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Show TIIE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH Dazeo and with a moutlld! 1 shat but tered teeth, Tom struggled without avail. Peter twisted him, Ivor him to the ground, shifted grip rapidly, drove his knee Into the quivering belly and throttled tiie life out of the black throat. So I make an endt of him," panted the Dutchman us he staggered to his fri-blj- , (CopyrlKbt.) feet. Aye, we have made an end to Red Death and Black Death," I answered. And I slew the two who ran," added touching two sculps whose clustered feathers protruded from his belt. A clean sweep," I said. There will he none to carry the tale to Lu Vlerge du Bols." "Beware, my son, beware! off her dainty EYA slipped frock of blue, hung It in her wardrobe, und took down a cotton frock of dusty brown. Tiie latter was a work frock solely and simply a work frock for Eva would soon he on her way toward Battery park nnd the coffee-stal- l where nightly she dispensed hot coffee s und sandwiches to tiie of that neighborhood. and Eva laid rented tiie coffee-stal- l Its equipment for a month and thoroughly enjoyed a fragment of life she had not hitherto known. Not that she had always known a degree of affluence. Eva had worked long and hard for the possession cf tiie dainty flat and its comfortable furnishings which she now enjoyed. Eva wasnt dispensing coffee because she loved being among the but simply because she must enlarge her scope for oiory writing. She wrote the type of stories that were gradually creeping into movie" fields and in return brought back increasingly large- chocks I I must progress," Eva decided. dont want to remain stationary iu my work. Consequently she joined tiie ranks of stall holders In Battery park and had ample opportunity to enlarge her mental outlook. There was one oilier down In Battery park also enlarging ins mental outlook, hut his look was straying more toward the development of his romantic capacity. He was. In fact, casting many a glance of deep Interest at tiie wide-eyegirl. lie fell to wondering, ns he consumed endless cups of her coffee Just what kink of fate had put her where she was Instead of In an exquisitely a far more furnished drawing-roofitting background than the row of hot dogs, chipped cups and steaming coffee urns. And the hack of Evas mind was not lacking In speculation regarding the young man in the shabby knickers nnd outrageous neckties. She scoffed at the Idea that he might be down therefor tiie same purto study humanity pose ns herself iu this stratum. Those tilings only happen In the movies and tiie lesser type of dime novel, she told herself, but she continued her guarded study of him, telling herself firmly that she had chosen him as a type. She' would catalogue him merely as an unusually attractive type of who must, at one time of his enreer, have been possessed of great opportunities. Eva knew, by tiie keen look In his eyes, that the hang-doglance of the gutter Inhabitant would never besmirch his countenance. His language, ou tiie other hand, was simply atrocious. Eva thought he must have taken lessons In tiie expert butchering of tiie kings Eng "Stay away from Petermans! It has killed your tchole familyl Down-nnd-Out- CHAPTER XII ARTHUR D. HOWDEN SMITH of PORTO &ELLO GOLD AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT WNU SFRVlCE CHAPTER XI Continued 23 Peter answered him with the Iro- and we sprung from quois the sumac clump, dodging right and left through the tree trunks. Here they come, yelled Bolling in warning. He fired his musket, and I felt the wind of its bullet on iny cheek. Tom sliot with no better results. The two surviving Calnraaguo threw away their guns and fled. I will take care of them, brothers, shouted casting aside One Seneca against bis own musket two Cabnuagas tiiat should be fail odds. He put on speed as he spoke, waved his hand and was gone, running like a greyhound after the two frightened savages, who were scurrying around the swamp. The field was left to Peter and me and the two rufliians whom the frontier called Red Dentil and Black Death. They seemed nothing loath to . meet us. Ho, ho, ho, roared Bolling. D'ye see who It is, Tom? Waall, young teller tills to me was you Intendin to amuse me some? Im intending to let a little clean air iutd your dirty Skin," I answered. lie threw back his head us if much amused. ' Ho, ho, ho! Now aint you got the smart way o puttin things? Young feller. Ill tell yer what: youre too good for the frontier. You , As quick as