OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1908.
THE HOUSEHOLD PAGE.
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE LADIES SQLIC
I TED FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. TELL YOUR VAL
UABLE RECEIPTS, HOW YOU MAKE FANCY AR
TICLES AND ABOUT THE DESIGNS AND CARE
OF YOUR "ROSE GARDEN."
"GOOD THINGS TO EAT."
Devil' Food Cake.
Two cups of brown sugar.
Two eggs( beat yolks and whites
separate).
One-half cup of sweet milk.
One cup of butter.
One-half cake of chocolate, grated.
One teaspoon of soda, dissolved In
one-half cup of bollU water.
Three cups of flour.
Bake In a moderate oven.
Filling Two cups of sugar, one
half cup of butter, one-third cup of
sweet milk. Let boll until waxy. SUr
constantly until cool. Spread be
tween layers.
Fruit Cake.
One pound of flour.
One pound of sugar.
One pound of butter.
Half a pound of candied citron peel.
Four pounds of currants.
Four pounds of raisins, stoned and
chopped.
Nine eggs.
One tablespoonful ground cinna
mon. One tablespoonful of mace.
One tablespoonful of nutmeg.
Three gills of brandy.
Mix the fruit together and flour it;
mil the spices with the sugar; cream
the butter and the sugar; add the
beaten yolks, then the whipped whites
and the brandy, then the flour, and
lastly the fruit Put the mixture into
two large tins, lined with greased pa
per and take In a moderate oven for
three hours. This cake will keep any
length of time.
Holiday Cake.
Three-quarters of a pound of but
ter. One pound sugar.
One pound flour.
Six eggs.
Two cups sour cream or milk.
UUtt Kroicu iiuiuice,.
One teaspoonful powdered cinna-
mon.
One-fourth pound citron.
One tablespoonful rosewater.
One teaspoonful soda dissolved in
hot water and stirred into the milk
Just before adding the latter to the
cake.
Cream the butter and sugar, put
with them the yolks, whipped light;
then the cream and spice, next the
flour, then the rosewater, and a double
handful of citron cut Into slips and
dredged; finally the beaten whites of
the eggs. Stir all well and bake in
a loaf or In a "card," using a square,
shallow baking pan.
This is a good cake and keeps well.
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Pork Cake. j
One pound of pork, chopped fine.
One pound raisins. i
Three cups sugar. j
Two cups milk.
Three eggs.
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five Cupa UUUl.
Two teaspoonf uls soda and spice to
taste. wanted, cover over until morning,
then add half a gill of milk and stir
Sugar Cookies. i vigorously; butter a cloth slightly.
One and one-half cups of granulated 'flour It, tie up the pudding in it, boll
sugar. for two hours and a half and serve.
One-half cup of butter. '
One egg. ) Dried Beef With Cream Gravy.
One teaspoonful soda dissolved in t Melt lump of butter size of walnut
one cup of sour cream. : in frying pan and add one tablespoon
One teaspoonful of baking powder :fUi Cf flour; be careful to stir until
mixed with two teacup3 of flour. there are no lumps of flour; then pour
Mix all together thoroughly and ( si0wly one pint of good, rich milk,
flav6r to taste, then add sufficiently ; making a white gravy; have ready
more flour to make a good, soft dough one coffee cup full of finely shredded
that will not stick to the hands. Bake MeA beef; stir into gravy; if too
in a quick oven. ; thick, add more milk; a dash of white
1 pepper and seme finely chopped par
Oatmeal Crisps. sley; the beef will make it salted
Cream one teaspoonful of butter and enough.
rub into one cup oi sugai. ,
half teaspoonful of salt, two level tea- j
spoonfuls of baking powder and two j 0ne-quarter pound of cooked pars
and one-half cups of dry, rolled cats. ni
Miv thnmiwMv then add two well
beaten eggs and one teaspoonful of
vanilla.. Place by teaspoonfuls, 2 or 3
inches apart, on tins lined with waxed
paper, and bake In a slow oven uu
paper, a:JU uonc ,u a. , little uOUr, egg ana urtau ciuuiuij
golden brown. They will flatten outjand boiling fat t() fry m. Rub the
to a sort of flagree texture. Do not j k . narani08 through a sieve and
remove from the paper till cold.
