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Show :orNai fttflWl ft hiu, ' I ww a TS .' r. . ' '. k A a TWnjUfic Story cVCcrtaftjTWsoris who Drank df H ejihJ ConqucrcJ Uoma nce'IoVcV (gyrus Anther X Xnhfti 1 ft, THlSES:Erd3jf anj tu 60 : Dtrtier. Mar'lftirip a r'vJTIorCriitfovi ip CniuortVountf ftty ayw. . -- ' --T Tb difference between their years was not quite so great aa he matter! bad It Un placed before you timed the helium over to the declared him on the old colonial mahogany of left. HiaUoad an port waa tbe terms but anil ft womanlike the girl let the atat frank, airl. la In Ihiladelpbia. Ilut aa I recollects vu, It s Jest the same the dliilng-roou- i roent pass unchallenged. lijr lir In wilds the bad eaten wtib burros, you lakes em by tbe there the up I "And wouldn't Insult your IntelmLiih4 Jni ,ov Armalmn. with I""- - ligence by tare with the test tiller, tbata by tbe tall, git a good coarse - fall the homely saying you ere the and relish of tbe most eeasuited ranger tight twist on It an ef you want him woman that I have ever made loveonly to, maPTCS of the hills. Anxious to be of eervtre. to hi ad to the right, slew bta stern but there la a vaat difference between she had burned her hands and smoked shews around to tbe left, an you got did right taka you love ekst making to a woman and lovlhg t her hair and erorrhed her fare by to be keerful you dont git no klrK haughtily demand! the mie. I have Just fuuud Ibui out lor the usurping tbe functions of tbe young back wlcb ef It lands on you la worse at first woman, time. looking marvel at the past, and ..young ranchman who had been brought along a tbe ree-col- l of a mule." I am ashamed of krowa while the I but It, Ciod thank Jytafft as bad and tbe fried cook, ed-- d Arthur actually faca. followed dlrrt bar I from that r faithfully have been saved for this opliical; bacon herself! Imagine a goddess tlooa, narrowly escaping the outraged Ljiatar bran kissed by a mao portunity. want to win you, and 1 with a frjlng pan! Tbe black thick brutes email but sharp pointed beelo tu going to do It, tiNi. a llood ralatlon 1o bar n many coffee and tbe condensed milk, drunk on occasion. Ilia efforts not being suspicious raadar, things dont match up with the peoa;aiSibf' from tho granite ware cup, bad a more productive of muh success, finally la from Philadelphia. and ple with whom you train. I was born M delicious aroma and a more delighthla despair he resorled to brute ud ibU audden and unau-Arar- out here, and Ive made myself. There ful taste than tbe finest Mocba and strength; he would pick the little aniaitb avary atom and are things that have happened In Ihe Java In the daintiest porcelain of mal up bodily, pack and all he waa a br III somewhat cooven-brIB- . making that I am not especially proud France. Optimum rnndlinentum. The man of powerful physique and swing of. and I am not at all auth-ltcwith Has frankly ravenously hungry, him around until hla head girt pointed to half to the carrot you bay engaged results, especially since have the altitude, the exertion, tbe the right direction; then with a prayer tbe air, see-In met 1 Tbe you. better justification, know pleaded if you the excitement made ber able to eat any- that tbe burro would keep It there for aoaootad seriousness wild less pleased I am with Jim Armand enjoy It. a few rods anyway, he would set him thing strong, but there are posslbllltlea In (be bad received bla impudent She waa gloriously beautiful, too; down and start him all over again. "Didn't )ou agree to glva me, I rather believe, and with you for even her brief experience In tbe west The proceas oft repeated became moman Dung out Inspiration, ClodJ-- lbe ctuKr had brought back tbe missing roses notonous after awhile. Arthur was a I hla liked hand that with you a fine gesture of devary it iay to her cheek, and had bonfshed tbe alow thinking man, deliberate In nothe admitted, "no man batter. termination. "They say that the east bistre circles from beneath ber eyes. tion; he stood It aa long aa be possibly and west dont naturally mingle, but t thought that you might1 Robert Maitland, lazily reclining could. KIrkby, who rode one borse " be began, lis a lie; you and I can beat tbe rU, ibea propped up against a boulder, bis feet and led two others, end Iherytore was world." the would not ba Interrupted. to the fire, smoking an old pipe that ezempt from