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Show he got mad. Be hollered law. He their western experience, and to snatch me," replied Madeline, la sweet dlreet pulled down off the shelf his old stock a little sleep before the cowboys roused ness She saw him shake, saw hla throat them for the early start s iv .,L grudge on Stewart, eecum' ala Madeline went Immediately to her swell as he swallowed hard, saw the again of that Greaser murder last fait Stewart made him look like a fool room, and waa getting out her camping hard fiercenesa return to his face. Ilwif tug showed him up as beln' scared of the apparel whe a knock Interrupted her. I wont That's why I'm going after I bandits or hev fa' some- reason fer htm." Fresh Fruits are "Who's there?" she questioned. But I forbade you to start a fight slopln' off the trail Anyway, the row for "Stewart." came the reply. Use the short CERToProcm started all right an' It might hev She opened the do-- . He stood on deliberately." jam and jelly with Berries, making "Then ril go ahead and start one amounted to a fight In the thlckjOf the threshold. Oieroa, Peaches ana other fruits in without your permission." He ahook It, when Stewart waa drlvln Pat an "May I speak to you?" he asked. season. Yod will find they are die best his crowd on the place, one of them She hesitated a mo off her hand and strode forward. "Certainly." jams and jellies you ever tasted. fer ment, then asked him in and closed the lost hii head-'-wePlease, don't go!" she called, be his gun, Xels throwed his gun an crip- door. "Is la everything all right?" Cehto is sold bv crocm everywhere seechingly. But he kept on. "Stew 1" art sent postpaid for 33 cents. or the feller'a arm. Monty Jumped pled "No. These bandits "stick to cover then an' throwed two "forty-fiveShe ran ahead of him, Intercepted an' pretty close. They must have found fer a second or so It looked ticklish, out we're on the watch. But I'm sure him. faced hint with her back against 1 MINUTE'S BOILING the door. He swept out a long arm ai Hut the bandtt-huntererawled, an we'll get you and your friends iwy If to brush her aside. But If wavered hen lit out." POUNDS OF FRUIT before anything starts." With Stlllwell paused In the rapid deliv Haggard, troubled, with "Ho you have any idea who is hid and fell. OF SUGAR her. POUNDS before stood he face, ery of his narrative; he still retained ing in the house ?"-working he for It's Madeline's band, as If by that he might expostulated. sake," your "I wag worried some at first. Pat OUNClSoF CEHTO I'm comfort her. Hawe acted queer. I Imagined he'd "Let me out. Miss Hauunond. CHAPTER XIII. Continued. she reason," I replied. "Still, after and the to take go boys After Pat left we put our halds to discovered he was 11 may offer It aguln some dav. Goodtrailing bandits who going JAM these guerrillas." old cattleman, with might turn out to be smuggling guer the gether," began out with she It," Stlllwell, ...v, night" "Xo!" a long "We rounded up a rilla cronies. But talking with your tvery bonis Wrppd wh He said t wlil. I.r.rtl.v. and turned. lad whorespiration. "Good Heavens!" exclaimed Stew it a recipe booklet which had seen a doten or so fellers servants, finding a bunch of horses "W 1. Miss Majesty, there'i goin' to Madeline wonderlngly watched him go ttU th ttory. not let me go? It'a the he wouldn't say they was Greasers hidden down In tbe mesqulte behind art. "Why Stewart down the path with his hand on the ,e h flit somewhere, an do. I'm sorry to distress you to Douglaa-PediCorporation thing hreakln' to the the through shrubbery the pond several thlnga have changed and In before It come black horse's neck. Ban!? i to get you-al- l 4 CraniM Bid, KodwMi, N. Y. Why not put an end guests. back of the house. your hlle waa That a Idea Is mind. that my My cowardly She went In to rest a little before n(T. Hp says the valley's overrun by Stewart was rldln' out to the mesa. handful of riffraff outcasts from the to Don Carlos' badgering? Is It be vuin'.i""s f n' guerrillas an' robbers, an' dressing for dinner and, being fatigued Then this lad seen will spoil your servants all border have hidden In your house, cause you're