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1 The Land of Broken Promises A Stirring Story of the Mexic?h Revolution 1 By DANE COOLIDGE J%%4tw ./ "Tb* nrbrlnl Fool." "Hidden Waeen." "Thc Temlctn." Ste IHuifratienjfyDOlt J. LAVIN -11 WWI i ?torrija 1914? by Frank A. MooMjM CONTINUED F1IOM YESTERDAY CHAPTER VII. There are doubtless. many philan thropists In the Back Bay regjona of 1 Boston who would consider the wiiTp- > sawing of Cruz.jendes a very repro henslblo net. And' oho hundred dob lars Mex was certainly a very small rewsrd for the service that ho was to perform. But Bud and Phil wore not traveling for any particular.uplift society, and one hundred pesos wea a lot of money to Cms Mond o E. . Afore than that, if they had offered him a thousand del laro for the same, service he would hove pol avaricious and demanded ten thousand. .. He came to the hotel very early the next morning and lingered around, an hour or BO, walting for the American gentleman to arise and tell him his fate. A hundred dallara would : buy everything that he could think of, In cluding a quantity of mescal. His throat.dried at the thought of it. Then the gentlemen appeared and aakod him many ..questions-whether he was married according to law, whether his wife would Blgn tho pa pers with him, and lt he bellt ved in a hereafter for-those who played false with Americana. Having ansv-ued all these In the affirmative, he v.a taken to the. agente mineral; and, atur sign lng, his name-Lia one feat ta penman ship-to several Imposing documenta, he wan given the precious permit. Thon there waa another trip to the grounds with a surveyor, to make re port that'tba claim waa actually ya oast* and Mendez went" back to his normal duties a? a packer. In return for thia service as a dum my locator, and to keep him under their $ye, thv> Americas engaged -Si Tuerto, the one-eyed, to pack cut a few tools and supplies for them;.and then, to keep him busy, they employed bim further to build, a stone bouse. Alt theia activities were, bf course, not lost on pon. Cipriano Aragon y Tr?s Palacios, since, by ?, crafty ar rangement of fences, he had made lt impossible for. anyone to reach the lower country without passing through the crooked Btroot of, PJd Fortuna. During the brat and the .second trip of the strange Americans he - kept within bio dignity, boping perhaps that they would stop at, bis .atora? where they could bo engaged in con versation; but upon their return from ? third trip, after Crus Meade? batt gobe through with their supplies, ho cast bis proud 8panlsh-reserve to the winds and waylaid them on the street. "Buenas tarde?. aenprea," he salut ed, as they rode poet hts store, ?ud then, seeing <cfiat tbey, did. not break their galt, ha held up bis hand for them.tflstnpj^^^?.. - y "EscuBe rn?, ?entfernend he said, 'speaking genially but wilban affected SpaniBh lisp, fMflftlj aeon, you ride past several tWlM? fjrtt working for tho big company un at Now For tunar ' "jK . airteously. "we are working for our yes.- l^&?i :- ."' r "Good!" responded Aragon with fa therly .approval; "lt 1? bettor ta And are you looking at mines!" "Yeo." said De Lancey non-commit tally; "wo are looking at mines." . . ???ttll|! J^is?^'.i^ gan; "and I wlab you .well, but since you aro strangers to this country bud if^pi Jft.iwt knof the people M "J as some, I deelro t? warb , you that one-eyed man, Crus Men jhi^bbrA.I have, gean you: rid, \H?;|i'A>%io^le? follow-a vor? ?'o Mexican, one,wtooiia?,noihlng I .'yet ho ! ls_. always ewking to - lm e upon strangers by selling them mmes- whlcjb.ftave no value. . ?" " L^JJmve njJeiite to apeak in bf my hors, t bujtsince ho has moved tho brush houso up. the ri vor lost .?*v?rtMua^tt!e >ljl*#in ye. as I know, was icm .You cant help palavering 'ena, can you, Phil*" he said. "No matter what you think about 'em, you got .to be polite, haven't you? Well, that's the way you get drawn in-next time yan go by.now the old man win rump you dry-you see. No, air,, the only way to get along with thea? Mexicans ls not' to have -a thing to do with 'em. 