burro driving, observed 14 aot mean that you abould en The woman thrilled Ao his gallant would have given bla brother the hor- him with great Interest. He and Hrad-sba- w tb privllegaa of a conquest be-wooing. Any woman would have done looked with approving comrors, had strayed way behind tbe rest 1 bad non ma. all! thank ao; some of them would have lost upon her, confident and of the party. placency tbelr heads, but Enid Maitland was a to do that again, air.1 that hla prescription was workAt last Arthurs resistance, patleoce Mean to bava bud a very dlf an exceedingly cool young person, for well. Nor was be tbe only one and ing piety, strained to the breaking effect upon you than It doea she was not qulto swept off her feet, who looked at ber that way. Marlon point, gave way suddenly. FrimlUvw I and roan did not qulto lose her balance. M replied tba coolly. and Emma, hla two daughlera, wor- Instincts rose to tbe surface and ovei "I like to hear you say things like yoe before, but now, alnca 1 shipped tbelr handsome I'hlladelpbla whelmed him like a flood, lie detlaed you, I worship you. that," ahe answered. "Nobody quite cousin and they tat one on either tide liberately sat down on a fallen treo iuol affected ma that way, rat- like you haa ever made love to me, of her on the great log lying between by tbe side of a trail, the burro baith girl promptly, bar face still and certainly not In your way, and tbe tents and tbe fire. Even llob ing obediently, turned and faced him 1 have reason and thats the a "Not at all, you Indignant given if Junior condescended to give ber ap- with hanging bead, apparently conhalf way promise to think about It. Tbe whole ramp scious that he merited proving glances. the dlsappro .five me, Enid, ploaded tba I waa sorry that you could not be waa at ber feet Mra. Maitland bad batlon that was being heaped upon with us on You I now this 1 just couldnt help It adventure, but been greatly taken by ber young him, for from the desperate tenderbeautiful I bad to. I took the am rather glad, especially If tbe even niece. KIrkby made no secret of bla foot there burst forth ao amazing, so You are not accuatomed to temper of my way la to bo Interrupted . devotion, Arthur Hradshaw and Henry fluent, so comprehensive a torrent ot by anything like the outburst of a few tft Philips, each a "tenderfoot" of tbe ex- assorted profanity, that even the old tbit your habit In your love aT minutes since." tremist character, friends of business past master In objuration waa aston" asked tba girl swiftly and not I am glad, too," admitted tbe man connections In the east, who were ished and bewildered. Where did "For I declare I couldn't help It. If I g a spice of feminine malice. spending their vacation with Mait- Hradshaw, mild and Inoffensive, get have to be with you either you have leTer had any love affair baland, shared In the general devotion; It? Ilia proficiency would have apbe replied with a ready maacu got to be mine or else you would have to say nothing of George the cook and palled hla rector and amazed bts feloeodsclty, "at least none worth to decide that It could never be, and Pete, tbe packer and horse wrangler. low vestrymen. Not tbe Jackdaw ot losing. Out you see this la the then I'd go off and fight It out" Philips, who was an old acquaint- Rbeltns himself was so cursed as that "Leave me to myself," aatd the girl vs have gained what we bava ance of Enld'a, had tried bis luck with little burro. Fried the Bacon Herself. Sha Actually KIrkby sat on hie borse a1 I little while; It's best her hack east and had sens enough In fits of silent every Inch that nature earnestly "for laughter until tbe Hm xBinding I would llrad-sbanot noblest take the so; and then claiming to accept as final his failure finest, the all. tear ran hla down the only In bis his what She his troubled present aspect knee, hand, . It tba way wa long whip waa a solemn young roan with- outward and visible cheek, play tba game out man on earth" of hie expression keen off and threw brown fierce ber somewhat I am eyea not "And Instantly preoccupation that" ot out keen sense that humor which mirth. the way wa win. was in read of and what and godetail Joined "Unless I loved him. There Is someeasily, however, every taking was characteristic of the west The not yet learned to play Arthur only stopped when he had In the merry conversation ing on about