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L_: i on her horseback ride, a few paces from him, ascending the
BAKING ACHIEVEMENT, ied
came Lolu
running home in fright, as if hill by a path known to them *
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I From Peopl«’« Homo Journal.
he knew of the misfortune of his I “It’s all folly to think that th-
I mistress, with a note fastened to ransom will be there to-night if
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CHAPTER I.
' ever
Twenty fi Ve
his collar.
ever »a,
’s, ” said one. “Twenty-fi
BY EMERSON BENNETT.
This note, when seized and read, thousand dollars in gold Is not
made known the fact that Lolu together in a hurry, and it " i
Lolu Brandon was eighteen and
Brandon would be held ten days
1,11 '*
i ot surprise me if it never came at
beauty;
black hair, long, tine,
a
and in great profusion; black eyes, for ransom, in the sum of twenty- all, let alone getting there to-night.”
“I think the captain made the
n.riling, tender, and softly shaded rive thousand dollars in gold, to be
bv dnypim lashes; an oval face ot ¿^posited on Eagle Peak l>v not price too high, ” responded another
olive hue. with tinted cheeks and uiore than two men and one donkey, voice.
rose bud mouth ; a temp r amiable, ■ w,thin the time specified, on penal
“That’s my opinion,” joined in a
u disposition loving, an intellect i ty of death to her if delaved,
third sp*aker. “If the f«ther and
‘•Heaven have mercy!” cried the
bright ami sparkling She was the
• I his friends are not able to raise the
cattle distressed father; “ I’ve not got the full amount,[of course they’ll not
(daughter of an American
i....... -
T~t-_ —
<-3 7%.
n <*> 1% zr
W«1 r x-k-#- 'r8‘,er< ,airl.v w»‘11 b» ilo, who had IIieang to 8ave my poor darling!
come at all, and then we’ll not get
anything.”
“
If
I
pav
her
ransom
may
1
have
F t XJA A IASI
£A>V
V» married a Mexican lady and settled
ion the Texan side of the Rio j her for my wife’’’ selfishly ques-| “Ten thousand would have paid
well, and that might have been
tinned Hiram Stockwell.
| Grande.
Lolu Brandon hid mar.v suitors,
“Ifshe isn’t rescued I shall go' raised perhaps,” obs- rved the first
It is first claim in every rvs|»»ot. The proprietor having been raised
in the business knows just
haw
to conduct it Meat at retail
and ~ whole
\
,
.............
....... - I some quite wealthv, but her heart s. mad!” cried the father, wringing speaker.
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I
I choice
who!
ess . or more, and at \ Driers
i • was a young American
,
.
his hands; “and as I’ve not got the
“Lieutenant Pedro was of that
sale price»
’ I ou can buy • by • the quarter,
tortone to make.
‘power to
as low hi you would have to pav ranchers
Beef.Pork,Mutton, Sausage I had his fortune
w save her
......... myself,
. - I'm con i opinion, and said so to the captain,
Charles
ll give her for | who was to> stubborn, like he al-
( >.i hs Grayson had
hid cotne
cam- to
t> straine
strajne j u
tc say ¡ I’ H.
tie.
K. A. M atthes , Proprietor
Eagle
th it spirit of ad w
t jfe tl, whoever restores • her ...
»____ wavs is. to change his decree ”
- gle Pass with that
to home
” friends
friend9 ”
venture which often takes enter- gn
anj
1 “‘It will come,’ I heard him siy
miles
'prising persons hundreds of —
Overhearing this, Charles Gray- ‘The girl is beautiful, and has got
from their native localities in search son felt his heart sink with despair. at least one rich lover, who’ll pay
of that something they seldom find | He had not the money to pav for the am >unt rather th m have her
to content their restless natures
her freedom, while to head a force killed.
Charles Gra* son, though he had in pursuit of the outlaws, even if he
“She’s such an innocent, sweet*
not to far found ri.h-s fancied lie could do that, would only result in kind of a thing, that it would seem
had discovered the only human her destruction, however they might a pity to butcher her!”
being in the wide w »rid, in the trim, subsequently l»e discomfited and
“That’s true for you, Juan; and
jheautifil person of Lolu Brandon,. punished for their crimes.
I hope. if she's doomed, it will not
t'Siti-f« tie craving* ,».’ his mvilv
So the young lover withdrew with fa|l to my jot to put an end to her! r>
b*art; and to _ake her his wife, a sad heart and downcast look, and
“l’(j rathfcr gjve up |Dy next ghare
b the whole story
and n a ure h»r again-t rivals, now i. s wealthy rival watched his de > of p]un(jer ¡han be picked out for
about
, beea«* his |<rot»inent dr» *r.
parture with a feeling of triumph. the order!” protested a third voice
Th at he loved her. he found an
“The poor fool.” he thought, ‘‘to
The bandits passed on up the
. oppN» t tnitv to tell h r: and that pit himstlf against me—poverty hill, ami Chai les Grayson shivered
she pr fe rvd him t - all oth r suit against gol!—a mere shifting tlirt ¡n the warm air.
’
or*, he had teaeon lu'eli ve; but of sand against a wall of adamant!
•‘She shall not die if my misera-
Ϋ mrVirrnc °“0 ••■<«ttuo other ra,±acv»U-wMr sped»
.she
was a good, dutiful daughter, I’m rich, and Lil pay for her, and |,|e jife can prevent it!" he vowed
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Au«r*-uaivrm2yuAAjwted(tC rarest la OK xrsrU.
and w.»uM take no important step then I'll have her and own her.”
to himself, as he silently glided on
MUe aaty >y ŒV*Œ à Clk.'Wcw Tert. SaM by graccn erarrvtere.
