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- " > 13 SYNOPSIS. Jack Keith , a Virginian , now a bor der plainsman , is riding- along : the Santa Fe trail on the lookout for roaming war parties of savages. He notices a camp lire at a distance and then sees a team attached to a wagon and at full gallop pursued by men on ponies. When Keith reaches the wagon the raiders have mass acred two men and departed. He searches the victims finding papers and a locket with a woman's portrait. He resolves to hunt down the murderers. Keith Is ar rested at Carson City , charged with the murder , his accuser being a ruffian named Black Bart. He goes to jail fully realiz ing the peril of swift border justice. A companion In his cell is a negro , who tells him he is Neb and that he knew the Keith family back In Virginia. Neb says one of the murdered men was John Sibley , the other Gen. Willis Waite. for merly an officer in the Confederate army. The plainsman and Neb escape from the cell , and later the two fugitives become lost In the sand desert. They come upon a cabin and find its lone occupant to be a young girl , whom Keith recognizes as a singer he saw at Carson City. The girl explains that she came there In search of a Brother who had deserted from the army. A. Mr. Hawley Induced her to come to the cabin while he sought to lo cate her brother. Hawley appears , and Keith in hiding recognizes him as Black Bart. Hawley tries to make love to the girl. There is a terrific battle In the darkened room in which Keith overcomes Black Bart. Horses are appropriated , and the girl who says that her name is Hope , joins In the escape. Keith explains his situation and the fugitives make for Fort Lamed , where the girl is left with the hotel landlady. CHAPTER XV. Again Christie Maclaire. Keith possessed sufficient means for several months of idleness , and even if he had not , his reputation as a t plains scout would insure him employ ment at any of the more important scattered army posts. Reliable men for such service were in demand. The restlessness of th'e various Indian tribes , made specially manifest by raids on the more advanced settle ments , and extending over a constant ly widening territory , required contin uous interchange of communication between commanders of detachments. Bold and reckless spirits had flocked to the frontier in those days follow ing the Civil War , yet all were not of the type to encourage confidence in military authorities. Keith had al ready frequently served in this ca pacity , and abundantly proved his worth under rigorous demands of both endurance and intelligence , and he could feel assured of permanent em ployment whenever desired. Not a few of the more prominent officers he had met personally during the late war including Sheridan , to whom he had once borne a flag of truce yet the spirit of the Confederacy still lin gered in his heart ; not In any feeling of either hatred or revenge , but in an unwillingness to serve the blue uni form , and a memory of antagonism which would not entirely disappear. He had surrendered at Appomattox , conquered , yet he could not quite ad just himself to becoming companion- in-arms with those against whom he had fought valiantly for four years. Some of the wounds of that conflict still smarted. A natural soldier , anx ious to help the harassed settlers , eager enough to be actively employed * he still held aloof from army connec tions except as a volunteer in case of emergency. Just now other considerations caused him to desire freedom. He had been accused of murder , impris oned for it , and in order to escape. Xiad been compelled to steal horses , ihe most heinous crime of the fron tier. Not only for his own protec tion and safety must the truth of that occurrence at the Cimmaron Crossing be made clear , but he also had now a personal affair with "Black Bart" Haw ley to be permanently settled. They had already clashed twice , and Keith intended they should meet again. Memory of the girl was still'in his mind as he and Neb rode silently forth on the black prairie , leading the extra horse behind him. He endeav ored to drive the recollection from his mind , so he might concentrate it upon i plans for the future , but somehow she I mysteriously wove her own personal- ! ty into those plans , and he was ever seeing the pleading in her eyes , and 1 listening to the soft Southern accent of her voice. Of late years he had c been unaccustomed to association s with women of high type , and there was that touch of the gentlewoman t : about this girl which had awakened deep interest. Of course he knew that i in her case it was merely an Inheritance - t ; tance of her past , and could not truly p represent the present Christie MaI I ; claire of the music halls. However h fascinating she might be , she could d not be worthy any serious considera- lion. In spite of his rough life the ii social spirit of the old South was implanted - t planted in his blood , and no woman of c : that class could hold him captive. Yei , s ; some way. she refused to be banished n or left behind. Even Neb must have a : been obsessed by a similar spirit , for h he suddenly observed : s "Dat am sutt'nly a mighty fine gal. b Massa Jack. I ain't seen nothin * to o compare wid her since I quit ol" Virginia - b ginia "deed 1 ain't" i ! Keith glanced back at his'black c fiatellite , barely able to distinguish si the fellow's dim outlines. t ! "You think her a lady , then ? " he j r.f'l giving thoughtless utter- ] . LE OF THE PLAINS AUTHOR Or'MY LADY OF THE SOUTH ; N\y \ WHEN WILDERNESS WAS Kinof ETC.ETC . * ll" ILLOSTRATIOMS By ( Copyright , A. C. McClurg & Co. . 