Aaljtho-1'1gh he was but a t1-avelling acquainta'nrae.. Mr. J-12-.wley? The gentleman Whom I -met on 1.1- - _.A.- ..._ 7) but avast:-. _ I . 1 Oh, yes; you said he was in busi- ' ness in C-arsnon City, but I don t, seem to remember any one of that: name. I -1 ,,. -_.-_.;`l--- uauuv. _ ; He was not there permanently; only to complete some business` deal. And your brother ! I may pos\- vsibly have known him. ` 'CVI-- 1_.._,..:4...L..`.,1 . -`n-run-I-nr.+ 1-nnwv ATTDQ. the ` DIULJ LLGVC IXJ-l\IVVl.1 .|1L.11Ao ` She hesitated an instant, her eyes} dropping, 'unt.i1_compI1ete-1'y shaded by the long lashes- I TT- L- ......~ ....4.`L...... .. .m'1.r1 knv I L116 LULL5 ranxxccn. I He--he was rather a wild boy,` anki ran aw-ay from home to enlist in 3 the army. But he. got into a badi set, and --and deserted. That was~ `part of the trouble which caused ; him to hide. He ernlissted` `under the name of Fred Wilrloughby. Mr. `Ha.w1[y told me this much, but I a-m ; afraid he didnotv tell me all. ! And -he said you would meet him [here3. A - "`I have been a perfect brute, he! -1__ -___1-.1-____.1: ._....L1_ ($....2A.L SOWINGA l_-_IIS WILD OATS` _ __-_--guj `n-n 33133. How many young men can look back on their early life and regret their misdeeds. r Sowing their K Evild oats in \1;a_ious vgrays. xcesses V10 a ion 0 na- . ture s lavvs, wine, women " and song--a11 have their victims. You have re- formed but what about the about the harvest? Don't trust to luck. If you are at present within the clutches of any secret habit which is sapping your life by degrees; if you are suf- fering from the results of past indiscretions; if your blood has been tainted from - any private disease and you dare not marry; if you are marri read of symptoms breaking out and exposing your past; if you are suffering as the result of a misspent 1:l.._I\B ll 1. ll ADE Vll DEE! I!!!` `Luv vmir rage before No seed you have sown--what : 1.1313!-, LL y H. GIG Duucstus nu |.A.|\. A\.auAI. un. u AAALuLJkl\.AAU Out anu expuslug yuuu. u_ life-DRS. K. 8:. K. ARE YOUR REFUGE. La) Your 0356 bef0fe `them condentially and they will tell you honestly if you are curable. uogcu An I `I l\ A I IIIIIIRII l'II' I'I'\I"I\ DI.n\I!JlI Bull IJI\llVJ'II\l \o\IlVll I-nflllilu cues and all Diseases Peculiar to Men. _-_-__-_------- ----u on u on use We Trent and Cute VARICOSE VEINS, NERVOUS DEBILITY, 00D and URINARY COMPLAINTSJCIDNEY and BLADDER Dis- , _ _ __ ___I -II l'\:___'-_- D----I:-.. 1.- Il-_ m~ fk" 31'~iii:",{-i'-iEiaE1C1'17'." i1,KfENN EDI&l(|5_NN EY All lettersfrom Canada must be addressed to our 1 T Canadian Correspondence Department in Windsor, Ont. If you desire togsee us personally call at our Medical Institute in Detroit as we see and treat no patients in our Windsor oices which are used for correspondence and Laboratory for Canadian business only. `Address all letters as follows: _-_ --&--._.-___- 4 -_-.-.-.-.--- ---. - ~ 4 Xlii -CI`I` for our private address. coNsuL'rA11oN rm-:2. Bw; l:'ree qn name. of Hon. If unable to calluvtito 22412-1` '-`CECE A ICIIZC`T"-U ';r.lYIchigun Ave._a-x;'G1-iswold St.,-I)etroit, Mich. ` (To be Contixlxued), REA?'11~ic'A-H-X1?vs}f OF__SORROW `6`i;E;a`v' "15Xi'r(n"zi:i5T "Ens. & xznm-zmr, Windsdr, Ont. noiunlg add:-nun At the request of parties con- `cerned a few changes of property were made. A number of dogs struck o_ that have been destroy- ed since assessed and the Court. 