lightning, and without an indication in advance to warn me, he flung his tomahawk at my head. I saw it coining, and Instinctively did the only thing possible to save myself raised my own ax to guard. Bollings hatchet struck mine and knocked It from my hand, leaving my arm sore and tingling. You wasnt expectin that, was Waall, young feller, you? he gibed. theres a heap o other tilings you to aint expectin, but theyre happen. Yes, right now. You watch. He poised himself on the balls of his feet, and pranced around me, his big, double-edge- d scalping knife held ready in his right hand. Im aimin to carve you, my lad, You aint got the he warned me. chance u squirrel has ag'in an eagle. r' in these There aint a parts can stand up to me. Boy, Im 'most ready to he sorry for ye. I feel I aint got no that bloody-minde- d mercy left at all. He attacked me with a peculiar-sweepin- g blow that was aimed at iny shoulder, but fell at the level of the waist. llad It passed my guard, I twould have disemboweled me. parried his blade witli mine, and struck back for the first time with sucli venom that he leaped away in alarm. The suspension In his attpek gave tie opportunity to glance over my shoulder toward the edge of the swamp, where Peter and the' negro were circling each oilier warily, tomahawk poised for throwing. ? The sight put an idea iu my mind. 1 remembered my duel with the Culinu-ag- a la the glade by the (Jreat Trail and the discovery that he was at a disadvantage when I used the knife as 1 had learned to use the sword. I promptly shifted my grip on the knife-hi- lt and held It straigdit before me us If It were a rapier. At the same time 1 Inclined my other arm behind me to It. balance Bolling viewed this maneuver with'1 derision." Ye pore baby, he sneered. Think r like me ye can meet a with one arm? Or fight me off with the iioint? Ill show ye. He charged upon me like a battering-ram, Ids knife a whirling point of steel, its broad blade slashing in both 1 directions. retired slowly, anxious war-whoo- . tf ETC Governor Burnet Is Defied ORE NT A NOS But I refused to be intimidated. Indeed, I was no longer doubtful of the Issue. I knew that I could outfight liim or any tighter of his caliber by my to adaptation of sword-plaknife-fightin- leaped upon him by way of answer, and pressed t he fighting. lie yielded ground to me, seeking to retreat into the woods by the trail ; but J. rounded him up and herded him steadily toward the edge of the swamp. I shortened our fighting-range- , and gave him the point, drawing blood ocHe kept his head down, casionally. and partied desperately, trying to escape to one side, but I was on him so swiftly that fie was afraid of a blow from the rear, and must needs stand to defend himself. At last lie stood on the very brink of the morass, with no avenue of escape open. How will you die, my friend? I You can smother to death if asked. you prefer It? His answer was a bellow of Insensate rage and his knife, thrown point-firat my chest. By sheer luck I caught Its point on my hilt, turned It aside and met Ills rush. He wrapped his arms around me. Intent on carrying me with him Into the ooze anil slime. But I stabbed him to the heart before his bears hug was completed, and he feJJ away from me, arms spread wide, and lay In a noisome heap by the tussocks of marsh grass. I stood over him, panting from my exertions, when a shout from I st attracted my attention. The Seneca was returning from his pursuit knife-fighte- knife-fighte- to increase Ids e. Stand up to me now I he yelled Be ye feared? finally. I laughed at this, ami it made him furious. He stamped around me, slashing and stabbing, and It was several minutes before he discovered that however viciously he struck I was always ab!e to parry him with an economy of effort. He crept forward like a huge cat, feet spread wide, shoulders crouctied, knife a menacing flame. Somewhat to Ids surprise I did not give grouud to him this time, but met him square .y as he advanced. My arm was extended, tipped with a good ten Inches of steel. He struck, and I parried t be blow. He slashed, nnd I put It aside. He struck again, and I almost succeeded (n twisting his blade from his hand by an old irick of the snlie lies arnica. But my knife was not long enough to get the necessary purchase with It. lie charged with wonderful celerity, dropped to his knee an I slashed so effect! ely that his po;nt cut tne skiit of my leather shirt. ill get ye yet, he howled with glee. full-lengt- h, d of the two Cahnuagas. He shouted again and pointed behind