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, Dut ) Iey's attention was presenUy directed
to omethlng . more Important to his ! present
: purllose. The keen wln\1 \ which he had faced
In mounting the Orade had changed Ind was
hOW blowing at his back. ills experlece of
forest fres had already taught him that this
was , too often only the cold air rushing In to
Oil the vacuum made hy the conflagration ,
, and I needed not his sensation of an acrid
smarting In his eyes , and an unaccountable
dryness In the air which he was now faclnj ,
to convince hIm that the fire was approacb-
lag him I had evidently traveled faster
than hI had expected , or hal , diverged from I
' . Its course. lie was , lIsappo1nted . not because
I woulll oblige him to take another course to
Sklnner'l , as Colinson had suggeted , but
1 for a very different reason. Ever since his
" " vision of the preceding nIght he had reo
- sol'ed to revisit the hollow and discover the
. mystery. lie had kept his purpose a secret ,
; ' , party because he wished to avoid the jesting
remarks of his companions , particularly
; brcause he wished to go alone , from a very
" , 811gular feeling that while they had wit-
" , INle11 the Incident I was something vaguely
personal to himelt. To thl was also added
tw uneasy impression ho had experienced
( luring the nlgft that this mysterious hablta-
: lon al11 ( Its occupants were In the track of
the conflagration. He had hot dared to
dwell upon It on account of Uncle flick's
evllent ( responsibility for the origin of the
fre and the reflection that the Inmates of the I .
dwelling would have had ample warning In
time 'o esca , e. lint lie and his companions
- might have helped them , and then-but here
he stopped. Prehle Key hud not passed the
- age of romance , but , like other romanclsts ,
he thouKht , he had evaded It by treating It
practically.
lie had reached a point where the trail
diverged to the right , and he must take that
dlrectlcn I he wished to make a detour : f' '
the burning woods to reach Skinner's. lIb
momentary Indecision .ommunlcated itself to '
the horse , who halted. H aled to himself
he looked down mechanically , when his attention -
\ tenton was attracted by an un amlar object
lying In the dust of thi trail , I was a
small slpperso sm1 that It must have be- :
. lorgel to some child . . lie dismounted and
picked It up , I was worn and shaped to the
foot I coUld not nave bin there long , for
. . It was not filled or covered , with the windblown -
blown dust of the tri , as all other adjacart
objects were. I It was dropped by a passing
- traveler that traveler must have passed
Coilinson's going or coming within the last
twelve houre. I was scucely poslble that
the shoe could have dropped . from the foot
without the wearer's knowing It , and It
must have been dropped In an urgent flight
or I would have been recovered. Thus
practically Key treald his romance. And
, having done so he Instantly wheeled his
horse and plunged Into the read In the direc-
ton of the fire.
. . Dut ho was surprised after twenty minutes
t , "riding to find that the course of the fro had
, . evidently chanld. I was growing clearer
before him : the dry heat seemed to come ,
more from the { Ight , In the direction of the '
detour he should have taken to Skinner's.
* - . This seemed.almost providential . and In keep- i
Ing with liii practical treatment of his romance -
4. thence , a' was also the fact that In all prob-
ability the fro had not visited the little hollow - '
, low that be Intended to explore lIe knew
; she was nearlngi now : the locality had , been
. - .ltOlgliI . sed\uponhm , even In \hl
. 4ufnen' kr1 tft provioul ' evening. Ito ' hsd.
F passE , the rocky ledge : his horse's hoofs no
longer rang out clearly : slowly and percept-
, Ihly they became deadened and lost In the
. , springy mosses and , finally the ' netted grasses
and tangled vInes thlt Indicated the vicinity
'of' the tlerely wooded hollow . Here , too ,
were already some of the wider spaced vanguards -
guards of that wood-but here a peculiar circumstance -
cumstance , struck hIm. lie was already de-
* scenllng : the slight declivity , but the dIstance ,
Instead of ! Ieepenlnp In leafy shadow , was
aCtually gro.lnp lighter. Iere were the
outsklrtnt sentinels of the wood , but the i
- WOOl ( itself was gone. lie spurred his horse : .
through the tall gums between the opened
columns and pulled uln anlszement.
. . The wood Indeed was gone , and the whole
hollow filled with the already blck and dead
stumps of the utterly consumed forest ! More
I thru that , from the Indications before him
the catastrophe must have almost Immediately
i : folowed their retreat from the hollow on the
. preceding night. I was evident that the fIre
had leaped the Intervening shoulder of the
. . spur In one of those unaccountable hut by no
means rare phenomena of thIs form of dls-
asler. The circling heights around were yet
untouched : only the hollow and the ledge of
' rock beside it , against which they had blun-
tiered with their horses when
wih UI they were seek-
leg the mysterious window In the darkness
of the evening before , were calcined and de-
. stroell. le , dismounted and clImbed the
\ hedge , still warm with the spent fire . A
large mass of grayish outcrop had evidently
. been the focus of the furnace blast of heat
I that must have raged In this spot lIe was
skIrting its crumbling debris when he started
suddenly at a discovery which made '
, I eve-
. thing fad Into utter insignificance. Dofore
hIm. In a slight depression formed by a fault
. or lapse In the upheaved strata , lay the
- : charred and calcined remains of a dwelling
hOIEe , levelcd to the earth ! OrIginally half
. hidden by n natural abats of growing myrtle
m'rte
I and ceanothus that coveretf thIs counterscarp
of . rock . towa.d 1 the . trail ! I. intist have _ stood
"ltnl iou lel . tlem uring their hiatt.
- Fven I In Is utter and complete obliteration
by the furious furnace blast that must have
swept across It the evening before , there was
stilt to bo seen the unmistakable ground plan
and outline cf a four.roomet house . While
e\'Eythln ! that was combustible had succumbed -
cumbed to that Intense heat , there was still
cnclgh hat'-fu'ed and warpet metal , fractured
Iron plate , and twIsted anti broken bas to
' a indicate the kitchen and tool 8hod Very little
had evidently been taken away : the house
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- and its contents were consumed where it
stood. With a feeling of horror and dCpera- I
ton ! Key at last ventured to disturb 1\0 or
three cf the blackoe,1 heaps that lay bofeo
, him. hut there were only vestiges of clothIng -
' hag , bedding , and croclel'y-thero was no hu-
' . lan trace that ho could dotect. Nor was
r there any slggestLn of the orglnal : condition
. and quality of the house except its size :
whether the nEu31 unsightly cabin or ( renter
" "
"partners" or a sylvan cottage-thiere was
nothing left but the usual Ignobo ! and un-
, ' s.\\'ory ruins of bured.out human habitation.
. \nll yet its very existence was a mystery ,
It hail : been unknown to Cohhinson's Its
J h:11 Colnson's , near-
est neighbor , and It was pesumabe : that I
was equally unknown to.Skinner's. . . Neither
( ha nOI' his companions had detected I In their
. hEat journey by day through the hollow , ant
only the telltale window at night had been a .
