| ...... . ’ ■’ ■■■■.■»'“ma-a-.m.rt ÄÖNTÖIUN IN RAGxSi H 'l Kig. i , ; r 'H . ■ i . (Copyright, In«», by C. It H.itcl.Xe J If lletty I.ee of tlie vlll.ig. of I.ee« Ville, mimed after tier father, was tut the handsomest girl In the village si“* waa handsome enough at leant to In •pire sentiment* hi the heart* of half a dozen young men. not one of »h.uu happened to lie around when the gold­ en opportunity came to make a hero of himself. The river ran close to the lav* home- stead, and Mis* lletty had a boat aud was fond of boating On tins partieu Jar afternoon she started down the river tor a romautle spot, where she meant to tarry for a couple of hours as she read a ue« ls»>k Site Inn l. Five minutes later, when the hog moved off and left the girl free to come dowu she couldn't come, title of her feet bad got caught between two limbs, and try as hard as she could it was impossible to extract it, it w >uld not have been difficult for a yo.:;;g mail, but there is a difference which sex is up a tree. Miss lletty struggled until »be real­ ized that it was no use and then be­ gan to call for help. She was a mile from the village and half a mi’e from the nearest farmhouse, and It was a gloomy outlook. She did not scream at the top of her voice, but neverthe­ less she had not been calling over live minutes when she beard some one or something approaching. "Who is It and where are you?" asked a voice, and then the girl knew that it was uot the hog. "This way. up this tree." she replle.1, 'wondering whose voice it was and hoping it belonged to same steady old farmer who could be sworn to silence. Her blood ran cold when she saw that It was a stranger. Mot qnly that, but a trail p S .« * and i».ivts wen» * ek* NOI KI I Ok PI III K MIOX "I am down," nuswered the girl aftei tlig to h * . olios to ■ io» that he had n great rustling bis-i sle.-'n r; oil the ground. Com "And the prf'leip I« «nivel You se I'ttitd’•fate« I «ti4 otti« c I akv)i< x« Ing t .. a halt five feet away lie could my b. < k « «’iti t iw.inl you X nt «ee ' hardly * s> the g rl r usting In the tree, take • y .lepa'tu •• X 'll see the Craw « »«'» i ’I ht It* '*fca» X 'licc 1« |ict««hx * t.i the villr.ge and get help tJ > *ct «ii Uurnat 4 ’v»,* Ralph ► I rv'l»*a»e me?" MUKI I < R Pl III K \IIOX k 4Hta?h Kali*. < «Mini) «»f Klamath "My < «'.ir vHitu luîy.” tbo ' ori*«t>n ha* Hl«*«1 in till* « h» F « 'I ani village an h ur .£» The cotiNtable xxtll.'ffcr t»r«»af In ah«»a tha’ th«* anl mmi ^R i said If I reittrtiel he’d guarantee me n campii* it *•«» ' I» m»‘r«' xahiah!«« for it« timi»«»? t»r »hm«« tha thirty days'' ot t enure»« «»( f,»r a«rlciiliural l'iiri»«»««*» ami ••« «*«tal»li«h 1« It it what shill I do?" n ki’l lletty. fur th«* »ai«' of rla’tn t«» »a'-l an«| l>»«h»r«« <««•«» t'ha*taiti ' XX'e will (..-st iittr ..Ills-»' ouraelvea. Alil'irni* Or«* «'«nmt) < Icrk t»f Klamath vmitit) a? hi« ««tfl Territor» a» «Mal place «»f hn*in«*«» at Klamath Fall That s, I « I ;':t'»lu.'e myself as XX'ib I * at«*» I- x acf gon on FruUv th«» 4th «lay ot January llam Crawford. une time gentleman, ii..»au . t M« r Ii«* nam«*« a« afn«*»*«*» but later on a highway tourist T > my rr«*'l I < in«l«»rmati ««< K amati» Fall Intimate fr end* I am H.ll That a me, )rc|t «' i<«hn««»n of Klamath Fall« aud who y »u are is no cMicern of mine, t F’ N«»wltti of K lamat h Fall*. Brago Having landtal jet sifely en the H«*rf Hall «»I K lainaili Fall« t'ragon grvuttd. our p .t s V. ill tliencef >r:b di- u|i| i«*a(K*Ctfiillv rt’k Unit a limiiM» t< n.hl lay tn >tb«»r all my graudm diint>ed trees mJ k »t th.» r f«».»t Csiiulit. pititti«»itu, imut tin«l )ili«»U<* h«|tioi V « Ms. X K. s *• «pianhtiv« Hitti» Ot)«» ^tllhlll. u All were re- .