him. Indeed there waa others were suitably dressed for adyou call It by ansuch thing very attractive about your per- lly enough thoroughly emptied himself, possibly him came of before but little the that that way. woman de- sonality; I dont know in my heart venture, for Hradsbaw's Idea of an ap- of an accumulation - the young m of years of repressee. old Mr. as did not Robert Maitland, KIrkby Armstrong Is or It whether was costume that to "and Is It not tba way propriate distinguished rudly, sion. a from him known has had boy. Ine If I am tba atake. said, aa said hesishe tbe man, Good," chiefly by long green felt puttees "Wall," said KIrkby, "you sure do CHAPTER III. things in bis career of which swathed his huge calves and I flat Is the way? asked the man tated. "Thats enough." lie gathered There Maitland overmatch not and could not did which any one I ever heard Wen and his excited whirled horse reina curious Inquiry and ribald Show me and I'll taka It up the It comes to cursin; wy, you could The Story and the Letters. I am going approve, but they were of the past, be road. comment in from tbe .the denizens suddenly what Its surprised o difficulty." fitter , reflected, and Armstrong was aTter Imagine, if you please, tbe forest of each mountain hamlet through gimme cards an spades an beat me, R for ma to point out tba way back. I'll wait for" ' your return to all sort. Maitland's a Mr. pretty good primeval; yes, tbe murmuring pines which they had passed, to all of which an I waa thought to have some gift Denver, and then 1 wot; J Se to play traitor to myseir, y In the old days." of his and the hemlocks of tbe poem as well Rradshaw remained not those at were all standards answered That'a the best serenely Oblivious. girl. uuwered, relenting and relaxing T were didn't moun side of but a begin to exhaust myself. the they by Philadelphia brother, rushing rapidly The young man, who does enter espeShe stretched out her hand to him, I'Je before bla devoted wooing. answered Hradshaw, shortly, "and His experiences of men tain torrent fed by the eternal snows very high. If had been backward. he must And F It without assistance, leaning what I did say didnt equal the sltu different kind of a man he would have had been different; he thought that of tbe lofty peaks of the great range. fadonly tell you one thing. tlon. Im going home." kissed it; as It was he took It In his Armstrong, having certainly by this A level stretch of grassy land where whet Is that? I wouldn't do that," urged the old time reached years of discretion, could a mountain brook Joined tbe creek oo do not advance toward tbe own hand and almost crushed it with be man. was of with with and entrusted tbe dotted "Here, you take the horse an precious clumps pines safely bf such actions aa those of a a fierce grip. I'll tackle bad boulders rolled who tbe burro." from down of the the treasure young girl great on VVe'U he little shake at since." girl, that, been committed to his care, and for everlasting hills halt an acre of open said Arthur. "I would "Gladly," a backward without k here, and then said, sudden-said tbe other fals knowlas of side On affection the bis the whom au grew rmber ride clearing. opposite elephant and drive his and to horse he am not ashamed of what I did. glance put spurs herd of them than waste another minedge of and acquaintanceship with her brook the canon wall rose almost road. down tbe Im not furiously galloped I going to pretend that sheer for perhaps five hundred feet, Increased. ute on this Infernal little mule." either." No, she decided then and there, she needle-edge-d In two and Maitland pinAs Mrs. tbe for ending jaggqd, The story was too good to keep, did not love him, not yet. Whether ought to be," severely. were nacles of rock, sharp, picturesque and the and around the camp fire that night and youngster, they girls could tell. not And she would ever she 'J1 maybe so, but Im not; I beautiful. A thousand feet above ran KIrkby drawled It forth. .There was Vt help it any more tban I could yet she was half bound to him. The Armstrong's devoted friends. They knew nothing about his past. Indeed the timber line, and four thousand freedom and easiness of Intercourse Ha loving you the minute I saw you. recollection of his kiss was not al of Maitcrest above tbe feet the that of It which in were greatthere the camp, which waa natural enough. things