. hInt of what was even then so successfully ,
, conre31ell that they could not discover even
when they lall blundered against its rock
foundations. For conc ale J I certainly was ,
1111 Intentionally so. lut for Ih1t purpose
11 gave his romance fua play for a few
- mlnutt with this question . A recluse , preferring -
. fl'rrlng the absolute simplicIty of nature , or
Perhaps wtarlrtl with tie artifIcialitIes of
" society , hail , seeUlet : himself here with tie
. , company of his only daughter. Proficient s
s , n \ath fnder , ho had easily discovered some
other way of provIsioning his house from the
settlements than by the ordinary trails past
- Collinson's or Skinner's. But recluses are
not usually accompanied b ) young daughters ,
, whose relations wll'l the werld not being
. u antagonistic woud : make them uncertain
' onpsnIons.'hy not t wIfe Ills lIre-
1 lumpton of the extreme youth of the face he
hail ' seen at tht window was after all only
- Ia sell upon the slipper ho had found. And If
" , a wife whose absolute acceptance of such
I ontntll seclusion mlg\lt be tqualy uncertain ,
why not somebody else's wife ? Here was a
reason for concealment , antt ! the end of an
( Ilso , < lo , hot unknown even In the wIlderness.
And here was the Nemesis who had overtaken
them In their guilty conlentment I The story ,
. ,8ven to Its moral , \i complete. And yet
: I did not entrely .1tly him , so superior I
, " the absolutely unknown to the most elaborate
tlon' ,
- , Ills atenton hsd : been once or twice drawn
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toward the crumbling wall of outcrop , which
dnrlng the conflagration must have felt the
full force nf the fiery blsst that had swept
through the hollow and spent Its fury upon it.
I bore evidence ! of the Intense heat In cracked
frames and the crumbling debris that lay at
I" feet. Key picked 11' some of the still
warm fragments , and was not surprised that
they easily broke In a gritty grayIsh powder
In his hald ! . In spite of his preocclpaton
with the human Interest , the Instinct of the
prospector was still strong upon him , and he
almost mechanically put Rome of the pieces
In his pockets Then , after another careful
survey of the locality for any further record
of Its vanished tenants , ho returned to his
horse. Here 'e tool from his saddle bags ,
half listlessly , a precious phial encased In
wood , and opeiling I , poured Into another
thick glass vessel a part of a smoking fluid.
lIe then crumbled some of the calcIned fragments -
mentB Into the glass and watched the ebuhi-
ton that followed with perfunctory gravity.
When I hall almost ceasell he drained off the
contents Into another glass whle1. . he set
down , and then proceeded to pour ome water
from his drInking flask Into the ordinary tin
cup which formed a part of his culinary
traveling kit. Into this ho put three or four
plnchls of sait from his provision store. Then
dippIng his fingers Into the salt and water
he allowed a drop to fail Into the glass.
A " 'Ile cloud instantly gathered In the color-
Ius l lul , and then felt In n fine 1m to the
bottom of the glass. Key's eyes concentrated
suddenly , the listless look left his face. Ills
fingers trembled slightly as he agaIn let the
salt water fall Into the SOUtOI : , with exactly
the same result. Again and again he repeated -
peated It , until the botom of the glass was
qulo gray with the falpu preclllitate. And
his own face grew as gray.
Ills band trembled no longer as he carefully -
fully poured f the : oluton so as to not
disturb the precipitate at the bottom. Then
ho drew out his knife , scooped a little of
the gray sediment upon its poInt , and einp-
tying his tin cup turned I upside down upon
his knee , placed the sediment upon It and
began to spread It over the dull surface of
Its bottom with his Imlfe II had intended
to rub I briskly with hIs knife blade But
In the very acton of spreading I , the first
stroke of his knife left upon the sediment
and the cup a luminous streak of burnished
diver. .
lie got up and drew a long breath to still
the beating of his hert. Then he rapidly
. lmbed the rock again , and p3ssed over thc
ruins again , this tme kicking aside the
charred heaps wIthout t a thought of what
they had contained. Key was not an unfeelIng -
lug ' man , ho was not an unrefIned one : he
was a gentleman by instinct , and had au
intuitive sympathy for others , but In that
Instant his whole mind was concentrated
upon the calcine outcrop ! And his first Impulse -
pulse was 10 see If It bore any evidence
of previous examination , prospecting , or
working by Its , suddenly eylcted neighbors
and owners. There was none : they had
evidently not known It. Nor was there any
reason to suppose that they would ever re-
turn to their hidden home , now devastated
and laid bare to the open sunlight and open
trai , They were already far away : theIr
guilty personal secret would keep them from
revisiting It. An Immense feeling of relief
came over the soul of this moral romancer ;
a momentary recognition of the Most High
In this poetical retributon , He ran batk
quickly to his saddlebags , drew out one or
two carefully written , formal notices of pre-
empton 1nd claim , which be and his former
companions hal carried In their brief partnership -
nership , erased their signatures and left only
his own name , with another grateful ' sense
of divine Interference , as be thought of them
speeding far away In the distance , and re-
turrCI to the ruins. ' With unconscious Irony
he selected 'a charred post front the embers ,
stuck It In the ground a : few . feet from thb
debris of outcrop , and- finally afxed his
'Notice. " Then , with a conscientiousness born
of his new religious convictions , he dislodged
with hits pickaxe enough of the brittle out-
crop to constitute the presumption of "actual
work" upon the claim legi.tly required for
Its maintenance , and returned to his borBe
In replacing his things In his saddlebags he
came upon the slipper , and for an Instant ,
so complete was his preoccupation In his
later discovery that he was about to throw
I way as a useless Impediment until It oc-
currell to hIm vagtiiy that It might be
.of service to him tn its connection with that
dlscovery-.ln the way of refuIng possIble
false claimants. . He was not aware of any
faithlessness to hIs momentary romance , any
more than he was conscious of any disloy-
alty to his oM companions In hIs gratification -
ton that his good fortune hall come to hIm
nlonc. This singular selection was a con-
scious experIence of prospecting. And there
was something about the , magnitude of his
discovery that seemed to point to an Individual -
vidual achievement. lie had made a rough
calculation of the rIchness of the lode from
the quantity of precipItate In his rude experiment -
perlment : be had estimated Its length.
breadth and thickness from his slight
knowledge of geology and the theories thus
rife and the yield would be colossl ! Of
course be would require capital to work It :
he would have to "let In" others to his
scheme and his prosperity but the control
of It would always be hIs own.
Then ho suddenly started as he had never
In his life before started at the ORtS of
man , for there was a foetal In the charred
brush , and not twenty yards from him stood
Colnson , who had just dismounted from a
mule. The blood rushed to Key's pale face.
"Prospectln' agln ? " said the proprietor of
the mill , with 'hls weary smile. ,
"No , " said Key quickly , "only straighten-
big my pack " The blood deepened In his
cheek at his lnstnctve Il Had he care-
fully thoulht I out before he would have
welcomed 'C01nson and told him all . But
now a quick , uneasy suspicIon flashed upon
hmimii Perhap his late host hall led and
knew of the existence of the hIdden hous ? .
