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Show IlltMItH. By JOHN R. Ml'SlCK, Mr. !& h.w.rd," Mjrtrtn tCk' )uantr, Chartt Tb AUauai DmU." Etc CorrrUl, Mil, AU by Rot Bo....', rtbto mmtt.4, CHAPTER III. Son. d 1 (Continued.) Weve got one on em wounded, an let's make most out o' h:m we kin afore we let him go". Let's not go an' act like a hull passel o fools as dont know what we're nohow. Save him an' we'U git Crack Lash's dust back an well hang all four together; you alj know that's much better'll bangin one at a time. The life of the captive was spared for the time being, and the miners proceeded at once to organize themselves Into a vigilance committee, preparatory to stepping crime at the very leginning in their new settlemenL Lying on a low couch in one of the lhantles was the hero of this stroy, Known on the Klondike as Crack Lash Paul His wounds were severe, and "he was in a feverish condition. One of the miners who had some knowledge of medicine and surgery bad extracted the ball add dressed the wounds. The name of the doctor will perhaps never be known. In the Klon-lik-e he was only called Sawbones. The patient's face was flushed and kit eyes closed. His quick breathing ind nervous movements indicated that he suffered mentally as well as physie-ally- . Sawbones Here, take this. He raised the head of the wounded youth and gave him a spoonHe ful of medicine. drank It off, and then lay back on his bed and slept The doctor arose from the low stool at the side of the coach and wept out He quickly turned his gaxe toward every projecting branch within range of his vision. A look of disappointment came over his face as his eyes searched in vain for some object What have you done with him? he asked of a miner who was going by. Nothin, was the answer. What halnt you hung him yet? Be quiet, whispered In the ear of his patient nerve-quietin- g No." Why?" Glum Ralston said net What's the matter with Glum? Has he got bats in his belfry? roared the infuriated doctor. Hold on. Sawbones; dont get off your trolley until somethins on the track. I tell ye Glums all right He then proceeded to explain matters to the Irate doctor, assuring him that he would yet have the satisfaction of seeing the robber lifted high enough to view of the new Jeruget a bird salem, but explained that In order to get the others they most keep the powers of speech in the one they had. Well, with that explanation I cave But I dont In, growled Sawbones. want any feelln o sentimentality roaming around this camp. We dont come of a forgivln' stock, we don't The patient slept for several hofirs, and when he awoke as evening began to draw near he was much improved. But he recovered slowly, and so did the prisoner. The latter's wound, how-eve- r, was more severe than Pauls, and (or a time his case seemed doubt-fuThe doctor impressed with the hope that some Information would be obtained from the wounded man, nsed his skill to the utmost to bring about A speedy recovery. When 'Paul was able to walk about he Insisted oh going to his shanty to Investigate It, though he was so weak he had to sit down on a sluice box to rest before he approached the door. When he had re3ted sufficiently he rose and, unlocking the door, entered the shanty. He searched the room carefully for some clue that might have been dropped by one of the attacking party after they entered the room, but for a long time found none. At last he discovered In a narrow crack between the logs and chinking what seemed to oe a bit of paper wadded up and thrust Into the hole. He went to It. pulled It out, and It proved to be an envelope stained with ' L jblcod. The envelope was stuck In the crack , near the corner where the wounded outlaw had fallen and Paul at once surmised he put it there. He took the paper out of the envelope and gazed at the handwriting in amazement. It ran as follows: San Francisco, Bept 1, 1895. Inclosed find transportation and money sufficient to pay your way to Juneau. Whatever you do, remember that Paul Miller .is not to return to Fresno. Do him no harm If you can accrmpllsh your ends without violence, but at all hazards keep him two years longer In the Klondike. L. T. He read the mysterious paper again. He turned It over and looked on the back. Who was L. T. and why should he wish to keep him In Alaska? There seemed to