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SYNOPSIS.
Hill Cannon, tho bonanza klnK, and hU
ilHiiKlitci. Itoni. who lmcl panned up Mrs.
Cornr-llua man' hall at Ann Kranclnco to
ii company nrr father, ntrivo at Antelope.
Domlnlck II) an callH cm his mother to
Vvk ii ball Invitation for IiIh wife, and Is
r-ffirMi.l The determine! old laily rofunea
to reooKtilzo her daujjhtor-ln-law.
CHAPTER III.
The Daughter of Heth.
He walked for nearly an hour, along
quirt, lamp-lit streets whero largo
houses fronted, on gardens that ex
haled moist earth Bcnnts and tho
hrtalhs of hwcet, unseen bloBBomB, up
hills ho steep (hat It senmed an If an
enrlhqunko might havo heaved up the
city's criiBt and bent It crlnply llko
n niece of cardboard.
Ho looked down unseeing, thinking
of the last three years.
When ho had first met llornlco Ivor
con, sho had been a typowrlter and
stenographer In the olllco of tho Mer
chants and Mochnnlcs Trust Com
pany. He was twenty-four at tho
time, the only son of Cornelius
Ryan, ono. of tho financial magnates
of (he far west.
Sho was seven years older than he,
but told him they were tho samo ago.
It was not a .wasted lie, i oho un
doubtedly looked much younger than
flhe waB, being a slight, trlmly-mado
woman who had retained a girlish
elasticity of flguro and sprlghtltnesa
of manner, Tho entrapping of young
Hynn was a simple matter. Ho had
never loved and knew llttlo of women
Ho did not love her, but alio mado
him think bo did,) threw herself at
him, led him quickly to tho point she
wished lo roach, and secretly, without
n Misplclou on the part of her family,
became Ills mistress. Six months
later, having driven him to the stop
by her upbrnldlngB hiuI her appuront
Bufferings of conscience under the
sense of wrong-doing, sho persuaded
him to marry her. '
The marrlnge was a bombshell to
tho world In which young Uyun was
n planet of magnitude. Ills previous
connection with her though after
ward discovered by his mother was
&U tho time unknown. Bornlco had
Induced him to keep tho marriage se
cret till Its hour of accomplishment,
Tor sho knew Mra, Ryan would try to
break It off and feared thnt sho might
succeed. Once Domlnlck's wife she
thought that tho objections and re
sentment ot the older woman could
be Overcome. Dut sho underrated tho
force and obstinacy of her advorsury
nnd tho depth of tho wound that had
boon given her. Old Mm. Ryan had
boon stricken In her tondorost spot.
Hor ton Wns her Idol, born In her
middle-nge, tho las,t of four boys,
threo or whom had died in childhood.
In hlB babyhood sho had hoarded
money and worked lato and early that
ho might bo rich. Now sho held tho
Rroat estate of her husband In trust
for him, nnd dreamed of tho time
when ho should marry somo sweet
nnd vlrtuouB girl and she would havo
grandchildren to lovo and spoil nnd
plan for. When the news of his mar
rlnge reached her nnd sho saw tho
woman ho had mado his wife, sho un
derstood everything. 8ho know her
boy tluough and through and sho
knew Just how hu had been duped
nnd ontanglcd.
Tho marrlngo of her son was tho
1
He Looked Down Unseeing, Thinking
of the Last Three Years
oltterest blow of her life. It camo
when sho was old, stiffened into hab
its of domjiumco and dictatorship,
when her ambitions for her boy were
gaining dally tu ccopo and aplondor.
A. blind rngo and determination to
ei'uBh tho womnn wore bur first feel
ings, and remained with her but
slightly mltlgatod by tho Boftonlng
passage of time. Sho was u partisan,
A lighter, and h)io instituted a war
Against her daughter-in-law which
ha cbnduqtcd with all tho malignant
bitterness that marka tho quarrels of
women,
Domlnlck had not been married a
month when sho discovered tho previ
ous connection botwecu him and his
wife, and published It lo the winds, A
TTnpFi "jJWL f" ' i
MENSODLDHEN
, ItotBRAlWNE BONNER
U Aufoi"pnONBER.
Cojjyrfgk lOWjiyTljcliODDS-MEMlILL CO.
social power, feared and obeyed, she
lot it be known that to nny ono who
received Mrs. Domlnlck Hyan her
doorB would bo forever closed. With
out withdrawing hor friendship from
hor son she refused over to meot or
to rcceivo his wlfo. In this attitude
she was absolutely Implacable. She
Imposed her will upon tho less strong
spirits nbout her, and young Mrs.