Corn Cake.
A Southern corn cake recipe is a
valuable addition to one's scrapbook,
say3 the Woman's Home Companion.
Mix and sift three-fourths cupfuls of
cornmeal, one and one-fourth cupfuls
of pastry flour, one-fourth of a cupful
Of sugar, one-half teaspoonful of salt
and five level teaspoonfuls of baking
powder; add one cupful of milk, on
egg well beaten and one and one-half
teaspoonfuls of melted butter. Beat
thoroughly, turn into a shallow, but
tered pan, and bake 25 minutes in a
hot oven. Cut in squares and arrange
on a bread plate. If a richer corn
cake is liked, two tablespoonfuls of
butter may be used.
Milk Bread.
One quart of mi'k.
One-half teacupful of yeast.
One-quarter pound of butter.
One tablespoonful white sugar.
Stir into the milk, which should be
made blood-warm; a pint of flour, the
sugar, lastly the yeast. Beat all to-
gother well, and let them rise five or
six hours. Then melt tho butter and
all with a little salt. Work In flour
enough to make a stiff dough; lot this
rise four hours and make into small
loaves. Set near tho fire for half an
hour, and bake.
Pigeon Pie.
Two pigeons.
Half a pound of steak.
Quarter pound of bacon.
Two eggs.
One dessertspoonful finely chopped
parsley.
One tablespoonful of salt.
Quarter teaspoonful of pepper.
Boll the eggs hard, that Is, for fif
teen minutes, and put them In cold
water till wanted.
Empty and wash tho pigeons and
cut each in four pieces; see that they
are well washed inside; cook the ba
con for a few minutes, and cut it up
in rather small pieces.
Now put the steak, cut in four
pieces, In the bottom of a pudding
dish; sprinkle over it some pepper
and salt. Then put one of the pig
eons, somes Hces of eggs, some of the
bacon, some seasoning turnip and
onion cut In slices, and enough pars
ley; then repeat until all are done.
Pumpkin Pie.
Make a crust of one level cupful of
pastry flour, one-fourth teaspoonful of
salt; rub Into this half a cupful of
cold lard and when the mixture is of
the consistency of corn meal add one
fourth cupful of Ice cold water. Mix
Into a dough and then roll out Into a
linlno nr a nan hrilllHnc it well linon
I iiuiii v. -" r. - - - - - -
I the edge and pressing It Into crimps
with the thumb and nnger. mis
makes a very large pie. Take one
pint of pumpkin which has been well
stewed until tender and slightly
scorched ; add lo it one teaspoonf ul of
i ginger, two teaspoonruis 01 cinnamon,
one feaspoonful of salt, one pint of
i sugar, four eggs, and, after beating
(sugar, nmt fo mm mmw.hw
j these Ingredients all together, add
one quart of milk and turn Into the
pastry-nnea crust. &ei inio a muucr-.
ate oven to bake until the center Is
! firm and the crust browned. Set
aside to become cold and w hen ready
to send to the table, pressed whipped
cream into a sheaf of wheat with a
piping tube and bag. This can be
omitted and instead a bunch of grapes
placed on by dropping the cream from
a teaspoon into the shape.
j
j Plum Pudding.
j One-half pound stoned raisins.
J One-half pound of currants, well
"cleaned.
j One-half pound of beef suet.
I Twn ounces of nowdered suear.
One-half pound of bread crumbs.
Two ounces of flour.
One dozen blanched almonds.
Half a nutmeg, grated.
Two ounces of candied citron.
The peel of half a lemon.
JTUi, all 1U a Wll ttwu vivoft wtv.
