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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON.
. BARRETTE TELLS
“ NqJ on watch— no; some one might Now we’re going to strike In, and d—n | the anhurt came on. Some among
be passing o a t; they come and gA.’
me, tf I care If you never take a pris­ them had (tumbled onto rhe trail, tor J
"O f course, we run that risk. The oner. Good! give me my horse. All soon a squad appeared just below. |
falling water makes noise enough to ready? Bugler, sound the charge!
They stopped and turned over the
prevent our being heard, yet I think K
They swept forward on a walk, body of Laud, so as to see the man’s
muy be best to use a scouting party
then a trot, spreading out onto long, face; then tramped forward, paying
The only way we can trap those fel­ double line, as they swung Into the no heed to the dead Indians. Shelby
lows Into a Aglit ts through a surprise. more open valley, riding knee to knee, recognized the major among them, and
I f they become alarmed they’ll scatter the men bending forward in their stir­ arose to his feet with difficulty, sup
and And a way out before we can rups, with left hand grasping the porting himself with one arm about
strike a blow. Isn’t that your Idea, reins, the right gripping the short car­ Olga’s shoulder. The major was pant
captain?”
bines. A hundred yards and they were ing from the exertion of the climb
“ Yes, sir; we’ve got to get in be­ at the gallop, a blue torrent, at the never glancing up until brought to a
hind and cut them off.”
heels of their leader; tearing through halt by the rock. Its foot littered with Prominent New Hampshire
“ I presume there Is a back door to weeds and underbrush, spurring reck­ the dead bodies of savages.
Woman Says T a n la c
this Hole, somewhere, señorita?"
lessly Into and over the crock, dashing
“ Good God! look here,” he exclaim­
Brought About a W on­
“ Yes, senor; way down yonder, but up the other hank to the very foot of ed excitedly. ‘Those devils were pay­
B y
derful Change in Her
the hlufT beyond. It was then the ma­ ing the price," he clicked and coughed.
eet can only be made on foot.”
Condition.
'R a n d a ll “P a r r is h
“Then ^ e ’ve got the villains, If we jor saw the uselessness of it. He “ W hew! that sort of thing winds me.
Must be getting old, sergeant, yet. by
only move secretly enough. Take a whirled with uplifted saber.
“ Tanlac is a grand medicine, and I
“ Fight on foot. Horse-holders to the Jove! I passed the test two weeks
doren men. and come along -with me.
coyyrlgut A. C. McClure Ac (do.
captain. Dismount them. Señorita, it rear. Come on, lads I” he shouted, his ago.” He cast his eyes upward, and think every suffering woman ought to
will he best f«w you to show us the voice pealing above even the thud of saw the two standing just above him. know about it,” was the statement
CHAPTER XV—Continued.
hoofs. “ Get up there some way, yott “ Hullo, Shelby! we are here In time, made recently by Mrs. Aurore Bar­
way."
— 1 &—
“ Yex, beyond that outcropping of
They disappeared Into the curtain of terriers, and give those red devils then. Some good fighting, my boy. rette, at her residence, 133 Second
Here, a couple of you, give me a lift. Street, Manchester, New Hampshire.
•tone; the trail goes down there?”
falling snow, und cautiously advunced h — I ! ”
Mrs. Barrette is a well known and
They came forward at a run, yelling I ’ll never make It alone.”
“ SI, senor; hut if you ride down, beneath the veil of overAowIng water.
He was hoisted over the stone cop­ highly respected resident of that city.
your soldiers, they know.”
The outlines of the log house could be as they came, and leaped in among the
“ I have mot felt at all well for the
“They keep guard?"
plainly discerned, the storm suddenly rocks, their carhlnes beginning to spit ing, instantly straightening up and
“ SI, senor; Just below, out of sight, ceasing. The door stood open, (Wnoke as they clambered upward. Overhead warmly grasping Shelby’s outstretched past year or more,” she continued. “ 1
haven’t been sick enough to be in bed.
yet where they can see. When I come arose from the chimney, hut no one were skurrying flgul-eg, and spurts of hand.
“ Not badly hurt, I Judge, lad !”
but I was far from being a well
out they were under u rock shelf to was visible outside. The dull glow of black smoke, as the Iudian rifles made
"No, sir; chipped here and there Is woman. At times I thought I had
keep off the snow. Maybe they there an expiring Are appeared on the answer.
all, and have lost some blood.”
yet.”
kidney trouble for I suffered almost
ground In front, but no guard was
Mighty glad of that. By God, you constantly from severe pains across
CHAPTER XVI.