Hyan was as completely shut off from
hor husband's world as though hor
skirts carried contamination. With
mascullno largeness of vlow In other
matters, In this ono tho elder woman
exhibited a singular, unworthy smaM
noss, Tho carelessly largo checks she
had previously given Uomlnlck on his
birthday and anniversaries ceased to
appear, nnd masculine gifts, such as
pipes, walking-sticks, nnd clgnr
caseB, in which his wlfo could havo
no participating enjoyment, took their
plnce. Sho had established a policy
of exclusion, and maintained It rig
idly. Young Mrs. Hyan had at first be
lieved that this rancor would melt
away with tho (light of time. Dut sho
did not know tho cldor woman. Sho
was as unmeltablo as a grnnlto rock.
Bcrnlco, who had expected to gain
all from hor connection with tho nil
powerful Ryans, at tho end of two
years found that sho was an ostracized
outsider from the world sho had
hoped to entor, nnd thnt tho riches
Bho had expected to enjoy were rep
resented by tho threo thousand v. year
her husband earned In tho bank. Hor
attempts to orco her way Into tho
llfo nnd surroundings where sho had
hoped her marriage would place hor
had invarlnbly failed. If her feel
ings wcro not of tho samo nnturo as
thoso of tho elder Mrs. Hyan, they
wero fully as poignant and bitter.
Tho effort to got an Invitation to
tho bnll had been tho most daring tho
young woman had yet made. Nelthor
sho nor Tomlnlck had thought it pos
sible that Mrs. Hyan would leave her
out. So conlldont was sho that sho
would bo asked that she had ordered
a dress for the occasion. Dut when
Domlnlck's Invitation camo without
hor nnmo on tho cnvolopo, then fear
that sho was to bo excluded rose
clamorous in her. For days she
tnlkcd and complained to her bus
bnnd ns to tho lnjustlco of this
course nnd his power to socuro tho
Invitation for her If ho would. By
tho evening of tho ball she had
brought him to tho point whero bo
bud agreed to go forth and demand it.
It was a hatoful mission. Ho had
never In 1iIb llfo dono anything so hu
miliating. In his sliamo and distress
he had hoped that his mother would
glvo it to him without urging, nnd
nernlco, placated, would bo restored
to good humor and lcavo him at
peace. Sho could not huvo gained
such powor over him, or so bont him
to hor bidding, had sho not had in
him a fulcrum of guilty obligation to
work on. Sho continually reminded
him ot "tho wrong" ho had dono hor,
and how, through him, she had lost
tho respect of hor follows and hor
plnce among them. All these slights,
snubB and Insulto wero his fault, nnd
ho felt that tills was true. To-night
bo had gone Torth in dogged despera
tion. Now In fear, frank fear of hor,
ho went homo, slowly, with reluctant
fct, his heart getting heavier, his
dread colder as ho neured tho house.
It was ono of thoso wooden struc
tures on Sacramento Street not far
from Van Neus Avenue where tho
well-to-do nnd socially-aspiring crowd
themselves into a floor of seven
rooms, anti dorivo satisfaction from
tho proximity of their distinguished
neighbors who refuso to know them.
It contained four flats, each with a
parlor bay-window nnd n front door,
all four doors In neighborly juxtaposi
tion nt tho top of a flight to :ilx
murblo steps.
Domlnlck's whb tho top flat: ho had
to ascend a long, carpeted stairway
with a turn half-way up to got to IL
Now, looking at tho bny-wludow, lie
saw lights gleaming from below the
drawn bllndB. Demy was still up. -A
lingering hopo that sho might have
gono to bod died, and his senso'of re
luctanco gained In forco and mndo
him feel slightly sick. Ho wns there,
however, and ho had to go up. Fit
ting his key into the lock ho oponed
tho hall door.
It was very quiet no ho mounted
tho long btnlrs. but, as ho drew nenr
tho top, he becamo nwaro of n windy,
whistling uolso and looking into the
room near tho atnlr-hond saw that nil
tho gns-Jets wero 111 and turned on
full cock, and that tho gas, mailing
out from, tho burner In a ragged ban
ner of flame, mndo tho sound. Ho
wns about to enter and lower It when
ho beard his wife's voice coming from
tho open door of her room.
"It thut you, Uomlnlck?" sho called.
Hor volco was steady and high.
