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THE Kl'GEXK DAILY GV-LRT), Kill DAY, JANUARY 17. 1008 launders T., 1, npnniG if you l. am l utt t H"" .. :t fhnt T f . aM Reef. " ........ in the ground .rtded hastily, fearful I .h sentiment of his tTutlncver had but one reul I-" n man. macs nou vol "Ju IT ... wirsthcr over n matter of .mod my ra.vusu, omen . . t imi.t. bac6i ou u"" "',, . , taun Ir.ieo to lilt). 08 a"' L ' " tho be(it , m him am' casting ammunl- JW . i n l.nrrv Still. I i lis aame. - -l.nf hl the cavuse 111 S". ...7 ...,.,. 4 and uo ctoum.-.. A there , By . . HENRY WALLACE PHILLIPS ISO BY McCLURB, PHILLIP If COMPANY ER IV (ConpeL) - - 1 r "Why. Will! What would we ever do with It?" said she. "Do with It? Why, eat It!" "But we couldn't eat all that!" Then throw what's left to the cttt. we were, u pair of Mint's a right hut you'll want u knife." In answer he ,lrew out n leather ease from his breast pocket ami opened It. Within was knife, fork, spoon and two oat boxes for salt ami ponper. "You see. I'm lixod," said he. "Isn't that u tutu trief" dm i iiiiiuiriiigiy, anything." "Sure," said lied. ".Now. good night old lady." ne bent dowu in so not- "Youre ready for most cackle and the pompous crow, were In full chorus. "Where am I at this time?" said he as he took In the view. "Oh, I re member!" and his heart leaped. "I'm (u my own home. liythe I.ord!" He went down to the brook and washed, drying hands and face ou the silk neckerchief, which Is meant for use as well as for decoration. In the meantime Miss Mattle had awakened with a sense of something delightful at hand, the mcunliie of Ural a fashion Hint Mtua l..,,l.. v.a Which esenned her for th time Ami kissed him before she knew what she tma BDe remembered and sprang out was going to do. of bed like a girl. She went to the Down to the barn, through the soft w'dow, threw open the shutters and June evening, went Ited, whistling ,et tbe stirring morning air flow In. Mexican love song most melodiously. I TnlfJ b"0 her habit for a long Miss Mattle stood In the half opened ! tl,ue- The window faced away from door and listened. Without wis balm j tne road- "id n0 one could see who and starlight, aud the spirit of flowers ' wos not on Miss Mottle's own prem breathed out In odors. The aualnt and , toos. pretty tune rose and fell, quarered, lilted along as It listed without re gard for law aud order. It struck Miss Mattle to the heart. Iler girlhood, with I Its misty dreams of honninoss c n in it back to her on the wings of music. 1 "Isn't Unit a sweet tune?" she said,' with u lump In her throat. j She went mi Into h.,i. i-, o.i nt ' rote from home with nothing ouarrei aiwiu; "- ear on a rocs tnni uuy, uuu n L ,.t von thirsty to get shot fits serious, thinking of which I wace to oia nine h m um lo took my canteen uuwu iu wu i tot some tresu v.mer. ne mMble and we hunched lip to aha. It ain't to my credit to but I was worse hurt man mat I worked him. He got the and had to crawl a mite If. cactus, while I sat comforta- cause of the disagreement .id to him that he looked like Uand other things that an In- idn't fee' was a compliment." l hack and roared. "I can turn putting his hands down -ihTs Mattle stood In the Unit opened door Wt! and turuing oacs every pirtiletocuss me. Turned out ion ain't going to fall down on nse ns his cnyuse too. Feller that tue mut luvor I ask?" with mock sen tome hail stole it from him. 1 1 ousuess. "You shall have the roast of beef. Tears to mo that you're fond of your stomach. Will," said Miss .Mattle, with a recovering smile. "I have a good stomach that's al ways done the right thing by me when I've done the right thing by It." buIiI Bed. "And, moreover, just look nt the But this morning Red bad wandered around. Stopping nt the rosebnshe he picked a rose. "That has the real old time smolf he said as lie held it to bis nose "Sweetbrters are good, aud I don't fo back ou 'em. but they ain't got the fram these fellers have." Bud In hand, lie walked liene.ilh Ml?" down