1 adjourned until Wednesday next. A + "`unn1`p\u n cantata` :01:-r 4-ulna cacao- . ORO COUNCIL. (Continued: from Page 6). ed by. statute had -been given. A 4. 1_I__ ._..... ..-; -`-aV'--'-'\n -----. ..-.__---.-J ..v--v- At Tuesday_ s meeting, the min. utes of Monday were conrmed on: motion of Cockburn and Smith.. C. Wrigley wrote complaining of condition of south of Ridge line, con. 1'5 and I4 and asking a, ,grant of $50. Laid over until. ? road grants are made. i r\,. , II t'\ , .,,l -11 a at On motion of Campbell and Mc- Arthur accounts principally for" snow plow work to the amount of , $380.41 were ordered paid. 1 n_.__._;._-.._-,,, _L L, . 1,1_-_.. .. ---p v_ _v_. ,' yA'1');)rtioning~ or"s{{te labor taken up and ontinued until 6 p.m`. repaid continued until 6 p.m. Council then adjourned to `meet Wednesday morning" at 10 o`clock. At Wednesday's meeting the- minutes of yesterday were read`. and on motion of Campbell and} McArthur iwere conrmed. CHAPTER VII.--(Contin_ined'). i He had not the slightest " concep- tion as to `where they Were, except, he knew this must be the Salt Fork. Utterly confused` by the maze of shifting` Llunes, t-hr0ug`h Whose intri- cacies they had somehow found pass- age, the blackness of. the lnitghvt yield- ed no clue as to their point of emer- gence. The volume of water in the . stream alone: suggested that in their` .wande.rin~,gs they must have drifted: to the ea;stward', and come on `much i lower down than had been ovriginea.1- ]y intended. If so, then they might be aha directly south of Carbon City, and- in a section with which he was totally uxracquainted. `One l thing was, l1OWVG1'; certain -- they l would be compelled to Wait for day- light to ascertain the truth, and.` de- cide upon thr.~i.r future msovemlents. There was ano~t1her barren, sandy; stretch of desolation lying between I this isolated valley and that of the] Camulizm, and their horrsee .wou1'd| nxevor staml to be {pushed forward '\\'it.h0ut both rest and food. AS tol tl1.{`II1.<(`l\'(`>`--tl1("y had eaten `their! last ('1'um.b long since, but this -Was.` not the first time: both had. known etarva tion. l Statute. labor apportionment taken up and completed. Money grants were made the following road divisions, No. 53, W." G. Luck, overseer, $10; No._60, G. Bidwell, overseer, $50; hills 2 and 3, No. 66, James McGi1l. ov- erseer, $10. , At the secon-d sitting of the V Court of Revision one more -dog. Hxaving been destroyed and tag re- turned was struck o roll. Four names added to those already on roll and one change of property` I made. _ .; On [motion of Coclcbum and Smith accounts to the amount of $98.50 were ordered paid. On motion of Campbell and Me Arthur, the order of any member of Councill shall be sufcient au- thority for the Treasurer to pay accounts between this date and that of our next meeting. Council adjourned at '8 p.m., to meet at the call of the Reeve. There being no other business before the Court on motion of McArthu1- and Campbell the as- sessment roll for the Township of Oro for 1912 as now revised and and amended was adopted and ithe Court closed. ` NY person who is the sole head of a family or any male over 18 years old. may home- _ stead a. (kuarter section of avai able Dominion ; land in Ianitoba. Saskatchewan or Alberta. : The applicant must appear in person at the` ` Dominion Lands Agency or Sub-agency for the` district. Entry by uroxy may be made at any agency, on certain Acondit1ons_by father, ! mother son. daughter. brother or sister of in- tending homesteader. HI1tinsl.