'No savvy'-i hat's my motto!" . '.'??Veil, 'muchas,gracias' ls mina," ab oorvod Do Lancey. "It doesn't, coat anything, and it .buys a whole lot." "Sure," agreed Bud; "but we ain't buying nothing from him-he's the cpo particular . hombro wo want to steer clear of, and keep him guessing aa long sa wa can. That's my view of it, pardner." "Oh. that's all right." laughed De Lancey, "he won't get anything out of me^-that ls, nothing hut a bunch of hot air. Say, ne'e a shrowd-iooking old guinea,. Isn't be? Did you notice that game eye? He kept it kind of drooped, almost shut, until he came to the point-and then ho opened it up real fierce. Reminds mn of a bbs fighting owl - waking up in the day time. ' But you just watch rae handle bim, and if I don't fool the old boy at every turn it'll bo because I run out of bull." "Well, you can band him the bull if you want to." grumbled Bud, "but the first time you Sive anything away I'm going to pick auch a row .with the old cuss that we'll have to m a ko a new trail ' to get by- So. iooye 'Im alona, If you ever expect to seo that girl!" ... A close association with _Phll pp Lancey had loft II ud not.uno-war o of hin special weaknesses, ap/i I'hll wau undoubtedly.romantic... Given a b?rred and alient boase, phut. off from tho Btr?ejr by whitened , waihi and a Ufr rando, serened witfe jfcwa^^'ud. tfca Questing ?yea of f,U. Po. Lancey would turned to those barred windowo as cer tainly as the ?" 'die seeks the pole. Op every ti,., .omlng and going, he had .conned the Aragon house from the vine-covered corredor in front to the walled-ln summer garden behind, bop ing to surprise a view of the beautiful daughter of the house. And unless ru mor and Don Juan were at fault, she, waa indeed worthy of bis solicitude a gay and sprightly creature, brown eyed like her mother and with the same glorious chestnut hair. . . Already those dark, mjBc.hte.vQua eyes had been busy end, at the last big dance at Fortuna, sh o bad set nwpy heads awhirl. T,wlce within two yeera ber father, In a cagey bad. sent her away to school lo order to break off some ill-considered love affair;, and now a battle royal, waa' bod UK waged between Manuel del Rey, the dashing captain of the rurales stationed at Fortune* and Pe li?. Lu na, son of p. rixb haclendado down in tho hot country, for. the honor of her. hand., ?jj* . What more romantic, then, than that a handsome American, atepplng grace fully into tho breach, should keep thc haughty lovers fi-om sicing .each other hy boaxl ng off tho. nt izo h inwiei f 1 So reasoned Philip De Nancey, au? Inf upon the ease with which ho could act,,the part; but toy prudential pur poses .he.said nothing of his vaunting ambitions, knowing full well that they would .receive an activa veto from Bud For, while De Lancey did most pl the talking, and a great deal or tue thinking for the partnership. Hookei "^^^^^^ i ; '. '?.i-.y: .-. ?. : .' ?; H .vi?' . U .' ?' ! : ... was not lacking in poidliro opinions pod upon swjBoJtot ?.ocasi?n, ha. wpu* expresa, faimaolf. .tiunigh often wit moro force than 4e4icaey. Therefor^ upon this miexpected.ealiy ab^uMh piri. PhU chanard tho e*h$ect abrupt! pnd ?aid. co' ?aj?ro M ArafwTorTii ! hopea within his heart- . It ;*ae not to easy) W^er. to avoi Ai?toa,tor tSafseniurtt^ ai4 m?i^ looked tock, he wa? left standing in the middle of the street. "Tlmt'n the way to handle 'Im," ob served Hooker, as they trotted briskly down .the.lane. "Leave 'im to mei" "It'll only make bim mad," objected De Dansey grossly. "What do you want^ Ja^?bA? for.?" . "lie's jnad. already." answered Bud), "I want, to quarrt! .with bim, so be can't ask us. any questions. Get bim so.mad ho won't talk-then mi be a fair fiant and none of this snake-hvtbe