afraid a rumpus from the day's riding and excitement, U,u) I: rows what else," hill toward the vil more by accident than design, j We'll your friends! visit?" nmuin' the down ahe fell asleep. When she awoke It lit- stumped off the porch, his hnga "It Isn't not this time." heah's the way Gene Ag- let them go get rid of them without down and started was twilight. She wondered why her lage. Now, the rattling, "Then It's the Idea of a little shoot tyurs gers. There sure was some deviltry even a shot. If I didn't think so well, (Surv'ell) Mexican maid had not come to her, down pr,;li toward the waiting menv at these Greasers?" ing along the railroad, an' Pat Hawe Pd be considerably worried. It would Stewart ctood In his familiar atten-liv- o and she rang the bell. The maid did trailed re .ran now her tongue to IcD No "No." bandits up to the ranch. He make a different state of affairs." That tad old story "It did not Jell" a little jKisitlon. erect, silent, with a not put in an appearance, nor was hunts hard an' then all to onct he think to "You're of tfek Quits. "Stewart, you are wrong. I saw one Greaser blood staining the halls of Her jam's now pei-fajelly, too (innd n pommel and bridle. there, any answer to the ring. The Stewart says Pat Hawe wasn't scared, should yoa I CERTO so uses She I of bandits. these recog distinctly are :i rt, house "S: you seemed unusually quiet. It was but he discovered exceedingly your home?" signs of .soracthln', or nlzed him." "".il of niy Interests," she said, a brooding silence, which presently lln "No." got wind In some strange way that One long step brought him close to broke to the sound of footsteps on the there was In the wan! :t:j; to thank him, and not readily "Well, then, why keep me from do some gang of bandits her. "I would hot know porch. Madeline recognized Stllfwell's fellers he didn't want fin:! r: k words. ing wbatXknow Is best?" to ketch. Sabe? v "Who "was he? demanded Stewart wi l t to do without you. Is there danahe faltered. In tread, though It appeared to be light Then Gene, qulckern a flnsh, springs "Stewart, I Carlos." 'Ton sed. for him. Then she heard him call his frightened-confucer?" "I'm agitation. He'd go down to plan on me. Mothers!! He muttered low and deep, then growing Tin not sure. But I want to be on softly In at the open door of her of Padre Marcos an' hev him All this la too too much V0r to find help "Are sure?" said, you fice. The suggestion of caution In his out all the vii fe side." for me. Pra not a coward. If you Write for 32 possible from your Mexican "Absolutely. I saw his figure twice have to fight you'll see I'm not a cowsi.h hesitated. It was no longer easy voice suited the strangeness of his servants. I was to an' up hyar hurry In the face In then his the hall, light, ard. But your way aeems so reckless for )""- to talk to him, and she did not walk. With a bodlne sense of trouble tell Page Booklet, you give you orders. Miss Majes- I could never mistake his eyes." she hurried through the rooms. He ty. Ain't that amarin' know why. hall is so dark the guerrillas that Wal, strange? Madeline was tremblingly conscious would shoot from behind doors. You're "May I know the special orders you was standing outside her office door. you're to assemble all your guests in tho Nick she and and a Nels "Stlllwell!" exclaimed. she iivf MontyT the kitchen. Make a grand bluff an thnt Stewart underwent a transforms so wild, so daring, you'd rush right In think "Please come out on the porch." I to asked. thst Is necessary? peril. pretend, as your help has left that ltll She complied and, once out, was en he great fun fer I mean I don't know Just why I feel "or course I'll tell you If you Insist, your guests to cook so so about you doing It But I beMv orders were that at least one of abled to see him. His grave face, paler room dinner. The kitchen Is the safest tiieni must be on guard near you day than ahe had ever beheld It, caused in the house. While lieve It's because afraid you you you're joahln' your never to be out of hearing her to stretch an appealing hand tobe Products and niclit hurt" might party along, makln' a kind of picnic ward him. Stlllwell Intercepted It and