n moment In confusion, trying to Mattie's windows, and grasp the reality of all that had hap pened, in the middle of the belief that these things were not so came the regret of a sensitive mind for errors committed. She remembered, with a sudden slnklug. that rhe had not thank ed him for the necklace. Aud the mon- he was the first tiling her eye fell upon. Her startled exclamation made lilin look up before she had time to with draw. "Hello, there!" he called Joyfully. "How do you open up this dsy? You look nrettv well!" he mlileil. wlfh n unfa ey iaj even now on the parlor table of admiration. Miss Mattie had the where be had cast it! This added the wavy hair which is never In better physical fear of thieves. Down she order than when left to Its own de went and got the money, counted out, vices. Her idea of coiffure was not to her unmltlguted astonishment, $500 the most becoming that could have and thrust it beneath her pillow, with been selected, as she felt that a a shiver. She wished she had thought "young" stylo of halrdresslug wos to tell him to take care of )t. But sup-, foolish for " a single woman of her pose tne tmeres were to fall on him years. Now. with the nrettv soft hair flils morning.' The compliment hit so tender a place that Miss Mattie lucked (lie resolution 'to tear It out: besides. It wns so hon est Unit it sounded much lo"s like a coiiipliiiiei.t t'mn a plain statement of fact. She lent hastily o-er the tire. "I'm glad I look yoiitr;. Will," she said softly. "So'm I!" he assented heartily. "What's the sense In being old, liny how? I'm as limber and good for myself ns ever I was In spite of my forty years." "You're not forty years old!" ex claimed Miss Mattle. "You'to Joking." "Nary Joke forty round trips from flying snow to roses since I hit land, Mattle why, you were only n llttl girl when I left here don't you re member? You and your folks came to seo us the week before I left. I got thrashing for taking you nnd Joe to the mlllpond and helping you to git food and wet. The thrnshlnir wns on of the things that gave mo a hanker. ot 0 "udilea the Ihix made a rush and Ing for the west. Very liberal man Bnot out ,llto "'0 lllr' ""'I Seotty felt mapped the Bweat from Ills brow, be wlth the hickory, father. Spare the tUt'v Wl'r" fM"K- '!! sokes!' he holding the slain pickets prone on the clothes and spoil the skin was his Bi'5'9 t0 I'linself. 'What's next, I won- grass with thorough satisfaction. Yet uerr J tii-n they lilt the wotcr below ho felt tired, for the day was already wiib a kertlap that nearly telescoped hot with n moist and soaking seucoast Scotty and sent the spray Hying. Aft- beat, to which the plainsman was un- cr unit they went along smooth again. Well says Scotty, 'I don't know where I am, nor w ho I am, nor what's happened, nor who's It, nor nothing about this game. So far I ajn't Ihhmi hurt, though, nnd I might Just as well Ho down nnd get a little more rest.' "It wiib broad daylight when ho have to be smooth and dust light, so It wasn't a 1 .1,1 shanty. "Well. i!:ere came u jar nnd waked lii'.n up. The box was rolling a little on.l going along, going iilm.g forty u-.l'.e an hour. Scotty lit a match anil fraud he was In a kind of big tunnel, but the wall was Hying by so fast lie couldn't make out Just what kind of tt tunnel it was. Now, he'd gone to sleep In peace and ipilet 011 a side hill, and to wake up and tlnd himself boat lljllng In a tunnel was enough to sur prise anybody. First he pinched him self to see If It was Hunk's pie or a cold fact; found It was a fact; then he lit uuother match and leaned over nnd looked at the black water underneath, but this made the box Up so It scart him, aud he settled down In the bot tom again. He didn't try to think. What was the use? No mail living could have flgurctl things out with the few facts Scotty had before him. AH money 1 nnd to spend for tm that, and not being nblu to get Mr. Joyce to come In for a day's work when I wanted I1I111. It's gone on until there Is 11 go d