__Si\r months rpgidnnna nnnn and tenuugg nompsteaaer. _ D1_1t1es --b`1x months . resldence upon and cultxvmion of the land In each_ of t_hree years. i T? htilmesteadzr mayflxve wgthml mnesmiles of is omestea. on a arm 0 at east. 0 acres gsolely owned and occupied bi; him or by his :- father, mother. son, daughter. other or sister. In mu-min iuirir-tn R. hnmpszipudpr in crnnd SYNOPSIS OF CANADIAN NORTH,- WEST LAND REGULATIONS. I I{: ltll amsc reluctantly and.` remov- I ml the . from the animlalsgl llolrlillllgr Tllom. 50 they could. graze at` will. .`\'(-.h \\'-as propped up beneathl an (mt-(-rup1')i11g' of the bank, . hioh pa~rtl_\' p1'<;Io<:tu;1 him from the Wi-nvC1`,l -.1 1'nm'i- lmlk of la shadow. ('()l1l1l mltv W11 whetther he slept 01' not, but I1'l(l(`- no effort to disturb him. A mmm-nt he stared vacantly aln-ut intn the blacksileence, and tlu-n lay rlr-W11, pill-owing his hesa)d| upun :1 .<;nlsll(-. He found it imposr .~'il;l<- lz) .~l-op, th0`(31hi].1 of the Wind (-m1z~'ing him to turn and` tW'iBIt, in \` .lll .~'<-2m-ll ;1l't01` 00' If`OlI't;, while ulna- ILIM-:1><`=l l11n15.:(-.1` {.:'n|a.W,eId- in.cess~ant1y.: His (-_\'r.< 1';x11;:`wl abo-ut over the f~ 1007I1 Ml the skies until they ~fe]:1| nuner, mother. son, uaugncer. uromer or SIHLUF. In certain districts a. homesteader in good standin may pre-empt a quarter-section along- i side his omestead. Price $3.00 per acre. 5 lJuties.-Must reside upon the homestead or pre-emption six months in eaeh,of six years lfrom date of homestead entry (including the `time required to earn homestead patent.) and I cultivate fty acres extra. I A hnmnsztpndpr whn hm: osrhmisztml his hnme- I C1llTl\.-`ale nny acres extra. A homesteader who has exhausted his home- stead right and cannot obtain a. pre-emption may enter for 9. purchased homestead in cer- tain districts. Price $3.60 per acre. l)nties.- - Must reside six months in each of three years, `cultivate fty acres and erect a house worth $300_0U. . W . W. CORY. Depvty of the Minister of the Interior N.B.-Una.1.thorized publication of "this ad vertisement wiil not be paid for. 52 52 H. J. TUDHOPE, Clerk. Mrs.H.M RBIJEN N, KY. Recommends Lydia E. Pink- ham s Vegetable Compound 1 for Backache, Nervous- I ness, Headaches. ' Lyndon, Ky. - I have been `taking I Lydia E. Pinkham'sVegetable Compound | for headuchesmcuralgia pains,backache, nfiyvousness and a general run down con- djtlon of thu system, and am entirely re- lleved of those troubles. I recommend your remedies to my friends and give 3'0 Permission to publish what I Write. '3 -Mrs. H. VON RODEN, Lyndon, Ky. . _ when a woman like Mrs. Von Roden 18 generous enough to write such. a let- tar ac Hm -1..- .2-.. _.--L1:--4.:.;... .l.m VI-u uuuusu IA) VVLIDU nuyu an nvv glllguzisl the above for publication, s_he med a_t least be given credit for 9. am- for W esxre to help other suffering women, son e assure you there is no other tea- Why she should court suchpublicity. Canadian Woman s Expiex-ience:_ chgndsor, Ont. - ~ The birth of my first ` left me a wreck with terribleeweak. spells, but I am glad to tell you that I do` not have those weak spells and I feel like fa.