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Show ruto BEAVER CITY the line. Vet we don't fight, llf commission expires soon.' Ill be dis You can charged in three nwmtha. I'm glad xr;u)ore:feitsons, inai xl ' - ' , - ";" I've mentioned," was evidently laboring un, Thome der strong, suppressed excitement. Ills face showed pale under the tan, and his eyes gleamed w ith a-- dark .fire. He had seated himself at a .table near one of the doorlike windows leading Into the street, and every little while he would glance sharply out, Alao he ' kept consulting his watch. These details gradually grew upon Gale as Thorne talked, ; "George, It strikes Die that you're upset," said Dick, presently., ,; "I seem d to remember you as fellow whom nothing coald disturb. Has the army changed you?" Thorne laughed. It was a laugh with a strange, high note. It was reckless it hinted of exaltatlom He peered out one window, ttejr another. His actions were rapid. . Returning to the table, he put his hands upon It and leaned over to look clowdy Into Gale's face. " I'm aw ay from camp without leave," he said. isn't that a serious offense? asked Dick. "Serious? For me. If I'm discot- ered, it means ruin. There are rebels Ing . -- - M. bronzed faces and the tall, slender, loosely eves, piercing the quiet, easy, reckJointed bodies, "GOLD I" of Of ! less air that seemed to be a part would plainly riien-th- ese things the 8TNOP8IS.-Seh- ta sold In the withdeacrt. "Cameron," eoliUry proshave stamped them as cowboys colthe partnership with sombreros, buckled pector, forme out the d an unknown man whom he later ored scarfs the learna la Jonae Warren, lather of with great boots a girl whom Cameron wronsed. Brothers. Copyright by Harper but later married, back In Illinois. spurs. restau- appeaee Cameron'! explanation He satisfied his hunger in a Warren, and the two proceed tothe In rant adjoluing, ond as he steppeu After many hardihlps little water left Into Warren s can- woman's face. "It was there gether. white moonlit shadows; It drifted In back luto the sauwm a man wearingteen! lie threw his own away. they are reduced to the limit of phyalcal endurance. In a dytni Soon afterward Warren discovered the darkness beyond; It softened, n military caue Jostled him. Apolocondition they eeek refuge In awas changed to that of a young girl, sweet, gies from both were instant. Gale the loss. care, once occupied by a prehle"Where's your canteen T he asked. with the same dark, haunting eyes of moving on. when tne omer toric people of the Boutbweet. for"The heat was getting my water, her mother. Cameron prayed to that short as if startled, and, leaning nameless thing within him, the spirit ward, exclaimed: so I drank what was left." of something deep and mystical as If this isn't great! Ill Continued. Dick Gale? "My son!" said Warren. The day opened, for them In a red life. He prayed for mercy to a wo- Don't you know me?" "I've" heard your voice somewhere," Cameron stole off among the rocks. nd green "hell of rock and cactus. manfor happiness to her child. Both himself or Like a flame the sun scorched and mother and daughter were close to replied Gale. How long he absented "Maybe I'll recognize Warren" went him then. Time and distance were yon if you came out from under that what he did be had no idea. When peeled their faces. He had faith he saw bonnet." he returned Warren was sitting before blind from the glare, and Cameron annihilated. he The fateful threads apmore the future. once into and Warren At to last had lead him. the campflre, For answer the man, suddenly maniwoven peared composed. lie spoke, and his plunged down, exhausted, In the shade of the past, so Inextricably festing thought of himself, hurriedly with his error, wound out their tragic drew Gale luto the restaurant, where olce had a deeper note; but otherof a ledge. Cameron rested and waited, hope length here in this forlorn desert. wise he seemed as usual he thrust back his hnt to disclose a box a tin took then little Cameron faced and with burros not, weary eyes gaxlng less, handsome, sunburned face. They packed the down from their height where he sat. from his pocket, and, opening , rethe north together. "George Thome! So help me" ' You needn't yell," interCameron experienced a singular ex- Movement on the part of Warren at- moved a folded certificate. He had He had lightened his com- tracted Evidently the kept a pen, and now he wrote some- rupted the other, as he met Gale's altation. rade's burden. Wonderfully It came old prosjiector had recovered his sight thing upon the paper, und In