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ces ol cune 3 JOf . course," he .. muttered e ons arpints m on made no sign and why they "'t ?mifi'm ¢f 3 Jn the. ordinary course> of things fi.flmwwh € F near enough to satisfy own curiosity. . \Be Wid Rot fee! easy about 1t. ‘ The of the posse Bad accomâ€" nothing uniess it were to prove __mcucmumm‘-mn and : Jeft the: country, probably ..mwmmpnrduhm and in all the years that he had ived on the piains and inâ€"B. C. Jim â€" mh.d any serious :‘trouble Indians. .. . ® . ; 42 U @ nau pecome 50 6b6t¢ t them m Rfl;.mflm“&:t at h 5‘!‘. so vague id â€" so "alletit W y, °It . biw .care ol w naveâ€"liked it better if the , had visited the ranch to de: ‘ compensation for broken , and would almost ha n inâ€" ined to listen to their claims, but > J-i-an the roan snorted, and Jim: beadâ€" in the nick of time, The: figures which Bad. passed &un minutes earlier like shadows. 1 almost at his back, arrested in theit steaithy approach by ‘his sudden movement. He could see, though they bead pauséd, how the leading. figure @ ashort bludgeon which he earried, and he knew Daviea‘ murdeter e24 understood the mn that sullen animal face; but t N\ his ~hearl ‘seemmed to give a jump and then stand still, Combe did not attempt to rise ;qgov any #ign ofâ€"surprise, e understood why these five had . Me understood why these five hacg i WWig Toatarcioge whete, but $ eature waste, but his hand. only® closed o‘:x the â€"revolver A h was sheltered in the breast of ‘bis coat, and he ralled leiéurely over P c sevin Bc anlso cams wa ) wa to face the five and.bring his 7 iw=mcroms the ‘riflig which ‘he taken from his saddle before pickâ€" etine his hores. . â€" _ (~>>s i in oo wonk sot so Ladly " i we you «o badly," : 1 ha!nom;j‘betr: though the round him & r that geon they were ne of theti armed, a eurious thing * W::‘Mbu who carty ownsinen . .CAFTY walking C&Desy Bur V auo . bvewaa catme oÂ¥ rmernt: when "fi“‘ that these were th very tive wespons ho had smasl ed against the ping trees. ~Rifles wer not gs Common th*n as they are toâ€"da amongst.the Indians, but as one. C these was Khelowna, thé cliief, he : fl' rate . ghould ~have~ been ablie . i ace his broken weasyon, five sayage figures: orguched. upon &' hame lmndtghm{:. like wolves Ainle inouoiienm chly thtls are allr, Paee doee sae s noas W 8. viellenceand hiss eternal . patience Suppli¢§ Kxclusively in‘ at thiat d Mistakes MayHappen _you,â€"as they do to everyone, nm&-«.tmuflnfi perly, or take food that does & apree witlhh you, digestive deâ€" rnumdwunnh.m. Indigestion . generally lomds to very serious "physical troubles. BEECHAM‘S PILLS t *"CLIVE PLHILLIPS WOLLEY g 3WB zd pelusivély " in‘ Cnnada by â€" the British & Colonin} : Press emod. like an liour the iw C hed â€" upon d lke wolves â€" shut, thetr xmim Bmsm l day .cwmaf’ k amemaimn Lo . win in Wm with | the â€" wild thines sround him. ‘The beasts‘ senses "‘What you d "Taking & cu *Too much c uie w why 4 got now. © Indians any #rub*" ai table, his eye ail the LiMG UPDA®VIM and drew away the anfl% case which had contained the eandwiches. > That was the first move in the Until that ‘day ho Indians. on th ° Risky lands would have dared openly to take a white man‘s property from under his very eyes without leave, &nc Jim when he saw the chief take hi cartridge . case ‘and searchâ€" it,: under stood that the old restraint was break ing down and that a change was in th wir. ‘All the food had been eaten, bet the Nask remaincd in the bag, and tht waa opened, unscrewing the to; with clumsy fingers and suiffing at th mouth ~* it like a beast. "No more fire water?" he asked. "No, there wouldn‘t have been &n tor you any way.