`new woman since taking Lydia.` E.`- Pink_ham's Vegetae ble Compound. Iom ' now well and strong and can -do my ow_I1 housework. Ido; not t;kedr.riediI:ine0.f1. - L ' ' . i any in ,. 15 W31} pggd P1nkham's Vegetablew 9* `Mrs R at restored me to e116e_811'-1,,l.&;'3*}'.-'.} Mme I%3iI;'1 Fugngzin. 72 1 801', n .0, v_ ,I:`V Want special ,8dQ *E- Plnkhamelledlollm. ) Lllllhllgss. V` `_; Author of My Lady of The South." When wilderness wu. Inna; Illustrations by Den:-born Melvin T mm or mimosa Barrie Branch. Five Points; '4 J * .. L. J....SAL`l`ER. Manzr BANK OKNOVA SCOTIA 000 CAPlTAl.,lST $3,984,000.00 000 REERVE 1=uN07,4075,000.00 A TALE 01-` THE PLAINS RANDALL PARRLTISI-Ti, - Copyright. A. 0.1 Incorpoxited 1832; BY again to the earth level, and than he suddenly sat up, half himr self in a Id:l`ea.ln--'d|OW .l1- the stream, how far `away he could not judge, thaere gleamed a. steady, yellowish light. It .Was_ no_ icker of a re, yet nemazizned st-a.ti-onsary. Sure- ly no star could be so.1ow and large; nor did he recall any with that .peculiarity of color. If such a" mir- laele Waswossible in the heart of :that sandy desert `he have iswom it was a lamp shining throcugh a window. But he had: never heard of -any settler on the Salt Fork, and 9.-hnnost laughed at the thought, llieving for the instant _ b11a;1I_1 ...`|..--...`l `Lt--- _-_-,- an 1 11:12., "; 11.1. ; `I #1,; {played}; him some elsh trick.` Yet lthuat light W.as_n0'i];1usion.; `he ru1b- bed his eyes, only to see it more clearly, cdon-vinnced now` of its real- ity. He strode has-tily across, and gshook Neb intao semi-oonsaciousnessa, Idragging him bodily up the bank [and -pointing` down the stream. | Do you see that? he inquired `anxiously. - There, straight ahead | of you ? - . McClurg & Co.) I The neg-ro-stared, shaking with cold, and scarcely able to stand !alone. ' - . . l Maybe it am (16 moon, Massa Tack, he muttered, thickly, or a |g'oblin. s lantern. Lwwd. I d10n. t jest Ilike de -looks ob dat ting. ` ttwtw u uv o `n 1 .1 . | "VV.-r'l-I-3 -1- LUV V cuumu -sahvnuzu swu AA-\/I.u 1I1neas11yda_.t tlllie ne.g'no s fears. ?`Al1 , ,wan oe to now" was if you. saw Iglhat Ihsaw, T .`T`dh:.t s; 1% vvshhinilgg roug a. Wm W e . . at m heavecrfs name: it be doing here I am un-axblie to guess`, but I m` going `to out. It _means sheltem and! , .Q__L;. ` ' % CHAPTER VIII. THE WILDERNESS CABIN. The light Was: considerably `farther laway uhanthey had at first supposed; -_._ J A .. 4-1` A-- nilvrn-nnolql n.+n.nu`H.]n7 +111- uwuy uuau. vuvg .J.uu.u. uu LAJIDV wwyrvyvu, and as they advanced stzeaxdiiuly 0o~ wamd it, the nature of . the` grormnd rapidly changed`, `becoming imregular, and littered with low growing shrulbs. In the darkness they stumbslyed over outcroppings of rock, band after a. fall or two, were compellend to move forward with extreme caution. But `the mwstetrious. yellow glow, eo_n.tizn:- `ually beckoned, and.` .With new hope am'mat.ing'; the hearts of both men,- `they staggieredi on, inerving themselv- ttclxlethe eort, and along the bank 0 _ St-T3831}. A p. I At last they arrived wheme. they coulidl perceive dimly suomerthmg of the_ nature of this unexpected desert L-Lil LLUIU. Uub. .Lu Lu.C_Ia.ua- csxvxvuu; wuu. |food, boy, even if. we have to vght for it. Come` on, the horses aresafe, and .We III discover what is behind that light yonder. 