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Show i NoYemPcr , Iea ijewifeV Box Fargo package I'd found In the gurl's trunk. . . . Thefs nil. f,.. lor. We rode till loon, tueet.u' you as agreed In the cedars. What was In thet Wcl s Fargo package?" asked Smoky, u tr long pause. Hundred dollar h;:r. i 'Money. tore corner of the papc-nIt was a thick an heavy pm i" So Hank wet with thet an the Jewelry';' "Yes. When he made f.o il.wy hyar he give me his share ..f tint sixteen thousand. It's hyar in my You an Jim nlr wl, ..m, to coat. it Cause whqre I'm goln' won't need any." ? Sparrow, It was a lorn: a slc.k man -- an' hard to t, i," Jlm.ii'i' Smoky, ftmlingly. respect your confidence. An' t ,m us I hope j.m ,t. we'll never squeal.., . . I. don't be surprised at whit o toes FLO B B E R.S R.O OST tatlon. When the split fame 'ano the shooting began Jim wanted to he around. He would' heju It along Considerably. One day," when he was returning to mip, somewhat before sunset, he heard a .shot, lie, listened (Vr others. None came. The moment he,ettfered the oval, to see Hava striding for the cabin, his hair standing up, and his men grouped outside of the camp sln-tor. Jut) knew 'that there t ad been T' tmtli -- K'f t - fish to keep food la Jars p TMd have no - i try this method. Dip Into milk. Jar Pltce the tla-f!oe- r pull-throug- pa-yo- while very wet, - CHAPTER VIII Continued 0 That night Jim moved his bed Jiirtlcht aa lony aa It la left on. closer to the grove, farther from HOUSBWira xhb the campfire, and It commanded a PuMIe . MrUh yNU Mrvlc view of the rise of ground where anyone passing could be detected Saving Hi "F.c above the horizon. Even after lie know what to do, had crawled uudor his blunket he & doesnt watched tt rail It patience. He fell asleep and dreamed that he was. .tiling a gigantic black horse with eyes of fire, and that there was a white flower growing out from a precipice, and tn a strange, reckless desire to pluck It he fell Into the abyss. Iown, down he plunged Into the blackU mW the mistake at glslng ness. And suddenly a piercing, terJtaH-yt- r strong , rible cry rose from the depths. meant for adults . Jim was sitting up in lied, his L who brow clgmmy with swent, his heart ai clamped as In a cold rise. What W are not ready had awakened him? The night was lb given powerful He silent, melancholy, fateful. 51 swore that a soul wracking cry had hhnofwbetoghre broken bis slumber. Then he re ttives of adult strength to a child. membered the dream. He was not lesa them because you give The rest of subject to dreams. Uently or la less amounts. Many Ktrrv.7 '' i'-.J- . the night he dozed at Intervals, psa Vint haunted by he know not what mistake. One by one the members of the Im a liquid laxative containing gang appeared at Happy Jacks California jua (a natural laxative). to calls breakfast amount for wp of Figs has the right was Jim the last to arrlye. exthis and rich, use, fruity lirena or upset a cept Hays, who had not yet aptup does' not harm peared. jlfs system. child bilious After the meal Jim, as was his that headachy, Ghe ;!e of this gentle laxative when custom, hurried toward the shelf tstipated. and a little less, if dose is where Latlmer lay. lie had gotten Cgcd until bowels seem to, be y cuuglit up and thoroughly living regularly him. with outnecd of help. Jim, you look like the wrath of Get the true California Syrup of Gawd this mornln. senna and cascara, &containing Smoky, I didnt sleep well. Im will not weaken the bowels or cross, and I reckon I need a shave." SUte the kidneys. Youll soon have W n tpl M hrt jj cvideKrthatit-afdy-relievtin yr J rir,--d children. in ftlipation you hear the gurl scream last First: tight? HIE "LIQUID TEST. a liquid laxative of the proper did she? "Scream. for children. Second: give Huh. If she didnt Ive shore suited to the childs age. My Gawd, got the JlmJams. d: reduce the dose, if repeated, 'ook at poor Latimer! tnl the bowels are moving without Their patient had wrestled off 7 kelp stall. bed out Into the grass. They his As ideal laxative for this purpose rushed to lift him back and make the pure California Syrup of Figs, him comfortable. He appeared to it be sure the word California is l the bottle. be burning up with fever and but he was alarmingly bright-eyed- , Hit Hurtit conscious and asked for water. Jim rnd "Doctor, do you celebrate hurried to fetch some. Fourth of July?" Doctor "No, 1 How I rolled out there I dont khraU the rifth." know, said Latimer, after he had drunk thirstily. Reckon you was delirious, Sparrow" replied Smoky. ' , No,, sir. I was scared, "Scared I You? Thefs ffinny, rejoined Smoky, looking across at J.lace and allow It to dry. It like parchment and the Jan -- Ml ldf. !. t? JSdSd . trhl.. half-wa- when-SWu- n er -- m ... 1 1 1 1x1 ... I NASAL Jim.- IRRITATION "What scared you, old man?" queried Jim. It was after I got my sleep. Must have been late, fer I always am dead to the world fer five or six hours. I was wide awake. It was shore a lonesome, still night Mebbe my sins weighed on me. . . . But all of a sudden I heard a cry. It scared me so I Jumped right off my bed. Hurt me, too, an I didn't try to get back. Maybe It .was a coyote right by close, returned Jim. "Fellers, Ill bet youll find thet gurl dead. . . . murdered I con eluded Latimer hoarsely. "Sparrow, you dont look flighty, replied Jim gravely. "But your talk U. Else youve a reason to think It" "Shore I have, rejoined Latimer, lowering hla voice to a whisper. "Haya beat an robbed Her rlckl . . . Theta part I wanted to tell you. If I was goJn to croak. But I gotta tell It anyhow. An I ask you both, as pals, to keep what I tell you secret till I'm dead. "1 . sw earr. Sparro w,L. s a! d S in ok y , huskily. "You can trust me, too,", added Jim. "Wal, thets why I feel Ilank must have done fer the girl, too." Robbed Ilerrlck 1" exclaimed Slocum Incredulously. "Was there s Jkdkve tha dryaeoa and) irritation by applying Meitfholatim night and morning. ENTHOUAT.UM r C ttatf fm. J BaiUan r. twliif boa PrlMlimrnrtlon. (in). Srw fentlMd Mam KiBfpi. Ulrica Itaj InwiiBwtw W h MmM, 1 - IELP KIDNEYS Tour kidney you have function badly lame, aching futd a with rfi attack of dizziness, scanty or too frequent uoa, getting up at night, feet and ankles, rheumatic , use Doans Pills. are especially for poorly Jttwnlng kidneys. Millions of C Bre used every year. They recommended the country OTer, If' finer neighbor PILLS 44-- More j. ,sCf 1 ttoe 1 34 hurt those who like not , Sun-kv?- .. i t i to-- (.t hi'-w-hmo- i. ( I ... Uewant gar, but the other got away.' , lie tied the bundle on hla boss, an leadin the gurl'a hosa he rode up the mountain. We rode the rest of the tight stoppln to rest at Hyar 1 turned the money an' trinkets over to Hank. He counted flfihtT- over money Herrick had turned Tes. But Hank might have avoid thesomethin' moren sixteen thousand Well- ed It He drove the man crazy but be never opened the off a steal coppers Fellers, Ilaysd dead mans eyes shore. But what - ; ' beginning from he said he wanted waa the gurl fer , with a he fight picked' ransom. Yet w.n. Herrick an beat him with a gun. didn't H meets Hank come h'L rsneh. Hare and othera are plotting to you how "Sparrow, asked Smoky Herrick, who ha. !octdf1 a Happy Jack and Lin- tell us before? teal their employer, ranchy'nayg unfold kl plan for getting ' . . coin, Wall rri!,rlj.sternly. of lira atock. He and bla lieutenant jt 00 flrtheadhunch rival "Im beholden to Hank. ButhisI posMsalon of of cattla. Hee.ertaa. Hay HrreJ l ride away to will say thet If Id knowed wtt 0nct his a.tHeeaeman'a) WaJ, ,Uy . to. firanfl. J, unction with- him, .r,l.vr ck game Id never have gone I stuck. ner and double.cro.aff Hejw her with th. fact lmpr,, wal, late too was In- After It to meet Helen. 