;f0ur eggs; mix all well the day before
Put all In a bowl and break over
Parcnio Balls.
One ounce of grated cheese.
One-half egg.
One-half ounce of butter.
Pepper and salt.
A little flour, egg and bread crumos
cooked parsnips through a sieve and
mix With them the cneese, pepper ami
salt. Melt the butter in a small pan,
add the parsnips and seasonings to It
and bind with some beaten egg. Turn
this mixture out into a plate, and
when cold form into balls, using a
little flour, to prevent them sticking
to the hands. Then egg and bread
crumb them and fry in boiling fat
until a medium brown color. Drain
on kitchen paper, and serve piled
high on hot dish with a doily under
thepi.
Lemon Juice.
Lemon Juice is very beneficial to
the system and should be used in
stead of vinegar in foods requiring an
acid.
Rice Blanc Mange.
Boil three-quarters of a cup of rice
in milk in a double boiler. When it
is cooked, add a half box of gelatin
dissolved In a little cold milk; add
sugar and vanilla to taste. When
cold, beat a quart of cream that has
been whipped to a stiff froth. Set in
a wet mold In the Ice box to form.
A SMOOTH
ARTICLE
is turned out by the basketful in this
laundry shirts, collars, cuffs and all
else requiring starching and stiff fin
ishing. Our latest improved appli
ances, coupled with skill born of long
experience, enable us to turn out first
class work quickly and cheaply.
CASCADE LAUNDRY
Oregon City, ... ... -Oregon j
Serve with raspberry Juice mured
over It.
Homemade Candlee.
Chocolate Caramels Three cups of
sugar, one-half cake of chocolate, ta
btespoonful of butter and one cup of
milk. Cook until candy hardens
when stirred In a saucer. Tour Into
greased dish and cut Into squares.
Cream reppenuiut Drops Throe
cups of 8u gar, one cup of water, nine
drops of oil of peppermint. Boll the
sugar, aud water until It drops, add
the peppermint, beat slowly and drop
from a teaspoon upon a marble slat).
Butter Seotc Two cups of syrup,
one cup of sugar, one tablespoonful
of butter. Boil briskly 20 minutes,
pour on buttered dish, cut into small
squares.
How to Remove Stalnt.
Removing stains from" coats and
waistcoats Is best done with clear
ammonia ami water. Soap Is too apt
to remain In tho cloth, becoming a
gathering point for dust and, future
spots. The ammonia solution should
be rather strong aiul put on with a
brush preferably to using a cloth.
Afterward a cloth may be wet In
clear water and the place well rubbed,
then pressed.
Stains, such as come from fruits,
oil or paint, will yieid to a home clean
ing fluid that all housekeeper would
do well to have. It Is made of a wine
glassful of rectified spirits of turpen
tine and a teaspoonful each of oljs
of lemon, peppermint, cloves and cin
namon. Shake well and rub over the
stain vigorously, using an old silk
handkerchief or other soft bit. of silk.
To Remove Finger Marki.
The finger marks so frequently
left on painted doors by children or
careless maids may be removed by nib
bing with a perfectly clean cloth dip
ped In a little para til ne. The place
should be afterward carefully rinsed
In cold water and given a final polish
with a clean, soft cloth. There Is no
real remedy for finger marks on light
wall paper, but sometimes simply rub
blng with a clean cloth will help. Wa
ter accidentally spilled on wall paper
will usually not Injure It, and should
be left alone to dry, as Interference
may cause a lasting stam.
Sugar and Physical Exercise.
All persons taking violent muscular
exercise crave sugar, and It Is one of
the most important articles In the
mountain climber's pack, which may
perhaps explain the supremacy of
Swiss chocolate. Children naturally
active, need a great deal of It, but,
on the other hand, women who have
sedentary occupations should take
very little, as it will Increase the
weight. As a matter of fact, sugar Is
nearly pure carbon, and such a fat
producer is Indicated only, as before
said, where heavy physical exercise
IS the rule.