me. I turned to see Ieter and the negro locked in each others arms, and as I looked, Tom heaved Ieter Into the air and tried to throw him. But Ieter locked his legs around the negros waist, and they rolled over and over across the ground. I reached them Just as they struggled to their feet, grips unrelaxed. Ieter warned me ofT. I finStandt dear, lie croaked. ish this myself. Certes, nobody but Ieter could have finished it. The negro's strength was He fought like a wildcat, colossal. with teeth and nails and legs. But Ieter met him phlegmatically, refusing to he angered by the vilest attempt. They had torn the clothing from eadi otiiers shoulders and flanks. They dripped blood. Their skins shone witli sweat. Their chests heaved with the effort for oreath. Tom stooped and flung his arms around Peter's waist, driving his head for tiie Dutchman's loins. Peter retaliated by bringing up his knee against tiie negro's chin. Tom reeled buck, and Peter swooped upon him. tine arm hooked Tom's waist, the other caught him by tiie neck. Twas early autumn when we returned to Albany. The flag over the battlements of Port Orange stood out straight from its staff. Tiie citizens who thronged (lie street lending up to the fort gate must needs hold on to their Are the streets usually so crowdhat-brim- ed? I asked Ieter. He shook his head, and I accosted a tavern keeper who stood In his doorwith anway. regarding the passers-bticipation of the harvest he would reap later. 'Tls his excellency the governor," he explained. The governor and Master (olden of his council have summoned certain gentry and merchants and the officers of the troops to meet them in the great hall of the fort tills afternoon." Ve catne to the fort gate and gave our names to the sentry who stopped all save tiie few the governor had summoned to attend upon him.- A meswni-ge- r he dispatched brought back word that we were to enter, and we were escorted across the parade and into tiie quarters of the commandant adjoining the groat hall. Master Co! den met us In the doorway. "Zooks, but I am right glad to see And his excellency is you, he cried. overjoyed." lie opened an Inner door and ushered us into Hie presence of tiie governor. Master Burnet rose and came forward with hand outstretched. Master Ormefod, tills could not have been better! I wished above all tilings for speech with you. Corkier, I am deeply in your debt. you have again incurred the gratitude of tiie province." Did you receive my report from Oswego, sir?" I asked. "Certes, twas that and this" he tapped a document which lay before him on the table which brought me here." He proffered It. 'Twas a report from a secret agent at Montreal, quoting the decision of the French fur dealers acting in conjunction with their gov eminent, to raise the price of heave from two llvres, or one shilling six pence In English currency, the pound to the level of four llvres, or threl shillings, the established price tliei prevailing at the English trading posts. "That, mind you, continued the gov ertwr ns I returned the pnper to him was the first reaction In Canada to the tidings that Murray had succeeded In legitimatizing liis trade over th Doom Trail. But come with me. II mny be I shall appeal to you for first hand testimony." We deposited our muskets in a cor npr of tiie room, and filed Into tin larger chamber adjoining, where soin thirty men awaited him. Several wer gentry who were members of his conn cil. Three were officers In comment of the frontier garrisons. The remain der were merchants, dealing to greate or lesser extent in the the great export staple of the province. His excellency wasted no time Id preliminaries or generalities. He deposited several papers on the table In front of him, and addressed himself to ids task. Gentlemen," he began, I have sum moned you to meet me here because a situation has arisen which Is of the utmost gravity to the welfare of the province and the larger Interests of his majesty's realm. Recently I hove been in receipt of a communication In the form of a petition signed by many of tiie chief merchants of the province, beseeching me to abandon iny oppo sition to the retention of the free trade with Canada which is now temporarily secured to them by the action of the lords of trade in suspending decision upon tiie law prohibiting the trade in Indian goods which I secured to be passed last year. That petition represented the sober thought of a majority of the merchants and traders, your excellency," man. spoke up a prosperous-lookin(TO BE CONTINUED.) y fur-trad- g none-the-les- s Down-nnd-Out- g Ush. Eva came very near hitting tiie mark in her surmise for young V. Owen James had spent many troubled hours in an endeavor to muster a diction thut would put him on a speaking level, as It Were, with that element of human kind of which lie was making a close study. His first play, produced. qnBroadway. had brought forth scathing criticism for his lack of characterization tiie play Itself being otherwise of greut promise. Owen-haclosed Ids Jaws with a dick and gone about showing th critics that they would not say the same tilings twice ubout his shortcomings.. 