Perhaps ho bad spoken of some "silvery
rock" the night beforehe even knew some-
thing of the lode itself. He turned upon
him with an aggressIve faco. But Colhinson's
next words dissipated the thonght.
"Im glad I found ye , anyhow , " be said
"Ye see , arter you left , I S" ) turn off tIme
trail anti make for tIme burning woods Instead
0' gain' ' romsmiil . I sez to myself , that fller
Is making straIght for Slttnner's. IIe'
sorter worried about me and that empty
pork bar'l. I hadn't oughter spoke that way
afore you boys anyhow and he's takln' , risks
10 help me. So I reckoned 1 1 throw my
leg over JImmy here anti look arter ye , and
gI over to Skinner's myself and , vote "
"CertaInly , " said Key with cheerful
alacrity , and the ono thought of getting
Colinion away , "wl'l go together and we'l
see that that pork barrel ts filled . " He
glowed quite honesUy. with this sudden Ilea
of remembering Colnson through hIs good
fortune. "Let's get on quickly , for we may
find the fire between us on the outer traIl . "
lie hastily moultll his horse
"Then ) 'OU didn't take this as a short
cut ! " saId Colnson , with dull perseverance
In his Idea. "Why not ? I looks all clear
ahead. "
"Yes , " saIl Key hurriedly , "but It's been
orly a leap of the Ore : It's stIll raging 'round
the bend. We must gO back to the cross
trail. " HIs face was still flushing with his
very equivocating and his anxiety to get his
cOlpanlon away. Only a few steps further
would bring Colnson before the ruins and
thj "notce , " and that discovery must not
bt made by hIm until Key's plans were
perfectel. A sudden aversion to the man
he had a moment before wished to reward
began to take possession of him "Come
ani" he added almo1t roughly ,
But to his surprise Colnson yIelded with
his usual grIm patience , and even & slight
look of lmpstlY wih his frleml's annoyance.
"I reckon you're right , and mebbee ) 'o 're 1n
a hurry to get to SkInner's all along 0' my
business , I oughtn't hev laId you boys what I
did. " As they rode rapidly away he took oc-
c310n to add when Key had reined In slightly
"Jth a feeling of relief at being out of the hol.
low. " 1 was thlnkln' , tco , of what you'd asked
about anyone Ilvin' here unbeknownst to me , "
"Wetil" said Key with nervous imnpatiomice .
" \Welli I only had an Idea 0' proposln' that
yoU and me just took a look around that holler
whar you thought you saw suthln'l" said Col-
lnson tentatively , . .
"Nonsenael" lid Key hurriedly , "We
really saw nothing-It was all a fancy , and
Uncle DIck wu joking me because I saId : I
thought I saw a wom3n's face , " be added wIth
a forced laugh
Colnson glanced at him hal sadly , "Oh I
you wore only funnlm , thenl laughter
guessed that , I oughter have knwcl Lt was
Uncle Iick'a talk I" They rode for some mo-
moats In silence : Key preoccupied and rever-
Ish , and eager only to reach Skinner's Skinner .
nor was not only postmaster , but "registrar"
of the district , and the new discoverer did
net feel entirely safe until ho had put his
formal notifications and claims "on record. "
This was no publIcation of hIs actual secret ,
not any Indication of success , but was only a
record that would In all probability remaIn
unnoticed and unchallenged amidst the many
other hopeful dream of sanguine prospector. I
Hut he was sUddenly started from his pro-
occupation.
"Ye said yo war stralghtenln' up yer pack
just now , " said Colnson elowly.
"Yesl" saId Key , ' almost angrily , "and I
,
was. "
"Yo didn't stole to straighten It up down at
the forks of the trail , did I ye ? "
" 1 may have , " saId Key , nervously , "But
why ? "
"Ve won't mind my axln' ye another ques-
ton , wIll yeT Ye ain't carr'ln' round with
yo no woman's shoe ? "
Key felt the hload drop from his cheeks
" % 'hat do you mean ? " he stammered , scarcely
daring to lift his conscious evelll to his com-
panion's face. But when h'e did EO Ie was
amazed to find that Clt1isson's face was al-
most as niUcij disturbed as his own.
"I know It aIn't tins square thing to ask ye ,
but this I how It Is , " said Collnson hesitat-
ingiy "Ye see , just down by the fork of the
trail where you came 1 picked Il ) a woma8
shoe. I sorter glt me. For 1 sez to myself ,
'Thar ain't no one bin by my shanty , comln'
or goln' , for weeks but you boys , and that
shoe , from the looks of It , ain't bin there
as many hours. ' I knew there wasn't any
wlmln hereabouts. I reckoned It couldn't he\
been dropper by Uncle Dck , or that other
man for you would have seams It on the road
So I allowed It mIght have been you. And
yer It Is. " He slowly drew from his rocket-
what Key was fully prepared to see-tho n\te
of the slipper Key halt In hb saddlebag ! . The
fair fugitive had evidently Icst them both.
But Key was better prepared now-perhiaps
the sort of dissimulation ts progresslveand
quIckly alive to the necessity of throwing \
Colnson off this unexpected scent. And his
companion's own suggestion was right to ! his
hand-and again-almost providential ! , He
laughed , with a Quick color , which , however ,
seemed to help his lie , ss be replied hal
hysterically , "You're right , .old man : lawn
up , It's mine ! It's silly , I know , but then
we're alt fools whore women are concerned
al
and I wouldn't have lest that slipper for a
mint of money. "
He held out his hand gayly , but Colnson
retained the slpl)3r While he gravely ox-
amlned it .
"You wouldn't mInd telling me where you
mout hey got that ? " he salmeditatvely. \ .
"Of course I should , " said Key , with a well
affected mingling of mirth and indignation.
"Wbat are you thinking of , you old villain ?
What do you take me for ? "
But Colnson did not laugh. "You wouldn't
mind glvln' me the size and shape and gen-
eral heft of her as wore that shoo ? "
"Most decidedly I should do nothing of the
kind ! " said Key half impatiently. "Enough
that I was given to me by a very pretty
girl. That's alt you will know "
eyes "Given to you ? " said Colnson , lifting his
"Yes , " returned Key audaciously.
Colnson handed him the slipper gravely
"I only asked you , " he said slowly , but with
a certain quIet dignity which Key had never
before seen In his face , "becal\se thai was
suthln' about the size and shape and fittin'
out 0' that shoe that kinder remInded me of
of some'un. But that some'un-ber as snout
hey' stood up In that she ain't 0' that kind
as would ever stand In the shoes of her as
you know at all . " The rebuke-If snch were
Intended-lay more In the utter Ignoring of
Key's airy gallantry and levity than tn any
conscious slur npon" ' the fair fame of his
Invented flulcinea. Yet Key oddly felt a
strong inclination to resent the aspersion as
well as Colllnson's gratuItous morality , and
with a mean recollection of Uncle Dick's last
evening's scandalous gossip , he said sarcas-
ticaily . "And , of course , that some one you
were thinking of was your lawful wife. "
"It was , " said Colnson gravely.