ileal of wrack to It." "We'll wrack It t'other way round In no time. Cot any tools here?" "Out in tlu'obarn Is what's left of father's tools. People have borrowed 'em and forgot to return 'em. and they've rusted or been lost unlll I'm Ifrald there ain't many of 'em left." "Well, I II get along today somehow, and later 011 we'll stock up. Want any help around the bouse?" "Thank you, 110, Will." "Then I'm off." It was almost with n feeling of ter ror that Miss Mattle beheld him root up the fence. Her idea of repairing was to put In a picket here nnd there h'here It was most needed. Red's was to knock It nil flat II rat nnd set It up !n Al condition afterward. So In two Hours' time he straightened up und motto, lie used to make me strip to the waist phee-hew! Even a light breeze rested heavy on my back when dad got through with me. Say, Mattie, perhaps I oughtn't to say so, now that he's gone, but 1 don't think that's the proper way to use a boy, do you?" "No, I don't." said Miss Mattle. "Your father meant well, but his way was useless nnd cruel." "I've forgiven him the whole sweep." said Red. "But, d n mo. If I had n boy I wouldn't club the llfo out of him; I'd try to reason with hlui first, anyhow. Makes n boy ns ugly as anybody else to get the hide whaled off his back for nothing ouce In awhile he needs It. Boy that's got any life In him gets to be too much oc casionally, and then a wanning Is nccustotnod. A threc-ipiartcr grown boy passed by, lounging on the seat of n farm wagon. "Hey!" hailed Ited. The boy stopped and turned slowly around. "Yes, sir," ho answered courteously j enough. ! "Want n Job?" said Red. woke up again, and a man was look-' "Well, I dunno," replied the boy. lug Into tho box. 'Hello, pardnor!' he He waa much astonished nt the ap snys. 'I hope you've had n pleasant nenrnnce of his Interrogator, and be Do you always travel this as be slept? Red's friends would have , flying, her eyes still humid with sleep healthful" and nourishing. Lord you'd spent their sympathy on the thieves, j end a touch of color in her face from It to laugh over it, hut I can't :! slicker when I think how I i: Injun." I speaking. Miss Mottle had ! fmse of humor, but the Joke ns lost on her. Her educn- M keen that getting shot wos j fanny. ne rejoiced that the money was where It was. Then she tried to re member what she had said throughout the evening. "Well, I suppose I must have acted like a ninny," she concluded. "But Isn't he Just splendid!" And ns Cousin 'Will's handsome face, with its darlug, kiud eyes, came to her vision she felt comforted. "I don't believe but what he'll make every allowance for how excited I was," said she. "Ho seems to understand those things for all he's such n large man. Well, it doesn't seem ns if it could be true." With a 1 hand. the surprise, relieved against the fleecy shawl she had thrown about her shoul ders, she was lncontestably both a dis crcet and pretty picture. Yet Miss Mattle could not forget the bare feet and nightgown, although they were hidden from masculine eyes by wood and plaster, nnd she wns embarrassed. Still, with all the supersensitive fan cies, Miss Mattle had n strong bnck boue of New England common sense. She nnswered that she felt very well Indeed and, to cover auy awkward ness. Inquired whnt he hod In his I should have thought you constltu'.lon I have to support. But Site died, Will!" tit! For a little crack In the v-MBed, with 6ome impatience. must quit easy In this 7-Die notbln'. One of our lit along and took us to camp, ff to op and doing again In no 'Couree, Black Wolf has a game : food, but the worst that's lo ice Is a yank or two of rhcu- la the rainy season. I paid for his cayuse," he finished lofdij. boir." say, old lady, look at that!" pointing to the clock. "Eleven-thirty; time de cent people were putting up for the night." The words brought to an acute stage a wandering fear which had passed through Miss Mottle's mind nt inter vals during the evening. Where wns she to look for sleeping accommoda tions lor n man? She revolted ngnlust the convention that In her own i:il:id ns well as the rest of Fairfield forbade "I had the laugh on the use of her house for the purpose. Long habit of thought had made these Mattle told him she thought niceties constitutional. It was almost is noble of lilrn, w hich tribute s medicine and shifted tho with speed to practical utTalrs. 