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By GRACE MACGOWAN COOKE and ars their contents, including the The secretary adjusted his eyeIn a scanty widening of the main and bedding of the men. clothing anyon a few hundred yards below the glasses.Jove! havt The police of all western cities, inyou are right; they "By station a graders' camp of rude slab iCiipyiiBlu. by Joseph H. Bowli-s.- ) uew clue, The forte. track the armed cluding Salt Lake, are on the lookout shelters Is turning out its horde of doesn't mean to tukt ruction "Hp should not hae asked it 'twas t something between a laugh and a sob for laniel F. Keller, a former captain const of a on g and Italians; f of being shaken loose bj not seemly for a woman or my age, Dorothy dropped into the chair, out-thin the United States army, who is ac crooked spur track fronting the shan- any chances I By FRANCIS LYNDE Here rector's daughter and a widow." wardly regal, inwardly chagrined be- - uised of they come." smoke is curling lazily force. wood blue ties having secured $7,a00 on L Author of "The Gratters." Etc. J The bright head went down on the yond measure, The end of track of the new line at Reno, Nev., on May checks upward from the kitchen car of a con- was forged There she sat, now pale, now red, diagonally across the creek fron. folded arms; the dinijdes and roses , struction train. 17th. a shop and berth asserwhich while t heaven knows what jumbled ontradicted the apparent All night long the Rosemary, drawn the Rosemary's As the result of a shooting affray? mountain-climbinpistol shot farther down stream. Bui tion of years and sorrows were hid- - impulses ran through her mind, g of the Cub speediest W05, J. by I.ippineott (Cojyriubl. Walt was to advance it to a point opposite tht den by the ruffles of Mistress Dorothy Twice, in the course of his investlga-Frewen'- s it Laurel, Mont., Perry and onward had stormed locomotives, to gain the altitude 01 and who searched the the soldier car, Dave sleeves. while CHAPTER III. Continued. tions, Charles tilled private Wright, by the Grand, Upward from the valley of "I had shown him favor enough for keeping-roobrushed so close against Riley was shot In the head and the high embankment directly acros: around the defiles and black through r "Why, my dear Virginia the idea! even an accepted lover; but to sit the that Dorothy shuddered, from the station, the new line turne injured, and Dan Jones had one You don't know in the least what you shrugged shoulders of the mighty short out of the main canyon at tht officer blushes had suggested that the And his fie!" the knee Once, upon e in ocresting-placa the find to readI peaks been have are talking about. de ran riot on the white nae and ear. she would be permitted to go to her finger shot off. The fchooting whiti-robe- d dawn on the siding at A- mouth of the intersecting gorge, y In a saloon. curred aroum curve ing in the papers about these exShe own bedroom. shook her head in which the hair left scribing a long, of sleepers, troubles, and they are perfectly rgentic The lightest The secretary of the Interior h.s the head of the lateral ravine am: posed. denial; and when they called for her the when awakened had special were terrible. One report said they back upon itself to reentei Mistress Dorothy was all alone in to open the smokehouse door, shi deexecuted the contract and approved doubling and Carbonate: WSf through passing arming the laboring men, anj another the canyon proper at tne higher ele the great mansion; she could hold tached its key from the bunch at her ihe bond of McGuffey and Blood of said the militia might have to be called drawing the berth curtain she had lain vation. counsel with her soul aloud and none girdle and flung it toward the sentry Cody, Wyoming, for constructing and solemn the proceshours for watching out." which was the beginning to hear. curve without a word. The in f cliffs and of wheeling sion peaks about thirteen and "Well, what of it?" said Virginia, the morn was A slight stirring in the scuppernong :of this loop The rogue's completing "HI, hi, within there! the and against array orderly and canal and tiarland of the steely of miles with all the hardihood youth the Utah vine outside the window made her sit got away from us! He's crossed the of Now, in the ing's scene of action, and ii miles of laterals of the unknowledge. "It's something like a st?l-blu-y e background shesky. 