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Show t TEE PAGE SIX. Tuesday; December 31, 1907. JOURNAL, LOGAN, UTAH TIU-WEEXL- Y asked or three were idle onlookers. But Well, Im go in" the majority were following with Lounsbury. over there to look in. How do excited interest every . turn of w? know he hasnt given ns the the cards. Wretches being plucked of slip some way! "Lets be eareful, said the their good six' months, pay, A proper amount whispered Frfser. Lieutenant. Looks like theyre in for all of caution isnt cowardice. If youre seen the whole packll set night, Lounsbury returned. bn you. But' the officer was pinching Shi See there! I will be careful, but Im go- him.. . half A drunken .. trooper was ing to Thats all very nice, ohly you interrupting the game. He had must consider the stripe1 of man reeled forward to the- table and seemed to be addressing himself youre dealing with I can roll a gun, Fraser. toMatthews, who, as be. answerBut, Jupiter I This chap isnt ed, glanced. up indifferently. The going to fight you in the opta trooper continued, emphasizing Hell use 'Indian tactics-f- act is, his words by raising a clinched fist and striking the board a he was raised among em. What s that ? V asked Loh.tj.s-bury- . blow. The-chipiles toppled. He Raised among em, I said turned to those about, gesticulatwith the Sioux. ing. A few surrounded him, evi? the Speaks tongue, thru dently bent" on leading him toFor some reason the storekeeper ward the door.. Others appeared seemed strangely agitace 1. to be continuing the dispute with But as the disturber Matthews. Why yes. At that - Lounsbury was - off, was pushed out they gradually making straight for the entrance subsided. of the buildin g they had been 21 1ve got'an jdea', announced the storekeeper. And he disapwatching. Fraser went tearing after and peared , around a corner. not far from the door managed When he returned he was leadto stop him. ing the trooper and talking low For heavens sake,, he gasp- to him. Ail three retired to the shadow of the wall. ed, whats struck you! said Phraser, Lounsbury, Here there was a colloquy. First Lounsbury held forth," next the-coldid you hear that the trooper, protestingly. When wanted an .interpreter! the lieutenant broke in two Why why great Scott I The phrases were frequently repeatExactly great Scott! to the guardhouse ed and storekeeper set off again; will. wont if you Hold on! Fraser caught At last the three went back to his arm. Your schemes all right, but youjcantimpress the the window. Remember,, cautioned the man.. Hes got to go of his we dont want all storekeeper, accord. these shebangs stirred np. Hm! Thats so. Neednt worry, said Fraser. What do you suppose hell say if you rush in there and ask him Just listen to that rumpus to please go away cn this long down the street.' The disjointed music of a trip and leave your friends seaccordion was rending renely in possession of the land! wheezy the With sounded the it night. I wouldnt say 'please but of feet. youre right. Let sake a look regular stamp Now the trooper rounded the s,; through, that, window. corner. A moment and through Fraser assented. ShAildei to the window Lounsbury and the. shoulder they tiptoed forward officer saw him enter the door. and keeping out of th. shaft of He slipped down to a seat belight, viewed within; It was a busy one and well side old Michael. There he stayWhenever1 a bore out .the, inviting legend of ed for awhile. brother looked his way trooper the shingle sign. Along' the he him. called, up by,, the crooking plank bar the troopers' wore a finger and whispered to him. of thickly ranged, smacking ; their Before long a knot of men had lips in delight over greasy glasses. Beyond them - was - a again surrounded him. But this squint eyed taau wb.j trotted un- time . their attention - was all - for tiringly to and fro. mixing 'and the table at the rear of the room. There the game was going on. pouring. Nearer was the; stove, its angular barrel :nnd wide-leg- s Matthews chip pile showed where the winnings were gravi-tatingiving.. ittbeappear-anc- e In the dim light there of some hornd fire belching was a strained look oln th? faces animal. An unbroken circle of men of the players. Deal after Finalsurroundedit, hat rawhide one of the five, having no more ly bottomed chairs lilted back disks before an easy slant. From their him, pushed back his chair and got np. and cigars smoke, rose steadily As he stood, dazed