1 JHss Mattle how much mou- bad and how she managed to t Sow, it was one of the ns dllTlcult for Miss Mattle to sny "I'll fix up your bed right there on the sofa" ns It would have Iieen for Ited to pick a man's pocket, yet when she thought of his Instant and open gen erosity nnd what n dismal return f Sod manners in Fairfield therefor it would be to thrust him out pat of material matters, per- for rensons which she divined would there was so little ma- have no meaning for him, she heroical ly resolved to throw custom to the winds nnd speak. But the difficulty wns cut In another fashion. "TlioriCo n ltttta tmrn In ftwi Konlr. i this and that She could not yard that caught my eye," snld Red. ma iar with Cousin Will, "nnd If you'll lend me a blanket I'll wuiu BUY it Wns nmltv m l It ftllt tharo "Sleep in the linrn! You'll not do nny such thing!" cried Miss Mattle. "You'll sleep right hero on the sofa or upstairs In my bed. Just ns yon choose." "If It's nil the snmc to you, I'd rather not So help me Bob, I'd smother In here. Hnd the darnedest time coming on uuu ever w as lioieis. i.iuie w line r, , . ,!,,,. ,, !ter In the eouimuultv. hut ilittle, doomed to a thousand Pry economies, had often , ' a sympathetic ear to pour sum uonest complaint of hat- "ong and gave some iWnii. uw sue knew him so very tee few hours! Red heard of assent, tin h.,i .... Moas at once. any fun skidding on the -u ne wtien they had con c.t "I've had to count the half sigh. Miss Mattle knelt and sent lip her modest petition to her Milker nnd got Into her little white bed. In the meantime Red's actions would have awakened suspicion. He hunted around until ho found a tin can, then lit n match and rummaged the born "Good old rose," replied Red. "Old time smeller better suited to you than to me ketch!" At the word he tossed It, nnd Miss Mottle caught It dexterously. Ited hnd nu exceedingly keen eye for some things, nnd he noticed the certainty amid terror stricken squawks from the ; of the action. He hated funiblers. "A Inhabitants, the hens. "One, two. three, four." he counted. "Reckon I can lust out till morning on that. Mattie, she's white people Just the nicest I ever saw but she ain't used to providing for n full grown man." N Ho stepped to the back of the barn nnd looked about him. "Nobody can see mo from here." he said in satis faction. Then he scraped together n pile of chips and sticks nnd built a lire, filled tho tin can at the brook, sat it ou two stones over the fire, rolled himself a cigarette and waited. A large, yellow tomcat came out of the) brush and threw his green headlights ou him, meaowlr.g tentatively. j person can do things right If they've got minds that work," wns one of his pet snylngs. " 'Taint the muscles nt nil; it's In tho bend, and I like the kind of head that's In use all the time." Therefore tills small nfi'alr mndo an , impression on him. "Why, you could be n hnseball ploy- I er," said he. j "I used to play with Joe when I ! wns n girl." said Miss Mattle. smiling. "I always liked boys' play bettor than ' I did girls'. Joe taught me how lo throw n boll too. lie said he wouldn't play with mo unless I learned not to 'scoop It girl fashion. I suppose yon will be wanting breakfast." There was a hint of sarcasm In the doubt of think I was the father of my country to hear me talk, wouldn't you? If somebody'd write a book. 