bad be murself In my together a pleasant memory; place." land himself was Ignorant, and which est peak In the main range. teamster, driver, host, guest,, Cook, that at I am not himself not any by done good In your place, and I The white tents ot the little encamphad they been known to him might men, women, children, and I had at-- s t Put myself there. I do not wisb bold assault upon her modesty, that have caused him to withhold even his ment which had gleamed so brightly most said burros, stood on the same t ! true, as you nay, that you reckless atfempt to rifle the treasure in the possibili- In the clear air and radiant sunshine tentative level. acquiescence ever had man They all ate and lived together. No really her frown to care so much for me of lips. of Colorado, now stood dim and ghostThe higher up the mountain range you had ties. many o although touched her heart, quickly Most of these things were known like In the red reflection of a huge go, the deeper Into tbe wilderness you It be engaged her Interest Her experience true?" came the sharp tbe of It .was the who with evening campfire. old conmasterly to or KIrkby, plunge, the further away from tbe definitive as the man bent toward therefore was not nonchalance and amaz- first day In tbe wilderness. conventional you draw, the more skill, amusing loved James had she ir clusive. truly i a talrly devouring her with his bold, For two days since leaving the most of It under albeit becomes society and the she homogeneous all of ing that profanity, in II pot gaze. spite . Armstrong, less obvious are the Irrational and u his breath lest he shock the ladies, wagon, the Maitland party with Its J) lnce It Is true," she admit- - might have said, she would have of burros heavily packed, train excited four long tbe scientific nervous, tooled distinctions of the lowlands. along of that remembrance the to Oder the and the steady plodders compulsion of his pro thrilled Tbe guinea stamp fades and the man The chances, therefore, bronchos that drew the big supply its horsemen wild caress. That fact Is the only was Maitland s oldest on foot, had advanced Into unexplored possible and the woman are pure gold or base N for your action." were somewhat heavily against him wagon. KIrkby friend. He had been and almost inaccessible retreats of valued most and metal Inherently and not by any ardown the rode he as on find morning that some Justification for me, sheriff, he had the mountains Into the primitive In "It Was In These Very Mountains," tificial standard. latters deputy the fur alone. trail a cowboy and a lumberman, a deed! In this delightful spot they bad Said Robert Maitland. George, tho cattle man, who cooked Po, only a His experiences In love affairs were been possibility, but whether and a successful miner, pitched their tents and the perma hunter and mighty Pete, the horse wrangler, who asShe by hers. waq M true or not. I than do not reel that much greater Wood dally Into this tale, was a vestryman sisted be had acquired a nent camp had been made. KIrkby In looking after the means the first woman he had and now, although Fyet." competence, and had a nice was abundant, the water at hand was of the church in his home in the stock, enjoyed the episode uproariousreasonable iere was a reader, suspicious remember, saving grace in that kissed His piety little wife and a pleasant home In the as cold as Ice, as clear as crystal and suburbs ot Philadelphia. and would fain have had the exact word, which gave him a little that he was not from Philadelphia as milk. There was pas- had been put to a severe strain In the ly, as soft to at entrance the village mountain Into ears first the repeated to them, but here language not were He would have drove stagey for pleas- turage for the horses and burros on mountains. spoken, but hers he canon, the Maitland Robert demurred, much to had passionate uffered no poured He had the other side of tbe mountain brook. Interruption, saying: which he That day everybody had to work on Arthur's relief, for he was thoroughly was neither bet- ure rather than Tor profit. e He have been protestations. wooed before, but mile The whole place was a little amphi- the trail everybody wanted to for humiliated given over his dally twenty-fivI rue, by the whole performance. unless the human race has ter nor worse than most men, perhaps Morrison to Troutdale to theater