Show J l SYNDICATE f l MINE F Fl Fc Id c c Thurs Thursday day como come a iJ i week announced Stumpy 7 Routh as liS 1 Q I up lip 11 P from 0 W I old newspaper n t Fat Ift t lol ol ot 0 sot gaL gaLfi J g In tit fi ho lire of or growled UI rh lon Jan ii in ho 10 oll mi milio U UIo n nho lio Io two t Wa w h I II the Iho I dealer d him and found aund a p tray ri and nr ruI instead of o the f O On HI till the J ck he lie needed II to fIll nil the air j S right In Ji Du eli Ii Polo Iet ns h ii I 1110 ho hobig hobig big room of ur 1 II had IU rl onre bran I Palace faro If H wo WI w w ib u tjI 1 IM to put it ocr ll r there bo ba u nough fop or one m man mall to he ho thankful for or lr Sort of o syndicate 5 paid FalI Routh not no a bad idea tr You get It with a n syndi synch syndicate cato cate cab was W ns S the surly lurl response from corn the tho barkeeper I Last year C l Turkey Creek ft n now nos Why Wh c it right here h rc In this room Ive Ivo been OOOO hands In a c night The Tho week Denver Charley left lort oft ho it took III hH 17 GO I eurIlL You Yoi cant kink at nt that remind reminded 4 ed Whon When ho guvo up UI the tho game gamo you yo crime h n for 01 this r ot structure for or almost huh I c The Tho barkeeper surveyed tho the big I In room In disgust From the collina I Iy I hung bung a doon swinging while gr others othor decorated cc tho the brackets nIni oP c tho the side Bides not 1 Time wart Whon When they f had lipil al iii Jill burning Now one Imd hpe i lighted ted I hut hll t Routh Jot It hili mid h If pa irn paper per burned voh l the t h where were 1 of If I who worn loft Ion In Lila tho cam caUl I watching nt aj ajo a n poker game gomo o The Tho feeble Illumination A ed td to Lo accentuate the pf p tho o fur far corners and Ill to lo Increase I melancholy iu I bIr In the the tho I ho placer sold gRId gRIdI til I wig was supposed in to tho CUCO of or rich deposits 1 live C had been employed H fp boon one occo of them und Id In l Him his ii h ha 18 employer t hull hud as given the tho place when thin HIt 1 mp had Imd been h en by b most of or the th fortune Thin Th place barely supported Pete aa alone aono and th lI once gum gam gambling he o bling II now served server ad ns a a n sort sorl of clubroom for tor tew f Cs remaining op optimists Of laid down the tho paper and 3 feS grinned n ned at Petes Petoa Pc tos expression slon ID iq Thorn Thom was flab fine old times back home ho said I re rc remember remember member thu and the tho cranberries rica ries and nd the pumpkin and the tho 3 minces and aile tho ho chicken pie pia end and nd I Shut Sh cc t ip 1111 cc ii commanded coni inand ed Ollie 0 1 1 I 0 II Where are arc yen jou going goll lo 10 p g get t your minco a pies plea In this tub forsaken kon boo holo jou ohI like onn ona tensed Houth dodging I the he In nil CHI CHIl nill l n flung nu fiti rig nS at lilac him 11 now not I Idean mean dean HI iti ilu matter matte with il a 1 Tint 8 1 And you jou Oll get your jour pie p pies Mini cinch and ancl cook coo em III demanded Wo Vt wont bo lC h thankful If You Jou ou do Iho ibe 0 rokIn I Irhe The rhe Ice e wife explained I Hall t She Rhe told mo mn a II while back baek mi from row New Ne England Bet Bel sho she shoran shoron ron ran nuke make om 1 II 1 I len In nodded Julian cc nordon or dorod nt In III tilt I he Hope hat a 1 lire life I jn In the I io open might C Bavo Sa him him Isaac Hio whIte plague wn wee waa one of oC the Lice I Ito to make Turkey Creek He Hc stIll RUIl hold holdon on an In the hope that some Morne change I might come came comeIn comeIn In any an event ho could not riot moo 0 for too the little gold sold he ho and his Isis brave little wife could wn from the stream barely paid for fOI the flour and bacon and the low few other othel necessaries she could do It asserted When Gillon What do jou Oj Bar SU boys Lets come III In on syndicate and und hao 1110 u a Thanksgiving oven cven If It we wo aint got sol to bo ho thankful for tor or a good dinner T something to bo ho thankful for far r Houth to whom the Simplest was vac an unattainable nC Weve got goL 10 I 0 days to make rondy rendy In It lakes two days j I Ito to go to o antI and three to come bacI I hat leaves five full days d us Come Como on Ill JU go SU and sec cc tho Ice wife and ti Ir f sico he nays shell do It ft l Ill hook bark and the Use hut hill flats I ii stopped out on t Into I is to tu t alp rill The rile Gordon cabin was at III the lice fut mr cud of or tho gulch no willie In Iii the LIce chilI chill November r shower but ut be lie whistled us lis ho lie along alongI I it Jl wan Wal wa years since ho hue hud Iu enjoyed cd i n a S nio how liow It HIJ to 10 bring back u II sense on o of or ss to home Harpe even to lo think Of if a U Fits H Is en glive f to 10 0 Ills arguments