'What Red Saunders Don't Know About Raising Children' it would be full of valuable Information. How's that breakfast coming on?" "All ready pit right down. Will." "(Jo you!" cried Red. and incautious ly Hung himself upon one of the kitch en chairs, which collapsed Instantly and dropped him to the floor. "Mercy on us! Are you hurt?" cried Miss Mattle, rushing forward. "Hurt?" said Red. "Try 111 Just Jump up In the nir nnd sit on the floor where you are now, nnd see If you get hurt! Oh. no! I'm not hurt, but I'm astonished beyond measure, like tho man that tickled tho mule. I'll tnko my brenkfast right here shouldn't wonder a lilt If the floor went back on me nnd lauded me In the cellar. No. sir! I won t get up! Hand me the Journey, way!" "Scotty raised up nnd found his craft was aground, high and dry no water within a hundred feet of It On one side was quite n little town. " 'Say soys he, 'could I trouble you to tell me where I am, friend?' " 'You're nt riuecrvlllo answers tho other. "Tlacervlllc!' yells Scotty. -And I went to sleep nt Cutter's mill, slxly fivo miles from here! Whnt nro you giving us, man? " 'I'm putting It to you straight snys the stranger. "Take a look around you.' "Scotty looked, and there was all kinds of wreckage, from a dead beef critter to a wheelbarrow. "'What In notion's all this?' says ho. " 'Washout,' snys the man. 'Cloud burst up ou the divide worst we've ever had your box Is about high water mark you seo there wns wnter enough for nwhlle I reckon you'ro about the only thing that came through nllve.' " 'Well, wouldn't tlint knock you?' says Scotty. "While tho rest of tho folk nt the tearing through the gulch. Scotty bad "Hello, puts; !" said Red. "You hun- the Inquire gry too? Well, Just wait n minute nnd "That's what I do," said Red. "You we'll help that feeling. Like bread, ! muht Just hustle down and get things pussy f ine cot goouiou tne morsel to boiling or I'll throw bricks through greedily, came closer nnd begged for more. The tin con boiled over. Red Inst two hours." popped the eggs In, puffed his clgn- "Why, I don't believe it!" said Miss rctte to n bright coal and looked at his Mottle. nttmf V.A W'n the pot and It made mo nic worse than when I jondor to sehool. Well, , -a,f I"1 1J for you. Mat J reacho,, , ana ro,l. slapped It on the cen . IW that h, and llmbei ber that there's more 'itoM . Pe V0U U"'t ' tola you tiiio . ... . Bet money 'tY'th71L,hc-",hnt H. u't I think anything Stflrp.1 . r. . "' '"id - .'U Uo." watch by the light "Gee! Ten min utes more now!" said he. "Hardly seems to me ns if I could wnit" He pulled the watch out several times. "What's the matter with the d n thing? I believe It's stopped," ho growled. But nt last "Time!" ho shouted, gleefully, kicked tho can over and gathered up Its treasures In his handkerchief. "Now. Mr. Cat, we're going to do some real eating, raid he. "Just sit Illume voui'self nt rooms with the walls coming In ou 1 .,,,,.. iu i.i,i ,,f ,,' i. n,,i...e yon. Worse than rattlesnakes for keep-, hmul V l,,., , ,,., ,,,, ,vont Ing n man awake. Reminds me of the , th(, ,.,,. r ,,,,, hl KtMlcl.olI8 sMc08i hospital. Horse (jell on me once nd trst,.r,l:A n (:llr Klinre for tll0 smnshed me up so that I hnd to ho I cn( sent to get puttied up ngaln. nnd I I '..w,)1:;,i: , lietu...... Kod never HirtlCK sucn a moiiiii ns linn since I wns born. The doc told me I mustn't move, but I told him I'd chuclt hlra out of the window If ho tiled to stop me, and up 1 got I'd hnvo gono dead sure If they'd held mo n week more. I sieak for the barn, Mattle, and I speak real loud; that Is, I menu to say I'm going to sleep In tho born, unless there's somebody a heap larger than yon on the premises. Now. there's) no use for you to talk I'm going to do Just ns I say tho windows. I've been up for the awhile to figure out whnt wns trumps, having come l.'O feet too fast to do much thinking. Then, 'Hollo!' he yells. Old Scotty was a sleeper from way back, but this woke him up. " 'Hello!' snys he. 'Was'er mutter?' "Jim saw ho wasn't more Hum half awake yet, so he soys. 'Why. I was up on the blurr there. Scotty, and, see ing It wns such a short distance, I thought I'd i!roi In" " 'Aw rl' grunted Scotty. 