Though It was hard, with a sort of
precise clearness of utteranco, it was
not conspicuously wrathful,
"Yes," ho answored, "It's I," and
ho forgot tho gas-Jots nnd walked up
tlio hall. Ho did not notlco thut In
tho other rooms ho passed tho gas
wns turned on In tho samo manner.
The whistling rush of its escape mado
a nolso llko an excited, unresting
wind In tho confined limits of tho
llttlo flat.
The door of Demy's room was open,
and under a blazo of light from tho
chandelier and tho side lights of tho
bureau sho was sitting In n rocking
chair facing tho foot of the bed. Sho
held In her hnnd n walking-stick of
Domlnlck's nnd with this sho had
been making long scratches ncross
tho footboard, which was of walnut
and wns seamed back and forth, llko
n rock scraped by tho passage of a
glacier. As Domlnlck entered, sho do
slsled, censed rocking, and turned to
look at him. She had an air of taut,
sprightly Impudence, and was smiling
n llttlo.
"Well, Domlnlck," sho Bald jauntily,
"you're late."
"Yes, I believe I am," he answered.
"I did not como straight back."
"Took a walk," nho said, turning
to tbo bed nnd beginning to rock.
"It's a queer sort of hour to chooso
for walking," und lifting the cane sho
recommenced her occupation of
scratching tho foot-board with it, trac
ing long, pnrabollc curves across tho
entlra expanse, watching tbo cano's
tip with her head tilted to one side.
Domlnlck, who was not looking nt
her, did not notice tho noise.
"I thought," sho snld, tracing a
great arc from one side o tho othor,
"that you wore with your loving fam
ilyopening tho bull, probably."
He did not move, but said qulotly:
"It was Impossible to get tho Invi
tation, Demy. I tried to do It nnd
wns refused. I wunt you to under
stand thnt ns long as I live I'll ncvor
do a thing llko that again "
"Oh, yes, you will," she said laugh
ing and shaking her head like an
amused child. "Oh, yes, you will."
Sho throw her head back and. look
ing nt tho .celling, laughed still louder
with a note of fierceness In tho sound.
"You'll do It nnd lots more things
like It. You'll do It If I want you to,
Domlnlck Ryan."
Ho did not answer. Sho hitched
her chair closer to the bed as If to
return to an engrossing pastime, and,
leaning back luxuriously, resumed her
piny with tho cane. This time Doml
nlck noticed the noise and turned.
She was conscious that he wns look
ing at hor, and begnn to scratch with
an nppenrnnce of charmed absorption,
such ns an artist might display In his
work. He watched hor for a moment
In silent astonishment and then brbko
out sharply:
"What are you doing?"
"Scratching tho bed," responded
calmly.
"You must bo mad," ho said, strid
ing angrily toward her and stretching
a hand for tho cane. "You're ruining
It."
Sho whipped tho cano to tho othor
side, out of his reach.
"Am I?" sho said, turning an eye of
ilery menace on him. "Maybo I am,
and what's that matter?" Then, turn
ing back to tho bed, "Too bad, Isn't it,
and tho sot not paid for yet."
"Not paid for!" ho exclaimed, so
amazed by, tho statcmont that ho for
got everything olse. "Why, I've given
you tho money for It twlco!"
"Threo tlmcB," sho nmendod coolly,
"and I spent It on things I liked bet
ter. I bought clothes, and Jewelry
with It, and llttlo fixings I wanted.
Yes, tho bedroom set Isn't all paid
for yet nnd wo'vo had It nearly two
years. Who would have thought that
tho son of Con Ryan couldn't pay his
bills!"
Sho rose, threw tho cane Into tho
corner, and, turning toward him,
leaned bnck, half-sitting on tho foot
board, her hands, palm downward,
pressed on its rounded top.
Domlnlck and sho bad had many
quarrels, Ignominious and repulsive,
but ho had nevor beforo seen her In
so snvago a mood. Even yet ho had
not loBt tho feeling of responsibility
and remorse he felt toward hor. As
ho moved from tho mantelpiece his
eyo had fallen on tho ball-dress that
lay, a swcop of lace and silver, across
tho bed, and on tho bureau ho had
seen Jowcls and hair ornnments laid
out among the powder boxes and
scent bottles. The pathos of these
futile preparations appealed to him
and ho mado an effort to bo patient
and just.
"It's been n disappointment," he
said, "and I'm sorry nbout It. Dut
l'vo dono nil I could and there's no
uso doing any more. You'vo got to
give It up. There's no use trying to
make my mother glvo in. Sho won't."
"Won't she?" sho cried, her voice
suddenly loud and shaken with rage.