> Think I‘m going to b run in for giving Indians whiskey?" . Khelowna laughed, and. bis laug! was like a wolf‘s snarl.. . We oo io e in * Indlals â€""Plenty. Nothing but water in this eursed hols.". â€" ioi "You go gct some," and the chief held out the flask to \Jim, but .though the blood rose to his face at the inso lence of the ‘bidding, Jim neither stir ted nor beld out his hand for the flas‘k. "You go, I say, byak (quick}y)," and the chief, who misinterpreted Combe‘s silence, pushed the flask almost into ~"Go to hell and got it yourself," the cowboy . replied. and his steady. eyes met Khelowna‘s without flinching. â€"_ © For a. mom<Bt" the chiet hesitatéd. ‘Then he threw down the flask with & laugh, andâ€"the murdérer under the preâ€" text of picking it up, edged a thought nearer to Jim. it d f . As; even so, the Indian was not near encugh to strike or grip ~him, / the watchea man never moved, ana again the silent game of cat and mouse went on. . "You got good rifle, Jim?" asked the murdérer, and he writhed forward and Jaid his hand on the stock of Jim‘s Winchester, pulling at it gently. _ ‘Take your.hands off," Py hi ho white man, and certain now that the Indians had not pluck enough to rush him all together, he whipped out his sixâ€"shooter and covered his man. . _ Instantly the Indian‘s hand was withâ€" gwn and a change came over the s Thoos, _: : 23. 5 oo o e i T ag ~‘The Childoters had only calculated upon the rifle, which they could see. _ ~*What for you so mad, Jim?" asked Khelowna. "Indians all~ time _ good friends. He not want to take you gun." â€"*I kmow, I have plenty yery good friends. Six here, the very best," and he glanced at the revolver in his hand. ‘Then he reached forward in his turn and took back the empty cartridge bag from between the chief‘s knees, and the silver flask from the ground where mmmboddmlt. m.. 2 Oinmgknt ha at the finglk. For a moment he looked at the flask. and then a grinsmile nhfinl round his mouth, and looking KhelowBa squarely in the eyes be said, "Iâ€"think T go and get me some water," and £a e clite? hesitated, he lonadn? the black muxzle of his revolver add: At that moment the romn snorted, and Jim‘s quick 9{' noticed that: there were â€" only four Indians round bim. Whilst he bad beenâ€"playing hig game Sm th, oft ohict ~Kincechas h84 slipped from the circle. In & flash the while man was on his feet, and bis tcvolver shot was echoed by a sharp: ery of pain. % . "Come back," ‘he roared.~ "Kince shaw ; leavre the knifg there," and then drowhgthe-lflt.omtum Ts tiden, "Â¥ou nex 'u"""fi""»"'* he , "You neat if you e.* nfi“u&t':lh That horke * want. you out m Hump it March," and.for the time in a week he drove the five red: $ WOdn sking Before that deadly little weapon which has done so much in the States towards the equality of man. "d "GQ'.” o Soda Greosk "You think you heap sayry Indiang. You dam fool. 1 tix you plenty." As made for \:!:-. Kinâ€" â€" his and at Combe, and that was his last message. He thatâ€"ata bundred yards & reâ€" "Shee Tim picked Tim: when Jim p up the Winâ€" 6 the five i:r"flfl t:‘:"“ i o # away,\ ¢M1 9 pamip, ::‘:Ln fl&' that he brd A ut e ied o+ 0 c n near a blot it they‘d bhad bave let them Khelowna ?" chief shifted As he tight an,. 