lieu of outstretched hand. There was a close, to him that he had also lightened his and some of his strength. For he hud Ink he wrote with blood. The moon hard, straining grip, "I must not be own. From that hour It was not torarisen, and now began to walk along afforded him enough i light to see; and recognized here. There are reasons. the arroyo bed with his forked peach having replaced the paper, he laid the I ll explain in a minute. Say, .but. it's ment to think of Kelt. branch held before him. He had clung little box upon n shelf, of rock. 1: tine to see yim'! Five" year?, nii'fcr five' when the to that precious hit of wood. Warren, would remain there unaffected by years since I saw you run down I There came a morning " long the "and field and spread-eagl- e red through a however; stepped In a deep pit, and. dust, moisture, heat. time. How then-cleasun shone" angry his canteen In half, began to had those painted images been team." Wisconsin whole cutting football haze. dull, smoky and sharp on the dry stone aid use one side of It as a' scoop. He Don't recollect that, replied Dick, "We're In for sandstorm," scooped out a wide hollow, so wide walls? Years would puss. Cameron laughing. "George, I'll bet you I'm Cameron. Cameron was certain he had gone seemed to see them, too; and likewise gladder to see you than you are to They had scarcely covered a mile that child down Into this see me. It seems so when a desert-wide- , long. You went moaning, yellow crany. Cameron gently urged him to destiny leading a find Into the army, didn't you?" wall of flying snnd swooped down stop, and then forcibly tried to mnke forlorn waste, where she would Hut these efforts were futile. love and fortune, and the grave of her "I did. I'm here now with the upon them. Seeking shelter In the lee him. Warren worked with slow, ceaseless, father. heads tbeir covered Ninth cavalry. But never mind me. of a rock, they ' Cameron covered the dark, still and patiently waited. The long hours methodical movement. He tolled for What're you doing way down here?" his comrade from the light of the seemed what hours. In Cameron, Increased storm seeing the "On the square, George, I don't dragged, and Cameron and Warren wet the darkening, dampening sand, real- waning moon. know any more why I'm here than fury. That action was the severing of his than scarfs with water from their canteens, ized a wonderful possibility of water, you know." ou realities. hold he Into the oit with and the They fell away plunged and bound them rouna their faces, "Well, that bents me!" ejaculated and then covered their heads. The other half of the canteen. Then both from him In final separation. Vaguely, Thome, sitting back in his chair, he seemed to behold his amaze and concern in bis steady, hollow bellow of flying snnd men tolled, round and round the wide dreamily expression. went on. It flew so thickly that enough hole, down deeper and deeper. The soul. Night merged Into gray day "What the devil's wrong? Your old sifted down under the shelving rock to sand grew moist, then wet. At the and night came again, weird and ditrk. man's got too much money for you the vast void of the ever to be up against it. Dick, you weight the blankets and almost bury bottom of the deep pit the snnd coars- Then up out of ened, gave place to gravel. Finally desert, from the silence and the men. They were frequently comcouldn't have gone to the bad?" of trooped his phantoms A tide of emotion surged over Gale. pelled to shake off the sand to keep water welled In, a stronger volume Majestically they formed How good It was to meet a friend from being borne to the ground. And than Cameron ever remembered find peace. around him marshaling and muster- someone to whom to It was necessary to keep digging out ing on the desert. talk ! Me bad The finding of water revived Cam ing In ceremonious state, and moved never the packs. They lost the count of time. his until loneliness appreciated They dared not sleep, for that would eron's flagging hopes. But they were to lay upon him their passionless that moment. short-liveWarren had spent him serenity. have meant being burled alive. "George, how I ever drifted down The storm finally blew Itself out. It self utterly. here I don't know. I didn't exactly CHAPTER I Tm done. Don't linger," he whis left the prospectors heavy and stupid But quarrel with the governor. for want of sleep. Their burros had pered. "My son, go go!" n It, Dad hurt me shamed me. Old Friends. Then he fell. Cameron dragged him wandered away, or had been burled and I out for the West. It was Richard Gale reflected that his so- this dug In the sand. Far as eye could reach out of the sand pit to a sheltered way. After leaving college I tried the desert bad marvelonsly changed; place under the ledge. While sitting journ In the West had been what his to please him by tackling one father had predicted-Idl- ing lifter another that he set me tothing It was now a rippling sea of sand beside the falling man Cameron dis- disgusted do. covered here on and dreaming there, with On the rose to the the wall. Images painted the north dunes. Away I had no head for square, In no the desert he had found these objective point or purpose. peak that was their only guiding Often business. 