"We'll see! We'll boo! Wo'll seo if
I've married into the Ryan family for
nothing'."
Her wrnth at last loosened, her con
trol wbb Instantly swept away. In a
moment sho wns that appalling sight,
a violent and vulgnr woman In a rng
Ing pnBslon. Sho ran nround the bed
and, seizing the dress, threw It on the
floor und stamped on It, grinding the
dollcnto fabric Into tho carpet with
hor hoels.
"There l'1 she cried. "That's what
I feel about It. That's tho way I'll
treat tho things and tho people I don't
llko! That droBB It Isn't pnld for,
but I don't want It. I'll get another
when I do. Have I married Con Ry
an's Bon to need money and bother
about bills? Not on your llfo! Did
you notice tho gas? Rvory burner
turned on. Well, I did It Just to have
a nice bright house for you when you
camo home without tho invitation. Wo
hnen't paid tho bill for two months
hut what does that matter? We'ro re
lated to tho Ryans. Wo don't havo to
trouble about bills."
Ho saw that sho was beyond argu
ing with and turned to leave tho
loom. Sho sprang after htm nnd
caught him by tho arm, pouring out
only too coherent streams ot rngo and
abuso. It was tho old story ot the
"wrongs" Bho bad Buffered at hli
hands, and his "ruin" of her. To-night
it had no power to move him and ho
Bhook her off and left tho room. Sho
ran to the door behind him and lean
ing out, cried It aft' r hit".
Ho literally fled from her, down tho
hallway, with tho open doorways
sending their lurid light and hissing
nolso across his passage. As he
reached the dining-room ho heard her
bang tho door nnd with nggresslvo
nolso turn the key in tho lock nnd
shoot tho bolt. Even at that moment
the lack of necessity for such a pre
caution cnuscd a bitter smllo to movo
his lips.
Ho entered tho dining-room and sat
down by tho table, his head on his
hands. Ho sat thus for somo hours,
trying to think what ho should do.
Ho found It Impossible to como to any
deflnlto conclusion for tho future: all
ho could decide uflon now was tho ne
cessity of .leaving his wife, getting a
respite from her, withdrawing himself
from tho sight of her. Ho had novor
loved her, but to-night tho pity nnd
responsibility ho had felt seemed to
bo torn from his llfo as a morning
wind tears a cobweb from tho grass.
Tho dawn: was whitening tho window-panes
when ho Anally got pen
and paper and wrote n few lines.
ThcBe, without prefix or signature,
stated that he would leave tho city
for a short time and not to make any
effort to find whero he had gono or
communlcato with him. He wrote her
nnmo on tho folded paper and placed
It In front of tho clock. Then he Btolo
Into his bedroom they had occupied
separate rooms for over six months
and packod a valise with his oldest
and roughest clothes. After this ho
waited In the dining-room till the
light wan bright and tho trafllc of tho
day loud on tho pavement, boforo he
crept down the long stairway and
went out Into the crystal freshness of
tho morning.
CHAPTER IV.
Out of Night and Storm.
Whon Rose Cannon woke on the
morning after her arrival at Antelope,
a memory of the snow-flakes of the
evening beforo made her Jump out of
bed and patter barefooted to tho win
dow. It seemed to her it would bo
"lots of fun" to bo snowed up nt An
telope, and when she saw only a thin
covering of white on the hotel garden
and tho diminishing perspective of
roofs, sho drew her mouth Into a gri
mace of disappointment.
With hunched-up shoulders, her
hands tucked under her arms, she
stood looking out, hor breath blur
ring tho pano in a dissolving film of
smoke. It was a cold llttlo world.
Below hor the garden tho, summer
prldo of Perley'B Hotel lay a sere,
withered waste, Its shrubs stiff In the
grip of the cold. Tho powdering of
snow on its frost-bitten leaves and
"Havo I Married Con Ryan' Son to
grizzled grass added to Its air of
bleaknoss. Beyond rose the shingled
roofs of Antolopo's main Btreet. Rose,
standing gazing up, wondered It' hor
fathor would go on to Orcenhldo, tho
now camp twenty mile? from Ante
lopo, whero an lmportaut strike hnd
recently boon made.
Halt an hour later when they met
nt breakfast ho told her he would not
leave for Qreonhldo thnt morning.
Perley had warned him not to at
tempt It, nnd he for his part know tho
country well enough to renllzo that
It would bo foolhardy to start under
such a threatening sky. It would bo
all right to stop over at Antelope till
tho weathor mado up Us mind what
It meant to do. It might not be fun
for her, but then ho had warned hor
beforo thoy left Snn Francisco that
sho would havo to put up with rough
accommodations and unaccustomed
discomforts.