out of it, I'll place cowboys in the long rf yur voice." "You're afraid I I might be hurt?" "I thought as much. hs echoed, wonderlngly, the hard Use Thla Coupon Stewart, you held It In his own. corridor, an' also outside In the corner JiZT2?Sm Miss Majesty, I'm amazln' sorry to where the kitchen joins on to the main whiteness of his face wanning, flushW Wofclt,"MH wet Ike jtill think Don Carlos tried to make TheUaydUrg. n!T with me tell worrisome news. But It can't be house. It's pretty sure the bandits ing, glowing. iay try It again?" Company "I don't think. I know." "Yes." avoided. The fact is we're In a bad think no one's wise to where they're moailfl And besides all your other duties Ox. The single word, with all It might If your guests ain't scared out hid. Stewart says they're In that end aiMe...M,,.....,.....M.,Mt KM. not II It these all with shared with mean, the watch be owln' to your room where the alfalfa Is, an' they'll have menn, of their skins It might Stale Otf M softened htm as If by magic, made him nerve an' how you carry out Stewart's slope In the night. Of course, with me tli'ic rowboys?" "Yes." orders." will be gentle, amazed, shy as a boy, stifling LAND BROUGHT UNDER PLOW an' the boys watchln. you-aunder a torrent of emotions. "It hits been going on without my You can rely upon me," replied safe to go to bed. An' we're to rouse kiMiwl'-dgt'How long Is It to con- - Madeline, firmly, though she trembled Madeline thought she had persuaded Two Million Farms In the United your guests early before daylight to t'mie-'him worked her will with him. Then "Wal. what we're up against Is this: hit the trail up Into the mountains. 8tats Artificially: Irrigated to "Tl t's hard to saT. Till the revo- - that gang of bandits Pat Hawe was Tell them to pack outflta before goln' another of his atartllngly sudden Point of High Production. 'Hti.-i's over, anyhow." moves told her that she had reckoned chasln' they're hldln' In the house! J to bed. Say as your servants hev ' Si mused a moment, looking away too quickly. This move wss to put p Under the system of federal "In the house!" echoed Madeline, sloped, you might as well go campln' to tinher firmly aside so he could pass ; and eration the reclamation of America's pst, where the great void was aghast with the cowboys. That's all. If we fllMnir with red base. She believed Im-p-li Madeline, seeing he wonld not hesi arid lands proceeds today with Miss Majesty, it's the amazin' truth, hev any luck your friends 11 never iti In him, and the menace hoveritate to lift her out or tne way, surren on been a know slttln' powderthey've an shamed indeed am l to admit it. speed and confidence.' Before r her fell like a shadow upon dered the door. He turned on the 1800 the number of farms under Irri ng Stewart why, he's wild with rage to mine. Now, Miss Majesty, Tve used up her present happiness. threshold. His face was still working, gation In the United States was 006, lot of time explalnln'. You'll sure think It could hev happened. Tou see, but the gleam of his eyes comprising 409,000 acres ; In 1010 the "vii;it must I do?" she asked. It couldn't hev happened if I hedn't keep your nerve?' of that cowboy acreage had Increased to 14,4d4,0, "I think you ought to send your the return Indicated was and Madeline 'Yes," gol-loreplied, f links, sloped the boys off to the rnthlessness. friends hack East and go with them, an' if Stewart hedn't rid out on the surprised at herself. while by 1020 the government censua to Don until tins guerrilla war Is over." and Carlos drive Tbi be a shows 1,916,301 farms under Irrigation, She'll going Florence. Better tell now mesa after us. It's my fault But his gang out of the house," declared with an Irrigated acreage of 19,li "Why. Stewart, they would be we've got to face It to flgger. Now, power of comron to you. in gotn , I may promise you 716 and an area subject to Irrigation and so would L" listen. When Stewart left you an hour now to fetch np the boy a." 8tewaiVJ Forbid You.to Fjg.ht Un Stewart "I think He i :id no reply for that. to do It without a fight But if It takes under projected system In eieese C -- Instead of returning to her room less In or