1 1 is second play was nearing com plction and before many days hud passed young James would cast off the physical and mental mire of tiie derelict and revert to Ids natural element that of scholar and gentleman. Kn, for some unknown reason, always Hung on a cloak of armor when James approached the stall with his conferees. Ierhaps It was to guard herself since she was a loss to know-jus- t where to catalogue him in tier gallery of derelicts. She succeeded in baffling 1dm as well as herself. When rehearsals began for Hie new play, young James was forced away from the Battery by a need of h! presence on Broadway. Eva, too, had lodged tiie coffee stall ngaiu with its rightful holder and re paired to her dainty apartment with a fine plot for the movies." Her typewriter clicked incessantly. Her heart, too, when It bad time, thumped a dull tattoo, when Hie ejos of a err tain intruded into hei g plot. She couldnt forget him nnd wondered If she had begun to lose her mind pining for a bit of masculine driftwood from Buttery park The day received a rousing wd come The author was called and stopped shyly out to thunk Ids audience in words Hint prompted Ea to suiniise that he had bathed Ids vocabulary in tiie limpid pools of tiie was Ids king's English, so exqul-it- e one roach gets a little powder on his legs. 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Abraham Object, Circulation BEST USED TRUCKS Wt have a large aneortmeat of nae4 tracks of vnrf nu aiakea and etaea. All are bargalna. Caah or eaay terma. Write for details or call and sea n, THE WHITE COMPANY M Sonth IN tSamt, Demonstration Uncertain never Salt I.aka Olty, Utah ' to command applause. Tou ennt tell about applause," said Senator Sorghum. Opinions now differ so widely that any kind of sentiment you happen to express Is sur to elldt signs of approval, You fall "They say Maud Is very particular in choosing confidantes." Almost half the farms in Sweden indeed the ts. She never tells a secret to anyone she thinks will keep use electric power, whereas only 8 per rent of American farms are electrified. tt" Down-and-Out- Device Called Upon to Detect Balance Detecting tiie unbalanced portion of the maximum sp.yd of the shaft, in any revolving muss, such as a flying tiie casting Is a pointer which sliow-tli- e wheel of an engine or a dynamo artrend of tiie mol Inn. greatly exag mature, is declared a simple matter germed. Tiie machine Is then stopped by the inventor of a device that is with the devlee still connected, nnd called ' h balance detector. The tiie pointer will tl.eu show the side theory of the Instrument Is based on out of balance. the principle that any revolving body or disk, perfectly balanced and looseSouthern Expression ly supported on its axis, will, when reRiddnII's Fact, Fancy and Fable" volving. seek Its own course of revosays that the expression Nigger In lution and rotate steadily. IrrespecHie woodpile originated in Hie South tive of the course of Its axis. and refers to the thieving propensity The device consists essentially of a of slaves. case or housing. .Through this runs an axle, universally supimrted, ou Weve Noticed It, Too which Is u roluling dKk. The bearing member protrudes from the casing, . Often when you think you ar ioln4 and when testing. Is pluced against you are winning, and when you tldni tiie end of the shaft of the piece of you are winning you are losing Han will tell the story, too. Wylertow This ts almachinery in question. lowed to rotate until It lias attained Standard. Speer h Turning Ids eyes toward tiie from rows, whore nil the critics srvmed to have gathered, ".V Owen James speech suddenly halted, picked Itself up and continued He had looked squarely Into tie wide eyes of Eva. An TAa in her rightful environment of intellect and chiffons His next play was a collaboration with much that was romantic woven into Its successful lines. 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