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Show i ' f T A sore subject with a'l tne since It m St tie thought Langdous .nan very sine indeed to make who Is all manners, neglect them said "I am strong and stime to ms si If as strode lhnu,h tin wonderful latiyou of Htcutlwus w bus. walls art those n ighly pala,e- - m finance and iihiiik irf from wliub buslines m.i have belli ousted ' i apt, mis of industry. cormotatit must use ms stiongth How could 1 Indict use it than hs fluttering the-- o in t os on tint toosts, and pet I ips tn m gm g doss n a bird or two dt . nil d huwtsti thai it was bet had stopped tot to w ut until tln-tattling then beaks and ilaws on my .Meanwhile," shell in futile attack leasoiieil i art lulls, I can be getting good and reads Their first new mote, after my little talk with l.angdon, was intended as a mortal blow to tnv eteillt stile requested me to witlnltaw mine and Hlai kloi k and Company s ae counts from the National Industrial Hans and In tail that this huge and powciiul iiistituiiiiii hail thus biaudcd was ,ls H gisin to the financial lepoiiiiso! tin in w spapet s Kat and was published and the public will. was . p. i t. .1 u. In In s e t Hat i his w as , on-mini aid iliastfi nnhsfne' itf the (.unpalsn of lln honoiable men ot tmvmi io li an l hi ngtau Stables ot W ill Stn.t Ms dails lettei to msisioi, mi t niomiiig b'd o(T with had this pai agi a ph the Ins! notite Is of Hit n a't u ks on me laki n pul-li'll the I (Toil lo (list 11 dll the Pills (mining nn, old oib d simiie tf Im iih i.il ii uih the lug bandits hast d ms in i ou ip s out ot their ( !mt oi dt anslei i ed ,, unhung liotisi base In am omits to tie His. mint and . po,,i N.iiion.il uli. it Leonidas Thmn H sia.nl, gmi.d a,, mist the lew ot dt thi' si . ks io make Imsim ss a Hut i If s IIUI l.ll X ! -- PniiiiH s.ilil with no to (Oliibat MOWS based on know not what iatnful expe, leme Hut I dont (aio tor that sott of 1th lug fioii a woman ot Horn a dm; 1 mg nl ans kti.il Tom o in ail' was to tarn him into ms (ab illations as to He wa-- . to my ees too ou Anna a pah imdiistmls ot his xw till ami Iasi mating tiiulliei When t s oi thought nt him as tho man Anita lam ted she loved put it aside ho kind ot man a worn ltistantH would s.n to ms an tads tales tm vo Is tin mt.isiiit ol In nut self Hut not tin kind of man In imagines Continued hi BItlol) 7XFCUSrte' conMvy? '"us' I ( -- hon she idiis Im lorn ss't id" oil do w t o tt si d I an it i unit and sin ;u 1 soo . d tlat it ail li. iii its hs show nit; oiii lose o till In s in that s tin was w.lli ssonnn cras about tin ms. ..mi imK,i all about tin i. m t.tsi In t an in Como and sin II g ! s on mt ilonlit It said Would if sou hm ss In r Hut i s. n so t I shall losi hi Hm in .in s i s mh in s,. II mill ss sin is m id. imh Col tamls pi! with tin Iasi ol tin in tlo moms sho jut tin i.miiath ol a Binall In .a Tin old man atain d with mo. tin more igm ousts I stispoit Iih auw ho found nn icsohtto Whin ho ould think ot no tn w ssjs ot stating Ills cas. - Ins i aso against Anita in said Yuli ate a tool souti; man that s I ssondet mu li a fool was esei cleat able to mt togethei as min h prop oils as u pml I'idits sou with Hut sou ii the him! ol fool I like lolls " Du n ou 1! indulge ms (.iso I ht i biiif Hu -- t was I c i i Mis iiV would refoee cm ity if he could not givefct funds of a hank iretri-tiH ms dills Is to so advin ploy ed to the ' another H set-tie- - Id i .mi ail I -- I I - i 1! ' a here i,h hi . m mine lodas thin o It H f . Rag Time ti if V ill - U.