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Show I fniAT GIRL of JOMNsSfFsl' 4w " f to' Ktr Rnttrftit Ac--.i.l.r.t li Sri ..f r.,ti,r- In tin 1M l.v Kiit., A ;mllh. In II I ..,...( Il.n .-.i ..t ( ,.,,,! v.lnii..n. II C. CHAPTER VIII. Continued. . The woman rntne lo m 'rt them aa they n do up. Foam dripped (mm the mouths of th"lr hordes, and tholr . heads hung listlessly, while the'r ! flanks woro cnvoicil with The ' men dismounted and km.-oncl tho Bad- din girths. Had Johnson returned? they asked hor. Not that sho had hoard of. alio ro-plied. ro-plied. Did ttioy want Johnson? Had they boon sca-rblng for Mm? Yea. thoy ri-illcil. thoy wanted Johnson; John-son; no was summoned to appear In tho town In till" Oreen case; It wan believed he ronld toll considerable about tho matter; should ho not appear ap-pear to-day, thoy must wait. What If ho woro dead? aha asked, curiously; If ho had fullon Into aonio ons of tho dangerous places on tho mountain? If ho woro dead, thoy said well. If ho woro dead that would put a different differ-ent faro upon tho matter; thoy hoped ho was not dead, for the law hould not hn hafTt.'d. Old ahc think ho waa dond? Had she cause to think so? No. alio knew no reason why Johnson John-son should he dead unless ho had fallen In porno of the dangerous places on tho mountain; they must know thla, for they had been there; for her part aho know nothing about It aavo from what aho heard those say who had linen there. They paid her liberally and roilo way. iNilorea waa ft HI IttlnK at the gnto under tho plnoa with lier haggard faro and Idle ban's, ami thu eyes that watched for what did not rome. Johnson was not th-ro. f tio tald. qulelly. and they never questioned her word, but Instinctively IKlcJ thulr hula aa thoy rodo away. CHAPTER IX. A Mora Thorough Search. Do'iirea. worn with watching and faint from lack of food fell asleep at tho doorway, and slept 1'ie wholu night thniuih; the dawning had il-cn-oned to bread light when she waked Bhe bathed hor fare wltli red water (mm the well and brushed hor soft hair bark. wiml'ng It In a heavy .1 fl.o l,n,-l( nt her l-.eild. Tho labia waa act aa she had left II tho day before, and when alio hung tho kottlo over the tiro ahe ': the pall and went out to milk llrlmlle. , Ixwllo came up for water; ho hcsl-tntod hcsl-tntod aa he aaw Doloroa, but aho roao . I , op bravely to meat him. Bhe did not ' , apnak, but hor oyca asked him a ques tion. "Thor caae were postponed." ho - aald, slowly. "Thor Ji d.i wore put out conald'rablo. but aa "t wouldn't be helped he aald they'd hor tor wait tell yor foylhor kcmsV'. He did not linger; ho dared not linger whon he waa watching him. Ha could not toll hor of the roused auaplclon regarding Jobnaon'i nonappearance. non-appearance. He left a full bucket on the edgo of the well for hor. Doloroa waa unused to attention; this alight act touchod her strangely; she watched him go down tho road, and his slouching figure had a sort of grace In her eyes. 8he arose and carried the pall In- "I will walk," she aald simply, aide. Then she prepared a pot of ooffco strong and clear, and drank a cupful. She fried some bacon and eggs, and ato them determinedly. She waa impelled by her hlddon purpose, and ato that she should have strength. When she had finished she flllod a largo bottle with rich new milk, and hurg It at hor side with a aloniler rope across hor al.ouiiinra; alio knew that hoi would have noed of both her hands. Then she closed the door and went down the path wit! a firm atop. As aho pushed tlio rickety gale up and fastened It with Its swinging rope, and turned to go down the roud, a atop crurt h"d the gravel at her side, anl a familiar voice pounded In her ears, a voice that hitherto had held such soeiro.-s to her shut as she had always boon In her hard life. Hut alio turned now with tho free look dyln'! trom her fain nnd eyes. "li. res!" exclaimed young Oreen. enKcily. a warm II' ht In hla kindly eyes as ho went up to hor with out-j out-j stretched liandi. "I caine over to see 6 about your father. Yu havo heard B nothing from hlui yet, Ml.is Johnson?" 1 .- "I shall find him to-duy." she aall atenrliiy. For tho first time be noticed the bottle at her wal-t and the strange, pad exprcs.