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PROLOGUE.
This romance of Freckles and
the Angel of the Limberlost is
one of the most novel, entertain
ing, wholesome and fascinating
ttories that have come from the
pen of an American author in
many years. The characters in
this sylvan tale are-:
Freckles, a placky waif who
faards the Limberlost timber
teases and dreams of angels.
The Swamp Angel, in whom
Freckles' sweetest dream ma
terializes. McLean, a member of a lumber
company, whorbefriends Freckles.
Mrs. Dancan, who gives moth
er love and a home to Freckles.
Duncan, head teamster of Mc
Lean's timber gang.
The Bird Woman, who is col
lecting camera studies of birds
.for a book.
Lord and Lady O'More, who
come from Ireland in quest of a
tost relative.
The Man of Affairs, brusque
of manner, but big of heart.
Wessner, a timber thief who
wants rascality made easy.
Black Jack, a villain to whom
ihought of repentance comes too
iate.
CHAPTER XV.
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TITS AROKL GOES rOR HIT. .
SEE dow you aren't the same
man. aald the angel. "Yon
know, we were In Colorado
last year, and there, was a
cowboy that was the handsomest man
about He'd come riding Into town
every night, and all we girls Just
adored him! Oh, but be was a beauty!
I thought at first glance you were
really he, but I see now he wasn't
nearly bo tall nor so broad as you and
only half as handsome.
The men bunt Into a roar of lau;h
ter. and Jack Bushed crimson The an
gel Joined In the laugh.
"Well, I'll leave It to yon! Isn't he
handsome?" she challenged. "As for
that cowboy's face. It couldn't be com
pared with yours. The only trouble
with you Is that your clothes are oll
ing you. It's the dress those cowboys
wear that makes half their looks. If
.you were properly dressed you could
break the heart of the prettiest girl In
the country."
With one accord the other men
focused on Black Jack and for the first
time realized that he was a supprb
flpeclmau of manhood, for he stood
six feet tall, was broad, well rounded
and had dark, even skin, big black
oyes and full red lips
Til tell you whnt!" exclaimed Ihe
tingel. "I'd Just love to see you on
horseback. Nothing sets a handsome
man off so splendidly. Do you ride?"
"Yes." said Jack, and his eyes were
burning on the ungel as If h would
fathom the depths of her soul.
"Well." rmI(I the angel wlnsomely.
know what I Just wish you'd do.
wish yon would let your hair grow n
little longer Then wear n blue p.inne"
shirt a little opi-n at the throit. a ret
tie nml a broil brimmed fell hat nud
ride past my house of evenh"." I'n
Alwavs nt home then nud iilnmot a!
wnys on the vera ml i. mid. oh. brf
would like t; see yon' "VIM you d
that for n;e?"
The nimel w:is tonkins s:r.l"lit ln
Jack's fire, course ami Iinr!e::rt1
sin and n'.re'ess living. w- li vn
now taking nn it wholly different e
rrcxslon. Tl;e evil linen of It wen
wiftenlng and fading out under liei
vlear gaze. A dull red tliimed Into hl
bronze cheeks, ntid his eyes were grow
lng brightly tender.
"Yes." he sold, and the glance he
ebot at the men was of such a nature
that no one saw lit even to change
countenance.
"Oh. goody!" she cried, tilting on her
toes. "I'll ask the girls to come to
ec. but they needn't stick In. We can
fret along without them, can't we?'
Jack leaned toward her. lie was
the charmed, fluttering bird, and the
angel was the snake.
"Well. I rather guessP be cried.
The angel drew n deep hreatb sn1
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looked liim over rapturously.
"My. hut you're full!" she gurgled.
"Do you Munposo I will ever grow to
reach your shoulders?
"Lariat Bill used always to have a
bunch of red flowers In his shirt pock
et, and the red lit up his dark eyes
and olive cheeks and made his splen
did May I put a bunch of red flow
ers on rou?"