be something slightly familiar about the chirography, but he was not certain. Having a clue to .the mystery, he sat down to study the , ' puzzle. The more he read the note the more he was puzzled and the farther he seemed to get from the solution. There has been carefully laid plot to ruin me,? he said to himself, as ha sat upon the stool trying to study the mbslre. Who Is L. T and why should he wish me to remain la the Klondike?" He left the shanty, carefully lock-tn- g the door after him, and was mak ' ing his way to the cabin at which he had stayed since the attack, when he met Glum Ralston Hello, (rack I.ah, gettln under way agin? I am able to be out, Glum, he answered. Glad uu It, boy glad on It. r The was about to pass on when the young man gald:" I want to talk some with you. Glum. There was a deep-laiplot to rob and murder me. I have an enemy or enemies know not how many who have designs on my happiness. Ralston was not a man to be moved by emotion or Jump at a conclusion. He sat a long time listening to the unquestionable evidence of the youth. When be finished there was no longer a doubt that here was a conspiracy (o fnjury Crack Lash, and perhaps take his life. A new light was breaking In on him and he became more Interested In the youth than he had been. Crack Lash, I think wed better run em down. Wonder how many we kin git to go with U3. 1 want bo one but you, Glum. said You and I are enough, for the youth. I can trust you, which la mere than I care to do with alL I believe that if I can capture thoae men they will not only tell me where to find my lost treasure, but also Inform me who this enemy 'L. X. Is. Then by the trident o Neptune well go an never stop until we find . a them. After consulting the matter, they decided to keep their departure a secret from their companions, and decided to start before they were awake next morning. During the night a nowstbrm raged. Next morning long before the miners were astir our two friends were attired in furs, with several dogs, provisions, blankets and riflea, and aet off on anow-ahoe- e in search of the three men who had robbed and so nearly killed Paul several weeks before. Glum Ralston had received reliable Information that the men he wished to find were in a valley np the Yukon, and they acted on that Information. They found the snow still falling, though it was net very cold. For several miles they trudged along on the snowshoes In silence. At last Glum said: Stop!" Why? asked PauL -- shouted to them to halt The fugitives cast quick glances behind, andthen, with defiant' yells, fled. Two darted around one eide of huge, prcjectlng cliff that formed the extreme spur of the mountain, and 0 went the other way. Two rifle shots rang out on the mountain, and two bullets whirred through the air. Ye winged yer man. Crack Lash," cried Glum. "Follow him and Ill ffiT . chase to the others. Paul needed no second pommand, but darted aft eg the, man at whom he had fired. .The fugitive threw away his gun and fled for life, and for an hour Paul was in doubt whether ho was gaining or him or not. At the end of that time, to hia great chagrin, he saw him dash Into a thick forest (f pines and firs. When next he saw him he was creeping along a ledge five hundred feet above him. With no other thought than the capture of the fugitive and lerovery of hla treasure, Paul thre oft his snowshoes and clambered up the steep precipice with great labof and no little danger. Up he went, heedless of everything but the eolation of the mystery which threatened bis life and happiness of himself and Laura. He reached the fork and b gan to climb the great dead limb of a tree which touched the coveted ledge. At that moment he heard a crackling at the root of the tree and became conscious of n descending motion la the limba to which he dung. He knew he was falling, and that with the vast mass be must descend Into the valley beneath. He left him-el-f rushing downward through the air; he closed hla eyes; there came n horrid crash on bis ears, and he knew no more. When Paul regained consciousness he was lying on n pile of skins and furs la n cavern. A man clothed wholly In bear and aenl aklns stood overbrim, gazing at him with a pair of strange gray eyes. His hair was long, falling to hla shoulders, and hla beard, which was almost white, came to his waist. He had a half savage and appear half-civlllze- d ance. Paul gazed Into the strange, wild face and asked: Who are you? The atranger, without taking hla eyes off him, asked: Who are you? I am a miner from the Klondike We ll rest who was robbed. 