085-18. The light shone forth, piercing the night, through the uncurta.inecL win- dow of a log cabin, which would othemwise have been completely eon- cealedofrom view _by a group of low gnotwin-g cotton-woods. This was all the black, ensharouding "night reveal- |edi, and] even this was mogde u.u.' nu mu-mu, .. ...._l ' oovemed by we from the northvsho stood. Theme was: ;:_1boru1: the lint, othu -.J. Linn` I Lllb -yo-.-.l.. , ., ciemt evidueznoe of occupancy. in spite of hunger, and urgvent need, Keith hesitated`, unce-rta.in as I to what they might -be called upon to face. Who could be_ liviag in this this inhospitable V 3 ,It woullsd be no cattle outpost surely, for there was: no surrounding grazing luaxnd, while: sru-rely no p_1-ofessional hunfm .wou1d ohooleo sucha -ha.-rren spot for. Either -a hermit, am:- hidfmsvo 7vsr'.;11,"i"d.o}7 gga iiiiuh laughedi -__: _ ..L 4.L-`___..._7,. .L'...-.... A11 0'11 VVIIIUJU Ull'\r.] . eme 1150 Sign of life hut, other than the bum- but; that alone was suffi- ance _ In Wi"h'l115 of discovery. Yet such a.,; one _would_ not be; Iikely to WGIOOIIIBB their commg,` and they were ;w.=it.bsou't arms-. But Keith-w;as not a n_Jan to hesitate long because of pos- Slbl danger, and hfegetepped: down 4.-.4- 4.1.- _:L _11; UVL VI on, Nab, he commanded, and we Il nd out who -lives here. _The- window facedthse west, and) he camIe'upthe1owbanktoNvl11u1athe dbour fnon-ted -the north in. intzeeinae darkness. Undletr the shadow of the cotton-woods he could see nothing,` tinrurszvuqn I1-`:4. ._...._ __3A.L L ._ J1- smne uanger, and hem into the shalldw w:a.ter. ;aw:With`Lan"5s" His foot struek a flat stone, and he plunged forward, striking the unlmtchedldbor so heavily Iastao it open and: fell partial-.15? forward into the room. `As he struggled] to his. knees; N0l)7se black face peering Dast -him. into the lighted interior, he seemed to perceive in one swift, com- prehensive glance, every revealed die- taila. Alamp bu.-med onarudelw constructed set of drawers near the window, and a. wood: -ne blazed redly in a: stone replace 0 posite, the yellow and red lights b ending in a unnnnu1-:.\qn 4.1.\._. _. _..1.._. LL:n A.Lu4a6 uuvuu UV 110 'U'.|. gvv Luu. a twblle, bare .............4. A-.. - 'L_..-'I- 1...-.. --........ :4. .....;.Il J \lL-L\l' V7 `J3IJ\l `CW1 ILSLJ Il IJLCJ-I\l'llJ6 lull (5 peculiar glow of colon`. Under this radiance were mevealaed the rough log. walls plastered with yellow clay, and :hung about with the sliins of .Wild ` 4....'L`I1-. 1.-.... ....-.......1._. - __..__.`L'I__ ._ . ._ "`-IJIJAIDUQ G '11-IICNIC |l\ except for a book `lying upon it, and a` few ordinary appearing boxes, evi- dently utilized as seats, together with a barrel cut so as to (make a mmfomqahle chair. In the back wall if s a door,..parti-allytloptaxwi, * ly Ieadrmg into a. second room. That was all, except the woman. ' . must have perceived all these in that rst hurried gla-nee, for they were ever_ after closely associat- ed` together in his mind; yet at the moment. he possessedno clear thought of anything except -her. . She. stood directly behind the table, where she must have sprung hastily at the rst sound of their approach, .- clutching at the rude man-tel above the rre.