1t worr) doing her ultus e0ol cold wind are you out * . t wo grub. Got no guns very hungry. . You got ind he reached out his afte CHAPTBR XI bis # here oolie yx“ ;‘g.nga \her mfi. .einches 0 4 to remember f the Risk lschiof. of t a5 Ke s «largs %%wann 6 over fi'm; Aire civer. " it i8 miver Tiin Sark ias vetchs ot ahite i. * w ; @lall bushes do M)Mm 4 as It is at times, WHd at He‘l‘s ‘Gate and othtr places, pI e % show for the C.PK. and a,; 1 f the hours yet, and maybe for a that, but it‘s coming, it‘s and if I was you 1 ne tear in Sody Creek al ep . yor more‘n a week. If you do, ma have to walt there until you oan wall across.‘ A week on bugsjuice ought t do you, though cow punthing . doe séem to make man powertully dry." The ferryman was new to trom a long experience in o m theâ€" Northâ€"West, where had mightily < increased thirst of the people. _ s _ ‘"All right, Cap."" J w Om uhwmwn.uggzmrguvt“ canoe in Canada. ~"Tll.â€"gee to that. You be on hand in an hour‘s time." ‘The man Iaughed goodâ€"naturedly. :~ "S.:ll:: {ho sald, "I will, but you won u"rhuzo‘ man yet as didn‘t calculate to u:butm- hhnlmhqglormu!fll“:“ . â€" Beems. me : metroâ€" :mlmm:mboedlmhhkey Creek ‘atéad of Sody."= > =â€" _ Jim laughed at the old joke.> ‘There were many. worse_ towns than~ Soda Creek, but of gourse there was whisâ€" kKey in it. . M viech a Bn s td _"Do you know where I can tind the doctor?" ; C pnens e ue es + ~"In the bar of the Ideal. . Or. no, stay! Youwn’:‘:’:tmloetm there myfiu. mwws:;n Snow Guich was fifteepmiles oulâ€" side Soda Creek, and Jim fretted at this new delay, 4 No4 "What is he‘doing up there?" "Guess he‘s gone as one of a recep uonoo-'.:.u;zwdd‘:sr Hayes‘ plakte. mian‘s got & raise." fl%thmmm ager. Is he owner now? :Got the ming for bis wages?" <o0v 0000 2020 .. "No, thought that wouldn‘t make him a bloated millionaire by all accounts. ‘The old man uuqlhmult.gortotm- formal, with a stick of glant." . o hurt?" m%:finl-h:r. mll’ :;n‘t know &# ?l s on w» ed the roof off his I‘flld that was never any good to bim, even for car r,%w liquor." mwbuzh’o‘mr' "Dead as a mutton. ds "Then why has the doctorgone out?" "Give that chunk of foe a boost with :::- ,ohtwill yo:n?d That‘s wga‘ ::{ cake e the m with a m sound.. "Well, I don‘t know, I‘m sure, why the. doo‘s gone, ‘cept tmso? is slower just now than a fungral, it‘s nothing here now but bug flce al day, and more. bug juice all a$,_ with <inter ludes for crib, . Not as a man really tires of bug julce, but: it‘s monotonous even the way as the doo fixes it." . _ C‘ "How does Wr.m it?" asked Jim, humoring h » "Wall, the doe, he‘s‘got a sort of lay helper; < what ‘the: wharke back east call a deakin, they‘ve ar ranged to make &‘ ~docâ€"calls & concession to the cof noel. <~“'"""4‘ 'm;ta:f m"wm." he takes the patients. ‘Then doc and the degkin take dog watch together, both drunk: for a spell. Then doc comes in for might watch, and in general manages to sober up before any of the boys get .nm':.. nmxm(ggm; he‘s better nor guess your mguul‘.‘mu fi him g lick in the M‘ mn *A . y3 A< a # "Cheerful for an invalid," comment eq Jim, as the ferry touched the bank on e t T sonn tong meant for > I‘\ come. siong,. and mfimwg had really hit the nail on t?:'lqll tied up his boat, and loafed a! Jim for his morning eyeâ€"opener. "Blown himself ~up?