1 THEY WERE BROTHERS BY NUMBER By WILLIAM J. HARSHA n , —, ' —= (& br «hurt »lory Pub. Co 1 A Famous Man Th* originator of Dr. Pierer’s Golden Mrdit al Discovery for I hr blood, as well at I ho ME«vur hoax la lame." "When did you git out?" I asks. “How did you know?" u»ka he. grin- liln* at ill wider. “I’m somethin' of a mind reader, you savvy." "U-ft King King the first of last May." says lie, us easy as If he was talkin' of movin' from one cabin to unot her. Thia was promisin', now wasn't It? Here I was, lost on the wrong side of Gore canyon, a denae forest for miles around me, my bronc gone lame, and, "lust but not least," as the story fell­ ers any«, u plump five thousand of money In my inside vest pocket. It waa Ted Jordan's doin'«—or rath­ er, the doin'« of Ted's wife. She had to have the money all In hundred dol­ lar bill«: no bunk draft for hers! She was goln' by stage, come Tuesday, up to Dillon nnd so down to Denver for the ahoppln' and Ted (he's the big cowman for whom 1'tn boas puncher) had sent me Into the bank at Radium to git the dough. Ami I was new to tiiut aide of the Grand, too. So was my bronc. Between us we was lost good nnd plenty. And here shows up thia cut-throat maverick, choppin’ of green aspens and puahin' down dead ones, right in the heart of a thousund-square mllo reserve I "Lead on1" says L "I'll try your cave." There was nothin' else for IL I had to git »belter for myself. "There's twelve more of you In this here cave?" I queries, careless like. "Fourteen—countin' Brother Num­ ber One. We are numbered as we comes In." "So you are not the lust of the bunch, to come In." "No. Brother Number Fourteen la Jest out of Albany burglary—and Brother Number Fifteen Ims Jest been pardoned out of Canyon City—man­ slaughter.” "That so! And Brother Number One Is your captain," says I. "Yes," »ny» he. "What's he In for—or rather, out?" "We're all out for a livin’." suya be, with Ids cussed grin. "As for Broth­ er Number one, it was forgery, 1 think. That was along while ago. His hair Ima growed out." So then I hud the show sized up. Brother Number One was due for the first taste of cold lend if it come to a free-for nil »hootin'. I was leadin' my cayuae, for lie was dead spent, nnd old Thirteen walked on abend of me. I took pains to ace that he did. He carried only nn ax, ns fer as I could see. but he w as some quick on Ids feet nnd power­ ful built and active and so long. I wasn’t goln’ to take no chances. Toil allowed I could bring the money through and 1 was sure figurin' on doin' It. The mountains on the south side of the Gore has always been it likely place for outlaws; I knowed this. And there's a particular gulch what we calls "Bobbers' Roost," but I didn't know Jest where it lay. So wo moiled along and blmeby we come to n gate in a wire fence and we takes down a stiff trail to u clearin' in the woods and blmeby we come to some stubble fields and then to a group of log bulldin's, pi the door of u long squatty ranch house stands an old guy tn overalls and Jumper, what says to me: "Welcome to the cave, stranger!" "Howdy!" says I, guarded like. I was glad the lower end of my gun ease was tied down. This helps n feller to git said gun out in a hurry. If It is needed, you savvy. "Brother Number Seven I” sings out the old chap. "Take the gentleman's lioss." A one-eyed ruffian shows up and lends the bronc away. “Come in, st ranger I Come lul" cries Number One. I looks around casual but sharp. I didn't see no cave. But I saw u whole passel of other Things rifles and shot­ guns and axes and villains. Of course the old feller was Brother Number One, the captain of the gang; you've guessed that. He was tall, gentle-spoken, kind In the eye. He wore his hair long and said hair was as white as snow. No whiskers, no mustache, a reg'lnr gent In looks. But I knowed of course, that some robber captains Is like that and I wasn’t tak­ en In. I hugs the pocket what held the five thousand and I lightly touched my gun now and then, innkin' ns If I was feelln' for my handkerchief. It did me good to know It whs there handy—the gun, I menu. "Easy to git lost In these woods," says the Cap. "Yes. I never been on this side be­ fore. 1 belong to Ted Jordan's outfit,*' I Informed him. I । i ! { j [ । j You sea, usually that would knoe «onie light Into a feller, for Jordan i known In our part« a* u mini wbut d feula what belong« to Idin, wb' tin ■nan or beaat. But old Number Oue hair didn't rumple none ami I »<•( bin down u« a cool customer, lie paid n* more notice to Ted's name than a wild cow does to a quirt when she hua turned to bay. Well, we talk« on «ome, random, mid blmeby the mob of murderers cluiqb In for «upper, fifteen of them In all, a» the guy bud «aid. What a bunch Hem» had long hair- the«e were the brother« from number« two to about eight; «ome hud hair about half growed out. they numbered from nine to eleven. The balance was cropped close. Ko I could tell about bow long each guy hud been out of the pen : And all of them had the l learn In thli life, and one that many pereone never learn, la to see the divine, the celeatlal, the pure in the common, the near at hand—to lee that heaven Ile» »bout us hera In thia world.—John Burroughs. EARLY GOOD THINGS SA LAD which 1» not only beauti­ ful to look ut and appealing to the taste to: Asparagus In Baskets. Prepare four medium-sized toma­ toes, scooping out the centers, and set to chill after being scalded and peeled. Take one half hunch of as­ paragus. the tip portion, cook until tender, then chill. 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Heat one cupful of thin cream to which a Napoleon HI of France often was tableapoonful of butter lias been added, one-half tenspoonful of salt, called the “Man of December" in al­ mid a pinch of nutmeg and pepper. lusion to his coup d'etat of December, Drain the celery and pour the hot sea­ 1851, by which he obtained control of the government, and to his becoming soned cream over it. Serve at once. emperor in December, 1852. Working for Prosperity Every condition, financial and oth­ erwise, makes prosperity possible. Conditions are in a measure shaped by each and every one of us, hence should be continued by every effort on our part. This much we owe to ourselves.—Grit. Great Jewish Scholar. Leopold Zunz, the celebrated Jew­ ish scholar, generally considered the founder of the modern “science of Judaism.” was the pioneer in the study of Jewish literature. He died at Berlin March 18. 1886. River Has Some Drop. 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