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Show THE WASATCH WAVE. HEBER CITY. UTAH what tha devil la goln on here?" There been a wedding." Shelby started to explain, but the outflowing throng cut hts sentence la two, and the startled aoldlei, stepping back to get put of the way, was Instantly swept aside, while the gang poured forth between, separating the two The bridegroom found completely. himself once more the center of fervent congratulations and only escaped hy pushing a pusxuge down the steps to where bis outfit waited for depar- COMRADES PERIL C RANDALL PARRISH copy'esGir csjcCjluag a. OLGA CARLYN." mlo the frontiar P.ttf-ful- Calkins McCarthy, a saloon keeper and Pnnra'o leading rltlxen, de cities thet the girl, now alone In the world, should marry. Shelby starts a hunt for eligible husband and the mlnlstef gone to confer with the girl She agrees to pb k a husband from the score of inn lined up In her home. To his co sternation, shs selects Rtieltty, w!, had gone along merely as a sp tator He the honor the girl dismisses the assemblage latter Shelhy goes bu k to make an explanation She o reives h'm Hood naturerlly. Leavruns Into Iwtt f ing her, the rejected suitors, and In a flg'it worsts thsm both cl Angered their remarks, ho returns to the to ht r If determined girl, many she will have Mm. After his rv planat'on she agrees to marry him. Hht-lh- CHAPTER co. Me seemed to spray of evergreen. recall that the girl Joined him, standing at his left, and that she had advanced to Ids side guided by Mall It was all vague, misty, uncertain, arid the next moment all he saw was the fleshy figure of the (lap preacher standing there Immediately before him. his hands uplifted and his sonorous voice uttering words that sounded like a primr. Then Muri came forward again and he felt her hand resting In his, realizing how soft and siiuill It was. Me remembered a question was asked him and he answered ji'n and then tie set tiled to hear her whisper a similar The preat her said someresponse. thing, using some strange words, and turning mice to face the silent crowd pressing close In upon them; then he lifted tils hands solemnly and Shelhy I pronounce you caught the sentence, husband and wife and whom find hath Joined together, let no man put Tom Shelby, a rnnchor, town of Ponca looking for a good time after a long epell of hard work and lonrllnetw on the rant h In aead. ha nine Into a funeral that of I tad t aiklnn. a retired army man of whom lutie la known. A girl, still In her teens, survives . close-fittin- parlor to the further uull, which .seemed to he decorated profusely with Rynupitiii. rid & asunder." There was an explosion of hrerth, a faint clapping of hands, an Instant V. buzz of tongues. He felt Hint he must have shaken hands with a thousand The Wedding. people; was pushed here nnd there It was an exceedingly busy after- by the efforts made to reach him mid noon, so filled with details of prepara- finally, bewildered, his mind In a tion h s to leave Shelby slight whirl, found himself once more out fur rolloff Ion. Mo had never In the ball, obsessed with a desire to or lifitiglned contemplated marriage, Me possessisl no Idea as to escape. himself n henedh't. Ift' l.new pnietl-cnllwluit had beeome of the girl ; no doubt nothing as to the d! qixitlqn anil she was somewhere hack I here In the fharacter of the girl nr v hat she might crush, hut he, at least, vvnx free, nnd require of tilmself. Me hud no would wait for her to Join him out(hat he loved her or that she side. affection for . him. felt nay e.speelttl Me stood there alone, staring down Ill smlileii neiltin hail I cell very large- at the team of tinmens and the heavily ly lnllileneed try his eontroversy with laden Inickhonrd imeomprehend'ngly. Mow an ami she had quite frankly Vet slowly It all eiinie hack nnd Ids that her choice of him rested mind begun to arouse from blank entirely on the fuel that he was not stupor. Ills attention was attrneted a resident of Iooca. There had been by the upproaeh of a horseman trot-Inno mention of love between them, steadily up the deserted street tomerely a business like