'Make y'self f home,' nnd with that ho rolls over. "Jim couldn't wait for morning, nnd, though his leg was pretty bodly spiiilncd, he made the trip all the way , "No more do I, but it seems like It," replied Ited. "Don't you want the Are started? Come down and open up the house." ' When Miss Mnttle appeared ot the door In he strode with an armful of wood, dropping it, man fushion, crash, on the floor. "Skip out of the way," snld he. "I'll show you how to build a lire." The early morning hod been the most desolate time to Miss Mattle. As the day warmed up the feeling of loneli ness vanished, perhaps to return at evening, but not then with the same absoluteness as when she walked about the kitchen to the echo of her own footsteps In the morning. supplies. I know when I'm well off ! n,!" WI,B ,nkl"s to tl,c nlu K"und for If you want to cat breakfnst with me. : ,llelr llvp8' wl,u ,he ,vnler "'orlng nnd come r!t on Ike floor. I'm not going to have my nplnn pushed through the top of my head twice In the some day.1 "Will, you are the most ridiculous person I over did see!" said Miss Mot tle, and she laughed till she cried In I sheer lightheadedness. "But there's a I chair you con trust. Come on now.' "Well. If you'll take your solemn; onlh that tills one has no mustache deceive me, sold Ited doubtfully. "It looks husky. Well. I'll try II. Iloorny! I She didn't give on Inch! Tills kind of reminds me of the time Jimmy II diil;s come back from (own nnd walked off the edge of the bluff III the dark. It Just happened Unit Old Scot ty l eigiison s cabin was underneath him. Jim took most of tho roof off with him as he went In. He sat I Now the slamming nnd the banging cohln. his thumbs hi his vest holes, which accompanied Red's energetic ac tions rang lu her col's most cheerily. "'What's (he matter. Scotty? snys I. She even found a relish in the smoth- ' " 'Well. I wlsht you'd tell me what crcd onth that heralded tho thrust of a 1 In the name of God went through that splinter In bis finger. It wag very roof' says lie. wicked, but It was also very much j "I swnllered n laugh crosswnys nnd alive. I put on a serious face. 'Must hnvo been Red arose and dusted off his knees. ! rock says I. Now were off!" ho sold as the Are i "'Rock nothln'!' snvs he. 'If It hnd '' ll'hnt in mition'H ntl Uilnf miyt he. peacefully gone off In his little boat down the creek und. Instead of going ; round the troll and woke us up to tell j over the rapids, w here he'd have been i us how he'd gone through Ferguson's ; done, for all his luck, the box ambles roof and the old m.in nsked him to ' through the flume they was building I moke himself at home. Next morning ! for the new mill, of course there wns , there was Scotty out In front of his : the Jounce over the tall race, but that I up Into the hayloft, spread the blnn ket on tho still fragrant old hay nnd rolled himself up In n trice. "I did a good turn when I came on here." he mused. "If I hnvo got only one rclntlon. she's a dandy so pretty nnd quiet nnd nice. She's a marker i for all I've got Is Mattle." ino cm came up, purring nnu mas. , rollr What B next?" Ing bread." Ho sniffed feline fashion , ..If ,.ou.d ,.... .... cu(r wlr. . nt Red's face. Too! Shoo! do 'way, pussy! Het- "Well. I think that's Just dreadful!" e von'rscf ,,,,. nmi we'll pound our she, "I "fill diJ-" rCt0rld ' 1 rou'ii , ' h-v' B1 III. 10 ! I tell , '"'"ied.iv n xi ; nin f Tue n" ful- sald. Miss Mattle. "I'd like to know what folks will think of mo to hear I turned my own cousin out in the bnrn." Her voice trailed off n little nt the end ns the gist of what they might soy if he stayed la tho house oc curred to her. "Well." she continued. "If you're set I supiwiso I enn't object." Miss Mnttle was not a good bond at playing a part. "I'm set" snld Red. "Get me a blnnket" As she come In with this he ndded, "Snv. Mnttle, could you let ! me have a lonf of bread? I've got a " unpen v.. i.