1 was In pursuit of I am not tired. the robbers when tne accident befell Ye dont think ye are, mate, but me. You found me? Yes. you'll have all the wind out o yer sails afore ye know It Set down. Paul at first supposed that aotne of There was a log lying near, and both hia limbs were broken or dislocated, sat upon it and dared not move, but after n few I am sufficiently rested, so let's go moments he discovered that he had on, said the youth, after a short rest, suffered no greater Injury than a severe shock. He had fallen Into deep starting to his feet Dont be too certain ye know y snowdrift, which had broken the tall kin stand it,.lad. I tell ye Ita a longer and no doubt saved hla life. voyage n yon think, an theres rough Wont you tell me who you are? sailin' between this an the ChllkooL asked Paul after n few minutes gazing They reached Dawson City next day Into the fees of the mysterious at noon. As Psul was still wealth ha stranger. The man turned away tor n secured a room in the hotel and went moment ns if he wished to avoid the to bed to rest. Being overcome by answer and then slowly turning back weariness and the journey, he was answered: soon buried In profound slumber. I am a hermit; will that suffice?" He was awakened by some one shakDo you live here? Paul asked. Yes. ing him by the shoulder and whisperHow long have you lived' in this ing: Tumble up, Crack Lash. mountain? , What Is It. Glum?" he asked, startThen came a longer silence than usual, when the hermit of the cave ing up and rubbing hla eyes. answered: Theyre here. Who? "What difference can that make to The rascals that robbed ye. I saw you? 1 found yen In a perishing conth face o one o them fellers we'd dition and brought you here and seen around our dlggln's be- saved your life. Is that not enough fore you were robbed, an Id bet my without telling all the secrets of my wolf-skiHe turned slowly about and cap th others aint fur off." life? Paul Miller hastily donned his went to n small lire that smoldered on clothes. The pale youth drew on hit the stones seme distance away, and fur boots and buckled hla revolvers began to toast seme slice of mooae about his wslst He realized how aleak. Paul closed hie eyes and tried dangerous an encounter would be and to reason that he could be In no Immehe knew he might be a corpse in diate danger. If the men had Intendtwenty minutes. He breathed a silent ed to kill him, be would no doubt have prayer tor Laura, mother, and lastly done eo while he wee unconscious. He also reaaoned he might hare some himself, and whispered: Im ready." design in saving hla life. (To be continued.) They went down to the room below, where they found a wild crowd carousHE LCVCD HIS HCRSCS. ing, but no sign of the man who was of an suspected being accomplice In Owner Wept When Compelled to Part the robbery. With Them. Wait at the door. Crack Lash," Ah Ircident which lllustratee the Glum whispered. trorg attachment that forma between The left him and hurried man and a good team occurred at a a was He away. gone but a few minutes when he hurried to his side, say- public sale four miles couth of town Wedrerday. It was noticed that the ing; owner Immediately withdrew from th Theyre gone. crowd upon the bringing forth of a Where? Up the ukon; well find em In the flee span of blacks, but returned later when called upon to describe the valley. Lets go at once. said PauL They team. Among other things, their age, set out for the upper valley. An etc., he stated that he had raised Esquimeaux was engaged to take them from cOlthood; that they were them several miles on his dog sleds, true, kind and faithful. Here he could and from there they traveled on foot, say no more, and crossing his anna sleeping on the snow securely wrap- on the one nearest him, he sobbed like a child. The Intelligent animal, eviped in their blankets. On the morning of the third day dently realizing that something was they came upon the trail of these men wrong, turned hla head and gently and followed It until nlghtfnlL Next pushed hla nose against bis old masmoraing-thd- y were