-. place, -and staring toward him, her, face white, her breath coming, in sobs. At first he `thought the vision a dxrenam, a delirium born from his long struggle; he could not conceive the possibility of such a presence in thislonely place and staggered to his feet, gazed widly, dumbly at the slennder, gray olad gure, the almost girlish face under the shadoswing dark hair, expecting the marvellous vi-` sion to vanish. Surely this could not be -real! - A woman, and such a woman as this here. and alone, of all places! He staggered from weak- ness, almost terror. and the table to. hold himself erect. The ris- ing wind` came swirling ' in through the open door, causing the re to send forth spirals of smoke and he turned, dragging the dazed negro within, and snaaprping the latch be- hind him. VVhen he gl-ameed around again he fully believed the vision confrontin-g_.him would have vanish- ed. But no! theneshe yet remained, those wide.-open, frightened brown eyes, with long lashes half. hiding their - depths, looking directly into his own; only now she had slightly changed her posture, leaning toward him across. the table. Like a. ash he comp-rehen.dedj that this was reality- esh and blood-and=. ` with. the swift. instinct of at gentleman, hisinumabedx. -nerveless. ngers jerked off his hat, and he bowed bareheaded before her. _ Pardon. Vme, . he` said, Vnding his voice with diiculty. VI felll overr the step but~-b1 1t I. didn t expect to nd. 1- -;.-........ `I...-...,-.39 ` - He heard her_ quick `breathing; marked a slight chamgiev in the ex- pression of the dark eyes, and caught the glitter of the relight on a; revol- ver in her lqwered What did; you expect to ndl? ' I hardly, knew, he` explained lamely; we sstuzm-.b_1ed on this but by accident. I didn t know there was a lcabin in all this valley. P- __... UMUL u L A A 5. 1.4-... ....-~ . -.vv 7 , Then you -arre'not here for any `purpose? to miet with any one? No; we were '1s0S't-, `and; had gone into camp up above}, when we dis- covered your light. Where do-you come from? Keith hesitated: just an . instant, yet, falsehood was never easy for him, and` he saw no occassionforr any deceit now. T . ' Oarsuon City. - What. brought you here ? . . e started for the `Bar X -ranch down below, on the Canadian; got caught in a. sa_11d_-storm, and then just drif .. I do not know within L........4...* ....:.1m nf whemn. we BIB. duN` twen ~ The negro and I-yes; and you ha:vetn t_t;hes-s1:igh.test reason; to be a-frai-(1 of` Us-'-.We re squagne. She looked at him seamhingly, V and: something seemed to reas- ssurance, _0kd5em_1oe in the main, 7 D,_;_`.`| ,7 ....'L.-.. ncnnn-momnrl \ (11`1IIE'u~. .L UK) IILUU xxasv-vv vv.nu..-..- venty` miles of. wh_erre we awe. _She drgcwr =25 breath of uncon- (`J bonfescd jxixwillingly. I start_ed,outl a.11 1'ight.,-but Ireekon I just went `adrift. It s a. h:a.bit'i1;"this country. , , . V ~ "Apparently those first words of comment haid 1eft.hm- lips unthink- i-ngly, for she made no attampt to rephy; merely stood there. directly facmg him, her clear eyes gazing frankly into his own. He seemed to actually see her now for the first time, fa.i`r1y---a. supple, selsenndevr g- ure, simply dmessedl, with womsiserfully ._.........,...____ L.......__ -__-.. - _.....C.