- . ! -.KWu ,0 ho true!" 1ir. j, '"ut' Mattie v ,ne middle of the night" fsi.. 1Wl "Son- hA. Certolnlv! Imn't yon wnnt some I -. "'"'ite! Thiro'. I Gutter with It? Here. I'll Dx It for you ?" iu uo 'or me." un " pmie. ear for another forty miles. I like you first rate when you don't walk on my face." He stretched and yawned enor mously. "Yes. sir, Matties all right!" said he. "A-a o ll rl" And chnnta Scechee Red was In the land of dreams. Here, back In God's country, within twenty miles of the plnco where he was born, the wanderer laid him down again, nnd In spile of raid nnd forny, whisky nnd poker cards, wear and tear, hard times and. hardest test of nil, sudden fortune, he was min-h tho same Impulsive, honest, generous. habit of wanting something to eat in ,)evtl-mny-cnro boy who hnd left there twenty-four years ngo. suggested. . "Sure! Where's the hand organ?" Ho put the mill tietween his knees nnd converted the lieuns to powder to tho tune of "Old Dog Tray" through bis nose, which Miss Mnttlo found very nmuslng. She measured out the coffee, one spoonful for each cup nnd one for the pot. Red watched her pntlenlly, nnd when she hnd finished he threw In the rest of the contents of the mill drawer. "I like It fairly strong." sold he In explnnntlon. "Now. Will!" protested Miss Mnttlo. "Ivk nt you! Thnt will lie ns bitter as iMinesct!" I been n rock twould have stayed lu tho cnbln. wouldn't It? Well, there ain't j the first blasted thing of nny shape nor . description In there but the hole. You tan go In nnd look for yourself.' i "It cost Scotty one ense of rye to make us forget those circumstances." "I should have thought the man would be killed, striking on the roof that way," said Miss Matlle. "Oh. no! Hoof was made of quaking asp sopllug'i. Just about strong enough to break his rail. Scotty was the BlceiH-r. though! It wasn't hardly nnt- , urn! the way that man could pound his I ear through thick and thin. He had ! quite a surprising time of It once. Hell been prospecting round the Ruby re fractory ore district and he en me out ; Thin her up with milk nnd she'll bo nt Hank Cutter's sawmill Just nt sun- '""d. drying her ' d'' waste dish washln;. I'll '"vs. ' beef COtrml- show you how to fix It" lie cut the ' loaf of brend In hnlf. pulled nut a per tlnn of the soft part and filled the bole with butterQ Tbere we are. nntliioj to bother with afterward.' T CHAPTER V. IIIE next morning w!n Red awoke arrows of gold were shooting through the holes In all rl'.-ht" replied Red. "Well, such wasteful ways I never did pee. Nolmdy'd think you were a day over fifteen." "I'm not" snld lied stoutly, "and." down. Ilnnk's plme wns full of gold I rushers, so Old Scotty thought he'd sleep outdoors In penco nnd quiet !e discovered some big Ihixcs thalIIni'k was making for ore bins for the new hadn't hurt him much, and after ho j rocked In (he cradle of the deep until j hu got beached at liacervllle. i "'Come along, friend says Scotty j to the feller. 'You and mo nro going to hnve n little drink on this. If It Is ' the last net' And 1 reckon probnbly I they mndo It two. for when Scotty got I bnck ngaln he wns In n condition thnt 1 made everylmdy bellevo thnt he'd only guessed nt tho story ho told. But they found out afterword It was n solemn fact Mnttle. give us some more cof fee." i Thus abruptly recalled to Fairfield. Miss Mattle started up. I "Well. Will, II does seem ns If that ' was n dangerous country to llvo In," said she. , "Oh, not so awful." said Red. "Just ns many people die here as they do there. This world's a dangerous place ; to llvo In wherever you strike It, Mat I lie." "That's so," said she thoughtfully. "And now." said Red, pushing bnck his chair, "It's time I git to work mid left you to do the housework undis turbed." "What nre you gilng to do. Will?" "First place, there's fences and things to be tinkered up. I see. 1 supixise n millionaire like mo ought to hire those things done, but I'd hnve measles of the mind If I snt around catching her chin in his hand nnd turn- : mill, nnd ay the ground was kind of doing nothing." Ing her face up toward him. "nobody'd damp from n thunder shower thev hnd bare lieen wnntlng