srnaa business." . "Yes, but don'(. put It en him," pro tested bo Dar. rey. "i^t him be friendly fpr ? while,, if be vant? tb," "Can't be friendo," fata ?Bud lacon* 1 cally; "we jumped his claim." . "Maybe be dooon't want it," sug gested PhD hopefully. He's dropped a lot of m??f\y cn, lt," , "tost bet, , he wanta it," returned Hooker, with conv)ctlpn. "J/m going to . camp out, there-the old boy is liable to jump us." "Aw, you'reerasy, Bud!" cried Phil; but Hjgbker. only .smiled. "You know what happened to Kro ger," be answered. "I'll tell you. what, we got to keep our eye open around here." ' They..rode on to the, mine, which w?s/onjy aboct Aye .miles frorn For tuna, without discussing the matter further; for,?while Phil bad generally been the leader, in.Ulis particular case Kruger bsd put Bud in charge, and he seemed determined to have b? way so far as Aragon was concerned. lu tho ordering of, supplies and the Isling, put of development work ho de/e^ced.to Phil ip ^verytjting,-b?Jt tor t?ctica ho preferred bis own judgment. , it .was by Instinct rather .than rea son that, be (too b? i\ght, ?nd. people wlip,|eitosjr,,tn^ are hard to change, ?p, tfcey {tut I? l&e toy ip making careful mea|urom?mi*. ac cording to the memoranda that Kru ger had given them; having satisfied themselves as to the approximate locality, pf the lost velor they turned back again toward town with their heat s full of Cunning schemes. 81nco it was the pleasure of the Senor Aragon to make war on all '"who entered his preserves, they check mated any attempt on his part to locate the lead by driving stakes to the north pf their ledge; and,, still fur ther to throw bim off, they decided to mark time for a while by doing dead work on a cut. Such an approach would bo needed to reach the mouth of their tunnel. At the same time lt would give Steady, employment to Mendez and keep him under their ey a, and as soon as Aragon ehpwed his hand they could make ont thejr final papers.?la peace and s edd them to ibo City ot Mexico. . And not nota those .final. papers weiro recorded and the transfer duty made, would they BO much a? stick a pick Into- the hillside or show a fid ,,U->'-" But for a Spanish gentleman, sup posed ta bb all sappi* ourve? and sinu ous advise. I?>* .Oip?d??O. lura?d cut somewhat of a eur pris e. for when they rode,, back thro ugh., bis narre- straei, again. he met them squarely tn the road and called them to a halt. ? "By. what right, gentlemen-:" be de manded In a voice tremulous with rage "-by what right do you. take possession of my mine, upon which I have paid the taxes ail these years,, and conspire with bhkt rogue,. Crus Mendez, to cheat me. out of lt? It ls mine,.I tell.you? no matter what tba agente mineral may say, and-" < "Your mine, nothing!" broke In Hboker ?cornfully, Bpcaking in the ungrammatical border-Mexican, of *he cowboys, ."We meet o?e. Mexican he she we us tba m tn?-that ls all. Jho expert ot the mining Ment, says lt ia vacant-we take lt. ?tawano!" He waved the matter nfelde with masterful indifference- and Aragon burst into k torrent of excited Span ish.-. ',. .?:"Very likely, very, likely," comment ed Bud dJrvly. without listening to & word?^?pjsi jr?pienso!' , . . . . r-?-wvr*&P*n,nr*?* over the 3pan> lard's, face s*4hu? ?lbs and be turned suddenly to pe Lancey. .. , "Senor," he said, "you seem ,to bo a gpnUeman. P*rr^ps.yoo ylU liston tc nie. Thu mine upon welch you aro .vearay :mm$ efe^?^??^ ^feBi ^.^^^^^^ *5??^ ?^uJrc(? '?feout* ir^s*rm^e' ?n?At, ha^ jaj^ln^^'g^ <*>uld take' it WhHe wo were p?o? j tonb5p?ro it. f So ?a#?ro?iolog to'dlg 1, "But. senor! f burst opt Aragon-and he voiced bis rabid protesta .?gain; while sudden <??ea topeared in tho tr^^^^W^ ?UL . For a minute Doo Cipriano stood "Very well," he said ai laut, "I per ceive that you are. a gentleman and have acted in good faith-it is only that that fellow Mendea has deceived you. Let lt pass, than-I will not Quarrel with you, my friend-lt la the fortune of war. But stop at my store When you go by and come and. see me. It ia Indeed lonely here at times, and perhaps I can pass a pleasant hour with you. My name, senor, le Don Cipriano Aragon y Tres Palacios-and youraf He held out bis hand with a little gesture. 