arrangement, ward tlie hotel. The rider was a cavunmnrked by the slightest sentiment. soldier In uniform, powderoil Me was dimly aware that this made a alry with dust, Ids horse show lug evidences on Imild which foundation to for poor of hard travel. future happiness. Shelhy watched Ids coming curiousThis peculiar situation was driven ly, Ids memory still lingering upon the home to him tty a vivid recollection scene within. The man drew up e.t of what he was going to take tier to the hotel, dropped Ids relit oier the that desolate ranch out there ou the louses head, swung stltlly to the Onttonwood. ('mild stie he satisfied? ground anil advanced up the steps. Could she even hear with mieli condMe glanced aside at Shelby's motionitions? less figure, took a step toward the Me saw McCarthy and the preacher door ami then wheeled suddenly. from ItufTalo (lap, first telling them "Say, aint your name Shelhy?" The dazed bridegroom turned nnd fraukly (he whole story ami gravely Refusing looked Into the face confronting him. pledging both to secrecy. firmly to receive a cent of the money Its mind snapping hack Into quick which Mac promptly ottered, he left recognition. these Jwo to arrange nil details for Sure. Well, thunder, youre the wedding, confident of their discreof the Sixth. Wiint're you dotion and good Judgment. There was ing here?" no necessity for his seeing the girl The two clasped hands firmly. again, and. Indeed, he felt no InclinaThought I knew you, Tom, when Me so. to from even do shrank tion I first runic tip the steps, hut wasnt the thought of seeing her, and was quite sure till I got a side view. Must profoundly thankful that everything he six years since you left us. aint It? was so completely understood be- Wluit am I doing? Oh, shoved tween them ns to make another con- us up here from Arizona they've and Ive been ference entirely unnecessary. Satisfied ii(i at the Reservation wntehln em upon this point, he devoted the time an' nm headin' now for remaining at his disposal to purchas- Collins to tell the old imin the news. ing the variety of articles made Some fun goln' to tie pulled off presby this sudden change In life. ently." The tiuckhonrd was loaded until nothYou mean the Sioux are goln on ing remained unoccupied hut the nar- rampage ng'In? ocrow scut, a huge box, (nicked full, Sure thing, unless I miss niy guess, cupying the rear portion, with bun- an' I reckon I ought to know !nnns dles tied securely here and there hy this time. It'll either come this about the vehicle, wherever they would fall or next spring, I figure ride safely. Over all these ht stretch- never hold In over winter. Ill theyll Siftin' ed a tarpaulin to keep out the dust, Hull has got the game in IPs hands the Into hitter place. an you know that of devil. I reckon. firmly strapping The solemn Injunction to secrecy I have reason to. Any troops up had prevented Ponca from tanking there ? this occasion one of special celebraNo; the Injun agent dont believe tion, hut. nevertheless, rumor had theres goln to he tiny trouble; says been sufficiently busy so as to prevent Its Just a few young bucks who are any strictly private ceremony. The raisin' h Me dont know wluit Is crowdwas of the Imlel already parlor goln on. Hut I lin'ti among 'em ed with uninvited guests when he fin- the whole outfit Is hlcod mud. I nip seen ally arrived and there was also an two of their ghost dames tmxelf hack overflow meeting In the adjoining dinI In the hills an' tell you they mean ing room. Shelhy swore under his business. Yon livin' here now? It iHte too was to breath, hut protest "No, out on the Cottonwood. was aloutwardly, ns the orlde What north? Say. oh I man Mint ready waiting his urrlvnl at the foot ain't goln to he no healthy place fer of the stairs. a white. If those devils break loose ; In suite of tin doubts which had they'll make that country sure. lht assailed him during the past few much of an outfit? of her thus awaiting hours, the sight A bunch of cattle an two herders" his coming, her eyes meeting his own "Not enough to pot up a fight. Well. frankly, sent a sudden thrill through If I was you. Tom. pd