1 made a mess of every It was reflection such as this, only mark. They headed toward It, carry- evidences of. a prehistoric people. thing. The governor got sore. When ing a shovel and part of their packs. Then, from long habit, be picked up a more mm ions and perhaps somew hat I milt when I told him straight out At noon the peak vanished In the piece of rock and examined It. Its desperate, that had brought Gale down that I was going west to fare for my shimmering glare of the desert. The weight made him closely scrutinize It. to the border. For some time the self, wny, it wounin t nave been so prospectors pushed on, guided by the The color was a peculiar black. He nevspaiers had been printing news tough if he hadn't laughed at me. He sun. In. every wash they tried for scraped, through the black rust, to of the Mexican revolution, guerrilla said I couldn't earn a dollar that I'd water. With the forked peach branch find a piece of gold. Around him lay warfare, United States cavalry pa- starve out west, and couldn't get back scattered hedps of black pebbles and trolling the International line, Ameri- home unless I In his hands Warren always succeed sent to him for monev ed In locating water. They dug, but bits of black, weathered rock and can cowboys fighting with the rebels, lie snld lie dldn t believe I could and wild stories of bold raiders and It lay too deep. At length, spent and could really make a fight for ngnt bundlts. Regarding these rumors dale sore, they fell and slept through that under the sun Oh he -- he anything was But as opportunity, skeptical. night and part of the next day. Theu shot It Into me all right." and adventure, too, had apparently they succeeded In getting water, and Dick dropped his head upon his given him a wide berth In Montana, quenched their thirst, and filled the hands, somewhat nshnmed of the Wyoming, Colorado, he had struck canteens, and cooked a meal. dimness In his eyes. southwest for the Arizona border, smarting !" The burning day found (hem In an "h Ight cried Thorne, hotly where he hoped to see some stirring lutermlnahly wide plain, where there Whats him? Didn't they call ailing life, was no shelter from the fierce sun. you Biff Gale In college? Dick, you Mountain peaks loomed on all sides, It was after dark one evening In one of the best men Stagg ever some pear, others distant; and one, early October when Richard arrived developed. a blue spur, spllttlug the glaring sky in Caslta. There was a Jostling, Jab"The governor didn't count foot far to the north, Cameron thought he bering, sombreroed crowd of Mexicans said Dick. "He didn't mean that around the railroad station. He felt ball, recognized as a landmark. The ascent n fictit. When I left home kind of In It was heartbreak Ing, not as If he were In a foreign country. i ia, ,t.ti, t i. i After a while he saw several men of u"u i nun i jiitu an idea wnat was league steepness, hut la Its league-aof me. 1 But. wrong George. think rise. monotonous Cameron knew his nationality, one of whom he long I know now. I was a rich mini's so- nthere was only one hope to make the to carry his luggage to a hotel. absolutely lirno. water hold out and never stop to rest Of the many people encountered by spoiled, dependent, rant or tin-- value of monev. haven't Warren began to wenken. Often he Gale most were Mexicans. His guide yet discovered In had to halt. explained that the smaller half of me. I seem toanybe earning canncltv tumble to do uUV Cameron measured the water In his Caslta lay In Arl.oDa, the other hnlf nun my .nanus.. mini; ...I.,. That's the canteen by Its weight. In Mexico, and of several thousand Evaporation But I'm at the end of my trouble. by heat consumed as much as he Inhabitarts the majority belonged on drank. During one of the rests, when the southern side of the street, which inner now. .nd I m going to ptmel cattle or be n miner, or do some n he b$d wetted his parched mouth and was tne oounuury line. He also stunt like Joining the "rebels." to found be wild ibat nbels bad entered the town throat, poor opportunity li l I... I .: nun. it .4. a little water from his canteen into iiitmgnt yMI sprln-.