-lon of her (ai a. A knuwl-edgo knuwl-edgo o( her crrnr.d fla-ibnl usm Nm. He touched her arm gently to detain her. "You are going to find him. Miss Johnson Doloroa? You believe he Is lost over on yonder mountnln? What fisila we were not to havo thought of that before. Let me go wllh you; may 1? What could you do should you find him?" He used no softening words to her; hn knew she com pro-bonded pro-bonded tho possible ending to their search. "You must rldo my horso. Mlsa Johnson. Tho way Is long and rough, and " "I will walk," she said, simply. Her tips had lost their warm red color; her wide eyes wore on his faro In their atrnngo wlstfulnesa. "Then I will leavo him at the tavern." tav-ern." ho said, quietly, to comfort her. A group of men were around the door of the tavern aa thoy approached and woro talking over tho events of the previous dny. When young (Ireen and Dokres appeared their glunros were Bug i.ostlvo, and they lllonod In silence when the young man spoke. When ho finished au ominous silence fell upon them. Then I odlo anise. Of them all ho was the most angular snd uncouth, but among them ho was nobler than they. ! "Thor dop'tloa dedn't know thor mounting." hn said gravely. "Theys might her I'nn' stepped on em n'lhnul kr.owlir et. Kf ho hev met with an arc dont ho mayn't bo able tor k ' in an' 'II die 'thnut help kern tor Vin. I f thet cnl o' Jolinslng's ken go oner tlinr tor hunt 'em, I reckon wo una ken do 't." Ills slow heavy words roused an Interest In hla listeners ns all (Ireen's words could not do, and they anise at once to their duly with many a word I of grumbling that passed unnoticed lierniise each undersKKul that this wss simply their way of showing the depth of their interest. Tlio atrmiKO party moved along the ghontly mist of tho vnlley road and across the bridge like spirits of the niounlnln. I lie ascent waa nnru ana toilsome, and Dolorea waa unused to such exertion; young Oreen waa athletic, ath-letic, but ho also had nover so had hla strength put to the proof. Thoy paused many times to reat and recover re-cover brrnth. Hy and by Oreen helped ! Dolorea. Her recent lack of food and sleep had unfitted her for such oner-tlou. oner-tlou. Hhe waa panting and weak, but she amlled ber alow, brave smile, nnd shook her head when ho offered to tnkn her homo If she wished. Bhe ramo to find hor father, she said nulotly. nnd she would find him; she felt certain of that. 1 I'p In tho blue spare a vulturo hovered; hov-ered; tho dull nap of his wings waa audible In tho dead ptlllnesa and hollow hol-low below. Dolores saw him, and her eyes dilated. , . "Boo!" she cried, her sweet, strangely strange-ly penetrating voice full of torror echoing down the mlaty hollow. "Bee! Why la he there? Thoy follow whore there are wounded. He Is not there for nothing." Tholr eyes followed hers; her terror was reflected In their fares, used as they woro to such scenes, and young Dreen Instinctively drew her nearei himself as though to shield her from what might follow. There was nothing noth-ing certain about the vulture's prey; It might be a wounded hare, a atag, or a man! That It was something was certain; something, too, that was wounded, not dead. They stood In silence a moment with awo-atruck faces, while the bird of death hovering above them had a torrlblo meaning for them. Dolores clung to young Green with trembling bands In tho nrst wild moment; she did not feel his strong arm about her; thore waa a look In her eyes he could nevsr forget. Then alio loosened her hold of him. and stood alone slender anil stntely on the In Ink of tho yawning yawn-ing gulf. It was marvelous how she impressed those about her with hor personality. Many a time afterward tho young man wna wukened In the nlrht with the memory of hor as she stood there In her utter self-forgetful-ness. hor fo-t touching the edge of the gulf opening beforo her, her ten-dor ten-dor face giand with 1 1 a brave soul "I will call him." aho aald, gravely. "He may ai.awer, for he Is there, I know." Bhe leaned abovo (he void filled In with ghostly mist and gruesomo shad owa; young (Ireen's hand waa utsm her arm. but she did not know it. Bhe called aloud, and her voice rang down tlio alienee, waking th " echoes frotu rock to rock "Father! Father!" Tho bird of death overhead (lapsed hla heavy wings and uttered a fierce cry as a pnulher mU'ht that has lost Its young. Tin y walled and listened; no aound disturbed the hush of the mountain's henrl rave tho oclioea tainting further and further Into the mysterious ib-iitlm below. "Father! Father!" "lie illd nut hour," said Dolores, quietly. "Or iieihups he cannot answer. an-swer. I will mil agnln." Thai he wns there she did not doubt; 'whether di p 1 or alive she would find im: she In lleved that, toe. Bhe placed her liunds to hor uouta. -nd h"r voire a nln wok the echoes like the trues o( a lints "Father' Fa'hei!" The vulture wl lrr'-'l down In front of thorn with Its no, co cry. Then ildil. illy up from the do; Ihs. yet pot tar from them. II. a'nl a faint call f.nlf mean, bnlf answer. They listened as tl.ouKh In doubt, afraid to believe li st tin v be mistaken. Hut analn the faint voire si unded not tar distant, but weak. Oreen stretched himself Hal on the ground id leaped isr over the perilous oil... About tweaiy foot below a sharp ledge projri ted, forming a flat shelf; thla was covered wllh a tangle of shrubs anil bushes. Tt-o mist hung BlKiut It like a phantom shroud, and even to Oreen s clear eye It was but Inlntly discernible. Whether or not Johnson was there, hn could not tell. Ho called cheerily, and acaln the weak voire replied; the bushes below woro stirred slightly, and a feeble hand appeared for an Instant. (ireen anise swiftly to hla feet; he uncoiled the rope with awift sweeps of his muscular young arms, and fastening fast-ening one end arou .d his waist secured se-cured tho other end to a sturdy sapling sap-ling near. The men understood hla design without words, and obeyed his orders promptly. Dolorea watched them with dilating eyea and her llpa close shut, as though to stifle a cry. When she saw what .i n r. "Let me go: It Is my duty." young Oreen was about to do. she ramo forward, a world of wonder snd horror and pleading In brr eyes that were larger and darker than usual ti they met tho steady bluo ones above hor. "Do not go." Bhe sold, slowly, as though the worda would not come. I "Let mo go; It li my duty; but you you must not risk your life for him." Ho replied hurriedly. There was a swift flashing snillo In- hla ayoa aa thoy met hers. It waa pleasant to him that she cared for his salety, and h answered hor with a swift, brave , smile. Ho spoko to the men cheerily, ' but clearly and concisely, he told them to hold hard and mind their work. They were ready, and obeyed him at once, and without words. As he turned to lot himself down over the edge he looked toward Dolores. Do-lores. Bhe was standing apart (ruin them white and silent, her slender, graceful figure In Its homely print gown sharply defined against the drooping pine boughs that awung low down; hor brown eyes were on him wllh a great wonder In their depths. At the time he did not understand, hut he smiled at her, and the smile was so gravu and tender and steady that It seemed to her afterward when she thought of It that he had spoken. Bhe neither moved nor spoke; he believed that she (lid not see him though her eyes were on him till he disappeared over the edge, the rope making a dull whir through the grass that stifled all thought In her mind but the possibility of danger to him. (To be continued.) Source of Nervoua Impulse. The theory of Loeb and Matthowa that the nervous Impulse, although It brings In electricity, is far from re-gardlrg re-gardlrg too transmission of that Impulse Im-pulse as identical with a simple electrical elec-trical current. In a medical Journal, Dr. O'llrlen advocates tho old theory that nervous current and electrical current nro Idoullral, hecauso, first, electricity Is always present when rerves act; second, electricity Is fie form of toroo which would do the work required; third, berause the terminal ter-minal and ccntrul mechanisms connected con-nected with tiu nerves correspond to the terminal and central mochanlsms connected with electrical system or communication, aud do similar work In sonllng, receiving, rolaylng, switch-Ing, switch-Ing, transforming, accumulating, retarding, re-tarding, distributing and translating Impressioiia, and, fourth, because electricity, elec-tricity, with such construction of conductors con-ductors and of terminal mechanism, is the only form ot forco wo know uf that would do all the work required. Vital Btnt ttlcs of London. Greater London, which Ircludea all tho suburbs, has a population of 6.r81,-372. 6.r81,-372. an IncroHso of Just under l.OOti.nOO In ten years, morn than half of which occurred In the "outer ting." At t!i ages of nineteen, twenty, twenly-on to twunty-nve, and twenty flvo to thirty, thir-ty, there are moro 1 1 1 mi l aire as many females i.a tunica. It Is pointed out In nouslderlng tho curt ss f frmnlea over males, arcoiint must be taken of the '. largo number of female domestic serif-uuts serif-uuts who aro brought lnlo lxnlon' from tho country. London has S'J8 feiualo aervauls. end only 111,415 men Bcrvauta. London boa less children chil-dren than it haa hud for many years, but It lias mora people over forty Hvo than ever before. |