run those cows his veins. She was chaperoned by the over Into Ihe Hail bands an he out wife of the principal storekeeper and there awhile. We ll get the Injuns, of doubtless others among the few course: hut there Is hound to he some women of Ponca had comkillin' first, unless I'm ernz.v. Ivt got bined their tate and possessions to to go In and get something to eat." Me started to turn away, hut Shelhy properly fit her out for the occasion. Just how the transformation had been halted him with a question. accomplished Shelhy. being a man woe"Mow long you been In the army. fully lacking In experience, did not Pete?" know, but he was vividly aware of Twenty-twyears" the change In her appearance and And with the Sixth cavalry?" manner. She was dressed In gray, "Fifteen." the ou'er garment plainly fashioned Mid yon ever know a sergeant but fitting well, while a most tunned Cakios?" lint, rather coquettish In Its shape, JcfT Calkins; he was p'v first top rested on o't, shining .Hlr (tutTed after I Joined ; he lefi the service out ntt! netlve'y. I here ng a most agreebout ten years g. ws a able frame for the young face, the shisitin' scrape or someth, n' down at t tieeks flushed with excitement. ShelMurker. Sorter ugly story, though I've by Stood before her tongue tied, unable forgotten Just wlmt It was all about to find wolds of greeting, painfully now. Calkins got out o that all right, conscious of his own awkwardness. hut when Ids enlistment was up he The embarrassment, however, was hut quit; he didn't get on good ;h 'he for the Instant, for tin preacher had men. Mo you know whatever become waiting Ids entrance, eager ( of the of diifer? begin tlit ceremony. Me was hurled What occurred during the next nv killed h'tnself ; left moments was never wh !Iy c'.e.tr In nineteen Shf'hy's mind. Me did ireehm.ieally "The h - he did: whatever he was told, hut without er was married; not before he left the I know comprehension. Me remembered wag- army, nnvhmv. because I ing between row of curious face, bunked with him nearly two veers on' a famlhar he told me a lot atmt himself, lie recognizing countenance, clear across that crowded J wasn't no lady a uiau at all. Say, oppor-tunlt.- y run-reptl- d g Shall-liess- ghost-danc- ture. Some moments later she Joined him, accompanied hy her bodyguard, wearing a long duster which almost reached the ground and a cap pulled down over her smooth hair. He silently helped her into the seat of the huekboard, joining her grimly und gathering up the reins In his fingers, Now, then, he culled, a couple of you untie those brutes and Jump. Theyre had starters." The broncos amply Justified his prediction and the party went tearing down the main street, pursued by yells of enjoyment und of derision, Shelhy straggling with the reins In an endeavor to keep the maddened brutes off the sidewalks. However, the steep ascent of the hint? brought the plunging nnlmttls to their senses and hy the time they had surmounted the ridge and struck the prairie trail leading across the upland they were willing enough to slow down to the swift trot they were accustomed to take on long Journeys. Shelhy loosened Ills grasp on the leather and rested hack In the seat, venturing a side glance nt his companion. She was still gripping the Iron rail for safety, hut evidently felt no fear. Mean devil, that bronco, said Shelhy, feeling the necessity of speech nnd flecking his whip lash nt the buckskin, whose evil eye was peering maliciously backward, worst horse I ever owned. The Kid hack there seems to he some bronco nuster und Ill let him try his luck when we get out to the ranch. I got some outlaws there.. She turned her head and glanced behind through the cloud of dust. Who Is lie? One of your men? Well, I Just hired him down nt Iouea. Seems to lie n mighty gm d rider. Mis name Is Maeklin, but everybody calls him Kid." 