To Freshen Beef or Pork.
When beef or pork are too salty,
soak for several hours In one part
milk and two parts water.
To Freshen Old Carpets.
Before sweeping sprinkle with
pieces of newspapers wrung out of
water. ; Sweep thoroughly, then wipe
with a -cloth wrung out of warm wa
ter in which is a small amount of am
monia. Scalds and Burnt.
An nnnlicatlon of baking soda will
relieve the pain from a scald or burn.
Wet the surface with cold water and
cover thickly with soda.
Girls Are Good.
Law court records and reformatory
Institutions show that only a very
mall nerrentaee of eirl3 as compared
to boys, are lawless or criminally In
clined. Eyesight and Far Horizon.
Peonle who live In vast and barren
lands have the best eyesight. Eski
mos will detect a wnite iox on me
snow at a great distance, while Arabs
can pick out objects on the desert
that are invisible to others.
A Toilet Necessary.
One of the most useful assets of the
toilet table is a pair of dummy wood
en hands. After washing gloves It
will be found that they keep their
shape excellently, while at the same
time they will be prevented from
shrinking If they are slipped over the
wooden shapes and drier In this way.
A night on the glove trees is as good
for kid or suede gloves as Is a corre
sponding time on boot trees for leath
er footgear.
Farm Wanted.
I have customers for reasonable
priced farms, ranging in value from
$1.5J0 to $G,000. Places sell best
with stock and farm Implements In
cluded. List your place with me.
54t2 H. E. CROSS.
A DELIGHTFUL BEVER
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LANT, A GOOD
MEDICINE.
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Tho pull Is uphill for nlmost three
miles along lure, and tho horses plod
along slowly, Tho dust Is just ns
deep; but now, Instead of blowing off
to leeward, as It did awhile ago, It
hangs clone around tho stage n a
thick, douse, reddish-yellow cloud, nl-
most a hutting off tho view from tho; But for the rest of my story:
passengers Inside, if they cared to; It wan about two years after the
look out. But tho beauties of nahire toud agent affair, In wblehwu lost al
hold their Interest only slightly, Just moot everything but our good name
at present, Tho dust occupies their and tho clothing wo wore, when, oho
attention to a largo extent. It tills day, 1 was thunderstruck to receive
their mouths, and eyes, and nostrils, Hulleguu's wedding curds. It wiw the
and clings to their hair and oars In first time I bad heard from hi in for a
much profusion, It is disagreeably year, and had anyone else told tuo
very; and tho man who bus enough Terence llalleguu was a marrying
spirits left to try' and keep up tho man, I should have derided him; but
conversation Is voted an ass by his when Terence himself, In his own po-fellow-passengers.
They wero all cullnr chlrogrnphy, directed mo an
very friendly only a short time ago; I envelope containing sueli sturlllng
nt they hato each other with a bit- news, all set forth In the highest stylo
tor hatred Just now nil on account of tho engraver's artwell, It was too
of the dust. Dust Is- a great destroy- much, and I went down Into tho camp,
or of . good humor. J where surceuso of sorrow was obtalu-
Hack there, a mile or so, tho sun' able In quantities to suit tho purchas
shines brightly on tho canyon road, lor, and whero thero wero u full score
making It look like a long, yellow rll- of Terence's friends and acquaint
bun; 'but Just ahead tho shadow of tho nncoa to toast his memory and console
mountain on the west, which seems to i with each other. And grief was our
close tho upper end of tho pass, cuts lot, until tho day Jewell "struck It"
tho light off In an odd, abrupt way,' in that hole ho had been pegging
and presently wo shall bo In comparn- away at, over on tho other side of the
Ue darkness, for tho edge of the gulch, and excitement reigned su-
heavy timber Is only a little distance;
before us.