200 strong, moved to tht track erect and listen, with wide, startled river!" came the shout from the street fifty-fOlayers, or was thought dawn, hnrnino I, nil, tin,, nno (lopsn't Want tO armec eyes. The British were occupying below; and Mistress with Shoshone project, Wyomirrigation unwelin front array, orderly of Dorothy's the was-- the first member d be and rejoice over other as flankers for the hand-ca- t all patriot households come visitors were gone as suddenly ing. and Charleston, guards the out and steal to upon dress M? but then, if It misfortunes; the men were push were closely watched. Marion's men as they had come. At Butte, Mont., Theodosie Camp-pell- l Platform to look abroad upon load of rails which be ad i,i like to H,. In be to hoof-beame friends t were their known ng died up graue. As the last by IbiS wondrous scene in the canyon. had some words with a woman away, there to see." car, and a the swamps above the city; and now Dorothy slipped to her knees beside the into darted e Jastrow in trance-likits But a knife and was chasing her drew reverie, and Miss Bessie put a stray lock of the and again, one scout, bolder than the the chair. was presently moment later his place on the observa wordless Mollle Qulnn seized enthusiasm, when her away comb. flaxen hair up under its proper u rest, or one lover more daring, slipped her the tion piatiorm was u "Percy!" she whispered. him. held and arm Turning ou his "I'm sure I prefer California and the roken bv a voice behind his in for news, or an interview. fttl industry colonel fresh from of Mr. Arthur Jastrow. "Are they gone?" came back the her he buried his knife in her abdonamelv. tulee. asserted. sue orange groves and peace," so fresh, indeed, that The noise outside the window came smothered inquiry; and then, before "What a howling wilderness, to be dressing-rooli "Don't yoti, Cousin Billy?' and collarless to nothing, and Mistress Dorothy had assurance could be made, Huguenon men, inflicting a fatal wound. Camp-uelwas he hatless, coatless, the said isn't it?' secretary, ?l'.re, mi., I,, n.i.i.u pothe fled but was caught by bath sponge risen to put aside her work the mak bad tne chintz covering off himself by the cord and with the dripping Is no matter for this history, since at fUrllng his r lice. for and the chair. clutched like a missile to hurl at the ing of a flowered chintz as he interminably felt, looking, this precise moment the rajah came when she felt The police war at Butte reached an impudent invaders on the opposite side a tall old "I came this night to beg of you," vred. ., J l LloV el i.ii it iininm ,it Ill, llili, ao ri,rini.i her hands caught from behind, and a he said, of the canyon. but "that that," acute indeed: "No, forth, you anything stage when Mayor Corby's apsustepping from his late encounter with the "Hahl wouldn't wait until a man voice whispered in her car: is grander .4ne retorted, warmly. "It our father father would let to the force brought quo your perintendent's ehiet clerk. "Are you still angry with me, sweet- wed us. The chances of war are such pointees I wish could get into his clothes!" he rasped tVian anything I ever imagined. warranto proceedings in the district "Give them the word to go, Jastrow, It apostraphizing the Utah's new chiet heart0 I will not let you turn to look were a piano in the car. you had quarreled court r Dorothy, and, policemen the and let's get out of heah," he com- there against I "Jastrow! faven m upon me till you say am forgiven." with me and you would not write me. me fairly ache to set it in some of construction. administramanded. And when the secretary had makes the last municipal from freed to itself the hand hastily, seta! Hustle cami; Dorothy's up and music is the instantly, Heart's dearest ah, Dorothy, if you s to resign vanished the Rajah made his explana- firm of expression, there and turn out the constable, town and went toward the candle. I know." could know what it is to me crouch tion. The tions to all and sundry. "I've been only form dishim Tell she Corby's is. confirms then, council Mayor he whatever or whispered; until "Percy?" he marshal, doesn't bore ii it "I'm glad you," obliged in a manneh to change ouh men. engaging herself sufficiently to turn itinerary. Anotheh company is trying and see his garb, "in uniform, and a A conference resulted in calling oft to fault us up in Qua'tz Creek canyon, light burning. This will never do." and woodworkei-s- ' millmens the and I am in a meashuh compelled to Captain Hugueon coolly imprisoned strike in Denver. The strikers are be on the ground. W'e shall be delayed both the small hands. "I am hungry ; In I worst 1 I am footsore; I am in deadly danger only a few days, hope; at the given an Increase of 10 per cent 38 of a minimum wage a with with only until the first snowstorm comes; he from the British," said, wages, and, in the meantime, Califo'nia won't day is cents per hour. A nine-hou- r laugh lurking in his bold dark eyes. run away.' "But all these are small matters till The to. carpenter, who also agreed Virginia linked arms with Bessie the you say I am forgiven the high treason out in went sympathy have returned flaxen-haire- d when the wheels began against your majesty of supposing that to work. to turn. you could forget your dignity so far as The jury in the case of the state "We are off," she said. "Let's go out to perch upon the knee of a