Freckles' eyes popped, and he wheez
ed for breath. Ue wished that the
earth would opeu and swallow him up.
Was be dead or alive' Since his an
gel had set eyes on Black Jack she
had never even glanced his way. Was
she completely bewitched? Would she
throw herself at the man's feet before
them all? Couldn't she give blm even
one thought? Hadn't she seeu be was
fagged and bound? Did she truly
think that these were McLean's men?
Why. she couldn't. It was only a few
days ago that sbe had been near
enough this mun and angry enough
with him. to peel the hat from his
head with a shot. Suddenly a thing
she bad Jestingly said to him one day
came back with startling force. "You
must take angels on trust." Of course
you must! She was bis angel. She
must have seen. Ills life and. what
was far worse, her own were In her
hands. There was nothing be could
do but trust her. Purely she was
working out some plan.
The angel knelt beside his flower
bed and recklessly tore up by the roots
a big bunch of foxfire.
These stems are so tough and
sticky." she said. "I can't break
them. Lend me your knife," she or
dered Freckles.
As she reached for the knife her
back was one second toward the men
She looked Into his eyes and dellber
ately winked.
She severed the stems, tossed the
knife back to Freckles and, walking
up to Jack, laid the flowers over his
heart
Freckles broke Into a sweat of
agony. He had said she would be sare
In a herd of howling savages. Would
she? If Black Jack even made a mo
tion toward touching her Freckles
If new that from somewhere be would
muster the strength to kill him. He
mentally measured the distance to
where his club lay and set his muscles
for a spring. But. no! The big fellow
was baring his head with a hand' that
wns unsteady.. The angel pulled one
of the long silver pins from her hit
and fastened her flowers securely.
Freckles was quaking. What was to
come next?
As the angel stepped back from
Jack she turned her head to one slJ?
and peered up nt him. Just as Freckle
had seen the little yellow fellow du
on the line a hundred times, and said:
"Well, thnt does the trick! Isn't that
fine? See how It sets him off. boys'.
Don't you forget the tie Is to he red
and the first ride soon. I can't wait
very long. Now I mnst go. The Bird
Woman will be ready to start, and she
will come here hunting me next, for
she Is busy today. What did I come
here for anyway?"
Rhe glanced Inquiringly about, and
several of the men laughed. Oh. the
delight of It! She had forgot her er
rand for him! Jack had a second In
crease In height. The angel glanced
helplessly about as If seeking n clew.
Then her eyes fell, as If by accident,
on Freckles.
"It's mighty risky for you to be
crossing the swamp alone." he said.
"1 know It's a little farther, but It's
begging you I am to be going back by
the trail."
The angel laughed merrily.
"Oh. stop your nonsense!" she cried.
"I'm not nfrald-not In the least!"
Freckles turned to Jack Imploringly.
"You tell her!" he pleaded. "Tell
her to go by the trail. She will for
you."
The Implication of this statement
was so gratifying to Black Jack that
be scorned again to expand and take
on Incrense before their very eyes.
"You bet!" exclaimed Jack. And to
the angel: "You better take Freckles'
word for It. miss. He knows the old
swamp better than any of us. except
me. nnd If he says go by the trail
you'd best do It."
The angel hesitated. One last glance
nt Freckles showed her the agony in
his eyes. She would follow the trail.
"All right." she said, giving Jack a
killing ghuire. "If yuu say so I'll go
back by the trail to please you. Good
by. everybody."
She lifted the bushes and started for
the entrance.
"Stop her!" growled Wessner. "Keep
her till we're loaded anyhow. Can't
you see thnt when this thing Is found
out there she'll be to ruin all of us.
If you let her go every man of us has
got to cut. and some of us will be
rnught sure."
Jack sprang forward. Freckles'
heart muffled tip In his throat. The
angel seemed to divine Jack's coming.