'Phillp pe Lancey," replied Phil, clasping the proffered hand; and with rosny expressions of good win and esteem, with a touch! r.g of hats and a Wiggling of fingers from Uie din tn nco. they parted, in spite of Bud, the bert of friends. CHAPT?rt VIII. There are some people in this world vetih whom it seems Impossible to quar rel, notably the parents of attractive daughters. Perhaps, if Gracia Aragon had not been watching bim from the window Phillp De Lan?ey would not have beep quita so. cordial with ber father-at Isast, that was what Hooker thought, and he was so badly peeved at tho way things had gone that he said it, Ibo. Thed, ot course, they quarreled, and. OTTO thing lending to another, Phil told Hud he bad a very low way of speak log. hud replied that, Whatever his deficiencies of speech might be, be was not fool enough to be drawn In by a skirt, and Phil rebuked him tt?ain. Then, with a eco rn ful grunt, Bud Hooker rode op in silence and they said no moro about it. it waa a gay lifo tait they tod at night for the Fortuna bbb*' was filled with mon of their Wnd. since n)l tho staid married tttf? had either moved across tho lino .with \hc\r forailleo qr were under enders to come straight home. In the daytime the hotel was nearly deserted, for every man in town waa working for the company; but !n the evening, whoa they gathered around the massive stove, it was a merry com pany indeed. There were college men, full of good s tori CB and stories not ao good, world wander ors and adventurers with such tales of th ? East,and Weet aa never have, been writ tcp in books. But not a collage bpy could match otorles wita Phil De Lan'cey, and.few wanderers there were -who could tell him any thing hew about Mexico. Also, when it came to popular songs, be knew both tho words and tho tune. So ho waa mach in d?mand, and Don J--mn paused many drinks acroBo tee bat be cause of hica. \ {\ . . X? a^,?j*c]i feirUiifte's &Mwp bj?rd. nersv. stayed ^ogfther} Pud, with . a broadindulgent JorlnV, listening to th/j . end, im^l^W^m^ PP8*1 *"h liquor and good cheer, talking and j laughing far into iho.uisut. - Outside tho winter, winds wore still cold and the Mexicans xveut . wrapped to the eyebrows ; iut within the. merry company was,alow to quit, and Phil, making up for, fha lo' ely months whop he 03d entirely l^ked an audi ence, eat long in the seat of honor and waa always the last to go. ? But on tho evehing after their spat Bud sat off to one sldfe, and even Phil's sprightly, and y.eht*U?4u#Uc ,pon.ver?a tio? with the-1lttIe-gtri4)eh!nd-tho-door called forth only & fleeting smile. Bud'was thinking, and when en* gaged In that arduous occupation eveu the eau cy ,U tue girl behind th? door could rot beg?Up kim. But, after ho had studied it all ont nd come to. a <(wt|?9Mpwn,M did, not. dolljfer ad ultfjaj^nv T^a^pld. d-iUatured smile simply <m?ne back to bis ru'ggod fa- e; .he roiled ts cigar ette; and (then for.the roet.of the error njng he lay back and enjoyed tho show. Only In the morning,. when tb?y wentput.tp;)die corral ?jet their horses, ho carried kia war-bag with him.and..ai)tar throww.^i^d,^ a& ' CopBer,Bott.?^, be did the same for y<^J, ^ SW* Bud? ' inbred PhJL and Bsd slapped his canyaacovered nod for aa answer. countered Bud. " loso that ?<ox ?ow. we lose tar mina" 7*?fij*& ^^JS $S?