and disand hung, a blue mist, aginst the mayed, the trooper who had been slopin g rafters of tHe roof. There was little talking in the ejected appeared at his side, claphim upon the back and circle. Two or three were asleep, ped their heads sagging on their . (Continued on page 7) necks with maudlin looseness. " ; 1-The others spoke infrequently, THATS IT! I ! but of(en let down their chairs while they spat in the sand box Cough yourself into a fit of under the stove or screwed about in the direction of the gaming spasms and then wonder why you well. If you will only table. Among these was ' old dont get a bottle of Ballards Hore-houn- d Michael. He sat nearest the door try Syrup your cough will be a checker board balanced on his a of the past. It is a posi-tiv- e kneeshis black stub pipe in-- v its thing cure for Coughs, Influenza, Bronchitis and all Pulmonary disnot feeding the stove s flaming eases. One bottle will convince maw with broken boxes, barrel you at your druggist, 25c, 50c, staves and green wood his blowzy $i.OO. Sold by RiterBros. Drug. countenance was suspended over Co. b the pasteboards he was thumbing ' in a game of solitaire. ; The two outside went under Oonstlpation, Torpid Liver, Biliousness, Sick Headache and the shaft of light and peeped inall Stomach Disordors positively and permanently cured by to the rear of the . room. There was Matthews, one of five at a square table. A cigar box partly filled with coin and chips was before him In front of the other players were other chip piles. They clear np the skin, tone up the entire system and make About the five, hanging over you feel like a new person. keep n bos on ha&S. them, almost pressing upon them, 36c At all drnnrteta. were number of troopers. Two You see that! , TES. Hy ELEAflO'R CA a Author of "The Biography of Prairie Girl. - COMPANY. CWV VVV o 1- 0 - -- r rf I Erasers shot drew many eyes to the Ever for in the winter ' time any occurrence, however trifling, could get instant attention of 'the lonely garrison Troopers in various stages of dress came tumbling out upon the long 'porch at barracks. Others looked from the many windows of the big frame struc- ' ture. their and The washerwomen blocked Ahe hopefuls doorways of Clothespin' row Officers everywhere at head quarters at homes and up and marked the Lounsbury the sutlers, in their s their wives and down the line ' refam-Hie- signal.' But when brought up beside Fraser, and the two seemed to be occupying themselves with nothing in particular, the bnlookers laid the shot to an overventure-com- e water rat and so withdrew from their points of vantage. What is it? was the storekeepers first breathless demand. The young officer, hands on lips, nodde straight ahead. You see those willows just below the W ell, there s cut ? he asked. ia queer Slack bunch in em.' Yes. Is ft a man? I think so. 4 Moved! Not yet. . - : a scheme. The sun was fast declining. Soon it disappeared behind ; the river bluffs, when the boom of the evening gun swelled the last note of retreat. Fraser sighed- .- - The - trumpet had suggested a certain dire pos- sibility. I dont care for the cold, he declared, but but ruefully do you suppose the K. 0. ll give me more than a month i n quarters for this ! There s that dance at the majors next week. Id like awfully to go. If Im under. arrest I cant. And wholl feed my horse and . my rattle- ' snakes! then.. Maybe hes Some sassy sergeant ll shoot aiming for the coulee mouth, sos your fiend of a nag, said, the to sneak up to the Lancasters storekeeper, and the rattlers ll from behind. be requested to devour one anThey charged away across the other. When thats over Ill mile of ice. break it gently to you (and you If its Matthews why didnt must be mum) that the K. O. is le wing me, as I went by! pant- disciplining you simply to keep his face. He knows suggested ed Lounsbury.v cried. Fraser it himself that Im to be helped Look, look! out by some of you fellows. Now, hes moving 1. Well, thats better, returnThey stopped to loosen their revolvers, after which they start- ed Fraser, relieved. And while ed again, cautiously. they walked back' and forth : he The tops of the willows were launched into a defense of his shaking. Presently they spread pets. Fiend of a nag, he quot-- a outward, and the black bunch ed. and Why, Buckskin s lengthened. Then it emerged wsjs resolved into a blanketed cian. .Knows what the Indian. says better than I do. Night settled swiftly. Charley! exclaimed the As he. spoke, the .. outcast, Qunsburys.