early on their trail ters face. Such scenes are not witagain, and after four hours' hard nessed every day In thla hard old world, and n glares at the crowd of travel Glum Ralston said: farmers disclosed scores of moist eyes There they are. Crack Lash! He pointed down a narrow valley and the nutlot eerie voice grew husky which diverged from the main valley, as he proceeded with the tale of the and three apecta could be seen upon a old friends. No man need be ashamed of such weakness, if such It may be alight elevation. Glum Ralston was an experienced termed, it la on of the finest quail-Geattributable to mankind. Jefferscout, and began at once to' put in play hla woodcraft ' They. crept for- son Bee. ward to some trees and advanced rapJ Sewing Wild Oats. idly, keeping themselves ' acreened them city boarders got to "Sene from the observation of the men they cornin her our Johnny has been gain were trying to overhaul to the bad. said Mrs. Hayseed to Night fell again without coming up Mr. Clovertopp. with them, but a glimmer far np the You dont say! mountnln-eld- e told them they had Yea, Indeed! He got to stayin' camped there. The pursuers slept oet late at night last Satday and rested afw hours and then again night be went off Why, down town and started on the tralL never cam (home antil half after . At last they came ta sight of the Ive got a mind to ask the preacher three men not over two hundred to talk to him on tho error o hla .paces away. Raising their rifles, they way' - n SI ll.l FEW REALLY NEW CREATIONS. GOOD HELMET FOR FIREMAN DEAD SHOTS ARE ALL DEAF. Fashion's Chances Simply Revolutions Contains Within Itsslf Sufficient Air Hzarlng cf th Left Ear Affected by Of the Wheel. to Last an Hour. Concussion of Rifle, The fashion makers Lave seen fit An experiment has recently boon see "I to revive the k-you are a rifle shot reo' mutton siet-v- e made In Paris with an Ingenious appa-ialumarked Plilonopher Simeon, Ford to gain. This Is the third time It has invecleyd by Mr. CuRllclmluettl a man who after a grod deal of spa been worn In the and M. Draeger, by means of which It past seventy-fivfears. Add tie evidence of tie too s possible to remain without fear of ring for place at last sat down la the hotel corridor by the "aid of New frequent leg o tuuttou to the fact that asphyxia In places where It would landlord orator. York tha fashion makers have for some be Impossible to breathe. The time past been digging do you "How make that out? " distracted)' apparatus Is automatic; that Is. It has Mr. Ford's asked among the burled modes of bygone no connection with the air outside. companion. zes and resurrecting many of the Oh, easy enourh. You are deaf tn It is composed of a tube containing ttost picturesque ard .striking, su:h a ear. All ride shots are deaf provision of oxygen sufficient to last your left as the I oulse. the Directoire and the x man for breathing purposes .or more in their left ears. All the Creedmoof 1530 styles, and there Is reason to be- than an hour, and a nelmet of alumi- experts ere that way. I am deaf ! lieve that really ne.w creations In num flttlrg the bead exactly by means my left ear myself and got It shooting fashion are extrentqjy few and far of a pneumatic pad. The oxygen Is rifles. I met Gilderaleeve one and between. In spite of the apparently I was backing and filling and dodging supplied automatically to tho man's mouth and the air exhaled la received to get a position where my right sax would bear on him and he wee me In a compressible nag. at the came time for eg It passes through" a regenerator with neuverlng he could rake me wltg where opening granulated caustic potash, which ab- hia riht ear. Then Gilderaleeve sold sorbs all the carbonic acid. A fire to me. a I have just said to yoe. ths man provided with this apparatus went I was a rifle abet - It wet he observed down lets a cellar tn which piles of the first time I hsd heard that alj aloeeu and straw had lighted, damp rifle shots were deaf In their left though there was suffocating smoke ears, hut I have noticed It ever alnee from this he remained In it for nearly and know that It Is true. s of an hour without bereason of It Is that all th emu The ing at all Inconvenienced by It Eng euselon of the rifle explosion come l!ah Work. Worlds Three teg Muttons In Ssvsnty-Fl- v on the left