«* I by «Brang«»:*?*. Every KitinntL. K .iii.ati (’•»tintv, t f ir.et wh.it I t* »• S' I. J.i\ «•! Xov 1‘inl'cr, !i XO1 «vt. I OR Pl Bl K K I IO\ owe t . tli '-•• other uv.itlemeu " "Oh. why wa* I s . ftsoi.sli as to lie afraid of that hog!" wa led the g.rl, ■ You c u't h' ip it. X >u I.e.e him I l a I O l.c. I a«. « that way I lie big his departe»!. how­ i .*» I ever. ai. I u iw ciime» the other .(Ue* \ x gi)«*tt that it« comp, nhc tl >ii l'i y >u want to come dowu?" l»r.»v i»...a Illi be act oi <’« ngr«*%« 4 >rn. I "Of course I do." noth I Au act Kt nn ? "I> y va w.iut tue to go t» th<» vll- iwtin-ii ’ ti 1 er «o 4» m th«* Ma?* of * a a Iago? «»it th»* «£• n vvl* M aiut )) N«li|iigt«»u ! "l-l -n >!" • am** "Thea 1 shall Infer, my dear young «•* • ti l.' : to all th«* |*ubt*c I at «1 *-xi *» » of A g «• 4 I*.*’.* I e«>n.»rt* F >’ox*bn. *»t a ai lady, that you have dt>clded to permit at i ha I* < oun*) of alama’h. Hiat«* • ' »*r me t> reteass' you. I am here at the got). I.a» fllrd in tbit «»tb«’C tier »worn »tat I imber l and X otice. foot of your tre- I always cl mb a tio tit So v.'U ?«»r th»* I'nf' ha*«* ?!!■• I. ■ i Thnt r l aid let hi tree with my eyes on the ground. Here \ , , \ . .4 x are the limb» Is'ween which y mr foot 10 F )V M and will off r pr«»«»( io «•,..»«% that fat«*» l at. 1 < is caught. I might u it have I»«» a a !e lan t m < ighi • n or«* valuable tor n« iiuit>- t to release my owu foot from the trap, «<»ti« tlian to agricultural puriHO.» I have uo knife with which t.» cut ««tablith her claim <*» »aid laud twtor away, but by swinging ».T on thU lar- <’ erk ot Klamath c * n jr. at hi» <»th< o bu*»iucM at Kiamaih Falla, or« w u Here T i ir*»day. the r I ‘.ay of January. I*»’. I go. and your foot i* released " S e naiii»-« a* » t i« «• •• "But how am I t • get dowu?” asked An h e Joi n on * f a amath Fall* Orr<«*n Betty J r Now I n. oi a .amath Fall» Oregon "I»ead easy aakitig your pardon for > ra .k Hail. «> ala > ath Fal.» Or« non F ** i d-Tii an of Klamath Fall*. • »r«-<*»n the expression. I stand »o. back to A i ’ a ««i a I , er««» i* c.a iutn< ahe*«.-. y t you. You seize that other I.me and swing d iwn ou it. if you cry out 1 abo.e<1«-a rib«-t land'» ar' rej-ieod t»» ?l tabi«* for ahall turn an l grab you. if you don’t their claim* in thi* «»fflce on or bcf«*re «aid I 4 *y • I J io a y . I* - pur 1 shall know that It s a success. Cotne J N W 4 t**oS H- < at er • til lwf«»r« K-»! ahead I • let -amt H« « eher at I. n U oìcw t‘t»*g'»n on Falunia» lit«' JWtli 'lai «»I I •«•««* n» !»•'t I’FM i liv name* a« wllm*««*** Kall 'I M«»taan. ot Ken«». l»t»'»*«in tO’«», It MurkMii. •! hem» « u ■' I t»w n«hip •alii jiftHtf will ihrk »>1 u«cv al I UtH’tfUl of th .'Non fiHHl of III«' nut) of K lamaih affff|c«»Ai I. 4» x I« m , iHviuti ih tt»i««i |T ram «Mil««* 1* h* i< *■> gl)*n H um l.>> i 4 I i i»nn <»l K»H" i>i'g«»n. I iä « i I g 'I i«*'i ini*,nil*ii |>i