(il!Nli nl.lnr il i t flail htoin.O h ibb iif )!ll i h! hot h 111 li si. I. ai i W H!,!i li W bile H j b a , it I 111 up in .Ol volt li i W ilski b. f I.l' Oi i .1 I l ' 111 t bi 1 i I i! i bi s h ut a i W ' s t J n m bit in lou-- i Anil lo ib nk lb il uni. a li w hlioit have neglected lo lullow up ad Ill kl( kt d b( Is. villages, would D9t Inn )i,x,'(d inniltbs .mo t.isi. ii.l bm 7". in my III lull s of attack tilt inatid public xsmp.ithy for Be Tla s would not have so crudely exjloltcd ms mu on s ent lonul marriage nd mj iiii.ukmI ut tin v lilatdiia with aid Bleixh l.i i.l not go near the lattl. held, H bad to trust totgentx ss bom tin ir ni'b - and suggeskih i eai In d bs l bo nn ' iiiiiiid.ibout tass, ami they luibier with thi ir ntitpiia hi involved Immtdiate and great i 'I oi loss of may li ii Galloway ind. tins hat tied tb.it t be Coal gtO(Js with "hull they iln.iubt I was kiadul down weie part ol bis estate. TM) satisfied them-- i si is ( itiat I wasin fact as inipieg-- ! liable as I had waried Langdon They useis, (l tactics; toebuck tried to make it up with W. It he wants to ce me, wa my Invariable answer to the intlmitioru of his emissaries, let him come to my office, just as I would go to his, If I wished to se s him ' lie- la a big nan a dangerous big wan,- eautnimut Big yes But trong only aga'ns. his own kind, replt-- I One tnous can make a whole herd of elephant squeal for mercy It Isn't prudent, It Isn't prudent," persisted Joe Jlvw' judgu. a. man by the bag In It Is not," replied I. Thank his tiousera He may not have been I'm at last In the position 1 ve been kneeling at the KMiagogue The first thing Dame Nature knows tolling to achieve. I don't have to tie prudent I can say and do what I one Luther Burbank will steal hei please, without fear of the conse- job quences. I can freely Indulge in the The milkman Is apt to be late wIipii luxury of being a man. That's cost- his pump needs fixing A California newspaper savs, Hus ly, Joe, but It's worth all it could cost" Sht hand, pat vimr wlfeR cheek Joe didnt understand me he rarely would rather have 'ou do that than did. Im a hen. Youre an eagle, give her $100(1" Its cheaper, too said he. fellprs Ilich In and put The Inventor of the comet is dead tint his wonderful contraption ofstas? CHAPTER XXVIII. si. ns afier him Don l keep a girl waiting too long A HOUSEWARMING. resent Site before you ptoxiHe Joes daughter, staying on and oa it and pas you back good may and plenty at Dawn Hill, as chief lieutenant. If after mart lage not principal, inmy conspiracy to drift tells everybody about always girl (bk Anita day bv further and further hi I first engagement lint after she into the routine f the new life Yet has become an old maid and gts a neither of us t1 shown by word or chain e sou bet she keeps It to tiei look that a through understanding si If until afier the fellow has got so existed betweio us. My part was to f.n in that In (.mt back out without he unobstrisive friendly, neither inm h of promise suit a bn different nor e r, and I held to it Mr boss Is gelling to In quite In by taking rare l?ser to be left alone 'endiuts lie fired two employes yes with Anita, Alias part was to be herone today ami tenlas self simple and natural and sensible, foi If men lenlsed pensions and full of life aughter, mocking at wounded fer lings in lie battle of life, those moods thi. betray us Into th the pension dopait merit would lx absurdity of taling ourselves too se-- i before Monday noon of the bankrupt iously. week first I was getting i tady a new house In A woman laughs at a joke because town as a snrprlH to Anita, and I Hxk She Is expected to laugh knows she I wish Anitas Alva Into ni' flit. Is saddest when nothing klrkei The part of the him to be exactly to her wmng goes I. "Cant you set her liking, said The reason an elephant wags his to dreaming alosl what