|?S,"& ?an ,t^.t^^ nothing--except what I say. If TOO want to palaver around with Aragon, go to lt I'll round up Mendez and hie, family and keep 'em right there at tho mlne until we get thom papera signed -after that I don't caro what hay pena." % "Oh, all light," murmured De Lan* coy. io a subdued tono; but if bia con science smote him for the moment it did not lead to the making of any sen timental New Tear's . r?solutions, for he stopped when he cama to the store and exchanged salutations with Ara gon, who was lounging expectantly be fore hlB door. ,"Due?os dian. Don Cipriano!" he hailed. "How are you this morning?" "Ah,.good morning, Don Felipe," re- ! sppnded Aragon,, stepping forth from Ute shadow of the door. "I am very woll, thank you-and you?" "The same I" answered "hil, es if lt i were a great piece of new . "It is fine weather-no?" "Yes, but a little dry!" <aid Aragon, and so they passed lt back and forth Iii the accepted Spanish manner, while | lind hooked one leg over tho hom of his saddle and regarded the hacienda ; with languid eyes. But as bis gaze swept tho length or the vino covered corredor it halted for a moment and a Blow smile come over his face.. In the green depths of a i passion-flower vine he bad detoctod a quick, birdlike motion; and then suddenly, like a transformation ree ne, he beheld a merry fare, framed and lt Waa ? Merry Company, Indeed. V ...... ; c: t. .. i . . .. I Illuminated by soft, ?solden locks, peer ing out at him from among th? bios-j aomB. Except for that brief s m Ho ho made no pign that.ho gav/ her? end ?' hen ba.Ignited up again the face had] Isapp??rcd. . Don Cipriano chowed them about bia j mescal plant, .where bia men kept a continual stream of liquid gre.tunning froin the copper worm, tmd ?ave caph a raw drink ; but though De. Ljanpey, gazed admiringly at tho houp--, mid ; praised the orange, trees that hung over the garden wall, Spanloh hospi tality contd go no farther, and the visit j ended in a series o' ad loses and much aa g^aclaseB. :. > ..'.? 'Quick work ! " commented Pbjl, AS { tiivj rode toward the mine; "the old mn* has got over bis grouch." "Um" m.UAed Bad, with a. onie*,,j blooding smile; and the next time he nude into town ho lo.okcd for .the masked face among the -flowera and ] emited again. That waa the way Gra cia Aragon affected them all. He did not point Out tho place to P?;'l, nor I stray her by any sign. A}1 Jin di5 waa to glance at har .once and then ride on hhs way, hut somehow his heart str.od still When ho met her eyes, and hie dayB became filled with a pensive, brooding melancholy. - . "?-hat. the ?pnh,'&d?r .raided/ Phli, after ha had fc-lled him f?i- a we?k; "you're ga? hi g roishty quiet lately. Got another hunch-like thnt one you bad upai Agaa Negra?" "Nope," grinned Bad; "but lu tall you one thing-lt old Aragon .don't gested De, Lan?ey. , "Well, he'a awful happy *bout some thing," said Bu?., "I.can .eoe ty tho way be dtpope that-gaine, ,e.ye ofhio ?nd, .smtfei .fha* way-^that ,b? .knows nm working for hta, V <*?, don'* get a title .to thia,' mine, eyvjcr?, tap "of work we db on, i\;4s all io tho gopd fpr him. that's a cinch. 80 sit down now and think lt out--whore's itt Joker?" iv. j ... v, ."WeU." -snused Shu, .."the -#Wd"?j hore fe orno where. Ho knows fwe-'ro uri 1?M 4?? be %tto*0 wete it. after, it, tho way, ,we:r? driving il cut,In- Our mimj? ?ood-r-ha JP* ifs a .clp?h ha can't denounce tba on letting pf do cJi the .won. and say all tho denejp toa? \ mont fees and then spring comet?.lng pig Ott-old One-Ey0," propounded Bul "Beare 'Im up or bay.'tm off, and have bim transfer the title to him. That s the way ho worked Ifrugcr." .. TWail. jsay." nrg.ed.JPhU,,."let's ga ?head with .pur. deppuncemmit before 4a. otnrt?. some^llng. Bool des, tb O warm weather ie coming on,now,,?nd if we don't get a ?ova on we're, likely to gel run out hy .tho revoltOBoW'! "Nqpe;?. s*<d B>?; "t?*cVt put th? lato Me***:*, hands untU jji,tt?jjj \t l Av^rdog^ahaadiiS ftnnv.- we're In bsd semowhere, tout hurrying up won't help none. "Now 1 tell you what we'll do-you go tp tho mining agent and get copies of all our papers and send them up to that. Gadsden lawyer. I'm going to go down and board with Mendex and see If 1 can road his heart." 