Perhaps It was something In Cohlinson's
manner or his own preoccupation , but be did
not peruse the subject , and the conversatIon
lagged They were nearing , too , the outer
wood of the present conflagration , and the
smoke , lying low In the unbnrt woods or
creeping like an actual exhalation from the
sol , blinded them so that at .tmes they lost
the trail completely At other times , from the
Intense heat , It seemed as If they were being
caught In a closing circle I was remark-
able that wIth his sudden accession to for-
tune Key seemed to lose' his usual frank fear-
lenness , and impatiently questioned his com-
panion's woodcraft. There were Intervals
when he regretted his haste te reach Skin-
ner's by this shorter cut , and began to bitterly -
terly attribute I to lila desire to serve Col-
linson . Ah , yes , It would be One , Indeed ,
I Just as he wore about lo clutch the prize
he should be scrifce , ! thronth the Ignorale !
and stupidity of this heavy-handell moralIst
at hIs side ! But I was not untIl , through the
moralist's guidance , they climbed 1 steep ac-
clviy to a second ridge and were compara-
tvely safe that he began to feel ashamed of
his surly silence or surlIer interruptions. And
Colnson , either through his unconquerable
patenc3. or , possibly , In a fit of his usual
uxorious abstraction , appeared to take no no-
lice of It ,
A slopIng tab ' e land of weather.beaI8 bol.
dora now effectually separated them from the
fire In the lower ridge. They presently be-
gan to descend on the further side 'f the
crest , and at last dropped upon a wagon roach
and the first track of wheels that Key had
seen for a fortnight. Rude as It was It seemed
to hIm the highway to fortune Fpr he knew
that It passed Skinner's , and ' then joined the
great stage road to Marysvle , hIs ultimate
destination. A few rods further on' they
came In view of SkInner's , lying like a dIngy"
forgotten winter snow drift on the rocky
shell.
shel.I contained a postofce , tavern , lack- 1
snsithm's shop , "general strre , " ant express
ofce , scarcely a dozen buildIngs In all , but
all differing from Cohlinson's MIll In some
vague suggestion of vitality , a I this daily
regular pulse of civilization still beat , albeit
languidly , In that remote extremity ! , There
were expectation and accompllsent twice a
day , and a Key and Colln.on ! rode up to
the express omce , the express wagon was
standing before the door ready to start to
meet the stage cach at the cross roads three
miles away , This again seemed a special
proVidence to Key. He had a brIef olUclal
communicatIon wIth Skinner a reSIster and
revealed his claim : be had a hasty and con
tdental aside with SkInner as general store
keeper , and such was the unconscious mag.
netsm developed by this embyro millionaire
that Skinner extended necessary credit to
Colnaon on Key' word alone That done
be rejoined Colnson In high : spirits with the
news , adding cheerfully : "And I dare , If ,
e' . . .
. " '
you want arey ' further 81lvancjs Skinner will
give them tt. ; on Plaker's daft , "
"You mean . that bit 0' paper that chap
left ? " sold Colinson gra\'ely
"Yes , " p .
"I taro ltfIIp. " ,
"You 1.iI" i , ) ? " ejaculated Key
"You hear me-yesi" said Collinson.
Key starll I . , , him Surely It WI again
providential Ltllt.he ! hall not Intrusted hIs se-
cret to this ullly Ignorant and prejudiced
minI The stghL twinges of conscience that
his lie about iI l 'slppers hall cancel him dis.
appeared at 9 fi l \ ' lie could nol have trusted
him even In thJt : It would have been like
this stupid baic to have preventCI Key's
pre.empton of that claim until Collnson hail 1
satisfied hlm' lr'of the whereabouts of the
missing proJH rs. Was he Quite sure that
Colinson wonld' not revisit the spot when Il
had geneT But he was equal 10 the emer-
genc ) ' .
Ito hall Intended to leave his here wit1 (
SkInner as security for Collinron's tlrovl510ns ,
but Sldnncr's liberalIty hal , lade this un.
necessary , and he offered I to Colinson to
use end keep for him until called for . This
wouhl enable his , companion to "pacl' his
goods au the mule , ant oblige him to return
to the null ly the wagomi road and "outside
walon
trait , " as 10rc commodious for the two ani-
lal .
"Ye ain't aCere,1 0' the road , gents ? " suggested -
gested a bystaller : "they swarm emi ( lmihlope's
ridge , and they 'held lp' the down stage oiml'
last werk "
"They're not so lively "Ince the deputy
siiertit's gal a new idea about them , and hava
been lying low In the brush near Dahl 'op , "
returned Skinner. "Anyhow , they don't stop
' ' thore's chlnco of
teams nor 'packs , unless a
their gltlng s01e , fancy horseflesh by It ,
all I reckon thai pin't much to tempt them
thar " he added with a ntricli side glance at
his customer's cattle. limit Key was already
stanling In the express vagoim gIving' a. fare- ,
wel shake to his patIent companion's hand , I
and the Inquiries pleasantly pjssed 1 unnoticed. :
Nevertheless , 8S the express wagon roiled ,
away his active fancy caught at and disposed .
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of this nowHbngor thalmlght ' threaten the
hidden wealhi of hil cli\m.1 Uut he reflected
weaJh
that for a time , at least ; , pnly' time crude pre
would be Ilken out anjpslitppei to 1arys\le :
In a snap .tat offered no prot to the hIgh-
prolt
waymen. flfil Il been a gout mIne ! But here
again was th Interposition ef Providence !
In fiy.e ' da's Preble Key returned to Skin-
ner's with a foreman and ten men and an Unlimited - I
limited credit to draw upon at Maryavllle.
ExpoltLns.L1l , kind create no surprise
at Skinner's. They had , before this entered
the wilderness gayly , none knew where or
what for : the sedate and silent works had
kept their secret while there : they had ovap
orated , none knew when or whore-oren.
alas ! with 8n unpaid account at Skinner's.
In j a week a ramblng shed of pine 10sOccu-
'
pled the site of the msterlous ruins and ccn-
talned the party ; In' two weeks excavations
had been made and the whole face of the out-
crop was exposed. In three weeks every ves.
tlgo of former temncy which the fire had not
consumed was trampled , out by the alef feet
of time toilers of time "Syh'an Silver Hollow
comp3ny. " None of Key's former companions
would have recognized the hollow In Its bla k.
ened leveling and rocky foundation. Even
Colnson would not have remembered thll
stripped rock and the heaps of debris as the
place where' lie had overtaken Iey. And Key
himself had forgotten I lila triumph ever ) ' .
thing but the chance expo llent that led to
his sUcc ss. .