Somehow, the dust doesn't rise very grams came and went, flying-brought
high, or else tho driver and the pas-land sent by special courier to huj"
senger on tho box don't mind It, for from tho olllco at Sunrlu nine miles
we can hear them talking. Old Ben, 'away; and, one day, camo one for
through some unseen but easily Itn-ihlm who sits hero burning tho hoc
agined Influence, has relaxed from turnal kerosene It was from Hallo
his usual taciturnity, and Is quite gan, who was now UvitiK In Chicago,
communicative to the beardless, boy-juml summoned mo to hasten to that
Ish-looklng chap who got on back at city, where I was needed to assist In
Alpena and Is sharing tho box with closing a transaction Involving tho
him. ! Halo of Homo mining property In w hich
As th stage reaches tho level, and ; Toreneo and I were Interested,
rolls Into 'the shadows of the mountain Terence met mo ut tho station, llo
and the tall pines, lien points with his looked remarkably well, even for a
whip to tho mouth of the narrow pass
lea. ling out of tho canyon a quarter of
a mile away, and remarks:
"See them two big rocksT rond
runs between "cm. I'h huh. Wal, !
right thar -tuebbe a couple rods 'd sol
fu'ther onwas war whar I was holt
up one day In th' summer of '76."
"Yes?" said the passenger's pleas-J
ant voice, Interrogatively. "Would .
you nund .tolling me about It?"
Ben chirped to his horses, spat Itn-i.
presslvely and liberally, and began: I
"Wal. 'twua this a way. That morn-j
In' th "xproHji box was loaded plumb ;
full o hard stuff, th t lied t' go thru
that day. Now, Jes'z luck'd hev. It,
one o' the gyards we had gyards
them days turned up nilssln" 'bout
th' time we wuz' ready f start fr'm
Eldorado In th1 mornln". Ilerry Mc
Neill, th' other gyard, goes arter 'lm.
an' fin's Mr. Man laid. up with a ganh i, or act as though you noticed It I'll
In th' head fr'm a beer-bottle be'n explain aftor dinner."
scrappin' night b'fore. j acquiesced wondering!)', and
"Tli' agent an' me was thlnkln' : wondered yet more after I had met
pow'ful 'bout who wo c'd git C take,.!rs, llallegau, for I was quite post
Ilauser's place cf he was sick, w'en j tlvo that 1 had uever awn her before,
byar comes Mac, whlsttln', and there was ample opportunity, dur-
"'Say. fellers,' says he, 'Hauser got-lng the course of tho excellent dinner
plunked with a bottle las' night, an'jww presently sat down to, to study
is lyln' on his downy couch with a , her. Kho was slightly bImivo tho mo
headache. Reckon I c'n go It b' myjaium height, and of a perfect, though
lonesome; I got Ilauser's sawed-off , rather slight, figure, ller hnlr anil
gun.' i eyes were dark, setting off excellently
"We both kicked a whole lot, but; her clear, ollvo complexion, and her
Mac, he'd made up his mln', an' was ; features were all that an artist could
boun' t hev his own way; b'sides, we I desire. Shu was hardly what one
didn't hev no one right handy V go 'would call a beautiful woman, how
'long, so we hod C give In, an' Mac, ever. "Ilandwime" would be tho bet
whistlln' one o' his everluatln' tiwns, ' tor word or, perhaps, "striking."
piles upon the box, an' we pulls out. 'Thero was something about the firm
They wa'n't no passengers. jtiet of her mouth when not speaking,
"Wal, we kep' our peepers skun i and the strong, rather masculine chin
rights harp, but ev'rythlng went love ! in which, oddly enough, there wan
ly till Jus' 'long 'bout hyar. Then Mac j a charmingly feminine dimple that
says: Ben, I b'lteve they's some cuss-j caused this effect, I think. One would
cs layln' for us up b' them rocks 1 1 never have taken Mrs. Hallegan for
think I seen a feller's head, Jes' now'. ! the daughter of tho little., white-haired,
Says I: 'Mac, y're full o' hop. 1 seen ' sweet-faced old lady wh- sat opposite
It, too, an' twa'n't nuthln but a hawk,
crossln' the road.'