so ago he follered me direct to "If I do not take your advice It will where me an' the a fight, off he goes!" The present gross 80.000,000 acres. boys was tryln' to Madeline went through the office Into he th first time since I have com to area under Irrigation In the United almost aa tlon. She saw aa well as felt the leapwas corridor. ranch It the from tearln' the Hawe Pat long look to you for so much," she went on. keep CHAPTER XIV States, all of which Is the result of to pieces. At that we was helpln' Pat dark as night She fancied she saw a ing passion that changed him. "I'nnnof yon suggest something else? In more than TO years activity, rep them not friends 'Call surg get your than the But darker them find bandits. figure to we could all Mv friends are . of The Mountain Trait the aggregate resents having such a splendid when Stewart got there he made a dif- rounding gloom ; and ahe entered upon here 1" he ordered, tersely, and wheeled visit. Aa Stewart departed from one door lands now being Irrigated on tne Helen ts getting well. Oh, I ference. Pat was nasty before, but the fulfillment of her part of the plan toward the door. fhmilil he aiorry to see them go before Florence knocked upon another; and earth's surface. In addition we have "Stewart wait I" she said. Her I In something like trepidation. seeln' Stewart made him wuss. his burn Madeline, far ahaken ont of her usual many great projects In view. Including His turned. they want to." white He face, the were noiseless. as same Is the Finding to Pat footsteps Oene reckon now "H e might take them np Into the his serenity, admitted the cool western the Columbia river project which con charged presence she eyes, In, and ing when door to the kitchen, going red to t Greaser bull. Anyway, mmit n Ins and camp out for a while.' the sheriff set fire to an old adobe hut struck lights. Upon passing out again with definite, fearful meaning. Influ- rlrl with more than cladness. Just to templates the reclamation of 4o0,000,- have her near helped Madeline to get 000 acres of arid land, and the Colo be siid. I know a wild 8tewart called him an' called him hard. she made certain she discerned a dark enced her strangely, weakened her. presently back her balance. She waa conscious rado basin, with r.000,000 acres, while she asked. will T':oe up among the crags. It's a hard "What you dor Pat Hawe hed six fellers with him, an' shape, now motionless, crouching along of Florence's sharp scrutiny, then of bills In congress and appropriations alGet concern needn't "That your vivid you. her mistrusted she But 'n iJ. tmt worth the work. I never- from all appearances bandlt-huntlthe wall. a sweet deliberate change of manner. n more beautiful and waIn the windows Bar here. ready provided furnish many hundreds spot Fine was some fiesta. There was a row, an Imagination. It took all her boldness party been have Florence be safe." burning might You'll of millions of dollars And Include de doors. lock nod It will be coot Pretty soon the natur and Gene to enable her unconcernedly looked bad fer a little. But in he too hot here for your party to Itwas cool, an' he controlled the boys. ally to strike the corridor light Then "Stewart I Tell me what yon Intend with curiosity to know more about the velopment in all parts of the country bandits hidden In the house, the plans where Irrigation Is in practice. Edl'i went she went on through her own rooms to do." Then Pat an' his tongh "You menn to hide roe away among on hunUn'. That huntln'. Miss Majesty, and thence Into the patio. "I won't tell yon," he replied, and of the cowboys, the reason for Made- gar L. Hampton In Current History. , line's suppressed emotion; but Instead ne r:ips en nd clouds 7" replied Made-turned and away again. Her guests laughingly gladly petered out Into what was only a farce. u J In she Madeline of questions of asking hue. a ith a laugh, Sources Arsenic "But I will know," she said. With a tered Into the spirit of the occasion. of troduced the Important subject sources of most The the "w ;i, Ifd smount to that Tour Important him. She on detained his she kitchen. arm the hand They trooped merrily into what to take on the camping