Villi v
-" ' fiff
Roso laughed. Her father did not
understand that tho roughness nnd
novelty of It nil was what sho on
Joyed. Ho was already n man of
means when sho was born, and sho
had known nothing of tho hardships
and privations through which ho and
her mother had struggled up to for
tune Rocky Dar tho night beforo and
Antclopo this morning woro hor first
glimpses of tho mining region over
which tho pioneers hnd Bwarmcd In
'49, Bill Cannon, only a lad In bis
teens nmong them.
Perley's warnings of bad woathcr
wcro soon verified. Early in tho aft
ernoon tho idle, occaslonnl Bnow
flakes hnd begun to fall thickly, with
a soft, persistent steadiness of pur
pose. At four o'clock, Wllloughby, tho
Englishman who had charge of tho
shut-down Delia K. mine, came, but
ting head down against tho wind, n
group of dogs at his heels, to claim
tho hospitality of the hotel. His
watchman, nn old timer, had advised
him to seek a shelter hotter stored
with provisions than tho ofllco build
ing of tho Bella K. Wllloughby, whoso
acccnU and manner had proclaimed
him as one o high distinction beforo
it was known in Antelope that bo
was "somo relation to a lord," wub
mado welcome In tho bar. His four
red setter dogs, shut out from that
hospltablo retreat by the swing doay,
grouped nround It nnd stared expect
antly, each shout from within being
nnqwered by them with plaintive and
Ingratiating whines.
Tho afternoon was still young when
tho day began to darken. Rose Can
non, who had been sitting In the par
lor, dreaming over a Are of logs, went
to tho window, wondering at tho grow
ing gloom. Tho wind had risen to a
wild, sweeping speed, that tore tho
sno,w fine as mist. There wero no
lazy, woolly flakes now. They had
turned Into an opaque, slanting veil
which hero and there curled into
snowy mounds and in other places
left tho ground bare.
Roso looked out on It with an in
terest thnt was n llttlo soberer than
tho debonair bllthencss of her morn
ing mood. If it kept up they might
bo snowed In for days, Perley had
said. That being the case, this room,
xthe hotel's one parlor, would bo her
retreat, her abiding place for her
bedroom was as cold as an lco-chest
until they wero liberated. With the
light, half-whlmBlcal smile that camo
so readily to her lips, she turned from
the window and surveyed It Judicially.
She was leaving tho window to re
turn to her scat by tho fire when tho
complete silence that seemed to hold
the outsldo world In a spell was brok
en by sudden sounds. Voices, the
crack of a whip, then a grinding
thump against tho hotel porch, caught
her ear and whirled her back to the
pane. A large covered vehicle, with
Need Money and Bother About Bills?"
tho whitened shapes ot a smoking
team drooping beforo it, had Just
drawn up ut the stepB, Two mascu
llno flgures, carrying bags, emerged
from the Interior, nnd from the driv
er's seat a muffled shape a cylinder
of wrappings which appeared to have
a lively human core gave forth much
loud and profane language. Tho Iso
lation and remoteness of her sur
roundings had already begun to af
fect the town-bred young lady. She
ran to tho door of the parlor, as in
genuously curious to see tho now nr
rivals and And out who thoy wero as
though Bho hnd lived In Antclopo for
a year.
Looking down tho hall sho saw tho
front door open violently Inward and
two men hastily enter. Tho wind
seemed to blow In nnd before Porloy'B
boy could press tho door sTiut tho
snow had whitened tho damp mat
ting. No Bfagt passed through Anto-
lope In these days of Its decline, anfl
tho curiosity felt by Roso was shared
by thfc whole hotel. Tho swjng door
to the bar oponed and men pressed
into the aperture. Mrs. Perley camo
up from the kitchen, wiping a dish.
Cora appeared in tho dining-room
doorway, and In answer to Miss Can
non's lnqulringly-llfted eyebrows,
called aqross tho hall:
"It's tho Murphysvlllo stage on tho
down-trip to Rocky Bar. I gucsB they
thought thoy couldn't make It. Tho
driver don't like to run no risks and
so he's brought 'em round thlB way
and dumped 'em hero. There ain't
but two passengers. That's them."
Sho indicated the two men who,
standing by tho hnll stove, wcro di
vesting themselves of their wrnpB.