Perhaps It was well , therefore , that one
night , when the darkness had mercIfully
fallen upon the scene of sylvan 30Iat'on ,
and moro Incongruous ant unsavory human
restoration , and the low murmur of the pines
occasIonally wel l up from .the still unscathed -
scathed mountain sIde , a loud sho'Jt and the
trampling of horses' . feet awoke tie dwellers
In the shanty. Spriiigi.ng to their feet they
hUfredly ! seized their veapons and rushed
out , only 10 be confrcnted by a dark , motionless -
less ring of horsemen , two flaming torches of
pine knots , and a low but distinct voIce of
authorIty. Even In . their excitement , half-
wakened suspcloim ! ! , art conruslw I had a' '
singular note of calm lrepJraton and con-
scious power ,
"DrOll those , guns. hold up your hands.
'Yo've got you cornered ! "
Key was no coward : the men , though fus-
tered , were not cravens hut they obeyed
"Trot out your leader ! Let him stand ott
there clear , beside that arch ! "
One of the fal'ng ! pIne knots disengaged
Itself from the dark clrce ! and 10vod to the
center as Ireblo Key , cool and confident ,
stepped boslde It . -
"That will do , " said ! the voice , unemoton-
ally . "Now we want Joaquin Haymon , Syd-
ney Jack , French Pete , amid One-eyed Char-
ley. "
A vivid reminiscence of the former night
scene In the hollow of his own and his ! com-
panions' voices , and the "Oash' : In the dark-
ness flashed across Key. With an Instnc-
live premonition , he said quietly :
"Who wants them ? "
"The state of California , " said ! the voice.
"The state of California must look further , "
said Key In his old pleasant voice "There
are no such names among my party. "
"Who arc ypu ? "
)1
"The presideut lof the Sylvan Silver Holow
company , and1thCe are my workmen. "
There was a mcvement and sound , of whls- . ,
perlng In the uthrto dark and silent cIrcle. i
Then the votJ ! r . : lose agaIn. I
"You have 3i' , papers to prove I ? " i
"And-In UI tl'ln , And you ? " .
"I've the \v ' ! rroit of the sheriff of Sierra " I
There was a patme , and the voice continued ' :
" 110w long , have you been here ? " I
"Three we Us.1 I came here the day of ,
the fire and to6lEtfp : this claIm "
"There waslh Iher house here ? "
"There weft rUins You can see them
stuii . I mayt II.1V I been a burned-up cabIn "
The voice dll.gaged Itself froni the vague
background and 'c me slowly fOrward
"It was a 'din' of thieves I Itas. . the
hiding place otSouIn Rayman and his gang
of road agents . I I've been hunting thts spot
for three weekic. . I And now It's all up. "
There was .1 llalgh from Key's men , but
I was checkt a the owner of the voice
slowlY ranged up beside the burnIng torch
and they saw his face. I was drawn and
grim with the defeat or" brave man
"Won't you come In and take something ? '
saId Key kindly ,
"No. Itmu sorry to have disturbed ye a
It I. But I suppose It's all In the day's
work , Good night , . $ 'orward there , getl"
The two torches danced forward , with the
tracing of vague shadows In dim procession : '
there was a clatter over the rocks and they
were gone , And a Key gazed after them
he felt that with them had paned tie only
shadow that lay upon his great future Wfh
the last tenant of the hollow a proscribed
outlaw and fugitive. he was henceforth for-
outaw
ever safe In his clslm , and his discovery ,
And yet , oddlY enough at that moment , for
the first time In three weeks , there passed
before his fancy wIth a stirring of reproach
a vision of the face that he had seen at the
'Indow.
( To be Contnued , )
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A Collision I 7 the Start . ' : '
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k Two Ynchh Sm shcL Up Bdm-c the ) Uncc 1CAII :
tf : Z1 1 ERt r ( ( :
( 'omyrigiit l5'O by W J henderson. )
( ( (11)'rllht , 18'1 , tJ , . , Itnler .
The wind was brisk and from this' south-
east. The blue waters of Massachusetts bay
ran brImming In long , foam-tolpe,1 , ridges to
the bright horizon , where the palo clouds fled 1
like frlghtlne,1 , ghosts before time hurrying
breeze. In time foreground , near the spot
where : llrbleheall Hock reared its brown
Ilyamld ahove the restless inching of the
mnllk-wiiite foam , n leet of yachts was
scurrying about , like ! flock of great gulls :
swoopllg hither amid thither over the vexed
bosom of the sea. HUS 1 race day In the
Corinthian Yacht club of Marblehrat amid
the crack flyers of Salem ant L'ln 1\1 n
dozen other seaport towns were Ineuverllg
for atvantageons posiions Lit the start . At
lelgth the gun sent timtmn all away UpOI
their coure alll as the swirling tangle of
sails ' stmlghtenell itself out ou the first bug )
reach of the course twelty helmsmen
breathed marl freely I had malle fast the
ltosaiie's Jib sheet , whIch was my especIal
care that day , unit , \ had stretched myse1
across the deck , whellurbago sail :
" " 'e were In ghastly close quarters there
one tiumie . I thought we were In for 1
collision like the big one at Ilrentoms's Heef , "
" ' " ,
"What was thlt1" I lmiquhreth .
"Do you mean to say you ,1 < n't read abuut
I at , the tme ? " demalled lurba e ,
"Of course , he dIdn't , " said gton , the
oWler of the yacht , "a11 that's why you arc
"oing to tel us all about I , You'l just
have time to Io It before we have to luf
Iroull , the first mark. "
I1URIIAGE'S STOnV.
Durhale heaved a sigh , rolled lp his eyes ,
amid said : "Veli , I suppose I'm In for It.
'rils collision wa one tnhlch , 1 had an
active personal Interest , and I am free to
ndmlt that I don't care about another 'x-
perlerce of the sort. I just goes to show
that In maneuvEllg for position at the start
you are liable to all sorts of trouble. This
partcliar start took place on one of the
cruises oC the New York Yacht club. The
runs from \ort to Ilort had been rather slow
and all hands were wishing for a little ex-
ciement , and they got it.
"The citizens of Newport had offered sr\'orl
hallwme cups to he raced for off that , placo.
All the fast yachts In the fleet were eillered
for the COl tests , anti when time day opened
with. , . a brisk wind from the southeast all
hands were hapllY. I was a guest aboard the
fifty-foot sloop Florlna , which was entered
for the CUll offered tom' her class . There was
also a cup for the big ' slngbe.stichcers , one
for b'g schooners , another for schooners of
eighty feet and still another for forly-slx-foot
sloops. There were thirty-seven emm'm'iemu In
all the classes , and everyone of them linseed
oat by Fort MIami ; wih her racing number
up. The steam yacht Magnetic the \pshlp
pf the feet , wih Commodore Perry and the
regatta committee aboard , anchored abreast
of Brenton's : Reef lIght ship and sent up
signals which Informell the racers that the
course wQul1 be ffeel miles dead to w'nd-
ward and return Now If there was an-
thing In the world that suited the 1.'lorlna.
that was it. Sue was one of the smartest
boats In gain to' windward that was ever
turned out amid she wHsn't designed by Burgess -
gess or lerreshof , either , but by an old
sea captain , who laid down ( her lines by
what he called the rule of thumb and a good
nnso for sal water
A I.IVEI.Y STAnT.