kind of place he ha no valise to she would like live In. what she .runk is because wag would like to en her eyes on In the morning, wk t surroundings shed Poor, Tired Pa. like to dress In ind read in. and all Kastus came sniffling to school that . . that. f depicted In hi nmrtiing Alva had no Hfficulty in carrying adolescent face out the suggest la. And by harass he lisped, I ve Please teacher ing Westlake tWsantly, I succeeded gotta quit school My ma is dead of Anitas In realizing bfteport and Ive gotta go to work dream to the Uet shade of the Ye see wiping away a tear "now draperies and t' Silk that covered the that mas gone pas gotta take keei walls. By puxbfcfthe work, I got the o hlsself an I ve gotta help pa" house done jut a Alva was warning His mother had been a wash lady me that she "!l.not remain longer at Dawn Hill hut must go home and Taking a Chance. Patience and shuffle the cards, get ready fm her wedding When 1 went down to ktlnge with her the said Don Quixote A has, the cards last details of ik Brprlse. who should replied the Mer? Here is a quarter meet me at 'heMstlon but Anita chant of Venice I took Glance at her serious Heads 1 wtn tails you lose" f face and, mm h disquieted, seated cried Quixote Done beside h lithe little trap Ii And the drinks were on Don stead of follow In? the usual route to Graft. the house she Voted her horse Into GrafHng began when designing Eve the bayshore io D Several dad to, she began as crossed Adam's pathway with a red the bend hid the iatlon. I got a let- apple ter from some Itoryers, spying that an tinel of mine hid given me a large sum of monei' a very large sum I hav' been Inqnfr'at bont it. and find It la mine absoluHy." (To k Contli led ) nnt I ( "I NN ii. ingenmts, he IN CROOKED ENTER- was 1 1 - XXVII BLACKLOCK SEES A LIGHT' was next day. I think, that I met Mowbray Langdon and his brother Tom in the entrance of the Textile Building Mowbrav was hack onlv a week trom his summer abroad, out Tom I had seen and nodded to every day, often several times in the day,, as he went to and fro about his re-- 1 speetable dirty work for the Roebuck-- ! angdon cliqup. He was one of their most frequently used stool pigon dt rectors in banks and insurance com- whose funds they staked in big gambling operations they taking almost all the profits and the depositors and policy holders taking almost all the risk. It had never cooe occurred to me to have any teel- - HAVK.VT TUB SLIGHTEST INTEREST PRISES NOW.' not to be until the noisy, brawling, thieving deptised of the pleasure of telling sparrows drove them out His oldeRt So I was compelled to listen, son was about to marry does daugh Them and. lieing In an indulgent mood, I did ter Alva Many a Sunday I have not spoil his pleasure bs letting him spent at hia place near Morristown a charming combination of city com see or suspect my unbelief If he could base looked into my mind, as fort with tarm freedom and fresh air I stood theie in an attitude of pa- - I remember, one Sunday, saying to tient attention. I think even his seif-- him. after he hail seen his wife and Why complacence would have been put nut daughters off to church. of countenance haven t you looked out Tor establish- ful1 s,p, Bald inR these boys and girls of yours With his fi I don tf want my gtils to be sought undei stand perfectly. Langdon Hut I haven't the slightest Interest in crook- j for money," said he, I dont want my ed entei prises now I'm clear out of hoys io rely on money" Perhaps I'Ve I ve reinvest seen too much of wealth, and have 8,1 ou follows stocks ed my property so that not even a come to have a prejudice against it. Then. too. Ive never had the chaqce panic would trouble me That s