80 they separated, and while Phil stayed In town to look over the rec ords Bud ate his beans and tortillas with tbs Mendes family. They were a happy little family, comfortably installed in the stono house that Mendes had built, and rap idly getting (at on three full meals a day. From bis tent farther up the canyon bud could look down and wsich the children st play and see the comely Indian wife as she cooked by tbs .open fire. Certainly no one could be more In nocent and contented than she was, and.El Tuerto wa? all bows and pro testations ot gratitude. And yet, you never can tell. Bud had moved out of the new house to furnish quarters for El Tuerto and bad favored him In every way; but thia samo consideration might easily bo rnlnlnterpreted, for the Mexicans are slow to understand kindness. 80. while on the one band he had treated them generously, ho hod al ways kept his distance, lest they be tempted to presume. But now, with Phil in town for a few days, he took his meals with Maria, who was too awed to say a word, and made friends with the dogs and the children. Tbs way to the dog's heart waa easy, almost direct, and he Anally won the attention of little Pancho and Josefa with a well-worn Sunday supplement Th to gaudy Institution, with Its spicy otorlea and startling illustrations, had penetrated even to the wildB of Sonora, apd every Sunday aa regularly aa the paper came Bud sat down and bad his laugh over tho funny page. . Dut to Pancho; who was six yean old and curium, thia name highly col ored sheet was a mystery of mysteries, and when he saw tho big American laughing he crept up and looked at lt wistfully. '-Mira,' said Bud, laying bia finger upon the smirking visage of ono of the cornie characters, "look, and I will tell you the story." And so, with laborious care, he translated the colored fun, while the little Mendezes squirmed with excite ment and leaped with joy. Even the simple souls of El Tuerto and Marla wer moved by the c?micos, and Men dez becamo so Interested that he learned the words by heart, the better to explain them to others. But aa for Mexican treachery, Bud could And none of lt In fact. Anding them to simple-hearted and good-na tured, ho became halt ashamed of bia early suspicions and waited tor tbs return of Phil to explain Don Clprl CDO'B'complacency. 1,. But tho noxt Sunday, aa Bud lay reading in 'als tont, the mystery solved itself. Crus Mendes came up frers tba bouee, bat lu build and nn apologetic emito on bia face, and after the cus tomary roundabout remarks ho asked tko bo BB BB a favor 5 f . -tua would lend him tba page of c omic pictures. "Seguro!" assented Bud, rolling o vet and fumbling for the funny sheet; then, falling to find l> i nato ntl y. be In quired: "What do you want U for?" "Ah, to febow lo my boy!" explained QI Tuerto, his one-eye lighting up with pride. ?. "Who-Pancho?" "Ab, no, senor,*'answered Mendel simply, "my boy in La Fortuna, the one you have not seen." Bud stopped fumbling for tho paper and eat up suddenly; Here was -a- new light on their faithful servitor, and QQJ that might easily take away from hie value aa a dummy locator. "^b!" be said, and then: "How ' many .children, bare .you. Crust" Crux smiled deprecatingly, as par enta will, and turned away. "By .which woman ?" be .Inquired, ano Bud became suddenly Very calm, fear ing the worst. For If Crus was not legally married to Marin, he could not tranter the mining.claim. "By all of theron he aaid quietly". "Five lu all," returned Cms-"thfst by .Warkv, na you know,-two by Bl) first woman-and ene other. I do nol count him." < . . , "Well, you one-eyed old .reprobateJ' muttered Bud In bis throat, but ht passed it off and returned smlilrg tx the charge. "Where does your boy live now? hs.asked with flatteriegsolicltude, tin better to rinks him auk. ''and Ja