~ Is"he much ‘The town (mnnmm peéers it never aspired to be a Slty), had once in the good old ‘day#~of the Caribou excitement, been a pigos of sonie {jm: . ._ Jlts grabmgrown qtrcets bare by many feet, but since then it had fallen a prey to"stagnation. houses â€" were mean and (gr art, and except ‘for stray dogs, and a rail, there ‘u no efl'fia o niple Sign of iits. * _ â€" _ _â€" _ _ and raised the thing peasy a apparent apolog M‘ P# tof vegke, 21 a cneog 0f dead Sig w * t c o. on o able at abich three mh sat th down thelr .4 g-omvmm %vflbflhnfifl wore to keep oot a sunlight, which might be de entering the ongdered #haichs s# â€" A Mepie e Nn hh Alk : $ + 1+R .--' ,,’-_‘.v.... yagerouk fanober. In & maght <oge. Bor bis wife !:u‘%u in " " M, * ' » 4 mafâ€"LHk/t ffl‘, Eis h’. :W‘%\,‘ ‘4-5 CC ,! a Â¥ ’i. m inen ts Padie 2 hlu for ® man‘a stary an‘s com: | | PM | @arary vegctanie, Oe Cereo asked int "There you‘re plum off the h\ek,l sonny," broke. in . one of the players aoin To domcen Miggclt If s doee ave man emcan e ‘live in Sody Crik.~ Old man Hayes was a decont eftizen, fix it which: way ‘you will; â€"took his g‘ass reglar, an* Dlfi,bf it when heâ€"bad any dust, and if he uwes you a blanked cent, say so, ts prvatantin ron enateannt , _ any thi . € the bar tendor fiercely, m a greasy deerskin sack. No. Jake, th: old man didn‘t owe ing nothin‘. 1 didn‘t say â€"as ‘he did," "An‘ "you hadn‘t better, you. slab. ulded cross: belween a galloot and a Buck nigger. 1 say asold man Hayes ulded cross: belween a galloot and a BDuck nigger. 1 say as‘old man en bas a right to all the frills be bes a thind to when it comes to buryin, and I‘d Mike to hear from the gent as t«inks contrary." § proper suict of thetnovsupation vou :-onhm #wowtwo tban‘g& behind a sorry nag. at whose bead SECURHY. Carter‘s | Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Bignature of : eye «ud Sk ng to 100K wo alterna the doctor .and another." ‘All OVRE 8I0K HEADACHEL. See Pacâ€"Simile Wrapper Detow. s‘ is the.one and Th at Atctualiy cures Genving the ‘only medicine i hss rog RLABACHE rom dizrtmess. von Buiousnt14. tam TORPID LIVER, ron eoustipATIO8 POR BALLOW $K1H, rOR TNE C : ives 4 ,'::M o ERENCEK® d "It‘s blanked P ie » N C knot let alone thqd% Wfl{ "You tie it better yourself, you footed Whie. no#®." 0 co0 00 0 "That‘s doad easy, and I]l tie: your blamed neck in a | knot when I‘m through with it," said the other anâ€" m,emmmmu«tdfl swear more / casily.. ~But heâ€"did not tind it "dead easy. oll â€" !'l‘ coriset iPerherse h m ight against the. horse he pan wog |l”m rope . > en spess‘t d Uup "Not . much. ~~ He‘s _ stift uugv‘. There, git up now," and he gaye horse a slap of .'.b quarter, Frightened Ats ‘mishap, or â€"more congeions of th> % iture of !is burden . than< is m ht, the horse bolted. galloped â€" throughâ€" the range of timib»r, and on to the open hillside, where Jim was and there with two or three: rk bucks sént the body of Mr« yes . rolling down ‘the slops. i sns ‘This denou>â€"ment <yoked a volley of :az.mbu fromâ€"the mates, but cm no App@rc ugon gravity of the ‘!fm!.-__.u er in his Jife had he proceedéd more dolft dignity than ‘he then in The pitch of ‘hillside was on steep enough to induce a bals of goods to roll, so that the awa body went down it In glow time, with grave. pauses, whilst the limbs. 6f it, which <had (broken loose, ewung in sblemo mockery s the body rolicd over, T# % uow mmy se en a .In spite of pauses, it would mfi As @oon as one moved to catch It, it swung its arms And started again, reâ€" covering its momentum sufficlently to elide© its wouldâ€"be captors. * 1t. was as if the dead man was play m.mmmu’a'm. Atvlast it râ€"ached the â€" .