good," he drawled I saw to get rich I showed that I thought that he tie did not believe me which was nat- was simple Jesting in al, as he knew nothing of ray ar I mean it. and as said he, looking at me rangement with Galloway weathin esc as straight as a well-ef- . with sumed I heavy tailoring Trow eoiild mjr with a bad "cargo of" Coat stocks brbughrup girl's Come to lunch witn mind be judicial if were personally and contracts me Ive got some Interesting things interested In th entetpriseg fieople to tell you about my trip l(xik to me for advice about A few months before I should hare And not onls did he kep himself Hut l had lost clear and his mind judicial hut also accepted with alacrity interest in him He had not changed, he was like all teally good people, if anything, he was more dazztng exeeedingls slow to believe others than ever in the waytrHhat had once gniitv of the things he would as soon dazzled me It was I that baa changed have thought of doing as he would 1 had1 have thought of slipping into the my ideals, tnv ioint of view eon- - teller's cage during the mneh hour no desire to feed my tempt by watching him pump in vain and pocketing a package of lank-paniefor information to be used in his se- - notes He gave me his motto a No. rious one Relieve In everybody; cret campaign against me thanks Another day." I replied, and trust In nobody Onlv a thief wishes to be trusted. left h'm with a curt nod I noted that he had faJed to sieak of my ntar- - he explained, and only a foool trusts riage, though he had not sees me! 1 let no one trust me. I trust no one. to his 1 I s 1 I new-sprun- s i cu-the- I with-grie- hiy-self- tin-sel- i ni" - Carolina tn in ss i ompi i ksiii ami posset ililil .Voting i ompans p.ant ot tin- Ced.u ss i ill mlo gulai ron.mitvdim laM With Ita tun Me, cm hoisting vs.ik ss o k s i ami m ompi .'xmii plant the ilm Is now splendidly equipped till .I, s e.o on lit at addli Imial dt pill ami lie ini'll opening up d the levels al I - i t BLT its 1 n ts v 1 in i i worth while, even though I wholly lost hope, still Id not give her up. I couldn't thats my nature.' But And I could see she is worth while her, slim and graceful, the curves in her face and figure that made my heart lean, the azure sheen upon her petaMike skin, tin mysteiy of the soul luring from hot eyes Aftet we had artanged the business or. rather, atianged to base it ar fie ranged through our law sets walked down to the pier with me At the gangway lie gase tue another 6eat thing look from head to foot hut vastly different from the inspec tion with which our inlet view had Yon are a devilish handsome begun Your pic young fellow," said he. tures dont do sou justice And I shouldn t have belies ed any man could overcome In one brlpf sitting stu h a prejudice as I had against sou On second thought, I dont cate to sep her She must be even below the aser age " "Or far above it, I suggested "I supixise 11 have to usk her os inA tine to visit me, he went on hypocttte Ill feel "You can make it one of the con dltions of your gift that Rhe is not to thank you or speak of it, said I I fear sour face would betias us, it she ever did All excellent idea he exclaimed Then, as he shook hands with me in ?ou will win her yet farewell If you eare to As I steamed up thp Sound I was tempted to put in at Dawn Hills liar bor 'i hrough ms glass I could see Anita and Alva and several otheis, men and wumen, basing tea on the lawn tinder a red and white awning I could see her dress a violet suit I with a big violet hat to match Like everything knew that costume she wore, it was both beautiful in itself and most becoming to her could sec her face, could almost make out Its expression did I see, or