ContinenOn the platform and see the last of against Joseph Durrell, charged with tal captain." folerimlnal fcssault on the Penver." this "For Heaven's sake, leave It was while they were clinging to daughter of Senator Atwood C. Thorn ly!" cried the girl. "Hark! Is that a re and looking back upon the hand-ra- il horse?" as of Meeteetse, Wyo., has the jumble of railway activities out of A troop clattered up the street, with turned a verdict Of guilty after being which they had just emerged that the a jingling of spurs, and stopped, at a out sixty hours. This was the second loud word of command, just before the Rosemary, gaining headway, overtook trial of Durrell, the jury failing to another moving train running smoothmansion housedoor. Huguenon turned agree at the first trial. t jward the open window at the side, ly on a track parallel to that upon D. C .Corbin, president of the Sposweetwhich the private car was speeding. It then back to his mountain conwas the narrow-gaug- e kane International railway, and one heart. nection of the Utah line, and Winton of the best known capitalists of the "No, no! not that way," she whisand Adams were on the rear platform pered. "You will be directly in their northwest, has returned from a till of the last car. So it chanced that the sight." quietly to the east, where he was four of them were presently waving She Whispered. Then, with one of those sudden in"Percy!" N. Y a at Mount Vernon, married n inacross the their adieux spirations which are marvelous for Short time ago, to Mrs. T. Peterson terspace. In the midst of it, or rather their very simplicity, she pushed Hu- ing with the deer in the forest; hiding suin the flying fnjm who has been fO a number of years swamps, ing at the moment when the Rosemary, a guenon into the tall old chair, threw half famish- his housekeeper. numbers, sleepless, perior drew and across his gathering speed as the lighter of the knees, rug heavy an empty, two trains, forged ahead, the Rajah Action was brought In the United the nearly completed chintz into place ed, and all the time with heart!" aching, questioning to his out tame cigar. light over all. As she settled the last fold district Court at Cheyenne last States She turned her face aside to hide He took in the little tableau of the and stood erect, a hand upon her the Federal government week by fear platforms at a glance, and when bosom and her breath coming short, the tears. "So It was that brought the Wyoming Cattle and In mad-caagainst town? into raid on this the slower train was left behind asked the officer in charge of the British you the Federal and vestment company and To think of a great, grown man, tt question of Virginia. troop pushed open the keeping-rooto coma a Securities company, and to Land a quarrel two attending the soldier, one those wasn't of "Ah door without ceremony. 27, around a with fences remove to foolish poof silly girl pel them quarrel young gentleman who called on you "Mistress Dorothy Frewen?" he beland twenty of acres 720 a in fashion." government such deah?" in his afternoon, my yestehday gan, with a note of interrogation Ilugenon's arm was stealing around miles east of Cheyenne. voice. Virginia admitted it. her waist. He guessed at the tears. "Could you faveh me witb his sour a little him Negroes of Seattle have passed res Dorothy dropped and "Ah, love," he said triumphantly, "you ilutlons asking negro bishops name?" courtesy. "He is Mr. Morton P. Adams, of one Percy Huguenon, call- came of your own free will and sat lelegates to the Christian Endeavoi "We seek READING THE WARRANT. ed a captain in the Continental upon my knee! You did. without my ronventlon to be held in Seattle thh Ah-and his friend the young rejoinedi willing- to agree with her for I have a writ for him to serve, Run, army " this last with a sneer so over- asking, that which you most cruelly iiimmer, to stay away from the con eentleman who laid his hand to ouh the sake of prolonging the interview. seh!" done that, had the moment been less flouted of me for desiring!" time age "But 'twas to save your life, sir! ventlon and the city. Some plow and put the engine on the track "But to me it Is nothing more than a crucial, Dorothy could have laughed. The secretary appeared and disaphad refused hotels local the of :me It in last night?" "You will not find him here," she You, should be the last to fling dreary wilderness, as I say; a barren, peared like a marionette when the accommodations for the " The reserve to and voice an artist, 1 broke, face she as "He is Mr. Winton a girl's with my indifsuch calmness d gulch affording an with the white del string has been jerked by a vigorous answered, "Save for your wor- the tears were openly wiped away colored delegates could muster. y believe; at least, that is what I gath- ferent for two railroads." hand, and Virginia smiled this withegates. am alone In the now. ered from what Mr. Adams