.»Ubvut
her
father's
•auction.
Charles
Grayson
|iu
his
despair-
after the speakers,
W>«M- Mr irai Mi ■»■■e Nu»» W «a Meate
r«E&
Now. «.lea young Gr»ya>n ap- ing un- i strolled out i-t the village
They reached the top of the ac-
■ p ied to Mr. B.-v doa for hie daugh into the country, and soon found cliyity, where there was a great
ter*» hanJ ne was informed that himself buried into a deep, dark peaked nwk. which had suggested
■ »erv «ere three other suitors w»»od, the same in which
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his be- . vhe nanie of th-t elevation.
I ibrad of h:m. and that before he loved Lolu had been riding . when
Here, after the wait of an hour
(the LatbecJ should make a final captured by bandits
and a consultation, one of the three
foev«»'
-
dsc> on,
would co .suit his
While strolling al»out, plunged i was sent back to the general ren-
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daughter
I
i>r
mvther.
and
take
ihr atwounl «•
into almost crushing dvj-ciion, the deIyous
n anv :u»p rtant matter* into con idea came to him to h-.rrv away to
Gra'r ti determined if [»o?sible
extra.
ridwewiMa.
him to h irry away to E »gle Peak, Io k ilo* this man and fii.d where
A* I a « G*ayson knew that at conceal himself in that vicinity, th • t.iirw.- iptive was concealed
'¡east « mm of these suitors. Hiram and see wnat might ooim* < f
I'm.- r.cingof him through the
1 St«»ckweo, was a waahby ranchman,
In this in-««!, to decide was to th ck w . ki was rend -red compara
be frit alu> ■*: certain the decision ac\ and w.th a quick examination ti -iy t-.i-," oy his carrying a -mall
would be aga.n«l biuise.f and h •ths trusty revotv-r and «•«wie- la-.u-rn, woose giimm r now and
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'»aronre Much U-p-n-s.d in evo* knifr he s< I ofi al once
xii :
then became a sure guide.
quence
Eagle Prak was seven milts dis • Il never occurred to the anxious
A» X.lery mar no time fix«-d for tance on the other side of the K o f l|ower that there was anv danger
the verdset to be given, but a paai Grande:
" «» - . n.-x , p. frj n the ’outlaws,
tiw req•»»« that be would >f*ain i tro u Exgl-* Pass would proi»ably till once l.e chanced to find himself
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troai swing l>Ju again till all . »e watched by the captors •»! Lolu, on the verge of a precipice, where
.•hottld he settled, our anxiou« k»vei her lover started in a different di another step would have plunged
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foawd hiwMrtfUM
a j
round him down to certain death on the
M^f the v^m
victi m of.mi«er-
of a nn*ee-
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A Y.wiv of «ter C A* ;
sharp rocks below; and then, while
so
*»>
to
approach
it
o*i
the
s.dr
<s
It Tnaits 1,400 1
Tl« *. all of a mm M vu be was bor . f>nh
from the towp
groping his way back to safety, the
n>cd Wltbtbe trttiblr nr«» ihlt
Ewdoned bv ìTATTSME t,
In thi« manner he reach'd the light got so far away from him that
. L a 4« Kra:<d-<«i «b»> out ruling a • :
EDUCAR RS ud
lr. acclivity a »out du«k, he nearly lost it altogether.
STU?ENTS e*«rywMr». il hllW way froa* bome. bad teev» a . J : *d begun to ascend it. for no
It was perhaps two miles from
captured and arrwd off by Mexi- p rp - that hr could have declared. Eagle Prak, and up the ste»p sides
Mas •nxt'e-ei Sv -e a Scats «* Fe~
• «•a bar « ;*•
th- r than that it seemed as if he ot a wild, rocky gorge, that out
fr-XiM That t « a V »ritaMa
H* r»n tefesr father's ho«««- f
. M thus somehow be nearer the t rave adventurer traced the light
tnev»***•*»• «* Far’». Stattw*
further irks*E<«uui
tlea
Twat» <i*c«ag1t Own
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rt d. when he heard hum an to the mouth of a cave, before which
«4 h*s rivals H
W January Fiwt. * St*.
vo.ct k 4’id at once arrested his a fire w*g burning, and abound
Stack»s . a«e~>r< the nwwit« r. • re step« and listened.
HF.
»<xwa< ï » a »bsw bawrr
which were gr.mped a number of
.a.readv tber*, and the f«the
M km * O m caa hardhr thiat
Tir »peakers were men cuuver- dark figure», cooking their food,
»«Wr, aod *-rra*ts wetx
•aww. It Sack
i in Spanish, which Gravsun chatting and laughing
r*. fittfN» K»- A distract«*!
c->u 4 understand, and were only
Tv BE COXTWVBU.
rviytMw «4 the I i Li'.* bad :«r»w cap*cred f w nwe
bjwr*. I<t th* nr«» kai j«o
nrwebr-d E«W Pa«» by a Fngb««*»«
. mw «< » qp t, «•<• bad brtaarif leer
tC»{W«rrd aod tb«a «Mt beck b
a»ak« tbr fart knew*, the haadit»
' Aecianng she «Msid hs brM a err
!».« *i*r ' < *-»r*»wB,di
• b*cb «*«M te gtvm
Whike a. «»• riirtetrewl and
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