which humanity occupied per- that matter. Tbe hardest labor confrom aunt was very pleasant lounging averIt the r oie suddenly blind." he said represented enough he fairly softly sisted In tbe driving of the burros. other bands for a short space that he haps the first time since creation. the camp fire and one good bls breath. . but surely fate bad something agethe burros, setting up Unfortunately there was no good and around time with his old , little a Unpacking spend womled to another. might a ot never In such easily story superb for store In better such ungentle friend and the family who were all the tents, making the camp, building trained leader among them through In these very mountains, and was It attainments such you have never run up an. A girl him on this outing. the fire, had used up the late remainan unavoidable mistake, and tbe camp- said Robert Maitlund, at she must greatly attached to rlnst a real last, when hla a girl of a kind that der ot tbe day which was theirs when ers had great difficulty In keeping the man like such infinite possibilities, Maitland, Enid the with turn that average there ona came, before." than happened mate higher a subcon- KIrkby had never seen before, had they had arrived. Opportunity would burros on the trail. To Arthur Hrad-shaof tbe strangest and most terrible adPerhaps there was come tomorrow to the be evidenced mainly man mans counheart old the had been allotted the most ob- ventures that I ever heard ot. 1 during explore won the have of this in her mind as she of 8el contrl and determined perhaps I sciousnesswaited to be overtaken by the weeks spent on the Maitland ranch. try, to climb the range, to try the stinate. uen8 Yet much forgotten the lay ot tne pretty did 1 stream of and fond be down that tumbled a successilently men there are that of her, tbe unruly band, and old KIrkby land, but I think It wasnt very far He had grown item that wouU not need to apol-- r rest of the party. not think that Mr. James Armstrong sion of waterfalls to the right of the and George paid particular attention from here that there Is one of tha Hie a KlaaCGa curious were he evidently so camp and roared and rushed merrily to Instructing him in the gentle art rlr tliplr Ql'alltlea even to you, There little merited that which in th most stupendous canons through the desired. KIrkby was around its feet until, swelled by the of manipulating him over the strange speculations Armstrong." overwhelmingly ber rocky range; nobody ever goes there; 1 dont Dont saw her sitting as they Bay that , well along in years, but he was quite volume of the brook, It lost Itself In mountain trail. Ev,(lently 1 make company 4 nr A few moments before suppose anybody has ever been there far beneath. Tonight ot playing a mans game for tree-claprBreB8 In ' my wooing. horse alone. depths said with his some- since. "Wall," capable vers KIrkby at them It must have been at least had passed In It to Intended tomorrow Armstrong rest after labor, play play after what languid, drawling, nasal voice, five all that, and he v.! -- andmetin,wlttl a wman quite James ago that It all happened. had waved his hand as years he rest. a gallop, Indeed instance. that that there burroB like a ship wlch lay this 1 (TO BE CONTINUED.) r charm, and she might he dashed by and had smiled at them, Enid Maitlands The was meal scanned over. evening Enid I often seed em wen I was a kid down Nobody rtt, him a certain assurance, ep Ie,i In exactly the same Ian- - hone giving confidence was scarcely face more closely than he, sitting could not help think with what east afore I come out to Gods coun"There are people who do not know W,th Gxact,y panlnand the same although his bumped up on the front seat of the scorn and contempt her father would try. Nature has pervided 'em' with a how to waste their time alone, and facts. tbe his on have regarded the menu, how his gorge kind of a helium. I remember if him "I am no the high break, , longer a warranted by was not in consonance wagon, one foot you hence become the scourge of busy peottUst be fltteen His demeanor in head sunk almost to the level of his would have risen hers, too, for that wanted the boat to go to tbe right ple. older years somevn and De Donald. grave " w. for I am thirty-five- . somewhat Enids with SYNOPSIS. 4r In! ia i at if aat-lulle- d . -- julf. tbat-a-wa- 1 ways-ooppos- d cross-graine- d d f |