I stirred up the critters a bit, how
somever, but Jes'z we turned th' rocks
somebody Jumps out fr'm both sides
an' nails the leaders, an' they wuz. so,
many guns starin Intuh my face tut; Dinner over, the ladle rose to leave
It made me ashamed o' myself. Mac i us, smiling over the broad hint Tor
cut loose wf th' sawed-off shot-gun, enco had Just thrown out concerning
an' then begun wl' th' Winchester, git-'a desire to nmoko. As they r''ach"d
tin' two fellers an' skinning' up some J the door, Mr, ll illegun turned and
more but they wuz too dern many j bowed mockingly to her husband,
of 'em, an' they c'd shoot, too, so Mac ; whoso hand was Just reaching for the
he never got no chance f pump that bell. "I hope, Sir Terence, that tho
gun dry. He oughtn't f hev shot, any-1 cigars may prove dry company." Then
how, but he alius was a nervy cuss with a bright smile she vanished.
more nerve 'n sense. I usetuh say,
'Mac ' "
Half a dozen dusky forms leap from
tho roadside the big cowboy who got fore mo that little scene In tho mourn
aboard early In the afternoon and has tains two years since; the dust, tho
been dozing and swearing In a sleepy I heU, Hit sleepy cowboy Insldo the
way about tho dust is suddenly wide coach, tho dapper llttio chap who so
awake, and we, on the Inside, get a politely took our money and watches,
good look at the muzzles of his two hie bowed Just that way when he fin
big revolvers we hear Ben ejaculate, sh-d his work and departed. "Her
"Wal, this do beat hell!" and then ! brother," I thought "black sheep,
wo are invited to get down into the
road, where the pleasant-faced, boyish
looking young man, who got on back
at Alpena, proceeds to business, and,
politely, courteously, but firmly, with
al, relieves us of our spare change
and more, too.
That is my part of tho story. Of
course, there were quite a number of
other people present, including the
youthful highwayman and his capable
assistants, and they, also, have a
claim on the above narrative. I did
not mean that I owned It; what I
tried to Hay was that that s the only
one of the events from which comes
this veracious tale that I took part in,
and I think It has been shown that
my part was entirely a passive one.
Perhaps we had hotter call that part
of the story the gentlemanly roan
ogont's because he had got about I employed as cashier by the L, & A. It.
everything else there was to got. The! Express company got Into trouble
rest Is Hallegan's. over his accounts. The manager
Hallegan and I were traveling to-1 Robinson charged hltn with a short
gother and It was his foresight or, age amounting to several thousand
rather, nn odd notion or his mat en -
abled us to resume our Journey to
Denver shortly after the road-agent
incident. This odd notion wan in the
fact of a thin chamois insole, which
he wore In hla left boot, and which,
in addition to a card giving directions
for the disposition of hla body in case
he should be suddenly called hence
while among strangers, contained a
fifty-dollar bill. It was an ordinary
fifty-dollar bill, but when Terence
flushed It before . my dn.xlcd eyes In
the hotel ut Merrill that night. I was
quite sure that It was larger and more
valuable thun the opinions of a New
Kngland hired mnu. It took us to
U'Hdville, anyway, and that was all
wo could reasonably desire
premo.
I
la tho midst of tho confusion, telo.
persou whoso health and spirits bad
always been of tho very beMt, and I
j told btm so, adding that In deponent's
oitlnUm ho must have drawu a capital
prize In tho matrimonial lottery,
He am lied happily, and took my arm
to walk outsldo tho train Inclosuro. as
he said:
"That I did that I did. mo boy; Just
wait till you ti her, and you'll b
sure of It."