0f the wort type, but O.e h girl treata the ' I feel that he f An I've kept It secret But '" " I ra formation HchUy. tn ,ov with Helen, and fin. lly in my bones I'm done fer. So Jim Herrick. because and a.ks him not to le.v. the It doin squealin, an I'm her. She dlam and brought lack the money. ettie th, you alt men to go on ahead, that ."a'tlta. Haya' men r,ur".b hla telta Hays Haya same quick getaway la I r a captive, eiplalnlng WHh Helen Herrick Reckon I'd have done the con will Join them Helen for ransom. Realising the girl will ,to) if Ilank had a hold on me, !!. Vails on with Hank that he In t Hee.eman'n elutehea. Jim ride, UPP off battle In ceded Smoky generously. wort, b. d I. covered In purruit. After are us rider, tell and . la wounded. Hay. lead. th. gang tats a you tatea nip of whisky Haya Robber' RoL rha happened, cany on Tbe "Fm hot enough without liquor, V the b5; H' hT. ttJ balsam Sfc,Hurrwa (? "Jt i Color tariff Hft u4 !Ur th sttKsassi I ! Jim)., w!u double-crosse- d V'!'.;, time Happy them to supper. Jim carried over an armload of brush to make a bright firei By Its flare Haya wsa seen approaching, and when he drew near he said: Jim, did they tell you straight how I come to draw on ItradF Reckon they did," replied Jim, coldly. Anythin to aayf "No. I don't see how you could have acted any differently." "Wal. youve coppered It with the ace. The second Brad Jumped me I seen tn hla eyes be meant to egg me on to draw. So I did It quick. . . . Jqck, what you got fer upper F By tacit consent and without a Ingle word the men avoided Happy Jack's tabla that night and ate around" tb- - camp flrev Haya- - stood up, Smoky sat on a stone. Jim knelt on one knee, and the others adopte'd characteristic poses reminiscent of tba trait "Cool after the rain, remarked Hays, after be bad finished. And he took np a blazing fagot of wood. Reckon HI make a little fire for my lady prisoner. He stalked away, waving tbe fagot to keep It ablaze. ' "I seen ber last night when be called me to fetch her upper. anld Jack. Fust time I'd bad a peek at ber face lately. Seemed a ghost of thet other gurL" "Yea, and you fellowa saw only ghost of the money Hays got from the Ilerrlcka," retorted Jim, Jets Curfew InfarawayAfrlcatNO mile l land from Cape Town the natives have a phonograph which they use aa a curfew. 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Then Jim, In brief, cold terms, exposed!!), machinations of their chief. After the first outburst they accepted the disclosure In astonished and omluous alienee. Jim passed off Into the darkness, I TO BB OONTUtUrO. cfAlajnclin. now Big Price Cut on Genuine Bayer Aspirin! POCKET TtNS OF 12 NOW Wev reduced the price of Gen- nine Bayer Aspirin to a level that makes it unnecessary for anvona to deny himself tha speedy action and reliability of real Bayer Tablets. Millions of people, have long been glad to pay a higher price to enjoy the fast relief from headaches, neuralgia and neuritis pain for which Bayer Aspirin la famed. Now everybody can enjoy its full ben ALWAYS ; I NOW Pay Less and Get Real BAYER Aspirin! Tbere'a no longer any point to accepting other aspirin tablets, la place of the Genuine BAYER article. In order to save a few centa. -- revelation -divining- the- - moment-fo- r j had come. An angry roar arose. Smn ky threw up bis bands and left the i I ui(s) TO BUYING UNKNOWN ASPIRIN TABLETS! durk by th rr ht Soldiers longue, which has just been liMuied, War pensions .to members of h Auatiallan Imperial fore totaled more than $57'.OUO,(0, gratuities smmmtcd to $131,01 W. (MX), vocational . raining costa to nearly $2V nd employment aubsldy to nearly $B.