'Somehow I don't Just like him. "Oh, he's harmless enough.' Perhaps sn, hut I have that feeling about him the same." Shelhy made no answer nnd they rode on In sllejtce through the circling Me felt awkward and embardust. rassed, unable to think of anything to say to keep up conversation nnd Intensely conscious of the peculiar situation In v. hit'll they found themselves. Occasionally ho stole n surreptitious glance aside nt her. but her eyes were averted as though in avoidance, gazing out over the dull vista. To Shelhy this quietness on her part, this half turning from him seemed particularly ominous. She was doubtless sorry already at tier choice; this drear expanse which (hey rode was more than she she was dreadexpected to encounter ing already tin approach to lie Cottonwood. Me had been a fool to even dream that lie cnnltl ever satisfy her In such surroundings. Well, It was not too late to turn hack. Me would talk with her ami learn the truth. Me drove forvvnrd, ensteadily deavoring to formulate some pleasant opening sentence, Ids mind Inevitably drifting hack to that late conversation with Stmunessy anti the doubts It luid n w likened. Ought he to permit s Ju-.- t r -- SivVi' mo-essa- to-b- e -; I out here. All right; this path; dont H the be afraid. I won't let you stumble. Now, one step lip; that a It. The Acme. Knicker Is Jones Insignificant? Rocker So obscure he can change his (tarty without anybody caring. CASCARA Bit Tough A Me flung y Looking, I open the unsecured course you didnt. I never asked, but everybody thought you must lie. Wlmt was the old man to I reckon I got a right certainly have, hut I cannot tell you very much. Frankly. I dont know. I could not explain even how I came Into his care. That sounds strange, perhaps, hut It Is true. I wasnt much of a girl when he got Yon me first anil Ive senreely been out of ve asked him a his sight since. thousand times, hut he never would explain. Onre he said it would come out all right after awhile. It seemed to anger hint for me to ask questions. so, at last. I stopped. "That's mighty queer. Mid he ever Jell you wlmt your real name was? (Ai, yes; there wasn't tiny secret about that It was Carlyn. he repeated the Olga Carlyn, words slowly. Sorter Norwegian Irish, nln't It? That story sounds rather funny to me. My Idea Is he vvns hiding nte from someone ; trying to p me from being found. 1 decided that vvns why lie moved about from place to place and alwnys lived In such poverty and I believe he had money or alone. could always get some when needed. Then he seemed to he afraid all the time and watching for something to happen. And yon don't hnve no recollection (TU iiL FIRST REAL ' MONEY WIZARD Be Called the Two centuries ago there reigned greater personage than the young king, Louis XIV., or his regent, the duke of Orleans a money wizard, whose operations are recalled by the Iouzl speculative scheme In Boston. Me was John Law, a Scotsman, who through Ills friendship with the duke of Orleans, established a credit bank on the theory that money is ttie cause, not the ii'sult of wealth. Me obtained for the hank a monopoly of the nation's foreign trade, the profits of which would repay the investors. In 1710 I.avv established a private bank with a capital of 0,000,000 llvres. with power to Issue notes. It became an Instant success, and Ills paper currency became more valuable than the minted currency of tli government. Then he formed his company of the west, developing Louisiana teriltory, with n capital of 100.000.000 livre's. Nw Orleans was built. Trade ex-- J pamled. Shares In the company rose in value until first Baris and then the whole of Lurope went mad. Every-onwas growing rich. I.a.v became director g'tieral of finance for Franco But the height was reached in ,,f lil'.l, when his enemies, hy side si hemes, began to break him Me smldi tpy loiiml himself bankrupt lie from fiance, beenme . waneseupi-tderer and d,ed in poverty. In Baris a 1 UA's MONUMENTS OF VAST SII An Idaho Caw Xvtrf Retort sa Twilt TLld'iio' on Leipzig Battlefield, Theurh Higher, Less Cost'y Than Me- tnorial to Italian King. a Leipzig possesses monument which rises only a few Inches short of 300 feet. Tile Battle of the Na-- I lions" monument stands tn the middle of the plain where Rl tidier routed Na-- j One million cubic poleons army. meters of earth were displaced to not "No. It's lonely make room