-prophecthe temshouldering a bundle of sticks, perature was not unbearable. The wind, died with the glow in the began to climb the cut. The two men looked at .each west, leaving the air so still that, o the watchers among the trees, otherahd burst Into Ylaugh. said Fraser, Lounsbury, sounds from Brannon mingled did you ever hear of the fellow distinctly with the near laughter that stalked a deer all day and and talk of .Shanty Town. No then found it was' a speck on his moon rose. Only a few stars jurned their faint way through glasses? he quickly hidden rents of the That6 odc on the lieutenant sheepishly. I sheltering cloud covering that, knew nobody had come out of mitting here, breaking there, that- door but you see we were again overlapping in soft folds efore an urgent sky breeze, swagin the stable awhile. that squaw In- gered low above the ground. ; Charley dian they told me about, eh! With darkness the two left the grove for the ledge upon which Pretty good to them. Yes. From what I understand was Shanty Town and stationed themselves where they could still theyre pretty good to him. followed see They whoever went in or out of leisurely and took' up a stand in the cotton-wood- s the Troopers Delight. Matthews above the landing to dis-- did not appear.- - Numerous- - men Come on . tacti-trump- et , of-flee- r. y : - me,-admitte- , - , , outset Lounsbury determined not myurriformd.Theymade noisy exits and went brawling to speak of the plan that includalong to other shanties. They ed' Mrs. Martins aid, the rebuff skulked out of the willows, flitted be had suffered from the section across the bit of snow crusted 0 r boss having decided him against beach-- below the saloons and it. scrambled up to hurry in, i he ' said re By George, two When hours or more had I wish when gretfully, I had gone by the storekeeper grew imMatthews covered that Id just patient. He walked back And .marched him up the coulee and halted in the inky shadow of the ' to Clarks!. ; wall down which Nick Matthews ."Good idea. Too bad bad tobogganed. From there ' he didnt. pointed to a shaft of light that But Ill tell you this; .I'm was. falling .upon the north side not, going to stay out ' here all of the second shanty in the street. night just to shoo him off I ve It was from an uncurtained south a good mind tq happen in down opening In the first. -- , - - And I rrj-- he & h. warning c, P ' J- ' ' -- Youlj low how quickly" Fii i- Scott 9 you to throw off J a old. cough b - - p onel that in New York City EmulS n enables - . DRUCGUTS 50c, AND $1.00. f NATURC ATHlC INSTITUTE The best mett ; I coring any Acute or Chronic D"ae or cause Habit is by-- remc. ill through some Phyri? Men&al or harm Psychic method w.. 1 less but sure. 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A YEAR., P 1 SUI SCRIBE TODAY - LOCAL IIA(L CARD. LOGAN POSTOFFICE. )SING OF MAILS. JLd 7 :45 ?Jn. South East, W est, North 7:05 pxn. Preston Branch . 8:45 a. m. Paradise Way . . . .1 ..L... .... . 1 1 :50 p jn. r :00 p. m. Benson, King, (ekeepi Sunday) r D. No.1, Coilige and . . 9:30 am. Greenville, (except Sunday) -ARRIVAL OF MAILS. 7 0 pJh East, West, North ana South,. . ; , 8:30, a.m. 5:30 pm. East, West and South 8:30 am. Preston Branch :45 2 . Paradise W ay p. m. Benson & King (except Sunday). .12:30 pm. R. F. D. No. 1. College and' Greenville, . . . . . 4 . . .. ". . . 4 :30 pm. RF. , . fueadii of these consumptives might if they had not neglected the t living $ - . , vvv9 consumpt. . there sort him out and do tl marching act anyhow. reminded Now, look here, Fraser, that wouldn t do. You dont want to kill Matthews, and you dont want to be killed. It d be one or the other if you poked your nose in there.' What do you advise! Lie low till you see a good opportunity. I think the chapll come out. But suppose he doesnt! Youll have to stay here; thats all.- Ill divide the watch with you. . Oh, I dont like to ask you to do that, old man.1 We ought 'to be" able to think up some kind of -- people die every week from alone ovcij ( CHAPTER XVI v y w lecl your cough. l Statist!; - y niS Donll Or o o iV I ' ... T I , to Genera Delivery and Carrier Windows open frost IOjCO 11KX) . m. Sunday and Holiday. worked a! Kon aa The mail which arrive! at 7s50 p. m. to ge received, thereby allowing patron having lock boxes their maQ as soon as distributed. JOSEPH ODELL, Postmaster, Logan, Utah. . To |