(s,sX, NO POINT WAS ITJack called 1 fermenting- - In his tnlpiL A E.ceptlow An ounce of prevention la worth a pound of cure. DoctorNot to me. Stray Storlea Magazine. CHAPTER IX -- ed to be alone. If nothing else Intervened. this gambling would lead to the Inevitable quarrel Whether Haya won all the money or lost what he tad. ther would be a light At once a resHesa. baffled, harried condition of mind seemed to leave Jim. To face those men hour after hour, day after dnj,. hiding hla thoughts, had engendered IrrI rat lent Financial Tribute ' Australia has paid tnora thaa 1.000.PW'.(1H tim e 1018 aa Jig ahar . of 'the coat of th World war, rord.ng to a report of th Returned Mar Mor-ley- Wells-Farg- Pro- Wing given Kundny school lessona by post, snys the Montreal Herald. Many of them live tn districts where there la no other form of religion Instruction. The school also has a few pupil In Victoria, Queensland, western Australia and FIJI. Each pupil receives every month an lllua trated magazine" containing weekly leasont and queatlona. Answers are sent to headquarters, where the elilld'a progress Is recorded. right arm hanging low, hl gun ly Ing near his hand. Lend a hand, some of you," ordered Slocum, peremptorily. They curried l.lneoln, face down, across the oval to (lie lower aide of the cottonwood grove, and In half nn hour he had been consigned to earth, and hla possessions divided among the men who hnd burled him. "Grave number two I" speculated Kinoky. Fellers. It runs In my mind thet Kutfitcrs Roost In these next twenty years will be sprinkled all over with graves." "How so, when nobody has any Idee where It Is?" , Ileeseman will find It, an an' after them many more," concluded Slocum, prophetically. "Let's rustle out of the hole," suggested Bridges. ... - ! . 1 j.. "tl .PARKERS Hair More than 1,000 children In re"Keep Quiet an' Shell Out Your mote parts of New Routh Wales are Money,' Hank Ordered." -- the story r,',n VIDESPREAD SUNDAY SCHOOL 1 day-lig- -- ft-r dt I bright moonlight, hut I didn't locate thet winder quick. An' at thet I was guided to It by the gurl's voice. like loyally. !'Siinukiv you're sq uare.lLUuuu Latimer quenched his Inordinate anythin', we want to knew." "Mehhe we can slick It over." re thirst again, while Jim and Smoky If t exchanged thoughtful glances over plied Shmky, amootlt.lv. win ail boss monev the an' he'll him. he easy now wnli thet gurl When shore "Wal, where was I? on bis mind reckon ilicre wont I straddled thet winder Bill I seen be any sense In tellln' ut all. Eh, the gurl slttln up In bed, white as Ilank hnd a Jim? (he sheets about licr "I dont make any rash promices. gun pointed at her head, an' he waa I admire returned Jim Smoky," tie d If shoot. Then sayln' she yelled, I'm a hut lot. Slocum, thinking he told me to look around fer money you you run this Into the ground. In I started thet, keepfn an Jewels. men ought to he an eye on them. The room was aa all Justice these told something." moonlight aa outdoors. Hank told "I say cards. You fellers cant her to git up an dress for rldln. It forever." rejoined l.lneoln, She refused, an' lie yanked her clean keep darkly. he out of lied. Gurl.' said, yore From thnt hour dated the grim brother Is bawg tied' down In the and passionate gambling In which living room, an If you don't do as With one all partlclpateit they . 