- at "" """"`".l"J "'-"7""""? "` "'V"""`*"J expressive brown eyes, a perfect wealth of dark hair, a o1ear`com- plexion with slight olive tinge to `it, a. strong, intelligent face, not strict- ly baautful, yet sitrangweoly attractive, the forehead law and broad, the nose _J.._:...1_.L AL- 1:__, _An __..1 :_ -1:__-J. .L..l -'1;z;"?;.: 112;: Jim 1 smlle. .' Suddenly a vague remem-I Ibrance brought meoognitison. 2 ] Ind;a;acti!`tHe svif11e_ Wohd a -note of undisguised siirprise. es, I thought you looked oddlly ......"|.`.._. -11 L1... 1.1.... L--J. .....--.'l..J...7J. -I-V J. IMLUUBJIU JKJIA .l.\l'\)'n$Ll `JV-I-\J||4.] o famnliar all :9 time, but cou21dn t for the life of me connect up. You re fV'In_.!.L4.'.( 'I.I'-..1..2._.. 77 . L'bu- , 1__ AVA IaII.\J L11? U1 BLLJKJ hristie Maclairehv `.`Am I? her eyes.` uea with osity. ~ wv I _Of course you `are. You neednt` be afraid of me if you want it kept secret, but I know you. just the same. Saw you at _the `Gaiety in Indepen- dence, maybe two months ago. ' I! went three times mostly on your `ac- count. You ve got a great act, you can sing boo. ' rut as .011 1 I I I xedly at him, her bosom rising and She. `in silence, still looking falling, hem lips parted as if tospeak. I Apparently she did not know what to do, how to act, and was thinking swiftly. V Mr. Keith, she said, at last to decision, I am going to ask you to blot that out-to forget that you ervetm suspect me of being Christie Maclaire of the Gaiety. L VVIUII` J U'uo V` JAR/ULILIL L .VV llL V\.I \l I am compelled! to trust myself to your protection. You may call me Ch:ristie~ Maclaire, or anything else you" please; you may even think me unworthy of respect, but you possess the face _of a gwesntleman, -and as such 1....-.,.L _....-- T ........-.JnI IJALU .LI1'\G U1. (Ac 5\.Ll..|uA\.n.LAI.IA, unsu -I|.5\4n I am going no `trust vou--`fa must trust you. W11 you accept my con- dence on these terms? . Keith did not s-mile, nor move. Weak from hunger and fatigue, he leaned .Weari1y against the wall. Nevertheless that simple, womanly appeal awoke -all that was strong and sacricing within him, although her. words! were so unexpected that, forl the moment he-. failed to realize their full purport. Finally he straighten-` ed up. - ` T - - `I I `;`i7Vh5'g,,,(;,rtih]yv; would you explam . ` 7 There is little eough to explain. `It is suicient that I am here alone- with you. Whether I .wish to or not,` 1' ____ --__-_...`I`l.._.`l. 4.- 4.....,..4. ...........'I 4..-. IL-1 accept any terms yqu de- sire, he grasped sveakly, if-.-1f you lwill only give one return. I----I accept any temms you dnesi-re. Why, of course; sit down. I ought to have known from your face. There is plenty *here-_-'-sruch as it isr-- only you must Wait _a. moment.. . ' .l..LC.I. T V711-l'L4.L|. L-I.|v||\A ' U`/`-451' " ." ` ,white, usheid to the h-,a1r, her dark 1 eyes softening. ` 1 wow` '1 1-` `I I ULICKL '\.I.'\)'5, G-ll'\.I. K. vauv l lamp, open. the door into the other room a `trie and} slip si-lently out` of sight. He `remembered s'ha.rin-g vague-~ ly about the little room, still illum- ined by the ames, only half com- prehending, and- then: the `reactioin from- his deeperate struggle with the I elements overcame all resolution, and he droppeod; his head forrward.` on the table, and} lost conscioustnea Her haansdl upon. his shoulder aroused him, sztard: him into, wakefulness,` yet he scaicely realized} the situaion. A V ` '\.I'IJ|;'A V\/\.l: 11 LL vuanv .One Are.tu.rn ?