ear drum. The right eat Year. U partly turned away and pertly proFEARED FOR HER BABY. unceasing transformation ef womans tected by the gunstock being brought attire. Mother Willing to Sacrifice Herself for np to the cheek when th gnn b The history of fashion confirms this New York Sun. grod. Infant view. In excavating the most ancient Mrs. Frmak Delda of New Douglas, A Teacher of buried cities the original tnhabl-"hunt- s Testimony, a misstep fsll Into a well tnd., Hinton. are caught over and over again, at herthrough (8 peel atiKy, Nov. borne. She plunged down thirty wearieg ridiculously modern clothes. feet and on coming to the surface of lt has long been claimed that Dlabm There Is the recent Instance of th to th chain and tea b Incurable, but Mr. E. J. Thorny the water she tatne of the goddess, presumably screamed for clung on. teacher tn th Hinton sc host help. Venus, found la an ahdent city la To her horror her cries brought her has pleasing evidence to th contrary. Crete, who wears a gathered eklrt baby to the well curb and It peered Mr. Thompson had Diabetes. He took a polonaise and a jacket bodice., down the hole to see what wat th Dodd's Kidney Pills end la cured. In a statement he make regarding matter, creeping perilously over the Fax Killed by a Rooster. Fearful that th child might slip tur Mr. Thompson says: edge. I was troubled with my kidney When once an animal's temper has and fall Into the welt the mother was tor more tkan two year and wxa become thoroughly aroused, It Is treated by two of th beet doctors In' strange how utterly regardleaa It becomes of the strength and ability of this part of th state. They claim id I had Diabetes and them was lH.le the object of its anger. to be done for me. Then I atari id .. At Compton Pauncefote, la Somerto use Dodd's Kidney Pills nad wtat setshire, England,- - fox was killed la they did lor me was wonderful It a poultry yard by an Infuriated cock. b entirely owing to Dodds KIdasy It appears that the fox made a raid on Pills that I am now onjoytag go id th young chick, end after killing sevhealth. eral belonging to certain bens, turned Maay doctors still maintain that Its attention to the brood of another. Diabetes Is lacurable. But Diabetes This conduct however, the plucky b a kidney disease, sad th kldaey cock would not permit without a strugdisease that Dodda Kidney Pills wlU gle. and, rushing at the fox, It was forgot cur has yet to be discovered. 1 tunate enough to pierce tt In th eye with Its spur with such force that the .New Yerk Clrla Must dmk. spur penetrated right Into th toxs Its funny how n girl's llpa can arneO brain, becoming so securely fixed that of tobacco amok when eh has bee the victor could not remove It without In a room alont with a mam New the asalstanc of a farm laborer, who York Pres. had bees an Interested spectator of th contest between th Deafness Cannot Da Cared pair. If tneal mUuOm, hh4 pint. tur. PMfMM L n Deg Captures a Burglar. ,. IlnfR, o! t Eiiteehiu Tab. SImM rawbltB Observing a light ta an unoccupied tab to 1Sm.4 yu br n4 f ) b U to.-rifcMriM, Sifnt house In Oeueva, Switzerland, on tlit. Jtw to lh. iwu, h4 UM Um I.S.iaatollo M fe b tab mwt to It orw, nlrbt recently, a policeman entered wt i4 thlt Win tt- -, t b b 4 fwfbrt 1 to vbtofe to Mha wmjiww end left a trained police r mm4 totruy ttf on bf attrrb. HI abHg but Mrfxw lbflsm4 buB4nl of I'M . dog guard outside. lor wx v f ztr Oti II and r4 Doli PmlMto (um4 br ewnrrb) itot franoot b nm man pushed Almost immediately br Ufei't Cnuur Cur. nnd for etrenlnrt. fr. r. j. cuxbxr iu, tmm. 4 past him and dashed out of the house, toe 4 br but was promptly seised by th dog, Tab I Bail' ruallr Hilt which sprang at hla throat , ; A terrible struggle ensued, but the Uninteresting Objects. animal, although half stunned ' hr A pug dog and a really eonsbteal blows from a jimmy, succeeded in vomaa are the tw most anlatereauat a crimnotorious the bringing burglar, thlmge la th world. inal, to th ground, where R held him till Its master cam and secured the Pirn's Cur Is th beat mediate w ever 11 lee 0etioea ef the throat sad luasa Wat captive. , & Venberee. lad, Feb. I. MS A Reman Relle, , Walt Till He Calls. Wonder who got the missing colMesser Trouble comet Mh Whoa umn from the round Temple of Hercullag down the street don't tear oet and es