“ How many?"
squatted about It. Evidently the fel­
are an honor to the regiment.” He my back, Just over the kidneys. When­
“ Five, senor; two white and three lows had retired to shelter. The ma­
turned about, nnd stared down the ever I tried to do any housework at
The Rock Platform.
jor grasped all this in a glance, but
Sioux.”
Shelby had no time to think, or to |
all that dull pain would be there, and
MRS. AURORB B ARRETTE
He studied the spot onrefully what Interested him most was the
I f I attempted to stoop over it just
of Manchester, New Hampshire
through the leveled Held glasses, end sound of steady tiring seme dlstunce even comprehend clearly what con­
fronted him. There was a second in
felt as though my back would break.
then swept them Inch by Inch over away.
“They have either all gone Inside," which he rammed a handful of cart- :
I would get so weak and worn out
the snow-covered plain. He returned
I would have to sit down and rest pains in my back which used to trou­
them to the case, and cast one more he whispered to Pancha, crouching ridges Into Ills empty gun; and then
beside him, “ out of the storm, or else they were on him, a dozen Indians I
several times a day, and I felt tired ble me every day have almost disap­
(lance into the depths below.
peared, and I urn going to keep on
all the time.
“ Very well, men," he said quietly, they are o v y there where the flght- swarming up the face of the rock, and
clutching for a hold on the parapet. -
Ing Is. You hear those riñes?”
“ This condition made me awfully taking Tanlac until they leave me en­
“ We will return to the squadron.1
He fired blindly straight Into their
“ Yes, senor.”
nervous, so that I rarely ever slept tirely. I have lots of energy now, nnd
Slmunessy, with ten men, was given
“ You don’t suppose some other outAt faces, aware that another revolver
well at night, and every now and am not only able to do my house­
the cutting-out Job, the mnjor draw­
cracked close beside his enr, yet with
then I would jump in my sleep, as if work, but I get through the day with­
ing up his command behind the sand had got In here ahead of us, do you?”
no opportunity to glance about. He
In a fright, and my condition was out feeling the least hit tired. I am
hills In readiness for a swift udvance. he asked anxiously.
assailants
topple
backward,
no longer nervous like I was, and 1
“ No, senor," earnestly grasping his saw
really becoming serious.
The sergeant led his little force well
clutching fingers release their hold,
“ Only two bottles of Tanlac have sleep well at night.
to the right of where the outpost was arm. “ Eet Is not thnt. I know; they
“ I shall always he thankful for
fight up the canyon. Listen, eet Is over rifles flung high In air, and roll down
brought about a wonderful change in
believed to be, and Anally dismount
the slope. Savage yells blended Into
my condition. In fact, the results I what Tanlac has done for me.”
ed them, leaving two men In charge there the sound. They try to capture
cries of death agony. He felt the clip
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
have received from this medicine have
of the animals, while, with the others, Senor Shelby; If vve go quick we save
of a ball in his shoulder and staggered
really surprised me. Those terrible everywhere.—Adv.
ho proceeded forward on foot. The them; we wait, maybe all he dead.
hack from the blow ; n tomuhnwk
sand hills approached much closer to Now we get all In the rocks, so none
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grazed Ills wrist, and the quirk’ slash
the river at this point, and ridges ex­ get away.”
of
n
knife
ripped
open
a
leg
of
his
“ I see.” He looked at her keenly:
tended out Into the plain, affording
trousers, a red stain discoloring the
them considerable protection as they then stepped hack to where the men
“ Captain, scatter opening. He had glimpse of fierce, in­
cautiously advanced, seeking every were clustered.
furiated faces, of waving scalplocks.
possible bit of shelter. Slmunessy, us­ these lads out about that house there;
of naked, chests and arms. Fingers
ing the Held glasses loaned him by the move quickly, and see that no one gets
clutched at him. and he kicked him­
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ma lor. surveyed the ground carefully awny. Stiles, run hack and have the
Bring up self free. Both guns empty, he bat­
I f you had Rheumatism last year blood, that you should try a rem­
before venturing to lead the way. and, squadron move forward.
tered away with the butts, smashing
and treated only the pains o f the edy that has proven so thoroughly
In this manner, the little party Anally your horses.”
disease by rubbing with liniments satisfactory in these cases. S.S.S.,
The men dashed forward In a half- at every face he saw, no desire left
crept In behind the crest of hind over­
and
lotions, you can be 9ure that the fine old blood remedy cleanses
hut
to
kill,
before
he
also
was
dragged
looking the valley of the t’ottynwood. circle. the major, with Pancha at Ills
soon again you will be in the shack­ tlje blood of all impurities, and re­
down.