She wns humming a little song. She,
deliberately stopped aM betrnn pulling
the heads of the curlews grasses that
grew alj about her. When she straight
ened she took a step backward and
called: "H. Freckles, the Bird Wo
mnn wants that natural history pain
phlet returned. It beloncs to a set she
Is going to have bound."
Then the ungel shot a parting glance
at Jack, nud she was bewitrhlngly
lovely.
"You won't forget that ride and the
red tie." she half nsserted. half ques
tioned Jack lost his head entirely. Frec
kles wax Ills captive, but he wns the
angel's, soul and body. With head
held well up the angel walked slowly
way. nnd Jack wheeled on the men.
"Drop your staring aud saw wood!"
he shouted. "Don't you know any
thing ut nil about how to treat a
lady?"
The men muttered and threatened
among themselves, but they fell to
working with a vengeance.
Freckles sat down on one of bis
benches and waited. In their haste to
get the tree down and loaded so that
the teamsters could start with It and
leave them free to attack another
they had forgotten to reblnd him.
The nngel was on the trail and safe-
iy started.
Freckles wondered what she would
ay to the Bird Woman and how long
It would take them to pack and get
Btarted. He knew now that they
would understand and the angel
would try to get the boss there In
time to save his wager. She could
never do It, for the saw was over half
through and Jack and Wessner cut
ting Into the opposite side of the tree.
It looked as if they could get at least
that tree out before McLean could
come.
When It was down would they re
blnd him and leave him for Wessner
to wreak bis Insane vengeance on, or
would they take blm along to the
next tree and dispose of him when
they had stolen all the timber they
could? Jack bad said that be should
not be touched until be left. Surely
be would not run all that risk for one
tree when he hnd many others of far
greater value marked.
Once Jack came over to Freckles
and asked if he bad any water.
Freckles rose and showed him where
be .kept . his drinking water. Jack
drank In great gulps, and as be pass
ed the bucket back be said: "When a
man's got a chance of catching a fine
girl like that he ought not to be mix
ed up In any dirty business. I wish I
was out of this."
Freckles answered heartily, "I wish
I waa too."
Jack Btared at him a minute and
then broke Into a roar of rough laugh
ter.
"Blest if I blame you." he sold.
"But you bad your chance. We offer
ed you a fair thing, and you gave
Wessner his answer. I ain't envying
you when be gives you bis."
"You're six to one." answered Frec
kles. "It will be eusy enough for you
to be killing the body of me, but.
curse you all. you can't blackeu me
soul!"
"I'd give anything you could name
If I had your honesty," sold Jack.
When the mighty tree fell the Lim
berlost shivered nnd screamed with
the echo. Freckles groaned In despair,
but the gang took heart. That wns
so much iK-com pllshed. Now. If they
could get It out quickly they knew
where to dispose of It safely with no
questlous nsked. Before the day was
over they could remove three others
worth far more than this.
On the Hue. the angel gave one
backward glance at Black Jack to see
that he bud returned to his work.
Then she gathered her skirts above
her knees and leaped forward on the
run. In the first three yards she
passed Freckles' wheel. Instantly s!:c
imagined that was why he bnd Insist
ed on ber coming by the trail. She
seized It and sprang on. The saddle
was too high, but she was an expert
rider and could catch the pednls as
they came up. She stopped nt Dun
can's cabin long enough to get out the
wrench and lower the saddle, telling
Mrs. Duncan the while whnt was hap
pening and that she must follow the
east trail until she found the Bird
Woman to tell her she had gone for
McLean and to lenve the swamp as
quickly as possible.
The angel saw Mrs. Duncan started
and then flew.
Those awful miles of corduroy!
Would they never end? The bushes
claimed her hat and she did not stop
for It
At last she lifted her hend. Surely
It could not be more than a mile now.
She hnd covered two of corduroy and
at least three of pike, and it wns only
six In all. She was reeling In the
saddle, but she gripped the bars wltb
new energy and raced desperately.