- ' tlia that oay, causing a good deal of ex one on me." declared Thorn. last Warren's. citement. At first Cameron had curbed his ;j;oik ins nenu. "Well, you (us uiiie was almost at the end of his forget It Say. old boy, there's som, restless activity to accommodate the nnaiUinl resounvs, which fact oeca linn uom;; in pace of his elder comrade. But now -- Warren I Look! See it! The L'nitci Feel it! sinned him to turn away from a pre- Mates in generaljiexico. he felt that he was losing something doesn't real!.. It. tentious hotel and ask bin guide for rtnt Gold!" .1... (wen.... of his Instinctive and passionate seal u, i.. uini It. line mere are cnuy a ch'mpfr lodging house. When this revolutionists. to get out of the desert. The thought pieces of broken ledge, and li.p;iil was s..l.ii,.S. guer- a fmid. of the sight In they liningcr rlllu ..li,l.i.o ...i.i.... o. i. of water came to occupy his mind. He showed gold. mini ix, ioir,i'rs. the olUce. and also a desire for comoutlaws began to Imagine that his last little "Warren ! Look ! See It ! Feel It ! fort, persuaded Oule to change hla bandits galore, starving potms bv tbe .i thousand. Kirls iui.1 women In terror ii store of water .did not appreciably dl Cold traveling clonics tor rough outing Mexico Is like Uintah. He knew he was not quite some of her v.ielin.,es-aHut Warren was too blind to see. car i) ano hoots. dj' t . a. at tire it upt 'C3o right In his mind regarding water i ,n t he wh!siered. go!" wen, i in inmost tiroke. he aolllo- - nml'O fln it...t ...i and hell! nevertheless, he felt this to be more "r ""nil niiNiuKo or Joining the Cameron gased down the gray piir.ed, thoughtfully. "The governor rebel force of fact than fancy, and he began to reaches of thut forlorn " .vm didn't starve or w valley, and sit in i ouiun i miiKe any money. He's shot in ambush, or die of n,i,..., ponder. something within him thnt whs ne- right so fur. And he snld' I'd be get When next they rested he pretended ither siime Grmser would v , Intelligence nor emotion some- eounng noine neaien. There he'a back for vour belt knife to be In a kind of stupor; but he cov buckle or thing Inscrutably strange Impelled wrong. I've got n luuirh thnt some are H good many Aineri, :r s ertly watched Warren. The man ap him to promise. thing II l.appen to me li, thl Grouser with rebels eastward townrd '..., tie peared far K"te. yet he had running, Then Cameron built up stone iimnu-ment- town. I'rletii and Juan.. Oror.co lie cautiously took up Cameron's can to mark his gold strike. Thnt jje rni oui inio me wide, white- ing In Chihuahua, and teen and pound water Into It from done, he tarried beside the uncon- washed, cicsk . i, ,s corridor, am) some bleu of warfare. It,n his own. "., scious Warren. Moments pussed ,,K rroni .Mt into on Immense room uora. a mouiitiiiin.iis This troubled Cameron. He reflect grew Into hours. Cameron still bad n,,, DUt Tor wnieti, pool fnbles, h:ir (lni! of the slave , ed, and concluded that he hail been strength left to make on effort to get y.,,,,,, TbeiV, benches, would have been like t unwise not to expect this very thing ont of the desert. Hut that same Inunorganized revolt everywhere Y,.r.. siiinlnl r.xitwl piitrollin- - the Then, as his comrade dropped Into scrutable something which had orboundary line Mexicans In white rubbed shoulder vYYr, weary rest, he lifted both canteens dered his strange. Involuntary ii.ii.wiix H Klilllll HUT. J riMlbl 11I von wnn uex. cans' mantled In promise n lmi If there were any water In Warren s, to Warren held him beside his fallen ! n .1 iliMnncr.s when-shoulmere were red. It was only very little. have pursued raiders .iv:,lr) Ii..th men hnr comrade. As the long hours wore on conrse-vlsage"n the -Americans, some nm wen 'enduring the terrible desert he felt creep over him the omer sine or the line. . . i... e uoii'l comfort kn mom rvuimi .1.. me nine (1.1 It Vim ..III...... tilles, other ... thirst, concealing It, each giving hi .i.i mii-r- i are n ing sense that be need not forever drinking. There were khaki . cU.j water to the other, and the sacrifice fight torse unys ! f courui sleep. Absolute alienee claimed airymen strutting In un out. ' hsd been nselesa. alcniftcn. uonbl Mrl. , the desert.. It was mute. Then that , At one end of the room, somewhat or instead to the inscrutable ministering