He
knew
nothing
o
f
Olga,
j
It had been the plan to drop silent­ shoulder advancing close behind them,
les of this relentless foe. You may moves all disease germs that may
where she was, what she was doing—
get some slight temporary re lie f creep into the blood. Begin taking
ly over the edge of the bank, and his objective the open door. No soon­
he
only
realized
thnt
he
must
stand
from the pains of the disease by S.S.S. today, and if you will write a
work their way along, so ns to at­ er had they broken cover when the
there,
and
fight
until
they
got
him—
the use of these local remedies, but complete history of your case, our
tack the outlaws from the rear, thus alarm sounded; a mutlled voice yelled
she would keep one shot; she had
Rheumatism is too real and relent­ medical director will give you ex­
rendering tin* escape of any Impos­ excitedly; a rIAo or two cracked; a
pledged thnt.
less a disease to be rubbed away.
pert advice, without charge. Ad­
sible. Ibtt «mce there on the ground soldier running rapidly, plunged for­
So many oases of Rheumatism dress Chief Medical Adviser, 157
And the devils made It, creeping far The Ringing Cheer of White Voices
the slope was found to be far too ward on his fuce, and lay still. Then
cauie from a tiny germ in the Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
and the Dull Bang of the Carbines.
red surged crowding out over the gulf, and drawing them­
abrupt for this purjMiSck, and the Idea white and
selves up beyond roach of Ills arm.
through
the
door,
surprised,
trapped,
bail to be abandoned. The only other
bluff, his eyes brightening with'appre­
(Hie fell, going down with a howl of
ciation. “ Talk about your Alpine chas­
procedure was to creep along under crazy to escape. Only one among
terror;
a
second
ivns
struck
by
a
seurs; those fellows of mine could give
the protection of the ridge, trusting them (lured the venture In face of
speeding bullet, dead ere he went
pointersfito a rfhntnln goat. Just look
to swiftness of uttnck. The sergeant those leveled carbines. A tall, gaunt
whirling
hnck
Into
the
air—hut
the
nt them come up there. By the way,
evept forward. Inch by Inch, watchful white renegade, with rod whiskers,
third
made
It,
creeping
up
onto
the
Shelby, we’ve got a surgeon buck there
of everything In front.
lie never and one arm In a sling, his uninjured
narrow platform, with others surging
somewhere. I f you don’t need hli%
glanced back, hut Ills carbine was hand gripping a revolver, leaped from
behind, knives gripped in their teeth.
flung forward, cocked and ready. It the front step In n reckless endeavor
yourself, you’ve got u wounded man
Shelby hurled his empty pistol Into
here, I understand.”
was fifty yards to where the gnarled to get out of sight around the corner
the
face
of
the
nearest
before
the
fel­
Take a good dose o f Carter’s Little Livei
•edar protruded above the bank, but of the cabin. The major (lung up his
“ No, sir; his name was Macklin, and
low
could
nttnin
his
knees,
nnd
grasped
Pills— then take 2 or 3 for a few nights after.
no sign of any movement greeted him arm and A red, the fellow whirling
he’s
dead.
He
died
before
the
fight
a discarded ride which dangled over
until he had nearly reaehed Unit point. ubout In his stride and stumbling us he
began. Who told you?"
Th ey cleanse your system o f all waste matter
the stone coping. With one hound he
Then, suddenly, with no warning of fell. Hi- got upon one knee again, and
IITTLE
“ A little Mexican g irl; seemed to
was
at
the
edge
swinging
this
weapon
and Regulate Your Bowels. M ild - a s easy to
, IVER
any kind, a red, hlontod face shoved the “ .4f>" spat twice viciously before
as a woodsman might an nx, driving think a lot of Jhe follow. Meeting up
take
as sugar. Genuine tear signature —
ft self up above the edge of the hank. a trooper sent a bullet crashing into
the iron stock ngnlnst evpry head thnt with her is what brought us in here.”
The start led »eyes looked directly In­ his brain. Hays felt the zlpp of lead
“ Pancha—yes; where is she?”
Small
Pill, Small Dose, Small Price.
appeared.
He
staggered
hack,
breath­
past his face, but stood erect, unhurt.
to the muzzl ■ of the carbine.
The major removed his hat soberly.
less, half blinded by a wound over his
Behind
him
Pancha
uttered
a
startled
“ Stop right there, buddy 1” said the
“ I um sorry to sny she got hurt— NOT REALLY SCARCE ARTICLE HAD REPUTATION TO SUSTAIN
eye. aware only thnt the front of the
sergeant sternly.