ht old enough to understand the plc "Ah, yes!" beamed Mendez, '-'ho ,ii twelve, jeara old. He lives with bb molb(|jp.ow-and my little d?n?pbi?r too. Their mamma ls the warpan o qib mayordomo of the Senor, Aragoar a bad man, very ugly-Bbo ls not mar ried to him." . ' , "But with you-",suga*st?4tUud, re garding him with a steely stare. "Only by tba judge!" exclatmet Mendea virUmucly. ; "lt, /WAS a .iove . nmt?h, ajod the, .priest did not cotna ap wa were married by the judge I Thea this ?"4d mayordomo stole bei i #vway fwy; merriba jttrm*4 * *>" ; ned MarU Inaica?. . Marla ta a goo? woman ^nd i married her before tb? priest- -but,.I, love mr ?t*a*.*b|i4fM too,?ron.though,they ?remot lawful." .'SQ you married your first wlfO be foro 4ha judge,"; observot?sBud cynical ly. "and this oaa.bfiPfe ibo pris?t. Bu how. Cfluld you do that u/ilosa y0U bal beep,dl?Arc?df*V j', / j . VA*, seru>r^ pfatoW Mendea, bold rind tout bis bonds;-*.you,do^r.ot-.under stand. lt is only the -church that cai reilly morry-the judge doe? stout] [tor tho ironey. Maria ia oiy true wifi r?1^^\{u\tw:jtht?o..9?e0 cbBdretir bul au I am going; through La Fortuni I phonic! like to a?ow the picture poper to my boy." Hud regarded him ib meditative si lence, then he rose up and began a de termined aeurch for tho* fundy sheet. "All right," he enid, handing lt over, "and here ia a psnochu of sugar for your little girl-the one in La Fortuna. lt Is nothing," he added, as Mendea began his thanks. "f?ut ob, you marrying Mexican," he continued, relapsing into his mother tongue as 101 Tuerto disappeared; "you certainly hnve dished us right." (To be continued.) Praiseworthy Duty. You may sum the duty of your life lo the giving of praise worthily, and being yourselves worthy of lt.-Rus kin. Tuberculosis its Diagnosis,, Treatment and Curl SI SEW TREATISE OM TUBERCULOSIS By FREEMAN HALL. fcf. D. Tbl? ./alaablo medical booh toll* tn plain. ?Impla K?SS?iSii.I,JE2.??S?w5,M'0,,? "noorina fro? ?hr^r^L ?,'T.0".UrI?; Bronchi"*, Aathma or mow Urta book trill bfftp yon. KT?ti .lt ?cm tra Ul UM T^?1*11llii!T c?Jrou..b0w otberi; with tta .ia, ?S?7?U,eSS?,lT0??itor *n ^medica tried had faned! ?od Uar beUored their case bopoloaa. R^Y^VT* 5**f* *? Vookamoa Co., Otu Roi? 31., Kal arnot og. Mich,, they will nledV wnd you lb?, book by return mill FRESES ?iOT^f?^rfeL?1 thVMW TrHlnnl^b! !2!!8?_.!??? foy they tr?nt yo? to bava thai SBSfS&rmf?L t*1T ? '. too una. DooV wan!! .rita toda/, lt may mean tb? SftVtagOl yonrufc ATTRACTIVE VACA TION TOUR NIAGARA FALLS, CANADA, nie IlKACTIH L NKW ENGLAND COUNTRY AND. NKW YORK * JULY 1 To 19, 1014 vin.-,.,., KKABOARD AIR LINK RAILWAY And Connections Mount Pisenb .. Mn gara Falls, N hum ra Gorge, ,' , Toronto, .,'.' .' Thousand Islands,,^ ,,' ' Rapids of tbs St. Lhvrrenre Montreal, . Onebec, * Montmorency folW"",u? Vf* SL Anne de Bcflunrr,'. '' "? 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"You- - ?ve. \ no ? , stranger to tho fact ihat -there 1 lui v c toieeir perbwl? ?rf?my. ..life 'j When: it . bas- I ?ve? n'onlslle t hn t | !' sbuuld pinisc until t cftitn ?>S r**f*d! events* Hbouldi.-lNrn up, \ ; When ft^iasMirt'O nw-ewnry that ' h should /ail brtt-k .tapfere- inak- ? 1 Itu: wtrtit 1 .trna* i ?bali xn?t, be , m-eujied-of pi eau nipt lon In. term- . . iny ?|. -?pum:. " Tb r^-.present ia ?.lie of thone momentous stages. ,. - in the life nf man. You find me - fallen imck for n spiing. ?nd * bu ve or my. reason ? A?, \bel love i hut n vigorouK leap will shortly lie the muilt.V. >+*.j#- if, &Vtn*' Mien when* alt*, back In 'similar utter-?Keif rompincency waiting to leap upon the golden > niipfirt unities tba t th'-ir n?ore j alert neighbors really ?K>iinee j upon lu the advert Ising columns ' of this -|niuer.\ << i ?', DUN T lie ii M IC A WK KR. Act . PROMPTLY when you MCC ?Ar gen?* advensMHl best.; ? Itenlty LEAP Miwu them. 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