to get the .,..1 bird life, the twittering nnd chirping, i0t your score much higher than that hnt day ho spreads his blanket Insld ",a''0 1,1 K'H, "rdcr for some time," i the. fluent whistle anurjae waruie, i(i inur ii iuey irusieu 10 uieir eyea iu oox nnu goes to sleep. Ore bins was a cautious Now England boy to boot "You don't know?" retorted Rod, "Well," with some sarcasm, "d'ye sup pose I could And out at the postolllce?" The boy looked at Red, w'th a twin kle In his eye and a comical drawing of his long mouth. "I culc'lnte if you cud fin' t any w'cres 'twould be tjiere," sold he. Red laughed. He had noticed the busy postmistress rushing out of her store to waylay any one likely to havo Information ou nny subject a stream of questions proceeding from her through tho door. "Say, you got anything particular to do?" "No, sir; leastways th'alu't no burry about It" "Can I buy stulT to make a fonce with around here?" "Yos, sir; Mr. retdgrew's got all kinds of bulldin' material nt his store two in 11a over yonder," pointing with, the w hip. "You drive over there for me nnd get some Just llko this hero plckorn nud posts and whatever you call them long pieces, and I'll mako it right with you." "Yes, sir. How much will I get?" "Oh, tell him to fill tho wagon up with It, nud I'll send back whnt I don't want Hustle, now, llko a good boy; I wnnt to get shut of this Job; I liked It better before I begun." V.'hon his Mercury had speeded on the Journey at n faster g;ilt than Ited would have given hlui credit for the architect strodu down to tho black smith's shop. There wns n turgor crowd tiian usual around tho forgo, as (he advent of the stranger had got Into the wind, and tho village Vulcan, was n person who not only looked the whole- world hi the face, but no one of tho maiden ladles of Fnlrlleld could have excelled his Interest In looking the wholo world us much lu tho Inside pocket ns possible. Tho hlncksmltU wns emphatically a man of gossip, as well as a hardworking, God fearing man. "Sny, there ho comes now, Mr. Tut tle!" cried one of tho loungers, and nudged the smith to look. "Well, let hhn come!" retorted the smith testily, Jamming n shoe ,ln the fire with unnecessary force; as a mat ter of fact he was embarrassed. The loungers huddled together for moral support ns the big cowman loomed through the doorway. "Good morning, friends!" snld he. "Good morning, sir!" replied tho bhicksmllh, rubbing his hands on his apron. "Nice day, sir." "For the soke of good fellowship I'll say 'yes' lo that," responded Red, "hut If you want my honest opinion on tho subject It's d n hot" "'TIs that," assented tho smith, nnd a silence followed. "Say, who's your crack fence build er around here," nsked Red "tho man that can ninko two pickets grow where only ono grew before nud do It bo onsy that It's n pleasure to Bit and look at him?" "Hey?" Inquired tho smith, not pre cisely getting the meaning of the ad dress. "Why, I've got a fence to build," ex claimed Red, "nnd now I want somo help want It so bad I'll produce to the extent of three a day and call It a day from now till (1 o'clock. Any takers here 7 Make your bets while the llttlo I bnll rolls." Tho loungers understood the general drift of (his nnd pricked up their earn, ns did tho blacksmith. "Guess ono of j the boys will help you," sold the hitter. "Well, who's It?" nsked Red, glanc ing nt the clrclo of fnees. Three dol lars a day was enormous wages In thnt port of the country. Nobody knew Just what to say. "Oh, well," cried Red, "let's every- , iKxty run! I reckon I can Hnd somo- : thing to do for tho llvo of you. Are ' you with tne?" I "Yes, sir," they snld promptly. I "Cnn I Imrrow a hammer or bo off you, old uisu?" questioned Red of the smith. ( i "Certainly, sir," returned the latter heartily. "Take what you want" i (Commend Next Frlilny.) Iiiviii.uii will douhlo their money sail Mis. Muttle, "but what with the n PB" 11 '"7 "y "' . - - , tracts In the Blair street additlni. 1 The city must Dulld la that direction.