Ono of them was n tall upright old
man with a sweep of grizzled beard
covering his chest, and gray hair fall
ing from tho dome of a bald head.
The other was much younger, tall
also, and spare to leanness. Ho woro
n gray fedora hat, and against Its
chill, unbecoming tint, his face, its
prominent, bony surface nipped by
tho cold to a raw redness, looked sal
low and unhealthy. With an air of
solicitude ho laid his overcoat across
a chair, brushing off the snow with a
careful hand. Buttoned tight in a
blackcutaway with the collar turned
up nbout his neck, ho bad an appear
ance of being uncomfortably com
pressed into garments too small for
him. His shlny-knucklod, purplish
hands, pinching up tho shoulders of
his coat over tho chair back, were In
keeping with his general suggestion
ot a large-boned mcagerly covered
Innknoss. The fact that ho was'
smooth-shaven, combined with tho un
usual length of dark hair that ap
peared below his hat-brim, lent him
a suggestion of something Interest
ingly unconventional, almost artistic.
In the region whero he now found
himself he would havo been variously
set down as a gambler, a traveling
clergyman, an actor, or perhaps only
a vender of patent medicines who had
some odd attractive way of advertis
ing himself, such as drawing teeth
wUh an electrical appliance, or play
ing the guitar from tho tall-board of
hlB showman's cart.
Now, having arranged his coat to
Its best advantage, ho turned to Per
ley and said with a curiously deep
and resonant voice:
"And, mine host, a stove In my
bedroom, a stovo In my bedroom or 1
perish."
Cora giggled and throw acrosB the
hall to Miss Cannon a delighted mur
mur of:
"Oh, say, ain't he just tho richest
thing?"
"You've got us trapped and caged
hero for a spell, I guess," said tho
oldor man. "Any one else in tho
samo box?"
"Oh, you'll not want for company,"
said Perley, prldo at tho importance
of the announcement vibrating in his
tone. "We'vo got Wllloughby hero
from tho Bella K. with his four set
ter dogs, and Bill Cannon and his
daughter up from tho coast."
"Bill Cannon!" the two men stared
jind tho younger ono said:
"Bill Cannon, tho Bonanza King
from San Francisco?"
"That's him all right," nodded Per
ley. "Up here to see tho diggings at
Greenhlde and snowed In same as
you."
Here Rose, fearing tho conversa
tion might turn upon herself, slipped
from tho doorway into the passage
and up tho stairs to her own room.
An hour later as sho stood beforo
tho glass making her toilet for sup
per, a knock at tho door ushered in
Cora, already curled, powdered and
borlbboned for that occasion, a small
kerosene lamp In her hand. In tho
bare room, Its gloom only part.y
dispelled by tho light from a similar
lamp on the bureau nnd tho red
gleam from the stove, Miss Cannon
wns revealed In the becoming half
dusk mado by these Imperfectly
blending Illuminations, a pink silk
dressing-gown loosely enfolding her,
a lightly brushed-ln suggestion of fair
hair behind her ears and on her
shoulders. Hor comb was In her hand
and Cora realized with an uplifting
thrill that sho had timed her visit
correctly and was about to learn tho
mysteries of Miss Cannon's coiffure.
"I brung you another lamp," sho
said affably, sotting hor offering down
on tho burenu. "Ono ain't enough
light to dress decently by. I havo
threo," and sho sank down on tho sldo
of the bed with tho air of having
established an intimacy, woman to
woman, by this net of generous con
sideration. "Them gentlemen," she continued,
"are along on this hnll with you and
your pa. Tho old one's Judge Wash
burne, of Colusa, a pioneer that used
to know Mr. Perley's mother way
back In Sacramento in tho fifties, nnd
know your pa real well when ho was
poor. It'o sort of encouraging to
think your pa was over poor."
Rose laughed and turned sidowlso.
looking at the speaker under tho arch
of her uplifted arm. There wero
hairpins In her mouth and nn up
whirled end of blond hair protruded
In a gleaming scattering of yellow
over her forehend. Sho mumbled a
comment on her father's early pover
ty, her lips showing red against tho
balr-plns nipped botween her'teeth.
(TO BK CONTINUED.)
Dog That Vrltes and Draws.
A clover dog mado his bow at the
Hippodrome, London, England, tho
other afternoon. "Dick" can draw a
doukoy'B hedn, mnko threo geometri
cal figures, and write his signature.
Ho can wrlto equally well with both
paws, either separately or in com
bination; while as an arithmetician
ho indulges in slmplo addition, mul
tiplication, division and subtraction
with ready accuracy.
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