Ho called a cab, gave tho driver
munch rlof Instruction, and leaped in
after me. Wo rodo'iiovoral mlnutos
n kIIoik-o; then llallegan turned to
mo In a rather euibnrrasKed way, and
said. In a strained tone:
"Billy, mo boy It's very near din
ner time at our house ami tln'ie'a no
time for explanations. Duly if you
think you've seen my wifeIf her
face Is familiar please don t mention
mo, and whom slur addressed as
"mother."
No, I bad never seen her up to half
an hour ago, ho 1 gave up studying her
! on I f d! to wopilcrfn wha "Ir'l ?-an
was going to "explain."
I flopped Into my chair, breatnless
ly Where had I seen that mocking
bow? Then, suililenly, there camo be
blot on family escutcheon. How much
they resemble "
"Well, me boy?"
"Hallegan was looking at mo quiz
zically through the smoke, wo having
lighted cigars meanwhile. I supposo I
looked embarrassed. Of course It wus
all rot; the Idea of there being any
connection, however remote, bet ween
the stately creature who had Just left
us and the little rascal who engin
eered that hold-up!
"Billy, me boy, I won't make a abort
at,..., I,.,:,, V,.,, ,.,.,.., I... ,..! It,,, lit
U( f(()ow wh) ,,,,,,, m tW()
ago?"
"Of course I do,"
"Yes, very likely. Well, I fancy I'd
better begin at the beginning.
Three years ago, a young fellow
, uoiiars. i nore was an investigation
and, on the strength of certain circum
stantial evidence which need not be
slated, as it Is immaterial, backed by
the testimony of Robinson, the man
ager, Tweedy, Uh' superintendent, and
Frank Robinson, son of the manager
who, by the way, had always boon
j Wilson's bosom friend the cashier
, was convicted on trial and sentenced
to a long term at Canyon City, Strange
to say, be offered no testimony and
tniido no defenso except his pbui of
'not guilty.'
"Well, It klilod Mm, Insldo of ft
your, the worry and disgrace, along
with the hard work and clean confine
montho had never been very ntroiig
had wasted him to a shadow, and
when, at last, ho know ho couldn't live
very long, ho sent for his mother sad
sUU'm to come to him,
"Ills mother wis too 111 herself to
travel, and one of tho (Osiers ti cripple-was
obliged to remain with her,
but tho elder sister wont,
"Bho found hltn dying-dying In
prison. It was tho first she had known
of his trouble, and, nuturiilly, she wus
icirlbly shocked.
"Ho told her tso true slory of tho
affair- thut young ItobliiMm, between
whom and himself had enstol a sort
of Damon and I'ythlnn friendship, wus
the guilty one; ninl bow, when soino
of the stockholders got wind of tho
shortage, tho two IvoIiiiihoun mid
Tweedy, who was n brother la law of
old Robinson, hud conspired to shield
the guilty limn by MHcrlflcIng an Inno
cent vine, who would not defend him
self. The confession iiiude by llio
dying hoi n wus not altogether a vol
iinlary one. His sinter, who hud
known nothing except that ho was In
nocent, caught a bint of tho truth
from him when ho wits uvlng hi do
llriuin tho reel she made him toll her.
"After young Wilsons' death, l.ht
ulster wont quietly to work to see
what i-oiild bo dno to prove her broth
er's Innocence and to place tl. guilt
whoro It belonged, but soon found that
nothing could bo proved Tho Robin
sons wero too (.trong for her.
About this time, Mrs. Wil-e.u mid
her younger daughter were obliged to
go South on account of Illness, leav
ing tho elder daughter, who was stint)'
tllg medicine hero In Chicago. Not
long after this, the bold tips on tho
different lines of the I, & A. begun.