did I imagine, a cruel contiast to what i always saw when, she knew I was., looking I gazed until the trees hid lawn and gay awning, and that lively compans anil her In my bitterness I was full of resentment against her, full of self-pitI quite forgot, for that mo ment, her side of Hie story sii s ns tonal disibip lo ii loo too! I. el MI. Ills on lln Is no 'i. m ss bilabial. i sen it. making nuaikabb In id's is and ui next n ml i MuieUtiie. hboaild bh say th.it by altbiiugli so im i ii g t in lln lime lln- Isso Han gel inn mug an lln s nn It. t tuned it will be Hu s In In. i 'In ui It r , is going lln link im ot wi.lill is Ihiispbatv limn. (I in i In m mu (a. ' ui i of niim out ilnn0 i In mb a s I. mil,, is and s oniid ill mans in Id pbosiboiii pa Is ,,t Ib, t nil (I gilali s bill the lb posii, that till III ill lb pi IIP ip.il conn nuiiial out pill o t i mat Hal me lliose ot Hm Ida l(iini"n ami Sou t li S that ns mi iiu m I i ms Ing Naim-m-vao-- ,. k ( . If 'Ol, u c m In I M' a " Shun in .ii ill bum tie an rf's (.' will in the urn mu of sinking ib I s mi bi ill oil m b.s os, w bo ai. in a p siium to know .l.i Ian lb.it 'm old Siler ki ig mine .it Park ( 1' t. a big i i a nl better I 1 white, "I have few wants, few purposes, said I. "Hut those few I pursue to the end Kven though sho were not i ts I mans Doolittle man im ot the I th i opp i ru iiunpinss Dixb IM-- i. min' . j irshall a ot jlid'H hipnictis H ( , pi -- A. I insist sou Her mind and h u In ait ate ( lorn d Vml it is my airatnst me" said cun fault I dimed them " Tilt her out ot smn heat, he ad vised "No woman is woitli a setious M U.l) bat i.ni shall not lelite lid. palgn against me- - It u d not so be. ansi i minh bei ause I W Krm u was weak Pei hips m Ko.leii It and l.angdon could kai ,i iied D In person, or hid kill tin Him adsist with their 4$rni- - l.lmw iad after ea( It move, it mi is. (ii i eedeil They would no' i' let tl aggeiatlon Uominat It ,md stnotn i the i 111. 1 u He til. his i, ms in a It sou wnl hast it of mink despair I In n pin d am (mums about! no, w,.nt to see In t this nii'ii id mine I ssant to see tin wo mm who (..in' css Mir he Cockroach gel smiling nugge's are i l i 1 i uri kiinls tha dW I. iharactei is as Indi place as is ci aft wlwn demands iiaft Midi ii i i repl be i T mon i I 1 os. i t I I ti o udln fi 1 dilating lalse stork' aan cial ctilci pi lses, ai hie Mit the penal code cn M b Hut as lonl him head of this bant n" a it for peisonal tengaui chartered public to ItB have equal right to Iti would lend money to mj m if he came for ltklklli fhat tin .ling o V O . oi li g m la s .is pm h id' M mm op. itu s l i a hnf li. ll.lllfc son alls bt 1 i said topped" 1 1 ss i p'i bur Idaho, the lot of free till (min I arl "isborno I Ilia kit M h Os ei t1 Is '.( ami It 1 wish other principle monp'.t is in was ha buung mi soul ti.oni against him and wislud him to H allt lh.it bis as, .mil had bolheitd nn no luoie than the lmmg and haitiimg ot a s i b. i i. mg o got sir me 's w an' ed m to ' o sou said In io i dam rboui thit unto tunate lex ulo d. a on me had Ibis ss ... n tin l.ilisl out wMh Ik Ml niioi gs lln Uav i alii In lamb d limn kuiope id s( ai i els In In si that his saints, his contldi,iH e m his ossn skill at tin ss non s ni toi tm (let gt (mild wink (ould so ib hide him I ton t Ixnlnr I Ii o i s said i 'All that s an ,ts oi the tspe that was cient history " dumm.inl m mu i oiii'm i.il lilt bo financiers Hut lie had though out some ties tme 111' (amt just as tie tegardod as p.u ticulai ly ciiditable song buds weie common in our tiets i i Alovs lands and ixih.mgid tom Wo si ook 11 - t! .Ht 1 I i i' fasti' j I &cms-jrstuc- no i. ason eSts fin hi , It at he. d te- - atteMU me the' . ..ii on hn -- Kt ,s 1, ,,. , him to no in win i In e hold. i non th o.v 'minks and mining Even see th PC , 1 ts 110 dl l'nonilc' i.i a, L taxrzxsm pvp evfl of b How n( in 1 jr DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIRS, Author c I wh'n he has been tnUma.ii g cli cuni$&ic"t' 1 ads in hi d i Nisada Noithern of tin lln gi.nl. in bails of Ely ss 111 soon bt Tile lowi i i h f.u nm line ol i ills , . 