ant ami ho he wits WIS lis bUck back lok with Mrs Gordons promise prom isO Its nil all right he lie announced as asbo bo ho shook on off the tho wet wot and find came caine Into the room Mis 11 Is Gordon n buys tiUS shell do the cooking and nut bo Ijo glad to Ive 10 got goL a II list Hat lal of what whal she bho wants Pro Produce duce liCe Kor Jor nr he lie threw down hie hll hI I pouch of o gold and had Into the thc buck buckskin skin bag baS the others shook hook i a portion of f their scant scanty store I I left heft goes soe to Lo the tho lunger so dont be he nl urged Rauth cheerfully as liS the hag bag was passed missed I around and be lie Ie smiled as us ho lie 10 felt folt its growing glowing w rile Tho hol camp turned to give gho him bloc IDl a 11 sendoff tho the following morning morn Ins n l Pete Poto loaned his pack mule fIul In case cate could not carry earr tho loud load On the tho return trip tehi the tho trail would bo he beall all up Uj hill lull and the list was a heay heavy one 0 Ii C Once past tho the turn wan WR rn no urn more and the rest hitch hark lo to thou their dreary drear routine of cit wn geld johl from colIc the tho gravel of at tho the sUon firo When the deposit hilll l boon n ered It Il hint had boon argued from Itin tho th to discover him and tin nd his shout of mtr ir o c brought the others tumbling out iiI hA jn rc Mio patch of ot o light the te open flat L Routh and hm pc wan a girl Juet bedding Into womanhood a Trail II delicate de Iron to figure c In ai pf pr n It t c CL that lint proclaimed 11 Ue Ite Kant n ILs Ul Gordons sister ho he ov o to the tho tt 1 h her hor down Ip t nril ra p Valley fiHe tr to whore hore s rr olf e vas so sc 1 t brought her hes 10 along alan You Yon follows unload them thell and give st Cu f cd while we ve go io ace aco It was the thc only range In hz 11 carpp end and now how the tho supplies were se stored In Ih Inthe tho the deserted cabin Hud and the tho men oat nut hack back to await the tho return of et o Routh Tho The had bad a long wait fp It If WItH wan three hours before ho d nail and rather muter her shamefacedly entered l the tio pal pallice lice aro I was as making arrangement for far forI farI I Ho tho dinner he explained Yon 01 frt 1 they the expect Mi i Hardy und U IL Kinder hinder upset Mis lIs Looks hike 0 it il upset some some we know Gillen 4 I F o U q GU GUN P II P ij D P JN N THE TI CHES richness of the tue timid lid that a iI mother lade ode must bo ho close by hr l but Juit Ill th tile Lice tream am amhad had laid been to US lt t source with no result Still hope hop burned eternal and amid While thile Lisa tho mon got out just enough to keep keel their supplies up they the spent the time rest of OC the time In prospect prospecting ing for 01 the time lode lole beating over Ground that thuL had been tried a IL hundred times before erol It was vas late Into on 00 the ice sixth tIny lIar when I Routh reappeared Pate Poto was US the o frit t on He tic lq had vanished into the darkness aa a ho lie spoke SP 1 and amid the tho r rm turned their attention to tho the two pack ani animals male mals m 1 Q pucks pack era ern heavy l indeed and aud as tile were carried Into the tb palace many man were ere the thc conjectures as asto asto asto to what was what Pete had hind donated the tho uso use of the stove Sto yo that th t In I pro pr q days had served tl to cook the meals that were served the t e patrons pf Qt i the l pal I with sIth a laugh For a moment it if i looked as though there might bp be b but it if ended In s joining good In Inthe inthe the laugh and nad then news of tho the out outside outI side I ki e world replaced r d tho the gossip of ot o nearer home fio e eTho Tho The next morning a plume Illume of smoke over the palace announced that tile tho th hail commenced Roith HOlth constituted him himself himl himself self l and anil hung de do I vOled about the doorway of or tho the kitchen where Mrs Gordon and her 1 sister worked away awa until at Mrs Gordons command ho ice took bin gun un and wont wept 11 In n search of game Tho Tico Th turkey ho had hod been able tn hJ p purchase pu was not nal moro more than largo Ino O enough to give each man a und and this Mi Gordon declared must bo ho by h game since inco beef beof and mutton were out of the ques question than tion Iwo days dus the lie popping of gun gnu could be bo heard In the gulches und the string of birds und and rabbits grow go apace nIOp Then Thea Routh I Jils It h b at to 10 I a tho lie I hll on again acid hil hi ups nos nostrils Iril upon tho jin I odors aLlots of mInce anti and pumpkin tiles Illes white whilo hp ht In iii thin tho WOOI helped pare and m prepare 1 re I In re reTho Tho Tico camp C had bad become b carno V t l lh b ly interested Ip Iu Ho tco dinner and aud J as