for its hasp. It Is surexactly. CHAPTER VI. enough, hut that Is broken country, rounded y an enclosure a quarter of with something to rest the eves on a nule wide und nearly half a mile A Blow of Treachery. I am afraid, though, you're goiu to tie long If won a desolate Next to the Pyramids it is the highawfully sorry." thp treat -- tars overhead, the tiolBe I est in tin woi Id hut it is hy no means I of dl.'tant water, the M'enee ami dont," honestly. "Really. don't mind being idone at all. I ve ness all about, and the dim outiim the ei'sili v! Tins ion belongs al.vavs been alone, so that won't of e cabin haiet isild,. aiii,, the to till' national "lemorml to Vi, tor Emhurt." II ere, t,d on ihe tap'tolme surrounding trees. The girl held her manuel Rut Mils Is different," he Insisted breath with lips pressed tight, staruig hill in Koine at a eost of SJO nt 10.000. Resides, I heard some- an. und into the vague shadows ntd It took 31 years to complete this huge stubbornly. thing hack there in Ponca that makes perni'ttod Shelhy to gently swing her pile of marble steps, revered wib me think I had no business bringing la'tween the wheels to the ground. statues, has reliefs, ai.d tn si,ies. Sue. you along nt all." Some way the strong grap ,,f (,1s coni, the an lute, d. who designed It, What was that?" hands brought hack to her a seti-- e dual long before the work was finish"Whv. Just before we come away of couiulo ed. hilt he lett noMlels complete in ran into an old friend o mine In 1 tlpro no ono horo? every deui.l. aid his original plans the army, named Shuunesy. Med niked. afraid to venture a were nevtr tarn; ere, w,h. n the step been m in the S.oux reservation, gloom. It is terribly dark." , wntehln em and he says I'll remedy that In a minute, he Clear Field. the bucks up there are goln- to raise n!d, pretending a cheerfulness he was "Ah. here Is n letter from the old Ned before long, an there ain't no far from feeling. Mev there. Kid folk troops anywhere around sufficient to stake out yer horse, and come here What does it say?" hold 'em. It's OP Siltin Bull who la nnd hold these hroncs until I Come home your tailor is dead." light up sttrrln em up." luside. Don't move, Olga; there Is a Pearson's Weekly. home-comin- , L J "e pane burning' 7 stoy ? 'd ?aI1"1 a,iQ p ) 089 kidney suits. I ..renJLnTmi boxes kldne)' rid me of th,- - lams Cot Dooni t Any Store, 80e DOANS1,1! FOSTER. M1LBURN CO., BUITAU Cuticura Soan Imparts The Velvet Touch SP 2St. Ointmen 25 ..J 50c, TiIcmX. With AND La Grippe Neglected Colds are Dangerous Take no chances. Keep this standard remedy handy for the first snoot. 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This was even worse than she had pictured. "A hit tough looking, I suppose, Shelhy said with a hasty glance about. Sorter surprise, this bringln' a wife hack with me. Never reckoned on any such tiling, or I'd a cleaned the shack However. I'll straighten up a bit. tilings around In a jiffy, ns soon ns I show the Kid the corral. Merc's a chair to sit in, nnd he dumped Its Y'ou aint afraid to loud on ihe floor. wait here, are you? Mb, no; I will be all right. You nets! not hurry. whatever of either your father or ghnst-dnm'o- ip before q,, Doans Ktlh,y Pi;;,1? FOR Suppose." and stepped Into the dense blackness of the interior. She could see noth- No, o' I tAtb ,& or b, gravel Kill That Cold mother?" "Not of my mother; she may have tiled when I was a baby, hut I fan remember my father, although I never saw him very often. Me was a tall man with hair nnd mustache; once I saw him In uniform. "An officer, likely." I think so. I was nt school thin nnd am sure thp Indy principal railed him colonel. I never lived with him, hut always at some school, first one and then another. I nut sure I ww In St. Louis when Calkins came for me and took me away. That Is actually everything I know about It; since then we've Just moved around from ' '. place to place." They fell Into silence nnd rode on thus for hours, seldom speaking, each engrossed in their own thoughts. Toward sundown they came Into a more country, with patch) s of green rott'ng I Dcu: t Just Like