something brwthed to apart from the general melee. wnj) n Ststea cavalry golns Into MeM, lor. rltory. There would slnd.v be parched throats of one or both, the him, telling him whenlie was alone. group ..: six men round a hule ' nt, own water had evaporated, When Cam He need not have looked at the colonel , ,1,,, ,or m dark, i.ur vi w ins were sealed, the other My Biade aure of this, be took one Were .nore. Ifg uu till face beside him. two standing. These lu.t two drew hejoh. (ran drink, the last,, and hlng on a powder Another face haunted Oame roe's a poured the (inure rron, ;M !. Hie :wp the rebels and n.RBn,Une. raiders from cr . By ZANE GREY ..i.om.c.ntnivd Author The Riders of tlie Purple Sage Wildfire, Etc. high-heele- high-toppe- silver-rowele- d . Are yon dr tid tn"t helped thouttndiL An I k, and thffa A; - - - an sore. Th7l.it!flii juumJuT?5! swetlons ariJTf frequently WsWt ... . ... , hoot-The- re s N 1 high-celle- , ,,. d-- -rt M .. me and before complaint" TT , A,,!-.- ,. InSTn.llll nmu , u 'l - W, KRL' r BETTEi! DEAD p U a burden when & racked with pain, Eft worries and therlctfcaV despondent and downheaih bring tack tte whshfe COLDia.'! kV? BBkeM. ETf I The Nations! Remedy of HooW' 200 years; It is tn enemy oj J ij tutting from kidney, Href tall troubles. All druggist ft,. fa Leek far the Bine CoU end tec m J Bilious Atlari Are Usually Due ft Coiutipeticm When you are 'eawtljife not enough ef Sttei "Serious? the I to soft food t waste Doctors sracr. Nejol because It acts this natural lubrkutK. moring. Any moment we might have trouble. I ought to be ready for duty within call. If I'm discovered It means arrest. That means delay the failure of my plans ruin." t thus reblaees It lnbrkut- -i ilautirt - ti saedidat Thorne bent over closer with his dark eyes searehingly bright. "What would yon say, Dick Gale, If I told you that you're the one man I'd rather have come along than any other at this crisis of my life?" The earnest gaze, the passionate voice with its deep tremor drew Dick upright, thrilling njid eager, conscious of strange, unfamiliar Impetuosity. I should say I was glad to be the fellow,"' replied Dick.. Their hands locked for the moment. and they sat down again with heads close over the table. "listen." begun Thorne, In low. swift whisper, "a few days, a week ago it seems like a year! I was of some assistance to refugees fleeing from .Mexico Into the Stntes. They were nil women, and one of them was dressed as a nun. Quite by accident I saw her face. It was that of a beautiful girl. I observed she. kept aloof from the others. I suspected a disguise, and, when opportunity af' forded, jrpnke to her, offered my serr li es. She replied to my poor efforts at Spanish In fluent English. She had neii in terror irom nei borne, some place down In Sinaloa. Rebels are nine mere. i kt rather was captured and held for ransom. When the ransom was paid tbe rebels killed him. The leader of these rebel was a bandit named Rojas. Rojns saw the daughter, made off with her. But she contrived to bribe her guards, and escaped almost Immediately before .a'i.v harm befell her. She hid .among friends. Itojiis nearly tore down tit town In his efforts to find her. Then she disguised herself and traveled by horseback, ntnge nnd ttn'n to Caslta. "She bad n. friends here, no money Mie mo-Knjns wns trailing her. This talk I bad with her ws at the roll mad station, where oil was bustle and confusion. No one noticed W, so I thought I advised her to remove the disguise of nun before she left . , the waiting-room- . Am) j h(tr tn guide her But he fetched her to this llDIJvf. I bad tiromUet! in 'I evening to talk over the situation f eaaaot Try ttbt--. ALUBRicAWT-MJTAtA- -- , "Tl-ne- ULAlil cJSssratt- - IK K Mer-Tde- s vnlaiecuawaima. tMtateun.VOae-'- ' iiniWimhirkrtiT Style R.-- OM mdMVic rWr them, to thow who stria Let. Gotten I D:.' Your Beauty 25e. Obtmei tg-15f- c.tte Dl RATS STEARIC PAS ELECTRIC II W km It s kflle mice. ""JT ?. to -- w Two Irishmen who obs W. street In the et I met a ma sworn " bedad, I'd have Bald one, $ -And wasn't - Divll a blt."reped he was your very imM, trifle grey. was haren't a twin hrotbef older than yourself ... r Ilk. 1 lutdruicCutuiib The Cuttur Ubontw with her. "I r.'iind her and when I v' h.r M el) I Ktnrk Slnrtnn "M'r her Mie Is the most benutlfiit .mderfui gin i over mw. Her name s r lubricating Genie! dneed in the bewd For Me, If I'm Discovered. It Means Ruin" In town. ,. ,, Cnstiinedn. and she Ikj. b'tlgs t 0r 0.,. .,.,, ..t,, 1.1. ' " I.... 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