For tiio first few times, thero wus
only one road agent- a Ilttlo chap, bu'
a nervy one, who got talked about by
tin' papers a good deal; but pietty
toon there wero others, until a bund
of nbout eight or mnu ii.ul organized,
under tho Ilttlo fellow leadership,
and they made life a burden to tho
L & A. pi-oplo. It mudo no differ
ence what prtcautloua the eomputiy
took, or how many guards It employed,
tho roudngeuts wore too smart, and
tho boldest kind of bold U were sue
cesvfully made and, by Jovo! It
'butted' tho ciinpBtiy's bi slneis. The
, & A. watn't a heavy concern, of
course, but hud atways made a gisul
deal of money. Tho fro pu nt bold up
on Its lines, though, proved a settler,
It wasn't long before nobody would
ship or travel over nny of the US- A.
company's Hues unless arluully obliged
to. and th" company u kept pretty
busy settling the losses of Its cU"t
mors. Then came the crash, mid
somehow people began to suspect that
the Robinsons had not run tilings us
lh y sfould have b-en l andbd, ami
the stockholders Investigated. Oil
Robinson died In disgrace sbortlv
afterward. Tho young man took all
ho could lay hand on tnd skipped,
but was caught at Santa Fo. He's
where ho should ho ut Canyon City.
Tweedy got off on a technicality.
"About seven or fight months after
wo wero held up, a stage full of fel
lows, including myself, wero Mopped
and relieved one afternoon, aliout ten
miles from M Milken, on the old Mule
Sin"' Trail. The young fellow was ono
of tho robbers I knew him In splto
of bis mask. There were only four
of the r-iAd agents on this occasion,
"They pulb'd out, leaving order
not to touch our arms, which were
stacked on tho ground, for twenty
minutes, under penalty of being shot.
Ilut ono of our party wus a devil rnuy
care chap, and no sinr were tho
hnndits gone than ho walked right
over to th" idle of guns and picked his
out. remarking that he 'didn't believe
thero wcro any road-agent around
Just then.' And there weren't.
"Well, tho result, of this fellow's
fooliiurdlnes was that concluded
It would bo money In our pockets to
get on th trail of those four road
agents, so w started after thorn, sep
arating a little distance from each
other. We followed them all tho nf
lernoon, but couldn't find a trneo,
"You know how tho old Mule-Shoe
Trail Is? Well, the driver bad gone,
agreeing to meet us on tho othor side
of the shoe It Is only three or four
miles across,
"I was Just about milking up my
mind to Join the other fellows, and
had stopped to think of the best way
to cross the creek, when I beard a
queer sound, like a woman sobbing. I
looked cautiously urouiul, and there,
within two roils of nu wus tho young
roud-ngent, crying as If Ids heart
would breuk. There was nobody elsn
there. It was plain to he seen, so I
quietly sneaked up and requested him
to throw up his bunds.
"Did you ever hear a woman scream
at tho sight, of a mouse? That's Just
tho way this young fellow screamed
when ho saw tho muzzle of my gun
and I. ns sism ns I saw the scared,
tearful face turned to mine, knew ns
well as I know now that tho famous
bandit known as 'Foxey' wbi4 only a
woman,
"She Heemed to trust me, somehow,
and pretty soon I had the whole slory
from her. Then Jsnt down and talked
to her like a brother; and tho rosult
was that next day the rcmd-ngonlH
missed their leader, and, limbic of a
fortnight. Miss Joan Wilson wns hue!;
hero In Chicago, ut her studies again.
"I need not say that tills g ntlo
bandit, who ruined tho business of
the L. & A. company, took not ono
cent of the proceeds, iitul never per
mit ted any of tho bund to Interfere
with Unclu Ham's mall. The bitter
fact accounts, In a measure, for tlielr
success, for Uncle Snm Is a bud man
to Interfere with. The former fuct,
I think, had to do, to hoiihi extent,
with the strong hold which 'Foxey'
hu;l over his subordinates, although
they must have hud a good deal of
faith In his demonstrated ability ns
an executive. Thti band was broken
up not long after 'FoxeyY disappear
nnce, and three of tho men were
caught, but they didn't know tiny more
concerning their mysterious ex-chlof
than did tho public at largo."
"And Miss Wilson Is "
Hallegan's eyes twinkled; "Is
waiting for us. Lot us Join her," he
said. Argonaut,
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