trip. For world's supply of arsenic are-th- e sil fri.nds need not know. Perhaps In a Madeline, delaying at the door, took a saw how he halted felt the shock In an hour need of ver mines m discussed the they ana ua me few weeks this I down do touched him. saxony, as the she unobtrusive him "Oh, pyrjie glance spell of trouble on the sharp but this and thst article, selected those mines of England and the mtspUket horde,- will be over till fall great, barnlike hall. She saw nothing know. You mean to fight T then and most needful, packed (arsenical pyrites) mines of Spain and "Y..U Hay If a hard climb up to this but blank dark spsce. Suddenly from "Well, Miss Hammond isn't It about things duffle-bags- . the province of Ontsrlo, Canada. The one aide, not a rod distant protruded timet be asked. There was weari- them in Madeline's He down, to decided That contains goh! Canadian done, It surely g. Tonr friends will get they the face mlsplcket a cale. gleaming breaking ness, dignity, even reproof In his questl even blackness. Instantly It flashed tion. "The fact of that Mexican's pres- fully dressed as they were In riding- Germany, In normal tildes, produces; re,,) thing If they make that trip.1 back out of sight "Yet that time was ence here In your house ought to prove costume, and sleep, or st least rest the greatest quantity of metallic and! "li'iit suits me. Helen espedsHy time left before white arsenic, England, which led t ! ' to long enough for Madeline to see a pair to yon the nature of the case. These the little remaining Very happen. something Madeline turned call saddle. to the to "'d I am derided. Stewart, of course and production In 1912, having; of glittering eyea, recognize vaqueros, these guerrilla a, have found ill take charger I donl believe J'"" them as Don Carlos'. out yon wont stand for any fighting out the light and, peeping through her fallen behind. It is estimated thai the- sentiI United States consumes about half Without betraying either hurry or on the part of yonr men. Don Carlos window, ssw dark forms standing Stewart, Isn't there something nel-like In the gloom.. When she Isy tbe entire production of metallic, whiter f'10 ou could tell me why yon alarm, ahe closed the door. It had a la a sneak,, a coward, yet he's not down she heard soft steps on the path. red and yellow arsenic. The yellow "''"k why yon know my own personal heavy bolt which ahe slowly, noiseless- afraid to hide In your own house. He This '!'"-'tfidelity to her swelled her hesrt arsenic la known aa orplment In the cold cow la In perlir amaze had won't let the learned that Then baa shot your yon ly ' i while the need of It presaged that arts arsenic Is used In pyrotechny and " adHut do not ask me whst It Is. all but stunned her Into Inaction boys hurt anybody. He's taking since Stew, In the manufacture of shot as well aa If I hndn't been a rebel soldier I wonld throbbed Into wrath. How dared that vantage of It Hell rob, burn, and fearful something which, to art's her, haunt for medicine and the making of fly appeal passionate I Into "fer have known." her home What make off with yon. Hell murder, too, Mexican steal her as Inevitable. I "if you had not been a rebel soldier, powders. If it falls his wayv These Greasers edMadeline did be mean? Was he one of the ban did not expect to steep. wiiere would Madeline Hsmmond be In In So I hidden aak Isn't her use knives the dark. dits supposed to be yet ahe did sleep, and It seemed to Some people try to mske the most of ,r" " she ssked, bouse? She was thinking herself Into It about time we stop him earnestly. a moment until Flor themselves and some others take anti- have been He made no and "Stewart I forbid you to fight un ence called only reply. greater anger and excitement, her. Bhe followed Florence fat. .. . te art." she continued, with warm I forbid you." probably would have betrayed herself less In She could discern saddled outalde. debt ""h'dse, "you once mentioned hsd not Florence, who had evidently "Whst I mean to do la h6rsea being held by cowboys. There Let not the sun look down and ssy, Tn" ed me" And seeing his dart seen her bolt the door and new read Haven't I tried to explain to yon