\ . whick wound round the base of thekill. "Well, I‘m blankcd, w don‘t beat everything. :old w was gfl:-hudqd. {h'g :zgdh,l ‘d have Jke : rt being packed, and he‘s & corpsél" _ . . ..~ tfe "Guess he think# ho can‘take care of hisself now same ns he: silus (‘d. Heo‘s crossed this trail many ‘aâ€" n&ht when. he hada‘t any: mote pongo than Uie NBB â€"HOW."3. ) Aul o. 5A ) td " _ But the atilluess of the bo iy brought back some of the old %.fi awe. ""Hugh!" said one. ."What l{o ‘ou gvm us? ‘That aih‘t n# way to talk fore carpses." > bold "Corpae or ao corpse," said er «pinit; “w-’: long â€" tinme ;‘cmm drinks, and this hm is a<mighty d.rmtu{.lumt. ; | Let‘s Lave & at that bottle," _ â€"_~ x The docto. d â€"the medielms, ‘which wn-tm'wt and Macâ€" kay‘s Specia. and in turs each Of the mutes drank to their old companion. “umn“ 1‘.;11 travel ‘:-n nzcw‘fl: now," sa & wiuth . wit hig coat llo.zn% we‘ll bare to paok ourseives,â€" ,-fihtl taka off our 3 for that Bui ""and with & ot tollef vv-Z man took Off his cost, and tied 1t f3 @â€"back on his . _At this point Jn Combe: . joined them, .mg%m rrodguntd io the curfie." * ~â€" â€" In~return Le lenta hand at hearine it, and abanovafug % ot a proâ€" pace, or decarum of â€"si legce, the party in fs whirt sleeses, trotted to within Q.:} of Soda Crcek before Cark.. Mete, however,.the pro vCession pa2scu}~rerorimeg, pHUC vw. »a Hold on, Me; you‘lt breakâ€" him«all coats.and. fuberal lace, Aia . iarkbqu fig- great poiny to the .doot. of the gi“ R ir i t ofins, the Wesiraae taangs 10 â€"ony one went * | at ‘Ozuflafl ‘bnt In spité of th« h af their .hl?. it wis evidently now no plate forâ€"Mr, Hayes, him to, doo?" <. uol 7 . Mits oJ Ws d a850ci8 14 »,n-q of _ the ‘m\nm ‘and Moral Reform. Department _ of* the Methodiat :C ,: has been. ox natcn zin Charch . Terontg, "the chadk of NÂ¥ N Te E y * mo vEne Es ADs en e § h "Tufe, 2919" Mr. Alking *w @6 Work: in pacs oo ht We d L * d py dn 1900 5 120 5 t e f e . R gh ind ald man Hayes 1 hu Jug < n (&&0 8 \ 3 tk anda haots logi !Ql.nc e ~â€"Fisk Returns from Labor Depart. Year by Strikers 2: 613, /40 es the strike was to.. supply the tarmers: of . Ontario wbfim hydre power â€" is ‘gaining headway,. according to â€"one of:â€" the officials of â€" the â€" bydroâ€"clectri¢ comâ€" mission. _ Applications < for . power are pouting into the: commission from farmers ~in all parts â€" of the PTY Yince, ‘but _ ~mwhore ~ especially in the Weatern districts.< ~ . These. petitions are signed â€" by > smaill groups .. of farmers â€" and (transmitted through ‘the various > county councils. ( It bas . bech decided that â€" the wosk of stringing low tension â€"wires +long the ~country roads will be comâ€" menced as soomn as . spring .. opons. ‘The work will ‘be confined at.first to one township.~ ‘Thenâ€" the ~commisâ€" sion will be in a position to. make a detailed report om the cost of â€" in‘ atailation and supply andâ€"othet townâ€" ships will know. exactly ~what the #ystem ‘will cost before Bt is installâ€" THE Want Hydro Power tWo-qâ€"l.ydll E, Pinkâ€"« ‘s Vegetable Compound iess ipicent l ”S’-fim .mmm...“.. ?3 dÂ¥ â€" 0y Abroid tw BEST REMEDY LADOT . DOPALE vinCBY SL0 w DAYS â€" LOST s To C a day‘s w ‘m § K i"«llllllfii C101 « â€" a i i « i [ uasal m diy Sinubaere oi BARRJSTER®, 6 (8ussessor to Co “?Mr.m uwlum W : Sraassen‘s Brook, (’ +5 Puox® 148. _ Kimo St., W‘M Honor Graduate of Tronto Univer: Honge Grafais oi nropte yhive fiflw& &M‘, :-‘lh ot the o.[m < x .m D ouahs rond AYTON W, WELLS, [( . _ . 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