Him." Somehow grass, anil the trail wound in and out her to become exposed to a possible among shadow depressions, yielding Just beWas it not plainly greater variety of scenery. Indian attack? tits duty to explain fully the exact fore dark they toiled up over a high ridge and from the summit looked for MUiuth n? And then that other matsome tlistance down the valley of the ter iclative to Old Calkins? Surelv t The trail ran slantingly was tier p'nre to make that clear? Cottonwood. Me string! tet.ed up, clearing his down the side of the bluff, zigzagging here and there In scan h of easier pasvoice, and she glanced about, dissage, and It was necessary to descend turbed from rev cry hy Ills action. slowly. Consequently It was an hour How dismal It all Is," she said, after dark when drove up ns he failed to speak, "and yet the to a small cabin they finally surrounded by has a a hundred feet hack from the trees, very sllcm e nnd loneliness stream, charm. Is it like this out on the anti the driver announced their arrival. ood ? 1 bad tack u.akes Kacka.he hard of order tor . A pmes the fifty-fou- daughter? Iron-gra- a drdly s you, anyhow? to know. Girlies Fine Philosophy. 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Children Cry for Fletchers Castoria BOSCHEES SYRUP kt-e- e I be steep bank Just beyond. Ill only minute. a gone But where is your herder?" Out with the cattle, probably; be doesnt ieep here, and had no Idea when I would be back. Now bang on I II help tight to these reins, Kid, and go rather Would you you presently. with me, Olga?" "Yes, she said, her voice trembling at slightly in eplte of every effort left he not rather would I control, But surely they could never get down here? "Not to Ponca no; they wouldnt But theyd be go in that direction. mighty liable to come raidin down the Cottonwood. Thats what Shaun-ess- y said ; he told me Id better ran my stock over into the Bud Lands, and lie out for awhile, till the soldiers got the devils rounded up again. I been thlnktn ever since I ought to tell you about It, so. if you thought best we could turn around an take you back to Pom a." And then what would you do? Me? Why go on o course an take cure o the cattle. Talut the first time Ive seen Indians. Then I am going with you," she said "I am not the least firmly. afraid. I wonder If you have an extra rifle out there? I sorter Sure, he said, grinning. like thut kind o talk, little girl. Can you shoot?" Some; Ill show you when we get out there. Anyway, please dont turn hack on my account. I heard in Ponca hut thut the Sioux were I didnt think about their coming down the Cottonwood. Mad said they were getting ugly, hut I dont know where he heard It." This unexpected mention of Calkins stirred Shelhy to ask a further question. She was going on with him, that was evident, and the mystery between them must he cleared away. What-wahe asked your name? Soberly. She glanced up Into his face, surprised at the abrupt question. My name! Why. dont you know?'' I never beard of It; seems sorter oil,, maybe, hut I never did. "It Is Olga. Olga Olga what? Why. Shelhy, I suppose. "No, I didnt mean that. Of course. It's Shelhy now, hut wlmt was It before today? Twasn't Calkins. The smile had deserted her lips nnd her eyes were very serious. Just what do you mean, please? Have you heard something?" Well. yes. This here soldier has been In the army a long while; he vvns fifteen years In the Sixth cavalry. Now I happened to learn, accidentally from McCarthy, that Old Calkins was once a sergeant In that outfit, so naturally I asked Slinunessy If he ever knew him." And did he?" "Sure; they were hunkles once an' he said Jeff Calkins never was married an didnt have no daughter. Well, did I ever say I was his of many ills and discomforts &iat is because it contains certain elements which are injurious to many people. I coffee disturbs your f health, change to Postum Cereal drink, is healthiul and wholesome, This pure cereal has a delightful coffee-lik- e flavor, hut contains none or coffees harmful elements. Sold, all grocers by Costs less than coffee Made tjr Postum Cereal Cxlnc Battle |
