Show OAPrUHE DON PEDRO J HUN we went r wetl In search of Y 1 I gold we elopped at flolden Oulch ftl and slaked out our claim In a month time we got Ihlngs C t 0 running all 1 TlBbt naA were congratulating our Jt J < G telves that the west was not so wild and woollr as It I represented when something happened that threw I the camp Into great excitement One night Mr llogert whoie claim horse stolen wat ntxt to ours hail a flne len from him Conlualon reigned A thief In camp Who could It boT Everybody was aliove suspicion uf course HorsKtlMlIng In the west Is I punlihetl by ath iut no trace of Ihe lilcf could ho tniinil And 10 a week panted Then ono morning thcro arrived In camp n man Itemed In a rich Mexican inlt with is sombrero pulled over his c > cs and a gaudy illk handkerchief tied around ill neck atmo concealing hl > face Wo coulil only me that he had mull eyes and a black muitnclm Ho wat of slight build and not tail Ilo put up at Jerry Clrlfflns hotel ho-tel which was also postofflre rum hop and Rencrnl lioutefurnlthlng iloro at the dutch and gave his name is Don 1cdro Uonmlcx The miners looked wllh lutplclon on tliU man from tho fUH and when two nlghls liter Jack Allen was robbed of not bag n-ot dun anil Don IVIro turned up I milting they wcro quick to denounce him ai tho thief Allen and Williams at once organ I lied a pOliO of men to search the mountains for tho Mexican father wai ono of the party la vain I asked him to let mo go No It was out of tho question was too > oung and as they might be gone all ilay I must stay at homo and watch the claim Mother had gone to Woslend tho nearest town with n neighbors wife tho day before so I would be alono In tho cabin Jack Allen found what ho said wat II trail up tho mountain so the procession proces-sion started after the thief 1 was In avery a-very bad humor when I thought whit a bore It would bo to stay on tho claim nil alono nil day I longed to havo a chance to carry the new rllto that father fath-er bad glen me with all a boys eagerness eager-ness to shoot something Tho day patted slouly and I as glad when darkness came and the moon rota from behind n distant lump of bowlders I went to tho II window and looked out How still vcrjthing WOlf How bright tbo moon Icht Gleamed on Iho rockil I began I o wonder whether tho men had cap lured Don Iedro and bow luug the would bo gone Suddenly a happy thousbt struck meIII play cowboy nil lu myself I muttered and running up Iho ladder lo tho loft I opened my trunk and took from It tho buckskin suit thai I wore lo Iho masquerade last winter and put It on In my belt I stuck two rusty revolvers re-volvers that I found on Ibo floor nnd then descended lo the room below I f L lJJ Timow ui1 YOUR HANDS put on my fathers big felt hat ttuck tho biggest carving knife In my bell with the pistols grabbed my rlfla am liecan to parade up and clown tho roan Whon 1 had kepi this up I for a llttl nhllo I happened tu look at Ibo dor snd thero I beheld a man who wa watching mo with n tmllo on his fice I rava n start In which joy and terror ft era equally combined for the man Yf t of kllKht build and had biack ujo A ml a black mustache 1 was sure that It u is Don 1cJro although ha wore lur ordinary cllttuns dress I deter ml ieJ then and there to capture him L < felling my rllle at Ibo mans head I cild TUrov up your hands stranger Poni move on > our life1 = Kh t said my Don Pedro Why I Hold cm upl I repeated savagely and my visitor obc > ed me Now walk Int I said still keeping him covered And sit down on that stool stoolWith With plcaturo said my captive but my dear young man ara you not making a mistake My narna It DonAM AM I cried triumphantly You admit It although > ou are very cool about IInnol I ailmlro you for It We wrttern men Ilka true grill I am nlmotl sure my capllvo chucU led at this nut wait I wot on dollnhted at the sensatlr f votnl make when tho rrtn r uinul uii tl ij othors get iv i rodrci cK QU we ihui tree i Watoh It for tbTe I yjuH J n nM rl3oner puled 4 il here younc fellow ho said vll l plop Ul arms olsvatM you iucit n derldely < warlike appearance I In that rig and lour actions am de edtfly I unpleasac Dont 5011 think JW So11 4 better 1111 l > e Joke dropt t was almost letting tho rifle drop for It was very heavy but 1 answered that Golden Oulch miners did not consider con-sider horsestealing n Joke and gently reminded him that the rifle was loaded 1 My I arms were beginning lo ache Suppose the boys ehould not comeback come-back that night what should I 0101 Just then I heard the clatler of horses hoofs on tho hard rocky road Nearer and nearer came the sounds and then the whole party swept clown the mountain moun-tain and drew rein In front ot Ihe cabin cabinTathcr Jack Dick 1 thoulcd 1vo caught him I Hes In hero al Iho mercy of niy rifle Who camo tho answer from without with-out Why Don Iedro Oomslei the horsethletf I told as my father and Jack Allen entered tbo cabin and there ho Is I lowered my rifle and looked at 11I7 audience with n beaming face 1ather and Jack looked nt each other then at mo In my warlike costume then al my prisoner nnd thenthey burtl out laughlnr Well Ill bo pinched cried Jack between laughs nnd rotrs Irfiok at tho togs tho kids got on ICId I jelled Indignantly Is thii my reward fur the icrrlblo ordeal t save Just gone through I ran from tho cabin In n loncrlnrt rage tu Iho rest of Ihe party outside nn1 raw a man liound on u horso and uardcd by Dick nnd Mr UoRcrs net on lo de kid In war clothes rled Dick Dick I lapel pointing to the man on the horse Is lhal Don 1cdro Oomalei That what ho calls hlmielt itld lick although his real nimo Is plain Jim Hadilnn horsclhlet and general n obbcr Wo caught him halt way across ho mountain on Mr Itogjrs bone I Vo found Jacks gold < dual on him and ha confessed both crimes Dick I cried If lhal Is Don Iedro who Is Ibo man Ive been holding ut Ihe end ot my rifle all evening I Klrst I heard of It said Dick and I dragged him Into tho cabin t Ily this limo my Don Icdro had explained I ex-plained that his name was Donald Imlth and that ho was sent to the j nulch by a lareo San Francisco mining company lo Inspect and perhaps to luy some clilms Ho bad arrived lhal evening and finding Iho place desertel iad ventured Into Ibo flist cabin ho oiiml oixn tn be pounced upon by mo You may linaglno my feelings Suppose Sup-pose Mr Smith should repeat lama of ny big western IlIlkiho bo > s would never quit Killing me Hut bo did not glvo mo ntvay for which I thank him with all my heart Ilo only gave mo a wink nud atkod me If bolnj a backwoodsman I had ever heard of Davy Crocketts advlco Ilo said It vtat He sure youre right then go Micad end I think Its E ° ° J advice dont > cu Several miners sold out their claims to tbo company that Mr Rmlth represented repre-sented and father finally did tho same for which 1 wat glad for I hava never felt comfortable after the night 1 captured cap-tured Don Iedro |