1dm. . Im . tell you, I'll kill on the others lookout roan duty taking you away fer .ransom, an hours most of the, daylight spent when he pays up you can come of able Jack's at Happy sitting home. So longs you're quiet we cottonwood poles. At thet she wont hurt you. Jim had separated his money Into I a Into closet ran an got up one consisting of the two heard her Bobbin'. He made her bills parts of large denomination, and put on rillin' clothes an pack what the other of small. The latter he Meanwhile I else she wanted. out for gambling. Intended to of found gold things an dia- kept when It was lost. heap quit monds, an a package of money, still But fortune was fickle. He did paper on It with the lose It Instead, he won stead not These I stuffed In my pockets, an I There was no hope of bis get lly. shore was a walkin gold mine." out of the game so long as he ting "How much was there?" asked waa ahead. He wanted to watch Lurk changed evenSmoky, curiously, when Latimer think plan. paused to catch his breath. tually. and he lost all he had won. . We went Then he seesawed for a day, before "I'll come to thet . out the winder, an Hank hustled her he atruck another atreak of losInto the woods, with me follerln. ing. and lost everything. Soon we come to the hosses. an "I'm cleaned," he said, rising. Hank put the gurl up on the gray. But. hy gosh. gave you a run. Lie blindfolded her an told me to "Im way ahead. Ill lend you see she didn't glt away. The girl aome," offered Hays. "No. thanks. I'm glad to get off talked a blue atreak. but ahe wasnt so scared, except when we heard a thla welL I'll go up to tho rock and shot,' then someone runnln' on bard send Mac down. From .now on I'll Hank come back pronto, do most of the lookout work. 1 ground. a lassoed bull. He said like It like pantin Jim was glad this phase of his he'd run plump Into Progar an anoutfit connection with the outfit waa past other of Heeseman'a felHe had played for daya, won and them " 'Miss Herrick, he nays, all In the Interest of the scheme lost, on robbing your ler waa bent btmr-I-h- ot - i .- rau-son- CLARK f.-- r h I - YalatrtU who do - But Ill tell you. . more water. , After a moment Ijtllmor drew a long breath and resumed: 'Hank picked me because he. had a hold on me. - . . After you fellers left thet nllit Ilank went out an got another boss. He hud a saddlo hid somewhere. We took them hosses up the bench hack of the house an tied them. Then we went down toward the house." Ahuh, Hed had this deal tn mind all the time, said Smoky, uoddlug tils head. Yes. Before we got to the house he told me lie meant to hold Herrick up fer what money he had on hand then steal the gurl f.-I opened my trap to kick again the gurl part or It. anyway, huf he cussed me somethin' fierce. I seen then he was blood set on It. so I shot up. . . . Herrick Was In the livin room. We walked round the house, an' Hank allowed me the url'a winder, which was open. . . . Wal, we went back, an up on the porch, an Into the livin room. When Herrick looked up Hank threw a gun on him. Keep quiet an shell out your money, Hank ordered. Thet didn't faze the Englishman. He Jumped up, thunderin mad. Hank hit him ov'erjhe head, cuttln' a gash. Thet didn't knock Herrick out, but It made him fight till Ilank got him good an hard. Then he opened his desk nn threw out some packages of greenbacks. After thet be slid to the floor. Next Hank ordered me to go out, an' round to the gurls winder. It was - f.