The sun blistered down on her bare
bead and hands. Just when she was
choking with dust and almost pros
trate with hent and exhaustion crash,
she ran Into a broken bottle! Snnp!
went the tire. The wheel swerved
tnd pitched over. The tired angel
rolled into the thick yellow dust of
the road nnd Iny still.
From nfnr Duncnn began to notice
strange, dust covered object In the
road as ho headed for town with the
first lond of the day's felling. As he
nenred the angel be saw It wns a wo
rn un nnd a broken wheel. Many of
the farmers' daughters rode wheeis.
but this face wns n stranger's. He
glanced nt the angel's tumbled cloth
ing, the Mildness of her hair, with
Its pnle satin ribbon, nnd noticed that
sho had lost her bat. Ills lips tight
ened In nn ominous quiver. lie left
her and picked up the wheel. As he
had surmised, he knew It. This, then,
was Freckles Swomp Angel.
There wns trouble In the Limber
lost, and she had broken down in rnc-
leg for McLean. Duncan hurried to
the nearest farmhouse to send help to
tho angel. Then he put the bay to
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speed and raced ToPcamp.
The angel, left alone, lay still for a
second, then she shivered nnd opeued
ber eyes.
"Ob. poor Freckles!" she walled.
"They may be killing him by now.
Oh. how much time have I wasted?"
Sho hurried to the bay Duncnn had
uuharnessed. snatched a blacksnnke
whip that lay on the ground, caught
the hames stretched nloug the horse's
neck, and. for the tlrst time, the fine,
big fellow felt on bis back the quality
of the lash that Duncnn whs aeons
tomed to crack over him.
At the south camp they were load
ing a second wagon when the angel
thundered up on one of Duncan's
bnys, lathered and dripping, and cried:
"Everybody go to Freckles! There
are thieves stealing trees, nnd they
have him bound. They're going to kill
him!"
She wheeled the horse and beaded
f.r the Limberlost. The alarm sound
ed over camp. McLean sprang to Nel
lie's back and raced after the angel
As they passed Duncan be wheeled
and followed. Soon the pike was an
Irregular procession of barebacked
riders, wildly driving flying bones
toward the swamp.
(To Be Continued.)
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YV. A. Cole anil R. G. Clover of
Weeping Water were in the city
today, having brought the re
turns of I he primary election to
lite county esat. These gentle
men dined at Ihe Perkins and de
parted for t 0 j r homes this aft
ernoon.
Mrs. Ida Campbell was an Oma
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$1,500 for the 45-horsc power, still larger.
The above models arc made in two-passenger, four-passenger and
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FAREWELL DANCE
FOR AUL MORCAN
One of Most Pleasant Events
Every Qlven and Large Attend
ance of Youth and Beauty.
From Saturday's Dally.
The F. M. 11. ball given at
Coates' hall last evening as a
farewell to Mr. Paul Morgan, who
will depart for California in the
near future, was a great success,
both socially and financially.
A large crowd of congenial
young people were in attendance
and the M. V. A. orchestra fur
nished the music, which was up
to the usual high standard of this
popular orchestra. The hall was
tastefully and beautifully decor
ated. Mr. Grovenor Dovey and
Miss llealrice llassc led tho grand
march, but owing to the fact of
having just returned from the
hoxpilal, Mr. Dovey did not par
ticipate further in the dance, ex
cept as one of the social features
of the occasion.
During the evening punch was
served by Miss Nora Ilosencrans
and Miss Marion Mauzy. The out-of-town
guests were: Misses
Beatrice Basse of Omaha, Helen
Waugh of Lincoln, Fern McBride
of Omaha, Ray Frans and Der
wood Lynd of Union.
For Sale.
Dry Land Geese Kggs, $1.50 per
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Good pasture for about 30 head
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Some good first-class prairie
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Charles Freese and wife and
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