said ot "For one," she corrected, in a quick out prejudice to a very acute appreshipful selves, Rose Rago, whose husband tend? "Never was one so cruelly placed him." ciation of the grave possibilities which house." upflash of loyalty for her kin. " the postofflce substation in South Mr. Somerville Darrah laughed, a The captain gave his orders for the and you to taunt me! Never again The secretary shifted his gaze from were preparing themselves. But havhold-uin men shot Blow Iitle laugh deep in his throat. was "'Twill expert-encand he by so!" Butte, begged. !he mountains to the maiden "Say not ing her share of the militant quality search of the mansion, which, "Bless your innocent soul he a told poor Dorothy, would be bp always to save my life, since smiled. She was exceedingly good to which made her uncle what he is, she the store while holding her hands in Not in a thousand look upon high-brequeenly and stood her ground. thorough. The beds, if not torn up, must die if you love me not." the air, because her husband disre would be bayonetted through; and no His eyes traveled past his yeahs, my deah Virginia. He is a rail- just now with the fine Are of enthularded the command of hands ur "Aren't you afraid you will take cold, road man, and a right good one at that. siasm to quicken her pulses and to and caught sight and dodged in an attempt to get hl crevice where a man's body might sweetheart, Uncle she Somerville?" asked, archly; Faveh nv with the name again; Wiu-te- send the rare flush to neck and cheek. of his desired father-in-laupon the gnu. The bullet hit Mrs. ttago u came suddenly to a lodge would be overlooked. did you say?" the business and the Rajah he cried, "come, the abdomen, inflicting a serlou; "Come," threshold. her to Her suffocation: Jastrow, the heart beat sense of his incompleteness and went and make wound. automaton set to go off with a click at in to finish his "No; Winton Mr. John Winton." ablutions against the head swam, but she rallied her forces sir, and come, my dear one, sniltMr. Somerville Darrah's officer good your pledges to me." touch, had as liritlsh saw she for tin gritted the Rajah, the dimly The government lottery of the battle actual. Some day opening with his clenched fist, ambitions not automatic. And, with the old toward her. If she fainted ing the hand-rawill takt coming of the lands project Huntley At first Virginia thought she would he meant to put the world of business for reading desk, and two "Hah! 1 beg your pahdon, my deahs now, all was lost. The Englishman place June 26 at Billings, Mont. Sec a meah slip of the tongue." And then, under foot as a conqueror, standing t illow him. W hen Mercury Jastrow had thrown off his great military hastily summoned servitors for witFif Garfield will be piusent. to the full as savagely, "By heaven, I triumphant on the apex of that pyra- - should return with the officer of the cloak; he advanced toward the pale nesses, the Reverend Mr. Trenholm retary drawt will be names would hundred be law of teen 'some trouble there Mr. Somerwhich the success and trembling girl, wjtose beauty no married his daughter to Captain Percy hope thaUtrain will fly the track and mid of sort, and the woman in her shrank doubt, made Its plea to him, and said, Huguenon. for 833 farms of from forty to eight? ditch him before ever he comes within ville Darrahs were so successfully of it. But from the the at acres each. The opening of tht should in witnessing that When work come, the of In day a kinder tone than he had yet used. ordering distance project irrigation same instant the blood of the fighting "You are ill, Mistress; best sit down." Huntley national there would need to be an establishInsects as Disease Spreaders. Qua'tz Creek canyon!" In Montana will make available 30JMN itself and she re asserted Carterets a vinthe for a how kingqueen Somerville Uncle menage, ment, "Why, The spreading of disease by Insects "Nay; search this room and begone of land. -dictive!" cried Virginia. "Who is he, dom of success. Summing her up for solved to stay. your absence is all the medicine I is now proving to be much more comA desperate fight for the liberty oi "I wonder what uncle hopes to be crave!" cried the hundredth time since the beginand what has he done?" Dorothy wrathfully, as mon than was believed to be the case he of westward the to mused. a she "Will able R. Preston and Joseph Smith, th do?" M. as thought flight, little you ning the routed roses came stealing back but a year ago or even a few months "He is Misteh John Winton, The convicted I. V. V. representatives Informed me just now: one of the Miss Carteret would fill the require- town constable with a bit of signed to her cheeks. ago. says American Medicine. paper from some justice of the peace An answering red flamed hot in the greatest attention has hitherto been who murdered Tony Silva, began at brainiest constructing engineers in