191O > Across Its Face Was Plainly Written. "Miss Christie Maclaire. " ance to his own imagination. "Deed I does ! " the thick voice somewhat indignant. "I reck'n I knows de real quality when I sees i . I'se 'sociated wid quality white folks befo' . " "But , Neb , she's a singer in dance halls. " "I don't believe it , Massa Jack. " "Well. I wouldn't if I could help it. She don't seem like that kind , but I recognized her as soon as I got her face in the light She was at the Gaiety in Independence , the last time 1 was there. Hawley knew her too , and called her by name. " Neb rubbed his eyes , and slapped his pony's flank , unable to answer , yet still unconvinced. "I reck'n both ob yer might be mis took , " he insisted doggedly. "Not likely , " and Keith's brief laugh was not altogether devoid of bitter ness. "We both called her Christie Maclaire , and she didn't even deny the name ; she was evidently not proud of it , but there was no denial that she was the girl. " "Dat wasn't like no name dat you called her when we was ridinV "No ; she didn't approve of the oth er , and told me to call her Hope , but 1 reckon she's Christie Maclaire all right. " They rode on through the black , si lent night as rapidly as their tired horses would consent to travel. Keith led directly across the open prairie , guiding his course by the stars , and purposely avoiding the trails , where some suspicious eye might mark their passage. His first object was to get safely away from the scattered settle ments lying east of Carson City. Be yond their radius he could safely dis pose of the horses they rode , disap pear from view , and find time to de velop future plans. As to the girl well , he would keep his word with her , of course , and see her again ; ometime. There wocld be no diffi culty about that , but otherwise she should retain no influence over him. She belonged rather to Hawley's class ban his. It was a lonely , tiresome ride , dur- ng which Nefc made various efforts o talk , but finding his white com- > anlon uncommunicative , at last re- apsed Into rather sullen silence. The lorses plodded on steadily , and when laylight finally dawned , the two men ound themselves in a depression lead- ng down to the Smoky River. Here hey came to a water hole , where they ould safely hide themselves and their tock. With both Indians and white uen to he guarded against , they took :11 the necessary precautions , picket- ng the horses closely under the rock hadows. and not venturing upon milding any fire. Neb threw himself n the turf and was instantly asleep , iut Keith climbed the steep side of he gully , and "made searching survey f the horizon. The wide arc to the outh. east and west revealed nothing o his searching eyes , except the dull irown of the slightly rolling plains , nth no life apparent save some dis tant grazing antelope , but to the north extended more broken country with a faint glimmer of water between the hills. Satisfied they were unobserved , he slid back again into the depression. As he turned to lie down he took hold of the saddle belonging to Hawley's horse. In the unbuckled holster his eye observed the glimmer of a bit of white paper. He drew it forth , and gazed at it unthinkingly. It was an envelope , robbed of its contents , evi dently not sent through the mails , as it had not been stamped , but across its face was plainly written , "Miss Christie Maclaire. " He stared at it , his lips firm set , his gray eyes dark ening. If he possessed any doubts before as to her identity , they were all thoroughly dissipated now. As he lay there , with head pillowed on the saddle , his body aching from fatigue yet totally unable to sleep , staring open-eyed into the blue of the sky , the girl they had left behind awoke from uneasy slumber , aroused by the entrance of Mrs. Murphy. For an instant she failed to comprehend her position , but the strong brogue of the energetic landlady broke in sharply : "A bit av a cup av coffee fer ye , honey , " she explained , crossing to the bed. "Shure an' there's nuthin' loike it when ye first wake up. Howly Mither , but it's toird 'nough ye do be lookin' yet. " "I haven't slept very well , " the girl confessed , bringing her hand out from beneath the coverlet , the locket still tightly clasped in her finger. "See , I found this on the floor last night after you had gone down stairs. " "Ye did ! " setting the coffee on a convenient chair , and reaching out for the trinket. "Let's have a look at it once. Angels av Hiven , if it isn't the same the ol' Gineral was showin' me in the parly. " The other sat up suddenly , her white shoulders and rounded throat gleaming. "The old General , you said ? What General ? When was he here ? " "Shure now , be aisy , honey , an' Oi'll tell ye all there is to it. It's not his name Oi know ; maybe OI niver heard till av it. but 'twas the 'Gineral' they called him. all right He was here maybe three days outfittin1 a noice spoken ol * gintleinin , wid a gray beard , an * onc't he showed me the locket be the powers , if it do be his , there's an openin * to it , an' a picter inside. " The girl touched the spring , reveal ing the face within , but her eyes were blinded with tears. TLe landlady look ed at her In alarm. "What is it , honey- What is it ? Did you know him ? " The slender form swayed forward , shaken with sobs. "He was my father , and and this is my mother's picture which he always carried. " "Then what is your name ? " "Hope Waite. " Kate Murphy looked at the face half hidden in the bed-clothes. That was not the name which Keith had given her , but she had lived on the border too long to be inquisitive. The other lifted her head , flinging back her loosened hair with one hand. "Mr. Keith dropped it , " she exclaim ed. Where do you suppose he got it ? " Then she gave a quick , startled cry , her eyes opening wide in horror. "The Cimmaron Crossing , the murder at the Cimmaron Crossing ! He he told me about that ; but he never showed me this this" Do you do you think " Her voice failed , but Kate Murphy gathered her into her arms. "Cry here , honey , " she said , as If tea a child. "Shure an' Oi'm tellin' ye it niver was Jack Keith what did it murther ain't his stoyle. " CHAPTER XVI. Introducing Doctor Fairbain. Headed as they were , and having no other special objective point In view , it was only natural for the two fugitives to drift into Sheridan. This was at that time the human cesspool of the plains country , a seething , boiling maelstrom of all that was rough , evil , and brazen along the entire frontier. Customar ily quiet enough during the hours of daylight , the town became a mad saturnalia with the approach of dark ness , its ceaseless orgies being noisily continued until dawn. But at this period all track work on the Kansas Pacific being temporarily suspended by Indian outbreaks , the graders made both night and day alike hideous , and the single dirty street which com posed Sheridan , lined with shacks , crowded with saloons , the dull dead prairie stretching away on every side to the horizon , was congested with humanity during every hour of the twenty-four. ( TO BE CONTINUED. ) Strict School Rules. John Wesley held that school chil dren should do without holidays alto gether. When he opened Kingswood school in 1748 he announced that "the children of tender parents , so called , have no business here , for the rules will not be broken in favor of any person whatsoever. Nor is any child received unless his parents agree that ' he shall observe all the rules of the ' house ; and that they will not take him from school , no , not for a day , till they take him for good and all. " Further , no play days were permit ted and time allowed for , no was ever s1 play , on the ground that he who plays s1ci s1n when he is a child will play when ci he becomes a man. Every Friday the children had to work till three in the afternoon without breaking iheir fast Sacred Mount of Ararat People of Vicinity for Many Years Considered Its Heights Impos sible to Scale. "Ararat is not a mountain that is climbed every day , or even every year , " says a writer. "Seventeen as cents have been recorded. When James Bryce , unaccompanied , made his remarkable ascent in 1876 he was told by every one whom he met in the vicinity of the mountain that the top had never been reached , and. what was more , it never could be. Jinns and fiends and giants had pre vented the rascally Kurds from even attempting to scale the terrible moun tain , and since the ark grounded there mortal man had not been allowed to trespass on the sacred heights , he was informed "Had not St. Hagop tried again and again to reach the summit in order to silence the skeptics about the ark , but found himself each mornipon wak ing quietly deposited at the base , whence he started ? Finally an angel presented him with a piece of the ark for his pains , but told him to cease his attempts to reach the forbidden ground. "That was in the fourth century of our era , but the piece rf the ark Is still to be seen at the monastery of the Echmiedzin , where dwell * ? the catholicos of the Armenian church. 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