---wha.t ? _ ` Food ; we have eaten nothing for sixty hours. T vv 1-: 1 1 1 an... The Girl ao the Cabin. He saw Neb drop dlo:w=n becfore the blazing replace, einsdi ci1.r1 up like: a fired dog, and observed her" oake the -__ _-_ 1.`..- ,1... :.a4-;\. ALA H :1 have glaoedwnm for thx_a negro} beside him-, . she: `Sam quietly, and for therst time Keith detected! the Soft blur in her speech. You are from the South 1 be ex- claimed, `as though it dis- covery. ~ . ' u. - nu": ` ""`uesr-'anf - you? My boyhood `-began in Virginia-- the negro was an old -timge slave in, our family. _ ' : V % AShe_gwlaI'1oad acrom 'at.the-black, {low eit_t.im`g up and ea.ting'voracious- `l-":n-;)wyo:1'n<:_>'w. '_IndIeed! ` the ing]e_ wod mwhich had been B0 1.1 1.- 1.1.- 1...}- 1.... 3.5.1. the "441 thought he cage` been at CHAPTER IX. lslsm; -one can easily tell that. I di | not -ask him to sit here because, if you do notobject, we will eat here together. I have also been almost; as `long without food. It was so| lonely here, and--and I haxrlly un- derstood my situa;tion+-va:_md I simply could not force myself to eat. I He distinguished her ,words ly enough, although she spoke" low,` as if she pneferned what was said be- tween themshould not neach the ears` of the ' negro, yet somehow, for the` moment-, they made no adequate im- pnession on him. Like a. farm-ished wolf he began. on the coarse fave, and for minutes` hardly lifted his | Ihecad-. Then his _eyes chanced to meet ! hers across the narrow table-, andi instantly the gentleman rca.woke to ife-. _ .I- J45-CD70 `Lilli: u)`/-5L\J\lU I15`-lR-4, JUN! aclmowle-dged f ` kly, with no thought except for myself. Hunger was my master, and I ask your for- } ___-.___._ `ll':-_ 1l ..'..1...:......9 517 Her eyes smiled. I am so very glad to have any one here--any ,o.ner--in whom I feel 'e_ve2n a; little c0ncdence:-th-a.t noth- ing else greatly mattels. Can you both eat, and Lisum ? `C Q Q A I Q 11 Q I , AILLX Aiusvvamuouyo eyes. full of in-l terest; searching her face. Whaoe1ver I may -be, Mr. Keith, I _ __ LL-L ~...-._..... nu-1.. I1: nrrv|n11 V` LKEVUK J. 111411. DC`, AIL`; J-LEAD um: I ' 9 `and-` really that seems only of small importance, I came to Fort Larned `seeking some trace of my only bro-. ther, whom .we lastheaul from there, where he had: fallen into evil com.- psan-ivonship. On the stage trip I was `fortunate enough to form an ac- quaintance with a man who told! me he knew where I could meet Fmed, but that the boy .Was hiding because of some trouble: he had lately gotten into, and that I should have to pro- : ----... .__.r..11.. .. M ...,.+ +1. Lm 1iI1laU', ,aLl.l|L_l Lllhb J. b'u.!Uu.uu uavv uv ruv ceed very care-fully so as not to the officers to discover his where abou-cs. This gentleman was emgag-I ed in some business at Carson City, but he employed: a man to bring me` to this place, amt promised- to get: 13--.} ___..'l ........L ........ Ln...-. +1115 4`n1:1nm- LO HUB 1J1'dL`U, auwu; ytvumuuu vu by-. Fred, and meet me here the follow- ing day. There must have been some failure in the plans, for I have been here entirely alone now for three! days. It has been very lonesome, and--and I ve been la. little: fri.ghten- ed. Perhaps I ought. not to have come, and I am nbt certain what kind of a place this is. I was so afraid when you came, but I am not afraid; now. I I1`?