this ments passinr well. But this was a divagation, and he be mighty enough to stop all that fu- - young officer's cheeks. "I find it hard given to those diseases wherein the Ooldfleld on the 24th, when the attor entlah country, and the hardest man In thls or any Ottaeta country to down In pulled himseii oacK to tne asmngs or nous activity over mere: its more to quit such charming company," be insect acts the part of a secondary neys for the defense began their ar Counsel returned Ironically; "I will bide here a host In which tho parasite undergoes guments for a new trial. fight - that's who he Is. the moment, agreeing with her again than incredible." a out." some kind of change not possible in for the defense directly charged thai prom that she fell to watching the lilt while my men turn tl And It's not what he's done, my deah without reference to his private conactivity and the orderly purpose of it. ile flung his cloak on the back of the man malaria, yellow fever, fllaria, the jurors were Influenced by agenti Virginia, it's what be is going to do. vlctions. "For one. I should have said," he A length of steel, with men clustering chintz-coverearmchair and prepared Texas fever, etc. It Is Interesting to of the Business Men's and Mine Own If I can'! Bel him killed up out of ouh era' association, by the newspapers here Mr. Darrah saw the amended. ' W'e mean to have it that like bees upon It, would slide from its to seat himself. but find increasing attention being given way," hand-ca- r to fall with a Dorothy darted forward, jostled the to the possibility of the mechanical and others. growing terror la two pairs of eyes, way, though an unprejudiced onlooker place on the redcoat in most undigniH''d fashion; transmission of Infective organisms and realizing thai he was 'committing might be foolish enough to say that frosty clang on the cross ties. InThe state pure food commissionei himself before an unsympathetic au- - there Is a pretty good present stantly the hammermen would pounce with flaming eyes, sh" bundled the from man to man by means of tht of Wyoming has issued a warniiu leat a hasty retreat to his pect of two." upon It One would fall upon hands cloak together and pitched it at its commoner insects, flies, bedbugs that unless all dairy cows within th of end y was in and knees to "sight" It into place; two owner's (Mi a other the the, Carteret at Miss But roaches and fleas. There Is no reus stronghold for cattle seal The officer drew back in astonioh-men- t onable doubt that In recent wars flies distilct quarantined dictory mood. Moreover, she was a others would slide the squeaking track before on or July 1. tbe) are dipped and Bes-ti"My faith!" he began; woman, and the way to a woman's gauge along Its Inner edge; a quarwere r"SHnslble for the transfer of "Well!" said the flaxen-haire- d and th herds the of out cut will be But Vironfldence does not He through the tette, working like the component Dorothy felt that in a moment more Uphold bacilli to foods which were catchelng her breath owners prosecuted. reason a he why of faultless would a be would of mechanism, easy compliance. demanding parts neutral country not screened. ginia laughed The trial of John 0. KISS at Gold "If you won't take the other side. I tap the fixing spikes Into the wood; he could not occupy the chair of his "I'm glad I'm not Mr. Winton." she choice. will be "There dozen two" and then at a signal a of the field, Nevada, is set for July Zi. Hines will," she said. aid. An Experimental State. have took my hare you "Tonyou Jastrow acquiesced a second time. to death a Husslan nobleman hammers aloft shot swuag heavy pointed "If you had a new plan to bring twe whole "I shouldn't wonder Our compet- - and a rhythmic volley of remanding seat, sir" she faltered, while her It PTKIt IV. Constant ine I'odhorski. on th U Count bv shortest the line, lace and neck blazed vivid, burning roads together in the highest highlands of Itor's road seems to be only a qu u of March 21 In a Ooldflelt! blows clamped the rail Into permatake first would you: state what you evening crimson. time, judg nence on its wooden bed. Connect-"I to The defendant Is lu Ul the Rockies a morning dear, cold and tion of time a very short men restaurant. suppose The Kngflnhinan bowed, still evident proixisitlon?" turning e ,ih's, auality In the ing from the number of at Catsoa City. rut slate with prison while onrzled her behavior, by WO UK CONTINUED.) tTck gang down yonder." uu:kla of a out la IraQs mc u BlJU ' T0W-ltr1e- NORTHWEST flr bough resound n sun-fire- H d FOR LOVE A WOOING A FOOL wild-lookin- e serl-jusl- arm-chai- right-of-wa- high-dresse- Vlr-ginl- ft one-hal- ur hard-hearte- w I m u. ,oii,r slip-cove- arm-chai- 1 r i hold-ove- hold-over- 1 pale-face- wind-blow- rock-ribbe- right-of-wa- 1 e 1 cold-eye- chintz-covere- il arm-chai- r g. aes right-of-wa- y d pros-dienc- rontra-Rosemar- e, . bell-lik- e |