' " \\'e made UII our inlrds that them was
'golng to he too much wind to male a club
topso:1 : comfortable , see set our working
topsail . . We were glal afterward that we
did , because I gave Us just that much less
hamper alor and probably sayed us from an
UPSt. The' ninety-foot sloops had their
baleen canvass aloHJ however , and , from the
Way they went ripping through the water on
the way out of the harbor I Illade up my
mind that I wouimln't be healthy to bo In the
way of anyone of them at the Ktarl. The
schooners , too , had a lively move on , and
altogether It was a pretty brIsk umsormulng .
"Tho start was made In the usual way.
A preparatory gun was fred and ton mln-
utIl later the smarting gnn , after which alt
yachts have five minutes In which to cross
the hlmie . 1 was stupid to start all classes
at once , and after that day they never dId
It again. , The Magnetic was to the west-
ward of the lightship , and of course we all
maneuvered for position niT to the westward -
ward of the lagshlp , so as 10 come down
to the line wih the wind nearly abeam , luf
under the stern of the Magnetic and bal
by time wind on the starboard tack. You I
may easIly understand that with a fresh
southeasterly breeze we were bound to , core
around the Magnetic's stern at a pretty
lively pace The Florlna was In a beautiful
position when the skipper started her for the
lne , Only two yachts were to windward or
cia and they reached the hue almost In the
smoke of the gun. 'Ye were not more than
thirty seconds behind them , and , we rushed
down to the line wills our lee rail undet
water and our sloping .Ieck 811rlp with the
Oylng spray. The big schooner layblnl was on
our weather nuarter. , and before we reached
the line she established a lap on us , so that
we had to keep away , and let her cross timeline
line a little nearer to the flagship than we
were Just before we crossed I looked
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"I HEAHD SHOUTS AND YELLS IN
EVEIIY DII1ECTIOI'J , "
E\EIY UIECTION ,
aster and saw the nlnety-f"ot sloop Sea-
fewer coming down like an express train
rIght aster of us I tel you , boys , she '
looked like a great Icelerg running amuck ,
and I wished wo were well out of her way.
But wo were at time line , and I had to jump
lo my station , The skIpper lufed the lor- )
Ins up and let br shoot ahed wIth her can.
vas shaking. "
THE COLLISION
. INow , Ihen ( , ' he shouted , 'get all sheets
down flatl' "
"We bent our backs to the ropes and
got the canvas lat as boards before he had
to let her oft agaIn In order to keep all draw-
Ing. The Mayislrd's big bowsprit was just
even wIth our foretaysal a she tore through
the water fifty yards to windward of us . I
looked astern agaIn and saw the Seal0wer
core being past the tags'llp and luf sharp
up In an endeavor to squeeze out to wInd-
ward of the Mayblrd , The big sloop was
goIng at a terrific pace , and now came
the trouble Her bowsprit end sprung
up to wIndward In answer to the
movement of her helm. But she was golnl so
fast that she fore reached on the Mayblrd
aiarxmilngly. Before her owner , who was at
the helm , Inew what was the matter , the cx-
trains tip of tier bowsprIt caught under the
lee of nil extereme end of the Mayblrd's
heavy main boom The Seatlower's bowsprit
forced that heavy boom up to windward and
carried the whole stern 01 the big sohooner
up with it. A second or two later the boom
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81Ple,1 , clear of the bowsprit and with n ter.
rifle jerk , Hut before that happened the forcIng -
lug oC the Mayblrd's stern lp to wlndwar.1
cusc,1 , her bow to swing around so that It
POlltu'd : right straight at tie. Hung till on time
Se.mdower's bowsprit , the schooner was abso-
1I'.el ) helplesB , and when she did go clear ,
before her helm could control her , she shot
forward directly toward our side Of Course
COUTe
all tht e things hapllenell far more quickly
than I can describe them , Our captain
shouted n warnll ! at the men forward , amid ,
whirled the SPokes of time wheel around In
a "Crash vain attemmipt i to keep away ,
MAN 0\'Jt0AIW. .
"The ayblrd'R ! bowsprit went thro'ugh our
weather rigging , smashing things right and
left , so that our 101lnast was currlt't , U\\'I ) '
alHlnt tumhlng down to Il'a\\'urd , taking
our bowlrlt off shurl. The Mayhmhrd's how
1Jshed against our weather side with such !
fClre that time 1"101111 was thrown on her
bram ends , the water rising to the conspamm- :
lonway amid Ilurlug Into time catmin
"The next Instant I went over hackwarll
and found myself Rome ten feet under water
I paddled ( gently , not knowing whether I
pallell genty notnowllK wal
going to comp imp unter a capsized slooll or
have her sink on top of mc. But I cnme to
the surfnce and found mimyself twemsty yards
'
off the stile of the Maybirtl I heard shouts
und yells ' In every direction . Men on the .
mchuoomier's .
chooler's deck nero laklng : a iiurrieJ at-
tmpt to launch a little .lngy , Her captain
wih a sailor's ready wit have the slack of
the malllheet verhoard all swllming hard
I caught the bight of It al It tmled over hmer
stern and was towel nlung for 100 yards. ,
Two other mel from the 1 lorln were In th
\ater and were picked up half exhausted hy
time Magmietic's life boat , which was promumptiy
sort out. wasrOmllty
" : Iean\hlo the Seafower ha,1 huffed up so
shrrilly that she jUt Ilssell striking I big
cat boat with sever I wOleu aboJJ , and
tholr screams alle,1 to the couufumsiomm Al
fpr mysel I was In a pretty tlcklisim loitlomi
Ilrely tcltlsh031ton
till the Mayhlnt stoppe'l ' going ahel Then
Iwr cn'w haull',1 , Iii tIme
II thl malnsheet all I
clmhed uboart her An hour of hard work I
got her clear frcm tIme 1"lorlna , aunt then wo I
of the sloop's , .
rOlp.lY founl , that we were
aboard of a wreck , Our tOlma t aimil bow- :
ant
spllt were gone , our stnndlng rigging all In I
a snarl , ant our yacht wih two feet of water
In her.Ve put hack to Newport astern of
a tug ; ant that's time story of a pretty lively
) Ilret ) 1 vel'
collsion at time start of a yacht lace. "
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A N''scmu mu , i N , , y , ' I G mu iii c. j' i' 5 mu ii ii
GIrhM.
Timere were at least a , ldzemm cimildremu lmhm'-
lug upon the front iawmi and they were
having such a good titmie timat I cnmmmltl not
refrain fromis asking the nnmii of the ganme
thmmit afforded so hutch fumm.
"Moreleaums Molasses , " caine time respomms
in chorus.
' ' \\'hmat ! " I exclaimed wltlm growms-up
superiority. "You miucami New Orleans
Molasses , "
' 'No , ' ' time ) ' rcpileml again us chorus , ' 'More.