'on is ( uni i ib led and onls two or III be made b ii k bill mill fi'ls A sladiiii Is In mg put m at o' iossii tin wi si iml ol Klv no as to make 'I ii i. nks ae safi Im i baubh as il snpp'bs 1 teams that me by lo tin milieu days the Ii si tunnel iiu-- i lime i sir ( imslruc led hs the I'lai k.i'iis Tunneling MaihDie compaii, lor the mining districts of I tah will lie on Da way from the ban ( of the maim-fa- i Hirer This machine is destined to test the theory of the inventer up Big Cottonwood, and on the possessions of the Mo'inbatc Uke mining company,, It wa announced .that some Urns ago that the Guggenheim bad 'abandoned their San Bruno smelter In California, after having expended $1,60(1,-(MA portion upon its construction of tills plant has been ciivprted to Ely, Nes , w here It will he used In tie construction of the smelling plant of the Nevada Consolidated and the Cumberland Ely companies. The mining Interests around Roosevelt, Idaho, are looking more prom islng than ever before flnce the boom collapsed and a number of experts sent In by various parlies have expressed great faith In the future of the camp when it shall have recovered from the injury done by extravastm k gant statements and games A coppi r mining distilit closely akin lo that of Ely. Nevada, irom the standpoint of physical eha a terUtlc s and within whose precincts sufficient d -seloptnent woik has beeu done to demonstrate the continuity and generous distribution of ores. Is tne Seven Devils sei lion of Idaho ri pert lea in tli.it that assay s ; ;i ; oi dNtrh t show In; In a levs ui ( lo I'x p i ( nl Aci oidmg tii Web t aid othei a min I - a lit v here minerals an dug, s s Mi - Denver Mining fi nm .. ITii ie ai rmw other definRcnoiier itions some now olsobte and ot lers xt in but alt of svliiiii aie. In inst&n-(pole inadequate and even non- ehenslve An exact ,fi in; bm of the term eegi almost im jHissihle as so miuh depends upon the point of view taken Tin coal production of L't&.i, which bad shown a decreasing tendency in KP'4 and linfi, felt as did the other Rocky mountain states, the stimulating influence of the ahortige created by the suspension of work during the spring of 1906 in the stales of the MisUtah's output Insissippi valley. creased from 1,322.732 short tons, valued at $1 TftJ.r.Jb la L9of. to 1.772.-- . j51 short tons, valued u $2,408,381 in 1906 a gain of 440,179 short tona, or il! per cent In quantity, and of $614.-h7or 34 3 per cent In value. A Coeur d'Alene dispatch to the Spokane Review sava a discovery of gold has been made at Tyson by Fred V Baverland of the Tyson Consolidated Mining & Mll'lng company. Tiding" plcketT" Nuggets worth $Tr-fthup, as the result of the placer mining of that rompany Loon creek, the old Mine and once famous placer i amp f Idaho, has r awa ened from its sleep and times are gutting liveH sgain. A new strike, and a rich one, was made last spring opposite FerguonV ranch on Cabin creek, and it co.; inue to give greater promise daily The O. K. group on Y:u Eagle mountain, la Idaao, belonging to CUud Walne anJ AYllllim Alien, has be n bonded to a Mi - Thorn wno is representing a syndicate of Kansas capitalists The prl-- e is $',n'(,i). Ten cent cash was paid lba.i an the bond uns for 1H1 days. u 1 ? 30-ya- 1 4 pr |