“ Now lads, over soli and sank slowly onto the snow. rock was swept clear, that not a sav- yonder hy the waterfall.”
He sprang hack and caught her, hold­
you g o !"
“ Hurt! Not killed?”
Material Called Lamb’s Fleece In Syria Farmer Had No Idea of Allowing
nge was left for him to strike at. She
They took the leap recklessly, some ing tier head up on his knee, his eyes touched him, nnd he whirled, thinking
"Yes, Instantly.”
Merely Went by Another Name
Hired Man to Beat Him In
Shelby drew a long breath, and his
in England.
rolling down the steep slope, others
It another enemy.
Gathering Corn.
eyes
nnd
those
of
his
w
ife’s
met.
finding some sort of foothold and rush­
“ Don’t, Tom, don’t !” she hogged.
ing fiercely forward. The guard was
A
certain
young
globe-trotter,
pos­
"She is happier thnt way. Tom,” she
“ Merciful heaven, you are all blood.
A Sullivan county farmer hired a
taken by complete surprise, helpless
said unilorstandlngly. “ Now she will sessed of more money than brains, was man to help him gather his corn last
Look out there! are those soldiers?”
most of them before they could even i
recently traveling in Syria. While season. Now, the farmer had a repu­
He held up the flap of skin, nnd never know. I dreaded so to tell her.”
reach their feet or grasp their wea- |
Hays caught the words, his eyes Journeying through the Interior he was tation for being an efficient worker,
stared where she pointed. Across the
pons. Slmunessy hacked his prisoner
prevailed upon by one of the sons of hut the hired man was not daunted by
white snow covering the valley below, seeking the speaker’s face.
down to where the others stood sullen­
“ Who was the man?" he asked short­ the prophet to purchase at a very large it. They started out side by side, the
riding stirrup to stirrup In n wild
ly, am) surveyed the scene.
price a quantity of what was described
charge, two lines of cavalry were ly. "One of the outfit?”
hired man being advised hy the farm­
as Syrian lamb’s fleece.
“ Five; that’s the whole bunch,” he
“ Y e s ; In no way worthy.”
sweeping straight toward the foot of
er to keep as close to him as he could
This, whet) he returned to London, with the row he was gathering.
said with satisfaction. “ A very good
"I thought likely; and you, I take It,
the bluff. He knew what they were
he sent to his tailor with orders to
Job. Now, dates, go up there mid wig­
at a glance; their lines steady even at mndiun. you are Tom Shelby’s wife?”
But lo! the new worker after a few
line an overcoat with It. A few days
wag the major."
a gallop, the spurring officer in front,
“ Yes." she nnswered quietly, her
minutes of keeping up with the farm­
after
he
called
to
try
on
the
coat.
Ten minutes later the advance Ales
tin-glitter of carbines, the silence, left clasp tightening on her husband's inn.
er. passed him and soon was several
“ You didn’t send us quite enough
of the squadron topped the edge of the
no doubt. No Indians rode like that, “ I am, and also Colonel Cnrlyn’s
feet ahead. Frantically the farmer
material,
sir."
remarked
the
tailor,
bluff and began to slowly move down
lie watched them, grasping her tightly daughter.
We both belong tn the
pulled the ears from the stalks, but
“
and
I
had
to
get
some
more
to
line
die steep trull, lluys expressed his ap­
to him now. scarcely able to speak. Sixth."
the new man still kept gaining. Then
the sleeves.”
proval.
Once only, he gave utterance.
“ Carlyn’s daughter I Great Scott! da
° l ; aI once he heard the farmer shout.
“
But,"
remarked
the
traveler
in
sur­
“ Exceedingly well done, sergeant;
“ My God! See those fellows ride!”
"Stop," he yelled. "Stop, if you want
you actually moan that? Do you know
prise, “ It’s Impossible to obtain that
got the whole outAt, I see. Have your
“They are soldiers?”
they have been hunting you from one
to work for me. I never yet let any
fleece
In
England,
It’s
only
to
be
ob­
lurn bring up your horses. The girl
“ Yes, yes! Good Lord, lassie, hut end o f the border to the other? There
man who worked for me get ahead
tained in Syria.”
tells us we have a free road now Into
thnt looks like old Hays leading ’em. was a lawyer in my quarters a week
of me.”
"Not
at
all.
sir,"
was
the
reply.
“
In
the valley, so we will move right ulong.
Its the Sixth, the Sixth—a squadron ago questioning me about what had
England we call It rabbit skin.'— Mon­
Quietly, men, mid keep your distance.
of the Sixth!”
become of Sergeant Calkins. Lord, I treal Herald.