Icamis Molasses , " and they smmmiled at toy
lmretemmdiumg to kuios' the miamne of a gaulle I
miever hind lhayedl. Amiul I Wommdered mmm'self
at nmy on-mm presumnsption.
Then I detem'mimlne.iI to watch timem amid
learn the rommrce of the umaine , html , tlmotmgii I
have not foummtl that out yet , I found so good
a game tiint I decided to ' give It a wIder
circle of friends , for I have reasomi to believe
timat it orlgimmated witim one of tlmoo cimlldremi
on limb lawn ,
Their first step was to chuooe .sdes ! ; then
time two rows Were formed upon opposite
ends of time iawmi , Side No , I thems Proceeded
to select annie act of work or Play whuichu
would ho carried mm in imantommnie and described -
scribed in tWO or three words , such as
swimmgiumg a hmamnmmiock , nailing a 'shoe , pulling
weeds or stirrlmmg a cake , Timeir work selected ,
they thmemm Immarcimech back across thug han'mm ,
stopped before the opposite line and annotmnc-
lng the letters , began the aecommmpanylmmg
mmsotIouu'hems , for instance , they thecldcml
upomm dpmmlhlng weeds" they said as they
stopped , "I'V. . "
\V. , and then stoopimmg down
ummade thme niotion of puhilmig weels , The
others hegams to guess , any one ammmmoummicimsg
wimatevem' guess lie made alommd'heum the
rigiut guess was nmaihe 'time himse "took thuiuir
heels" amid the. opposicle line followed
, try-
" "
immg to "tag" as naumy of time pursued as
possible ,
Those ' 'taggeil' ' had to join tue limme of
their opponents ,
The lines were then formnecJ again amid
time play was reheated.
The game cormmbines exercIse for bothi mmsimuml
amid mnusctemc amid Its
author Is a aumcc in
her line , even if sue could not mb the fammsiiy
mmmarketimug-wlmen it cause to buying mnolassos ,
l'IIA'J"I'LiI ( SF' 'I'1Il YOUS'J'IImts ,
"Vel ! , wimat do you want , sonny ? " asked
the , "I '
grocer 'imlost forget what niammna
sent moo for , " replied the perplexed little boy
on ' the OUtsilO of the counter , "but I thInk
it's a can of comideummied mulik , "
Little fllck-Mis Manslo Is awfully shy ,
isn't sime ? Little Dot-Why ? Litti Dick- . .
She has toast of tier clothes made just hlki'
lumen's , so men won't get in love with her ,
Motluor ( to twlns-Wimy ) are you so
miaughsty today , Jack ? Jack-'Coa It's nmy
tumrmi. Tonmmny was naughty yesterday.
"Mamnma , why can't I have all the coffee
I n-ant ? " 'Because it Isn't good for yeum ,
\Vililo. " "floes the Lord know It isn't good
for use ? " "I have no doubt he does't ( .tfter
a thoughmtftih pauae-.Theim ) , thmat does lie
moake It taste so good for ?
Rabble (1mm ( a sober nmood-Olm ) , mimanimima , I
n-Isis I only iiad all tIme money I've spent for
sweets , Matmimmia ( pm'oudly-My ) boy wouhml
ptmt it in hms ! savimigs hank , wouldn't lie ?
Itobbie ( dellberatehy-.No ) , mnamumumsa ; I'd buy
nsore sweets ,
The lIttle girl lied amputated her 'loll's
head , legs , amid feet , scattered their sawdust
amid otherwise reduceml tiiens to mm condition
of primitive chaos. She s-as discovered in
time act of tryIng to reconstruct tlsemmmf "What
are you doing , Katie ? " asked her nsottmer.
"I otis playin' the first chapter of GenesIs , "
she replied.
"Tommule , your spehiiumg report is very
bad , " said Mr. Hlck to hula boy. "Thmat's
all righmt , papa , " said Tomntnie. "Vi'imon I
grotv tip I'm going to dictate all rmiy letters ,
like you do. It's time typewriter timuut'lh have
to know spelling , not mne. "
' 'Manmrna , I thInk it's awful tmmnny abotmt
JimnnsieVatts. . " "What is ? " "You know
ho can beat ammy of tus boys swinmuning , "
"Yes ? " " \\'ehi , he das'mm't brag about it at
home , 'cause imis daddy'd lick 'Ins for goin' . "
"Johnny , " saId the school te.mchmer , "what
is time imueaning of a commipromiseVeil ,
saul Johnny , "a compromsulse Is what a boy
trjes to make whmen he has a pocket full of
apples and a good deal bIgger boy comes
aiomig antI tolls him timat if he , Ioesum't give
up those apples he will get his face pushed
1mm , ' '
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THH DOCTOfl'S COLUMN ,
B. I. . hi. , Rmcnsau Chty.---l feel languulit itni
tit-eI nil time time. No energy end vCry nerruu
hat-c i'tiullcic On my tat-c. wfutt ahail 1 Lake ?
Take Cebriuue , extract of tIns brain , in five- .
drop doses , three tinses tinily , Twice a week
take a dose of Natiurohitlmlc Salts.
Alex , C' , , New Yotk-'hmat Is a good remued7
fur gimit ?
l-'ehrlchde ; one iht tlure tinies daily , A
dose of NmcthirohIthiic Salts twice a week ,
Mrs. It. ii , ' '
, l'hila-F'or the miervotma debility -
bility take Cerebrine , extract of the braimi ,
1mm five-drop ilose , mimi the tongue , three tlnsos'
daily. For thud catnrrhi , use W'itciu hazel
olntmmipmmt snumifeil tip tue nose ; also take a tea-
sirnoimful of Nathmrohitiiio Smtht 1mm a half turn.
tiler of hot waler , a half hour before break.
fast , twice a c-eek ,
S. S. I' . , Non''orkFor your trocible take
Ovarltme , in fouir'tlrop ulosm's , twice daily , mimi
tue tongue. , close of Nmtttmrohithui Salts ,
twice a week weumlii ho advisable ,
C , I , , I 1. , Port Vtirthu-W'iuut ccii a-eu i cc-ohm'
nuciel for ash tuumm.
Take Timyroihine , extract of time thmyrol1
glanil , lii tiiree.uirop closes , twice ( laity , as
time tongue.
S. II , CM. . Y , . letroit-GIve the Imatlemit
Testlne , 1mm II-e-iiroIm closes , emu tue tomigue ,
t ii roe tI iii es da II ) ' , 1Ivry miioriu In g hue uchuoum iii
take a cold hlouige 'bntt , lCeep the boweis
regular with Nthroiitiilc Silts ,
J.ummies loty , New \'ork-Oastrlmie , one
tezispoomunfui three tunes it dii ) ' , after mneals ,
\v , T , l'Ahtl'CEII , M , I ) ,
Med. lept. , Col , Chem , Co.