pu puI B BI I they Lh Sit st In the lie big JIg gambling gam room mom over o r nightly poker po r thoy dis rUs discussed discussed cussed the probable menu Tho Tue dinner Inner d was set Hat for 2 on Thanksgiving day da but the tho guests began to assemble shortly after 9 Every man had made ronde some attempt to dress up U but none reached the bights hights attained by b Routh who was resplendent dent in a n white shirt paper collar and flaming red r tic tie lie stood on eq 0 guard at aL tho the door of or orthe the time gambling room ropp which was WI to be betho beth tho tlc th banquet hall bali and nail no flo of ot could i him Hm tp let pay of the curious c have havu oven 9 i poop at al q tho thu Joys within Now NgY and UPu a current e or of air to Ii the tho hungry Tf jin appe ti of but nol ovon a it pf Pr Ih Plane place did HIP Il vp Mr Mm Gordon lice hot tape fapp with wl h humor threw t rew 1 niP HIP doors and aul invited them Wem to tInier r TIlO n n hue en te stood d until 1001 HM Qt en by hb these to P niP Pf pC the tho oh tables tIl I J hall had heon lepi to ho snowy a and acid along the sides sl es were rung benches As the leading nf et the h Routh Rauth had tho the post pastor pf honor u i tt the bond hOid of o tho the table Nell NeU on 01 hl f ft and Mrs an his hIli right when tho tile two to conid Id bo lo Induced Indu ed to OIL alt down between between tho tilo courses At A the t e head bend of o the fable tuble smoked tho ho turkey and at It Intervals down the board were other ot cr roasts of Pt game garne g Heaping dishes disho of vegetables stood guard beside the meats and the cen center ter tei of o the table was mado made gay gar with and paper roses Rever Rover Reverently tb stood while Mrs or Gordon a grace giaco ST CP then he heI Il I Rauth rapped q on Ul lQ with wt hit hip knife Tho thanksgiving of the tho titanic thank thankless less Is ready to commence ho he an announced flounced All sit silo It With elaborate ceremony tho thio tur turkey key hwy was wag carved so 00 skillfully that each cach man was served Mn d a tiny slice hice of or I and tind Il LI dark darll meat and then supplement supplementIng Ing I ng the to I with tho the side dishes Iho tho fd r nf Bl hogan began O BUt Bt n more mora titan than tho tito wa Wi tile illo pic pie a generous cut emit of o I peace pull pumpkin to each man muan with a i pup of o cheese atop of each I and and lelo moved to generosity I brought alt 51 i lox jox of o cigars with tho the I coffee corro i iI I opo flAmo things to tell you tot IQ WS announced d Routh R us as ho g 1 Iii O Il h II reel fp t I aint much of or ai all l nl on but here hore goes 1 rl I lO or of the tho T Thankless wa wn wan a t big iraa and md it would havo have fI spoiled if we va had nil hose been thankful tar for r r anything r hIlt but a dinner But 1 now law Its It B nver overl a r I 1 want to tu tell teil you that youve got a 1 lot hot more to bo be thankful for than you realize c To begin with weve all iii boon hcan a apack apack pack of or fools trying to trace tho thoI aj placer PI n Cor gold to thin tho mother molher lode Wo We I all nil went up because th when time th gold romea comes from rom roam We V 1 forgot about freshets in tho thod spring sprig K The ThO golds gold jilt all In Little Tur Turtle tic tle gulch and enough thoro there thereto to La make all uti claIm I us ua wealthy I got a E staked out end and sos soa Miss Hardy and an J I the tho but theres theros Cor j i nil all T nl rl r I propose that this syndicate hp lW turned Into the Thanksgiving Mine Syndicate Y to All Il in favor sax s y lLe lY I f r For q tho the mon men sat sal stunned j jIt I It hal tl never occurred to them that tile hp gout might have been washed I down Iown In n Ii time the th spring sp floods It was I hut htmL natural that i tIle cy should hook j along tm tho and I I they thoy had 1 8 I nIl all ignored the Ue tm gulcH until had hR M the tho place In search apr of g iune Hn me Un had been driven thero rpm the UH lars r Talley hij mat last h t 1 to honio to them n ji Ie r nn of oC tho time i luck luok am the ayes thun thu thundered tIered dered forth ap Q a the tho question was put r Well stake oK off Lice tho claims ellms tomor tomorrow row completed Routh and then Ill go to Valley and anti have havo a lawyer draw up HP thin the papera that will t make this U IB syndicate a l permanent ji thing Wing ho wont went on Il if Pete will bring luring out the time bottle battle I 1 want WID o r all 1111 to drink to the future of oC Mrs Routh Miss lIss Hard Hardy says shell marry marr me mc and f fn alongside n Ion bH 1 dOO of Nell N e 11 Hardy Ill Iii tell you ou hays PYS a R mino mini ant a patch P tc of a thing to be ho thankful for not even tho the Thanksgiving It n Syndicate n Mine Aline All ne |