at Rome? It originally was a beauhim. He may have business embrace tiful piece of granite, as on may direction. another la nineteen remaining judge from th ones, each of them thirty two feet high. Important to Mothers. This structure was probably erected where Its mother was screaming. Bomb samfeny every bewi ef C ASTORIA, by Pompey, and la remarkable for compelled to cease her cries for as- embaadseieNmedf brbfaabaadshlMimb -tadroit haadltng of atone. The walls sistance. She hung on to the chain edmeibma within the portico are of whit mar- for an hour and n quarter before her ble, much of which still stands. The husband discovered her predicament ilgn.fr ef pieces of tt were so deftly put togethChicago American. Dss Fw Orw S Ym ' er as to have the appearance of one lbs KWI Te Bam Always Pmgfe Builders of do Faithful Dcgt Death Watch. Dies. work today may as well, hut It la doubtful whether the It was a dog' bark which drew tho Cheap Municipal Tenements. . modem arrangement would wear attention of n gentleman to th deed The cheapest municipal toaemeaU Wood-hall. th Ilk that of this body of Duncan Davie, farmer. through age owned by Dublin, where tw tho arl Roman ruin. The circumference of Dumfriesshire, yesterday, says a rooms can he rented for 10 cents a tbs temple Is 151 feet and tt) Inner Scotch paper. week. Mr. Davie bad gone out with th circumference IS feet There were animal to look over bis stock, and while delBg so be was takes 111 and died, with only the isithful dog as Which do you spend most witness. The dog guarded the body of hit money on, tea or whiskey? dead master for tours. -- e oth-erwi- three-quarter- ft lb m. y 1 t prto. ad Itmifi b , TEA Weuldn t Stand for Tattltng, Which pays? A little boy In Decrtng, Me., was 'Irish- - Eec the Best brought before his father recently and Irish eggs are richest of ell, hottea accused of killing a chicken. Who than English or Danish, sad British told Yon about It? asked !h boy, pastrycooks always to buy th "The hen did, laid the father. Noth- as thsy go further. jry ing more was said that day, hnt the next morning the hen wee found dead, and the boy being accused of killing admitted It saytng In defense, "Yea. Do yon think the only difIdlA. kill the hqn, and IH kill every heir that tells oo me, . few in TEA ferences other temples of Hercules more pretentious. but none eo modestly beautiful as thin I aw York Herald. Found Old As be is Kelson Ingalls, tea are a Yeung Womans Hard Luck. cents a pound? A young woman got a claim la the alley of the 8outh Canadian river Britains Imports of Egg In th new country, for which she was Of to two billion odd eggs aanaaR) offered 18.000. and which she believed eeaeumed In th United Kingdom loss ' wee worth (4.600. A flood covered than are produced la Orest her farm with from six inches to two Britain. Nearly every country la E rest of land,4 and the farm now Is rope exports vast nembera of ogga to worthless. to tight little Island. Russia doe t business tn tola Bam to biggest Bee Works In Darkness. A he that works 6nly at night b : found In the jungles of India. It Is , an unusually large Insect the combs being often six feet long, four fed - Where tea and spirit are wide,, and from four inches to six one-thir- d Jr, of East Machlae, Me, while tearing down what for miay years has been known as th old gua shop place, found between th rafters end celling an old saber. R was of ancient design and had apparently been concealed there for many years. The building la which It wet found was built during the war ef fin nad nd.wa nsed for storing arms - -- . ammunition. I fiave Away Property Tee Wise Bessie Messing of Now Havoa F of her propConn, who gavo erty two years ago and went to a hospital. believing herself to be dying, has recovered end leaves the InatUntloa a poor person. go, . Inches tea right, there is little danger of ' going-astra- y in the business. thick,-- .' Sheriffs Natural Longing. Dunham of New Haven ' American Steps Swita Train. county. Conn, would Ilk very meh ta e new bat out of n window Lsing to meet th thief who chloroformed 8 wit of express, in American pan bis dog. rifled hi buttery and took seet the alarm eord and the iter pulled about find the what money he could t train 'was stopped. He recovered kit J bouse. hat and cheerfully paid a (10 fine. Sheriff . |