TII1 ANiMAl. IXTflACTS
CIdIthIhIltINI. : , l'rmmii time' hiruiii. tIldI ) . ,
UIs.I c , II , I-'roin that' Siuliimui ( , , r.I , ( .t II. .
hi I I I , m"i'iim C Ii , ' i I eu rt , 'l'hiS'I'l N i' ,
O'.tItiNI'l'IL'IIODINI. . : ,
1)tst , 5 DiotS. Price , Two trdmcimrius , $ l.C3. . .
( i.iS'I'ItINfl ,
A new and valuable m-cint'tl } ' fur lyspep-ia , $ h.1.
1i'lIItilICIild I'iiis.
m'omt MAo..tmtt.m , AIF'lc'Tho-4 , iuoo.toqt
ANI ) SICK hllA1)AC1Ihte ) cemsta.
N.t'I'Ii ittIh'l'iI IC S. % i.'l'M ,
I"or ll-ciitumiul , Constip.uuloms , Torpor of the Il.wehi
and inictioji of time i.tver , t ) cents ,
At all lrugglsts , or from
com.vaiIIi % ChIiiIC.i , ( jo. ,
S'uiiI fur I.Itermitture , SYmtNhuimmgtumu , l.O ,
For sale by ICUIIN & CO. , Hth and Douglas.
LthrJ prnsoi
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r I ondar7rTe
riarybyplimuIsponmnaueniy cured In 15 to
35 days. You can bo treated at home for
time same mince uundersanmo gimitrnuuty. it
_ youpreforto come hero we will contract
I rimlmroad fare and hotel bmhlsnnd no
Cbnrgelf we fall to cure , If you have taken moor-
cuiry , liiildo Isotilehu , and stimi tiavo ucbes and
ainsaltmootss'ntchioe mu mouthhnroTiuroat , ' .
r'himmim'S , , ( J4)J'IOr Uoloremt ipots , Ulcorn omm
Ins part of time body , HaIr or EyeIrnwe Imimllng
out , II IsthiaSyphuihltle BLOOD i'OISON that
Ye guarantee tim umro. We solicit the mc dish.
-iats ) enses mind cuiiItemimru time vmrld for t
ClLMO Wocmmflnntcmt'o , Whim dlnsse lies alwsy's
bmttflotj tt.i- skIll oftime snst cuumlncmmt pimyst-
clinic. 3(100,000 capital behind our uuicondt.
tional gUnr.muty. IIsolimto proofs sent eaiod ama
sppmication Address tOI RELIIEDY CO. ,
:107 : 1lImi.on' Tomncilo. , ( ULUAOO. ILl. .
PATRONIZE
) OME INDUSTRIES
fly puichashnig good , nunda at the followIng
Nebraska factories. If can not Ond what
you want comnmunleate wIth the manufac.
turera as to what dealers handle their goods. .
J3lGM , leUlfr..lI' rprixt : ,
BliftilS OMAHA BAG CO ,
Manufacturers of all kInds of cotton and bus.
hap bags , cotton ifour. sacks and twine a apso.
laity , 601-616-605 B. llth.St. .
JUIuJI'IiftIlc'S. -
OIAHAllllE\VIiOCJAjjONT" ) \
Ca. ' toad shipments made In our own retrige.
rater cams , Blue RIbbon , Elite Export , Vtenn
Export , and Family Export , delIvered to all
p.crts of city ,
'Ot'PjijJ' , ' 41'jUb ; , n.i Kt.VI Pci IDI1C.
CONSOLIDATED COFFEE CU , ,
Coffee Roasters , Spice GrInder , , Manufactur.
era Uermnun BakIng I'owder and Germuan Dr7
ilop Yeast , 1114 and 1416 Iiarney.st. , Omaha , Neb
NebI
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C..IRUI.l ( , IRS , icru ,
i1ONDCiIIRIAGECo.
put rubber tires and ball bearlmig axles on their
own nmake vehicles , anil sell a top buggy for
550.00 beldes. WrIte them. ISthrancl Ilarney , , _ .
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S. F. CILIN.
Manumfacturer of Gold Medal Fhour.
C , B. Black , Manager. Omaha.
ruitxrruiw r. cruntic's ,
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OMAhA , UPHOLSTERNGCO. !
Manutactumrem-s of Parlor 1'urnIturc , Lounges ,
Dining 'fables and 1olding Beds , iSthu ave. .
lloyd to Hinder Sti.
luff .INI ) CO.II. .
souiii : OIAIIA ICE ANDCALO.
lomncsllo end Steam Coal. We has-a the best. '
ohmic-a 1601 I'armiaiim-st _ Telephone ; Oflice 373 ,
yard , 76G. 3. A. Doe. General Manager ,
JIION iroztz , ,
INDUSTRIAL IRON IVORKS.
Manutacturing soil Repairing of mill kInds of
mnachilncry , engines , punups , elevators , prIntln
Idreses , hangers , shaftIng end couplIngs 1401
and i40 Howard-at , , Oniabma.'I
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PAXTON & VIEliLIM IRON \S1ORKS \ ,
Manuracturer , of .Arehcltsctural Iron Work.
General } 'oummdry , MachIne and Iimamumnhtts
Vouk , liugincera anti Contractors ( or J-'ire
l'root BuhhIlngs. Othlce and works ; U. I' , tOy.
and iso , 17th street , Unmaima ,
. .s1.1 'i'TJtl.'J0S , Co 1'.l , CJC1IJ.
Ii , C DOUP.
Manufacturer afuttiesaca , SirIng Beds ; JObbe ,
Feittiors anc1 I'hllocvs. N , 14th and Nictiotas
Sti. , OmahL
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TIlE MERCER CHEMICAL COMPANY.
Manufacturers of Fluid Extract , , Eilxirs ,
Hyrupa and \Vlnes compressed triturates hmpo-
darmto tablets , phi , and sclentlhlo onedlcal nor-
ltles. Omaha ,
.U1.VRJtl L IJ .1 TIII.
MEDESSAMINFALWATER ( CO
209 So. 11th Ct. , Tel. 24. Medeeaa MIneral
\Vater Carbonatel. unequalled. l'hain for tabl.
us. unsurp"sed.
1V.P , fl r Irt 'i-ui ! , i IUf 1I1 VICIf.
ME1ICAN DISTRICT TELEGRAPH ,
The only perfect protectIon to property , Brain.
Ins It. IJst timing or earth.I Beduoes tiusmar.
mince rates. H04 Douglas-st.
vJ'tfThtLLF.wrwt : . .
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IiATZ.NEVINS CO.
Manufacturers of Men's and Bo'a' ClothIng ,
h'ants , Siilrts arid Oyeraiis.itO.512 0. 12th at ,
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J'.h'IJt IJUXR. ' .
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Manufacturers of all kinds of 1'per hiOxes ,
Sh.It Boxes. tiampm * Cease. MaIling Tables , etc.
Yedding cake aod fancy candy boXa , druggist
awl jewelry boxes , hul4O Jomses'et. , Omaha.
Omaha.4
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J , 11. EYANS.--NEBRASKA SHIIt ' 1 CO.
cIusIv. custom shirt lallora.
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