-- r ' . ly sufficient for Small quilt Soc. Iackaga N& J2 with 21 perforated patThe "Doubla Wedding Ring" ahown terns for quilting with balow Utha most popular quilt known. Its name la attributed .to th ,,2Bc. Any of powder these wondcrfol htlpa following story; will be mailed to yoa Following the Civil war quilt makupon receipt of your oring waa very popular. Grandma had der with cash enclosed In her .collection a quilt she was savEnclose stamped ad-- . for her grandchild's ing wedding. dressed Ja ne'a fiance, who hnd been wounded envelope for reIn the battle of Anlli-tnIn 1HG2, ply, when writing for Information. A DURESS HOME CRAFT CO, peut many year In the hnpltal,4u don't Dept lx Nineteenth and Bt Loul avenues-- Ft gun?" Louis, Ma CKANDMOTHE trouble.. "What now. Smoky?"' Hank tl.il Brad."I low ? Why? . , . You mean Hays heat l.lneoln to a "He did, Jim." ejaculated Slocum TheJuitcd Brad. I was the onlv feller w ho sia-- ,lt. The rest wa In. kin'." "What was It about. "Wal. Brad has been glttm' sot or! every day, an today we cleaned him. Brad opened up on Hank,, no off." doubt meauln to call him fer fair. Five days later Sparrow k ,ti lmor died during the night, tin.-- u But Brad dldn t glt goln good he short Interval of Improvem.-wii(,n foie Ilank went for his gun." Smoky, he had Ids mind .made gave hU comrades renew c l He passed awuy alone, ei !. tl in up." deelpred Jim. tensely. Shore, Thefs the queer part of agony, to Judge from his It. Hank w as not goln to 'let Brad face. out muih. . . . An friend "Wal. I don't know blit Soar !pit t diB, row's better off," remark. Smoky Hays cant heat me to a gun," with pathos. rejoined Jim, with n cold ring In They buried him tn his t on the spot, and divided li s ifioits his volde. "Nor me cither. Thcts a safe among them by drawing inti. tut." "W Imfd you do with the money They rcai bed the enmp. l.lneoln finally returned home and the wel you found on him?" quci,. u.is, face down over the table. Ids ding waa plnnned,' Grandma," anld lay "We didnt find none, sp.iimw. Jane, we will not have our wedding guve.lt to me an Jims. 'me dajs Grandma, hour, ring until later. ago. replied Smoky. the solved liroblem, ever, "My child, 'Beckon you better diihic it." furnish the rings. You shall bare Ill Sm..kv "I'nip umin," rejoined my favorite quilt and we will call It nonchalantly, his beady I. tile eyes the I'onble Wedding Ring." on, the chief. In those days making of qntlta de-- ! not? Why on material that could be pended Wal, Sparrow wanted m to Ime In the home, and also the found. It, uot, I reckon, becan.se we took artistic ability of the maker. Cut care of him wbeu you forgot, but ting patches accurately and drawing Jest became he cottoned to us." neat designs for quilling were Itnpor-- j Smoky, tell llaya the other ren tant atepa In making a good looking son." spoke up Jim. qullL Today, with the ninny helpa "Thefll wait, Jim. No hurry for quilt mnkera, thousands of quilts An' Im not so shore Spanow want art made In much shorter time than ed us to tell. In Colonial day Here are some modIlank llaya turned livid ern ways that will make work easy "Ahuh. Mehbe youd both be wise and produce quilts that you will be to stay shot up," he Said and left. proud of. Fellers," said Brad l.lneoln. Books of Instriuttou Illustrated turning to the others. lie had a ami cutting diaInstructions with bunch ail along there was a Idtch grams. Book Nik 20 with HO quilts. In this deal, Air you with mo In 4 Ihm! qnllle a demandin' showdown from No. 23 with 33 quill. These are 13c Smoky an Jim?" each, two for 2.r,c, or three for Me. "We shore air, rejoined Bridges, Back age No. .10 contains 20 fiber cut- and Mac and Happy Jail, expressed 1 T PATCHWORK QUILTS l ,0, nrtu rtc,1M rr,t.i-yP'k, N' AND QUILTING - l5c tings for quilt patches, approximate- SAY efit without thought of price. 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