that an air of hurry and mystery about "Inglorious here he lies." v wss "" fle. she wavered, then went on. come a toward her with her thoughts, Just now we've wild times along this the ' l departure. Helen, wh came tipnnld." Intent, questioning look. Made stretch of border? Must I tell you bright out with Madeline's other toeing "V ' nn. That never can be In time. line caught herself paid." again that Don Carlos Is hand and guests, whispered that It was like an Madeline held out her hand. Thereupon she gave each of her glove with the revolution? The rebels escape. She waa delighted. The other " paid. I tell yon," she repeated. guests a duty to perform. Leading are crazy to stir np the United States. were amused. To Madeline It was HoussT Echosd Madeline, Florence Into the pantry, she unbur You are a woman of prominence. Don vMdeniy he drew back from the "In th an earape. She heard low volet, ' med wn(tt ntn(1 thlt Aghast dened herself of the secret In one brief Carlos would make off with you. If the champing of bits and thumping of '" Innte htm, Florence's reply wss to point he got you, what little matter to cross hoofs, and ahe recognised Stewart lookln' hard fer any whisper. wasn't l kill Hawe rat a man to touch your hand, out of the little open window, passing the border with you! Well, where when he led up Majesty for her to ' l won't touch It on the terms you bandits; he wssn't daiu set nuui... which was a file of stealthily fhovlng would the hue and cry go? Through mount. Then came a fei trouble was pattering of soft anrrliln'. unless It Then Madeline lost both the troops along the border 1 To New feet and the whining of doga Cold cowboys. men ..-.- .. when rats rinnilv s ii unexpected passion disconcerted anger and fear, retaining only the glow York I To Washington I Why, It nosea touched her bands, and ahe saw w made fer our storehouse, where would menn what the rebels are work the an of excitement. long, gray, shaggy shapes of her no man ever before re- -' k.ep ammunition, grub, liquors, Rtatea Intervention. In of Ing collection miscellaneous The h An' of Russian That a t t halt called park Gene then alch, shake hands with pie, for any Il dishes so confusingly contrived made other words, "war meant let them to Stewart with ranch. her the off go Hawe rat fit. ' It It la mrMlt dittorinf " i..r ."Oh, surely you exsggeratel" ahe was Indicative of how be studied her locked up a dinner which they all heartily en Stewart an' -" " ''I. with a Hawe was hyar little laugh. Madeline enjoyed It herself. cried. Why out. loved. pies sure. She loved to be ont witk ' von? rtrcsuse you think I offer horna. An' hyar the truth come so. But I'm beginning to see the hounds end her horse. a sword hang of the "Mnybe with even feeling hid bandits of "iiKtrrsa to servant rancher te There was a gang the Don's game. And. Miss Hammond over ner. tTo bs co?mruriv an" at fust Pat Hawe hed been mg suspended was late when she rose It's awful for me to think what you'd hour The buntMs In . "V.i , oowerful active an' earnest Signs of Wisdom. from the table and told her guests to cffer If Don Carlos got you over the ... anddenllka he'd fetch! peen why t The debt yon owed ia M s Rot I know these are the signs of a wise man Mexicans, line, rooms, dn their rldlng-clothe'These their to ,71go been bad He - of heart " ' " 'd. I cancel It Ro what they needed for the I've beei among the peons the to reprove nobody, to praise nobody why not shake eooller chaos- with Ftewart'a eyes pack ome flustered ' tnn aa men dor to blame nobody, nor even to speak of tad adventurous ramping trip slavea." -- 1 Into his moves, an then, mebhe long ahe prytn' wot. that's an." Don Carlos get Blauself or Mm ew leerltsv-Eplcttt- Be, climax of "Etewart be let would the hoped that ' to arl ungracious, whatsvsc to tJde omethln', mebbe Jest nat'ml Jam Mif2&3 w.wv Pitiful nt s, 2 3 a . 4 5me.Kea good-nigh- . n A . - rDtf- i I" f$Jr ly "Mothers of World" y 'IJoyd f f Ixom W li : i - co-o- i flame-pointe- d broken-hearted- telf-Dsfsnse- ." slow-glidin- one-fift- h . n' ''. . - - r . r self-defens- e, , la-de- ! for-fcUn-lted 1 r wolf-hound- some-where- a, ' t' i "" t low-cast- a, d1 e |