Just as Bad.
Unsliug carbines! Forward I”
He staggered to his knees, hut still didn't know "
-^rt Critic— "Have you ever been
They moved steadily at a walk, the
held himself up. peering over the cop­
“ It Is true. then, that I am wanted?"
done In oil?" Vanderlop— "N o ; hut I
troopers eagerly peering ahead, yet
ing. She knelt beside him, half sup­
"They've been trying to strike your
It niny be considered Impolite to have in steel common,*!.
cautiously reining back their mounts.
porting him against her shoulder. The trail for years, the lawyer told me j *peak of the “ end-seat hog" at a
There was scarcely a tinkling of ac­
charging horsemen swept In out of Some money dqwn East which was l church wedding,
Hurried men lack wisdom.
coutrement* ua the long column of
sight below, but they could hear them left to your mother; let's see, she was
horsemen slowly advanced down the
crash through the underbrush, nnd a—a—’’
crooked trail towurd the snow-covered
splash their way across the stream.
"Churchill."
valley fsr below. I‘snelia. riding be­
Then there echoed up to them the
’T h a t’s It. The first thing you bet­
side the major, led the way through
ringing cheer of white voices, and the ter do. young woman, is to take a trip
the eurtuiii to where the Cottonwood
dull hang of the earbltres.
to old Virginia."
Down the Crooked Trail
plunged over the rock precipice Into
How they made that ascent It Is
She smiled, a wistful look In the
the deeper gorge beyond. To her u|v staring down Into her white, upturned doubtful If a trooper knows; but they depth* of her eyes, a* they sought the
lifted hand of warning the column fare. She breathed once— that was did, creeping from rock to rock, drag­ face of her husband.
halted, the Mexican girl h«nlng over a ll; never spoke, never moved, except ging themselvaa along gullies, hauling
” It is Just as Tom says,” she an-
to explain the situation ahead.
for the slight tremor of her slender their bodies up by sheer strength of awereil quietly. “ I am very content
"Met is verra steep grade.” she said, form In his arms. The major laid her iinn. springing from point to point— now." •
9 K « great body-building values
“an" a sharp turn at the bottom, where softly down, his own face drawn and it\ch by inch, foot by foot, fighting ns
The firing had ceased, and soldiers
v h id i Nature stores in wheat
the trail runs under the falls. On the white with sudden passion, and strode they advanced, firing at every skulk­ crowded the trail below; the play was
and barley, aTe retained in this
other side Is s log house, ami they al­ across to where the slain outlaw lay ing figure In their front, skirting preci­ ended.
easily digestible food.
ways keep a guard there, senor."
In a huddled heap. An Instant he pices, leaping across chasms, clinging
ITH E END.]
“ And beyond?“
looked down at the brutal fart-, obliv­ desperately to every rock or shrub,
T h e u n iqu e, s w e e t fla v o r
“The valley la open.”
ious to all elm-.
their carbines spitting viciously, eager
Poesy.
o
f G r a p e . N u t s m a k e s it
He tried to see through the snow
“ D— n you I" he muttered In use
only to get at hand’s grips with th#
Poesy la a beauteous dntn-wt, chaste
a
f a v o r i t e w ith both
•quail*. hut with little sueeeaa.
less rage. “ I wish I’d killed you I”
foe.
High above, Shelby and Olga honorable, discreet, witty, retlnsl,
“ How heavy Is the guard?”
c h i l d r e n a n d a d u lt s .
Then he turned suddenly, the spirit caught glimpses of toiling figures, of and who keeps herself withla the lim­
“That I cannot tell, senor. There of the soldier In the ascendancy.
leaping Jets -f flame, of fierce strug­ it* of propriety. She is a friend of
were hut two men there, when I come
"Deploy your men. Captain Giles," gles hand to hand, of Indians seeking solitude; fountains entertain lu>r
'wit. Hut t ie log liut Is a saloon, and he commanded, his voire hard and to escape.
Sharp-voiced rifles an­ meadows oon.-ole her. woods free her
fnan.r may be there now. Ket la best stem. "Swing them Into line. Leave swered the caiblnes, and a dead sol­
from ennui, flowers delight her; in '
to use utmost caution.“
a «quad here under a sergeant. Live
dier hung dangling over the edge of short, she gives pleasure i",; In'truo- '
•No one Is likely to ha between this ly. boys; that Is one of our old lads a rock; another nursed a bleeding
tion to all with whom she evumunt-
»•h i» M il t l 's i f '
lighting those devils over « id le r
arm In the ahcliar o( a cedar. But i t i u - C a rv a u t.i
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